the the, the, the going us secretary of state to admit flooding ukraine with weapons before the current conflict had even begun stops despite washington. suppose a pro peace spends of the time we quietly got a lot of weapons to, to ukraine to make sure that they hadn't had what they needed to defend themselves . things like sting or is traveling so that they could use also add on the program . germany's for administer pushes women's rights on her recent trip to syria. only for the concrete job this leader to refuse to shake her hands with local media. also murray, lina burrow box image in photos of the me check on the spheres of religious persecution. rise in estimates control survey at one of the country's most prominent christian voice. this brings us her perspective only on folding price.

not only my lines, but matthew lice may be then chatted because uh, we can see that the, despite the words of the thank goodness ation, very scales, the from must go to the world. this is our to you. hello and welcome to then use our ukranian forces have attempted a break through a tuck and rushes crushed region where buffalo something ongoing since keeps trips in faded last august. the russian defense ministry stays the push is being repelled . at around 9 am aiming to stop the russian defensive in the cook region. enemy forces attempted to counter attack in the direction of bed and settlement with an assault team including 2 tanks,

a pioneer vehicle and 12 and vehicles carrying troops, artillery and aviation of the north, forced grouping, carried out strikes against the ukrainian assault group. 2 tanks, the pioneer vehicle and 7 and the vehicles were destroyed. the operation is ongoing . meanwhile, the us secretary of state has confirmed that washington started providing weapons to key a months before russia launched its military operation in 2022 or to the senior correspondent broadcast the it has been looking into lots being revealed here since extensive breakdown as the world around us, well, bones is or the renewal and security and the economies campbell, the body ministrations, foreign policy, my anthony blinking has asked us to pretend that everything's fine. she did a good job today as i sit with you. and as we look at the all of the terrain we've

traveled these last 4 years, i think we hand over in america and i'm much, much stronger position. i haven't come through the economic crisis having come through the health crisis. and having changed much for the better opposition around the world because we've made those investments and i analyze this and partnerships also was, could objectively be described as a catastrophic tom which, which began with disaster. and i've got to start until the into this uh start every where mr. blink and sat down with a journalist to give his side of the story on how everything went to 1st. if you look at the trajectory of, of the conflict, because we saw it coming, we were able to make sure that not only are we prepared and allies and partners are prepared for that ukraine was prepared. we made sure that well before the russian aggression happened, starting in september comp, the russian aggression happened in february starting in september. and then again,

december, we quietly got a lot of weapons to, to ukraine, to make sure that they hadn't had what they needed to defend themselves. things like sting or it's javelins that they could use or, you know, attack the pro russian separate this in the don't boss of the top washer this, the blinking ultimately it leads was right. the us and they to well pumping ukraine, photo guns and photos, imo hard cool. militarize ation. russia has been talking about this for many years about the us and u. k. pumping ukraine with weapons about n. listen, nato drills in the black sea, violating russian borders about western military aircraft, getting dangerously close to civil plains in russian air space. that's exactly why one of the special military operations objectives is the de militarization of ukraine to ensure our security miss the blinking is of cause. i saw his teeth from the stuff to the n. c as the u. s. problems,

ukraine full of guns. well, they actually wanted, he tells us, is peace. i work very hard and the lead up to the war including, you know, meetings with my russian counterpart circuit lab, rough in geneva, a couple of months before the war. trying to find a way to see if we could prevented trying to test the proposition whether this was really about russia's concerns for its security concern. somehow about ukraine and the threat that posed or nato and the threat that it posed. and we were intentionally engaged diplomatically with russia, was a co weed incidence. i was also that in geneva, full that need to this is the villa where joe budman, without the mae approved in are going to meet all busy security here is nothing fell off as i remember. well, how russian journalist, what board for job i this press conference where he took pre prepared questions.

dave, pre prepared dogs is to pre selected journalist. i'll take your questions and as usual, folks, they gave me a list of the people i'm going to call on. so jonathan, associated press minutes walk away. meanwhile, lots of a, a pool loud journalist from over the us in europe and i be awesome. good. so should, whatever they've onset. and i also this thing to remember, the tools being an abject failure, because the united states refused to accept any of russia's concerns. since then. had there been any opportunity to engage diplomatically in a way that could end the war on justin durable terms? we would have been the 1st to seize them. unfortunately, at least till this moment. we haven't seen any size. the rush has been genuinely prepared to engage. i hope that that changes the expression, the best describes least the blinking slightly old version of it then sees is

