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political opposition in the republic of georgia only and its mass protest. it's the government quit by parliament pulling the controversial legislation that ignited the demonstration. we report from the nation's capital. aah! coming to you live from the russian capital. this is our to international. i'm rachel blevins here with the top stories of the our welcome to the program. we begin with the latest from the conflict, a new crane where the russian armed forces abstract key targets and several cities, including the countries capital key at the russian to funds ministry says the operation was in response to key terrorist acts inside of russia earlier this month . and if at all, in response to the terrorist actions organized by the key regime on march, 2nd, this year in the bronze region, the armed forces of the russian federation inflicted

a massive retaliation strike high precision, long range, air c, in land based weapons including the dagger hypersonic missile system hit key elements of ukraine's military infrastructure enterprises of the military, industrial complex, as well as facilities to provide energy to them. the target of the strike has been achieved. all assigned objects have been hit. according to the defense ministry, rochelle launched a massive retaliatory strike using hypersonic missiles. officials say that some key elements of you crazy military infrastructure companies, or the military industrial complex, as well as energy facilities that supply them with power were hit. now apart from that, the defense ministry says that ukraine and attack drone vases were also destroyed. also, the strikes disrupt to the rail, a transfers of ukrainian army reserves and foreign weapons and destroyed maintenance and repair facilities of military equipment, as well as disabled the production of ammunition. ukraine claims that 11 people were killed. however, russia's defense ministries has said time and again that it only sorry is critical military infrastructure. now on thursday afternoon,

air rate alerts remain in place throughout ukraine earlier and thursday morning. online footage showed smoke rising and the one of the districts of the crate and capital mayor and form a professional boxer of italy clinical, confirmed explosions and emergency electricity blackouts were introduced. now a desa harkell for were also without energy, according to local authorities. his explosions were also recorded in the various places across ukraine. basically, the entire country is under air arrayed alerts now, several trains of the ukrainian railways have been delayed for hours due to the absence of power. meanwhile, here in the nest, ukraine used american made multiple launch rocket systems called hi marcy and civilians. one person killed and 2 were wounded at a civilian bus depot near the net sca, according to officials, 6 high marsh rockets were launched. hor were intercepted and to reach the civilian

target and to the breakaway, moldova, in region of trans mr. right along the crane border, where authorities say they have sorted a terrorist attack that had of chance. mr. claims that ukrainian national security agents were not only targeting several senior local officials, but also out to cause massive 1000000000 casualties. then that you, this is jessica. this terrorist attack was aimed directly at the elimination of officials of our republic. at the same time, this place was not chosen by chance. this is the intersection of one of the central streets of the city of terrestrial nearby. there is a chain of shops to school and even now to rush hour. there were still a lot of people there. this suggest that the calculation was not only the death of the official, but also on the mass death of people, according to available information. this terrorist attack was sanctioned and prepared by the security service of ukraine. all persons who had detained and

wanted a also directly related to the security service of ukraine, vesa terrorist attack, or assassination attempt was supposed to take place in the sensor of terrace ball, which was the capital of the breakaway region trans. mr. and it was targeting the leader all for trans me serve, i deem a customer sales sky that wanted to use a land and landrover. and that's where they had the explosives, 8th kilograms of hexagon, explosives, as well as wire screws analysts to basically maximize the impact. and the, according to sources were spoken to the impact would have been the radius, hundreds of meters and it would have, would have seen dozens of casualties if in fact this happened. and it wasn't only the head of a trans nice trail, but also other high level officials that there were targeting now has multiple arrests. had the made one of them in particular, 40 year old man who was already

