a lot a is this our, the u. s. congress rejects initiative, but increase over size of the massive funding. the ukraine is quite done by regular american is about why billions of their pay. those are being said, the money for your candidate. we need to know to make it better, spend it here instead of the other obvious authority, the rest of the woman who are using derogatory terms to describe, present backbone, social media as the countries grouped by violent protest against the national leaders, the plan to raise the pension age over australian sold is blunted bail

after he's accused of murdering a court, said he should be kept out of jail. to avoid being attacked by taliban sympathize with stop firing at nuclear power plants to stop intimidating and black mailing us. officials that zappa rosie a nuclear power plant, say that if you grant keeps sharing the placidity, it could lead to the global bizarre of as a theme from the un. make watch dog visits the site with live from moscow. this is odd t, my name is martha mommy and 30 minutes of news and views start. now the u. s.

congress has rejected an initiative to more closely monitor the billions of dollars in military aid being sent to you claim that is, despite the models from the u. s. to make sure that the weapons actually end up where they are intended. this body has spent to date $113000000000.00 on the worn ukraine and county. and yet we do not have any direct oversight of any of the money that is being spent. listen, we learned this the hard way in afghanistan, u. s. media reports have said that only 30 percent of the american weapon recent ukraine has gone to the front lines. the e u has raised concerns about such arms flooding into black markets in europe. the east border control agency has reported increased gun smuggling. russia has also alleged that middle eastern terrace groups have been obtaining weapons from ukraine

. there have been rising concerns among regular americans about why that government is sending more than $100000000000.00 in aid to ukraine. while those funds might be better spent on domestic needs. money to be a candidate for. we need to know where the money is being spent and not not fraud, it would feel better if we used our resources to support and aid people. and those people within our borders ran outside to, to a foreign country. you can make it better than that. here instead of the other only obvious now, one of the main beneficiaries of the u. s. defense funding is actually private contractors. there are estimates the over the past year independent recipients,

but more than fall off of washington's national security budget. the u. s. inspector general on afghanistan has warned that this could signal corruption between the government and the mid industrial complex. you're bound to get corrupt elements of not only the ukrainian or the host government, but also us government contract is or other 3rd party contract is to try to steal the money is just so much money going in and it's hard to keep track of. i'm not super optimistic that we're going to learn a lesson of been in washington since 1982 and learning lessons is not in our dna in the united states. unfortunately, smiling on mercy, a team has actually support the us annual funding of its previous wars in afghanistan and the nom, now last year the u. s. is estimated, but 50 percent more money than they did annually in vietnam. both the vietnam i'm

afghanistan was ending in a residing failure for the us, despite the massive toes on the economy and public sentiments about the government . there is still no clear indication of the potential limits. the u. s. commitment ukraine the us and it says office has received nearly 200 complaints about a legit misspending of washington funds for you claim as of march, the 1st 2023. so 3 o g 's had received 189 ukraine response related hotline complaints, including allegations submitted by ukrainian citizens regarding alleged misconduct within ukraine. o g investigations resulted from these and other allegations have not yet substantiated significant waste fraud or abuse. very interesting, isn't it? quite a dramatic shift. well, you'll recall that back in january, or there was

a big scandal involving corruption that led to a number of ukrainian lawmakers being given the boots. and in addition to that, it's important to point out that the idea of auditing the money being given to ukraine kind of caught on and gain steam when republicans took back control of the u. s. house of representatives. it's republicans that are a little bit more critical of aid to ukraine, of that the biden administration has been pouring on quite a bit out. now it's interesting to note that we have a situation here where it appears. some members of congress are saying that a number of the a large amounts of the aid designated for ukraine actually stays in the united states. here's what we've heard of the 100. $13000000000.00 per printed across 4 supplementals. approximately 60 percent is going to american troops, american workers, and

a modernizing american stockpiles. in fact, only 20 percent of the funding is going directly to the ukranian government in the form of direct budgetary assistance. so you can imagine that a number of americans now have serious questions about where all this money that's been designated as aide to ukraine is really going well, it's, the key of government has been raising the concern that they say they want patriot missiles and they are complaining about the fact that they have not received them yet. this was zalinski. we have great decisions about patriots, but we don't have them for real. now, zalinski, it appears also went on to say that they had received an air defense system from another european country. he did not specify which country it was bought, that it didn't work that it and they had to change it again. and again, didn't name the country. so a lot of serious questions being raised about all these billions and billions of

