the west is waiting for the right moment to strike the republic. this thing with back hall, with the parliament scandal known as cat char gauge shifts its focus to morocco. a senior european law makers are accused of taking rides, linked to the north african league document claims nato could recently have triggered a world war it states the alliance supplied key intel to ukraine for an attack on russian strategic forces which may have led to with people involved in going to one thing that something will happen

to trigger an escalation we're, we're russia. we're to make some sort of a rash, move the u. s. backtracks on its previous criticism of beijing's lock on policy and expressive hope that china will get it situation. a demonstrators improve for international support to prevent further fully violence, calling the concrete newly installed secret services. jeep save. the protesters are terrorists. we are coming out a midnight in denver mid day in lahore. 10 am right here in moscow. welcome to the news hour. there's been a new development in the so called katara gate scandal that shaken up the european

parliament. some lawmakers are now accused of taking brides linked to morocco, r t contribute, or rachel marston has been following the story. 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 pans erie whom investigators alleged to have received cache from both cover 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 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 corner mike finds maybe a lot of crock 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 served 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 is well taken care of and they think they might be up to that . so how many board members like maurine of think tanks like pens,

areas fight impunity in the you? how bother to take a look under the hood of those and yours 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 the 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. we heard from a spanish law professor hussein it's no secret of morocco has been lobbying, you lawmakers to get wider fishing rights. the completion of western sahara has not only course a task of political jabante co meaning, but it has also one economy,

meaning the worst sense to her now is the soul's over huge benefits for the kingdom of moral? no, how's be no, no, no. my mental organization called the western sahara research watch the task calculated the amount of the money dut morocco receives exporting the phosphates from western sahara and old. so we know that the money them the european union, this is from oracle to get a loud fishing in the occupied water. was the sahara morocco exports mainly to the european union not only may lead to union. this is just the one issue where we know exactly does that these corrupt corruptions. be your

opinion level. and actually, as i said concerning the members of the you can buy them and this is not the secret . the morocco has been lobbying them. oh, well, while nato officials have said they don't want a direct conflict with russia, a recently lead document purportedly from ukrainian intelligence claims that the block has been providing key information to kiev forces for a tax on russian military facilities. let's go through this. that document reportedly obtained by a hucker, unpublished on social media, contains detailed information about russian military hardware and locations. for example, it's a 2 russian strategic bombing. we're based in the angles or field in western russia

. ukraine is believed, have used that intelligence in recent weeks to conduct a drone attack on the site. now, there are also claims that ukraine sought to destroy russian strategic bombers in the resign region. the so rough, tough region, as well as those drones were shocked on. but 3 russian soldiers were reported killed and another for wounded with 2 or craft damage. now the drones are suspected to have been made by an american company. and russian protocol dictates that such attacks could have been groans for a new killer response. moscow allows the use of atomic weapons in retaliation for an offensive, but disruptive strategic military capabilities. now they a legit ukrainian thrilling strike on the russian nuclear capable bombers could have triggered such a reaction. well, they leaked document reported they apparent locations of hundreds of russian military vehicles. those include planes are or defense system tanks,

rocket launched in the complex own and deep within russia as well as worshiped in the block c. over here. we heard from former virginia state center, a dick block, who said that nato has become increasingly aggressive. i think there definitely are people involved in these things who are hoping that the something that happened to trigger an escalation where we're russia would make some sort of a rash move. and fortunately, so far as president posen 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

so nature 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 all of nature in combat. ok, let's turn attention the program to don boss where fierce bottle is helping raging along the front lines. the private military company, the wagner group, a major fighting force in the region, has been facing off against ukrainian trips for control of the strategically important city of archibald ukraine's government said that the presidency lensky recently visited the embattled city to meet with military officials and hummed arch awards on the other side of the battle, grinds the head of the wagner group proposed in meeting the thief trillion. yost, i have been, i was sitting in the headquarters and they told me that the lensky had just arrived . our guys are going to fire gunshots and morse code. if he pays attention,

we could meet any time. i was mighty young. we've just shot in morse code to say, gears the lensky. we're nearby and we're ready to discuss the issues. i believe you're going to and after he crane, president lindsey's reported the took to the front lines. the u. s. says he's now headed to washington to meet with joe biden. now the us recently unveiled at $1.00 trillion dollar government spending package, including $45000000000.00 for you. free media reports say the legal aid will include patriot missile systems on precision. earlier key of officials said washington was not objecting to the use of american weaponry in offensive on crimea . we heard from former united nations weapons inspector, scott ritter, who believes biden once zelinski to help pressure congress into providing even more

