>> this is a dw news from berlin. ukraine's president making a surprise appearance in neighboring model that has leaders from some 50 european countries meet to discuss how to help ukraine more and how to protect themselves as well. also coming up, the door remains open. some encouraging signs for ukraine from nato's secretary-general about the prospect of joining the alliance. tonight, we will speak to the

former deputy. at least three people killed in the latest russian airstrikes on the ukrainian capital. ♪ >> i'm brent goff. to all of you around the world, welcome. european leaders meeting at a summit in moldova. they have vowed to remain united. president zelenskyy made a surprise appearance, warning the leaders that any doubt that they showed before admitting kyiv into nato would only embolden russia would have more countries. the ukrainian president also repeated his call for more support in the form of patriot air defense systems and modern fighter jets. security in europe was top of the agenda at thursday's meeting.

>> will live as president has a lot riding on this summit -- moldova's president has a lot riding on this summit. she believes she is in the firing line. moldova, which already has a pro-russian break away region, received candidate status along with ukraine last year. she has been pressing for acceleration of the membership process. as europe's second poorest country after ukraine, she is keen to show solidarity with her counterpart from kyiv. >> please to invest in our countries. please do believe in our democracies. this is your contribution to the stability on the continent. >> she compare they tranquil surroundings --

>> -- solidarity and security. >> security guarantees are important for ukraine and rolled over, because of russia and the aggression in ukraine and potential aggression for the other part of europe. >> some want to see concrete steps towards membership. others are more cautious. they fear dragging the alliance into war which russia.

>> the correspondent has more now from the summit in moldova. >> they want to send a strong and clear message to russia. we all defy the war against ukraine and the community of european states will support ukraine as long as it takes, in the words of maia, the host, the president of moldova. the ukrainian president, volodymyr zelenskyy, came over to make his strong case again. ukraine has to get into nato as soon as possible he said. security guarantees are not enough. moldova and ukraine are in the same boat when it comes to the european union. they want to join the european union as soon as possible and they are making good progress.

this is the reaction here from the new institutions and also the member states of the e.u. brent: international efforts are underway to supply ukraine with u.s.-made f-16 fighter jets. it comes after u.s. president biden lifted american opposition to the idea at a recent g7 summit. here is a look now at how this came about after relentless lobbying from ukraine's president, lome zelenskyy -- volodymyr zelenskyy. >> it was a powerful symbol of a country desperate for help. lot america's zelenskyy gifted a fighter pilot's helmet to his british hosts earlier this year. >> i will explain the writing. we have freedom. give us wings to protect it. >> it was a message she would repeat time and again whenever he could. >> we need more fighter jets.

>> ukraine says fighter jets like the u.s. built f-16 would provide groundcover to ground forces, protect people and critical infrastructure from russian missile attacks, and help them win this war. now, it's allies have answered the call. pres. biden: the united states is going to begin training ukrainian pilots and fourth-generation -- in fourth-generation fighter aircraft including f-16. >> the fighter jet coalition looks like this. the u.s., u.k., france, and others have promised to train ukrainian pilots on modern fighting jets and that paves the way for kyiv to get his hands on the cherished f-16 model, -- it's hands on the cherished f-16 model. >> the very first ukrainian f-16 will be one of the strongest signals for the world that

russia will only lose because of its own aggression. it will become weaker and further isolated. >> for now, germany has stayed out of the coalition but defense minister boris has not ruled out playing a supporting role in the future. >> should ukraine get more fighter jets, i put that question to alexander, the defense policy spokesman for the parliamentary group for germany's liberal free democrats. >> we have to look at what is suitable and f-16, that is the most suitable plane. >> there are many observers saying that the german government continues to draw lines in the sand, whether we are talking about long-range missiles or battle tanks. we are talking about fighter jets. these lines are being drawn and

it seems to be clear that you are going to give the weapons that ukraine wants eventually so why draw these lines? >> there are no lines drawn currently. we are open for fighter jets delivery but what we have in germany, we have the euro fighter jets. both are not well-suited because it is so old that we want to get rid of it. and the euro fighter is very complicated. you need years to learn. the f-16 is simpler and easier to use so they want the f-16. that is what ukraine says. >> i want to be clear on this. if germany had f-16s that it could send, are you saying that it would have the green light from the german government to do that? >> i don't know.

