meanwhile, moscow wakes to the west and its allies to respond to each demands and vision for the say. the status quo is untenable. a in russia's foreign minister says that the u. s. has failed to address bosco's concerns about nato expansion, but added that the 2 sides can start a serious conversation about secondary issues. with panic over the crane crisis takes a bizarre turn among western media with one outlet suggesting so named russian aggression is preventing you f o hunters from contacting alien a anger up in paris with barricades clashes and multiple arrests of thousands of

people, including students and public sector workers will rally over soaring costs, and falling, living standard, and poors. johnson's leadership is dealt a potentially fatal blow as it leaked. emails suggests the british prime minister lied about the evacuation of animals instead of people from war 2 on afghanistan with broadcasting lab direct from our studios in moscow. this is our 2 international. i'm sean thomas. certainly glad to have you with us. all right, we start with breaking news from houston, texas, where 3 police officers have been shot in broad daylight. this happened on thursday, if video reportedly from the incident shows, officers in a phonetic garden battle firing multiple rounds before being clipped to themselves . please say they are after a suspect, who fled in

a white mercedes initial reports say that they were responding to a disturbance call when a chase ensued. that is breaking news. of course, we will be keeping you up to date on the latest as we get that information coming in here on our international. our news team is across it. hello. russia's foreign minister has said the country is ready for a serious talk with the u. s. after washington delivered a written response to moscow's security advance, however, sir lab expressed disappointment that russia's primary concern halting. nato's expansion in eastern europe was dismissed. lucas, it's suzanne. you. the call me on that. as for the contents of the reply, there are grounds for the beginning of a serious conversation. only about secondary issues regarding the main issue that has been no positive reaction. and the main issue, i remind you, is a clear position on the in admissibility of nato's further expansion,

eastwood's and on the deployment of strike weapons that could threaten the territory of the russian federation. the 2 key proposals that russia put forward as lever of said there were just flat out rejected in america's response to them. those 2 key proposals are concerning, the stopping of deployment of offensive weapons in europe that could possibly hit russia and also ceasing the further eastward expansion of nato, specifically into the countries of ukraine and georgia. now that 2nd point there was actually promised to russia back in 1990 when the soviet union was still around it. it was promised to the soviet union and then soviet president mikhail gorbachev was told that nato would not expand any farther than the older river in europe. and as the russian officials had over the years, tried to hold the west to that promise. they were actually acting in a childlike manner, according to lab rav in that statement. now, he also cited the istanbul and astonish declarations of the organization for

security and cooperation in europe. this, these basically declarations. they basically define the framework within which sovereign nations can decide which which military organizations, which military alliances they want to be a part of. and lever off says basically one very important point was left out. let's take a listen what he said for a rebuttal. so use the right to choose alliances is clearly conditioned by the need to take into account the security interests of any other o s. c state. including of course, the russian federation. the principle by which one cannot strengthen one's security at the expense of the security of others, is deliberately hushed up. lateral did ultimately accuse professional partners in the west of a bit of a pick and choose policy when it comes to obligations it expects others to follow. can you, can you tell us more about that? right, well he says that the west is basically trying to only pay attention to the closet, says sovereign nations have the right to decide what military lines are going to be a part of without paying any attention to the fact that these same doc declarations

say that it can't infringe on the security of any other sovereign nation. this is something that lavish brought up with you as secretary of state antony blinking during negotiations in geneva. actually, let's take a listen to what happened. if your spiritual was renewed in geneva when blinkin, and i, when negotiating, i asked how they could explain the position according to which they consider the commitments adopted within the o. s. e. only as a menu from which they pick and choose only the items they find appetizing. what they have pledged to do in terms of the interests of others. they tried to ignore lincoln did not answer this question. he shrugged his shoulders. now loughborough statement actually doesn't come as that much of a surprise, actually. nato just already rejected outright and publicly, moscow's, or proposals on wednesday. and that was shortly after an american ambassador, john sullivan, made a visit to moscow to the foreign ministry, to deliver america's official response. that came by the way,

