a change and whatever you do, don't watch my show state mainstream because i'm probably going to make you uncomfortable. my show is called direction, but again, but we don't want to watch because it might just change the way a we have never intentionally violated any countries territory. that's the message from china as the u. s. suggest beijing is deliberately using its balloon to spy on the g. 7 nations impose a price cap on russian oil products to call it moscow. revenue, president putin says the country simply will not export oil to state supporting the limitation and putting off alternative voices. the youth track down on media freedom forces our tv production to see the tougher ations in germany with

good morning from our to international students in moscow, and welcome to the hour's top stories worldwide. i'm fiorella isabel. we start with news just in this, our 63 russian service men have been returned from ukraine. that's according to the russian defense ministry. the negotiations were conducted with the help of the united arab emirates, the ministry of defense added that all soldiers are getting any needed psychological and medical assistance. we will bring you more details as soon as we get them. ah, china slammed the u. s. for taking advantage of the incident with its balloon in american aerospace criticizing what it called the hysteria and accusations of spying on u. s. territory. this was a complete accident caused by a forced measure and effects a very clear. china has always strictly abided by international law,

respect of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all countries, and has never intentionally violated the territory and air space of any southern country. some politicians and media in the united states have taken advantage of the issue to attack and described a china china firm that opposes this. this on verified footage allegedly shows a 2nd chinese balloon travelling over latin america. the pentagon labeled it as another chinese surveillance to vice. china has not commented on this latest development. a chinese balloon was previously spotted floating over the city of billings, montana before allegedly exploding. the u. s. officials denied there was a blast. this on verified footage was spread on social media and believe to show the moment of the blast while some media linked it to the balloon. it's unclear what exactly caused the explosion. meanwhile, the internet has exploded with the hash tag chinese fire balloon. as panic spread

over fears that such balloons could actually be used as the rail installs. the u. s . president has still not commented on the incident. o r t is kayleigh mob in those deeper into the recent spot over china's balloon. china has confirmed that this is a chinese balloon, as a weather balloon used for media logical research by the chinese authorities. now they have made clear that this balloon serves no military purpose. it's not being used for spying or anything of that. a fact, it's simply for monitoring the weather. this balloon is of chinese origin. it was 1st over the aleutian islands than it was in billings, montana. there's some concern about the possibility that it's near nuclear sites that it's also been confirmed by

a number of experts in the united states that there is nothing that could be obtained from such a balloon that couldn't easily be attained by china with satellites. i was satellites, they could just as easily get any information and that there is no threat to civilians posed by this below. this is not a weaponized balloon. this is not a drone or anything like that. there is no danger to civilians by this balloon. now it is worth noting, however, the antony blanket, the u. s. secretary of state did cancel his meeting with the chinese president, and i canceled it saying that this balloon is the reason i made clear that the presence of the surveillance balloon in you as her space is a clear violation of you, a sovereignty and international law that it's an irresponsible act that the pure seas decision to take the section on these my plan visit is detrimental to the subject of discussions that we were prepared to have. now the language that's being used by us officials and by us media is they're referring to it as a spy bull loan,

and there are reports of another balloon somewhere in latin america, possibly another balloon of chinese origin. and it is worth noting that beijing has apologized for this polar, and they said it was not their intention to violate us aerospace this balloon went off course. however, beijing has been pretty firm to denounce the anti china town and the anti china hysteria. the wave of hostility to china, we're now hearing in american media now there's a social media bonanza going on. of course, all kinds of names and images, people, invoking star wars, the death star, all kinds of science fiction. you know, there's memories of, of spot neck in the panic in the united states. back in the 1950s, in response to the soviet union was launching the the spacecraft. and, you know, people are making all kinds of comparison. there's been the talk of american media . however, at this point, china is pointing out, this is the unintentional violation of us aerospace by

a balloon that could not really threaten to anyone that has no danger, even according to us experts, they're saying that their territorial integrity was intentionally violated by nancy pelosi. she went on to china's territory and sy juan, without the permission of the us, recognize chinese government. the u. s. government recognizes one china. so china is pointing out that while they are not intentionally violating any country, territorial integrity or aerospace, it appears the united states ban on continuing to kind of haunt china with their provocations around taiwan that are definitely intentional and involve more than just balloons. and this point high ranking officials and there is also may be pointed out that us drones and other us aircraft have violated character integrity and air space of. ready countries throughout history, this kind of thing has happened from the us side. however, this has not stopped american media from going into an anti china overdrive.

