yes, to see how it comes to advocate an engagement. it was betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart, we choose to look for common ground. ah, what do we do? go to war with the nato blow, has someone thought about. it was a crystal clear, he sees you trains potential nato membership is a direct threat to russia's national security. as canadian truck is push up with their protest against vaccine mandates, the country's media and authorities brown the dangerous threat to society. we speak with one of the drivers conferences. muslim counsel accuses the macaroni government to playing politics up to paris decides to replace it with the new ford is, is go to communication channel with

a good morning. thanks for joining me here on the international ladiva pertinent slammed and they toes military backing of ukraine. and kids, accession talks with their lines saying that it all bumps, does the countries ambition to re take the crimean peninsula, a stance the white house is mocked. this discussion when you might listen carefully to what i say in ukraine. and what is written that they plan to return crimea, leading by military, meet us, is not what they imagine for yourself. crane, a native member filled with weaponry and beginning opperation in crimea. not to the mentioned don't bass, that is silver in russian territory for us in this question is closed with what do we do? go to war with the nato blog. has someone thought about the mission. when the fox

is screaming from the top of the hen house that he's scared of the chickens, which is essentially what they're doing. that fear isn't reported as a statement of fact. and as you watch, president putin screaming about the fear of ukraine and the ukrainians that should not be reported as a statement of fact. we know who the foxes, in this case of a strife between the kremlin and the white house comes amid west and insulation of a planned russian invasion. if you cry moscow's repeatedly given assurances that has no such designs, it accuses the west rather of retching up tensions. with war rhetoric, in an attempt to contain russia, the by neglecting the welfare of ukraine itself, calling stone culture and kevin in discuss this issue. while vladimir putin definitely had some strong words for the west of that press conference, he flat out accused washington and nato of deceiving russia with their refusal to stop the military alliance from further eastward expansion into countries,

specifically ukraine and georgia. this is something that nato actually promised to the soviet union, back in 1990. they promised that the, that the military alliance would not move an inch eastward of the older river in europe actually, and put, and specifically pointed out that there is nothing actually in nato's charter that concerns a sort of open door policy. that a lot of western officials have been pointing to with relation to potential nato expansion, put and said that it's in the charter only says that the alliance can accept new countries. maybe if all of the actual member countries agree to this. now, according to this behavior, also shows that washington is not actually interested in the defense of ukraine or security. they're actually interested more so in putting a lid on russia's growth. so it just seems to me the united states is not so much concerned about the security of ukraine as about holding back the development of russia. ukraine itself is simply a tool to achieve this goal. now at another point in that press conference,

put and extrapolated on what he said there, he said basically that can be achieved. one of 2 ways, dragging russia into an armed conflict or driving a wedge between itself and its european allies. and then there's another big conversation to mr. blink and mr. leverett, earlier on saying, basically the same thing on the phone. yeah, that's true. this all comes really shortly after they had this conversation over the phone where they were discussing washington's rejection of moscow's proposals for security guarantees. following that phone call lab rob immediately sent letters to all of the foreign ministries of the member states of the organization for security and cooperation in europe. he basically called out the united states for its selective interpretation of specifically the estoppel ball and astonished declarations of that organization that i just mentioned. they, these declarations basically defined the boundaries within which sovereign nations can choose what military alliance they want to be. a part of these documents clearly state that any sovereign nation can, of course, join

a military alliance that it wants to join. and of course, the us loves this clause. but what the russian foreign minister is pointing to in this letter is that washington is deciding not to look at another no less important clause in these documents. and that is that a country cannot join the military alliance if it impedes with the national security of another sovereign nation. so let's take a listen to what love, rob said, if the should take you to look at the principle of indivisibility is not something we will give up on you. we insist on an honest conversation and on an honest explanation of why the west does not want to fulfill its obligations, wants to fulfill them only selectively in its favor. now that comes just about a week after washington officially sent its response to moscow's proposals for security guarantees rejecting them these security guarantees moscow proposed back in mid december. so it was a while after they proposed that they received this response and it's the 2 key

