ah, ah ah, the pentagon job advert for an advisor to ukraine's defense ministry shows the long time u. s. policy of controlling ukraine's affairs with washington now pushing p. i've away from peace talks with russia. i didn't finish that would prevent mobilizations, the resolution across investments. successful saudi arabia confirms it could very quickly start investing in iran following a breakthrough after a chinese fulford agreement of restoring diplomatic relations between the states. can we continue our special coverage of the grim legacy left by the disastrous us

led war in iraq? 20 years since the u. s. president george w bush, ultimatum to saddam hussein to give up power or face war. with good morning for martine or national studios in moscow, and welcome to the hours most vital stories across the globe. your allies about ukraine's focus should be on the battle ground rather than piece talks with russia . that's according to u. s. secretary of state anthony blinkin, who claims that washington's goal is to bring peace. however, documents from the pentagon, dating several years back, revealed the u. s. as longstanding policy of trying to influence caves, decision making, r t correspondence donald quarter has the story. what does the key of regime have in common with nicaraguan drug traffickers, in afghan islamic fundamentalists,

american money and expertise have converted all of them into proxies at one point or another. take these 2019 job ads for us state department employees looking to advise ukraine's defense ministry training includes advisor and mentor skills capacity building operational readiness. the advisors, primary focus is support for ukraine's restructuring of defense budget management systems towards nato, and support of the ministry of defense. his goals towards nato interoperability. the president of ukraine has signaled his desire for the defense establishment to move toward euro atlantic integration. the senior strategic policy advisor will consult with the deputy prime minister for european and euro, atlantic integration and their national security team on furthering government of ukraine wide relations with the north atlantic treaty organization. when it comes to american string pulling and key of these documents are just the tip of the iceberg. up until february last year,

the u. s. had hundreds of so called military advisors in the country. they took a direct role in training neo nazi battalions like as of on how to effectively use weapons supplied by washington for the ukrainian military. there are the open admissions that the u. s. helped coordinate last year's counter offensive in the heart of region, and is planning to do the same in the spring of this year. this current group has made it clear that we will support ukraine's fight for freedom or the long haul and help ukraine hold in advanced during the spring counter offensive. it's no wonder why vladimir putin, although he has repeatedly called for negotiations in the ukraine conflict doesn't see much sense and speaking with zalinski himself. most of the chips a no sir zelinski was the point of meeting with zelinski. she gave away his country to complete foreign control, the key issues of life and ukraine of the cited note in cuba went in washington and

partly in berlin and paris. so what is the to talk about with all that military assistance, training and coordination though the u. s government could potentially be complicit in a legit ukrainian war crimes. after all, russia has documented over 2600 such cases since 2014, many of the perpetrators being current members of key ebs political and military leadership. meanwhile, ukraine continues to target civilian areas and don boss with a number of documented attacks rising by the day. according to the office of the ombudsman of the done at people's republic between january 1st and december, 28th, 2020 t 1091 civilians were killed in the region and another 3500. 33 people will wound it, human rights of uses mounting civilian casualties and a blank check for military assistance, all in the name of having ukrainian proxies die for nato's war with the us taxpayer

footing the bill. we had says it's ready to invest in the iranian economy, falling the chinese broken agreement to restore diplomatic relations between saudi arabia and turan. how quickly in your mind, do you think we are going to see saudi arabia making significant investments and vice versa? i would say very quickly as our neighbor and have been and would continue to be for hundreds of years. so i don't see any issues that would prevent normalization of the relationship across investments. successful . the turning point in the region state of affairs was followed by a saudi statement on the oil market, stating the country won't trade with those who impose any sort of price caps or restrictions on commodities. the statement came as us legislators introduced the bill that would allow suing oil companies from opec plus countries,

according to the saudi kingdoms, energy minister, the practice, would damage the market, creating intolerable consequence with opec plus, looking to counter the bill. earlier we discuss the perspectives of further cooperation between a ron and saudi arabia, which journalist and editor, martin j, roddy and political analysts, and academic professor side mohammed moran, the and geo political analyst. i met all the prime the world is changing very fast, and the united states and the europeans do not have the cloud that they had before . and they've also shown that they're non reliable allies are reliable partners. they've shown that an honest on new administration and iran, it's policy is to strengthen ties with neighbors and also pursue asian and your asian integration. those who do not want this to happen in

