an engagement equals the trail. when so many find themselves worlds apart, we choose to look for common ground. ah, are trying to have gay catch up. we cannot afford playing catchup. opec, police officials say they're not gamblers as they defend their decision to slash oil production. as pressure from the biden administration fails to achieve an increase with joe biden's markets after he was caught praising himself on the same day. opec plus cuts all production with u. s. media branding to move the president's personal failure as well should be groups his forces, amid heavy fighting arts, he speaks to people living on the very edge of the don bus from line with

you with you, when you mentioned and with europe scrambling for african oil, while selling the continent to reduce its carbon emissions. the industry says it's up to that region to decide the pay for the transition. as africa, oil leak is in full swing. it is not just good enough to to blend to wall, to wall with fine ourselves. we have to push forward is enough for a century to focus on our energy use on energy group with welcome to r t international. my name is peter scott to taking over from rachel blevins. i'll be bringing you all the latest from my headquarters right here in moscow. opaque plus members, including russia and saudi arabia have approved

a major coats around $2000000.00 barrels per day in their crude outputs. now is the biggest reduction in over 2 years and is designed to proper prices on the world markets. 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 35 years of experience in this field. i would like to challenge anybody who could come and say, we've been to a situation assimilated as it is today. and if we are not to be a tentative or to take it lightly, like them either did and look at what is happening, did backpedaling, they are 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 plot, 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 been manipulated by russia, which is cut supply. people will know, see, so the arabia and the core members of opec and opec plus, cooperating with russia and raise the oil price. it will with the simplicity of it will be the view there. do you went to twisted to, to your end? fine. it's your prerogative. it's your right. it's with 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 call it lists wasn't the only exchange between the saudi energy minister and a media representative from the western media. the official refuse to answer

questions from reuters accusing the agency of disrespecting saudi arabia and spreading inaccurate information about the country's policies. referring to an article based on anonymous sources, claim that oil price collusion by re art and moscow. alex dollar from reuters news agency. i had 2 questions, the 1st best lennox. i have to talk to you about joe. yeah, i got it wrong. okay. i knew you hadn't got it wrong twice. you did or did not do a proper job. you talked about and i shared doing this and that. and actually the day that you, a story came out. no one from i shall talk to me, nor i talk to anybody from russia. you would, if he did that again with another 10 of his story with priority to that, that saudi and let her love love, love are congregating and under a $100.00 price, that is not to. but if you have questions directly to others, but not me,

i'm not talking to reuter until you respect the resource, which is the energy minister on behalf of showed you government. the move comes the same day, the you agreed to price cap on russian oil to start in december and a new round of sanctions. the move buns, maritime transportation of russian oil sold above the cap set by g 7 members hungry, whose prime minister has repeatedly question the effectiveness of the e. u. sanctions policy stressed earlier that this move doesn't cover pipeline oil versus responded with the countries deputy prime minister warning that moscow will not sell oil to those unwilling to pay a fair market price soonest. lucian, that that same 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, an imposing prices on our production by non market means. so we'll make

a decision and our company's say they will not supply oil to countries imposing a price cap, a bowl, former senior advisor to the saudi arabian minister of energy dr. muhammed al suburban, he says, the price cut will cause russia to cut oil production, which will mean a further increase in prices. price cab is in and says, and it will now it will never walk it. is it like a dream? like i wish for thinking for the kids, but if you don't, you are according to the principal of a cannot make one or one. you will see it will not work. i shall already selected that if there is any ceiling, then definitely that's where the hell bratia to block or so to use its own supplies by 1000000 or 2000000 by

block or to euro. so they need to think twice before taking any such ridiculous decision by the you. but they've got to this. i don't think there would be consensus under the your member by the way your members live in and they tell they don't know what to do. they are not calculating the cost and benefit of many decisions that they have been taken as far as the economic sanctions. again, russia, morgan stanley indicated that this decision was taken, then definitely rochelle would reduce production by one or 2000000 additionally, and that would get price a little bit a bit about well, the white house has reacted angrily to the plan for production coats, calling it short sighted, but some media outlets have labeled to move a personal failure of us present joe biden as it may push gas prices up

