ah, in the world corrupted, you need to descend a join us in the depths or remain in the shallows. ah staging slum washington for shooting down what it called a chinese weather balloon that drifted over the west by numerous assurances, but it did not pose a threat. israel's former prime minister reveals he was coordinated by the us and is f as to mediate a p. still ukraine last year, which ultimately failed. dr. washington pulled the plug. also a hedge with less than a teaspoon of dry hand to write a little bit about this amount of this is just about the amount of a teaspoon. we have 1st and descriptions of biological weapons factories on wheels

and on rails 20 years since the us live to the well, the thing you, when about iraq, we recap the legacy of the devastating war. a former chief, un weapons inspector to iraq, questions washington's wheels. the united states government had no intention allowing the inspectors to do their job. the united states was going to go to war with iraq regard regardless, it doesn't matter what the truth was. and the more successful we inspectors became disarming. iraq, the more threat we posed to the american policy, with a very welcome to you, you're watching the weekly on the international bringing you the latest world news updates, along with around the stories that shape to wait. good, happy with it. now, beijing has condemned the us attack on a chinese balloon that had been drifting over the us for several days. despite its

previous claims that the cost was not capable of surveillance and did not to pose a threat. china is strongly dissatisfied with the us attack on a chinese on mandate ship and voices. it's protest. we have repeatedly informed the us side that the balloon is designed purely for civilian use, an accidentally cross the us borders. in such circumstances, the u. s. use of force is an obvious reaction and a violation of international practice. finally, after days of deliberation and doubt, us find 2 jets of short time. what they claim is a chinese spy bloom. but of course, denies this. it says that it was a web, whether observation balloon, although there is some confusion over whose recommendation it was to, to shoot down the balloon and listen to what us president joe biden told journalists earlier. the successfully took it down and i want to complement our graders who did it, and we'll have more to report on a little later. thank you. i was on the same

recommendation from year. it was funny and that's why the whole that mr. down a wednesday, i was like the recommended to me, let's wait to look, take this place to do it some already asking questions over the timing of the incident. it came just ahead of a time visit by the us to stay on the blink and to churn. and now that was subsequently cancelled, or was he says, indefinitely postponed. but beijing said now is the time for co heads. and it continues to insist on diplomacy. some politicians and media in the us have hiked it up to attack and smith, china. the chinese side is firmly opposed to that one of the tasks, to the diplomatic teams on both sides, just to properly manage bilateral relations, particularly to manage some on expected situations in a cool headed and prudent manner. well, i think just in another statement since by a blink and cancel his visit page in his head, china is never violate to the territory and space of another sovereign country. but of course, the u. s. and western media has wasted no time in ratcheting up the anti china

rhetoric and the supposed threat posed by, by aging in a twist. now, the pentagon is now claiming that chinese spy balloons flew over u. s. territory, or at least 3 occasion occasions under the trump administration. now, our former u. s. defense sexy more casper said. he was surprised by this statement from the pentagon and he said he was never informed of such incidents during his time in, in office. but we now have a former u. s. defense and military officials have described the latest incident as embarrassing, especially given that the u. s. is the world's leading military power and opposition. republican party members have now they've got on the offensive, and they've accused biden of not acting decisively enough, and they say that he's fail to protect american national security. let's have a listen to what they've said. i friend robert o'brien, former national security adviser. why aren't we taking action to deal with this in widen? we know about it, robert o'brien, larry,

this is one of those embarrassing things i've ever seen. and in american diplomacy, we sped trillions and trillions of dollars on hardware and soldiers on airmen, on sailors. and we can't do anything about it. why was this allowed to go clear across the country for so many days? if you look at this, national security is one of these things that any country can do. it is a core function of government. we see that the by the administration knew about this sir balloon days ago. and it seems that there was an opportunity when it was coming over islands in alaska that we could have taken it down now, cause china denies that the balloon was carrying out term surveillance. and the u. s. navy is currently searching for the wreckage of the balloon. we can expect to hear more from that over the coming coming hours. but the, i'm the are the, the claims of the threat posed by china or something of double standards. let's not forget that was just last summer that the us house of representatives speak. and nancy pelosi inflamed tensions with a provocative visit to taiwan,

