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the cloud. this is down to 0. life from dell will say, come in, your brain is ready to be made to of low to minutes. it lets the calls on the west and the lines to approve. you credit the membership of the meeting, if you are more russian and strength on ukraine's capital, keep at least 3 people are killed, including a child. and what we've learned from notices 1st public meeting about sightings of july 1st the . so let's begin with breaking news at a set of goal and opposition. nieto has been, sancho has been acquitted, rape and death. threats has go straight away, live to duck on. nicholas soc, is standing by for us. the next i tell us more. what else? if you had that's right to the judges gave his verdict, so he's cleared a rape charges. however, he's been sentenced to

a 2 years prison sentence over a corruption of a minor and inciting the grocery because i just saw it was under the age of 20. when, when those acts took place. so what that actually means is that we spend sancho will probably spend the night in jail. now the judge will go and, and ask for a mandate from security forces to, to bring him to uh, to the jail. and he has lost his eligibility or his uh, the ability to run in the upcoming presidential elections has been a scary of activity here at the court house. but all eyes are on, we spend some codes house. he says that he's living almost under house arrest. there is heavy security presence around his home and the next step is trying to get him out of his home into jail. nick. okay, so what happens next in terms of his forces is as

well there has been protest ahead of this verdict, but there's incredible security presence on the streets of the capital that i've never seen previously before. so they're really clamping down on any movements, even when there was, there was a gathering, a few journalists next to some cause house. police forces, fire tear gas to disperse the crowd. it's clear that they don't want to have any public footage of sancho is arrest to try to not insight, further violence late last night in the town. it was the guy show where sonco is in there. there was a candle, there were hundreds of his supporters that took out to the streets, holding candles in show of support of last month, sancho no. for the government's perspective, this is a civil matter. this is a criminal case, but for the opposition, this is a politically motivated, a judge. you meant to try to clam down on the off position,

but also to eliminate political opponents of president. lucky. so why? well, because in this court house, there's been 2 rivals that mike you saw that had been sentenced in convicted and eliminated from trying to participate in the upcoming presidential elections. first . the for the, the son of the former president of july wad could be wad who now lives in exile and then the former mayor of the car. and now the sentencing of we spend some code that writes group have accused the, the government of being heavy handed to of a lack of impartiality in terms of the justice system. and also of the heavy handedness of security forces. over $500.00 people have been arrested, they say members of civil society members of the off position, but also journalist. but what's clear is that this conviction is now the end of the political turmoil in this country. but perhaps the beginning. next it was on came

served in the last election, didn't the i, to what degree i'm or support disease? well, sound go, has a very rich populist agent that he's, he's saying that the country should regain control of its natural resources, alluding to the oil and gas reserves that san diego has recently discovered. they're going to start exporting that oil and gas beginning of 2024 when this election will take place. and that's why this, this election, or this political pension is happening, is that whoever is in charge of sending goals in the beginning of the year will be in charge of the country that has unprecedented wealth. and what has exacerbated the situation, even more is the intentions that present microsoft will hear. will he not run for a 3rd mandate, but sancho has been very critical of the corruption inside the government of

president mackey. so he was sentence just a month ago of, of, of defamation when you choose to a senior government minister of embezzling millions of dollars that were supposed to go to employing youth or resolving unemployment and unemployment of youth. he has enormous support among young people. young people that are out of job that feel that under the presidency of mucky cells, maybe the economy has been blooming, but the iniquity has been growing. and during the national dialogue, we're present mucky. so how these national dialogues yesterday at the presidential palace, he addressed that he recognized that the economic fall out of the cobit pandemic. but also the russia ukraine crisis had exacerbated tensions in that many people here in this country that has enormous potential in wealth are living in poverty. and those are the people that we're seeing on the streets that are protesting and

that are supporting we spend sancho and they're targeting specifically supermarkets and gas stations. that's not just a coincidence is intentional. people are hungry and people want to see this natural, reserved oil and gas being more equally distributed. and that's the challenge ahead for president mike, you sell to unite the country following the verdict laid by the court system, but also rebuild the trust in the democratic institutions, including the justice system and including the states, nick. all right, so it was months sancho at clear to rape charges in death threats, but sentenced to 2 years in jail for quite corrupting youth. nicholas talked about and dec. i thank you to mold david. now, whether you craning president has addressed the leaders of 47 countries of europe in political communities, summit, foreigners lensky press to for ukraine to join the native ministry license. and the it is the 2nd time the gathering is being held. it aims to bolster unity in the

