direct from our studios in moscow. recapping the week's top stories with our weekly program. this is our to international. are now tensions over ukraine ran high this week with russia criticizing the west for fueling, the escalation and voicing concern at nato's actions in the region. moscow saying it could potentially lead to a large scale conflict. now the escalation happened after a ship belonging to the ukranian navy approach to rushing waters without authorization on thursday evening. a move that russia regarded as a threat to the navigational safety of other vessels in the area. ukraine denied all allegations and insisted the ship was an unarmed search and rescue vessels that never entered restricted waters or post any threat. and it did eventually change course. ukraine was the main topic of discussion between vitamin put in and joe biden. on tuesday, the u. s. president pointed out that he called the threatening nature of russian troop movements near the ukrainian border and said severe sanctions were being drawn up. moscow though insists it can move its troops wherever it wants on its own territory while saying its nato that is making the dangerous moves the kremlin spokesperson talk to r t about how nato's actions are being regarded in russia. just teach 92, which is rhetoric is coming from the us and you lead to sounds pretty aggressive. we see plenty of fake news about russia allegedly planning an aggressive invasion. at the same time, no one talks to key or non warns key advocates even thinking of a military intervention in the guns conflict. now, working on that issue and you know, we see that need to take in an extremely aggressive position. they all say they don't take steps, any red line or 2nd. they say that nato will do whatever it wants, that it will do it on whatever territory along again in florida that all of this is a russia. we do not like dining go, we will do everything to insure our own interest. while ukraine and the west accuse russia of arming the self proclaimed republics in eastern ukraine. the u. s. is openly sending arms to give washington revealed that the 30 javelin anti take tank missile systems were delivered to ukraine in october. as part of a $16000000.00 military aid package. and a further $200000000.00 are on the table as well. and with the ongoing military build up on russia's borders, the g 7 group of advanced economies has threatened russia with a severe response if it attacks ukraine. moscow denies any of the plans of invasion and insist its nato that poses a threat to russia by expanding further east, closer to its borders. but the white house believes that only it has the right to draw the line. yes. oh. of course, the diplomacy is out and red lines are there to be crossed when the big bad wolf is planning a land grab ring a bell. a similar warning came in the spring when russian troops gathered for snap training exercises. and again, when military drills were conducted in crimea, and only recently moscow was supposedly the mastermind of a qu, in key of remember the currenty of no mean either because it didn't happen. in fact, none of the predictions came true, but this time apparently it's different. this time, it's the real deal, and to feed the fair, they're even drawing up the criminal battle plans the new year offensive. and for the umpteenth time this year, russia is forced to defend the presence of its own troops on its own land. russia is not a threat to any country. the deployment of russian troops on the national territory is our sovereign roy and no one's business. it is nato on its members states a recklessly moving their military forces and infrastructure to the russian borders . so what is washes red line, us spy pained jetting towards russia's borders. passenger jets with hundreds of civilians on board, diverted because a nato re complain was to close and wouldn't respond to ground control. the actions by the u. s. air force created the threat to civilization and the fact that the catastrophe was averted over the backseat doesn't mean that the u. s. and nato can go on the risk in people's lives with impunity. the latest american war ship sailing into waters bordering russia. what issues was nature? you know, a u. s. warship has now entered the block scene. william, we can see it from an oculus. blue cross has about hills and its usage, excuse him, a better one or multiple missile systems just across the it would, if possible, to look at where nato's military infrastructure is located, just a short distance from our borders. in romania, holland bush grants and we saw defense systems have already been deployed and they can easily be converted into offensive missile systems that targets us. it only takes a matter of minutes to change the software distribution. now, instinct tells me that if a russian destroy was spotted steaming into new york harbor, it would be a flaming red line for washington. but believe it or not, for us all, this is a pink line at best. the real issue is nato, or rather nato's expansion. and expanded it has from this humble state in 1990 to this empire in 2020. now back in the day, russia was promised, nater would grow not one inch eastward of berlin. well, that's berlin. so no, it's not an ent, it's over a 1000 kilometers. and now it's knocking at rushes door. ukraine joining nato and we've been talking about it for a long time. is a red line for us. the continual drawing of keys into the military or bit of the alliance, the de facto start of natives, assimilation of the military infrastructure of this country. and the desire to turn it into a foothold for confrontation with russia could all cause severe negative consequences and destabilize the military and political situation in europe. but lucky for nato, it's got a get out of jail free card because in politics, well promises are made to be broken. there is that where is that written down? where is that from was written down and under the malicious friend among the rich, good natured, equal, erica, want us to acknowledge it. in the meantime, the us on phased by its terrible track record of predicting russian behavior is covering its spaces and drawing up some economic