[000:00:00;00] a with south africa won't be pushed by any country. the countries pop diplomat responds to the u. s. secretary of state, as he tries the can been for toria to sever ties with russia and china with that we exist under some is i think the po t a on ponder as a us excuse as israeli attacks on gaza as self defense. we look at how western countries turn a blind eye to palestinian victim,

but bend over backwards when it comes to the conflict in ukraine and its pro, fee of social media chairs, a video that appears to show you rainy and troops dropping a bomb on russian soldiers as they retrieve a body from the battlefield. ah, good morning, 5 am here in moscow and from wherever you're sitting and from welcome to the program. i'm here all is about with this hour's top news stories from around the globe. south africa can't be pushed any by any country that's according to the country's foreign affairs minister. in response to the u. s. secretary of state, as he accuses russia and china, of destabilizing the region and try to convince south africa to sever ties with this fear that we exist under some push is i think, a totally a rear,

unfounded. a belief in the relationship that we have with eva country is also a concern about countries that have mineral interest in african countries as a destabilizing force. so i think we need to look at the foot thorough of problems that give rise to insecurity, bad governance. and the absence of democracy on the african continent. it's not a one country problem that has anthony blanc and travel super authority with a speech, a new policy for african countries. while washington seeks that contain russian and chinese influence in the region during the trip. lincoln blame the food prices in africa on the war and ukraine, and called for a stronger partnership with the continent to deal with that. we've seen the repercussions of russia's warn ukraine are, which are felt across the planet. and especially across africa in rising food and energy prices, what we seek most of all is a true partnership between the united states and africa. we don't want an

unbalanced or transactional relationship. and our commitment to a stronger partnership with africa is not about trying to out. do anyone else by these you fall by? this is he's, he's a tear. it was to we as south africa in africa from china. so united was a trading partner, africa, and russia in china need to wake her to protect it. i felt that she coinciding with the visit, the white house releases a document detailing it's new strategy towards sub saharan regents and while blank and says the u. s. won't tell african nations how to behave. the strategy shows washington is not happy with the continence ties with russia and china. the people's republic of china, by contrast, sees the region as an important arena to challenge the rules based international

order. and we can us relations with african peoples and governments, russia views the region as a permissive environment for paras, stables, and private military companies, often fermenting instability for strategic and financial benefit. u. s. accusations, however, don't prevent deepening ties as china, as thou, south africa's biggest trading partner moscow's trade with the country is also on the rise with monthly exports from russia. this january growing more than 4 times compared to january of last year. and while the u. s. is still trying to convince the reason that russia and china are the root of all troubles. the african public seems to find more faith in ties with brit countries than with the west. america has been playing with us for a long time, is now time for for bricks to grow. i think more african country you same coverage to be better off the brakes. and you can see that the feel of machines are left rica. i'm shoe ice also. spinoffs, rama joining that cloud. you have such developed countries know like your,

your china shows. jan kids assist other countries in terms of having to achieve the same living off in foster child economy the, to the, in, at this point in time. joe, oh man, host of the concert of daily podcast says, african nations don't believe in us promises. i don't think the u. s. has ever respected the sovereignty of other nations and when they talk about destabilization they can look no further than themselves. and the sad part about with the us says it's just a bunch of rhetoric and look, i'm, i'm an american and i'm proud to be an american. but the apparatus within the us government has long been a d, stabilizing force and almost putting at, you know, african to a place where they can't grow. they can't excel at the same rate. at other countries across the world are growing. and that has a lot more to do with their natural resources and how they can get access to those resources. so no, i don't believe they respect the sovereignty of any decisions that they make. and i and i, i'm actually fearful that it's going to become

a tug of war and the people of those african natives. 24 nations are the ones that are going to suffer. and the african nations 1st, the south africa does not trust the united states. many notions don't trust united states, i don't think anything united states does right now will be seen as anything other than grandstanding and making empty promises that they will mir and in the future. not be able to deliver submitted now to gaza. we're at least 44 people have been killed and hundreds are wounded after 3 days of israeli bombing airstrikes have rabbits, residential neighborhoods and civilian infrastructure. here, some of the latest footage from the scene. boone

a fragile seas far between israel and the palestinian islamic jihad militant re purportedly held through monday as hospitals in gaza, struggle to treat the many civilians injured during the weekend of hostilities. allison in official se some 650 buildings were damaged. before a truce came into effect on sunday, at the height of the tensions palestinian militants, israeli armed forces exchanged rocket burges and airstrikes. as garza again reels from devastation, the un security council has held an emergency meeting to discuss attend situation on the ground. me of that saw the palestinian observer ca for more global attention to the humanitarian crisis in gaza. while israel gained support from washington after it accused the palestinian islamic jihad group of targeting civilians. there is no room for false narratives. the fact are clear, the palestinian islamic jihad deliberately fired 1100 rockets at these railey

