a with mm ah, breaking news, this our and off you international as russia is defense ministry says here is in the last stages of creating us so named, dirty involvement for a full flag attack. monica also says ukraine has requested nuclear weapon technology from britain. also coming up in the program today here one off internation we believe in african countries themselves taking the leading role in efforts to resolve current problems based on a principle of african problems, african solutions at rochester, minnesota class applica, one of the most important centers of a multi polar world order, i think that the continent must be allowed to resolve its own, its use without external influence,

with protest corrupting the number of african countries. people calling for an end to western interference in the compliments effects. we condemn pressure on it, okay, by the west and the united states wants to call on them to take their hands off with which they are terrorized in our country with all right, monday afternoon here at moscow and a very well welcome to you. looks like the work week is kicked off with some big stories already, so it's good to have you when we do start this all with break in utah international, it's russian defense ministry says that keyon is in the final stage of making a so called dirty bob it's made up of explosives and radioactive material and plans to blow it up in a false flag operation to blame moscow and gone a further international support. these just a little of the she's considered us according to the information we have. 2

organizations in ukraine have specific instructions to grade the so called dirty bomb. the work is in the final stage. we also have information about context between the ukranian president and rigorous representative on the issue, possibly obtain a technology for creating a nuclear weapon. things are wound up now. according to russian defense ministry. ukraine is planning to use dirty bombs. now these are devices that use explosives to ride the radio active ways. and in such a scenario that would contaminate an area of several 1000 square meters. now, there are gold being wanting to intimidate locals to, to make sure that there are more refugees and of course, to pain. russia as the bad guys, something that they've been here to do from the very beginning of the special military operation. and they want to show russia as unclear terrorists. and of course they're saying that what most goes, claims are right flag,

false operation, that this is russia's way all dirty blackmail bought. russian says that it has the evidence and it has prove that this is exactly what they're planning to do. most used. we have specific information regarding scientific institutions in ukraine that have the technology to build this dirty bomb. we have information that this is a justified suspicion of. we see the western media reaction in line with the reckless support their western government to provide to the landscape, indulging him for his rusito, vic actions. and because of all of that russians defense ministry has taken measures and has prepared all the necessary tools to counters such a threats. we don't know what that it's yet, of course, and hopefully we will not find out. there will be no dirty bombs. but also we're getting intel landscapes office has been in touch with someone from the heads of the tape and they are asking them for nuclear weapons technology. and this is

something that's very scary. and this is something that we are looking into further to find out what that is all about. russia's top diplomats so kayla roth has also described africa as a rising power in an emerging multi polar world. the foreign minister held talks the head of the organization of islamic cooperation in moscow. this monday, and among the subjects they discussed were ways to resolve conflicts on the african continent. with the student, we welcome the emergence of africa is one of the most important centers of the multi polar world order. we have discussed ways to resolve the ongoing conflicts on the continent. continues. we believe in african countries themselves taking the leading role in efforts to resolve current problems based on a principle of african problems, african solutions as an issue in switches. while meantime has been another bloody weekend in africa and 9 people were killed off. the terrorists opened fire on

a hotel and settle if a car bomb this was in somalia. on sunday. 47 civilians were wounded. a security forces eliminated 3 of the assailants. a 4th was actually killed in the butt by the up last of the bomb. or these on the group, al shabbots claim responsibility for the attack which did occur in the port city of cars mile. that's in the countries south. and according to a recent pentagon report, africa has experience a 300 percent increase in militant attacks over just the past decade. but as fighter western military presence on the ground affordably to fight terrorism african continent to witnessing growing protests over what, subbing cold, longstanding interference on the continent, a taking us through it all. his art is africa correspondent, horrible a touch. there's an air of change blowing through africa and one that is increasingly resistant to the power and influence of the west indies. yoga this weekend, over a 100000 people mashed in support of the country's defense force. demanding an end

