a war that never was the western media is left with egg on its various after a flurry of predictions that there would be an invasion of ukraine today. instead, russian troops are returning to base after wrapping up drills at the border. but some cannot seem to stop banging the drums of war view of the president for one who is interesting that the threat of an attack remains very real. let's remind the prime minister. this is not a dictator. he has a later time, panic and divided canadian family time when we should be working together. it's really a deductible. and the canadian prime minister faces mounting pressure from m. p. 's over his decision to trigger

emergency power is meant for times of national crisis. but instead, in response to a protest by truck drivers with broadcasting live direct from our studios and also this is our international. i'm john thomas. certainly glad to have you with are now the russia may have started with drawing its troops from its border with ukraine on tuesday, but that is not stopped. western officials still talking about the imminent threat of war. they say there is still no proof of a pull back. this is despite the russian defense ministry releasing video of departing tanks showing a battalion of rushes, western military district, returning to its permanent base. the withdraw came after the defense ministry confirmed plan military exercises had been successfully completed earlier in r t, bracy shay and don quarter discuss why the west is still not doing any of this. as signs of de escalation, russian defense minister reporting today,

and some military units are leading their positions near ukraine. that would be good, but we have not yet verified that they have not yet verified the russian military units are returning to their home basis. but i think what we haven't seen is evidence of withdrawal that has been claimed by the kremlin. in fact, we've seen continued build up of things like field hospitals. so far we have no clue seen in the d escalation on the ground. on the contrary, it appears so to our shore continues, the military buildup law. at this point, it seems like whatever you tell western officials, they're just going to believe what they want to believe. it doesn't matter that the russians defense ministry said that they're going to be bringing their heart of their troops home on tuesday or that vladimir putin and survey laughter. i've actually confirmed that the west doesn't even care about video footage, showing that actual withdrawal. joe biden is still harping on this invasion hysteria that has been plaguing the west over the past several months. we are ready

with diplomacy to be engaged in diplomacy with russia and our allies and partners to improve stability security in europe as a whole. and we are ready to respond decisively to russian attack con ukraine, which is still very much a possibility that we're kind of attack, are we talking about here? nobody really knows. but biden is far from the only person who still counting on the russian invasion even after moscow said that it's withdrawing its troops the british tabloid, the son said that an invasion was going to happen on february 16th at one a. m g m t. and that claim was sod ray, just even the spokes person for the kremlin. dmitri pess. gov jokingly remarked that ukrainians who actually believed that should set their alarms in anticipation, but obviously that time has passed. and all we can hear on the border between russia and ukraine right now is basically crickets. but still, it seems like these media outlets really love the hysteria, because the son is still writing that, that, that brush might invade the baltic states. if it's given the opportunity to attack

ukraine, so all the while, i mean this circus is going on in the west. it really looks crazy to people that are in the, in the east store horses. cuz i what can i say to day, we mock another non invasion day. like yes, the west tried the best to make it happen. maybe there was to be a fight and, and then use type of pages. but it has nothing to do with reality ideas to shave or to washington post the new york times. bloomberg the daily mirrors build the sun, but now the disinformation visit that there hasn't been any war, but they aren't given that can they have become obsessed with waiting for a war. donald, you know, it's one thing for politicians on the media to, to play the games of brinkman's ship. but what about the every day joe? like you or me, for example, if, if you will, from, i would take us to ukraine and how the people there ferrying amid all this rhetoric and intention. right, that's a good question. you think that this hysteria, media hysteria, campaign would be aimed at russia, but it doesn't really affect moscow all that much. it's the ordinary ukrainian people who have been living through a conflict drawn out conflict and on boss in just one piece that are being affected

