just a quick when you, when you're sitting in with a booklet, lucian williams with kia release is a former commander of a neo nazi battalion, completed for rape and torture in the dumbass, not as part of an amnesty for criminals with combat experience. the joe biden seems to begin his 1st presidential visit to the middle east. we look at how rising tensions may throw a spot on their works with israel being the 1st stop the euro slides to parity with the us dollar for the 1st time in 20 years. to some european politicians now thing the sanctions imposed on russia are mistake. and sheila,

because president has reportedly fled the country after his decision to step down as a mid wide spread riots of the country's economic turmoil. we visits the residence of the prime minister, which has been occupied by professors with moscow to the world. this is all the international. i'm peter scott. these the top stories this hour. we start with some of the latest news from the dom boss, ukrainian army, a military base close to low ganske. the . there are some images captured by eye witnesses local authority to say the attack was carried out with us delivered highmark, munitions. several rockets were reportedly downed by defense systems in the area, but some did manage to reach that targets. so far, no casualties have been reported. now this comes just one day after an attack 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 the incidence. now this footage shows the aftermath of that deadly attack. local authorities claim us delivered. high mas, multiple rocket launches will use striking a fertilizer warehouse. ukrainian officials, however, say it was a russian ammunition deco in the dawn bus. the city of little john is starting to see some semblance of normality following the withdrawal of ukrainian forces. units of the guns republic forces are clearing rebel from the streets as rebuilding work begins with some locals while thing the arrival of russian life forces. to learn newly, shortly we're shooting even back in 2014. the ukranian soldiers told us when we leave, we will destroy everything on our street. we shall,

10 times all of the rounds came from close by city. so we are deeply grateful for what you've done for liberating lucy chance 0 as we've been waiting for this for 8 years. in a meanwhile, latoya's criminal has been released by the ukrainian government as part of an amnesty for convicts with combat experience. but aslan on his shanker, he was behind the bars for torture and rape among the charges, lead the infamous, neo nazi tornado battalion between 20142015 or back in february, ukrainian present volume is zalinski approved the release of convey to criminals. if they're willing to join the fights on the phone line, osmotic sd of pixel the story, pasano he 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 fight of the joined up. but 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 this chance, the headquarters we're located in a school and they set up a camera and the basement which they used to record tortures in mud as of separate us 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. of 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 sent, apprehend them, and it was the protracted siege, the least of their atrocities. and crimes spanned ac tunes, which were hud 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 more 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 only chicago and what he did said through ukrainian society back in 2015 limited the release of convicted fall rights radicals from prison by key of to fight against russian forces. washington blames moscow for spreading dis information about neo nazis in the ukrainian military usa department has dismissed russia's narrative about neo nazism in ukraine as a distortion of the history of the 2nd world war. president putin and his information and propaganda apparatus exploit the historical memory of the soviet fight against nazi germany to fabricate a pretext for their unprovoked, brutal war against ukraine to serve its predatory ends. the kremlin is exploiting the suffering and sacrifice of all those who lived through world war 2 and survived the holocaust accusations by some western states failed to mention ukrainian far right battalions such as as of an ida recent speech by prison zalinski to the greek

parliament given while besides 2 other fighters received a huge backlash from greeks, the ukrainian embassy there responded to saying that as a regiment had been reformed. volume is lensky also compared to the conflict in ukraine with the holocaust while addressing the israeli parliament. though even before the conflict begun, both you and on western media condemned ukrainian, neo nazis for violating human rights. earlier, we got to take some investigative journalist working in 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, for me is just completely amazing. and they are really dangerous the, of the more ideologically phonetic in 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 are war are openly neo nazis. i mean, you know me throw your rush. we knew not see the founder of one of these neo nazis battalions ease. now an advisor to the head of staff of the, of the ukranian army judges in caesar of you origin which doesn't change the fact that e as in these government, people who are openly new nazis. and for him it's not a problem, especially in 2014. when this 1st started on the sack, there was driving down the street and we were literally behind the lines for over here. 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 the us. and this is never stuff the murder