because this question does not pose it -- we don't have f-16s. it is not currently a topic in berlin. >> it is convenient for the political leadership at the moment. the polls show a majority of germans are consenting fighter jets to ukraine. it's easy to say we don't have to do this, right? >> it can be later in months and years if they have no f-16s anymore that way, and discuss sending -- that we come and discuss sending euro fighters. i don't see these lines in the sand currently. >> he has not given us a clear definition yet. what does victory from ukraine look like from a german

perspective? >> we have this discussion in germany. the chancellor is very restrictive in his words. for any members, it victory means ukraine needs to get back the territory that belongs to ukraine. that is victory for ukraine and that is what we support ukraine for. >> before we let you go, are there any limits as far as you are concerned to what germany should do to help ukraine achieve this victory? >> we should support ukraine. solidarity for them to get back their country. of course, we should be careful with delivering weapons that -- attack weapons that could be used for attacking the russia mainland but i think ukraine is clever enough to not do these steps so i have no problem with

sending the weapons i need -- they need. brent: the spokesman for the parliamentary group of germany's liberal free democrats. we appreciate your time and your insight tonight. thank you. people in kyiv are dealing with the aftereffects of yet another russian aerosol. three people died. at least 10 were wounded in the missile strike that damaged apartment buildings, a medical clinic, as well as a water pipeline. recent weeks have seen moscow watch almost daily attacks on the ukrainian capital. >> daylight revealed another day of devastation for kyiv residence. overnight air sirens saw families rushing for safety in a predawn attack. but not everyone was able to make it to bomb shelters as intercepted missiles dropped from the sky. >> everyone was running to the shelter. people were trying to get in but

no one opened it. people were killed. i lost my wife. >> investigations were underway into why a medical facility bomb shelter in the area was locked. debris rained down during the bombardment, injuring and killing residents. a young girl and her mother are among the dead. >> they were here to hide but it was closed, unfortunately. here is the medical -- and there is the kindergarten. it fell just between them. >> many residents are tired and anxious after weeks of sleepless nights listening to the sound of sirens and explosions. this was the 18th attack on the capital since the start of may.

western allies have provided ukraine with advanced air defense systems in recent months , improving its ability to fend off bombardments by the kremlin. kyiv said it had shot down all 10 missiles launched by russia on thursday. moscow has denied targeting civilians but russia has repeatedly hit residential areas with attacks intensifying in recent weeks. >> the war in ukraine is -- as foreign ministers from the brics group gather in cape town, south africa. brics, made up of brazil, russia, india, china, and south africa, plan to discuss the admission of new members as the group seeks to extend its global influence. earlier today, south africa's foreign minister welcomed her russian counterpart, sergei lavrov. you see him right there. there is the uncertainty over whether or not vladamir putin

will be welcome when brics heads of state meet in johannesburg this coming august. you may remember that the russian president is the subject of a war crimes arrest warrant that was issued by the international criminal court. our correspondent is in cape town. i asked him how big of a shadow the russian president's potential presence in august is casting. >> it has cast a big shadow over this meeting. i think if you look at what has been happening, the discussions, and on the pressure, the lobbying that has been happening before this meeting in south africa, it has cast a big shadow over this meeting. if you look at even the opposition here and south africa, the da has filed a court

action to stop president putin to be admitted and step on south african soil. if you look at even the activists who are ramping up pressure on south africa, not to get president putin, we saw even at the meeting, as it was going on, there was a group of ukrainian association in south africa who were picketing at the meeting as well, calling for ukrainian children that were possibly deported to russia. a shadow has been cast on this meeting because of the visit -- the intended visit by president putin in august. >> that may ask you, what are you hearing ther in south africae? do people want the russian

