oh, be deem on that new there'll be a quote on my chair at the water doesn't want that extra mom a bit. so ah, operations that are dying. yes. for public chemical plant are halted after ukrainian troops or a latin little it's please all the civilian facility. with the u. s. congress mulling a multi 1000000 a package to new delhi. we hear from a former indian poor, poor and secretary who question the motives behind the funding cost. and behind this, let me tell you, is our position on the ukraine crisis. we are very unhappy that we haven't condemned to with the case. been bad, my life coverage on,

on the screen. and they're trying to bad me from politics because there's a case of contempt against me. former pakistan prime minister emron con, speaks exclusively to our teeth in the aftermath of being charged with threatening current government officials, much to the anger of his supporters. mm. with hello from moscow to the world i'm 0 is about with ours top news stories from around the globe. welcome to the program. we begin with developments and don bass were more shelling by ukranian troops has halted operations at a chemical plant in the don. yes, republics. eastern city of gord loca local officials have reported. ukraine has fired around 40 shells at the facility, causing a large blaze. emergency services quickly managed to put out the flames,

and the plants director has stress that there's no risk of harmful emissions or environmental disaster. the attack comes nearly 2 weeks after a ukraine attack on a brewery and the dying out capitol lead to a cloud of hawks like gas ammonia leaking around the city. as the relentless shelling of civilian infrastructure and residential areas by ukrainian troops continues. moscow says more than 25000 civilians have been evacuated to russia, despite fears, opposition by kiev. that's after russian troops provided nearly 480 tons of humanitarian aid on thursday alone to war torn regions of ukraine. don yeske and lugens republics are teas collette algebra re visited, one of the many camps set up by russian forces to provide long awaited medical help for civilians in the city of several don. yes, i by order the command of the motion boone forces and special medical teams

arrived in the city of separate the next to provide assistance and medical care in the city. in this medical unit that are mobile units equipped with the latest equipment for examination and analysis. executing is on the campaign was organized in accordance with the request of the airborne forces to help the people in civil road in that 6. this is a comprehensive campaign. it consists of providing medical care in the form of a general hospital. patients are being checked by doctors behind me right now. medical services will be available to more than 200 people. in addition, more than 30 types of essential vital medicines will be distributed to the people. to day antiviral disinfectants healing, white men's dressings, iodine, what people need every day were distributed. we also immediately hand out medications prescribed after a doctor's examination. many see this event as

a lifeline and the ray of hope for a gradual return to normal life in a city affected by ukrainian bombing go if you like this. how p c. there is no help when the koreans were here. then practically, no one came to us who began to receive help only when the arrival of russian troops how many people are there in the city? it was very difficult in the city in winter. every one had wounds. i don't even want to tell you. returning to normal life in the city will not be easy in light of the data on the destruction left by the ukrainian military presence. however, russia is restoring what was destroyed by care mercenaries and healing the winds of dawn bast residence. meanwhile, the russian defense ministry has reported that around $200.00 ukrainian reserve soldiers were killed in a single strike on the chap leno railway station in the south east of ukraine. in

these unverified images, you can see a large column of ukrainian military vehicles on the train that was targeted at the station. however, kiev claims at least $25.00 civilians were killed and more than 30 injured in the strike. and footage it released from this theme the day after it shows no sign of those military units. russia says 10 military vehicles were destroyed in the strike and stress that it does not target civilians. ah, members of u. s. congress have been asked to approve a financial aid package worth millions of dollars for india, with a legislatures research service suggesting the assistance could be linked to improvements in the countries human rights. however, a new delhi has not sent a plea for any such american help. the biden administration requests $117000000.00 in foreign assistance to india for the financial year of 2023.

