an engagement equal to trail. when so many find themselves well deploring, we choose to look for common ground. ah, as russia re, groups, as forces with dozens of ukrainian troops killed and vehicles destroyed and heavy fighting are to speak to people living on the very edge of the don mass frontline. i got you down with you when you were trying to catch up. we cannot afford paying ketchup. opec plus officials say they're not gamblers, as they defend their decision to slash oil production. as pressure from the buying the administration bails to achieve its aims of an increase. and as

a europe scrambles for african oil, while telling the continent to reduce its carbon, the industry says it's up to the region to decide the pace of transition as africa, oil weight kicks off. it is not just good enough to, to blend to world will be final. so we have to prove for what is enough for century to focus on our energy use on energy groove. ah, from moscow to the world, this is our t international. i'm rachel blevins, and these are the top stories this hour. we began with the latest in the russia ukraine conflict where 90 ukrainian troops were killed and multiple military vehicles destroyed in the cross nearly mon area on wednesday. according to the russian defense ministry, russia withdrew its truth from the strategic city and the darnedest republic last

week to stop its forces from being encircled by the ukrainian military. while the head of the donna's republic says the situation around crosby mon is stabilizing. some online media reports suggest russia is regaining some territories and a counter offensive. so there has been no official confirmation artes eager to don off reports from the don bass frontline. these rushes new defensive lines on the very edge of the form, elegance crew, public before ukraine's counter offensive. this town, than far off from combat was in the midst of revitalizing its peaceful, mundane life. now all these efforts have been uprooted. herman ny, once again i proclaim town, this is where russian rules fill up the phrase successful counter offensive on this front. they are trying to learn by their mistakes, and they are building up their fortifications quite hastily. but what is staggering

to see here is that locals, they're going about their daily lives. there are just, well they go to supermarket. the life just goes on for them as if nothing has changed since the ukrainians captured more territory and well came closer to their homes. many ran to safety as ukraine's troops approached, but many stayed 2 and often not out of desperation, but with a clear intention and principle at the foundation of this heart wrenching choice alleged in the spring. as 3rd nath, i'm sure that the russian trips will not leave us. i want to believe in the boss until february, the 24th. i do not one war, and now i do not want to deal with ukraine because it's kara right here. now. it's carry many people i leave in a panic. she overheard them many had left. the neighbouring street is empty. you go to bed and you don't know if he'll wake up, though, how long will it be?

after all, we are human beings, and we all have one light. if you governor locals here are defying the threat of inevitable persecution and even torture of the pro russian population. if the town fools, amid shillings they go about their daily routine. the towns tony, mark had shrunk to a fraction of its former size for one merchant here, a personal, devastating tragedy conclusively sold the stay or leave dilemma. we'll, we'll talk more topical every year for good purpose for them to you. when you, when you mentioned russia is busy amassing troops on this part of the front. the garrison is partly made up of volunteer veterans who have been repelling caves outnumbering forces for weeks until receiving an order to retreat. reinforcements are being drawn here to answer your fresh suit. we are trying to hold the territory

and russian help is coming. every one, support and fighting spirit is already rising. national still farther. our troops are advancing. the artillery is firing accurately. the infantry are at their posts and are surpassed, that the fighting spirit is excellent. every one is ready to fight for their land. boy, russia lost control over large suites of land over the past 30 days. now it's carrying out a total realignment to forces aiming to curb ukraine's advance stop it and restart the offensive. i'm again done of reporting from the don bass art c o o pack plus members, including russia and saudi arabia have approved in major cut of around $2000000.00 barrels per day in their crude output. it's the biggest reduction in over 2 year is designed to proper prices on world market. saudi arabia's energy minister explained the reasoning behind the decision. we are not in the gambling

business. we have to be careful. i have had a 35 years of experience in this field. i would like to challenge anybody who could come and say, we've been through a situation as similar as it is today. and if we are not to be a tentative old ticket, likely lecture, either it and look at what is happening, did backpedaling, they're trying to catch up. we cannot afford playing, catch you. so on the one hand, we have the intentions of the e. u and the wes which are crystal clear, they want to punish russia with low oil prices by introducing a price cap. on the other hand, we have the group of all producers called opec plus, which is surely interested in higher prices for years. they have been achieving

