the some of the stuff, some of the the it is breaking news as our head live on how to international mass casualties in new orleans. because a truck arrives into a crowd during new year's celebrations and at least 10 people to that many thousands that were russian gas tries if you were up to 3, ukraine is no mold p ever settlers to deal basically living nations like to the fact you, i'm although the venerable as the new year always picks open the debt of wind power as is no longer welcome about sentiment echoing across africa point on the hills of center gold. now the ivory coast is kicking up in new you by giving french troops to booth from the continent. at 9 countries,

joining the writings of bricks popular as brazil vows to make their integration one of his top priorities during his 2025 presidents. the we are expecting an awful lot of a lot of call my trade during this i was program for most of it is a so good to have your company will stretch our top story now and it is breaking news. at least 10 people killed and dozens injured when a pickup truck rammed into a crowd in the us city of new orleans. just a short time ago, i was getting the latest without to correspond to shay buttons or where it happens . in new orleans, this is a party place. this is a place where people celebrate might be glad anyone has been to our lives. knows the street bourbon street. it's a desperate, nice street. and that's critical to this story. this vehicle a pick up truck, very powerful vehicle. remember plowing into hundreds of people. we know dozens are injured. we know at least 10 or dead inside the in these occasions we do see these

numbers rising. so interestingly, the perpetrator is being reported as of being killed, shot dead by police and to shoot out which happened in the aftermath of him robbing this vehicle into the craft, to police officers injured. and all these improvised explosive devices having been found in the vehicle. whether or not they were viable or not. we don't know so far . we have heard the local police chief on the fbi, i talking about the situation. the interesting stuff. let's have a list of this per, per trader who went around our bare page in order to conduct those. he was held down on creating the carnage and the damage that he done, the improvised explosive devices that was found. and we are working on confirming, if it's a viable device or not. also we've got a local media in the us suggesting that the f b, i just now investigating this as a terrorist independent that suggests that this may be more sinister than the 4th.

yeah, you definitely gotta read between the lines. i've enjoyed this. i um, you know, it was just a couple of weeks ago. it wasn't a similar vehicle running incident in germany at a christmas market. i guess. how do you, how do you prevent someone from doing something like this? i mean, mike burge, a terrible attack. again, this happened on new years eve. people are enjoying themselves the most cynical, vulnerable people, people celebrating and events like the people in germany, tragically killed, you know, hundreds of people injured in germany by one individual and a vehicle very difficult to protect. a huge groups of people. now you trust me here and also for new year's eve, they close the lo for the christmas packet at the center of moscow. better safe than sorry, it seems that the lessons haven't been learned to place like might depart, we saw spade of these attacks in europe. 152-015-2016. nice folks used around people on the sea front, the nice people chilled again and again. these people have forgotten about these

attacks and the states it seems people are watching what's happening in europe. and again, a single individual in a vehicle has been able to inflict terrible carnage on innocent civilians. and again, there's going to be questions answered. that need to be answered. now the police, you did say this individual went around our barriers. she was hired to be saying desk, but that doesn't give any solace if you liked to the family. so we're kind of going to be asking, how could this of happen? again, what i said is conversation for the right here and across live now to retire lieutenant codle and international security consultant areas. oh rasmussen. now joining us here, but it's breaking news coverage. appreciate your time or what a story this is. you know so many people grieving now down in the big, easy in new orleans. but i wanted to ask, you know, one of the thoughts, comments as to what some of the f b i spokeswoman she describe this incident as, quote an event. and then shortly after the f b i started was investigating it as a terrorist attack. and maybe i'm nit picking you here. i'm just confused as to why she would call it. i need vent,

what she just deliberately choosing her words very carefully as well. i think it is an event of some type. i mean definitely it was planned. it was in control. so um, yeah, obviously was prepared for this. uh, so i understand the term event now talking about it, looking at a terrorist attack is another. that's an interesting thing. it depends on what other types of intelligence have the beam and gather additional information. so, you know, is there another organization behind this? so that would all come into play on that but, but this is definitely a tragic event. i i, i have family down there i've, i've been to an area. yeah. and it's just, uh, yeah, he had to go through the barracks, a barricade sent to come out, shooting of his truck is because he accident the truck. so it is intentional to try to create as much havoc until as many people as possible while i'm reading on

