sure, would you like me to put it for you? we was in our system removed. oh, oh ah, it does include dental them case. van my life coverage on, on, on, on the screen. and they're trying to ban me from politics because there's a case of contempt against its constitutional terrorism. former pakistan prime minister m ron can speaks exclusively to ard seek after he was charged with threatening current government officials also ahead with our teeth. crew is forced to

evacuate after getting caught under artillery fire belts while following the advance of russian troops in the den. yes, republic. a brazilian cartoonist uses his art to coal out ukraine for wanton phase. are they war crimes against the most vulnerable people? in done? yes. for you with the residents became the 1st victims of mines, especially children and the elder. i'm trying to do the work that we can warn civilians. it's an attempt on my part to assist with them the 3rd world of the western world economy outside one forbes, commentators described europe with inflation and from the countries now higher with around the clock across the world. this is our t pleasure to have your company today. hi neil. and this is r t international. the

west expects. there are problems are going to be, are problems. but this will not happen from our pakistan. prime minister imran count has been speaking exclusively to our tea on a range of issues. his interview with me came shortly after on islam about court extended his bail at to stop and getting arrested in his ongoing terrorism case at home for one more week. made this into a terrorism case, the ban my life coverage on, on, on, on screen and, and they're trying to ban me from politics because there's a case of contempt against me since i left office 4 months back. never has there been such a public response for, for any political party as it is for my body today? the government is panicking. they out there watching us growing popularity. we,

we swept by elections and the biggest province in punjab. there with the other 2 bi election which was swept. so there, but scared and that's why they're clamping down. well, the, the sofa and the conversation between the bugs on ambassador and washington and the under secretary of state of the you of the u. s. there's a conversation between them where he threatens the progress on the investor. that unless i, iran con, was removed as a prime minister in a no confidence emotion that but that still wasn't table as yet. that there would be consequences for bugs on. the biggest problem is that western countries expect their problems to become problems and just some background in april, a no confidence votes removed him, ron can from office, and the former prime minister has been holding rally's regularly since then. his

chief of staff was then arrested on charges of sedition and ranken also assisted the party ally was tortured by police. something that's police officials denied mister ken pledge to take action against a at police chief and the judge which then leads us to this current situation. he's facing terrorism charges in pakistan for threatening police officers and a judge local correspondent, java runa. can tell us more from the pakistani capital. i'm in front of yet another trial good, which has given been to the former prime summit on con, by september 7. there was a chas shoot of used to former prime minister that he wore low to the public band by the government to hold public rallies in kept islam bud last week before that. and it had some good had given him bill by september 1st own own terrorism charges . in that case, he was accused that he threatened a female judge. it appears that it got confused, possibly,

and this mean government allegedly illegally, the u. s. they want to sideline a former abram somewhat on con, through typically who's affecting huge public gathering in focus on hundreds of thousands of people have been a darling is eli government is very, very unfortunate since them. and they don't want to hold general elections, which the former prime minister non haunt, is demanding. he has already taken the government that he would lead besiege of captain islam bob in coming. beeson reeks if the current government does not hold a legion and elections job either on a r t islam. bob, you'll be able to watch the interview with former enron can. and it is a comprehensive one, former pakistani prime minister, excuse me, and run can. and later here on r t on thursday will keep you abreast of all that. all right,

to the latest developments now in the ukraine conflict, russia's defense ministry claim is more than $300.00 ukrainian troops have been killed in the past 24 hours. the m o. d also say's its successfully targeted military equipment and maintenance facilities. some 7 ukrainian command post were destroyed. according to the ministry's statement, $128.00 military aircraft also had among the troops. fatalities were said to be more than $200.00 reserves. soldiers who were targeted strike on the chop leno railway station nuts in this size east. on wednesday, kia claimed at least $25.00 civilians were killed in that strike on the railway station and blamed moscow for the incident. russia has repeatedly stressed it does not target civil as well as russia on allied forces advance on the territory of britain. yet republic, the ton of div, one of them may not post of ukrainian finders is not being in circles. now it is

a strategic point, as cube is accused of regularly shelling danielle on other times from its positions . there are correspondent, eager sit down of reports from the front line where our crew came under artillery fire. ah right away the village of elk grove scow wipes out any doubts. it is still very much a front line. we're here to join in a lead russian special ops unit supporting the offensive on this part of the front . ah,

suddenly venues of florida ukrainians abandoned their positions as always in a hurry, fit your way all of their inventory. you can see a form made jacket here. madison's 1st aid kits, and over here is their fortification trench. so the main purpose of this fortified area, just outside the village of krakowski, was to north allow this village to be encircled from the south. now also this position was where the ukrainian forces tried to briefly gain a foothold after it was clear that the village itself had fallen. there is nothing but vast open fields and sporadic forest belts between this place and keeps force. his next stronghold of the town over term of sc. we are quite literally treading on egg shells. here, upon abandoning this position, ukrainian troops rigged the whole area. they used cluster munitions to scatter hundreds of anti personnel mines all over the place. such munitions are explicitly

