fortunately and dangerously, the foreign policy was refused to come to grips with this new reality. this explains the increase tensions in europe, the middle east and asia. the biggest loser is the, with russia says its forces have killed hundreds of foreign mercenaries and destroyed multiple ukrainian military assets inside the danielle peoples republic. the decisive battle for control of the area in full suite. 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 the city of lease to chance with control that we will 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 asian nation to their knee with hello, they're here watching our to international. i'm your host donald quarter. welcome to the program. now, up to $254.00 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 defense. here's some of the latest footage released moscow showing multiple rocket launches against targets in the combat zone

. defense ministry also says its forces have destroy ukrainian nationalist formations in the countries. sure. cost guy or region, as well as multiple military assets inside dunbar says russian lead troops pressed on with their advance. however, some areas in the dynamic peoples republic are still coming under relentless, showing by ukrainian forces. the. this footage was released by the mayor of the city of gorda las in the people's 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 leafy chance capture. recently taking the area are senior, corresponded more gas. do you have joined some of the troops on patrol there as they encountered armed resistance from hostile stragglers 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 short the patrol. the problem is that many ukrainian soldiers who deserted or were left behind or who were left behind, have now changed into civilian clothes and a hides in the apartments that they have broken into. obama. when you who do i get up all that, but i'm done with weaver, now been us to leave all rather escorted away from the area. there's a special operation on the way reinforcements of a rob. 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 a 3rd day that has been taking what shots. 5 which 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 into 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 say 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? you have it. so if we left would be shot by our own forces. whatever you 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 pillage. i saw that personally will hours 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 entirely another convinced the public that they won't come back. or i guess the of r t from the 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 a more accessible oil imports for the u. s. market ortiz kayla bob and explains how the anticipated tor ended with biden taking flag on the homefront. 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 resulted gas prices remain high, and oil output from saudi arabia remain pretty much the same. 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 the killing of jamal shoji, and while he was running for president. so it seems like joe biden is now bist 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 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. he 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, so the buyer and ministration 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. indian 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 by didn't do it. so do you want to see what's the big track as in the 1980, to be the basis to an extent to cutting russia or they didn't know that we know what can be the final phase of the soviet union. know this is aaron player that he was attempting by getting the sodium to break up the i think he miserably said this is, this is probably going to great fish because i think the naturally of this would be

that it's not dying before. so then it starts grading, it's always china and we already have b. but so let's just see or in from russia and any addition. and if you get, so going to be doing that i'm going to be in from russia. in other words, it's what brings us we should see in the middle the middle class fall. we all, she said at the same address, listed by the nations and to be better for us when we saw the trends missing their heart. in the aftermath of biden's controversial trip to the

middle east, toronto has slammed his policy in the region, accusing the u. s. of spreading around 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 iran from building a nuclear weapon. biden, as asserted that 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 holly says the us and israel see ran as a geopolitical threat. iran 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 threatens wall

street in c, u. s. military hegemony. and it is nato's overarching, a global dominance. so it's, it's very much a nerve wracking for the elite in washington and in, in new york city, in brussels, in vienna and geneva. and the sad part is that the biden's shipped to the middle east. the 1st one in this presidency was marked by a strong and t iran sentiment, and that was both in israel and also in saudi arabia. and we have to realize that this is judy slim declaration that bite and same with the israeli authorities. either really, it really is quite shocking because they're still leaving this military option, the table and the really have you run as a target. and so i think a very, very much that this is a dangerous situation. and the iranian government is correct. if you run the public, 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, chancellor, who stressed the importance of unity within the european block. we simply can no longer afford national vito's, for example, in foreign policy. if we want to continue to be heard in a world of competing great powers. the german leaders plea comes in the wake of a hungarian 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 sal bonder land 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 sholtes and run the line. we used to be called all brush or lack a little bit of knowledge of history. the success of the you, the magic formula that allow the you to become 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 strengthen the trend towards fragmentation and europe that we all that already seek. this will encourage for the brackets for the exits from the european union. if you force countries like hungry or colon 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, the good continuation of the governments that on place in europe, the tenant 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 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 impose and asked ourselves, is this dance, eddie? will these sanctions been russia please? meas, the sanction ron been russia? believe me, but it to bring the rest of the 3rd world to its knees. meanwhile, is 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 how sri lankan are coping with the crisis. a shortage of fuel in a bankrupt country has let 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 hollow, but now with the prices of basics going up, trustee things, it seems something like a banana. see, 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 issue. so people have to be

a good read money. this is robin whipping, so i'm 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. look with the 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? i'm not at home. you me ask. not far from the demonstrations. is peter sons lean invalid? what they in these small alleys? we still buy a house. it's around 7 in the evening. i'm good. she me has just started making dinner. she has to feed a family of 6, including her 2 children with no gas. she was a scary thing to cook. her, she has just about finished cooking and as been a bava, 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 cuts have gotten better from a month ago, but it's still a daily affair by dwelling on godaddy, and that we're only able to give all children milk once a day dumped on 3 times previously. because many powder is now too expensive. we'll try to feed our children 3 times a day, but we can barely managed 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. rich and he story is not just her story. it is the story of many of the 22000000 people in the country. and unlike the daily bava cut outs, their plight will last much longer than a few hours with no telling when things will improve ruins. sharma in colombo, faulty 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. little yet 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 in documents for everyone, no matter the color of their skin or their nationality for them. okay. oh, every utah, what people did good, give

a close to him not to all 3. go on my dog. gone. a saw a nod to another thing, a 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 landau 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 migrants 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 new grania and 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 them, but facilitates the movement of people more easily across borders. many of the africans who are coming are being some mean 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 newly 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, they're, 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 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 country's most populous region, the group gained a majority of 20 seats and the poon 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 the u. s. for inciting

a conspiracy against him and his own government. washington has denied these accusations, but geopolitical analyst has some awesome shod, says the election results indicate pakistani societies power to determine their own future. so there's come back us to see in those films, it's unprecedented. it's unique, it's significant. it's transformative and it sends a clear signal to the problems that be in boxes on that the bible study 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 a basis or overflight rights to the u. s. and he categorically said no. and that became the famous absolutely not statement that he has been using god to rally a 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 the 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 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 vale 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 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 also prevail and projects itself. it's worth noting that the company's founder and direct for a meal con is a former reuters and b b. c reporter. have you check out his linkedin profile? yes, a gap of around 10 years, during which time he 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 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 as 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 a

trial after a conviction, that's what r t has called a new statement from british media regulator off call, which has accused our outlet of 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 to one guiding their delivery many months after off comes revocation of artie's license. it is a trial after conviction and our tease guilty of being russian and daring to voice a point of view and show facts unacceptable to the british political and media establishments. archie is not the only media outlet hit by sanctions. a russian news of the russian news agency. sputnik is also in the blacklist across the u. 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 coolness. i'm not sure how they're going to proceed with it 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 hour. thanks for watching r t international. we hope to see you again soon. ah, i mean, with

washington's unipolar moment, ended years ago, unfortunately, and dangerously. the foreign policy was refused to come to grips with this new reality. this explains the increased entrance in europe, the middle east, and asia, in the biggest.