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you live from our headquarters here in moscow. you're watching our see international i peter scott. here with the top stories are welcome to the program rushes defense ministry says that ukrainian forces have continued their showing of civilian areas. despite the unilateral $36.00, our orthodox christmas cease fire, which kia rejected. according to local officials, the city of the nets was hit several times shortly after the whole office. still, it says it was supposed to come into effect. ortiz, aroma costa is in the midst. with more 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 nest firing multiple a rockets. multiple artillery shells against the civilian areas. according to local officials said they were $155.00 millimeter caliber, nato 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, president lensky 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 our church. now this has been going on for a while, many priests in ukraine, of the ukraine and orthodox church of the moscow patriarch kates were a question that interrogated by the agent. so the police and other law enforcement but services many times are threatened with death and incarceration. so there's a very huge divides in terms of for religion now in ukraine. but sir, rush, any crane, have, but traditionally been a orthodox and the shared this so 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 nest people's republican. a specialist says that if the sees wire will be broken, if there are casualties, they have all,

all the rights at 2 to respond and to return fire against those barbaric attacks as a place against peaceful civilians. meanwhile, ukrainian artillery continues to show peaceful civilians here on a daily basis. and locals are really used to it. as a several districts of the city are under constant artillery fire by ukraine. over the last 24 hours alone, a 2 women were wounded when a $155.00 millimeter caliber rocket landed in their house. i went to visit that area. and here's my report. ukrainian military continues said the shedding of residential areas of fudge announced as the result of the late, the sharing on thursday night 2 women were wounded. both women wore in their sixties. they were both in this house that now lays almost completely destroyed. now, according to the russian investigative committee, ukraine used 155 millimeter caliber, her weapons that worked,

supplied to give by nato countries. so she would, in missouri, currently, the investigative committee of rushes, conducting an inquiry. this entails an inspection of the scene in the caribbean, shove, district of don't ask, which was once again hit by artillery fire from ukraine, fragments of an legit, 155 millimeter projectile were found at the scene. certain dis, 6 here in done as have been under constant shedding by the ukrainian military nearly 9 years and more sole hold last year since the special military operation began. now i spoke with one of the local residents whose the house was destroyed and he says that this has been happening. these barbaric attacks by ukrainian military have been happening almost on a daily basis. just last week he buried his aunt and he said that he's been fixing this house constantly,

but right now it looks like is beyond repair. oh charles isn't going to do a street was bombed here yesterday to women were injured, but thank god, not seriously. there's also house there, of course destroyed. it's like this every day. my aunt was killed a week ago on a neighboring street. we live right across the street and just bird her. the record hid the house directly. it's nightmare here. the ukrainian army only bumps civilians. there is no military here, no warehouses. russian investigative committee have been working here on the ground covering the war crimes committed by ukraine on a daily basis. they're traveling to each and every location that was shelled by ukrainian military. they have an armored car for unfortunately, this car doesn't always save them their risk, their lives on a daily basis. and jeff, last week, one of their comrades was killed by ukrainian hirschler, a shilling for gimme a little bit about the investigative committee of the russian federation. has been

here since the beginning of the special military operation. we record all the shelling and its consequences on a daily basis and we also make daily records of any one wounded, injured or killed. criminal cases are being opened with regard to the shelling and the perpetrators will definitely be punished. now these are just some, some of the discoveries that say investigators of the russian vis. he had a committee made on a daily basis. now the trial absolutely everywhere. of course they record human tragedies as well. and they promised that all those who were involved in the killing peaceful civilians who face justice from on call for a party done. it's public earlier on friday, which is orthodox christmas eve, celebrated by both russians and ukrainians. he has the security service agents rated multiple churches across the country, saying the pro russian materials were founder,

and the same time you couldn't officials have claim to be impartial towards religious denominations. meanwhile, some western politicians have cried fall over. he has refusal to observe a ceasefire for the orthodox christmas. u. s. republican congressman, pole goes, are says that he's not surprised by the ukrainian rejection and called on washington to stop sending money to the country. and it's after the pentagon announced another massive aid package of nearly $3000000000.00 to kiev author under war. correspondent thomas roper says that there's no incentive for ukraine to seek peace, as long as it's been popped up by the us and its allies. that confirms again, that key of it's not ready to go in any negotiation with russia. they said officially, even not to go to sci fi on christmas or so it's a signal which i at least expected. i'm not surprised about that. let's be honest. everybody knows that keith will not go in negotiations as long as washington doesn't order it. and we have seen the decree of zelinski even prohibiting any

