what they used to work with with the headlines off the international as 2 people that killed another 10 wounded ukrainian artillery hits a hotel and restaurant complex at all. holiday county in the city of melon divisions emerge again in the western alliance. a south korea of europe to join together to stop a protectionist, the u. s. law from damaging global industries and tensions rise as calls about gibs belgrade and the ultimate him to remove protection as road blocks or threatens to use with well, so not just the highlights of the week, but also a lot of heavy hitting stories in today's sunday program. on auto international

from all of us here, a very warm welcome to year. we do start this hour now with some of the latest from the don't yet script public where at least 4 people have been wounded off to ukrainian artillery hit the center of the regional capital. local authorities said nato supplied, artillery was among the weapons used in the barrage and started sunday morning. a local market stop what a direct strike. you can see the smoke and a number of residential buildings also took direct school. a kindergarten and a hospital will also damaged in the latest strikes, and we heard from a local resident there who lived in one of the buildings hit. to see you just do not speak, you know, they've been firing since 5 am it here right here. i fell out of the chair, then came old site and there was already a fire. the windows blew out. i don't know what to do now. well, it follows our numerous ukrainian attacks over the past 24 hours across the republic with at least one civilian confirmed dead and 3 others wounded. another

school internet city was also diagnosed along with various residential buildings. now, while officials in the neighboring apology region say key ebs forces have been using us, supplied high mos rockets to shell, a holiday camp in the city of melick topple. the 2 people were killed and other 10 wounded. as the artillery destroyed a restaurant there. the whole area erupted into fire with emergency workers searching hard to find survivors. we understand 3 people were hospitalized in critical condition, and we heard from a local witness who lives near by. the who says awesome instead often is that there was it terrible explosion at 1st we felt it was in another place. and then again, there was a 2nd, 3rd and 4th explosion. i'm a huge fire broke out. we still can't get her hands around it. comprehend everything, we live in a residential building year by 11 families. this is the civilian area. they said they are destroying military target. this is the civilian residential building. how

is this possible? this is also the situation on the front lines in the door. next republic has been increasingly incense in recent days, a correspondent roman caused a wreck gives us exclusive access to some forma ukrainian army positions. now under russian control, i should warn you. you may well find this report disturbing. we're here in front, sir. line right next the city hall for my, your so that was a liberated by the next army. just a couple of weeks ago. ukraine positions are not that far away. well, we're going, sir. 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 our new musk. they can't move ammunition, food or 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 petal mines. once a person 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 her probably considered as a missing in action. but there are literally dozens of bodies all around these trenches. when you're roughly they abandoned their dead and left. this happens often you to ongoing fighting in as this area is still quite dangerous to give them

a proper burial. but i've been assured by the duct republic or soldiers that sir. all of these, sir, men from the crane and military are, 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 check point all for ukraine in the town of my yours can. these are the kinds of things that are absolutely everywhere here. this is a ne till made grenade launcher still, in fact 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 civilians in the city of gold garlic, which is not far away. well, at the moment, everything here has been destroyed and stray dogs and cats are the only inheritance. oh, these french has had the moments from on call for of hearty don't ask. republic. ah, so good to have your company to day splits appear to be emerging among western countries over trade, protectionist tariffs and sides are certainly picking their corners. one of washington's closest allies in the asia pacific, south korea, has called on the european union to push back against the recently enacted us

inflation reduction act. the notions trade minister said the measure could have a serious impact on both soul and the use business interests, particularly that of the car industry. we have a huge room for the e. u in korea to work together and to make the inflation reduction act system more compatible with the 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. now, the hola. inflation reduction act was signed by president biden in august of this year. it basically aimed to curb rising prices by reducing the corporate tax rate of 15 percent. it will provide a 30 percent tax credit to domestic energy production while pushing clean energy, as well as stimulate the purchase of electric vehicles though made in america. now, in a recent meeting with the french president, emanuel micron, joe biden said he would not apologize for this tax law, even as the youth threatened to take the issue for help to the world trade

