[000:00:00;00] with russian troops gain ground and the neural nets gra, public as they advance and the key front line town of google. adar, also this our no offense referred to russia. we are fighting a war against russia. next messages from berlin and washington after they both agree to send their tanks to ukraine in the bass escalation of western involvement in the conflict. as are rocks, currency plummets to new lows, locals rally against the country, central bank,

accusing it of serving american interest at their expense. and our country wants to liberate itself and leave like the rest of the world. the step was inevitable in order to reduce the price will be a dollar which had started to affect many social classes in iraq and happy republic . day to india, as the country celebrates its 74th anniversary of its constitution with a grand parade or russian military cadets were exclusively invited 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 hour. welcome to the program. russian troops are pushing deeper into the key town of google adar, just south of don us city. local officials say the army has security foothold. they're allowing them to mount a bigger offense it to in circle ukrainian forces forces are cheese roman, closer up. as in the dawn nest republic with the details,

the outskirts of the city of oakland are now partially under control. the russian forces were into local officials and according to my sources on the ground as well . now, one of the whites out there, i said that they've been controlling downstairs of the city of the last couple of days. now. they're not storming the city. and according to officials, according to sources in the military, there will not storm the city itself, but rather execute a so called insert movement and in circle the graham forces within. now, this is very important, both for the russian forces and for ukraine as well. and now the fighting and their continues and russia using the artillery, they're using aviation as well as the ground forces. meanwhile, in the rest of ukraine and emergency was declared as explosions or heard in several

cities, including network control, article region. and in the capsule. kim as well and forward boxer, now mayor of visual and confirm, and there were indeed explosions in the capsule, ukraine. in the meantime, the u. s. has announced that we'll hand over 31 of its abrams tanks and other armored vehicles to ukraine for an expected counter offensive against russia's forces on the front lines. minucci with united states should we should do 31 abram tanks to crate. that's what this is about. helping ukraine defend to protect you. crazy land follows germany's decision to send at least 14 of its main battle. thanks to ukraine. after months of pressure from nato allies and key ad, russia has accused berlin of escalating the conflict. instead of seeking peace, but should close this damn. so to get my new cookie you,

once again we see that germany, like it's closest allies, is not interested in a diplomatic solution to the crane crisis. it is focused on this permanence escalation and unlimited pumping of the key regime with more and more deadly weapons. red lines are a thing of the past. berlin and washington have both pledge to train ukrainian crews to use their tanks before they can be deployed. but while that you, nato allies are in unison over their military supplies, dickie yet they're not on the same page about the stated ain is not an offensive threat to russia. there is no offensive threat to russia. and therefore, i've said already in the last days, yes, we have to do more to defend ukraine. yes, we have to do more also on things. but the most important in the crucial part is that we do it together and that we do not do the blame game in europe because we are fighting

a war against russia and not against each other. thank you. many people in the german governments are making decisions about favor washington at germany is expense, and fighting being a part of this proxy war fighting this proxy war for and with the united states. that is, is part of that. i think they will continue to search for weapons to send ukraine and it will obviously make no difference. we were told the timers and the triple 7 were going to make all the difference. and here we are, back to square one, looking for wonder weapons, defend ukraine, to turn the tide, which we were already told turned already. so they're going to continue to go through this process. apparently oblivious to the fact that these weapons take years for a army to incorporate and use on the battlefield effectively. so unfortunately, we're going to watch this process continue to play out and watch matters escalade. meanwhile,

russia has also warned against the potential use of depleted uranium shells by western tanks and ukraine, nato, infamously, unleash such ammunition in some previous military conflicts leading to both civilians and western soldiers. being exposed to radiation, according to russia's arms control, chief in vienna. moscow will consider the use of such weapons as a dirty nuclear bomb attack. for now, 3 different types of nato main battle tanks are going to be delivered to the ukranian army. washington promise to send 31 of its m one abrams tanks. although the white house that the delivery will take months now in germany is also going to send 14 of its most modern leopards with several other nato states. also committed to sending their own stocks as they have been waiting for a green light from berlin. and finally, the u. k will also be delivering 14 of its challenger to tanks. now we asked former us marine corps intelligence officer,