a local criminal who moved to odessa some 12 years ago in ukraine. and apparently there he joined ukraine security services. this is what he claims now, because the suspects hung are confessing from what we hear from the regional minister of defense. and they claim that it was ukraine security services who organized this and also coordinated this out. but of course, as we know, ah, it was afford said, now let's hear some more from what the secure of trends this sale what he had to say about this attack. missed them to those whom would solution the place where this terrorist attack was supposed to occur, shows us that it was meant to target top government officials and to no less extent, inflict numerous civilian casualties. the terrorist attack was prepared to be conducted in the center of the city of tourist paul among a large number of our citizens. a criminal case has been opened and also when know that the head of trends mr is back in his office with maximum security, as you can imagine. and they are planning for possible scenarios of

a repeat to make sure that they are ready. they also want answers from ukraine based on what the suspects have told them in mainland moldova, the government there says they have no idea what is going on. they, they've heard nothing about any terrorist attack and trans nestor. so this is where we're at right now. the political opposition in georgia is now demanding the current government resign. it comes after 2 days of coordinated violent protests, which the opposition says won't end despite the parliament scrapping a controversial foreign agents bill. the legislation was cancelled after 2 nights of unrest with western partners condemning the proposal that end you need to show where their money is coming from. the demand from demonstrators to release, all those arrested during the 1st 2 days of protests, was also that by the government. the number of those gathering near the georgian parliament has been growing by the thousands and what appears to be so far a peaceful demonstration. we heard from locals about what brought them to the

street. we know that they often light up, and we've seen that they have made big promises before and they've lied to us so we don't trust them anymore. and we want to make sure that it, they have a history, a strong background to lie to us. and unless they put that in ap shane and take away that a lot of that project that they're trying to enforce. honest, we're not going to believe in those lives. always also like job recommended from 0 p and union to be withdrawn. so, but our government again, uh we, we, oh its own people. approved you slow, so we demanded, we demand the withdrawal of zillow to slow and go. we might go remind you and see a resignation of governments of true. you could see behind me the parliament

building where thousands of protesters have gathered for the 3rd night in a row, they just launched a new demand to the government, demanding the resignation of the parliament. this is after both of the main demands of the protesters were actually met by the parliament. the 1st one being the release of all protesters weapons detained throughout these protest and riots. and the 2nd one being the rescinding of this law that started these protests in the 1st place. that of course, was a law dropped law that the georgia parliament passed that would see on non governmental organizations in this country that make over 20 percent of their income from foreign sources. register as foreign agencies, we've seen a lot of anti russian sentiment here. ukranian flags, american flags, european union flags alongside the georgia ones. and they've been calling this proposed law that started this all a russian style law. that's despite the fact that this law does exist in russia,

but was 1st passed in the united states all the way back in 1938. and it actually carries much more severe consequences. criminal ones, including jail time for employees of organizations that fail to register as opposed to in russia where organizations that failed to register would simply receive a fine. now you can see behind me the protest has today been so far peaceful. but this has been the case over the past 2 days earlier in the night. around midnight is when really we started to see violence arrived, protesters throwing molotov cocktails and rocks and objects and police building barricades. and they've been tried to storm the parliament building twice. the police have obviously responded with tear gas and water cannons. and i was actually in the thick of it yesterday. hey, i got your cast and saw the action 1st hand. now, the government is actually divided on this issue. the parliament is at odds with the president who was in the united states. when all of this,

all of these protests broke out. she released a video with the statue of liberty behind her, putting her support in for the protests and denouncing the part of the parliament support for this law. the protesters have also said that they're going to gather around 11 am to verify that the parliament is indeed going to revoke its support for this draft law. it passed earlier. so we're going to be there and we're of course, going to bring you all the details as they become available was turned now to an update on some breaking news we've been following in the past hours. 3 people have reportedly been injured in a shooting and televi, and a quick warning you may find the following footage, disturbing police reportedly shot one assailant to neutralize him and security forces say it's a suspected terror attack. israeli media reports claim the suspect was a 23 year old from mos offered it while another as potentially flood. one of those injured is reportedly in critical condition,

