ah ah ah, russia claims the leak of classified pentagon documents about the warn you praying reveal nothing new. that those questions remain about the authenticity of the files . the u. s. could call it support for ukraine and leave europe to face the conflict on its own. as a warning to the french president from a republican senator entering choppy waters detention in the pacific region. as a u. s. navy vessel fails through the south trying to see a major drill all around taiwan.

a coming to you live from the russian capital. this is our t international. i merge over here with the top stories of be our welcome to the program. questions are so being asked about the authenticity of document supposedly leaked from the pentagon that have been making headlines, but russia noted it wouldn't be the 1st time washington spied on its friends. these creatures, nothing should be excluded. there have been some interesting leeks. every one is analyzing them and they are being widely discussed. the fact that the u. s. has been spying on some world leaders, especially european ones, has been revealed not just once. there have been many scandals. there is also a tendency to blame everything on russia. it's a common obsession right now. they were initially released or discovered on the relatively on known a discord and for cham chat sites. there were there some time,

apparently before they were picked up, and the new york times did a story on this last friday. the league of over a 100, very detailed and documents covering a huge range of topics and the western media has really picked up the ball and run with, with these as authentic, and we have a look at exactly what they're saying right now. more details are emerging about how in a parent trove of intelligence documents leaked under social media sites over the last few months. with the justice department investigation already underway. classified government documents covering not only ukraine, but other parts of the world have started showing up on social media. this appears to be a major compromise of pentagon seekers. they describe a range of u. s. intelligence activities, including america's spying operations around the world, and iran and north korea's nuclear programs. time. something sensitive like this

comes out of the pentagon leaks from the pentagon. it is taken very seriously by the administration plans about ukraine's their preparations for a, a much vaunted upcoming counter offensive. the papers also mention what the western intelligence agencies would call signals intelligence, which is basically information that has been harvested through spying and spying on their allies. also with south korea. and israel boat being mentioned air, you know, the western media is talking about dismay among these country, but the sources are all listed as anonymous on cnn, etc. so we're kind of watching to see are there going to be any more statements or so create the only countries actually made the official statement. big hitters like israel of the u. k. remaining quiet on it. of course, ukraine has wrote in and suggested that the whole affair is essentially an elaborate rush and this information campaign to distract and deflect from confidence in their upcoming offense of the aim of secret data leaks is obvious.

divert attention, cos, doubts, and mutual suspicions. so discord, it's an ordinary game of russian secret services we have to sort of look at the way the western media has really swallowed this hook, line, and sinker. there's very little questioning in the western media now as to the voracity, despite the fact that any confirmation of their authenticity is essentially from anonymous sources. and i suppose we have to think of, you know, the same western media has been very shy to question the u. s government on, for example, the nord stream affair. they're very silent on that, but on this particular subject they're very vocal and seem to be, you know, promoting the idea that they are definitely real. so i think we have to kind of be skeptical and have a look at this as it develops and it's probably a story that will room alone for some time. so i think, you know, the main view is take it with

a pinch of salt for now. and let's see how it develops. so we'll keep you informed . independent geopolitical analysts pepe escobar claims that there are numerous inconsistencies in the lease documents. look at maybe you and so was 0 is remember mad magazines, spy against spy cartoon in the sixty's. now that was the black ro and the white crow. it was absolutely delirious. and this is something like that. but the problem is everybody on twitter and telegram look that the secret, intel, which is not that secret when you actually read it. there are a lot of inconsistencies, and the language is pretty weird. did the nominations of the weapon sometimes is. ussr and russia sometimes is natal. it's not coherent at all. so you can see there is some sing dodgy about and so you, we don't know the details. of course, the pentagon is desperate to spin. this is a fake, but we know it's not a fake. it was leaked probably by an insider, according to their documents,