rate. well, sure it's been a staple is more as they've been around in they are in the news president joe biden. he sets a visit israel today as part of his fort dates for the middle east, and is expected to focus on emerging, our israeli military partnership to combine the alleged threats posed by iran. but many question whether his visits would actually contribute to the region security or make an already unstable situation. even worse. that of the american presidents visit israeli soldiers clashed with palestinians. dozens of protesters through stones of security forces, who in turn fights here, gas and arrested several people. the demonstrates is sought to the streets to denounce settler attacks, which please allegedly turn a blind eye to ortiz pole asleep takes us through what we can expect from job gardens, visits the region please let left me here in israel,

as joe biden touches down for the 1st time as president, and the thousands of police deployed has come in place for visiting dignitaries. so what's new on the agenda? temporary 3 prime minister yet yet he says he ran is the main issue under discussion. israel will not stand idly by while ron tries to attack us. we will discuss with the president and his team expanding security cooperation against all threats. i can say is heathen paper off a more integrated and stable middle east. but he's also suggested 8 new, middle east and native given the problems, some accused the current meter of stirring up in ukraine. little wonder these criticism that this wilson, p. d, stabilize the region further. 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. i ran a phobia and division among the countries in the region. tango at brutal killing of

al jazeera gymnast. shaheen absolutely hasn't faded, and her family is still seeking justice. they accuse biden of white washing these way. the armies, actions and social pressure is quite tight to 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 was also mounting on his way to human rights in the latest danasia, ty, at palestine and christian organization is always accused of meeting the criteria of an apartheid state. just the latest voice to the chorus of international organization 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 all make as 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 still a question whether biden will address these issues at all. and while is well, has condemned one ukraine. it did not doing sanctions or weapons delivery, rushed from the waste. they asked israel no bigger fan of israel that lindsey graham for stinkers. and apparently israel said no, i not get on the found 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 u. s. c. of influence . is this a tangible biden to finally get close to align the region for you on board? or is this an opportunity to create yet another military alliance in reading unstable world? oh will bite and finally do what is clear to so many in the world and stop giving israel spatial treatment policy a r t telephone. moving on now the euro's reached piracy with the us dollar for the 1st time in 20 years. and this comes as some european politicians label the sanctions imposed on russia as a mistake. adding to the continent so far has been hit harder than moscow, or to contribute to ritual. mazda explains the leader, frances largest opposition party and parliament mounting. 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. nissan shaw, i think a little 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 atom of him. if we continue like this. now, there are only 2 options for you afterwards. alcohol or psycho tropic drugs that i said i'll kehoe is basically okay. but why don't we take these officials word for it if anyone needs quantifiable proof that the u has weekend, it's 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. it went nuts 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 accept 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 reportedly 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. kays national grid emergency plans of cutting yas 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. 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 cents 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 it's very on citizens the you approved a new batch of 8 for ukraine on tuesday with the total amounts of the blocks financial assistance. the key of now stunning, its over 2000000000 euros time. do i to, to inform you that we agreed on one bill. euro's micro financial assistance with the commission would like to provide for luke or, you know, before the summer break or the western humanitarian aids ukraine. does not always

reach its intended goals, cases of illegal cells online are becoming more frequent in the country. local media science, corruption on effects of control over how a dispense is the main reasons behind this. now this footage shows searches during which police officers exposed another instance of the sale of western humanitarian aid. the suspects sold food that was intended as a for the worst affected 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 . or despite the unprecedented volume of a, this being provided to clear ukrainian president still found cause to criticize his western partners. this time for me also were for its quote on acceptable decision. threats. and augusta bind currently, stuck in the country due to unseat russian sanctions. to germany,

the decision on the exception to sanctions will be perceived in moscow exclusively as a manifestation of weakness. russia has never played by the rules in the energy sector and it will not play now unless it's the strength the dispute, the turbine is a key components of the node stream one gas pipeline. it's had previously been sent to canada for scheduled repairs with also refusing to return it to germany because of anti bush and sanctions. elated by tribes on agreed to return it to prevent a worsening energy crisis in europe. give was furious at the move, but the return of the turbine was welcomed by the european commission on the us state department. canadian lawyer and due to bud david fry, hates, has said that the western countries will try to back out of the involvement in the ukrainian conflicts as it becomes increasing the unpopular key of and my key. and i presume means zalinski has been operating on the basis that the west was going to fight this war with russia by proxy through ukraine. they might have been right if