congress could consider whether or not condition so all of such aid on improvements in human rights and civil liberties in india. the biden administration's request was made a month after the us agency for international development chief travel to near delhi a visit, which saw her call out beijing's opaque loan deals while praising india as an impactful development leader. then america's human rights concerns about india were not mentioned. despite much previous criticism from american officials waste new delhi repeatedly rebuke citing its constitution had safeguards to ensure democratic practices. across these past 75 years, india has always shown itself to be a friend to the world's poor. now, when the stakes have rarely been higher, india stands able to be an incredibly impactful development

leader. earlier we spoke to in his former foreign secretary, con wasa ball, who offered some thoughts on the possible motives behind the funding in the cost of this money. and who will give this money to. because we have a well established rules and regulations regarding foreign money coming into india and jewels and other things. and if this money is intended for a political purpose, then i don't think our rules will allow this. the senators very often believe that individually for many that older world and then ship that addiction which the world would go now, they would take a moral high ground to say that they are the defenders of human rights. look at the issue of this is, i mean i still haven't been able to solve my 1st, i tend to their own problems. look at the shooting that the list constantly in

schools in more than streets. innocent people are being killed. children are being killed, but there's no consciousness this, even if some other countries yet, and point out all these things to the united states, you know, they don't control the international information is controlled by the west and his agency. so this is all kind of a posturing and show and embarrassing india is that are working against us. and behind this, let me tell you, is our position on the you can crisis. they are very unhappy that we haven't condemned to russia. we haven't voted against russia, and this is one way that certain lobbies in the united states are actually paying us back by eating at us on the issues of human rights and minority rights and things like that. the west expects their problems are going to be our problems, but that will not happen. that's a former pakistan prime minister emron con, told

r t during an exclusive interview. this thursday, the wide ranging discussion came. 2 shortly after, in islam about cor extended his bail, after terrorism charges were brought against them. unit o'neill spoke to the outset prime minister. they have made this into a tourism case. they 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 a 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 the day by elections in the biggest province and been job. there were though other doable bi election which was swept. so they are bit scared and that's why

they're clumping down. if we go back, mister can to, when you are, i stayed from power in the spring time. you've mentioned several times that certain documents exist that confirm foreign interference in your removal from power. are you in any position to tell us what those documents may be? well deserve the cipher alert conversation between the bogus than ambassador and washington. and the under secretary of state, or of the you of the u. s. there is a conversation between them where he threatens the pakistani investor. that unless i m. ron hahn was removed as a prime minister in a no confidence a motion that but that still wasn't able as yet that there would be consequences, august sun. the biggest problem is that western countries expect their problems through to become our problems. some background in april,

a no competence vote removed and brown con, from the country's top political position. and the x p. m has been holding riley's regularly since earlier this month. his chief of sub shabazz bull was arrested on charges of sedition with cod insisting he was tortured by police and custody. something official deny it was that accusation and words used in a campaign rally to take action against simply sheep and a judge which led to the terrorism charges. so former global crickets are considered the finest all around player pakistan has ever produced. is immune from arrest until his next high court hearing on august 31st m, wrong con, came under intense international pressure for visiting moscow earlier this year. pakistan's former leader told us that he was simply seeking to boost economic ties between the 2 nations. well look, your own country is foreign policy must be for the benefit of their own public.

220000000 bug. a son is elected. be my bride. he had to be there. what is good for that? their benefit, their rights, that interests that has to be my priority. and so, when i had took the trip to russia and this was all the stakeholders on board, the idea was that we would improve our relationship with russia. and we would, you know, we have trading, it links with russia, we want to improve the trading links. we already were a pipeline. a gas pipeline was, was being planned 56 years back before i came to power. so we wanted to cement that contract and then we want to buy cheaper oil from, from russia, as well as wheat, $100000000.00 bargain, sundays of hon. 50000000 below the poverty line. 50000000 just above the poverty

line. when the prices go up, when inflation bites in western countries, they only, they just have a drop in the standard of living in our country, people go below the poverty line. they're going to have to square be the day. so my interest was the people on august on and obviously this didn't go down when you can watch our exclusive in depth interview with the former pakistani, prime minister in ron khan, and full throughout the day here on our tea. ah, the fall out from the sanctions against russia over the conflict in ukraine has turned europe into quote, the 3rd world of the western world economies. that's according to an article recently published in forbes magazine. it comes as figure show european stock market are down a full 22 percent compared to last year. r t contributor rachel mars then gives her take on the situation terribly. 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. micro traders are looking for 2 signals for europe and the world economy. these are a sci fi 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 you partners to be label and tran, ship russian commodities to look in compliance with the own rules, but really doing an end around. now your leaders are behaving like they're like by my son a one day german chests are off. schultz is in canada, bragging about