which term beijing said was in breach of the one china policy, which of course is supported by washington, which is also flooded the island with billions of dollars in arms. i think reco spending levels and bite and himself has threatened military action to defend taiwan from china. and the u. s. has continue to say, oh, battle ships down the south china sea and is accuse itself of undermining regional stability with the signing of the o. because packed with the security packed with britain, australia in 2021, which is containing china's military power. but of course, this latest incident is a new blow to the already tense us china relations. the head of chinese national weather service, responsible for the balloon has not been fired. earlier we spoke with no phone won't vice chairman of the shanghai center for impact and international studies. he said, basing doesn't need balloons to spy on america. this is apparently not

a pleasant incident, but i don't believe it is wise for anybody to make a big fuss of it because the chinese government has confirmed in the 1st place that they see below august ship or exactly what you call it is from china and china fails, regret for its intended entry into us space. china has enough satellites already in china wants to do any surveillance. why should they use the pollutants? which are so big and so obvious. now, i don't think this connection makes any sense. so let's see. i mean, we're all have to watch and see, but whatever the case, i think the wisdom of both countries, leaders and of all de promise. but now put, tush,

test. awe form it is rarely prime minister, natalie bennett, has the town his role in attempting to broker at p. still in the 1st weeks of the ukraine, conflicts last year in an interview which moscow has yet to respond. he bennett and his efforts were ultimately shot down by washington and its allies only bizarre court. i was just a mediator feel. i turned to america for guidance. i didn't do as i pleased anything i did was coordinated down to the last detail with the u. s. germany and france vey block to the west. wanted to keep the pressure on putin rather than negotiating wanted. there were several rounds of negotiations between moscow and k, as in the 1st weeks of the conflict. in late march, after a summit in its down bull, russia agreed to deescalate and pulled its troops out of northern ukraine. however, the care of and his western bacchus have since refused to talk peace and a calling for victory over russia on the battlefield. natalie bennett says president zalinski only agreed to leave the safety of his kiev bunker after the

after israel leader assured him that russia is not trying to kill him, which is something president pivot in allegedly promised to bennett. who your guard me did not see if he got sir. i knew that zalinski was under threat. he was in a secret bunker. i called him and said, i came out of a meeting with bruton. he's not going to kill you. he asked, are you sure? i responded 100 percent. he won't kill you. zelinski. 2 hours later zalinski went to his office and posted on twitter. i'm not afraid as it bears you shall love sugar. yes. good. now i will say one thing to i'm staying here in kyo on bank of iowa street. one good. i'm not hiding. and i'm not afraid of any one you call and they will use author and war. correspondent thomas roper says, the west isn't interested and in peace talks, as it's focused on trying to, we can russia. she said he didn't know any. he, israel didn't have any own interests. that's why he is. he said,

i acted on behalf of the u. s. he did what the u. s. wanted this will you also said clearly and yes, if it were not negotiations between russia and ukraine, but with, let's say the west in the, in the next door. and the west didn't want to end this war because the west was we can rush and therefore they need this a fighting in ukraine. there were no serious intention from the west for any peace negotiations since the start of the warrant on less than 2014. we note from the risk agreement and that this was just in attempt to buy time for ukraine as melton onset and boss johnson. i called to minsk agreement and mutation of to boot diplomacy and we'll see the same now after this collision of the conflict nearly one year ago when the rest. by the words of bennet, are stopped or ukraine from negotiate negotiating anything with russia. when on the

