the politics business. i'm show business. i'll see you then in the me, you know, the city of austin declares a state of emergency response to the truck convoy a protest against vaccine mandates to city mer, site serious danger and threat to resident but also in the stories that shaped the week on our team russia shuts down that the moscow office of german broadcast, broadcast dodge well after berlin blocks. our sister channel r t d e. in germany. australian curling team member is allowed to compete. the brings in winter lympics despite testing positive or cobit reactive rules are for some countries,

but not others. and at least 6 children are killed in the northwest theory. has american commandos claim to have taken out the leader of islamic state at the same time and place the live direct for us to do moscow? this is our national and john thomas certainly glad to have you with now the mayor of canada capital city, iowa, has declared a state of emergency over the truckers. freedom convoy protests citing serious danger and the threat to safety of residence. now he had earlier accused the drivers protesting in ottawa for a 10th day of disruptive behavior, claiming that they are out of control. and the organizes vehemently deny that, that the saying the movement is entirely peaceful. they accused the government of smearing them with allegations of extremism. the freedom convoy started out as

a protest against a covey vaccine mandate for cross border truckers, it has since escalated into a nationwide rallying point against prime minister just intruders government. on sunday, around 5000 people with a 1000 vehicles flooded downtown ottawa parliament is split on the issue with opposition. conservatives largely supporting the convoy while the governing liberal party has blended it an insurrection. our city is under siege. this group in terror arising our residents torturing them with incessant honking, threatening them, and preventing them from leading their lives. this group is a threat to our democracy. what we're seeing is bigger than just a city of ottawa problem. this is a nation wide in direction. meanwhile the truckers are pulling in political support south of the border for some reason, 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 rhonda santos has a choose the company of fraud and deceptive practices. for more on this we can cross live to paul robinson, professor of public and the international fairs at the university of ottawa. thanks for being with us here on our international market. so do you find the the auto mares decision to declare a state of emergency necessary? do you think that the protesters really put any sort of danger to the residence there? well, i think something could it have to be done that the truck has seemed to be settling in now for the long term even put up some some prominence structures including a kitchen and so on us. and you know, we're having a situation in which the center of town, right opposite parliament is sort of semi from the occupied. you can have a noise some,

some distance away because of the permanent honking. have been stories of locals being harris to the story. and in the past 30 today about a woman who couldn't get her medicine for chemotherapy because of the drive, it just couldn't deliver it and things like that. so it is causing some serious problems and something needs to be done. now a protest is illegal, right? in canada, but with the state wrapping up its restrictions on this movement. what sort of precedent does that set for the right to protest? actually? well, clearly there is a right to to express your views in public. but at the same time, talking vehicles permanently downtown, in breach of a numerous catholic violations you might say if nothing else and of course the bible is about making noise and harassing people and so on and so forth. so, so clarity, this demonstration is in breach law. and people are beginning to ask why,

why did police and not take an action. of course it's, it's quite hard to move, you know, a large number of trucks. so this some of the pretty big vehicles and you, the police can't just walk in and tell them away and didn't. so does this state of emergency change the game for protesters who have said that they are in it for the long haul? you mentioned that they've set up a kitchen in a sauna, if you will, does seem that they are in it for the long haul. how do you think that they're going to get their demands met, or will they be met? and do you think that this could be the stage set for even major stand off in the future? i don't see any chance of the federal government or even the french government actually are getting into too bad demands. what would seem to be in touch with you today, please? and the city have in mind to try and cut off that supplies. so for instance, the talking about intercepting any anybody who's trying to deliver fuel to truckers

and also possibly even arresting people who try and deliver food and other supplies to them. so i think sort of perhaps the status emergency might be used to try and essentially stop them out, but we'll have to see. all right, very interesting to hear thoughts, paul robinson, professor of public and international fairs at the university of ottawa. thanks for your insight. it's certainly interesting. i get are now germany is the media regulator. this week they have band r t 's sister channel r t t, across all platforms. in retaliation, russia has shut down the moscow bureau of german broadcaster deutsch villa with the foreign ministry. also warning of further measures or cheese on quarter has the store force. it 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 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 asi news, and via satellite miss death will be discontinued. what was russia left to do? but to respond and kind door to velo 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 t 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 can't operate their 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 z. kindly broadcasting without the license. and the trauma has not applied for license the german state media officers decision was based on this. this is a completely different situation to deutsch velez. his license has been revoked. profit, 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 film director morton travis, who says the ban on our g, d e is aimed at silencing those who challenge mainstream narratives in the western hemisphere. so much or what comes up the 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 that 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 would suspect australia registered its 1st ever olympic curling event when this weekend. this is despite a team member testing positive for cove it at the beijing winter games leading to claims of double standards for some athletes are likely shasky comments now 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, tapley gill, was tested positive for covet. however, on sunday morning, the chinese authority 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 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 heart warming gesture from the health authorities to allow athletes with low symptoms of coffee 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, must need 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 has been captain on top of that, there are many cases involving colleagues of mine, journalists who have also tested positive and 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 gil are allowed to participate despite having tested positive for cove? it, well, at least not all that sour for many athletes winning golds and silver'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 clashed with us state department spokesperson this week, 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. all of them. when i ask, or what anyone else asked what the information you said while 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. document was published by spanish daily l police and later confirmed as authentic by washington earlier my colleagues, neil's harvey, and soft gear. taylor discussed its contents. over the past few weeks, we've seen at the highest diplomatic levels, riley's of accusations, verbal sparring, and that's just what's been happening and 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 in washington, alongside nato, a very, very far from reaching any kind of consensus with regards to ukraine, issue and deed, well beyond move. not that does seem to be almost a blind unwillingness from the military alliance to recognize any of russia's security concerns. now, the spanish language paper 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 fin triggered a flurry of diplomatic talks and calls,

