[000:00:00;00] with you, with a headlines when off you international and there she is, right, that us treasury secretary is touring africa, although it is widely seen as an effort to upstage russia and china is growing influence on the continent. india is a tech minister accuses us pharmaceutical john to pfizer, of having attempted to bully his government into providing legal protection from any side effects of its cobit back with

russian games along the river. ariel drones are become a major component of the fight for don bass. and what has become now, what essential means of walton de wolf, that our senior correspondent remained embedded on the front line. that while peru was engulfed in deadly protest, the u. s. ambassador a former c i, a agent, meets with senior officials and lima told business, particularly regarding the countries natural resources with saturday night here at moscow and a big tally of your heavy hitting stories here. one out to you international. so good to have you with us. so washington has dispatched its treasury secretary or not lengthy tour of africa is it seeks to strengthen ties along the continent. or agenda so far appears focused on just well to riding russia and china,

ultimately blaming them for troubles up and down the african continent, which is war and weapon ization of food, his exacerbated food insecurity and caused untold suffering. and the global economic head winds caused by the actions of a single man present in put is creating an unnecessary drag on africa's 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 the motive emotions from her captive

audience that she blames rush hour for africa's exacerbated food shortage problem. she also says that the continent must be weary about unfettered chinese loans, which she says are highly collateralized and can prevent 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 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 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 multilateral 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 multi lateral or bangs should focus on when 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 wouldn't 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, is that of american president, mr. joe biden. of course this visit by jenny delane bills upon a visit that we had last year in august by the u. s. secretary of state, mr. anthony blinking, who also tried 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 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 this story and want to come india's tech minister has accused the u. s. pharmaceutical giant pfizer were having pressured the country's government to ensure legal protections for pfizer in case of deadly side effects from its covert vaccine. the allegation spot to strong rebuttal by an indian parliament member emit

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 watchdog requested a clinical study to confirm the safety of the job latest idea. india said it wouldn't by the pfizer job with a report saying the company's demand for legal protection was the main issue. all of the world economic form at davos this week. phases c o attempted to evade commenting about the job safety and effectiveness. you said it was a 100 percent effective, then 90 percent, then 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 the recent studies by european n g yos? have claim that e u. covert of vaccine deals, including ones with pfizer, prioritized colossal financial interests over that of your public health is archie contributor, rachel marston, jerry cove, it the european union rolled out a block y q r code system has 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 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. yo's, 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 albert beula, has twice refused to appear in front of 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 wagner 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 van der lion 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. i 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 could tarry and murat can 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 quote, modern barbarism. that's how perky a has slammed a protest by a controversial swedish danish political figure who but the could on and the name of democratic values. but as the most pollutant set fire to islamic holy book in front of the turkish embassy in stock home with the permission of swedish authorities during a speech, he also branded turkey as president as an islamist dictator. i'm as to pollute on is a known for organizing similar stunts in the past and was convicted of a racism in denmark off the posting an anti islam video in social media. last year, his announcement that he would embark on a could on burning to a, during the muslim holy month of ramadan, it would cost public outrage and sparked riots in sweden. well, it was quick to condemn the swedish authorities for allowing the protest saying it

encouraged, hate crime. and islam of phobia. ankara also counselled a plan to visit of sweden's defense minister over the issue which was aimed at resolving turkey as concerns about sweden's bed to join nato. we can learn more now, live to his tumble, and a t r t world editor at large use of adam. joining us now live is just about quarter past 7 in the evening where you all used to thank you so much for joining us here on the international. i know you've been keeping a close watch on this story. what is your take on that protest in stop chrome? what message was trying to send to turkey? do you think? i think it was trying to send a message that we are not ready to become a member of nato. and that's the way i start receiving it. because now me accession bid and potential ratification through turkish parliament, a very positive issue that it probably can be considered dead on arrival. now probably for the rest of the year. i don't think the conversations don't get opened

