with, ah don, yes, for public authority, say russian troops have nearly encircled that you pre and health count of oval adar as in 10th battles and be area continue. burkina, faso and molly joined forces to counter the ongoing threat of terrorism and made frustration at french forces failure to tackle militant insurgencies in the region . in it's 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. ah,

good afternoon for martine international studios in moscow. and welcome to the hour's top stories from around the globe. i'm fear allies about we start with the russians. upper osha 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 last happened in the city of enter goldar. you can see the latest pictures from the scene. there is no information yet on what caused the explosion or who could be responsible. however, the russian reasons of zappa roacha and her son have previously seen similar incidents with russia saying local authorities and activists are being targeted by the ukrainian secret services that town of enter. goldar is also close to those up erosion nuclear power plant, which has been shown numerous times by the ukranian army. now, to the latest news from the dawn,

best front lines local authorities in the russian don. yes, republic, say russian forces have almost encircled the key town of oakland, darsh south of the republics capital. this comes as russian forces continue to ramp up their offensive in the area. meanwhile, ukrainian forces shelled residential areas of don yet with an apartment building, taking heavy damage. in total 8 towns were shelled by ukraine on thursday, leaving one civilian dead. ortiz roman closer, if reports from the town of via scene of a toys which has been shelved by ukraine almost daily. ah, this city or yes in nevada 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 a writer and next room drinking tea 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 shells there 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 car. i started, they tried to kill more people, obviously to scare us like, 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 side of pictures are absolutely everywhere. now, in that yes, in nevada,

according to the mayor of the cities, me trisha jenco, at least 2000 private houses and multiple apartment buildings were destroyed as well. you can show hulu and pushing push logo. when settlements are liberated from ukraine, ukraine shells them to the ground destruction in such areas as 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 railway walkers in nevada used to be a major railway hub in eastern europe. however, right now it's not really functioning of that means that sir, thousands of people are currently out of the job. they're hoping that peace will come very soon, so they'll be able to support their families once again from one quarter of artie. then that's cru, public and made continued ukrainian shelling of don bos civilians are literally

being left homeless as their homes are destroyed. we visited one of the many refugee shelters in the russian lugens republic, to speak with people who until recently found themselves in mortal danger. lena, tripoli, tell her 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 couple. amena folk risk of 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 me, but all the same, we need to continue the treatment ludmilla to chill over. 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 ned, similar to rome, couldn't she pledge, thanks to everyone reacts differently that everyone 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. should. western states should initiate peace dialogue with moscow. that's according to former u. s. national security advisor, john bolton in a phone call with famous russian pranksters, mo vaughn and lexis, who pretended to speak on behalf of a former ukrainian president. 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, the germans, or whatever it might be to try and negotiate with the russian crawl 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 the truth and thinks he can break western resolve. the u. s. has

a long thought control over the narrative and ukraine from its elections to its foreign and domestic policy. recently, resurfaced leaked reporting shows and vice president 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 kellum up and has the story. investigative journalist who goes by clam das time 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 v. p was on the phone with for a sank, 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. so you're right to year long forward or your last that's apparently sounds a bit like a threat. is 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 on both of the bar where and we need to watch launching the gross and then buys and 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 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 was $17500000000.00 in aid in 2015 back to the decision to nationalize, prove our 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 side. and who can forget how joe biden bragged about getting a prosecutor fired in ukraine. prosecutor was investigating his sons, company risk holdings. western media would have us believe the brain is a totally independent country, and the russia is rolling in to take it over. however, leaks like this to jazz 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. kayla barton art. see new york or russ reason your raises centers. executive vice president says you train last sovereignty years ago 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 that 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 the ukraine has not really been a sovereign country since since about my don cool that occurred in 2014 to africa. now we're the prime minister of the key. no false though. visited molly on thursday to discuss cooperation against the threat of terrorism as the countries continue their years long battle against the hottest insurgencies. the 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 riley didn't work enough. also the capital to celebrate

the withdrawal of friends true. following it 5 years since in the country, protesters weighed plugs, chanting down with imperialism, and down with french policy and africa. since the deployment of french troops on bertina soil in 2018, the country experienced a huge spike and terrorist attacks with rising death, tolls. 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 and noticed that the buddies of 15 pair from art by thing is of the kidnapped by till his group last week were discovered in mongo data area, 545 kilometers west of looking at fossil sadness and cost a mission. the feeling of looking abby said deployed 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 office 5 months ago, i hope it will be fine. the memo, it hearts are high, it's an human, but all we can do is be strong. i know one day it will em and there will be no more terrorists 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. fallen good to know for booking at fossil 360 kilometers of what google was and so time did it by terrorist failed to pass on, were killed death, 4 days after victories were defeated in after their plan. again,

the men military camp of the city, according to tell journalists and 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, terror is about creating as many victims as possible with any means they can use. and unfortunately, it is ordinary civilians who are suffering and dine. it's not always of fire, but a de invoking of fossil as of november 2022, around 1000000, 810000. i have left their home cities and villages according to you and reports 60 percent of the internally displaced persons and fort lately. keith's seams of toddlers. in biopsies, hours the by tourist repeatedly reported last week, 2 buses reported picked were passing is in the southwest volcano,

in the village of saint casey. go to the borders of toggle and god, however of late tell, he believes that there is no reason to lose hope about the situation of facile to do this very good. i don't think we should despair. 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 in 2022. according to the latest report by the palestinian health ministry, this comes admit a rising death toll among palestinians civilians following multiple israeli raids in the region since the beginning of this year. archie maria for notion takes a story from here. very human rights, grove,

