aah! with the headlines for this hour and a few international areas of ukraine, a report lea plugged into documents software, a series of blasts across the country. and i'd also go out in neighboring moldova. a teenage boy is killed and at least 18 more wounded in twin the bus stop explosions in jerusalem. local police have branded a terror attack. and marley bands are from sponsor the ngo's from operating on. it's tough to get another wedge and relations between the 2 countries. following many years of a french military presence in that region, that comes out of strong but kena fast. so all the way to chat the hell

a region of faces of rising isn't the most insurgency threat, with more and more volunteers stepping up to defend them. it is true that 40 percent of the tourism terrorist control with this recruiter together will be able to restore that whole national territory. this is a national cause. we have to fight for that with my, with office 7 pm on wednesday here in the russian capital and is always a pleasure to have you with us. this is alex he into national so as we understand blackouts so now ongoing across ukraine, after a series of blasts in multiple cities, the water supply has also been cut into a number of places including the capital key of ukraine. electricity infrastructure has been severely damaged off the 2 months of targeting by russia. retaliatory strikes against the countries power supply started off to a truck bomb, hit the coach bridge in october. moscow says the goal of miss allen. drones drives

against infrastructure is to we can key ebs capability more on the strikes, not without his merit. gasdio. well, you craig's energy infrastructure appears to be crumbling, russian strikes and we have seen waves of them of the past month or so have had a build up effect the ukranian authorities services have been able to balance the energy infrastructure, power generation and power distribution systems, despite repeated strikes, albeit with a reduced capacity, but this has been trach. what has happened now is that the ukranian authorities are no longer able to keep the energy infrastructure together to, to, to keep it supply major cities, for example. so we've seen the day of blackouts region, my blackouts in evolve in the west of ukraine right next to poland in the south.

odessa, i, kiev, metro there, left without power. much of the city had been suffering blackouts for a number of weeks now. kind of also left without power, several nuclear power stations and ukraine has been forced, while at least one of them into emergency mode. they both be cut off from the energy great. and that is because they were forced to shut down because the power they generate house knew where no, where to go with that be because of strikes against the power transformer stations will power lines high voltage power lines. the result has been that much of ukraine has been left without power. this is, or of course, the spot that he could messages the preferred and less than pressing in ukrainian press. pirating this opinion, the busha has been running out of missiles. it doesn't appear to be the case, it is probable the brush and strikes against the euclidian energy infrastructure

will continue and the foreseeable future. and that will stickly complicate things for the creative war machine. i met the blackouts in ukraine, neighboring them all over, has also faced power costs with kitchen. now putting the blame on moscow siding strikes against the energy infrastructure, the russian ambassador level has been summoned to old overs. foreign ministry traffic has been paralyzed and the capital of traffic lights being off or the energy is gradually being restored. i say one person has been killed at least 18 wooded into explosions and bus stops in jerusalem. a teenage boy who studied it nearby jewish school has been ideas of what is really officials are calling a coordinated sarah bloss during the morning rush hour. a police say both bombs were in bags planted in bushes at 2 city bus stations. the explosives,

packed with nails, were blown up remotely. others currently an active search for suspects and the local tara threat has been lifted to maximum as of yet no one has claim direct responsibility though. i should say media reports on statements coming in from several armed hollis spin human groups including the militant wing of hamas, which allegedly praised the explosion from the city. with this report, our correspondent maria financial. i'm now in easton, jerusalem. they are known as shapes that police headquarters are behind me. and the latest that we hear from these rally police is that they suspect both explosions that happened here earlier on wednesday morning, were caused by near identical remotely detonated explosive devices left in a bag. we hear from the belief spokesperson, but the legal authorities right now are considering what happened, a combined terror attack. no one so far,

