i know for the don't know, a with offices come with a among yet rather than for the ukrainian military shell civilian areas. but in the neighbor, logan square, public russian forces had fallen on the casey of leafy chance party reports from the front line. despite them fancy claims that a u. membership is within caps reach, the european commission cautions that ukraine must percolates entrenched corruption . and the u. k. wants to send another 1000000000 pounds worth of aid to ukraine, taking that money from state funds for impoverished countries in africa and asia.

is the activist charity ok spam say the world's most powerful nations, by leaving millions of people on the verge of starvation is sort of doing what is needed. the g 7 are leaving millions to start cooking the planet with welcome. this is our to international with the latest world news at that it's good to happy with us. but fast key has accused russia of carrying out a deadlier strike on a residential area near ukraine. southwestern city of odessa isn't verified for teach released by local emergency services, allegedly shows the aftermath of the attack, ukrainian officials, at least 19 people were killed on 38 wounded. here, military claims, the russian forces launch 3 missiles into the area overnight, hitting a civilian building and 2 recreational center. we are expecting an official response. so those allegations from russia's defense ministry. moscow has

previously said it only target site seized by the ukrainian military will keep you updated on the latest. now, on the other side of the front line, sonya will dorothy say, ukraine's military has funded he's 40. welcome to the dawn by city on friday, hitting residential areas. also, one person is said to have been killed in ukrainian shelling of the nearby town. have you seen a long time? well, that area also came on the intense fire on thursday. 2 let me think, you know, you know, you need to show the residential building completely destroyed by the shelling authorities and the don't. yes, we're public say the ukrainian military has been deliberately firing heavy artillery a civilian areas in the neighbor look out republic. the city of lisi chance can become a hot spot of intense fighting. russian forces have claimed control of an oil refinery in the west of the city, saying that ukraine has last almost 200 troops within the vicinity of the facility

. within the last 24 hours as a bouncer for lisa chance great is on ortiz equals donna reports on the front line . ah, this was ukraine's penultimate lodge stronghold in the la guns republic. and these are exclusive, previously unreleased shots of how it was overtaken by the russians here and in the neighboring villages. they met the resistance, not only of ukraine's regular army, but also foreign mercenaries. yahoo, local music, right. you know what i think from these lines, the enemies waiting for us to enter from here. but what do we need to do? firstly, we don't yet know what is in these areas where trip wise are waiting to explode. so

during the night, these areas will be examined by intelligence groups. we'll go from east to west and here from north to south. after checking the territory and securing here will close the flank, was locked. the total number of foreign mugs here was estimated, at least, and the 100 soldiers of misfortune, lifeless bodies of some of them were left at the battlefields. some were captured like this polish colonel august. nobody should, i knew this done, but i own a lawyer. i knew lawyer should i knew the ga ah, or the, the lot i did or so did. i mean, i will put sherburne over thought that i own ukraine born prisoners of war taken here to go over how they've been treated by their command. admittedly, possibly under duress. why shouldn't let her in captivity and out in your positions

there? nothing is clear there. the commanders are not doing anything. can you explain to thought of soldiers that if they surrender, how will they be treated at times better than their the remaining foreign guns for hire? those who survived, at least they ran out of this place, ran out of the town of several denette crossing this river and into the town of least chance, which is very clearly visible behind me. as are the plumes of smoke that are occasionally rising above its sky. like the battle for the town was still ongoing, and the russians are already partly in control of that place. amish done of reporting from the don bass frontline art. see here must do more to join the e u. that's the message from the european commission president who says potential membership, the ukraine is within reach, but the country must thus strengthen his ante correction. those your european pass . and the reconstruction of the country will go hand in hand. investments will have

to be coupled with a new wave of reforms. you half created an impressive anti corruption machine. these institutions needs teeth and the right people in senior posts or the last few years. ukraine has done a huge amount to try and deal with the corruption in its country, but it's so systemic that the you had to highlight this several times when it was given a ukraine that queen night to be candidate member for the you to say it has to deal with it, and that's again what we heard from the commission president versus lavonne delay and zalinski has got a very different view of this though he has suggested previously that actually ukraine has done so much that other countries could actually learn from ukraine. questions are being raised about ukraine's anti corruption infrastructure. i think that a developed infrastructure like the one in ukraine which has proven effective both before and during the war is something that is absent in many countries. quite

simply though, the facts don't really stack up in his favor when it comes to that. if he look at transparency international, the 2021 report suggests that ukraine was a 100 and 22nd at of a 180 countries when it came to corruption winning, it really was on the lowest scale far, far lower, or far higher corruption than in any other country, there was also a port that came out for the center for strategic and international affairs, which essentially said that yes, it's been tackling or corruption, but that tackling of it has been completely inconsistent. and that prior to the war, there was so many issues with corruption. and how is the landscape in handling that, that this, it really hit his approval ratings. and it's suggested with the war in ukraine. that things could become even more exacerbated in terms of the problems with what you kinds leadership here saying that the ears concerns about corrupt in within ukraine had been blown out of proportion. could you elaborate on that?

