a skid out and go swimming, do not shooting the daily dazzling to log with my left with a lot you. they've been a fool and we're not even fun theater. the lineup ah 50 russian service met have landed in moscow after release from ukrainian path to vittie following the latest prisoner swap. we report from the airport and their, their stories 1st had a conflict between the democratic republic of the congo and rebel groups may soon end as east african nations agree to mediate the rebels withdrawal from occupied areas and sun military support. this is the most important thing for us is that we want peace, so that our children to remain in the east of the country. our mothers, fathers, children, older brothers will live in peace. we need help and with the group stage at the

favorite world cup and guitar and polls when we look at how the tournament has turned into a festival of controversies, rather than football records with mosque out of the world. this is our international. i'm rachel blevins here. with the top stories of the hour, welcome to the program. we began with the latest from the ukrainian conflict. moscow and key at have conducted another major prisoner swap with some 50 russian service met released on thursday in exchange for captured ukrainian troops. 6 russian soldiers have just landed in moscow for medical treatment and rehabilitation. our correspondent, cynthia nunez, was out the scene. here is her report from the airport. the release russian soldiers will be 1st taken, so a military hospital in moscow for a magical and psychological assessment before they can finally return to their

homes. the russian defense ministry says that oldest man were at risk of death while being held captive in ukraine. wellness. oh well no, it was difficult at 1st, then you get used to it. you prepare yourself the best you can every day. i always thought that i would return home and everything would be fine. now i want to get home and see my relatives. i shall i said, what it was. i have no words for how happy and delighted i am. it was hard for me mentally. i thought about everything about family, about home, about russia. it was hard, according to the acting had of done yet people's republic, denise bushland. ukraine received the same number of people, the majority of whom i personnel of the ukrainian armed forces. this is the 4th satch exchange this month, and the 2nd in just the past 2 days. the previous one brought 35 russian soldiers back to their country with another 45 from the russian logans people's republic returning home just 2 weeks earlier. and in the beginning of november and major

prisoner swap resulted in a 100 than 7 captured serviceman. 65 of them from de donetta and logan's people's republics being released moscow and keep on now in talks to exchange even more prisoners in the near future. and other developments power outages have been reported across the whole of ukraine with president zalinski saying that every region has serious problems with electricity supply and the capital of kiev authorities. now say power will be available only for 2 or 3 hours per day until repairs are complete. earlier russia's representative to the un said moscow's air strikes on ukrainian infrastructure. 1 are a response to weapons deliveries by western states with the goal of this strikes being to undermine the combat capabilities of the ukranian army case could be on the horizon and the democratic republic of the congo as east african nations have agreed to help jointly fight the m,

23 rebel group in the east of the country. that's out there, talks and angle as capital. we got the reaction from kong alea's, people on the latest news, as well as their expectations on the cooperation between african states. really, the most important thing is that we want peace between the d r c and rolanda. rwandans have long lived in the territory of d r c. that is why we need peace, only peace and good mutual understanding. there was a dis it as if the most important thing for us is that we want peace, so that our children who remain in the east of the country, our mothers, fathers, children, older brothers, will live in peace. we need help. piece is expected to return to democratic republican congo on friday. after enablement was reaching dead deal ensure and seesaw. fire ended the immediate withdrawal of the and $23.00 rebels in the upgrade areas. these comes after the current lease president made to we did the honda farming minister in a move to bring an end to the recent taishan in the eastern the r c. though

a whole set of by the angle, then president into the cop told lawanda these, these are fire agreement comes after a previous attempt to restore a peace in july haley the eastern b r. c has been play good for nearly 30 year by violence from, i mean group, many of them retired from a word that bloated the region in the wake of 994 wonder juna seed with the d. r. c, accusing its neighbor wanda. awful. baking. the m 23 kenya far moleed there has been attempting to immediate in a recent weeks. we did a hope that the one that president polka got me who the incorrect the mealy 3rd to see. so fire and the pull back from cup traded to read for me on monday can yet president will young hold to healed to talks. we the, he's on the latest contain barked as a part of an in going diplomatic plan to come. the tension was uganda to become

