on the please says to submerge, allude you what i see the student both whose the little gear motivation says, do you do gumbo sub ah, your top headlines right now. one out here at the national, at least 4 civilians are killed and 10 insured including children. that ukrainian force is target a fairy crossing area and the hopes on the region, it's all according to local authorities. one survivor describes the attack i'm sure of what i saw. the military was not there. it was a column of civilians, just people who wanted to evacuate from the city and go to a safer place. no agreement on any gas price cap is e u. leaders clashed over the deepening energy crisis with now germany and hungary both opposing and attend by the block to create a unified policy with the program, a protest, tons deadly,

and the african country of chad, leaving at least 50 dead and hundreds injured. it's off the police report or use lethal force against the crowds opposed to the front cover with from f. b i re, to vanishing act as a switch and grows over the disappearance of an award winning american journalist who blew the lead on, alleged u. s. military cover ups with and we are working out way into friday night here at moscow and always so good to have you with us. of course it's a r t international by the way, before people have been killed and 10 injured as we understand children among them, it's wednesday, ferry crossing point in the heart of san a region came on to fire over night by ukrainian forces. this is, according to local officials. authorities say 12 you supplied high mars rockets

were fired at the area with 11 of them were portly, intercepted by russian ad defense a key of confirmed the nighttime attack, but said, no civilians could have been hurt because a few was in place. ukraine auto claims that could only have russian soldiers dressed up as civilians over that statement is very much contested by at least one of the supplies. yes, just because my niece was, i'm in the hospital right now and everything is fine. take a look at the chart they took out of me. there was a missile strike by the ukrainian army on the until of ski bridge. we stood with a column of journalists and waited for the crossing. every one could hear the air defense systems working and got rather used to it. i was sitting in the back seat and heard an explosion. i felt glass falling on me and a colleague pulled me out of the car and covered me with his body. that saved me, he's also fine. i'm sure of what i saw. the military was not there. it was

a column of civilians, just people who wanted to evacuate from the city and go to a safer place. so the waterway has been used to transport civilians from the city of song. there's a nearby bridge is impossible, due to berlin, shuttling a local authority say the fairy crossing is continuing despite the attacks of the plan in question intends to move around $60000.00 residents from the right bank of the river to that of the left authorities announced the start of the process on wednesday saying it will last about 6 days. was the moment the local authorities have come up with a number of people who were killed during this attack by the crane and military at the moment. 4 people are dead ends. at 13 people are wounded and they're being treated at nearby hospitals at the moment, according to local authorities, ukraine fired at least as well of us made. hi martha, multiple rocket systems. 11 of those have been intercepted,

but one of them had hit the target at this very crossing local officials are also saying that this particular rocket was also filled with collage for munition, in order to maximize its civilian casualties and to maximize damage as well. now key, if indeed had confirmed this strike however, they said that no civilians could have been killed or wounded in this act because it was a curfew our ah, and they also said that those people who were killed could have been a russian soldiers dressed as civilians. well now would you have already a confirmation that indeed there were civilians that were killed among them is a russian tv producer. there are also people from the local press corps as well. local authorities are saying that said this particular point is all always full of civilians at any given time of day or night. let's have

a listen. read your boldness, knowledgenet glitch as to what the opposite side may claim. there couldn't be civilians as the curfews imposed, but everybody knows that after the bridge was damaged, the summer the people spent all night at this river crossing. moreover, while curfews imposed people are sleeping in their cars near the crossing. they are in the queue and they have no other option. this crossing is only for car, so all the victims were sitting in the cars. of course, there are huge queues now as everybody wants to leave the city, fearing along with shillings terror attacks by ukraine and even possible flooding in case hoff sky. hydro electric power plant is hit by guided missiles and is partly or completely destroyed. now this is not the 1st and unfortunately not the last time that ukraine is that, sorry, getting civilian population and old doing it successfully as well. according to a russian military command, nato had been a long demanding from the ukraine and authorities to continue their offensive. no matter the cost to whether it's