it's really interesting. there's so many facts and figures. it is difficult though, on the ground at the moment because there is this war going on. but just to give you an example, one survey. recently i showed that some 84 percent of the anti corruption experts and ukraine had had to abandon their posts since february 24th. so of see not able to do the work that they would like to carry out. we've also had these warnings from interpol, from you, ripple about the weapons going into ukraine from the west, saying that, you know, they're concerned that there isn't enough transparency as to where these weapons are going. it means they could end up on the black market. they could even end up in the hands of terrorists. so really big concerns on lat, medical aid to as well, has been suggested. this is incredibly vulnerable to being taken by those who are corrupt to be selling on the black market. one whistle blowers said, this is somebody who worked in the ukraine in hospital said 99 percent of ukrainian hospitals were highly corrupt. even in the us, we know the congress has said that it wants to have a hawkish,

i what happens to the billions and billions of us dollars that are now being funneled into ukraine because of this concern about this systemic corruption that has been there for such a long time, i mean, you know, it's a big problem, but despite when all of this are we've heard from, you know, the ukrainians, deputy prime minister, the, even if you crane essentially back tracks and doesn't meet these conditions that was set out by the you, they'll keep their candidate status. the european council's decision adopted on june 23rd differs from the recommendation provided by the european commission, because we have unconditionally received candidate status. that's actually not true though, because the e u does reserve the right to remove that status if those conditions are fulfilled as corruption affected people's perception of the war and who they blame for starting it. this is a study that just come in conjunction with wall street journal and found that as some at 85 percent of ukrainians,

who responded to that study at said that they were highly concerned about levels of corruption. and how that could be exacerbated by the war. and they said that they were concerned about is that that was corruption, 85 percent amongst ukrainian high officials. so we're talking about potentially government members and also the wealthy in the country. what's also really interesting about their study was what the perceptions of ukrainians in regards to whose responsibility it is for the war that's going on at the moment as you'd expect. a high percentage at blamed russia some 85 percent. but more surprising is the number that felt the acquainted government itself was to blame some 70 percent of respondents. that's really quite striking when this was a study that the survey that was conducted that in conjunction with a big western media outlet and in terms the respondents of those who would consider themselves be pro russian were only 2 percent. it really is giving us a much clearer idea of what ukrainians on the ground feel about the current

situation, which is somewhat different to what we do read in the mainstream media independent journalist 8th and michael z e u has provided false encouragement to ukraine in a concerning effort to prolong the conflict. reading that whole, i think there is, sadly, in a way, unless within ukraine or we're, we're talking to her and intelligent and educated population who are way out of the history of their state. and what's happened in recent times. ukrainian people feel utterly betrayed by the lack of on the ground that got gotten to see this doping or a huge dumping of weapons and to ukraine without any real support or boots on the ground. so of course, to feel betrayed by this, this is about giving false encouragement in order to keep the, the ukrainian military fighting the u. k. a said to send an additional $1000000000.00 pounds worth of aid to ukraine, but that money is being leached from state funds to helping millions of people in

african and asian countries. nevertheless, the british governments, business chief, has praised them is the vital 1000000000 pounds commitment from boris johnson to enhance ukraine's resistance against russia. british weapons, equipment and training, are transforming ukraine's defenses. my department has contributed to the effort by surrendering climate, finance and foreign aid under spends the you case. energy secretary is patting himself on the back for promising to use funding earmarked for climate change initiatives and for helping those under developed countries to support nato's weapon shopping spree and ukraine and to justify the move. the minister is using a new buzzword for this magically available cash. the under spends, meaning that we're supposed to believe that there is money just laying about that couldn't be used because there was just already so much of it already for climate and foreign aid. environmentalists have already had to face the insult of seem cold

plants and fossil fuel infrastructure getting fired up again in western countries after official slap sanctions on their own energy supplies from russia. under spends on climate finance in the context when the $100000000000.00 target has been missed. sounds obscene and using help to the people of ukraine as a shield against criticism on this is double obscene. so you sacrificed funding to assist african nations in dealing with their energy and economic crisis for a war with uncertain in i know you as a single person with no children may not take seriously global warming, but african families are very concerned. so the ukraine war isn't just deflecting our attention from the climate crisis. it's draining money from the already inadequate budget to deal with this looming global catastrophe. and by wary seriously supposed to believe that there suddenly extra foreign aid,

