oh, an engagement equals the trail. when so many find themselves worlds apart, we choose to look for common ground. ah, almost every conspiracy theory that people had about twitter turned out to be true . with you on mosque mocks twitter dark past revealing how federal agents push that to sense or negative information about you prayed, labeling it russian dis, information for keno. for those expel the few and coordinator, declaring her persona non grata, accusing the official of painting a negative picture of the country security situation. canal really know where we stand as are we going to. we need to partners and people come to dictate their loyal to us or give us their opinions. and china calls out the us as

a direct threat to international order thing. washington is behind regional turmoil in many countries. ah. hello and good morning from our to international studios in moscow and from wherever you may be catching us. welcome to this hour's top news stories from around the world i'm fiorella is about and we start with breaking news. this, our 3 russian service men have been killed in a ukrainian drone attack on an air based in the central russian for 12 region that's according to russia, ministry of defense. according to officials, the ukrainian drone was shot down at low altitude while approaching the air base. debris from the intercepted projectile was determined as the cause of death of the service. men witnesses posted a video where air raid sirens could be heard. the local official said there was no

threat to civilians. this was the 2nd such attack on the air base this month. and twitter, c, e o, e on must have marked the social media platforms, previous policy of censorship and its ties to the f. b i as dubious, claims, have become a shock. in reality, almost every conspiracy theory that people had about twitter turned out to be true . think, is there a conspiracy theory about twitter that didn't turn out to be true? so far they bolted out to be true. and if not, maybe more true than people thought. in the latest exposure of twitters, a legend, shady behavior shows us intelligence agencies, aggressively push twitter to sensor anti ukrainian narratives, dismissing them as part of a so called russian propaganda campaign. here's our t, the marina quotes that are above with a closer look at the leaks. the west has long been accused in rush of lead in an

elaborate coordinated effort online with its bots and schrall forms, fuel and kremlin propaganda or answer ukrainian views, twisting facts and spreading misinformation. the social media platform is trying to focus on the false rumors that are spread during times of crisis. this can be, for example, armed conflicts like rushes invasion of ukraine. and once the russians infiltrated the online community, they would slip in other messages. manipulative was 13 russians who allegedly tried to influence the 2016 presidential election using social media. ah, but when push comes to shove, the evidence is nowhere to be found. foreign meddling had been the ostensible justification for expanded moderation. since platforms like twitter were dragged to the hill by the senate in 2017,

the hash tag twitter files show exec sir under constant pressure to validate theories of foreign influence. and unable to find evidence for key assertions. and if you can't try and try again or just bad every one with an alternative points of view, which is exactly what they did using foreign meddling as an excuse. so accounts which posted valid concerns about neo nazis in ukraine or reports of human rights abuses committed by the ukrainian army were simply dismissed as russian propaganda . these people might exist, but if a russian person is talking about, it must be deleted as it doesn't fit the narrative. instead of looking into the validity of the claims, the f. b, i instructed twitter to get rid of such post twitter executives were apparently under pressure to validate government claims of a russian meddling campaign, but often came out empty handed for my checks. i could not find any indicators to

suggest that the account is russian. however, going by the contents of narrative coming out from the account, it's definitely pro russia. i can brainstorm and see if we can dig deeper and try to find a stronger connection. do you do lack of technical evidence now? rent. i've generally left to be waiting for more evidence. i think that oh window that is closing, given that government potters are becoming more aggressive on a tradition. the f b. i allegedly pay twitter more than $3400000.00 in taxpayer funds since october 2019 in return. they had switzer employees. i analyzed in domestic users. i. p data and phone numbers, tracking for any foreign connection, even to see whether a name was russian sounding. there was even a foreign influence task force was held regular meetings, attended by twitter, f, b i personnel, and virtually every major tech firm like facebook and microsoft. o g,

