ah, a moscow slum washington for alleging nod rushes, preparing a false flag operation to justify it. suppose it ukraine invasion plans are guess size of the chances of analytical need. someone circumvent was always going to waste tensions. we have here in creating the plan to be miss all 5 minutes from moscow. the big question is, how do you, how do you deal with a bully? also ahead today a must have chemical fire in north new jersey is sending large blues of potentially dangerous smoke into the earth could be headed in the direction of nearby new york city. the leader of the indigenous shoshone nation tells r c about the devastating impact of nuclear bomb tests on land belonging to native

americans. alleging that the aim was to eliminate his people. and these things were conducted without our knowledge. and under a culture of secrecy, of the united states and their in is the intent to commit genocide with broadcasting live from moscow every hour of the day. this is our team. my name's unit o'neill. let's get straight to our top story over. moscow has slammed usa allegations that brushes preparing a false flag operation in ukraine. american media and officials claim the kremlin, has pre positioned a group of saboteurs who will create a pretext for invasion earlier. my colleagues neal harvey and nicky, are in discussed while the russian embassy in the u. s. has branded washington's

old tricks. such rhetoric confirms there is an ongoing information campaign being waged against russia. we see the same scenario being repeated again and again. first, some sensational story is dropped and makes the headlines, and then it becomes a key talking point. such, both claims i coming from the u. s. there and the only intelligence on offer are these elusive source is the allegations were fetch reported by cnn and swiftly echoed by ukrainian and u. s. officials. we have information that indicates rush has already pre positioned a group of operatives to conduct a false flag operation in eastern ukraine. the operatives are trained and urban warfare and in using explosives to carry out acts of sabotage against russia's own proxy forces. and the russian military plans to begin these activities several weeks before military invasion, which could begin between mid january and mid february. so not the time frame mentioned that between mid january and mid february, the claims are the president. putin's window for invasion is dictated by

temperatures. basically he needs a layer of ice on the ground so that he's heavy hardware like tanks can roll across the border right now is too mild for an invasion by march. it would be too muddy. so apparently president biden as allegedly hide meteorologists to, you know, give them a full cost basically about when this invasion might take place. now, how seriously people a taken these claims week, which i don't know, but the old familiar headlines, russia plans and invasion of ukraine. in fact, russia planning and invasion of anywhere has become so common, especially over the past year. in s. springs 2021. we saw the headline screaming putin threatens war again. that software, they started military drills on the boards. they were more warnings in december with both the west and ukraine, so certain that the invasion would take place in december. and yet here we are still no invasion. so we're still coming from both sides. of course, you know, it's like any story that we have a cover here in the news. you can look at it from,

from both perspectives and won't, can look address it. one could look difference, which is what russia says. it is, you know, what trips are on our territory from the outside though. the accusation is this is basically a massing of troops ready for him. an invasion. how was moscow defended its position on those? how's it tried to kind of calm? what seemed to be growing concerns from, from the wider community. moscow has it repeatedly talked about, hit its red lines, those being the further eastward expansion of nato l. the deployment of nato bay says right at the border with russia. we've just concluded that week long talks that diplomacy talks between nato and russia. no progress has been made nay. so is unwilling to compromise. it's that it won't provide any assurances to russia on any of these points and even taunting russia as well in a way by saying, well, ukraine is going to join nato. it's a done deal. it's just a matter of when a recent report, not ringing, angry in any sense of security or piece to russia off the

a yahoo investigation found that the cia is secretly training ukrainian special ops on american soul and has been doing so since 2015. the program has involved very specific training on skills that would enhance the ukrainians ability to push back against the russians. said the former senior intelligence official, the u. s. bay cia program has included training and firearms camouflaged techniques . la navigation tactics like cover and move intelligence and other areas. a washington has reported acclaimed its solely aimed at defense that given the nature of the training and the plenty of questions arising, which we have already addressed to the u. s. all thirties, ourselves, all in over, the russian position on all the developments the russian foreign minister. like i love, robbie held his annual press conference yesterday and in answering all the questions there are really including on the western phase of an invasion. good. let's just look a few news now. as soon as our western colleagues guess by reading tea leaves,

they immediately grab the sanctions, baton or we are for everything being decided on the basis of mutual respect and to balance of interests. the position of russia presented to nato is based precisely on the balance of interests and is aimed at the security of europe as a whole, including russia, as well. nature wants to create military footholds around the russian federation to dominate europe. russia has never and nowhere threatens the ukrainian people and kia, makes direct threats to us. so we could go as nato and russian delegates prepared to embark on the days of talks. expectations were already low for a positive outcome. now we can see a week's worth of diplomacy is clearly failed with the situation now feeling so much more tense than it was before that as the e. u foreign, the 1st chief use that barrel has said the faith of a key russian gas pipeline to europe could depend on what happens over ukraine will have more on that story.

