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war. the world has been asking who disputed listened to entrust. here the 3 obscure pieces on pollutants, chessboard confusion about the reasons for going to war. she gains on the ground and the chaos of mobilization. the war ukraine is not going well for russia. the withdrawal of troops from house on at the beginning of november, with moscow's biggest set back since the world began. hard line as in moscow have been grumbling, ever since. 3 of the loudest have been businessman yevgeny pre goshen. chechnya. leda graham's uncut dear of and former president dmitri meant the adf for goshen. when a flat m. f. curtains close, his confidant is making himself especially noticeable. for years he denied the existence of his mercenary army,

the volcanic group. but recently he changed his story and said, he's been in charge of the paramilitary organization since 2014. how global willinger it goshen has 2 political instrument except the wagner agreeable. and the media outlets that have helped him gain popularity. one status law, latanus to switch to no rusty, everyone responds, all know? sure she doesn't, she just, he's a kind of external service provider for the state and he has some of the power in the state and acts as a political figure. you brought him in mid september, a video came out that showed a man who looked like promotion, recruiting russian prisoners to fight in ukraine, dealing with an important that what their mouth walk, their reward freedom more and money. his cash people. another 3 ton ally who has

been all over the headlines since the war began, is rums on career of chechnya. leda has publicly criticized rushes generals for being too soft on luck. underwear. i looked at the media next. you listed to talk a dear of his, using the media to broaden his influence and to show everyone that he is a major player, harcum washed altos, are still to regroup. chechen soldiers a fighting on rushes side and the dumbass region. cook eagles, kitty rob is being used by putting just like promotion to recruit fresh troops for the front lies meant v 8 f, who served as president and prime minister has been stoking the fires of anti west and hatred and making optimistic predictions that russia were when the war and ukraine pneumonia he is even said that nuclear weapons are the way to give russia back. it's for my imperial glory. se lucia, australia. sure. what is the?

lemme options for new always just to know he has a need for admiration of the former president who has become a nobody yesterday. i think he wants to earn political capital. he seems to still have political ambition. uncertainty scan be just how much pre goshen cordero a mad ga to have a putting president. putin under pressure is unclear. but 9 months into the war in ukraine. displeasure is growing in russia over its course. ah ukrainians look into cross from ocean occupied territories into ukrainian territory. don't have it easy. there is only one checkpoint nearest parisha which to cross the front line just a few kilometers down there. the russians are in charge. this check point is the

only place in ukraine where people can move between the 2 worlds. this man is the 1st to leave russian occupation to day. he tells us he hung on as long as he could . but now he is going to join his wife and west a new credit for the secret to the frequent crossing. this line is very unpleasant for everyone here. there was just no road. everyone is scared yet it was more like sailing than driving. look at my car. more car to life and every one waits for the police to escort them to the registration center. and o, glad i doesn't quite make it too, but check. but it's done. the most important thing to women join forces to get them mother out at the russian folder. maria said a 1st my mom didn't want to leave. we all thought this would somehow end soon,

but it's not ending. and now the winter is coming for the good to she just wouldn't be there on her own. when your soul hurts so much, you can't even sleep any more. she's the most precious thing i have left at la mayfield. but while asana takes a look at the engine, her friend alicia tells us of the hall ra road. clamber fighting, had wrecked so many roads and bridges, and she goes to where, leaving her to pick their ways through farmland, with armed blocker. liquor we just cried when we saw how everything was destroyed. afterwards, we just sat in the car on both and looked in silent. you are you doing this morning? but santa has worked a miracle on her car and they joined the convoy heading for the registration center . they arrive, it's warm and there's tea. the women realize it worse to speak. news just of when? well, i'm really happy now. i'm glad that i could bring my mother to

a safer place and that we got here in one piece. years ago, it's been very hard. you know, i wouldn't wish this on any one with they have people to stay with here tonight. the plan for to morrow is to leave the louder and take a train. weeks of unrest and china erupted after an apartment fire in ship. jung province claimed 10 lives. dw supporters, investigate the mysterious circumstances of the fire. the fire started on the evening of the 24th of november, no room chief the capital of sin, general province. most of the people living in the building are wiggers and muslim minority, long pressed by chinese authorities. that night 10 people died in the blaze. t

w's investigative unit analyzed dozens of photos and videos to try to figure out what happened. we also talked to several sources who had had the rare opportunity of hearing from eyewitnesses. we located the 21 story building in this neighborhood. while we identified 3 vehicle access points, sources told us that at least 2 were blocked, most likely to better monitor their residence. every mean on the night of the fire, those road blocks prevented emergency vehicles from getting closer to the burning building, firefighters were reduced to trying to operate from the road. as you can see here, the water barely reached the flame. but with that, the only reason why so many people died shortly after the fire. these videos flooded social media. they claim to show doors thrilled, shot by local authorities as part of the country. 0 cove with policy where the

residence locked in the building. it's an allegation that officials refuted at a press conference, so she put from the tears laquon bonner, with no doors were locked with wise in this community. lord, all the doors of all the flats and the front doors were open. i am jewelry from the pictures of doors sealed with wires posted on the internet. both are malicious forgery and false. re you 40 more or you can do. but that's not what our source is. say. they tell us that their relatives living in the building told them some dollars were in fact locked from the outside. we're not identifying them further in safety. a person in the house was co repository if they would lock the door from the outside. that's why some of the doors in the house was sealed shut. then when the fire started, the electricity was cut off. so people was stuck on because the elevators didn't work on the fire escape was locked as well. they couldn't get out because those are

my what do other let me go. our investigation suggests people's anger may be justified. what we found place, reasonable doubt on the authorities version of events. and 2 days after the fire room chill, 30 said they'd leasing some restrictions. but by this time protests had already spread to other chinese cities. ah, 2 african scientists who played a major role in discovering the omicron variance i've received to german africa price. yet before achieving praise and recognition, they initially faced setbacks that botswana harvard aids institute is one of the leading h i. v. research institutions on the continent with some of the best buy religious, including secretly loyal. when the pandemic hit voyo and his team turned their

focus from sequencing h i v to cove it and in november 2021, they made an unusual discovery. a new pattern with a high amount of mutations. the only cron varied. they reported it immediate i think convinced it a lot of what then so maybe infections. ah, the only unfortunate reaction was within a few hours, few days. that many countries in southern africa with black beast, it almost 2 years into the pandemic. the world once again went on full alert, borders were closed flights to southern africa, canceled entity, and suddenly those who discovered it became scapegoats even receiving death threats . a lot of people as a you, scientists said big mouths look what you have done. and it was a bit uncomfortable, a few hours after it was discovered in botswana,

scientists here in south africa see consent to toyota olivera was one of mario's ph . d supervisors. now they closely collaborate on their research. that's what these fun them. it showed that to africa can become a scientific lead the on, on, on the pandemic response, which surprised many conscious in there was the but, but, but did not surprise us because that's big investments that we have been doing. especially people, but also in big lads. and equipment for the past 20th day olivera is one of the leading scientists in the field of viral outbreaks and is also from the global south. what surprised him was how busy the north was with itself during the pandemic. despite these challenges, mario and olivera continue their work, proving that leading medical research is also done in africa, and that europe can learn lessons from the continent. ah

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