we know that he understands what is good for damnation, which is good for you'd see with ah, the wagner group head says his fighters have taken control of the town of cross naya gora a key point of defense near audio, most also known as bug note. an an identified object spotted over canada is shot down by the u. s. air force that's admit tension simmering between washington and china over its weather balloon crossing us borders. over $26000.00 are confirmed dead after catastrophic earthquakes. hit turkey and syria. as the death toll continues to rise and both countries struggle to cope with the fallout. and a bomb shell report by an american award winning journalist uncovers us involvement

in the nor trim gas pipelines explosion. using natal drills in the baltic sea to cover their tracks. with good afternoon for our t international studios in moscow, and welcome to the weekly with the hour and week stop news stories from all around . i'm fear ella's about the head of the wagner group has said his fighters have taken control of the town of cross naya gora a key settlement north of the embattled audio moves, also known as bach moot. the development as pressure on ukrainian forces in the city and opens up the way to further advances. if the don, yes, screech in black. now to our cheese igor, start of joining us from don bass. igor. ok, good afternoon. what more do we know about the latest development on the front line?

will absolutely normally such information and such statements coming directly from the chieftain of russia's wagner group. they can well they can be seen as quite reliable. he himself, you've gainey precaution, has repeatedly in the past corrected other officials who were to preemptive, basically, to announce the successes over his platoon of his unit over his company. and now when, whenever he himself announces and says that well, basically that vis or that town or small village, which is more of the case here, i falls under the control of his company and changes hands. it is quite reliable. now this sir crassness garrah, a settlement it is again, it is more of a village and it can be quite difficult to spot on the map to the north of our charm of score but moved the of larger town in the area. but it is quite important and has been seen as quite important tactically and strategically. ah,

the soldiers, the fighters of the wagner group, they have been, they have they had previously taken the fighting to the streets of our charm of skin cell. far since our last summer, i have to say, but the ukrainian forces they did send, they had been sending wave after wave of the reinforcements into the town. basically it was i, it many have described this tactics as the tactics of minced meat. as kat of cannon fodder are, so right now it seems the tactics of the wagner group in turn are because they are responsible for this part of the front and for capturing the city of our toll mosque. they're trying to encircle it. and basically, their tactics is to cut off all supply routes and roads leading to the city out of 4 roads that were previously available to the ukranian soldiers. 3 have been already cut off and only one remains functional. and well, it really even relatively just relatively safe to use for the ukranian force going

from the city of our tome, of to the city of chance of yard. and then they said capture over the small village of crossing i got it brings the wagner group close to cutting of this a final last road. and from that moment on any sort of supply. so basically, no, i'm munition, no new tanks, no new of forces. no new soldiers, fresh blood, i will be very difficult for the ukrainian command to deliver from of, basically from the home front to the front lines in a book moved. and basically the whole ukranian garrison, which is estimated it's numbers are estimated in thousands of people. it is at of, at the very high risk of, well, just begun, circled, and either captured or killed as it was in the neighboring town of solid, are also captured recently by the wagner group r t. she gosh donna and don bass. thank you lou. an

unidentified flying object which was shot down over northern canada, was unmanned. that's according to the latest statement from the canadian prime minister, i ordered the take down of an unidentified object that violated canadian airspace north command. shut down the object over the yukon canadian and us aircraft were scrambled, and the u. s. f 20 to successfully fart at the object. the move comes after u. s. military shot down a similar object over alaska. on friday, the new object was tracked by the us north american air space command for 24 hours after it was detected floating over alaska. later on, saturday, entered canadian air space when prime minister justin trudeau, along with president biden authorized a u. s. fighter jet to target the object. officials have not yet revealed any details on the origin of the mysterious aerial body. just comes amid washington

accusations of espionage after a chinese weather balloon crossed into us territory last week and was taken down by the country's military. us fighter just shot down the balloon, despite chinese assurances that it didn't pose any threat. a similar object has been detected over latin america as well. us officials reportedly confirmed the object was part of a surveillance program. after examining its remnants, beijing has labeled the accusations, information warfare we heard from a former pentagon official, michael maloof, who said officials need to provide answers on the spike in incidence over us guys in recent weeks. it's an increasing problem that we're beginning to, to see more and more of all of a sudden having numerous objects flying in particularly over the, the north pole area. and it's happening very,

