u. s. has been spinning the coverage of africa's food crisis sang some current rush and grain supplies to the continent have been stolen from ukraine as, as africa, struggles with severe food shortages as it faces a potential fireman, eli artie shaw. dimansky told me 3 was been behind the latest us allegations against russia. i met this crisis in africa. well, this is the u. s. that is apparently said out a memo to some 14 countries, many of which are on the african continent. st. don't buy grain from russia. if you do, you must understand that this grain has been stolen from ukraine. that's at least the allegation from the state department in the u. s. and this is a huge quandary for many african countries at the moment. because in a we have seen massive issues when it comes to the delivery of going to these countries that heavily depend on these deliveries from russia and also ukraine. countries that are seeing air problems at the moment with a lack of rain coming in that's being problematic.

u. s. has hit a new 40 year high consumer price is jumped 8.6 percent in may compared to the same time last year. so in cost of petrol has been blamed and driven by high demand and persistence supply shortages. the federal reserve is expected to respond with an interest rate rise. next week. you can find out more of course, on our website by all the stories that were falling, but the stream is next. ask me if anyone will be held accountable for the killing of al jazeera journalist sharing plate, but by ah abuse with another one in the future. i don't need to be a from with them. i need to be honest with you. most of the new you also knew so that the home and a view to what we so to what the hell that the put up with a lot of information. yet. obama, the possible booking for the you know, the whole one. i don't want to deal with that and then i will see, bobby house. i don't want a shooting abuto to the ah. 3 shootings killing is the story. the same story. she was telling the difference is that

u. s. has an opportunity and frankly, a responsibility here, as you noted, korean was an american citizen. and you know, the u. s. the state department has set itself, they know higher priority than to that of its citizens abroad to the, to their safety and their security. so there is an opportunity here, and while it may be certainly long overdue, i think many people have argued that i would argue that it's also not too late. and that letter was sent to sexual blink and sexual states for the united states. i want to bring in here omar adult who is pretty quick analyst. he's really passionate about palestinian rights. and this is what he told us a few hours earlier, you know, haven't listen and i'd love to get your reaction. is omar festival lack of accountability from the united states for israel. the atrocities is nothing new for literally decades. israel has been committing unspeakable war crimes against palestinians. and the u. s. has not just been silent. they've actually been funding thes

u. s. who few is promised to fully protect ty one given that the u. s. has already lost is credibility in defending is friends of many countries, especially when those friends have lost strategic value to the u. s. a worse deal with sometimes to us, sees it in his interest to support a prolong proxy war to we can is opponent. so a process, the war is still possible, especially through the local help of south korea and japan and perhaps australia as well as a time on his application to join the in the pacific economic framework, which china has called an exclusive us like that. that was turned down a why was it turned down on what kind of message does that sent to both china and taiwan the us is sending very, makes a passage about its relationship. we have a tie one on may, 5th, washington. the underscore that taiwan is a t u. s. partner in the pacific and that full size have deep and growing commercial financial 2 in tre types. but in fact, the u. s. has embraced seems. and nixon administration, policy of strategic ambiguity when it comes to taiwan, closing

u. s. has issued several general license peach. it a commitment that he made back at the start of the war in ukraine, saying that we will protect every centimeter of nato territory. and he says that germany is doing that by a beefing up its own military spending. but also by sending of troops and materiel to nato's eastern flank and showing its commitment that way. but of course, also by the support that it's given to ukraine. both the financial and decreasing li are in the form of the direct military support as well. in simon the jason and he tried to quash the idea that he is moving too slowly on helping ukraine. did he achieve what he wanted to i guess that will depend on why the perceptions there certainly are plenty of people here in germany, opposition politicians and others. who think that to the progress has been too slow and too hesitant? will other world leaders, you know, give germany the credit that i laugh, shouts thinks it deserves. i will have to wait and see. yeah, he's got a we

u. s. has approved a new package of military aid for ukraine with $1000000000.00 bringing its total donations to key f since to stop the conflict $6600000000.00. he has demands for support are changing. however, with asking now for more powerful rocket systems, which the u. s. does say it is ready to send earlier my colleague, you know, neil discuss the recent decisions to provide new packages of military to ukraine with ortiz shot davinsky decision by the u. s. defense secretary to announce further funding for ukraine ad that was the announcement that there would be $1000000000.00 of further funding security assistance for ukraine. and this is got a whole list of new weaponry that is going to be wing its way over there. that includes guided m r s ammunitions. how it says as some 36000, a 155 millimeter ammunitions. also harpoon coastal defense systems, thermal cameras, a massive man that's been announced just from the us. also getting announcements on wednesday from germany back in new weapons

