easy investigations were too often handled differently because the decease was indigenous. so many of the worst criminals got away the bishop's got away. the ones who done most of the damage never got charged. ah, the headlines anaki international. there she is right. that the us treasury secretary touring africa, although it is widely seen as an effort to upstage russia and china is growing influence. i'll not confident india's at tech minister accuses us pharmaceutical, giant fives. they're having attempted to bully his government to providing legal protection from any side effects from it's coping faxing, a desk with russian games along the river here, aerial drones to become

a major component of the fighting photon vast. and what has become at a central meeting the sub morning day will talk, senior correspondent remains imbedded up and down the front line. and while peru was engulfed in deadly protests, the u. s. on bassett, of a former c i, a agent meets with senior officials and lima to talk business, particularly regarding about her route, natural resources. with working away into a saturday night here in the city that never sleeps. so talk to you to national life from moscow. it's so good to have to okay. so washington has dispatched its treasury secretary on a lengthy tour of africa as it seeks to strengthen its ties with the continent. our agenda so far appears focused on just well. they're riding russia and china, blaming them for troubles, up and down the continent,

which is war and weapon ization of food is exacerbated food insecurity and caused untold suffering. and the global economic head winds caused by the actions of a single man present in person is creating an unnecessary drag on african 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 motive emotions from her captive audience that she blame for i shall for africa's exist the bane tent,

food shortage problem. she also says that the continent must be weary about unfettered chinese loans, which she says are highly collateralized and can present a dead trip for their said countries. and she has presented the case of zambia as a, as a cautionary tale if you will. 2 other african states that, that the chinese are dragging their feed 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 called 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 pushed through on this agenda. janet, the ellen 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 government 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 rhetoric from the americans. is that, why is it only happening now that the multilateral of bangs should focus on one the development agenda of africa when it 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 than would be hosting a american top senior officials coming into the continent that they take it seriously. i also understand that among some of the visits that we should be expecting this year, if that of american president, mr. joe biden. of course this visit by jenna delane bills 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. the fact that there hasn't been any meaningful american investment on the continent, and that african countries would not being where they are without the support, without the trade, without the investment that they received from china, as well as russia visit by janet dell and thought to the synagogue and also tied down in zambia as well as here in south africa. so there is still more to the story and want to come. india is a tech minister, has accused the u. s. pharmaceutical giant phase of having pressured the country's government to ensure legal protections for fire during the event of deadly side. effects was covered vaccine and the allegation spoke a strong rebuttal by an indian parliament member. it claims that he had supported the western injections over the locally produced ones just to remind all

indians that pfizer tried to bullet the government of india into accepting conditions of indemnity. and jerome romesha kept pushing the case of foreign vaccines during cupboard. this is total book, mister minister. let not your ambition to climb the greasy pole. make you more of a liar than you are 20215. it 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. later that year in the i said it would not by the fire said jack with report saying the company's demands for legal protection with the main issue and at the world economic forum in davos this week. phases c o attempted to evade commenting about the jobs, 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 stop 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 a recent study is by european andrarios of claim that e u covert vaccine deals, including ones with pfizer, prioritized colossal financial interests over the main issue of public health. let's get her our contributed on board, his artes, rachel, marston, jerry cove, it the european union rolled out a block why q r code system has proven vaccination for travel leisure and in some cases a condition of employment, even as reports started raising doubts about how reliable the shot actually was when it 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 interest, we argue, came at the expense of transparency around pricing, delivery schedules,

those transfer clements 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 yos when it comes to accountability towards their customers there, and clients who received an ultimately paid for the jobs being average european citizens to make matters worse. phases, ceo al, but bowler has twice refused to appear in front of her pin parliament's covert committee to answer questions about how the contract negotiations were carried out . an old 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 van der 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 burleigh debt, which has now led the committee to request that berlin access privileges to the european parliament. he revoked and access to you. politicians for corporations and their lobbyists is pretty much priceless. between january 20, 20, and september 2020 to 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 end yos reports,

which also touch on the lip service that the e you paid to global unity against cove it while at the same time gate, keeping it cove, it technologies and practicing a 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 could tarry and murat 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 as wagner line, says 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

the russian ministry of defense has reported that his troops have taken control over another settlement in the don't at script. public official state. the settlement of veronica near sola dodd and the gwinnett script public has come under russian control. this as the ministry added that ukrainian forces in the area suffered roughly 50 casualties. as russian troops just destroyed at least 2 ahmed combat vehicles, as well as a number of artillery pieces as well. meanwhile, aerial drones have become major components in the conflict, or they're used for conducting recognizance operations as well as of course destroying enemy positions are senior correspondent embedded or along the front lines, wouldn't guess via has more on the story. this close to the front lines. roads are a mortal hazard. artillery is trained on every stretch. only trees offer cover. even that scant. ah

