ah, ah ah, the ukrainian politician gets caught red handed with a fake news story and she posts an old photo of an irish boy claiming he's a child victim of the conflict in craig, women, 20000000 children are at risk of hunger, thirst, and deadly infections in africa, that's the latest from unicef. we heard from the regional director. fortunately, the, i'm going to the 6 a rating season making the situation even worse and be need to prepare for the worst case scenario. russia have bound oil exports to any country complying

with the g 7 price cap. the measures will come into effect in february. ah, very well welcome from our team here in moscow. this is alta international with the latest world news update. its good to have you with us this hour. now social media uses have debunked yet another fake news story from ukraine, posted online by a local lawmaker who tried to pass off an old photo of an irish boy as a child victim of the conflict in ukraine. the saddest part there are no children in ukraine any more. only little humans with very grown up, eyes old to even somewhat tired of a life yet. and lived pictured mark 8 years old just survived a russia artillery attack. readers added context, they thought people might want to know. this image predates the conflict in the

ukraine and it p is on a novel published in 2013 the ukranian m p that posted this photo and the 1st po in the 1st place straight up, lied about it. i mean, she said that there was an 8 year old boy there that survived some sort of russian artillery attack. when in reality this kid was an irish orphan. this was a picture that was taken from the cover of a book, a 2013 spanish translation of the miss, remembered man. so while you definitely shouldn't a judge, a book by its cover, you most certainly should not take what ukrainian officials are saying at face value about this kind of stuff. the photo is lifted from a 2013 book by christie mckenna, more broadly, it is true that the crimes of nazi regimes bring disaster on their own children. do ukrainian officials and pundents not nails for vass image such as to keep posting such fakes. the tweets glaring and accuracy didn't stop it from getting widespread distribution though i mean, after all, the ukrainian m p that tweeted it has over 330000 followers on twitter and the

u. n's head of global communications even responded to it with a broken heart that's despite the fact that her account said that all the information there is verified and based in science, i mean this time it clearly wasn't. so it makes you wonder just how often were being duped here. well, i don't know. could this not have just been an honest mistake by this particular campy? well, i mean, we have actually been seeing this pretty consistently, children being used in the western media and by ukrainian officials to manipulate people's emotions, to change their opinions on ukraine conflict through by through that way. and we actually made earlier this month, a report covering all these stories, just how many of them are either fake or actually the fault of the ukrainian military with

doesn't stop there either. earlier this year we saw another ukrainian m p, or a ukranian official, rather post a picture of a drawing of a girl on twitter who apparently was from ukraine and she had cut her hair to protect herself from being raped by russian troops. so the story goes, except we saw no evidence come with this story, and the drawing was essentially a copy and paste a job from an actual photo of a girl who died and our wits. now, we've seen a lot of these faith's going around the internet, but just to give you an idea of this year scale of this fake information war, we can look at an australian report that was published about twitter activity towards the earlier days and weeks of russia. a special military operation,

it said that over 80 percent of tweets from that time were part of a covert propaganda operation. and over 90 percent of the accounts that were making these tweets were pro ukrainian. we found that between 60 and 80 percent of tweets using the hash tags we studied, came from bought accounts during the 1st 2 weeks of the war. we found that 90.16 percent of accounts fell into the pro ukraine category, while only 6.8 percent fell into the pro russia category. i think it goes without saying that in our day and age, the information war effort is just as important as that of the conventional war. and no doubt social media platforms play a central role in that. one of the major problems is that often these myths are debunked. long after this faith content has already made its way across the internet. the number of children suffering due to an extreme drought across the e. c o. p at kenya, and somalia has more than doubled in 5 months. according to the un children's fund

eunice sift more than $20000000.00 children are at risk of hunger 1st and deadly infections. in africa, while collective and accelerated efforts have mitigated some of the worst impact of what had been feared, children in the horn of africa are still facing the most severe drought in more than 2 generations. according to unicef, at least 2000000 children in ethiopia, kenya, and somalia will need judge and treatment for acute malnutrition. as a 24000000 people face water shortages well, children across africa, faith, labor exploitation, gender based violence on sexual harassment. luca van de ville unicef, deputy regional director for easton and southern africa say that the situation is deteriorating amid a shortage of funds. we have our colleagues all across the 3 countries, seeing a tremendous deterioration of the situation of the children in these countries that

are affected by drap. and unfortunately, we are going to to 6 field rating season, making the situation even worse. and we really need to prepare for the worst case scenario. so less rain is, again, less wrote her less livelihoods, and increase the acute malnutrition disease outbreak. and of course of food insecurity across those 3 countries that are really affected severely by the draft . actually the youngest, really are at risk for its severe malnutrition and for us to really have them there is only one particular intervention that is really required, which is ready to use for republic feeding. and if children are malnourished, the risk is march. how year? if they catch me so that they would actually also ways. so there is not only uni

