[000:00:00;00] a nation with awe with, as americans placed their tactical nuclear weapons. well, there was territory and trained crews and pilots to use them if necessary. we have decided to do the same without violation. vladimir putin announces russia will deploy tactical nuclear weapons to bela ruth. he's does moscow retains control of the army. the central american nation of undress establishes, ties with china after breaking off decades long relations with taiwan. and the west is fully aware of the negative consequences that depleted uranium ammunition

causes to human health and the environment that's according to moscow who slammed the plan to supply kiev with the radioactive show. ah, good morning from our to international studio in moscow. this is the weekly with the, our week's top stories worldwide. i'm your allies about great to have you with us. to our top story. russia will station tactical nuclear weapons in neighboring bella, ruse in response to the deployment of american nukes in europe. that's the message from president vladimir putin in his latest interview. but this miss allison english president lucas angle is right when he says, the bellows is our closest ally. as americans placed their tactical nuclear weapons on their l. s. territory and train crews and pilots to use them if necessary. we

have decided to do the same without violation. i want to stress that we continue to meet our obligations in terms of non proliferation of nuclear weapons. we have already assisted our bell russian colleagues to re equip their planes. 10 planes are prepared to utilize such weapons. we have already sent are well known and efficient iskander systems that can also carry such weapons. beginning on the 3rd of april, we will start to train crews, and on the 1st of july, we will finish the construction of a storage facility, specifically for tactical nuclear weapons on beller russian territory. we will not hand over the weapons to bellows just as the u. s doesn't to its allies, we're simply doing what they have been doing for decades. windermere potent discussed at nordstrom sabotage as well. he pointed out that russian experts had said that a device found near the pipelines could have been used to transmitted signal to set off the explosion. the russian leader also spoke on political matters, recalling his recent meeting with his wheezing ping in moscow as

a productive and pleasant affair. earlier we spoke to former pentagon security policy analysts, michael maloof, and discuss with him what the president said in the interview. i think the just, the deployment response is in a response unkind to appeals by, by potent repeatedly to de escalate. and all he's doing is bringing parity some semblance of parity and indivisibility. if you will, because under the visibility which was heavily violated by the west, you don't arm the, the west at the expense of the east, but they, they've done that. so i'm in visiting that, that bella rose and the other members of the collective security treaty organization could become at the new warsaw pact if you will. in response to the existence of an expanded nato. and i see that evolving quite

clearly now with the with movement of new nuclear facilities into bella roost. and that could be extending it to the other members of the c s t o. they have an article for which is equivalent to nato's article 5, which is natasha on one of attack on all. so this is a very interesting development. during his interview, president putin added that western powers tried to disrupt negotiations with its chinese counterpart seeing ping, that reaction came in response to reports that a 1000000 artillery shells have been sent to ukraine by western partners. that information was revealed. the same day he met with the chinese leader where the pair discuss beijing's piece plan for the ukranian conflict. during the meeting, the 2 side sat there relations don't represent a military alliance aimed at other countries. the leaders also expressed concern over u. s. military and biological activities,

and called for washington to explain itself, that'll be it is probably the u. c. j. o cologne, ritchie. the chinese russian ties have gone far beyond bilateral relations over the last 10 years. and all of crucial and vital importance for today's world order. a relationship is built on contributing to the progress of mankind were guided by the principles in the un charter. and a day to an unbiased view were always ready for peace and dialogue. we firmly stand on the right side of history western efforts to isolate and to contain russia both economically and politically hit a wall to day. as the chinese leader came out and said that, not only was china happy about the rec, would trade that in our joys with russia at a $190000000000.00 turn over year, it'll increase that trade to a much greater figure by 2030, that these, the plan voiced by vladimir putin and she jumping of china booth came out and