a or other government organization can be a euphemism for the cia. and that's according to multiple former intelligence officials and contractors as what was being discussed in those meetings. what's restricted to just international affairs. they kill 2 birds with one stone, and that one burring the hunter by the laptop story and the presence of neo nazis in ukraine. so all this time that washington has been accused in russia are using social media to shape public opinion. and it turns out that they were pulling the strings of one of the most popular social media platforms in the world. journalists, martin jay said some social media platforms are being used as a tool for western information warfare. 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. and ukraine was the greatest victims. in my view, the humble plenty of people that have been working 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 more morality. if it's the right word, then objection i should say than anything else. so it's out there. you know, it's very, very hard to take 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. you can get more details on all the twitter files. revelations, including the hunter, bite and laptop scandal, security agencies, censoring of social media, as well as the outrageous russian election meddling claims on our website at r t dot com. despite twitters new c o l on must calling himself a free speech, absolute with his platform has been feeling the heat for an inconsistent banning policies. as a washington base, palestinian journalist has been banned from the social media platform for reporting on the israeli armies. actions the social network has previously been several palestinian news outlets without specifying any reasons. the last week posted on the reporter's account before the ban was a photo of 2 is really security officials during an attempted arrest of an unarmed palestinian who later died. site era caught himself spoke to us about this case,

stay his reporting on palestine. conflict was the main reason behind his suspension . i think it's related to the palestinian israeli conflict. and i definitely, you know, i wouldn't say i'm a loud voice, but i'm a voice that speaks of what is going on to the house and he has on the, on daily basis and the press pretty thing. and i think that may be cause for annoyance or cause for you know, discontent no, by those who are constantly advocating for israel. i do believe that there is that, you know, maybe some point to parents, maybe from israel, maybe from the way the think tanks and is read maybe the pro rated lobby and then i'd state. i never heard back from them. i know there was a few journalists liberal girls and because they were suspended because they,

if we did things about eli and musk and the issue was raised in the state department on the 16th of december. and, you know, i, i said i was banned as well. i was suspended as well, and lo and behold the following day, all the others were reinstated, but not the so i continue to be suspended. i believe that it is directly related to the power in the issue. there is no other reason, you know, we've reach out to twitter for more details and will update you on their response. if we receive one now to west africa, we're burkina faso government has expelled a top un official for quote, discrediting the country. a local reporter has the details. the country representative will be u 8 in booking fossil is no longer will come in the country. the government over prohibition decided to expel by borrow,

mainly because they believe she's going to pillow is group. and she's painting booking fossil with dark color. government commands that the you in the book you will, killer has decided to classify what i do as a long company plays for the you and stuff enough the, the love believe some will cannot be called about the impact of this decision. somehow, watson, this is all told me, it's the right decision, even if it's not necessarily welcome. because given the way the un representative behave, she should be replaced. i read the articles, antonio, good terrorist uses in defense of her with, i don't think the u. n. should have priority in such issues, but kena foster is sovereign and has a right to make some decisions. all you do, i would say that booking for solar is mature without really know where we stand and where we going. currently we need partner, so not people who come to dictate the law to us or gave us the opinions. booking,

i decided friday to expel, but it didn't do present 50 of, of you knew what to do. saturday, the un general secretary replied, who recoverable kinda thing that it's not possible for the government to think that and that's when i got. in other words, about a ment cannot be expelled by the governor of looking at possible. the doctrine of persona, non grata, does not apply to united nations officials. only the secretary general has the authority to decide after careful investigation with respect to the withdrawal of any united nations official for a glade. gallo political analysts and civil society leader. the fact that she's that kit was to be in touch with groups is not a good reason to complain. just a couple of people. so i've heard that senior un official, barbara massey was in touch with some terrorists, but i don't think it's accurate. humanitarian workers have to communicate in many countries grips with conflicts as they're there to provide relief. and therefore

sometimes they encounter armed groups in order for them to access people in need. so if it's not explained, well, it can give the impression that there's complicity. personally, i think it's unbelievable that a senior united nations officials would team up with arms militants. it has also been said that she regularly goes to this point to disaster is an area with strong managerial needs. so it's normal that the united nations who are involved in humanitarian issues will be there. the arguments are not valid. burkina faso is weak at the moment to launch a show down with the united nations. were too fragile. were one of the most fragile countries. this is ridiculous, at the same time, among the 3 countries, molly niger and burkina, we have 10 times more displaced people than niger and molly. serbia has reportedly increased its military presence on the border with the break away region

