our interests are always followed by the of the states. if not, we have our last and are actually going to be like this. ok, well on this point, mr. saturday, and we have to leave it here and thank you very much for being with us. thank you. and thank you for watching hope to see you again next week on world apart. ah with mm ah ah, joe biden backtracks on his suggestion that russia vladimir putin must be toppled

from power as the u. s. president now claims he was just venting his own personal frustration expression more outreach and i feel and i make no apologies with personal like with my 1st with another round of negotiations between russian and ukrainian officials is expected on tuesday. and he stumble with turkish officials expressing hope. the meeting could lead to see fire humanitarian disaster and mario pope has local residents hide in their basement from continuous shelling as they tried to cope with a lack of food and water. to pull the keys with pleasure. going on with, while the global community rushes to help your premiums, humanitarian groups are warning that aid is being diverted from other long running conflicts elsewhere in the world. ah,

broadcasting from our studios in moscow. this is our to international. i'm john thomas. certainly glad to have you with us. let's start by recapping the main recent events in the war in ukraine as russian and their allied don best troops claimed territorial advances that made reports the russian military has destroyed key fuel depos around the ukraine. and in the pacific region, g 7 member state japan has imposed a ban on the export of luxury goods to russia, including premium cars and precious minerals that says ukraine's president zalinski says western powers should ramp up their sanctions against moscow, including a european ban on russian oil imports, if russia uses chemical weapons in ukraine, ah, joe biden, once again appears confused about his own views. backtracking on what he said just a few days ago. at a nato summit,

about weather us forces would go to ukraine and even his apparent call for regime change in russia. and you're going to see when you're there in your vendor, you're going to see women most damaged from you interpret the language that way. i was talking to the troops were talking about helping train the troops in that are the ukranian troops that are in poland. we will respond if you use it. the nature of the response to depend on the nature of the use. it will show your significant response. what does that mean? i'm not going to tell you. why did i tell you, you got to be silly. i want to know a lot of things. i'm not telling them what the response would be for god's sake. this man cannot remain not walking back. i'm but i want to make it clear. i wasn't then norm right now, articulating the policy change as expressing more outreach as i feel, and i make no apologies for personal my personal use during the last 3 days. the

u. s administration has been scrambling for damage control or to kill them up, comments. 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 represents the country and articulate correctly what it's foreign policy is. it sounds like the foreign policy, the day is to topple and overthrow. the russian government remove its head of state from power. also important to note that there have been a number of occasions where joe biden, as dead things about the russian leader that he there rather unclear. right? i mean, he's use 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, veteran who do you think he's

a killer or do what price must he pay? the price is going to pay will you will see shortly. present buying regret calling fatherhood. and i know that the president gave a direct answer to a direct question. the the reviews were 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 the fire and, and still have so many european leaders, including many members of nato, long time. us allies are not thrilled about what joe biden said, bottle of would you? i wouldn't use this kind of words. if we want to do this,

we mustn't escalate neither with words nor with action needed. how help for otherwise was the us president joe biden, seeming to cool, seeming to hoover regime change in russia on saturday. but then rowing back in washington yesterday morning with things coming in, not helpful to say something to robot, fixing, to say for obvious reasons. i think we need d escalation, military de escalation and rhetoric, culture escalation. now if you look at the polls here in the united states, joe biden's 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 biden administration 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 and 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 now not a lot of clarity coming from washington when it comes to dealing with russia and their response to the conflict. as intensive fighting continues in the coastal city of mar, you pull in the done yes. can republic russian forces say they are advancing, and i've taken nearly full control of the city done yet. troops recently raised their flag over an administration building. there are cheese from one coast of reports on the destruction and the local residents who continue to live under shelley. we're now heading out to the center of maria, pull city, where the fighting is still. apparently it's taking place. according to that, the next, the people's republic of militia and officials, most of the city has now been liberated from the ukrainian army and nationally,

battalions assault. the city of murray loophole has been under shedding for nearly half month now. the entire now and his devastated buildings lie in horrible. he can hear shelling her right now as well. 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 shoulders right now and the year, the stories, how the people that had been forced to live on the ground for nearly a month. people in these bomb shoulders and these basements live without food, water, or electricity, has been happening for about a month. so i leaned some friends of mine. i got some, a red from 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 what, what is it?