to the interference by the waste in ethiopia, in a phase island on that. as you can see, there are lots of residents of the city he came out to condemn the western countries led by the united states who interfere in our affairs, our sovereignty, and unity. they want to dismantle us. i came to condemned that we are saying stop as you want. i have not gotten it enough, is enough. we shall not accept any interference. reecy opens. don't want anybody assistance work on her own and bring change to ourselves. and now we condemn the indirect pressure on ethiopia by the west and the united states. i want to call on them to take their hands off ethiopia, with which they are terrorized in our country. i want to tell them we are capable of solving our own problems by ourselves in the eastern and central parts of the african continent, the old god is being challenged. shed is, but one example,

since its independence in 1960 from france, whose an army generals have ruled a bus lanes of land. and they was supported by the former colonizer thursday, was supposed to mark a day of transition from military to civilian rule. instead, poles of smokes billowed from the city capital in jemina as well as other areas. as champions of all walks joined, hands, tired of waiting to demand an end to military rule of the transitional military council, and also the end of francis interference. the security forces response was brutal ah me with

with until the day that he died on the front lines in april 2021 general in the the b was francis met paris supported and protected him against attempted cause and also turned a blind eye to his brutal 3 decade long rule. in turn, the me protected francis interests in the region. both military and economic. france even supported the transitional, military cancel that was formed after the bees death, which is now headed by debbie cider, mama de b. he, without an election,

installed himself as leader and even pushed back the transition date by a further 2 years. a move that angered the people who see la francisco, that frances withdrawing its military presence in the region. because france is always at the side. the leaders keeping them in power. we saw that france has done nothing about what's happening here on the internet, on the radio person macro and said that france has no connection with what's happening because it's an internal affair of chad. but i think that's not true as it was, france, that helped mohammed debbie to take power. we know that all the decisions come from france, france, if also implicated in another vial. and todd sport of the weeks of cooling off violent clashes between the democratic republic of congress, military and the em 23 rebels as rhythm again, the d r. c and rwanda have had strained relations since the 1994 genocide,

which saw squaws of people cross the border into the d of c all the while. the french government was supplying weapons to the region. in such countries, genocide is not too important. and just to round off the wave of negative sentiments to what's the west in africa. a major wisdom power is that africans must be prepared to die for the democracy. democracy can only be defended by people themselves if they are actually prepared to die for their democracy. liberal day, a good day for the day is part of french, national heritage and immortal the country is proud to ascribe to. but here in africa, both the action and in action of france stand against those very same values. and for a growing number of former colonies and african states of war policy seems

a more appropriate phrase. got a list for oddity. and john is book. it is good to have you with us today. so many european businesses have been hoping to increase ties with a global economic powerhouse china. but if some e u countries, this initiative has caused a bit of a rift between senior officials and they use the largest economy. germany appears rather torn about chinese investments into the major northern port of hamburg, senior officials of stonewall. the plan, backed by chancellor shoals with chinese shipping company costs go to acquire partial ownership of the transport. how the dissenting voices say such a move would increase the country's dependency on beijing. acquisition would be part of patients belt and roads initiative to link chinese factories with western markets and a colossal version of modern bay version of the silk road. well, that's course life now to want to contribute. rachel martin for more details on this, or rachel? very good afternoon to you. great to see you. you know,

just about every year. big money, power brokers from china, they come to europe, they can come to the u. k. they invest big money and infrastructure businesses and property the moment they go back to beijing, european politicians in the media and almost immediately start to bad mouth. and now we have this news zone of anger going on between e u countries in china, but it's possible hub deal regarding that of the one belt one road initiative. what can you tell us now? well, you think that a big lesson for the european union would have been to not have blindly followed washington strategy, of going not in applying sanctions to everything russian, when europe's economy has won benefited from russian exports in order to compete with the us. but no, apparently the lesson that you picked up instead was that it shouldn't have forged those trade ties with russia in the 1st place, which would have left it far more. rely on the u. s. for resources, rather than on the russian gas to help build germany in particular into an economic and industrial power house. but now europe seems to be doubling down on itself.

