and the u. s. feels that it will no longer be able to military engaged both of those countries in their own backyards. and when following the security council session in new york say gala ross sat down for talks with you and chief antonio terrorist. they moser, for the black. the great initiative with lab rough stressing the need to implement all parts of the international deals to explore grain from both russia and ukraine . terrorist 100 lab rub. alexa, with his ideas on making the field was, is what the russian foreign minister had to say off the me coupling some that show to me. but the terrorists stress that the green agreement is a package deal. this includes facilitating the export of grain from ukrainian important and similar obligations to russia. regarding the removal of barrier was created by western countries against the export of our grain and fertilizer. the secretary general spoke about the efforts being made to move the russian part of the deal forward. so far progress has been un

and the u. they slanted republic a fair on meanwhile condensed the acts of the e u and the u. k. regime for support in facilitating and denying from countering the destructive acts of the 4 mentioned individuals and entities. and that is violation of international obligations regarding combating terrorism, announces that the acts of those unimposing and exacerbating cruel sanctions is of the, is violation of fundamental principles of international law set forth in the united nations charter. over the past months are the u. k. and e u, i have imposed our several so called sanctions packages against these womic republic and against the r g c over alleged gross rights violations by the iranian officials. it won't, in return, has called on the you to avoid of taking a dual approach on the issue of human rights while keeping mom over. frances harsh cracked down on hundreds of thousands of protesters over microns pension reform plan. so now these la mic republic is advising the you to mind its own business and avoid interfering in other countries issues.

u. s. and u. k. aren't even the top 10, which is an incredible treatment about men hazard. nicaragua has this is his historically been the 2nd course country in latin america. in fact it's now the 3rd pores under he's now the 2nd course after the us back to in 2009. so, so you know, the us, he's very happy to overthrow governments install dictatorships. i did an on doris 2009. i could help doing guru this year. ah, in those countries are not isolated. and i think that's very important to point. okay astrid, you can respond now both ben and dan say that picture is not as bleak as the u. s. and it's western allies paint it to be that they are they have been some achievement under ortega what he say to that. i say that is not were the case. we wouldn't be on the show today talking about the hundreds of thousands of nicaraguan exiles who have fled nicaragua, not just to the u. s, but euro costa rica and the rest of the world as well. also, i would say that the economy and economics is no reason to tur

u. k and the u. s. have a history with a controversial munitions during the 1st go for the countries use hundreds of tons of the radioactive substance. and during the 2nd conflict in 2003 thousands of tons were employed. i know there vivid example in the nato bombing yugoslavia back in 1999, the consequences of which still impacts people even now. we heard from a patient battling cancer, who claims that depleted uranium was the root cause of his illness. yet i love generally tolerate the therapy with difficulty. the therapy itself is difficult and lost quite a long time. as for my mental and physical condition, i'm very exhausted. i don't move much because i can't move because of the therapy. when i'm in the hospital, the therapy starts at 9 in the morning and ends at 8 in the evening. it's 10 hours of lying down a day, and it all depends on how well i tolerate the cycle. in the 2nd a cycle i enjoy heavy therapy. i had a high temperature and i fell into a coma. it's a temperature coma, but the doctors he

u. s. and a reciprocal visit by american lawmakers to the island. beijing responded with drills to send quote, a serious warning to pro independence forces on tuesday, the chinese president inspected the navy southern theater command and called on armed forces to step up military training. ortiz kayla. boffin brings us more details. the government on taiwan says that china is preparing to launch a war and they say this in response to the latest drills from the chinese military stimulating and circle many of the islands look at the military exercises and also the rhetoric they seem to be trying to get ready to launch a war against taiwan. beijing says these drills were a warning to the government on taiwan and to independence forces. similar drills were conducted after the visit by then speaker of the house, nancy pelosi last year, but rather than trying to de escalate this anyway. recently we saw they had of the us house foreign affairs committee visit the island of taiwan and compare chinese p

