ah mm ah, ukraine, backed by the west, rejects russia's offer of an orthodox christmas cease fire, and fire on the against just minutes after the order was supposed to come into effect. a violation of free speech on the rights of journalists, walks, rushes, or ministry calls the attention of subordinate news agencies. if you any achieved by authorities in latvia. we heard from the communications director of support next parent company roaches because you know, the baltic states are a testing ground for lawlessness. the act either on direct instructions or in coordination with their superiors in the european union. and in the u. s. a memoir, the you case friends harry reveals, he killed 25 taliban fighters during his mission in afghanistan. thing that just

chesapeake is removed from the board with the russian capital to the rest of the world. you're watching all t international monies peter scott, and welcome to the proven program where be joining us from her short story this our ukranian forces have shell done yet several times. shortly after russian troops halted hostilities. as part of a russian proposed orthodox christmas cease fire, that is according to local officials, but there is no information yet on any potential damage or casualties. ortiz, roman cost of brings more details, is to cease fire was ordered by president vladimir putin in order for orthodox christians in russia and ukraine to attend to religious services. hearing this says sacred holiday and the cease fire began at noon on friday and should last

until midnight on saturday. so for 36 hours so people can celebrates at this event. however, at exactly noon on friday, ukraine once again shelled civilian areas here in the gymnast firing multiple a rockets, multiple artillery shells against the civilian areas. according to local officials said they were $155.00 millimeter caliber, natal supplied weapons to ukraine. so far we haven't heard about any casualties. at this point. however, the news will be coming in throughout the day. now, once again, once this is a temporary truce, was offered by president vladimir putin suggested by the patriarch of the russian orthodox church. a president zalinski of ukraine refused to observe this

cease fire, and that he was also echoed by the leaders of the so called collective west as well . now too many observers say here in the boss and in russia and ukraine as well, this shows and another divides between a ukrainian leadership and the orthodox sir church. now this has been going on for a while, many priests in ukraine, of the ukraine and orthodox church of the moscow patriarch kate were a question that interrogated by the agent sold, the police and other law enforcement but services many times that were threatened with the death and incarceration of is a very huge divides in terms of religion now in ukraine. but sir, rush, any crane, have, but traditionally been an orthodox and they shared this are common histories for many, many centuries. o, as in regards to local officials,

i hear in the boss president silva, the head of the the dentist, people's republican. a specialist says that if the sees wire will be broken, if there are casualties, they have all, all the rights it to, to respond and to return fire against those barbaric attacks that they place against peaceful civilians. on july, the 6th, which is orthodox christmas eve, and is celebrated by russians and ukrainians alike. ukraine security service agents entered orthodox churches across the country, claiming that pro russian materials were recovered in those rates. the same time, they said that they aim to be impartial towards religious denominations. the journalist sonya vanden ender says, a ceasefire rejection comes as no surprise. i think it was to be expected because yesterday in the western mainstream media, they already said that ukraine didn't agree to add to the to so yeah,

i think it was to be expected. of course you, it's provocation that they do. it's just afternoon 12 noon because then the seats for be started. it's for sure, a big sign that she's my between the ukranian church and the russian tourists is not respected. it shows from the ukrainian side and also to western side that they don't want to stay don't one negotiations at all because otherwise they would have said, okay to at least respect a holy moly day like christmas. and it is meaningful for russians and ukrainians dis, date, like they do in the west when it was christmas to respected. in the news, the editor in chief of the lithuanian branch of the sputnik news agency has been detained in the latvian capital, riga rods. calcium who holds latvian passports is reportedly being accused of espionage and a violation of you. sanctions against russia, moscow's brunt, the journalist, arrest a violation of international law. morocco sam says he has been the object of

harassment and persecution. my number of baltic states for many years. he said that he personally experienced the repressive machine and the actions of the collective west. and now unfortunately, his fears and assumptions have become a reality. the international community should and is even obligated to do everything to make these presumptions, regimes return to the rule of law. earlier we spoke to the communications department, chief of sputnik parent company who says the charges against morrow cost him a groundless while the baltic states are being used as a front for the use crackdown on the media bill nationally. the poor in this case is totally political espionage charges against marriage are complete. nonsense pressure on journalists working in the baltic states is the standard matter. it is an obvious fact that the baltic states are a platform for testing new methods of fighting against journalists. there is an oddness in the charges of violating sanction. the fact is that the european union

has no sanctions against sputnik have personal sanctions against dmitri castle over was the chief of receive subordinate media group, which includes sputnik and therefore extending these personal sanctions to all the people who work. there is a strange precedent. many european human rights organizations oppose this interpretation of sanctions. the baltic states are a testing ground for lawlessness. concerning really harsh measures, such as intimidation, a bad on the profession, and criminal prosecution for journalists, latvia, stony and lithuania, do not act on their own. they, as we assume, act either on direct instructions or in coordination with their superiors and the european union. and in the u. s. the accusations of espionage under the threat of imprisoning him for 20 years as an u citizen are in fact a pure policy of the european union. and earlier the head of spun, nick's parents company called the journalists arrest unlawful and absurd. they also