the coming days and weeks will constantly try to use the western media to create tensions, to create divisions. definitely time has changed for iran is a different iraq today, maybe and target are more willing to understand the dynamics feel free on what's happening in the past decade of negotiation. now remember, there is one of the agreement that we're going to have 2 months period or basically seeing how serious is iran coming to the deal. so it's going to, it's going to have too much of observation or what that right, it's going to come and what they are going to do. there's a couple of months ahead of us where we watch both sides very carefully. they have, in, historically, these, these are these periods of cooling off and then things worse and again, but i think now the signal, the signal is that the both sides really want to work for peace because peace

actually pays awful lot more than war. i mean, the was that saudi, i was going to vote in which i've been stopped by the americans. we must say of custom, an absolute fortune a certain point, the em and what was causing a $1000000000.00 a week. the diplomatic deal is when i was mediated by aging completely by passing the u. s. which is always like to say the middle east as its own kind of spare when it comes fit when it comes to implementing. so let's take a listen to what the chinese foreign minister ministry had to say about this. some in the us style, their country is the beacon of democracy. see, but how surely democratic is the us. it is redoubled its efforts to tout its democracy and interfered in other countries as internal affairs and even instigated wars in the name of promoting democracy. facts have repeatedly proven that the drama for democracy orchestrated by the u. s. is never a boon, but a bane for the world. so my question to you is just how worried do you think washington should be about such developments and rhetoric? what would the worry now really is the role that america plays?

i completely agree with professor moroni. when you said the world has changed, she's too polite to spell it out in crude terms, but basically, america's normal calling. the shots we commentators, such as myself, are wondering how much longer we use the term usaa gemini, when we, when we come on talk, shows like, like yours. i'm, you know, really, this is the last nail in the coffin now of us leadership around the world. the fact that the chinese stepped up to the mark and broke this deal was pretty amazing. so i think lots of play for, i'm very excited to complete the unprecedented, i didn't ever think and be on a torture. talking about some g iranian piece after ron and saudi arabia agreed to restore diplomatic ties. last week, efforts to mediate a piece fill in yemen, game paid. according to the wall street journal, toronto agreed to stop supplying weapons to those. and the movement in the war torn country over, ron has denied all allegations. it has sent weapons there. to get more details on

this story and the latest updates on other headline to visit our website at archie dot com. washington has announced $150000000.00 in aid to africa, the health region to fight local militants as the u. s. secretary of state and this 4 day trip to ethiopia, niger are cheese africa. corresponding corolla taught. le examines whether the u. s . fear of losing influence in africa may actually be feeling it's resurgence. u. s . secretary of state anthony blinkin is back again on the african continent. taking off his visit in africa, 2nd most populous nation, if you appeal wasting little time blinking hell talks with senior officials of the ethiopian, federal government, and the te, gray regions lead us. but blinking his next stop proved a bit peculiar. he became the 1st us secretary of state to visit the j, a country in the for a hell region which has been played by muslim extremists and other tara groups.

despite their best efforts. various western lead missions in the for hell have failed dismally to quell the sensations. i'm here any yoga and then on to year to reaffirm a pledge the prison by made at the u. s. africa leader summit late last year. that means the united states is committed to deep, responsive, and genuine partnerships on the continent. because we believe we can help you solve, share challenges and deliver on the fundamental aspirations of our people. if we worked together, but the us may be making its african return already on the back foot of its geopolitical adversaries, china and russia, the yanks were militarily present in this a hell. while the extremist and terror groups grew in confidence and even successes leading niche is neighbors. molly, end with gina fossil to cancel all military cooperation with western countries in