consumer reports that he may have when he came out of the truck. he may have been using some kind of a really serious assault rifle to let off those rounds. and when we play this video a few moments ago, you have multiple gun shots. i know 2 policemen took a bullet or maybe that bullet proof vest took a boat at their definitely wounded, but just just click that one, it's kick it one more on a reaction form. you hit url a joe biden, joe biden, as we understand a very short time off to joe biden, was brief to buy his intelligence and security guys. off the he was brief to then send out an online comment saying, well them happy, new year, happy new year folks. i just, i just wonder why would you do that if you've just been brief, by your guy's telling you about his essential active terrors. many people are starting to call us as such. why would he then just go ahead and sweet online? happy new year folks? yeah, i think that happy new year greeting was probably already planned but, but uh, tragic to this type of thing. you knew to adjust that, that greeting, you'd still would send a new your greeting out at some point. right. but i think the attention needs to be

focused on the tragic tragedy that's happening. and how this is disrupted. what typically is it a very joyous and uh, and welcoming experience, especially down in the, in the new orleans in the french quarter there. yeah, that is, it will. so that is chapter online. these people are saying they're showing pictures of open alleged black fly attached to a truck. i don't know if you store and the thing about that. if you look at the pictures, it's been covered by maybe a jacket or something, but that talking about he was, you had a black flag of something so attached to his truck. can you help me understand any of that? all right, i'm not sure on that. i don't have a background on that but, but if that's true, then then that could be and perhaps is being covered intentionally. that could be an indication of an organization. or perhaps it's the given the kind of a lead for the police as far as looking into it as a terrace type of activity. yeah. yeah. and then as you know, there are also these reports of these, these large i e, d, use found and instruct. we don't know if a viable i a days, but i, you know,

i think i had this man or woman being able to continue with it with this active kyra, if that what boss explosions, i think perhaps the f b, i would have labeled it correctly. right? from the very beginning what, what, what did you make of this? so, you know, you, it was just a couple of weeks ago, wasn't an earl. we had a similar car rounding attack of the christmas market in germany of 5 people killed that, but hundreds were wounded. then you look what happened in the big, easy right down there in louisiana. why would someone choose this method of attack? well, i think it's the one i stood to to just kind of put some type of dramatic event to put fear in the general public to disrupt things. uh, yeah, this is it's, it is a product as easily as you can get as far as planning on this and it gets a lot of publicity. that's the other thing they're looking for. especially if it's a tier type thing. they want to see publicity maximum extent of the of death and damage. yeah, i'm,

it would not surprise me if there was explosives are active in the or could easily have been set. it will be interesting to find out more on that, but he could definitely also created a much, much more tragic situation and it is, and it's already bought. perfect. yeah. yeah. i mean, i real, i really appreciate you joining us on this. that's fine. shed some light, i mean i understand is a lot of speculation right now, but we're doing everything we can to really get to the root of all of this earlier i some as soon as i retired, lieutenant colonel, an international security consulting. thank you very much for your time. thank you, roy, happy new year. happy new year, whole. so in america, at least are 2 people were killed in more than 20 would and what appears to have been an accidental fireworks explosion in hawaii. you'll see the pictures right here. emergency workers were quick on the scene, they blocked it all off. of the incident occurred during a new year celebration in the city of honolulu. authorities have not said what might have caused the fireworks to go off like this, but an investigation is underway so

potent and has a welcome to a neighboring ukraine's decision to stop the transfer of russian gas to europe across his territory. even though the measure which came into effect on wednesday is expected to raise prizes, but the commodity opponents for administer calls it a victory. suton spent billions building north stream to circumvent ukraine and blackmail eastern europe with the threat of cutting off gas supplies. today ukraine cut off his ability to export gas directly to the u. another victory after the enlargement of nato by finland and sweden. what i use you member say is that accurate which also borders your crane, who is the cried key of decision to cut off the gas transit so it gets going to cause a shortage of the commodity in europe. however nearby moldova seems to be following keeps footsteps with some kind of similar scheme. let's learn more about this chalet contributor on this is original mazda. and so that came prime minister robert pizza made a hail mary, pass in the final seconds of 2024 in an attempt to keep the russian pipeline gas

flowing into europe through his country. and see to address the letter to european commission president and defacto european, queen ursula bonder line in a last ditch effort to try getting her to pull out of the economic dest spiral into which she's planning to go back in. and europeans more generally unilateral suspension of the gas transit via ukraine to slovakia, will cost european citizens businesses and infrastructure tens of billions of euros each year. and ukraine almost 800000000 euros. the losses for russia will amount to only about 2000000000 euros. that's just 3 percent of all the loss is cost to the use $27.00 member states. russia will easily place that small amount of gas on other markets. so the amount of loss is for russia may be close to 0 because seems the key of has taken a page from washington display book and figures that if they can turn off the top on the ease energy, then it means potentially a wonderful new customer for them,

