to be traded in all those fucking criticism it's benefiting. washington is backed up with a very we're welcome. this is all the international with the latest world news update. it's good to have you with our top story. washington is announced. it will hand over $31.00, m one abrams tanks and other alma vehicles to ukraine. biden confirmed the decision, claiming it's not to aim does a threat to russia. now, she had 2 united states will be sending $31.00 abrams tanks to ukraine. that's what this is about. helping ukraine defend to protect ukrainian land. it is not an offensive threat to russia. there is no offense for fred to russia. with follows germany's approval to send 14 of its main battle tanks to ukraine following months of pressure from nato allies on here. russia has a que sperling of note encouraging a peaceful solution to the ukraine. conflicts saying it's instead focused on permanent escalation, which is damn just to get a minute to you. once again, we see that germany, like it's closest allies, is not interested in a diplomatic solution to the crane crisis. it is focused on this permanence escalation and unlimited pumping of the key regime with more and more deadly weapons and red lines arresting of the past. so lynn has pledged to provide 14 leopard to a 6 tanks on that bundle. space stocks as well as training to ukrainian crews. so many will also issue transfer permits to other allies that wants to want to deliver tanks from their own supplies. the country's foreign minister has called on e u. member states to unite in the efforts against russia. and therefore i've sent already in the last days. yes, we have to do more to defend ukraine. yes, we have to do more also on tanks. but the most important in the crucial part is that we do it together and that we do not do the blame game in europe because we are fighting a war against russia and not against each other. thank you. this is really just all about projecting unity appear. exercise, essentially berlin said that it wouldn't send modern leopard tanks unless washington sent its abrams tanks. apparently it was enough for word to come out to washington on tuesday that the u. s. would do that for germany to probably take a flying leap, sending 14 of its own leopards, and allowing other european countries to send theirs as well. so now germany finds itself a leading the way in escalating a military conflict for europe and the west. yeah, that's always turned out super well. so it's hardly surprising that some german politicians are pretty upset about this right now. the delivery of li upon battle tanks, which leapt another taboo potential. it takes us closer to world war 3 than towards peace in europe. the decision to continue making germany a war policy doesn't have the support of the majority of the population. lip ha tanks all the pollute to possible sly towards a catastrophe. so the german public is split on the tag issue and n d r survey found that 94 percent of listeners are against the deliveries. but that was before the broadcaster said that it wasn't representative. yeah, that would kind of be a bidding convenient. according to an infra tests survey, 54 percent of germans were in favor of sending the tanks and b a r d morning magazine found 46 percent in favor. so roughly split half, 4 and half against sending the tanks, but no real sign of any massive public outcry in germany to send these tanks to ukraine. if that people say ever matter to remember foreign affairs minister annually in a bare box had not that long ago that she personally would do what it took for ukraine, regardless of what germans thought. so now it's raised to see who's tanks can get blown up 1st. it's hard to imagine this playing out any other way because it's not like there's air superiority to protect them. there have also been issues with german fighting vehicles in the past. it's puma, infantry fighting vehicles, didn't survive or recent military exercise, none as in 0 of these vehicles were operational afterwards. and he's left for 2 tanks. the same ones heading to crane were used by turkey against isis in syria and ended up destroyed by things like anti tank missiles. i. e d, 's rockets and mortars. actual pumas in leopard should probably suit for defamation . it sounds like these cat vehicles are more ready for a petting zoo than for battle. and apparently they're all so high maintenance to and it's unclear whether the ukrainians will have the training necessary to maintain and handle these leopards. the whole tank issue is mainly a p r exercise that allows nato to project unity just a few days ago. nato had an image problem with western press report, suggesting a fracture of the alliance over the tank issue. but actual western military experts have express skepticism over the real value of these tanks on the battlefield. how anyone thinks it 14 challenger tanks or 14 leverage tanks or 14 am, was, will make any damn difference is beyond my imagination. you have the feeling that in washington we've got to get the most out of our investment in this ukraine proxy war. and you do that by postponing an end to the conflict. you drag it out and drag it out. but that seems to be the strategy or the goal of the current strategy if you want to call it. oh, but guess what tanks getting blown up in that more have to be made. which means that the undisputed winner of this