said that the case was politically motivated. my colleague, nicky, are in discuss the incident earlier with our senior correspondence. rob, we have salt requests for information, it is unclear when ah, details will emerge, will be shared with us nevertheless, as things stand. now merits casem, a citizen of latvia who's been detained by latin security services, state security services, suspected he is under suspicion of espionage and also, ah, of violating. and he, russian sanctions of the european union. this is, this is an argument violating sanctions that the latvians have used, and lithuanians and estonians have used for years to try and justify these blanket brands on russia, new sources, russian cultural channels. at this point,

he is in jail detained a, the request for bail was denied without any reason, given his lawyer hasn't yet received any information. we don't even know if she's been able to talk with him. we have heard of course, reaction from the head of sputnik me think he should of he is on the european sacks of the logic that the europeans have gone by the baltic states have gone. but is that if someone works, even a european citizen works for someone who's under sanctions, no matter how removed, you know, a journalist in the niche organization that they are violating the entire blocks sanctions. this is something that had been laughed at in years prime by european media groups amongst others who would urge stones, latins, lithuanians, to try to relax their wording who their views and how this law should be

implemented. while the law should be implemented. there's a sense that the baltic states, there's be the concentrated effort to block the population off from anything russian which is year, which is an undertaking given that's a significant percentage of the population. no 3 states, latvia, stoney, in the through a near is russian. how do you think this case fits into the bigger picture of having both? second, are they? each countries have been tracing the media. this goes back way before the special military operation that russia launched in 2022. this. this goes back to 2015 at which is when this, this pressure started to build in 2016, for example, lithuania blocked. sputnik locked the channel, the network on line that they pulled their domain names off so that that, that, that the pressure just began to build and build. so employees journalists were what threatened with prosecution. they were also persecuted,

so they were pulled out. they were, they were arrested, taken for talks by our state security agents urged to a filing sign their resignations to stop working for sputnik then you had people arrested. you had journalists arrested for working for russian news networks. this is all in the face of a fact that the european, a human rights, charter, least the freedom of expression. and the freedom of expression is defined. it is the freedom to hold beliefs, to share opinions and to receive opinions. and this is a journalist who had been doing just that. he was also working in moscow for years now. he travelled back to latvia to, to, to meet with families of reasons we don't yet know at, despite him being well aware that he was being politically persecuted, that they were out for him. he's able to finish a slit,

it would take me several hours to simply name all the journalists have come under pressure in eastern europe. here is just one of my own stories in by back in 2019, i was detained at villainous airport, searched and questioned for 5 or 6 hours to state security officers performed a role play of good cop bad cop. the bad one shouted at me, you're working for chisels. why did you come here? the other one asked me, you're a latvian citizen, so why are you working for them? you know who they are? they're not really. people rushes a peculiar country. finally, he said, you're lucky, you're not a russian citizen, or we would be having a very different conversation. and now we'll just kick you out and close the border for you. for 5 years. it appears that he was right. nevertheless, we should wait to to learn the details and see just how drummed up these charges. ah, now we're seeing the same story in moldova, for example, across the european union, archie was, was switched off of a night,

kicked off online platforms. you, you know, the already parallels being drawn between what the soviet union did, which is jam radio, liberty as signal which is, which is try to build a wall between the soviet people. and then he outside information. and that is what in reverse is happening again, except it appears that it's europe, which has for many years prided itself and on freedom of speech and human rights. now trying to restrict information human opinion, even opinion, news from its own people. vote is the keep them all contained within this bubble that is fed by european news agencies. again, fed with american news agencies and pro western views that here we spoke to brian better tech had geopolitical analyst, who said that the generalist detention highlights the western campaign of camping down on any alternative narrative. i think at the continuation of western

hypocrisy, and more specifically this campaign, the specific campaign of censoring any sort of information coming from russia's point of view or anyone agreeing with russia's point of view. and this is essentially shutting down. what the west has always claimed that stood for freedom of speech and they do it under increasingly ambiguous and irrational grounds. it absolutely is a violation of international law, just one of the, the pillars of what the u. s. claims is this international rules based order. it is the self proclaimed leader of and yet it has done the most it's and it's like they've done the most to demolish these pillars. one by one, freedom of the press being one of the news news organizations like r t, r, rates off of youtube. and this is all i think is fine of desperation and

