an engagement equals the trail. when so many find themselves worlds apart, we choose to look for common ground. ah, grace, foreign minister says budapest wants to buy more rushing gas and won't get through the wind. so without it, as they used to go through the repercussions, all these unseat russian sanctions with africa criticizes europe. you turn calls to increase energy supplies, an attempt to replace the russian commodities about the years of setbacks over fossil fuel development projects across the continent. as part of this goal to be an agenda, a new bill that we'll decide to pull to rico's future with the u. s. is currently making its way to congress. countries said to choose between becoming us

states independence, all free association states is also coming up on the program. it's not only ukrainian or me that they're fighting against as positions very close to here for, for in the mercenaries, as well as the crew joined russian lead forces on the done yes. on the line where the army is now targeting in the military positions is using to show the neighboring city of them. yes. a you from our headquarters here in moscow this friday. this is our team to national mine is peter scott. and he's the top stories this our well, some european officials continue to blame russia for their domestic issues. hunger is foreign ministers come to moscow to secure a new deal to buy russian. gus, he says it's impossible to find alternative sources of fuel for the coming winter.

little so side bull, sad muzzle whether we like it or not. and whether we want it or not. now it is impossible to purchase an additional 700000000 cubic meters of gas without russian energy sources. we can dream, we can blow balloons, but reality remains reality. the mason here in the russian capital came the same day europe approving you, package of economic sanctions against russia. these time energy resources were not affected, but previous restrictions already led to real energy crises in europe. that is dramatically dependent on russia's energy supplies. hungary is top diplomat said that europe can dream, but it will not be able to survive winter without russia, and it will not be able to buy additional unnecessary, 700000000 cubic meters of gas. without moscow. he said that only 13 percent of what's needed is now pumped in storage is in europe,

the number is almost twice as bigger for hungary, but still it is far from enough to guarantee energy security, which was alarming given that the winter is coming in a so lover of said that brussels anti russia rhetoric is to blame for european sufferings. delineation was due to the further development of our corp ease, of course, prevented by the outright was of public policy pursued by washington and brussels for you. this means and unrestrained buildable sanctions, without a sound analysis of the consequences for the very countries imposing back to us, there is a struggle within european bureaucracy which wants to subjugate everything. didn't ever want to do so include a national governments and wants to dictate conditions and stifle any descent. ukraine was another topic on the agenda. the hungarian foreign minister said that war is bad and that budapest wishes in one piece for its neighbour ukraine. as soon as possible, and he called on everybody to do everything that is possible to promote peace talks

ceasefire to make this bloodshed and as soon as possible, mister law reminded that the crisis didn't start this february. and he talked about the pa, chrissy from european side that turned a blind eye to bloody who to tar. that happened in 2 years back in 2014, but is in hysteria right now. there is hysteria over the fact that in ukraine, so all conceivable norms of international humanitarian law are being violated. the planet people are dying and it's true that people are dying. smoking. we need to phase the truth and not brush aside the actual so it will tell us that when people are dying from indiscriminate, showing by the armed forces and nationally talents of ukraine of blissful areas, 3 of dumbasses and other areas on the new minister love rock also said that moscow hopes that russia's western partners, we want to spend soon, that it is very dangerous and very counterproductive to fill ukraine up with more

than the weapons. and this should be stop so that the blood should ends in ukraine . meanwhile, a turbine crucial for the transportation of russian gas to europe by the north stream pipeline has not yet found its way back to russia. now thus after canada agreed to send the newly repaired parts back through germany, the turbine is reportedly stuck there due to problems with documents. now it's still on clear when the turbine will finally be returned on when the pipeline itself will be restored to full capacity rushes, restarted gas applies to germany. after completing an annual 10 day maintenance of the node stream pipeline, which was agreed in advance. but this still spark fairs of more shortages in europe . the pipeline is vital for the year, especially for germany's economy. accounting for the lion's share of the country's energy imports. berlin aims to philip is the gas storage units was still has some way to go to reach the target me while greece has become the 3rd you country.