here. i mean, this is sort of a media campaign. it created hysteria throughout ukraine. there are people organizing malicious training for an alleged russian invasion that has failed to play out. and you know, it makes it seem like the western powers that have been time and time again saying that they're trying to defend this country or actually to stabilizing it. when are some of this? it's in fact to have been observe in a, a nick situation where i west, i, you, the united states in london that the anglo saxon do try and tell do each other. and in doing so, and to mind their own grandchild with the new ukranian government within this place of the month of 6 weeks in the slow. so after months of the western media and politicians accusing russia of planning to invade ukraine, specifically because they had troops near the border between ukraine in russia, you'd think that the withdrawal of those troops would calm people down. but unfortunately, it looks like that situation is not playing out russian drills in crimea. i have also now finished with troops. they're heading back to their permanent basis. this

comes a day after units of the southern and western military district began pulling back from russia's western border where exercises were also held in other reaction, china is also growing frustrated with americas constant war talk over ukraine, the foreign ministry, calling it a propaganda failure. the last may fall in recent days, the united states has hyped up the threat of war and created an atmosphere attention february 15th, as the day of the propaganda failure for the u. s. and the rest of the west taking, i think the united states and nato have really hope to opposite ation clamoring that russia is on the brink all invading. russia has a legitimate point in opposing the continued expansion of nato and china supports russia position. war breaking out would not be good for the european countries and what will be very destructive of economic changes. and you can make, i believe it is. we want to see peace prevailing between russia and ukraine,

which you don't want to see. and the war breaking out, but more importantly, we don't want to see ukraine become a need to member, because we know for sure ukraine becoming a natal member will constitute a vital threat to the russian legitimate security interest. and i think countries with decency in the world should sympathized with the position of russia, and we should oppose the continued expansion of nato into ukraine. i've called for ukraine to become a neutral country. so i would call upon all the stakeholders, including ukrainian, or russian all the needle members to embrace peace from them. talking about war. it seems that sports are rising above the current international tensions to skiers from russia and ukraine were seen at the winter olympics in beijing, hugging and congratulating each other after they both won metals. this comes

despite ukraine provoking criticism after it told us athletes to avoid approaching any competitors from the russian olympic committee team. if they were holding slacks. as russia pulls back its forces from its western border, nato is doing the opposite. the secretary general said he doesn't believe the russian withdrawal is actually happening and announced plans to deploy extra units in eastern europe. we do not see any sign of de escalation on the ground, nor withdrawals of troops or equipment ministers decided to develop options for further strengthen nate those to turns on the fence, including to consider establishing new nathan buffer groups in central and eastern and south eastern europe. those deployment plans were discussed earlier on tuesday at nato. defense ministry is meeting in brussels. one option is to send $4000.00 trips to romania and bulgaria and possibly so vakio and hungry. that's after the us

sent an additional $5000.00 soldiers to poland and romania as it nato ups. the ante western media outlets have been celebrating the ukrainians reportedly preparing to fight off russian invaders. one of them is this 78 year old grandmother who has been featured by the times, the b, b, c, and nbc, brandishing firearms. what none of those outlets mentioned though, is that she is being trained by a far right militia group called the as of battalion. some communities are taking matters into their own hands, just across from russia, in the city of maria polk, some ukrainians are preparing. who's ah and here is another

so called ukrainian hero, profiled in the british tabloid, the son who website features a video of a sniper called eliana bellas. jessica shooting at people in the east of the country. now it apparently dates back to 2017 bill jessica is active on social media frequently expressing far right views, including hate messages targeting black people and homosexuals, and praising adolf hitler. and yet in 2019, she was invited to speak at the nato headquarters, independent journalists. martin summers thinks the media should tread more carefully when handling such stories. well, thank you. k, medium particular has a responsibility to be, to be more responsible. they've been very a response about their reporting on this rule. so do i believe with the new stream see pipeline coming on stream, which if it becomes a normal thing, we'll normalize relations between russia and germany. and this is not really in the

interest of the military industrial complex in the west, so they're not are dredging. all of this up as part of a strategy to prevent pace from breaking edge. and i think in front, on the ground in the ukraine, there's quite a lot of ordinary people who are very skeptical when the war is going to happen. it's very much a western media phenomenon. and of course it's being pushed boy western intelligence services on the far right. ready of the ukraine for many years, but they do not represent the majority of the people in the ukraine. us officials have accused a popular news website of spreading kremlin propaganda after it. questioned washington's line of impending russian invasion of ukraine. reports in 0 head have been flagged by us intelligence officials, according to the associated press news agency. 0 hedge is known for its right leaning political and financial coverage. it has $1200000.00 followers on twitter, and the articles are written under pseudonyms. often you'll see the name,

