you must have the money miss was that i can learn less thump . among the stories to shake the weak aeronautics international russia close is to moscow office of jutland broadcast at deutsch avella, up to berlin, slaps a ban on artes, sister channelled archie de. rules are not for everyone off the testing positive for cove, it and australian curling team player has been allowed to compete. instead of being put in isolation. at least 6 children are killed in northwest syria. as american commandos reportedly kill the leader of islamic state. the same time, the same place with

will certainly be in a jam packed week here. we're not you international. let's highlight some of the top stories was also hitting today's main headlines. welcome to them. so i, germany's main regulator has a band ortiz, sister channel r t, t, across all platforms. in retaliation, russia shot down the moscow bureau of german broadcast, at deutsch avella, the foreign ministry wanting further measures could follow the auto don't quarter, takes a much closer look. it was this week, the biggest violation of freedom of the press in germany. the country's top media regulator took r t d. e's broadcast off the air on the internet via satellite social media. absolutely everywhere. the required media, low license was not available. the organisation and distribution of the tv program by a live stream on the internet for the mobile and smart tv up archie, news, and via satellite miss death will be discontinued. what was russia left to do, but to respond and kind. deutsch avella was told its offices in russia will be shut

down. it's journalists press accreditation revoked, and it's russian language broadcasts taken off the air on top of all that a blacklist was declared to include everyone complicit in this enormous censorship campaign against r t. russia is drawing up a list of representatives of states and public stretches in germany, involved in the streets in the broadcast of r t d and putting pressure on the russian media outlets will be denied entry to the russian federation. moscow promise. this was just the 1st stage of measures that it was willing to take after all this r t d e ban is only the latest episode and a drawn out pressure campaign that's been aimed at obstructing r t from broadcasting in germany. sure, the government denies playing any role in all this, but it's done nothing about the fact that a number of banks won't do business with our channel or that the country's top media regulator seems unwilling to even reach a compromise. that's all, despite our te, holding a legal european broadcast license

o g d e was licensed in serbia under the european convention of trans frontier television, r t t e can book cost as programs in 33 european countries, including germany. or you can still appeal the decision, but how much good will that do at this point? almost immediately after r t d e created a youtube account, the platform deleted it. when it tried to broadcast over satellite, the signal was so poor, people couldn't even to an in german officials have even labeled our german language channel. an irritant. it's not difficult to imagine that these problems were deliberately set up to impede r t d e 's success, which i know about the closure of bank accounts and so on. there's a large number of tactics they using say, r t d cons operate, they're infringing on freedom of speech. and that's very bad. and yet berlin's acting like moscow took these measures out of the blue r g d e z kindly broadcasting without the license. and the trauma has not applied for license. the german state media office is decision was based on this. this is

a completely different situation to daughter velez. his license has been revoked. perhaps if this was the 1st time or even maybe the 2nd time r, t was obstructed from broadcasting one might say rush overreacted, but r t d e was entirely banned from broadcasting in germany, and that is no small step in the wrong direction. we spoke to phil director morgan traffic. he says, the ban on our tv is aimed at silencing challenges to mainstream narratives in the western hemisphere. so much or what comes of the russia is viewed with such suspicion. because that that creates a world view where a lot of people are missing out on potentially valuable corrections or, or alternative viewpoints to look at the big tech giants who are already censoring . sometimes in very bizarre ways. statements or viewpoints are

supposedly unacceptable. it's just a part of a general trend toward a q rated or controlled media world. or this is obviously, i think, connected to the prevailing political situation not least connected to ukraine. i would suspect australia is one. it's 1st of a limpid, curling event in the mixed doubles. the victory came at the price of some controversy. a team member italy gill tested cove. it positive late on saturday, yet she was allowed to compete on the same alexi chef reports from beijing winter olympics. when to lympics are continuing in the chinese capital beijing, and we may have a 1st scandal of big proportions here involving australian curling team. now on saturday night, one of the team members, actually gil, was tested positive for call it. however, on sunday morning,

