a joe by imposing these sanctions on russia has destroyed the american economy. so there is your boomerang itself. ah, ukrainian shelling kills a family of 4 in have song, a warning to viewers. the images are distressing to children are among the victim of mere putin has arrived and whose becca stands for a summit of the shanghai cooperation organization with issues of global and regional security. on the agenda. the meeting marks the 1st overseas trip for china's president. since the kobe pandemic with the international red cross says the global hunger problem, free dates, ukrainian conflict despite the west laying the blame on russia for the world. food crisis,

with just after 11 am here in moscow. and you're watching our t international. i'm donald quarter. welcome to the program. now we start with the latest news from ukraine or to children and their parents were killed after ukrainian troops shelled a residential area that's according to pro russian local officials. a warning following images are disturbing. the family died instantly at the scene as they crossed a road in the city, of course, on which is under russian control. authority say a u. s. delivered high marks, missile was used in the attack, and the deputy head of their san regional administration says the city has now its own alley of angels, a reference to the danielle cook memorial to children killed in the conflict. i don't know who the nazis were, shooting it, but people died anyway. this proves again that in care san as many have noticed today,

we now have our own alley of angels. we absolutely believe that all shots fired from american weapons or fired directly by the us. we say again that they do not care about ukrainians. russians or bell ruffians bully what they are interested in . one single goal, any method of terror, destruction and murder. ukrainian shelling had a high school and the low ganske people's republic city of pity, vaults, according to local authorities. one child died in the attack, and 6 students were wounded, as well as a teacher. and in the neighboring vignettes, the people's republic ukrainian forces shall the kindergarten and the city of duck who chives. one woman was wounded in that incident and they these are on verified images from eye witnesses that were showing right now. beside suffering from shelling, increasing numbers of civilians are being injured by so called butterfly land mines, which can cripple people in seconds. artes roman closer have reports on the deadly weapons. civilian casualties continued to mount here and then as people's republic

. however, artillery is not the only danger. facing the people here. ukrainian army have also been using so called petal mines, all butterfly mines against the civilians. here in de nest, this is what they look like. completely unnoticeable to the naked eye. more than 60 people, have been maimed for life by stepping on to a small petal. mine. like this, according to local authorities, there are still thousands of these anti personnel mines around the nest people's republic that have not yet been discovered right now there warning all of the population to be very, very cautious. right now i'm entering the hospital here in done ask the trauma center where they treat most of these are patients who to contact you will certain

people get very serious injuries when they come into contact with these objects. often their feet get torn off this. mine is dangerous because during the explosion in the secondary damage, an element is asphalt or sawyer. these elements, in fact, the skin and sub thermal muscles, you should never pick them up. you should immediately called the emergency services . this mine is designed to creep on. people not to kill them and this is much more frightening. ukrainian nationalists continue shelling of the city of the next not only will heavy artillery butts with these so called battle mines as well. the weather here, is it changing right now as well? that means we're about to get a lot of mud, a lot of snow. that means that these are shiny mines will be completely and noticeable. and that also means that doctors at this, from a sensor will have a lot more work from on call for of

r t done as people's republic. meanwhile, russian lead forces have advanced and on boss forces of the wagner. private military company have taken control of a key point near the city of our char. most. these are the latest images from the area where you can see an abandoned bunker that was previously used by ukrainian forces. entire area is located on a hill overlooking the surrounding locality. meanwhile, on ukrainian social media of video is going viral, showing to children speaking to ukrainian soldier who brags about killing russians . i'mma, yesterday we blew up a truck full of mines. we put gasoline on it, attached to grenade, said it on fire and it exploded. we also killed the russians. they began to bother us and we threw a grenade at them, both on credible goober will. that's how you fight for you,

