ah, ah ah ah, it is breaking news this hour and off the internet as ukrainian troops of launched up bower. ojo 40 rockets straight into the city of don. yeah. an area where as local officials say they're off 0 military facilities. also ahead for you in this program with big old that was called by the israeli macau that landed right over here at the entrance of this residential building. a syrian official say at least 5 people killed and 15 wounded in an israeli missile strike in central the still ahead with the zig convenient no

boss off the financial mishandling or 4 or 3 shit in the free deck stuff. thing that it is linked to some documents. yeah, those are exclusive comments to r t from india's ruling political party, off of b. b. c. offices in the country radiate on suspicion of tax evasion. with the top stories over the weekend. today's main headlines. welcome to your use it starting international. we kick off at this hour with breaking news for you now from russia's don't yet square public where ukrainian troops of launched a barrage of 40 rockets straight into the city of john. yes, it's all according to local officials. and a correspondent, eager to stand off, currently has the latest from blue country public. the city of dennis has once

again come under a heavy artillery attack. the ukrainian side has launched about 40 rockets towards the city center. they managed to hit the prosecutor general's office along with a bunch of schools kindergartens. a dormitory and several civilian apartment buildings now see the thing is the front line lies very, very close to the city with certain districts being mir kilometers away. we're from where the most of the fighting happens. now the city center which came under the shelling today. it has sort of removed immune from such attacks for a while. just a quick reminder. the city has been shelled relentlessly by the ukrainian side to self the since the civil strife broke out in ukraine back in 2014, with the attacks intensifying since russia launched a. it's a military campaign in ukraine. now again, the city center for throughout these years it has been immune from these attacks because while the ukrainian side couldn't reach it with the weapons that it had.

but since the nato made artillery fell into the hands of ukrainian troops. well, the entire territory of dynette is vulnerable. there are several hotspots all across the front line. it arguably the biggest hot spot is right now. the city of buck moved or, or charm of sc. there. it says the domain of rushes, wagner's company, and they are showing some really impressive results there. we've just returned from the village of paris, chavira guy. it is a small town, but very important. it hasn't changed hands quite recently. and basically, it allows of the russian forces to kind out well to flank the city of buck moved from the north. as another divisions of the wagner's company are attempting the same from the south. now the city of our tall mosque is already, well it is it, the situation has come close to it being as surrounded there, of course, quite

a few settlements and villages and towns that have to change hands and fall into the hands of the wagner group. but they are, while they are showing results and they are moving forward. now at the same time i hear in the la guns republic the main hotspot, well, it stretches from the town of cream in night towards the town of spots of around the town of criminal. the russian forces have also managed to show some gains in the forest or in the national park. this is wood used to be before the war and before the mines that have been buried in its soil. and there, the russian, regular army is moving forward slowly, taking over one ukrainian stronghold after the other. and also the russian troops in the past week or so. it has managed to come back and gain a foothold in the hike of region capturing a couple of villages. just a quick reminder, of course, this happens after russia's retreat from the region last year. in the fall

the irish m e p mc wallace has lashed out of the european parliament for its quote, subservient behavior to the us in light of the new revelations about the sabotage of the north stream gas pipelines. a surprise winning reporter seymour hersh. probably the most legendary investment journalist alive just published a report that presents detail claims that on president biden's orders to us with norway's help blew up the north stream pipelines. does the yield care? do you need to know who did us or do you want to know? her says the us did is, did you ask him to just ask them to do it? or do these, ask them questions or any more, have we become so subservient as you will become so subservient to us empire? i just didn't ask him if the dentist, similar house, yours investigation was published earlier this month and basically exposed who was behind the attacks on the pipeline. last september. the report claims the u. s. use

the cover of annual nato naval drills in the baltic sea in order the plan to see for explosives on the russian pipelines and then destroy it with the help of norway . the motive for he claims both countries of big energy suppliers and wanted to take over the e u market for themselves and cut european economic ties with russia. journalists later added that he seriously doubts, washington will ever admit some guilt over concerns of future business contracts. the last thing, the white house, look, i'm telling you they're never going to say they're never going to say, i surrender. they're just never going to do it because they can. so they're going to keep the story going and they'll put the pressure people not to talk. and it won't matter that people talk like there are other people there's, there's are community in the pipe lane business, the, they know what happened. but they,

