[000:00:00;00] a ah, the u. s. warrens china not to support russia's military actions in ukraine, but beijing says it won't bout us pressure. moscow and chip struggle to come to an agreement on key issues over resolving the ukraine conflict. that as fighting continues with reports of civilian casualties and destruction of residential areas. british media regulator off. com revokes our teeth broadcasting license and citing the conflict. any crane and the networks, quote, relationship with the russian federation or the fed to watch dogs move was

politically motivated. ah, broadcasting live direct, more studios in moscow. this is our to international. i'm john thomas. certainly glad to have you with us now we start with the latest developments in the ukraine conflict. vladimir putin emphasized, in a phone call with french presidential manual micron on friday, that russia is doing everything. it tend to ensure the safety of civilians in ukraine, particularly by providing evacuation roots now put and also accused nationalist ukrainian forces of having committed war crimes in the dumbass, an issue he mentioned in a call earlier that day with german chancellor of schultz. now, while the humanitarian situation in ukraine remains dire, the un has reported it's deployed its 1st humanitarian, a convoy to the war torn city of sumi in the countries north east. meanwhile, moscow says delegates republic has now gained control over 90 percent of its

territory. after pushing back ukrainian forces and the west's crackdown on russian media continues with the u. case media regulator. now pulling ortiz broadcast license with immediate effect. more on that later on in the program. and some insight into the ukraine peace talks. as the head of the russian delegation says that there has been some progress towards meeting moscow's demands for ukraine to remain outside nato. and to recognize the independence of lugens and don. yet, republics, but ukraine's interior minister insists any deal would be possible only after the russian troops withdraw. coble control dunbar is one of the key points or the negotiations. their point is that keeps control, that our point, that the source of the power of people so that people done, boss, should control their land. but there are some issues that should be discussed.

additionally, who i want to say that any negotiations must start from ukraine's rightful position . so in particular that the russian troops must return to exactly where they came from when they started their attack on february 24th. what's that? china flowed to the u. s. for alleged allegedly trying to coerce beijing during a call between the countries leaders. on friday, the us had warned china not to provide material to support russia over the conflict in ukraine, but china issued a swift and cutting response. many wat as the culprit of the ukraine crisis. why does the u. s. keep smearing china instead of reflecting on the security predicament in europe caused by the eastward expansion of us, lead nato. why doesn't the us reflect on its hypocritical move of watching the fire from across the river? after fanning the flames? recent weeks have seen both politicians and the media ship. they gazed eastwards to china. for some, this has been a wake up call,

a turning point. the west realizes it needs to at now to contain and assertive beijing and things have become heated. dingy, the u. s. has been spreading success of disinformation targeting china on the ukraine issue with malicious intentions, or china's already on the right side of history when it comes to our to ukraine and the aggression being committed by russia. the u. s. has gone so far as to threaten that other countries will pay a price for not following suit and imposing sanctions as it has done one country order is a luxury meal and the rest of the world has to foot the bill. this looks more like what a bully would do. we will not stand by and allow any country to compensate. russia for its losses from the duke sang, would use what don, you should never forget that there are 3 fingers pointing back to you when you point fingers and others. but it's not just words. and sabre rattling the u. s. is playing with fire in a very sensitive region tie one and the indo pacific. washington has deployed more

than 2000 troops. chaw straight is northern territory for the 1st time ever. is building and miss sol network aimed at deterring china has sailed a warship through the taiwan strait and approved a $100000000.00 in arms sales to tie one. beijing isn't pleased. we warn the u. s. to playing the taiwan card is like playing with fire, which will not only push taiwan into a dangerous situation, but also bring unbearable consequences to the u. s. side u. s. l i, australia is also a ping, the anti anti one. and on building nuclear submarines, japan's arms imports have increased 2 and a half times over the past 5 years. with south korea also noticeably increasing its military budget. you can guess who supplying them. the usa remains the largest supplier to asia and oceania as arms exports are an important element of u. s. foreign policy aimed at china. and that's not all. and u. s. firm just bought a shipyard in the philippines might not look like much, just a bankrupt junkyard. well,

not quite. the location provides direct access to the south china sea, the main area of china, how, when tensions a message to beijing that we had to stay. and then there's the firm who bought it. the co founder, steve feinberg, is a washington insider having run companies with close ties to the u. s. military. he also apparently has a very keen interest in china. little surprise. it's his sudden that 4th, a shipyard, american, 5 eyes partner australia is also very much on board. the sanction china plan with the countries military's having a few recent brushes. it's also splashing some serious cash to try and stop china's dominance of the minerals market. china currently dominates around 70 to 80 percent of global critical minerals production and continues to consolidate its hold over the supply chains. this initiative is designed to address that dominance that beijing was bullied and holds many cards. the recent locked down in just one city has got the world into

