a joe biden and imposing these sanctions on russia has destroyed the american economy. so there's your boomerang self. ah, interested, and what is the us doing that creating more and more new mil to re alliances does the worst that is building new axis. in that major interview, vladimir put nick years as nato of aggressive global military expansion. denying that russian a chinese cooperation is aimed at other states. a fresh unrest players up in israel as thousands of people take the street in a protest against the countries prime minister benjamin netanyahu.

it was one of the worst atrocities of the us led invasion with witnesses reporting, the indiscriminate shooting of women and children. and we continue or special coverage of the legacy of the us led invasion in iraq, with a special report from felicia for residence, witness some of the most brutal fighting of the war. us forces used to white phosphorus, as well as internationally banned weapons. the victims included children, women and men were buried in different places. we buried entire families with good morning. this is our international with the latest world news updates. i'm paralyzed about, great to have us russia and china are not creating a military alliance and have nothing to hide in their military cooperation while the west builds a new access. that's the comment from russian president vladimir putin. in his

latest interview, after a meeting with chinese counterpart shaking thing in moscow, lucy says to use to swear, not creating and a military alliance. it is true that we have some military cooperation, but it is all transparent. there are no secrets there are conducting joined mil to retrieval too, but it is not a military alliance. and what is the us doing there? creating more and more new mil to re alliances. it is the west that is building new axis look, last year, nato agreed. a new strategic concept for its development. western analysts are saying that the west is building and you access similar to the one that was created in the 19th 3rd is by the freshest regimes. in germany, in italy, and the militaristic, japan hiscock, on security to blog. to get more in this, i chat with artes donald corridor. don, what exactly are the reactions to put in his comments and why has it been so controversial? what's been really controversial because of the fact that in this very same speech,

the russian president said that russia was going to put a strategic nuclear weapons or tactical nuclear weapons rather in ballard. so now this, the russian prison also said that this is a move in response to a move by london that he called absolutely reckless. the move that london was going to supply ukraine with uranium depleted ammunition. and putting also mentioned that all these nuclear weapons that are going to be in belarus will remain under russian control. so vladimir pins interview actually did follow the much publicized meeting was she's paying ah, yeah, that's right. i mean both sides so signed over a dozen documents working out the details of deeper co operation in the spheres of defense in industry and economic cooperation. moscow and beijing also said they were deepen relations in for further strategic partnership and a new era. and this is something that really, ah, has, has scared washington. i mean, the secretary of state antony blanket said that this is a grave concern for the united states and food. and on the other hand is more than

happy to have a friend like she's in pain. you had a piece kicking mckinnon, cassandra, europe's economic dependence and chinese, and cruising at a much higher rate than russia's trade between europe and chinese. drawing at a very high rate is the other way around so they should really think about themselves. for decades, there was always been someone who wanted to turn china against the soviet union or vice versa. we know what kind of world we live in. we value our relations and the level that we have reached in recent years w. so as russia and china continued to grow closer than ever before, of course, it's going to be difficult for washington to continue a business as usual foreign policy if that's what it wants to do. great ortiz, donald porter. thank you very much for that. a series of deceptions, mistakes and corruption played the volunteer fighter battalion in ukraine. that's how in new york times report details how western mercenaries became mired in their

own internal conflict and made fighting in the country. now after a year of combat, many of these home spun groups of volunteers are fighting with themselves and undermining the war effort. some have wasted money or stolen valor. others have cloaked themselves in charity, while also trying to profit off the war records show. let's break it down, shall we hear some of the most colorful foreign personalities. fighting for ukraine's cause james vasquez arguably the most famous one and former u. s. army staff sergeant who supposedly dropped everything to go and fight for ukraine. i was in the united states army. okay, rolla collectively for 14 years. oh wow. that orders active in 6 years are reserved for years. admirer. turns out it was all

a lie, a sort of sob story to get people to donate. the pentagon claims who was never deployed to any of those places and wasn't even as sergeant, but one of the u. s. armies, lowest ranks bots about didn't stop him from getting access to a whole bunch of weapons and revealing his units precise location through one of his online videos. still, mr. vasquez had easy access to weapons including american rifles. where did they come from? i'm not exactly sure, mister vasquez said in a text message. the rifles he added were brand new out of the box and we have plenty. he also tweeted that he should not have to worry about international rules of war while in ukraine. grady williams efforts hired engineer with no military experienced bots with a methamphetamine conviction. he didn't last long on the battlefield and will soon

