u. s. has been sensually her look at at death fades of the black people q by the u. s. bullets and the u. s. has engaged in huge this formation campaign to demonize is adversary's if china sanctioned russia. the results are catastrophic, not only dead to peoples of both russia and china suffer from higher prices and to lack of goose and puts in its cornering show as shown nuclear power. i don't think anyone want to see things even more dramatic to happen. increasingly, many analysts realize that any security solutions in the region we've got the involvement, all russia we're bit is foster. china is on the side of humanity. in general. i think it is what the right side of his tree and tails and washington's traditional middle east allies are also unhappy with the u. s. attempts to control global oil supply. some of the world's biggest crude export is, are increasingly, was this thing america. and looking to bypass the use of the dollar in their trade ortiz, rachel blevins explains after years of involvement in the middle east, the u, as now appears to be losing his grasp on some of the clos

a ticking time bomb and a u. s. dollar reserve currency status and to russia sanctions seem to backfire prompting the entire will to reconsider the financial policies ban on dollar bank notes export to russia, freezing its foreign exchange reserves. the u. s. is witnessing its currency and many a wondering if they might be targeted next. but what makes a dollar so special? why does nearly every central bank in the world stockpile the u. s. currency and invest in american bonds? the dollar has been preserving at status for decades, and the secret ingredient is oil. a quick dive into history. back in 1974. saudi arabia was the world's biggest oil producer. and it just shaken the western world with a major oil embargo, a punishment for supporting israel in the yom kippur wolf, the u. s. was an important 70 percent of its oil and embargo hit it hard to got themselves against the possible oil shocks of the future. the nixon administration off at the saudis a deal the u. s. agree to supply the saudis with military aid an

u. s. and chinese leaders, according to chinese, read out, says that a president sheet in ping told joe biden, that both countries had the responsibility to de escalate tensions that fighting was in nobody's interest. and also he repeated china's stance that sanctions would not be effective in ending of the war, and would only serve to damage the global economy that was already struggling to recover from the pandemic. now in order for the u. s. part of that, joe biden emphasize it, they with the material a costs, or there would be consequences for materially supposing russia in its efforts to invade ukraine, although the u. s. did not state what these consequences would. b, u. s. officials have asserted that russian officials have asked china and military support, military aid in the form of equipment. and in terms of helping to engage in this was something that both moscow and beijing have denied a prison blind and also went on to share his own view. of the war and put forward the u. s. and it

u. s. and nato countries involved because it will necessitate closer relationships with china. that's your problem. and surely, anthony blink and the former west exec consultant who's now secretary of state that alone jake sullivan. realized full well that there are dangers of moving russia closer to currencies other than the dollar. and his thought on par made the calculation banner from the dollar while you brought in china, which is so important. look at the international crisis that was created even before fortran launched the invasion of ukraine. yet, how many people in the world know that for the past 22 months, india has faced it. chinese aggression, it carries aggression and roaming up to 200000 chinese troops. that invasion. what do we call it began in april 2020. when try these forces furtively encroach on several key border areas in the northern was indian region of the dock. since then the military build ups have only escalated creating the danger of a full scale wall. well, we, we

u. s. and u. k. focusing on india stand on russia, the japanese prime minister said the 2 countries will keep trying to end the war and keep providing support to ukraine. and its neighboring countries. elizabeth brought him al jazeera new delhi. ah, this is our desert. these your top stories. russian tanks have been seen firing on a narrow street in ukraine, southern port city of monterey pole. despite the heavy bombardment, another convoy civilians have managed to leave the besieged city. ukraine says humanitarian corridor was have been agreed with russia. russia says has been destroying ukrainian military targets with holly precision weapons as a seas hypersonic missiles and west new crane for the 1st time. this conflict to destroy a weapon storage facility that's not been independently verified. russian cosmonaut, it's a causing a sterren space. there's been speculation, the blue and yellow colors of their uniforms indicates support for ukraine. moscow denies. there's a hidden meaning layer. cou