loaded where relations are right now. they're at a historic height. they said the best they've been in centuries more than that. vladimir putin and she jumping listed the various areas where they would work together, build on those relations, and they're pretty much everything. their culture. there are trade business, financial services, as was technology, energy, and much, much more, both countries optimistic about the future. the chinese also brought with them a plan, a plan for peace milligrams to amelia is full as we believe that many of the points of china's piece plan are similar to our views and can be taken in action for the peaceful settlement. when the western key of are ready to accept these, however, so far we see no willingness on their part. that men putin also during the press conference, told the audience that the various dignitaries,

the delegations was the press that while he and she jumping, talked, vladimir putin was, was brief that the great britain and officials had announced that they would now supply depleted uranium rounds to the ukrainian military, the same depleted uranium that has been linked to countless deaths and birth defects, cancer in areas such as a rock where it has been used. louis ministered for but the u. k, as announced not only the supply of tanks to ukraine, but also shells with depleted uranium. it seems that the west has really decided to fight russia to the last ukranian, not in words, but in reality, if all of this happens, russia will have to react accordingly. based on the fact that the collective west is beginning to use weapons with a new killer component, all an old grand ambitious plans voiced by, by china, and by russia. the leaders of both, both saying that they stood for

a multi polar world than that they would work to develop that world. and the various systems and bodies that govern it. a world based on, on rules and laws, in which china and russia will remain good friends. earlier, my colleague worries to shave, spoke with a panel of guess to get a reaction to the chinese president's visit. they discuss a range of issues from the west, hanging on to the unipolar world to whether beijing's proposed peace plan for ukraine will become a reality. the world is, it is changing. it's had enough of the, let's call it from what it is, western arrogance. and it will start to form their own alliances in response to the deployment of western alliances such as needle the existence

of which still defies any logic because the better lines are supposed to fight communism and protect the west. from the ideological spread a and military spread and was countered by the war, so fact, which was promptly dismantled. and you know, chide china has, has come to moscow with a potential piece proposal for the conflict in ukraine. a john kirby of the us national security council. formerly of the u. s. state department, john kirby saying washington is not interested about a possible seas foreign ukraine, particularly if it's mediated by china. alex, why would washington be against ending the conflict? we've seen the collapse of their financial system over the last couple of weeks here. that truly shows you the power that washington really has nowadays, which is not much they're used to ripping up agreements. they're in to that apparently, and they're up to really no good on the international world wide. i would say diplomacy levels while the u. s. is scrambling. china is now gain partners one by

one with their belt road initiative. and through the belt road initiative, investing in other countries, they are once again building a relationship. that is what the world is up against. and i think it's, it's quite challenging for the u. s. he make a very good point. alex, which i'll take over to the benjamin chow now, because how, how do you think, benjamin, that the members of the bricks group of nations and i also african stay to how do you think they perceive the beijing proposed a piece plan? now we are seeing opposite trends in it. well, there was this poultry can and does this can look like a usda showing a clear trend of the globalization, which could tongue bad because equal to wars as trade, an interest more segregated and to where we used to becoming a more serious home game. and you know, people form culture, we understand, but it is quite unreasonable that the u. s. now he's open the asking people to reject any piece plans on ukraine as you raised. right?

that these, you know, there are currently at 20 african country meters here any more school, sick and collaboration. yet we are seeing and other can do the exclusive cups in the name of democracy. a coarsely helpful standard. according to sources, saudi arabia and syria are set to resume counsellor services between the 2 countries . this comes after a halt and diplomatic relations following re add backing the theory and opposition in 2012. while the development is a sign of positive change and regional relations, saudi arabia's western allies are less than thrilled. america's global domination is under threat as its road as a world leader seems to be slipping out of its growth. a major breakthrough in global politics could see peace between us ally, saudi arabia, and us enemy, syria, and harold, an end to media, decade of wool. now, in a deal reported,