send back after it emerged that he had not even registered so right. but he was determined to make some cash. it seems he moved to the republic of georgia, where he started raising funds to buy motorcycles for fighters, or at least that was the story. he raised $16000.00 and moved to odessa, where he's now joined. another volunteer group apparently asked for the motorcycles . nothing's been delivered. daniel newman, a violent criminal with deep links to notorious neo nazi activists in australia. the department of home of 5 in astro security intelligence organization have engaged in excessive efforts to stop astro and was the premises traveling to ukraine to fight with authorities. luncheon, i dedicate operation condemned project back in court to block no notice from leaving australia to gain military training. i filled out a tap which in ski, a polish fugitive previously jailed in ukraine for weapon violations. now lead in

the troops from the international legion. he's been accused of acting like a mafia boss and stealing weapons. poland still trying to get him back by the way. the legions fight as accuse him of abusing power by ordering soldiers to loot shops, threatening soldiers with a gun and sexually harassing the legions. fema medics. all of which begs the question, is anyone taken anything or any one ukraine soldiers had been speaking out anonymously for a few months now, allege and corruption theft and abuse by commanders in the international legion. they claim that this is undermining their efforts that they are calling for urgent action to stop this madness. and all this, of course, comes on the backdrop of mountain fears that american weapons well and up on the black market and in the wrong hands. even the new york times couldn't ignore these concerns as part of their investigation. they've also uncovered how money is wasted on items that are never delivered, how some equipment that could give

a battlefield advantage get stuck in transit. and how u. s. military technology is exports at illegally without any paper trail and mess basically backed up by another investigation. this signed by a n g o detailing a year of foreign fighting for ukraine, and this is their assessments existing problems within the international legion of defense of ukraine. partly stamped from its open character, as you cram initially invited anyone who wish to fight in the country's defense. the influx of foreign volunteers led to the creation of 2 io to use, which suffered from a string of organizational and structural issues characteristic for hastily established an improvised melcher units. this report why being but claims of fighters in ukraine being involved in serious violations is nothing new. a newspaper in key of reports at the exact same findings. last august,

the keven dependence investigation reveals endemic problems in one of the international legions wings that is overseen by ukraine's intelligence. some of the units commanders are implicated and arms and goods theft, sexual harassment, assault, and sending unprepared soldiers on reckless missions. according to multiple sources . for about 4 months foreign fighters have been knocking on the doors of high offices asking for help, but authority, so to say are reluctant to solve the issue. so everyone seems to know what's going on, but not much is being done about it's worth keeping in mind when we hear news of so called russian soldiers brutality on the ground. or when vladimir zalinski is asking for more weapons from the west that go on to be re sold for a nice little profit for some one and that some one sometimes been a former us soldier. the irony? earlier my colleague peter scott chatted with independent journalist mike jones. he told us what western media ignores when it comes to reporting on foreign fighters

on you as cases of these foreign fighters also lying about their military experience to go to ukraine. why do you think some would do that? james vasquez himself is quoted. i told a 1000000 lies to get ahead. which for me, begs the question, get ahead to where presumably profit at to get where i wanted to be and to make the maximum use out of it. so many of these missionaries came through, they were funneled into this foreign legion that was hastily set up. they claim then since that time that more thorough checks have been done due to concerns of espionage and such like another time. so yes, one can understand when there was panic going on that these individuals capitalized on this situation. now in this report, suggested that a number of individuals joined the ranks of a far right military group in ukraine. do you think it's okay that such units are

operating the and to what extent does the conviction matter when they're defending themselves against what they see was an aggressive 1st. i'd like to point out the new york times stating that quite clearly, that one of these individuals for alongside the da vinci's wall, those the one. yeah. and it said a known fall right, nationalist battalion and it, it's literally called the right sector. and yet, this is the western media that claims there are no nazi's in ukraine. so here is almost an admission that i've seen from new york times themselves that yes, this element does exist, as you've pointed out, as well, white and himself as acknowledged. this white supremacist, fascist movement in america itself. he, i believe he sets of one of his features and from my research and individuals i've come across a lot of them come from these particular states and have been very enthusiastic to go enjoying this foreign legion in ukraine. fresh unrest has flared up in israel as thousands of people took to the streets,

washing with police after prime minister benjamin netanyahu fired his defense minister for challenging the new judicial reform in the country. ah ah protest, sir. upped it in the streets of tel aviv just hours after benjamin netanyahu sat. the country's defense chief over his criticism of the country's judicial reform. israel's consul general in new york has now also resigned in protest against the

move. former prime minister natalie bennett also opposed the new measures. seeing that israel is now in grief changer, massive demonstrations of grip the country since january over the hard line. netanyahu government's push to restrict the authority of the supreme court in favor of parliament. the israeli parliament has already approved a bill in a preliminary vote, enabling lawmakers to overturn the supreme court's decision with a simple majority. according to the draft proposal, the governing coalition in israel is also expected to have the power of selecting 2 judges of the supreme court. critics the, the new to the shall bull with severely your road. the countries democratic systems of checks and balances. according to an israeli lawmaker from the hadash party, the government of prime minister benjamin netanyahu must realize that the public's opinion comes 1st. i believe that is what we saw and a may make