will stay across the story and bring any updates as we get them with american tax dollars funded. the research that led to the creation of the corona virus and the coven pandemic. that revelation came during the latest hearings in washington. and did the origins of coven 19 and it flies in the face of the man's dream. us narrative led by doctor anthony bouchee. doctor robert redfield, former director of the u. s. centers for disease control and prevention testified before members of congress that the national institute of health could be behind the creation of the deadly virus. do you think that doctor found she intentionally lied under oath to senator paul when he vehemently denied an age his funding of gain of function research? i think there's no doubt that in i was funding in a function research. is it likely that american tax dollars funded the gain of function research? i created this virus. i think it is on only from an age put from the state

department usa ideas from doing well. red field testified that early on believe the virus had been engineered and he was excluded from later called because he took that position. he went on to talk about this paper that it appears was generated. and while he could speak to dr. valgy motivations for prompting this study. he said that it does appear that you know, that this study was, was intended to translate and prevent and, and circumvent the idea that cobit was originated in a lab that it was a man made virus. if you really want to be truthful, it's antithetical to science. this was a narrative that was decided that they were going to say, this came from a what market. and they were going to do everything they could, the supported to negate any discussion about the possibility that this came from alarm. now,

doctor found you repeatedly denied that the national institute of health had funded gain of rock junction research in 2020 want. you didn't give money to the will on lab to do gain of function research. that is correct. doctor vouching knowing that is a crime to lie to congress. do you wish to retract your statement of may 11th, where you claimed at the and i age, never funded, gain of function research and woo on senator paul, i have never lied before the congress. you gave them money and you said don't do gain of function research, correct? and they said, we won't correct how you can say that is not gain of on it is not, it's a dance and you're dancing around this because you're trying to obscure a responsibility for 4000000 people dying around the world. up and amick and senator paul, you do not know what you are talking about quite frankly. and i want to say that officially,

you do not know what you are talking about. now this all comes as revelations seem to indicate that in february of 2020 doctor found you prompted a study that was intended to show that the virus did not come from a lab. and that has raised a lot of outbreak. republicans calling for dr valves, you put behind bars, and this comes as a way of the immunization of china from u. s. officials and us media blaming china for the pandemic. now china has was back and said, united states should be turning serious public health issues into political weapons . new report, anatomy, origins of coven, 19 the u. s. energy department, now differing from some other government agencies that of the f. b, i and the united states has said the corona virus pandemic is most likely to have emerged from a chinese laboratory, created deliberately for research, but leaked unintentionally into the world. china predictably is furious and pushing

back the lack of cooperation from china has made it difficult to pinpoint the exact cause of the pandemic seems lovely is extremely unlikely. this is an authoritative scientific conclusion that experts from china and the world health organisation region. after visiting the relevant laboratory and blue hand and holding and exchanges with relevant researches, the relevant policy should stop playing up the large league theory, stop smearing china and stop politicizing the issue of origin tracing. now at this point, these new revelations about the national institute of health and dr. valgy and his statements, and the studies that were commissioned all seem to indicate that us officials have something to hide. they're trying to point the finger at shina, but it looks like some of their own behavior as serious questions that could be raised. in years, oil imports from russia had an all time high last month. region $1600000.00 barrels per day,

surpassing that can mine imports from it's true other major crude suppliers are rock and saudi arabia. r t correspondent, in india, russia sharma takes up the story. you queen conflict on the south sequence western sanctions against moscow. germany did the idea old ruby treat of india boost it all in bought from moscow. molly, us lead to western sanctions against moscow. are washing or non traditional dollar dominance from the global market. and that's what india is doing now, is basically settling is oil tree in all the art he's on the dollars and rulers, as well as ford news agency writers. by the way, the trade between the oil between the 2 countries, india and russia, has another record. last month in february, in the imported,