and also with regard to the u. s. i think is something that is largely shared with in europe. the problem being that his, again, his style of communication, his vocabulary strategic autonomy, european sovereignty is at times misunderstood, misinterpreted. and that is timing, frankly. who are, i mean, the fact that he came out with these comments flying back from his visit with key and just our later chinese military started maneuvering around ty, yvonne was just a very, very quick signal and perceived as such, both in the u. s. and the european union. yeah. do you think we could see macro now as being damaged goods for the rest of europe? he's not going to run for election again. and we know that he's taking a hit by all of these protests over his plans to reform the countries pension system. yes, i think so at least in the short term. and he has clearly done damage to, to the message of western unity. first of all of trans atlantic unity, i think that part of this is probably some kind of a revenge that has to be buried and mindful what happened. and in 2021 a with the august

u. s. and china, not least over taiwan. washington has been seeking to increase its influence in the area by forging new alliances against china. so the u. s. sector stayed. anthony lincoln has been in hanoi for talks with prime minister, pam, and chin and other leaders. his trip came just after the 50th anniversary of america's withdrawal of combat forces from south vietnam and the end of its direct military involvement in the vietnam war. blinking infused about a new era of cooperation without mentioning vietnam's, giant neighbor china. i also focused on our countries can advance a free and open indo pacific one that is a piece and grounded in respect to the rules based international order. when we talk about free and open, we mean country's being free to choose their own path and their own partners. and their problems will be dealt with openly. rules will be reached transparently and applied fairly and goods ideas and people will flow freely across land. the seas, the skies in cyberspace, or

and, and that's concerning to, to not just the u. s. and taiwan but also to other countries in the region including vietnam. and so that really drives you know, home. they need to have a little bit more security cooperation taking place there. but of course, like i said, they need to tread carefully here with anything that they do on the security front because that could escalate things. the china further as it doesn't want the us to increase it. sphere of influence or influence in the area. it's trying to push us out and assert itself more clearly. so i think there's avenues here for more security cooperation. but like i said it's, it's quite a tight road. it's a very delicate, tight road here. and, and i think from vietnam's perspective, they're just trying to do or to rational increase, increasing economic ties. this all makes sense. maybe increasing access to some weapons so that they can diversify themselves away from russia. but again, doing so in a way that, that doesn't make things worse or antagonize their relationship with beij

that tron was somehow putting china and the u. s. on par that these relationships should be equal. france and the european union. i don't think that's what the president my call meant. but yes, i think that he wanted to underline that gentleman, the friendly position and the condition of the european union visa, the china and the u. s. and was a position of strength of independence. in this mounting conflict between the 2 blocks of super powers, blocked as the french and my call it and that the european union should be careful not to be direct into a conflict. it has no particular stakes. and that's what he said, and that's what there's a massive criticism, which is i, including and burn linens in germany. so i'm wondering if we give too much weight to the words of mac crohn. do you think we the media or all of us in general, are we guilty of treating mac, ron, as if he were the president of the european union? no, i don't think so. i think that's them. and this came out in the previous interview that my call is one of the most senior

u. s. and the rest of the world. joining us to discuss is a man who has covered many of these extradition cases most recently, reporting directly on the assange extradition trial is pulitzer prize winning writer, former mideast bureau chief before the new york times. his latest book called the greatest evil is war. now host of the chris hedges report on the real news network . mr. chris hedges. chris, thank you so much for being with us 1st, chris, let's start with perhaps the highest profile extradition case in the world right now. that would be of julian assange. it would appear that his attorneys in the u. k. are running out of appeals and he will likely be brought to the us to face espionage charges that would effectively result in a life sentence. now data from the d o j shows that they have an astounding 97 percent conviction rate of those expedited to the u. s. does it appear that the u. k. has sort of relinquished its sovereignty of jurisdiction due to decades old extradition treaties w

u. k. and somali land, if the united kingdom does not maintain this trust and confidence, it's ability to protect and promote u. k. interested through international relations will be hampered, which will not be in the public interest. the censorship decision was made in response to a freedom information requested by declassified u. k. concerning a demonstration in the but to the contest, the city of last a not over the new get around 20 pro somalia activists were killed to dozens more were injured. and many people are currently asking, what is the u. k. government hiding at the moment? because the u. k. is decision to hold information about the violence against civilian protest as a so my lad, especially our national security grounds, is quite concerning and wearing the slack off transparency raises the suspicions about the you case involvement in the last, the not genocide. now this ridiculous response also highlights the a bankruptcy of the u. k. policy on some mighty. i think what's also wor

