GOOD EVENING: The show begins in Russia, where Vladimir Putin speaks bluntly to the Victory Day Parade audience nationwide, stating that the Kremlin believes the war is not with Ukraine but NATO, and it is a war to save Russia from invaders like Napoleon
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🗓️ 10 May 2024
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GOOD EVENING: The show begins in Russia, where Vladimir Putin speaks bluntly to the Victory Day Parade audience nationwide, stating that the Kremlin believes the war is not with Ukraine but NATO, and it is a war to save Russia from invaders like Napoleon and the Hitlerites. On to Europe, where Xi toured without success, looking for investment. To Canada and the spat between the party leaders over the word "wacko." To Columbia, to Bogota, to Gaza. Speaking of union, speaking of a libel against Canada. To Occitanie, France, and the weeks of rain. To Israel and the Biden-Netanyahu spat.
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The text provides an overview of the topics that will be covered in the show, including:
1. Vladimir Putin's speech at the Victory Day Parade in Russia, where he claims that the war is against NATO, not Ukraine, and is aimed at saving Russia from invaders.
2. Xi Jinping's unsuccessful tour of Europe in search of investment.
3. A disagreement between Canadian party leaders over the use of the word "wacko."
4. Updates from Columbia, Bogota, and Gaza.
5. A discussion about a union and a libel against Canada.
6. The ongoing weeks of rain in Occitanie, France.
7. The dispute between U.S. President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The show appears to cover a diverse range of current events and geopolitical topics from around the world, focusing on politics, international relations, and regional developments.
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| 0:30.0 | Good evening. |
| 0:31.0 | The show begins tonight in Russia. The speech by Vladimir Putin for Victory Day, |
| 0:38.0 | the parade in Red Square of the Armament and the memories of the Great Patriotic War victory in 1945. |
| 0:46.4 | Vladimir Putin took the opportunity to state who the enemy is, what we're fighting for, and to mention the strategic forces. Those are the |
| 0:55.5 | nuclear weapons. It was pugnacious, it was direct, it was convincing. Vladimir |
| 1:02.4 | Putin and the Kremlin believed that they're at war with NATO, |
| 1:06.0 | and they believed that they are fighting for their existence, |
| 1:09.0 | that Russia has been invaded again, |
| 1:12.0 | the way Napoleon invaded, the way the |
| 1:15.0 | Hitlerites invaded, and that they are fighting a battle on their back foot, |
| 1:20.0 | but that they will persevere as they did those two previous times. It's |
| 1:24.6 | convincing. It's not propaganda. It's the way he sees the world. He's 71 years old. |
| 1:32.1 | He reaches back to the 1950s when he was born. He was told stories about |
| 1:37.4 | the great patriotic war. He believes them. The show then moves to the question of She in Europe, romancing Europe because he needs direct |
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