dollars that have been sent to you. great questions about corruption are being raised and also people are raising questions about where exactly this money is going. i think people are going to be very interested to hear the results of the audits and investigations that are taking place. now that we hear about all these complaints of wrongdoing, we heard from a retired us air force left tenant colonel, who says this bipartisan support for ramping up ukraine's war efforts is congressmen are often directly funded by the military industrial complex. i know how the u. s. senate gets reelected and they get re elected through their relationships and the donors that they have in this country. and a, a many of those are from the defense sector. and so, you know, it's not in their interest to reduce spending. it's not in their interest to ask hard questions that may lead to the reduction in that spread. that's exactly what

would happen if we actually looked at this. there is by bipartisan support to continue to spend, as we saw with the senate, the senate vote just recently. i think we'll hear more talk about it as they, as the various candidates. so try to lay the waste in the fraud and the destruction . on the other side, we know from viet nam and from afghanistan in many other places that we don't care about democracy. in fact, the only kind of democracy, the united states really likes is the kind that is allied with its current political interest, even though congress doesn't seem to have learned its lessons on afghanistan. i think the american people kind of have and i do see a more popular pushback against what the congress is doing. the americans are tired of this very tired of it and they don't see it is productive. they don't understand what it's about, and they don't even know the full history. and as some of that truth comes out on how long that this government, united states government has stoked this war, has tried to really sacrifice ukraine at this altar as they find these things out

and they are beginning to they become angry. and so i don't, the support in this country is not there for increasing this. the only support i see is support to end the war. this year. a senior us official says the american military has been severely ended. this ability to gather intelligence on the black sea. following a recent incident where the russian fighter jets, the u. s. decision to fight surveillance. drones further south over the black sea, after russian jet collided with us drone early this month, definitely limits our ability to gather intelligence. but incident involved the u. s. hunter killer, dro, known as a reaper, russian officials have denied of the 2 aircraft actually collided. they says that the drone crashed after an abrupt maneuver. the us military has reported these started flying in the famous aircraft further from the coast of crimea, and at

a higher altitude, to avoid a direct military confrontation with russia. an international consultant, andrew, it's find us on the left hand, colonel ras museum says it's going to be difficult for washington to continue gathering televisions in the region s at once. so boy, the direct confrontation with russia. this is the, it's a warning thing. they step back, we've got southern lights, it pulls them out of the direct con conflict known it has injured intelligence gathering information. you know, it's going to be an internal struggle in the political side. probably one thing to try to get engaged closer. the defense side is probably still wanting to keep that and limit any type of conflict and as well as whatever intelligence could be gathered from probably another drone into that as well. the gathering information

and assisting in the targeting of target, basically on crimea. i mean, russia, russia is actually being very generous and not recognizing the direct conference is essentially to put the u. s. and the direct party of the property they know they've been notified where the conflict is, where the, where the aerospace they've, they've been notified through through proper channels on that. they're just testing testing the waters and pushing it much further. but if they go inside that zone, they should expect to have the ground checked out. i mean it's, it's just how it is. a nuclear official says you and authorities have confirmed that the russian military does not have any heavy artillery stationed at the power plant in the zappa rogia region, but contradicts previous allegations pushed by western media outlets about russian

forces, supposedly shelling you quinn in troops from the facility, the head, all of the international atomic energy agency. rafael grossi has arrived with a similar officials in the city of, and the gods are to inspect the power bonds, which is the largest in europe. it was met by representatives of the russian company responsible for maintaining the facility. the delegation was shown the latest traces of shedding by ukrainian forces. officials at the plant spoke about persistent attacks by cubes, military was still green. and because the, the ukranian authorities exert constant pressure on us and on our loved ones, we constantly receive anonymous calls and estimate messages with threats were being blackmailed available. our loved ones who remained on the territory of ukraine are practically taken hostage. those, the calls and movements of our loved ones are constantly monitored. we were working

at a strategically important facility that the security of not only the cities of america are in the policy of and also the whole of europe depends on our work. thank you for open. we don't want the 2nd check normally to happen here. normally what's stop firing at nuclear power plants stop intimidating and black mailing us please explain to lansky that we want to work quietly. biesen goodness for ourselves, and our loved ones sees that is up origin nuclear power plant is currently under control of the russian forces, and it's comes under ukrainian shilling constantly. now this is just the latest. what happened here and the head of the international islamic agency, inspected this place of li schilling and others, as well. this armored personnel carrier has been turned into a lab, is controlled by the russian armed forces. now the commands are all for this group is at coal sign is liquidator, and that he says they're ready to liquidate any disaster that might take place as

the result of ukrainian artillery. shelley, the echoing little bit of the my detachment arrived here on the instructions of the chief of the general stuff of the chemical environmental protection of the military forces of the russian federation. our task is to ensure safety and prevent accidents at his approach in nuclear power plant. our detachment is able to provide evacuation of personnel by several routes, decontamination of the facilities and sen, treatment of personnel and equipment. the safety of the station is insured by the forces of the detachment provided that the ukrainian forces will not show the nuclear power plant. the head of the i a last visit, it says apple roger nuclear power plants last year and that just before his visits, ukrainian army shelter, the nuclear power plant, creating quite a lot of damage. however, you clear disaster was narrowly avoided at this moment said the nuclear power plant

