u. s. consumer and you heard the u. s. president, acknowledging that there's going to be paid at the gas pump for the american consumer right now. u. s. consumers, on average, you're paying about $4.00 plus for a gallon of gasoline or petrol. that's out for about $2.70 a year ago. but that is expected, declined significantly. you heard there the u. s. president saying that this could go up by at least $0.75 a gallon. that's a lot for an american given the fact that right. c now americans are paying for ordinary consumer good, some of the highest prices they've seen in terms of inflation. given the fact that inflation is the highest. we've seen it in about 40 years. so this could come at a price for the u. s. president, politically. still, this is something that the u. s. president underscored in his remarks that he believes is worthy of doing because in his argument, in what the point he's trying to make is, this is all about freedom. and the message has to be sent to the russian president that look, you could take a city, but you're not going to hold

and so far everything that the u. s. says it has revealed, based on its intelligence gathering has come true. now what you also heard antony blake and saying on thursday was not just that the u. s. believes that what they are watching is russia committing more crimes, but that they are providing assistance to local groups on the ground, including to the ukrainian government, to gather that evidence in order to bring moscow before the international criminal court. and to deal with the matter of war crimes. rosalind jordan lifeless in washington thanks. was a still head on edge azeta protests in argentina sentences to bait a highly controversial finance. ah ah, look forward to really to sky's the with sponsored play cuts on at ways. i once again, would you believe we have yet more snow in the forecast forge pad over the next day or 2 exposure of cloud or rolling house of central and eastern parts of china is going to bring some very heavy rain out into the open water. it will run its way across a q shoe, into han shewn on t

u. s. that seems will go to any lengths just so long as it doesn't have a strong enough opponent in the east. well, i think the u. s. is completely ignoring the fact that is human rights problems are arguably more severe than the countries that the u. s. has been sensually, i look at a desperate of the product people q by the us bullets and the u. s. has engaged in huge this formation campaign to demonize is a bursaries, if china sanctioned russia, the results are catastrophic. not only that, the peoples of portia and china suffer from higher prices and the lack of goods and foot. it is cornering show, a strong new to the of power. i don't think anyone want to see things even more dramatic to happen. increasingly, many entities realize that any security solutions in the region without the involvement of russia will be a disaster. china is on the side of humanity. in general. i think it is what the right side of history and tails and washington traditional middle east allies are also unhappy with

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 host is syrian president bashar assad and his 1st visit to the country since 2011. and that's how the se, the u. s. hasn't tried to use the current tension through their boards even noting that the vitamin ministration sent a new batch of weapons to saudi arabia after denying them last year. all thought area continues 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 are g. let's return now to our top story. they saw the being president puting saying rushes gas exposed to europe should not be paid for in roubles. well, let's cost life to an expert. now get a better handle on what this all means. we should vote a banking and development economists. thank you very much for joining us on the program. i never should. what are the consequences of moscow being paid for gas in rubles? it's an interesting choice. it's one thing for mosco

that's as u. s. media outlets including cnn, have promoted statements by the controversial as a battalion, but he's kill them up and comments. while we had the speaker of the russian duma, citing a law and allocation of funding to the pentagon that was passed in 2017, that specifically name to the as our battalion as a neo nazi an extremist group. and well, it allocated funding for the ukranian government. it outlawed any funding from united states for that specific grouping. the as our battalion now, when the speaker of the russian duma spoke about this, he pointed out that this is a group that has specifically engaged in actions targeting russian speaking people . and that they are an outlaw extremist organization in russia. here's what he said . the weapons that are shipped to ukraine now end up with neo nazi battalions, including the off that's a reason to impeach, biden. he broke the law, the blame for the blood of peaceful civilians which has been shed by the neo nazis of the czar, lies with t

that's really important. and the key here is, can the u. s. muster the political courage that is necessary to honor the decisions taken during this call? so this is why i think this was actually a very, very important call. and if you talk about the framing in west and media of this conflicts, i wonder how does chinese public opinion view this conflict in ukraine? what, you know, on social media in the past few days, they seem to have been a shift in chinese social media. how are they seeing this conflict? isn't it bad? p, r, for china to be sustaining these ties with russia right now. when civilians are being bombed? well, i think we have to separate public opinion in china from the official position and public opinion of course matters. but what matters more, i think, is the government's position on this. and this has been consistent all along the china has long said that it is on the side of peaceful development. and that, i think a couple things i would maybe question that it's a month in and russia still is not backed out. if we really u

