a relation with a can do it and they can do it as americans place their tactical nuclear weapons on their allies, territory, and train crews and pilots to use them if necessary. we have decided to do the same . but even periods in analysis, russia were deployed tactical nuclear weapons to bela ruth, he says moscow will retain control of the alms. central american nation of honduras establishes ties with china after breaking off decades on relations with taiwan. and the west is fully aware of the negative consequences, the depleted uranium ammunition causes to human health and the environment that's

according to moscow who slammed the u. k. plan to supply key f with radio arctic shells with sunday. and that means it's the weekly here on our international. my name is peter scott. and here are some of the top stories from the week. just. com. thanks for joining us. that's our stuff. so our top story, this, our russia will station, tactical, nuclear weapons in neighboring belarus, in response to the deployment of american use in europe. let's see, announcement from vladimir putin and his latest interview for the smithsonian bush, preferably president lucas shanker was right. when he says that bella, roosters are closest ally as americans placed their tactical nuclear weapons or their allies territory in train crews and pilots to use them. if necessary, we have decided to do the same without violating our obligations that we continue to me in terms of non proliferation of nuclear weapons. we have already a sister, a bell, russian colleagues in refitting their planes. 10 planes are ready to carry such

weapons. we have already sent are well known and efficient iskander systems which can 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 belarus just as the u. s doesn't due to its allies, we're simply doing what they have been doing for decades. if anybody do that in their pin also discussed the nod stream. sabotage, he pointed to statements from russian experts that the device found near the pipelines that could have been used to transmit a signal to set off the explosions. the russian lina also spoke on political matters, recalling his recent meeting, wishing ping in moscow as a productive and pleasant affair. but earlier we spoke to former pentagon security policy analyst, michael mullins. you discussed what the president said in his interview. i think the just, the deployment response is in

a response in kind to appeals by, by putting 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 way, 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, bella ruth 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 movement of new nuclear facilities into bella roost. and that could be extended 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 more tack on one of the attack on all. so this is a very interesting development. the jonas v present fruits in claims that western powers tried to disrupt sulks with his chinese counterparts. the reaction came in response to reports as a 1000000 art sellers. shells have been sent to ukraine, bytes western allies, but the information was revealed the same day. he met with a chinese leader with a pat discussed beijing's piece punch for the morn. ukraine. during the meeting, the 2 sides said their relations don't represent a miniature alliance engines of the countries. the leaders also expressed concern over u. s. military and biological. i'd services calling for washington to explain itself, city one year 0, frontier all can reach either chinese russian ties have gone far beyond bilateral relations over the last 10 years. and are 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 dare 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 today, as the chinese leader came out and said that not only was china happy about the record trade, that in our joys with russia at a 190000000000 turn over a year, it'll increase that trade her to a much greater figure by 2030. that is the plan voiced by vladimir putin and she, jim being 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 well as technology energy, and much, much more,

both countries optimistic about the future. the chinese also brought with them. i plan a plan for peace, blah, games to ammonia 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 may imprudent also during the press conference, told the audience that the various dignitaries, the delegations. what is the press that while he and she jumping, talked, vladimir putin was, was brief that the great britain and official, they 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,

low even use it for, but a u. k. as an outs, 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. we're not in words, but in reality, great 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 in all 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, roy, sushi discussed a range of topics, evolving the chinese presidents visits for the panel of guests from the west. cling onto a multi polar world,

see whether or not beijing's proposed piece fun for ukraine will become a reality. the world is, 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 made of the existence of which still defies any logic. because the better lines are supposed to fight communism and protect the west from the logical sprint a and military spread. and it 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 culprit in ukraine. a john kirby of the us national security council. formerly of the usa 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 worldwide, i would say diplomacy levels, while the u. s. is scrambling book, all 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, to benjamin chow now, because how, how do you think, benjamin, that, 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 see opposite trends in it. well there was this portray cam and there is this can let like a rest initially. can you try healthy globalization? which could tongue bad because equal seymour's as train and interests are more segregated and it worries becoming a more serious um game. ah, you know, people fall can't say we understand that, but it is quite unreasonable that the u. s. now is albany asking people to reject any piece plans on ukraine as you raised right? that these? no, no, i'm currently at 20. the african country leaders here anymore. so see can collaboration yet we se, and other cam food exclusive cups in the name of democracy, put on the coarsely and withstand china and hon. doris to have established diplomatic ties after the central american nation and a decades 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 that 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 euro 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 hiler preach raised that the severing upsize came after the honduran foreign minister visits a beijing, the under on foreign ministry, stated that it recognizes high one is an inseparable bots of chinese territory. and china as the only legitimate governments. the loss of relations with hon. doris leaves taiwan with formal diplomatic ties with just 13 states around the globe. now i pay has accused the central american country. i've been lowered by chinese pharmacists of financial assistance by joan boyer single pitching boundary. time one's ministry of foreign affairs would like to warn beijing that

