alyssa, and then you benefit us soliciting that they should receive a notice to pick up and that we're still a belgian when one of them 11. i think it's an open a new list and what is the us doing that? creating more and more new military alliances does the west that is building new axis. in a major interview, vladimir putin accuses nato of abreast of global military expansion, denied that russian and chinese cooperation is aimed at other states. ah, also the president of israel sends a message to prime minister benjamin netanyahu has come to his senses as 1000 say to the streets and protests over the government's judicial reform response 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 a legacy of the us led invasion of iraq with a special report from the lu. yeah. a city poison was toxic residue for generations to cobb. our correspondence speaks with residents. the us forces used white phosphorus, as well as internationally banned weapons. the victims included children, women, and men were buried in different places, were buried entire families with good morning. this is our to international what the latest world news updates. i'm paralyzed about. great to have you with us. russia and china are not creating and military alliance and have nothing to hide in the military cooperation while the west builds the new access. that's the comment from russian president vladimir

putin. in his latest interview, after a meeting with chinese counterpart shooting, paying and moscow the, unless he says to use this, 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 new access, similar to the one that was created in the 19th thirty's by the fascist regime in germany and italy and the militaristic japan cook. i'm so glad of our protein, in that very same interview, said that russia was going to put tactical nuclear weapons in belarus. 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 between one beacon to slave slaves as americans placed their tactical nuclear weapons on their allies, territory in train crews and pile us 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 bowler russian territory, who will not hand over the weapons to beller is just as the u. s. doesn't to its allies were simply doing what they have been doing for decades now in terms of the west 3 action to this development. it hasn't been all the same. the european union responded quite aggressively. actually, it threatened sanctions if palo roost 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 u. s. posture at all. we have not seen any reason to adjust our own strategic

nuclear posture, nor any indications. russia is preparing to use a nuclear weapon. we remain committed to the collective defense of the nato alliance. both leaders, of course, signed over a dozen documents, deepening defense, industrial and economic cooperation between the 2 countries. moscow, 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 mont, moscow and beijing. on the other hand, hootin is of course more than happy to have a friend like seizing ping right now, sitting here to be stricken mckethan, europe's economic dependence and chinese, and cruising at a much higher rate than russia's trade. but when europe and china is drawing at a very high rate, is the other way around so they should really think about themselves. for decades,

there is 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. 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, israel's president has called on the countries prime minister benjamin netanyahu to come to his senses and scrap the controversial judicial reform which spark huge protests across the country. ah, i

let's rough live now to our correspondent maria fin notion are joining us from jerusalem. good morning, maria. what's 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, does that have a new reality completely new reality that israel walcott to on monday just hours of prime minister benjamin netanyahu? fire is the country's defense minister of gal. and thousands of people have taken to the streets, a spontaneous protest. the biggest of them happened to tell, have you been here in jerusalem in front of prime ministers residence where demonstrator is class with police? they were also blocking the major rose and highways throwing stones to the security

forces and burning tires. so far there is no information about casualties, but we know for sure that they have been already and number of arrest overnight. your of garland member of prime minister is really cool party. one of the key figures in the right tween walk of the country gave a press conference on saturday, calling on prime minister to stop to hold to deduce reform that benjamin into the yahoo has been very actively pushing for recently, but has already become well the reason behind a 14 weeks in a raw of a massive public protests all across the country. again, with clashes with police, with arrests and casualties from both sides to gallons, expressed his concerns regarding especially israel security and stability. especially given the fact that the disobedience in the military rank has been spreading very fast. the growing number of ideas reserve is have repeatedly

threatened to give out their call obs. if the government does not back off from a reform and the air force commander is the country's national airline, and many, many influential and popular figures from different factors of these rally society repeatedly spoke out against these reform gallons, remarks made waves and right law of the country and several members of they call ation, including the countries national security administer band. we are called on the 10 yahoo to fire countries defense minister your gallon, something that's enough and you will eventually deed the u. s. has already reacted developments here in israel, calling them alarming israel immediate following the events on the ground and all the protests and all that. and they refer to the can yahoo as a press to the country's national security warranty. and that's the country is

moving towards k or is i have to say that following the decision to fire, the country's defense minister and the carriers that actually iraq to the after that several ministers from the poor quality may statements that they would support netanyahu. if he decides right now to stop the additional reform, i had to say that for now trends is a very low that then yeah, we're going to do that 1st of all because the decision to fire gallons is a clear indication that he's go into 15 were there before, 2nd, definitely in case he does said he's going to lose some support and money, the right twin, walk in the country, including who i mentioned earlier, bend to be of the country's national security minister. but we are now expecting prime minister to address the nation and report say that he's going to announce the freezing of the judicial reform. now, why are the people of israel so outrage regarding the new traditional reform