this war had ended in 2 weeks or a month. like everyone said, it was going to this war between ukraine and russia, which is unpopular to say more of a regional war than an international war was morphed into a war by proxy against russia. and when it's cost canadians, americans, europeans, more than they are interested in sacrificing for what most people perceive to be a regional war, they start to back off in terms of public opinion. and we've seen it in terms of what happened. divorced johnson, we've seen it in terms of what's happening for calls for merkel to resign germany. they're going to try to back out of this unpopular war, which is not gone the way they wanted. they're going to try to back out of it casually, discreetly over and tell zalinski too bad. now you're on the road, which is probably what he wants from the beginning. but for the fact of the west thought they could use ukraine to fight a proxy war against russia. and finally,

shall anchors parliament is expat said, sir, like a new president's at some point next week after the incumbent leader has reportedly fled at the country. after his residence was stormed by protested. amid a severe economic crisis in the country on demonstrators continued to occupy the residences 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 prophecies until the leaders resign. there is a close a lot of the chaotic events there currently within the country. i'm here and the private residents of the prime minister on every campus, eager along with this particular residence and residence, which is almost next door which belong to the younger brother of for prime minister and recover cigna. they were both set on fire and allegedly looted by the people, a group of people who were keeping with the property on the 9th of july that his

last saturday night after the massive rally the man to relieve that was conducted creating a beep of force. so to get rid of the government at the same time the president got ivy i de 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 they were alleging at the prime minister came into prover, not to purely through the part of the people, but as a safe guardian to the current government, which is led by that i de boxes. so i'm walking into the private residence and the entire the residents. the entire property is in ashes at the moment that he was told yesterday by the prime minister on recover saying that he was planning to donate most of his 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 for college columbia, which is almost a couple of blocks of it. so this is where most of the damage had taken place at the same time, the kitchen area and the area that are walking at the moment, which leads to his ordinary personal library are all in ashes. but through some of the person of 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 plumbing system, have been damage and nothing can be basically taken, taking out of this entire property, the entire house, entire residence via private residence of the prime minister on rick, i'm

a senior are in ashes at the moment, this is my private residence and this is our family home. this house is about 10400 years old for generations now is a 5th generation or so has lived here. so i was very sad to see this house in this tate. it's not the money i am concerned about. it's actually a sentimental values and for historical below belongings, which would have gone into another generation. i am sad about this and i'm sad about people who broke this kind of violence or this is not 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 action and some of the, a group of people who were jump in to the property from the parapet valve. and the problem is actually this had happened, natalie ringer, a tie when it was manned and it was safe, guarded by some of the members of the show lanka, our force and they were here. and this all were created. this all were done during such a time, so still, investigations are been carried out. who carried out this and who were the men, their party is 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 debt is owed to western

countries. and over the last 50 years, the international monetary fund has given the state 1516 excuse me. loans shall anchor has gone through a host of so called economic stabilization programs through the i m f. although the 2018 world economic forum shall anchors. prime minister said the government plan to make lanka a rich country by 2025. it's no secret that asia, the economic engine of the future. and in our endeavors to make sri lanka in rich countries, by 2025, we aimed to include asia even more and 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 domination 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. what was the main news stories for this? i would do head over to all websites, r t dot com or a social media pages, as well as our odyssey channel for more news and video content. my name's peter scott, and it's been great to have you with us. ah, ah luis to come to the russian state little narrative. i've stayed on the northland scheme with within the $50000.00. okay, so mine is 2000 speaking with we will van in the european union, the kremlin. ca, yep,

machine. the state on russia today and split or t spoke neck, even our video agency, roughly all band on youtube with ah, ah, a do you mind shooting, you mean?

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