when all we've ever heard about until now is how much the world's famine problem is underfunded. g 7 nations, literally just wrapped up a summit where they tried to pin a global famine on russian president vladimir putin rather than the damage done by their own sanctions. during this conflict in ukraine, they just pledged $4500000000.00 against global hunger and ox sam international still doesn't think even that is enough. faced with the worst hunger crisis in the generation, the g 7 have simply failed to take the action that is needed. many millions will face terrible hunger and starvation as a result. instead of doing what is needed, the g 7 are leaving millions to starve and cooking the planet. this is further exacerbated by their lack of progress and delivering promised finance to support climate action and developing countries. meanwhile, the u. n. world food agency says that a lack of cache means cutting rations for starving people in yemen. but when this,

with a choice between those priorities and catering to the weapons winds express by ukrainian pirate present environments, zalinski in his latest zoom call. guess who wins out? makes you wonder if these folks are actually serious about sol, any, any of the problems that they purport to be actual problems when all of their supposedly biggest concerns are now suddenly taking a back seat to their obsession with sticking it to russia and vladimir putin even their own agendas are now becoming collateral damage. we discussed the looming financial crunch for the african and asian countries with the co director of the international actions sunset. sarah found, as she described, the western aid search to ukraine at the expense of helping people, another nations as a case of criminal misconduct. this is one more effort to use public relations firms, stars, media cameras, to project a completely full scrimmage of the ukraine. and it's also involves mega

money dollars that are never seen even by the people of the crane, but certainly not by the people around the world who are facing absolute famine. because of the sanctions and war imposed. of course, they want to pay attention to ukraine, where they can promise that they are a big democratic course and push off to the side, the absolute destruction that they have created in afghanistan and in yemen to this day. this is not only hypocrisy, absolutely. criminal conduct on a huge scale. i mean, this is war crimes to provide, to refuse to provide for millions of people in need. when the ability is their nation particularly affected by the hunger crisis is afghanistan with the

foreign minister of neighboring pakistan. now, urging western countries to lift the sanctions against the war torn country, where millions are on the verge of thumb, and that's how the bonds returns power last year. also led to the abrupt tend to foreign financial aid. despite the u. s. previously full can got massive some steel and gets occupation. how is it that 3 trillion dollars were spent on the war? but today there is not even $10000000000.00 for the survival of afghans. i don't understand this in the current situation. it is not a good idea to continue to starve afghanistan and risk and economic implosion that . and that is exactly what will happen if the country remains locked out of international banking and its foreign assets remain frozen. we must not promote the famine. the west's hard line stance on the new taliban government has helped fuel a simmering economic crisis and ask honest on the countries financial sector particularly hard hit as the us has frozen $7000000000.00 worth of afghanistan's

overseas assets. the us has repeatedly called the western aid for gone. his son were warning of a looming humanitarian disaster. with more than half of the country's population of $40000000.00 said to be facing as to hunger. early this week, washington pledge to provide some $55000000.00 and humanitarian aid to afghanistan . however, some critics are saying there is it. there is a drop in the ocean compared with how much money the us and its allies spent funding the 20 year occupation of the country. well that to ended in chaos last august as the nature of box government collapsed to days of the western troops left as if to run a pakistan's, former envoy to b. u. a. and the wrong told us that the severe crisis. and i'm going to don directly affects neighboring countries as well as the immediate neighbors. other ones have been telling the americans to unseen that powers of range then $1000000000.00. and he's going to is that right now? one is facing

a community basis. almost 95 percent of the people are below the line that people are selling their needs and also selling to them. so this kind of situation has come up and, and we are worried because the images are true if they want, they will add words to you to a sion. in fact, if something happens, you know, so immediate neighbors will be affected images, especially when it just tensions in india, several 100 hindus have taken to the streets to express that outrage of the killing of a taylor and his own shop, allegedly by 2 muslim men who pretended to be customers and suspects posted a video, a line saying they were beheading the manners, revenge because he supposedly had express support for an insult. muslim prophet

mohammed by a high ranking kinda politician wall india is officially a secular state. religious tensions have been on the rise in the multi ethnic country. following the latest, incidentally, government has undertaken some drastic measures of a correspondent report not just eaten, india has been put on high lot. the internet services have been suspended in several ball. i'm not gathering have been ban 40 mom to off til or can y'all lot deal with brutally mobility in broad daylight day for the kids to show the entire country that you know, wants to be headed in the shop. the beheading was found on camera and then why least so to lead on. also the fact that prime minister in the movie was turned by these modern camera, we have beheaded the taylor. we are living for all god and we shall die for him. listen to me now and remotely. you started this fire,

