ah, sometimes the law of unintended consequences kicks in with a vengeance take, for example, washington's addiction of sanctioning countries around the world for short term political gain. the unintended consequence is the weakening of the american greenback, an american power ah, 7 people including a child are killed and 10 others wound it as the city of done that comes under ukrainian. shelling with the united states and its allies have seriously eroded the global security architecture. russia defense minister claims that western powers are undermining global stability. as he speaks at a meeting of this shanghai cooperation organization. and iranian court orders that

you asked to pay hundreds of millions of dollars and compensation for supporting terrorism with coming to you live from the russian capital. this is our t international. i'm rachel blevins here with the top stories of be our welcome to the program. we begin with the latest as at least 7 people have been killed, including one child after a rocket, fired by ukrainian forces, hit a bus in the city of done that. according to the head of the don, that's republic. another 10 people were wounded in the incident. number of cars were also damaged and windows of nearby buildings blown out apart. several apartment blocks and a hospital also said to have been hit, how the authorities claim that the only functioning emma a machine in the region was left damaged. i'm standing right next to passenger

bus where according to authorities, at least 7 passengers of this bus have been killed, is the results of multiple launch rockets system fire by ukrainian nationalist. we're not going to go any closer to this bus because when there earlier had i counted at least 7 charred bodies of us civilians. now this is the sensor of the city of dun scott, very busy street on a friday afternoon. and right next to us is the local, a hospital, a local, a trauma center, where those people who were injured arrived by ambulances. and they're being treated like all and all ukrainian nationalist, fired against the city of dennis against civilian areas. several times of this friday. and as a result right now, we can confirm that 7 people have been killed and scores have been wounded once again, we are right in the center of the city were there are absolutely no military positions

. and usually the center of the city doesn't come under fire, unlike the outskirts of the city of the nest that are constantly under bombardment by ukrainian a military. as you can see right now, i'm investigators are working on the scene of the the, the bus driver of the cervical he survived, but most of his passengers, 7 people have been killed as the result of this. so you create an attack also, besides the local trauma center besides this bus, another rocket landed and local stadium right in middle of the field. and generally, there are several areas here in the center of the nest that came on their shelling by ukrainian military just days before the deadly attack, a senior adviser to ukraine's president raised more than

a few eyebrows when he insisted that there are no legal grounds to vermont kids forces from destroying the regions. russia now claims as its own the most legally. we have the right to destroy everything that is on the crimean peninsula and don't ask lou, god's can of course, her son and supper. as you from a legal standpoint, there should be no complaints against ukraine, michele randal green, sushi, and then the chalet civilians and the don massa region have fled their homes. some of that described as their ordeal with those through the union as we were afraid of shelling every day. our house has been shall twice. we live on the so called red line shelling destroys our infrastructure. there is no military in this area, only civilians. don bass is constantly hit, people are dying, children are dying. we live in hell. let those who say that ukraine doesn't target civilians come and see how many people have been killed here, including children,

and how many destroyed houses and facilities. there are. what i did to live under them. my parents house has been shelled who was hit right on the roof. the whole house was destroyed. thank god my parents were not home at that moment. locals have already learned how to know which side of shelling. yes, some of our taiyah is constantly attacked because the city is on the demarcation line. we know that ukraine destroys infrastructure indiscriminately. the city is hit badly. there is still no water in some areas in constant blackouts. earlier, my colleague union o'neill, this has the latest developments with labor and human rights lawyer, dan cove, alec. the figures, something like 14000 people, died from 2014 up to even before russia special military operations and february of last year. but those are a people that the west has pretended doesn't exist, that they are casualties and deaths don't matter. and again, that ukraine let's,

let's just, you know, kind of break this down a little bit for ukraine to say that they could destroy the regions under russia's control. what they're really saying is they could destroy their own people. the you have spent an enormous amount of cash talks, peers, money, we should point died on ukrainians who fled the block. now reports are emerging that one member state romania in particular is cutting a sizable amount of funding. how significant is something like that? well, i think it's significant, especially if this is an indication that the west, in general is tiring of the conflict of the refugee crisis. and may be backing away from it. you know, i mean it's sad because one, at least in my view, you know, the west help provoke all this. and now they seem exhausted from it and want to back off. i think it's up to people in the west. it's up to people in the united

states, to say enough is enough, and we don't want to fight a proxy war against russia. ukraine is not in a position to, to fight a real counter offensive. they are running out of troops. we know that they're forcibly recruiting people from the streets and they're running out of ammunition. so what this indicates to me is it shows what a lot of us have known that this is as much a p r war as it is a real conflict for ukraine. and i think the west has been pushing for this counter offensive. i think ukraine will have to go forward with it, but i think it's going to be a disaster for that that, that that's what it appears to me. where i showed the defense minister claims the us military has been seeking to bolster its presence and central asia under the guise of finding terrorism. he made the comments during a meeting of the shanghai cooperation organisation in india or southern

