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with, by think in the don't bust region continues and r t. crew visits and abundance school used by ukrainian troops as a defensive position. western media pushes for har sanctions for the countries refusing to cut off brushing. gust you agreed to moscow demand for gas payments in rubles the newly elected governments of pakistan agrees to follow the i. m f. recommendations on structural reforms to boost the economy and media recession. they blame on ashton, the run kong with committee, alive from our headquarters here in moscow. you're watching archie international just on 6 am here. my name is peter scott. and here the top stories, this, our the incumbents of french president is to retain his post for 5 more years. thus,

according to the final results of the 2nd round of the electoral race between micron and the right wing firebrand marine the pen. the gap between your post is far closer than the last election under opponents of mental macro on the streets to show that discontent. ah, the protest mark a continuation of domestic problems that have march my cons presidency. the most hope high profile is the yellow vest movement triggered by his unpopular tax policies, amarrow macro, and it was also labeled as quote, the presidents for the rich and a slight increase in popularity amid the conflict in ukraine. his ratings have been falling again. ortiz a shout to ben skate reports on the election. results. looks a bit busy. our country is full of so many doubts, so many divisions, so we will need to be strong,

but no one will be left behind. it will be up to us to work together to achieve unity. i'm not the candidate of one camp anymore, but the president of all of us, so many or mack on has been re elected as president of france. it's the 1st time that anybody has been given a 2nd shot in office for around 20 years. he beat marine the pen with a larger majority than was expected. however, many said that they simply couldn't vote for either candidate. and as a result of that, the abstention rate is said to be at a 50 year high at around 28 percent. there was anger that spilled out to the streets of france, moments after that announcement was made that emanuel mac gone, had once again won this huge, discontented with some of the things he did in his 1st mandate. his 1st 5 years in office. and they were already tensions palatable with protest is out on the streets

. those tensions were high. ah so marine the pen of the national rally didn't win this time around. however, she does feel as if that the fact that she was more than 40 percent of the vote, that's what's been projected that she has been raised up by that a what we have seen for her party is this unprecedented support that wasn't there previously. she has gained huge, were meant him since she went in to that 2nd round of the election back in 217 why? well, her campaigning over the cost of living crisis has resonated with

a huge proportion of the electorate here in france. and there is really this distaste by many for president mack on some the that has been described over and over as being divisive and our current in office. and she has. 1 now urged her supporters to use this success as a springboard for the legislative elections that are coming up here in june. we are more determined than ever. i have no resentment. we will not forget the france that is forgotten. the ideas that we represent have reached new heights in this defeat. i can't help but feel hope. murray. the pen also said that a manual might chrome was a divisive figure. and as we saw from his 1st term in office, there were an abundance of protest. movements here in france, whether that was from the yellow, vast movement that started back in 2018 and hassle, quite pete it out yet. or the protests over his plans to raise the retirement age.

something that he actually campaigned on this time around and says he will look to do in his next 5 years in office for present. michael, how has perhaps an even bigger problem that he needs to face. when he took control 5 years ago, he talked about the idea of bringing people together to heal the nation. and he talked about doing everything possible to ensure that people wouldn't move towards the fringes towards parties like the national rally. what we have seen in 2022 is that the national valley came for too close for comfort from many to actually getting to the of these a palace helen france. so could another 5 years of macaroni if he continues to stoke that same type of division that we keep seeing over his mandate. if that continues,

could france move even further in the next 5 years towards those fringes? the french military who returns an army base to molly and forces early this week has accused russian mercenaries of staging burials in mali, claiming the actions a part of a smear campaign against them. a video provided associated press, allegedly shows are under doesn't bodies been buried near an army base in northern molly? the soldiers in the footage are believe to be members of the wagner group, which is a russian mercenary contingent. and the french military claims is an attempt to discredit french operations in the country. the russian foreign ministry is called for a thorough investigation into the burial. given the traditional tendency of the french media and often some european officials to blame other countries for all the sins, we can assume that some will be tempted to throw into the media space versions directed against the malia and military who successes in clearing the terrorist threat from their republic has irritated paris, which failed to do so during the years of its presence in molly, we support the decision of the malia no authority to thoroughly investigate the