u. s. has reportedly pledged more then 50 for a $1000000000.00 in total with the e. u. finalizing another financial package. we're at just under 10000000000. and if ukraine eventually does make it into the european union, it won't be the 1st member of the block way done by some half day financial baggage is the crux, while many will be jumping for joy over this news. they are soon likely to come back to earth with a big bump. ukraine has issues, big economic issues. the war has provoked. many of them, it can't be ignored. the parts of the country will have to be rebuilt from scratch . and that is going to cost a lot of money. early estimates from the u. n. suggest some $600000000000.00 with a price tag going up every day. the e u has already a marked recovery funds. we stand ready to take a leading role in the international reconstruction efforts to help rebuild a democratic and prosperous ukraine. this means investments will go hand in hand with reforms that will support ukraine and pursuing i

u. s. has been latin america's at top trading partner, but he's now facing a new challenge from china. we spoke with an activist who sees the area is no actively demonstrating more opposition to us. dominance i believe is more than just cuba, venezuela. and you can either posing problems for us had germany, even though a good number of nations of latin america attended the summit of exclusion of violence. they still announced and declared in the summit, they were not happy with what was taken place. and it's a warning, it's a warning from argentina, from other leaders who said, you cannot continue that the fact that the u. s. was hosting the summit of the americas did not give it the right to decide who belongs mexico with love is saying, now we speak as a latin american nation as a latin american nation on behalf of all of latin america and the caribbean. and why love is over, as the most significant figure refused to attend the summit of the americas. that will probably have some repercussion

u. s. has approved a new package of military aid for ukraine worth $1000000000.00 bring this tow. so donation security. since the start of the conflict to $6600000000.00 give demands though, are changing, wither now, asking for more powerful walker systems, which the u. s. as it is prepared to send earlier, my colleague and an o'neil discuss the recent decisions provide new packages of military aid to ukraine without ease ashad gibbons decision by the u. s. defense secretary to announce further funding for ukraine ad. that was the announcement that there would be $1000000000.00 of further funding security assistance for ukraine. and this has got a whole list of new weaponry that is going to be wing its way over there. that includes guided m r s admonitions. how it says as some 36000, a 155 millimeter ammunitions, also harpoon coastal defense systems, thermal cameras, a massive man that's been announced just from the u. s. also getting announcements on wednesday from germany, back in the weapons

u. s. appeal is promised to fully protect high one given that the u. s. has already lost is credibility in defending is friends of many countries, especially when those friends have lost strategic value to the us. we're still with sometimes to us these each in the interest to support a prolong proxy war to we can in the pony. so a press, the war is still possible, especially to the local help of korea and japan and perhaps australia as well. iran has accused the u. s. of destroying world trade and undermining international relations. as washington has received the cargo from an iranian oil time because it was seized on the greek coast, back in april by athens. lucille georgia had in the united states is the biggest destroyer of free trade. it is the biggest destroyer of global economic rules for finance, investment and international trade. the u. s. uses the dollar as a weapon and turns it into a tool to interfere in every aspect of the global economy that jose, what the u. s. has done is wreaking havoc to world relations when in response to that seizure of t

u. s. has provided jets on pilot training for almost every saudi unit conducting strikes in yemen. attacks which have been widely criticized for causing huge amounts of civilian debts. that is, according to a recent study published by the washington post new analysis by the washington post and security force monitor at columbia law schools. human rights institute provides the most complete picture yet of the depth and breadth of us support for the saudi led air campaign, revealing that a substantial portion of the air raids were carried out by jets, developed, maintained and sold by u. s. companies and pilots who were trained by the u. s. military. the saudi led coalition, 7 year long war against toothy rebels in yemen has cost thousands of lives with over 23000000 people in need of humanitarian assistance. and who was the number one sponsor of re ads campaign. the u. s. joe biden suspended sales last year and promised the u. s. would stop supporting offensive saudi operations. still the mainte

u. s. has long been critical of china's trade practices, but what exactly is it that the g 7 is objecting to? yeah, the g 7 has certainly made clear that confronting china is a big part of its mandate. and we're seeing similar frustrations as in recent years . one of them is reneging on commitments to the w t o, but primarily the overall in dependence of these group of 7 nations on the country. after all, china is a lead exporter and dumps t products all around the world. in here in the united states, biden has made confronting china a cornerstone of its trade policy of its foreign policy and there have revealed, there has been some tensions revealed. of course, there are reports that the binding ministration is going to lift tariffs on chinese goods that were 1st imposed by the trump administration in its trade war with the nation. but some must say that this would not help the u. s. goal of increasing domestic production as well as increasing competitiveness with the nation. biden has also re

