support from the nomination. i commission, african united miss. i don't care about to send people with deadlines. this our lead dumb human claims that they said could recently have for the world war. it says the blocks of why fi info, grain when attack on russ institute forces, which could have instigated a new response. there definitely are people involved in these things who are hoping that something will happen to trigger an escalation where russia would make some sort of a rush to move a senior law. my kids are accused of

taking bride leg to the north african country demonstrators in to route call for international support to prevent further police violence while that was newly installed. intelligent chief as the protesters are terrorist. we are coming out for a human right with . good morning. good afternoon. good evening. what are the well welcome to actually just gone am here in the russian capital and it's great to have you. i'm right, molly. let's take a look at today's top stories. while nato officials have said they don't want a direct conflict with brush or a recently document claim that the block has been providing key intelligence,

g cleaning forces for a tax on russian military facilities. now the document reported a, in by a hacker and published on social media, contains detail information about russian movie hardware and locations. for example, it says to russian strategic bombers were based in the angles airfield in western russia. now ukraine is believed to have use that information in recent weeks to conduct a drone attack on the location. they're also clowns at lee crane sought to destroy city bombers in the region of rise. i'm and sarah, so now those guns were shot down. nevertheless, russian soldiers were reported killed and another full wounded, while 2 aircraft were damaged. the drones are suspected have been made by an american company. now such attacks could have been grounds for nuclear response.

russian protocol allows the use of atomic weapons in retaliation for time. but this for it's, it's easy, mostly capabilities, the less ukrainian drone and strike on the russian nuclear capable bombers could have triggered such a response. now the legal document reported the apparent locations of hundreds of russian military vehicles. we know those included planes and defense systems, tanks and rocket lawrence's in the companies are and deep within russia as well as warships on the black sea. now we heard from a former us republican state senator, who says that nato has become increasingly aggressive. i think there are, there definitely are people involved in these things who are hoping that something will happen to trigger an escalation where we're russia would make some

sort of a rash move. and fortunately, so far as president posing has been a very cool come hand. who has, you know, he's been been very rational and delivered in his, in his actions, which is a very good thing because, you know, we're, we're so much closer to world war 3 than europe was in 1940 with the 1st world war. i was a part of nato, back in the eighty's when we, it was nato versus the soviet union. nieto was a defensive alliance at that time. but when the, when the, the wall fell, when, when the soviet union dissolved, the nato did not dissolve the worse all packed dissolved. but nato remained is very robust force and it became a force of aggression. instead of being a defensive alliance,

suddenly it started to move steadily eastward and, and it could only do this by creating an illusion that, that the russian federation was sort of identical to the old soviet union. but in many ways, it's exactly opposite to what the soviet union was. so, ah, so nato has become a very dangerous organization. there are people who are trying to trigger some sort of response from russia that would begin to escalate and involve or with nature in combat. matter, the dumbasses fis bottles have been ranging along the front lines. russell wagner group, a major fighting force in the region, has been facing off against ukraine. shoot full control. the strategically important city of our team of ukraine's government says that prisons and as he

recently visited the embattled city to meet with military officials, an handout awards on the other side of the front line. the head of the wagner group proposed a meeting with the quine leader slab, and i was sitting in the headquarters and they told me that zalinski had just arrived. our guys are going to fire gunshots and morse code. if he pays attention, we could meet any time what the limited yankee we've just shot in morse code to say, dear zalinski, we're near by and we're ready to discuss the issues. there has been intense fighting for the city in recent months done as the authorities say that russian control over the area would facilitate a further offensive for northern parts of the region. russian officials say that ukrainian troops in the city of been using scorched earth tactics deliberately

destroying buildings and roads, and using the local civilian population as human shields. they say that for mercer is have refused to be deployed to the city because ukraine forces have been suffering heavy losses. now off the grains president savanski reportedly showed up and after the front lines, media report say he'd or he's headed to washington to meet with us the the joe biden. the u. s. recently unveiled a $1.00 trillion dollar government spending package, including $45000000000.00. the grain media report say the legal aid will include patriot missile systems and precise bombs. earlier here the officials at washington would not object these of us weaponry in an offensive on crimea. meanwhile, a retiring us republican congressman has claimed that native could defeat russia in

just 3 days. previously, he initiated legislation to enable the u. s. c. use military force to defend ukraine in the event of an escalation former us marine corps, intelligent officers got with us as the u. s. official knows nothing about real warfare. he knows nothing about modern warfare. he knows nothing about russia's capabilities. he has, he knows nothing about american capabilities, is an air national guard pilot, who flies a small airplane with a limited intelligence collection capability that has utility only and low intensity conflict. so therefore, he's in no position to make a judgement. and it is the, the idea that nato could defeat russia. the nation in 3 days is, is, is simply an absurdity. you will not find any professional military person who would back that up. i think the vast majority of people would say that you're right

