u. s. had led the charge urging europe to impose crippling sanctions that would bear laugh at washington in the financial well to the u as leaves the bryant, the you in the u. k. in say, a recession because they have no other options. the occurrences with collapse, as the landscape becomes increasingly worse and for the europeans, they're taken to the streets to voice their concerns. that as the energy bill since the sama have clearly shown what direction this has all been going in, but their political elliots weren't paying attention focused on loan, bringing russia to its knees, whatever the cost. and now it seems that brussels can finally see the riding on the wall. europe has sat itself on the distractive political beth and the ally that promised to help it along the way is only benefiting from that. we spoke with economic and political commentator, i comma says as an old familiar game being played here. the us is doing everything to keep europe dependent on them to make the old game that t

u. s. had announced an ongoing criminal investigation into the wikileaks releases and interpol had issuedarrest in connection with sex crimes in sweden. male newscaster: the law enforcement around the world is turning up the heat on the website wikileaks. newscaster: an international arrest warrant can now be issued for julian assange. newscaster: one of these charges concerns an allegation of rape. newscaster: interpol has put him on a wanted list in connection with rape allegations in sweden. newscaster: two charges of molestation and one of unlawful coercion. jennifer: the swedish prosecut did not need to issue that warrant because we were actively offering his cooperation and testimony. she got an arrest warrant for his questioning in circumstances when we were offering his testimony. it wasn't required at that time, and yet they sought it in the context of a major publication. that's why people ask questions about the timing. michael: the sex allegations led to even greater tension within wikileaks. daniel: for me, in any kind of a serious organization, if your manager or your editor

u. s. had led the charge urging europe to impose crippling sanctions that would bear lap act. washington in the financial well to the u. s. leads the blind to the you in the u. k. into recession because they have no other options. the occurrences would collapse, as the landscape becomes increasingly worse and for the europeans, they're taken to the streets to voice their concerns. that as the energy bill since the sama have clearly shown what direction this has all been going in, but their political elliots weren't paying attention focused on loan, bringing russia to. it's nice, whatever the cost. and now it seems that brussels can finally see the riding on the wall. europe has sat itself on the distractive political path and the ally that promise to help it along the way is only benefiting from that former u. s. army chief or vice chief of thoughts and i say have said that mercury support the grain is a worthy investment. with a can support account in full 1 point one percent of the countries budget. he emphasized washington is helping to create a strong opponent of moscow. we

u. s. has had for decades, it will need to deepen its relationships, although not a formula line, the bricks that brazil russia, india, china, and south africa has attracted some attention. in china, the state from media has praised the brakes alliance for boosting, what it called non western styles of multilateralism. but alliances don't guarantee harmony. the relationship between china and india, both members, it's a good case in point home to 1400000000 people. india is the worlds fastest growing big economy, but it's relationship with china is currently overshadowed by a fraction border dispute. tens of thousands of soldiers from both sides are stationed on the more than 3000 kilometer long border. hardly a solid foundation for an ever deepening economic union in short say that this is actually an katie made at the moment and this is also spilling a lot in political, economic, strategic issues as well. no surprise then that india has been courses by the u. s . as part of its own trade standoff

u. s. had led the charge urging europe to impose quibbling, sanctions that would bear lap act. washington in the financial well to the u. s. leads the blind to the you in the u. k. in say, a recession because they have no other options. the occurrences would collapse, as the landscape becomes increasingly worse and for the europeans, they're taken to the streets to voice their concerns. that's as the energy bill since the sama have clearly shown what direction this has all been going in. but their political elliots were and paying attention focused on loan, bringing russia to its knees, whatever the cost. and now it seems that brussels can finally see the riding on the wall. europe has sat itself on the distracted political path and the ally that promise to help it along the way is only benefiting from that be okay, reaction from economist and political comment that i can hammer. he says there's an old familiar game at play right now. the us is doing everything to keep europe dependent on them to make the old game that the brits have done before to keep this harmony on the compl

