b. o. welcome back to cross hock, where all things are considered. i'm purely belcher manager. we're discussing the global economy. ah . okay, let's go back to los angeles. i want to go back to you. i'm sorry i had to cut you off. we had to go to that hard break. but you, you were getting into something that i think is quite fascinating. only a few months ago. i think all of us would consider that with the rubel was a soft currency. okay. it was, it wasn't a currency that was particularly sought after. now it's very different. it's a, it's them, but best performing currency in the world because it's backed by what, fill in the blanks for me go ahead. finite, tangible, hard asset, commodities, whether they're monetary commodities in the way of gold, perhaps a lot of silver as well, that it's not being announced. button, foremost of oil and natural gas, russia sits on the largest natural gas reserves and is the largest producer on the planet. and as i think, 3rd or 4th as far as oil. so the playbook by john d rockefeller and european leads over the prior century, plus they are ba

b o. a hello in welcome to cross talk. we're all things are considered. i'm peter lavelle throwing good money after bad. this is what's happening because of the west obsession to weaken russia when backing the failed regime in kip. this obsession is so acute that western leaders are sacrificing the well being of their own citizens . ukraine fatigue is only a matter of time with crow sucking ukraine. i'm joined by my guess, michael maloof in washington. he's a former pentagon senior security policy analyst in tampa. we have larry johnson, he is ceo of burg associates and a former cia analyst and us state department counter terrorism official and in los angeles we crossed soupy and he is a strategic planning consultant, a private equity advisor and an independent economic analyst i, gentleman crosstalk rules and effect, that means if you could jump in anytime you want. and i always appreciate larry, let me go to you 1st and tampa. what has this? the west succeeded in its endeavors. i'm backing ukraine in this conflict. um, a lot of money is being thrown at

b. s. in the united states, into all of you around the world, welcome, we begin the day with the assassination of shins o r b. today in the old japanese capital city, norm, former prime minister sions obee, stood in the middle of a crowd to lend his voice to a junior politician running for parliament abi began speaking, but never finished. police say a 41 year old man armed with a hand made gun shot obeyed twice. once in the chest, once in the neck, killing him. the investigation into a motive continues to night. gun violence, it's almost unheard of in japan, in 2021 in a country of a 126000000 people. there was one that reported gun death one. now that makes today's murder even more shocking. and it has triggered questions about security in japan face to face pressing the flesh, campaigning is considered a given today. it seems to have given a murderer an opportunity to kill ah, the moment sions though, aren't they? we shot twice, a suspect man, handled to the ground. what appears to be a weapon. lying on the road nearby. people ran to the age of japan's former prime minister as he lay seriously wounded

ah, we'll to our viewers watching o p b s in the united states into all of you around the world. welcome. we begin the day with the most anticipated moment in u. s. president biden's visit to the middle east today. biden arrive in saudi arabian, on his way to greet the king. he was met by the crown prince. it was a 5 2nd exchange that grabbed half the world's attention. the you as president greeted saudi crown, prince mohammed ben selman with a fist bump. no small talk, no smiles, both appeared more than willing to get it over with as quickly as possible. no up until today biden had refused to speak with the crown prince. 2 years ago as he campaigned to become us, president biden accused the crown prince of serious human rights abuses, and he vowed to make him a pariah. so why in the world did biden make saudi arabia stop on his 1st tour of the middle east by needs the soul. these help to bring down oil prices and so far they've refused to pump more, even if they changed course, even if that helps bring down the price at the pump for us consumers. what will be the ultimate price? biden,

welcome . thanks. germany's famous bicycle at festival is on the way showcase a b o press of which i'd wagner. it takes place and a purpose built up a house in the composer's former home town. but the stop of the event has been mauled by accusations of workplace sexual harassment. by several women, including the festivals director the by rote festival is back. former german chancellor angle immacule headline, the long list of german v. i. peas and oper lovers in attendance. while most guests went mask, las festival staff took precautions. many workers including performers caught cove it in the run up to opening day. but the show went on starting with a modern staging of the tragic love story, tristan and he sold it. catherine foster and stephen gould, both veterans of the wagnerian opera shown in the premier. oh, but the disturbing drama was not limited to the stage. and by royd recent revelations of sexual harassment have thrown a different kind of spotlight on the festival. several female employees, including festival director, katerina wagner, the granddaughter of the composer, say they wer

