with a headlines on the international as victor boot gives his 1st teeth in with you in an exclusive to watch t. after spending 11 years in a u. s. he says that the west has lost itself to spiraling value. was happening in the west, just the suicide of civilization. if the suicide is not provided, at least in the territory of the non western world, then the entire planet will commit suicide. it's going all over the place l, g, b, t, drugs, lots of it in it's killed at least 2 worded in the latest ukranian shelling of the don't yet for public officials, the local authorities stating that a residential areas were targeted by key of forces using nato

with the block roads in the north of cause of leading to the capital pristine. an approach after the a record of a former police officer from the area about opening a new chapter. relations with gulf states. the unprecedented visit of china's president of saudi arabia. these deals agreed on everything from nuclear reserve to military corporation and the inevitable moving away from the us dollar in trade. ah, all right, your live news from the city that never sleeps. it's all the international from moscow and a very welcome to you. so newly freed russian citizen, victor boot, has warned of the danger of the west, losing itself in pursuit of its own values. it comes off, the food was released from us custody, where he had spent more than a decade behind bars. he was freed in a level prisoner exchange between moscow in washington

a back in 2012. he was sentenced by us authorities to 25 years behind bars on charges of arming terrorists and even conspiring to kill americans than out 55 year old is always staunchly. deny those accusations all the way back from day one. now he was traded for american basketball player, brittany greiner, who had been convicted of drug offenses here in russia. the russian citizen gave his 1st t v interview exclusively to r t. and he says he's now happy to be home as he believes the future for russia looked bright there. hope america not. you know, in fact, and knowing many maids, i figure out who sharing way more common. meta america is very much syn, miller look, it's the same size if they have a, it's the same kind of this and when you talk to them, there is nothing they even to beef about. we are naturally, you know, bore not to be enemies. and whenever this conflict, it's a leads you not every,

you know, american i met in a prison who is from rural area, was very easy to deal with. she has no problem with russia. and he was curious about russia, despite all propaganda, they losing their christian values. they're losing their families, they're losing literally their contracts. it's not anymore the same country renew america who used to be a model for entire world. and lead a be an example. you know, like they say, a shiny town on the, you know, sparkling town on a hill. and this is of course pity. it was a strong country who was really age in all industrial might you know this one and look for city 40 years dean does throw the zation drug problem crime waves. you can understand and i feel more empathy to american off of as

experience than i would feel any hate. what would you consider as the most important event all the years that you have spent in prison? ah, which events are international? well, does matter name international supporting? oh, okay. bye. well, it's, i guess what would be in her history as a turning point would say tony point of russia finally stand above with nice, proud, strong, 14 years ago. when your, if you would have known that that's gonna happen with you, and then you're going to spend 14 years away from your family, from your lather land. what do you have? ah, would you do something differently in your life? it's difficult to leave on the colleagues of your heart, but if you listen in your heart, no, no, yes, you go. sometimes you get into trouble. but you never betrayed yourself. you

know, in this inner peace give you enough things to go through everything. why? because you don't have a coffee inside of you, doesn't matter what you have biesen from quality. because you trusting your heart your trust in callings of your blood, your trusting, and your never fighting your life. life behind bars for more than a decade for victor boot, you find the officer that had more and 2 exclusive interviews. victor boot is given to us at archie, dot com and see the full interview pretty much all day tomorrow, here on the international. well, there is another american who is serving a 16 year sentence and a penal colony here in russia, pull whelan, who was detained in moscow in 2018 and convicted of espionage. 2 years later, the former murray and expressed frustration surrounding the recent prisoner swap, specifically decisions taken by that of the biden administration. i am very

disappointed that more has not been done for my release, especially as the 4th anniversary of my arrest approaches. it was led to believe that things were moving in the right direction and that the governments were negotiating and that something would happen fairly soon. i was arrested for a crime that never occurred. i don't understand why i'm still sitting here. the commentators have alleged that the release of britain greiner rather than poll whelan, was more in sing quit the current us political agenda was former officials in washington called the trade a defeat for america. the white house spokesperson took the time to lay praise on the released american. as the president said this morning, she represents the best of america. she is an important role model and inspiration to millions of americans, particularly the l g p t q i plus americans and women of color. the boot for greiner prisoner swap is not a trade. it's an american surrender. this is not what american strength looks like

