where in lodge obs companies would lose millions of millions or is business and business is good and that is the reality of what we're facing, which is fashion. with at least 4 people are wounded as a result of explosions in the russian belgrade region. miss our defense systems have been activated to repel rockets reportedly launch from across the ukrainian border. and staying in belgrade, 11 people are killed, another 15 wounded in a terrorist attack. that's a russian military base in the western part of the region. it was during a life i exercised for volunteers. training to fight in ukraine. also coming up on the program with will never promise to renounce the use of force and reserve the

possibility of taking all necessary measures against the interface external forces and the extremely small number of pro try one independent separatist. the chinese communist party 20th congress kicked off with thousands of delegates, arrive in beijing to define the countries future. you can find out all the latest in our special coverage right here with thank you for joining us at 1 pm. moscow time, you're watching the weekly here on r c. i'm pizza, scott. and these are some of the top stories from the week just gone. welcome to the program. the 1st we start off with the latest from the russian belgrade region, which is close to the ukrainian border where local officials. but they say that the least 4 people have been wounded as a result of shunning by key of forces. there are some the latest spots on verified pitches that we have, which are reportedly from the scene. and you can see where

a massive crater, where the shell has landed. thus, as russian air defense systems have been activated in the skies above belgrade. and now over to the done yet republic, where a suspected u. s. supplied high mars missile has hit the done yet city administration, building from across the ukrainian border. that is, according to the city's mayor. the following and verified footage appears to show the aftermath of the strike with rubble scattered across multiple floors. also, windows do appear to be blown out, and a ceiling has collapsed in several places. as you can see here, at least 4 people sustained injuries as a result of the attack, thus, according to local officials. when this comes, after 11 people have been killed and 15 wounded in a terrorist attack in russia's belgrade region on saturday. the incident took place at a miniature training based near the ukrainian border artes roma casa, has more. well, we have official confirmation from the russian defense ministry that indeed 11

people were killed and 15 are now being treated in hospitals for various wounds. now all these people were prov, volunteer, or soldiers are here in russia. they weren't mobilized. they wanted themselves to go and fight to protect their country. and according to the defense ministry, 2 of the enlisted soldiers, they are responsible for this said terrorist accent that they come from one of the i c i s countries. the c s is of course, a commonwealth of the independent states that to unite to incorporation that 10 former a soviet republics. now there were specific about of which country that was as the investigation is still going on. now that both of those, the 2 suspects who made this 3rd serious act happened, were killed on the spot by other soldiers who were present there at the moment.

ah, russian investigative committee, all were still working on the scene, trying to determine all of the facts that are on the grounds. and meanwhile, here in belgrade, it's been making headlines over the last week as a ukraine, continuously at sax, to city, and attacks, and nearby villages. a ukrainian border is not that far away. and as we arrived in the city about 11 am this sunday we started, i hearing a lot of explosions up the up in the air, a letter or letter on the fans out that's at least 10 ukrainian rockets were shut down. unfortunately is by air defense and unfortunately a few of them landed. and according to the governor of the region, at least 2 civilians were wounded. also, a footage is emerging from various social media that belle grove airport was also.

in fact, of course, the airport is closed at the moment because the moment because the air space is closed around this area, due to a military case is going on very near by. but the governor of the city is now making his around around the region to determine whether there were any more any more destruction or injuries. when we discussed the terror talk on the russian military base with some of our guests who gave their thoughts on what could have caused the incidence. that's quite conceivable that it could have been some ethnic tensions just within the camp. i would tend to think that that's more likely, but as i said, it's just very unusual to have another group of folks from another c s country open fire like that. and i'm sure there was some,

i cannot rule out the possibility that you have ethnic tensions that exist even within the cia. and we've seen that we've seen it with keys. we've seen that with, with those backs and, and the time sheets and they, they, they still have their, their, their, their internal differences. and i would suspect that this is probably what it could have been. they could be included with, by an external power or they could be from the original country as far as i know yet on mentioned, even though they did catch on 2 of the members. and that said that the pattern is pretty clear. and we've seen this pattern begin with the assassination of looking up a few weeks ago than the pipelines and the bridge. and now this,

