can you kind of you, so there's your boomerang ah, with us president joe biden. democratic party is expected to clinch control of the senate following mid term elections, but the extremely narrow margin of but both call it shows that country that's highly divided. the stories that shape the weak, russia withdraws that's true from the city of her soul, made theories that you printing and attacks on a local dumb could cause catastrophic. think also ahead. the fact that i'm here today with a delegation to review cooperation to see how we can take it forward to

create a long term sustainable basis. i think chase most of off with russia, india focused on energy stability, not multi polar approach to global security. as moscow, the indian foreign minister, he talks with our a land and ocean landfills like one of the ongoing un climate change conference address is wrong. i think pollution western countries come under fire for using africa as a dumping ground per 1000000. so i'm talking with the top stories for the past 7 days and right up to the moment developments as well . this is the weekly and archie, hello and welcome. we begin with our with use from the u. s. the democrats appear to have clinch control all of the senate following this week's mid term elections

with a key race in nevada set to be called for the party with 96 percent of votes counted . so that is a projected blue in, in the syllabus states, while another close contest and highly divided our is owner was recently normally decided for the democrat party candidate to wear those victories. the upper chamber of congress is expected to remain under democratic control. but it's republicans who look sent to gain a majority in the house of representatives, meaning things have gotten tougher for the biden administration to get its policies passed. well, joining me now in the studio, our team for ela, isabel. hi freleigh. it does appear in the last few days. democrats have been over joyce thing simply for not getting railroaded in both houses in the chamber and take us through the reaction. right, so catherine cortez moscow,

narrowly one in nevada. and as you mentioned, arizona is also set to win for democrats. that puts democrats about 49 to 50 in the senate, which means that they don't really need that victory by herschel a walker going against a rough warning. so because that race in georgia would have had much more weight if potentially they didn't win this race in nevada, but comma harris as vice president can come in and break the tie, so they don't really need that victory anymore. this puts it though, however, it's a very narrow, big through for democrats. there's obviously going to be contention. and for the longest time, joe biden and the democrats have been saying that democracy is at risk. but it seems that the market, democracy is at risk only when democrats might be at risk of losing. let's take a look. if we lose the house and senate, it's going to be a horrible 2 years. the good news is i will have a veto pen. only

10 percent of the people under the age of 40 have a strong trust in jo biden's policies. so his approval rating is under the water. young people don't have a trust in the system. there has been a lot of push to get gens the voters out and the reality is the vast majority of americans do not feel that they can actually trust this administration or the system as a whole. let me get this straight. 72 percent of voters say america was on the wrong track. only 42 percent say they approve of the job. joe biden is doing 58 percent. say they feel more worried that america's best years. mail ready be behind us, get know, read wave. congratulations to president biden. his rate on trumps home the arrest of pro lifers. his illegal intimidation campaign against the supreme court, his censorship of opponents and threats to jail and harassment of any one who

questioned his election helped steve off red wave. right, so there's the democrats, have been saying that this is a victory for all american people. but for the longest time union, they've been vilifying 50 percent of the population that is republican. they have been saying that they're all conspiracy. there is that they're deplorable for their support of donald trump and of the maga coalition of voters. they keep calling to january 6, calling to the questioning of the 2020 election. and of course, of americans, of course, identify as republicans, but you also have some independence and libertarians, ex, pushing back against the system. so they promote this idea of democracy abroad. while there are so many flaws in the political system and in the election system, we're talking about the potential for election fraud. the state of our election systems in many places is indeed pretty embarrassing. but so honestly were the

results of last night's elections. republican swore they were going to sweep a wrench, unami you want to republicans to win, not simply because they're so great, but because democrats are so very bad and the san an overstatement. so what happened? right, so. 2 i mean, we're talking about long lines, machines that didn't work. people just have a distress in the system and instead of trying to build up that trust by fixing the problems, democrats have looked at it as this is just conspiracy theory. we're not going to talk about it, which is further push more of this reaction about election fraud, the potential of it. and i think this is, you know, this is signifies where the state of the united states is that, and how it's going to be very difficult to get anything through in both the senate and house of representatives with this sort of just animosity towards each other. here we go, we'll still meet for another 2 years. isn't it fairly? it's about taking a through that fear. i thanks very much. and we got some more reaction to the

general situation right now in the us from commentator and talk show host steve moles. burke, he talked on how the project a result may be shipped the balance of power in us politics. a lot depends on what happens in the house. the house is very much within reach of the republicans taking control from the democrats. so anything that would be passed by the democrats in the, in the senate, you would assume, and i would hope, would be shut down by the republic any in the house. so it would be a sale. me again for the biden agenda. i mean, there are things the senate could do like judicial nominees and senate business. it will be very good for the democrats. but for bills the laws of again taking the house is key for the republicans. and that will or that will just about negate. going to the, the gains in the senate by the democrats. white, russia has completed withdrawing its troops from the city of her soul and other

