- 5/29/2025
🕊️ Russia offers to hold the next round of peace talks with Ukraine on Monday in Istanbul, proposing a plan to address the root causes of the conflict. 🇷🇺🇺🇦 Meanwhile, Germany’s new chancellor has confirmed that Ukraine can use long-range missiles to strike deep into Russian territory, prompting Moscow to warn Berlin that this is a serious mistake. 🇩🇪⚠️
💔 In another critical development, after 600 days of war in Gaza, the Palestinian UN representative was reduced to tears at the Security Council. He reported that over 1,300 children have been killed since Israel broke the ceasefire with Hamas in March, highlighting the ongoing devastating humanitarian crisis. 🇵🇸🕯️
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💔 In another critical development, after 600 days of war in Gaza, the Palestinian UN representative was reduced to tears at the Security Council. He reported that over 1,300 children have been killed since Israel broke the ceasefire with Hamas in March, highlighting the ongoing devastating humanitarian crisis. 🇵🇸🕯️
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00:00Now, Russia says it is ready for a round two of peace talks with Ukraine,
00:05offering to meet once again in Istanbul on Monday.
00:09And that's according to the country's top diplomat,
00:11who added that Moscow's memorandum on its terms for ending the war has been finalized.
00:17Sergei Lavrov said that he hopes that all those who want peace will support the talks.
00:26As you know, with the support of the United States,
00:28Saudi Arabia and Turkey,
00:30it was possible to create conditions for the resumption of direct Russian-Ukrainian negotiations.
00:36As agreed, the Russian side has promptly developed a corresponding memorandum,
00:40which sets out our position on all aspects of reliably overcoming the root causes of the crisis.
00:46Our delegation, led by Vladimir Medinsky,
00:48is ready to present this memorandum to the Ukrainian delegation
00:51and provide the necessary clarifications
00:54during the second round of resumed direct talks in Istanbul next Monday, June 2.
00:58I would like to once again express my gratitude to the Turkish partners
01:02for providing a hospitable Turkish venue,
01:05as Turkish Foreign Minister Fedan confirmed during his visit to Moscow.
01:09We hope that all those who are sincerely,
01:12and not only in words, interested in the success of the peace process,
01:15will support the holding of a new round.
01:17Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has, in fact, proposed 2nd of June,
01:22as the date for next negotiations between Russian and Ukrainian delegations.
01:27And the place is, of course, Istanbul.
01:28And Lavrov also held a number of telephone conversations today.
01:32He spoke with his Turkish counterpart, discussing the settlement of the conflict.
01:36And he also spoke to the U.S.'s Marco Rubio, informing Rubio about the progress
01:42in implementing the agreements made between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin
01:46and about the preparation for the next round of talks.
01:49Of course, different places were proposed.
01:53Pope Leo XIV proposed Vatican as the place for the next round of negotiations.
01:57But Lavrov actually stated that Vatican is not the right place
02:01for two orthodox countries to hold these talks.
02:05And we have to recall a little bit on the last negotiations
02:08that were held on May 16th in Turkey as well, in Istanbul,
02:13where Ukrainian delegation in Ukraine as a whole put on a show, of course,
02:17as it made the Russian delegation to wait a whole day before actually turning up.
02:22And Zelenskyy actually claimed that he expected
02:24a more high-ranking representatives to turn up.
02:27In particular, he is somewhat expected to meet one-on-one with Vladimir Putin.
02:33But Putin has never actually made,
02:37has never initially mentioned that he will meet with Zelenskyy during his address.
02:41And Zelenskyy was actually in Ankara.
02:44And only after the day of waiting was over for the Russian delegation,
02:49then Zelenskyy announced he will send delegation to Istanbul.
02:53And during these talks, the two sides agreed on two things.
02:57The first is, of course, the biggest prisoners of war exchange,
03:001,000 for 1,000, that was just held over the weekend.
03:05Plus, following the POW exchange, Lavrov underlined that Russia will propose
03:10to Kiev with a memorandum on the conflict resolution.
03:14And Zelenskyy was in Berlin today, and that's what's interesting here.
03:17And he met with Chancellor Mertz,
03:19claiming actually that no memorandum has been proposed to Kiev.
03:23And Medinskyy, who led Russia's delegation,
03:27responded to these claims and told an absolutely different story
03:31to the narrative Zelenskyy was trying to push.