circumstances of the commission of this crime. we hope that the perpetrators will be identified and will be brought to justice. while earlier historian and author gerald horn told us that france has previously made documentation against others in africa. frances trying to deflect attention from the fact france has a reputation in africa as being a major vampire in terms of sucking the life blood out of the continent. so given that state of affairs, it's no accident. that frances seeking to point the finger of accusation at others . i agree with the statement that there needs to be a thorough investigation. oh, what led up to this video? we know that there is a tendency in the north atlantic countries to throw dustin the eyes of the public to try to distract attention from their misdeeds by pointing the finger of accusation at others. and that might be at play with regard to this current crisis

. and molly, because we know that the molly and authorities were quite dissatisfied with the performance of the french troops. in molly, as fighting continues to rage in the dumbass, small russian troops are arriving in the combat zone. our correspondent rod goes d. a visit to the local school abandoned by the ukrainian military, which was used as a defensive position. phase 2 of russia's operation, ukraine is in full swing. vast convoys of troops and equipment. continue to pour into the boy's own day and night. and as you get closer to the front, the sky lights up with russian forces together with local de niro militiamen are sweeping along the regions administrative borders. all

of this was liberated from ukrainian nationalists and regulars. within the past week, it's easy to find where they were quoted and re supplied. often, you just have to head for the closest school. for 8 years as you grade, waged civil war against separate as provinces they, they charge. you can read every one from you. out of the country was united. here is the crow across the hall from the local belonging to novak senior ukraine, who said over the years and added to that, wanna come through with the school. children wells for viola bray. gorgeous, bulus, sam, you nation leave on pods. of shoulder aloof,

and he and missile. and this is the see in every single village taken from ukrainian troops that they with holes in the military bases. social media platforms are flooded with videos, showing ukrainian troops setting up bases and arms depots in schools, even as frightened civilians pack the basement. there are no venue village, any settlement wherever we go. they make their firing positions in kindergarten, schools, churches, the national, live side by side with civilians. in the end, when they begin to retreat, their artillery hit suppose austin civilians. this scenario is repeated every time after our troops arrive and the people relax and they begin to live. normally. they calm down. russian and allied forces. here have almost reached the border of ukraine's near perimeter of screech and they are at the gates of villa rica and of a shortcut. a large fortified town. closer to the front lines, we found

a full wood medical station. russian and local medics received stabilize and send on troops injured in the fighting. we arrived as 3 vignettes militiaman, wounded by shrapnel, received urgent care. with none of the injuries were life threatening. though one soldier was heavily concussed. 3 at once is rare, but not unseen. this is a savage war, even though some humanity remains in the condition for that were my being at the forefront. we are holding on us. we have a sufficient supply of everything we need. we accept everyone including civilians, even captured enemy soldiers. we provide them with the necessary medical assistance and send them on further for medical care. we feel great arc. we have support from

our command and we believe everything went soon. rushes strategy here is care. the intent he's to encircle. ukraine forces nationalist battalions and regular troops in the don bass region. after 8 years of fighting had preparations to retake separatist areas by force. they are both experienced and well armed. this battle will neither be short nor easy, or i'd gaz thee of ot from the desk. on staying in the done, it's republic, you can see her footage from murder. you pulls port, showing the level of destruction after intense fighting. a number of ships are badly damaged with some having even sunk costs and buildings in the area of also been destroyed. with some unexploded minds left in the area. we heard from a russian soldier and a captain of a bulgarian ship dishes to discuss those learning. the ukrainian army had a fortified position in almost every building here. this is evidenced by the large amount of ammunition that is present here,