ah, what we should make of it is that the u. s. president is clearly on intent on seeing vladimir putin held accountable for the carnage that the world has witness playing out in ukraine as a result of russia's invasion. the u. s. has repeatedly accused vladimir putin of deliberately targeting civilians, something that would be a violation of international law. and as a result, this labeling of vladimir putin as a butcher, comes from the keels of the president in the last week multiple times. calling vladimir putin, a war criminal is obviously has legal connotations. it is deliberate, it has been reiterated by the secretary of state and to blank. and as a result, we know that the u. s. president is intent on seeing the russian leader prosecuted for his crimes and in fact, alleged crimes. in fact, what we should point out is that the united states this week, even in the series of meetings, the president attended in brussels, allocated some $352000000.00. to not only pull the human rights in ukraine, but also to document the alleged

with more on that the u. s. senate has now followed the u. s. house and has approved spending $13600000000.00 on aid to ukraine. that is quite a bit more than just what the president was even asking for just a couple of weeks ago. now, the money's going to be evenly split between humanitarian assistance and military assistance on the humanitarian front. it'll go to help refugees to provide food and health care on the military front. 3000000000 of that is going to go to the u. s. u . s. european command, that is the command that takes the lead in nato, so that money could be used to bring an additional troops to stockpile weapons. the other 650000000 is going to be given to ukraine so that it can buy the weapons that it chooses. but then it's also given us president joe biden, $3000000000.00 he, they say he can now. so give ukraine up to $3000000000.00 worth of military equipment that the u. s. has that is quite an escalation from the amount of money they've already given. the president is expected to sign the bill. ah, little bit of, of a well ne

it tells us that the u. s. is very concerned about a potential chinese meddling in the war in ukraine, essentially that russia could evade sanctions with the help of china. also that the conflict of china, metals in that war could spiral further out of control could reach some global implications with china being involved natal perhaps eventually leading to a 3rd world war. and that read out was very brief. considering that the 2 president spoke 2 hours on the phone earlier today, and also came fairly late. but what it does really tell us is that biden warned president she and quote, unquote described implications and consequences of china provides material to support russia. so certainly no further detail on the one hand side, but clearly what the why it tells us talking about here are sanctions for china if they help russia evade the sanctions. or if they provide any military support in the conflict. and we know oliver, that china is watching very carefully what's happening with ukraine, and that brings us to

u. s. that alliance has made its real position on ukraine. clear moscow. that's the take away from president lensky, the latest interview to western media. i requested them personally, i to say direct please, if we're going to accept into new york or nato in a year or 2 or 5. and the response was really clear. you're not going to be in a to be a member, but publicly one of the doors will remain open. so basically, it turns out that there was a chance of avoiding this conflict altogether. zalinski saying that nato has essentially been bluffing about the possibility of accepting ukraine into the military alliance. all this time comes as a real shock. basically, the west could have potentially stopped this whole situation of an escalation of tensions and 2 armed conflict between russia and ukraine. if it just told moscow the truth, and let's not forget back when joe biden was actually a senator, he also warned against the further eastward expansion of nato, he said it could possibly lead to an open conflict between russia and the west. and in 1990 nato actual

u. s. administration reacted differently. they disclose their information that they had about this plan of, of this war. this was new and this allowed the 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 conjure 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 hand

s weapons of mass destruction. there's no evidence at all. and there's no reason to think that russia would do that. so the u. s. u. s. charges are completely unsubstantiated with just to wrap up on the wall. you touched on it. why are so many western diplomats so sure that these by weapons programs do not exist? no chance of it. because that they, there's a war going on and, and war definitely is truth that the, the, the 1st victim, but so as, so as you know, ambiguity questioning, critical thinking, etc. so you know, so the idea of looking at a problem, both sides is completely, you know, goes completely out. the window assumes the bullet starts flying. so i, so the, the western nations, nato, are the know what they are told, towing the u. s. line back in the us up completely and, and essentially repeating every outrageous charge that emanates out of washington. the thoughts of journalist a, north, 3rd down the lists are live in the program. thank you tony. thank you. ok. despite the international pressure to isolate moscow, pakistan is pressing ahead with plans to finalize a multi $1000000000.00 gas pipeline to b