and essentially they requested legal guarantees, restricting for the 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 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, a shot case them, they will not comp wise. that is despite flattering patient warning, but this is a very reckless disregard of russia's concerns. it's not well for help, because do people realize that this could potentially set all nations involved stone, a very dangerous path of no return,

especially because when you much listen carefully to what i say in ukraine's own duck, try no 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 nature 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 pretend, said it, they're in a slightly different context. but what do we do? what's versus reaction? been to this moscow house already sent, follow up questions to this document. so clearly that there is a desire for continued a dialogue, but most because position 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 country's choices have ramifications beyond its borders and actually post a very real physical threat to someone else. and let's just be clear. a potential

nato 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 even there, you know, shows abortion that, ignoring our concerns, the u. s. and need to refer to the rights 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 one should not allow the strengthening of anyone security at the expense of the security of other states. so the washing 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 responds to an almost existential concern of russia. as we hear you, what we don't care enough to do anything. and this is in fact case closed. we're not going to 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 co operative but do nothing in any way to address your fun demand 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 the still ahead on the weekly london police chief feels the heat after a report revealed disturbing private messages between officers. joking about rape and murder. the whole story coming your way in just a bit is weekly, on our international the

ah with what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have. it's crazy confrontation, let it be an arms race is an offense,

very dramatic development. only personally and getting to resist. i'll see how that strategy will be successful, very difficult time time to sit down and talk ah, welcome back. this is our t internet. now a police watch dog in the u. k. has revealed a disturbing internal culture of massage any attitudes on sexual violence, but of warning you may find some of the fallen content offensive. the report includes private messages between officers of the metropolitan police force which serve greater london in one and officer says he would like to repay a female colleague and other 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, sexist and homophobic messages have been discovered by

a watch drug investigation into the police. thousands of messages taking place between 20162018 were reviewed yet only 2 officers sucked. 9 of the 14 investigated are still serving in the 4th one another holds a contract to stop role. now the commission of face is cool 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 obliteration 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, yet her 6 to your salary post 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 mac, great p, right? the 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 everyone they have failed with their appalling conduct and acknowledge how this will damage the trust and confidence of many in the met 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 rate and murder of sir evarado by a serving metropolitan police officer known to colleagues as the rapist during his

earlier corin. i'm just the meta serious about reaching the force of rotten abuses of power. surely those individuals must go off to all it's a toxic, dangerous culture that yet again, leadership turns a blind eye to any cost. when we actually started our an issue and the bed used on the all work and that one investigation, actually mushrooms and to 9 separate investigations and what we uncovered were seated. so the thing that was happening here was that they thought it doesn't just have a devastate. it also has on the internal culture within the b service because these officers that were involved with the women, they were officers come from different cultures and back p service as

an doesn't promote 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 go to when and rebuild the trust and confidence of the community that these very offices come from? the units have says, 6 children were killed at the time. the us conducted a special operation in northwest syria. president biden hailed thursday's 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. the pentagon 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, strong, strong indications. american forces caused no civilian death. we spoke with julia too much from you, ends, 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 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 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. 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. also, video has emerged of what is said to be the helicopter. that us commandos were forced to blow up during the raid. here you can see what's left of the vehicle. american official deny it crashed or was shot down and say that the crew is safe. adding that it was a mechanical failure that led to the helicopter being detonated. we spoke to locals, who said they witnessed the raid. soon as i left a message, 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 glance speakers telling everyone surrender or the house would be destroyed than the fighting started near or inside the house for about an hour. the helicopter carried at 4 or 5 machine gun attacks on the house. okay mama, we were preparing to go to sleep and suddenly we heard wind and the sound of helicopters, c, 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 neighbor. we said we didn't know anything. they asked us to move to the neighboring house and started rating ours that does it for me. this hour i'll be back with more of the weekly in about 32 minutes. stay with us, our international. ah ah, ah, in october 1962 in a period known as the cuban missile crisis united states. and then the soviet union were on the brink of war, phosphor to february 2022. and the americans and russians find themselves in a similar that a powerless situation. this time on the russian ukrainian border will diplomacy as in 1962, be enough to prevent war in 2022. the

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