i would use a need to establish something like this, a command center, any place is good enough. even the cemetery are t visits heavily fortified positions of bummed in by the ukranian army. we are the ton of a russian and allied forces, continued the mining territories taken from kiev source. it also ahead on the program, the saudi crime, prince tours, the middle east looking to align views on key issues that comes ahead of president biden's trip to read. next month, the actions of the west church, all countries globally, vladimir putin delivers a message to world leaders ahead of a t summit of the bricks group of major emerging economies being hosted by china

with across the globe. i run the clock, this is r t from the team and myself unit o'neill, hello and welcome to then use our we begin with the latest. busy the ukraine conflict, there has been an explosion of an oil refinery in the russ stuff region of russia. after a drone was apparently flown into it. the moment was caught on camera on the circulating on to be delivered to the regional emergency services said nobody was injured, found the fire has since been extinguished. reports also suggest there were 2 strows involved, both ukrainian law. russia claims up to 500

ukranian soldiers have been killed in a strike on a shipyard near the city of nikolai, of military equipment was destroyed as well. the defense ministry claims key of forces are suffering heavy losses and that one battalion reportedly fled without orders having lost more than half its troops. and fighting continues in the city on sir. rude, danielle, it's in the lou gant's republic bottles. there have been raging since early march. the local authorities say the city was shell from the direction of the adult chemical plumps where ukrainian fighters are located. clashes continue made on going if occupations of the factory 30 civilians reportedly fled from there during the day. while the de mining operations are all going in the don't bust, republics, ortiz eager shut down a visited wall of the areas. still to be cleared a $4.00 to $5.00 position abandoned by the ukranian. on the near the tunnel

fastener, which saw heavy fighting with the special forces of the russian army, we are right now moving towards the positions quite recently captured from the ukrainian troops. and we're about to see before to vacations that they have both directed and dug into the ground. well, over the past 8 years, and we're about to see what's left of them after the work of the russian artillery jets and well infantry. mm. mm i don't shopping, you might not as good as it was mute on crunches deep enough to safely shelter a man of average height sprout across the area and had concrete laden fortifications. we find western supplied weapons ukrainian troops abandoned in a hurry, as they fled, logo of the welto district visitors. this is

a permanent fortification. if we go inside, we can see the reinforced doors. they are made of thick steel with sand inside. going further, we see another door of the same type and these are the firing positions. each of them has its own zone. these windows are reinforced as well with thick steel as we saw before. on the inside here, the position is draped with as best as sir cannot catch fire. and this is how the same firing position, which you have just seen from the inside, looks from the outside. there's extra protection in the front, on the sides as well. you don't have to be a military expert to see that it takes a lot of firepower to well overcome and kick the forces out of a fortification like this one. ah, and these are the remains of a cluster ammunition that the ukrainian force is used against their former own abandoned well a fortifications. these type of munition is bound to pretty much all over the world

. as we explore this labyrinth, we make a disturbing discovery. the ukrainian positions are spidering across the fields here in all directions, and if they need to establish something like this, a command center, any place is good enough. even the cemetery, there's no red lines. it seems bulky. forces in this warm ethics is expendable decency is an excess. i mean there's done of reporting from the dumbass t mean off the u. s. attorney general has visited ukraine to help keep the government find and prosecute what he's called. russia's war criminals. i states is sending an unmistakable message. there is no place to hide, we will, we and our partners will pursue every avenue available to make sure that those were responsible for these atrocities are held. garland has tapped veteran d o. j prosecutor, eli rosenbaum,

to lead the department's new war crimes accountability team who will be tasked with coordinating efforts with ukranian officials and other international law enforcement groups. now the. 6 irony in this appointment rosenbaum is known as the non c hunter. i probably don't need to explain why that's ironic, given the known position of ukraine's is off battalion. but nonetheless, the u. s. has a long history of what the international community has called war crimes. and is certainly not in the position to point any fingers. even america's foreign policy appears to be that of any action with full impunity. you can go as far back as the 960 s. when the u. s. blanketed the tiny southeast asian country of laos, with bombs, that averages out to nearly drops every 8 minutes for 24 hours a day for nearly a full decade,

