were too often handled differently because the deceased was indigenous. so many of the worst criminals got away. the bishop's got away. the ones who had done most of the damage never got charged ah, german tanks, good once again, faced russians on the battlefield as were lit, reportedly bout us pressure to deliver the offensive weapons under the guise of defending prey. china as the us better minded. so financial problems instead of accusing beijing of being responsible for the economic crisis and african countries like sam dea, a decades old, george soros publication re surface. it's adding further evidence to washington attitudes, foreign partners by using that as cannon fodder for us. geo political gains. and palestinians urge the west to help stop the israelis demolition of

a key village in the occupied west bank. has locals been anger over the destruction of their home and will do good. we exist on the slam before the israel. we call them them, came unoccupied, a message to the railway occupation. we will not leave these place. this is all property, and we will remain here with coming to you live from the russian capital. this is our t international. i'm rachel blevins here with the top stories of the our welcome to the program. germany has reportedly caved in and decided just send it to main battle tanks to ukraine after months of resisting pressure from nato allies. and yet, it would be the 1st time german tanks face off against russians since the 2nd world war. the fact that germany is allowing the delivery of its leopard to tanks via partner countries and is also delivering them itself as redeeming news for the

battered and brave people of ukraine. the chancellor made a decision that no one took lightly. the fact that germany will support ukraine with the leopard tank is a strong sign of solidarity. at least 14 german leopard tanks will reportedly be provided to you, crane and several other western countries stay there ready to sign even more. berlin is also expected to allow poland to hand over some of the german made leopards to kiev berlin had previously stopped short of providing such heavy weapons to ukraine over fears of being seen as a party to the conflict in provoking russia. top officials from nato countries have been piling pressure on germany to send its tanks. so we're just, we're constantly press and the governments and billing to make them share the last part. we discussed the issue of back in terms consultations among our lives will continue on a home for them that we will have

a solution soon. i would urge my german poly to do that at these times. i'm not offensive when they are useful. defensive methods, leopard tank is a terrific system, very, very modern, very effective. and so i think we've been nothing but clear privately in public. we would with germany and all our allies and partners that if you can meet a need that the ukrainians have, you know, we obviously want to see you do that. labor and human rights lawyer dan cove. alex says it's clear that berlin didn't want to send his tanks to ukraine, but was forced to do so by the us and its allies. it's disheartening from a number of perspectives. first of all, it's just going to add fuel to the fire. it's just going to lead to the deaths are more ukrainians, and more russians in most likely won't change the outcome of the war. but also it has to be seen as the sad day procurement. and you said it was not going to send

tanks. and clearly the u. s. pressure germany to do so. even the head of nato communicated to the u. s. to germany, would not be sending the tags unless the u. s. would send their own tags. but again, germany's been strong armed and pressured and doing this has to be seen as a green flag to countries that want to intervene more into this war. so it's a bad sinus assigned. the west is going to continue to double down on the military support of ukraine, again, which will do nothing but increase the suffering of the crating. it seems to me that all of this is going against the interest of german. they pretty much shot themselves in the foot by foregoing russia, natural gas, which of course, an american beg your beg for the georgia dream to, to be bill. you know, so none of this is to the advantage of germany. it seems to me that germany is

doing all this out of pressure from the united point that the u. s. itself is reportedly also finalizing plans, just send its abrams main battled things to ukraine. that decision is expected to be announced later this week. american officials have so far declined to share any details, rushes ambassador to the u. s. as the move would show the world who is really the aggressor in ukraine. an analysis of the whole sequence of washington's actions demonstrates that the americans are constantly raising the bar of military assistance to their puppets. if the us decides to supply tanks, then justifying citrus that with arguments about defensive weapons will definitely not work. this would be another blatant provocation against russia. no one should have any illusions about who is the real aggressor in the current conflict. comes as the frame as president for even more western weapons. well, calling his country a big business opportunity for arm suppliers. we've got the details of how you

frame is turning into a testing ground for nato weapons, and the details of who's making the big bucks on our website. archie dot com as the west sends more weapons to ukraine to be used against russia. some european critics say the tragic lessons of history are being forgotten. the grandson of france's world war 2 era hero charles de gaulle has spoken up against the tide, which has landed him in hot water on the homefront, as are to contributor rachel mars and explains a pro russian who owns it. that how one of frances taught newspapers lithia who has just described a piano to good while asking quote, what has gotten into this advisory strategy and corporate finance holder of a master's degree in swiss residence to venture out at the age of $59.00 in the controversy where there are only blows to take. if the name sounds familiar, it should be able to go to the grandson of world war 2 era french general turned

