by it, my daughter now will polytone my music on each one's when i spawns anderson with ah, 2 people are reported killed and another 10 wounded ukrainian. artillery hits a hotel and restaurant complex on a holiday camp in the city of melli, topple overhead team up to fight back. that visions emerge again in the western alliance sides. korea urges europe to join together to halter protectionist u. s. law from damaging global market. belgrade prepares to officially inform nate, so that it will send troops into this celtic republic of kosovo to support ethnic serbs who've been protesting on mouse against the local authorities. with

the top stories from the past 7 days and right up to the moment developments as well. this is the weekly and r t l o one. welcome. we start with the latest developments in the done yet. square public were officials say at least 2 people have been wounded by ukrainian artillery. charging the regional capital city center authority say residential areas across the republic were hit by nato supply. rocket barraged out started sunday morning, multiple apartment buildings and stores were damaged, as well as a local university and hospital. well, it follows numerous ukrainian attacks in the area over the past 24 hours with at least one civilian confirmed dead on 3 others wounded according to local authorities, a school and done yet city was also damaged. that was a bus station and multiple residential buildings to all officials in the

neighboring zapatero is your region say, key forces used us supplied. hi marge rockets. to shell a holiday camp in the city of melli, triple 2 people were reported killed and another 10 wounded of the artillery barrage destroyed a restaurant. there. a large fire erupt, it up the location which was in a forest with emergency workers searching through the rubble. 3 of the survivors were taken to hospital in a critical condition, according to local authorities. well, the situation on the front lines in the done yet republic has been increasingly intense in recent days on our t crew garb exclusive access to some former ukrainian army positions. now under rushing control. after an offense or correspondence or alarm cost rev visited the sites, a warning you may find some of the images in his report. disturbing. we're here in a front sir line, right next to city hall for my your so that was the liberated by the next army.

just a couple of weeks ago. ukraine positions are not that far away. work with her. right . we're now at the former positions of the ukrainian troops. they had a strong line of defense here. the area around the railroad was heavily fortified. so i was immune. oscar, now we've taken this position. it will be more difficult for ukraine to supply its troops in art. your mask. they can't move ammunition food our troops using this road as it's now under our control. as we're walking along these trenches, the soldier told me to be very careful and looked down all the time because as ukraine retreated from this positions they mind the entire territory. in addition to that, there are many prohibits anti personnel mines as well, so called a petal. mine's once a person's steps on one of those, he may lose a limb and take a look there also unexploded weapons like this on the ground as well. so we have to walk very, very carefully. this looks like

a jacket that used to belong to the ukranian soldier. bodies of ukrainian soldiers are absolutely everywhere here on the front line. they're not being claimed by ukraine, and we'll probably, they're probably considered as a missing in action. but there are literally dozens of bodies all around these trenches under roughly they abandoned their dead and left. this happens often used to ongoing fighting in as this area is still quite dangerous to give them a proper burial. but i've been assured by the death republic a soldiers that sir. all of these sir men from the cranium military, or will be buried? ha, well, according to orthodox christian law and all the necessary dna san also will be taken so that says their relatives, if they want to find them and to reclaim them,

we'll have that opportunity. now this used to be a former checkpoint sir, offer ukraine in the town or for my yours can. these are the kind of things that are absolutely everywhere here. this is a ne, till made grenade launcher, still intact is still workable. and the soldiers here are prepared to use it at any time against their enemy. ukrainian military have been fortifying these positions for the last 8 years. they've been using this town of my york to regularly fire against the civilians. this is jo gourd garlic, which is not a far away. well, at the moment, everything here has been destroyed and stray dogs and cats

are the only inheritance. oh, these trenches had the moments from on call for a hearty don't ask. republic. ah, american authorities have charged a ukrainian parliament member with money laundering in the us. they have also accused them of working as a russian intelligence agent, supposedly interfering with the u. s. electoral process. kremlin back ukrainian politician and oligarch, andre deer couch was sanctioned for his efforts to influence the 2020 u. s. presidential election on behalf of the russian intelligent services. while participating in the scripted russian disinformation campaign seeking to undermine us institutions. dear cot, simultaneously conspired to fraudulently benefit from a western lifestyle for himself and his family in the united states. to some background, to this, the charges emerged after the lawmaker expose

a potential act of corruption by joe biden. while he was vice, president biden allegedly sought to remove a ukrainian prosecutor who was freezing assets in his san hunter's company ortiz, marina cosser of it picks up the story. it's been a good week for the buy in family as one of the people who accuse them of some shady deals and ukraine has now been charged with conspiracy to commit bank fraud and money laundering over the purchase of 2 luxury flaps in beverly hills. this is the 1st time the criminal and forfeiture powers has been used in the us to uncover the concealment of ownership by foreign political officials. so while this must be a very significant case, let's break it down, shall we? who is this man, under just dodge, is a current member of ukraine's parliament and has been repeatedly called a russian spy and even sanctioned in the us for his alleged efforts so influenced

