a new and our human is the russian who works with with biden's mission to bring down oil prices and ease americans. pain at the pump is incomplete, as he says, the meeting with the saudi crown prince during his middle east trip is unlikely to impart gas prices at home in the near future. the british army returning to kenya to resume a joint military training program. locals fair, the wide phosphorus claim to be used legally by u. k. troops in the area is posing a grave threat to people's health. like most for us is now be used here told otherwise we are going to die. no one has ever volunteered to teach us about it. we are in great danger. and at our tea cru visits

a town recently taken by russian led forces on his from locals to say the town was under fire every day. the community is remarkable for one reason, a lot of civilians still left here with from moscow to the world. this is our international i and peter scott bringing you the top stories early this saturday morning. welcome to the program. now jo biden's, much hyped meeting with the saudi arabian crown prince. my haven't been sell man kicked off with a fest bond, but the u. s. present has likely not achieved the main goal of his middle east trip and asked to get more saudi oil to east palm paying for american voters. now, saudi arabia is in no rush to open its tops for the united states, and oil prices actually rose by 2 percent this friday that says hi petrol prices in soaring, inflation offer the damaging the president's ratings back home. however,

after the meeting with a saudi crown, prince bin biden has said the trip won't immediately impact gas prices in the us to them that to visit. i suspect you won't see that for another a couple weeks. america needs a saudi oil. this is in light of the ukraine, russia conflict, not only do they want oil from saudi arabia, but at the same time they want to buy that oil at a cheaper price. now on his arrival, joe biden's welcome was installed, contrast to the welcome of the previous american president, donald trump, when he visited saudi back in 2000. and 17 audit biden got was a 1st pump from the crown prince. before being ushered into a room for meeting with the saudi king salmon at a press conference afterwards, biden said that the 2 had disgust saudi defensive needs and wants to the normalization of ties. with his role, a journalist asked the american president whether or not saudi was still

a prior state to which the president chose not to answer, but there was a lot of laughter from the saudis prison. this of course, refers back to commented, died, and made when he was on the campaign trail. i with thank you. thank you. thank you. now the americans voice seen themselves as the policeman of the world as the bastion of human rights. and joe biden himself has said that when he would consider which will leaders to deal with what would be of paramount for him was democracy and respect for human rights. at the country head, he seems to forgotten all of this. he now, prior to his visit to saudi arabia, the u. s. the security adviser said that they were aiming for they to be no vacuum in the middle east for russia and china to take over. at the same time, of course, a lot of the concern of biden's visit has been creating an axis against iran, and particularly palestinian leaders and the palestinians street were aware of this

with a criticism that prior to going to saudi arabia biden wasn't, is role. and in the palestinian areas for 3 days that he found only 3 to visit the palestinian city of bessie and meet with the palestinian president mahmoud abbas. so a lot of the focus of the visit here in israel, prior to going to saudi arabia 40 american president, was consolidating this axis against the man. and no doubt he's going to focus on this during his trip in saudi arabia as well. policy a r t to we sent him live. now the current krakowski retired us for through tenant colonel town and welcome to our international. now this trip is a bit of a tight rope for joe biden, is in a way, has to sort of way up human rights values, a strategic interest. now he's already getting some flight outs home for going there in the 1st place. i was given his promise during his election campaign to make the kingdom

a pariah of the murder of tomorrow for soj. nobody says he did bring up that murder the meeting. but do you think you should have dealt with it more public? it more publicly or would that jeopardize to his chances of resets in relations with saudi arabia? i think it would have jeopardized, his chances of even coming to visit saudi arabia. i mean, if you lead agenda item was dealing with the kashodi murder, then they probably wouldn't have really, you know, accepted his visit. so, you know, it's an example of where the united states and by, in particular, need something that saudi arabia can give them or so they think. and that's obviously an alliance against russia, which they're not going to get at some friendly oil pricing and production, which they're also the i. c is not going to get no yeah, that was one of the main goals of his trip was a boost in oil production. i think opec close did announce a modest one just days before his trip,

