ah, ah, washington scrambles for damage control after president biden suggests. the u. s. is speaking to toppled vladimir putin, the u. s. leader later backtracks and says he was just venting his own personal frustration expression more outreach. and i feel i make no apologies for personal black, black person and verified video leaked on the internet for ports to show ukrainian troops torturing and killing captured russian soldiers shooting them and leaving them to bleed on the floor. russian forces claim control over most of them are you bold? following intense, fighting as local residents hiding in their basement? try to cope with a lack of food and water. would food use it with

and while the global community rushes to help your cranium, humanitarian groups appear to have lost sight of the suffering amid long running conflicts elsewhere in the world. as they divert aid to the european country. ah, broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow. this is our to international. i'm john thomas. certainly glad to have you with us. now. let's start by recapping the main recent events in the war in ukraine as russian and their allied to don bass troops claim territorial advances that amid reports, the russian military has destroyed t fuel depos around ukraine. meanwhile, another round of negotiations between russian and ukrainian officials are expected later on tuesday in turkey, with the turkish foreign minister expressing hope, the meeting could lead to a cease fire, and japan has imposed

a ban on the export of luxury goods to russia, including premium cars and precious minerals. joe biden, once again appears confused about his own views after calling for the ouster of russian president vladimir putin. u. s. leader now says those remarks are not regarded as an official policy, but rather his own personal feelings. not walk in a back. i'm but i want to make clear, i wasn't then norm right now, articulate a policy change as expressing more outraged. i feel and i make no apologies for personal my my 1st and previously put in spokesperson, already express concerns about biden's rhetoric towards russia and said moscow is closely monitoring his comments. i think president the white house made the point last night that quite simply president cannot be empowered to wage war or engage in aggression against ukraine or anyone else. as you know,

and as you've heard of say, repeatedly, we do not have a strategy of regime change in russia or anywhere else for that matter. the president had spent the day visiting with ukrainian refugees in the moment. i think that was a principal human reaction to the stories that he has had that day. we have the white house back tracking and us officials backtracking. what sounded like a blatant call for regime change from the u. s. president and the u. s. president is supposed to be the head of state who represent the country and articulate correctly what it's foreign policy is. it sounds like the foreign policy of the state this do topple and overthrow. the russian government remove its head of state from power for god, saying this man cannot remain power. now, it's also important to note that there have been a number of occasions where joe biden as dead things about the russian leader that

he, they're rather unclear, right. i mean, he's used very provocative language to describe the russian president, and then in some instances, rolled it back or corrected himself. i mean, he's not very articulate when it comes to explaining what the u. s. policy toward russia really is. you know, vladimir putting you think he's a killer, i do so what price must he pay? the price is going to pay will you will see shortly. present by regret calling bottom report. and i know that the president gave a direct answer to a direct question and you're going to see when you're there so, so you've been there, you're going to see you're going to see women. young people stand on standing, the middle of the from dam tank. the president has been clear, we are not sending us troops to ukraine, and there is no change in that position. the no or the year's work,

not clear messaging from the president of the united states when it comes to dealing with russia. now at this point, we have many countries around the world that want to bring an end to hostilities and ukraine. they want the situation with fighting and dying, taking place to be brought to an end. they want negotiations to resolve the fighting, bring us these fire, and still have so many european leaders, including many members of nato, long time us allies are not thrilled about what joe biden said. i would, i wouldn't use this kind of words if we want to do this, we mustn't escalate neither with words nor with actions needed help for otherwise was the us president joe biden, seeming to call seeming over regime change in russia on saturday. but then rowing back in washington yesterday circuit, one of the things coming not helpful to say something to ro back fixing to say probus reasons. i think we need de escalation, military de escalation and rhetorical dear escalation. now if you look at the polls

here in united states, joe biden approval rating his tanking americans are not happy about the domestic situation. the crumbling infrastructure, the rising price of fuel, the rising price of food, a lot of unrest at home. a lot of folks just not thrilled with how the buying and ministration is doing things. they promised to pick up the pieces from trump and, and correct the errors of his mismanagement to the pandemic that they accused him of. and things have just gotten worse, and a number of americans are wondering if joe biden should perhaps focus on trying to improve the situation domestically than trying to in and had tanza by the flames of international problems around the world by calling for the toppling and overthrow of the russian president, so not a lot of clarity coming from washington when it comes to dealing with russia and their response to the conflict authorities from the done. yes. could people's republic have released footage,

