best do what i mean. there's a, there's a problem push out the, the is really force is reportedly striking 2 regions in western syria following a week of idea of attacks across the country after the assad government to lot. also ahead on our, to the disturbing images out of gaza as is really forced in palm and unrest. cool coming at least 20 and wounding. it's dozens. and it's attacked on the enclave. russian troops advanced and gone bass and destroyed numerous nato tanks and the cursed regions despite heavy losses. the printing and politicians,

lot of the landscape novices of christmas truth ers, by the hungarian prime minister and german chancellor. oh, i've sold some political star. what you gambled. so much on ukraine is losing its shine as the pace of the no confidence vote and the one to start with some predicting an end to his time in office. the live in the russian capital. i'm rachel ruble. this is archie international. we begin with syria, where is really our forces have reportedly struck the regions of tartarus and logic here in western syria. overnight the mass of explosions haven't heard, but there's been no confirmation yet from israel, which has been conducting continuous attacks in the past week. but this comes after

terrorists have seized power in war torn syria, forcing former president all a side to leave the country and seek asylum. and russia is really prime minister. netanyahu justified the military expansion. the same as goal is to reshape the middle east. a year ago, i made a simple statement. we will change the middle east, and we are indeed changing, you know, syria is no longer the same syria, lebanon is no longer the same living on so in gaza is no longer the same, gaza. and at the head of the axis, the ron is no longer the same around it to has felt the strength of our arms regarding syria. i want to clarify much of that we have no interest in confronting syria. and israel's policy towards syria will be determined by the realities on the ground. i want to ensure that what happened before will not happen again. i mean, we have taken a series of significant actions in recent days. together with the defense minister cats, i instructed the idea of to counter potential threats from syria and prevent terrorist

entities from taking control near our border. is riley air force as have attacked across syria, including at the capital of damascus in the countries northeast. the idea has also launched a ground operation expanding into the contested goal on heights, which is a de militarized buffer zone established in 1974. and the various militant groups have control and different regions of the country is fractured territory. the yellow areas here in the north are held by the us back to s p f, which is linked to curtis insurgency groups. all that says rival turkish specks militants have taken over the city of man bids in the north. now all the rest colored in green is controlled by the hyatt to we're all shawn or h t. s. terrorist group that has assumed a power in damascus. without the guys that were distressing or port, say at least 20 people have been killed in and those rallies strike on a school being used as a shelter in con eunice. oh,

the dramatic fit and circulating on social media shows the building in flames and, and goals in smoke with what appears to be multiple bodies lying in the debris covering the floors. children are said to be among the victims and people are seen, desperately searching for survivors. amid the chaos many displays the locals have been using the unreal affiliated school as shelter from relentless dregs is really forces of also bond areas in the north end of a central part of the enclave planning even more civilian lives. now to the west bank, where it is rarely planned to play automated weapons in the region to protect settlers has surfaced in local media from ford. se remotely operated machine guns will be used in order to float prevent attacks and well guns are being installed.

the is really settlers are sending a clear message to palestinians billboards across the west bank. read quotes. there is no future in palestine and show pictures of this place to gardens walking among the rubble locals in the area. se, as well as goal is to intimidates and terrorized palestinians. i see you how we doing. they are trying to evacuate palestinian lands to intimidate and pressure citizens into migrating. they are terrorizing farmers seizing lands and confiscating properties. these signs are left on palestinian roads to send a message to palestinians that these lands are now is really and that there is no safe place for them in these areas which they now consider settlement zones through iron gates, military checkpoints, land control and restrictions the attack homes, confiscate belongings and terrorize residents to empty palestinian villages and encouraged their migration from these palestinian areas. the recently we have seen banners and advertisements, whether in newspapers or on roads,

