ah ah, us officials investigate intellectually of classified documents which includes plans for the war and ukraine, that just by writing concerns of the documents could be fake. a senior us lawmakers, they just there might be an american military presence in taiwan. beijing already views washington's involvement with the island as a breach of the one china policy. washington is deliberately provoking beijing, just like it good with moscow. that's the silk and skill pod cast coast. there is a guest on the latest episode of going under ground and he believes the u. s. has abandoned its previous policies. like this blocking backbone that, you know,

china is fred by red light is just like what they do is brush over because people question russia red line off. but she made easy words. and the central african nation of chat exposed to german ambassador, accusing him of making divisive comments about the local government and behavior. i'm befitting a diplomat with coming to you live from the russian capital. this is r t international. i'm rachel evans here with the top stories of the hour. 1 come to the program, a leak of classified us documents about ukraine and china, which are circulating online is being urgently investigated by the pentagon. media outlets site us officials as claiming the files are genuine. with one even admitting it's a quote nightmare for washington's intel agency. my colleague union o'neill

discussed the revelations with r t shaped bows. it's an astounding air leak of over a 100 highly classified documents. and they were released widely on the social media as well, which means they proliferated rapidly, globally as well. and it is a significant embarrassment for the, the western intelligence services, if you like, if they are indeed valid as so we've had a lot of speculation as their origin, their authenticity, of course, unit that claim and counter claim. but, you know, we're looking at these and having a little bit of experience in this sort of area. they look exceptionally a valid to, to a lot of observers. and if it is, if they're not actually genuine, there's been a huge amount of effort and resource put into making them look ex, actually genuine. a course you know, muscle watching the situation around the world waiting to see what the develop and sorry, but we'd like to have a look at what the new york times actually said windshield the story. now,

analysts say more than 100 documents may have been obtained, along with the sensitivity of the documents themselves. could be hugely damaging. u . s. officials said a senior intelligence official called the leak a nightmare for the 5 ice a. so interestingly, they also mention in this trove of documents at china and the middle east. they're basically it intelligence that would be of interest and would have been widely shared among what they called the 5 ice in the west, which is, australia, canada, and new zealand. that united kingdom in the united states basically the anglo sphere of course. the key area of interest right now is what it says about the ukrainian offensive, which is apparently coming up much telegram the much advertised it. and there are significant mid military details mentioned in these documents about the buildup of western equipment. when equipment is arriving at various ukrainian units, field intelligence who is where, when equipment is an issue to arrive,

and also fascinating about training strength. how well ukrainian troops have been trained, how much equipment they've received, how long they're waiting for their equipment. so it's a, it's an exceptionally complex at trove of documents. and it's a serious concern that to the pentagon, i would imagine we have been in communication with the department of defense related to this matter and have begun and investigation. well, that leads us on to the big question, then j of who could be behind these leaks, just looking as well as to the fact that there's 2 separate probes into this by washington. you've got the pentagon, i'm the justice department suggesting they're fearful, but more leaks emerging. yeah, of course. and i mean the nature of this, it will obviously bring allegations in the west as well that this is roshan interference and meddling. and we've already seen some of that now from the, from the western media. but of course, the nature of these huge operations is there's so many people have access to data

relating to logistics. these are huge, combined arms operations, the likes of which we haven't seen in europe since the 2nd world war. so you've got a lot of people access to data. so it's very difficult to keep this absolutely. watertight. of course, dmitri past coff in the kremlin has suggested that this is proof a parent that nato has a granular and high level of involvement in the operation of this conflict. so, you know, in, in, you know, in the round we can't for sure say who is behind this, who we know will be very difficult to find the source of course. and you know, we're gonna have to watch it as it develops you in. and of course we'll, we'll get back and let you know soon as we know more former pentagon official, michael maloof questions, whether the whole story could be a dis, information campaign. somebody with him, the bowels of the pentagon, were leaking information out and putting it on social media. which is

strange. because if it was, if the documents were real and they, they were, they would have been handled. and it was meant to get to the, the get to russia as the audience. it would have been handled a lot differently, not through social media. secondly, the number of the documents seem to be altered. i think that this was a very feeble effort at different this information, not misinformation, but dis, information effort by somebody within the pentagon to expose . but they would say what they would think would be considered sensitive documents by people who they probably didn't think would go and, and test the veracity of the out of the content. some of the things in there just

to make any sense. the pentagon is really upset because those documents are even though they were altered we're, we're actually originated out of the pentagon, so they've got it. they've got their hands will and trying to understand who and who was involved in this, what appears to be a massive leaks. he, even though the information may have been altered, it may have been, it may have been a concerted effort by the pentagon, or it could have been a, a lone wolf wanting to take it upon himself as to throw off and create an atmosphere of confusion. now the moscow where hundreds of people turned out for the funeral of the high profile war journalists, vlade lynch at har ski mourners some carrying flowers gathered at his cemetery in

