u. s. u. k, and e u countries has declined significantly. however, overall trade between russia into china reached a reco level in 2022, up by 30 percent year on year. both rush us imports from and exports, especially oil and gas to china, grew. china now becomes moscow's most important, trained partner by a large margin. now china of course, seems to be trying to balance its political support for russia, with its eager nomic need to get things going again after the coven lockdown. how is it managing that or jail, as a war, drags on billions, losses increase as a u. as in europe increasingly view china as a strategic competitor, bady has suffered the fact of multilateral export controls, investment restrictions, and other measures that could hinder its long term growth prospects. the emphasis on no alliance as i mentioned, indicate that aiden is, are slightly adjusting his policy towards russia. now, many china experts downplayed previous official statement that china friendship with russia has no limit. then it was a, a rhetoric statement th

u. s. from the u. k. and from the e. u. we seen similar situations in the past when u. s. arms were used by libyan in syrian opposition groups. but what happens when those conflicts are over or seemingly over? oh, where does the weapons go? iraq church, it's a long time before these contracts are over. as you know, in afghan, a santa went on for 20 years, and it could good much longer. in libya, what we did was supply a lot of weapons to people who in turn. so some 2 other insurgencies of the and terrors groups and others throughout africa. and elsewhere, and of course, our efforts in afghanistan armed in effect against the soviets isis, or i'll should say al cater and then later isis. so he things have low back effects . ah, heaping in my a didn't these amps industry. so it would be wrong to say they didn't invade ukraine. cooking did that. however, they, in their people, they were influencing and the government were willing to risk a war like this coming from their policies which were attract provocative in terms of making it likely that the russians, any russian leade

and joins the u. k. canada and the u. s, which have banned all russian oil. the e u has also vowed to cut russia gas by 2 thirds by march the u. k. and us have both banded altogether. and germany has frozen plans for the opening of the north stream to gas pipeline from russia. after months of negotiations, the u. j 7 nations and australia agreed to cap rushing crude oil at $60.00 per barrel and refined products like diesel at $100.00 a barrel. now, altogether, the measures are costing moscow around a $175000000.00 a day and last revenue that's according to one thing tank. let's speak to nick corps n s t, who is an expert on rest of the economy and the founder of economic data platforms bear index. he's and we're son. joining us live from there. welcome to i'll just 0 . so have these sanctions had the desired effect that the, that the west was after possible. thank you so much for having me. i think the effect of this current round of sections was introduced after the 24th of february. 22 is having not exactly the expected effect not, not the effect that we would usua

habitats and eastern europe and north america are being destroyed to state the growing appetite form when pellets through illegal logging policy makers in the u. s. e u and u. k. have classified woody bio mass as renewable, allowing governments to subsidize the production and burning of wood pellets. many countries don't have to report emissions from wood fired power plants because trees are seen as a renewable resource. producers are just required to reforest areas so that the c o 2 released while burning pellets is reabsorbed no in the united states. so depending on what state you're in, you plan to do for trees, for every one you've cut down the plant to to, for new but they're just a little tiny pine trees. researchers like kelly suggest that the immediate impact of substituting would for coal is an increase in atmospheric c o. 2. a study found that depending on the type of forest it could take up to 10 years until newly planted trees absorb the same amount of carbon socked up by the ones that were cut down older trees and storm more carbon. so there are certain porous that are even more critical to combat climate change than others. unfortunately, these

u. k. canada and the u. s. which have banned all russian oil. the e u has also vowed to cut russia gas by 2 thirds by march the u. k. and us have both band it altogether. and germany has frozen plans for the opening of the nordstrom to gas pipeline from russia. after months of negotiations, the u. j 7 nations and australia agreed to cap rushing crude oil at $60.00 per barrel and refined products like diesel at a $100.00 a barrel. altogether, the measures are costing moscow around a $175000000.00 a day and last revenue. that's according to one thing tank. let's speak to nick corps and ski, who is an expert on rest of the economy and the founder of economic data platforms bear index. he's worse on joining us live from there. welcome to al jazeera. so have these sanctions had the desired effect that the, that the west was after? first of all, thank you so much for having me. i think the effect of this current round of sections was introduced after the 24th of february. 22 is having not exactly the expected effect, not, not the fact that we would usually se

e. u and u. k. responding by backing u. s. sanctions on vital russian energy. joe biden, antony blank, and jake sullivan, victoria newland, and the norwegian government conspired to blow up multi $1000000000.00 energy pipeline supplying germany as well as september 2022. being an ecological catastrophe, it resulted in a complete destabilization of energy prices that some blame for killing hundreds of thousands of the poor, vulnerable, died of cold. at least that's according to the global exclusive scoop of the century, made by one of the greatest journalists in history. seymour hersh, famous for exposing the meal i massacre that became, emblematic of us slaughter of millions in vietnam, cambodia, and lau, to the nato nation use of torture in iraq. the former new york times journalist and author of reporter memoir, joins me from his home in washington, d. c. thank you so much, a cipher coming back on. i should say that just in the past few days, you come out with another piece or with the i agree, horrific title from the gulf of tonkin to the baltic sea and almo

