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a ask because no choice, but to move forward full of shit, the, the breaking news israel announced as a new phase of war as it moves trips to its northern and border with 11 on well pledging to return its displaced the citizens to their homes, their pets as a new wave of mobile device explosions kills that leads to 14 and wounds over 450. more in a non, just a day after 12, the items 2800 were injured there and a mass pager bombing strikes the time on these company and a ton gary and business partner both the 9 producing the deadly pagers. the devices were allegedly designated remotely by israel. i want to thank meta and i hope
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our committees interest in the subject held the move you yesterday when you guys decided to take down our cheat and related russian influence operation and chairs are up to in the us senate we're members. welcome meadows decision to censor and remove all our c accounts from its platforms. as senators claim, the government continues to protect free speech the i'm rachel ruble. this is our t international live in moscow. we start with breaking news as well as the defense minister says the country is launching a new phase of war. he has ordered some of his troops to divert from gaza to the border with love and on. this comes shortly after that country was struck by 2 days of wide spread of mobile device explosions, killing at least 26 people and wounding more than 3 thousands a sheet. no,
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it goes over the center of gravity is moving north, meaning that we are allocating forces resources and energy team for the northern or resort. we have not forgotten the hostages, and then we have not forgotten our mission in the south. we are committed to our duties and we are carrying them out simultaneously. the attacks come amid the continuing exchange of fire between israel and hezbollah on wednesday is rarely just targeted buildings across the southern 11 on the idea of says it was in response to the 40. it has been a rock is that were launched from lab and on. the militant group says it has last 5 numbers and it's really a tax that's from the page of bombings and other airstrikes. the us media are now reporting israel and form to washington on tuesday about his plans for the 11 on operation without providing details. well, this comes mid accusations from a has the light in the wrong that israel is responsible for the electronic
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detonations and 11 on the right in on boy to the un says drawn, see is the attacks as an act of terror and that was retaliation isn't. bassett, or 211 on, was wounded by an explosion, are to correspond to joelle maroon, isn't they root and brings us the latest details are not beside us. i'm not long ago, explosions were heard across various regions of southern lebanon. we've received information that at least one person has confirmed it, although more are believe to have been killed. this new wave of explosions affected wireless devices. and today we're not only talking about pagers, but also radios like walkie talkies. that's according to 11 east security source speaking with r t 11 east ministry of health. also announced a short while ago that there are hundreds of wounded citizens and calls are going out from hospitals to donate blood. right now we're in front of a hospital emergency room in the summer area. they route, we can see the lebanese army and security forces are setting up the security cordon around the hospitals where the wounded have begun to arrive. there are also members
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of the victims, families who have arrived here to find out about their relatives, the lebanese, for administer a short while ago called this new attack. a blatant violation of the country sovereignty had the, the also called on the international community to stop israel from violating lebanese sovereignty in such a manner. give me a reminder that this is the 2nd day in a row that these explosions have occurred. just half an hour after these attacks the liberties health ministry announced that they were more than a 100 injuries throughout the country. hundreds of injured are receiving care and again, hospitals are calling for blood donations. and amid the panic caused by the exploding devices, there are also funerals taking place for lebanon citizen. and one of the things i did, the lebanese red cross reports responding to multiple explosions in different regions of the country. reports indicate members of heads. while i use the handheld of radios with footage, appearing to show the aftermath of explosions on the streets and inside apartments
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are t correspondence use of july in the us. and i can have an updates for starters as well. that has issued a statement suggesting that this new wave of a tax is not going to go on punished. they say that they face a new challenge. of course, how his beloved plans on dealing with the wave of attacks targeting electronical as well as communications devices is going to be a matter of interest moving forward, particularly because after 24 hours after the 1st wave of attacks, isabel lies essentially suffered a very similar scenario, but the important thing here is of course, to note that the only people that have been targeted are of course and not has the law members or, but the most importantly, that civilians have been caught in the crossfire. which really begs the question just about, how did this real go about doing this? are so many theories out there, of course, the theory that there was a site supply chain attack is picking up the most traction. the torch president reached out to the lebanese prime minister, expressing his sympathies, but also his condolences and so those that were killed and injured as