and of course, this is in, in the context of russian mobilization and a series of attacks on the ukrainian and infrastructure that have that go a little bit deeper than they have in, in the past for the pattern seems to fit quite frighteningly, this war in the dawn bass appears to now be bleeding into russia proper. that's very concerning because at this point, the new military's been so degraded that i think it's fair to say that more or less the ukrainian military is a nato military to. that would mean that it is a nato attack upon russians. i think that is a rational conclusion, given that there are more and more tax in this area by ukraine and ukraine's being very open about the fact they want to attack russia within its borders. so you put 2 in 2 together and i think it equals 4. and i think in this case it,

we can probably assume that it's ukraine, that the chinese communist party 20th congress kicked off in beijing today sunday with thousands of delegates, including some of the country's top officials set to define the countries the future for the next 5 years has our special coverage of that event. ah, chinese leda, seizing ping, has addressed the delegates and a keynote speech looking through the events of the past 5 years in chinese. politics is strongly condemned to the politics of brute force pledging to support international justice and multilateralism. but junction junction, china takes a clear stand against germany and power politics and all their manifestations. fine, we will unshakable resist any unilateralism and protectionism. we will help build a community with a common future for humanity, firmly support international justice and uphold and defend to the true

multilateralism. he also phrased the country's achievements, among them, the g. d. p. handling of the pandemic and reducing poverty. john as president also promised in his opening speech that the chinese military would be brought to world class standards by 2027 to marcusson's funeral seats. ian correspondent long schwab takes us through the main points of the lunmark congress. the work report proposed by the preceding nighties, c, p. c. central committee consists of 15 different categories. many lay out in a balls tasks and major policies for the developing a cause of the party end of the country in the next 5 years, or even longer period. of time to com, putting forward a series of new pro approaches, strategies and measures. i feel like, you know, the work report being delivered and this year is more focused and condensed. why here? because i heard a brand or vision for a china, each of the poor areas,

domestically and internationally. we're here, there is a specific plans in many aspects. for instance, china will continue, is to reform an opening up a continuous and corruption campaign will promote the new development concepts and will continue the development of national defense and science and technology. as she also mentioned that to long term goals, the cdc will pursue 1st to basically realized the socialist modernization pump when it, when youth were 20 or $35.00. thank and to, to build china into a great modern socialist country that is prosperous, strong democratic, culturally advanced and harmonious and beautiful from 2035 to the middle of the system of the century. china's foreign policy will also be shaped by the report to however, a will not change in the bigger picture because she pledged the to continue to support multilateralism and opposes and in bullying. and they had demonic behaviors

. because in the last 2 years, in the last 2 years or i should even and the glove went abutment initiative and the global security initiative, which are believed to shave a, china's foreign policies in the years to come. well, you know, china is always at a hearing shimaya, lateralism, and peace. what department, this is. this is the core of the, of china's foreign policy and that you would definitely remain the same when a thinly veiled condemnation of u. s. actions president, she also emphasized that china condemns taiwanese separatism and the role of foreign states that encourages why moon she true, she should we sincerely and with all our might continue to strive for a peaceful re unification. but we will never promise to renounce the use of force and reserve the possibility of taking all necessary measures against the interference of external forces and the extremely small number of pro taiwan independent separatists and their secessionist activities. although taiwan is

recognized by most countries as part of china, the u. s. seems to support the islands independence by supplying it with arms. a visit to the island by the u. s. how speak and nancy pelosi, earlier this year, spots and angry response from beijing, followed by massive chinese military drills around the disputed territory. beijing base political analyst shook window says that washington uses tie one to destabilize china. it's really about the relationship between china and the united space. we know during the cold war the u. s. and the u. s. lead west basically have this kind of paula, the very hostile, it's wanted the former soviet union. and that proved to be costly for both sides. so the chinese side has tried very hard to, to avoid a coating wall launched by washington. that's why you do hear chinese leaders criticize washington for having this kind of mentality. that is when the, the china continues to develop some elite in washington. the are afraid of