u. s. had led the charge urging europe to impose crippling sanctions that would barely back washington in the financial world to the u. s. leads the bryant, the you in the u. k. in say a recession because they have no other options. their currency would collapse, as the landscape becomes increasingly worse, and for the europeans, they're taken to the streets to voice their concerns that as their energy bill since the summer have clearly shown what direction this has all been going in. but their political elliott's weren't paying attention focused on loan, bringing russia to it's near whatever the cost. and now it seems that brussels can finally see the riding on the wall. europe has set itself on the distractive political bath and the ally that promise to help it along the way is only benefiting from that. be again, reaction from economist and political commentator i could hammer, he says there's an old familiar game at play right now. the u. s is doing everything to keep europe dependent on th

u. s. had been irresponsible for carrying out recent military drills . china said that the crux of the issue was mistrust and confrontation between north korea and the u. s. which it accused of double standards aah! on the white houses accused in alliance of the wilds top, well, producers of aligning with russia after they agree to cut their output to boost prices. the opec plus group, which includes russia and saudi arabia, says it will reduce production by $2000000.00 barrels a day. but the last is called the move short sighted and misguided sang, or hon. the global economy feel price is skyrocketed in the spring when russia invaded ukraine. that dropped in the last 3 months, other fears of a global recession. u. s. officials say they want to keep oil prices low to deprive russia a revenue. a cut in production could also lead to higher prices at petro pumps. is what saudi arabia's energy minutes that to say after that meeting. our priority now is stabilizing market. now we could be accused of

u. s. had been granted temper protection from deportation due to the conflict in their country. ethiopian government has been battling rebels and the northern t by region almost 2 years. the balance is kill thousands. the 2 sides are expected to hold peace talks in south africa, starting on monday with the united states remains prepared to take appropriate measures against those who obstruct a resolution of this conflict. and we are determined to have those who commit human rights abuses held to account. let me be clear, there is no military solution to this conflict. the only path forward is for the parties to pursue a negotiated settlement through peace talks. and we must prevent the region from spiraling further out of control. will fossil ruble as a political analyst focusing on the horn of africa? he spoke to us about the significance of the u. s. government's intervention? well, it's about time. i think the us find on these are good, nice that it has to get into this issue and seek some r

u. s. had military train is from iran are on the ground in crimea, helping russian troops use of the drums. washington believes iranian drones, we used hit the capital cave as well as energy facilities across the country. one is not reacted to the latest us accusations, but denies the drawings. are iranian made flood as ideas an associate professor at the faculty of well study that inverse tier to ron and says that one should be allowed to sell weapons. this is normal in international arm sales that you would send experts to train the buying country to use whatever the buying country is, is buying. and you know, people wonder here that if, if it's okay for the americans to sell these veterans 1000000000, the billions of dollars every year, and the saudis use that attack, am and, and other places. why shouldn't even be able to sell weapons to international buyers. given the fact that you don't need the money in the sanctions as causing difficulties in iran and watching out their life from london

u. s. plans to muster all nato nations under the aegis of operation dropshot. in 1949, the, the soviets acquired their own nuclear weapons. so any plan to annihilate the u. s . s. i had to be postponed indefinitely, but the idea remains the same. the united states have to be seen as the only major player in the international arena, or anyone who sold otherwise had to be wiped from the us. soviet union itself is no more. this is a victory for democracy and freedom. these events clearly serve on nash melinda with george bush was. i'm good down of it on you. one anguish v. i'm yeah, not leashed to cost in zebulon and tablet block on one was one of the dean and these milan sound and zine saucen men. mine's a young child as an annoying c on and it was on plus, he had to say that a competitor to know jesus, london, a united states became the indispensable country, are worth exceptional people, whose obligation was to lay down the path for all of the countries and so it became a new and renewed justification for american aggression in the world. it was the justification for the 20 years of war and the 21st century and the middle east for the attack. so on 7 countries, that'

