with the news, the canadian city of ottawa declared a state of emergency in response to the trucker conway. protest against the vacuum mandate, the city mer, sites serious danger and threat to residence. and also in the stories that shapes a week on our international russia shut down that the moscow office of germany broadcaster georgia rel, i'm after berlin blocks ortiz, history channel, our t v e in germany and australia and curling team member is allowed to compete. have the winter olympics? the 5 tested positive for coven reactive rules are for some countries, but not for others. at least 6 children are killed in northwest syria. as american

commandos claimed to have taken out the leader of la mac state. and at the same time in place, the news for broadcast direct rescue moscow recapping the weeks tops toys with our weekly program. this is our to international. are now the mayor of canada's capital city ottawa has declared a state of emergency over the truckers freedom. com for protest, citing serious danger and a threat to the safety of residents you had earlier accused the drivers protesting an ottawa for a 10th day of disruptive behavior, claiming that they're out of control. of the organizers vehemently deny that they're saying movement is entirely peaceful. they accused the government of smearing them with allegations of extremism. now the freedom convoys started out as a protest against a coven vaccine mandate for a cross border trucker. it has since escalated into a nationwide rallying point,

against prime minister just intruders government. now on sunday, from 5000 people with a 1000 vehicles flooded downtown ottawa, parliament is split on the issue with opposition. conservative largely supporting the convoy. well, the governing liberal party, have branded it an insurrection. our city is under siege. what we're seeing is bigger than just the city of october problem. this is a nationwide insurrection. we need a concrete plan to put an end to this. meanwhile, the truckers are pulling in political support south of the border as well. the governor of florida is launching a probe into the u. s. website. go fund me for withholding millions of dollars in donations for the canadian truckers. the fundraising platform claims the movement violated its terms of service. but randa santas has accused the company of fraud and deceptive practices and across the atlantic covert vaccine regulations are being met with a barrage of discontent as thousands rallied on sunday. and the dutch city of

rotterdam and the march was led by a group called firefighters. for freedom, who accused the government of violating basic freedoms and threatening democracy, players were set off on the streets with estimated $15000.00 people taking part and almost no police officers in sign. that is because the cities right police were on strike. also, due to vaccines rules now, the netherlands has lifted many of its restrictions after months of harsh locked downs by the covey community passes, are required to enter tubs of restaurants and cultural events. germany's media regulator this week, band rtp sister, channel r t, d e, across all platforms, in retaliation, russia shut down to the moscow bureau of german broadcast. you're doing well with the foreign ministry. also warning of further measures or she's done quarter has a story for us. there was this week's biggest violation of freedom of the press in germany. the country's top media regulator took

r t d e 's broadcasts off the air on the internet via satellite social media, absolutely everywhere. the required media low license was not available. the organization and distribution of the tv program by a live stream on the internet, by 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 in kind don't to velo was told it's 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 our t. russia is drawing up a list of representatives of states and public structures in germany involved in the streets in the broadcast of all 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 r t holding a legal european broadcast license. a t t e was licensed in serbia and to the european convention of trans frontier television, r t t e. can. berk cost is programs in sachi, $3.00 european countries, including germany, arts and 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 reach i know about the closure of bank accounts and so on is

a large number of tactics they're using. so all t d consol crate, 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 t d e is currently broadcasting without the license and the chairman has not applied for a license. the german state media offices decision was based on this. this is a completely different situation to deutsch velez. his license is being revoked. perhaps if this was the 1st time or even maybe the 2nd time r t was obstructed from broadcasting. one might say russia 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 film director morton travis, who says the ban on our tv is aimed at silencing those who challenge mainstream narratives in the western hemisphere. so much of what comes up to russia is viewed

with such suspicion. because that, that creates a worldview 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, is 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 was suspect, australia registered if 1st ever olympic curling event when this weekend, this is despite a team member testing positive for cove. it after basing which are games leading to

claims of double standards for athletes. but he's election shasky comments from the host city winter olympics are continuing in the chinese capital bay jing and we may have a 1st scandal of big proportions he involving australian curling team. now on saturday night, one of the team members tightly gill, was tested positive for cove it. however, on sunday morning, the chinese authorities said that she was cleared to participate in the competition while observing close contact rules. while looking at curling and the way this game is played, you cannot imagine any way that this is free of any close contacts. gill 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 wore too low. and so 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. a move like that would seem as a very hot warming gesture from the health authorities to allow athletes with low symptoms of cove. 19 to participate in the games. had it not been for multiple hot breaking stories involving many athletes from across the planet who had been preparing for the games for, for yes. tested positive upon arrival and were forced to miss out on the olympics here in bay jing such as the case of a russian by athlete musket salva, who was immediately taken into isolation upon arrival, having tested positive for covet and just a few days back, she put a post on instagram describing horrible conditions as she described it. she's been captain. on top of that, there are many cases involving colleagues of mine, journalists who've also tested positive. i'm been locked away and even more so those who were on the same plane with them and were sat next to them despite testing negative, are also put into mordor itself. isolation,