a civilians or civilian infrastructure. i was just talking to a social interest of the human rights lawyer, modern volta, and he says key f must have known about the ongoing civilian masses evacuation. so if you look in the past, we have seen this the government and didn't respect your international law. the military and international law says clearly, but at the end of the civilian population, enjoyed general protection from the dangerous post by acts of law in international conflict. and they may not be target of military attacks. and in case of doubt, the person or group of persons is could say that that has not to be attacked is the population remains. if the 1000000 population, even if you could do us, the most of them were not civilians. so the ukrainian side must have known that there is to ation. and they must have known that the has been so 1000000000,

so they start not general release show a lot of rocket rockets, which we are trying to in that region because that was the risk of getting civilians and kipling civilians. so international you do to you? monetary national law, this is a walk, right? if you abuse a summit of ego leaders has failed to uphold that. if a united front on the decision to impose a price capital in russian gas with germany and hungry, both refusing to rush into any agreement that apparently has no official plan. the commission's proposal on the gas price cap is like going to a bar and telling the bar tender you want to pay half price for your beer. not going to happen. customers can reduce energy prices,

only diversification and competition. can the methods, the ear leaders who met well into the night last night, desperately want everyone but, you know, especially russian president vladimir putin to retain from this energy crisis meeting is that everyone is united. but anyone listening to what victor or von said there, for example, can tell that there's really no consensus among all of these members states and the idea of a christ cap. that the you can dictate to the world how much they can charge for the e for energy is exactly the kind of arrogant, counterproductive ideological fantasy that while you'd expect from the block to the point where some of them like hungry and germany, are just not waiting around for his brain driving to fully ripened, but other than their unity propaganda. they already have no actual results to report from their meeting except to that they agreed keep working on it. according to european council president shot michelle e, you council has reached an agreement on the energy you didn't see. and so there is a prevail agreed to work in measures to contain energy prices for households and

businesses. sounds like you're celebrating the fact that they simply agreed to keep meeting, you know, we should all try that next time it works. yeah, that's what an accomplishment. so european citizens are taking for pools here pretty much are struggling under crushing inflation and energy bill and warm fuzzy feelings of european unity aren't going to power their heating or put food on their tables when they really need to do so today. not no week, non a few days or whenever out these are we can get around to working on this problem. next, unity is not going to power the german industry. that feels the you either, which is why germany isn't waiting around for a block. why? pollution? and had already decided to throw 200000000000 euros out the problem just to keep the country afloat, but french president emanuel, michael does not like how germany is handling its own sovereign affair. i think our role is to do everything for that to be european unity and for germany to be part

of this. this is how i see my functions and my role. i think that is not good for germany. of europe, to isolate itself in the sphere is that if countries go their own way and start doing whatever they want to deal with this crisis caused by brussels on policies. then risk completely deregulating the european common market. it's a bit late for that though brussels impose the sanctions against its own interest, demanded adherents in unity of its members, states, and then left them to send for themselves while they figured out what to do about it. beyond yelling at people, how to dress and shower, to save energy, or pay better yet, just don't use energy at all. as european commission vice president kron timmerman, now just saving energy, not using energy is the cheapest energy. obviously this is not just something that is discussed between between here i'm, i'm not trying to, to convince you because i don't need to. i know you, you agree with me, but it's something that i hear everywhere in europe now. yeah. not using energy

certainly is the cheapest energy. so the bottom line here is that still really every country for itself and every citizens for himself or herself and paying the bills that are piling up. while the european leaders figure out when they connect it around the champagne and celebrate their unity, the latest protest over a deepening political crisis and the african country of chad has left at least 50 people dead. more than $300.00 wounded off the security forces reportedly use lethal force to break up crown. so i should warn you, some of the following images you may find disturbing. the country has been under military rule since last year, when the president was killed while visiting troops. protests have raged, since it was announced earlier this month, the army would remain in power for 2 more years. meanwhile, the country's former colonial power of france has condemned to violence, but denied any connection to the crisis calling situation, quote,