america, the united states and its allies, under the pretext of helping in the fight against terrorism, or trying to restore their military presence in central asia. we regard request to the countries of the region to deploy military infrastructure as a direct threat to the stability in the shanghai cooperation organizations space. for our part, we are increasing the combat readiness of russian military bases in kurdistan. and to educate stand has been indeed a truly a busy morning for many of us in new delhi, with the indian as your presidency ushering in some new approaches to asian or your asian security tool for this conference was sat by the bilateral meeting between the defense ministers of india and china, which in and of itself was a pretty remarkable event because it's at the 1st meeting of such kind after border clashes in 2020. and the ministers trust the frankness of their

discussions and really shows the spirit of this particular conference and the new spirit emerging here in eurasia. american dominance of western had germany was particularly a theme of russian defense minister survey showing who accused the united states of trying to saw a deep worth of trying to so of violence with the sake of protecting its own privileged position. record in my live cardinal dynamic, an irreversible changes are taking place in the process of the formation of a new multi polar world. the collective west actively opposes this, in an effort to maintain global dominance. the united states and its allies have seriously eroded the global security architecture on their initiative. the process of breaking and dismantling key agreements on arms control and confidence building was launched. the actual prize itself on being the world's largest regional organization, covering out roughly 60 percent of the ration landmass, russia,

india, and china, the central and south asia as a hugely potential region that could provide many synergies in economic development . but it is also quite sensitive to various security threats coming from non state actors like terrorist organizations, but also state actors and the west. in particular. russia in china, mainly concerned the united states off trades rather disorderly withdrawal from afghanistan may now seek to create instability in central agency as a means or undermining its adversaries. in beijing. and moscow is something that russian defense minister, in particular, paid attention to. because russia believes that what the united states is trying to do in central asia is pretty much exactly the same. what is already did in your

praying, militarized country, trying to make it increasingly antagonistic towards russia. russia's defense minister also made a point. the regional powers have a lot to gain from their corporation and military peer, and particularly singled out a couple of trajectories that can take, for example, the exchange of military information joined exercises, both as a way of increasing mutual trust and as a way of increasing combat readiness, he also said that russia could share it's an expertise on how to produce all parade and defend against the use of droll, this is a particular theme emerging out of the ukrainian conflict, the worth priority. the versus defense minister mentioned is conflict resolution. now that's one in particular is crossing for russia, which is engaged, involved in confrontation in your brain. and it's also something that both india

and china are looking at with great interest. as you perhaps know, china has been pretty successful in bringing together arch rivals like saudi arabia in iran, india, as a former member of known alignment and representative of the global south. also all for some defense minister, spoke directly with akes meeting of the shanghai cooperating tensions. indian defense minister raj not sing categorically conveyed the development of relations between india and china is premised on the prevalence of peace and tranquillity at the borders. he reiterated that violation of existing agreements has eroded the entire basis of bilateral relations and disengagement at the border will logically be followed with these collation, the 2020 skirmish took place in the disputed border region of le dock in the western himalayas that killed at least 20 indian and 4 chinese soldiers with both sides, putting the blame on the other. it's just one and a series of scraps that dates back decades. but with the chinese defense ministers

visit and pakistan's foreign minister joining the meeting. it looks like diplomacy is on the agenda. that's despite decades old sour relations between new delhi and islam of odd and wide spread opposition and india to the participation of pakistan's top diplomat in the summit. but india has not back down on its invitation. and that's a move beijing is more than happy with noting the china and pakistan are all the weather strategic, covert of partners and close friends. the weiss, chairman of china central military commission, said that no matter how the international situation changes, china always gives pakistan priority in its neighbourhood diplomacy. the shanghai cooperation organization consists of 8 member states, 42 percent of the world's population, and 25 percent of its gdp formed by china, russia, and for central asian countries back in 2001. the organization was and is still

intended to counter western influence in the region with the ukraine conflict in full swing and multi polarity growing throughout the world. groups like this one are more relevant than ever are on, has ordered top us officials in energy to pay more than $300000000.00 in compensation to victims of a series of attacks several years ago by the terrorist group known as dash or ice. all the court rulings so the u. s. had provided support for the group and was thus liable for the bloodshed. the reasons for attributing these crimes to the us her also been stated by the investigator branch, among others as follows. statements by hiring can officials, including the former us president about the central role of the government and officials of that country in organizing and direct interest groups including isis reliable news and information published in the american media books and speeches by american officials about the role of the cia in create interest groups including