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b, o by your nation, every possible your safety measure. so i cannot say repeat that the situation is not stay ah, welcome to the day and we begin to wear the deaths of dozens of ukrainian prisoners of war, many of whom are victims of the month long siege of mario, paul, russia and ukraine. have each accused the other of shelling the present on the eastern front line time of america, which is controlled by russia back assists. local officials say as many as 53 prisoners that were killed in the days other main development ukraine, chinese restart grain exports to help ease the global food crisis. ships are loaded and ready to sail from to black. see ports a cloud of dust or wraps, his grain is loaded onto a merchant ship. in the port city of odessa, ukraine's president is on hand to inspect the loaded vessels ahead of departure. but assumed numbers of this is the 1st vessel being loaded up. since the war began to seem which out for me, i'm standing in front of a turkish chevy. more yes, the novel, this means the port has started operating. what? the most important thing for us is that the port is operating and that people are working on divo

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b. s in the united states into all of you around the world. welcome. we begin the day with the assassination of shins, o, avi. today in the old japanese capital city, norm, former prime minister sions obee, stood in the middle of a crown to lend his voice to a junior politician running for parliament abi began speaking, but never finished. police say a 41 year old man armed with a hand made gun shot obeyed twice. once in the chest, once in the neck, killing him. the investigation into a motive continues to night. gun violence, it's almost unheard of in japan, in 2021 in a country of a 126000000 people. there was one that reported gun death one. now that makes today's murder even more shocking. and it has triggered questions about security in japan, face to face pressing the flesh, campaigning is considered a given today. it seems to have given a murderer an opportunity to kill ah, the moment she and so are they. we shot twice, a suspect man, handled to the ground. what appears to be a weapon lying on the road nearby. people run to the age of japan's full. my prime minister is he lay seriously wounded. h

as such as doctors helping the wounds b o ukrainians who live in our hands stopped by to day to wish even a happy birthday. she just turned 37. that brief and welcome moment of destruction from the war. now when the watch thought those okay, it's hard to read the news about ukraine. that was unusual. that of the here you are safe and everything is good. i'm like the key plains and helicopters fly, and you aren't afraid number, use them ukraine. it's completely different. all good. everything that flies belongs to your country's army or that of the enemy. will you? will that scary? it's that so not so far about 300 people from ukraine had been flown to germany for treatment, including civilians and soldiers. even when jenko knows, one thing for sure, he wants to return and continue fighting. take a quick look at small stores making news around the world, starting and shall anchor. why the prime minister run a wicker m a singer has told parliament the country is bankrupt and needs painful. economic reforms is announcement follows a series of protest this year of a fuel shortage is caused by lack of foreign currency. prime minister has worn that acute

b . o. they look like fantasy creatures, but they were actually invented and built by one very creative man, find out more about the so called dish or beach animals later in the program. hello and welcome to another edition of your max with me, your host, hannah hima. here's what else we've got in store for you today. i tricked in mixing bites in bavaria where we're all tonight. violins are made by hats and we go to terry's cafe in london to learn about that when to essentially british dish fill english breakfast. if you ask me, the beach is always the best place to be in summer, you expect to see sand waves blue skies. but if you happen to be where artist teel young person is, you might also encounter his beach animals. the dutch men's complex moving sculpture as look as though they're powered by electricity, but they're actually moved by the wind. yes, uses simple materials pvc and cable ties to build them and humbly says they work thanks to physics, but to see them live elegantly along the shore line is clear. their feet of engineering with almost touch of magic appears that the invasion of the strand beasts or beach beasts on the coast of slaven again in the netherlands, is an impr