ah, the me, a large fire or wraps in russia has done yes. were public as local officials. they ukraine fire sticks. hi mars rockets at the city of la via the us lambs, the saudis, as world back stabbers following the opec was decision to flash oil output. rianna though, says the u. s. is fully responsible for the energy crisis in the country. and we're moscow isn't buying as it tends to retract president ball, as you call for preemptive strikes on russia by claiming he was misunderstood and was actually calling 1st sanction who's

the from moscow to the world. this is our key international. i'm rachel blevins and these are the top stories this our we began with the latest from russia as john ask republic where the ukranian army has attacked the city of leviathan. here's some footage from the eye witnesses. a large fire erupt. it, after 6 high mars rockets were launched by the ukrainian army at the city that according to local officials so far there have been no reports of any casualties. the royal backs adverse, that's where some us lawmakers are now calling saudi arabia over reorders move to reduce oil output following the opec plus decision. some us officials are even calling for the president to cut off weapons supplies to the goals,

kingdom. the saudis need us more for weapons than we need them. president biden should make it clear that we will cut off weapons if public plus doesn't traverse the decision to make drastic costs and production in congress. we should also explore ways to rain enough control over energy prices worldwide. the white house, as long praise saudi arabia as a strategic partner, selling the country, large amounts of weapons, despite joe biden ones pledging to make riana a pariah when he was campaigning for office. some u. s. congress members are also calling for a reexamination of the countries relationship with opec plus members with saudi arabia's actions being described as hostile to washington. meanwhile, the thought minister of state, the u. s. itself is to blame for rising gas prices, which have nothing to do with crude oil supply. the idea that you do include would do this to home the us or to be in any way politically involved this absolutely not

correct at all with due respect. the reason you have high prices in the united states is because you have a refining shortage that has been in existence for more than 20 years. you haven't built refineries in decades. are james caleb? martha has more details on re out as decision and the u. s. reaction well essentially we have opec announcing that they will be reducing the oil output by $2000000.00 barrels per day. now that is rattling the circles of power the united day. there is quite a bit of outrage on the 2 days since the announcement already we're hearing the leaders of saudi arabia being described as back stabbers, putting a night in the back of the united states. here's what we've heard from unanswered questions about 911. the brutal murder of journalists, jamal cas shogi, and the exporting of extremism to dubious jailing of peaceful dissidence in conspiring with vladimir putin to punish the u. s. with higher oil prices. the

saudi royal family has never been a trustworthy ally of our nation. it's time for our foreign policy to imagine a world without this alliance with these royal back stabbers back stabbers. that is the language being used to describe the long time ally of the united states, the kingdom of saudi arabia. and it appears that they consider this to be a humiliation of joe biden, at a, consider this to be hurting the economic interests of the united states. and apparently, the united states feels that it has rights over saudi arabia's oil. you'll recall economist magazine recently i, you know, over the summer they tweeted out, meet mohammed bin solomon, that's the count. brown, prince of south of saudi arabia, the millennial autocrat who controls our oil now that wheat was deleted because it is not their oil. it is by right, the oil of the kingdom of saudi arabia, according to the constitution. but apparently, the united states feels it has some rights over it as do the british. now,

at this point, what can the united states do? but rant and rave at the saudis for not doing what they want here. some of what we've heard, what saudi arabia did to help prudent continue to wage his despicable, vicious war against ukraine will long be remembered by americans. we are looking at all the legislative tools to best deal with this appalling and deeply cynical action, though the no peck bill is up for discussion. this is a bill that would allow the united states to sue opec countries take them to court, possibly have you escort, seize their assets, if they don't do what the united states wants, that would allow civil actions against opec countries by the united states in retaliation for move such as this, that bill is up for discussion. in addition to that, the military relationship between the united states and saudi arabia is being questioned. this is what's been said as well. i just don't see any good reason for

