all the huge investment infrastructure into manufacturing. we have crated benefits. not only for the chinese or the whole main line in the world. ah, ah, i walk amongst the ruins of what used to be a football stadium now obliterated by ukraine's grad rockets. mercer calls on the west acknowledge ukraine's. shelling i've done yes and downs because he visits the destroyed stadium in one of the cities from the fire, from cubes forces. the salient prime minister calls on china to lift damaging trade sanctions are 1st, beijing has concrete requirements of its own. and ukraine confront a cold reality as it knocks on that he used door with some european countries

opposing even fast track states with committee alive from our headquarters here in the russian capital. you're watching our 2 international. my name is peter scott bringing you the top stories early this wednesday morning. welcome to the program. the city of daniella came under heavy bombardment from ukrainian forces on choose to us, according to local authorities, with russia, accusing care of, of using close to munitions to attack the city. meanwhile, fighting does continue in several done yet. can little guns republic, russia plans to open a humanitarian corridor in the city on wednesday to allow civilians to leave a chemical plant where ukrainian forces have dug in us after russia destroyed a crucial bridge, causing ukrainian forces off from the key of controlled areas. authorities are reported that ukraine's military has been shilling civilian areas and he has yet to

comment on those allegations. ortiz eagerness done a visit the scene of one of the attacks. the situation for ukrainian troops here near the la ganske people's republic is dia. this is something that all sides of the conflict seemed to agree on k of moscow and the international community and the worse, the more hopeless it gets for the ukrainians here, the more aggressive and deadly they become against civilians against ordinary population of the la guns continental people's republic, the city of the network itself as recently. and you would a shilling, it hasn't seen in years right now. i walk amongst the ruins of what used to be a football stadium now obliterated by ukraine's grad rockets and dead bodies have only just yet been extracted from under the rubble. and the key of essentially is doing its best trying to convince the western audience that the need for and supplied weapons the need for and supplied artillery. but given caves venge

fullness given caves, desire and eagerness to take its anger out an ordinary civilians. the longer the west will keep feeding this addiction of key of to foreign supplied weapons. the longer this agony will go on. amish done of reporting from the la ganske people's republic, r t. on monday, don yeske faced what local officials called the worst shelling by ukraine. since the conflict started in which 7 people died among the buildings, it was a maternity hostel intensive care units from which this image circulating on social media was apparently taken. the child is understood to have been born prematurely and so can be disconnected from the ventilator. medical personnel remained with the baby, who pulled through an r t crew made their way to the hospital to hear what's happened during this could any montana, there were some babies in the intensive care unit, one of whom, in the rather serious condition, was placed on the ventilator the rest also needed oxygen supply,

so it was impossible to move them into the basement. so the doctor's followed the scheme we had developed over the past 8 years and stayed near by in moments of danger, ready to cover the babies with our own bodies. if needed, i am on the roof of the maternity hospital that was shelled by the ukrainian military. one of the rockets landed right here, making a huge hole in this roof. now this top floor is completely destroyed. there were dozens of women here in this matter into hospital when the shilling began. this delivery room in particular, one woman was here and ready to give her birth, and then went to art jewelry frock. all the windows were immediately blown out. katy vertical dress fell. we were standing in a hallway waiting for a blood pressure to the measured. we heard the commotion and ran into the basement to switch around. it started in the morning and lasted until around noon and then

in the evening, stronger shelling began the walls. the windows were shaking. we ran to the basement and spend the night there. women were giving birth right in the basement. some were undergoing surgery. of course, it was scary for the like, it was they were undergoing a sicilian reduction in the basement. there was no other option for them. when you move this were relying here on the floor and them all of us pregnant were crying, had a nervous breakdown, then it was only one laugh. the mothers who were expected to give her birth hands or regular conditions had been forced to flee into the basement from the hercules. right. they continued for more than 2 hours, and fortunately, no one was killed or injured. i look, watch up ahead your, i'm sure leave occasion went calmly because this has learned how to behave in such a situation. so they managed to cult as always finance. what i want to say is that this is the place where children, when you lives

a born does then and mother doesn't give birth to has sounds to send them to war. all the cruelty that we have seen over 8 years, mary opened another citizen humane for the sole reason that the 21st century human life is not valued. this much certainty, hospice all now lies almost in ruins. very close, very near and dear to my heart. and so my camera man as well. this is where his son was born 4 years ago and my god daughter was born i here as well. so it's very painful to see what happened here. this building will now be forced to close to be closed until further notice and they will evacuate adult continued serving a women given birth at a different location because it's just simply too dangerous. here. moscow has slammed. the western media is apparent. silence on the shelling, accusing it of ignoring ukrainian sykes in the region. meanwhile, a german c. v. new show has a report claim in that it was russia and not ukraine, that attacked done yet,