03:34I read the news spread by all the world agencies.
03:38Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov
03:40called me to talk about the memorandum,
03:43which they say we still have not prepared.
03:46They say that the Russians are in no hurry.
03:50I'll comment on that.
03:52It's almost like that.
03:53I called Rustem Umerov myself today
03:57and suggested the exact date and place of the meeting
04:00for the exchange of memorandums,
04:03a list of conditions for the cessation of hostilities.
04:06I would like to emphasize that in the same place at that very spot,
04:11we are ready to begin a meaningful, substantive discussion
04:15of each of the points for an agreement on a possible ceasefire.
04:20The Ukrainian side went to consult.
04:22Apparently, the meeting dragged on.
04:25For over a week, the world is waiting for the Russians
04:28to complete their so-called memorandum.
04:31We are waiting for confirmation
04:33and are ready to meet in person
04:36and start working on the date we have set in the coming days
04:40in the interest of long-term peace and saving human lives.
04:45So far, they have not come up with anything new.
04:48They're dumping copies of their old ultimatums
04:51into the information sphere.
04:52The head of the Ukrainian delegation,
04:54who is also Ukraine's defense minister,
04:57Rustem Umerov, actually stated that Kiev
05:00has handed Moscow the document
05:02that reflects Ukrainian position,
05:05but we haven't heard confirmation of that
05:08from the Russian side just yet.
05:10There are also reports that Ukrainians
05:12have actually threatened Medinsky's family.
05:15But returning to the upcoming talks,
05:17of course, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zaharova
05:20stated that no third parties will take part
05:23in the exchange of these memorandums.
05:26Many found it a bit surprising
05:27that Zelensky was actually expecting to meet
05:30with Vladimir Putin back then in Istanbul
05:32because this isn't really how these things work.
05:34First, the lower-level officials meet.
05:37They create actually the base,
05:39and these are the first negotiations
05:40since 2022 that we're talking about.
05:43Of course, it's not the time for the leaders
05:45to meet on the first session.
05:48The other leader actively involved
05:50in the peacekeeping process,
05:52of course, is Donald Trump.
05:53What has he been saying lately?
05:56Donald Trump has been involved
05:57in mediation a lot recently
05:59and rebuilding contacts with Moscow in general
06:02after the Biden administration cut all ties.
06:06And Trump actually stated today
06:08that something big will happen in two weeks.
06:10Let's listen in.
06:11Do you believe the Russians are being disrespectful
06:13when they say that your criticisms of Putin
06:16are simply an emotional response?
06:19And do you still believe that Putin
06:20actually wants to end the war?
06:22I can't tell you that,
06:24but I'll let you know in about two weeks,
06:25within two weeks.
06:26We're going to find out very soon.
06:28Go ahead.
06:28President Zelensky says he's ready
06:29to sit down with you
06:30and Vladimir Putin in Geneva.
06:33And it sounds like General Kellogg
06:34is working on preparations for that.
06:36Are you planning to sit down with the two of them?
06:39Well, I will if it's necessary.
06:40I wish he would have been that way
06:41a couple of months ago.
06:43But at this point,
06:44we're working on President Putin
06:46and we'll see where we are.
06:49I think we're doing fine, but we'll see.
06:50I don't like what's happening.
06:51That's one thing I'll say I don't like.
06:53When I see rockets being shot into cities,
06:55that's no good.
06:56Trump's rhetoric has been rather sharp
06:59in the last few days,
07:00but Russian president's aid
07:02has actually responded to all of that.
07:04We keep track of everything,
07:07but we came to the conclusion
07:08that Trump is not sufficiently informed
07:10about what is really happening on the ground,
07:13particularly about the increasing frequency
07:15of massive terrorist attacks by Ukraine
07:18against peaceful Russian cities.
07:20And Trump only knows
07:21what retaliatory measures we are taking.
07:23Moreover, they do not fully understand
07:26that we are hitting only military infrastructure facilities
07:28or military industrial complex facilities.
07:31So, from what we're witnessing now,
07:33attempts to bring an end to this conflict
07:35and to bring peace are in fact being made.
07:39But Kiev and its Western backers
07:41continue to fuel the conflict
07:42from what we're witnessing.
07:44So, we'll just have to wait
07:45and see if such tactic
07:47would work out in favor for Kiev.
