we're across live to our t contributor, rachel marston. hi there, rachel. can you take us through the background of the story? so there are a whole lot of questions here. first, where did european commission president ursula vander line get the figure from of a 100000 ukranian troops killed in the conflict in ukraine. secondly, why were those figures so quickly deleted? not even corrected or updated, but just simply memory hold. did she catch herself out spreading fake news or something? now the commission's deputy chiefs spokeswoman dennis been on said in a later treat that the $100000.00 killed figure should have included both killed and injured ukrainian troops. she called the figure an external estimate. now that would have perfectly aligned with a $100000.00 killed or injured ukraine. soldiers that u. s. joint chiefs chairman mark, milly cited earlier this month. okay, so then where is the clarification with the updated accurate figures? what exactly is the source of this quote, external estimate that the you consider to be legitimate enough to have un

year a pull face major challenges in refilling askance reserves next year, or to contribute to rachel marston explains. so the international energy agency, based here in paris, has just put out a report warning that the worst of the energy crisis for europe could still be to come next year. people here in france and elsewhere in europe are already in a panic, over gas and electricity costs, which are also exacerbating inflation. the french government is paddling a mixed message on one hand, they're promoting what they call quote, energy sobriety, which i guess sounds better than energy rationing. sobriety implies that the government is staging and intervention on a bunch of drunks who are, you know, pounding energy like beer at pub. and apparently that supposed to be a good thing. that's how they're framing it. if they were honest, they called an energy found instance energy is required to literally put food on the table, which people are struggling to do as a result of europe on sanctions. but on the other hand, french officials are trying to calm people down by insisting that the country's

bad proposals, which also threaten europe's energy security for details now from a contributor, rachel marston, rachel, nice to see you. so why exactly are these price caps causing so much control the se in europe? so the right now is kind of like a little group of girls and junior high school the thinks they rule the whole town when all they really control is their own schoolyard. and they can't even really agree on how to do that. we're hearing today from the hungarian foreign minister that the blocks energy ministers couldn't agree on a natural gas price. ceiling and divisions have also emerged over a russian oil price cap. bulgaria hungry slovakia check republic. estonia, poland and latvia threatened to veto it for the you arguing that the cap price will be set so high, that's virtually useless to de russian. oil is trading at 77.7 dollars down already from $81.00 without any cap yesterday, which the u. s argue needed to be higher than what the you initially wanted to avoid. major global oil market disruption. russian, deputy prime minister, alexander novak has said that any customer imple

those ortiz contributor rachel marston for her take. hi rachel. yeah, it appears as if our tea is grown 0 of our free speech right now. take us through what's going on with rumba on. the french government's issue with the platform and yeah, well, instead of batting russian media, as the french government demanded rumble, just decided to ban all france from the platform while they pursued legal options against the demand for the french government. here's what the platform said in a statement. this decision will not have a material effect on our business. as france represents less than one percent of our users. the french people however, will lose access to a wide range of rumble content because of these government demands. rommel c, e o. chris patalouski also had this to say like elan, musk, i won't move our go posts for any foreign government. brembo will turn off france entirely and we will challenge the legality of this demand. well, it'll be interesting to see if there's a diplomatic pressure put by the e u on canada or the u. s. to impact on r

the next one to get a knock on the door from team america. world police are to concrete, are rachel marston taken us through. thank you, rachel, not ukrainian. investigators have uncovered a helicopter inside a shipping container, reportedly waiting to be smuggled out of the country from the port of odessa. the discovery comes in a rising concerns about weapons porting of ukraine and into the hands of criminal and radical grades. just last week, finish billy said western supplied weapons that have been fined in multiple european countries. meanwhile, a senior us army official has claimed to the media that the american military personnel are now on the ground in ukraine. the reason given to keep track of the billions of dollars worth of weapons and other equipment that western powers of supply to get. well, the report comes, the u. s. government issued its 1st ever a detailed plan on country weapons smuggling from ukraine. it's mainly aimed at stopping supplies of javelin and stinger missiles ending up on the black market and in the hands of criminals. but washington has admitted it's diffic

