[000:00:00;00] the who's and he's fine civilians, a dead and 23 injured to children amongst them of the cranium for the shell to city of dawn. yes, with 6 rock according to local helpful authorities. you said that 4 people died in an initial block with washington's blessings. poland is closing takeover weston ukraine under the pretext of protecting it from russia. that's according to russian foreign intelligence. just made calls from the u. k for nato to expand into indexes to take washington auction against china's move to the region. the

welcome. this is nancy international with the latest world news updates. thank you for joining us. of the city of dawn, yes, has been shalt by ukrainian forces, according to local authorities with at least 5 people reported dead. a warning he may find the following images disturbing. the dawn, yes. health ministry. phase 23 civilians were injured with 2 children, suffering moderate wounds. authorities say 4 people were killed on the spot and one person died on the way to hospital. at least 6 rockets are reported to have landed on the se. meanwhile, the conflict continues to spill over the border into russia, where air defense systems are reported, intercepted, ukrainian, ballistic missiles, fired into the bell go road region. this unverified amateur footage appears to show the projectiles being shot down. so the 1st time ukrainian targets have been destroyed by russian defense systems. people on the ground in the bogo region reports at least 3 loud blasts. early on thursday, poland, on the us,

the most vocal opponents of rush is offensive in ukraine have been discussing the polish on next ation of what was the claims to be its historical possession territories. it used to occupy and west in ukraine, as from the russian foreign intelligence chief, according to information received by russia's foreign intelligence service, washington and warsaw are working on plans to establish tight polish, military and political control over so called historical positions in ukraine. the, according to this report from russian intelligence, the stage, one of this plan would involve deploying polish peace keepers to western ukraine under the pretext of defending the country from russian aggression. that's despite the fact that this area would be the least likely to see any sort of confrontations with russian forces. warsaw is actual objective, would apparently be to capture strategic facilities from ukraine's national guard and then to create a pro,

poland counterbalanced to the countries nationalist forces with the help of ukrainian elites that are friendly to poland. it's also said that war saw would believe that this would lead to ukraine splitting apart, which would give these polish peacekeepers the opportunity to take advantage of the situation of harley. warsaw is looking to get its hands on these territorial claims in ukraine that it made all the way back in world war one. the question here then is why in the world would poland, all of the sudden decide to rehash these territorial claims that were made around a century ago? well, russia says that it's because polish colonial app aspirations have resurfaced in the country and we have what we've also heard that washington is actually working with poland to rally western countries that are in favor of this idea. but so far, there haven't been any takers that it may appear to inspect of how russia would respond to any foreign interference in the conflict to these new revelations point to a 3rd, the escalation d, thank putin made actually a lot of a very important points with regard to the conflict and ukraine,

and one of the most significant ones was no doubt his promise to the west. that if western countries interfere in russia's affairs, there will be a lightning response to that. it was named it if someone from outside decides to interfere in the ongoing operation and will post strategic threats unacceptable to russia. they should know that are responsible follow at a lightening speed. we have all the tools which no one else can now boast of. i'd like to stress that all the toss of our military operation in don't bus and ukraine will be successfully tackled for sure. our soldiers have managed to avert a real danger looming over russia. now with that statement in mind, poland is also planning military exercises to take place at the beginning of may, at the same time war source telling its citizens not to take pictures or videos of any troop movements. so it is definitely quite a coincidence that these military exercises are going to be taking place shortly after we got this information from russian intelligence and potent statements about basically staying out of rushes affairs, political science, found history,

lecture john laughlin phase, poland possible involvement in ukraine could lead to a break up of the embattled country. these territories particular evolve and rovner and volume were taken from poland after the 2nd world war 2. it's not a secret for anyone that poland would in an ideal world like to have them back. poland is not the only country that los territory to ukraine after the 2nd world war hungry also lost territory around the town of bush got out and, and frankly, so did remain. yes. so this move, if it happened, would quite possibly trigger a chain reaction with various countries claiming pulse of ukraine. but if that happened, yes, the country would then de facto cease to exist. but as i say, it would cut a lot of the legitimacy, poland, and the other nato states claim for themselves if they were to move in in this way . ah,

