i'm with the average gas price in the us. we choose an all time high. a record of more than $5.00 per gallon of california is showing the highest price. we don't want to go too far, like we don't want to use the car to my it's pointless again, right now, a lot of other branding i can do because i have to pay the rent with us media blast washington dumping billions of dollars worth of weapons into the black coat of ukrainian military. that takes care of now cases the deliberate, stalling on delivery. i

guess break out in the pakistani capital off the indian ruling party spokeswoman is seen to insult the prophet mohammed a very warm welcome. i'm sure that even see, and this is our t international with the latest news headlines, is very good. happy with average gas prices in the us hit an all time national high of more than $5.00 per gallon. that's what was $2.00 more than dr. is a paying just a year ago, solano buying, i can do, because i have to pay for losing mercy. live my turn. well, you gotta think of our gas value. you gotta decide. is it really worth it to go out there or not? then you, there's some way i'd want to go to the global go to the bar, so been gotta spend money just to have fun with in on i guess we'll see, you know, yeah, think about it. i usually put hotel rounding. the dollars matters like

a $100.00. we don't want to go too far, like we don't want to use the cartoon. like you said, it is pointless to the gallery now. gas prices started to rise rapidly following the start of the war in ukraine. when the u. s, imposed harsh sanctions on russia's energy sector. however, the measures have now come back to bite with the price of gas in the state of california at more than $6.00 per gallon. just one of $21.00 us states where prices have climb to more than $5.00. and while some predict even worse consequences, the government is proposing unpopular decisions in an attempt to handle the crisis ortiz, donal quarter reports, us gas prices. just keep on skyrocketing, breaking new records nearly every week. the strain on americans wallets that the gas pump has gotten. so bad that one republican congressman says, people would save money by getting high to get around at this point. in my state,

the price of gash is so high that it would be cheaper to buy cocaine and just everywhere, he probably wasn't serious. but the point still stands prices have gotten so high that a michigan police department has asked its officers to keep eating donuts at the office and just follow up on calls over the phone to avoid using gas with 3 and a half months left and its fiscal year the department has already used up 96 percent of its gas budget. according to the american automobile association, people's' cars are breaking down in the middle of the road a lot more frequently as people try to test the limits of their gas tanks all the while. the white house continues to blame vladimir putin for the suffering of americans. you know, if you look at what happened when i started massing troops on the border with russia, the price of gas has increased by a dollar and 51 cents. of course, those well off enough to afford electric cars are so disconnected from reality that

they're wondering why all these ordinary people don't just stop buying gas if it's so expensive. i do have to say just on the issue of gas prices after waiting for a long time, read to have enough chips in this country to finally get my electric vehicle. i got it and drove it from michigan to here this last weekend and went by every single gas station didn't matter how high it was. and so i'm looking forward to the opportunity for us to move to vehicles that aren't going to be dependent on the whims of the oil companies and the international markets. surprise, surprise. many did not appreciate that sentiment. liz stab now as a typically clueless, arrogant, smug, shelter, democrat politician, vote every democrat out. nothing shows how out of touch democrats are like saying people should just buy an expensive electric car. they can't afford in the middle of record high inflation. what self righteous frills, like these don't care,

is that 90 percent of the american population will never be able to afford an electric car. it's no wonder a recent a b. c. news poll shows americans are overwhelmingly dissatisfied with how joe biden is handling the economy. over 70 percent of respondents said the u. s. president wasn't doing enough to bring down the price of gas and inflation as a whole. and with mid term elections right around the corner, the democrats are likely to get a run for their money. that's nonsense. i mean, look of the price, the cars are going up very fast, and electric vehicles are going up even faster than the average price. the cars, the price of a, of financing, the interest rates are going up and up people's real disposable income is going down because of inflation. i mean, are you going to finance? are you going to buy a new car? they clearly did not to estimate the impact that the sanctions would have on global inflation. and to me, it seems very, very stupid by you as policy makers, you know,