the chinese authority said that she was clear to participate in the competition while observing close contact rules. while looking at curling on the way this game is played. you cannot imagine any way that this is free of any close contacts. jill herself was probably very surprised to hear the news already admitting she was heart broken. and the official explanation from the chinese authorities was that her copied readings war to law. and that's why she was allowed to participate. i had a look at how this was actually happening. and obviously gill had no mask on whatsoever . and move like that would seem as a very hot warming gesture from the health authorities to allow athletes with low symptoms, of course, 19 to participate in the games. how did not be in for multiple heartbreaking stories involving many athletes from across the planet who had been preparing for the games for, for yes. tested positive up on arrival, and were forced to miss out on the limbic sphere in beijing. such as the case of

a russian by athlete was salva, who was immediately taken into isolation upon arrival, having tested positive for corbett, and just a few days back. she put a post on instagram, describing horrible conditions as she described it. she had been kept in on top of that, there are many cases involving colleagues of mine, journalists who have also tested positive. i'm been locked away and even more so those who were on the same plane with them and was sat next to them despite testing negative, are also put into moderate self isolation. just to remind you that all of us here are living in a bubble. we are, the allows to be inside the hotels and at olympic venue were not allowed to go into the city. but with all these new regulations and rules imposed by the chinese authorities. all this seems like an unnecessary requirement for us here. why are we supposed to be in a bubble when people like gil,

are allowed to participate despite having tested positive for corporate, or at least it's not all that sour for many athletes winning golds and fill those already. that is the case of alexandra bush and off of the russian olympic committee team who managed to win gold in the sky race. and that is the 1st goal for the r o c team here in beijing. of course i'm keeping you updated with everything happening here in the chinese capital electra, the rti reporting from beijing and china. well, among some of the top stories this week, a veteran reporter clashing with a state department spokes person was asked, the officials failed to back up their claim that rushes, planning a full flag operation to justify war. what is the evidence that you had that suggested that the russians are even planning with math? 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. we do so we did 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 where you to do moscow says is not surprised by another string of accusations. so i think it's rather reminiscent of 2003 when the u. s. made false claims about iraqi weapons of mass destruction. meanwhile, the full text of the confidential us and nato response to russia. security concerns has been leaked. the reported document was published by the spanish newspaper. l pays and my colleagues saskia taylor and neil harvey discussed its contents. over the past few weeks we've seen at the highest diplomatic levels, riley's of accusations of verbal sparring and that's just what's been happening in public. so we can only imagine what's going on behind closed doors, but now

a fresh document leak has all put off a glimpse into what is indeed happening behind those doors. and it's really showed that moscow and washington, alongside nato, a very, very far from reaching any kind of consensus with regards to ukraine, issue, uninsured. well beyond move, not that does seem to be almost a blind unwillingness from the military alliance to recognize any of russia security concerns. now, the spanish language paper open hasn't managed to get it comes on the nato and us response to russia. security proposals now will remember those proposals they were sent back in december. they sent triggered a flurry of diplomatic talks and cools, and essentially they requested legal guarantees directing farther nato expansion, specifically with regards to ukraine. the document that we're seeing now though, reveals a very blunt response from washington and brussels. and it's, you know, full states should respect the right of other states to choose or change security

arrangements and to decide their own future and foreign policy free from outside interference. in this slide, we reaffirm our commitment to nato's open door policy under article 10 of the washington treaty. we have of course, requested comment from both nato and the us state department. but if we take just this document, it seems that it is an open shot case. them, they will not compromise. that is despite flat, i'm a person warning, but this is a very reckless disregard of rushes concerns. it's not well for help, because do people realize that this could potentially set all nations involved down a very dangerous path of no return associates? just because when you much listen carefully to what i say in ukraine's own doctor. i know documents it is written that they plan to return crimea, including by military means that it's not what they say publicly. imagine for yourself that ukraine and nater members will begin military operations in crimea. what do we do? go to war with the nato block. has anyone thought about that?

