wow, i love seeing before that you have to think that by force a national system, and i'm only happy, i'm digging for all kinds of a headlines right now. when i teach us treasury secretary is touring africa. so it is widely seen as an effort to upstage russia and china is growing influence on the content. india's minister accuses us pharmaceutical giant visor of having attempted to bully his government into providing legal protection from any side effect with russian games along the river area. drones and become

a major component of the fight for don bass. what's the pick up now? when essential means modern day warfare, senior correspondent remained embedded on the front line. and while peru was engulfed in deadly protests, the usaa ambassador, a former c i, a agent, meets with senior officials in lima to pull business, but particularly regarding the export of natural resources. with questioning the mainstream narrative live problem. moscow. it's so good to have your company for this. i was program going out to washington has dispatched its treasury secretary on a lengthy tour of africa that seeks to strengthen its ties with the continent. now, her agenda so far appears focus mostly on deriving russia and china. ultimately, blaming them for troubles in the reach,

which is war in wet initiation of food is exacerbated food insecurity and caused untold suffering. and the global economic head winds caused by the actions of a single man, president poon, is creating an unnecessary drag on africa economy. we believe that the international community, including china, needs to provide meaningful debt relief to help countries regain their funding. de la dylan did not. mens her words as she is trying to portray a counterweight to the influence that the americans see as the chinese having on the continent as well as the russians. she said that she blames russia and therefore trying to solicit the same kind of emotive emotions from her captive audience that she blame for i shall fall africa's exist the brain tint food

shortage problem. she also says that the continent mustn't be weary about unfettered chinese loans, which she says are highly collateralized and can presented a dead trip for their said countries. and she has presented the case of zambia as a, as a cautionary tale if you will, to other african states that, that the chinese are dragging their feet when it comes to talking about that reform in that country. but china only holds a 3rd of zombie as that. the real question is, who hold the 2 thirds? and that is western multi lateral institutions that have continuously not lead the way either because they haven't been a reason why they can't push through on this agenda. jenna dylan says that america is here and it's back and is going to impress upon africans as the pardon of trace . she says that they will be making invest into the continent,

but they will also be demanding transparency from the said governments and accountability. and she says that her government and the g 7 as a whole will try and impress upon multi lateral banks to look more fairly towards developing countries, specifically in africa and to have and developing agenda in mind. now, a couple of things that come to mind as an observer of such movements and such a rhetoric from the american says that why is it only happening now that the multi lateral or bangs should focus on one, the development agenda of africa when he could have clearly happened such a long time ago, there was nothing stopping it for shore. and another thing is that the americans are really worried about the influence of china and russia on the continent. and you can really see that they're trying very hard to impress upon these economies.

that the petro dollar should survive, because they fear that a, in this multi polarity world, that africa might not necessarily side with them. another part of this re of this visit, of course, is to impress upon the states that wouldn't be hosting a american top senior officials coming into the continent that didn't take it seriously. i also understand that among some of the visits that we should be expecting the. busy see if that of american president, mr. joe biden. of course this visit by jenny delane builds upon a visit that we had last year in august by the u. s. secretary of state, mr. anthony blinking, who also try to present america as a, as a country that is very much interested in africa and no one, none of these top officials from the united states have ever dared to mention the fact that they have been absent for 56 years. that like that there hasn't been any

meaningful american investment on the continent. and that african countries would not be where they are without the support without the trade, without the investments that they received from china as well as russia visit by jana dell and thought to the synagogue. and also the taste down in zambia as well as here in south africa. so there is still more to this story and want to come india's check minister who's accused the u. s. pharmaceutical. john pfizer, of having pressured the country's government to ensure legal protections for fire in the event of deadly side effects from its covert vaccine. the allegation spoke to strong rebuttal by an indian member of parliament amid claims that he had supported the western injections over the locally produced one. just to remind all indians that pfizer tried to bully the government of india into

accepting conditions of indemnity. and jerome romesha kept pushing the case of foreign vaccines during covered. this is total mister minister. let not your ambition to climb the greasy pole. make you more of a liar than you are. 2021. pfizer was among the 1st vaccine producers to apply for an emergency use authorization in india, but it withdrew the application off of the countries pharmaceutical watched or requested a clinical study to confirm the safety of the job. latest idea. india said it wouldn't by the fire, a job with a report saying the company's demands for legal protection. what the main hurdle and the world economic form in davos this week. fires as seo attempted to evade commenting on the job safety and effectiveness. you said it was a 100 percent effective, then 90 percent and 80 percent, then 70 percent. but we now know that the vaccines do not trans saw transmission.