it's kind of a problem where all the resources are on territory held by russia or close to the front lines. so yeah, good luck with that feed. so has reacted to you. train cutting off so that he is pipeline yes. with some hardball of his own as well as suggesting that he's not just some kind of lackey who has to just fall in line and gives lewinski whatever he wants to the detriment of. so that can interest. what can i ask you for the key for these? now some of the ukrainian presidents zalinski announced at the summit in brussels that ukraine will not transport any gas to slovakia after 1st of january 2025. he says he will not allow slovakia or anyone else simply to pay russia for gas to fund russian war spending. notice i understand that force also is clinical reasons. i know the west gives you almost everything you ask for that. losing is what i am not your servant who cannot express his own opinion to that and who is obliged only to

help you and expect nothing from you. if this happens, we will stop the supply of electricity which ukraine urgently needs. in case of network outages or we will agree on another method and we'll see it. but before all the threats were being tossed around, there were also the bribes. because of course, there were we're talking about ukraine here. this was back in foreign ministry accused zelinski of tried to stray dot grease slovak in palms using rushes money. ukrainian president zalinski recently presented an absurd proposal during the december european council meeting to purchase slovakia is consent to nato membership, not with ukraine's own resources. as such, consent is not for sale, but with assets seized from russia. now he threatens slovakia with the european union of which ukraine is not yet a member. such approaches could quickly back fire on ukraine itself. the government

of the slow back republic has a duty to defend primarily the strategic interest of our country, our citizens, and the european union. it will act accordingly, regardless of whether the ukrainian side approves or not. meanwhile, another, a country is facing a gas tap set off on january 1st. it also had relied on gas pipe from russia through you train, which t of and you have now cut off. and it was easy for this country to extra other countries like so that the who relied on ukraine transmitted russian gas because this country, moldova has an alternative supply of rushing gas. we're talking about the gas pipe from russia into the pro russian separatist enclave of transmission for you buy a company called multiples, i guess, half owned by russ as jazz prom and a 3rd by and most of us, but most over just stopped paying it's bills and in the process has wrapped up

a $700000000.00 debt. so basically the west is stealing interest on russian investments to pay zalinski. zalinski is reportedly using it to try bribing his way into nato with well that yeah, you cranes stealing russian or even pro russian assets through nationalization, $48000000.00 worth in the case of one particular oligarchy. moldova is now trying to steal the gas company that belongs to russia, so it doesn't have to pay its energy bills. wow, sounds like 2025 is starting out on a real high note for the democratic values can. earlier we were speaking with the chairman of the slovak patriot potty, and he said the country is national interest must be respected. but currently, as he says that you, you only care about catering to zalinski. so that's what we do as for possible assistance from brussels. i think the approach will be 5050. there was no answer yet, but i think their answer will be that another alternative for gas supplies is possible

. for example, turk stream or gas from the us. but let's think who would buy a car, for example, for a 1000 years when he could buy it for a 100 years. of course it is possible to find an alternative, but how can slovakia is economy which stands such an approach? no one considers this, but these are logical economic questions. the present and prime minister must work in such a way that it is economically good for their own country, not for zalinski or the us on our own. national interest must be respected. of course the interest of the us are good, but there are also the interest of other countries. for example, the interest of russia in china and the interest of slovakia. but it seems to me that europe is now dominated by the landscape interest for 60 years. there was oil and gas here. everything was fine. even when there were problems between the us and the soviet union, or between us and the soviet union. and still there were energy resources coming in

