improved the country is as divided as ever a now in the vicinity of job, can you agree with the new front line? our, the covers the activities of attention vitalia into the funding russian lines. and then the republic, atomic energy that's just slightly previous condemnation of african nations doing the same thing. an initiative that could revise africa with reliable energy many years ago. and when in the u. s. a low balance and now substantial funds needed to hold

a live from the russian capital is just part of the our mit. glad to have you with us . i'm right now, let's take a look at today's top stories. we start with the latest developments in the conflict between russia. ukraine, artillery showing is reported in the hairs on region. as the russian military relocate troops away from the embattled capital city. amid concerns that including forces could destroy a critical dam, suburbs of the regional capital have been reported being targeted as well as of little bridget boston if a river but is really sheldon by ukraine forces a hydro electric power plant. further upstream is also said to have been under attack. the roof is that the dam connected with it could burst and potentially

equals devastating flooding. or also strikes reported elsewhere in the new guns to public target. in the city of fact, on of where authorities stay us supplied high miles. rockets, it civilian aries, damaging 6th residential buildings as well as a local business and infrastructure. the chechen tie in is stationed other republics front lines using a systems of trenches and obtuse changes to protect the lamp for recruiting attack . autism, rud garcia reports. this is, am matt battalion, thousands upon thousands of it's fighters are stationed along some of the deadliest sectors of the front lines. and this is no exception with

we're now in the vicinity of children up up up. can you grim and no? this is the new frontline has to stabilize the fog lines. i must say. we're only showing you a small stretch is safe to shew due to security concerns. we obviously can't show you everything but the front line. there are multiple layers of defense, wine fields, trenches bonkers as well as mobile reserves all over the place. rushes pull back from havoc of region following ukraine successful counter attack only and did hear the ukrainian military and nationalist groups have been unable to break through. daniel, naturally, when we 1st arrived there was nothing here, just a few dugouts. they attacked them and tried to cut us off to keep us hold up under cover. i don't know where they were firing from, but everything they had,

they scented us little but they couldn't get through. no, they were unable to breakthrough. everything's good digging is survival. how deep and how quickly you and trench dictates whether you leave or die. there has never been a conflict like this where no bomb was, can fly where drones rule the sky and see everything night and day guiding barrages of artillery at the nearest sign of movement or heat signature. a silent war fought between the east and the west. group of there aren't many ukrainians, mostly foreign mercenaries. for example, poles and germans are boys hear them. they mostly work in trias tanks, mortars and drones. this tree line just over there in the distance, he is the extent of russian control over in the valley as well as the hill. ah,

and the and the tree line above the hill. those are all ukrainian positions. and the artillery you hear it ceases. you can probably hear for yourself and lis itinerary far more. how far and response count the battery far from the ukrainian cycle, vice versa. and with right in the middle literally the shells and mortar rounds flying overhead. there's very little to do for infantry in a situation such as this other than keep watch in case ukrainian infantry decides to press forward. i. e e n a in a mass mobilized attack from what we understand, they currently don't have the necessary manpower, the necessary vehicles,

ammunition stores to push forward. so the situation he has turned into something of a standstill with just artillery jewels. endless artillery jewels. these last sole day that it gets much more intense, but it lost all day all night. and for 2 ceaseless weeks. this has been the reality here by local standards, this was considered quiet when things heated up. however, temporarily we would rush to the closest dug out the little window asked, latch battalion has come a long way once made up almost exclusively of chechen fighters. now he concludes

all ethnicities and creeds, though still answerable to check and lead a ram than could thereof. a band of just a few 1000 has grown to an army of tens of thousands, hardened into veterans by merciless battles in the streets of mary. you pooh and cities. field than forests of east and south ukraine. worked for gordon. the enemy is well prepared. there are many foreign mercenaries you can hear yourself mercenaries are firing at us, but we're holding our positions. thinking ahead and we've got everything we need. thanks to kid europe in our commanders. more at gasdio, haughty from the guns creegan, western countries have been turning to nuclear power as an energy source last one of the latest hate toys from the corporate when he saw him. as despite the west criticizing africa for his own efforts to develop nuclear power and its search from reliable and affordable energy. r thinkers on accountability sattler looks into the

story. following last year's united nations climate change conference in class gold, 17 african countries expressed an interest in acquiring nuclear at the base load to support its people and economy. a move that was not embraced by the rich west the nations or their financial institutions. but they stand here now for the 1st time ever had a you and climate change conference. this one happening in egypt as cop 27. nuclear is not only back on the agenda, but it has its own pavilion. so what's changed? well, there was a super critical because who actually told that nuclear is a no go, you know, and it's a source and should not even be pursued under any closer comes. suddenly we hear that the western countries are now actually pursuing nuclear viciously. you know,

