time to sit down and talk a similar reaction in the west in 2015 when the residence of crimea were left without water and electricity due to ukraine's action. not to mention the don't pass which has been stopped off economic oxygen for 8 years. moscow heads out at western hypocrisy, add the un security council criticizing its lack of response to ukrainian blockades of crimea. and don bath, that's i'm in massive blackouts and new crate. all in russian strikes with the european parliament labels, russia, a state sponsor of terrorism, and a 9 non binding resolution slammed as absurd by moscow. germany

and france joined forces against washington pushing for tougher economic policies to support industry in response to the west measures to protect its own business interest with mosque out of the world. this is our t international. i'm rachel blevins here with the top stories of the our welcome to the program. russia is representative to the un went into western double standards when blaming russia for its actions. well, forgetting ukraine's blockade of crimea and the don bass, that as the un security council, again gathered for an urgent meeting over damage to critical infrastructure across ukraine, following russian strikes. she wouldn't have been looking to day, many lamented that the residence of ukraine, or the risk of being left without electricity and water. but we don't recall

a similar reaction in the west in 2015 when residents of crimea were left without water and electricity. ukraine actions that is not to mentioned the dumbass, which has been starved konami oxygen for 8 years. while this was an emergency meeting of the un security council, and it took place to discuss the fact that there is showing taking place against ukrainian forces that much ukraine's infrastructure has been damaged. and it's important to note that black years the landscape, the president of ukraine, is not a member of the un security council. he was unable to address the un security council meeting the video hook up. and while he was speaking, the granting forces were shelling. don ask, now when the russian ambassador and then the to be more of the un security council meeting. he pointed out that the lindsey, speaking to the meeting, violates the standard protocol that or practice that you and your council meeting.

that having him speak via video. when he is not a member, ukraine is not a member of the security council. this simply is a violation of how the security council operates. and then from there, went on to point out that these over the top now allegations against russia, accusing russia of terrorism. nimbly, not correct, the basis of these allegations, these photographs that have showed up online, showing a civilian building, allegedly damaged by russia. however, if you look at the details of the photographs, it appears to be a ukrainian air defense missile that struck this bill. this is not a missile that russia has, rather this is one of the weapons that has been provided to the government by the western country. it simply is not a case of russia committing terrorism against civilian. now he also went on to point out that, that russia carefully documented the crime being committed by ukrainian 4th,

and that they have been continuously documenting and bringing those crimes to international body. they are out then it appears executions of prisoners of war. and he called on the us to investigate the executions of prisoners of war, which is a war crime described atrocity that are being committed by ukrainian forces. it appears ultra national of. busy elements, the ukrainian forces have been cutting off the ears, the prisoners. they've been executing prisoners, the a hanging. i mean, the atrocities being committed by your grand forces are being well documented by russia. yet the western countries, they seem to ignore all of it and they don't seem to call us meetings to address it and all the while as these atrocities are being committed and as they claim to care about the granting and people, the western countries continue to the course we're expanding this conflict once more weapon that wants to prolong the fighting. it seems unconcerned about the

realities facing the people on the ground as the conflict intensifies. while your cranium president vladimir zelinski, called on the un to adopt another anti russian resolution on condemning any form of energy, terror, european, parliament resolution burning, russia, a state sponsor of terrorism was condemned as absurd by russia's permanent mission to the you man. this of the european parliament gave the member states they de of crete and there regulate to refrain, walk for the european union, for the qualification of counties, a sponsor of terrorism, or use of terrorist methods. in order to dispel any doubts about who exactly there were talking about, an appeal was made to european capitals to include russia in the blacklist the absurdity of such a proposal is obvious to all except the members of the european parliament who supported this. the resolution was passed with 500 out of 705 members voting in