whole tank debate is the military industrial complex. don't take my word for it, just ask ukrainian president, flamer zalinski and ruwan can become a big business by working with ukraine in all sectors, from weapons and defense, to construction from communication to agriculture, from transfer to i. t from banks to madison. everybody can make money in weapon sector working with you. craig clarity, it looks like the american abrams tanks won't arrive by the spring, thus, according to western cross report, citing u. s. officials. so the leopards will be 1st up in this circus. and also in the firing line, and every one will be watching to see how they manage with their jumping through the flaming hoops test. maybe the u. s. can even sell europe some replacements for those, particularly if they fail and leave the audience disappointed. icon that gov at the 2nd 20 to 23 nigerian presidential or aspirants say that tanks promised by the west to ukraine will not drastically change the cit, the situation on the ground floor keeps forces. this is just like kind of an is calisha, one to not to disturb ukrainians for the benefit of visibility. also agenda that the americans and in it is cushion the door against roche, are simply because they wanted to leverage on euclidean with their ability to be at the expense of ordinary ukrainian lights. which will know that up at the end of the school year was a pacific constitution that denied german dyadic military involvement in the entire global. if yes, what does not have to do we know by asking them all by force in the local tongues do you? it means that there is a complete detail of the anti european continent. the anti europe is betrayed. i've died 3 in. you're going to my shall plan that gentlemen, me will be denied military operations in europe. now we have new near dollar, rear alignment. wow. by december, hope you're well pause to allow john, when you do, you did own with you sent to the agreement for larger can agreement people because i don't believe this all you bought in local talent and even even did. but da brown, douglas in from the us. i don't believe they can be able to change in the suggestion of doug will order them continuous killing of the ordinary ukrainian students on one level, you glenn and military men that are not supported with a word tools. and i'm going to want to not want to confront that is true and superpower. we want to be like grocer is not possible. it's just it just to me is dr. john moody from the u. s. secretary of state. my campaign has said on a folks podcast that us forces have been training the ukrainian military for a long time. the ukrainian defense forces have been trained by the united states for an awfully long time. when i was a c, i, director i was in southeast ukraine on more than one occasion. we were helping them with special operating forces stuff my upon payers. they said the current successes of ukraine can be attributed to the us. the official said in a 2020 statement to national public radio that america doesn't care about ukraine will. meanwhile, the former us secretary of state also said that the americans, you know, to even know where ukraine is on a map. let's course life to executive vice president of the re just center all the last miss and now many thanks for joining us on the program this evening. it's lovely to see now in this interview on pay has admitted america has been training the armed forces that ukraine for a long time in that regard just to us, but any responsibility for instigating the conflict in ukraine on that he could get the area again. absolutely, the us, the been probably the primary instigators and i would say behind provoking this, this special mental, very operation that's occurring we, we're, we're behind the cooler 40. most likely. we're behind the very suspiciously you have our hand potentially in the north stream explosion. and we've been in ukraine for quite a while. i was even before 2014. we've been a new frame the both with modifications to the bio laboratory facility as well as the arming ukraine and training there for this. and i think the, the areas increase significantly in 2014 and beyond. i mean, mr. palm paid it on pay. we've been looted to 6 years, but i would say we've been there longer than that in another revealing remarks on pay on this podcast. he also said that americans should be happy, it's not their lives on the line, but rather another country is another nation's lives on the line. what if anything, does this show about the u. s. is mindset on his priorities and also i think it's incredibly interesting that he should make such a bold statement. yeah, he did make such an interesting statement. and then you know, if you listen to a center graham from south carolina, he read or will be graham. he made a similar comment as far as fighting the russians over there over the years. so it's not that the us, not that russia was actually threatening the u. s. or threatening any nation nato country at all. it's actually been the, the aggressive in my view has been on the other side. but, but yeah, it, it shows you that their view is in that. and it's unfortunate because it's my country and i guess maybe secretary, palm pale, graduated west point to higher rate than i did. maybe that too. but a class right? but the it's very disturbing hearing our senior leaders talk in this