this is 7 years a year, to report a learning this, our russia bronze claims it's 70 percent ready to invade ukraine, as us propaganda saying it's based on named officials, undisclosed sources, and no evidence in the latest in a series of accusations on alleged russian aggressions being held on a daily basis the canadian capital up to work declared the state of emergency with the authorities. they're claiming the city is under siege is thousands of truck drivers, protest vaccine mandate rules are for every one of the testing. positive cove and australian athlete is allowed to compete in the winter olympics. instead of being put in isolation r t report from beijing, american cybersecurity firm, cloud phase, accused of facilitating piracy. the company still gets us state contracts,

despite accusations that protects sites hosting child abuse, images and hates with others. good to have you where there's heading into a new week here on the international just and am on monday in moscow. first for you, then, a named officials, undisclosed sources, no evidence. russia has rounded on reports that moscow's a master, 70 percent of the military power needed to invade ukraine. it's dismissed as new as propaganda. as the daily pile of stories about an alleged invasion pile up nato ratcheting up power close to it. borders with russia. the plane carrying us troops and equipment, was seen landing in poland on sunday, near to the border with you crime. i'll see daniel hawkins looks at how the media and western politicians just can't shake the russia invade ukraine mantra. even for those who don't watch the news, reports of a coming russian invasion of ukraine would be hard to miss. we believe that there

is a very interesting possibility that vladimir putin will order an attack on ukraine . it could take a number of different forms. it could happen as soon as tomorrow, or it could take some weeks yet. we do have information that it is that the russians are likely to want to fabricate a pretext for an invasion, which again, is right out of their playbook. president will welcome the chancellor of germany to the white house and discuss their share commitment to ongoing diplomacy and joint efforts to deter further russian aggression against ukraine. it's been like groundhog day, 3 months of reports, analysis and countdowns of just when moscow will be ready to launch its attack. with me, a daily news stories, it's almost like news headline, bingo reports of ballooned in intensity and in depth initial claims focused on the number of troops most good move to the border. as a weeks went by outlets cited analysts and sources, mainly anonymous, of course,

in more detail, claiming special forces and equipment, field hospitals and even blood bags had been deployed in preparation for an attack . back in january, russian troop below was apparently nearly complete. 3 weeks later, us officials say moscow is 70 percent ready for an attack. no longer imminent, at least. what in the world does 70 percent? ah, i mean, i mean it's simply pulled out of the an air. there is no possibility that there is anything. there's no mathematical calculation for these things. they just invent the numbers. oh, most people believe whatever they are told. most people have absolutely 0 skills of skepticism when it comes to us military announcements, military songs, waving flags. so anything that is said and said repeatedly, is

a problem. outlets are falling over a shop to get the most memorable story thumb even having to apologize for jumping. the gun reporting on a non existent war. we prepared headlines for many scenarios on the headline rusher and ukraine was inadvertently published around 4 pm today on our website. we deeply regret the error. the headline has been removed and we are investigating the cause . it's safe to say things are pretty hated. lot a day goes by without western leaders threatening russia with dire consequences or pledging to deploy extra troops to eastern europe. and what we would see is we see rushes economy suffer if they were to take an action to invade ukraine. devastating package of sanctions, economic sanctions that would have enormous impact on the russian economy. let's take a step back. so all such headlines really new. apparently, the russians have been flexing their muscles since last year. holdings not drew since 2020, massive forces on the border since $29.00 team building weaponry since

a year earlier, and threatening nato's border on russia's own territory. the year before that. the list goes on. only rarely do b. c news about may. so force is deployed halfway around the world to russia's own borders, and how that might affect relations with moscow, or the balance of power in europe. to be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace, said george washington. and as the most high level folks in years between nato and moscow breakdown and troops support on alerts calls for the escalation to fall on deaf ears as the media continue to beat the drums of war. the mayor of canada's capital city has declared a state of emergency citing a serious threat to the safety of residence. there is as truck drivers protest for 10th consecutive day over vaccine mandates in or to work with the members of the

country's ruling party, branding the current situation. an insurrection, our city is under siege. this group is terrorizing 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 nationwide insurrection. around 5000 people with a 1000 vehicles flooded downtown or to we're on sunday protest as we're seen dancing singing in the streets will no, no trouble with reported or the demonstrate to say the movement is entirely peaceful of accused the government of smearing them with allegations of extremism. yesterday i visited otto to witness freedom convoy 2022 with my own eyes. everything is peaceful. families with children play around music, free food,

