change whatever you do, don't watch my show, stay mainstream because i'm probably going to make you uncomfortable. my show is called direct impact, but again, you probably don't want to watch it because it might just change the way you think a across the global finance system continues as the largest german bank loses 20 percent of its value in less than a month. and that's after several us banks crash, resulting in 2008 style bailout. the byte and administration blew up the north, the dream pipelines to gain control over western europe, especially germany. that's according to investigative journalists, see more her pipeline that shows control full of gas and windows coming up to now he was going to open up the pipeline and make his do his job as chancellor, even gonna make the people warm make the businesses happy. and so we didn't give

him that option. you at vice president comalla harris, the set to visit africa later this week, mid concerns in washington over the growing brush and, and chinese presence in the continent. ah, good morning for martine or national studios in moscow, and welcome to the hours most vital news stories worldwide. i'm fear allies about the risk of a global banking crisis looms ever near as deutsche bank. germany's biggest lender lost 20 percent of its value since march registering a drop in stock of 9 percent. as recent trading closed, the rumblings of the market started after 3 major american banks suffered a crash similar to that of 2008 the u. s. government was quick to intervene, bailing out the banks and handing out significant sums of money to the financial

sector. but that didn't stop the chain reaction already felt in europe, where most major banks are losing stock and where credit suisse one of switzerland major lenders has been bought by a competitor with the financial system going through turbulence. the u. s. president didn't seem phased by the worrying trends. i think there's done a pretty good job. post savings are secure. and even those beyond the $250000.00 or 50, i see this guarantee, the american taxpayer is not going have to pay a penny. the banks are pretty good shape i think is going to take a little while for things to just calm down, but i don't see anything it's on arises about to explode as urban chancellor all up . so it's also claims. there's nothing to be concerned about. our correspondence. j bowels investigates. a senior politicians and economists tried to reassure

increasingly nervous financial markets, global anxieties over recent bank failures rumble on the merger of 2 big swiss banks, u. b. s. and credit suisse has created a financial behemoth valued at over $1.00 trillion dollars in a deal which threatens the squeaky clean image of the swiss banking sector. divide that i sent a liquidity. it's inefficient. the extensive liquidity assistance provided the time needed to find a solution to safeguard financial stability. this solution had to be worked out under considerable time pressure in order to be ready before the asian markets open . dispute design and insolvency of credit suisse would have had severe consequences for national international financial stability. and for this was economy taken, this risk would have been irresponsible. this new super bank born out of a hastily arranged merger, now has a value that completely to war. st. a highly developed a $100000000000.00 swiss economy and has raised concerns about granting such

immense power to a single financial institution lawyer. but i'm like, so mommy, there won't be an impact on me, but what a waste is really too bad that a bank with 170 years of history is going to vanish just like that. it hurts me as a customer. don't. louise osama, i really think i feel a lot of fertility in light of the current situation on this with financial system now will only have a single big bank u b. s. and that is not good. it's good to have competition and we won't have that anymore. off some merger between her, her credit suisse and a u. b. s. a. is it kind off her hug and marriage between 2 lame dogs, of course, ah, to situation with sir, a kick decrease, i was going badly, but can you be s. as now, a longstanding aisd crates are also bad records are in banking,

and i'm, i don't believe that it's kind of marriage a cool. so, in the long term, the crises for ordinary workers and communities, it essentially means that regardless of what your economy actually produces, be the cars, energy medicines are high tech services and all accounts for nothing. if a major bank fails, leaving ordinary citizens to face the catastrophic consequences of that failure, this leaves us to ask ourselves what the actual value of these vast financial institutions is to the societies they've so badly failed. while these institutions provide some payment and transaction services to their wealthy depositors and borrowers, the rest is essentially investment banking, which focuses exclusively on making money for yasu. that's right. the investment bank and it's shareholders whose disproportionate influence on the world's economy

simply doesn't correspond with the services they provide. and if and when these giants, who are seemingly too big to fail, need bailey out, is the ordinary taxpayer that usually left to pick up the pieces just like they did in 2008. so they were in fact that we have now this kind of huge monopoly. we have to remind us that both the u. b. s and decreased before the magic words are mos 2 important suites banks. as a citizen, we at now is a kind of concentration. but not the concentration of good banks, but concentration of bad bands. and if this kind of situation is not given quickly at dress, get ricky fixed by authority. b, z government b, z us sent a central bank. then we will go on for the long number