so the situation is, it seems to me both sides refusing to budge and let him pitch and set it there in a slightly different context. but what do we do? what's versus reaction? been to this moscow has already sent follow up questions to this document. so clearly that is a desire for continued a dialogue. but most disposition on this has been consistent from the beginning. it recognizes, of course, that every single country has the right to determine its own policy and assure its own security that is not what's being disputed. here. the issue is when countries choices have ramifications beyond its borders and actually pose a very real physical threat to someone else. and let's just be clear. a potential natal launchpad located in ukraine is just a couple of minutes miss all away from, from russia. so it's essentially, i think, this fear that really underlies russia's concerns in that area. and it shows that ignoring our concerns, the u. s. and need to refer to the right of states to freely choose how to insure

the security. but it's not just about giving someone this right. after all, this is only one parts of the well known formula for the indivisibility of security . the 2nd integral part says that one should not allow the strengthening of any one security at the expense of the security of other states. so the washing leaders asking, why must we thought provide our security that someone else can feel safe? not said it would be remiss if i didn't point out that the document has some encouraging moments i'm talking about. reestablish the communication long military channels, reinstating the nato office here and moscow discussing arms control. so reducing missile deployment to ukraine. but if we get to the bottom of it lets people on, according to this document, the west responds to an almost existential concern of russia says we hear you, but we don't care enough to do anything. and this is in fact case clothes, we're not gonna discuss it further. but here's a list of much smaller things that we feel that we can give you to project an image

that we are listening and being cooperative, but do nothing in any way to address your fundamental concerns. and with that kind of inflexible rhetoric combined, of course, with this ongoing footage of millions of dollars worth of weapons being sent to kiev. it's very difficult even with the best of intentions, to see where to move from now by quarter fox out here at moscow. unicef says 6 children were killed at the time. the u. s. conducted a special operation in northwest syria, a biden hailed admission of success, claiming islamic states chief had been killed. forces carried out the operation with their signature preparation and precision. and i directed the department of defense to take every precaution possible to minimize civilian casualties. unicef confirms that at least 6 children were killed and one girl was badly injured overnight in the border town of ad in the northwest of syria due to heavy violence . meanwhile, the pentagon says 2 children and a woman were killed during the raid. apparently when the ice is lead, reportedly blew himself up. r u. s. department of defense folks,

both in claims are quote, strong, strong indications. american forces cause no civilian debts, that we did speak to a juliet tumor from the unicef about the cost of the violence in that country. when we have seen an escalation and violence in that area, what this means is that the children paid 1st and they pay most. and then 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 have 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. we call an old site and all parties to the conflict in syria to stop the fighting for the sake of serious children and its future. meanwhile, videos, a merger was said to be the u. s. the helicopter,

the us commanders were forced to blow up during their re, you can see what's left of it. american officials deny crashed was shot down. they say the crew is safe. adding that it was a mechanical failure that led to the helicopter being detonated. which by the locals who say they witnessed the right soon as i left them there, there were helicopters flying at low altitude, about 4 or 5 aircraft. then we saw soldiers landing the soldiers targets as a house near where i live. the house was surrounded, they spoke through land speakers telling everyone surrender or the house would be destroyed. then the fighting started near inside the house for about an hour. the helicopter carried out 4 or 5 machine gun attacks on the house of a bummer. we were preparing to go to sleep and suddenly we heard when the sound of helicopters, my aunt went to see what was going on. she found the sky totally red through loudspeakers to go out. we did that, but then they searched us and hank of my father, they asked our names and what we knew about