and drinks. this felt like a festival rather than a protest bonus. i saw the family with children enjoying the peaceful demonstration or freedom convoy. a few bad elements were present, but they could be plants to discredit the freedom convoy. the bad elements were kicked out. simple throwing accusations around weren't cut as he have to have physical peers beyond reasonable doubt to be accusing them of terrorism. this is name calling the kids generally do hello one sided anti truck. a protests have also been held across canada. hundreds rallied in toronto, the sunday health care workers and supporters chanted, proud to be vaccinated and held up signs. reading hate has no hope here, the least would approach rival protests to part of the mass protest broke out after the canadian government introduced vaccine mandates for truck drivers. crossing the board with the united states health officials defended that boom. citing the rising number of coven infections and also hospitalizations in the country. around 15 percent of canadian truckers are on vax,

political analyst alessandra bruno thinks the government faces an uphill task in curbing the protest movement. i don't know what recourse they have to. they could call a nuisance in the sense, perhaps noise and disruption to business, but that is the point. and they, they didn't choose these intersections by accident. if the sort of emergency means that they're going to be driven out. that implies the use of some kind of course i'm not sure how this is going to be playing out because i 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 a thirty's use a means other than a robot of persuasion, which is days in the winter olympics in the events already provoked claims of double standards australia, but its 1st ever olympic curling event on sunday,

despite a team member testing positive for cobit and still being allowed to take part in the competition. alexi irish ascii report next from beijing winter olympics are continuing in the chinese capital bay ging 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. i move like that would seem as a very hot 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 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 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 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 lecture shift the rti reporting from beijing and china providing safety for everyone,

even if it's for criminals. several major japanese publishers are set to su, american cybersecurity company, cloud for which they accuse of allowing piracy sites to use it services and a soft title reports. next, it's not the 1st time the companies come into 5 dodgy activity on its platform. millions of web sites rely on the u. s. space network to deliver traffic quickly and protect them from threats. but while cloud flows equally fighting off 70000000000 cyber attacks every day, it seems to be, let's see when it comes to well, principles. all the profits made from those manga piracy sites. go straight to their illegal operators with nothing going to the bookstores publishes and manner artists who have dedicated their lives to creating these works with cloud flat hunting out enable copies for free. those who walk tirelessly on the graphic novels are left millions of dollars out of pocket. so the tech joint insist it's not really to blame, but cow flat is a repeat offender. 82 percent of

a legal traffic in the wild goes through it solvers, and it's not only as innocent as stolen among the drawings. no cloud flat has proved an oasis from the most hateful in the world. who did it, knowing how was customers for years? terror groups, web pages with images of child abuse, stolen payment card details, and new nazi and pro, much shooting material. some of the subs what only banned by the ceo because and i quote, he was in a bad mood because otherwise he doesn't see the home and having hate speech hanging round a website, his speech is not bon. we do not believe that investigating the speech that flows through our network is appropriate. in fact, we think doing that would be creepy. yes. better not take down, but i thought propaganda in case the terrorist got creeped out. never mind you say that's what the long arm of government is for. surely the white house, the champion of peace and tolerance, will step in,

while the us authority told us to terminate any of them as a customer. we would, when we have a customer who we think might be engage in illegal act, we consult with law enforcement organizations. in some cases, we've been specifically ordered not to terminate customers that may from an outside perspective objectionable. so not only is washington clearly not taking action, it's actively choosing to keep shady content alive and kicking as extra reward for a cloud flash, turning a blind eye, a giant contract. today we're excited to share that clerk flesh and accenture, federal services have been selected by the department of homeland security to develop a joint solution to help the federal government defend itself against cyber attacks . the platform and now both the f. b, i the state department, the department of interior and the library of congress as its clients. so just to be clear, the white house will encourage spotify to monitor jo, rope and podcast. our hope is that all major tech platforms and all major new

sources for that matter, be responsible and be vigilant to ensure the american people have access to accurate information on something as significant as cove in 1900. that certainly includes spotted fly the f b i will get facebook to hand over the private messages. i. p addresses, phone numbers, and email accounts of john the sick writers. the an essay will press telecom companies for data to track uses. washington will ban federal employees from accessing wiki leaks on. now, one computers and congressmen investigated the paul app but cloud flat. well, it gets a free pass on it. c o hits a net was of $3700000000.00. it seems for washington, not all enemies the equal with some in fact, it's even willing to rub shoulders the crypto currency, a conquering markets around the globe, becoming a heavy hitter in economic affairs along the way. but as the digital currency

