time to sit down and talk with the headlines on after you international chinese president, gigi ping, make history as the country's 1st leader to be elected for a 3rd consecutive oh, the parliament of the republic of georgia has scrapped controversial legislation. that sparked violent protests in the country are the political opposition and fist . the current government must resign. in the program, we break down the tensions and how they have merge rule. so the meddling roles with external actors. also in the program,

a top us health official during cove. it says washington funded research into corona virus gain of function at a chinese laboratory, ultimately contradicting the mainstream us narrative about its origin with over a friday afternoon at certainly getting increasingly busy here in the world. of news and politics. so straight to your top stories right now. chinese president gigi ping has made history as the country's 1st leader to be elected for a 3rd consecutive term. it was a unanimous decision by the national parliament invasion as aging thing who has already served in the post for a decade is now set for another 5 year term, but also secured its position as the head of china as central military commission. and following the election, he confirmed his oath of allegiance to the country and its people

washer. i pledge to be a legion to the constitution of the people's republic of china and safeguard the constitution's authority. fulfill my legal obligations be loyal to the country and the people be committed and honest in my duty except the people supervision and work for a great modern socialist country that is prosperous, strong, democratic, culturally advanced, harmonious and beautiful. i, eugene, ping, take this oath. a russian president vladimir putin has already congratulated his chinese counterpart, adding that moscow values his contribution towards strengthening the relationship between the 2 countries and according to russia's foreign ministers. okay, wrapped. gov, but those are bilateral ties had driving washington and others around the world. crazy. you made those comments in an exclusive interview to us achieving, i mean guns of miss buck would obviously americans are concerned that are

comprehensive partnership and the whole complex of our ties. multifaceted and deep have received an additional impetus and continue to develop despite all our enemies attempts to upset them and damage our relations. the american seemed to understand that the russia, china nexus is one of the pivotal elements in the formation of a new multi polar world order. and it is, if you like, an antidote to the american dick tie an american hedge ammonia. we work with the people's republic of china, hand in hand, standing shoulder to shoulder, resisting the onslaughts of our enemies. we have a lot of projects and we have the groundwork for our work with china. we have no hidden agendas. we are driven by the desire to ensure a stable development and a prosperous feature for our states in our people's. and that just seems to drive our enemies crazy in washington and some other capitals. their nervous reaction to what is happening is further confirmation that the course we have chosen with beijing is the right one. we heard from our c g, t and correspondent,

genuine you who says that the president's policies have at the end of the day, essentially lifted people out of poverty in the country. and beijing apparently will not remain silent about what they call aggressive rhetoric coming from washington. listed in pain was this morning, he was unanimously our elected president of the people's republic, china and chairman of the central military commission and hen, joan was elected. the vice president and geology was elected. the chairman of the standing committee, 14 in p. c, and a 14 people were elected the vice chairman of this, any committee i was at the girls, the people this morning actually. and i talked to, i've spoken to some, some of the deputies he'd there met most of the, or all of them that i had to talk to are so excited about to witness this moment. you know, especially those from the grassroots, are such as remote areas, are remote villages in mountainous areas because they are a mom, those who can feel the changes of the chinese society further better than most

because as we know that the poverty alleviation in the remote areas has been one of the priorities during ch channel chinese president. she's our presidency over the past few years since the 18th national congress of the c p. c. china has been seen very reparative ellamin, and as it has lifted about a 100000000 people out of absolute poverty, which is a great, significant historic success of the countries poverty eradication task and become the 2nd largest economy in the world. i think china is now a more like responding to the al serra word when it feels like it was to offend it, to defend itself or even to defend international order. since the foreign minister tingles is warning that china us religion is really at a very difficult situation at a very difficult time. and he also warned that if the united states it keeps going

down in his pad in the u. s. as in hit a bridge, there would be some confrontation and conflict, and that vision would not remain silent if the u. s. slandered or attacked china. so i think that's a very strong message sent out by for mister. and i believe that over the past few years, china would definitely be strong and respond actively to germany is in northern city of hamburg now, where 8 people are portly, killed, and several others wounded in a mass. shooting the warning, you may find some of the following footage, disturbing the attack as we understand happened just that i just, i thought a jehovah witness. church authorities say the gunman died. and the incident saying he committed suicide when police came to the scene of several of the victims to be hospitalized with severe injuries. meantime, the city's mayor expressed his sorrow for the tragedy was good company for this program. today,

