ah ah ah, another ukrainian politician gets called red handed with a fake news story. and she posts an old photo of an irish boy claiming he's a child, the victim of the conflict. can ukraine more than 20000000 children are at risk of hunger, thirst, and deadly infections in africa. that's the latest from units that we heard from that regional direct. fortunately, i'm going to to 6 a rating c said making the situation even worse, and we need to prepare for the worst case scenario. less than the appropriate pharmaceutical companies, off the gambia claims and indian made cough,

syrup killed at least 60 children, which new delhi denies. a welcome from all of our team here in moscow. this is our see international with the latest world news updates good to happy with us. and we started with the russian city of don. yes. square lodge residential buildings have been hit by the latest ukrainian shilling that's according to local officials. footage from the scene shows damage to an apartment block with what appears to be the fragments of a ground that rockets on the grounds near by. the man i've done yet, says the ukrainian military father. we at least 16 such rockets into the city camps . troops have been accused of stepping up the shelling of civilian areas, but have previously denied that involvement with social media uses. ab 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 the life. yet unlived pictured mark 8 years old, just survived a russia artillery attack. readers added contest they thought people might want to know. this image predates the conflict in the ukraine and it p as on a novel published in 2013 the ukrainian 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 misremembered 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 the 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 nail 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 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 like this not have just been an honest mistake by this particular happy. 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 the ukraine conflict through ha, 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 an al switzer. now, we've seen a lot of these sakes going around the internet, but just to give you an idea of the sheer 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's 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 out 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 to 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 ethiopia, kenya, on somalia, has more than doubled in 5 months, according to the un children's fund. unicef, more than 20000000 children are at risk of hunger, thirst, and steadily infections in africa. well, collective and accelerated efforts have mitigated some of the worst impact of what had been feared. children in the horn of africa, i 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 urgent treatment for acute malnutrition. thus as 24000000

people face water shortages, while children across africa face labor exploitation agenda based violence and sexual harassment leakage, vonda, vale, unicef, deputy regional director for easton in southern africa as these the situation is deteriorating, admit 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 drop. and unfortunately we are going to dis, 6 field raining c said 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, food insecurity across those 3 countries that are beauty,

effect that surveyed by the draft specially the youngest really are at risk for severe malnutrition. and for us to really have them, there's only one particular intervention that is really required, which is ready to use to republic feeding. and if children are molnar race, the risk is march, how your, if they catch me so that they would actually pass away. so there is no, not only uni said, we have a un family that is 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 environment to raise funds, especially because the funds that we need are constantly increasing and they. * also increasing not only because of the number of chill that there are factors, but also because of some of the inflation and the price increase, let me see across the world. so we,

we are also need to deal with those challenges at the same time to india now, where drunk factories across the country are under investigation by the pharmaceuticals regulator, alpha, gambia claims. there was a link between children's deaths on the indian made cough syrup. new denny says, the medicine was not to blame. i'll tease. india corresponded wounds and sharma hospital. 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 in india are concerned. they've more than doubled or saw. and essentially what happened in october, the world health organization link the death of around $66.00 children with indian made cough syrup. quote unquote,

contaminated indian means gaster of sand. essentially, very recently on the 13th of december, the drug regulated of india, roads 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 ganga a to these costs the ribs 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, do you have the need by the drug regulator or india,

and they are inspecting pharmaceuticals, company, or both big and small? in a sense, to assure the wall of that india a does scared about to process is safety. and it's not going to compromise on that . russia is binding the export of crude oil or petroleum products to any foreigners 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. earlier this month, western nations pays a $16.00 per barrel price limit on russian oil purchases. the new cap is designed to force 3rd party bias which is in the, china's fall in line with the west foreign policy goals. since the announcements and rushes responses prices of crude oil,

petroleum have risen across the board on western energy markets. and if you journalists, arena slot and geo political commentator mooney con, se, russian oil will continue to be traded internationally due to high demand. china and india were the main target price gap. remember us treasury secretary, ellen travelling in asia trying to been raising delhi to, to agreed to comply by and both capital made it abundantly clear that they will know because they are both being for magic rather than lexical. and because both towns, res, huge oil consumers and equally huge oil importance, they need the oil to survive and so that will them a really good question of gaping their economy is going. it's not a question of politics or birch is signaling with regard to the frame conflict. rational will be solved internationally as we have seen and continue think it just

won't be traded by western western traders. and it won't be shipped by a western ship and ensured by western insures, it won't make any difference to russia. russia has exposed already new markets and the increasing consumption all russian oil to china and india. and also pakistan is negotiating with russia on a phone call portion, crude oil ad trying to make good, so to necessity changes into the refined race and air for that gum. so both countries come to any deed and that is most likely in the, in the early next year, maybe in january. and it will increase the