r t contributor rachel marston, wondering if they how fascism can slip under the radar in the west when the stablish that agenda yes, will be out of the right way brothers of italy, party as just the sworn in as a country junior infrastructure minister. the nami made headlines when he was caught wearing a nazi swastika arm bands in a photo published by the press in 2016. 17 politicians are pretty upset about this new point. it is they how fascism can slip under the radar in the west when the stablish agenda dazzle being out of the right way brothers of italy, party has just been sworn in as the countries junior infrastructure minister. the nami made headlines when he was caught wearing a nazi swastika arm bands in a photo published by the press in 2016. 17 politicians are pretty upset about this new appointment. he is the new deputy minister of infrastructure. his name is galle also been yomi, and he is a representative of the brothers of italy, a massacre and a fence and in decency, towards the constitution, the memory and the history and the victims of that swastika shame, georgia mal

especially in the brink of winter, despite russia saying that was going to happen. arte contributor rachel marston weighs in. now on the, at recent energy issues facing the use largest economy. german chancellor, all of sholtes is such a shiny example of a leader who has absolutely everything in his country so completely under control. that he apparently ran out of german problems to address during his speech to his party's conference on saturday. you know, the party that supposed to be leading germany. instead, schultz decided to avail himself of this prime opportunity to address german citizens before a german audience. to offer unsolicited advice to russian president vladimir putin and the clock. a boat shuffle in wilson were sending a clear message to the russian president. and this war withdraw your troops and make a free part of peace negotiations. they must not be any dictated pace for ukraine from russia. kind london until, find this law. how can the russian president possibly pass up an ultimatum like that? coming from one of the west's brightest leaders. for example, as schultz was telli

he has contributed that rachel marston noise, appreciate your thoughts and opinions while the gold bugs might be pleased, digital currency saw their values plunging on thursday, came off the well as big as crypto currency exchange pulled out of a deal to rescue a smaller arrival as a result of corporate due diligence, as well as the latest news reports regarding mishandled customer funds and alleged us agency investigations. we have decided that we will not pursue the potential acquisition of f t x. the collapse of the deal for the price of bitco and hit a 2 year lo, with other platforms following suit, us regulators of raise concerns over the f t x exchange. and the firm's reported mismanagement of client assets. reports of the company's financial health reportedly triggered $6000000000.00 worth of withdrawal and recent days. crypto currency expert christopher m showed his thoughts on the current market situation and the immediate short term future. like any nathan industry, it's an industry that's vastly under regulated, which is a very actually big issue for the industry. it's an ind

r t contributor rachel marston. we also heard from victor gall victors, the vice president alva and eastern focus. thinktank, men who say the west spends more time focusing on china, on its own domestic issues. protests, i'm not common in china. our progress are common in many european countries right now in many european capital said, is it cetera, there are huge protests stripes of all kinds, for example. and in the united states, you have massive kidney gum mileage is really a curse. now they do not talk loud much about these disturbances, for example, and they focus on the protests in china. now i do care about the protest in the chinese cities, and i do hope our countrymen will suffer less inconvenience as a result of the imposition of the dynamics. 0 called the policy. but i also hope the protesters each other will realize that there is a higher good to be achieved for greater stability, greater health and less deaths among the chimes be will because other adamic, a lot of interest in this next story to after

as i was cranked down on violent pro western riots in the country, i say, contributes to rachel marston explains during an event in london this week, the president of the national council of resistance of iran, or n c r i called on the u. k to back the ongoing uprising in iran. in iran, a democratic evolution is in the making. the religious fascism ruling. iran is on its last leg. iranian people and their uprisings are the decisive force. the moon less have restored to white spread arrests and killings, but cannot change the course of the movement. now at the very same event, british empire demanded that the british government included ron's islamic revolutionary guard poor, an actual military unit controlled by the iranian state. on the british list of non state terrorist actors, it is only right the f. c. d o works with the home office to heat our recommendations of proscribing the entire i, r g c. as a terrorist organization. such a decision is appropriate and reflexion, gcs true nature. it also has widespread support in the parliament and among m. p, 's, and peers. apparently, the b

r c contributor rachel marston investigates, who's really responsible economists decide to calculate how many more dest there could be in europe this year. as a result of the skyrocketing cost of heating. now, according to this model who they came up with the number of people dying in the e u because they have a higher chance of catching a virus or if they're immune systems are run down from the cold. and they're all huddled inside together to keep warm means that they could probably facilitate the spread of the virus among them. well, they're saying that all of that is probably going to be higher than the total number of soldiers who have perished in the ukraine conflict. very different messages than we've been hearing from europe and officials who despite kind of panicking that we're beginning, get gas from, keep repeating that the blah doesn't need russian energy. but is the economist pointing fingers at european officials for mismanaging the situation are not doing enough to help households in europe? no, of course it's not. instead, they're referring to the quote death toll from