covering one's buttocks. it's the blink. it's busy with fumbling every cries of is coming his way. somehow for goss about rushes lets us in a to a 5. 0 boy, nick, stop expanding towards this or out the lesser. but they grew a little off that we called forget the, the stumble pulse of 2022. when you grade was, was ready to sign a piece, deal with russia with boshra was ready to give back him song. and part of what was your regions the same piece, deal the united kingdom, represented by no doubt but farce. johnson sabotaged and convinced ukraine to pull out of mister blinking, forget the don't one side, that african chinese police initiative, which miss the brain couldn't help to pay the. the top of that is the big could, oh, the soul of us, you let me,

it's that is essentially what he means when he says that russia doesn't, one piece will not bring the body to nickel slowly. we have no conditions for starting negotiations. we are ready for a dialogue without frequent ations, no, but on the basis of what we agreed upon during the negotiation processing the symbol in 2022, which i have already said a 100 times and also on the basis of the realities on the ground today these and he told us clearly speaking of realities on the ground, they were much better for you grade before someone gave mr blinking last job due to your time to underwear them. these are decisions for ukrainians to make the they have to decide where their future is and how they want to get there, where the line is drawn on the, on the map. at this point, i don't think it's fundamentally going to change very much. the real question is, can we make sure that you find is in a position you're looking for something that,

that the, the areas that rush, the controls you've, you know, will have to be seated. seated is not the, the question. the question is, the line as a practical matter in the foreseeable future is unlikely to move very much. well, if it starts it's new credit and had a 1000000 more healthy and happy men who were well alive and well. millions more and population vastly more territory. lou less on payable debts and much more optimism about the future. the half was ukraine before, but they couldn't buy them in bars, which would all sorts of disgusting feelings into the landscape is, as you knew, why? because it was never about ukraine. it's interesting what i'm hearing you say is that you can say i'm no longer rest and it's major support or the united states. you see it as resting, elsewhere, europe, etc. look,

i hope very much. and i don't want to say expect, but i certainly hope for a much to the united states will remain the vital support of that. it's been for ukraine because again, this is not just about ukraine. it's never just been about ukraine. it was always about nato. but because it's boiling could be even mess glass up off your average, you repeat, or american, they feel safe. somehow, a brilliant plaid to their feet. russia and ukraine has ton into european prime ministers cooling and the citizens to make stashes of cab foods and the by the administration. guessing the problem. bill, me little thing from the american people during the election, the russians. but right now, no, i don't know if i get ukraine has less of warranty and is being directly used by the us as a battering ram against russia. almost immediately,

ukraine was turned into a testing ground for biological warfare experiments and is now being pumped up with weapons. unless lots of the anglo saxons are basically running the show, controlling the rest of the collective west. they are using the current situation which they created through ukraine, this war against the russian federation. to remove competition, they see us as a competitor pulling ticket. eventually remember how american senator lindsey graham previously commented on this. in september 2023, he referred to us assistance to ukraine as and i quote, a good investment for the american people, the celebrated that they were destroying the russian army without losing a single soldier. new fridays, of course, only one case study and failure. mister britton can manage stuff, flip and flop at the fun, but we think the world to watch him. we were determined to do everything we could to help ensure that october 7th never happen again. we also wanted to make sure

that the war wouldn't spread. the conflict wouldn't, wouldn't spread to other fronts, to other countries because that would mean more death and destruction. it would also mean that the actions as are always taking and gaza were likely to enjoy or even longer. and i can come to that in a minute. 3rd, and we want it to make sure to the best of our ability that the children, the women, the men in gaza corps caught in the crossfire of a mazda of initiation, that they did nothing to start and were basically powerless to stop. whereas protected as possible and got the assistance they needed to survive this horrific conflict. and we've been working on each of those fronts every day since. where does one begin? pallet start tens of thousands of civilians. dead. millions displaced cities raised is really hostages, north refund israel, who is the tax pilot,

start leaven on iran, yemen, and has now virtually, i'm ext even more of syria blue with americans supplied bottoms the bottom and blinking tub. big on live catastrophe. and i've gotten a start, which the outgoing secretary of state tried to praise and he's interview, how does that early failure enough gotta stand really change the sense? do you think that president 5 and really had this under control, that you had it under control? do damage america's credibility. at 1st i make no apologies for ending america as long as war this i think is a signal achievement of the presidents. i think the question was what we're going