said, we have a un family that it's looking for money. everybody has their own mandate and they need to find a funding together in the warren. and it is not an easy and var you make to raise funds, especially because the funds that we need are constantly increasing and they. * also increasing not only because of the number of children that are affect, but also because of some of the inflation and the price increase that we see across the world. so we, we also need to deal with those challenges at the same time. russia is bonding the export of crude oil and petroleum products to any foreign as complying with the price cap imposed by the west. which moscow has branded a violation of international law. we are prohibiting supplies of russian oil and petroleum products to foreign legal entities and individuals provided that the

contracts for the supplies directly or indirectly apply a price. kept mechanism early this month with the nation space of 60 a dollar per barrel price limit on russian oil purchases. the new cap is designed to force 3rd party buyers such as india or china to fall in line with the west foreign policy goals. within the announcements of russia's response, the prices of crude oil, petroleum have risen across the board on international energy markets. that's close to energy journalists, arena slot, now to to find out more about their rena. many thanks for joining us on the program . could you please explain to us the ramifications all the rushes response to the price cup and how will this affect the west and other consumers outside of it? i like it. thanks for having made well of the daughters of the russian response to the price was anything but an expected. i mean, they were warning about this month. so the market has not react in any major way. i

mean, russian growth, the flagship euros, is still trading below the cap. so for the time being there would be no problem for short term contracts. but going forward, it will depend on global supply, not just russian supply. russia has said that it might reduce the production of oil further and then other over plus members could to produce less oil, which is when i think the effect of russians respond to the price by g $7.00. could have a more serious impact on the international prices. now however, most of rushes, all exports are going to china and india anyway over nothing is going to europe, less than 20 percent is gone. and europe has an embargo, of course with another. and by coming for oil from that, the only thing is,

of course that india and china will use rushing to produce fuel that they will then exports to reveal review in union rendering. the embargo and russian fuel source is pointless to an extent. so how significant do you expect the impact to be on the global energy market? i really can't say it again. for now, it won't be great. i mean, everybody expected this. as i said, rational is going to be cheaper than your price cap. but nobody knows what will happen with oil production in a couple of months, which is when the, the russian response will come into effect. and how a lot of things can happen until then and going forward after february. so really, it will depend on, on production from other countries,

from other large producers and where she said that it had not been consulted. fellow members on this, which makes sense to me and it's a national decision, but it might consult them in the future. i mean, they are acting as a blog, and this blog has proven that it can act in a consistent manner to control prices. and if prices are too low for opec plus, they might take no action. and if russia, again, if russia decides to go a step further and reduce production, then we'll say high prices for everyone. so when it comes to the western price cap, how effects, if you think it's really been considering that russia has, in fact, recently increased the oil export revenue. right. yeah, it hasn't been very effective. but again, and this, but it has had an impact and it will continue having impact on the western commodity. right? is because they are bound by the old price gap and they will face sanctions

if they somehow break it. so they are of the immediate loses of all this because they will not, you know, they wouldn't dare to ship russian oil even if the oil is trading below the cap. just in case because the pricing of oil that doesn't happen, you know, based on today's price or even next week's price. you know, their forward contracts, they all linked to global benchmarks, which is brent crude. so our commodity trade is large european and u. s. not the traders are in the hardest place right now. they tend to lose the most and to lose business. it appears the west. so, very much one, sir. i've countries including india and china to fall in line with their policies when it comes to russia will look, they will these countries their follow suit. so what are your thoughts?

no, i don't think so. and i mean china and india were the main targets of this, this price gap. remember us treasury secretary, ellen, are traveling in asia trying to convince beijing and your delhi to, to agree to comply by it. and both capitals made it abundantly clear that they will not because they are both being pragmatic rather than political. and because both countries are huge, oil consumers and equally huge oil importers. they need the oil to survive. and for that, for them is really a which of gaping their economy is going. it's not a question of politics or verger signaling out with regard to the or you praying conflict. so really, it all depends at the success of this price gap dependent, entirely on the participation of china and india. and since neither country has

signaled it would participate in the cap, i did the gap is to me at least meaningless only creating headaches for, for shippers. for insurers in the west and for commodity traders in the west, because business is there, russian oil will be sold internationally as we have seen and continue seeing. it just won't be traded by western russia in traders, and it won't be shaped by western shippers and ensured by waste and insurance money. thanks for joining us. today's been great to get your take on the situation and have your expertise of course arena love energy. janice, thank you again. i was wanting to india now where drug 5 trees across the country are currently under investigation by the farmer to the pharmaceutical regulator. that's all that down the claim with the link between children's death and indian made cult syrup, india say so medicine was not to blame t correspondent,