very rapidly. and they're in and in greater succession. and we'll just see where it's going, but that's, that's one of the major questions right now is, what, what is this all about? this appears to be all very purposeful. we don't know for sure if it's from a country or, or a group, a university commercial, no idea. i trust that both in states and canada will be forthcoming with the results of what they learn. i think the, the by the administration learned a very bitter lesson last week. check here and syria continue to struggle with the aftermath of devastating earthquakes that hit both countries on monday with a death hole now exceeding $26000.00. 0,

these are life pictures from the turkish province where the epicenter of the earthquake took place as rescue mission is still under way in the region. we heard from some of those who lost loved ones under the rubble on the very 1st day of the tragedy. all shared heartbreaking stories of despair and uncertainty. we should warn you, the falling video is distressing. ah! [000:00:00;00]

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is it 6 day since the deadly earthquake? however, rescuers are still hoping to find any sign of life, and sometimes miracles do happen this, but it shows emergency workers celebrating after finding a man alive, despite being trapped under the rubble for days. as people wait for any news on their loved ones. archie peters thought reports from the ground on how the country is coping with a disaster. 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 that building and then 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 were in the building when the earthquake struck my grandson. herron is 4 years old. he was also in the building. he said he

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 daunting process of ins, showing the thousands of homes here are safe to live in. once again, from the outskirts of the city of id, i'm on, it was instantly clear that it's been much more bodily affected the, a bach here, which was around 3 hours drive away. now when we were coming in, there was a stream of ambulances, emergency service vehicles coming and going, there were shops carrying heavy excavators to help with the efforts here. and there also, van puts, as humanitarian aid on fallen, says heading in to do all they could do the sites and bereaved families struggling to contain their grief is all too common on the streets of at a young man. the temperature still drop well below 0 at night and not provide their own set of challenges to those who don't have a home. many of the people we spoke to here said that help was slow to arrive in

the days after the earthquakes hit turkey. as president edward himself admitted that there had been shortcomings. but the relief effort now appears to be gathering pace. as soon as the earthquake struck, thousands of volunteers flocked to the airport in the stumble, to join the search and rescue efforts in the disaster area. although the him, he stumbled, i'm a lawyer originally from a donna. but now i live in his temple. i came here to rescue people from the class buildings. almost any of us could have found ourselves inside one of these buildings as a long road ahead for the city and others like it. and it's hard to imagine when it's residence will be able to return efforts are now been directed to prevent a 2nd humanitarian disaster. in showing that those who survived the earthquakes don't die from cold and hunger. this is one of the latest temporary comes to be set up india back here, containing some of the 623 tents dotted around the city. there are no showers, and only the public toilet facilities in the park itself. close quarters in camps a breeding grounds for disease. the people of turkey and syria can only hope that

lessons from this tragedy will be learned. in neighboring syria, already suffering from over a decade of war. cities of loss have been devastated by the quakes. the nation's health ministry has reported more than 1400 baths and more than 2000 injuries, mostly in the countries north western regions. the city of a lapel near the turkish border was one of the worst affected areas. residents were forced to flee their homes and have been gathering at shelters where they have been provided with aid. those seeking refuge shared some of their stories. and i marvelled to him, hovels, deadly at 4 am. we were sleeping in the house with felt a slight shake, which soon turns into an earthquake. i woke up my children and went out to the street. the situation then became unbearable. the women and children started to cry and scream. i'll even the palestinian refugee camp to inhabited houses opposite us collapsed as me had by the handle. i have been living in our been village for 30

years. we were slipping when they asked i had the region. they quickly got dressed and left one man to our neighbors where we stayed for 2 days. after that we came to our boston stadium, especially when hovel sleep. i've been displaced before and i'm displeased again because of the natural disaster. thank god, i am safe and may god have mercy on the deceased. we came to seek refuge in the national stadium where we were welcomed and provided with the required assistance. however, years long western sanctions, particularly those of the u. s. have been walking vital aid from getting into syria after the disaster. most of them were imposed after the country was gripped by civil war. as you can see on this map, major air carriers have been avoiding syrian territory as syria struggles to receive humanitarian aid. washington has sought to blame the delays on the assad government and russia. or reality has been up until now,