including western weaponry. if the building is untouched, that means there was no one here. hello, digital of nicky pleasure. it was hard for the crew because we are civilians. it was a lot of stress for us to hear the explosions of mines and grenades. it was terrible . no one can work here. now. cranes are damaged buildings. computers papers are destroyed. there is no one in the port who would work here will. meanwhile, over in the russian city of brians, which is close to the border with ukraine, a huge fire broke out in an oil depot. local officials did confirm the incidents vote. the cause of the fire is not yet known. residents of the nearby area say they heard powerful explosions before fire and gulf. the depot, no casualties have been reported though, and of course will keep you updated as and when we get more information on that. western media is ramping up. the pressure after the european commission allowed

payments for russian gas in rubles with germany and austria, declaring a quick cut off from ocean gas would devastate their economies. the countries now face calls for tough measures for refusing to fall in line with, to fancy russian sanctions. with more nuts, his art sees don quarter, you're either with us or against us. that seems to be the message, the western media, sending berlin just for being a bit apprehensive about slapping more sanctions on russia. we could impose a 6 month ban on german exports and keep extending it until the war was over or the gas pipelines closed down. alternatively, we could organize consumer boycotts after all. any one buying a new b m w, or volkswagen is indirectly paying for putin's army. a point worth keeping in mind when choosing a new car. according to that telegraph article, germany should end up right next to moscow on the sanctions list, just because berlin is worried about what more sanctions could mean for its own economy. the new york times also put out

a hit piece on former chancellor. gerhard schroeder, for saying, germany's economy needs russia you can't isolate a country like russia in the long run, neither politically nor economically. german industry needs the raw materials that russia has. it's not just oil and gas, it's also rare earths. and these are raw materials that cannot simply be substituted when this war is over, we will have to go back to dealing with russia. we always do. it's not surprising that more german public figures are now thinking that way. after all the countries inflation rate for march was 7.3 percent, the highest since 1981. and the rising cost of living has dealt a serious blow to public support for anti russian sanctions. just ask the people on the streets, his own hand, and how can a country be punished for buying something. we need to discuss whether it is possible or not to continue buying russian gas is that who should punish him? i am a heating engineer, i have my own business and i constantly have to install gas heating oil heating. i

asked, where are we going to get gas from? where will we get it? if we stop purchasing, where will we get gas from? even e, you politicians are flat out saying they cannot go on without rush and das we will not see the consequences of this in the spring and summer of 2022 as we have restocked, but next winter will impossible to survive. if there is no more russian gas look at the, at the sanctions in a different way, because a we of course, in line with all the sanctions and with our partners in you. but once a sanction it's, it's yourself more than the ones targeted of either sanction. i think there's not much use last month in response to already existing sanctions. russia's president vladimir putin demanded gas payments from unfriendly countries to be made in roubles. that 1st the e u. flat out rejected the idea, but after a quick realization that there wasn't much of a choice. if the lights were going to stay on, the european commission agreed to play along. you companies can ask their russian

counterparts to fulfill their contractual obligations in the same manner as before . the adoption of the decree by depositing the due amount in euro's dollars. all the while countries that don't want to dump even more weapons into ukraine are feeling the pressure as well. some in washington want to cut off for an aides too. it's close ally, israel for refusing to do so. israel reaction to ukraine will have varying on future aid from the u. s. to israel. hey, it forward. while the british telegraph says france and germany should be ashamed for also refusing to send more weapons, it's pushed germany's chancellor to say enough is enough when world tensions are already so high. we must do everything possible to avoid a direct, military confrontation between nato in a highly armed superpower like russia, a nuclear power. i am doing everything i can to prevent an escalation that leads to a 3rd world war. there should be no nuclear war. brussels is planning yet a 6th round of sanctions against russia. the west, santi russia, hardliners are clearly trying to pressure their allies into their camp. but who

