ah ah, breaking news on art, see the international olympic committee rules. there won't be any awards ceremony for russian figure skating star camila volley of despite the 15 year old being cleared to further compete at the paging winter game. pie sports top court after seemingly endless claims that russia would invade ukraine in the middle of this week, the u. s. rose back some water on making a definite prediction, saying instead it could be quote, any day now. old arm pensioner is the western media goes all it's on a photo of an elderly woman being trained to fight in ukraine, but ignores the fact the extremist a's of militia bruce is shown to be doing that.

and in canada, police clear a key border crossing with the u. s. of truckers protesting vaccine mondays. the peaceful rallied in the capital also in support of the freedom convoy and for their thirdly we have to take our freedom seriously because they are being taken away bit by bit by bit, by bit and it's wrong with the strength to not be afraid anymore. it is a stand up for what i believe it believe in from moscow to the world. this is our t pleasure to have your company today. my name's unit o'neill. we begin with breaking news. the international olympic committee say's there won't be any awards ceremony for russian figures, skeeter camila, i believe if she now goes on to win another metal, it comes after the court of arbitration for sport lifted her suspension for testing

positive for a bond substance, allowing her to continue competing at the winter games, or correspondence, alexia, chefs, he's in beijing, and can tell us more. this is something rather unprecedented that the olympic games now. ah, the i o. c came up with a statement that relating to this morning's decision by the court of arbitration, was forced to allow camila eva to perform in bay. jing saying that of course, it had to abide by the law. because in such cases, the sea of the cast decision cannot be reversed. its final and camille on eva cannot be stopped now from participating in tomorrow's individual figure skating event for females. but at the same time, ios, he said that not only the medal ceremony for the team figure skating event, which russia, which the r o c team, one gold at, will not be held. but even if camille oliva ends up on the podium that would happen on thursday,

because it's the 2 pots competition here for the metals and individual female. i think a skating competition. the metal ceremony in that case shall not be conducted. i've never seen anything like that in a history of olympic games in a way. the i o. c has the right to do that by the books considering it's the official investigation which is still continuing into the doping allegations against value. and it will continue for some time as when to stand off. the linux is over even up to a year, as some experts have been suggesting, but still even before the competition kicked offs coming up with such a statement that is something really, really wild. i have to say there is a lot of an infuriated reactions from russian athletes and russian journalists. and obviously we are waiting for any kind of reaction from the russian olympic m easy. now i'd like to remind that all this comes after this morning, the court of arbitration was full. it's off to an 8 hour meeting at of aging hotel decided to let camila leave a 15 year old russian states to continue her participation in the games. a citing 3

main reasons for that. first of all, her status as a protected bus and she is a minor and what is called da for sets of rules apply to athletes like that. secondly, because keeping her away from the competition would do irreparable damage at the secretary general of cost called it. and 3rd, and also an important reasoning is the timing of the probe, which cost deemed as inappropriate, and not sufficient enough for me to leave and hold on to ross to come up with any kind of legal defense. i believe we can listen to that reasoning from cos. the c panel also emphasized that there were serious issues of untimely notification of the results of the athletes. and i'd open test that was performed in december 2021 which impinge upon the athletes ability to establish certain legal requirements for her benefit. while such late notification was not her fault in the middle of the olympic winter games. paging 2022 the russian side here, the sports ministry,

the r o c, and all the others involved have been maintaining a camila volley of us innocence for quite a while. now they welcome to the decision by cost to allow the athlete to perform. but a clear understanding here among everyone involved that this is just the beginning of the story that we might be in for a rollercoaster ride over investigation regarding believer. also there is a possibility that her b sample might be cracked open to see whether there was actual doping in the a sample. and that is something also confirmed by the russian anti doping agency which are early in a statement said that the litigation and the investigation into that matter will continue. of course, i will keep you updated on all the details as we get in that developing story here . in beijing, well on that lot her at points by alexi, although valley of as got the all clear to compete russia's anti doping agency sees, it will del further into the issue. it wants to look into any possible testing irregularities and why the results were reported. so late,

