a trail ah, when so many find themselves will depart, we choose to look for common ground. with the deal is agreed by russia and ukraine to open off the locks. the ports for grain exports this friday. rushes foreign minister say's its proof of the quote, artificial nature of western accusations that must melissa blame for the global food prices live reaction on not coming out. also, both europe, paul and interpol, ring the alarm over the possible influx of weapons into frames, making their way to terrorists and criminal groups all over the world. also had this whole it's not only ukrainian or me that they're fighting against as positions very close to here are full of foreign mercenaries as well. an rti cru joins

russian led forces on the front line in don bottom, where the army is currently targeting ukrainian military positions. locations from where a key of troops have reportedly been shelling the city of done yet. aah! the security forces in crisis it through like a raid, the main anti government protest camp while a senior, a veteran law maker, is stored in the new prime minister with 247. use various programs. i'm debate this is r t international. i'm, you know, neil, let's get into our shop, new story. this summer. russia and ukraine nav separately into a deal on creating a car, a door for grain to leave ports in the black sea. the agreement was broken earlier

by turkish and united nations mediators. in istanbul, who said that the signing of papers is a big step for many countries to they. there is a beacon on the black sea, a beacon of hope. and beacon of possibility. the question has not been what is good for one side or the other. the focus has been on what method is most for the people of our world, the growth. we are proud that we played an important role in the initiative, which played a great role in resolving the global food crisis that has gripped the world for a long time. today we have agreed on the text and together we have contributed to preventing the danger of hunker that awaits billions of people around the world. news, according to the agreements, a safe passageway will be created for the export of agricultural products from 3 ukrainian ports. the grain ships will 1st be supported by your premium, and then turkish specimens on their way to international waters by the black sea.

the deal will facilitate the distribution of at least 25000000 tons of weight to international markets not previously repeatedly. moscow said that ukraine made the shipments impossible by laying naval mines side of the ports. the russian defense minister seized the ships were all to be inspected from the presence of weapons. but there's a good number of these documents are interrelated and represent a single package. the 1st document guarantees lifting restrictions on russian agricultural products and fertilizes to export to world markets with the participation of the un. the 2nd document implies that everything will be done to ensure the export of goods from ukrainian ports. it was important for us to inspect ships for the presence or absence of weapons and military equipment. the inspection will be carried out both at the exit and at the entrance to the black sea. the russian on ukrainian delegations though didn't sign any documents directly with each other and never even met. in fact,

the papers were signed only with the mediators named the turkish president, reggie ty, vertical, and the un secretary general antonio could cherish the topic of the crisis, means of its solution has been on the agenda numerous high level meetings, yet the west has seemingly been okay, with blaming russia from provoking the entire global food crisis, where the signing of the deal at what the russian foreign minister is claiming that the deal proves that these were fabrications. less of a listen. i put out the school who should it's gratifying that washington in brussels have stopped obstructing the achievement of today's agreements. the signing of the memorandum between russia and the u. n. has once again underlined the absolutely artificial nature of the west attempts to put the blame for problems with grained supplies to the world markets on russia, yet direct words from circuit love, raphael, let's welcome on to the program. now, economists and former m p ins and bob, where eddie crossed mr. cross is a pleasure to have you on. can you give us a sense perhaps of how much of

a breakthrough this agreement is? what difference will it make to these fears about a global food crisis between the 2 countries, russia and ukraine, and they supply about 25 percent a quarter of all the wheat that's consumed in the world. and so they, difficulties we've had in the past 45 months. while the conflict in that part of the world has been raging, m, as in created, created very severe difficulties for many, many net food importing countries like my own. i, we traditionally have imported round about a 150000 tons of wheat from ukraine prisoner because it produces a very hard quantity of wheat, which we blend with our own domestic wheat in order to produce quality products. but for many countries in africa, these supplies have been disrupted. in addition to that, of course,

when you take 25 percent of global wheat supplies out of the market, it has a huge impact on prices. and it's a combination of the 2 things. the shortage of the actual product and the effect that prices have risen very strongly that have created this crisis internationally . i think this, this move today to sign this agreement funding both parties to allowing the, the movement of these critical product. i'm delighted to hear that the russian agreement was signed as well, covering fertilizer as well as other food products. because russia plays huge role in the whole industry globally. and any direction, or any sanctions, breakage in terms of the availability of those products to the global market would have profound and long term significance. so i think this is a good day. i understand that today we price is globally have fallen and this is

