[000:00:00;00] with a u. s. president joe biden's democratic party is expected to clinch control of the senate after securing some crucial seats this weekend in the mid term elections. but the extremely narrow margin of the vote count, choose a country that's highly divided with western policies, are trying to weaponized the region. that's the warning of russia is foreign minister for asian pacific countries. and summit drops off with states failing to come up with a unified message this sunday also in the story that shape that

a piece deal after 2 years of violence achieve through dialogue. the government of ethiopia and the authorities from the to grey region agree unless inspire and open the door to humanitarian aid to live and russia withdraw its troops from the city of her song, amid fears that ukrainian attacks the locals, dom could cause catastrophic with, with a top stories from the past 7 days and right up to the moment developments as well . this is the weekly, on our tea. hello and welcome. we begin this hour with news from the us. the democrats appear to have clinched control of this senate following this week's midterm elections with a key race in the valve. it set to be called for the party with saw 96 percent of votes counted. so that is a projected blue in, in the silver state. one another close contest and highly divided are his own. m

was recently normally decided for the democrat party's candidates too. with those victories, the upper chamber of congress is expected to remain under congress control. but its republicans who look set to gain a majority in the house of representatives, meaning things i've gotten tougher for the biden administration to get their policies past me. so joining me now in the studio r t fiorella isabel, to talk through developments on there's been quite a few for ela, a good last 24 hours or so for the dams. but it looks like a stalemate overall in congress tickets through the latest results, right? so this is a very net narrow victory for democrats with 5249 in the senate. 50 for democrats. now this is because catherine cortez moscow. best fit former attorney general adam like salt, giving them that lead. this is after the arizona victory and the victory of course

of john federal men and pennsylvania. this now may say it's less important for the georgia race which will take place in december to determine any sizeable difference because b, p harris can actually cut that tie. and in congress though, we have still a, the races going on in the both of both being counted in california, arizona, in oregon. and of course neither party has reached the 218 majority that is needed . and many are questioning why this red wave that was supposed to happen according to republicans did not happen. and according to many, it has to do with inflation. it has to do with the fact that perhaps voters voted against the trump in discourse. and also abortion issues were very high, young voters said come out to vote, jen z did. and of course, the other accusation is election fraud as well. you know,

even before the election, freleigh defense of joe biden, i recall kim mike, he said that whatever happens essentially that he's got the answer in his office to push through certain policies that v were the veto. right, exactly. so, democrats have, for a long time, been accusing half of the country of being deplorable of the, you know, republicans all being involved in january 6 have been really going against a vast majority of the country and even accused rush of having hackers to undermine the election yet when democrats, when, then that means everything is good and joe biden talks about exercising his use of vito power. 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. so this is of course with the fact that joe

biden's approval rating is in the tank. i mean, according to a c, b, s. pull 46 percent of people think that joe biden policies have actually hurt the economy. 52 percent trust republicans better on issues like abortion and inflation and 79 percent of the country. think that the country is out of control, which, which does a lot about why people don't have trust in the system. and of course, for some this has been enough to question the integrity of the us elections. let me get this straight. 72 percent of voters say america's 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? yet? no. redway, congratulations to president biden. his rate on trump's home. the rest 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 help steve off red wave. so we're talking about long lines. we're talking about machines that didn't work for the fact that we are still counting ballots here. and of both i mailed her as well. there's no paper in saint clair. there is really no chain of custody in the united states election. so of course, this is why people are accusing this in many other countries. you get the results the day of right and or the day after at least. but democrats of trying to normalize this say, well, this is because we have so many vote by mail ballots. so obviously the vast majority of people are not trusting in the system because they have, they have questions as to why this is happening now. i, like i said this, the democratic party says this is a victory for the american people as a whole. however, they have been largely accusatory of anybody that thinks differently. anybody that has been questioning this, there's been intimidation tactics. there's been all sorts of things in the,

in the election electoral process in the united states. so a lot of people are saying this is chaotic that this is embarrassing, and it seems that democrats promote democracy abroad while still having these sorts of issues at home. and what this does is it's going to lead to a tug of war in congress, both in the santa and the house of representatives were little policy work actually gets done. yeah. long, 2 years ahead and congress surely is about thickness through the thank you mo you spoke earlier to commentator and talk show who, steve malls, bergen, how the projected results may reshape the balance of power in us politics? a lot depends on what happens in the 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 republicans in the house. so it would be a stalemate 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 and laws of again taking the house is key for the republicans in that . well, that will just about negate the, the gains in the senate by the democrats. why, ah, now, as the se on summer concludes in cambodia this sunday, there is discord among attending top officials and what the traditional final statements should include. rushes for administer a circular for off. explain the stand off. you know collective decision on a joint statement has been made because the united states and it's western allies insisted on absolutely unacceptable language regarding the situation in ukraine. minister love ralph out at washington. um,