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a result of these attacks. this was early on wednesday, moments before the 2nd wave of attacks. it's 11 on, but of course what we're looking at right now is a different approach, or at least a difference in, in this kind of attack. because on tuesday, when the attack initially took place of the devices that were targeted were pages. but today were receiving reports suggesting that the devices also include radios, whether their home radios, the car vehicles, as like our videos, laptops fingerprint scanners, essentially anything with an electrical circuit board that has also been effected as a result of this attack. and what we do know at this point, these rarely is of course have been silence and the general theory is that is real, is quiet because of operational security. but then that also makes the question then, what is we were planning moving forward because we understand this type of warfare . this hybrid warfare uses a symmetrical methods to ensure that it carries out attacks against its enemies. in this case, that is has the law, but also does so in the strategic sense. we understand that to the tactic that is
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being used as being the essentially issue for one very specific reason. and that is true, of course, over well 11 on health system. this typically happens in advance of a larger campaign. of course, this would require months of planning. we understand that is really have been planning this for months. and just in the past week, they have decided and essentially agreed to include. i live in on southern borders, least at southern territories as part of it's a scope and it's a vision moving forward, of course, for what that's going to look like at this very moment is hunter, but the one thing that is clear is of course as bullet has about to react and retaliate against these attacks. we can expect is we all to do the same. and just perpetual cycle will continue, which will, of course, lead to further unrest. and many leaders, given the regions, suggests that there is this wave of violence that we cannot seem to get our heads around. we can't seem to walk away from these back and forth, and tit for tat attacks will continue. and on this something is done. this will lead into something much, much broader,
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which will put more wides. that risk criticism is mounting and iran with a fearful it's pointing fingers that as well, but not many labeling the recent explosions as a waiting act of terrorism. president not so because there's guns also weighed in today, placing much of the blame on the west. it was possible support for israel in a cabinet of meetings today. he describes the situation as a disgrace for as well as western allies, particularly the west, accusing them of abandoning their principles in favor of what he calls an inhumane agenda, which he sees as a prime example of a decline in humanity within the west. using tools normally meant to enhance the welfare of humans as a means of tara and destruction, against those whose views do not align with us, is proof of the decline of humanity and of the dominance of savagery and criminality. this event, once again showed that although the western states and the americans claim they want to cease fire in practice,
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they offer full support for blind crimes killings and assassinations. they are wanting president task for us the, the urgent need for muslim nations to unite to guess what he termed on the ongoing atrocities committed by israel. a lot of response to the incident has been really swift, especially with ice on to have on following the reset as us the nation of former. how much chief as might honey a to around the country has also played a big role. and of course, providing relief to those injured in the lebanese attack. in fact, it one was among the 1st to dispatch medical relief teams to live in on the one in red cross and has already arrived on the scene to assess victims. i know we've learned that the several injured individuals will be transported to iran for, for their medical care. later today we had hoped to report from a macro by the airport to speak with some of those effected and getting a clear image of what happened in 11 on. however,
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the red cross and informed us that you would just security concerns. we cannot film anything, anything there, of course, because many of the injured are reportedly has voted on members of this incident has asked for an nerve into one end of the rhetoric. yeah, rhetoric into one has increased significantly as we see different iranian officials are talking about a serious revenge menu are now ask you do have one in government here. people are asking, see a warning government to not say i, it opened the face of the ongoing publications on the part of as well, especially when it comes to the fact that the, one of the iranian officials, they're wanting in baset or to live in on most of amani i was. 1 as one of those who were affected by the incident of following the pager detonations on tuesday that taiwan based company that owns the brand, announced it didn't produce the devices. it claims the sub contractor based and hungry made them. but that business also has denied any involvement with still no