a very, very welcome development. yeah, thanks for break enough time for us or we just heard before we spoke to sir gala ross. he was quite direct with his with his words. he said that the deals proof of the quote at artificial nature of western accusations, but moscow's the blame for the global food crisis. how fur is that? well i, i think when country breaks out in between 2 key countries, i know i never appreciated how big these 2 countries are in terms of global markets. ukraine, particularly for us in africa, is an unknown quantity. a part from the fact that we've been importing we from there. and so when you have a conflict between these 2 states which disrupts global markets, it has profound implications for the whole world. and,

and i think that i don't think that was fully appreciated at the beginning of this whole if a said, but i'm glad to sanity has prevailed. and that we, and at least the west is not a, posing very substantial developments. because i think if they had continued to insist on this blanket sanctioned program against the russians, it would have had very profound implications for the rest of the world. so i'm glad about that. perhaps just a word on the logistics because they are now important. does it look as if the grain will be able to reach where the market if we take southern africa, where, where, you know, very well in time to avert a food crisis there. i know it's already dark days in some areas, but is this going to be a significant level or a help? i think this is a major step forward. i don't think we will be able to secure our needs for grain from the ukraine in the short term. but i think in the medium term,

it's going to be a great assistance to us. in south africa, we produce a fair amount of weak production, but it's soft reach because of our climatic condition. so we have to blend to, to and i understand that we've turned to sources in south america as no tentative origin for the wheat supplies that we've had to import just recently. but this is a major development for of us for the, for the world. it's really very, very good news. well, we do appreciate you coming on the program and sharing your views with us. thank you sir. economist and former minister and this is bob when parliament at e cross. thank you know, weapons flowing into ukraine could end up in the hands of criminals gangs. now there's according to the european union agency for law enforcement cooperation, which also said such networks are active in the region. i may attempt to smoke alarms out of the country. there is a risk that these weapons and military goods will end up in the hands of organized

crime or terrorists. this is just more of an official warning now coming from europe, top law enforcement agency, that weapon they're actively being smuggled from ukraine into europe and being sold on the block market. now this latest report from the agency notes that there are alarming risk of weapons smuggling and that those arms are getting into the hands of criminals and gangs. it also notes that they found evidence of a build up of weapons and ammunition along the border, indicating that this problem is likely much more widespread than is being reported . now interposed secretary general rather has already warned that this is a concern and that there's not much on their end that they can do about it. take a listen. we had to say once the guns full silent and ukraine, the illegal weapons will come. we know this from many other theaters of conflict. criminal groups tried to exploit these chaotic situations and the availability of weapons, even heavy weapons. we can expect an influx of weapons in europe and beyond. we

should be alarmed, and we have to expect these weapons to be traffic not only to neighboring countries, but to other continents. now, even though this hasn't received a lot of coverage, it has been a major concern as the us and its allies have started that steady stream of weapons to ukraine. and especially as a binding administration is admitted in the past that it can't do much in order to attract those weapons once their son overseas. this comes hot on the heels of the life of the ukrainian president, making a red trip to the u. s. that weapons related to, isn't it? that right, ukraine's 1st lady visited washington d. c. this week and she had sort of been usual meetings with top us officials and included secretary of state lincoln as well as president biden, just before his cobra. 1900 diagnosis was revealed, but she also went to speak before congress. and you know, similar to some of the addresses that we've seen, her husband give the u. s. congress. she also called for more aid from the united states. and for more what, and here's what she said. yes, that us personally,

i'm asking for something. now i would never want to ask, i'm asking for weapons. now as her, those questions about accountability regarding the weapons that already have been sent, or that stand to be sent to train. that wasn't really part of the conversation. you know, the united states still is acting as if this isn't a problem. me because because it's not happening to them. but the latest statements that we've heard from the u. s. have been to continue to say that they have received assurances from ukraine and that they are relying on those statements. the us very severely takes our accountability to guard american origin defense applied sciences and forestall their diversion or elicit proliferation. whereas shared within the ukrainian authorities, dedication to appropriately safeguard and account for us weapons. so pretty notable break there between the us and europe right now, and it remains to be seen how that will affect their alliance overall. rachel blevins taking me through that earlier, i also spoke to arms control expert ted. see who believes weapons leaking out of