consumption of formation all and practice time. and russia is old. so of negotiating, one of the other countries as well. calling from the local factories say they were main closed even after the christmas holidays. as the current coast of energy is too high to keep production, they now when come the fuel prices in france are expected to rise due to the end of a discount on car fuel and gas stations. on december 31st. all he contributes rachel moss and is in paris with the details. things are really not looking very good here in france right now. and moscow's response to the g 7 in european union's price cap on russian oil. that is to band deliveries, to countries that abide by the cap. does even kick in until february 1st. and the useful embargo on russian oil also hasn't been fully felt yet. because there's also a grace period there until january, so ships don't get caught out at sea, but already there are some signs of trouble here. hey,

you know the fairy tale of cinderella, where she had to be home by midnight, or else her magic carriage turned back into a punkin? well, french drivers have until midnight on december 31st before their own pars risk getting bricked turning into pumpkins because of sticker shock at the pump. because the discount that a live drivers here in france weren't even aware that the government had built into the price of fuel for the past few months to help offset the rising cost of energy is coming to a crashing halt when the clock strikes midnight on january 1st, and at that point, the prices are set to go up by $10.00 to $0.20 per liter for everyone, except about $10000000.00 french citizens who will qualify for the help that's replacing it in the case of workers who make less than $14700.00 euros per year, who will need to fill out a government form to get on all whopping $100.00 euros to cover the

entire year of energy price heights for 2023. meanwhile, french factories are already planning to ring in the new year by not reopening after the holidays. citing skyrocketing production costs, one manager of the company that produces isolation material, told the french press that he seen a 100 percent increase in material costs, and 500 to 700 percent spikes in energy prices. oh and get this. the french energy transition minister. i guess penya who now she tweeted on tuesday that if you hear home with wood in france, the government will now offer you assistance of between 50 and 200 euros. the state acts against rising prices from this tuesday, december 27th. if you want temper to help you warm up, you can benefit from assistance ranging from 50 to 200 euro's. it was just so surreal. this tweet that you think you're looking at, a parody account, but nope, and apparently the energy transition minister, i guess,

is going to help friends transition straight back to the cave mandate. hey, maybe the government can toss in a freed bag of marshmallows so that at least french citizens can all feel like they're having fun. camping out at home rather than huddling around the fire. like they're back in the stone age. maybe we can even like, since production is troublesome right now, because when he paused now we can like start bashing on rocks in the fire to hobbled that it's hard to believe that this is supposed to be one of the world's most developed countries, which at one point prided itself on its nuclear energy independence to the mounting tensions in the balkans. now. well, forty's in northern kosovo have closed. a key crossing with serbia of the serbian protest is set up road blocks. on this side of the checkpoint activists have blocked several roads inside northern coast. though this month, the local cert minority is protesting the arrest of a former policeman accused by course of all sorties of assaulting other offices. several shooting incidents have been reported in the area while christina has

demanded the removal of the service barricades. on the soviet aside, belgrade is deployed troops along the coast of a border order rang its army and police to stay on high alert and be ready to protect a ethnic serbs in the breakaway province. christina has also denied entry to the head of the serbian church ahead of orthodox christmas. either his refusal to recognize that cost of those aspirations for independence and with tensions of kosovo at boiling point. the european community is wary of a new military conflict in the balkans. meanwhile, the authorities in pristine are trying to blame the escalation on none other than moscow. it is precisely serbia influenced by russia that is raised a state of military readiness and that is ordering the erection of new barricades in order to justify and protect the criminal groups that terrorized citizens of serve, of necessity, living in kosovo and moscow. how strongly were both the accusations from christina,

for his part, so the president, alexander church, they spell greatest, committed to preserving peace and stability in the region, while the safety of some $50000.00 ethnic serpent northern cost of remained a top priority for bel grade. who teach said the serbian barricades, a clear sign of the discontent and struggle of locals that discuss these developments with belgrade base political analyst alex on the povlovich. now many thanks for joining us on the program. now what do you think we can expect from the protest is in the coming days? well, just a few hours ago the serbian president said that he thinks that they should remove the roadblocks because the rest of the policeman has been released from jail to house arrest. also another young, serbian man who was arrested last june for celebrating the serbian national day and course of all wearing a t shirt was also released. and so he's supposed to have a meeting tonight read about this time with representatives of course serves us

to explain to them why you think that they should remove the roadblocks. we'll see if that happens because you know, the demand was for a lot more than that. it was also for the for the special police forces of so called costs or to, to withdraw from the north. so we'll see what happens after tonight's meeting with by the serbian president than the cost of a server representatives will know much more the option to negotiate seems to be pushed aside at the moment. but could that perhaps change if the company is continues to escalate? well, i really appreciate and i hasn't shown any willingness to compromise. and i think so far they've been making unilateral moves. they've been sending a special police forces to the north even though there's an agreement where they

can go to the north. of course, of all, only with a by prior agreement from k 4 and they go there and intimidate local, sort of population. they are building new bases in the north, which they're not supposed to be able to do. and all the west has done backs, you know, the entire was back in, i think only they haven't really tried to put any pressure on them to do anything. they, whenever they condemn anything, they always make sure to condemn both sides. in belgrade has done anything wrong, so you know, best thing so far, cruise can, has been allowed to act with total. impunity. and the us so far there hasn't been any, any sign from any of the western capitals that down the chain maybe will. but so far it hasn't done and they throw on the international peacekeeping forces in kosovo, seemingly being quite passive, admit these tensions. so why is that?

