[000:00:00;00] a ah, in a dramatic escalation of the conflict in ukraine london sense depleted uranium rounds. munition is infamous for its devastating effect on people's health. for years with russia convenes a un security council meeting to discuss the tensions in the middle east, highlighting that is global attention shift to other conflicts. longstanding disputes in the region remain far from being resolved with the patient open and toyota, 33 in modern history. why is it still ongoing? the palestinians refuse to accept the very existence of israel. shame,

shame, shame. as south africa moles, a potential pull out from the international criminal port, the african national congress. to clarify the president's position on the matter with pesticides, which posed health risks are being used on farm supplying major companies like nestle despite the bad in the you. with good morning for moscow, this is our international with the latest world news updates i'm paralyzed about. it's great to have you with us. united kingdom has confirmed the sending of depleted uranium ammunition to ukraine, a toxic substance known for being highly talks to human beings. london has wave decide the control of the uranium use saying it now lies in the hands of our war correspondent, more i'd gosti of briggs details from the ground. now in its 60th week,

the conflict in ukraine is largely confined to positional warfare. artillery remains the dominant form of combat. this is the relative calm before the storm, according to key of officials in their western sponsors. the ukrainian military is waiting for the soil to dry enough to launch its spring offensive. meanwhile, nate who supplied tanks make their way closer to the front lines. in one video film that an unknown location, a ukrainian tank crew member appears to through a nazi salute. while riding a top, a german leopard 2 tank, a dramatic escalation. britain has also sent a controversial depleted uranium tank shells to ukraine. we have sand thousands of rounds of challenger to ammunition to ukraine, include in depleted uranium armor piercing rounds for operational security reasons

. we will not comment on ukrainian user traits for the rounds, provided the pleated uranium rounds are believed to have led to soaring cancer rates, miscarriages, and infant deformities and places where they've been used. former yugoslavia and iraq, for example, the radioactive corps of these rounds excludes into tiny fragments and can measurably contaminate the environment for decades. written feels that this is not its problem. there is no obligation. we will be back with more on this story, a little bit later. apologies. we will get back to it. so as are for responded mentioned, serbia is one country that suffered from the use of depleted uranium rounds dream. yugoslavian wars in the 990 s. it now says it will revisit, it stands on the territorial integrity of ukraine, in particular, belgrade slammed care for supporting the self proclaimed republic of co supposed

bid to join the council of europe. ukraine hasn't pleasantly surprised us. this whole story regarding ukraine is based on the issue of its territorial integrity. do you know, with which efforts we wrote for all resolutions condemning the violation of territorial integrity of ukraine around the world. and yet, when it comes to territorial integrity of serbia, they are silent. the foreign policies beeson reciprocity. this will certainly affect our position regarding this matter in the future survey and president alexander roche added that care of silence regarding co. suppose membership in the council of europe is equal to a recognition of that self proclaimed republic. according to rochester, this will affect belgrade vote in the next session of the council of europe scheduled in may, where the ukraine conflict is expected to take center stage. while group has previously express full support for ukraine's right to preserve its pre war borders,

despite refusing to join the west and imposing sanctions on moscow, kosovo which proclaimed independence from serbia in 2008, applied to join the council of europe after russia was expelled. from the group and march last year, serbian independent journalist duchamp brokovich says ukraine, silence on coast. those bed could help set a dangerous precedent for all of europe. give hm that. it sounds like the send the bill see very soon, it is not an option to follow united states everywhere. and in a situation, this is a dangerous precedent that will be used for abuse in the coming years. if the council of europe accepts corso to day, why would it not accept got the lawyer tomorrow or, or why would it not accept, not in cyprus tomorrow, who will forbid them to,

to make the absolute absurdity is even greater. the council of europe. they are currently preparing a document that talks about the territorial integrity of ukraine and moldova, and it is a hypocritical to talk about the integrity of the ukraine edmondo on the same day they while while eating that it audio integrity of serbia. ah, tensions in the middle east have spiraled dramatically, according to russian foreign minister survey oliver, off at a un security council meeting. he accused the west of using ukraine to divert attention from the region american civil it. these americans and europeans are using the ukraine topic to blackmail and threaten countries over to their site and distract attention from the main, the list, and regions of the global south. they say we will defeat russia and then everything will resolve itself. they are obsessed with their selfish interests in order to