the 3rd state to send troops to the region after contingent from kenya and burundi . arrived to the d. r. c. a. m. 23 rubble group launched a major offensive this year, seizing multiple territories with thousands of vocals, displaced in provoking a diplomatic conflict between the d. r. c and rwanda. uganda agreed to deploy military forces following april decision by 7 countries of the east african community to set up a force to fight the rebels. the democratic republic of the congo joined the community earlier this year, we spoke to a ugandan army spokesperson, who described how the african took deployment would work. and how un mission in the region failed to meet its aims. the east african, a mid you meadow, and the gemini shipper was integrated into can yetta and decided to deploy

a i'm, he's tough. who can to mission force whose monday it would be to this the foot in the city. the negative forces, indiana c. d and has been going with this in 18. 60 to lead. is it only the most expensive mission in human history? but then fighting is england to by being killed. you got lens gave us their opinion on the collective fight against. i'm $23.00 rebels saying it's time to think about shared solutions to problems instead of focusing on single states. i personally, i believe in what we quote unity and togetherness integration as is stuff rica now, goodies is fibiger, then think about that country individually. but now about thinking about you stuff rec, as a whole you you and i know that if there is a problem in conway, separate guys, not that piece under free stuff. you guys know that piece,

even uganda, isn't it? that yeah, when days giving a hoping hon to congo was people coming that day? you in, i mean taking the, it's like the you in a, me taking the goods of the people of congress. so you kinda coming up is like close to being gay. me back uganda. so it's like giving hoping, displaying rainbow flags and support of the l g. b t. community could be allowed and guitar during the ongoing world cup. after months of debate, as well as recent incidents of l. g. b, t. symbols being confiscated by authorities ortiz igor should on up report on the controversies which have meyer the world's biggest football festival. the fee for world cup has a reputation for bringing a sporting spectacle to the fans every 4 years. the one that's kicked off and kata is no exception. on the contrary, this year's event has already become

a source of drama, both on and off the pitch. on day 3, already saudi arabia's team sitting in the modest 51st place in the global rankings made headlines of to beating the world's top 3 argentina. and the devastation of the messy devotees could only be matched by their rivals. triumph who seems we're excited to remove every barrier and every dual that could stand between the team and the trophy. oh, the me, i think the even the saudi king took notice of the show when declaring the next day a national holiday. the tournament also quickly took a political turn to even before the ball was kicked for the 1st time. in fact,

in the run up cutter had repeatedly warned that the stands are no place for activism. mainly addressing the advocates for l g. b. c writes that alone cause the storm and the west and media, while some european politicians profusely ignored the rules theme. germany covered their mouth ahead of the match with japan in an act of protest as fee for bond captains from wearing l g. b t colored arm bands. the stunt didn't do anything for them on the field though. as the game turned into a major upset for the european favorites and other clothing items that drove the spotlight away from sports was the scarf of the hungry and press didn't see, feel is noticed. it featured a map of so called greater hungry, which includes parts of modern ukraine and some other european countries safe to say those ations weren't exactly impressed by the land grab. the promotion of

revisionist ideas in hungary does not contribute to the development of ukrainian hungarian relations and does not comply with the principles of european policy. a quick glance at historical maps in the viennese ministry of foreign affairs has confirmed initial suspicions, according to which tresley thanielle, the kingdom of hungary, sister exists or on 100 years ago. a political stunt came from team iran to they refused to sing their national anthem before getting thrash 6 to buy england. but i will call them too. we have to accept that the conditions now country are not right or people are not happy. we're here, but it does not mean that we should not be there weiss or we must not respect them . and in general, the atmosphere at the world cup has been rather uncomfortable. fans from israel given an overwhelming public support for palestine in kata. i'm not if i, if you just move on to clean unofficially enough, leon?

