it's an old, does she come from the worst? it must african little things down. i'm proud those it when are you with moscow? condemns a decision by the g 7, an e. you to impose a price cap on russian oil exports well below current market rate. that's after an earlier warning that it won't comply with the plan with the law must backs up allegations of a shadow censorship scheme by twitters former management with the muzzling of the hunter biden the laptop scoop apparently, just the tip of the iceberg. this is the epicenter all the was worse industry just stuff. a disaster had changed to the face of the city. rev bar to report on the tragic events in india. 38 years ago. one of the world's worst industrial

catastrophes were a gas leak at u. s. factory left, 13000 people with us after 7 pm here in moscow, and you're watching our t international. i am your host donald quarter. welcome to the program. now we start this news hour with some news, just reaching us. a huge fire has broken out in a building in the center of rushes, northern capital st. petersburg. this amateur video shows the fire, tearing through a one story car accessory shop. according to reports, the fire has spread over an area of half a kilometer and started in the oils department, large emergency surf local, emergency services, or at the scene. unfortunately, no casualties have been reported so far. we will bring you any further updates as we go. moscow has condemned the collective west's

decision to impose a price cap on russian oil exports. the g 7 and the e. you have agreed to limit the price of russian oil supplies to $60.00 per barrel . that's around $20.00 lower than the current market rate. in this measure, as part of sweeping sanctions against russia over the ukraine conflict, we deliver on the commitment of g 7 leaders to prevent russia from profiting from its war of aggression against ukraine, to support stability and global energy markets and to minimize negative economic spill overs of russia's war of aggression, especially on low and middle income countries who have felt the impacts of putin's war disproportionately. washington strategists hiding behind plausible goals of supporting the energy security of developing countries diligently conceal the fact that the current imbalances at energy sites are the result of their own rash, actions with a tenacity worthy of better application. the collective west is trying to solve the problems it has created from scratch. rushes repeatedly stated it will not supply oil at prices below its market value. if it contradicts the country's national

interest. moscow's also lashed out at western attempts to manipulate the commodity markets. marty contributor rachel marston offers her thoughts on the heating up of the energy dispute. so the european union has finally decided i $60.00 barrel ceiling for russian oil. now i guess european commission president and de facto, i'm elected queen of europe. ursula vander line can brag about how europe is united for ukraine, together with our partners. we stand united and firm in our opposition to russia's atrocious war. yeah, well that's sure didn't take very long. wagner line also tweeted that the price, capital, quote, help us stabilize global energy prices, benefiting emerging economies around the world. sure. or a could spike prices and deregulate everybody's economy. and a particularity of benefits europe, that really is having a hard time paying the energy bills. now that take cut itself off of cheap russian

gas, but not sure what planet she was schooled on in market economics. but former us treasury secretary, steve minucci and certainly doesn't agree with the idea of a price cap when he called it unfeasible last month. and quote, the most ridiculous idea i've ever heard look a price cap, the market is going to set the price. so if you put sanctions on at higher prices in a way, you're just making the situation worse. the big concern here among american officials who wanted a higher cap is a spike in oil prices and a deregulation of the global market. it's almost like there is pressure for the you to ram something through before the weekend to avoid the embarrassing optics of getting to monday the day. the price cap is supposed to be implemented in december 5th and not actually having an agreement in place behind the scenes. there's a lot of talking to you about how much this is already worth. since rushing crude has already been selling for less than the proposed cap,

and this move also introduces another risk factor. that is russia's position is that they simply won't sell to any countries implementing the ceiling. but white house, national security spokesman john kirby welcomed the news price capital help limit mr. put his ability to profiteer off the oil market so that he can continue to fund a war machine that continues to kill innocent ukrainians. so we welcome the progress of our e e partners are making on this. the whole idea is to reduce rushes revenues so that vladimir putin can't spend it in ukraine or, you know, fulfill his amazon wishlist or maybe finishes christmas shopping. what kirby didn't say is that the us treasury department has already granted exemptions to american companies transporting russian oil, even if they're transporting it to some landlocked european countries. as long as they abide by the priced out. so much for europe cutting off russian oil revenues.

