ah, a so right now we're moving deeper into the hands of stuff. we're moving towards one of the time. those orders actually shocking here is not the place even itself, but the sheer scale of it are correspondent, reports, exclusively from inside the as all steel plant getting access to the former hired of ukrainian troops after the last group of them surrendered, ending 3 months also coming up on the program to by the states, the u. s. is ready to intervene militarily, if china takes military action against taiwan. entrepreneur, ellen must mock thick cheek tenet of hillary clinton's 2016 presidential campaign, claiming her intention to create the links between donald trump and russia was i

hope a broadcasting line from moscow. this is our t. my name's unit o'neill. on 30 minutes of news and views start, no russian. i'm done yet. forces have started d mining operations at the sprawling as of stell metals factory. the site in motor you pull had been under seeds for almost 3 months as the last stronghold of the ultra nationalist as off battalion until the last of the trip surrendered on friday . our own footage here shows explosions, left all across the facility. the demining of the perimeter is expected to take her on 2 weeks. ortiz eager shit down off was among the 1st to enter the plan, following the surrender and sent this exclusive report from inside. this still works where he access the very hearts of the ukrainian soldiers.

ah so right now we're moving deeper into the a found mine is left by the ukranian forces. in fact, what we're doing, we're moving towards one of the tunnels, one of the entrances into a channel that they used to well move around to move around supplies and well to move around safely because this whole area was shelled very heavily this the tunnel . so as we move it or you can see, you can just check out this deal. we can fit more than just one person. whole truck could potentially well fit in here. so they weren't squeeze this stuff like a foxhole or anything. this is major. so what is

actually shocking here is not the place even itself, but the sheer scale of it. we've been walking for well for at least 10, maybe 15 minutes. and i was asking those who were with us special forces of the dentist, people's republic. estes, that's it, and they're like, oh, got no miles this kilometers of you know, this tunnel going and sprouting across it all directions. just look up this, look about this is, this was one of the ways that we use. well, this is obviously used for ventilation, but again, you can kind of peak into what's above the ground into one of the warehouses of the as of self. see works is as we keep walking, as we keep walking ahead, it's still making so becoming any better frankly. i mean, this is actually impressive. it's an absolutely amazing with really

easily get full. if you didn't bring a map over. this is the part of a tunnel that the as of seal fighters to the neo nazis and cranium. regular soldiers used to relax and what translates as relax, how they spell relax. you can see quite well vividly over here. i'm not going to comment as to what it is because well, if you know, you know, and if you don't, then probably you shouldn't. but yeah, this is the room where they used to, well, there's a lot of practices latency. there's even a couple of if it doesn't look fancy displacement, certainly like mom, he's an arm, a place that go in the vest doesn't leave anything to imagination this place on the price. all the answers as to how the is over the has all been found and was fighting and what it was consuming to keep up the marolla. italy has come up with

a piece plan to end the conflict in ukraine. moscow's currently reviewing the key points of rooms proposal at lee earlier, reportedly submitted a 4 point plan to the u. n. the possible deal between moscow and kia includes a ceasefire on the demilitarization of western ukraine as well as negotiations on the countries neutral status with security guarantees. the document also calls for bilateral talks on the status of crimea and on bus, as well as a stage withdrawal of russian troops on the winding done of sections. ah, china has condemn remarks made by president joe biden over taiwan, stating it will take firm action to defend its sovereignty and security interests. earlier the u. s. president said washington was ready to intervene. militarily of china quote, invaded the island territory. you didn't want to get involved in the ukraine conklin militarily. for obvious reasons. are you willing to get involved militarily

to defend taiwan? if it comes to that? yes, you are. that's a commitment. we made the white house. however, a claim. those comments did not signify us policy shift that claims to biden's simply made clear the u. s. commitment to provide tie, pay with military assistance for self defense on the taiwan relations are washington out. it's 3rd by it's so name one china policy under which only one chinese government is recognized basic, but which allows for all no fisher relations with ty pay, including this sale of weapons. while china stressed of its right to defend its territorial integrity should not be underestimated. asian at 1st on the list, lou, she believes the u. s. has always been a big us on the one china policy. united states is always trying to contradict or explain different ways about the weren't trying to pull their heads