a russian pilot jailed in the us on drug smuggling charges has returned to moscow in a prison. the exchange deal constant in yara, shank was swapped for former us marine trevor read. he was jailed in russia for striking a police officer near a sancho was imprisoned for 20 years in 2011 after being convicted of involvement in a library and drug smuggling operation. however, most go, stacy was abducted and that his arrest violated the vienna convention on diplomatic relations during the investigation. the u. s. government provided evidence that they came to prove that the russian pilots was involved in smuggling operations. i spoke to him earlier and he said he was tortured in custody. you've mentioned several times that you were tortured in prison. can you elaborate on that? can you tell us exactly what happened? no model for support themselves. i can tell you in detail what happened. i was abducted by the u. s. in liberian security services in may 2010. i was taken to the

national security agency headquarters in liberia where they tortured me for 2 and a half days. it was unbearable physical and fight psychological torture. i didn't even want to live. there were professionally trained, they knew where to hit and how to hit to avoid killing me. they had my feet broke my teeth injured, my internal organs broke my legs. it was really brutal. america schedule. the american presence and not criticized on the living conditions or how the prisoners are treated there. the criticism is all gagged. the u. s. government accuses russia and other countries of breaking human rights and presence. but in fact, we see double standards there. they claim they protect prisoner's rights, but what happens in american federal prisons is just awful. i'm not even talking about guantanamo bay, or places like that. people are abducted, tortured and unjustly to attain like i was, for example, another russian sentence than america. victor bout. i'm really glad that i managed to get out and come back to russia. now i can tell the whole truth about what the american government is doing,

russian and other foreign citizens whom i met there in us prisons. you've been away for from your home for a very long time. you've only been back in russia a few hours. how do you plan to spend the next few days and weeks, deborah? hi, deborah whispered, i want to finally get enough sleep. the way americans transported me to russia was literally crossing all the lines as you can still, i still have marks on my hands from the handcuffs. it was usually stressful for me . it was physical torture. i was kept in handcuffs for more than a day. i need some time to recover after all the suffering and damage i went through because of the american government to the bouncer ground of mario pole where normal life seems to be were turning, following weeks of intense fighting. locals have been flocking to the streets in an effort to restore commerce is the sound of gunfire, and explosions slowly declines with worship. construction ministry think it will provide all the necessary help. mario po needs. we spoke to the local man. he said the city is starting to revive over the situation remains far from peaceful. his.

kimberly just of course the fighting is practically over already and we have 2 hospitals working in the city, an intensive care unit, and an emergency. school number. 53 is open with more than 700 students. so one of the biggest problems today, there is no mobile connection. without such connection, you could be looking for a person for 2 to 3 hours, even though they're already on their way on assignment. that is very complicated and how dangerous so safe is it around here now, so i cannot say that it is completely safe as long as there's more showing in recent days, there been more attacks on the left side of the river and closer to the city center . the threat is still present and there are still enemy positions inside the as of style factory. senior correspondent, mar garcia, has been seeing the upturn in fortunes for himself. the city of mary uncle is

returning her rule mallets. you can see people on the street st. hallmark picked up again a street to the trade school that was free, bringing food from surrounding areas. obviously there's a lot more that needs to be done to bring the city back to what it was. good, as you can hear, this is the more need for body arm and helmet. is no gun fraud or explosive. the city of mario pool is slowly reviving. so what to do here is the situation. the city has already become better, fewer gunshots can be heard, but it is still scary to live on the upper floors because you can hear those gunshots more clearly during the night. in the daytime it's com. i have to tell you it is in comparable now to what was happening 10 days ago. oh no one is ridiculous . yeah. a lot of houses, residential buildings. there's the main problem at the moment. i'm living in a basement for the 2nd month now. unable to move out, my house was on the seat,