us to maintain troops that are there almost solely for the purpose of protecting their oil fields and their security interests. there's no question that mohammed bin solomon, the crown prince of saudi arabia, shears putin's world view more than he shares ours. doesn't appreciate american advocacy for democracy in the world. now it's been 70 years that the united states has been aligned with the kingdom of saudi arabia. they've been one of the most loyal allies of the united states and nato in the region. you can recall after the 1979 iranian revolution, the reagan administration saying that they would never allow such a revolution to take place in saudi arabia. that is a steadfast longtime partner of the united states. but now we're seeing the circles of power in washington, turning on them pretty rapidly in response to recent moves around opec people will recall the words of former us president george w bush, who said you're either with us or against us. and that kind of thinking seems to be

prevailing in washington dc. meanwhile, energy has also been high on the agenda at an e u summit in prague. the blocks foreign policy chief, joseph burrell, said the opec plus decision to slash oil production was a response to the new e u price cap. underlining that energy has become the main geopolitical issue. look a deal big was dad decision, decreased this reply hopefully, which is a clear answer to our proposal price. it means that energy is becoming demotion. portland, do strategic issue today related with the war for culture, with the balance of power into well, dozens of you and other leaders gathered in the chat capital on thursday and an attempt to find unity any anti russian policies. the new political community format sought to discuss security and energy among other topics. however,

efforts to find common ground on the latest measures, such as a price cap and further anti russian sanctions seem to have failed. archie contributor rachel marson, explains why there were 44 countries united discussing the challenge herself today. and it showed how much russia isolated by ma'am, the new e u political community and invention of french president emanuel mac holds, consisting of the 27 nation block. and 17 other countries most of which aspire to join the e. u has just wrapped up is inaugural p. r. exercise in prague. now the whole point of this event in prague, prague castle seemed to be to convince onlookers of european unity particularity in favor of ukraine. and against russia, while papering over any other cracks in the solidarity facade, it said the kind of thing that's been happening a lot lately within the, you know,

we all know people like this in our own lives. they arrive at the party. it's all lovey dovey, kissy kissy and you know, darn well that in the car just before they got there. they had a huge blow up all just this week. for example, as brussels adopted 8 round of anti russian sanctions. belgium in italy sat on their hands as brussels band, semi center steel products from russia, despite knowing full well the hit that their own steel industries risk taking as a result. so they just kind of towed the line, but likely aren't thrilled about it. so during this summit, cracks didn't show none, the less turkish president air to one used his platform to law showed in greece over their territorial disputes in the region and accused the e. u. of supporting illegal activities masquerading his unity or solidarity. so he didn't mince words there. the block is upset with norway for maintaining high energy prices and profits. amid the gas crunch caused by brussels auto sanctions.

german economy minister robert havoc brought up the issue of so called friends like the u. s. and norway exploiting e u countries desperation through price gouging. earlier this week, french president, michael used his son that platform to repeat his opposition to building a new gas connection between spain and france, which germany really wants. because it would allow cheap gas from north africa to flow into neighboring you countries and germany as well. but let's face it, france with lose of market in the long run for it's l n g plans. if it supported the project, you k prime minister list trust was also in attendance and made a point of calling michael a friend. even though just weeks ago she said that the jury is out on whether he's a friend or foe for britain. but here it was, all smiles, kind of, she doth protest too much, perhaps the polish prime minister didn't miss the opportunity to pick yet another

fight with germany. you showed with a here today, we often talk about the egoism of germany. it clearly shows that it cannot be the case that the european union's energy policy is being dictated by germany with a financial. poland also decided recently to demand reparations from germany for world war 2. and now greece is also seeking hundreds of billions of euros from germany for both world wars, $1.00 and $2.00 for the greek government and the greek society. this issue, reparations from germany, remains open and its resolution, which is primarily a matter of principle, i think will be beneficial for all the countries and vault and the e. u. as such. yes, it doesn't really matter than germany has been doing the heavy lifting for both of these net recipients of you funds as the blocks primary economic engine. and now berlin, which is staring down the barrel at d industrialization and rationing from you. energy sanctions isn't exactly in the

