[000:00:00;00] ah, ah, lies if our the us congress rejects an initiative for increase over sledge of massive funding for ukraine, despite concern by regular americans about why they didn't of that $10.00 a see a form of serious so did charge with a war crime is granted bail as the court police, his life could be in danger. if he said to jail, he's accused of murdering and on the afghan. can you go by a wave of protest with building fence on fire businesses shut down

a bit of looting and police violently disturbing, or this person crowd? french police officers are accused of blocking paramedics from attending the injured protesters as my government rally with . welcome and ceo from the time she international news scene. we're coming to you live from moscow. let's take a little to transfer this hour. and we start with breaking news here on oxy russian authorities have detained a correspondent of the wall street journal. even get coach on suspicion of conducting espionage activities for the us government will of course be bringing you more details as soon as we get them. ah, the u. s. congress has rejected an initiative to more closely monitor the billions

of dollars emergency aid being sent to claim that is despite demands for the us 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. yes. me, you referrals have said that only 30 percent of the american weapon, recent grain, has actually gone to the front lines. meanwhile, the ease border control agency has sounded the alarm about a substantial increase in gun smuggling. there has been a rising concerns among regular americans about why that government is sending more than a $100000000000.00 in

a to claim. while those funds might better be spent on domestic needs. plenty 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 and people and those people within our orders rather than going house either to, to a foreign country can make it better than yours. did it only obvious one of the main beneficiaries of the u. s. defense funding is actually private contractors. there are estimates that over the past year, independent recipients got more than half of washington national security budget. the u. s. inspector general. all our fans are, has warned that this could signal corruption between the government and the

military industrial complex. you're bound to get corrupt elements of not only the ukrainian or the hose government, but also of u. s. government contractors or other 3rd party contractors to try to steal the money. there is just so much money going in and it's hard to keep track off. i'm not super optimistic that we're going to learn our lesson. i've been in washington since 90 to 2 and learning lessons is not in our dna in the united states. unfortunately. now let's take a look at how the costs for ukraine's war effort compare with those of other major conflicts waged by washington sweating on medicaid to keep have i actually support the annual us funding of his previous war in afghanistan. the u. s. is also estimated to have spent on ukraine, about half of the money it did on average per year in vietnam. both the vietnam

i've gotten on was ended 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 a potential limits. the u. s. commitment to the ukraine conflict. we heard from a retired us air force and f 10 and colonel who says there's bipartisan support for ramping up ukraine's war efforts. as congressman 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 out of 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 areas 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, some 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 commitment, 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. one of the most senior members, all of the us congress has said that only 20 percent of the movie aid designated for you groom actually reaches the country. all teens climate whoopin reports from nature. you'll recall that back in january, there was a big scandal involving corruption that led to a number of cranium. lawmakers being given the boot. and in addition to that, it's important to point out that the idea of auditing the money being given to you grain kind of caught on and gain steam when republicans took back control of the us house of representatives. republicans that are a little bit more critical of aid to ukraine. 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 large amounts of the aid designated for ukraine actually stays in the united states. facts. only 20 percent of the funding is going directly to the cranium. government in the form of direct budgetary assistance, the kia government has been raising the concern that they say they want patriot missile, and they are complaining about the fact that they have not received them yet. this was the landscape. we have great decisions about patriots, but we don't have them for real. 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 audit and investigations that are taking place. now that we hear about all these complaints of wrongdoing, very during the program and also schemes use

a caching in the massive supplies the claim from the other mantic agent. a former australian soldier tours with the war crime of murdering an afghan villager has been granted bail as the court believes that his life could be in danger if he is sent to jail. how many camera for the job is to show the soldier oliver jordan schultz shooting the unarmed farmer several times during the 2012 incident, a warning you may find the following images to survey. oh i ah, ah, great now that guy,

why the case was initially exposed in the australian media 3 years ago with footage of the killing shown to the public. the defense team for souls who is currently 41 years old has argued that he does not pose a flight to risk because he has so far abided by all the restrictions imposed by the court. the court also note that the incident occurred a decade ago during the war during the war in afghanistan, and the defendant is not considered a threat to australian society the victim his father abdul malik, is still suffering from the loss of his loved one face had wound when it covered his face and what hold them to take him to the graveyard. mother said he's burial. i came back to see the place. i saw the whitfield where he was killed. one