latest developments on the ukraine conflicts, i think russian defense ministry has released a statement warning of a possible ukranian folk flag operation, which involves a plot to blow up medical facilities. and they don't. yes, great. and, and point the finger at bhaskar in the western media, the donations of the crematory to medical facilities are to be presented as another atrocity by russian troops. which calls for response from the international community. and an accelerated provision of long range missiles to keep which would allow it to carry out strikes in russian territory. the alleged false blanca wouldn't be the 1st of its kind as moscow is wound of similar acts, plans by t as before, the defense ministry also note that such provocations are a result of the ukrainian army, suffering. heavy loss is leading to a desperate need. 4 more west and weaponry. meanwhile, ukraine is maintaining its deadly shelling of residential areas in don yeske as our teens. from on closer reports from the ground, ukrainian nationalist killed 4 and wounded. another 4 civilians in done esc

republic. on saturday, 3 of them were buried under the rubble in an apartment building in done as and one was killed right here in this house. a woman 64 years old, was at home with her husband and her son. she was killed instantly by a ukrainian show. her husband was severely wounded. he is currently at a hospital, in gall, of cra, he is in a coma. and daughters are saying that he might lose his arm. i spoke with his son who was also here during the shelling personals or yesterday at around 1 pm. there was a showing attack. i was at home with my parents when it began. my father told us to get in the basement. but i hate doing that because you could be buried alive there after the explosion. i woke up tried to provide 1st aid to my parents, but there was nothing i could do for my mother. my father is now in hospital. he's

probably going to lose his arm. i believe russia has the best doctors, so they will do everything they possibly can. meanwhile, in donetta, also on saturday, ukrainian nationalists used multiple launch a rocket systems against civilians in the next. as the result, 3 people were killed, and 11 apartment buildings were damaged. emergency workers continued to dig for the rubble of those destroyed apartment building for the 2nd day in a row. so for i have discuss 3 bodies of the people that were killed here by ukrainian artillery shelley. they're all for one family, 2 brothers, and a woman. that was a wife to one of the brothers. now they moved here only 5 days ago, they moved away from another area here in the nest. this other calls for the shutting by ukrainian artillery. one family has 2 daughters that have now been offered wrong call for a party don't escrow public. 50 percent of americans believe that

governments should lift sanctions if they negatively impact to innocent lives. according to the harris poll and american market research company that tracks public sentiments. so let's take a look at the results of the policy. the majority of respondents agree to a sanctions which interfere with humanitarian 8 and public health should be lifted . 60 percent of americans say that the u. s. should remove such restrictions if they violate international law. all more than half of respondents agree that limitations should be repealed if they hom, the economic activity and livelihood of common people. and half of those polls believe such functions that should be lifted if they impede it, cooperation on climate change or target in the humanitarian phase. note an out of the ordinary tactic for the us as washington has imposed many sanctions on countries such as venezuela on the wrong which prevent the supply of humanitarian

aid. since 2005, the u. s. has imposed a devastating sanctions against venezuela and one year causing over 40000 deaths in the nation due to a lack of food and the other primary needs. in 2018, the americans imposed restrictions against iranian banks. constraining the country's ability to provide essentials like medicine. then in 2021, they also froze over $7000000000.00 of afghan acids, preventing the provision and vital necessity to millions of it's already suffering citizens. well, let's discuss this further now with our guest human labor rights lawyer done cuz i like that. thank you for joining us on the program this evening. good to see you. now the results of the poll clearly shows a divide between the perception of the american public on the government will say you will take on that. well look, the american people tend to pull very good on all these issues. they, i, you know, in the end they're good hearted people. they don't want to hurt other people. i

think they don't realize that the sanctions do kill other people that they do injure other people and cause human suffering in other countries by their very design. and americans don't want that. and again, they are not happy when they learn that their government is sanctioning people, you know, to the point of starvation, according to the post office, american support lifting sanctions from suffering nation. so considering the big us as efficiently a democracy, should we expect it to change that policy? yeah, well it, it is officially and extensively as democracy. but as jimmy carter said, recently, it is not a functioning democracy. it is not a democracy. in practice, it is, it is an oligarchy that runs the united states. and so no, we don't, we should not expect change soon. so most americans, again, don't want to spend as much on military 8 as we do. most americans want more money