you okay, it would not be on the table nor have france that is expanding his nuclear base. you have germany, that is actually now looking at even building up nuclear plants and expanding his current capacity. so we, we, singer, hypocritical starns, but weston hypocrisy is nothing new to most africans. earlier this year we saw european lead as rushing for africa, fossil fuels, while preaching the exact opposite message to africans. and in august, south africa's coal exports to europe. we're up 720 percent and they have not even picked yet. and it's the same story for the north african natural gas exports to europe, which leave many africans to ask. the question is, climate change only a concern when it suits the global, not so much changes or crisis only when it suits the you know, you know, the western congress, particularly as for certain the global not which is currently being the dominant player on pushing full time at change mitigation,

but we are not seeing any aspect of actually ensuring that article which is currently the list meet us, is actually given priority of developing a snooty asset as ensuring that we can have multi capacity based and more from all and a source of almost all africans are affected by the lack of reliable base load energy . every single day, african countries needs to be very decisive. we need industrialization to, we need to development. and we need a really robust energy solution, which in this only case we're nuclear is the only solution available right now. an african cultural should be pursuing naughtier solutions viciously and ensuring that they can stand independently, en, because of the pollution that has been caused by many western countries. this would actually be making sure that african countries are not punished for something that didn't cause and went south africa wanted to pursue more nuclear. in 2015 western financial institutions had closed the tabs on funding it. but now, 7 years later,

it themes, the tabs are opening again. last time we're south africa, could have used to plan to has building more nuclear power stations, as well as reducing their emissions. so that's it, as an added country doesn't have water. when you have you clear, then you're also answer the issue of water provision because you can then successfully de saline. that is a direction we should be growing, but nuclear so regulated that there's an ingredient of time on how long it would take for you to commission nuclear. so the longer we delay to actually commence with nuclear installation, the more we're gonna put this country in a state of arrested development. it is not only about renewables is really about cleaner and less emitting technologies. and nuclear is, is one big source of low cabinet, a power. so we should leave it on the table because energy demand is projected to

grow by 80 percent, by the year 2040 and 4 people on the ground. a reliable, consistent, and affordable entity is more important before any talks of emissions, especially in the face of what themes like energy apartheid. but as they did when south africa needed them politically, the west is yet again showing its craft the double speak, and climate hypocrisy. cannibal effects of what he enjoyed his vic. meanwhile, uganda frozen has slammed the western devil sons about green energy as reports of emerge that germany is dismantling a large wind farm to make way for a new open pit. coal mine. now with europe reinvesting in its own fossil fuel power industry to bring moth bawled power plants back on line. in a truly perverse twist,

we are told new western investment in african fossil fuels as possible, but only for oil and gas resources that will be piped and shipped to europe. this is the purest hypocrisy. now in person's words, came a, made a long last in dispute over the east african crude oil pipeline. a joint project between uganda and hands and air stretching some 1500 kilometers down to the port of conga. now also supply of the country looks to supply or uganda looks to supply other countries through the port are also now helping to this is the idea to help return all prices in the region and stabilize the levels we can see that they will be exporting this throughout now the project was launched by french oil joint total energies, but was criticized by the parliament over alleged violations of environmental and

human rights principles. the european union called on the international community to pressure. you gander anthony, to stop the project in a resolution that was revoked only 2 days before the un cop 27. currently underway. the east african legislative assembly is ignoring the eas pressure, calling for the project to continue adding that the ear should intervene less in african issues. do you, parliament is of the legislative. what they should do is go back to the you and focus on the issues that affect the people of the european union. we spoke to the south african global energy seo kelvin. tim, who thinks europe should impose solutions on africa, which desperately needs to develop. african countries have the strength to think for themselves and do what's in their own interest for, for too long. we've been prepared to accept solutions coming from europe. that

might or might not work in europe often they don't even protect to work well day. and they come here on the assumption that al conditions was similar to the same as this. and then not, not any of the sizes of the countries different they, for very long power lines from the case electricity, long delivery lines. it's dry here. we have nowhere near the rain that they've got is numbers of things that are different. so we've got to start resisting this attitude of they know what's good for them. therefore muscle automatically be good for us. and therefore we must do is we told in africa we produce a little carbon dioxide. we should not be bullied into being major players in reducing carbon dioxide. we make a tiny difference in comparison, some of the much bigger place in the world. and in doing that, it would be highly detrimental to people, the people that need electrification. we need electricity to, to build the economy in advance economy. we cannot be made to be the victims of

other people's strange ideas. ah, australia defines that mr. has said a national law enforcement and intelligence services are examining reports, retired local moves, the pilot, being recruited by the chinese air force in the information that has now been provided to me by defense. there are enough concerns in my mind that i have asked the fates to engage in a detailed examination about the policies and procedures that apply to our former defense personnel. and particularly those who come into possession of our nation's secrets are also reports of china seeking to recruit from american pie or some other western powers, such as plants and canada is defensive. has said his government is working on legislation, but would outlaw those attempts that have also been playing the china trying to

