a that you put a demand for western long range, rocket launchers may have diet consequences, warns rushes to pop diplomat leverage supremely pro. i've seen it is a direct provocation to involve the west in military operations. of course, seen western politicians understand these risks. a lot of this is both desperation and the destruction of the ukrainian military. deadly shelling of the 1000000000 area from the don. yes, republic. last dominance warnings have some a fuel show to just go on hated as western latest press song with

a band on russian oil imports. despite ordinary people facing thawing prices. everything is doubling up going up food as well. everything but the bridge is not going up. a survive with a welcome you watching off the international with the latest world news. it's good to happy with us. ukraine wants to receive long range rocket launchers from western countries in order to draw those nations into a direct conflict with russia. that's according to foreign minister said a lot for speaking off to a summit with the gulf cooperation council, in saudi arabia. to chew a 3 a booth for the choose the dissipated, so on the wake hears regime, preemptively demands weapons from its western patrons. and in a masterly manner is already beyond the bounds of decency and diplomatic communications. secondly, it is a direct provocation to involve the west in military operations. as of course,

seen western politicians understand these risks. i must say that in europe, especially in its northern part grove, thereupon leticia and were ready to sponsor this madness for the sake of satisfying their own ambitions. but serious countries in the you certainly understand the unacceptability of such scenarios. and we have also heard signs of reasonable assessments of such scenarios from washington. you're washington has agreed to send an e $700000000.00 military aid package to ukraine. that includes advanced us made rocket launches. the him as a multiple rocket launcher system is capable of hitting targets up to 300 kilometer the way, but only if equipped with long range rounds. however, joe biden has refused to provide such long range missiles to ukraine, saying he doesn't want. he has military to be able to find them into russia. the u . s. will only send rockets with a range of 80 kilometers ah, rocks with however,

an anonymous official started by the new york times that even from 80 kilometer distance, ukrainian forces could still hit russian territory. if firing near the buddha, the officials at the u. s. would rely on a promise from presidency lensky that they weaponry would not be used to it. to attack russia. one senior administration official acknowledged that even the rockets with a 48 mile limit could be used to attack targets inside russia if the system was brought to the ukraine. russia border. but the official said that ukraine's government had assured the united states that would not happen. i know, would lose people on united states or saying were someone in the white house or saying that we might be using them to talk russia. look, we're not, we're planning to attack russia. we're not interested in russian federation. we're not fighting on their territory. despite ukraine's president promising not to attack russian territory border regions in the countries west half come on the increased shelled cells by ukrainian forces in recent weeks. several people have

been killed during the selling of russian cities belgrade, and cursed, and others wounded in the russian city of veronica. these images, supposedly. so some of the attacks a criminal spokes person has said, oh, so that he had can be trusted. geopolitical analyst on for me, u. s. marine and brian bolero take his also concerned about the objectives behind supplying arms. he told us that keith could still use the u. s. rocket systems to terrorize russian civilians as this by the agreements. i think they'll be used to the. ready terrorize the people and the russian federation as well as people within ukraine's borders. but i don't think it's going to make any difference. it'll take 4 weeks, just the train, a basic operator, they operate and batteries that require heavy logistical support. and i just, i don't see how this is going to be any different than the m triple. 7 howitzers. are the javelins or the fingers that have also failed to be the game changers. they

were promoted as us weapon censor. it's a lot like the proxy. one of us is waging in syria. it didn't change until the facts on the ground on the battlefield for change in serious favor and left the us and its allies been a spell made. so i think the very thing situation is going to play out in ukraine. the u. s. has made no secret over many decades as a matter of fact that they will not tolerate a peer or near peer competitor. this is all about preventing the reemergence of russia, the global power, and stopping the rise of china on the face of russia and china are linked and we can see the u. s. it's agonizing both nations and multiple fronts. and ukraine is just among the many they deliver more advanced weapons is particularly worrying for civilians. and they don't, yes, people's public. well, local authorities say a residential area which showed several times by ukrainian forces in the last 24 hours leading to several casualties. a warning you may find the following image is