07:50Meanwhile, Germany's new chancellor
07:52has announced Berlin will no longer limit
07:55Kiev's use of long-range weapons.
07:57Frederick Maas also said
07:59that his country will even fund
08:01Ukraine's own missile production.
08:03But Russia's foreign minister
08:05branded the move a big mistake.
08:09If I understood what I was reading correctly,
08:14Mertz said at a press conference
08:16that he had in mind
08:17from the very beginning
08:18financing the production of missiles
08:19of any range in Ukraine.
08:21This means that there is no talk
08:22of supplying German missiles.
08:24We need to check both of these statements,
08:26escalating tensions,
08:28supporting the war,
08:29and Germany is directly involved
08:31in this war.
08:33We already have German tanks
08:35driving on the territory.
08:36If there are also missiles...
08:38They mostly burn, not drive.
08:42Therefore, direct involvement
08:44in the war is already evident.
08:46Germany is sliding down the same slope
08:48it moved on a couple of times
08:49in the last century,
08:50down to its collapse.
08:52I hope that responsible politicians
08:54in the country
08:55will make the right conclusion
08:56and stop the madness.
08:58We are funding a significant portion
09:02of the country's Starlink coverage.
09:04And our defense ministers
09:06will today make a declaration
09:07of intent about the procurement
09:09of long-range weapons systems
09:11from Ukrainian production,
09:13so-called long-range fires.
09:16There will be no range restrictions here.
09:18Ukraine can thus fully defend itself also
09:21against military targets
09:23outside their own national territory.
09:26This is the beginning of a new form
09:28of military-industrial cooperation
09:30between our countries,
09:32which has great potential.
09:35Now, former U.S. intelligence officer
09:37Scott Richter says
09:38that the German chancellor
09:39has found another way
09:41to use Kiev as a proxy
09:42to bring about a new stage
09:45of the conflict.
09:45The German defense minister,
09:49Pistorius,
09:51prior to Mertz becoming chancellor,
09:54when discussing the possibility
09:56of Germany sending Taurus missiles,
09:58said this will never happen.
09:59It doesn't matter what Mertz says.
10:01There's reasons why Germany
10:03will not do this.
10:05And those reasons will continue to exist
10:07once Mertz becomes chancellor.
10:09I believe,
10:10this is just my belief,
10:11that Russia has made it clear
10:13that if Germany were to empower Ukraine
10:16with Taurus missiles,
10:19that Germany and the factories
10:20that produce the Taurus missiles
10:22become legitimate targets
10:24from the Russian perspective,
10:26which is why Germany would seek
10:29to transfer the production capacity
10:31for weapons capable of striking
10:33deep into Russia
10:34out of Germany and into Ukraine.
10:37Ukraine assumes the responsibility
10:40for these weapons,
10:41even though they might be German designed,
10:43German produced.
10:44They're manufactured in Ukraine
10:45and they have a Ukrainian fingerprint on them.
10:48And any Russian retaliation
10:50regarding the use
10:52or potential use of these weapons
10:53would be in the minds
10:54of the Germans limited to Ukraine.
10:57But at the end of the day,
10:59Russia has to defend Russia.
11:01And Russia cannot,
11:02I believe,
11:03allow a situation to occur
11:05where a NATO nation
11:08can use a proxy like Ukraine
11:10to strike deep into Russia,
11:12hitting strategic targets
11:14and not pay a price.
11:16That if the Ukrainian drones
11:17actually targeted
11:18the Russian president,
11:19they did not do so in a vacuum.
11:22That there would have been
11:23assistance provided by the West,
11:25which means that the West
11:26is targeting the Russian president.
11:28And if you read
11:29the Russian nuclear doctrine,
11:31this is a trigger
11:32for Russian nuclear retaliation
11:34or preemptive strikes.
11:36So this is, you know,
11:37who's playing with fire here?
11:38It's not Vladimir Putin
11:39that's playing with fire.
11:41It's Ukraine and the West
11:42that are playing with fire.
11:44Meanwhile, air defenses
11:46around Moscow
11:46have been in action overnight,
11:48repelling an attack
11:49by three drones.
11:51And that's according
11:52to the city's mayor.
11:53No one was injured,
11:55although emergency services
11:56are still working
11:57around the scene
11:58where residential buildings
12:00were left damaged.
