who a believe it without showing a shred of evidence, that is actually true. the state department spokesperson is grilled after refusing to prove claims that russia is preparing a post like a site as a pretext to invade ukraine. something that's no longer being branded as imminent as the white house, the really tones down it's more rhetoric. only 6 children are killed in heavy fighting in northwest syria law, president biden, hales, the skill and bravery of american commandos, claiming they kill the lead a states at the same time. and in the same location on russia. shut down the moscow office of deutsch avella, a day after germany media regulate the band of the sister channel off the

ah, the alive from our headquarters here in moscow, you're watching our international. my name is peter scott, and here the top stories. this our, we start with the u. s, which has taken another swipe. it's russia for the stroking stoking, excuse me, attention over ukraine. washington has accused of moscow of preparing a propaganda video to use in a false flag operation to justify an invasion of ukraine. ortiz caleb moping has more. while we now have us intelligence officials who are coming forward and saying that russia is planning to develop a propaganda video that will depict a fabricated attack on its troops that will be used to justify the pretext to the invasion. now, it is individuals from the administration,

speaking on conditions of anonymity that said the video will likely depict graphic scenes of stage to false explosions with courses with corpses, actors depicting mourners and images of destroyed locations and military equipment . now the state department spokesperson was pressed on this specific evidence supporting the video claims. ned price said that once the white house is sure this information is accurate, then they will disclose what evidence they have. here's how the exchange, when, what is the evidence you have that suggested that the russians are even planning with matt. and i mean, i'm not saying that they're not, but you just come out and say this and expect those just to believe it without you showing a shred of evidence that it's actually true. other than when i ask, or what anyone else asked what the information you said, well, i just gave it to you, which was just you making a statement. you said yourself, you've been in this business for quite a long time. you know that when we make information,

intelligence information public, we do so in a way that protects sensitive sources and methods. you also know that we do so we do classify information only when we're confident in that information. if you doubt, if you doubt the credibility of the u. s. government, of the british government, of other governments and want to you know, find solace and information that the russians are putting out. that is, that is for you to do. now, there has been a barrage of headlines and accusations from western leaders against russia over the last several weeks. and russia has responded with com to many of these allegations . now at this point, we've got kremlin spokesperson dmitri past gob who has pointed out that there had been just been so many claims over the last few weeks and most of them and all of them really have not added up to anything, were turned into anything that could be proven. now at this point, people are also reacting to the fact that the white house seems to be backing away

from using the term imminent to describe their allegation that some kind of attack on ukraine is going to take place. gen saki, the white house spokesperson says that the white house is no longer using the term imminent, and that they stopped using it because they say that it will send a message that they were not intending to sand. that's how jen, saki is putting it, so it seems like the white house is now back tracking on their allegation that there was some kind of an eminent invasion of ukraine. one wonders how soon they'll be back. tracking on this allegation of an upcoming false flag video. to flush all this story, we can now cross live the kennestone, an anti war activist at hamilton coalition to stop the war. welcome to the program . so we've these allocation from the white house that russia is preparing a false flag allegation. and then just on wednesday, we had gen, sucky refusing to use the word imminent about this alleged russian invasion. what

do you make of this seemingly contradictory statements? well, in the 1st place i don't think anyone should take seriously any last claims about false flag operations. i believe that the entire world will be skeptical after the false flag operations, the u. s. stage in 1991 in the context of the for the 1st gulf war where they had the kuwaiti incubator, baby scam, or later on in the 2nd gulf war. when collin powell showed up at the us with a vial of powder in his hand and claim that saddam hussein had weapons of mass destruction. my favorite is the syrian white helmets, which was funded almost entirely by the u. s. and the u. k. to stage fake chemical incidence and syria, in order to create a pretext for the u. s. u k. and france to bomb the country. so frankly,