the 2020 us presidential election. why? because he leeks an uncomfortable phone conversation, retrain joe biden. we'll get so that in a minute. now in the obama administration, one of jo biden's jobs was to oversee us political activities in ukraine, primarily advocating for anti corruption reforms in the countries energy industry. you have a historic opportunity, remember as the rotted at wiley and permanently laid in place, the pillars of freedom as your people have long for yearned for, for so many years. and then his son became the board member, albred's mama, one of the largest natural gas operators in ukraine, and the tourist company with a doughty history marred with accusations of fraud, with its owner even investigated by the you case. serious fraud office makes total

sense, right? but when you cranes prosecutor's office, so i said, sees embarrassments assets. joe biden got mad and turned his attention on the prosecutor himself. it was after we started seizing prisma assets and ukraine, when poor shanker called me and said, sorry, listen, this all has stopped already. jo biden's temper is overflowing. why then apparently wanted him gone and the issue then ultimatum fire the prosecutor or ukraine will not get its promise financial aid. whereas the proof, well, this is where mr. derick gotch stepped in leak in an alleged phone conversation between the warmer you craze them president petra prussia, ankle and joe biden. a general, i am public finding a $1000000.00. so i need prosecutor was found and hunter biden's job

was safe once again. and what a job it was $50000.00 a month, apparently, but that's nothing compared to the full amount he received. allegedly, of course, considered master wouldn't be late. 2019 a major corruption scandal with the x u. s. vice president joe biden broke out. let me remind you that joe biden, his son hunter, and their partners have been receiving millions of dollars for political protection for years era forth in. so the matter by the us senate highlight subtle visuals in washington, a good north concerns of a conflict of interest for biden in ukraine, state department officials have clear indications of corruption by jo by them was specifically advised not to make that accusation. and what's more, what a young aspiring by than on the board of bruce ma, it's owner, is said, according to the senate report, you have paid a $7000000.00 bribe to the ukraine prosecutor. so close the case. and now the man

whistleblower who lead that all has been charged with money laundering convenience . meanwhile, the us continues to send billions of dollars see frame and has just floated to not audit where the money and a has ended up in $1.00 of the most corrupt countries. in the world, ah, another story to bring you to de split superior to be emerging among western countries, ober trade, protectionist tar, of i'm sides are picking their corners. one of washington's closest allies in the asia pacific region side korea has called on the european union to push back against the recently enacted us inflation reduction act. the nations trade ministers said the measure could have a serious impact on both so on the use business interest, particularly the car industry. we have a huge room for the e, u in korea to work together and to make the inflation reduction access to more

compatible with a world trade organization. so as not to cause unnecessary trouble to strategically important parts of our industry. the u. s. is kind of constrained by the discriminatory structure of the law. earlier, a consensus of the use chop. oh facials from the 27 member states on the blockhead herself, or love underline, expressed deep concerns of the act. they said they protectionist measures will harm the blocks auto industry on may force european companies to relocate manufacturing overseas. in a recent meeting with the french president of mccall, joe biden said he wouldn't apologize for the tax law. even though the you threatens to take the issue to the world trade organization for resolution will invest your financial commented, or jim rogers told me the europeans on koreans are doing the right thing in attempting to push back on washington's protection. this policy, i'm

a us citizen, but i don't like it either. i don't see any restraint of trade, whether south korea, europe or the united states. so i would certainly support the people. it was saying that this is a restraint of trade and should be done away with. we've seen over the past year or so, a pretty united western front of we can call that in terms of pushing back perhaps from washington. they're what they want to take, maybe it's not in the same interest as brussels before. that seem to be completely and i think maybe not so more any more is this sign of a, of a wider a global break in the western alliance gym to as you know, there are many things going on in the world. we seem to indicate we are having realignments from countries. it's happening throughout history often throughout history. that palmer is supposedly prominent alliances. break up and start over again. and it seems to be with what's going on now your brain, china,

in the middle east. lots of things are happening, which may be changing the world. how it all ends up. i don't know, but back to your point here, the europeans and the koreans are exactly right in this case, is a case where america is forming a restraint or right now. i don't think did you do the same thing? i don't think south korea knew the same thing, but in this case, i would agree with korea and your on who does europe side with do you think in this argument? well, mr. bob is the president and you know, some people would say he's not a very smart guy, and he always panders through whoever was around. and it is clear that he is patrick to some of his constituents. now. not good for the world, not even good for the united states are not good for europe and sort of good for, for korea. but we have to deal with fact if we can change it. i hope we get