of recurrent fries east. the widespread use of corporation tax to avoid far higher income tax rates, now is reserved for ordinary workers. it's also now widely exploited by institutional investors and their backers. this feeds into the bazaar reality that a global banking sector that should exist to serve economic activity has now grown to war. for those very economies, they're supposed to support as ordinary taxpayers faced the very real possibility of yet again picking up the time for these huge profit mails. it's time to ask ourselves who's working for who and whether there is a better way to protect their societies from the devastating consequences they face when the bankers on their backers just keep getting it wrong. while enjoying a complete lack of accountability. denmark has found an unknown object near where the north stream pipeline was damaged, after a massive blast last september and will invite the russian controls operator of the

pipeline to recover it for analysis. this comes as investigative journalist, seymour hersh, explain what he believes stands behind the recent us prob, blaming a pro ukrainian group for the attack. you can watch a full version of this interview on direct impacts throughout the day here on r t. but for now, here's a preview why the united states seems to have and i'll use this word and you tell me if it's over used in this case, invented or planted this most recent story. why are they doing this? because in the united states, those who did it, they know the president did it. you can to another way of asking this question that no reporter is asking a press conference in the the that we blow up, the paypal i'm and pipe and biden's. okay. i can tell you one thing about the cia when it wants to do something down and dirty. they know how to keep it. they know

how to keep it small. that you know what i'm saying. yeah. the people who know very small and the president wasn't really getting briefed, the director was the funnel point if the guys in the field and the less that the white house knows the better because it's a talkative white house. the difficulty of the emission and it was, by the way, what, what the intelligence community did. there was quite spectacular, even though that they didn't like the end. but they were given assignment, come up with an option. if you want to blow up the pipelines you have to do in such a way that we can't be blamed, right? that war is by september when, when biden said, let's do it and gave the order. the war was certainly sold out. and we put now a $121520000000000.00 into that war. and western europe was being asked to give more and more. and the concern was, they could see in western europe. and in germany, what we want being told too much at this war was going nowhere. so they were

concerned if it blew up right after our ships or our military exercises that we were doing there, happen. everybody would know we were not right. exactly right, about that they. so the idea was the wait. but why? he picked 3 months and 3 and a half months to wait was the question, i wonder, why did he suddenly do in late september? because to get back to the point the war wasn't going well, is he was afraid that europe was going to begin to walk away, particularly the germans, germans after world war 2 are not interested in a big military, but winter's coming up for europe. and yeah, the was, he was going to open up the pipeline and make his do his job as chancellor. he was make the people warm make the businesses happy. and so we didn't give him that option. western europe as it had re, gas and oil, we've always had worse in your expect. ah, you as vice president comma harris starts a week long trip to africa this weekend. she's due to me with the leaders of gonna

tanzania and zambia. it's the 2nd high level visit to the continent by a u. s. official in recent months and comes as washington seeks to rival the rising influence of russia in china, as ortiz, corolla toddler, explains, as will be commonly harris's 1st visit to the african continent. but no one seems certain what the objectives behind this visit is. as use intimated, she will be in ghana, tanzania as well as zambia. but one thing is for sure we know about the. busy uses at least tentative position with regards to it. so for my influence on the continent following a void of some 2 decades in which it's as seen, china moving in and the growing influence of russia. and this seems to be very much a guiding of as vivid as the u. s. actively tries to wage

a gap between it's between africa as well as russia and china. and this seems to be a part of the motif, if you will, that is informing this visit. the troops strengthened the united states partnerships without african and advance all share efforts and security and economic cris parity. to resolve the trip in partnership with african governments and private sector, the vice president will advance efforts to expand access to the digital economy, support climate adaptation and resilience and strengthen business ties. investment include in through innovation entrepreneurship and the economic empowerment of women. there is no doubt that the u. s. is looking squarely added sir. g o political adversaries, if you will, as it looks into the growing influence of china and that of russia on the continent . and it is trying very hard to make sure that it comes out on top is already