a former senior us health official has asserted that american tax dollars funded the research that led to the creation of covered dr. robert redfield who head of the centers for disease control. as the corona virus was sweeping around the world, made those comments during the latest herring into the origin of the virus. do you think that dr 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 did on only from in i age, put from the state department usa idea and from doing well, red field testified that early on he believe the virus had been engineered and he was excluded from later calls because he took that position. he went on to talk about this paper that it appears was generated, and while he couldn't speak to dr. foundries,

motivations for prompting this study. he said that it does appear know that that this study was, was intended to translate and prevents 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 2021. you didn't give money to the will on lab to do gain of function research. that is correct. doctor vouching knowing that it 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 we were on senator paul, i have never lied before the congress. you gave them money and you said don't do gain a function research correct. and they said, we won't correct how you can say that is not gain of found. 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 from a band 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 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 outrage republicans or calling for dr. valgy to be put behind bars. and

this comes as a way of the immunization of china from u. s. officials and u. s. media blaming china for the pandemic. now china has was back and said the 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 organization region. after visiting the relevant laboratory and blue hand and holding in debt exchanges with relevant researches, the relevant party 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 new 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 heated debates raging on the floor of the u. s. congress was the house continue to probe into the so called twitter files of the journalists behind the revelations. magpie b testified on how quote the promise of a free speech space went so wrong. what we found in the files was a sweeping effort to reverse that promise and use machine learning and other tools to turn the internet into an inter, instrument of censorship and social control. unfortunately,

our own government appears to be playing a lead role. twitter, facebook, google and other companies develop the formal system for taking in moderation requests from every corner of government from the f b i. d h s h h s t o d, the global engagement center at state. even the ca of hiv aids comments come up with a release to another tranche of previously confidential twitter documents relating to the company's moderation policy. the files document how the court cooperation, arbitrarily censored online content working hand in hand with us already is another big tech companies, a videos and tweets. we're also red flags if quote and t ukraine, pro russia, or pro iran narratives were found. and perhaps surprisingly, most sensitive requests came from liberal. n g o is not the u. s. government. we spoke with a tv radio host, steve multiple g, who believes the revelations by a mat tybee, basically on the web of complicity and free speech violations by the us government

and state funded n g o z. he's talking about just about every government agency. you could imagine having an active role in deciding what gets on the social media platforms. what does it? it's really, really frightening. there's, it is something called a, this is, according to met t i e, b, and his tweet. today the aspen institute, which of receives money from, among other places, the federal government and the aspen institute in 2021 held a big shouldn't being out in aspen, colorado, and, and they came up with a report on, on how to handle social media. and basically they said that the government should have access to, to everything, the to, to names and information and data on the users. and any dis information, anybody who puts out again this information they should be put in a user jail if you will, where they're taken off the platform for a while. and they decided that even if it means loss of freedom,

the government should police this. the federal trade commission is conducting a harassment of twitter and their purpose is to, to go after elan must because they don't like what he has done to twitter. what he's done to twitter is, 1st of all, i handed over all these internal documents and e mails, enabling matt to be in the other journalists to come up with the, the twitter file. also the f. t c wants from twitter. they want the names of every journalists, reportedly of every journalist who was involved in he getting any information from twitter, with regard to the twitter files rushes foreign minister says to the events in georgia have similarities to the ukrainian my dan of 2014. as comments came off of that, my parents meeting with the russian security council very similar to cubes made on there is no doubt that the law and registration of non governmental organizations