now avante contributor is rachel marston. up until now, japan is pretty much just fall in line with the russ the west and to russian sanctions. and as part of the western lead g 7 ok was expected to participate in the russian oil price cap. that washington is ginning up in an attempt to limit russian oil revenues. now, because an oil buyers cartels in only really work if in the country sign on. well, this could be a problem. so washington figured out that the very least they could call the shots for all of its g 7 allies. now, earlier this year, the group even pledged to phase out russian oil imports. it's not like 7 countries are going to be able to control the global market for oil or for anything else, but it's maybe enough to get some decent virtue signaling going and maybe keep gra ukrainian present. ramirez zalinski off their backs for a few minutes, but now tokyo has ruined about whole spectacle of unity by announcing that it would stick with russia's sahalina, one oil and gas project, which american multinational exxo

on the contrary, to rachel marston fixed the story, the west keeps saying that it wants peace in ukraine, but if that's really the case, then why didn't the western guarantors of the minsk accords, france and germany enforce that particular piece, deal signed in 2014 between ukraine and russia, that was supposed to end the violence by keith against the people of the russ a phone, don bass region. something just doesn't add up. not only did the violence persist, right under the noses of paris and berlin, but they stood idly by as nato moved in with its training and arming of as of neo nazi proxies. so why didn't they just seize the opportunity to secure peace when they had the chance and the agreement? so the tool to do so well, we're now starting to get a better understanding of what was really going on. in a recent interview, former german chancellor angela merkel admitted that she used the p steel to better prepare ukraine for war with russia. i believe better than and still now the doland uminski agreements. i believe the time ukraine could use to better assist a russian attack. it is

it's all contributor rachel marston. you just may be shocked to hear that this clean cool that we keep hearing about could be a scam. and at least that's what a whistleblower is alleging in australia, a member of parliament. andrew wilkie took the leet whistleblower documents into parliament yesterday and demanded an inquiry into some green shenanigans did icebreaker bring to the parliament's attention? another bribe was hello, an executive from me astray and coal industry, who has provided me with sales and some documents that prove australian companies have been long for years about the quality of the call. and that's important because the fraud is environmental vandalism, and makes all a toll of nit 0 missions for 2050 a fiction. it could also be criminal, trashing corporate reputations, as well as our national reputation. the scandalous fact is that this called executive whistleblowers allegations have already made put to the australian federal police. the new south wales police destroy and securities, an investment

energy security. amid the looming winter, let's get more on this now from arthur contributed rachel marston. earlier this week, the german government announced plans to nationalize a former subsidiary and germany of russia's state own gas problem, which it seized earlier this year. the company called gas prom germania has been renamed to securing energy for europe, or se f e. so where did berlin get the bio cash from? from brussels to the tune of over 225000000 euros worth of aid. and now polen plans to do the same with gas problems, euro poll gas assets inside the country. they're just the latest of a wave of nationalization that have hit european energy companies. already this year, france nationalized gas and electricity, supplier electronics. he did a false or death, which also sells gas by the way. and berlin did the same with uniform. the countries taught gas importer in order to prevent the country's energy system from collapsing. it says we're being told that the nationalization are necessary to save these companies because russia left them high and dry. but it was just back in sept

by most guys, efforts to bring peace to ukraine through the international dale and contributor rachel marston, explains. the west keeps saying that it wants peace in ukraine, but if that's really the case, then widened. the western guarantors of the minsk accords, france and germany enforce that particular p. steel signed in 2014 between ukraine and russia. that was supposed to end the violence by cave, against the people of the russ phone, don bass region. something does, doesn't add up. not only did the violence persist. right under the noses of paris and berlin. but they stood idly by as nato moved in with its training and arming of as of neo nazi proxies. so why didn't they just seize the opportunity to secure peace when they had the chance and the agreement? so the tool to do so? well, we're now starting to get a better understanding of what was really going on. in a recent interview, former german chancellor uncle, a merkel admitted that she used the p steel to better prepare ukraine for war with russia. she believes she built time then and also later and the means can go. she sions for