locations on the right bank of the upper river. the defense ministry sees it is being done to avoid potential unnecessary losses among troops amid the danger that ukrainian attacks could destroy a crucial local dom situated here. now the decision was explained by the commander heading rushes operation. but it was lawyer, maybe somebody, somebody on them, the enemy is firing randomly at the city. for this reason, it was decided to evacuate population from the right side of the river. we provided everything possible to ensure the evacuation the plans of the enemy to create flooding a territory for can lead to dangerous consequences. this is confirmed by the constant shilling of sky hydro station. under these conditions is to organize defenses along the line of the denise or river when you might, or catastrophic flooding was predicted. if ukrainian forces had succeeded in destroying the down. the high water would also have complicated supply routes which

were being used to deliver food to the russian army, as well as the local residents, will eliminating the dom would also jeopardize fresh water supplies to neighboring crimea. look at this as well to reduce the danger to civilians at russia has been evacuating tens of thousands of local residents from the her san region. and also in recent weeks, defense minister, sure ago she grew or did the creation of a new line of defense in the area while a stable situation in other frontline areas was disclosed by the m o d this week to as well as the successful interception of up to 90 percent of incoming ukrainian rocket attacks, while moscow also said the printing army had lost around number of big number for one month, 12000 soldiers some 8 times more than russian losses. we spoke to former us marine corps intelligence officer, scott ritter, who said that by relocating troops. russia has deprived ukraine of its pretext for destroying the if russia remained on the right bank and continued to defeat

ukrainian attacks the ukrainians. once their forces spent might come to the conclusion that the only hope they have in preventing a rushing counter attack is to destroy the dam and flood the region. so i think this is a, a prophylactic move on the part of the russians to prevent the ukrainians trying to have justification for blowing up the dam. and the russians had been preparing for this by evacuating the civilian population. ready and critical infrastructure, so it's not like the russians just made this up. the russians have been pointing out for some time now of the risk that is accrued by any forces and civilians. imagine next, let's say the russians didn't evacuate and next week the damage is struck by ukrainians and is breached. now the russian leadership has to explain why they didn't evacuate, why they didn't get the civilians out of the way, why they didn't get the russian service members either way, if they thought it was

a possibility, why didn't they take the appropriate actions? can other story to tell you by today, india's foreign minister has called for closer cooperation with russia and made what he calls a stressful situation on energy markets. our correspondent was at the ministry's media conference this week in moscow. what do you see as the intent of the west, specifically the united states in pressuring india for these relations? what stance will india take in the future towards russia as a result of this pressure? the fact that i'm here today with a delegation to review cooperation, to see how we can take it forward to korea, to long term sustainable basis, i think saves most of all. i think you can see the obvious and christian commitment . i will type in keeping that relationship strong. instead, that clip we just saw was the indian foreign minister's response to

a question that i was lucky enough to ask at the press conference that came after his meeting with russian foreign minister, sir gay, laugh rav. i wanted to know what india was planning to do. in the face of increasing western pressure for its friendly relations with russia. and if new delhi would, i join in on the western calls for a price kept on russian oil exports. but based on the indian foreign minister's response, it looks like india is not really buying into that. he reiterated that russia and india have long, had very close relations and that new delhi relies on moscow to provide the indian people with affordable energy. as regards the, you know, the, a d, oil supply issue, you know, that is, that is ha, ha, been festival that is a stress on the energy markets. it is odd fundamental obligation to ensure da da indian consumer has the best possible access on the most advantageous terms to

international market. on induct respect. ah, quite honestly, we have seen that a d. indian shad relationship has worked to advantage. now we also heard from the russian foreign minister circ a lab, rob, who said that the talks were very successful. he said that he talked a bit about plans on the russian side to provide india with clean atomic energy. as well as plans to increase the trade volume between the 2 countries. in the future, we previous posts, we have welcome to the positive dynamics of our bilateral trade. by september, the turnover had increased more than 130 percent. the provision of a new site for the construction of a russian designed nuclear power plant will allow india to provide clean unsafe energy in the future. was we discussed in detail or the state of the prospects for military technical cooperating, including the joint production of modern types of weapons. and so it looks like what foreign minister circ a laugh or offset about these talks about them being successful was correct. and the decades long friendly relations that russia and india have enjoyed will