u. s. and its allies, a u. k, and some other nato countries to supply you. craig, with weapons, and that was very, very important for ukraine because it is, it's those weapons that ukraine received in the couple of weeks before the war from the west that enabled ukraine to stand firm. without those weapons, i'm sure russia would have seized a much bigger territorial ukraine by now. so i think the past for the coming days and weeks is to continue in that direction and i want to make weapons for your grand. exactly. and i want to pick up on that point in just a moment. it's become commonplace to say that vladimir putin under estimated the west. but the reverse is also true. long as the list of political leaders who conder the belief that put in would act rationally. and avoid dragging russia and ukraine into a ruinous war. and joe biden was amongst them when us president joe biden, and vladimir putin shook hands in geneva last june. the russian president already started messing his troops on the

and instead of turning to the u. s. for support. well, they're turning to a leader that the u. s. has been years trying to overthrow. that's right. this week officials hosted syrian president bashar assad and his 1st visit to the country since 2011. and that's, i would say the u. s. hasn't tried to use the current tension. who are the boards even noting that the vitamin ministration sent a new batch of weapons to saudi arabia after denying them last year? but every viet continue increases dominance as it moves away from the us. they are showing that they can live without america, but can the current american economy live without them? in washington, rachel, blevins. archie almost going to say it's, it's a shame that the international chess federation has suspended russian grand masters carry. i came from competing in their events as over his support for most goes operation and ukraine. the 6 month suspension was announced off the cardiac consent, an open letter to president, who said, forcing his support for russia's actions. but the international chess federation claims that such

u. s. president and the commissioner for the e u. i will go to them as soon as we can for now with natasha. thank you very much indeed. lets go to zane bus stop is and just you are in love eve in ukraine and you've got an update for us. but in fact, the same, i'm going to leave you there were no to not go to brussels, where u. s. president joe biden is speaking, let's listening to ban all imports of russian energy. to make it clear, the american people would not be part of subsidizing putin's brutal, unjustified war against people ukraine. at the time, i noted that we were able to take this step when others could not because united states is a net export or energy with a strong domestic interest. and the united states welcomed the european news powerful statement. early this month, committed to rapidly reduces dependence on russian gas. today, we've agreed on an joint game plan toward that goal, while accelerating our progress toward a secure, clean energy future. this initiative focuses on 2 core issues. one helping europe reduces d

u. s. and the, and their, and the u. s. partners. however, any, and any other step forwards of, from the chinese towards russia would actually worse and the relationships between the u. s. and china, which is ed, as i said before, and not the best anyway, not at all. the w correspondence at stefan simons in washington, there will in moscow, a dissenting journalists, storm the state of russia's most to watch evening. you show on monday, holding an anti war sign. maria of san e. cova and editor at the state controlled outlet channel. one was clearly visible behind the anchor before the broadcast cut away. now the post is she's holding raids, no war stop the war. don't believe the propaganda. they are lying to you here. while the journalist was detained and human rights activists say, they are unable to get in touch with her before her wrist. she released the video statement detailing why she chose to protest in the last years. unfortunately, i've been working with kremlin propaganda on channel one, and i feel very much ashamed of that.

u. s. and the, and their, and the u. s. partners. however, any um, any other step forward of from the chinese towards russia would actually worse and the relationships between the u as in china, which is ed, as i said before, and not the best. anyway, not at all. that was stefan simons in washington. stefan, thank you. will a charity concert held in the netherlands has raised over 140000 euros to help people in ukraine. the event was a co production by the dutch national opera, national ballet and philharmonic orchestra, as well as cash. it also generated hope. ah, the concert was the brainchild of chief conductor lorenzo v o t o will i have to raise our voices more and more for the scores? and yeah, i'm very, very proud that this house answer to, to my, to my question, to say, guys we need to, we need to stay all together for that now. now immediately, it's highlight a do at teaching parenting maxine as a ranko originally 13. mm. he was accompanied by russian pianist, you bet on guy skia, the known time colleagues have refused to let