identified. ah, china as, as a villain, blaming and behind african debt problem. seeing that if it wasn't for china handing out money and, and seriously, and entering numerous african countries and dragging its feet when it comes to re negotiating. the said that, that african, and i'd be where it is. and we heard when jenkins jaelyn the us treasury secretary, when she came around earlier this year, she penned the current food crisis on, on russia, following the conflict. ready ukraine and a journalist arthur, specifically, if the u. s. is in a tug of war for the continent in order to win the influence here on african grants, fine for influence, just isn't the focus of my visit at all. i know it's a completely natural question. it is not at all what i am focused on. our interest

is in partnering with africa. this is not a competition with china and it seems that africa will be a stage for many more months to come. if not years, that the superpowers will be locked in some sort of diplomatic war here as it tries to win favor and friends. but the u. s. has a lot of catching up to do, and they may be joining in this fight already. a beck from her nigerian presidential aspirin adamo garbus, says washington is not looking for any sort of mutually beneficial cooperation with africans is all about just touching our associates. and i'm sure, look, i even did one through the choose in east south and west and africa. most of this country is our 2 countries where the and to west sentiment is very, very high. trans anya will do age is to do with our chinese debt. and if you call back to gonna most of their sufferings on the challenges they're physically,

guy didn't influence shorted guidance. crazily by the fuel crises and rising cost of living is clearly blame on the m. m dept. which is also, of course, for him to buy the years. if you go back to turns on here to some problem. so i don't know what she's coming to get because to the best of my knowledge, africa has moved for you. and what did you want to think in africa used to be on africa? knew why the friends, china has been very disappointed in terms of building infrastructure. i didn't, didn't necessarily when, when diplomatic approach that been, if you, what africa in china. and if you look at what happened from russia, assembly blending reporting to prison of russia, clearly stated about $20000000000.00 will definitely live law for countries. this is something that africans are celebrated. so i don't know what to do is to try and come and do what do the best of my knowledge. i don't think dish is as big any big, strong, positive outcome, but i'm not getting it just purely one sided driven by dell one. so interest, even ident,

out of africa. so duck is not that much you've done. is it one sided relationship in relationship, but only when it benefits them is when they what, when, when it doesn't been, if you them didn't go rigid. ah, now here in president mohammed will, hardy has urged us citizens to share their food. but those in need a had of ramadan, as the country suffers from sky rocketing prices. the leader went on to condemn unscrupulous fellers who have artificially inflated prices to make a profit during the islamic sacred month. i am particularly aware of the activities of treatise, heard, officially increase the prices of their goods, including food at the beginning of every rama, done. according to the latest you, one report, nigeria is in the midst of a major food crisis with more than 4000000 people in need of nutritional assistance as a lack of funding and gasoline as well as growing instability, has led to over 8000000 people in need. of humanitarian aid,

it is estimated that more than a $1000000000.00 are needed to help the nation of 18 percent from last year. another major issue facing nigeria is that of terrorism from the vocal, her militant group active in several parts of the country since it emerged in 2009 the groups activities have claim thousands of lives and displaced millions of people, mostly in the countries. north france has been a long time ally in combat in the threat, but after years of military interventions, parents apparently has little to show for it. we spoke with an economist from nigeria who says that it's time for africa to leave the form of neo colonialism. that the french have imposed on it. what is happening in this i ian belts and chug basin. and the francophone west africa is a curious case in how where see europe as mismanage. it's

good wheel in africa and i'm really disappointed personally in the fact that you have the french army in that region. and it's not been able to walk with the niger and i mean to fight them. you saw james requirement, you swap in child days in resign belts. you know, it's very disappointing. why, why that is also very disappointing. that the french government micron and it's all, it's pretty social nicholas. the 2 are how long? who's the media please for yourself and micron as imposed to see a fee in front of the sofa on, on francophone west africa. and i have a situation where 50 percent of the reserves of the central bank so far from, from west african countries. a place we did for 1st central bank is quite disappointed. i think it's time for africa to rise. all, especially from west africa, rejects economy colonialism that france has imposed on it.

