a joe by imposing these sanctions on russia has destroyed the american economy. so there's a boomerang, a a russia says its forces have killed hundreds of foreign mercenaries and destroyed multiple ukrainian military assets inside the done yet people's republic. the decisive battle for control of the area in full, swaying while in the neighboring lugens people's republic. our correspondent joins a russian combat patrol that's mopping up hostile resistance from ukrainian troops dressed as civilians. the recently recaptured city of lease to chance with controls agree with the now cooling for backup. holostar potential host up in an apartment building and he just took a short,

many ukrainian soldiers who were left behind have now changed into civilian clothes . plus oil prices are on the rise in the wake of jo biden's, much hyped, but ultimately lack luster trip to the middle east, with saudi arabia saying it will not jeopardize its relations with china in favor of throwing the u. s. a. financial life, one and 3 long because acting, president slams western sanctions against russia, saying they are only bringing 3rd world countries like the impoverished south asia nation to their ne, a hello. they're here watching our to international. i'm your host donald quarter. welcome to the program. now, up to 254 and mercenaries have been killed in russia's latest strikes on ukrainian military strike as sites inside the danielle people's republic. that's according to russia's ministry of def. here some of the latest footage released by moscow

showing multiple rocket launches against targets in the combat zone. defense ministry also says its forces have destroy ukrainian nationalist formations and the countries sure cost guy or region, as well as multiple military assets inside dunbar says russian lead troops press on with their advance. however, some areas in the dynamic people's republic are still coming under relentless, showing, but ukrainian forces. on this footage was released by the mayor of the city of gorda las in the dungeon peoples republic . showing what local officials have described as ukrainian artillery, showing of a residential neighborhood. several houses and a cafe were reportedly damaged in that attack. in the neighboring lugens people's republic, russian forces are restoring order in the key city of lucy. chance capture recently taking the area our senior correspondent morale gaz. do you have joined some of the troops on patrol there as they encountered armed resistance from hostile strigler's

with yes, with the troll 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, which 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. so can i stop on when you who do i get a hold of him? 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 arrived. 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 are rolling through every day, more ukrainian desert is and stragglers of found some come in peacefully, others play, hide and seek. why did you decide to change it to civilian clothes and abandon yamil to a unit? so there was no sense in going anywhere. it's either a bulletin, it had or a criminal charge. i'm a local so i decided to stay. so you felt it was futile to continue to fight us indeed. and we were constantly retreating. where should we go to next to europe? for miss hall, why didn't you try to leave the army earlier? if you are, the person, if we left would be shot by our own forces. what every captured ukrainian soldier

has confirmed is that morale amongst their forces was disastrous. ukrainian crew was felt abandoned, but they felt like cabin fog and they didn't like it at all. well, look, the morale in my units was very low as we were constantly retreating and didn't have enough ammunition. the commander stay far from the front and came out only to purge. i saw that personally. well, i was in the city with every day the cities commandant tells us chaos and lawlessness. rashid water strengthens, but there is a long way to go, yet it is one thing to end, the violence and the crime and the looting. and the parley. another convinced the public that they will to come back. or i'd guys the of our tea firmly. she chance lugens people's republic oil prices are on the rise following jo biden's

trip to the middle east where he failed to secure more accessible oil imports for the u. s. market artie's caleb bob and explains how the anticipated tor ended with biden taking flack on the home front. now, many americans were hoping that by going to saudi arabia, the u. s. president could convince the country to increase oil output and thus dropped the price. however, that has clearly not results. it gas prices remain high, and oil output from saudi arabia remains pretty much the same. the important to note that the crown prince of saudi arabia mohammed ban solomon and joe biden exchanged a fist bomb the new york times reporter referred to it as a chilly fist box. now many in the press are noting that this seems to be quite ironic as joe biden did promise to make saudi arabia a pariah state. in the aftermath of the killing of jamal shoji. and while he was running for president, so it seems like joe biden is now vis, bumping with

a government that he claimed he was going to make a pariah. in addition to that, the foreign minister cited the crown prince and responding to how they felt about joe biden, challenging them around the issue of jamal, because shoji it has not worked when the u. s. tried to impose values on afghanistan and iraq, in fact, it backfired. it does not work when people try to impose values by force on other countries. the american people are not happy as the gas prices haven't gone down. the press is criticizing biden for fis bumping with a government wants promise to make a pariah. and on top of that, the saudis themselves do not appreciate joe biden, challenging them on the killing of jamal shoji. so overall, the trip is not a success to the biden administration, say the lease. also, while on his visit to saudi arabia biden tried to assert us leadership in the region, noting that washington will not leave a vacuum to be filled by moscow or beijing. but saudi arabia's top diplomat says re, adds relations with the u. s. and china are not mutually exclusive. we want to be

