oh, i don, yes, for a public authorities say russian troops have nearly encircled the ukrainian. how proud of ogle adar as intense battles in the area continue. burkina, faso and molly joined forces to counter the ongoing threat of terrorism. amid frustration at french forces failure to topple militant insurgencies in the region . a situation that really saddens us. it's awful that armed men can cowardly attack unarmed civilians. more than 200 people were killed by israeli forces in the occupied west bank and gaza in 2022. according to the latest report by the palestinian health ministry.

a good morning from ark international studios in moscow. and welcome to the hour's top stories from around the globe. i'm fiorella is about. we start with the russians up erosion region were, according to reports from local officials. a police officer has died in a car bomb explosion in what is believed to be a terror attack. the bloss happened in the city of unethical dar, you can see the latest pictures from this scene. there is no information yet on what caused the explosion or who could be responsible. however, the russian regions of zappa rogia and her son have previously seen similar incidents with russia. se local authorities and activists are being targeted by the ukrainian secret services. the town of inner goal daughter is also close to the zap erosion nuclear power plant, which has been shell numerous times by the ukrainian army. now to the latest

news from the don bass front, lines local authorities in the russian don, yes were public se russian forces have almost encircled the key town of ogle. adar, south of the republics capital. this comes is russian forces continue to ramp up their offensive in the area. meanwhile, ukrainian forces shall residential areas of don yet with an apartment building, taking heavy damage. in total 8 towns were shoved by ukraine on thursday, leaving one civilian dead ortiz room on closer of reports from the town of guessing of a toya, which has been shelled by ukraine almost daily. ah . the city. oh yes. and the water has been under constant

ukrainian shilling since 2014, and it only intensified in the last year or the last 12 months. at least 40 local residents were killed by ukrainian artillery shilling and hundreds were wounded. vicious love was right, the next room drink in see when a shell landed right into his house. this is what it looks like right now. according to local officials, there were at least 3 shelves that around and right next to his house. now he was doing maint maintenance works here and he just stepped away for 10 minutes to have some t and of this happen. so he survived this strike miraculously scar. i started, they tried to kill more people, obviously to scare us. well, we have lived here since 2014 and don't plan to move nickel. then i even managed to join the army. now i'm in the reserves and came home to try to fix this. the sipes

of pictures are absolutely everywhere. now, in that yes, in nevada, according to the mayor of the cities, me trisha jenko, at least 2000 private houses and multiple apartment buildings were destroyed as well. you can show, hulu, pushing and push logo when settlement liberated from ukraine. ukraine shells them to the ground. destruction in such areas is at 90 percent or even 100 percent. if we're talking about those killed 40 people died you in the previous year and about $130.00 people were injured. i'm on them civilians, public service, and rail walkers, nevada used to be a major railway hub in eastern europe over right now. it's not really functioning. and that means that sir, thousands of people are currently out of the job. they're hoping that peace will come very soon, so they will be able to support their families once again from on quarter of arty,

then that's cru, public and made continued ukrainian shelling of don bass civilians are literally being left homeless as their homes are destroyed. we visited one of the many refugees shelters in the russian lugens republic to speak with people who until recently found themselves in mortal danger. but he not ship a little hurt that there is a war in my town. everything is destroyed. my house is destroyed, the ceiling has collapsed. it's good that i wasn't there when it happened i would have been under the rubble. but it's good here the food is good. the treatment is good for cup willing in your focus on the shelling has started. now i'm here with my mother. she has high blood pressure and stomach problems. now it's better. the medicine has helped, but all the same, we need to continue the treatment. i'm not military to love you. i was caught in the shelling. there were 3 people. one was killed and i was wounded. we were all civilians from the same village. no shem with her own. couldn't she pledge them to

everyone reacts differently. every one has their own psyche. some survived under the bomb sky. literally all people here in a poor, psychological state. but now as we have been living with these people for 2 months, we are already like one family. western states should initiate peace dialogues with moscow. that's according to former us national security advisor, john bolton, in a phone call with famous russian pranksters woven and lexis, who pretended to speak on behalf of a former ukrainian presidents. to me, the, the important thing is to continue to push the russians militarily. i think, i think this is a winnable war and to, to stop efforts by whether it's the french or the germans or whatever it might be to try and negotiate with the russian across has said publicly, several times since february the 24th. we have to find a deal,