favor of corporation with russia. and while the united states was losing the battle on, gave hara elsewhere in the world, it was china that led investments to new j as part of its belt and roads in africa initiative. china has made significant investments in the j. so does the american government one to be in the j already having failed the sa hell region and security or investments? the mission is clear as mud. it even confuses senior american politicians in the senate. i didn't know there was a 1000 troops and monsieur, this is an endless war without boundaries. and no limitation on time. on geography . we don't know exactly where we're route in the world militarily and what we're doing. but perhaps the american resurgence is not led by what's image here, but rather what's under it. like if me both that i how country is blessed with

mineral resources, and it's too significant uranium mines provide nearly 5 percent of the world's output from africa's highest all of uranium. what we know for certain is that americans are led by fear of losing grounds to their adversaries and bed is fueling the resurgence and is rebranding one. no confident before the month of march ends. the biden administration is stepping up the african agenda and if activities, there are 4 important tours in the month. and another military exercise vice president carmella harris will touch down on the continent before the month ends as well. and the big crescendo will be president, jo biden's visit to the continent later on this year. the question is, will it be before or after august when south africa hose,

the brick summit in the port city of durban? way, china's and rush as president. she's in ping and letting me a put it will also be on african routes. got apologized for oddity transfer. the israeli prime minister has rejected an offer of compromise from the country's president who warned of the dangers israel faces and offered his plan for an agreement between the conflicting side on judicial reform. find the refusal of compromise from the prime minister. crowds once again took to the streets to protest against the judicial reforms limiting the power of the supreme court. demonstrators more in the countries democracy is under threat. a group of renowned writers and nobel prize winner signed a petition sent to the german in british ambassadors. they cancel netanyahu's visit to berlin in london. we spoke with oscar nominated director,

uri bar boss who also signed the petition and warned ezra will become a dark state if the prime minister's reforms go ahead. with the motion these demonstrations are motivated by the fatal feeling that we're facing and crush fishing of fall into the abyss. in other words, at the end of this month of the 2nd and 3rd, readings of laws or some of the laws will be ban. antonia his regime passed. israel will become a dark state, will become a racist messianic state govern in a certain sense. paralegic laws controlled in a certain way by a group of people whose love of power and greed runs their lives. there are 2 parties in the current coalition that my opinion of the most dangerous fault. these are alicia zionism, led by smart routes and outs. my who did lead by a tomorrow, been greer. the world view of these 2 part is, is anti democratic, extremely nationalist. in other words, they are going to change the existential situation of israel and turn it from

a jewish and democratic state. interested the does need a jewish nor a democratic, and the fault is entirely beaver's. he cannot leave with the legal system that boast him on trial, and maybe it will judge against him and in the sense their power, today's far beyond their electoral power. and this is our great danger, and this dread distress. this anxiety takes us out into distress. we have no other choice. who must fight for this place, must fight for the society we want to beat, were never perfect. i have no illusions about that. the situation in the territories is getting worse. there is talk of her 3rd into father. i don't know is about to break out or not, but there is no doubt that philistine in society is facing a defining moment of the history. because with this government, i don't know what they have left to do. russian foreign ministry spokeswoman maria so horrible. i responded to copenhagen's refusal to allow moscow to join the investigation into the north stream explosions describing it as complete fraud and

scam. but the machine not said thought absolute, no, this is such a fraud, a total scam, not even a con, but a 3 penny game, which in my opinion, no one has bought for a very long time to see what they are playing this for themselves. but the story with nord stream will not end the same way as many other stories staged, buried or covered up for the simple reason that there's a lot of money at stake. a couple to get out with her partner for us to virginia, denmark, sweden, and germany will have rule of law and one can have confidence in our investigations . we have told the russians that we will investigate this thoroughly. and when we have done that, we will announce the results of that investigation. american investigative journalist seymour hersh earlier published an investigation alleging an attack on the north stream pipeline by specially trained american navy divers. nato ball tops drills were allegedly used as cover for planting the bomb under the pipeline. in

agreement with the norwegian government biden's decision to blow up the pipelines came after more than 9 months of secret discussions about how to carry out the mission and who would be held responsible. however, hirsch's arguments were dismissed by the europeans and washington, with the report branded a complete fiction. the leader of the french patriots party said the north stream pipeline could have become a key hub between europe and russia. therefore, became an inconvenience for the u. s. even before the theory put forward by hirsch who is a very credible journalist, it was obvious that the americans were behind the explosion. after all, even before the war in ukraine, the u. s. had been fighting the north stream pipeline for years. it had become a permanent part of their policy and in early february 2022 widen publicly stated

