[000:00:00;00] a a number of local them that are not to go public are killed and wounded as the area. once again comes under ukrainian shelly with in the stories that shape the way we look at the timeline of the bomb attack and st. petersburg, which killed the high profile russian more journalists and wounded or 40 other people. in a renewed effort to engineer, decade long, complex key delegations derive in yemen for peace, strong the victim with women, the elderly and children, the youngest one who was shot multiple times close right. continuing our special

coverage of the 20th anniversary of the us invasion of iraq. we look back at the massacre account or 24 civilians were gunned down by american troops with coming to live from the russian capital. this is the weekly energy international. i'm rachel blevins here with the top stories of this week and today. welcome to the program. civilian areas and the non escrow public out once again come under showing from ukrainian forces. i town near the regional capital was head leaving a number of locals dead and wounded ortiz, roman coast. europe sent us this report. 2 civilians were killed and 14 were wounded as the result of ukrainian strike in the city of yes, in nevada. now at least 12 house, as private houses like this one were destroyed according to officials,

ukrainian nationalists used to multiple launch rockets systems, as well as 155 millimeter caliber, nato made weapons. and this is the scene that sir, who had been witnessing absolutely everywhere in use in nevada, as of the sound has been under constant ukrainian shelling lately. why? why don't we shoot duper, did you shell the residential area? a young fellow decided to fry pancakes for his grand dead. so luckily we had driven back to my place right after that 2 minutes later it has all been shells. his grandmother and grandfather were hit and wounded in their legs. we went to the hospital and saw 12 people there, then we brought them to mchale fca, where god saved the grandson. it's rewarding sometimes to fry pancakes for your

grandfather. firing indiscriminately against the peaceful civilians has become somewhat of a trademark of ukrainian nationalists now. ah, this crater is set right in the middle of a kindergartens play ground all around me. are people's houses, apartment buildings right next door to the kindergarten is, has school. as you can see, the kindergarten here, all the when those have been blown out. thankfully, there were no victims here has all the kids at the moment or on distance learning. syrians could have been with you who were standing next to the sports ground. i was on the phone and then a sudden blast occurred. i got twisted and fell down after that i saw my arm was just hanging brother and 3 other people were there with me. one of them was very near me and i'm sorry he died and i lost my arm. it's a civilian area. and even despite that, it has already been shelled 3 or 4 times. they might have been targeting the

hospitals. it's located close to the site where the shells fell. sergei is just one of 14 civilians who were wounded as a result of ukrainian artillery. shelley here in use in nevada has i haven't spoken with him. it looks like he is full of confidence that he is going to pull through. however, he said that at least one person was killed. the person that was standing right next to him, all in old. on saturday, 2 people were killed and 15 wounded as the result of ukrainian artillery strikes from one cos room. artie than this republican, an extremist group, which calls itself the national republican army, has claimed responsibility for the assassination of the high profile russian more journalist, blah glen, to tars t. he was killed in an explosion on the st. petersburg cafe last sunday, which left at least 40 other people wounded. the main suspect in the case has been

charged with committing an act of terrorism. the national republican army claims it was acting without foreign help. a bus with the mom hidden inside exploded in the venue during an event. the radical group was founded with the stated aim of overthrowing the kremlin. back in august, the same group said it had carried out the killing of another russian journalist dory duke anna outside moscow. however, russian officials claim ukraine was directly responsible for both murders or charge the key ab denies. this is footage from inside. the cafe shows mr. to char stick being handed the bus with the suspect even being invited to sit close to him . it's not clear if she knew the object contained mom and a warning. you may find the following footage, disturbing. the disease or seeing hair survivors from the attack outside in the street as passers by tried to help the main us that was brought up, leaving the scene,

moments after the blast man who was killed by them to charge. he was an influential war walker. the 4 year old real name was max in from mean he was originally from don bath and thought in the early stages of the conflict in 2014, as part of the move on people's militia. that experience led to him later filming reports from the area and posting online, or donald quarter breaks down how they events unfold that on a sunday evening like any other russian war correspondent, flood, lend to tar sky was hosting an event centered around war zone journalism. here at this cafe, it was opened admission. anyone could have attended. and starsky told his audience of his stories of war around 6 15 pm. his life came to a sudden end after an explosion reduced the cafes interior to rubble.