face of russia's invasion of ukraine. security is one of the main topics on the agenda is the full power of our unit. we do see who the aggressor is and we see where the russian is taking place. ross, he's afraid of nature and strows, and tries to swallow only those who are outside of the coffins, your just base as close to 70 deckers lie for us at the meeting, just outside the capital leg, because you know, at so staff, we've seen the european leaders arriving all morning. what are they discussing today? yes it one of the red carpet action and we've had those opening statements now over there behind closed doors, they'll be meeting together. they'll be meeting by lot trolls. what are they going to be discussing while ukraine? very much top of the agenda and i think underlined quite deliberately by the 1st

guess to arrive here which was ukrainian president, florida mayor zalinski and then followed by the whole array of european powers. uh, you know, from san through mentally that to serbia and costs of it will be in your advertisers on which gives you an indication also the regional geopolitical tensions and conflicts that are ongoing. everybody is here. so those things will be discussed and then a whole wider array as well when it comes to things like security when it comes to things like energy and climate. the interesting thing about this conference, which is a brain child of the french president set up in the wake and the ultimate of rushes invasion of ukraine, is that there isn't really an agenda in the sense that we're expecting something to come out of this. the when this wraps up in the next couple of hours, it's more of a formal setting for informal discussions, if you will. so a lot of things on the table, but certainly won't be expecting anything official signed or any decisions made when it comes to the end of it. is that given proximity? mold, david to ukraine, i imagine is, it's been

a tricky thing to organize. logistics must have been taught yes, i mean this is been given the title, moldova as one of hundreds of porous countries, never hosted anything on this scale before with the array of top leaders of europe that we've seen arriving here. so yes, the streets around the airport been closed. the key areas in the capital have been close to traffic. the air space has been closed since the midnight of this day. and nato also involved in surveilling, the skies of being able to detect missiles aircraft, or drones, up 200 kilometers. we arrived here very early morning hours before this started into organized trains. we arrived, we walked out and heavy security cordon with arm security forces. so it gives you a sense of just exactly is you mentioning that it is that close to ukraine? 20 kilometers away, so to speak. you also have trans, this straw, which is the sort of break away republic if you will, around

a $1500.00 russian troops stationed there. and that is even closer. um, so there are huge undertakings to keep everything secure. most of these leaders will not be sleeping here tonight. this will be wrapping up in a couple of hours and many of them will be flying back out. but certainly moldova very keen to show these leaders that it is ready that it is capable that has made reforms to joint or the european union briefly given candidates status as you came last year. and those are certainly things that both countries pushing for very hardly at this conference. our stuff, thanks about the stuff ticket they were pulling from on the cave. it came under attack again on thursday morning with a minute to say it shut down 10 missiles. russia has intensified strikes on the craning capital, carry out aerial and grounded tax on these daily in the past month. the model socrates on the russian border region of belgrade has ordered the evacuation of children saying the increase in pop mama is alarming. and ryan con, has this a dead child,

a kind of distort grandmother the. this is the off the mouth of russian attack on the craning capital. keep an eye witness describes what happened. it is up 3 and get the around 3 am. there was a strike over there. i woke up and sold the fire. my door was smashed. i woke my mom and ran into the cory door. then we came out sights we saw people running windows were shattered, balconies destroyed the stash. comforted shows the moment. debra. you from a missile falls on a busy road? no one was hurt. you cranes, armed forces says it shut down 10 me solve in total 7, ballistic and 3 cruise missiles using the american patriot missile defense system. in russia authority sites that are in the process of evacuating children from villages in the bow girl and region exposed to the training. and buddha, the kremlin, describes the situation as alarming. and there's been more selling in the russian

controlled region of lands. moscow says keith is responsible, ukraine hasn't come into a construction site and a poultry farm were targeted for months. ukraine has threatened accounts that offensive to take back areas like lands and like may security officials said it could begin tomorrow. the day off to or in a week and wrong calling out is there. savvy, as president, has cooled, the ethics of demonstrators in northern cost of it, to remain peaceful of the days of tension in the region. tons of which was speaking of the european political community, meeting and mold over all of us are reluctant to be to optimistic and but i guarantee you all think it's best to try the 1st product.