there's all kinds of very fierce allegations and heated language being displayed on us media from us officials. according to the u. s. military, the chinese balloon has changed his trajectory and is now moving east, which demonstrates that the object can maneuver. legal and media analyst lionel says the us are deliberately blowing things out of proportion. but the use of the word balloon having a strategic meaning, in this case, american mean stream corporate media actually reacting in a way that is roughly commensurate with the situation that is going on. normally it's, what are you going to do? and i must say something, because i am a cultural scholar when it comes to balloons, that word triggers something. whenever we see somebody fly across the sky at hypersonic rates and make right turns we don't call it a u. f o. we call in a weather balloon. these weather balloons are all over the place. are swamp gas.

now, here is the question. does anybody understand what this means when you have a balloon fly over a sovereign country? may i also ask the question if and joe, the china, we replaced the country when another name or do you think the reaction might be a little different? it's incredible. let me tell you the will use of the word balloon is strategic. is that can you imagine being attacked by a balloon? gets it a part i am i, i know i'm making too much out of this, but i know how people work. devoted my life to what it does, any kind of anticipatory or reaction for recall formation to it. there is no put teller, wait a minute when you hear missile rocket plain. ah, you know, then you, you, you, you react, but to part of your brain,

which normally turns on this as i think i better investigate this more does not activate. when you say boulogne is on to knock, you was a sound and a 9 sacred. so what is a mistake and, and oh, and not only that, it's that osha island below it. so either below, you know, whether climate change, good rain america was we made a mistake and here's the best part. wait and show. china says, can we have our balloon back? and do you mean to tell me a can't be intercepted? meanwhile, u. s. officials are sounding the alarm over fears that chinese balloon could be used to spy on american nuclear missiles and montana. to get more on this story and other news had to r t dot com for the latest updates. the g 7 states have agreed to impose a price cap on russian oil products, which will take effect on sunday. the new price for products such as diesel will be a $100.00 per barrel and $45.00 for fuel oil. enough of the president of the

european commission praised the decision as a move aimed at stabilizing global energy prices. we must continue to deprive rush of the means to wage war against ukraine. he's in pulpit and russian. petroleum products comes into force on sunday. with the g 7, we're putting price caps on these products, cutting rushes revenue while ensuring stable global energy markets. rushes retaliatory measures to the g. seven's crude oil price cap imposed in december of last year came into in fact of the 1st of february, meaning that exports to countries supporting the price cap are no longer possible. russian president vladimir putin earlier stated that russia will only treat oil to those countries which adhere to the fair market rules are t contribute. chris, i'm discusses the failures of the price cap. they've got a $100.00 price cap on what we call premium oil premium or diesel and $45.00 on,

on other products that that may be used. now the interesting thing about the price tap predominantly has been imposed by the but by the presidency sweeter. so we didn't actually use it on 60 percent or even more of renewable energy. they're not so dependent compared to that, that both take european partners like i didn't like potent until the beginning of the special military operation. but more or less totally dependent on russian oil in terms of the trade in products. so really, both states now said look, okay, we'll take this for now, but we want to review every few months on this price gap. the, and it's very, very hard to see how these countries are we able to depend on oil from the united states or from the opec, plus countries like saudi arabia. that is said, look, we cannot, we will refuse to pass the we won't give you any more than we are doing right now, which leaves them in a very spot where russian, russian,

oil and gas exports going these days at the start of this special ministry operation. even before then, ross has already started trading with that there are other partners. they weren't solely dependent on the west. china, we buy more russian oil and gas than ever before. the chinese economy can eat up as much as that's possible. if you look at india, for example, we've got a lot west and they saying that buying indian oil. but we're pretty aware that that indian oil coming in, originate in russia, where the majority of it does so, it's very hard to see how this affects the rest of the economy whatsoever. and only really hurts the part of me, those, those, those, those western countries. but it's saying that it staying on the topic of sanctions, europe's latest round of restrictions presented a chance to sanction media free him as well with brussels restrictions forcing our sister channel r t d e to close its production office in germany. however, artes german language channel will continue to operate and broadcast