week was flattened all around the house of the whistle blows. don't curiosity says the cause decision is based on a nonsense excuse that the authorities wanted to feed it's the australian 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. the man who has saddle streaming soldiers have been implicated in the alleged mud as of 39 unarmed prisoners all civilians in afghanistan. around half of those cases have been referred to investigators. to determine whether there is sufficient evidence, the trials, $39000.00 australian troops force in afghanistan over 2 decades. they will pause of the name to lead international falls, but trained to local security forces. oh, so the whistleblower zone, korea ok again, says the offsetting government itself must sin, 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. that's it amounts to are breaking news. so a russian, i heard, he say, a correspondent of the wall street journal was detained in the central city of e. i couldn't book on espionage allegations, even guess, coverage, who covers news from russia. ukraine,

other parts of the former soviet union for the american newspaper has been accused of trying to collect intelligence. i'm a defense manufacturer in violation of russia's law on state secrets. the journalist faces up to 2 decades in prison. russian authorities say that guess coach a u. s. citizen who had obtained the necessary dualistic credentials from the foreign ministry to work in russia. so to obtain classified information in the interest of the us government. it said he was detained and during attempt to receive that information ah, well, this was on to other so his honest look at the african cousin are thousands of protesters have taken to the streets of kenya's capital to protest against rising cost of living in the east african nation, a local reporter gave us the details about the demonstrations as well as the

international response. the bloody aftermath of the anti gum in protest as quote the attention of the international community with african union now pulling pl piece unrestrained in kenya. the 1st round of them monday profit, so people killed home fit of leave. what are the new kid from? even if it's on destroyed private property incubator and it will be up less known to be the bedrock of the opposition. support of the police never showed up and are yet to issue any press statement. now this comes after the opposition leader i loading guy declared monday on the southeast days will must actually in came the u chairperson was a fucking bahama express. the difference on the weekly appropriate calling on the stakeholders to engage in dialogue to address any differences between the government and the opposition for the sake of national unity. the chair person of the african union commission, mussa foggy maha might express his deep concern at violence following public protests in kenya since the 21st of march 2023,

which has resulted in loss of life damage to property. and the interruption of certain economic activities in the capital nairobi. now religiously does have also come out strongly condemning the often calling on the government on the opposition to have done no peace to prevail in the country. these comes after our charge and am always quite set ablaze night after they both were calling on politicians pretty free to cease and desist from using inflammatory language in political mitchell, a social media or quote both how to study until the site. yeah, i didn't follow up with just enough abundantly led to the unfortunate events of last night. he recall all of you, he caught up on you can call that him of prison abuse alternative approaches to hog lee once said was that the organization to thought being thought into political pollution. but really saying the apple vision of the double knob centers of good

governance leadership and national security advocacy, unknown people to attack the property of the opposition leader. mister holding her under for president, looking at her canada from was towards us goons. looted his life though, and cut down trees. things also seem to get out for the journalist, asked the faithful city from hooligans and police in different parts of the country . i want you to know harton, you. natalie fredericks have been accused of stopping emergency services from helping those left badly injured when recent anti government rallies turned violent and audio recording published in the french media proposed to show a dances request for immediate help, for an indian demonstrator being refused. and on what we have a doctor present and we have explained the situation to him. we will not send helicopters and emergency services because we have an order from law enforcement

not to send them local official say, any claim and police have been preventing those injured from getting treatment are entirely false and say, all branches of the emergency services are there to assist in times of need. meanwhile, french police have also been making further headlines after a woman was arrested fees in derogatory terms, to describe, present macro on a social media post. a local prosecutor says she is to be put on trial for insulting the president. she was detained last week and questioned offer a government office, filed a complaint about the post if found guilty, the woman could face a fine of up to 12000 years. meanwhile, present micron keeps on making headlines with a hash tag going viral on social networks. independent journalist luc revise says,

or french police may have created an obstruction to impede access of all the emergency services to the protesters. it's fairly possible that actually the police forbade, made it impossible for the, for the social services, the ambulance to reach the front line off the demonstration. so that's very possible. and it's the case and parents to know france for the moment goes through a cycle of violence, demonstrations. it is the 10 day of demonstrations bringing some 700000 or 1000000 people on the streets of the main cities. mostly parents, of course. and, and it's john, you know, violence and fires everywhere. and of course that is that the garbage, thousands of tons of garbage and industries, products in big cities that is only starting to be taken away. so it's not the time to just film emily in paris for a moment, you know,

