in lodge obs companies would lose millions and millions or is business and business is good. and that is the reality of what we're facing, which is fashion. with a terror attack and russia thwarted on new year's eve. well, that countries and mo, data sees ukrainian forces where plumbing using pro, it's before the russian military neutralized a weapon, manufacturing side with preemptive strikes with we're now into 2023, but what will the new year bring? we delve into the pressing, social, political, and economic friends that will define the coming up with will indeed, the new year bring a new world order about increasing number of countries looked towards a more equal structure and relations. 2022 saw crux emerge in the long standing

dominant with welcome to the recap of the news week. the laws this new year's day. thanks for joining us today. my name's human. a hospital has been shale this january the 1st in the luke ganske region. local officials say be attack was carried on by key abs forces using u. s. supplied high mars rockets. in this footage from the city of purple mice, you can see the damage caused to the building. according to authority, 6 people were injured. kiev not commented on the incident. well, an r t crew managed to visit the scene right after this strikes in these exclusive pictures . you can not only see the extent of the damage done to the hospital,

but also the patients being prepared for evacuation. reportedly, at least one person was killed along with the 6 others injured as authority stated, we want to say though, we are on able to independently verify those figures. here's what one, the hospital worker, how to say it'll bluetooth the, voted on the 1st rocket stroke during an operation. we drug, the patients who stomach was open out of there and sent them for further treatment . thank god, all the medical personnel survived in the operating room. you know, hospital was struck 3 times. this suggests that they wanted to kill as many people as possible. we kill on the front and they kill here behind the front lines. unfortunately. get something else to tell you by today rush his armed forces, say they have prevented a quote, terrorist attack on the country by ukraine's military. the russian empty state. it wants to take place on new year's eve and was prevented by preemptive strikes on

a facility manufacturing, drones, and launch sites. ah, not across all 11 time zones from moscow to vladivostok, russians flocked on to the streets to welcome in the new year. thousands of people celebrated on the streets of the russian capital ringing in 2023. and despite many rides of western sanctions, putting economic pressure on moscow over the past year, russia was able to stabilize its economy. 40 steep sweeney takes us through how we've all seen. the sensation is headlines moscow's ground to a halt and completely shut down. life in russia will never be the same again. and the country has once more retreated behind the iron curtain. while i'm here in the capital, i with the opportunity to show you what life is really like here on the ground. and a spoiler is very different from the so called iron curtain portrayed in the

western media. first of all, no, we are not hit by some kind of social media blackout cut off from the outside world . a good vpn gets you everything you need. i'm even up to speed with the latest goings on in our what square of the february, the 24th. the news came flooding in about shot some businesses leaving the country in some kind of mass exodus. if you believe the headlines there were no shops left in russia at all, but that's not quite true. many of those that didn't leave did so at great cost, but more than 1000 foreign companies are still doing business here in russia. starbucks is simply re branded itself as stars, and mcdonalds has a new owner and a new name. but it's pretty much the same. i, we're still loving it. we spoke to people in the streets and asked them if they'd notice any differences. i keep in mind that there are many lunk on trans, at unknown waste and the horn. once we found

a replacement for them. we started to support ration brands that maintain quality. okay. all of the little of coca cola is gone, but we have a replacement of the local brand aubrey color. a lot of beverages, good ones have appeared since coca cola left russia and i almost see no difference without mcdonald's either. i don't expect that brand to return, and i think the russian version, tasty, full stop is quite delicious. did you see that we managed to partially substitute for the brands that left for furniture, for example, ikea. we've replaced a portion of their products. it will be city to deny the impact to sanctions on the russian economy of core things aren't quite as they were before the special military operation. but at the same time, it's not quite as the west hote as it ramped up the pressure. remember biden as a result of these unprecedented sanctions, the rubel almost as immediately reduced to rubble. well, soon after the military operation began, the rubel did indeed tank 30 percent to the dollar. hitting record lows. put the

situation a stabilized. it's now $65.00 to $70.00 roubles to the us dollar, meaning that russia's currency is now stronger than it was before the military operations began. in fact, according to bloomberg, the rule is the best performing currency in the world this year. but now, as the situation has stabilized, so has a wes realization that is overplayed it's hand. take the economy, for example. back in february, it was reporting dubin gloom, that the collapse of the rouble was continuing and compounding the isolation of russia. yet just months later in august, it was asking the question, how does the ruble contin to defy expectations? well, maybe the answer is a simple one. perhaps those expectations shouldn't have been lowered in the 1st place, but not to say that there's no awareness of what's going on in the conflict though . it's a topic this not just discussed ady could also exist in the public way. across the

