often very dramatic development. only personally, i'm going to resist. i don't see how that strategy will be successful, very difficult time time to sit down and talk ah, the ukraine conflict escalate than the da boss of russia and ukraine exchange strike. that's after scores of russian soldiers were killed in a recent attack by ukrainian forces using us supplied highmark rockets, pensions rise in western sahara as the conflict between moroccan forces and the firewall. we, people's liberation army as the late less than 0. that's how e u. officials describe the effect of the anti russian sanction amid the boss own report to show a marked increase in revenue to russia from e u countries last year with

good morning for mark, international studios in moscow, and from wherever you may be watching. welcome to the hour's top stories from around the globe. i'm fearless over. russian air defense have reportedly been activated in the skies over the russian city of bato. nish unconfirmed footage of objects in the sky has been circulating on social networks earlier to drones were reportedly shot down over the crimea and city of sebastopol. according to local authorities. there have been no reports of any damage or casualties. meanwhile, fighting has been escalating on the ground in the dawn bass. a series of explosions have been reported in the ukrainian controlled areas of crime authority in through 12. this is unconfirmed footage of the bloss aftermath circulate on social media. a

ukrainian military base reportedly came under fire with emergency services, haggling, the blaze explosions have also been reported in the neighboring city of cram authority. the incident was caught on camera by a french tv channel during its live broadcast, dealing with good to know across laptop correspondence partner. meanwhile, a 140 year old child, a 14 year old child and herbal elderly women have been killed in a ukrainian strike. in the city of revisionist, in the lou guns were public earlier key of head don. yes, city of mackie you have got with the russian m. o. d confirming 63 soldiers were killed in the attack. ukraine used american supplied high mars rockets to strike the soldiers living quarters are teasing or start off, has more scores, dozens over what is believed to be russian fresh recruits have perished in this

artillery attack. launched by the ukrainian forces over the new year's night. apparently under it was targeting the quarters over these people just outside the city of dynette. in the small town of my cave could basically it is believed that all those russian soldiers, they were stationed at what used to be a vacation. oh, college, it's building, so they were, this was their quarters and this is where at least for high mars rockets, according to the russian defense ministry. this is what the head, too high mars projectiles were intercepted according to the russian defense ministry. now this confirmation has come talk to at the very bottom of monday's major, released by the defense ministry in which they have also listed all the targets that the russians that the russian army managed to hit lately. for instance, they talked how several artillery strikes across the front managed to kill some 74,

and the mercenaries, foreign mercenaries that have been doing the bidding of the ukrainian side that have been worrying on the side of k of the so called foreign legion. now also, but the incident in my cave ca, for example, it has caused an uproar among the experts among the military experts here in russia . they've been asking questions as to how come show many people were stationed at a feeble or soviet era building. why weren't there quarters located in the basements and the under ground, and there have been repeated calls for a serious investigation of this so far, the russian defense ministry has already promised to provide all help it can to the families of those soldiers who have been killed or, well wounded as a result of this high mas strike. a conflict that seems no clue to resolution as a moroccan army positions in west africa have come under increasing attacks by the

western sahara liberation army in recent days. robots forces currently occupy over 80 percent of the region which the self proclaimed raleigh arab democratic republic has claimed r t corroborates hotline dig deeper into the decades long conflict bodies, beaten, bruised, defenceless, and many lifeless african victims of what moroccan authorities have called a stampede on his border with spanish, not african enclave of molina discrimination and violence from police are often rooted in colonial and slavery prisons. and this was no different ah

6 months of the incident. the government of spain and morocco denied responsibilities for the deaths in molina, a relic of spain's colonial past that is still cherish to day. the incident is alleged, saw thousands of migrants and refugees, tired of being caged public animals with little to no welfare. climb up 6 metal long iron fences that led to precious with police scores of migrants were left dead . many died where he fell, the governments of morocco and spain under reported the full extent of this horror and denied any responsibility. but not every one was willing to take this at face value, even after enquiries by rabbit and madrid. at this dismal 6 month

anniversary, the spanish american authorities have continued to deny any responsibility for the carnage at miller. there is a growing mountain of evidence of multiple, serious human rights violations. the smacks of a cover up and racism, spain rule over western sahara from 1884 until 1975 following international pressure. and the un resolution on the colonization, spain was forced to seed control over its territory. neighboring morocco wasted no time in annexing western sahara illegally claiming it's part of its kingdom for 5 decades morocco waged war on the surrounding people. and for 16 of those years, the pulley, sorry, of france, a national liberation movement lead the defense of the so wily length. the position expressed by the spanish government totally contradicts international legitimacy.

