alexander gucci hasn't rule down the possibility that the west is waiting for the right moment to strike the republic with 50 russian service men, london, moscow after being released from ukrainian captivity. following the latest prisoner swap, we hear the stories 1st. conflict between the democratic republic of the congo under rebel groups may soon end. as east african nations agreed to mediate the rebels withdrawal from occupied areas. the most important thing for us is that we want peace to that our children who 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 of the fee for weld

coping kits are in full swing. we look at how the football tournament has turned into a festival of control with a white headquarters here in moscow to the rest of the world. you're watching aussie international. i'm pizza, scott, and wherever you joining us from. welcome to the program. and we start this hour with the latest from the conflicts in ukraine. moscow kids have conducted another major prisoner swap with some 50 russians. service men released on thursday, and exchange for captured ukrainian troops are soldiers have arrived in moscow for medical treatments and rehabilitation. our correspondence, sophia nunez, sent us this report on the the release russian soldiers will be 1st taken. so a military hospital in moscow for magical and psychological assessment before they can finally return to their homes. the russian defense ministry says that all this 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 said, but 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 $170.00 captured service. man, $65.00 of them from the don units and logan's people's republics being released.

moscow and keith are now in talks to exchange even more prisoners in the near future. and other developments paul outages have been reported across the whole of ukraine with president zalinski saying that every region, how serious problems with electricity supplies in the capital cube authority say that power will only be available for 2 to 3 hours a day. earlier. russia's representative to the un said that moscow's air strikes on ukrainian infrastructure or response to weapons deliveries by western states with the aim beans undermine ukraine's combat capabilities. in of the news, the m 20 rebel group says it has nothing to do with the re wondered d r c sci fi deal that was agreed on thursday. the movers post 1st and said that infant 3 is ready for dialogue, but the congolese government has ruled out direct negotiation with the group. m 23 has seen the document on social media. there was nobody in the summit from m 23. so it doesn't really concern us normally when there is a ceasefire,

it is between the 2 warring sides if tomorrow at 6 pm or in the morning. the government doesn't attack us, we will still be there. otherwise we are defending ourselves. we are always ready for a direct dialogue with the congolese government to resolve the root causes of conflicts . while this comes after the democratic republic of the congo and east african nations have agreed to help jointly finds the infant, the rebel group in the east of the country as the talks in an goal as carpets. oily we got reaction from some congolese people on the ground flew the most important thing is that we want peace between the d r. c and rwanda. rwandans have long lived in the territory of the d r. c. that is why we need peace, only peace and good mutual understanding. there was a guess. it isn't 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 the mechanical republican congo on friday. after enablement was reaching dead deal. ensure s usa

fire ended the immediate withdrawal of the and $23.00 rebels in the upgrade areas. these comes after the kimberly's president mer to we did the honda foreign minister in a move to bring an end to the recent taishan in the eastern v. r. c. though a whole set by their uncle and president in the the cop told lawanda these, these are fire agreement comes after at previous attempt to restore peace. in july haley, the eastern the r c has been play good for nearly 30 year by violins from i'm a group. many of them retired from a word that the blow did the region and in the wake of 1994 wonder jenna seed with the d. r. c, accusing it to neighbor wanda, off a baking the m $23.00. kenya. formally, there has been attempting to immediate in recent weeks, with the hope of that when the president polka got me, who the incorrect,

the military to see so fire and the pullback from captivated territory. on monday, kenya, president william who to healed to talks with the heath congress contain part as a part of in going diplomatic plan to cons. detention uganda will become the 3rd state to send troops. the region after kenya and burundi, it's agreed to deploy forces following april decision by 7 countries of the east african community. yep, touch the rebel group launched a major offensive early this year. seizing several territories, were thousands of people displaced. the d r. c house accused or under of supporting the rebels, which is something it denies. and yet we spoke to you gunned an army spokesperson, who describes how the african troop deployment succeed, whether you and failed, the east african cleaned heads of tips, met in metal. and the gentleman ship was integrated into can yetta and decided