but it's just been limited so far. do you think that he will succeed in getting maybe a bigger boost that will make a tangible difference of the pump back home? if not immediately at some point in the future? i honestly don't think that's where the change is going to come from. if prices go down and availability rises, saudi arabia is not the global supplier that it once was. there are many competing sources of energy and even with saudi arabia used to be, they dominated opec and they don't anymore. i mean, opec doesn't, doesn't have the sway that it used to have. so this idea that, you know, you go, you want to, well, you go to saudi arabia, well, it's, it's a global, fungible commodity. and so anything that they do, even minor increases even accepting lower prices, which i don't think they'll do even that will not make a fundamental difference. certainly in the american oil prices or, or global oil availability. i don't, in my opinion, and i think if you look at the numbers, you know,

i think by noon just blowing smoke, i don't think he has looked at the numbers. the numbers aren't, aren't in the united states favor or the western science favor. in terms of saying this are you ready can solve it oil crisis. it cannot, it does not have the capacity to do that. so it looks like many americans will be feeling the pain up the gasoline pump for some time to come yet. yeah. and you know, like anything just like we're seeing in europe and other places, you know, people are choosing to control their gas consumption. we've seen that already, and the prices have come down a little bit as a result of people actually deciding to carpool, deciding not to take the road trips that they were going to take. i'm working from home when they had that opportunity. so there's things you can do to deal with the situation and that's what's going to make a big difference over time. and of course, piece piece will make the big difference over time. sure,

i'm talking about the region as a whole. do you think the biden risks riling iran even further? with his attempts to normalize relations between saudi arabia and israel, as well as to coordinate those at defense systems of the plumbing in the region? do you think it's fair to say that the nuclear deal is probably not done in the water in terms of biden's administration? i think that nuclear deal is, is dead in the water. but it is important to remember country to what i'm reading in. some of the american media biden is continuing the pro israel pro saudi joint relationship. our foreign policy that trump started, i mean trump, but very favorable towards israel. not during his campaign, very much like biting, not during his campaign, you know, but once they get elected, it's all about israel, which we see in the where bitin has spent most of the time on this trip. and then with saudi arabia as an appendage, as a military dependency of the united states as an advocate against iran. and also as

a country that really needs israel's help because you've got to think about, you know, we carry a lot. so here it is not a democracy, it's, you know, a truck dictatorship or a kingdom or whatever. but in fact, it is ruled by a small elite. it's not a particularly large country. it is at war which were helping fund and fight in yemen. and it needs israel support israel's happy to give it and we, it needs our support. we're happy to give it. and this is a policy that has been ongoing for a long period of time, even before, even before trump. i mean, obama very just a bit in some areas, but the biden, you call it the biden. trump middle east foreign policy because it's very, very similar. it is not, it is not signify, it changed. and i think i also think it's not going to speak to his democratic base at all because it is very much like the trust policy on has obviously got some criticism, bark, bark home for the and even though he's denied they've been

a continuation of trauma policy there are certainly many similarities the looking to the mid terms. do you think the bargains trip to the middle east and saudi arabia will affect isn't currently rock bottom ratings and do you see any impacts on those midterms? not with this trip necessarily. most people don't. most americans don't care about foreign policy. it's a, you know, we wait, we wave the flag, but we're not focused on it. it doesn't make us decide whether to vote for someone, for the most part. that is domestic policy. it's always about domestic policy. so unless he is successful in this fantasy and bringing all crisis down by talking to saudi arabia, which is not going to happen. if that worked yes, there might be an impact on the, on the voting in the popular popularity or lack thereof. but i don't think it's going to have much of an impact. his best bet is not to stumble and fall, getting on or off of an airplane,

and getting back home in one piece. that's the best he can expect from this trip. carter a dummy assess from the current credit gorski retired us for through to and kind of thank you very much. we'll take on jo biden's trip to the middle east. thank you for joining us and thank you. meanwhile, the biden administration is facing accusations of double standards elsewhere in the middle east. and human rights activists has slammed whitehouse plans to set up a new international committee to investigate abuses in yemen extensively at the hands of saudi arabia. now he believes the proposed body is a flawed initiative from the thoughts they are working on a very, very bad mechanism that can replace that you ends. first of all, the starting point is that the mandate is weak and 2nd, it is not independent at all. according to reports, the us state department is considering including representatives from humans, presidential leadership council in the new committee. that grouping, however, has close ties with saudi arabia. itself has been the focus of investigations over