just coming off of this terrible cove. it impact on the economy to take this big risky move here with, with the sanctions. i don't think they were really thinking this thing through very well because certainly especially europe is going to be very much impacted by this very seriously. and it's, it's obviously going to lead to another recession here. certainly in the u. s. in europe, maybe not in china, certainly in the emerging market countries. meanwhile, an area has energy security. envoy doesn't deny that russia may now be getting more reckoning from its fossil fuels than it was before the war in ukraine. u. s. in you sanctions own russian energy sector gave moscow room to re direct it supplies to other major energy consumers such as china and india. however, washington has recently asked india to not purchase too much rushing oil. professor of economics and politics. jack ross missed again,

says he believes countries worldwide continue to suffer from u. s. policies. u. s. a whole strategy here was in part to dry russia to western europe economy. so the u. s. corporations can move in particularly the oil and gas corporations, and that's exactly what's happening as long as the war goes on and the sanctions go on, which will go on even after the war, according to martin. as long as that occurs, the economic pressure on europe, both in terms of inflation and recession will, will intensified. i think, europe and some emerging market countries whose currencies are collapsing because of your policy are going to be the hardest hit. as a result of what's going on here globally, the u. s. rule will take some, some heat to economically that current global economic challenge is all the result of countries internal policies that says is so the russian president,

he also says the anti rushing sanctions are the only exacerbating the things for those who impose them. yes, this daughter, if someone tries to limit us on something, they in fact age limit themselves. for example, when someone to 5 single tail. if the eggs and all of our fertilizer across is fine . i sure that i'm primarily for them or not for us. when they are trying to limit our energy resources, but also going to enjoy rocha, she already calling inflation to my my name. we have absolutely nothing to do with it. this is the result of their own mistakes and long term warms. they made a phase of them and now get in and out with them. so we are trying to shift all the blame to rush him, leeches. now, syrian president bashar al assad has also been talking about the global economy, blaming the long term economic policies of separate countries, and also global economic trends for the current crisis. not only the war and ukraine and the sanctions that followed it, that's in an exclusive interview to

r t. you can see that full interview on friday on our channel. and of course, also on our website. but for now, here's a quick preview of what he had to say. and muscular linen here for the sanctions are part of the problem because they also you're slow the economic process. but there are other global reasons, like hope is 19, for example, on the west is presenting a narrative that the problems are a result of ukraine war and more precisely a result of russian policy. the, the reality however is different. some of the national challenges are due to the internal economic plan and not only external factors. so it is important to distinguish between challenges arising as a result of sanctions as a result in government plans or as a result of the overall economic environment which could be due to policy companies or happens with the citizen. all of the impact the economic situation, both positively and negatively on who on the other. now some

u. s. media outlets of peters made a u turn in the coverage of the war and ukraine. they now criticizing washington for what's been called incompetent oversight in helping key f. k ortiz caleb whooping picks up the story. the new york times is generally been quite support in the u. s. actions supporting ukraine. it's demonized. russia is celebrated the relationship between us officials and the ukraine government. however, this latest article seems to indicate things between the united states and ukraine are not as cosy as you might have been led to believe. from what this latest article indicates, us officials are not receiving classified briefings and information about ukraine's upcoming military operations. ukraine is not sharing information with the state while ukraine continues to demand more weapons and funding. here's what a former senior us intelligence official had to say about us relations with the ukranian government. how much do we really know about how you green is doing?

can you find a person who will tell you with confidence, how many troops has ukraine last? how many pieces of equipment has ukraine last? now at this point, united states is spending $100000000.00 per day on arming the ukraine, whether it's in terms of direct financial aid or weaponry. and there's been an approval recently for long range missiles given to the ukranian government, and this indicates that concerns about where are these weapons and where this funding is actually going and whose hands might end up in are becoming more serious . here's how some analysts to view the situation. the new york times report, if accurate reveals shocking incompetence on the part of joe biden, and his national security team. would you give a hand gun to a man with no arms and no legs? hell, no. but the new york times is admitting that the united states is supplying weapon systems without any idea whether there are competent personnel and ukraine capable of using the weapons. now concerns have been raised by members of the u. s.