this is what i shouldn't on the 20th i just learned a little yellow is it must ethical jackson? yeah. to be honest. my life is so cell because older windows were broken at home. right now we live here. have of the children have already been ill here. i'm sick myself, my throat hurts. my grandmother is disabled some waiting for my mother and brother . they went to the hospital of georgia, is all over, is very hard for us. we need food and water. we hope that this will all in soon and everything will be fine. all our homes have burnt. we're waiting for really some accommodations to be given to us. love ship wearing, complete isolation. we don't know anything where sitting here and haven't come out . o homes have burned. and so we've come down here. many died. we buried them in the yard. what he took up so you see how i live. no doubt commence. no bag. nothin . what they grabbed me in a wheel chair and took me here. i'm surviving now. so when is helping?

that's how we live. my husband is a boy invalid. he's 90 years old and i'm 83. how can they miss to us like this is horrible. i mean, it wasn't that that he was. meanwhile, local residents and kids have been cleaning up debris after their homes and cars were damaged by shilling. ukrainian media have reported the area was shown by russian military outskirts of the ukrainian capital have seen intense fighting in recent days between russian and ukrainian forces. and another round of negotiations between russian and ukrainian officials are being held to day . the time the talks are the turkish capital, capital of the stumble for. busy more on that we are joined by our correspondent, ne stumbled on quarter don. what are the expectations from this round of negotiations? while sean round 4 of negotiation have been scheduled here and it's done by the

presidential residents, this was something that was confirmed by the president of both russia and turkey on sunday of last week. media reports are saying that the main goal of these new talks, if to come to an agreement on a potential ceasefire in the conflict. and this is something that russian foreign minister sergei lab. ralph said, there is a chance to come to an agreement with on the other hand, we did also hear from the head of the russian delegation, who actually shares a more pessimistic sentiment. actually he says that while progress has been made on the more minor issues, the russian delegation just feels like it's really marking time on the major issues . and this is something that was also echoed by the russian foreign ministry spokeswoman murray is a horrible. and if he's talks or anything like the ones that took place in the past, that kind of lack of optimism will certainly be warranted. i mean, the only thing that they've basically come to an agreement with on in the past has been humanitarian corridors to allow civilians to leave the most the areas of them with the most heavy fighting. but this is something that the russian for the

russian ministry defense has said is actually being ignored by the ukrainian neo fascist militants that are fighting, doing most of the fighting in ukraine. now, it's also important to note that the ministry of defense said just several days ago that they've completed the 1st stage of their military operation. this is just over a month after the beginning of it, the ministry of defense says that they've significantly destroyed, they've destroyed significant parts of ukrainian military infrastructure and severely reduced its ability to fight back against russia in this conflict. so we're going to see what both sides, what kind of agreements they come to here, and how that's going to affect the conflict in the near future. all right, don quarter, and thanks, we know you'll be staying across this as the situation develops, appreciate it. so humanitarian groups say the outpouring of help to ukraine has been going at the expense of others who need it elsewhere in the world. some groups have been warning that aid organizations have been turning

a blind eye to the destruction and suffering in other war torn areas, such as in yemen and me and mar. and that may lead to drastic consequences. ne policy reports. for weeks now, the world's attention has been focused on ukraine's refugees, while they no doubt face a dia, humanitarian crisis. what about the millions of others in the same situation? if we care so much about people suffering in ukraine, we should care as much about people in somalia, bikini faso cells to don 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 . with 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 turns and publish materials. it's caused indignation even among western allies, the humanitarian suffering that we have seen in ukraine. and everyone is talking about it. i know it has been the suffering of

a lot of countries in this region 4 years. and nothing happened actually. so what is happening elsewhere? who, who who, who who, who, who

