oh. 1 a head on to not say the west changes, its predicted date of russian invasion. if you cry enough to february, the 16th failed to materialize. moscow says it's all a fabricate ship. sure. as to whether the escalation will end on february. the 20th . i don't know because we are not the ones who are escalating, we're not doing this author, this ab headphone price is in britain. so to record highs, leaving already struggling household failing, the squeeze is bank is collect some of the biggest thing in recent times. the various things going on, i don't see any light at the end of the tunnel. one is going out a lot quicker than what we've used on the canadian prime minister is condemned as a dictator by opposition and pays his fury. man,

so triggering emergency powers to stand pipe the truck drivers protests. let's remind the prime minister. this is canada. yes, this is really about the prime minister. taking a sledgehammer to me is that he thinks are acceptable with hello. good afternoon. welcome. it's just gone 3 o'clock here. moscow you watching r t international. our top story, the sam moscow's top diplomat, is marked american media is predictions of when russia could invade neighboring ukraine is a major news act let changes the date to later this week. just after the olympics. after yesterday's bet, failed to materialize. less shook the rules as to whether the escalation will end on february. the 20th, i don't know because we are not the ones who are escalating. we're not doing this political, a well known news outlet reporting about what is happening on the russian ukrainian

border. citing some supposedly reliable sources said that what did not take place yesterday will begin on february the 20th that there will be an invasion. ok when i discuss it further, i because i'm joined in the studio by a correspondence ascii taylor. he's been falling developments on this story and sat here as we heard there from lab rove, no invasion to be seen. the stereo continues. there was a previous state of a couple of days ago and yesterday to and we have a new date for an invasion from the west setting february, the 20th as that dates. just run through what's going on here while talk about changing a goal post february, the 15th has come and gone. no invasion, fabri, the 16th has come and gone, still, no invasion. so what did the western political establishment and the mainstream media do? on thursday, the 17th apologize and said that the intelligence wasn't was the paper that it was

written on. no, of course not. they started back paddling. if something doesn't come to pass, it doesn't necessarily mean that what we've been warning of is wrong. i don't think you've heard us from any podium i point to a specific day of an invasion. i think. well, you've heard from us some from some time now is to make the point that what the russian federation has put in place or the capabilities they would need to order and attack ad anytime. when net price might be unwilling to give a specific date. but that hasn't stopped others from placing new bets and as we heard from la ross now will miss out of thin add. the 20th of february has been plucked, no one on which false explanation given for this constant postponement of an imminent invasion, is that president putin is furious that all his previous plots have been foiled. and he absolutely refuses to invade ukraine according to the west schedule. yeah, when we also have these deadlines of past with that consequence,

we then look at the actual facts and the facts, sir, and we've seen postage. the russia says it is beginning to pull back. those troops and weapons were absolutely on tuesday, the russian defense ministry announced that it was sending home a considerable chunk of those forces that had been near the border with ukraine because they had wrapped up drilled. and really that was no reason for them to be there. anymore, they even published accompanying footage, showing some pretty heavy duty weapon reloaded up on trains. heading back to bass. bach for the people who themselves didn't provide any evidence proving this impending russian invasion. this concrete video wasn't convincing enough, but 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. what we're seeing is no meaningful pullback. present, hooton's put in place the capacity to act on very short notice. he can pull the

trigger, he could pull it today. he could pull tomorrow. he could pull it next week. the forces are there if he wants to renew aggression against ukraine. so russia keeps its troops out the bought up, it's an aggressor, it starts with turing its troops. it's also an aggressive, it just called when here an even more outlandish plane that's come out from an on named senior official and washington, which doesn't, particularly by confidence, alleges that this withdrawal is a huge bluff. and in fact, the opposite is going on. the kremlin is fortifying its forces to the tune of around $7000.00 troops and brand new field hospitals. when we look at all what's been said over the last few hours, some, you know, yes, you said there's a lot of hysteria, but there's no effort then sort of trying deescalate, in terms of talking and try and say less, you know, continue with diplomacy or we get is another date, it just seem a strange situation to be in. i think that is one way of saying it does definitely a sense that those propagating,