were smoked rich and the is really government behind him pledge that there is no future for palestinians on their land towards the smoke, which instead this many times in the people of gonzo should go to egypt to the west bank to jordan and the rest to exile. yeah, this is an old zionist plan, but it is now openly implemented with direct support. for me is really government to you only and i'm, i'm over. i am. every day, plans are confiscated from citizens and people are attacked even in their homes. they aim to display citizens and the large portion of people are leaving their villages. and there is both internal and external migration happening and it is clear what annexation means. we must understand its reality, and so i may think they will give us blue ideas to enter his real one. but in truth, annexation means they will seize all the lands of displacing the residents. possibly not. i remember the messages, underscored by as rarely officials, including the controversial finance minister who insists any possibility of

a palestinian state should be prevented once and for all we must end the policy of containment and defense and shift to initiative and all sense. we must dismantled terror hubs, strengthen jewish settlements and create facts on the ground that prevent the establishment of a palestinian state and remove this possibility from the agenda once and for all. the ministers comments have caused outrage among palestinians in the west bank who consider smoke rich, a leader of the so called settlement gains, and one more smoked, smoked rich is the leader of the gangs controlling the west bank and is responsible for settlers who daily attack, citizens in their homes and fight them in their farms and lands, he is the main supporter of these gangs known as the price tag, gangs, as they call themselves. the situation is truly difficult, especially for marginalized villages. the villages in the south of nablus are in a very difficult situation where the settlers encroachment has retail doors of our

homes and we are left with nothing but the houses we live in as our lands have been confiscated. do we say to the occupation government? if this is our fate, it will remain on our land and resist with all the strength we have for. we will continue to appeal to both his railey and international courts as citizens. we will exert every effort to preserve these lands and prevent this sinister plan by small tricks and his supporters smote ridges, implementing a government plan whether or not acting on his own the far right. and government has clear goals to expel palestinians from their lands and have them let's get back to our top story now is really our forces have reportedly struck the regions of tar to send a lot, the key and western syria overnight. we can cross it now to be route based of journalist mohammed shows the dean a have a good to have you on the program with us. i hope our connection with you stays stable for least a few minutes here. israel has reportedly struck into regions in western syria,

as i mentioned, what's important about these areas specifically and israel's intensified operations in syria right now while the doctors of the thank you all and like good me was to 45 over the uh, the base is that the city, an army, the for the city, the army used to where they all. uh, according to the boats. uh click to see him. officers booked with media as a truck that's going to sleep. we gave unit to these truck ariel defenses. they struck blank, blank. the missiles, peoples of these mountains where the weather known for the soon, obviously uh, store what is heavy weapons as he's looking this way to consider as in the distance before. this is really nothing even tried to thank these weapons or talked to them . there was a city, an army that was russian, the russian battle or the restroom standing up against is really like,

is this. they are not allowed to do this. now, after the collapses of the redeem the, that agreements of defense for russians here, i'm all waiting for the new government before them. there is an agreement. this new government is we'll have no last about 500 rates. i can see us in the front of the review, the desk leader, others were not, he has often we said we are not through the for another war. we will not fight, says, will we, citing the international uh, community and diplomacy, which we will never work. is israel no one uh i was able to stop is real from bombing their country in the region. not international law of international communities, normal diplomacy, even if these, this new regime is friendly. israel want the region to be a week. they don't want anyone to oppose it. so that's just the,

even in hundreds of years. so the, the new government, the in see the, uh, uh, the does not, the is not standing up doing it to is real, which is allowing it to be what i'm gonna respond to. and seeing you, these weapons that were stored by the city, an army by the review was closing and really stretched to syria, who had the back, the backing of russia need not even allow issue to bomb these places. that's all the news. everyone moves up and doctors and the talk you there is man is still is there is many weapon, people's many heavy weapons. depos. israel did not even bomb them before the 1st time even tried to bomb these places. uh nothing you know who used to be was proud of him as being very yes the is really prime minister has stated his goal for the region saying it's to reshape the middle east. what did he

means by that? well, i think the, the new, i don't know if you remember this, but the like the ninety's shovel but as remote but as i had a vision for them, at least i think the danielle, who was drained in 3 laying on this region or, or taking from it which we didn't give him the rates or as well, or at least if not by the by occupation that will be by weakening the countries beside it i'm making is able to strong just to be a little uh now after the lord ro is his below the and the team in syria and then the, i'm us, which we can, that would be around texas resistance. and that the new season, an opportunity being the shape, the, the, to cheating his goal by the shaping the middle east. uh this, uh, this is,