internationally from its headquarters and moscow. in his statement r t. d says the move came as a result of the betrayal of fundamental rights and freedoms by the european union and the german governments. r t d e productions regretfully announces the decision to cease the company's journalistic activities in germany. archie de productions has faced immense pressure from government media, businesses and others who have sought to curtail as journalistic work and to silence the voice as it brings to public attention. the e. u. in permitting the imposition of sanctions on media. freedoms has shown that the very values claimed to define the core of its existence are without any substance. the freedom of the press to operate without hindrance does not exist in germany to day. the r t d production office located in berlin has created a wide range of content for our german language channel. the outlet has faced immense pressure ever since it was launched from moscow in december 2021 artes

german language stream on youtube was also bought the same day. it was launched according to our t. d. e. the latest ear sanctions effectively cut off oxygen for remaining staff in germany. our t managing director alexi nickel of says international viewers won't have any trouble turning into our tea despite western bands. they are afraid of fair competition. even though our resources of so much smaller, our finance is so much smaller our abilities to broadcast our in comparable even so they got so scared of somebody challenging their agenda that they are just doing what they're doing. and this really shows how weak they are, how weak is their agenda? people overall are not stupid. they're not it. they don't like to be treated as it is. if they are right to access the independent information,

the alternative source of information is being stopped. they find inevitably, they will find the way to get this information. it's already happening, including in germany. it's so funny. the germans almost did not use any of the pan to access the forbidden, the band. i internet addresses at all. now the, the usage of the dance has grown exponentially in germany. i, it was very rewarding to hear that and somebody who believes that you can completely block access to alternative information to alternative views is making a huge mistake. and they will learn that very fast. former greek ambassador earlier night, as chris and populous says, you officials have shot themselves in the flight by violating european law. there

is no feet of, of the 1st of all of the, of the here a bit, including my country grease where we have no information or what is going on in reality, as it goes against the e, who legislations, it goes against your opinion, 3 or 4 this been where the liberty of information, liberty, of the press are guaranteed loss of measures that is taken. they are hitting themselves and they are weakening themselves. the european, we only have western information at western information is not correct. it's basically propaganda. we need to have both sides available to, to the people, so the people can make their own judgment on what's going on. africa should resolve internal conflicts and problems without outside interference. that's a take of

a senior research fellow at the university of for toria. discussing the concept of pops off for connor in the latest episode of going underground, i not more on south africa's current international standing and other key issues in his exclusive interview with option returns the a little later. but for now, here's a preview. what is backs african and who do you believe we should watch out for who are going to be advocating this 21st century for africa, obviously. now in the spotlight, partly because of the war in ukraine is new global alliance is a forged packs african. it's basically a concept that was developed in 1967 by one of my intellectual mentors, the late kenyan academic, allen, missouri. and the basic idea is that outside those should stay out of contraband. africa are led to africans with vale and complex. and he explained that through the

concept principal of continental jurisdiction, almost like a monroe doctrine, africa. and he argued that through the principle of racial sovereignty, intra african intervention by african states themselves in neighboring country as was more legitimate than those by outside the health concerns seem to run counter to the desire for a faster vaccine release with a top pfizer executive allegedly describing how the company turned a blind died to concerns about the possible problems with women's menstrual cycles . okay. so you want to be that yeah. was there any oxygen being with it? shouldn't it, shouldn't it or somebody have it in? well, we don't know. it's around the statement is part of a series of scandalous revelations from nonprofit journalism enterprise project

where it was demonstrating how pfizer rushed to release the vaccine dismissing violate valid concerns. pfizer previously denied allegations that it use monkeys to create and control new types of corona virus. we spoke with a former president of the indian medical association who expressed concerns about the possible complications from the vaccine that is, so a lot of studies eskimo done that minutes. little loud ity of this is lot number of people are getting affected by that of noise. when i heard of this, oh facial about dick and much more get out at lee should have been involved and the previously or the complications with the letter to the max him. unfortunately, they have not disclosed this quote to all other complications or disclose. also will be, feel that it is a mourned of giving him misinformation, to the public for the sake of their order in bliss,

of that is not accepted or exempt expected in the company of dutch teacher of the face of this day. since b. m, they are not mentioned about this in the beginning of their love by an audience that all the safety of the safety phase, one embittered by and which they're connected does not be short. so that gives us a fear that furthermore, gambling gauges will be living and the more people be getting affected. so that is why we up and send a board that, ah, and a teenage boy has been killed in hundreds of voting materials destroyed in the latest attack on an electoral commission office and a police station in southeastern nigeria, just weeks before locals had to pause to cast our vote in the presidential elections. the national electoral commission has repeatedly voiced concerns that routine violence could jeopardize the forthcoming vote. the statement comes as at least 50 attacks against a staff and offices are armed groups have been reported over the last 3 years with