a neighbor. we said we didn't know anything. they asked us to move to the neighboring house and started rating us. we discussed the raids like this one in syria with author nicholas damon's. how can it be? were killing 6 children for the sake of killing, you know, one al qaeda leisure apparently slamming state leader who will quickly be replaced by somebody else. now this, this, this is just her ethic and secretary austin trying to come up with new rules to prevent the killing of civilians by force. it's under his command, you know, waited the united states has been a war and all these countries in the middle east, in the greater middle east, over 20. yes. to think that, you know, these couple that we have recently heard about some how unique in the fact that they killed civilians is, is just to be, would be utterly cried. you must,

the saudi arabia, as military incursions in the yemen grinds on despite a pledge from joe biden to help ended all the coalition led by re add, which is courses being on by the pentagon, reportedly targeted civilian buildings in the capital. on monday, that has condo nation grows of a saudi air raid on a given a detention center, the cause, the highest number of civilian casualties reported in years. assays. daniel hawkins takes a closer look. it's a one of the deadliest single asterix in yemen. civil war, starting out even among dozens of such incidents, would the red cross condemning it as the worst incident of civilian casualties in 3 years. and i've heard a lot about her. since we didn't have any information that there would be an attack, we only heard the sound of the strike. i heard it when i was at home. i went out and entered the jail, but i saw body parts everywhere. oh, i did a lot of what i heard, groans and screams,

some prisoners were clinging to the walls. i shined a flashlight and saw a huge number of people. the bodies of some of them were torn apart. others crawled on their stomachs. some tried to get up and walk, others were locked inside the building when they were 3 strikes, the 1st blast hit the building on the east side from the side of my house. then to strike came on the western side of the living casualty estimates in the heathy run detention facility, very from 80 to over a 100, with hundreds more injured prisons had been here before an era in 2019 kill dozens as of wedding parties, hospitals and schools officials from the saudi led coalition denied responsibility for this strike, then pledged to investigate amnesty international reports on the incident as well as witness accounts on the ground point to an all too familiar picture. a u. s. manufactured and supplied bomb. launched by coalition aircraft go aquila, you assign us forces attack to back

a prison and city of saudi using smart bomb. since these bombs are used against ground targets and heavily fortified objects again at the span, bombs have been used earlier. why these are american bombs, as they are used by the u. s. navy and air force, as well as the saudi arabian air force. images of the shocking aftermath of hundreds of strikes have been tragically consistent throughout more than 7 years of bloody conflict. and n g o z have repeatedly called out a weapon sales for the region as a key factor in the worse and crisis heretic images that have trickles out of yemen are jarring. reminder of who is paying the terrible price for western states lucrative sales to saudi arabia and its coalition allies. the one thing as consistent as the stream of appalling images from yemen has been give us policy on arm sale to saudi arabia and its allies. 3 administrations, both democrat and republican, have completed billions in weapons deals while of war and yemen has raged. and

walled from enthusiasm for alms deals with saudi princes was well known. there was hope, the boyden administration would be different given, but now prisoners criticism of saudi arabia on the campaign trail, and pledges to tone down support. this war has to end. and to underscore our commitment, we are ending all american support for offensive operations in the war in yemen, including relevant arms sales. there is a very important distinction between our commitment to not engage or not support offensive activities and operations in yemen, including to the provision of offensive weapons. and the legitimate needs of the king of saudi arabia, in terms of its own defense of the united states, will continue its diplomatic outreach and engage with various stakeholders. reality

has been different the spot, the efforts of some senators, the block on sales weaponry, has poured into saudi arabia and billions of dollars into the accounts of us. all the manufacturers, mounting civilian casualties have been no obstacle deciding new deals the latest just months ago. and as n g o z and groups of certain senators and congressmen call for a change in policy, even decrying the arm sales is a violation of us laws. it seems for now, business will take precedence. wireless very assurances of change and a stream of distressing images from yemen. well, the weapons which are being used in the middle east have been quite a very long time given by the american. so nothing new because the biggest weapons manufacturer, right now in the world, the united states of america, they will continue to do this. they will need to sell because the foreign policy of the states just dictated by the military industrial complex or the

money that noise and the but i live right now. but well, it is once again a huge be beneficial and profitable business white school. this is the sale that have taken place between america and america. well, this is not america anymore. that's how a passenger on spirit airlines reacted when staff told them to remove its face mosque because it had the nc bite. and let's go brandon slogan on it. video of the incident got attention on social media, 500000 views on tick tock during the week. not america anymore. the. this is not america anymore. the company here. if i had a b, l a mass gone, what did it been? ok. what does that mean? like like that or? no. what does that grand in? what does that mean?