disturbing. among the victims, it was a woman and 46 year old mine worker who was killed while she slept at home. her son was also wounded in the attack. we visited the site of the tragedy and found the victim sister in a desperate state. you will be sure to follow because whatever you all on, this is tennis ball. in your log lovely, did you lie? complete ukraine and artillery killed a 46 year old woman who lives in this house. apparently she was sleeping after a night shift at work short in a coal mine that says nearby brought it landed right in her house. her bedroom is right over there and the peace of the rocket

hit her right in the neck with me on the bridge loan. this idea addendum legend minneapolis. her sister was also org that's i am, but so she heard the sounds of shilling and rushed back to her house. you will are not on board your wooden. i shall use michelle or ashley or wisdom in each model as i need them. what when you, when you but i'm, you want done boy. well this would be the,

the mercy has some of the latest footage from a residential area and they don't. yes, we're public that is allegedly come on. come on, the ukranian shelling several homes have been heavily damaged with a number of people, including children, said to have been injured in the attack. europe could face fuel shortages this summer that they stalk warning from the international energy agency chief, as he cautions that the current european energy crisis was much bigger than the oil shocks of the $970.00 s. when the main holiday season starts in europe, in the u. s. fuel demand will rise, then we could see shortages, for example, with diesel petro or kerosene, particularly in europe. back in the 19 seventy's, it was just about oil. now we have an oil crisis, a gas crisis in an electricity crisis simultaneously. the past year has already seemed gasoline prices saw in europe rising nearly 40 percent,

while diesel prices of even seen a shopper increase of almost 45 percent hitting all time european highs. i made the rising price is the elite, is, are preoccupied with a fresh round of sanctions against moscow. and saved announced a battle on the majority of russian oil pumps, to the block, to come into force by the end of this year. as despite resistance from hungaria and prime minister, victor albany, whose days cutting off oil supplies would be like an atomic bombing of the country's economy. or the ban on russian oil is aimed at taking a stand against wants go for what the you says is an illegal conflict in ukraine. europeans on both sides of the english channel, are not pleased with the rising costs of living. well, the key thing that governments of failing to do enough to help ease the burden on ordinary people, civil, fucked, isn't price. and guess it doesn't make sense. it's ridiculous is doubling, everything's doubling up, going up food as well. everything but the bridge is not good enough for us all

region to survive. if you want to make sanctions, you have to be all about that, about half measures. and when that market expects of other countries to, to follow sanctions that you put forward towards the russians, you have to follow them too. so it's absolutely the correct decision to keep not paying russians for desperate roubles. i'm spending more, i mean is in every thing. it's not even to the food it's, it's in the electric. if everything that you have, everything has gone up to put them up. the gas going out. the input extension changed have gone up. international energy expert mando seller may believe sanctions on russia will destroy the use purchasing power and europeans will really feel the cold. this coming winter the west, some sanctions, ah, hurting the economy's own goes on in boise you them rather than russia. that is it

. how much you spend on energy prices and being skyrocketing in energy really. i mean, i know of you does have some high sons of living, but even them are paying through the nose. the indications is that energy price is going to stay with us for quite a why. because as i said, there is hardly any sped program to capacity for oil or refining capacity. so they have to go with higher prices for, for longer periods. and when you are you with sanctions against russia, these prices can only go one way and that's upward. and that lead the story that if you think boa, and of course,

some of them would feel the cold winter this coming year. elite has have tentatively agreed to cut off rushes largest bang from the belgian base international transaction network. swift. the move intended to disconnect. burbank from the global financial system is part of a fixed amount of sanctions to pressure russia to end the conflict and ukraine. but the bank says it was already prepared and the new measure will not have a significant effect. disconnecting from swift does not change the current situation and international settlements. domestic transactions do not depend on swift and will be carried out by the bank and the standard mode that i'm previously shifted to a russian based system. as an alternative to swift, most banks in the country have already switched over to that network. according to the country's national central bank. rational authorities say its financial system has been prepared for the start off and has already withstood the initial shock of the western sanctions. will be walmart because seo has said swift may even cease to