military support. some members of congress indicated they might be opposing this. you're talking about accountability and things of that nature. how do we know this is going where it needs to go, et cetera, by having zalinski on hand. joe biden will be playing some political cards, putting pressure on congress to pass this legislation without further questions, without asking the inconvenient question, such as what happens to american weapons once they make it, the frame? what happens to american money once it goes into a crane? how do we know us taxpayer money is being used to, to good results. because if, if, if these questions were answered, people might not be so willing to provide the money. so zelinski is coming here. you know is a, is a major political pressure weapon for the president on congress to guarantee that this package is past. the united states say's china's

corona virus. dec tool is a global concern because of its potential impact on economic stability. washington has expressed hopes that china can get its cove, its situation under control. despite its earlier criticism of beijing's locked down policies. the toll of the virus is of concerns you. well, given the size of china's pdp, given the size of china's economy, it's not only good for china to be in a stronger position visa because it, but it's good for the rest of the worlds as well. we, the united states continues to be a leading force for countries around the world and the provision of vaccines and helping countries overcome the phase of the virus. ready certainly hope that will be the case for long in see as well. ned price,

the spokesperson for the us state department. and he was criticizing shina and talking about how at this point they hope china gets their numbers in order because the impact of the co good rising in china could have on the global economy. and people are noting the irony of what's been said as his boss, the head of the us state department, the secretary of state anthony blank and was just recently calling for 0 coded policies in china to be lifted and calling for the release of protesters. let's review what's been said by us officials. china has to figure out a way forward on dealing with what's covered away for that answers the, the health needs, but also answers the needs of people. i think we're seeing the chinese people speak up for more freedom against the co would lock down policies. i support that a lockdown is not a policy that we're going to support here. so when china had stringent anti coban

policies that was declared to be repression, we have the u. s. government speaking out of gas did describing china as the repair . and now that those restrictions have been lifted and coal good cases in china are rising. we have china once again being can down. now the claims and the condemnations china from us officials are laced in hypocrisy. one will note that the united states leads the world in terms of coven related deaths. whereas china, despite having the world largest population in 98 in the world, in terms of cobra, dest, nowhere near the united states, in the number of colbert related gas. so it's quite, quite hypocritical, for us officials to be criticizing china recovered related gas. i'm talking about it, but this all fits a pattern with how the united states covers china, no matter what china does. china is condemned when coded 0 coded policies were put in effect. they were described as brutally authoritarian. and then when those coded

policies were lifted, we heard that this was a sign that president, she's in pain, was weak guy. and that this was, that was a sign that he was giving in and didn't have authority and power that no matter what the u. s. media and the u. s. politicians look for any excuse to condemn china and can damage policies and portrayed in a negative light. and this latest statement, this latest flip of the script, if you want to call it, that is just a really blatant example of how hypocritical and nonsensical us narratives are the usa does not like a particular government, no matter what they do, they find a way to spin it in a negative way than you heads of peruse, national intelligence agency reportedly has linked to a previous or for a tarion regime in the south american country, including a convicted death squad organizer. now he said about the mass protest which brings the nation, are essentially a terrorist 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 the terrorists insurgents. more than 20 people have been reported killed as mass demonstrations turned violent and made. plush is with police. protesters have been calling for the newly installed president to resign after the previous incumbent was taken into custody following his attempt to dissolve parliament on essentially lead by decree. while peruse, government has made some concessions to the protesters, particularly in stating that fresh elections will be held ahead of schedule, look like the census this report from the streets of the the ma right now i don't facing a very of emergency. we have

a military civic government right now by d. w updated that in alliance with the armed forces. i believe a bed of protesters and demonstrators across the country where we are having human rights filing, a very violent detention in lima. but mostly in the provinces of ours on right now, there's a calling for a national, right? we are for our youth or national solidarity. we are very afraid. those will be more that will be more like violations with people across the country out there. you can enjoy this state of emergency, give them a young

people and even children, so please leave them all over the world from your home. i'm not in america, north america. we are coming out for a health bumper. we do not want any more people are having us human rights. i feel like now with the un secretary general house declared that far rights political groups, including neo nazis and white supremacists, currently pose the biggest threat to western society. it has been demonstrated that the biggest sweats of federalism to day in western countries come from the extreme rides near nazism and white supremacy. these is clearly

a strength and we must fight that set within almost determination. and what has happened in german? he's just one of the examples of these, this threats to, namely, to democratic societies that on bulls earlier this month, 25 members of a german right wing group were arrested on suspicion of trying to overthrow the government. the u. n. chief, whoever made snow mention of extremists in ukraine, such as the new nazi af battalion, which has been accused of exploiting the conflict, the spread it's ideology. many western mercenaries travel to ukraine to fight with such forces and then return home as well. one british soldier who joined us off has claimed the group. ours defended the group, claiming the our quotes, decent guys by accident i joined the as of unit. that would have been my last choice of a unit to go to. but i'm pretty glad i did. they're not the monsters in psychos that i would envisage neo nazis to be. i mean, they're not all like that. a lot of them are decent guys. he's not alone either.

