ah ah ah releases a convicted commander of a far rights battalion who was found guilty of torturing and kidnapping people in the dom bus as part of an amnesty for criminals with combat experience with joe biden. soon to begin his 1st presidential visit to the middle east, we look at how rising tensions may throw a spot in the works with israel being the 1st stop the euro slides to parity with the u. s. dollar for the 1st time in 20 years. to some european politicians now saying the sanctions imposed on russia are a mistake. and she'll anchors president has reportedly fled the country after his

decision to step down. as amid widespread riots over the country's economic turmoil . we visit the residence of the prime minister, which has been occupied by protesters with this one minutes past 8 on wednesday morning. harry moscow writes in the middle of the week, my name is peter scotts, and wherever you joining us from. welcome to 30 minutes of news and analysis here on archie. but we start this out with some of the latest news from the dumbass. ukrainian army has a type, a military base close to the ganske. the. there are some images captured by local. i witnesses all storage is the say the attack was carried out with us delivered highmark, munitions. several rockets were reportedly downed by a defense forces in the area, but some of them did reach the target so far,

no casualties have been reported. now this comes just one day after attacked by the ukrainian army on the city of nova care home in the russian controlled region of san at least 7 civilians were killed in 18 more injured in knots incidence. now this footage shows the aftermath of that deadly attack. local authorities claim the u. s. delivered highmark most full rocket launchers we use striking a fertilizer warehouse. ukrainian officials harvest with a russian ammunition deco meanwhile, and authorial criminal has been released by the ukrainian government as part of an amnesty for criminals with combat experience ruslan shanker, who was found guilty of torture and kidnapping among the charges lead the neo nazi tornado battalion between 20142015. back in february, ukrainian president followed me the landscape approved the release of convicts if they were willing to join the fight on the phone line off season or i guess be of

has that story. refinery shanker was viewed as something of a monstrous figure even inside ukraine when he created the tornado. who volunteer battalion at the moment of its creation a quarter of the personnel. the fighters joined up with convicts only shingo and the tornado battalion, his gang, which is what they came to be known as was said to suppress separatism in the guns, which is why they made their headquarters near the city of lucy chanced, recently liberated a city of lucy chanced the headquarters we're located in a school and they set up a camera and the basement which they used to record tortures and mud as of separatists, as well as civilians. wealthy civilians who they kidnapped in order to in order to extract from their families from their businesses a vast amounts of money. there was rape, a lot of rape gang rapes as well as rapes involving miners. in one instance,

quotes heard about a 10 year old girl that was kidnapped and raped over a period of many days by members of tornado fighters from the unit until that girl's death. i've actually, the organization received such infamy that they would disbanded by a government decree. a number of members refused to surrender to the government forces the special forces said to apprehend them. and of the protracted siege, the least of their atrocities. and crimes spanned ac tunes which were heard at ukrainian courts after tornado itself was disbanded and only shanker was arrested. there were more than a 100 witnesses, as well as victims that reported things that quite frankly shocked ukrainian society. previously, a number of his associates had been released from prison in the opening a days of the conflict between russia and you and but the senior leadership,

those believed to be behind the ma, heinous crimes. they were locked up until until now, and it is believed that the decree, the order to release them must have been approved by the president himself or someone very close to him, a high up in the government. because hey, again, because of the shock waves that tony chicago and what he did said through ukrainian society back in 2015 amid the release of convey to far rights radicals from prison by kia to fight against russian forces. washington blames moscow for spending dis information about neo nazis in the ukrainian military. the u. s. the state department has dismissed russia's narrative about neo nazis in ukraine as anti semitic because of presidency. lensky is jewish roots. when critics point out that ukraine's president viola dimmer zalinski who won the 2019 election in ukraine with 73 percent of the votes,

is jewish himself with family members who were killed by nazis. the kremlin disseminates false narratives, attempting to deal jeremiah, his jewishness the kremlin falsely claims the worst nazis were actually jews, and seeks to down play the role of anti semitism in nazi ideology. the accusations by some western states fail to mention ukrainian far rights battalion, such as as of an ida. a recent speech by president zalinski to the greek parliaments given while standing beside 2 as of fights as receipt, a huge back clutch from the greeks. now the ukrainian embassy that did respond to say, the as of regiment had been reformed, followed him is zalinski also compared the conflicts in ukraine with a holocaust while addressing the israeli parliament. though even before the conflict begun, both the un and western media condemned ukrainian neo nazis for violating human rights. earlier, we got to take of some investigative journalists working in the don bus. 60 new and as is better in ukraine. so pretend that they do not exist and then they are not