they're not going to talk because they want to keep on getting contracts. another american john list and whistleblower john ma do then sent us an anonymous letter from nathan officer who preferred to conceal his title and name of a fears of punishment. the source claim that at the spot he worked out, he witnessed the arrival of a tea, which was said to be u. s. navy service men. but look more like intelligence officers with equipment that didn't fit with what they were supposed to be doing. he said their activities seemed suspicious. from the very beginning, i had a leading administration role in the june 22 ball tossed military exercises near borne hall mile in denmark, a u. s. military helicopter arrived carrying a group of men who were supposed to be u. s. navy, anti mind personnel, the thing i found odd was that they claimed to be there to search for underwater mines. however, they lack the equipment for such exercises. their equipment consisted of the latest navy issue, deep diving, underwater re breathers,

and some small hard box cases. we called them pelicans. they took their boat off shore, not to the area where the simulated mines replaced but to an entirely different location. after the exercise was over and they returned, almost all of their pelicans were missing a time to learn more. the program here crossing life, the independent journalist jo lawyer who actually interviewed seymour hersh, mr. loria very well. welcome to you. thank you so much for joining us here in archie international. wanted to just to get right off the top of my head here. your impressions from your interview with seymour hersh, what stood, what stood out the most for you? well, it was a tough interview. he's well known to be a difficult man to do interview because he goes off on a lot of tangents. but they're all very interesting. but he says, but to 0 in on, something new about the his article was difficult because he's working on another piece. he's doing a follow up. so any reporter i will to will keep close to your chest. any new facts, whether they're confirmed or not,

you're not going to want to spell that. but seymour was very forthcoming in a lot of areas. he agreed that the war was provoked against russia. he said, but if he said that in public, which he did on our show, that he'd be flooded with email be, and males being accusing him of being a stooge of the kremlin center. the kind of typical thing people get. he was also happy that i pointed out in that interview that in 1082 going to a book my for my i for secretary, the united states was able to blow up a russian pipeline in siberia to i heard the soviet economy that was done by sending full software. so this something new as has done before. did you sorry, joe, did you? did you believe, i mean, did you have a sense that seymour hersh was being absolutely direct with you? did you have a sense that what he was saying did have credibility? yes. i mean you have to look at the man's history. going back to me like massacre,

you got to close it for that. and then i, he revealed the cia was domestically spying on us activists. and then i will grab revelation. he's had the most consequential scoops in the last 5 decades. the man is as an impeachable background. now he provide a lot of details. he got a couple of them wrongs and people are attacking him for that. for example, he said that's dalton burge was working with vietnam, the western vietnam era when stuart mart was on a teenager. so he's been totally ignored by the mainstream media, which he expected, of course, the same way that his me story was ignored. he couldn't get it in the new york times, or my or life magazine to look for big american magazines in those days. and he had to go to a small, a startup wire service and then it was picked up and he went to poacher. same thing is happened now react, gone to his sub stack, to publish it. yes, i do believe that he's completely sincere. i believe he has a source, i don't think he would publish that without

a credible source from the inside. i asked him whether they were factions inside washington right now. it's realist faction that wants to the war to end with some guy negotiated settlement to warn you, crane. and the other side wants to escalate the neo con side escalade and risk confrontation to nato and russia. he didn't want to go there at 1st, but then he said that the path that these factions were scattered throughout the different agency to state environment and the pentagon. so he was probably somebody inside who is in the realist position and realize what biden did hear what the administration did with the pipeline was absolutely a huge mistake. joe, how can i can i can i pick you up on something? him sort of jump in, but it's a good to have you on the program and i've got such a little time. so i'm going to pick your brain as much as i can go. but i wanted to ask you, in, in, in the wake of the noise stream and sabotage and, and just now we are running a comment that i know you listen to from an irish m e p. make wallace a. he says the e use behavior is subservient in the wake of understanding,

essentially who blew up one of their biggest energy pipelines. do you think subservient is the right word here, joe? oh yes, i mean you cut out the colorful language at the end of that. so i'm going to keep that observant, absolutely, just, but we already knew this, that you were western europe acts as a vassal look at germany. he all up shelves. the chance of stood next to biden. in february of last year, i was in sometime last year after just before the invasion. and he said if that, if you imagine a crane occurs, we're going to shut down north stream to he had a also hit north street one. and he was asked, how can you do that? if germany controls by said, we don't worry, we can do it. we, we had other officials saying similar things and shalt said nothing. he stood there, he allow his pipeline to be blown up. they have to know the u. s. did it is not the suspect. but why, why, why do they seem so afraid to say something to, to push back the joe that they were, 1st of all, they're still

u. s. troops in europe. look at the entire post. more history was only childs the gall when he stood up to nato and take them out. and france withdrew. during the area of the lead up to the rock of may, 2003, germany and france joined russia and china to vote against their resolution to authorize the invasion of iraq. those are the only 2 times in 506070 years now, where western european leaders decided to go against united states. look at my crone, he said in the unit conference just 2 days ago that he didn't believe in regime change in a russia. he didn't believe a huge, always talked about a new security architecture here. and then he does nothing. so at least he speaks, even shouts made some good noises at the beginning that we have to accommodate rush and abs, security interest. they do nothing till their instincts might be good and they get pulled back. don't ask me that because i don't know what they have on these people . they could destroy them. maybe their political careers knows what else. but the united states has complete dominance in europe. they are hurting the german economy

. they're hurting your economy because of the sanctions that have not heard russia, but heard in europe and european just stand there and take it. instead of being independent sovereign block that can have good relations with russia and united states. this is what we need, and this is what we don't get joe. what about, what about now in the wake of a small hutch, his report, you know, criticism over the lack of a proper impartial investigation is now coming for a number of places. a journalists to officials from china, even m e p's. i mean, do you think such a backlash could eventually force you to act on the revelations or joe, are they just going to shelf it? i'm, i'm afraid they're going to shove it because that's from china and from a mc wallace, there was a very unusual member of the european parliament, his face with the be seeing the truth obviously. but the rest of them are silent on misty we. we need congress, the u. s. congress. this was this operation was done by the navy diaries rather than the seal. so they didn't have to inform the intelligence committees in the u.

s. congress. they now know that if they've read this, that they have been used, they were bypassed. where is one voice in the u. s. congress demanding that they look into making subpoena, evil in the administration asked point blank point blank under old. were this, is this story true? did the united states have an operation? look, that's not going to happen much. what needs to happen, but i'm afraid it won't. and the european power, nothing. and us comes to nothing which i her, she's going to come up with. another piece of, let's just stay tuned. well, so he's looking forward to the next piece from a small house. joe, let me ask you, is there any chance, i mean, who might have some leverage here to, to shed light on actually what happened in september to the pipelines, i mean, could russia or another international body trying apply pressure? well, it's interesting because hersh revealed in an interview with the german newspaper after the peace that 6 of the 8 explosives went off. so there are 2 that did not explode. we don't know whether they were retrieved by the us or whether it russia was going to repair that pipeline. got their hands on it. that could be very

interesting because it could be some clues about who was find this in that talk. this got to be a proper investigation. the europeans have had, when least they said russia didn't know which was the most absurd thing is russia would never have to destroy their own pipeline if they wanted to use it to political leverage and weaponized as blinking as well. that'll do is turn the val, which up the gas will. so it's not russia, at least, they admit that now. but who did it? who else would have done? it is only one suspect. given again the u. s. and reagan, this in the soviet union, 1982, they all these officials said they were going to stop it, no matter what. so, so just, i mean, to say the physics explain why in the wake of c morehouse's report, washington has already said utter nonsense and we will not investigate any of these new allegations. that's a really quick denial and they don't want to deal with it at all. they've been asked by a report of the state department, they just repeating that line. it's friction. it's absolutely not subject to the regions that you were all were involved in the operation according to hers. so

hershey source, did you think you think she's been dan john? do you think he's in a tough sort of sort of a jumping in job or do you think her, she's in a tough position or is he going to get threats or has he been getting any threats? do you think? no, he is not on the edge because they just ignore everybody's ignoring it. like it didn't happen. whitehouse denied it. no reasons denied it that it was a white one. western media white, the western media, being so quiet about joe, when i talked to see more, a lot of our interviews about the state of the media right now. and i was subservient use that word again. that corporate board is, are towards government officials. you know, i work for 25 years in the mainstream media for the wall street journal for the boston globe. i note from the inside. we knew what we were expected of us to work on. foreign affairs stories was to publish the official line and don't deviate from that. if you did, you're in trouble. you added it, adapt a couple times with me. i had fight. you know, i had to pick my spot and occasionally slipped something in to the paper that they didn't want. but that was rare. so you know what your boundaries are and they're not going to go there. he's been demonized. he's been called acre conspiracy

theorist, a coke, you know, he used to be once great, but he's gone now he say, man, he's worked hard, he knows what he's doing. and he has a source. and as i just said, the only suspect was the us. now we've got somebody from within the administration who has talked to him and i'm looking forward as you are to the next article. we need to know more about this job. sure, he would love to have had 2 sources that he could refer to and their anonymous and the hypocrisy of them saying no, he relied on anonymous sources all the time. the major media in the u. s. relies on unnamed intelligent sorts is to push us interest u. s. agenda. that's what the mainstream media does on foreign issues. they pushed the u. s. agenda. they don't look a neutrally what's going on in the world. the complexities of things. now they're pushing the american story and they will use unnamed sources when it serves u. s. interests. even if it's dis, information we've sort so many interest russia gate story comes to mind. now, all those stores relies and they've all been exposed then what if it gets about it?

what do you mean? he's not here, but he's going to be marginalized. they don't need do anything to him because he's marginalized already. i said, you know, it's such a shame, but so many of the channels in the west. i miss fisher just ignore. they ignore these big stories. i mean, you talk about the complicity of the, of the media. let. let me ask you this, joe. what, what about the average american? does the average american understand what's happened here with the biden administration on these russian gas pipelines are all they just carrying on every day business as usual, a 1000000 people read size article doesn't mean a 1000000 people believed it. ah, they're the independent media like consortium news of which i'm the editor in chief is growing in popularity, not just my our site. and i think people are, they were just to pull that. reuters reported on that 51 percent of americans believe not only that, the mainstream media was misleading them, but they did doing it intentionally. so there's a half of the american people don't believe it and think that they're being fooled . they're being deceived. on purpose that there's

a big sigh up going on against them. so this adds a fertile ground to get a story like size out there. and that's why to me, she, me, one of the reasons to cut it off. you know, people will believe it. they are very suspicious. american people are not stupid, but they're not informed. this is the problem. joe. last question for you before i let you go and once again, thanks so much for joining us. your analogy international. i'm also a big fan of consortium news. i log on to a very, very regular basis. um yeah, i wait when you spoke to single hush and he said in he said there's another report potentially coming out he's. he's working on another one. i know you said that he was keeping it fairly close to his chest, but any ideas? i mean, are we expecting any bigger revelations? do you think? i hope he's probably working on and of the sort. i'm just guessing i really don't know. and i hope he comes up with something he's, he seems determined to do that. i think he needs more. maybe he can never would really sources clearly. and i didn't even bother asking that he would have gotten furious. and i would never want anybody ask me about using our name source, so i really can't guess what it is. but in whatever it is,

it's going to be substantial enough to write another piece. so let's just hope that it's something that further confirms the story. all right, independent journalist and editor in chief of consort here news, joe laurie are joining us a live on all the international. a great pleasure, haven't you one? thank you very much. i thank you very much. thank you. i thank you for joining us here for the program on this sunday. so let's turn our attention now to the middle east by syrian official say at least 5 people have been killed and 15 wounded in an israeli missile strike on the center of damascus. the authorities say a residential apartment building was struck the right in the center of the syrian capital official say most of the incoming missiles were intercepted, but some managed to hit a number of points in and around the city. let's have a quick look at the optimized for you, for example, of that building right there. that took a direct hit with a number of other nearby structures also damaged. it was the 1st major attack on

syria since the series of deadly earthquake devastated the northern parts of the country and reason. we open out the local john list mohammed ali an official military for the in a statement that what happened was that about 22 a m local time there has there were the new radio radio hotter up here out the right targeting areas in and around the syrian capital la, damascus, soc happened from the direction of the occupied, the golan, and as a result of the attack at these 5 people were killed, one of them in that military personnel and 15 others injured. now, of course, most of those are civilians. i mean, you can see just behind me, there was a red, so building in an area called the heart of the capital, damascus. and this is a very big hole that was caused by the israeli macau that planted right over here

at the instance of this residential building. now, despite the fact that this quarter, yes, includes a government establishment like the ministry up until you're the prime minister's office. yes. this area in particular is only areas that i'm from one where i am standing at the people will come hearing the course. they didn't know 1st is that an earthquake? it's a terrorist attack that it's actually the allies as well, to a m. what was actually happening windows rows, most of the balconies of those residential building collapse towards the building close to this area. there is an iranian cultural center, but it has not been damaged or effected nor attack directly by the aggression. behind me is completely a residential area and this is why we have to it. and if there will be any detail from the, from the radio side to tell the world why they attacked this sign up.

let's think that these really fine, always use 3 sets of attacking uranium targets, in theory, and a bit to try to justify in front of the international community. it's a violation of sovereignty attacks, but civilians and military personnel in theory. yep. but at the end of the day when we go to areas hit every time, it's either it's theory, an army or it's a civilian area. it's not a secret that yes, there are radian military advisors assisting the through an army in the war on terror. this is at the request of the syrian government army. it's not a secret, it's a legitimate right for the theory and find out for helps from its allies. but what is illegal? what is against international law? what is against serious sovereignty is a talking. it's conference states, a talking a country that has just come out from a massive earthquake. people are offering already and just just add their suffering . yeah, no word on television. israel has yet to comment on this situation. that's us. the

syrian foreign minister has called the aggression a crime against humanity. moscow has condemned the israeli as strikes, especially for calling them on acceptable as so many countries are now actively helping damascus deal with the off them off of the reason earthquakes. earlier we spoke to alex and theory and politician, he says the s tribes come at a very south time for his country. these lay sir garcia in the middle of damascus. it just a civilian, a building, all the people it's, it's, as i told you, it's in middle of damascus. all that people are going through this places is just civilian people at which they act like yesterday was really a shock in the middle of the of that night yesterday. syria, which she's the suffering under as quick until now, and the, all the countries, the, i'm going to, to headed the syrian victims, se then people and now is,

and i'm, and the as suddenly in the meeting of the night, they are attacking at the hands of damascus and the attacking the civilians, this a 12 years all get on war against syria. it's a lot of damage. a whole building was damaged, and many people were killed tool and nation and host with as well. where many people they came to this so hospitals. india's government has accused a, b, b, c of tax evasion, saying the british state broadcast of fail to pay sufficient duties on its income in that south asian country. during the course of the survey, the department gathered several evidences which indicate that tax has not been paid on certain remittances which have not been disclosed as income in india. delegations of comet arising tensions over a controversial block adventure by the british broadcast or about india's prime minister. no written, dra modi in the report. modi, a hindu,

is accused of discriminatory policies against muslims, a spokesperson for his political party insisted that the tax case is not retaliate ition, but those claims the b, b. c. i've been doing a lot ation of consisting of pricing. it's been indulging in, in, in a sense it's been what we could call and leave the stack, the region of profit. i'm done putting a link o financial my go about compliance with docs in this country, documentary, which is based on the 2 quad is based on one side and i mean, you know, to boss of the financial mishandling or should in the next thing that it is going to some documentary sensually shows up when i have cash to go, really denied that there's any link between the b b, c documentary or

a 2002 visual prior to that. in fact we spoke about prime minister will be role in the community itself. that then of course, he was the chief minister of withdraw the adapt documentary and currently the surveys that are being carried out in the she also says a both the new delhi as well as well by what they're saying is that this is the government nor to the acting out of revenge as it is being pointed out in several publications, even the opposition in their own expected line, really doing that, but essentially walked off what he's saying is that the government have to do that . he would have just done it way back. you know, they didn't have to wait for all these. we really also what they're trying to seize the babies. avoid being employs insurance doctor by all frauding of them be their employees as for example, and gdc has been

a long time offender. and every time a sylvie is conducted by the docs, the boss, and it is carried out only when there are repeated violations. so the question essentially being off is, why did bbc nor respond to all the notices that were being sent to them? or remember at this stage, the tax, the baltimore, the docs officials, are calling get us. so are we not to read or serge air in my vision, which is all for now while i was the national spokespersons of the park, the age of the body, he's categor or guy categorically denied any link between the bdc document, re add these surveys that are being carried out was essentially saying is that nobody know, broadcast star is above the law of the land that you've a foreign company is working in india. they have to comply. * by the rule, by the tax rules, and if you're not doing that,

the india have the right to conduct. so we've the so called rates as they're being called on these companies rendering trauma wrapping up like this. i was addition of the weekly you can catch up on that story from india as well, but the scandal but the b, b. c online at r t dot com the meantime, your weekly return at the top of the the.