i will ask you to take all this from our tea contributor rachel marston. hi there, rachel. we know you officials like to talk, but not exactly a flood of reaction coming from them. is there a regarding policies that to taiwan yeah, the reaction within the european union to air pelosi touching down in taiwan is remarkable by its deafening silence. exactly. it's one thing for you to pay lip service to what it calls the preservation of peace in a rather boiler plate statement that it put out that it apparently took a whole day to come off with, which is kind of unusual because they're so used to mo, thing off so quickly when it comes to global conflicts, particularly involving us. but why is it so suddenly shy about taking sides this time? especially when speaking out could act as a counterweight to a washington provocation and prevent conflict or war. if the you had done the same in ukraine, that is have the courage to stand up against washington's constant provocations on the russian border. then maybe it wouldn't now be bearing the economic brunt of its own, ideologically d

well, let's get the take on this from r t contributor rachel marston. hi, rachel. yeah, it appears e u. countries want to get gas prices under control, but at the same time get rid of their dependence on russian gas. tough one. yeah, well, officials across the european union have really been pushing the unity rhetoric really hard lately. but as various member states start eyeing tough times on the horizon with energy inflation and cost of living crises that really, i mean, it looks like it's going to be tested this solidarity. so some countries are on such a blah blind anti russian footing that they're promoting scorched earth policies. for example, polish. the pools president is now saying that he wants to see the north stream to gas pipeline dismantled, which would literally burn the energy bridge between russia and europe. now these radical remarks come in at a time when germany, which by the way, heavily subsidized as poland through the e. u, is in deep trouble. the german foreign minister spelled out the problem to her eyes, landed counterpart this week. even

let's learn more about it right now in crossing live to aussie contributor rachel marston. rachel, good to see you today. so what, what's behind all this a fatigue that's been covered in, in parts of the western media. the 1st that western leaders are willing to download onto their own citizens in order to maintain anti russian sanctions. keeps going up. the headlines in european media haven't been about a kind of great ukrainian military victories against russia. the kind of headlines we saw near the beginning of the conflict or about how western sanctions are bringing the russian economy to its knees. now instead, the talk here in europe is all about how much damage is going to be done to european countries and the bank balances of their own citizens. so now the western press is starting to ask whether western unity in favor of egging on ukraine to avoid negotiating peace is about to crumble nearly 6 months into the war hub, look outrage over the invasion as giving way to concern bordering on panic. about it's alarming knock on effects on energy and food prices and the cost of living.

or t contribute are rachel marston taken us through that. thanks. rachel. ok. some news just reaching us this our from the afghan capital were on explosion in kabul, has reportedly left up to 4 people injured. now the incident happened, we believed near t v station on reports suggests an improvised explosive device was used and it comes just a week after a powerful bomb killed 8 at people, also in the capital, wounding 18 others, and a burly a week goes by, were at violence is not happening there at night. this incident indeed comes as to day marks, the 1st anniversary of the return to power of the taliban in cab. bul on. it seemed the emotional wounds of a k arctic u. s. army withdrawal from the country are still being felt by americans. the u. s . media is reporting on an american man who partly committed suicide during a memorial service for his fallen brother killed during last years. pullet. well, the 20 rules corporal was among 13 american servicemen who lost their lives in a suicide bomb attack near cab buller report. the incident happened while large cr

the global is, can all go to house last cross live to our, to contributor rachel marston for more on the story. hi, rachel. yet no nonsense. clarion call really there by the hungarian leader. tickets through it. and how they, the remarks went down. yeah. what's the point of speech that we're used to hearing at c pac? i spoke at the event myself in 2008. so i've been following it for a very long time. it's a sort of political litmus tests for what the grassroots conservatives, in other words, the conservative party, or sorry, republican party base, considers important at any given time. now these days, it's attendees are largely conservatives aligned with the world view. a former president donald trump, of populism over globalism. the conference has recently morphed into a sort of traveling road show used to be a static conference held in washington every january, february. and it also has apparently given rise or help to give rise to a new name. the analysts have coined the far right international. now last year, c park held in addition in brazil and president j, you're both scenarios