tyler durden, who is a character from the book and movie fight club. the site has ridicule the idea that it's a russian propaganda arm. well, now we've done it. we've angered the ca and for what for publishing views that challenge the conventional narrative such as disputing that an invasion of ukraine is actually eminent as the u. s. state department and it's mainstream media conduits repeat day after day. we will repeat this once again. this web site has never worked, collaborated or cooperated with russia, nor are there any links to spy or any other agencies. we heard from journalist daniela's, r, who has recently threatened with a have defined for writing for a website that ended up on a u. s. blacklist. he thinks the by did ministration targets. anybody who disagrees with its foreign policy, vita ministration accuses anybody who disagree, who questions u. s. foreign policy of somehow working for russian intelligence. the

a p report in question did not, did not say that 0 hedge was actually in cahoots with russian intelligence. but all it said is that the articles and publish somehow overlap with the, with criticisms of nato that emanate out of moscow. but this is ridiculous. i mean, you know, i mean, people are free to say what they want in the fact that the u. s. line has gotten increasingly ridiculous in recent weeks. i mean the u. s. as in predicting invasion any day now for the last 3 months and it hasn't come true. washington is a laughing stock. the world realizes that the u. s. is putting out nothing but scare stories here. but the point is that anybody who questioned this narrative was being accused of this loyalty. and in my case, threatened with, with massive funds still having the program europe top chord rules that funding can

be flashed to countries that break the law to move sparked outrage in poland and hungary. that's very much more i prefer break. this is art internet the for months, the us in the u. k. of warren, the russia may invade ukraine, and yet there's been no invasion for their part. the russian submitted abundantly clear. europe's current security arrangement is untenable. facts and powers, talk of war. russia talks about security, these leaders that are bringing big coin into the country, they understand a coin and they understand the benefits to the society. and all of the kind of miss characterization of these leaders come from that deep state in the us that lives

trying to push the fee out money world. so once you understand that, then you're thinking adjust accordingly and you, i think see the world a little bit more within the context of how things are actually operating. join me every thursday on the alex, simon, sure. but i'll be speaking to guess with the world politics sport business. i'm show business. i'll see you then. ah, welcome back. this is our to international. now, canada's prime minister is feeling the heat after m. p. 's rounded on him for triggering never before used emergency powers to deal with an ongoing protest by truck drivers against vaccine mandates. now candidates opposition leader accused the prime minister of escalating the situation in the country to my,

the prime minister. this is canada. this is not a dictator. 3 gasoline on embers, things are di escalating as we speak. so why is the prime minister using this hammer on canadians? isn't it true? he's doing it just to save his own political skin. the threshold was met for the emergency. zach and now across the country releases of jurisdiction have the tools necessary to keep people say he has politicize his pandemic and divided canadians at a time when we should be working together. when we should be supporting one another . his lack of leadership has divided stigmatized and traumatized canadians. yes, there have been people who've been harassing and intimidating frontline worker. yes . there are people involved in frontline, illegal blockades. but the vast majority of canadians continue to stand alongside

each other and supported under 2 thirds of canadians are united because they want an end to mandates and walked down. but i said they're great this massage, a fringe, who quote, take up space and he said, shouldn't be tolerated if it's really about the prime minister. taking a sledge hammer to canadian said he thinks are unacceptable. what assurances will the prime minister provide so that legal protests are not impacted by the invocation of the emergency? of course, we will always stand up for canadians charter rights. we will always stand up for freedom of peaceful assembly, a freedom of expression that is extremely important, but we also know that is the police of jurisdiction and you need to do their jobs and not canadians taking things into their own hands. to end these illegal protests, that's what we're ensuring with this measure. emergencies act is supposed to be applied only in case of a national crisis. it gives the government edition powers for 30 days,