saw the warning, yen and has been ongoing for 98 years. it's the world's whist humanitarian disaster . and in march the u. n. 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 have matched at the fundraiser, make you guessed it, no way near how much is needed. it is a disappointment that we weren't able is yet to get pledges from some we thought we might hear from yet. the u. s. is 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 . we heard from a civil rights attorney who thinks that the massive you or support for you grant is linked to the interests of the military industrial complex government and the media . have decided to turn this into the big media attention bit right now and put money into it in order to distract from other domestic policy issues. the reason this money is going to ukraine is because the supports the military industrial complex here in america, they had mascot of aid. they send to the ukraine than they buy weapons back for american manufacturers or those american manufacturers that will eventually just longer money are profitable to help clean water supplies and south america is not

profitable for defense contractors in particular, they help with store governments and have dana fan or to help stabilize iraq. ukraine price compet hurley would look far more likely to me in conflict and 2014 which is nearly let the conflicts but by puffing him. the money and puppy and the weapon, they are making the conflict more of letting them have to be preventing the tech to negotiation necessary to bring this to a peaceful despite joe biden, to talk about a new world order with the u. s. presumably at the center, washington appears to be quickly losing influence in the middle east. and asia as countries traditionally influenced by the us, are now shaping their own courses beyond western policy making or cheese ritual. blevins comments. the united states is the world's largest economy and it has been decades in the role of the world's policeman. but will that be the case for much longer? and is an attack turning as regions in asia, africa, and the middle east boys, their frustration with the ledge double standard they see in the west and back.

more leaders are becoming vocal about their frustrations with the u. s. claims to care about human rights for the safety of civilians in certain parts of the world while seemingly ignoring others. the current events in europe have shown bleeding double standards, even in the middle east, where the u. s. has been heavily invested and has spent trillions of dollars over the last 20 years in the name of this war on terrorism. top allies in the region are now concerned that the u. s. is too distracted by russia and ukraine, and return to the wrong nuclear deal may be right around the corner, leaders from egypt. the u. a. e are rock and saudi arabia met in jordan, head of an unprecedented meeting between the foreign ministers of the reign egypt, the u. e. morocco and jordan and israel over the weekend. while us secretary of state, anthony lincoln, wasn't attend this. he was not in charge. the latest jobs come as leaders in the middle east emphasize the need to give their own countries the level of global

attention as a western world is getting ukraine. we have never seen a global response to us, nor sufferings. and we've been calling for this that setting get precedent in the regions by having witnessing the brutality against the cdn people or against the cnn's organic, the libyans, organic organic staff guns. meanwhile, in asia, the bush by the us to isolate russia from the rest of the world is instead serving to bring countries like china and russia closer together as they have both been the target of intense pressure from the us. china and india share common interests on many fronts. for instance, the west recently pointed the finger at india for reportedly considering buying russian oil at a discounted price. but it is india's legitimate right to develop economic and trade relations with russia based on its own national interests. and while the us

calling on amy at a pick aside, the country has been courted by both china and russia, and it hasn't yet. you agree to washington demands to condemn moscow despite pressure as a fellow member of the quad security alliance. africa has also resisted attempts of influence from the u. s. was 17 nations abstaining from the un resolution to condemn russia and one voting against it. african leaders had criticized the double standards of the west and noted the ways in which nato's eastward expansion, fuel, the current conflict. the majority of mankind that a non white support russia stand in ukraine, putin is absolutely right. when the u. s. s. are parked nuclear armed missiles in cuba, in 1962. the west was ready to blow up the world over it. now, when nato does the same, they expect russia to do differently, though, as the us called on the world. the turning of russia and president biden claims the as ushering in a new world order. are we seeing the world turned their backs on the u. s. instead,

and could then new order, the one in which the u. s. is no longer at the top of the food chain in washington . rachel blevins, archie former us diplomat, gym john trust thinks and the american establishment is living in the past. and its prospects for maintaining a unilateral hedge money are questionable. the u. s. is certainly a superpower. the question is whether the u. s. will try to retain its position as the unit polar. as the only superpower that dominates the entire world in a hedge, a monic fashion, or whether it can take a step back to being one of a number of major powers are still living in the 19 ninety's, where the united states is the only voice that matters in the world together with our satellites, like the european powers, japan, south korea, australia and so forth. and they realize there are other centers of power. but these, consider that a problem to be overcome an obstacle to be eliminated. first russia and then china

