this is with a top headlines right now, and i'll t into national as the russian ministry of defense says its troops have crossed the napa river to take up defensive positions on the left bank of the waterway. this follows an announcement about strategic regrouping with cult 27 hailed western countries shifts to that of atomic energy despite the previous condemnation of african nations during the very same thing. an initiative that ultimately could have provided the entire continent with reliable energy many years ago. and time to make a clean break. now the leader of the socialist party all was done via tells us here

at odd to either africa's colonial power still hangs very heavy on the continent. and it's holding it back a content to the exploitation of the humiliation is the same. we help to put an end to this if we have to have a video with wrapping up the work week with a packet friday program here. when are you international? as always, it's so good to have you been starting out with elected from the ukraine conflict and of course the current focal point being that all the heart of san reach and the russian defense ministry now says his troops have regrouped on the left bank of the de napa, you can see on the back there's those done lovely at the hearse on front today at 5 o'clock in the morning. moscow time rush, an armed forces completed, crossing to the left bank of the nipper river. not a single piece of military equipment and weapons was left on the right bank. all

russian service men crossed the river formations and military units of the russian armed forces took up defensive lines and positions which were prepared in advance. there was no loss of personnel, weapons, military equipment for the russian troops. all civilians who wished to leave the right bank, part of the her son region were assisted in the vacuum ation. during the night, the enemy tried to disrupt the transportation of the civilian population and the transfer of troops to the left bank of the de need per ukrainian armed forces attack the crossing 5 times during the night. using the american high mars rocket system. russian air defense systems shut down 28 rockets, lucille and nobody in the reposition. and comes after an earlier announcement to withdraw from that side of the river to had to sit in an effort to basically saved troops on the ground and protect. of course, that of the local population, it was in response to concerns that the cough sky a damn upstream could be blown up by ukrainian force is ultimately causing

a deluge. now also, according to multiple media reports, the and ton of ski bridge that crosses the de napa river has been disabled reporters at the scene, say 2 sections of the main bridge were blown up, leaving their crossing inoperable. as of right now, the russian minister defense has not committed on that will. meanwhile, a chechen battalion stationed on the front line in the logan's republic has been using a system of trenches and artillery to protect from attacks and getting up close and personal for us as our senior correspondent. but at gusty. this is as mat battalion, thousands upon thousands of its fighters are stationed along some of the deadliest sectors of the front lines. and this is no exception with where now in the vicinity of children up above can you criminal this is the new

frontline has it has stabilized the front line. there are a multiple layers of defense line fields, trenches bonkers as well as mobile reserves all over the place. rushes pull back from caddick of region following ukraine successful counter attack only and did hear the ukrainian military and nationalist groups have been unable to break through the analysis. 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 digging a 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, or group of there aren't many ukrainians, mostly foreign mercenaries. for example, poles and germans are boys hear them. they mostly work in trios, tanks, mortars and drones, the shelves 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. ah, e, ina, in a math low blood attack from what we understand,

they currency 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 by local standards. this was considered quiet when things heated up. however, temporarily we would rush to the closest dug out a well. i flat 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 of rams and 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

u pool. and cities, fields and forests of east and south ukraine. work for gordon. the enemy is well prepared. there are many foreign mercenaries. you can hear yourself. mercenaries are firing at us. but we are holding our positions. thinking ahead and we've got everything we need. thanks to kid europe in our commanders. more ad gasdio, haughty from the guns creegan, ukrainian authorities say that they have detained a suppose it kremlin, a propagandist publishing a photo of a person who does bear an uncanny resemblance to a german investigative journalist or thomas roper ukraine's national security service hasn't disclosed the name of the man they arrested, but instead they posted a blurred photo taken from an article apparently written by mister roper arte, contacted the man a question who replied and said he wasn't the person detained ukraine. of