took responsibility for the explosions that we hear from the car in a to of government activities in the territories. this is special budget within these rally defense ministry, responsible for palestinian affairs, that the checkpoints that are predominantly used daily by arab israeli is to go to work or to see their families are now closed until further notice for security reasons. we have been at the scene and we have been able to speak to a police folks person. let's take a listen right now what he's saying about what happened and what the police is right now doing with this is a grave incident. as far as we know, there were 2 attacks and there's a high possibility of a connection between them. i hope we will find the terrorists and the organization was, if there is a connection between the incidence and it's something bigger than somebody just decided to attack this more on the 1st explosion happened at a bus stop not far from jerusalem central bus station at the rush hour and there

were so many people there at that time trying to use buses and trains to go to a work around 7 a. m a local time and just minutes later there was another explosion happened in northern derosa at the intersection of remote neighbourhood. and we were at the scene of the 1st explosion like an hour after it happened and we were trying to do our lives. when a person shouting something very aggressively in hebrew, jumped into our like our camera. and he was filming me and shouting, something that i later realized was the month to call what happened a terrorist tag. but he was asking that before, actually the police confirmed that and determined what happened as there are attacks. so i tried to explain to him that i cannot do that until a legal authorities do that,

but he was actually not ready to listen. he was shouting, and then i grew a big group of students from religious schools, join him and they started following us. and filming, and saying that we have to say this is terror attack because all the explosions, our classes were cancelled in the religious schools around the areas of the explosion. so the students out were outside and this is what they decided to do. they were following us and pushing and actually they were some aggressive like shouts over there that i would not like to repeat here. but we can say that tensions are very high here. this region has been experiencing and facing extremely violent time recently. but predominantly in the west bank and for the 1st time in some time the attacks happened here in jerusalem. and of course, there is

a lot of fear, a lot of frustration and anger with everybody, blaming everybody. but we have to be careful with what we are saying, and we have to wait for the confirmation about everything from legal authority. so i'll keep you updated on how it goes here on the ground. all right to molly, now where it's government has banned french funded n g o submitted deepening ra with their transitional government has decided to ban effective immediately. all activities carried out by n g o operating. and molly was funding material or technical support from france, including in the humanitarian field. the inter and prime minister the move was in response to the stoppage of francis development aid to the african nation. the french president ended his country's years long anti terror operation, bar haine. in the south hell region with security there though,

still remaining very volatile and we spoke to conflict resolution specialist alita carter, who says the current tension at the end of the day may lead to an predictable results for you. today, relations between the 2 countries are extremely tense, almost at the point of no return when there are such loud attacks in the media. the purpose of both the french and the molly and authorities, all the points that for marco and paris are gaining, that they have nothing to do with it. and at the same time, the strained relations between bama co and paris, make it clear to ask how much we should expect to return to normalization of cooperation, normalization of partnership between molly and france. and this can go on for a long time. so it is obvious that marco and paris today or any contradictory dynamic in terms of mutual cooperation and partnership. while, as mentioned french attempts to ensure security in the sy, hell have basically not succeeded. get this with a quarter of all terror attacks on the entire continent occurring in that region.

and information comes from research carried out by the african union center for the study of terrorism, and adds that close to 2000 people have been killed across the us a hell in the 1st half of this year alone. we spoke with security analysts and commented up a gun or what killed he believed. the french military presence there has only further destabilize the region. a says south africa is not alden, because france is even, it was, has corrected a war situation. and people are, i lived in that france is the one that, i mean, i've had this and also helping logistically, digit i just destroy an crit isabella's ation of this a hell in order to get do or associate of africa. so this issue will not even stop at molly is now also affected in a fossil melbourne country and in the dead. aah!