jim roger speaking to me earlier, no scores of moroccan football from being arrested in the french capital. unrest broke out after their teams victory over portugal in the world cup. for the final, the police deployed tear gas to disperse. the supporters who took to the streets, setting off fireworks, which were targeted out the authorities. there. key arctic seems to send them into clashes with all this report. state the cried swell to nearly 20000 firms in paris after the final whistle bloot. and morocco is the one that went over where to go in . tar next stopped by the way, france versus morocco, that's on wednesday. the last 4 of the tournaments please cruise. also the point in the netherlands where thousands gathered side sides to celebrate the historic

moroccan when the 1st time an african or a nation has reached the semi final stage. all the workup found settled, flourished on fireworks there as well. some arrests were made. the police mainly observe the situation on patrol with 9 units. yeah, an equally excited but less volatile picture in katara belgium. and here in spain, with moroccan funds, mainly dancing singing, waving flies in support of their national russia has taken a met the easy for conspiring to escalate the crisis in kosovo. pensions in the breakaway republic has been rising in recent days with muff protests or rubbing as people seek to prevent a prominence, serbia national. they served in the course of a belief from being taken into custody. serbian prime minister on the burn bitch said the surveys on the brink of war because of the cause of a prime minister and the inaction of the e. u. well, why the inaction?

this is exactly the situation that has been essentially modeled for years. the service president has accused authorities in the self declared republic, all possible violating mutual agreements. and that the e. u has turned a blind eye to those concerns. that's after cost of an authority sent hundreds of police officers into an ethnic serbian district and detained a serbian national without charges of the border. alex under which it said christina, can call him whatever it wants, but must abide by the accords with some your group may be, i'm stupid. maybe i'm crazy. maybe i'm intoxicated. all of that may be, but one thing is certain, and that is you sign the brussels agreement and the european union signed the brussels agreement together with us. and it is certain that you must fulfill it. whether i'm childish, stupid, drunk or mad, that's all fine. what is certain is that you have to fulfill disagreements. patrols

from the use peacekeeping mission have arrived on barricade set off by ethnic serbs who been trying to keep the possible police out of their neighborhoods. the officers have been accused of theft among other things, and no reports are coming in that course of in special forces have occupied a critical dam in the north of the province where at they have removed. i'm torn up serbian flags that had been in place. and once as the youth, top diplomat is confident that serbs are to blame, you will not tolerate attacks on you, lex, kosovo, or use of violent criminal acts in the north. barricades must be removed immediately by groups of kosovo. serbs car must be restored, some back front, this tensions helping, escalating for almost healthier, leading to fears that yet another military conflict cut or wrapped in the volatile vulcan region. a catalyst sounds being ca, civil authorities, prohibition of serbian issued license plates for local resident. recent reports say

air raid sirens were blurring in some parts of cost over the past 24 hours to serve as leader also said that se cosello's application for e u membership is a direct violation of agreements made with belgrade. we heard from a serbian parliament member from the ruling progressive party. he believes western powers that were tasked with maintaining peace in kosovo. have basically taken the side of the brick away province. mute, stormy, of a place could of so use this yet yours. no one in the european union takes this issue seriously because they have control on the ground in the break way province through kosovo. police officers, troops, the nato army, the coastal force international mission. simply protecting the interests of christina and not acting in accordance with resolution 1244 and not respecting the brussels agreements. we cannot strongly influence this process that may be done by the european union and the united states, which are the guarantors of the agreements. they can influence christina,

but we see that this is not going so easily. we want to resolve this problem peacefully through negotiations so that each of the parties fulfills its responsibilities. but it turns out that the albanians in kosovo do not want to do anything out of what was signed. we see that the rules of the european union and nato are unjustifiable in the situation. serbia makes concessions while pristina simply finalizes its own state hood process and is awarded by the european union. russian businessman victor boots recently freed from a u. s. prison after more than a decade in custody, he says he burst, no animosity towards americans. he described the u. s. as once an example the world, but said the country's inherent strengths of being jeopardized by a slew of self serving governments. mister boot was freed earlier this week in a high level prisoner exchange between moscow and washington in 2012. he was sentenced by us authorities to a quarter of

a century in prison on charges of arming terrace and conspiring to kill american citizens than i 55 year old has always strenuously denied those accusations. he was traded for american basketball player. brittany greiner, who had been convicted of drug offenses in russia earlier this year, upon being freed, victor boot gave his 1st t v interview exclusively to art. but hope america not. you know, in fact, a 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 nature only. you know, bore not to be enemies and whenever this conflict it's deletes, you know, every, you know, american i met in the prison, who is a from rural area,

was very easy to deal with. she has no problem with russia. and he was curious about russia, despite old propaganda, they losing their christian values, losing their families, they losing literally their contracts. it's not anymore the same country renew america who used to be a model for entire world and lead and be an example in all like the say, a shiny town on the, you know, sparkling town on a heel. and this is, of course, pity. it was a stroke country who was really a, you know, industrial might, you know, this one and look for city for 2 years. the industrialization drive problem, crime waves, you can understand and i feel more empathy to american off from her experience than i would feel any hate. what would you consider as the most important event? all the years that yours have spent in prison? are which events are international?