including the ability to freeze bank accounts, but it's not meant to be used against peaceful demonstrations which the truckers have been felt they are accused of causing disruption. one of the drivers in ottawa told us that he suspects the emergency powers could be abused. politicians understand that if they use this drastic measure that it can be abused and that's exactly what we're seeing today. we're not at work anybody. nobody's dying, nobody's getting kidnapped. but this federal government is trying to save face from a politician named justin trudeau who is trying to save his political career. and it's absolutely wrong. he needs to be held accountable. and citizens need to know that he is violating the canadian charter of rights. one person should not have the power to initiate such a drastic measure by himself. this should be a unanimous 100 percent agreement of all premieres across the country when there's a split and you have members of your own liberal party. speaking up against this action of imposing the federal emergency act,

it shows division. it shows that there's no support. when he got in was 32 percent of canadian votes, the lowest in canadian history. and now those polls show that that is slip to only 16 percent. so this is all about justin trudeau trying to save his political career, trying to save face and play like a rock star on the world stage as wrong. canadian police have started handing out leaflets to protesters in downtown ottawa, ordering them to disperse. the notice says that anyone obstructing the street is committing a criminal offense and could be restless and charge. the freedom convoy activists remain defiant though they are camped out on parliament hill in the capital and the atmosphere is apparently festive. the protests were triggered in january by a vaccine mandate for cross border truckers and leaders snowballed into broader anti government unrest. meanwhile, there's plenty of support for the canadian truckers south of the border. american activists have formed their own con voice travelling to the peace bridge crossing

in new york state and several fund raising websites have been set up for freedom convoys in both in the us and canada. referral to the co founder of convoy to save america who thinks the canadian protest inspired people to finally fight for their freedom. candidate is now the leader of the free world. kidding aside, it struck a lot of people because the world look at this part of the world, they look to the western world here to see what news is done and it inspired so many people back. it's a lot more than that. the mandate. it's about all the mandate, it's about the lock down, it's about the masking or children. it's about the overreach and be very, very stringent government. the people who do the delivery, the people who have dirty thing, and also the people that have been ignored by all government for 2 years. they were the people that didn't matter. and these are the people who do matter, the blue collar working class, the 1st responders to the nurses, the paramedics,

better people who do matter, they teachers, teachers to, we matter. so what's happening here is the global effort to fight for free. in a landmark case, the european union's top court has ruled brussels, can flash funding to member states that failed to uphold its laws. it's a major defeat for poland and hungary, which had challenged the use freezing of billions of euro's earmarked for the countries pandemic recovery with more, here's our cheese trial depends its ruling is likely to provoke a massive tension between the in you and poland and hungary. what the ruling does is essentially means that the cash handouts to the member states across the block will be dependent. it says can be dependent on them, trusting in the rule of law abiding by the rule of law, the primus, you know, which some say is the cornerstone of this block. it's been

a source of contention for you. and the court made that decision today saying that the primacy of, you know, had to stand. now what we have heard over the last year from the news that poland and hungary are countries which are sliding back when it comes to democracy. that they are undermining the primacy of law is the laws that countries that during the you say that they will abide by their attention to the whole ways of things such as that you'd fishery me dear independence women's rights and also migrant. so many, many issues and now the court is keeping the european commission this ability to, with holes payments in the future. that has, of course, already been quite extreme reaction on that from poland. let's have a listen to what the country had to say. we need to defend ourselves against an attack on our 70. poland has to defend its democracy against blackmail that aims to take away on right to the side of our selves. now, many countries have welcome

a big decision by the court saying that this is a vital step to perfecting the law, the primacy of the you. but it is not a clear cut as it might seem. the court has said that that money can now be withheld from countries that don't respect the rule of law. but we'll have to wait until april for the european commission and the bomb delayed to make a decision as to whether she wants to wield that power power that would be needed for the 1st time. again, a member state and poland is also id to hate back to saying essentially if that's the case, it's going to look at withholding its contributions to the e. you know, that could be a bit of cutting its news off despite its face. so because poland is the largest beneficiary of in you funds at the moment, but the story still not over. despite that decision by the court, we spoke with political analyst nicola medic of it, she thinks that

