[000:00:00;00] a, a canadian city of ottawa declares a state of emergency in response to the truck, convoy, protest against vaccine mandate to be city, mayor sites serious danger and threat to residents. also the stories that shaped the week on our international russia shuts down the moscow office of german broadcaster, georgia bella after berlin blocks ortiz, history channel, or t. d. e. in germany. australian curling team member is allowed to compete at the beijing winter olympics despite testing positive cov it, we ask if the rules are for some countries but not for others. with at least 6 children are killed in northwest syria. as american commandos claim to have taken

out the leader of islamic state at the same time and place with broadcasting lab to restaurant studios in moscow. this is art international. i'm john thomas. certainly glad to have you with us. now the mayor of canada's capital city ottawa has declared a state of emergency over the truckers. freedom convoy protests citing serious danger and a threat to the safety residents you had earlier accused the drivers protesting in ottawa for a 10th day of destructive behavior, claiming that they are out of control. the organizers organizers, excuse me, vehemently deny that saying that the movement is entirely peaceful. they accused the government of smearing them with allegations of extremism. freedom con voice started out as a protest against a coven vaccine mandate for cross border truckers. it has since escalated into a nation wide rallying point against prime minister just introduced government on

sunday. 5000 people with a 1000 vehicles flooded downtown ottawa parliament is split on the issue with opposition. conservatives largely supporting the convoy. well, the governing liberal party has branded it an insurrection. our city is under siege. this group it arising our residence, 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 the city of ottawa problem. this is a nationwide insurrection. meanwhile the truckers are pulling in the political support south of the border. the governor of florida is launching a probe into the u. s. website go for me for withholding millions of dollars in donations for the canadian truckers. the fundraising platform claimed that the movement violated its terms of service. but for some reason, ron de santis has choose

a company of fraud and deceptive practices. practices. we spoke to independent political analyst, alexander, bruno, who thinks the government faces an appealed task in curbing the protest. i don't know what the recourse they have to. they could call a nuisance in the sense, perhaps noise disruption to business. but that the point they, they didn't choose these intersections by accident if the state of emergency means that they're going to be driven out. that implies the use of some kind of force. i'm not sure how this is going to be playing out because just from a physical point of view, they have made big trucks in, in the streets. we could see some hostility for sure if the use means other than verbal persuasion and across the atlantic covered. vaccine regulations are being met with a barrage of discontent,

of thousands rallied on sunday and the dutch city of rotterdam. the march was led by a group called firefighters for freedom, who accused the government of violating basic freedoms in the threatening democracy . players were set off on the streets with an estimated $15000.00 people taking part and almost no police officers in fight. that is because the city is right, police were on strike. also due to the vaccine rules, the netherlands has lifted many of its restrictions after months of harsh locked downs, but covert immunity. passers are required to enter pub, restaurants, and cultural events. germany's media regulator this week band argee, sr channel r t t e. across all platforms and tele ation. russia shut down the moscow bureau of german broad capture deutsch. vella with the foreign ministry. also warning of further measures or choose don quarter as story for us. 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 deutsch. evello 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 every one complicit in this enormous censorship campaign against r 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 c d and putting pressure on the russian media outlets. we 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 in 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 our tv 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 's success, which i know about the closure of bank accounts and so on. there's a large number of tactics they using c 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 t d e z. kindly broadcasting without the license. and the channel 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 traffic, who says the ban on r t d 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. it's just a part of a general trend toward a curated 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 dance, despite a team member testing positive for cove it at the beijing winter games leading to

claims of double standards for some athletes or cheese electric 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 attack lee gill was tested positive for cove it. 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 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 off a russian by athlete must need salva, who was immediately taken into isolation upon arrival, having tested positive for cove, it 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. 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 be allowed 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 requirement for us here. why are we supposed to be in a bubble when people lie, gill, are allowed to participate despite having tested positive for corporate? well, at least it's not all that sour for many athletes winning golds and fill those already . that is the case of alexander bush and off of the russian olympic committee team who managed to win gold in the sky race. and that is the 1st gold 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 rti reporting from beijing and china, a veteran reporter clashed with a u. s. state department spokesperson this week,

as officials failed to backup their claim, that russia is planning a false flag operation to justify a war with you. correct? 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 they expect us 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, why just gave it to you, which was just you making a statement. 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 where you to do. moscow says it's not surprised by yet another string of accusation saying it is reminiscent of 2003 when u. s. made false. busy claims of iraqi weapons of mass destruction. meanwhile,

the full text of the confidential us nato response to russia. security concerns has been leaked. document was published by spanish, daily, alpine, and later confirmed as authentic by washington. really, my colleagues, neil harvey and fosgate taylor 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 and public's. we can only imagine what's going on behind closed doors, but now a fresh document leak has offered us 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, 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 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 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 shot case. them, they will not compromise. that is despite flat and person 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 down a very dangerous path of no return? especially because when you much listen carefully to what i say in ukraine's own doctrine, the 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 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 refused to budge and let him have pigeon said 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 there is a desire for continued a dialogue, but most dispositional 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 post