ukraine is inevitable because of the rapid way they're flipping in to the conflict . there's always diversion and there's always profit taking by someone somewhere. and where that happens and where there's black or even gray market weapons that are being traffic that happens in every situation where the weapons are being supplied into a theater or war. some of them are going to end up in criminal. hans, i worked in the political military bureau at the department of state for 2 years in the mid ninety's. i personally reviewed thousands of applications for export licenses for arms and related technologies. and i can tell you that even at that stage, a lot of it was cursory on the part of the state department in the u. s. government . in general. beyond that, you're relying on something called end user assurances, which is basically what the us, the vitamin ministration is. talking about that the cranium, government is promising that nothing will happen to the weapons once they're providing to them. they are,

they are assuring the donors that there will be no further movement of those weapons, which, frankly, they can do. they don't have the where with all the track, all the stuff that's coming into their country right now. they're getting flooded with weapons and technology and ammunition and ammunition in particular, is notoriously difficult to keep track of. and on a very related theme, the russian defense ministry said within the past 2 weeks for advanced. hi mars multiple us rocket launchers have been destroyed in the battle fields. the m o. d also sees its forces destroy the school building and the slave cromer force, which had reportedly been transformed into a temporary shelter for a nationalist extreme. this battalion called the block 100 to 300 militants, were being killed in the attack. light comes as ukraine forces continue to fights in the done yet can lose against republics. they are reportedly using the u. s. applied high marsh rocket units to attack tons in both regions. the city of danielle is also under attack from neighboring of df can one of the most fortified

strongholds in the entire on bus r t remote cost. rev joined russian lead forces on the ground. he filed this report . today we're working near the town alpha of div tell, which is still under control of ukrainian military. now we're here along with bip nascar international brigade who have been at the forefront of defense against the ukrainian or me here in the net. 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. would, can you to, could you at 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 georgia legion which is located opposite us. there are also polls and

americans. we came across them and everything has been filmed on video cameras. everything is recorded. they have very different uniforms. of course, they fight differently because they are instructors themselves in 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. ah, ah, ah ah, ah,

ah, ah. international brigade bit nash that consists 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 their 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 group go horny. this is the agony of hopelessness. like when an animal is cornered, it's sometimes bytes 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 now all their agony is heavily concentrated. that's why they do this. ukrainian army have been div guy and pesky

near, didn't ask 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 not k international brigade are waiting for their chance to liberate those cities from on costs or have arti done as people's republic? ok. wanna bring you another of our headline stories today shrunk. is new president is busy forming his government after taking over the top job on wedding say he's chosen veteran politician to nash guna, where dina, the new prime minister. now despite attempts to bring stability to the crisis, hit nation mass protests continued inter friday morning. the local security forces arrested several people and cleared the main camp. the protesters had occupied for more than

3 months. they have been demanding the south asian countries. leaders reside over the economic tales being witnessed. army on police arrived and trucks and buses. shortly after midnight for moving tense and protests boundaries, the armies also secured the presidential office in columbus had been a big story or 2 corresponding runjun sharma reports from the city. in the dead of the night long could all me as well as the police force clamped down on several protesters. they've cleared the grounds off the presidential secretariat, which happened occupied by the poor test for weeks. several people were injured last night, including if you will. john lives. as far as we know, 8 people at least 8 people have been arrested. so far golfing is green, which essentially has been the face of these anti government protests has also been cleared by the sri lankan army, as well as the police force remembered went around to become a thing you got elected as the president or 3 lanka he did say that he is harshly

going to deal with the trouble makers, and this is his attempt to restore your order in the country. the moroccan association for human rights has slammed both moroccan and spanish authorities for last month's tragedy in which over 2 dozen migrants died while attempting to storm a spanish enclave in north africa. 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. the lethal incident, 4 weeks ago, led to the dance of 27 people with another 64 missing. many more were injured as police pushed by crowds using force. the death strew global attention to the treatment of sub saharan on north african migrants. the president of the moroccan association for human rights believes immigration policies need a complete re thing to avoid such deadly events happening once for 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 tried to ensure that morocco stops playing the role of 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 . a new bill paving the way for per to recons to vote for independence from the u. s. next year. who's making its way through congress, despite voting against the bill, local lawmaker, hazel garcia, essays, it's an initial step towards the self determination of puerto rico. while to day marks, an important 1st step in the d colonization 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 a 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. doesn't end with the colonization. the puerto rico state hasn't comes amid mass protest taking place on the caribbean island public anger was marked by soaring energy prices with hundreds of people taking to the streets of sun, one to none. the cancellation of a government contract with you as power grid operator luma. demonstrators claim, despite frequent power outages, the electricity company has raised prices 7 times since just last year. lamar representatives had this response for the protest. 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 that suffered years. in fact, decades of abandonment. though we heard from the spokesman for the puerto rican action movement one lopez bows a, he sais, puerto rico's di colonization and some other versions and could improve people's

