a has any bigger selection. so this is christian that i can open up that were still a when are you with a ukraine targets residential areas in the lou gone 3 gin with us supplied. hi, marsh rocket launchers, killing 3 civilians, and leaving 5 wounded and to the stories that shaped the week. ah, goodness, move to point jenny term to be ukranian forces to cross before instead of surrounding all of us as fighting continues in the don bass. our correspondence follows russian troops on the front line battling for key positions in the region.

the head of the world bank and other economic experts praise the indian economy performance during global turbulence, forecasting that the world's top firms will double down on investments into the country. the africa leader summit wraps up in washington with america's top diplomat, bringing up the west colonial path to criticize russia. ah, hello for martine or national studios in moscow, and to wherever you may be. watching. welcome to the weekly this hour in this week's top news stories worldwide. i'm farrell isabel, but 1st to the don bass region, which has again come under ukrainian shelling the latest strike on the loo, gone. square public killed 3 civilians. ukrainian forces fired 3 missiles from us, supplied high marked rocket launchers. at the town of sha state, local officials,

reports civilian buildings were destroyed in the attack. 5 civilians were also wounded in the strike. this comes after heavy shelling struck the don. yes, republic on saturday. local authorities say a number of grad missiles were fired at a residential area by the ukrainian army artes arabic language channel. heard from some don. yes, locals about life in the line of fire. one of the rockets found my yard with the whole house is cracked. the windows have been blown out with record. my neighbors house has suffered more damage. i shall, i think they need to be destroyed as quickly as possible. this has been going on for 8 years. the road these has crossed all lines already on union show, and when you my opinion, they are impenitent. they say the rights hecta southern in the military, but is the same thing. they all the same thus have ages. meanwhile,

the russian defense ministry says its forces destroyed a ukrainian weapons depot, taking out a number of rocket launcher systems that carried out attacks on don yeske. several ukrainian assaults have been also repelled in the logan's republic. r t corresponded eager. sean of follows. russian troops on the front lines as a battle for key positions in the region. in these woods, just outside crim and naya, danger lurks around every tree. what used to be one of ukraine's national parks is now one of the most heavily contested swathes of land and the dawn bass. i need me to put on there for the ukrainian forces, cross the river, and their mobile units shell, our checkpoints. our intelligence identified some of their strongholds here. their main tactic is to attack, so they mostly work in mobile groups. artillery is useless here. walking single file, we follow the only pass deemed safe towards rushes. positions with

our guide leads us to what looks like a long abandoned hut, but the 1st impression of desolation is deceiving. inside. we meet russian soldiers from the mortar, battery hidden in the thicket. not far from here. this is our battalions command. an observation point that we gather all the information about the targets in our battalions frontline, we decide what targets to attack with our mortars. i mm i don't

globally, this move is to quench any attempts of the ukrainian forces to cross the forest that is surrounding all of us. ah, what you see here is the equivalent of close quarter combat in the world of artillery. this mortar team is only about 2, maybe 4 kilometers away from their targets. bigger guns and tanks provide extra fire power from further away to. right now, the woodland here is in the grey zone. and whichever side concedes the ambition to take it will have to give up neighboring villages and towns to suffering a painful tactical defeat. i mike is donna reporting from the dawn bus r t 2 people including the police chief sustain injuries

and an explosion at the polish police headquarters in warsaw. on thursday reports they, the blast was caused by a grenade launcher, that was gifted to the country's police chief by ukraine arches. rachel marson has more details. well, it's that time of year again when everyone's ripping open holiday gifts and is either genuinely thrilled with what they get or they're putting on their best acting performance to pretend that they are out of politeness. just imagine the absolute worst gifts that you could get. this here may be an ugly christmas sweater or ugly socks, or a self help book. that leaves you wondering if maybe people think you have problems that he fixing, or perhaps the world's cheapest drug store chocolate. now, however, bad, all of those might be, at least they didn't blow up right in your face and send you to the hospital with minor injuries like the gift that some officials in cave,