a 5 year hydrogen 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 cold plants. and yesterday, french president amendment my co rebroadcast, had a meeting with ministers. you know, the kind that is not usually for public consumption. now the message, apparently wine frances, to here is that the end of abundance, and there's need to make sacrifices for freedom. now, doubtful friends citizens feel more free right now as their currency crashes and 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 embers states of fro afloat. now france, thought i 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 of these 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 are inspiring

confidence in their moose. instead, they're acting like they're just bystanders to crash when reality they've aided and abetted all this at every term by supporting self harming talk down sanctions that the you supranational level to the detriment of their own economies. now these heads of state were elected democratically to uphold their own citizens interest above all else. and when you have to read the riot act, your own citizens about how their way of life is ending as mac hold in yesterday, then there's no doubt you failed miserably. in your basic duty as an elective head of 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 ers, are ursula vander, lane, skirt, or pansy, whatever the case may be. you know, maybe that warm and fuzzy unity talk will heat europeans homes and put food on their tables. this winter to washington is intensifying pressure on, on car,

to cut ties with moscow. stressing that any cooperation with russian companies and banks puts turkey at risk of us sanctions. any individuals or entities provided material support to you as designated persons are themselves at risk of your a sanctions. turkish banks cannot expect to establish correspondent relationships with sanctioned russian banks and retained their correspondent relationships with major global banks, as well as access to the u. s. dollar and other major currencies. just a reminder, turkey is the only nato state not to have signed up to the plethora of economic sanctions on russia. with the turkish president, positioning himself as an intermediary in the conflict in ukraine, urging both countries to start peace negotiations earlier this month. ergo, on and is of russian counterpart vladimir putin agreed to boost cooperation at a submit. and so she, we discuss with guess how turkey is dealing with being caught in the middle. well, i don't think that this mounting pressure from the west is any surprise you

experienced it in the past. we haven't seen any strong reaction to that said that it's going to continue doing business with russia and not allow sanctioned individuals access to bypass western sanctions. but that doesn't change the fact that you're going to continue doing business with russia. i think turkey's relationship with the west, from a western perspective is, can't live with them, can't live without them type of scenario. of course there's issues that are major flash point issues that you just can't get along with the with and it feels like it's impose the double standard. but again, there's an issue that is absolutely critical to the west, whether it be middle eastern and mediterranean black, the security, whether it be logistics energy quarter, these are all the issue. that trick is absolutely critical. counterterrorism absolutely critical. now from a turkish perspective, to get these the growing, growing every single day. i think one of our most famous comments over the past

year is to it. we're entering a century where the sun remembers that it rises. indeed, it seems. america's sanctions aren't just about solely targeting russia is not a fur claim for this time to meet george deal of the world. that's not the side with the us. of $150.00 countries while including china in the brakes are not sanctioned in russia. they continue to trade with russia really against a lot of the interests of these countries, especially when they come to necessitate necessities. it is to be not up to this country to trade or not trade with russia. unfortunately, that's what it looks like. there is no grey area with the united states. their positions normally is you're either with us or against those day, but we're shipping towards a multi polo world now and the globalized economy. close relations with multiple

countries wide foreign policy portfolios don't really allow this type of black and white foreign policy viewpoint, especially toward other countries. when you try to impose this on other countries, china and other countries have the right to decide home to maintain normal tre relationships. with especially no less than one 3rd of the member state of the nation have supported dissension of russia. sooner or later, the rest of the world is going to create a viable globally accept the alternative to the switch system. and there's going to be a 2nd convertible currency that is not a western currency. it looks like most likely that's going to be the you want in the future once it becomes more convertible. and that's going to create the probably the most serious shock to us power in a very, very long time. ah, not blaming russia this time. a new report says that accounts shut down by matter

products and twitter that claims to be independent media outlets were in fact propaganda. channels run by the u. s. government r t taylor mop and brings us the details. it's always supposed to be those evil conspiring russians who are spreading fake news with their bots and their troll farms, making us distrust our. oh, so benevolent western leaders and our great democratic western institutions. but it looks like some shady internet activities had just been uncovered and they're coming from the united states. how jones investigation found an interconnected web of accounts that used a septic tactics to promote pro western narratives in the middle east and central asia. these campaigns consistently advanced narrative promoting the interests of the united states and its allies, while opposing countries including russia, china under room. we believe this activity represents the most extensive case of covert pro western influence operations on social media to be reviewed and analyzed