oh, mostly. lisa, this is i with the vehicle for the see another motorcycle salesman. it's been less than a week and already the tournament has yielded a very rich harvest of scandal. both sports and politics wise, all to show this year's cup is going to be the one to remember. one notable abscess from the turn of men is the russian national football team. however, despite being missing from the fish, fans have been showing their support. good, good. serbian football fans express their solidarity with russia chanting and displaying the russian and serbian flags together. the move comes after reports of

uruguay and an south korean fans dancing and singing russian patriotic songs. russia was suspended from participation in the 2022 world cup. shortly after the start of the war in ukraine. multiple countries in the african region are set to receive almost $600000000.00 from the e. u to help tackle the food crisis. the funds are dedicated to the most vulnerable states in africa, as well as the caribbean and pacific south africans we spoke to consider the you moved to be a publicity stunt. why is it that for a while now? all for the previous time did not come. i did do it for 2 africans and now that to do health issues, which roacha or you cream and abductors to one in the african continent you what african asians to support them if they do is supposed to bring money all along, then the money was coming and now they're increasing it,

it means they're trying to buy the vote of the africans, africa, much theory from the supporting the you may press and i got drugs done. because the i ripping for about that as well, for most of most of the books are very fluffy, that record for a month with i use, you know, to do much. i don't you could been through and i don't see been like good africans have reasons to be concerned. while millions on the continent struggle with food insecurity, the grain deal fine between russia, ukraine, tortilla and the un was aimed at helping those and greatest need. but of the millions of tons of grant exported from ukraine under the plan, only 15 percent made it to the continent. despite western voices of concern on the african hunger crisis, most grain ended up in develop stays. part of the green deal included, lifting a ban on crucial russian fertilizers to countries and need, which also didn't happen and exacerbated africa, hunger crisis. further,

we spoke to the president of the socialist party of zambia, who says the e u, as capitalizing on the conflict in ukraine balls are trying to get africa support. we're my de problems with the food security. now if you're in you most african countries for a long time, and this is food insecurity, has been caused by them in the me the, i wonder, mind out if what's drugs from security, we have been a dumping ground window surplus is that, that they don't know what to do with the aides, our food security, agriculture systems, they have undermined them or the day issue. we were hungry before the ukraine. me question conflict. how can we not to be hungry during the contract? they have to pigeon that to complete their benefits from the conflict it do via conflict, respected the few 80 needs they shouldn't use of their turn to use africa to secure

the support that wants and to the you and generous him. but i went vision ship with the russian. people have new opinions like that we have, i didn't do the russian people, the russian people have been on our side when we're struggling against him for our independence. and as the region is safe and urgent solution to the food crisis, some have turned to g. a mo cross controversy has a crypt kenya over the government's decision to order a love in tons of genetically modified mays seeds from south africa for next year's planting. season with one of the country's governors demanding the government review its decision. c, g m. o seats are more resistant to pass with the crop, also needing only 3 protective sprays before reaching maturity and set of an average of 12 sprays for non g m. o harvest, the government says it made the move to help stabilize national food security. we

have taken deliberate decision to improve the current di food situation in the country. we have decided to allow the importation of g m o maze into the country until the food situation improves. severe drought and supply chain disruptions are among the main reasons for kenya's lifting of the g m. o man, which was 1st him force back in 2012, but abandoned this year by the new government making kenya the 4th african nation to do so, we talk to an expert in the field who says that not everyone is happy about the government's decision. yeah, actually we really feel disappointed in italy caught us or said because this was not expected when it comes to genetic modification there. some other dicks touch the experts who claim that distinct us if they don't really tell us something else, may type in some way that we may not know and does it. that is why we are really against the introduction. we're allowing of this year more music. so they make it look like mays is the only mill that we need so that the take advantage of that and then bring in the gym. but to have unlawful fits here,