to deploy a and he's tough, who can division force who's him? and it would be to this the foot in the negative foot in india, c. d. and has been going with a $960.00 to leaders, it only the most expensive mission in human history. but then fighting swing by being killed. while some ugandans gave us their opinion on the collective fight against m. 23. so any time, think about shed solutions to common problems. i personally, i believe in what we quote unity and togetherness integration as is stuff frequent . 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 quinn, voice, africa is not that piece. and if he stuff you guys know that piece. even then

basement, at least. yeah. when days giving a hoping hon to cornwell was people coming that day. you in, i mean, taking the, it's like you in a, me taking the goods of the people, of course go. so you gotta coming up lake club being gay, me back. you're gonna say it's like giving hoping time on for some sports to use now the captain of the belgian football team has condemned. the germans seems protest against the ban on l. g beats. he all buns calling on them to focus on football and not politics. they would have done better not to do it and to when we are here to play football, i am not here to send a political message. people are better placed for that. we want to be focused on football. awe it's egan has done of reports on the controversies. this have my it the world's biggest football event. the fee for world cup has the reputation for

bringing a sporting spectacle to the fans every 4 years. the one that's kicked off and carto 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 off to beating the world's top 3 argentina. and the devastation of the messy devotees could only be managed 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 t writes that alone caused a storm and the western 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 band captains from wearing l g b t, color dom bounds. the stunned didn't do anything for them on the field though, as the game turns into a major upset for the european favorites and other clothing item that drove the spotlight away from sports was the scarf of the hungry and didn't see feel as 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 cease to exist 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 god, welcome to what we have to accept that the conditions in our country are not right . our people are not happy. we are here, but it does not mean that we should not be their voice, or we must not respect them. hurricanes, men did not evade controversy either. well, helena,

anyone was we also could have asked just as english reporters did cara's wire. the head coach of the country that killed innocent people in afghanistan and iraq regarding discontent towards the queen's funeral costs in winter expenses. 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 met his eye and he just mclean unofficially and oh, buffy slavery, cecily, the city i live every call from the see. another boy salesman is being 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. well, one notable absence from the tournaments is the russian national team. however,

despite be missing from the pitch funds have still be showing the support a. so being football funds expressed a darcy with russia chanting and displaying the russian and serbian flights together. this wasn't the only voice of russia tournaments either. here you can see footage of uruguayan funds, dancing and singing to russian. hey to i think songs russia was banned from participating in the world. shortly after the start of the war, ukraine. the president of kenya and uganda are heading to south korea and vietnam on separate trips to strengthen trade on business ties with both africa and asia resident route. so arrived in sole south

korea earlier on tuesday is trip focuses on boosting trade relations, as well as investment opportunities in the energy and technology sectors. i was the 1st official visit to the country by a kenyan head of state since way back in 1990 was the vini becomes the 1st ugandan leader to make an official trip to vietnam, takes place as the 2 countries are set to mark the 50th anniversary of that diplomatic ties. last week, the tanzanian president visited china where the country's debt of 13000000 was cancelled by beijing. also a new bilateral donna singapore. projects was established to boost trade opportunities between the 2 countries with an integrated financial ecosystem, a space to strengthen asia, africa relations for everything else. and you know, we spoke to can syria commissioning editor arts bird story agency. you heard, i said the importance of boosting asia african relations. i think this is very

critical. that is a very important creeps. at least african leaders are made to the issue to sol, south korea, and respectfully, but from 70 being in vietnam. and toll being in solar, it's important to mark that to remember that a little, probably the 1st time i can in president, you know, just panel such as going back to south korea. and this is important because east africa, the to east africa leaders and the 3 pleased african country, the original block in east africa to the market of about 315000000 people is looking for new trading. come business and technology from tears as it may the means to position itself for any comic development. and it's important to know that this 2 countries are not as so what you call the ation day. that the 2

countries this us can region officially can. and you can, and then you have had a lot of partnerships with the big boy in issue that his chain ups. and while it brought what he called in for structural kind of development, the union follow older not walked, especially for africa. moving on now the u. s says sanctioned 3 iranian security officials full talk, the protest in the countries kurdish majority areas of something that sarah has justified. so i think national security concerns. this comes as washington denounced iran earlier for attacking the territorial integrity of neighboring iraq by striking codes in the country. iran's violations of iraqi territorial integrity continue with little attacks carried out against the iraqi kurdistan region from november 20th through 22nd. the united states strongly condemns these repeated and