u, and the u. k. international obligations regarding combating terrorism and set forth in the united nations charter over the past alleged gross rights violations by the iranian official harsh cracked down on hundreds of thousands of protesters. as always, we appreciate your company here on our t n. ah, frederick military intervention in ukraine? yes. ah, hello, i'm manila in some 50 percent of countries around the world. but is the same true when other countries demand with pulitzer prize winning journalist chris hedges. alright. and australia, national has been the center of now locked away at a maximum security prison awaiting extradition, ugly, especially since for decades the u. k. has the coolest near or u. k. air base. the u. s. rejected the extradition imbalance between the u. s. and the rest of the warranty on the assange extradition trial is post of the chris hedges report on the real news network. that would be of julian assange. it would appear that his attorney's now data from the d o. j s

and still to this day since 1986, the u. s. government has refused to acknowledge that court case in the internet, court of justice and washington has refused to pay in nicaragua, the billions of dollars reparations that it owes the people of nicaragua, when the european union claims falsely, that the nicaraguans government supposedly killed protesters and all of this, what they're actually covering up is the role of brussels in washington in supporting these very violent insurgents that tried to overthrow the government like in syria, like in libya, like in venezuela. and so many other places, ah, the british government's decision to supply ukraine with depleted uranium shells has seen people protesting in london, demonstrators took to the streets, calling for the government to reverse its decision. the ammunition, which has been linked to numerous health issues, is designed to you to be used by the challenger tanks. london has also sent a key at an active part in the protest. theo russel beliefs many people in the u. k . ar

k and u. k. citizens going into the u for work in the created ours are briefly in just touch on this, but is this also something we're seeing with british bands going into the are they also having problems with us briefly if you could really briefly. yes, they are because they don't totally understand the rules on $9180.80 s comes in and at the end of this year is going to make things even tighter because it's going to be automated. all right, music engine. ian smith talking about bands from the u. k. and europe trying to tour. thank you very much. pleasure which it makers in eastern germany are reacting to soaring demand for semiconductors by expanding their production facilities and what some are calling silicon saxony. now with the u. s. south korea, taiwan, japan and china all competing for leadership and the global high tech semiconductor supply chain. the german region is still confident it to can carve out a share that market microchips are going to play a key role in tony since future.

and so to be able to maintain and nurture that corporation, the u. s. has to emphasize that the relationship has a quality of its own. and certainly i think the regional states like vietnam have an interest and further engagement. and they have right now how much of a difficult balancing act as this and cooperating with washington. but at the same time, as has been alluded to without upsetting beijing, so it's, it's going to be difficult. beijing, as many people seem to have been pretty briskly recently. so that's the importance of not upsetting beijing. but i would also throw in that there's a certain domestic element, governments that are in disputes with the p r c. vietnam looms larger. i mean they have a domestic sentiment that i think will punish their leaders if they seem to be caving in. so working with us is one way to square that. so their multi dimensions to this relationship that we should not forget. and i think sometimes looking from the outside in the domestic dimensions, again a little bit forgotten. let's talk about the domestic dimension

u. s. policies and from the u. s. may be interest. so we see that it's also a reflection. what we see between now syria and saudi arabia. it's also a reflection of the new policy and new strategy, maybe over a over saudi to the world and also to syria. we read also about that that, that the u. s. were was not very happy with these every connection between syria and the other countries, but there is no, no other way. if these recalls consolation of the other relation between syria and the other countries, it will not be done all that, that region is in danger. meanwhile, iran on saudi arabia, also restoring diplomatic ties. the delegation forms are on arriving saudi arabia, archie, contributor, you said jol ali has more details and they're wanting delegation of technical delegation from iran visit a saudi arabia was announced by the a wanting foreign ministry. that delegation arrived in the capital re all were it is expected to follow up on the completion of the piece, the old beginning of on install, the irregular which was flinched in the chinese capital beijing back in ea