just to remind you that all of us here are living in a bubble that we are allows to be inside the hotels and at olympic. venues 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 a requirement for us here. why are we supposed to be in a bubble when people like gail are allowed to participate despite having tested positive for cove? it, well, at least not all that sour for maniac lights winning golds and silva's already. that is the case of alexandra bush, sen, off off the russian olympic committee team who managed to win gold in a ski 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 lecture. shasky rti reporting from beijing and china. a veteran reporter clash with the us state department spokesperson this week. now, as officials failed to back up their claim that russia's planning

a false flag operation to justify a war with ukraine. what is the evidence that you have that suggested that the russians are even planning this man? 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 them, when i asked 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 declassify information only when we're confident in that information. if you doubt, if you doubt the credibility of u. s. government, of the british government, of other governments and wanna, you know, find solace and information that the russians are putting out. that is i, that is for you to do. moscow says it's not surprised by yet another string of accusations saying it's reminiscent of 2003 when the u. s. made false claims of iraqi weapons of mass destruction. meanwhile, the full text of the confidential us nato response to russia's security concerns

has been leaked. the document was published by spanish daily l. a. pie use and later confirmed as authentic by washington. earlier, my colleagues, neil harvey and soft taylor discussed its contents. over the past few weeks, we've seen the highest diplomatic levels, riley's of accusations, verbal sparring, and that's just what's been happening in public. so we can only imagine what 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 hands on the nato and us response to russia. security proposals now will remember those proposals they were

sent back in december. they fin triggered a flurry of diplomatic talks and calls, and essentially they requested legal guarantees restricting, farther nato expansion, specifically with regards to ukraine. the document that we're thing now though, reveals a very blunt response from washington and brussels. and it's in all 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 come mize. that is despite flat and patient warning. but this is a very reckless disregard of russia's concerns. it's not well for help because don't people realize that this could potentially set all nations involved down

a very dangerous path of no return, especially because when you much listen carefully to us, i say, in ukraine's own doc try no document. it is written that they plan to return crimea, including by military means, that is not what they say publicly. imagine for yourself that ukraine and nate 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 the 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 thought is not what's being disputed. here. the issue is when a 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, initials, abortion is just ignoring our concerns the u. s. and need to refer to the right of states to freely choose how to ensure 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 once not allow the strengthening of any one security at the expense of the security of, of the state. so the wash and liters asking why must we sacrifice our security that someone else can feel safe? but said it would be remiss if i didn't point out that the document has some encouraging moments. i'm talking about reestablish communication long military channels, reinstating the nature office here and moscow discussing arms control. so reducing

missile deployment to ukraine. but if we get to the bottom of it, let's be blunt, according to this document, the west response to an almost existential concern of russia, as we hear you. but we don't care enough to do anything. and this is in fact case closed. 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 protect an image that we are listening and being co operative but do nothing in any way to address your fundamental concerns 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. still had this, our london police chief feels the heat after a report reveals disturbing private messages between officers. joking about rape and murder, full story coming your way shortly. this is our international end, the week. the

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airs sinks. we dare to ask ah, welcome back. this is the weekly on our international now a police watch dog in the u. k. has revealed a disturbing internal cultural of massage any and attitudes on sexual violence, bit of warning, you may find some of the following content defensive. the report includes private messages between officers of the metropolitan police force, which serves greater london in one and officer, says he'd like to rape a female colleague. and another jokes about getting a woman into bed using a knife or u. k. correspondent shudder. edwards darcy can tell us more. all careful incidents

of hey crime involving racist texas and home aside. the messages have been discovered by a watchdog investigation into the police. thousands of messages taking place between 20162018 were reviewed yet only 2 officers sack 9 of the 14 investigated are still serving in the 4th one another holds a contract to stop role. now the commission of faces schools to go, but not just from the public, but senior politicians, as well as former high ranking offices. we're not seeing one of instances we've seen now too many instances of the most appalling behaviors. i also think it shows a feeler of literature in some quarters. the met police may be the worst for institutional massage any and racism, but they're not the only ones. only a statutory judge lead inquiry will do. only new leadership will do. surely, christina, dick can not be proud of her record. when this is the norman charing cross neck. get her 6 to your salary pot was renewed last auden,