bound by the geneva convention, or the mind goes off in a rather anticlimactic fashion, but its intention is not to kill but raw, the cripple, a person. the blast is more enough to tear one's foot right off and as ukraine's troop retreated, they made sure it's not just infantry but heavy vehicles. to that we'll have to advance with extreme caution. sap as have their hands, full extracting anti tank minds to ah, russian motors and howard says he abound enemy positions around the clock. ukraine's artillery pulls no punches either. something that we witnessed 1st hand with

keith troops efforts to sue rushes advance, proved to be futile with the main fighting, already engulfing the streets, or to them of scottish donna reporting from the don bass r t. if something were to tell you about the petrov, the district, and done yet has been shell by ukrainian forces with anti personnel mines that is, according to local officials who said the attack occurred yesterday, wednesday. well, it is not the 1st time he has been accused of using mines band under international law. they are reported regular use on the front lines and on bass caused the protest in moscow, which really was aimed at bringing international attention to the issue. and it did, one of those who saw it was a brazilian artist who created a work showing the menacing nature of the explosive devices,

carlos latino. if said his intention was to show war crimes committed on those who are most vulnerable more. it's the 3rd. this is my work was to show the civilian population, the danger of these explosive devices, the don't the city, their inhabitants are the 1st victims of mines, especially children, and the elderly, or international treaties regulating the production and use of these mines. in my opinion, they should be completely. i believe that the use of these mines in cities is a war crime. there are clear examples in history, cambodia, and goal is to say greatly from the minds even after the end of the was they continue to operate. it's time to decide which side you're on. it's important to understand what that stake you can't stand aside. i quite clearly understand that russia was pushed into this conflict. this is the fault of nato expansionism. it was necessary to create a certain situation which was done in ukraine in order to put pressure on russia.

push it into conflict, justify western sanctions, and attacks on russia as during the cold war. the full light from the sanctions against russia over the conflict in ukraine has turned europe into quote, the 3rd world of western world economies. that's according to an article in forbes magazine and come, says, figures show european stock markets are done a full 22 percent compared to last year. well, let's get the take of our tea contributor rachel marston on this. so rachel, a pretty dumbing assessment of europe. there from one of the world's leading economic magazines. yeah, apparently it's investors who are starting to wonder whether the european union is on the verge of becoming the 3rd world of western economies. according to that forbes article, and you really have to wonder why heads of state across the block are just sitting there, slack jawed,

and just letting it happen. what's even more troubling is that no one's talking much about how the you can pull out of this kamikaze tailspin. but the new piece in forbes dropped some clues as to possible outcomes. macro trade is a looking for 2 signals for europe and the world economy. these are a ceasefire in ukraine, or europe becomes so desperate this winter on supply chain so stretched that it has no choice but to relax some sanctions or convince non u partners to be label and turn ship russian commodities to look in compliance with the own rules but really doing in and around now you leaders are behaving like there by mice in a one day german chancellor off schultz is in canada, bragging about a 5 year hydrazine energy project. while his own industrial plants are staring down the barrel that shut down right now. now the next day, berlin is back to firing up coal plants. and yesterday,

french president monroe mac ho rebroadcast to the meeting with ministers. you know, the kind that's not usually for public consumption. now, the message he apparently wine frances, as to here, is at the end of abundance. and there's need to make sacrifices for freedom. now, doubtful friends to the sins feel more free right now as their currency crashes in cost of living skyrockets, along with energy prices. you know, we're talking here about the 2nd largest economy in the u after germany, and that helps to keep the economies of the other member states of fro afloat. now france thought he could bank on nuclear, to replace gas from russia. but now we've learned that it can only get about half of its nuclear power plants operating. so the big problem is that no one really knows where these top yukon emmys are headed, and investors citizens would like to know where all this is going. and it's pretty clear that the leaders of the nations themselves, art inspiring confidence in their moves. instead, they're acting like they're just bystanders to crash when reality they've aided and abetted all this at every turn by supporting self harming top down sanctions at the

eas, supranational level to the detriment of their own economies. now these heads of state were elected democratically to uphold their own citizens interests above all else. and when you have to read the riot act, your own citizens about how their way of life is ending as my called in yesterday. and then there's no doubt these failed miserably in your basic duty as an elective had a state. now, at least the leaders can still brag about being unified in their failure, as they bury their own responsibilities and elected officials inside the black, you box, and hide behind the unelected. you commission present ursula vander, lame skirt or pansy, whatever the case may be. you know, it may be that warm and fuzzy, unity talk will heat europeans homes and put food on their tables this winter to rachel, thanks for taking us through that. our tea contributor, rachel marsden, paid for you. craig, now to the message of prime minister boris johnson, to britain's who he says, must endure soaring energy bills, poverty, under quote,