suppose palestinian and israeli as well as the us, have already stated that tain 2022 israeli. our we killed more palestinians in gaza and the west bank lending any all the year in the last 2 decades since records were kept. but the latest report by the palestinian authority, health ministry that use the data of red crescent society and private hospitals gave a really gruesome picture. $224.00 people were killed including $53.00 in gas, and $171.00 in the occupied west bank. also the ra, $53.00 children among those killed, including a 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 base, your mad human rights monitor that was issued last week. rebuild that $125.00 of those killed were civilians and were not involved in any military clashes death toll from these rarely societies also alarm and according to the countries foreign

ministry policy and attacks including knife mom's hand shooting, central tele, be downtown jerusalem, and all throughout the west bank in ms. railey settlements there killed $29.00 israelis, both soldiers and civilians. but how dramatic last year was it seems that 2023 is on the way to heat all the records. january the 1st month was nathan. yeah. was the government who has already been called the most far right in the country's history became the bloodiest in years for palestinians with 35 people killed. mostly in military range by israeli army, all throughout the water pied west bank, which is more than one gas per day. and 40 rallies with 7 civilians killed have the worst terror attack in jerusalem since 2008. it was a terror attack near a synagogue in one of the religious neighborhoods in eastern jerusalem, the palestinian authority, as well as the number of human rights organizations from both sides, blame israel,

and in successive use of force had open fire policy during military operations. for these dramatic escalation had his recent missing in the west bank with the u. s. packages of faith. president man above said that they've exhausted all means of negotiations with jerusalem. or molly's now we're just going to national community to interfere and to put more pressure on israel to stop it's policy. america told diplomat who before making a bus and that also met these railey prime minister benjamin netanyahu here in jerusalem. said that both sides to work together and trying to de escalate the situation on the ground and reduce tensions. but israel things to be very determined in fighting hard. what i sees as, as tara thread. so figured out that there will be more tensions and even more dramatic escalation and as a warren. yeah, men fueled by western weapons supplies to saudi arabia, drugs on

a british government lawyer has argued in favor of continuing arm sales to re add while being grilled as the u. k. is high courts. the barrister says it's hard for the saudi military to avoid committee war crimes and blame that on the many 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 use surveillance and civilian infrastructure as shields. the court case began after a u. k based and g o. the campaign against arms trade brought legal action against the government over its lucrative arms sales to saudi arabia, re adds, military has been accused of committing multiple war crimes during its 8 year intervention in yemen. civil war, however, london and its defendants insists the u. k. 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 who the rebels. some 9000 civilians are said to have been killed by the saudi led coalition. political analysts, alexander mc case as the war is yet another example of britain serving its own interests via proxy conflicts. the british government claims it is not a party to the conflicts. it starts as laughable as their other claim, which is that they are not a party to the conflict in ukraine either without british government support in terms of arms sales and also in terms of the. busy operations of the saudi air force, which operate under a heavy advice and,

and 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 jamini movement, which he's dedicated to fully restoring the sovereignty of that country, but the british and the u. s. government, sol, so see this as a war by proxy against iran, as well. the profitable nature of the british arms trade, 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 the 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 of. busy britain still operating as an imperial power in the region. the russian president has joined celebrations and global grad formally stalin. broad marking the 80th anniversary of victory and arguably the most decisive battle of world war 2, stalin. broad saw the armies of invading nazi germany, stop and thrown back with a red army, then going all the way to berlin, delivering his speech at the ceremony. vladimir putin said it's shocking that german tanks are again being sent back to ukraine, decades later. neither i, yes, 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 ban, dare vice. those who drag european countries, including germany, into a new war with russia and expect

a 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 which 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 some even fathers who fought, who took part in this well, very bloody and hard fought battle that ended up with the soviet troops who soviet soldiers taking the city back from nazi germany from the troops of vermont. 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, and 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 thought it would, it believes to be 8 chinese surveillance balloon encroaching in u. s. air space. the military is considering taking immediate absence to protect homeland security. you can read this story and much more on our website at our t dot tom that's her up on this hour's top stories and out next, germany has been at the center of 2 world wars and the cold war. but now it seems. berlin has abandoned its policy of non intervention and russia is the enemy wants to get more on the discussion on archie's process coming up here back, ah,

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ah ah, the hello and welcome to cross stock where all things are considered. i'm peter bell for over a century and a half. the german question has been softly debated during that time germany was at the center of 2 world wars and the cold war. now it appears berlin and is abandoning its post hitler policy and pacifism and non intervention. and again, russia is the enemy. ah, to discuss these issues and more, i'm joined by my guests, matthew eric in montreal. he's a senior fellow at the american university in moscow. and director of the rising

tide foundation of canada in munich, we have ralph ne meyer. he is chairman of the counsel for constitution and sovereignty. and in belgrade we have stephen guide. he is a research associate at belgrade institute for european studies. are gentlemen cross roads and in fact that means he can jump in anytime you want, and i would appreciate it. let's go the route the 1st. rather my introduction. i didn't, i don't want to be too extreme here, but it seems there is a major shift going on in german foreign policy since the end of the cold war. and the, the pinnacle i think the most well known foreign policy trajectory of germany in the postwar years was off power teak specifically, which is meaning basically essentially having some form of reconciliation with the soviet union. then later russia that appears now to be completely off the agenda since the foreign minister of germany better. bob says that we are.