ah, he just took up the suit usa too late terrorist attack has just happened yet. while glad lent a tar ski was speaking. there was an explosion in the bar. it seems that our speaker got up. according to eye witnesses, the explosion came from a small statue that a woman brought to the event a gift, apparently intended for to tar ski. russia's investigative committee said it was looking into this incident as a murder and the police were on a man hunt to find the woman in question. media reports began to suggest that the main suspect in the case was a woman by the name of daria trap of a, someone who had been arrested before at anti government demonstrations, and had transferred money to an extremist organization called the anti corruption foundation. around 700 police officers were deployed across the city in search of

trap of the police showed up at her door with automatic weapons and even rated the residence of her mother and sister. for the time being though she was nowhere to be found. the next day, the authorities found daria trip of a at a 4 rent apartment where the russian investigative committee later confirmed her detention. not long after that, the interior ministry released a video confession and which daria trip of a admits to bringing an explosive statuette to tar ski's event. do you understand why you have been detained? i am detained for being at the scene of flatland petoskey, killing. what have you done? i pause sachi, they explode at us. well, who gave it to you? good. can i tell you later, rushes anti terrorism committee has determined that this was a terrorist attack organized by key of with the help of agents from the aforementioned extremist organization. the anti corruption foundation here for its

part has denied any involvement in this attack. as it did a year ago, when there was overwhelming evidence to suggest that key of agents had killed another high profile russian journalist. daria do gonna, with the civilian assassinations piling up and the west, turning a blind eye to key of roland them. it looks like the people who risked their lives to show the world. the truth are going to have to sleep with one eye open until this conflict is over donald quarter r t st. petersburg. the theatre of messrs. your char sky was held on saturday. mourners gathered out a cemetery in the capitol. he was posthumously awarded the order of courage for bravery, one of russia's top honors he may be overly reliant on its ties with the us. that's the concern that's been expressed by the french president during a trip this week to china, a manual, my chrome said that europe must avoid falling washington's lead into

a potential confrontation with beijing over taiwan. the paradox would be that overcome with bennett, we believe we're just america's followers. the question you were being asked me to answer is it in our interest to accelerate on taiwan? no. the worst thing would be to think that we, you repeat and must become followers on this topic and take our cue from the u. s. agenda, and the chinese overreaction. recently the chairman of the us house foreign affairs committee said there would only be a conflict with china if it had the support of the american people. michael mccaul had been asked how far washington would go to defend its interest in taiwan. 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? i think, you know, then you're talking about 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 2?

would you support that? i think if, if the of china commerce china invades to i one, i think that is certainly if the american people support this, the congress will follow. the words were delivered as a u. s. delegation visited taiwan on thursday. back in washington house bigger. kevin mccarthy hosted the islands leader this 5 objections from china. on saturday, aging launched 3 days of military girls around the territory. the chinese foreign ministry also issued a statement, the san, to clear up any confusion regarding the one china principle payment, which i, $1.00 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 use the pretext of democracy to support and connive with separatist forces and tie one for independence in order to contain china. this approach is extremely

dangerous and will not succeed. author and political analyst, nikolai markovich believes that mac cron statements suggestive visions within the atlantic community. this is typically manuel macro. we. we know that she likes to tell people what they like to hear. so we like to see a macro abide by his own principles. if he's afraid of going to war with china by following what the u. s. policy is, why was he not afraid of following the u. s. policy in ukraine in going to war in directly with russia? i do think it is quite interesting, however, because in such a circumstance it does show that within vietnam, this is community, there are divisions, and the fact that emanuel macro open the says to journalists that he does not want to follow everywhere. the u. s. policy is something quite interesting, i think also that china has identified it manual macro as a weaker spot within the atlantis community. we're in the west and they've paid on

that. we've seen how exiting being has agreed manual macro in china with a lot of honors with a lot of important meetings and sidestepping ursula, vendor ne and clearly showing that china was getting more on macro than he was on the european union. do not publish our solidarity that semester romanian farmers are directing schraner, brussels for allowing cheap ukrainian food products just want their markets. ah, some farmers clash with police during the protests which were held in several cities across the country, tractors were used to block major roads in an attempt to draw, not just their government's attention to the issue, but brussels to their main demand is financial compensation from you authority, which last year allowed the uncontrolled flow of food imports from t at farmers claim. the move combined with ineffectual import,

terrorists have left europe, agriculture sector sector, and all those who work in it in a vulnerable position. the delegation from saudi arabia and all might have arrived in yemen for peace talks with who the rebels if follows a reconciliation between saudi arabia and iran. and a deal brokered by china. this is part of renewed efforts to and the nearly decade long conflict and were saudi led forces have been fighting against who the insurgency, which is supported by iran. it is assumed that the piece talks will focus on a potential cease fire and, and to a saudi blockade of yeah, many ports controlled by the who phase. there is also speculation that the negotiations will include the possible withdrawal of saudi led forces from yemen and efforts to rebuild the country. efforts to establish cooperation between the parties are already under way with the recent prisoners was conducted between the