reportedly gave to the commander in chief of poland. warsaw police euros. love syndic. now why would a gift explode? well, because it just happened to be a grenade launcher, according to the polish press. quite the novelty gift, certainly beat, so would be cushion i. yes. now the chief had been in ukraine earlier this month, according to poland interior ministry, where he quote met with heads of the ukrainian police and emergency situation service and received some gifts. one of which exploded um exploding gifts are something that you wouldn't even expect from a crazy acts may be from i says, or she'll be uno bomber, but not from the officials of a country that you're bending over backwards to help. as is the case of poland amid the conflict in ukraine. so warsaw has now asked ukraine to clarify what happened.

usually when something is sent to a police station that then blows up on the police chief. it doesn't usually just result in the cox politely asking for an explanation. what's even weirder is that poland zet radio is reporting that the grenade launcher had arrived from you reign to neighboring poland by train. so where are the customs and border checks there? and how does something like that get off the train in poland, in the border town of sham shall and then make it all the way to the warsaw police headquarters over 400 kilometers away without any one clue in? says the european union not have any borders any more between itself and ukraine, or at least not poland. what is this santa's magical train that just sales right across the european border, right into another country with

a grenade launcher for chief hero slot, who's been a good boy all year? it has to make you wonder what else is being sent through to europe by train, from ukraine under the radar. it's not like the west has been able to reliably keep track of where all the weapons that it's sending to achieve, ultimately, and up. and the incident certainly will to anything to reassure those who worry that they could very well end up spilling into europe. 2 days after the incident in emerge, the u. k. prime minister reportedly ordered an audit of the country's armed supplies to ukraine. the move is said to have sparked fears that richie sooner could slash military aid to cab, which has already surpassed 2000000000 pounds this year. b audit will reportedly provide clarity on how exactly british weapons have been used by ukraine's army. british military official stressed that the coming months are crucial to winning

the battle on the ground. this comes amid waiting support for the proxy war and some european states and germany opposition. politicians are urging berlin to stop sending arms to cab and accusing the lensky of trying to drag other countries into the conflicts. fed inside zalinski state. zalinski does not defend western values. he is corrupt and his band opposition parties and media in ukraine. he is responsible for war crimes, shut the door on peace negotiations with russia at the legislative level and has allowed those accused of cooperate him of russia to be tortured and killed. sellers, zalinski carries out terrorist actions and tries to draw more and more western countries and to his war fruit, targeted provocations. the medium gloves. meanwhile, ukraine's president has reportedly been denied a speech ad sunday's world cup final. cnn says fifo turned down vladimir, the lens is request to have his statement televised ahead of the kick off and

guitar. ralph t ne meyer, chairman of the german council for constitution and sovereignty said many germans are tired of the ukrainian conflict and no longer wants to bear the burden for its consequences. definitely ukraine fatigue and our country in germany because people can't hear it anymore and they don't want to continue to be told that they have to suffer in order to help you crane. i see coming to an end as a conflict that is already a proxy was or was, has been the prophecy war between the united states of america and russia, as well as china. mr. fox criticized a ron for sending drones to russia to use them. this conflict and he said iran has become a party in this conflict by that. no. what is the difference when we sell tanks? we all talk into conflict. and of course,

our constitutional saying that whoever's doing so well drawing the german people into a war is a subject to a penalty of at least 10 years of life. so mr. johnson varies and ice sending. want to be wandering all along. don't do it. not only for the sake of a gas or oil, no, we also don't want to one day find ourselves. i'm seated again like in 1945 for the major powers come to use of our house. while mass protests on the streets of moldova, in recent months, the government's decision to suspend 6 local russian language tv channels has been met with anger. officials claim the media outlets were closed due to the threat of pro russian views being broadcast across moldova, as well as inappropriate coverage of the ukrainian conflict. one local journalists