its nato allies are seeking to weaponized asia and swell the u. s. lead military block to contain russia. china, rather than support such regional organizations as the statement came of a number of western countries including this really new zealand had also been invited to attend the fcl groups meeting to discuss international cooperation. don mclean, gail amino, a based you political analyst said global competition for power comes at the expense of security in asia. what we're looking into now is that there is a clash of not only material power, but also ideology. and of course, perceptions towards the order of asia as a whole. so what we can see here is that because of this particular clash, which also aligns with a distribution of power to shift china, india, japan, russia, the united states all engaging in this particular critical hotspot. geographic hotspot, while

a shooting war may not be in the works anytime soon. we have to understand that the problems that are being driven by these arrangements. these powered competitions come at the expense of the security architecture of asia and you know, going back to the main core of these meetings will look into us since 960 of us has endeavored to maintain its centrality within the continent to ensure inclusive dialogue between and among major powers, but with what is happening now, we're looking to the erosion of that audience in charlie p. discord within the block. and at the same time, the proliferation of exclusive arrangements for that matter and the delusion of existing multi lateral frameworks. so this becomes very problematic in terms of the security architecture of the region. after 2 years of violence, the ethiopian government on the rest of northern to gray region, have signed a peace agreement for

a permanent cessation of hostilities. negotiations began at the end of october after the european army captured several major times that were previously held by local insurgents. according to the published document, the parties agreed on the withdrawal of troops including foreign forces from the conflicts owns. in addition, they've taken on the responsibility of protecting civilians and ensuring their unhindered movement. the monitoring verification team formed by the african union will be established to monitor the implementation of the state of commitments. can be pulled out or we could be of service. and we have a

tv in today or not for the parties also agreed not to pay the delivery of humanitarian aid. now's ethiopia is facing humanitarian disaster. according to the u. n, at least 20000000 people live there in food insecurity due to the military conflict . as well as drives and high inflation, 13000000 are said to be in need of emergency health assistance. and just under 5000000, if you have been displaced from their homes, will a conflict in, if you will be as northern to gray region, raged since the start of this decade with a local insurgency group on national government forces and buffle with each other. the violence originally erupted when state troops were deployed to fight the

people's liberation front, near the border with a retreat. the conflict coast claimed the lives of hundreds of thousands of people . according to some sources thus reaches a 1000000. we earlier spoke to independent journalist until i am to say, he said the recent p. steel could serve as an example to resolve other regional conflicts in africa. if you'd say, for his wisdom the media have given birth thing about these companies like to know after the signing of the piece deal, most of the wisdom i'm not properly, i know i'm not interested in reporting about the fact that this, this deal is not just through africa will download and she will be african probably by after weekends. so the, it's a good list for the country says will to avoid and love would extend

interference in their own interest. because if we see more, becky, interested to accomplish, the more the conflict will be worse, and it takes into a different angle in a different direction. now, russian soldiers who aren't often deployed for combat judy or the nuclear biological and chemical defense forces, not military branch, marked. it's on the 1st re on sunday, but didn't take the day off. instead, they've been conducting large scale drills in western russia. r t. sophia nunez, springs us the report from the training. yes, fight, seemingly desperate attempts by the west. less weight your brains, by a lab, sorry, under the rock. the dangers of their existence are allegedly still fragile and not just garage it buckled 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 de 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 military equipment 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 and 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 assault operations law. look at these drills. we sanitize the military equipment and the personnel who arrived from the contaminated areas. logos, we use a lot of weapons during the exercises. we train hot, the preparation is very intensive. we have learned a lot 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. russia has completed withdrawing its troops from the city of her son and other

locations on the right bank of the didn't. yep. or river the defense ministry sees it's being done to avoid potential unnecessary losses among troops amid the danger that ukrainian attacks could destroy a critical local dom situated here. now the decision was explained by the commander heading rushes operation. but it was lawyer, maybe somebody, somebody anthem, the enemy is firing randomly at the city. for this reason, it was decided to evacuate the population from the right side of the river. we provided everything possible to ensure the evacuation the plans of the enemy to create flooding of territories to can lead to dangerous consequences. this is confirmed by the constant shilling of the hob sky, hydro electric power station. under these conditions, the most appropriate option is to organize defenses along the line of the denise river, when you might as well catastrophic flooding was predicted. if ukraine forces had succeeded in destroying the dumb, the high water would also have complicated supply which, which were being used to deliver food to the russian army,