a change. if people we seen, then it's on yellow spot, the some of them may understand that this situation can also go on and fill up cycles. so they be rational enough to say that seat, we have to stop that. he must comply with one of them at the expense of the other. and i surely hope that the will understand that the public comes 1st and that the must stop. that had him cool. you must stop that, that the relation of is only to a full fledged, but she is dictatorship like, oh, we succeed in that. i believe that the real understand following this say fantastic, struggle in the west bank and his jerusalem. and of course, he does a street, but if for a nation and entire nation, if all his senior people leaves and the terrible murder is occupation and because they don't shoot by all down to stand up and begin to fight against that too.

great. by a paralyzing economic crisis and political deadlock, lebanon woke up to more turmoil as the country is now split between 2 time zones. due to a disagreement between political and religious authorities, with more and how they route finds itself in dire straits. here's our t shay balance. lebanon has a troubled and often tragic history. in august 2020, in the midst of the covert pandemic its capital bay route was devastated by a massive explosion that ripped through its port. the resulting catastrophe compounded a financial collapse. that's now globally ranked among the worst economic crises since the mid 19th century. lebanon is at a dangerous crossroads, and with our rapid reforms, will be mired in a never ending crisis. poverty and unemployment will remain high and economic potential will continue to decline with the lebanese lira losing an astounding 98 percent of its value since 2019. the population has been less struggling with

massive inflation. that's fueled by huge dollar deaths accumulated after its brutal 15 year civil war, along with the transfer home of dollars by lebanese living abroad. when you add in what critics call persistent political competence, you've got a perfect storm which leaves the ordinary lebanese, facing almost medieval levels of hunger and deprivation. while i'm at alley here, i went through a lot did ease of shelling, kellen and shooting all of them up by today's and now this is the real war, the war of hunger when your eyes desires something and he cannot get it even a bundle of bread i lived in the days of the flood and revelation, and it was not as difficult as now her room. we are in a difficult situation. the doll and the high exchange rate crate and stupidity were facing a very big problem. when with sleep, the action rate is at certain level on the base if which was said the price of goods. and when we wake up in the morning,

we see that we have lost money. we'll try to stand by the people, it's food up. so, and people will not stop is in today's struggle is compounded by the dollarization of the lebanese economy, which feeds a continuing collapse of the local currency with purchasing power residents being a road at almost daily. we cannot change the prices of 38000 products daily in supermarkets with every change in the u. s. dollar price. people will be able to pay specific amount in yes, dollars. instead of witnessing daily changes in prices set in lebanese pounds, the spiral of uncertainty leads to clashes increasingly desperate citizens vent their frustration with bankers and politicians who are widely seen as complicit spectators. and what could amount to the collapse of lebanese society. ah,

so where did it all go wrong for lebanon? well, it's a complex mix of political mismanagement over borrowing, and of course, geopolitical pressure. but there's one common denominator that's impossible to ignore. and that's the u. s. dollar. massive over alliance on the american currency has now completely hollered out the lebanese lira. it's inescapable that dependence on the dollar has left the lebanese people impoverished and desperate for economic rescue. sadly for them, their calls for assistance seemed to be falling on deaf ears. we heard from a political analyst, an international affairs advisor, who says that more than half of the lebanese population is struggling with poverty

who have more poverty 11 on more than 70 percent of the liberties, including 101000000 here in a few years now filling info what to do to many reports that mean the quality of life 11 on is affected. now on that should have its own economy. the nation is a bad way. so never on a concrete that have lost more than has or of g d. p level on should be its own economy and that was on to know really for the political leaders and the top lead. didn't chose best way. the limitation when will take never on more to the west and you live on these economy more to the west and we'll, we'll, we'll make our independent,

weak though let on in this way will not take economists independence after we are not doing anything. we're not using anything they needing the math and their money. the war in iraq, which left a trail of destruction and millions killed and displaced passes its 20th anniversary . art continues its special coverage of the conflict that through the oil rich country into chaos and destabilize the region for years to come. 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 the food and sleeping with the lucia is one of the iraqi cities that paid the highest price for the us led invasion 20 years ago with local saying some of the most brutal war crimes were committed in the american troops admitted the use of white phosphorus as the weapon leaving a toxic legacy of war for future generations and the environment are to spoke with the witnesses of the fighting 2 decades ago. when the victims include a children, women and men were buried in different places, were buried entire families. a family of 4 members was killed and buried opposite