this is cleared by his ball yesterday. he was proud. she is not, celia long is not living on because that is not cancer, right? of the could because he is really offensive and does that is continuing. why do you think israel has been so active on several fronts? gaza 11 on in syria as well. uh, is there something up to do uh, is the day before 2023 uh has never happened before. and israel's, this was a diet, i dialed it back to the existence of this wheel because the people after the 7 of cobra tags, the people who started leaving israel solvents of his reading level, the country because of these effects. danielle, who wants to prove that he can protect this williams. he wants to develop a wall, do updates radians. this is your company. i'm not going to let anyone who left it after the existence. so the weird thing is, uh, what happens in level a is this was impossible to israel had

a read the actually even live a long weekend is below, which was the biggest step is really 2nd because blah was the city and redeem a know it was we're not sure what's happening was wrong. it seems of their company, the losses for reform. now i'm waiting for the opportunity to strike back up to think of an issue because again. okay, well how much i'm sitting down the list of from baby ruth mohammad. thank you for turning now to the latest on the front lines of the ukraine. complex are russian forces have taken to towns in the don't ask people's republic. the russian defense ministry has also released a video of damaged nato military vehicles in the course region. numerous tanks have been destroyed by russian troops and the town of nova, even of cub artesia goes down, all springs us the details basically the russian forces. they have some success in

major bachelors all across the front line. the 1st being in the town of good, how about which is just outside the town of denette square. i am right now this a full i'm a logistical hub for the for a new now me now a contested town. he's only controlled by the ukrainians. basically only 20 percent over this place is controlled by the ukrainians right now, according to the head of the dean that's region at the same time, ukrainian sources have reported that the green in combined has re deployed from the high to cover the front a and the leads said brigade, a highly motivated brigade made out of and based and founded on the remains of the as of, of the infamous new nazi as of battalion. it has been read, employed to the outskirts of a major town of the groves, because the premium come on days, very wary that the full of that town is imminent. at the same time, the authorities and as the basically the cuban government, it remains very,

very hostile to any idea of it could lead to a d escalation between russia and ukraine. apparently, according to the foreign minister of hungry, the ukrainian diplomats, they have less basically they have allowed emotions to slip through and take over their diplomatic, that's a k, have a listen. it took me and i do it as part of the prime minister, had phone conversation with russian president vladimir putin, which lasted for over an hour. i informed our ukrainian colleagues of this phone conversation and requested the prime minister have a phone conversation with the ukrainian president, however, in a gesture that is rather unprecedented in diplomacy. he rejected this eclipse, so indeed, unprecedented. this is how the top diploma of hungry shows he's words to describe the response that hungry god, but he promptly personally got from key if now what he's talking about here is basically the idea that was revealed vice prime minister of hungry that may be

russia and ukraine should have a christmas cruise followed by a massive prisoner exchange, a rather symbolic move. it would have been, and also not unheard of in the history of wolfe. i had given, even if the sides of the was still adversaries and russia was open to that. russia even provided a list pressures, federal security service provided a list that could be use the list of names for the prisoners of war swap between russia and ukraine during that christmas priest. but now, you know, in what fashion the ukrainians it shows to reject that offer. and indeed not that the prime minister of hungry knew the top diplomat was impressed with such response coming from ukraine to the peace efforts. i'll have to shake off to him, i guess for which the possibility of a mass prisoner exchange and a christmas cease fire is on the table. it doesn't matter how we got the it's here