able to deal with everybody in china is our largest trading partner. we build bridges with people. we don't see one s exclusive of the other. india and foreign service veteran m k. badger. cool, mar, says washington's latest attempts to drive its rivals away from the middle east. are too little, too late. you're kind of doing that. why didn't you have the policy would be track as in the 1980. to bring down the faces to an extent to cutting rushes in court, i didn't know that we know was there can be the final phase of the soviet union. know this is in place that he was intimating by getting the so you get to pick up the bus. i think we're going to be there. this is, this is probably going to great this because i think the naturally of this would be

that it's been dying before. so they start grading, it's china and we already have seen that. so let's just see, are you from russia and any addition and if you get, so going to be, have been bringing it in on the basis of from russia. in other words, it's why we want to shift in the middle of the machine that the nation. so it's been done by formulations and to be better for us when we saw the trends missing there

in the aftermath of biden's controversial trip to the middle east, turan has slammed his policy in the region, accusing the u. s. 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 u. s. lead efforts to prevent iran from building a nuclear weapon. biden is asserted that the u. s. could use military force against iran as a quote. last resort. earlier this week, iran's president promised a harsh response to any escalation by washington or its allies, political analyst and researcher christopher holly says the u. s. in israel c ran as a geopolitical threat, iraq since $79.00 after the overthrow of the show. they don't want to listen to washington, they wanted to have their own foreign policy. they were, they are very much for a different type of world order. and so you, what you see now is that iran is interested to join russia,

china and other countries to really build that. and that ultimately, brian's wall street, it's in the us, the military had gemini, and it's nato's overarching global dominance. so it's very much a nerve wracking for the ellipse in washington. and in the new york city in brussels, in vienna, in geneva. and the sad part is that the bite and ship it to the middle east, that the 1st one in this presidency was marked by a strong and iran sentiment. and that was both in israel's and also in saudi arabia . and we have to realize that this judas l'm declaration that bite insane with the israeli authorities. it really, it really is quite shocking because they're still leaving this military option, the table and the really they have iran, as it's i get. so i think very, very much this is a dangerous situation, and the iranian government is correct. it 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, will stress 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 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 or sla, bonder legged called for a qualified majority voting system to prevent certain countries from blocking decisions. but german attorney and law professor andre thomas house and believes that scrapping the current voting procedure will only lead to further divisions within the you. i think both charles and when the lame will used to be called all breast lack a little bit of knowledge of history. the success will be you,

the magic formula that allow the you to jump strong and successful was that the voting is weighted in the council 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 seek. this will encourage further brackets for the exits from european union. if you force countries at my congress or poland against their will to, to, to be expected to sacrifice their sovereignty. this is not possible. so europe is going to face an enormous stress which will strain relations between the european union member states. 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. western sanctions against russia are only bringing suffering to 3rd world countries, likes re lanka, that's according to the impoverished nations interim president, speaking at an international forum for preventing hunger and famine. there does look at d sanction that are being impose and asked ourselves, is this nancy? will these sanctions been russia? leads me, is the sanction, ron been russia? believe me, but it to bring the rest of the 3rd world to its knees. in wells for long as government has imposed fuel rationing and the latest attempt to bring the country's economic turmoil under control that says people queue up for hours or even days to fill up at petrol stations. sherlock, his energy minister has even urged residents not to wait in vain saying there are only limited supplies that will be handed out throughout this week. the country has been reeling 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 having to buy fuel or food, archie corresponded runjun sharma explains house relock ins 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 buckets of she lumpkins. ordinarily this market would be buzzing with people at these above the now with the prices of basics going up, trustee things that change. something like a banana, see for example, is also become a luxury for many. it's very expensive. come back to the full months. said, well, we don't consume fluids like those days. we just get this in show,

so people have to pay the money. this is robin living so not normally at the moment the island nation is running out to foreign currency, deserves to import essentially lightens and its impact is hitting hot. lucas now counting on the changing political landscape of the country to reshape their economic future. despite gustavo roger buck shells resignation, protests continue in sri lanka. it's d 100 and the crowd chance have gone from. gotta go back to ronald, go back. why people still hillary and not at home. you may ask, not far from the demonstrations is be to sons lean in while what day in these small alleys. we still buy a house. it's around 7 in the evening. i'm. dr. cheney has just started making dinner. she has to feed a family of 6, including her 2 children with no gas. she was a scare us into cook her. she has just about finished cooking and as been

a baba got. she how family are going to eat the meal? incomplete darkness, just like more states, 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 at the 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, but we can barely manage to do it more than once or twice. we counted and gab basic madsen for children. there are no on to buy out except local pharmacies or even at hospitals. routine e story is not just her story. it is the story of many of the $22000000.00 people in the country and unlike the daily bava cutouts, their plight will last much longer than a few hours. with no telling when things will improve ruins. sharma in colombo, 40,

moving over to france, more than a 100 refugees. and social workers gathered outside a reception center for ukrainians and parrots, demanding equal rights for migrants from other countries, while using french authorities of favoring white asylum seekers. 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. 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 everyone, no matter the color of their skin or their nationality for them. okay, good. every euro for people did good. give

