the, the tensions deep and over new share as the regional block eco was reportedly wraps up its meeting potential for in military intervention. local residents hope that dialogue will prevail, but they say they're ready to defend themselves if necessary. we expect acura wants to come to a census because their current approach is an antique people approach, since they simply want to intervene militarily in order to satisfy france. measurements of some of the back of the major leadership. we've been told shifts for many years, but no way to raise it and want to go back. at least 55 people are killed and more than a 100 wounded, made explosions and violent clashes, and the libyan capital exchanges. a fire continued between the nation special

determines force and the 400 and 44th brigade from failing to stabilize new share after a code to the stalling ukrainian counter offensive. recent american foreign policy police are revealed in a new article, pulitzer prize winner journalist seymour hersh. the just are on 7 p. m. here in las gal when you're watching r t international. i am your host donald quarter. welcome to the program. us. now our top story, the echo was block of west african nations, has activated its standby force saying it wants to restore constitutional order. and the chair following a military code that took place in the country 3 weeks ago on thursday, echo was military chiefs gathered and gone up to discuss the issue. and we were able to get more details from a local journalist from nigeria who said that the steps to resolve the situation

were discussed at the meeting. yes, um the meetings are back or by some electric cheese that has just finished apart today and got ice expected to hold for 2 days. that's what, what, so why don't you spend round in saying that, you know, it stands for demo bracy in the region and that sound but nothing really. it's very clear about when or how a possible military intervention or innovation of nature would take place just yet . but that we know that, um, you know, local media reports have suggested that there's a role in participants in off, you know, about the cloud or if and the meetings you know, across minutes you to see an hour before i guarantee that you know where that meeting is taking place and this just goes to show this grow in spend 2 minutes across the continent, you know, many african countries, many residents here saying that, you know, they do not want aircraft to interim fan in the matter of fact, peter said that they would interchange in, in the chart we,

on the steep problem some at least that this meets and could be, it meets. and where of course, lead us decide on how to, you know, move forward from here. that the possibility of a military intervention in the crisis does not have the complete backing of the continent. according to french media reports, the african unions refused to approve the plan. and even within the eco last block, there are signs of division and serious senate is urging the president's to use diplomacy, while opposition law makers, and gonna argue that any military move could go against their own country's interest. we ourselves spoke with people in the chair to see how they're feeling about the situation and was up in the city. and i say that if we expect eco wants to come to its sensors, because their current approach is an antique people approach, since they simply want to intervene militarily in order to satisfy france. military intervention is never a solution. we hope that echo was, will reject the military option and opt for dialogue because only dialogue can

bring an end to this crisis. not what i'm missing can you click on. there is a groundswell of support for the military government have come to liberate the people of new year. they have free does from 13 years of injustice embezzlement. so we firmly stand by them and will rise to fight any intervention forces even before the military steps. and we're here and we are ready. this is danny lacy and i've come from the african union understands the religious of news yet, so it wouldn't be positive any major intervention. but i'm, it will have suffered for more than 2 years, but they didn't speak out. so the germans, i submitted back in the major leadership we've been told should for many years, but now we're liberated and won't go back. and we'll some of the news your it in. we are in the new jerry and capital in the i'm a and as you know, here in the share, the news has been dominated by the military coups since july 26. a cruise that saw the birth of the national council for the safe guard of the homeland. you must be

said that just after their installation, the cnsp has already set up the government. governor's and ministers have already started taking up their duties in the institutions of new share. productivities continue as normal in the capital. yesterday, the new prime minister made his very 1st formed visit to the neighboring country chad. he met with charles president who has played a very important role since the beginning of this crisis. and these year, having travelled to each year as part of a mediation group. here he met with the deposed president and the leader of the crew. he made it clear that this neighboring country chad is not in favor of a foreign military intervention in these year. all in all demonstrations of support continue with the new jersey and capital me on may and markets rallies and citizen visuals. people have come out to support the national council for the safe guard of the homeland. another thing to keep an eye out for is the last meeting which will

be held on thursday and gonna in any case, many nice ariens are waiting to hear the conclusions of that eco last meeting is yours. now at the receiving end of sweeping sanctions from many of its former partners says the you, france and the us cut off all financial aid to the country. an equal was imposed restrictions closing borders with 9 new share and suspending financial ties. however, new share is not the 1st country that's felt the economic grass. so back a was, it's previously targeted molly burkina, faso and guinea with a barrage of financial sanctions following military cruise there as well is. meanwhile, the united nations has called for humanitarian exemptions to the sanctions. it noted that even before the president was ousted, there were still several 1000000 people in dire need of food. knew when his warning that the current crisis could worsen the situation. we spoke with lawyer and international political analysts to daniel blah, who says that from the beginning echo was pursued the route of intervention rather

than diplomacy. got it runs right from the beginning. part of the strategy for negotiation is to bring things that a value to both sides. as you'll see people in the united states natal, i'm not taking those hot stubs. so what's the do? but it was right from the beginning. ready sided that. ready i would just say military before decided negotiate which about resulted in so many of the delegations that this i need your bins not rejected. and this time by maybe to by deciding but who have mattress because at the moment usually most find it all by itself. the generally supported by 3 or the applicant countries, as you need to also understand that the board us the today about 61 of these borders that julia and these are the people in the have relatives, religion of business interests in these here. so you already have a problem where the country where the vehicle was jack comes from, might have

a difficulty, riley around their support. they gave me here in the 1st place, but it's hardly the highest they can do it. bordering state for example. she has views. ready mentor, the west over, i guess these are the higher they kind of do is the following, this look on police just i'm rooms who create that kind of a conflict situation or they need you in the hope that it will make the gym in the general parking lot, but the problem with that is that if you look at africa, you look at as somebody's or you see that in the last 15 to 20 years be happy. see the us is so just the and the respective. it is. so is a delicate environment. the minute you begin to 5 possible form do um, you know, that it will make that redeem on popular. you are likely to create a scenario that would escalate to the crisis situation. of course, as you manage it in that situation, which may, that's how the baby's or to actually test spring, just like we have the out of spring. the clash and the libyan capital between 2,

the country's most powerful factions have left, has left at least 55 people dead. outbreaks of violence had been a regular occurrence in the nation since the nato backed uprising caused deep divisions and chaos and the country back in 2011. several loud blasts marked the exchange of fire between the nations special deterrence force and the 400 and 44th per date. it came just after the commander of the latter was arrested, shattering and already shaky peace between the 2 groups. some have called this violence, the worst tripoli has seen any year. meanwhile, italy's foreign minister has brandon nato's 2011 operation in libya, a failure which brought instability to the reach a lead. at least i believe that in the it was a very serious mistake. deluxe could also be killed. it might not have been the champion of democracy, but as long as he was eliminated, political instability arrived in libya and africa. well libby, a former italian colony is still a team s right now, suffering from the result of

a french and british lead invasion that kills its leader in the market alfie. back in october, 2011. and what did emily get out of that? a flood of migrants, it's not like adopted in warren europe telling french tv ahead of the nato bombing into the top of his country. that if he went down then easily and france specifically would be flooded with millions of migrants because would be a played a role in securing and stabilize the africa and the mediterranean. and that's exactly what ended up happening. the flow of migration into europe is still a big problem with the death of hundreds of migraines and the central another trade in so far, this year alone, lydia is become a haven for human smuggling and slavery at a loss in pad for migration into europe in italy is really bearing the brunt of that, as we've seen recently with all these is capsizing in the mediterranean and driving of migrants, not quite the freedom and democracy that nato had promised. it's great to be,

leave you free. leave you at midnight tonight, a successful chapter in nato history will come to an end. you have already started writing a new chapter in libya's history. we acted to protect you together. we succeeded, believe it is finally free from being causing to break out from this rod. so it to western mountains and to triple a. i got sounds like he's talking about a whole other planet. we had to deal with good aussie for libya to serve as a choke point of sorts for african migration heading towards europe. he promised to intercept any migraines who ended up in the mediterranean and send them back to libya before they could enter italian waters. but then italy ended up endorsing the western backed libyan rebels against the da fee and well, all bets were off for the libyan leader. he was like, okay, find the more ons you have you handle it for some reason. italy was just shots that could not be, was no longer willing to play ball, and i pulled the migrant intersection deal after it. really started cheering for