and washington is said to appoint a special envoy and bella ruth, to support opposition leaders in the country. that's according to the u. s. secretary of state. can you talk about what you're thinking with respect to a special envoy for bell roofs? and when, when might we see that appointment happen? no, thank you very much center for raising that. and yes, a 2 things. as you know, day in day out, we have the vilnius based of with, when he of ace yelled bruce affairs unit this embedded in, in our embassy and they're doing the day and day out contact. because so much as you know, the democratic opposition is in it's in lithuania, but at your point i were very actively looking at moving forward. the special envoy . what i'm considering right now, looking at is dual, having a very senior official in our european affairs bureau to also serve as the envoy to be able to then go in and out engaged senior levels with the, with the opposition, even as the dealers affairs unit. that's based in lithuania,

does the kind of day in doubt engagement. while washington openly supports the political opposition and bell ruse, it still accuses russia of meddling and u. s. internal affairs from accusing former president donald trump up siding with the kremlin to manipulate elections, to hyping of hysteria and mass media. over here, the legit ties with the russian president vladimir putin prob, involves the media companies acceptance of $8000000.00 from a source with suspected russian tides about how our former president consistently sent signals that he was not on ukraine side. he was on prudence, russia states media backed the republican candidate, donald trump, a man known for his affinity towards russia. according to earl ross, mason retired us lieutenant colonel washington's plans for bella rues, are yet another attempt at foreign meddling something. the u. s. itself would never

tolerate. we would go absolutely crazy. we would probably sanction who knows, who knows who we probably would have joe biden on the phone with somebody or were at the blinking. it would not be, it is not accept that would not be acceptable. united pointing a formal representative to, to interface and, and work with the opposition. i mean, it's clearly clearly, you know, it looks like they're going to, once again go down the central regime change. so it just does the indicator of the arrogance within our foreign policy. and it kind of like, almost like we feel that we're the rulers of the world and we can do as we way. so i think that will it is just another symbolism. i think this will further alienate other countries and make the very, very pockets on dealing with saudi arabia and syria are close to

restoring diplomatic relations, following negotiations, reportedly mediated by russia. the diplomatic rake that comes after rounds of discussions and moscow, and re add over recent weeks, according to saudi, and syrian officials. the deal between 2 governments is set to be on the table before a potential april visit by the saudi foreign minister to damascus. meanwhile, the 2 nations have agreed to reopen their embassies, according to state media. the countries cut ties in 2012 over the syrian presidents responds to the arab spring protests. the mass gets in re, at potential reconciliation, comes in the wake of saudi arabia and the wrong recent diplomatic reproach. many journalists and writer hi dear mustafah says that reconciliation between saudi arabia and syria is important in the context of an ongoing rejection of us influence. in the region,

the sign is the time we are a major section of the u. s. influence here in the middle east terminal. this is kind of a decision of the companies in this region to get to see the russia has a very important doors. eventually, the only thing i believe that after the war, the balance, it became clear to me that the waste wasn't you know, we usually piece of or with the sort of, i believe the development agent, especially after the help you in the market has become discipline and we know very well, many issues cannot be resolved without population with them just

by lifting its doping, suspension of russia and bella roost, the world athletics council says the countries remain barred from competing and international events for a purely political reasons over the conflict in ukraine. the consul agreed to the reinstatement of the russian federation following 7 years of suspension due to agree just institutional doping violations. however, athletes, officials and support and personnel for rush in belarus, still excluded from competition. for the foreseeable future, the russian athletic federation was banned in 2015 after the world anti doping agency accused moscow of state sponsored doping which russian official strongly denied. the world athletic council says. moscow has agreed to comply with $35.00 special conditions under a reinstatement plan to establish a 0 tolerance culture for doping. some russian athletes were allowed to compete at

the tokyo olympics in 2021 under a neutral flag, but that program has been scrapped due to moscow's military operation and ukraine. international olympic committee president thomas bock, has branded the latest restrictions politicized and unacceptable. professor says he ology at aston university and former sports and media lecturer. ellis cache moore says that the measures against russian athletes are a thoughtless reaction to punish everything to do with the country. i think it is a meaningless relaxation of one done under substitution with another because russia is still banned from athletics and will not be able to compete in any kind of international track until competition in a sense that it's pointless. the ban will remain in place until russia withdraws from ukraine. that means that we don't know when and if that will ever happen. so

we now have an infinite than replacing the doping. it is a reaction, a thoughtless reaction to punish anything to do with russia. now the people who are involved in training and competing, whether it's in athletics or football, or tennis, or any kind of school for that, they're helpless to do anything. so in the sense that this is a band that has absolutely no meaning for us to come in a positive way. that's our up on the, our and coming up that ties between ukrainian national leaders and american intelligence agencies as related to the death of daria. do gonna, and the bombing of the crime in bridge next on r t dot operation ukraine. terror on demand. ah,

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