when you start a new story, i shoot you a new ball. i used to miss donna this season, you need to assign them ah, the ukraine conflict as the late in the dawn bass as russia and ukraine and change drugs that's after scores of russian soldiers were killed in a recent attack by you korean forces using u. s. supplied high mark rocket center, rise in western sahara as the conflict between moroccan forces in this are always people's liberation army escalade less than 0. that's how an e u. official describes the effects of anti russia thanks amid the flaw old report showing a marked increase in revenues to rush up from you countries last year. with

hello, good morning for mark, international studios in moscow, and from wherever you may be catching us. welcome to the hour's top stories from around the world. i'm fearless russian air defences have reportedly been activated in the skies over the russian city of varnish. unconfirmed footage of objects in the sky has been circulating on social networks earlier to drones, were reportedly shot down over the crimean 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 kind of my thoughts. and bruce, this is unconfirmed footage of the last aftermath circulating on social media. a ukrainian military base reportedly came under fire with emergency services tackling

the blaze. the incident was caught on camera by french tv channel during its live broadcast. during would you know, crossing live tor correspondent, pawn meanwhile, a 14 year old child and an elderly women have been killed in a ukrainian strike on the city of business in the loop guns republic. earlier key of hit don. yes, city of mucky. you have come with the russian, m o. d confirming 63 soldiers were killed in the attack. ukraine used american supplied high mark rockets to strike the soldiers as living quarters. r t c. 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 media, 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 in the mercenaries, foreign mercenaries that have been doing the bidding of the ukrainian side that have been worrying on the side of key 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 scenes no close 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 horses currently occupy over 80 percent of the region which the raleigh arab

democratic republic lays claim to our to corroborate its hotline dig deeper in the decades long conflict 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 moral gl denied responsibilities for the death, similar

a relic of spain's colonial pass that is still cherished. today, the incident is alleged, saw thousands of migrants and refugees, tired of being changed our black animals with little to no welfare. climb ob, 6 mute along, i am fences that led to precious with police. scores of migrants were left dead, many died worthy 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 rolled over western sahara from 1884 until 1975 following international pressure. 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 poly sadie of france and national liberation movement led the defense of the sa wiley length. the position expressed by the spanish government totally contradicts international legitimacy, the united nations, their freakin union, the european union, the international court of justice, the european court of justice and origin. organizations do not recognize moroccan sovereignty over the western sahara. but it wasn't just fe. germany also incurred

to moral cause ref berlin denounced former you as president donald trump's recognition of morocco's claim over with the hara and the united nations in march of 2021. moreover, and foreign ministry 7 all ties with germany, including german organizations based in morocco. but as soon as all of shoals became the new chancellor, the country seem 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 beck's moral cause, claim over, sell our we less 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 west than 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 revived. hes to mend if diplomatic ties with israel, even though the united nations recognized the police, are your friend as the legitimate representative of the surrounding people, the west only cares about it, interests and narrative. but from any in the global south, it would be a moral any justice if west thin interests are allowed to some to gained an entire people without a rebuttal. cannibalization for r t. in jonesboro, a sarai activists thinks that you stand on the conflict violates international laws

and conventions. you couldn't set up a bathroom at the office by spade in germany did not directly recognize barrel conservancy and salary alone is a kind of recognition in so called self rule and a kind of excuse when morocco's occupation of western sahara and it is a decision taken by spain, in germany, but it violates international law. and all international conventions who said there was a clear contradiction that we see the western nations defending human rights for my crying, but at the same time supporting the illegal occupation of westminster hall run for the benefit of america. and because according to the un international law and international tribunal workers presence in western sahara as considered an occupation, this means that human rights, international rules are that all the principals at the e u in the u. s. have been talking about or just tools in the hands of a dominant power uses them when it has certain interests and the whole. unfortunately, i'm in support for western sahara does not correspond to the interests of western countries. to indonesia now were heavy rain on new years eve cars

flooding in the city of summer on rising water caused significant damage to local infrastructure storms last java island. earlier on friday, leaving several areas. inundated railway communication in the northern part of the island was temporarily disrupted, no casualties have been reported, and emergency services were on hand to deal with the effects of rising waters. and over to europe now were the effect of brussels sanctions against moscow has been described as less than 0. those are the words of an e u. parliament member. as the blocks own report shows a marked increase in revenues to russia from e u countries. last year, r t 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 its 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 stirring 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 year

a 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 imports. 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. oh, trust us war against ukraine were prepared for this at the beginning of the war. russia's 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 are 1st and foremost for show,

as in look how tough were being on russia, and how much were sacrificing our o 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 cost to operate their ovens. so the e u is even willing to toss the french by get 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 via repeat. no, with joe biden short comment to his south korean counterparts statement that plans are underway to conduct bilateral military drills and loving 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 said it planned to increase its nuclear arsenal . this year, pyongyang has been test firing missiles as its neighbor to the south, ramped up military drills with the u. s. in recent months. the south has warned that if north korea conducts a nuclear attack, it would retaliate and destroy their 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 geopolitical 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 dpr 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 throughly the d p r k government. and therefore, i think it really takes the 2 to tango. the united states in particular and tpr k need to negotiate with each other resulting diplomacy to solve the nuclear weapons 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 may need no garage zation on the korean peninsula. u. s. house speaker nancy pelosi is leaving her role as speaker this year. the official made waves in 2022 with her controversial visit to taiwan, described by many in media as almost leading to direct conflict between the us and china. our teeth. 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. women,

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, the met with resolute contra measures swimming the u. s. mosque and show full responsibility for any serious consequence arising their health. these young, the world braced for war as follows. c, 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 the deep us china, competition. that was not the surprise. but this collation of been shown in pay one b s. they were not doing dividend. and they were treated by an individual travel of

lepers finality that bring it ty, 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 sat at the people's republic moved to retake the island. he would step in. we are not moving, we're not encouraging or being independent to be clear, sir. u. s. 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 shipping industry would benefit ty, ones, economy, and make up for increased pressure from the government of china. taiwan has already

paid the co, the visit and is likely to continue to do so. with the coming days of weeks. what concrete tangible benefit can you promise taiwan? offset the cost of your trip? went to the same time. this is ship is taking place in recognition of our common interest. economically, we just pass the kits and find at the taiwan policy act. 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 recent 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. seems pretty clear the people on the island do not want war as much as why gen 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. feel bobbin r t new york as nancy pelosi hands over her role as fieger to republicans. it seems the politicians didn't and office created more. critics and fans get more on the story and others on our website. stay tuned. 2022 has also been a politically intensive 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.

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then packing countries around the world. i'm sorry, i know you like good started right now. the 7 border is overrun with people a legally coming into united states. though the administration will tell you the border is secure. we have a secure border in that that is a priority for any nation, including ours. in our administration, texas governor greg avenue, florida governor rhonda santas are taking matters into their own hands by busing. these migrants to other cities in america who claim to be sanctuary. cities was a little bit per class when i heard that the president is scrambling it together to try to address the fact that you are who are helping to relocate lately

for border states are pushing back and it keeps ending buses and planes for people to cities claiming to accept my grants with open arms and promises to provide them with shelter and resources all to help start their new life in america. however, only 4000 the 1600000 migrants who illegally cross the border have now actually reached new york city. but new york city governor eric adam says enough, any begging the governors to stop because he says his city is already over run. these trends continue. we will be over $100000.00 in the year to come. that's far more than the system was ever designed to handle. fish is on sustainable. new york city is doing all return, but we are reaching the out a limit of our ability to help. but it's not just america facing this problem. new leaders in italy are now proposing an act of war to stop.