exist in the next 5 years. although the company later attempted to clarify his comments to say that he believed the network would not operate and his current form in the future. elsewhere, the south asian country of bangladesh, just that is considering adopting a new payment method method to save money. investor mich. 15 believes the world has changed too much for swift to remain. be predominant platform for international transactions. i've never seen in my career which has been long and extensive in finance. i've never seen sanctions that were successful and i think that these were well telegraphed in advance. so i think it's more of a public relations gimmick to have these and an actual impact and it's going to have i think the world has changed pretty drastically without looking at a situation that was in the 1960 seventy's eighty's or ninety's the this is a new new era and you know, encrypt oh, came around you see that people are able to transfer things fairly quickly and

a lot more efficiently and cheaply. and i think that that is a big part of the system. i think, i think that alternative payment systems have been set up in russia is not isolated by itself in a bubble where people don't realize is there are several countries that are using a different way to transact in the u. s. dollar. a gemini might have seen, might be, be over in about 5 years because india, china, iran, brazil, you a, e and saudi arabia, a couple other middle eastern countries and asian kind countries are in for using different types of alternative payment systems that are transacting oil. petro dollar, which is no longer the tighter dollar, because oil has been trading in be just the chinese currency. so i think that the landscape in the financial markets has changed, and it's evolving like everything else is, ah, the unfolding global. so crisis cannot be solved without supplies from russia and ukraine, that's according to the un chief is wanting comes from it. further delays of light

will shipments to other regions, including africa. earlier, i discussed the situation with us. he shot davinsky. you're seeing this massive rising food insecurity in africa. we've heard now from the african union, the head of the union saying that, you know, there is a catastrophic situation that could enfold across many countries, particularly on the continent. he said that they're already there. 17000000 people in food insecurity in just 3 countries, including in ethiopia. and he says that for him, it is clear what is causing this issue at the moment. our countries are very concerned about the side effects of the disruption caused by the payment system being blocked by swift over sanctions. when the swift system is interrupted, it means that even if products are available, the payment becomes difficult or impossible. when you look at the figures across the world, it's even stock than that some $323000000.00 people are said to be marching towards

food insecurity at the current time. so was the western reaction somal this? we know that the european union is very clear that it believes that the problems have been caused by blockades of ports on the black sea. it says that russia is doing that. russia is essentially terrorizing or black mailing people when it comes to issues around food at the current present. ursula vandalay and is saying that, you know, it's those blockades which are the problem. and the fact that russia is apparently, she says, putting mines in the ukraine in wheat feels russia is not only blocking the export of export of ukrainian wheat. it is bombarding warehouses where wheat is stored deliberately. of course, you know that they are also mining the fields where ukraine could have the next harvest of corn. and i want to be very clear. we have no sanctions on food and agricultural products, no sanctions on that. now, there is

a question about whether that's true or not. either there are some people said, how is it possible for russia to put mines in fields when it hadn't already managed to get at that point in ukraine? so there's a question about how that is happening, of course, is russia is increasing its territorial gains. why would it also want to increase territorial gains in fields that have mines in? surely, that would be a danger for it. soldiers. we've also been hearing from the russian foreign minister, so gay love of who's also said poo poo. some of these things that the european union said we know the earth lavonne. delane has talked about the idea that there are no sanctions on rushing ships that are carrying food for example. but he turned on said, well, yes, that's the case. but if the russian ships can't sail because they can't get the insurance and they can't take the food out. he's also talked about the fact that the sanctions opposing a problem when it comes to the logistics of getting the foods out. and russia said it is looking and willing to at clear these blockades of the black sea ports. but