allegedly showing ukrainian forces shooting and beating russian prisoners of war. now, we will not show you the disturbing video just some heavily redacted slides, as it portrays bound soldiers lying on the ground with multiple bullet wounds to their legs, while others have broken bones. now, the head of rushes investigative committee has ordered a thorough inquiry into the matter. ukrainian officials gave us this comment. there had to be sure isn't about that soon. i remind everyone that abusing prisoners of war is a war crime that does not carry amnesty on their international law and does not have an institute of limitations. we are a european army over european country. we treat prisoners according to the geneva convention, no matter what your personal emotional motives may be. in the original footage, you can hear you canaan soldiers asking whether there are officers present and then shooting them in the thigh. the question is repeated, as russian prisoners lie bleeding on the ground, the matter has sparks condemnation from human rights officials. such treatment of

prisoners of war violates protections under the geneva conventions intended to ensure a dignified treatment of captured competence on all sides. they make clear that prisoners of war must be treated humanely in all circumstances and protected against any active violence, as well as against intimidation, insults, and public curiosity. the condemnation does not end with human rights groups. as the footage has provoked a wave of entity among social network users, torture of prisoners of war in summary executions are a violation of the geneva convention. not surprising from a country of nazis. took them a while to settle in a new narrative that the russian prisoners of war video as a false flag using crisis actors. they couldn't even have the moral courage to condemn it. promise a tribunal. everyone would forget in 12 hours and move on. they have to actively manipulate al the ukrainian army set. it's fake, so must be fake. they have no reason to lie, do they?

we heard from a human rights lawyer who believes there's a lack of consistency in how war related abuses are perceived by the international community. ukrainian soldiers are violating of the geneva conventions. i mean, the truth is in war. they tend to be honored mostly in the breach as a practical matter. but they are still very much in an in force. and in fact, you can even go back to the hague convention of 19 o 7, you know, for so for over a century the community of nations is agreed on many things, including that civilians need to be protected during war. and also the prisoners of war have to be treated with respect and decency savvy. we see it over and over again that when it comes to human rights, there is definitely an opportunistic use of the human rights doctrine to try to punish the enemies of the west. and the u. s. while basically ignoring the human rights abuses of our friends, like for example, saudi arabia,

how it treats its own people, and how it's treating horribly the people in yemen is just one example. those things tend to be ignored while we highlight the abuses of our adversaries and sadly i, i don't see that changing any time soon, but we have to fight for that type of consistency. and now human rights is treated as intensive fighting continues in the coastal city of mario pole in the done yet republic. russian forces say they are advancing and have taken nearly full control of the city. daniel could troops recently raised their flag over an administration building there at his roman coastal reports on the destruction and the local residents who continued to live under the shall. we're now heading out to the center of murray, opal city, where the fighting is still apparently it taking place. according to that, the next people's republic of militia and officials, most of the city has now been liberated from the ukrainian army and nationalist

battalions, assault the city of murray. opal has been under shelling for nearly half a month now. the entire town, his devastated buildings lie in horrible. he can hear shelling right now as while it's still continues. the people have been forced to live in a bomb shelters without food, water, or electricity. i'm about to visit one of these bomb shelters right now and year. the stories of the people that had been forced to live on the ground for nearly a month. people in these bomb shelters and these basements live without food, water, or electricity, has been happening for about a month. so ah leon, some friends of mine, i got summer read some canned goods, water for the nearly 70 people that live in this basement alone. and of course, for the kids we got some chocolate says, well,

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but he couldn't you live 40 to cover. so that's what i wanted to comment on your so good. you to one yet, up, so you don't get your one yet. what did you me? i'm not going to ask you what that no, no. you pointlessly just thought. be that nature. what it was you, you'll get that you will die sonia does like you who will go through them in the united way the what both delivery do you do a little study? i thought, i mean, it wasn't said that he wants to get the institute at the present moment. that is new, but not all of them will hit the roof of the old. meanwhile, local residence in care have been cleaning up their debris. after homes and cars were damaged by shelling, ukrainian media have reported. the area was shelled by russian military outskirts of ukrainian capital, have seen intense fighting in recent days between russian and ukrainian forces. and

while the world's attention is still largely focused on the crisis in ukraine, influential countries and humanitarian organizations appear to have turned a blind eye to the destruction of suffering and other war torn areas, such as in yemen and me and mar, i'm it concerns that resources are being diverted from those regions and are being on equally pooled for ukraine or these policies. here, reports for weeks now, the world's attention has been focused on ukraine's refugees, while they no doubt faced a dia, humanitarian crisis. what about the millions of others in the same situation? if we can so much about people's suffering in ukraine, we should care as much about people in somalia. the kena facet, south sudan, pakistan where the scale of need is high. it's so frustrating that other countries don't get the level of support they're entitled to were struggling because they don't have the same geopolitical element. mainstream media is also to blame. the ukraine crisis dominates the media spotlight in terms of search terms and publish materials. it's caused indignation, even among wisdom allies,