a supply chain. panic. china's an opponent that many can't quite literally afford to have. cubes. mayor has reported that one person was killed and 4 children wounded when fragments from an allegedly down to russian missile hit a residential building on friday. now, blaze broke out in the building, located in caves, for dusky district and firefighters scrambled to put out the flames. 6 neighboring buildings, a kindergarten and a school were also damaged according to ukraine's state emergency service. the russian military has not commented on the matter. now, reports are coming in from the city of don. yes, that 4 people were killed as the ukraine military forces showed a local district. the market in the center of the residential area suffered damage as a result of the strike. according to the authorities of done yet, republic witnesses said 2 other people were taken to the hospital as well. and this is footage from the village of old income in the don. it's republic where homes and infrastructure have allegedly been destroyed by ukrainian troops done yet. the

forces have been distributing food, water, and other centrals to local residents. some told us their feelings about what's happened to their village as well. is it that she knew what can you just ask you about that? even when the battle was on the outskirts, they still purposefully hit the village. it's good that our forces helped us handed out. bradley, if we could not even contact relative to find out whether they were alive or not, because the phones didn't work amid the ongoing fighting, many ukrainian se, they are not only scared of showing, but also of those who have been branded kids, thought police, that's a mid reports, people who had earlier err to any pro russia views or criticize, give, have gone missing, been arrested, and in some cases found dead. he has denied any claims of deliberate,

which ones not. he's maria, phenomena, comments. this is you billing and elegans, its former head openly voice supports for the autonomy of the republic. back in 2020, he became the mayor of another town in territory controlled by keith, but continued to share his view for the future of the don bos region. this year in march, when he met a stroke, was kidnapped and later found dead. the next day images of his dead body were posted all over and to russian internet forums with words of approval. among them was an official adviser to the ukrainian ministry of internal affairs. there is one less traitor in ukraine, the entire state apparatus of ukraine, the secure to service the interior ministry, the prosecutor's office, the corps we're unable to handle the outspoken supper to stroke. apparently he was shot dead by unknown patriots as a traitor under the laws of war. but apparently, in some cases there is no need to voice progression views at all. recently, denise kit iv, hey, participant in the russia,

ukraine peace talks on key of side was confirmed dead. ukraine's media dubbed him at traitor quoting sources among politicians and intelligence. they reported that the countries domestic security service, they as be, you killed him during an apparent arrest attempt, allegedly accusing crave of venus pi. the, as b, u has never commented on the matter. and other case that colon of each brother is both members of ukraine's communist party bend in ukraine, arrested by the as b. u. in an official statement, they are described as accomplices of occupants. some get arrested without official charges, like one of ukraine's most famous writers who is a critic of the countries leadership south of a model. on march 10th, 2022. he was detained by the security service of ukraine in his he of apartment without charge. now, my dad is in the luke young ascii romance center, but no charge has been still brought. dmitri gent, gear of a well known ukraine and political commentator, who strongly criticized zalinski,

or were alleged like of leadership use to appear on line with regular, our long video analysis. one day he appeared in a short video, strangely dressed, and lookin exhausted in the recording, he addressed rushes leadership using the same regardless of the military campaign, result that will never be any acceptance of russia. no sympathy, no positive attitude towards the russian federation. its armed forces and to a large extent, ordinary citizens, viewers in common sections suggested he was captured, hand recorded the video under duress and to those that believe the threat is exaggerated. here's the governor of ukraine's nikolai region. reminders of, do you know that we are already forming a list of traitors? there are not many of them, but they stay. they are preparing to help the occupiers and are already doing some things. i know a lot of people saying they know in the regions who should be shot. it has been there for the last few years. but to recently ukraine's which hunt has reached at

alarming frightening scale. it seems that while moscow continues its special military operation here on the ground, he if has declared a special war against its own people, britons media regulator has decided to revoke our cheese license to broadcast in the u. k. with immediate effect off. com sided, the current conflict in ukraine and band, the network due to its relations with the russian states. this investigation has taken the count of a number of factors, including ortiz, relationship with the russian federation. it is recognized, the art is funded by the russian state, which has recently invaded a neighboring sovereign country. we also note new laws in russia which effectively criminalize any independent journalism that the parts from the russian state. so news narrative, in particular relation to the invasion of ukraine. we consider that given these constraints, it appears impossible for all to you to comply with the jew impartiality rules while broadcasting code in the circumstances. this is the continuation of the

madness that is going on in america and europe. it is anti russian madness. this is yet another step, crudely limiting freedom of speech. british authorities have opened more than 2 dozen investigations into whether r t s coverage of the ukraine conflict has been impartial with off come in particular, expressing quote, great concern of com, however, noted that broadcasters right to freedom of expression in its coverage of the deeply sensitive matter are to use deputy editor in chief and belk and i said the regulator was being used as a tool of the british government. of com has shown the u. k. public and the regulatory community internationally that despite a well constructed facade of independence, it is nothing more than a tool of government bending to its media suppressing will, by ignoring ortiz, completely clean record of 4 consecutive years, and stating purely political reasons. tied directly to the situation in ukraine and