that the americans were capable of making the pipeline disappear. and so it happened, after all, it was in the interests of the americans. no way is russia's gas competitor, and many countries have replaced russian gas with norwegian gas. so they too had an interest and in reached themselves at the expense of it. we heard from the foreign policy spokesperson for alternative, for germany party arm and policy hampel, who says that the main suspect all of shawls had prior knowledge of what the u. s. were up to. now yahoo lies on the doors as well. what should the germans report about? they themselves are not informed, and therefore you are unable to forward anything to moscow. germany was excluded for a long time. information was sparse if it was available at all. the german public has heard almost nothing for months. it emerged from the story of, for you as a journalist. he seems to have been the one who's part of the debate again in germany. one tries to keep the discussion about it is quite as possible. this

already proves the current state of the german going to start today. this is the most important question for germans. during the last visit of the german chancellor, all of shoulds to washington, when biden was asked how he wanted to stop nordstrom too. and he said, we can't stop it, which one suspected that all of scholes perhaps already knew that americans were up to you had the findings of the u. s. services as well as the german intelligence, the german attorney general has confirmed that the german authorities said there was possible involvement of ukrainians grew. this is considered impossible among experts in germany, it is completely impossible for a small group of 6 to 7 people, even with 2 divers to dive into the baltic sea at 72, a to meet as death and blow up a concrete encased pipe. that is simply impossible, thus it is a distraction from the actual fact. there's outrage in the straits of france once again as protesters class with police following the introduction of a widely unpopular pension reform. police use tear gas, water, cannons,

and baton to push back protesters as furious crowds vented their anger at president microns government. the french capital saw crowds of people gather in the central square to vent anger at the raising of the retirement age. from 62 to 64 years opposition m. p. slam the move as on democratic and booed the prime minister as she made a speech implementing a constitutional article that allows the forcing through reforms without the approval of m. p. 's ah, discontent spread throughout the country as media reported that almost 500000 people went on strike on thursday alone. explosions and fireworks were heard on the streets with fires. also, visible opposition is expected to put forward a vote of no confidence in the national assembly. front trade unions also opposed

to reform saying it is unfair and unnecessary and now to breaking news as it has been confirmed that chinese presidency, jean paying will visit windermere, poon and moscow. later this month. moscow in beijing strategic partnership will be discussed with several agreements that to be signed into effect. the visit will be the 1st foreign trip of the chinese leader after his reelection. ah, the disastrous werner rack which left a trail of destruction and a 1000000 people dead passes its 20th anniversary. art. he continues special coverage of the conflict that through the oil rich country into chaos and destabilize the region for years to come. ah,

20 years ago to the day george w bush made the decision to oust and a rocky leader. saddam hussein by force saying he had to give up power and leave the country or face attacked by thousands of us and allied troops. saddam hussein and his sons must leave a rack within 48 hours. their refusal to do so will result in military conflict commenced at a time of our choosing. should saddam hussein shoes confrontation? the american people can know that every measure has been taken to avoid war. and every measure will be taken to when it, despite george bush has promised to take every measure to avoid war, his ultimate decision to invade iraq through the country and the wider region into chaos. displacing millions and killing hundreds of thousands of civilians. the u. s . invaded a rock under the pretext of stopping the danger from it's

a legit weapons of mass destruction saying peaceful attempts to disarm baghdad had failed. that's a spite. un inspectors reporting no evidence of weapons and a rock george bush. his ultimatum came hours after the u. s. u. k and spain signed a joint draft us the lucian seeking military action. but 2 days later, the u. s. senate allies attacked iraq without un approval. the world is better off without saddam in power. george bush's words were back by former british prime minister, tony blair, driven by desire for regime change. the u. k. decided to join us forces and toppling the iraqi government and unleashing chaos in the country. are teas marina . cassandra picks up the story once a years after the us led invasion of iraq and one question remains, could it have been prevented? well, the answer seems to be no, because it was the plan all along. after $911.00,