its attempts to lure our diplomatic allies was false promises, in order to squeeze or diplomatic space has seriously harmed the feelings of the tie when his people and sped up the divergence of cross street relations and for more about washington's efforts to exert his influence on hm. doris, by pressuring the central american nation to opt out of establishing pfizer, china, do checkouts. all websites are c dot com, irreparable harm to civilian human health. the russian defense minister has said, that's what will come from the you case decision to send depleted uranium ammunition to ukraine. now moscow calls the move, the pinnacle of shamelessness. israel was to bring you. thank you barbara. 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 the 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 militia. nato has actually become an accomplice to horrific crimes ukrainians for nato, as we all see are just expendable. no one cares about their fate. either in european capitals or across the ocean. the pinnacle of shamelessness was the recent reports about britain's readiness to supply the key of regime with depleted uranium ammunition. this comes at the british authorities announced that they intend to supply ukraine with d u projectiles that can penetrate modern tanks and armored vehicles. let him have who's been warned that russia would be forced to respond accordingly. if the radiates have components is brought to the conflicts over john kirby, the u. s. national security spokesperson dismiss claims from moscow that the move raises the stakes. and the use of such arms is not uncommon. i mean, make no mistake, and this is yet another straw man through which the russians are driving

a stake. this kind of ammunition is fairly commonplace. been used for, for decades. the west used munitions contending depleted uranium in europe during the bombing of former yugoslavia. according to nato, a secretary, it's a former nato secretary general lord robertson, more than $30000.00 rounds of ammunition with depleted uranium targeted the country during that time. 7 officials through this re my 24 years since the beginning of the nato bombing. so those numbers are actually higher use of depleted uranium in the balkans spots a number of lawsuits by those who participated in the operations. including soldiers from italy, france and the u. k. according to journalist though some prerogative h and a member of the serbian parliament's meal of bands or the consequences, those involved with cerebral i know good consequence does ada your j a think that the bombing was simply unjustified. therefore, the use of the plan, the bloated uranium and bluster bombs, what example was also unjustified. that the consequences at

a better below though they have not yet been fully explored, especially when it comes to go. you're a new, as you imagine. so me, i can see with the continuous increase in the number oh, concepts in the number of mulligan diseases, the research on that topic is being done, although it should we also said and undermine that. natalie? is this some of these in them? some with daisy and that early since simbie you dance, 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. it will remain present in our water, air, and soil, by giving ukraine such weapons. they will pollute the territory of ukraine on which many depend for food don't. i simply cannot believe when i heard the information

that great britain is offering ukraine weapons with depleted uranium. russia is not serbia, russia can and will respond in a completely different manner. it is just simply unbelievable that the west is trying to drag every one into destruction when they conduct their aggression towards the former yugoslavia. they used forbidden weapons, udi 26 people have been killed and dozens injured after gigantic storms formed at least one tornado and slammed the southern. you are states, mississippi and alabama report say a tornado. stayed on the ground for more than an hour and cut the path of destruction over 250 kilometers long. the footage shows absolute devastation in some towns. there's nothing left. homes have been eliminated just leaving behind their foundations. traces not uncommon, were destroyed. rescue teams are currently working on the scene to search for anyone else who still may be trapped under the rubble of the clean up is only just beginning well this week,

march 2 decades for the iraqi people since us led forces invaded that country and imposed regime change asi continues its special coverage of the conflict, the through the oil rich country into chaos, and destabilize the region. for years. at this hour, american and coalition forces are in the early stages of military operations to disarm iraq, to free its people, and to defend the world from great. hm . with and fleet with

