i love it with brain targets, a residential area in the loop gone region with us supplied hi mark, rocket launchers, killing 3 civilians, and leaving 5 wounded blood to the stories that shaped the week with forces to cross before is that it's 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 phrase the indian economy performance during global turbulence, forecasting that the world's top firms will double down on investment in the country. the africa leader saw that wraps up in washington with america's top diplomat, bringing up the west colonial pads to criticize russia. ah, hello, and good morning for martine or national studios in moscow, from wherever you may be watching. welcome to the weekly bringing you the hour and weeks top news stories worldwide. i'm carol isabel. but 1st to the don bass, which has again come under ukrainian shelling the latest strikes on the la guns republic killed 3 civilians. ukrainian forces fired 3 missiles from us supplies high mars rocket launchers at the town of chest. a local officials report civilian

buildings were destroyed and 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. we heard from some don, yes, locals about life in the line of fire. that one of the rockets phone my yard with the whole house is correct. the windows have been blown out with record. my neighbors house has suffered more damage. i just, i think they need to be destroyed as quickly as possible. this has been going on for 8 years ago. these has crossed all lights already on union show. and when you, martha ya impenitent, they say the rights hecta saw than 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 login's republic. r t corresponded eager stano follows russian troops on the front lines as they 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. 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 path deemed safe towards russia's positions. 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 and observation point. we gather all the information about the targets in our battalions. frontline, we decide what targets to attack with our mortars. oh mm. with globally this meet is to quench any attempts of the ukrainian forces to cross the forest that is surrounding all of us.

oh, what you see here is the equivalence of close quarter combat in the world of artillery. this mortar team is only about 2 may be 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 maker's done of reporting from the dong bass. r t. the ukrainian conflict is affecting even those who are not directly involved in poland to people including a police commander, sustained injuries and an explosion at the police headquarters in warsaw on

thursday. reports say the blast was caused by a grenade launcher, gifted to the country's police chief by ukraine. archie rachel mars than has more details. well 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 year, maybe 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's 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 yarrow slugs 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 guess. 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 ice 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 you 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 heroes law, 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. the russian foreign ministry has called them all dull, then government's decision to ban sakes opposition, russian language, tv channels, a crackdown on free speech. we can see that this been an unprecedented actress, political censorship, an outrage against the principle of media pluralism. and the gross violation of the right to freedom and access to information to which the political leadership of the republic regularly declares its commitment. in light of the unprecedented consequences of its implementation for the russian speaking part of the country's population. we also qualify it as a cynical infringement of the rights of nation in minorities. we demand

international gonna say sions to give an adequate assessment of what happens and take all appropriate measures to correct decent acceptable situation. officials claim the media outlets were closed due to the threat of pro russian b was being broadcast across moldova, as well as inappropriate coverage. of the ukranian conflict, one local journalist was even blocked on facebook after describing her frustration at the decision in a post. here's how she responded to the media ban. i miss you, but she does return. they should, let's say 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 mobile, moldova, parliament is also mulling over a bill aimed at limiting the countries. so ria era legacy as lawmakers seek to

rename the nation's official language for moldova, and to romanian. many pro western politicians have been pushing for the move ever since moldova declared independence from the u. s. sr in 1991. this comes amid ongoing protests against president maya sand do. and her government's handling of the country's economy. marches had been organized by the main opposition figure and owner of the ban channels. demonstrators want their country just to stop backing western sanctions against moscow, which i've already led to spiraling inflation and an energy crisis. another journalist who's channel faces a ban says the government has crossed a red line. you said what is trusting is lawana in simple words. what happens is we're we're feared 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 moldova, it seems to me that whether it's if

e 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 regime would like to be heard. sorry, by one above freedom of speech. what about european democratic norms? what about the very pluralism of opinions that they talked about during the election campaign that we all remember how the current leaders recently spoke in russian during their election campaigns. and the fact that they are now in power suggested the russian speaking population of moldova, believe them, i see now to attentions in the balkans, serbia has asked nato peacekeepers to allow the country to dispatch up to 1000 police and military personnel to kosovo and made mass demonstrations which are wrapped in belgrade on friday, demonstrators in the serbian capital, burns separatist flags and denounced western backing of the territory. tensions erupted when ethnics served demonstrators barricaded streets to prevent the