of kosovo. the move comes in mid reports of shootings coming in from the northern part of the area. co 7 special forces allegedly tried to take control of an abandoned police station located in a small, ethnically, serbian city officers are said to have fled following morning shots fired by local serbs coast of immediate claims that local started the offensive shooting at the nato troops. serbian leader alexander russia has called an emergency meeting and sent a top general to the border. the west has reportedly demanded the president diffuse a situation threatening to handle the situation themselves. tensions in the balkans seemed to be relentless with demonstrations against arrest, of serves and the undermining of albert integrity. both hostile answer be a blame one. another. bringing more troops to their common border to follow the developments. checkout ortiz balkan telegram channel and read more on our website at archie dot com. the u. s. is

a destabilizing force in the world creating disruption and other countries for its own gain. that's according to the chinese ministry of defense. facts having repeatedly proven that the united states is a direct threat to the international order and the driving force behind regional turmoil. the united states stubbornly pursues its own interests 1st and the willfully wages worse and creates conflicts with other countries for its own self interest, causing the large number of innocent 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 tie one security capabilities the islands defense ministry says the decision shows. washington is committed to

defending its ally. you with arms sales to taiwan, have continued to grow despite the issue straining beijing's relations with washington. nelson, wong, vice chairman of the shanghai center for international studies. so the u. s. use of taiwan as a tool and it's multi level strategy with china. where i think it's quite apparent that the taiwan strait is not at peace of the moment and turn 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've already seen spokesperson from china's defense ministry making of our position. very fun. so let's see. let's see, but i hope during the meeting of us, a secretary of state blink, when he visits china matters like this, will be discussed in the eyes of the chinese people. the importance of us. china relations has decreased over the past year and is now less than 37 percent according to a global time survey published yesterday. in contrast, relations with russia are viewed as the most crucial for chinese diplomacy. china top diplomat also took the time to praise the relationship between beijing ad moscow cities. 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 discard between the 2 countries in is immune from change in the international environment. nelson long also told us the strength of russia, chinese relations lies in their common vision of the world order. where i think the, 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 resolved to seek for a better understanding with the rest of the world. which this announcement that china believes in peace. china believes that the relation with

russia really reflects the core interest, respecting of the core interest of the respective countries. so this is something that i think are our 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, despite criticism from e, u and u. s. officials, russian president vladimir putin said moscow has never sight awake from peace thoughts with ukraine, adding they have been prevented by it western counterparts. we seek destiny music dumb, we have always sought to resolve all arising disputes via peaceful negotiations.

but unfortunately, the other side functions differently, it began carrying out harsh military measures and we were forced to defend the people living in these territories. i believe that we are acting in a justified manner and we're provided no other choice even so we are ready to negotiate acceptable solutions with the inclusion of all participants in the process. tedious in turkey as president and the hungarian prime minister have expressed similar views. the latter has said he believes that if the u. s. wanted to end the ukrainian conflict, it would do so near you. but to, unfortunately, the west has only made provocations and failed to make efforts to be a mediator in the ukraine, russia war. ukraine can only fight as long as the united states supports it with money and weapons. if the americans want peace, there will be peace. however, former italian prime minister mario draggy recently claimed it's the kremlin which

is unwilling to de escalate. while nato's chief accused moscow of trying to take advantage of any proposed cease fires, recent weeks have seen a number of top western officials attempt to persuade. here that now is not the right time for negotiations with russia. our job to continue to sustain our military support to ukraine, so they are in the best possible position on the battlefield. so that if and when diplomacy is ripe, they will be in the best possible position at the negotiating table. that moment is not right now. we have no illusions that to a 2 piece negotiation that would be possible in the immediate future. we must be clear that any unilateral coal for a cease fire by russia is completely meaningless. in the current context. i think it would be a false call. it would be used by russia to regroup, to reinforce their troops. meanwhile,