his outskirts. there are only rooms there now. for 5 hours, we didn't hear a single shot or blast at the heart of the city. the vast as of steel, industrial complex negotiations are underway, daily between russian representatives and the remaining ukrainian nationalists besieged and side people no longer wish to wait. they want to resume their lives. now, however, they can. this is valentina. she's 81 death and disabled. she has chosen to return to her burned out apartment. are all no doors, all windows, just scorched concrete. but these her home from you here, what can i do? look well if, what can i do? this is not how it should be. variables, new authorities of promise that the city will be rebuilt. that power water and gas

would soon flow again. and that, mary, you will a city of half a 1000000 would once again become the gem of the as of see more i'd guess the of r t, from mary hugo which is foreign secretary has spoken in favor of nato's a global expansion. is shaw says the u. s. lead blokes should seek to protect its allies including taiwan in the in depth pacific a region which has recently sparks security concerns in washington. he was official with half threatened to action of chinese sets at military bases on the small pacific nation of the solomon islands. of course, we have respect for the solomon islands sovereignty, but we also wanted to let them know that if steps were taken to establish a de facto permanent military presence, power projection capabilities or a military installation, then we would have significant concerns. and we would very naturally respond to those concerns. the u. s. a warning comes in response to

a recent security packed between beijing, the solomon islands, that will allow chinese police forces to be stationed in this most on this most pacific nation. obey things safety agreement, aims to promote peace and security with the islands. officials also defending the deal. however, u. s. allies in the region, australia and new zealand have warned against china's presence that meanwhile, taiwan seems to be taking its security into its own hands, stating that it's going to test its defense readiness. in the case, in case of an attack from china, that was during beijing's annual defense drills, which will kick off next month since the outbreak of war in ukraine. the island has been on alert over a potential chinese offensive spring in nelson wong. now vice chairman of the shanghai center for rim pike and international studies. thank you very much for joining us on the program. it's nice to see. now anthony has said

that no country has the authority to dictate to others which aligns to join. how exactly does that statement align with the recent us threat of action against china is security packed with solomon islands? well, the foreman, i learned a sovereign country and established diplomatic relations with china a few years ago. and we've noticed that those being ongoing folks are possible signing of a security back between the 2 countries, which provides china to, to, to supply assistance, to ensure the island security. and so that's what we know end up being quite transparent. and also from what we have read in the press and from the statements of the 2 countries that the security pact which is going to be signed,

hopefully very soon is not against any other country. it is purely for mutual benefit and for mutual cooperation. so that, or every country has its right to express their concerns, but this is a matter of to sovereign countries. so how do you expect officials from solomon islands to react to these threats from washington? well, we don't know. i think we are we, we don't read also in the, in the media, the solomon islands, state government as expressed their openness and transparency for forming an alliance with china. all the security matters on the island, but also it is open for discussion with other countries including australia. what do you make of the recent deal between china and the sullivan? i mean, do you think the concerns of australia, new zealand on justified?

well, i think her people can always analyze the impact of an incident of her happening according to their own willingness, their own understanding and perception. but by the end of the day, you still have to face the reality. it's the reality that would be it's the security matters of the island country that is under concern of john as a sovereign country at the invitation of the local government to solomon islands. have agreed to sign this agreement to provide assistance in terms of police falls in terms of on to police force. and so that, so it's something quite natural and quite normal between 2 countries. actually. so what's your view on nato expansion in the pacific, and how do you expect china to respond?

what that something to be expected actually are seeing different statements of nato ok shows. talking about their concerns over other parts of the parents that nato has become an organization of go cuz already. but that's also the chinese government has expressed it as well. over the south china sea of taiwan straits, whether this is a nato expansion is an element of security or as an element of disruption of security. that's something we're have to observe. so how do you expect relations between china and taiwan to develop, given the current political context? well, this pie one issue as being a hanging wall for the last or more than half a decade. all right, and so it's