transfer of a serbian inmate to the country's capital. here's what serbians had to say. little persecution of the serbian population is taking place in kosovo. people are being arrested for defending their homeland to that of the serbian army should go there in the whole nation once the mer to say can no longer endure the terror and cost of those me travicia. so i came to support our brothers in kosovo, who are now going through a difficult period. lee, my family is there and no one knows who will be arrested. who will be taken to preach tina and tara's building a serbian representative has accused the pristina government of seizing power in the majority serb area of metro vida, hours after officials for himself proclaimed kosovo, applied for e. u. membership belgrade condemned the move and urged brussels to block it. the russian ambassador to serbia said co suppose e membership bed was apparently sanctioned by brussels in advance. new

machines, not all members of the european union recognized kosovo as an independent state. that means that you, you does not have a unified position and cannot achieve overall consensus when it comes to this issue . however, if we take any country in the balkans as an example, even the process of submitting the application for you membership and a public declaration of such intentions is always agreed at the very political top of the you in brussels. this is not something that is done by the balkan states themselves, like other candidates for you membership. but in this case, the european union does not allow any kind of independence. that is why we should not exclude the possibility, but rather we should actually assume that some kind of agreement was already in place beforehand. brussels has not objected to this and pristine air received permission to publicly formulate such a request to go. and russian president vladimir putin held a call with his indian counterpart moran der mody, to discuss bilateral agreements including trade and energy cooperation. that comes

days after the russian foreign ministry called reports that moti refused to meet with putting a quote, simple misunderstanding. meanwhile, india's retail inflation rate has dropped to an 11 month low and that countries prime minister doesn't want to stop there, urging tax specialists to ensure the 4th industrial revolution doesn't leave the country behind our cheese room. june sharma has more details. all was in the us 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 pleased to handle

global head winds than it's emerging market counter 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 stead 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 some be global, as well as morgan stanley. how recently showed their forecasts on in the of

economic future and it looks fright. 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 us prime minister, larry the more the recently said, the country can not afford 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 new or 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 wolf 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. i met with african leaders in 8 years, and 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 as 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 in china, of destabilizing activities and 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 arethia molly and burkina faso didn't receive an invitation either because they've been suspended from the african union or because they lacked up low matic ties. with the u. s. we spoke to a number of people from those countries who shared their opinions about us intentions in africa. with the law firm, if france and the usa rejected in africa, it's due to their politics. this initiative is a way to preserve their image in africa. my wishes to have a trusted partner who is on isn't going to bring good ideas in the right equipment to help us to fight this phenomenon on our territory. a. ringback 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. if i go into this id, but for a long time, we've been under the leadership of europeans. it's them who colonized us and they all the origin of all the single subject. i believe the u. s. is targeting europe's place in africa even for john kerry acco, host of our team. the 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,

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 twitter acted as if it was a subsidiary of the api i. that's the conclusion made by investigative journalists, matt t i. e b who has revealed links between the bureau and the social media giant,

and made accusations that twitter was banning accounts at the f. b. i's request to address contact with the f b. i was constant and pervasive as if it were a subsidiary federal intelligence and law enforcement reach. inter twitter included the department of homeland security, which partnered with security contractors and think tags to pressure twitter to moderate content between january 2020 and november 2022. there were over 150 emails between the f b i and former twitter trust and safety chief yo roth. in revealed screenshots, you can see an a legit f b. i account identifying a number of other accounts to be scrutinized, including those which promoted republican party candidates during mid term campaigns. as a result, twitter subsequently suspended many of the accounts mentioned house republicans are now considering opening an investigation into the scandal. the twitter files