more than $1600000.00 barrels of russian crude dame. and that's in fact more than combined one of the 40 from iraq as well. the saudi arabia remember, goes to war in diaz, dominant, and traditional or suppliers. no, as far as a bill share or rush, you know, unless been some tremendously one percent in india and ask it from the beginning of the conflict in february 2022 to almost cut the 5 percent share. now that's to try to treat or india or import india. the one companies say that it's always possible to find a u haul the spike continuous sanctions on russia backs. russian supplies will find some other banks for receiving payments. as it is, the government is not asking us to stop buying rush, no ill. so we are hopeful with an alternative payment mechanism will be found in case the current system is blocked. look you that he does not recognize the

sanctions against moscow and therefore a majority of 4 cheeses, the russian oil that's done done in any cause, see that it's complied to. in fact, hello seat in the last few weeks have been done in rules. so clearly, luke was a working, and the factions are not. voices are now heard in europe, that one complete separation from russia. we have to be careful, now, desires, russia will not disappear, but it will remain that used largest neighbor pretending that the country can be economically isolated. like north korea is a fallacy. this is simply impossible. what else found loved the westland by the u. s. fashion rising your day to distance itself from moscow. mo, anybody feels with india chose to do what? so india, the best. now also beyond russia, tensions between china, as well as the west, is in a sense,

you boarding or puncturing the dollar dominance in global trade. china has reduce it, holdings, all dogs. and remember, last year our russian president, vladimir didn't also said that moscow has agreed to sell gas applies to beijing in local currencies. ah, the u. s. secretary of defense has held talks with his rally counterpart lloyd austin reaffirmed washington's iron cod commitment to put israel security 1st. however, when pressed during a news conference about a recent suggestion by an israeli official to wipe out a palestinian village, austin evaded the question. secretary and the current is really government is the most far a. it's been in its history. one if it's minister, is called for a publish in palestinian village to be wiped out. and that was during the about meetings. do you feel comfortable working with and trusting a government that has individuals who have these beliefs?

thanks, leaders i at the top urologist, let me say that i refer to my colleague here to comment on the readiness of, of the israeli forces. but in terms of our ability to work together, you've heard me say a number of times in various places said our commitment to the security of israel is iron quiet. but they have been great partners throughout and they will continue to be great partners going forward. and our commitment to the security of israel, well that way it will not change. it is not negotiable, as i said earlier. but you as defense secretary arrived here, you wrote a frankly discuss the circle of vaal and seemed okay wide west bank and consult on what steps these rarely leadership can take. the restore calm before the upcoming holidays, both the jewish and muslim. but as you've just heard, some of his answers were very vague. these really posted in conference has recently

end to the very dramatic violence stage, with casualties from both sides deadly terror attacks were followed by intensified idea, afraid to reach, proud, tedious responded with even more violence. both sides blamed each other for the dramatic and dangerous escalation. speaking to the media after his meetings with these rare leadership pentagon chief said that america respect recognizes israel's right to defend itself and to counter terrorism. but it condemns any step that would push to state solution away. i was very clear about israel's right to defend itself against terrorism. i extend my deepest condolences to the families of israelis who were killed and wounded during recent terrorist attacks. and i am here as a friend who was deeply committed to the security of the state of israel. but the united states also remains firmly opposed to any acts that could trigger more

insecurity. including settlement expansion and inflammatory rhetoric. and were especially disturbed by violence by settlers against palestinians. so will continue to oppose actions that could push a 2 state solution further out of reach. this rarely defense minister who is known as one of the most modern right officials in these rarely, right. when government said that israel is very much interested in palestinian peoples prosperity and stability in the west bank and gaza. but israel is, will always come 1st. as for the palestinian arena, the state of fees, well, 6 stability and security. we are interested in the economy prosperity and the well being of the palestinian people in judah in somalia and in gaza. this should never comes at the expense of the life of

a single citizen of either. we have the tensions in the west bank escalated again on tuesday when these rarely military killed 6 palestinians during the military, arrayed in the city of jeanine. in the north of the wide west bank, including those, these real claims, responsible for how was shooting but took the lives of to his rarely brothers back attack. provoked, unprecedented massive and violent po. gruggs told how why right now, they're probably seen in towns and villages by israeli sat. there isn't. which one probably seen men died. dozens of cars and homes were burned. there's really what is the northern now? the rest of prosecution of the settler is responsible for these attacks added to the international community. was very much concerned about it. the u. s. u n. e. you all called for israel to punish those responsible amnesty international was among those warring under israel support the system impunity rains despite the intensity and scale of sunday's attacks,