the united nations there for can union the european union, the international court of justice, european court of justice and origin. organizations do not recognize more concerned over the western sahara, but it wasn't just fe. germany also encouraged moral cause ref. berlin denounced former you as president donald trump's recognition of morocco's claim over with the, the hara and the united nations in march of 2021. moreover, and foreign ministry severed all ties with germany, including german organizations based in morocco. but as soon as all of shoals became the new chancellor, the country seemed to assume a much more relaxed than using energy issues caused by the ukraine conflict as an excuse. germany signed the hydrogen deal with morocco, berlin now to beg, moral has claim over, sell our we live. germany considers the autonomy plan presented in 2007 as

a serious and credible effort by morocco and as a good basis for a solution agreed upon between both parties. this europeans you, paul chrissy, of looking out for your own interest seems more like a western privilege. the united states, the so called defenders of democracy and liberty in the world. also recognize moral cause claim. in a quid pro quo, the deal is rebut, has 2 men in diplomatic ties with era, even though the united nations recognized the police are your friend as the legitimate representative of the surround we people, the west only cares about it, interest and narrative. but for many in the global south, it would be a moral any justice if with them interests are allowed to

some, to gain an entire people without a rebuttal that a melissa for anti and jonesboro is or are we active as thanks to you stance on the conflict violates international laws and conventions. you couldn't set up the bass, professor spade in germany did not directly recognize american sovereignty in so hard is a kind of recognition in so called self rule and a kind of excuse for morocco's occupation of western horror. and it is a decision taken by spain in germany, but it violates international law and all international conventions. there was a clear contradiction. we see in the western nations defending human rights from a crane, but at the same time supporting the illegal occupation of westminster hall and for the benefit of morocco court. because according to the us international law and international tribunal, workers, presidents and weight and salary as considered an occupation. this means that human rights, international laws, the principles that you in the us have been talking about warning,

or just tools in the hands of a dominant power users and when it has certain interest. you know, unfortunately i'm in support for western sahara does not correspond to the interest of western countries to indonesia. now we're heavy rain on new years eve caused flooding in the city of summer on rising water cause significant damage to local infrastructure storms. last java island, earlier on friday, leaving several areas in nominated railway communication in the northern part of the island was temporarily disrupted, no casualties have been reported. emergency services were on hand to deal with the effects of rising waters. and over to europe. now, where the effect of brussels sanctions against moscow has been described as the less than zeros, those are the words of an e u. parliament member. as the blocks own report shows a marked increase in revenues to russia. from you countries. last year,

archie contributor rachel mars then brings us the details member of european parliament from belgium giver hofstadter tweeted his outrage at a new report detailing how the blocks anti russian sanctions have resulted in an increase of revenues to moscow from you countries. he says that the effect of the sanctions is quote, less than 0 and that the e u is quote, rewarding russia for it's war against us. or, you know, maybe the use war against itself. but back in february, the same euro deputy was mashing is keyboard tweeting furiously about the need for sanctions. prudent brings europe back to its darkest hours. peace and stability are at stake. not only do we need to launch the full scale of sanctions and help ukraine with equipment through the european piece facility. we also need to draw hard lessons. a european defense and energy union. well, actually it's europe. that's bringing europe back to its darkest hours because

everyone's turning the lights off to save on energy bills at the behest of the government. for hofstadter was all in on sanctions at the outset of the ukraine conflict. and now he's angry. that the very idea for which so many euro deputies just like himself, were lobbying so hard, has backfired. according to the data from the european union's own statistical agency, euro stat, the value of imports to east countries from russia in 2022 has increased. and by 346 per cent, from 2021. in the case of sylvania, which imports petroleum products and fertilizers from russia. in fact, the only you countries that didn't send more revenues to russia in 2022 were finland, lithuania, denmark, latvia, estonia, sweden, and ireland. in terms of euro's germany was russia's top you customer in 2022 with 20700000000 euros worth of russian in ports. poland was 2nd sending 10400000000

euros worth of revenue to moscow. ahead of italy, france, the netherlands, and belgium. and we've also just learned that poland pledge to stop importing russian pipeline oil by the end of 2022 is about to be broken now as well. so how exactly have you countries manage to send even more cash to moscow despite bragging that they're buying less well, simple supply and demand. a concept that apparently continues to elude the blocks leadership. we must cut rushes, revenues which put him uses to finance this. i'll trust this war against ukraine were prepared for this. at the beginning of the war, rushes pipeline gas was 40 percent of all imported guess. to day it is only 9 percent of our guess imports. you think someone who had taken a basic economic course might have spoken up there and said, hey look, if we drastically reduce our own energy supply,