100 shanahan small. firstly, india is recognized in the world as the pharmacy off the wall. and now these reports, 1st from gambia and now from us baker sand assure our dent in india as our pharmaceutical industry. in fact, let me want to point out here that in the last decade or saw the exports as far as pharmaceuticals and india are concerned. they've more than doubled or saw. and essentially what happened in october, the world health organization, lynn, the death of around $66.00 children with indian made gossips, quote, unquote contaminated indian mean cough syrup sand. essentially, very recently on the 13th of december, the drug regulated of india ross to the world health organization. seeing that samples from all of these are a pharmaceuticals were collected. and all of these pharmaceuticals are our samples that were collected. in fact, they were tested in

a government lab and all the samples were found safe and also complying with quality specifications. and essentially said that the world health organization made a very premature sort of a link between the deaths of children in gambia a to these cough syrup that was applied for india. also they said that they were only supplied in west part of africa. having said that, india ease conducting searches, india is conducting inspections. countrywide, across the country, teens have been made by the drug regulator of india, and the r inspecting pharmaceuticals. company are both big and small. in a sense, to assure the world that india a does care about processes, safety and it's not going to compromise on that. to the west bank now where hundreds of people have been involved in clashes in the city of ramallah as protest. is there want the idea to release the body of

a palestinian who lives in is wally custody. ah, the palestine left prison society says at least 11 people have been injured in the unrest which was marked by israel's refusal to return the body of nasa up in her meat to his family. he recently died from cancer behind bars after spending 20 years in prison for fighting against israeli occupation as a leader of the palestinian militant group protested within carrying an empty coffin adult adorned with palestinian flag before the demonstration turned violence . later on wednesday, denounce russia and call it putin satan. thus the message from the head of the ukrainian national security and defense council to the leaders of the orthodox church in ukraine, which has recently become the target of oppression by the key of government. notices bused to us, blew our society after february 24th requires justice. and if you hide your

affiliation to the moscow patriarchal to connections with people who pray on the territory frosh out for russian soldiers to kill us, then how can even look us in the eye. so you must 1st look into your cautious. why are you hiding? your name is some fair people should know where they're going or what if you don't have a relationship, then officially deny it. say that put in a satan and the satan is girl. call a spade a spade, and then it will be fair to boil my my in cranium politicians that should stop dictating when people should celebrate christmas, and in which church they should pray. as according to the vice currants have the key of picturesque lava, also known as the monastery of kate's, he's also also lensky to stop the crack down on the orthodox church and remove a ban on the clergy, access to religious buildings. metropolitan, pavel says the church has nothing to do with politics. so he is a borrowed senior. they confiscate relics from the faithful of the orthodox church,

much from their citizens. because we don't interfere in politics. we don't interfere in the economy. we only ask that the lord preserves us, our church, the church for us and in our country. may the lord help those people who have nothing in common with the church, not to tell us when to celebrate christmas, or which church to go to court. that is what crystal early this month president valenze can find a bill banning religious organizations affiliated with moscow which targets the ukranian orthodox church. traditionally linked to russia from 850 people have been investigated so far and more than 350 buildings searched according to the church, more than 70 restrictions. hopping issued blocking its like through the teeth, at least 17 senior clerks, including the head of the key of caves. law for i have been sanction so far, raised on diocese on bonds on the clergyman seem to be just the tip of the iceberg

. ukrainian intelligence agents even crushed the funeral of ukrainian soldier leaving the mother, devastated, begging them to leave in peace. you know, there was room where the course lived now, to the very reverend dark, her wrist of jo. go from the serbian orthodox church. many thanks for joining us on the program. it's nice to see you today. now the ukraine has long sought to break with the russian orthodox church, but what has it started taking such radical measures now and what impact will they have on society of believers? well, thank you for it, henry. yes. well, it's a holy need to to say plainly to say simply fancy craner has become a military proxy of the political arrests. now increasingly,

it's becoming de, also a cultural proxy and also that's a religious proxy. so basically, it de are so far there, which was very present in, even in paul's decades, which unfortunately has a long tradition at least author the gaining of ukraine, independence in $990.00 s there. so bobby has become basically, you know, social 5 recall ukraine. it's, it's entirely new country, which is kind of mind blowing 40 everybody who actually knows something about the history of ukraine and russia and basically the same people and same spiritual tradition. so since it's very necessary for the military dictatorship in give to break old as ice read, not only russia but also it's don't history and its own spirituality which is connected to russia and in each step in each historical moment for them it's,