which we have been using and they're very productive. they're very actually nutritious. and that is what we thought it could have been done. they needed to have festival, maybe promoted the fist that we have in here and may be sought for markets. we also have some markets around here. uganda who is only by here. they don't have gym or miss, but they always have supply the can supply to us. does i know can give us miss that is jim jim free. but then unfortunately, they went ahead co allowed their gym to come in when they didn't actually try to find out or, or this alternative will just try to see what would be good for us before they went to that extent. and now on to the 3 day breaks gathering and russia st. petersburg, bringing together business delegations from 50 countries to discuss investment initiatives within the block delegations from bricks. members, states are presenting their business ideas in russia, northern capital. the man session on friday will focus on digital development,

raising urban living standards and rural economic projects. we caught up with the co founder and director of the indian russian cultural society who says burkes cooperation embraces more than just financial matters. here i would like to say the concept of bricks plus municipality fordham. this is a very great initiative. and a great idea because everybody's working on different platform or agenda, which is related to governmental level or in the business facing level bricks group is not a by israel. it is open group, open a flag which equally support and help such concrete. and when we talk about the new world order or the new, most people are like bricks and the brick friendly country is a very important go into this thing. russia, india, china, to please a very important role for making a new market. and at the same time, all such countries, like the certainty of iran, saudi arabia, they have shown their interest to join the big block because they understand that

this is one platform which is not biased. if it's like a neutral block and it, we will get equal opportunity to grow and develop our concrete and help our churches. and also both in therapy and commission has agreed to exclude russian gas from joint procurement contracts, which were set to account for 15 percent as a box gas storage facilities. next year, the move obliges the european commission to find other suppliers that says the country remain divided on whether the price cap on russian oil and port should go ahead, hungry, foreign minister. so the energy price cap is a bad idea. to day we started negotiations on the introduction of a ceiling on gas prices. i can say that these are bad proposals, which also threaten europe's energy security. the ear right now is like a little group of girls and junior high school that thinks they rule the whole town when all they really control is their own schoolyard. and they can't really even

agree on how to do that. we're hearing today from the hungarian foreign minister that the blocks energy ministers could not agree on a natural gas price. ceiling and divisions have also emerged over a russian oil price cap, bulgaria hungry slovakia, the czech republic, estonia, poland, and latvia threatened to veto it for the block. arguing that the cap price will be set so high that is virtually useless to de russian. oil is trading at 77.7 dollars down already from yesterday's $81.00 and that's without any price cap, which the u. s. argued needed to be higher than what you initially wanted in knox to avoid major global oil market disruption. russian, deputy prime minister, alexander novak has said that any customer implementing a cap just won't get oil. we're not planning to supply oil and petroleum products to countries which will apply the price cap. we could instead divert our supplies to market oriented partners or reduce output. the whole idea of

a cap was cooked up in the 1st place between the g 7 and the unelected u commission bureaucrats. and it's supposed to be implemented starting december 5th, which is coming up pretty quick. on that day, b, u is supposed to totally ban russian oil imports and their g 7 allies are supposed to stick to the cap price. but get this. the u. s. treasury has already issued permits, allowing us firms to continue to provide maritime transport of russian oil, including t e u countries like bulgaria, croatia, and other landlocked member states of the you as long as they abide by the price caps. so, so much for all that public height about the u banning russian oil. the idea of course is to deprive russian president vladimir putin of cash. they keep talking like they're hitting him personally. bam. right in the pocket book, which frankly isn't much more ridiculous than the idea of hitting the russian economy when the g 7 and e, you represent just

a fraction of the world market. so what's the west going to do? sanction the rest of the world buying russian oil at market prices. former u. s. secretary, treasury secretary, steve minutia and sounds like he's in awe of the price cap idea. but in the way you would be in awe of someone jumping out of a plane without a parachute. i think it's the most ridiculous idea i've ever heard. a price cap. the market is going to set the price. so if you put sanctions on at higher prices in a way, you're just making the situation worse. in my opinion, the you had already reduced its direct imports by 90 per cent in anticipation of this cap, all while gorging itself on russian fuel like a fat kid who was about to be dragged away from the buffet table. they've imported it through offshore transfers between russian tankers and tankers of other countries. and also they've imported it from other countries that bring in russian oil themselves. and then you know, the authoritarian russian oil co mingled with molecules of oil from other