it's acceptable to the russians. and that's, that's why i worry that too. thanks. he can break western resolve the us as long sought control over the narrative and ukraine from its elections to its foreign and domestic policy. a recently resurfaced leaked recording shows, then vice president and joe biden, pressuring a former ukrainian president to nationalize a bank, hinting that there could be financial consequences if his advice wasn't followed. ortiz kayla mop and has the story. investigative journalist goes by clan das di has shaken up social media once again. this time reminding people about the leaked phone call that took place between them, vice president joe biden with them president of ukraine. poor shank, back in 2016, the american vp was on the phone with for a shank discussing aspects of ukraine's financial system. biden had some very

specific demands regarding certain banks. i'm in or where you think about it right here. long or last, that's apparently sounds a bit like a threat. this the way you would expect the sovereign leaders of 2 independent countries to speak with one another. why is it that joe biden would speak this way

too, afore and head of state? and what is biden getting at when he says sophisticated enough to know the details? so many questions, and so few answers. anyway for shank replied that he was simply waiting for the auditors report from ernst and young to come out. and once that happened, he would assemble the head of the national bank of ukraine, government officials, and the minister of finance. they would all get together and make the ultimate decision. the only reason often was we had both of them where and we need to margin and they're launching the rules and then biting promises. he's going to keep everything a secret. and on december 18th, 2016. everything went ahead just as planned. private bank was nationalized,

justice biden had stipulated. now the main stock holder mentioned by poor a shank, go ukrainian oligarchy, ego or a polar moist sky. he was outraged and said it had been done without proper procedure and was purely a government graph, but who actually cares? especially when the international monetary fund, which provided ukraine with $17500000000.00 in aid in 2015 back to the decision to nationalize private bank. now some critics look at this and say the whole thing looks like a giant fraud with the i m f and the ukranian government that supposedly sovereign playing along with by and who can forget how joe biden bragged about getting a prosecutor fired in ukraine. prosecutor was investigating his sons company or the whole western media would have us believe the brain is a totally independent country and that russia is rolling in to take it over.

however, leaks like this suggests that ukraine has been firmly in the pockets of certain people, not people in kia, bought on wall street and in london. and of course in washington d. c. caleb martin art see new york or russ. ms. in eurasia centers executive vice president says ukraine lost a sovereignty back in 2014 with the u. s. dictating its policies. well, ukraine is, is known to be one of the most corrupt countries in the world. the most corrupt in europe. also we had, the ukraine is, is been for decades them, and has been a target of the us to to contain russia and, and it's goes even before 2014, it goes there even before them. well, you got to remember to is at the time vice president biden was the he basically was

appointed governor, i guess you could call a map or the viceroy or the basically was responsible for ukraine. and then let's say that ukraine has not really been a sovereign country since since about my don cool that occurred in 2014 to africa. now where the prime minister or burkina faso visited molly on thursday to discuss cooperation against the threat of terrorism as the countries continue their years long battle against the hottest insurgencies. that decision comes after . both nations expelled french forces frustrated by their failure to defeat the militant insurgency. we could create a flexible federation that would be mutually reinforcing and respect the aspirations of both sides. our forebears tried to create groupings like the molly federation, which sadly did not last. but they showed us the way creating

a new federation should be undertaken. now. on sunday, thousands of demonstrators rallied in burkina faso capital to celebrate the withdraw french troops following a 5 year stint in the country. protesters wave flags chanting down with imperialism and down with french policy in africa. since a deployment of french troops on burkina, faso soil in 2018, the countries experienced a huge spike in terrorist attacks with rising dust holes. that's according to human rights watch. a local correspondent told us more about the suffering caused by the militant insurgency in the region. 20 a person killed in 2 different attacks. monday, the government, a book, you know, fossil announced that the buddies of 15 pair from art by thing is of the kidnapped by till is group last week. where discovered in mongo data area