i think this is for us consumption. i don't think it's going to fool any of nato's european allies, but it is reckless. and it is, in my opinion, stupid because it's so flagrantly false that the u. s. can't even provide the evidence of their own claims. so do you expect any reaction in ukraine? so this latest allegation, obviously, we had bloody mid lensky previously, basically asking the ways to calm down to the tone down it's rhetoric. indeed, i think that one of the major reasons that jen, saki has had to walk back the word imminent regarding a possible russia they claimed russian military invasion of ukraine. so lensky was, i had a press conference at and said that this was counter productive to the interest of

ukraine. it wasn't about to happen. and so i think that the us and the white house looked completely deranged and out of place. and this kind of, this kind of disconnect between the us and its allies, makes for the rest of the world to sit back and, and doubt everything that the us is doing. and it makes us look more and more adventurous and reckless. well, can you, you're based in hamilton, canada at the moment. obviously, the talk about the tensions in ukraine been almost predominately about, you know, the west, the us, russia and ukraine. and nate. so how are things in canada? how did they relate to the situation? while the canadian government is in lock step with the u. s. on this, on every other policy, there is no independence of foreign policy in canada. the. the outlook

here by the government, the true to government and all the opposition parties is the same. russia equals bad and they and the mainstream media chimes in behind. in fact, they are canadian government is helps to wraps up the tensions because recently they made a very unfortunate move in with and calling upon the staff of the canadian embassy and to go home to canada. that sent a very bad message and, and on top of all that the canadian government continues to send arms and military equipment and trainers to ukraine and ships to the black sea. so canadians are there of the grass roots level. canadians are very skeptical about nato, and as a matter of fact, last weekend and this saturday,

we will be holding our cross country rallies under the hash tag, no war with russia, and also canada out of nato. so there is a ground swell of public opinion who doesn't want to be which doesn't want to be dragged into a war with russia over his hysterical nonsense being generated by the us. well, ken would like to wish you all the best with those rights. i'm afraid that's all we've got time for to day. can stone and the war to be the hamilton coalition to stop the war. thank you very much for your time. my pleasure. the pentagon has acknowledged that at least 3 civilians were killed in a raid on terrace in northwest syria, while unit surface said at least 6 children died in what appears to be the same incident. earlier president biden hailed a successful operation targeting the leader of his let me state his

r t senior correspondence, where i'd just deal with more on that half a dozen children killed as well as for women. the locals have described these speech battle that took place at one a. m, just off the midnight syrian thought, and that lasted for hours in which, presumably these half a dozen children as well as for women, were killed as well as the leader of isis. a boy abraham me. alas she me, i'll crazy she the 2nd lead the vices off the death valley. baghdad in 2019, also the result of an american operation strike against him during that episode. also, a number of children were killed, but in this instance, locals describe how helicopters hovered in the air for hours. soon as i left them, there were helicopters flying at low altitude, about 4 or 5 aircraft. and then we saw soldiers landing, the soldiers targeted a house near where i lived. the house was surrounded. they spoke through loud

speakers telling people to surrender, or the house would be destroyed. then the fighting started near or inside the house . after about an hour, the helicopter carried out 4 or 5 machine gun attacks on the house. 11 came pamela . we're preparing to go to sleep. and suddenly we heard wind and the sound of helicopters. my end went out to see what was going on. she found the sky totally red. they asked us through the loudspeakers to go out. we didn't at 1st, then we went out, they searched us and hentoff my father. they asked for our names and what we knew about our neighbor. we said we don't know anything. they asked us to move to the neighboring house and started rating hours. in the united states says that he designated a suicide vest while together with members of his family, we still have no verified information as to how will these children perish? these, the civilians, as well as women, whether it was american missiles fired by helicopters, small arms, far by us, special forces in the ground were indeed these suicide vest. what we know is that

these casualties have occurred. multiple sources of said this, including unicef. unicef confirms that at least 6 children were killed and one girl was badly injured over night in the border town of at my, in the north west of syria due to heavy violence. all of this happened in serious italy province, which is where i will bucher. i baghdad, the found of isis was killed in 2019 a similar us rate. again, a number of children killed, died in that raid also, but he was killed in italy province, which is ruled by brute turkish rebels. many islamists, among them, indeed the dominant faction there is h t s will news for a fraud, which is seen as a branch of al qaeda in syria. the town of acme, where the, the, the 2nd lead of eyes this was killed is just 2 kilometers away. from the turkish