favor, 58 against and the rest abstaining. while the motion has no legal consequences for moscow, the block has called for a legal framework to be developed in the u. this is different to the u. s. list of state sponsors of terrorism, where countries face economic consequences once listed, despise them. discussions russia has not been listed as such by washington a french member of the european parliament was among those voting. he told archie france that the only thing this resolution promotes is further conflict. so can you find actual secrets of normal that the actions of the you lead to an escalation of the conflict? it, instead of contributing to the conclusion of the peace treaty of having voted this week for resolution, recognizing russia as a state sponsor of terrorism before the european parliament perceives exclusively its own communicated tasks. and since there is no concept of a state sponsor of terrorism in the european legal, please return my call. our parliament is saturated with unconditional hatred

towards russia. these parliaments will support any measure that goes against moscow's policy, even if it will not bring any benefits to e. u has exhausted all possible means in this war nivia. we are all ready of the stage of preparing a 9th package of sanctions against russia. after 8 months of war, pussy, and some believe that it is necessary to insist that obese, shameful sanction being pose and moscow, which we did not want to apply to the taliban movement in afghanistan, nor to his lamb as groups in the sa, held up what is left for us after the exhaustion of all possible sanctions against moscow, it leaves war the sponsors of least resolution want to push us to war. put in this wishes of president zaleski, above the vital interests of the french people. italian berkeley. coffee are to take a closer look at western devil standards, which have once again emerged. and mindy recent resolution declaring russia a state sponsor of terrorism. the deliberate attacks and atrocities carried out by

the russian federation against the civilian population of ukraine, the destruction of civilian infrastructure and other serious violations of human rights and international humanitarian law. amount to acts of terror against the ukrainian population and constitute war crimes. they give him, parliament seems to have a very selective memory, and that appears that the only people who are categorized as victims are those that the west supports anything else or any one else is ignored. so let's break it down a tax against the civilian population of ukraine. well, where was the european parliament in the last 8 years? thousands of ukrainians had been killed by their own so far. and remember the tragic scenes from the odessa massacre. no outfit, no accountability whatsoever. the parts and the resolution about russia targeting residential areas, schools, hospitals, and so on. i even got confused for a 2nd, assuming that this was about the ukrainian forces bots. no crimean bridge,

anyone. at one point they mentioned a threat to a european security. well hoop law process, north soon gas pipelines which pass through europe, rasa says it's not guilty. how about the videos of russian peel doubly has been tortured in violation of the geneva convention. that doesn't matter either. they only remember rules and regulations when it's time to use them against russia. the resolution also blames russia for the global food crisis. even though russia agreed . so grain deal with the crane to ensure those who need food the most will get it so far. it's europe who got most of the grains, apparently under the u. n. world food program, which implies assistance to countries and need only 2 ships were loaded. i emphasize only 2 out of 876-0000 tons of food were exported on them of the 2000000 tons. this is only 3 per cent that is sent to developing countries. russia doesn't need any rain deal or the crane to help out those in need. it has

announced that it will not only send $500000.00 tons of grain to the poorest countries for free, but it has also already exports at $10500000.00 tons of grain to countries in asia and africa 30 more on their way. and they're aiming to bring that number to 50000000 tons with fertilizers by the end of this year. and now let's see what the european parliament is accusing rush of. whereas russia has been weapon, ising food and hunger since the beginning of the war. whereas russia's deliberate actions, including destroying stalks disrupting production and imposing quotas on its own exports of foodstuffs and fertilizers, have exacerbated the global food security crisis. and let's move on to another aspect of this resolution, which has just comical when you consider who it's coming from. the european parliament is accused in russian armed forces and proxies of targeting civilians in other locations other conflicts, including during the 2nd chechen war, the 2008 to russia, georgia war, and the syrian civil war,

as well as libya. and that goes on and on. so when russia defends its own region from terrorism, like in chechnya, it's terrorism where russia response an attack on its peacemakers. like in georgia, that's also terrorism. and when a country asks russia for help in the fight against terrorism, and russia provides it like in syria, you guess it, that's actually also terrorism. however, when america, europe provide weapons and funding that ends up in the hands of terrorists, they are freedom fighters. thankfully the world is much bigger than the european union and the united states of america, no matter how hard they tried to silence voices that refused to follow their line. my colleague worries their che, spoke earlier with human and labor rights lawyer, danko valley and international lawyer are not diva late to discuss the potential consequences of the measure. i think it just adds fuel to the fire, certainly. but i just want to say that how ridiculous that is, you know,