killing thousands of innocent civilians. 2 of those, my own family members for and more recent memory. a visceral one, the 2007 video depicting american apache helicopter gunners shooting down and killing nearly a dozen iraqi civilians then in 2017 as the us and coalition forces ramped up their campaign against isis in rock assyria. the so called capital of the caliphate, that city of some 300000 residents, was decimated by western bombs. a 2018 report by amnesty international outlines, the 10s of thousands of coalitions strikes on rocca with mission by the west to unleashing some 30000 artillery rounds. amnesty international said this in their report. there is strong evidence that coalition air and artillery strikes, killed and injured thousands of civilians, including and disproportionate or indiscriminate attacks that violated international humanitarian law and or potential war crimes,

would be abundance of evidence of us. more crimes across the globe throughout the 20th century. isn't at all reasonable for the us attorney general to call the actions of any other country, a war crime when the u. s. has evaded justice for at least a century. hypocrisy is bipartisan. here in the u. s. capital in washington, manila, cham ah egypt. jordan and i turkey the saudi crown prince mohammed bin cell man has been touring the region, apparently seeking to align the country stances on key issues that says next month summit with joe biden lynn's. the prince's trip kicked off on monday as he met the a gyptian president to discuss security and stability in the area, and also signed off a $7700000000.00 package of agreement. jordan was next on the royal itinerary.

after years of strain relations between the 2 countries, mostly due to clashing views on regional conflicts on turkey is the prince's final destination being his 1st visit since the murder of journalists, jamal cas shoji in istanbul almost 4 years ago. something up since placed a wedge between riyadh and crap. meanwhile, the british foreign secretary is also in the turkish capital for talks this wednesday. let's welcome live on to the program, not political analyst, amir or in, in telephone. welcome to you and aid. your overall in your feelings, i'm your 1st on the crime princes to run props. thoughts on it's timing to well, obviously, each rehabilitation tour by the crown prince. ahead or for president biden's visit to rio next month. there is hardly any coordination to be done between these various media and countries because each has its own

interests to pursue and present and see, see of egypt or a single dollar. the 2nd for jordan or prison on have their own agendas. they don't want to coordinate with any saudi official, let alone m b s. but this is a sort of a public relations tour in order to show president biden, that the ground fridge is calling the shots in riyadh. and that he's welcome. in other regional capitols. yeah, that was going to be my next point. is there any real significance to come out of this? would there be any real flaw in saudi arabia's bilateral relations in region, given the history of reality tensions with each of the capitals on the prince's itinerary? well of course, some, several of these countries are focused on the iranian challenge. it is not

identical. each of them are faces. another iranian threat. it is, i'm more of a show then substance. and we will see when by the news in reality than when he convinced the girl's corporation council meeting along with other regional leaders such as such as the gyptian and the jordanian. whether there is any program coming out of that. but right now, it seems the super vicious, mostly a triple photo opportunity for those talks between the saudi prince and the turkish president are going to be very interesting. indeed, it can't be easy to find any mutual solutions given jamal kashodi is killing innocent ball and the strong reaction to it. i would submit. yes, you are right and it seems to see for the last several years, especially since by than 2 coffees. m. b s. has been on probation, so to speak,

and right now he's a parole officer. biden has been giving him a license to be back in civil society. so he's making good the tours to show that he's back. and b p is less important. what is being talked about behind closed doors? the british foreign secretary is also in prefer talk. she's expected to discuss the ukraine grain issue with turkish officials. but do you find that these 2 high level visits in the same week a coincidence at all? yes, it's going to bent though maybe even b is rarely foreign minister will show up there. i wouldn't done see too much into it. and if something does come out, we will reconsider of course. but as of now,