president to be able to come for this summit or do they think if he comes, he should be arrested? >> there is a division. the south african ruling government, the ruling party, they have come out in support of having president putin to come to south africa. they are ready to roll, to roll the red carpet for him. one of the opposition parties have even supported and said they are prepared to escort the russian president if he arrives in the country. but on the other hand, some people are saying that they are quite jittery about this that south africa is having with russia so there is a kind of division when it comes to the opinion about president putin coming to the august summit. brent: we know that not a single

member of the brics group has participated in economic sanctions against russia since the war in ukraine began. has there been any change in any of those policies? have we heard anything coming from the meeting that took place today? >> at the briefings that we attended, you could notice that all the members of the brics, they are shying away from talking about even this issue about president putin coming to south africa, and even the issue of the icc warrant of arrest, they were ducking questions that were being thrown to them. so there is some kind of comradeship that is being maintained by the brics members that are attending the meeting here. they were trying to shy away from all these questions and interesting even questions that

are being put on them -- fielded by them in terms of what is being discussed internationally. brent: the latest from cape town. as always, thank you. we want to get back to our top story. some encouraging signals tonight for ukraine. nato foreign ministers meeting in norway today said that the door for membership remains open. the meeting also discussed the need to guarantee ukraine's future security once the war with russia is history. most foreign ministers agreed to that because of nato's mutual defense clause, there can be no further discussion of ukrainian membership until then. the nato chief also said that the alliance wants to bring sweden into the fold by july. for more now, i am joined by the former nato deputy

secretary-general and now a lecturer in international studies at stanford university in california. it is good to have you on the program. i want to ask you, you know, we know ukraine wants to join nato. what has to happen in order to make that a reality other than having this war become history? >> i think ukraine needs to stay on the path it has actually been on now since the first invasion of ukraine when russia seized crimea in 2014 and that is to work hard on integrating its military capability and capacity into basically the nato style of fighting and nato has done a lot. i am proud of nato for helping to train ukrainians in these 18 years since the seizure of crimea. it shows how effective they are. that interoperability is really a very important aspects. it is a more technical aspect.

it is beyond the political. ukraine is not getting into nato until this war is over. i liked what i heard tony blinken say today about preparing it to defend itself in the medium and long-term as well as, but honestly, i think that the continued hard work that ukraine has been doing to make sure that its military is up to nato standards is an extremely important pathway for ukraine and one that it should continue on. brent: when talking about security guarantees for ukraine from nato, because it is not a member of nato, are we talking about arming the ukrainian military to the hilt so that it can do exactly what it would do if it were a member of nato? is that the difference here? if it were a member of nato, we would be talking about actually having soldiers on the ground. >> nato has been providing military assistance throughout

this terrible war of russian aggression in ukraine. they have been providing military assistance right along and it has resulted in more and more advanced nato interoperable -- once again, it military equipment going to ukraine but it also has resulted in ukraine, i think, being a more modern armed forces and i think that is going to be very important into the medium and long term and as tony blinken was saying today. i see that process of continued provision of military assistance continuing. but i don't think it's qualitatively going to be really much beyond what we have been seen up until this point. clearly, the longer range, both longer-range military, missiles, and that type of thing, also armored vehicles, the ability to carry out the summer offensive now that has been in planning for some time, these are steps

that nato is doing anyway and i think will continue to do going forward. >> i wanted to ask you how long do you think it will take before ukraine is a full-fledged member of nato? all of that really depends on this war with russia ending first. when we are talking about ukraine's membership in nato, russia really is calling the shots right now, isn't it? >> i would not put it that way. ukraine also has agency here in ukraine again is doing what it can to develop its military capabilities and capacity, but also nato has certain requirements with regard to overall governments of the country and ukraine has in recent years been suffering a lot from corruption and this is something nato has been talking repeatedly to ukraine about even before this terrible war began. there are issues that nato and

ukraine will be tackling together i am sure just to ensure that ukraine's governments, -- governance and economic system are up to european standards and this will help also with the european union membership for ukraine and ukraine is on the fast track for european union membership. >> that me ask you before we run out of time and that is sweden's possible membership in nato. secretary-general stoltenberg today said that he hopes that by july, that will be the deadline for a yes to sweden joining nato. was he wise and putting a firm date down, knowing that there is this turkish opposition? >> certainly, sweden has checked the box in terms of doing what president erdogan and turkey has asked of them and upping their game and the fight against terrorism. this terrorism legislation that was just passed by the swedish parliament i understand is going