why did you keep that secret revenues good. i won't have a nice day until i know the answer. why did you keep it a secret that your vaccine did not stop transmission? meanwhile, would you be surprised to learn that recent studies by european antonio's of claim that e u. covert vaccine deals, including with pfizer, prioritized, enormous financial interests, far above public health concerns. his artes, rachel, marston, jerry cove, it the european union rolled out a block, y q r code system as proof of vaccination for travel leisure. and in some cases a condition of employment, even as report started raising doubts about how reliable the shot actually was. when he came to stopping infection transmission and even death, it's like there was this interest in brussels to move fast and getting shots into arms as quickly as possible. and getting this digital identity system linked to the

job status into place as an incentive for people to take the shots. now for months, skeptical members of the european parliament have been demanding to know what kind of deal the blocks leadership actually signed with the manufacturers of these injections. we're talking here about 11 contracts, 4600000000 vaccines and 71000000000 euros of public money transferred to big pharma. and so far, neither the citizens who paid for all of this nor their elected representatives have been able to get full transparency on any of those deals. here's what new research just published by french and g o, global health advocates and by the u. k based health, non profit stop aids, has to say about it. the you signed agreements cloaked in secret and resisted efforts to disclose any information. protecting commercial interests, we argue, came at the expense of transparency around pricing, delivery schedules,

those transfer requirements, and intellectual property commitments that could have helped increase global access to vaccines. secrecy in short hut, public health with an unaccountable driver. the public have been taken for a ride. the reports also draw attention to the lack of interest on the part of certain big pharmacy. yo's, when it comes to accountability towards their customers, their and clients who received an ultimately paid for the jobs being average european citizens. to make matters worse, phases ceo albert beula has twice refused to appear in front of the her pin parliament's coven committee, to answer questions about how the contract negotiations were carried out. and or decision for a company who claims to be very transparent. it turns out the pfizer, c, e o, borla is also the same one who was exchanging private text messages with european commission present. ursula vander line the month before the pfizer contract was negotiated. now, how do we know that? because vander lines said so herself in april of 2021. and those texts have

magically vanished, and vander line doesn't really seem to be too interested in making an effort to recover them forensically. so earlier this month, european parliamentarians on the blocks coven 19 committee, expressed their interest in having fonder line answer to their committee on these contract negotiations by peering in person. but of course, she can just decline just like berlin dead, which has now led the committee to request that berlin access privileges to the european parliament. he revolts and access to you. politicians for corporations under lobbyists, is pretty much priceless. between january 20, 20, and september 2022 senior european commission officials and pharmaceutical lobbyists. how close to 100 meetings with 30000000 euro spent on you lobbying in a single year? that's according to the n g o z reports, which also touch on the lips service that the

e u paid to global unity against cove it. while at the same time gate, keeping it cove technologies and practicing as sort of medical apartheid by keeping the jobs out of the hands of countries that perhaps weren't in a very good position to pay big pharma as much as what europe was a bathroom lobbying and shady deals have made their way into the spotlight in the ear recently with the arrest of officials and personnel, accused of corruption over linked to lucrative, her tory and maria in lobbying efforts. and now with this report suggesting that's just the tip of the iceberg. if the e u is serious, about transparency and lisa serious is wagner lying, say she is in the wake of had target. then she really should be the very 1st to set the example along with her big pharmacy e o bodies. instead of hiding from the people she's actually meant to serve

a great have your company today. the russian ministry of defense has reported that its troops have taken control over another settlement in the don't get script. public officials state that the settlement of veronica near sola dot in the don't ask republic has come under russian control. this. as the ministry added, that ukrainian forces in the area suffered approximately 50 casualties. as russian troops also destroyed a pair of armored combat vehicles and a number of artillery pieces as well. meanwhile, ariel drones had become a major component in the fighting foot on bass. and the used for both a well recognizance missions, but also that have destroying enemy positions are senior correspondent has more these close to the front lines? roots are immortal. hazard. artillery is trained on every stretch. only trees offer cover even that scant. aah.