let's be skeptical. and just finally that a, in your view, how could the princess tour perhaps change the situation in region amid the ukraine crisis is as you said, more of a photo opportunity? or could you see anything of substance emerging from it? well, you know, the middle eastern countries are not of these through the russia, ukraine, natal concert they, they only operate on the margins perhaps on the energy sector. but even then, nothing is going to happen any time soon. or perhaps we will see some declarations. but don't expect any substantial most while many thanks for your thoughts and your time today political analyst a mirror and live on our team. thank you. well, in the meantime, joe biden's plan that visit to saudi arabia amid the growing global energy crisis,

has outraged human rights groups. they say the president is putting business over his own vows to make the crown prince a pariah because of the cash logically. bitin has made it clear that there won't be any direct consequences from a ham, had been salman for murdering cash shogi. unfortunately, the visit is the equivalent of a presidential pardon for murder and m. b. s. would perceive it is the bite and issued license to kill more casualties. it is the trail for jamal cash. okay, so yeah, and then, and if the trail of the democratic party credited the last 3 years, one day he's calling the saudi crown prince names and the other jo biden's apparently on his way to re adds to ask him for a favor. washington's begging saudi arabia to lower global oil prices by increasing production. i think he will meet with the saudi crown prince. he has asked for all suppliers around the globe to increase production. that includes opec that includes our domestic oil and gas producers. he's asking for an increase like other leaders

around the globe, except biden himself says he's not actually going to be meeting with the crown prince. mm. it should come as no surprise that there'd be confusion in washington about where to stand on this. after all the u. s presidents long headed out for prince solomon's government. never since the murder of saudi dissident journalist jamal cas shoji in 2018 on the campaign trail biden promised he would pull no punches when it came to disciplining the saudi parias state could show. he was in fact murdered and dismembered. i believe in the order of the crown prince, we were going to in fact make to pay the price and make them in fact, pariah that they are at the same time the mainstream media looks like it's trying to help bite and safely back track on all the mean things he said about prince salman in the past articles about respecting each other's core interests and bite

and needing riyadh have become more and more common as of late following the trail of money in oil though. and the real reason for biden's, 180 becomes crystal clear. in the near term, the companies have a very powerful market. incentive prices are high and their profit and profit margins are high. and what we are encouraging is that they take those and put those profits to work to increase production. how quickly washington ditched its moral posturing once its feet were held to the fire, all of the sun, saudi arabia's indiscriminate bombing campaigns and yemen are of no interest to the united states. the same campaigns that have drawn international condemnation as war crimes, and largely have relied on us support goes without saying human rights groups aren't exactly happy about those developments. that's a part of me that understands why diplomatically we've gotten to this point, but it's also frightening and enraging. her surgery's wife isn't exactly thrilled either. mr. by noon you for me to. so dave, you as president,

where you meet with jamal's heartless executor, nice honoring your firm and jamal by meeting m b s. if you have to put all your over the principal and expediency over value, can you please jim of buddy. he's on a proper rail. and what happened to his feelings? surely, it was easy for us to talk about principles before he became president, but problems as big as a global energy crisis, sometimes called for sacrifices to be made. still going to saudi arabia, whatever happened to exploring america's own energy resources, the head of his travel to the middle east next month, we urge the president to prioritize unlocking us energy resources that are the envy of the world. instead of increasing reliance on foreign sources. this administration is not looking at $22.00 actual american, well, companies like those in texas and midland, texas, the keystone oil pipeline and,

and the dakotas and united states that goes through canada. all the things that divide ministration, shut down on day one. and so with all of these people that the millions job, the cost, the gas prices, sorry, july, it is still going overseas to try to shift the blame to somebody else or to try to find reprieve somewhere else. anybody other than healthy american companies, helping american employees, helping american businesses with their, our own in hong oil production flooded more potent claims, the bricks group of emerging economies are preparing to develop an international reserve currency in the near future. now that statement comes out of a summit of the grouping, which is also the 1st major multilateral meeting with russian participation. since february, the summit begins tomorrow, thursday, and will be held online with china. hosting president putin has expressed his support for china is moved to promote alternative world order in the form of

