u. s. than islamic extremism. i discussed the story earlier and asked you do it with our correspondent rachel blevins. all time has made it official there, calling him now in the person of the year, but also the most influential person in europe. and it's notable because there have been a number of people who have been quick to rush to social media, calling out this decision saying that they don't agree with it. and also referring to the hypocrisy surrounding it. and that includes fox news host, tucker carlson. take a listen to it, he had to say about it. zalinski has no interest in freedom and democracy. in fact, zalinski is far closer to lenin than to george washington. he is a dictator. he is a dangerous authoritarian who has used a $100000000000.00 in us tax dollars to erect a one party police state in ukraine. and that's not an overstatement. over the past year, zalinski has banned opposition parties. he shut down critical media by force. he's arrested his political opponents. he has sent soldiers into church

u. s. has just experienced the record breaking number of people encountering border patrol as they try to cross into the u. s. than to 1000000 for the 1st time in one year. and here in el paso, it's sort of an episode center there, about $10000.00 migrants being released to el paso weekly. and we're seeing some of those people here. these are asylum seekers, their families from venezuela, from nicaragua, from ecuador as well. and they have turned themselves in at the border to us order agent. and they were released here temporarily as we wait for their a silent cases to process. some have had to sleep out here in the cold overnight, even as temperature. 50 low freezing. she has the shelters in this town are all full. even the airport has been converted into a makeshift shelter, but they help themselves. lucky they tell me because about half of all migrants who tried across the us quarter, don't even make it this far. they're held up in mexico because of that title 40 to who, which is still in place and will be in an in limbo in a sense. because the republican lead states told the supreme court that they would be o

u. s, than this is already highly accurate. so all the attacks terrorist attacks and technical innovations are using the forces and means supplied by the nato block ways. you won't get a tier one. meanwhile, at least 20 people have been killed by ukrainian forces in the city of her son. after russia withdrew from the area in early november, this is all confirmed by the russian civic chamber. now it comes and made a report recently broadcast by france $24.00. the showcases ukrainian soldiers in their attempts to hunt down so called pro russian collaborators, policies. marina culture ever had details with me in the studio, just a little bit of yes, it's a good thing that they're talking about it so that at least people know that it is happening so that eventually, if we see pictures like what we saw coming out of ukraine with people tied, for example, to up a lamp post, which is something that we've seen. we'll get to that in a 2nd that we know where it was coming from. so let's get back to this report. so frank went to for show

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u. s. rather than joe biden signed defense bill authorizing $10000000000.00 and military aid for time wind throughout the next 5 years. the bill also allows to fast track weapons acquisition for the asian country, while chinese authorities criticized this decision of timelines, foreign ministry, thank the u. s. government for quote, showing the great importance it's attaches to taiwan us relations and strengthen in taiwan security. although after more than $100000000.00 in 8 center ukraine within a year, after that, so trillion dollars are spent in afghanistan at $10000000000.00 foot high wind might seem like a change. but to put it into perspective, the u. s. former president donald trump was impeached for withholding nearly $400000000.00 in aid for ukraine. the total allocated formula they're expanding in the latest bill is $858000000.00. this is the highest price sac. the u. s. has ever seen ukrainian presidential adviser has called for the targeting of you rail weapons factories over there, alleged upcoming supplies of arm. so russia, which both moscow and teheran, have denied iran pla

the economic crisis is worse than since the u. s. for his billions of dollars of assets and foreign donors caught aid after the taliban to take over. the countries also recovering from natural disasters, including flooding in august and an earthquake in june that killed more than a 1000 people and left hundreds of thousands needing urgent aid on the call. soon sheriff has more another restriction on women in afghanistan. this time they being told to stay away from work that's crucial to getting humanitarian aid to millions of people. the top on government is wanting non governmental organizations that employ them, risk losing their license to operate in the country. well, ever figure, ma'am, in a society like afghanistan where for the past 20 years, they have put so much effort to an african women. they were educated and they served society. that is, women have supported their families for it is horrible for me to think that me and my generation are forced to experience such situations than the un, the u. s. and e. you said the a dee

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u. s. economy could grow faster than china's economy this year. that hasn't happened since 1976 sleep each. i seen cells been at it again in this post. truth error of western media will actual fact checking doesn't get in the way of the good story. we thought we do this for them. we only had to google it to find out. according to the latest december statistics from the world bank, the u. s. g d p grew 1.8 percent as opposed to china, which in spite of a strict nationwide lockdown that still continues to to cope it 19, grew 3.3 percent. what is more shocking is this isn't the 1st time the uncle joe is claim this old da city in 2021. president biden claimed that the u. s. economy had grown larger than that of china's, the facts again, checked by us from the world bank were china at 8 point one percent. versus the united states at 5.7 percent bite. and also failed to address that. this economic miracle was imparted cheap by flooding the u. s. stock market with trillions of dollars in order to prop up and inflate the markets of the u. s. and her allie

u. s. government than opposition saying that in order to achieve free and fair elections also for debbie's more needs to be free and fair elections are all been, as well as should not be subject to unilateral un sanctions. which is you know, what vanessa was referring to today. the venezuelan government is under us sanctions. it means it doesn't have access to the financial system. it doesn't have access to bank accounts. you have to make it very concrete. and it's an oil producing country where the oil and national oil company cannot act legally and mean from the perspective of the us legal system. but which is, you know, by the fact that the u. s. a has a great international influence. it cannot engage even in training, and it's what i cannot explored officially. it's all have. so the impact of the vendors on an economy is the mass. and therefore the government is claiming that free and fair elections need to be. also, sanctions free or sanctions release election. so we are dealing with that with ad timetable. but as you were mentioning, that is dependent not only on the progress interna