border, where the found of isis was killed was just 5 kilometers from the, from the turkish border. and despite these are reports of civilian casualties, we have heard a president biden tell audiences about the strike, which he called, precise or forces carried out the operation with their signature preparation of precision. and i directed to partners fast to take every precaution possible to minimize civilian casualties. these information about civilian casualties. while tragic comes, it is an especially bad time for, for barden who's administration has been rattled by, by calls for resignations, as well as accountability following the the deadly drew strike in afghanistan, in kabul in august, when the united states was pulling out, evacuated from afghanistan, naz stripe that killed almost a dozen civilian 7 children. among them there had been calls again for for

resignations, and full accountability. and just a week ago, lloyd austin, the secret of defense, had, are ruled, had issued a call for the pentagon to form rules to do more, to prevent collateral damage or will civilian casualties. because he says that doesn't represent the values of the united states or it's pardons. and he called in the pentagon to come up with concrete measures on how via the pentagon should conduct war whilst minimizing civilian casualties. earlier we spoke with juliet tumor, they used the unicef advocacy communications chief in the middle east, and she told us so, fights, unclear how those 6 children died in northwest syria. but the surgeon fighting is certainly taking a deadly toll. it is very hard to confirm the exact circumstances or the reason behind the fact that 6 children the case and one girl,

6 children were killed. one girl was injured due to the heavy violence that we witnessed the overnight in a, in the northwest of syria. perhaps staying on escalation and violence and bad air. you know what this means is that children pay 1st and they pay most. and if we compare the number of casualties of children during the month of january in comparison to, let's say, december last year, the number is so it's in the higher. and this has been the case since the beginning of the year. and this has got to stop children continue to be the 1st and most to pay in this 11 year long conflict. at least 19 percent of the theory of population lives in poverty and start in comparison to how it used to be before the war began. 11 years ago, the war house car, i've got to come to an end that come conflicts have got to stop. we call an old

fight and all parties to the conflict in syria to stop the fighting for the sake of serious children and its future even if the war stops today. the picture is so big for. busy millions and millions of people among the many children. in the news, the russian foreign ministry has published a list of a telephone measure against germany. it comes just one day after the german media regulates a block of fist, a channel on the de, my colleague royce, to say, discuss the latest developments without the corresponding charlotte to bend ski and don quarter deutsch. avella, its offices are going to be close to the rod russia. its journalists are going to have their press accreditations taken away, and all of their russian language broadcasts are going to be taken off the air. now, darcia bella has since responded to this. they put out a media statement, they said that they're not going to take any action until they get official

confirmation from moscow of these measures. and when they do, they are going to appeal them. but this isn't where the rushes retaliation stops. actually a blacklist is being set up of german government officials, media regulators, basically anyone who is possibly involved in this enormous censorship campaign of r t d. russia is drawing up a list of representatives of state and public structures in germany involved in restricting the broadcast of r t d, and putting pressure on the russian media outlet, who will be denied entry to the russian federation. now this development comes just one day after germany's top media regulator rules that our tv must stop all of its broadcast. that means via satellite via internet, social media, basically everywhere. the required media lo license was not available. the organization and distribution of the tv program via a live stream on the internet via mobile and smart tv parking news and via satellite must therefore be discontinued. of course,

r t d e can still appeal this decision, but this is just one episode in a drawn out pressure campaign aimed at obstructing r t from broadcasting in germany. i mean, the german government says it does. it's not playing a part in this campaign, but banks have not been doing business with our channel. and germany's top regulator seems unwilling to compromise on this issue. and this is all the while as r t has a legal broadcasting license in the european union. there's generally absolutely no broadcasting happening from berlin at all r t d e. the tv channel is oh, broadcasting right here from pasco, via a license that was obtained with absolutely all according european rules and regulations, according to the european convention on transferred to your television. and we are free to broadcast via that license in 30 plus territory across europe. now, going back over the past several months, what we mean by pressure campaign, of course, is for example,