another ex, british army soldier chris garret, reportedly has been training as all soldiers to navigate mine field since 2014 and has even become an official ukrainian national guard soldier, another 2 british citizens. sean penner on aiden osland were exchanged in a prisoner swap and sent back to the u. k. after they were caught fighting with ukrainian military units. when well, a delegation from the off battalion was officially welcomed by israel in recent days to discuss the ukraine conflict. as our members met with is really officials and soldiers. the delegation was led by an officer recently freed in a prisoner swap with russia. the visit was initiated by the is really friends of ukraine organization and supported by the ukrainian embassy and israel. some twitter users express this belief and even discussed in regard to the events.

aren't you guys nazis? why would you go to israel? and half jewish israel inviting a czar nazis to visit, is spitting in the face of my family, where at least 45 people were killed by ukrainian nazis in kiev. during the 2nd world war. i will never forget it and will never forgive, not ukraine, and not israel. a downgrade from our wits, which is what ukrainian nazi is called the facility holding is off prisoners of war in the past. either way, wrong disgusting and gross. as are nazis are visiting israel, i'm missing the global outrage. while we heard from a conflict specialist thomas refer to say the words and actions of western powers contradict each other when it comes to acknowledging and fighting neo naziism. to see that what the e u and the west is concerned about officially. it's not that what they are

a current concern about the reality because otherwise they would act in another way . we see that their words and the actions don't fit. there was a resolution against her new in that system, fascism and it seemed phobia in the u. n. in the general assembly, which was denied by the west. so when they say this is dangerous, or i ask why they vote and they got general assembly of the united nations against that. they are honest about the feel of this. i don't i, georgie, but if they invite to come to with this ideology, what does this say about brussels and the you? this is the question i would ask because examples for this ideology, we haven't ukraine very much. i have been in one of the headquarters of the as up, but you're a battalion your body opal. and this was really like like a museum of such a symbols. there were even icons with hipaa. i haven't seen this before. so this thinks and ukraine western media knows about this, and now they forgot about that. they're just have to look at the archives. tensions

have been escalating in the balkans than the leader of the self declared republic of kosovo. has accused russia of kindling the flings. i think that the worry of our western partners and friends is the links of belgrade with moscow. we do not know how they could be rendered operative in case of rising attention. the prime minister of so called corso uncouth, the $73.00, or for issues that each several, the 17th. so we're going to go through them. first of all, he said that the barricade on the north cannot be, they cannot, without the casualty, is we need it because the direction of the 7 prime minister of knowledge well who, who came of spending keith? and there was terms and threatens to violently remove the barricade and sealing casualties. secondly, he mentioned that serbia and russia had over 100 meter exercises last year,

which is of course not true. and the state secretary from the ministry of defense them and started to react to this was information saying that sort of the army had exactly 11 minute to exercise last year and all 4 of those were read russia and other ones. were we the nato countries? he was the rational meddling in the possible affairs, as he said, the course of internal affairs. by spending its hybrid influence through serbia because they are losing on the front lines in ukraine. so they're trying to compensate it by med legal affairs and he even mentioned the presence of that bag in a group of serbia, which is of course not true. but he's, let's say writing one that russian wave has been present since the beginning of russia and especially opperation. we need to also mention that turkey is

supplying weapons because and that 1st the shipment came to some, some certain products on friday which include the military vehicles, anti thank missiles and other forms of february and possible authorities even said that they will ask their turkish partners for their jones shall prove inefficient in several conflicts before also would be said that they are doing everything basically in synchronization with the key for within the national are forces that the president also and the both sides the k 4 and the course of authorities agreed that the better kids must go and said that she gave some time to pay for to try to persuade service to remove that solely. and if not, then he will have to react, as he said. and the last but not least the due to this very disturbing. serbian put

it for present this from north. of course he called on the local people for the biggest broker so far, which is to take place on thursday. the 22nd of december on the biggest barricade, near the village. due to the threats and ongoing times in the region. and this is the dance. this is sort of split up. the very kids and situation seems to be going toward the rather escalation and the escalation. my name is nicole harris and i'm reporting on valerie. and finally, this news are an insurgent group that claim control over work toward yemen. sees it's ready to confront us and is really forces if they seek to occupy yemen, the territory that statements concerned an island off the middle eastern countries, southern coast stuff, internationally recognized as yemen, england,

but as defacto control by the u. a. yemen, the media has reported on israel has been seeking to establish a military base on a culture island with us support. well, we heard from a yemen, a political commentator who said that foreign forces in the country are basically us proxies and must be expelled. i believe that the human, the army is just analysing its setting is to watch and to maybe, to swap the saudi and the more series as the money army and the m. and he's actually believe that saudi arabia and the united amyris are only a proxies for the united states of america. and they know that if they keep a coating gym and in an endless cycle of chaos and uncertainty, if they were interested in peace, they would not stop the war in the 1st place. but they want to have.