validate a little bit short while with america. the final goal of these thing revolutions is to ensure that there are no independent players in the world anymore. ah, a new comer, headstrom. yeah. just a day after one of the strongest earthquakes ravaged parts of the country. just drawing homes and living thousands dad and injured with children are pulled from their rubble as disastrous after shocked syria. more than 3000 people had been confirmed dead inter kia and syria and the death role is still rising. russia is foreign minister survey law brought visits,

molly to improve relations after tension the erected between the west african nation and the un, as molly expelled the un human rights envoy with coming to you live from the russian capital. this is our t international. i'm rachel blevins here with the top stories of the our welcome to the program. cherokee. yeah. is struck by yet another series of earthquakes with one recorded out a magnitude of 5.6. that's just a day after a devastating $7.00, magnitude, earthquake, rot, havoc and south eastern parts of the country and a neighboring syria. turkey as president air to walk called that the most powerful and almost a century more than 3000 people had been confirmed dad and over 16000 injured with the death toll still rising. this vintage is from one of the areas hardest struck

in turkey. and just a warning you may find the following images disturbing. anita with oh, no, no, no, no, no deal with elderly resumes from a nursing home or forced to flee into the freezing cold as that facility was heavily damaged with the outside temperature around 0 degrees celsius. his foot, it shows local, some of them seriously injured, exposed to the elements without warning, without wearing winter clothing. images are also circulating on social media,

showing people and tiers trying to support one another as they wait for news about their loved ones and affected areas. i made that i get the show enough. not at this moment, just after a building collapse was filmed by a journalist during a live broadcast in southeastern, her kia the voted, shows locals, frantically running away from the structure after caved in. those are not on, those are not there yet. at least 10 turkish provinces were impacted and tremors could be felt hundreds of kilometers away. among the countries affect it. neighboring syria, already crippled by years of war, suffered mass devastation when seismic shock spread into northern parts of the country. so let's take a closer look at the extent of the destruction. so far, almost 3000 deaths have been confirmed inter kia with more than 15000 injured syrian authorities have reported more than 700 killed and 1400 injured. we heard

from some of those who have lost their loved ones. ah! [000:00:00;00] with them they have torn my hotel it we're completely broken. no, for the new modem. ah,

a was a miss ross was a new families under there. my sons, my daughter, my son in law, they're still under the rubble. we hear their voices. they're still alive. there's no way to get them out. there's no machinery, there's a, i'm not in a meeting. grandson is 18 months,

so please help them please. we can hear them have not got any news from them since the morning please. there were the 12. 0, we can't reach my family, my grandson. ah, a syrian said he have a lap out near the turkish border was one of the area's most affect it. residents were forced to flee their homes and have been gathering at shoulders where they are provided necessary accommodations. the facilities were chosen because they are far from tall buildings. as residents fear there could be further tremors. we heard from some of that as they shared their terrifying experiences. unless noticed by

that man who could feel the ass moving under us like windmills and the shaking was getting stronger and stronger. all the things in the house were fooling. we could not get ourselves together. we didn't know what to do, and i'm going to be the lead people fled from their homes and we decided to come to this comment. this is there more area and there are no tall buildings there. we went out to the street to see all the people standing there. there were in a disastrous condition. hi, leona le act that mr. more than 750 people in the convent. we're providing all we can for these families. we give them breakfast, lunch, and dinner, as well as providing heating and bathrooms. and the most important thing for them, which is safety, or russian military personnel and syria, are engaged in the clean up efforts over $300.00 russian soldiers, as well as 60 units of military and other special equipment are assisting in rescue operations and clearing the debris. that's according to the russian defense ministry. soldiers are providing local syrians, we can manage hearing aid. the russian military has set up

a system centers in the cities of hama the talk. yeah. and other areas, his president air to want has described one of the earthquakes as the worst in almost a century. so what else do we know about his devastating series of natural disasters? check out our website, r t dot com for more details and the latest updates. molly's foreign minister has greeted his russian counterpart survey, la rob, upon arrival in the country as russia top diplomat is on a tour of africa in the middle east. lab rav is also scheduled to meet with molly's in term president and conduct further talks with the west african countries talk diplomat. the focus is expected to be on expanding bilateral ties in various fields, including economic and military issues, as well as upcoming deliveries of russian, wheat, fertilizers, and petroleum products to molly. meanwhile,

