ah ah, with with russia iran and nato member turkey issue a joint statement calling on washington to withdraw the u. s. troops from syria and stop stealing oil from that war torn middle eastern country. for long as acting leader is elected president in a secret valid by parliament as mass demonstrations. continue with protesters, burning his effigy and security forces patrol on high alert. the chief of us aid cast barb's ad china thing beijing is not doing enough to really be humanitarian crisis in africa as she deflected blame for washington's own role for the deteriorating situation on the continent. with

an rti cru reports on location in the loop gasket republic of mid ukrainian shelley has caves, courses, launch inoffensive to retake territory there. with broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow. this is our 2 international on john thomas. certainly glad to have you with us. in a rush, as president vladimir putin has held talks with his iranian a turkish counterparts into iran. as part of the a star trek up piece process for resolving the serious conflict, they focused on measures to eliminate the hot bed of international terrorism in the war towards middle eastern country. and the russian leader also commented on a number of key issues making headlines. marty correspondent, lee strength reports. well, this constant blame game that has to do with the russian gas exports has been going on for months and months. eve ball additions, keep saying that the gas prices are going through the roof because of what vladimir

putin is up do, because of how the russian government is pulling the strings. but here and the capital of iran to have on latimer, pope, and try to silence the critics with what he called facts from a to z. there are several routes that enable the flow of russian gas to europe and according to the russian leader. if you look at most of these routes in each case, you will find how the european politicians are shooting themselves in the foot. take north stream one and 2, for instance. the 2nd pipeline has long been complete, but it stopped being certified now turbans for the 1st pipeline are supposed to be in maintenance, but they can't be delivered back to the baltic sea because of sanctions between different what's his gas prone have to do with this? they closed one pipeline for scheduled maintenance. the other pipeline was closed because of sanctions gas promised. ready to pump as much gas as is necessary. it's the west that is imposing these obstacles. they're doing the same thing with oil

and petroleum products. gas problem has always fulfilled and will continue to fulfill all of its obligations. it's our partners who are trying to shift the blame for their own mistakes on to gas problem without any justification. so like you just heard, there was another very important message latimer potent warned europeans against the same approach when it comes to oil. now here and to ra vladimir putin also had a one on one meeting with turkeys type air dawn for several weeks. ankara has been trying to act as a mediator and help ukraine with resolving the issue of blocked grain and it's black sea port cities. we heard from the russian leader that this is still work in progress, but what the russian side, once see is a fair approach, which means no sanctions on rushing grain and fertilizer exports. well, with coven ukraine and the energy crisis, the syrian conflict has taken somewhat of a back seat. well, here in raleigh,

the leaders of the 3 countries reminded that 40 years ago, russia, iran, and turkey created the only successful international platform for peace dialogue interior. and despite supporting different sides still and different political goals, the 3 leaders are on the same page when it comes to one very important aspect. and that is foreign actors in syria, russia, iran, and turkey. despite our divergent views on what is happening on the euphrates, have a shared position that the u. s. must stop stealing from the syrian people. they must stop taking oil from there, and they must withdraw from the country. we believe that in order to achieve long term stability, their control over the entire territory must be transferred to the official government in damascus. under the control of the armed forces of the syrian arab republic. what we've seen in the uranium capital is that the level of trust between

tara and moscow in ankara only keeps growing. the next summit will take place in russia. we've heard from a political communications professor at the university of ron ford, is abbey, who says the level of cooperation between russia and iran will only increase the boat says russia and iran are major oil and gas producers, their neighbors, they have had history on the relations president was in russia just before they thought of the conflict ukraine resisting and less than is a loan of both country. and i think the leadership in both countries have realized that no matter what they do and governments including, and especially the united states, is going to question it. so it makes sense for neighbors to be increased cooperation. as you know, you don't,

and russia signed the $40000000000.00 oil and gas corporation agreement today. and that was discussed in the meetings in the level of cooperation is going to increase and it's going to be a win win situation for both sides. it's going to be good for the people of both countries. sheila, because acting leader has one of the presidential election conducted in a secret ballot by parliament as mass protest persist in the south asian country, torn apart by a spiraling economic crisis. one hundreds of protesters gathered in front of the president's office, some of them burning an effigy of the interim leader, while demanding he resigned as a symbol of a tarnished government. meanwhile, security forces have been on heightened alert and the largest city colombo, amid the election with soldiers patrolling the streets and waterways. our correspondent runjun sharma, reports on location,

a very tight security around the parliament building in c langa nomination. have a start date of for the next president of the country. interesting, lee, one of the mean opposition need does that project madonna has withdrawn his candidate and decided to support dallas. he's from the break away faction of the ruling body, essentially. now that up from toronto's in the election we come thinking was the acting president in the prime minister of the country right now. and dallas,