calmly and peacefully. what opposition to the election of ethnic albanian measures in northern possible has intensified since they took off this last weekend, following french knowledge be boycotted. 5, the ethics population nato is boosted as 4000 strong mission in the region of dozens of peacekeeping. some protests of a hut and confrontations. on monday, i said that bag is alive for us and left us of it. you know, the cost of a, it does, it just gives an idea of what's happening there and what that means. the, well, generally, the mood here has been call and we have nato forces behind me. nato's possible force known as k for protecting the municipality. building the directed battery is involved. why a and to have the military vehicles around this building. now that's after protest as try to take over those buildings last weekend early this week. in fact, but the mean generally has been calm here. people have think stubs here have been

paying the nation, this music, shunting, nationalistic, so because then waving this, it'd be a flag, but it hasn't been violent. and like other places that we've seen as far exempt as a venture, which is south of had a police say on wednesday the police vehicles were attacked, one police officer was injured and some german. this also attacked along with the vehicles being vandalized, the me bay has been tense, but here, so far it's very calm. and when you speak to people here, they just want to voice their opposition to those ethnic albanian miss taking doctors with not just that generally, they don't want any customer police in the region so so that, so what happens next? but people have been talking about the escalation and use the politicians have, but nothing has been the most no, uh premier salesman going to be has suggested any evictions. uh for those the

mirror that elections. but the problem with that is that it doesn't get to the quotes. uh many ethnic says, boy, comforted those. the next of the turn not just less than 3 and a half percent. and many subs in the know don't recognize the cost of in the children's. they, they believe that the north, in fact, it would have cost away the parts of sylvia. in fact here, the said being a savvy, if that gets thrown every way and when you speak to people, they say this is a part of sub, you know, the cost of a president, president was money has said that the ext an act of seeking to destabilize the country and he said that the real direct lies. it savvy is not recognizing the cost of both the state of customer though, but the president of serbia has said that those legs made the sequels them shouldn't take offers. but again, that doesn't get to the root cause, and that is that the ethnic says do not recognize. comfortable didn't do not recognize the institutions. and they feel that not only the northern regions of comfortable should be a part of savvy, and that's the root cause. so they also come by this collision,

and even if those moves don't take office, even if the elections and even if the police need these facilities, it doesn't really mean that the tensions were reduced in terms of those root causes . and they said, we'll leave that, thanks very much. that's a big reporting. a still a head hearing out 0, australia is most decorated, so just lose. this is defamation case against newspapers, who accused him of war crimes, the gene on out. despite the roll, rain, forests and lens plate and come back in climate change. democratic republic of congo is auctioning off oil exploration blocks and the congo basis. as julie struggles to agree, a new constitution, the big picture examined for the old prejudices against indigenous people holding the country back with the mountains of votes in general elections with several opposition. candidates locked concerns over the integrity of the electoral process

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the the other guy you're watching out, is there a reminder on the top stories and the quote and send the goal is acquitted, leading opposition? figure in presidential estridge has been sewing co freight charges and death threats for that sentence into 2 years in jail for corrupting. president low demand, zalinski says that ukraine is ready to be part of the data and is waiting for the ministry. long submissive country is attending european political community, summit multi, but meanwhile, ukraine says at least 3 people to, to get charles been killed in russian as strikes. and the capital keeps at least 12 of his wages the marriage urging people to stay in shelters. now i lack of funding for humanitarian aid of the middle east,

just touching the communities most. indeed that's according to the international committee of the red cross and request it cited protracted on conflicts. extreme weather caused by climate change in the economic fold out from the credit of ours pandemic, as some of the causes the role in syria has dragged down for 12 years and devastating us quite as in february of wes conditions. siri and yemen funding challenges are complicating efforts to address what the un describes as a wells was humanitarian crisis. and the red cross says the damage inflicted on the occupied palestinian territories by israel will take years to repair. so let's take all of this on joining me down this to do is i'd be a community is the i see i see regional director for in the middle east. fabulous. you're welcome to out there. thanks very much for coming in at. we'll get into each individual country just a 2nd. but 1st of all, generally, as i just said, the region midlands region is loan being afflicted by conflicts and all these other issues. tell us more about the difficulties that the region faces and the

challenges that you have to deal with. i mean, before speaking about the challenges, i believe when you to my knowledge that's over the last 2 or 3 years, there is the problem. i think the efforts to try to address the crisis in the region through diplomatic means. and i think we need to acknowledge that we not why we were 4 or 5 years ago with this, this big battles and massive confrontation. so there is this genuine effort receiving in yemen, received also in syria that it was an effort. but as it progress, i think, you know, to reach a political solution and you need to be to trust. you need to be in confidence because that's one space you need to compromise. and if we look back to what happened over the last 12 years, the thing is, i think we need to, uh, to look with the

