ah, a us voters dear out for the key mid term elections labeling the economy and domestic issues as their top concerns that says washington approved the latest multi $1000000.00 aid package to ukraine. africa takes us to health situation into its own hands. after western forces fail to bring security to the rigid. malia burkina faso agree to work together to tackle the crisis. as a russia become to dolly's top oil supplier, india's foreign minister is on a visit to moscow to further boost bilateral relations. a

mosque out of the world. this is our to international. i'm rachel blevins, and these are the top stories this hour. more than 42000000 americans have cast early ballots ahead of tuesdays, mid term elections, as us citizens prepared to determine the next make up of the countries congress. we ask the public about the main issues impacting their voting decisions always drives everything. i think that that is probably the factor that most directly influences people's day to day lives. so definitely a prominent decision in voting. i think the economy is an issue, but i think abortion is a huge issue, especially in this city. i think the economy is definitely a big issue right now. i think a lot of people will be motivated, motivated by it, but i don't think the economy is like the biggest issue that is happening in our society right now. well one you could take a look at the condition of everything,

the jobs, the unemployment and people are struggling. i can't even get so security and the, the benefits that they offered me when i was paying taxes. i don't get. so there are hundreds of thousands of people that are really crushed under false economy. according to recent poll, 79 percent of americans said their voting decision will be driven by economic issues, naming domestic problems as their biggest concern. well, many democratic politicians and government choose to focus on foreign affairs crane ukraine. ukraine, non states rule, never, never, never recognized russia's claims on the ukraine. we demonstrated the united states commitment to the government and to the people of ukraine. pla, crana in washington, and it's all ukraine, ukraine, ukraine, 7 days a week, 24 hours a day. and it's not just costing time. it's also costing money over $18000000000.00

already spent no surprise that with washington's big names all focused overseas. many americans are feeling left behind. it seems ukraine 1st america last, according to the latest polls, at least when it comes to the issues that americans are concerned about. ukraine is nowhere near the top of the list. america's working families are getting crushed by inflation. the high gas prices are squeezing them dry, the cost of living keeps going up and up. mortgages are also rising. but yet the government of the united states continues writing checks to kia with prices, surgeon and american. struggling to keep up. the federal reserve takes a bold step to chain what seems like relentless inflation and raises interest rates by 3 quarters of a percentage point. it's biggest hike in nearly 3 decades. food prices, up, 13 percent rent up more than 6 percent. if you're in the market for a car, new or used,

you're paying more about 9 percent more than this time. last year. we've never seen drastic actions like this under janet yelling. we never saw this on november, nancy, or even alan greens, when you actually go back to the early 19 eighties under paul volcker. and i think this says a lot about not just how high inflation is, but how stubborn raytheon, another military contractors are making a killing. but the american people are suffering. is anyone now shocked that the public is fuming? it's, i'm getting my money to ukraine. i have every way, disrespect to you because you're the 1000 equation with 80000000. craig, dan, i'm sorry, bill, in my mistake that you are a fraud. now, some would say that heckling public officials is certainly not the way out. but what exactly does one do when the president himself seems to be somewhat out of touch with reality? not concerned about with i'm concerned about with when the people you elected are focused on a country overseas,

while things in your community, just keep getting worse and worse. you might think that it's time to be a little bit less polite. maybe it's time for some unconventional politics. the polls are now swinging to the right, regardless of any shouting at town halls. my republicans aren't exactly peace does either. and no one's expecting that if they come into office, they'll pull a complete 180 and reverse u. s. foreign policy in europe, ukraine in particular, but unlike their rivals, they seem to have at least picked up on the widespread public opposition to prolonging a foreign war at the expense of the american people. nation building didn't work out too well in iraq, afghanistan, i don't think we should be doing it in ukraine. so targeted military assistance. one thing i favorite that, but yeah, this kind of nation building where it's less about our national security. it's more about nation building. i think is a problem with ukraine and everywhere. right. our country for our border is out of control human trafficking that now we have inflation,

gas prices out of control. i'm with now. such words from republicans have sent the democrats into a tizzy. joe biden is now talking about nuclear arm again and saying he's not interested in any talk of the escalation or negotiation. biden is declaring roughly half the electorate to be your redeemable right wing extremists, and he's also taken actions to cause an energy crisis that is certainly not unrelated to u. s. foreign policy. now it's little wonder that even for some long time democrats, this is all gotten to be a little bit much. now i believe in a government that's of the people by the people and for the people. unfortunately, today's democratic party does not. instead, it stands for a government that is of by and for the powerful elite. now in the mid term elections, americans don't vote for a president. they vote for representatives in the house and the senate. but these