negotiations with i think it was put in russia. so we don't have to discuss this ukraine off, often read repeatedly and officially announced they don't want to negotiate. so nothing you staying with ukraine french president manuel, my crohn has reiterated previous commitments made to the country, promising more arms on combat. vehicles to support is ongoing war fits until victory and until peace returns to europe or support for you. crime will not waver . i confirmed it to president zalinski, france will provide light combat tanks and continuous support in terms of a defense. there's been a distinct shift in the french president's rhetoric on the ukraine conflict. he keeps repeating in tweets the words until victory and re tweeted ukrainian president glider zalinski who thanked mac haul and said quote, your meaning michael's leadership brings our victory closer. it started to sound a lot like francis co belligerent in this conflict on ukraine side against russia.

and that's quite different from how knuckle framed. frances rolled back in may of last year. we are not at war with russia. we are working as europeans for the preservation of the sovereignty territorial integrity of ukraine. and for the return of peace draw continent, we will be that to rebuild ukraine as europeans have always been pretty difficult for my call to argue that france and europe, art at war with russia, as he explicitly says there. while at the same time, promising to load one side of the conflict up with combat tanks to use against russian forces. it's like michael is bringing paris into this conflict with the back of the spoon, as they say here in france, mission creep in the absence of any democratic consultation with the french electorate to see if they want to be back deeper into a conflict with russia. particular and even the cost that they're paying in terms of energy bills and inflation. now. previously, michael had taken a lot of flak from the western establishment over his more neutral positions. on

this conflict, former nato secretary general hans fob rasmussen, lambasted michael in an interview last summer over michael's lack of military support to ukraine and over the french president's insistence on a diplomatic solution to the conflict. and just last month, we learned that diplomats from the baltic states and other e u countries were lodging formal complaints with their french counterparts over michael's insistence in an interview on french t v. in december, that russia be given security guarantees in any negotiations. so it's pretty clear that even a neutral position like michael did have, or one that favors piece and negotiations over escalation is now viewed as not just unacceptable, but hostile to ukraine by the western establishment. and well, the pressure is just ramping up on all sides to abandon any neutrality whatsoever to finish politicians launched a campaign with in europe to make germany hand over tanks to ukraine. of the logic

is that if other similar countries could pledge german leopard tanks to ukraine than it would embarrassing for germany not to do the same. there's also pressure coming directly from ukraine was secretary of the national security and defense council of ukraine. alexi daniel, of pressuring germany to also deliver on tanks for keep by raising the absolutely ridiculous spectre of russia invading germany. if he doesn't get it to weapons. wishlist felt saying in a recent interview that if german chancellor will f sholtes wants, quote the germans to fight near berlin and near stuttgart on german tanks with the russians. then he can just continue his game of whether tanks are needed for ukraine or not. so what do you know, germany and the u. s. have now just agreed to also along with france and combat tags to ukraine, and they all just keep talking about taste as though they're just defensive weapons

. now, those are some pretty impressive rhetorical and mental gymnastics. almost as much as claiming to not be involved in conflict while army one side where so at the end do take the guns and hands off the tanks. so they can't be used offensively, you know, come on shorts and my calls, thin facade of neutrality. busy has obviously just totally crumbled with this new move and so has any pretence that michael may have had in adopting an independent position in the interest of peace. in the news, demonstrators have rallied outside the lots be an embassy in moscow, and thus to protest against the country. suppression of free speech thus after riga detained the chief editor of the sputnik with you. and yet news agency journalists, marat's kasey, emeralds, alive, impossible, was detained. by the conscious security services on charges of violating unseat russian sanctions and reportedly espionage, the russian foreign ministry spokesman condemned the detention as a blatant violation of free speech. we also got reaction from

a russian m. p. on the head of spun next, parent company almost disassembled as are merits can possibly lose his freedom due to allegations of violating anti russian sanctions. i mean the sanctions are a lawful as well as the arrest. this is lawlessness in europe, when a person can be arrested for his journalistic work opinion or the information he provides. there can be even harsher charges for such as espionage or treason. and we've dealt with this before, and we shouldn't rule out such dark prospectives and of up roscoe, luca for that matter which affects every journalist. because if anybody can be taken in custody for their opinion and be charged with espionage, which is not uncommon these days that nobody safe. so all people should stand together in this situation. morocco, sam did not violate any laws. he did his job as a journalist, legally. he provided to an unbiased information and hit nothing like what kind of spies a person who works in the public eye for the media and hides nothing. the accusations