a global security initiative. he also stated recently about current problems and the world economy of the consequences of the wes own actions that you might set aside your business and russian entrepreneurs has to do business in difficult conditions. when western partners neglect the basic principles of market economy, free trade and invite lability of private property, what will the west pursues and essentially irresponsible macroeconomic course uncontrollably, prince and money, and accumulate and unsecured deaths. at the same time, they are constantly introducing more and more politically motivated sanctions and strengthening mechanisms of pressure and competitors. there is a deliberate breakdown of cooperative ties, transfers and logistics chains are collapsing and all this is contrary to common sense and elementary economic logic that it goes against the interests of global business and negatively affects the well being of the population of all countries.

rome was mostly yet. okay. some world news and brief, at least a 1000 people have been killed in a huge earthquake that shock of gamma down this morning, more than 1500 others were injured according to taliban authorities. the quake was centered on the south west of the country and could also be felt in neighboring pakistan. rescue efforts are likely to be complicated since many international aid agencies left afghanistan after the taliban take over the country last year. and the chaotic withdrawal of the u. s military from its longest war in history, while unprecedented rainfall and flooding an indian bangladesh as destroyed millions of homes and left more than a 100 people. the heavy rains 1st started in march and have left countless people struggling for food and medical supplies. the u. n's children's charity eunice surf has warned of a potential health catastrophe. and hospitals are out of action or more than a 1000000 children are in need of urgent help. the trick is

economy has completely collapsed, but was they frank assessment of the country's prime minister. as people are being suffering from months for food, electricity, and fuel shortage is the situation so dire that the asian island nation cannot even afford to purchase essentials like imported. or you can get a fuller picture on the story by checking a torched trunk is economy a documentary hearing throughout the day here on our team. corolenko has become the from the southeast asian country in 2022, unable to pay its foreign debt. this totals $51000000000.00 sri lanka is the 1st country to face such a huge crisis. but apparently it won't be the last of the west imposed sanctions against russia. ties between supplies and consumers were sever. so several other nations risk being sought under orlando, florida. milan,

he can only afford one meal a day because our wage is like only a 100 to a piece a day. it's only enough for 3 loaves of bread and 250 grams of dollars for a family of 5. we don't have enough money to eat properly and well, poor. the kids are always asking to buy food, but we count to food it. today, it's ordinary people who are suffering from the sanctions imposed on russia and it's resulting economic meltdown. now able to pay the expensive gone men need to understand the pause of the people, the scene sensitivity must be crash. right? ah, those 2 issues with what's happening now in the world arena, rising oil we prices and so forth, is having an impact because we're one community after all,

though a tux by jehovah st rebels in the west african country of molly had left at least 130 people dead, local se islam extremist systemically gun don civil ah, ah ah, i mean, he is on your jaw. they came, they said to the people, you are not muslims in the felony language. they took the men a 100 people went out with them after 2 kilometers. they systematically shot people up on the social. ah

oh god for i'm going what the massacres are very painful for me and it's the same for all my lions. we can't sleep at night when we think about the situation that moped he's going through. what's not good terrorists must talk with these barbaric acts. our armed forces are working. we have to accompany them with our prayers. how did young glove, 3 days of national morning began on choose day with the government, pledging to find the perpetrators and bring them to justice. the attack has already been described as one of the deadliest instance in molly. since the outbreak of fighting a technical molly has faced the string of civilian muscular so far this year, with the extreme, his violence that began in the north spreading to central areas and also neighboring burkina faso. unless your job,

