of the the this hours headline stories us lawmakers pitch a separate 6 the $1000000000.00 foreign a bill for you print with the proposed money going to keep as loans instead of donation warning, disturbing images at least 11 people, including children are killed in this really are striking a refugee camp in central gals of the debt. so there is since october, 7th, reportedly new years. 34000 people on the georgia in prime minister pushes for the adoption of a foreign agents law because the country president follows the veto. as we discussed the bill with our correspondent who's just returned to law scope after

being deported to fix the just a few moments into a brand new day here in moscow, thursday, april. the 18th. i'm, you know, this is our teachers in the latest attempt to get a controversial foreign aid package. past us, lawmakers have decided to break it all down into several separate bills, including a $60000000.00 deal for ukraine. congress members who are expected to vote on the proposal this coming weekend, want to loan the money instead of doing anything it to see if as well after months of the house of representatives, delaying and debating the nature of upcoming aid from the united states to ukraine, we now have a new set of bills that have been put forward in the lower house of the us congress

. now they have divided funding for ukraine funding for israel and funding for the government on taiwan from each other into 3 separate bills. the bill for ukraine provides ukraine with attack comes missiles, as well as $61000000000.00. however, it's not simply a gift, it'll be a loan which ukraine will be required to reimburse the united states for the president of the united states will be authorized under the bill to negotiate the terms of ukraine reimbursing the united states for the $61000000000.00 and the president will have the authority to wave or, you know, a disavow or make clear is no longer have to be paid up to 50 percent up to half of the money. and the negotiation will be carried out by the president of the united states. now, the important to note the 61000000000 dollars will not all just be directly given to you grain. a 3rd of it will be given to us weapons manufacturers who will use it

to manufacture weapons, which they will then provide to ukraine. and this is the terms of the new bill in which it looks like there's potential for the house of representatives to pass a do ukraine after months of delay. now it's important to note that there are many republicans who oppose it. among the margery tailored green and outspoken mog, a supporter margaret republican, here's what she said. you speak a johnston, a voted against $300000000.00 for your grade before we gave you the gavel alone. the majority of republicans, no one understands why it is now. your top priority to give you credit $60000000000.00 more dollars you see was the out of step with the republicans by continuing to pass bills, dependent on democrats. everyone sees through this now. many are looking at johnston, the current speaker of the house, who is a republican and smelling a bit of hip hop proceed. he's previously opposed giving a do ukraine,

but he appears to be supporting the current bill and the current proposal. so many are looking on with a bit of frustration, marjorie taylor green, and some of the mog or republicans are not with him on this or. and we have us present, joe biden, who seems to be getting a little desperate in his rhetoric, saying that this $61000000000.00 is necessary because without it, russia will be then storming into europe and invading european union countries. this is jo biden's latest compelling or not so compelling case for funding the ukranian war. if russia james missed the buddhist falls, as we move closer than ever to need to allies dismissed the boot invades a need to add, i will come to its aid as our and these are allies did for us of the september 11th attacks, we should say supports the grading now just missed the booty and from encroaching no, no naser allies and, and show that he doesn't draw us too into

a future war in europe. now, the russian president has made abundantly clear he has no intention of invading nato members or european union countries. but that has not stopped by the un and nato leaders from making this claim over and over again when trying to justify their pro long of the conflict in ukraine. now at this point, people are looking at the new mobilization law in ukraine and wondering if the fact that this will be a debt that ukraine has to pay, it'll be a loan. and the terms of the loans repayment will be negotiated by president people wonder if that is already being leverage to control ukraine and it's government policies. this new mobilization in ukraine is certainly not popular and it's certainly unpleasant for many men in the country. so voting on this bill in the house of representatives is expected to take place on saturday is certainly

a new development in the congressional battles surrounding us involvement in the ukrainian conflict and the supplier of the american taxpayer money to the government and the okay to the middle east, where at least $11.00 people, including children not being killed in, and there's really are a strike on the mcgill's, a refugee camp in central gal. so a warning, disturbing images are ahead. bodies were brought to the alex the hospital for the strong, relative bid farewell to their loved ones. parents were held outside the building over the bodies of the victims before they were taken wait for the burial. while another is really strike, here's a refugee camp in southern rough, near the egyptian border. children also among the dead there as well. so far, the number of palestinians killed in 6 months of war has reached over 33000 is 100 people. children make up a run 40 percent of the figure. according to the end clips health ministry,