catastrophic winter all to ensure freedom, frequent, easy, sensible, to pay for british tax payers to support freedom in ukraine. i say it is absolutely vital and we've got to continue to do it. well. mr. johnson's words came during a surprise visit by the outgoing u. k. p. m to ukraine's capital britain itself is currently suffering from sky rocketing inflation, which is on truck 2 at 8 teen percent in early 2023, quoting to some protection. so that would be the highest inflation peak and some for decades on bars. johnston's coals for people to be prepared to pay the price. well, they haven't gone dawn very well. just imagine being so wealthy, so privileged and so utterly lacking in empathy that you can't see that people in poverty suffer, struggle and die and crippling financial crisis. this is everything that's wrong

with boris johnson. you don't balance this war on the backs of suffering british children and thereby escape the government's responsibilities to those kits. voice johnson playing the champion of all things ukraine. when he's a busted flush on the homefront, is utterly transparent. so he's obviously making a last ditch attempt at being an international statesman. after being such a monumental disaster domestically well with prices soaring and wages falling further behind trade unions have launched a campaign called enough is enough. it's meant to put pressure on the government to taco li, cost of living crisis. and the movement is calling for a real pay rise for workers energy bills to be slashed, the end of food poverty, and more taxes on the very wealthiest one. the union leaders said it's time to turn the anger of the working class into action. the working classes back, we refused to be humbled. we refused to wait for politicians and we refused to be

poor. any more. mac lynch there? well we can cross live not to robert griffith. the general secretary of the communist party on britain for his take. you're most welcome to r t. today. bar s johnson said the british will, quote, have to pay the price for supporting ukraine. we saw some reaction on line robert there. but how's it going down generally among the public that statement this, this is not going to go down very well because people really aren't quite as stupid as the the zone be prime minister is party. and those who want is position seem to think they are people understand well that when energy prices are rocketing, but at the same time, the profits of the oil companies and the gas and electricity supply companies in britain are also rocketing. this has very little to do with the or in ukraine. the

reality is that johnson and his party want to do everything they can. yes, they won't go void civil war. but the top priority is to protect these massive profits. that the gas and electricity in oil corporations will actually make it and for people to pay these and almost bills is not, is not money that's going towards support in ukraine in the wall. it's money that's going straight into the coffers or the dividends. all the oil companies and energy companies and their shareholders. when it begs the question, how concerned are western leaders about the burden of supporting ukraine on their own tax peers? those who felt the bill? well that the cost is an additional cost that people will be expected to pay in

$1.00 way or another, or another, not only of course, and increased taxes, but also they'll have to pay it in terms of a continuing to, to the ration in most essential public services, it always appears to me that ad blaming russia for, for energy crises, for a cost of living. it's a convenient scapegoat, a lot of the time because we've just come out of 2 years of a complete lockdown on our economies. and people were assuming that there's going to be no reaction, no, no onward hits to people because of the do you see a parallel? what's going on there? i think there are 2 points that could be made here. firstly, a britain is not. there's never been reliant on imports of gas from russia. they comprise a tiny part of britain's energy supplies. so blaming russia for

the current cost of living crisis. and the rocket in energy bills really is not going to wash. the 2nd point i think could be made is that, you know, the, the massive people in britain have. ringback endured austerity policies since shortly after the banking crash in 2008, 2009. you know, we bailed out those banks, that enormous costs. and we've been paying for that ever since, initially, and higher tax ations, but also in the kind of standard policies, the trucks and public services that touch in the real value of pensions and wages. we've been paying that price now for more than 10 years. so it's not surprising that unions and other campaigning bodies, longstanding campaigning bodies, such as the people's assembly. it's not surprising that people are saying we've got enough all, not enough is enough that campaign, the aim of it is to fight the cost of living crisis. do you think it's it will get

supports can have success if it's given that they've had a very successful launch meeting and they've got other meetings planned. but as i say, there are also other abroad based campaign supported by the trade unions that have been campaigning over quite a long period. sorry. but the nurse seemed to be more general support among the public for this than before as well. doesn't that? are you seeing more support about people who maybe mightn't have agreed with the trade unions in the, in the past? no. oh, yes. oh, yes. the public, undoubtedly the public or rally and to initiatives such as enough is enough as well as the other campaign in bodies. there's support for strike action, a level that i certainly haven't seen for decades in britain, there's a lot of sympathy for workers who are fighting back against real terms, cuts in their pay and fire, and re and fire and replace policies and so on. so there really isn't upsurge of