valesh the closest they are is 700 meters away at 3 o'clock through in a total of 3 directions. also a 10 o'clock and 12 o'clock and our boys are there to their rotating today. they're doing well in this area, but recently ceased from ukrainian forces. they know every path, every clearing troops heading out to relieve those at forward positions must be extra careful. drones guide them along. ah, we're scouting ahead to make sure that the way is clear and that our boys will get there safely. these soldiers are all volunteers of the act, my battalion answering to the church and president rams, and could thereof, to ensure everything went smoothly. a flaw, support team,

armed with an automatic grenade launcher, was ordered to dissuade the enemy from trying anything. some of the most intense rising he's underway, ukrainian units are desperate to reverse russian gains along the river. here through the rotation was a success. but as the drone flew back, it noticed something unusual. fresh fortifications and enemy troops concealed under the tree cover or espana we've discovered enemy positions at a distance of 450 to 750 meters away from us. their group targets enemy fortifications, armor and vehicles. within minutes coordinates were reported to h q and orders went out to nearby artillery. yes.

yes. i'll be away. the mission had changed. they were now to keep it a distance and correct artillery fire bell corrections were relayed. the next barrage struck home. although i'm on my list, i'll fight this is biker, right on the target and repeat. this is modern warfare. this is the dominant form of combat across the front lines, artillery and drones. in the seamless lethal link on the front lines, soldiers have learned to fear drones. they always watch and listen for the characteristic buzz that harolds a barrage of iron, fire and shrapnel or ad gasdio r t from le ganske croatia is the president had some oil,

pretty choice words for e u foreign policy chief joseph burrell. is he accused of blocks leadership of having a condescending attitude towards certain member states, burrell st. crecia memo last month filled with lies in which he treats us as if we were retarded. excuse my language, as if we had special needs. at some point, enough is enough. this kind of treatment is deeply irritating. to day they do this to hungary, tomorrow it will be some other bigger country. they want to bring into line. they did it to poland until recently to poland. now gets a past due to the situation in ukraine, but their turn will come again to morrow. if the e u wants to progress it has to accept this diversity. the corporation president made those comments during a press conference in budapest with his hungarian counterpart. and both of those countries have expressed concerns about

e u policies which go against their own national interests. they also remain in opposition to the anti rush sanctions, the croatian leader accused the eas leadership of failing to acknowledge the individuality of each of its members states. while i raised the issue with the head of the euro continent, think tank, pierre can manual comma. the comments of her creation, no president, reflects the huge struggle of power between a member states, nations and or european bureaucracy. european union bureaucracy would like to or use each crises in europe, internal and external to add more power and or to were impose its own views on the european project. and some member states are resisting, especially are now hungary, for example, which is refusing over your interpretation of

a rule of role of european union and do or so it's approach on ukraine and no croix shaw is siding more with the home gary, these 2 countries corporation hungary think, or european union should better of the boat or europe, europe, as she does ish and, and not as an appendix of nate to on washington. jupiter got objectives. ah, that's good that your company today, at least one person is dead and more than a dozen wounded olden violent stand offs between protesters and police this week in peru. the demonstrators are mostly indigenous locals tried to storm and airport in the nation's 2nd biggest city. they were stopped by police. the classes have been sweeping for room for more than a month now. the protesters demanding the resignation of president bina but

a lot who took office last month after her previous actor was ousted of a head of state. so the situation is under control. plainly, the unrest is actually being fueled from abroad. well, meanwhile, peruse future and none of its natural resources will been up for debate. the u. s. and basset to the south american country, also a former c i. a agent has met with peruse, energy minister talk business or the ministry later released a statement expression, gratitude to washington for support. minister vera thanked the u. s. government for support on mining and energy issues and reiterated the will of the national government, whose priority is the massive vacation of natural gas, energy, security, and petrochemical development in the south of the country. peru is a key global producer of copper, silver, and zinc. the clay majority of the countries exports around 58 percent coming from

mining and extraction, or the rest of the country's exports amount to just over 40 percent. now, the ousted president, pedro castillo, says the us has long try to have control over, peruse and lucrative mineral resources. well, have a listen for yourself. the visit of the us ambassador to the government palace was neither unreasonable nor in favor of the country. it was to give the order to take the troops out to the streets and massacre my defenceless people. and incidentally, to leave the way clear for mining exploitation. well, if you give me a 2nd, there was a rather interesting side angle to all of this. the us ambassador to peru, lisa kat know who previously worked for the c. i a reportedly met in the south american country with the defense minister the day before the then president was suddenly deposed. last month, we heard from our latin american, joe political expert daniel shore. he is suspicious about the overthrow of the

peruvian leader. lisa ken is a long time employee of the ca and now is the us ambassador to do. it's certainly curious timing to see her meeting nurses with the minister of energy and natural resources in a meeting with a former generals who are now ministers in the unelected government of being about why thing. but it's amazing how quick lisa kenna and the rest of the state department officials and the biden administration were to rubber stamp is to and get behind it because it means the the nationalization of peruvian resources room. one of the biggest export is the gas. now, because the european union in the u. s. cannot rely on russia for their gas because it, the sanction this is the same cia playbook that we saw and some of the neighbors.