that's up to spain and portugal to turn down a suggestion by the european commission. it's got gas consumption by 15 percent. now that he was trying to reduce gas and electricity usage, amid massive price hikes and rising inflation. economist and political commentator, i came and says that western leaders have aggravated the situation by spreading misleading news about russia's energy policy. the problem is lying in the politicians and that personal ties to international networks and bay forbid them to put non stream to into into operations the german population, the, the honorary man on the street, the middle, then deli, need the not me to pipeline. and they wouldn't have any problems about running this, but the have personal ties. and this is why they are risking the future of the german economy, the future of the german middle that and the future of our wealth,

just because we don't know to, to blame russia using gas as a whereas weapon is fake use, like most of the things that may i mention nowadays, and it is no secret that before anything should start the biden. and the obama already promised that they don't want germany and russia to work together. and this is one of the main strategies. so what they are blame me that russia is taking gas and oil as a weapon. it's just a hoax. they are taking or, and gas as a weapon, as they always use state. so start to design new economic agreements with foreign countries, largely on the african continent. that's is the union scramble to get new gas and oil supplies to replace russian deliveries ahead of the heating season. now the

deal of the include 15 agreements between the italian and algerian governments aimed at boosting gas and or deliveries. at the same time, the french president has also agreed on stronger cooperation in the energy states that with united arab emirates, as the u commission president did with us by john. this spring, germany tried to establish ties, senegal, while the you tried to find alternative gas supplies in nigeria. over these policies do appear to contradicts the use of previous strategy. for many years, the union has been thwarting any african initiatives on developing the fossil fuel states on pipeline construction by refusing to fund them, claiming it was vital to reduce global carbon emissions. this approach always on good african states which saw no other alternatives for their own development or countries cannot achieve an energy transition and abandoned the polluting patterns of the industrialized countries without a viable fair and equitable alternative. stopping funding for the gas sector would be a major obstacle. nevertheless,

fossil fuel production rates are currently on the up. for instance, south africa has already exported more coal in 2022 than in the previous year. african states have welcomed the new deals yet their own problems like regular power shortages and climate change do still remain. the foremost statistician general of south africa, dr. poly lola describes the decision as knights of hypocrisy, claiming that the long term impacts on africa will be harmful for you. well, we'll get to quote in college. i forgot what i've been called, but because of, of the book, which is a terrible step critique. but when they actually suffer the slightest inconvenience of cold and threats to the economy. oh, and the paypal, when you call them, then the ship to go quite the piercing crash would be at the mileage or the more likely moral basis to proceed africa. well, didn't co wish in the 1st lease up against very much about we've oh boy you

java is also and out with the question that one has to ask any resource that is abundant or well, with the price of that you're brought to a matched and easy it's the case that belong game for europe to buy both resources for, for scrap, and then brought to process them and then sell them back to africa. it to primo, usa, why don't we use the image? why don't we use the grains, la casita, that we can go between oil so that the energy that comes from there is there critically at mortgage. you don't say suggest solution to apartments and then saudi, leave them there and say that to we'd have we live to quote goes, oh levels are threatened levels enough ago was being threatened from colonial

influence. lead buddy from ho you bill paving. the way for puerto ricans to vote for independence from the u. s. in 2023 is currently making its way through congress. that is 5 voting against the bill. law maker missiles garcia says it's an initial step towards the self determination of puerto rico. while today marks an important 1st step in the d cone is ation process of puerto rico. i could not in good faith support the passage of puerto rico status act in its current form . the colonization of puerto rico is a shameful part of our country's history. from the moment the u. s. took control of the island to a century of limited citizenship, the imposition of pro mesa and our failures in disaster response. puerto rico's relationship with the u. s. is rooted in history of racism, exploitation, and oppression. the time is now for the process of d, colonization and self determination on the island. but dependence on the u. s. does not end with the colonization with the puerto rico status comes amid mass protest

taking place in the country where we can go with spots by soaring energy prices with hundreds of people taking the streets of san juan to demand the consolation of the government contracts with us power grid operates at luma, demonstrates his claim despite frequency power outages luma has raised price to $7.00 times since 2021. we were represent this, this response, the process. although we respect the right to protest, the reality is that some people prefer to play politics and ignore the fact that luma inherited an electrical system. it suffered years, in fact, decades of abandonment spokesmen for the puerto rican action movement one lopez bows. us says, puerto rico de colonization is a matter of urgency and could make people's quality of life better. the thing is that the put weaker societies, so colon, nice, not to understand the way i've been calling you for 526 years. and it's been, i would never be in

a free country in any way. we can still really know what, what was being free. of course, you have to know that we can history independence has been demonize and grow independence. people who have been put in prison because of the sexual report or it's in the urgent matter recall in the united states of both or for. ready the same fear and the construction of the, of the, of the productive economy can lead, of course, to the creation of the over government in the states that can actually the, can actually provide weekends with a better. well, it's a better life in general than the one that we have now and over to ukraine now, where russian forces are targeting munition deposed on the 45 strongholds of ukrainian military. ah,

