This week's show features stories from France 24, Sputnik Radio, and Radio Havana Cuba.

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From FRANCE- British Royalty Prince William and Kate Middleton visited Jamaica to attempt to keep the former slave state to remain within the British Commonwealth- large protests greeted them, with many demanding reparations for slavery and a democratic process. A Dutch court threw out a case brought by Nigerian widows against Shell oil for bribing witnesses which led to the execution of nine Ogoni men in 1995- they had campaigned against the exploitation of oil in the Niger delta, and included author Ken Sar0-Wiwa.

From RUSSIA- On his program called Going Underground Afshin Rattansi spoke with retired Col Lawrence Wilkerson, former chief of staff to US Secretary of State Colin Powell. He discusses the context of Russia's invasion, citing NATO expansion after the fall of the Soviet Union as one of Washington's greatest strategic mistakes. He addresses the deepening international isolation of Russia and President Vladimir Putin, calling it insane. He outlines what a diplomatic solution needs to look like in order for there to be peace in Ukraine, and his belief that NATO and the CSTO should be scrapped in favor of a united European security infrastructure.

From CUBA- Antonio Guterres, Secretary General of the United Nations, said that the model of the international financial system prevents construction of a more equitable world. He also stated that the world is sleepwalking to a climate catastrophe because of the addiction to fossil fuel. He went on to say that racism poisons institutions, social structures and daily life all around the world. There was a protest in front of Raytheon weapons company in Cambridge Mass., against war as a business. Then a Viewpoint on why it has taken so long to begin negotiations on a treaty to stop the war in Ukraine from escalating.