. what is the problem now? the problem is the landscape. you should not believe him. he is not doing anything good for ukraine or anyone else, only for himself and maybe for the us. he has never done and will never do anything good for ukraine. by to africa, big over here on the program where a nation's a basically jumping on the bandwagon to kick powers of the content and at the ivory coast analysis, the french force to pack it up and shipping out of the west african nation. as far as the former colonial powers, military exit from the region is certainly picking up, stay a shave concepcion, my dear compatriots. we can be proud of our ami, whose modernization is now effective. it is in this context that we have decided on the concerted and organized withdrawal of french forces from cote d'ivoire, the 40. so it'd be my camp, the marine infantry battalion and pulled the weight will be headed back to the coast. it was forces in january, 2025 to mock this new stage in the life of the army. this isn't just

a political move. it's a declaration of independence that it isn't an isolated event. it's part of a poor, the movement sweeping across the african continent. as you would know. of course, it is a decision that has rocked the geo political stage signaling a shift to that is impossible to go for seen. it happens throughout the year of 2024. we might be between a foss, sony. she have also asked for us to do the same in the respective countries, and very recently sold chad as cynical following suit at the synagogue, the citizens have repeated. the demand is that the authorities review military agreements with frost synagogues. these leaders as well open to the voice of dissatisfaction with france submitted, fee presence on the country have listened to this. god is, it is uh, i have already instructed the minister of the armed forces to propose a new doctrine for cooperation in defense and security matters which will involve among other things ending all foreign military presence in senegal from 20 to 25. my dear compatriots, let us take the time to look at ourselves in the mirror of our history and our

values to remind ourselves of who we are and where we come from. even in chad, the lead is all you that it was time for the nation to assert its full sovereignty . even going as far as describing the agreement as no longer aligned with the political added to your strategic realities of the occurring type of feed. the disagreement has become obsolete completely obsolete. it no longer corresponded to the security geo political and strategic realities of our time, nor to our legitimate expectations regarding the full expression of our sovereignty . in the same way, it does not bring us any real added value on the military ground, where we face alone varied in serious challenges including terrorist attacks. the french military presence in chad is not based on a reciprocal basis. chatham was no longer except from others. what is not accepted by these others? this is the sacred principle of reciprocity. from us has blamed solid nations

with the regions military rules and he does on the likes of russia. but at this moment, the hasn't been in the wood from paris also. what can they say when the decision to remove french troops is a monumental one, not just ivory coast, but the african continent as a whole, but she has what phase president a sit before or something to speak with. our role is changing in africa, but this is what we wanted because the world is changing in africa because public opinions are changing because governments are changing and because we decided in a sovereign way, in february 2023 after several years of progressive change. well, to rebuild a partnership, and so it is the strength of our armies to think about this and change our old habits. our group is changing with the world, and that's a good thing. and the symbolizes a continent that is tied to be seen through the leaves of dependency and continents

tired of being told how to govern is the phase and the continent. tide of foreign influence that often ortizes its own interest over those of african people. and we can clearly see where all of this is hitting a total collapse across in africa, the german trying to load off sholtes. so it's taking a but a long months golf with a billionaire expressed support for the right wing alternative which i'm of the policy. sholtes set then is new years address that is not up to social media. executives like you long boss to the time in germany's future. that's best in see you, the citizens decide the future of germany. it's not up to the owners of social media . in our debates, you can sometimes get the impression that the more extreme, the opinions, the greater the attention, but it's not who shouts the loudest that determines what happens in germany and but the vast majority of the sensible and decent people. this also applies to the upcoming parliamentary elections on february 23rd. and the bhaskar recently praise

the alternative for germany policy, also known as the a f d a. the rise in political forces, such as being under domestic surveillance on allegations that it presents, quote extreme is to view such as supposing mass immigration and published on social media as well as an opinion phase, published by a german used by your law and mosque describe main screen politicians in the country as being incompetent and causing any kind of decline atrocities. schoultz who has been facing a potential, alastair from his post last out at musk, and basically said he should mind his own business as well as also is co. there's a government collapsed in november over disagreements on a to ukraine and other economic issues a challenge. so that last the confidence vote in december, the countries parliament has been dissolved and stuff. the elections. i was scheduled for february 23rd. however, he is currently ranked in 2nd place in opinion polls. and the recent survey shows that the majority of germans 56 percent think schultz has done

a poor job as john so that well, let's discuss the developments with a if the party member and form a european part of the member gunner beck. now joining us here, analogy, international goodness, thanks to come on the program, the appreciate your time on the 1st day of this new year. but this is a story that really keeps on giving 2nd so on somebody this, if you will. and german authorities seem pretty annoyed with mosques endorsement of the a, f d. uh, but should they be, i mean, do you think must really hold that kind of sway over the vote? well, let's put it into context. if american, a 1000000000 as like george sort of, uh, a subsidizing list we, n g is a job and e, then he's being praised by the job and political establishment as a pillar of democracy. and it lives in a debate with another 1000000000 now the left wing on best occasion.