sanctions, you know, just in case. and now the ongoing frictions have placed the recently completed nord stream to pipeline under threat. it runs from russia to germany under the baltic sea and is awaiting its official launch. however, u. s. top diplomat and to me blinking has said it is unlikely gas will flow through it, repeating the claim of moscow's aggression against ukraine. daniel shawl, a professor at the city, university of new york questions, whether other countries would be allowed to behave like america does. this is part of the ramping up of economic, military and diplomatic pressure on russia. its nato, in the us to continue to encroach upon rushes borders. the absolute hypocrisy that's on display here with blinking and biden's threats to try to cripple the rushing economy. imagine if it was russia surrounding united states, the way the nato in the us continually encroaches into the black sea into estonia into ukraine. so ukraine is the latest justification to continue this new cold war . this new global class struggle was really behind this fear in us ruling circles of a sovereign strong russia a dark day for journalism . this is how join a sanchez supporters reacted to the british high court ruling on friday. that the wiki leagues founder can be expedited to the us, washington one, it's appeal against a previous decision blocking a song from being sent to america to face trial on espionage charges. campaigners slammed the latest move which was handed down on what was the un, it's human rights de. we condemn today's u. k. high court decision to allow the expedition of julian to so on. so the us, which will prove historic for all the wrong reasons. we fully believe that julian, a saw and just being targeted for his contributions to journalism. back in october, those a to day harry was the united states. try to appeal over numerous grounds, including the fact that it offered an unprecedented package of assurances. as i saw, it would not be held under the maximum security the strictest maxim security conditions in prison over there. and that he isn't on well is being he's made out of continue to say that he is indeed active suicide risk. and that all of these assurances are meaningless and vague as they approach it. they said that the united states can reverse any decision. not any point. class is also concerned about the trustworthiness of america's guarantees to pointing to one of those reports in the year that the cia had prompted to kidnap during the saw and put it to kill him. speaking outside the high court here this morning, we've heard from stella morris the partner who's incredibly disappointed and she's saying why and how is this happening for? how long can this go on today is international human rights day? what a shame, how cynical to, how this decision on this day to have one of the foremost the foremost publisher journalist of the past, 50 years in a u. k. prison, accused of publishing the truth about or crimes about cia killed teams. many people have been supporting her outside here. many, many protests is that also are similar questions. who is a glimmer of hope that you know, the british justice system might actually prevail for once? the british judiciary, the system on every level of the u. s. campaign to get a july to 10 years, 10 years in the streets of london, public opinion and decide sounds. but obviously the judge's decision is not on the side of public opinion. it's absolutely devastating. so she, this time of year to another christmas without doing that is children without their dad stay on to fight to free. judy massage, that's what i say. we will prevail eventually, many people outside as a high court say, where is the human rights? in the case of june assange, obviously listed on the foreground of the royal court of justice, that they call it the royal court of injustice. out of a diplomatic. now, a thought beyond a duke was being announced. i protest even through eggs at this side, directly behind me, which just goes to show the sentiment and feeling here on the streets of london. briefly here is how it got to this point in 2019 join us. orange was forcefully removed by british police from ecuador embassy in london. after the country terminated his 7 year asylum there, he sought refuge after sexual assault allegations and sweden, which were later dropped. the british authorities arrested him on a separate charge of jumping bail. america wants the wiki leaks founder extradited on claims of conspiring to hack government computers and publishing classified material. meanwhile, sanchez fiance claims he suffered a stroke during a hearing in october. wicky leaks editor in chief christian robinson talked to us falling fridays ruling was actually in believable. and so i run a good disposition should be hunted on the united nations human rights. the united states had all opportunity in the madison court to make those so called assurances . it's not, it's simply press them forward to the last in the manager court. in generally, the united states had given assurances that they would to treat the julian fairly and he would get that treatment and be housed in an adequate jail and could even server the sentence if he gets one in australia. all of these all called assurance and have been and been investigated by human rights organization such as amnesty international. and i found that the last 6 months worth of paper they're written on. they are simply not reliable. we are dealing here with a nation where individuals on the top level in the junior, the top level of the cia and in the white house contemplated, kidnapping were killing julian assaults. this is not a case that is being fought on the basis of the law. this is an absolutely travesty of any legal process. this is a political case, and the julian arrest us we have said for many, many years is a political persecution. devastating storms have ripped through central and southern parts of the u. s. in what joe biden has described as possibly the worst tornado outbreak in the country's history. now, the state of kentucky had suffered the worst damage with the governor, saying the death toll is currently at 80 people and he