they add some 76000 gallons have been wounded to the turkish president has again, strongly criticize the killing of children in the conflict with red chip or the one comparing israel's actions with those of nazi germany. good children, they killed 14000 children, 14000 children. their actions had already surpassed. people are really going to, despite those who did not see the death of 14000 innocent children, and try to curry favor with these. well, by claiming that from us is a terrorist organization. we will courageously defense health science, struggle for independence under all circumstances. surrounding all bod, google's headquarters in the us helping grip by pro palestinian protests in california new york. the tech joins employees along with activists gathered to condemn what they call the corporation supports of is really actions and gals that

protest her stage demonstrations on the slogan, no tech for apartheid. they called on google cheats to drop project. nimbus does a cloud computing project, all of these really defense forces listing, unless the employees also claim they faced harassment and bullying which the company has failed to address. some employees were reportedly arrested after a sit in protest plus for the violent classes broke out in rome, after students took to the streets, demanding to en via tele and capitals, stuffy as a university's cooperation with israel on academic projects. protesters reportedly at tried to break into a meeting of the colleges academic and it's the the prime minister of georgia. so he's the government will not scruff it's foreign agents. bill, despite the criticism coming from certain countries that's as protestors gathered

inside the parliament building and the capital tbilisi for a 3rd day running down the street as could be seen waving georgia and on the flags as they condemned the legislation, which is the end of providing more transparency about the foreign funding of n g o's and media outlets in the country. a day earlier, protest turn violent, says demonstrators passed with police. the will on that same day tuesday, or corresponding donald quarter was detained by georgia authorities upon arrival in sibley safe to cover the ongoing protest. now he was eventually deported back here

to russia after being held at the airport. for hours, dawn broke down the story to my colleague nikki, are in the studio. shortly after his return to moscow. i have dual citizenship, a russian passport, an american passport. i gave them my russian passport as so i entered as a russian citizen and is there was quite a bit of time that went by a for just kind of sitting there. and i was like, is there a problem? and she said that there was a that the system that they were using didn't want to accept my documents. i thought that was kind of strange, nothing like that. it never happen to me before. but she just asked me to wait for a little while one hour went by 2 hours ago by nobody's explaining why i have why i'm still waiting. obviously, a program doesn't take that long to load up, but no information has been given to me and by 3 hours i'm, i'm starting to already message our producer in moscow saying, you know, i think it's time to get in touch with the russian foreign ministry with the embassy in group in georgia because something isn't right here. this is never

happened to me before. and it's a good thing we did that because just about an hour after we decided that for 4 hours total me waiting for this a suppose a glitch in the system. they come up to me with a piece of paper, half georgia and half english. and it's a list of reasons why someone might be refused from the country and a little check mark next to other on the paper they said i'm, i'm not being allowed into the country. i'm like, uh, you know, what, what is this other reason? can you explain in detail what, what the problem is? and they said no. and so after that they were like, okay, well, we're supporting you and they brought me to a separate room and they took away my phone without an explanation as to why or if i would get it back. and then i waited it out there essentially until 11 pm. no information, not knowing what's going on. i mean, you know, especially since they didn't give me an, an actual concrete reason. but luckily they actually letting me go at the 11 p. m, when they said they would, they brought me to the plane,

didn't my passport back and my phone. and then i was able to make it back to rush at like 4 in the morning. and i'm very happy to be back in fresh answer, although it's good to have you back done. so you're doing no official reason why you need it to be just the put it posted from georgia. but what possible reasons could that be? do you think? well, i think in hindsight, looking at everything, the main reason was probably because i was going there while this on rest, connected to this for an agencies build at the truth that they're passing through parliament was going on. i was there last year when the parliament tried and ultimately failed to pass a very similar law. and there were riots on the streets protest. apparently, i'm my guess is that the authorities didn't want me to cover that for some reason. maybe they thought the, my coverage made the georgia government look bad or something. i'm not sure. so the reason we wanted to send you to was that to cover the protest, we wanted to know exactly what was going on. but now as you come guys, okay, do we have any idea of what the situation is right now on the ground? well, protests are continuing. of course we have seen some reports of uh, you know,