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official word from israel, despite much speculation that it carried out the sophisticated attack. budapest has issued a statement to clarify and that the devices in question have never even been in hungary a storage. this have confirmed that the company in question is a trading intermediary with no manufacturing or operational site in hungary. it has one manager, registered edits declared address, and the reference devices have never been in hungry. well over 24 hours since the pager explosions and 11 on still no official response from a 0. despite to direct accusations from his beloved as well as the lebanese government, israel, and has remained dead silence and having claims responsibility for the attacks. the government press office, which typically sends out multiple updates to for and during this age day has been quiet on the, on his social media channels. there is coverage on the idea of the routine activities in dallas and, and how long the lebanese border in the countries knows what the pager bloss onto
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mentioned. and just recently, a new post appeared on prime ministers telegram channel, where he express condolences for the death toll for is really military personnel in gauze um, but as for the beepers no mention. meanwhile, the attention is slowly shifting from who is behind to how does this attack happen at oh, it was additionally considered as cyber warfare, as you remember, but now asperger's suggest the pagers were seated with the remote play activated explosive devices. citing a senior level of security source and another unnamed source, reuters claims, but israel's foreign intelligence agency allegedly planned to the explosives inside $5000.00 pagers imported by his bulk of 5 months before tuesday's designations. this operation, a serious breach of his bolus security. we have to say was months in preparation. the media says, well, eyes on, on gold, the poland, taiwan based company that has been
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a lot older. the pagers from the company c o stated that the device is used in the 11 on bloss, were manufactured by its sister company, located in hungary. we didn't design it, we didn't manufacture it. the company just bought a life is logo from us. it has nothing to do with me. well in see or we explosives could have been placed inside the devices after they were manufactured or even after arriving and lab and on, investigator is all considering all possibilities, but the manufacturer has been under a significant scrutiny. of course, in response to those on one to the pension they hadn't gary and cabinets, stated that the company in question is private and has never received government orders. his roles, major ally in old time supporters, the u. s. keeps insisting it had no knowledge of the attacking lab on, on. we heard that previously from pen to go and, and white house officials and now secretary of state blinking commenting, cairo, egypt has rates are rated that america neither knew about not participated in the
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operation. the pager explosions occurred just a day after the reading president said tire on might engage in direct talks with the us potentially if washington shows in practice that it is not the whole style towards the public, the potential reconciliation that israel is clearly not interested in the united states did not know about uh, nor was it involved of these incidents and we're still gathering the information and gathering the facts. and we remain very clear about the importance of all parts of voiding. any steps that could further escalate the conflict that we're trying to resolve in gaza spread to other friends? it's clearly not in the interest of anyone involved to see that happening. we're focused on getting this cease fire over the finish line. uh that would also, i think the material in terms of the prospects of actually defusing, the situation in northern israel,
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in southern lebanon. it's imperative that everyone in avoid taking steps that could further escalators for the consulate. the u. s. has long claims to be a peacemaker. in the region, but with little success as sense to have only worse and worse and worse into times to help prevent and allow tour between tell of even his bell. america's special ed voice visited israel on monday, but left empty handed as israel's defence administered, as a gallons insisted, and military operation is necessary to safely return northern residents to their homes. some argue that america acts as a mediator, but with a clear bias toward one side and the runs fingerprints are all over, all the bad things that are going on in this region. and around these to edit support for these proxies. they need to do it now. we need to more work for de escalation of this conflict as parents of paramount importance. right now. i don't know what you're talking america,
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secretary of defense. austin is expected and he's real next week. again unclear what will it change. meanwhile, his bola promises to retaliate with no clear indication of when exactly might happen, which leaves the situation very tense. the army, these really arman says no changes to the home phones commands directives, but we hear unconfirmed reports, but the idea has re deployed. it's a lead 90 a's division from the gathers trip to the northern command in preparation for a possible escalation. and we have to understand that remember that if his bullet answer is israel will retaliate to this retaliation and that will put the entire region in danger. the united states now appears to be distancing itself from israel stressing that washington was not involved in the explosions. earlier we talked to is really journalist and activist emily shredder, who disagrees with that position. is there. i'll