manner basically sacrificing the lie. and i'm not just soldiers, but ordinary people in other countries, the benefit their own. and i would not even say our or our national, but our own leads political agendas. and that's what it is. and it's very, it's very disheartening and very sad to hear that. but, but that's how they feel the ukraine. i hate to say that i have a lot of both ukrainian brand and have a lot of russian friends that are very close to ukraine as well. and they're torn by this whole situation. but, but the us leadership that's involved and provoking the really, i mean, he secretary said it directly to me. they don't really care. and ukraine is merely a toy, merely upon on a grand or chessboard aimed at initially aiming and weakening russia. but i think ultimate objectives are going up your time. yeah. like you said, it was just a couple of years ago. the palm payer was saying americans, i care about ukraine. they couldn't even find it on a map. and do you think americans are going to be listening to this contest thinking, noting and agreeing with him or thinking about them? and as you like, couple years ago you were saying this now you're saying based and it's all. hey, paul chrissy. well, i mean if you really listen to him, he didn't count or what he said 2 years ago. i mean, a actually kind of kind of, you know, he basically said americans don't care about then you go yeah, we really care about somebody else fighting our war and then addressing our adversary. i think the really didn't know what he said. you really kind of said, well, we really don't care, we want them to play. we've been training them for years to do it. so yeah, i mean is it how parker, of course, is this, does it show the kind of i like to illustrate what are and he called leaders because i don't really view the leaders, but what are our hierarchy within our political hierarchy? use our yeah. and it shows you what their true colors are and their colors. i would not want to be many thanks for joining the program. it's always great to speak to you and get your take on things we've been speaking to executive vice president of the ration center last nathan the hundreds of a rockies have taken to the streets of baghdad in protest against a devaluation of the nation's currency, which is led to a fall in living standards demonstrate because many young people gathered near the central bank carrying flags and found isn't the pressure the government to act the local currency the iraq to deny has recently hit a new low against us. dollar is in almost 7 percent of its value since mid november, as he contributed chris m examines how the country got to this point, and the root cause financial problem. iraq prime minister has sat the head of the country, central bank over the total collapse of the national currency, the iraqi dinner. today, the central banks governors request for discharge was approved, as was the request for retirement by the president of the trade bank of iraq. despite being one of the wall, it's most oil rich countries. iraq currency continues to plummets. unlike its fellow oil rich nations in the gulf, such as saudi arabia and the united arab emirates, which were enjoying all time highs as they capitalize on rising oil prices. iraq is suffering from unprecedented levels of inflation with the cost of living, becoming unaffordable for most people. but why is this happening? you guessed it, uncle sam has its thing in the pie yet again. most of iraq's oil wealth is still helping us dollars. instead of in its own suffering currency, it's still even held inside the countries own central bank. but it a current account in the us say, this means that the oil revenues that ship support iraq, sulfur currency, a propping up the u. s. economy. instead, everyone knows how the americans use the currency as a weapon to star people. iraq keeps billions of dollars of its assets offshore with the americans fed holding the boss bulk of money. off the bush and blair illegal invasion of the country. their so called partners continued to rob the bank and get away with it struggling in iraq by literally holding it to ransom. now just imagine the western, quite if russia and china did the same thing, the country in which they hold significant interests. so is it really any wonder why so many nations are moving away from the so called petro dollar, and seeking to trade in alternative national currencies, or even crypto times running out franco sam and his rules based order. and it's no longer a question of if, but when the clock strikes midnight, a note who nato conference has been curtailed off the venues host called away hole was pressure into counseling. the booking, despite the iconic holes public stones with openness, they include 50 notes, a wall notes in nature was an international movement, protesting for the end of the arms race that includes cause for the end of the can for confrontation with russia heightened by nato's maneuvers. that rushes west and border and increase the presence in neighboring states. fancy will group with few together on the 25th of february. and so they received the message from the conway whole about cancellation of the venue. let's close a lot of the grades and editor in chief. there was among those to you to speak at the gathering. many thanks for joining goes on the program. max. now, why do you think