child's internal affair. let's learn more now of course, live to our africa correspondent, couple of tattler joining us here live on the program. good to see you. i know you've got an awful lot of details of it that are really not getting much mainstream attention, but if you can bring us up to speed, what do you know now? well, rory, what we know is that this has been a country in turmoil following the death of it's for my leader, a man who ruled with an iron clad 1st, really miss that edris debris. he passed away while he was on the front line of a military offensive and operations fighting the rebels in that region. now as you know, chad is a very strategically important country for western countries, but particularly for france, it is a former colony. but ever since it got its independence in 1960, the country has not really enjoy did the fruits of what would be

a democratic state or the former military reform, a ruler rather, mr. debbie has been in charge of the country for 3 decades. and in that time, he has used his strong military and security apparatus to quell any resistance that challenged his authority. but following his death in april, the 2021, his son, mohammed, derby, or more popularly known as mohammed coca, took over the as the head of the transitional, military government. now this government has pushed back on the original, agree to date that the 20th of october would be the day when the transition ends and en ayesha a democratic rule. now what has not been said largely is that that was pushed back by edris sir. by, by mohammed's debbie, rather, he was pre pushed the date back for the democratic dispensation to october 2024.

now for opposition party civil society, as well as general cheddie and this was not a palatable decision. and li, particularly might, yesterday on the capital city to voice that and as a symbolic way of saying that they deserve the right to choose their own leader and their own governments. but i really think that what really stirred the pot was when the protestors took to the offices of the national union for democracy and renewal, which is the political party of the current leader of the transitional government to mister sal, arc observer. and upon setting their allied, that's when really things intensified. but let's remember here, chaired still remains one of the poorest countries in the world. in fact, according to the u. n. is the 5th poorest country in the world, and there has not been any kind of sovereignty even paused independence from france

. there's always been a sense that the country has been ruled almost by satellite from paris. and there has not been a single ruler and leader in that country who has not done so with the blessing and support of paris. now for france to come and deny its involvement here. considering the economic power it wields in that country, as well as the political clouds that it continues to enjoy. and the military exercises that its been part of in that country. france cannot and cannot deny a complete responsibility. they are at at least culpable, but at best they are just as guilty as the transitional government. now, the former, the former foreign minister of that country, who now happens to be the a you leader, miss thumb mussa fucking, muhammad tweeted that he sees this as a suppression of people's rights to demonstrate and called former cessation to the

violence and, and restoring of peace or at our africa correspondence corolla cutler. appreciate all those details. thank you very much. at least a 150 people, including women and children, have been killed in a 2 day period and the latest ethnic classes in sudan, the latest as a deadly associates. they outbreak of violence. now the ne, african nation, as we understand in several months, a crowd took to the streets in the state of a blue nile. it's about 500 kilometers, just south of the capital card tomb where the killings occurred. they condemned the long lost in conflict between rebels groups, mainly comprised of the people in the house of dr. it's all over a land dispute and according to the head of a local hospital around 86 people were entered during classes amid the rally. i witnesses reported gunfire. i think that some buildings were simply set ablaze. sporadic violence between the tribes as resulted in around 1200 people being

displaced according to the un or regional mackey. i'm a grabby believes that un peacekeepers have failed to ensure, quote, unbiased mediation for the conflicting sizes. it is a rational and an impartial media. it's back then i mean, nation mission. they need to have a problem. instead of making mediation a settlement, they became part of the problem because it took the time off part of the alliance and they get closer to them and they back. and i have more out of the group that by you the times or the night. this is made the whole of a list that me now there is a see for

a mediator. this is a problem now. great to have your company for the friday program here on our t. so and any award winning american john list are renowned for, investigating national security issues is said to have disappeared off the f. b. i rated his home and report received classified information from his computer over now to our correspondent fiorella isabel with details. well, they use most about freedom and democracy, both the trump and bite and administrations have been widely criticized for targeting journalists and their sources. a recent scantily covered story of a national security investigative producer who disappeared without a trace after f b. i. agents read it, his home doesn't quite help paint the u. s. is reputation in a positive light, even though there's not many details available on the morning of april 26th, 2022. federal agents rated renowned a, b. c. news producer,