it's my name. but isn't it freedom of speech to have the mascot? is it? is it a freedom to see? is this massive home? i just, i can't, we are massive says let's go brandon. like this. anybody, i don't understand. the incident happened on a flight from cleveland to tampa, and one of the crew said it was unacceptable for the passenger. adam donya to display a political statement, citing the airlines policy. i wish by the adam himself who says the incident is about the flight attendance. personal views, not the rules of the airline in the public. you're an airline, it's a company. ready that they can enforce you know, policies. ready and things and things like that, but i still think it falls under freedom of speech because it was, you know, it was basically violated. it wasn't spirit, it wasn't spirit palsy that i should not wear this. so it was, it was

a direct situation with the actual flight attendance. i mean, anything will offend anybody. it's all a person all saying it's not, you know, she might have thought me might, you know, but is it something else was offensive? if i put, if i would have had 24 or 5 or anything, anything of that sort. what she had told me to take it off. you know, and i don't, i don't think that would be the case. i think if she would have like did, she would have, let me, let me wear it. that slogan, let's go. brandon is a code for insulting president by started by no. nascar driver, brandon brown was being into interviewed a few months ago after winning a race and the crowd behind them began chanting and exclusive at the president. but the reporter thought they were saying, let's go brandon. a passenger adam or don't are again says censorship is killing freedom of speech. we do have free speech. it's i think it's, you know,

being taken away from us by one sided censorship. i mean you see media. ready all the time that it's you know, let them jump, supporters will post things and you know, they'll be taken down or you know, things that they support. but if you talk to the other side, it's not censored. so i feel like, you know, the freedom of speech there is, you know, being, being taken away and it's basically one side of i dropping off the news cost for this hour here live on ortiz or national in moscow. thanks so much for joining us here on the sunday, it is the sunday program highlighting the top storage of the week end of the day. if you could join us for another one, we're back in with

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with a with me hello, welcome to worlds apart. competing interest and power politics have existed as long as nation states came into being spurring the development of diplomacy on the one hand and viewing arms races on the other. every now and then, especially in european politics. diplomats and generals get sidelined by demagogues . hold on for training adversaries as no just geopolitical competitors. but rather

as laurel did report even says, a show interiors, i'll be back to the era of a mansion in european affairs. we'll discuss it and now joined by a russian and european politics, and the university of canada has a separate great, you see a great to talk to thank you very much for being available. my pleasure. in your recent article, you mentioned that the current ukrainian saga reminds you of the cuban missile crisis, which mark said 60th anniversary this year. and that in both cases, genuine concerns when mixed up with postering and life escalation. and i see the relevance of this comparison when it comes to russia strategic interest. but when it comes to the west or the united states, in particular, it isn't just as, as this sensually significant as it was back in 1962 with the placement possible placement of the soviet missiles in cuba. the cuban missile crisis

is being repeated. but in a sort of slow motion behavior, and the larger context is important and i'll come back to the cuban issue. and the larger one is that i argue, that we are back in a cold war. and you know, cold war 2. and just as the cuban missile crisis in october, 1062 was as it were, the moment turning moment when both sides, moscow and washington, all of the leaders understood that this conflict needs to be managed to else will go into a hot world. 3rd world war. similarly, that's why today as well, it's a moment of shock, a moment of recognition that actually we have all have sides have to change. but what you said about that the beginning about the demonization of both sides. that is a typical behavior of cold war is that when you're not just involved to what you say .