and this is the 3rd time in 3 months that the u. s . military has done that part of $1200000000.00 and military aid that the u. s. has provided since january 2021. that's important, of course, because that's when joe biden became president. no secretary of state antony lincoln has praised the ukrainians. seeing that they are showing great skill i and will, and provide encourage. and we know that congress is very much in support of what is happening in a tone in a city and a country that can be so often divided on party lines. there was bipartisan support just a few days ago when congress approved $13600000000.00 in aid to ukraine. but this $200000000.00. the next step for you as support of ukraine in the face of this russian onslaught. russian calling its sab ready started containing demonstrators gathered in the capital to rally against the war in ukraine jails, kremlin critic alexson avonlea called for the anti war protests across russia. demonstration is also planned in st. peter's work, last week at least 5000 people are arrested

at the same time president by made it clear that there would be no u. s. boots on the ground and no us planes in the air. was he right to rule that out so firmly in advance and is the u. s. do think doing enough to support ukraine now? well, i think it's a very dangerous dance on a tightrope that, that the president biden, that nato, that the west is having to do here. i mean, i think it was the correct thing to do because i agree to disagree with with roman . but i do think that that basically the landscape was set for, you know, by the way, by the softness of western actions for prudent to do what he did. i mean, i, i don't think you would have invaded no matter what. so i don't think that you know, and you have to be careful. the man has his hand on the button. i mean what if he were to launch chemical or biological or nuclear weapons in response because he feels he has no way out. you can't corner him, you know, to that extent because we just don't know what he's capable of. and so i think that that was necessary for those statements to be made for th

u. s. is that kind of the business member important that price gauge in the u. s. of gasoline and gasoline is the shooting upwards of that is, you know, that is something that hits every american in the pocket book and makes them very angry and does not all grow well for the democrats that chances this coming november. i say yes, and this is going to have a major impact. i mean, i think the global economy is going to take a huge hit from this from this and will be really driven downward across the board. here michael, i mean a great if you look at like the arab spring or what i call the sunni winter and you know, grain prices late a very important role in the instability of that region here. and now we're seeing and again, and considering the what would cove it did and global trade. and now you throw this on here. i mean, you have some of these economies just barely recovering. and now this is a double whammy on top of them. and of course, you know, i want to keep stressing the europeans are going to feel this to, with energy prices here. so there's a cascade effect

u. s. denies that kristen salumi is at un headquarters in new york. russia called the meeting to present what it described as new evidence, a u. s. supported biological research laboratory in the ukraine post a threat to the region. russian auto group. he was to go to them by women golf war, put simply, the ukrainian authorities gave the pentagon carte blanche on the territory of ukraine to carry out dangerous biological experiments there. this is not the noble assistance to ukraine, that the american representatives talk about. this is a cynical use of its territory and population for dangerous research, which washington does not carry out on its own territory. so it doesn't run the risk of hurting its own people. in the u. s. denies any chemical weapons programs exist. it is russia that has long maintained a biological weapons program in violation of international law. it is russia that has a well documented history of using chemical weapons. it is russia who is the aggressor here. the united states also warned that russia may very well be planning its own chemical weapons attack, usin

u. s. that they'd increase exports to help combat the growing food security crisis caused by russia invasion of ukraine, known luckily, but ukraine's president appealed for more military support and called out the block for not taking action against russia fast enough. he has added with this to philosophy. you've applied sanctions and we're grateful for building these are powerful steps could be but it was a little late. we civil war because of the was preventive. russia would not have gone to war. no one knows for sure. but at least time, there was a chess whitney, only 4000000 ukrainians having fled the war biden announced plans to welcome 100000 refugees before leaving for poland to us as the humanitarian situation on the border with ukraine. while the west or for the short answers by piling more pressure on russia and pivoting away from its energy supply, the fighting ranges on into its 2nd month urgency to find peace and stability has never been more pressing or just hours after agreeing on

