the depth of nearly 10000000 people alongside the holocaust, the genocide of the congo population, is considered to be one of the greenest pages in the history of mankind. a serving video appears online reportedly showing a premium folger, murdering a captured russian p o w. and he had another instance of a lead to war crimes committed by ts forces. also ahead with that it outside of the city of that it is a major gradient called archie observes, are running special forces in operating close to a teen cranium stronghold. and that on this for the public cause the russian army graham stuff is defensive in the area with russia says new revelations about us involvement in the north stream. exclusions where no secret has washington had

previously been open about his intelligence to take out the key russian pipeline in europe with willing to live for the russian capital. this is our t international. hi, rachel blevins here with the top stories of the our welcome to the program. and we begin with shocking footage, reportedly recorded by ukrainian soldiers as they allegedly killed russian prisoners of war and a warning you may find the following images gravely disturbing. but are you good? good. hey, g g i in these verified images, ukrainians older allegedly shot a russian service men in the head. you can see one of the captured soldiers wearing

a white patch typically worn by the russian troops. there have been numerous other accusations of ukrainian soldiers killing russia prisoners of war. the un has documented several of those cases and call it 3 thorough investigation. meanwhile, a massive garage of ukrainian artillery showing in the darkness republic on wednesday, killed 2 civilians and wounded for others, including several children. local local authorities say that ukrainian forces fired more than $100.00 artillery rounds in civilian areas in the region. a number of apartment buildings and a shopping center were damaged in the assault and a massive blaze erupt. it in the center of the regional capital. russia defense ministry reported that about 75 ukrainian soldiers were killed. new the city of oakland are in the don't ask region. within the last 24 hours, several ukrainian armored vehicles were also destroyed as russian forces have been

conducting and offensive in the area are to the where you are not observed or russian special forces unit. their cures is report right now we are just outside the small town of the that it is outside of the city of the next. it is a major ukrainian stronghold. and right now we are following in the footsteps of a russian special forces unit. and basically what they're doing, they're going to be launching a heavy pansy tank message, but they won't be targeting any machinery nor tanks. rather they will be working on hitting command centers inside again, the major ukrainian stronghold which will most fell just a couple of weeks ago. with c'mon, they managed to reach reinforcement and right now the army as

a hard time has a hard time getting hold of it. but i'm being told that it's just a matter of time until this small but difficult stronghold force ah, with ah, this spot to watch is the project i'll being carefully guided towards its target. and when it connects doesn't hold back emotions with just local

rationally, ukrainian armies operate at a collision cause here keep forces positions have been reduced too small batch over parts and block buildings on a hilltop. it's a dominating a height. yes, the ukrainians are trying to expand their zone of control. the russians on the other hand, spread no effort throwing plenty of their resources into the battle. this infantry tanks, every kind of artillery piece, as combat helicopters, brain fire from above, fueling it as it got deleted the enemy is detected and destroyed every day by the forces of our intelligence handouts. hillary is the same everywhere. attempts by the ukrainian army to counter attack were repulsed up to a company of soldiers and heavy equipment were destroyed. such special anti tank units don't suffer from a shortage of targets. and as nato's leopards challenges and abrams tanks bound for

ukraine get a fresh coat of paint. they wait, wait patiently for the hitler's to get even longer. i'm a gosh done of reposing from the dumbass ot see in the neighboring zapper or she read yet russian authorities they, they have prevented an assassination attempt on the head of the city of bird yonce . let's take a look at some footage from the law enforcement operation. these images of the raid were provided by local security forces. members of an organized criminal group have been arrested. they are believed to have been involved in a series of killings and local officials as well as several attempted. murders rushes, foreign ministry says new revelations about you as a tax on the north stream pipeline system were expected. as the u. s. leadership had blatantly threatened to get rid of the key rush and gas supply route in europe . we have repeatedly voiced russia's position on the evolvement of the u. s. and

nato. nothing that they did not hide this boasting to the whole world to bad, the intention to destroy the civilian infrastructure through which you are perceived russian energy resources. we also regularly noted the reluctance of denmark, germany, and sweden, to conduct an open investigation and opposition to russia's participation in it. and this, despite the fact that our country has incurred huge costs, these, these revelations were made by award winning investigative journalist seymour hersh, who said the attack on russia's north stream system was carried out by the u. s. with norwegian involvement after months of diligent planning. by this decision to sabotage the pipelines came after more than 9 months of highly secret back and forth debate inside washington's national security community about how to best achieve that goal. for much of that time,

the issue wasn't whether to do the mission, but how to get it done with no overt clue as to who was responsible. the u. s. has been quick to deny any involvement in the covert attacks on the north stream pipelines. but as a whistleblower edward snowden is unconvinced. he says it's not the 1st time for washington referencing his own experience a decade ago. when evidence of the u. s. government, spying on its own citizens, was rejected by top intelligence officials testifying before congress. the united states was not involved in the nord stream explosion. can you think of any examples from history of a secret operation that the white house was responsible for, but strongly denied? besides, you know that little mass surveillance kerfuffle a pulitzer prize winning, former foreign correspondent for the new york times, says u. s. denials of the pipeline attack have a little to no significance. that is something that we've seen in the past.

