ah ah ah headline stories at this hour rushes foreign ministry flops. dawn washington's advice for all of us citizens to our boy traveling to that kind of freight after a world's pre journalists mccorda was arrested. i made fine play with european commission president, meanwhile warns beijing did so with the western line over the ukrainian conflict after china proposed its own plan to bring peace to the ring. ah, and brazil and shina strike a deal said bypass the us dollar, turning to their own currencies for use in bilateral trade

with from moscow to the world. this is our t pleasure to have your company today. my name's union rushes. foreign ministry spokeswoman has slum to washington's advice for all americans to stay away from the country. maria harvard. se washington is only advising all americans to leave because it fears were journalists engaged in espionage will be caught. please hear her, the u. s. government warning, not to travel to russia. u. s. citizens residing or traveling in russia should depart right away. as the state department continues to advise. i think john kirby forgot to add engaged in espionage before the word americans. it must have been said between the lines. well, moscow court has ruled did so this thursday to keep

a wall street journal reported behind bars for 29 days, pending further investigation after he was arrested and made spying claims, r t. z. marina costs forever. as of course, the developments for us, there's a lot of thrust here at the moment, waiting to catch any glimpse all the american journalists and any time the black car behind me makes any sort of noise like right now. we believe that the american journalist is in that car right now, the black car that is departing, this core room. you can see there we go. and we believe that even girl school, which is now leaving the most go courts. and as we can see, there's not only lots of thrust here, but some heavy duty armed guards and knots. because earlier in the day this court received a bomb threat that had to be evacuated. this is shortly right before even getsco's actually made it here. but since then they checked everything,

everything was okay and the preceding returns ah, back to normal. and we heard that the chief investigator asked for even girl courts to receive espionage charges. now once again, this all comes after the f as be released, the statements where they said that they detains of the american journalists in the city of you got it in book while he was receiving secret information. now, 32 year old reporter, ah, he's been working for the moscow bureau of the wall street journal. previously he worked for the moscow times. i, he worked for agency france price. he was in accredited a journalist. he had an accreditation from russia's foreign ministry. and this is what the foreign ministry had to say about this case today. what this employee of the american publication, the wall street journal was doing, indicated in the book, has nothing to do with journalism. unfortunately, this is not the 1st time that the status of a foreign correspondent along with the journalistic visa and accreditation,

was used by a foreigner in our country to cover up activities that were not journalism. this is not the 1st time that such a westerner has been caught red handed right now there will be looking into his activities here in russia were heard from, ah, the kronen spokespersons, ms. scott, who earlier that he was caught red handed, meaning that they have the evidence to charge him. i would assume so right now will be waiting to see what the outcome is after this hearing and will no doubt be given you more information. as soon as we have it yet, earlier we discussed these claims of the report are spying on the russian defense industry. with independent journalist, mike jones on former you aspirin, john, mark bergen, is no secret, especially in this day and age that the american journalistic structure. all of them just about are working for the united states government. it really depends on what this individual was trying to get,

but if you're trying to get military secrets related to like weapons like how much they're producing or anything like this, that's very detrimental to russian security. and you know, they can't just let something like that go, unfortunately, trying to gather a secret information is not a normal thing that journalists do. i mean, they report on the ground in different countries. but you're, you're not really supposed to be going to weapons manufacturers and trying to obtain deep secrets. i would expect a lot of spin on it and down playing his role and why he was there were speculating at the moment, but i wouldn't be surprised if it were to do with perhaps even the production of ammunition levels. because we know that the west is very concerns, you can't seem to ramp up their supplies and perhaps he's trying to ascertain just how capable russian industry is. if indeed this is as it is, claim to be. again,

it's another level of desperation. i feel of the u. s. in the collective west as they desperately try to scramble to gain some advantage in that huge blunder and mistake that they've made and they're desperately trying to trying to back pedal ok. another story where across today, the european union sage relations with china are dependent on the countries stems in the ukrainian conflicts suggesting beijing should follow the western lead agenda . any peace plan which would in effect consolidate russian annexations is simply not a viable plan. we have to be frank on this point. oh, china continues to interact with proteins. war will be a determining factor for you. china relations, going follow it while lookout china,

the unelected queen of europe. ursula underline and the self appointed hall monitor for the global school yard is telling you that she and europe are going to be watching you while you hang out with russia, which it considers to be a bad influence on you. and just might decide to punish you if she doesn't like what she sees. and he's coming over to beijing next week with everyone's teachers, pet french president, a mentor. and michael, and what's going to do, he's going to go over there and weigh your finger in chinese president. she's in pings, faith, father line, said that china was becoming more repressive at home and more assertive abroad, as she runs over to china, to assert herself on behalf of the e. u. in the wake of an entire winter during which she and european leaders are cracking down european shower time. no, that's not repressive at all. it's the kind of rhetoric that we've seen all over the mainstream western press talk about china preparing for war. even though it's