french officials had condemned to malia and governments decision to expel the un mission human rights. cheap. molly says it dismissed the envoy because he was conducting, quote, destabilizing actions in the african nation. this measure follows the destabilizing and subversive actions of mister and dolly, in flagrant violation of the principles and obligations that must be observed by united nations officials, and any diplomat accredited to molly. the government emphasizes that mister and dolly has never succeeded improving the objective criteria which enabled him to identify the representatives of civil society that he used marley's, interim government hes, accused the head of the you and he's keeping mission in that country. who is the head of the human rights division of musical? as for solon and grass, and even 48 hours to leave the country, the foreign ministry declared that william and ali, who is the head of me useless,

schumann raised division as his own and andretta. in a statement, molly foreign ministry accused mister handler of these, they believing and having subversive actions against the authorities. but there is history between the you and the human rights chief and the 1000000 government and the united nations security council. a 1000000 civilian or choose the government and groups associated with it of a widespread allegations of human rights abuses and by associated groups here. this was a thinly veiled reverence, of course, to the wagner group, which has been operating as 5 of the 1000000 government security voices. it must be said that the presence of russian military partners alongside demarion and forces, and of course their valor is commendable. however, their presence does not make things easier in any way. these actors are involved in serious violations of human rights in

a national senator in law. these violations have been documented by maryan civil society organizations and have been reflected in official reports, including those of the secretary general and minima, as well of the independent incredible organizations of this testimony the un exmouth agreed that there should be an independent investigation. molly, of course, was not pleased and in its res once accused nathan valley and the witness of having no proof of such claims that they're making and that they couldn't find any of that . the government went on to further point out that there's been a decreasing mud decrease in human rights abuses, and that molly stands ready for elections next year. having of course, come into a military coup that's currently ruling the country there from 2021. 1 can only wonder how much of this really has to do with the russian factor, and it's become a pardon of choice for the traditional 1000000 government. and this was the words

there was echoed by the foreign minister of molly, seeing that russia stands, no blame here. and that they remain committed to the partnership cooperation between molly and russia is a state to state effort. molly will not continue to justify that choice of partners . these choices have been made in a unique context. and the distinguished representative of the russian federation has just indicated to you that this cooperation in terms of training and equipment is being carried out with full respect for international norms. in this regard. we hope that that will be duly noted so that our country is able to carry on guaranteeing its security. molly, of course is looking to assert. busy itself in that country as not only a government, whether government in control and able to make its own decision as to whom it ones to associate. and yesterday, the transitional government said that they were anticipating the russian foreign

minister as vivid to my li this week. and that with that visit, they hope to bolster the defense and corporations that they have with that it still remains to be seen whether mas and we will actually he, the cause to that has been requested of him to leave the country. or if he will actually just the, i don't know, ling the longer making the tensions, even more sites you will see as the 48 hours expire. but this is just one of them. many a list of patients that have been experienced between the international body as well as this african country. the head of the non ask republic says that russian forces have gained a strategic advantage in northern and eastern parts of the embattled city of art tomorrow. scott, also known as back moot, that's as russian troops have been advancing on ukrainian positions across the

front line. as ortiz, mariah garcia, reports, key of admit, but what is on the brink, rushes wagman group has launched an assault from 3 directions, north, east, and south, who actually my sit, our arthur, we're good out of this hail called barton. i see it's all burning. we're barely got out in small groups. our commanders don't care about us. i'm telling it to you like it is thought that we lost more people to day to death for injured in half an hour or these are all who are left. it's hell there. north, simply how i'm telling you much should of the battle for back what has been utterly savage. it has claimed thousands, if not tens of thousands of ukrainian troops killed endangered. rare, sleeps from ukrainian journalists and troops paint a terrible picture. yeah, elephant i spoke to people who transport the dead and wounded out of backlit, and they told me that according to their estimates and unprepared ukraine and