not only with seymour hersh, his reporting, but other investigative look at looks at our investigation into activities that the government wants to keep secret. i think that's the standard response. i didn't surprise any of us and i think they had to respond quickly because they couldn't let it just lie out. there was some kind of a without a denial, but not denial. again. doesn't mean much. we look at how these things play out. eventually more information comes out that supports this initial reporting until it becomes very hard for them to deny. that's usually what happens . our team marina customer brings us the timeline of the events. it's 2021 that you are a needs are already irritated by the north stream, one gas pipeline because they see it as a threat to western dominance. and now north seemed to was nearing completion,

which would double the amount of cheap russian gas flow into germany. something had to be done, and this is how it went down according to a source with direct knowledge of the operational planning. so, joe biden authorizes his national security adviser to create a group. so come up with a plan to get rid of the pipelines. by the end of the year, jake sullivan convenes a meeting of a new task force, men and women from the joint chiefs of staff, the cia and the state and treasury departments. they hold several top secret meetings in the building right next to the white house and during their brainstorming sessions. the navy, for example, proposes using a newly commission submarine sir sold to the pipeline directly. the air force discusses dropping bombs that could be set off remotely. and the cia just argued that whatever was done had to be done covertly. the cia director at the time

william burns authorizes an agency working group. so craft applying for a covert operation that would use deep sea divers to trigger the explosion along the pipeline. early 2001 c to the c, a working group reports back to sullivan's inter agency group. we have a way to blow up their pipelines. meanwhile, a few slip ups with regard to nordstrom to we continue to have a very strong and clear conversations with our german allies. and i want to be clear with you today. if russia engage ukraine, one way or another nord stream to will not move forward. it's russian rage at meas, tanks of troops crossing the the border of the crate again, then there will be we, there will be no longer a nor stream to we will over,

you know, the call the surprise of biden's and newlands in discussions and are wondering what it means for their mission. the cia is william burns, apparently said to it, but how and when? well that's when nor why answers the picture. in march, a few members of the american seem fly there. so meets with a norwegian, secret service and navy, the norwegian navy finds the right spot for the explosives and awaits a camouflaged them. so the raso navy doesn't spot them. no way apparently also suggests the ideal covered supplant, the mines during the annual nato exercises in the baltic sea, which take place in june, june, swine seats, wency to the nato exercises began and the minds our plan said the white house starts having doubts about its genius plant and asks if the mines can be detonated at a later date. so it doesn't look obvious that they did it. the americans in norway

now have a new problem. there. have to find a way to do it. the explosives could be triggered by a sono bully dropped by a plane at short notice. it would have met a sequence of unique low frequency tonal sounds that would be recognized by the timing device and trigger the explosives on september 26th, 2022, and a which a navy p a surveillance plane makes a seemingly a routine flight. and drops us so in our bowie. a few hours later, the high powered sea for explosives are triggered, and the rest is history. there's just no way any responsible, national leader, or could have been taken by surprise for joe biden. all but said, i'm going to blow up your pipeline. victoria newland orbit said yes, we're going to blow your pipeline. and then when the pipeline was blown up, germany pretends that none of this history had occurred and, and were unwilling to do a thorough investigation,

probably out of fear of what they'd find. well, i think your takes these allegations very seriously. you know, i mean the, the problems, seymour hersh report is just, it's too good and you're just can't pretend it doesn't exist. the questions are going to be asked with specificity now. and it's some point in time. it just becomes clear that everybody's just lying. ah, russia's foreign minister sergey elaborate has arrived in sudan, the final stop on his african tour. his visit comes as media reports emerge of us and european officials affordably, coming to meet with the north african countries leadership around the same time. love rob's tour of the continent has been widely considered a success for the countries he visited with numerous high level meetings, exploring new horizons for russia's economic ties with the continent. ortiz corolla tells us more well, the long serving russian diplomat visits

a sudan wood for country very much in the midst of internal and external conflict. as you know, the in the middle of a political dialogue which will, which should at least deliver a, a technocratic government before bill of, of a, a civilian government. and mr. lover over there, to meet with his counterpart in the styles dig. and they will be talking about the areas of investment and trade and how to strengthen those. and particularly because who then it is if way is situated, it finds itself as a very g o g o, strategically important location. of course these visits by gay lover of have not gone unnoticed. and some, some might say that they've, they've been actively encountered by the west. because they see mr. lover of vincent here as a, as a rather shift in politics and