proposals that we're concerned with here are, like i said, the ford expansion of nato, and to specifically ukraine in georgia, but also the deployment of offensive weapons into europe. that could possibly strike russia, and this is all, you know, this is relevant because it's all after months of nato. a fish was western officials, the media saying that russia is planning some sort of a vague invasion of ukraine, that their military exercises on their own territory. is somehow threatening to ukraine and moscow as time and time again said there's nothing threatening going on here and we're not planning an invasion of ukraine. so you know, we have to see the diplomacy develops here. but so far, what we have heard is that the foreign policy chief has already discussed russia's letter with representative washington and nato. so we'll see how it developed. we spoke with clinical analyst nicholas markovich and journalist daniel lazar who say the u. s. policy over ukraine is dividing europe for some countries on the

continent is simply no longer willing to follow washington's lead. the us will never forgive potent for, for taking over the crimea, or for in any way supporting the rebellion and don, that's going to have or opposing us side plans to take over the ukraine as a whole. and to install the nato client state on the russian border. the european union is definitely quite of an awkward situation. it has been used to following everything that is coming out of washington. and it has been paying by the american playbook since practically a conception. and now we've seen a lot of cracks within the european union, and it's not credible anymore. how credible can it be, what it's following the u. s. playbook and at the same time and then it has no back up from the us and countries like hungry and i'm sure there are others will definitely take advantage of the situation. think that, well, we don't want to play by this playbook anymore. we want to look into the are own

interest. the rest of the world's concern is that the takeover of the, of the crimea is a done deal. it was already as part of part of russia, giving it back would be like the u. s. giving back new mexico to, to mexico or giving back texas to mexico. it's really just inconceivable. so i'm, so i think that and recognizing the reality of that situation might be a good place way to start on winding this whole rises. definitely the u. s. cannot sheet europe today, so your opinion need solution that need to be clear it and their new way can be to hear it is by is by letting the communion country member states decide for themselves. getting hungry is a model, has been a model country for their genuine, for these, for these past years from an economy perspective. and we've seen these factors that even though it has been pinpointed for. busy its laws and social laws, and it still has continued going its own past. it has negotiated vaccines with, with russia. it is now negotiating energy and it's not been kicked out of the

european, you know, because of. so i think it is showing that there is a parallel route within the european union. ah, francis council of the most muslim faith is accusing the government to playing political games after the micron administration. snub this as its official communication channel with the community deciding instead to set up a new grass style for the shallow davis k explains the spat season. can so of the muslim faith, known as the c, f. c. m, has fallen out of favor with the country's government. after years of being the official interlocutor between religious leaders and the authorities, it's been unceremoniously dumped. why? the muslim worship council was created to try to structure islam in france. it was structured at that time around national federations of algerians, moroccans, tunisians cameron's and turks. today we are seeing extremely strong interference

from foreign states, and we cannot accept that. we hope there will be no more. this is the end of islamic foreign influence in france. instead, the government is moving towards a grassroots for him, which will include him, mom's women, and influential figures. this is, it says, much more representative than the cfc m. but the c f c m's general director says it won't be able to replace what it does. and despite reports, 8 won't be dissolving. reminisce forms a platform for discussions for the exchange of ideas in this form will not be a replacement for the c, f. c, m, which deals with issues of religious practice. we live in a secular state. it is not the state that should decide whether the cfc m should be dissolved, but the muslims themselves. in addition, interior minister darman own in his statement said, the form is a space for dialogue, but also those responsible for a child chosen by malcolm from sol submit. so it is we who have the right to choose