he's from the vehicle, the faction of the ruling party, essentially roger upshaw's party. we're think protest once again break out in a suite of colombo simply because they don't want iran victim missing to take any sort of position in the government. now interesting, $8.00 to $125.00 parliamentarians are going to cost a war to and all eyes on the 28th of july when sri lanka is going to appoint it's new president. we are a current president also to leave a presidential i use on that. and the distance i'm pushing a we just had

the phone ticket to go through is not valid. know, just by china being one of the largest investors in africa. the chief of us aid says beijing is not doing enough to prevent an escalating food crisis on the continent. one country in particular, stands out right now for its absence. the peoples republic of china, signing onto the roadmap, removing export restrictions in its fertilizer exports, and releasing some of his grain reserves either to the global market or to humanitarian entities like the world food program. with significantly relief pressure on food and fertilizer prices and powerfully demonstrate the countries desire to be a global leader and a friend to the world's least developed economies. countries that have sat out this war must not sit out this global food crisis. the number of people facing

starvation in the horn of africa is expected to reach 20000000. within the next 2 months, china earlier confirmed that it would provide emergency food supplies to a number of countries in the region. but apparently that is still considered to be not enough to relieve the humanitarian crisis in africa or cheese ritual. blevins explain. samantha power, who made her name in the white house by pushing president obama to take a more hawkish approach to libya and syria, has now turned her attention to china. as she weeds the notorious us agency for international development, the former envoy to the us who also supported regime change in several countries regardless of the collateral damage, is now claiming that china isn't doing enough to help the people of africa prevent a food crisis. and she's not alone. u. s. corporate media outlets or having a field day running with the phrase dat trapped diplomacy. they're using it to

claim that beijing carries responsibility for the current economic crisis, entree walker, while ignoring the activity of western organizations like the i m f, which have long been accused of signing off on predatory loans for developing nations. but when it comes to preventing global food shortages, beijing is arguing that it is in fact actively working to do just that. looking at africa specifically, which is in samantha powers, cross hairs china and now it's a new program for countries affected by major drought and a horn of africa in march. and beijing ramped up as a to south africa and the phase of devastating floods in april. there's all kinds of china has been providing emergency food aid for more than 50 countries in asia, africa, and latin america since 2016. and in response. * to the latest comments from washington, beijing says the us should take a good look in the mirror before criticizing the actions of others, the u. s. has done nothing to reduce its own food, consumed for energy,

and has even exploited the situation to inflate grains prices and seek selfish profits. china has also pointed out that it's the us which continues to prolong conflict in ukraine by supplying new episodes despite the fact that even president biden himself has been warning about global food shortages for months. but washington has earned its title as the largest export of arms in the world, and china is not even close. samantha power says the us should also be recognized for writing the most humanitarian aid. the united states has long been the leader in responding to mandatory and crises. and we are proud of that leadership and incredibly grateful to congress and to the american people for their compassion and generosity. it's notable that she brought up congress there because it's capitol hill that is now in the process of passing legislation for next years military budget. the latest version of the national defense authorization act,

specifically states that money from the pentagon cannot be used to transfer things such as humanitarian aid to afghanistan, and that's no accident. in fact, even when one congresswoman introduced a waiver to allow the us to give it specifically to afghanistan, her own lawmaker shut her down. afghanistan is facing one of the most horrific humanitarian crises in the planet. we should be doing everything in our power to deliver humanitarian assistance to the afghan people, not needlessly limiting the aid we can supply. that humanitarian crisis was triggered by washington, moved to replace billions of dollars in aid with crushing sanction. as the u. s. withdrew its troops and the biden administration sees more than $9500000000.00 worth of afghanistan, central banks, assets over fears that they would be used by the taliban as it swept back to power and cool. so all samantha power claims trying to isn't doing enough to help and

refuses to admit how much the u. s. has done to fuel the current problems in the 1st place. the main stream media continues to claim that when beijing does something, it must be some sort of a trap, as if the us and its allies haven't become known for the same traps that they are now accusing china of spreading all around the world. one person has been reported killed and 3 others wounded, including a child in the ukranian showing of the done yet because city of got of got on wednesday morning as gifts forces have unleashed devastating artillery fire on 2 residential areas. now another done yet, city you have seen a lot. there was also shelter by ukrainian army with civilians, homes destroyed. and the attack local officials claimed that around $1700.00 buildings have been destroyed in the republic since february and in the neighboring lugens republic. ukrainian army has launched a new offensive to retake territory after russian led forces recently claimed. they have full control over the entire republic or cheese gas. you have reports from the

ground. on the outskirts of dela got of course, we witnessed a somewhat rare spectacle and attempted offensive by ukrainian forces. i saw sizes of the town now moving out in support of the food. again, on the white glove, the ukrainian troops here belonged to the infamous nationalist cracking battalion. their intent was to get close to bill a god of go through the woods nearby. they were met with a hail of artillery fire, if possible. after that, we were ordered to retreat. every one ran away, we kept shouting,

don't shoot at the soldiers who were behind us. dmitri was wounded by shrapnel. he was left behind by his panicked brothers in arms, in all full crackin fighters were captured alive. one of them, an officer. how did commanders treat the troops? i don't know like earthworms, just crushed them under foot and kept walking. how is morale in your units in crackin there? no morale. no one wants to fight. oh we did is watch the sky for rocket launchers, and now they sent us right into it. while also telling us there was no one there. no, if he's telling the truth, what we know is that ukrainian artillery in an apparent act of revenge for their defeat here.