u. s. and needle. we concede what russia was asking back to actually launch an invasion or something completely different. that tragic and what i'll moment or to they could get worse without caution and prudence on both sides. but why with such a mistake? is this a strategy? but it's very clear for this what the military objectives oh, put in are in relation to ukraine. what do you think the chief, because, as you can see from the lines of attacks that need 3 lines of attack that russia has mounted in ukraine, it starts seeking to occupy the entire country. what are the military objectives of food to come? they difficult to guess, he's certainly not keen to an extra whole of ukraine police in terms of the military operations so far. but my biggest concern is this. as a history of this city alone illustrates, foreign military invasions have decent lives sovereign states. and as there are serious libya and damage, such innovations have triggered, unending wireless and bloodshed and russia invasion and the

u. s. and nato program. r u. s. correspondent, kill him up and comments. russia presented evidence of what it says were, biological weapons facilities tied to the pentagon. they were operating in ukraine and have significantly put the health of the people in the region in danger. this is what russian representative and ambassador and benzo had to say before the un security council about what sounds like a very, very serious matter. and i mean the documents that we have shared this morning. you can see one called the technical assistance plan for certain recipients of the ukrainian ministry of defense. i recommend you look through this document very carefully. it confirms the pentagons direct funding in supervision of military and biological projects in ukraine. the total funding accounted for $32000000.00 money, which went directly to a number of ukrainian defense ministry laboratories. according to this plan, the u. s. ministry of defense ran the projects on ukrainian territory right now in the band via anticipat

u. s. and you, the latest package was announced just a few days ago. the united states delivered $650000000.00 and military equipment to ukraine. it is more than we've ever provided to ukraine in the past. it is a significant amount of assistance that we had expedited the delivery on and we will continue to do exactly that. and we're not doing this along, or ours and partners have stepped up to revise significant shipments of security assistance and will continue to help facilitate these deliveries as well. russian armor versus american missiles, ukraine, once a country, know the world's largest test site, where the u. s. and allies are duking it out with russia, who's weapons are more lethal. it's to weapons buffet for the ukrainian military from small arms to advanced anti tank and anti aircraft. missiles, american go seem eager to make keeps every request come true. western made weapons are in such abundance. the ukrainian forces have no 2nd thoughts leaving them behind on the retreat. like a trail of breadcrumbs. well and here you have the infamous

take a look at the mark and see for yourself with the u. s. is and where vietnam is still the u. s. went in and over a 1000000 people died. as a result, i realized that even then it was never widely condemned. although we had the warsaw pact and the soviet union in place. and after the soviet union disappeared from the world map along with the warsaw pact, the u. s. got absolutely out of control german suck, which they think they can do whatever they want you. slavic. as a case in point, we saw utter disregard for international law. the use of the armed forces and weapons by a number of countries including depleted uranium. ammunition, that was of any uproar. no. they realized they could go ahead. he concocted a justification and got away with it. today some european leaders admits, well yes, maybe they overreacted a little, but it does not go any further. again, the u. s. behaved this way around the world because they think there is no longer any competition, but they all wrong. that life does not stand still prompting new developments and international relations and new countrie

u. s. and the, and their, and the u. s. partners, however, any, any other step forwards of from the chinese towards russia would actually worse and the relationships between the u. s. and china, which is, as i said before, not the best anyway, not at all, stiffened simons, there will in moscow, a dissenting journalist, storm the seat of rushes most to watch the evening. news show on monday, holding an anti war sign. maria of unequal ver, editor and editor at the state controlled outlet channel, one was clearly visible behind the anchor before the broadcast cut away from the studio. now, this poster that you can see her holding option is going to come back on screen again. it reads, no war stopped the war. i don't believe the propaganda. they are lying to you here . when news in russia is tightly controlled by the kremlin and the invasion of ukraine must be referred to as a special operation. now, the journalist was detained and human rights activists say, they're unable to get in touch with her. but before her read, she r

