ah, a with we don't recall the similar reaction in the west in 2015 when residents of crimea were left without water and electricity due to ukraine's action. moscow heads out at western block, or se happen un security council, in response to an emergency meeting over russian strikes and ukraine's critical infrastructure. also this, our european parliament labels moscow, a state sponsor of terrorism, and a non binding resolution in a move that russia labels as a cert with some lawmakers condemning the move our parliament to be saturated with unconditional hatred towards russia. these parliament will support any measure that

goes against post policies, even if it will not bring any benefit. the sponsors of these resolution want to push us to war. 35 russian prisoners of war have been released after negotiations with our team here. some of their harrowing stories with some of us were forced to walk and crawl after being shot in the knees. they brought one guy to the camp. a man had been shot in the knee. they told him crawl, do it somehow. we don't care. millison reportedly killed at least 30 civilians in ethiopia, sparking fears of another armed conflict less than 3 weeks after the 2 great war ended in the fire with been lost out of the world. this is our to international. i'm rachel blevins here with the top stories of the our welcome to the program. were russia representative

to the un pointed to western double standards when blaming russia for its actions, while forgetting that ukraine's blockade of crimea and the dawn bass, that as the un security council again gathered for an urgent meeting over damage to critical infrastructure across ukraine, following russian strikes, jordan, you're lucky today, many lamented that the residents of ukraine are at 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 due to ukraine's actions not to mention the dumbass, which has been starved off economic oxygen for 8 years. on wednesday, crane witness country wide blackouts after a series of missiles strikes on major cities. the water supply in some areas was also cut off with ukraine's energy infrastructure severely damaged after 2 months of russian strikes. moscow says the goal is to weaken key abs operational capabilities and as

a response to the west pumping of ukraine with arms following russian air operations key at has laid the blame on russia for causing damage to residential areas. on wednesday, missile fragments fell on a residential building in pierre, the russian ambassador to the un says ukrainian defense systems are to blame for casualties. missile de vries found at the scene were marked with the words know lift, which appears to belong to an air defense system similar to those washington sent to key ab 2 weeks ago amid blackouts in ukraine neighboring. moldova has also faced power outages with the country pointing the finger at moscow, citing strikes against key halves energy infrastructure. moldova and officials have summoned the russian ambassador for discussions. meanwhile, power is gradually being restored while ukrainian president vladimir zalinski, called on the un to adopt another anti russian resolution on quote,

condemning any form of energy, terror, a european parliament resolution branding, russia. a sponsor of terrorism was condemned as absurd by russia's permanent mission to the e. u. madness of the european parliament gave the member states they de of crete and their regulates, to refrain, walk for the european union, for the qualification of counties as sponsors of terrorism, or use and 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 blacklist the absurdity of such a proposal is obvious to all except the man bustle. the repeal parliament who supported is the resolution was passed with 500. i let the 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 you. now this is different from the us

list of state sponsors of terrorism, where countries face economic consequences. when solace did a french member of the european parliament was among those voting against, he told ard seat that the resolution seeks to push the you into direct conflict with russia. it can affect your life. security said normal that the actions of the e you lead to an escalation of the conflict instead of contributes into the conclusion of a peace treaty. having voted this week for resolution, recognizing russia as a state sponsor of terrorism. the european parliament perceives exclusively its own communicative 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. we are already at the stage of preparing

a 9th package of sanctions against russia after 8 months of war. 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, no 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 these resolution wants to push us to war. our takes a closer look at western devil standards, which have once again emerge them in the reason resolution declaring russia 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 mention a threat to a european security. well, who blow up rushes 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. grocer doesn't need any rain deal or the crane to help out those in need. it has announced that it will not only sent $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 has 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 to 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, lori sushi 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 put in to offer condolences offer help on the war in terror. and hooton's 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 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 in 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 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? well, we spent most of the time, internet city and. 1 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 was some shelling while with 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, that's what i was impressed by actually. well in the nest. good. there's this sense of normalcy, but it's kind of a of 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 you are a school or pending student, whether you're going to a hospital, whether you attending the market. so people have been 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. 35 russian prisoners of war have been released after negotiations with key at that. according to the russian defense ministry, the minister claimed the troops faced grave danger and captivity. dividers are now receiving medical and psychological help and will soon be airlifted to moscow for treatment. we heard some of their stories from the former prisoners who described torture by their former captors. to proceed in the canadian music, some of us were forced to walk and crawl after being shot in the knees. they brought one guy to the camp with a man had been shot in the knee. they told him crawl, do it somehow. we don't care. let's go to pony show, just only some people were forced to participate in videos in propaganda and in my camp. it was very cold. they didn't really feed us. my friend was taken to the resolve battalion. they beat him, drove needles under his nails. he had a wound,

they just removed the bone and that's it. no, no pain killers are like louisa. what is his recordings? as soon as i saw the russian uniform, i immediately calm down, but i immediately thought thank god this night, mary's over the days there was very long. it was very cold. meanwhile, as intense filing continues in the russian don bass, our correspondent, mariah garcia, was at the front line reporting on some of the weapons being used in battle. russia's arsenal is 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 he use it right or the party single rocket fluency system was standard grad rockets but does so in a i'll be more mobile way. you can set this up anyway 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, but at least designed for sabotage and reconnaissance groups. not as it drive out, set it up, fire, and fleet. it's very quick we, they don't understand what it is and words firing from a couple days back. our voice frontline told us they couldn't hear our shots on the explosions. lucille, this is accomplished, at least for now,