the price will skyrocket. and moscow will therefore be able to recoup the costs of any reduction of export volume. but that would be the logical way of looking at it and measures taken here in europe. our 1st and foremost for show as in look how tough were being on russia, how much were sacrificing our own european way of life for ukraine. here in france, for example, every single day bakeries have been sounding the alarm all across the french press over looming shut downs, due to unmanageable energy costs to operate their ovens. so the e u is even willing to toss the french bag yet under the bus, which by the way, has unesco world heritage status all in order to keep up the charade of sticking it to russia and to russian president vladimir putin. no, was joe by. it and short comment to his south korean counterparts statement that

plans are underway to conduct bilateral military drills involving nuclear forces. amid rising tensions in the region. what we call extended deterrence was also the us telling us not to worry because it will take care of everything. but now it's difficult to convince our people with just that the u. s. government also understands that to some degree the nuclear weapons belong to the united states. but planning information sharing exercises and training should be jointly conducted by south korea in the united states. that announcement came after north korea that it planned to increase its nuclear arsenal. this year, p on gang has been test firing missiles as its neighbor to the south ramped up military girls with the u. s. in recent months, the south has warned that if north korea conducts a nuclear attack, it would retaliate and destroy its government. north korea has said the purpose of its missile program is to protect itself against threats from the u. s. and south korea. the prevailing situation calls for making redoubled efforts to

overwhelmingly beef up the military muscle to thoroughly guarantee the sovereignty security and fundamental interests of the republic. in response to the worrying military moves by the u. s. and other hostile forces precisely targeting the democratic people's republic of korea. we heard from regional geo political expert, victor gao who says joint military exercises only escalate the already heightened tensions in the korean peninsula. and just like united states and our okay. also need to really think about why d p r k had to develop its nuclear weapons. i think dpr k concluded that it needed the nuclear weapon to prevent the color revolution that the united states has been doing to many other countries to prevent a kind of military assault on dpr k aimed at over thoroughly the dpr k government. and therefore, i think it really takes the 2 to tango,

the united states, in particular empty p r k, need to negotiate with each other resort to diplomacy, to solve the nuclear weapon program on the korean peninsula. but now if the united states wants to join the military exercise with the r o k forces using nuclear weapons, in addition to strategic bombers, this is not helpful. you know, she me no garage zation on the korean peninsula as us house of representatives. speaker nancy pelosi leaves office. let's take a look back at the politicians visit to taiwan. the official trip was described by many media as nearly leading to direct conflict between the us and china. archie is caleb martin has more now the by the administration says that it wants to get along with china. but as the old saying goes, actions speak louder than words. and this year we saw nancy pelosi,

the u. s. speaker. the house visit taiwan. nancy pelosi is the highest ranking u. s. official to visit that island in 25 years. and her example was followed in december by a few british m. p. 's. needless to say, china is not thrilled. woman, you do have repeatedly made clear alpha opposition to speak, a pitiless visit to taiwan. if you ask, insist on challenge and china's red line, it will be met with resolute contra measures. the u. s. must in show full responsibility for any serious consequence arising. both these young, the world braced for war as pelosi, blatantly disregarded u. s. foreign policy and took its dig it beijing. china then launched 2 weeks of dramatic military exercises. the whole pacific region was put on to high alert, but war did not calm. china responded with economic measures and sanctions. the world was not impressed either. did deep us china competition. that

was not the surprise. but this collation of been shown in pay one. yes, they were not conditioned and they were treated by an individual travel wipers, finality that bring it thai when is treated to breach at the age of a i wouldn't say a will, but a lot of war games. los is moved, not only threatened china, which considers the island to be a renegade province, but it also goes against long standing u. s. policy. the u. s. government says there's only one china and recognizes the government in beijing, but yet biden sad of the people's republic moved to retake the island. he would step in. we are not moving. we're not encouraging their being independent to be clear, sir. us forces us men and women would defend taiwan in the event of a chinese invasion. yes. while on the island,

nancy pelosi reassured taiwan. that economic measures from the united states regarding the chip industry would benefit ty, ones, economy, and make up for increased pressure from the government of china. taiwan has already paid the co your visit and is likely to continue to do so. with the coming days of week. what concrete tangible benefits can you promise taiwan? offset the cost of your trip? went to the same time this to ship is taking place in recognition of our common interest. economically, we just pass the chips and find the act. the taiwan policy act are 2022 now sits before the u. s. congress. this isn't so much a pro taiwan bill as it's a bill aim at retaliating against the chinese government. china has slapped a visa ban on a number of officials on the island who helped coordinate the foreign visits. the reason elections on taiwan saw a pretty big suite for the k m. t party that's more sympathetic toward cooperating