anger and it means that when the new prime minister takes over in early september, they are going to be confronted by that title wave of protests which will already include a mass demonstration of the conservative party conference in birmingham in early october, as well as an old britain demonstration on november the 5th told by the people's assembly. so we're going to see a whole series of protests and initiatives. there's also a big campaign underway, urging people not to praise a gas and electricity bills. if they're in a position to do the come, the next huge increases that we're going to face in october. that would be tough for people when they, if, if that happens, that they could get the knock on the door from p c plot and they'd be up in court. it's going to take a big effort from,

from groups to support them. if that's going to work, yes, absolutely, right, yeah, you know, individuals left on their own home no to dry kind of thing. no, that's right. that is, that is a very difficult position for people to adopt. and it certainly won't be suitable for many people. but let me also highlight another key demand that's coming through . and that is for the read nationalization, the public ownership of gas, electricity, water, and what, what will once the, what was once the state oil company in britain, this is no racing up the political agenda. and already has the support of some 3 quarters of people who are asked about this policy in public opinion polls. yeah, it's an interesting time to have of the very least that just to pop the worries of citizens aside, we'll see where all that leads. robert griffin, general secretary of the communist party of britain. thanks for your time today. enjoyed the chat. you're welcome. thank you. now,

the former american president george w bush has recently been boasting about his past foreign policies. despite the controversy over the wars he at launched against iraq and afghanistan, he's not giving out lessons on decision making. i recognize very few people watching this will become president, but i think you will find lessons in leadership applied to your line. i'm george w bush, and this is master class. if you've been looking to work on your leadership skills, then master class has be mentor for you. former us president george w bush is the newest talent acquired by the streaming platform. and he's featured in a lecture series on authentic leadership. yes, you heard that right? the same man who authorized the u. s. invasions of iraq and afghanistan is now lecturing the public on tough call. he has made during his career and they are expected to pay for his advice. the president sometimes had information,

the american people didn't know and therefore had to make decisions. what was best for the country on knowledge? it was an evidence that's just the nature of leadership. of all this theories includes topics such as accountability leads to result. it doesn't give any tips on how bush himself has escaped accountability for the last 2 decades. although bushes been rehabilitated into a harmless grandfather who enjoys painting and sharing candy with former 1st lady, michelle obama is real legacy will never be forgotten by the millions of people who are impacted by his policies directly. in fact, the war on terrorism, bush declared in the aftermath of 911, is still active to this day. his pledge to show what a leader he was by giving the us military a blank check to target anyone they described as a terrorism suspect set in motion, a foreign policy that has impacted countless lives without any form of due process . when looking at ghana, stand alone the us invasion led to

a 20 year long occupation after tens of thousands of civilians were killed in the war. the nation is now facing a humanitarian crisis. that is one of the worst in the world. then there is a rock, perhaps the leadership call bushes, best known for as it was made by his administration and their promise that they would find weapons of mass destruction. intelligence gathered by this and other governments. leaves no doubt that the iraqi regime continues to possess and conceal some of the most lethal weapons ever devised. this regime is already used. weapons of mass destruction against a rash, neighbors, and against iraqi people. no one was more shot and angry than i was when we didn't find the weapons. i had a sickening feeling every time i thought about it. i still do. not only did they not find the weapons, they claim to know so much about, but the war didn't and there,

and it's estimated the early years of conflict resulted in the death of more than 1000000 iraqis. the results, the u. s. military is still present in iraq to this day, and it concerns that if they leave the government and the military they have spent years building will meet the same fate as the one. the u. s. spent 1000000000 supporting and afghanistan. of course, bush isn't using master class to finally be honest with the public. instead, he does that when he's delivering a paid speech and he includes the 40 and slip of the century in is 2010 men more. bush made the comment. we got things wrong in iraq, but the cause is eternally right. although nearly 20 years later, the public is left to wonder whether that cause was for those who stood to profit off of the conflict. because it certainly wasn't for the well being of the iraqi people. and when it comes to bush and his leadership abilities, he's not the only one who has walked free after accusations that he was complicit

in a host of war crimes. the seems to be the standard for every member of his administration who sold belie of w and d 's. and for the overwhelming majority of military members who indiscriminately killed civilians even when they were caught laughing about the lives they had just taken on camera. i. we disengaged all 8 individuals with from this clients who are subjected to his reign of terror in the middle east to the u. s. military veterans who went on to live with years of crippling p t. s. d. far to many know the reality of bush's leadership style. but of course, master class didn't see fit to include any lessons on how to wage a legal invasions, how to get away with occupying nations for years on and or how to lie about all of that. and be accepted by the mainstream public. a tough call. indeed. rachel blevins taking us through the op no, i for months, the see job,

he is old style steel plant had been the focus of the ukraine conflict, but civilians were also locked in their homes by ukrainian nationalists in the same city. marty you, pl. next we tell their story, stick goes, ah, [000:00:00;00] a sheep out because of the african and engagement equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart,