oh trail ah, when so many find themselves will depart. we choose to look for common ground. ah, has the center of done? yes, comes under shelling by ukrainian troops, party visits, a temporary refugee camp in the republic to speak to those who fly the relentless, the path. by the way, we don't, we were in the 2nd entrance to the building. the nazis were in the next one. they told us to write our initials on our hands with the red market because they were going to bury us that the ukrainians dog range right in front of our house. there were 3 or 4 such structures in all street. turned out that was the frontline, a long session with pushing ukraine toward nato to compress russia. that's the admission coming from former u. s. president. donald trump criticizing washington policy as the

us led invasion of iraq reaches its 20 year anniversary, we look at how the american architects of the war spread their neoconservative policies around the globe. had nigel area is tormented by doubts about forwarded fluids from former colonial power is ahead of the upcoming election. as the country continues to battle multiple crises with good afternoon for martine or national studios in moscow. and welcome to the hour's top stories worldwide. i'm paralyzed about we start with the latest on the ukraine conflict, where the center of don. yes, has again come under relentless shelling by ukrainian troops. me

this video from the scene shows plumed the smoke rising from the city center. though there are no immediate reports of casualties as residential areas are continually targeted by ukrainian forces we're bringing you exclusive firsthand accounts of some of those we've been who've been caught in the crossfire. the civilians were safely evacuated from the embattled city of our the most widely known as back moved to a temporary refugee camp. if the done yet for public which is searched. it was very scary when all the shells were flying, everything was exploding. nobody knew where the shots were coming from. starting january 10th, my younger brother, and i could not leave the house because of the constant bombardment to the original group. otherwise we'll have to dump these. and if we were in the 2nd entrance to the building, the nazis were in the next one, as they told us to write our initials on our hands with the red marker because they

were going to various that was honey. we're the, we're new muses. we had been sitting in the basement for over 3 months. ever since the shelling began. russia record that before which i said shelves are constantly flying through our yard and garden, the ukrainians, dagger trench right in front of our house. there were 3 or 4 such structure. snar street turned out that was the frontline, hundreds of displaced persons have already passed through this temporary refugee sensor and an escrow republic. they come from different places from besieged to are 2 or more scanned from other freed areas in the nest republic as well, like her solids. are the refugee saved by the russian army in that a charm of have all different stories by they have. one thing in common is that they all lost their houses that were destroyed by the ukrainian military. we have shelves in our garden, one is buried, shrapnel is all over the yard. neighboring houses have been down. once you had step out of the house, the shelling would begin her mother. sometimes i was not even able to sleep the dog

for the way up to the 3rd floor. we were, our whole house was littered with shells. there were boxes of weapons around the house. i was afraid that something would happen and everything would blow up. i decided to move to another basement this temper, refugees sensor provides not only shelter, but also necessary clothing of food, hand, and medicine as well. once they arrive in this temper, refugee center, their documents, say, get a checked and later on they move on to other areas. in russia, aust, here in tennis republic, some of them find jobs are there are, this is a bulletin board. will a nation bulletin board where they're able to find jobs or find something to do, but most of them are moving on to meet with their friends and families elsewhere in russia. romantic author of arte, the desk republic, ah,

former. a you president donald trump, who wants to search back into the white house in next year's election, has slammed washington for supporting the 2014 might on coo and ukraine. trump is again calling for a shake up in the american government to get rid of people he says, are pushing for world war 3. for decades, we've had the very same people, such as victorian newland, and many others just like are obsessed with pushing ukraine toward nato. not to mention the state to pop and support for uprisings in ukraine. these people have been seeking confrontation for a long time, much like the cation iraq and other parts of the world. and now we're teetering on the brink of world war 3. reality is, it is exactly what a lot of americans are saying and wanting to hear, and the response to the obvious response in people's frustration here at the united states, at the unaccountable billions that continue to go over there. meanwhile,

were dealing with a real crisis here in the united states. the fact that the president of the united states would rather go to the border of another country and encourage a war rather than actually take care of his own people. i think this was an excellent moment, not only for a person running for president like donald trump, but more importantly for the people the united states to rally behind what is right and what is the right place for america. we put in their time in their effort and their resources right now, which is right here at home. trump once again start pushing everybody to make hard stances on topics that prior they've been able to wishy washy part. and trump is starting to hold their feet to the fire, which is what a truck does best. let's just see if it actually resonates with enough pressure to actually get the right thing done by those already. still in office. donald trump's comments on the disastrous lauren iraq ignited by the us led invasion come just ahead of the 20 year anniversary of one of the deadliest conflicts of the 21st century. at this hour,

american and coalition forces are in the early stages of military operations to disarm iraq, to free its people. and to defend the world from great a room with food and medicine. and sleep with out among those held responsible for the iraq or our neoconservatives, whose ideology of supporting direct u. s. military interventions. how much so over the bush administration, our teeth,

caleb mop and dive deeper into their ideas and their subsequent consequences. can you even imagine washington without the neocons running u. s. foreign policy? this crowd of war hawks who believe in spreading freedom by toppling governments has had the upper hand for decades. this school of foreign policy hard liners, has roots in the late cold war. the soviet itala g academics who were obsessed with bringing down russia in the ninety's they took aim at a rock. the only acceptable strategies. one that eliminates the possibility that a rock will be able to use or threatened to use weapons of mass destruction in the near term. this means a willingness to undertake military action. as diplomacy is clearly failing in the long term, it means removing saddam hussein and his regime from power. they waited for the right moment after 911 george w bush was ready to play ball with them. a rock was destroyed for the sake of democracy,

is the policy of the united states to seek and support the growth of democratic movements and institutions in every nation and culture, with the ultimate goal of ending tyranny in our world. ah, we can all see how well that turned out, yet some continued to defend neoconservative ideals. the problem with neoconservatism is agenda lies, not in that sense which are as american as apple pie, but rather in the over militarized means by which it has sought to accomplish them . obama picked up after bush and toppled the government of libya. the neocons screamed for blood. we shall the concerns of men in congress to bow to wayne, which new bam administration has conducted these operation. the problem is not that he has done too much, however, that he has done too little to achieve the girl of removing kodachi from power. united states should bulletin, in these efforts, not trailing behind our allies. the next target was serious. a belief that if you

to get decent syria, you can't leave aston power. prominent u. s. economists, jeffrey sachs says that ukraine is the ultimate culmination of the neocon strategy . the warren ukraine is the culmination of a 30 year project of the american neoconservative movement. the biden administration is packed with the same neocons, who championed the u. s. wars of choice. and serbia, afghanistan, iraq, syria, and libya, and who did so much to provoke russia's invasion of ukraine. endless horse country after country destroyed. and where is all it is prosperity, freedom and democracy. it's been promised not once as the neoconservative agenda lived up to it's supposed ideals. but despite the hard lessons and the u. s. public being overwhelmingly opposed to further interventions. the war hawk world view remains alive and well as ever. hail marvin

r t near the us led invasion of iraq created many new security challenges for the country, including the emergence of terrorist organizations. the west is fight against them, destroyed a massive number of civilian lives, with many homes had during multiple strikes. one of the victims is abdulla colonial, who is still seeking justice for the destruction brought by the u. s. military would be as good as it on your bombs up and the house collapsed on us. we didn't know because we were inside our home and we didn't hear the bombing. as a result, i lost the hearing in my ear and my back and left hip were burned and my leg was amputated. ah, i mm hm. mm hm. mm. mm

. deal with any my, my iraqi civil defense forces didn't show up because the area had not been liberated at the time and had been under ices control for 5 days. so my leg injury got infected. i've got several burns all over my body. the neighbors were terrified, they rushed to rescue us. they managed to pull us out of the rubble, but some men, women and children were not saved. they transferred me to the hospital near my home, but the bleeding didn't stop and i couldn't sleep because of the severe pain medication wasn't available. then i said i couldn't tolerate the pain in my leg anymore. so they took me to the city of arabella doctors. there told me that the inflammation had reached the bone, and that amputation was the only way to go. my wife was slightly injured, but the children were in critical condition with numerous broken bones. thank god they're alive. ah, with

the investigation determined that isis and placed a large amount of explosive material in a structure containing a significant number of civilians. neither coalition nor rocky forces knew that civilians were sheltered within the structure. by that, if i buy after the injury, the commander of the north american forces called me and he said that he regretted that serious mistake. adding that this happens in war, that the commander promised he would pay me a visit, which never happened. after that, they called me 3 times asking whether the iraqi government visited me or not. the u . s. troops showed their desire to financially compensate me for this mistake. however, as you know, compensation for war crimes and military errors goes on for years. but as an iraqi citizen, i'd applied for compensation to the iraqi government. like all those affected so