spent on social spending than on the military. but we're not saying that we're seeing quite the opposite. and that is because again, we don't have a functioning democratic system. that's what i said is that a connection between the humanitarian crisis and venezuela and the long standing restrictions imposed on the nation by the states? i think there's 100 percent, you know, relationship there. a, you mentioned the one study that show between 20172018. 40000 ballons wayland were killed by us sanctions. and that was based on the study looking into the drugs that venezuela was denied h i v drugs, chemotherapy drugs for children, dialysis equipment for kidneys and that doesn't even get into the food. it's being denied venezuelans. and so, yes,

the suffering venezuelans are going through is almost 100 percent attributable to us nations, which again, us officials like bob, mike, palm pe. oh said we're designed to cause humans upright. they're very clear about this when it comes to afghanistan, which of course, at the u. s. s. for the frozen billions of dollars of bare assets. what difficulties of the people that had to face and the results of that move? well, pure and simple starvation during the winter here. we know that there is mass starvation happening. the u. s. officials were some that will sometimes wring their hands about this. but yes, meanwhile, we have $7000000000.00 of afghan assets that we have no intention of returning to the people we simply stolen it just as the u. s. by the way, stole cit. go. you that his whalers, us based oil company prevent his way, le, which is cost, then his way of billions of dollars. just as the u. s. is stolen,

$300000000000.00 from russia. so some of these sanctions simply amount to just pure theft. and again, they make it very difficult for these countries to meet the needs of their own. people forbid your opinion when it comes to the way sanctions inevitably cause things like mass death, starvation on humanitarian crisis. could they be considered a crime against humanity, humanity, and prosecuted as such? yeah, these are crimes against humanity there. war crimes, you know, the geneva conventions require that even during wartime. and by the way, we're not at war with most of these countries. ok. even during war time, not only are you not allowed to deny people, life saving items like food and medicine, you're actually supposed to guarantee that they are have access to that. so these types of sanctions violate minimal standards of human rights,

minimal standards of international humanitarian law. as set forth in the geneva conventions, and yes therefore could be tried. is war crimes done by? like many thanks for joining us on a program this evening will be speaking to don kovachick, human and labor rights lawyer while 20 years to the day after the u. s took the stage of the you went to deceive the world, about iraq's weapons of mass destruction. we look back at the legacy of the legal war, built on a lie 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. a

with food and medicine. and sleeping with was as i o same august 20 years since the ben u. s. secretary of state pushed military action in iraq at the un security council . an episode well known for his display of a vial in an attempt to prove allegations of the existence of weapons of mass destruction in iraq by claim later proved to be false. one of the most worrisome things that emerges from the thick intelligence file we have on our racks. biological weapons is the existence of mobile production facilities used to make biological agents. we have 1st hand descriptions of biological weapons,

factories on wheels and on rails. it felt like justifying an invasion of iraq to the world. mattered that much to the u. s. though, after all, then president george w bush already had plans to invade the sovereign middle east or nation claims that baghdad was stock piling, illegal weapons and developing its nuclear program. war a plenty, and the catch fear, phrase, weapons of mass destruction had already been popularized. evidence, however, was either lacking or in powells case, fabricated like the vile of white powder he so confidently waved in the world's face as he accused saddam hussein of having a mast titanic reserves of chemical weapons when iraq finally admitted. having these weapons in 1995, the quantities were vast. less than a teaspoon of dry anthrax, a little bit about this amount. this is just about the amount of a teaspoon. less than a teaspoonful of dry anthrax in an envelope shut down the united states senate in

the fall of 2001. this forced several 100 people to undergo emergency medical treatment and killed 2 postal workers. powell pointed the finger at faulty intelligence after it became clear that there was no merits to america's accusations. he said he was very disappointed. i'm very concerned when i made that presentation in february 2003. it was based on the best information that the central intelligence agency made available to me. but it turned out that the sourcing was inaccurate in wrong and in some cases, deliberately misleading. and for that i am disappointed and i regret it. oh, how quickly the u. s. is closest ally jumped into the blood bath at washington's command, but when all was said and done, former british prime minister tony blair said it was all in good faith since the west needed to bring down evil saddam. after trying to deflect blame. though blair also said he was very sorry, i did not mislead this country. i made