to do moving forward from the withdrawal. we also have to learn lessons from afghanistan itself, here at the state department, one of the things that i ordered almost immediately was an after action review to try to make sure that we understood what are we gotten right also, what are we gotten wrong track? we've actually put into practice many of those recommendations in subsequent prices that we have to face, whether it was an 11 on whether it was an israel, whether it was in sudan, all of that we brought to bear based on lessons that we've learned from afghanistan, high was back at the top. you also remember, so this is one of the tyler bands. how much trucks would be bold, see it on, on videos they have hundreds and hundreds of these thousands of other vehicles, billions of dollars worth of weapons with the valuation. vehicles tags and even helicopters that we just left behind, we will for that. it was she really a to at the top

the, the little that we knew that list the blinking have much, much more applied. and what's tony worry is he still has 2 weeks to go. now, as the wes question, syria is plans for women's rights, damascus has delivered a blurry answer quite literally. look at media all but script, german, foreign minister, i don't know the number of bulk item, the photos from our meeting with the middle eastern states news as the mist leader . while the official reason has been given some are pointing to the european officials clothing. she chose to wear trousers and forego,

covering her head decisions which conflicts with islamic no one's hitch. t s. leaders however, have denied, seeking to impose sherry a low in the country. miss bare bach later told the press that serious relations with europe, the pen, the new leadership, salvage you towards gender equality, a better future for syria means and inclusive peaceful transfer of power. reconciliation and reconstructs. this requires the political dialogue involving all ethnic and religious groups involving men and equally women. we're frauds in so many places not on you from syrian people in europe, but also from syrian people. when i was before christmas in cherokee and also here today that they are making clear women rights are yacht, stick for the future. for everyone in a free sites. not only as many syrians would therefore, just so new rulers,

by the extremes, the head of that makes it germany stop this much said she'd be touring syria with an i stretch tons, which the higher to where i've shown chief refused to shake. when receiving the delegation, meanwhile distressing funded circulating on social media reports, the show 3 is comments, justice administer, ordering the exclusive to women. allegedly, for adults, for instance, are believed to have taken place in the city of it live during the civil war in 2015 chevy. why you see was a prominent 1000 news for a front terrace figure. at the time, he was appointed as a government minister following last month's toppling of a chart on this up some survey and media arts that 2nd firms. a lacy is the mom and d. c. and the shocking videos for the independent dutch reporters, sonya funded, and the questions if western officials genuinely expect inclusive measures from the to how do you read to you about the box? or if it's simply full concern and other domestic audience,

what did elaina think that she was going to a normal large european democratic government or something? i mean, she was going to the service. that's put it clear. the ones who now in government is how you up after the show before the question about the boost of, uh, okay, the actually, the syrian people call them ices or that show, what do i have in mind to prove that this, this man, i mean, they cannot be, i mean, we saw in the internet circulating today at 2 horrible videos about the minister of justice of this new syrian, the government, who was the judge. and he was ordering to execute women. and in 2016 when you look at this new government, the, i think to they do send the, well, they collaborate. of course this did you have is they will not be much in the picture of because okay, they had to do this because of the, you know,

there are funding them and of course the u. s. is funding them. so because of women rights, they have to put 2 women in their money. their role is minimized. we can say that's and it, yeah, it was that how dumb are western politicians or maybe not them. i mean, maybe it's old in the game, of course, to do a political game. and when the west is saying, all they're very good guys who don't suits, you know, trim your beth, i'm yeah, there you are. you on our mother and go from and respecting women rights respecting minorities. maybe they had some, you know, maybe late to the l g. b single, those fears all of a renewed secretary and conflict are spreading across syria and made reports of threats and the tax on religious minorities. i discussed the situation with the mother superior of the monastery of saint james, the mutilated in the country. she explains. watts christians, no face in the estimates from nation following the overthrow of the assad

government. not only my life but the man, the life so may be in danger. because uh, we can see that the despite the words of to include is ation that east coast. and the we, we don't even know who is leading to here the, in the country, many groups, many entities. we can say that everybody, those people doing sometimes whatever they want. and there are so many particular events, the, particularly the events of aggression, no, probably of the discrimination of aggravation. they use the tools icon as mostly though the protection. it's impossible to be one story

we've been following. here are the top diplomats from ostensibly christian nations, germany and friends. visiting the mosque is meeting the new hates t. s. leaders. how early in our par, as indeed any other nation in the west made any attempts to contact you and offer offer support to the christian community? no, no, we are really, really, really good. it is like is because of the next iteration. everybody says, i mean, those are people coming from european nations or from western nations or from either the conditions. they say everything is okay. it's in the beginning, it's celia the, in the, in this it. but in reality, we don't see the,