12:04In the Middle East now,
12:071,300 Palestinian children
12:10have been killed
12:11and around 4,000 wounded
12:13since Israel broke its ceasefire
12:15with Hamas in March.
12:16Those figures were provided
12:18by Palestine's representative
12:19to the UN.
12:21As the war in Gaza
12:22marked 600 days,
12:24a Security Council session
12:25was held,
12:26although it proved
12:27all too emotional
12:28for the Palestinian official.
12:30The images of mothers
12:34embracing their motionless bodies,
12:39caressing their hair,
12:42talking to them,
12:45apologizing to them.
12:46It's unbearable.
12:52How could anyone
12:53tell me
12:56this sorrow?
13:04Excuse me, Mr. President.
13:07I have grandchildren.
13:09I know what they mean
13:11to their families.
13:13And to see the situation
13:16of the Palestinians
13:17without us
13:18having hearts
13:19to do something
13:20is beyond
13:21the ability
13:23of any normal human being
13:24to tolerate it.
13:29Flames and hunger
13:31are devouring
13:33Palestinian children.
13:35This is why
13:36we are so outraged
13:38as Palestinians
13:39everywhere.
13:40The 14 millions of us
13:42in the occupied territories,
13:44in the diaspora,
13:46in the refugee camps,
13:47in far places,
13:49all the way
13:50to California
13:51and in between.
13:53We love our children.
13:54We love our people.
13:56We don't want to see
13:57them going through this.
14:00Meanwhile,
14:01the situation
14:02around eight
14:03distribution centers
14:04remains volatile
14:05with gunfire
14:06once again
14:07heard in the area.
14:12People run for cover
14:24under a hail of bullets
14:26with some seen
14:27being carried away
14:28after being wounded.
14:29Locals have been
14:30amassing
14:31at the handful
14:32of aid distribution points
14:33in hope of getting
14:34some food
14:35as hunger spreads
14:36throughout the entire enclave.
14:38Palestinians say
14:39that the situation
14:40is becoming
14:41so critical
14:42that they are
14:43prepared to risk
14:43their lives
14:44for the chance
14:45of getting supplies.
14:50We came here
14:51because of hunger.
14:52We haven't eaten
14:53for nearly a week.
14:54I have children
14:55including an 18-month-old
14:57and he needs food
14:58and milk
14:58and I don't have
14:59the ability
15:00to secure it.
15:01My little boy
15:02is so hungry
15:03he's sucking his thumb.
15:05Adults are collapsing
15:06and falling to the ground
15:07from the intensity
15:08of hunger.
15:09I came despite
15:10the danger
15:10and long distance
15:11to get food.
15:14I was waiting here
15:15since yesterday
15:16but it was useless.
15:17People surged in
15:18and they got
15:18the rest of the aid.
15:20I didn't get anything.
15:22Nobody is safe
15:23in Gaza.
15:24Civilians,
15:25journalists,
15:26medical and aid workers
15:28have continuously
15:29found themselves
15:30in the line
15:30of the ITS fire
15:32despite Israel claiming
15:33it only targets
15:34Hamas fighters.
15:35and the chief
15:36of the UN agency
15:37for Palestinian refugees
15:39says that since
15:39the war erupted
15:41more than 300
15:42humanitarian workers
15:44have been killed
15:44with some of them
15:45still being found
15:46in mass graves.
15:48No place
15:49is safe in Gaza
15:51and no one
15:52is spared.
15:54Hospitals,
15:55schools,
15:56shelters,
15:57people's homes,
15:58place of refuge
15:59all have been hit.
16:01Doctor,
16:02journalist
16:03and aid workers
16:04among them
16:05over 310
16:07UNRWA personnel
16:07have been killed.
16:10This has been going on
16:11for nearly 20 months now.
16:14Meanwhile,
16:15the clock is ticking
16:16towards famine
16:17so humanitarian
16:19must be allowed
16:20to do
16:21its life-saving
16:22work now.
16:24Now,
16:25famine has become
16:26another lethal weapon
16:28in Gaza
16:28with almost half a million
16:29Palestinians
16:30on the brink
16:31of starvation
16:32according to the UN.
16:34Desperate for food,
16:35four people
16:36have been killed
16:37while storming
16:38aid warehouses.
16:40Two people
16:41were crushed
16:41while two others
16:42died of gunshot wounds.
