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hello good morning, from our to international c. as in moscow to wherever you may be. catching us from welcome to the hours most pressing stories from around the globe. i'm fear, la isabelle. at least 20 people have lost their lives in a nursing home. fire in the central russian city of chemical to other victims were taken to the hospital where they are reported to be in critical condition. the fire broke out at around 3 30 am local time and emergency services have since put out the flames. preliminary findings show the blades may have been caused by a faulty boiler. the russian investigative committee has begun a criminal investigation. a local journalists reports from the scene behind me, a building the, the ground. people, the roof, discuss it everywhere. normally of the building, the fire was already built. thing was gonna work according to the ministry of emergency situation with

a 180 square meters. what's up please eliminate data from the prosecutor's office? 65 use of the pro ration using device. the given of the range inspection will be carried out in such a future. oh, to crimea, we're russian. air defense systems have reportedly got into action repelling an attack by ukrainian drones who would at least one drone was allegedly shot down according to local media. an oil depot on the south east of the peninsula came under fire. and now to the situation in the don bass, where ukrainian forces have been continuously shelling the city of don. yes. in this on verified footage, you can see the aftermath of the latest strikes which saw several areas of the city targeted local officials report. the attacks left over 15000 people without

electricity. the number of victims is yet to be determined. as showing continues r t visited a site on the border of the don yeske and lou gone republics. for 3 people were reportedly killed. our correspondent roman calls are of reports from the ground. ah. 1 1 in time at the border of jeanette and la ganske regents at the moment, this used to be a house at around 3 o'clock in the morning. it was struck by ukrainian artillery according to officials, ukrainian nationalists used to high precision high mart's rocket against this village. as the result, 3 people, a husband and wife, and

a father in law have been killed. yes, michelle, i do, marcia. at 1st i thought my place, and so i ran outside at some edge, but there was no one in the street that i saw. my neighbor's house has been destroyed, more than firefighters came up by then there was nothing left to put out. sir gay's body was on the ground, the bullet, tatyana another, family member were found in the rubble. their children were lucky. they had left some time before. i knew the family, but they were good people. i spoke with the mayor of the local village and local residence as well. and according to their witness account, ukraine has been shelling civilians here for the last 2 weeks, continuously and as a result, 3 people died on friday morning and another 3 people. 3 civilians were killed about a week ago were mon cosser of

r t. don't ask republic. archie crew members came under fire in the suburbs of dawn yesterday on friday. the journalists were not injured, but several people in the area were wounded. we take a close look at the many problems spaced by those report from the front lines in a new documentary airing this saturday. with ship with is a clue, discuss that with williams. the news for us with,

with the, with to france out were clashes broke out in the capitol on friday after a shooting near a kurdish cultural center. left 3 people dead and 3 others wounded. ah,

ah, police use tear gas to disperse crowds as hundreds of local kurdish community members gathered near the site. the french interior minister's arrival at this scene only added fuel to the fire with enraged demonstrators throwing objects at officers. while lighting fires and damaging near by vehicles. we heard from a local reporter who describe the scene of the events. like the monocle who owned the security forces have arrived. they are right behind me. yeah. the security forces aren't everywhere or the police are anniversary, yet it's very dangerous. here the projectiles are fine all around that police have thrown the sun grenade near me, but doesn't purpose is becoming a very dangerous here. article about a 16 year old suspect has been detained in connection with the shooting prosecutor

. say you had a police record and previous convictions. first of all, in possession of any legal weapon, all the victims are reported to have been curtis community members and authorities are investigating. if a racial motive was involved, a witness share what he saw saw a person in his sixties shooting at 3 locations in the kurdish cultural center, a hair dresser and a restaurant. he was moving forward and didn't say anything. when he shot he didn't . 3 bystanders eventually managed to tackle him to the ground. and 20 minutes later the united arab emirates and india are headed for a full scale partnership with both countries looking to trade in their own currencies. that's according to abu dhabi and bassett, or to delhi, who also outlined the importance of defense cooperation, r t. india correspond it ruined your sharma told us that the move by the u. e in