the chinese foreign minister has defended his country's position of neutrality in the ukrainian conflict, saying, begging aims to deepen ties with russia in the coming year. it comes as moscow continues to strengthen cooperation with multiple countries in asia, africa, and the middle east rushes foreign minister survey live robs that the world is now moving towards multi flaherty with a majority of states, not sharing the west as anti russian stance. loss used blown runcle, we have plants within the framework of the eurasian economic union, the shall high corporation organization and also breaks. certainly the overwhelming majority of the world's countries done off may make their aggression illegal sanctions, blackmail, and threats to a. so the dominance that the united states and it's western allies do in the international arena, nobody likes it laughter. i pointed out the threat to russia's foreign reserves. as an example of western regression. moscow has reportedly begun removing its gold

from european banks in response to sanctions. r t brings the details of moscow's plans to build a self sufficient bold reserve instead of relying on the us 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 law makers. you onto 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 20 percent value added tax on purchasing gold for individuals and allowed buying gold bars with foreign currency. the movies sparked a 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. people have started buying more gold bars. these are not necessarily bank standard 12 kilogram bars. they can be much smaller. i talked to manufacturers as well as the minting company, ghosts knock, they say 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 goal production. this is our competitive advantage. we have to use this, especially it's such a difficult time. and the latest twice the neck, atari corruption, scandal which has in gov. the whole of the european union now has

a moroccan spy at the center of the investigation. mohammed bella wreck, the legend moroccan secret agent is suspected of corruption, targeting european emi peas in recent years. and it turns out he's been on the european intelligence services radar for some time. according to media reports, he is one of the links connecting former european parliament member pier antonio pans, r e to the moroccan secret service, pens r e, the former president of the n g o fight impunity. which was found to be a link between many key suspects. now faces charges for money laundering and corruption. the former e u. parliament vice president ever kylie was also arrested and faced the similar accusations other e, you, politicians, involved with fight impunity. we're also investigated by police, including major union chief look of his and t me, who was subsequently arrested and socialist m. e p. mark para bella,

whose home was rated. here's how one of the board members described the situation she found herself in. i feel like stream we use pans ary has use our names, our reputations. it's just such a be trail. if this is now a big laundromat, which it seems to be, then it's so cynical because our vital human rights work 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, fees phones, and computers, as well as $1500000.00 euros in cash. the moroccan intelligence service has yet to comment on allegations of its involvement guitar has denied all the accusations labeling them as baseless and gravely misinformed. political and financial analyst, angelo juliano says, the corruption investigation is evidence of a much larger problem. is that we need to remember this important case which we bigger is the collections can be changed from july and the

t or pfizer. we are talking about the a scandal of 35000000000 you low of transactions for the purchase of koby vaccines. corruption is something very widespread in the us. 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 a labeling cut is being, in this case it's a kid goals of the collective west. we haven't cut our gates. we need to ask the question because of composition is taking

a more neutral positions between the collective west and these new multiple or was that just a legitimate question? because car was always in the good partners of the you. so this is the 1st time that the actually going after heavily. this may be because you study not to listen to the collective west. and a reminder of our breaking news. 3 russian service men have been killed in a ukrainian drone attack on an airbase in the central russian sorry of region that's according to russia's ministry of defense. according to officials, the ukrainian drone was shot down at low altitude while approaching the air based debris from the intercepted projectile was determined as the cause of death for the service meant. when it is posted video, where air raid sirens could be heard, the local official said there was no threat to civilians. this was the 2nd such attack on the air base this month. that's are up on the hour's top news

stories from around the globe for more 247 news coverage. head over to r t dot com. thanks for tuning in. we'll see you again at the top of the hour. ah ah ah ah ah ah

ah ah hello in welcome to cross top where all things are considered i'm peter lavelle piece in ukraine. seems essentially impossible. and there is a reason for this. nato wants russia to be completely defeated. russia, in turn, demands new pan, european security structures, protecting its interest. as long as nato exist, there'll be no peace or security for any one. ah. cross stock in ukraine, i'm joined by my guest, escobar in paris. he's an independent geopolitical analyst and author specializing in eurasia and brussels. we have look rebate, he is an independent journalist and.