the war in yemen. it comes as a u. s. congressional watchdog released a report last month, stating that the u. s. has not fully investigated its own role in perpetuating human rights abuses in the country. probes have also revealed to the saudi bombing campaign in the country under legend. war crimes were conducted with us weapons in january this year, american weapon, it was reportedly used in an air strike in yemen, killing at least 80 people we are among america's biggest customers when it comes to sales. and now washington is said to be discussing, lifting a bond on the exports of offensive weapons to saudi arabia. if progress is made in ending the human war, no agreement though has been reached so far. you have any journalist nasa r a b says the new investigative committee won't be independent. the united states is coming to a former to could yet

a committee. what this committee would be doing. they say that they would, there will be a beeble from their presidential council vis a presentation, but essential council was made by saudi decisions. and it is not the independent. it is not neutral at all. so if they, if they are saying that we want somebody to do a whitewash, there were crimes not to investigate to whitewash that. their crimes, this would be if it happens if this year committee is created, it would be, i think, at this sentence, for their human rights in yemen and maybe in the reagan moving on. now the u. k. military has returned to the former british colony, kenya with a joint training program. commanders have admitted they've been deploying white phosphorus in drills across the area,

but claim in there are legal purposes behind this. but locals are apparently concerned by the substance as deadly threats. despite the brits attempts to whitewash the consequences as his art is done, a quarter explains great. britain's once again, conducting military exercises in its former colony of kenya, the 2 countries just signed an agreement for closer military co operation. and british troops are cleaning up after the latest drills to make sure the locals don't get hurt. the can you defense force in the u. k. army come together to conduct a range sweep of the unexploded ordnance on that kenyan training areas that we use here. and to educate the people that live here on the dangers of that unexploded ordnance and to educate and so that they don't pick it up that and play with it. and they don't cause a danger for themselves. so everything should be fine, right? not exactly. the queen subjects have a long history of breaking the rules and violating people's rights in the region. for example, their use of white phosphorus which international law prohibits when used against

military targets near civilians. international humanitarian law allows the use of white phosphorus for certain methods for certain uses, and that's what we use it for. so we use it to create illumination at night, so we can fight night. it also produces smoke, which provides a smokescreen for us to be able to fight. sure, the brits technically aren't breaking any roles by using it for smoke screens and light shows. but that doesn't mean people living near their playground of war are happy about it. i'm. i yo, guy, most of us, especially the elderly and children know nothing about the white phosphorus, and that is why the british army training unit will keep on using the substance and that no one has ever volunteered to teach us about it. we are in great danger. e o e o kids to south africa went to read close to the training grounds. we're not say, i'm really scared because no one is listening to us. white fuss for should not be used he, i told otherwise we're going to die. now i don't know that i was on the 5th whilst roast is very dangerous,

but the british army will always put on lives in danger because no one will question in mamma. they think they are above the law, miss ugly since last year, british soldiers even started a raging forest fire in the area to this day, they've gone unpunished and london's not entirely admitting blame accidents do happen. it's not great, and we're really sorry. and we really wish it hadn't happened. we are doing everything we can to mitigate their circumstances and put in place measures to ensure it never happens. again. that's not even to mention the canyon women who are allegedly raped and even killed by british soldiers. despite the many complaints kenya and the u. k failed to take effective measures to investigate such claims to bring the alleged perpetrators to justice, ensure adequate reparations for the victims and prevent further attacks. who knows if justice will ever be served for these crimes? seeing as it's unlikely any one will hold them accountable. one thing looks pretty clear though things would be better if the british army left altogether you foreign

policy chief usurped burrell, has announced the block will not recognize russian possibles issued to dom boss residence. the new russian legislation now simplifying the procedure for all ukrainians to obtain russian citizenship is yet another flagrant violation of ukrainian sovereignty. the you will not recognize these passports more than 600000 residence of the done yes and no guns. republics have already received their russian passports, and according to moscow, the number continues to grow the name of booth and simplified the procedure of acquiring the travel document for residence of the don't boss. 3 years ago, citing the dia, humanitarian situation in the conflict zone at the time. we heard from martin dull sir human rights lawyer, he believes the use approaches and appropriate since it violates the principles of the european human rights convention. though it seems too much focus on ukrainian crisis is back firing on you. leaders exacerbating the