the capital. for the last farewell to the reporter, he was killed in a terrorist attack at a cafe in saint petersburg last week. at least 42 other people were injured in the bombing, including a child. that means suspect aria trip over has been arrested and is under investigation. russian officials claim ukraine over the attack on to turn key key at rejects the allegations. the journalist was posthumously awarded the order of courage for his bravery. one of russia's top awards o u. s. republican congressman michael mccall, who heads the house foreign affairs committee, believes that washington will not hesitate to send troops to taiwan. if beijing make them move on the island. speaker mccarthy and yourself have said that multiple times now that we need to arm taiwan. now, before there is any sort of invasion, what about u. s. troops arctic? you know, then you're talking about, i'm an authorized use of military force. it would come out of my committee or

a declaration of war, which we haven't you license war to which you support that? i think if, if you have china commerce, china invades tie one, i think that is, and certainly if the american people support this, the congress will fall while the politician arrived as part of the us delegation to taiwan on thursday, while in washington house speaker, kevin mccarthy, met with ty, one's president, despite china's objection and a potential response, beijing launched 3 days of large scale military drills near the strait of taiwan on saturday. the chinese foreign ministry condemned the presence of u. s. officials and taiwan. hey, alan, he pushed i. one is an inseparable part of china. china sovereignty and territorial integrity has never been divided and divisions won't be allowed. some countries hype up the false narrative of democracy versus authoritarianism and used a pretext of democracy to support and connived with separatist forces in taiwan for

independence. in order to contain china, this approach is extremely dangerous and will not succeed. you for the controversial visit to the you as have tie ones, president was the focus of the latest going underground. show it welcome the host and the silk and still podcast carl tsar, to discuss china's red lines. you can watch the interview throughout the day. here's a preview. what you think of a this tie when he is leader arriving? i don't know why. i mean, why do you think she's even in the u. s. she said she's going to guatemala and billy's, and it was just her. she couldn't get a direct flight and had to fly through new york, which is presumably why she meant the democrat taught her house leader in the new yorker than on the akeem. jeffrey isn't on the way back in the reagan memorial library to meet kevin mccarthy. the number 2 in the u. s. power structure, the house speaker. yeah, i mean of course,

like the whole whole purpose of so called latin american ship is really come to us and to publicly challenge china did a lot. it moves us. those us knows where china's read by china said publicly taiwan can do whatever they want as long as they don't do not declare. ready formal independence, but now us lawmakers are making a statement like tie one that is a new country. we should respect island sovereignty, which is going back there. all commitment to one tie policy that was signed by president nathan back in 1972, we premier july we formed the foundation on the final american relationship ever since. so us is walking back on that because they know we're trying to spread like red light it. and just like what they do is they keep on question russia red line

on push on each words they are now trying to push china's red light. i want understand for china with the pilot, just as you craning issue the emotional issue that rushes for the chinese tie one issue, the highly emotionally charged issue has come to your pan moves closer than ever to becoming a de facto member of nato. canada says it's going to to point military aircraft to the country. tokyo says it's part of a plan to track north korean naval activity. but not everyone's convinced as our team donald quarter explains. the north atlantic treaty organization has been sticking its nose in the endo pacific. that's as to pans. foreign minister saying it's time to get cosy with the supposedly defensive military alliance. the security of europe in that of the indo pacific region can no longer be discussed separately

. that was my main message when i attended the nato ministerial meeting last year for the 1st time as japanese foreign minister. these efforts cannot be made by japan alone, and we welcome the enhanced engagement of nato, its members and partner countries in the indo pacific. as tokyo declares, it's looking to develop a deep strategic partnership with nato member state canada's wasted no time. and taking advantage of this new window to the pacific. it's already sent a military aircraft to japan with the stated intent of helping and force un sanctions against north korea. and while pyongyang has been under un sanctions since 2006, there's no mandate for any one power to enforce them. no auto has taken the liberty of appointing itself as a policeman of the pacific with japan as its deputy. together we are promoting a free and open endo pacific and protecting the international rules that keep us all safe. i thank japan. one of canada's most important defense partners in the endo pacific region for this strong relationship based on shared values,