at least that how one country primarily has stood in the way of that are the russians have consistently threatened or use their veto when it comes to expanding border crossings. we're going to continue to make the case. countries around the world are going to continue to make the case. and we certainly hope that russia and all those who would stand in the way are hearing and see these just heartbreaking images. that's a spite. the fact moscow has provided aid to both turkey and syria. in the aftermath of the humanitarian crisis, russian service men are helping clear rubble, while russian firefighting aircraft has significantly contributed to its englishing fires that are wrapped it in turkey. after the disaster, russian rescue teams are also quick to distribute medical supplies and other humanitarian aid to affected areas in syria with the countries president, thanking me also for his help. friendly country and wound

surprised to see all the kind of support during this crisis course has been fighting terrorism in syria for the last 80 years now. and so when you support countries support the support to support country or people support them in every aspect of the problem or anything they do, i think we think what you've done here is a great work because it the 1st time to touch it is that during the last $250.00 is completed. so we didn't have any citizen that the got your, your team where very great and helping our team and having many, many like it took until friday, the 5th day after the earthquake shook the country for washington to announce plans to sanctions on syria. amid mounting pressure from states like china and humanitarian organizations, such as the syrian era, bread crescent, we heard from local reporter mohammed ali,

who described how western sanctions affect the lives of syrians, western confess, continue to impose those sanctions. those sanctions, not just now, but even during the years of for prevent the syrians from getting their basic needs . for example, if, if the syrian government wanted to get some medicine and medical supplies for the country, the central bank of syria will not be able to make any transaction as a result of such sanctions. this is just one example of what those sanctions have been doing. an effect how they have been affecting the lives of the syrian people to us and western countries in general. do not care about history and people's about the lives of the syrians. how can you, how can n syrian civilian or individual here believe that the u. s. cares about terry and people while the u. s. itself and the us coalition killed hundreds of syrians doing the crisis in airstrikes on syria destroyed houses. the u. s. looting theory as resources,

the us of dividing the country by occupying parts in the north and the north east and giving that oil some of that oil to the so called threads and the product forces. former us president donald from said you said we're keeping the oil, we're not allowing the syrian government to get that oil. so those statements and those act why they not, it is a clear proof that they do not hear about the humanitarian situation and fight, sir. yes, all they want is to implement their agenda over here. they want their political interests to be achieved. they want the conferences to stay divided the end of the day. they don't care, they do what they want to do. and even if it's at the expense of syrians live, the media landscape was shaken by a bomb shell, this week with revelations that nato allegedly destroyed the russian nor dream to pipelines in september last year. according to the investigation, washington had been planning the blow since late 2021 by does decision to sabotage

to 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. it's 2021 that you are the needs are already irritated by the north stream one gas pipeline because they see it as a threat to western dominance. and now north, since she 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 commissioned submarine sir sold to the pipeline directly. the air force discusses dropping bombs that could be set off remotely. and the see, i 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 an explosion along the pipeline. early 2001 c to the c i 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, ukraine,

one way or another nord stream to will not move forward. it's russian rage, that means tanks of troops crossing the the border of ukraine's again. no, there will be we, there will be no longer a nor stream to. we will bring it into the corpus surprise over by them. 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 way answers the picture. in march, a few members of the american scene fly there. so meets with the norwegian, secret service, and navy. the norwegian navy finds the right spot for the explosives and awaits a camouflaged them so the russian navy doesn't spot them. norway apparently also suggests the ideal cover to plant 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 mines are planted. 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 on her bowie. a few hours later, the high powered c for explosives are triggered, and the rest is history. legal, immediate analysts,

line all questions. why the western media largely said silent on this investigation . the bomb shell report doesn't surprise anyone, because immediately after this happened, a lot of people said, wait a minute. this looks fishy. but let's, let's look at it this way. irrespective of, of the, your perspective, for anybody's perspective, there are 2 different camps here. one, there's the official government reaction, which i think we can understand. i think it'll be a lot better to say, we'll look into this. thank you very much. as opposed to this is ridiculous, but i understand it. but the 2nd reaction, which is the most fascinating, are the collective reactions of the media, are saying, this is the media now. how dare he uses a name, a reporter, or on a name sources. let me ask you a question. who in their right mind, whatever's 8, yes, my name is so and so i work here today and also isn't it fascinating that depending