march 2003 bombs and missiles began to strike baghdad. the ensuing evasion left behind a trail of destruction and an estimated 1000000 people dead. lots of correspondence d suite takes an in depth look at the u. s. campaign. there was a leashed on iraq. we're here in baghdad, which 20 years ago was inflamed as the us and britain, unlisted shock, and all bombing campaign. what we have seen on television, though, is indeed the 1st phase of a day. the campaign called shock and awe. eye witnesses described what happened when missiles rained down on the iraqi capital, a march 2003. while the attack was anticipated, locals will have traumatized by the sheer scale of the destruction. it was very

difficult for the country. and for all iraqis citizens on that day, a disaster struck. my nephew was killed in the 1st strike on that goddamn day bushes, a criminal. it was his fault. they are all criminals. they trampled on humanity. they hate people. this was to be expected of them. they came to destroy the country, not to protect the citizens of iraq. it was a curse time for all. iraqis were still feeling the consequences of this. the world has promised. the american soldiers would be welcomed with open arms, with flowers and with sweets. while a swift victory was guaranteed, we are in the square where the americans tore down the statue of saddam hussein. but what many people don't realize is that he was just yards away in the streets behind me watching events unfold. bus loads of people were brought in to create the impression that it was ordinary iraqis that tore down the statue. it was to create the narrative that the people who supported the us led invasion as the u. s.

struggled with heavy losses private military contractors were brought in, but they too were involved in war crime to the atrocities against ordinary iraqis. civilian here in this whole square, one of the worst massacres took place at the hands of the notorious blackwater private military company. as they escorted to a u. s. military convoy the mercenaries. oh, on fire, killing 17 and wounding 20. till either the word, blackwater. for me as a journalist is associated with something terrifying. i saw people in complete disarray, for example. there was always a risk that any resident could be shot dead on the street. this incident took place in the al cough area. there was a turmoil, some passes by were killed by blackwater, p. m. c. we went to this place only after the black water left by then black water was something terrible for us. this incident was not particularly disgust at the meetings by the government then for black or to her now with charlton giles. but i

would like to pardon by then, you are resident donald from black or to maintain the name, but not the fact of it under the name of how to me. it was allegedly involved in the fighting for my 4th is ahead of the conflict in ukraine now as constant. it has a vested interest in liquid natural gas, which many phase the recalls what has been described as nato, for the war. consensus was bought $1000000000.00 by investment company apollo group in 2016. in september 2020, a polar group entered a 5 and a half 1000000000 real estate investment partnership with the abbey national oil company, one of the world's largest oil companies, and a major exporter of liquefied natural gas. in december 2021 at note, was invited to enter a joint venture to create an oil and gas term, new in the ukranian pulse of odessa for transportation to western countries. the announcement came a month off, the chief executive of the ukrainian state energy company, nafta. guess you are eva t ranko tote and abu dhabi energy conference that he hopes to russian nurturing to

pipe on in to europe, which bypasses ukraine would not be approved. he said that ukraine stood to lose $2000000000.00 per year, about 1.5 percent of its g d p. if the russian pipe was operational, claiming that nor string to is actually putting the whole continent and global security at risk. one ex says, these organizations operate in a gray area, often outside the law, live to you've shifted the blackwater case has not been solved. i think the americans are investigating the case, but insignificant information about the investigation. procedure and compensation issues comes from different sources. i heard that some citizens receive compensation while others did. not all this is caused by the weakness of the government and protecting it citizens. we now know that the war was based on a lie. there were no w m days and saddam had nothing to do with $911.00. but the legacy of the invasion can 20 off the 1st method for fire lots. he spoke with an iraqi military

veteran and he says that u. s. claims to saddam hussein had weapons of mass destruction in iraq with fabricated to justify the invasion a subtler of the mother, so love role. i was wondering why they kept inspecting as people had forgotten everything. despite the plague of occupation, no one spoke about the issue of chemical weapons. moreover, all the results of those inspections you've heard of were placed in a closed box under type protection that could only be opened 60 years later, though international law permits the declassification of an event 20 years later. this demonstrates what a big, disgraceful, and immoral ally it all was actually was a surprise, was it like all their inspections? they came at night and conducted a thorough, accurate inspection. and for the record, they realized there were no weapons. so when they inspected all paccar university, they knew it was useless because it only teaches economic strategy and other topics . they inspected all the research in private offices at our university,

