ah, ah, with forces take control of the city of lucy chanced. according to multiple reports, the city was the last major stronghold of ukrainian forces in little johnson republic. nato claims russia is a major threat to european security and it's new strategic concepts. also highlighting the challenge allegedly posed by china wanting you may find the falling footage to step a under the wounded and doesn't killed as crowds in morocco, a repelled by morocco and spanish law enforcement while trying to cross the countries border

with just one of them on sunday morning, here in moscow. my name is peter scott and wherever you join us from, welcome to the weekly here on our t. but we start with some breaking news. this our, 1st of all, at least 3 people have been killed and 4 more injured, including a child during shelling of the russian border city of bel, correct? ah. according to local officials, 11 apartment buildings and 40 houses have been damaged. witnesses say that the defense systems have been active for several hours, with a number of rockets managed to break through and fall in the area. emergency services are working at the scene. and russian lead forces have taken control of this city of lucy chance can afford its little guns. republics, military on multiple reports from the area. the chance was the last major stronghold of ukrainian forces in little guns republic,

a number of important administrative buildings in the city were allegedly destroyed by the withdrawing forces. some ukrainian troops are allegedly still hold off in the outskirts of the city with sporadic fighting. continuing in the area, we heard from locals, greeting the russian lead, forced by much young, indescribable happiness. we've been waiting for 8 years. look what ukrainian army have done here. this was a provocation, but they sent a fire truck to collect water and then fired a shell. many people died. and then they immediately came and said it was russia who attacked you were going to go for the all the guns republic forces had to been surrounding the city for a number of weeks with russian lead troops encircling lucy chanced from the south and north 2nd control over the key towns in the region, one of the last it is taken by the new guns for police army earlier this week was served done yet. and we heard from locals who were evacuated after ukrainian troops retreated from the area. oh sure. i'm happy that you came home. this is the most

important thing. we lived in hell for 4 months. no more. we lived together there. we tried to help each other with food and did everything we could. actually, the ukrainian army did not give us anything. they did not give us any food just once. they provided 12 liters of water for 40 people. he let you see that. we powered lights from potatoes. we also had small flashlights, but we used them very sparingly. so we learned to walk in the dark here. for almost a month, intense bustles raged in the industrial zone of several done yet scarce ukrainian army sheltered in the plants after russian forces took control of the city. ukrainian military is accused of destroying a chemical tank which the russian m o. d fizz could lead to a chemical incidents. and i'll see crew visited the adults chemical plunge to see what was left of through chief of kids forces. yes,

another plant that was supposed to be the bastion of ukrainian defense that fell rather quickly. this is the territory of the as thought factory of the assault chemical plant. and just yesterday, the last ukranian troops ran uphill towards the town of lucy chance. so now were among the 1st journalists who have been allowed in for some exclusive access, and we're basically we're about to see how they lived and what they've left behind things, but i will like this loma, i think with this a teacher it's not

a curator when north was lim with deputy looking for jacqueline this was one of the firing positions of the ukrainian forces at the as lot chemical plant. you can see here a western made our p g machine gun rounds. very interesting ones. the ones with the red tip, ah incendiary and the ones with the white tip, they have extra piercing capabilities. also here, you can see the results of the work of the russian artillery. maybe even jets. because over here you can see the rounded hit, the roof destroying this position, and by your from what they leave here, goes to us and we use their weapons against them. the assistance provided ukraine, my nato was not affected if ukrainians do not have the spirit to fight than no weapons will help them.

hey justin. so now you're going down to the fortified basement, which was built earlier for those working in the assault plant, to shelter from bombs, not hillary. you can on the sun, how much the defense was prepared here. place this is their sleeping quarters. you see the store, the ukrainian army could hold out for a very long time. this is one of the shelters at the resort plant where i'm a platoon of ukrainian soldiers while slept. i had some rest there. there's a bunch of bunk beds over here on the other side of the room as well. and a bit of an interesting detail here. parts of this place is a well separated with the un refugee agency world curtain and behind this curtain, ah, american made javelin missiles, sure, of the scores on a student with one of machine use. but she was officially in this place, give some serious flashbacks of another factory over in the city of murray opal.