16:45RT's
16:45Saeed Swarki
16:46has the story.
16:50It's not just
16:51the airstrikes
16:51that are causing
16:52death in Gaza.
16:53Hunger has become
16:54an even more
16:54terrible ordeal,
16:56being turned
16:56into a weapon
16:57in the war of genocide
16:58as evidenced
16:59by the inhabitants
17:00of the region.
17:00Israel closes crossings
17:02and ignores
17:03the refugee agency,
17:04preventing humanitarian aid
17:06from entering.
17:07And when it is allowed
17:08to be imported,
17:09it happens as part
17:10of a forced relocation project.
17:12Instead of 400 centres
17:14for the distribution
17:15of aid,
17:15only four are functioning.
17:17The result is obvious,
17:18the humiliation
17:19of tens of thousands
17:20of people
17:21and serious concerns
17:22about a project
17:23that looks humanitarian
17:24on the outside,
17:25but in fact
17:26is part of the war.
17:27They look at us
17:28with arrogant disdain,
17:30seeking to humiliate us.
17:31We need to open
17:32the border crossings.
17:34This situation
17:34cannot be tolerated
17:35and such measures
17:36do not bring results.
17:38We walked four kilometres
17:39to get only crumbs.
17:41We witnessed tens
17:42of thousands
17:42of citizens
17:43heading to the
17:44distribution centre
17:45in the west of Rafa,
17:46which is operated
17:47by an American company.
17:49The famine forced
17:50children, women
17:51and the elderly
17:51to walk six kilometres
17:53from southern Khan units
17:54to western Rafa.
17:55After receiving help,
17:57they will have to
17:57return the same way.
17:59I come from
17:59the Saudi quarter
18:00where aid is currently
18:01being distributed.
18:02I feel depressed
18:03because I was sent
18:04to a remote place
18:05and help is being
18:06distributed right at my home.
18:08I tried to return there
18:09to receive humanitarian aid
18:11at my place of residence,
18:12but unfortunately,
18:14I did not receive anything.
18:16Allah is enough for me
18:17and He is the best protector.
18:21The essence of the Israeli project
18:23is to create four centres,
18:24all of which are located
18:26in the south of the sector.
18:27Those who want to receive
18:28help from Gaza City
18:30and the northern regions
18:31will have to move.
18:32Thus, Israel has put
18:33humanitarian aid
18:34at the service
18:34of the resettlement project,
18:36which it calls voluntary.
18:41In Asia,
18:43tens of thousands
18:43of people have taken
18:45to the streets of Bangladesh
18:46to demand new elections.
18:48A country is currently
18:50led by an interim government
18:51after the long-time
18:53Prime Minister
18:53Sheikh Hasina
18:54was ousted last year.
18:56The rally was organised
18:58by the Nationalist Party,
19:00one of the largest
19:00political movements
19:01in the country.
19:03It has demanded
19:03a clear timeline
19:04for new elections
19:06and has criticised
19:07the interim authorities
19:09for making decisions
19:10that have long-term implications.
19:12Meanwhile,
19:16the ousted Prime Minister
19:17who fled to India
19:18has accused
19:19the Bangladeshi government
19:20of selling out
19:21the country
19:22to Washington.
19:23She claiming
19:24the US
19:25was trying to take over
19:26a strategically located island.
19:29R.T.
19:29Charlotte Dubinsky
19:30delves deeper
19:31into how Washington
19:32pursues its goals
19:33in Asia,
19:35a warning that this report
19:36contains disturbing images.
19:37The US
19:40is always going on
19:41about supporting
19:42democratic countries
19:43around the world.
19:44In doing so,
19:45it would probably like you
19:46to forget how
19:47its interventions
19:49have often shifted power
19:50in those countries
19:52in favour of,
19:53well,
19:53itself.
19:54That shift of power
19:55has come at a huge cost
19:58over the decades
19:59with much of the focus
20:00on Central America.
20:02But America's grip
20:03has always been
20:04far larger than that,
20:06stretching across
20:07the globe.
20:08And in recent years,
20:10Washington has been busy.
20:12Let's just turn our attentions
20:13to the regime change
20:14in Bangladesh last year.
20:27You may have read
20:28that student protests
20:30toppled Sheikh Hasina,
20:31but in reality,
20:32this was a military coup,
20:34one that the US
20:35was OK with.