i'm not. now let come against the backdrop of france is 9 years of attempts to secure the region against terrorist groups. the mulligan prime minister, however, earlier said that it's paris, which is fueling turmoil in the country. compact or moment, wounds and grounds room. there is, the french authorities are carrying out genuine political media and diplomatic terrorism against our government. with the aim of overthrowing it. you create chaos, you arm people, you tell them to go into vide molly. the separate as clearly said that it was france that was behind the separatist movements of 2011 from libya. the leaders of the move and said francis instigated them to invade northern molly and divided and create an independent state you know, in neighboring burkina faso civilians held a rally, demanding an end to french military cooperation in favor of russian support to curb terrorism regional experts lead to incorrect claims french troops. busy proved ineffective and come budding islamist attacks in the region. so you found that us

speaking about operation servile, it can be stated that it failed because not only did molly fail to regain a significant number of territories occupied simultaneously by independence fighters and islamic terrorist groups. but at the same time, this operation gave the opportunity for the molly, an army to return to its former glory. many have pointed out with regard to the military actions of france in this region. the ineffectiveness of military cooperation between the participants of the french mission, the 1000000 army, as well as the combined forces of the cell 5. these shortcomings led to the fact that ultimately france was unable to put an end to the security problems associated with terrorism. as of now, the reason is completely abandoned in terms of joint military operations. since each army fights in isolation without making efforts to harmonize and structure joined efforts to end the instability associated with terrorism. the current security situation is connected with withdraw the army of burkina faso with a termination of a joint military operation of molly in the air,

as well as the unforeseen and uncoordinated withdrawal of french troops. and as a result of all this, this hell has become a very unstable region opened all kinds of hostilities. ok, another story that bring you today. belgian authorities have returned to golden tooth replying to the congo. lee's independence era, patrice the number to his family, 6 decades after his murder, his killers dissolved, his remains in us. and though some kept his teeth. as in the car momento, the relic is all that remains of the 1st prime minister of the democratic republic of congo, who seen as an icon. now the struggle against colonialism in africa. patrice le mumbo was a pivotal figure in african history. he envisioned and helped form a different congo, a different africa, free of colonial tyranny, brutality and races. in 1960,

he became the 1st prime minister of the republic of congo, but less than a year in he was captured and murdered by belgium, back to mutineers in the army. the execution occurred in presence of catania and ministers and was carried out by kit tank. and john, darby are police officers in the presence, though, of a belgian police commissioner and 3 belgian officers who were under the authority, leadership and supervision of the catan authorities. but how could only a 2 to remain? well, even in death with him, they try to erase the very idea of patrice le mumbo congolese mutineers, together with belgian officials. after executing le mamba then dug him up again, drove him 200 kilometers away and dissolved his body in acid so that his grave side would never become a place of pilgrimage. that is how afraid of him. they were however,

the belgian police commissioner involved gerard. so tay kept a little memento, a trophy le members gold crowned tooth getting his remains as important for us as a family. but it has a bigger impact on the people of the democratic republic of the congo, because his death was the assassination of democracy in the country. he was killed for his values and still remains in the minds of the people. c, congo was an especially brutal story, a century ago. the belgian king lee pulled the 2nd, took it for his own. he turned it into an approximation of hell. in a few decades, as many as 13000000 people, 75 percent of the country's population were worked to death to meet production quotas said by the king. any who spoke up were tortured, mutilated,

murdered, in horrendous ways to scare the living. there are few cases of colonies being treated worse than the congo with the hands of belgium. and only now, do they finally say they're sorry. the crystals have little motel legal than although this moral responsibility of the belgian government has been recognized. and i repeat it again on this official day of farewell of belgium to patrice emory lambie. i would like to reiterate here in the presence of his family, the apology of the belgian government for the way it influenced a decision to end the life of the country's 1st prime minister. it wasn't only the europeans that wanted le mumbled dead. the cia had reportedly also drawn up plans to murder him, fearing he'd get friendly with the soviet union for decades after his death. they maligned and tarnished him in books and papers. he was not the african hero,

the one.