the vast majority of that aid is military aid, and the u. s. has been supplying and equipping and training agents military for about 4 decades now. the u. s. provides these days much less in terms of direct economic support to cairo. but the u. s. plays a critical role, of course, in institutions like the international monetary fund and the world bank who provide aid to egypt, that is a lifeline literally to keep president ccs economy from collapsing. so the u. s. has both a very important military and an economic relationship with egypt for many decades . now, president biden's national security strategy for the middle east makes a point of partnering with countries. countries that subscribe to a rules based international order. how does egypt fit that description? well, that's an excellent question. as soon as i read the washington post report last night, i actually went back and looked again at the national security strategy that the binding ministration issue last fall. and i was reminded that in fact, when it comes to the middle east, north

and this is a serious problem to the u. s. i mean like i say that between a rock and a hard spot and what are they going to the only people that could possibly intervene in saddam would be dishing military and i don't see that happening. i mean, i really dont, amounting to just people be happy about it, you know, so that needs to be a colony under the british. and so i, and as this school size, we do, i mean for hon himself, he just is calling to say he's one of our people. so i mean, i don't see a reading militarily because it would cost too much domestic uproar. but although you think that he would get americans about even ahead of the south africa, brick summit, which some people are calling the beginning of the end of a u. s. and byron, suddenly the continent of africa. well, you know, this is all like you say times are changing really fast. i mean, a month or 2 ago who to talk to saudi isn't that iran would be making peace and the warranty? i'm going to be coming to a close, you know, mean who would have thought that perha

u. s. and later, military forces have pulled out of afghanistan and the future of denison is back in the hands of the afghans. the u. s. withdrawal from afghanistan was carefully planned strategically to focus on targets in china and russia. the u. s. is using the turbulence in afghanistan to contain and destabilize central asia, china, russia, pakistan, and iran are the key forces in afghanistan in relation to regional guard nation. the most striking is the, is the change of tone or the change of style of chinese diplomacy here and some are chinese foreign minister thing gone. i demonstrated that today the stress and we just for the constructive role of regional powers, chinese neighbors like russia, iran pakistan in trying to bring stability to this region. but he also very heavily criticize the west for not doing the things that it should be doing in this region and doing a lot of things to undermine the security situation on the ground and the humanitarian progress. in particular, he critic

and u. k. in the process is r c contributor rachel muslims take queen ursula literally just finished admonishing all the kiddies in the u. schoolyard over the need for unity at all cost against china. and already it seems like they found something else that they disagree on. sources are now telling the western press, the countries are caught up in arguing about whether funday earmarked by brussels for ammunition production or ukraine and to replenish member state's own supplies should be spent inside europe as france is arguing, or whether that cache ultimately taken from the pockets of taxpayers of member states, let's not forget, should fuel weapons production in the us or in the u. k. as poland recorded the once arguing that it would mean that ukraine would get the animal faster. right now, the made in europe camp is reportedly winning the debate, but it's not settled. and here's how important chief, you, diplomat, yoseph burrell considered this issue to be back in february. we will everythi

u. s. and the u. k. have been particularly outspoken about the direction molly is taking, noting the recent expulsion of the un mission chief after making critical remarks regarding russia's presence was of great concern. on the other hand, the long term presence of french troops in the region was always welcomed by western powers. their last summer president michael analyst, city le mean by the yoko think that the west is present libya which allow tons of weapons to leak into the hands of religious zealots, who then began an insurgency against the regime. interestingly enough, france seized on the opportunity to deposit its troops in molly, but they did not succeed in repelling the insurgency. and of course, frances, highly unpopular and that part of africa because of its neo colonial pretensions. in the middle initial, of course, was the kind of disaster for being a population of money more dumb, 9010 years of presenting the sale in money. they didn't do anything absolutely anything. they were kidding

