ILEA001243556: Europeans raise questions on alleged U.S. involvement in Nord Stream blasts

UN chief calls for end to Ukraine crisis

STORY: UN chief calls for end to Ukraine crisis SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 23, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 24, 2024 LENGTH: 00:03:51 LOCATION: UN Headquarters CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Security Council Chamber 2. various of UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaking 3. SOUNDBITE (French/English): ANTONIO GUTERRES, UN Secretary-General 4. various of delegates 5. various of Security Council Chamber STORYLINE: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday called for an end to the Ukraine crisis. He made the appeal at a Security Council meeting scheduled to coincide with the second anniversary of Russia's special military operation in Ukraine. Two years on, the conflict in Ukraine remains an open wound at the heart of Europe. It is high time for peace -- a just peace, based on the UN Charter, international law and UN General Assembly resolutions, said Guterres. International disputes shall be settled by peaceful means and all states shall refrain from the threat or use of force against the territori

UN continues to push for Russian ammonia exports despite pipeline sabotage: spokesman

STORY: UN continues to push for Russian ammonia exports despite pipeline sabotage: spokesman DATELINE: June 8, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:38 LOCATION: UN Headquarters CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of press briefing room 2. SOUNDBITE (English): STEPHANE DUJARRIC, Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General 3. various of journalists STORYLINE: The United Nations is continuing to engage with the parties on the export of ammonia from Russia despite the latest sabotage of the ammonia pipeline via Ukraine, said a UN spokesman on Wednesday. The Russian Defense Ministry said Wednesday that "a Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group" blew up the Togliatti-Odessa ammonia pipeline in Ukraine's Kharkov region on Monday night. "We're continuing to engage with the parties on the ammonia exports, regardless of what may have happened," said Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, in response to a question on the impact of the sabotage. He reiterated the importance of the resumption of Ru

Fair, objective probe urged into alleged U.S. involvement in Nord Stream blasts

STORY: Fair, objective probe urged into alleged U.S. involvement in Nord Stream blasts DATELINE: Feb. 28, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:48 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Nord Stream pipelines 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): JEFFREY SACHS, Director, Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (French): FABIEN BOUGLE, French energy policy expert 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): JAN OBERG, Director of Transnational Foundation for Peace and Future Research (TFF) 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (Catalan): JOSEP PUIGSECH, Professor, Autonomous University of Barcelona 6. various of pipelines in Germany 7. various of views of the U.S., Ukraine and Russia 8. SOUNDBITE 5 (English): NIELS GARDE, Danish entrepreneur STORYLINE: In an article published earlier this month on the U.S. portal Substack, Pulitzer Prize winner Seymour Hersh revealed how the U.S. partnered with Norway in a top-secret operation in June 2022 to plant remotely triggered explosives that took out three of the four Nord Stream

Report on U.S. involvement in Nord Stream blasts credible: experts

STORY: Report on U.S. involvement in Nord Stream blasts credible: experts DATELINE: Feb. 27, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:49 LOCATION: Nairobi/Stockholm CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of leaks of Nord Stream pipelines (file) 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): STEPHEN NDEGWA, International relations lecturer, United States International University (USIU-Africa) 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): JAN OBERG, Director of Transnational Foundation for Peace and Future Research (TFF) 4. various of NATO's headquarter 5. various of gas leaks around Nord Stream pipelines STORYLINE: Experts say the recent report by American investigative journalist Seymour Hersh on U.S. involvement in the Nord Stream explosions is credible and not a conspiracy theory. According to Hersh, a Pulitzer Prize winner, last June, the U.S. Navy divers, operating under the cover of a mid-summer NATO exercise, planted the remotely triggered explosives that destroyed three of the four Nord Stream pipelines three months later. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): STEPHEN NDEG

Washington has money for wars overseas, not for railways at home

STORY: Washington has money for wars overseas, not for railways at home DATELINE: Feb. 27, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:02 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the views in the U.S. 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ERIC GARRIS, Director of Antiwar.com 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): STEPHEN NDEGWA, International relations lecturer, United States International University (USIU-Africa), Kenya STORYLINE: The catastrophic toxic train derailment in Ohio has alerted Americans to the safety of their transport infrastructure, with many asking why the government has money for wars around the world but not for railways at home. On Feb. 19, hundreds of protesters slammed America's role of "war machine" in overseas wars at a rally before the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. Organizers said the anti-war rally was planned to protest against massive money funneling into Ukraine, as well as America's role in the Russia-Ukraine conflicts. The United States announced on Feb. 20 an additional 500 million U.S. dollars