yeah, they're totally pass it. well, the thing is, these are natal last forces and just about all the nato countries excluding for have recognized the independence of so called cost of all. so you can, you, and of course, the main, the main nato country, the us not only has recognize so called cost of all, but they're the sponsors of their, of their succession. so of course, being the soldiers in k for nato countries. they're not going to get orders to really do anything to ob, worsting relations with the audience. so you know, they let them pretty much do what they want. yeah, they've been extremely passive. they haven't been working a lot with mandate. so that's another problem. but you know, that's the only thing. nato took responsibility for peacekeeping after $999.00 according to un resolution of the security council. 1244. they haven't really done

that. all they've done is allow christ enough to slower we ethnically cleanse course of all from serbs to intimidate local served population. also please monks non. then they didn't allow the patriarch of the serbian church to cross administrative border the other day. so really natal has totally failed and it's in its mission as defined by the un that they've done very well to help taste and ethnically cleanse. as many serves that they can form i of course, of all, and now person or is open the accusing russia of stating the flames of the conflicts. but there were any other foreign powers, with a vested interest in seeing unrest in kosovo. you know, that's such a blatant lie it's. it's really hard to comment on that in on a mighty 99. it was natural that bombs, serbia, i was nato to sponsor the vehicle was the k l a. b l. damien terrorist organization,

which, which fought alongside nato troops in 1999. it was nato. it was the west and sponsored the unilateral declaration of independence by priest leaders in russia was against it the entire time. so, you know, to accuse russia, it is the same as hitler using, you know, the allies of starting world war 2. it's a total, you know, it's a totally turning things upside down. it's falling white black. you know, it's like or, well, you know, wars piece of slavery's freedom. you know, it's, it's absurd. it's, you know, russia, if anything has been calling for respect of un security council resolution 1244. nobody's listening to russia, the west. they walked serbia to really, to the secession of its historic province. that's the entire problem. russia has

absolutely. russia is try to be part of the solution. the was doesn't allow it to be in the state. the accuser of something that the west itself is doing. many things happening and is your insights into the situation we've been speaking to belgrade bass, political analyst, alexander pottage thing to denounce russia and co putin essay, to another message from the head of ukraine's national security council to the leaders of the country's orthodox church, which is recently become the target of oppression by the key of government. nasa, so speak. these now society after february 24th requires justice. and if you hide your affiliation to the moscow patriarch, and to connections with people who pray on the territory of russia for russian soldiers to kill us. and how can even look us in the eye. you must 1st look into your cautious. why are you hide and your name? it's unfair people should know where they're going. if you don't have a relationship, then officially deny it. save and put in

a satan and the satan is girl. call a spade a spade, and then it will be fair blow my cranium. politicians should stop dictating when people should celebrate christmas, and in which church they should pray, as, according to the advice to rent of the key as a chest line for also known as the monastery of cape, is also also lensky. to stop the crack down on the orthodox church and remove a ban on the clergy, access to religious buildings. metropolitan prevails if the church has nothing to do with pulling. so who is sitting where they confiscate relics from the faithful of the orthodox church from their citizens and says, 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 go up there. that is. clearly,

this month president lensky signed a bill banning religious organizations affiliated with moscow. we targets the ukranian orthodox church, traditionally linked to russia, some 850 people have been investigated so far and the 350 buildings searched according to the church. more than 70 restrictions have been issued blocking its activities. at least at 17, a senior cleric including the head of the key of caves, law for has been sanctioned so far. rates on diocese on bonds on clergyman seem to be just the tip of the iceberg. ukrainian intelligence agents even crushed the funeral of a ukrainian soldier, leaving the mother devastated, begging them to leave in peace. your pursuing? he's a, with the very reverend doc, overstuffed chair guy from the serbian orthodox church. faith is necessary for

ukraine's military dictatorship to break old times with russia, including spiritual ones. we need to, to say plainly to say simply, offense, ukraine has become a military proxy of the political west. now increasingly it's becoming de, also a cultural proxy and also lexia of religious proxy. so basically it d were so foggy, which was very present in, even in past decades, which, which unfortunately has a long tradition, at least 30 gaining of ukraine independence in 1990 s yourself. all the arc has become basically, you know, social 5 rico ukraine. it's very necessary for the military dictatorship in give to break old at ice with not only russia, but also it's don history and its own spirituality, which is connected to ross 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. many, thanks for your company here in our see international this wednesday. as always, you can find the latest news updates as well as the discussion, documentaries debate on our website. i was with

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