a potential threat to their dominance with regards to the african agenda we've heard. although with unconfirmed media reports that many of the top deep lice and diplomats of western countries are also looking to visit the continent, but particularly visiting sudan. and i find that very peculiar that he has almost been preceded, or rather succeeded in some cases by different european countries who also present their foreign affairs ministers to conquer. whatever mister love roof has been building, i. e, how he went to my lead to strengthen the ties in the country. following the insurgency that has been rep, that country for, for numerous months now, let the lover of africa visit all in all, i guess, has been somewhat of a,

a celebration. he was welcomed with the hands open and he has, he has, he had to see a closed all in south africa, which was his 1st job was very strategic because it was, it was big south africa. if an important partner in the southern region, the 1000 african development region, and it was pretty much the same when he went to s, t me minister love of found himself being asked to be a bit longer. and that's how much his company and his visit has been valued here on the continent. and the song carried on and on from bama call to know, shut in in marine tamia, get the other day. mr. mr lover of is very much welcomed here and he seen a comrade and most african countries are looking into diversification, looking at how the, the multi polar world is manifesting right in front of the ice. and they also want to take advantage of that is more than 13000 people have been killed in

a devastating series of earthquakes that ripped through turkey and syria. in recent days, numerous people have lost their entire families. with so many people trapped under the rubble of collapse, buildings seen the total devastation around the at the center. inter key are appalling. for more high rise apartment blocks have been reduced to nothing but heaps of concrete. with size of people trapped under the rubble getting more difficult to detect. nevertheless, the search for survivors goes on. international rescue teams, including russia once continue to arrive to effective areas to provide assistance in those efforts. our tooth peter scott heard from local residents who were desperate to hear from loved ones last mid, the collapse buildings. now what you can see behind me is a residential building that was once 8 stories high and has now been reduced to rubble. as you can see here, there are people that once lived in our building and they're now waiting for news

of their relatives who in many cases are still stuck under the rubble. i want to wait here because my son, his wife and guests, and 6 of my relatives way in the building when the earthquakes tra, yeah, my grandson heron is 4 years old. he was also in the building. i haven't received any word from the family, and asia isn't alone. as of wednesday evening, the death toll india buckets stood at 144 people with almost 1000 wounded. as the sun begins to fade 3 days after the earthquakes. so does hope the survivors will be rescued from the rubble. that doesn't stop relatives anxiously gathering around destroyed homes desperate for any news of their loved ones. i can't say that i've completely lost hope, but it's been free days now. and his game difficult to remain optimistic that my oldest sister and had 2 children will be found a life. i would like to send all my blessings to those people who lost their lives in this disaster. i would also like to wasted. those who were injured will get well

soon. understandably, with progress slow going frustration mounts with each passing hour. many of the people i spoke to india back here were angry that more support from the government or the international community hadn't yet reached the city. 3 days after the quakes, telling them we want more support for the rescue teams. we can't go back home because it's not safe, and there is no peace for us there. some waiting here for news about my 6 cousins. in other parts of dia, back here, you can almost be forgiven for thinking that life goes on as normal. the city may have got off relatively lightly, but thus have little consolation to residence, waiting for news of their relatives who are trapped or those who are forced to sleep on the streets or seek shelter elsewhere. while government engineers go through the dancing process of is showing the thousands of homes here are safe to live in once again. peter scott, the backyard turkey, r t. one of those earthquakes reporting that magnitude 7.8 was the most powerful in

the region in almost a century. walter here and syria were the most affected. the tremors were fault as far away as egypt and even the central asian nation of catholic st. on. so far, and turkey are alone, more than 12000 deaths have been confirmed, and over 62000 people injured. almost 300 buildings have collapsed in theory. the northern city of all up near the border is one of the areas most of the fact that residents were forced to flee their homes and have been gathering shelters where they are provided with necessary accommodation. meanwhile, china has demanded that the us remove is sanctions against syria. beijing says the us embargo on syria has disrupted a supplies and made the humanitarian crisis in the middle eastern country. even worse. the us has long been engaged in distributing crisis is stroke and motor strikes and hush economic sanctions have caused huge civilian casualties and taken

away serious means for subsistence. in the wake of the catastrophe, the us should put aside joe boyd's gl obsessions and immediately lived a unilateral sanctions in syria. so loved those for humanitarian aid to syria. for humanitarian aid, these sections should be listed there is, you know, speaker of the u. s. department, he lives many times in our i believe that he said that the united states is not preventing any kind of ministerial assistance to our area. why this tuition is not like that. so not all a sanctions united states imposing on people at united 5th l. u. s. army is this healing 120000 barrels of oil every every day. and as the him time they are stealing the wheat cotton and by the