it's a matter of life of life and that basically to break any, even the possibility of, of carrying any kind of spiritual relationship to russia. generally, when you think about modern state, we generally think that religious freedoms that they actually come from the civil and human rights of individuals. so inhabitants of people on state but ukraine is. 3 totally different story, you can tell by the very fact that the ministry of interior of tears, it's generally michelle police is care, whole spiritual affair. so religious freedoms, you can see by that very fact judge police officials are commenting about the religious rights of their own people. that actually it's, it's

a dictatorship. it's also a part of 3 state, you know, which you can we so i think what we understand also that the ukrainian authors is want to block access to some of the most important holy shrines such as the key of pictures. glover, do you think this decision has a symbolic meaning? of course it's all about it. so it's also, it's all about symbols of key attach a lot of our lot of the case it's, he has inside of that he said, called relics from the very beginning, the beginning of russia andrews. so once when you go to these caves, even if you would, even if you would a band anything. 7 russian inside of give, even if you would go to these caves and see radix off, or the sense from the, especially from 10 century up to this moment. that's very radical. which you history, nitrous article off of russian and ukrainian brotherhood inside of the same faith

sign of his stay the same stage with the given rules. and so what's required is actually this is an attempt to rewrite and to make a new history and make a new symbolical meaning of this shines for the ukranian contemporary ukrainian ukrainian states in contemporary ukrainian national narrative, which is totally opposed to any historical fact. we understand there's been talk of a risk between the russian orthodox church on the ukrainian orthodox church because of the conflict in ukraine with loyalties among the leading think is divided. what more can you tell us about this? well, in the past couple of days i had seen videos of ukrainian soldiers who belong to the training or to church who are begging actually present the last not to take their own campus by the slow and by days politics. but in the

way, generally ukraine, i said, shown it in to face the past couple of years and we can see that not even not even any kind of the loyalty of ukrainian or so sure is 30 or believers. and i'm, i see i have a lot of friends and see here you are truly loyal to the printer and authority. you thought that they are faking, but that doesn't help because he's not interested in their own lives. interested in taking all of these tries for themselves and trying to convert these shrines in. so this involves symbolical, symbolical centers of ukrainian identity. i must see that this is not the 1st 1st time that something human or happens actually, policy 20th commonwealth has done the same thing in the very beginning of the 17th

century they had occupied here and occupied, also try and during that time for 2 decades trying to convince population to convert to degree catholic and catholic church, but it didn't. it didn't help them that that occasion. so it's not the 1st time that somebody is trying to take control of symbolical side in order to push political agenda through these control, the political tension by creating barriers to the carrying out of joint religious services and ceremonies. why is this happening? it is acceptable and it's not acceptable, it's totally opposed to the christian and christian message. and it's totally opposed to the spirit of progress which is present in the service in the any kind of the church and generally should be, should be in any christian community. but we, unfortunately, we live in a world in which you are in all sorts christian belonging to

a canonical church. your human rights might be something taken off from you. i must just tell you that just yesterday thursday, and thought your portfolio was denied success to the autonomous prom insult crossel and then the talk to you by the same natal proxy. so the live universe in which, if you belong to a canonical or to church and especially if you don't want to to become one of the andrea. so for the mob serve, which are actually what's today's best, want you to be to be able to become then you, you, your rights would be denied. so that especially since we are preparing ourselves for the christmas celebration, according to the old style. so it's the old calendar, so it's, it's, you know,

lots of temptations before the great and joyous fees, but we know that the church, the church can survive even in time. so we are on our hearts, and our prayers are brothers and giving moscow so no, no confiscation, no oppression might take off the joy of christmas from drawers and believers. i do, do you think ukraine will ever return to the russian church? and if so, under what conditions would this be possible? today's ukraine? no, i think that it should be said clearly, today's ukraine is totally nation, which is totally deconstructed in reconstructing the totally new narratives in which everything connected to moscow will be would be generally bend abandoned from from ukraine society no matter how loyal to ukraine you might appear and

you want to express your loyalty. today's ukraine is totally based on then on the russell for the. so i think that in, you know, in a long standing like process, we might expect that generally century for project with century of century. so unity would eventually prevail over is a political agenda, which is the present. but we should not never underestimate the strength of this military dictatorship or point which is present to candidates. and the general area which is present today, which is generally making the given presence and given ukrainian general society increasingly on russia. many thanks for joining the programs, they really appreciate your insight into the matter. that's the.