a left over issue from china civil war that was, that was that, that, that is a gender understanding in the international community. but bear in mind, taiwan is not a sovereign country. and the international community and everybody in the united nations do recognize the one china policy, which means that taiwan is part of china. so whatever the case china seeks to solve this reunification issue through peace, all talks and peaceful negotiations. it is actually in the interest of chinese people on both sides of the street to reach an agreement eventually. but in the meantime, we've also noticed that we've been seeing that other countries, there are few countries around the world trying to make use of this issue. this left over issue to, to, to start breaking some progress,

some pressure against china. so the government of china has been making it stand very firmly over the years over the decades. that china is not ruling out the possibility of using a military taking military action in case that things go wrong in case the red lines get crossed and the red lines have been drawn very clearly. so i think it's, it's just, sir, though, there are countries that are trying to, to, to make full use of this china issue to create problems or china that they are one issue. i may now, some lungs. i sham enough, the shank. i sent a full rim pike and international studies many thanks for your time. we appreciate your insight. thank you. and i toes chief has extended what he calls

a warm welcome to finland and sweden with both countries lying access into the u. s lead military block. as despite the objections from russia, which has warned, against an expansion of the western alliance on its borders, we are involved with a few moments written on the it's their decision. but if they decide to apply for them, certainly will be warmly welcomed, unexpected, processed to go quickly. what is the uncertainty about fin them and sweden smart pictures thrown off? because this is from a mental about the rental. every nation in europe are to decide its own future. however, some night our members don't quite agree with the insult him, but the president of croatia say the alliance is provoking russia by inviting his european neighbors to join the block. to go a step further and drag finland, which is 50 kilometers from st. petersburg into that i think is dangerous quackery . however,

we cannot say no for us. finland is more important than croatia and the issue of the croatians in bosnia and herzegovina. as far as i'm concerned, let them join nato. let them stab an angry bear in the eye with a pen. the bow can i? she mentioned by croatia as president concerns that come back countries long running political disputes with neighboring, both near and so sick aveena, who asian politicians say they should be allowed to take high positions and the both the government to fight against what they call the discrimination expirations . that croatia is already and nato member, while bosnia and herzegovina is also reaching for accession to the blog. senior r t writes, as there be an american journalist, now boys say malik believes croatia as a native member may use this rise to leverage his position in both. now the issue in bosnia specifically is that the cro ads are not getting represented properly in the central government creation. made a big deal out of joining nato some years back. president a lot of it. he's basically trying to say ok, well, you know, because we're

a member and we technically have vito rights. we're going to use that to leverage our political position and get this issue resolved. because we've been trying and the other side in bosnia, the bosnian muslims are basically refusing to negotiate because they feel they have the support of the un, the u. s. sweden and finland neutrality, especially finland's, after the cold war has been a huge asset to both countries. abandoning neutrality after decades of successfully not being involved in, in your european conflicts and in this transatlantic, per falafel is just remarkably stupid as washington faith is running out of financing to provide care with new rout weaponry. joe biden has suggested legalizing the confiscation and selling of russian property in the us, then sends the money to ukraine. that will enhance our underlying effort to accommodate the russian oligarchy. and make sure we take their take their, their, it'll be gotten gauge. we're going to accommodate them. we're going to caesar

yachts, luxury homes and other you'll be got engaged of prudence cub tucker. yeah. cryptography. club, the guys who are the club tucker, but these are bad guys, is now calling on congress to approve $33000000000.00 and funding for ukraine. about 20000000000 of that would go directly as military assistance. and during the speech that he gave, he referred to this as a small price to pay. and he also says that this is a way for the american people to do their part with us involvement and a conflict that they never voted for it to begin with. but at the same time, biden is also calling for russian individuals to do their part apparently has the white house now called on congress to give them new sweeping powers to not only seize assets from russian individuals, but also to then. so those assets saying that they will give the proceeds to

