ah ah ah you said you and what is the us doing that creating more and more new mil to realize this is the west that is building new axis in a major interview, vladimir putin excuses nato of abreast of global military expansion. denying that russian and chinese cooperation is aimed at other states with also the president of israel sends a message to prime minister benjamin netanyahu to come to his senses, a 1000 say to the streets and protests over the government's judicial reform. it

was one of the worst atrocities of the us led invasion with eye witnesses reporting, the indiscriminate shooting of women and children. and we continue our special coverage of the legacy of the us led invasion and iraq, with a special report from felicia residence. witnessed some of the most brutal fighting of the war. the us forces used to white phosphorus, as well as internationally banned weapons. the victims included children and women and men were buried in different places with buried entire families. ah, good morning. this is our international with the latest world news updates and bureau, isabel, great to have you with 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 teaching, paying and moscow. the douglas, he says to reached zeus, we're not creating any 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 re drills too. but it is not a military alliance. and what is the us doing that 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 fascist regime in germany and italy and the militaristic, japan could come soon as egypt. let's chat with archie correspondence donald quarter to get more details. so don, what does it as a reaction to putin's comments and why was this so controversial? oh, so controversial because vladimir putin, in that very same interview, said that russia was going to put tactical nuclear weapons in bel roofs. the

russian president said that this was a response to a move by london that he called absolutely reckless it's decision to supply ukraine with uranium, depleted munitions. now putting also emphasized to everyone that these are nuclear weapons in question will remain under russian control. which one is going to say, same thing as americans place their technical nuclear weapons on their allies, territory, and train crews and pilots to use them if necessary. we have decided to do the same beginning on the 3rd of april, we'll start to train crews, and on the 1st of july, we'll finish the construction of a storage facility, specifically for tactical nuclear weapons on both russian territory. who will not hanover, the weapons to billers justice, the u. s. doesn't to its allies were simply doing what they have been doing for decades. now, in terms of the west reaction to this development, it hasn't been all the same. the european union responded quite aggressively, actually, it threatened sanctions. if ballard went through with hosting these nuclear russian weapons. but on the other hand, the united states actually took

a more cautious approach. surprisingly enough, it said that this move by russia does not change us posture at all. we have not seen any reason to adjust our own strategic nuclear posture nor any indications. russia as preparing to use a nuclear weapon. we remain committed to the collective defense of the nato alliance. still vladimir putin, his interview, followed them, much publicized visit of changing paying to moscow. that's right. both leaders, of course, signed over a dozen documents, deepening defense, industrial and economic cooperation between the 2 countries. moscow in beijing have said they want to deepen their strategic partnership, make it even even more all encompassing than it was before for a new era. and this is something that obviously is quite frightening for washington and secretary of state antony blank and said himself, it's a grave concern for washington. and the united states that this strategic cooperation is increasing between mach moscow and beijing. on the other hand,

hootin is of course more than happy to have a friend like seizing ping right now. he had a piece kick in the mechanic japan, europe's economic dependence on 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 is always been some one 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. lucy devil . so with russia and china growing closer than ever before, washington is going to be in for a hard time if it tries to continue this business as usual, foreign policy art is arnold quarter with the latest. thank you, don. a series of deceptions, mistakes and corruption plague, the volunteer fighter battalion in ukraine. that's how a new york times report detailed how western mercenaries became mired in their own internal conflict amid 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. a former u. s. army staff sergeant who supposedly dropped everything to go and fight for ukraine. i was in the united states army, oh, got rolla quarterly for 14 years. oh wow. that orders active in 6 years. oh, reserved for your fire or turns out it was all

a lie, as sort of sob stories to get people to donate. the pentagon claims he was never deployed to any of those places and wasn't even as sergeant, but one of the us armies low which 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 ever it's hired engineer with no military experienced bots with a method ferryman conviction couldn'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 is now joined. another volunteer group apparently asked for the motorcycles. nothing's been delivered. ah, daniel newman, a violent criminal with deep links to notorious neo nazi activists in australia. the department of homer 5, mistress hewitt intelligence organization, have engaged in excessive efforts to stop astro and was the premises traveling to ukraine to fight with a thorough dislodging dedicated operation condemned project back in court to block . no notice from live in australia to gain military training. i filled out a tap which in ski, a polish fugitive previously jailed than ukraine for weapon violations. now,

leading 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 check in anything or any one ukrainian soldiers have been speaking out anonymously for a few months now, a ledge and corruption, saft 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 will end 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're 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 exported 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 there assessments existing problems within the international legion of defense. a few cream, 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 been involved in serious violations is nothing new. a newspaper in key of reports at the exact same findings. last august, the keys and 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 prophet for some one and that some one sometimes been a former us soldier. the irony, ah, israel's president has called on the country's prime minister benjamin netanyahu to come to his senses and scrap the controversial judicial reform,

which sparked huge protests across the country. ah. let's cross live now to our correspondent, maria for notion are joining us from tel aviv. good morning, maria. what is the current situation on the ground? and what can you tell us about the protests that happened overnight? well, good morning to you. i have to say that israel on monday walk up to

a new reality just hours after prime minister benjamin netanyahu fired the country's defense minister of gal and thousands of people have taken to the trees, a spontaneous protest, the biggest for a registered intel i've even here in jerusalem in front of prime minister, his residence where demonstrators clashed with police so far we have no information about casualties, but we know for sure that they have been already a number of arrest. you know, of gallons. the member of a prime minister is li, cool party, one of the key figures in the countries right tween blog gave a presser on saturday, calling on prime minister to hold the traditional reform. the benjamin if and yahoo has been pushing for very actively. and that has already become the reason for 14 weeks, a roar of public massive protests all across the country with clashes with casualties from both sides and massive rest gallons. express his concerns regarding israel's