window. there are many, many years ago how center before that the united states has already announced the greed, the basic code in there, one china policy. and also there you are not nations, the resolution 2758 also has clearly declared that that there weren't trying our policy. but the reason years we found that there are some america official always try to contradict or it's a problem miss. and also try to miss your spirit, interpretation of the one kind of policy. and i think pages are rick, the comments is quite normal because it is a reflection, the principal idea of the whole nation. so we should say that are trying to government has already announced that again. and again, that was kind of policy is the, is,

those are the base stone that the between all countries who are willing to have people amount if a relation of china off a smooth relation we're trying to, when china policy can not be shaped, cannot be shrunk. dumbing revelations about hillary clinton's presidential campaign or emerging after her former campaign manager, testified in federal court. he stated that clinton herself order straight to the plan, over alleged links between donald trump and a russian bank. in 2016, the story hasn't escaped the attention of entrepreneur and the world's richest money on most who tweeted about the alleged quotes clinton hoax. that most people still don't know that a clinton campaign lawyer using campaign funds created an elaborate hoax about trump and russia. makes you wonder what else is fake hillary clinton's farmer campaign manager is now confirming that she was at the center of russia gate, all along robbing the testified in federal court. that during clinton 2016 campaign,

she agreed to a plan to leak a story to the press, claiming that donald trump has secret ties to russia. i discussed it with hillary as well. i don't remember the substance of the conversation, but notionally, the discussion was pe. we have this and we want to share it with a reporter. he agreed with the decision. this testimony was made in the trial of michael sussman, a former clinton campaign lawyer who has been charged with lying to the f. b. i. so far, prosecutors have presented evidence that clinton's team didn't just go to the media, but that member, such as sussman, actually worked with cyber researchers of the firm fusion gps to make it look like they had evidence to back up their claims. and they then leave that information to the yacht. now, former president trump has responded to the latest revelations, and he said that this scandal has had a lasting impact. this is one of the greatest political scandals in history. for 3

years. i had to fight her off and fight those crooked people off and you'll never get your reputation fully back. where do i get my reputation back? and it's not just trans reputation because also the reputation of the f, b i, the d o j and at 3 single man stream media outlets that ran with the russia gate story. as they proved to the public that they didn't need to take the time to find out if the information was accurate before they presented it as fact. now, as for hillary clinton herself remains to be seen whether or not she will actually take the stand at the time or brown. however, the focus for now remains on her team. well, let's dig into some of those points with journalists and column as broadly blanking ship. bradley, welcome to the program. why do you thing these pretty pertinent details, but hillary clinton's election can mean they're only emerging so about these allegations. what i think is quite interesting is to explore the

motivation for hillary clinton, if we can imagine ourselves going back in time to the political climate and everything that was happening. then i think it's pretty clear that there was 2 main motivations for hillary clinton and her team doing this. the 1st one was the dealer to fall out from the wiki league scandal about her campaign and the very obvious conspiracy against the bernie sanders campaign. if we were called back then bernie sanders was about to upset her in the democratic primary and his platform was about, you know, taking on corporate america and giving people a social safety network. and they were trying to absolve, you know, anything to do with the conspiracy that they level against bernie sanders to under kat undercut his movement and the young people that supporting him. and the 2nd thing was to influence the foreign policy, the trump administration, to make it so that way. trump's foreign policy, which was supposed to be more restrained, couldn't be so, so that, you know, if he were more lax with russia, are willing to be diplomatic with russia that he would be considered, you know,