is controlled by the russian military and the during this particular visit. it wasn't shown by ukraine from on call for have arti sending alms to ukraine. i'm getting cash by the exceeds expenses. that's the scheme. stone is when it hugo, by using or some of it you partners. they claim the estonia has been upgrading. is military by charging for old weapons as much as it was spent on new ones. on c contributor rachel madison thinks up the story. if someone offered to pay you to give your current wardrobe away to charity and then replaced the items that you gave away, would you seize the opportunity to purge it all in favor of a new upgrade? because that's what at least one european union country is now accused of doing with weapons for ukraine. the european union set up a fund to reimburse member states that donate weapons to kiev based on the

estimated cost of the old weapons compared to a brand new version of the same one. for example, sweden estimated it's really old weapons to be worth about 26 percent of the value of the new ones. france figured theirs were worth about 71 percent of a new version. but latvia figured its weapons were worth 99 percent of the full value of a new version, lithuanian 93 percent, and estonia 91 percent. that's according to the western press. citing european diplomatic sources and singling out estonia in particular. it's a core part of the other countries. complaint is that a stoney a has been particularly skilled at getting very high reimbursements for old gear. in absolute numbers, estonia put in a claim for a 160500000 euros of new weapons under the 1st trench for which was then reimbursed, a 134200000 euros. it's kind of like selling old stuff on ebay for

absolutely no discount, just putting it on there for full price. surely there are some solid criteria being used to calculate reimbursement though, right? after all, we're talking about you taxpayer funds here and not an open bar or a shopping spree. generally speaking, there are 3 different values. countries can claim the replacement value based on the price of new material, the actual cash value based on the estimated price at which the gear could be were sold and the original procurement value based on the price originally paid to plymouth said the debate over his stoney as reimbursement has exposed the fact that there is no clear methodology over which system to use for payback. so brussels set up a big pot of free money set vague parameters for accessing it. and now the countries involved are all running to the press to stab each other in the back with allegations of cheating. how totally shocking for an institution that is currently

caught up in a corruption scandal that turned the european parliament into a giant crime scene last december with authority seizing data and equipment relating to shady foreign lobbying allegations, directly touching high ranking darlings of the e u establishment apparently it still hasn't, ma'am, she gets act together to prevent even more potential corruption, european commission, prisoner or so vander line, proposed back then an independent ethics body, and quote, very clear rules in the wake of that scandal. it is a question of confidence of people into our institutions and this confidence and trust into our institutions needs highest standards and of independence and integrity. and yet here we are very 3 months later. and the rules for accessing a big part of you cache are so unclear that the blocks on officials are complaining

about it as stony responded to the new allegations in a statement. acknowledging that some of the weapons that the sent to ukraine were apparently so old that they aren't even produced any more. the aim of the european piece font system is to restore the member states on defense capabilities. the declaration of european peace funding donations on the by to self recovery value is completely in accordance with the rules and applies in the event that the production of the donated equipment has been terminated and the restoration of its capacity is important. from the point of view of national defense, as sonya added that this is not quote, an e u compensation scheme, but the stakes are much higher to beat back russian aggression. the biggest challenge to our security architecture since the 2nd world war. now actually it is literally an e compensation scheme that we're dealing with here. but apparently now any and all shady ness is supposed to be just swept under the rug if it's related to ukraine.

ah, a former australian soldier, shoes of murder, an afghan, but it has been granted bale amid concerns of taliban sympathizers, could attack him in jail. helmet camera footage appears to show the soldier oliver jordan schultz shooting the unarmed farmer several times during the 2012 incident. only you may find the following images disturbing. oh, i ah. right now. stop my god. why the case was initially exposed in the australian media 3 years ago with footage of

the killing shown to the public. the defense steam fossils who is currently 41 years old, has argued that he does not pose a flight risk because he has so far abided, why all the restrictions imposed by the court. the court also noted that the incident occurred a decade ago during the war in afghanistan, and the defendant is not considered a threat to australian society. host of the whistle blows, john kieriyaki says that's nonsense. used as an excuse for the public. i think that the reason why justice hasn't been served in australia is there is the same reason the justice hasn't been served in the united states. there's a tendency by our governments to cover up the crime and to punish the whistleblowers. this case is another one of those crimes in a long line of crimes against civilians carried out in australia where it appears

