years since the u. s. live to the world, the un about iraq. we re, captain legacy for devastating a former chief, un weapons inspector to iraq, questions washington's real ames. united states government had no intention of allowing the inspectors to do their job. the united states was going to go to war with iraq regard regard because it doesn't matter what the truth was. and the more successful we inspectors became in disarming iraq. the more threat we posed to the american policy with a very welcome you're watching the weekly on our t international, bring to get the latest world news out days along with a round up of the stories. the shapes the week is good to happy with us. now paging has condemned the u. s. a. talk on a chinese balloon that had been drifting over the west for several days to spawn his previous claims that the craft was not capable of surveillance and did not pose a threat. china re straumy dissatisfied with the u. s. attack on the chinese, on mondays ship and voices. it's protest. we have repeatedly informed the u. s. side that the balloons designed purely for civilian use, an accidentally across the u. s. borders. in such circumstances, the u. s. use of force is an obvious overreaction and a violation of international practice. finally, after days of deliberation and doubt, us find 2 jets of short time. what they claim is a chinese spy bloom. beijing of course denies this. it says that it was a web, whether observation balloon, although there is some confusion over whose recommendation it was to, to shoot down the balloon and listen to what you as president joe biden told you in this area. successfully took it down and i want to comment on our aviators who did it, and we'll have more to report on a little later. thank you. what they say by the way. the recommendation from you was funny and that's why the whole that is through the day or wednesday i was like the recommend day said to me, let's wait to look take this place to do it. some are already asking questions over the timing of the incident. it came just ahead of a time visit by the us secretary of state, the blink and to china. now that was subsequently cancelled or was he says, indefinitely postponed. but by using a set now is the time for co heads. and it continues to insist on diplomacy, some politicians and media in the u. s. have hiked it up to attack and smith, china, the chinese side is firmly opposed to that. one of the tasks to the diplomatic teams on both sides is to properly manage bilateral relations, particularly to manage simone expected situations in a cool headed and prudent manner. well, i think just in another statement since by a blinking counselor his visit beijing, his head, china is never violated the territory an air space of another sovereign country. but of course, the u. s. and western media has wasted no time in ratcheting up the anti china rhetoric and the supposed threat posed by beijing in a swiss. now the pentagon is now claiming that chinese spy balloons flew over us territory, or at least 3 caves and occasions under the trump administration. now form us defense, etc. more casper said he was surprised by this statement from the pentagon and he said he was never informed of such incidents during his time in, in office. but we now have former u. s. defense and military officials have described the latest incident as embarrassing, especially given that the u. s. is the world's leading military power and opposition. republican party members have now they've got on the offensive, and they've accused biden of not acting decisively enough. and they say that he's failed to protect american national security. that's i would listen to what they've said. i friend robert o'brien, former national security adviser. why aren't we taking action to deal with this? and why didn't we know about it? robert o'brien, larry, this is awesome. bras and things i've ever seen and american diplomacy, we spend trillions and trillions of dollars on hardware, on soldiers, on airman, on sailors. and we can't do anything about it. why was this allowed to go clear across the country for so many days? if you look at this, national security is one of the biggest things that any country can do. it is a function of government. we see that the by the administration knew about this balloon days ago. and it seems that there was an opportunity when it was coming over islands in alaska that we could have taken it down now, cause china denies that the balloon was carrying out surveillance and the u. s. navy is currently searching for the wreckage of the balloon. we can expect to hear more from the over the coming coming hours, but the, the are the claims of the threat posed by china or something of double standards. let's not forget, it was just last that the us house of representatives speak. nancy pelosi and flame tensions with a provocative visit to taiwan, which beijing said was in breach of the one china policy, which of course is supported by washington, which has also flooded the island with billions of dollars in arms. i think reco spending levels and bite and himself has threatened military action to defend taiwan from china. and the u. s. has continue to say, oh, battle ships down the south china sea and is accused itself of undermining regional stability with the signing of the o. because packed with security, packed with britain on australia when 2021 which is containing china's military power. but of course, this latest incident is a new blow to the already tense us china relations for my israeli prime minister, natalie bennett, has the town, his role was attempting to broker a peace still in the 1st weeks of the ukraine conflict last year and an interview which moscow have yet to respond to bennett, said his f as well to me, at least down by washington and its allies. and i was just a mediator. i turned to america for guidance. i didn't do as i pleased anything i did was coordinated down to the last detail with the u. s. germany and france. they blocked the west, wanted to keep the pressure on putin rather than negotiating money. there were several round the negotiations between moscow and k of in the 1st weeks of the conflict in late march off to a summit. and if some bull russia agreed to deescalate and pulled its troops sounds of north in ukraine. however, he has on this western back of since refused to talk peace and calling for victory over russia on the battlefield. not to be bennett said presidency. he only agreed to leave the safety of his care of bunker off that the israeli lead assured him that russia is not trying to kill him. which is something president putin allegedly promised to balance. who yard me there, not if he got. so i knew that zalinski was under threat. he was in a secret bunker. i called him and said sky, i came out of a meeting with putin on his not going to kill you guys that he asked me, jak, are you sure? yeah, i responded. 