that receive foreign funding in the amount of 20 percent of their budget was just an excuse to start an attempt to force a change of power. nevertheless, in a number of european countries, the same rules are much more stringent. burrell stated, without batting an eye, that this contradicts european values and puts the block on the path of georgia secession to the e. u. in general, this hypocrisy is, of course, obvious that people in georgia capitol hill, protesting against the so called foreign age and legislation that was seen as a clamp down on western news outlets and n g o's. while very similar to a u. s. law american officials spoke out against the measure and even threatened to impose sanctions against georgia. though the government complied with protest as demands by canceling the bill and releasing those who have been detained at the number of gathering near the national parliament has been growing by the thousands . so we hit the streets under with a correspondent. we spoke of the look 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 weapon, detained route. 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 draft law that the georgia parliament passed that would see a 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 lags 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 the scene violence erupt, protesters throwing molotov cocktails and rocks and objects of police building barricades. and they haven't 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 i got tear gas and saw the action 1st hands. 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. what's her support in survey in for the protests and denouncing the part the parliament support for this long while the political opposition calls for the current government to stand down, but still no guarantee that the tensions would subside even if that were to occur. so open out to him were in a culture of a who breaks down essentially how the situation is escalate, who, but input tequila. marina breaks down the role of foreign actors. as soon as the pros has started in georgia, most people follow in european politics thought, here we go again, and now they're a college revolution. why? that's why american and european flags, banners in english st. peaceful protests mixed in with a few molotov cocktails. as well as some words of encouragement from western officials. ah

this time instead of assistant secretary of statements for a newland handed out snacks to demonstrators and key if it was taught robinson another us assistant secretary of state who just so happens to be into believe c. a day before the riots are opted. he claimed to be there for slightly different events, but he couldn't help, but all for a few words of advice for georgians. this is a lot based on russia's interests, not george's in truth. in we think a to george's entry to we're work closely towards 0 atlantic integration. this law doesn't do that. we don't think it's the right thing for georgia and more

importantly, georgia. i don't think it's the right thing for georgia. so let's get this straight . washington doesn't like a law being proposed by the majority of georgia, m. p. 's from the ruling party of georgia, a law that with highlight the companies and individuals receiving substantial funding from a broad like america who could therefore be acting in the interests of said country . now, why would they care may come to mind a recent u. s. government report names georgia as a lead in recipients of u. s. foreign and military aid in europe and eurasia. and this isn't something new . the u. s. has been sending hundreds of millions of dollars to georgia since the mid ninety's over $445000000.00 in foreign military financing. i loan since 1997, 35000000 dollars just last year,

over a $130000000.00 in bilateral state department and us aid assistance annually. and all this, of course, go and towards helping georgia develop a democratic free market with western orientations. in july state department spokesman, net price told reporters that us has allocated a total of almost $6000000000.00 in assistant funds for georgia over the years. and as we know, nothing comes for free and this is exactly what local impedes had in mind. when considering the draft law on transparency of foreign influence, countries tend to use angie yos and private need the organisations to sway public opinion and encourage opposition movements in countries of interest. the biggest shaft, the u. s. funding has directed towards and cios, which means that this money benefits not our country,

but their own agents. we see that there is absolutely no transparency in their spending. the public does not have any information in this regard. that creates risks. our country's a small state naturally, it is vulnerable to various types of risks. so at this time, transparency is of special importance. georgia is already one 4th and the e. u paul, haven't signed the e u association agreement and this law would jeopardize it the future with the was bought. not everyone seems to share these pro western views as we've already seen from the scuffles in parliament. so the majority of them piece voting in favor of this particular law was didn't like that and started was saying it's support for the protesters while painting russia as the bad guy. as always, it's about the moment for george's own future democracy. and we want to be here to support the georgia people in their aspirations and georgia journey to

strengthening its democracy in this region. russia is trying to absorb countries like ukraine absorb countries like bellows threatened countries like georgia. if you look around, no one is choosing to be with russia. what we've got instead is a very strong united international support for ukraine. and for countries like georgia that are occupied by an aggressor like russia, the west support georgia, as long as it's part of the gang. when georgia had a president who was last euro centered, it all ended with the rose revolution in 2003 and a change of power. that's when opposition leader and western fine. mikhail suckers really entered the picture and what followed was a war and to break away regions. and now here we go again. that's so cold, controversial bill has since been withdrawn box. protesters have bowed to continue until it's formerly denounced and protesters are released from detention. so once