a funding cut would shatter that. you use image as a free and democratic block maybe can be the surprise for some people who are pulling in hungary tonights who don't know the real nature for the opinion. they are just shown today through the decision this court decision that today the find that man in matters of democracy, the european union decides and not the people. busy of the nation states, members of the european union, we do see that the european union is full of reach with crisis having a very difficult time getting a bit around the table. busy on agreeing on different matters now, and so it wants to give a strong single thing that does anyone involved in that. both of those boxes are the commissioners in brussels. if you want to stay in the club, there's no problem. a bay bay just today and you'll get the subsidies if the values are financial and they want the money, then they will say that if their real values are defending democracy and freedom, then they have to get out of it. there's outrage and i'm gonna stand over a decision by joe biden to come and deer some of the country's funds which are

currently frozen in us banks. the white house has ordered $3500000000.00 to go to the families of the victims of $911.00. despite the fact, none of the hijackers responsible were from afghanistan. it's provoked large demonstrations in cobble. now all of the countries that funds held in the us with frozen when the taliban swept back, the power cord will still need to approve biden's move. but with the african economy tutoring on the brink, desperate locals want the in urgent rethink and warn of military crisis. limited on the love america has stolen us gun money and they want to give it to their own citizens. they were politically defeated and revenge. they still are money increase . recall in the world to help us get back our us, which is our money and the nation should get my the most money belongs to widows and orphans of war and should be immediately returned to our stay except that our money is being dispersed elsewhere. when we are in trouble and a need for generic people were attacked during funeral, pres, almost with bombs,

all wedding parties. are they turned on moss, into graveyards. they killed people who will compensate their families. i mean, this is a completely illogical and illegal announcement here, demanding our money back from the us. and the statement that telephone said, the u. s. will face international blame if it does not reverse the decision, but the white house says it doesn't recognize the group as a legitimate power and is therefore withholding the funds. but the director of the african association in london believes washington may grow to regret the decision. they are not, the nation has been taken that nearly 90 percent. people are just living $11900.00. and that is the salvation of to more than a 1000000 children defending the right of the money to hold people. this money is not for spending to be honest, this is a federal reserve to be whole. it doesn't mean we probably recommend this money to

behold right now, not to be even given that the thought about this is that the money that's every 25th of this one backlash. wake up. those other countries holding the money and do not just did bank. when did these things happen to them as well? the, you will host members of the african union for a summit in brussels, this thursday, and friday. it is seen as a chance to discuss pressing concerns over development, migration and security discussions are expected to revolve around the urge for covert vaccine giants to share technology with africa and french military movements . french president micron is expected to announce that troops will leave bali after nearly 10 years there since launching its mission in 2014 paris. the aim there has been to counter and suppress terrorist groups. france reportedly considers the conditions they're no longer suitable for that. if the conditions are no longer in

place, so that we can act and molly, which is clearly the case, then we will continue to fight terrorism next door with this a hell countries, the president wants us to reorganize, we aren't going, but we will reorganize to ensure the fight against terrorism continues. we discussed the upcoming summit and expected troops pull back with a political sociologist. he says that so far, for instance, struggling to move on from its colonial past and its relationship with africa. i think when mccall came to power, he promised that he will actually leave the school behind and he will launch a new partnership equals between the african continent and france. and by extension to you, i'm not sure that this has happened during the last 5 years of his 10 year. i think the friends and my extension that you are feeling that they're being pushed out of it. i'm not sure that you are really willing to launch

a new partnership that is truly for forgetful past the colonial past. instead of promises, we need to see acts and needs. and so far, the 27 countries of european union have not really fought for the provision of vaccines to the african continent. i guess this is something that looks like more like a geopolitical summit more than just development and partnership or that does it for me. this hour i will be back in 30 minutes with another full infrastructure new stay with us or to international. ah. mm. with

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