dictate demands to the whole world. disregarding international long while with russia as the president of the un security council, the 15 member body that leads the un, we got to hear from russia's foreign minister. sergei laugh. rob. now he convened the meeting on the issue of the palestinian question and conflicts in the middle east. and during that meeting we heard from various countries represented on the security council as well as the ambassadors or representatives of preceding i and representing israel and palestine. now that representative pal of palestine bemoaned the situation facing the palestinian people. he also heard words from the israeli representative as well. i. here are what we heard during the meeting. this is the most protracted refugee crises in the world. the most protracted denial of national collective and individual rights in the world, the most protracted protection crises in the world,

the longest occupation of an entire territory in modern history. so the question big itself, why is it still ongoing? is it because there is a lack of rules or lack of resolve? the only reason this conflict has not yet been resolved is because the palestinians refuse to accept the very existence of israel, the jewish state, the jewish state. they have proven this by rejecting every peace initiative and by inciting to terrorism, brainwashing their children to hate and murder jews. shame, shame, shame. now after speaking the israeli representative laughed the un security council chamber. now, later when the russian foreign minister sergei lab rob was speaking to the press in the press briefing room, he clarified that he took issue with the way the israeli representative

characterized today's proceedings as somehow being anti israeli. he after size that the point is to make sure that the humanitarian situation is dealt with, then pay the pathway toward palestinian statehood. now the russian foreign minister took questions from the press, answering on a number of different topics. i touched on the black sea grain deal. i touched on us efforts to demonize russian isolate, rush on the global markets. he raised a particular concern about the european union and the direction that the countries are moving in lou visit. we see how the e u is mila. to rising at a record base, turning into an aggressive structure. we, with the stated goal of containing russia. now the you is not much different from natal, there is no doubt about it. they even signed a declaration where they said that nature will ensure the security of the e u, and that the e u. thank them. in return. in today's proceedings, the russian foreign minister emphasized what he's emphasized previously during this

visit to the united nations, which is that russia seeks a world with international prosperity and development. and that the efforts by the united states corrupting the various international institutions to serve their own geopolitical goals are getting in the way of the overall goals and agenda of the international community for development and prosperity in the world. the african national congress or a and c has clarified the south african presidents position on the countries potential withdrawal from the international criminal court saying it will be a last resort unless the number of changes are adopted. the secretary general of congress said that consideration should be given to establishing a continental court as a last result, a compliment, the icy c d a n. c. also noted that national legislation needs to be amended in relation to article 98 of the rome statute. according to which countries are not

obliged to deny immunity to persons subject to an arrest warrant issued by a court. earlier, the south african leader accused the hague of unfair treatment for issuing an arrest warrant for russian president vladimir putin. ah, lawyers. earlier we spoke with radio host and political commentator, steve gill, who said that south africa's pull out from the i, c. c is inevitable. there are a lot of countries that are not already to the i see, see, russia would be one. the united states would be another israel would be another. in fact, at a point when the i c. c was looking at investigating

u. s. and israeli actions in afghanistan and in the palestinian areas of israel. the u. s. threatened and actually impose sanctions against some of the leaders of the i c. c, until they backed off from us and their desires to investigate us for activities in afghanistan. so i think the south african president is right, that the i c c is you know, 1st of all, not a total global body. and 2nd, they kind of pick and choose who they go after, depending on who's putting pressure on them. and then when they do feel that pressure, they either, you know, move forward or, or back off what you're hearing now from the a and see leadership is they want to move forward and, and take whatever legislative action would be necessary to move forward in removing from the i c c, i think as they have closer ties with russia and with china and the other fritz nations, i think it's, it is inevitable. the u. k. foreign office has refused to disclose vital information about who committed atrocities in somalia. at the end of december,

over 20 pro somalia activists were killed during protest in the city of loss or not . in the unrecognized state of somali land with an elite police team which is funded by u. k, allegedly involved in the killings r t african correspondent novel. no, lou, you clung. it brings more details. the u. k is censoring vital information on who really shots protest as in somali land, the somalian breakaway region in clashes between pro somalia protestors and security forces. this comes after a year, long funding office security forces, known for numerous killings of civilians, but somehow decided to hold them for reasons the a not disclosing the disclosure of information. detailing our relationship with somali land could potentially damage the relationships between the u. k. and somali land, if the united kingdom does not maintain this trust and confidence, its ability to protect and promote u. k. interested through international relations will be hampered,

which will not be in the public interest. the censorship decision was made in response to a feed them information requested by declassified u. k. concerning a demonstration in the but to the contest, the city of last a not over the new get our own 20 pro somalia activists were killed to dozens more were injured. and many people are currently asking, what is the u. k. government hiding at the moment? because the u. k. is decision to hold information about the violence against civilian protest as a so my lad, especially our national security grounds, is quite concerning and wearing the slack off to as far as the raises the suspicions about the you case involvement in the last, the not genocide. now this ridiculous response also highlights the a bankruptcy of the u. k. policy on some mighty. i think what's also worth noting is that the funding of training and equipment for somebody landed from the u. k.