which is on time stronghold of pro russian forces. it broadcast images from a devastated market in the city where several people died to support this allegation here, listening to great honda is marked in the us. ok, innocence, that dominates, that i mentioned on by the musician anger of good to, to me as a fellow slogans. i'm getting the most even bushes their position i me is to come in it soon. humans mass close there. okay. initial president 1st cleared invest earlier. we discussed the situation with george ellison, an american investigative journalist working in the don bus. everything every sacked about this situation is obvious. all the evidence is very obvious. when shells of fire, you can tell the direction that they're fired from. it's not very difficult. it's not rocket science, it's that they don't want to know. as long as they don't know, they can continue to blame russia, which, you know, again, is obscene,

but that's where we are in this time frame missile attacks. the attacks on, on the hospital, mariel, i'm mucho, you know, why would rush out in, mucho, why would russia give humanitarian 8 packages and then jump kill the people they get into life just doesn't work that way. it's not to leave military's work over to australia. now where the prime minister has called on beijing to lift sanctions in order to improve relations, as he prepared for the 1st folks with the chinese minister almost 3 years. what's for being that things don't seem to be that simple. china and australia have been attempting to reset their relationship. beijing is cameras largest trading partner, but diplomatic relations have soured. the rift emerged in 2020, with the dispute service, such issues as foreign interference,

the coven 19 outbreak and chinese investment. by 2021, china hit several australian industries with economic sanctions. now the newly elected australian prime minister is asking for those measures to be lifted. it is china that has imposed sanctions on australia. they need to remove those sanctions in order to improve relations for beijing though things aren't that simple. it's listed 14 grievances that need to be addressed. gotcha. draw ways to improve china . australia relations. there is no auto pilot mode at a reset requires concrete actions. the ice may have been slightly cracked with defense ministers from the countries hosting their 1st meeting in 3 years. but it still rock solid. tensions are also high of the solomon islands. china says astray is promoting us lead competition in the region. australia says it's concerned about a possible chinese military base there in response to long standing issues. china

has placed sanctions in the form of hefty tariffs on products such as wine and barley from australia. we will not allow any country to re benefits from doing business with china well ground as the accuser and smear in china and undermine in china's core interests based on ideology. it seems the pressure has all been a bit too much with the new governments saying it's time to ease off. we would certainly like to see those sanctions and those tariffs lifted their damaging our economy. they're making life harder for some of our employers and workers here in australia. and so obviously we would like to see those measures lifted clearly. no matter who you are. sanctions aren't welcome. when your on the receiving end or miss handling the tie, one situation and threatening chinese national unity will have a detrimental impact on china. us relations. that's the latest warning from beijing officials to the u. s. count thoughts holding a face to face meeting and looks back. the tie one question affects the political

foundation of china us relations. it will have disruptive impacts if it's not appropriately handled, any attempt to obstruct or undermine china's national unity will be doomed to fail . or tensions between china and the u. s. had been escalating since president biden said, washington would defend taiwan if china were to launch the thought on friday during the 1st, every face to face meeting between the us secretary of defense, lloyd austin, and shawn is defense minister way thing. the chinese official warned if anyone dares to help tie one split from the country, beijing would not hesitate to respond militarily. meanwhile, beijing has declined to support western sanctions pushed by the u. s. against russia. with continued trade between the partners meeting the effects those sanctions were meant to deliver this commons. as china's national currency you on has strengthened after the i, m. f, increased its holdings making. it's the 3rd largest holding in the official

reserves us behind the euro. and the dollar you are not seen growing use in cross border international payments between it's trading partners reflecting it's a top currency for more on this less cost live now to radhika decide director of the geopolitical economy research group. welcome to r t. international ridiculous. thanks for joining us today. no, it was see an increase use of the one in global trade. what implications do you think this have for beijing going forward and us china relations and possible the doors ation on the global markets? well, i think the 1st to fall from china's point of view, it has been very slowly, gradually internationalizing the use of the rent, min b without going the whole hall of open capital accounts and so on. because that will be very detrimental to the very productive industrial economy that china has

to china has been walking, is very interesting, very balanced approach that it's been taking. and as far as china is concerned, it can continue to expand the use of the ram in b for trade, for investment, and for all sorts of other productive uses. so china is fine as far as the united states is concerned. it's in big trouble because basically a sanctions against russia, it's pushing china and russia closer together. and so there's increasing evidence that you on is also going is, you know, basically the russian is increasingly becoming part of the chinese payment system. the ruin of course, has strengthened so increasingly increasing russia, china trade will essentially offset any damage that the action that the west is doing to the russian economy. and, and at the same time, by putting sanctions and countries like russia,