u. s. has imposed against russia, there appear to be more questions than answers starts to feel the impact of their own measures. just month after washington announced unprecedented sanctions against moscow. well, the media now admitted that the binding ministration is concern about the effect. those measures are having at home rather than abroad from soaring gas prices and inflation concerns over a global food crisis. the united states right now is really hurting, and that's just the beginning. in fact, even officials from the us treasury or no admitting that they're concerned about the over use of things against russia. all of the reports are saying that the u. s . government is even encouraging american companies to purchase russian for fertilizer in order to increase supplies overall. but actually the question of whether that would violate distinction. the u. s. currently has in place. 2 the answers are not entirely clear here. the story that the sanctions are causing the problem, i think i

u. s. has pushed the nato countries into this predicament. and, and they are, and the european countries really are now their own backs against the wall. they weren't prepared for this. they weren't prepared for the, the escalation of this crisis to the point that it is right now. and it's rely and once again on the west to try and, and back fill as we call it. clearly they are, they were under us pressure to do something. and you get to see the, the defense minister and the defense military, sorta cringing at that at that announcement because they knew that they don't have the, the, the, the equipment in their, in their stocks. they don't even have it in their inventory. a lot of these weapons are going into the hands of the as of italian and the other, neo nazi groups that are now part of the ukranian military. and we have no way of knowing how they're being used or that could be sold for that matter. and, and maybe even sold to a terrorist groups. we have no, we have no way to judge what the

u. s. has been printing money like it's going out of style and it's backed by nothing where $30.00 trillion dollars in debt . so obviously the dollar is losing value for those reasons, it was losing value and inflation was increasing even before the special operation began in february. and biden's poll numbers are now and historically low levels. and so he's desperately trying and in advance of the mid term elections in november to find a way to blame someone out. so of course he blames the usual whipping boy russian. who right, you've been blame for everything from the truckers striking canada to the black lives matter protest even calling catherine a taking any right. so anytime the democrats get in trouble, they blame the russian to me. this is just childish, the us deputy assistant secretary of state eric woodhouse has tried to explain why americans are bearing the brunt of the sanctions against russia. we can now take a listen to exactly what the u. s. official had to say. in any sanctions

u. s. has been funding for 6 bio loves in ukraine, allegedly to help the country security with 4 am on sunday morning in the russian capital on peach scots, and welcome to the weekly here on our t what we start with some the latest news from the war in ukraine, the nist city center has been shelved by ukrainian forces us according to local authorities. instant left at least 2 civilians window and according to reports, 15 rockets were fired as heavily populated area in the next republic. capital several residential buildings were damaged with fires breaking out after the shelling and the local hospital also taking damage. meanwhile, in nearby i gave her which is on the ukrainian control what appears to be a mushroom cloud was reportedly seen near a chemical plant, a local media se appeared after a series of explosions. and the rising smoke was seen by locals in den, yes, which is some 20 kilometers away. while people in the net on the outskirts live on the constant shilling our correspondence, r

u. s. has extended a waiver to allow certain energy related transactions with the russian companies to take place until december. the 5th stop is the same day. it's a significant date because it's the same day be in you and tends to start enforcing an embargo against seaborne in ports of russian or ortiz. rachel blevins has been looking at whether the west initial all our punishment approach to moscow has paid off. now, when it comes to the numerous things shows that the u. s. has imposed against russia, there appear to be more questions than answers starts to feel the impact of their own measures. just months after washington announced unprecedented sanctions against moscow. well, the media now admitted that the binding ministration is concern about the effect those measures are having at home rather than abroad from soaring gas prices and inflation. your concerns over a global food crisis. the united states right now is really hurting, and that's just the beginning. in fact, even officials fr

u. s. has sanctioned to both iran and venezuela and in recent years have expanded their relationship by my field. we will be witnesses in the coming years. our countries will confront the difficulties they face and create a new world. the youth in venezuela, the youth in iran, must know that the world of the future will be a just world without imperialism. a world of equality, both of us have to build that future mister president. and i can tell you, and all of the people of iran that you can rely on the support of venice. we're lucky. 20 countries at the summit of the americas of announcer so called los angeles declaration on migration. it creates intent incentives for government to take in more migrants. but some regional leaders weren't invited, or others boycotted the vent. so it's not clear how effective the measures will be . it's been one month since sharina barclay was shot by israeli forces. while on assignment a vigil has been held at the scene of the shooting engineer in the occupied