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 rhetoric is damaging for the reputation of the spo

we've also seen for instantly recently, for instance, that p b s, which is a u. s. government backed broadcaster p b s, had a softball interview. give this massive platform with a neo nazi mayor from a town in northern ukraine. and they didn't mention, for instance, that this neo nazi mayor has the symbol 1488 on his car, the 88, and 1488 stands for heil hitler. the 14, it stands for the 14 white supremacist word slogan. and another fact that was incredible about this p b. s propaganda. is that this neo nazi mayor during the video interview behind him on the wall, he had a portrait of step on bendara, the neo nazi or excuse me, at the noon. i see the old school nazi, the ukrainian nazi collaborator who is the leader of the organization of ukrainian nationalists, b o u n b benefit on top of this nazi collaborator on the wall and p b. s. didn't even mention that where right off the end. but thank you so much for coming in the program and sharing your views with us. benjamin norton, independent journalist life on our team. thanks for having me. a coon ukraine 8 years

that. the u. s. president is going to make the case that will pull and may be absorbing the majority of refugees that are come out of ukraine. that this is an international and shared responsibility of all nato countries. to make sure that those that are fleeing violence have somewhere to go. so he spent the president to talk about that. and finally, we expect the president to also underscore why he believes this is a potentially tipping point in history. and other words that the united states in conjunction with its partners and allies and that of the free world really need to fight to defend what the u. s. president believes is so important at stake right now, and that is the future of democracy's over a talk receives where she believes latimer person is pushing among other world leaders. ok, not apple core spectra a little later when that speech gets underway. kimberly how could live for us in war. so thank you. let's head to ukraine now. way several blocks have been heard in the western city of

u. s. that they are a paternalistic employer, which they never had a reputation for being such an employer of choice anywhere else that now when it comes to russia, they want to take care of their long service loyal employees. and we hear that from se johnson, a big consumer products for that makes air fresheners and floor wax and things like that that they, they're concerned about the well being of their employees. if they're concerned about the well being of their employees, you'd recognize that the average russian citizen is in great danger. if we're on the brink of world war 3, this is a way of making sure we're not delivering bombs and bullets to these people. but trying to use a, the last recourse of peaceful government change jeffrey son and fell from your school management there. now for look at some of the other business headlines. making the news, retirees of l. protests in around 20 different cities in france, demanding higher pensions. and better access to health care, particularly i

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. so now i see that the u. s. is, is looking to venezuela is considering getting increased production from venezuela . well those barrels could have come from canada. could have come from alberta. canada says it has spear pipeline and rail capacity and can move more oil to the united states. washington would be in dire need as its own. rigs are currently operating at 25 percent below pre pandemic levels and can't make up for the shortfall. opec plus producers have also fallen short of their target at supply increases as of late a ban on russian resources, however, would not only impact energy supplies. i'm in the mining business in russia is one of the world's largest suppliers of nickel and palladium. most of them are heavily used in the automobile industry and in the auto catalyst industry is a large supplier of

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 i see that the u. s. is, is looking do venezuela is considering getting increased production from venezuela? well those barrels could have come from canaday, could have come from alberta. canada says it has spear pipeline and rail capacity and can move more oil to the united states. washington would be in dire need as its own. rigs are currently operating at 25 percent below pre pandemic levels and can't make up for the shortfall. opec plus producers have also fallen short of their target at supply increases as of late a ban on russian resources, however, would not only impact energy supplies. i'm in the mining business in russia is one of the world's largest suppliers, nickel and palladium. most of them are heavily used in the automobile industry and in the auto catalyst industry. it's a large supplier of pr

u. s. collaboration with research programs in ukraine that could have been used for germ warfare. the u. s. administration justifies illegal and dangerous activities with standard tactics by accusing russia of all since it's uses groundless. anti the old arguments, as we say in russia, a guilty conscience needs no accuser. i dont you corresponded among costello is joining me in the studio, live up roma, lots of moving parts. incredibly complicated story. you can get lost, easily talk us through the latest develop. very true, it's a very complicated set. it's quite a lot of controversy and contradictory information coming from both the white house from ukraine and from russia as well. now we have the latest court where, according to russian officials, the latest statements by the united states show that very serious concern by the white house about potential disclosure, regarding ongoing military biological programs near russian border in ukraine. now at the moment, according to russian officials, well, it is truly a fact is that the united states at the moment is the only country t