. i think there's a lot of speculation that binding himself is not crucial of anything you simply a mouthpiece for an establishment that he has lost touch with reality that lives in the past. and biden is the last person in the world who can realize that the world has changed. european powers have been turning to gulf states in an attempt to replace russian fuel imports. but those middle eastern countries appear to reluctant to do something that could harm that their partner. moscow within the open plus organization that the u. s. energy minister has described russia as serving in a central role on global energy markets and questioned the prospect of phasing out russian supplies to europe, cutters, energy minister, while saying his country would stand in solidarity with european countries by continuing to supply them with fuel rejected, imposing sanctions on russia, oil and gas, saying the energy sector would remain outside of politics. someone in the range of 30 to 40 percent of the total supply of gas comes from russia to actually say that

we, you know, europe can, can replace that guess. it's not practically possible. it was strength once again. and none of the guys produce golfer countries that is in gas producing such as capital point spent such as the united arab emirates, will be in a position to replace the russian natural gas delivery for the your markets. that's the fact. i mean, you have to look at the figure in the is largest economy, germany, most energy companies have rejected russia's request to pay for their gas imports in roubles. according to chancellor love schultz, his remarks came after moscow demanded that so called unfriendly countries switched their payments to russia's national currency. different, most german buyers of russian gas will continue to pay for it in euro's,

in accordance with the currency fixed in their contracts are done in russia account . so for about 40 percent of the use gas imports, but amid the conflict in ukraine, the ear wants to cut its dependence on russian energy and has recently inked a deal for expensive liquefied natural gas imports from the us. that's as european powers project, moscow's request for russian energy to be paid for in rubles mcclain's. it would be a breach of current contracts. russia has responded by saying its western sanctions that have hindered moscow's access to foreign currencies. former austria and foreign minister current can i fall, thinks that european economies will suffer from the measures against russian imports the energy partnerships that has been recently signed in breast between the u. s. government and in european commission. when you look at the figures, it tells you that the figures that will rank in that and arthur ship only

a percentage of what you import just really need. and any phasing out of russian gas imports will take years. it will take, at least for 5 years, it will not be that was in this year. and so if there is some sort of suspension of delivery because of a dispute over the terms of contract from whichever side, oh, well sinks could to become difficult. already soaring energy prices driven up further by sanctions imposed against russia over the ukraine conflict have bolstered concerns about the rising cost of living in europe. when you can think tank is now warning that around $1300000.00 britons will be pushed into poverty this year. because of the skyrocketing expenses, accuse could also be seen outside supermarkets and grease after reported supply chain disruptions and arrives 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 oil per person. we spoke with some of those affected by the thong. 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 euro's rents are also going up. the electricity bill is increasing while salaries are going down in all prices have gone up, things are messed up. you cannot buy what you want. as some supermarket shelves are empty. the situation with flour is no better in germany. a loaf of bread may double in price to $10.00 euros this year according to a regional farmer's association. it also foresees a general increase in food prices by 20 to 40 percent, with some products such as rape, c t o l, a popular cooking ingredient expected to completely disappear from supermarket shelves. the

protests have awesome rocks in the spanish capital and thousands of truck drivers formed a barricade in madrid to protest against skyrocketing fuel prices. they displayed banners hung their horns and demanded the resignation of the transport minister. one banner read the oil companies are ripping us off and the government is playing the fool. we heard from geo political analysts who's confident and that despite pressure from washington, you leaders are interested in lifting sanctions against russia. it is. busy also in interest of the western government to lift those sanction 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 the 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 gets into really serious negotiation, then there is a better prospect of course, for our economic development that does it for me, stay with us throughout the day as we continue to cover the war in ukraine. ah, with

i mean it all was signed on february, the 12th 2015. it was meant to end military conflicts in ukraine between government forces and don bass militia groups. the agreement stipulated that both sides would withdraw heavy weapons to an equal distance from the contact line. this left several 100 settlements trapped between opposing forces. local civilians became unwitting witnesses to and victims of the continuing civil war. thousands of people still live in small towns and villages that have become the new front line. they call this area the grey zone a

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