a threat for me is just completely amazing. and they are really dangerous. they are the more ideologically phonetic and ukraine. the, these battalions were the 1st to shoot against civilians. ended on boss in 2014, when the war begun. zelinski had during years ago. and since then now people in his government who are openly neo nazis, i mean, you know me through your rush. we knew not see the founder or one of these new analogies battalions ease. now, an advisor to the head of stuff of the, of the ukranian army judges in skis or either of you origin which doesn't change the fact that e as in these government, people who are opening new nazis. and for him it's not a problem. especially in 2014,

when this 1st started on the fact there was driving down the street and we were literally behind the lines for over a year. now seas and nazis, i'm not even sure if you can call some of them deal because of their actual background from the early spring in 2014 late winter, 2014. they were murdering people across and this should never stop the murder, the rate for sure. it's been a stable, it's more as they've been around in who they r u. s. president joe biden is set to visit israel today as part of his for dates of the middle east and is expected to focus on an emerging arab is really miniature partnership to converts and the legit threats posed by iran. for many questions, whether it's visits will actually contribute to the region security or may can already unstable situation. even worse. that of the american president's visits.

israeli soldiers clashed with palestinians. dozens of protesters through stones, our security forces, who in turn fight to gas unrelated to several people. the, demonstrates it to the streets to denounce settler attacks, which police allegedly turn a blind eye to all season policy. it takes us through what we can expect from jo biden's visit to the region. these are left left to me here in israel as joe biden touches down for the 1st time as president. and the thousands of police deployed is common place for visiting dignitaries. so what's new on the agenda, tempe? 3 prime minister yet you'll appeared, says he ran is the main issue under discussion. israel will not stand idly by while iran tries to attack us. we will discuss with the president and his team expanding security cooperation against all threats. i can say he's in favor of a more integrated and stable middle east, but he's also suggested 8 new middle east in mesa. given the problems,

some excuse the common to me to off steering up in ukraine. little wonder these criticism that this will some p d, stabilize the region so that the entry of foreigners in the region will not create security and stability, but is itself the main cause of tension and regional rift. america raises such issues solely with the aim of sewing iran, a phobia and division among the countries in the region. tango at little king of al jazeera agenda, serene absolutely hasn't faded, and her family is still seeking justice. they accused biden of white washing these wavy armies, actions and social pressure is quite high too. when biden enters bethlehem from jerusalem, the 1st thing he sees will be this wall painting. the wall painting as an expression of our rejection of the american position on the issue of the assassination of ob lockley and a condemnation of the american report. chris is also mounting on his way to human rights in the latest danasia by

a palestinian christian organization. israel is accused of meeting the criteria of an apartheid state, just the latest voice to the chorus of international organizations denouncing the country's humanitarian track record. it is abundantly clear that israel meets the definition of the crime of apartheid under international law, both through the laws, the state has adopted and its inhumane practices. israel actively works to promote separation and segregation through a biased legal regime that offer specific rights and privileges to one group at the expense of the other to maintain its domination. for an israeli jew, there are no restrictions to move and elected or make his i'm not making things easier, quite the contrary. when they come up with statements like this, if there was a button, i could press that would take all the arabs and put them on a train to switzerland. may they live amazing lives there? i wish them all the best in the world. i would press that button a button like that does not exist. apparently, we were destined to exist here on this land in some form. it's still

a question whether biden will address these issues at all. and while is all has condemned one ukraine. it did not doing sanctions or weapons delivery, rushed from the waste. they asked israel no bigger fan of israel than lindsey graham for stinkers. and apparently israel said, i'll get on the phone israel. you know, we stand up for israel where they are, and all that is wrong in russia has a temporary corporation in syria, putting television in a tough place as the middle east looks to me further from the usb of influence. is this a chance for biden to finally get the closest ally in the region fully on board? or is this an opportunity to create yet another military alliance in a really unstable world, all will bite and finally do what is clear to so many in the world, and stop giving israel special treatment policy a r t telephone. in the news,

the euro has reached parity with the us dollar for the 1st time in 20 years. this comes as some european politicians label the sanctions imposed on russia as a mistake. adding this so far the continence has been hit harder. the moscow also contribute to rachel marston takes up the story. the leader, frances largest opposition party in parliament mowing. the pen of the national rally party is sounding the alarm about the european union's anti russian sanctions . being more damaging to france than to russia and calling to sanctions the root cause of inflation listen show. i think a bit more ease. sanctions against russia turned out to be completely ineffective. and this, in fact, sanctions have enriched russia. in particular, the french have been sanctioned more than the russians. so i think it's a big mistake that selzer of austria is getting the same bad vibes. it's of at the muslim if we continue like loose now, there are only 2 options for you afterwards. alcohol, or psycho tropic drugs that i said, our alcohol was basically okay. but why don't we take these officials word for it