congress and calls for an inspector general to look into the continued flow weapons and funding and ukraine. there is concerns about weapons turning up on the black market after the ice states as provided them. ukraine has been described widely as the country known for having lots of corruption. so at this point, it seems the new york times is joining this echo of concern about us activities in the region. we've spoken to former c i a analyst, larry johnson. he says it's unlikely that the u. s. the lack such information on the ukrainian military has to be smoke and mirrors. number one, united states has a collection plan. i'm certain against ukraine, so they should have been collected intelligence from the outset. but apart from that, you've had both cia officials and senior military officials co located with ukrainian military officers in creating the intelligence officers. so united

states is complaining that it doesn't know what's going on as simply so your internal communication, but they're not sharing information. i actually think what's going on is this is being trotted out as an excuse because the united states, i believe, is trying to figure out a way to just engage itself from this harp to that it just finds itself in with respect to the war in drain weapons which have been sent by the west to kia, already leaving ukraine and apparently being sold some vast amounts on the black market that's according to moscow. which stresses that such moves leave the you playing with fire, as the arms could end up in the hands of terrorists. since the thought of russia's military operations, several countries have sent billions of dollars worth of arms and ammunition to ukraine, including heavy weapons and hands held onto tank and anti aircraft launches several

international law enforcement agencies, including your poll already voice that concerns over those weapons ending up on the black market, we've received some insight on the issue from the head of the russian delegation of arms control in vienna. an open source is an internet you can discover then the javelin search systems as a tgm, they already in the hand, so it live terrorists and the price of the lease is $30000.00 and the label to the place. there are some are where from weapon shorts in dark internet offering, not only lease, but i seeing that it's a weapons and it's very dangerous and the warm no. putnam colleagues in the forum that it's dangerous not only for the train,

but it's collateral damage over these illegal parading called small arms and light weapons. it's collateral damage could be also for europe, other parts of the world, because it's very dangerous weapons for the civilians. we want a lot of times, what do they think are sending more and more weapons to ukraine? and where is their responsibility? accountability. i don't think they really think about my knew that the age is this. the bid was ation in ukraine. but the, they have for work that they call it all damage of these is this, the bill is ation situation in europe too. and we are fighting to persuade them. come on guys, please sing, deliver the message to your capitals that it's really dangerous. meanwhile,

we don't have clear, clear answer to this, that despite the where sending large amounts of weapons with billions of dollars, some members have been slammed for pledging weapons and yet hardly supplying anything. his artes contributor rachel most than with more details. ukrainian president of mirrors, lensky has tried making another pass. the german chancellor left short had a phone conversation with olaf shoals. we emphasized that all perpetrators of war crimes must be identified and punished. we also discussed anti rush and sanctions defense and financial support for ukraine is looking glowing. actually this phone and getting cleaning because he says that the chest are getting cold feet about sending and weapons. and german government spokesman is key point out that berlin has never given an exact date for when germany weapons would actually be delivered . despite all bust about german leverage tanks, heading to other countries so that these nations can old are hanging down let's

ukraine. poland is accusing berlin or failing to deliver honest promises. they have not fulfilled this promise. and frankly, we are very disappointed about this. the large part of our tank arsenal in the polish armed forces consists of german leopard tanks. so if we had been supported by germany, if we had gotten replacements in the form of an exchange than we would have been very happy, but she continues to have a promises like how we need it. more entries vowing dell is ladia, build a robust combat for me, and to give sustain permits to send german weaponry ukraine for which shows says he hadn't yet received requests. meanwhile, greece was also seeing modern infantry fighting vehicles from germany, dared over soviet vehicles to ukraine, negotiations between berlin. athens began in early may, but the swap is still in limbo. now you. this is a circus,