violence. we've been a lot of official reactions as well. for example, the president of georgia who was very western oriented, she said that after she was asked by a journalist, if she would veto this bill, when it goes through parliament, she said, she absolutely will do all you going to veto the little. because if it does indeed powerful the stages of parliament as president of the nation, you do have the right to usual because to i'm indeed going to be so as i'm weak, the only other low. so that's not to i don't think it's triple strategy. that's cool. in case recommendations of the european union. now it is pretty obvious though uh with the georgian present deciding that she's going to veto this legislation. but she's really just putting on a show because even she herself said earlier that if she would go through with a veto of this bill, it's very likely that because of the massive support that it has from george and parliament, it would just get over written by the georgian parliament and this legislation

would go through anyway. so i guess we have to ask the question, who is she putting on a show for me? i would say her western patrons or the loudest, the voices outside of georgia, calling this for an agency legislations, some sort of pro russian legislation or anything. contradiction with western values, the same countries that are funding and sponsoring these not and g o is non governmental organizations. in georgia, that are basically manipulating public opinion against russia and china. the most recent comment we have is from the use policy chief, a foreign policy chief brother joseph perone. we transparency of for nathan slow is not in line with e. you norms and values. if adult that it will limit csl and media way again, freedom of expression, we urge leaders to refrain from adults and legislation that can compromise judges a path. the main thrust behind this legislation with just means that organizations would have to register in a government database that they received over 20 percent of their income from

foreign sources. and this is not something that's specific to georgia. i mean, the european union itself has similar for an agency legislation. it's just they call it a defensive democracy package, not an actual for an agencies law. and if we look at the united states, there's been a for an agencies log there as well. since the mid 20th century, actually. so there's plenty of western countries that have legislation like this that are aimed at controlling for an influence in the country. so despite all these, you know, georgian liberals and western politicians and figures saying that this has something to do with russia, it looks far from it or just an update on this. the bill on foreign agents has not passed the 1st reading in the george in parliament with no votes against it. though to become law, it must be adopted in 2 more readings. countries prime minister has said the motion is designed to prevent the so called ukraine ice ation of georgia. in you

said the chief, well, they were actively trying to do in 2020, 2022, namely change of governments through revolution. georgia would be in a worse position today than ukraine is now. a former georgian lawmaker, timor meister, i'd say to and archie, the nation is against the west, potentially using a ukraine playbook of sorts to manufacturer a similar crisis there. as much as the moisture is near to, basically, there is no direct connection between the cases of georgia in ukraine. but there is upon the presence of western financing, standing up to engines at around something intriguing the possibility of some kind of cool to the national movement. or some other party cannot win elections now, in such circumstances in order to obtain, to design. but what they need to provide the conditions for a crew. and during the queue, the one who commits it with the notice. well, this scheme has was not only in ukraine, but in many countries,

some of the world. it's a proven method and in georgia to, by the way, in 2003, they have folders, some similarities, but a direct viral cannot be drawn. i am sure that the government will handle this because they have such experience as the west to try to inflame pensions in georgia as much as possible. and this law has nothing to do with it. they would have used any opportunities to investigate this particular law worked well, because this law has already failed once. and now these reasons is beneficial to them. because if they want to change something in georgia, they need to do the for the summer because election seeing you if i already starting in the summer and the you will not have time for georgia. and we have elections in the for, and later in the us to the money that goes to the n g o st. francis and development of from the policies. that is, the interest of southern public organizations in money is so great that they are really is completing a task that for the poor window, basically no evictions. the field of action is getting wider and wider. the scale