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u. s. government than to do a one on one exchange, meaning brittany griner in exchange for a victo, but all right, yury, if we can look at the, the other side of things, the swath of course carried a heavy price didn't in exchange for growing of the usa 100 over russian arms de la vic to boat. can you tell us more about him? victor boot is a $55.00 for year old former soviet the officer who was apparently in the arms dealer. now he's a sold family that he has the nickname of the merchant of death. he was sentenced to 25 years behind boss in the u. s. a. reportedly a week to go to build up his business, sailing old soviet military plains, left on. so get our fields off to the soviet union collapsed, but he was arrested in 2010 and he was extra died from thailand to yes. he claims however, he isn't just and to national toper know in the travel business. ok, let's talk about timing. i mean, president biden said they'd been pushing for months to release griner. what made russia agree? now? i think president putin seems to be under a lot of pressure it at the moment, internationally. she is

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u. s. prison after more than a decade in custody, says he bears no animosity towards americans. we described the u. s. is once an example to the world that says the country is now on the decline, specifically because of plundering by its elite who was freed earlier this week. in a high level prison exchange, a fee, moscow, and washington. he was sentenced by us authorities a quarter of a century imprison back in 2012 on charges of arming terrace and conspiring to feel american. the now 55 year old has always been denied accusations. he was traded for american basketball player, brittany gray now, who had been convinced of drug offenses in russia. upon being freed mister booth gave his 1st t v interview exclusively to r t. he says america's inherent strengths have been jeopardized by self serve in government. they had america not, you know, in fact and knowing many mates, i figure out who should weigh more common mentor america is very much sin miller. look, it's the same size. they have a, it's the same kind of this and when you talk to them, there is nothing they even to be for

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u . s. economy expanding more than previously thought during the 3rd quarter of the year g. d p growing by 2.9 percent. that's an upwards revision from the previous estimate of 2.6 percent. the economists are also expecting growth for the current quarter, although the trade deficit is growing again. twitter owner, ellen must said that he and apple c e o. tim cook resolved their dispute during a meeting on wednesday. and earlier this week must had said that the tech giant had cut advertising and threatened to remove the twitter app from its app store. the former ceo of crypto change f t x denied committing fraud and apologized for the mistakes in the collapse of the cripple currency giant. the video saving a wednesday, sam bank mon fried a said he did not deliberately mislead investors, who have been unable to withdraw their funds from the bankrupt platform. fashion retail or h m, has ended. it's russian operations, closing as moscow flagship store. the swedish clothing company also said it would be laying off $1500.00 employees worldwide to contend with softening demand due

u. s. economy grew more than previously thought during the 3rd quarter of the year. the latest data puts g d. p growth at 2.9 percent revised up from the previous 2.6 percent estimate. recession consumption and a falling trade deficit helped power the expansion. economists are also expecting growth for the current quarter, although the trade deficit is growing again along this, let's bring on a financial correspondent in new york yen score tens f. one more. we learn about the u. s. economic situation cuz we've had a few figures out stay yeah. rough. i mean i would say in general, so far so good. tim and growth of 2.9 percent is pretty good and economists are expecting that we will also see growth in the 4th quarter. even if estimates are all over the place at somewhere between a growth of one to 4 percent of the final quarter of the year. but you already mentioned consumption has been a one, a huge factor. and i'm always wondering how much longer can american spend that we already see they do spend was taking on more debt was credit cards them for example . and then

u. s. in less than an hour, the winner will advance to a quarter final meeting with either container or strictly. the u. s. face is a tough test against the middle exam is going to be closely watched in the countries football capital. gabriel, alexander reports from kansas city all over america. this stage is set for the us netherlands world cup match on saturday. here in kansas city, missouri where i'm at the stage is literally that that's because there's this stage right in front of a massive tv screen where they are going to be showing the game and in this plaza, right where i'm at now, they expect hundreds who knows maybe even thousands of us a soccer fan to be here watching all of the action. now kansas city calls itself the soccer capital of america. of course, soccer being what most of the rest of the world knows of as football. you'll be hearing a lot more about kansas city in 4 years, and that's because it's one of the 11 host cities for the 2026 world cup. it's being held in the us, mexico and canada. i caught up with one of the kansas city world cup host officials, who just got back f