up any time. the images are now very busy that created a lot of outreach and i to get like a lot about region by the muslim world. they probably are alienated. many of the needle members who are advocating are trying to create some dialogue with to get to try to get to get the ratified we need it. so as the other day back home is now its own worst enemy, and it's probably shot a silver bullet in its own. but what, what do you think? i mean, you surprise the swedish authorities, we're happy to allow this protest to happen in the burning of the ottoman. it seems, i don't know. what do you think of? well, i don't think the people who wrote the freedom of freedom like pression laws, a couple of centuries ago, it made a part of the universal values of humanity. every thought that this law would

be used to burn religious scriptures, the that's a, that's a great value. that r o b, such a wide spectrum of the global appellation. we're an outright abuse. the private this, you know, will be protected by freedom of expression in any we just politicians that i behind the freedom of expression live. unfortunately, perceiving that law interpreting or translating that law very correctly in my point of view. now of course, you can change from person the person the way they interpret the law, but i don't think that the, the meaning the general understanding of freedom of expression with ever meant to promote kate feature provoke while wide wide part of the population. and that's exactly what this is done. this is, this is unacceptable use of could you, could you, in a nutshell or just explain for us. and of course our viewers as well. why is there this,

this tension between turkey and finland and sweden and possible nato membership? why these 3 having such a troubled friendship? these dang, yeah, i mean, what happened today, basically the final nail in the coffin, but this goes back all the way to the nato natal madrid summit. we all 3 parties that down by the memorandum of nato, and we didn't have been wanted to join nato. many of the nato members agreed on their session process to get with the whole out to get wanted to national security concerns regarding both countries. and it basically said that you're providing financial support. you're providing political support to your allow we terrorist propaganda from a group called the p k, a group that is the terrorist organization and to get confederate special, national security threats that down they reached a memorandum of understanding at the madrid summit. there was a roadmap,

part of that roadmap calls for lifting the arms embargo began to get by, but we did it, which had been accomplished that also popular and the financial and political support creating a lot the propaganda. terrorist recruitment activities, also the extradition of members and supporters of the p k, a parent group. now some of these conditions had been built but many have yet to be built. many are out in the condition that you expect and sweden and finland as well . and unfortunately, as this was going forward, now we're seeing over the past 2 weeks, 1st institute where a at the g resembling the turkish president, bridget, i, that one was hong, is stockholm. and now the burning of crohn in front of the turkish embassy n. as i stated before, my 1st dancer sweden has become its own worst enemy regarding its native session,

and no one should expect it to look positive. upon this 2nd bid process, i used to have added a my t r t world editor. at last, joining us live on auto international, really appreciate you sharing some light on that. thank you so much for your time. the russian ministry of defense has reported that his troops have taken control over another settlement in the don't yet script public official state that the settlement of dora eci, excuse me, verdette she, i should say it's very near full, a dot in the don't escrow public. it has now come under russian control. this as the ministry added that ukrainian forces in the area suffered roughly 50 casualties and fighting as russian troops destroy 2 on that combat vehicles as well as a number of artillery pieces. meanwhile, aerial drones have become a major component in the conflict that used for conducting recognizance operations, as well as of course that of a destroying enemy positions are senior correspondent,

has a moron. this these close to the front lines. roots are a mortal hazard. artillery is trained on every stretch. only trees also cover even that scott aah! valesh the closest they are is 700 meters away at 3 o'clock through in a total of 3 directions. also at 10 o'clock and 12 o'clock, our boys are there to their rotating to day. 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 the success. but as the drone flew back, it noticed something unusual. fresh fortifications and enemy troops concealed under the tree cover or as they, anya 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 the orders went out to nearby artillery yellow, red blue bay. the mission had changed. they were now to keep it a distance and correct artillery fire. corrections were relayed. the next barrage struck home. although i'm on my local alpha i, 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, lisa 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 le ganske. now, in spite of increasing pressure from washington, europe is dragging its feet and not shipping enough weapons to ukraine, or the u. s. defense secretary was in germany at ramstein, our based on friday. but even after the meeting, berlin still said it will not send us leopard tanks to ukraine. this, while a french politician is warning of the dangers of sending such heavy weapons. under pressure from american hawks, e. u. countries are going into total delirium over the delivery of increasingly heavy weapons to zalinski micron made and donated clerk tanks. american hawks won a world war in europe. we're seeing different european countries, hungary, croatia, close to them, serbia, they're all saying what was going on. why are the west or western european