economic links, and people to people ties. what's more is that this japan nato partnership seems to have been in the works behind closed doors for a while. back in january and stoughton berg made an important visit to tokyo, less than a month after japan unveiled it's biggest military build up since world war 2. a $320000000000.00 plan to buy missiles capable of striking china and prepare japan for sustained conflict. on surprisingly, beijing feels threatened in its own back yard. b. u. s. indo pacific strategy is in fact an attempt to gang up to form exclusive blocks to provoke a confrontation by plotting in asia pacific version of nato. its goal is to undermine regional integration through decoupling cutting chains. the u. s. claimed shaped strategic environment in which china operates actually reveals the real purpose of its indo pacific strategy. that is to encircle china as japan re militarize this for the 1st time since world war 2 and canada asserts a military presence in the pacific. the western august military alliance seems to

be preparing for war with china as well. specifically with australia planning to construct a nuclear powered submarine fleet. all things considered it doesn't exactly look like nato is involved in defense. if operations on the other side of the globe, asian affairs specialists, andrew long believes the move my candidate as part of a wider western strategy to contain china. is to say part of a global chessboard to, ah, and lead by the united states and to contain and confront china, which is seen to be a pacing challenge and near peer arrival, ram to the u. s. and hedge money. and of course, you look at the whole chest ford there on the 1st island chain and a 2nd on and chain al with american they will assist and circling china's eastern seaboard. i'm and, and, and, and, and, and of course the,

and in addition to our, for example, the for us iron chain center in okinawa, the 2nd on the chain center in guam are there of course the, and monarch a strait are. also, singapore are controlled by the american 7th street. and now you as you just recorded or, or cuz i knew chris marine deal with australia and end of life, eyes alliance with them, canada. and you, a citizen, united kingdom are all focusing on china. and now japan, and with this new am newly invented a new pacific strategy and tracking as, as in india. again, the whole black alignment is the conn's contain and conference china naturally on abuse. threatened because the us out on a c is china's life blood are all the international trade and also supplied raw materials and he sent you an ingredient staff for china's manufacturing power house

and which 16 the stability of the child is government. so naturally, china leads to react and hands china's building a blue water navy. so you've got to look at this and an at present happening outward canada, japan and all the rhetoric of our natal. i'm is only a candle ranch or to bring natal to asia. pacific lag will now be o. the central african nation of chat has given the german ambassador 48 hours to pack his bags and leave the diplomats accused of making divisive comments about child's government. and behavior said to be not befitting of his position. this decision of the government is motivated by the discovery his attitude and the non respect of diplomatic practices by the german ambassador as prescribed by the vienna convention. because previously so as it did promote in new cher angola

and in the philippines. it was also a special representative of but germany government in the what they called the as tables and states. and now he has been serving as a germany buster to childbirth since 2021 digit on for an upper officer. very disappointed. but this decisions how asked the reasons for which the government of chat has declared alan beth trenton, jemina bison, a non grad today. absolutely. in compensable, we are in contact with the government of chad on this matter. the child guffman is still on his position. he has report bill is seen quite as an inch to 32 much and i think he's making the visit remark, the gout man, although the chad says that the chairman a boss in german or received civil war warming about the

but he didn't chance you'd be we talked or that's why they did that decision to ask her beverly to change ambassador that don't leave the lady all kinda fossil my lee and chad, the tree also got cycles will come to us all already made the decision to expend west them a diploma that they believe do not respect me. oh, they have been disrespectful to the local governments, african regional analysts move. mohammed ali believes that some countries are trying to lessen their dependence on western powers. well, actually it is the beginning, and by the time we'll see how this thing will go. maybe in the coming coming month is going to be more africa initiatives to be more independent

from the bus on the trying to put some sort of not a country recall notice in the past about foreign countries in the world to have their lives. i think they're trying to show that it's time for african nations to spin up to the pressure of the we're not taking away the yes. you have to do like what happened? 10 years 2260 and also the condition of trying to go more and more beyond that capacity of diplomatic relations with their west, microsoft has been fine. $3300000.00 by the u. s. government for violating sanctions. slapped on a number of countries including russia. the us treasury department is said to have found more than $1300.00 sanctions violations, including the export of software to cuba, iran, syria, and russia. the majority of the breaches involved trade was blocked russian businesses and people located in crimea between 201220. 19 microsoft. acknowledge

that it failed to comply with the sanctions and prevent the use of products to get more on this last cross live. now to dr. michael rectinwald's, former new york university professor and author of a dozen books, including google archipello logo, the digital gulag, and the simulation of freedom. michael, it's great to have you on the program today. now it's not only microsoft, one of the biggest american banks, wells fargo was recently fined by $100.00 millions of dollars for violating washington sanctions. do you think that these companies were even aware that they were violating some government rules and are these sanctions really effective in any way? i mean, in the case of microsoft, they couldn't possibly know where they were. software systems had migrated to and likewise that they couldn't possibly present prevent such software migrations. so