market develops, regulators have to do with a thriving problem of illegal mining. and while russia debates the legitimacy of the crypto market on its territory, i'll take it in to pay a visit to the heart of the countries digital mining industry. ah, it's wealthy golden in recent years, it could cause become the unofficial capsule of crypt, courtesy, mining and russia. the city owes its high profile status, you to low towers for electricity and hydro electric power stations with it being a lot of people working across the full mining operations in the region, local businesses and making the most of it. companies making machines that my crypt currency of appeared in the city along with services for their of her furniture production and even mining hotels of openly what that would really give us a call from this is, was a computer for mining, tripped him and he looks like what does it consist of a hot plastics of staples. there's a power supply to run everything. and the main board in the hash board,

which does the calculation for mining fish in the book and lots of clashes and special code consisting of letters numbers. it is used to transfer data over the internet, which i s i c h to calculate the code, the foster it does it, the more crypto currency on his own in, for example, bitcoin roach, him, you should look at others now, but our dilemma is not rosie though the device is frequently break down, the problem is the own is usually by 2nd on devices, and they're packed in cost. a pretty penny wiley, but ice on the bottom price is about $25.00 and it can reach $670.00, low stores, ideas that are whether with in this business there's always winners and losers on fletcher c boards. it becomes a real night maggi the high can demand i as i see, can consume up to 3.8 kilowatt hour, which is like having to electric kettles working around the clock. but i blame with doesn't if don't that i still probably on, according to experts. no, everyone is paying for all the electricity they used. well, they alleged the 80 percent of mine as mine crypto illegally and that most mine has come from out of town. and that the number of new arrivals is skyrocketing with

them, with the bush pursuing the wound. and with this, each of these for them, his legal mining was detected in $1200.00 households, which is nearly 10 percent of households in the if you screeching unions to bed sort of miss less than 5 percent of your goose creek and citizens participate. but this is not always a global operation. a lot of households have to 3 computers for mining, which isn't much, but enough to get to know that technology and have a crypt a wallet. not all problems are related to minors. sometimes you can boil a kettle darcia because the power grid has to be renewed by steep intercept glenmere over there called sca even when i missed it. nearly 50 kilometers from eloquence abandoned factories of reinvented his minds and through an alarmed iron door we reach the mining hotel is hardly a holiday result for the crypto manufacturer of the rented space allows people to use one or more machine on the sensor, something illegal happenings that's what we see security every turn in here on the, on the street. this tight securities part,

the service along with the uninterrupted internet, which is doesn't live is up as with sample. it's all for the safety of the equipment so that it doesn't get stolen. mining machines, a light and portable that can be easily picked up and carried away. or i sees cavity yesterday malo in the russian register, small, medium sized businesses, mining is not listed below the status fungi pena is wanted. like in they might say look, white up like mine is pay for electricity and for a huge logistical effort, the to arrange is the accompanying infrastructure. they settle people, they pay taxes on salaries. you can't say that minus are outside the legislature and tax if we organize this system within the state, the tax money in the budget will be huge to go. so the millennium will ship on yet . yeah, pretty well that needs to be dialogue between government and the crypto industry. despite the elements of some of the anarchism of others, there's every chance of finding a common language and cranks on the new and useful together live. a spike in energy prices is threatening the future of a centuries old glass making tradition on an island near vanish in italy. the

business relies heavily on gast, fur furnace, is but prices of sword, and it's making it is trying to break even. we spoke with the head of an association that promotes marana glass who's angry at market speculators and the a you for putting them out of pocket jammy to dad. and we blame the european union, which is unable to come up with a logical, unified response between members. states to this problem is a problem to facts, not only murano or italy, but the whole of the e. u. for almost 1000 years we've been will beating for product quality. our production system requires the ovens to be operating round the clock with different temperatures depending if we're in production or resting. so we have enormous consumption and things are difficult for us with the price skyrocketing between september and december 2021. we had a 600 percent increase, but there are no viable alternatives. we can try to be more efficient with our consumption coats, maybe 10 or 20 percent with us, not enough gas prices in europe soard last year at its december height. there was

a tenfold increase year on year. although prices of cooled slightly since then, the price last friday was still up fivefold compared with the same date. last year and 2021. the italian government approved over 200000000000 euros for a post cobit recovery fund. 4000000000 of that was spent on subsidizing energy companies for their capt tariffs. but rob murano manufacturers claim their production is still too costly, and the government policies are ineffective. she thought so. nothing is absurd for we back to pre pandemic order levels nearly. and we can't produce because the production cost is higher than what we can sell it for. the problem is speculation on the in social market, domestically, it's not much could have been done. it's a political issue with a $5.00 to $6.00 vote increase in price. we can't even get close to breaking even, and the reality is a lot of the factories before to close for a spike in energy prices is also rocked turkey, where thousands rallied across the country in protest against electricity prices