upon who you are, an unnamed source is either a whistle blower. if you were to be commended or an unnamed source, a coward hiding hiding somewhere in the darkness. what i hope i hope happens is at this continues that independent journalist citizens civilian alternative, foreign journalists, hold everybody accountable and pursue this. don't abandon sy hersh don't turn around and say, well maybe, maybe he's, maybe he's over the hill after all he's using. he's using, you know, unnamed sources. deep throat during watergate, the hero, deep throat was an anoint named source. there whistleblowers daniel ellsberg was it . so it's, i mean it's incredible if you like, the result that you love the journalistic practice. if you don't like it,

then the people who say this are crackpot lunatics and psychotic conspiracy theorists. italians gathered a protest president lensky is planned appearance at the closing ceremony of this. and grandma song festival demonstrators could be seen holding anti war banners and placards against weapons deliveries to ukraine, as they called on authorities to stop a little sizing cultural events and dragging italy into the conflict. the ukrainian president had planned to appear at the san remo song contest, final hand deliver a speech. the idea was immediately condemned by thousands of italians who signed a petition against the initiative. amid growing criticism of the amount of aid italy has been given to ukraine, italian construction workers faced bankruptcy after the government cut back its so called super bonus program. the 2 year old tax break had given homeowners

a 110 percent deduction on the cost of home renovations workers. our fear they won't be able to take care of their families. go elgin uncle sam. the government has scaled back the super bonus law and now we don't know what to do. we find ourselves with many debts, who have walkers and construction sites that we pay every month without any financial return. we are close to bankruptcy due to the italian government were in the situation of tato alarm. there are many people unemployed and the government is not thinking about us. the politicians, i think of something else. there are many companies that have already closed due to bankruptcy, and many more will soon close. moreover, there will also be problems with the law for all these business people. furthermore, there are people who have lost their jobs. people who have been fired and, or thanks to the italian government, there will be people who will not have money for their families and children. meanwhile, government officials are cutting social benefits as the country joined. france in

agreeing to further arm ukraine. according to the country's defense minister, rome is fully committed to arming care and we'll send its advanced missile defenses them to the war zone. this adds to the 110000000 euros rome has already committed since the beginning of the conflict. the move cause anger among locals and raised questions about priorities as the country battles and economic crisis. move. scott leddy, so this is scandalous. italy's a country full of debt. many people are unemployed. politicians say they have no money. people are increasingly poor and the government is thinking of buying arms for ukraine, which does not have been, represent us. it's a shame. they're financing the country that has nothing to do with us. i would leave tomorrow to go work for a russian entrepreneur. i don't understand why russia, which has always been a friend to us as a country, has been condemned. and instead, what america's doing is not being condemned. america has invaded others killed children bombs, countries, but now talks about how bad another nation has done. was russia being condemned

instead? do we want to talk about what the americans have done by striking countries in complete silence? and the italian government is spending billions to buy weapons for ukraine money that could have been spent in a different way. they are betraying us as a people, they're thinking of a conflict that is not even ours. europe should not have participated in all of this. and that's a wrap on the weekly with the hour and weeks taught. new stories from all around for more up to the minute. updates had over to r t dot com. and don't forget to follow us on odyssey rumble. and god, thanks for tuning in. we'll see you back at the top of the hour with, ah, ah

mm mm hm. mm well, welcome to well support. the year of 2020 to upset the apple cart international politics in more ways than one. but the launch of the russian military operation in your credit has definitely been divided into historical timeline into before and after. not only for those with the direct stake in the counseling, but also for those watching from the sidelines. what will it take to ride the car and then get, besides moving towards peace? well, to discuss that i'm now enjoying from toronto by need a deep and dusk from the senior researcher at york university and author of several books on relations between india and the countries of the former soviet union. dr. me would be great on a great pleasure for me to talk to you. thank you very much for your time. thank