was even blocked on facebook after describing her frustration at that decision in a post. here's how he responded to the media ban. camecia, but she was a veteran and they said to us in the emergency situations, commission husband, the broadcasting of 6 channels in the republic of moldova, i consider this to be lawlessness. it's pure dictatorship in our country. and yeah, unfortunately this is happening to day when the republic is fighting for development in democracy. this has all been trampled by all government the sub will to florida. although as parliament is also mulling over a bill aimed at leave, limiting the country, soviet era legacy as lawmakers seek to rename the nation's official language from 11 to romanian. many pro western politicians have been pushing for the move since moldova declared independence from the u. s. s r in 1991. this comes in made ongoing protests against president maya, sand do, and her government handling of the countries the economy. merchants have been

organized by the main opposition figure and owner of the band channels. demonstrators wanted their country to weekend off backing western sanctions against moscow, which have already led to spiraling inflation and an energy crisis. the country's economy minister, however, doesn't seem keen on addressing citizens concerns over the academy preferring to focus on the latest media ban. another journalist whose channel faces the ban says the government has crossed a red line. it's a good thing is lawana in simple words. what happens is what we feel the most and hoped until the last that it would not happen. because there are certain red lines that no one has ever crossed, no matter what regime is in power in the old over. it seems to me that whether a tv channel works well or not should always be decided by the audience. the fact that these channels had not covered the agenda, the way the resume would like to be heard story, but what about freedom of speech?

what about european democratic norms? what about the very pluralism of opinions they talked about during the election campaign? we all remember how the current leaders recently spoken russians during their election campaigns and the fact that they are now in power suggested the russian speaking population of mold don't believe them. in response to the controversy, the russian foreign ministry called the ban a crackdown on free speech. we can see that these been an unprecedented actress, political censorship, an outrage against the principle of media pluralism, and the gross violation of the right to freedom, access to information, to which the political leadership of the republic regularly declared its commitment . in light of them, president consequences of its implementation for the russian speaking part of the country's population were also qualify it as a cynical infringement of the rights of nation. and minorities would demand international gonzales to give an adequate assessment of what happens and take all

appropriate measures to correct decent acceptable situation. another moldova journalist told us that anti russian views are being promoted by a group of members of the mold in government and their western patrons. what you normally do, you the would a lot of moldova, nes, are just satisfied with the position of the thoughtless, many even despised president my a sand, his party, even those who voted for her will not really supporting her what were only against the former leaders of the country many now do not consider her a legitimate presence, but now she and her party have completely reserved power. there is no opposition and we'll go over. people come out to protest, but the movement is dis united, which is very convenient for the government. rissa phobia does not exist in our country. everything they say about it is not true. for example, what the government of my a santa does in relation to the russian speaking population is only her opinion and decision. it does not express the opinion of the entire moldova people. it

expresses only the opinion of a handful of bosses who have now seized power in the country, and those who led them to power. i mean, 1st and foremost, the u. s. and the european union, and most moldova ones still love russia and hope that the situation will change. your mother isn't the only country tightening screws on media free dance in a new round of sanctions. the e u is freezing, artes european assets. brussels is seizing assets belonging to ortiz, parent company are no tv, nova city in europe, as well as sanctioning a number of other russian channels. all of this in an effort to silence russia by leaving outlets without the means to operate financially. the move comes as part of a new round of anti rush and sanctions agreed by european council, as well as media resources. they are set to target russia's military industrial complex by expanding the export ban on technologies for the aerospace industry,

including aircraft engines and spare parts for growth. the e. u will also ban any new investments in the russian energy sector and fries the assets of 2 russian banks. the 9th package of e u sanctions on russia follows multiple similar moves though their effect has been questioned. the former austrian vice chancellor says the e u is shooting itself in the foot with their restrictions. and we been through a lot lately, which survived the sanctions policy that misled us under the pretext that the sanctions policy would bring russia to its knees. the russians have doubled their business. there was no question of bringing russia to its knees. it's all on the country. we say her austria, homes itself and how europe homes itself, where we ourselves actually suffered more from the sanctions. and we see rising prices for electricity and gas for food in europe. more more people will suffer