course, everybody, a rational propagandist who was not a celebrating ukraine, and this is not the 1st journalist who was arrested in ukraine, them since the beginning of the operation. and so these are things that are happening there all the time. and we know that the ukranian law m m is well, it's prohibited to say anything which is not in line with ukrainian official propaganda. and asking questions are criticizing. ukraine is standards in this country. we have so many examples of journalists who disappeared in ukraine. we have the, the french guy, i who told what he seen and butcher, which is not aligned with ukraine and the even tried to kill him in the stumble when he was there. now we have, we have enough examples and, and international reaction. you, you know, this, the west that media is ignoring this as if it wouldn't happen. so again, it's an information war and the west and view and ukraine are. they only tell what

they want to tell and everything else that they're ice is not happening. so these are the conditions we're living in already for, for a long time. it's good to have your company today. a uganda's president has called out a double standards of green energy, after reports that germany is actually now get this dismantling a wind farm to make way for an expansion of an open pit cold line. now with europe re investing in its own fossil fuel power industry to bring mothball power plants back on line. in a truly perverse twist, we're told new western investment in african fossil fuels is possible, but only for oil and gas resources that will be piped and shipped to europe. this is the purest hypocrisy, or the broader picture as the precedent or words came into long standing dispute over that of the east african crude oil pipeline. you can see it on the map. it's a joint project by both uganda and tens india the pipeline,

trying to stretch around 1500 kilometers, starting from all the way up here in bo lisa, and then all the way down to the port city of tango right there on the coast. and a project would help you're going to capitalize on it's very hefty oil reserves or supply other countries. also through that of the tons and in a seaport and potentially help to stabilize oil prices in the region of the projects launched by the french oil dry and total energies has faced criticism from the ag parliament over alleged environmental and human rights violations. the blow cold on the international community to pressure you gotten to and tons any at a stop the pipeline from being built. the international energy agency has previously said that global global climate goals would not be met if the new fossil fuel projects were not stopped. us citizens or the east african legislative assembly, though, is ignoring the external pressure and apparently calling for the enterprise to continue. no matter what do you, parliament is over legislative,

what they should do is go back to the you and focus on the issues that a fact that people of the european union are with people on the ground. in uganda we went to see how the locals feel about this. this has never been a better loyal list of the western concept of extractive industry like my head of state, but to be streaming the french when that something of national interest is up speak . i've always had 3 questions. the issue of sovereignty. who owns it, our democracy or bears? who owns africa? is it still the loopholes of this world over the past? ought to be we gaining independence. i feel this guys envious of us, that we don't have glass of natural resources when they come. they really need to sub process. if we never come to an understanding of owning ourselves, then we shall always be running on some one's finger drops and tapes,

you know. so we need to make that choice of moving forward. we don't have to wait for someone to tell us what to do or not to do. yeah, we have lived like that as his, as i've lived like that i do not really understand waive in our president, is writing someone telling them you are hypocrite. he let him be any we also i spoke to that of the south african nuclear power. i picked up mr. calvin captain. he believes it's vital of the continent has given a chance to develop its own program of atomic energy. 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 take to work well day. and they come here on the assumption that al conditions was similar with the same as this. and then not, not only 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

this numbers of things that are different. so we've got to start resisting this attitude of they know what's good for them, therefore most automatically be good for us. and therefore we must do is we told in africa we produce so little carbon dioxide. we should not be bullied into the 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. meanwhile, the developed world suddenly turning back to nuclear power. that's one of the main takeaway. so for from the un climate change conference on going in, shar, mental shake. the push is happening just why criticism of africa's own efforts to develop atomic power in its search for reliable and affordable energy. it's

packaging off mara, africa correspondent, catabolic following last year's united nations climate change conference in class gold. 17 african countries expressed an interest in acquiring nuclear as a base load to support its people and economies. a move that was not embraced by the rich west. the nations or their financial institutions. but as i stand here now for the 1st time ever had a you and climate change conference, this one happening in egypt as prop 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 we're actually told that nuclear is a no go air, you know, energy source and should not even be pursued under any classical sense. suddenly, we hear that the western countries are now actually pursuing nuclear viciously u. k. s would not be on the table,