the united states is preventing and of course, putting everybody else on notice that their money is no longer safe. the united states is preventing the essential inflow of money that has since 1971 kept up the value of the dollar. so the united states is not in a very happy position in present. so do you think by, by imposing the sanctions, the u. s. is undermining its own global influence? absolutely. you know, these are the many of the sanctions because of the oil, you know, the energy sanctions, the theft of russia party reserves, the expansion of russia from safety, etc, on the number of these townspeople acres. basically, the things that the united states thought were going to hire russia are actually hurting the american economy. and ordinary americans, more oil prices are going up the sanctions by further recognizing the dollar this

time against the systemically important country like russia. it's only going to undermine the dollar more because, you know, already for the last 2 decades, people have been wanting don't recognize the donor. you are going to undermine things in the system. whether the united states seems to be, you know, has gone, i hadn't done it anyway. so this is what you get for doing that. i'm moving now from the economical side of things to the this, the sticky situation. so i, one of the tensions the child is repeatedly asked western countries basically to keep the noses out of taiwan. what stuff do you think beijing might take next to ensure that it stays like that? well, i think the banking has been doing again very slowly and gradually what it's always been doing, which is essentially it has put it in a position. but if the united states seeks to make any provocation, it's going to be very costly to the united states and i think to taiwan. so basically the beijing is willing to defend itself. at the same time,

i don't think raging is going to do anything to protect. the last thing it wants is to have some sort of occupation situation or a tax situation. but at the same time, i think b, g is speaking from a position of strength and essentially asking the united states and all sorts of allies of the united states that are joining it in rattling the same was do you know, basically come down and assess the situation and i should also say that the united states has a lot of reasons to understand that it can mean, you know, it has impose all the sanctions on russia. it has, it has not even attacked russia, but just impose sanctions of russia. and it is suffering all this much, imagine what would happen if it took similarly, haas, even a fraction of the similarly hostile actions that the united states is taking against a china. i just don't think it's going to work. so, and many people in the united states know that i realise the united states have long been saying that you should not be provoking china and necessarily,

president biden seems to have a extremely sorry habit of saying completely things off the cuff that are not part of the official policy of the united states, radhika decided director of the geopolitical economy research group. thank you very much for insights today on the one of those tensions in taiwan. it's been great talking program. thank you. thank you. the repeating commission remains undecided on whether it's a grunt membership candidate status to ukraine. disquiet about giving preston to care has been growing louder in countries like georgia on model over in particular . we've been on the waiting list for years. there's also hesitancy in some of you capitals. honestly, starting the membership process takes time. first and foremost, this is a country at war. and the most urgent matter is to stop the war to rebuild ukraine and then consider joining under the right conditions, both for the you and for ukraine. the e. u has

a pretty basic requirements for ship, like being a free market economy. stable democracy and insurance in the rural, what you member states are running around making international appeals for weapon ization to fight a hot conflict on her own foils. if they're calling for a no fly zone over the country that could start world war 3 or full. the neo nazis into their armed forces and pretending that, you know, totally normal is really cool. that's a lot of baggage and all of these things ukrainian president liners lindsey isn't doing. while lobbying for membership now french president emanuel michael has proposed the sort of consolation prize of a membership in some kind of european political community as he's coined it, which he says could include countries like ukraine, that ultimately want to be part of the you some day came on on my course minister of european affairs was being blind and honest. when he said that it could realistically take 15 to 20 years for ukraine to join the ear. and 14 prime minister said something pretty similar recently as well. we don't need to open at

this moment a negotiation or procedure there will take a lot of years. the great risk is to create false expectations that become bitter disappointment, less legal debates, more practical solutions in georgia, in moldova, as you've mentioned, have also been waiting very patiently to be invited into the use club or night club, you know, behind the belt row. and ga doesn't seem to be too thrilled about all of this recent talk of ukraine cutting in line. either see, one is an open conflict is one of the criteria for obtaining a status. then we don't want that. we demand a well deserved status. georgia is 10 heads ahead in all directions, so it's pretty telling that the most enthusiasm for ukraine joining the year was coming from member states that are new that recipients of you funds like slovakia and poland for instance, the net contributors of funding. in other words, the taxpayers pay up front and spending the most on the you, germany, france,

italy at the top of that list of countries who are most footing the bill have been much more blunt in their assessment. and those countries leaders have been much more ambivalent as well. and the remarks and actions around the conflict recently suggesting perhaps anita, temper wishful thinking in ideology with the dose of realism, inciting rosa phobia and spreading disinformation. those are the reasons that moscow is given for stopping individual sanctions against a range of journalists. a british media outlets not including the b, b, c on the guardian, u. k. military commanders and defense lobbyists have also been put on the russian foreign ministries blacklist. the british journalists included on the lists are deliberately spreading false and one sided information about russia and events in ukraine and the don bass. they have also been involved in inciting, russo phobia within british society. individuals linked to the british military industrial complex have been participating in decision making about arm supplies, to ukraine,