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. our boys are there to their rotating today. they're doing well. this area was 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 then 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 fighting he's underway, ukrainian units are desperate to reverse russian gains along the river. here through the rotation was the success. but as the drone flew back, it noticed something unusual. fresh fortifications and enemy troops concealed under the tree cover or espana discovered enemy positions at a distance of 400 shifted 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 m l

i bel bay. the mission had changed. they were now to keep it a distance and correct artillery fire. corrections were laid. the next barrage struck home on my little alpha, this is biker, right on the target. repeat. this is modern warfare. this is the dominant form of combat across the front lines, artillery and drones. in a 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 gazda of r t. from logan's croatia as president had some choice words for

e u foreign policy. chief joseph barrell, accusing the blocks ladyship of having a condescending attitude towards a certain member states. burrell st. parisha 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 hunger and counterpart. both of those countries remain opposed to the anti russia sanctions, which are they say,

only heard europe of the croatian liter. accuse the leadership of failing to acknowledge the individual ality of each of its members state to raise the whole issue with the head of the euro. continent think tank p r. have on your palmer the comments of her creation. the president reflects the huge struggle of power between a member states, nations and earth. 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, or which is refusing over your interpretation of a rule of role of european union and or,

or so it's approach on ukraine and no croix shot a siding more with the hungary. these 2 countries, corporation, hungary think, or european union should better. okay, so boat, are you europe as a cv does ish and, and not as an appendix of nature in washington. jupiter got objectives. ah, while a publicly playing down the idea that bulgaria would provide any military assistance to ukraine, sophia's actual deeds may well have exceeded, keeps expectations with a supplies of arms and fuel to ukrainian forces. this is what has been brought to light by former bulgarian government officials. we estimate that about a 3rd of the ammunition needed by the ukrainian army in the early phase of the war came from bulgaria. our private military industry was producing at full speed. bulgaria became one of the largest exporters of diesel to ukraine, and at times,

covered 40 percent of ukraine's needs trucks and tankers. regularly went to ukraine via romania. and in some cases, the fuel was also loaded on to freight trains. in an interview with the veldt, media out that the politicians said they avoided direct transactions between the governments and used intermediaries to supply weapons to ukraine. according to the report, sophia sent key of diesel fuel process from russian oil. former prime minister said the initiatives were kept secret amid stock opposition from the ruling coalition and citizen proposed do suggest that 70 percent of bulgaria as residents are concerned over the possibility of being drawn into the ukrainian conflict and oppose sending a to key of back in june carol pet golf. when his coalition government resigned, after losing a vote of confidence. however, he is set to run again in upcoming elections. that will take place this spring.

let's learn more crossing live now to knock on stephan off the chairman of about gary and national peace council, who's joining us here on this saturday evening program. a very warm welcome to use . so ball, gary a seem to be on the side lines as the conflict in ukraine began, but these revelations show otherwise, what do you think? prompted the admission. there is essentially seem to be a covert secret operation. you see at 1st. ringback of course, it also a secret operation. ah, but not so secret. it will be how to say an offshore level. it will be secret buck at the house at gun a level. everybody knows we will get that to be so when you shoot well sent to or you came through for a month and through mania. so earlier you speak inc in well, get in puddle meds. it. so it was created to so called bro uno, atlantic, pearl nato, and how to say to unity among the mo, the biggest spot,

the sh in will get in parliament. and the ghost wit jaleco his vote showed any good vis you derision in you came up. i kept to st. let to look only volk, eat for muted technical support of ukraine, but also they bulky for muted to set support for your brain. so from this point of view, it says how to say very dangerous situation, that bulgaria is possible to be evolve in vit. what in ukraine, in this conflict in beast of it, gothic in ukraine. and it's also said, very big permanent though in bulgaria we us a bulgarian nation abuse committee. we're back now to organize a much platform for bulgaria to become zone of peace. not only zoloft