well doesn't matter. name international reporting. oh okay bye. well it's i guess i would be in her history as a turning point. it's a 20 point of raja finalist and above the denise. proud, strong, 14 years ago. when your, if you would have known that it's going to happen with you and then you get us and 14 years away from your family, family ally the 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 fly, think who you are. so what was life like for a high profile, russian figure in a u. s. prison for 10 plus years. finally, answers to that found were in our full exclusive interview with victor boots. that can be found out r t dot com. and there's also another american who's currently serving a 16 year sentence and the penal colony in russia, paul whelan was detained in moscow in 2018 convicted of espionage. 2 years after that, the former us marine recently express frustration about the boot griner, a prisoner swap. specifically, decisions taken by the biden administration. very disappointed that more has not been done for my release, especially as the 4th anniversary of my arrest approaches. i 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 as something else to bring you to day. the leaders of several major west african nations have agreed to set up a collective military force to address rising security threats in the region. then you grouping hosted by nigeria is passed with neutralizing insurgent groups, restoring order and rest of areas and preventing potential military coup. who's on that last the point? by the way, 3 countries in the region burkina faso, molly guinea, they've undergone cruise in the past 2 years. and the 3 of nations has been excluded from the new security collective reporter in bertino fossil file, this report for our t regional floss to counter terrorism. and believe the court in west africa. that's the last decision. us meeting last sunday. boucher

nigeria sees house we took place but also to the court in west we got in what i do. people don't press in the same, so same reserves in but my cool a lot of it by the capacity of coal was to be left such a force with law schools in the past, it was lead of a digital force program called eco ball. today, no idea what happened to be the most that you got will be to prevent the military coups. how will this work will? what same tools in bama cool look at the wind corner, 3 to 4 meters of genta. countries to leave power with then we will out of the one that we heard the thoughts of local residents in molly and breaking off both this they were dyed full,

but whether the new regional security force could actually succeed in coming tensions, there was wanting neither one of this, we don't need this and see who for us here, who could at least accept a force against terrorism. we could, the says that force, but of force against the military coup is only to protect the interests of the heads of states. the heads of states are not fighting to solve the problems of the people. now walk in to protect their own interests. b, as in boy, her hands plumbing and it's easy to sit down and bill such a project. but the most important is how to get the funding regarding the and to terrorism force. every one knows that terrorism is a major issue that undermines this a hell region and coastal countries if the entire west africa is concerned. that it's a good idea to think about this mechanism. but we're used to this kind of announcement from the economic community of west african states, projects that remain only of the initial phase of development for i'm skeptical about the capabilities of such an antique terrorism force. there is

a lot of hesitation why this force requires human resources, logistics, and fonts that they cannot make community of western african states can not afford . all we also heard from a security ellis and molly, who expressed just that died sabbath. the effectiveness of the new regional military collective ruler. either everybody was surprised by the decision to create a west african force because the economic community of west african states already had a regional force, the goals of the new force to fight against terrorism. a military coups is a hard mission. there is a reason to worry and to be skeptical about the chances for this for succeeding. because it's impossible to set up a force against military coups and to stop the spread of terrorism because it's asymmetrical warfare. it's definitely hard to set up such a force because it will need a lot of funding to be maintained. or i time for a sunday visit to the world's apart studios next, find i to examine is asking the big questions too. in moments

with what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have. it's crazy even foundation, let it be an arms race move is on often very dramatic development. only personally, i'm going to resist. i don't see how that strategy will be successful, very critical time time to sit down and talk with

me one moment. welcome to wells. a part of the conflict in ukraine has manifested a new security at paradox in europe. many in the west contend that until russia is fully democratic, whatever that means, your queen will need western security guarantees and it's active military support for it's part of most school. believe that until global governance is truly multi polar, whatever that means, an extension of 4 in the military infrastructure towards russian warners will be considered an existential security threat. can this to contentions be reconciled without another continental war in europe? well, to discuss it now joined by thomas gram anger, director of the geneva center for security policy and former secretary general of the organization for security and cooperation in europe is great to see you a great you talked to and i have to.