if anyone needs quantifiable proof that the u has weekend is on economy through sanctions? the euro is now almost exactly at parity with the u. s. dollar for the 1st time in 20 years. the use currency started plummeting against the greenback around the time and what not. and started handing out anti russian sanctions like halloween candy and it's now down 12 percent since the beginning of this year. that's great news for americans, maybe who want to come hang out here in europe this summer, but it's also good for rich americans or corporations interested in buying up european interests. it's some kind of fire sale prices. meanwhile, the russian rouble reached its highest value in 7 years last month and the big loser and all this wells, europe, to the competitive benefit of the u. s. on the global playing field. moscow has pivoted to the global self. but where is europe going to pivot? now, except right into uncle sam's arms, the you had every opportunity to adopt

a policy towards the ukraine conflict that didn't involve harming primarily its own interests. instead, it's forging ahead and re quarterly preparing a 7th round of anti russian sanctions pushed by nordic and baltic countries. you sanctions are working so well well against you countries that french economy minister bully nolan air is talking about cutting the power supply to some french companies or what he calls load, shedding plans that slow down or stop the company's energy consumption. let's prepare for a total cutoff of russian gas today. that is the most likely option. we have to anticipate and to put ourselves in order of battle. as of now, the financial times in neighboring britain has already evoked the u. kay's national grid dis, emergency plans of cutting gas to the e u in the event of a u. k shortage, which would make matters even worse. and when you know it,

the u. k is already preparing for that worst case energy scenario with talk of energy bills that they could climb to $3300.00 british pounds per year. and already, the purchasing power of u. k. citizens has taken a big hit, the energy market consultancy cornwall insight attributes, the dyer forecast to an energy market that has become increasingly more volatile amid uncertainty over the gas that russia sends to europe. sales volumes are falling to a rate not seen since the depths of the pandemic as inflation continues to bite, and households cut back spending discretionary purchases were hit hard, especially white goods and homeware, while consumers also traded down to cheaper brands in food and non food alike. yeah, in other words, uncertainty caused by sanctions that the you imposed on itself and its very own citizens over to sher lankin on the palm. and there is expected to alights

a new president's next week. thus, as the incumbent leader has reportedly fled the country after his residence was stormed by protesters, i'm at a severe economic crisis in the country. now demonstrates his continued to occupy the rep dunces of leaders accusing the government of being responsible for months of acute shortages of food, fuel, and medicine. the processes say they will remain other properties until the leaders resign is a closer look at the chaotic events gripping the country. i'm here at the private residence of the prime minister on every commerce eager along with this particular residence and residence, which is almost next door which belong to the younger brother of prime minister and recover cigna. they were both set on fire and allegedly looted by the people, a group of people who were came into the property on the 9th of july that his last saturday right after the massive rally the man to release that was conducted.

creating a people for sir to get rid of the government. at the same time the president got ivy i did boxer. and the next in line was to ask the prime minister also to step down from his fort for you as the prime minister. because there were alleging that the prime minister came into prover. not purely through the part of the people, but as a safe guardian to the current government, which is led by that i de boxers. so i'm walking into the private residence and the entire the residents, the entire property easing ashes at the moment. he was told yesterday by the prime minister on rick, i'm a singer that he was planning to donate most of his so library, which had more than 2500 valuable books to some of the libraries at the same time. but to some of the schools are nearby, and at the same time,

some of the donations were targeted and some of the donations over he was planning to give it to his own alma mater roy college, columbia, which is almost a couple of blocks of it. so this is web for most of the damage had taken place at the same time, the a teacher nearby am and the area that i'm walking at the moment, which leads to his ordinary personal library all in ashes. but through some of the personal friends and some of the members of the security personnel, some of the books that were there in the library had been rescued by them. but most of them have been burned down. and even at the moment they looks, it is not working in the clubbing system, have been damage and nothing can be basically taken, taking out of this entire property, the entire house, entire residence, the private residence of the prime minister on rick, i'm a senior r e ashes at the moment. this is my private precedence,

and this is our family home. this house is about 10400 years old. actually this house was built by ha, now we do our dinner and. and we do our dinner from my mother's side. and i have 4 generations now with a 5th generation or so has lived here. so i was very sad to see this house in the state. or when i arrived on the, on the morning at about 7 o'clock or into houses vandalized and looted. and then the damage was done and it's a great loss. only thing is because we had

a lot of historical documents and some, and also historical artifacts and paintings, which milan below and below, which would have gone into another generation. oh, i'm sad about this and i'm sad about people who broke this kind of violence. this is not, it's not what you should do if you need a change. so when you walk through, you can see how the level of the damage that it had been created, the as a result of the actions and some of the, a group of people who were jump in to the property from the up at up at valve. and the problem is actually this had happened during a, a tie when it was manned,