sides. the war wrapped it back in 2014. when an uprising by who the rebels toppled, the government escalated into a broader conflict between the saudi led coalition, supporting the government and the wrong backing. the who these who want to establish a religious state, trying to diplomatic efforts which saw saudi arabia under ron resort type of boosted hopes, of a lasting resolution to the conflict in yemen. more than 23000000 people are estimated to need immediate humanitarian health journalists use. if mark has more on the development, we have to recognize that saudi arabia is taking this initiative to come to yemen, something which they have never done. i think saudi arabia is starting to see the downward trajectory that the u. s. and western powers are heading. and i think that, you know, they're sort of on this cross path where they are being forced to jump off the sinking western hedge

a monic ship that they have relied on. we have to keep in mind that from on saudi arabia, the u. e. they all have us and western military bases in their own nations. they are no part of the western forest to implement western policy in the entire region . you know, this initiative that they're taken is geared at establishing better partnerships, not just in yemen, but throughout the region with also iran. you know, thanks to the china brokered agreement that they assigned to 3 weeks ago. right. so i think saudi arabia is on a precipice where they are forced to jump off the ship of western colonialism. it's known locally as the venice of africa and nigerian village in the middle of a lake such as its unique location that the only way in or out is by boat or cheese gravel is that love cell to explore. well, come to my uncle,

go. the only place in africa when the residents live on water. this whole lace is build on stealth, often called africa's venice because of the numerous pathways and the houses that have been build fair on these filled so much for africans can flim well well. you're about to get the shock of your life with this is the only way to get about. you wanna go to school, get on a boat. you want to go to church, get on a boat. you wanna go to shops. you gotta get on a boat, but you just look around the poverty that's around this place, of course,

takes it away from what you might know. as the romance and beauty, they tally and begged rob it's name after this is the biggest fish market. apparently there is a leg was if you one fish from lay rose, you have to have a pot of mccorkle and you can see this from everywhere. so apparently it's not the women that fish, if they are men who catch the fish and then only after do they are women yet to sell it. they are an accounting number of people here because even during the last census in nigeria, in 2007, there wasn't enough. people counted here to have a legitimate figure. it's estimated there over 50 schools here that emerge in the size of the place and the population. if that is the case, the people here are mostly of burn in origin. they were fishermen by trade. they moved here to try and look for

a bed alive here on the outskirts leg was just awful for the 3rd mainland bridge. and they continue to live in these pathways in the land, marquise li, do jose busy, good, at least one producing guess, fish markets. and the whole of legos went to don't want the lord and make sure that the part of how they live. you have to negotiate pathways, you have to negotiate everywhere, much more. it's more everything they've done out of. i've been told, you know, they negotiate the a way through life. they negotiate their way through this plate. and this is what you have in another way. you have a more by a shop shop, go around and it's self food as it goes. good. one, michael gould. isn't that ever a fantastic place? ah, we're doing the dollars dominant. sas, the clear goal, stated by iran has the country welcome the russian president, special aid to che ron on sunday day,

ron argues that reducing the role of the dollar in both regional and international transactions would help lessen the western dominance of the world. economy are wrong, also underline the north south corridor as the most important part of its development projects. it plans to connect transit routes for goods from moscow to india through iran, bypassing western nations and their sanctions. the ideas voice by the iranian official is trending under the name d dollarization. and iran and russia are the only ones pushing for that. turkey has central bank has recently announced steps to boost this move away from the greenback and keep down the yields of turkish li word government bonds. and current wants to encourage the use of the local currency in bank deposits as part of the central banks, leroy zation strategy. moreover, china and malaysia are also weighing a potential asian monetary fund as a counterbalance to the dollar dominated international monetary. and finally,

saudi arabia, sudden january, it's open to discussing all trade and currencies other than the dollar is moving away from the notion that the dollar is the sole currency to trade oil with. the secretary general of asian mirrors forum, listed 3 major reasons behind the devaluation of the dollar over the last 30 years . first, the, the financial surprises the cards in 2008. and he was the one that many countries, especially you and all the countries where one we are the are the next to the dollar system. the other one was the curb for currency, which was out of the hands of the americans. and again, the dollars and the 3rd one which i consider that the most important one is the use of the united states from the dollar,

putting sanction on the country in that country over and over again. and actually, let's say we can say help the country, the sanction countries to go to are working together. so you almost sanction washer was sanction graduate and try no, thanks to the many, many other countries. and these countries realize that they couldn't work with each other despite the sanctions, and there would be no further calls on that. and they don't need actually the us all that to work with each other so that it could be sanction. or it could be a lead me by or controlled by the state. today mar, 20 years since the rocky capital of baghdad fell to us forces and a war that left a trail of devastation in its wake were continuing our special coverage of the event that through the oil rich country indicate off and the stabilize the region.