quality of life considerably. the thing is been put within societies, so colon, nice not to understand the way i've been calling you for 5216 years and it's been, i would never be in a free country in any way. we can still really know what, what would be and if we have to know the input or we can history independence has been demonize and pro independent people who have been put in prison because of the facial report for the resort. it's in the urgent matter. recall in the united states of both ports are the same with fear. and the construction of the men of the productive economy can lead of course, to the equation of the, of the, of a government in the states that can actually look and actually provide weekends

with a better well in a better life, in general than the one that we have now the us says, warned around against offering any kind of help to russia over it's offensive in ukraine, but come south, washington itself is flooding the conflict with huge amounts of weapons and picking other part for us ortiz. the us secretary of defense has decided to shine man about who he thinks russia should be cooperating with around the world. the issue of the iranian support to, to russia, advisor on to not to not do that. we think it's a really, really bad idea. and, and i'll leave that at that. well, iran and russia are getting closer together with more cooperation in the works. the iranian government is preparing to provide russia with up to several 100 u, a. b, z, that iran is preparing to train russian forces to use these these with initial training

session slated to begin as soon as early july. the us have an indication that the training sessions have started, that iran is actually given the stroke to russia. we don't have any indications that the, that the sale has actually occurred. and so therefore, we wouldn't have any indications that there's been the training done on russia and iran have no problems or restrictions regarding military technical cooperation. iran is based decades of sanctions from the united states. after toppling a us back dictator at 1979 revolution establishing the islamic republic. also, we've seen russia be faced with economic warfare from the united states in recent years, with washington openly trying to strangle its economy. now it's not really working out though, with the rubles still standing strong, but in such a context, why wouldn't iran in russia be cooperating more? so what if moscow into iran do expand their relationship?

how will the united states respond more? thanks, and it's also pretty rich for us officials to be complaining about military cooperation . let's review the latest round of military hardware that the pentagon is dumped into ukraine. it is possible the u. s. could seller, provide ukraine with some us fighter platforms and you think that's, that's possible going forward. if there's us, there's griffin had a sweden, there's the euro fighter, there's iraq, the answers, there's a number of different platforms that could go to ukraine. united states is also committed to sending more high mars munitions, precision guided artillery, ammunition, and tactical vehicles and other urgently needed support. in terms of our ability to track the weapons that are going in, as you know, we don't have any forces on the ground. so that's, that is difficult for us to do. a number of us made weapons have already turned up on the black market. pentagon officials admit they have quite

a hard time tracking where these weapons they send to ukraine, ultimately end up that has not stopped us. lawmakers from authorizing more weapons shipments as peace talks are stalling with washington, seemingly trying to stretch this conflict out until the last ukrainian, caleb martin, r t, new york. okay, just had to fit in another story, this our for you. so if america's mirka store a trade block has rejected a request from the ukranian president to address an upcoming summit of the group host nation paraguay said agreement could not be reached between all members to ally vladimir zalinski to speak in simple mercosur has determined that there was no consensus for such communication, therefore, the ukrainian side has already been informed that under these circumstances there are no conditions for marco, sir to be able to talk to the ukrainian president and to some background america story. common market is made up of argentina, brazil, uruguay. on parkway,

the group represents the 5th largest economy in the world with a combined gdp of, or on 2 trillion dollars. the main objectives of the block or economic policy development on generating business and investment opportunities through market integration. a president zalinski has addressed many national parliaments since the beginning of the conflict, including the european parliament, the world economic forum on the united nations, all in an attempt to raise funding and support for ukraine. now, chief editor of weekly newspaper opera monday, bruno elfman believes merck historic turn done mister zalinski request to address the summit because of primarily economic interest. it's not yet a clear which countries were against zalinski is, is speech at demarcus who am missing. but it's none that both as in tina and brazil have important deals with russia and that trying to maintain and

independence. it stands in the ukraine in conflict. i think that the reasons full in the event or opposition to o crenan presidents, but so basin would be link it to does economic interest that the main prior math about a matter for adopting these all that policy in relation to the training conflict has to do with the relations with the relation, keep that each moment pass in the rear that it should move it in the region has with new white house. the closer at government is to washington, the more likely it's to take as stance against moscow and in favor of keith. i believe the practical effect is very lito or known at toll demand sumption of this is.