craig. well done. a number of ukrainian organizations have already been criticized for indoctrinating children into various neo nazi nationalist ideologies. western media have highlighted the existence of summer camps, led by neo nazi militant groups in the country which operate with the support of both local officials and ultra right political parties. although it's not clear if the children in that video went to one of those camps. but earlier we spoke with a survivor of the rwandan genocide and they told us that such indoctrination can leave children deeply traumatized for life. i found the video extremely disturbing and actually discussing to the adults uploading children, taken part, you know, war and it also brought a bunch of a lot of the for me personally being somebody who experienced the war at a young age. you know, in this case, these children may not have actually done what they're saying they've done. still being exposed to such extreme violence is very damaging to children's brain and

they grow into trauma. the adult children are usually very impressionable and it's easy to indoctrinate them with a certain ideology, especially when the ideology is popular. so whether it's not the, whether it's any other hate groups, the targeting of children actually makes it easy because it's crowded around. it's in the ground to into, to plant the seeds of hit and extremism. and, and they grow up with, with that with that i be russian president vladimir putin has arrived and was becca stand to attend to the summit of the shanghai cooperation organization around has already signed a memorandum of commitment, bringing it one step closer to permanent membership in the organization or to corresponded maria phenomenal reports walking report he has arrived to someone to

come to a knows the pakistan to attend the summit of the shanghai corporation organization . this will be the biggest gathering yet in the as ceos, more than 20 year history. 15 world leaders are expected to join the whole discussion on regional and global issues, as well as on ways to move away from a western centric world order. as the, as seo is fortunate, had to be a leading power in military strategic, economic and other fields globally. we are expecting a big number of tad's wide mer putting he's going to sit with his counterparts from china, india, as it by john turkey and other states. we hear that with mr. ad logan, who to he's going to discuss russian gas supplies, in particular, partial payments in russian rubles, and turkish lee rose. for mister c, it is expected to be the 1st in person meeting in a long time. let's not listen to how important it is for bay gene. the chinese side

is willing to work with the russian side to continuously implement high level strategic corporation between the 2 countries safeguard common interests and promote the development of the international order in a more just and reasonable direction. ahead of the summit here in summer. com a lot has been said about a growing role of the as ceo in the morgan world, where western alliances and institutions seem to be in decline. today the organization is uniting 18 stays with differing status as either members or observers or dialogue partners with a combined population of 3000000000 people. literally, it is a super power alliance and a tease expanded as we expect in iran to become a member, stay to and to egypt and caught, have already received the status also to dick partners will keep you updated on what those day meetings will bring while to get more on the story now. we're gonna

cross live 2 geopolitical analyst and author don mclean. gil, thanks for joining us on the program. don, thank you so much for having me. it's a true pleasure. well, the 1st thing i want to ask you is, is basically what can we expect from the summit? the main takeaways road. thank you. now we have to understand that the f seal with its roots in the shanghai 5990, has come a long way in terms of presenting itself as a significant component of international politics. so we look at the total world trade value of s t o members states, you know, it has significantly increased from $667000000000.00 in 2001 to around 6 trillion dollars and 2020, and the scope and compasses. 2 thirds of the ration landmass, and over 40 percent of the world population. now this meeting comes at a critical time when a plethora of geopolitical issue is, you know, have been directly and indirectly impacting the permanent members of dialogue, part of the observer member states. additionally,

iran submission as the field 9 member also expounds on the significance followed by saudi arabia and egypt, inclusion as dialogue partners for while issues of trade, connectivity, counterterrorism, and security will be on the table on the institutional level. you know, the more critical component would be the bilateral between president vladimir putin and president, she didn't paying with president vladimir, put in prime minister moody and all the bilaterals with other members space there as well. so while there are tensions within the membership of the feel with a variety of bilateral issues, you know, we still need to understand that this platform serves as an important cornerstone in forwarding regional interests among the major powers of the east. well, you mentioned the iranian memorandum, i wanted to get a little bit more into that. what do you, what do you think? how do you think full iranian membership in the organization is going to influence