bees, but only a breach for peace. you know very well that will get it is so slow nick, orthodox guntee, and as to let it go for dose. got be we have to say that the most of the book get in people. i feel like most of 80 percent the login and people are for bees and no tennessee but more than piece and though 13. but of course, if you think about russia highs or even even the tight of the soviet union, of course the ball gary, as you say, you know, you've got so many slavic orthodox stairs. well, so i was going to pick you up on this mister stefan of stepping off because i'm i was gonna ask you, what was that when it comes to the confessions such as this, this was a kind of a covert operation. but what the, what do these confessions mean for pet coughs, political party in the song air in governmental cramming because our elections just are on the way and yet there is still as our sang. so there's still so much of a pro russian sentiment in bulgaria. yes,

you just to keep in mind that this is not only kill but gulf, but the other big bucket, for example, get up. which means bogus you deserve for european development of bulgaria. and other big bacchus ah, for a dash of barking. could you can in vsa conflict own you can show. so the speaking could vary that i do receive vest, thought nuclear, to speaking for how to st for support from western companies. because between this i got the responses, you will get it, which are for supporting that you can't invest gully. that is a thought between them. you see and know because the strategist oh, sure so met. there may be luck on big problems o vis bucky's afro broan natal parties. are even human for example

b as feet, which is a refraining over walking in such a complicated matters. but you see and vet, veteran now struggling to receive the support from the e. u. and u. s. in this diag between that vision the problem. yeah, i don't owe it on my see my bunk area. it isn't what it is. so my sort, i'm sort of jump into the time. it's so small. i really appreciate having you on the program, but it almost seems in some sense that the bulgaria is slightly stuck between a rock and a hard place. what. what would you say? what are your expectations mister stephan off about about, about the future relationship between moscow and sophia g thing, some damage has been done. i see that. oh, so little a visa, helpless at the delicious. oh, already bolts is my opinion, but it's not their position about getting people of the most of bulgaria else.

ah, so party. how to set that coast of peace between you can in russia and better against vis sandy cove. a minutia of diesel o for battle and so on. don't you claim you she so it's a big difference between this official position and very position of common people in bulgaria and visit big problem. now you're speaking with political crisis and we'll get it goes now by getting see political crises is crises which is crisis between. we're also said that people don't believe in vis parties that people don't believe in vis bodies. and because that that is a big strike between them, but they can't create a government who's but of the fact that on big problems voted a delicious and internal problems. they have very similar positions,

but very startling. cool. we'll be deleting gunther validity party who lead a vit government and from this bottle view started this political guys issue and bulgaria will now vote for for less than one and your for, for the now part of the voting can both get well as you say, i mean, as you say, many people are calling this alluding political crisis will bulgaria right now at a time when europe isn't a very difficult position, essentially being squeezed from both sides not cost far off. i wish we have more time. the chairman of the bulgarian national peace council joining us live here on oxy international from all of us here. thank you very much for joining us. thank you very much. thank you very much and thank you for joining us as well. at least

one person is dead and more than a dozen wounded. all of this in violence stand offs between protesters and police improve the demonstrated mostly indigenous local is trying to storm and airport in the nation's 2nd biggest city. they was stopped by police classes have been sweeping for ruth more than a month now with protesters demanding the resignation of president, being up on what we took off as last month after her predecessor was kicked out the head of state. so it's a situation is under control, claiming, be on arrest is being fueled from abroad. meanwhile, peruse future and it's natural resources have all been up for discussion. the us ambassador to the south american country, a former c i. a agent has met with peruse energy, minnesota to business. the ministry later released a statement expressing gratitude to america for its 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. per with a key global producer of copper, silver, and zinc, with a clear majority of the countries exports about 58 percent, all coming from mining and extraction for the rest of the countries exports amount to just over 40 percent. now, the ousted president pedro castillo, he says that the us itself as long try to control, peruse, lucrative, mineral resources, have a listen for yourself. the visa 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, there is an intriguing coincidence to all of this. have a listen to this, the us ambassador to peru, lisa kenner, who previously worked for the c. i a reportedly met with the south america countries defense minister, the day before the then president was booted out. we heard from latin american geopolitical expert daniel shore. he is suspicious about the overthrow of the previous peruvian president. 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, not just with the minister of energy and natural resources into a meeting with a former generals who are now ministers in the unelected government of being about why.