from this in a comment to r t auster is ex, vice chancellor said europe is bearing the burden for anti russian sanctions. i don't 6070 still believe of sanctions or form of self harm against one's own population. today we are experiencing dramatic shortages in the raw materials sector in the gas sector in the electricity sector in the energy sector in general . but also price explosions, which of course affect industry the economy and above all the citizens and the people of this country who have to experience massive price increases. in some cases, households are experiencing a 6 fold increase in prices. people are really severely burdened and struggling with poverty. many companies are on the verge of closing down, which is accompanied by rising unemployment. that means, of course, massive insecurity for the population. this development has had the effect that we have to fear that inflation will continue to rise dramatically until at least march next year. but also there are a number of insolvency,

some bankruptcies that will continue to rise due to the sanctions we are doing without russian gas, cheap, russian gas in which a lot has been invested. and now we're seeing that of course, due to the sanctions policy that is being implemented in the interests of nato and the e u. we are suddenly supposed to switch to american fraction gas, which is very expensive. so all these developments are, i think not entirely well thought out. i miss the past piece initiatives on the part of the european union. unfortunately, i do not see any european political leaders who want to approach the negotiating table and called for a peaceful resolution. and russian president vladimir putin has how they call with his any encounter partner and a modi to discuss bilateral agreements including trade and energy cooperation that comes days after the russian foreign ministry called reports that moti refused to me putting a quote, simple misunderstanding. meanwhile,

india's retail inflation rate has dropped to an 11 month low and the country's prime minister doesn't want to stop there, urging tax specialists to ensure the 4th industrial revolution doesn't leave the country behind. ortiz room during sharma has more. oh, isn't, does economy managed to do well amidst that to buy global prices with a read all the nations here with a detailed analysis of india's growth trajectory and how rigorous experts analytics and agencies are praising in there for being successful. and it's a global economic turmoil. let's start with the world bank, which recently said that the indian economy is not only better place to handle global headwinds than it's emerging. market count barks but lifted up in deals g d p growth for the current fiscal year to 6.9 percent, slightly higher than the 6.5 percent. it projected for the year at the end of

september, india's economy has been remarkably resilient to the deteriorating external environment and strong macro economic fundamentals which have placed it in good stirred compared to other emerging market economies. while the world bank bumps up india's growth projection, it also dropped in dallas october inflation to 6.77 percent from 7.41 percent in the preceding month, mainly due to easing prizes in the food basket. the world bank forecasts inflation in india to keep declining next year to 5 point one percent. but it's not the world bank alone praising india's economic development as and be global as well as morgan stanley. i recently show their forecasts on in the else economic future and it looks bright. india has the conditions in place for an economic boom field by offshoring investment and manufacturing energy transition and the countries

advanced digital infrastructure. these drivers will make india the world's 3rd largest economy in stock market before the end of the decade. meanwhile, in the else prime minister, larry the more the recently said, the country canada for to miss the 4th thing is to a revolution ago. when the 1st industrial revolution came, india could not take benefit from it. we lagged behind in the 2nd and 3rd industrial revolution, but to day, when it's time for the 4th industrial revolution, india cannot miss it. a long term vision is pivotal for stable growth and development. india cannot miss the 4th industrial revolution opportunity won't come again. no. despite the current economic unrest in the world, india has managed to become a safe haven for multi nationals according to analysis by the economic times, nearly a dozen multi nationals such as nestle, pepsico, coca cola,