for years to come, the meanwhile, a new gallop survey has found the majority of muslim nations don't view america as a democracy building power in iraq. for example, 72 percent of respondents don't believe the quote. the u. s. is serious about encouraging the establishment of democratic systems in muslim countries. exactly. 2 decades ago, a large statue of the iraqi leader, saddam hussein was talking them back that the monument was brought down my rockies with the help of us marines. the event received extensive media coverage with many headlining it as the end of the hussein era. but it wasn't the end of involvement in the country for us forces. 2 years after the invasion began, american troops gone down 24 civilians,

including women and children in the town of her date that one of the 8 marines involved pleaded guilty to negligence. all other charges, including involuntary manslaughter and aggravated assault were dismiss, are to steve sweeney travel to the country to investigate the incident and the legacy, the u. s. war left behind. i d. 's, there was a town, the very few people outside of iraq knew before. 2003, but it soon became known throughout the world of the us. marines went on the rampage, massacring 24 people like fallujah. this was also a revenge attack. it followed the killing of a us soldier in a roadside bomb here. but the victims were women, the elderly and children as young as one who was shot multiple times at close range . kara, they killed my brother, my uncle, to heat my uncle rashid, my father, my mother and my grandmother. the only survivors will my brother up till my sister

sia and me. yes, again, the military tried to cover up the truth, but was soon for so amid that marines might have deliberately targeted civilians all their latin that the completely sold off the entire city for months. not allowing any one to enter and arresting any one who spoke about the instant. so the issue did not appear on television for a long time, but the ones who actually provoked the situation where the americans themselves, the plainest. there were felt by many here and had ether, including mister colored, who lost 15 members of his family in the massacre. so he had sealed on january 19th, 2005, a land mine exploded at a place where the u. s. military was located. we were used to the fact that after some kind of explosion, there would be screams for about half an hour, but then everything will be silent afterwards. that time it was different. the screams continued, and the sounds of shots fired by the american military continued terrifying the

residents of the city. it turned out that an american humvee was blown up. they broke into the house of abdul hassan and killed 7 of its residents. they also broke into the house of my cousin and killed 8 of the people who were living there. they also stopped a taxi that was carrying students heading to baghdad to study the executed them in cold blood. after that, they broke into the house of ai. it al gray airy and killed 4 people. it was a terrible day. it terrified the entire city, the american military, the militants and al qaeda. one might say, we're playing a game of cat and mouse. and ordinary citizens were the only ones who really suffered from this. every day we heard shooting in the city, the result of which was always the cold blooded murder of civilians. hundreds of innocent people died in such incidents. he described drug cray soldiers who lost control as they went on a 3 hour killing spree la la foot in

a 20 years after the americans evaded my country. iraqis still remember this with great pain and suffering because of the disasters the americans left behind. yes, my country suffered from economic weakness due to the devastating war with iran, but life was safe in the cities and in the country as a whole. however, with the arrival of the americans, that security ended before the american invasion. there was a kind of social equality between different levels of society. but after the american invasion, a corrupt class emerged rising above society. previously, iraqis were kind sociable, they showed brotherly feelings towards each other and generosity. but after the americans came, drugs began to spread. families began to disintegrate. social degradation began increasingly we began to hear about things alien to our society that a son killed his father or his family and all of this because of drugs. it didn't come out of nowhere. the americans are gone,

but traces of the us still remain in my country. they manifest themselves in the economic and social spheres and their ugliest forms. the people of her disa have been denied justice house of the 8 indicted 6 or the charges dropped altogether. while one was found not guilty. the only soldier to face caught merely lost rank and had his salary reduced, leaving the victims loved ones angry. i remember they may have been women and there may have been children and there is a squad leader. your responsibility at that point is to say, cease fire. let's not take another step. we just killed some women and children here. my responsibilities a squad leader is to make sure that none of the rest of my guys died. so no, i don't believe so. and i took it in, i believe that the u. s. president at the time, george bush and the other leaders who supported him during the occupation of my country,

as well as their armies. bear collective responsibility for every drop of innocent blood shed in my country. any rock international courts must work hard to bring those criminals to justice. judicial decisions must be made to improve the transparency of fake western democracy. once again, washington has committed war crimes with impunity. and 20 years later, it is ordinary iraqis that has still paying the price. that war was called over the false claims of said on having weapons of mass destruction. it led to decades of turmoil here on our team will continue to chronicle those deadly days and their aftermath and our special coverage. at this hour, american and coalition forces are in the early stages of military operations to disarm iraq, to free its people,

and to defend the world from great with food and medicine. and sleep with that's all for now. be sure to check out our t dot com for all the latest breaking news and not days. we'll see you right back here at the top of the hour.