that the perpetrator is going to get away with it. i think that is utter nonsense that was used just as an excuse for the public. if this were in the united states, this soldier would be put in solitary confinement for his own protection. even if the australians don't do that, they can certainly put him in a local jail, out in the middle of nowhere, to keep him safe or in a low or minimum security prison to await trial where everybody is on his best behavior. and he wouldn't be in any danger at all them and he has said, australia, so this have been implicated in the a lead didn't mud is of $39.00 on on prisoners also begins in afghanistan. around half of those cases have been referred to. investigators determine whether there is sufficient evidence for trials. 39000 australian suits fort in afghanistan

over 2 decades. they were part of the nato led international falls that trained local security forces. host of the whistle blows, john, korea, you again says the australian government itself must and shall but justice prevails . it's up to the australian government to ensure that justice is carried out. show the world that they're serious about the rule of law and about human rights. i'm not surprised, but i am disappointed. i'm not surprised because, you know, using the united states as an example. well, the united states was the major power in afghanistan for the entire period that the australian military was there. so presumably, the united states would have to assist in the prosecution in the i, c, c of a soldier, even from australia and the u. s. is never going to, to cooperate in something like that. so it just seems to me that the i c,

c's hands are tied and they would not a, they would not be able to carry out a successful prosecution. ah, french police have been accused of stopping emergency services from helping those left badly injured. when recent, i'm seeing government rallies, turn violent and audio recording, published in the french media reports to show a doctor's request for immediate help. for an injured demonstrator being refused, we had a doctor presence and we have explained the situation to him. we will not send helicopters or emergency services because we have an order from law enforcement to send them local officials say. and any claims that police have been preventing the injured from getting treatment are entirely false and say that all branches of the emergency services are that assist in times of need. meanwhile, french police have also been making further headlines offer

a woman was arrested for using the robot 3 terms to describe, present micron in a social media post hello, who prosecutor says she is to be put on trial for insulting the president. she was detained last week and questioned after a government office filed the complaint about the post. if found guilty, the woman could face a fine of up to $12000.00 euros. meanwhile, president mack long keeps on making headlines with a hash tag during viral on social networks. independent journalist luc reweigh says the french police may have created an obstruction to impede the access of other emergency services to the protesters. it's fairly possible that actually the police forbade, made it impossible for the, for the social, the subsidy, the ambulance to reach the front line off the demonstration. so that's very

possible. and it's the case in paris, france for the moment, goes through a cycle of violence, demonstrations. it is the 10th day of demonstrations bringing some 700001 1000000 people on the streets of the main cities, mostly pascals and, and it's john, you know, violence and fires every way. and of course, that is that the garbage, thousands of tons of garbage and industries or products in big cities that is only starting to be taken away. so it's not the time to film emily in paris for a woman general or anywhere else in france. so my point is, are of course the pension rule already wants to pass because he has nothing to show 456 years now in power. and he wants this for phone to be passed and you say no, and they continue to demonstrate. so that's the key for them. ah,

the u. s. a republican congress, one has introduced legislation to 4th, president biden, to withdraw troops on the east africa, african nation of somalia, saying the monthly operation has largely been a failure. the american people have extremely low confidence in our military leaders and their ability to assess their own efficacy. how do they expect americans to believe their justification for occupying so malia when they can't even determine who in their own training programs will lead a violent cru afterwards? you as well as he has been operating in somalia, its combat regional terrorist group for the past 16 years. it has conducted $276.00 as strikes and spent 2 and a half $1000000000.00 on the campaign. however, regional security is still at risk amid dead the attacks by the ausa bob terrace

group. for example, an observer, a terrorist attack in somebody's capital, left a $121.00 dead. at that time the u. s. decided to redeploy 500 grand troops to the country, saying it is crucial to help counter. i'll show bob residence in simone is capital say the united states is not sincere. this bid to fight also. bob saying, washington is followed only by its own interests. they demand america to leave their country the law that will do them on it. the u. s. are in somalia for their own interest, but not to help somalia. they always bomb 4 people and farmers. we, somalis are not enemies to any other country. the only enemy we have as america, i want to tell president hassan shake mohammed to cut ties with the u. e and the u . s. mr. president, we love you as our leader,

but please cut ties with arab nations in america. we beg you, our brother, my americans are in somalia for their own national interests because if they were really serious about fighting, elijah bought them, they would have ended at menace a long time ago and they're not helping us at all. i want them to leave our country . yes, they should just leave our country. several arab countries, saudi arabia, jordan and the u. e. have condemned the decision by the israeli government issue construction permit for a 1000 new homes on traditionally palestinian land. media revolves say that is really, authorities have even bigger pilots to build wall than the $7000.00 jewish homes across the west bank. residents of one policy and village in the west bank have decided to take masses into their own hands as they have moved into ancestral caves . instead of allowing the area to be taken over by israel, he said.