i really am going to resist. i don't see how that strategy will be successfully, very difficult time to sit down and talk with headlines this saturday, russia and ukraine steele a deal to resolve the long standing green issue. opening up the block, see ports, or ukrainian grain exports, of despite the west is repeated allegations of moscow weapon, ising food, and fueling the global hunger crisis. terrorists and criminal groups may use the western weapons applied to ukraine on europe, old report, organizations bring the alarm of the ongoing influx of weapons into the country. also coming up. that's when i click on this barbara, not over there in rows,

then this entire field is packed with the dumbass republics deal with the aftermath of the withdrawal of kias forces replenishing ammunition stops, and dealing with mines in greenfield, with you from our headquarters here in moscow. you're watching international. my name is peter scott here with the wells top stories that we had in the weekender. russia and ukraine have separately signed a deal on establishing a corridor for ukrainian grain exports to leave black c ports. the agreement was broken earlier by turkish and un mediators in a stumble, with assigning, being seen as a critical step in averting a wealthy crisis. the ports in the black sea will be unblocked under the agreements . ukraine will not d mine, it's ports, but we'll provide ships with safe passage for the exports of agricultural goods.

the deal will also see russia, turkey and ukraine operate a combined coordination center should an incident occurred during those shipments. cargo ships heading to ukraine will undergo checks for weapons and that's something that the russian defense minister has stressed is vital last history. so it's important for us to inspect ships for the presence or absence of weapons and military equipment. the inspections will be carried out on ships entering and exiting the black sea. your next bags full scale movements of grain ships to begin in the next 2 weeks. according to the organization's estimates, the deal will allow the monthly exports of up to 5000000 tons of grain from ukraine . un sexy general antonio. good cherish praise the deal. to they. there is a beacon on the black sea, a beacon of hope. a beacon of possibility. the question has not been what is good for one side or the other. the focus has been on what matters most for the people

of our world. between the 2 countries, russia and ukraine, they supply about 25 percent a quarter. all the reach that's consumed in the world. and so the difficulties we've had in the past 45 months. while the conflict in that part of the world has been raging, has been created, created very severe difficulties for many, many net food importing countries. i think this, this move to sign this agreement binding both parties to allowing the, the movement of these critical products. i think this is a good day. i understand that we prices globally have fallen and this is a very, very welcome development. on a separate memorandum signed on friday, moscow in the us agreed to ensure that the russian agricultural products on fertilizers reached world markets without restriction. this comes as the west

continues to blame moscow for deliberately blocking ukrainian ports and provoking a few crisis by using grain as a weapon. and that is something that russia has repeatedly denied the russian foreign minister said the memorandum prove such allegations are groundless. after abner still, it's gratifying that washington and brussels have stopped obstructing the achievement of today's agreements. the signing of the memorandum between russia and the un has once again underlined the absolutely artificial nature of the west attempt to put the blame for problems with brain supplies to the world markets on russia. and the grain deal comes as the west calls for even more sanctions against moscow over the ukraine crisis. economist se cross again believes the impact on russian food exports will greatly affect the countries across the world. russia plays huge role in the whole industry globally. and any disruption or any sanctions, breakage in terms of the availability of those products to the global markets would have profound and long term significance. when you have

a contract between these 2 states, which disrupts global markets, it has profound implications for the whole world. and 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. stuck in the middle of a blame game over the global few crisis between russia and the west. most affected region, africa should do its best to save itself, as most problems are of the continents own making. and that's according to a statement by the trade director of the u. n. economic commission for africa. our food market. so experience in the shock that is coming from outside the continent,

but why we're experience in the shock is because we have very low inter african trade in the grid culture and the growth foods. if we had done better and loved the full potential of the cultural sector, who wouldn't be experience in what we're experiencing today. of the un estimate, the 60000000 more people will experience hunger this year compared to 2021. and while the west place of the blame squarely on rushes involvements in ukraine, 3 years of un records show a growing trend in the african food crisis. artists points out that without immediate aid, the number may grow, potentially causing a humanitarian disaster in africa. earlier we spoke to dr. young cooper, joseph from nigeria, you defended the un representative statements. claim in africa. developments relies on increasing self sufficiency. one of the development principles, so prospect copy can countries as prior to our patients. and so

this blame in the african countries is norma is part of the part of that part of the development part of that. and we believe us africans, if we develop a we to develop, we must actually look inwards and be able to come to bed. that will be necessary for the population, not the population in africa is grow when i'm exponential rates. so no doubt this functions and the war, the spanish shows up later their action global energy prizes. definitely the content of africa relies for almost 40 percent on grains. we and all that grants from russia and your credit weapons flowing into ukraine could end up in the hands of criminal gangs. that's according to the european union agency for law enforcement corporation,

which also said the social networks are active in the region. unmade 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's top law enforcement agency weapons are actively being smuggled from ukraine into europe and being sold on the block market. now this latest report from the agency knows 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 and we had to say once the guns for silent and ukraine, the illegal weapons will come. we know this from many other theaters of conflict,