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u. s. state department says is concerned that the escalation and violence ah, but i'm darn jordan. this is out as they are alive from dell are also coming up u k and e. u leaders reach a new briggs deal and northern ireland. avoiding land border checks on trade across the region. nigerian politicians protest what they call a compromised election in a walk out from the countries vote counting center. and another earthquake shake southern turkey, a regional already devastated by this month's trends. ah, is ready. american motorist has been shot dead near the city of jericho and the occupied west bank at kenning comes as israel deploys hundreds of additional soldiers to the area after an escalation and violence on sunday. to his ready settlers were shot dead near the city of nablus. a palestinian was been killed and hundreds were injured. when settlers went on a rampage, sir higher at reports. the damage is hard to miss. hundreds of israeli settlers destroying palestinian homes off to to israelis were shot dead. been thing cause that been tours so far i've counted about 30 or 40 of them and not only on just this last stretch ma'am, at our day shows us the damage to his car parts business. he says it will take him years to recover the hundreds of thousands of dollars. he's now lost merger. hello, lana. no more, mom had a joke of mine. all right. no one came to protect me. all my family. we couldn't protect your shops, maxima, these riley army wouldn't let us. they fight a lot, humbling them to some ha, ludlow in this on. whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! 9 year old! the last was studying when the settlers turned up. she ran up to the rooftop. she says because she was scared that break into her home. her grandfather, mahash domady, who's lived in hawaii since 1964 says the situation is getting worse. well, this war, other causes every week settlers attack us and broke our windows last year. i'm more than an 8 agency installed this metal fencing. it's our only protection, but it's like prison, a jeweler, come on on how my her valdez susan. hawaii is one of several palestinian towns surrounded by lille is rady settlements with a big military base near by just a few hours after the attack. and hawaii is an absolute ghost town. the only ones we're seeing here all is railey soldiers that patrolling this streets as well as media. people like off the have come to cover this story, but the locals living here a hiding in their homes. they said for fear that the settlers will come back and burn their property. israel's defense minister has ordered his forces to prepare for an escalation of violence. valuable ha, ha, beetle bullshit. by reinforcing activities on the ground, additional forces, protective components, settlements and roadways. and the most important to get to the terrorists and bring them to justice either to court or to the cemetery that quote, israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu has called on settlers to not take the law into their own hands. but palestinian say the law only protects his re lease and there's no accountability. the settler attacks thought hide it al jazeera, her water in occupied westbank, u. k and e leaders finalized the new deal, the northern islands, post briggs, trading arrangements, both sides of hail had as mocking a fresh start for relations between britain and europe. john, a whole asthma it's not often in u. k. e u relations that optimism wins the day. so this was a rare moment, a smile that said a deal had been done. today's agreement delivers smooth flowing trade within the whole united kingdom protects northern islands place and our union and safeguards sovereignty for the people of northern ireland. the used chief executive hailed a new honesty in the relationship and spoke of her pride in the so named winds of framework. updating the original northern ireland protocol that governs post brags in trade between the u. k. and the i you, this new frame at will allow us to begin a new chapter. it provides for long lasting solutions that both of us a confident will work for all people and businesses in northern ireland. the deal provides for smooth trade between th

e. u. as western nations and post sanctions and restrictions russian oil have port east. by the end of 2020, through the u. s. buying just a quarter of russian supplies the u. k. and the united states, which had taken an 9 percent quit buying it entirely. now to fill that void russia turn to asia, offering oil, it steep discounts. there, china was an eager buy on its share of russians applies, grew from 21 to 25 percent. but most notable has been india and went from importing nearly nothing from russia to buying a record amount and december 33 times as much as the year before, with an average of 1200000 barrels a day. russia is now india's biggest supplier of oil and, and let's say that's only going to increase. well, let's bring in chris reefer, he is a global energy expert and the chief officer of mac, her advisory consultancy firm. he joins us now from zanzibar bris. moscow has seen these huge drops in its oil and gas revenue, some 46 percent, i believe, but it doesn't seem to have shifted putin's commitment to this war. so how is the kremlin now making up for that? well, 1st of all, those numbers that you refer to are are, are part of the transition proce