is fearful. it could exceed $100.00. in the city of mayfield, more than 100 people were trapped inside a clamped factory building, while emergency workers have managed to rescue about 40 of them. shelters have been set up with the help of the red cross and the governor has declared a state of emergency a worst most devastating, most deadly tornado event in kentucky's history. there's our hometown and it's just devastating. everybody's off their walls. we're shaking house collapsing, gas, if you see where the whole house is buckled. the low back side of this house is our total devastation for our town. most of our historic buildings are now gone. with this is likely to win the largest tornado operation. our history entire towns were destroyed as some 30 powerful tornadoes, ravaged across thick us states the worst affected can. saki needs help support and relief 8. and so it turns to the government and fellow americans. but politics is politics, and it seems not even a monumental disaster like this one can bridge america's political divide. and some believe it's a perfect opportunity to show that you reap what you sow. when hurricane hobby hit in 2017, the 17 senators who voted against a bill to provide billions of dollars in relief. we're all republicans among them. kentucky's senator rand, pull, once again thousands are suffering, but there's no time like the present for political punches. we should do all we can to help our kentucky neighbors. good. be with them for, but do not for one second. forget that rand pool has voted against help. and most americans, most times, very neat. we know, rand paul is a hard, less hypocrite. the people in kentucky deserve relief regardless of their but furnished leadership. much of the dance don't use this against him and his part in the future. it is a missed opportunity for some it's not even off limits to suggest that if you vote read, then you had it coming vote for climate change, denial and see what happens. tornadoes in december read, but weather climate change was a factor is not clear at this point. still is the country reels and shock and concerns over climate change peak. it could also play into the democrats hands as a bits. push a $1.00 trillion dollar climate package through the senate. all i know is that the intensity of the weather across the board has some impacts as a consequence of the warming of the planet and the climate change. and so it seems something as devastating as this can only wet the appetite for those looking to score political points. still because the program of the u. s. government is threatening to impose a hefty fines on journalists to write for a blacklisted publication. one of them shows this story with us. this is weekly, on our international ah, to what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have. it's crazy, even foundation, let it be an arms race is on, often very dramatic development only personally and getting to resist. i don't see how that strategy will be successful, very critical time. time to sit down and talk to others, driven by dreamers shaped banks. concur some of those with there's things we dare to ask a ah, what mack, this is the weekly on our to international. now a new poll shows a noticeable change in the political choices of the hispanic voters in the united states. the cause for concern for the democratic party, which has traditionally had overwhelming support from that ethnic group, as ortiz, kill, map and comments. growing number of americans who identify themselves as hispanic, are being drawn to the republican party. this long time, democratic party block has been softening. according to the poles, latinos more and more becoming swing voters. they are a swing vote that we're going to have to fight full. you see in this whole that there's a group of hispanic men who will, without a doubt, entice by trump and have become will republican yet i just, i was there all the same once they get their position. and they forget about everybody, especially us, the immigrants, they ignore us in some aspects they're fulfilling their promises. but in others, they've forgotten about us, such as education or the pandemic. in the recent virginia governor's race, more than half of latino voters gave their vote to glen young. can the republican compare that to just a year previously? when over 60 percent of latinos voted for by it appears. the issue at hand is jo biden's performance, more than 54 percent don't approve of the job that he's doing more and more are switching parties saying the democratic party no longer reflects their values, the ideology of the fund and the police of destroy the oil and gas industry and the chaos that our border is disastrous for those of us who live here in south texas after much consideration and prayer with my family. i feel that my fiscally conservative pro business and pro life values are no longer in step with a democratic party, up to date, the hispanic and also black eyes. i should be democrat, i'm going against their narrative, and i feel like right now, and everything is crumbling for the democrats biden is completely destroying the economy right now, and people can feel it in their pockets. now there's plenty to be upset about across the united states these days, and latinos are certainly among those affected 12 major cities in the united states have record homicide rates this year, and the price of food and gasoline just keeps staying high. apparently the democratic party is now reaching out to latino voters calling them latin x, a gender neutral term. but apparently not all of this particular demographic are impressed with lincoln down. that's why i don't, i don't like, i don't, i don't think we could be changing. we're a new generation, whatever you know, i feel like it's a bunch of white liberals that are just trying to quotes her answer someone language ot with something that naturally it's like how does it feel like someone didn't waiting for and let. and that was like, ok, pretty cool, i'm pretty sure i'm in that group. and then after, wow, like why do we make my oh, why, why, why are we adding extra words? i mean, i'm the part of a pool, but i'm filipino a and so