criminal groups try 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 bind 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 rare trip to the u. s. that weapons related to isn't it that to write 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 us congress. she also called for more aid from the united states. and for more was, here's what she said, is it a person 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 ukranian authorities, dedication to appropriately safeguard and account for us weapons. so a pretty notable break there between the u. s. in europe right now, and it remains to be seen how that will affect the airlines overall. however,

after the announcements of a possible threat, europe old did appear to bark chart. so they have full confidence in ukrainian officials as they try to track the flow of weapons will. earlier we spoke with an arms control experts had ca, who on the contrary says that it's practically impossible to control such a huge arms influx. there's always diversion. 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 war. some of them are going to end up in criminal hands. 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 ukranian 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't 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 jack knology and ammunition and ammunition in particular, is notoriously difficult to keep track of. the russian defense ministry says that over the last fortnight, russian lead troops have destroyed for american supplied high mas, multiple rocket launcher system. that is something that ukraine has rejected as fake though. but while the phone line is being pushed west in the territories under the control of russian lead forces, the blood is covering what the left of the ukrainian troops withdrawal. and that includes stocks of heavy weaponry, imported from western states as well as mines in grain fields are thieves, murat,

gas viet reports and equip wanting to view as some images in the following. reports are distressing. give has thrown tens of thousands of troops into the fray to hold what it still controls. a defensive line now stretches from the town of cbrtc, the solider, and from there to back moot and all along. ha tillery batteries, jewel day and night. ukrainian forces have dug tens of kilometers of trenches, spanning this defensive line to dull rushes edge in artillery. but they only protect from conventional fire. the t o s one nicknamed salts at milk or sun blaze in russian is a thermo barrick rockets artillery system. each impact creates an enormous pressure blast wave that no trenches can protect against. and these hub being used in

greater and greater numbers to decimate ukrainian lines and morale. here in the vicinity of the town of solider, the defensive line east, bending russian forces along with allied units, have been able to push enemy troops out of several settlements and strongholds. within the past week. the bodies of ukrainian soldiers and nationalist fighters, luther the countryside. their positions overrun, we now as a food position near the village of step of come, one of the conditions ah, with which we were permitted here is that we can't tie this place to any specific area. so amongst our viewers, ha, ukrainian intelligence offices and they are eager to spot where to strike. and the less here in these trenches, we found yet more native troy trophy weaponry. now,

in the service of the new guns people's republic, these are $284.00 millimeter grenade launchers, rocket propelled grenade launchers. one of them is a heath round or a high explosive anti tank missiles. and these again were scattered all over the area. ukrainian troops have also planted thousands upon thousands of mines, including band and she personnel, munitions, along the defensive line from shave. escobar moved in order to stall the russian and allied advance fields of wheat and sun flowers turned into death traps at $1.00 and $2.00 tank mon this another not over there therein rose and this entire field is packed with them. and this is relatively dangerous, that cow is heavy enough to set off an anti tag bought. and some of them are so

close together that there could be a chain reaction, but cows off one of the casualties here regularly. the troops here say they hear the bus when these, these cows that have been abandoned, explode minds designed to tear part tanks, leave little of livestock clearing these alone. the mines plotted already will take decades. but as the front lines shift, many, many more mines will be planted in fields, forests, and along new defensive lines. ukraine, after all, still has millions left. or i guess the of r t from the de niro people to republic, u. s. chief of space operations has confirmed that ukrainian troops have been provided with certain capabilities coming from the u. s. itself. the space is

important. and we've seen that in this, in this conflict of commercial spaces provided capabilities of been helpful to, to you as well. now there have been a number of publications in major media outlets showing the commercial satellite systems have been used for military purposes in ukraine. and one of them is ilan mosques. starling, which has given a critical communications lifeline. ukrainian forces us according to the air force magazine. styling can fly up to 130 miles or around 210 kilometers over war zone to beam down high speed internet access. but because it's in a low earth orbit, it can receive and transmit information faster than traditional communications satellites. and this allows in turn frontline ukrainian troops to communicate with a chain of command that stretches for hundreds of kilometers. earlier i taught a former us marine corps intelligence officer, scott ritter, who believes that humanitarian and military comes should be kept separate. if you

want to use a certain communications capability for humanitarian purposes, it needs to be totally dedicated to that purpose. the moment there's crossover with the same system that you're applying for humanitarian use, you now are using for military use. all of those systems can be deemed to be military in nature. we make it very clear what humanitarian law says. there can be no connectivity between the 2, none whatsoever. what the law must is doing. and ukraine is absolutely unacceptable, and actually push legitimate humanitarian workers lives at risk. because if you're operating one of those terminals, you are now a legitimate military target. and if i was a russian, i would view every single one of you on most terminals in ukraine as a hostile target, worthy of being destroyed as soon as its detected. ah, in other news, so like his new president is busy forming his government after taking over the top