the us that's been doing pretty much everything, it actively can to gin up tensions between china and taiwan. particularity within the context of the conflict in ukraine, in which ukrainians are pretty much playing the role against russia on behalf of western interests. that tie, one would be playing for them against china in the event that a conflict ever went hot and popped off. and there's been no war since all of these kinds of headlines have started appearing back in 2020, at the very latest, but constant talking about war is and china, and it's just been ongoing. and most telling at, vander line said, we're president, she's parting words to russian president vladimir putin on the steps outside the when, when he said right now, there are changes the likes of which we haven't seen for a 100 years, and we are the ones driving these changes together. okay,

so she singled those words out, you kind of have to wonder why she, so bothered by the prospect of multi polarity, which is essentially what the 2 men were talking about. perhaps because the risks losing its close in a multi polar world in which the u. s. doesn't run the show with europe riding shotgun, in which case you think wagner line would have eased up on the threats like the one she made to reassess the massive trade deal. the china comprehensive trade agreement on investment ratified in 2020. but what it was then frozen is when he's won, he won after brussels and beijing sanctioned each other's officials. still were talking about the use of the largest trading partner in a time when it's still paying a really high price. and of course, the citizens, especially from cutting itself off from its top provider of cheap energy, which would be russia. so wagner line also sounded during this talk that to face here, like someone who is invited over to a dinner party, but realized

a few days before that it would be really awkward if she didn't, at least try refraining things a bit, given that she had just spent the last few years totally publicly badmouthing, the host, our relationship is china is one of the most intricate and important anywhere in the world and how we manage it will be a determining factor. i believe it is neither viable, non europe interest to decoupled from china. our relations, i'm not black or white and our response cannot be either. and this is why we need to focus on de risk. not the couple. yeah, that sounds like an effort to not show up on the door of china with your foot shoved deep down your throat in your mouth. yeah,

the relationship isn't black or white. all right? because europe has no clear and independent strategic vision unless ambiguity is suddenly a strategy towards your top trading partner. and it seems like it doesn't really have a clue where it's going either. it's trying to cater to washington anti china interest while at the same time wanting to preserve its own interest with china. brussels basically trying to drive down the highway wall straddling to different lanes, which really, in any case doesn't seem like the smartest thing to do. can learn news line to tell you about saudi arabia has agreed to join the shanghai cooperation organization as a dialogue partner. now it's happening amid the strengthening of ties between re add and vision, a saudi cabinet session approve the decision earlier. china has been fostering allies in the middle east. the country u. s. influence on recently broker down important agreement between re add on iran

that has revived their diplomatic relations for the saudi state to energy company. ramco has just signed to major deals with beijing on oil cooperation. last cross live know, to professor and political and economic analyst, arths act with fi. so university at dr. how lead am by tar fee for his thoughts? you're most welcome to the program, sir. the significance of saudi arabia joining the shanghai cooperation organization . what, what is it for you? well, i believe so. they are trying to dig the middle ground and be neutral . i'm on giants who are currently fighting among each other like we did in order to we tried to be on the positive side of everyone

and not to be in flaws and struggles on doors that we are most marked off anyways. and in this case, what's going on, competition between the united states and china is not of our business. we shouldn't be taking sides. and in this competition, in fact, we've kind of benefit from what we can be friends with everyone with russia, china and america, with euro and with many 3rd world countries that are now being very, very good and very strong partners and business and development and all that kind of beneficial relationships, but it did appear thus for many years america was, was at least attempting to be at the center of that to be a decision maker to be,

to be a very prominent partner, but no more alliances involving saudi arabia involving other countries are emerging problems bypassing washington. what does that mean for us influence in the middle east? well, the us shows to withdraw from the region and concentrate. it's of course and focus on shy and i'm trisha. we didn't to ask care to, to leave. they just decided to leave us on our own and therefore the agreement was home for generations, which is i am for security is no longer valid. so we, we have to look for other partners for our security and for other issues like

for example, the energy sectors. russia is a very good partner and the we brought them and the house and all the rest of the members of the blood that's we could lead the market for different ways regardless for the brush that's coming our way from the united states, from other nations. what's your sense of, of china is rule right now in the region. it's seen. i would suggest, as perhaps right now, largely positive. you've got at basing having a large c in fact brokering the ran saudi agreement. those countries which, you know, had been perhaps loggerheads for quite some time. no there's, there's a definite thawing in relations. the, as you mentioned, the oil deal between beijing and saudi, you know, big thing that as well,