mid term elections are turning into a referendum on one man, a man who is not on the ballot, but does live in the white house. so while mine goes on with his democracy, is at stake mantra, it looks like a lot of americans are just not thrilled with his performance. and they may be recalling a few things that his predecessor sad about america 1st fail bobbin r t new york. we discussed the issue with geo political strategists and us state department consultant johns to ladies who believes that despite heed for ukraine, the american public will still put his own needs. first. a most americans are being pulled as being concerned, primarily about inflation, heights and gasoline prices run away, crime illegal aliens and the russia ukraine war does not register very high for most americans because they're concerned about the wrong well being an economic hardship right now. i believe most americans are still very concerned about the,

the well being of ukrainian people. but ultimately every country and every citizen me is going to be concerned with his own well being. first, the republican party is going to come in with a very robust agenda that will be promoting. he cannot make gross. i think we'll see a number of issues that also help provide for economic relief for every day americans because they're entering a period of great anxiety. and i think the republican party will look to see how we best alleviate that anxiety by promoting job growth, economic growth, energy production, safety for our citizens and ceiling, the border and providing for control of our sovereign territory as the united states of america. among those endorsing republicans in the mid terms as the world to richest man, isla mask who has taken a twitter, which he now owns, to give his take on the elections to independent minded voters, shared power curves, the war successes of both parties. therefore, i recommend votes for republican congress given the other presidencies democratic.

the millionaire has also said his mission is to make twitter the most accurate information source, but the platforms co founder and former ceo jack dorsey has question the integrity of moderation. under mosque, legal and media analyst, lionel says that mosque is merely endorsing the so called republican red tidal wave, which will happen even without his support. eli musk loves to drive people not. and if you go back in part of that particular tweet carefully, i don't even know what it means. independent minded vote. democratic, he loves this. he loves every thing about this, this twitter. this put it this way. he is the social media. what donald trump is to politics, he can tend to buy fights with everyone, including a o c. so he is to day one of the most important voice is ever by the way,

we are on the brink of a red wave, a republican wave. so the fact that he's coming in now was inc, i endorse of republican, is like at the last moment, you know, of in endorsing the title way that is going to take place. but it is critical what he is saying right now. the democrats have policies, they may be insane or inane, but they have something to say. republicans run on not being the democrat. and if you listen carefully instead of isla must sing. republicans have this, this, this and this as a world view as the future as important precepts and concepts. no, it's always, they're not the democrats. so while this is an endorsement, i respectfully submit. it's tepid. it's not as important as people think, and you should never use an election on not being the opponent.

as the african parliamentary union calls to fight against extremism and terrorism, molly and burkina faso have agreed to take measures against terrorism into their own hands. as after the western troops involvement failed to pay off prompting the countries to act to stabilize the region, archie correspondent, corolla has the story. african countries in the us a hell cooperating in the common pebbles of security. for years, the region has been and at p center for conflict and critic, i saying that this is largely due to the actions and in actions of western government. there are currently not enough funds to meet people's ever increasing needs, which compromises the humanitarian relief that can be provided. more than 400000 people are now internally displaced in molly, forced to leave their homes, livestock, and livelihoods behind. and france in particular as the check itself out of

a conflict, it promised to quell a decade ago, the situation remains in some of the most brutal fighting in the region. and now many of these countries, i rejecting cooperation with, from an, a painting their hope. and the new alliance with russia, perhaps with the new security situation, we will reexamine our relations with russia to see if it should be strengthened in one sector or not. and i'm a former french colonies in the for hell are cooperating with each other for the security of the nations, as stated by became a file so i kept him grow or it was visit abroad to money. the most important thing for us in the current situation as the security challenge, we came here to share experience on how to strengthen our military cooperation and how to conduct our operations better and to secure the populations. this is the main objective of the visit. and while the influence of the west diminishes,

countries like the united states, a being accused of hiding behind the veil of democracy and clueless as they throw sanctions at some of the poorest nations in the world. i am taking this step because i have determined that the government of bikini faso has not established or is not making continual progress toward establishing the protection of the rule of law and of political pluralism. this a hell as become a by word for conflict, following years of unceasing fighting and for the millions of displaced people in the region of ed to enjoy the brutality of that conflict. hopeful peace seems untenable. gonzalez had 40 and jonathan new england university scholar eunice arbor. you says the western attempts to secure peace in this hell actually made the situation on the ground worse since 2014, when the bar can operations started,