scott ritter if key as army can actually handle such advance weapons. here's what he had to say. those are 3 completely different types of tanks with 3 completely different types of maintenance and logistics and sustainability issues. the, you know, the challenger and the a leopard used diesel fuel. the m one uses a jet fuel. it's 2 different engines. and so, you know, even though the, the numbers of tanks might look impressive when you add them all up of the fact is a because of the use the different kinds of change being provided. a we're actually making it very difficult for the ukrainians to, to incorporate these tanks and use them on the field of battle. tanks are very maintenance intensive. a fresh us and the m one abrams tank for every hour of operation. you need at least 3 hours of maintenance support and that's just piece

time operation. now you throw in the complexity of combat and you're probably looking for every hour, you know, 456 hours of maintenance support, and that's with a well trained maintenance crew. ukrainians don't have well trained maintenance cruise, a capable of supporting the, the m one abrams. and i just think that we're creating a logistical nightmare. was this be frank, your russia has spent, you know, decades preparing for the possibility of vo war between nato and russia. what i mean by that is that russia's developed weapons and tactics that are designed to prevail in combat against the nato. like enemy, we've got you covered with all the details on the ramifications of the western tank deliveries to frame on air and on our website r t dot com, where you can get plenty more opinions and in depth analysis plus live updates.

ukrainian opposition leader victor medford shack has spoken to r t in his 1st appearance on international media. he was free and a prisoner spot deal between moscow and he had back in september. he shared his take on the featured ukraine, and it's relations with russia, against the backdrop of western meddling with our t 's. maria cursor over here is a quick taste of the interview, which you can watch and fall later on. hair or right now on our website, r t dot com, while the war is being waged in ukraine, that this war is not for ukraine. but in the interest of the west, the u. s. the u. k. and many other countries which are settling their schools in russia, they're hanging so they have made ukraine of the war under lensky governments. a kind of testing ground either or a launch pad in a standoff with russia. yes. as up. and so have spent all these months putting a team back together. a lot of people came from kia villainy is of many people who are outside ukraine, like in russia, euro, the hollywood, turkey,

them that they are ready to continue to fight and have their say, thank you me see above. i think that's exactly what i laid out in my article concerning the situation which is unfolded what you do. you know, what if i make the case for the voice of another ukraine to be heard in russia, ukraine, and the west. and we know for sure there is another ukraine like, but it's zalinski claim to represent the united nation. but that is a myth invented out as dinner. this unity has been built on by an exotic authority . he represents ukraine, claiming the ukrainian people come together and stand strong in the anti russian narrative and rabbit ross, a phobia. well, this is not true. apart from the anti russian voice, there are people in ukraine who are afraid to talk about it publicly, but have never supported the nature and dynamic of the relationship between ukraine of russia as emerged to day. these people ukrainians. just like me, i believe it is a direct violation of the constitution holly and to deprive me of my ukrainian

citizenship. and it's not just my opinion. it is impossible to deprive a citizen of ukraine of his citizenship except in the event of a voluntary request. it contradicts not only the constitution, greens, but it also contradicts an international convention, which forbids such an act if a person is left stateless as a result. for yeah, they should also, ukraine is signed up to this international convention. this, despite this act, zalinski continues his efforts to crush his political opponents through political repressions and a legal criminal prosecution. is that the deal? it, it is a goal that he has set for himself and he's pushing towards it. so it's good on the same goes for everything. tara rock now where hundreds have taken in the streets of baghdad and protests against the devaluation of the nations currency, which is hitler, was hard demonstrators, mainly young people gathered in central bank carrying flags and banners and a bed to pressure the government to act. the iraqi dinar hasn't

a new road. us dollar, losing almost 7 percent of the size. make member protested to say life in the country has become a nightmare because of the economic crisis. as they accused the central bank of serving american interests. mangin, my cousin, we're here to send a message to this lien in week bank that doesn't protect its national currency and is subjected to terms and dictations of outside banks and especially american banks and the f. b, i are messages. if you go with these terms, then what are the poor people supposed to do? started not that i like the june, the dollar price is uncertain for various reasons unknown to asked the people. but what we do know is that the main reason for the dollar increase is the smuggling of the currency outside iraq to certain countries which has impacted our economic situation. i hooked up the step was inevitable in order to reduce the price of the us dollar, which had started to affect many social classes in iraq. our country wants to liberate itself and leave like the rest of the world. the poor have been affected,