yet completely on associate to ortiz operations, structure management, or each tauriel put off. com has full c george artie to not be fit and proper and in doing so rob the u. k. public of access to information from all of this we are doing live by tara read author and former u. s. senate aid. thanks for being with us here in our future. national. so thank you for having me. i really appreciate it. if we get right down to it, is it really as off comm alleges in the interests of the british public to ban archie? no, it's not in the interest of the british public or the american public, or any public at all. i mean r t is a voice that we need to hear. and as an american citizen, i want to hear a different voices. i want to not only just see through western lens, and which is just my opec and myopic, and just doing the bidding actually, of the intelligence community and the military industrial complex in the western. you know, united states with so much we did to choose from it is indeed important to have

a variety so that you can make a decision from different very points. that's for sure. now off com sites are ts, quote, relationship to the russian government rather than any concrete alleged breaches in the channels coverage. what does that tell us about their decision making process? well, let's talk or see, isn't it? i mean, what about b, b, c? what about p v s? what about mtv are those are all funded by the british and the american governments . and they're only presenting one side of the story. and if you follow their, their coverage of the recent events, it's been very one sided and doesn't lift any russian voices at all. and all i can say is that american citizens, that not just me see through that, we know that there's more to the story. and there are many of us that stand, you know, with r t and, you know, want some censorship. and, you know, i want to stand firmly that censorship is not,

is not the way forward. we need to hear all voices. we need to hear different opinions and in order for there to be peace in the world, there needs to be, you know, equal footing, not just one lens. interesting to hear thoughts, terra read, author and former u. s. senate. a thanks for being with us here on our team international, which we have more time to just go into this for the full hour. well, thank you so much. thanks for having me and, and good luck to you. appreciate it. thanks. now renowned american journalist julia your fee has quoted the controversy for suggesting on cnn that a chemical attack in ukraine as a european country would be more significant than $1.00 in the middle east. critics said that such rhetoric can be construed as racist. you know, it's one thing for sarah and gas to be used are people in far away, syria who are muslim and who are of a different culture. what does europe going to do when it's on european soil? but while a clip of the remark makes the rounds online, julia your,

he says that her words have been taken out of context. she says that she was actually pointing out apparent double standards that nato has when addressing a conflict on the same continent as its member states. now, western media have been rife with double standards when covering ukraine conflict. in contrast with us lead wars that have been far more far away, you can see these images on the front times of the front pages of the time magazine, one calling the us invasion of afghanistan as the quote right war. while having the opposite view of the conflict in ukraine for one, this was cross live to all sound. bruno was an independent political analyst. thanks for being with us here. now. today we hear many journalists discussing the casualties of war on european soil, seemingly forgetting about civilians suffering from crisis and other parts of the world. what do you think that is? well, i think there's been

a concerted effort to portray the war or to special operation in ukraine as one of the worst events since the end of the cold war. actually since the end of the 2nd world war, because repeatedly on, on european media we've been hearing or i've been hearing stories about the fact that this is the, the, the 2nd, the 1st war since 945. when in fact there was wanting yugoslavia which people seem to forget about. and so the, this the comment about chemical weapons, i think fits into that narrative. i don't think that your fee was trying to being to present a racist case or i think i've been thinking myself in fact, what would happen if there were a chemical attack? not so much in the context of this is ukraine and europe and the, and that was syria,

rather in the context of how this war, this entire war has been presented in the media 24 hours and 24. it's unprecedented coverage, unprecedented consequences. so that's more, i think, the context in which i see it. now, if you look at prominent politicians, they're voicing their discontent about the ukraine conflict previously supported us lead wars that were similar. why are they using such double standards in this case? well, i think it's important to note that since 2014, when the relationship between russia and the west, particularly russia, the united states and the u. k. and a few other european countries worse and significantly since that time. there have been quite literally propaganda machines, media machines set up in key if i'm thinking of the rand corporation in particular

. and i don't want to say the name of one of the people that has been identified as one of the main propagate as of this machine. but viewers can take a look that exists, and we've had a case against russia and built coming from ukraine, can cause constantly being fueled and intensified. and of course, it reached a peak in the last 3 or 4 months. but this conflict, this war has been in fact, i see it not as a new war. i see it as the continuation of something that began in 2014. now i'm going yes. not going to say, you know, we've already mentioned julia, your other journalists have suggested that there a chemical attack in ukraine would be more significant than one in the middle east . is this a generalization double standard across the,