u. s. and nato were supporting biological weapons development in ukraine. we hear the key point ah, broadcasting live direct from us to years in moscow. this is our international. i'm john thomas. glad to have you with us. now we start with the latest developments in the war in ukraine. vitamin push and emphasized in a phone call with french president a manual micron on friday that russia is doing everything it can to ensure the safety of civilians in ukraine, particularly by providing evacuating routes. now put in also accused nationalist ukrainian forces of having committed war crimes in the dumbass, an issue he mentioned in a call earlier that day with the german chancellor, olaf schultz. while the humanitarian situation in ukraine remains dire, the un has reported it has employed its 1st humanitarian aid, gone. voy to the war torn city of sumi in the countries north east. meanwhile, moscow says the guns get republic has now gained control over 90 percent of its territory after pushing back

and center. the u. the u. s. state department actually cheering it on calling it courageous to shut down free media. ok, it's not about ukraine. it's a cudgel ukraine. it's a cudgel. and at the end of the day, it will just, it would have served its purpose. it's never going to be in nato. it's never going to be in the you go ahead, ted. i couldn't agree more. one of the other real is that i'm a big fan of john maritime or been just really direct about this. and he said, among other things that nato proved in 2014, that it had no interest in defending ukraine, or else it would have involved itself, militarily. it didn't, therefore, any future promises. eventual membership is completely hollow. they're not interested, as you say, in ukraine as you and whack moscow with and you know, i had thought we had moved beyond that phase, but as you say, the cold, the post cold war order is crumbling and god help us to see what's coming next. maxime, max, what is the new cold war then? i mean, because i've said now for a num

u. s. and that nato allies on ukrainian territory over last week. new details have come to light, which allows just state that the components for biological weapons were being created on the territory of ukraine. the implementation of the aforementioned american ukrainian agreement in from 2005 and comments on which we're still waiting for from the us representation has been going full steam ahead for all these years . coming from the document, we can see that the american colleagues were not helping, as they claim the ukrainian ministry of health, but rather than the ukrainian ministry of defense. the doc security council document that we distributed this morning. and you see in that material, you can see the so called to tech technical assistance plan for certain recipients of the ukrainian ministry of defense. i recommend you to look at this document very carefully. it confirms direct funding and supervision of the pentagon and its defense threat reduction agency of military and biological p

u. s. and western europe. india also stay in the u. e as well. and i believe india is making active preparations for a routine ruble settlement system. so there really is a 3rd point of view here that perhaps is the most effective and like least way out of this terrible situation. and let me ask you, this is a follow up if this continues to drag on. is there a growing concern among officials in china that if china continues to stand by russia at some point, the costs are going to outweigh the benefits? well again, i would question that premise mohammad that is china standing by russia though. certainly theresa is correct in early february presidency and put and did sign and announce a a relationship that often is described in the media as quote unquote no limits. a new kind of relationship, and that is not i think, mutually exclusive with wanting to see a peaceful solution being an honest broker perhaps in this and that this is a complex situation. everyone from george kennan to henry kissing her to john near shermer has said including, i think, s

u. s and u. k announced new sanctions against russian oligarchs, with the hopes of upping the pressure on vladimir putin and his inner circle. will look at the names that stand out, confiscating those big ticket assets. especially yachts is not always smooth sailing. just ask law enforcement in germany and could sanctions get even tighter. some countries say it's time to target russia's oil and gas exports, but not all allies agree of welcome to the show. i'm seeing beardsley in berlin. the u. s. is announced sanctions on an array of wealthy russians with close ties to vladimir putin government. 8 individuals face full blocking sanctions. while an additional 19 are subject to these restrictions. u. s. has also created a new task force designed to identify and seize the assets of those and other russian elite sanctioned earlier. president joe biden said the u. s. would come after their quote, ill gotten gains, children, and here's how whitehouse spokeswoman jen. saki described washington's goal. we

u. s. and providing further assistance to poland and other countries in the region. so you mentioned this show of solidarity. now obviously, you know, given that the u. s. nato have ruled out any direct involvement in the war. a new, a new crane. it's important that the u. s. realize and show and the role that poland is playing in this complex right? so there are there, there are 2 very different sides or multiple different sides in the situation here, right now, in terms of what the, what the, what the allies, once the polish government has been calling for a tarion, it'll mission and ukraine, the something the allies have rejected just recently before that the polish government has a suggest it to send the old polish fighter jets to ukraine to, to help the crew ukrainian forces. the friend there expenses also something that you s has rejected and ruled out, fearing that this could further escalate the situation there on the ground and wouldn't lead to a nuclear exchange. so poland is actually really pushing for a very hard position by the worse, and we can expect pr