here's what the estonian prime minister cry, a callous things is happening with a price gap. every dollar counts every dollars that was negotiated down, mince an estimated $2000000000.00, less income for russia. the initial proposal was to set the price of $65.00. i think poppins who agreed to come down to $60.00. this means $10000000000.00 less for russia to finance of genocidal val against ukrainians. but europe has also been importing russian fuel transferred to the tankers of other countries off shore right before they offloaded into europe. and they're also buying it from countries like china and india that have been bingeing on russian oil. and then, you know, selling it to europe and elsewhere. also since this price have only effects russian oil, transported by c, hungary, pipeline oil from russia has received an exemption to the cap. and the country's foreign minister said just a few days ago that that's the case so, well,

harry also got an e u exemption to import russian crude via maritime transport until the end of 2024 . so that gives you an idea of how united the you really is on all of this. and by the way, japan has already reportedly been given a green light by the us to keep importing russian oil from their joint project with moscow. one thing's for sure, though, the so called defenders of the free market are pretty quick to throw out even their most cherished values and principles. if it means taking another while swaying at russian president vladimir putin, even though they're batting average so far, isn't very good. if they were hitting home runs, they probably wouldn't be talking already about a 9th round the sanctions. in the meantime, germany is set to receive new supplies of cot. hurry, liquefied natural gas after 2 sales and purchase agreements were signed covering at least a 15 year period. these agreements are mentors for several reasons. they want the

1st long term energy supply agreement to germany with a supply period that extends for at least 15 years. this consisted, contributing to germany is long term energy security. they also represent a combination of efforts between the 2, rusted bottoms, butler and you can go for this many years to provide the reliable kind of energy supply solutions to customers across the globe. and to the 2 gentlemen and uses this deal, which is the 1st of its kind for europe, will provide germany with $2000000.00 tons of l. n. g. annually. an american subsidiary company is also part of the deal and will be responsible for the delivery of the fuel. the german chancellor has welcomed this new deal has berlin has been scrambling to replace imports from russia. earlier i spoke with dr. colleen alcott, her specialist and monetary policy and political economy in cotter,

he says german energy needs will be difficult to solve in the short term. to an hour later, this country will strike a deal because jeremy is in need of energy and need to diversify sources of energy and kind of provide the reliable, sustainable source of energy in the meantime, wants also to secure long term contracts in order to genetic income today it isn't by its economy. i think the country will shine in the future. but this sort of not sure this will not solve the short term issue as you crashes in germany. or you're just trying to think to sign a deal with that with the, with the fact that i'm jeremy is in meet sooner or later. you know, they are in nice i you cannot depend on when i think it's to be mature. even try and for younger term with, with asia, with mckesson,

jeremy use 15. he is mostly contracted with the east asia over the 2020 or 2 decades. and even over it's been non got recently with that with china, with the 7 years. so i'm not surprised. and on the topic of germany lacking energy, its national football team has been left speechless and shocked, and is on its way home from carter after a lackluster performance at the world cup. so the 2nd consecutive time that the squads failed to qualify for the next stage of the tournament after an early boots from russia 4 years ago, the german team made its headline early in the tournament for politicizing. their 1st match covering their mouths during the group photo to indicate their hopes to promote gay rights that have been silenced. apparently in cutter. ca, sorry fans, hit back by holding pictures of former german player measured owes ill who quit the national team. after becoming a target of racist abuse for his turkish roots,

german interior minister, nancy pfizer, criticized the a warning of this year's world cup to carter, specifically mentioning the human rights situation in the country. dr. carlita l cutter again says that germany and the west are hit hypocritical to lecture other countries on moral values or human rights. i think it was not in the possession to lecture us on human rights on moral values because they basically they don't have it done. the certifications are more motivated by the supervisee and the cultural economic and political exploitation. i think that said the standard, i think the german, in this case the, you know, they just trying to deal with us. and in the meantime, data choosing us via think human rights. i think this is a courtesy and double stand by the worst. and by the gentleman in this case, or a thought is such a bad country where the bad that right. so why accept its energy, understand, vestments?