organization. now, earlier, a consensus of the use talk officials among the 27 member states and the blocks head expressed that deep concerns at this act. they said the protectionist measures will harm the blocks auto industry and may force european companies to relocate their manufacturing overseas. well, the korean and european concerns are not unfounded. as implementation of the act comes and made a crisis which has fallen on the e. you, you will know natural gas prices in europe now, 600 percent higher compared to its ally across the atlantic. while that tricity prices are almost double in that difference, investor and financial comment had a jim rogers told my colleague, unit o'neill a bit earlier in the program that europeans and koreans are doing the right thing in attempting to push back on washington's protectionist policies. 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 that was saying this is a restraint of trade and should be done away with 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 of countries. it's happened throughout history often throughout history. the turmeric supposedly permanent alliances break up and start over again . and it seems to be with the 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 of trade. now, i don't think that you're doing the same thing. don't think that south korea doesn't do the same thing, but in this case,

i would agree with korea and you're on who does europe side with, do you think in this argument? well, mr. by the president and you know, some people was, he's not a very smart guy, and he always panders to whoever's 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. certainly not good for europe and started good for korea, but we have to deal with fact if we can change it. i hope we get or the following story. it's very fluid right now. as we understand kosovo authorities of warned subs in the north of the region, the force will be used if they don't dismantle the road blocks. they've set up by 7 p. m. local time tonight. portly prestige and special forces are ready for a military operation. although great is said to be considering using its army to ensure the safety of serbians in the region now in response to pristine as threats

. serbian armed forces are deploying along the administrative border with cause of a ready to ensure the security of the serbian population. their attentions rose and the breakaway province. off the serbs had blocked the roads in an attempt to prevent a prominent soviet national from being taken into custody of the capital and the e. u claims of blockades of violent act that will not be tolerated. you will not tolerate a tax on you, lex, kosovo, or use of violent criminal acts in the north. barricades must be removed immediately by groups, of course of a serbs call must be restored. sophie as president, has accused authorities and the self fed republic of kosovo violating mutual agreements. the e. u has basically turned a blind eye to those concerns. alexander a boot church said an official request. we made to replace nato peacekeepers with serbian troops to protect the serbian population in the province. however, he said they would be countless reasons given to refuse the request. he does

however, feel confident the serbia will continue to face enormous pressure. that's because he says that he was planning or missing christina to the block. this while russia claims the crisis has been prepared by the e. u. for years christina will apply to you membership on december the 15th. and i can expect that already from december, the 17th, when the representatives of germany, france, america, and brussels will be in belgrade. they will explain to me how we have to behave. and if we don't, what the consequences will be, sir, been prime minister and the burnt bitch said, sir, based on the brink of war, because of the cost of a prime minister and the inaction of the eel. well, why the inaction? this is exactly the situation that has been essentially modeled for years. it earlier we heard from a serbian parliament member from the ruling progressive party. he says the western powers tasked with maintaining peace in kosovo of no actually taken the side of the

break away problems. you thought you have a place could. so you said your son, 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 crucible 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. well, the story really is just now starting to break. as we understand a major corruption probe involving an unnamed gulf state, has seen a greek emmy p. suspended from her post as a vice president of the european parliament, the eva kylie, along with 4 other politicians were arrested as part of a major probe by belgian authorities. let's learn more about this as tough to get a clear pitcher parties. marina, closer ever joining us here during the weekly program on this sunday in moscow. great to have you in as always, thanks for joining us here. a belgian authorities just refer to this is unnamed gulf country, allegedly behind these bribes, and yet multiple media report say it was the world cup. host cutoff. what do we know so far? all right, now the media, the only ones who are making that lincoln name in the country as cats har, even though katara has already come out saying we have nothing to do with this. we don't want to be associated with the scandal. so leave us out of it. but according

to political, they apparently saw the rest war and for one of those who was charged and this was pierre and tony, upon city of former italian m e p. and political claims, they saw the arrest warrant and on that arrest warranty, it states that he's accused of intervening and politically, was members working at the european parliament for the benefit of sar and morocco? so according to them, they saw the warrant and it states guitar and morocco. now again, we know that belgium's prosecutor's office, they released the statements and they only said an unnamed gulf country. and that apparently, there were trying to influence the economic and political decisions within the european parliament by offering a lot of money and large at large gifts as well. and in one of the searches there were 6 bein sports was conducted in brussels and they see 600000 euros. also a number of computers and mobile phones,