weakness on the west part. they cannot afford alternative narratives and alternative points of view entering into the conversation because they have no way to defend their own point of view. they would chess pieces removed from the board. well, that's a confession from the u. k. prince hurry detailing his participation in the killing of more than a built in a telephone fight, says join his service. enough gun is done. that's an extra parts obtained by the telegraph from the upcoming release of his memoir spec. it wasn't a statistic that filled me with pride, but nodded at live, may shamed. when i found myself plunged in the hidden confusion of combat, i didn't think of those 25 as people who were chess pieces removed from the board. bad people eliminated before they could kill good people. for the last decade, prince harry's afghanistan soldiers have been lauded in the media with soldiers and civilians alike, praising him for his bravery and humility, often fighting

a viral video. this showed the prince dashing off mid interview supports his brothers in arms and award winning journalist martin j shared his thoughts on the royal's confessions. good, awesome, pretty simple, and rather unpalatable questions about the guy's state of health. i mean, is he really losing his mind? you know with, with that and other confessions of using a medium to speak to diana leopard being sent to him in africa. ready this is something, i mean, you know, what's wrong with this guy, you know, i think just some up the reaction of some colleague some and some senior army offices. i think they made a very one of them made a very prolific point, which is that, you know, when you look at the british public today, now, one of the last bastions of support, the poor guy houses with the army. and if you, if you're flying a helicopter or, or jet, and you're bombing in a certain distance, i think, you know, the, it, the humanist issue of the enemy is inevitable. but it's so extraordinary that

harris talks about that you know, most so just to collect that my so just don't really even go that far because obviously given a lot of thought and i wonder whether so in public relations experts or putting words into his mouth and forming these, these one line is nice cliches. harry absolutely no regard whatsoever or any british people were having to do with italy. but we don't know really just father taliban were good next few years, but we had indications of it this year. rather last year at least $35.00 civilians including women and children, have died in the latest attack by the us about terrorist group medicines designated to cobb bombs in central somalia targeting or residential area. the number with starts has risen since government forces on militia groups began pushing us about out of the territory. and this comes amid warnings by amnesty international of arising civilian deaths,

all due to us strikes in the country. a local reporter digs deeper into the conflicts. al qaeda, affiliate all shabani, currently controls more than 20 percent of somalia, with its forces and training camps, mainly in the south of the country and along its border with a kenya. whilst the islamist militant group is accused of bringing the east african nation to the brink of civil war. busy the somalian governments counter terrorism, if it's finally appeared to be bearing some fruit, some 16 years after the insurgency began. government forces recently took control of the, the town of renew god. the last remaining i'll ship up stronghold in southern somalia. now, it is the 2nd major town that has been liberated in less than a month. our country and our people are at a place and time we're going back and accepting defeat are not options. we decided to commit in order to liberate the country from the hawaii's. i'll shall oven

forces strict rules in areas under its control, including banning smoking, forcing men to grow beers and prohibiting films and music deemed an islamic. those who disobey are subjected to severe punishments, including stoning as well as amputations. at least 100 people were reported killed by the group. during attacks in october, the capital of mogadishu, our people who were massacred included mothers holding their children in their arms . fathers, to what medical conditions students were sent to study businessmen who were preoccupied with the lives of their families. despite that, the somalian authorities are slowly gaining successes in their fight against the extremists and the lingering u. s. military prisons in the country is now and the question the nation has been subjected to intense american intervention since 2003,

with washington's usual narrative of an age old war on terror. so be applied, the united states remain steadfast and our support of east african and african union lead efforts to counter the threat from our bob, one about kite as most dangerous affiliates which has killed thousands of people including americans in somalia and across east africa. in an october statement, the u. s. secretary of state anthony, blinking designated the leaders off al shabbas terrorists with a list of names posted in an executive order, but the heck and fight for democracy over the past decade and a half in the war torn country seems to have had no significant successes. so molly, as one of the world's most terrorism wrecked countries, ranking in the top 3 of the global terrorism index behind afghanistan, as well as iraq. now, despite the u. s investing billions of dollars in the fight against terrorism.

somalia has come closely to resemble the so called afghanistan scenario where it's nation building efforts have largely been a failure that some tuition has been exasperating by the reports of mass killings of hundreds of people in u. s. air strikes. biden recently announced that the u. s. whitman taina, contingent of 500 troops in somalia, despite rising opposition of the u. s. military presence in the region. u. s. strikes in recent weeks have killed 15 people in somalia, in attacks reported as targeting all ship up militants, but the actual number of civilian casualties from what the u. s. military described as collective self defense strikes in africa, remains unknown with human rights group. amnesty international. having accused washington of an appalling disregard of civilian lives with its bombing campaigns, initial reports on civilian casualty assessments, published in 2020, highlighted that the u. s. miniature command in africa. african examined twain to