brazen violations and calls on you ran to refrain from further threats and violence . i ran says it targets a terrorist groups in iraqi kurdistan, accusing them of crossing the border to support domestic extremists seeking to secede from. to run with washington support, and the u. s. has expressed concerns about the military intervention as despite his own at 2003 invasion of the country without a un mandate. and iraq isn't the only country that felt the consequences of u. s. military involvement in an exclusive interview with arte, the russian presidential special envoy to syria, so that us forces are the main destabilizing facts in the country. are sanctions only so to exacerbate already difficult humanitarian situation. there were no but the younger but his early. but as the we have constantly called and continue to call in the united states to withdraw its contingent, it has a d,

stabilizing effect on the situation in southern syria, in the central regions with the presence of on groups are controlled by the united states. trained there is you for says birth of activities against the syrian security forces. this is the main de stabilizing factor in the country. we believe that if an agreement could be reached on the withdraw the americans from the base and the transfer of the syrian iraqi and the syrian jordanian borders under the control of syrian border guards. this would significantly affect the level of security in the region, helped to establish a peaceful life, develop socio economic programs and which is on the population will react positively. the rest of the ssl unilateral sanctions are having a trudy devastating effect on the syrian economy. and on the lives of ordinary citizens, we are in favor of the complete lifting of these sanctions against syria. this would greatly improve the humanitarian situation. oh,

by the law, ernest issue, if we see the efforts of the west to undermine the situation, to destabilize it, it is presented in a way that places a blame on the russian federation. we will try to counteract these attempts as well . but so one of our top stories this i wanna is of course, the agreements between the d r c. andrew wonder without the petition of the participation. so those m. 23 rebels. let's go live now to michael. she bind group little analyst from lesson to discuss that situation and those developments, michael. good afternoon sir. thank you for joining us now. the fest for what do you make of this statement by the m 23 group? do you think it's possible to resolve the conflict without their participation in talks? well, it depends on how we look at things. for example, many people believe that the antenna is just wonder hiding. so the hands,

if we depend very much on rhonda ronda has an average of over the m 20 free. she to run the truest exercise that leverage. we could have the die could the results. so you may depend on the rule that one that will play because at the moment. and so if we pretend that it has no link with random issued to be engaging in that it was the government. the fact that the, if he wasn't there means particularly concerned or having to agree to anything because they were not invited, i think is a way of putting pressure on the government to some things. well as, as you've just said, some, do you believe that the funds 3 will not leave these occupied territories without significant pressure? from rwanda? do you think that rwanda will apply the pressure at the moment, yvonne that is not to begin to do that, but we are seeing that the pressure is increasing. we're running within the radius in the united states. it's definitely accordingly on rounding stuff,

supporting the m 23. and there are other countries that can change the pressure run the into, into stopping in support. that that will be very crucial. so it depends on the level of pressure be the most efficient, the higher run that would put pressure on them to defeat. this was the case in 2012 . when the rebellion they'd be the entropy again to over. you'll see obviously rhonda has denied any links with m 23 and supporting them. but just by those talks again, they're under president. he did not attend the summits and he sent these foreign minister instead. do you think we can read anything? and so that was a snob avenue. so i really thought that in itself is a lot to know that for this time there was another summit between d. c and the in wonder. and afterwards, nothing happened just by default that the, the issue statement calling for sci fi,

and we go after with nothing happens. and now we think nice. and i think that the fact that code that got me chose not to go it's in, it's tough, a message that he has time, which means deeper, more skeptical about what we have to do, things that we're going to see in the frozen conflicts on the african continent or are there any regions to be more optimistic about this recent agreement? unfortunately, i don't think that the reason to be optimistic given that this is not the 1st time that the 223 has taken weapon against the company of government. and this is not the 1st time that hence states in east africa, you have issues statement calling for immediacy, and we, for a fortunately, assa doors, nothing has happened. and even when they come to agreement, so they have to dial a negotiation, they find an agreement afterwards. coffee, they will free up again. so unfortunately, at the moment time, i'm not particularly video music about what will happen when i guess those sources