he broke it by russia. the 2 countries are set to provide conscious services and reopen their respective embassies with the u. s. left out in the cold cash f m as little the was other than the source in the saudi ministry of foreign affairs reveal it. ongoing discussions have begun with the syrian ministry of foreign affairs commencing on what was circulated by some international media outlets. the source indicated, the discussions are underway between officials in the kingdom and their counterparts in syria about resume and the provision of concealer services. he came hot on the heels of the announcement that china had brought saudi arabia and iran together with a pair agreeing to restore diplomatic ties off the days of talks, relations broke down in 2016 and worse and amid the devastating conflict in ukraine seen by some as a proxy war between the 2 nations, the reproach, one could see an end to fighting there. i'm bring home to its people who have been bombed to the brink of the wolves worth famine in a century. bonds, of course,

have been supplied by the us as part of its destructive road in the region. the talks this time have fully combed through the merits of the disputes between saudi arabia and iran, and explored effective ways to resolve disputes. saudi arabia hopes that this will open a new chapter and bilateral ties under the architecture of a brotherly relationship. shayna has provided favorable conditions for rich and disagreement. this vivid demonstration of the basic policies and concepts of china's diplomacy, which includes the major initiative of building and community with a shared future mankind. iran firmly supports the relevant initiatives. russia has also played a mediating role between turkey and syria, where the potential road map to peace, which could see the 2 countries presidents meet face to face. are sad, who met with vladimir putin a moscow earlier this month has called on turkey to end. what he describes as

anchors occupation and support for terrorist groups. such meetings should be prepared with prior coordination and planning between russian, syria in order to be effective and achieve the specific goals that series expecting . it is in stark contrast to the u. s. approach and syria, which has seen miss all strikes and punitive sanctions described as an economic wall efforts to dislodge. i said have also included a $1000000000.00 cova cia program operation. timber sick of all funding and arming a mary out of syrian rebel groups. i'm washington is clear that it's still once regime change in syria. but washington's regional allies, a welcoming syria back into the arab league, from which it was suspended in 2011. russia's relations with africa. i've also sent the us into a tailspin with vice president. come on, harris, the late his official sent to the continent on

a charm offensive to count russia. china influence an increase the pressure to bring africa firmly into the u. s. fear of influence. but a true partnership with africa means that we talk about and consult on elements of china's engagement on the elements of china's engagement that concern us, including in the technological, economic, military and global governance domains. obviously, we can't ignore the current geopolitical moment. it's no secret that we are engaged in competition with china, and we've said very clearly, we intend to out compete china in the long term. we've made it clear we have real concerns about some of china's behavior in africa and around the world as washington is focused on countering russia. china influence moscow and beijing. a moving closer together, sending shivers down the spine of the west. the crucial peace deals negotiated by russia and china,

respectively show who is the driving seat and an emerging multi polar world. in houston, them is not only loosely overall, our interaction in the international arena is promoting the fundamental principles of international order and multiple parity. while russia and china show leadership brokering piece deals, the u. s. approach of gumbo diplomacy, bombing countries to smithereens, is seeing it become increasingly more isolated. the hypocrisy over concerns of chinese and russian aggression is clear to see. it seems a global bully is finally being brought to heal as a new world order is emerging, bringing an end to western dominance. charleston writer hyde, armless sofa, says that reconciliation between saudi arabian syria is important in the context of an ongoing rejection of u. s. influence in the region. this time is the face time for the solution. first,

we have noticed major rejection of the u. s. influence here in the middle east. healy can notice that this is a kind of decision of the he counties in this region who gets right and deeds. and russia has a very important to put in an taurus that intervention, that only thing, but also the entire vision. i believe that after the warning you leave, the balance in all has t and became clear to many that the west wasn't both in a region in pieces or with only union soil. i believe in the teleaccount leaf of some developments regions issue after this. albumin accomplish that mattel has the indifferent and we are not very well that many issue the engine in a few these all without combination and with the masters