while the protest or is all those thousands of people who have been taking to the streets in the last 2 months, say that the digital reform will put a israel on the road. the prom democracy towards dictatorship for the major complaint of the demonstrator is a bad the controversial proposals will give more power to these railey governments . the most far right of the country's history will strengthen political influence, political power over additional power, especially in a question all the pointing judges that we can the supreme court, the only effective protector of civil rights and minorities in the country with no written constitution. and that would lead israel with no real checks and balances on the government's power for testers say. and also the reason they the so called in capitation bill that has already passed and became

a law according to the law. now, the country state attorney will not be able to put that on yahoo, out of business, and declare things and capable of serving as the prime minister. only the parliament and the prime minister himself will be able to do that. and for testers, say, of course that that would give more significantly more power to the had of the government while will leave less accountability for him. and that is, they say, a threat to the countries democracy, our team, at least, correspondent maria f. a notional with the latest from israel. according to israeli law maker from the dash party, the government of the prime minister must realize that the public opinion comes 1st . i believe that is what we saw and a may make a change, a people within then it's on, you know, spot the, some of them may understand that this situation can all go on and pick up cycles.

so they be rational enough 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, but 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 in the west bank and his jerusalem. and of course in does a sweep. but if for a nation, an entire nation, if on his senior people leaves and the terrible and murderous occupation and dictatorship, i hold them to stand up and begin to fight against up to a series of deceptions, mistakes and corruption plague. the volunteer fighter battalion in ukraine,

that's on 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 homes 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? here are 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 lawyers active in 6 years

and 4 years, myra 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 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, a retired engineer with no military experienced bots with a met them ferryman,

conviction he didn't last long on the battlefield and will soon send back after it emerged that he had not even registered some 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. ah, daniel newman, a violent criminal with deep links to notorious neo nazi activists in australia. the department of homer 5, maestro's accurate intelligence organization, have engaged in excessive efforts to stop us drone watts at premises traveling to ukraine, to fight with a thorough dislodging a dedicated operation, condemned project back in court to block neo nazi from live in australia to game military training i filled out a tap which in ski,

a polish fugitive previously jailed than 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 is accused him of abusing power by ordering soldiers to lead 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 ukraine soldiers have been speaking out anonymously for a few months now a legend 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 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 covered how money's 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 mass space to pick, backed up by another investigation. this time 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. a few green, partly stamped from its open character as ukraine initially invited anyone who wish to fight in the country's defense. the influx of foreign volunteers led to the creation of 2 io do use, which suffered from a string of organizational and structural issues characteristic for hate to lose stablished and improvised melchor 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 gone to be re sold for an i so profit for some one and that some one sometimes been a former, a us soldier. the irony grip by

a paralyzing economic crisis and political deadlock, lebanon is facing the worst financial downturn in years. the international monetary fund gave its grim assessment, stating that 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 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 revolution and it was not as difficult as now her. so we are in a difficult situation. the dollar and the high exchange rate crate instability where facing a very big problem. when with sleep, the action rate is at certain level on the base of 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 it 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 since when are widely seen as complicit spectators. and what could amount to the collapse of lebanese society? ah 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 a lebanese people impoverished and desperate for economic rescue. sally, for them, their calls for assistance seemed to be falling on deaf ears. ah, the war in iraq which left a trail of destruction and millions killed in displaced passes its 20th anniversary, are to continue 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, ah.

with food and sleep, with a rain of fire fell on the city. that's how residents of the lucia described the u . s. the attack on the region, the battles which took place in 2004 lecture dramatic and creased as an infant mortality and cases of cancer, leukemia, and serious birth d facts. the rise and serious illness is exceeded similar numbers after the atomic bombing of hiroshima and nagasaki. arte correspondence steve sweeney reports from

the scene where the devons station 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. but all that changed when for us mercenaries were killed on this grid. their 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 worst 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 with $200.00 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 their men 8 between 15 and 45 were blocked from leaving while medical support was unable to enter the city. with either a hill, i, lilian 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 a seizure of iraq's territory. the occupation forces committed crimes against innocent civilians. they killed destroyed homes and people were left homeless. 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, 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 on its allies, have blocked efforts to on the use of 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 showed a fourfold 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 lymphoma and 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 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 the rockies who fought against us 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 than the number rose to more than 7000. i mean 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 a rate occurred in 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 r t continues its coverage of the legacy, the u. s. left in iraq after it's 2003 invasion. aiming to out then iraqi 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 pain, who we with the food and sleep with

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