kept to the government's pro, head covers line a line had em crosses every day, but well, outside of iran, reminder of our top story, the seller, u. s. lake has had ordered donald trump to give evidence about the january 6th storming of the u. s. capital. the former president is required to have a chair with people. thanks for watching. the w business is coming up next. ah. hello guys. this is the 77 percent the platform with issues. hey, share idea. you know, on this channel we're not afraid to talk to young people clearly have the solution that future to the 77 percent every weekend on d. w. a thought they were great with a, a radically reduced workforce and a potential national security review reports about how twitter might look under ilan must have left investors feeling jittery. we'll get analysis from our financial correspondent in new york. also coming up, germany's chancellor off shows defense aplomb deal that would see chinese investment in the course of hamburg. and as winter approaches, germany is speeding up construction of a liquefied natural gas terminal. a key step towards becoming less dependent on russian energy is

u. s. had been granted temporary protection from deportation due to the conflict in the country. ethiopians government has been battling rebels and they know them to by region. almost 2 years on pakistan from a prime minister in one con us colon, his supporters to stop protesting, following an order barring him from holding public office for 5 years. election commission rule at con, unlawfully. so gifts given by foreign leaders come says he'll appeal the order in court. so those were the headlines. news continues here now to 0 after blood and tears french di colonization station. thanks so much. ah ah, it took over 400 years for the french to build and maintain their vast empire. but the whole structure came tumbling down in the space of a quarter of a century. france swam against the tide of history and tried to keep hold of its colonies by whatever means possible. but by the mid 20th century, that position was no longer sustainable. this is the story of the collapse of one of the biggest thin

u. s. s. i was devastated by well the it either states last about 400000 people had the brit sloss less than the americans did. and the soviet suffer . 27000000 deaths bmw 27000000 is an incredible number by john kennedy k. american university of commencement address it back to 63. he said that what the soviet suffered of world war 2 was the equivalent of the entire united states, east of chicago having been destroyed. mm. initially the plan to attack the u. s. l was code named trojan, overtime. it evolved into pincher bush lega, crankshaft half moon, cold wheel, off tackle and cherry. a. dia. december 19th, 1949. saw the adoption of the best known plan to wipe out the soviets operation. dropshot, date of attack. january the 1st 1957. the plan outlined the complete annihilation of the usaa under the democratic guise of liberating the nations from communism. but those very nations would be wiped out along with communism. in the 1st phase of authoration, dropshot in visits dropping 300 nuclear and 250000 tons of conventional bombs on the soviet union. in 100 soviet cities were pre selected as targ

u. s. and had a meeting with mr. mccarthy. we were assured that bipartisan support of ukrainians war with russia will remain a top priority even if they win the elections. where u. s. media outlets were quick to denounce represented of mccarthy statement, saying that the mach chrissy is no longer important to republicans. as the democrats still hold, the majority of seats in the highest ukraine continues to get hefty financial help from the us. with a, we're $17000000000.00 in a to having already been sense, much of it weapons, washington plans to transfer another $725000000.00 to kia for security assistance. that comes as storing inflation is being ignored by the biden administration. according to fox news host, tucker carlson. i'm not concerned about our economy. i'm concerned about ukraine. our economy is strong as hell. really. have you look at marcus? it's not just tycoon of care. that's where your retirement account is. it's way down. and by the way, day to day you notice inflation, we have record inflation. we've got som

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u. s. international has had several injury setbacks in recent years. the last time his side faced stood gotten april. verena limped off the pitch in tears. this time though, he was left with all smiles. while le, now let's hear from gerena and another of documents, teenage goals scores. jude bellingham, starting with the man was fighting his form after those injury setbacks for myself and for the team. it was a really good, really good game today. so i think i was really, really happy. what's your comment on his a contribution to they? yes. all right, and i, it is. is it looks like an even been out. that's one thing i would say about him in ari comes in to the guy is from his 1st torture on applied ford. and that's the con applies, you know, flying, maybe just get irritable. it does what he does and obviously gets his gold at a dissolved, you know, i'll not so many people walk hard and how he's wise to get back for him football. so he's design everything he gets to die in for the rest of the season. and the i'm trying to frankfurt continued, there runs