that's as the world anti doping agency accuses it's russian branch of feeling to label believers sample properly for expedia. that pre games processing. you excellent, the committee that's weighed into seeing me, we're expecting a different verdict regarding the 15 year old. we're disappointed by the message this decision sends athletes have right to know who they are competing on a level playing field. unfortunately today that right is being denied is supposed to be another captain. systemic and pervasive disregard for cleans both by russia. but sports law specialist doctor lucy and valona, believe the court has made the only right decision. this is the only road position to work that was to be made because nobody knows what will happen, but to not allow her would have been the worst. all depends what the

explanation is, but it seems that rose out already lifted the suspension. that must be a good reason. now, cos need also follow rules. the rules are clear, it must be within 20 days of the stay. wait, it's so long. and the explanation for the delay was not very convincing. what we could call beat relate to delay. i don't believe that i think the b test must, must produce results. and then the whole case will, will be decided. and of course, it's not over, but i think it's an important step for all the latest reaction analysis surrounding the valley of a case, much more besides head to r t dot com, where you can also share your views in the comments. always good to hear what you're thinking on there. the us can't seem to make up its

mind when russia is supposedly invading ukraine. joe biden claimed it could be before the end of the beijing winter olympics. the media citing officials say it could be wednesday, but no, america's national security adviser is being a little more vague. what can you tell us about reports that us intelligence believes russia is considering wednesday for an attack? we cannot perfectly predict the day been invasion, could begin a major military action could begin by russia in ukraine any day. now, will you listen to those was on it. we're not showing you any evidence, but trust us wash in tanks are rolling towards the key. if you then open up any news website and it's plastered with warnings of the impending apocalypse, it's almost become a competition who can create the most outrageous headline and of course, in the process, get the most clicks and b. c. for example, as to not, no one, not true, but 9 invasion roots papers are placing bets on one. exactly. russia is going to

evade and world war 3 is going to start sometime this week. apparently nevermind. of course, that the previous back on a new year invasion turned out to be a total failure. that really is a hurricane of hysterical and outlandish headlines, but the fool out from it has been so quick and so immense. we've got embassies, shutting up shop and t. as and moving west. we bought over 14 nations now which of of the citizens to preemptively evacuate francis had not yet bought stock. carpet fuel and food and water to planes to ukraine are being redirected and grounded. the dutch lines kayla has halted flights full stop. we've even got the ukrainian ambassador to the u. k. making the ground announcement. but just in order to save the world for was willing to give up on that team and even potentially withdraw the application to nato. when i asked you, if you'll country had contemplated dropping that goal of nato, if it stopped war,

you answered it might. is that something you are now contemplating in order to avoid war? we have flexible here trying to find the best way out. if we have to make some serious concessions, that's something we might do. the irony is that amidst all of the hysteria, a voice of reason, if the ukrainian president himself, who thank calm down or over exaggerating this threat. and in fact, in his call with joe biden on sunday, he even invited the u. s. president to visit, in order to put people at ease, but the white house declined securely. putting people at ease is not a priority. fred, now the kremlin exhausted, of course, from denying claims of any planned attack is observing all this madness and has concluded that it's just the latest move and a very cynical long game being played by the west. senior. the, the purpose of this is to raise to we pop this situation and provocative activity. this is part of the provocation that did not begin 2 months ago. it is

a plant long term conflict that is act of the controlled by the united states or the means. the accompaniment is unprecedented. western media resources that declares themselves and abandon now. so custom made tories from washington today. no one has any doubt that this is a provocative game that can really lead to provocation. ukraine is packed with weapons supplied by nato countries, led by the united states. take us saskia to the east. the eastern area, lou guns don't yet the hot spots there. what is the situation there? no, well, there has been a pretty recent, quite worrying development. it concerns c o. s c e. that is the organization for security and cooperation in europe. now, since $2141.00, of course, the conflict foss broke out. it's had hundreds of monitors in done yet in eastern ukraine, basically keeping an eye on the situation and enforcing a cease fire there. now we're getting was that dozens and estimates range from 50 all the way up to 160, that dozens of those monitors have been told to leave. we've even seen images of them packing up their equipment and quite literally fling an armored vehicles. now

