ah, a with we don't recall a similar reaction in the way it seemed when residence of crimea were left without water and electricity due to ukraine's action. not to mention the dumbasses which have been stopped up. economic oxygen for 8 years lost our heads out at western hypocrisy at the security council criticizing its lack of response, ukrainian bouquets of crimea, and don bath and massive blackouts and ukraine following russian strikes. now says the european parliament labels russia, walter of terrorism and a non binding resolution slammed as a 3rd by moscow. we hear from parliament member condemning the resolution to keep

our parliament is saturated with unconditional hatred towards russia. lease parliament to support any measure that goes against most with policies, even if it will not bring any benefits of these resolution. want to push us to war . as the european union reportedly failed to reach a deal over a price, tap on russian oil, germany and france, joint forces against the us as washington new policies threatened to use economy with mark 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 pointed to western double standards when blaming russia for its actions. well, forgetting ukraine's blockade of crimea and the dawn bass that as the un security

council, again gathered for an urgent meeting over damaged your critical infrastructure across ukraine, following russian strike. so you wouldn't, you know, use a 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 not to mention the dumbass, which had been starved off economic 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 enabled 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 lensky speaking to the meeting violates the standard protocol that, or practice that un security council meeting. that having him speak via video. when he is not himself a member, ukraine is not a member of the security council. this simply is a violation of how the security council operates. you. then from there went on to point out that these over the top allegations against russia, like using 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 photograph that appears to be a ukrainian air defense missile that struck this built, 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

countries. it simply is not a case of russia committing terrorism against civilian. now he also went on to point out that. 5 that russia carefully documented the crimes being committed by ukrainian 4th, and that they have been continuously documenting and bringing those crimes to international body that 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. you know, it appears ultra national of elements. busy the ukrainian forces have been cutting off the ears, the prisoners. they've been executing prisoners, the hanging. i mean, the atrocities being committed by ukrainian forces are being well documented by russia. yet the western countries, they seem to ignore all of this 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 push we're expanding this conflict, kiev wants more weapon wants to prolong the fighting. it seems unconcerned about the realities facing the people on the ground as the conflict intensifies. while ukrainian president vladimir zelinski, called on the un to adopt another anti resolution on condemning, quote, any form of energy, terror, european parliament resolution reading, russia, a sponsor of terrorism, was condemned as absurd by russia's permanent mission to the e. u. man. this of the european parliament gave the member states they de of crete and their rate. you lay to refrain, walk for the european union, for the qualification of counties as sponsors 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 repeal parliaments 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 from 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 wants to list it. despite some 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 offend, actually succeeds of normal that the actions of the you lead to an escalation of the conflict. instead of contributing to the conclusion of peace treaty. having voted this week for resolution, recognize in russia as

a state sponsor of terrorism. the european parliament perceives exclusively its own communicated tasks, since there is no concept of a state sponsor of terrorism. in the european legal system, i call our parliament is saturated with unconditional hatred towards russia. these parliament will support any measure that goes against moscow's policies, even if it will not bring any benefits. the e u has exhausted all possible means in this war that we are already of the state of preparing a 9th package of sanctions against russia. after 8 months of war was there. and some believe that it is necessary to insist that these 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. w. perfect. i'd say takes a closer look at western double standards,

which have once again emerged in the recent resolution declaring rush, 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 that you pay in 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 anyone 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 ports and the resolution about russia targeting

residential areas, schools, hospitals, and so on. i haven't got confused for a 2nd, assuming that this was about the ukrainian forces bots. no crimean bridge, anyone at one point they mention a threat to a european security. well, hoop law process, north soon gas pipelines which passed 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 greets a grain deal with the cranes 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 in need, only 2 ships were loaded. i emphasize only 2 out of 876-0000

tons of food were exported on them. of the $2000000.00 tons, this is only 3 per cent that is sent to developing countries. grocer doesn't need any rein deal or ukraine 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 stocks, 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 was just comical when you consider who it's coming from. the european

parliament is accused of 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 it 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 that 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 worry, sir. shane was joined earlier by experts in the fields of human rights and international law 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, a 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 they are, you see that the russians have help fight ice is there while it's the u. s. in the west, which has helped them at times. 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, i'm not permanent level. but on a long term basis,

and i just don't think that's good for anybody. you have just return 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 going to 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 that context there is a feeling of normalcy and that that's what i was impressed by actually. well in

don't ask it, there's this sense of normalcy, but it's kind of, they are something that induces you into thinking it's 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 at all attending student, whether you're going to a hospital, whether you attending the markets, show people in integrated, you know, some kind of a defense mechanism. no 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. as late as terrorist attack and chad 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 horan terrorist. the hardest group remains active in the region regularly attacking soldiers and civilians. meanwhile, at a meeting of the acura initiative,

gone as president has shared concerns over the islamic insurgency in this a hell that threatens to destabilize the entire region of west africa. the terrorist groups, emboldened by their apparent 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 loyal 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 results. as for now, the african center for terrorism study reports $179.00 attacks in the 1st part of this year. this represents a quarter of all acts of terror and the continent totaling over 1900 casualties.

