a with breaking news on our team international former japanese prime minister sions, obey, has reportedly been shot during a campaign speech and taken to a hospital in critical condition. everyone should know that we'd, by and large, haven't actually started anything serious yet. vladimir putin warns against hindering moscow's peace, talked with care of as russian troops continue their advance in the dumbass. our correspondent reports from the front line here, once ukrainian artillery positions are russian self propelled how it is firing at ukrainian positions with technological terrorism. that's what beijing

says, washington has been waging against it in response to us and british claims that china has been determined to feel their technology for competitive gain. african nations struggle with fuel shortages and rapidly escalating costs. as the western sanctions against russia have brought far reaching collateral damage with broadcasting from our studios in moscow, this is our t international. i'm john thomas. certainly glad to have you with us. we start with breaking news on our to international report. say former japanese prime minister sions, obey has been shot at a campaign event and is now in the hospital, unconscious and unresponsive and unverified video circulating online is said to have captured the moment of the electric tack. oh yeah.

bobby was reportedly attacked while he was giving a campaign speech in the southern japanese city of nora. people at the scene reportedly attempted to give him cpr before paramedics arrived. he was then air, lifted it to a local hospital via helicopter. he has been described as currently in a state of cardio arrest. the alleged attacker identified as a 41 year old local man has been detained. report say he did not resist being brought into custody. his believed to have used a hand made firearm with 2 barrels resembling a sawed off shotgun. we heard more details from a local journalist selection than you. who am i, jo, was off my nissan. this was a completely unexpected and terrible event. so today since obey flew from tokyo, vo saca and arrived in the city of nora, where this assassination attempt to place it is said that around 11 30 am, he spoke for about a minute and a half or 2 minutes. and suddenly 2 shots were heard. being a high profile politician, shins obey was accompanied by a security team,

but apparently no one expected this. and judging by the picture that we have, the shots were fired immediately to his left as there was smoke emerging from there . it is reported that the shots were fired from a shot gun. recent footed shows that it was some sort of sawed off, shotgun, a suspect was detained at the scene without attempting to flee. shins obey was conscious after the assassination attempt and answered questions from paramedics. the medical helicopter immediately came for him. an air lifted him to a large hospital in a neighboring city. according to the latest reports, shins obey is in a state of cardiac arrest. bobby was campaigning ahead of japanese parliamentary elections this coming weekend. he was promoting candidates from depends ruling liberal democratic party. they was the longest serving prime minister in japanese history until he resigned after a total of 9 years in 2020 fighting health reasons. at the time he has remained strongly, influential within the party were now joined live by gregory clark, ameritas,

president of tama university and a former australian diplomat. currently in tokyo. thanks for being with us here on our international. so what do you think the motive could have been for? are they being shot? and that is a good question. but he has a very how should we say chicken mish sub history? he's been involved in some serious corruption scandals. but as far as i'm concerned, his rain, the problem is north korea. he was response director is not properly realized. but he was directly responsible for killing a 20 years ago, killing a, an agreement which would have saying north korea sees michelle testing and would have opened up a new, created to an economic age from japan. that it would have completely changed to the

politics of north north asia. a is a deep down is a very strong right going person. however, he did try hard to get a agreement with russia who are to be in the soviet union and get an agreement on territory. and but otherwise his record has been fairly right going. now we've mentioned that abby was still incredibly influential in his party. he was shot while he's been giving a speech ahead of parliamentary elections. do you think this reported assassination attempt is connected with his influence within the party still in? i think, you know, he certainly has very strong influence and therefore has strong trends in strong emotions. and her, as i say, i think i personally and being very suspicious of his

activities about towards north korea, that is a very negative influence. and i'm not can my, in the direct connection. but look, that could be involved. and it could be a factional fighting within a zone party. as you know, the factions are very strong in japan, his faction was dominating the liberal democratic party. interesting, now, what has been the reaction there on the ground in japan? i mean, this is just breaking. now it's very recent news. what is the, what on the street? well, i've been following television and it's still got the name of the person that they know where it comes from, but then the japanese report a little background or the most interesting. ok. now you mentioned this a little bit earlier. let's go back to this. there was

a series of scandals during his time and power. do you think that that kind of played a role as well? i think you would have created a lease, but it certainly didn't add to his image. not it was very powerful within the limited within the ruling liberal democratic party and therefore could have had enemies. as i say, my go ahead, i apologize. so my, my personal grudge against those who are enrolled in the attempt to get an agreement with north korea 20 years ago and that failed and he was directly responsible for right. gregory clark meritus, president of tama university and a former australian diplomat. thanks for being with us here, nor change national. thank you. and switching gears now,