best position to be stuck with bills to write historical ross. italy was recently chastised by none other than european commission. president ursula vander line. the almighty queen of europe, herself just before voting in a populous government. so now italy finds itself teetering on the edge of pariah status at b. e. u. alongside that other perennial pariah hungry whose prime minister had this to say about brussels performance. russia has not been brought to it's nice at all . while european economies saw bleeding out, it is evidence that the policy of sanctions must be changed. so despite it tends to project unity in prague, there's a lot more going on beneath the smiles in the class photo from this particular summit. senior research fellow of the global policy institute of one day, george sam welly explains the difficulties at the summit, including bad timing and a lack of unifying factors aside from hostility towards russia. a lot of these

sessions they have no real purpose. so, i mean, you know, there's so many of these kinds of floor rooms and you'll be in council, the european parliament, european commission o, s. c, the, now they come up with a new one, the european political community and the invention of a man of well mac wrong. and that doesn't do to be any other than what we're still the one the lion, the clad, which is what will rule against russia. we will hate russia. and that's, that seems to be them mantra and nothing else with a no agreement on anything. there's no decision on what to do in the future, but we're all united in hating russia. the timing is not exactly a grade, particularly when sola from the why and keeps talking about european unity. and suddenly, both of them agreed bringing up issues from 75 years ago and

was bringing such issues can have no positive outcome because germany is not going to pay anything. test and ukraine's president is now back tracking on his. com is urging a preemptive nato strike on russia, claiming he was misunderstood. and i said, you have to do preventive geeks nodded ex yahoo just because i'm sure that i am but g at the multiple or most dope, berlin during this time. would you say that i don't want the prosecutor keyboard? it poor jim lot of mirrors, lensky. and so he was simply urging the west to impose more sanctions, claiming the kremlin is preparing society for the possible use of nuclear weapons. he added, he would never call for nuclear army data, and that would equate him to a terrorist. the word he used however,

translates from ukrainian. literally as preemptive strikes, russian officials say they are unconvinced when he's back tracking attempts. sure. when or what should nato do? eliminate the possibility of russia using nuclear weapons. i once again appeal to the international community as it was before february 24th. we need preemptive strikes so that russia would know what awaits them if they use nuclear weapons, not the other way around, to wait for rushes nuclear strikes and then say, oh no. okay, then take this after yesterday, zalinski called on his western masters to launch a preemptive nuclear strike on russia. with this statement, he's essentially shown the whole world more evidence of the threats emanating from the key regime, which the special operation was launched to neutralize. at times, why zalinski secretaries to claim that he meant something else or ridiculous. so, in these situations, lensky, like his entire regime, has got

a taste and is beginning to dictate his own conditions, both to nature and to the, you know, gurgling issue of you know, what is the legal in media analyst, lionel says in comprehensible to even discuss nuclear threats, have we as a species forgotten? what nuclear conflict is? have we honestly do we need a refresher course into what we're talking about? i mean, i, i understand that we have various degrees of amnesia. tolstoy, he said, history would be a wonderful thing if the were only true, but i'm hearing about this and i'm hearing about war and aggression as though we're playing some kind of a game. and i, i think this is the insanity even to be discussing this cabin literally, because also it's not so much that a nuclear war could be triggered it or, or actually on directed, but things could be triggered. once this starts,

there's no calling it back, you know, it's interesting, okay. ads enough. that was a mistake. that was a, that was a typographical mistake. i, i didn't really mean that this. i can't believe. i'm frankly hearing what i'm hearing the winners of this years. no well peace prize were announced on friday with the ukranian president absent from the list. he was nominated by the priest for the prestigious award by the european parliament back in march, drawing criticism from some quarters. the european parliament is proposing the president of ukraine as a candidate for the nobel peace prize. how is one of the actors in the war going to receive the nobel peace prize on there others who fight for peace? why not? pope francis or the u. n. director there must be many others the whole notion of this peace prize. it's fascinating. you know, mahatma gandhi never received the nobel peace prize in 1953. george marshall,

who was a secretary of state of new york of the us, received it. and people were very critical and curious because he had been a combatant, but it was because of his post war activities in 2009 brock obama received the peace prize after being in office barely 8 months and years. something interesting . in times of your there were very careful as sometimes not even given out during world war one. there was no peace prize from 39 to 43. there were no peace prizes, and in 1948. i believe the year that mama gandhi a died, they said no one was entitled to it. if you look at the history of it, very rarely, if never, has there been an actual come battened in? what would call either a military operation or a war who received aid peace prize?