a close to him and not all 3. got a mouth dog gone as a nod to another thing, old multitude on not another one. we'll have also like him problem. the protesters also say refugees fleeing from africa or risking their lives, travelling through the mediterranean sea and often fall prey to human traffickers. while those who do make it only and up facing discrimination and a denial of basic rights in europe earlier this month, african refugees already cried foul over what they called double standards by french authorities. in dealing with migrants migration and society studies, professor lauren land out says francis failing to redeem itself from its colonial past. i think what we're seeing is lingering forms of, of both racism and islam of phobia. so many of the migraines come from africa, of course are black. also, many of them are wisdom. similarly,

those coming from afghanistan or elsewhere in the middle east. part of the embrace of ukrainian has to do with their race, also has to do with their religion. one of the things that we need to do is really look at a migration system that doesn't rely on people applying for asylum, but facilitates the movement of people more easily across the boarders. many of the africans were coming are being 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 france, 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 buried. i'm clear 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 political uncertainty has increased in pakistan as violent. clashes reportedly erupt between members of opposing groups after local elections, which saw the former prime minister in ron cons, party, when in the countries most populous region, the group gained a majority of 20 seats in the pool and job assembly vote is seen as an indicator for next year's national election, the movement for justice is one of the country's major parties and is led by former premier iran con election. victory comes as the nation deals with a dire economic situation caused by the highest inflation. in 13 years, iran con is now calling for fair and free early elections in pakistan and says any other path would only lead to greater political instability and economic chaos for the country. earlier this year, he was ousted after the federal parliament issued

a no confidence vote con, accused us for inciting a conspiracy against him and his own government. washington has denied these accusations but geopolitical analyst, hassan awesome shod, says the election results indicate pakistani society's power to determine their own future. so it's come back us to see in those terms. it's unprecedented. it's unique, it's significant. it's transformative and it sends a clear signal to the powers that be in buckets, that the focused on society is not going to accept dynastic politics and they are going to be determining the future. so lead to their own initiative behind every event. there is a, there is a reason there is a. busy cause and it gives me a significant, you know, reason to believe that a bronze ouster was definitely the result of some sort of displeasure that the u. s . had with them run hon. and i believe that one of those reasons would be his statement made last year, i believe in june when he said in response to

a question where the box on would give it basis or overflight rights to the u. s. and he got to go to the said no, and that became the famous absolutely not statement that he has been using to really is support based on bikes. 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 and 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 accounts linked to the opposition and sudan last year. as the countries military sees power from the

us 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 valence 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 lead documents obtained to reported by ment, press news. valan projects received to $1200000.00 from u. s. 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 agencies 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. all prevail and projects itself. it's worth noting that the companies founder and direct for 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 supports 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 2 stage plan for tackling anti vaccines sentiment in the u. k, which included the collection of public data. they worked alongside the royal institution last 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 jap, 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 as the outcome of the approach. and it doesn't stop there from facebook. hiring a former nato press officer to lead its 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 a trial after a conviction. that's what art he has called a new statement from british media regulator off. com which has accused our outlet a failing to deliver impartiality. the watchdog has even threatened new sanctions against our t, despite the fact that it already revoked our u. k. license 4 months ago. the logic of these decisions mirrors the one guiding their delivery many months after off comes revocation of our t license. it is a trial after conviction, and r t is guilty of being russian and daring to voice

a point of view and show facts unacceptable to the british. political and media establishments. parties not the only media outlet hit by sanctions, a russian news of the russian news agency. sputnik is also in the black list across the you. earlier, the european commission president proposed banning 3 other russian broadcasters. while in may, us announced it would stop providing broadcast equipment and technologies for russian state own channels. international editor at the morning, star newspaper steve sweeney considers the move by off common attempt to control the narrative in the u. k. this is in reality, this is state sponsored censorship on an all was unprecedented scale. this is the sign of a weak government. this is a government afraid of the truth and is afraid of losing control of the narrative. the news is coming out of the region from the mainstream. western price isn't really reflecting the reality on the ground. i myself have been inside ukraine and

i can tell you from 1st experience that the brit what's being relate to the british public certainly is in tune with what's happening. i was of course threatened, and when i was inside the country, i was threatened with execution. and there are other journalists, like even a canadian journalist who is also paid on the government killers. i'm not sure how they're going to proceed with this and how are they going to impose any sanctions or any fines seeing as being or they can't accept any payment in rubles, it can't broadcast on, on another channel. so, you know where we go from here is very on the use of sanctions to control. the median narrative is an absolute clump down on press freedom. and we've seen this time and time again from the government, which insisted it, you know, that it stands up for the truth. but they, they're, you know, they're censuring the truth. that's all for this. our thanks for watching our international. we hope to see you again soon. ah,

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