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u. s. ed. russia had informed it a day earlier of its intention to carry out the drills. ah ballistic missiles blast off a dramatic show of rushes and nuclear capability weapons launching from land sea and the sky. all under president, putin supervision. rushes defense minister reporting the drills which are held annually simulated a massive nuclear strike in retaliation for a nuclear attack on russia. the exercise comes, as bruton blamed the united states for its involvement in the conflict, the liberty movie. what i would say is that usa will really conflict that ukraine has become an instrument of american foreign policy. do i need to do? it is actually lost its sovereignty claim and is directly controlled by the united states, which is using it as a battering ram against russia. the liberty, more or less that uses a person again, made claims that ukraine is preparing to use a so called dirty bomb, dirty bombs or explosives containing radioactive material, but a not nuclear bombs, and are not nearly as powerful. his claims have been roundly rejected by ukraine and west

u. s. leaders had contacted the un secretary general and asked for this investigation to be done. and the un charter makes it very clear that these international bodies are not intended to serve one particular country. rather, they are focused on carrying out the un mission, the maintenance of what he said, cetera. so basically, the russian ambassador pointed out that this whole meeting and this whole investigation vit, in, with an ongoing pattern. the un and other international body is being used for a partisan purpose to demonize russia, to try and isolate russia to build up propaganda against russia, and that it was simply improper. the way this issue was being handled. here's what ambassador and ben z i had to say. this approach is at odds with the core principles, operations, and nations, including the separation of authority between its main bodies and specialized bodies. it runs counter to basic logic, if on the questions of essence and politics, the secretariat, responds, it single handedly and decides issues based on instruction from certain states than why our collective

u. s international has had several injury set facts in recent years. the last time his side faced a got him april raina limped off the pitch and tears. this time though, he was all smiles. well, let's hear from gerena and another of docklands teenage gold scores. jude bellingham, starting with the man who is finding his form after those injury setbacks for myself and for the team. it was a really good, really good game today. so i think everyone's really, really happy. what's your comment on usa contribution to they? yeah. zora and i'm not theories, is it looks like and even been out. last one thing i would say i have our immuno comes in to the guy is from his 1st torture on applied ford and that's the con applies, you know, flying maybe just irritable. it does what he does and obviously gets his go dad, i deserve, you know, i'll not so many people work harder how he's worked to get back for him. football so is desire. everything he gets to die in for the rest of the season. and i talked, frank feds continued their run of good form with a 31 victory at

u. s. international has had several injury, setbacks, and lucent years. the last time his side faced stood, got an april raina, lived off the pitch in tears. this time though, he was all smiles. well, now let's hear from gerena and another of dot muns teenage goals scores. jude bellingham, starting with the man whose finding his form off to those injury setbacks for myself and for the clean, it was a really good, really good game today. so i think everyone's really, really happy. what's your comment on her so contributions? they yes. all right. and i, it is, he is, it looks like and even been out. that's one thing i would say about him. you know, he comes in to the guy is from his 1st thought she's trying to play forward. and that's the kind of play you play. and we've, you just give you an a bowl, it does what he does and obviously gets his gold at a deserve, you know, i've not seen many people work hard and how he's worked to get back for him football, so he desires everything he gets today and for the rest of the season, his reminder of our top story,

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u. s. and had a meeting with mr. mccarthy. we were assured that bipartisan support of ukrainian and swore with russia will remain a top priority even if they win the elections. while he was media outlets pounced. there were quick to denounce mccarthy statement, saying that democracy is no longer important to republicans. as the democrats still hold, the majority of seats in the house, ukraine continues to get half the financial help from washington, with over $17000000000.00 in aid. having been already sent now much of it weapons a washington plaza transfer, another $725000000.00 to keir for security assistance. now that comes as soaring, inflation is being ultimately ignored by the, by the ministration though that is, according to fox news host, tucker carlson. i'm not concerned about our economy. i'm concerned about ukraine, our economy strong as well. 7 really have you looked at markets as not just tycoon, should care that for your retirement account is it's way down. and by the way, day to day you notice inflation. we have