continue to persevere. despite the fact that around the world, there's quite a tense geopolitical landscape right now. the united states has branded russia a so called non market economy, enabling washington to artificially inflate prices for imports from the country. the kremlin has lost all of the measure saying that while it might not directly impact moscow, it will certainly cause more pain for the global economy. we see a growing understanding to a lesser extent in america, to a greater extent in europe that these sanctions have not been able to stabilize the russian economy, but are bringing a fair amount of turbulence to their economies. primarily the european one americans are resistant. although they also suffer from inflation due to the chaos in the energy market. this is one of the steps in the continuation of this really destructive line, which in no way contributes to the stabilisation of global economic markets. the

designation will allow the us to raise duties on russian imports there by making similar domestically produced items more appealing to local buyers. by the way, washington claims the move is being brought in because of extensive government involvement in the russian economy. it follows numerous other restrictions, not the u. s. has imposed on russian products in recent years. america are branded industrial rival, giant china, a non market economy to we heard from new york based investment, monetary mich, fireside, who say this new move by washington, much to yet another sanction against moscow. this is just another form of sanction, and it's of punishment from the united states and it's also a diversion in the united states. in europe. we got 20 percent, a real rate of inflation at 20 percent. we've got government 3rd lying about it in the united states. government is trying to push price caps on russian oil,

which is the most ridiculous, bizarre thing i've ever heard of in my life. so you can't blame the price, increases in the supply chain disruptions on anything that had to do with ukraine conflict. you have to look at what biden's policies are, and you have to look at what the case policies are. so you had a green new deal which declared war on fossil fuels. you had net 0, which declared war on fossil fuels to go into green energy, which is the latest crisis. and this is what led us to higher energy prices and higher inflation. so there diverting attention away from that reason to try to come up with another reason to blame somebody else. and this is just another form of sanction to try to assign blame for their mass here to another big issue today, the world's leading recycling organization. plastic bank sees it'll address the alarming rights of pollution, of the ongoing comp, 27 climate conference,

africa. it's hardest hit by that having become a gigantic, dumped side for plastic waste sent there from western countries. artie correspondent, co rabo little to brave the mountains of rubbish to bring us the story. plastic is ubiquitous. it fills our air, land and oceans and landfills like this. how full of it from my this current tooth brushes, shoes, clothes, t, v remote, you name it. it's a plus big world, but africa is faring better than is global counterparts. and according to the u. n . environmental program, the continent produces the least amount of global plastic ways. and most of our ways is also organic. so where does this come from? when eva, people talk about placing in for $350.00 to south africa,

the only being economic benefit that it has for the country, the environment that is not even be discussed at the stage. 20 companies as they are to be responsible for more than half of the global single used plastic waste. and none of them are in africa. and according to the 2021, plus the waste makers index in the global north that producers and creates the global plastic use crisis. an average american or a united kingdom citizen will produce about a 100 kilograms of plastic waste annually. now one responsibility do they, bay to this global wasteland they've created. this is mainly supposed to benefit the country. oh, because we don't have most of the blessed. it's that we supposed to have in south africa to make products. some africans have come up with

a plan. then i'm with ira works with can sign is collections and not for profit company in the education space. they turn plastic into briggs and they saw this plastic from where ever we can get it at times. even buttoning with locals in exchange for stationary and such items, plastic that would otherwise be filling the air, polluting the water systems, and causing diseases. when people been plastic in the community because they've got no way to dump it, it causes in people breathe it. it causes type 2 diabetes, it causes cancer and it also causes aging. so those are the main hazards that one can think of. but besides that, it, when it goes into our water, it also causes our problems is fire is water. animals are contained like your fish

and things like that. and then when they eat the plastic, we end up eating that fishing. did it end up affecting us as well, from a hill to point of your plastic is cut into smaller bits and is put into a 2 liter bottle and the must all way between 550 and 600 grams. and before you know it, viola, you have a school, and soon there will be a bigger one here with a science lab, as well as toilets. and it will all be run on solar power, all in an impoverished community, but also build by that same community. so for us, what is important is plastic is going to affect everyone in the world. so what we're doing here is we're inviting different communities from different areas to come in live what we are doing, give them the same skills that we have got. and then they go back in, they do the same in their own areas. so far we've put 5 communities that we've identified that will be training and then helping them also to set up a similar environment like ours africans as solving their own problems. and the

mess that was caused by the global not and is these kinds of solutions that must be echoed at the u. n. club 27 climate change conference. and maybe just maybe those who pollutes must pay the lute for the clean up bill campbell. it adds 40 in johannesburg. well, let's keep attention on africa because you've done this president has heavily criticized quote, western double standards about green energy reports emerge that germany is dismantling a large wind farm to expand the adjacent open pet cold line. now with europe reinvesting and its own fossil fuel power industry to bring mach ball power plants back on line. in a truly perverse twist, we are 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 parker. see all the precedents where it's came made a long lasting dispute over the east african crude oil pipeline. that's a joint project by uganda on tons, india. and it's a big one. the pipeline plans to stretch around 1500 kilometers, starting from believe you're going through the interior of tons near all the way to the indian ocean coastline of tango not is crucial because the undertaking would help utilize you can this large oil reserves and also supply other countries via the tons in the in coast. now that all should the plan being to stabilize oil prices in the region. the project was launched by french oil trying to tell energies, but was criticized by the parliament over alleged violations of environmental engineering. right. the block has called on the international community to pressure you and i'm comes in here to stop the operation. the east african legislative