this is what happens for new go in, in part of why this is what happens is a lie. doris, in with any type of, by national is anti imperialist true. patriot. left leaning, president comes into power. the u. s. immediately sees them as the threat is the quote on must be very proud the posted on twitter. they're willing to qu anybody anytime, whenever they please let us officials thing there is not enough of a u. s. presence in latin america or top american general has worn washington's elites, that the us needs to step up its game to compete with the growing influence of both russia and china in that region. this is very concerning to me, to see the tentacles of the people's republic of china in the countries of the western hemisphere. we are very much in a strategic competition in the western hemisphere. a total of 9 countries have

russian equipment in them and we are working to replace that russian equipment with united states equipment. we have a lot at stake. this region matters. it has a lot to do with national security. we need to step up our game general law richardson heads, the u. s. southern command is responsible for security cooperation in central and south america. it also includes the protection of washington's military assets there. now this is not the 1st time that richardson has emphasized the strategic importance of the region for us, especially that have its natural resources. 3, jan is so rich and resources. it's off the charts, rich. 60 percent of the world's lithium is in the region. you have heavy crude, you have life sweet crude. you have rare earth elements. there are adversaries that are taking advantage of this region every single day, right in our neighborhood. and i just look at what happens in this region in terms

of security impacts our security, our national security in the homeland and in the united states, by washington's relations with some of its latin american neighbors have been strained since last year. we had refused to invite the leaders of cuba, but as whaler nicaragua, to a summit of the americas that it was hosting. meanwhile, china and russia had been increasing investments in the region, including for critical infrastructure as well as providing military equipment. we heard from one political expert who discusses the idea of, well, the ruling gemini, and that part of the world. well, i think that for most americans, their interests are not the same as the interest of the pentagon on the interest of wall street. so in my view, american people have and have a great influence in latin america. it just cannot be in the, in the form of impression or in the form of

a subjugation of the peoples or the plundering of their natural resources in america. so we shouldn't worry is the pentagon is, was street because what they want is maintain the relationship of dependence from buying america towards the u. s. the, all on the road doctrine to call latin america. it's bad yard or as president biden said, it front yard, ultimately, latin america should be free and indeed is becoming more and more free, being able to think its partners, its allies, its relations throughout the world. and russia and china are 2 great powers that one cannot help, but to have some relation when there is no country that due to ideological preferences can afford to ignore russia or china. what was coming up to you right after this, the latest episode of going on the ground over noun philosophy. i know chomsky joining the program and he talks about the emergence of this new multi poto world

and the inevitable end to the ruling hedge. money is a fascinating debate for the meantime. here's a preview. why is it that you think russia thinks it's fine? i think so gay lover of this week giving a press conference allowing western reporters accreditation, whereas in the united states, they obviously don't ban media in the u. s. because of the 1st amendment sunny in europe. obviously there's mass batting of journalists and journalism. what's behind that and that surely does depart some what from manufacturing consent where they didn't want to ban anything. they just knew that the lower selling outlets would fail to engage the populace in, in dissident opinion. well i say 1st of all, it's quite know if you look through the say it in

take a more recent event, the iraq or not that far back. anyone who dares to see that iraq were, was the major crime of the century, which it certainly was, is bitterly denounced and condemned. if you look at discussion in the mainstream, you'll be hard put to find anyone who does, who can reach the main street and who will say the elementary truth and indisputable truth, that the iraq war was an example of what the nuremberg tribunal called the supreme international crime, crime, aggression which differs from other war crimes only in the it includes all of the evil that follows. so find somebody who says,

christian bush, dog room shrill dick cheney, we're guilty of the crimes for which people were aimed at nuremberg instead. would you have his celebration of george bush, the great criminal who invaded iraq and afghanistan and destroyed the celebration of mercy? lovely person scolded, goofy graham, po, placement of his grandchildren, painted pictures just a delightful person. well, that iraq were. ah, no mister, no. am chomsky he's been pushing back against the mainstream narratives for decades if you want to hear more of that. a very interesting discussion with action retention stick around. it's coming away in just a moment. mm

hm. 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. his on offense there into america development only personally, i'm going to resist. i don't see how that strategy will be successful, very political time. time to sit down and talk ah, with i'm absent dancy and welcome back to going underground rural, gusting all around the world from dubai in the united arab emirates this week.