a with a with we have no other choice but to protect our citizens. it wasn't us who stage a coup and ukraine. they started it while you're putting blame the ukraine conflict on long running western policy aimed at dividing russia, adding that moscow the opponents are still refusing to talk peace. china calls out the us as a direct threat to international order, saying washington is behind regional turmoil in many countries with the air to cameron's royal dynasty, whose ancestor was pained in 1914 by the german colonial administration. speaks to r t about the impact of european colonialism in africa

with there are 3 things that are very important for me. the 1st one is that, as i often say, our family something a lot, all 3 great grandfather died. and we can from that period what we call a syndrome, because our family suffered from direct consequences, but not only our family. they were darn it consequences for the whole world. so up with hello from our to international studios in moscow and from wherever you may be watching. welcome to the hour's top news stories from around the world. i'm fairly, isabel lat, amir put in, says the west left moscow, no choice but to defend its country's interests. and people, the president added that russia always showed willingness to reach a peaceful solution, but all attempts were blocked by western counterparts. ortiz, marina calls or reba explains of lateral putin reiterates at once again that russia

has always salts negotiations that has always salts a peaceful solution from missouri early as 2014, but again to no avail. and he reminded us once again who started this whole mess and who is behind it, most importantly, tackling that. when we had to stand up for the people that live in these territories, we had to support the choice of crime ins. it wasn't us who stage a coup and ukraine, they started it. basically, this is all the policy of our opponents and dividing russia. our goal is to unite the russian people. the particular and the focus is and always has been defending the rights of the russian speaking community in ukraine and those who asked russia for help. and also of course protecting rushes national interest. those were the key points from this little short interview that we heard. and this is something

that we've heard from latimer putin time and time again. but it seems that the west are either unwilling to hear what you say, or they're unwilling to acknowledge that period used to i believe that we are doing things right. we protect our national interests, the interests of our citizens are people. we have no other choice but to protect our citizens. we are ready to negotiate acceptable solutions with all participants in this process. but this is their business. we're not refusing to negotiate. so once again, we can hear that russia is willing and is ready to negotiate, but we crane seems to be on the willing and also it's not only not being encouraged by its western allies. there, there is no conversation of peace talk. some are even discouraging ukraine from trying to negotiate with russia. political analysts, nickel mix coverage, says nato itself is not interested in resolving the ukraine conflict as it pours more weapons into the country. a nato fuel this war,

did us not forget that there was a acquitted time 2014, then nato trained ukrainian army. now the, the full fledged war is not forget that this war did not start last february, but it did start. in 2014 was said, the habitants inhabitants of don bass being shelled on a daily basis or 10000 people died. the westerner speaks about this, and now nato wants to act as a piece keeper. how can you be a pyro man and a fireman at the same time? so this, this really doesn't make any sense. the only thing we hear coming out of western europe today is war, war weapons funding, the war. i mean, i, it's, it's, it's been, it's extremely interesting enough run through through the internet to try to find prominent europe, western european politicians speak about peace and we've got victor or been, or the prime minister of hungary. but we've got very few, a prominent of politicians in the west speaking about pisa. this, it was in this what the european union was supposed to be about. peace, the count. but it can broker piece because they're only interested in following the

atlantis washington rhetoric of going to war because that was, that was the, i would say the, the target since the beginning, the u. s. as a destabilizing force in the world creating disruption in other countries. for its own gain, that's according to the chinese ministry of defense facts. heather, repeatedly proven that the united states is a direct threat to the international audit and the driving force behind regional turmoil. the united states stop only pursues its own interests 1st and the willfully wages worse and quits conflicts with other countries for its own self interest causing the lodge. not both in the sense civilian casualties and displacement. the resolution of the taiwan issue is the chinese people's business and china's eternal affair, which does not allow any external interference and the u. s. has no right to make a responsible remarks. the strong statement came after the u. s. authorized up to