we will douse it. is in connection to the international console. see which is called after the now suspended. both of the party in india meet with the trophy in a television to be a c i. e led to why protest find across the country. it also drew condemnation from all a dozen golf companies. now i defend in push our non social media platform at the mercy that they were arranging insults, islam within organizations as well. what's important to us across india has condemned the crime, the general secretary of the jamie a dilemma. a hind condemns the brutal killing and who die poor, apparently committed on the pretext of insulting the profit and calls it a violation of the line of islam. what happened in new di, poor,

has affected the whole country, the murder in question. as a heinous crime. it became evident overnight that this crime is directly connected to international terrorism. india investigation agencies are looking at it as an act of 7 people who have been arrested in connection to the case, including the, to modern are who are caught on camera. in fact, those 2 people who firmed the beheading, now all you're in the day to day and the supreme court in the team down heavily on new push our mom calling her new tongue. and that she should apologize to the nation for flaring communal tension. ah, julian sanchez lewis says he's fall to fresh appeals against extra dicing the whistleblower to the us, but as prolonged the legal battle against the u. k. government decision to handle the a songs to authorities in the us where he faces up to 175 years in prison for publishing

american military secrets on wiki lakes and supporters of been rallying in london to demand his release. sanchez father was among them, sharing his despair at the states persecution of his son who would not move in with us. as soon as his legal team stays, the us previously attempted to illegally abduct him and that fog exercising him, they could put his life in jeopardy. the whistleblower is being how to persons high security bell marsh prism, his wife, stacy's health, has seriously deteriorated while in custody. he was arrested outside ecuador, with embassy in london in 2019 of the latin american country, scrapped his fine m status. here's a rundown of why the u. s. has been going off. the assange, julianna's orange, australian journalist with he leeks, co founder, disclose secret documents and fax,

the change global perceptions to which america can prosecute them on 18th challenges. if there were justice, the crime control in exposed war crimes, the killing of innocent civilians would not be impute why. because the songs revealed this i ah

the u. k colt initially rejected the u. s. request to expedite sonjee. i'm it fears for his mental health from risk of suicide and a high security prison. the british high court overturned the decision and approved the soldiers extradition to the u. s. where he could face up to a 175 years in jail. because it pandemic could have been caused by a u. s. biotech mistake that's according to the chairman of a commission organized by renowned medical journal balances. i'm pretty convinced it came out of the us lab. it's a blunder. in my view, a biotech not an accident of a natural spill over while dr. is around the world or warning about the danger of the possible new way of cold id, though it will be a new phase. i certainly is a reason for alarm. at the same time, we have continued today about the origin of the cold at 19 virus. now jeffrey sachs

of columbia university. well respected economist has also said there could be some credibility to this hypothesis about the origin of colbert 19. we do not know whether the insertion of the few or and cleavage site was the result of natural evolution or the result of a deliberate introduction of the fear and cleavage site into a sars like virus. as part of a laboratory experiment, we do know that the insertion of such fear and cleavage site sequences into sars like viruses was a specific goal of work submitted to the u. s. defense advanced research projects agency. now, us officials have often insisted this theory about the coded 19 pandemic, possibly originating in a lab, possibly a u. s. military lab done for research on biological weapons or biological warfare or dangers linked to the u. s. department of defense. often, the usa has dismissed this as a conspiracy theory that it is not tolerable for discussion. now wherever we now

have the end of the world health organization, saying that they should be able to discuss all i offices, leave them on the table and leave politics out. own hypothesis, my city main on the table until we have evidence that enables us to rule certain hypotheses in or out. there are new questions about the possibility called that originating a u. s. department of defense link laboratory. it's important to note that some of the censorship that has gone on since the beginning of the pandemic, limiting discussion and not permitting debate about this issue, certainly worth reexamining. questions being raised about why certain theories about the pan demik were not allowed for discussion. many thanks for joining us here on our t international. and as always you can find plenty more news debate analysis on our website policy dot com. ah

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[000:00:00;00] with hello and welcome to cross top where all things are considered. i'm peter labelle, the north atlantic treaty organization is a peculiar thing. it claims to be a defense of military alliance, but it aggressively expand and that expansion is directed at russia and its klein state. ukraine is losing a war. nato actively supports. essentially, nato has decided to double down on failure. ah, cross talking nato. i'm joined by my guess, scott ritter in del mar. he's a former intelligence officer and the united nations weapons inspector in tens. meaning we have had see he is a conflict consultant and a retired u. s. foreign service officer and in madrid, we have wyatt read. he is