business journalist, wednesday and tacky, told us more about the crisis in this whole region, and the acura summers problems and combating the regional threats. this a house in the most, rob, and go to rebel in extremis activity of any region in africa where the past 2 years . the region is also a nexus of criminal networks on elicit traffic in it. and as experienced arising, pharma head valez in 2005 volunteer bank observed indeed, a hell specifically, burkina, faso and molly and western j in 2021, represent a 70 percent increase over the previous year. a discontinuous an uninterrupted escalation, a balance evolving, a militant islam as gross. it origin says 2015 has caused a lot of diverse teaching impacts and property in life of individuals in the country, he accra initiative as result of a 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 gang members . and the caesar of a home made weapons says then to trent of g as good as fully grown, staying in africa, the conflict in the romeo region b o. b, a has intensified with militant groups, reportedly killing at least 30 civilians. this less than a month after warring parties in the great war, reached a cease fire clashes between near ramo liberation, army, nationalist, militant group, and government forces have shaken the region. here. romo people are the country's largest ethnic group accounting for a 3rd of ethiopia as population. the prime minister brought to power by an aroma protest movement, has struggle to address multiple issues. the government has allegedly armed local

militias who have been responsible for attacks on civilians. these factors contributed to the nationalist sentiment, grouping the region we spoke earlier to african studies professor is equal to visa, who says that the escalation of this conflict may even exceed the gray war. well, it is absolutely worrying owner. mia is the largest of stating the federation with 50 to 60 percent of the population and the area of operation of the oral or more liberation army in auto. mia has extended all the way to the neighborhood of december and instead of responding to the honest lot from the animal liberation army, the government has taken to bombing them withdrawn. so if this escalates, it's going to dwarf what was happening in the northern part of africa. so it's absolutely worried integral what worked was basically the see that they could

envelope the area of to drive from the north area from the south or far. i'm ha, nbc, up in national defense as forces or is not going to be put under siege. it's really large. it's also the heart of the economy of ethiopia. it's where the capitol city is located, which is about 50 percent of the european economy. if it's not resolved very quickly, it's going to spiral. busy out of control, and that would be really bad for not only for example, but the form of africa in general. on the topic of the tea grey war, ethiopia is 2 year long civil conflict saw a ceasefire agreement earlier this month. that included a disarmament plan which agreed to reconstruction projects and distribution of supplies jager militants, are also supposed to unite with the federal army. the war began back in 2020, following a breakdown and talks between the government and the c. very people's liberation front, a paramilitary group, formally the ruling party of ethiopia,

the conflicts led to thousands of death, freeing the country to the verge of famine. and nearly 3 weeks after, as these fire had already been negotiated, the u. s. secretary of state finally addressed the issue. this, after a resolution had already been reached, professor is eco jabrisa says that the international community remains after around me as voice because of the misinterpretation of the african people struggle for self determination. or army of people as well demanding that they should be included in the governing. go to japan and self governing delamere region that should be simply seen as in the judgment demand and legitimate demands must be addressed when it comes to africa. and the demand for nation of self determination is always a disregarded as an invention of, of communists. stalinist people on it or ideology,

the international community fear so that this might be a demand for national self determination might need to break up of states and they don't want that. and the african union from its charter has been adamantly opposed to dismantling the colonial boundaries. that's what i think that has been a wait. i forgotten and dad unheeded, but there are more people demand had my died out because of that has continued. ah, the european union has reportedly failed to reach a deal on setting a price cap on russian oil as member states continue to disagree over how to design the plan. 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. the deal will generate some 350000000

euros for will guerria as it for transfer all production revenue to the country instead of the netherlands or switzerland as it had previously. the agreement also paved the way for russian crude products to be delivered to other e you states. lets take a look at how this deal avoids the ban on russian energy exports. the european block, the e u, has an embargo on russian oil exports in place, but since the crew will be refined on bulgarian territory, it will be considered as produced in bulgaria, becoming eligible for export to europe. energy journalists, arena's law, believes that you shouldn't be motivated only by ideology when it comes to banding, russian energy supplies. this is good news. i mean the next to him, we got the reply and it has been the property of the russian id. i think europe in the union must find the way between ideology, you know,

politics and your politics on. pragmatism big is the true faith that they the particular vehicle is insured supply globally. europe is where the inflict mall suffering on its own citizens in order to continue it, 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, you also faces a clash with the u. s. germany and france have joined forces against washington pushing for tougher industrial policies such as more states subsidies for businesses as the us to implement economic policies deemed a threat to the european economy or to contribute 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 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 in particular still aren't seeing it that way. the leader of german chancellor, olaf schultz, his 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 a supply chain and labor climate that hasn't been hopelessly deregulated by the incompetent tinkering of brussels bureaucrats. western economic, alice generally concur with the dire assessment and warren of industrial shut downs for germany and a 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 madman, michael 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 who's 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. philips 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 ally, 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 russian don bass, our correspondent marin garcia, was at the front line, reporting on some of the weapons being used in battle hospital. he's lost and the very some weapons we see off with some less. so with

this is the sort of thing, special forces, how the long small yet devastating. if you use it right or with the party single walking fluids. this is the pause 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'm very easy to get away with it that i love chicken, but even this is designed for sabotaged and recognizance groups. lenora's drive out, set it up, fire and fleece. it's very quick we, they don't understand what it is and words firing from a couple days back. our voice at frontline told us they couldn't hear our

chargeable new explosions for the hotel. is this the conflict? at least for now, largely put in the trenches. artillery is king rockets or aces, but there is also something else, something that stalks these fields and that spas tara, a mo, ukrainian, and nationalist fighters who the t o. s one santa pilled or sun fire, thermo barrick multiple rocket launch, a system that flash buns, everything within range trenches to protect from vis ah traits be the testing route. suppose native states.