which will they will be looking through it right now to try and establish more evidence and more legs between the 2. so we don't have official document stating that it is guitar involved. but we are seeing media making that wild assumption so far and also try to dig up any comments that they can find from kylie, especially regarding guitar. well, you mean you talk about these media reports. i mean basically the reports are claiming that after the former greek m. p, eva, kylie visited cut out last month, she then allegedly started pushing a pro, cut tardy agenda in the european parliament. whether that's true or not icon say, but can you talk us through the details? yes, exactly. this is what i meant when i just said that the media went wild and they started digging up and trying to find any statements that evil may have made about guitar. and this is what they found. so she has called could star a front runner in labor rights after me. thing the country is labor minister and

then she made similar comments where she said, i believe the call for arabs has been a great tool for political transformations. and reforms. now this comes on the backdrop, as we know, a lot of countries are accusing guitar and it's human rights for the eligibility rights. you name it. so this was in contrast to what we saw in the european parliament. this is why they're making that link, that she still doubts by making those comments. and what's more, she accused m. p. 's and any piece of bullying when it comes to katara. let's listen and this is what we found. i a low, sad that cuts out is it thrown, drive those in labor right above the sink of fall and reducing the minimum wage despite the challenges that even europe and companies are denying to enforce the love they committed to a vision by choice and they open to the world, still some here are calling to discriminate them. they bully them and they accuse everyone that talks to them or engages of corruption. but still they take their gus,

still they have the companies profiting billions there. so this is what they're seeing and they're saying, well look, she she is defending cats are. so perhaps just started doing this. perhaps you received the money and the 600000 euros. now that they found, of course, this is early days. they still need to go for a trial and see what comes out of that. but she has already been suspended from her role as one of the 14 vice president of the european parliament. she cannot be fired on the spot. this has to go for a votes because the processes they have to vote by top political group leaders and members of the full parliament have to vote in order to kick her out. but already in greece, she has been expelled for them from their pass. all parties, so she's already starting to feel this. and apparently one of the 4 who was charged is her partner. so not a good day for evil kylie as well as the how the 3 hor, it's hard, the long with her. i mean, it's like you said,

it's always difficult to get a really clear picture, especially when the media pounces on it with such a fervor, you know, but we'll have to see what comes up. it's. we're putting them more in the next 2436 hours marina culture. ever. always good to see you. thank you. well that this last week, so raids across germany to prevent an alleged plot, get this to overthrow the government by the iceberg radical movement. now the ruling party is announced, the tightening of national gun laws amid a 2nd wave of arrest in this whole qu, conspiracy of $25.00 people have been arrested and charged with terrorism, including a former member of the alternative, germany party, and 71 year old self proclaimed german prince. one of germany's interior administered, brought his theories onto the radio waves and lay the blame directly onto the g opposition party. least the fantasies of the crew have become concrete plans. and these fantasies are part of the ifd standard speeches. the a f, d is being watch for anti constitutional aspirations,

and that's right. the ifd has become increasingly radicalized spreading conspiracy myths and qu, fantasies. the party acts like an interface for the networking of right wing extremist organizations, a coals to tighten gun laws in the country came in july from top. german officials are seeking to ban extremists from owning firearms. that includes though thousands of a after members who maya has labeled right wing extremists and all those potty members who may be hunters or marksman will see their guns confiscated. i f t party member get old often told us to have long been attempts to smear the reputation of his party, but the mud is no longer sticking. they are always going to completely over below the right, right. going all right, dangerous to do our democracy in the, in the media. the only talk about rights. extremely say they don't talk about islamic extremists,

they don't talk about left. don't talk about climate extremist. they only talk about right, right, right, right. so they try to always to, to bring a f d f, right, a of to use nazi. this is what, what they. ready always tried so that that has worked, but it is not working any more. your alternative germany party has been subject to some deep state surveillance measures off the germany's top court. does they did it a potential threat to democracy? how did it get to this point? it is the, the way to success, but in germany as opposition party. you see paul going up, continues the, specially over the last month. but the energy prices are high in germany. and they're also, in some cases of violence from for migrant. and these are all going to be discussing and bringing on the table as if we are the only opposition party us,

of course the, the cushion democrats all the, all the left body. actually we are the ones who were hunting the government they know start to, to get you to mind. this is that you're, when you're criticizing, criticizing the government, now they want to become and then make it a criminal act that you start to criticize the government, which is the main task of the position party. so they, they talk about the demonization of the state, and that is if they bring this into next 3 missed a corner that you drink that unix treatment. when you stop criticizing your government, these people would be immediately putting a lot of pressure on, on other governments if for example, in theory or even russia party would. ready be acted like it in germany? no. scores of moroccan football fans have been arrested in the french capital.