city you'll see billboards adorned with as ed logo. posters like this one declaring glory to russian heroes. different pictures, different faces of different folder of all run a q, r code, how to find out more information. but there are serious discussions about how best to support those on the front line. this new year will look different for many russians. a lot of towns and cities have scrapped by celebrations altogether. here in moscow, a compromise was reached, a city wide boat was held. the outcome, well atone down celebration without firewood, but the mer says that it important to keep those traditions alive. to day when thousands of men husband's fathers and sons are fighting for the independence of our motherland. when blood is being shed, when hundreds of thousands of civilians are suffering, we also face

a choice in the name of the economy in the name of compassion, to abandon these holidays. or to spite the tragic circumstances to still remain human. people who adhere to their national traditions do not lose their spirit. they do not get discouraged. they believe in victory now with tears, but with deeds. they support those who are on the front line to day. so yes, there have been some hiccups along the way. and for many, life will never be the same in russia again. but rushes, total isolation on its collapse, i predicted by the west as seemingly file to materialize the sweeney on russian or on a glow of all levels. 2022 was a year that saw cracks emerge in the long standing unit cooler system. news rolled in essentially every month thought appeared to show the balance of power shifting and the newer shared world order rising. when the analysis wasn't before our very

eyes, the world is changing and really becoming multi polar. however, some countries are trying to preserve their teetering, had gemini, at any cost using a wide range of political, military, economic, informational, and other methods and means. since the end of the 2nd world. busy war, it felt like the world was ruled by a very few power, seemed concentrated in the hands of the global north and represented by the g 7 group of economies, all singing to the same west than him. but this year and you, horace is rising. the biggest new block is coming up and with a tidal wave. this is briggs 25 percent of the world's d, d p. that the court of the was gross domestic product and 40 percent of its population. when measured in land was, it is a quarter of the world,

this is what you and i, and the rest of us have been waiting for. a multi polar world is rising. and along with it many more keen to join in africa, the biggest country by land mars and the continents biggest guess export algeria once in iran is also key. and it was right here in south africa that president followed. i'm a poser told us about saudi arabia's interest as well. egypt and turkey allured and pondering why it's the spirit driven in co operation and inclusiveness heightened, entreat, finance, supply chain and smuggling fracturing here no one is more over another with in the group. and there's no meddling in each other's business. all dictating how they should handle their own, a face each with equitable global governance. radio, not

a new world is coming to san antonio. t was the is the word, it authorization went a bit of ira just as the geopolitical ask about changing with new regional powers. emerging. the global financial system is getting a bit of a make over to, for example, major his painful rash energies of, with national currencies and even 5250 splits between rouble and new that. and if the plans of shanghai corporation of an invasion come to life will only see this trend accelerate with alternative him in a system also on the horizon, the reliance on the dollar as the instrument supporting the world at one minute. this is not so very promising for him to speak that that is not somebody used to them that more and more countries are shifting through or using co alto that you've got on seuss shifting. still use national currency more and more and then the lease

process. so we will be, will be gaining momentum. we have see how washington says hundreds of billions of dollars are fresh and f s. we know promised that there'll be return. i am of the day to show that tennis un, i counted for almost 3 percent to the highest level since the data began in 2016 at the same time, the dollars share job to, to below 59 percent to the lowest level in 25 years, but 2022 saw the momentum growth tours break is dominance and age or frame a new fear or daughter when the conflict in ukraine started, western leaders said that anyone who doesn't sign up for their sanctions will be on the wrong side. all the history india did not pick sides. in fact, in that position been cleared the position of neutrality. after all law school been

an old friend to when you deli and also of all trading thought. so what india did instead was it started building new banking channels to be able to treat with more school in ruby's india as appetite for russian could also increase from your own one percent imports in february to almost 22 percent now, which is nearly 1000000 barrels of crude di now in the ongoing geopolitical shift as far as india is concerned, its view or more school is not defined by how western countries see it. we have to be confident about who we are. i think it's better to engage in the world on the basis of who we are rather than try and pleased a one of the limitation was this idea that the final got you know, somewhere and we need to get the approval of the waters. i think that it,