countries, nato countries? any of these weapons? it's not working. and now we've got people like audrey was there who is the chairperson of the german armed forces association, which is telling the german government to stop sending weapons because it's depleting its own stocks. and we know this throughout nato major countries are deeply in their own stocks for i would say a policy which is which is not working in different countries. the small countries, i would say courageous countries like hungary in croatia or voicing their concern and saying, why are we doing this? what is, what is the use of this? this is pro, tracking the war and it's driving us further into it which can at the end be extremely dangerous for us, which is interesting. this is the smaller countries. a saying that they don't believe in the war mongering. rhetoric coming out from the nato countries in, within the u for the issue was, are causing rumbles everywhere and now should say in many other places of the european block as well. for example, croatia was president, had some choice words for the e. u foreign policy chief, joseph burrell,

accusing the blocks leadership of having a condescending attitudes towards certain members, stay 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. today 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 tomorrow. if the e u wants to progress it has to accept this diversity. the correlation president made those comments during a press conference in budapest with his hunger, hunger in counterpart. now both of those countries remained opposed to the anti rusher sanctions, which as they say, only hope europe probation leader choose that you use leadership of failing to

acknowledge the individuality of each of its members. states whatever is a whole issue with a head of a euro continent, think tank p r manual comma. 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, which is refusing over your interpretation of a rule of law of european union a and her or so it's approach on ukraine and no croix shaw is siding

more with the hungary, these 2 countries corporation hungary think are european union should better. okay, boats. are you europe, as she does ish and, and not as an appendix of nate to on washington. jupiter got objectives while publicly playing down the idea that bulgaria would provide any military assistance to ukraine. of sofia's actual deeds may have exceeded keith's highest expectations with it's supplies of weapons and fuel to ukrainian forces. and that is what's 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 feel was also loaded on to freight trains. in an interview with a belk media outlet, the politicians said they avoided direct transactions between the governments and used intermediaries to supply weapons to ukraine. according to the report, sophia sent kiev diesel fuel process from russian supplied oil. the former prime minister said the initiatives were kept well secret i made the star composition from ruling coalition and the citizen members. so the polls are suggesting that 70 percent of bulgaria residents are concerned over the possibility of being drawn into the ukranian conflict and opposed sending weapons to key f. like in june kit hill pet cough and his coalition government resigned after losing a vote of confidence. however, he is set to run again an upcoming elections that happened in the spring chairman of the a bulgarian national peace council knock off stephan off believes it's the in, in an inability of

a well pro nato parties to listen to the public in bulgaria. that's brought the country to this current political crisis. the problem you should read is houston. so go, but oh, method a democracy in bulgaria is very far for what is possible to shape people. democracy in bulgarian bottle med you to it was created to show gold grow bill noodle, a bloody girl, natal unity, and my mother, the biggest spot dish in bulgarian puddle. a man better. now stop me to the chief vis a boat from e. u and u. s. u. v strike between them. visions, the problem that most of bo ghettos ah, so 40 goes of peace between you can in russia and better gas. this is sandy cove. i mean you should of diesel o for bechtel and so on. don't you, can you see? so it's a bit different. is it?

do use officer position and verb position of common people in bulgaria. the people don't believe in vis bodies and because that, that is a big strike between them. but they can't create a government. i just my wrapping up, it's ours, live broadcast from moscow and ots he international. there are some of the biggest heavy hitting stories for this hour for all of us here at ashi, the entire news team. thank you very much for joining us. catch up on all your stories at auntie dot com otherwise in half an hour. my call unit o'neill a ah, with