the future of that of the shanghai cooperation organization? well, we have to understand that iran is a significantly important regional power in west asia because not only of its pivot location, but also because of its significance in terms of g o 2 nomics and energy security. now while there have been critics that have been labeling the inclusion as a form that is anti west in nature. and all of these things that we have to understand is that the feel represents the reality of the present and future of international politics. and that you're entering closer towards more people already . and as the material balance of power is slowly shifting from the west to the east, you know, the narrative towards important geopolitical issues around the world will not be solely continued and contain, based on western understanding, but really will income have varying degrees of understanding of a number of regional powers and major powers in the east while staying on that

subject. right. focusing on the west when, when, when we're talking about international matters. i mean, the west has said that russia is isolated, basically. but at the same time, we've seen that russia has just recently hosted an extremely successful eastern economic form. and lot of us talk, i myself was at the joint military exercises that they were holding with china and us and 12 other countries. if i remember correctly, and so, and now we're seeing this. so what does this actually say about the reality surrounding this, this kind of isolation that, what the west, the thing russia suffering from? well, if you look at it pragmatically and objectively, you know, for us to say that russia is isolated, is far from reality as we can see that, you know, in the developing world countries around africa, latin america, asia ram right now, in se, asia states chic to present a more balance and pragmatic stance in order to understand the realities of the

external situation and at the same time balance their internal interests as well. and i do not think that states in these particular areas would want to be rash enough to jump into any bandwagon at their expense at the expense of their development security and, and the piece and development of the immediate neighborhood. so we can definitely see that the situation is far from being isolated as far as rush is concerned. and a number of power is in the east as well. i've also incorporated the situation at hand that are working within this reality. not necessarily jumping on the sanction bandwagon, because as we can see, sanctions have also come with the detriment of the developing world. so they have to be very pragmatic in balance and calculate here in terms of the engagements with what is happening externally. and that also includes engagements with russia. one of the topics of discussion we've been seeing among participating countries here is

the idea of signing trade deals without the dollar and using local currencies. how do you think that's going to affect the strength of the dollar on the international stage? what we have to understand the situation of the dollar if you're frightfully mentioned, from a structural, you know, a structural dynamic. so, you know, a series of structural, political, economic shifts in our system, coupled, of course, with the crippling effects of the cold. the 19th and demick has illustrated the vulnerability of existing supply chains and the risk of an over reliance on the dollars. so due to this increasing globalized nature of our political economic system, such hiccups or gaps that may result within the system can lead to a derailment of growth, particularly within the developing world and southeast asia. for that matter where i am based as also witness, such catastrophe as well, and they are continuing to face such catastrophes. so there have been the strong

paul for self reliance and potentially the dollar is ation. in order to address the tribute in nature of our political, economic landscape and really, highness the capacity of states to secure the growth, to ensure the welfare of their people and to maintain a favorable outlook in their system. so in fact the, you know, the pol for self sufficiency, not necessarily the dollarization but self sufficiency has also been implemented and resonated quite profoundly within the developed world, particularly in europe. as we can see, france has also been leading to fall for such initiatives as well. so this is a pragmatic and practical step in terms of understanding the way forward for states and their immediate responsibility to what their people, their growth and their security geopolitical analyst, and also don mclean. del, thanks a lot for joining us on the program. thank you. so much and global hunger problems long predates the ukranian conflict. that's according to the

president of the international committee of the red cross. if we talk about hunger today, it's not because of the ukraine war and we have seen the indicators of a food security crisis emerges in africa for much longer than the escalation that we have seen in the ukranian war. it has been as a complicating factor, it has exacerbated some of the problems that we have seen before. but the 1st thing, the k, there's i had more than a year ago when from our hospitals into the health. when comparing notes with doctors without borders and their impressive network of hospitals in africa, we started to look at the way figures of entries into hospitals. quite the western media, laying the blame on russia. many experts and n g o had warned of

