is being a banging, so let me see if i need specific social media timing. mm hm. ah, russia says its forces have killed hundreds of foreign mercenaries and destroyed multiple ukrainian military assets inside the dynamics, people's republic with a decisive battle for control of the area in full swing. while in the neighboring luke grounds, people's republic, our correspondent joins a russian combat patrol that's mopping up hostile resistance from ukrainian troops dressed us civilians, the recently recaptured city of lucy, charles very bus, a bus with control that we will be the now pulling the code back up, that's a whole install potential, whole stuff in the book we're building and he just took a short, many ukrainian soldiers who were left behind have now changed the civilian clothes

. plus saudi arabia says it's relations with the united states and china are not mutually exclusive. that's in the wake of jo biden's, much hyped, but ultimately lack luster. trip to the middle east. and sri lanka is acting president, lambs, western sanctions against russia, saying they are only bringing 3rd world countries like the impoverished south asian nation to their needs. with just after 7 pm here in russia's capital and you're watching our international, i'm donald quarter. welcome to the program. now up to 250 foreign mercenaries have been killed in russia's latest strikes on ukrainian military strikes sites rather inside the danielle people's republic. that's according to russia's defense ministry. here, some of the latest footage released by moscow showing multiple rocket launches against targets and combat zone. the defense ministry also says its forces have

destroyed ukrainian nationalist formations and the countries share costco region, as well as multiple military assets inside don boss as russian lead troops press on with their advance. however, some areas in the daniel people's republic are still coming under relentless, showing by ukrainian forces. the. this footage was released by the mayor of the city of gordon, of done yet people's republic showing what local officials have described as ukrainian artillery shelling of a residential neighborhood. several houses and a cafe were reportedly damaged in that attack. in the neighboring lugens, the people's republic russian forces are restoring order and the key city of least chance capture recently retaking the area or senior. corresponding more i'd gas, do you have joined some of the troops on patrol there as they encountered armed resistance from hostile strigler's. yes. with

control that we will with the now cooling for back up as a hostile potential hostile in an apartment building. and he just took a shot, the police control. the problem is that many ukrainian soldiers who deserted right up were left behind or who were left behind, have now changed into civilian clothes and a hiding in the apartments that they have broken into. 0. can i feel about when you, who do i get i'm holding up? i'm done with weaver, now been us to leave all rather escorted away from the area. the display, special operation on the way reinforcements of a rod. they're going to sweep the building a high, high rise 9th floor apartment building floor by floor apartment by apartment

in order to catch this person who fulfilled for a 3rd day that has been taking pot shots. i rolling through every day, more ukrainian visitors and stragglers. a found sub, come in peacefully, others play, hide and seek. why did you decide to change into civilian clothes and abandon you military units? also, there was no settling going anywhere. it's either a bulletin, it had or a criminal charge at me. i'm a local so i decided to stay there. so you found it was futile to continue to fight us. indeed, we were constantly retreating. where should we go to next to europe stood for michelle, why didn't you try to leave the army earlier? you have a few hours of missile if we left would be shot by our own, the forces. what every captured ukrainian soldier is confirmed. is that morale amongst their forces was disastrous. the crating of food was felt abandon. yeah.

but it felt like cabin fargo fitness and they didn't like it. whoop, look, what's the morale in my units was very low as we were constantly retreating with and didn't have enough ammunition was in the commander stay far from the front and came out only to pillage. i saw that personally. well, i was in the city with every day, the city's commandant tells us chaos and lawlessness. rashid go to strengthens that there is a long way to go yet for these one thing to when the violence and the crime and the looting entirely another with public that they will to come back with her before i'd guys d a r t firmly, she chugs look, gods, people's republic. saudi arabia's top diplomat says re adds relations with the us, and china are not mutually exclusive. that's after joe biden made