the outcome of the seems to me or is it the everybody's celebrating? i am afraid that we are heading over to terra and this is very negative. and the but nobody is saying that there is still not, for example, in the western media and they called ways that they, they don't seem to say, don't know why they just, they're just happy that to visa change happened. many people would agree to, to leave the country of the day, see if it continues. we will not be able to leave to the verse safety the in this company. so i don't know or you go for that. the new leaders,

we have a, the, the quidditch to, to look in executive way in what is happening by them. do we try to find solution? i feel that they are close number and they were not expecting that to to, to, to run a country isn't have to say the same thing is and then to, to get blue. for example, the mother i can is, can i just ask you ahead of the fast approaching orthodox christmas? is there anything you would like to say to the millions of people who will be marking it when the fees made to the place is or to looks well, we have a great top endorsing books. well, because they keep the weeds and not the fidelity

or their grand use distribution on what to do honey funds or just the they taught us. we have the same process here to see the addition. so of course the very unhappy and very proud of then we are also very much unite to visit them even so we follow another kind of good, but it's the same mystery. it's this, jesus is the same, the fees. so for the best, for the ortho adult swim or even the direct phone or the or the end the me see you in the, in the guy who the molto has been cut all from russian gas supply. softer feeling to settle its must of death with gas problem. but that also

means the brake of a region of trans nice tra, is no longer getting the fuel either leading to mosse blackouts. local officials are now calling for new ways to import russian gas. trends to nesta should have direct relations with russia without any intermediaries, including in relation to gas. our formula, direct supplies from russia via whichever pipe payments are our most goes issue, which is nobody's business. we are not interested in buying gas from romania and europe at market prices. just do not prevent us from working with russia. and we will not let them rob us and take over all factories or stop them under the pretext of lack of resources to help large enterprises. residential trends and extra are in during length, the power cuts, hospitals and the central food production plants are the only side still running large the on affected most other facilities have been forced to shop done. many

citizens are left with solid water. he's a local reporter in moldova, apparently spotted police, making sure no gas flows to the land locked, and we are now near the village of gra, bickley. these guys are guarding a tap that supplies gas to transmit through the engine. they closed it and floated post. now this police crew is guarding the valves, believe it the, it was all the energy crisis in moldova, and drums needs to ride merged on january 1st. really when ukraine refused to renew a 5 year contract on russian gas drugs, that kitchen not been requested at most energy, john gas problem, deliberate fuel via alternative ways. however, the company holton supplies, moldova failed to pay debts for already consumed fuel, which russia estimates it over $700000000.00 with global policies specialist george zamarelli safe most of appears to be using gas as a political weapon against the break away area. the, the energy business is a, is

a long term business. you signed contracts, there's a long term contract, you can just turn it to and things on and off at any moment. just turn the switch on the transmission. yeah. convert that this gas into electricity. and this electricity k to to 80 percent of mobile with electricity needs and now because mold over has purchased whatever electricity of, from other sources and cheaply romania. so what's really happening now is an attempt to call us a transmission for you and saying, well look, you don't, you don't have any gas. so you can get it from us. we'll provide it for you. what you have to pay market prices for it, which is a little bit much because mold over itself is not being market prices for the gas since get it. and so that's, that's what they're trying to do. so they, they, they look, if this is what you, graham's bland was because this was washington plan, which was to provoke a crisis which trends new street in order to and the leads this will be

causing independence of trends. this is a, this is really trying to open the 2nd front against russia. well, that's where we leave and use drop for now. but we have to have our team dot com is that when you come to see what's making headlines early this 2025 oldest plenty to pick your interest there. goodbye. the the

as the year ends, the incoming trump administration continues to believe it can end the conflict in ukraine. trump and his people are beginning to understand. and in this conflict is more difficult in starting a war. the problem is moscow cube and washington wants different outcomes. the hello and welcome to was a part of the school has witnessed

a long procession of blocks once flying in all directions. but now there are circling the middle east, a series of terrorist attacks and masses missile exchanges between israel and its share adversaries has once again brought the situation to the brink of original conflict. swimming we catch in washington of guards or unable to respond effectively. where does these percolation of a new war believe the old ones to discuss that i'm now joined by david crayton, page politician and the leader of the heritage party, to start cursing. that's great to see you this morning. thank you very much for your time. nice thanks, it's really good to join you as well. now, the middle east has been a source of instability or very turbulent area for quite some time. but there's been a very noticeable, very vivid escalation over the last couple of weeks. how do take and do you think it's just another seasonal flare up.