isolation, hermit strategy and looking to reduce trade with washington's other fo china adolescent i think that our field european policy on russia is making many of us in the room to rethink about our approach to china for me once that's on me for me twice. that's the other way. country should not taken authoritarian power for granted the task of a responsible economy and even more so of politics is not to allow us to get back into a situation where in a few years time we have to save that chemical and auto companies with billions and taxes because they have made themselves dependent on the chinese market for better or worse. ok, so the e u has already cut itself off from cheap russian energy without a viable backup plan. and now pretty much wants to dive head 1st into cutting itself off of its largest trading partner. so what's the backup plan there? you make everything in the e u. ok? sure why not, but then how are you going to do that without reliable supply of cheap energy

geniuses? french president, emmanuel, my call is already flipping out over american gas now being sold to europe at what he says is $2.00 to $4.00 times the price it sold on the domestic american market. but companies like volkswagen b, n, w, mercedes, and chemicals manufacturer a, b, s f of all announce new chinese ventures in the last month alone. so what are they supposed to do with this new anti china posture? and when german chancellor all are short visits, china next month, volkswagen ceo was expected to travel with him in the interest of securing the company position in the world's largest car market. the folks working group is strengthening its development competence in china for china to accelerate the pace of innovation, promote technological localization, and further strengthen its customer focus in these important market. the goal is to drive forward the integration of numerous functions on one cheap increase on the

stability of the system saving coasts and reducing energy consumption. the reducing energy consumption part sounds like it really come in handy since the eas, new strategy is apparently to not use energy at all because it's so expensive now thanks to their own cell sectioning. as always, what we're seeing here is a giant disconnect between pragmatic on the ground reality that benefits the economy, the industry, the people don't european political ideology hard. rachel, thanks for that. we'll see you soon. ah, the russian president is expected to give a speech this week. the annual meeting of the val di discussion club. it's like a think tank of the popular for day event kicked off on monday. here at moscow we discussed what's expected to be on the agenda with us on a boy co host of well. busy support here, we're not the way the world is going to function in the post head you morning era.

i know that's quite a mouthful. it's a very heavy geopolitical language, but essentially what the delegates of they've all di, forum of proposing is that the year of 2022 is a know the board of the year for essentially the changing world daughter. this is something that many political scientists have been talking about for years, but this is the year when all of that has finally come into practice. i think the absence or the, the shortage of western voices is amply compensated by the very wide present from the rest of the world, from india, from pakistan from china, from latin america, from africa. and i think that's also very characteristic and very symbolic of the changes that are happening in the world today. there is no need to subscribe to one single point of view and all these experts that eventually coming together here. again, not to impose that position on one another, but try to engage in

a proper analytic exercise. so i think we need far less more about this right now. of course i'm alive to, i guess mohammed i thought of java, the director of the packets on how things time joining us here when are you into national very well welcome to you. so you are here. 3 in the russian capital today, attending the bow tie discussions i wanted to ask you obviously, you know, dozens of countries being representative and joining in this massive think tank week here in moscow as part of the valve di discussion club. what's the draw? why are you here? what are you hoping to get out of it? first of all, i've been coming to well and i for a few years now. and we found it's a forum which we add ease. we can express our analysis views on international relations. there are multiple views exist as you know, in the summer, from the western and eastern and the middle eastern views and the global views that

such. but of course, from the mainstream international media, we can only able to get some kind of information on what's happening in moscow about international security. like the way we have done, just finish the session on cuban, missouri crisis and all that. and what are the similes between or 60 years ago, crisis, and today? mitel was a speaker, we had a candid discussion on our old stakeholders. and we also understood and stated that the best way to you know, and analyze this situation is to ask all stakeholder to this chain indigo sheet. and that's what we've been discussing. it means that when you have a candid discussion and analysis of a very serious, dangerous situation, like we are pressing now, we do in russia, nato, in the united states. it is important for the global audience to come over here,