things have gone from bad to worse. and then we realized today that this, the way this whole situation has been handled, has led to further stages integration, terrorism chaos. i think this whole country, it's high time. did they get organized and look for ways to cooperate among each other, to serve their own interest in the interest of their population? i think what happened in molly when, what's happening now in booking a parcel is, has some sort of postcolonial reflexes in the sense that these countries have, are tied from the, the form of glowing powers. you haven't seen any positive things coming from all these interventions. and now this switch in size to new partners, maybe they can get better security and better development through these new policies. so it is understandable,

russia has become india's top oil supplier, overtaking usual major export, or like saudi arabia in iraq. new trade figures emerge prior to the indian foreign ministers visit to moscow on monday for talks with his russian counterpart. the trip comes amid growing ties between moscow and new delhi. recent polls show of doroty of indians, consider russia the country's most reliable partner agreeing that defense relations with moscow are vital for the country. respond is also said that the bricks group of states, which includes india and russia, is the most beneficial platform for realizing the countries global interests are cheese render and sharma brings us more. indian foreign minister tells wizard to moscow could not have come at a more important time with the world grappling with major food and energy crisis. doctor s j shanker studio trip is aimed at expanding cooperation between the

donations during a period of whilst global challenges. energy will be a major focus off this trip, especially since the g 7 has conform plans on pushing for the price cap on russian oil. the groups move is aimed at cutting rushes revenue, but could potentially hurt india supplies. that's because where sanctions against russia left it deprived a russian energy. while other countries including india expanded their trade with moscow. russia has now so passed in the us traditional dominance suppliers, saudi arabia and iraq, as the chief supplier of its oil for any conversations around energy security between u deli and moscow are becoming increasingly more and more important. despite specials from the west, india bought a phenomenal 9 lack 46000 barrels of russian crude birdie in october. it's highest ever monthly total. i don't think it will be,

it will be willing to look at its energy relationship with russia, particularly as it, as it is so important for india as political economy and needs. and it is so important for india, strawman, man and woman. but moscow and new delhi share more than just oil, both a brick spot nor, and beyond economic and cultural partnerships. they share a long history of defense corporation as indian foreign minister, recently himself acknowledged. we have, as you know, a substantial in men trio for soviet and crush and origin weapons. undocked in men cri, actually grew for a variety of reasons. you know, committed shulty weapon systems themselves. but also because for a, for a multiple dick, a western countries did not supply huh. supply weapons to india and such, corporations are not new or recent. so we buy a new delhi base, think tank or f stress that russia have been indian most reliable, bought no,

since had gained independence. and 1947, we did a survey of the youth in which this christian was us and assured that our billing, right, other countries have shifted their support for india. and depending on the circumstances that are shown, india have had the relationships spend spec, right? since independence and has been going on strong since then. junkers was it amidst the shadow of the ukraine conflict and that's for lout will be a significant 1. 1 that the west and the world would be closely watching. region sharma, r t you, denny, the director of the united service institution of india. think tank says that new delhi is moving to boost relations with russia, which has always had a strong relationship with india. this is a very important visit taking place at a very,

very critical juncture. we hope that the leadership of the 2 countries will discuss the regional and the global security environment, particularly the secretion in ukraine. other areas of population would be energy sector terrorism, particularly the situation in august on they would also be a discussion on, you know, a new relationship is really one of the, a structured partnership and right on. ready very big thing. anybody, sylvia union, india, and most of the strategy program. and i shall never, it's been india, i think that russia is the key. and the libel partner strategy, part of europeans continue to pay record breaking prices for gas and electricity. that's even despite the best efforts,

if you governments to reduce consumer costs, according to the latest data, european household gas bills have doubled with electricity following the trend, by more than 60 percent. that's after you government pledge, 550000000000 euros to offsite consumer costs concern politicians have now resorted to advertisements promoting reduced energy consumption. ah, some media outlets are attempting to promote lower energy consumption britons the sun tabloids has proposed using alternative methods to clean clothes even suggesting they. 7 need frequent washing and that people should just use vinegar to remove odors flashing the use of rush and gas has become an

e u priority this year. but it seems that the block is not willing to abandon all energy imports from moscow. according to europe, leading news outlet, politico, the union actually increased your, on your imports of russian liquefied natural gas by 46 percent from january to september, journalists ashen returns e says the e u is putting people on the altar of washington's energy market profits. the fact that the murdock newspapers at some is resorting to tell, telling british people not to wash as often i mean the phrase, the unwashed masses goes from that great dublin foundry, conservatism. edwin book and this is all going to get worse because the european union, it's sanctions don't just kick in against all russian oil for december. that's the shed you and the february for russian, oil based products,