the fact that our tv set up an account on youtube and it was almost immediately taken down by the platform when it started attempting to broadcast over satellite the signal was so poor that people weren't able to tune and, and on top of that, german government officials have described r t d as a quote, irritant. so it's not too difficult to imagine that these setbacks could have been set up on purpose to stop our tv from being successful in germany. and this is something that even the russian president vladimir putin has commented on before. i know about the closure of bank accounts and so on. there's a large number of tactics. they're using se r t d cons operate, they're infringing on freedom of speech and that's very bad. now, like i said before, russia's foreign ministry takes this violation of freedom of the press very seriously. and it says this is only the 1st stage of retaliation that it's willing to shout. so we could see couple of things play out in the future. perhaps a back and forth between german and russian media authorities,

or maybe everyone will come to a compromise will out to see, you know, i don't, as you say, r t d e taking flat from the german authorities. but it's not just confined to germany over to france. stunning by live in paris, charlotte dubin ski. apparently our t frogs is also in the cross charlotte. off he from seas in the cross has of the audio visual and digital communications regulator hearing from stacy's all come now. this was something that was put out in a magazine article, the magazines called challenges halem, france, and in it, it alleges that all come is about to start looking at how r t phones are assist. the channel here has treated several subjects since it started broadcasting. the subjects in the yellow, vast protests, also stories from syria and stories from central africa, all pretty sensitive topics in the country at the moment. now they have any

official confirmation from all come about this in fact, that checked out their website on tuesday afternoon. nothing on that even called the press office and they didn't have anything to say about that notification in the magazine challenges, all the fonts itself says it hasn't received a notification that this is about to happen. but we have had reaction to that from the head of the channel. according to the challenges website, the french media regulator. com has opened a probe into our tea, france. perfect timing right after the situation with all tv. if it is confirmed that the regulator is investigating sensitive topics concerning associations, let's welcome a new world of censorship. while she went on to refute that there have been complaints against the channel and said that there was one issue that was dealt with by the csp, which is the old regulator. and that was to do over an issue for miss translation

of something from syria, which was a genuine mistake and since been resolved. now we have reached out to all come, but we have not yet received a response. as soon as we get the, we of course, bring that to you here on auto international. but what is interesting is this a parent dig it the channel comes at a very crucial time. here in france, we just 2 months now before the presidential elections take place. and we know that my call president microns party is extremely concerned about what they've described . spin foreign digital interference and miss information head of those elections. artie france in r t international selves. i've actually been denied entry to the lease, a polished a couple of press conferences to be able to question the governmental decisions that are made. and that has been the case now for the last few years since president mac cone was elected that has been flagged up as being of serious concern by the national union of journalists and products you described. this is having

a flavor of states. censorship about it is clear though, as we get closer and closer to that presidential election, there are likely to be more attacks on our channel simply for doing what we do and that is questioning more well across the channel in the u. k. there are some more big figures for households to deal with energy bills of british homes are about to 3rd by an average of $700.00 pounds a year. that's after the national regulator lifted, a price cup. it comes amid soaring and natural gas prices across europe. ortiz, shoddy, was dusty, has more in the story while as being described as by now pe, later, scam. essentially, that's the feeling of the opposition in response to the government. so called package of support that it's offering to people to try and alleviate the heavy pressures of this up flu, mama's hike in energy priced cap now just to run you through the thickest,

then what we're seeing is the energy price will rise by 54 percent in april to just shy of 2000 pounds, now tens of millions of households will face paying $693.00 pounds more every single year, which is double that of last year. so it's a huge, huge height with absolute huge consequences. but the government says it's stepping in, it recognizes it needed to do so. and offering this packet of support. what we can do is take the sting out of a significant points shop for millions of families by making sure that increase in prices is smaller initially. and spread over a longer period without government intention. the increase in the price tap would leave the average household having to find an extra $693.00 pounds. the accident i'm announcing today will provide to the vast majority of household. just over half