some kind of mentoring candidate. why then do you think hillary clinton approve such a plan of as risky? was that because when she went one on one with trump, she was ons on favorite back then to to win the oval office. but as we all know, she failed to to see victory in the 2016 election. do you think she would would do such a plan again? i think that during that time i was very active in democratic politics at a time. and i think that it was very obvious that if she didn't, if they didn't come up with some decent explanation for what happened during the democratic primaries that she was going to lose. because it was just so obvious. nobody who loaded a cover and it didn't, they went when she went off and it's like, well, you know, they were pushing it before the for the general election. right. i mean, when they introduce this conspiracy, just i remember seeing the speech at the d n. c. at the convention, she talked about this. yeah, you got ill on mosque as well. another aspect to this story, usually

a democratic supporter until recently, and he's ridiculed the attempts to tie trump and moscow together. what bradley will such a public figure, calling this a hoax, his words, due to the democratic reputation right now? well, for moscow i think it's the old saying that a broken clock is right. it's right twice a day, you know? but i think that it will impact the reputation. you know, there's a very important mid term election coming up. and joe biden knows that the democrats are slated to get absolutely destroyed in selection, potentially in both houses of congress. and that will essentially destroys presidency. and usher in trump again. i think that, you know, people calling the blowing the west on this is going to really upset that election and ultimately democratic politics in general. yeah. in light of the russian rhetoric in the us. how will this situation influence public opinion on russia?

do you think, since the democrats, as you been saying there are ready, falling an approval ratings ahead of november? i don't think this is going to influence much because you know, all of these rush gauge stories have been continually debunk. but the thing is that when you hear a lie enough, you believe it right. and when, when the story gets debunking it, and i think the damage is already done. you know, iris for example, there was one story i remember they were trying to say that russia was trying to hack the electric grid in vermont. and this is so clearly ridiculous, it was debunked, but people still believe that russia was actually talking united states of america would be ridiculous. we all know. yeah. as you know, around the time of the, of the stories every day. there was a headline about this and know that it's starting to unravel. do you think enough people, us, citizen, for instance, are going to see the what it was back then wasn't what was said to be? well, the interesting thing is that, 1st of all, again, i don't believe that people would change your opinions. you can also see that the

republican party is using this exact same strategy with, with china. they're trying to link the democratic party to china or as trump was trying to do to tie them how joe biden, chavez, the dead, former president of venezuela, which is completely ridiculous. and so now we're kind of in this, in this era of politics in america where people are blaming each other and calling them for an agent which is just another sign of the complete decline of us democracy that civil society and everything. yeah, very interesting point. probably thanks for your time today. we do appreciate it. bradley blankenship journalist and columns live in our to ok. now another story to bring you up to date on today. rushing gas supplier gas problem has completely suspended energy supply to finland after the country refuse to pay for energy and rubles as requested by moscow. the russian gas giants issued a statement saying that it has not received payment from finish company doubt,

some for april supplies. since the beginning of that month, european countries have to pay in rubles for energy deliveries from russia, which finland was informed about the payment request occurred after russia was refused access to its foreign currency reserves held internationally. and another european country. poland has also cut itself off from russian gas. the country terminated its supply deal with gas prom today. the russian gas exporter holsted, its supply to poland in april, when the country also refused to provide payments and roubles. but worse on may just end up paying a higher financial price for its decision. according to moscow, since poland continues to use russian gas that it imports from its neighbors. well, amid the ongoing economic tip for its up between russia and e, you states following the series of sanctions imposed against moscow, some european emi peas, will they have had enough,

their decrying the policy against russia is hypocritical. since no, i try, buttons have been imposed on other countries involved. global wars. narrow eoc, ne, lost elite sim. it's an incredible lie and also hypocritical that sanctions against oil and gas from russia will help stop the fighting in ukraine. if we were really fighting for peace, then we should immediately impose sanctions against saudi arabia, which has been fueling the war in yemen for several years. you saw this, it would also be necessary to impose an embargo on oil and gas from the united states, which has participated in more wars than any other european countries. so fuccillo, we heard from economist ikea, homer who thinks that western countries, despite the rhetoric won't be able to fully replace russian gas supplies. the russia doesn't hand out the gas for free if those countries don't want to pay russia. gas from, of course, doesn't, doesn't hang out and you get the, which cannot meet the demand for the big gas and the oil. the western european