are false and we need to understand this. well, this isn't the 1st time the journalist has fallen in european crossers last year, calcium described his detention in a few ania back in 2019 disabled. to finish that, 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 brief. so 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 only. 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. come on the. well, the russian president's council on human rights run to the accusations absurd and cold on the o. s. c, and the council of europe to intervene. earlier, we spoke to geopolitical unless prime ballistic. you says that the journalist detention highlights the west's campaign against alternative narratives. 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 point of view, or anyone agreeing with russia's point of view. and this is essentially shutting down what the west has always claimed. it 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 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, a 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 just piece is removed from the board while that's the confession of the case. prince harry deed setting his role in the killing of more than 2 dozen taliban fighters during his military force. enough gun is done. the revelation comes from an ex, starts obtained by the telegraph of his upcoming memoir. it wasn't as the district that filled me with pride, but nodded leave 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. the last decade, prince harry's afghanistan, souls have been lauded in the media with u. k. soldiers and civilians alike, praising him for his bravery. and humility often sizing a viral video that showed the prince dashing off mid interview to support his brothers in arms. let's not beneficial was quick to respond via twitter condemning the princess statements saying that the fight is killed by hurry. we're not chess pieces in a statement to the telegraph at sullivan representative, so that the british prince should be tried in social court after his confessions award winning journalist martin jay has questioned prince harry's integrity. you can also pretty simple and rather unpalatable questions about the guys state of health. i mean, is he really losing his mind, you know, with, with that and can other confessions of using a medium to speak to. diana,

do you know a lot leopard being sent to him in africa. ready this is something, i mean, you know what, what's wrong with this guy, you know, i think just some up the reaction of some colleagues 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 come chicken like that. my soldiers don't really even go that far because obviously given it a lot of thought and i wonder whether certain public relations experts are 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 of father taliban were good next few years, but we had indications of it this year last year and finally it gives pound has dropped to record lows against the u. s. stolen. this comes just weeks after the i m f agreed to throw cairo, a lifeline with a 3000000000 dollar aid package. it just national currency has tumbled to its lowest point since the country central bank devalued the pound. to meet the i m. s . loan requirements back, you know, so the last year, the $3000000000.00 balance for the construct country was approved on car was pledged to make it found more flexible and allowing for easier foreign financial involvement. egypt economy been experiencing the negative effect from sewing oil prices. the country's inflation rates jumped to a 5 year high and late. 2022 banks limited the withdrawal of foreign currency,

which egypt is in dire need of a mid economic challenge as the currencies authority. so the countries authorities launch a vast privatization plan seeking to attract more foreign investments. well, take help us make sense of all lots. let's cross live now to omit mustafah, director of the asia since the 1st studies on translation. i'm it thanks for joining us this evening. now going to law, a merry christmas for our young alert orthodox, so uncles, aunts and cousins, why egypt and russia all the subs can't be that they're based in the box or so we are saying that one of the biggest inflation at waves that may be in this plea, according to having out to, you know, the prescriptions off the international monetary on that it would be from the note was what i think washer itself experience this better treatment, especially at the time of hillson applies who are sold and baydar. both of them who

sold, they probably asked it for the swat, so pulled duty and my position. and i would like to remind you that it was a similar experience about the week so far, and even russia up until such a, you know, say so. so what's the, what's on the, could you just start from the basics and could you tell me basically layman, what is behind this latest fall in the egyptian pound? it's really clements it, hasn't it? i, as i told you, this is i fortunately the fooling submission to the prescriptions of the international been at the font. and while bank, we had a lot of economic mistakes because after the revolution of 20112013, unfortunately, the same, it cannot make good backed giving the advisory services for the presidency and bear

the financial and wanted to be authorities. even if i still belongs to america, i'm relaxed with these anglo saxon banking and federal dealer. and they find that if we are not following such the best pictures of the liberalization, privatization and making, you know, the inflation lola, to a specific extent to i think protection all of the think not me, of course, because i'm against all of that. they say that the economy will be a bad and no investors were coming, and a lot of back things will take place. unfortunately, they didn't give, for example, but gyptian pollen, some sort of demand, as we requested before. and as president wilton did as of the beginning of being a quinn in crisis, or whether of by the realities of the summer's kennel or via some uh, you know, ac station. oh, oh soc shirt costumes to be gained by that you're confronted under to a please. the demand on