is china winning the possible for hearts and minds as compared to washington's efforts? there are sure because they are more invested today that the united states in the past, the united states depended in the regions oil. but now they have their on. and the other hand, china is the most exporters, the biggest export of oil from saudi arabia. i'm going to go to the region from iran included. i know we have some long term deals to invest in both countries. we invest in china, and so the be the trade is doing very well. close to $100000000.00. it's, it's a win win for both fast. i believe china phone, they have to embrace the investment to defend their engine,

whether in iran or saudi arabia, they have great relation with both countries with other countries in the region. so they have more reasons to, to come and strengthen the relationship and help in providing whatever we need to sort of defy our security and predict the money ways that flew through. so yes, i believe china and out of the gulf region have benefits from each other. okay, we will see how it develops then in the s c o that dialogue membership status by as saudi arabia takes hold. thank you very much for your time to talk to our lead and

by tar fee professor at our facility university in saudi arabia. those countries, mich moves to become less dependence on the u. s. brazil and china have struck a deal to drop the dollar in bilateral trade transactions in favor of their own currencies and agreement and setting pain and sing. one has been signed with brazil, which greatly facilitates our trait. we are planning to expand cooperation and 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. well, let's break this done. the deal enables china on the biggest economy in latin america to conduct financial transactions directly with if's, converting their currencies into u. s. dollars not at the new arrangement is expected to reduce costs and facilitate bilateral trade and investment. china remains brazilian largest trading partner,

followed by the u. s. and has also brazil's biggest export market to all this comes just days after, for the 1st time china using its own currency to imports or on $65000.00 tons of liquefied natural gas from the u. e, it was a french company, total energies who settled that d. beijing is increasingly trying to use the u on to buy energy on the global market. a move seen by many as a threat to the american greenback. brazilian political science expert paula phone so believes that process of that term we keep hearing d. dollarization is already underway. hither. these are inevitable new realities. the behavior of the u. s. has weakened the power of the dollar as they use that currency to dominate the world. i think dominance of the donor is coming to an end. perhaps the process of di dollarization will take a long time, but suddenly it's already been gone and i should say quite intensively,

especially after the destabilization of the situation on the international arena. the weakening of the dollar is inevitable due to the transition of trade transactions to national currencies. there's no need for extra intermediate trading operations the necessary if the deals are set in dollars. however, this is a new mechanism and is still unknown how companies will use it. nevertheless way confident that this will create a legal infrastructure. the development and the enhancement of trading relations. china's be brazil's largest trading partner since the 2010. the shift to using national currencies is easier and more beneficial for. ready all sides for me, particle point of view. that's why we're seeing the decline of the mediation on the u. s. donna radson. i'm lawmakers in the u. s. are pressing the biden administration to investigate israel's use of american weapons. it comes as criticism grows over scenes of violence involving palestinians on the actions of the new right wing israeli government. we urge immediate action to prevent the

further loss of israeli and palestinian lives. we call on your administration to ensure that all future foreign assistance to israel, including weapons and equipment, is not used in support of gross violations of human rights, including by strengthening and use monitoring and financial tracking. the note signed by 10, lawmakers criticizes the israeli government on several cabinet members, particularly the national security and finance ministers. the list of concerns includes an escalation and violence, the killing of both palestinians on this release, west bank settlement expansion on using u. s. weapons in human rights crimes. for 2023, congress appropriated $3800000.00 in aid to israel for defense, and nearly a $100000000.00 quote. in funding for other cooperative defense and non defense programs, this year has got off to a particularly deadly start with more than $85.00 palestinians killed since january

16 children is involved in. and at that number, last year, by the way, was the deadliest for those in the west bank since 2004 co director of the international action center. think tank sorry. flanders believes washington knows exactly what the weapons it sent to israel are for. i know exactly what those weapons are doing. they're intended to kill palestinian people. it's not a surprise. it's not o g. we lost sight of a few guns and know that from the very beginning, that's what the weapons are intended to do. and that is very much what they achieve . so it's what the bombs are meant to do that bring down entire apartment complexes it's, it's what the weapons that kill children are meant to do whether on the west bank in gaza or within the existing borders of israel. to day they're meant as repression against the palestinian people and they're also meant for war on the

surrounding countries. as we see in syria to this day, where it says we all bombs. so they don't lose sight of these weapons. they know what they're doing and they're doing what they're intended to do. well, the congressman had pen love letter, also slum israel for violence towards protesters during the demonstrations against judicial reforms which have been rocking the country. but israel's reaction to the notice being defiant with national security minister. bengal you're seeing washington has no power over the middle eastern nation. the united states needs to understand that israel is an independent country and not another star on the us flag. peace activists are a flanders, again, believes even the spikes they lead her. the u. s. remains fully committed to israel . there is an effort to create some distance. will it mean