that have gone up between 5400 percent since the beginning of the year, along with an increase in natural gas bills to on sunday, march is to place in southeastern provinces with crowds. they are carrying their electricity bills, and foreign currency. in france, police use t a gas to disperse, jubilant crowd, celebrating santa goals when in the africa cup of nations. football championship celebrations erupted across paris on sunday night. senegal defeated egypt for 2 after penalties to win the championship for the 1st time the us mexico border. the authorities there of cleared a makeshift camp where hundreds of migrants heading towards the u. s. had been holding out for more than a year. the migrants tense, around the el, chaparral crossing would demolished, and the inhabitants transferred to 3 local shouted. thus some migrants decried the move because it took place at dawn, and the children mister asleep. ah,

and you silva has been fight in the free speech row in the united states. they're an american teacher sparked controversy over dispute with a student who wore a face mask supporting law enforcement reporting next. his caleb open. american universities have always been presented as a cradle of free thought and speech. but nowadays, if you go against the generally accepted pro black lives matter, narrative you're on shaky ground. in california, one student decided to wear a mask honoring police officers. a substitute teacher had a pretty negative reaction, calling it quote, not the american flag and quote, the new confederacy flag. now both of the student's parents work in law enforcement in a rare outcome. it was the teacher who ultimately got fired. the incident is currently under investigation and we will take appropriate action. we expect all educators to perform their duties with utmost respect and professionalism to afford our youth and environment conducive to learning. but that's not the usual happy ending that

you yes, in the university of arizona to students became the target of liberal activists. these are some unpleasant exchanges. you are white, do you understand what a multicultural space means? it means you're not being centered. white is not a culture. no, it's not a culture. light is not a culture. university is used to be bastions of free thought, where there was a wider variety of opinion than you got in most of us society. tenure was specifically set up, so professors did not fear retaliation for their analysis or research. but now it's the opposite. universities are now places where thought and speech are regulated more than anywhere else. as students run up more and more debt hoping to get a place in that widely heralded but shrinking american middle class. they are also being that it to make sure they're ideologically pure enough and know how to follow the rules well enough to get a seat at the table. hail muffin r t, new york. okay,

that's the way it looks this out from moscow. thanks for checking in without sci fi and use this. so i'm calling probably back here in 35 minutes to update you again. ah, b b.

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process when you're using anything online. but we're sold, as is miracle of automation behind your screen. it's a valuable workforce that feeds algorithms for next to nothing. on a very good day, i could do $5.00. now. a really bad day. i give you $0.10. he's workers are invisible by design. it's about labor costs, but it's also about creating layers of lessening responsibility between those who solicit this kind of work and need it. and those who do it. and it's an open secret that private military companies have been playing a role in our 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 and general. 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 comp is overseas. this is donna, west of the private military companies can in their turn use so cool subcontractors from countries with trouble pass. the chances are quite good that they had also been child diligence processes. i was a child. i was, as i drove professional, jo, it is with the whole 141. if i said that with, with no limit pneumonia, if you want. sure. which way to be merciless killing machines? now they fight and die in other people's was people carol lot, when a dead soldier or dead marine shows up in this country and we start asking yourself, why did they die? why, what were they fighting for? nobody bothers down to about the contractors. ah

ah, ah ah ah. hello and welcome to cross doctor. all things are considered. i'm peter labelle. is this the beginning of the end or the end of the beginning? russian nato are at an impasse. both have presented. their visions of pan european security. needless to say, there is no meeting of minds as diplomacy been exhausted. ah, to discuss these issues and more on joined by my guess. glen deason in oslo,

used to professor at the university of se or norway as well as author of the with great power politics in the 4th industrial revolution and an budapest b. m. george samuel only is a podcast to read the gavel, which can be found on youtube and locals are generally across top roles in effect. that means you can jump anytime you want, and i would appreciate it. okay, let's start out with glen glen. as i said in my introduction, we have the end of diplomacy here at the end of negotiations, or is it the beginning of something? because we are obviously at an impasse. we have leaked reaction to russia's proposal through spanish media, which probably was intentional. the russians are not happy with it, at least as a reaction, not official reaction to it at this point, but they made it very clear that they're not pleased where we are. where are we here? and has nato really played its hand? go ahead. well i love this letters.