crackin is an infamous outfit. that fight has sent shock waves around the world, after filming themselves, torturing and killing, unarmed russian prisoners, shooting them in the knees, suffocating them of plastic bags, and cutting their eyes out all the while laughing for months they had been station didn't hide, give. we now know why they was sent away to laguna. we were sent to belgrade because of economy, where they found some corpses in his backyard, who with the 7 people he killed civilians for what for nothing, just killed them. he buried them in his yard. and you didn't think that that was savagery. it was savagery. the city of cognitive has always been viewed as

a pro russian city, which is perhaps why the ukrainian government stationed one of its most brutal and sadistic battalions. their locals certainly made that dislike plain. where were you stationed in the city center, where we were last stationed in a church, you say last with our many bases were kept changing that. how often, about month ago, until surveillance would publicize our location. what do you mean? i mean, publish our whereabouts online. throw telegram they would say here is a unit we contrast with them here. the me tree claims that he had no choice but to join. he says the territorial defense unit that he was with was merged with kracken . he says he is no say this nationalist or neo nazi. what if they decide to exchange you in a prisoner swap?

i won't go back to ukraine. come again. i won't go back to ukraine. you refuse to be exchanged? i can go back there. we cannot verify whether what he told us is true. crack and fighters are well aware that russian courts are off to them. and moscow has repeatedly promised that it will bring the men involved in these inhuman tortures, mutilations and killings. to justice more i'd guess div party from bella gord, lugens people's republic. china has warranted could respond with force if the speaker of the us house of representatives, nancy pelosi follows through with her controversial plan to visit taiwan next month . if the u. s. side obstinately clings to this course, china will definitely take resolute and forceful measures to firmly defend its national sovereignty and territorial integrity. policy is due to travel to taiwan

in august to show washington support in mid rising tensions with china. it will be the 1st visit of us, how speaker to taiwan and 25 years asian considers the island as part of its national territory. while the u. s. has not recognized taiwan as an independent country. washington has shown strong backing for ty pay improving supplies of military assistance. the island held its largest ever military drills with us support earlier this month. for its part, beijing firmly opposes any form of official interaction between the u. s. anti one saying that it will have a severe negative impact on bilateral relations between china and the u. s. u senior fellow at the pan goal institution think tank quinn don't shoes says that washington is actually interested in a military escalation between china and taiwan. being to me wash and he is not happy with what was your grant, then we'll start another war asia. so, you know, trigger happy people. this is a frustrating, you know,

a lot of people are stand. we need another wall. do we need another war in peaceful, unstable asia in south east asia, asia. that's the defense. but you can only activity around the world. and now we are having your economic active. this are one of the world, washington is not doing enough. remember, washington, the government has repeatedly the, are committed to this. why cannot principle, which means are i, why is part of china but actually doing another quality of behavior. so this is another thing, you know probably can never cross us government that's simply not trustworthy. i think the chinese are to be the better prepared for the worst and whatever happened a, the, with the us publication, washington says it needs to strengthen its resilience with so called friendly allies and to cut other countries out of supply chains that says, washington,

it uses some countries of failing to comply with a u. s. dominated world order by developing relations independently from the western agenda or cheese ritual. marsden comments. the u. s. government is acting like a jealous partner who wants to be in control and know where the other is and who they are with at all times. it's the kind of behavior that stems from deep insecurity in relationships. sanctions are one instrument of control imposed through the us treasury department. if a country poses a threat to washington's economic or political agenda, us sanctions and sure the other nations keep their distance from that country and had that same department treasury secretary j jaelyn is now threatening countries that break what it considers to be the international economic order in other words, the washington and western lead world order and vows to impose harsh consequences on those that abuse it. plenty. the economic integration has been weaponized by russia and referring to the need to recruit and integrate us allies into its supply

chains. it sounds like the classic military posture of your either with us or against us and with china and russia, but applied to global trade. working with allies and partners through french shoring is an important element of strengthening economic resilience. well sustaining the dynamism and productivity growth that comes with economic integration. but why should any country be forced to choose a camp or clique? this is a high school or super bowl sunday. we're everyone picks a team in a bandwagon. mature adults or countries are quite capable of entertaining diversity of interests. but the only diversity washington seems to want is really for itself, brazilian supply chains mean a diversity of sources of supply and eliminating to the extent we can, the possibility the geopolitical arrivals will be able to manipulate us and threaten our security. this sounds like it means less diversity for other countries who engage with us and that washington is attempting to justify this control by

evoking the need to protect its own security. unfortunately, for washington, the days of it calling the shots are pretty much over. biden's visit to the middle east in an attempt to ben global energy supply to washington's interests. and in frustration by his remark, suggested that washington is having a difficult time adapting to the reality of its middle eastern allies. diversifying their own interests away from washington will not want to leave a vacuum to be filled by john rusher room. will suit to build on this moment with active principle american leadership. washington no longer controls its conventional allies. now that they have other options in a multi polar world, india, for example, has refused american requests to ban russian ships from its ports. the south pacific seems more interested in dealing with its regional partner, china,

even close us, ally, and next door neighbor, mexico has insisted on maintaining neutrality amid the ukraine. conflict and latin america has seen a populace shift in recent elections away from us friendly establishment parties. while bolivia, cuba el salvador, nicaragua, and venezuela have refused to criticize russia over ukraine. but as they say, you can't make someone love you and all the strong arming by the us treasury as it feels its control slipping away is not likely to win it too many hearts and minds. india's prime minister says that his country is planning to become a major arms export or by developing its own weaponry industry as a so called defense echo system. currently, india largely relies on imports from other nations for its military needs. or india has been the world's largest arms in puerto and recent years, accounting for about a 10th of the global market. russia is a key player in those in port providing an estimated 60 percent of the weaponry

supplied to new delhi. archie contributor article examines india's new moves towards self sufficiency in defense production. this is a radical shift from the policy that india has had followed on defense. since $0.94, independence must be wrong to base in get in the direction of self reliance. so sustainable is d and complete independence grad. mr. moore. b has given us very clear, got did action for the indians in defense services. now he is asking them to not rely on any of the fought in reference and, and ammunition, but a goal for domestic production. today, a large part of the budget earmarked for the purchase of defense equipment has been spent on procurement from indian companies. in the last 4 or 5 years,

our defense imports have come down by about 21 percent. today we are moving fast from the biggest defense importer to a big export or friends or more. b has been trying very hard to change the overall mindset within the opera fee within the political leadership as well. and in the us defense services, because been consistently underlining that india can not be dependent on others. we developed the habit of being dependent on foreign countries for even the simplest products, like drug addicts we were addicted to the products imported from abroad. to change this mindset, we worked on mission mode after 2014, after learning from the approach of the past to create a new ecosystem of defense. clearly, branson more denise that india has to fight on its own. india has to be less relying on strategic allies and he is moving in that

direction. he's moving in the direction of basically self sustainability, self reliance in almost all sectors. on the issue of you greed, india remained neutral. india did not take any sides, and that was in alignment with this mindset with this thinking that we cannot be a partisan, we would rebuild. not budge on our independence. liza we foreign policy. india stood by russia. these are we ukraine. india did not war against russia. at the united nations, and this is part of that might said that india will maintain its strategic independence. whether it's, you know, warrant you clean, or whether it's domestic reduction off weapons. ah, microsoft to, under order from the u. s. defense department has been depriving ukraine of digital sovereignty by controlling communication devices in the country. that's according

to russian deputy foreign minister, a leg shit. a mullet of microsoft is fulfilling the orders of the pentagon and us intelligence agencies to take full control of the entire information infrastructure of ukraine into private of any digital sovereignty to lensky regime, has provided microsoft tools for surveillance, provocations, false flag computer attacks. apparently the notorious id army of ukraine, which continues to boast about hacking servers in russia, is also the work of microsoft. his statement came in response to a report by microsoft on alleged russian cyber attacks. claims that the senior diplomat said were not based on hard evidence. the intern accused of the u. s. tech company of encroaching on the sovereignty of other states. microsoft, however, has insisted that russia has been committing cyber warfare. russian agencies are conducting global cyber influence operations to support their

war efforts. these combined tactics developed by the k g b over several decades with new digital technologies and the internet to get foreign influence operations, a broader geographic reach, higher volume, more precise targeting, and greater speed and agility. unfortunately, with sufficient planning and sophistication, these cyber influence operations are well positioned to take advantage of the long standing openness of democratic societies. heard from journalist and author, daniel lazar who says microsoft's processing of ukraine's data is yet another example of keep delegating its responsibilities to a foreign power. i think microsoft is, has, it's very close to the u. s. government, and sometimes the great deal of overlap. so certainly i think that the, that the ukrainian government of the b as to be half of the us has allowed microsoft to take over much of its data processing.