and in this case, to generate income to so for states that's violate human rights. so then this is a property and you have no principle and no, i think if you are accurate and if you are correct anyway. and if you are not, then you are lying and the losing this to exploit the country and you are using it for other different purposes with a more c or by racism or by september c, or whatever, or by other political, or economic or objective or to impose your culture on other nations. new details are emerging and the hunter bite and laptop scandal, twitters new owner mosque has confirmed claims that the platforms previous management went out of its way to sensor controversial issues surrounding the u. s . president sun. the allegations were brought to light by a prominent american journalist. twitter took extraordinary steps to suppress the

story, removing links and posty warnings that it may be unsafe. they even blocked its transmission via direct message, a tool hitherto reserved for extreme cases. for example, child pornography, ellen mosque knows how to make a headline and he is already referring to this as the twitter files. now this is supposed to be a line giving the public a look into the inside decisions that were made within twitter, especially over the last few years when it comes to some of their more controversial decisions regarding content, moderation. and what we're finding is that they were taking these tools that were used to target spam or violent content. and they were increasingly using them for political purposes. based on political figures, we're reaching out making certain demands and twitter was going right along with it . now we have a very lengthy recap of these files that was made by independent journalists, matt t i. e b. here's a portion of what he had to say. some of the 1st tools for controlling speech were designed to combat the likes of spam and financial fraudsters. slowly, over time,

twitter staff and executives began to find more and more uses for these tools. outsiders began petitioning the company to manipulate speech as well. first, a little, then more often than constantly by 2020 requests from connected actors to delete tweets were routine. one executive would write to another more to review from the bite and team, the reply would come back handled. now this all came to a head on october 4th of 2021. of course twitter moved not just to sensor the release of the new york post story on hunter biden's abandoned laptop, but to actually block links to that story from being shared. whether it be posted on twitter or even indirect messages. so there have been a lot of questions as to what led up to that decision who made it, and of course, who exactly influenced it. now what we did learn from these files was that that decision was made at the highest levels of the company. however, it appears that then c, e o jack dorsey was not to directly involved. here's what was said on that. the

decision was made at the highest levels of the company, but without the knowledge of c, e o. jack dorsey with former head of legal policy and trust of a joy, again, playing a key role in amazing. so blood of the twitter hunter biden laptop affair was how much was done without the knowledge of c. e o jack dorsey and how long it took for the situation to get on. as one ex employee put it even after dorsey jumped in. now there are also a number of cases where the bite and team did reach out directly, not just about certain accounts, but also about certain tweets that they wanted taken down. and the biggest take away from this isn't just that the bite and team was reaching out is that the employees at twitter who are responding weren't giving them any pushback. and they were responding with terms like, handled to just go along with what was being requested of them without questioning why these were top government officials and figures and political figures who were reaching out and asking for content to be censored. what's notable is some of the

reaction that we saw from employees within twitter that's mentioned in these files . you had employees going back and forth and really voicing their frustration, saying they felt like these decisions were just being freelance when it came to this very serious content moderation that was happening. and speaking critically of what twitter was doing and of the precedent that was being set by it when it comes to those reactions. again, we're just really starting to see that pushback. but this is a bombshell story about what twitter was doing behind the scenes now being laid out by its brand new c. this tease it up almost perfectly for those republicans coming in to power, who have already been concerned about the moderation that they've seen. of course we have to remember twitter previously took down the account of the sitting president donald trump. so you have republicans coming in with a vengeance here wanting to know why those decisions were made. and also wanting to make a name for themselves. and it comes to their response to this and take a listen to some of the reaction that we've heard from them. so far. we're learning in real time how twitter colluded to silence the truth about hunter biden's laptop

just days before the 2020 presidential election in 32 days. the new house republican majority will get answers for the american people and the accountability they deserve. says and this is just getting started, even mask is already promising. and at the so 2 of the twitter files, so we'll likely be way back here talking about this as those really says continue. as india assumed the g 20 presidency this week, a major canadian opposition party called for a diplomatic boycott of new daily's leadership in the block over alleged human rights violations. new democrats are calling on the government to strongly condemn india's discriminatory anti minority laws. it's threats of ethnic cleansing, the persecution of minorities and the arrests of journalists and human rights activists in canada should reject any g 20 activities plant in kashmir,