stopped in 2020 amnesty international say to more than 600 people have been injured in the recent fighting. and so my land security forces are currently to be somali land security forces indiscriminately shelled the town damaging hospitals, schools and mosques killing and during civilians. and displacing tens of thousands of people among the civilians killed worlds of weapons with wide area se, affirmed the u. k. could mix are held people shake hands afterwards and do not contest them. i hope the u. k. will be able to increase its support for that region . well, any idea why the u. k saw interested in this break way region parity. it is because of the black gold british company and our energy is extracting over 2000000000 a barrels of oil there. while some ideas government in mogadishu rejects and gals claim to own oil rights as a minor land lender seems to not care about it that much. apparently,

the u. k puts if interested, and greed very higher than the lives of many civilians. history repeats itself 1st as a tragedy, 2nd, as a force. so this is the published city of her foreign especially weston, foreign policy. in africa. it's not informed by principal or by values of her int, stand and international relations. it always hinges on the very narrow and selfish interests of major western powers in africa. and if it means siding with those who do not have any legitimacy who meet out violence to their own civilians, their own citizens. history has shown so many times that britain, america,

and other major western forces do not even care and do not even hesitate to, to throw in their lot with a very violent huh. the shooters military, the shooters and malicious pesticides ban in the you are being used on farms supplying global food giants, including nestle, that's according to a recent report. r t contributor rachel mars then dig deeper on how the dangerous substances ended up on the tables of european consumers. when europeans buy food off the. busy store shelves, it's usually with the understanding that the whole process has been subjected to rigorous controls set out by the european union. now those strict rules are something that many europeans see as a big advantage that they have over the u. s. which is basically a culinary wild west where you can eat nothing but salads and still somehow

mysteriously end up getting bad because of the food within the food. hidden ingredients in food whose impact authorities really couldn't give a toss about. but what about basic food ingredients producing countries outside of europe, like sugar, for example, and then imported into europe and incorporated into european food. is anyone paying attention to that? and could those ingredients represent a loophole in supposedly virtuous european food safety? a new collaborative investigation by western journalist explains how chemicals made by european companies that have been outright banned by european authorities for domestic use, or unless ending up being consumed by europeans and by the rest of the world. pesticides banned in the you and linked to potential human health risks continue to be produced and exported by european chemical companies. our investigation

identified the brazilian farms using the pesticides and the international food and drink companies. they supply among them are multi nationals like nestle coca cola and pepsi co. so according to this report, pesticides and fungicides made by european companies like germany base f and bare and switzerland's syngenta are making it into developing countries like brazil, where they're being used on basic ingredients like sugar on plantations that supply western multinational through companies which in turn supply the whole world with these ingredients, brazilian agriculture, ministry, documents and justice ministry officials in south paolo have reportedly confirmed the use of various substances banned in the e u, including insecticides and fungicides in response to the un, special that both her on toxics and human rights cause the export of these chemicals for use in developing countries, a, quote, abhorrent practice. the news is all good though,

for the multi nationals with companies like nestle have a just posted absolutely. stella results for the 1st 3 months of this year. all our product groups deliver double digit growth and notable feature in this best 4 quarters in a row, confectionary led by kid cap, and munch boasted a strong growth supported by consumer lead campaigns, innovation and engagement. journey base ethan bear say that their products are safe, but what's considered safe in brazil is clearly quite different from europe's own health and environmental safety standards. nestle is basically a knology that stating its compliance in the markets where it operates. we continue to closely full regulate trend developments. emily well prate to ensure a full compliance for all our products. nestle is not involved in campaign in against the next the and pesticides inactive ingredient, span the here. but what's the point of brussels be? so a play about who regulations when a loophole this massive exists out of sight out of mind perhaps. hey,

they have these big western multinational reduce to begging in the streets with tin cups. just because you want to virtue signal is concerned over health and environmental safety, right. but look the fact that some food components have to meet plane trips from half way around the world to avoid being seen getting loaded up with dodgy chemicals really achieves little of genuine virtue beyond making the look like they're protecting people when they're clearly just displacing the problem and in russia, you're all region, at least one person has died in a fire, which continues to raise through several local villages. firefighters are on the scene while people are being evacuated from affected areas. this footage from a local resident shows the scale of the devastation in one of the villages, according to russia's ministry of emergency situations over a 100 homes and buildings have already been destroyed. the cause of the fire