the hysteria have almost lost themselves in it. they become hostage to the situation that they have created. and just so that they don't have to lose faith by admitting that ok, we will wrong. that was nothing going on. they continue along this path that they've set themselves on. it really has become a catch 22. it is obvious that the fly will, of the anti russian hysteria spun in the united states does not allow american colleagues to look at things objectively. self hypnosis about the inevitability of the russian attack persists. the media seems very keen to go along with this line of wild hill 3 is just around the corner, but there are a few skeptical voices. outback, who are offering support to moscow. the check president for one has made a very interesting observation that this wouldn't be the 1st time that us intelligence has best proved to be useless and was fake. the russians are not foolish enough to embark on an operation that will do them

more harm than good. as for the u. s. secret services, this is their 3rd bluff. the 1st was with iraq. the 2nd was with f. ganeth stand. well, the 3rd is now and on top of all this, i mean ukraine is central, but when you look at it, it's not benefiting from any of this rhetoric, isn't it? it's the economy is, is plummeted people. so, you know, politicians have left the country to, they've been told to come back. it's really suffered and it makes you wonder who question he's benefiting from. all this rhetoric that we're hearing from the west when it's the recent wides of the former us ambassador to germany, that is richard canal. a very worth mentioning here. now he is an insider, someone who knows how the political elite in the us thinks and how it acts. but even he has accused washington of being, quote alarmist and stated that the war hawk rhetoric coming from the white house is an another, quote, verifiable. intelligence said, hey, we have even those inside of dc who are telling us that this intelligence clearly

just isn't there. so exactly, it's a legitimate question. why all this height because it's definitely not benefiting ukrainians. and why also is the world going along with that? here may be the nature chief might have given the game away possible. moscow has made it clear that it is prepared to contest the fundamental principles that have underpinned our security for decades. and to do so by using force. i regret to say that this is the new normal in europe. therefore, to day ministers decided to develop options for further strengthen naples. the turns on the firms, including to consider establishing new natal, boston groups in central and eastern, and southeast and europe for all the talk of the escalation. 2 keywords that stand out new normal. yes, they're not in the cove, it's a sense, a very telling phrase,

and i think regardless of what stolen bug but sad about it being regrets. well, i'm not entirely convinced that is how he feels because a new normal means, new nato combine units and bolstered defenses close to rush. it turns out to be very convenient for an alliance that was really had flight. you lost its way and people were saying that maybe it doesn't need to exist anymore. if we're being cynical b as an eminent russian invasion, provided the perfect excuse for the heightened militarization of europe. and like i said, brief new life into nato. and here i will always remember the was of the u. s. department lawmaker a couple of years ago who came and said, we need to fly the native fly high around russia, from corn. it's only like a noose. so nature is now effectively been given the green light to expand. meanwhile, state site, president biden apparently is looking for more than $770000000000.00 for the 2023

defense budget, which by the way, is 8 times more than russia spending on defense. and yeah, of course it was the question, it is a strange thing to claim to be a huge fan of diplomacy, but then of course, fatten up your army an inch closer and closer to russia. old, while moscow was here saying that it only ever wanted to have a serious conversation about nato missiles being deploy just a couple of minutes away. and she wanted to find a diplomatic solution to it. very serious security concerns. but that don't seem to be many takers for diplomacy. at the moment, though, as more at godaddy have explored, all might not be lost, at least not quite. yet. moscow has been busy, busy, busy these past few weeks, almost every day. at this point, a president who a prime minister was foreign minister flies into moscow for talks, and they all want what's good for them, which is of course, only natural. one of them have something to win and something to lose.

take the states, american officials hoping back and forth. putin sewn colds with biden. this is about more than just rush, an ukraine smart standing for what we believe in for the future. we want for our world, for liberty, for liberty, the right of countless countries to choose their own destiny and the right of people to determine their own futures. no self respecting american president has ever refused the opportunity to give a pretty little motivational speech, but biden isn't just in it for the cliches. his presidency is at stake. the highest inflation in 40 years. disaster with a pandemic record low approval ratings and midterm elections. this year, a crisis over ukraine is seemingly god sent for him, a chance to distract the masses and