civilians, with roughly 200 lending inside the gaza strip, killing innocent palestinians, and among them young children. this is not an assessment. this is the hard truth. and israel has all the proof, we fully support israel's right to defend his people against terrorist threats, including from rocket fire, aimed at civilians or without regard to them. and all, some western officials justify israel's balmy of gods as self defense artes rachel blevins investigates allegations of double standards, at least when it comes to their views on conflicts in other countries. 3 days of clashes between israel and the palestinian militant group included a number of what israel called preemptive air strikes on gaza. which left at least 40 for palestinians, dead including 15 children and more than $300.00 wounded. yet despite the photos

and videos that were shared across social media, which showed israel clearly targeting heavily populated residential areas, there was virtually no outrage from the west. in fact, president biden has praised the money the u. s. ban on the iron dome system and says that it saved countless lives in israel. and he is one of the only one turning a blind eye to the collateral damage in gaza. we absolutely fully support israel's right to defend itself against terrorist groups that are taking the lives of innocent civilians in israel. the u. k. stands by israel and it's right to defend itself. we condemn terrorist groups firing it civilians and violence which has resulted in casualties on both sides. we call for a swift end to the violence. france condemns the firing of rockets into his railey territory and reiterates its unconditional commitment to the security of israel. the focus was mainly on israel's right to defend itself with no questions asked as to why dozens of palestinian civilians were being killed while the israeli death

toll remains at 0. it's clearly a very different approach than the one western leaders have taken in recent months . where they mourned every ukrainian casualty that was reported and used to condemn what they called the russian brutality. the u. k. stands united in condemning rushes reprehensible behavior. there were no shades of gray in this conflict. it is about right and wrong. we kept become numb to this. we can't normalize this. this is the reality. what's going on every single day, as long as russia's brutality against ukraine continues. that's why these to come to an end let's you sent on this and, and what this international justice must prevail. those who committed these crimes will have to answer for them. and speaking of concern over civilians being killed, those western officials were nowhere to be found when ukraine and it's all turn nationalist killed. thousands and don bass over the last 8 years. not only are the

tears reserved for certain cases, but so is the selective terminology. you asked, tends to use in their eyes, ukrainians, or heroes, whoever, right? you force their will over regions that have declared their independence. but it's the palestinians who are labeled as terrorists, even as some of them live under an internationally recognized israeli occupation. and the have blogger see is plain to see as headlines it praised ukrainian defenders now condemned palestinian militants. palestinian militants, fire rockets at israel after gaza air strikes out gun, but defiant, ukrainian twin cities defenders ready for russian attack. and that's not the only double standard. the west seems to have president biden spoke out on sunday, saying he welcome the news of a cease fire and gaza, well refusing to condemn his is reli allies for the killing of civilians. however, the u. s. continues to refuse to encourage ukraine to negotiate a truce with russia. in fact,

anyone who dares to try and do so has been met with allegations that they must be pro russian if they're advocating for peace and ukraine. that includes former u. k. labor party leader, jeremy corbett, oregon. same isn't going to bring about a solution. it's only going to prolong so true this will. or if i'm disappointed years, but a hobby, any of the world's leaders use a wood piece and he is not the only one. former german chancellor, gerard schroeder, hungarian, president, victor, oregon, and even henry kissinger have made similar statements. and they have all been accused of being kremlin apologise, and that ukraine appears to be the only place where the west is not allowed to mention peace. and yes, that's including the conflict between kosovo in serbia, where the e was quick to set up talks or the taiwan strait, where the g 7 immediately called for stability in response to rising tensions

between beijing and washington instead of urging for peace, ukraine gets even more war as the binding ministration has approved another $1000000000.00 and lethal aid, which is notably one of its largest packages so far and a parent reminder that nations are only allowed to defend themselves when the u. s . as they can, just as they are only allowed to pursue peace with their neighbor. if washington is on board with the plan. we've been gauging reactions to the conflict from both the israeli and palestinian sides. here's what moses are. a mom been from the palestinian non government organization network. and on leo, former director general for israel's foreign ministry, told us about the situation. we are used to it. i have a deceased friar being broken in about half an hour after it has been agreed and nothing new about the, the,

it was extract expected. the feeling is that this time if there, there is wally military was say, why precise in the in the accent damage beyond the fighting units. a was minimal. baby we don't get the full in to 100 percent. correct. the picture here in israel for these really media, but i think that we are seeing more mental or for improvement of the is widely technologies. and less people were lot involved in fighting, were killed in each round or for a conflict they, in their last day at 1015 years. so i think that that day which was a relatively relatively, and minimal a to non involved it. people in all involved equipment situations very a horrible, that is

a disaster. and there is continuous of this catastrophe. among the senior people are against to humanity. they are attacking gay civilians, elders their children, the award created many damages and the infrastructure in house is a i think in this a brutal attacks ally are to be created, the consequences for the, for the scene. and if he'll anger and if he had a flash threatened because there is no action from the international community to stop them and to impose and press after them to stop this alicia, for that national human rights are but incentives. fresh foliage, apparently showing kev's troops dropping a bomb on russian soldiers is spreading on pro ukrainian social media accounts. a warning you might find the falling images distressing them verified video,