west are cross to get the thoughts of our t contributor rachel marston and all this. hi, rachel. it's difficult not to call this year at rest of phobia, isn't that an entire nation essentially being cancelled by another? take us through it. yeah, well, whatever happened to that vaunted european unity that you officials have been celebrating recently. now suddenly there's little more than a shrug from the you when one member state decides to discriminate based on people's nationality and background. what's particular to agree just about this kind of top level zealotry becoming policy is that it's a clarion call to systemic bigotry. everywhere else, here in paris, for example, to female russian visitors were denied entry by officials at the chateau val sen, tourists site. at the end of july, french government had to clarify this week that the checking of visitors, id and nationalities only applies to actual military installations and not to tourist sites like museums and shall toes. but now we also have a german cabinet spokesperson confirming that a proposal to ban russian nationa

let's get more on this is lisa will contribute to rachel. marston, i, rachel. nice to see. so europe seems to be facing a rough ride. is metal industries crippled by energy costs, while european stems becoming poorer with every passing day or more? can you tell us while initially it was german industry representatives bracing for the impact of the european union's own anti russian sanctions on manufacturing. but now other countries within the block are facing similar threats to their industrial production as a result of brussels, self imposed sanctions. even nations are all in the same boat, and that boat is pretty much a dinghy that's taking on more water by the day while they're all focused on shaking their fists at russian president vladimir putin. so tangible results are shirley right around the corner, right? it's always darkest before dawn and all that, or maybe that's just the lights shutting off because europeans can't pay the energy bills. so now it's a norwegian own slovakian aluminum plant that supplies all of europe that set to stop production at the end of sept

the russian citizens who will suffer the most in the end as good live to are taken should be to rachel marston now. rachel, nice to see you. and rachel tellers, why such a reaction? came from the german chancellor. that so the german chancellor, whose country is facing de industrialization power rationing and blackout dangers from self imposed sanctions, is now accusing russian president vladimir putin of not looking after russians. citizens. pretty sure the lights are still on in moscow and that moscow isn't forcing austerity on its own citizens, unlike french president emanuel michael, who suggested that's coming down the pipe when he evoke the quote end of abundance earlier this week. sounds like schultz could use one of those self help courses that teach you to take responsibility and ownership for your own problems rather than trying to project blame for your own choices and actions on to someone else. putin did not sanctioned germany or the you, you can't control what anyone else does, but you sure can control your own reaction to it. and the sanctions where the choice of the you and its

well, let's get the take of our tea contributor rachel marston on this. so rachel, a pretty dumbing assessment of europe. there from one of the world's leading economic magazines. yeah, apparently it's investors who are starting to wonder whether the european union is on the verge of becoming the 3rd world of western economies. according to that forbes article, and you really have to wonder why heads of state across the block are just sitting there, slack jawed, and just letting it happen. what's even more troubling is that no one's talking much about how the you can pull out of this kamikaze tailspin. but the new piece in forbes dropped some clues as to possible outcomes. macro trade is a looking for 2 signals for europe and the world economy. these are a ceasefire in ukraine, or europe becomes so desperate this winter on supply chain so stretched that it has no choice but to relax some sanctions or convince non u partners to be label and turn ship russian commodities to look in compliance with the own rules but really doing in and around now you leaders

where too many thanks to those details as well as a contributor rachel marston. thank you for joining us here in all the international . we're back at the top of the hour with the very latest. see them? ah ah ah, ah, ah ah, ah, a ah a when i was showing wrong when i just don't move yes, to see proud disdain becomes the advocate. an engagement equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart, we choose to look for common ground. ah, north atlantic alliance, recognizance aircraft wolf ships cruising close to russia's borders, have become commonplace. along with military hardware redeployment and large scale exercises. nato has also developed its offensive capability near the russian borders. ah ah, every year a russian backed resolution is submitted to the un against the glorification of not system the outcome is always the same, few estimates against it. and in recent years with ukrainian backing, listen to put anybody typically that you obtains. ah, but with most countries voting in favor, the document is accepted. but it's only advisory lou meter causi