and the lower classes have reached a situation where they can no longer survive to motivate higher r t contributor cris ends investigates. wire rock faces such economic turmoil. despite being one of the world's top oil producers. iraq's prime minister has facts the head of the country, central bank over the total collapse of the national currency, the iraqi dinner. today, the central banks governors request for discharge was approved, as was the request for retirement by the president of the trade bank of iraq. despite being one of the world's most oil rich countries, iraq currency continues to plummets. unlike its fellow oil rich nations in the gulf, such as saudi arabia and the united arab emirates, which were enjoying all time highs as they capitalize on rising oil prices. iraq is suffering from unprecedented levels of inflation with the cost of living book coming unaffordable for most people. but why is this happening? you guess it's uncle sam has its thing to in the pi yet again, most of iraq's oil,

well, it's still helping us dollars. instead of its own suffering, currency is still they've been held inside the country's own central bank. but it a current account in the us say, this means that the oil revenues that should support iraq sulfur currency, a propping up the u. s. economy. instead, everyone knows how the americans use the currency as a weapon to star people. iraq keeps billions of dollars of its assets offshore with the americans that holding the basketball combat money off to the bush and blair illegal invasion of the country. their so called partners continue to rob the bank and get away with it struggling in iraq by literally holding it to ransom. now just imagine the western out quite as russia in china did the same thing, the countries in which they hold significant interests. so is it really any wonder why so many nations are moving away from the so called petro dollar, and seeking to trade in alternative national currencies, or even quit? so times running out franco sam and his rules based order. and it's no longer a question of if,

but when the clock strikes midnight. the western rivalry with china has reached new levels of absurdity as a washington based consultancy firm is calling on people in the u. k. to be wary of spies right in their kitchen. and the form of chinese made refrigerators, archie contributor rachel marson, explains, do you ever worry that your refrigerator could be watching while you stand there in front of it in your boxes chucking milk straight out of the carton? midnight. new fear unlocked, while a new report warned the household items cannot only be spying on you, but basically fronting for the chinese government. the reports author is calling for the british government to act on his claims. the chinese made internet of things, appliances, and even components of cars, can collect and transmit data through the cellular 5 g network to chinese companies, which could then be ordered to pass it to the chinese government. we're not yet

awake to the strength. china has spotted an opportunity to dominate this market, and if it does so, it can harvest an awful lot of data as well as making foreign countries dependent. it's time to wake up, free and open countries should band chinese manufactured internet of things, modules from their supply chains as soon as possible. now the story has been splash sensationally all across the british media, citing a washington base consultancy firm called buddha, that published the report. but the media is also failing to ask any real questions about what that company actually is. it presents itself as a global strategic advisory firm with deep dna and global security technology and intelligence issues. yeah, those genetics run deep, all right, straight to the pentagon and intelligence community, the author charles partin, is described as having spent 22 years of his 37 year british diplomatic career

working in or on china. now the biography of one of it is founders nat devoss explains that he began his career hacking into systems for the u. s. department of defense and intelligence community. the other founder of buddha, bob worley, his 1st career was as a naval intelligence officer. and he also worked as a chief technology officer for the defense and tele is agency, the da, according to his bio on the nato linked atlantic council website. and here are some of us clients, as you can see, nothing here but little mom and pop shops, probably just turn their computers off and then back on again and still can get connected to the internet. gall flustered, so the need to reach out to huda for a little tech support run or all the panic over chinese may components and 5 g networks with former us president donald trump's administration pressuring. then prime minister of britain, boris johnson, to ban chinese telecom,

while away from britain's 5 g network. trump, himself, reportedly even went totally, not in a phone call on the matter to johnson that's according to what the western press. but back in 2015 things were a lot different. johnson's predecessor then prime minister david cameron, had called china the quote, best partner in the west having secured 40000000000 pounds worth of chinese investment deals for the u. k. now it was in july of 2020, the johnson threw it in to reverse. did a complete 180 degree. you'd turn cave to us pressure about norway from the 5 g network and got a little pat on the head from washington for it's obedience. but did the u. k. get a treats for being a good boy? according to former business and industry minister, one who served in cameron's government, it was a net loss. if britain had kept with 5 g, we would now be at the forefront of countries using the most advanced technologies