$10000000000.00 over the next 5 years to modernize taiwan security capabilities the islands defense ministry says the decision shows. washington is committed to defending its ally, us arm sales to taiwan, have continued to grow despite the issue straining beijing relations with washington. nelson was vice chairman of the shanghai center for international studies, says the u. s. use of taiwan as a tool in it's multi level strategy with china. where i think it's quite apparent that the taiwan strait is not at peace at the moment. and the main reason we all know that it's because the u. s. is making use of this tie one issue and trying to to, to play this card so hard as to, to irritate china. but on the other hand,

the government has repeatedly said that they respect the one china policy that they do not seek taiwan independence. they won't assist taiwan independence, but what they do, what they say they don't actually match. so of course the chinese government is quite happy about this, and we're already seeing spokes person from china's defense ministry making our position very fun. so let's see. let's see. but i hope during the meeting of us, secretary of state blinking when he visits china matters like this, will be discussed in contrast to the sharp rhetoric toward watching turned the relationship between beijing and moscow has been praised by china's top diplomat said his i put him on with a car put in the china, russia relationship,

which is based on non alliance, non confrontation, and non targeting of any 3rd party remains rock solid. such relationship is free from interference or any attempt to so discord between the 2 countries in is immune from change in the international environment. now, san juan again told us the strength of the russian chinese relations lies in their common vision of the world order. where i think the year the target audience is, of course, not only the 2 countries, people of russia and china, but also to the rest of the world that actually shows china's resolve to seek for a better understanding. what was the rest of the world? was this announcement that china believes in peace. china believes that there are the relation was russia really reflects the core interest respecting of the

core interest of the respective countries. so this is something that i think are of friends in other parts of the world need to understand that when it comes to relations between china and russia, are our 2 countries do have a lot in common, not only in economic or you know, dependence interdependencies, but also are about our view towards the future of a multi polar world. ah, in 1914, a king of cameron's to walla community was executed by the german colonial administration during its operations in africa. now over a century later, his great grandson is speaking out about the impact of european colonialism on his family as well as the african continent. the camera campaign took place during the

1st world war when british, french and belgian forces invaded the german colony in 1914, most of the campaign took place in cameroon. but skirmishes also broke out in british nigeria when germany was defeated. britain and france agree to divide cameroon, despite the conflict last in just 2 years and taking place a century ago, descendants of the king of the do all the people say the consequences effect. modern cameroon to this day. good sir. when was it moving? there are 3 things that are very important for me. the 1st one is that, as i often say, and we're family suffered a lot all through our great grandfather died. and we kept from that period what we call a syndrome. because our family suffered from direct consequences, but not only our family. there were dar at consequences for the whole world sauer for the entire katya's community. i think, in the sense that it was

a moment when the 1st elements of our decadence, he appeared before the period of to all a manga. and in the intermediate period, the de waller the sour in general, but especially the dollar. they occupied the entire region and live in great prosperity. the prosperity and expansion were extraordinary at a commercial level, at exchange level. and since this particular situation, the history with germany and the tragic end of rudolph dwell among a bell, there is a decline. the whole sour world suffers the consequences of this historical situation . and one of the consequences today is the poverty of our community. the poverty means that to day, even in cameroon, our community does not occupy its place in the sense that to participate with its status in the evolution of our country. i want to say that the history of the hanging of drywall among for us is something extremely painful. we do not express a direct hatred towards the germans, but we have a desire to simply rebuild our community. it

is, 1st of all, africa has a lot of resources except the very often these resources are no export directly at national level, but by international companies, powerful countries are shifting their interest towards africa. why? the cruiser is how to say a lot of interest. not only the population level africa is a densely populated continent, it means that it is a market for consumption. besides, the africans are improving in quality, and consumption takes road to v big dimensions. it is something that corresponds to the interest of the northern powers, as they are called, because they are interested of course, not only to have a relationship with africa in the present time, but also in the future was china's top health body has stopped publishing daily cove at 19 cases saying it's branch, the center for disease control is taking over the job, but giving no details on how often you data will be posted. after china renounced

it's trick 0 covet policy, the country now faces a surge. and corona virus cases with reports claiming almost 250000000 people in the country might have been infected in the 1st 20 days of december. while official chinese data showed suggests fewer than 400000 cases per day. medical staff stay, hospitals are struggling with a new influx of patients. medical suppliers and china are also working around the clock, doubling their production capacity to meet hospital demands after the surge occurred . medical oxygen is crucial entreating cove. it infected patients. we heard from workers from a factory and china will remain positive in the face of difficulties a provide over a 1000 medical officer, just dollars and about all 100, kill quick gas for well, you 100 medical institutions tell on here your. i just recovered a few days ago,