or anywhere else in france. so my point is, are, of course, the pension law attorney wants to pass because he has nothing to show for is 56 years now in power. and he wants to perform to be passed and the union say no, and they continue to demonstrate. so that's the key for them. so really your officials are outraged at the baltic states of the stony saying it has been abusing a reimbursement scheme for supplies. so you claim they say a certainly has been charging for the price of completely new weaponry or other countries, usually get compensated for about $1.00 or 2 thirds of those costs are to contribute . rachel muslim, picks 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 funds 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 there's we're worth about 71 percent of a new version. but latvia figured its weapons were worth 90. 9 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 as stonier in particular the core part of the other countries complaint is that estonia 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 is tony 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's 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 own 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 systems to restore the member states on defense capabilities. the declaration of european peace funding donations on the by to self recovery valley 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 easy 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, the british murphy has started training ukraine shoots on the use of depleted uranium ammunition in combat. though it has appeared in a recent documentary film presented by the u. k. defense ministry for the shows ukrainian. so does armor going training on chandra, 2 tanks in britain way, the u. k. recently, and now it would provide kids with 14 of those vehicles. the video shows black a needle like rounds for the tanks. those are depleted uranium, munitions, the u. m. environment program has described depleted uranium as a quote, chemically and radiological toxic heavy metal. the u. k. confirm that it would send

to the controversial weapons last week swapping harsh criticism from russia hang on ranges alongside our granting of a squadron of challenger to mean battle tanks to ukraine will be providing ammunition including armor piercing rounds which contain depleted uranium. her shock, this is a step towards a serious build up of escalations statement by western colleagues that it's ok, nothing is forbidden. we don't violate any conventions, but we all remember what consequences the use of depleted uranium supplies lead to in yugoslavia, iraq were tens of thousands of civilians and military personnel suffered from the use of this ammunition. they carry isn't alone in providing training to ukrainian troops as us, per se also clearly appear in the video. a soldier bearing an american flag patch is seen teaching ukrainian fighters explaining the latest arms from the worst, including depleted uranium. munitions said by the u. k. the u. s. has a history of using those cells,

notably during nature's 1999 bombing campaign in yugoslavia during the 2003 iraq, he was the u. s. 5 more than 300000 depleted uranium rounds. some in civilian areas had didn't the consequences, the optim off in the loser. following to massive, you estimated she's sieges. so a sharp rise in birth defects can cases and other illnesses. washington has that is up to london. what i munition it sends to you claim we would let the, the u. k. speak for itself in terms of what software decisions are going to make about providing ammunition. this kind of ammunition is fairly commonplace. been in use for, for decades, for say, a security policy analyst in the u on the office of the us defense secretary micro

maloof says, sending depleted uranium munitions as a to give may actually end up hurting the craniums themselves. the u. s. does have a close arrangement with the u. k. they work very closely to get in fact, those 2 countries were the ones who food develop the, the d u or the depleted uranium rounds and they've been using them for years and years and years has had consequences. i know the u. n. has tried to play down the toxic effects, but nobody knows what it's like over time and this also puts the ukrainians in jeopardy in terms of health. and well this whole thing is just maddening. the whole point about this uranium is that it's a diluted version of it, but it still has radiation impact over time. nobody knows what that impact is. as reason, economy news out, brazil and china have struck

a deal to ditch the us dollar in favor of their own currency for bilateral trade transactions. an agreement in setting pain. and since one has been signed with brazil, which greatly facilitates our trait, we are planning to expand corporation in the field of food and mineral extraction. and to search for a possibility of exporting goods with high added value from china to brazil, and from brazil to china. the daily labels, china, and the biggest economy, the latin america to conduct financial transactions directly without converting their current into us dollars. the new arrangement is expected to reduce costs and facilitate bilateral trade am investments. try there remains brazil's largest trading partner accounting for more than a 5th of it all is imports followed by the us. china is also brazil's largest export market. quote, accounting for more than a 3rd of all its exports. trade in marshall currencies is also expected to

grow between india and egypt, which are currently discussing the purchase of over one and a half 1000000 tons over rice in rupees. if the deal is agreed upon, egypt will join 18 countries doing business in rubies for cross border transactions in a bit too deep dollar rise global trade with the indian currency becoming more international . we heard from a professor political science at hell, one university says it's an important trend as a dollar has always been used by the us as a tool to maintain economic and political dominance. the economic crisis now is how to get the dollar and the u. s. is trying to size control on countries on the supply of dollars and the have to submit to their