far, i have not received any some, even though i got the receipt for it, the, the sum is very low and does not cover the cost of my destroyed house. and furniture, you may not believe it, but the sum is around $10200.00, which was estimated based on the size of the house. and what about the furniture and other equipment? how can i rebuild the house with this pittance? ah, ah yeah, with anybody can is you should compensate the entire country. but what compensation can we talk about after they've completely destroyed the country, plundered its resources and wiped out its abundance. they promised people filthy richness and cars, saying they'll get what they wanted. but it was just false promises what they've achieved in the country is murder, destruction and torture,

or disarm iraq's weapons of mass destruction, combat terrorism, and fee, the rocky people. that's the monitor. the u. s. politicians used to justify the invasion of iraq back in 2003, though iraqi nuclear scientists have made all balis says reports on the absence of weapons of mass destruction existed, but never reach george w bush's desk. ah, valencia was near the head of the international inspection. teams declared that iraq is free of weapons of mass destruction. they had destroyed all facilities, such as the move fontose facilities, wards, 11 and 43, which were earmarked for that purpose in the 1980s in 19 nineties. accordingly, he submitted a document stating that he rock was free of weapons of mass destruction. what loss of manufacturing nuclear weapons is not an easy task?

it requires massive capacities and time. but let's put aside that topic for now. in 1995, i spoke to dr. abdulla he'd also g, an inspector at the international atomic energy agency who was conducting inspection missions in japan, korea, and china in 1982 in 1987. he told me that he had met with one of the agencies inspectors in austria, who was tasked with operations in iraq. and that man said he reported to the agencies head, albert di, that iraq does not contain weapons of mass destruction. that report could have been forwarded to the un security council. and as a result, the embargo on iraq would have been left it. but our borrowed di declined. that is why albert di was responsible for the embargo not having been lifted in 1996 according to my information. the war started based on 3 reports. the 1st report was related to a master's thesis on uranium enrichment which was theoretical and impractical. the

2nd report was the testimony of a person. i cannot remember his name in the u. s. congress. i can't recall the 3rd report. the ad for said reports were put on george w bush's desk. gala, based on those reports, bush decided that iraq had weapons of mass destruction and he waged a war. i'm not saying here that he rock was free of chemical and biological weapons . but in the 19 ninety's, the inspection teams were tasked with eliminating them. i'm not ruling out the likelihood of wm days being there, but that was prior to 2003 in 2002, the u. n. 's inspection teams released to report stating that iraq was free of w. m. d. 's. they sealed the chemical weapons wards which became inaccessible, but there was a clear recognition by the un that those wards were safe and contained only chemical waste that those wards had raw materials capable of making chemical weapons. but they could have also been used for peaceful purposes. they pumped in

sodium hydroxide, turning them into salts in 2002, all chemical or biological weapons were destroyed. and in 2003, almost all of the nations of the world refuted the existence of weapons of mass destruction as a pretext for war. the war was a great catastrophe. it was not pertaining only to the us. it was a war involving dozens of countries in 1991, a 120000 tons of bombs had a rack and almost the same amount were dropped on iraq in 2003. iraq witness. 3 wars in 1991, 999 and 2003. among those bonds, there were internationally prohibited weapons containing depleted uranium, which were used to penetrate fortified objects such as armoured, military vehicles and communications facilities. when the explosion occurs depleted, uranium is fragmented into precise parts, the travel through the air to adjacent places, and all the residents there will be infected with radioactive,

and other toxic substances lead. as a result, many people have developed various diseases such as cancer and suffered miscarriages of birth defects. the intensity of the shelling was on basrah, baghdad, and other areas causing enormously significant effects. the 1st strike was in 1991 . now the effects might not appear immediately, but those who inhaled uranium dust at the time would inevitably be effected. the uranium dust might also seep into the ground. let me tell you some figures in 2002, a german or swiss company came to clear iraq of depleted uranium and their work lasted for years. eventually they released a document saying that these certain spots were not hazardous areas suited a little bit as in, in 2001 in 2002, a team of iraqi experts was formed in collaboration with monitoring entities to

examine 80000000 square meters. eventually we found that a great amount of depleted uranium in several places led to many casualties and their children and grandchildren may also be effected. furthermore, the 25th golf tournament was scheduled for a few years ago, but traces of depleted uranium were one of the reasons why it was postponed with the bass row was noted as the most heavily bombed city was depleted uranium or i was interviewed by saudi t v station in 2021, and i tell them about the team of experts that managed to clear basrah from all the objects contaminated with depleted uranium. and they were sent to safe areas. as for the infected people. unfortunately, these infections will not disappear and may remain for decades and possibly generations to come. i believe that the 33 or 34 countries involved should take responsibility for all the iraqi casualties, as well as the delayed development due to these explosions that severely affected lives. especially in the agricultural sector,