russia still wants to negotiate a piece deal for ukraine, but western efforts to bolster kids in its refusal to sit down for talks could see moscow step up its military operation. that's according to the latest warning from russian president vladimir putin. sure, and your most lucian. today we're hearing that they want to defeat us on the battlefield. what can i say? they're welcome to try. we've heard many times that the west wants to fight us to the last ukrainian. this is a tragedy for the cranium people, but it seems that things are indeed coming to this. however, everyone should know that we by enlarge, haven't actually started anything serious yet. at the same time, we do not refuse peace talks, but those who do refuse, you should know that the further they go, the more difficult it will be for them to negotiate with us. now, to the latest developments on the war and ukraine as rushes,

military reports that have taken out a deployment point for foreign mercenaries in ukraine's southern nikolai of a region, as well as destroyed munition depos that had been used by cubes forces for their attacks on the done yes, the republic in the neighboring lugens republic, russian led forces have been advancing westward after claiming control of the last ukrainian stronghold their senior correspondent, gods. you have visited russian artillery positions near the city of louis johnson. he sent us this report here, high up. you can already hear and you can see how bitter the fighting is over there . perhaps an ammunition dump or storage site had been hit. you may hear multiple rocket launcher systems in action by the sound of it grad michelle's. but the entire horizon is on fire. hope with other the, the big fire plumes of smoke behind the power lines. also across the horizon, right there in the distance impacts that is russian auxilary,

striking at ukrainian positions in the vicinity of the city of savvy ask russian artillery. the snow secret has been a decisive factor on the battlefield and here in the fields of the countryside, the dumbass is his theme hi boxes. here at what once ukrainian artillery positions ah, russian self propelled how it says 152 millimeter houses firing at ukrainian positions near the city of citrus resorts for this house for clause complicated calculations, mathematics, solid intelligence and guidance from forces and drones. when williamson like newark, where you write a firing position with 2 s. 19 howitzers. am i command toys,

noses my dear. were working effectively with the guns forces surging at the call. a sudden we were, there's a new battlefield experience here every day. what we're constantly improving our skills, the partners, i'm not either either part of the time. they put up of what, especially in the brief window after they receive additional native weapons shipments. and before they are destroyed. it is called several opinion shell now impacted in that field where there were 510 minutes it's, it's unclear what they're shooting out. there's absolutely nothing there it's, it's empty but probably to get it probably best to, to get away civilians. here are you still sundering violence? a carry on with their lives. this woman who bikes to milk her cows every day she told us how you create new troops here, deserted their posts. they think he can,

it's true. they ran away. he korean soldiers told us that up commands as had fled, even before they did. they were only surgeons left behind is another position abandoned by ukrainian troops and nationalists who fled this area just to the west of the city of little chance. a 50 caliber browning, machine gun, supplied by nato states, most likely abandoned here without the ammunition belt. but over here also, we found foreign grenade launchers and anti tank missiles. this, this is polish. not a 100 percent. sure what this is in our g a g 90 hi believe. but all of this again, supplied by both of states still unused. and

now in the hands of russian troops and allied forces moran, mom, ukrainian troops, is dismal, tells us every local we've talked to. and you can have soldiers who, without any training, thrown into the front lines with weapons that they have no idea how to use believe that they are being used as kind of feed russian artillery. all right guys, the f t for the people's republic. a meeting of the g, 2000 is foreign ministers has commenced on the indonesian island of bali with a focus on global food and energy supplies. russian foreign minister sergey lab profit has held a meeting with his chinese counterpart on the sidelines, emphasizing the strengthening of ties between their countries. now the russian top diplomat also met with his brazilian counterpart, brazil's leadership has reportedly spoken about the western sanctions against

russia, saying that they have not worked and there have been escalating tension between china and the u. s. including a harsh exchange of words right before the g 20 meeting technological terrorism. that's what china says, the u. s. and they don't have been waging against beijing. it issued a scathing response to american and british officials, having accused beijing of trying to steal western technology for competitive game. we consistently see that it's the chinese government that poses the biggest long term threat to our economic and national security. and by our, i mean both of our nations, along with our allies in europe and elsewhere. she to do here in the loop. us always places as domestic law above international law and observes international rules only as it sees fit. this is another example of the us abuse in its national power and wielding technological heads. many to engage in coercive diplomacy is

