♪ anchor: russia is blaming ukraine for the death of a pro-putin media figure. her father, putin's top opagandist, may have been the real target. ukraine denies any iolvement. moscow says the alleged attacker fled to estonia by road. strikes hit the u.k. in people have had enough of stagnant wages while prices rise. people turning to food banks to feed their families.

economist predicting inflation will hit over 18% in the u.k. in january. odinga asks kenya's supreme court to make the election all and void. he says the numbers don't add up. the president-elect says he will cooperate if there is a legal investigation. thank you for being with us. russian security services accusing ukraine of the attack that killed the daughter of a close aide to vallow -- vladimir putin. the car was meant to be curing her father, a propagandist and advisor to putin. the alleged attacker has escaped to estonia according to the russians. in kyibv, a denial of any involvement and the expectation russia will use this amount another attack. >> russia has presented evidence

from the mini-cooper, identified by ukrainian intelligence agent. she had -- apparently she and a 12-year-old daughter had rented an apartment close by and she was under surveillance. they haven't presented any physical evidence, they said the person fled to estonia, the closest land border. this is an unusually quick result. it doesn't carry the modus

operandi of ukrainian special services attacks. recently they've been trying to interdict in the supply lines in crimea. this would not serve their purposes, from what i can see and what other analysts are saying. anchor: our correspondent in moscow. ukraine is marking its independence day later this week, already a ban on rallies and parad, anticipating the russians mayarget such events. at a special conference, ukraine's military has provided a figure for the first time on the number of troops killed since the russians launched their invasion. it is 9000 since february 24. following the russian invasion of ukraine, thousands of young women signed up to serve in ukraine's army. it is a fully integrate a part of the armed forces but the

equipment is often not designed with women in mind. which is where charitable organizations set up by young professionals come in. they are raising funds to make sure that female soldiers get the equipment they need. we spent a day with them on a special fashion shoot in kyiv. reporter: before the start of the war, this woman worked in the fashion business, now she is using her skill to raise money for women in the army. this is not for show, it's what she wears every day on the front where she faces the same conditions as the men. >> you have to be able to do everything, drive military trucks, and dig trenches. it is the army, no exceptions are made for us. you have to be ready for anything.

reporter: but the ukrainian army was not ready for such a large intake of women. it lacks equipment designed for female soldiers. she hopes this photo shoot will help change that. part of the proceeds from the sales of the jewelry will go to buy equipment. >> we found sponsors who are helping us with humanitarian aid, some are buying uniforms and others bulletproof plates for flak jackets. they cost a lot of money and the helmets need to be lighter and smaller. they are not easy to find. reporter: in addition to hygiene products and women's underwear, they have already supplied 300 flak jackets for women at the front. >> these plates weigh less than ree kilos but give similar protection to those provided by the army, which way five kilos. -- weigh five kilos.

the protection is just as good reporter: but they know they need to step up their efforts. the approach of winter, they estimate 50,000 women are going to need specially designed cold-weather uniforms. anchor: our team there in ukraine. serbia's interior minister met with russia's foreign minister on monday, a rare meeting, highlighting belgrade's refusal to join western sanctions against russia over the war in ukraine. multiple strikes have been hitting the u.k. with workers across many sectors complaining about pay and conditions in the country's biggest cost-of-living crisis in living memory. they put down tools and refused to offload supplies across the contribute -- across the

reporter: it handles almost half of the u.k. shipping freight, but on monday, the port was at a standstill. almost 2000 dockworkers are striking for eight days, demanding better pay to keep up with inflation. >> whatever we gain, we are using on utility bills and more. nobody is coming out a winner. reporter: it is expected to have severe effects on supply chains and trade alrea disrupted by brex and the pandemic. the port says the union has not put its offer of a 7% pay rise and lump-sum to members. >> i think we give them a fair days pay for a fair days work. reporter: workers from a range of sectors are taking action across the u.k., including postal workers, terrorist or's,

railway staff and telecom employees. in scotland, rubbish is continuing to pile up on the streets of edinburgh as the strike of bin collectors inches -- enters a second week. the walkout is set to last 12 days, coinciding with the fringe festival, a key tourist attraction. >> i love edinburgh but i don't love this. reporter: britans facing the worst cost-of-living crisis in several decades. some economists say the figure could peek at 18% early next year. anchor: a 40 year high, 10 percent, inflation predicted to rise to over 18% in january, so even more pressure on the poorest families. the chair of a charity, broke

