[000:00:00;00] with a robot must protect its own existence with a russian security services. uncover a terrorist cell with ties to key f, stopping the crimea based group from carrying out its assassination plans on local of fish. with iranian president has landed in damascus on his 1st visit to syria since the country's 2011 civil war is comes in the wake of major diplomatic shifts across 3 chip with israel and palestine. agree to a cease fire after both sides exchange

a series of air strikes and missile attacks with blood. the white house refuses to comment on the cia association with notorious pedophile. jeffrey epstein as new revelation suggest a current us by cheese, met with the convicted offender back in 2014 with just about mid day here in the russian capital and you're watching r t international. my name's donald quarter. welcome to the program. now we start this news hour with news coming in from belgrade, serbia, where at least 8 people have been killed in the school shooting according to media reports, a 14 year old suspect was detained by police at the scene of the attack and emergency services are still officially confirming the exact number of casualties. the survey in internal affairs ministry stated that all injured victims are receiving

treatment in hospital and security forces are currently working at the scene of the shooting. will of course, bringing more details as soon as we get them here on our to international russian security services have successfully apprehended members of a pro ukrainian terrorist cell. the group was reportedly planning to carry out attacks and assassination attempts on crimean officials artes eager. don of takes us through the details of the investigation this ukrainian patriot. victor didn't want his sons to become cannon fodder on the front. so he offered himself instead except he saw himself as more of a gorilla fighter. and where he lived was so convenient. russian crimea, which cave is obsessing about getting back. so victor reached out to ukraine's intelligence and swore his allegiance quizlet hood as

a sort of legal rowman mash corvettes recruited me in june 2022. i came to poland by agreement with him. that's where the recruitment took place. my pseudonym is socrates, my sons of freeing from ukrainian mobilization. this factor became a catalyst for the fact that i went to cooperate with the intelligence service of ukraine. it turns out that it was only me who wanted to defend ukraine. oh indeed, victor's recruiter was no. nobody here. hays sharing the table with none other than vladimir zalinski. i am on my spirits is also a member of the most intimate circle of this man killed but done of ukraine's defense intelligence head. who most school cools the mastermind behind the blowing up of the crimean bridge and a number of terrorist attacks in russia. well, his instructions were clear position before the un. my task regarding the agent network was to find people willing to cooperate with ukrainian intelligence and

ukrainian special services. finding the right men for the job wasn't hard. a fruit, there's not many things. money can't buy like a beard mister order. in december 2022, my main job was coming to an end. and since i needed money, i needed a job. i turned to victor, put volley for work. at the end of december, victor asked me to drive up to his house. i arrived, we went into the garage there, he offered me to corporate with him and with the special services of ukraine. he said he was corporate and with a good friend of carol baton. of the head of ukrainian intelligence union in total victor, the ringleader and rolled 5 men. his network of agents was complete and it was time to put all these people to use. well, the state of ukraine explicitly ordered attacks on civilian officials from your search. my task was to spy pulled the mayor of yelton yanine at path length

o. the head of the crimean parliament vladimir constantine of and the governor of crimea soj auction of, they wanted to blow him up. my i understood when i was asked if i could press the button, they want to destroy pavel anchors. well, the headless was made up of 3 targets. the governor of crimea, the head of the local parliament. and the mayor of y'all to the town where victor lives, russian operatives discovered, ready to use i. e d's, in every suspects, apartment, they searched, apparently meant for the mayor of yalta. ukraine's agents planned to rent a flat in her apartment building to get access to the parking lot and plant a car bomb. so michel gave him before sending parcels. i was assigned the task of spying upon the 3 crimean officials to monitor how they move, where they live. i needed to gather all possible data. they wanted to eliminate them. this scheme revealed by the detained suspects,

was strikingly familiar to russia's counter terrorism offices. in fact, it was the one that once worked out for key of in the assassination of garcia dugan, the last august journalist and daughter of philosopher alexander dugan. the explosive material used for the i. e. d. 's wasn't random. it was military grade, stuff made in the u. k. the same material and identical parts were discovered on the peninsula. this february, when a railway line was blown up, judging by everything that happened on the railway line in crimea, in february, i'm 100 percent. sure. it was a terrorist attack. i understand that it was the apostle that blew up the railway. then clearly the i e. d. 's weren't made in crimea. so how did they get there? well, some of the explosives and detonate as were hidden in electric stove tops and that inevitably caught the attention of investigators. they managed to track the heat as all the way back and well the trail of breadcrumbs took them to bulgaria. and now

bear with me in february to unsuspecting business women in st. petersburg. russia were contacted by marina, a ukrainian, and for printer in capital. sophia, she was manufacturing wedding dresses, and the russians owned a wedding dress shop. this is how she was sending her produce from sophia to georgia, there and well then either from milton, we got acquainted, 3 or 4 is directly and she offered something astonishingly random came into electric stove tops. the owner of the shop in saint petersburg texted the woman and bulgaria, but she had an explanation for it. when addresses arrived, electric, stealth tops were also in a box. my colleague, coffee contact number of they had asked the store to talk to the woman. she was in contact with, she asked, what was the matter while your address is but receipt electric stove tops. they said it was the delivery companies mistake that they brought the wrong parcel. she

claimed the stove top accidentally came to us instead of another address. the woman from the hadassah store asked us to re deliver the staff tops by transfer company. she gave us the address, gave the phone number and the name of the person who is supposed to receive the startups at the pick at point of the following orders. also included stoves, in fact, sometimes only the hobbs came even without the dresses and every time marina had a shipment address at the ready, this one belongs to live in anchor. alexander, who turned out to be part of victors, terrorist sell explosives were smuggled into russia by a mule, a man from milly topple, who was offering taxi services to the you and russia. then ukrainian intelligence exploited normal commercial schemes and unwitting accomplices to get them in the hands of agents in crimea. jennifer choi, uh, i was looking for a person who would not draw attention to himself. it could be

a pensioner. the main thing is that it wasn't me. so i found a pensioner. his wife gave their contacts, an apostle came to their name, fi, a transport company. it was the electric stove, top in this package. and the next package they were already to stove top. i opened it and saw additional wires i we told they were designate isn't activated and the receiver when the package was delivered, they wrote to me the package has arrived. thank you. that is guys was perfect. it would take a professional maintenance guy watching the x ray to spot explosives in an electric stove top, already packed with wires, with the amount of explosive material victors so received. they could carry out dozens of attacks. one of the members of the cell turned out to be a professional diver who stockpiled tens of kilograms of explosives and guns on his youth. one could only guess the suit of may ham. this man could have caused following the orders of the king pins in kia,

constantine constantine. the everman anchor asked me to write an acknowledgement that i am ready to cooperate with the ukrainian authorities. and that i have been warned about the responsibility for disclosing these corp. i wrote it sided with a signature that was in mine and handed it to konstantin. he took a picture of it and said that he would send it to some hiring can official than who burned this receipt in front of me. and through what was left of this and can knowledge went into the see it all happened on my yacht. in this conversation, konstantin mentioned that they quote, are keeping an eye on the mayor of yalta yanine up of lancaster. i asked why, but he left it off. i didn't really like it for what purpose? i realized that it was for some criminal purpose. there were no specific expressions or threats from konstantin, but he had a serious expression on his face. from the bombing of the crimean bridge to assassinations of journalists, kia has made it clear that terrorist attacks against russia are an integral part of

the state policy. but this case shows that no matter how intricate the ploy is, russian security services are going to win. a mortgage done of reporting for ot see, ah, runs president has arrived in the syrian capital with an official 2 day visit following an invitation from damascus. it will be the 1st such, it is rather the 1st such high level visit since he started the syrian civil war and has already been labeled as very important iranian state. media is, comes against the backdrop of reproach, meant between former adversaries in the region with rounds of master to syria, saying the change was as russia, china and india take part in international affairs. america's global dictate, becomes eroded and allows regional powers such as saudi arabia, the persian gulf, countries, and others to take a more positive sounds on the relations with iran, syria and you haven't run, has been