reported us strikes that cause civilian casualties in one year to us is strikes in somalia in early 2020 reportedly kills even civilians in an apparent intervention of international law. subsequent to that, another is frank, reportedly killed one woman in her home, and another attack, illogically killed 5 men and a child in a minibus. this seems to suggest that you as miniature operations in somalia and not sarah impartial or transparent as there is an evident disregard for the loss of civilian life at home. so me for our t. johannesburg with the passing of the new year india march. the 75th anniversary sees the end of british colonial rule. in the years since new del is made notable strides, pushing the country to become the world's 5th largest global economy. is ortiz, india correspondence. wonders sharma, breaking down the country's rise in 2022 yell standing on the global stage has been

rising in the recent year. the year 2022 has what they clearly been an important one with big economic breakthrough was deepening, political dies, and increasing trade in 75 years off to india became independent. the country is no longer weed. i have become one of the most powerful countries in the world. recently, india achieved the fee to becoming the world's 5th largest economy. this achievement gave us confidence to work harder and achieve bigger goals. this is no ordinary progress. it fills every indians heart with pride. we need to maintain this enthusiasm, indian russia o time friends in the year 2022 was no exception, a deepening with historical relationship, dcea bilateral trade between new deli, i'm more school expanded despite the threat of sanctions from the u. s. in fact, india built new banking channels,

so it's trade with moscow would not be affected. in july, the result bank of india announced a plan to allow overseas trade to be settled in route peace. despite the western pressures, we have continued to buy discounted rush, you know, i think it will be prioritized the analogy. security put at 1400000 people. india also rejected the $60.00 price gap on russian seaborne oil imposed by the g 7. the spunk, not the european union, has been desperate to boost, dies with india, and has pushed new delhi to reduce its links to moscow. however, india withstood collect a west and basher as it took a position of neutrality. it is our fundamental obligation to ensure that the indian consumer has the best possible access on the most advantageous terms to international market. on induct respect are quite honestly, we up

n dot a d indian shout relationship has worked to advantage. so if it works to my advantage, i would like to keep it and keep that going. you cannot have a group of countries which unilaterally decide that country a b, or she needs to be punished and therefore the rest of the world should fall behind them. we have our own place in the world. we don't have to be dictated to by what the west necessarily wants the rest of the world to do. we do not offer our companies to buy russian. i'd. we ask for companies to buy oil. what is the best option that they can get? now, it depends on what the market throws up. it is sensible policy to where we get the best deal in the interest something and people. and that is exactly what we are trying to do. i mean, ongoing geopolitical shift, instead of political isolation, new delhi has continued diplomatic engagements. whitmore school at all levels. and all 4 maps,

including participation in the recent joint military drill was talk 2022 is key. lee. i want to pay tribute to the foresight to president putin cooperation between india and the russian far east and various fields is actively expanding. and today this policy has become an important pillar for partnership between our countries. india is interested in strengthening partnership with russia in many areas. this came to y'all house, condemned the corn. they can ukraine with north cross shells offensive out of house consistently obscene from us against moscow. thompson was president law. the fulton has a definitely regarded by proving you delhi more school from india, but i do look colors and the india has come a long way from the british colony to its current state. much has been done in recent years under the leadership of prime minister modi. he's certainly a patriot of his country and his make in india initiative as both economic and

moral significance. we have a special relationship with india that emerged or was built on the foundation of a very close alliance that existed for many decades. we have never had any issues with india, and i want to emphasize this never all we ever did was support each other. this is what is happening now, and i'm sure it will continue in the future. all in all 2022 highlighted indian stramp indifferent fields. an economic and geo political boom of india is predicted next year. we'll use the d. 20 presidency at a time of a global kill from minnesota in the war. the same that you jelly wants to play the role of a problem, sol, work more. these g 20 chairmanship will lead to a difference in the blocks approach, which has been dominated by the ways of the west in countries for a long time,

off the mall on any of those stories as well as all the latest updates r t dot com is your place to go to scott, probably back again at the top of the old days. it always helps with them. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have. it's crazy. even foundation,

let it be an arms race is very dramatic. development only personally and getting to disease. i don't see how that strategy will be successfully. very difficult time to sit down and talk ah, with this yes, i said, november 22nd 2022 count raised orthodox christians, confronted ukrainian security service offices, blocking entrances and exits to peeves oldest monastery. were looking for alleged

russian spies among the monks. just got brand new molla lava with the de ukrainian security services can brand an agent of moscow any medical priest unwilling to break relations with the russian orthodox church, dozens of ukrainian churches have been rated to form a reason for the brutal crackdown. one church, his parishioners said some a song about russia ah, me often numerous such as s b u officers reported they'd found orthodox magazines printed in russia. the s b u didn't care that these publications were religious and had been printed more than 3 years before. oh maybe, but they were from moscow in ukraine. it's long been recently enough to condemn any orthodox cris.