a month before the countries the midterm elections. the pollution codes were agreed despite the biden administration, reportedly making last minute efforts to convince gulf states to abandon the plans and adding insult to injury. joe barton himself is be marked over the opec production codes after he was caught on microphone during his trip to florida. no one, the president says, no one with a bite and but it appears opec plus has done just that. i mean, other than opec bicycles, china stairs, russia, et cetera. joe biden, no one the biden. opec. when you start begging, you know, the gulf states when you are beg, middle eastern countries have changed their already declared policies. it's an act of desperation as an act of short sighted foolishness. when the solution is literally right in your hand,

the relationship in the us and gulf states has not been particularly good at any point in recent memory. we have regimes that are propped up by the united states, but still resent the united states for their infiltration and meddling. so it's not that that the relation has gotten considerably worse. they just weren't very good to begin with with bite and try to convince them to change their minds. it's really showing that he himself is unwilling to change his mind. all that would need to happen to end the fuel shortage is to get rid of all the sanctions that prevent american companies, individuals from buying fuel. if biden was simply change his mind, then he wouldn't have to beg saudi arabia to change their minds. ah, over to the russia ukraine, conflicts now where over 90 ukranian troops were allegedly killed and multiple military vehicles destroyed in the crass neatly man area on wednesday. that's according to the russian defense ministry. russia withdrew its troops from the

strategic city and the danielle republic. last week, to stop its forces from being encircled by the ukrainian military. the head of the dentist republic now says the situation around crusty layman is stabilizing. ortiz eager is done of visited one town located on the combustion line. these are rushes new defensive lines on the very edge of the former la guns republic, 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. remini once again, a frontline tao. this is where russian crews fell free, 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 logos, they're going about their daily lives. they're just role. 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, elijah, in less than a 3rd, moth. i'm sure that the russian trips will not live out. i want to believe in the past due until february, the 24th. i do not want war. and now i do not want to be with ukraine because it's scarce right here. now if this is x carry many people are leaving in a panel key, which is hubert or many had latched a green street is until you go to bed and you don't know if you wake up though. yeah. how long will it be? the hood, after only our human beings, and we all have one lies. if you go to harden the 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, tiny market shrunk to a fraction of its former size for one merchant here, a personal, devastating tragedy conclusively solved the stay. all leave dilemma woke up more to pick it up. if you forgot to call for them to you. if you, when you were russia is busy amassing troops on this part of the front. the garrison is partly made up of volunteer veterans who have been repelling cubes outnumbering forces for weeks until receiving an order to retreat. reinforcements are being drawn here to learn. so you're from susan, we are trying to hold the territory and russian help is coming. every one, support and fighting spirit is already rising. national still part so there are

troops or advancing the artillery is firing accurately. the infantry are at their post. the dinners are posted, the fighting spirit is excellent. every one is ready to fight for their land boiler, the rushes lost control over large swathes of land. over the past 30 days. now it's carrying out a total realignment of forces aiming to curb ukraine's advance stop it. and restart the offensive. i'm a gosh, darn of reporting from the don bass art c with africa oil week in full swing industry representatives, states of the continent to decision that's as africa comes under pressure to conform to the global green agenda. as ortiz, corolla, toddler explains, of brick is leading oil gas and energy eve and has kicked off in, keeps out the africa oil week. bring some of the big names in the industry. and the 28th edition comes on, the bank 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 see he owes 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 world where we find ourselves. we have to push forward is enough for a century to focus on our energies on energy grew. some of you get into go back to quote that is oil, western finance institutions and climate campaigners one the african oil and gas 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. it's 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 find legacy early seventy's. we've had 4 was verifying 3 of them had excellent oil and that shows in them is just a question of getting a few more 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 uses when goods is currently in. and it means that he's more than, you know, for trinity's thing. we'll place them a very good step towards economic progress. we also want to see for says that we are very much aware of implications of energy transfer potential. want to produce our hydro cobblins in

iris and run mentally responsible manner. we wanted the pin for skills transfer integral you transferred to our people, want to develop done in 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, the korea before you are very countries kind of reduce investment in africa and today because our prices are coming back for i don't know is probably better than propaganda for sure to deal in terms benefit from this instance how i mean is in search of new properties in the market, south africa, minnesota of mining and energy, was coated at the conference saying that fossil fuels will remain the economic dry mouth african economies for many years to come fuel to says that the pressure,