u. s. allies and it comes as a prominence fox news host points out that. busy joe biden had said himself that the u. s. would quote, bring an end to the north seam gas pipeline that runs from russia to germany. where might some americans have gotten the notion that the by the administration might have been involved directly or through a proxy in the destruction of the north string pipelines? why would they think that they should, we didn't watch them. russia today or t has been pulled off the air when they learned from joe biden himself, he's the president. there will be no longer so nor stream to we will bring an end. and then we crowed about how great it was after it happened. we had nothing at all to do with it. and if you don't, by that story uncritically, if you have any questions about how exactly that might work, you're a disloyal american, shut up the destruction of food, the nord street pipeline, which i, i would bet was a us action, perhaps u. s. and poland. i this is, i don't, we don't stop there, that's a, that's a quite a statement as well. why do you feel like

u. s. plants to muster all nato nations under the aegis of operation dropshot. in 1949, the, the soviets acquired their own nuclear weapons. so any plan to annihilate the u. s . as i had to be postponed indefinitely, but the idea remains the same. the united states have to be seen as the only major player in the international arena. i. anyone who sold otherwise had to be wiped from the us since union itself is no mold, this is a victory for democracy and freedom. these events clearly serve on national interest. george bush was, i'm good down of it on you. one anguish v. i'm guy, not she leashed off to move on and tablet block on my most of the, you know enough per diem. andes, milan sounds. i know saucen men my, the actual address in, in c on it was on because he had to say that our competitor to know jesus landis mm. united states became the indispensable country are worth exceptional people whose obligation was to lay down the path for all of the countries. and so it became a new i renewed a justification for american aggression in the world. it was the justification for the 20 years of war and the 21st century and the middle east for the attack. so on 7 countries,

u. s. officials had condemned a wrong denouncing or runs alleged military support to russia and contrasting it to you as attempts to make the world a safer place. i think iran is making a big mistake. we've been trying for a while now to have a nuclear agreement with iran so that we can make the world a safer place. and now they're going off aiding the russians and making boat of my safe place. u. s. officials have accused or ron, i've direct involvement in the conflict by supplying so called kamikaze drones, though, both russia and are wrong. i've repeatedly denied those claims. meanwhile, washington and ukraine, the other nato allies continue large weapons shipment, sticky ad, but maintain they are not party to the conflict despite westerns, applied weapons in used to strike russian territory. earlier we spoke to ken stone from the hamilton coalition to stop the war is as polo sees an wider us rhetoric is just another example of double standards. it's hypocrisy again. i double standard that the canada, the u. s. u k and many other countries are port billions, tens of billions of dollars i

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and in some ways had the u. s. as the soviets were more on the same page in certain respects than the u. s. and the british were at the time, during the same period, the germans offered stalin a trade for his son, yackel, who was being held in a concentration camp and exchanged, with general field marshal feed. rick palace captured near stalingrad. the gremlins mazda answered, i don't trade soldiers, promotionals the allies knew about it. roosevelt was notorious of being very complimentary towards stolen and russia general and its people, and very cold and distant, to winston churchill ah, stone in standing and tara was very strong. the germans had surrendered near stalingrad the great tank battle of the coast phone should be warned. the red army was advancing, but great britain was losing its influence. it was obvious for everyone, including churchill. later he said, caught between the great russian bear on one side and the american buffalo on the other. there was i a poor little english donkey. ah, the key issue

u. s. i saw wiping it off the weld map. to that end, all new weapon types had to be deployed nuclear, chemical, radiological, and biological, as well as small arms. the final phase breaking the ussr into full zones and posting nato troops on its territory. ah, more than 80000000 people. the majority of the huge countries population would have died in the intense bombing and subsequent fighting. we have a series of these cries of war plants, like kennedy briefed on them in the early 1960. he was our of by, you know, any that we call ourselves the human race. but these clans continued for preemptive attacks against the soviet union. but this was, in essence an updated version of the nazi general plan. aust, that envisaged eliminating millions of slavic people and as in world war 2, when much of europe stood united against the usaa for the us plans to muster all nato nations, under the aegis of operation dropshot. in 1949, the soviets acquired the own nuclear weapons. so any plan to annihilate the u. s. as all had to be postponed indefinitely. but the idea remains