assembly, however, is standing firm against european pressure stressing the project must continue. while adding that the, you should intervene less in african the 1st others do you, parliament is over legislative. what they should do is go back to the you and focus on the issues that affect the people of the european union. lord, he has spoken to you, camden residents about how they feel about the pipelines, political tug of war. this may have 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 at speak . i've always had 3 questions. the issue of sovereignty. who owns it? our democracy or bears? who owns africa? is it still but new opponents of this world over the past ought to be we gaining independence. i feel these guys

a vs 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 to leave like that as his as of leave like that. i do not really understand waive in our president is writing someone telling them you are hypocrite. he let him be any book retook only also got the thoughts of miss, sorry, in the jagger canyon geopolitical and list on the stance that western powers have been taking our on the pipeline construction. they've truth in the fact that the wisdom of shooting from full of hyper piracy in the increasing that you can feel, well, luckily, i still have the lowest common footprints in being dictated to what time they can.

you know, that type across the might not take away a big project going to the region that i've got inhabited by people. people must be compensated for the local land rather by plenty of it most from about $10.00 to $14.00 from one year. so they can translate around the environmental impact the content with above the human rights abuses that already been witnessing the baby must not be, must not be disregarded. simply because the with some power, hypo claim they get to meet with the conference before we are an independent country that should be able to make independent vision and with our development. we know what is best for us now, russian soldiers who aren't often deployed for combat duty or the nuclear biological and chemical defense forces, not military brands, marked it's anniversary on sunday, but didn't take the day off. instead, they've been conducting large scale drills in western russia. r t. sophia nunez,

takes us through the event. yes, fight. similar desperate attempts by the west. the swipe your brains, by a lab, sorry, under the rock. the dangers of their existence are allegedly still present and not just for russia, but with entire world, especially given the conditions those labs have been operating in large scale. neil ok, we're drills of the russian nuclear, biological and chemical defense forces. i can also days some 300 kilometers from moscow near they see their office gamma, and their relevance of the man cannot be more clear and present. ah hundreds of troops and thousands of special meal. the reg rickman units are

involved in the military exercises today. we're going there right now to give you an insight blow in this massive military drills. the exercises are dedicated to the annual day of the russian nuclear, biological and chemical defense forces. a branch of the army established more than a century ago by the soviet military council to counter chemical weapons threats since then it has been expanded and now also covers nuclear. in biological defense, these soldiers assimilating some of the harshest battle conditions they could one day face. today's schedule include their firing of flame throwers, intelligence gathering, and difficult weather, and geographical conditions and other elements of advanced combat training. a flame thrower is a powerful weapon. it's proven to be very good in the conduct of combat operations in cities. here we train military personnel to carry out assaults, operations law are the luckiest drills we sanitize the military equipment and the personnel could arrived from the contaminated areas. eleanor hello,

girls border. we've a lot of weapons during the exercises were trained hot through the preparation is very intensive. we have learned a lot of good in today's and predictable and eccentric world. everything seems possible, but these guys seem to be prepared to handle everything that comes their way. sophia nunez. okay, lots to get stuck into on a website selling this sunday. the 13th november us mid terms fall, i to him, but one story do give r t dot com some of your time today by for a wrong one, i just don't know. i mean,

you won't have to fill out this thing because the applicant and engagement equals the trail. when so many find themselves worlds apart, we choose to look for common ground. pohden is the aggressor tune chose is war. today i'm authorized with additional strong sanctions. i think you chose williams showing that i see speak on with him when the branding all in ports of russian oil and gas turbine and imposing these sanctions are brush your has destroyed the american. in fact, there's your boomerang, i, where you're suffering the i key interest really hitting people in the pocketbook.

boys or girls was on the, is there. i see you using a router lie to you. this is going to impose severe cost on the russian economy immediately. and overtime, as i stated the that on there, i thought it by the we have list, there are so many that for them i'll started a little bit. he makes this, all the emeralds absorbed it. so to pull up its thick body hub, did show that 21st century is with asians. it russia is also an asian country and we need to develop military cooperation. similar to what nature does in europe propose lower gibberish trophy chauffeur to swing by literature from here are gonna fit in trade was the search for new markets import substitution. the one sanctions has become part of outdated vocabulary on.