a promising but ultimately fruitless visit to the region in an attempt to drum up local support for washington and its allies. we want to be able to deal with everybody in china is our largest trading partner. we built riches with people. we don't see one s exclusive of the other the saudi arabia refusing to ditch its relations with china, in favor of pandering to u. s. interests. riyadh has also suggested that washington should mind its own human rights record after the u. s. voice concerns over the 2018 murder of washington post journalist jamal cas shoji saudi consulate in istanbul to what he saudi arabia says. washington is not innocent either, and pointed to violation was at the notorious abu ghraib prison during the us occupation of iraq with more on how jo biden's middle east. tor has dashed washington's hopes for a grand returned to the region. one years ortiz, paulus lear, she would have definitely had to do with finance for day, middle east trip his over. but the question what actually achieved is still up in the air. his bed for more and she put oil,

has been blown out of the water. i want to see the impact of this visit. i suspect you won't see that for another couple weeks. we, i'd say that come up east, it's oil production, bianca, $13000000.00 barrels a day. and off to shunning the kingdom over the 2018 killing of southeastern is jamal. cash okey. all eyes were on what might and would say to the conference i in thank you. thank you. thank you. that's exactly what bite enabled saudi arabia while on his campaign trail back in 2019. but now fighting his tongue, he came asking for a favor while still trying to save his own face. correct, calling out of saudis. prior to anything, i said that you don't fits to bump a to wyatt, do you?

mm. mm. find him if he does from the golf compilation council, invite him to place it into the united arab emirates to washington. also announcing 1000000000 done is she would need hunger in the i would we, why his overall message to at lead is was, we will not walk away and leave a vacuum to refill by china, russia we're room will suit to build on this moment with active principle american leadership, china was not impressed. phasing shot becket biden saying that the middle east was not someone's back yard, let alone a so called vacuum. meanwhile, american forces continue to target terrorists in the region and are deployed at bases throughout the middle east. still, this didn't stop bite and from suggesting he was turning a page on what america did in iraq and afghanistan. easy for him. not to the families of a 1000000 iraqis killed not to mention the disastrous withdrawal from afghanistan.

and what about his very own 40 and slip glories, honor the bravery, selfishness, selflessness of the who sacrifices bind and turned one page to another. this time he ran, of course, and ramping up support against these i make the public the united states stresses that integral to this pledge is a commitment never to allow iran to acquire a nuclear weapon. and that it is prepared to use all elements of its natural power to ensure that outcome make no mistake by what elements might and mean does that also means, or that you would use force against iran? is that what that mean? if it was a last resort, he also failed to mention how close the iran's nuclear program was tied to how america means for katie k ran with sanctions. because at the end of the day it's one thing for mind and to say that the u. s. will not walk away from the middle

east. it's quite another to ask how much the middle east won the americans to stay, especially now when washington has so little to offer. although we'll can wait, might not even be an option anymore. you're going to do a so the policy would be practiced in the 1980s to bring back the only places to an extent cut in the rush just in good order. i didn't know that. we know was that if maybe on the final phase of the soviet union, no, every player that he was attempting by getting to so good. they've got the open list. i think we've, we've been there. this is, this is bob with natural finish. this would

be that it's not dying before. so then it starts grading, it's oil, which i know if you want. i didn't know this one and we already have seen that so good, but to see or in from washer. and in addition to that, so going to bring it to it, but it was on the basis of in or in, from russia. in other words, it's why settings a should be in the middle of the machine and hopefully that we are a butch. i mean, it's dangerous by dimensions and to be better since when we saw the trends missing their heart,

yet the aftermath of biden's controversial trip to the middle east terran has slammed his policy in the region, accusing the us of spreading iran a phobic sentiments the u. s is once more trying to create tensions and crises across the region through relying on the failed policy of iran, a phobia, a joint statement released after biden's trip to israel emphasized us lead efforts to prevent turan from building a nuclear bomb. biden has asserted the u. s. could use military force against iran as a quote, last resort. earlier this week around president promised a harsh response to any escalation by washington or its allies. political analyst and researcher christopher hawley says the us and israel see iran as a geopolitical threat. iraq in 79 after the, you know, the overthrow of the show. they don't want to listen to washington. they wanted to have their own foreign policy. they were there very much for a different type of world order. and so you, what you see now is that you run is interested to join russia,