now, nato has sustainability problems, nato, as mobilization, problems, nato, as training problems. nato has equipment problems on the idea that nato could even assemble a military force capable of surviving one day on the battlefield with russia is questionable, let alone defeating russia in 3 days. now, while some in washington brag about in the says, suppose potential the usm basses into the lies as insisted that russia and china all the main threats, those 2 are increasingly sharing a chill kick that should concern the nato alliance. there's just no question that china and russia both working to divide the transatlantic partners, the u. s. i, when the efforts will be made to address that from russia and china, the block has been seeking to expand in the know that some council, russia and the u. s has been sent in these times with australia reported the

providing nuclear cable boomers in the face of china, while the us maintains and largest number of movie places around the world. it turns the blame on rival powers to increase tensions. we had all my senior lecturer. i'm the british university of boss. he says, increase give as a confrontations are responsible for the escalating tensions with whom eastern and western powers. it is that you put it cold tussle between the us and china and between the us and russia. this is leading to a kind of escalation a because all the restriction, the export restriction of semiconductors. and we did it technologies from the u. s . imposed on her allies in europe that give them a lot of difficulties now because whenever they want to collaborate with china in terms of industry and economic and tray, they have to seek emissions and license from the u. s. department of commerce. this is making things very, very difficult for them not as a result,

the us has to drum up these china threat in the mind of the nato. the trying to justify why all these measures are necessary and to, to make. and at the same time, trying to undermine the relationship between europe and china. so the u. s. a. you even giving more pressures to the u. k. l. i spy? dropping up all these kind of russia, china threats through natal scandal known as katha gauge has shifted his focus to morocco. as us has been in vice, president of the european parliament as senior lawmaker are accused of taking bribes linked to the north african country, on the contra, be the region margin as well. it's certainly not the best look for the european union when the same officials who are so keen to lecture every one else about democracy and transparency. now find themselves with the big mass right under their

own roof at the european parliament when the scandal broke. earlier this month and belgian authorities rolled up suitcases full of cash at homes and hotels associated with european officials. all eyes were focused on cutters, a legend involvement in the shady lobbying practices associated with the scandal. particularly since the football world cup was on and cutter was the host country, and it already faced controversy over how it may have been awarded those games. but now morocco has been dragged into this fiasco as well. thanks in part to an alleged confession by former european parliament vice president eva kylie whom the you parliament recently stripped of her role in title, internal investigation. documents obtained by the press suggest that kylie had dealings with former italian year a deputy pier antonio pines airy, whom investigators alleged to have received cash from both cutter and morocco. and

who just happens to be the founder and president of a think tank called fight. impunity, she had prior knowledge of her husband's dealings with mister pan's airy and that suitcases full of cash had been moved through her apartment. when it comes to transparency of its dealings with foreign countries, the european parliament apparently draws the line at morocco and voted against, including it with cutter in a resolution demanding more transparency and accountability. here's the amendment to the resolution that euro deputies ultimately rejected. expresses deep concern about the allegations that morocco has also attempted to influence members, former members and staff of the european parliament through acts of corruption calls for the application of measures in line with those applied to the representatives of katara interests while investigations are ongoing. so i didnt parliamentarians shy away from having a good look at exactly how they've been dealing with morocco. perhaps they're worried about what anyone poking in to that particular dark coroner mike finds

maybe a lot of talk roaches or rats scurrying around. particularly if questions start getting asked about various parliamentary friendship groups or the role of antonio's like pans. aries in, acting as intermediaries or middle men of sorts under the guise of intellectual and academic respectability. it is long been an open secret that think tanks in the western world routinely serve to launder foreign lobbying interests in the us. they've even gone so far as to bundle and donate foreign cash to candidates to public office. former you foreign policy, chief federico maurine sat on the honorary board of pans series, fight impunity. angio right up until the scandal broke. here's maurine telling you . crane how to fight corruption way back in 2015. we have primarily focused on the need for conduct of the anti corruption reform,

which is the key factor to allow the international partners to trust in ukraine and as if that wasn't enough. here maurine is again, 2 years later, underscoring the importance of solid ethical guardrails. for ukraine, the anti corruption institutions, as we discussed and as we agreed, must be allowed to do their work independently, with enough powers and resources to investigate, prosecute, and eventually ensure the conviction of those responsible for corruption. well, looks like you crane as well taken care of anything they might be up to you that she 80. so how many board members like maurine of think tanks like pans aries, fight impunity in the u. ha. bothered to take a good look under the hood of those and yos, and insist on the same kind of accountability, transparency, and good practices that the e u demands of other countries. apparently that doesn't even exist at the european