a mockery of ukraine and greece. there is simply no basis for this action. olaf shoals does not want to help you crane directly, but does not want to openly admit it. so what exactly has your me delivered to ukraine? well, according to german newspaper, developed the sum total of actual deliveries amounts to 2 weapon shipments on march 30th and may 26th. this includes anti tank lines and small arms, but no weapons do is all the power of the terrifying us armed forces. where is it all is the question arises, how long this will continue these meetings and ramstein these great meetings. funny things are happening there. by the way, apparently the number of potential donors is increasing. sorry, but where we don't see it. i would like to know where, what is the transfer for him are rocket systems to america when they have 400. why does american need them? i don't know why the west is playing this game. the rights of delivery are unsatisfactory. issue seems to be playing hard to get,

could it possibly be because he's trying to reconcile appeasing ukrainian western interests on one hand, when unspoken. reservations about the ultimate c, a german weapons, still carelessly ukraine, on the other. the chair of the african union has urged kiev to d minus waterways in odessa to let you, cranium grain reach the global market that comes as the whole continent is now under a real threat of a food crisis. muscle for it is necessary to do everything to help free the grain of ukraine, sending it through the black sea from the port of odessa we already experiencing a shortage of cereals on the continent. and also shortage of fertilizes agriculture in africa, is not very productive. around a 100 vessels are believed to be stuck in the black sea, with a cruise, unable to leave, and it looks like that they could be there for many months. as the un maritime agency has stressed. even if the ports wanted to reopen tomorrow,

it would take some time until ships could enter or depart completely removing sea mines and the port areas would take several months. the main issue affecting the export of ukrainian grains is said to be the many mines that block the countries ports, but russia stresses that it's not responsible for the explosives. moreover, it's also to plan to de mine those waterways underlying that ukranian ships carrying grain offering to travel through the black sea. but here has said no claiming that the port city of odessa is the mind. it will undermine it. sounds, surety, president salons, he blames russia for stopping export of ukraine's grain and wheat. while he f itself doesn't hide, it's a tense to limited. we cannot exports away wheat, corn, vegetable oil leave, they, and other products that have or played a stabilizing role in the global market. this means that, unfortunately,

no dozens of you can't recently face a physical shortage of food. that's what millions of people may less, carver, live, rushes blockades of the black sea will continue saw them all. recently, our foreign minister made a statement in which it clearly defined that the 1st priority is security. the 2nd is security, and the 3rd is security. with this issue is not resolved. if our country is not safe, no grain will go anywhere because the issue of security is number one for us. michael mullis is a former senior security policy analyst for the u. s. secretary of defense. he says, the lensky rejection of the de mining agreement should be taken seriously. in areas leading up to, particularly in the odessa area, you're going to have my, you're going to have mines which, which ukrainians laid ukrainians. know where they are, where they should a,

since they laid them. prognosis is there a food crisis could develop could develop, considering, particularly in certain regions of the world, probably more so in the middle east, in africa. and even though the repercussions could be felt in other parts of the world, to a lesser extent. but it is, it is beginning to be a serious problem. and the, the fact that mr. zalinski doesn't want to go along with an agreement. ah, that lisa reached it. ah, and brokerage by turkey is indicative of something more serious to me. ah, that's had to pakistan now a vast protests of broken are in the capital of his lamb about that fall as statements. fine indian ruling parties spokeswoman seemed to have insulted the

prophet mohammed. the pretense turned violent when demonstrates is clashed with police. as they tried to approach the indian embassy, the crowd had demanded an apology from delhi, along with the expulsion of exam facetime to pakistan. demonstrate his health flags, banners many were owned with wooden sticks, his what people in the streets had to say. if needed, we will go to the indian embassy, even if we have to sacrifice our lives. and we will tell them your lovers of the prophet mohammed. we all muslims with full power solidarity and unity must make it clear to the world that there is a difference between freedom of expression and blasphemy. this is unacceptable by any means. a common muslim will never tolerate a single word against the prophet mohammed are most precious things. our lives, money, children are businesses, but all is ready to be sacrificed. in short,