a digital policy and also even the treatment back to the government made. it wasn't a good enough. well, be close said the most julie put allies and the most you are trying to do the privatization as the most you lose your assets and the most you lose you full control over the or economic and that they want it to be an assistant in the country, so yeah, our middle apologise for insight to ropes in you that just want to pick you up on a point that you made oversee a key components of this bailout for egypt from the i. m f was the flexible exchange rate. but what for what i gather you believe this is, this is harmed the egyptian economy. this, this plunging the pound. yeah, of course, because should you have a fully submission to the instructions and the crisp sections of the i m f.

what so ever? it is good or bad? yeah, because for example, oh, once russia already submitted to the same distractions and the ninety's, i think a washer and they, it's, oh oh wow. wow. because we talk about the full after the full of the they, they did this. so to chilion, i saw her a lot from the new population because that will make some, may be falling local ali goats. just hunting and all just controlling all the behold, economy and nobody can question them. and this is exactly what is reflected on the higher inflation and the control off. be the people, the members of the commercial champ. oh, and of course at the are the only dogs and the medial dares you in egypt, oliver be about the keys off and the people. and they are grazing of a weight of the prices every day without any control from the government. it is

only a happy, you know, the upper hand, the social atlas is that no positive side. so this is all it again my, a counties on, on very strong ahmed. but with a weak pound that make exports are more, more attractive. maybe it's, it's a foreign purchases, we have this some resources for the national anthem, whether the impotent sees office so scandal, and of course, the transfers of the diction, ah, who are living up to like a label, a man power, and of course of their exports. but unfortunately, via this, are you not this fraction of the international council? unfortunately, you're providing to it biggest h b, real economic activities like industrial, agricultural and being services and now, oh, and the business been working on this is paid. i and the hot money via the issuance of the government, some sort of certificates with

a higher interest rate. and of course, i forgot to tell you that they say addiction pound is. unfortunately it's only a b u. s. dollars. and as you know, america trying to do the same walk, it's hard to hold during the recession of for one or 1998 as well as 2008 in order to attract all the money, even from europe to america full, the higher interest paid the whole, the people i'm not thinking off, you know, any kind of investment that will i give them a, like a logical interest rate. as of it mean you the fully booked this or hot money investment in the kind of certificates oh investments are getting certificates. all treasury loans and things like that. just one thing i want to talk. yes sir, please. a book if i sent via apologies. good fit for interrupting you. i'm just on speak of about the us dollar the to licenses agents economy been impacted by the

war in ukraine. there was a huge outflow over the $20000000000.00 also off topical in the wake of that. and if i'm not mistaken, i'm many banks in egypt now are struggling to pay for imports because of the shortage of foreign currency in the countries that y. yeah. yeah. i'll do. how would that be result? i think it's such service to you should try to empower and the real exposures and the real business working in the uh, real investments, whether industrial in services, in culture was in cinema or translation online and digitization stock ups, things like that. i'm giving to you, it was full, b, s, and east all is small and medium businesses because they are top level and this is not the i'm not impacted as well. but the most for people who are impacted

negatively. m. s m e 's and the people who are working on the michael a level of the fall we supposed to give more support and more potential for loans for them. i'm getting like easing for all the interest rate because accordingly the industry is getting hired with a super send. the full equip, make appointment for them just to pay back for the banks, what they get. also, we have another way we are working in giving subsidies, especially for the poor people and they're the low level people and this so now you know, company there might be more than 70000000 of the gets him a population that will help them within the monster to support the basic commodities a list of them as well as well as well as the bread itself. in egypt,

i think it is the cheapest commodity. why? why? because one man by the subsidy, the subsidies guard it's equals 5 percent of the ditch. upon the whole, this is one of the ways that, that the governing the government trying to solve all settled like a hell or i believe full that people who are in egypt and a is on the assistance and certainly help the people in egypt on medicine. it sounds like a very complex and challenging situation. i'm afraid we've run out of time though, but thank you very much for your thoughts today. us army, most of our director of the asia center for studies and translation. thanks again for your time. thanks a lot. thanks. a lot less all from me peter scott. but nicky aaron will be taking over to take you through all the top stories as we head into this friday evening. thank you very much for watching.