especially from the e u, as well as the u. s, for the continent to transform at a faster 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 hop your respectable. the fillings are under world so you can focus stuff resource on your even address or to well those in the forthcoming 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 at the africa, oil week, africa in tends to develop its economies and natural resources at its own pace. got out of tea, enjoying this book. now the news, serbian journalist and r t contributes in nickel or your which has been banned from

entering both me and the governor, while troubling to his grandmother's funeral with authorities, denied him access on the board of duties. pro russian views of a 100 him a nodes claiming he poses a threat to security on public order in the country. when i tried bunker, when i got to the more when i was denied entry and i asked for emission worse as the guards were there. and i was forbidden entry since the 8th of september, so we can ro minutes, council ministers in, sorry, i will not take care of me officially as if the papers were due. probably or are we not there international relations to their health in their law and order and so on and so on. which is a 1st and foremost decision due to my life is worth

empowering stories which are not aligned with their agenda and their views on the fresh, off rush, a pending on the sort of b and everything else. the visuals may pointedly told the journalistic any one connected to moscow will be refused. entry. earlier poland into the baltic countries. bund, most russian travelers with you visas, your which who's known for his coverage of the dumbass conflicts previously interviewed the head of the dungeons republic. and the journalist says he's not the 1st time the countries refused entry to those expressing views that are opposed by the authorities. we shall similar the church in serbia. years back in 2020 several serbian academics professors were denied entry in month of negro. when there was, there were, there were big protest citizens. there was a law or freedom of religion. several people, mostly professors,

and it was denied entry and the same camp. and we bought a few months ago, 7 professor from the belgrade university middle school, which was also denied entry as, as. busy professor brockovich also historian was and then she and some things we sort of thought. so because we are right in speak and think differently than those who are in power and those who control the bargaining. because when affectively we are find and then she and we are suitors for their security, which speaks more of the country than of ourselves. the connections between washington and big tech companies are coming under increasing scrutiny. as a conservative legal group has sued the f b i failing to disclose the agencies ties networks such as facebook and sensing of some controversial content seats kennimore. appendix deeper will the notion that

big tack is very much colluding with the democratic party almost functioning as a wing of the democratic party has been around for quite some time. however, we now have this nonprofit going ahead the lawsuit against the f b. i basically demanding that they make their records public disclose their relationship with the big tech companies. so the whole us public can know the truth about their relationship. the evidence is that during the 2020 presidential election campaign, the f b, i conspired and combined with large corporations, including facebook, to censor and suppress the damning evidence of bite and family corruption and influence peddling, found on hunter biden's laptop. this was done to help joe biden and the democrats when the 2020 election, now arrogantly disregarding the law, the f, b i as stonewalling, america, 1st legal efforts to expose the f b. i 's emails detailing the trade craft behind this collusive attack on our elections and identifying the persons inside and outside of government who were

responsible for it. 2 months ago, mark zuckerberg, the ceo of facebook admitted on podcast that he was approached by the u. s. security agencies and asked basically to suppress the unfair biden laptop story, because they believed it was possibly our likely to be what they called russian dis information. this was that bombshell admission from mark zuckerberg. and basically the background here is the f b i, i think basically came to us some, some folks on our team. okay. just so you know, like you should be on high alert. there was the we, we thought there was a lot of russian propaganda in 2016 election. we have it on notice that basically there's about to be some kind of dump of um ah, that similar to that. so just be vigilant. now it's also important to note that 100 biden's former business associate at this point has come forward and said the at

the i really showed no interest in all the evidence he provided, showing 100 biden's wrongdoing than his crimes. and it seems like they just weren't interested in getting the facts on 100 by. here's what the former business associate had to say. they were supposed to be working a follow up interview and tim chemo. in his last discussion with my legal counsel was listen, we know tony's cooperating. we appreciate all the information you provided. we will follow up with you. we're definitely going to have him come in for a follow up interview or spend some more time on this. and i haven't heard from them. so now this seems to reinforce the notion that the f b, i just really had no interest in investigating the crimes of the biden family and the president's family members. now at this point, we're also seeing with ilan mosque assuming leadership of twitter, some pretty blatant examples of how solidly twitter is in the democratic party camp . there are reports circulating about twitter employees cry in the song,