james gordon meeks apartment in arlington, virginia. the raid came as a shock to some of his neighbors, one who described at least 10 heavily armed agents in mostly unmarked vehicles. they didn't stick around, they took off pretty quickly and headed west on columbia pike towards fairfax county. most people seeing that grain vehicle would think it is some kind of tank, but i knew it was the land co bearcat that vehicle is designed to be jumped out of . so they can do arrayed, and that kind of time, it can return fire if they're being fired upon the f. b. i confirmed the raid adding that, although there's an ongoing investigation and nothing more could be sad. meeks has not been charged with a crime, but sources claim that federal agents allegedly found classified information on meets laptop is to make, is unaware of what allegations anonymous sources are making about his possession of classified documents. as such, documents exist as claimed. this would be within the scope of miss to make

a long career as an investigative journalist covering government wrong doing press inquiries on this issue or troubling for different reason. they appear to be based on statements from a source inside. the government is highly inappropriate and legal for individuals in the government to lee information about an ongoing investigation. adding feel to the fire is mix last tweet on april 27th agreeing with an x. the i analyst about how the u. s. is using the war and ukraine to learn, am russian fighting tactics and have been doing so since 2014, the story gets weirder as meek seems to have disappeared, at least according to his colleagues, he fell off the face of the f, and people asked but no one knew down, so he resigned very abruptly and hasn't worked for us for months. and even weirder as meeks latest project was the claimed hulu documentary, $3212.00 on redacted, exposing how the pentagon covered up the conditions that led to the deaths of for

you, a special forces in niger and 2017, during a battle with isis. ah, we asked why did the foreman loosely alive as no one. ready division and we're, we're really started cooking something didn't add up. interestingly, brian epstein the other producer who worked on that project, also swiftly laughed abc earlier this year before his disappearance meet, gave an interview and spoke extensively on the dangers and injustice of the cover up. we need to have accountability, we need to have accountability long the leadership leaders must hold themselves accountable. and that did not happen here. the leaders, the men who sent these young guys in a battle on a patrol that resulted in one of the most fearsome battles of memory in a country were most americans have no idea. we are tomba church, they, they basically disappeared. they not only didn't stand by their men,

they did not hold themselves accountable, and somehow they were not punished. most notably months before meeks vanished, he was finishing work on a book for simon and schuster titled, operation pineapple expressed the incredible story of a group of americans who undertook one last mission and honored a promise in afghanistan. he co wrote the book with lieutenant colonel scott man, a retired green bray, but after april 27th, all traces of his, his association to the book were deleted. simon and schuster has rubbed his name from all press materials. the 1st sentence of the jacket previously read. in april a, b, c. news correspondent james gordon. meek. got an urgent call from a special forces operator serving overseas. now it says in april, an urgent call was placed from the special forces operator serving overseas. so where is james make and why exactly did the f b i rayed his apartment? we don't know for sure, but what this case might do is set a scary president for us journalists who cover the national security apparatus.

the iran con, has been banned from holding public office in pakistan by the country's top. the election commission will, at least for the foreseeable future, if after the former prime minister was found guilty of quote, corrupt practices. consigned his mishandling of foreign gifts and was senior leader and cons part. he says they will appeal the decision in the high court is really create more of the office when we lose this little bit of money, but he's created more often by the whole ruling spock nationwide protest. you can see right here with common support is blocking roads and burning tires in the capital is lama by police responded with a gas like the sounds foreign minister welcomed devoted council for his brand of