that through limiting their output. and guess who's running the show as the biggest players when it comes to opec plots, that's saudi arabia in russia. now i do want to point out that washington work hard to convince the oil which gulf countries not to agree to an output cut. so the number one question right now is what comes 1st to for saudi arabia and it's opec plus allies, their own economic interests, or friendship with the us today, the answer was given. opec plus decided to go for the move that would drive the prices up. this is said to weaken the efforts by the west, anger the us apparently, and help rush up at the end of the day. now this is what perhaps led to the following exchange between a journalist and the saudi energy minister at that press conference in vienna. the gas price is widely seen in europe and much of the western world as having be

manipulated by russia, which is cut supply. people will know see, so the arabia and the core members of opec, an opec plus cooperating with russia one raised the oil price. it will raise the simplicity of david will be the view there. do you want to twist it to, to your and fine? it's your prerogative. it's short, right? it's like what we've been collaborating with opec plus countries ever since december 2016. so it's not an accident of, of mutual convenience. if you could, could. this is not the only exchange between the saudi energy minister and the western media. the official refuse to answer questions from reuters accusing the agency of disrespecting saudi arabia and spreading and accurate information about the countries policies. referring to an article based on anonymous sources,

claiming oil price collision by riata and moscow. i solar from righteousness agency. i had 2 questions to show slash next. i have to talk to you about joe. yeah, i got it wrong. ok. i knew you hadn't got it wrong twice. you did. i did not do a proper job. you talked about that i should doing this and that and actually the day that your story came out. no one from marsha talk to me nor i talk to anybody from russia. you repeated that again with another 10 of her story. be priority to that, that saudi and let her love love, le congregating around a $100.00 price. that is not true. but if you have question directly to others, but not me, i'm not talking to right until you'd expect the shortest, which is the energy minister. on behalf of showed you government the move can the

same day the you agreed to a price cap on russian oil to start in december and a new round of sanctions. the new bands maritime transportation of russian oil saw the above the cap, sat by g 7 members. hungary who is prime minister has repeatedly question the effectiveness of the eas, sanctioned policy stressed earlier that this moved doesn't cover pipeline oil. russia has responded with the country, his deputy prime minister warning that moscow might not sell oil to those and willing to pay a fair market price to the managed russian that, that it's an old prices are 37 percent higher than last year. if the price kept mechanism is implemented, i wouldn't rule out arise in prices, since there might be a deficit we are against such an intervention and impose in prices on our production by non market means. so we'll make a decision and our company's see they will not supply oil to countries imposing

a price. cap. whitehouse has reacted angrily to the plan for production. cause calling is short sighted, but some media outlets have labeled to move a personal failure of us president joe biden as it may push gas prices up a month before the country's mid term elections. the production cuts were agreed upon despite the biden administration, reportedly making a last minute efforts to convince goal states to abandon the plan and adding insult to injury jo. bite himself as being marked over the opec production cause after he was caught on mike during his trip to florida when the president says no one with a bite and put in peers. opec plus has done just that. i mean, other than opec bicycles, china stairs, russia, et cetera. joe biden,

no one the biden opec independent journalist option ritathui says that any country is unwilling to go along with washington and brussels will have to play a balancing act on leah a's on march. the way and saudi arabia reportedly refused to take jo biden's phone calls in the just a few months later, the saudis refused to increase output during biden's visit to reared. then on the 4th of october, there was a campaign from the white house saying come on increase output. and then we see today's carter, she said the u. e 160000000 barrels. decrease 526000000 you cuz my russia and saudi arabia each. i'm just going to tell you that the white house officials are being quoted on argue bill margery stenographer. the u. s. media has same quote. disappointed by the short sighted decision, basically from saudi you, a rusher,

other members of opec, and a kind of threat, some way to argue or by the administration. according to these anonymous source has been graded on us, so was, will consult congress. in addition to the 43 opec control over energy prices. it is a balancing game, but then again the international, the strategic, sorry, 9 to that we american strategic petroleum reserve, the united states before this decision, we're looking like they were back in the 1980s when arguably they could order the u . a in saudi arabia. more washington could, and now i think in the past few minutes, the u. s. is already saying they're going to have to release more from that strategic petroleum reserve. so it's a balancing act for developing world countries. but many commentators even in the washington belt, we're having to admit it changed times and of course looking towards it even though not reporting on it. we some a gun,

shang i cooperation organization meeting that alone. what's going to be happening in brazil later this month. and the bab selection of lula and the expansion of bricks. africa oil week is in full swing, and industry representatives are saying that it's after the continent to decide the pace. it is carbon transition ortiz corolla satellite, explains. a brick is leading oil gas and energy eve and has kicked off in, keeps out africa oil week, bring some of the big names in the industry. and the 28th edition comes on the back of europe's attempt to wean itself off of russian fossil fuels. alternatives are being sought and the continent has seen plenty european lead us as well as c, e o. 's of global energy companies coming to africa to look for the same cobbler and resources that they're telling the continent to turn their back on. but