not broken, joined us earlier. >> what we seen in the last decade is increasing numbers of people having to use food banks for a number of reasons. the forefront is the social security system that is not effective. wages are not keeping up with the cost of everything else. one in four people are skipping meals. 57% increase in food insecurity across the u.k.. that is post-pandemic figures, so this is a new national emergency we are seeing, and the worry for us as an anti-poverty charity and member of the food network is we are calling for things to be done to support these people. it feels like no one is responding. seeing people strike, people standing up for their families, the people using the food bank don't have that.

they don't have that ability to strike to stand up for their families. what we try to do, with lots of other food banks across the u.k., is strike for them and make their case heard. at the minute, we've written a letter to whoever the new prime minister will be -- we don't have an active prime minister at the moment to make these decisions and that is a worry. we will see more and more people fall into poverty through no fault of their own and that will lead to a mental health crisis in the future. we will also affect people's physical health in the future, and then the economic health of the u.k. it seems like there is no big picture understanding of the effect of a cost-of-living crisis on people at the moment in the u.k. anchor: next, kenya's opposition leader has formally challenged the presidential election results. he has taken the challenge to

the supreme court in nairobi and says the tally involved criminality and he asks the court to nullify the votes's outcome, including the mismatch between turnout figures and the results. he says that they failed to tally ballots from 27 constituencies, rendering the results unverifiable. william ruto, the presidential elect, says he will cooperate with any investigation. >> we demand justice -- reporter: the people demanding justice and odinga not going down without a fight. he said he will challenge the results of the presidential election on monday. he and his supporters are refusing to accept william ruto as the new president. >> we want odinga to be our president.

we fought for election peacefully, but they have done wrong things. because odinga is the one who won the election. reporter: the chairman of the election commission declared odinga the president last week, but commissioners say the tallying wasn't finished. >> his role in declaring results were not approved by plenary by all seven commissioners, and it renders the results unconstitutional. reporter: the supreme court has 14 days to rule on the challenge. if the results are overturned, a new election must be held within two months. since 2002, all election results

have been contested in kenya, and into thousand seven, odinga resulted -- rejected the results of the ballot box, leading to riots. anchor: supporters of the former pakistani prime minister gathered outside his home this money to stop police arresting him on antiterrorism charges. police filed charges against the former cricket star on saturday over what they said was a threat in a speech in which he spoke about police torture to an aide who forces sedition charges. reporter: it is a power struggle that has gone up a notch. for the pakistani government, khan has been disturbing the peace, leading to files of terrorism against him. since being ousted in april, the former prime minister rallied

thousands of supporters and gave a fiery speech that was for the pakistani police akin to a threat toward them and the magistrate. >> we will not spare you, we will file a suit against you and the magistrate. you should also get ready, you all should be ashamed of what you have done. reporter: a charismatic populist and former cricket star, he was elected in 2018, allegedly with the help of pakistan's powerful military. last april, after a no-confidence vote my he was removed, amidst ineasing anger over high inflation and alleged falling out with the military. since the supreme court confirmed the ousting, khan has been on a mission to prove he remains a powerful force in pakistan, and it is working. his political party has had recent successes in local elections and khan has drawn crowds of tens of thousands in

what appears to be a mounting crackdown by the government, pakistan's media authority banned the life broadcast of his speeches. the former prime minister hit back on social media and also accused them of blocking access to youtube, where he vowed to go live on hundreds of channels. he also alleged police toure of a close ally arrested on sedition charges. he himself risks several years in prison. anchor: more news, stay with us. you are watching france 24. ♪ ♪ >> so much life. so much freedom.