which feels like rewarding failure. the defense just bank apparently. in fact the independent office. so please conduct found an officer was named great the right person following rumors about bringing a woman back to the police station to then sexually assault the met says it was sorry. we are deeply sorry to london, isn't every one they have failed with their appalling conduct and acknowledge how this will damage the trust and confidence of many in the meant in the u. k. officers of the post the police by consent. but how can trust be restored? or even wasn't ever that what investigate to say, the insidious culture is widespread. we believe these incidents and not isolated or simply the behavior of a few bad apples. the highly dumbing report is just the latest scandal under police commissioner, crescent dix watch. institutional feelings were placed under intense scrutiny by the rape and murder of sir evarado by

a serving metropolitan police officer known to colleagues as the rapists during his career in. i'm just the mattress, serious about written in the force of russian abuses of power. surely those individuals must go and that boss to all is a toxic, dangerous culture that yet again, leadership times a blind eye to any cost. when we actually started our issue and david hughes from the start of all work and that one investigation, actually mushrooms and to 9 separate investigations, and what we uncovered were cds. so the thing that was happening here was that they thought it doesn't just devastate public. it also has a devasted on the internal culture with the b service because these officers that were involved with the women,

they were officers come from different cultures and back at the service as in the promot culture, which supports officers no matter where they come from, their sex and they won't enjoy their trust and confidence and enjoy the actual how can they to when and rebuild the trust and confidence of the community that these very offices come from. the unit says 6 children were killed at the time. the u. s. conducted a special operation in northwest syria, president biden haled at thursdays mission a success declaring that islamic states chief had been eliminated, or has 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. dependent on says 2 children and a woman were killed during that raid. when the isis leader blew himself up, u. s. department of defense spokesperson claims that there are quote, a strong strong indications. american forces caused no civilian death. we spoke with julia toma from the un children's agency about the cost of ongoing violence in syria. when we have seen an escalation and violence in that area, and 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 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 fives and

all parties to the conflict in syria to stop the fighting for the sake of serious children. and in future also video has emerged of what is said to be the helicopter . that us commandos were forced to blow up during the break. here you can see what's left of the vehicle. american official deny had crashed or was shot down and say the crew is safe. adding that it was a mechanical failure that led to the helicopter being detonated. we spoke to locals, who say they witnessed the rate. 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 target is a house near where i live. the house was surrounded. they spoke through land speakers telling every on 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. okay, bummer! we were preparing to go to sleep. and suddenly we heard wind and the sound of

helicopters. my aunt went to see what was going on. she found the sky totally red. they asked us 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 our neighbors. we said we didn't know anything. they asked us to move to the neighboring house and started rating us all . the operation in syria is believed to be the worst case of collateral damage. since the u. s. jones strike and couple in august which killed 10 civilians including an entire family and not one that terrorist author. nicholas davies thinks such tragedies are just the tip of the iceberg. the united states as being a war and all these countries and mentally in the greater middle east, the over 20. yes. the last few months, we've had a couple of incidents where just because of the circumstances the united states has not been able to deny the fact that it killed large numbers

and civilians had just in thousands and thousands of these attacks. and to think that, you know, these couple that we have recently had somehow unique in the fact that they killed civilians is, is just to be, would be actually credulous. i that is it for me this hour for the weekly. i will be back in, let's say 34 minutes with another professional here with us tonight. ah, the mediterranean is the world's most over fish, seen unsustainable exploitation of its fish dogs, which maureen biodiversity under great thread a

loose despite the promise is to end over fishing by 2020. the situation is changing to slow. i'm very disappointed with basically public interest. we also do, you know, in the middle of the only interest history on the facial and the only one is in danger. the fisherman also at risk of losing a, a with, with

with mm welcome to world support. competing interest and power politics have existed as long as nation states came into being sparing 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 sideline by demagogues who dank on portraying adversaries as not just that job political competitors. but rather as laurel degenerates or even feel is ational inferiors, i'll be back to the era of her mansion in european affairs. well,

to discuss it are now joined by a professor of russian and european politics at the university of cam has a separate grade to see a great to talk to thank you very much for being available. my pleasure, presence aqua in your recent article. you mentioned that the current ukrainian saga reminds you of the cuban missile crisis, which march said 60th anniversary of this year. and in both cases, genuine concerns were 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 and lighter, 62, with the placement possible placement of the soviet missiles in cuba. the, the cuban missile crisis is being repeated in a sort of slow motion behavior. and the launch of 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 1962 was as it were, the moment to turning moment when both sides, moscow and washington, all of the leaders understood that this conflict needs to be managed to else will co into a hot water, the 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, great power politics, but it's actually more existential. you are black and white. many came good against evil, correct me from.