Friday Apr 22, 2022

The Shortwave Report April 22, 2022

This week's show begins with military news from the Indo-Pacific region, Russian foreign minister Lavrov says that Russian objectives in Ukraine have not changed, George Galloway is threatened to lose his passport if he produces for Russia Today, a UK court rules that Julian Assange can be extradited to the US, and UK PM Boris Johnson announces all asylum seekers will be taken to Rawanda. With reports from Japan, Germany, and Cuba.

From JAPAN- UN Sec General Guterres has asked to meet with Putin and Zelensky in their capitols to mediate peace in Ukraine. The US and South Korean militaries have begun another drill despite pleas from North Korea to cancel them. North Korea will hold a military parade next Monday, the 90th anniversary of their armed forces. China signed a security agreement with the Solomon Islands just days before a visit from the US. The US and Philippine defense ministers met in Washington. Japanese researchers say that the concentration of the greenhouse gas methane in the atmosphere is at its highest level ever recorded. Japanese corporations are working together to produce and sell Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAFs), a biofuel that is mixed into jet fuel which can reduce carbon dioxide emissions by about to 80%.

From GERMANY- The Mexican congress passed a bill to nationalize lithium mining. The Russian foreign minister Lavrov says that Russian objectives in Ukraine have not changed- an Oxford professor analyzes and critiques what Lavrov said, and whether sanctions against Russia are changing the course of the war. Israeli warplanes bombed the Gaza Strip after Palestinian extremists fired 4 rockets into southern Israel.

From YOUTUBE- RT, Russia Today, has not had new programs from its British producers Afshin Rattansi and George Galloway for weeks. I finally found out why from Galloway's YouTube channel.

From CUBA-A British court moved one step closer to extraditing Julian Assange to the US. Climate campaigners with Extinction Rebellion shut down 4 major bridges in London, demanding an end to fossil fuels. Israeli settlers stormed the al-aqsa mosque under the protection of the Israeli military. Then a Viewpoint on British PM Boris Johnson announced that asylum seekers will be flown 7000 km away to Rawanda where they will be given visas to stay there.

"Fortunately, somewhere between chance and mystery lies imagination, the only thing that protects our freedom, despite the fact that people keep trying to reduce it or kill it off altogether."

The Shortwave Report April 22, 2022

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