who will represent us as far as our religion is concerned, and not the state lou and once again, the cfc m. c's. this change of heart by the french government is being mired in politics ahead of the presidential elections function, but we're really in the pre election period now when islam is being talked about on all tv channels on the radio. i think these attacks on islam on muslims represent a significant hi aisha practice that is unbearable. the talk about muslims in islam to avoid other important issues. i see that starting with the far right more with his hate speeches with his race, his speeches. naturally, there are some political parties for a more moderate or joining the more platform, making the same speeches several times more moderate. but they, nevertheless, are hoping to bring the right to an extreme right into their ranks. but that's crazy. we need to stop these hate speeches. the stigmatization stop constantly pointing the finger of muslims office. and the timing of the said now to an is

pretty interesting. the entry of the firebrand right winger, eric's more into the fray of the presidential election, has it seen the debate? we focus on issues such as is the msm. now with around 70 days before the voting manual mat gone, has decided to revolutionize the organization of islam in france. it also comes as a new light has been shown on issues around radicalization in the country. a report on french tv about woo bay, a city in a north of france's once again provoked controversy. allegations that who bear had become a no go zone with women eating in restaurants, he blew behind cubicles and shops, selling faceless doors for muslims who believe that it is forbidden to depict facial features has stirred up a hornet's nest. don't give an audience to this pile of film called

a show. m 6 via zone inter died is getting rich largely because we muslims like masochist enjoy watching this degrading treatment of us. they say it's a minority, but a minority and schools, and minority and masks. and minority in the rap a minority in cities, et cetera. it's starting to be a big minority. it's amazing how they want to demonize religion. it makes me want to throw up the presenter of that program and one of the main guests now live under police protection. as a result of those threats, many of the allegations that the report contained, of also since been denied. but what it does show is how divisive the issue separatism remains in a country where the memories of terrorism, whether that be the attack at charley abdel, the backline, or even more recently, the beheading of teacher, samuel patty, are still fresh. islamism as a debate still has the power to hold court ahead of aprils election. charlotte,

even sky r t. paris canada's mainstream major is being accused of vilifying truckers soup in out protesting on mass against mandatory jobs . the drivers suffused their vehicles to blog part of the us border in the province of alberta. ah, no, the churches have been seen chanting for their freedom. they're determined to remain at that blockade, despite the threat of being arrested. all those reports, indications are taking place between canadian authorities on the truck is we spoke to one of those who took part in the freedom convoy protests was minus 25, damp, dated outside, and people who are standing on the bridges of it that occurred xander, elderly people's rate once we entered in ottawa, it was a completely different why the media is showing something totally negative,

but people off of on the street, on the sidewalks. they were like seeing, thank you for coming. thank you for coming. whatever the showing on the mainstream . i was there from morning till midnight there. i haven't seen a single single kind of hints you don't to rid of my own eyes. i don't know what out of the projecting, whatever this when the flags and everything. i haven't seen anything with the my you when i a mainstream media and mr. rudo it better like, according to me, in my opinion, it's totally 100 percent allies dis spreading lies. they're not showing that he a reality. meanwhile, the government's reaction has been far from welcoming prime minister just entry dough, branded the demonstrate as a mob of racists to steal food from the homeless. and the premier of alberto was also quick to denounce the pride of justice. and it is, however, unfortunate to see a small number of people who engaged in protest over the past few days, express extreme views and embrace hateful some symbols. it's also

unfortunate to see a small number break. the law, create a public safety hazard and a enormous inconvenience for law abiding canadians, including thousands of other truckers. by blocking the border at coots, i want to be very clear. we are not intimidated by those who hurl insults and abuse at small business workers and steal food from the homeless. we won't give in to those who fly racist flags. we won't cave to those who engage in vandalism, or dishonor the memory of our veterans. canadians who are, is outside today patriotic peace, loving canadians recalled massaging us and races by the prime minister. why? so again, i will ask the prime minister, who may i remind this house war blackface, my hard time,