the majority of the incidents taking place in the south eastern parts of the country were separate, his sentiments remained strong. instability also remains a key issue for the nigerians. northern provinces or security forces are fighting a 13 year war against to hottest and criminal militias. a local reporter takes a closer look at what awaits the country in the upcoming elections. on february 25th 2023. my durians will head to the pool, select a new precedence, outgoing precedence mohammed will how we ruled for if years, however, the increased abductions and killings in the north. in addition to separate his tensions in south eastern part of the country of great concern to the citizens and paused a good place to the elections. our lord i'd by pressing to run, brought that blue's rbc ski and no security for the body quotient. before you come

out, the will kill many people. the government has, however, insisted that the spikes the grow with insecurity. the elections will not be postponed, nor cancelled as intensive and extensive security. all the provided all through the election process in shredding the safety of security or for does i enormous. this responsibility has become more challenging in the context of the current security situation. i'm gonna show you dot m o n. you won't, it won't all really mitchell with aids in presidential candidates are consistent. they are all aware of the security issues on a promising to resolve it before any of the 18 kind of these come declared winner. he has to have the highest number of votes nationwide and more than a quarter of ballot costs in at least to 3rd of the my shoe in states. my jury has over my to 1000000 registered voters. an almost 40 percent of these number are

youths between the ages of 18 to 34 for countries with miss in or renewed youth engagement in politics like never before. now to some use from south asia, we're costly independence day celebrations, have spark mass street demonstrations in sri lanka, as the country continues to battle. and economic crisis processors took to the streets of the largest city, columbo, to voice or anger over the government, spending more than half of a $1000000.00 on festivities, while many in the country lack basic necessities, such as food medicines and fuel with world food program, data indicating 56000 children are severely melnar. it's demonstrators clash with police who use water, cannon, and baton, to disperse the crowds. this comes a sri long for reels from an unprecedented economic recession last year, which led to a sovereign dep default ramping inflation and political turmoil. several

media outlets have warned of quote russian misinformation across africa that comes amid growing ties between moscow and the continent. and the west is failure to impose its own agenda. all reports mentioned luke, michelle, a belgian political activist and creator of the russo spear network western media claim. his website spreads russian propaganda on the continent and is financed by moscow despite him saying he has no links to the kremlin. that comes after a series of blows to western influence in the region. burkina faso expelled the french ambassador after molly did the same. a few months ago, burkina faso also blacklisted the un coordinator in the country, and france has was brought its troops from molly. all germany has fed. it will completely pull out its troops from the south held region by 2024. and independent

african journalists told us, the west is not in a position to accuse anyone of misinformation. so russia and an african countries we've always had that form of history that binds us together. that can be no justification for the ways to speak about. so called the russian propaganda african continent, if we're honest with each other and we checked the art history, the wisdom of pushing propaganda not only in africa, but throughout the world. you know, we, i mean we, we know the ministers of the cia and how the u. s has been funding many, many, many journalists, and there's been funding for many, many, many, many media outlets throughout, throughout the world. we are going to see in the next few weeks or months, every wall coordinated smear campaign against russia. we're going to see a. ready elated media text and propaganda. that's rob on the top stories is our for more up to the minute use update to head over to

r t dot com. and don't forget to follow us on odyssey rumble. and god, thanks for joining in. we'll see you back at the company, our ah oh not what does be spoken by the united states all by you when he's fighting a war, essentially, to prove it, the better done the surgeon so rushing forward once again in, in this region, and saw that it was one of the limit i've, what is it? is it possible with

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grew by the democrats. yeah. during retreating. corollary, sol suite that's a little bit soft by whatever you get to the final goal of these thing revolutions is to ensure that there are no independent players in the world anymore. at this hour, american and coalition forces are in the early stages of military operations to disarm iraq, to free its people, and to defend the world from great danger. with food and medicines in supply and fleet

with awe is i've been doing news for 30 years into languages around the world. and here in the united states, i've interviewed for presidents and co founded a $1000000000.00 business. and i believe, after all of that, the news should be honest and direct and impactful. this is direct impact the news. so let's begin with this. did you see what happened with president biden? the last he met with his chinese counterpart using pink. remember this president as well as most of his predecessors, m a u. s. media as a coalition.