as uranium may have been transferred to crops and then to humans. yes, the u. s. and more than 30 other countries bear the responsibility for this destruction. we are exerting tremendous efforts to ready rock of the tragedies caused by those countries. a real catastrophe might have occurred, but thanks to god and the heroism of the iraqi youth who risk their lives in order to protect the rock and the rest of the nations despite the dangers. but i also think that amid the great threat, the global warming has had on humans, plants and animals, the trend has shifted towards atomic energy. nuclear power plants should be billed to replace fossil fuels. oil gas and coal should be replaced with nuclear fuel. nuclear facilities must be protected, and i think the pertinent agreements are sufficient only if they are a tiered to ah,

a pilot has died after a russian military jet crash near the border with ukraine. the defense ministry says the su 25 attach a was returning from a mission. it says a technical malfunction is currently being considered as the cause of the incident . moscow says there's been no damage or casualties on the ground. ah, 20 years after the us led invasion of iraq, washington's interference and the domestic issues of middle eastern countries shows no signs of letting up. tron says their navy intercepted a vessel allegedly carrying thousands of us made weapons intended for protesters in the persian gulf. so because but on because we discovered a vessel with more than 5000 american made machetes and swords in boucher province than these weapons become shot for the more blood they touch his own. according to border officials along with machetes and swords,

the vessel was also carrying over $3000.00 other weapons that were supposed to end up in the hands of riders. washington has yet to comment on the incident. iran has been grip by violent anti government protests in september when 22 year old mazda a meanie, died in police custody earlier around. supreme leader said the unrest in the country was orchestrated by washington. the deputy for the international affairs of toronto municipality says washington is behind attempts to destabilize iran as little happens in the middle east without approval from the white house. it shows that how the americans are supporting formation of terrorist groups, or let's say in 14th terrace group inside iran, and bring the, the, the find that they are doing against you on inside the country to do the satellite country. and the security of nothing is happening in other countries in the region

without being vice on the united states in washington. and the fact that on a sunday walk and they have established lots of military b as in different parts of the region. and the, the main opponent to that has mean it could probably about the want. so because of the are trying to fight against the government. they are a living in a union for the board. that's what they believe on what it is, not the truth. the war has changed and award over there has totally changed. modernized, and effective military forces are necessary to protect russia sovereignty. that was the message from by mere potent, as he congratulated military officers and veterans on defender of the fatherland day, march, annually. on the 23rd of february, the president stressed the country security is now being bolstered with

a brand new weapons system. but we shouldn't even mind that we will pay increased attention to strengthening our nuclear deterrent this year. the 1st launchers of the sar math complex with a new heavy missile are entering combat duty. we will continue the serial production of kin gel air based hypersonic complexes and begin the mass introduction of 0 con see base hypersonic missiles put and also mentioned that the country's navy will introduce a new nuclear armed submarine. this year, the president added that russia's military will deploy a full complement of modern, strategic weapons and delivery systems. the country's arms industry is now steaming ahead to provide the military with everything it needs to protect the nation from foreign threats. ah, and nigeria, africa's most populous nation and biggest economy is preparing for presidential

elections this saturday. here on our t were continuing our special coverage of one of the continents most significant elections this year has over $93000000.00 people are registered for the upcoming vote. with 18 candidates to choose from, the 3 main contenders are the former governor from the ruling party, bola med t, new boot, the former vice president and leader of the peoples democratic party. i t qu, abbacore, and the youngest of them, the former governor. and now many of the labor party, peter obee, whose gating mass popularity among young people. each of them represents a different region of the country and appeals to a different electorate. the choice of who to vote for is further complicated by concerns over possible neo colonial influenced by the u. k. on the elections. 3 of

the candidates as well as the electoral empire, have visited the you case, child them, house thing, tag for consultations, and they claim to promote their candidacy to nigerians around the world are te, corresponded pollute. david brings us more details as deny joined the policy, get heated up with citizens counting down to saturdays general election to shane a new precedence. the concert of wedded niger is still being colonized by the way. it's been tabled for presidents mohammad how he's a 1015 the some of the present presidential candidate my jury and help with the patient. so this is just the house located for discuss campaign plans and promises rather than having the same conversation with the country. many have them actually with adding to forests. they desire to be seen and heard across the globe.

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