job on wednesday, i was chosen, veteran politician, danish going of deena as the new prime minister, despite attempts to bring stability to the crisis. it nation must post, has continued into friday morning. ah, local security forces arrested several people and cleared the main count the protest had occupied for more than 3 months. they had been demanding the south asian countries leaders resign over the economic chaos being witnessed. the army and police arrived in trucks and buses. shortly after midnight, moving tents and process banners. the army has also secured the presidential office in colombo. the correspondent runjun sharma is on the ground in the dead of the night, sri lankan all me as well as the police force clamped down on several protesters. they've cleared the ground off the presidential secretariat, which happened occupied by the protest solved for weeks. several people got injured

last night, including if you will, join 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 all 3 long guy. he did say that he is harshly going to deal with the troublemakers, and this is his attempt to restore your order in the country. the u. s. congress speak nancy pelosi reportedly warned the countries secretary of state antony blinking. that if he won't label russia a state sponsored terrorism, then congress will that's according to police ago, and the criminal gave an immediate response to polosa expressing concern over his statements. we hold a very negative assessment regarding the consequences of such

a step. although, on the other hand, hardly anything else can be done to further spoil relations between russia and the united states. this calmness after nancy pelosi accused russia on this precedence of being responsible for price hikes and worldwide inflation. the u. s. has marked for countries as state sponsors of terrorism since 984. and if this decision is made, it will put russia in the list with the likes of iran, north korea, cuba and syria. the states is severely limits, us relations with the country and subjected to various functions. we discussed the latest us russian relations with guests. you have nancy pelosi who's done an abysmal job of handling domestic policy in the united states. now, where you differ toes and trying to direct foreign policy, and i think it would have the same sort of disastrous results that we see here in the united states. i'm really concerned about the provocations that she is promoting in declaring russia a terrorist state. she wasn't pushing the same thing when the ukranian

administration long declared what the most corrupt administration in the entire world. she wasn't concerned when they at their militia advocates were attacking folks in eastern ukraine. the militias, the, the, the military and ukraine killing civilians attacking civilian areas that were russian leaning an easter ukraine. she was declaring the ukrainian administration a terrorist administration at that time, but now is trying to, i think, play political games on an international scale that will not be good for the united states, nor for anybody. actually, all u. s. foreign policy is about us domestic politics. and this is an election year, a very, very crucial election year in, in the u. s. and nancy pelosi is saying things for a domestic audience knowing that it will make and the administration look strong in the, in the, in relation to the russia. ukraine, complex us has a habit of instituting foreign policy

positions on the basis of domestic political pressures. and that's what's happening now, and of course one do that, that would take some political ever in the future. but right now, washington, the white house of the congress that included immigrant congress don't care about anything other than looking good for the mid term elections in november. this year, in the news, a new bill paving the way for puerto ricans to vote for independence from the u. s . next year is currently navigating way through congress in washington. but it's white voting against the bill. lawmaker cases, garcia says it is an initial steps towards the self determination of puerto rico. while today marks an important 1st step in the de 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. what dependence on the u. s doesn't end with the colonization. the puerto rico state is either comes amid mass protests taking place on the carbon island. but the ganga was sparked by soaring energy prices with hundreds of people take into the streets of san juan to demand the constellation of the government contracts with us. power grid operates at luma . demonstrates his claim that despite frequency power outages, the electricity company has raised prices 7 times since last year. we met representatives had this response to those processes. although we respect the right to protest, the reality is that some people prefer to play politics and ignore the fact that loom, or inherited an electrical system that suffered years. in fact, decades of abandonment. a spokesman for the puerto rican action movements,

one lopez bows says the porter, because the colonization is a matter of urgency and could improve people's quality of life. the thing is that the put a rebuilt societies, so colon, nice not to understand the we have been calling you for 5216 years. and it's been a will never be in a free country in any way. we can still really know what, what would be free. of course, you have to know the import or we can history independence has been demonize and grow independence people. here we go. i have been put in prison because the station property, so it's in the urgent matter. but recall in the united states of both ports. ready same with fear and the construction of the men of the productive economy can lead of course, to the equation of the over government in the states that can actually the can

actually provide weekends with a better while in a better life, in general, than the one that we have now and finally hundreds of people so to the streets in major cities across pakistan to protest against the results of elections in the punjab assembly. early on friday, former pakistani prime minister emron collins policy was sidelined in a key votes in the local assembly in punjab province. and as despite winning a bi election there earlier this week, con, slammed the developments and called on his supporters to rally across pakistan. local media reports that unknown suspects have opened fire near protest in the city of la hall for those are the main stories for this. our do head over to r t dot com or our social media pages for more. i'm peter scott. i'm whatever you're up to, i hope your weekend is off to a great start. thanks for watching. ah,

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