to date. so fake news from the u. s. state department bashing, russia, china and iran, stanford university, and graphic i issued the report and meta, the parent company of facebook, and instagram provided the necessary data to promote the narratives. the now deleted accounts, shared news articles, calling for a ban on russian tv channels. they called on central asian nations to curb chinese influence and so on. here are some details of the operation. the operation talks it russian speak in central nation. alden says and focused on praise in american aid to central asia and criticize in russia, particularly rates foreign policy. facebook's post selfish had few within 10 months . it don't make 10 post gain more than 1000 reactions. it was pretty shallow stuff . photos of models doctored into profile pictures, synthetic hash tag campaigns all to help push

a pentagon version of world events. of course. now facebook says this is the 1st time that they removed a foreign influence operation directed by the united states. now that's interesting, as many suspect, this is definitely not the 1st time something like this has happened. meanwhile, what about all the other voices that have been accused of being russian bots are simply said on popular things that have then been silenced by the tech giants. what about all the other voices that have been simply asking questions about the war and you grain only to be silent over the past few months? now we shall see what new information surfaces in the coming weeks, months and years. but one thing is clear, the narrative that russia is spreading this info, while the leaders of the united states simply believe in transparency and democracy has been completely blown. it is now a matter of public record that the united states has been spreading this information across the world. caleb martin artsy, new york let's cross now live to danielle lazar journalist and

author. so now there's this probe into these accounts. what do you expect to come out of this investigation? i expect the investigation to not go very far. i'm sure the u. s. government will do what i can to bring pressure to bear on, on, on facebook matter, whatever. to see that this is, this is short circuited and the investigation does not go because i penetrate very deeply into the u. s. agencies that are responsible america. busy control of the flow of information, it is the term and to use the flow of information to advance american foreign policy priorities. and so therefore, i expect that that facebook will fall into line pretty quick pretty quickly. yeah, it's normal for america to rush and point the finger at russia. why do you think

it's not happening this time? what is the difference this time around? no, i think i think it's a tribute to the, to the integrity of, of facebook that they are willing to be willing to take on. you know, an operation like this, even though clearly originates with the u. s. government. i think that that they're to be credited. they deserve deserve a clap in the back for this. i'm glad i just dabble, go very far. rush any around have been a target of such accusations for years, but now america is under suspicion. why now? i assume it's just just meta doing your homework. there's no special reason as to why it would happen now, but like everybody knows, the u. s. is involved in these kinds of information campaigns. it's obvious. i mean, any of it would be foolish to believe that you know, that the, the only, the only party that does this is russia, that's, that's crazy. the u. s. is very much involved in this information campaigns and

propaganda. and using that enormous information resources to get its point of view across, everybody knows this, it's completely obvious. so on that no. is it hypocritical then for washington to be claiming that it's fighting a legit russian propaganda yet here we are. seeing it appear to have created its own of course, it's hypocritical as pro family hypocritical. but when is the west, not hypocritical. there's a, wes is always accusing others of betraying these high end is high and mighty principles that the us itself, you know, flouted every opportunity. and the us as us engage in a major propaganda campaign, especially domestically here in the united states, that's doing everything i can to make sure that americans do not receive alternative sources of information. it has done everything,

it can to penalize russian or other outlets as being you know, agents of this information. but it's all nonsense to complete now because the united states is the greatest perpetrator, perpetrator of propaganda and disinformation to begin with. and do you see such actions by meta and twitter actually changing anything or helping twitter and every social media clean up these platforms? oh, they might, there might be some, some positive development sub or i'm not optimistic as to the yet, as i say, any kind of major, a long term impact the u. s. as in the propaganda game, it is in the, in the disinformation game. it wants to use those forces, those techniques to its maximum advantage, and it is not going to stop doing that. in fact, every indication is the us will only step up stuff such efforts in the,

in the bus to come. daniel is our journalist and author. thank you. thank you. and that's her up on this hour's top news stories from around the globe for more up to the minute coverage head over to r t dot com. and don't forget to follow us on twitter, odyssey and rumble. see you next hour. ah, ah ah

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