the russian defense ministry has shed this footage of the toss one multiple rocket launcher in auction weapons are being used on the front lines, targets 45 positions of ukranian, army, and officials say the weapon system has proved effective against well defended positions. meanwhile, in the don bask, done yet still faces shelling from the ukrainian military which targets the capital city of the done yes, republic from the neighboring town of gave her one of keith's most fortified strongholds in the dawn bus ortiz roman cause to have joined the russian forces on the ground. today we're working near the town alpha of div cal, which is still under control of ukrainian military. now we're here along with nascar international brigade who have been at the forefront of defense against the ukrainian or me here in dynamic. now i spoke to a few soldiers and here, and they told me that it's not only ukraine,

an army that they're fighting against as positions very close to. here are full of foreign mercenaries as well. what can you to, could you are the fog still? it's no secret, it's a fact that a lot of mercenaries are fighting for ukraine. both nato and the european union help them. it doesn't matter whether they do this openly or not. but that, yes, there is the george and legion which is located opposite us and there are also polls and americans. we came across them and everything has been filmed on video cameras and everything is recorded. they have very different uniforms. of course, they fight differently because they are instructors themselves. you know, we have been preparing for this for a very long time. and ukraine has been preparing for 8 years, and the nato instructors help them train them to supply them with weapons and teach them to use these weapons from. ah ah

ah, ah, ah, international brigade, but not a consist mostly of volunteers from what i understand. it's really hard to get into this particular unit. now they have been at the forefront in this conflict against ukraine over the last 8 years. and of course, they have shown this strength over the last 5 months, as well as they have been at the front here in a day of god and deterring the ukranian army from entering this city. and they have been shilling ukrainian positions from where they at sac peaceful civilians. here

in the next, i've heard the coordinator. this is the agony of hopelessness. like when an animal is cornered, it's sometimes bites itself on the tail. why else are they shelling civilians? they probably hope the civilians will rebel and say stop this go and surrender. for 8 years, the people endured this lawlessness and not all their agony is heavily concentrated . that's why they do this. ukrainian army have been in have div guy and pesky near the nest for the last 8 years. so there are positions there have been really heavily fortified by the situation has changed drastically over the last 5 months and the fighters off. but nascar international brigade are waiting for their chance to liberate those cities. romani costs are f r t done as brief old republic or ukraine's president's calls on the you for strongest sanctions against russia. a new wave of must dismissals of officials, as well as commonplace. corruption inside the country house calls some concern in

the west. ortiz of fear ela, isabel explains. after backing president lansky, with endless accolades for the last 5 months, western politicians and media are suddenly speaking out about ukraine's internal corruption, nepotism and instability that seem to have long played yet. this comes after the ukrainian president's firing of several officials, including his once close friends. prosecutor general irina benedict de la and the head of security service even began off. it's a delicate situation for u. s. officials as they've continuously defended and given ukraine billions of dollars. but soleski as late as actions are being viewed by some as authoritarian, while the americans want to avoid backlash that could make it more difficult for them to pass more aid for kids. the situation also seems to discredit the popular western fantasy that ukraine is this democratic free country highlighting corruption and internal division as a very real and present issue. ukrainian president vladimir zalinski s

dismissal of senior officials, has casting an inconvenient light on an issue that the biden administration has largely ignored since the outbreak of war with russia. ukraine's history of rampant corruption and shaky governance. a western official close to zalinski administration expressed concern to political that the move appeared to go in the opposite direction of the use request for keith to crack down on corruption and increase the independence of it's law enforcement agencies. if it wants to become a member of the block, it looks like the lensky is firing people without any real evidence which screams of a power trip. let's not forget that he basically shut down every single oppositional political party and ukraine. signing a decree, outlawing group seemed to be pro russian. he also merged all the media into one huge propaganda channel. and all sounds like the very authoritarianism, the west accuses russia so much so that even the media has noticed,

depresses so close friends and use of the landscape. the top of the givers even would indicate definitely quite a corrupt nature to the governments of the country. and it shouldn't come as any great surprise that people who are not necessarily competent for the roles that they are then find themselves in these offices. what matters is loyalty. it can be understood in private when will the media and politicians in the west discuss ukraine, that this is deeply embarrassing, and that may be discussed, in fact, will be discussed in private, but the glorification of ukraine as an instrument of the last has to continue the current situation also raises the question of, how's the lensky close friends got those high ranking jobs to begin with? many sol, but count of with no, law enforcement experience was unqualified for the job and to close to the lensky to be given such a powerful position. but ukraine's president stopped his cabinet and heads of top

agencies with those close to him. imagine president biden appointed a friend from delaware as head of the cia who had no experience in intelligence. it's not very surprising that these people haven't performed well, but this shouldn't be surprising. last year ukraine ranked 122nd out of 180 in the corruption index. and before russia military operation began, the media was happy to report on this. in fact, ukraine's corruption problem was one of the reasons the country was not allowed into nato. earlier, of course, on the 24th of february, ukraine suddenly became a beacon of democracy. inexperienced officials put in by their powerful friends in an already corrupt system. doesn't exactly make a winning combination needed to fix it. there seems to be a consolidation of power around the landscape. well, i think also this point to is, i'm growing weakness of that. she was telling me as a team of great possibility for any country that the normal rules are an effect