into force even today. sweden has been doing its part. from the perspective of the nato allies, the other nato allies, all of whom -- there is the question about hungary but i don't think that is as serious as on the turkish side. there is a real consensus among all nato members that the time is right for sweden to come in and furthermore, it's going to be a huge upping of the security of nato in the arctic in the polar regions so it's good for nato overall to have sweden and finland in membership. not helpful president erdogan will be willing to -- i am hopeful that president order one be willing to give the go-ahead here. there might be something else he has in mind. brent: nato deputy secretary-general, we appreciate your time and valuable insights tonight.

protesters have clashed with police in senegal's capital after a court today sentenced a leading opposition politician to two years in prison. he was convicted of corrupting youth. that is a charge referring to immoral behavior with people younger than 21 years of age. he has denied any wrongdoing. he says the charges are politically motivated. >> facing off yet again. senegal's riot police up against supporters in the streets as news emerged of his conviction. it is the latest in a series of sporadic often deadly clashes that has shaken senegal over the past two years. the court cleared him of rape and of making death threats against his accuser but found him guilty of corrupting youth. he maintains his innocence and claims the case is politically motivated. >> it is an externally heavy

sentence. two years imprisonment for the offense of corrupting young people. it's obvious that we are going to use the means at our disposal to challenge this decision. >> he was not present at the court for the ruling and refused to attend the trial's first two hearings heading instead to the southern city where he is mayor. >> we are satisfied, not totally, but we are satisfied all the same because he threatened to everyone. he threatened to judges and the state of senegal. he did everything to avoid being charged. he did so much procrastinating. he avoided answering lady justice. today, this get a full lady, lady justice, rejected him, doesn't like him, has condemned him like a bad suitor. >> his stock has risen in recent years but the court ruling could make him unfit to round in next

year's elections where he is seen as the main challenger to president -- the president's critics say his ambitions for a controversial third term in office are at the heart of the action. the government denies using the judiciary to suppress opposition. mystery clashes that have accompanied this rape case have threatened political stability in senegal which has long been considered one of africa's leading beacons of democracy. the ruling against him will only fuel the flames. brent: you're watching dw news. i will be back to take you through the day. stick around. we will be right back.

let's hello. welcome to "live from paris" on france 24. russia and ukraine continue to trade crockett fire, killing three in -- rocket fire killing three in kyiv who were trying to reach shelter. a summit in moldova was steeped in symbolism as the country battles with russian influence within its own democracy. senegal's leading opposition

figure faces arrest after he was sentenced to two years in prison for corrupting youth. his supporters say the charges are politically motivated to stop his 2024 election bid. this it's good to have you with us this evening. ukraine and russia continue to try to grind each other down as both sides continue aerial assaults thursday. russia that it also killed 30 ethnic russian but pro-ukrainian fighters. meanwhile, the kremlin's 18th day of shelling on kyiv killed three people, including a nine-year-old girl and her mother trying to get into an air raid shelter. >> bodies, debris in what

remains of this hospital in kyiv. residents taking the aftermath of the french barrage of russian missiles overnight. among the casualties, a nine-year-old girl and her mother. >> we could never have imagined we would be attacked on international children's day and that children would die. to me as a mother, this is the most horrifying thing i can imagine happening to a child. >> moscow says it thwarted a ukrainian attempt to invade its border region, which weathered intense fire in an unprecedented two-day incursion last week. >> it was a bad morning. in one district, there is incessant shelling from the armed forces of ukraine.