u. s. and e, you have struck a deal to help europe and its reliance and russian gas western allies in brussels. a continue to pile pressure on moscow to and it's military offensive in ukraine. the u. s. and other nations with increased natural gas export to europe by 15000000000 cubic meters this year. as an and joe biden was in brussels, where his accused, russian president vladimir putin, of using energy sales to drive his war machine. madam president, i know i know that a la russian gas will have cost for europe, but it's not only the right thing to do from a moral standpoint. is kind of put us on a much stronger strategic footing. and i am proud to announce that we've also reached another major breakthrough and translate data flows. privacy and security are key elements of my digital agenda. and today we've agreed to unprecedented protection for data privacy and security for our citizens. the sanctions are now working their way deep into the russian system, draining proteins, resources to f

u. s. and joe biden went through a long list of things that the u. s. and the european union have done to support ukraine militarily. ship in a terms of humanitarian aid, in terms of financial relief, economic, a sort of aspects. but if we've been hearing for weeks now, zalinski and many of his officials talking about how is just not enough. they want so much more direct a intervention both militarily and in terms of, of aid of all kinds. i think soleski even use the word disappointed at one at one point, thankful for what has been done but saying it's not enough. so it's certainly a for ukrainians, a major help, but obviously with russia bombing them every day it's, it's never going to be enough. and one of the major request from ukraine and president valencia has, of course, been for a no fly zone over ukraine. something that washington and berlin have been have rejected a hand. can you tell us what's behind? i'm broad and broadly, the european union nato. there have been a few individual countries such as lithuania, i believe, i think pull it also com

u. s. and europe have pushed the neighbors even closer in recent years. but may jing has come under international pressure to condemn the invasion of ukraine, which goes against its own stated principle of protecting sovereignty and non interference. while russia's finance minister has suggested, china could help lessen the impact of western economic sanctions. a 3rd of moscow, $640000000000.00 and foreign reserves is held in the chinese currency you on the us national security advisor made this warning just before meeting china's top foreign policy advisor in italy. we have made it clear to not just beijing, but every country in the world dead, if they think that they can basically bail russia out, they can give russia a workaround to the sanctions that we've imposed. they should have another think coming because we will ensure that neither china, nor any one else can compensate russia for these losses. u. s. media, se moscow has asked beijing for military help and ukraine. china's foreign min

u. s. and but what is i think important here is the question what what kind of weapons might stop him of, what kind of deliveries are sensible and which are not? i think the weapons ukraine is getting right now have proved very effective the anti tank and anti air missiles and weapons they got from allies, western allies and also from germany after after all, after a long time of decision making and very effective. so are the turkish drones, the bayraktar drones and what would be entirely ineffective is a no flight zone. for example, simply because what the russians are doing now, they are firing cruise missiles from the caspian sea they are firing from inside russia. they can actually do the same as the u. s. is doing over many hundreds of kilometers. so uh no flight zone. if you extend it to ukraine you have to extend it actually over great parts of russia. if you don't do it it's ineffective. and so if you're not ready to do that, then don't start with it roman the war is currently at a stal

u. s. and the you have announced a plan to reduce european countries dependence on russian gas at a joint news conference with you, commission chief of underlying president, joe by city. yes. would increase its deliveries of liquefied natural gas to europe . by 15000000 cubic meters this year, replacing 110th of russia's gas supply. he also said the current crisis is an opportunity to boost renewable energy sources on his 1st trip to europe since russia's invasion of ukraine. good morning, u. s. president joe biden is stepping up efforts to assist you allies announcing a task force to reduce europe's reliance on russian fossil fuels that we're going to work to ensure an additional 115-1515 1000000 cubic meters of liquefied natural gas, l. n. g. for europe this year, and as the year, as you worked to discontinue it by russian gas. well before 2030 and law will also work to ensure additional you market demand for 50000000000 cubic meters. rowan g from united states annually by 2030 with almost ha