is already frightening. that is why the prime minister can pass what is happening with the grades because they gave so much money to turn it around at 1st and then it was impossible to shut it down to it. so now that the situation get out of control, the process is became even bulk of the customer with this cannot be allowed to happen in georgia on the you and you clear watched object saves, he's concerned that is real. mike targeted really in nuclear facilities in response to be as law make republics we since ranked on the jewish state. however, a veteran u. s. foreign policy hall, john bolton, he's pushing for those very facilities to be hit. he alluded to, and elijah nuclear weapons program that to around has repeatedly denied pursuing. i think among many talk is israel should consider this is the opportunity to destroy your ends, nuclear weapons program. and i help president biden is not trying to dissuade prime

minister netanyahu from doing that. well, as is rid of ways it's response to last weekend's retaliatory large scale drone and rocket assault children has warned against further escalation is really prime minister insistence forces will hit back when and how they deem fit across in the us. some lawmakers of cold on washington to help israel bomb around, but the opposition is not officially shared as yet by the whitehouse. discuss this is with geo political analyst has our dean has good to see you. so we have the i a opposing israel's potential bombing of around the stapler sites, people like john both in the calling for exactly that. which voice is when i hear those binding, the drums of war are those seeking de escalation. the government of israel is now in a very tough position because although it would otherwise be inclined to engage in

a disproportionate response such as targeting the nuclear facilities, it also has its hands tied because it knows that iran now means what it says. that if they attack iranian soil, then a ron will respond to volt. to add this escal atory spiral is precisely what the white house is trying to prevent. so the real question is, will the interest of washington outweigh the interest of the current government of israel, or will it be the reverse? how does that play out? well, we see that israel, for since the 6 day war since the war in 73, it has never really been able to tolerate any kind of attack on its soil without a disproportionate response to one exceptions. that as of course was during the gulf war, but the united states obviously was already engaged militarily against a rack. so that one exception there, ron strike against israel. however,

however significant and its scale was unprecedented. israel strategic deterrence has basically been completely eliminated to the midst of an invincible and untouchable country is gone now. so they're in a very top spot. if they don't respond to a ron and a disproportionate manner, they're sending a message effectively weakness. and especially the case because the current government of israel ruled by the look who next have a very specific strategic orientation in outlook as far as the future of the country, which is based on engaging. and you know, a kind of very tough stance when it comes to foreign policy and tolerating absolutely no kind of signs of weakness and so on. can i throw something else into the mix? how's that i at that i wouldn't have even a year ago. israel itself is widely considered to be in on the current nuclear power. do you think it could potentially nuka around if this turns into an all like

conflict? and i think that question can only be answered if we have a more clear picture about exactly who's wagging the tail and the relationship between washington and israel. because obviously it's not something that washington would like to see happen. on the other end, if israel does vo corner to the point where i military defeat, will lead to the dissolution of the state. there is no telling of what measures it would possibly resort to. but i could say that i doubt that in a, in the onset of a war with iran, that it would immediately resort to those kinds of measures. okay. some at western politicians came around this close to producing a nuclear weapon of its own. at 2 runs, constantly denied that seeing efforts or by securing your own energy future by utilizing nuclear power. but what would actually stop around from potentially achieving the same on the 3rd miller tri state as israel in the near future?

nothing would stop them. the government of iran has issued fatwas against nuclear weapons if i recall this correctly. so it's an internal matter of the iranian government themselves. but if they see fit to do it, nothing would effectively nothing would stop them from the following. to run for tele ation for the deputy bombing of its conflict in syria in april. first it israel, as we were talking through its setting its sites on a run benjamin netanyahu. of course, how's the say in this town he be persuaded? is he of the you to think to de escalate the situation of this state summer pointing out that politically continuing war in whatever guy's helps him. but is there a way for him to pull a box without losing face? and i don't see a way for that to happen if he was to de escalate, he'd not only would he lose face, but the state of israel itself would lose space. his political career would be

completely over. he would probably be toppled not shortly after. so there's really no way out if he, if he doesn't respond, if he doesn't escalate the situation, he is finished so to speak politically. and his actions in gaza confirm that he is not making rational choices when it comes to taking into considering consideration the long term security and stability of the region or even of the maintenance of israel's position. it's very clear that the president we've seen of israel's actions in gaza show, we're not dealing with a rational actor. we're dealing with one that feels that it must respond disproportionately to any and all attacks which undermine it's it's, it's prestige, it's, it's security and, and the kind of projection of strength that it's been trying to exude for so long as something else just to touch and finally,