one of the big issues there isn't just at the weather. the problem, as she said about whether or not the ships can come in and out, it's the fact that there are mines that he says have been put there at by the ukrainians themselves. so she means it's just absolutely not safe for the shipping roots to be used at the moment from humans, a brochure to please. the main problem is the absence of the free exit from ukrainian ports through minefield set up by the ukranian military shoes. and in addition to ukrainian grain which is locked up due to the policy of the key of regime, there are also problems with the export of russian grain. although western countries vocally state that there were no sanctions on grain for some reason there shamefully silent on the fact that ships carrying this grain have actually fallen under restrictions. all the logistics and financial chains related to the supply of grain to world markets have been sanctioned by our western colleagues. slaves says that gala, for of clear that for him, it's the sanctions that are causing the issues here and not the war on the ground

in ukraine. so we have, is this dire situation, a dire global situation here? surely it's within everyone's interests to lift some of these sanctions and get this food out. well, that's what russia has been calling for. it says if you do that, we will be able to end some of these blockades. but we know already that the recalls for the european union to introduce another round of sanctions, our presence lensky of ukraine. addressing european leaders early this week said we need a 7th package of sanctions that could possibly include russian gas and. and that could be even more catastrophic. the reality is what needs to happen is for the west, for ukraine and russia to get around the table and make an agreement to allow the shipments of grain and also fertilizer to, to be able to leave those ports in the black sea. almost one week after iran cease to greek flag, it's an oil tank as in golf waters to ron has dismissed condemnation from france and germany as one sided and unjustifiable. sadly,

those countries are protesting. the legal measures taken in iran while they remained silent on the illegal seizure of an iranian flagship, by greek officials and the unloading of its cargo in extra territorial compliance with the domestic laws and rules of another country. in iranian elites, units, the islamic revolution, gods call a sees the bows for what they termed, quote, on specified maritime violations. releasing footage of its troops boarding the vessels. grace's foreign ministry subsequently described the seizure as piracy, despite grief itself. seizing in a rainy an oil tanker in a pro, had a request of the us, which is now reportedly destined for the americas. let's go live now to professor i . it's my the grande from the university of to ron many, thanks for joining us on a program. and what do you make of germany? and france is condemnation here is very hypocritical. obviously, the greek government took, sees an iranian tank or with iranian oil,

and gave the oil to the united states illegally. so both the united states and the greek government, they've carried out an act of piracy. and the iranian government obviously, is going to make them pay a price for that. so the 2 greek tankers that were, sees, this was not, this has nothing to do with the guards or the armed forces. this is a decision by the state, of course the state is going to give legal reasons for carrying it out. but as a private individual is to me is quite obvious that this is in retaliation. for the fact of the iranian flag tanker and the theft of the iranian oil that existed in that tanker. and we all remember, recall how a while back, the british,

the same thing to another iranian tanker and they paid the price and the iranians force them to back down and a wrong claims. it's time to receive the request of the us and oil from that tanka was reported to be transported to an american hired vessel. 7 ways the u. s. playing in this it is extraordinary that the united states on the one has created a major global economic crisis by not only sanctioning iranian oil and gas, but also been as where the oil and gas and now russian oil and gas. and everyone is wondering why is the global economy in such a dangerous situation. and now, after doing all that, the united states carries out theft. it carries out an act of piracy, in order to hurt iran. but what it is doing in reality is it's forcing

the price of oil to go up. the iranians benefit from this situation. the iranians retaliated that further benefits the situation, the more instability there is, the higher the price of oil and the worse it is for the u. s. and the u economies. so they're the ones responsible for pushing up the price of oil and gas because of all the sanctions that they place on different countries. and for the piracy that they can carry out, the iranians are only seizing these tankers in order to prevent the europeans and americans from carrying out further acts of that you expect a federal escalation on the situation. perhaps most sanctions on well, the united states and the europeans are already imposing maximum pressure. the sanctions that are imposed on iran, or a continuation of what trump impose and fighting has not changed policy. but the

problem that the united states and europeans have is that they've created a global shortage of energy. and they've driven up the price of energy. if there is any problem for iran in exporting oil or gas, then that problem will become a global problem. and the iranians who will definitely retaliate, will drive up the price further thanks to us and european actions. so it is quite possible that they'll repeat this, but it would be very foolish because the further the price of oil and gas go up, the more dangerous it is for european and north american times. side ma'am, and runs in academic speaking to us from the iranian capital. many, thanks your time. thank you. ty one's president has announced plans to deploy us national guard units on the island. the official also urged