the door there, knowing their daughter went to their relatives in bagdad survived. the digger was ceaselessly working in all the areas behind me to bury the victims. while other people were setting the graves of aliamanu jettas over, i came here to day to visit my brother a mater in the cemetery which holds the grays of tomatoes, who were killed by the us occupation since 2006. they were all playing with a ball near the mosque when an explosion happened. and all those who were march had in fallujah were burried in this improvised cemetery. that was a football page before you just look around all these areas which were once football peaches and have now turned into grapes. what all had uploaded? a rain of fire fell on this city. that's how residents of fallujah described the u . s. the attack on the city, the battles which took place in 2004, led to a dramatic increase as an infant mortality, an cases of cancer, leukemia,

and serious burst to fax, horizon. serious, aimless is exceeded similar numbers after the atomic bombing of hiroshima and nagasaki. our t correspondence, we've sweeney reports from the scene where the devastation unfolded. it was just the mass killing of arabs. that's how the u. s. massacre in fallujah has been described. the city it been relatively untouched by the war, the old bombing aside. all that changed when for us mercenaries were killed on this grid. they bodies were burned and hung as a warning to others. but washington promised to take its revenge. the enemy's gotta face his cold satan. he's in felicia and we're going to destroy him. it's his fault was one of the worth atrocities of the us led invasion with eye witnesses reporting, the indiscriminate shooting of women and children. washington was accused of war crimes. as the city was held under c, u. s. troops slaughtered approximately $600.00 iraqi civilians,

including more than $300.00 women and children along which he 100 insurgents during the 1st battle of felicia craig named operation. vigilant results. the battle was launched in april 2004 to avenge the deaths of 4 black water contractors. 27 u. s. soldiers were killed during the retaliatory siege. fallujah was effectively punished for resisting the u. s. occupation with as many as 50000 people held there . men 8 between 15 and 45 were brought from leaving. while medical support was unable to enter the city. with either little alpha and with lava the vents took place at the beginning of the occupation in 2003, especially in the city of fallujah. as resistance fighters were there, they considered their occupiers policy as a violation to the dignity of iraqis and the seizure of iraq's territory. the occupation forces committed crimes against innocent civilians. they killed destroyed homes and people were left homeless. i think that the resistance appeared

because of attacks committed by the americans against the civilian population. as a result, the population was caught between a rock and a hard place of american forces and the resistance. washington covered up the extent of its crimes. blocking reporters from reporting what took place head, it finally admitted to using white phosphorus. a substance similar to napalm which burns skin to the bone is legacy of using depleted uranium continues to affect those born after 2003. perhaps, unsurprisingly, washington and his allies have blocked efforts to bind the use depleted uranium in warfare and have denied a link to kansas and birth defects. but evidence is not on their side. a 2010 study by leading medical journal found it for lou to show to 4 fold increase in all cancers, and a 12 fold increase in childhood cancer in under fourteen's. it found a tenfold increase in female breast cancer,

and significant increases in dim fomor. i'm brain tumors in adults. research is found a $38.00 fold increase into kaymere. this exceeded the figures for her rossimer, where survivors of the atom bomb attack showed a 17 fold increase indicates via medics on the ground agree. but they were reluctant to appear on camera, saying they were under pressure from the us not to speak out. it's no surprise that western powers want to deny the causal link to do so would leave them open to war crimes charges. but once again, they continue to avoid accountability as a rockies live with the legacy of the war. with the city under fire and left without power and water for days are t spoke with iraqis have fought against u. s. forces who responded with overwhelming force that i'll go a little as well. we fought with light and medium weapons. the us forces used white phosphorus as well as internationally banned weapons in agreement with the mayor of

flu jump. the football stadium was turned into a cemetery for our martyrs who were in great numbers. the city lost many of its residence, but the us forces failed to break into it. the 1st part of the improvised cemetery was dedicated to the scholars, while the 2nd one served as the grand cemetery, which initially had 4000 bodies than the number rose more than 7000. i was the most significant violations perpetrated by the us occupation forces were bombarding with white phosphorus, lack of compensation for those affected and raids without warning. someone to re occurred in their faces broke into the house that we had to gather all the family in one room. this practice is a violation back then. the occupation forces hit felicia with white phosphorus and uranium. and as a result, we have been suffering from birth defects and illnesses. the city is still paying

the price as our main hospital is still treating. birth defects to date are to continue the special coverage of the legacy. the u. s. left in iraq. after is 2003 invasion aiming to our, than or rocky leader saddam hussein, by force. the attack was later proven to be based on the false pretext of weapons of mass destruction and led to decades of turmoil in the country. stay tuned for more reports here on our t 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. who's

we with food and medicine and freedom with and that's a rub on the our and coming up china takes a gloves off on us aggression. a discussion on presidencies you things visit to moscow. the chinese broker deal between or on, in saudi arabia and the u. s, as escalations was china next on going underground. stay close. ah i'm african return. see welcome to going underground, broadcasting all around the world from dubai in the you.