being replaced by the number one economy at large in the country in the world. all the worried about losing the predominant position globally over the united states. they're using ty, one against the chinese stability to create trouble to create, for example, instability, damage in peace and stability in this region that will ultimately lead her to the chinese development, but also countries in the region. so you do see why days of very little support for the us, you know, provocation against china or costs will bring you more of our special coverage of the key summit in beijing in the coming days. so do stay tuned for that. ah,

falling behind nature requirements for reserve on those stocks hasn't stopped germany from finding more military aid for ukraine with care of now reportedly receiving long awaited defense systems from berlin. that's of course, is in the wake of russian air strikes on ukraine. back in june, the german chancellor promised to defend systems which are capable of protecting an entire city. the vehicle mounted i. r s t s l m system is claim to be able to intercept my files and aircraft up to an altitude of 20 kilometers and a range of up to 40. the system is among the world's most cutting edge defense systems. ralph bought a senior planning officer in the special monetary mission to ukraine. he explains what such supplies could mean the key f the iphone, i know i to can fly the delivery of a single fire unit with a range of 40 kilometers to a country with an expanse of 130-5600 kilometers is of course just

a drop in the ocean. this isn't sharp contrast to the media hype that has been leashed. moreover, it is difficult to assess the concrete military impact of the delivery system of a weapon system that has not yet been used in combat anywhere. generally speaking in the last few months, one got the impression that tests under real conditions were being carried out on the front. the west might also be interested in testing whether the airborne version of the iris can be used in the future. so far, the west has shied away from deploying its own air forces because such a development could result in great losses at best improved air defenses of which iris is apart, may lead the russians to deploy more stand off weapons and strategic carriers that may pay off for russia, in this respect, it is questionable whether the delivery of more iris units will really result in the advantages for ukraine. the russian army can operate for 200, maybe 300 kilometers beyond its borders. but beyond that, it would have to stop for a variety of reasons. what heat you shovel is this you politically. it is the wrong

prioritization because the west is unilaterally relying on military solution as washington prohibits all the actors from considering negotiations. it's clear that the europeans will have no part in a negotiated solution regardless of the military success or failure of ukraine. germany is no longer perceived by russia as an independent actor in world politics . and thus, germany's ambitions for more responsibility in the world have probably come to an end. and as a european, that pains me with the delivery of the so called defensive weapons. the german government is, of course, seizing the moment to get rid of some of the international political pressure that is weighing on it. it is obviously trying to remain in the 2nd row in the area of arms deliveries. however, the distinction between offensive and defensive weapons is difficult to make, to the iris weapons which are guided weapons be used to protect systems that carry out strikes deep into russian territory, such as the high mars than russia could hold germany partly responsible for the consequences of this week also witnessed washington's class with re add

following saudi arabia's claims that the bided administration asked for a one month delay the opec plus decision to cuts or production. and the timing matched almost perfectly with the midterm elections in the u. s. on the 8th of november, we had explained why it rejected the appeal the government of the kingdom clarify through its continuous consultation with the u. s. administration. that all economic analyses indicate that postponing the opec plus decision for a month, according to what has been suggested, would have had negative economic consequences. this is a pretty big revelation. they're letting a pretty big cat out of the bag that it seems that the priority of us leaders, when it came to asking opec to move ahead with their decisions. they asked to delay it for one month because they were concerned about us election results that are clear, it appears the november 8th, mid term elections that are set to take place here in the united states and with