suspended. this is a guest to any government or any regime the. ready feels that it needs to achieve certain outcomes in piece time. it's more difficult to do this because authoritarian behavior is exposed. you know, the, the usual run of journalism will hold it to task and question. but in a war situation, we get to see the media rally behind the administration, the external and internal friends of the, the ukrainian regime rally behind zalinski. and of course, he can do no wrong. so when he dos do something wrong, that can't be emphasized in any great way. it's almost as if all the idealistic pictures of ukraine that the media's been paddling all these months were ally, ukraine is and chaos and zalinski, the actions pose them as

a leader who is doing the opposite of cracking down on corruption. meanwhile, some may remain shot. what cannot be denied, much longer our ukraine's turbulent problems. american association for human rights has slammed moroccan on spanish authorities for last month's tragedy in which dozens of migrants died while attempting to cross into an autonomous spanish dizzy from morocco. this unprecedented encirclement which highlights the new inhumane practices in the role of gendarme reactivated with force just after the normalization of moroccan spanish relations. the migrants were once again attacked daily to prevent them from settling in this camp. almost 6 kilometers away from the lyla. at the same time, as the severely injured migrants piled on top of each other, were crying out for help and moaning in pain and agony. the public forces continued to violently dragged the arrested migrants before piling them on top of their compatriots without taking into account their health condition. in order to

handcuff the migrants and put them down on their stomachs, some migrants were trampled while continuing to receive in, justified blows from the public forces. human rights association report was published following the tragedy in late june, this year, the board of post a barrio chino, the incident that led to the death of 27 asylum seekers. with another 64 people missing, many more migrants were injured as police pushed by crowds using force. these deaths drew public attention to the problem of sub saharan and north african migrants on the treatments. asi earlier i heard from mohamad amine, a be the president of the moroccan association for human rights in the door and author of the reports. we believe the main cause of this tragedy is the result of the migration policies pursued by these countries. any attempt to avoid responsibility is only an attempt to hide the fact that these policies are the main cause of this tragedy. this catastrophe, this migration policy will be the cause of other tragedies if it is not stopped.

the report will play or rather is already playing a key role in shaping public and international opinion about what happened on the day of the tragedy. using this report, we will also try to ensure that morocco stops playing the role of a gendarme for europe in spain, and that the migration policies pursued by morocco. the european union in spain change, become more loyal to migrants and comply with international human rights agreements . china has called on the us to stop losing soon. resources with beijing also slamming with a coals. washington's double standards on human rights may find the see me. you as a troops still occupy serious principal oil fields and we're producing bread basket regions. the u. s. armies, plunder of searing resources, has aggravated the humanitarian crisis on the ground. some angry syrians have complained that the u. s. came for profit and would leave when all profit is gone. they say the us presence in syria itself is

a type of terrorism. the u. s. claims to hold itself to the highest standards on human rights and rule of law. but what it did in syria is clear evidence that the standards mean little to the u. s. as calm as up, the theory and media outlets reported on us convoys allegedly smuggling theory and wheat, oil and military equipment into iraq. then the 1000 above the oil assets being stolen from northern syria where us forces our base. during his time as us president donald trump admitted that the country's military presence in syria is only for oil, contradicting official statements from his own government, which maintains the remaining american troops with us to fight terrorism. meanwhile, during his recent trip to terran at present, but you may have pretended reiterated that the us must stop its exploitive behavior in syria, the cross the region 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 era, republic or independent journalist, vanessa bailey says, the u. s. actions in syria are nothing short of theft and piracy. i think it was only 2 days ago that 40 url tankers were seen leaving north east to iraq. and from there, of course they are sold, are predominantly into israel. the syrian people are living under some of the most barbaric sanctions that we've ever seen in history that also even affect countries that are coming to the assistance of syria to rebuild civilian infrastructure. so we have sanctions, we have a oil theft or oil piracy. we have the burning of agricultural crops and the

occupation of agricultural areas by us proxy so, so it's not only oil and resources. turkey is cutting off water. so those are hydro hedge money war going on in the northeast also. so effectively the u. s. occupation is totally preventing the restoration of syrian society. it's preventing the flow of syrian resources to syrian people. right. and so. 1 that the us occupation must end for syria to be able to repair itself and to rebuild and for people to be able to breathe. those the main stories this our do head over to our c dot com or our social media pages from on any of those stories you've just heard. i'm peace has gotten anything. grades have humans ah ah,

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