and refuse to attend these activities while the human rights abuses continue. however, canada itself has been heavily criticized in recent years over claims of human rights abuses. in 2021, amnesty international issued a report exposing some horrendous findings. specifically, the remains of more than 1300 indigenous children buried over many decades at former schools which were used to indoctrinate native americans into european culture. a commission concluded that over 4000 students died while attending those institutions many due to miss treatment or neglect. many indigenous people live on reservations with underdeveloped infrastructure and poor water supplies. there have been concerns that 1st nation, women and children faced disproportionately higher levels of violence as well. there's also reported lack of health care facilities and emergency services in those areas. former senior indian diplomat says it's normal for western

countries to meddle with the other with other countries the relations, but then refuse to tolerate interference in their own. domestic affairs. canada is creating problems with not only option, but many other countries, including the russia think it is perfectly normal for them to interfere in the internal relations. a lot of other countries internal matter with other countries, but will not tolerate any interference in did it. so this is zack, a double status that we see from law, many, many countries, and the height behind the so called values of democracy and freedom of expression. but this doesn't, doesn't, doesn't apply when it comes to what they decide should be the normal freedom of expression. now the thing is that they are used to this kind of thing because, but partly because it is part of the western world is protected, just bought needles. it has got

a strong relationship with united states. and therefore, the thing they can do all these things with unity because there will be no price to pay. and this has been true now for so many, so many decades. but the world is changing. the world is changing. if i want a 15 for the rest doesn't have the same kind of dominance over international affairs as they had in the past. and not be billed more and more. see the double standard than the hypocrisy of these countries. and therefore, in time in time, there will be a blowback, and they will be a price to be for this. the saturday marks the 38th anniversary of the ballpark gas leak disaster and india. it's considered one of the worst industrial disasters ever to occur on earth. article responded, bruno and sharma has more. on the 9th of december, 2nd, 1984 poisonous gas leaked from an american owned factory. union carbide and spread silently throughout the sleeping city. of pope all around 3000

people died instantly. another $10000.00 died within the 1st 72 hours off the leak . around half a 1000000 are estimated to still be suffering from side effects. this is the epicenter off the walls, worst, industrial disaster, a disaster that changed the face of the city for ever 42 tons of toxic, mythical ice, the cyanide in famously known as m. i. c. gas escaped from this very factory and turned the city of lakes into a gas chamber 38 years later, the bhopal gas tragedy continues to want this town. jake regard snugger katy chola, gary busty as well as other slum clusters within a 5 kilometer radius of the union. carbide continue to be victims of poisoning most here live in extreme poverty generation after generation suffers from the aftermath

of that deadly night shot and vehicles whose parents survived the disaster lost their ability to speak and walk as soon as they were born. a common occurrence in the area, but as little or no research on how to treat the children with such conditions. to this date, there is no consistent treatment for the children off the gas tragedy from a doctor in all these years. we've been to many doctors, many hospitals, but no one has helped. they have no answer for why my children are suffering. it would be better to not live at all than to live like this study every 2nd whole. next, the union carbide factory has a tragic story, wounds of 1984, yet to heal wounds that are caused by an american dream him for. but now lol getting the job at union carbide was a dream come true, but little did he know the job would cost him his child's life and break his family

funeral. goddard, where i thought my life was set off to getting a job with an american company, but it poisoned on lives forever. the union carbide sightsee left a bitter legacy that continues to affect people. the soil and water contamination have led a high rate of chronic diseases in survivors such as cancer and tuberculosis. as for the survivors, the gas relief hospitals meant for them in the region have not been of much help either this or any other account would fall short of adequately describing the full gravity off the disaster. perhaps only those who lost and live through it truly understand or with the years activists have demanded the weekends, get fair compensation. adequate medical treatment rehabilitation plan removal of toxic chemicals found in plans, premises, and punishment for that was responsible for the tragedy. but all this fell on deaf