. terrorists and rogue states are smiling. what kind of a deal is it to swore brittany griner, a basketball player who openly hated country for them and known as a merchant of death. what a stupid an unpatriotic embarrassment for us say, this is all politics again. why were she chosen or not all well and purely politics? again, she fit the stereotype of a bite in political base of support. right. so he wants to cater to them. he's free is brought home one of their own. it's entirely political decision because certainly ok, she's a very talented and successful, amazing basketball player, but aren't all eyes equal here we all be equal poll. well, i'm not a great basketball player far as i know. and, but isn't he also have rights as an american citizen? why did they choose him? well, again, this is purely political. it was a political decision why she was chosen and not him. he's someone who is most

likely we can probably guess it's probably probably a conservative, so we can leave him in, in the prison in moscow. but let's say the l g b t save the lesbian basketball player. that's very important. well, an update to this story, a patrols from the european union's piece mission and kosovo have arrived at barricades that have been put up by serbs in a city in the north of the break away province. protest is trying to prevent a member of the cause of our police being taken to pristina of he was arrested earlier today. all the contributor nichols gilbert had details on this. ok, so basically what a form. remember of course the police forces withdrew on the 5th of november as on the same day when the all of the service left police forces was the rest of the day without any charges. a man basically left corso today. so if you cross the border earlier this day to go with his wife to do some private, the pairs in the city is 20 miles from the administrative line. so key and to be

about any he exit the cost without any problems. and later on when he returns was trying to return home. he was arrested without any charges or anything. he was just shank off and put into their their police station that was built a few months ago near the administrative crossings. and as local said, he is a man without any any standing his career. he wasn't even a part of the war in 999. so he has not to be accused of and they arrest him as serbs from. also in the end, the say as an example, so serves were self organized at the moment and quickly locked on the roads. potentially not the gap because they don't want him to be within to prison their so as we speak, serves are increasing their president. they're protesting, they're going golf street,

their road blocks and they're better numbers . it's police forces me through that. they should have been president there for several days already and have been harassing the local serbs with the excuse of securing the ability in those areas. for today's incident is the latest in a series of tensions between serbia and the break away province. which 1st rusted around 5 months ago gave rise to fear of a ministry concert. that was also the local calls of on authorities rule. they would no longer recognize. so being license plates on cars and as we mentioned reports from today, also talking about air raid sirens sounding of the cities in the north of cause of well surprised or not. it's another case of open mouth insert foot for the use top diplomat. after insulting africans who have expressed support for russia,

joseph burrell said they don't know, quote where don bass is, or who is even vladimir putin. russia is able to, the fled, blame to east reality and to find an audience in some parts of the. well, i've seen in the tv is created is african young people on the streets. obama go with billboard saying voting sang. you have saved a dollar bus and now you will save us. it's really a shock it. well, you can see that these people don't know where the don't business maybe then don't even know who is 14, but they are getting more relies on districts. while these comments by joseph burrell, do not surprise many on the continent. and they explain why africa keeps looking eastwards for corporation as well as development. these come as well as the burrell

really and not just racist which offend many on the continent, but they also come to be expected. the kind of arcade thought they have led many european countries to come up africa, divide a people support conflict and only really come to africa when they bring the cameras and aid. europe has never really held africa in terms of is development and for what they have taken from the african continent. one would imagine that they would give beg list of burrell and the history of commons, really put, paid to what we on the continent. that was what you thought, we've wondered what kind of skills you would need to have in order to become a policy chief let alone in. the policy chief. mister brown does not have the wherewithal with which you keep saying the same thing. statement is not only about africans, but people of the rest of the world to how is he able to travel the world and still represent europe on