the old to that they sacrifice the european people to is there for washington, d. c. and the united states presumably, and believes regard as the republicans or democrats ahead of this week's mid terms . that the hope is there will be a huge market for american gas and energy to replace that of russia. because i have to say most of it is russian energy reserves are stored in the gas storage tanks. they're not going to be there according to their own policy. europe is thanks for the south. the u. s. is looking for new partnerships and central asia with turkmenistan ad for tickler interest. us diplomat, donald lou dangle the carrot in front of colleagues out of briefing in the countries capital, saying the us would help the country benefit from anti russians saying shares our c x obtain an exclusive audio tape of this speech. we would be happy to work with the trickling government to help them benefit from these sections report the white

house had previously announced a financial aid package for central asia that's just by washington being a long standing critic of turkmenistan authorities. u. s. official reports mark central asia as an autocratic state with limited governance opportunity. the state department has also released statements, husing the country of committing crimes, including force labor and torture. we spoke to nelson wong, vice chairman of the shanghai center for international studies. they said locals would not accept the us driving a wedge between turkmenistan and its historic allies. the sanctions, the u. s. has being taking against russia. most of them are not actually taking good effect as they have expected. a top official, donald new from the state department who is visiting man is done specs on and context on it is natural for russia to be on the alert about what the u.

s. is doing in the neighboring countries for the us. that is a country. so far away from a gun from eurasia when they want to come and expect to establish a closer relationship. let's see what we have to offer all the table. all right, if it is a for trying to sabotage the, the local government or to destroy or to home, the relationship, these countries with china and russia. and i don't think it's going to work because the people won't welcome that. and i don't think that china, russia what sit here and do nothing either. the french finance minister bruno and there has lashed out a multi $1000000000.00 us investment and it's clean energy companies saying the

move makes european companies less competitive with the overseas firms. the official even threatened to meet washington and the world trade organizations court, some large foreign companies that wanted to set up in europe and now hesitating between european and american sites on cooling for united, strong and coordinated response from the e. u to our american allies. either they will be resolved there and we hope they will. that's why we have the task force to discuss this. we will have go to the w t o in, in visits. retaliatory measures the move called b inflation reduction act creates tax preferences for american green companies, giving them tax credits for components produced in the u. s. factory and learning potential investors and businesses away from europe. but it's not the only us clean energy firms that could stand to benefit from the global crisis is also fossil fuel

firm. so let's take a look at the income of the u. s. oil producers, which benefits for prices with over $200000000000.00 profited after the war and ukraine, or rusted, and massive sanctions were imposed on russia. now this is twice then comparing to the earning of the same period last year, according to experts is through the record breaking cash flow for the oil firms that we are seeing here and the e u concerns are not unfounded as the u. s. subsidizes and as high incomes create better living and business conditions in america. now, as you can see here on this screen, natural gas prices in the european union are over 4 times higher than in the united states. and electricity prices are almost doubled in europe. the u. k. as g mont, for university financial and banking professor richard warner says the,

your response on american attempts to knock down the european economy is on time. it is high time. it is long overdue because essentially the us has been acting very much against the interest office allies in europe. and this is almost been official policy to bring down the european economy. the us has been exploiting its allies for its own benefit. and at the moment it seems to be one consideration as to the port, the us dollar, which has been crumbling and ensure that the us dollar remain strong by knocking down the european economy. the euro has been falling and that has boosted the us dollar. the u. s has been the biggest beneficiary of all the sanctions imposed on russia since 2014 already. ready it was perhaps even won't be in those days because these were very, very one sided sanctions on europe. while american companies didn't have those

sanctions. and so german companies were told, no, you can't deal with russia, you can't export anything agriculture products or anything else. and they stopped, and then american company stepped right in and supplied the same thing to russia. the european leaders should break free from that and admit that the sanctions are clearly not working. and that's all for now. we should check out our t, v dot com for all the latest breaking news. and i will see right back here at the top of the hour. ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah,

a ah with ah mm hm. mm. mm. mm. welcome to as a part curious, they came from the specialist in cuba and the world did not speak out because it did not fill the pain down. they came for the movers in iran and that will didn't

speak out either because the pain was too easy to ignore. and then they came for their adversaries in russia and the wolf took notice became because the pain became old to pulp about, given the global ramifications of the western sanctions against russia has the international community finally got enough stamina to stand up against the weapon ization of global economy for geopolitical purposes. well to discuss that now joined by already could decide professor at the department of political studies, director of the geopolitical economy, economy research group at the university of manitoba in canada. it's great to talk to thank you very much for your time. thanks for having me. now we're recording this interview on the sidelines of the of all day discussion club. and this year there's a very vivid shortage of western experts and academics for pretty understandable reasons.