u. k. and the u. s. have history with a controversial munitions during the 1st gulf or the countries use hundreds of tons of the radioactive substance. and during the 2nd conflict, and she doesn't, 3 that lasted only 3 weeks, thousands of tons were employ. these weren't the only instance, said the west carelessly using dangerous weapons in war zones. another vivid example is the nato bombing of yugoslavia in 1999 whose consequences and packed people even now. we heard from the patient battling cancer, who says the bombing of yugoslavia with depleted uranium is the cause. yet are not generally tolerate the therapy with difficulty. the therapy itself is difficult and last quite a long time. as for my mental and physical condition, i'm very exhausted. i don't move much because i can't move because of the therapy. when i'm in the hospital, the therapy starts at 9 in the morning and ends at 8 in the evening. it's 10 hours of lying down a day and it all depends on how well i tolerate the cycle. in the 2nd cycle

and the u. s. position regarding ty, wind right now as it stands, is a position of illegitimacy illegality, illogic cavity and an sustainability this day marks 20 years since the iraq, he capital baghdad fell to us forces an invasion that left behind the trail of destruction, including up to a 1000000 civilians killed and countless small displaced. we're continuing our facial coverage, the military action through the all rich country, the chaos and the stabilize the regional for years to come. with a great man of the us based on our 6 center gallup has rudy support which found that a majority of muslim nations do not see the us as a democracy building power in iraq to give one example, 72 percent of responders do not believe quote the u. s. is serious about encouraging the establishment of democratic systems in was them countries exactly 20 years ago, a large statue of iraqi leader saddam hussein was toppled in baghdad. the monument seen as a symbol of his rule in the country, was brought down by

these of the china and the u. s. and was a position of strength of independence in this mounting conflict between the 2 blocks of super powers blocks as the french and, and my call it. and that the european union should be careful not to be direct into a conflict. it has no particular states, and that's what he said, and that's what a massive criticism, including and bonus to linens and germany. so i'm wondering if we give too much weight to the words of mac crohn. do you think we the media or all of this in general, are we guilty of treating mac, ron, as if he were the president of the european union? no, i don't think so. i think that's awesome. and this came out in the previous interview that my call is one of the most senior lead us within the european union now. and now that the law marco, germany's past chancellor is gone. he's one of the leading voices in europe, and he has a very disruptive style in his political communication. he made proof of that in the past, and it was a very, it has been a hot thing for,

and there is harness over the u. s. and also major will conduct it on and no one ukraine to drill offensive or is not enough personal and there's not enough latin. so it's clear that the government and some are liners in the nature of states. they just made the people of ukraine and the people of russia, richter's, of an ongoing conflict. and so they know that there are negotiations so because the key of government should be concerned. and of course, the key of government shown to recruit soldiers on the street and put people in the front lines which are not school, but they should stop the war and get it from you. she, asians a, i think this is a real problem. and of course, you are recruited by force and put into phone lines. i think this again, so your monitoring role and i think that his practice should be contacted. meanwhile, the elite russian airborne forces have shared footage of a self propelled artillery unit inaction with the car. that vehicle can be dropped by air and is able to conduct amphibious missions th

u. s. and e u criticism in recent years about poland, authoritarian policies, poland is a valued ally, a partner and a friend, and we have an enduring relationship based on shared priorities and democratic values. you see what's happening, everything from bella roost to poland, to hungary and the rise of the toilet terran regime in the world. and this president embraces obit fucks in the world. when you look at what's happened in places like hungary and in poland, that obviously did not have the same democratic traditions that we did. they weren't as deeply rooted. and yet as recently as 10 years ago were function democracies. and now essentially have become authoritarian. the polish prime minister is in the u. s. for meetings on economic and defense cooperation between the 2 nations. fast as my previous damaging statements from european officials. critics like french president emanuel mac wrong who last year called the polish p. n. a quote right wing anti semite, who bans l g b t people. those

and now the u. s. is kind of in, or between a rock and a hard place here, because iran in saudi arabia are making peace. and saudi arabia is what i call their via damn, is coming. the war is coming to a close. and on that and the other side of the red sea is a reacher which refuses to go down to u. s. and germany. so u. s. isn't a bad spot because they can't control the bomb and them, they got a serious credibility problem with the rest of the world. so, you know, the horn of africa is strategically critical, and that's why the, the c, i has been spending billions of dollars for many decades law. trying to prop up a policeman on the beat. they lost their police on the beat when the t p. a last worse removed from power and what i call the peaceful revolution in ethiopia in 2018. and they tried to bring the t p a lot back to power in early november, 2020 through a military coup which was defeated mainly faxed to the immigration at the end, at the request of ethiopian government, or they reach a military.