all we need to put behind in the us foreign policy has been very, very clear that is to promote its own interest 1st. so despite western pressures and more judgments, india has been very clear that it's not going to be dictated by anyone. well, as 2023 begins, people around the globe are hoping for a more positive year ahead because it follows a previous 12 months of my protest military conflicts. further follow from the pandemic and all i made a deepening economic crisis. my colleague nick here and earlier discuss the prospects for the new year with a number of guest. just when i think i have figured that the human race has somehow exhausted every possible means of destroying itself or its culture already or its saturday. i'm disappointed because there's a new way. no, i think things are going to be much worse. and,

but the only thing that will help most people is the diluted effect of the social media platforms which allow people to recess and to revert from reality and go into la la land and take pictures of their food. while society collapses famous, the astrologer nostradamus, he made many interesting and unusual prophecies, as we know, he said, to predict the 3rd world war being on the horizon next year was, you'll take on that and doesn't look like tensions between some of the worlds and major powers are reaching that critical points. i see the possibility of potentially for a forefront war facing the united states, especially because it's out there with it's a gemini stirring all of this up has created the mess and in 2022. and i think it's, it just doesn't know how to help itself, and it's going to continue on that path. and it's going to create even greater

tensions or in 2023. and we got to be watchful and any think and there can be something out of nowhere that could absolutely cause a, a catastrophic event and a cascading event that could lead to, to this war front war that i just mentioned. they stem from the middle east to the, to, into in the pacific to or of course europe, europe could see in a 2nd war next year. and that, what is that war? that is basically co kosovo. serbia? it was announcement recently, for example, that thanks i, the bank one of the brushes, largest banks, has currently developed a new payment gateway that goes between russia and iran and allow people to lose money more or less instantly between the 2 countries. so that's where we're losing the dominance of the financial system, which at the moment is controlled by a private company called swift,

which is basically how most of us move on money to and fro around the world. now that's gone and now we've seen that gone. we're going to see, i think, a whole bunch of new and exciting companies from china, russia, india, iran, all these, everyone was saying, all these new company, these new companies that will be in this new multi poder, while we'll start developing really exciting payment technology that we've really been stopped for in the financial industry to generations now. well, with all of the us having now run in the new year, let's rewind to some moments. americans will recall from the past 12 months. spoiler alert, president biden made the highlight reel more than once. it's a great, a more inflation super so who are the fry moves in no matter what their call do. 101215 step on the bus black. anyway,

i'm not concerned about with concerned about i think the context is that whether or not they're pulling back from fallujah and the, i mean from the, the care soc inflations worldwide problem right now. because of the war in iraq and an impact on oil and which russia is doing distributed the war in ukraine. and i think interact, possession, my son. i guess what we got a lot to do with kind of me we go back a long way. she was 12, i was 30, but anyway, a,

his biceps are biggers, my cat, a se. there's that man. i hope we're in the same side. you know, so he's russian. i don't care who has got some real bisection that we call them guns. ah, 2022 saw no end of instability,

all the energy markets with commodity prices really all over the place. western sanctions on russian energy supplies led to spike's lead to fluctuations the sector as well as expect to get even rougher next year because of an e. u and g 7 price cap on russian oil. moscow says it will not play by the western rules and will bond exports to any country complying with that camp. 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. things are really not looking very good here in france right now. and moscow's response to the g 7 and european union's price cap on russian oil. that is to ban 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, friends, 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 driver's here friends 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. 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 hikes for 2023. meanwhile, french factories are already planning to ring in the new year by not reopening after the holiday. 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 this, the french energy transition minister. i guess, penny alina, 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 timber to help you warm up, you can benefit from assistance ranging from 50 to 200 euros. 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 free 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 of em, he paused me. we can like start bashing on rocks in the fire to hobbled bad. 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 before we get to the perception that when russia is being sanctioned lift, right. and so i'm gonna go to this point. so this, the service phones are from the russian president from the russian federation. douglas center quote straight. that's not going to come in here and play your games as if now the oil and gas or the energy as controlling won't in washington,