the infamous as of style where the as of neo nazi battalion was sheltering for quite a while. the only significant striking difference that i see here is that we find in every room these military grade respirators. since this one is a chemical plant, the similar the economy. we're ready to use chemical weapons. apparently they just didn't have time or didn't get some kind of order. thank god, it didn't happen. now give maintains that this was a tactical retreat that the troops, that they fell back to the 40 fight and more advantageous positions over there. a missing the fact that the set positions remained incomplete. encirclement, amish done of reporting from the a sort chemical plant. our t ah. verified footage on social media shows thousands of locals taken to the streets was becky stun. there have

been reports of casualties among protesters as riot police dispersed crowds with allegations of police brutality and a western republic of the country where a state of emergency has been declared for one month. the and the regional capital lucas police have reportedly used on grenades until gus against protest as the demonstrated opposed suggested amendments to the constitution that limits their automate from the federal government authorities say that demonstrate is tried to seize power in the region. the president has a right to assure locals, the amendments won't change the region. special status are made. no comments on the violence classes will bring you more information as that situation develop. the brutal clashes have taken place on the moroccan spanish border as thousands of people

attempted to cross into the spanish ex clave in northern africa. the migrants were repelled by both countries. security forces. now quick warning, you may find some falling footage distress. the at least $23.00 migrants have been killed and hundreds wounded, including $140.00 all the gods un says the moroccan authority to use the tons on stones to repel the migraines as they tried to scale offense and to the spanish ex claim. human rights activists say the police deliberately refrain from helping those who are injured into later spots processed in the spanish capital. human rights watch says an investigation is required and claims. the skirmishes show the different attitudes towards migrants from different continents. on the other side of europe, ukrainian refugees are rightly welcomed with open arms. but here and elsewhere along europe, sport as we see, a total disregard for blacklight large scale attempts to climb over the fences

around militia, post security concerns, but in no way justify the violence we have seen rachel blevins takes a look into why so migrants have been treated differently to others. the stories of migrants who leave their home countries in search of better lives are often covered by the media would involve europe or latin america. however, when it comes to migrants from africa, the coverage can be almost non existent, even when dozens of migrants were killed. as they tried to cross the border from morocco to spain. witnesses called it a blood bath. around 2000 people attempted to cross over the e u border leading to violent clashes with police. while the official death toll is nearly 2 dozen human rights groups are warning that twice as many were killed. now the us has said it plans to launch an investigation. we call on the 2 countries to ensure an effective and independent investigation is held as a 1st step towards establishing the circumstances of the deaths and injuries and

any possible responsibilities. and to ensure that accountability is guaranteed as appropriate, while authorities in both spain and morocco are defending their actions. the photos in video circulating on social media have sparked accusations that border police are trying to cover up the number of lives lost. it is shocking that moroccan authorities are reportedly preparing to hastily bury the man who died. this is crucial to ensure a full investigation into what happened as a clashes. the witnesses who survived said it was their dream to make it to europe while spain claims a sudden migrant search was the result of human trafficking carried out by gangs until it's done what we're talking about in attempt to assault the fence that was evidently carried out in an aggressive way and therefore what spain state security forces and moroccan guards did was defend spain's borders. 5 while the treatment of african migrants has been met with will, outrage,

that stands in stark contrast to what happened on the other side of the atlantic, with the response from some in the us over keeping migrants there in cages. this administration has established concentration camps on the southern border of the united states for immigrants where they are being brutalized with the humanizing conditions and dying. so where is that outrage now? and will there ever be any meaningful change for the migrant seeking asylum in the west as it's the west that continues to metal in their home countries? however, some migrants troubles don't, and when they make it to the u, amnesty international has accused the commission of turning a blind eye to the illegal detention of thousands of arab and african migrants. and the uranium includes cases of abuse and discrimination in the treatment of asylum seekers. that's also why highlights, in the contrast, in treatments of ukrainian refugees in the refugees and migrants have been held for months on end in squalid prison like centers. and with the way nivia subjected to

serious human rights violations, in the hope that they will voluntarily return to the countries they fled from. there have been numerous reports of ill treatment, some amounting to torture. detainees have also been placed in isolation and bitten by dogs. if they tried to escape, a psychologist who worked at the center is currently under investigation for alleged sexual violence against detainees in his care is going to be worse now after seeing the treatment promise to ukrainians, because people here cannot take it anymore. we are under horrible pressure to go back to our countries. is this the humanity they are talking about? we also want to help people coming from ukraine because we already saw that we already lived, that we already felt that the sad thing is we are in a dark place. we are going through a terrible time and we are hopeless. what hurts the most as when i follow the news and see how the world show solidarity with ukrainian refugees and how they treat us here. the lithuanian, andy, you commission officials have yet to respond to those obligations. amnesty international, so documented cases of racial abuse including the use of offensive flows been used

against men and women of color walling lithuanian custody. good. we have been locked up here for 10 months already. we don't even know where we are somewhere near the buddha versus the refugees here, only people of color. there were whites to that they were all released almost immediately. please help us help us. we want to be released. they took our freedom . we need your support. as amnesty and us also pointed out that ukrainian refugees are receiving both benefits on protection from european authorities, as well as a warm reception from many residents of the you who even less ukrainian refugees, sustain arms. nigerian politician adama gobber says the welcome ukrainian refugees have received in the you compared to the treatments of those from africa in the middle east exposes global disparities discarding between the people