545 kilometers west and looking at fossil sadness and costa mission. the feeling of looking at b as in the blue. it is very sad to see an identified people attacking civilians. the situation in our country is not easy, but with the new president who took off his 5 months ago, i hope it will be fine. the man, it hearts are high, it's an human, but all we can do is be strong. i know one day it will end and there will be no more terrorist in our country and in the war, we mustn't despair, we must be strong and support each other in success. it's a situation that really saddens us. it's awful that armed men can cowardly attack unarmed civilians. these men act so because they can no longer gain the upper hand over our defense and security forces. so they have no other choice but to attack the population. following good to know for booking fossil 360 kilometers of

what good to go. well, and sort of get it by terrorist, failed to pass somewhere killed death 4 days after victories, were defeated in the plan again, the men military camp of the city. according to tell joan i listened on the list, no doubt till they have decided to increase the fear in the population don't call who. so i think that the strategy of terrorist is, can people, sarah, is about creating as many victims as possible with any means they can use. and unfortunately, it is ordinary civilians who are suffering and dying. another wave of 5 be invoking a fossil as of november 2022, around 1000000, 810000. i have left their home cities and villages, according to you and report 60 percent of the internally displaced persons and

fort lately kits seems of toddlers. in biopsies, hours the by tourist repeatedly party. last week, 2 buses reported picked were passing is in the southwest volcano, in the village of thank casey, go to the voters of to go and got, however, of late tell. he believe that there is no reason to lose hope about the situation of fossil to do this very well. i don't think we should despair. this is everyone knows that we're at war against terrorism. our goal is to defeat the evil, so fall in despair. now that means we're given up to 124 people have been killed by israeli forces in the occupied territories of the west bank and gaza strip in 2022 according to the latest report by the palestinian

health ministry. this comes, it made a rising death toll among palestinians civilians following multiple israeli raids in the region since the beginning of this year are to maria f. a. notional takes a story from here, or is human rights were exposed, palestinian and israeli, as well as the un, have already stated that tain 2022 israeli army killed more palestinians in gaza and the west bank than in any audi year in the last 2 decades. since records were kept, but the latest report by the palestinian authority, health ministry that used the data of red crescent society and private hospitals, gave a really gruesome picture. 224 people were killed. hang, including $53.00 in garza and $171.00 in the occupied west bank. also, there are $53.00 children among those killed, including 8 minor is younger than 10 years old. more than 10000 others were injured . around half of them due to live ammunition another report by geneva based you are

a mad human rights monitor that was issued last week. rebuild that 125 of those fields were civilians and were not involved in any military clashes. death toll from these railey side is also alarming. according to the countries foreign ministry, palestinian attacks, including knife bombs and shooting in central television, downtown jerusalem, and all throughout the west bank in the israeli settlements there killed $29.00 is rallies, both soldiers and and as the war in yemen field by western weapons supplies to saudi arabia, drugs on a british government lawyer has argued in favor of continuing arms sales to riyadh, while being grilled that the u. k. is high port, the barrister says it's hard for the saudi military to avoid committee war crimes. but blamed it on the yemeni rebels. who said tactics made it difficult for saudi

arabia to operate within the principles of international humanitarian law. they were no uniform, haven't any differentiation in their vehicles and deliberately you surveillance and civilian infrastructure as shields. the court case began after a u. k based and geo, the campaign against arms trade brought legal action against the government over its lucrative arm sales to saudi arabia. reads military has been accused of committing multiple war crimes during its 8 year intervention in yemen. civil war, however, london in its defendants insist that you pay is not a party to the conflict. since 2015 the u. k has license at least 8000000000 pounds worth of military aid to saudi arabia for use in yemen. some estimates say the actual sum is much higher, and if all additional licenses are taken into account, the real figure could be closer to $23000000000.00. the british weapons include

military aircraft and bombs, which have been used against cities held by the who the rebels. some 9000 civilians are said to have been killed by the saudi led coalition. political analysts, alexander mckay says the war is yet another example of britain serving its own interests. we a proxy conflicts. the british government claims that it's not a party to the conflicts, it starts as laughable as their other claim, which is that they're not a party to the conflict in ukraine either without british government support in terms of arms sales and also in terms of the operations of the saudi air force, which operate under a heavy advice and am coordination from british and american offices in a coordinating center that operates in inside saudi arabia. britain is an integral part of this war and has been for many years now. the british government wants to continue as well, because not only is it targeted against a yamini movement,