india is part of a larger trend of countries moving away from the dollar and toward other currencies . they are initial talks over defense cooperation, which we do, we at india, or he's our initial tool. as is that, how this could have, it could be settled into that now exploring this why this may take time. course, these are indications do would be doing right, was in fact only of the c r. india started building new banking channels to be able to trade with moscow wives that this is after february after rochelle is offensive in new green, and the subsequent western sanctions trading in the global economy. the traditional way, in fact or treating was disrupted. why? because with now was out of the picture, russia was banned from swift,

swift essentially, which is the global theme and gateway. and now india wanted to continue its trade with moscow, not just why oil, but other sectors defense. so for example, and several other factors, india has been treating with small school for decades. now, somewhere in july, the r b i or the reserve bank of india announce to plan to settle overseas trade in rupees ad, this is around last month in november when 9 rushing bangs set off to trade in rubies, of course, or show the 1st country to do that, but now of course we don't mean as you mention, and i mean, there are several, all the countries that are interested in treating in groupies with india. germany doesn't want people who don't know our culture. that's according to a speech by a german politician which led to outreach and disbelief after he claimed that housing migrants and asylum seekers in gymnasium were bleeding schools and

recreational sports dry blendy this to live. i want to intentionally say loud and clear even before christmas that it is not our intention to bleed schools or recreational supports for this asylum policy. and i also don't want to follow the path where we would people who come to us. we don't know our culture in multi family houses and for that reason i believe social freedoms are in danger of food. i say on behalf of the party leader, the party executive in the christian democrats in germany, we emphatically distance ourselves from the choice of words of the bouts in district administrator. as a union, we have a very clear, unambiguous and deeply humane stance which is supported by the dignity of every human being which must also be untouchable in language. such language and politics is not worthy of a christian democrat. i can only be ashamed and apologize for that. not only in view of the christmas message, the number of asylum seekers in the country has jumped by a 3rd compared to last year. several cities have started putting up tents and

turned convention centers into temporary accommodations. that's as most places hosting migrants have become overcrowded, one region has even been forced to host refugees in a former airport. meanwhile, in the netherlands, a court has exposed double standards in the countries refugee system as it rules that accommodations for non ukrainian refugees are inadequate. and they must be given the same rights as ukrainian migrants. this comes after the dutch refugee agency sued the state, claiming migrant centers do not meet international standards. a danish pakistani author and consultant on minority writes says the e u selective treatment of refugees is down to religious and racial prejudices. ukrainians are white and christian in denmark where i live and the rest of your country's ukrainians are considered as european. and as one of us,

so people from outside europe, especially from middle east, are considered as unwanted because of their religion, culture and ethnicity. it is a new thing in denmark or in europe, it has been going on for a long time. i have been working with issues for the last 40 years and there are documentation reports, which will tell you what i'm saying. you green in a few g 's come from all type of social classes. and even if some do come from such a middle class, there are many other groups like gideon, for example, they're all educated. they came from a class differently. and the problem is that if you run for your life, it doesn't matter. you come from your grand, whichever country and you should give perfection and you should not be disconnected because you're from middle class who are background while on

israel, designated prime minister benjamin netanyahu has confirmed a new coalition, created one of the most right when governments in israel's history, a published clause in the deal have that the annexation of areas it occupies in the west bank will be a priority. the prime minister will lead to formulation and advancement of policies within the framework of applying sovereignty in judea and samaria. while it was over it already, that was people like mr. motors, for example. they had always rose far rides. really design isn't policy putting charge of the territories affairs in the new government. benjamin netanyahu was already planning proposed for a stronger israeli control over parts of today and tomorrow we have biblical names for the occupied west bank. but this new information seems to take us even further . a number of very important steps were already agreed to strengthen israel's hold on areas c of the occupied west bank. the biggest of 3 administrative divisions

within the west bank that according to the 1993, all low courts was supposed to be handed to the palestinian jurisdiction, but instead was always under full israeli control. israel says that all measures needed for security reasons, but fears and concerns are. that's a 12 part why scale confrontation with the palestinians and bring given more violence to the area. these ear has been the deadliest for the occupied west bank with at least 150 palestinians, and ceci one israeli killed since the beginning of these here, the highest death. so since 2006 and what's also very alarming, there appears to be a little accountability. new data shows that less than one percent of israeli soldiers accused of harming and killing palestinians in the west bank and gaza strip in the last 5 years. have ever been charged the figures for 2017 to