fighters survives in backward for only 4 hours on the front line. yes. that's a very negative statistic. i think they survive longer in zappa rogia than yet. can le ganske russian forces are pushing forward slowly but surely. ah, with these is the 2 s for 2 lip, a 240 millimeter mortar used to level fortifications. rewards with blue, with the thought, ah,

they may be huge and they certainly are, but they function much like their smaller cousins and those are reg, regular, more dog cell. mine is launched out of the tube flies in an arc and lands on target with the ammunition that they're using. now. those minds are rocket assisted, meaning that they can cover much greater distances. ah, it is somewhat rare. see through a v. i think 2 of these guns falling together, one is usually pretty enough with mm, it's sort of teaching us to nothing remains of the enemy's positions of the shot.

this system fire strictly a major target and least nothing handing the 2 lip is just one of the weapons that ukrainian troops and nationalists are running from in bombs and elsewhere. and every day, more weapons and vehicles arrive, rushes military, industrial complex is in overdrive and the key of understands time. he's not on its side more, i guess the of a t look on squeezen as russian troops and mans on ukrainian army positions. and don bass, there are israeli media reports, the ukraine has issued a list of demands to the middle eastern country and in the conflict that as israel's foreign minister is scheduled to visit key at ortiz, maria for notional. has the details. this raley foreign minister at a coin flies to key of to reopen the countries embassy in ukraine. but there is much more to that israeli media report quoting to a name senior officials,

one ukrainian, and one israeli, that i had the key of has issues, at least of the month, the way israel will respond to it will affect the 2 countries relations. so what does key of want, according to reports, public denunciation of russia's special military operation, ukraine, half a $1000000000.00 alone, medical treatment of ukrainian soldiers in israel, and to missile technology development, public support for zalinski piece plan, which includes complete withdrawal of the russian forces from all territory the key of consider ukraine. so what the minister's answer will be hard to predict for now, israel has always been cautious in its approach to the war, not to support relations with russia. it has largely supported cave with humanitarian aid and efforts, but refuse to send weapons and was condemned by ukraine for that. i don't know what happened to israel. i'm honestly in shock because i don't understand why they couldn't give us air defenses. i'm stating the facts. my conversations with israeli

leadership have done nothing to help you crane. it was very honest and frank conversation. i tried to convince lippitt that i think it's a strategic mistake. and i believe that it would be in the best strategic interests of israel to cooperate fully with ukraine. politicians in israel will be ashamed in the future because they didn't stand by our side at this time. since december eyes were on the countries, new government and 10, some of it started talking about the drastic shifting israeli policy. that's after the countries new foreign minister alley coin had a phone conversation with russia stopped implement that a gay law before he's ukranian counterpart that but especially when statement that he made his inaugural speech with regard to the russia ukraine issue. we will do one thing for certain in public. we will talk less. we will prepare a detail reference from the ministry of foreign says to the cabinet, so they can formulate a responsible policy. in any case, the significant humanitarian aid to ukraine will continue immediately. a strong disapproval came from key of not surprisingly,

but also from israel's clothes. ally washington. i'm glad to see mister colon. israel's new foreign minister is prioritizing the us israel strategic relationship and supports continued him in the terry and aid to ukraine. however, the idea that israel should speak less about russia's criminal invasion of ukraine is a bit unnerving. it's really a rock and a hard place for months now with care is alleged ultimately, with these roles seems to be left without room for maneuvers and definitely the countries for ministers with 2 kids will be at tasks not only for israel ukraine relations, but also for dies with both russia and the u. s. what the outcome will be? well report say that according to meeting with the president of the sky is not confirmed. what will happen if kids is that is fine with israel's response. even if promises are made behind closed doors, this is how we will know where does a israel's 10 let's go back to our top story now as turkey,

i was struck by yet another series of earthquakes with one recorded on the magnitude of 5.6. that's just a day after a devastating $7.00, magnitude, earthquake, rot have it in south or eastern parts of the country and a neighboring syria and total more than $3000.00 people have been confirmed dead. and over 16000 injured with the death toll still rising. for more on this cross live now to security and defense analysts, murat, one who joins us from turkey mer out. we really appreciate you taking the time to join us today. now i know when it comes to this devastating situation, much of the world is watching it play out, and clips that are shared across social media so far report they're saying that the earthquakes have destroyed more than 5000 buildings. some of them are toppled completely. so many people are wondering how is this possible and is this a fault of the original construction? what is your take on this situation?