a chance for those speeches. great britain has led the crew say this a hysterical crusade against russia. the british media has been 2nd only to the americans and the number of invasion dates that they have set and were missed. well, is it still the case that an invasion could be imminent? and it is highly likely what we are doing is pursuing the passive deterrents diplomacy. neither did many britain's like what she had to say. and fact some ended up questioning her competence. she mixed up ukrainian and russian provinces sounded much like an answering machine with pre prepared comments. i know i was there and i even asked her about britain support for separate has said chechnya and her condemnation of separatists and ukraine. hans, it was, i don't want to talk about it. thank you for your visit. foreign secretary,

the stackable, of course, the british prime minister has enough trouble at home. johnson's very rule is being question with a new confidence votes in the works. he needs to look strong, emanuel macro, sans as peacemaker. he came to fix it all and seems to think that he may have succeeded. he may, brewton would certainly app wheat, the muzzle vehicles to day we are, we're both at the seriousness of the situation and of the urgent need in the interests of all to find the pos, to which the preservation of peace and stability in europe. and i deeply believe that there is still time the historical and strategic dialogue that we have built together over the last few years can help. and is in this context that we have indeed decided to meet today in moscow. cause he has other motives too. not that he doesn't want piece, but he wants a cherry on top. he hasn't forgot about britain and america backstabbing him over

shalean submarines. and it's more than that chancellor merkel is gone. frances assumed presidency of the european union. what better time to replace germany as the top dog in europe will he has to do is show his skills, show that frances, as significant weight on the international stage show that the world even brewton listened, dame and of course berlin. this was chancellor's shots. his desk, they say a staring match with putin, which of course it wasn't. germans are generally a pragmatic loss. they prefer negotiations rather than speeches. in austin, the diplomatic options are far from exhausted. the task now must be to work resolutely and courageously towards a peaceful resolution for this crisis that we are now hearing, some troops are being withdrawn, as in any case, a good sign. schultz has established himself was the new chancellor. he was tough,

he was frank and he wants an end to the endless comparisons between him and angular merkel. everything he does as compared to what she would have done, michael leash merkel that he wants out of her shadow. that was more. of course, the brazilian president, yesterday, the italian foreign minister to then and will to come, which is now causing anger. and the united states senators are outraged. and people who sparked said then find this hysteria. button ever elusive invasion. a now angry that people are trying to stop it here, the fundamental reality now every day you got another global leader, today's the president of brazil yesterday. it was, you know, germany just, every day it's a parade of world leaders flying to moscow is making this guy looked at this indispensable global leader that everyone's begging please don't do this. please don't do that if playing right into his hands domestically,

in terms of helping him inside a russia the tragedy here ease that the conflict in ukraine, the civil war in which thousands have died and, and more dying, his entirely lost. it's lost in the ambitions of world leaders and the hunt for ratings and cliques by the media and the machinations of thing tags and so called experts who have so far gotten everything wrong. if there is any good that has come out of this, it is that the world has once again reinvented diplomacy. let's hope that it lasts . risk of this whole thing was, talks would be strengthened and people like, where is johnson and joe biden, who quite weak domestic in terms of their politics at home will to stand up. and when the russians pull out and say, we should to russia blinked. guten blinked, which stood firm thank retreated and we've won and done that will they helped us international and our national ticket, their domestic standing, sir. it was

a risky policy. and the hopes of winning our to unfortunate politically in the west on this issue. that while the main stream media does focus, then on the ukraine conflict, it does conspicuously overlook the us supported for in yemen which has brought millions of people to the brink of starvation. the united nations has warned that 5000000 people that are at media risk of slipping into famine. the war which is lost nearly a decade, and i was driven by a savvy led coalition, armed by the united states congress civilian deaths attributed to us weapons. we ass paper on the streets of new york, what i know about the conflict truly. i don't think i know so my library on that subject, but i guess that's how the media works. there are some stuff that we talked about is some stuff that we just don't talk about. probably a much bigger new story than the media care ho. much as we probably share,