a close ally of the syrian government since the beginning of the civil war and 2011 to run has provided military equipment along with military advisors to bolster the syrian arab army. it's also recruited she volunteers from across the region to fight alongside assad's forces. top rainy and revolutionary guard corps commanders like the famous general costume solar money, who was assassinated by the united states, have been deployed to syria to help fight terrorism. or to correspond use of july li breaks down the importance of the iranian president's visit. well, it's the 1st ever visit buying iranian president to syria in over a decade. and since the start of the civil war in the, our country in 2011, a brian bracy is in damascus for a 2 day visit. the official invitation of the syrian president, bashar assad, racy is also accompanied by his foreign minister, who was saying earlier,

the iranian presidential office announced that sharla side and racy will talk about political, economic and security ties. while the visit is very much significant, given the fact that it comes against the backdrop of the recent a de tonton reconciliation between 2 regional rivals, iran and saudi arabia, which is also played into other developments in the region. syria is beginning to come closer and engage more with the arab world. so if one is a major ally of the sharla side, the iran also provided bet sharla and his army with advisory military support to fight off dodge terrorists from the arab country. so when it comes to iran in saudi arabia, in syria to one and we all used to stand of course on opposing fronts, re, are supported the opposition and syria, while iran back, but sharla sat. and now we see that the recent approach ma, between iran and saudi arabia is starting to play into the development in syria as

well. so this is one of the reasons why this visit by racy is very much significant . we see that one and we are, are now beginning to open up to each other or engaging more and syria is starting to shift away from this regional isolation in the middle east. and we see that all of these developments that have led to the middle east emerging from years of chaos seem to be not sitting well with israel and the west. the united states earlier said that it does not advise its arab partners to normalize with sharla side and we see just just a day before the re, racine trip to syria. israel launched airstrikes against a lead post international airport. the visit also comes as cherokee and syria also are starting to open up to each other thanks to russia, russia as host that officials from turkey, syria, iran,

and russia and moscow to try to settle the long standing disputes between ankara and damascus. so bracy is visit, is seen as another piece in the unfolding, new chapter in the middle east, which has seen a significant decrease in the role played by the western powers in the middle east when the region is starting to take matters into its own hands. meanwhile, a bipartisan bill, which would allow washington to permanently sanction iran has been introduced in the u. s. congress. the rope state continues to make threats against democracy and actively sponsors terrorism around the world. through this bipartisan by camera legislation, we can prevent iran from possessing nuclear weapons and further jeopardizing global peace. the around sanctions act is one of the most important tools in us law to compel around to abandon is dangerous. and the civilizing behavior sanctions will

only be lifted if her and stops threatening behavior iran contra. now the clock on us law legislation comes. i made a visit to israel by the u. s. house speaker where he addressed the country's parliament accusing to run of aggressive behavior in the middle east. that's despite around reem. recently re establishing diplomatic ties with saudi arabia and iraq, whose threats had one primary cause, the rogue radian regime. most of the turmoil in this region of violence and instability can be traced back to that source which continues to fund terrorism arms. it's proxy malicious and pursues nuclear weapons. i ran, seeks to destabilize i wrap it wants to entrench missiles in syria.