people need to be reminded that the 1st world leader to call george w bush, after 911, was to offer condolences offer help on the war in terror and gave help in the war. and terror, particularly an afghan stay where russia still had assets after the soviet presence there. and of course, well, i've been to syria twice. i was last year and there you see that the russians have help fight ice is there while it's the u. s. in the west, which is help them at time. right. so that's the irony of these types of resolutions, but they're dangerous resolutions because what it means is that it's going to cut russia off from the west on a, on a fairly enough permanent level. but on a long term basis, and i just don't think that's good for anybody you have just returned from don bass . if you would give us a, a sense of your experience that what's, what's happening on the ground there right now where we spent most of the time,

internet city. and what i was impressed with, i mean honestly is the normal see in the city, you know, traffic, people going to work, people go into restaurants, people go shopping. and i was told that actually that type of vibrancy really started happening after the referendum in september. the people feel a little safer and better now with that said, there were some shelling while with that we were, they were school was hit, a place where people go to get water because the water treatment facility had been damaged quite a while ago by shelling from the key of government and the stadium was shelled. so there's regular shelling. but with in their context there is a feeling of normalcy. and that, that, that's what i was impressed by actually willingness could. there's this sense of normalcy. but it's kind of a of something that induces you into thinking at its normal. it's a defense mechanism. people need to carry on with their lives. at the same time,

mom, we really understood that at any moment you could be targeted whether your school or attending student, whether you're going to a hospital, whether you attending the market. so people in integrated, you know, some kind of a defense mechanism bearing on trying to reduce the risk. but the risk is always there and this can strike all the time. the security situation in west africa remains unstable. the latest terrorist attack and chad has left 10 soldiers dead near the nigerian border on tuesday. the soldiers from chat had been sent to support an army post when they were attacked by boca her arm terror as the g hardest group remains active in the region regularly attacking soldiers and civilians. meanwhile, i'd a meeting of the acura initiative. gone as president has shared concerns over the years, walmack, insurgency,

and so hell that threatens to destabilize the whole region of west africa today. the terrorist groups, emboldened by the repair and success in the region, are seeking new operation grounds. a development that has triggered software drift of the menace from this a hell to coastal west africa concerns loan over the possible return of terrorist groups in the region which includes burkina, faso, niger, chad, and others. this comes as western powers led by france withdrew peacekeepers from molly after nearly a decade of operations in the region with no significant result as for now, the african center for terrorism study report 179 attack. and the 1st part of this year. this represents a quarter of all acts of terror and the continent totaling over 1900 casualties. business journalist winston tackett told us more about the crisis in this hell region. and the acura, some as problems in combating the regional threats is

a house in the most rapid go to ball and extra miss activity of any region in africa over the past 2 years. the region is also next, those of criminal networks on illicit traffic. and as experience arising from my head valez, the 2005 volunteer bank observed indeed, a hell specifically book he enough, a soul on molly and western the j 2021 represented 70 percent increase of what a previous year a discontinuous on uninterrupted escalation of policy evolving, militant islam as close to the region says 2015 has caused a lot of devastating impact and property in life of individuals in the country accra initiative has resulted in little tangible action in 2084. he started doing tonight in member countries, conducted joint military operations on the borders,

which resulted in the arrest of about $700.00 suspected terrorists and gun members . and this is a home made weapons, says then the trend of g is good, has only grown ah, the european union has reportedly failed to reach a deal on where to set a price cap on russian oil as a member states continue to disagree over how to design the plan. now meanwhile bulgaria says it will allow an oil refinery owned by russia, 2nd largest energy company, luke oil, to export crew products to europe, partially bypassing anti russian sanctions. they deal, we'll generate some 350000000 euros for sophia lou coil will transfer all production revenue, trouble guerria, not to the netherlands or switzerland as it had previously planned. the agreement also paved the way for russian crew products to be delivered to other states.