but you can only take so much stuff one time, you know, and it's always the bell that's really loud. is that the one year? yeah, i don't know. i mean, like, i guess i don't know if i don't know what the impacts of things happening in yemen could have in the rest of the world. whereas i think the media's gonna get job portraying like things are happening in the ukraine and that could have this massive ripple effect on like the rest of the world by joining us like another war with russia. well, we spoke to bed, norton assistant editor of the grey thing, new site, and he says that the mainstream media is lack of coverage, a potential genocide in ukraine and yemen is because the news organizations simply convey the interests of western governance. the war in yemen isn't covered very much in western media because many media outlets simply reflect the interests of western governments in 2022. this february. there is the highest level of violence and deaths of civilians in yemen since 2018. this is despite the fact that

president joe biden claimed that the united states would end the war in yemen. he broke that promise. if someone is killed in you, ukraine in the conflict, they blame it on russia, even though russia is not actually fighting in eastern ukraine. this is a conflict within ukraine. it's a conflict between ukrainians. meanwhile, if yamini civilians are killed with bombs dropped by saudi arabia, but those bombs were made in the united states from plains that were made in the united states. the u. s. media is not that interested because again, western media outlets simply serve the interests of western governments. we've seen this so many times throughout history. there is very little coverage of the millions of civilians in multiple countries who are suffering under illegal u. s. sanctions. illegal u. s. sanctions against cuba, against venezuela, against iran. that gets almost no coverage in the western media because it reflects badly on the u. s. government and a half as

a move bad news to pretty shives hell was because petra prices that have sold to record highs on top of already increased living costs. rising energy prices and significant cuts to welfare. but ball brits, the struggling bank is a celebrating collecting some of the biggest bonuses seen in over a decade adding to the public's frustration using the coaches with the cost of living. i know that from working in a school, we are definitely not getting the wage increases that covers the cost of my living . potentially. i'm a single fin. say i look by myself and it's better than having an annuity fair on my daily to day. like the price of everything's gone up. i don't see any lights that end of the tunnel is it's no wonder a poll conducted by a britain's biggest breakdown organization found just over 40 percent of low

theresa finding other ways to get around with that think it's helping more than 50 percent. the low income drivers motorists feel that they're being priced off the road, obviously affected me, has affected my pockets. i run the business. so it affected me a big time. because obviously money's going out a lot quicker than what it used to. when you have income coming in, and then obviously you get to the end of the month and then your budget in for petro each each week. so i think it should be, it is pretty high. deal prices at the pump are driven by the wholesale price of energy, which is shut up with many critics pointing to tensions between russia and ukraine . oil and gas supplies from russia to europe, maybe interrupted if sanctions are imposed on russia. if the west but it's threatened to practice financial markets could go into free for the oil prices, rising juice, attentions between russia, the world's 3rd biggest oil producer and ukraine,

along with oil production going out of kilter with demand. as the world emerges from the pandemic, as a result, dr. is in the u. k. could be in from the even worse, right? as pump prices look certain to go up even more. chris are facing the biggest squeeze on income since the ninety's, as inflation increased to 5.5 percent 30 year high. but while the majority struggle to make ends meet, bankers are collecting their biggest bonuses as the 2008 financial crash, leaving many ordinary workers frustrated with many seeing as a kick in the t. people getting rewarded fantastic bonuses, except for not doing very much. of course, people partly jealous as well. i mean, you can't blame the budget for taking as much as i can out of the system. but from a society viewpoint, it's quite clear that we got all too many people overpaid and not performing no one . i think objects to people that get good salaries that are actually performing and doing something useful. but it seems to me a price that you cannot in any way justify their pay package,

better luck getting the bonuses, but just a government is probably the most in called government. we've ever seen company this country make no mistake about that. so that doesn't help either. if you got governments washed, tax payers money on city schemes, corruption, then you got to get into trouble anyway. and then put pressure on the bank of england to print the money to pay for it. oh, i saw just bankers, banking the cash. you can launch a supermarket, the st. profits always triple due to certain costs of crude oil, allowing them to jack up the prices at pumps even more. so what fueling the cost of living prices? well, in pounds fuel chuck edwards dusty party london. now the canadian prime minister has been condemned, is authoritarian by opposition and pays fail furious at him. the triggering never used before emergency powers to deal with the ongoing protest by truck drivers who