parliament yet as this scandal is proving european commission, president ursula vander line just recently announced after this whole scandal broke, that she'll get right on that now though economy probably right after lecturing the rest of the world, few more times on the greatness of european values. there's going some news from south america now the new head of peruse, national intelligence agency, repulsively has of links to a previous author, earth her in regime in the south american country, including a convicted desk. what organizer now, he says that mass protest i have gripped the nation, are essentially a terrace insurrection. if you want to address the events that we are seen as a social conflict, we are in total error here. there are no social conflicts in each place where the police and the armed forces are attacked. there is a political objective and that is called

a terrorist insurgence. more than 20 people have been reported killed as the mass demonstrations of turn violent amid crashes with police processes of in calling for the newly installed present to resign. after the previous one was taken into custody. following his attempt to dissolve parliament and essentially lead by decree, hurries government has made some concessions to the protesters, particularly saying that they would be fresh elections ahead of schedule, a local activist. and as this report on the streets of the national capital right now is facing a very of emergency, we have a military cb government right now by d. w. and that in alliance with armed forces, a

bed of protesters and demonstrators across the country where we are now in human rights filing, a very violent detention in lima. but mostly in the provinces of our plan. right now, there is a calling for national, right? we are for national solidarity. we are very afraid, those will be more debt will be more like violations a young people even deal with. so please leave

all over the world from a north america. we are coming out a way we do not want any more. people feel that we're having us human rights a on to west african, our 6 civilians. and at least to so this is being reported killed in a series of attacks. and lucky enough, the country has a struggle to maintain security in recent years of fighting between natural forces . i mean, so has caused the death of thousands of people and driven estimated to 1000000 from their homes. the when he says at 39 and certain links international terrorist who have been killed in operations this month alone, all t spoke with the countries intern prime minister. he says a security remains a top priority, and the country welcomes

a partnership with russia. what are your priorities now? is it perhaps in the secure to sector? we sound good? yes, definitely. currently security is a priority and burkina faso and we talked about it. but in addition to the security sphere, we discussed other areas as well because the problem of security is complex with many parts. we hope that starting from now we will begin to resolve it apart from that, it's necessary that our relations develop because we're all interested in winning is close to sing. russia could become an ally for booking, for so in the fight against to had this we for swims, were to guess and we would like it. we would like russia become our ally here, as well as all our partners. and we know that russia's great power and a frushell wants to it can help us in this area. but a huge explosion at a gas pipeline in central russia has their 3 people dead and another injured the line connect site barrier central on western you through you training territory and national market prices for the commodity immediately impacted,

but they stabilize as the fuel was swish to another line, the russian company gas from has said it will investigate the incident which occurred during maintenance work. in recent days the you agreed to set a price cap for natural gas supply that a 180 years per megawatt hour. that's almost half the amount the ear powers of paying just 3 months ago when prices for the commodity wish 340 years. several states within the block, particularly hungry and the netherlands have actually opposed the restriction saying that they will cools further scarcity of the feel. the urge to impose a price cap on russian oil supplies. meanwhile, a number of companies in poland and germany have reported the apply for deliveries of russian oil over the next year. thus, despite the western place gaps and other sanctions targeting the russian energy

industry, the head of the russian oil pipeline operator trials nest says european businesses are increasingly looking out for themselves. a good deal of political assume if force come up with the politicians from poland are one thing, but they are also the rational representatives of business and authorities who understand very well the consequences of this absolutely absurd rhetoric on their economy. although they announced that from the 1st of january, they would not be taking oil from russia. we've recently received applications from polish consumers for 3000000 tons of oil for next year, and 360000 tons for december alone. and germany has already applied for deliveries in the 1st quarter in that you go, but the, you have artificially limited the prize of russian laws apply that $16.00 per barrel to deprive moscow funds for the merchant ration the ukraine, the most vocal proponent of that plan poland had even sold a higher price,