assuming that they are true. they spy on every one in europe. all the 5 ice and a massage, and people who are outside of, as i called it, nato stan including south korea. so everybody is treated like a vassal. ah, nobody is equal to the superpower in everybody's us by the phone. but this is something that we know for the past 75 years. but there's nothing new about that. according to the best russian military correspond is on the terrain, the, the racial of casualties extend to one. according to these documents is more, alas, a 6.57 to one which is closer to the truth compared to what was being spun by the america and to what a week ago. right. so obviously of ukrainians. the completely freaked out about that because it's more closer to the end,

a few extrapolate to what could happen after the end of the current slaughter house in that mosque. while it's going to be, the rushes are big, this, the russian strategy. what's brilliant about it is that they just tweak it what is essentially the same strategy come here, we're waiting for you, and then we apply our leasing machine. this is exactly what they did, the mark them what they need worth, brilliancy, and the most extraordinary thing in martian. i've said that i cannot believe that ne took lenders did not see this. coming. francis president has been facing a barrage of criticism after he warned european powers to be wary of washington, a manual. my cross said the e u lacks its own autonomy, but in response to republican congressman claim the u. s. could end that support for ukraine and leave europe to deal with the war alone. when you ask your,

did you speak for them? because we're pretty heavily involved in ukraine. right now. we're spending a lot of our tax payer money on a european line. and i've supported that because i think this in the national interest to the united states, to be allies, to our allies, but in our allies position, in fact, chrome speaks for all of europe. and their position now is they're not going to pick side between the us and china over taiwan. maybe we shouldn't be picking sides either. maybe we should basically say we're going to focus on taiwan and the threats that china poses. and you guys handle ukraine and europe. it sounds like sen rubio is playing the. how could you after everything i've done for you card, now they're not co is 40 with china. yeah, washington, i've done so much for europe in ukraine, which is why my call is pleated with washington for a lower prices on gas export to your from the us. now that the block is dependent on us l. n. g. after being encouraged by washington to cut off their cheap, fresh supply and the ukraine public is just so good for europe that michael was

begging us lawmakers on a visit to washington last december to. ringback reconsider the impact of biting protectionist inflation reduction act on european industry as a result of europe blindly following washington's agenda on ukraine. so if the us wants to let europe handle ukraine alone, sen rubio was threatening. well, there's a pretty good chance of peace breaking out. so maybe you didn't think that through very well because it's worth recalling that rubio is a strong advocate for killing off europe snored st pipeline with stations, and he hit the roof when biting considered lifting sanctions than when it was mysteriously blown up. rubio claim that it's just quote, common sense that russia did it, which is weird because there weren't any russian officials running around like rubio and his fellow american neo cons word demanding its demise. now the panic over mack holes comments has really hit fever pitch here on this side of the atlantic. a crown could not be clearer and even clearer parts were removed by

political under request of the embassy in his v. taiwan is not europe's problem, and europe should not become vassals of the united states. this brutally on demands his credibility as leads in europe. my cronin joins shows in, in the lexicon of shame. for me, emanuel micron is a political disaster for the you, mainly contributing directly or indirectly to for exit. exactly what wouldn't expects. also, arkansas, senator plumb cotton was just calling tv here. a catchy mccaul over his, this interest in blindly following washington is what conflict with china over tie one at the risk of that conflict popping off militarily. cotton was most recently seen advocating also in favor of sandy american troops into us ally, next door neighbor, mexico. ostensibly to fix america's own sentinel drug problems. but it's also

noting that not co went even further in the statements about china than simply expressing this interest in being dragged into a new us like conflict over timeline. and this is really been reported a man who also expressed an understanding of china's position v. taiwan. and according to the german press, the french president said, quote, as europeans are concerned is unity. the chinese are also concerned with their unity and taiwan is a component of that unity from their point of view. macro sure has managed to get washington's attention in a hurry for president. it goes over to china, leaves with a massive new economic deal for air bus to sell $160.00 new commercial jets to china, and also doubling of the french headquartered multinational production in the country, which ultimately amounts to a major victory over air buses. big. busy will rival and pentagon contractor bowie and all the way back on the french presidential plane, michael, have this, particularly. the paradox would be about overcome with panic,