china and other countries to really build that. and that ultimately, bryan wall street, it's in the u. s. military had gemini, and it's nato's overarching, a global dominance. so it's, it's very much a nerve wracking for the, in the, in washington and in the new york city, in brussels, in vienna and geneva. and the sad part is that the bite in the middle east, the 1st one in the presidency, was marked by it's drug and iran sentiment. and that was both in israel's and also inside of the radio. and we have to realize that this is judith islam declaration that fight and same with the israeli authorities. it really, it really is quite shocking because they're still leaving this military option, the table and the really the have you run as it's i get. so i think a very, very much this is a dangerous situation, and the iranian government is correct. it is under phobic. they are spreading it all over the region. ah,

you countries need to be on the same page when it comes to foreign policy. that's according to germany's chancellor who stressed the importance of unity within the european block. we simply can no longer afford national vetoes, for example, in foreign policy. if we want to continue to be heard in a world of competing great powers. the german leaders play comes in the wake of you, of a hung gary and veto on a ban on russian oil imports. you sanctions require the approval of all 27 members of the block earlier european commission, president ursula vaughan delay and called for a qualified majority voting system to prevent certain countries from blocking decisions. but to get more on this now, we're going to cross live to german attorney and law professor andre thomas housing . andre, thanks for joining us on the program. and what's your take on the latest statement from olaf, schultz. and what does this situation say about democracy within the you? well, yes, good evening. i think both charles and run the lame,

we used to be called all breast lack a little bit of knowledge of history. the success of the you, the, the magic formula that allow the you to gum strong and successful was that the voting is weighted in the council so that the small countries together cannot force their will on the major powers. and the major powers alone cannot force their will on the small countries is a very complex voting procedure. and, and by and to fiddle with it to change it will, will strengthen the trend towards fragmentation in europe that we all the already see. what do you make of the calls from brussels to scrap this unanimous unanimity voting system among the members? do you think? how does this relate to relate to the founding democratic principles of the you? while it will violate some will destroy the bases the content on the basis,

which is a very finely tuned a can librium a balance between the rich and powerful economic, the powerful nations. your original banner locks and the smaller countries that have joined this will encourage for the brackets for the exits from european union . if you force countries like hungry or poland against their will to, to, to be expected to sacrifice their sovereignty. this is not possible, and it is amazing that on the all top of, of what i consider to be a religious war against russian now to sacrifice european union. well, we've of course, seen on preston and sanctions against russia at this point. the latest 6th package of anti russian sanctions wasn't actually as strong as brussels wanted after hungry, defended its national interests in keeping the importing of russian oil so that it was now preparing a new package of sanctions. what do you expect from that,

from these latest calls from brussels to stop unanimous voting? what kind of effect is that going to happen? have on the upcoming sanctions? i think it's a diversion. it trends. it tries to divert from the fact that 18 percent of the world natural gas originates from russia and about 14 to 15 percent of the world petroleum products originates and russia. it is impossible to substitute a entire supply chains literally from one week to another. so europe is going to face an enormous stress which will strain relations between the european union member space. but it will also jeopardize the, the good continuation of the governments that are in place in europe. the talent government has just fallen. the british government has just fallen and i think germany will be next because obviously people are not sacrifice regardless for fun ideology to sacrifice they, they basic needs like,

like heating. they are ridiculous proposals that people should go into the forest and cut the trees and thought heating. what fire would as if germany should return to the 19th century. well, what do you think about this criticism that we've seen from ukraine and some eastern european countries against schoultz for not taking a tougher stance against russia? love ukraine, i think is becoming increasingly rational. leader is obviously become annoyed. he just today dismissed 60 people on suspicion of being craters. and they tried even a legal action in canada to to prevent the canadian government from returning a repaired gas turbine turbine that is needed in gas stream run. which actually belongs to a german company called seamans. so these, these are desperate steps. i don't see them succeeding. they actually they