elan bosque is commenting on german politics, but in favor of the right tweaking or conservative party, then this is deemed to be in the theater. so again, we'll have favorites. uh, but you have a well known double standards when would you apply? didn't waste. yeah. so does he have that patch cloud we have for job and public that remains to be seen. but i do think it's a powerful, rich american voice. has somebody fixed on quite a few? yeah. okay. or 5.5 point, i'm just reading online. someone is commenting, you know, they say the, i guess the says quote, we want lower taxes, we need cheap energy. immigration needs to be regulated and the mass media says your fall right on your races. so let me ask you this, in your case, if, if the, if the, what a, when do you think sholtes could use masks,

endorsement of the party, that kind of challenges the results and say forward interference as well. uh yes, cheap, no direct transfer to it's a what each be able to challenge hits in a quarter. i suppose that you have to have more than far a vague allegation for foreign interest theater. but i'm quite sure. uh well, i mean, i did speak to these going to within the next election, but let's see, results is deemed to be very on stay for the whole 5, the establishment. then you need to build off of credible case that i'm quite sure that they use statements such as masks, to, to build a case. yeah. however, has been my job and he is still the best, the doctor, native country in the west, and all over the world. so i did not in for such a massive surprised, etc. fair enough, fair enough. listen that we, we, so we saw

a few moments of sholtes and his knew his address a few moments ago. let's just have a listen to this. go. now i want you to have a listen to the, to this, this next interest by macro and have a listen, please. listen to see. we are also faced with political instability. it's not specific to france. we also see it with our german friends who have just dissolved their assembly. and this worries us, i must recognize this evening that the dissolution has brought more divisions to the assembly, then solutions for the french city and humility. force me to recognize that at this stage, this decision has produced more instability than piece. i like fully own up to that it didn't move the, the small everything up to it is uh, in the stability and lack of peace. not just on the, you know, domestic issues on the, on the home front. but also, you know, french troops basically being kicked out of africa these days. goodner. um, did you think perhaps my problem could i could have paid more attention to that massive perhaps because i know the french as a nuclear power,

the country that go to all the uranium from this a hell. and now they're all been kicked out. why don't be a slave? there africa. the policy is a bit of a shambles. i think the feed store when the wins. um, i think frauds pulled out of the body early last year. and so there's hardly a surprise. but i was very interested in a to listen to your translation of president my cross speech, and i've never sold the blood for non web humility. but latent is older than c, c, a pad the has, i'm afraid jump that you'll have to love that word. but i assure you, too well said, go now listen to it just quickly before i let you go and i'll let you get out on this while i know i f e is kind of a rang 2nd. in the opinion, polls you said is not going to win the election, but um,

can you just help me understand what i mean? how, how about view or understand as well how? how does the a, if the risen so fast and easy is, and popularity has been an acceleration, as well as a party of speed in existence. oh uh uh, i saw something of uh, well meaning, uh, uh for 12 years now and your rise, its, uh, your right. uh, it is rides is unprecedented in germany at why, where the reason in the sense is very simple. uh, germany is declining very rapid. so use the ac, wouldn't have had such considerable success becoming the largest polity in the countries east is germany hadn't declined in almost every respect at quite so rapid page. but i think there's a 2nd fact. i mean, i think economic decline, catastrophic acre,

no big decline is the 1st reason. there is the 2nd one that explains why the f b is the strongest party in the east, maybe the, from the soviet part of germany. but as it is uh, something like, uh, the 3rd or 4th political for full force in the west. at the east germans retained the ball critical states and attitude towards government. the west germans, west germans have been logged into lead she and at the see as a result of the considerable outpost wells which is now disappearing. and i think west german find it difficult to imagine that the. busy that the good times over the east germans still remember that the times when so good and i think that's

fine. they on the. busy the suspicions they've got to think that's a good faith and that's a great comment to wrap up our conversation. you know, i tell you are going to yours in life and thing. when you come, i learn so much from you when you joined me on the program, going to back as an ac party member, and for my europe and part of it. member. many thanks for your time to measure divide by so the brakes nation's a stocking partners that the multi part of world continues to mature. a total of 9 states of acquired the stuff is in the alliance. i bella roofs malays catholics on many of those in brazil, which has taken over the clubs, presidency from russia. this integration is one of the top priorities for the one of our priority tasks during the presidency is to make bricks, partners feel part of the association. it is important to ensure their involvement they will participate in the foreign ministers meetings as well as in the 2025

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