U.S. does not care about Ukraine but world hegemony: U.S. anti-war activist

STORY: U.S. does not care about Ukraine but world hegemony: U.S. anti-war activist DATELINE: Feb. 25, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:33 LOCATION: NEW YORK, U.S. CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Russia-Ukraine conflict 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ERIC GARRIS, Director of Antiwar.com 3. various of Ukraine 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ERIC GARRIS, Director of Antiwar.com STORYLINE: A renowned U.S. anti-war activist says the U.S. administration's only solution to the Russia-Ukraine conflict "is not to promote diplomacy," but rather to stoke them. Director of Antiwar.com Eric Garris says what the United States only cares about is world hegemony and defeating Russia. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ERIC GARRIS, Director of Antiwar.com "The United States's involvement in the war in Ukraine is really an awful thing, not just because it's hurting Americans by taking so much money away from them to support arming another war, but the other problem is that the United States has succeeded in killing peace talks on multiple occasion

UN Security Council probe into Nord Stream explosions is global priority: U.S. scholar

STORY: UN Security Council probe into Nord Stream explosions is global priority: U.S. scholar DATELINE: Feb. 23, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:06 LOCATION: UN Headquarters CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Security Council Chamber 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): JEFFREY SACHS, Director, Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): JEFFREY SACHS, Director, Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University STORYLINE: A world-renowned economist said that an investigation by the UN Security Council into the explosions that blew up the Nord Stream natural gas pipelines in September 2022 is a high global priority. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): JEFFREY SACHS, Director, Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University "The destruction of the Nord Stream pipelines on Sept. 26, 2022, constitutes an act of international terrorism and represents a threat to the peace. It is the responsibility of the UN Security Council to take up the question of who might have carried out the

Report on U.S. involvement in Nord Stream explosions raises questions about U.S. real intentions behind conflict: expert

STORY: Report on U.S. involvement in Nord Stream explosions raises questions about U.S. real intentions behind conflict: expert DATELINE: Feb. 22, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:40 LOCATION: Copenhagen CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the U.S. 2. various of Seymour Hersh and his article 3. various of leaks of Nord Stream pipelines (file) 4. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): LI XING, Professor of International Relations, Aalborg University of Denmark 5. various of the EU 6. various of the U.S. 7. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): LI XING, Professor of International Relations, Aalborg University of Denmark STORYLINE: A Denmark-based expert says a report on U.S. involvement in Nord Stream explosions raises questions about the U.S. real intentions behind the Russia-Ukraine conflict. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): LI XING, Professor of International Relations, Aalborg University of Denmark "Since the report was on the media by Seymour Hersh, the whole world was shocked. So the narrative about that the Russians want to continue the war, the R

Protesters denounce U.S. as "war machine" at Washington rally

STORY: Protesters denounce U.S. as "war machine" at Washington rally DATELINE: Feb. 20, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:57 LOCATION: WASHINGTON D.C. CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of protesters at Washington rally 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): LYDIA, Protester 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): CAT MCGUIRE, Protester 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): ALEX, Protester 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): ERIC REEVES, Protester 6. various of protesters at Washington rally STORYLINE: Hundreds of protesters on Sunday slammed America's role of "war machine" in overseas wars at a rally before the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. Organizers said the anti-war rally was planned to protest against massive money funneling into Ukraine, as well as America's role in the Russia-Ukraine conflicts. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): LYDIA, Protester "I think the U.S. has been stoking this for some time and warmongering. I think there are people within the United States government who have a history of trying to provoke conflict with Russia. Between NATO, they used

Why the West is reticent about report on U.S. involvement in Nord Stream explosions?

STORY: Why the West is reticent about report on U.S. involvement in Nord Stream explosions? DATELINE: Feb. 16, 2023 LENGTH: 0:03:18 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of gas leaks around Nord Stream pipelines 2. various of the article 3. the White House 4. various of gas leaks around Nord Stream pipelines 5. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ZAKI KHALID, Strategic analyst at the Islamabad-based Center for Strategic and Contemporary Research 6. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ZAKI KHALID, Strategic analyst at the Islamabad-based Center for Strategic and Contemporary Research 7. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): JAN OBERG, Director of Transnational Foundation for Peace and Future Research (TFF) STORYLINE: A few months after the explosion of the Nord Stream gas pipelines shocked the world, some in the West who had rushed to blame the attack on Moscow zipped their lip in the wake of a U.S. investigative journalist's disclosure that Washington was the culprit of the blasts. Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journal

Europeans raise questions on alleged U.S. involvement in Nord Stream blasts

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