countries neat or the northern european countries need, without their supply from russia, because to not be diminishing. the big area from holland are diminishing. so there is not enough. and if they refuse to take the boy and gas from russia, they were just, they don't have any. and then the economies will break down. now us russian and allied forces make gains in don us. many western media outlets seem to be altering their normative over the necessity of us involvement in the conflict at recent headlines suggest washington is not ready for complications that come with the conflict on should redirect. it's attention to the indo pacific region, while other outlets explain how further involvement could affect the domestic situation within the u. s. pointing out the extreme spending in supporting key f.

well, i'm delighted to welcome live onto the program to john v walsh, author, specialist on peace and health care issues. welcome to you, sir. what are the reasons you see them for the seemingly increasing you turn in the western media narrative on this? well, you know, let's put it this way. i see it most clearly in the new york times, which has had a total of 2 articles in the last week or so. and now a major editorial, a top editorial page where the, the editorial board itself speaks from on high. and they're being very clear. and i haven't been before me right here. they say a decisive military victory for ukraine over russia and rich, which ukraine regains all the territory rushes see since 2014. is it not

a realistic goal? russia remains to strong. those or not. and then they go on to say that mr. cements lensky has to adjust himself to this new reality. well, i think mister zalinski should be very nervous about this because the united states record of the commitment, long term commitment to its allies. it is not the best. and you can ask all the people in afghanistan who worked for the united states over the decades that it was there. so that's a really big shift. and now the question is why, why is this shift? and the shift i think is because in the economic and military sphere, i think russia is doing much better than the the west. it anticipated the very fact

that the rubel, rather than, than being turned into rubble is joe biden said, has, has increased in value. and it is, and now it a 2 year high last time i looked, it was, it was at $150.00 actually after the and military action of russia, ukraine. and now it's down to in the fifty's what it actually just to lead on to the next question. john, do you think that the current picture actually corresponds with the direction that you've been talking, but the political elite, the of actually saw to take on this? it's hard to know what they are thinking. the reason is it could be that some of them are thinking, i think it has to be put in the context of a jo biden's visit to east asia. and he, apparently, i haven't read the full text, but he, apparently you said the united states is willing basically to go to war and do more

than it did for ukraine to defend taiwan. and that puts that if the united states is planning a military action in east asia, then perhaps some people are thinking they that the united states can no longer afford the 2 front war. i don't know what they're thinking, i don't know whether they think they can win russia back to its side and as they are almost it seems in a panic are about to take on china. this is very, very dangerous. john, we appreciate your take on your time today. thanks very much. john. a v walsh author and specialist on peace on health care issues. thank you for the new york city, missouri secured a state of emergency over the infant formula shortfall. the crisis which has recently seen empty stores, shelves nationwide stems from february shut down of the formulas manufacturer which

controls almost half of the country's market. the nationwide infant formula shortage has caused unimaginable pain and anxiety for families across new york. and we must act with urgency yeah, let's head state side live and bring in our correspondent caleb mike and hi there caleb. i imagine some nervous parents are there at the moment. take us through the situation with them or how to say, sure, well that's the mayor of new york city, eric adams declaring a state of emergency because of a lack of availability of baby formula nationwide. but also here in the city i and the boroughs of queens in the borough of brooklyn. people just don't find it on the store shelves. it's not there. and this comes on the back of joe biden, invoking the defense production act are getting the military and ball treating this as a national emergency. the fact that baby formula is not available there is

a nationwide shortage. this is some of the reaction on social media. they pulled the infant formula off the shelves because 2 babies died after being fed the contaminated formula, but they never pulled the pfizer vaccine off the shelves when over 2000 people died within the 1st month of the clinical trial. that's weird. that's suspicious. the usa, decimated by billionaires needs more than an emergency humanitarian air lift of infant formula. we've thousands of people dying each day due to lack of housing, lack of access to proper medical treatment, ramping transmission of infectious disease, et cetera. bring help please. now one of the major factors leading up to this was the shutting down of a facility that made a very large percentage of us baby formula. i was determined that there were unsanitary conditions at the facility. some babies were infected. so as a result of that, this facility was shut down by the food and drug administration that caused