seeing that the one eventually agreed you most abused, but you spoke dorky. we cannot go back to this stupidity to this bad in criminal policy, which turned countries dependent on russia and offered putin. petro dollars was euros in dollars or that so that put in, in russia could build a war arsenal and could attack its neighbors subpoena. today we are presenting the most radical plan in europe to move away from russian hydrocarbons away from russian oil, russian gas from russian call. we are so this most radical plan is needed. him ugly that we're, we're field company is i've privacy found loopholes. the imposing rashaw. earlier this year, the dutch british oil and gas company shell openly refused to sell russian oil, but still reportedly blended it with portions of other commodities from other sources. after the introduction of sanctions against iran, so called malays in anston, imploring makes, has appeared on the oil market, allegedly find the same scheme. also

a lack written mix for gained popularity which ripples the included russian oil. we heard from economics, professor zack rasmus, who says that russian oil supplies wouldn't be shut down because business is business. i think there are, there will be a lot of loopholes. a lot of exemptions loyal will still get to maybe in a, in a diverted route from russia to europe. the same with natural gas because of the exemptions and, and the loopholes. it will slow down some, but i don't think they'll be able to really close that off completely. all the politicians will act as if the sanctions are doing just that. but the sanctions are full for holes. you know what you hear the politicians declaring isn't really what's going on below the scenes by the direct players, the businesses and corporations themselves. they're not able to shut it down, you know, in all areas or at all times in the demand for oil is,

is going to slow down to china opening. notwithstanding, the saudis and others are going to try to cut production as quick as they can. but they'll be behind the curve. this is going to be a glove oil out there in 2023 because of the global economy at western europe probably be able to get its oil from other places. but will those places be re shipped russian oil? now that's one way around it rushes on, buffalo t u n says the u. s. must immediately written billions of those in the afghan state funds that it sees at sams, both of us and all the major donors to use african fonts as a way to achieve their own goals are immoral. we called for the immediate return of the stolen fonts to the african people. the us and its partners did not seem to understand their math, had safin fluency,

regimes they dislike through unilateral sanctions, political, and economic pressure. and and less ultimatums have long ago lost their effectiveness doze. only lead to an increase in the assurance that countries need to find their own path of self sufficient development. without waiting for western financial assistance, the u. s. sees around 3 and a half $1000000000.00 from afghanistan central bank last year as it withdrew its forces from the water and central asian country, saying it didn't want the taliban to get the money. yes for them, jo boynton has said some of the funds should compensate the families of victims of the 911 terrorist attacks. but many of the potential recept reciprocals have spoken out saying the money should be returned to afghanistan to help it cope the devastating humanitarian crisis. for in 2 decades of us occupation, olga alive, amount to an independent political. alice are found rubin i was on

a thanks so much for joining us here at archie. now, what do you think the u. s. is so reluctant to return those funds to afghanistan? well, i'm struggling to find a logical reason. there is a fund called the african fund which is run by officials and i think it's run from switzerland. however, one of the officials is american. so, so long as the american official continues to uphold the american line, the funds will not be released. and of course, the american line is dictated by biden's economic theme, including john yellen and others. i've heard level. so very high level decision makers. now why the, the general reason is for the same is the same as why the united states continues to impose sanctions and a number of countries, including iran,

to one extent on another. i've actually written several articles and asked, arguing against the use of sanctions. i think it's apart from the humanitarian disaster they cause they are also ineffective, politically achieving the goal of let's say, the american administration because usually sanctions tend to benefit small groups within the country that have power already at the expense of the people. so with the u. s withholding funds from afghanistan, they are hurting the people of a kind of a kind of a not necessarily the taliban. and the idea of using those funds to compensate the $911.00 families is utterly well. it's a moral because these families don't have enough damage done. have nothing to do with the 911 attack regardless of how we interpret its culpability. so

yeah, i mean if you remember, if you remember back when with the big withdrawal of afghans on the saw by and just say, you know, the afghan people should look off of themselves. they should govern their own country. they should determine who their leader is. you know, subsequently they run away, but that's another story. but still other western countries have looked on afghanistan. they've looked on on, you know, the taliban and the us and said, you know, well, look, that's over. you've decided to move out. is time. why did, what are the other western countries pressurize the u. s. to, to pay back the way they should? but unfortunately, the, the warren ukraine has taken for from center. and i mean, consider the amount of aid that military, that the western countries are giving. i've got to stand right now. it's in the

several billions of dollars they could help rebuild afghanistan several 100 times over. and also by, you know, ironically by withholding those funds from the afghan government, they are making the afghan population, all the more reliant on the benevolence of the ontario, hurtful benevolence of the taliban leaders because there are no, there is little investment. people don't have the money to invest and create businesses or to create the tools to, to survive and to, to thrive outside of government in, in a charity, let's say. so so the actually back sanctions the, they would hold the holding of the funds create more dependence, not less bit between the african population and the taliban. so it is releasing those.