unrest broke out after that teams victory of a portugal in the world cup quarter finals. the police deployed gas against the supporters who took to the streets, setting off fireworks, allegedly targeting the authorities. though the catholic scenes descended into clashes and reports state, the crowd swelled nearly 20000 in paris, off the final whistle blue and morocco's one zip. when over portugal, in katara, next up france versus morocco on wednesday, what will be the last 4 of the tournament? police crews also deployed in the netherlands west house and got that outside to celebrate the historic moroccan when it's basically the 1st time. and african or arab nations reached the semi final stage of the world, a found settle flares and far looks there as well that we understand. some arrests were made of canine police units were patrolling the area now an equally excited but less volatile pitcher and cut out

a belgium. and here in spain with moroccan fans made me dancing, singing and waving flags and support her bed national heroes. so so good, dan, feel company on the sunday program. thanks for joining us. so far a, china's president has said that his country stands firmly with the palestinians as aging things. comments came as he met the palestinian president this week as part of a huge and highly important trip to saudi arabia. oh, my yeah. china and palestine enjoy a time honored friendship in the friendship between our peoples is deeply rooted in our hearts. for more than a half a century. we have always trusted and supported each other, no matter how the international regional situation may change. china firmly supports the just cause of the palestinian people and will always stand with them. that china is not the only country that could potentially play a key role and attempt to settle the israel palestine conflict. her palestine is

now asked nigeria for helping her is over the issue as the african nation actually does have brought the good relations with both palestine and israel. and i news was actually announced by the palestinian ambassador to nigeria. nigeria has continued to play a crucial role because it is stunning firm in support of international law standing firm and supported the palestinian cause. nigeria is also pushing for implementation of the international resolution. i will communicate with different levels of people of nigeria to make sure that they support the move not only from a political level, but other institutions such as human rights institutions and n. jo's to make sure that they collaborate with their counterparts in palestine. the ambassador also emphasized at palestine has once again appeal to the international criminal court. after the israeli prime minister said he would not allow it to investigate the actions of id f soldiers. so we heard from a peace and security professor in nigeria who says his country's experience in mediation could ultimately contribute to

a peaceful 2 state solution. i'm so was i mistaken, must have done done done because i'm dentist dental. and i do, in terms of mediation in the context of conflict, we didn't conscious that are troubled by insurgencies and i had to, to reach out to the country, not only reach out to us to is to a new government and their policy now go matter. so as i said, the other countries i interested in the company in the us, bruton, cyber egypt, and the gospel. so i to the front of the us defense. obviously i wasn't able to, to put pressure on the start to stop neg, local based on of the communities. i think that does have a need of land to said to them what they did, they should not do that to direct them to do it. i said also, and that is what that's going to have to go tension, trash on that. and that's just,

it was too much on this one. stop the 1st who took off at the communities and i'm sure that is to also want a lesson piece between them. and the about us giving independence to going to finance to history to palestine will not work. we're not hot. we'll know how to do in terms of easter, better for us to have their niger, i begin to all to have want to talk to do back. i want to question to the flemish to us that are interested in the should be able to actually to the solution. we can get more and that story just threw off these telegram channels, many of them to choose from way the up to the minute updates from your trusted source when you hear from the russian capital. this is dottie with thank you for your involvement with this. our program, we are back soon with the

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

welcome to wells, a part of the conflict in ukraine has manifested and new security at paradox in europe. many in the west contend that until russia is fully democratic, whatever that means you quinn will need western security guarantees and it's active military support for it's part most school. believe that until global governance is truly multi polar. whatever that means, any extension of 4 in the military infrastructure towards russian warners will be considered a legs essential security threat. can this to contentions be reconciled without another continental war in europe? well, to discuss it now joined by thomas graham, 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 talk to you and i have to express a double gratitude for being here in moscow because to be honest with you,

we don't see many visitors here these days. did you have any 2nd thoughts about coming here because of you know, reputation or risks to yourself personally and the organization that you're heading . there were advisors are in me about traveling to moscow at this time, but you know, i always leave in dialogue and dialogue, i think is but they really important in times of crisis. and so not coming to moscow was basically for me not an issue after i got the invitation to these, christie just pretty much free things and i don't regret to have to call them. i think i had the excellent discussions between the setting off the conference but also of course the taking advantage to talk to quite the number of.