the woodrow of drew from molly kim, into new jersey. when you get, we have a chance. if you source it is that's open, isn't themself? who as you ted against the friends prisons because for us is begin is becoming more or less the ally of the evil forces in this a hell. i mean, less of you had is i mean time, molly's neighboring country burkina faso was also fighting a terror threat. and crowds are actually come to the country's capital to volunteer for its defense. the government, they are seeking to recruit 50000 extra troops to fight against what they're calling a persistent g. hottest insurgency of thousands of people have been killed by extremist groups there over the past 7 years. in particular, the country's previous president was overthrown by the military just 2 months ago because basically they said he failed to deal with the threat. 30000 troops have already been recruited in the latest drive and we hit the streets to hear from

locals who express their willingness to fight for their country. no matter what their age may be. 1000 years and nobody took a square centimeter of our territory. i was 16 and i decided to join the army to learn if one day my country is attacked, even if i'm 80 years old. if i can raise my little finger than i will join me. don't buy volunteering. i'm bringing my stone to the construction. if on nation a nation under threat under tera, yes, true that 40 percent of the terror tourism terrorist and troll, i hope that this recruitment together will be able to restore the whole national territory. i think that everyone is asked to contribute to the word. this is a national cause we have to fight for that. it doesn't mean that everyone will carry a weapon, but what we can do to help we will do and in the central african nation of chad, at least 10 soldiers have been reported killed and as hard as the talk is in the western part of the country near to the lake chad region. the incident happened not

far from the country's border with nigeria. as we understand old soldiers killed were members of the defense forces, a neighboring camera, and anesha, also a cost of attacks by the so called islamic state in west africa, province group to report those same attackers fees, the chad armies equipment off the meanwhile, kenya stepped into ongoing peace talks between the democratic republic of congo, with a so called m 23 militia group has been engaged in a violent insurgency near the rwandan board of a month with thousands of people the displace due to the spiraling crisis. his are africa correspondent, cut a bullet tack. then rising escalations, a tension between neighbors, the democratic republic of co, wasn't able to the east rwanda, l. a. u, an office for you military as those in the ass c, as in 2 days. over 13000 people with this placed the entrance,

the 3 rebels who that the us government uses the london government off some 20 and taken over there at 2 town in gore, in the eastern part of the r c. and they are moved subsequently to close trade routes that linked the biase to uganda, as well as to kenya, king as new president, william rudolph. when i say that king out will use us in order to maintain peace in the region. we're committed under the east african community to do whatever it takes to support his excellency the president to support the government of the d. r c. and the people of the dear see, so that we can achieve peace in this country. it's in our interest collectively and individually that we have a peaceful region. so 218000 people have been displaced in areas

in the eastern part of the r c. a result of the resurgence of the m 23 rebels filed with the congolese soldier, latino from the democratic republic of congo. the international community should stuck her efforts to ensure that vulnerable populations in the democratic republic of the congo are protected, including women and children. and to ensure affected populations are able to access humanitarian assistance. oh, need others paul? golly, over one eye as well as beliefs that the getty of the r c has lamented what they call the role of international players. when it comes to the situation in that area, but the united states, which saw my c as long trying to support that. the r c is trying to be seen as an honest broker between the 2. recall on countries in the region to use all means available to them. to urge an immediate cessation of hostilities,

an immediate resumption of consultations on concrete steps to deescalate current tensions. but can lead us. i'm not really going to count how to the western powers or as they would have them. a b, 2 leaders are expected to bring heavy delegation. but what makes them interesting in that made that and african leadership, they have been to piece processes if you will, that looked into the situation in the d r c. namely been a while process which facilitates peace between the, the us, the and grammar. and we also had that my role, we piece process, which was really looking into the piece facilitation inside of the asi itself. as you know, the, you estimate the, our, the 100 rebel groups in the d, r. c, which i've been waging. and as if i gave the comalies on look up some one, for instance, over 10 years of our presence there,

of in the can until present there. as most of the problem in somalia, what it has done us, it has only suppressed the chicago has been running for over a week now. so will this more fix it? we read a military troops going there earlier. when it fits it, i doubt, i think the issue of conway is an internal issue that the congolese and its government must sit down and solve saw whether we love mortals getting in there. we come only money to suppress it, but i don't think we can really fix the problem. a form of wonderful. the global leadership has remained a bit quieter on what is happening in congo. and the only leadership that remaining is within the east africa community, which seems also to be having a cas when you look, the delay kinda is humbling it and you can buy something dwanda and you look at the with one day looking at it. yes, seems to be a lack of what initially trying to fix the issue of having them. so unless we are the global community coming in to aid in terms of 6 and being the teddy. an issue that am i do see that come up in congress than i think is going to get crazy. yeah,