a new congress will be elected members. the house of representatives, numbers the u. s. senate will be elected or reelected. i at that seems to be what the issue was. now, the democrats are furious with saudi arabia. they're, that all this talk of calling the 70 year relationship between the usa and saudi arabia. into question here, some of what democratic party leaders have said in light of the saudi is refusing to play ball with the united states. are going to be some consequences from what they've done with russia. suspend all arm sales. is that something you'd consider? i'm not going to get into what i've consider and what i have in mind buddies would choose us instead of russia will they didn't, usa continues to supply saudi arabia with weapons. there's the ongoing war in yemen . and there's some democrats that now feel like they want to, they want to cut off the supply of weapons. they want all u. s. troops that are in strategic areas, supporting saudi arabia to be removed. and there's the no pac bill. this is a law that would enable people and entities in the united states to file lawsuits

and take countries to court for violating and manipulating the oil prices. it's negative effect in the united states is quite dramatic. now the saudi foreign minister expect this will all blow over after the big elections are over. unfortunately, when you are in the election season with some people called the funny and lots of things are said and lots of things are done that may be, may not make sense at another period of time. and i hope that this is what we're dealing with here. it appears that the democratic party leadership was concerned about how the gas prices effect the election. and they wanted the saudis to put off their decision to cut oil production until after the elections because of how it would affect the gas prices. they don't seem to be concerned about the fact that americans are paying $3.00 to $6.00 per gallon of gas that families are being squeezed. they're not concerned about european allies of the united states freezing in the winter. they're concerned that all of these economic consequences that they

could affect the election result. they could change how people go ahead, devote a real amount as soon as isn't revealed on the part of us leaders. they essentially wanted saudi arabia to play ball with them and make decisions that would have political benefit for them in the short term when it came to how americans vote on november 8th will of invoke a vice chair for the u. s. libertarian national committee says that the obvious way out of the crisis is just to lift functions on motion, energy exports. they're trying to adjust oil prices basically around an election rather than doing either the short term or lower to doing the long term changes or investments that would lead to the. i mean, here's the simple example. the obvious solution to our oil shortage is to get rid of all thanks and that stop american businesses and individuals from importing oil . whether an american company wants to buy oil from russia or venezuela, or on, or anywhere else, that's their natural rates. the government should not determine where somebody can

buy oil from. so rather than doing the thing that's right, an ethical and make sense. they're trying again to you shady backroom dealing as their one solution to all problems. when you create foreign animals, the, that's only going to benefit the people who benefit from conflict, people who benefit from war. unfortunately, united states, that is the entire military industrial complex, which is the single most influential and sadly, the most toxic organization that exists in american politics. so you have defend contractors and those that other other contractors that benefit from war. they are of course, happy to see as much conflict as possible. the problem is everyone else in america, benefits from p. and so the correct solution is the end sanction and all sanctions on oil and everything else allow americans to freely trade with any individual with whom they choose versus non stream to pipeline would not pose a risk to european or german gus security. well, that's according to

a top secret security assessment written 4 months before the start of the war and ukraine. the report was drawn out by the previous german government, led by chance, the anglo merkel. and it was recently declassified. in summation, the evaluation has concluded that granting certification for north stream too, does not jeopardize the security of the gas supplied germany and the european union . the pipeline increases the resilience of the european gas supply system by providing an additional capacity buffer for peak demand. the question is, is for mergers as our angular merkel about to be tossed under the nato war bus. well, you know, some speed bumps. it certainly come in handy at this point on route to mass, public outrage over energy related sanctions that risk fighting europe, particularly hard as winter approaches. and now this newly declassified top secret sherman security assessment of the nurturing to pipeline dating back talk tobar 2021. so as you say, just 4 months before everything popped off and ukraine and while merkel was still

chancellor included that quote, the granting of certification of north street he does not jeopardize the security of gas supply in germany and european union. in other words, no national security problems for germany and doubling down on russian gas. but critics are now blasting merkel as the assessment and, and saying that she's being naive here that the assessment was i, everybody was just naive and nobody woke up to it. so here's merkel now defending her government's approach to russia. oh said, i'm adding pest, you always act in the time in which you find yourself from the perspective of that time. it was very rational and understandable to get pipeline gas, including from russia and that was cheaper than l. n. g from other parts of the world. it's worth noting that current chancellor, olaf schultz was merkle, vice chancellor at the time of this report. and his weakness now and failing to resist russell's energy sanctions places germany's industry. so the blocks economic driver on the front line of sanctions below back, particularly given the countries over reliance on an unripe end at best green