or vice whatsoever. and i think i actually on my bus, on the order, and i'm a director for bucks on house. we had been coming here and we have benefited a lot from i would say obtaining and acquiring multiple views over the issue. what we, what the globe global security, the g b is facing today. the message of there's been a lot of talk in recent months about the emergence, the newly birth multi polar world. what will gets about it in just a moment and i, and i appreciate your bringing up the concern about what is the hot complex right now in the world with, with russia and nato and america, and the unfortunate stage and ground of ukraine that talk to talk to us about the val dikes up this week. what prospects? as far as you see for cooperation between russia and pakistan and what areas can they work together? i think bucks on russia has been working in the past previously. decades ago. we had a great cooperation in russia building our performance,

so we didn't building our steam at the moment. we are dealing and discussing with the about the energy the, about the gas and also in other defense and security as well. but mostly it relates to the interests of the economic and trade and commerce . and there is a long list, but i can tell you the we have broken the taboo and the pings getting better. and we are hoping that very soon there would be more cooperation and more people coming from the show and from the on to russia. and one of the example is that as a think tank, we have not only cooperated but i've been several delegation exchanges already taken place because after the prime minister, the visit very recently to moscow farina fair amount of discussion, i suppose, and well headlines and the western media about the installation of russia ever

since to the conflict in ukraine, and frankly, far, far predisposing that as well. i wanted to ask you though, there are more than 40 countries represented at the vol die right now. you talked about the importance about how the global community must come together. we have constructive dialogue. we recently had the russia energy week for here in moscow. the asked summit as well, with a lot of regional families, central asia, asia and russia are getting closer and closer and essentially paving the way for this multi polar world. right now when, when the west talks about russia being isolated, it's only 15 percent of the world that is actually sanctioning russia right now. what do you think would it come to that? short's immediate time, i guess for the sake of wells prosperity and peace, we've got to get the cool heads to the right table to talk about peace. you talk about the global initiative at val, di, what needs to be done now to address concerns? do you think geopolitically by russia?

i think that she actually what has done until now is remarkable. what mod needs to be done is to engage mode, academics, more practitioners in the area. so the popular opinion which is being campaign there by some pots, and rather i would say a larger pot in europe and western countries must be subsided and countered with because on the popular opinion, we also have to understand that it's regarding the consumer driven society in which consumers are like in this winter consumer are really asking their governments that why do they even get involved in a conflict? why do they want it went to break up economic relations with russia and other countries? china. so i would say that russia is doing whatever they can under the circumstances, but the needs to engage more academics maybe to more institution at the moment. i'm very actually surprised and happy to see representation of 14 countries more than

100 participants at their to presenting their institution different. think tanks, universities, some of them practitioner academics, former ambassador. it mean that there it is not really a factor. when's a county as the edge of the western countries are saying that the rachelle isolated, i do not think yes, there is an understanding how you look at the situation from the other point of view. and we think in and personally, i would say in my opinion, this thing also will change maybe in few months time, when the pink will matter. we know, i know there are pessimistic views on the ground because of the risk of expansion of the conflict at the same time. there are major players, the other countries like from the middle east of america. so the ravia and other countries also in china, they're trying to find a way out of this crisis and trying to talk to the right stakeholders globally. and

i think united states, russia and the allied countries. also like we have seen the 3 countries that leave germany and the hungry, they have a different opinion about what's happening between russia and united states. so let's, let's go on this spot and see how it will turn out. and it is my assessment that it will get back to where appreciate your optimism that mohammed i thought of java or director of the past on house a think tank a great to have you here on the russian capital, attending the bow tie a form for this entire week, hope you enjoy yourself. thanks for joining us. a senior pakistani journalist artist shots shall be well known for his opposition abuse has been found well shot, dead in mysterious circumstances. while travelling in kenya, the former prime minister of pakistan, iran con, along with other representatives of opposition,

