of globalization, as we have known it for about the last half century, it would certainly seem so the west ability to shape the world and its own image also appears to be on the way. as a result, should we expect new regional and block globalization a headline banassi international, the u. s. u, it's africa. so make the high like what it holds, washington. china is quote, the stabilizing activities in the region that says, washington shift from africa as acute tissues means fading far from africa is not an arena big comma games with the loan. the target of all the tree prussia from any country or person. washington should respect the world, the african people the need is a self proclaimed kosovo. applying for a membership with an official calling on brussels to book the news which follows week tensions in populated north in kosovo. we pull the latest from the ground that

last the latest ukrainian shelling of russia don't. yes, we're public leave that he's the one person killed and several wounded correspondence catches up with russian troops on the front line with simple stoves like this one. they provide the much needed with a hint at come foot amid the very difficult conditions here with 5 pm here in the russian capital. and this is the r t international with the very latest world news update. very well. welcome to you. now, with the usaa africa summit in full swing, washington is already pushing gets now or to the accusing russia in china. these stabilizing activities in the region as a 3 day event hit. the 2nd day, the us defense secretary sets out his own priorities. we're witnessing the peer to

expand its footprint a on, on a continent on a daily basis, and that creates problems that will be eventually the stabilizing, if they're not already. or we see russia continuing to puddle cheap weapons, employing mercenaries across the continent. and so the combination of those activities by those 2 countries are, i think, are that bears watching. and certainly i think their influence, again, can be the stabilizer is really disappointing to hear these kinds of warnings. still being lamented when american president joe biden promised a relationship of mutual respect with africa and one that will be different. but there are to rick is still pretty much the same. the comments by you as a defense, he really was almost expected by african countries. i'm an african countries only as for one thing and one thing only can you,

can you let us make our own decision when it comes to who we want to trade with? who we want to be friends with? because only we are the custodians of our own development, but there is not america and true to american form. they cannot engage in much without necessarily dictating terms. now is true that america has lost much of its ground here on the continent, particularly economically. you know, to, to the likes of china who move it in one of the americans created that way. but it's kind of rich for the americans to start talking about things like that. when you know the immediate acute needs of the continent are still there within their reach and within their growth, i mean, you look at countries in this a hell that are going through really difficulty in terms of, in terms of conflict in terms of people being displaced and food insecurity is really acute in areas like that, but there is not what you're finding, what you're fine. it is that america did not invite their leaders to this

washington shindig, where they will be at availing their new relationship with africa is pretty much the same old, same old and very, very conditional. i was a bit surprised when i, when i saw, especially the kinds of comments that have been leveled to what's russia and towards china? the rush of the comment is that the, our peddling sheep weapons on the continent and being could lead to a civilization. and one don't really know, one written one, there's just how long the american memory is. i mean, tickled situation like libya, libya was a stable country, and dom warmer godaddy come 2011 did need to lead coalition, which was during obama's administration. you look at libya, now, no posts conflict funds, no post conflict plan, and has really been left in ruins and china. on the other hand, i guess it came with the territory that it had to be accused and accusation here is that china is lending africans themes money,

and an unsustainable debt ever. answers the normal rate, getting them in a dead trend. but another does not according to death, justice for you, okay, based organization to love that african state. oh, more to west then banks, asset managers as well as oil traders than they do to china. in fact, almost 3 times more that says something about the, the open temp that the west then banks and institutions have had towards africa. what china and righteous entry into africa than is allowed the continent to move on to look is to explore other friendships and not only be tied by friends that hold and know where you're finger. only to tell us what we can't and cannot do. but here is the chinese official res ones to that accusation about easy and available chinese money for sure me. you see what we hope to us could view china africa

cooperation with an open mind. africa is not an arena for big power game. so let alone the target of all the tree prussia from any country. all person washington should respect the world, the african people, and take concrete actions to help africa's development art. instead of concentrating its efforts on smearing and attacking of countries. and that is really ally in that america this. i love juices who they used to live teaching term or the least they look at africa in separate means and in their engagement, even the re you to day. and if feel free me much feels like the same mode fail mode scribble america have been devoid of the continent the they've left the void here that has been filled because it will eventually had to be filled. they still didn't seem like the people who recognized the potential of africa, especially youth demographic, to come into the fall and be a real force over the next couple of decades that was seen by friends in the east. let's discuss this further now with i guessed, andre thomas housing,

german attorney, anton meritus, professor of law joining us from south africa. many thanks for joining us. it's nice to see you today. now at this the own going summit, the u. s. is seemingly very focused on what it caused threats from russia and china, rather than expanding american aids to africa was he was take on washington's priorities here. i think america was just trying to distract from the fact that for the past 8 years actually done nothing in africa that they haven't been present in 2013 or year before the lat, africa, us summit, president obama came to south africa and cape town, made a huge promise. he had america would bring light to darkness, and they would install 30 gigawatts of power. well, now in 2022 and they've installed, helped install a new poll gala. and at this place, it would take until 2050 to fulfill obama promise. so america has actually been