in other story we're keeping across today. a massive fire has a rupture, other chemical plants in passaic, new jersey to warnings about our quality in the region. at least one firefighter has been injured. the authorities say they have done managed to contain the fire, after bustling the flames throughout the night. the locals who are told to stay away from the area and remain in doors with their windows. it's unclear what caused the lazy, large quantities of chloride pallets are stored up the site and the concern over time as well. this is one of the videos of the fire that's been posted on. busy line to say it is a city of a run 70000 people. there's located about a dozen miles from new york. authorities have warrant people there they might see or smell smoke from the fire sustainability and green technology expert. sharon george believes the bigger picture of the potential fall out. that's you have to be assessed. think everybody is right now relieved that they said back on to control

if i can recall, store had been breached and would do that. the chemicals that we do most concerned about the cooling and match and not all the unchanged nature that fire and the smoke and the pollution that runs from that side to the problem. the fire, like say it's not just society, so you've got the same things thrown up into the and throwing up and you're actually being disbursed. and that's why you have a problem. this is why you know and you know, any pollution, any chemical, especially where you have population density is like that will be as concern and you know, they'll be doing that finding out and quantifying exactly what, what that risk is. ok, we want to bring, you know, a story we believe is important to highlight for years. the u. s. conducted nuclear

tests and lum that was populated by native americans r t has spoken to the current head of the western shown a tripe. he told us, one of the many consequences is the impact on people's health. the most bombed nation on us, the label claimed by the shoshone native american tribe, as a sacred land turned into a u. s. nuclear weapons testing site. and these things were conducted without our knowledge and under a culture of secrecy, of the united states and their in is the intent to commit genocide because these things were developed without our consent. the weapons are tested upon us, and there are test series with specific goals to expose humans to radiation, and we are the victims of that. it all started with the $1863.00 treaty of ruby valley. when the western shoshone handed certain rights to the us. but did not see the land,

deece and friendship shall be hereafter established and maintained between the western bands of the shoshone nation and the people and governments of the united states. and the said band stipulate and agreed that hostilities and all depredations shall cease from 1951 to 1990 to the u. s. conducted 928. tests that a 120 underground nuclear tests and 100 atmospheric this resulted in full outs of around 620 killer tons for comparison, hiroshi my only had 15 killer tons in 1945. all that had devastating effects on tribal residents. we began to investigate health consequences from exposure to radiation to try to understand what had happened to us. we had a significantly higher exposure to the radiation that led to those health consequences such as cancer's leukemias, auto immune deficiencies. and what we began to understand is that there's

a wide variety of illnesses, really strange illness is known to be plausible from exposure to radiation, but we weren't getting any help. we were not getting any support. he says the showed he never agreed to nuclear weapon testing. finding justice is a tough road exists, the show any people are on their road. so we really need to continue to investigate and understand this, but we're not getting any help from the united states. they're not investigating this because they're the perpetrators love. busy these of acts which are destroying the shoshone people, disgustingly shameful. that us politicians, the president and the court. they don't talk about these issues. what we began to understand is that we're experiencing a wave after wave of assault. i feel that this is what nazis did in world war 2. ah, well then you can test or just one of

a number of hardships the western shoshone. i've had to insure to delve deeper into that you can watch or interview with their leader info on our team can know the story that's got a lot of people interested and talking. the u. s. state of utah is being accused of having pro minority racist policies for giving so name priority points to non whites when it comes to eligible as see for cobra treatment. the state of minnesota had similar guidelines, but as now removed advice to take race into account. both states have been threatened with legal action using a patient skin color or if nifty, rather than the unique and specific medical circumstances of an individual patient as a basis for deciding who should obtain lifesaving medical treatment as a part in a ton of crisis. tough decisions have to be maids, sometimes, decisions of life and death. because pandemic is one such time and who to bro, or ties for life saving medical treatment is

a decision health workers have to make. now you may think that choices it taken based on greater health risk or the needs of the patient. perhaps the raise, your fragility, their co morbidities and phonic illnesses, race may be the last thing on your mind. apparently, you may be wrong. think you're liberal, a kidney disease is a high risk. think again, your heart problem or your logical illness will only lead you one points on a scale. so will your shortness of breath. but you could get double points based on your ethnic background. the you saw department of health explain the system using statistics, which show people of non white or hispanic committee, a 35 to 50 percent more likely to be hospitalized than white patients, which means at 1st, the system does sound logical and truly studies have shown ethnic minorities, both in the united states. some other countries have been in this proportionately