with belief where just americans follow us. the question europeans need to answer is it in our interest to the right to christ on taiwan know, there was thing would be to thing that we repeats must become full, was on this topic, and take our cue from the agenda and the chinese of erection. it's worth noting if there's perhaps more going on here than meets the eye as michael was using, maybe his new position on china to pressure the us to give europe more to keep it on 5 of the us. because mac hole, who remembers the president of the country that synonymous with seduction games, don't like someone who is just given a pricey gift bias suitor and then flashes it to everyone in town. so then get back to their partner who hasn't given them much. recently accept headaches in the lower network. and now that frustrated partner washington is pretty much acting exactly as you'd expect to possessive lover to action frustration. r t. i spoke with the vice chairman of the shanghai center for room pack and international studies.

nelson wong. here in the studio, he said, europe is hostage to conflicts where the u. s. demands complete support. there is no need for china to, to try and separate europe from america, because china looked at the world in a totally different approach that fire respecting everybody's interest and to, to look after its own inches to as well. but most importantly, i think that china is presenting to the world as a different kind of global power. it's interesting. so that's how this is operating out. you know, we had of ursula on the line. we had macro visits in china shortly after. she's him, he was here in russia, speaking with was in the u. s. seems to think, well, my call seems to think that the u. s. is using the e as in vasa as a, as

a way to sort of, you know, push the u. s. is terms, do you think us that could be a possible that you think that could be a possible know of advantage for the us if it has the e. u, as as a power piece? well, i think her europe has been understood to be supporting the u. s a whether it's willing lay or unwilling lay earl or being held hostage in a sense that's up to everybody's interpretation. i think europe has been taken hostage in my view or when it comes to the ukrainian conflict, or you know, to, to be all the us side to support you crying in sales. but i think this trip of president mac wrong in china has reviewed that the europeans, or at least mac crone being one of the european leaders is coming to is

census that it should actually look after their own interest. as i always say, facts are facts. because inflation is going up in europe and the cost of energy is going up like crazy over the last year. so it's people's lives were talking about when you have people that are not happy was what they have. the politicians, they are, the leaders were have to think and to do something about it or u. s. navy ship has sailed into the south trying to see at the time when beijing is conducting large scale exercises in the region. the war games were taking place and airspace and water surrounding taiwan, military aircraft, or company naval destroyers and an aircraft carrier, taiwanese official, said the american vessel was providing support and coordination for taiwanese

forces in case of an armed confrontation. last month. a russian fleet also carried out exercises in the sea of japan. a correspondent for the cdc and news network took us to the significance of the latest military drills. this military very all happening in fly one, sweet and also i found i one iowa and the eastern theatre command of the chinese people. the reason i say that they tried to have what they call an approaching just around tie one island on day 2. they said their focus was what was the so called simulated the proficient stripes. so this is very important because according to a research fellow of the academy of the military science itself, the p o h. this is the 1st time that a stimulated precision strike in on target. in tie, one was mentioned in its official public report, and the command also released

a read the animation on sunday night about the simulated the physicians flight center. we can see that the missiles were launched, for me it's rocket forced air force and also maybe force and target on several occasions in tie one. and also earlier you mention that this is also the 1st time that's a aircraft carrier named the sun. don't participate in the military trails. so i think this needs are clearly excellent. explains the scale of the military. definitely not a record from enemies to friends around the plans to send a high level delegation to saudi arabia. it follows a dramatic thought in their ties, which is seen diplomatic relations restored after 7 years in the wilderness. the iranian foreign ministry said it was not just good news for the 2 countries, but for the entire region. that i so say, based on the subjects agreed in beijing,