. and we're not the u. k. government's decision to ban while way. 5 g equipment and services had nothing to do with national security. the americans told us we should do it or you will sort of a strain that fear campaign work once. so could the same strategy work again? in any case, while you have citizens are giving their air conditioning the side i and wondering if it's tattle tailing on them until a country on the other side of the planet. while the probably not thinking too much about the u. s. defense contractors, right in their own backyard that also happened to make connected items used in the internet of things. and now to india, which is celebrating its annual republic day, a grand parade has been held in the capital of new delhi where our shows president has also sent his congratulations as he highlighted the importance of national friendship. with india, we highly value the privileged strategic partnership between our states. i am sure

our joint efforts will ensure the further development of mutually beneficial bilateral corporation in all areas. this certainly meets the fundamental interests of the friendly peoples of russia and india. more than a 1000000000 people are celebrating their festive event at the parade and the capital. india's trio was the taste and other hardware were rolled out on display thousands of soldiers march through the streets of new delhi showing off the country's military might guess from different nations also took part in the event, including a russian cadet corps. we asked the cadets for their take on how important such cooperation is for relations with india, mock international communicating and learning the history of which other contributes better understanding charter and melodies that isa significant for international relationships are. so in this way,

this is a really good that so we could, these, we have this opportunity to get closer if from you address our we have lots of opportunities to find out you knowledges about our armies, about armis, of different countries. and of course are in india. ah, we have made a lot of friends, we can share our knowledge about our country and it's nice to make friends and just, i am so happy to be there course here. i really excited about it because for us, be the special guests is really good. i'm very satisfied as everybody that our candidates have a very good interaction. it's very important because in my opinion, these h, the tough time started and it can prolong for the whole life. and hopefully

these visit and the participation of this contingent in the republic, day and day nursery. 75th anniversary of your national, candid, or even proof more and more. our relationship in the military, you know, to nato campaign conference has been called off after a london venue host. conway hall was pressured into cancelling the booking. that's a fight. the iconic calls official stance of openness and inclusive society. the venue claims to be a hub for free speech and independent thought, one supporting even radicals and suffer, get the hall that celebrates the benefits of many viewpoints and has now been planning to plan for scrapping the anti nieto conference. as critics say, the venue has to come to an anti democratic cancel culture, no to war. no. the nato is an international movement calling for an end to the arms race. activist also want the west to stop is confrontations of moscow, which had been marked by nato's maneuvers,

russia's western borders and increased military presence neighboring states. the anti war group had been scheduled to gather at conway hall on wednesday until the venue suddenly said it cannot host despite previously pledging to do so. conway hol can no longer host your vent as we are now unable to ensure the safety of our building and our staff on and off line as well. the only detractors were actively seeking to conduct our funders, partners, and hires. and as a charity, we can not jeopardize those income streams which are vital to our survival. we appreciate that this will be disappoint him to you and we had hoped even conway whole history of hosting similar events that we would be able to go ahead with this booking. we have reviewed this booking, which was a 3rd party hire of our venue and not part of our program and informed the organizers that it will no longer be taking place at conway hall. should you have any further questions or comments about this event or it's content we would ask you

to direct them to the organizers. max blumenthal editor in chief of the grey zone, who was among those do to speak at the scrapped conference says freedom of speech doesn't really matter. for most venues, unless it falls strictly in line with the narrative of the establishment. cowardice, political cowardice, which were you've seen across the board. i've witnessed it events where i've been due to speak for the past several years when they relate to the wars of regime change in proxy wars that the west is waging around the world. it becomes sort of impermissible to speak out against these wars him about the ravages of nato. it's sort of a political 3rd rail and in this case, and in many other cases that i've experienced, we've seen organizers who profess liberal values and profess to uphold free