very important part of the north east of us because of the sanctions because of the war at last the government, 50000 machine in all kinds of mice which could be helped in this situation enjoying it 12 years. so now i think we should divide between your political position towards the city and state or the area. and as you, whatever you want to, to name a bit land between the humanitarian situation, which in international low i think we are obliged to help each other as if people, as a human being good big news in the world. the fine is china is strengthening its presence of its national currency, the u on and transactions of south america, and a move away from the us dollar for international trade. in a historic move, china,

a central bank has announced that it's clearing the way for brazil, a partner country under the bricks, group of emerging economies to use the you want and cross border transaction. beijing has been seeking to enhance the global call of its national currency and a counterbalance to washington, which is restricted the use of the u. s. dollar in international business. financial analysts have seen china as similar tre deals with loud pakistan conflicts on russia. and now brazil as raising the u on status as an alternative currency around the world. to go further in depth on this, let's cross live now to marco fernandez, an analyst of the tri continental institute for social research and co editor of the china focus. don shang news outlet. marco is great. have you on the program today? now china is expanding the use of its national currency around the world with partner countries that seem to like the idea. so what do you think is the driving force behind that change?

hello, rachel, thanks for having me here. it's a great pleasure to be back. well, while basically the driving force is the fact that united states that has the super hedge many of the, of the us dollar in the wall in the last decades is basically weapon noisy, the dollar as a political tool specially in the last years. it's either could be like through i m f when countries needs a dollar was reserved and dollar to do trade and they come and they give like a lawn. but as long hm comes with some conditions which is basically a stare. it measures to basically destroy the whole economies and the state. second, they can block countries from swift or which is the, the mechanism for transactions are globally. they can also block the access to dollar as they have done with, as well, or cuba ran in the recent years. or they simply can just freeze on

the reserve, the assets in dollars that they have in us, which is basically still the reserve from the country. and the biggest example we just had after the conflict in ukraine is that they actually stole $300000000000.00 from, from russia's reserves. this is probably the biggest, or one of the biggest, highest in the history of capitalism. and this is dawn leg by people wearing suits in washington or both so. so of course the countries in the global south, they're realizing they cannot trust, are the dollar anymore. of course, this is a long march. it's not going to be easy just to decouple from dollar, but many are churches has been created in the last years, especially in the last year as the one the china just announced with the central bank of brazil. yeah, and that certainly seems as though the frustration with,

as you mentioned, the dollar being weaponized is growing around the world. but at the same time, you also know that it's not going to be easy. so what do you think is the potential for something like the chinese you want to become a main currency for international transactions around the world? yeah, i think the china has as done an interesting movement in the last years, which is increase the so called the currency swaps, which basically is china goes to another country and offered to change their own currencies. so they have for instance, in case of brazil, they send you went to brazil and brazil, sand ice to china. china has, for instance, right now, hes agreements with more than $35.00 countries and more than $500000000000.00. but this is actually not enough. so what china is doing, for instance now, which was announced yesterday with, with brazil is to create the so called this curious he houses, which as a sort of a middle man between the 2 central banks that actually um,

facilitate both trade and investment, bypassing the dollar but the u one still have some limitations in terms of international use, because remember, china has a very strict regulation r regarding the use of your you an international which is good because actually means that china has the control of the finest in the country. so china is, can defend themselves from, from, for a speculation, attacks that we saw in so many countries in the last years. but at the same time, this limit on the use of you one as international currency just for one example. last year you were the u. n i was, was using 7 percent of the trade agreements that, that bilateral traits around the world. this is very low compared to united states dollar, which was 88.5 percent voting un in the 5th place. b, b, i mean,

behind yen, some japan behind the panels behind the years and us dollar. so there's to a long way to do, but probably what china's gonna use more and more as this kind of agreement that you mentioned to. so many countries already, especially russia, the last year, according to missile of rob, the trade between china and russia last year was more than 50 percent dawn in rebels and un, so this is most likely is gonna be the path that china will use in the last next years and is going to be very useful for many of the global self countries. ok, now when it comes to the united states to where they stand, are you expecting a response from them? because they've had a pretty strong response to other countries that have turned away from the dollar in the past. now they could be seeing this as an affront to the dollar, and it's used as a global reserve currency. how do you think that they'll respond? well, that's a good question, rachel, because actually the countries are already reacting to us weapons ation of the

dollar as we were talking. so it's may be hard for them to do any measure or force measures against the countries right now because this is probably just accelerate the creation of other alternatives. but one thing they have been done already is of course, through the global, like a western big media. they have been just undermining or digital arising some of these agreements just for instance, brazil and argentina. a couple weeks ago also just announced a similar agreement. so they can, they will create a sort of like a mechanism like a currency, but a more like a mechanism to do trade without using the dollar. so if you see less weak article on the economist about that they was just calling this agreement about.