a global phase of community that consider itself need us and such comments. and much guys is still a buffle to many of us. the rest of there will, most of the rest of the goal is the jungle. and the jungle could invade the goddess the god and have to go to the jungle. the, to be in. this has to be much more engage with the rest of the world for that, why the rest of the world will invade us less. barella was not the only mind in the house. some sanity prevailed with as lim demit out, who actually represented with a new kind of europe should prevent. i do think that this arrogant tone and the lack of respect that is heard coming from the european union towards africa is part of the problem leading to africans. perhaps thinking that sort of asian is going to come from russia. and that is the kind of european mindset that africans would like

to at least engage with. and not that i have mentality that we've seen from mr. brown, people in africa, the european for what the. we see them at the time, but that would have otherwise helped people in africa and the pilot on all in their drug. the one time that's gone to ukraine following the conflict has really opened the eyes of, of the rest of the world with regard to where we are please. in terms of priorities for the european continent. they opened up and boarded, following that conflict. well come ukrainians with open arms while africans get chased back on the small little b both. and they have to make that fade for crossing again to the motherland or to some of the latest from don bass. now whereas we understand, at least one person has been wounded off to you, cranium shutting, the going on. yes. city center, according to local officials, now it comes as

a key of resumed shuttling across the don't extra public for the early morning hours. launching thousands of sheldon building one supplied by nato countries. a local school into the next city was damaged as well as the local bus station and a number of residential buildings. how early on friday, one person was killed and 2 more wounded with kiev launching more than $200.00 shells and residential areas. how it by shutting completely raised by the ground to the ground. i should say. the apartment buildings in cars also caught up in the damage or the former head of the russian state space corporation to reach me goes and has exclusively provided me with unique footage from the front lines where fierce battles are taking place. it's not the head of a special military inspection unit and his team had just come on the fire. i could not believe my eyes that we made it to. our position has not much road

left to cover. very difficult, right ahead. a big load on your shoulders. the crating offensive was stopped here right at this position. ukrainians, true as zed on their machines to confuse us recently. and she was talking over here we all with my best operate that we are part of the mine is battalion where all way to the budget where the frontline then me can be seen from afar. let's not stick our heads out too much because we don't want them to know the so with go warming up with tape getting ready for work. that's what i'm saying with here's our

machine gun position on the left. here's a destroyed intimate tank and machine gun position on the left on the pillar label trying to help them with with with well, in new york, i rush appointed to the ongoing shirley of don, yet skin. now the latest un security council meeting concerns are raised as well about arm supply, the kia ending up at the hands of terrorists moscow's ambassador also said the ukrainian forces have been using western supplied weaponry that has been used to kill civilians. those when you did of the newest, a real massacre with the use of western weapons has been taking place into nets can recent weeks as a crane forces pushed by western countries who are trying to literally destroy the city. they conduct daily, intact on residential area and see where there are no military targets where you're

crowded. places are being hit during rush hour. there have been significant casualties and destruction fluid just before the un security council meeting began in manhattan at the you and chamber. i'm just before it began the attack on done as you had already gone. so the remarks made by the russian ambassador were quite relevant as he was describing what was going on. he described attacks on civilians strive to how the forces based in cuba, how they've been using the weapons provided to them by the united states, the crimes against civilians. they have committed. here is some of what the russian ambassador said when addressing the un security council. so did you pull soda morrison among the supplied weapons, the u. s. high mars multiple launch rockets. systems are particularly noteworthy, and we know for sure and key of in washington have repeatedly indirectly confirmed . this is what that american specialists are involved in. the operation of these

installation, the sort of the targeting with the high mars, is conducted with the help of u. s. military satellite service. while us military personnel on the ground coordinate with the intelligence forces, representatives of teeth themselves have admittedly not a single attack with a high more system has taken place without the consent of the united states. now, the russian ambassador describe the atrocities being committed against civilians and how the united states claims that the weapons it provides are very accurate and precise. and so if that is the case, our all the civilians being killed. if the act weapons are as accurate and precise as united states claims they are, it would seem that the number of civilians killed in gun gnats can lance can other places, eyes, perhaps intentional. he went on to say that rushes carefully documenting the war crimes that are being committed and says that such crimes do have legal consequences. furthermore, he went on to describe what was the point that was raised throughout the meeting, which is the danger of his weapons. and the states is supplying to the criminal