consider latino latino. it's a sharp wake up call for the democratic party who presumptuous. li assumed that latinos would vote for them as usual. and the democrats are now having to earn their votes. now, the problem is, with all these negatives around the democrats and their performance. some think these efforts may come to little to late. caleb martin, r t new york. american journalists are being threatened with massive fines if they work for what are perceived to be the wrong publications to contributors to a site called the strategic culture foundation have received stern warnings from the us treasury. this letter was sent to daniela's, r and michael, a virchow who are both new york based journalists. it says the s c f is on the list of bent organizations accused of election meddling, and that us citizens who engage in transactions with the foundation are liable to fines of at least $300000.00. daniel is our shared his experience with us. it was a warning regarding future articles. so essentially, if i write for sci fi and gauge and any kind of transaction, which i assume means a, an exchange of money, i could be hit with massive fines that were completely destroy my finances. so i was taken aback, i was, you know, concerned certainly, but actually had stopped writing for the yes. since the previous, you know, of 4 or 5 months earlier. so i didn't feel personally threatened. but others who, who want to continue writing for the f works dreamily frightened fair. they have all stopped writing from the site because really there's just, it's, you know, it's impossible to, to battle the us treasury in this kind of case. the us treasury is power is, is, is enormous. and that of a, of an individual freelance journalist is, you know, microscopic but some of them are so frightened, they're unwilling even to give interviews like this one. so you know, so this is what it's showing effect means they're, they're unwilling to write and they're unwilling even to talk about why they, why they're too afraid to write the threats to make up a part of a targeted sanctions campaign announced by the treasury secretary back in april, treasury will target russian leaders, officials intelligence services and their proxies that attempt to interfere in the us electro process or so bertie has democracy. this is the start of a new u. s. campaign against russian line behavior. the u. s. government claims the strategic culture foundation is in fact, controlled by russia's foreign intelligence agency, the s v r, and that it is also linked to the russian foreign ministry. the foundation denies this and calls itself a research platform about your asian global affairs. but daniel lazar again says, a dangerous precedent has already been said. i think of the that the at the s c f, the foundation hosts honest journalism. even though out i don't, i don't agree with much of it. this is, this is serious work by serious. ready journalists and that as a supporter of a free speech in a free press, i believe that readers should have access to this kind of stuff. and, and yet the, the u. s. government is trying to close down and therefore trying to stop information, which is usually at variance with official us policy, from reaching from reaching audiences, including audiences in the us, to stop journalists from writing for these kinds of websites as a new step. and i think that and i was surprised because because the united states, in fact has a very good track record on when it comes to a free press. i mean, in america, we can say anything we want. yeah, i can write that with the most outrageous things about george w bush or joe biden, and not have to worry for a moment about a, the search secret police crashing through my door. but now things may be changing slightly, and it doesn't or go, well. some other headlines in brief and this weekend, multiple people are confirmed, killed, and numerous. others are still missing after a massive gas explosion on the italian island. officially, the blast completely destroyed. buildings including homes, emergency services have already pulled out survivors from the rubble and are continuing rescue operations. thousands of australians have rallied in sydney and melbourne against vaccine mandates and new pandemic law, including those, introduced by victoria state premier daniel andrews. demonstrators wanted anders to withdraw in order that requires residence. you have had to cover jobs to enter workplaces and other venues on a job, you know, to new york huge santa candidate has returned to work for the 1st time since the pandemic was santa clad party goers enjoying top jay's and even an egg nog waterfall drinking contest the tradition is essentially an all day bar crawl with worse for wear crowds known to get a little chaotic and rowdy at times that your weekly for this hour i'll be back with another look at about $31.00 and a half minute. stay with us or take international. ah, well, the pandemic, no, certainly no borders to nationalities. and you farish, as emerge, we don't have a charity. we don't have a vaccine. the whole world needs to take action and be ready. people are judgment. come in, crisis with we can do better, we should be doing better. everyone is contributing each in their own way. but we also know that this crisis will not go on forever. the challenge is great, the response has been massive. so many good people are helping us. it makes us feel very proud that we are in it together with ah, with mm. welcome to oils apart, shutting to steal 2 christmases in a row covered 19 is once again going in for the kill you on the con darian has already left 2 restrictions in air travel booking cancellation, but it says that the business may be borne by the pressure on already trained healthcare systems, how solid are our defenses? again, this seemingly omnipotent and on the present shaped chair. there. to discuss that i am now joined by lawrence young ologist at the university of warring dr. young is good to see you. thank you very much for taking time to talk to us. thank you. now as you know i'm, it was named after the 50 out of the $24.00 letter.

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