on those people of color that are not or people is becoming so entrenched because it's got to can of what you want, right? if you're talking about the responsibility for the, for, for the general population of the warranty. if you have to, can about the q responsibility to be able to manage everybody based on the issues that there might be having. we can not have ukrainian g one in into the you can trees getting all the better team ended up as to mondays, while the people of course, like the people of africa, the middle is a blessed human in a place where they call a saloon nutrition, which is like more julie berry, i'm the national board like a detention center. so it's like they're technically being put into prison denying . that's why i like to proceed with them. so, so this is, this is really not good at all. this is, this is just an so mean human nato has adopted

a new strategic concept with russia label. it's most significant and direct threats . the lines, though, is having some difficulty agreeing on this and other key policies. as r, t shar, davinsky explains at the nato summit in madrid, the alliance made it crystal clear, just how it sees russia. so to day leaders have endorsed naples, new strategic concept. it makes clear that russia's russia pulses the most significant and diet extra toilers security. but despite nato officials claiming their one big united front, some divisions are showing through the cracks. the u. s. u. k and eastern european members want to see moscow weakened permanently, but other key block powers calling 1st swift ceasefire in ukraine and a diplomatic settlement that will allow all sides to walk away with their heads held high to some degree. it's not clear what nato chief he

n stoughton berg really wants either. on the one hand, he says that russia is this massive direct threat on the other. he continues to say that nato doesn't want the conflict to spread. if this becomes a full scale war between russia and natal, then was it suffering damaged? death, destruction at the scale, which is much not worse than what you see in your crane to they yours over a correspond built of course, to prevent escalation beyond ukraine. and that's the reason why nate was not a part of the conflict on the ground. but that came hand in hand. with this hunting out of an announcement, we all transformed the nato response force and increased the number or higher. this forces to well over 300000. so, so the meaningful dialogue a we worked for, for so many years. that's not on the table that's not working,

described as the biggest overhaul of nato's collective defense and of tyrants since the cold war. it made it sound like the alliance was ready, perhaps for a bigger war. however, that was all nice to many nato members who was seemingly unaware of his plan. and that's wondering if they needed to commit more troops. the figure it turns out was conceptual. the details of the nato force model, including its precise scale and composition, continue to be developed and it won't be ready until 2023. that's still a long way off, especially for russia. as dalton book said really poses the most significant and direct threat to nato members and their security. other seemingly high notes. and the summit included the announcement that sweden and finland are about to join the pack off to all. there had been a lot of on twisting by turkey to get anchors approval with both nordic countries, making concessions, which may come back to bite them. in fact,

even before the summit ended turkey threatened that the deal was still not done. and as both countries continued to dance to it's tune, 1st, sweden and finland should carry out their duties and those are in the text. but if they don't, of course, it is out of the question for the ratification to be sent to our parliament. some of those thought to be on the lay start journalists provoking widespread condemnation from kurdish and human rights groups stock. homer sought to allay those concerns saying that it would always follow swedish laws if it does though that could potentially scott, but the deal with turkey. then there is the fact that this summit, so the idea of european strategic autonomy crash and burn for years. french president mac corners hammered out the doctrine that you are a pass to stand on its own without the crutch of the u. s. president biden has other ideas. the united states will enhance our force posture in europe and respond

to the changing security environment, as well as strengthening our collective security. germany meanwhile, found it's back to the war and we'll now chipping more to nato's coffers. whether chance s sholtes really believes that they stand investing more in germany's and military defense is, is really a good idea is yet to be determined this week, some, it has been hailed as a success by nato. the, for some, the seemingly desperate backroom deals made it look more like the alliance is akin to a protection racket that some countries extorting others left right and center malaria . my colleague, nikki, are in disgust, nato, as policies towards russia and relations between his members. with our panel of guest they test his claims. the block does not was a confrontation with moscow. it was your take on that statement. i mean, it just a ball faced lie and he knows it. nobody knows it. you know, when the secretary of defense of the united states states straight up,

that the goal and objective of the united states, which is the lead to player and nato, nato does not blame without american approval. it's nato's policy is to inflict as much harm as possible on russia in ukraine, so that russia will never again seek to entertain a similarly aggressive move that it didn't ukraine against anywhere else in europe . that means it the purpose, the mission is to chill russians. that is the mission of nato today. to kill as many russians as possible in ukraine without getting involved directly using ukraine as a proxy force does not look like the world is thinking into a new cold war. well, the cold war is already, they may not be called by, by that name. in fact, in some ways it is worse than the cold war because during the cold war there was an effort by the united. ready states and the soviet union to find proxy was bought in