isis the court ruling specifically targeted former us president george w bush and brock obama, as well as the ca and defense contractor lockheed martin. the terrorist attacks occurred in june 2017 in central t a. ron and then asheville, parliament building and the model in the countries of former supreme leader, ayatollah khomeini. 17 people including m. p. 's were killed about 50. other people were wounded, dash, immediately claimed responsibility for the attacks political analyst entire on university professors. i dad mohammed moran to discuss the significance of the court's ruling with my colleague earlier. there is a long history here because the united states has taken iran to court inside the united states on many occasions. they've even taken the iran to court over $911.00 . if anyone can believe that iran has been regularly punished by

a u. s. the u. s. government and us courts. but and the iranian, since they have had assets are frozen in the united states and in europe it's, that's always been a problem. iran doesn't hold us assets, so in the immediate future there really isn't much that can be done, but the world is changing rapidly in the americans are withdrawing from the region and who knows what sort of opportunities will be around in the coming months and years. but i think, at least for the moment, it is a political response to the united states. it's sort of the global south speaking back to power. and the iranians are saying that remind or reminding the world that the united states created isis from famously admitted it during his presidential campaign. and he knew that because michael flynn was his military and intelligence

advisor. and we had other officials admitted and in the media. and books come out. so this is basically a reminder that the iranians have been suffering at the hands of the united states . and this is just one chapter. let's move on to a little bit about iran on its relations with russia, china in the south, after the bricks. how do you see in the iran moving in, in this direction? time is not on the side of the americans because as the world changes, iran relationships with countries like china and russia. india are evolving. and now that iran is a member of the shanghai cooperation organization that has also benefited iran's relationship with these countries and russia ever since the war in ukraine in the war in europe. the russians have been very keen on establishing the north south transport core door with iran. so you runs economic relations. political relations,

of course, are significant that have said big significantly improved as well. but he wanted economic relations with these asian powers. and with the global south are evolving and that is making american sanctions that's effective. and i think the united states and europeans have to keep in mind that in the world they are a small minority. latin american countries are converging whether the americans like it or not. asian countries are converging. we see the same sort of trend in africa, and then we have these broader groupings like rick cit, link all of these different continents to one another. the u. s. could soon be forced to disclose full information on its military assistance to ukraine, along with the number of special operations troops deployed there. a resolution introduce for republican congressman, mac gates, one initial approval earlier this week. the biden administration and other allied

countries have been misleading the world on the state of the war and ukraine. there must be total transparency from this administration to the american people when they are gambling in war with a new killer adversary by having special forces operating in ukraine. the resolution come several weeks after an alleged leak of classified pentagon documents shedding light on direct us involvement in the war with washington having deployed 14 special operators there. however, congressmen dates isn't the only lawmaker raising questions about joe violence. foreign policy, 19 house, and senate republican lawmakers on a joint letter to the u. s. president, calling for him to stop providing military a due frame. as trenches with russia are only continuing to escalate to go further ends up on this cross live now to your former pentagon official, michael maloof. mike, it's good to see you. great to have you on the show today. now we know that

a previous attempt to force greater oversight of the military aid heading to crime was defeated before. do you think that this is more likely to prove successful? well, it increasingly is that the whole effort in ukraine than us participation is, is causing great angst and increasing angst. and it's also calling into question the need for accountability and, and the desire for that accountability and the administration doesn't appear to be forthcoming. and consequently, the congress, at least the house is going to do something about it with this resolution. as you pointed out it as asked initial favor and it could go to the full house and that will force the administration to make information available. how quickly

that comes is going to be another matter. this administration has been very reluctant to respond to the republican dominated house on anything and, and i think that they will try to drag their feet on this as well. they don't want that accountability made public this probably much more going on then then meets the eye. the fact that there are special forces in, in keith you had john kirby, the white house committee, national security, communicate communications director, point out that, well there at the embassy. well, you don't put special forces in the embassy. you put them out in the field and they're supposed to be watching what equipment it has gone in and basically doing a recording of what that equipment is where it's gone. and that's that. i think

it's impossible. there's so much flowing in and being expanded, possibly and, and including selling off to others to other countries. there's a lot corruption involved in this. and there's no way you're going to have accountability the, the special i g on afghanistan. and also iraq was very, was, was very frustrated in that he could not get actual data. it was, and that data was in the billions it was estimated to be in the billions that went undisclosed. and that's what i think we're heading into here. look, the administration spent more than $100000000000.00 already and we have no idea where that's gone. yeah, they're more than happy to write those checks. but as you noted, there are concerns all around when it comes to corruption, weapons juggling. you name it and we're just one year into this. now let's say that this resolution is approved. do you think that the president in the pentagon will