french president shouted the good who is routinely ranked at the very top of the list of favorite french historical figures alongside napoleon bonaparte or john doff joan of arc or scientists re pastel and murphy cutie de gone lead the french resistance against the nazis during world war 2. he then kicked the americans off a french military bases when they figured they might just want to stick around afterwards. he pulled france out of nato to secure the country's military autonomy . and here's what the girl said about russia at the time. for france and russia beans, united means being strong and being separated means sending up in jeopardy. truly, it is a categorical imperative of geography experience and common sense. the goal aimed trade deals with the soviet union who support against nazi germany. he considered critical during the 2nd world war. he also saw moscow as critical in preventing

france from becoming a vast state of washington. and now his grandson p, f. the girl has stepped forward to express his regret that france is marching in lock step with washington and nato. the same very entities from which his grandfather tried to protect frances independence, adding that he quote, felt it was my duty to restore the truth. as the heir of the general russia was seen by my grandfather as an indispensable rear ally because it was part of his concept of balance in europe. so the general's grandson is being slammed by critics, by the likes of lucy gallow as being pro russian when his position really just is pro france and looking out for french interests. first and foremost, current french president. imagine my call has repeatedly claimed admiration for president to go by has exemplified us, gets a front mindset of wanting to be

a partner of russia. well, nonetheless, falling in line with washington's agenda. for example, advocating for a negotiated piece in the ukraine conflict before then calling for an outright ukrainian when or like saying that russia's interests matter until western critics pylon come after him for the remark. and then he just backs down, dig o placed equal value in relationships with both the us and russia, with the french people being the top priority at all costs and they're all types. now it's hard to imagine de god telling french citizens as back home did amid the you praying conflict that the time of a bonded when it comes to energy is over. all because washington decided that it was time to pick a fight with russia, that hard france in europe's energy interests and well, france just decided to go along with it. speaking of which it was thanks to the god that france became energy and dependent in the 1st place. through the construction

of nuclear power plants, the same no howl who sail michael green lit to pentagon contractor, general electric. when he was francis economy minister, p. m. the gone is simply serving up a reminder of what the mainstream french position. these are the moscow used to be back when france was becoming great. again, the fact that the position of one of the most beloved figures in french history is now considered controversial. and even a tackle just goes to show that the country really did take a wrong turn somewhere palestine foreign ministry has called on the west to pressure israel to stop the demolition of a village and the occupied west bank. the fleet comes after residence of that village came out to protest during its destruction by israel. the crisis which links the west banks north and south, is part of an israeli plant to destroy so called illegal buildings. locals have

voiced their fury over the moon, who hold on? what are people came to day to tell nuts in the yahoo, bengal ear and all the extremist right wing officials that this land is palestinian . we did not allow the destruction of al hon. allah march. this government led by the and yahoo had been given. we'll go to the dustbins of history, and the palestinian flag will continue to fly on this land. and we'll do that. we exist on the slot and before the israel government came unoccupied at a message to his railway occupation, we will not leave this place. this is all property and we will remain here. no, i am not. we are afraid that al, con alack mar may be demolished. because have been fears, actions his electoral campaign was to demolish al khan, alack, mar, and he is now forced to do so. the head of the palestinian national initiative party told us that the real goal of the current israeli government is to expel palestinians from their land. if i'm kind of like not

a necessity up out of subject to the process of that being the view and the government to you. if that happens, this will lead different loan because it will be perceived as an act of beginning the annexation of the ban of the section of the potential being an independent. this is also another act that will give any potential on the so called to sticks. so in my opinion, these are very danger the facts and this will be stopped immediately and they can be only with the stuff on the ground as well as a serious national pressure on isabel threatening with voice divestment sanctions. if it does not stop the processes of ethnic cleansing and then, but more than that, this is really not include the people who are described even in israel as fashion.

they are very in their goal is really to destroy the potential for being. and they continue to declare that the whole palace fine by the sun is closer for jewish people. so practically that if let's what, what can be called as jewish supremacy and system of apartheid. and this is a good thing is there we go there, which will not be fulfilled, i hope is to expel from the land. and the question he does not want to, but also to consider life day. and i did this and you know, why do you stand it? why didn't 55 years of military completion of the bank? and if you move on, as well as 5 years of ethnic cleansing, not a good faction was used against, allowing it to be above the little above. international law imbued the to

responsibility in front of international law. this has led to the creation of the most recent government and i see this fusion. and that is one of the data, the results of this international behavior that continues to use double standard when it comes to posting in as the ukraine conflict escalate a 30 year old publication by george soros has resurfaced casting further down on the prevailing western narrative. the nato and its allies have no stake in the conflict. the billionaires piece discusses how crazy could be used by the u. s. to achieve its own goals. they're using european soldiers as cannon fodder instead of americans. the united states would not be called upon to act as a policeman of the world when it acts, it would act in conjunction with others. incidentally, the combination of manpower from eastern europe with the technical capabilities of nato would greatly enhance the military potential of the partnership. because it