regime change against them, putting desperate people on a boat and pushing them off to sea, sending them to die in the mid to rainy and is something very close to being another crime against humanity for which the regime will have to answer the western or branding of those libby and rebels as heroes. just like the syrian rebels he fought against president bashar al assad before detective and joining up with other jihad is against the west, in some cases or the c. i a train and back. so solomon lighten led the taliban during the us cover organs. the soviets in afghanistan in the eighty's, they gave rise to al qaeda. we all know what happened with them. 911. that's all i need to say. or more recently like the training as our neo nazis western training back to storing. well, it's to be continued all western back and all western tools of regime change, who then became or risk becoming still taking time bonds that could blow back at any time against western interest. no saw that coming ages ago. gadhafi. now listen,

you people of me to your bombing a wall which student the way up african migration to europe, and then the way of all kinds of terrorists. this was libya. you're breaking it, your radiance, and you will burn in hell for the thousands of migrants from africa and for support me. okay, that it will be so i never lie and i do not lie now. so there's another aspect to this tragedy. the french financial crime, prosecutors here in paris, i've told the french press back in may. they will ask a judge to try former french president and equal us of cosy for passive corruption, criminal association. steve illegal financing of like troll campaigns and tubs, sealants of embezzled. public fines in libya and lydia. so to her motives for i was thinking, darcy would certainly help to explain what african leaders had said way back when

about western refusal to even less than take charge of this. libyan conflicts on their own confident in the view or in light of a peaceful resolution. they'll likely be to meet you on the new mission. it also comes with what are the by the go button, but the middle of the bladder libby. so what's the takeaway here? turns out that italy did not stand up against its western allies to protect its very own interest in libya back then. and it continues to just go along to get along with pretty much everything that us lead nato dies to the continued detriment of its very own interest. and certainly those of us citizen from his hair to

ukraine, the latest failures of american foreign policy had been exposed in a new article by pulitzer prize winning journalist seymour hersh. and to get more on this story, now we're going across live to our correspondence shaped boss. who was here in the studio with us. thanks shape for joining us. so tell us about this new report. what kind of information is there? yeah, well it's a fascinating article that course seymour hersh, this veteran and master journalist really from vietnam open to more recently north stream where he put some meat on the bones of allegations that it was america that was behind us. he exposed a deep seated uh you know, and detailed us involved with the north stream according to the march. and he's doing it again with this article entitled to as the summer of hawks on in. and he sort of outlines and shed some light, if you like, on the chaos in, in the us state department right now, around the political mass machinations as a whole. ukrainian project essentially fails that the counter offensive has been

a military failure. and the sort of result of that will be ukraine's backers money that nobody really wants to continue to pour this cash in here. so it's a very detailed report. but in detail, he also talks about this piece process or a piece talks or a piece meeting in jet and saudi arabia, which at jake sullivan from the us state department was the architect of and his source and some very interesting light to shine on that then we can have a look at that right now. don. a jetta was sullivan's baby, the official said just one more. but who's counting for the nation showed up all but 6, looking for free food after the desk to shut down. yeah, so i mean fascinating stuff. and it is believed that this, that he has significantly high sources in potentially the c a and in the state department itself. but it doesn't say to have down from the into z as in,

in the state department for trouble making if you'd like. and of course, the content of africa, you know, done, you've covered the, the summits and you put your finger on the pulse there. and it saves us state department as they do. then i've got to stand still sign in their shoes, and they're in ukraine at destroying the country, essentially with their proxy war against russia. it seems that they're still energetically in africa, and it turns out that the high priestess of us neil neil con policy at victoria newland the one of the architects of the the might on to it back in 2014. she's been in the share as well, with one of the hirsch's source, it says that things didn't quite go to plan for victoria noon. and the she went there to try and safe guard supplies into your from that very resort of each country. i'm going to look at that as well. the intelligence official put her remarks to the times in american military lingo, victoria set out to save the new share uranium owners from the barbaric russians

and got a huge single finger salute or yeah, so as you can see, this a front of, you know, we stop with you probably will be there till the very end. don't worry about it. it seems that these, this messaging is concealing kind of chaotic, a outcome building process in the us as they see that this last gasp of some of the, even the western press is missing. this counter offensive it, it, it never really took off. i'd certainly failed on these very precious resources that are being pumped into ukraine as we had into the winter as the election cycles come up in your fun. in the us. it seems that even the most familiar face that you'd associate the us project in ukraine at anthony blink. and our tony to his friends seems tony has sort of dropped off the radar a little bit on one of hers. she has a sources again, suggest that maybe tony and know something that some people in the white house