2021. demonstrate the military law enforcement systems, complete disregard for palestinian life. its conduct precludes any possibility of deterrents and encourages the continued use of the deadly trigger. happy policy that has claimed so many palestinian lives. it seems as though the military law enforcement sim's main function is whitewashing crimes committed against palestinians vice railey soldiers. so nathan, yahoo steps towards what appears to be a plan for a complete annexation of they occupied west bank are unlikely to be welcomed by the palestinians, obviously, but to internationally they might be problems to just recently and alleged e u document was leaked, throw in the blocks intention to push for a complete re unification of all parts of the occupied west bank on to the palestinian authority. and neither will probably be un support then domain is on yahoo is plans. well, at least this is what it's a tober reports concluded. the commission finds that there were

a reasonable grounds to conclude that the israeli occupation of palestinian territory is now unlawful under international law. owing to its permanence into actions, undertaken by israel to an ex, parts of the land de facto and de jury in the jewish community seems to be warring hundreds of robbers in the you asked for example and now pledging to block the members of the coalition, zionist party from speaking at their synagogues and inside israel. many politicians have also expressed concerns and fears that nathan, yeah, was new government the most far right in the country's history will bury the long awaited to state solution to these rarely palestinian conflict news that yahoo now says that he aims to swear in the new government in the coming week. well in the meantime, he's not even in power yet, and he's already causing big waves. her us, he's paper commentator a mere or and who's also a defense and government analysts says there's still a chance. the new coalition will not be formed. is about to swear in government.

he's not yet successful. and there is still a slight chance that the government will not be for it. and you know, he's desperate to go back to power as prime minister because of his legal trouble. once he's straight from his position, he's actually defenseless. this is why he's willing to pay any price at all to he's partners. and part of the price is the rhetorical concern regarding an extension. it is virtually impossible for israel to and next any carry 3 without breaching the 2 piece agreements. we egypt and jordan, in addition to the author justified criticism which it will absorb before. so this is why i suppose the patient is right now saying yes, we will. and next,

maybe even moscow will be an expert. this is what they demand. but the, actually, he is not going to do it because he's unable to, it will be very, very difficult to go on living under these read the system, and that will be resistance. a good investment. that's how hillary clinton views ukraine in a statement following president lensky is addressed to the u. s. congress. she once again made it clear that washington certainly has a horse in this race. no one is asking for a blank check. i believe that the ukrainians have proven that they are a really good investment for the united states. they are not asking us to be there to fight their ward. they're fighting at themselves. they're asking us and our allies for the means to not only defend themselves,

but to actually win. since the start of 2022, the by did administration, has directed nearly $50000000000.00 and $8.00 to ukraine. the majority going toward weapon systems, training and intelligence that's a vast amount of aid when compared to other u. s. recipients. washington gave of ghana stand 10 times less than annual funding . despite a 20 year military involvement. the day after the landscape congressional address, the u. s. senate approved an additional $45000000000.00 and a cab. the decision was made despite recent polls suggesting that the average american doesn't consider ukraine a top priority. but the bite it administration shows no signs of relenting in its support of ukraine's war with russia. journalist and author dale lazara says that any hour the us uses to reach its foreign policy goals will suffer harsh consequences. hillary clinton is very happy to have others do. america's dirty work

board doesn't matter. it doesn't matter to her how many ukrainians die, how many ukrainian cities are devastated, as long as the u. s. gets what it wants, and that is essentially a heavily militarize, the nato wise, the ukraine, and a russia that is surrounded and militarily weakened and eventually leading to regime change in moscow. that's what america wants and, and it thinks that by, by finding a proxy war in the ukraine, that's what it will yet other allies will pay a price as well. and in germany, you see, industry gutted europe is, is reeling economically and politically. so they will pay and enormous price to,