domestic troubles are, sees rachel marsden looks at the emerging domino effect if western establishment leaders figured that the conflict in ukraine would consolidate support for them to the exclusion of everything. else going on inside their own countries turns out that they were wrong. even worse, it's starting to look like their handling of the situation. ukraine is exacerbating their own troubles at home, and their own people are knocking them down like bowling pins, which hasn't gone unnoticed by a former russian president. dimitri medive, in his online trolling the most recent member of ukraine's u. pompom squad to find himself teetering on the brink and offering his resignation . is a telling prime minister mario druggie. turns out that people are a lot less focused on ukraine when they're worried about feeding themselves. ah,

drugs relied on his coalition with the populace of the 5 star movement to stay in power. who's in slamming him for his ukraine policies at the 5 star movement, we are absolutely opposed to a military escalation because it would mean further suffering and carnage. so we are opposed to ever more lethal weapons. it is not a question of the type of armament, but of the political direction. if it is that of defending oneself or a counter attacking to be clear, we are opposed to it being ever more lethal ever heavier, we don't want to send tanks. populist officials have tapped into significant concern among italians with 45 per cent of citizens against sending military a to ukraine. you k prime minister boris johnson was planked, walked by his own tory party and cabinet, exasperated in the wake of

a series of domestic scandals. french president emanuel mack whole lost his absolute majority in parliament last month to the benefit of opposition. populists who have wasted no time in blocking his legislative agenda, raising the prospects of a lame duck presidency just 3 months into his new 5 year term. at least nicole was able to bask in the admiration of his fans during the recent bastille day celebrations. ah, german chancellor. all i've schultz is now caught up in a scandal after his own party acknowledged this week, that at least 9 women file police complaint alleging that they were given a date, rape drug at the annual summer bash attended by schultz and his parties and piece as stony and prime minister kai, a callous, lost her populace coalition partner last month when they disagreed with her aunt. i

rush an approach to the situation in ukraine, although she was able to cobble together enough backing to hang in there. inflation in estonia is the highest of the entire yours on, and it's the populace who are getting ground in estonia and everywhere else in europe, to the detriment of these establishment fixtures. who may not have even hit rock bottom yet. berlin just set aside 2400000000 euros for ukrainian refugees, even as german taxpayers are told to brace for. energy shortage is due to the use on sanctions. a warning also, acro echoed here in paris. ukraine is all these leaders have on their minds these days. it's the big rock in the middle of the bike path. and by obsessing right to the exclusion of everything else, the risk colliding with indirectly and completely rocking themselves. the russian m . o. d has confirmed, it's carried out a strike on thursday on the central ukrainian city of needs. the ministry says the

ukrainian military building was targeted by high position missiles while commanders were holding a meeting with foreign weapons supplies. give, however, claims moscow, didn't it? any military targets, but instead had several other buildings in the city getting 23 people including 3 children. meanwhile, the relentless shelling of done yet, city continues just on friday. local authorities accuse ukraine a foreign 9 shells into the city are showing has become something of a norm in cities close to the front line. our teeth rod goes div, visited one such town recently taken by russian. that forces ah, for about a week now, the town of bella, god of cut, has been a frontier community. it is mangled, severely, mangled by the endless. in the incessant shelling and the tags, they have also been several close quarters battles as the cranium. ukrainian troops have attempted to stem the village out of the wooded areas that rise above it in

the hills above it. the community is remarkable for one reason. a lot of civilians still left here, but reaching them is even of itself a challenge. the ground, the very air bela got of cur, reverberate with war. in the shadow of a 2 story apartment building, sat around a rusty makeshift stove, we found a group of civilians, full pensioners, and the 15 year old boy are always here. a few steps from the bomb shelters. it was because the wookey, what they give the re, we've got the sound of these expressions that we can hear. now we've been hearing them for full months. it way with nearby is also your friends. i think we're used to now it's difficult to get used to it. but with accepts of this reality city i