remains unknown, but its rapid spread is attributed to strong wind and dry weather. ah, canada's prime minister has found himself in hot water after claiming he did not force anyone to get coven vaccinations. unfortunately for justin trudeau, the internet remembers everything with critics creating a social media storm, accusing the canadian prime minister of hypocrisy. right, he did not force anyone to get vaccinated. he only unjustly fired them financially attacked them. persecuted them, insulted them, denied them basic rights, prevented them from travelling, et cetera. so tolerant to dor today says he did not force anyone to get vaccinated. and as he knows that some people deeply disagree with him during the pandemic just introduced government,

announce some of the most strict anti coven measures which included travel restrictions and compulsory vaccination for adults and children. age 12 and over the draconian measures sparked protests across the country. including the famous freedom convoy, which started in ottawa as a raleigh of truckers against vaccination, and culminated in emergency measures announced by the government. listen to how the prime minister's take on coven vaccination has shifted. and therefore, while not forcing anyone to get vaccinated, i chose to make sure that all the incentives and all the protections were there to encourage canadians to get vaccinated. if you don't want to get vaccinated, that's your choice. but don't think you can get on a plane or a train besides vaccinated people and put them at risk. if you join the protests, because you're tired of coven,

you now need to understand. you are breaking laws. earlier we spoke to independent political analyst alessandra bruno, who says that people were jailed for protesting against coven vaccines. and canada . completely unsurprised, because i'm, i'm not sure whether he's absolutely convinced of his own position on this. he, he might actually believe it's one of these days. it's very difficult to distinguish a sincere politician from an insincere one. he did not force anyone in his mind. of course, people were arrested, were in jail a because they protested the call with vaccines and the, some of the related for restrictions. the most famous episodes here were involved the truck protests that took place throughout canada. but especially in order and

toronto, which were concluded with the entry of the army, i don't blame to go alone. i see a symptom of a wider problem that affected the west and continues to affect the west. in general, i see the same syndrome as having taken over with regards to the west position on the war and ukraine, china and a number of other issues they are acting in unison and they are acting incorrectly . i honestly don't see him as even thinking his own thoughts. he's not conveying his own thoughts here. he, it says if many leaders in the west and perhaps to do more than most are acting out the script of someone else, the script written elsewhere. ah, some disturbing development in haiti were 13 people, allegedly gang members have been beaten and burned to death. un secretary general, antonio gutierrez,

has urged international armed forces to help patient police suppress, escalating gang violence, a warning you might find the falling images distressing. according to local police, the killings took place after the victims tried to free, some of their compatriots from custody. 6 more burn bodies were also found near 5, but there is no information on who could have filled the. the number of criminal gangs has risen since the murder of the haitian precedent in 2021. with many parts of the city becoming lawless. back in july 2021 presidential. what else we say was shot multiple times and died on the spot when a group of hit men broke into his residence. the 1st lady was also wounded, but survived the attack. a full scale man, hot for the perpetrators was launched and the mercenaries were cornered by haitian police. with 3 of them killed the rest,

surrendered and were arrested. several others were detained later and multiple countries. us authorities have charged 11 people over the assassination with one suspect, pleading guilty to providing material support and conspiring to kidnap and killed the haitian president. 4 of the suspects are american citizens. according to the u . s. justice department authorities also say that while the murder occurred in haiti, the plot itself was financed from florida to south nations in fort worth. as alicia aspects of the car were advanced inside united conspirators facilitators located here for individual arrested rulers, horn totally live in town. now, been charged in europe. earlier, we spoke to american journalists, kim ives, who said that despite the ongoing investigation,

many questions remain unanswered. there's been a lot of speculation that job no more ways was beginning to make a political change of direction. he'd been very much doing washington bidding, particularly, and helping to head the campaign against ben as well or against president nicholas madura. but he was having 2nd thoughts and feeling that the state department was not giving him really the backing he needed. so according to some analysts in particular, one of the mileage is he claimed that it was the u. s. secret services, meaning the cia which was behind the killing because louise was going to make a political change of direction. that's almost his direct quote. there's so there's been a lot of speculation on this front,

but right now we don't really know who were the intellectual authors who are the real funders of this very large operation which had to cost millions of dollars. and the fact that the u. s. government is taking control of an investigation of a haitian president leads us to suspect that we could be looking at a situation very similar to the warren commission. that's our, up on the, our, and coming up. what truly motivates nato is this strategic interest ideology or symbol hatred of russia. the discussion next on cross dog make love the the the