recruit other western military experts. britain has said it would change its national security. those who prevent bathroom, it moves the pilot from being able to work in china. that was off. the report said that up to 30 western pilots had already been recruited. canadian heard either also investigating some form a members of the forces emphasizing that they continue to be bound by confidentiality commitments. after leaving the military source live mountain. joseph gregory mahoney, a professor of food school. i'm international relations at the time normally. university. thanks so much joseph. the joining us here are 2 now why do you think strongly started this investigation? now we know the investigation, australia fall as reports, as you've noted out last month that the u. k. was moving to restrict former military pilots from training chinese military piles. again,

as you noted after it emerged in the press that up the 30 were engaged in that kind of activity. now this in turn led to revelations that australia, australia, and new zealand a military pilots had allegedly engaged in similar activities. so the british reports are the immediate triggers. and thus the need to respond to possible public outrage. given the now entrenched anglo american sina, phobic, hysteria, m burgeoning cold work culture, which above all, are expressions of long ability in the age of american declines. of course, there's probably also the need to move quickly to permit frictions with united states in so much as australia and the u. k. are now in special alliance with u. s . office against china, and depend on the u. s. for training and support. now if you s trained australian or british pilots or in turn training chinese pilots and without consequences than we can imagine, discipline counting from washington. however,

it might also be part of a comprehensive washington lead communications strategy operating among these countries, which is constantly sequencing new at each highest worries. like a steady drumbeat. you seem to have all the delta dental games are really quite as concise our response. they've all to pretty much all my questions and say, okay, so, i mean, this is a thought about all close until the well being it politically, both a or isn't politically motivated. i have no reason at present to, to believe these investigations are actually pursuing real concerns. that said, if former military pilots of countries that now treat china as an adversary are willing to train chinese military pilots, it would be irresponsible for china not to hire them. you know what a marvelous hopper unity of so, but again, western hysteria about china has a proven tendency towards a lot of fake news. and even more than this,

a pathological recourse to misinterpreting basic facts to craft road test conspiracy theories. but to answer your question directly, yes, anything related to china in the u. k. u, as in australia, is intensely politicized now, and whenever investigations like these are announced, they are motivated politically. all right, so my final question i'd really appreciate you, simon, joining us now in recent days, the leadership of another american ally, canada, the stepped up it's, i'm t chinese with fusing beijing of interfering election. the warning against working too closely with china. but the chinese companies, i say, i mean, what do you think about all of up? well, there are allegations, for example, that chinese agents are trying to influence our companies and political candidates in canada. again, there's, there's really no reason to treat these stories seriously. on the one hand, i, again, there's this epidemic of inflammatory fake news about china and the west. on the other hand, western political systems are designed to respond to influence from special and

commercial interests and even foreign governments. so indeed, many foreign governments, extensively lobby and financially support western politicians and political candidates as do many foreign companies and western governments and companies do the same around the world as well. and they do this because it's the norm and because it's deemed necessary due to competition. if your competitors are doing it, then you do it too. it's just that any time anyone associate with china is, is suspected of doing this. now, it's immediately reduced to a communist plot designed to suborn and weaken western democracy. however, it's a simple fact that we live in a time of global capitalism, in which multinational companies and national governments are interdependent to the extent that they need each other for survival. and denying this isn't just going back to a cold war mentality. it's going back even further to the sort of raw imperialist aggression that led the 1st world war in the early 20th century. while joseph,

thank so much that was really interestingly said that ah, let's hope we don't go back all the way back to the 1st little thanks so much for joining us. i here at our table was a pleasure to leave you. so with the lagoon my that thanks again. i've changed kids out. several dead politicians have been voted into office in the u. s . midterm elections as their names will not removed from the balance this week. now those precincts must hold new elections at us as the actual cost to taxpayers. are these k moping as the story on tuesday, state representative tony deluca from pennsylvania. he had a smashing victory. he won 86 percent of the vote. now that's a pretty big majority. in the election and it's also particularly shocking that he won this victory pretty, pretty big accomplishment on his part because he died on october 9th. he was debt

i. however, under pennsylvania law, if your name is on the ballot after there printed, it can't be taken off. so tony deluca won the election despite being dead and he wasn't the only one in tennessee, there was a state representative who won the election. barbara cooper. she was also dead. yet she won the election. now this is not uncommon in the united states for a dead person to win an election because the ballots are printed ahead of time because their name is on the ballot. and it often forces local municipalities to carry out special elections, which then cost the taxpayers millions of dollars. if they elect a dead person, obviously that dead person cannot go on to serve their term. so they have to then have a special election was the voters will elect the actual person who will serve the office. so i, it's, it's quite inconvenient but this is a loophole in u. s. law that happens in many parts of the country. and this is all interesting in