are against caving vaccine mandates to my the prime minister. this is canada, this is not a dictator. gasoline on embers, things are d 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 with the emergencies and now across the country. the lease of jurisdiction have the tools necessary to keep people say he has politicized 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 been harassing and intimidating frontline work. yes, there are people involved in frontline,

illegal blockades. but the vast majority of canadians continue to stand alongside each other and support each other. 2 thirds of canadians are united because they want an end to mandates and locked down. i said there are 4 races, misogynist fringe, who could take up space, and he said, shouldn't be tolerated if it's really about the prime minister. taking a sledge hammer to canadians that he thinks are unacceptable. will emergencies act does give the government some tough powers true back to month, including the authority to freeze bank accounts. it's designed to only be invoked if there's a national crisis, not against peaceful demonstrations, so called freedom convoy. has mostly been to just that although prime minister today and his government do insist they are causing damaging disruption to the economy. or canadian police have started handing out leaflets to protest isn't downtime or to, we're ordering them to disperse. the notice says that anybody obstructing the

streets is can missing a criminal offense and could be arrested and charged. but protests in the capital t said that they are determined to stay and are furious with that governments for spots. we are here in peaceful, lawful protest seeking the restoration of our fundamental rights and freedoms. all canadians should be surprised no matter your political opinions, that the federal government has resorted to such an extreme and authoritarian measure like the emergencies act. the drivers here are very determined. i mean, many of them have already lost their jobs. their, their businesses are struggling and they're prepared to, to stand here until the end. they call us that were destructive and a threat to society. but, you know, it's not us walking around. we're not the one throwing stuff. the cars were not the ones i heard people's lives were another ones making

a mess of people's lives. we gotta fix, you know, we get some changes. do we get the freedom back? well, the protest erupted last month and truck drive is became enraged to being forced to take the jobs despite working in a mostly solid free environment. the movement latest enabled into broader anti government unrest. nice side of the board. this plenty of support the canadian truck as american activists formed their own convoy travelling to the peace bridge international crossing in new york state. and several fundraising websites have been set up to the freedom come boys in both the us canada. we spoke to solicitor allison kendall, p h, who says the protesters have every right to continue the demonstration. under the constitution and the charter of rights and freedoms. those protesters were there peacefully, have the right to assemble and gather together and protest that is protected and it is unlawful to interfere with that. so the prime minister has tried to brand these

protests as violent and to take it out of the protection under the charter. but it's certainly not the case. so in our view of these actions, under the emergencies act, to try to disband this peaceful protest is completely unlawful and goes against canadians, charter rights and freedoms. there's a video going around of the prime minister, admitting that he has donated the federal government, has donated tens of millions of dollars to the mainstream media in canada. and so the state funded media is basically going with the narrative that you know the protests aren't peaceful and that the public should be against them. and by violating the privacy of these donors to this peaceful cause, it's, it's in our view, it's a way to try to dissuade people from supporting any cause that goes against a government overreach. and any policies that canadians don't like,

and the government is enacting against canadians, charter rights and freedoms. so it's a way to scare the public now the russian navy has tested it myself, the coast of syria and an exercise to establish control over the mediterranean sea, including utilizing some of the military's most cutting edge developments is off these on a commission report from syria large scale russian navy drills a hell these days and the mediterranean 15 melts ray ships with up to date, weaponry and equipment. i take in paws and maneuvers, including famous air carrier killers. they are all accompanied by the aviation i littleness, dick nigger for our exercises in the eastern mediterranean, with the ship's naval aviation equipment was sent the command base, searching for foreign submarines with anti submarine aircraft. as cover is the main training exercise. to achieve this, we relocated the baltic fleets, su, 30 s m,

multi functional fight a jet. the air base, since it is a multi functional aircraft, is operational, both an air fighter and as a bummer in combat training. flying over water is the most difficult exercise for our pilots or a level where they can pull any se, ask these russian maneuvers that conducted at the same time several nato aircraft carriers are operating and then it. is there any an inclusion harris room than of the u. s. navy and shell to go of france? so this is im, them order. the mediterranean sea is an important region where russia through large scale naval exercises, proves it's able to ensure military security thanks to increase naval power. the level is truly unprecedented. this is a large scale demonstration of military power that shows russia can ensure its security in any situation. it's important given that nature, naval forces have increased activity in the me.