100 percent. he won't kill you. zalinski 2 hours later zalinski went to his office and posted on twitter. michel, i'm not afraid as it bears a shallow sugar. yes. good. now i will say one thing to i'm staying here in here on bank of our your street, montgomery. i'm not hiding. why? and i'm not afraid of any one when you call and they will use author and will correspondence thomas roper say, the west isn't interested in peace talks as it's focused on trying to. we can russia if he said he didn't know any, he, israel didn't have any own interest. that's why he said, acted on behalf of the us. he did what the us wanted. did you also said clearly? yes. if it were not negotiations between russia and ukraine, but with, let's say, the west in the next door. and the west didn't want to end this war because the west was, we can russia and therefore they need this fighting in ukraine. there were no serious intention from the west for any peace negotiations into the start of the war and on less than 2014. we know it from their basic agreement that this was just in their attempt to buy time for your greatness and local and alarm set and breast johnson called dominican agreement and invitation to diplomacy. and we see the same though, after discretion of the conflict nearly one year ago when the rest by the works of bennet stopped ukraine from negotiate negotiating anything with russia. hundreds of rallied in the western german city as our hon to protest against berlin's decision to send tank. c ukraine. the demonstration sled up off the local authorities awarded the country's foreign minister applies. this usually handed out for humanitarian achievements. many germans was impressed with the move on alina bab, focus box control, busy with her fiery rhetoric. she recently claimed that europe is fighting a war against russia and then agreeance with donate some of its more than tanks and 50 percent of americans believe that government should lift sanctions if they negatively impact the innocent lives in other countries. as according to the harris poll at american market research company, that tracks public sentiment. well, let's take a closer look. at the results of the poll, the majority of respondents agreed the sanctions which interfere with he went to terry and aid and public health should be lifted. 60 percent of americans say that the us should remove such restrictions if they wire late international law. and more than half of respondents agree that limitations should be repealed if they home the economic activity and livelihood of common people. and half of those polled beliefs such sanctions should be lifted if they impede cooperation on climate change. congress thing a foreign military incentives is not an unusual type thing for the u. s. as washington has imposed many sanctions on countries such as that is way the wrong preventing the supply of humanitarian aid. since 2005, the u. s. has upheld heavy handed measures against his whaler leading to more than 40000 deaths in the nation in a single year, due to a lack of food and other primary needs. and 2018 washington impose new restrictions on iranian banks. constraining the country's ability to provide essential like medicine than in 2021. following a 20 year occupation of afghanistan, the us froze more than $7000000000.00 of the countries ounces, preventing the provision of vital necessities to millions of already suffering civilians. human and labor rights lawyer don kovachick say such a devastating sanctions could potentially amount to war crimes, which many americans i'm now waking up to. they are not happy when they learn that their government is sanctioning people to the point of starvation. it is officially and extensively democracy, but whose jimmy carter said recently, it is not a functioning democracy. it is not a democracy. in practice, most americans, again, don't want to spend as much on military aid as we do. most americans want more money spent on social spending than on the military. but we're not saying that we're seeing quite the opposite. and that is because again, we don't have a functioning democratic system. the suffering venezuelans are going through is almost 100 percent attributable to us nations, which again, us officials said, were designed to cause human suffering. they're very clear about that. so these types of sanctions violate minimal standards of human rights, minimal standards of international humanitarian law. as set forth in the geneva conventions, and yes, therefore, could be tried as war cries russia foreign minister is in the iraq capital for talks for the 1st time since 2019 the visit is positive. so gala was extensive tool of african and middle eastern countries. shortly after his arrival in 5000 lab sat down for a brief discussion with a walk back to jordan. russia's top diplomats is also due to meet iraqi officials, including the prime minister. they're expected to talk bilateral ties as last go, seeks to boost economic cooperation with iraq and other countries in the region. so a lot of is also scheduled to visit molly, laurie tavia, and sit down next week. his arrival in iraq came on a grim anniversary. all the country while it's 20 years to the day since the u. s. to see the whole world about walks, weapons of mass destruction and all special coverage, we look back at the legacy of the illegal war. built on a lie at this hour, american and coalition forces are in the early stages of military operations to disarm iraq, to free its people, and to defend the world from great with with rushes foreign ministry says the united states will have to get rid of the anything goes attitude so vividly manifested in the test tube scandal back in 2003. the statement was released on the 20th anniversary of colon power infamous performance at the un security council. moscow added that power has since become a household name as the personification of hypocrisy, and the conviction of the ruling elite of the united states and its own impunity. during his notorious speech, the us secretary state secretary displayed a mysterious vial of white powder and an attempt to drum up support for the war which the un ultimately refused to sanction. and the weapons of mass destruction claim eventually proved to have been a complete fabrication. one of the most worrisome things that