refused to accept that things aren't going as well as clad in ukraine. and we can have a look at that. also here, the secretary of state tony blinking, where was he? i asked the question of the official who said the blinking as figured out that the united states that is our ally, ukraine will not win the war against russia. the word was getting to him through the agency c, i a, the ukrainian offense was not going to work. it was a show by the landscape and there were some in the administration who believed his so yeah, so again, what menu independent dallas, and ukraine, watchers and geo political watchers have said from the start that this was probably due to failure. the ukraine was a trojan horse, if you like to attack russia, and this has nothing to do with the welfare of ukrainians. it seems that a lot of this has been, you know, essentially proven now. and this is coming from significantly high level sources within the us administration as well. so well,

definitely another seriously fascinating bombshells story by seymour hersh. that's shape boats are t corresponding thanks for joining us in the studio. now another news, sweden has raised its terrorism threat level after authorities and recent months allowed copies of the koran to be publicly burned. those incidents which the state said were protected under freedom of speech, ignited outrage among muslim communities around the world. the head of sweden's national security service said the terrorism, the terrorism threat router was specifically raised because of his law, missed activities without mentioning the cron desecration the. during the years, there has been a progressive change in the threat situation against sweden, where we have gone from being considered a legitimate to prioritize target for violent is limited in globally. that means the decision to raise the terror alert level is not the result of a specific event. while the security service chief stopped short of naming any

specific incidents, the head of the national center for terror threat assessments said that ron burnings probably had a lot to do with it. but sweden, civil defense minister appeared to shrug off any potential link, saying that the public should disregard that speculation as soon this is my name's tim pioneer. since i there was a risk that the current, this information campaigns against sweden could jeopardize the situation of swedish citizens. and companies abroad and posed a threat to national security. in light of this, the government wishes to clarify that we all have a responsibility to not spread information and messages that are clearly incorrect . several copies of the crown were burned or otherwise desecrated, and public demonstrations permitted by the authorities in sweden and nearby denmark . the incidents ignited major protests and some predominantly muslim countries, including and syria and pakistan. and an angry mob even stormed into the swedish

embassy and a rack. neighboring around said that the scandinavian authorities were fueling religious tensions of sweden and denmark have tightened their border controls and made the rising fears of possible retaliation. we spoke of the palestinian writer living in suite a new says that the abuse of freedom of speech is what appears to be the core. cause hello, who just really i'm old. who do i believe the real problem is the taking advantage of freedom of speech laws as legislation, doesn't currently classify the burning of secret calling books as a crime. when addressing the issue, one must look bartlet, freedom of expression, laws and take a portion from freedom of speech. though in sweden, we have a separation between what's acceptable and a political level versus public. so one moment because requested to burn a cron that initially been refused by swedish authorities. they refusal wasn't for us justified citing the act would bring about tragic consequences. political unrest

affect national security as it did in denmark that contributed this widow's refusal, and was followed with the suite of prime minister saying that the nation is considering amending the law and criminalizing the burning of holy books, especially the koran. but has been known for a sitting since we didn't take a long time in the subject of amending it may take more than a year. i just wish this within police would take a stronger stance against the supreme course refusal to reject so long as requests to burn a cron or give a statement saying why they don't think that such advance are going to cause any secure distress. i also would have liked the swedish police to put more effort into explaining what the concerns were when they were checked the 1st time and of the future event will affect the security threat level in the country. the africa has an untapped potential and global high tech industry. it's. that's the message from a key report by the united nations department on trade and development. the paper states that the african continental free trade area offers great opportunities to

countries on the continent and allows for a key role in the global supply chain. more over, more over africa has a unique advantage on the green energy market as it's a vital source of cobalt and lithium, essential for batteries. the confidence also boasts a rapidly growing tactic eco system. and we heard from a former nigerian presidential hopeful of donald garber, who said that the current international system does not allow africa to exert its full potential. or what do you got all those kind of going to be the oil and gas like my going through united. you know how one of the largest it got dimples and you also when you look at it, just you to see the up to go. it's a potential for book from, from watching the international system, those murder, all categories, which when people do shop. but i really just kind of report that is coming from us is trying to explore her computers roles so that we can be able to explode just what those are for the benefit of africa. so the ones you know,