a looming crisis before the conflict and ukraine. moscow has long advocated for humanitarian help, 2 countries and need singling a deep signaling deal or signing rather a deal with key f to ship grain to african countries. however, the majority of the serial has gone to wealthy countries instead, and this comes as the west continues to allocate billions of dollars and aid to crane. un agencies have warned of famine like conditions in the horn of africa, where up to 22000000 people faced severe problems and more than 7000000 have been forced to migrate. it's according to the world food program. malnutrition remains high across the peninsula with around 10000000 children under the age of 5 suffering. we spoke to with abdominal garber who was running for the night, jury and presidency until june. and he says, the climate change and the west sanctions against russia have contributed to africa's crisis. the problem has been ongoing for a long time. and it has

a lot of things that has to do with the destruction of resources that we have from the wisdom colonial powers. that how long a short time make sure that we get food from order countries where they can be able to give course like russia as i greet household authentic women, would you couldn't she brains to some part of africa district wanting again ensure that we attempt issue of insecurity in that just so that families come over and talk to europe, empowers department if they have met on 26th regarding the climate change let don't fulfill, just won't lose them about $100000000000.00 africa so that we can be able to apply to change the problem. it was terrifying shots. and what do i want to share with was in africa to georgia? well, buy a new one, a bumper. got it back to my you know,

he's africa and he sent a job. joe. hope lose a wife. don't get from what i wanted that are willing to offer was free transfer. just don't worry about function blocked them. simply because you had usual georgia, you decided denial. i'm opportunity for was to put, you know, to so by over the week, crisis is not only causing problems in africa, but also in europe itself in bulgaria to satisfied farmers have taken to the streets. this footage shows a large number of tractors on roads while police officers stand by after agree after an agreement was reached on the export of brain from ukraine and poured into europe. sending purchase prices to critical levels for local farmers rendering their grain surplus. dora, this is absolute lawlessness, but we have never seen such a thing before. smuggling with the participation of the stable guerria part of the external border of the you all for me. it is unacceptable that it violates the

european customs regime in this way. we insist on finding a tool in mechanism. bulgarian money or funds from the e. u, with which we can be compensated for our high cost of fertilizers preparations and fuel. so i will just say that fertilizers went up 500 percent. we want the entire, either to comply with imports from ukraine, which destroy not only european agriculture, but also bulgarian agriculture. the doe bridge, a region has a long battle related to the exploration and extraction of shale gas. we are firmly against it. we have always stated it and we will defend this position 0 for the entire european union, tolerates ukraine. and for our production, we have to fulfill thousands of requirements. new products. in another development, a united nation special repertoire has called for the removal of sanctions against iran and a report that details how every aspect of life in the country has suffered from decades of embargoes. i ha, ha,

ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, b c. yeah. insurance only since 2018 when former us president donald trump reneged on iran's un back to 2015 nuclear deal with world powers. washington has enforced a maximum pressure campaign even as efforts continued to restore the accord. iranians have subsequently been denied a right to health and essential medicines, sanctions that have vastly contributed to widespread shortages. iran's nuclear program continues to be at the center of its dispute with the us, with the un nuclear watchdog, the international atomic energy agency, claiming to runs intentions are not exclusively peaceful. iran, meanwhile, has maintained its stance that its program is focused on nuclear energy and not

weapons. we heard from christopher holly, he is a political analyst and researcher who says that washington uses sanctions as its own political tool and its ordinary iranians. who suffer. i think number one that the report is, is a bum show, but it's the bumps so that all of us knew was a reality for the past decade. and i think that nothing's going to change. for example, the trump administration, elevated distinctions to what they called the maximum pressure campaign. and the bite and administration has further enhanced those sanctions. so it's a bipartisan consensus in washington to in the sanctions on iran. they're affecting ordinary iranians and they're affecting their ability to get medicine, their ability to get food and their ability to function and live a dignified life. i don't see the things in ending anytime soon. and i feel that campaign as another act of terrorism and war against the iranian people. this is the how do you knighted state functions?