which is based on the joint statement of the foreign ministers of both countries, the official ties between iran and saudi arabia has been resumed on a practical level under developing story about the iranian saudi normalization. he said that on saturday, a technical delegation from saudi arabia visited iran and is still in iran, paving the grounds for the reopening of the iranian, of this o. d embassy into juan, and the saudi consulate in the city of mash had. now we are expecting that a similar technical delegation from iran from b as longer public to visit saudi arabia in the city of rehab and the capital real were an iranian embassy, will start working. and also in the city of judah, the saudi city of j that were an iranian consulate. wally, establish there, of course, saw that delegation will visit 3. although in the coming days can on he said in the

coming 3 days, the impact, the positive impact of the normalization between iran and saudi arabia on regional and international law levels. and he said that already it has played out very well in the region, a bilateral agreements between iran and saudi arabia for resuming ties. ever see positive feedback on regional and international levels. therefore, able have a positive effects in the field of cooperation, increasing piece consistency, security and commercial and economic cooperation between iran in saudi arabia and other countries. we see that that normalization and there was option of ties was broken by china, a key player on the eastern block right now that country china, a host of the talks between iran and saudi arabia are in the capitol, beijing. and we see that on thursday, iranian and so the foreign ministers visited and the city of beijing and officially started the diplomatic ties between in the 2 countries. and can only also said that

that specific occasion and the resumption, the official resumption of the ties will bear many more positive consequences for the region and for the entire world. when it comes to security. politics and even economy a bomb attack targeting a police vehicle in western pakistan has reportedly left 4 people dead, including a young girl and 15, injured. explicit, sad reportedly been planted on a motorbike. a local separatist group is said to have claimed responsibility is not the 1st time police have been targeted in recent days on sunday and armed group attack, the squad, killing 2 officers and injuring a 3rd. a local reporter sent us more details about the bomb attack. if we should make up, there was a huge blast. i was seeking here at my shop and there was panic and caves all around this place. i mean to pull down the shutter of my shop and lit the scene. i

have a living room on the 1st floor when the wind up to it, i saw the windows were completely smashed. you can see glass all on the floor. i guess i'm guessing probably just this place is cold, miss and square and the provincial capital of quinetta is a very busy street. a vehicle belonging to the security forces was targeted by ball men. according to initial reports, the device was attached to a motorbike. when the security forces vehicle approached this motor bike the bomb exploded, the explosion was so powerful that several vehicles parked round it were destroyed while buildings were damaged. according to hospital authorities for people including 2 security personnel and a young girl were killed while 15 people, including security officials and some pedestrians were injured. or ugh, were 1st dealt with those whose injuries we could easily treat before sending them to the trauma center for father assessment that then we dealt with those needing surgery. we received for dead bodies including 2 security officials, one young girl and the civilian letterbug filed our farms up just after the bloss

police arrived on the crime scene. the area was completely caught and off and the injured were rushed to the local hospital. the bomb disposal squad and personnel from the security services is still here and they are collecting evidence. this is the busiest place in the capitol as a large number of people were here for each shopping. at the moment, the area has been sealed off by the authorities to collect evidence. they're searching the security vehicle which was targeted by the terrorists. we were told by the bomb disposal squad that the i e d was attached to a motorbike to target the security vehicle. all of those injured have been taken to hospital 3, a said to be in a critical condition. christians around the world had been celebrating easter. it'll be another week before orthodox believers, also mark the occasion and the vatican. po frances, how the special mass syrian catholics took part in festivities in damascus. all in south africa, events were hauled across the country as ortiz, corolla reports,

and on this day she shall rise. and so to rises. this thirdly, populated township. here in the east of johannesburg, called ivory park, where christians wake up with a verve of the day. and some do not even sleep as the usher in the day with a soul. this is one of the most important days on the christine calendar. and this is how solid africa celebrates it. ah, what makes us do an overnight in church, on this particular sunday, is that we don't want to sleep in our houses because good friday is a remembrance of jesus when we look at this remembrance. it touches our hearts through taken off the body of christ. so if you have accepted jesus christ to will touch you because one must take the body of christ with