. now you can do 2 things with this acceptable reject it. one party has accepted it while the other apparently rejects it unless you feel it. yes, tell you more about when we presented a christmas of truth and a large scale prisoner exchanges to vladimir poor condition, informed russian government officials, and they receive this proposal fundamentally, positively and openly showing readiness to consider it. so unfortunately, ukrainian president has rejected this negotiation opportunity. i got the eldest now russia and hungry words alone in this push to de escalate. and to do something good . so for the bad to really to do something for the benefit of both russia and ukraine. president elect donald trump, who also supported hungry is efforts and supported rushes readiness to well just to play along and to, to being so open to this idea. and this has happened against the backdrop of really rising voices. i mean the e u is that really a piece by is full efforts should be intensifies. the presidents of slovakia,

for instance, has said that zelinski should maybe have a good hard look at what's going on on the ground, what state his army is in and start thinking about how they will be wrapping this whole thing up. i've already told me already, i think that you have to be very realistic. i certainly hope that nobody has at least no normal person in europe. i would think it's possible to establish peace without some partial territorial losses for ukraine's. i'm sorry to say and so bluntly, but it's my realistic view of things to me. it was based on information about the development of the situation that i received on a daily basis. what impactful to this message was also echoed in germany as the alternative for germany. potty a step forward and said that it is simply counter productive to deny any more that russia has one in this complex ukrainian state tv channel has sparked outrage among the orthodox christian community after using the countries most sacred monastery as the set for

a cooking show the controversial episode shows the interior of the renowned, the care of the church. the law for us seen in the background. the monastery is one of the most important religious sites in the country. it was rated and taken over by ukrainian state authorities last year, who claimed that had links to the moscow patriarch in the russian foreign ministry responded to the latest scandal in the key of protests. klatera right. during the christmas fast the invaders staged the tv cooking show about ukrainian cuisine. and why choose a shrine that's revered throughout the orthodox world as a filming location is a meaningless question. but the answer is obvious. it's the work of the devil. christian values in ukraine have long been destroyed, replaced by ultra nationalism and neo nazis them. and the television broadcast of the production of ukrainian sacred dishes against the background of the crucified christ is the best illustration of what is happening. in the crate and authorities

have wage the campaign against the us the 4 months they've made arrests, closed churches, and tried to force clergy and parishes to submit to the jurisdiction of the key of fact, orthodox church. as he prayed, the crating law makers have passed a law that calls for ban on any religious group suspected of having ties to russia . russia considered the persecution of the canonical orthodox church, and the one has said to have this push to outlaw the u. o. c. would violate religious freedoms. we also got reaction from reverend the dark over a stuff deal though, professor at the faculty and c, ology of the university of eastern siri, a butler and republican service guy. i used to uh, where they did and i use the search and it shows so you might uh you, you may see how difficult it is for me to see uh most save research in which i, which not only me but or the because the, or who can only go to is,

is not on you for in your house, as opposed to all the finale from choices used to serve. uh, do you mind, mrs. yeah, are you chris? and now it's a stage of cooking show. it's a, it's everything that allows you for his name is all about, it's a mockery of christian heritage is in front of you if you pray and people. and it's very, it says everything to do about the culture of vandalism in the right address. it's just this very, a program of this dysfunction of authors destruction and mockery of christian heritage, which is implemented in western europe today in united states also bought in in the ukraine today. which is unfortunate, i say very much in this mode of destructing. every traces of christian. busy ross ends a slow leak. uh academy. it is. and really it's you can only you can normally

just cry and see, this is miss stance. it's unbelievable. german chancellor. all i've sold his efforts to a new crane during russia's special military operation has shadowed his time and office is now set to face a confidence votes. in the bonus tag on monday, setting a pass for snap the federal elections and the new year after the collapse of his coalition are to contributor rates on mars and exports. how the german chancellor got to this political impasse, the german chancellor. all i've sold to set the call for a non confidence vote against himself on monday, officially asking the parliamentarians of to go and decide whether they might wish to do the honor of drop kicking his political leadership career straight into the dumpster of history. now this is basically a case of political suicide by top. schultz. one's down to put his current mandate