it was payback time for america. and the hans for state sponsors of terrorism was on after afghanistan, iraq became the next target. and the british prime minister, tony blair, became george bush's accomplice. all that was missing was an excuse to invade. well, here in the declassified letter, we can see how blair tells bush that he's with him no matter what, as in he'll support him in removing saddam hussein from power. i will be with you. what's heather? getting rid of saddam is the right thing to do. he's a potential threat he could be contained in another secret mamma, where told that the pair were concocting a p r campaign on how to sell the iraq war an entire year before the us invaded to pay him said we needed an accompanying payoff strategy that highlighted the risks of saddam's w m d program and his appalling human rights record bush strongly agreed to pay him

said this approach would be important in managing european public opinion. and in helping the president constructs an international coalition, the p. m said no one could doubt the world would be a better place if there were regime change in iraq. what's more, they had a strategy in case that saddam hussein actually gave you in the weapons inspectors free reign to check on everything. the p. m. late a commented to me privately that had spoken again to bush about the issue of un inspectors. bush and acknowledged that there was just a possibility that saddam would allow them in and go about their own business. if that happened, we would have to adjust our approach accordingly. so they didn't even want full transparency. let's just pretend it's a wanted hoping iraq's leader would say no, and that would be enough to topple him. well, september 2002, tony blair's infamous claim. the intelligence picture they pink is one accumulated

over the last 4 years. it is extensive detail and authority. it concludes that iraq has chemical and biological weapons that saddam has continued to produce them. that he has existing and active military plans for the use of chemical and biological weapons, which could be activated within 45 minutes. 45 minutes really sounds fake. well, it turned out to be, which was confirmed by british weapons expert dr. kelly to a b. b, c, journalist, it was transformed in the week before it was published to make it 6 here. the classic example was the claim that weapons of mass destruction were ready for use within 45 minutes. that information was not in the original draft. it was included in the dorsey against our wishes, because it wasn't reliable. most of the things in the dossier were double sauced,

but that was single sauced and we believe that the sauce was wrong. this fiasco even made it to the parliamentary hearings, which is where doctor kelly's name was revealed as he was asked to give evidence on what he knew. 2 days later, the man who set the british government sec, stop iraq's w m d. dosier was found dead and 10 years after saddam hussein was hang, they rock inquiry known as a chill cut report revealed that the so called the rocky dictator posed no eminent threats at the time of the invasion. and that the war was fought on the basis of flawed intelligence. the spotlight was now put on george bush and tony blair, with some calling for the pair to be prosecuted. and even taken their case to court . saddam hussein had known posed an immediate threat to the interest of the u. k. the intelligence regarding weapons of mass destructions was presented with an

warrenton sentence. he the invasion was not necessary and the invasion had been undertaken without the authority of the one security council. once the attempts made to prosecute, mister blair failed, as the u. k. court ruled that there exists no crime under english law, which the former prime minister could be charged with. and the international criminal court said that the decision he made to go to war in 2003 is beyond their emits of investigations. and that's it. i apologize for the fact that the intelligence we received was, was wrong. the program in the form that we thought it was did not exist in the way that we thought over a 100000 civilian rockies killed. many more displaced, british and american soldiers dead for no apparent reason. and this is what they get. oops, sorry about that. and what was the plan for the country after saddam hussein? well, they didn't care, as was revealed in a secret memo,

ands of war that they care about iraq's oil reserves. and they were discussing it before the war even began declassified documents states that the british governments was encouraged to start preliminary work to ensure you take companies a well placed to pick up contracts in the aftermath of the war. by way of specific follow up, we should convene a meeting with b, p shell, and other appropriate u. k. companies, whether together or separately to explore ideas and tap into the expertise, we would need to handle this carefully and assure it was confidential to avoid charges of oil motivations. so preliminary work to ensure you k companies well place to pick up contracts. in the aftermath. this is all in the public domain, it's been 20 years and still no one has been held accountable. a country was destroyed, a president's was basically assassinated and.