knows how far they will bend before they decide to protect their own interests. over kins, over the former austrian forum minutes, the current can i sal told is that this pressure is of indebted by some of germany's a you panos you know, there is a kind of. busy than that, i thought of revenge in my eyes if i may say, by certain parts of germany who were dictated about 1012 years ago by the german government. how to run their economy. that was against the backdrop of your price is $22011.00. then chancellor, i'm going to america more, less put them in front of very strong reforms in order to remain within the year. so that was particularly true for greece, but it also hit italy, spain, po, to go to a certain extent. and when i am observing now, the positions by italy and greece, both countries are also very dependent on russian gas imports. so they say, well,

look, we are more or less in similar situation like you, germany, that we go for it. and by the way, all recession you, germany dictated as 10 years ago, was much harder than whatever you might face. now i would call it in now it's a sort of little revenge by those governments and the germans honestly have not been behaving in a very diplomatic, in a very strategic way. also over the last 1015 years, ah, and over to pakistan now, where the newly elected government has agreed to the international monetary funds, recommendations on structural reforms, to boost the country's economy, which is currently facing recession. this will be made in order to resume the pay off of loans approved by the institution back in 2019 for 3 years. courts which were suspended due to concerns over pakistan's non fulfillment of the conditions. it's current government blames,

ousted prime minister iran con for the problems claiming he was proving too many subsidies that lead to corruption and therefore weakening the country's economy. we have such an elite benefit in country that almost every subsidy that you can speak of actually goes to the richest people run con, gave an amnesty to businesses for setting up factories so that they don't have to pay taxes or even if they evaded taxes. that's ok. the i m f has already made a list of demands to pakistan which include scrubbing, fuel subsidies and tax amnesty scheme, as well as the implementation of new taxation measures and increase in energy taurus. if about meets these requirements, the body is likely to resume payments, and these will help boost the economy, which is currently suffering from spiraling inflation. rising prices under deficits . however, pakistan the society remains divided over the possibilities of real economic change that the government's initiatives. maybe i don't have any expectations. they have announced some temporary relief,

but you can give relief only if you have money in the exchequer. in run con, had brought money from overseas. but these people are thieves and criminals who close the industries. and we are not happy with them at all. committee. the past 4 years have been very difficult under the past government. we are living hand to mouth and from this government we expect that we will get some relief. there should be a change in our lifestyle so we can manage our kitchen expenses each on this government lacks power so they will not be able to work properly. we discussed the current political situation in pakistan on the negotiations with ro, hassan coordinator with the press trust of india news agency. and he told us the current government will not get a good deal from the i m f. this government does not have any national credibility, although it has come to a conspiracy, but it has no credibility. i don't think they would be able to stand up to the tough conditions of the i'm. so i, i am looking forward to some reading relating to do it to mediating said, enter before before the m, f, and all of the, such

a nation institutions and all of their pockets on may be needing financial support in days to come. his tea demonstrates that again and again that these people have come and looted and plundered the country. so i'm afraid that bulk of this money is needed not well focus on the benefit of the people of pakistan, but for their personal benefit. and that is what scares me because the economic condition of the country is already very precarious. and i think we need does a very healthy governance, which unfortunately i'm convinced that these people cannot provide in than use netflix to share prices tumbled by a 3rd after the company study last 200000 subscribers globally in the 1st quarter. it also expects to lose a further 2000000 over the coming months is the 1st time in 10 years. the streaming service has faced such losses. among the reasons for the rapid drop off inflation on the war and ukraine is next, netflix suspended, russia after the conflict begun losing $700000.00 subscribers. the company has also

been increasing the monthly fees across the world with subscribers facing the higher fees and they paid 2 years ago. so the got netflix is considering the possibility of a price coats with a form of ad supported tier something the company had earlier rejected. those who have followed netflix know that i've been against the complexity of advertising in a big fan of the simplicity of subscription. but as much as i'm a fan of that, i'm a bigger fan of consumer choice in allowing consumers who would like to have a lower price in our advertising tolerant to get what they want. makes a lot of sense. so that's something we're looking at now. the flesh this all we cross live now it's a california bass professor of economics and politics. jack ross, miss jack, welcome to the program. now when the ukranian conflict begun, netflix left russia losing about 700000 subscribers. how much do you think this is affected? the company, i mean, does that still have a total of about $222000000.00 subscribers?