but the only thing that the washington cares about is america's own fortune option returns. the host of going underground spoke with former u. s. navy captain james final about us tensions with china. watch the full interview later this hour, and here's a clip of what's to come. didn't think china have also been encouraged by recent deb was that the united states has been involved in, in the sense that okay, the united states, the fear ethically believes that taiwan is part of china. but china is also viewing what has been happening over the past 20 is the u. s. defeat in afghanistan. notably, and of course, the nato was in syria, afghanistan, them iraq, libya, and realized they better get a move on because the united states is expanding its reach 400 military bases around china. and that so that's what's concerning them, not to the semi mystical idea of an anniversary numer logically and the importance

of reuniting china. my. the neurology is not a method, something that they clearly state over and over again, that they're going to have a grand ceremony on october 2049 to celebrate the rejuvenation, the great rejuvenation. and they used to use the word restoration as well. and that means are going to have to restore what they believe is our territory. believe that they have been on a strategy to use what they call comprehensive national power, which is using soft power to hard power to achieve their strategic n state. i would push back and say that they actually have used their military to a cause, you know, on settlement and disruption to the peace and stability of the, of the asia pacific region. and i was like, like you noted to begin, i spent almost 30 years in u. s. navy. and when i 1st started going to see an asian pacific, it was relatively calm place. and we didn't have nations that were worried about conflict with china. we didn't have the nation like japan saying,

we're going to blow away 70 years of history and we're going to start preparing ourselves because china is getting ready to use military force to attack. not just i warn, but as us as well. and so china has been a force for disruption, and then user military forces to threaten and cajole people. it wasn't 30 years ago . we had the president to plow on. and he was quite aware of the allegations of the united states was involved in the assassination of his predecessor, people in the philippines. quite aware of a u. s. involvement at destabilizing opposition. groups in the philippines. was it really that peaceful in the endo pacific? during that time with a lot of covert operations to prevent any kind of well, so the critics of u. s. foreign policy would have it democratic ability to have sovereignty on these islands away from united states control. and that's the rap on this ours, top story is from around the world for 20, for southern coverage,

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i'm african or tansy, and we're going on the ground at the end of a year. that's what russia and nato on the brink of all at war, but who is the number one enemy of the world's most powerful nation, the united states. despite this, he has nature proxy war and russia through ukraine, u. s. intelligent fil regards, communist china as its biggest military and economic threat with many eyes. now turning to the indo pacific and china holding the top spot for the world's largest navy. while the u. s. plays catch up, should the focus turn away from the fighting on the ground in the skies of ukraine, and on to the real battle of the 21st century. well, who better to unpack all of this and captain jim fidel, former director of intelligence and information operations for the u. s. specific fleet in the fed. he a career in u. s. naval intelligence. he's been the top intelligence official with the u. s. 7 fleet and the u. s. has kitty hawk aircraft carrier strike group deploy japan. he's fellow at the geneva center for security policy in switzerland from where he joins me. thank you so much captain for coming on the show. i wanted to talk about the u . s. postal service in the pacific islands and how that at may may be important

when it comes to what's happening, the south china sea, but of course everyone is there. well, everyone in the global south, perhaps not in a donation. media is turning to what's been happening in the west pacific. what do you make all of the people's liberation army navy, as an aircraft carrier, the leon ng going into the west pacific. obviously, a china, people who support china saying this is a response to jake sullivan. celebrating japan has taken a bolden historic step to strengthen and defend the free and open in the pacific. after japan appeared to overthrow it's of no 1st use of weapons policy. well, 1st of all, action that appreciate the invitation to speak to you on the show. and i tend to look at things what through what i call the strategic trend line. so chinese carrier strike groups and surface action groups warships have been transiting out through the 1st island train since 2007 is when they really started to to go out

into the philippine sea. but what we see here over the last week, a week ago, as of up to 11 worships plus some on non number appeal, a navy nuclear submarines all deployed through the market straight, which is the main street south about an hour and through the assume the straight and it's an unprecedented deployment because you have 3 of the type of 5 hiv ren hi, class cruisers, which are over 10000 tons closer 212000 tons and have 112 vertical launch system tubes that can launch when attack cruise missiles. and i should cruise missiles and surface to air missiles, extremely long ranges, and these are all deployed out inside the philippine see now operating. and this occurred before the japanese announced a new national defense strategy, national security strategy, or even in the last day or 2 analysis they're probably going to up the size of.