the humanitarian suffering that we have seen in ukraine, and everyone is talking about it. now. it has been the suffering of lots of countries in this region 4 years. and nothing happened. actually the war in yemen has been ongoing for maybe 8 years. it's the world's worst humanitarian disaster. and in march the you in announced a fundraiser with a target of $4300000000.00. as the conflict enters its 7th year, millions of people continue to suffer in yemen. we need urgent support to continue our work to save lives. but we also need to address the underlying drivers of the crisis. this will help to make people less vulnerable, build their ability to withstand shocks and give them hope for the future. so how much did the fundraiser make? you guessed it? nowhere near how much is needed. it is a disappointment that we weren't able as yet to get pledges from some we thought we might hear from us as asking for it's 2023 budget to include nearly $700000000.00

for ukraine. this kind of selectivity leads to an alarming prognosis. unless we ring fence the resources that are dedicated to responding to crises in all parts of the world. we risk once hopefully the crisis in ukraine dies down. a huge backfire of other crises that have become much worse and even more difficult to address. while suffering cannot and should not be compared and contrasted. this pattern condemns millions of people around the globe to an effective death sentence. the influx of ukrainian refugees entering at neighboring you countries is continuing to rise of these images repeatedly shall ukrainians, crossing the border into poland. the un has estimated the 3800000 people have fled, the war torn country since the war a ruptured last month. you interior ministers have a great a to a 10 point plan to help refugees are these corresponded trogie risky as more there

are some 3800000 who fled ukraine into the european union. and this plan is about how to deal with them in terms of the registration of who arrives in to ensure that children are getting access to education. but some of the major points that this plan has been increments do with include the concern around criminal networks that could be looking to profit to take advantage of those who fled the war in that country. the e. now, as a result has activated its anti trafficking plan, this is impact the french and to administer your head down the noun, raising concerns from information services and saying that they were already starting to notice the presence of criminals who were looking to exploit women and children. and that point was reinforced by the commission and johnson who said that they were also report to aid agencies about suspicious vehicles that have been

listened to what she said already before the war, ah, ukrainian citizens were on the top 5 of citizens being traffic into european union, so already before the war there were criminal networks that were specialized in trafficking ukrainian citizens. and unfortunately, they are probably still still active. so and now we have increasing report from the you and organizations on the, on the ground, especially in the member states that they, they say that they witness more suspicious cars coming to pick up women and children. now that concern about trafficking isn't something just that the e u is looking at in factor. there was concern raised in the u. k. just a few days ago about the schemes operating there to help you cranes find a home, essentially being described as tinder for sex traffic is this was 16 refugee 90 trafficking organizations that sent the traffic has had already made attempts

through that scheme to try and reach out ukrainian, women and children. but going back to this meeting in brussels on monday, they're also concerns that the routes that have been used by refugees to, to flee. that country could also be used by other criminals, or indeed russian operatives. it was said as your domain on the french interior minister played down this threat, saying that the e was keeping a close eye on this and that there was and everything that could be done on the ground to ensure that intelligence lists those who are on those lists don't actually manage to pass through, and there is another reason for the registration platform. it basically will allow all of this information to shared across the you across the block to make sure that all are pretty much on the same page as to who exactly has come into the since that

will start it already soaring energy prices driven up further by sanctions imposed against russia over the ukraine war have bolstered concerns about the rising cost of living in europe. one u. k. thing tank is now warning that around $1300000000.00 britons will be pushed into poverty this year because of skyrocketing expenses. cues could also be seen outside supermarkets in greece, after reported to supply chain disruptions and a rise in demand amid the ongoing conflict in ukraine. customers were reportedly allowed to buy a maximum of 3 bags of flour and 3 bottles of cooking. well, per person. we spoke with some of those affected by the supermarket shelves are lacking flour and its price has gone up. i remember a month ago the price of flour was $0.80 per kilo, and now it costs $1.00 euros. rents are also going up. the electricity bill is increasing while salaries are going down. all prices have gone up,

things are messed up. you cannot buy what you want. as some supermarket shelves are empty, to with flower is no better in germany. a loaf of bread may rise up to 10 euros this year, which would be double its current mark that pessimistic forecast was made by original farmers association. it also predicted a general increase in food prices by 20 to 40 percent with some products such as rape seat oil, a popular cooking ingredient, expected to completely disappear from supermarket shelves. the protests have also rocked the spanish capital as thousands of truck drivers formed a barricade in madrid to protest against skyrocketing fuel prices. they displayed banners honked their horns and demanded the resignation of the transport minister. one banner read the oil companies are ripping us off and the government is saying

before we heard from a geo political analyst who is confident that despite pressure from washington, you leaders are interested in looking sanctions against russia. it is. busy also in interest of the western government to lift those sanctions sooner or later because they are suffocating themselves as soon as the voter, the regular citizen recognizes that the price for those sanctions had to be paid by the citizen itself. those in government may fear losses in popularity and remains to be seen. what will happen next winter if the gas supply crisis will have the toast or if it will be deepened by those sanctions. and by the unwillingness of the g 7 countries to pay a gas supplies in roubles. so there is a really tangible and cbs risk for the lower