well, you know, that's part of the picture. but you know, netflix is a, what we call a discretionary purchase. in other words, it's not necessities. it's not for, it's not gasoline, it's not rent. and in the us, all those are rising like 20 percent. i mean the inflation is a real problem here. and when that happens, you know, people have to give up something else to be able to buy food and put gas in a car. and i think that's part of what's going on here right now. the fact that they raise their rates at a bad time did not help it. and also the content of netflix is not really as competitive as it used to be. you've got new competitors, you know, like paramount, h, b, r max, it appears that they're growing because their content is much more of interest to the consumers. i think the reason to start so so much is not only because of that

and it's immediate loss. but because, as you said, the forecast is going to lose some more customers going forward. and, you know, i don't think people are going to a dollar or so well less per month may be interested in watching all of the commercials. i mean, that's the reason why the services are attractive. you don't have to watch the commercials. so there is a difficult spot in our investors, you know, have recognize that and they will probably lose. but they're probably also a harbinger of similar discretionary services that are going to find himself in similar trouble going forward here because you've got to pay for the necessities and to do that, families have to drop certain things like discretionary purchases. so your car to a complex picture, your painting that an ethics has raised prices for its services. to what extent do you think this is to compensate for the, the loss of its russian audience? i mean, i, as you,

as you did mention the company does blame of the fighting inflation password sharing, slowing of broadband roll out voice, slowing business, what extent you think the russian audience is part? well, certainly we are part of that. it's hard to tell because you'd have to look at the business model and you know, what's the price elasticity? we like to say. sometimes you can raise prices to make up for loss of volume, but i don't think that's the case here. in any event they can't raise the prices are going to lower some of the prices. so i think there between iraq and a hard place and they're going to lose more businesses. but once again, i don't think, you know, they're the only similar company that's going to confront this inflation problem in the u. s. which isn't going to decline in the u. s is not going to slow down, and the bigger worry is the federal reserve raising interest rates 50 basis points the next couple months. and 6 more times, i believe the fed has already made the decision. the only way to deal with

inflation in the us is to have a recession. and i think that's definitely on the books here early next year, maybe even before that. well, as you mentioned, as high inflation rates in the west was among the reasons and networks you know has been affected. and of course, the inflation has been partly caused by the ongoing war in ukraine. and it's why the economic fallout, how long do you think that western countries will be willing for their companies to take these hits as a result of some of those sanctions i've been imposed on russia? well, you know, what is the difference between what the government and the political lead want and what the business elite want. and i think the business lead is kind of waiting see how, how, how hard a hit this is to their business here. they're hoping that it won't be a long war. i believe u. s. neo cons, want a long war. i don't think they want

a solution in ukraine because their objective is really to debilitate russia here economically and politically. and they're using your crime to do that. so i don't see an early settlement in the ukraine, and the longer it goes, the more nervous business interests are going to become, you know, a lot of businesses have said that they're leaving russia, but they haven't actually left yet. they just shut down their operations and hope that it's going to get over here and they'll reopen them. but it doesn't look like the sanctions are going to. and once the us impose sanctions, it doesn't back off of them very quickly. and i guess a lot to wait and see what happens with those sanctions, those companies in russia including netflix, california, bass, professor of economics and politics. jack ross, miss, thanks very much for joining us today. my pleasure. that's how the world's looking at 6 30 am moscow tie money's pizza, scotts, and i'll be back again with another look at today's biggest stories in about half an hour.

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