ties to the peace loving. patriotic canadians who are outside right now, just asking to be heard. all the protest as have seen a wave of support. some of it coming in monetary form as organizes already raised nearly $10000000.00 in donations are a go fund me page to support their ref. is us around 3 times more than the countries top political parties reportedly managed to raise last quarter. we spoke to journalists, kin best, who says that the mainstream media in the canadian government are making a mess in the handling of the protests. i've been on the ground in ottawa for the past couple days and ever since conway actually arrived and the means for me has completely botched their coverage of, of this protest of this demonstration in this movement. in general. they say that it's full of races, sits. i personally have not seen any confederate flags, were not see symbolism with my own eyes. i've seen footage of it,

but i've also seen vast swaths of people i outraged at the fact that that happened . and the thing is, i don't really trust. i don't really trust that it's true because you know, these people are hiding their face. they're showing their flags for a few minutes and then disappearing. but the problem is just for i was relishing in this tyranny. justin trudeau is enjoying every moment that he's able to scapegoat a minority of people who are unvaccinated, 15 percent or so. and use that as a political step stool to stand higher and preach to his base who are eating it all up. the british prime ministers paid a visit to ukraine in a show of support. he used the occasion to warn russia that any invasion will be fought to the last train in not a shadow as its dashti breaks down paris johnston's visit t train. well, burst, johnson has upped the ante and up the robust rhetoric against russia. now saying any escalation from the country would result in a humanitarian, political,

and military disaster, essentially threatening russia with strong minutes re might, and boots on the ground, only not british or bruce on the ground. as of course, no western government would really want to bring the crisis that close to home instead speaking at key in care of at the joint conference with president of ukraine. or as johnson is threatening sanctions, he says a packet of sanctions is just there waiting at the ready on the wayside. should a single russian soldier even enter a tow cap into the region. however, in terms of this military might, they quite specific that it's ukrainian military might, and it's also appealed to the russian public. the single most useful thing we can do is get over to the russian public, the ukranian army route for a route, 200000, a new crew then put off a very, very fierce,

bloody resistance. right? i think that parents, mothers in russia should reflect on that for well, what we learned from barnes johnson's trip to care is that he's essentially hoping to run away from the issues that embroil him and his government right in the united kingdom. quite embarrassingly, then, for the prime minister, the very 1st question in care was all about the party gate a scandals engulfing westminster. which surprised surprise. he somewhat ignored. instead, he focused on saying he was trying to de escalate tensions. having said that, boys johnson hasn't even picked up the phone to vladimir putin, even though he promised at the beginning of the week. he would certainly do so. but still, we're waiting to hear from that phone call. but all of that has been essentially brand as a joke, a law things start. i'm pretty much pathetic treatment of an escalating crisis

where boys johnson is somewhat putting his own politics domestically ahead of an international crisis. a made a dangerous crisis threatening peace in europe. a vital diplomatic opportunity has been missed is boris johnson scrambles to hold on to his job. these are the real world. consequences of a distracted prime minister, unfit for office, running a government in disarray. boris johnson says he's helping with the diplomatic situation in russia and ukraine. he has no credibility, no one trusts him. the best thing he could do to help would be to resign while it comes as the latest polls suggest that $9.10 people want boris johnson out and don't think he's fit to run the country, plus his approval ratings are all no 7, all time low just 22 percent. so it seems as though bars, johnson immediately wants to move away from the su grey inquiry into the downing street allegations. and so that's why he has headed offer to care, but it's not as and these know the public now, but the british media to that coming out with some pretty serious

a damming headlines against boris johnson. the government, including pointing to the fact, is only a matter of time for the prime minister that his roman empire is falling and even that his government is the worst in history. what i will say to the president in some such it is, i think we really will need to step back from the britain, russia. so once they bring the end of the party, british from is the birth johnson on the brink of exit chorus. on the brink, labor store, my head in latest pulls off the party shock. a good to party gave the credit stupid scandal make up for his job. the job. through grace is downing street behavior is difficult to justify florence johnson. so we can but pot again, time bob to influence ukraine crisis defense chief rules. pierce one your own, bring climbing london's former mer told