it empowers the terrorist organization, has bella in lebanon, and it is fueling a brutal civil war in yemen. and among all this aggression, it seeks to encircle israel with hostile forces. ah, we must always remain resolute in our commitment that a ran will never acquire a nuclear weapon. my colleague, rory, sushi discussed the issue with experts from both israel and the united states to get their perspective on how this could influence regional geo politics. book speaker mccarthy says is the conventional wisdom if this is the usual assessment here and it has some basis in fact whether the iran regime i x out of the some defense to believe that he is under attack and

it was to preempt unlocked, isn't not the mentor, however, the measures taken by congress. these sanctions, this is useless. iran isn't one, launched a war and over 300 years, it is try to save people crying out from the oppression, slavery and murder that the israelis have launched. a israel does have nuclear white weapons. i can confirm that as a former member of the united states army. i will go into the details, but it does have nuclear weapons. iran does not want nuclear weapons. it doesn't need nuclear weapons. and frankly, in my experience in iran, it's a, it's amazing to me, the patients they show and their virtues. they have been stopping lots of drugs coming from afghanistan and to europe. they've been adapting their missile program to be defensive in making it so strategically accurate. so they spare, innocent lives, innocent blood, of course, sanctioning iran, which by the way,

congress wants to do in order to put the onus on the executive branch on president biden. they don't care what happens if the veto sci fi doesn't follow. they want to blame him for whatever happens with iran. the question of the israel, the nuclear program is never really on the table because it is sensitive and the piece defense. if it's, there is a program, but yes, eventually, israel will have to talk with iran if iran repressed reciprocates, surrounds me on the sanctions for decades. and it's still managers to go about its business. i mean, is it going to make any difference, any difference to caron? if the sanctions are past permanently? no, because we're in a new world, the old world is passing away and this shows also the delusion and the self. if not, if norris's, i'm of western politicians, they're still acting like they're in charge of the world that,

that world is fading. the multi polar world is rising. and russia and china and iran form the hub a bit for the sent for the central heart of it. and they're, they're bleeding out, bleaching out to india and saudi arabia and elsewhere south america. so the piece that a general fellow money want to do, which he between saudi arabia and iran before he was murdered by mike pom. pale giving president trump bad information. and then trump allowed adapt. rhonda saudi arabia have solidified a p steel. yemen is closing down in its war series. being welcome, welcome back into the arab leap. you're seeing peace break out. despite the forces of the united states desperately trying to keep k awesome fires. israel and palestine have agreed to a cease fire after both sides exchanged a series of strikes over the last 24 hours is really forces carried out air strikes and gaza in response to rockets launched towards southern israel yesterday.

the foot and show is huge explosions. lighting up the night sky of gaza. air raid sirens can be heard and southern israeli towns around the border with palestine and israeli defense forces say their air strikes, hit military sites. media reports also say that 26 rockets were launched from the coastal enclave. throughout the day, several people were wounded with the israeli prime minister convening an urgent security meeting of his cabinet. strikes were conducted following the death of a palestinian activist named carter amen, in an israeli prison after an 87 day hunger strike. he is said to have been affiliated with the palestinian islamic jihad group with his real accusing him of being involved in terrorist activities. his son has vowed to fulfill his father's desire to liberate palestine. because my dad wants to overcome those who imprisoned

him, that was his dream. and now he is a martyr. yes, i cheer for him from my heart when he was in prison. i loved going to demonstrations to be like my father to free him. but when he died, i felt happy because he achieved his dream. his dream was to conquer those who imprisoned him and become a martyr. he told me he wants to liberate palestine. he kept telling me, you are a lion cub. he said, make me proud and liberate palestine. journalist and political analyst, robert in le cash, believes that these policies being pursued by israel have a negative impact on establishing long term peace in the region. at this stage, there is no peace process, and the united states is essentially destroyed the prospect of any peace process. the oslo accords signed between 1993 and 995. the potentially died on the israeli side. there is absolutely no intention of coming to the negotiation table

and they don't have an incentive for the israelis to negotiate 1st and the palestinian to negotiate 1st, they need some sorts of encouragement to do so. so there needs to be a nother mediator, not the united states, there needs to be an impartial mediator. and there are then needs to be something on the table which pressures israel to get concessions, as it is the most powerful actor between the 2 sides here. so as long as the united states is the dominant, our which is claiming the position of mediator in this conflict, there can be no peace process. peace talks and the 2 state solution at this point. as facts on the ground determinant is essentially dead. the white house has refused to comment on the c i a association with notorious sex offender, jeffrey epstein. that's as new revelations emerge about an additional list of