government and possibly flowing into the hands of criminal organizations, terrorists, and other groups. there could be a security concern in good pose the danger, not just to russia and ukraine, but to many countries throughout europe. again, the one, the major difficult topic is a weapon sent ukraine or being smuggled around the world. we have already warned about the risks of weapons falling into the hands of terrorists and other criminal groups. this is not speculation. here it is a warning concern expressed by european states themselves and the problem of theft of weapons from ukrainian military warehouses appeared a long time ago. the situation has already got out of control weapons intended for our surfacing on the black market. not only in europe, but also in the middle east and africa. now, when the representative of the united states spoke before the un security council, he responded as is typical, when us leaders respond to russia,

he simply dismissed everything that russia, that despite all the evidence and the careful documentation dismissed at all, is just this information. and it's also important to note that russia brought forward experts to speak before the un security council. some of those experts were able to speak, but others were blocked and prevented. russia wanted to bring forward a number of experts to testify before the 15 member body that leads the united nation about the dangerous flow of weapons and how, you know, the us, they unloading all these weapons and how it could have global security implications that could threaten many countries, not just russia and ukraine, so that was the meeting that took place in the un security council chamber to greece now where they're being armed classes outside of roma settlement following a police shooting of a teen infected one, a key just earlier this week. the

one hundreds of protestors gathered increases 2nd largest city, calling for justice and claim. the boy was shot due to anti roma sentiments, held by authority. during the classroom, gunshots were home and police use tear gas to disperse the crowds. the violence was spawns. after the 16 year old sustained his injuries while fleeing from police thought the claims he left the gas station without paying his bill. we understand the policeman who open fire is now under house arrest. the protest over the boy's shooting came shortly after the annual anti police brutality protest in athens. over $11000.00 people took to the streets which ended up the force with caution on the rest as well. the demonstration is actually held to commemorate the death of a 15 year old, who was shopping killed by police that was in 2008. there are massive implications here, an unprecedented visit of china's president to saudi arabia this week using paying

prayer, collaboration with gulf states. but his words were also heavily backed up with sweeping action deals, inks, on everything from military cooperation to nuclear research security issues. and that of well the inevitable decision to move away from the dollar in trading. he is a correspondent from c g t. chinese president, champagne and leaders of the arab world have wrapped up what many describe as their highest level diplomatic exchanges so far. a lot of statement and results came out of their 3 summits and bilateral talks. and while i follow them, i was able to see 3 very consistent themes. firstly, the friendly relations between china and the arab world are the result of deep mutual trust. china and arab countries support each other in maintaining sovereignty territorial integrity and the right of self determination. they championed the principle of non interference in internal affairs and advocate for true multilateralism in the multi polar world order. china supports the resolution

of international and regional issues under multi lateral platforms like d, u, n, and g 20. and many era countries stand by china on key issues from since young hong kong to taiwan. secondly, or the deep economic ties between china and aero countries, with china's huge energy market and the rich natural resources of the middle east. leaders discussed and hands and collaboration in oil, gas and clean energy, and using the chinese to an to settle energy deals. also, while china has a well rounded industry chain, the middle east has a huge need for infrastructure building and high tech upgrades as it looked to diversify away from oil. that's why many of the statements from the past few days, often included cooperation agreement on areas such as 5 g, e commerce, audible bill, medical finance, and nuclear energy as well. china and gulf cooperation council countries will establish a forum on the peaceful use of nuclear energy and nuclear technology and set up

a nuclear safety center to train talents. the 3rd theme is the strong willingness between china and arrow countries to explore a long term friendship. china, as president spoke of his desire to build a shared future. i'm in the new era. what started so relationship centered around most the energy has now evolved into not only industrial and investment collaboration, but also many cultural exchanges as well. either it's not about initiative such as language scores and media collaboration as they strive for an ever evolving friendship in the years to come down to see from c t n 4 r t. we talk with our asia risk analyst, our ross find gold. now he says that the reasons are clear why the 2 countries are seeking quite aggressively to diversify that global partnerships. it's inevitable, it's inevitable that saudi arabia and china would look to expand their relations across different spheres. and why is that?