they don't have really any control over how their software is used and it's very difficult to control it. so this particular sanction that they violated the sanctions are really drop in the bucket in terms of the penalty that they're being that's being levied against them. this really has to do with the conflict and ukraine, despite the fact that these violations supposedly happen between 20122019. they're only now being sanctioned for these violations. which means that this really has to do with the geopolitical situation in ukraine. right. and you know, it's interesting because they're not really focusing on what the intent was there. they're just focusing on what they say were the violations. so what do you think the ultimate goal is here? i mean, to make examples of these firms to frighten others into compliance, is that when it comes down to yes, this is to have a chilling effect on other firms who would engage in any kind of transactions

with, with russia. and likewise they're, they're attempting to send a message to other firms to basically stave off any kinds of relations, any kind of business transactions. and to, to essentially provide a, a kind of a chilling effect. so that the, these kinds of transactions are, any transactions with russian business are prevented. it's, it's really ridiculous because the, the beneficiaries of said, transactions are not just russians, but also americans and others. so it really is quite a, just as a disastrous policy, really, you know, speaking of all those who are impacted, i mean, we've seen billions of dollars belonging to countries frozen and seized in the us, has that freight in the wider international community in terms of where they keep

their money. absolutely. yeah, we're seeing funds frozen in various bags from various banks. and so it makes it very difficult for investors to track and trace where their actual investments are . and likewise, they are paying penalties for investments. they probably don't even though they have so it's a very difficult business of it's trying to extract extricate all these investments out of rational and industries and banks. and it's impossible really to do. so yes, this is basically, is another warning shots, a warning shot being far across the bar to try to warn other investors and, and companies to keep all their transactions out of russia. yeah,

definitely trying to set an example or make an example out of companies like microsoft, but let's talk about the long term impact here because you've got a company like microsoft that is now deprived of large markets because of us policies. what are the companies themselves like microsoft, are likely to think about that and how does that affect them in the long term? well, i mean it's, it's not just russia here. we have an example being set which could be extrapolated on to other countries like china, in which case we're talking about major market share is being diminished and reduced and eliminated. so really this is, this is the governmental intervention in the business. the state levying its own sort of the controls over business and completely shutting down free market enterprise where they prefer it not to happen. so it's a contradiction with the american capitalist us system. and

it's, it's, it's very possible that this would have wider ramifications. this kind of example shouldn't apply even more broadly than de russia itself. yeah, certainly a lot of daycare and will continue to follow all the latest. former new york university professor and author, dr. michael rectinwald's, thank you so much for your time and insight. thank you, rachel. a man has been killed in tel aviv and several others injured after a car rammed into a crowd of people out of the front park on friday. authorities are calling it a terror attack already said the person killed was an italian tourists and local media, reported the assailant was shot dead by police and response to a spike in such incidents. prime minister benjamin netanyahu has ordered the color of military and border police reserve. it the attack happened just hours after she was really women were killed and another person critically wounded. during the

shooting in the west bank, medics and soldiers were quick to arrive at the scene. the suspect is currently a large israeli officials claim the man responsible was palestinian, and a man hunt is under way. the escalation of violence comes on the heels of a crackdown by israeli security forces on palestinian worshippers at the oxide mosque in east jerusalem. earlier this week it spread reaction around the islamic world with some of the harshest criticism coming from iran. or you contributor, use of your lallie, has the details come violence against palestine, yet angry demonstrators chanting to her aunt in protest to israel's new wave of violence, against palestinians, people into one and other parts of it on stage demonstrations after weekly friday prayers in order to vent their anger at these radio forces assault on dozens of palestinian worshippers inside acts a mosque during the holy month of ramadan with

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mainly european countries and those that support the zionists try to side with israel because they benefit from these railey people and capitalists. this is while muslim countries and freedom see can nations, especially the gulf states and islamic countries are aware of the aggressive and oppressive spirits of israel. so now that these countries support the regime for iranian foreign minister was saying i'm here at the law. he on also condemned these ready desecration of an ox, a mosque. he said, and a twitter post that these rallies are confused by the wave of convergence. these law mac world, the desecration and night attack of the fake israeli regime soldiers on the machine . alec saw worshippers created painful scenes that are the result of the behavior of human rights claimants who turn a blind eye to the crimes of zionist terrorists. zionists are confused by the wave of convergence in the islamic world and the prospect of internal collapse. here

inter was weekly friday prayer officials called on almost them countries to rally behind palestinians and wears awareness of these really atrocities against muslims in palestine. i mean here they have built in iran dome, but more than a 100 rock had struck the zionists regime. the iron's own could into sets only a few of those rockets. they are only thought that their iron don't can prevent the invalid missiles. these really move has triggered one of the worst flareups between israel and palestinian resistance groups and overseas gaza strip. the hamas movement has launched a volley of rockets.