again, democracy brings conflict across russian borders, and another russian neighbor is being and ties to follow a european future. a plan that has been in the making for years with george bush discussing ukraine and george's need for membership back in 2008. and thats despite warnings from russia since pretty much the soviet union collapsed. well, not much has changed. that seems and now we're back to square one. ukraine is a disaster. and now in georgia, the pots is definitely hauled and been stirred. and the only question seems to be how long before it spills over. again, the 25 minutes past the hour here in moscow. and we do have breaking news for you here. what are you international as the islamic republic of iran and the kingdom of saudi arabia have agreed to resume diplomatic relations and reopen their embassies within 2 months. the statement comes off the top officials from both countries held

talks in beijing. now the states for ministers will meet to implement that decision and make the necessary arrangements and assign their baset. so let's discuss this further. now across live to political list. i saw you mohammed randy, who's joining us here on the international a very warm welcome to you. so this is a big story. it's a big story right here. i mean, can you just give us a bit of a preface, a iran, a saudi arabia resuming diplomatic ties, essentially, why? well, there have been negotiations going on between iran and saudi arabia in iraq, mostly during the past couple of years. and there was progress. but after a while, that stalled negotiations and recently when president re see went to beijing and had meetings with the president of

china the to discuss the relationship between iran and saudi arabia. and it was decided that the iranians and the saudis would meet in china to carry out the negotiations. and fortunately, or to continue the negotiation, unfortunately literally half an hour ago it was announced that there was a breakthrough and the 2 sides will resume a diplomatic ties. i think it comes at a very important time. the world is changing very fast. and the conflict whether in europe or, but also the conflicts in and across asia between the united states and adversaries or, or rivals increasing. and i think that countries in west asia think that

moving closer towards each other would prevent foreign actors from creating tensions. and using differences in the region to intervene while profess muradi. i think you touched on us and very, very key points that one of them being for an actors that that's a, that's a discussion. we're going to have to have a whole afternoon for professor mirandi. but you mentioned a moment ago that the world is changing and this is part of what i find is so fascinating. here's iran and saudi arabia essentially resuming diplomatic ties. but you know, this as well as i do, the iran in saudi arabia are hopeful bricks. members, they are hoping to join the bricks, families. now this is about bricks members working in trade and national currencies and, or putting together a commodity back new currency. something that isn't really is going to go against the dollar hedge him or you could call the bricks. countries if you liked the, the d dollarization coalition, but here we have china mediating what is almost a bricks family set of relations between iran and saudi arabia. if you would,

professor, for a moment, bring us into the whole bricks idea here, because iran is saudi arabia. they want to join bridge. this is a massive coagulation, strategic importance, energy, importance, economic importance, over to you. i think it is very important for your asian integration and of course that is a priority of the new administration in iran along with better neighborly ties. so here we have the a facilitator, meaning that the chinese and which is an asian power. and of course, a global power, and we have the iranians and the saudis, that are too important west asian countries. so iran policy runs new policy of friendly relations with neighbors, but also asian. and your asian integration both fit in with what we've just seen.

and i think it's very important also for countries like saudi arabia to have much better ties with the run. even the events in georgia, i think are a are a potential threat for countries like saudi arabia. because the united states is not a reliable friend or the europeans are not reliable friends even to those countries that have friendly ties with. in other words, if you do not do what the west demands you to do, then you will be undermined. and that is something that we've seen in georgia and i think countries across the world that do have friendly ties with the americans and the europeans will take note of that. and i think there, for countries like saudi arabia will be looking to improve ties with iran and, and other regional countries. hopefully in order to prevent western players

west from actors from being able to use those divisions to undermine the sovereignty of their, their own allies. when you talk about western actors and you mentioned george or a few moments ago, just just very, very recently on the russian foreign minister left off comparing what's happening in georgia to essentially the might and qu of ukraine in 2014. and that you all professor, you mentioning, external actors. so again, a conversation i wish we have more time for just just just briefly if i may talk to us about the middle east who we're seeing a ok. so iran, a saudi arabia, normalizing relations. but we're seeing professor mirandi, a kind of reproach more in that part of the world ever since syria survived the west attempted a regime change where we're seeing almost all of branches in a sense being handed out among many of the neighbors in that region. why do you think that is happening you're absolutely correct to countries that actually try to.