defense promised to look into the matter, but has not revealed any results or to contribute to rachel. marston has no canada is back out as again, training ukrainian fighters last time this didn't go to well last fall, the mainstream canadian press accused the canadian military of training neo nazis. the department of defense vowed to get to the bottom of it, but there has been no public accountability. and now the defense minister has announced that there forging ahead in training, tens of thousands more ukrainian troops in the u. k. this time in advance combat over several months, i have authorized the deployment of up to 225 canadian armed forces personnel to the united kingdom, where they will train new ukrainian military recruits. it's all a continuation of canada's training mission inside ukraine operation uniform, which kicked off in 2015 to prep ukrainian fighters for dispatched to done yet. and once that operation was suspended in february, the u. k has nothing but glowing praise for canada's role. canada's expertise will provide a further boost asterisk to the program and ensure that

so e, u, prices triple, an arctic contributor rachel marston has more on how europe is trying to cope with the energy issue. after spain and italy ordered limits on air conditioning and heating in public and commercial buildings. recently, in an attempt to control energy use ahead of the winter gas crunch caused by the european union sanctioning its own russian gas supply. well, now it's germany's turn to micromanage. the daily lives of its citizens. with the new crackdown economy minister, robert havoc has announced a heating limit of 19 degrees celsius for public buildings. for the next 6 months. guess his previous strategy of bragging that he was taking ever shorter showers and that german ship to wasn't going to save the german economy and industry from a potentially catastrophic energy shortage. he also told the german press that night time lighting of monuments and advertising displays would be banned across the country. so better bringing flashlights to berlin. meanwhile, germans are panic. buying electric heaters at a rate of 35 percent higher sales than last year, causing off

big alu minion factory is shutting down due to surging electricity prices are to contribute to rachel marston now has more on the impact of boomerang sanctions. that of slamming the you pulling right recall a few weeks ago that it was german industry representatives who were bracing for the impact of the european union's own anti russian sanctions. but now other countries within the block are facing similar threats to their industrial production. as a result of brussels, self imposed sanctions. now you nations are all in the same boat and that boat is pretty much a dinky that's taking on more water by the day while they're focused on shaking their fists a russian president vladimir putin. so tangible results are surely right around the corner, right? it's always darkest before dawn and all that. or maybe that's just the lights shutting off because europeans can't pay the bills. so now it's a norwegian own slovakian aluminum plant, the supplies all of europe that set to stop production by the end of september, jeopardizing $300.00 full time jobs. so how important is this operation? the smelter

here's our t contributor rachel marston. what the details? well, as germany's economy, which is heavily dependent on cheap russian gas get set to bear the brunt of the european union's anti russian sanctions, the top beneficiaries, within the block of germany's financial largest are kicking berlin wallets down for some strange reason. polish officials keep banging on about what they say, our secret plans being cooked up by russia and germany against poland. christoph soleski, the secretary general of the ruling party, told polish state radio that poland, quote, does not fit into german russian plans to rule europe. talk about buying the hand that feeds you, not sure where he's been the past few decades when germany has already been ruling europe in a sense, at least economically and politically. and it's arguable whether poland would even exist at this point without germany's financial support through the block. the head of the polish central bank, adam glass pinsky, has another russian, german collusion theory. berlin strategic goal is to, i