absent on this continent, and they shouldn't complain that trade with china is now full time. the amount of the trade with us trade was china is $254000000000.00 and trade with america. is them yet $60000000000.00? so america really should reflect on his priorities, but that they want to continue to think that this has been doc continent. and that maybe as a little hand all give us a little bit of light or whether they begin to take a series, the 54 sovereign nation states that have a voice internationally and national relations. and that have opted to stay out of the american proxy war against russia. in the seattle ukraine, africa has remained neutral coast the elephant in and in the room. this ongoing summit is that the us is excluded 5 african countries from the summit completely

including the can affonso and molly, which are among the most struggling nations on the continent. washington is saying that this decision is justified by the african union functions against those countries. but what do you make of this exclusion? well, we have a nearly permanent democracy crisis because this is the continent of poverty. people in many countries, all surviving on a, on the equivalent of $1.00 a day. and, and obviously they are trying to, to, to jump out of the situation where they have no power, no house, no schooling, no infrastructure, if they opt to work together with russia, companies use opportunity of trade with russia. always china. well, and obviously that is desktop and choice. america shouldn't complain about all russia being available to those excluded countries, like molly and central african republic about them having invited private military

companies from russia to private jersey companies. because the, the inventor of must be activities, of course, america, which was used to be called the black water with god, the world, the largest private military company in the world, and so on and so forth. endless their entire war in iraq and kuwait in libya has been fought with private military. and we believe a lot of them are active and ukraine. do we think we can read in the timing of this summer? so because it is the 1st, some within 7 years, and african government have been voice and concerns of the diet states of that country all this time. so was taken and why it took washington so long to host this events and why now? i think washington is primarily targeting south africa. they want to break all africans resolved not to get involved in the conflict between russia and, and century america. they sent secretary lincoln to toria,

to basically the mon from president trauma for the that's how they actually got should join the american coalition. and then they, they basically some president from us was up to washington. i asked him a very short notice to appear there to come to, and again, he was steadfast, he did not cave in. and now of course, the big threat for africa is that the bible ministration might not prolong the presidential trade agreement. we saw that africa known as the agreement, which allows products from southern africa to enter the american market, free of customs duties. and this is the basis. hold on that because automobile manufacturing, because most automobile manufacturers in south africa exporting to america and a significant way if that a court should fall away, it would probably immediately increase the number of jobs since about 3 to 4000000

people. and this is a very cruel and a very serious type of extortion, political act. fortunately against the sovereign country, continues from south africa that was andre thomas, housing, german attorney, and america professor of law. many, thanks for speaking to us today, really appreciate your inside. thank you. are now an organization founded to protect the rights of journalists worldwide, has refused to support russian media outlets and individuals and reports of looming . you sanctions asked by r t if it would support russian report is the committee to protect journalists said it does not view them as bias, therefore would do nothing to help. c p. j protects journalists facing reprisals for the journalistic activity. as long as they adhere to the principles of unbiased objective reporting, when we looked at the names of people associated with the media outlets you mentioned in your e mail and who can be included in the new list of sanctioned individuals. we found

out that they did not follow this rule of unbiased journalism. therefore we cannot protect them. i'd rather you blacklist reportedly includes our tea and state television and radio company v g t i k, which could potentially have that assets frozen an e u countries. while we're c a one that ren tv and other channels would lose their broadcast licenses at the $100.00 russian media personalities including popular tv present, it could also be blacklisted. meanwhile, the committee continues actively supporting global pro western media outlets. earlier this month they demanded above the lifted on us, found the funded broadcast radio free europe radio, liberty, and i've gone a stone or last month that demanded access be restored to the broadcast his caregiver website. the committee's failure to live up to its international promise comes as a member of germany's main opposition party attempts to start his own campaign against russian media. christiana social union representative, andrea linda hold signs, propose the creation of

a committee to control the spread of so called russian disinformation. the danger of russian propaganda and as information in germany should not be underestimated, especially now when everything is getting more expensive, there is a risk that people will become more receptive to pro russian fakes. according to german media reports, a r t german uses, a 3rd party outlet signed you tube channels to spread information. journalists to publish so called pro russian information set to be connected to russian controlled media. well, joining me now in the studio is independent dutch journalist at sonya vanden under . many, thanks for coming in today. it's lovely to see you. what do you make of this proposal to create an office reporting on alleged russian dis, information any is a bit about fighting so called propaganda or is this about cracking down on freedom of speech? well, i think apparently it's cracking down on freedom of speech. this is what a western countries are doing since the start of the military special military