american law makers to approve further security deals with ty pay is coming increasing chinese military activity around taiwan, which paging does not recognize as an independent country. the u. s. department of defense is now proactively planning cooperation between the u. s. national guard and ty, ones defense forces, we look forward to closer and deeper taiwan u. s. cooperation on matters of regional security. however, despite the calls from ty pay, the u. s. recently turns down, ty, ones request to join a key regional trade organization called the pacific economic framework. meanwhile, rival china has conducted its largest military exercises in the area this year, launching $35.00 to jason. taiwan is asked space chinese foreign ministry has even threatened seas force against will call us back separatists on the island. recently the united states has frequently made moves on the taiwan issue saying one

thing and doing another instigating support for taiwan independence forces which will push taiwan into a dangerous situation. the course live now as he, benjamin charlie, professor at the paris school of technology and business. many thanks for joining us on the program. now, ty, ones, president state the us national god is deepening cooperation with taiwan military was your assessment of these developments that came up to us president joe biden anger china appearing to ignore a change in a u. s. policy of teaching. and you will see on taiwan by think that the united states would get involved in terribly, if china were to attack to either afterwards, both white and white house. they had the no change in such policy and follow up one does when us started to the work that we're taking away the entire day in may, they were both being paid as to what

a deep cleaning cooperation means. so it is not hard to imagine that this is a part of the series of effort to contain china, as well as to pressure rise, china to condemn russia for its military operations in your cray. and you are china to join the western countries to sanction rushing. how far you expect the american military to go in helping taiwan both direct security i. one is not consider formerly an l i a by the united states. so the u. s. is not that old blige to help taiwan when attacked. but demo have changed, given the common fight and has recently made to really, truly po tacker. tie one with at tech by china. however, you will still be extremely unlikely for the u. s. to equipped, i want to the extent that tele rena watkins and mainland china at best he will cripple taiwan for some defensive weapons to add close to, to war,

to both sides. you would be unlikely, although not impossible, to encrypt taiwan for all pensive weapons. even for this situation in ukraine, the u. s. has refrained from sending troops and large offensive arteries to ukraine . perhaps until recently. if push does come to shove, do you really expect the us to weigh in with for they gains china. i have a tie. one it will be a surprise if the u. s. who few is promised to fully protect ty one given that the u. s. has already lost is credibility in defending is friends of many countries, especially when those friends have lost strategic value to the u. s. a worse deal with sometimes to us, sees it in his interest to support a prolong proxy war to we can is opponent. so a process, the war is still possible, especially through the local help of south korea and japan and perhaps australia as well as a time on his application to join the in the pacific economic framework,

which china has called an exclusive us like that. that was turned down a why was it turned down on what kind of message does that sent to both china and taiwan the us is sending very, makes a passage about its relationship. we have a tie one on may, 5th, washington. the underscore that taiwan is a t u. s. partner in the pacific and that full size have deep and growing commercial financial 2 in tre types. but in fact, the u. s. has embraced seems. and nixon administration, policy of strategic ambiguity when it comes to taiwan, closing the door now on pilots inclusion in the new pacific kind of where the framework is likely to adversely affect the u. s. high wind tide. so the u. s. has chosen to be very careful not to cross the lie of the one china policy in which the people that are kissinger has said china, it does not seem to be an immediate threat to the u. s. in the next 10 years. and

it is very important not to play to taiwan cut. however, the u. s. he said that the fighting is subject to some local political constraint to steal paid to taiwan cod, quite frequently in the last 2 years. but it does not seem to want to change the status quotes, i call this call across the street at this point. and that's something very genetic happens. and that's key thing just that he has already see some signs of bite and it's going to make some positive change. benjamin child professor at the paris school of technology on business. many, thanks for your time. we appreciate it. thank you and thank you for joining us. here on our end to national with back in 30 minutes with more we'll see you then the.