a fundamental change? i don't think so. the u. s. remains committed to israel as their unsinkable aircraft carrier in the region. that's how they've always viewed it. and that is what it continues to be. while they may ring their hands and express how pain they are. and all of that, that is just the window dressing. now the letter is important because it exposes just how brutal the repression is and calling for an investigation. that is what the people of the whole world have to do. and here in the us to is to demand a cease and these weapons of ending all aid to israel, all aid to israel to this repressive zionist settler state. that is why it exists. and as we can see in the repression today, that repression is an ending. there's no intention on the part of, of the zionist forces to, to, and in any way, there are policy of new settlements,

their policy of bombing, their policy of the most abusive apartheid conditions. here want to show you vis a, in case you missed that this week. a spokesman for the un secretary general appeared somewhat puzzled off thir, he was quiz the on whether the u. s. has a military presence in syrian or the confusion came to light in an exchange with a reporter from the c g t n news network. take a look at this, what's the, what's the difference that literally threatens there is no attrition answer. and the situation you're crying, there's no us armed forces inside of syria. and so i, i, so i don't have a, it's not a parallel situation. you're sure there's no, there's no u. s. u s. military personnel. i believe this military activity. yeah. but a but a but in terms of ground presence in syria, i'm not aware of that. okay. 5 us service members were injured in that attack. if

there is no, there were no us soldier service members in syria. how could they got injured? but that's weird, right? should i ask? well, the background to the exchange came after on the american military base in syria wasn't tact. earlier this month, the mascot sounds accused us of stealing the country's oil under the guise of a suppose about the terrorism operation. washington, which is believed to have had forces in syria for nearly a decade as openly call for regime change in the country, stevens. so when the a journalist in the series of the view america has taken the un hostage american appearance in the inferior, yes, it is illegal in any country. if the government of the country and the leader of the country asked for help from an from a friendly come states that cow syria did with iran, the suited to russia. that is,

legal appearance that is held from one prince to another friendly country. but the united states came in due to syria and occupied that he still here. yeah, we are all of the oil. well, the gas will and the week of syria and are harvesting them and pumping the oil and gas, stealing them and giving the answer. and using that money to fund the kurdish militia separate this want to separate and get up to you. yes. and to pieces. and that is why why? because they want to keep the mask this week. does it give the student government and who's the president of a doctor, sean? i thought they wanted we, why do they want to we? because he's outside the united states, and he doesn't go under the orders of the united states and the united states embassy today in the u. n. is taking hostage by the united states a case brought by

the ukranian orthodox church, stating that the termination of a lease agreement on its largest monastery was illegal has been rejected by a court in kit. it comes in a, a government attempt to effect monks from the site. monastery officials have said president zalinski as quote, kicking monks out on to the streets, says local media report that arm police attempted to enter the holy grinds to a vic parishioners. they monks residing at the same time a ukrainian cultural task force whose mission is to ensure the safety of cultural property arrived, but simulated nothing to hold the eviction to law school. have slum care for acting against the monastery. on the defensive years, russia's foreign ministry spokesman get it played in, in this very moment. the key regime continues it's offensive against canonical orthodoxy. zelinski and other green f is,

are not interested in issues of faith or morality. they're driven solely by self interest. the desire for personal enrichment, they're ready for any steps including the use of force line. yeah. what we're seeing now is a crime of the key of regime against its own people. meanwhile monk, some worshippers spent the night in the church preventing one foresman from entering the secret place. they say key of actions are illegal. they have every right to stay in the monastery. pope francis has said he's ready to act as he mediator. not only the holy fathers funding the alarm, the united nations has raised concerns or re key of raid on the country's biggest ministry at u. r. t dot com, where the details about flood the mirrors, the landscape cracked on a religious orthodoxy. need for now is in bob way is set on deepening ties with more school with a particular focus aimed at tourism,

getting russian. trish to the southern african country, also education is to the forefront the german of the russians. they do know welcomed his and bob way and kind of or to last, when a move to further grow relations between the states have discussed new ways to cooperate and create opportunities for all important development. the at top politicians also thank to each other for ongoing support on international issue that was done with flemish. my country attaches great importance to the tires of our niece and what kind of his have a long history of by a little religions dating back to the soviet union days. when the soviet union stood by us in our struggle for independence, most bushway would have a long history of relations that have always been based on sincerity. we've always been providing assistance to each other in very.