emerges from the thick intelligence file we have on our racks. biological weapons is the existence of mobile production facilities used to make biological agents. we have 1st hand descriptions of biological weapons, factories on wheels and on rails. it felt like justifying an invasion of iraq to the world. mattered that much to the u. s. though, after all, then president george w bush already had plans to invade the sovereign middle eastern nation claims that baghdad was stock piling, illegal weapons and developing its nuclear program. war a plenty, and the catch fear, phrase, weapons of mass destruction had already been popularized. evidence. however, was either lacking or in powells case, fabricated like the vile of white powder he so confidently waved in the world's face as he accused saddam hussein of having amassed titanic reserves of chemical weapons when a rack finally admitted. having these weapons in 1995, the quantities were vast. less than a teaspoon of dry anthrax, a little bit about this amount. this is just about the amount of a teaspoon. less than a teaspoonful of dry anthrax in an envelope shut down the united states senate in the fall of 2001. this forced several 100 people to undergo emergency medical treatment and killed 2 postal workers. powell pointed the finger at faulty intelligence after it became clear that there was no merits to america's accusations. he said he was very disappointed. i'm very concerned when i made that presentation in february 2003. it was based on the best information at the central intelligence agency made available to me. but it turned out that the sourcing was inaccurate in wrong and in some cases, deliberately misleading. and for that i am disappointed and i regret it. oh, how quickly the u. s. is closest ally jumped into the blood bath at washington's command, but when all was said and done, former british prime minister tony blair said it was all in good faith since the west needed to bring down evil saddam after tried to deflect blame. though blair also said he was very sorry, i did not mislead this country. i made the decision in good faith on the information i had at the time. and i believe that it is better that we took that decision and a nation whose people we wanted to set free and secure from the evil of sedan, became instead victim to sectarian terrorism. for all of this, i express more sorrow, regret, and apology, than you may have no. will complete the other world leaders sense something foul from the get go, which is why powell thought fit to give his speech. in the 1st place, france, germany and russia all decided they would vote against the u. s. as hawkish initiative that the united nations the world is close to war. my question was in still as does the threat coming from the iraqi dictator justify a war, a war which will kill thousands of children, women, and men. my answer is no matter what the circumstances will vote no, because we consider at this time that there is no place for going toward to achieve the object of that. we all want at the moment, which is a disarmament of iraq, where you live approach. if you're at the military action against iraq is a huge political mistake. already sat above the humanitarian side of the shield. on top of that, the un former chief weapons inspectors who iraq, scott ritter said, rex capability to have weapons of mass destruction had been eliminated by december of 998. it's no wonder writers saw pals, accusations against baghdad, as relying only on circumstantial evidence. how just keep hitting you with circumstantial evidence and he confuses people and he lied. he lied the people, he misled people. fabricating evidence, lying killing, hundreds of thousands of people. another stark reminder of the length washington is willing to go to the success of its foreign policy agenda. is that steak or 20 years old? we are schools with what was really behind power claims. the former chief un weapons inspector to iraq. believe washington never had any intention to let the experts do their job. as in walks disarmament was apparently the last thing the us wanted. i was brought in to help create an intelligence organization that would assist the special commission and evaluating the accuracy of the iraqi declarations about what weapons of mass destruction they had. you see, i thought that the mission of the special commission was to disarm iraq. and we worked in a very assiduous manner to carry out that mission. but it turned out that the disarmament of iraq was the last thing the united states wanted. the united states was going to go to war with iraq regardless. regardless, it doesn't matter what the truth was. so i dressed the iraqi parliament, they gave a speech that wasn't pre screened. and as a speech, a said, if you don't let weapons inspectors back in your country will be destroyed. you have to let them back in without any pre conditions, said some stains, going to let weapons inspectors back in. i one i succeeded. and so when it came out is the exact opposite. feels like inspectors are going to be law back. and i said, yes, you can't talk about going to war with iraq unless you allow the inspectors to complete their job. if i rec, kitchen inspectors out again, if a wreck doesn't cooperate, then you have justification to accuse iraq of bad stuff. but you must let the inspectors do their job. maybe i was a little naive. maybe the iraqis were because the united states government had no intention allowing the inspectors to do their job. the bottom line is, america's policy was a disarmament. but regime change and the more successful we inspectors became in disarming iraq. the more threat we posed to the american policy of regime change. and so when weapons inspection teams left iraq in 1998, the world was blind. which means that when colin powell gave his presentation to the united nations security council in february of 2003, it wasn't just misleading. it was deliberately misleading. he knew what he was saying was false. and as a result, we went to war 5 years after the beginning of the rank occupation by us forces. then president george w bush proudly visited baghdad. but didn't get the welcome. he expected bush had to dodge a pair of shoes thrown in his face. why in a rocky journalist? ah ah fun. if you looked at his face yellow and twitching, you could see the embarrassment. he was so scared from. so i don't think his smile was normal as for the shoes, i demanded them when i was with the investigating judge. i told him you can do whatever you want with me, but i want my shoes. the next day he told me that the shoes had been destroyed in c