nor have friends 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 stance, but western 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 exposed 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 leads many africans to ask. the question, is climate change only a concern? when it suits the global, not some changes or crisis only when it suits the, you know, you know, the western congress went to the leaders 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 actual insured in that article

which is currently the list. it us is actually given priority of developing a snotty asset as ensuring that we can have nuclear capacity bays, and more from all other sources. almost all africans are affected by the lack of reliable bays load energy every single day. african countries need to be very decisive. we need the industrialization to, we need to develop meant. and we need a really robust energy solution, which in this only case for nuclear is the only solution available right now. and african cultural should be pursuing naughtier solutions viciously and ensuring that they can stand independently n because of the pollution that has been caused by many of us in congress. this would actually be making sure that african countries are not punished for something that didn't cause. and when south africa wanted to pursue more nuclear in 2015 west than financial institutions, had closed the tabs on funding it. but now,

7 years later, it themes, the tabs are opening again. last time were south africa, could have used to plan to has building more nuclear power stations, as well as reducing their emissions side of that as an added country doesn't have water. when you have nuclear, then you're also answer the issue of water provisions 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 sauce of a low cabinet, a power, so we should leave it on the table. africa. energy demand is projected to grow by

80 percent by the year 2040, and 4 people on the ground reliable, consistent, and affordable energy 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. god . i believe that philosophy and john is vick, while the president of the socialist party of zambia chimed in on the subject. basically saying that african nations need to be able to decide their own destiny at the end of the day though, free from outside interference. in terms of presenting the planets in tim's awful global warming, they have destroyed the planets. we will load because of all actions, but their actions. they have an unleashed and unprecedented consumerism that is

destroying the planet. the efficacy to for profits has destroyed the planets. they have nothing to teach us. we have been colonized, we have been treated then slims. we have been humiliated for over 600. yes. the forms change continually, but the content of the exploitation of the humiliation is the same. we helped to put an end to this. if we have to have a better world in more just mafia more human world. they don't understand that or if they do it, they don't want it because they want to mint in the alleged bit, i don't expense it's going to continue forever. there has to be a time when that ins we're going to continue to be at the i since i so apparently the european union is being increasingly drawn into the war in you

crate. that is the view of the hungarian president who said the block will shortly be deciding just how much money to send t ebs way. again. except justin, sally, 3 in the european union. fuss decided to supply weapons, but 1st only non lethal. and then the, you began to supply lethal weapons. now he, the, according president is training ukrainian military personnel on the territory of european countries. and in the next coming days, we're going to decide the financing burden of maintaining the ukrainian economy. thus we're getting more and more involved in this conflict are causing locked out or to contribute a rachel march overtures. rachel, a very good afternoon to you. always good to see you. brussels as always categorically said, is not a direct polity to the conflict in ukraine, but order been certainly seems to be sounding the alarm doesn't yeah, well european leaders have repeatedly stated that the e u is not

a party to the ukraine conflict back in may for example french president emmanuel, michael said quote, we are not at war with russia. we work as europeans for the preservation of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of ukraine. although my call is always talking about being at war with every policy problem. on the other hand, he was at war with cove id. he said that he was at war with climate change earlier this week. and he's repeatedly evoked a war economy, which is kind of a weird thing to say if you're not actually involved in a war, right. so a hungarian prime minister, victor, or bon is like the bouncer at the casino. he just stepped in and blocked the use gambling of another 18000000000 euros on ukraine. yet german foreign minister anna lena bear lock said that or bond that was the one quote playing poker. it's re the e u that playing, making poker here. and it's currently down to its boxer shorts. but that didn't stop the blocks teeth diplomat yo's that burrell from ramping up rhetoric at