which has over 30 research courses, a national defense in high management leadership and authority. research that defines policies and participates in the government's formation. if it wasn't for these wars and the invasion which began in 1990 and the blockade with its effects still lingering to the stay, iraq would have been in a much better state than today. i wasn't an expert in that field, but i know that they inspected all the locations. it wasn't hidden, it was visible in the media. all the inspection committees had specific schedules, entailing thousands of visits. they entered the republican palace, the headquarters of the republican guard, the special guard, and the special security service, military departments, everything i'm certain and i can take responsibility for my words that they entered without any purpose because they knew that there was nothing to look for. what is alba car university have to do with weapons of mass destruction. the martyrs monument is a symbolic place, but they enjoy insulting the symbols of the people they invade. therefore,

they inspected the monument, and the later turned it into the headquarters of a u. s. battalion even the commanders club, became the headquarters of u. s. battalion. back then you could see soldiers in uniform sitting proudly outside the club as if they were telling you we seized the club, humility in the army commanders and sought out hashem, ahamed abdul al what he'd shannon met a victory for them. dignified, honorable people are always their target in order to crush them and achieve their own interests. during the us invasion, numerous state sites were looted and thousands of historical artifact stolen. now, the ransacking of the iraqi national museum is considered to be one of the most devastating acts of cult for vandalism. in modern times, i hope in this minute are that the right to national museum was subject to the largest loosen in modern history. most significant cultural heritage in the most important home of civilizations has been stolen. mm

ah . in 2003, when the looting mostly took place, the national museum house, thousands of important archaeological lightens from ancient civilizations, such as these marian babylonia, the katie, and a syrian as well as slumming civilization. so large quantities of items have been looted, sabotaged ribbons, smashed especially sculptures and pottery. many of the taken items were found in antiquity, shops and auctions around the world and were sold to the highest bidders. ah, ah ah,

how could have been and what was stolen from the rock, a national museum is only a small part of what has been looted from the archaeological sites spread across iraq to the fragile security situations in many provinces, especially after the 2014 events and the emergence of terrace groups, those archaeological sites, which were not under government control, have been legitimately excavated. thousands of archaeological items have been found and eventually smuggled abroad on u. p. s. lift feet. this was a pre planned and systematic theft. the area in which the national museum located is supposed to be a very restricted area, and us troops were stationed near the museum. yet the allowed the mob to break into the facility and lute the items that present human value of the systematic attempts to eradicate the rocky antiquities have been amplified by the rice of isolated,

especially around the city of mosul, where a syrian archaeological items were alluded. and sold to international markets and auction was for millions of dollars. mm. i . iraq, embassies and consulates all over the world have exerted tremendous efforts to retrieve stolen items. we also maintain good cooperation with foreign ministries around the world, into poll and unesco. the united states has an active legislation that criminalizes and bands the trade of iraqi antiquities. we have urged european countries to enact a similar act in order to impose strict controls and laws to ban the trade of

looted antiquities from iraq and finally, iran con has delivered a fiery speech to supporters that the rally in the hall pockets done on saturday nights and despite stems by the authorities to block roads leading to the events, tens of thousands of people gathered as the former prime minister spoke almost 2 hours in his address. he called on citizens on government organizations to support the rule of law in the country. but local journalists pulses this report. todd, up there on one of the political analyst has declared this one of the most successful shows of power by all means, the crowd is likely close to 70 to 80000 people. in wrong con speech was mostly focused on the supremacy of the rule of law in the country and real freedom. he criticized the violation of the constitution by not holding elections within the 90 days after the dissolution of the provincial parliaments. he also appealed to the nation to rise up and stand by the supreme court. he asked the supreme court judges,

which has the support of these masses to move ahead to protect the constitution by taking serious notice of denying elections with the 90 days. he rejected the announcement of holding elections on october 6th. instead, he demanded the election commission to follow the supreme court verdict of hoarding elections on april 30th impugn john province. he was insisting on the supremacy of the constitution is he'd been a gun with us. the news stories the shape the week a on naughty international from on any of them do checkouts all websites. odyssey dot com. i'm peter scott on about with another log in around about 30 minutes time . thanks for watching. ah

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