ukraine as a new form of assistance. now, when it comes to the terms of exactly what they're asking for, everything right now is incredibly broad. they use terms like money laundering and corrupt dealings to say what new assets they would see. but at the same time, they leave a lot of room for decisions on their end as to how they would move forward. now we don't know exactly how congress will approach this, but at the same time this does come as there are a number of countries in the past have been very reliant on heavy, heavy aid from the united states, such as a country like afghan, a stand. they receive billions of dollars in us aid for years, only to be cut off last year after their us supported government fell apart and the man came sweeping back to power. and the u. s. came in and froze $7000000000.00 worth of athletes creating a huge humanitarian crisis in their country. so there is

a lot at stake here. as the u. s. shows that they are more than willing to move forward with tens of billions of dollars in aid. as long as they agree with the government that's empower and bite and refers to that a small price to pay here. well, just really condemns russia over its opperation in ukraine. his government has failed to meet a compensation deadline for alleged war crimes by defense force personnel in afghanistan, potentially leaving the thorny issue to be sorted out of the election office. caleb, more investigators. the deadline for australia to announce compensation for the victims of its war crimes and afghanistan has passed. the report that called for compensation for the victims took 4 years to compile, where there is credible information that an identified or identifiable afghan national has been unlawfully killed. the inquiry has recommended that australia should now compensate the family of that person without a waiting for establishment of criminal liability. this will be an important step

in rehabilitation of trellis international reputation, and it's simply the right thing to do. the war crimes are very real. 39 afghans had their lives cut short in violation of international law. 25 australians were implicated in the atrocities. and when you look closer, the details get pretty ugly and heart wrenching and incident where members from the special air service region were driving along the road. and so to 14 year old boys whom they decided might be tele, been sympathizers, they stopped searched the boys and slid their throats. the rest of the troops to them had to clean up the mess, which involved bagging the bodies and throwing them into a nearby river. complicity went up the chain of command. it wasn't just a few bad apples. events were covered up after they took place for what possible reason could compensation for the victims be put off. the issue of compensation is complex and comes with a number of legal, practical,

and logistical issues. too much red tape let us sorted out, give us time. well, the report was compiled over the course of 4 years of investigation, and now the victims deemed to be worthy of compensation are being told to just sit back and wait. but it's a very different picture from the australian government when it comes to russia's unproven war crimes. there's no doubt in my view that war crimes and atrocities abilene committed in, you'd cry out. bye bye bye. russia. vladimir putin down must be held to account for those walk times and atrocities. yet another moment when those who look more deeply will notice western hypocrisy on all things related to russia. government has gone further to investigate the massive war crime. they say the united kingdom is really important. yeah. that report in the public to not now the. ready you know,

just to hear what they seem to be doing is just trying to walk this thing. knowing that, you know, the will be an election very soon sensually shifting this responsibility on to the next guy. and he is foreign minister, has rebuked europe for what he sees as you are a centric bias in dealing with the ukrainian crisis, suggesting it is only focused on its own affair as well. turning a blind eye to problems in other parts of the world. again, quite candidly, we've been hearing for the last 2 months, a lot of our, a lot of arguments from europe. so you know that things happening in europe and asia should worry about it because these could happen in asia. guess what things have been happening in a shop for the last 10 years. now europe may not have looked at it so, so you know, it can do. this could be a wake up call for europe,

not just in europe. it could be a wake up call for europe to also look at ation. and you took a neutral stance on the war in ukraine when it broke out abstaining from a un vote condemning russian force military operation. which subsequently led to criticism from the west. since then, a succession of western officials have attempted to lean on new delhi during visits to the country. we've got a reaction from a former senior official in the indian foreign ministry who one does why. asia's concerns continue to be ignored by the west, which imposes its own agenda. we are being given sermons about how we should behave. and i think the minister should go was right to point out. the show me more prices, whether it vanished on on the problem isn't and to which the europe in countries paid no attention,

did not hear the concerns of the nation country each. so i think that he was quite right in pointing out that if not every country looks at the problem from the perspective of it's a geography and it's a national interest and the european perspective on this is not necessarily shared by other countries. but i think that there have been so many tragedies in asia and africa, of which have been completely ignored by the fact many of these strategies have been caused by the policies. awesome. and you know, we, europeans, ours, and i just have to look at a bonus, saunders this is the city