2 weeks after it was expected, russia filed these proposals back in mid december and were expecting and was expecting a response for a while now. and this is all the while that the u. s. continues to say that there, you know, for diplomacy, but only as only if russia stops of so called aggression. now what, what this aggression is? we're not exactly sure, but that happens at the same time that nato continues to strengthen its military positions across russia's border. washington said that it's military advisors in ukraine will continue to stay there for the foreseeable future. and the u. k. n u. s. continue to give weapons to ukraine. so of course we keep hearing this word, diplomacy from the west, but it seems like their actions are saying something completely different. that was our corresponded non quarter earlier speaking with my colleague, roy, sushi right now, staying with tensions between russia and the west with the us piling weapons into ukraine. much to the eye of moscow. russia has slammed western accusations that it

is the aggressor and is preparing to invade its neighbour ukraine. our nation has likewise repeatedly stated that we have no intention to attack any one. we consider the very thoughts that our people may go to war against each other, unacceptable. from our on this, let's cross live. georgie corresponded caleb martin who is in the states. caleb, we see russia being branded as the one on a war footing. but the west is cranking of military a to ukraine. can you take us into what's being said right now? sure. well, russia has consistently made clear that they have no intention of invading ukraine . and they've also emphasized in more recent statements, that if it weren't for the united states pouring weapons into ukraine, this whole situation would probably have been resolved long ago. take a listen. we are convinced that without western assistance,

the conflict in eastern ukraine would have been settled long ago. ukraine's foreign sponsors have other ideas and appear determined to implement the scenario according to which russia must attack ukraine. now, russia's concerns are not groundless by any means. we have seen the united states and its allies pouring weapons into crane very consistently. we understand that the united states, as has been announced just speeding up the promise of over $200000000.00 of security assistance to ukraine. and that was promised back in december. now, among what's already been delivered, there have been lease all and non lethal weapons that have been delivered. the 1st shipment from the united states this week included javelin, the anti tank missiles. now it's important to keep in mind. there are also 200 us national guard currently in ukraine where they're operating as instructors training the ukranian military. and there is no decision from us leaders that indicates

those $200.00 american national guard will be removed at any time soon. now anthony blank in the us secretary of state, has repeatedly said that the united states prefers diplomacy and communication and cooperation. that's how they prefer to resolve the situation. however, the actions from the united states of piling more weapons into a country right on russia's borders seem to have the opposite effect. analyze that you do indicate perhaps the opposite intention. what is actually in this document without going? all right? are to kill them up and they're in the states keeping track the situation for us. we know it's more developed, you'll stay on top of it. all right, thanks. and while washington stresses the need for diplomacy as the only way out of the crisis, some journalists in the us are striking, a more belligerent note. just buying time till they replaced to invade ukraine, making you jump through hoops like and delivering written responses to questions that yvonne said time and time again. in the past. meanwhile,

that the stabilizing ukraine from within the economy's crumbling, you're spending hundreds of millions of dollars showing them up. what point do you stop playing rushes game and take preemptive action? now, we can walk and chew gum at the same time and that's very much what we've been doing . and while a number of journalists are seemingly in war mongering mode, others seem to have lost the plot altogether when it comes to ukraine, even named checking you f o's south, you taylor has her own take and can tell us more. they say you should be coo and a crisis on last your the media in which case why, when you can become hysterical so panic instead. and never mind the criminal battle probably european bickering old by didn't nixon, ice cream just after warning about world war 3. after all, will never understand what goes on in his head. the media pundits one real scooped the boulder, the better, the more outlandish, the better. like this random women and kids, they found just hanging out

a window holding a gun. i have never hunted in my life. i bought this carbon after listening to some soldiers discussing the best rifle to get. if it comes stood, then we'll fight for key if will fight to protect our city. i don't see any sense in the rush and starting a war and leaving cave alone. it's strange because usually the major is pro gun control. i guess it doesn't count of washes of the target. well, the, how bad the crisis is, the media says that housewives have flipped their brands for rifles. the thing is, marianna juggler is in fact a simple ukrainian woman from the territorial defense forces. her uniform is british, another fake story about militants whom western propaganda turns into anti russian freedom fighters. again, just like guns faking is as great when it's directed against the russians. i guess there's only a certain number of undercover housewives in ukraine. so the meat is happy to look elsewhere specifically at

a map. and it's noticed that the quickest way from moscow to kia is via chernobyl, making it the lowest, logical invasion route. also making russians pretty much the only willing visit possesses. well, 1986. the risk of a war for the spreading radiation seems minimal, but one object in the zone is particularly vulnerable. a new $1700000000.00 stainless steel arch over the destroyed reactor. it was completed in 2016 to prevent the spread of highly radioactive gust. yes, on route to the landscape office, the press things that putin's troops might just topple a giant radiation containing structure that weighs more than 29000 tons. you know for some like texas eyes and toxic exposure before the real fighting stops. talking about the real fighting and have you read the mirror recently? no. oh wow. so you have seen hooton's terrifying arsenal of high tech support? well, these include, i warn you, the pools actively far raising power tupa dogs. i agree,