minister has brought the both speaking out over the crisis as enemies of the states contributes rachel marston, hospital. so wait till you hear about who some of these officials are gearing up to blame for their own mismanagement when the european union for sanctioned its own cheap energy supply from russia. they blamed russian president vladimir putin for the economic impact of their own decision to self sanction. but the 1st clue that westerners weren't simply swallowing. the spin came wine, only 11 percent of americans surveyed in erasmus and poll, believed that the energy crunch was putins fault, rather than the result of poor western decision making, running out of scapegoats to blame, just as the projections for european economies are getting increasingly grim, the u is finally admitting that they screwed up. now just kidding. they're not the latest rhetoric coming from european officials attempts to peg potential future unrest over the looming cost of living and energy crisis on populace. a german interior ministry spokesperson has said that quote, we can assume that populists and extre

here's our t contributor rachel marston. why is it that wherever and whenever american officials, papa drama and chaos tends to follow whether it's ukraine, taiwan, or now, what was once known as yugoslavia that is before the us dragged its nieto allies into a mission to break up the federal republic in the late nineties, officially, u. s. president bill clinton cited humanitarianism at the time and the need to protect ethnic albanian muslims of the serbian province of kosovo as a reason for carving it out and using it as a launching pad for nato. let attacks on serbia, but the real reason had everything to do with the desire to isolate what it considered to be a major russian ally in europe, serbia that is in the wake of the cold war. so the west is exploited, kosovo in the past, against its geopolitical competitor, just like it's doing in taiwan against china, or by supporting the neo nazi as all fighters in ukraine, against russia. by tr, backing the syrian rebels in an attempt to overthrow president bashar al assad of sy

in particular, gas turbine engines are contributor rachel marston, explains how the waste is backpacking on sanctioning russia. welcome to another edition of european union sanctions, self sabotage news, or how the block is sticking it to russian president vladimir putin by taking short cold showers and walking around in the dark. back in may, the you and the u. k. went and had to plan to bring down russia and put in for real this time. like a couple of kids hanging out on the monkey bars. of the teeter totter in a school yard and plotting against the kids. they didn't invite to the birthday parties. they came up with an absolutely fool proof plan. yeah, for real guys and insurance ban on ships carrying russian oil once in place. the new restrictions are likely to have a significant impact on russia's ability to explore its oil. the coordinated implementation of the e. u and u. k, maureen insurance ban alongside the oil embargo means that russia's ability to export oil anywhere in the world will be heavily disrupted. well guess what? it's back to the drawing board for the 2 schemers. bot

here's some thoughts and opinions from odyssey contributor rachel marston. funny, remember how that you reacted when former president of the united states, donald trump did exactly the same kind of thing in 2017 and signed an executive order to stop issuing visas to people from random list of countries here. charge around libya, north korea, somalia, syria, venezuela and yemen, citing national security. but we do not discriminate on the basis of nationality, grace, or religion. not only when it comes to asylum, but in any of our other polis, no one can be deprived of his or her own rights because of their place of birth, their religion, more than any city. this is written in our constitution, us both in europe and in america. this is who yada. this is our identity. this is something we cannot forget. oh, it's their very identity. it's written in stone. it's written in the constitution, except now apparently you're going to make exceptions when it comes to ukraine and russia. so remember all those terrorist attacks in france a few years ago? not even at that time, was there a blanket ban

let's get the opinion now of oxy contributor rachel marston. the rhetoric from some leadership figures in europe is growing increasingly militaristic and seems to be laying the groundwork for greater aggression and involvement in the ukraine conflict. the european union's chief diplomat, joseph burrell said on monday that the blocks defense ministers will be considering a proposal at their meeting in prague next monday, and tuesday to get involved in training ukrainian troops on e u. territory. one, i believe it seems reasonable that a war that is lasting and looks set to last requires an effort. not only in terms of supplies of material nicky, but also in training and assistance to the organization of the army and, and i hope it will be approved that will not be in ukraine. it will be in neighboring countries which already have training missions, britain and canada are already train ukrainian fighters and britain may be canada will actually vet them this time to avoid the embarrassment of being outed by the canadian mainstream media again for