africans insist that they and they alone should be the one to determine the pace and the nature of their energy transition. it is not just good enough to to blend the wall where we find ourselves. we have to push what is enough for century a focus on our energy is on energy grew summer to get into go back to quality. that is all western finance institutions and climate. campaigners won the african oil and guess to stay in the ground. but africa include some of the least per capita emitters of college and asking them to 10 they are back on these discoveries is at least hypocritical, especially at a time when the continent has been making unprecedented number of new natural resources. discoveries such as has been trying to finally got cc early seventy's. we've had 4 was lucifer, 3 of them had excellent all and that shows in them is just a question of getting a fuel wells and hopefully making

a commercial discovery. recent entrance in the oil and gas sector, ghana in namibia say they intent on developing the economies and businesses by supplying hydro cupboard to energy intensive global users with games. and it means that he's more revenue for trinity's. and i think based on a very good step towards economic progress, we also want to see, to embrace says that we are very much aware of the implications of energy transfer potential. want to produce our hydrocarbons in iris and run mentally responsible manner. we wanted the pin skills transfer integral you transferred to our people, want to develop dynamic businesses on a buckle, foil the european scramble for african resources. it's not just a u turn on europe's own promises, but it's also behind new money coming into the sector. but there are some trust

issues last year. oh, it's a few years before you're very countries kind of reduce investment in africa and today because the depressive are coming back for i don't know, is probably better than profit. go back for sure to deal in terms of benefit from this instance how i mean is in search of new carpet out in the market. south africa's minister of mining and energy was coated at the conference saying that fossil fuels will remain that economic drive of african economies for many years to come. he also says that the pressure, especially from the e u, as well as the u. s. for the continent to transform at a plus, the pace was unrealistic. this sentiment was echoed by attendees and the africa oil week in africa was begin to focus on how do you realize you could argue that he thought you are respectable. the fillings are under walls so you can focus stuff resource on your area,

interest of the waters in the forthcoming cop. 27 climate change conference to be held in egypt in november. this year will be the litmus test on african solidarity on the issue of energy transition, as well as how the continent will go about it. but judging by the sentiments and the africa oil week, africa in tends to develop economies and natural resources at its own pace. got out of tea, enjoying this book. the u. s. national debt has set a new world record of $31.00 trillion dollars. that's more than double the debt of the 2nd biggest borrower, china. the us economy is facing 40 year high inflation in response to federal reserve has been increasing interest rates, which are expected to hit their highest levels is 2007. the policy has also led to a 3rd of the u. s. dollars value sparking a warning from the un i mid fears of

a global recession with the economies of developing nations said to be especially vulnerable. meanwhile, around half of the applications for federal assistance after hurricane e n have been approved so far. that however, hasn't stopped washington from coughing up even more cash in support of ukraine, with some $54000000000.00 and military economic and humanitarian aid said to kiev so far, just this year. on top of this, president biden has approved a new bill with another 12000000000 bucks worth of help to ukraine. that's just 6000000000 less than the funds allocated to the u. s. federal emergency management agency. the move has enraged american taxpayers. no money for hurricane victims, but $12300000000.00 more for neo nazis and democrat slash funds in ukraine. iden, funding ukraine zelinski leaves florida and puerto rico underwater. so lensky seen

on raft asking for donations from flooded florida residence was cross live now to idaho. state representative barbara e heart. barbara is great to have you on the program today. now. well, only half of the applications for federal aid from hurricane in victims have been approved. president biden has signed off on yet another $1000000000.00 a package for ukraine. what's your take on his priorities their 1st 1st let me say if i could that are one of the things that ukraine and florida has in common is that we have men and families that had been displaced. and that's tragic. and i wish that all of our efforts could go directly to replacing those families. no one likes war, but certainly the position in which we find ourselves right now as americans. i believe that our 1st duty to provide for american needs 1st and i do realize that

some of this money that just got allocated was money that had a previously thought to be being allocated. but i do believe at some point we're going to need to re evaluate where our prior, i already you went, would be in the beginning of week. america has a huge deficit right now, and i believe it's time we start looking to take care of america 1st. now speaking of those priorities, i mean just 18000000000. additional dollars have been allocated to deal with the aftermath of hurricane in and other natural national disasters. we've heard report after report about concerns related to that hurricane. so do you think that's enough? and especially given that the latest aid packaged ukraine is $12000000000.00. i mean, speaking of those really priorities and what the u. s. is looking out for what does that tell the american people? well, the 1st thing i would say is,