this is the reality of the sanctions that are done. and the sanctions are ultimately another tool of war and an economic instrument akin to see warfare from the middle ages. so this is the truth and that the report at least shows the light of the truth to people who were not believing those activists and those reporters in journalists who were telling the truth in the beginning. and only declassified us intelligence report claims that russia has spent $300000000.00 on meddling and for elections in $24.00 countries. over the last 8 years. moscow has consistently rejected all of those allegations. allegations of any interference, though, the claims are of great concern for the what russia is doing around the world in terms of its election. meddling is also an insult. on sovereignty is an effort to chip away at the ability of people around the world to choose the government that

they seem best fit to represent them to represent their interests to represent their values. meanwhile, washington has spent a total of 8 trillion dollars on wars across the middle east, north africa, and south central asia in the last 2 decades. that's according to research by the watson institute for international and public affairs at brown university of that amount. 2 trillion dollars was spent on the war in afghanistan, which ended just one year ago with america's clumsy withdrawal. author and journalist daniela's era says he does not believe the u. s. report about russia's interference, saying the u. s. itself has metals in dozens of elections in other countries. the state department report, the c i a 4 is just ludicrous. i mean, according to a study they at carnegie mellon university, the us interfered in 62 election foreign elections during the

cold war. after the cold war, 2 beams, elections and havi as low as ganeth and elsewhere, the u. s. has a national damage for democracy, a government funded agency whose job is to distribute funds to political parties in and other countries. it's part of a law and you know and, and yes, it is what they do. but that's what the us in particular, has been especially aggressive in doing. i've been no position to the judge. however, given the information i put out in 2016, 18 over russian political interference in the us of the information was that's completely false. totally bad information based on that,

there is no reason to believe the latest allegation. the head of the commission has called on colleagues to quote eradicate corruption at home while promising to take part in the process. and today i would like to focus on corruption with all its face of the face of foreign agents trying to influence our political system. the face of shady companies, a foundation, abusing public money. if we want to be credible when we ask, tended at countries to strengthen bad democracies, we must also eradicate corruption at home. that's just days after ursula of underlay and found herself in hot water after the european court of auditors requested information on her role in the largest and most expensive vaccine deal between the european union and american drug company,

pfizer bounder lay and had earlier been accused of breaching you rules on negotiating such deals. however, the court says the commission has refused to disclose details of rule. we asked a commission to provide us with information on the preliminary negotiations for this agreement. the scientific experts consulted and advice received. the timing of the talks, records of the discussions and details of the agreed terms and conditions. however, none was forthcoming. the investigation touches upon a may 2021 contract to supply up to 1800000000 doses of phasers corona virus vaccine to europe. the deal is believed to have not been agreed with e u. member states as is the custom, but instead discussed in private between vander lane and the company. in addition, it was agreed that pfizer doses would be delivered the following year after the main wave of vaccination. the court also questioned the size of the supply or the use eastern states lacked vaccines. are the host of the conservative daily podcast

. jo altman reckons that the commission's refusal to act openly as a clear signal of transgression what i think happens is that they are exactly what they say they're fighting again. so come out, talk about corruption while you're actually in the midst of committing that corruption. the lack of transparency is only done when you're trying to hide the mouth. and yes, they want to say that there's nothing to see here. and then they'll use the media and technology companies or to suppress it's the same problems that they face in the you that we face in the united states. we know there are back back room deals. you know, the most of the pharmaceutical companies, like pfizer, are owned by best companies. and those investment companies also by the way, are invested in our electrical system. and they also own the media. that means that the people of the, you and the people of american people around the world were slaves were slaves to a group of people that want to talk about. we have freedom and we have the ability to app free choice, but really we don't have free choice really. we don't,

we don't governor and we certainly give money government, so they can use that money. that makes us what that makes us has been there on that's all for this our stick around for more news here on our international in just about 30 news. ah. ah, the news the. 2 2 the.