i would say those who pass derogatory remarks, we will kill them if we must be a boycott indian products. this is the most effective economic hitting except another important out. over a dozen countries and international organizations have condemned the indians spokeswoman statements including bangladesh where hundreds flooded the streets in solidarity. the spokeswoman has been suspended. an indian prime minister has condemned any insults against religious figures to ah, t u. k cinema chains have cancelled screenings of the movie that many was, seems according both blasphemous and racist, and movies cool. the lady of having it picks the story of lady fatima, the daughter of the prophet, muhammad. but critics have claimed that the plot doesn't accurately portray historical events. it is underpinned with the sectarian ideology and blasphemous in

nature to the muslim community. it grossly disrespects the prophet mohammed in many ways and is deeply disturbing to every muslim now around a $120000.00 people have signed a petition against the movie and furious muslim protests all taking place outside cinemas where it's being screened. the chain have said that they have council screenings to ensure the safety of stuff and also customers, the british health furnace, such as it has come up against the decision. stressing that britain has freedom of speech. you might not like what someone's got to say, but they have a right to say it. what we have in this country is freedom of speech and expression, and that is a fundamental value. we've been talking to journalists as a visit, who stressed that the west does not share the same perception of some religions as those who practice them. moslems consider a certain issues to be a red line, certain western states. so say that or they're not confined by the all these red

lines don't concern them. and i think, you know, such controversies are expected to continue. why the western media and chooses to do this. as i said, i don't know, despite the fact that the muslims have time and again reacted strongly. i think the part of it is due to the fact that there is a difference when it comes to religion. for example, many in the west don't to believe religion to be such a sacred issue even their own religion of christianity. we have a sprint of secularism in the west or when it comes to muslims, they're still very much attached to their religion. it turns out x u. s. president barack obama approved a statement by american intelligence back in 2016 that accused russia of stealing emails from the democratic national committee. despite the fact that his government is still failed to obtain any evidence to show that ortiz corresponded

a contributor rachel blevins reports. the trial of michael assessment didn't just lead to a not guilty verdict for the former dnc attorney. it's also giving new insight into the obama administration handling of russia gate from the very beginning. it all started back in august 2016, whether the cybersecurity company crowds drive the f. b. i heavily redacted document which they claim proved to russia, hacked the servers of the d, n. c, the f b. i then spent the next few weeks trying to verify the company's claim and emails that were made public in the sussman case show that in september they were actively searching for the full version of the crowds report. then came october 7th, 2016 when the us intelligence community released this statement in which they claim they were confident that russia was behind that. and toria dmc had the u. s. intelligence community is confident that the russian government directed the recent

compromises of emails from us, persons and institutions, including from us political organizations. the recent disclosures of alleged hacked emails are consistent with the methods and motivations of russian directed efforts . these thefts and disclosures are intended to interfere with the u. s. selection process. given the confidence, the obama administration expressed, one would think that they had obtained prove the claims made by contract. so then one of the emails from october, 13th, 6 days after that statement was made, show the crown strike still has not handed over the evidence. they claim to ha, our team is in the process of gathering this data now. and we'll just need to know where the f b, i would like this data to be sent. it's also notable the statement from the intelligence community wasn't a mistake or the work of a single agent. as former d h s. secretary j. johnson testified before congress in 2017, the statement was made at the direction of president obama himself. the president

approved the statement. i know he wanted us to make the statement. so that was very definitely a statement by the united states government. not just jim clapper, and me and for the assumption that crowds sure i was a reliable company that could back up the claims that made to the f b. i. well, the company is a president admitted to congress that his firm never had any proof in the 1st place . we did not have concrete evidence that the data was ex, will treated, moved electronically from the d, n. c. but we have indicators that it was x full treated. there are times when we can see data x full treated and we can say, conclusively, but in this case it appears it was set up to be actual treated. but we just don't have the evidence that says it actually left. there is not evidence that they were actually actual treated, their circumstantial evidence, but no evidence that they were actually ex, will treated just by the major revelations from the sussman trial in its implications for the entire us. intel is community, it continues to receive personally know media coverage here in the us as the

political leaders who are responsible continue to walk free in washington. rachel blevins, r c. thanks very much for joining us here. not st. national. that was a round up of the latest world news. we hope you can join us back in half an hour and we'll half more. ah ah ah ah ah, ah.