i'm pretty sure that the aide to florida is not done. and you have complete faith in governor de santis and his ability to help florida already and out. and i certainly know that he was gracious enough to meet with the president to day. and we've been assured more money is coming, that she really is from where is that money coming? and it goes back to what we said the 1st time. at some point, we're going to run out of either money to borrow money to print or money to tax in . so again, i would, i would hope that we to start seen on the needs of americans 1st now on the topic of really what the country can afford. i mean, do you think that the bible administration can afford to pour money into crane when the country's own national debt continues to that new record after new record? let's just say that it's very disturbing. and i believe more people are becoming

aware of it. we all want to help those in need. and again, if we, if we were helping, which many are, are helping to place people back in their homes and, and build back up their cities. we've got so many churches, including my church that sending tons of aid over there and you know, we're willing to do that. but right now we have americans that are in and that's where i'd like to see our priorities. now i have you on here. i also have to ask you about the crucial mid term elections that are set to take place next month. what impacts do you think that the binding ministrations policies could have on the democrats overall? well, the by the ministration policies are not just about ukraine. as a matter of fact, the biden administration policies started from day one where he shut down the keystone pipeline where we're not producing our own oil changes and all which were

very capable. we were leading the world in exportation and producing what the necessarily necessary fuel. so between that are high gas prices are higher food. the cost for everything has gone up and not only has gone up, but we don't even prevail to us that we use this is all going to be on the ballot in another month. and i do believe that you're going to see the americans step up and push back on the policies of this administration. obviously, we cannot do anything about the presidency. see the other 2 out. but i do believe the house of the congress house of representatives take a dramatic shift and i actually believe you're going to see the senate with a one or 2 that majority with republicans there. so then the next question is how will the rest of us throughout the nation in our state, legislature, legislatures. and i believe that we 2 will do well as both with governors running and with state houses and republicans that will be elected certainly

a lot of stake, their idaho state representative barbara a heart. thank you so much for your time and insight thinking poland wants nuclear weapons on his territory. warsaw says it has discussed the possibility of joining nato's nuclear sharing program with the u. s. washington however, says it's aware of the request, but the polish president seems adamant that he wants nuclear warheads in the country. the 1st problem is that we do not have nuclear weapons. there is no indication that poland will get them in the near future, but there is always a potential to participate in the nato nuclear sharing program. we have spoken to the u. s. leadership on whether they are considering this possibility. it's an open issue. the nuclear sharing program enables those nato states without atomic weapons to participate in planning their usage by the block. it also allows those states to apply for storing a portion of the blocks nuclear arsenal on their own territories. so far,

the u. s. is the only nuclear power in the alliance that relocated some of is the tomic weapons and other member states, namely in belgium, germany, italy, the netherlands, and turkey. now this comes as western media is accused of creating a hysteria by claiming russian president vladimir putin is prepared to use nuclear weapons in ukraine. moscow has firmly denied such allegations saying that initiating a nuclear war is unacceptable because director of the international action center, sarah flounders says poland is simply occurring favor with the west. poland wants to do everything may tend to be of service to nato. and the us government in this war and every escalation, every way that they can find to further help that escalation, they will certainly do, might be a statement of symbolic importance. but it adds to

a whole fever pitch that the u. s. is creating of a risk of nuclear war use of nuclear weapons in your us may not officially at this point, claim that they're calling for this. they certainly are in every pronouncement in every media story about nuclear weapons being a potential to be huge. they're raising the threat russian cosmonaut ana keke and has become the 1st russian pilot in 20 years to blast off to the international space station from us territory. it was also the 1st time russian speech with heard on board the space ex rocca developed by an american firm owned by tycoon you on musk people. so if you're not, you know, say 6 or 7, but some you hear me, you 5 says similar to them. so it's

a just one. there are also 2 american and one japanese astronaut on board. the crew will remain at on this station for at least 6 months. nasa and ross cosmos agreed to guarantee the presence of at least one representative from both countries . according to bloomberg space agencies continue to work on point launches, despite the deterioration of us russia relations amid the conflict in ukraine, copy to reagan separation. confirm, and that's all for now. be sure to check out our t dot com for all of the latest breaking news and updates. we'll see right back here at the top of the hour. ah ah,

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