show that there is an enormous amount of stress and strain on the ukranian government to get out of an impasse or of a situation that doesn't move anywhere that doesn't move forward. that doesn't have a future. all right, german attorney and law professor dr. andre thomas house and thank you very much for joining us on the program. thank you. and western sanctions against rush are only bringing suffering to 3rd world countries like sri lanka, that's according to the impoverished nations interim president, speaking at an international forum for preventing hunger and famine. let us look at the sanctions that are being imposed and asked, i said, is this nancy? is sanction being russia please means the sound on being russ. yeah. believe me. but it did. meaning that i started the needs meanwhile,

for long as government has imposed fuel rationing in the latest attempt to bring the country's economic turmoil under control. that's as people queue up for hours or even days to fill up at the petrol stations. so long as energy minister has even urged residents not to wait in vain saying that only limited supplies will be handed out throughout this week. this country has been really from a profound crisis that has left it unable to import sufficient amounts of essential goods including fuel. some people have even been observed fighting over gasoline, as many residents are faced with the hard choice of having to buy fuel or food or to corresponded runjun sharma explains how sri lankan are coping with the crisis. a shortage of fuel in a bankrupt country has led to prizes of all commodities including rice, wheat, fruits and vegetables, going to the roof with inflation at more than 50 percent. the prices are burning a hole in the pockets of she lumpkins. ordinarily this market would be buzzing with

people at this avo, but now with the prices of basics going up drastically, things have changed. something like a banana say for example, is also become a luxury for many, it's very expensive. come back to the full months ago. we don't consume fluids like those days. we just get this in show, stop, people, to be a good read money. this is robin livings are not normally at the moment. the island nation is running out to foreign currency, deserves to import a san shall items and its impact is hitting hard look with the now counting on the changing political landscape of the country to reshape their economic future. despite got by roger buck shells resignation, protests continue and sri lanka. it's d 100 and the crowd chance have gone from. got a go back to ronald, go back. why are people still your and not at home?

you me ask. not far from the demonstrations is be to sons lean in while what day in these small alleys. we stop by a house. it's around 7 in the evening. andrew cheney has just started making dinner . she has to feed a family of freaks, including her 2 children. with no gas, she was a scary thing. who she is just about finished cooking and that's been a bubble. got she? how family are going to eat the meal? incomplete darkness, just like more stace, the power won't come back for the next 5 hours or so. although the cops have gotten better from a month ago, but it's still a daily affair by dwelling on godaddy into her only able to give all children milk once a day dumped on 3 times previously. because men powder is not too expensive. we'll try to feed our children 3 times a day where we can barely manage to do it more than once or twice. we counted and gab basic maps in for children. there are no on to buy out except local pharmacies

or even at hospitals. rich, any story is not just her story. it is the story of many of the 22000000 people in the country. and unlike the daily bava cutouts they plight will last much longer than a few hours. with no telling when things will improve ruins. sharma in colombo, 40 over a 100 refugees and social workers have gathered outside a reception center for ukrainians and parrots, demanding equal rights for migrants from other countries, while accusing french authorities of favoring white asylum seekers. here's what some of the demonstrators have to say. oh yes, there is a whole group of migrants who come here from various countries to denounce the existing differences in treatment. there are only 30 ukrainians inside. the rest of the facility is empty. the question is, why, and we know the answer. it's the racism of the state which leads to other people

having to go stay on the streets, put em. okay, good. every euro put people there. good. give a close to him. a note to all 3. got a not dog. gone as a nod to another thing, old multitude on not another one. we'll have also like him problem, he often like them. we demand the same rights as ukrainians, neither more nor less housing and paperwork. some people come here from many countries of several nationalities, from sudan to eritrea, to afghan, as dan. and we all form a collective of people who fight for equality and against racism. and that means obtaining housing and documents for every one, no matter the color of their skin or their nationality. the protesters also say refugees fleeing from africa are risking their lives traveling through the mediterranean sea and they often fall prey to human traffickers. those who do make it only under facing discrimination and a denial of basic rights in europe earlier this month, african refugees cried foul over what they call double standards by french