appears to show the group moving in to retrieve what appears to be a body from the battlefield. a bomb is then dropped directly on to them from a drawer to soldiers or seeds scattering from the facts of the blast. and it's not clear if any of them were killed, finish journalists, genuine puts corbin, who reports from the don bass told us that such military actions are aimed at provoking 8 of response from russia. oh, okay. continue and what we see here and what we have witnessed for 8 years, series of publications against the russian population. and of course, this kind of evens, they are new for russians, but they are not new year for us, for people of doing this. and where we are, we have faith, all kind of publication, but this video was absolutely brutal, absolutely discussing. and, and of course, the case all was all moral and ethics. what can be, what we see here,

what we have witnessed here from the february that to the russia is doing a very careful sticks, rary. oh li, meet the opperation with limited goals, and the other side is waiting a total war against russian population in russian communities. what they want is that the roches oh, the don't with troops will re page such kind of trustees and, and that is what they are wasting so that they can turn everything again upside down. meanwhile ukrainian troops continue to intensively shall the dani as people's republic civil infrastructure. a recent video showing a furniture factory engulfed in flames following the attacks. according to local authorities, ukraine fire nearly 400 shells on monday, leaving 4 people dead and 14 others wounded. on the don, yes. front lines as russian led forces advanced towards the central city of la dar

in the republic. our teeth colleague alger bori reports from their fire positions. hi leanne, british. i thought that we are now traveling in the direction of oglethorpe. this grad missile defense system is ready to hit ukrainian positions in this direction. after russian forces advanced into several strategically important areas, you have elected j i said, but on the field, on norwalk to him for mino, new dot officer, be the blanket calculations are being carried out. and precious time is being spent on delivering targets. it strikes against the ukrainian forces, which are continuously shelling the don versus laura to go home with the horrible besought in the arly gets in the group is moving in high speed to complete the task before the location of the ground batteries discovered by ukrainian national forces or the battery is firing at the positions of the armed forces of ukraine, and she quickly changes our location so as not to become

a target of enemy forces of the wonderful forces. the dpr in russian federation in the city of pesky are moving further west, storming the defense of the armed forces of ukraine in the direction of oglethorpe, in order to liberate the entire territory of the dpr in dumbass. in the near future . somebody whom i'm wilma, to glad that while the forces of the dpr in the russian federation are moving towards google, doc grad missiles are firing at ukrainian positions located in this direction. don't worry of that have shabby former us president donald trump says the f b i broke up a to save during a search of his florida home, signify a dramatic escalation in the various probes into the final stages of his presidency . in a lengthy statement reported across american media, trump referred to the search as a seat, calling it further evidence of the democratic party's efforts to stop him from

running in the 2024 presidential election among the incidents under investigation. our events connected to january 6th last year when trump supporter storm the u. s. capital reports claim that the f b i search was related to allegations that trumps allies improperly remove boxes of presidential records from the white house after leaving office, including some that may have contained classified information. ah, meanwhile, in africa all eyes are now on the canyon elections were pulls are about to open as voters and one of the continents largest economies choose a new president and bring a highly contested race to a close policy or reports from the ground medically station in kenya, around 22000000 people are eligible to vote in these elections with the issues, the caption on poverty, unemployment, and corruption. the main reason as to why that when they say,

what do they make sure. one, they call them to test the speedy for, you know, accounting. secondly, we have one for these a, let's you him to have in mind that a pretty id will do. we are lacking that our county has been affected vastly by this a drug called corruption. corruption is what us kill to this country because you see we have a laurel view, my, a lot of natural resources in this country. but because the of it corruption anti bully is a slam where more than a 1000000 people survive on a dollar a day election posters. it's promising change. if we weigh that many voters complain it's the usual empty promises from those vying for the top office. so who are the main faces in this race to we submit and make coley the latest figures, give rayna, i think the leader of the opposition, a clear lead. this is his 2nd bid for the presidency,

and he's supported by the house. going to place it in, or who kenyatta opposing him is william wooten, who appeals to the masses of frustrated young people. most of them clerk who just want to get ahead. he trades on his wags to which the story that he once sold chickens on the side of the road, and is to day one of the wealthiest men in the country. but it's not going to be as easy for the new president to solve the issues. now robi, for example, is the largest and most important financial business and consultation had in east africa with most of the trade destined for western countries. who had the unmarked kenya, not only as a vital trading continent, also a source of stability in a volatile region. the race comes at an anxious time with the conflicts in ukraine . the pandemic, the worst drought kenya has placed in 14 years and the waste leukemia in the

background. we will see how the new president deals with all this on his shoulders . policy a r t, nairobi kenya to some news in brief, now in bangladesh, hundreds of people have rallied against the government's failure curve, record high gas prices, prices i've recently risen by over 50 percent causing demonstrators just around fuel stations, demanding that government measures be reversed. meanwhile, in cuba, yet another tank of crude oil has caught fire at a large oil storage facility in the countries. western part of my time says the blaze follows to other incidents that saw tankers go up in flames and collapse over the weekend. the fires come as the country faces acute energy shortages with black out scheduled for the capitol. havana. over to china, now we're beijing's forces. i've extended military girls near taiwan in a further response to u. s. senator nancy pelosi visit. china's military says the exercises will continue

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