layers of society. if the west moves towards russia and get into really serious negotiation, then there is a better prospect, of course, for our economic development. the future of the iran nuclear deal again remains uncertain as us officials say they aren't sure whether they can reach an agreement to restore it. the months long negotiations in vienna are once again on hold reports, amid reports that the u. s. is unwilling to remove sanctions on iranian military forces. analysts are warning that this could lead to increased tensions in the middle east and a further rise in oil prices the previous deal which permitted iran to continue its nuclear program with regular checks by foreign inspectors was abandoned by former us president donald trump on the claim that it was to lenient amid concerns that iran could produce atomic weapons. iran has the world's 4th largest oil reserves.

after exiting the deal in 2018, the u. s heavily clamped down on iranian oil exports. sanctions were later extended to other sectors leading to a significant drop and he runs g d p. we spoke to said mohammed mirandi, a professor and a care, ron university who says the country sanctions, policies have hurt regular americans. the united states has been dragging its feet from the beginning of the negotiating process. and it's because this administration is behaving just like trust me in that they want more concessions from iran and they're not going to get it. we already have a deal, and now the united states by sanctioning so many countries and by having so many conflicts with so many different countries, it has weekend, it's position against iran. and therefore,

iran today is much stronger in dealing with the united states than i've ever seen in my life. so thus this has shown that iran is empowered. it shows that the sanctions regime that the united states as imposed has not worked. and it's also showing to the russians that the united states is not as strong as the banks. jo biden's, son hunter, may faced questioning in the house of representatives over a laptop that he allegedly abandoned, in a repair shop, amid compl cleanings that exposed to shady foreign dealings. that's if republicans regain control of congress in the upcoming mid term elections. in this, according to a party official, we will subpoena hunter biden. it should concern every american that they did this for the bite and family's financial gain, which came at the cost of our national security. the shop owner gave 100 biden's

a legit hard drive to the f b i and eventually offered a copy to former trump attorney, rudy giuliani in 2020 right before the u. s. election. julie annie tried to use data claimed to have been uncovered from the computer to support jo biden's, presidential ambitions. democrats, in turn have said the published materials could have been fate stolen or linked by russian intelligence agencies. it is for all these reasons that we write to say that the arrival on the us political scene of e mails purportedly belonging to vice president biden. son hunter has all the classic a marks of a russian information operation. the laptop saga has reemerged, amid allegations about us bioweapon labs and ukraine, claims us officials have rejected. that's the mid reports that biden's legit emails contain information about funding for a contractor specializing in germ research. the company met by oda, allegedly operated in ukraine, and even discussed an issue rather unusual for

a scientific research organization. as promised, i've prepared the attached memo, which provides an overview of metabolic tab, our engagement in ukraine, and how we can potentially leverage our team. net blacks and concepts to i said, ukraine's cultural and economic independence from russia and continued integration into western society. political analysts, patrick hennington, says americans want to see a congressional inquiry into the purported bio labs amid the emerging allegations. it's an absolutely incredible. it's a, one of the companies that hunter biden founded, i believe in 2009 rosemont seneca was involved in organizing one of the 1st round of funding for meta by auto. this is a biotech or a bio surveillance company, which was a major subcontractor for the pentagon funded bio labs, the chain of bio labs, and fact in ukraine. it's just amazing that this somehow has escaped

really not, not just most of the mainstream media, but also congress as well. a lot of americans would probably like to see a congressional inquiry now on this, especially since a major world war hangs in the balance in the fact that washington might just sweep this under the rug a chain of pentagon funding facilities. and it's just incredible. and it's, it is, if congress is in complete denial of this, they're hoping that it'll just disappear, that, but the evidence is absolutely overwhelming. what's even more incredible about this story is what is being reported in the daily mail. and some of the other mainstream sources, like the new york post are actually also reiterating the findings of the russian ministry of defense on this issue as well. so they're all on the same page. this is absolutely extraordinary. the only person that's not on the right page here it

seems. is, is congress itself, or that is it for me this hour? i'll be back in 31 minutes with another full and fresh look to stay with us. this is our to international. ah ah, special operation might be in new trade. however, the war is against the west, in general, and against the wall order, which we have for this. and when the special operations are going to change in the future of ukraine, but also a traditional relations in the traditional financial system closed and the way actually in the country is russia. ah ah,

with hello and welcome to crossed out. were all things are considered. i'm peter lavelle, well visiting poland, joe biden said out loud, what many in russia have long believed nato eastward expansion has always been about force? regime change in russia and ukraine has been at the center a bad strategy. when people tell you who they are, believe them ah discuss these issues and more. i'm joined by my guest, george m u l e in budapest, he's.