authorities and dealing with migrants migration and societies studies. professor lauren long del says, france is failing to redeem itself from its colonial past. i think what we're see is lingering forms of, of both racism and islam, some coming, economic hardship, some pre political hardship. they've had time, they've planned to come. if there were legal ways for them to come, we wouldn't have these issues. well, i think it's unclear what the french government will do there now new the divided between the president and the parliament. there is widespread xenophobia within frank, but i think there are also people in france who want to see the country be more humane, more equitable, and with the new political allegiances and alignment there, it's unclear what direction they're going to go. i do think it's very unlikely, however, that france, which refuses to even recognize race as a category within politics, is going to do much to address racism head on the u. s. government funded

a company that advised facebook on which accounts to sensor and delete on the network that's according to a new report which has shed more light on washington's meddling in social media, as ortiz, rachel blevins reports. it is no secret that social media networks like facebook and twitter have spent the last few years targeting accounts. they claim are guilty of spreading dis information, but when it comes to which accounts are removed and of course, what is considered false information? the question then turns to who is influencing those decisions? and that was certainly the case when facebook deleted dozens of a counseling to the opposition and sudan last year. as the countries military sees power from the u. s. back transitional government, we removed 53, facebook accounts, 51 pages, 3 groups and 18 instagram accounts in sudan that targeted domestic audiences. and were linked to individuals in sudan, including those associated with the future movement for reform and development. a

political party and sudan. we found this network after reviewing information about some of its activity shared by researchers at valence projects phase that gave the credit to vail and projects a company that describes its mission as investigating dis, information, and supporting newly formed governments to help them survive. it's work is being made possible by donors that include the u. s. agency for international development . an organization previously used by washington to try and cite regime change in countries like cuba. in fact, according to leak documents obtained reported by ment press news. valan projects received $1200000.00 from you as a id for its efforts to counter dis information. washington has a special interest in sudan as the country's leadership had been the subject of the agency's office of transition initiatives following a government over throw in 2019 following months of a nation wide non violent movement. the establishment of

a civilian lead transitional government in august 2019 represented a historic democratic transformation and an opportunity to further u. s. interests in sudan in the region also prevail and projects itself. it's worth noting that the companies founder and direct or a meal con, is a former reuters and b, b. c reporter that you check out his linkedin profile. he has a gap of around 10 years, during which time you went to work for the british government, providing information support for the armed opposition in syria. after leaving journalism, he has worked primarily for the british government as an advisor and consultant in asia in the middle east. since 2013 a meal has been primarily focused on syria, providing political and media support, opposition, political and military groups fighting the regime and extremist organizations including iso and al qaeda khan is now involved in information campaigns on the home front with the link documents revealing that his company provided a tuesday to plan for tackling anti vaccine sentiment in the u. k,

which included the collection of public data. they worked alongside the royal institution. that's an organization where prince charles of the patron and queen elizabeth cousin, the duke of kent is the president. now, as for the message that was delivered by this campaign, they reportedly worked with a prominent youtube or with the goal of convincing the public to support getting the job. the findings will be used to devise a campaign that utilizes youtube or abigail thorne's existing platform to achieve a measurable cognitive shift in the target audience. this will be achieved by incorporating a defined thought driven action is the outcome of the approach. and it doesn't stop there from facebook. hiring a former nato press officer to lead it's global intelligence strategy to twitter, hiring dozens of former f b. i. agents and recent gears to handle everything from crisis management to information integrity. the same social media platforms that have been known to profit off of and miss handle your data are continuing to increase their ties with

the u. s. intelligence community. but the fact is slipping under the radar while they're busy targeting, so called dis information that doesn't pander to their agenda. political analysts, dakota, lily says the money trail means the u. s. is using taxpayers money against its own citizens. these are millions of dollars which coincidentally is also taxpayer dollars being used to sway opinion.