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never claimed any formal responsibility in the past, even from major operations that we know weren't confirmed until sometime decades later. i don't think that israel is the only possibility. however, there are, there is a possibility that it could be the united states or perhaps other actors, or perhaps a joint operation. we don't know all of the details yet. so i would hesitate to say yes for sure. it's israel or yes for sure. it's someone else, of course, this is an escalation, however, it's an escalation and response to over $8000.00 project as being fired over the syrian and lebanese border bias has the law at the direction of the islamic republic. that is really communities. and so to say that israel is the one who started this or israel's, the one who's initiating this into a wider regional war is just completely inaccurate. this is actually a very targeted strike, not indiscriminate at all. the fact that there are civilian injuries or casualties
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in any military conflict there, unfortunately, a fact of life that's very, very sad, but to say that this was indiscriminate is just simply inaccurate. i mean, we're talking about one of the most precise attacks in modern warfare. we're talking about thousands of the actual active is the actual offered as terrorist operators of federal law in lebanon, being targeted on their personal devices. these pages that they're using. i mean, this is really unprecedented. in fact, in a positive way, when it comes to dealing with modern warfare, there is, there is no shortage of criticism from the, as early public at, towards the government of course. and of course, even towards the new military and intelligence establishment regarding october 7th . this is something that needs to be investigated thoroughly. that being said, of course, they are more awake paying more attention, acting preemptively, if necessary, in order to protect as rarely civilians as much as humanly possible. so at the same
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time it is a little bit of a head scratcher. it's also somewhat logical. we are in a state of war. we weren't october 6th. so the reality today is a little bit different. of course, the american officials have climbed to the integrity of upcoming presidential elections is once again in danger. and the threat is coming from moscow that's from a u. s. senate hearing dedicated to one covering the looming foreign influence american officials also welcome to medicine citizens to censor and remove our 2 accounts from meadows platforms all well praising the importance of free speech. r t is in the only media target, meta has removed the voices from china or ron and other countries and has silenced corporations on his platforms, drawing the gratitude of us officials, adversaries realize this is effective and cheap to i couldn't clearly understand if he wants to try to undermine support american support for ukraine,
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weighing in and, and frankly, putting up fake information can help him in that matter. we've seen or ran dramatically increase their efforts to stoke social discard discordant us all again, potentially seeking to shape elections recently. and literally, in the last 8 weeks, we've seen a cobra influence project led by r t to bankroll unwitting us political influence search. on youtube, we've seen a wide ranging russian campaign. the bad guys have basically put out false information under those banners with the color spreading. what sounds like credible sounding narratives to really shape american donors perceptions of candidates and campaigns. i do want to acknowledge that in, in these recent efforts you all have played a positive role. i want to thank meta and i hope our committees of interest on this
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subject helped move you yesterday when you guys decided to take down our tea and related russian influence operations. earlier this week, us tech company mehta removed our 2 from its platforms while parenting the us government selection interference accusations. meta is owned by mark the sucker berg, who notably admitted previously to sensor and content on those platforms at the request of us officials in just a 2 week period. the us has sanctioned r t and accused of interfering in the upcoming american elections. our teeth brushed off the claims we're calling the many times. the russian media outlet has been accused of interference and always been proven, not guilty. the state department even blamed r t for lack of world support for ukraine. according to wednesday's u. s. senate hearing many countries are supposedly eager to interfere on the american elections in november. in china, russia, iran had been north, 3 others have been designated as corn adversaries. the truth is,
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we're 48 days away from an election. and the final point i want to make clear is that we need to do all we can before the election. but i also think it's not like at the end of the election night, critically assuming how close this election will be and that this will be over my, one of my greatest concerns is that the level of this information, just information that may come from our adversaries. after the polls close, could actually be a significant is anything that happens up to closing of the polls on election night . we're stuck with human and labor rights lawyer done because of all like who says american officials are afraid of the truth coming out. the us narratives on issues like ukraine, guys are falling apart and not because of russian. a legend russian propaganda book . because because the facts on the ground contradict what the u. s. is claiming