for i think, obvious reasons. 9 members of the organization of american states making up almost one 3rd of the union have refused to vote for a us back resolution against russia. the list includes countries like brazil, mexico, argentina, and others. the document was aimed at condemning moscow's military operation in ukraine and was supported by 24 other members of the american regional block. back in april, the organizations trip to russia is recombinant observer status. a move that was also opposed by several members of the union. professor of latin american and caribbean studies, daniel shaw says the policies of some regional states show that the era of u. s. domination is coming to an end prolong time. washington has been used to seeing the organization of american states since its founding in 1948 is an instrument of their policy. to have so much rebellion within their ranks comes as

a surprise for how long could they control the foreign policy. specifically of mexico in now brazil, argentina, and of course the bill of aryan block countries have said no, we're not going to go along with your foreign policy. we can see very clear, believe that nato is the principal guilty party that has brought this aggression to russia's orders. the era of us had gemini, of running roughshod over the country. sovereignty across the world is coming to a screeching halt. look at the elections is urine. in columbia, and what will this mean internally? and in many of these countries, these are massive confrontations within peer to within mexico. it's ongoing in brazil, so there's no easy victories. there's no promises. but certainly, every day, the foreign policy of these different countries in south america, in the caribbean,

in all the 3rd world becoming more and more independent of washington pakistan's, former prime minister and man con, has claimed multiple individuals were conspiring to assassinate him. warning, the names of the plotters would be revealed to the nation if anything should happen to him, or rally was organ. his eyes by cons, hardy and pakistan. soon, job province, where he called on his followers to march on to his long back and fight for real freedom against the current government. the last march, organized by caught on the capital in may of this year, saw protesters reach parliament and clash with belief. the former p at has consistently claim the u. s. is behind his ousting and is influencing pakistani politics. oh, when we will answer islamabad, the government will flee before we get there. this is our word for freedom. the chains of slavery will not break by themselves. we cannot get freedom,

you'd have to fight for it. at the moment, the u. s. has imposed their slaves as our rulers, and we have to fight them. a british minister prompted a laughter from the audience on a t v program. after trying to play the vladimir putin card, instead of apologizing for the economic turmoil caused by the government's $45000000000.00 pound tax cuts. what would that mean putin wants to do? he wants to be divided right now. i think people a lot it has to do with a simple apology to disable all you already changed the policy holder. of course, i'm sorry if you do. the british government tax cuts package triggered the pounds fall to record lows while also pushing up inflation and interest rates. the bank of england implemented an emergency 65000000000 pound bond buying program to stem the

crisis triggered by the government's decisions in a new interview. prime minister list trust was challenged to admit she had a bad start and office to which she responded by blaming kootenai for domestic and global problems. let's remember what we were facing 4 weeks ago, but you were saying some we were kind of power minister. my clan and hawaii is old and i am just going to use my question was, do you accept you've had to rocky storm? well, what i am saying is that we have acted decisively in the face of very, very difficult international 2nd. let me, we're peach and has been perpetrating the war and you by trust is also in hot water. over warnings of potential 3, our power cuts during the approaching winter season. she tried to downplay the fears, but failed to give any guarantee that britain will not be left in the dark schemes

do encourage people to use electricity at all times are being developed. but the proposal is already being slammed by the media. political analyst, alexander mckay, says, britain aren't buying the excuse that the problems are all russia is false. is trying the the taxi there was pioneer by joe biden. the earlier this year when he called the energy price arises in the united states. putin's price like that didn't work for joe biden. it's not working full is trusts. if you look at the opinion polls since august of this year, they have consistently shown. busy that the british population blames the government over to 10 or over even the energy companies in britain itself. so it's clearly a tactic that her spin doctors have told her to use the. nobody's buying it any more and blaming everything on the russian government is simply not going to be believed by people. if the lights go out, it's going to be trust that gets blamed. and her government is going to be pitched