it really doesn't look like thank dog in the article site i signed up for regular sky diving, and that's because he didn't. and that photo is all they such an rescue dog, not one of the kremlin tin canines fabricated by the mirror. but if the ukrainians a don't surrender at the sight of a flailing dog and a harness. what the world, what tanks and flying kalashnikov are ready as back up the so firing a kalashnikov rifle with its own brain is still at the prototype stage and a pit recently it's an arm show. it can identify target some, pull the trigger with all the need for a human shooter. so protest dragging out the very latest innovations, the special occasion. the thing is, the ai kalashnikov rifle has actually been around since 2017, the senior, the mera fide, it's entire back, jackson department, at themes. and never mind all this, because the most disappointing thing about this entire process is that puts his pad

block, the world will put a stop to travel, highly of old, extra terrestrials probably regard warfare as something the only primitive civilizations engagement. so the ukraine situation means we're unlikely to get an invitation to join the lactic federation for the time being, quite frankly, who can blame the media and drive into aliens and told this. because once they finish driving this wild population to a novice break down, they'll need some new he does for all that out the while can panic and despair that they've got cookie. dozens of protests swept across france on thursday with workers across all sectors demanding a salary hike to cope with the ever increasing cost of living the past few hours, there have been scenes of chaos with police chasing students and making several arrests. there have been reports of vandalism,

with trash cans overturn the organizers say it's a show of support for low paid workers. hit by soaring living costs. one group of students. 7 set up barricades outside the school in solidarity with teachers. trade unions are playing a prominent role, threatening strike action and demanding pay rises and sweeping reforms limits. mrs . we're here to demonstrate over our working conditions which are continually getting worse. our means of teaching were being taken away from us and everything has been degraded when that is all to saw. we see people who got rich during the crisis. billionaires who got richer than ever, while in the public and private sectors. salaries have sung to loan and uphill deal . we're here to say that society needs to work differently with more recognition for those who serve the common good school and health care staff. those who build social cohesion and ensure our safety, those who keep our communities together and our society doesn't show enough recognition, it's gone crazy. the bad news keeps piling up for the british prime

minister. a series of emails have been leaked, suggesting boys, johnson lied about his role in the evacuation of a plane load of stray cats and dogs from afghanistan during last summer's withdrawal. the animal rescue mission in question was run by a former british army officer who reportedly had links with carry johnson, the pm's wife. it happened when thousands of people desperate to flee, the taliban were being left behind pets before people. that was the accusation. some 6 months ago, it's resurfaced more recently now, but forrest johnson, i, he's denied that he actually approved the an adult animals out of afghanistan at the time when cobble was falling to the taliban. cooling the claims total rhubarb, but it's all emerged yet again, according to some leaks. emails that have come to light, they said that the prime minister personally authorized the evacuation of course birth johnson has always denied it and he's denying it again today. this whole thing is, is, is total revoke. it was an amazing thing to,

to move 15000 people out of bolton in the way that we did. i thought it was also additionally very good that we were able to help those bits. so the question now is, did the prime minister actually authorize pen farthings animals to get out of the country via a private chart to flight? according to these leagues a emails and was involving virgin atlantic and the prime minister's top parliamentary aid. she told the adeline that she could actually secure a plane to evacuate these animals from krupel, and they were actually backed by abhorrence chosen the prime minister, uneven fost tracks. now foss trucks being a key line in that email, because it suggests that she could get a plane in and out of the country at a time when it was nigh on impossible. now, number 10 denies all of these claims. as does boris johnson, he calls it title nonsense that does the story really adds up at the time back in august of last year,

the prime minister and then foreign secretary. they would know it to be seen. both of them were away on holiday leaving junior ministers and juno, junior civil servants to pick up the pieces and deal with the crisis. the government has repeatedly been severely criticized and condemned for how it reacted when thousands of desperate people in afghanistan was scrambling to get out of the country. the prime minister's biggest critics are saying his story doesn't tied up at all. forest johnson is unable to make the serious decisions that are needed. in this case, people were fleeing in terror as the taliban took over kabul and british forces were putting their lives at risk. the prime minister was once again prioritizing the wrong things and making the wrong calls this deming, revelation shows that boris johnson has once again repeatedly lied to the british people. this is not the man who is fit for office. so how has all of this come up? now, we're right now there's currently an investigation inquiry into how the government

handle the crisis in afghanistan. but of course, it comes visa, the other investigations that burse johnson is embroiled in, particularly the su gray investigation. and the police investigation into allegations of downing street parties throughout the pandemic as we await the su gray findings burst. johnson's role as prime minister really does hang in balance. now, there are numerous schools across the political spectrum for him to give up and go . it's time for him to resign. they say his time really is up. meanwhile, in the polls, we see labor skipping ahead of the conservatives quite comfortably. now plus though, there are some serious concerns and serious worries at all of these scandals upon scandals as far as johnson is finding himself in may affect the tories comfortable majority. so in a desperate bid to try and salvage and rectify or if there's some senior cabinet ministers, a coming out to warn or perhaps even threaten that the only way this is going to end up is in a general election. and if that were to happen,