defense them for the mobile. so the stay away from did you get all the disease will start visual wound up the do you know that the supposed to be because we what are the up or just what 3 shows, what we need is a global. when did you do one? the time the terms are you? well, it is like we help the doctor does all sort of return the supply supplies the global due to the distribution. when i try to go out the door and put me in the type of thing they use, we crush the bottle of water. that is, what are the, what i would do would be, i'm going to, but it's what is the, is going to show up to go to the know they start to know if the judge for the machine it is,

are the we need to be able to follow up with the sanctions have led to delays and vital pharmaceutical shipments reaching iran as an examination of the country is health care system is underway into run test with gauging the impact of us sanctions on the nation's medical sector are to use use of july. we has the details . us sanctions are killing people i have on. that's what this call for us into launch wise to relate to the world. don't do us sanctions impacts on the health of one of your patients. the events brought together a warning and officials and wife's activists to shed light on the humanitarian side effects of washington's crippling restrictions on the one that was, i'm most, if it was, sanctions have affected people's lives in different areas, including the rights which occasion food live in standards well for health and life, all of which among the human rights that has been outlined in international documents. there's a consensus that the sanctions, that's effect these rights to a large extent, that the just the casing point, the quarter tweak laws,

south senior societies, the country needs to be poor. 22000000 doses of medicine every year to treat its power senior patients. but less than 2000000 doses actually make their way into a run because us sanctions standing the way it ross thomas senior society says, says that he was reposed sanctions against the wanting 2018. 667 powers seem to patients have lost their lives as a result of a drug shortage caused by the restrictions email for the accent. the patients known as the butterfly children faced the same challenges and the country colon time accessing. there is a set time in which patients need to access their medicine and if they don't get their hands on the drug in that time frame, the outcome and consequences are the same is receiving it at a later time. limiting people's access to drugs is tantamount to banning them me on paper. the was claims it's measures do not ban the sale of medicine to yvonne, but it was as the band king restrictions complicate the purchasing process when

a wrong cannot pay for medical items. it was from for and suppliers this as active as have repeatedly called on washington to exempt humanitarian supplies from the sanctions west. expert say those calls are falling on deaf ears. little stick your time, haul you, despite the fact that the us says madison is exempt from sanctions, but the us treasury department has imposed such tough conditions and purchasing pharmaceuticals that it has led to medical firms refusing to sell their drugs to iran. the same problem exists and banking transactions, let's presume that a foreign company decides to sell to or on it has to resolve the banking issues. the respective institution has to submit an inquiry to o f a c, and ask if it is allowed to proceed with the deal and transfer the funds exports here, say people with inherited diseases and it wrong or bearing the brunt of us. sanctions with a number of casualties reaching alarming levels. now, as the nightmare lingers on for many of want, even patients in need of live savings as active as here ers, they want us government to act responsibly. unable withholding and there's some

fives hostage for the political games. usability are 2 to one. a bank that unites the bricks group of emerging economies has issued a new bond in south africa that is one of the highest rated on the domestic market . the so called new development bank place the obligation in 3 and 5 year tranches in south africa's around currency. the issue is part of a major effort to boost the national economy. specifically, by increasing trade turnover. the bank has been strengthening its presence on emerging markets around the world and encourages the use of local currencies. the brakes group has also been looking to issue a unified currency for that block as it moves away from traditional dollar denominated trade. the bricks group includes the economic power, houses of china, russia and india, and has emerged as

a counter balance to western gemini as it promotes more multi lateral world trade. and national currencies is endorsed by bricks. members, especially in view of the fact that heavy sanctions that the u. s. and western powers have imposed on rival economies are causing suffering around the world. many reasons why don't you use that. this would have to come to an actual market is what liquidity needs, and it's a very easy to use your bonds in south africa. in fact, there's a significant capital all good. he's probably use some of the mostly put capital markets self only merging countries in the world. so it's on that point of view. it's easy to do that. you can use an established capital market a 2nd. the of course it's much bigger, a good, but also do you see both in your own currency as a b because you don't run the exchange rate risk of for example, you could use your name daughter, so you'd be issued dollars and you've got a 2 week and then you running an exchange rate risk as well. and i think the, i think of the brakes countries should the modem, i might choose what they are going to see more know, especially when it comes to the safety. it's.