operation. even before that, even before the syrian war was in iraq, afghanistan, libya. but now it intensifies a lot and we see every day new things coming out. and they clearly want to control the media is what they do already. and everything, what is said in favor of russia or just neutral a being about russia is straight away. bennis bents, everywhere. and so it's control, it's her freedom of speech is really gone in, especially germany, but also mc on through the netherlands. it's horrible. here, official seems to be very concerned about the popularity of so called russian propaganda was threat. does it pose? well, i think the threat that they imagine is that, and maybe some truth will come out, that they are telling nuts what is really going on in the special operation in russia. because they want to public to believe that the sanctions are working. you

see, you know, in russia, maybe the people have terrible things. they don't have food, maybe any more or everything is better because we don't take their guess anymore. this is number one. and secondly, in, i think in germany they are very afraid because there's a huge population of german russians or russian germans. however, we want to take it. these are the people who came after the fall of the soviet union, 1992. a lot of them came from my, i think, siberia kingston. they came back to germany because there, there were german. and now of course, these people see what is happening in germany. so they're afraid of them. and also they had to put tional in their revolution. so called so they are afraid of them as well. so i think this is what is going on. they see that people slowly but surely are discovering the truth. so this is what not should be allowed to happen, of course. or we should this, that this proposal to create offices on this information go ahead is it's not going to come for free as a, given the present economic up people,

people are struggling across the, the you is as an expense that your average german would see worth it, i don't think so, especially german is what i said, these people, the people are rising up already in germany every monday night. they're so call it the walking on the street everywhere in the big cities, especially in the eastern part of germany. so i think now because the gas price is so high and the electricity bills they have to pay, it's huge. people cannot make an smith anymore. so i think i hope that they will protest more because, you know, this is the next part. freedom of speech is gone, so what is left and they have no life. i mean, they have no, they cannot pay their normal bills anymore. they cannot say what they want. so i think it's really a, it's, it's total dictatorship, but you have them. this is what they don't want, they preach democracy and freedom, and they do the opposite path. another question would be if, if germany did set up these offices on this information,

what would it stand to gain from it? apart from saying, look what we've done, you know, we great is that the only only thing they stand again. i think it will not work in the end because you know, a lot of people like germany, they also have c p n. so they can look on the internet, whatever they want to see. but of course there's one catch there. you once in 2023, a digital or yeah, somehow id. so this is me. this means that they will have somehow a digital wall, like the berlin wall, but they have a digital wall. so all the time when you want to enter on the internet, you have to put in your password and so on. and if you have good points, you may be allowed to go into the internet or not. so this is all some things they are working on. so there's been some frustration in europe at the failure of western media report more extensively on the protests that we've been seeing against the sanctions and everything that's happening there in which brush media

have been reporting on this doesn't. this illustrates a failure of the west to some extent, of course, because the regular media is not showing, for instance, what i said in germany, where they protest every week or in the netherlands. now we have the problem with the pop pharma, so they're protesting. nearly every day in the netherlands in the south, in the north, with regular media is not showing it so it's frustrating for the people. but i mean it's, it's actually a shame because, you know, protesting or demonstrating is or what is in the constitution is allowed. so people shoot, report about it in the media, or what do you think the issue of so called russian propaganda remains such a hot topic of european media outlets? well, as well as how many times are there has an agenda and this agenda is that actually fighting a proxy war in ukraine, america in the west europe against russia. and this is the whole idea. and people in the west are to believe that it's actually about ukraine because russia in faded

ukraine. so this is the terrible part. that's why russia is very bad and, but this is, they don't want to let this come out. but surely, but surely, it will come out of course, because people are awake a little bit now, but this is what they want to heights where it's actually and also the great reset plans that are the guess actually the problem with the guess is they don't want fossil fuels anymore, so blame it on russia that we don't a guess anymore. but actually it's their plan and it's nothing to do with russia. r r t, this channel has obviously been a target of sanctions. why do you think that the german government's really got it in 40? well it's, of course, it's a very used public brought public at home, especially in germany, r t doors for instance. and so they are afraid they are afraid that people will watch it and say, hey, that's a different story. what they are telling, maybe we should investigate ourselves. one is really, you know, the true. so there are afraid afraid of what the people of afraid of are. too

afraid of what a russian site is telling me. thanks for coming in today. i know is the terribly snowy day that you've made the trip and we really appreciate you coming in. thank you. sonya and i haven't touched on anything. thank you. and moving on, leaders of the self proclaimed republic, of course of i have just signed an application for you membership. the request comes in mid weeks of rising tensions between ethnic serbs and ethnic albanians feeling face that violence could rise again 23 years after the kosovo war. artie contributed nuclear, which they subs that see the application as the continuation of a policy that ignores their wishes. or trying to forcefully integrate them into the quote so called republic of kosovo. christina keeps the minority, they are better kids and they're legitimate or requests and they, they just go separately. ready but then they don't exist and they inspire european