into an even greater crisis than it is in already. this is the end point of a 30 years of us. various failed policies and less trust is at the end of this process. and he's inheriting a 30 year long mess, which she is trying to turn around and failing to turn around inside 3 months. so this is a generational failure that has left britain exposed to the fluctuations of international energy markets. un, unable to produce so energy. the only solution in the immediate period is to end the chaos in the international energy market. and that means ending the sanctions regime against russian energy, which is failing to do anything significant to the russian economy, but is tanking the economies of europe and increasing energy and security. meanwhile, in moldova farmers protested against government policies this friday as record high fuel prices have turned their life into a nightmare processing. although that had been flaring out for several weeks. as

demonstrators pitch tens near the parliament and presidential buildings criticizing the government policy, they are urging officials, including leader maya sand due to resign, claiming them for damaging relations with moscow, causing rising energy. com. that is more of a state gas company refuses to honor his contract obligations to russia's gas from which is already said that a bit doesn't receive payment. it will shut down all supplies. farmers participating in the protests spoke out about their struggles with the ongoing economic crisis. as you can come up with, we are in a deplorable situation because the prices that have risen simply do not allow agricultural workers to exist, not only to earn but to even exist, electricity as expensive gas as expensive. everything is expensive. we in the villages will make fires and warm ourselves with dung because our president has brought us to this to extreme poverty. on the same day,

a rally joined by several local politicians and city mares or protest storing energy prices also wrapped it in the polish capital. demonstrators blame the government groom competent measures to tackle rising living costs, claiming local governments are having to deal with the consequences by themselves. and on monday and neighboring germany, thousands of people flocked to the streets of saxony with now to express their discontent with all our shows and his government, inability to deal with the energy crisis, as well as berlin's approach to resolving the ukraine problem. earlier we managed to talk to martin coleman, one of the leaders of the protest and the free saxony. political party chief, though, thinks that the energy crisis is just a marker and many other issues. german authorities say listen, you lovable recently agendas from one of the main gym and media outlets. accusers of standing for the interests of russia as we are willing to buy its gas. his

conclusion was that we are probably being sponsored by russia. this is a nonsense, of course. if my child wants to buy an ice cream, i could tell him that he is acting in the interest of the ice cream cetera. surely it's not like that. the desire to import gas is for our own benefit. there were a bunch of people who supported protests, for example, last monday, more than 100000 people took to the streets of saxony. the way are politicians are dealing with energy issues and sanctions against russia. is just one of the signs of how bad things are going here. at least one person was wound it on friday as the ukrainian army shelled a russian border village. any belgrade region. this comes as mobilization efforts are still underway all across russia with border regions being one of the most active. we spoke to some of the volunteers who told us why they decided to say not . but reggie skip of younger brussels, most of the patriotic uplift in our border regions is quite high. we are well aware

of how all this threatens us. we have understood this since 2014 civilians here are already helping soldiers in refugees. many have already been mobilized. there were many volunteers got to it was a young solution with us. got the lou we live close to the border. we hear explosions, the sound of artillery a little. we understand everything perfectly. we are close to all of this until a person feels all this physically he will not wake up in sight, but almost therefore we are ready more than others. yep, i lucius, i use him. i will go to defend my homeland, my loved ones, all my friends from the belgrade region are ready to stand up for their families and friends for their homeland artes roman cusser up as it had belgrade to see how the mobilization is going in the city. this used initiative sensor in the city of the girl already saw hundreds of mobilized soldiers. and when they come in here, this is where the process looks like. they submit their documents right here and

then they move on to a medical exam. we have the doctors here and nurses and the potential soldiers receive a full medical checkup before there are enlisted into the army. now, according to the military who are sitting here or accepting these are potential soldiers. there are plenty of volunteers as well as the people who were mobilized. unfortunately, they can accommodate all of the volunteers because and not all of the military professions are opened at this point. once all the paperwork is complete, the soldier moves on to this station where he gets measured for uniform. this is where the orders are taken. also, the soldier will receive a free cellphone and a free seen card so that he can stay in touch with his family. and friends, this station right here provides the soldier with.