light of the fact that we continue to hear concerns about what's gone on in arizona in maricopa county. what's going on in detroit. we heard donald trump speaking up about voting machines and computer glitches. we also hear concerns from the other side of the aisle, from democrats. they are talking about voters suppression, arguing that results in georgia and other states are not legitimate because of laws passed by republicans intended to curb voter fraud. their calling these election deny your laws, claiming that they were intended to suppress the vote. and over all the public's fate in the u. s. election system is declining on both sides of the aisle. we have americans being critical of the election system. 74 percent of americans hold the lead up to the vote said they felt the country was moving in the wrong direction. 71 percent of americans feel that democracy in the united states is in some kind of danger. this was the recent cover of time magazine, showing the danger is to democracy

a sentiment. it's very wide spread among the population. however, yesterday we heard joe biden speaking in the aftermath of the vote, saying everything seems to be all okay. his town suddenly changed and he's not going to change the direction i in which he's been running the country despite the fact that polls overwhelming the show, americans are not happy with the job he's doing. there were substantial victories for republicans on tuesday, but it wasn't the massive red way that many had predicted. so in light of that, we see joe biden saying he's going to continue on the same course. civil rights attorney, robert patillo for the american electoral system is flawed. outdated him must be changed. voting to be fair. i think there's really a flaw in our, of a troll system that we do have here in the united states. in that we should have more flexibility when it comes to secretary strengths, office and local boards, reluctance to be able to change things, bows all the way up until election day. and there was a,

we've had situations where people were convicted criminals who were unable to serve for office, but we weren't able to take them off of balance from fed situations where individuals have been indicted or a scandals have come out with the less men in parties very much will love to be able to switch those candidates out, but we're on a will do on able to do so. for thing, we have to update our electoral system in this country to make it easier to switch things are when a candidate other comes in comparison, ada, ours aren't able to serve war various reasons, including dealt as the usaa midsummer is in full now, continues by in has hinted on his prime to stock donald trump from running for the u. s. presidency in 2024. by allegedly using the power of the department of justice . we just have to demonstrate that he will not take power on by if we, if he does run on making sure here under a legitimate efforts of markers or constitution does not become the next president . again, basically the sitting president,

united states saying that he will use the power of his office to keep some one else out of office. and you know, this is the kind of thing that the american public is used to hearing our politicians say about latin america or about some other country don't abuse. the process don't be a threat to democracy. joe biden just expressed what i think is a threat to democracy. his, his idea that he is going to be the judge of who's allowed to run for office. these people are using power regularly to get after their political enemies. so i do think they have a plan, i do think that they intend to execute a plan that will be putting donald trump in some jeopardy. the problem is, they keep saying donald trump has the walls closing in that he's in trouble. and yet they can't bring anything up. that's a real serious charge. so it's, it's like the little boy who cried wolf over and over again. but when the little boy cried, wolf controls the american government like joe biden. it's very frightening and

it's a real threat. and again, it's a real threat to the american way of life to have a president willing to say that out loud, and then do it. yes wasn't, joe biden has said he'd like to discuss certain red lines in a face to face meeting with chinese eating, paying at the upcoming g. 20 summit locks in stock control survivors previously saying he would never accept any red lines from russia. what i want to do with him when we talk is lay out what the, what kind of what each of our red lines are understand what he believes to be in the critical national interest of china. what i know to be the critical interested united states and determine whether or not they conflict with one another i days of the plan to meet in call this pie. what are the u. s. of just included 2

days of what would describe as productive trade talks in new york. beijing has repeatedly criticized washington's actions related to the island territory, but by disposition on china's red lines regarding taiwan and now suddenly different songs earlier this year. political analyst, garland nixon isn't convinced that biden's words about china or taiwan policies are to be believed. joe biden absolutely understands the concept of red lines, but i think the worst rest of the world realize that the united states sees itself as the world leader, commander hedge, amman, et cetera. and this is just tall at this point. i think g ping recognizes that he has talked to joe biden on several occasions that joe biden has at times made promises to him that he has implied that he respects china. and that he understands that china has a right to security in their area. but then the actions that are taking by the

united states government after those discussions always reverses the statements and the implications that joe biden has put forward. so i think, i think the, what joe biden says to g, ping, or any other leader at this time, will be discounted. and people who understand what is done as opposed to what does it can't trust the word that comes out of joe by mouth. you have to watch what the in other words don't listen to joe biden watch and learn what his, his administration does. and it's very clear at this point that it is an out of control and a very dangerous administration. i try my have cow cost down on the reliable and then it goes to washington's previous energy policy. it's trying to shift is gain from alaskan crude oil to russia, supplies this idea of taking only one or the livery from the.