a positive attitude of the efforts which are taking place today. but as you said, we still need to demonstrate for the people of these regions that they are positive dividends for them. and that's probably why we have to be concerned. because if we look at people of the region, iraq, syria, live by non young man. by this time, the situation is we die, right. everybody is hard to see any, any positivity a tool is like you talked about siri. oh you, you went that shortly after you asked craig, i think you had is if conflict, then the what, what, what kind of things did you see and what was your take away from what his heart into and especially the area affected by the, the earthquake. it's, it's actually, for instance, i level, it's the area which was also the hardest to hit by the complex. so you have people who had to struggle living in, in, in the rubble of the city. and on top of this,

the hatch to manage the earthquake. but what i, what stays with me from, i mean that was that just 2 days after the earthquake, it's is us. i mean, the people of this region, the people of i left for the where the 1st one to responds to the crisis. you know, um, because they were pretty much left alone with the situation. so as i see we, we, we intervene quite quickly within, i mean the same night with the serial number of requests and but at the end of the day, um, the size of the titan's, the size of the devastation, you know, it was such that we couldn't compensate we couldn't cope with the size of the times . the people had to take the situation in their own hand. it was sad and, and, and a bit frustrating and didn't syria and in other regions like them and the problems the issues a made was by the fact that i think the politicize,

especially though that's the thing you know, um i believe solution would come to it but it's a good process, and you might, an action is just buying time, allowing people to cope with the situation till there is a read, a solution, which is a political solution. and what we face over the last here is that the lack of political process. so the lack of political progress actually affected you might have an action because when you don't have pro political progress, you use, you might to an action. and that's why often you might have an action was and is politicize and, and who's paying the price? is obviously the people of syria, the people off by this time, the people of yemen, the people of iraq. as we come to the end, a big issue as well, of course is funding money is what's required and that has dwindled. yeah, i think the situation, i mean it's, it's overwhelming because there's the climate prize as

a consequence of the conflict. and we see that the funding is decreasing. so obviously we want a traditional adult in us to do more. but he also needs of all the actors to come in. you know, i think we need to do that. the burden needs to be sheds by way more actors than the one who, who, who pay for you might an action over the last 1012 years. and what about all the other issues? we've talked about conflict specifically, but climate change, the effects of cove it and so i think this is a community of ethics. you know, and i think the climate change is probably the one causing the big concern for us because it's, you can separate any more. a conflict from uh, i would say uh, a time of crisis and, and on top of this, what we see is that you need resources to address the time of crisis. i mean the droughts in, in, in yemen with uh, following uh,

floods. you need to address this with climates money. and we see that all the money for the, for addressing the challenge of the climate crisis is not going to was the countries which are most effective and which often the ones facing situation of conflict invite. and so it's, it's a really vicious circumstance across the things like just not just an environmental issue is also, and more importantly for the millions concerned it's, it's a, an economic problem. it's not, it's, it's public titles because you don't have motor. it's the economy because obviously if your office is affected you kind of re. ready what is needed for, for food, but also to, to, to uh, to fix that the economy. so it's a new call to isolate the climate crisis from all the aspects of life. and that's what makes it's very urgent. not just for you, my time actors, but for the whole international community observing those situation of conflict and stability to be serious about it and, and to,

to chime the necessary funding and technology towards those. those are ya selected by, by conflict. it's not happening today. absolutely. not, and it's really needed. there is media needs to change perspective. what's your message to the international community in your effort here to try and help these nations recover from the issues that they face. i think what, what the allows the, the region to, to be a bit more peaceful than what we had for 5 years ago. it's because we main, the address, the security agenda this but the structure of causes struck to an issue of causing this situation in of instability. it's access to education, it's access to how does it's in, in, in summary to know that tomorrow we'd be better than then today and why the

security agenda is important. if we don't pay attention to the other root causes of violence, the risk is to have again, more instability. and there, i think mainly about the minions of people. the west is displace, thinking about the people who are still detain, thinking about the thousands of people who went missing and their families thing we don't use creating a level of, of anxiety which you know of you will make the transition towards a most stable and peaceful region more difficult february to a company at the i c. c regional director for the near middle east. thank you very much. thank you. 5 me. that's it for me and the clock will coming up shortly. you hold them there, the the hello,

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