minister has branded those speaking out over the crisis as enemies if the state also contributes rachel marston has more so basically the eve creates a crisis with their sanctions, which by the way, they can reverse at any time, make their citizens paying increasingly high price beneficial to portray those who object to their mismanagement as extremity a german interior ministry spokesperson has said that quote, we can assume that populace and extremists will again try to influence protests to their liking. and now the interior minister of the german state of north rhine west follies framing those who opposed other extreme government measures as equally unreasonable amid the energy crisis. you can already tell from those who are out there. the protestors no longer talk about cov it or vaccination, but they are now misusing people's worries and fears and others fears. it's almost something like new enemies of the state who are establishing themselves running out of scapegoats to blame. just as the projections for european economies are getting increasingly grin the u. s. finally admitting that t

that people will have to choose between buying food or heating their homes, or t contributor rachel marston comments. anyone who just a few months ago would amused about a potential humanitarian crisis in the u. k. or d, industrialization of germany, or blackouts in wealthy switzerland would have probably been left out of the room and into an insane asylum. we are talking here about the most developed nations on earth. and yet that's exactly where things are at to day. it's still summer time here in europe with the winter's pea heating seasons still always off. and yet, every day now official across the continent are making increasingly dire. predictions about the impact of the energy crisis caused by europe sanctioning of its own gas supply from russia. the latest to sound the alarm is the mayor of london city khan, who called attention on twitter to britain's national hall system leaders saying that the u. k. could be facing a humanitarian crisis as people have to make a choice between feeding themselves and paying for heating. as we near the winter months, choosing between heating and ea

that's the auntie contributor rachel marston. the death toll from the bombing of a mosque and couple has risen to 21 people with at least 33 others wounded. the taliban house condemned, they attacked reportedly carried out by a suicide bomber a year since the militant group surged back to power in afghanistan. following it dissolves to his u. s. military pullouts. we looked back at developments in the ravaged country, a low with the suffering and hardship experienced by afghans. no nation, no nation has ever done anything like it in all the history. dozens of relatives of $911.00 victims have sent a letter to president biden, urging him to return $7000000000.00 of afghan assets frozen by the us. in response to the taliban takeover of afghanistan, the bite of administration says it wanted to give the money to the families of $911.00 victims. however, the relatives of saying that they are not entitled to cash that look to cash, that lawfully belongs to the afghan people who are living in dia conditions. the white house has suspende

in a situation that you have to admit entirely of their own making r t. contrary to rachel marston taken us through that we will continue to make decisions based on our own national interests. that is the message from india's ambassador to russia who was speaking during a commemoration event in moscow marking 75 years of indian independence. not one such decision is strengthening ties with russia, new deli, how's already increased its oil purchases from moscow, where it's reached f record in june accounting for nearly a fift of overall imports. now india is set to cooperate with russia in the military sphere as well. indian truce will join russian forces and military exercises set to take place. at the end of august, india always takes decisions on its own based on its own national interest. obviously, there is the new reality. there are, you know, there are many banks which are sanctioned. there are logistical issues, there are payment issues which have to be overcome. we have to find the way forward . there is tremendous school for increasing our trade in economy corporation you've see

people will have to choose between buying food or heating their homes is art contributor now rachel marston, anyone who just a few months ago would amused about a potential humanitarian crisis in the u. k. or d, industrialization of germany or blackouts in wealthy switzerland would have probably been laughed at of the room and into an insane asylum. we are talking here about the most developed nations on earth. and yet that's exactly where things are at to day. it's still summer time here in europe with the winter's pea heating seasons still always off. and yet, every day now official across the continent are making increasingly dire. predictions about the impact of the energy crisis caused by europe sanctioning of its own gas supply from russia. the latest to sound the alarm is the mayor of london city khan, who called attention on twitter to britain's national hall system leaders saying that the u. k. could be facing a humanitarian crisis as people have to make a choice between feeding themselves and paying for heating. as we near the winter months, choosing between heating and eating is