a shortage. in addition to that, there are issues related to the supply chain. i increase demand coming out of the pandemic, etc. but all of this is creating a situation where a lot of people are very, very nervous. there is a shortage. this is being treated as a very serious emergency here in new york city. and at a national level, we've heard some thunderous speeches on the floor of congress. money has been allocated to deal with this, but many people are looking at this as a failure of dividing administration. why was not taken more seriously? why was priority not given to this issue rather than dealing with international issues. ready that they seem to have been given priority to. so a lot of anger as a lot of working families are worried about where baby formula will come from. there's also been reports of price gouging because baby formula is so rare. there been reports of people charging quite a bit of money for it. you know, i'm in the shortage. there's attempts to crack down on that. so quite a serious situation, especially here in new york city. ready but all across the united states life from

new york are to kill up, up and kill. thank you for that. ah, well indeed, the effects of western sanctions on russia they're being felt across the globe to including just south of were killable speaking. there are central america with russia. one of the world's largest fertilizer export is accounting for more than 12 percent of the global market. functions and exports are putting that entire region on the verge of an agricultural crisis. as we heard on the ground in mexico. syllabus holes in the last year, i planted 3 actors, but this year only one year, due to rising prices for raw materials and especially due to the shortage of russian fertilizers caused by the imposed sanctions. sergio garcia has had to play less corn and tomatoes this year. over the past decade, mexico's agricultural sector has become more dependent on russian fertilizers, particularly urea. according to preliminary estimates, mexico needs about 6000000 tons of fertilizer this year, philip. without other school nissan is not getting. these problems are not related

to a long standing friendly partnership, but are explained by the difficulties in transporting goods on a global level, which arose primarily because of the situation with russia and ukraine. therefore, it's currently difficult to import fertilizers into mexico sim. but i think that the growing crops with our fertilizer could be a real disaster from mexico and if the moment villas at the moment farmers are considering different options to get out of the situation. for example, it has been proposed to use other types of fertilizers or apply smaller amounts to reduce costs. sir ju garcia's buying less fertilizer, where he previously used 5 bags of fertilizer. now he only uses 3. length is unit number mom, i will try to grow crops. i can only hope that i will not lose the money i have invested, but i do not think that is possible. i think production volumes will decrease. elicited my sentence, them here is also a shortage of fertilizers in warehouses in general, 20 per cent of farmers costco to fertilizers. but amid the shortage that figure has

risen to 50 percent according to forecast by the end of the spring summer cycle. farmers may lose part of their crops, in some cases up to 50 percent. lily bottom, ayana with the price may change from day to day, particularly thought any issues with the weather. as the saying goes, don't count your chickens before they hatch. oh. the mexican government has said it plans to triple fertilizer production to support the agricultural sector. like this so far, 740000 farmers and 9 mexican states have taken advantage of free fertilizers to feed their corn beans, wheat, and rice crops. at the problem is, there is not enough support for every one jeopardizing employment for hundreds of thousands of families. and driving of food prices, a major crisis is brewing the yet unfair goal. it would basically mean death. what would happen to the people in the whole country without agriculture. the trade turnover between mexico and russia may seem insignificant in relation to other

countries. but as we see, it is of strategic importance that the seo of this situation will really harm our economic relations and trade turnover, which has been on the rise. of course, it must be taken into account that due to the conflict and ukraine and the sanctions imposed against russia, this growth will stop the trade turnover will decrease economic sanctions against russia, imposed over the conflict in ukraine or having macroeconomic consequences. and mexican farmers are already feeling their impact within just a few weeks time. alex pin young party mexico city. alex taking us to the end there. but do stay with this because in moments we're going to the cross talk studios do, joined peter on guess right ahead. then i'm back out the top in 30 minutes. but all your latest global news updates live from moscow. this is our teen tradition with

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