out of its misery because he's totally impotent. now, politically speaking, why is that? well, because the yellow light, centrist of his traffic light coalition failed on him, and he no longer has a majority needed to round things through parliament. all of this came about because his finance minister, christian living, or from that centrist free democratic party, decided back in november that he really wasn't interested in a career as a magician attempting to work a budget miracles with shultz was spending priorities. germany, virtue signal itself, right? into economic devastation. following along with you, sanctions to impress their girlfriends of landscape. then schultz tells us finance minister. hey man, just missed your foot off off the debt break of it. so i can go on another 15000000000 euro spending joy ride for ukraine, and lender was like, i know how, but if you just desktop, some of those long range towers, massages you have over there in the closet and give those to your girlfriend

instead. and schultz doesn't want to do that because it would mean babysitting here . so it didn't start a 3rd world war against russia. so schultz and lunar had a falling out over a month ago. now they're ultimately led to a breakup with lender and his yellow light center. it's walking away from schultz has coalition table like a teenage clique in the school. cafeteria, 2 of 2 different federal minister lynette has blocked lows in an improper manner. too often he is engaged in patsy potty political tactics too often he has broken my trust with off show top loan officer sholtes has long sale to recognize the need for a new economic awakening in our country is long play down the economic concerns of our citizens even now he is questioning the necessary decisions so that citizens can be proud of germany again. so this non confidence about crude officially dissolved salts as coalition government and make way for elections at the end of february, which shots only staying on and a care taker, roll into

a new coalition is formed post the election and the new guy who could ultimately replace them as chancellor, that would be frederick murtz of the center. right? establishment christian democrats. if current poles hold basically says good rants . the heads of state and government of the european union are speaking out publicly . the german government is there is no other way to put it a total failure in brussels. unfortunately, it has to be said. the majority of european heads of state and government are simply fed up with meeting the german chancellor. the weather sits in silence for hours or lectures the world. so there is another possibility with this non confidence vote. schultz could end up being forced to stay put, or maybe even having to resign. that's what could happen if the right wing anti establishment alternative for germany or a f d party votes in support of schultz,

along with his social democrats, by the team on to do that. well, because some of them have already said that they think murtz could be even more of a disaster than sholtes. he's already promised to hand over the tires missiles for example, and to even better coordinate with washington and brussels on ukraine because i guess that's worked out super well for germany. so far. germany basically has been ad on by washington this whole time. so putting washington in the driver's seat with germany riding shot gun and different and maybe even more can only spell disaster. nordstrom gets blown up. now berlin has to rely on a competitor the us already for even pricier energy to power. it's economic engine and europe's volkswagen is closing down plans for the 1st time in nearly a century of existence. and schultz apparently forgot which country he was supposed to be heading up these moments right now. at this moment, it is necessary to make a final choice whether the support of ukraine,

whether what we are doing more for the security of our country will lead to that we do not have enough money for roads for rails, but housing pensions, a calf, a health of all that is important for the modernization of germany, and i say this must not be a choice between one or the other. we have to do both at the same time. and we can do this on a goal system that's a large network of more than 220 german ukrainian municipal partnerships has been established often with much support from private companies. and we also see that co operation between german companies and ukrainian energy supplies is increasing. i hope that many more companies will join because that is where we need a lots of private investments. have a day off cover of my task is to make sure that you craniums on was left alone. that's what my government has done and is continuing to do it all. and i also have the task of ensuring that there is no escalation, no rule between russia and nato. and the only thing that seemed to face shoals, to the point where he started changing his tune, was the rise of the anti establishment right and left,

supported by voters wanting someone in charge. who would be maybe interested in putting them 1st. but uh mertz doesn't seem to be focused on that too much either, which probably means more of this will be chewing up shortly. the so, you know, have trump coming back to run the us who's not exactly the kind of guy to be setting a table for 2, but yeah, sure. give washington even more power over german decision making is what murtz is saying. maybe washington can advise berlin on nel placement for its economic coughing to stay with us here on our to international up next on cross talk. peter

levelland is guess discuss the west normalization of terrace in syria. the, to take a fresh look around this life kaleidoscopic isn't just a shifted reality distortion by power to division with no real opinions fixtures, design to simplify. it will confuse really once a better wills and is it just because it shows you fractured images, present it is, but can you see through their illusions going underground can.