a decision in good faith on the information i had at the time. and i believe that it is better that we took that decision and a nation whose people we wanted to set free and secure from the evil of so them became instead victim to sectarian terrorism. for all of this, i express more sorrow, regret, and apology, than you may have no. will, can believe other world leaders sensed something foul from the get go, which is why powell sought fit to give his speech. in the 1st place, france, germany and russia all decided they would vote against the u. s. as hawkish initiatives at the united nations. the world is close to war. my question was in still us, does the threat coming from the iraqi dictator justify war?

a war which will kill thousands of children, women, and men. my answer is no, no matter what the circumstances will vote no, because we consider at this time that there is no place for going to war to achieve the object of that. we all wanted the moment, which is the disarmament of iraq. military action against iraq is a huge political mistake. i already sat above the humanitarian side of the shield viscouso on top of that, the u. n's, former chief weapons inspectors who iraq, scott ritter said iraq's capability to have weapons of mass destruction had been eliminated by december of 1998. it's no wonder writer saw paolo's, accusations against baghdad as relying only on circumstantial evidence. powell just keeps hitting you with circumstantial evidence and he confuses people and he lied. he lied to people. he misled people. fabricating evidence, lying killing, hundreds of thousands of people. another stark reminder of the lengths washington is willing to go to the success of its foreign policy agenda is at stake.

20 years only off scott were to what was behind pals claims of the un security council. the former chief un weapons inspector to iraq believes washington never had any intention to let the experts do that job. as it walks disarmament was apparently the last thing the u. s. wanted i was brought in to help create an intelligence organization that would assist the special commission and evaluating the accuracy of the iraqi declarations about what weapons of mass destruction they had. you see, i thought that the mission of the special commission was to disarm i. rec, and, and we worked in a very assiduous manner to carry out that mission. but it turned out that the disarmament of iraq was the last thing the united states wanted. the united states was going to go to war with iraq, regardless. regardless, it doesn't matter what the truth was. so i addressed the iraqi parliament. they

gave a speech that wasn't pre screened. and as a speech to said, if you don't let weapons inspectors back in your country will be destroyed, you have to let them back in without any pre conditions said, something's going to let weapons inspectors back in. i want, i succeeded. and so when i came out is the exact opposite, feels like inspectors are going to be la back. and i said, yes, you can't talk about going to war with iraq unless you allow the inspectors to complete their job. if i rec, kicks inspectors out again. if a wreck doesn't cooperate, then you have justification who accused iraq of bad stuff, but you must let the inspectors do their job. on the, maybe i was a little naive. maybe the iraqis were because the united states government had no intention allowing the inspectors to do their job. the bottom line is, america's policy was a disarmament. but regime change and the more successful we inspectors became in disarming iraq. the more threat we posed to the american policy of regime change and so when weapons inspection teams left iraq in $1098.00, the world was blind. which means that when colin powell gave his presentation to

the united nations security council in february of 2003, it wasn't just misleading. it was deliberately misleading. he knew what he was saying was false. and as a result, we went to war, lead to some of the stories from the decades long conflict with lincoln, you more throughout the next 2 months on special coverage of the 20th anniversary of one of america's longest wars. ah. when you, thanks for joining us. ha t international this sunday, we're back at the top of the i was more, ah ah

ah ah museums are important for preserving our history so that it is a lot to future generations. but our fiscal museum spaces themselves a relic of the past. this is one of the best museums in the world, but from a touch in st. petersburg. to help refuse the director here and i bet he has met

ah, with this sorry. yes, i said, november 22nd 2022 count raised orthodox christians, confronted ukrainian security service offices, blocking entrances and exits. the keys, oldest monastery were looking for alleged russian spies among the monks and stuff. just got brand new model alive with the de ukrainian security services can brand an agent of moscow. any mongol priest, unwilling to break relations with the russian orthodox church. dozens of ukrainian churches have been rated.