they say it be highly likely that the tourist could actually lose their seat. so what they're trying to now do is deter. 8 tore back benches from submitting these letters of no confidence in the prime minister as rumor has it. there are almost enough of those that is being submitted that could actually trigger a leadership context. old and old. really what they're saying force is back as a basically hello, tory button says you must now back the prime minister because a far is johnson guys down we'll. well, we spoke with former british army officer trevor colt who served in afghanistan. he says, the latest scandal at number 10 is just a distraction from the bigger issues. i think this is a bit of a smokescreen, right? i've, we've got to remember that there's a lot of toys going around, a boat president, putin on a boat, my own prime minister vs president. this is a smokescreen to try to hide what's happening. cats and dogs. no one gives a crop when need to start looking at the proper news. yes,

you can be that the minutes are getting on like like rottweilers as it. yes, we not have something to write about. we've now got something to, to do, to replace party get. no, we don't, we're throwing the stupid stories which don't have any credit whatsoever. right. and i, i do believe that the main thing that we should be doing is trying to preserve life . and there is a possible conflict between both the russia on the u. k. we should be talking about thought rather than cats and dogs. we are going to lose pretty shoulders on russian blood spelt and ukrainian border, and that's where we should be cockpit on, maybe a diplomatic approach rather than a military strike. so let's forget about cats and dogs. and bars, johnson and party get the rest of the wished and let's concentrate on trying to ship lives and stop people from being killed at a senseless war. events are taking place around the world for international holocaust remembrance day. but while most nations are taking a unified stance against anti semitism, others are being accused of falsifying the atrocities of world war 2. with more,

here's our cheese post. we're between one to 33 and 1945. 1 3rd of the jewish people were murdered by the nazi regime and its collaborators. for the 1st time ever these ladies speak of parliament is in germany. we will address the bundle. in hebrew, it comes a few days after the un general assembly adopted and is wally german proposal, condemning holocaust, denial the call times might be strengthening between israel and germany. this is not true for other countries, especially lithuania lawsuit, against the bonus government has been faulty. you n, it accuses the lithuanian government of falsifying the history of the holocaust. this is a case that relates to the distortion of history in lithuania and in particular the glorification of certain nazi collaborators or agents in

lithuania. so what we are doing now on behalf of the applicant who took the law suits in lithuania, is making a petition to the united nations human rights committee. and in deals with issues about their right to truths and about the protection against what we might call forms of defamation that are related to the denial of historical fact. they have tried very hard to change the narrative of world war 2 in the house was and i went you why only in eastern europe, that collaboration with the nazis include participation, a systematic mass market. you take a contract with wayne, your 220000 jews lived there under that, jackie patient, 212000 were murdered. there were less than a 1000 germans in lithuania during the that the occupation and in 90 percent of those jews was shot near their homes and it was

a very labor intensive operation. so how on earth could they murder 212000 jews? it's a if they didn't have help. such falsification of history in lithuania is nothing new. several monuments across the country pay tribute to another anti communist hero eunice, no rica that he was in fact a war criminal who was personally responsible for ordering the murder of thousands of lithuanian jews as corroborated by none other than his own granddaughter who investigated the official cover up by the vilnius government in her book, how i discovered my grandfather was a war criminal. while my grandfather's role in the holocaust has been painful enough to discover what has been equally painful was the discovery of the lithuanian government's denial of his role in the holocaust. this is the 10th stage of genocide denial that it ever happened. we heard from danny danny, former permanent representative of israel to the united nations. he thinks that 77

years after outfits denial of history is still widespread. i think we started to forget the lesson all to today. remember the victims we, we play the survivor, and we remember that most of these, but unfortunately, the longer we get from the events of the day that the red army actually entered the outfits and liberated the discount with the mall. and they sent me to the mall, holocaust denial and more. 8 crimes against jews all over the world, including the us and you. so we have to remind to ward about the danger of those hate crimes and the denial and make sure that governments take action against all the commit those crimes. and we have to take action. i call an dement from governments not only to declare and to speak, that's nice, that's important. but it's not enough. we demand will concrete action mainly that

you cation legislation and enforcement. severe punishment again though the can we take that does it for me for this hour i will be back in about 34 minutes with another full fresh look to stay with ah ah ah ah ah ah ah

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