2 things that i will via either we have a block or maybe coming in offer you much like an up or we have a sci fi and a common ground between the communities, government and the empty institute of us. without that, it would get was well, bulgaria says it will allow an oil refinery owned by russia, 2nd largest energy companies that offer luke oil to export crude products to europe . this is ultimately in a sense above that of partially bypassing anti russia sanctions. the deal is set to generate some 350000000 euros for sophia, a since luke oil will transfer all production revenues to bulgaria, not to the netherlands or switzerland as it had before. the agreement also paved the way for rushing crude products to be delivered across the you. now, let's have a look at how this deal avoids the bad on russian energy exports to the european block. the u. s. put an embargo on russian oil exports,

but since the crude will be refined on bulgarian territory, it will be considered as the country's own product, hence becoming eligible for europe. let's take this further. not any journalist serina slot. joining us here on the program today. but a few technical issues here this afternoon, this evening from moscow. i mean a do stand by do by without want to say because of your work. i've been called, i've been, i've been reading your articles now for quite a number of years and they haven't become, i guess now i should say this so pertinent. it's so important now with what's going on in the world with the energy situation regarding this situation with bulgaria and bulgaria, essentially allowing russia's lou coil to, to, well, have an all refining in bulgaria. some are saying it's in a sense, it's a partial violation of the anti russia sanctions. are you surprised? i guess it's being allowed to go ahead. what are your thoughts? i am surprised because the politicians are not known for being pragmatic and

rational, then also being ideologically driven, mostly especially in the past couple of years. so for me, this is good news. i mean, the next to him, we got refinery, has been the property of russia for years. and there were coal, both from certain politicians to, you know, pros, look oil out and 40 to sell the refinery angle the didn't happen. and now it seems like the europe and union has found the loopholes to allow russian diesel and other russian fuel to enter the europe and union because they were both explained that will be used in d. b. and in. so do you think other european countries could now could now follow bulk areas lead to try and get russian energy? i don't know if they had the russian oil refinery that had not been nationalized

yet. because that was the gym and they did with the roughness refinery. as far as i remember, the same happened to a reply and we need to know if i'm not mistaken. so i think europe in union and most find the way between ideology, you know, politics and your politics. pregnant is big is the truth is that these are particularly diesel, is insured for comply globally. europe is having a particularly difficult time finding supplies because he doesn't have enough refinery to produce it locally, regardless of where the pros comes from. so that's one way of ensuring some supply when it comes from a rational refinery. well, obviously every european countries have been scrambling to stuck up their reserves, and they've got to get the gas they need. now, ever since the conflict it break out in ukraine and then of course, you know,

they cut off fresh energy. putin says ok if you're not going to have it, we'll send it elsewhere. meantime, turkey is looking to set up an enormous gas tub, which will do what it will re route, rushing gas, all the way back to europe. what is the point of these sanctions arena? if europe is still at the end of the day, going to be guzzling russian gas as well to me, the point of the sanction being a weird form of virtue signaling of declaring that europe is own the size of right as opposed to the size of wrong which is a very black and white view of the world that i cannot shed because your politics is never black and white. but more problematic for me is that europe is ready to inflict mol, stuff, ring on its own citizen. in all this would continue, but you're signaling for who knows how long it's ironic really and it's