well, frankly, n b s has said, so he said that he wants to diversify the economy, diversify trading partners, day even if relations with the us were better, there's been some friction between saudi arabia in the united states. recently. i think saudi arabia would still be pursuing this, and obviously for china, they, they've been very active in the middle east for decades. said they've had close relationships with many of the arab countries going back 56 years long before trying to establish diplomatic relations with israel. but again, i think we should really look at this as 2 countries that are diversified. they're trading partners, energy, obviously being an important component of that. saudi arabia and makes other kinds of outbound investments as part of diversifying the economy with the dollars it generates from the oil trade. and china is very active in overseas infrastructure

projects. and that's something that saudi arabia is offering an opportunity to do as well. part of the final story in this, our broadcast, iran's nuclear chief, a set the traces of enriched uranium found on his territory by you and inspectors. years ago was actually brought into the country from abroad. a terran denies west and accusations of engaging in secret nuclear pivot is the us international atomic energy agency has been pressing toronto, explain the presence of nuclear material at 3 undeclared sights. discovery has complicated issues that is certainly to revive the 2015 iran nuclear deal, which america withdrew from under trump in 2018 the head of iran, atomic energy organizations that the traces came from waste brought into iran from iraq and other countries. well, tufty of the clear picture on this whole story that's at the very least got the opinion here of all the contributor rachel mot for years now. washington has been

obsessed by the idea that iran could use a nuclear weapon and washington as routine. we use that potential to justify economic sanctions against iran and to turn it into an untouchable prior for western allies like those here in europe. we're actually really key to do business with iran, but can't because the us action, you wonder, what's the point of all the western henry over iran nuclear potential. when there's another country that has nuclear warheads in the region, israel, and yeah, sure, the emerald is probably, yes them as well as saudi arabia ever dies. and the u. s. salad has been trying to sell nuclear technology to saudi arabia since at least 2012. that doesn't seem to bother them in any way. but it's israel that 1st planted its flag in the middle eastern nuclear arms race. but notice how washington never talks about israel knew you'd hardly even though that a so this is my time for israel to open up the camaro and let folks have a peach at their atomic stash. both countries in the world apparently big. so when

the united nations general assembly voted this week on the resolution introduced by mostly middle eastern and african countries to address the risk of nuclear proliferation in the middle east. israel, that is in a heartbeat with its actual nuclear warheads. excellent iran ladies and an overwhelming $149.00 countries voted in favor of israel renouncing its next, joining the nonproliferation of nuclear weapons treaty and allowing access to international inspection. just 5 nation voted against the idea. israel itself, us canada, and the island nations. a lot of my crew, neesha and 24 got lenders in europe. ian union apparently hit under the desk or the bathroom break when vote came up and said, so for all washington, talk of the need to secure peace in the middle east. well, it turns out that the united states actually, or nukes in the region. but just for israel, it was only a few days ago, the us president joe biden was engaging in

a favorite pastime of american presidents. actually iran for nuclear weapons that it doesn't yet have. we also stand with the people rude and then the french in the united states are working together and hold accountable those responsible for the human rights abuses to counter ranch support for the rushes war and to ensure that a land does not, does not. it does not ever require nuclear weapon. yeah, well, there was an actual mechanism in place to prevent precisely that a multilateral deal where iran gave up any nuclear weapons potential exchange for sections. but the us withdrew from that agreement, unilaterally. so now they're back to the death. what's the point of yelling from the side or the threat of nuclear weapons in the middle east, while literally voting in favor of security? there continue to exist. alright, are to contribute. rachel moss and wrapping up this our broadcast.