u. s. and need obviously, however, amongst other comments from have forgotten that just a couple of months ago, spread nuclear talk was coming from the washington dc. in december g o p, senator roger wicker suggested that the us should consider launching a nuclear strike against russia to defend to ukraine. china has voiced its displeasure with all the rhetoric when i want to affirm that china has always believed that no one can win a nuclear war, and no nuclear war can be fought. meanwhile, it's safe to say that while showing understanding for russia security concerns, staging is not fully backing that countries actions in ukraine at a meeting of the united nations. secure council instead of siding with russia, who, along with india and the united arab emirates via will china, abstained from voting on a security council resolution, which was aimed at ending the war in ukraine. that said, trying to made it clear that it believes a true diplomatic kind of run by all parties involving deeply is t

u. s. and europe consider founding imports from russia that can they live without russian energy. and europe, russian own gas storage facilities, all proving a source of concern. lucas say they've had enough of helping to fund the kremlin facility to be a business on roberts in berlin. welcome to the program. energy industry leaders are gathering and texas with their sector in crisis. russia's invasion of ukraine has delivered a shock to oil and gas markets and energy firms are under pressure to take a stand against moscow. governments are also planning to turn up the heat. international sanctions against russia have so far excluded the country's energy sector. but that's about to change. the u. s. and europe are exploring a ban on imports of russian oil and gas attendees of sarah week and annual energy conference in houston are discussing how to replace russian supply. now we see that the u. s. is, is looking to venezuela is considering getting increased production from venezuela . well, those

u. s. essentially and the u. s. and allies, nato are trying to create a black and white world where, where truth is entirely on the side of the united states and fall side is entirely on the side of russia. and this is obviously a comic book of view of the world and may work in hollywood, but it doesn't work in there and the real world and the, the real world, definitely perceives contradictions, ambiguities, etc, and wants to have a more thorough explanation. and that strikes me as entirely legitimate and by the way that it pertains not only the question of bio labs, but to a lot of other issues raised by this war, such as the influence of neo nazis and the ukrainian government. just to put something to as well word a term that's been used a lot recently. false flag operation done the some international representatives interpreted, rushes speech of the council as a prelude to, to just that is not assumption. something that you could 1st see is russia trying to divert attention away from the conflict with this, or is

u. s. and e u split over plans to ditch russian energy present invited announces of ban on russian oil pole is gas import for what consumers except even higher energy prices will go to new york for analysis. meanwhile, brussel, without a more cautious strategy to wear the block of russian energy by 2030. but who will bear the cost of energy independence will get the view from the company you think gas flowing through ukraine's pipeline. i'm chelsea delaney and or land welcome to the show. us president joe biden has announced a ban on importing russian oil and retaliation for the invasion of ukraine. by the move comes as the united states is already struggling with rising fuel prices and inflation. us imports only a small percentage of its oil from russia, but the band will like we push oil prices even higher. but the price of brent crude reaching a 14 year high this week. now for more on this, let's bring in, james sweeney, our financial correspondent in new york. james, how big of a blow is th

and, you know, it seems that the u. s. certainly is willing to fight russia down to the last ukranian and in this very volatile situation, i think every country can play a role in china as a major power. a certainly is called for a peaceful solution. teresa, i can see that you want to respond and i'm going to give you that chance. let me just go to high know and ask him as well. i know what does the us expect from china right now. the united states as well as the rest of the world, and certainly the members of the united nations expect china to play a productive role. and, and when i say that, you know, it reflects very clearly on china, it's leadership. and the regime led by the ccp and how about in the us that stay if the chinese want to actually be a major power on the world stage and want to be what we used to refer to the bush administration or responsible stakeholder. china certainly needs to step up to the plate. and remember, russia invaded a nother united nation number a sovereign country, a country by the way, tha