attack in prison and even kill them. ah russia, what i knew my shop are you to progress? how many miles store your store grow slider renewing your total thought as you used to go to cd node, assume we will send you a ball. i used to miss dog these seeds, new york ah, the ukraine conflict escalates and the don boss of russia and ukraine exchange strikes. that's after scores of russian soldiers were filled in a recent attack by ukrainian forces using us supplied by mars rocket. tensions rise in western sahara as the conflict between moroccan forces in the firewall. we people's liberation, army escalate. last says 0. that's how an official describes the effects of anti russia sanctions. amid the blocks over for showing

a marked increase in revenues to russia from e u. countries last year with hello and good morning for martine or national studios in moscow, and from wherever you may be catching us. welcome to this hour's top stories from around the world and fearless well. russian air defense systems 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

crime authority. andrew school, this is on confirm footage of the bless, 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 a french tv channel during its live broadcast during the kitchen. now we're crossing lifetime responded. meanwhile, a 14 year old child and an elderly woman have been killed in a ukrainian strike in the city of rubies. ne, in the look on republic earlier kiev had don. yes, city of mucky, have come with the russian, m o d. confirming 63 soldiers were killed in be attacked. ukraine used american supplied high mars rockets to strike the soldiers as living quarters. r t z or stano 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 they had to hi. mazda projectiles were intercepted according to the russian defense ministry. now this confirmation has come tucked 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 and 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 seemed no closer resolution. as a moroccan armies, 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 raleigh arab democratic republic lays claim to r. t. cromwell, totland dig deeper in the decades long conflicts 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 routed in colonial and slavery prisons. and this was no different ah . 6 months after 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, public animals with little to no welfare climb up 6 me to long iron fences that led to precious with police. scores of migrants were left, did. many died, wavy fell the governments of morocco and spain and 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 pain ruled 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, sorry of france and 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, the european court of justice and origin. organizations do not recognize moroccan

sovereignty over the western sahara. but it wasn't as fe, germany also encouraged 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 severed all ties with germany, including german organizations based in morocco. but as soon as on of shoals became the new chancellor, the countries seem to assume a much more relaxed status 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 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 european hypocrisy 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 recognized morocco's claim. in a quid pro quo, the deal is revived. hes to amend its diplomatic ties with era. even though the united nations recognized the poly sorry of front as the legitimate representative of the sarai people, the west only cares about its interest and narrative. but from any in the global south, it would be a moral any justice if west thin interests are allowed to subdue, 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 and buy 7 of his spade in germany did not directly recognise american sovereignty in sahara is a kind of recognition in so called self rule and a kind of excuse for morocco's occupation of western sahara. 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 the western nations defending human rights from ukraine, but at the same time supporting the illegal occupation of western sahara for the benefit of morocco. because according to the un international law and international tribunals, morocco's presence in western sahara is considered an occupation. this means that human rights, international laws, or the principles that the you in the u. s. have been talking about or just tools in the hands of a dominant power that uses that when it has certain interests and unfortunately, support for western sahara does not correspond to the interests of western

countries. to indonesia now were heavy rain on new years. eve cause flooding and significant damage to local infrastructure in the city of summer on storm slam 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, where the effect of brussel sanctions against moscow has been described as less than 0. those are the words of an e u. parliament member. as a blocks own report shows a marked increase and 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 it's war against us. or, you know, maybe the use war against itself. but back in february, the same euro deputy was mashing as 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 you crane 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 during 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 you, 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 lithuanian denmark lot. fia 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 potent uses to finance this o trash 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. today it is only 9 percent of our guess imports. he thinks 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, and 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 biden short comment to his south korean counterpart 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 said 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 drills with the u. s. in recent months, south korea has warned that they would retaliate if north korea conducts a nuclear attack in turn, 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 r o k, also need to really think about why d p r j, he 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, kate 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 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 in our tv, no garage zation on the korean peninsula. u. s. how speaker nancy pelosi is stepping down from her role as speaker this year, but stays in congress. the official made waves in 2022 with her controversial visit to taiwan, described by many and media as almost leading to direct conflict between the u. s. and china r t 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 in 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 tie one. if you ask, insist on challenge and china's red line it will, the met with resolute contra measures will make the u. s. mos in show full responsibility for any serious consequence arise in their health. the world braced for war as pelosi, blatantly disregarded u. s. foreign policy and took it to 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 then shown in pay one. yes, they were not indigent,

and they were treated by an individual travel wipers, finality that bring it tie 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 movies, 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, the industry would benefit ty, ones,

economy and make up for increased pressure from the government of china. taiwan has already paid the co field visit and is likely to continue to do so. with the coming days of week, what concrete tangible benefits you promised taiwan offset the cost of your trip. went to the same time as the ship is taking place in recognition of our common interest. economically, we just pass the kits and find at the taiwan policy act or 2022. now sit 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 have an abandon. the one china policy that is longstanding are certainly anything but professional. the world is not in breast field. marvin r t new york as nancy pelosi hands over her house of representatives, leadership to republicans. it seems that the politicians sent an office greeted more critics and fans get more on this story and others on our website. stay tuned . the death toll in kashmir has risen after an explosion killed a child and left 5 people injured at the same location of a previous attack in the dispute. egregious militants are suspected of setting off explosives in an indian village near the dispute of border with pakistan. the

explosion came less than 24 hours after 2 gunmen opened fire at 3 houses on the side of the blast. the attacks left 6 dead and 11 injured and it's still unclear whether or not the explosives were left behind by the gunmen. hundreds of people came out of protest, blaming local authorities for the laps and security. the regions lieutenant general, is offering financial compensation and government jobs to the families of those affected 2022 has also been a politically intense year for pakistan. former p. m. m. ron 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.

demarcus don, man, bear day work. 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 into fascism. we have are a government which has no credibility amongst the people. are it? it is, it required and imported government that cipher exists. i brought it in front of the cabinet. i we,

i presented it to the national security council because of a blatant them to ferret from outside or so. so i left office 4 months back. never has there been such a public response full for any political party as it is for my body to do with all my life. let me just say all my life. i have always stood within the law and politics. i been for 26 years. i have always all by protest, everything i have put the look up of between the limits of the law.

ah 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 must a servant relationship or a master slave relationship. and we've been used like a hide god. but for that i blame my own government more than the u. s. that to rap on the hour's top stories for more up to the minute coverage. head over to r t dot com. and don't forget to also follow us on rumble odyssey and gotten expert . kenny, and we'll see you back in 30 a.

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