that are used by local executioners and nazi groups to kill civilians and destroy public infrastructure. a number of big names in the u. k. have found themselves on russia's sanctions list. we're talking about the editor and chiefs of the guardian, the b, b. c. daily mail, the times the daily telegraph and the independent. and many of these outlets. top journalists have found themselves right alongside their editor and chiefs on this list, some of the most popular mainstream, british media outlets. they are also accompanied by a number of officials and business people in britain that have ties to the ministry of defense. they're now all 49 people on this list are now barred from entering the russian federation. because moscow says that they are guilty of carrying out anti russian activities and spreading russo phobic sentiment. but it's also important to keep in mind that this is not actually coming out of the blue. these sanctions have come as a response to western sanctions that were actually 1st lodged against

a russian government officials and media personalities including artes, own editor in chief, margarita c manion, back in february. so we're now that we see rushes, a response to this. we're gonna have to see what the west's next move is. that's all phenomena is p discounts on the buck again at the top of the hour with all the latest news on views who are naughty, international. i see it on. thank you. ah . is widely recognized that the global economy is weakening. there are many reasons for this inflation supply chain issues, high levels of debt, the conflict in ukraine and the west appetite for sanctions. on this addition of the program, we discussed how all these issues are changing the structure of the global economy . ah, ah,

today i'm authorizing the additional strong sanctions. foreign companies quitting russia, design to one. thank you. this glacial atm card. so blantan bangs disconnected from the international payment system, functional move hoppey, normal donna and euro exchange rates follow up. when i tell a bill up on a couple more of those. so i would know what the committee met. that evoke missed the pillar. invest then is the current. can you say, i don't know what you're seeing. metallica was supposed to, and russian business overcome this song. see me and i bought it to the nazi to huddle shinji tremendously. just me don't pros voice, bullshit. national, productive notches, steel dash, a miracle, what i see that but themselves when you come, when you with, before you go to you, got any of your mind or just feed them out, but i she sco, price id. look, i don't know if the group, when you on yesterday with dr. numbness,

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with welcome to world to party. as the chinese war strategist sounds to positive more than 2 and a half 1000 years ago. if you know the am and me and know yourself, you don't need to fear the result of a 100 battles. but if you don't warn you, crane has already led to have a plethora of unforeseen strains on the global economy and analyst form that force to be up to come. how well do the protagonist in the drama understand that roles that age and their limits fall to discuss that now joined from beijing by big to a gal vice president of the center with china and globalization? it's a gal, it's great to talk to you. thank you very much for your time. thank you very much

for having me. now in one of your articles prior to the beginning of the russian military operation in your brain, your word that these crises may degenerate into you and melodrama with potentially devastating global consequences. and i think we are all witnessing that melodrama or tragedy. now, do you think though, that it may still lead to some sort of a hollywood style? happy adding or should be prepared. so for a much more sober, much more darker culmination. you're raising a very important question. i think it is time for mankind to look beyond into the future. i think we can start with the year 2122. that is 100 years from today. and i can see to extremely different scenarios for the military operations or the war, the ukraine. one extreme scenario is the disappearance of the world and the homo sapiens from the surface of the earth and her who is the victim,

who is the bully? what happened to ukraine? what happened to russia? what happened to the united states? it doesn't matter. the whole world will be gone. now the other extreme is, the ukraine becomes one of the wealthiest countries in europe and in the world. but it cannot happen. list on several conscience. one is the neutrality for ukraine. a yoke and becomes friends with all an enemy with numb. and you couldn't become a major connectivity center linking north, south, east to the west, and really, really evolves itself to peaceful development and economic growth in that way. ukraine calling will be one of the wealthiest countries in the world. i do hope we can see the brightest side of the situation and do our best to prevent the catastrophe all i mcadam from happening as

a result of the operations in your crate. now, of both of these scenarios are looking 100 years into the future. i think much in line with the chinese trick liberty towards the long view of history. but let's say in the moment for now and let's talk about what led to the current confrontation. because i think we, with both agreed that the russia and the united states, as the leader of nita, have been on a collision course for a number of years. and apparently, both of them have decided that there is no other way to settle that irreconcilable security difference is then to go to an open conflict. do you think there was any other alternative, non military alternative to settling their differences on, on the security status of your brain? well, 1st of all, whatever that is happening, your crane today is very tragic and very unfortunate. in a sense,

it could have been prevented. a lot of people in the west now argue that russia could have prevented military operations or war in ukraine. i would say the united states could have prevented it from happening on the top, but have prevented it. now on february, the 24th people thought that the wall of the military operations were fought between russia. on the one hand, you agree? on the other hand, i think today, most people realize that the military operations is between grab your hand and ukraine in the front with the united states, and they told behind it, so this is a complicating factor for the military operations in your crane. i think if anyone in the west either the united states or natal members could.