of that amount. well versus due next to reprise the role of being the rescuer of the nation coming forward with a package of support. however, its own as generous as it may seem. so to break it down, it's to kid. first off, they'll be a $200.00 pound discount. however, that's not exactly a freebie, it's a loan. i will have to be repaid in 40 pounds installments over 5 years, so that money could just simply accumulate for people that are already struggling. then they'll be a rebate and tax and council talks about just a $150.00 pounds. plus risha sudak fell short of scrapping be 18. many people were hoping he was going to do that because if you take that lump sum, that 2000 and, and a 100 pounds of thought is v a t, that could be a significant amount of money. it could have really helped. now all of this has gone down like a lead balloon. many people are highly, highly critical, especially looking at people that are struggling to make ends meet. the chancellor

has offered cold comfort to families in poverty to already rationing what they can spend on essential, such as heating and food. this support will not get people through the next few months and they will not protect those most at risk of hardship. a day after the leveling up fanfare, the government's piecemeal measures won't protect low income families, either now or in the future. surging energy prices are only the start of the crisis . the help announced for these families today won't be enough. we're going to see more children going hungry as parents struggle to make ends meet. while the government says this is beyond party politics blames the pandemic, but also blames the global surgeon demand hiking up all of these gas prices. but on the list, they're quite worried that this could actually happen again. come the autumn and that the government could have halted all of this. instead, that prioritizing profits over the living standards. now today is really from bad to worse because the bank of england are now raising interest rates from 0.25

percent to 0.5 percent, which just add to this cost of living sweep. now everybody's going to be affected by the announcement earlier today. we're going to see high middle income families taking a quite a hit, but of course it's those low income families that are going to be hit the hardest for them. they're already in a di. lemme thinking about eating or heating. but with this announcement, it seems like they might not be able to do either. the candidates prime minister has said there are no plans to call the military to disperse the ongoing truck, his protest over mandatory vaccination. it comes to the capital city also is the chief of police suggested bringing in the army. one has to be very, very cautious before deploying military. as of now, there have been no requests and that is not taking the cards for the truck of protests which is being coined the freedom convoy movement both also and several

other regions with done fil, bought across things with the u. s. i, one of the main focuses because of the rules for quarantine upon return from america. and the truck is a fleming, the government to bonds to be fully vaccinated in order to work. one of the freedom convoy organize this says the current situation with the mandates is a form of oppression. well, what i find condescending is people who talk us, right? these are, these are hardworking kaiden's who pay their taxes. you know, they. ready sit in their truck 1617 hours a day. they don't need to get boxes. but with that said, a lot of the truckers in this convoy are vaccinated. and that's where the public just doesn't understand or maybe they just misinterpreted it. but these people are vaccinated and they simply want them to end because it's a form and oppression. now, that's exactly how all of us consider it. meanwhile, the go fund, the websites is blocked donations to the drivers side thing legal issues. so far,

the campaign has raised around $10000000.00 canadian dollars for the convoy, and facebook has also made a move removing a page promoting the truck is campaign. meanwhile, august, the sense of shipping canada is out of control. everybody is united, but the problem we're having is we have a prime minister who's gaslighting protesters and people who are simply using their, their right to free speech, the right to protest. but he doesn't like what we're doing. and it's like you said, you've united the country and they're trying to do everything they. ready can to censorship to censor us. they've been using liberal, biased media to attack us, calling us all these horrible names which is just not true. and even to the point where the price we, we feel that the prime minister is using lobby groups to do setups across our, across ottawa, you know, stuff like he facing the war. the war memorial, which was done by and chief of we got the blame for it. so we actually went up there and we have people who are guarding at 247 mouth cleaning it up. but it, it,

the liberal censorship is it's, i find it's out of control now. well, that's how things the look in is 5 30 am harry moscow. my name is peter scott, and i'll be back again at the top of the hour with a rundown of the headlines. ah, [000:00:00;00] a to see how it is becoming an engagement. it was the trail. when so many find themselves well the party we choose to look so common ground