this is a very strange move because surely now, when the whole region is on edge short precisely now is the time when we need such 3rd party observers that in order to provide some kind of stability and moscow fears, that unfortunately the o se has been dragged into murky politics. these decisions can't fail to cause a serious concern. the michelin deliberately dragged into the militaristic psychosis fermented by washington and used as a tool for a possible provocation for talking about provocation. well, how about another batch of us military equipment arriving and key has over the weekend? so clearly the ukrainian space is dangerous, but not too dangerous. of course, to deliver some alms. you really have to say with washington, like i said, the flooding ukraine with arms and ammunition with the help of course of its allies . then with this hyped up out of control, new cycle that's going on flooding the information fer, it really does have this sense that it's the west, not russia,

that is setting stage for a potential aggression and doing up to nothing to de escalate despite of course, all its claims to the contrary. well related to this story, the image of a machine gun toting grammy is causing quite a stir in the media because she's being trained to fight in ukraine. but one thing most reports are ignoring is the soldier doing the training is apparently from the extremist ace of militia group. that's cross live now to our europe correspondent peter oliver period. there has been quite the both around the photo, but it appears it might not be telling the full story. what do we know? yes, 79 year old valentina has been on the front page of a lot of newspapers right across europe. also in the united states as well. if you knocked on a tv sites all looked at just about anything online, any new sites online, you probably would have seen her picture taking part in a citizen self defense class. there was taking part in the ukrainian city of mighty

opal on sunday. last, the article said that it was carried out by national guardsmen. a citizens were being trained house of fire, assault rifles in case of a russian invasion. now valentino is one of those. she was one of the, the main people who were photographed as a 79 year old. of course, drawing a lot of attention from a lot of the cameras was featured in number of articles. but what we did see a lot of was the just who the people doing the instructing were that was missed out . it was caught in a number of those things that we in fact the, the event was organized by the eyes of battalion, a neo nazi organization. fall right group that of being drafted in amalgamated into the national guard in ukraine. it's interesting in the german media, they went for this particular picture. instead, they didn't go with volunteer because you in this particular picture, showing

a young woman receiving training, you don't see the left arm of the guy from the hours of battalion, meaning you don't see the wolf's angle insignia that neo nazi insignia is of course band here in germany, if they had show and nothing people would be asking questions as to exactly who is carrying out this training. so why is it such an issue? who is the answer battalion and why perhaps of their involvement in this type of event not being mentioned in a lot of the coverage. the diplomacy is the key though and all aft schoultz. the german chancellor is in kiev

right now in his holding a meeting with the ukrainian president vladimir zalinski. we are expecting a press conference from the to coming up a little later on. there's an awful lot expected here in germany, from olaf shoulds from that meeting with the cranium president. i'll be bringing you all of the latest as soon as we get anything coming out of that meeting. and keith, are you're a correspond, peter. all ridiculous, all through that. thanks peter. so head the on for seen consequences of going green. r t investigates child exploitation and congo. the world's top minor of cobalt a material. also use an electric copper patrick's outs. coming up short ah oh is your media a reflection of reality?

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ah 18 minutes into the program. welcome back. let's start back. indeed in canada where police of clear the remaining protesting truckers from i'm busted or bridge in the province of ontario. the usually busy border crossing into the u. s. had been blocked off by an antique vaccine mandate demo for a week. dozens of arrests were maids vehicle seized as well. the freedom convoy movement has gripped the country for over a fortnight leading to a state of emergency being imposed in ontario. while the authorities view the truckers as a public danger, the demonstrators themselves point i, their protests have been peaceful here in windsor at the ambassador bridge. it has been nothing but peaceful. all the, all the people on the side of supporting the protest or supporting the truckers supporting the bill of rights supporting freedom,

have your word it. there has not been one negative incident that i've witnessed or heard of myself and i've been there every day. and in most cases, every night, the reason why people are protesting in the 1st place are because of these illegal mandates and restrictions if, if you tell someone to go home from protest or else they can't cross the border again, you just told them already if you don't get shots in the arm, they can't cross the border. if they don't get shots in the arm that can't work if they don't get shots in the arm, it can't go into stores. so you, you're trying to punish people, protesters for doing the very thing you're trying to take away from, or you have taken away already. these people, people like me, besides our family members, our lives itself. we have nothing left to lose. and while the authorities have succeeded in their bid to end the ambassador bridge blockade freedom convoy rallies