20:37Over the years,
20:38the US has maintained
20:39cosy ties with military
20:41or military-backed regimes
20:43in Bangladesh.
20:44And it views the latest
20:45regime change
20:46as a positive development.
20:47But the White House
20:48and the State Department
20:49have denied Hasina's
20:51allegation of US
20:52involvement in her overthrow.
20:54Now,
20:54that ousted leader,
20:55Sheikh Hasina,
20:56has accused Bangladesh's
20:58new leaders
20:59of handing over
20:59part of her beloved country
21:01to the US.
21:03Hasina,
21:03specifically mentioning
21:04the prize that Washington
21:06has had its eye on
21:07for decades,
21:08St. Martin's Island.
21:10This island has potential
21:12military strategic value
21:13as it would give
21:14the US control
21:15over the Bay of Bengal,
21:16the Strait of Malacca,
21:18as well as more access
21:20and eyes
21:20in the Indo-Pacific region.
21:23Need I say,
21:24China?
21:24And she alleges
21:25that this is the prize
21:27Washington has gone
21:28to some pretty extreme lengths
21:30to get hold of.
21:31It can't be anyone's intention
21:34to give up
21:34even an inch
21:35of that country's soil
21:36to anyone.
21:37But what a misfortune
21:38it is today.
21:39My father did not agree
21:41to America's demands
21:42for St. Martin's Island.
21:43He had to give his life
21:44for that.
21:45And that was my destiny
21:46as I never thought
21:47of selling the country
21:48to stay in power.
21:50In that statement,
21:50Hasina is talking
21:51about Muhammad Yunus,
21:53the Nobel Peace Prize laureate,
21:55parachuted
21:56into be Bangladesh's
21:57interim leader
21:58until elections
21:59can be held
22:00almost ten months later
22:02and there is no sign
22:03of those elections.
22:05And who parachuted him
22:06into being PM?
22:08Well,
22:08that's an open secret.
22:10He is known
22:12as to be the brain
22:14behind the whole revolution.
22:17So,
22:18he denies it repeatedly.
22:20He's not me,
22:21many others.
22:22But that's how
22:23he's recognised
22:23that he's the brain
22:25behind the whole thing.
22:27It's an amazing,
22:28meticulously designed thing.
22:29It's not just
22:31suddenly came,
22:32it's not like that.
22:33It's very well designed.
22:34Even the leadership pattern,
22:35people don't know
22:36who the leader is.
22:37So,
22:38you can't catch one
22:38and say,
22:39okay,
22:39it's over.
22:39It's not over.
22:40For many experts,
22:41Yunus' links
22:42to the U.S.
22:43deep state
22:44are clear.
22:45Muhammad Yunus
22:46has long maintained
22:47deep connections
22:48with the U.S.
22:50deep state
22:50and its regional enforcers,
22:53notably,
22:54the Pakistani military establishment
22:55and the ISI.
22:57His recent ascent to power
22:59in Bangladesh
23:00under the guise
23:01of leading
23:01an interim government
23:03is in fact
23:04a geopolitical manoeuvre
23:06orchestrated
23:07by foreign intelligence agencies.
23:09This move serves
23:11multiple objectives.
23:13One,
23:13to turn Bangladesh
23:14into a strategic outpost
23:16for transnational
23:18jihadist operations
23:19and narco-terrorism.
23:21And two,
23:22to establish
23:23American hegemony
23:24over the geopolitically
23:25sensitive corridor
23:26spanning the Bay of Bengal,
23:29Arakan
23:29and the China-Myanmar border.
23:31As mentioned earlier,
23:33this was a military coup.
23:35It was,
23:36but it was also a coup
23:37heavily supported
23:38by radical Islamists,
23:40including the
23:41Jamaati Islami Party.
23:43These are the guys
23:44found guilty
23:45of being complicit
23:46in genocide
23:47and war crimes
23:48during the 1970s.
23:51Banned from taking part
23:52in elections
23:53for many years,
23:54it was finally given
23:55a full ban
23:56by Hasina
23:56just before she
23:58lost her grip
23:58on power.
24:00Though Yunus
24:00quickly reversed
24:01that
24:02in a quid pro quo,
24:04perhaps,
24:04it's now
24:05a prominent force
24:06in Bangladesh.