l'oreal and others are doubling down on india with higher investments. increase spending and selective hiring in their annual operating plans for next year. having identified it as amongst the few markets that are growing economic growth opportunities, a huge. we're adding newer investment categories and incrementally increasing spending. as we make our plans for the next year. we have identified that this is the decade of india, and that's not all yet, according to goldman sachs, india is about to overtake the u. s. economically by 2075, and by 2015, india is expected to be in the walls top 3 economies. as the global economy currently isn't titles, all eyes are on india. luncheon sharma artie new delhi washington has wrapped up its 1st submit with african leaders in 8 years despite the event

officially being focused on addressing issues affecting africa. washington insisted on bringing russia into the equation. it's very powerful because you hear countries that are, we're here in washington this week. gonna kenya. so many others that have been the victims of imperialism in the past. and who see that now happening to ukraine by russia. during the 3 day summit, the u. s. declared the importance of africa in solving global problems in a bed to compete with africa's other partners. china and russia. washington has already signed deals worth $15000000000.00 and voice support for the african unions bid for g 20 membership. the u. s. secretary of defense also try to accuse russia and china of these stabilizing activities in africa. beijing responded by urging washington to stop using africa as an arena for power games.

however, not all african countries were allowed to attend the u. s. hosted summit guinea sudan, every 3 a molly and burkina faso didn't receive an invitation either because they've been suspended from the african union or because they lack diplomatic ties with the u. s . we spoke to a number of people from those countries who shared their opinions about us intentions and africa. working a lot of it, france in the usa, a rejected in africa. it's due to their politics. this initiative is a way to preserve their image in africa, all wishes to have a trusted partner, who is honest to bring good ideas in the right equipment to help us to fight this phenomenon on our territory. monday afternoon. oh, it's an opportunity for joe biden to bring the us back to their former position in africa because united states of america are trying to take advantage. it was going to, this is for a long time,

we've been under the leadership of europeans. it's them who colonized us and they all of the origin of all these things. i believe the u. s. is targeting europe's place in africa even for john kerry, aka a host of our tastes. a whistleblower says the u. s. had another reason for not inviting those countries to the summit, even when the new governments of these countries have pledged a return to democracy and have in some cases scheduled democratic elections that still wasn't good enough for the united states. and so these 5 countries weren't invited, and i'll add that these 5 countries are 5 that in which the united states can't make any money right now, russia is very popular in africa. china, china is very popular in africa, and the western countries are not. there not because they ignored the needs of the child of the african people and the african governments for many, many years. the u. s. presence is literally a one of,

of war. the only real us presence in any of these countries is a paramilitary force. look at molly, for example, or mauritania, or any of the other of this a hell countries needs year. we only know by accident because of a leak, that the united states has a military presence there. a military presence that has not been approved by congress, whose job it is just to, to kill people. and to try to keep these host governments in, in power the moroccan team last to croatia, 2 to one and it's 1st, 3rd place, finish in the world cup ending the teams historic run in the competition. morocco's impressive right in the world cup came to an end in an entertaining match that ended $2.00 to $1.00 in favor of croatia. all eyes were on the mirage in team as a battle for 3rd place. after achieving the historic feet of being the 1st african

team to reach the world cups on my finals, moroccan football fans previously brought chaos to european streets though their last 3rd place finish saw fans relatively quiet post game with no violence reported . o pensions were particularly high in paris, where morocco fans reportedly set off fireworks into crowds of french fans. city officials called on more than $5000.00 police officers expecting violence, regardless of which he won the match. police reportedly arrested 40 armed individuals headed to sean cindy. they to take part in the violet clashes, claiming some had ties to far right groups. ah van

clash fell over franz was centuries old, colonial tensions bringing out the worst of both sides. authorities from montpelier confirmed a 14 year old moroccan boy was killed after being hit by a driver fleeing a crowd of rival fans. ah . and in brussels, police were forced to use tear gas and water cannons, to disperse crowds of moroccan fans who had been shooting fireworks at officers and starting fires in the streets. any one sporting a french flag was apparently a target and those were the hour and the week's top new stories for more up to the minute coverage. head over to r t dot com. thanks for tuning and we'll see you again next hour. ah .