if i can know that israel has come under a direct strike from around for the 1st time in history, to what extent do some western countries now have that perhaps convenient excuse to keep arming the id after we're coming under pressure before this does not a use that someone and i, i'm not exactly sure because the, the arming of the idea of seems to be something just like the arming of ukraine completely outside of the realm of public opinion. at this point, i mean, of course, in the united states, internal political conflict has indirectly obstructed this, although both parties more or less have a consensus of continuing to arm ukraine and of course as well. but in any case, i think it's going to ultimately be decided by the higher ups, so to speak. the long term planners in washington in charge of foreign policy strategy to decide whether or not it would be wise to continue funding israel and

escalating the situation. and it seems like the white house administration that's in place now has decided that it wouldn't be enjoyed. the thanks very much for your take that live and artsy today. geo political analyst has l d. thank you. the, the founder of the telegrams social media platform pop, i'll do it off. has broken his silence to the american journalist tucker carlson, giving haze 1st interview in years. speaking of his office in dubai, the russian born entrepreneur, explain why setting up shop in the united states was a no go. and we got too much attention from the, the, at the i, the security agencies, wherever we came to the us. i brought an engineer that is working for telegram and there was an attempt to secretly hire my engineer behind me and back by cyber security officers. officers were agents that were trying to persuade him to use

certain open source tools that he would then integrate into the telling us code that the mind the same would serve as backdoors would allow the us government to spy on people who use telegram the u. s. government to maybe any other government because of backstory is a back door, regardless of who is using it. so many interesting things that he mentioned, especially the fact that he had his b. i. agents, as he said, show up at his doorstep, inquiring about him why he left russia. what telegram is all about entitled to upset? it seemed like they were trying to establish a relationship with him and the connection. and as we just heard that they were trying to employ one of his engineers, they're also interested in the fact that he says that he was contacted by both parties asking for completely different things. one was asking to share the data or else the other one second. well, if you share the data, you'll face punishment. that's here. after the events of january of the 6,

we received a letter from i believe, clinic with many of the democratic side. and they requested that we would share all the data we had in relation to what they called this authorizing the letter. it seemed very serious and the letter said, you know, if your fail to comply with this request, he will be in violation with the us constitution. or something like 2 weeks after beller, we got another letter in new, other from the republican side of the congress. and there we read that if we give out any data according to the previous request, we would be in violation of the risk of solution. so we got to the letters that

said whatever we do with the file, anything serious constitution, it's funny, right? because he left russia and pursued to all of this freedom of speech, which is why he went to the united states. and then that's what he got in return, but the, just to remind our viewers again, he left the russia sites and government pressure apparently from a store. it's east, back in 2011, to shut down the pages of opposition politicians back on the screen. that's the v k, which is the equivalent of facebook in russia and he was the owner of that back then. so he refused to do that. then a couple of years after that, he said that he got pressure again from us towards ease to release the data are regarding ukrainian protests leaders. and again, he refused to do that and a telegram, let's not forget was he them blocked or rush off with 2 years, but of course so horror it is quick. they realize that they it's quite hard to block something these days. i'm sure as you are, but nose as well with

r t. so telegram returns and people do, of decided to leave russia in pursuit of his freedom of speech to try various countries before the united states. he tried single poor, he tried germany as well in germany, didn't work out for the project reasons because he wasn't aware that your regulations require you to hire local as far as even if he can find it, even if he can't find any one. and then finally, as they realize that us was a disaster. so it was, he got mugged in san francisco and he settled and the u. a, but he seems to be happy. so in his pacific needs to provide to this platform that offers a, you know, a voice that every person, regardless as years has he succeeded. yes, he calls it a neutral platform and that they only supposedly sensor child pornography. busy terrorism something really violent and then he said come to e u pressure and band arts these channels, for example, especially in europe, is there a near beacon not on.