nationalities in the storage tanks and then gets shipped out to the u. moscow's oil output has been humming along at its highest level since the onset of the ukraine conflict. that's according to western press reports. opec plus member state saudi arabia has pointed out. it's unclear how the cap would actually even work in practice. so looks like another largely symbolic act for the e u and not without huge potential blow back. but who's going to let pragmatic reality yet the way of ideology? apparently not the european commission. president ursula vander line, who sounds like she's already limbering up for virtue signaling. the way an opera singer does scales before a big performance. i'm confident that we will very soon approve a global price cap on russian oil with a g 7 and other major partners. we will not rest until ukraine has prevailed over putin and his unlawful and barbaric war. and washington is only too happy to cheer

her on as the you continues right down this particular garden path to washington's own ultimate economic benefit. as americans wrap up their holiday, the u. s. department of agriculture says the conflict in ukraine is the reason why they're paying more for their thanksgiving dinners. the price of a large, fresh turkey will cost just $0.02 more per pound than last year. in a large, frozen turkey will cost $0.09 more per pound than last year. with the ongoing highly pathogenic avian influence outbreak rushes war on ukraine and drought across the united states. pushing up the price of thanksgiving, staples. according to officials, the conflict has resulted in a critical supply of wheat, corn, barley, and other grain being depleted. joe biden earlier referred to rising food prices as hooton's price hype. however, costs were surging, even before the war. iraq did back in february with inflation beginning to rise almost immediately after bite and took office

a year earlier. many americans are unhappy with the unpleasant thanksgiving surprise, while one farm owner said she was embarrassed to tell people the latest turkey prices. have a very good credit. i'm thinking maybe it's not enough. it was 10 years ago. i tell people some people want to retire very early to get you know, what would be inflation, the thrive, the charges are very high. i don't know how much because my daughter bought it hello time ago, but they're high. well, the prices are even the plot with the prices of a cold. i'm in dallas to tell people, but there's no way around it. well, a lot of people hear the price and even though their customers for many years, they say i can pay that, ann cherokees may not be the only ones receiving a thanksgiving pardon this year. you on last cause promised to extend a general amnesty for ban twitter account after holding an online boat on the issue

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hello and welcome to cross talk. we're all things considered. i'm peter live out at the recent g 20 meeting and bali. the west did all it could with the help of corporate media to isolate russia, all their efforts came to nothing. in fact, the opposite happened. russia was a welcome participant, nato's proxy war in ukraine has united and much of the global south. it's nato, against the world, the cross talking, the global majority, i'm joined by my guess, oper, desires in geneva. he's our youth and author and former un independent expert on international order. in belgrade we have stephen gaiety is a research associate at the at bell grades institute for european studies and a new stumble. we cross the house on now he is professor at the department of political science and international relations at melton university. welcome general and cross girls and a fact that means you can jump in anytime you want. and i always appreciate it. let

me go to you 1st here much been said about the conflict in ukraine, but if you look at the on an international scale, i see a tipping point a pivot as it were going on here. the recent g 20 meeting and bali is a very good indication when western media said the d 20 is united on ukraine, which is absolutely propaganda. it is not true whatsoever. and if you go into the thick description and look at countries wanted to talk about, they wanted to talk about food. they want to talk about energy. they want to talk about trade. they didn't want to talk about ukraine. but the, the, the countries that are in the g 7 that are in the g 20, that's all they want to talk about. this is a huge diversion. going on. go ahead. alfred. well, evade what information war continues on intensifies in the west. i am really surprised, i live here in geneva, switzerland, and our newspapers. the prevent there's an ad and the noise should cycled really.