u. s. has sent to yemen is bread crumbs in comparison to the over $50000000000.00 in usaid to ukraine. but that likely wouldn't fit the white house as agenda biden's, reportedly set to visit. re add later this month to court the saudis, into lowering global oil prices and punishing russia for it's offensive in ukraine . what a 180 degree turn from back on the campaign trail when biden called saudi arabia, a pariah state for its suspected role in the killing of journalists, jamal, co shoji, back in 2018. we were not going to in fact sell more weapons to them. we were going to in fact, connect and pay the price and make, and in fact, pariah. they are. sounds like a great way for the u. s. to stick it to a country, it's accusing of war crimes. enlist the help of another country that's consciously facilitating one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world. but then the defense industry, represented by companies like lockheed martin raytheon, are making a lot of me on this war. and i think that'

u. s. has contributed substantially more in terms of money and weapons. it, you know, has the advantage of having the real military, you know, the dominates nato. frankly, the country that most european countries have cheerfully cheap written on, you know, for decades. so there's an element of which the u. s. has a natural leadership role there, but it's not alone. the other countries matter and it matters a lot to have other european countries indicate they are prepared to do more. and we see even the country like turkey can throw a spanner in the works over the issue of bringing in finland and sweden for its own purposes. so there is leadership, but there's not domination. i think that what we see going forward is indicated mecropolis hated political situation, a 3 party government bearing significant energy cause even in the us, the politics is not going to be easy outside of washington. you know, support. busy for a deep commitment to ukraine does not necessarily that strong. i talked to my non political friends and they are asking why $40000000000.00

u. s. has delivered over a 100 of these modern and hilary pieces and will soon send long range missile systems. poland has donated at least 18 self propelled houses and hundreds of soviet era tanks. germany to has pledged more heavy equipment on the to do list. the gear pot self propelled anti aircraft gun effective against low flying aircraft . the mars multiple launch rockets system, able to targets up to 80 kilometers away at the state of the art iris t anti aircraft system, able to clear the sky of enemy aircraft and missiles but the 1st batch of gay pots and the moss launches only slated for delivery in july the iris t white only arrived in ukraine in october. a long wait for a country under constant attack from the air. and in other news, 8 medical personnel will stand trial charged with criminal negligence over the death of argentina, soccer, great diego marianna, a 6 year old died of cardiac arrest 2 years ago while recovering from brain surgery for a blood clot. he had also battles coc

u. s. has long been a very strong supporter of eastern european nato members, and a strong strong advocate of a very robust defense of nato's eastern north eastern flank. so it comes as no surprise that this strategic concept shift that we will be seeing from a deterrence posture in the baltic, republics and along the eastern flank to a defense posture, meaning an expansion of the battle groups to brigade size that rapid response force that terry mentioned earlier and expansion from 40002300000 troops that can be quickly brought in. all of that is something very much in line with us thinking. and of course, president biden has also been viewed as absolutely key to shoring up the unity within the alliance as well. of course, as with the broader friends of the us in regard to ukraine. another aspect in which the u. s. is absolutely central to percent. as you know, us presidents going back decades, you have been pushing for what's called burden sharing and not getting it until this war began. and

u. s. has delivered over a 100 of these modern artillery pieces and will soon send long range missiles systems. poland has donated at least 18 self pelt. how it's us, and hundreds of soviet era tanks. germany to has pledged more heavy equipment on the to do list. the gear pot self propelled anti aircraft gun effective against low flying aircraft. the mass multiple launch rockets system, able to targets up to 80 kilometers away. at the state of the art iris t anti aircraft system. able to clear the sky of enemy aircraft and missiles. but the 1st batch of gay parts and the mass launchers are only slated for delivery in july. the iris t might only arrive in ukraine in october, a long wait for a country under constant attack from the air. and earlier we spoke to nicholas and drummond, a defense industry analyst, and a former officer in the british army. we asked him about the logistical challenges of supplying heavy weapons to ukraine. will the, it is not just the houses themselves, is the ammuniti

u. s. has been funding 46 by loves in ukraine, allegedly to help the country security with welcome to the weekly here on t international. my name is peter scott bringing you some of the stories that shape the week. but 1st, we'll start off with the latest from the war in ukraine. the denotes city center has been shown by ukrainian forces us according to local authorities. the instant left at least 2 civilians wounded on according to those reports, 50 rockets were fired. it's a heavily populated area in the next public's capital. several residential buildings were damaged with fires breaking out after the shelling at the local hospital is also taken some damage. meanwhile, in near by up day of care, which is under ukrainian control, what appears to be a mushroom cloud was reportedly seen near chemical plants. local media say it's a pit after a series of explosions and the risings. what was seen by locals in done yes. which is some 20 kilometers away. while people in the yes on the south coast li