the whole proceedings as well. i literally motivated the ruling is, or the latest in a state of convictions against the former prime minister of critics see it has an attempt by the government to stop him from running again after his removal from the office earlier this year, general election is expected in the country next game and so the u. s. has warned the palestinian nationalist group hamas, that strengthening ties with serious government will only worsen its ties with washington regimes outreach to this terrorist organization only reinforces for us it's isolation. it harms the interest of the palestinian people and undercuts global efforts to counterterrorism in the region and beyond will continue rejecting any support to rehabilitate the sod regime, particularly from designated terrorist organizations. like i'm off on the flip side theory. as president, bashar al assad has welcomed the reconciliation of relations with the hamas

movement following a decade long absence, but declaring it a sign of the future in the middle east, the hama also emphasized that it believes the move is a very big step. this is a glorious, an important day in which we come back to our dear syria to resume joint work. we are restoring our relations with syria, with the consensus of our leadership. this is a new start for joint palestinian syrian action. so cooperation between the 2 basically ground to hold in 2012. this is a, it was due to the palestinian militant movements discontent with syrian government policy on the eve of what the mainstream media called a civil war and syria from 999. he had used the massacres as its headquarters fall of its overseas relations. now the new round of cooperation does come amid similar moves being made between other middle eastern states. off the fairly long pauses. an example of that b adoption precedent recently paying a 2 day visits,

a cutout after a 4 year rift between cairo and doha, mocking what he labeled to a new era inhalations. and then iran talking to saudi arabia with a view to resume diplomatic ties and reopen their embassies. and ankara is attempted to reconnect with egypt, recognizing the need to reset and improve their bilateral ties. well, we discussed this with a regional expert ac med most stuffer. now he says that countries are creating new alliances outside the traditional us sphere of influence america. most of the time it's lying to more debate, any dispute not to settle a dispute? because according to the multi ration, i can play on the 2 parties, but not to make them stomach and having like a giant agreement or settlement to give them women to be against each other and to put you know, menaces and the doubts fifteenish other. and this is exactly what the mecca is doing because like the bill trying to put like a sedition between 2 neighbors,

lovers, to friends, just to get the credit for the maximum i'm just to he, at the supremacy and the unilateral system, there are a lot of good political intentions from the other part of the world, which ones are and rich and soccer perform, the unilateral or to the settlement will be more beneficial and will be then address on the the, the, the, the intruders, especially the united states and the angles like so. that's a shift gears for a moment here on the program on our t and turn our attention to that of the ongoing national congress. if the chinese communist party, which is at the end of the day, outlining the country strategy for the next 5 years and beyond, ah,

well alongside of areas of domestic and foreign policy objectives, the congress which wraps up this weekend is soon expected to reveal the members of the country's leadership committee that all the politburo and we did speak of it with a c, g t n correspondent, don g, who explain the significance of the decision? earlier in the day, the 3rd group meeting of the precede him of the 20th c, p. c. national congress just has just concluded which listed the candidates for the 20th c, p. c. central committee and the central committee on discipline inspections. were these are very us significant groupings. because when you know, when the c, p. c, national congress is not in session. the c p c central committee will make the decisions general secretary of the central come media shooting being he used to serve as the deputy secretary of a county party committee and party chief in a cd opening dealer in south than for jim province. and the secretary of shanghai municipal party committee, and 8, his decades of experiences. he had

a governor over 100000000 people that stood equivalent to some small european countries. so yeah, this pretty much on wraps up the whole congress and other changes in person now, including ministers from different organs will also be brad julie announced until next to march. story continues right now online at r t dot com and your program continues. when we return at the top of the ah, as winter approaches, some cold realities are setting in the west sanction more against russia has failed . it is the west that is feeling egan, of pain and ukraine's energy infrastructure is slowly being degraded. common sense would dictate a major rethink for these people in power. that is inconceivable. with

ah 1960. the walls had been over to some time, and the country was returning to peaceful life, new factories and plants percentage in the birth race. but most soviet citizens were unaware that tom gangs was still killing people in the ukrainian sr. it went unreported in the newspapers and on the radio, they were only rumors, according to investigative reports. these crimes were being committed by the o u. n and gpa. the organization of ukrainian nationalists and the ukrainian insurgent army respectively.