against vaccine mandates are ongoing in the countries capital. also up hundreds of truckers on their supporters are count in iran. parliamentary hill is going to lead pre k because we believe in freedom, freedom from her children, or grandchildren. our lease is their nephews or family, their friends. we have to start to make a dead canada. we have to take her freedom seriously because they are being taken away bit by bit, by bit, by bit and it's wrong. rejoice in everybody standing up for it and they're standing up for us, so we have to show them as well. and so everybody, the world's watching might be on the checkers, have given us a boy before i was very, i didn't talk about my ideas or my, my opinion i but then they gave me the strength to not be a brain anymore to stand up for what i believe it believe in, and that is great choice. but just to recap the overall picture, the freedom convoy started when the canadian government required truck drivers

crossing the border with the u. s. to work there and come back to be jobs. health officials defended that move, citing the cova caseload, but another of the protesters we spoke to says it's doing more harm than good both economically and socially. what was done at the bridge was statement, and i can't imagine that it was a drop in the bucket compared to what the governments have done to the last 2 years . imposing their will upon the people. they have openly incited hatred and part of the population. justin pseudo, a man who's been caught numerous times in black, who's been accused of groping reporters and, and he's, they're staying like a projector just projecting what he is that all the people down there are massage and some races and they are holding on, you know, the bad news that opinions urge you folks, i walk down there and it was a loving event. people were bringing their family. we just want our rights to be respected and we want these mandates to end that they are killing everything.

they've put everything screeching halt. so what we've done here is nothing compared to the damage that be elected official and non elected officials have done to the people of the free world half the end and we are not ending right now. let's turn attention to the u. k, where the energy crisis is deepening as demand threatens to pay supply, providers are planning to hike rates during peak periods, not only about the national grid which controls electricity is thinking of tapping electric cars. during times of shortfall, it comes with some 22000000 high schools face steeper utility bills. after the regulator raise, the energy price kept breaking down what all that means are corresponding in london . a hotel no topic in the u. k. is energy bails that set to rise? 54 percent comp april, but a fascinating not to get your blood boiling. families could face paying more at

peak times, like when cooking breakfast, for instance, watching tv after dinner, and all those cups of tea at tea time. despite these premium rates, so the energy regulator says consumers can save money. it will enable a more efficient, flexible, i'm greener energy system, which will say billions of pounds per year on all consumers energy bills. currently, most households the charge, the flat rate for their electricity and gas usage, but now millions of households could see bill. so with this new over style service charge, the way it will work is smart meters will send suppliers automatic updates every 30 minutes to track households usage. and then prices will rise in full in real time. and it looks like the plans was got the green light, as it's backed by britain's biggest suppliers. time of use tara sa updated on a half hourly basis will give consumers of real opportunity to save money on their

energy bills, particularly for electrical vehicle drivers, charging from home the system, play a key part in our transition towards, and that's 0 future as well as benefit in customers, this is something that has benefits for consumers, unfurnished companies under the proposals, the small me to trucking will be unavoidable without an opt in choice from late 2023. companies say this can save money, but it's going to be pretty difficult to dodge making dinner at dinner time to avoid using energy at peak times. i think that's actually ridiculous and our ages to go to view. so what does that mean? do i took my dinner at breakfast i'm i'm breakfast blanket like to know what's going on with this. i mean, i think he's trying to raise prices at the time such as breakfast anyway. it's not exactly i that's the way any of the time it was the thing, everything's right at the moment, everything. and if i want to cool, want to do and yes, what i did call 40, so it may take a little convincing. well,

one of the company is a step ahead and invite and customer to take part in a 2 month trial reducing energy consumption. during to our time slots. households will then be awarded credits if they can serve energy. another i did by the national grid is a jewel tower from electric cars, those on charge on driveways or and so kids could definitely use energy into a central system as an when required selling the energy back. what sense would it make it also to the other site, just whatever, whatever, whatever people are dismayed about, i think it needs to be challenged. and so if it's upset and people enough to think of people suffering, this energy supply as has suggested all sorts of ways to solve the energy crisis from doing stall jones to keep warm, to a surcharge at peak times. but whatever the suggestions, the most popular among the public is not to go ahead with the explosion of price increase charging dashti r t. london. countries pushing to replace fossil fuels with renewable energy could

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