which he's dedicated to fully restoring the sovereignty of their country. but the british and the u. s. government also see this as a war by proxy against iran, as well. the profitable nature of the british armstrong, the saudi arabia is there for all to see if you just look at the sheer numbers involved. but more than that, this is about the british government using an alliance with the saudis, to maintain their influence over these regions, which they can't directly occupy any more. and this is why the arm sales will continue that in the, you know, the enormous amount of money being made. and it's why they won't back off this war in yemen. so it say, what is actually going on here is a very brutal, cynical calculation. busy of britain, still operating as an imperial power in the region. the russian president has joined celebrations and volvo garad, formerly stalingrad, marking the 80th anniversary of victory in arguably arguably the most decisive

battle of world war 2, stolen, broad saw the armies as invading nazi. germany stopped and thrown back with a red army, then going all the way to berlin, delivering a speech at the ceremony. vladimir putin said it's shocking that german tanks are again being sent back to you brain. decades later. neither i yet you get a yes. no, no fucked, it's hard to believe, but it's a fact that we are once again threatened by german tanks. this time, leopards with crosses on them. once again coming to fight russia in ukraine by the hands of hitler's followers. the been terrified those who drag european countries, including germany into a new war with russia and expect to beat rush on the battlefield. apparently failed to understand that the modern war with russia will be completely different for them . we are not sending our tanks to their borders, but we do have something to respond with. and the use of armored vehicles will not

be the end of it. in general, it has been a couple of days that the locals here have been celebrating this. well, very, very emotional date for so, so many of them because so many of them have relatives have grandfathers and somebody in fathers who took part in this well, very bloody and hard poured battle that ended up with the soviet troops who saw get sold just taking the city back from nazi germany, from the troops over marked. and basically this is just one of the venues where the people, the locals can come and world celebrate and see what the local authorities have prepared for this big, big day to. and of course, with the russian president coming here on this was significant a date on this anniversary just adds to the symbolism. and of course, we could see and hear the russian leader while drawing parallels between you that date and that battle, and that fight that fight during the 2nd world war against nazi germany and would russia sees it is doing right now in ukraine. meanwhile,

the pentagon has spotted what it believes to be a chinese surveillance balloon and approaching in us air space. the military is considering taking immediate actions to protect homeland security. you can read this story and much more on our website at r t dot com. that's our on the hour's top stories and i've next is there are global war on free speech. the discussion on $360.00 view coming up now. thanks for tuning in. we'll see you back at the top of the hour. ah ah

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a join us in the depths or remain in the shallows. ah, there is a war on free speech across the globe. the ability to speak your mind freely is under a tasks across the globe from china to feel it. and yes, even in the land of the free united states, there is a battle over having your own opinion. big tech is partnering with big government to silence to those. did you not tow the parking lot? i'm here on today's show. we're going to give you the $360.00 view on the status of free speech around the globe. let's get started. ah,

did you know the united nations universal declaration of human rights formerly granted by the laws of most nations, actually says a freedom of speech as a right and should be preserved. now, pew survey from a countries around the globe showed those countries in the western hemisphere. we're actually more tolerant than countries in the eastern hemisphere. but there was a big difference between tolerance and the ability to act and say without any repercussions from the government. this could mean as an individual or as an entity, but the government is not the only one to fear, as mob rule and public opinion had become just as damaging and even dangerous. sadly, often manipulating the truth to fit a narrative being pushed by the elite who often turn out to be powerful in the government as well. but submit the relation of the truth peddled, which is what many governments are using to justify the restrictions on speech today. so it really is free anymore. joining us down for more on this

topic is mila grier. she is a law student, the university of british columbia, as well as a journalist and podcast has thanks for joining us, neela. you know, the attacks on freedom of speech are happening globally. just recently, new zealand prime minister, just send out durn, gave a speech at the un calling for greater regulation of freedom of speech. even referring at one point to certain forms of speech as weapons of war. what about that? can free speech actually be a weapon of war? and even if it is, do we have a right to regulate and censor it? who exactly has that right? the government? well yeah, i found not to be a bit ironic with the use of the term war because what seems to happen inside is that when there is critics of war or critics certain policies in the war, it's not the speech that's necessarily.