a conference dealing with you defense mobility. we need to adapt our mobility system for our troops to be able to transport and deploy quickly all their military capacities. for example, it takes at least 5 days for a cross border transport of a military capacity from one country to another. that is too long. second, the european defense agency will take forward the work on cross border movement, permissions, and custom formalities, establishing and network for smart logistics. 3rd, we have to work closer with our partners. the 1st one, nato. nato's cooperation has to be intensified, but also with partners. so what's the point of talking about urgent troop movement and logistic movement around europe, when just a few months ago, burrell himself was talking about how the block would run out of ammo in 2 weeks if it was ever involved in actual war, maybe the mobility were can get troops to just, you know, run really fast when they're out of ammo. friends present in mac hall, just pulled up. the drawbridge on france is military mission operation back can in

this a hell region of africa this week. after being kicked out of molly earlier this year, but that hasn't stopped mac haul from talking tough on french and european defense at home. we must re learn how to mobilize the vital forces of our country to serve our sovereignty. our nuclear forces contribute through their own existence, to the security of france and europe. so don't look at what just happened in africa . pay attention to what's happening in europe ramping things up here. apparently, macro recently included influence operations as a main focus of frances new military strategy. which just seems to be a way to use military grade tools and tactics to protect the establishments. narrative, kind of like what the canadian government did when a deployed afghan war propaganda tools on canadians to influence public opinion during the coven pandemic. so european officials, they're having a bit of a war drum jam session with each other these days. a french security and defense

chief is even outspoken. the pessimistic about the odds of avoiding a direct conflict. the rupture introduced by the war and the reverse ability of russian strategic choices make it necessary to anticipate a confrontation with moscow. it's really hard to figure out what the e u is trying to get out of talking tough on war when it's about the last thing that they need or the european citizens need right now. he has contributed that rachel marston noise, appreciate your thoughts and opinions while the gold bugs might be pleased, digital currency saw their values plunging on thursday, came off the well as big as crypto currency exchange pulled out of a deal to rescue a smaller arrival as a result of corporate due diligence, as well as the latest news reports regarding mishandled customer funds and alleged

us agency investigations. we have decided that we will not pursue the potential acquisition of f t x. the collapse of the deal for the price of bitco and hit a 2 year lo, with other platforms following suit, us regulators of raise concerns over the f t x exchange. and the firm's reported mismanagement of client assets. reports of the company's financial health reportedly triggered $6000000000.00 worth of withdrawal and recent days. crypto currency expert christopher m showed his thoughts on the current market situation and the immediate short term future. like any nathan industry, it's an industry that's vastly under regulated, which is a very actually big issue for the industry. it's an industry that a lot of government don't understand which also causes problems because in order to regulate you have to understand and what we've seen here. and we've seen previously the 1st have

a big trip to exchange crushed with from exchange called mountain dogs, which is monumental. this one is actually a lot bigger, but at that time, people for the, well bizarre, if you're completely right, if you've ever read this a toast white paper on bitcoin, the entire idea was to build a peer to peer electronic cast system, right? so the idea is doesn't get regulated, but you do need to regulate the business practices round running a business in this space when you consider for example, inflation, which is particularly hitting many, many parts of all right, now you've got an energy crisis in europe in america, as well and, and people are trying to shift that money in many, many ways to try to preserve and ensure that money. what about emerging economies? i think in these emerging economies, right. let's look at africa. for example, africa is the continent with the largest amount of natural resources in the world, which historically have really been stolen from that continent. and again, the country that you and i come from did, did pretty well out of it. and what, what crypto can do, this is one of the interesting things is because i wanna get the nuts and bolts of

the technology if you like. but it does allow you to create accountability for all of those assets where they go. and what that does is, you know, that removes that leakage, that happens where, whereby you know the guy and the, the guy in the village that's, that's mining gold and he sells it to this guy. he sells. it's this guy's telling this guy. he sold it over that for a dollar. the guy at the end in london in the commodities desk. it's probably selling it for $20000.00. so really crypt currently in the actual technology rather than just thinking about the currencies is what i think would transform africa for the for the better and any emerging market. yeah, just a plethora of articles for you to read about that ongoing conversation with the state of crypto cohen to fall around the world. what is going on? read more about that, he'd gotten meantime your program or some of the, the i

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