largely fought in the trenches. artillery is king. rockets are aces, but there is also something else. something that stalks these fields and it's spas, tara, a mo, ukrainian, and nationalist fighters have the t o. s one. sponsor pills or some fire, thermo barrick multiple rocket launcher system, that flash buns. everything within range trenches to protect from this ah, crane 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 gasdio r t from logan's creegan. ah, the security situation west africa remains unstable as the latest terrorist attack and chad la 10 soldiers, dad. here, the nigerian border on tuesday. the soldiers from chat had been sent to support an army post when they were attacked by bogo rom terrorists. the g hottest group remains active in the region regularly attacking soldiers and civilians. meanwhile, at a meeting of the acar initiative, gone as president has shared concerns over the years. wanted insurgency in this a house that threatens to destabilize the entire 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 hill to coastal west africa. concerns womb 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 with no significant results, a report released from the african center for terrorism study shows $179.00 attacks in the 1st part of this year. this represents a quarter of all attacks of terror committed in the continent, bringing the total amount of casualties to over 1900. business journalists. winston tacky, told us more about the crisis in the whole region and the accurate summary problems in combating the regional threats. this a house in the most rapid gorgeous ball in extreme is activity of any region in africa over the past 2 years. the region is also a nexus of criminal networks,

an illicit traffic in it and as experience arising for my head valez a 2005 volunteer went observed. indeed, a hell specifically book he enough i saw on molly and western the j 2021 represented 70 percent increase of what a previous year a discontinuous an uninterrupted escalation of balance evolving. militant islam as close to the origin says 2015 has caused a lot of devastating impact and property a life of individuals in the country. deeper cra, he should, you ask, resulted in little tangible action. in 2084 he started doing tonight in member countries, conducted joint military operations on the borders which resorted in the arrest of about 70100 suspected terrorists and gang members. and it's, he's out of a home. me weapons says then de trent of gee and his good has only gone staying in

africa. the conflict in iran we are region of ethiopia, has intensified with knowledge and grooves, reportedly killing at least 30 civilians. this less than a month after warring parties in the t gray war reached a cease fire clashes between the aroma liberation army and nationalist millison group. and government forces have shaken the region. the aroma, people are the country's largest ethnic group and accused the prime minister of failing to contain the growing crisis. the government has also allegedly armed local, malicious, for accused of attacks on civilians. these factors have led to national sentiment gripping the region we spoke to african studies professor is ego could be that it says that the scale of this conflict may even exceed the ti gray war. well, it is absolutely worrying auto. mia is the largest of stating the federation with 50 to 60 percent of the population and the area of operation of the or,

or m o liberation army in auto. mia has extended all the way to the neighborhood of december. and instead of far responding to the honest lot from the oral 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 or i'm here, people are asked, they're demanding that they should be included in the governing of your pet and self govern in the mail region. that should be simply seen as a legitimate demand and legitimate demands must to be addressed on the topic of the tea grey war. ethiopia, as to your long civil conflicts, saw a ceasefire agreement earlier this month. that included a disarmament plant which agreed to reconstruction projects. and distribution of supplies to agree militants are also supposed to unite with the federal army. the

war began in 2020, following a break down and talks between the government and the te gray people's liberation from a paramilitary group. formerly the ruling party of ethiopia, the conflict led to thousands of das, bringing the country to the verge of famine. professor is eco visa says the sage tactics that worked in the t great conflict would prove in a fact that an aroma and that the conflict could quickly spiral out of control. in auto, mia, the elf operation of the rama liberation army is larger, much larger than that to cry into gray. what worked was basically the c h that they could envelop the area of to dry from the north atria from the south. a far aha, nbc, up in national defense as forces rama is not going to be put under siege and it's really large. it's also the heart of the economy of ethiopia. it's where the

captain city is located, which is about 50 percent of the european economy. if it's not resolved very quickly, it's going to spiral out of control, and that would be really bad for not only for egypt, but the form of african general here opinion has reportedly failed to reach an agreement on a price copper russian oil. meanwhile, bulgaria says it will allow russia's 2nd largest energy company, luke oil, to export crude products for to europe, partially bypassing anti russian sanctions. the deal will generate 350000000 euros for the country and will transfer production revenue to bulgaria instead of the netherlands or switzerland like before. the agreement also paved the way for russian crude products to be delivered to other e u stays. lets take a look at how this deal avoids the ban on russian energy exports to the european block. so 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 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 russia for years. i think europe in union must find the way between ideology, you know, politics and your politics. pragmatism big is the true faith that they the particular vehicle is insured to fly globally. europe is where the intellect mall suffering owner's own citizens. in order to continue this book, which is signaling for who knows how long it's ironic really, and it's

a bit ridiculous that europe is stalking up on fuel, on oil, on cold coming from russia versus internal divisions. you 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 u. s. implements economic policies deemed a threat to the european economy are to contribute to rachel mars that 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 shoulds 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 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 mighty red 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 by ministration is shaking in his boots, particularly when those boots have done about $200.00 laps around shoals and mac

hall. 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 any 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 fellows. 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 most important ally, but in some cases we will not be in the same position or on the same approach towards china. we cannot think that we can build a future without taking into account the enormous strength of a country that is called to play its rightful role in the world due to its size due to its economic strength. 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. armenia hosted a summit of the collective security treaty organization with the countries prime minister saying he won't assign a joint declaration by the group of kremlin spokesmen played down. refusal assuring

. armenia will remain a member of the mosque allied block. this tense. armenia will undoubtedly stain despite all the complexity, despite the fact that is the lead is said not everything was agreed upon. the event, once again confirmed the relevance and viability of the c s t o. the leadership of all the member organizations hat were here and attendance the presidents, 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 organization 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 dmitri pest grove also spoke a bit about the ukraine conflict. he said that the, that the russian military spent a special military oper.