should i stay? where should i go is being played in the twitter cafe and it becomes apparent that a number of twitter employees are afraid that the company may be moving in a different direction. perhaps the algorithms are going to be a little bit different. perhaps different tweets are going to be circulating the way new speeds are going to be operating will be different and it won't be the standard liberal line. so when we look over all the facts here with this new lawsuits and other revelations that have happened, it becomes pretty clear that the stranglehold that the democratic party has over the tech giants and their control over information and discourse in the united states is becoming more and more obvious, furthermore, there is more and more outrage about it. but since the eagle forum ad martin says that americans should be wary of the actions of the f. b i with flipped over what was a, a warning from ronald reagan memoranda. ragged famously said, trust and verify in america right now when it comes to our intelligence community.

when it comes to the f b i, it's distrust and verify. our starting point is that we've been misled. we've been misled. another example is on january 6th. there's a guy named ray apps, none of the f b, i will answer positive or negative. what ray ups was doing, that's a looks like he was breaking the law court in the f b i. they won't answer the question. we know our intelligence community has a problem. they don't tell the truth and so we're not going to trust them and we shouldn't trust them until they can prove until they can verify what they're saying . and the bigger problem very candidly, is that big tech is an aiding and abetting. but so as our big media and big media is happy to run these stories, you'll have john brennan, who has admitted he lied under oath to the u. s. senate. he will be on t v and he'll be saying things about what's going on that are there's no reason to believe is she's true, he's a, he's an admitted liar in the past. so we've got a real problem right now in this country, and the good news is we have an election in just a 5 or 6 weeks. that will, i think, change the dynamic

a lot. ah. and finally the u. s. ambassador to pakistan is in hot water over at suites about visiting kashmir, a dispute, the territory between pakistan and neighboring india, the american embassy in his, i'm about describe the region with the abbreviation 8 j. k, which is used by the local independence movement. a for many years, the united states has been committed to strengthening educational opportunities for residents of assad, chombo and kashmir. u. s embassy in islamabad. once again acknowledges pakistan occupied kashmir as a j. k. as i, jambo and kashmir. a mistake repeated more than once as a decision, and in this case, signal to india multiple statements using a j k by a serving ambassador, especially that of a friendly country is a serious issue. and definitely one that warns a response or at the very least a call to clarify christian need is a sensitive issue and needs to be dealt with sensitively. us double speak english

me, it has certainly ever said indian, but it's also making. 8 experts analyze whether u. s. v shaping is policy when it goes to south asia. we've seen ever since the biden administration secret. oh, that's been the alignment of thought between the relations of the 2 countries. focus on things you asked. all this in the boss all refer as the scene. do you focus on on the chief general thoughts? was, was it to the bank to get on that tweet or the u. s. and thought you of them bothered him to focus on don't know, with the, to focus on occupied kasheila. that wasn't enough. the u. s. embassy. focus on leave it out poorly, e, e, g, which is all john when kashmir. i saw on steve's in defended terminology, which is only use firefox thigh on his with it the u. s. on where to focus on also be it's the u. s. government for providing financial assistance to the store,

stilton heritage, sites in that particular region. now this comes from the back door, all the fcc deal, which remember dr. su shanker was extremely fast minister or india slammed the by. did administration's proposal from id 416000000 dollars worth all fairs and military assistance to box on? nevertheless, as far as the visit all the little boy to be okay and calling it a g r r. john, when question you just said it has a fence indians, they've taken twitter by stop by pakistan stance on the long standing territory. dispute remains the same. some kashmir groups have been fighting against indian control of the territory, calling free the independence or unification with islam about the conflicts has claimed thousands of lives since the late 19 eighties,

according to some human rights groups. since last year, the crisis sees a thawing of relations between the neighbors with a sci fi agreed on the de facto border. earlier we spoke to conwell sybil. india's former foreign secretary, who said that you as officials, should be more careful about the statements. if it was a mistake, then they would have corrected it, but i have seen that they are repeating this formulation, offer larger, more english lead and subsequent tweets. in april this year, ill hand omar lewis congresswoman really islamist, she visited the august unoccupied cuz me and when india progressed, it was the state department said that before the privacy visit and the distance themselves on mute and saying that they had no hand in organizing. now in 6 months and is a big change where the u. s. embassy himself is.