well, i know that it's a big question mark, you know, the collapse of. busy these buildings is a measure of concern in mind, but the fact that you do a quick, it's 7.7, that's really rate. and the 2nd thing, it has become not only one location, but in many different province, is it covered maybe 6 to 7 provinces in the meantime, with minor differences in another 3 and it, it trusts in syria. with that it a great collapse in some city. and also lebanon. i think there is a tech and it looks like we're having a little bit of trouble with that connection. we're going to work to see if we can get him back on. but at the moment, let's go on to our next story. i read in that as the

e. u is persisting on its road to renewable energy as brussels has now named africa as a key partner. in these efforts, however, the vice president of the commission has admitted that they have an especially vested interest in africa. resources, africa is probably going to be the most important partner for europe in terms of the developing the renewable energy sector. the european union will need more green hydrogen than we can produce ourselves. so we're looking for countries where green hydrogen can be produced. that statement from brussels come to those africa suffers a few crisis of its own. even one of the continents most prosperous nation, south africa husband facing coal shortages and energy insecurity, including rolling electricity outages for much of last year. meanwhile, the has been searching for a stable energy supplier since its economic ties with russia were severed last year . after a series of unfruitful talks with countries in the middle east,

the u is now lying africa for alternative. western nations have been pushing africa towards green energy for months. the u. n. chief said that the world must and its dependency on fossil fuels while saying that africa, renewable resources remain mostly untapped. we heard from a geopolitical analyst who says that african leaders should not accept any deal with the you without considering the needs of their own people. first. they will lead us that to live deals as individual dues with you states or the member states that will influence them into making decision. not necessarily on behalf of the population, but the political parties that elected those leaders should be the one to have policies that will influence that the energy problems need to be revolt within african states. so, but if the you leadership is influencing the policies of africa, it's going to be

a very long road for african countries to deal with their own energy problems. so it should be the political parties that have influenced their leaders that are in power to make sure that they are in line with that in she plans for their own countries. that one come from you. that's all for now. we'll be back with more coverage at the latest from turkey and syria in the next hour. in the meantime . be sure to check out our t dot com. we can find all the latest breaking news and updates. we'll see you right back here at the top of the hour. ah

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welcome. now my primary interest in this interview is the american. then more broadly, western sanctions against russian. some would say indirectly against the in the rest of the world as well. but let's start with a more contained case of a decades long american efforts to economically penalize q by which i'm sure you are familiar through your line of work better. well, hasn't been effective the, the challenge with determining effective nash, with respect to us sanctions, toward cuba, commercial economic and political is defining the term because when they originated, the goal was regime change. and then you get to what does that define does? does that mean change the people in the regime or change the behavior of the people in the regime? and so over the last 60 years,

the u. s. has continued to expand the commercial and the economic and the political perspective with respect to changing the behavior. cuba has it, has it worked. the cuban government remains, quote, communist, unquote. the cuban government has not made the type of changes the united states just wanted to made primarily why? well, they've been able to suffer, and i'll give you a quote for us diplomat in the midnight ninety's said to me during the visit, this was when we had the us interest section. that was during the time where official diplomatic relations were suspended. and he said to understand cuba, you have to understand fidel castro saying this to the united states, and he said, fidel castro would say,

i'm willing to let my people suffer. are you willing to let my people shot? well, this is actually a good question. i are then mary, can officials willing to lead dark people suffer because i've heard the scene in a couple of interviews that these functions hurt not only in the cuban side, but even more so than american side. so what's been the game for the united states from this policy against cuba, as well as against other countries and by the united states, i mean, the american people, the american try, taxpayers and some highbrow american officials. you know, the, how you define success is basically in 4 year cycles, the term of the president of united states. and so what you have is continuing every 4 years. you redefine what you're doing to cuba, and then you redefine how you're going to define success for the cuban people. they've suffered mightily during the last 60 years. now have they suffered