speech. principles immediately cave when they come under attack from online trolls . what just shows how up against the wall, the anti war movement is inside the supposedly democratic west and what we're up against. there are very few venues that are willing to host us. there are very few, if any media outlets that are willing to entertain our views, and yet no one ever is willing to actually stand up and debate us on the same stage or explain exactly what we're getting wrong. it's about silencing us and be organizations to the extent the elements behind these organized trolling campaigns function, essentially as a proxy for a collective west intended, which is according to german foreign minister and alina burbock and her comments this week, waging war with russia. russia top tip on that has praised moscow's growing relations of the african continent. carrying his leave, his official visit to angola,

sir gala rob went on to criticize western financial pressure on developing states. and they are hypocritical. approach to the continent is up explained it with his actions. the west has proved as it can trample at any moment on all the values and mechanisms of globalization that it self created and promoted, including the viability of property fair competition on the presumption of innocence. just as it can betray its allies at any moment, which was proved not so long ago in afghanistan, iraq, undoing the so called arab spring, syria self respecting countries. a when aware of what is at stake. they see what the owners of the coven, international monetary, and financial system are capable of. and want to create their own mechanisms to ensure sustainable development, which will be protected from outside dictates. the whole north africa is undergoing power rating changes in it's regional geopolitical dynamics. and it's

a personal security law to skip in the backdrop or shifting international system. and i'm the regional and the globe on the 5th act of from the middle east, her region galloping internal power houses, including the u. s. china, russia and the policy if you need that, you are currently competing for employees, sar resource and to head the money in the region. beside all the competition and the dairy stablish involved, then your colonialism in the region. bratia have a big role in prop vicki. the peer to peer to al integrity of these countries in the honda rather than the with sir gala rob continues his tour of the continent which began in south africa. on monday. moscow in pretoria agreed on joint c military drills for next month. he then visited the king of s, whitening, formerly known as was the land, where the russian foreign minister and his counterpart agreed on visa, free travel for diplomats. afterwards. barbara visited angola where he praised deepening cooperation and growing ties with the country later on thursday. russia's

chapter when that is due to sit down with officials in eritrea. stay with us for the latest on lab. rob's moves and the horn of africa. we spoke with the african business initiatives chairman at the vall, by forum, who explains why russia is focused on africa and how the continent will become a key global player in years to come myself, get an expert. i now share for correlation. so i have been all so talking a lot about the necessity to be very proactive. canola developments in russia, africa perspective, because really, it's absolutely true. africa isn't growing continent, it's a very young continent. the population is going to be doubled by 2030, the population that will be the main working force for the whole world. so you cannot neglect, you know, the situation. so you should be either involved in this dynamics or you will be

assigned. and i think as far as we see, i looking at the all the actions, nobody wants to be aside. everybody wants to be. so for all chase to play there. and now over to pakistan were and his mom about court has upheld the arrest of a senior opposition figure who's a close a, a former prime minister in con, for wad charge eric was detained on wednesday on charges of inciting violence against your constitutional institution. now as fear spread of the possible arrest of con himself supporters rallied outside his residence. here is a local journalist from the scene. denies of law, the order was linebarger. i'm standing near zum on park, the private residence of emer on han. there are a large number of his supporters behind me last night. there were speculations that the government might arrest the p t. i chairman hon. but early this morning police

arrested former information minister foah chowdhury emer funds, nephews, a beer niecy, and several other party workers. as police raid the p t i workers residence, no one knows how this drama will end. at midnight, emma on han supporters arrived at his residence from all parts of the city. some, even from others, followed shaudra spoke to media to a m and was then arrested outside his home, around 6 to 615 and the judicial magistrate refused to remind him to police and ordered officers to produce him before a relevant court in islamabad. at 1st, there were only rumors of his arrest, but when p t i support his saw thought chandry in police custody on tv. they rushed to some on park to protest. these p t, i supporters warn the authorities that they would not allow the government to arrest him are hon. senior party leaders are said to have arrived here. and emer hahn is reportedly chairing a high level meeting for consultation. it is believed that they're discussing preventative police. measures