would reduce the risk of body bags for nato countries, which is the main constraints on their willingness to act. this is a viable alternative to the looming world disorder. all the nato countries continued to insist they are not a party to the conflict, but this document from 1993, published by george soros is open. society institute gives a different impression. this document from 993 lays out how the united states, the allies might be interested in using countries across eastern europe as proxy device, russia. and they could incur the losses that might make the conflict on popular if nato countries themselves were directly involved, then it was their own soldiers who were doing the dying. now to coo and 2014. and which the united states over through the ukraine government and installed a fanatically anti russian group to power in kiev seems to match what this document put forward. what we generally here in western media is that ukraine is simply

under attack, turning for help from the democratic west. but jeffrey, that the columbia university, he recently came forward and said that's not the case. the united states as overthrown dozens of governments. it definitely contributed to the overthrow of yanna, ko bitch. and i know this from the inside, not just from the outside. so i just want to be clear, i will, i did, i know from top people involved in these issues is what i'm discussing right now. now the sort of document not only matches the situation where he is having us weapons smiled into it and being applied with weapons by the united day. it also matches that the government of poland is very war mongering and hostile to russia. and furthermore, if you look at the situation, there are some estimates that the ukrainian casualty rate, we may have seen over

a 100000 debt. they are being carried out and people are dying to serve nato goal. and he has recently admitted this is what's in that junior humans and minds today we are carrying out nato's mission without the loss of their blood, but with the loss of ours. that's why they need to supply us with weapons. and furthermore, we've had us officials admit that this is indeed the purpose of the conflict in ukraine. it's about serving nato's goal, the united states, age ukraine, and her people, so that we can fight russia over there. and we don't have to fight russia here. ultimately, i think this is a sound investment for us national security because not only are we defending a country from authoritarian aggression, not only are we taking one of our biggest geopolitical competitors down several notches in the process and we're doing it without us boots on the ground in harm's way. now it appears that the october government and ukraine wasn't the only

government that the united states had. its eyes on were stirring up some kind of regime change and perhaps using it against russia. any place that you're looking at in terms of a potential regime change that could be stabilized region or, or the world, obviously a good one would be russia, but i don't think they're on the precipice there. i think things have to get worse economically and there have to be many more body bags and frankly military losses before there's a change in the government in, in sco, we have a very casual statement from western leader that they seek to utilize the lives of people across eastern europe, let them go out and die to serve their own political agenda. and it shows that it's all narrative where ukraine, you simply being targeted, the democratic country just begging for help. it doesn't fit at all. this is part of geo political maneuvered. russia's foreign minister is an in goal for

talks visiting his 3rd african country this week survey la ross was in the kingdom of s t me on tuesday, where he slammed western powers for applying a neo colonial approach to africa by patronizing nations instead of cooperating with them this is, it is a testimony to the had to work and effort. they told her preventative of him is put in. it is an affirmation of a long history of cordelia. tea in the kingdom of his sweating in the russian federation of the main activity today was the signing of an agreement that will establish a non visa regime for diplomats of both countries. but during the press conference that immediately followed the signing, the foreign minister said that their country's plan to increase cooperation in the spheres of agriculture,

science and energy leverage specifically mentioned the need for supplying irrigation systems as well as russian grain to s watson. he also said that the country's officials asked about how russia could help their country conquer it's chronic fertilizer shortage. the russian foreign minister responded that russia has a surplus of fertilizer and has been trying to help africa in that regard. free of charge, but it's been european ports that are detaining around $280000.00 tons of that fertilizer. and the foreign ministers have made an appeal to the united nations to rectify that situation. nashville, lou, but through the lou, our friends confirmed the problems with the supply fertilizers and asked how we could be useful as the country reported that the shortage negatively affects its agriculture. when we talked about delivering our fertilizers, free of charge last summer, the president, putin, in contact with the un said that 280000 tons were being held up in the ports of e. u. countries. companies that own fertilizers are ready to transfer them to

developing countries, but the you is trying to punish us and punish developing countries. considering that the un secretary general advocated for unhindered supplies and boots, we agreed that the governments of russia and us were teenie will send the un chief a proposal to use parts of the detained grain for the needs of s one, teeny rushes for men. sir, also expressed that russia's willingness to supply us what teeny, with russian grain may be able to stabilize the country's delicate food situation. now lavish, i've also spoke about the french president emanuel microns claim that burkina faso decision to expel french troops. as a result of kremlin influence, he said, russia doesn't meddle in africa's affairs. it just works with countries that are ready to work with moscow. but apparently, russia was essentially told that africa was europe's sphere of influence. a pretty hypocritical statement when considering nato's activities right on russia's doorstep, took the suckling could you while still trying to keep up the act? western countries became interested in why we're here in africa. i replied that we