it co, my whole decided to withdraw his permission for no, to nathan meeting, on the 25th of february? cowardice, political cowardice? which were you seeing across the board? i've witnessed it events where i've been due to speak for the past several years when they relate to the wars of regime change and proxy wars that the west is waging around the world to become sort of impermissible, to speak out against these wars and about the ravages of nato. it's sort of a political 3rd rail. and in this case, and in many other cases that i've experienced, we've seen organizers who profess liberal values and profess to uphold free speech principles. immediately cave when they come under attack from online trolls in coordinated fashion or receive lots of phone calls and intimidation and threats . and if someone does truly believe in free speech, whether or not they believe in the opinions that might be expressed at these events . and if they truly believe in an open society and civil debate, then they would stand up to these troll campaigns and intimidation campaigns. but instead we see them immediately perpetually. so following the cancellation of this anti war gathering, what do you make of freedom of speech in the you can the west in general in the current climate which direction that we had it. now it seems that only, except the only speech that advance is official imperatives, particularly as it relates to the ukraine proxy war are permitted. and this is something that i've been experiencing for years. for example, at the main political bookstore here in washington, d. c. where i sit right now, politics and prose. i was due to present my last book, the management of savagery, which largely dealt with the syrian proxy war, and the syrian american lobby, which aimed at the time to provoke the u. s. to militarily intervene in syria. did the same thing that was just under conway hall in london. i organized, coordinated campaign of trolling and intimidating phone calls to the bookstore, and they immediately canceled in cape than we saw web summit in portugal cave on a 15 minute debate featuring me and aaron martine, my colleague, the gray zone, under pressure from none other than the wife of ukrainian president vladimir zalinski and many of the same elements that applied pressure to conway hall. and so conway hall is just the latest in a line. the vents were, i've been due to speak, the came under pressure and organizers immediately caved despite professing to care about free speech. as to what is the reaction been from other communities and movements following the cancellation of the know to native gathering. and do you think things like this, these kinds of constellations will impact the momentum among these communities. what just shows how up against the wall, the anti war movement is inside the supposedly democratic west, and what we're up against. there are very few venues that are willing to host us there. very few if any media outlets that are willing to entertain our views, and yet no one ever is willing to actually stand up and debate us on the same stage or explain exactly what we're getting wrong. it's about silencing us and the organizations to the extent did the elements behind these organized trolling campaigns function essentially as a proxy for a collective west, which is according to german foreign minister and alina burbock and her comments this week, waging war with russia. so what we're seeking to do is outline the consequences of this war. the ramifications of possibility of turning nuclear and our opinions are actually gaining a lot of traction across the west. certainly there is no appetite for any american direct involvement in this war. but we see, and one, a, one abrams tanks going to ukraine. the public may be with us, but elite institutions are so quick to cave, under coordinated trolling campaigns. i'd say, do you expect a wider, international reaction to this? well, there is an international reaction we're experiencing it right now across the atlantic . there's a major anti war rally planned in washington dc that also be presets participating in at the lincoln memorial. on february, 19th, that in crew include speakers from across the political spectrum, from the libertarian party to us socialist figures, speaking out against the war, that's becoming less and less popular. and it is a partner. it's partnering with the organizers, chris williamson, george galloway and others. this rally in london, so the momentum is still there even if elite menus like conway hall, which has a anti war tradition, is the venue were jeremy corbin's. parents met what to betray their history and caving to pro war neoconservative trolls who exist essentially only on line. we will continue our momentum on the ground. mike, many thanks for joining for the program this evening with a speaking to max. been with all the grayson addison in chief. appreciate your time . thanks. thanks. lot for having me. sir rushes talk. diplomats like a laugh of his praise moscow's growing relations on the african continent. steering his latest official visit to angola, he went on to criticize western financial pressure on developing states and proposed the creation of new currencies within the brakes group on nations and other frameworks is up a place to live with his actions. the west has proved, as it can trample at any moment on