powers of all express their anger over the killing. shocked at the brutal murder of arash shareef, who paid the ultimate price for speaking the truth. his life, he had to leave the country and be in hiding abroad, but he continued to speak the truth on social media exposing the powerful. today the entire nation mourns his death. the reporter strongly opposed to the current political situation in pakistan. the investigative journalist covered events in his country for the national and international news organizations he left passed on earlier this year after a series of legal cases were filed against him. opposition groups on journalists, calling for a full investigation into his death. now there's all kinds of rising tensions, and pakistan over attempts to bomb the former prime minister iran con, from becoming a member of parliament. again, the claims of corruption and even attempted murder. so con, banned from elections. his party appealed the ruling,

claiming the decision was biased. final decision by pakistan's election commission has yet to be made though. one local journalist has a bit more information now about the battle currently being waged. farmer, i missed him and i'm kind is facing another guest. i guess, same time, my dad filed by a ruling party member who says that when he appeared before the chief election commissioner in georgia, and i guess another day he was attacked by him non con supporters. i'm the same on the venue now. hon is focusing on demanding his campaign that there must be lectures in the country. st. park is fine when you are in a position, you have to face political cases because off legal cases made is another case, i guess a protecting judge. there is another case, i guess him under the anti terrorist law of the country. the government and his position is trying to engage him in a legal battle. but,

but i'm kind of determined to fight for lectures in the country. and he's supporters are standing with him. i mean the law on our tv, islam about like his son, the city of nevada, a health guy in the southern have san origin, was again targeted by intense ukrainian shutting on monday. this is according to local authorities. a kia force is reportedly fired at least 9 teen shells at the city, including nato, supplied munitions, and most of the projectiles were intercepted by defense systems. both 3 managed to get past and strike a major hydro electric power plant. officials, they're however stated there's no substantial damage to the facility. but also in the donated republic. ukrainian forces have been accused of spreading landmines along the front lines, as well as in residential areas, ultimately wounding thousands of civilians. a russian tv walker respondent stimulus pick off was also wounded by stepping on one so called petal mine while covering

a hospital. and she should say a hotspot that's in the fighting area. the region id on yet square. we had a chance to speak to him while he's right there recovering and hospital in the world, we were working on the for lined with a group of soldiers. the situation there is intense with a lot of anti personnel mines, an unexploded shell scattered around the place. there were no immediate signs of trouble though, until an enemy tank began to shoot a positions next to us. and one of the shells exploded near us. we decided to quickly leave the area where we could be seen. and apparently at that moment i stepped on the pedal mine. i was very lucky that my leg remained relatively intact . maybe because i stepped on the mine only with the edge of my shoe. the military quickly evacuated me and here these wonderful doctors and to next did their job well. no. i'm staying in the door. next were public. a key of troops of continued to use nato artillery to shell residential areas in the regional capital that's

according to local authorities. at least 5 civilians were wounded on sunday with numerous residential buildings damaged as well. let's get more information now. his a artes romano, culture civilian casualties continue to mount here in the nest people's republic. 5 people were wounded by ukrainian artillery of the last 24 hours free of them here in this neighborhood. this is where the shell fell. according to officials. this was a nato made a rocket that landed here in this area. now, these houses there were bomb for 2 days in a row, can see quite a lot of destruction. the core here is destroyed. now the owners are currently in intensive care. the front line is only a couple of kilometers away from here. hands while we were working, we heard sounds of a shilling again. and the neighbors here has this very kindly to leave as soon as possible because they are afraid that we've been spotted by ukrainian military and

they will become targets again. so we are leaving right now. not to put these people in danger. it is asi international. so good to have you with us today. so the former u. k. finance minister issue sooner is to become the countries next prime minister . he won the leadership, i should say, the leadership context. it's off of the only other contend penny more than withdrew from the rice. a 43 year old tonight will be the countries 35 minutes in less than 2 month off the list trust announced last week she was stepping down off the just 40 full days at the job. so she quit having triggered an economic meltdown with her fist full plans. and she will inherit a country. however, in the grip of a political and energy crisis. you read much more about that right now with a r t dot com. also have a look at the op ed section for the meantime due on monday program returns at a couple of the.