a glanced heart. and that is something that makes us not sleep and seen and prays jesus all night long. i was told by speaking about our lord jesus christ from 1st day become back on friday to come back and speak this salmon last words from jesus stomping in, leaves and trees. and we take him to the cross, we preach and we read from the bible and his homely church. oh, i see lie. i we here to ivory park as worshippers where praying for the horrible things we see happening in the township. we pray for our kids are kids smoking drugs, we pray that they leave these drugs, those they kill our parents, we pray they stop the killing and come back to the house of god. that is what we are preaching. ultimately is the means different things to different people. but

here in africa, it just really centered around belief. got a lot of tea in alexander john is back and that's all for now. be sure to check out our t v dot com for all the latest breaking news and updates. we'll see you right back here at the top of the hour. ah, ah, ah . the hello, i'm manila hand you are tuned into modus operandi. in recent years, there's been one term that seems to have been popping up more and more frequently

anonymous sources. if anonymous sources were a single person, they would be the most quoted individual in media from 2020. now this week, whether we're talking about cobra policy or the conflict in ukraine, media outlets around the world site, so called anonymous sources. and government officials react coincidence, or a feature for new modes to enact policies impacting us all. we'll discuss it. all right, let's get into the mo, the me there quoted all over the media on tv, newspapers, magazine, anywhere there's a story to be told, anonymous sources. sometimes they're the benefactor to breaking some of the worst actions of government other times. they're the reason for the bad action taken by those in power. the tremendous power of anonymous sources in journalism cannot be

underestimated, but also should be taken as gospel. in this day and age, every purported leeker has a purpose, and every government has a responsibility to verify before reacting. take the bogus a p reporting of the missile that had poland killing to farmers. the initial report by an alleged anonymous source at the pentagon, blamed russia only to later be revealed that it came from ukrainian forces. but nonetheless, world leaders reacted to that 1st flawed report to talk more with us about the role of anonymous sources and how they can shape global policy. is a, an investigative reporter with a resume from the likes of the boston globe news week. and so many others, he is now the editor in chief at consortium news dot com, mister joe loria, is here. joe, thank you for being with us joe. my 1st question is,

i'd like to know how important to you, how important are anonymous sources in the world of journalism. well, they've become increasingly important over the last few years. although i study i was just looking at showed, was a 2011 studies show that they, it peaked and 970 s, and declined up until 2011. i don't know the data from then $21.00 to now, but it's an integral part, particularly of foreign policy, international relations and national security reporting. so it's very, very tricky subject. i'm glad you have me on to talk about it, because there's some, it's fraught with lots of difficulties and dangerous for the profession. if you rely on anonymous sources too much, you're in trouble and you can also be misled by them, or you can willingly participate in basically this information for

a variety of reasons. so it's, it's a big topic. now some argue that quoting anonymous sources in a story actually removes accountability. what's your view on that? do some sources actually warrant staying anonymous? yes, obviously as certain stories, they weren't remaining anonymous. this is the judgment that a reporter and it has to make it so it's a, you shouldn't abuse and use too much. i mean, if you're, let's say you're covering a negotiation, whether that be a union manager, negotiation or diplomatic negotiated countries. and you have somebody who's in the room, you know, they're in the room and they're willing to talk to you. but obviously they cannot be they cannot be identified because they do for a whole number of reasons. they would be hurting their own position with their government or what the company or the law firm, or they would take a screw up the negotiations if it's known that one side is leaking in the other. so

if you really want to get story the only way you know what's going on in that room is if you talk to somebody who's in there, when they are a direct witness, you can rely on the fact that they have were present. and they probably know what's going on, of course they could mislead you. this is the tricky part. since they're anonymous, they can get away with being after i say, disingenuous for misleading or outright lying to you to get to favor their position . that's why you've got to be very careful when you use only one on the solicit story, you'd want to get somebody from the other side in that negotiation and ask the same questions. if you can't get the other side, you've got to make a decision, whether you actually believe this person or not. and the way you could do that is not only about talking to another source, but trying to find other avenues to verify what they're saying. again, you verified that they are in a position to know they were in the wrong. ok, that's fine. what do you tell.