24:08With the protests
24:09shaking the established
24:10political order,
24:12Jamaati Islami
24:12saw a chance
24:13to rehabilitate
24:14its image
24:15and adopt a stance
24:16in favor of change,
24:18positioning itself
24:19as a pro-revolutionary
24:21force.
24:22This strategy
24:23has reinvigorated
24:24the party's appeal,
24:26providing it
24:27with greater media attention
24:28and renewed
24:29popular support.
24:30Meanwhile,
24:31Bangladesh's former
24:32ruling party
24:33has been banned
24:33from participating
24:34in any elections,
24:35if, of course,
24:36they take place.
24:38Meanwhile,
24:38Hindus are being
24:39heavily persecuted
24:40in the country.
24:41The United States
24:42must work
24:43to stop the violence
24:44in Bangladesh
24:45and stand up
24:46for human rights.
24:47There is targeted
24:48violence against
24:50the Hindu minority
24:51in Bangladesh
24:52and a destruction
24:54of Hindu temples.
24:55That is wrong.
24:56The caretaker
24:57prime minister
24:58Yunus
24:58must work
24:59to bring peace
25:01to stop
25:01the violence
25:02against Hindus,
25:03to stop
25:04the violence
25:04against student
25:05protesters
25:05and to build
25:07a real democracy
25:08in Bangladesh.
25:10The United States
25:10must demand
25:11that he do that.
25:13So that's on
25:14one side
25:15of Asia.
25:16Radicals suddenly
25:17finding themselves
25:18in power
25:18with Washington's
25:20long-asked-for demands
25:21about to be fulfilled.
25:23Over on the other
25:25extreme of the
25:26Asian continent,
25:27a very similar game
25:28has been playing out.
25:30This time,
25:31it wasn't a Nobel
25:32Peace Prize laureate
25:33that came to power,
25:34but outright Islamists.
25:36Yes,
25:37we're talking about
25:38a guy who only
25:39recently dusted
25:40himself down
25:41and said,
25:41oh,
25:42I'm not in Al-Qaeda
25:43anymore,
25:43trust me,
25:44I wear a suit now.
25:45Yet a leopard
25:46doesn't change its spots
25:48nor his views
25:49on women,
25:49it seems,
25:50even when that's
25:51the German
25:52foreign minister
25:53when she was on
25:54an official visit.
25:55This is Ahmed Al-Shara,
25:57a man who until
25:58very recently
25:59had a big bounty
26:00on his head
26:01put there by the US.
26:03It was dropped
26:04pretty soon after
26:05he stormed to power,
26:07ousting Syria's
26:08Bashar al-Assad,
26:09something the US
26:10had been trying
26:11to do for over
26:12a decade.
26:13Despite the
26:14I've turned over
26:15a new leaf spiel,
26:17he very quickly
26:18got to work
26:19persecuting
26:20Alawite community.
26:21If I show my face
26:48and they see it,
26:49they will slaughter
26:49my family.
26:50People without
26:51any humanity
26:52have come and killed
26:53kids, infants,
26:55women, men
26:55and the elderly.
26:57We're human beings,
26:58we're Syrians.
26:59If you want to kill us,
27:01do it,
27:01but not like this.
27:06Anyone,
27:07anyone who can hear me,
27:08just please save us.
27:09You need to do,
27:10to do something quickly.
27:11We are running out of time.
27:13You'd think that such atrocities
27:16plus no commitment
27:17to holding elections
27:18would see al-Sharah's regime
27:20firmly out in the cold
27:22with Washington,
27:23but no.
27:24He's a tough guy
27:25and that's good.
27:27How did you find
27:28the Syrian president?
27:29Great.
27:30Great.
27:31I think very good.
27:32Young, attractive guy,
27:34tough guy.
27:35You know,
27:36strong pass.
27:38Very strong pass fighter.
27:39How the hell
27:40did a former
27:41al-Qaeda leader
27:42whose militants
27:43just two months ago
27:44butchered more than
27:45a thousand people
27:47suddenly become
27:48the guy
27:49Washington can work with?
27:51It's very simple.
27:52They promised Trump
27:53his piece of the pie.
27:55Washington,
27:56the administration's changed,
27:58but the power behind them
27:59doesn't.
28:00And that power is patient,
28:01waiting for the right moment
28:03to strike.
28:04Across Asia,
28:05that moment
28:06has been seized.
28:09Right.
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