let's take a look at how this deal avoids the ban on russian energy exports to be europe ian block. the e u has an embargo on russian oil exports in place, but says the crew will be refined in bulgarian territory. it will be considered as produced in bulgaria, becoming eligible for export to europe. energy journalists arena law believes that you shouldn't be motivated only by ideology when it comes to banning ration energy supplies. this is good news and the next to him, we got the reply and it has been the property of russia for years. i think the european union must find the way between ideology, you know, politics and geo politic. pregnant is big is the true face, that these are particularly insured supply globally. europe is where the

influx mall stuff ring on its own 5th isn't in order to continue this, but you're signaling for who knows how long. it's ironic really and it's a bit ridiculous that europe is stalking up on kill. it's on oil, on cold coming from russia. besides internal divisions, the faces a clash with the u. s. germany and france, with the u. s. as germany and france have joined forces against washington pushing for tougher industrial policies like more states subsidies for businesses. as the u . s implements economic policies deemed a threat to the european economy rush or to contributor rachel mars and has more so it turns out that all the talk of unity from american officials about the need to confront challenges together with the european union. and precisely where u. s. profits begin, even if it means that those economic gains come at europe's expense. and european

officials seem to be panicking over what now increasingly appears to be an inevitability. as washington makes a power play for european industry. we must clearly tell our u. s. partners that it is a major problem for us. it could create a major shock on european industry. the u. s. has just entered this new globalization before our eyes to develop its industrial capacity on american soil. europe must not be the last of the mohicans. there are only a few weeks left. once the act is implemented, it will be too late for us to achieve any changes. it was only earlier this month that you, us treasury secretary, janet yellen vowed to work with european allies to help them understand how the biden administration's inflation reduction act was actually a good thing for europe. but france and germany and particular still aren't seeing it that way. the leader of german chancellor, olaf schultz as social democratic party,

lars cling bile has just warned that german industry is on the verge of bailing to the u. s. which has reliable cheaper energy, attractive tax incentives and the supply chain and labor climate that hasn't been hopelessly deregulated by the incompetent tinkering of brussels bureaucrats. western economic analysts generally concur with the dire assessment and warren of industrial shut downs for germany and the looming recession for the euro zone. meanwhile, the french government is shoveling 10000000000 euros in aid out the door to businesses in an attempt to buffer the skyrocketing energy costs. that is, even though french president a med read my coal had previously accused schultz of distorting. and i'm leveling the european economic playing field by giving a hand out of 200000000000 euros in aid to german businesses. but now, rather than squabbling with each other exclusively, europe's 2 largest economies, germany and france, have officially announced that they're going to team up and go head to head with

washington. well, hey, you don't change a team that wins, right? no doubt the bite administration is shaking in his boots, particularly when those boots have done about 200 laps around shoals and back home . while they've been busy trying to tie their own shoes while ost also fighting over whose brand of shoes provides an unfair advantage over the other. nonetheless, berlin and paris are now announcing a new europe in sovereignty fund to help businesses invest and stay in europe. basically, it's now a contest between the u. s. and the you over who can out spend the other with government subsidies. we're talking massive transfers of wealth from taxpayers to select corporations. so much for those free market capitalist values of the west is always talking about now on both sides of the atlantic. western governments will be picking the so called winners who get government cash baylock's. and the losers who

don't just like during the coven pandemic, or with the economic crises of the past 2 decades. and bailouts for businesses aren't the only thing on which washington and brussels are set to square off. take a listen to the blocks chief diplomat, yoseph burrell. certainly the united states are our most important allies, but in some cases we will not be in the same position or on the same approach towards china. nice to see that you hasn't yet completely lost at survival instinct and is so far refusing to follow along with washington's demands to get belligerent with the world's 2nd largest economy. or to cut ties with the use own trading partner. but one can never underestimate brussels propensity for enthusiastically leaping off a cliff whenever washington comes along, offering a friendly slab on the back. 35 russian prisoners of war have been released after negotiations with kiev. that's according to the russian defense