also a classic technological terrorism. italian washington has reportedly been pressuring western suppliers to stop selling computer chip making equipment to china to prevent beijing from becoming a world leader in the sector. now the u. s. top diplomat is expected to meet with his chinese counterpart at the g 20 form on saturday, but he could decide director of the geopolitical economy. research group says the west has been losing out on its previous advantages during the cold war since then . basically, both russia and china have been as set up as essentially the enemies against which the rest must mobilize. and that's what they're doing. and you have to understand that they are doing this at a time when they're what they want to do, which is to rally a powerful coalition against russia, against china. this is not working, even that kills even the closest allies of the u. k. and, and, and the u. s. are actually not able to consistently keep up. there are commitments

that have been made with such a lot of fanfare. you know, sanctions against russia central. we know that this unity is crumbling in the face of the price that has to be paid and the west is losing technological advantage is losing trade advantages using investment advantage. it is losing its, its own alliance and its own allies to on every front. it is losing and it's trying to muster what little it can. i'm not sure how successful this is going to be, but it is extremely hypocritical. and these are well worn themes. they have been doing this for a long time. huge lives at gas stations. and if you, as the east african countries struggles with fuel shortages and rapidly escalating costs, some drivers said that they were waiting as long as 8 hours for diesel. authorities have increased the price of diesel by 38 percent and they cut the government fuel subsidies. previously, ethiopian consumers would pay only a 4th of the regular global rates for the fuel because of the states. aid costs

have been skyrocketing around the world as transport disruptions and punitive sanctions have impacted supplies of a central commodities. because as i look, i think it was a hasty decision. it is not taken poor people into consideration when transport providers increase prices, the merchants, and turn increase the price of their goods. therefore, we are the ones affected mother. i've been in the queue for at least 45 minutes. i think the fuel crisis is a global problem. i think it is related to the lack of stability globally. we'll in the standard supply chain disruption that most of the global oil supplies due to a lack of peace. i don't think it's fair to blame the government while there was a lack of supply the source. you know, when we have learned that russia and ukraine contribute a lot to the world, obviously that is why the cost of living and fuel prices have increased heavily due to the conflict between these 2 countries. in an unprecedented way, the world were greatly benefit if there was peace between these 2 countries.

elsewhere on the continent, there are calls for nationwide protests in south africa as fuel prices have risen to record highs with many people in the country. struggling to make ends meet or choose policy or explains. the price of fuel has gone up again in south africa climate, maybe 50 percent in the last year alone. just this week it broke a new record so many people choosing to work from home, while truck drivers blocked main roads in protests and planned more strikes, motorists are getting increasingly more freed up with the constant hikes and blame the government for not regulating fuel prices. and that's putting more pressure on the economy. everything is expensive. we suffered, that always close. everything is going on with the problem to all of us. when it takes almost one, those $11000.00 that it is they had for us, we would be our president have to because this be somebody who would

in need if you speak to dad did that, i'd people maybe they can mix and they can reduce the petra, it's really hurting my pocket a lot because i mean, i think from when i started driving 7 years ago, the, the price of petrol is doubled. and putting in 200 ran just for a day of hardly driving anyways. it's horrible there's, there's a lot of rates and taxes, but i think it's a bit overkill at the moment. i think that they can be a better solution. but the government says it's hands are tied because south africa depends on international markets for its fuel supplies. with between 70 and 80 percent of local fuel coming from foreign import. since february, when russia and ukraine went to war, international oil prices have risen dramatically. russia is the world's 3rd largest producer of crude oil. the waste economic sanctions on moscow have lived poor

african countries literally having to pay the price south africa. the neighbors, along with other african countries, have subsequently been robbed by protest destructive for, for, for african economies. the situation of this crisis that we are facing, if not in the interest of africa, it has to end. we have to, we want to see negotiation and negotiation that, that actually piece and negotiation that actually is a rush of interest. i, we're going to go live now to russian foreign minister, 30 live on who's giving a press conference about the key points of the g 20 form in indonesia. take, listen, you scope so that we're doing guide in donation on the phone that's focused on the 2 issues that it's the principal crisis and the new server comments and the need to go back to the print school section. yes. you know, the,