about a statement that president medulla has made saying that venezuela, under, on, as he puts it at the vanguard of an emerging global order, in which the u. s. no longer has a military dominance. he may believe that to be the case, but of course the u. s. has significant economic dominance in the world. what, how isolated as you are describing how isolated are these 2 countries likely to remain, even if they cooperate in the face of that economic pressure from the us? yes, you know, the flight is actually leaving it in the era of corporations in the, in. i don't know, and leaving in the mobilized or the beast means that companies have their, you know, so this medation the sovereignty and they put the side for each other. the pals, the in curve and some of any imperialist other. and this is the find, the accept that the united states, you know, economy dominant that the lee because all the, you know, institutions all the on them there will be in leave, are created or are the results of, you know, the institutions of the bank or not monthly into his life. but you know, the point is that the doesn't mean that's been the lead in the era of libe

u. s. has evaded justice for at least a century. hypocrisy is bipartisan. here in the u. s. capital in washington, manila, cham ah egypt. jordan a no turkey the saudi crime, prince, murmured ben, soma has been touring the region apparently seeking to align the country. stuff is on key issue says next month summit with joe biden, linds. the princess trip kicked off on monday. he met the egyptian president to discuss security and stability in the area. and also sunday $7700000000.00 package of agreements. jordan was next on the royal itinerary after years of strain relations between the 2 countries, mostly due to clashing views on regional conflicts. turkey is the princess final destination. being his 1st visit since the murder of journalist jamal ca, shoji, and stumble some 4 years ago. something now since placed the wedge between riyadh and on chris, the british foreign secretary, milan was also in the turkish capital for talks this wednesday. will political science professor said sir deck told us this saudi printed visit comes in with a re shuffle of alliances in the regi

u. s. department of defense has now proactively planning cooperation between the u. s. national guard and ty, ones defense forces. we look forward to closer and deeper taiwan us cooperation on matters of regional security. but despite the calls from ty pay, the u. s. recently turned down to ones request to join a key regional trade organization in the pacific economic framework. meanwhile, china is going to the, the largest military sizes so far this year in the area, sending $35.00 pages into ty, one's s space. jonathan, the u. s. is pushing taiwan into conflict with the country. recently the united states has frequently made moves on the taiwan issue saying one thing and doing another instigating support for taiwan independence forces which will push taiwan into a dangerous situation. professor benjamin charles says us actions could be seen as encouraging a possible proxy war between china and taiwan. you will be surprised if the u. s. appeal is promised to fully protect tiwana different that the u. s. has already lost is credibility in defending is friends of many

u. s. companies and pilots who were trained by the u. s. military. the saudi led coalition 7 year long war against tooth. the rebels in yemen has caused thousands of lives with over 23000000 people in need of humanitarian assistance. and who was the number one sponsor of re ads campaign. the u. s. joe biden suspended sales last year and promised the u. s. would stop supporting offensive saudi operations. still the maintenance contracts for re ads, instruments of death, just keep on coming. the investigation shows that only 39 air force units from the saudi m. muradi led coalition could have conducted airstrikes in yemen. and that during 7 years of war, the u. s. approved contracts that likely benefited 38 of the 39 air strike units. arms training and technical maintenance all provided by the u. s. weapons industry have aided the majority of saudi arabia's fighter jet squadron to carry out war crimes. since 2015 human rights groups investigating the airstrikes have identified more than 300 that violated or appeared to violate. international law, as us supplied and service to military hardware continues to make an already terribl

u. s. has a long history of what the international community has called war crimes and is certainly not in the position to point any fingers. even america's foreign policy appears to be that of any action with full impunity. now you can go as far back as the 960 s. when the u. s. blanketed the tiny southeast asian country of laos, with bombs, that averages out to nearly drops every 8 minutes for 24 hours a day for nearly a full decade, killing thousands of innocent civilians. 2 of those, my own family members, or, and more recent memory. visceral one, the 2007 video depicting american apache helicopter gunners shooting down and killing nearly a dozen iraqi civilians then in 2017 as the us and coalition forces ramped up their campaign against isis in rock assyria. the so called capital of the caliphate. that city of some 300000 residents, was decimated by western bombs. a 2018 report by amnesty international outlines, the 10s of thousands of coalitions strikes on rocca with mission by the west,