with the mainland. meanwhile, independence forces saw a pretty big setbacks. he was pretty clear the people on the island do not want war as much as why singh 10 enjoys taunting beijing and playing with their lives as pawns when it comes to how countries conduct themselves in the international arena . there are certain standards, the various games that the biden administration is now playing, despite insisting they haven't abandon the one china policy that is longstanding, are certainly anything but professional. the world is not impressed. fail marvin r t new york. as nancy pelosi hands over her post to the republicans, it seems the politicians stint in office created more products than fans get more on this story and others on our website. stay tuned. 2022 has also been a politically intense year for pakistan. former p. m. emron khan was ousted from

office and has been holding nationwide rallies ever since against what he calls an internal and external conspiracy. let's take a look back at the timeline of events that unfolded in pakistan in the last year. ah no, marcus, thought man, better. now the pakistan nation is awake. we'll never be slaves again. it will have friendship with all but no slavery. yeah.

we have we are descending to fascism. we have a government which has no credibility amongst the people. but it, it is, it, we call it an importer government. this government is brought up from internal and external conspiracy and american conspiracy. now my nation must get ready. will not allow this regime of thieves to continue. now this regime will keep their mouth shut. they have replacement with this regime because the new imran honey will never give a basis to them. you will never take part in their war in afghanistan will not sacrifice the interests of his country for that human hon. can do this because he has to live and die in this country. with

my question for the button admins ration by indulging in a regime change, conspiracy to remove a democratically elected prime minister of the country of over 220000000 people to bring in a pop at bremond as deducing you have lessened or increased anti american sentiment in pakistan, that cipher exists. of i've brought it in front of the cabinet. i we, i presented it to the national security council because of a blatant him to ferret from outside of suits i left office 4 months back. never has there been such a public response for,

for any political party as it is for my father today. all my life. let me just say all my life i have always did within the law. and one of dick's, i've been for 26 years. i have always, all by brutus, everything up of between the limits of the law. as far as i'm concerned, it's over. it's behind me. the biggest one i want to lead must have good relationship with everyone,

especially the united states. our relationship with the u. s. has been a mazda service relationship, or a monster slave relationship, and we've been used like a hired gun. but for that, i blame my own government more than the us. that's a rap on that happening stories for beth. our for more up to the minute coverage had over to r t dot com. and don't forget to follow us on rumble, odyssey and dab, and we'll see back at the top of the hour with what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have. it's crazy confrontation, let it be an arms race is on offensive. very dramatic development. only personally and getting to resist. i don't see how that strategy will be successful, very difficult, time time to sit down and talk with ah

turn welcome to well support. a ticket ago when the historians were revisiting the origins of the 1st world war, the term sleepwalking became very trendy in describing how divergent factors and self serving actors tangled together to produce one of the biggest catastrophes in human history. as the world enters yet another period of tribe. are we still some be leading, or are we being deliberately lock into an obese? well, to discuss that i'm now joined by benjamin abil,

all federal how the was brought war to ukraine. mr. abdullah was great to see you. thank you very much for your time. thank you. thank you for having me. now. the title of your book, how the was brought war to ukraine is quite self explanatory and unambiguous. but the contrary in me wants to challenge it immediately, because after all, it was russia that launched this military operation on the ukrainian soil. and this is something that both decision makers and opinion shapers in the west are trying to frame as, as an act of aggression. a totally unprovoked act of aggression that goes against international law. and i have to say that there is some validity to this argument. why do you think it was the was that was the main driving force behind this conflict? one of the points i make in the books is to try to distinguish between what are referred was proximal causes. the causes that immediately proceed to war. and the deeper causes that can extend back in history for there's no natural starting point

for 1. 1 tries to establish a sequence of events so that while i make clear that the immediate cause of the war was mr. brewton decided to launch the war. he and his military staff for whoever else in the kremlin, was intimately involved with decision. and that sense, they bear responsibility for initiating the war and if the war could have been stopped and prevented at that point, then he bears responsibility. and of course, the, the russians bear responsibility for how the war is being carried out. what i'm focusing on the book more is not so much the proximal causes but are for the distal causes, the causes that extend further back in time that are now kind of hidden from sight that may have been on the newspaper papers, you know, then the newspaper on the pages of the newspapers years ago and have been forgotten or they may never been on the pages of the papers at all. so it's, i'm focusing mostly on the distal causes any causes.