ministry. the ministry claim the troops were in grave danger while being held in captivity. the fighters are now receiving medical and psychological help and will soon be airlifted to moscow for rehabilitation. meanwhile, as intense fighting continues in the rush and don bass, our correspondent moran garcia, was at the front line reporting on some of the weapons being used in battle. russia's arsenal. he's vast and varied. some weapons, we see often some less. so

this is the sort of thing special forces tug along small yet devastating. if you use it right ah, or the part is single rocket fluency system was standard grad rockets but does so in a highly more mobile way. you can set this up any way in the clearing in the woods for example. it's very easy to set up very easy to dismantle. i have very easy to get away with it, but i love chickens. liberty lease is designed for sabotage and reconnaissance groups in order to drive out, set it up, fire, and fleet. it's very quick we, they don't understand what it ease and words firing from a couple days back. our voice frontline told us they couldn't hear our shots on the explosions. this is a conflict, at least for now, largely fought in the trenches. artillery is king rockets or aces,

but there is also something else. something that stalks these fields and inspires terror among ukrainian and nationalist fighters who the t o. s one saunter puke, or son fire, thermo barrick multiple rocket launch, a system that flash burns everything within range. trenches to protect from this. ah, ukraine has be the testing ground for both native states and russia. both sides have learned which of their weapons work well, which don't and what to do about it. on least battle ground. the next generation of

conventional weapons are being born more precise and more deadly than ever before. more at gazda of r t from le ganske region. ah, armenia has been hosting a summer me collected security training organization where the kremlin spokesman talked about the future of the alliances, cooperation artes donald quarter brings us more details from the summit. the leadership of all the member organizations hat were here, and attendance the president's the defense ministers of each country and the foreign minister of each country as well. we also heard a lot of potential documents that were signed today. actually the for a moving forward with the organizations specifically equipping c s t o peacekeepers with the, with state of the art equipment into it. specifically, for protection against radioactive, biological and chemical weapons, as, as well as supplying them with medical supplies. and towards the end of this summit,

actually, we talked, we heard a bit from a dmitri pascall the kremlin spokesperson, as you said. and he spoke a little bit actually about some of the hardships that the military organization is going through right now. specifically helping armenia in the, in its conflict with azerbaijan, in terms of being a peacekeeping force there to try to come to some sort of mutual agreement that both sides from us or by john and armenia can be happy with. and also armenia said that it's going to remain within the c s t o military organization, hoping that this is also going to contribute to peace there. and dmitri pest. gov also spoke a bit about the ukraine conflict. he said that the, that the russian military spat, special military operations objectives will be accomplished. and this is going to actually lead to the strengthening of the military organization itself. an armenian

capital of gara that nearly 100 people came out in protest against russia. before the summer began, the demonstrations came ahead of an appearance by law, amir food, and at the alliance's meeting, protesters demanded their country. quit. the russian led coalition accusing it of not coming to armine as a during clashes with alls or by john in september, while a handful of others called for an end to the conflict in ukraine. i pro russian rally was also helped with supporters being seen waving russian flags and banners. they called for closer ties with russia, with others asking for food and to assist in the return of armenian prisoners of war from author by john. and that's all for now. be sure to check out our t v dot com for all of the latest breaking news and updates. we'll see you right back here at the top of the hour with

in the summer of 2022, italy, along with all other nato member states, the effectively cited with ukraine in the home conflict with russia. rome in coordination with the u. s. approved to military assistance package for keith to help ukrainians defend themselves and fight back. let him know, father de leon will spend this time. you will need you on your job site on the same nato and the u. f with the ones that people will die just for make money. there are those who oppose the decision at various levels of government. i was one of these, the members of the parliament that showed them. yes, the panels. italians also protested in the streets. ah.