u. s. that included a concert at new york's metropolitan opera that met now saying it's severing all ties with putin supporters. ah, tuesday night met, singers performs the ukrainian national anthem in a show of solidarity. ah, what's he? they w news. he's a recap of our top story. this out, the u. n. general assembly has voted overwhelmingly on a resolution delani rush of withdrawal, all of its troops from ukraine and announcing the invasion in the strongest terms. 141 countries voted yes with 35 abstaining. and then the full voting with russia against jeff to nights that june, to date of the dot com for more coverage of the russia invasion of he cried. a sport special is up next week. mechanic line is at the helm whiting through the heavy, 40 full that rushes invasion of the crime that's coming up. after short breaks that you for that the social channels are they are all times void, not forget twitter and instagram. the handling in a day is at the date of the use. i'm anthony houghton, berlin

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 i see that the u. s. is, is looking to venezuela is considering getting increased production from venezuela? well those barrels could have come from canada. melbourne, canada says it has spare pipeline and rail capacity and can move more oil to the united states. washington would be in dire need as its own. rigs are currently operating at 25 percent below pre pandemic levels and can't make up for the shortfall. opec plus producers have also fallen short of their target at supply increases as of late a ban on russian resources, however, would not only impact energy supplies. i'm in the mining business in russia is one of the world's largest suppliers, nickel and palladium. most of them are heavily used in the automobile industry and in the auto catalyst industry. it's a large supplier of products, and it's a l

u. s. currency raised it to a unique position. the demand is so high that the u. s. can print as many dollars and dollar denominated bonds as it needs to finance it's external debt. if any other country tries to do the same, it will immediately face rising inflation. in the case of the us, people will buy dollars anyway. for decades, the dollar enjoyed its unique status. with a tacit consent of the world, its value remained relatively stable because the u. s. economy has been growing steadily unaffected by the turmoil in other parts of the world. oil prices denominated in a stable currency for their part to creased fluctuations in the market. the rising powers, like china and anti american governments like venezuela urged to review the petro dollars system. but the d dollarization was limited to a number of symbolic moves up until now and parallel. and he, russia, sanctions shocked the government officials way beyond russia's borders. india, china and even saudi arabia are now giving a 2nd thought to deep dollarization initiatives. you on jumps after report on saudi'

u. s. that's according to new report, siding government sources. berlin plans to drastically beef up military spending. as a result of the russian invasion of ukraine. it's not alone. denmark and sweden say they're also raising their military spending over the coming years. now, traditionally, larger nations have spent more on defense in 2020 the us with a whopping $77080000000000.00 budgeted for defense. china, only $252000000000.00 on its military, but that still georgia, germany with $53000000000.00 euros or dollars i should say. now that year russia had a military budget of $62000000000.00. and that's 10 times what ukraine spent in. well it seems much smaller than china or the u. s. it represents a greater share.

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. so now i see that the u. s. is, is looking to venezuela is considering getting increased production from venezuela . well those barrels could have come from canada. could have come from alberta. canada says it has spear pipeline and rail capacity and can move more oil to the united states. washington would be in dire need as its own. rigs are currently operating at 25 percent below pre pandemic levels and can't make up for the shortfall. opec plus producers have also fallen short of their target at supply increases as of late a ban on russian resources, however, would not only impact energy supplies. i'm in the mining business in russia is one the world's largest suppliers, nickel and palladium. most of them are heavily used in the automobile industry and in the auto catalyst industry is a large supplier of pot o

and that the u. s. president on the heels of a state of the union speech says this once again shows that democracy will prevail, that freedom, always triumphs over tyranny. so the u. s. president believes that this holds an enormous amount of weight in terms of political view air. we're a political will and that the outcome of this vote really speaks for itself. and the pentagon announced that it would delay its nuclear missile test, which was shuttled for this weekend. what exactly was that about? l earlier in the week, russia, i now said it was raising its nuclear deterrent level. and this was alarming to the world community for obvious reasons, and that the world watched and held its breath to see what the other nuclear capable, super bower of the united states would do. whether it would also escalade by essentially doing the same thing in retaliation, would it also put it said nuclear capabilities on alert? it decided not to and the pentagon has gone a step further. ah, now saying that it is also g