my brothers to and we're back to work at full steam window of your county, i think of as, as transporters of the guess of life. i'm glad to be of service to the people of beijing. the latest batch of late twitter files reveals that u. s. intelligence agencies aggressively push the bluebirds has sensor any anti ukranian narratives, dismissing them as part of a so called russian propaganda campaign. the documents you tell events between 2020 and earlier this year before elan must bought twitter the f b i and other security agencies suggested that accounts comparing the ukranian government to nazis were created by russian internet trolls. they also wanted post, which side ukraine is home to violent, neo nazi groups to be taken down. the files show that washington had a collective narrative with cab while suppressing any criticism of the western stance, as well as attempts to justify russia's actions. an investigator who reviewed the

twitter files has questioned the handling of the situation in tell about the shady origin of these accounts might be true. but so my at least some of the information in them about neo nazis rights abuses and done bus. even about our own government, should we block such material? this is a difficult speech dilemma. should the government be allowed to try to prevent americans and others from seeing anti ukrainian accounts? according to the expos, a, the u. s. labeled users as pro russian trolls simply for posting verified images and fox sharing footage of neo nazis carrying 3rd reich and other fashion symbol sparked accusations of spreading misinformation. twitter executives are said to have been under pressure to look for shreds of russian meddling, but came up empty handed, or in meddling, had been the ostensible justification for expanded moderation. since platforms like twitter were dragged to the hill by the senate in 2017,

the twitter files show execs under constant pressure to validate theories of foreign influence, and unable to find evidence for key assertions, found no links to russia, says one analyst, but suggests he could brainstorm to find a stronger connection. the league thaw on to further shed light on u. s. intelligence meddling showing screenshots of messages where agents allegedly told twitter staff to ban pro specific republican accounts, as well as to suppress stories like the hunter bite and laptop scandals. journalists, martin j says some social media platforms are being used as western information war tools. you know, i think there is a very strong push from western leads to manipulate social media platforms. because we don't forget that one of the war is going on on the ground in ukraine with the greatest victims in mind. viewed the humble ukrainian people. there's a big, a war going on outside of ukraine, which i think is possibly even bigger and more significant. which is an information in an americans wherever they go around the world get involved in local political

scraps. they always follow this doctrine of notarizing issues dumbing down every think. and then following up with a disinformation campaign, i think, you know, the more we look at the social media platforms, we see that they seem to correspond more with that ideology with those, those morales. if it's the right word and objective, i should say it. and then anything else, so it's out there. you know, it's very, very hard to say western social media platforms. as soon as you, when there is this real lucid objective to root house. anyone who doesn't really agree, who actually threatens to even start a debate on how we interpret the news every day from c n, n and nbc and bbc, etc. a palestinian journalist has been banned from twitter for reporting on the israeli army is action with an appeal against the decision so far receiving no response. last week, posted on his account before the band was

a photo of true israeli security officials during an attempted arrest of an arm. palestinian who subsequently died side re caulk himself spoke to us about his case underlining that it was one of many palestinian activists who could have faced such restrictions. i believe that it is directly related to the out in the issue. there is no other reason, you know, that was actually a retreat by and is ready to dana been on her. she's. she's the west bank correspondence or the house in affairs. correspondence for israel high on a right wing newspaper. so all i did was just meeting with chief and i'm a voice that speaks of what is going on to the house 10 years on the daily basis in the press briefing. and i think that may be a cause for annoyance or cause for discontent by those who are

constantly advocating. those who are right for palestinian outfit life go back health advocates, supporters and so on. you know, and many activists have seen their account restricted or taken out for a day or 2. they just part of the harassment part of intimidation of those who advocate on behalf of the cause. but the war and the offering. his charter account was, quote, permanently suspended after a careful review with apparently no explanation given and no response to numerous appeals in line with the rules of the platform. we've contacted twitter for more details and we'll give you an update if we receive any response. palestinian journalist site article again believes that american mass media have also faced intensifying censorship. part of a pattern which began with the war on terror. in the aftermath of september 11th