and it was safe, guarded by some of the members of the show, lunk, i office and they were here. and this all the created, this all were done during such a time. so still, investigations are been carried out, who carried out these and who were the main, the parties responsible for the devastation that had been already created here. now this all comes as shall anchor faces a major economic crisis. most of the countries external debts is owed to western countries of the last 50 years. the international monetary fund has given the states 16 loans and has gone through a host of so called economic stabilization programs through the i m f. although of the 2018 world economic forum shall anchors, prime minister said the government plan to make sure lanka, a rich country by 2025. it's no secret that asia as the economic engine of the future. and in our endeavors to make sri lanka in rich countries, by 2025,

we aim to include asia even more in leverage, strategic access to emerging markets ranging from india, pakistan, china, japan, and south korea to association of southeast asian nations. the u. s. government as complete nation over both the international monetary fund and the world bank. the u . s. government is the only member that has veto power over the decisions of the bodies. and we've seen that throughout the global south in particular, the i m f in the world bank have been involved in imposing structural adjustment programs. that force countries to cut social spending, privatize their natural resources, and then sell off their assets to western corporations. usually the i m f demands that a country cut, pensions, reduce the minimum wage, basically implement policies that are bad for the people of the country and are good for the interest to foreign corporations. and it's very likely we don't know, of course, what's happening inside the talks between the sri lankan government and the i m f.

but it's very likely that the i m f was demanding these conditions that were simply unacceptable for any self respecting sovereign government of sri lanka. we look at the history of the i m f. conditionality is that have been imposed on countries like sri lanka. they have been very arduous and they have been very undemocratic demanding that the country violate its own economic sovereignty in the interests of foreign corporation. so if we can learn anything from history, i think we can conclude that it's very likely that the sri lankan government was unwilling to given to these unreasonable demands for the 17th time. russia's sets a by hundreds of unmanned aerial vehicles, including combat drones, from iran, with us, at least according to washington or in the information indicates that the iranian government is preparing to provide russia with up to several 100 u. a. b 's including weapons capable you avi's on an expedite expedited timeline or

in information further indicates that iran is preparing to train russian forces to use these you a these with initial training session slated to begin as soon as early july to iran has a larger range of both surveillance and combat u a v. for instance, the high altitude, long endurance ones with an operational radius of 500 kilometers or more than your generation over radian jones reports to be have a range up to a 1000 kilometers on the flight time of 24 hours. currently, the majority of iranian jones can carry a miniature guided bombs, but they will soon be armed with missiles capable of reaching targets up to 8 kilometers away. meanwhile, runs for a ministry dismissed washington allegations of a possible drone acquisition by russia. just by sending billions of dollars worth of military aid and kia using turkish made by right arm to combat u a. b. washington found in the alarm before the incoming visits of president buddy

may have to tend to run next week. the russian presidents will hold meetings with iranian and turkish counterparts. meanwhile, the head of the reigning central bank recently visits of moscow announcing plans to use only national currencies in bilateral trade. they also stated that the 2 countries could increase trade by up to 50 percent earlier we heard from ford is already professor of political communication at the university of terror on you says it's selling drones is permitted under international law. it shall, military corporations have been going on for many years and has been buying from russia. and it is able and willing to send tends to russia as well. and drones is not prohibited under any type of international law. it has been under sanctions for more than 40 years and for iran to be able to produce weapons that

russians are going to buy from you. don is something that amazing to a lot of people here. actually, obviously they're very advanced country in terms of weapons manufacturing. so for the on to be able to provide something that's missing in the rush. and also not this something quite amazing to a lot of people on the u, as approved a new batch of aid for ukraine on tuesday with the total amount of the blocks financial assistance to kiev. now stop it. 2000000000 euros. i am delighted to inform you that we have a great one bill, euros micro financial assistant. we can, you know, with the commission would like to provide for carrying. and before the summer break, however west and he monetary needs,

ukraine does not always reach its goals. cases of illegal sales online are becoming more frequent in the country. local media sites, corruption and ineffective control over how a dispenser as the main reasons behind it. this voltage show searches during which police officers exposed another instance of the sale of western humanitarian aid. the suspect sold food that was intended as humanitarian aid for the worst effects of ukrainians. as a result of such cases, ukrainian volunteers continued to collect money from ordinary citizens for the basic needs of the ukrainian army. despite western multi $1000000000.00 assistance in the use, the town of via a young skinnier, katya is almost completely under water falling a burst this georgia was built in order to protect the area from overflowing rivers . the water broke through the dumb flooding streets and courtyard territories in the via young sc district of york. katya,

the local authorities said the electricity supply was partially down under the residence of the town to be prepared for the worst. adding, however, that the water level is currently receding. 5 temporary accommodations centers with the capacity of 490 people have already been deployed with an emergency declared the region so heavy floods just 2 months ago when dozens of houses in yellow coast went under water. well that's a rob, it's a $29.00 a m moscow time. do you head over to our website for me on any of those stories? you just head on his pizza, scott, on the back again, the top of the hour with another one down of the latest. ah, ah, ah.

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