and china and under us have established diplomatic ties. after the central american stay and a decade long relations with taiwan, honduras is an important country in central america. the government of honduras chooses to stand with $181.00 countries in the world recognise and undertake to adhere to the one china principal, severe the so called diplomatic relations with taiwan, establish diplomatic relations with the people's republic of china, and undertake that had years shall no longer develop an official relations or official exchanges with taiwan. this is the right choice, that is in line with the prevailing trend and supported by the people. china highly appreciate that. the suffering of ties came after the honduran foreign minister visited beijing. the 100 and foreign ministry stated that it recognised taiwan is an inseparable part of the chinese territory. and china as the only legitimate government, the loss of relations with undo it as leaves tie one with formal diplomatic ties

with just 13 states around the globe. taiwan and turn accused the central american country of being lord by china, which is promising financial assistance. my job will yet single pitching boundary time wants ministry of foreign affairs would like to warn beijing that it's attempts to lure our diplomatic allies was false promises, in order to squeeze or diplomatic space has seriously harmed the feelings of the taiwanese people and sped up the divergence of cross street relations and check out our website at our t dot com, to find out more about washington's efforts to exert its influence in under us. by pressuring the central american nation to opt out of the establishing ties with china. with waves, the protest had france in the country south west police have clash with demonstrators who towards police vehicles as they demanded construction of

a water reservoir be halted. murali had started peacefully with some 25000 locals, taking part. however, a number of people were injured in the subsequent suffolk, with police officers. local authorities say at least 2 people are now in critical condition. this comes amid weeks long protests across the country over the government, passing a new pension reform belt without a parliamentary vote. here are some of the footage from the streets. ah ah

ah ah. out of control, that's how french citizens describe violent clashes with police. with some news outlet lightning, the chaos to award zone. over a 1000000 protesters took to the st against the controversial pension reform heavily armored police have been using tear gas, water, cannon, don grenades, and baton against protesters. however, french president micron brushed aside concerns about police tactics, calling the protesters, voices illegitimate. hundreds of thousands have taken to the streets and israel in the latest round of protest against a highly controversial judicial reform fully stepped in with force using water cannons against crowds in tel aviv after protesters blocked traffic on

a major highway demonstrations, have gripped the country since january as a netanyahu government has sought to restrict the authority of the supreme court while giving more power to the parliament. protesters have demanded the prime minister and his cabinet resign over the move. israel's defense minister has urged netanyahu to walk the measures back warning that public unrest is threatening the nation security detained and living and fear. that's how the officials from the humanitarian group refugee action have described the conditions for asylum seekers. arriving in the u. k. nearly 50000 people, sick in asylum currently live in temporary or contingency accommodation in hotels where they are held indefinitely and conditions that actively home their physical and mental health to live in an environment of fear of a textbook racist groups stoked by the racist language of politicians and sections of the media. this is

a system of defacto detention. the investigation revealed that refugees arriving in the u. k. face malnutrition and illness due to the poor quality of the food provided a quarter of those being housed have reportedly been banned from leaving their accommodations, as well as being warned not to fail and their living conditions. nearly one in 5 of those surveyed complained about unsanitary conditions causing outbreaks of infectious disease to cope with a situation the british home secretary has suggested to ship newly arriving refugees to ro, wanda, the local migration bill. we'll cover the scenario where we want to be able to detain and remove people swiftly to a safe country like or wanda, our laws will dramatically reduce the avenues for exploitation so

that you won't be able to thwart our power to remove. ah, if you come to the u. k, legally i on a small boat, if you're paying people smuggler, if you're risking your life, if you're putting other people's lives at risk, you will not have the right to a life in the united kingdom. the u. k. claims that the measure will stop those, seeking a quote dangerous unnecessary and illegal journey to the u. k. however, critics say the refugees will not be safe as many criminal paramilitary groups operate in the region. we spoke with a rwandan politician who thinks the country is not prepared to receive migrants. just the immigrants, they're looking for stability them. can you for peace, they're looking for when a baby want to run, the government can go to for them. today i'm asking if the british government, we descended, does he make it