national security and stability. especially giving the fact that the disobedience in the military rank has been spreading very fast. and growing number of idea for your risk have repeatedly threatened to give up their call up. if the government does not back off from its reform and be air force, commander is even the country's national airline, and many, many influential figures from different factories. all these railey society spoke out against the reforms. gallons remarks made ways in the countries, right. we walk and several members of the coalition, including israeli national security administer band. we had a cold on prime minister to fire a gallon something that benjamin 10 yahoo eventually deed the u. s. has already reacted to development here in israel, calling them alarming. these rel immediate also, of course, following the bends on the ground calling when referring to prime minister as

a threat to the country's national security warning that age row is moving towards a k or shortly after the decision to fire a gallons. and literally carriers that are often after that several members of the could party made their statement, saying that they would back out they would support prime minister if he decides to stop their reform right now. but it seems, but chances of very thing that benjamin from the who is going to do that, 1st of all, because the decision to fire defense minister is a clear indication that he's going to miss you the reform. and 2nd, of course, the backtrack would mean losing some support him on the right when block here in the country for him. and of course he is not going to do that. well, it is highly on a likely short time from now. we are expecting the nasa it is said to convene to pass a number of bills, but regarding the situation and given what's going on,

the ground is not yet clear. even what kind of bills will be discussed in the parliament. and we are also expecting prime minister and it's an address to the nation some time later today will keep you updated of course r t middle east correspondent maria for notion with the latest in israel. thank you . according to an is really law maker from the dash party. the government of the prime minister 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 some yellow spot. the some of them may understand that this situation can all go on, and perhaps i hope so, there be rational love to say that seat. we have to stop that he must comply with one of them or the expense of the other. and i surely hope that the will understand that the public comes 1st and that the must stop the gym qu,

he must stop that, that the relation of is only to a full fledged bussey's dictatorship. i hope we succeed in that. i believe that the real understand following this se fantastic struggle, that the west bank and his jerusalem, and of course it does a street. but if for a nation and entire nation, if all his senior people leaves and the terrible and murderous occupation and dictatorship, i hold them to stand up and begin to fight against that to grip by a paralyzing economic crisis and political deadlock, lebanon is facing the worst financial downturn in years, the international monetary fund gave its brim assessment, stating the country will be unable to overcome hyperinflation unless it introduces reforms. lebanon, is that 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 left struggling with massive inflation. that's fueled by huge dollar debts, 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 incompetence, 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, 13 and loft did ease of shelling, kellen and shooting. all of them up by today's the now this is the real war, the war of hunger. when he arrives, does i something and he cannot get it even a bundle of bread. i lived in the days of the flood and revolution and it was not as difficult as now her. so we are in

a difficult situation with the dollar and the high exchange rate crate instability . we're facing a very big problem when with sleep, the action rate is at certain level on the basis 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 eroded 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 years dollars, instead of witness in daily changes in prices set in lebanese pounds. the spiral of uncertainty leads to clashes increasingly desperate citizens vent. their frustration with bankers and politic is who now 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 hollowed out the lebanese lira. it's inescapable that dependence on the dollar has left the lebanese people impoverished and desperate for economic rescue. sally, for them, their calls for assistance,

seemed to be falling on deaf ears. ah, the warrant, iraq, which left a trail of destruction and millions killed in displaced passes its 20th anniversary art. he continued 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. how we dreamed with food and sleep

with a rain of fire fell on the city. that's how residents of the loser described, the u. s. the tap on the region. the battles which took place in 2004 led to dramatic increases in infant mortality in cases of cancer, leukemia, and serious birth d. facts. the rise and serious illness as exceeded similar numbers after the atomic bombing of hiroshima and nagasaki. our to correspondence, steve 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 of been relatively young, touched by the war, the old bombing aside. the old change went for us. mercenaries were killed on this great. their bodies were burned and hung as a warning to others, but washington torments 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 herself. 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. felicia was effectively punished for resisting the u. s. occupation with as many as 50000 people held her 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 of the occupation forces committed crimes against innocent civilians. they killed destroyed homes and people were left homeless and 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 effect those born after 2003. perhaps. unsurprisingly, washington and its 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. they 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 dom fomor. i'm brain tumors in adults. research is found a 38 fold increase in new 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 iraqis live with the legacy of the war. with the city under fire and left without power and water for days are t spoke with a rockies who fought against u. s. forces who responded with overwhelming force. but i'll go a little as well. we fought was light and medium weapons. the us forces used white phosphorus as well as internationally, band weapons, in agreement with the mayor of illusion. 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. then the number rose to more than 7000 miles. and 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, a raid occurred, and their faces broke into the house. 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 continues as coverage of the legacy, the u. s. left in iraq after it's 2003 invasion aiming to our center, rocky leader. saddam hussein by force. the talk 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

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ah ah, ah hello in welcome to cross stock where all things are considered. i'm peter lavelle, speculation swirl about an eminent ukrainian spring counter offensive. it is reported, washington is pushing this lensky regime to start regaining lost territory to strengthen its position during future negotiations. it would seem,

the russians have their own plants. ah, discussed these issues a more, i'm joined by my guess. good worked on my son in berlin. he is founder of seriana analysis, and here in moscow we have maxine susco. he's the director of the center for advanced american studies at moscow state institute of international relations. a gentleman crossed up rules and effect, that means he can jump any time you want, and i would appreciate it. let's go to berlin 1st. couple. ok. it's really interesting to the entire course of this conflict here. it's really been just a, a babble of narrative because all the last couple of weeks, you know, you have the secretary of state blank and we saying in front of congress, well, we know the care of regime wants to go. we take a crimea, but that would be a red line, a bridge too far, no pun intended. but then we hear from other.