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 as abortion is just ignoring our concerns, the u. s. and need to refer to the rights 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 watch and leaders asking, why must we sacrifice 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 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 lets people on, according to this document, the west responds to normal, existential concern of rushes, 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 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. the police watch dog in the u. k. has revealed a disturbing internal cultural of massage and attitudes on sexual violence and warning. you may find some of the following content offensive. the report includes

private messages between officers of the metropolitan police force, which serves greater london in one and officer says that he would like to rape a female colleague. and another jokes about getting a woman into bed using a knife or u. k. correspondence to every duster, you can tell us more. all careful incidents of hey crime involving racist, sexist 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 sucked. 9 of the 14 investigated are still serving in the 4th, while another holds a contract to staff roles. now the commission of faces cool to go, but not just from the public, but senior politicians as well as form a 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, they cannot 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 mac, 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 as opposed to 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 damming report is just the latest scandal under police commissioner crescent dix watch. institutional feelings were placed under intense scrutiny by the right and murder of sir evarado by a serving metropolitan police officer known to colleagues as the rapist during his earlier career. and i'm just the metal serious about reading the full of rotten abuses of power. surely those individuals must go and that both to all is a toxic, dangerous culture that yet again, leadership turns a blind eye to any cost. when we actually started our an issue. and eventually on these 4 stopped 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 it doesn't just have

a devastate public. it also has a devasted. ready on the internal culture within the b service, because these officers that were involved with the women, they were officers who come from different cultures and back. now please service as in the promote culture which supports officers no matter where they come from and they won't enjoy their trust and confidence and enjoy the actual how can they go to weapons and rebuild the trust and confidence of the community that he's very offices come from the units have says, 6 children were killed at the time of us conducted a special operation in northwest syria. president biden held thursday's missionary

success declaring that islamic states chief had been eliminated. 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. already pentagon says 2 children and a woman were killed during that raid. when the isis leader blew himself up. the u. s. department of defense a spokesperson claims that there are quote, strong, strong indications. american forces caused no civilian death. we spoke with julia to toma from the us children's agency about the cost of ongoing violence in syria. when we have seen an escalation and violence in that area on 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. 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. also video has emerged of what is said to be the helicopter. the u. s. commandos were forced to blow up during that raid. you can see what is left of the vehicle. merican officials deny that it crashed or was shot down and said that the crew is safe, adding that it was a mechanical failure that leaded to the helicopter being detonated. we spoke to locals, who said they witnessed that rate. soon as i left them, 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. 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 neighbor. we said we didn't know anything. they asked us to move to the neighboring house and started rating us. i that does it for me and for the weekly in fact, i'm about to crawl away. but do not worry. my colleague calling bray. we'll be here in about 30 minutes. 35 if you will with a full and fresh look just it says internet ah

mm. with to bring you the very latest every out the day. this is all no fun. everyone 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 on offense. very dramatic development. only personally and getting to resist. i don't see how that strategy will be successful, very difficult time time to sit down and talk

it's an open secret that private military companies have been playing a role in om complex world wide. u. s. government doesn't track the number of contractors it uses in places iraq or afghanistan, united states army and the military in general is so reliance on the private sector . i would call that dependency, but we don't know who's the on the ground presence of these companies overseas. we just don't out west and private military companies can in their turn use so called sub contractors from countries with trouble pass. the chances are quite good that they had also been child diligence. i was a child, as well as i drove professional joe. if he's with the full one full according to the fact that, that with no loan law joined to be merciless

killing machines. now they fight and die in other people's was people. carol, lot one, a dead soldier or dead moraine shows up in this country. and then we start asking ourselves, why did they die? why do what would a fighting for? nobody bothers to ask about the contractors ah ah ah,

in with i'm after that as you know, watching going on the ground coming up with the show democracy exists in the usa is joe biden dispatches, thousands of soldiers to european union countries for potential war with russia we investigated where the millions of americans back home now face disenfranchised. on the jim crow, 2.0 plus on us national black h i v aids awareness day and as we m j l g b t month in the u. k. who was the pioneering david stewart of soho, and what can we learn from the 40000000, with a chevy to protect us from corona virus, bowlers hm. all coming up in today's going underground at 1st is the us celebrates black history month,

a very voting rights of martin luther king junior. described as being the foundation, stone of political action and seemingly been chipped away, adding to the arguable erosion of american democracy with the spectre of jim crow haunting the ballot box. and those americans who issue exercise their democratic rights faced with malcolm x is binary choice of either the ballot or the bullets. joining me to answer that question is dr. jason nichols, award winning lecture of african american studies at the university of maryland college park. the host of vincent, jason, save the nation, speaks with me now from ellicott city in maryland. thank you so much, jason, for coming on this talk here of wag the dog when it comes to ukraine, morris johnson, and the trouble in big trouble here. politically. joe biden releasing pictures of him, of various described a massacre otherwise described as the killing of it isis leader. all the women and children apparently have been killed, and of course, biden deploying thousands more. us soldiers across european union countries against

russia is biden wagging the dog. i think um, you know, joe biden, to this point um, a lot of the posture hasn't been as bad as, as i was afraid that it may be in the sense that i, i think ukraine people were here were afraid. and there were people who are warmongers on, on cable news here in the united states were talking about the possibility that we could have a war with russia and looking to intervene on behalf of ukraine. i think that you biden's been somewhat careful in saying that look, any kind of retaliation for an invasion of ukraine, which i don't think is going to happen. will be economic and economic sanctions, which i think is a fair response and a measured response. i think both sides have to have to speak tough. i think you're