and this is the 3rd time in 3 months that the u. s . military has done that part of $1200000000.00 and military aid that the u. s. has provided since january 2021. that's important, of course, because that's when joe biden became president, no secretary of state antony blinking, has praised the ukranian, seeing that they are showing great skill, iron will and profound courage. and we know that congress is very much in support of what is happening in a town in a city and a country that can be so often divided on party lines. there was bipartisan support just a few days ago when congress approved $13600000000.00 in aid to ukraine. but this $200000000.00. the next step for you as support of ukraine. in the face of this russian onslaught, russia says military convoys taking lethal, laid into ukraine a fair targets the declaration threatens ro, poland into the conflict. since it's a major entry point for weapons. same as robbie has monet from easton, poland rolling hills near beer cha village. high to secret. an american army base. less th

now, in his recent statement, the russian president also said that the u. s. is trying to take advantage of current global instability. he said that by the you with the u. s. trying to basically capture the european energy market with it's much more expensive, a liquid natural gas. it's putting europe down a road of d industrialization. what's douglas and what he said? so sure, the u. s. will try to capitalize on the current global instability by attempting to move your po for to expensive american liquefied gas. as a result, europeans and not only forced to full count more, but to also undermine the competitiveness of their companies with their own hands, by removing them from the global market. to europe, this means large scale de industrialization, the loss of millions of jobs and addressed decline in the standard of living of its citizens. this is the price, the ruling western elite sir offering to pay people for their ambitions for the economic war they're trying to unleash against russia will have unleashed. now, earlier this month, proven 1st, said that

s. and the 3rd ascertain that u. s. a allegedly don't on does not operate in any biological laboratories in the territory of ukraine, but the facts show otherwise. according to the ment plan that i mentioned for technical assistance, the donor is the u. s. ministry of defense. they established the attack, the tasks and the workload with as part of the projects on ukraine in territory. and i said, for a list of the necessary equipment and the delegated significant authority to an affiliated contract, a company, black and vh with cooperation or with ukrainian bodies of our authority. the recipient of american assistance with ukrainian defense ministry and they were allowed timely access for pentagon and contractor staff to laboratories on you can treat knows to carry out work as part of these project. and also to provide access to these facilities. along with the pentagon staff foreign scientists to the projects themselves included implementing was it was implemented not by the ukrainian scientists, scientists, but with th

so give ukraine up to $3000000000.00 worth of military equipment that the u. s. has that is quite an escalation from the amount of money they've already given. the president is expected to sign the bill. i time for some other news now and chillies president elect. gabriel borage will be sworn in on friday to become the countries the youngest leader, anti setting more precedence as he comes to power. as our latin america editor to say in human reports from santiago o gabriela bought each is no ordinary precedent at just barely $36.00. the world's 2nd youngest head of state represents the start of an era in killeen politics led by you young generation with dreams of social the color. yeah. um, i think even my, we advanced towards a more inclusive, generous july with no one left behind. all will continue with the logic of privilege against which chile has risen up. what it came to the forefront a decade ago as a student leader who helped forge a massive revolt for better public education. then he gave up university to become a congressman for a new left wing coalitio

u. s. that can block these type of mergers had 30 days to either oppose it or block it. they didn't. that was a surprise to many because the ac d c head, alina khan, is a vocal opponent, or as a vocal critic, i should say, of, of amazon. and at the moment the, at the season, a weird position because it's board which as 5 members is, is sort of deadlock. it's got 2 democrats and to republicans and one a seat that hasn't been filled yet. and they've been trying to fill it since october. so to block or oppose this deal, they would need to have a majority vote on that board that can't yet yet happen. so, so far it looks like the deals going ahead theoretically, when that seats build, there could be an objection filed and they could try to block it after it's gone through. and i just think it might be a very challenging thing to do just because of, it's difficult to argue, i think at least that amazon acquiring m g m really changes the game in her. so it, us, i've worked 12 hours a day. my salary isn't enough. my friends are, i can going like this. isn't any really south america. second la