affected by covert. the reasons multiple and complex, but the analysis goes deeper, while more people in ethnic minority communities may be diagnosed. there appear to be no differences in final health outcomes and critic say, therefore, no reason to prioritize treatment. the risk of saws, covey to diagnosis was higher in most ethnic minorities. but once hospitalized nuclear inequalities exist in coven 1900 outcomes. the findings highlight the necessity to tackle disparities in social determinants of health, preventative opportunities and in house case across the ocean in the u. k. statistics have shown a civil, a pattern of high impact on minority communities, but govern reports have also cited specific reasons why this could be the case. these range from someone's occupation to their household size, or even place of residence and pollution. in theory,

you could fall into these higher risk groups, but not be a minority and achieve a lowest score in the table. so unless we assume by default, but all members of ethnic minorities, labor, other crowd of households in the private areas and work in high risk sectors. critics play the focus should be on concrete risk factors and not simply skin color . and advocacy groups have been quick to pick up on the controversy these racist policies decide questions of life and death based on skin color and must be rescinded immediately. it's an abomination. they radically violate federal law. the united states constitution and the sacred principle of equal justice for all, despite increasingly harsh measures, wave off the wave of kobe, it continues to affect the world. many specialists say targeted measures are needed to protect those in the population most at risk. and just how those population groups are determined based on rational scientific study,

may be part of the puzzle in ending the pandemic. there is no scientific basis to judge a person's need for medicine or higher is just based on race. there are many, many other factors with quality you live in houses are multiple occupation. many people, small houses, and you do jobs are highly category such as hooks cleaners, bus drivers. furthermore, there are then medical conditions and medical conditions are such as diabetes, immune suppression, heart disease, kidney disease, obesity, high blood pressure cause a lot of immigrants tend to be of what you would call darker skin and they are also whole. and they're also working in high risk jobs. so be it that you are white or color as they call it in america. it is,

it is quality that kills not necessarily the color of your skin. 17 moment minutes into the program still to come in moments the u. k. governments use of a so labeled v i pe lane to award contracts for personal protective equipment has been ruled on law for we've got the breakdown of that. there's been quite a lot of criticism plenty more besides with what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have. it's crazy confrontation, let it be an arms race is on offense. very dramatic development. only personally, i'm going to resist. i don't see how that strategy will be successful, very political time. time to sit down and talk

ah with ah, logan, the scandal meyer you. cake government is fending off fresh corruption claims. the

high court has ruled on the so called v i. p lane for awarding contracts for p. p was unlawful. the judge rule ministers gave 2 companies on, on for advantage. during the 1st wave of the pandemic. the claimant have established that the operation of the high priority lane was in breach of the obligation of equal treatment. the illegality is marked by this judgment in a rush to supply the and a chest that the government port 32000000000 p. p, i terms costing over 18000000 pounds. in normal times transparency rules are in place, the state contracts to ensure fair competition. but in the hands of a national 11 o clock design, instead the i p lanes are reserved for referrals from m p. 's ministers in senior officials and millions of taxpayers cash signed over. well, danny street is considering an appeal against the ruling that some of these behind closed doors dealings were illegal. o contracts underwent sufficient financial and

technical due diligence and the court found that we did not rely on the referral to the high priority lane when awarding contracts. this isn't the 1st time the courts have ruled against the government over p p contracts. but number 10 has been consistent that it hasn't acted inappropriately. can the prime is to give a cost on assurance that from now on from now on, all government contracts will be subject to proper process with full transparency and accountability. absolutely, it's a huge one. these are pretty sure i reject the idea that somehow the government acted in a way that was wrong. we wanted to get the 32000000000 pieces of p, p in the front line because what was important is to save lives. i make no apologies that the government did everything in its power to ensure the n h s. and frontline workers did not run out of p p,

even though the judge ruled both the offers in question were likely to win contracts anyway. if you went through the high priority lane, you had a one in 10 chance of being successful. those outside of that in a circle had way less than a one in a 100 chance. according to the national audit office, 50 firms benefited 1800 tory links, which the opposition, se screams cronyism. while our hard working n h s staff were going without p, p, tory politicians, saw an opportunity to line their cronies pockets. the judge has now ruled that v i p lane unlawful, but that may be just the tip of the iceberg. well, only where some companies give it an honest our advantage. the prices were heights up, in some cases by 200 percent. when the equipment arrived, some of it failed to meet basic medical standards. so did the government treats a public health crisis as an opportunity to both the pockets of pals at the public's expense? very like crazy. i mean, of course you have to do with things quickly there's,