especially the european countries have the ones that i have to suffer from dis decree by the ones that are really sticking to russia, i do to get off of them, but my hunch is only the western countries that are more of a shock, yet it would benefit from the resistance of russia that are going to suffer during his new years. speech chinese president, shin paying address, while of the most pressing issues, his country faced in 2022, the cobit pandemic. he also called for unity or jim who georgia nor the from our colossal effort. we overcame unprecedented difficulties and challenges which were not easy for everyone. now the prevention and control of the epidemic has entered a new stage. everyone is working hard, persevering, and the dawn is ahead and in persistence in unity is our victory illnesses. for recently, china, i choose western media outlets of misrepresenting this situation in the country after its strict anti cobit measures were lifted. now,

a number of nations that previously urged beijing to remove those barriers or imposing travel restrictions on chinese nationals extensively amid renewed fears of the virus. spreading ortiz, marina costs rep is being taking a deeper look into the issue. it's the case of the damned if you do damned if you don't know the china is relaxing its shred, 0 coal with policies after 3 long years, which is 1st and foremost as the expense of its economy bots, for the sake of its people. western media are having a field day with headlines like a b for did you know about as of may this year, more than 1000000 people have died from call it in the u. s. we learned that more than 1000000 americans have now died from the disease, a milestone. we didn't want to think about, but new was coming in a panoramic that's far from over. that's more than any country in the world. now, did we see the same hysteria in the media as we're seeing now with china?

of course, not as the us took the headline lead in the number of deaths and cases during the pandemic where americans singled out and forth to be tested more than other world travelers. no time is asking how come a small number of western media have deliberately hyped up and even misrepresented china's covert policy adjustment and yet avoided reporting on the deficiencies and heavy price paid in their own countries cove response. this is nothing but double standards and is clearly against journalistic ethics. just a few weeks ago when we saw dozens of protests across various cities in china against the countries, strict cove and measures was for leaders were keen to push beijing to compromise and meet the protesters, demands calling season, paying an authoritarian dictator. china has to figure out a way forward on dealing with was covered a way for that answers the of the health needs, but also answers the needs of people. locked down is not

a policy that we support here. but obviously there are people in china that, that have concerns about that and their protesting that. and we believe they should be able to do that piece for i think we're seeing the chinese people speak up for more freedom against the coven lockdown policies. i support that, well, what happened? you got what to wanted, didn't you? and now people are a change in their tune, applaud in china's original success in containing the virus and saying that now it's a disaster. even japan, which was asking china to relax its quarantine measures just a month ago, is now afraid of chinese travelers and in america. as always, the double standards are comical. remember when the by the administration was sneering trumps china travel back at the start of the pandemic as racist. no republican president nor democratic president, we have racist, and they've existed, they tried to get elective resumes. the 1st one that has enormous lloyd chris,

this is we're the credible year president is most needed as he explains what we should and should not do. this is no time for donald trump record of hyster xenophobia historical then a phone fast forward to this. if you've been to china get ready because the coven pass are back even for those who have been vaccinated. so what was the plan, or is it more of a make it off as you go along kind of approach, as long as it's against china? who knows either way, it's clear that in today's reality, whatever beijing comes up with, it's wrong. it locks people up authoritarian. it opens up its reckless and a threat to the world. but maybe you should be about letting countries sort their problems out themselves another year, another deadly de enough gala done an explosion has taken place. the entrance to

a military are reporting couple. according to a spokesman for the taliban run, interior ministry, a warning to viewers, disturbing images are ahead. at least 10 people, something kills, and 8 more seriously injured. tell about authority. say the attack was carried out by a suicide bomber, but no one has taken responsibility of yes, although in this law, mac state affiliated group has increased its attacks in the country since the taliban returned to power. in 2021, a local reporter sent us this from a couple bomb the embassy action by on sunday january. the 1st is around 7 45 in the morning, a suicide bomber. at times the entrance gates of italy by military base and cobble spokesman for the taliban, confirmed at 10 people were killed, were injured in the powerful explosion, almost dead or injured all local african people. according to the statement, officials refused to provide further details. when we approached eye witnesses, they were scared of the taliban, and avoided being filmed on camera at the scene. we were told that the explosion

could be heard. 15 kilometers away on an official sources suggest that the number of casualties is higher, are not sufficiently stated. on people in cobble show me that this exclusion could take place on the 1st day of the new year when will be more heat ctv cobbled? definitely. ha. it started with the pandemic. and here in russia continued this year because of the conflict and sanctions nowadays exploring your own country instead of traveling overseas. next steps as fits died with a popular traveled logger, to discuss. finding treasures closer to hope is run ahead ah with mm.