energy strategy. and by the way, those green energy fantasies of shunning colin nuclear for germany were only made possible thanks to cheap russian gas. so rather than taking responsibility for any decisions or better yet altering course to the benefit of the country right now. well, looks like the strategy here is just to point a yell at merkel with this conveniently declassified report. as for merkel having been naive, these are the russia. well, it's important to remember that everything was fine. a till the you and germany decided to finally stop resisting long standing us efforts to have europe cut itself off from cheap russia. yes, with quote for ukraine being apparently the magic words that finally sold germany on its own economic and industrial suicide to the ultimate competitive benefit of washington. amid rising energy prices, thousands of people took to the streets of leap, seek in germany, processes were venting the ongoing government policy waving flags and holding buns

and shouting. we don't freeze for profits. rising food prices, as well as a lack of affordable housing and inflation. we're among the other grievances that demonstrates is highlighted. don't i? came economist on. publicists says that u. s. energy could never fully meet you demands. russia was always a very reliable partner or a reliable supplier, even in times where there was this harmony. however, you want to call it 1st, the british and the us who left by the same business forces and behind was to to, to not let germany jain with russia on a reliable economic basis because they were afraid of german technology meeting russian raw materials. and this would have meant for the bricks 1st, that they were visitors in the international market. and now they think it is for

the us, the same problem. but they would be visitors on the eurasian market, which would be the by far the most dominant market in the world. and the u. s. would lose their, well, our energy from the us can never meet the demand from europe. and so i think we have to look at the forces behind big politics to see what they are up to . but at the minute they are really up to suppressing the european people to farm, to take away their freedoms, to take away democracy and to, to build their so called victor till base dictatorship. so those are some of the new stories this shapes this week. my name is peter scott. i'll be here with another rundown of the weekly aronoff in around 30 minutes time out to be them with the

i 0, one main thing is important for knox ism internationally speaking to that is that nation's allowed to do anything. all the mazda races, the reason us, hey jim, it is so dangerous. is it the law? the sovereignty of the country? or is business and business is good? and that is the reality of what we're facing, which is fashion. with

with me only walking towards the part and he's out of biography, the great american writer, mark twain describes being at the end of the earth club and witnessing its chairman, a retired army officer, pronounced that we are of the anglo saxon race. and when the anglo saxon, once i think he just takes it a sentra later, this attitude is enshrined in many americans, strategic documents and speeches of its politicians, but collect, finally find it's and in ukraine, hopefully without the end of the earth. well discussed that i'm now joined from australia by benoit come mark, senior lecturer in the school of global urban and social studies at r m i t university and melbourne. bresser is great to talk to you. thank you very

much for your time. it's a pleasure being with you. now, you are very far away from the focal point of this new confrontation between russia and the west. the confrontation in which references to nuclear strikes are becoming more and more frequent. i wonder if this distance gives you any relief because if things in the go nuclear, a trailer will be among the last to feel the impact. it's a very nice question. well, it's a great question, but it's a nice question and away. because i don't know if you are familiar with the particular novel by novel shoots call on the beach. on the beach was sexually films made into a film. the 1950s in it ever got the actually visited melbourne, where based out of the moments now it's never been quite concerned whether she said this the same as some american actress. but she had these wonderful lines to said,

if this is a place to film the end of the world, this is exactly where we need to be. and the irony of the story is that of course, the novel features strange as the last place read radioactive fallout comes in the aftermath of the nuclear holocaust. so straight is the last place, supposedly where these things will happen. and in fact, it's an interesting point to note that there are individuals from the united states multiple and a few other countries who are buying up places because they want to retreat.