there's no reason why having to v i p lane. actually many things could be dealt with more quickly. it just meant certain people preferential treatment. i think that shows history, god for use of taxpayers, money, and disregard to the safety of front line health and cast off at the beginning of the pandemic demand for p. far out, strict supply to keep up. normal procurement rules were relaxed, but all this feeds into the idea that if you have the prime minister number on your phone, your numbers in your bank account will grow and it's free lateral flow tasa to be potentially phased out, is public health simply becoming a commodity the fates of a key russian gas pipeline to europe still hangs in the balance despite construction of north stream to being completed. last year,

it's still not been given the final go ahead by the you on the blocks for in the 1st chief use upper l se that could depend on moscow, deescalate intentions on ukraine's border. the commission should have been to do who's cannot forbid that someone lives an infrastructure, according with rules reduce for the rules we high in a free market economy, certainly their functioning of interest to we'd also depend on the development of the events and ukraine and actually due to a russian you cannot imagine that we are thinking one side on boarding sanctions just in case and on the other hand to over and infrastructure. while in the u. s. republican senator ted cruz made his own bid to stop a pipeline. this week he put forward a built a sanction businesses involved in the project. if russia invade ukraine, however,

the senate voted against the move on thursday over the democrats have now put forward on alternative bill, which would target key russian officials instead. meanwhile, skyrocketing energy prices continue to be a major concern in europe. on wednesday, the swedish government said it would allocate almost $700000000.00 in order to help citizens. those hit hardest by surging prices could get up to $220.00 a month to pay their bills over winter electricity. costs in the country are up more than 250 percent incredible. compared to this time last year on the fates of north stream 2, by the way, we've been getting reaction, including from economist i k hummer. everybody knows that the pipeline will be news because it's not only useful, it's essential for germany's and europe's energy supplied visa. all games in before that the main partnerships or negotiations are message,

adjust the us and russia and all the others are they collectible in this matter. are trying to get a big deal out of it. the big business ruling the day and they don't care at all on the, on the necessary piece of the german population of the russian public of the you are asian population. they don't care at all. they want to make big money and they don't even risk a war. while europe is still being gripped by waves of anti co bed rallies in paris, the yellow best movement demonstrated over the nation on other measures taken by the french government to try and curved the spread of co. organizers say that demos are also against rising unemployment along with social and economic justice. activation mandate from restrictions also angered protesters in the austrian capital. the government is planning to implement a mandatory box nation requirement starting next month in the german city of

homburg on the rights of your screen there, a country demonstration rage against unexpected raleigh over coban restrictions stopped by the court on the protest issue. earlier this month, germany introduced stricter measures to come by the corona virus, including titans rule, to enter bars and south pacific nations, including australia are on the alert. after a su nami hit the small island nation of tango on friday, it was caused by a huge eruption of an underwater volcano. well, this is video that was posted on social media. it's unclear what the extent of the damage is. but there are new reports of casualties. the epicenter of the eruption was just 65 kilometers from tom gast capital. it was so strong that it was heard on

fiji, some 800 kilometers away. a novice to now me alert of up to 3 meters has been issued for japan, where the evacuation of coastal areas is now under way. for a deeper dive into any of this, our stories do lead our t. v dot com do the heavy lifting. lots to get stuck into there over the weekend. see again, ah, it really is happening here and i was on day outside the door and then to be known globally as the home of big coin city. and we're witnessing the demise of gold as a monetary. the monetization takes place. ah, we have graciously of course. so the un started the united states,

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there says boom, but the one business, so you can't afford to miss the branch bar in washington. here's what we have coming up. mid turbulent year of code 19 and geopolitical friction. china saw a record trade surplus in 2021 straight ahead. we'll dig into those figures that will take its, been around the globe, bringing the latest performers from international market. and there's a huge development that could be brewing in the crypto currency sector. as jack dorothy lock is waiting further into the industry, we'll discuss got a lot to cover. started. we leave the program with china's growing dominance in exports, the world's 2nd largest economy, trade surplus hit an annual record of $676000000000.00 for 2021. a 26 percent increase from the year prior. according official data released friday, exports came in at $3.00 trillion dollars up 30 percent for the year. chinese

export growth was so good. it's a double digit year on year increase every single month of 2021. the united states remain china's largest trading partner. as the u. s. has been transitioning further into a consumption based economy, china's exports to the nation rose more than 25 percent for the year to $576000000000.00. while imports from the us grew more than 30 percent to $179000000000.00. now giving the u. s. a. nearly $400000000000.00 trade deficit with the nation. china's trade surplus with the world's number one economy has been whiting over the last 2 years after narrowing during the trump administration in 20182019 it's that trade war. so let's go ahead and take a little deeper into all of this with boom, boom, co host script the i and john quasi, the dean and the miami herbert business school. they both for being.