miss dorothy swiftly stepped away. what they have gone through has left its mark. would of them a jittery on the edge and so weary, but make no mistake. the shelves and blasts are only part of the reason that treatment at the hands of ukrainian soldiers made it so much worse. good, as you had described is our pathetic, and they call themselves to punishes. i am the one because i did they say to you, go with yes, 2 eyes now protect us only name you said the last him as having torture you. they would walk around and they would smash sharp, nicholson jenks, and then right on the wall. as i said with swear, westwood, now the russians wouldn't get them want your as the wire up close to where does all this hate come from? what they mean? where from, oh great. so then propaganda are brainwashed, you know all, but the majority of punishment across the don bass, civilians it liberated territories. tell the same story that ukrainian soldiers

despise them, viewed them as pro russian, not anywhere near nationalist enough. they hated them. but that went food ways through that. the exhausted elder walkering i am. his master was injured to their love and you love it when he calls me jane brooks. was you ruth? really early or does the heavier work? yes, it does not said the more hudelin goes, the cook of all home willis, mothers. that'll cook wash, but surely postal anesthesia digital. listen to your issues as it roughly pursued eunice hunger then supposed to proceed with bella. gov co was the last major settlement to be liberated at the low gods people's republic. it was

symbolic by the entire region lost. the key of that may explain why they have tried her race, it from afar. now these half to trying to fight it back up. close both jessica on us volumetric from what all the new e book our machine gunners put on there. it's act 1st. when you're the question, he only had one ammunition bells. was he fired? well covering his retreat. i spotted 2 of them here. i hit one and his partner dragged him over here a little hook on april whiska. this is where he applied 1st aids. you can see the bandages scattered around what the, what you're welcome. lease was ukraine's lung. his family will still have hope and here he is abandoned by his compatriots. we will know his school side. it was, or like, if what the one you thought about really what they then fired back with this have a look at this launcher, have little much the machine gunner got away with a concussion,

mild. i shanika wood. i knew my feeling is that there were on something because initially they were walking out in the open as if they were high and drugs. we've heard the same story before and mario bull nationalists who could fight without eating or drinking, or sleeping for days, who most likely had the access to amphetamines and stimulants. much like here. but they didn't help around bella, god of cur, houses and basements. those that weren't destroyed are strewn with the belongings of ukrainian soldiers. small, they couldn't hold the settlement to fight her back. we seem determined now to erase it entirely. nor does is that yourself in your room, you shouldn't stay here long. any moment the shelling would resume, their mortar team is very good. and don't forget her helmet. or i'd get the a r t for bella gorenca la guns people's republic. as fighting and the

dumbass continues, the u. s. house of representatives has passed a national defense bill increases military helps ukraine, but significantly cuts humanitarian aid of canis. done, the bill will potentially set a new record for the countries at military budget and nearly $840000000000.00. now that's 37000000000 more than president biden had even requested. the figure includes another $1000000000.00 allocated to ukraine, but the new build bonds, the defense department from funding any transport for humanitarian aid to cobble as despite some democratic party members in congress. stressing the importance of help afghan has done scanning on his face in one of the most horrific him in italian crisis on the planet. we should be doing allison in our power to deliver him an italian assistance to the african people not made this limit. indeed, we can supply. now the move comes despite the international rescue committee

repeatedly warning that the current humanitarian crisis in afghanistan could result in even more death than the recent 2 decades of war in the country. us lawmakers on both sides of the political divide have also been voicing concern that military spending has got out of control history and international relations. unless jamal work him believes that washington's policies towards african, it's done, plunging the country into anarchy. i believe that the united states is deliberately doing this because they're going to drive up again. it's done and all the time and neighboring countries, especially in central asia. and this way, the united states could undermine the efforts to promote plan off road and initiative that age to boost trade in your asia. the united states is passing through crisis crisis. they should not spend this money on taking that structure

decaying infrastructure. they should spend this money on development plans in the united states. the latest we'll news here on r. c. m p just got and i'll be back again in around 30 minutes time. but do feel free to head over to our web sites and social media pages for using videos in the meantime the the .