ears rush. nadine dra, quit a job with a multinational firm in the u. s. and moved to world ball 20 years ago to work for gas week. tim's. these were the american corporations where the board of people of this country are fighting the richest and the wealthiest vibrations of this word. the 2 american corporations. union carbide and dow chemical and u. s. government has played an active role in ensuring that there is no justice in mobile. $500.00 is thrown. yes, lykins. and that is how union carbide has escaped its liability for committing literally a genocide in this city. the fact that not a single person has been jailed for what happened in 1984 is the cause of deep been for the survivors. justice and closure will i'll far from sight ruins and sharma r t. beau bog. russian forces have been demonstrating to r t,

the frontline performance of its tornado. multiple rocket launcher ah, it takes only 30 seconds to determine the target and transmit that information to the divisions control points. and it's up to 2 minutes from detecting the target to opening fire is being used to repel ukrainian attacks of which one of the latest on friday saw the city of daniel shells lead leaving at least 5 people dead. and a dozen wounded ortiz remind, closer of reports from the ground. 5 people were killed and another 14 civilians were wounded as a result of indiscriminate and chaotic ukrainian artillery shelling. now 3 of those wounded are in this hospital at the moment. they are in intensive care, and doctors are trying to do everything they can in order to save their lives. mm

hm. below the stolen shit. but for patients were brought to our hospital, 3 of them were hospitalized, and the 4th was transferred to a specialized clinic. all the victims have sustained blast wounds and shrapnel injuries. this is a barbaric shell in the city. it's a real crime to attack children, women, and the elderly in a crowded city center at the end of the working day. there are no military facilities here at all. you know, it's not some courageous act to target civilians with heavy artillery. how several people were willing to, it's right here in this s supermarket and the adjacent to a pharmacy. when the ukranian nationalist showed the very center of the city of dun esque now, the pharmacist kennedy. he fell to the ground immediately as the shut it began. and later on he administered 1st aid. so those people who were wounded, desperate not to fetch a shell, landed at a quarter to 5. at 1st we didn't understand what was going on and thought that it was a plane. we immediately hid our visitors in the storage room. we ourselves did not

realize how we ended up on the floor after the mass of explosion. the whole pharmacy was in smoke and dust. the facade was destroyed. we provided 1st aid, calmed people down and prepared bandages. thank god, it's over. i can still see the remains of the grad message that landed right here, right next to this residential building, where almost all the windows were blown out. this car caught on fire right away, and now it's completely destroyed. now several people were wounded here as well. there are still blood trails on the grounds over there. now, according to my sources, in the military, there is a wandering, ukrainian multiple rocket launches system, a near of div god that says shoots indiscriminately towards the sensor of the city and then goes into hiding. now over the last couple weeks, they'd been firing in civilian areas and as a result,

several people have been killed from on call for of r t don't ask republic. meanwhile, russia's defense minister has visited minsk for a meeting with his bell russian counterpart. the parties reached an agreement to expand joint regional security, said to be in response to growing western threats. ah, this weekend and roma conference called the mediterranean dialogues is taking place . we'll, we'll challenges and ways of resolving them as the focus with top government officials and a collection of leaders from think tanks and regional organizations in attendance. the annual event established by the italian foreign ministry has the aim of rethinking traditional approaches to solving issues and seeks to draft what organizers call a positive agenda in that. but this year, the conference heard from more than a 100 officials regarding the big issues affecting the world. we asked some of

the speakers about their country's relations with moscow and their thoughts on the e. u. price cap for russian oil i think we have a very good 3 nation on the top, a many a nation in terms of the economy. mister lee corporation, a you a to cassandra toes, russia and ukraine ward. and kerry says that i should not good admission with russia, the russian federation of friends ben old was perceived in a good term and welcomed and supported jordan of the king of the king has made it very clear that the russians are friendly with the nation. between jordan on russia on regional issues, all right, it's highest and there is an open channel communication and brochure. i've been

there for jordan. i've been there in syria for jordan and we still pulling for the russians to hill jordan when it comes to syria. i thank oh so the good news. this was a case it's lost, it's a dependency exactly united states and it's a source of guys i know. and one thing that ceiling it's will apply only part out of what will not that play for chide? not either. ah, all invited. okay, so it will be limited to her of all my will, you know, she linger price. absolutely. and i, this is against the wishes values of free open market show. it's the marketing side of the price by the given there was the stands that they're gonna use with our as the.