no one died, but eight people were wounded. there are no enemies in the territory. >> both warring sides have ramped up attacks in recent weeks, i had a very expected ukrainian counteroffensive. -- ahead of a well expected ukrainian counteroffensive. >> president zelenskyy push for nato to admit his country into the defense alliance and for more arms. the choice of mulled over a host, while symbolic, the country has long accused pressure of trying to interfere in its democracy. take a look at french president emmanuel macron. >> this summer has allowed us to reaffirm our support for ukraine which has suffered russian aggression for more than a year. we reiterated our agreement

concluded on may 14 this year, aimed at providing air defense. we also confirmed we are ready to put in place the necessary framework to start training ukrainian fighter pilots according to the needs of the ukrainian air force. >> earlier, we spoke to france 24's international affairs editor. he told us about the purpose of the summit. >> this is really the brainchild of french president emmanuel macron. the idea is that europe cannot go it alone and there are far more members of the european community which are in europe that are meant for the eu that are equally concerned by the current situation in ukraine and so-called special operations on the eve of the ukraine war. the idea was to bring the altogether. we had one summit meeting already in prague.

this is the second one which has taken place in moldova. there are also two more which are organized. the next time around, it's going to take place in ukraine. after that, great britain. the bottom line was to bring support and backing for ukraine. not only support saying we are with you all the way but also the military support that it needs, the idea that ukraine is going to carry the funding and backup that it wants. there are already offers of supply of f-16 fighter jets, there are none so far have arrived in ukraine, but the support is what volodymyr zelenskyy, who spoke earlier on

tonight wants, but he wants something else. he wants the international community to accept ukraine's bid to join nato. he wants to join nato pretty quickly if there is going to be any hope that ukraine is going to win this war against russia. >> during the meeting, secretary-general jens stoltenberg said he would be heading to turkey. anchor has been the last -- ankara has been the last obstacle to stockholm's exception after the two sides got into a spat. take a listen to the u.s. secretary of state antony blinken. >> with regard to ukraine, i think based on the discussions today, the first thing i would say is that when the leaders

meet for the summit, we and the president of ukraine can anticipate a very robust package of both political and practical support. we are focused intensely on what we can do to strengthen even more the relationship between ukraine and nato and to continue to bring ukraine up to nato standards. >> let's move to africa. clashes broke out in senegal after the chief opposition figure was sentenced to two years in prison. the country's justice minister said he could be arrested at any time after he was found guilty of corrupting youth. he was, however, acquitted up greater charges and making death threats. his followers say the charges are trumped up but are intended to stop him from running in next year's presidential election. >> in the streets of dakar, clashes between police and protesters.

supporters reacted to a conviction on corrupting youth peer the senegalese leader was acquitted on charges that he raped and made death threats against a 20-year-old massage parlor worker in 2021. the mixed verdict -- a source of consternation for his lawyers. the critical point of today's win is that he did not rape the woman or threatened to kill her. if that is true, there must be a conspiracy behind these charges. >> lawyers for the victim on the other hand have the decision. >>'s skill was established and recognized by criminal court justices. our satisfaction is mixed. this is not complete, but it is a significant victory. >> under senegalese law, the crime of corrupting youth

signifies using a position of power to have sex with people under the age of 22 -- under the age of 21. the conviction would likely prevent him from standing in next year's presidential elections. popular with the country's youth, he is considered a contender to unseat the president. he is accused of attempting to eliminate rivals ahead of the election. >> we have been following the twists and turns of this story on france 24 for several months. how did we get to this point? >> basically, this started in early 2021 where in the middle

of the post-coban period, allegations emerged -- the post-covid period, allegations emerged about the massage parlor. shortly afterwards, there are claims that he had raped the employee and made threats against her. for the last two years, there has been a buildup of tension and expectation in senegal as expectations continue right up to the trial whose main evidence session took place on may 23. at that stage, sonko chose to stay away from the court. he is the mayor of a town in the south. he stayed there and did not come to the trial. a lot of evidence came out in the court. as often in these cases, a lot

of that was very graphic, but the judges -- the court then had to decide, was there firm evidence, and the decision today was there is not that evidence, nor is there evidence that he made threats against her, so what is leading sonko's lawyers to regard this as a political case, and it is a point of view shared by many senegalese as well is that we charge that hung over this case over the last two years -- is that if the headline charge that hung over this case over the past two years is that he has been accused of corrupting a minor, which was discharge, which was only cited a couple of weeks ago in the main evidence session, so this