which resulted in the killing of one palestinian and the wounding of nearly 400. and despite a rare show of international condemnation of settler violence, israeli police yesterday released sick suspects who were arrested in connection with these attacks. the panther going to came to ease row the time of huge internal division, massive and to government protest have been shaking the country in the last 10 weeks. the miss prater is taken to the streets in thousands have been protested against these railey governments. planned to dish reforms that they claimed would bury the country's democracy. if the bills become laws, the rarely politicians will have more power in appointing judges. and in cancelling decisions by the countries high court, while the prime minister will be more legally protected than adver says, a has been announced ad de or resistance with protest held every way throughout a rail leak into the media. mr. austin did not mention these protests,

but he talked about democracy. america's commitment to israel security is ironclad, and it's going to stay that way. as president president biden said on his visit to israel last year. the connection between the israeli people and the american people is born deep. israel is a major strategic partner for the united states. it's rooted in the shared values of democracy and freedom. and the rule of law and those values remain essential. as president biden has said, the genius of the markers of american democracy and israeli democracy is that they are both built armstrong institutions on checks and balances. and on an independent judiciary, also visit to israel is yet another 10 by jo biden's administration to play

a media role here in the region in hand to try to de escalate the situation. since the beginning of this year had number of high ranking american officials like national security adviser, secretary of state, visited israel, expressing their concerns over mounting tension is trying to de escalate the situation. but as we can see, things are only boiling on the ground. the supposed throughout for moran has been a key focus of chalks, as the u. s. equity area of defense met with his israeli counterpart. lloyd austin said to ron was the main do stabilizing force in the middle east, and he pledged washington's iron clad support for television. now, as you'd expect. and you heard the minister say, much of our discussion today, focused on the threat posed by iraq. iran remains the primary driver of instability in the region. however,

lloyd often comments came in the same week that israel targeted earthquake stricken syria seriously damaging the airport, which halted humanitarian aid supplies to the country. days before that television conducted several deadly id f operations in the west bank overlooking israeli feller violence toward palestinians. one government official even called for the destruction of a palestinian village. television also denounced previous promises to halt expansion of settlements and output an aka bar. and lastly, israel threaten to bomber ronnie and nuclear sites if it considers them a threat to state security, claiming k, ron has been producing highly enriched uranium. we spoke to a to ron bass, political analyst, who believes that or runs independence, interferes with washington plans for the region in terms of american and the let's say inferiority them,

that they have only been and actually operating in this region. yes. the support considering the support that they had for and the documents that we'd be on the american and deliberately allowed the tourist group for against iraq and syria. years ago. yes. you want the stimuli to the region by killing dietary and packing, and that they are fighting against her is there is them up yet in that regard, you want to think the region. but if we can see there is a region self and each risk region, of course, so there was nothing else that you were asking about that it to be a threat to death. what you on is actually following and supporting the region east that disability, the security, and the pc to reduce she'd be maintained by did people,

nations and the government insights in that by the outside years when will that has caved to pressure to lift the ban on russian and bell russian tennis players, but with conditions players from the jew, countries will need to participate under neutral flags and show no support for russia. the you turned comes after wimbledon was stripped of its ranking points last year for both the men's and women's tours. the lawn tennis association had even threatened to take away his license to hold tournaments if the band was not overturned before confirming their decision. when will that officials are seeking to have players sign a strict code of conduct? according to reports, the code will restrict any show support for russia, such as carrying a national flag or even talking positively about the country, which would lead to sanctions or even the expulsion of the athlete from the tournament. sports call him as an sco host of capital sport. 3 point oh alan moore