distant yoga feast. but here, the west nato, united states and other, they're fighting a proxy war right at russia door. and there are enormous risks in this because things can escalate it and they can go ahead and in fact, we're talking about hybrid warfare. and what is happening is actually hybrid warfare conducted by nato against russia. joe biden has claimed that a so called nato eye zation of europe is the only way to peace there. do you agree with that? if there's one thing that the conflict is exposed, is how much you is hostage of natal. the us things are unveiling right now. that you is not, is not it's completely hijacked by us interest. and they all following and they're going to do their own people day. when you do you get clean into them,

did they do the referendum and asked people if they want to join? they won't do that, they're not real democracies. and this reporting a state you clean. she's the least in aquatic. there's no position. it's an, as he stays the supporting, nothing, any. it's a shame considering the europe history. meanwhile, china was also mentioned in the updated strategy branded as a systematic challenge that leaders of asian pacific states also attended the summit. beijing's top diplomats reacted with a warning. you said that further need to enlargement could ignite a confrontation in recent years, nieto has been persistently expanding and provoking confrontation between groups of countries. the international community should be highly aware of this and should strongly oppose it will. meanwhile, british foreign sexual is trust, has called on need. so member states to expand their global influence,

including sending weapons to taiwan to this, but potential chinese military action against the island. a senior fellow at the penguin institution, which is a china based thing. thank. so that need those presence in the asia pacific would only be stabilized the region. well, i think they are not happy in particular vigor apiece. they're not happy that china did not join them to condense russia also imposed on russia. that the champion, at least the diplomatically the holding russia equals china and the security against russia and depression of the united states and the european a week that's been, you know, basically the falling than to allow you to be used as a tool against china in the us the new cold war china. so you can say like the old china, china, right china, their value your

t. and now we have, you know, for, we are also present at the summit that also our development could be that could be stabilized. the higher we asia, that's the whole thing. and finally, president biden has urged owners of us gas stations to immediately reduce federal prices. now if, despite an early appeal by american manufacturers listing the problems, the industry faces and underlying the war and ukraine isn't the main reason for the crisis. my message to the companies running gas stations in setting prices at the pump is simple. this is a time of war in global peril. bring down the price you are charging at the pump to reflect the cost you're paying for the product and do it now. today's situation did not materialize overnight and will not be quickly solved. although the russian

invasion is undoubtedly exacerbating the situation, today's challenges are largely the result of high crude prices due to a supply and demand imbalance, logistics, re shuffling and policy decisions made at the federal and state levels over many years. many u. s. refineries which supply gas stations with petroleum all working, it's almost full capacity. industry is face serious difficulties since march of to imports of russian oil were bummed and measured, taken by the president, including the release of oil reserves and the police congress to temporarily suspend gasoline taxes. having significantly improve the situation whenever the less joe biden announced that he wouldn't ask saudi arabia to increase his oil production during his visit due next month, comments in on the issue, he instead reiterated. he's putting the blame for the reco prices, as well as for the global food crisis solely on russia. the reason why gas prices are up is because of russia, russia, russia, russia. the reason why the food crisis exist is because of russia. we

discussed the reasons behind rising fuel prices in the u. s. with human and labor rights lawyer done kovachick. and he told us the american economic crisis is deep rooted, and this deterioration is due to sanctions and not russia's actions in ukraine. inflation was rising even before the special operation in ukraine. and to the extent inflation has gotten worse and then and, and in particular, oil prices have gotten worse. that since then, that can be blamed. squarely on the sanction that the u. s. imposed on russia expired in full that that inflation is going up and that the economy is probably headed to a recession. if it's not already in a research politicians trying to deflect responsibility for themselves. that's why they're blaming russia because they are going to lose elections over this. so they're trying to say, oh, it's not our fault, it's russians fall,

but the people are buying because you look at the polls. the poll show the biden's approval ratings are historic lows. and they continue to decline, right? well that's the rop for now. my name is peter scalds on. i be back again at the top of the hour with another rundown of this week's biggest stories. ah, ah ah ah

what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have. it's crazy confrontation, let it be an arms race is on often very dramatic development only personally, i'm going to resist. i don't see how that strategy will be successful, very critical time time to sit down and talk with

me. hello, and welcome to worlds apart. for the last 3 decades, since the collapse of the soviet union, russia has been floundering through an identity crisis, unsure about what it is, an insecure about what it wants to be. and you believe can saturation with the west . proved short lived on the brother on the reciprocated wild. the relationship with the rest of the world was more talked about than attended to. and then came the military operation in ukraine. that changed absolutely everything. what does it leave russia in the search for its own identity and relations with others? to discuss that i'm now joined by federal louisiana research director of the vall died discussion club for there is great to see you in the studio again. thank you very much for coming over. thank you for reminding me. now i'm in psychology the 4th decade of life is yours.