pandora's box of leaks revealed the platform violated many of its own rules among them. the infamous hunter, biden laptops scandal, which was allegedly censored by the company. and the former us president donald trump's account, which was banned at the request of top management. for more information about previously releases, join r t dot com, former new york university professor and author mike will rectinwald's slam such free speech violations. this is a violation of the 1st amendment of the united states, which does not permit the government to dictate expression to dictate speech. and we're seeing plethora of data that shows, in fact, that they did that and a lot more. and one has to wonder whether they're actually meddling in elections themselves and whether they're, since they are basically an organ of the democratic party, the f b i. that is,

we're starting to wonder whether the f b, i in fact has some call culpability. with reference to covering up election crimes on the part of the democratic party. it's utterly illegitimate. and it's known as economic fascism. when you have this kind of collusion between the state and these corporate players. and you're saying they're so tightly knitted together that there's almost no extricating them. and it's as if we have a state run media here. this is very, very reminiscent of totalitarian regimes. there's politicize ation here. they said that they were looking at domestic violence, extremis. and we know what this has to do with this is about utterly silencing the opposition to the democratic party. the iranian foreign ministry has land the un resolution condemning the countries human rights accusing the

sponsors of the document of weaponized international institutions to put pressure on the islamic republic. the draft is this resolution themselves violates all the founding and basic principles of international human rights. so instead of pretending to care about iranian people's human rights, they should stop backing america's economic terrorism policy against iran, as well as hosting terrorist groups. the resolution was adopted with 80 countries voting in favor of it. $29.00 against it and $65.00 abstaining. the assembly also expressed concerns over a spike in recent death penalties. we looked at how western countries use a selective approach when voicing their condemnation artes caleb mop and explains the narrative from both western media. and politicians is outrage that iran is executing political prisoners. moral condemnations are pouring in from the highest

levels of power. the german foreign minister wady, an he's a him, victims. these executions are blatant attempt to intimidate people, not for committing crimes, but just for taking their opinions to the streets, just the wanting to live in freedom casa, we denounce this draconian treatment in the strongest terms of east harsh sentences . and now the 1st public execution, at least are meant to intimidate iran's people. they're meant to suppressed a sense. and they simply just underscore how much ron's leadership actually fears its own people. killing a someone for speaking up against the government is certainly an outrage. the problem is that when you look into the details, that's not actually true. my g rezo ron of ard was not executed for protesting. here's what actually happened. in this video, you can see the man stabbing to boss. see, jeez, the boss siege is

a volunteer force. it's a branch of the islamic revolutionary guard core. so you could say that he essentially did the equivalent of stabbing to death to police officers or members of the national guard, stabbing to law enforcers to death. that's a bit different than simply raising one's voice and speaking up and all summer saying this decision by iran has to be condemned. others are pointing to a similar case in the united states. where was the moral outrage when kevin johnson was executed back in november. he was scheduled to be executed for killing a police officer, but then his prosecutor step den, asking for the death sentence to be vacated because it was imposed with racial bias . the state of missouri disagree, the surviving victims. johnson's crimes have waited long enough for justice and every day longer that they must wait is a day. they are denied the chance to finally make peace with their loss. now you

might expect to see a huge amount of. busy more condemnation poured on to the united states from europe, except there wasn't any that seems to be aimed only at countries that the west isn't aligned with iran and its allies. we couldn't see the an acceptable do use of capital punishment as a tool to repress, to the protest us in the new package of sanctions for human rights. for your patience, we are targeting door responsible for this continued repression against protest as at 21st 21 listing. and these are the lines, the support of the group in union to the daniel people and responding to the deliver of the daniel drawers to russia. a person's identity has been listed. is there really any room for european officials to condemn anyone for mistreating protesters after all, we can recall their crack down on anti locked down demonstrations in the past.

ah, so we have 2 different countries. iran and the united states, both countries executed some on for killing police officers. one countries action was met with wide spread condemnation. and the other was met with deafening silence from the world community. so that raises questions, is the so called world community concerned about spreading violence and chaos in some countries and not concerned when similar cases come up along its friends. caleb martin, r t new york. and that was the weekly, with the top news stories for more up to the minute coverage, head over to r t dot com. and don't forget to follow up on odyssey rumble and gab. thanks for tuning in. we'll see you again next hour. ah.