want to develop relations with everyone who's interested in it, but they told me that russia should learn that africa is a zone of european interests. earlier you officials said that the balkans are also a zone of their interests and we should not go there. at the same time, the you considered it normal to work near russian borders deal when african countries want to develop security relations with other nations. this leads to certain reactions, we're now being accused of infringing on french interests and molly burkina, faso and the central african republic. the e u applies the same philosophy and mentality anywhere in the world. you know, the same vicious logic applies to the african continent. lever of explained the situation as one part of a larger western neo colonial mission to tell african nations which countries they can and can't have good diplomatic relations with. he said it's not russia's problem, that africa is ditching the west. and looking to moscow in many spheres of cooperation,

another recent example took place in molly for who was issued to us. this was a, was a similar situation developed in molly a year ago when the countries leadership concluded that the decision to withdraw french troops and remove their military bases would create security threats in the region. that is why they asked for help from us. specifically, our private military companies. we are not to blame for the fact that the french military molly did not live up to their expectations. ultimately, the situation developing in africa seems to come down to 2 different understandings of democracy. according to sergei live rav russia sees it as countries deciding for themselves who to do business with. while the west is stuck in a neo colonial attitude of bending other countries to its will. criticism towards the u. s. and its relations with africa also came from china after washington accused beijing of failing to help zambia solve as debt problems. i know the

chinese have been a barrier to concluding the negotiations. we will continue to press for all official bilateral and private sector creditors to meaningfully participate in depth to really present via, especially china. in fact, the biggest contribution that do you as can make to the depth issues outside the country, is to act on responsible monitor policies cope with its own debt problem and stop sabotaging other southern countries. active efforts to solve their depth issues. for more on the 4th cross live now to south african journalist kept a homeless so me, thanks so much for joining me on the show today. now, what else can you tell us about the stat between beijing and washington over africa? good morning, rachel. now we do know that washington is scrambling with china and the tensions between the 2 countries of mainly pay placed on the geopolitical tensions between them. now, china is seen as a major economic and military power that has changed and challenging the u. s. as

well as the u. s. a global influence, washington is very weary of china's growing influence of the global economy, especially in the developing countries on the african continent. now, the spec between the 2 is largely focused on the u. s. accusing china of exploiting natural resources, taking advantage of weak governance and engaging in unfair practices. we know that this is changing. the secretary jennifer ellen has been on the continent on the 3 country visit which began on monday in lusaka, in zambia. and this visit comes after the visit of the chinese on the african continent. we also know that the finance minister of russia is also on a visit to the continent. and also, i mean the comments from the beach, the secretary treasury of the us were made immediately to china, making inroads in africa. and we do know that these comments are quite typical of

the u. s. accusing china of the work and in roads that it has done on the african continent. but the chinese embassy in zambia has responded to ellen's comments of what china has been doing in that country. and they said that the biggest contribution in our quotes that the u. s can make to date issues outside the country is to act on responsible money to policies cope with its own problems and stop sabotaging of the foreign countries that are active, making active if it's to solve the issues. now we do know that american policy makers across the political spectrum have not prioritized africa over the years, especially when it comes to u. s. foreign policy plans. while that washington's a limited focus on africa has lacked coordination and is now often just unsettled by the ill or, sorry, ill defined concept of the chinese influence. now speaking,

how that influence of what exactly is the chinese role in the african economy when it comes to zambia specifically? now, beijing has invested very heavily in zambia, especially when it comes to infrastructure development. we know that many roads, many dams have been built in that country and also the economy has been developed. i mean, zambia is what was one of the poorest countries on the continent. but inroads being made by china is helping in develop that economy. we have over 600 chinese companies that are operating in zambia in assisting in not only deviating poverty by having the economy being grown in that region. but also by many that have been employed. many of the residents that are employed in china in beijing rather in zambia, from the beijing's influence, la, china's also invested in projects including agriculture, telecommunications,

as well as mining and china's one of the biggest trading partners of zambia with bilateral trade off $2200000000.00 since the year 2018 south africa and journalist got de homeless. so me, thank you so much for your time and insight and that's all for now. be sure to check out our t v dot com for all the latest breaking news and updates. was he right back here at the top of the hour? ah, a blowing sanctions imposed on russia in the u and elsewhere in the world, electricity and gas prices have risen sharply. protest are taking place over year. our prosperity has been based on cheap energy coming from russia.

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