has become a hugely politically charged issue and over it hangs the prospect of next year's elections because sonko is massive youth support and quite a lot of support from other senegalese, not just youth, who feel that if the president runs for a third term, he will be breaking the promise he made when he was first elected. >> sonko, as you say, is the main opposition figure to the president. resident has said he would run for a third term in office, which would be against senegal's constitution. >> there are two points of view on this. some people say that macky sall is absolutely determined to run again, whatever happens, despite

promising when he was first elected -- in fact, when he was running for election, that he would only serve two terms, but other analysts suggest that what he's really worried about is sonko in particular, and if he is out of the race, macky sall might be willing to step down because a more conventional figure within be the potential successor on the government side because macky sall has not said what he is doing, although there are people who can be successor candidates. they have not been at there positioning themselves, if you like, as potential contenders. whereas on the opposition side, you have sonko, who is very much not really a conventional politician.

he is a former financial official who left public service in a row, but there are also conventional politicians who are also in the race and may also need to step into the gap, perhaps with his endorsement. >> thank you so much for your time this evening. >> you're welcome. >> we moved to north america after wildfires burned nearly 1,000,000 hectares of flames and are now ravaging the eastern province of nova scotia. thousands have had to be evacuated in the halifax area alone. >> a smoke so thick and heavy that it turns day into night. burning out of control, multiple wildfires are hitting nova scotia. thousands have had to be evacuated from a 100 square kilometer area around the ports

of halifax and from another out-of-control wildfire to the south. firefighters say hundreds of homes i had to be evacuated. some evacuees already know there is little to nothing to go home too. >> i have seen the picture in -- i have seen the picture now. >> our house is flattened. >> the concrete was maybe 2 feet high. it is all gone. >> over a dozen fires continue to blaze in the northeast atlantic province. a few remain out-of-control. officials say federal, military, and american aid is on its way. >> the weather is increasing in severity. it will continue to be dry. it will get even warmer, so the

prognosis is difficult. >> likely thanks to improved fire prevention, there has been a decline in the number of wildfires in canada since the 1980's, but drier, extreme conditions mean that the fires that do occur burned more land and displace more people than before. >> let's get an update on what's happening in the world of business. good to see you. the european central bank says we can expect more interest rate increases despite a significant dip in inflation. >> the ecb chief, christine lagarde, said new interest rate hikes would come at a slower, more gradual pace after inflation dropped to the lowest level since russia's invasion of ukraine. the inflation rate dropped sharply to six point 1% in may, below analyst predictions, but still well above the 2% target set by the ecb, which has lifted

interest rates by 3.70 five percentage points since last july. that rate policy is having a tangible effect on homebuyers here in france. many are struggling to cope with higher borrowing costs, and banks are reluctant to hand out mortgages. it is causing a slowdown in the housing market, and some agencies are even going bust. >> today, she finally gets the keys to her new home, even if she had to lower her aspirations in order to do so. >> at first i was looking for a house with more bedrooms and some land, but i had to settle for one bedroom and no land. we just cannot get as big a loan anymore. >> her state agency says it is the same problem across the land. selling property has become much more difficult.

>> up until june last year, it took about two weeks on average to sell a property, so they went quite quickly. nowadays, it takes 2, 3, even six months to sell. >> it is a hard time for estate agents, buyers, and sellers alike. let's people are having to move out because it has gotten so hard. >> it is becoming unattainable, even impossible for people to buy. >> the market is no less gloomy. this mortgage broker has seen a huge drop in work. >> normally over a year, we finance around 300 deals. overall this year, we expect around 150 to 160 deals. >> the number of brokers that have gone out of business has soared by 78%, and the forecast

does not look much better with interest rates expected to rise to or percent by summer. >> let's take a look at the day's trading action. investors welcome progress on lifting the u.s. debt ceiling. the dow jones up about .5% in both the s&p 500 and nasdaq closing at their highest level since last august, up 1% and 1.28% respectively. the united states and taiwan have signed a historic trade deal this thursday. washington says the deal will open taipei to more american exports by simplifying customs, investment, and other rules. beijing, who considers the island its own territory, has lashed out to the treaty. >> the u.s. should stop any form of exchanges with taiwan,