as well as local residents. while eliminating the time would also jeopardize fresh water supplies to neighboring cry me, i want to show you this as well to reduce the danger to civilians. russia has been evacuating tens of thousands of local residents from the her son region, and it's capital in recent weeks to displace people have been met with and humanitarian aid under being transferred well behind the front lines or defense minister survey shows you also ordered the creation of a new line of defense in the area. let's talk through that here because a stable situation in other frontline areas was close by the m o d this week, as well as the successful interception of up to 90 percent of incoming ukrainian rocket tags. while moscow also said the ukrainian army had lost around $12000.00 soldiers last month, that is some 8 times more than russian losses. we spoke to former us marine corps intelligence officer scott ritter receives not by relocating truth. russia has deprived ukraine of its pretext for the strain,

the dom 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 in 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 damn. and the russians have 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? there's something else to tell you about today, the world's leading recycling organization, plastic bank said it will address the alarming rise of pollution of the ongoing compet 27 climate conference africa. it's hardest hit by that having become make gigantic dumpsite for plastic waste sent there from western countries, are te corresponding, coven, apple. net, tata brave. the mountains of rubbish to bring us the story. plastic is ubiquitous. it fills our air, lands and oceans and landfills like this are full of it. from i this current tooth brushes, shoes, clothes, tv removed, 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? reliever, people talk about blessing input, the decision to south africa, the only being economic benefit that it, as for the country, the environment that is not even be discussed at the stage. 20 companies are said to be responsible for more than half of the global single use plastic waste. and none of them are in africa. and according to the 2021, plastic waste makers index in the global north that produces and creates this global plastic use crisis. an average american or a united kingdom citizen will produce about

a 100 kilograms of plastic waste annually. now, what responsibility do they, bay to this global wasteland they've created? this is mainly supposed to be less at the county. or because we don't as most of the blessed exec be supposed to have in south africa to make products. some africans have come up with a plan. then a missouri 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 damp 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 our content like your fish and things like that. and then when they eat the plastic, we end up eating that fish and they did end up affecting us as well. from 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 for, 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, lynn, what we are doing, give them the same skills, that of course, and then they go back in, they do the same in their own areas. so far we've got 5 communities that we've identified, that we will be training and then helping them also to set up a similar environment like ours africans as solving they'll and problems and the mass that was caused by the global not. and is these kinds of solutions that must be echoed and they, you an club $27.00 climate change conference. and maybe just maybe those who pollute must pay the lute when that clean bill can, i will, if at to $40.00. and john is back let's set keep attention on africa because you've done this president has heavily criticized quote, western double standards about green energy. as reports emerge that germany is dismantling

a large wind farm to expand and adjacent open pit coal mine. now with europe reinvesting in its own fossil fuel power industry to bring more bold power plants back online. 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. the president's words came amid a long lasting dispute over the east african crude oil pipeline. not the joint project by uganda and tons and near the pipeline plans, a stretch around 1500 kilometers. starting from the lisa straight to the port of time, getting tons in the in the project would help utilize you can this large or reserves and also supply other countries through the tons in the import. the plan being to bring oil prices in the region. time just able levels. well, the project would help utilize you can this large or reserves as we went through

there as well. now the operation was launched by friendship giant to tell energies, but was criticized by the parliament over alleged violations of environmental and human rights principles. the block colts on the international community to pressure uganda and tons needs to stop the project. thought resolution getting revoked. only 2 days before the ongoing cup. 27 conference, the east african legislative assembly is ignoring european pressure on this calling for the project to continue. i think the you should intervene less than african affairs. 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. but r t, i forget, spoke to camden residents asking them how they feel about the issue. 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 at stake

. i've always had 3 questions. the issue of sovereignty, who owns it out? don't walk with your 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 someone's finger drops antiques, 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 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 a hypocrite. he let him be any pl, quick 2. or we also got the thoughts of miss, sorry, in the jagger miss, or as a canyon geopolitical list. and we ask them about the stumps that western powers

have been taken as regards the pipeline construction. they've truth in the fact that the width of shooting from full of hyper piracy in the increasing that you feel way. luckily i still have the lowest, common footprint is being dictated to what time they can you. but hyper crossing might not checked as a way, but this project going to work through region that i would speak are inhabited by people. people must be compensated for the loss of the land rather by plenty of it was from about $10.00 to $14.00, from one. yeah. 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 are going to do to make the conference because we are an independent country that should be able to make independent the vision of our development. we know what is best for us and others are a recap of the week. that was, i'll be back at the top of the,

our interest over 30 minutes with more of the news headlines today. sunday, during the week as well. you're watching our teacher national. the news i ah, so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have. it's crazy confrontation, let it be an arms race is on of very dramatic development. only personally and getting to resist. i don't see how that strategy will be successful, very critical time time to sit down and talk

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