reveal what's demanded? especially given the timing of this coming up to another presidential deluxe election, or would it be in their best interest to keep it secret? and as you noted, are they going to just keep dragging their feet and trying to find every possible loophole to get out of being honest with the public? well, i think it will be the latter. they're going to be compelled to provide information, but i think they're gonna slow roll the request. and that, that, that, that helps some hoping that maybe people will just forget about it. but i don't think so. i think if any new packages for ukraine come up and without responding to this request, if it's passed, i think that the administration is gonna have a hard time in the house and casting any future appropriations for, for ukraine. and, and i think that that's what gates and others will oppose. this effort wants to do ultimately, and,

and we're seeing from poles that the american people are less inclined to go along with this because they don't want a war with russia. they see where this is happening, they're not stupid. they know what's going on. and they, they realize that this is an administration effort, less gas with that window closing by the neocons in, within the administration to try and contain russia and our, or maybe even have regime change. and in russia, we don't hear that much kind of talk, but that's what the new cards are. well yeah, certainly, it looks like we may be having a little bit of a connection issue there. so we're going to work on trying to get michael moved back. and we're going to move on for now to are there is beginning from us support . all right, it looks like we may have michael back to i have you there on the line. ok, it looks like i can hear you loud and clear. i'm sorry about the connection issues

there on the let me go ahead and move on to our next question. you know, when it comes to the accountability, there are 19 republicans in the house and senate who wrote a letter specifically to president biden. do you think that this is just an issue that mainly republicans are concerned about or do you think that democrats are more likely to become concerned if the american people start voicing more worries about where their tax dollars are being spent and whether they're being held accountable i think that this resolution could garner some democrats support it would be interesting to see if they can to make it a joint resolution which could bring in the, the, the senate as well. yeah, i think, i think as democrats near election this, this kind of activity will have the continued funding without any record, without any visibility as to where it's going is could have some detrimental effects on the, on those members,

even the democrats. right. and now when it comes to the question of, if the information on us troops deployed in ukraine is confirmed, do you think that that could change anything after all, it's been long expected, long suspected, but would the confirmation make a difference in the minds of the american people do you think? oh yeah, they do not want american troops in there. look, we've been involved in uninterrupted war for 20, for 23 years. i think the american people are sick of it and they've had enough. and, and when you look at afghanistan, iraq, and now ukraine, there's been no 6, no success on that battlefield, and nothing to show for the trillions of dollars that have been spent. and it's so trillions of dollars which have driven up our domestic debt. and which we now are feeling the effects in terms of inflation and in the pocket book that affects

americans and they are tired of it and they want it stopped. right. that's when the american people really start getting concerned just and they start filling those effects all around. now the g o, p will makers who are speaking out, are stating that the extensive nist of us age, you crane, makes it increasingly difficult to deny accusations of the proxy war between the u . s. and russia. so do you think that that could change from a proxy word, a possible direct involvement? when we find out more information about what the u. s. government is actually doing? well, we're trying to avoid that. so there are a number of us who are directly involved in trying to prevent an escalation, trying to get the both sides to cease fire. but that doesn't appear to be the case . but as long as the proxy war is going on, and in fact, there is a proxy war of supply and these weapons, that's the ukraine is nothing more that a proxy for the u. s. badly victorian newlands war against russian. she's been to

tore us about that. she's the one who was involved with the overthrow of the, of, of the, of the government in ukraine in 2014. so they have a lot at stake in terms of their policy direction. and so far it's not working and it's got to stop. certainly a lot of stay here and we appreciate you joining us to break it all down. former pentagon official, michael move. thank you so much for your time and insight. thank you, rachel. the africa is increasingly finding itself on the radar of foreign money, according to data provided by this central bank. as kenya, foreign investors have been steadily increasing their deposits in the countries economy, while a number of other african countries have also demonstrated a steady growth in terms of investments from abroad. nigeria accounted for 22 percent of venture investments in africa last year, according to an organization which promotes private investment on the continent.

west africa has been named the continent most financially attractive region, according to a different report. egypt, morocco and south africa are among the most attractive investment spots for the annual africa world. the world report says that those 3 countries along with area and cannot, i count for more than 50 percent of the continents were just people. we got an expert opinion on africa, economic problems, and guess this is the continent. last was on its own issues by its own means the i tried to get in a traditional new perspective here for a minute. no. that's why africa hotel colonized doesn't come as a surprise in destination for investment. so he's nigerian, so he says south africa, morocco and others come much lower. but a, i think

a morocco has been plenty about it's, it's weight in recent times in terms of particularly a development of information technology, development of infrastructure, investment, medical technology and so on. so those i think are the things that make this country stand out in africa. it's, i know you're rich or you're paul. there is not in like you're in between. and it's, it's unfortunate because in most developed countries the people who are in between michael a sizable chunk of the economy, b, b, i, the bedrock of which every economy is views, the bedrock on which.