answers my, my next question the, the un reportedly encourage some of the hundreds of thousands of people displaced by the conflicts return within 7 days. do you think that's unlikely, given the current situation on least and so people know that the hostilities of ceased, that's a little people thing that goes live inventor, as, as long as they still venue, i don't think that we are very keen to return. it is time the sci fi is not yet effective. so people who want to see whether this time to see if i would like to hope because it has happened in your pathway to see fund, but on the ground fighting continue. if anything would seem to him to gain more ground for more people to flee. so i think that people will wait until that would be your safety. thank you saved his time and we'll see we'll have to wait to see the results of that cease fire. my coat sheets on political unless during his life semester in the united kingdom. thank you very much for your thoughts today. thank you. stan in africa,

him by way has reached an agreement with the u. k. for the return of historic schools that was stolen by the british trophies during the colonial era. documents have service confirming the executions of zimbabwe and freedom fighters with the schools taken to the u. k. as in bobby and governments has long sought the return of the remains from britain's natural history museum, a particular interest all the bones of a revered zimbabwe resistance leader regarded as a national hero in the country, local report to mary one day or as more than bob way is preparing for the return of worry as co, that we're picking their stuff is during deliberations struggle against the british colonial rule and development that has led the whole country into jubilation. behind me is the take off, as in bob with famous liberation war hero known as we are, the honda was remains are also believed to have been taken by the british and are

set to be returned back to the country with the remaining calls these our heroes we can he, he'd be here after independence when we have the remains of hornet, nor heroes remaining outside the country. we want them brought home and given a distant area, because already we know that there they are 11 remains or for additional heroes that is now been identified. we're not bade name, but the fact that they are offering bobby in origin there in the u. k. this is something very dear to the people that live with it. keeps us reminded that we once comrade, bay dwight sefner resume and in the fact that we are not independent here without those remains. the next us appear like we haven't committed to hodgen

or form as in barbie and president, robert mcgarvey once described the taking of the schools as a racist moral decadence and human incense insensitivity professor of history are a tougher to are not. ma hosso says that the theft on the remains was a symbol of spiritual captivity. in, in contrast to that, our only does our own a kings and queens as uses so forth. especially those who objected to the of your patient when they were captured. the remains where they take him and he locked up in british museums to represent what i call a triple a. triple kevin, typically typically of the african people. you are captured in terms of your land, a, your space. they're also captured, in terms of for a, the whole or parish into the economy. it is now in economy and a british south africa company in spiritually they're also captured because the remains of your ancestors are now locked out in british museum. so i call it

a, the aim was to achieve that people kept to be 2 of the african people in this movement, no free pat creation is also trying to reverse that, that, that triple captivity. that it we are not free when ah, the found us of this lead? ah, a ancestors of this land. ah, there remains. i looked up in british museums in the country. we had that church, dear, which is the spiritual institution of the, of the british. i is headed by the monarchy and abbernackey has always been the address of the queen t was. it consisted of the monarchy from pick then to now it near hand was executed or after a declaration, which is would you be as that with the queen's establish at that time?

it was it, it was the queen victoria. that's all for now. do you feel free to check out our website for all the latest news and updates? i mean, so i'll see you right back here at the top of the hour. thanks for watching. ah, a wrong one. i'll just don't hold any new world. yes. to shape out disdain becomes the african and engagement equals the trail. when so many find themselves worlds apart, we choose to look so common ground. with

the the news. hello and welcome to cross talk. we're all things considered. i'm peter lavelle at the recent g. 20 meeting and bali. the west did all what could with the help of corporate media to isolate russia all their efforts came to nothing. in fact, the office it happened, russia was a welcome participant nato's proxy war in ukraine as 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. he's an 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 mel tip university. welcome, gentlemen, cross groves and effect. 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 wanna talk about energy. they want to talk.