and the fact that the u. s. government is taking control of an investigation of a haitian president leads us to suspect that we could be looking at a situation very similar to the warren commission. and in russia, you are all raging. at least one person has died in a fire, which continues to rage through several local villages. firefighters are on the scene while people are being evacuated from affected areas. this voted from a local resident, shows the scale of the devastation in one of the villages, according to russia's ministry of emergency situations, over a 100 homes and buildings have already been destroyed. the cause of the fire remains unknown, but it's rapid which right is attributed to strong wind and dry weather. ah, canada's prime minister has found himself in hot water after claiming he did not force anyone to get coven vaccinations. and therefore, while not forcing anyone to get vaccinated, i chose to make sure that all the incentives and all the protections were there to encourage canadians to

so recently france is kind of you'd into that and they said well, okay, well the e u is now a lot, a 2000000000 euros for weapons for ukraine. and there's a bit of cat fight happening right now within the e u, and it's kind of come to a head this week and it's between bras, which is arguing we should be able to use bass funding for your ukrainian weapons in the e to produce done in the u and france obviously would be a huge beneficiary of that, since it is the big weapons production above producer in europe. and on the other hand, you have the prime minister mateus more wiki in poland. he saying no, um we shouldn't be able to use that in the e. it should be able to be used everywhere. well, that's hardly surprising because he's basically acting as the big advocate for washington right now within the e u and is, oh, is that the beneficiary of american weapons? so it's not too much of a stretch to imagine that he might just be advocating in favor of spending e, you money on the military, industrial complex in the u. s. that france is trying to get something out of that . because really,

and u. s. secretary of state anthony blank and tried to downplay china's role in all of their saying that beijing only facilitated the meeting and didn't really have a real part in brokering the relations. i think it is probably one of the reason is that washington is a bit outside of the realities and there's a lot of dispersion when it comes to foreign policies. i think it's a saw you mediation. if you think about the middle east, the middle east has always been for the us. you know, there playground, you know, it was a, you know, they, they were the applied the mom when duck shall they fall from the west. they want the thought that middle east was their thirst and it is a kind of humiliation here you have finally, adults in the room, you know, there was, there were kids like the u. s. like acted like kids, you know, creating chaos in the middle east. now you have the adult coming in a china and say what, what, how can we work together in all those was endless was, is not working. is actual

and this should also use the trade between the u. k and northern ireland. and then there has also been menu idea of introducing something called a storm and break, which would allow the northern ireland to block under certain conditions, the application of new european union law. that's been a vote and the u. k. government over this, the d u p. did not vote in favor for this very briefly please, will this ensure a peace in northern ireland. it's still early days. so what is important now is that the d u p comes back to the table and come spec to governing in northern ireland. there has been riches to knock has been saying just just now that there is a lot of work to be done. and also the irish prime minister has been calling on and on both on the due p to come back and also said that he is confident that this will be resolved in the coming months. wanted to check in, in brussels. thank you to cyprus. now another european island that has been plagued by divisions. this one for most 50 years. cyprus was cut in 2 in 1974 after a series of conflicts that led to

if they fail to follow through in these requests and the u. s. uses is ponder and so military and economic power to make these countries bend to their will. and you've got some other examples of kind of bizarre extradition cases that you can tell us about. well, i think the most egregious occurred in milan in 2003. this was an egyptian national, who i mean, right out of peano shades chilly, was stashed in extraordinary rendition off of the streets of milan. and it prompted investigations by in italy culminating the convictions of censure of 22 c i. c, i a operatives u. s. air force colonel and 2 italian accomplice accomplices. and we actually know because of wikileaks, that there was tremendous pressure put on the bella scone government, not to request or demand the expedition of these people already been found guilty of a crime. he was, he was taken the egypt put in prison in egypt, and very badly tortured. so there is another example of how the united states commits a crime in another country. the crime is documented, it goes through the judi