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about those conflicts. what they're worried about is the truth getting out and the pay show americans buying large don't agree with the us state department is saying about these complex 80 percent of them. democrats, 80 percent, oppose the war. and gosh, a majority of the people in america went into republicans still oppose the war and gaza. and the majority of americans polled oppose sending more money to ukraine. what the us government is upset about is people just aren't believing them, they're not believing their lives anymore. all while appraising the restriction of r t accounts, the senators are also somehow praising the importance of free speech. there's a clip i want to play 1st. let's take a lesson. we take seriously the importance of protecting free expression and access to a range of view points while also maintaining and enforcing responsible policy frameworks . a critical aspect of that responsibility is doing our part to protect the integrity of democratic processes around the world. so i'll paraphrase to protect
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for spirits, we have to limit for pain, so the big contradict or a what, what are your thoughts? well, i mean, yeah, it's a joe, get in for them to talk about the us preserving democracy in the around the world, the u. s is the biggest, interfere in other countries, political systems than any other country on or the u. s. over throws other governments by force by she can read and often instill. busy author or tearing governments in the place of democratic government. so you know, again, i think people are just saying the truth, these are lies that are being promulgated the for us here, asian women's form kicked off wednesday and st. petersburg uniting leading female figures from some 126 countries across 6 continents. representatives from business, government, and southern topic communities are attending as the event aims to build cooperation
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and the dialogue across the borders. the russian president took part in the 1st day pottery and emphasized the growing importance of this form to build a better future. a relational study humanity is facing very complex problems and they can only be solved together, taking each other's interests into account women leaders from $126.00 countries have arrived in saint petersburg. the forum shows to women all around the globe that russia is an open and hospitable country. the gravity of the forum is steadily growing. loose fuel and voices are being heard and governments of different countries are taking. notice that's a major international organizations. consider your recommendations. such a participation in active work got extremely important for the processes of building a multi point of society. and just and truly free will. we all share these ideas and do everything possible to create a new progressive world. there was more than the japanese delegate from the g 20 engagement group called women 20 spoke with us from the farm. she describes how
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participants are aiming to use women's empowerment to tackle other major issues. i think i think we need to be in this role that i need we can work to get that based on the understanding grounded on culture, grounded on history and grounded on the whole then we can corporate challenges on women and women. and also we have this in the, in the area and i think we have this to combine together and very interesting in this company. so women's empowerment maybe help to mobilize and revitalize economics and
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create the site. all right, do stay with us right here on our t. i'll be back with much more in just over half an hour from now. i'll see you then by, by the russian states never as tight as i'm one of the most sense community best most. i'll send, send up the send, the 6595 must be the one else calls question about this, even though we will then in the european union, the kremlin media mission, the state on the rush of funding and supports the r t supposed net keeping our video agency, roughly all the band on youtube,
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the senior citizens stephen twisted the the washington is global war and information has entered new territory. descent is criminalized questioning authority is treason is if you watch this program, you may get a knock on your door. western the weeks fold their citizens in contempt. the altima 2023. a surprise attack lowest against israel by how much militaries show
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the world the no one had expected the palestinian run. the goal is to have so many cutting edge weapons in the aftermath of the tag, militants, openly unlocking a thing for us in the frame for the rockets and missiles that rained down on these radius. this is the see the how can it be? that is a ship to the middle east from a country whose top officials constantly complain about shortages of our munition and military equipment. anyway, we've been passed them with us and e, u military, a totals tens of millions of dollars will continue to show the power of partnership will continue to bolster ukraine's and forces by rushing them occasionally use that
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they need to defend their country. but where does this stage really go? and who decided to, um, a country that just being one of the biggest supermarkets of some other weapons for almost 2 years the, [000:00:00;00] the estimated one was held on so healthy and with offices before the benefits and i'm real familiar with them onto that heavy. what kind of need them they might have

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