free spirit. wandering spirit. lost, trying to remember. host: today's guest sings about times up, black girl magic and freedom in her empowered music. singer, songwriter, poet and mc raised in botswana, and then studied in america before relocating to australia in 2014 where she launched her music career. how are you doing, it is a pleasure to have you on the show. your incredible debut album, the return, has won numerous awards. it was to show your identity as an international artist with strong roots in africa. now you are working on a new

record, and have you got a new mission? sampa: my mission i think was the same, but growth, to be 100% yourself, to go back to the you that you were before anybody's opinions change do, and to make music where you're from purity it has grown, but the -- you are from. it has grown but the same mission. eve: since you were last year, a lot has happened, you won an aria award and won the australia -- aria award and won the australia music award twice. ♪ in april, you performed at

coachella in california, you are playing it glastonbury this weekend and you are playing the festival circuit in france and the u.s. -- what is it like cling in front of such big crowds? sampa: amazing to play in front of people again. the last three years have been hectic, as artists we haven't been able to tour and connect with people who love our music. to see people singing and rapping the music back and showing the love is amazing. eve: you recently released a new track, featuring an american rapper, and you talk about in the lyrics the new normal. you spent the pandemic in zambia with your family. how did that time influence your music? sampa: my career took off in australia and i've been based there and from time to time i would come home but i've never been an artist in my home country before. so i got to work with artists

fromome, i got to create a project that is coming out soon and it felt whole. the sampa at home and from australia had merged, and so it is a completion. eve: let's take a listen. ♪ ♪ ♪

it is about standing your ground and defining being typecast. is that something you had experienced? sampa: definitely, i am a woman in hip-hop. there is always one way people expect you to express yourself or showcase your art and talent. i have grown and can expect myself in multiple ways and "lane" was a bold way of me saying i can expect -- can express myself in different avenues, visually and through my music and i won't be put in a box. eve: empowerment for black women around the world and unity of people of color is a strong theme in your music. what to the global community know about the expenses of african women in the mern world? sampa: for one, there are always layers to our artistry that we have to think about that other

tists don't have to think about. they don't have to think about what will offend people because we are defending our blackness, because we are defending issues we face. people should know there is always an extra layer is a black artist you have to think about that interferes with artistry. because artistry is about free expression. eve: you tell your own story through your songs, about displacement, identity politics, what it means to be a modern african woman in music. let's listen to "times up." ♪ ♪

♪ your videos are really fabulous. you were born in zambia and grew up in botswana, you studied in the united states as a teenager and moved to australia when you were 20. tell us, how did the black lives matter protests impact you as an african artist living in melbourne? sampa: i mean,lack artists in australia in general at that time, and the time "the return" came out, were facing -- we were all being underappreciated, not put into the spotlight. a lot of the mainstream music in music videos do not look like us. when black lives matter came out, it wasn't something we hadn't talked about before, it was just brought to the global

sphere. a lot of us knew these issues before. in general, the diaspora banded together. these weren't new issues, it was about banding together and making sure our voices were even more heard. eve: how did you expanse living in the united states where the movement began, as a teenager? sampa: it was a real culture shock for me. the states were the first place i went outside of my bubble in africa and i really did learn a lot about how the world perceives me as an african. my main mission when i left was to make sure i am 100% confident in who i am and where i am from come up because i saw a lot of the social inequalities happening there. it was a huge culture shock because a lot of what we think

on the continent is america. it was a huge part of my journey to become something amazing and that was just my reality. it was a huge lesson to learn but it did birth the sampa the great you see now. eve: you use your mother tongue in your music, explain why. sampa: languages passed down from generation to generation. it is the way we talk to our parents, grandparents, the way we passed down -- passing down stories and history. a lot of our history has been whitewashed or retold in a way that is not true. it is important for me through my music to be able to tell our stories through our own lguage and pass that down to the next generation. eve: sampa your real name. tell us how you became sampa the great. sampa:he great was this young

teenager who had a huge dream to be an artist but was really scared because she had not seen anyone in her family do it, or did not think it could be reality. the great is something to strive to be, which is the greatest version of myself. so i put the great aside my name to strive to be the greatest version of myself. eve: we think you are the great and we always end with your cultural pick of the moment. what has your children -- what have you chosen? sampa: i have chosen this artist. it was beautiful to see these amazing women, one from mali, one from the continent, and one who has been a huge inspiration. eve: we will play out without.

sampa the great, it has been a pleasure to have you on the show. you will be playing at glastonbury festival this weekend and you have plea of other dates on your website. thank you to everyone for joining us. more news on france 2 after this. ♪ ♪ ♪

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