refrain from agreements with these connotations and refrain from sending wrong signals that taiwan secessionist forces of economic power or trade. >> the united nations says it is concerned by a continuous slowdown in grain exports from ukraine's black sea. according to ukraine, moscow registered only one incoming ship for inspection in the last two days of may. >> in may, 30 three vessels departed ukrainian ports. half of the number compared to the previous month of april. only three of those ships departed from one of the three ukrainian ports covered under

the agreement. exports in may reached 1.3 million metric tons of grain and other foodstuffs, less than half the previous months. >> finally, airbnb has filed a lawsuit against new york city over new legislation it says will act as a de facto than on short-term rentals. the law will require short-term rental hosts to register with the mayor's office and comply with a range of regulations. airbnb says the application review process will only register a minuscule number of hosts. >> it is a similar vibe in paris as well, some of the laws coming into effect. it's going to be a nightmare i'm sure. thank you so much. it is time now for truth or fake , our daily fact checking segment. good to see you, as ever.

in today's segment, violence broke out between afghanistan and iran saturday. what's the fake news surrounding this? >> that's right. deadly clashes broke out last week. at least three people were killed while several others work injured. the border violence escalated amidst rising tensions between the countries over water rights. in recent weeks, iranian officials have accused the taliban administration of violating a decades-old treaty between the two countries by restricting the flow of water, and accusation taliban officials denied. starting with this tweet in this account known for posting misinformation where they claim that taliban terrorists are armed by washington. they declare war on iran and

cede the iranian border. together with this video where we see a massive explosion where this user claims to show the operation of taliban terrorists against iran during the recent clashes. >> where did these images come from? >> there's no event of this nature that was ever reported. our terrorism specialist at france 24 actually already shared these images this week along with recent clashes we have seen. these images were posted on february 25, 2021. it explains the video we saw in those fake claims shows that the destruction of an afghan army post during conflicts between the taliban and u.s.-backed afghan troops before the fall of

couple and if you perform an advanced search, we found similar publications sharing the exact same video on the exact same days around february 24, 2021. this claim therefore has nothing to do with the current problems in afghanistan and iran. this is a video from 2021. >> images show a television motorcycle prorated against iran. >> we found another video used to illustrate the escalation between the taliban and afghanistan. the caption rights here -- the caption right here reads in the video, the taliban teasing afghans with water barrels during a parade together with this video that allegedly shows a taliban military parade on motorcycles where this user

claimed that taliban members are displaying water canisters with these yellow burials -- yellow barrels in provocation of iranians amidst this water fight. we found the same clip posted on this facebook account posted by pro-american media that was posted on august 31, 2021, and the caption that we have translated right here reads -- explains that this video shows a parade that was held in afghanistan to commemorate the departure of the last american soldier from afghanistan, so information we can corroborate with this publication that was posted by the department of defense -- they u.s. department of defense where the report a

latin american soldier, this one right here that left afghanistan, also posted on august 31 of 2021. let's compare images. right here, we have the images from the fake post on twitter. here we have images from the post on radio florida. we can quickly confirm the images are the same within these visual elements we have circled. for example, this shadow on the ground. the only thing missing on the post on facebook by radio florida are the yellow barrels, but we have an explanation for that because we have the original video that was posted, both twitter and facebook posts. they posted a shorter portion of this original video, and we can see both men carrying yellow barrels and the men not carrying yellow barrels -- this was an

original post on facebook, the same video also posted on the fake claims. these yellow barrels, what they contain -- we have an explanation right here. it is most probably not water as per the fake claims, but they likely contain explosives that have been used in most suicide attacks by the taliban. >> thank you so much for that. we are going to take a quick break right now. stay tuned to france 24. ♪ >> belgium is facing a new kind of crisis. >> the portion of unaccompanied minors is huge. we have never seen this before. >> we follow the guardians of these unaccompanied foreign minors. >> there are very few places,

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