a sanctions would back fire on the okay. and claims johnson's just trying to detract from his own problems at heart. on 26 years old, i grew up in a world where we were dominated by the cold war. i and we were told all the time by politicians we ran, distract from what was said in the soviet union today, russia. and then after the cold war ended, we all the documents released. i, we haven't been on the tray and actually, america was the big aggressor. i don't believe a word. pretty government or the american government is saying about the intentions of putin. if you know the lead of ukraine is telling the west to sort of wind all this down, i don't feel under threats at all. if we get into sanctions with russia, we'll be in a position where it damages many of our businesses, many, perhaps tens of thousands of people lose their job here in this country. and the simple fact is that he's all i think,

being ran tough by our prime minister boris johnson to distract attention from the scandal he's involved in that he held always illegal parties. 10 downing street while the rest of us, really not them a b, c has suspended, comedian and tv personality would be go book for claiming the holocaust was not about rice, but rather a conflict between 2 groups of white people. she since apologized. she made a remark on a b, c showed the view provoking a furious bank. last you're going to do this, then let's be truthful about it because the holocaust isn't about race. no, no. it's not about know, all the goldberg, the holocaust was about to not to systematic annihilation of the jewish people who they deemed to be an inferior race. that he humanized them and use this racist propaganda to justify fluttering 6000000 jews. holocaust distortion is dangerous anti semitism is a cancer and

a poison that is increasingly excused in our culture and television and permeates basis. that should shock us. all. racism was central to nazi ideology. jews were not defined by religion, but by race, nazi, racist beliefs, fuel, genocide and mass murder. or the ash fitz memorial, which was home to one of the most infamous nazi concentration camps, responded by offering goldberg, a course on the holocaust, mark schulman. and this of history central dot com says memory, the tragedy appears to be fading in the united states, particularly right now, jews a sort of considered white people, part of the establishment list amongst the far left and amongst some parts of the american community. and that's what she was. so referring to the mid statement that the holocaust as to why groups killing each other so to speak, one white group calling another white group. and that's something that way too many americans, particularly on the far left have accepted. i think we really,

we really in a situation where the holocaust is fading into history and it's very hard as someone to teach us. history is very hard to get people interested in history and be most importantly to understand history, to put things into context and way too often. we take a certain event and take a totally out of context. and kind of context is really the key to understanding our past and probably understanding our future as well. ah, rushes ambassador to the united nation, says the u. s. messaging contradicts washington. suppose dissolve dialogue with moscow. speaking of the media conference, he suggested america isn't actually interested in pace. 5 or more, y u. s. is his escalating test tensions? and at the same time accusing russia was going to escalate intentions. president ski is calling to ah, the, to stop panicking on the thing. are they, the ukranian officials are saying that they don't see imminent threat,

which is coming from russia in april. there were, there was a similar situation when the, there was a, there were more numerous exercises and the troops moved in and they moved out. nobody that made any fuss about suddenly today that is being portrayed that presented as an imminent danger to grain of the russian represent have also said he had no idea why western officials in the media keep saying moscow deployed 800000 troops to it's borders with the train to the, for the president signs in order to expand the country's military, bolstering the rank of kids army by at least a 100000 soldiers of the next 3 years. while some ukrainian citizens are actively making preparations for an invasion. we spoke to political unless paul ingram, he says western leaders have no interest in providing real military support. and it is a symbolic effort to, to show you support to ukraine. but actually,

the west may, may well be talking about the prospects of complex, but not actually willing to put that troops in harm's way at his stage. i think what we need to do is we need to start thinking about mutual security, about building a security architecture and, and picking up on president peterson's ideas and suggestions for, for pressing a reset button for actually thinking about european security from scratch rather than offering nate membership to eastern european countries in the past, helping parts of the soviet union itself. meanwhile, rising tensions in eastern europe are prompting russia and his ally beller, is to be more prepared for any escalation allied resolve. joints, military exercises are in the active phase right now. testing both countries ability to respond to any possible military provocations and aggression. ah,

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