u. s. is more important than the e and assuring ukraine's independence. terry, i don't think the europeans will find this either a slight or a surprise. in fact, they may well be reassured by the very close friendship, the jovial, almost relationship that we saw. the 2 presidents share there in washington with the united states, the most powerful ally in nato, as well as the biggest contributor of assistance to ukraine in real terms. i think that europe will be also feeling a much more comfortable in knowing that the us plans to maintain this kind of support for ukraine. and that is something that it was important for vladimir zalinski to go sure up in person because with house the house being taken over by republicans in january, there been some signs that they're not quite is as enthusiastic about continuing spending at these levels. and finally, i actually think this was more a message to moscow than it was to any european country. it shows that zelinski feels comfortable leaving his administration in the charge of his colleagues, and that he feels com

u. s. 2020 elections than not. so who will lead one of africa top economies for the coming years? we'll discuss all that and more coming up. all right, let's get into the m. o. me, the recent passing of queen elizabeth. the 2nd has revive the decades old conversation about precious gems being returned to africa after what some described as having been stolen from the continent during the colonization period from the 1800s to around the start of world war one. the star of africa diamond, which currently rest the top, the sceptre of the british royal family is a $500.00 carrot, clear cut, diamond mind in south africa. 19 o. 5. it's slightly smaller sister diamond cleft from be original. 3100. carrots fits in. the royal crown, but today the minerals being mined and africa are owned by what seems like just about everyone on the planet there in your cell phone, lithium and cobalt to vital minerals needed for every electronic gadget in the world. from your phone to laptop your tablet, chances are pretty good. that you have a little piece of africa in your possession and don't even reali

u. s. found especially ramped top military held in ukraine over $97000000000.00, which is more than the u. s. has the event in afghanistan, some of the equipment that so it was abandoned by the american forces in afghanistan is now spilling out to other areas across the globe and used by terrorists. the u. s. is helping ukraine with organizing information, operations and propaganda operations against russia. at the command from washington, thousands of fake messages of being posted every day at the same time there, glorifying the crimes of neo nazis in the ukrainian regime and that gotcha. one of these are terms of plans for 2023. the defense minister outlined 3 goals. the 1st one is that russia will continue to strive to accomplish its objectives in the special military operation. the 2nd one is that russia will continue to maintain peace in the nagondo carrabas region. and the 3rd one is that the defense ministry will continue to strive to curb nato expansion. so that's basically a rundown of what circ, a chicago and vladimir putin spoke about at this meeting. oh, i thought he had little

so was life like being held behind bars for more than a decade in the u. s. prison? you'll find the answer to that and more in an exclusive interview for victor boot featured on our website, r t dot cook economic news, or the wes price cap on russian oil supplies has come into force along with a total ban on russian exports or the commodities the e. u. by sea russian devotee, prime minister, alexander novak who overseas, the con, his energy sector, has reiterated that moscow wont supply oil of countries that flies in force. the price restriction, i suppose it's singing mune, our position on the oil price cap remains unchanged. it is a crude tool. moscow was working on mechanisms to bend the use of the price cap for russian oil, regardless of the stablish level brush will supply oil and petroleum products only on mark in terms of even if we have to cut production. opec plus stressed its readiness to get together at any moment and make a decision or to correct the situation on the market. but now this isn't necessary . that 7 countries author amazing of opec for a stat

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u i s b m u is different than the rest of the bureau of prisons. in that it linux his ability to speak with attorneys and what it's like right now, as attorneys can even get legal calls with him. now a significantly delayed he can't get many phone calls. it's usually to 15 minute calls that week. i think a lot of it is just keeping them can in a small unit is about 70 people in the larger jail for him and he's a jailhouse lawyer. so i think he's busy with the time. right. i can certainly understand the need for a cmu for let's say terrorists you want want terrorists to be on the phone, coordinating other terrorist attacks with, you know, other terrorists, but as often as not that's not who's in the c amuse. many of the prisoners are people like marty or drug whistleblower daniel hale or victor boot. it's meant as yet an additional layer of punishment for people whom the government just doesn't like. marty has fought his placement in a c. m. u for years. tell us about that struggle and how it's played out so far. in your introduction you've talked a

u. s. knows, but it will have to listen to african voices more than ever before. or let's get out to washington or corresponding mckellar carpenter. she is at the summit. that's taking place in the u. s. capital. because it talk to me then about the role that china is playing in this meeting that we're talking about. oh, bessie is the an elephant in the room head. china has spent those past 8 years between the 1st us africa summit and now heavily investing in relationships, purely transactional relationships with many african countries that have seen many countries also locked into debt towards china. and during, the trompe is, and donald trump at best, completely ignored africa, so there was really no progress. and as the recognition here in the u. s, that the u. s. is very much behind risking missing the boat, both entre, but also when it comes to security and stability, against the backdrop of an increase. the use of russian mercenaries in the sa hell region, for instance, in, in stable regions of africa. so there's great concern here to not just re establish re

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