the in the, you and charter or is this your poor summary of all nations need to have held them . and you know, as opposed to the 2nd one a to resist the food and energy security for misleading presented the physician are also talked about multilateral amontillado. righty and known enough, but you still need to come when you fight again. there's a concept of rules based on that counter principle, but no one has seen these principles. they would not reason and where they we've provided some specific examples because robin, which are on the more of the reckless adventures in the us this year, which now on food and energy security gimme union because you have not got out. and

we've talked quite a lot about story before we reach her age of the position shed by present to him we provide is the root causes we put them in the body. the result of the gums emerged for the future when you did a couple of years ago and that was due to see or use close to the entrance into the green transformation by the west. to see this like this mechanisms, stomach, let's look at the but it was unless you go to the supply and demand management on this before next year. and we've stuff come once again displayed or red in this utility to die. she approaches energy sources, oil and gas in the, the u. s. v because it's

a bit too strongly against this forcing europe and other countries move away from these sources of energy. forcing them to switch over to more expensive ones. we believe that i'm not sure if we can use up a grain to address the foods securitization. there are no issues about that. the west has introduced unilateral sanctions and the obstacles to ship insurance. shipment insurance is blocked. us are not sure the motive they barge our ships from entering their forge and now focusing on the black sea children. most people the, the west needs to before is t of 2

d mind boards and allow them safe passage. got thanks katie. if a problem with the health of russia is ready to ensure security of that, those grain, she then set up such up. so that's our question counts when you're good. and we may not like to set up some international monitoring mechanism, trying to make sure that nato doesn't a tree, forces control that truth and london moves in your book about it. earlier we can see the authority of the plan not know is and again, you know, there's not a net in there because they've been saying that there is a grain crisis and they've been trying to spanish in the media. but if they say

that this training drain needed to address the world's crisis according to training grain, that is long as in the back see ports right now is less than one percent and adult and really effective if the agenda, you know, what they need to do is stop locking of the country, grain access board to this country faces that have is up with me, but your contract to our size during the discussions are western county show you much evaded to let me give you the good, misty, hollow, e 20 mandate? if you're trying to reach agreements that would then lead to some un solutions based on the stain ability. and once it's out, can't pass up to the floor as

a if you thought all day a statement to shake criticism of rushes, actions in the ukraine aggressive isn't occupied. lewis, conquerors, we've had a lot of labels. that's number one for me. the called us to stop this operation and to reach the she misses you piece will settle that you will. i've yet reminded our colleagues to go next statements previously to go and ask them to make sure they want to be sure to say one thing. if they want to peaceful settlement, they need to force of ukraine to start negotiations and jeffrey sachs and economists standards scientists speaking. could you go to the video conference said that he regretted that ukraine moved away from one of the

peace talks in the west on who needs to make sure what needs to be aware of that the west, once ukraine, to defeat russia on the battlefield again? well, i'm saying this because they've been statements is up to that effect to, well then we count them in go shaded with somebody with the 2 because such a dance does not allow, trying to move to base to basic also as a crane to take up arms to destroy a peaceful civilian population in the cities. and we've been observing this on a daily basis and we cannot put up with a loaner. you have this book that credit union vague or your position of the west. and it means that no one really cares. badge

ukraine or insecurity. that's when you put your western counterparts which has what's up the reservation system will receive support mostly from our partners among emerging nations. but again, was a very fruitful discussion and we've asked some questions for the to your various questions to western counterparts. and they have no answers to it, they just say that that you will be needs to have rules based order, et cetera. so they fail to follow the mandates of d. 20 the

question on earlier diplomacy kind of fun question is on job a little bit. what is this is a nation. i don't know what's behind this is estimation. i learned about it during one of the sessions and i was one of the 1st who extended my can. so listen to japanese counterpart, but i'm sure investigation ongoing. nothing to add actual meetings with me saying that they will not take photographs with me. well, i'm not invited anyone to take photographs with me on a new jazz invited me just like indonesia is invited to present. pushing for the summit is that exhibit it was initially disadvantaged. everyone was in the session which was present during the session. i didn't want to make any gestures. i didn't want to lie caught in one little listening to everyone who was

interested to know what could be, what is the trans currently in the west to up what was the sentiment, what although i could have been to, to, from the previous statements. again, they've used to d 20 for the purposes it was created, it was obvious that we had a reception yesterday and it was welcoming occasion with a concert and they didn't come there well up to them for that's their understanding and rules of decency and etiquette. so i think know everything is like we've like we believe it would be, but i think we were head.