a wonder we should go on see this is that they really did, they did this kind of kind of give it to them that they would have to suffer the same fate to indicate they to want to demonstrate it to express maybe that's question because we seem yolanda today is the hi janet. if you have, we have a good explanation that is no more attention to nevada and all that kind of saying that ronda is that kind of say we only need one day and you getting betsy today. i am afraid that you can have the know we are unable to call today. it is not a busy county when i say i sent this division that got to wait a moment. we can have a war with you on a neighboring country disease and no agriculture. the russian defense ministry has said that the west is well aware of the irreparable harm that depleted uranium

causes to civilians and the environment as well as for ukrainian service men. but still plans to send the ammunition to ukraine moscow called to move the pinnacle of shamelessness. is around to stopping you. thank you. but the west is well aware of the negative consequences of the use of depleted uranium ammunition, despite the fact that the use of such munitions will cause irreparable harm to the health of ukrainian armed forces and the civilian population. however, nato countries and particular great britain expressed their readiness to supply these type of weapons to the key of regime. earlier british authorities announce that they intend to supply ukraine with depleted uranium projectiles, which work to pierce tanks and armored vehicles vladimir putin war and that russia would be forced to respond accordingly. john kirby national security council spokesperson diminished the severity of london's plans, saying that the use of such arms is what he calls fairly commonplace. i mean,

make no mistake in this is yet another straw man through which the russians are driving a stick. this kind of ammunition is fairly commonplace. been in use for, for decades. the west has his weapons containing depleted uranium in europe during the bombing of former yugoslavia. according to the admission of the former nato secretary general laura robertson himself, more than $30000.00 rounds of ammunition with depleted uranium were dropped on belgrade. serbian officials who this week mark 24 years since the beginning of what they called military aggression, say those numbers are much higher use of depleted real radium and bulk. and in the balkans sparked a number of lawsuits by those who participated in these operations, including soldiers from italy, france, and the u. k. according to independent journalist, tucson, pro brokovich and member of the serbian parliament meals bonds, or the consequences for those involved are terrible. i know good

consequences, i had a u j. a think that the bombing was simply unjustified. the dead for the use of the plant deployed, did you, daniel, and cluster bombs? what example was also unjustified, that the consequences at a better but although they have not yet been fully explored, especially when it comes to though you're a new home, as you imagine, certainly i can see with the continuous increase in the number of concepts in the number of my league and diseases, the research on that topic is being done, although it should, we also said and undermine that. natalie. is this some of these doing them some with asian debt? early since simeon nuns bloom, samuel serbia, today is the number one country in europe. when it comes to the number of people suffering from cancer, and this is the clear consequences of the bombings with depleted uranium. for

hundreds of years, i will remain present in our water, air, and soil. by giving you cranes such weapons, they will pollute the territory of ukraine on which many depend for food. i simply could not believe when i heard the information that great britain is offering ukraine weapons with depleted uranium. russia is not serbia. russia cannon will respond in a completely different manner. it is just simply unbelievable that the west is trying to drag everyone into destruction when they conduct their aggression towards the former yugoslavia. they used forbidden weapons. those are the top news updates and the week stories coming up, the legacy of the us led invasion of iraq as citizens of the nation. recall how events unfolded falling the military intervention next on r t dot u. s. invaders iraq 20 years on. thanks for tuning in,

stay close. ah, february the 1st 2000 or 3 at a un security council meeting u. s. secretary of state colin powell showed a vile, allegedly containing anthrax spores from iraq. it actually contained laundry detergent, march 20th, 2003. the u. s. army and its allies invaded iraq. april 9th, 2003. the u. s. army and coalition forces entered baghdad and tore down the statue of saddam hussein in fear door square. lay the 1st 2003 u. s. president george bush declared victory in the iraq war, december, the 30th 2006. saddam hussein was executed. december the 15th 2011. a ceremony was held in baghdad to mark the end of the u. s. military mission