union and pay for forces to, to dismantle the better kids by force. so they could implement their so called law on the call center of possible in the bus. yes. so the local really on the one on $1.00 price and due to the situation. and on the other hand, they are really dilemma regarding the funding they've been meeting with you officially and got the last one with the survey. and they see this more from the national debt policy, on one hand ignores them and their requests among the other shanda wants to forcefully integrate them into the system of so far. also went out to the ukranian capital, where the man has said that several explosions of walked care of suburbs on sensor, leaving a raid sirens ringing out across the city. officials that the one administrative building had been damaged. mean wanting don't. battle is one person is being killed and 2 wounded off ukrainian artillery launched in early morning. blit on that on

yes. were public officials say key of troops range dozens of shells. many nato supplied on residential areas. similar strikes on the republics capital city on tuesday, left, 3 people dead. the shelling is reportedly ongoing. well that says, fear sponsors continue to wage across the front lines where russian troops are reportedly making some progress. on his equals, donna visited the treacherous terrain in which one such regiment of fighting and thomas getting to russia's frontline positions his to day a challenge in itself. only a fraction of civilian vehicles are capable of winning the struggle against these muddy country roads. you're driven from this spot. there's only about 3 kilometers of sludgy to rain and patches of pine trees between russian

and ukrainian troops. popella, who had been clear upon, you know, it was the author, the vehicle of did one thing that the 2 armies have in common here is having to facilitate their survival, amid mud, under a mutual hail of bombs are p, jeez hand military optics. they neighbor here with simple stoves like this one. they provide the much needed warmth and the hint at comfort, amid the very difficult conditions here, basically, temperatures here, they drop into freezing territories regularly into changing with down pose. all of that adds as yet another item on the already very long list of hardships. the most mundane of tasks like keeping clothes, clean and dry, turn into a gamble with death at the front line. now whatever dangerous there were,

they have increased by an order of magnitude. the kitchen vehicle changed its route and went to collect the injured from another position after the shelling the roads in trenches or muddy. the weather changes. sometimes it rains and then its freezing . we have to fix them all the time, some fight as he learned the ropes of life and the war zone as they go. crane soldiers have been shuffled here with those who have been recently mobilized in of all parallel hardship. though few of them regret trading the comfort of civilian life. for this property, our task is to protect the homeland. i packed my things and went to the front line though i could have stayed just like many of us could have, but were there with winter being only into its 1st month, no one here has the illusion. conditions will improve any time soon. it will get worse before it gets better, and whoever adapts best will have the upper hand in combat over the enemy. survival

of the fittest has never been more real and makers done of reporting from the dumbass. see many thanks for keeping his company here. when r t international, we're back at the top with a money le them money. it gets made it to my

mom in my name with it with only 41 percent of you have to don't have enough savings to cover a $1000.00 emergency. we have record numbers of americans who are on the verge of having their cars repossess more than a 137000000 americans are facing financial hardship because of medical that in america we do have a well versed system in place to help people who are struggling financially, but it's a conditional system you have to prove to the government that you truly need help.

the simplest way, like explain the basic income, is that it's like social security for the rest of us. a basic income would be a monthly payments that would go to everyone, dis, a $1000.00 a month, no strings attached about. i don't know, i just won't go crazy. the reason that i am a fan of guaranteed income because it is this idea that everybody is deserve it just as bad virtue of your being here. ah ah, ah. hello and welcome to cross hock. we're all things we're considered. i am peter level. are we witnessing the end of globalization as we have known it for about the last half century?

it would certainly seem so the west, the ability to shape the world and its own image also appears to be on the way. as a result, should we expect new regional and block globalization? i cross sucking globalization, i'm joined by my guess, arthur clara in toronto. he's at liberty advocate in a freelance editor in washington. we have thomas polly. he is founder of the economics democratic and open societies project. and in bristol, we cross to georgia brower. she is a spokesperson for the world anti imperialist form, as well as author of dr to war against russia and china high crossing roles in effect. that means you can jump any time you want, and i always appreciate, are there, let me go to you 1st year. we didn't get a lot of coverage in western media, but there was a really big meeting between the chinese leader and a in re odd with the the saudi leader. and if you compare and contrast with what it

looked like compared to biden biden got a, you know, a bump, a shake, and the red carpet came out for the chinese leader. huge deals being made, energy deals, infrastructure deals. thou works here. um, this is very indicative of how the world is changing when you say absolutely, absolutely. sometimes i worry that the western world is so caught up in its own worry for lack of a better term when we're noticing what's going on around the world. i know we're part of the last 10 years, not more as been and expanding was i colonial power and it's projecting more and more of the power and world, including in, in the western world. you're in canada, united states and elsewhere. it's absolutely thomas i go to you. i mean the globalization when it was 1st conceived, it was quite.