all the values and mechanisms of globalization that it so created and promoted, including the viability of property fair competition on the presumption of innocence, just as it can betray its allies at any moment, which was proved not so long ago in afghanistan, iraq, and during the so called our spring serious self respecting countries, a well aware of what is at stake. they see what the owners of the current international monetary and financial system are capable of and want to create their own mechanisms to ensure sustainable development, which will be protected from outside dictates it is in this direction. that initiatives are moving, which were voice recently just the other day on the need to think about creating a single currency within the brick framework. and the framework of the association of latin american and caribbean states under this in particular, will certainly be discussed at the brick summit in south africa, the end of august to which a group of african countries have been invited, including as i understand it, the president of angola, russia, foreign minister, saint gala vog visits to angle that is like that one coming of another friend in this part of africa. russia was one of the strongest supplies during the cube. what period? in doing it, see the word after independence for all the 3 that got this russia and i got, i had the had it here for the last relationship based on the current interest in the military. and the st. did for and be like that. i'll trade the countries i now straightening those ties, but russia says algola as it's a basic black net in southwestern africa and, and lawless is russia as it back in each economic integration, rationale security and the safety vents. as late last year, russia, as you said, and all that in a communications fatality, and gonna was one of only 19 countries that did not vote for sanction against russia in the united nation. so it's not confidence that russia in a gala boss, oil producing countries are looking at way to improve the allotted relation in cooperation. like many out the ask them, pansies, angola, he's now l. so looking is for economic solution to china, russia and india. because after many that that as the kind of the continent ties to western countries have not yield the sufficiently positive result for the african people. while speaking in alto, canada's ambassador was bombarded with a slew of tough questions ranging from natives ongoing support of ukraine to israel's policies in palestine and others. mr. re, you're lying, you know, if you're using ukraine is a proxy to we can russia. you don't, you don't care about international law at the united nations just recently. you voted against multiple resolutions, upholding international law, upholding palestinian rights. you voted against the resolution condemning neo naziism. you voted against the resolution supporting the treaty on the partition of nuclear weapons on haiti. mr. ray, you're propping up? you're propping up and on the left, did i'm elected. unpopular unconstitutional leader. is that true? that you barbara didn't respond properly to the questions? of course, we didn't expect him to respond and an honest marriage, the king government and barbara himself do not care about international law. they care about advancing the u. s. empire, everything. and these things are scripted. there isn't going to be no opportunity for a real exchange of ideas. there is relatively open speech in canada. what we have is quite a, quite an impressive propaganda system where you have very open we speech rules. you know, there's politicians are relatively accessible at these. you know, for public forums, but the dominant means of communication allow for very narrow spectrum of debate. so i have, you know, published in books on canadian foreign policy from a critical perspective. the dominant media this country absolutely refuses to ever, basically ever been on of course, but basically ever hear my perspective on canadian foreign policy. and i'm just, that's just one example of how the critical perspectives are just excluded from mass communications. are you an agency for palestinian refugees is appeals a $1600000000.00 worth of financial support to put help for those in need of the funding level crises and rising level. the levels of property are among the major problems the agency faces. that's according to commission, a general. he spoke in meeting in geneva, the united nations relief and works agency provides aid such as food medicines and social services for palestinian refugees. the bureau, media advisor stated some think about the agency may not be able to provide help to the most vulnerable one that we are talking about. but in the community, you know, with the students, you know, and it's time to read even in celia, live on and, and gaza on the, on those bank. and they are in need of increasing our services, our, our communities in all sectors. not only talking about food, an indication, but also the need for clinical support that very important element. so i think you know, to, to leave or to see that is not able to provide services. they need help. we try to provide not only 100, but also they sion, but it just a political issue and we need to intervene to stop all of them to get all part is get to talk or you know, to corporate it to find concrete solutions. you know, that the.