prominent figures who met epstein, even after he'd been outed as a sex abuser. to present any reaction to william burns meeting with jeffrey, i've seen in 2014 to talk to after time for a tech vendor. so i can comment on that from here. in response to this disclosure, the cia stated that the current head of the agency had no idea about apps, teens identity during their 2014 meetings. that's despite the fact that epstein was convicted of procuring a child for prostitution back in 2008. mister bands met with mr. epstein about a decade ago as he was preparing to leave government service director, didn't know anything about him. other than that he was introduced as an expert in the financial services sector. and if a general advice and transition to the private sector, they had no relationship. it's understood that this response is not the most

convincing one and many have heard this response and said they have many more questions, especially with the new revelations of mr. epstein and who he met with who he was associated with long been speculated that there was some kind of intelligence connection on the part of jeffrey epstein. and now we have confirmation that after his conviction, 2008, he had met with prominent individuals such as future cia director william burns prominent banker, ronnie, the ross child as well as white house council, katherine rumbler for those who may not recall jeffrey epstein was a wealthy financier was known for running a child sex prostitution ring. now he was 1st convicted in 2008 of doing these kinds of activities. but he received a very mild sentence of only house arrest. however, he was charged arrested in charge once again in 2019,

then he died under very questionable circumstances in a u. s. federal facility revelations about that case. and the connections, the jeffrey epstein had the american elite have caused many to ask serious questions about what's going on behind closed doors in washington d. c. it was evil for the united states government to carry on a relationship with the most prolific child sex trafficker in history. and on top of that, according to the calendar cover up and trade secrets based on his abuse . i'd say that it's very likely to be sort of the rug one to this is become the norm for the united states government. not only do we know nothing about jeffrey epstein, black book, his calendar. i mean, we've been given snippets. i mean, look, there were meetings, hour long meetings between hundreds of people that are now the most prominent officials in our society, from you on must to steve abandon. ok. we don't know anything of these meetings and

none of that should be excused by the fact that he was willing to work as an operative, the united states government. i'd say this, if that's the caliber of agent, that the government is employing. the american public, what? nothing to do with this government. a huge fire has broken out at an oil depot in the port of thomas and the south of russia. a fuel tank is reportedly on fire at the depot, and social media users claim explosions could also have been heard. there's no official information yet on what caused the blaze, but the towns governor says there have been no reports of casualties. meanwhile, emergency services are working at the scene. in russia's brown screech and an explosive device has derailed a freight train and around 20 of its cars with all the details. here's our t z rowman closer according to the local government, so locomotive, and possibly as many as its wency wagons. a freight train derailed due to an

explosive device ends at this confirmed early reports that several explosions were heard in the area on tuesday nights now. russian railways officials stated earlier that the incident occurred g to an illegal interference in the area according to preliminary information. there were no casualties and no open fires. however, there could be environmental damage because there's some reports from the area suggests that some of the overturned wagons presumably contained chemicals. now, city fire brigades are on the scene and to recovery trains have also been dispatched to this says section of the railway. now, a railroad traffic in this, on this line has been temporarily suspended for now it's not to the 1st such incidents, brown screeching and it's section of the russian railways were also attacked, said just last week, an explosion caused the derailment of another cargo train. and that traffic of air

was temporarily halted to that time. 7 wagons had been derailed and at damage to the line was reported as well, and frantic was resumed there just on tuesday morning. and sir, just like this tuesday, there were no civilian casualties. now in general, it seems that a bronze creegan which is adjacent to the ukrainian border has been under recurring attacks in the recent weeks. and just last week for civilians were killed there after ukraine used multiple launch raucous systems against one of the local villages. just about half an hour, more news coming your way here on our team international. mm hm. okay,

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