a bit ridiculous that europe is as, is that stalking up on, on oil, on cold coming from russia before the entry into effect of the sanctions of the same europe imposed on russia, so they are going to punish the russians for ukraine. but before the punishment comes into effect, let's talk up on everything russian. we can get a handle. and then, of course in pool teen russian hill and g. but from china, porting fuels refined oil products from india, a lot has been made from russian crew. so it's, it's really nothing, nothing actually materials. so, so, so russian energy is essentially gonna return to europe via vol guerria. it's going to return to europe via it's already being sold via india and china. a lot of that

is all going all the way around, back to europe as well. i mean, irina, what about the price? the price cap, the supposed to start on december. the 1st apparently they're already watering it down and asking for a one month extension. if i, if i'm correct. ah, it, it, it scales. i think nobody says and how this is going to work. one, a, one of the chief executives is one of the trading firms just said this week that i think it was the chief executive people said that was the oil embargo and the g $7.00 price capital russian oil we'll do is just move the trading, rushing oil to smaller companies, it will take away business from the victim of the few trading houses to smaller companies face outside europe and the united states. so somebody will benefit agents won't be the big commodity traders. alright,

energy journalist arena. joining us live here on the international. so much to talk about with the move being made today with energy around the world. we'll talk another time for a bit longer. irina love, thank you very much. thank you. thank you. i thank you for joining us here. the new release for the video game call of duty has attracted 25000000 players. while the hugely popular 1st person shooter game attracts record numbers according to a recent investigation, it may be used as a recruitment tool by the u. s. department of defense. for certain demographics of game as it's a recruitment portal, some 1st person shooters have embedded adverts within the games themselves, even without the sort of explicit recruitment effort. games, like call of duty make warfare seem fun. exciting an escape from the drudgery of the normal lives. la game designers and engineers are the expected pedigree is one might expect to see in game development teams but call of duty employs the likes of

all right. the francis townsend of the atlantic council think tank in the infamous us war on terror campaign, to more with very similar backgrounds, dave, anthony, and charlotte glasgow are also on the firms development theme. now. the game itself closely parallel as current events and the political trends. an early release of call of duty featured a fictitious iranian general who supported local terrorists. the officer bed a remarkable resemblance to the late iranian general ceremony. who was assassinated by us drone in 2020. but we spoke about it all with a radio host on political comment that a steve gill. he told us that these types of video games seek to normalize the images of. busy with today's younger generations, it's the same thing that we see in movies they. they want to make sure that it looks real and it looks good so that they can help in their recruiting efforts of anybody that might want to join the military. seeing that it looks pretty fun on call of duty. of course you can always hit the reset button and you never die. i

think the other interesting thing is that there's really a limited number of enemies that you can have in the world today. there are restrictions you can't really, you know, portray muslims as terrorist. the russians are the enemy of choice today. so in the new campaign of call of duty, you have some russian monsters, you know, combined with some bad mexican cartel folks. and then you've got good mexican, the special forces that are combined to help fight these, these evil enemies so that they've got to find enemies that they can portray these games has made kids that have never actually picked up. a real fire are much easier to train, much easier to learn to shoot accuracy because they've been playing these video games and a lot of what they're using in their training now is very similar to the video game . so i think it is not only is a good recruiting tool which is again why they make it interesting and engaging. and at the same time, you're also seeing training in these kids coming out of high school that never

actually fired a weapon being very proficient with weapons, you know, right off the bat when they get into the military. i, before we wrap up this, i was program here or not, the russians security services have prevented an act of sabotage on military and energy facilities near the russian city a vote on edge. and if a space security officers, i should say, as they attempted to detain the suspects they were fired upon in the ensuing gun fight a ring later. and 2 of his partners with killed the trio had been a quarter treating weapons from a high down on the outskirts of what on. yes, a to ready to use explosive devices, arms and ammunition as well as walkie talkies will also found at the scene. there were no casualties among the civilian population, all the law enforcement personnel involved. hi. this is just about if i hear from moscow and arty international, thank you very much for joining us. we are back soon with

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