and the creation of a whole new security cabinet, or ministry in europe outline the homeland security, the restriction, the patriot act, that restricted american freedom. i think we were to, to sort of sorts out what things, how things were and how things are today. we will find that many of those freedoms have been relegated to the, you know, background. and so one there is, there are more restrictions. definitely the russia, ukraine war also created more restriction in terms of the voice, let's say, can in the mainstream media, they don't say anything that it's really contrary to the american operational position. i maybe we can understand that. i mean, this is a country largely influenced by the medicine industry complex by the bank. i will

street, by all these things ah, the latest toys than i could tarry, corruption scandal which has been golf. the whole of the european union now has a moroccan spy in the center of the investigation. mohammed bella, heck, the legend more rock and secret agent is suspected of corruption. targeting european peas recent in recent years. it turns out he's been on the european intelligent services radar for some time. according to media reports, he's one of the links connecting former european parliament member pier. i'm telling you, pounds very to the moroccan secret service pans airy, the former president of the n g l fight impunity. which was found to be a link between many key suspects. now faces charges for money laundering and corruption for me. you parliament vice president evan collie. was also arrested and face a similar accusations. other politicians who participated in events organized by

the fight. impunity have also been investigated by the police. they include major union chief look of this and teeny, who is subsequently arrested and socialist m, e p. mark terah, bella, whose home was rated other notable european officials, were included on fight impunity. honorary list. here's how one of the board members describe the situation she found herself in. i feel extremely used. pans airy has used our names, our reputations. it's just such a betrayal. if this is now a big laundromat, which it seems to be then it's so cynical because our vital human rights work. it is something that is so badly needed in the time where we are. in total belgian police have rated 20 locations in brussels, connected to the corruption investigation authorities. these phones and computers, as well as 1500000 euros and cash. the moroccan intelligence service has yet to comment on allegations of its involvement. while cats har has vehemently denied all

the accusations labeling and bem, quote, baseless and gravely misinformed, political and financial analysts, angel juliano says the corruption investigation is evidence of a much larger problem. this is the yes, but i guess we need to remember this important case, which is we bigger is the corruption scandal between your phone line and the t or pfizer. we are talking about the a scandal of 35000000000 you low of transactions for the purchase of copays vaccines. corruption is something a very widespread in the you. the only thing what is actually very allow me here is that it was not sophisticated the, this, this corruption was made with cash 1500000 euro in cash. she was very amateur, usually the way they do corruption. in d. u is by creating offshore accounts and i think maybe they felt untouchable. this

isn't a context of. busy labeling is being, in this case, it's just kid goals of the collective west. we haven't cut our gates, we need to ask also the question is because of composition is taking a more neutral positions between the collective west and these new multiple what that is a legitimate question because car was always in the good partners of the you, this is the 1st time that they're actually going to cut heavily. this may be because you started not to listen to the collective west western media reports claim russia has been removing its gold from european banks as a result of sanctions. r t brings the details of moscow's plans to build self sufficient gold reserve, instead of relying on the u. s. dollar. after western sanctions froze,

nearly half of russia's golden foreign exchange reserves. moscow is doubling down on its efforts to counter the increased economic uncertainty with the russian finance ministry now suggesting to replace foreign cash reserves with gold bars. the initiative has found a vocal support among lawmakers who you wouldn't under the current circumstances. people do not have many financial instruments to protect their savings. therefore, this measure is aimed at allowing citizens to protect their savings and at d dollar ice in the economy. especially since now there are various risks when trying to make exchanges for other bank notes that will be impossible to use in russia. gold bars are safer than traditional currencies of so called unfriendly states. the 1st steps on the way to achieve greater independence were made back in march. when new legislation scrapped a 20 percent value added tax on purchasing gold for individuals and allowed buying gold bars with foreign currency, the move a spark,

they sevenfold rise and demand for gold on the domestic market with 30 tons being sold so far. this year. the finance ministry expects those numbers to continue to rise up. people have started buying more gold bars. so these are not necessarily bank standard 12 kilogram bars. they can be much smaller. i talked to manufacturers as well as the minting company goes knock. they said there are no problems and there is no shortage of gold. it should be borne in mind that russia is one of the leaders and gold production. this is our competitive advantage. we have to use this, especially it's such a difficult time. and that's our up on the hours happening stories from around the glove for more 247 youth coverage. head over to r t dot com. thanks for joining in. we'll see back next are ah

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