very dramatic and getting to resist. i don't see how that strategy will be successful, very care to kill time. time to sit down and talk a official say the legacy. great answer. your targets have killed one person to others. we hear from a local woman who was lucky to survive. a current employee didn't get caught red handed or the fake news story is seen pros and o phone to over the irish boy. pay me. he's a charles, big family crane conflict. on the south africa experiences a record number of how to do this year with a total of $200.00 days with

what ever you are in the world. welcome to our international. it's just on 7 am here in the russian capitalized, it's great to have you with us. i'm right, mommy. let's take a look at today's top stories. our 1st headline, one person has been reported killed and 2 others wounded in the latest shirley o residential areas in the city of the mask. this footage shows at the moment an apartment building was hit by a rocket attack. the shell frog was appeared to be from a soothing design grind rocket. the man said to the credit military fire at the 16 of those projectiles into the city. and the latest shelling local officials of a cleaning forces have been increasing, obviously of tax on residential areas of allegations that keeps the government as denied. we heard from a resident who was lucky to survive off a show exploded near start,

which it came. lloyd with that being that mama was who sits him yet and i know who we are. a little ukrainian military continues to target civilians on a daily basis here in the people's republic. right now i'm in it sounds of yes, you know, my satellite city of republic capital done this. now. this house here was completely destroyed. the woman that spoke with, she says she was making dumplings late at night and then this explosions took place. if you let me know, i was making something santander was now bank initially i couldn't even understand whether i was scared or not. so i waited for

a beep and then leaked out of the window. so my kitchen was in fire. it was dark already. so i couldn't see what exactly was blown up. i called the emergency services immediately they quickly arrived and began to, to now defier the television about to has been the korean shelling every single day . right now, as i'm speaking with you, we can still hear the sounds of our children shelling by ukrainian military. those are these roman casa report saying, all location in the dentist republic. meanwhile, in southwest and you train authorities in the black sea port over desa has toppled a monument to the russian imperial leader who founded the modern city. the demolition was conducted at night during a curfew. the monument depicted russian empress catherine the great, as well as several of her associates establish the city. in the late 18th century, the current ukraine authorities have alleged that the monument was

a symbol of russian collectivism. meanwhile, washington is a civil, the anti russian matter to me, amplified throughout former soviet republics box as a new site has lost a platform called the freedom hub. to quote, for the awareness about russian colonialism, it is financed by a prominent us state funded organization privacy. it's use of supporting cues. the national endowment for democracy is a non profit group funded by the us congress for what they describe as promoting freedom in foreign countries. it hasn't been a, he's a facilitating choose an insurgency in the, for me to slow via as was georgia, ukraine and civil arab nations, illinois asian has even admitted to taking some roles previously conducted by the c . i. a lot of what we do today was done covered lee 25 years ago by the cia. the biggest difference is that when such activities are done,

overtly the flap potential is close to 0. openness is its own protection. i don't think it's funny if something is humorous, but i think it's funny from the fact that america talks about corneal ism or that ukraine talks about colonialism and america has interfere with i could more, more called imperialism as interfere with more elections. the more the sovereignty of more nations around the world than any other nation on earth. and we find ourselves in this place where they are exactly what they say they're fighting against. and when they speak about what rushes doing in large part, that's what they've done across the world. they use the word democracy, they use the word freedom, the use, the word that we wanna, we want to protect freedom of speech. but in actuality, everything that you see even down to the twitter files, which we worked for ever see, show that they've had a large degree of suppression of in the u. s. a 1st amendment were walking across the world just spreading these papa propaganda wise. we're dealing with them playing out and planning and using things like non profits in order to lie to

people. and so they can perpetuate the very thing that they're saying that other people and cuz other people doing rushes foreign ministers say they love. rovers issued a stern warning about western attempts to maintain a colonial era dominance in the world. he made those comments into the with rushes channel one so they should use the sounds in we're talking about the establishment of a colonial order that the west hides under the slogan of respect for the rules based world order. he'll go, i have repeatedly asked my western colleagues with whom we were still communicating at that time. can you hand over a list of these rules? where is it all written down? no one has ever given any references to any specific rules. and the answer why is simple, because these rules mean that everyone must obey the united states. that dominance mentality has not disappeared in young people, then you should be. it is not only nato, but also the european union as an associations and not so long ago. claim strategic

autonomy has completely submitted to this western line, which, you know, the collective west is at war with us, led by this western power, the united states of america renewals. this war was declared to us quite a long time ago after the coo and ukraine took place, orchestrated by the united states and in fact, supported by the european union and after the minsk agreements, which as it finally turns out, no one was willing to fulfill. we, we chose those who are reliable, who are able to negotiate as to what we have very few opportunities to talk to the west right now. you actually, there is no special desire. when you read the statements of foreign ministers, or prime ministers, who say that it's necessary to deal with the security of europe against russia, many countries have faced a need to choose what is probably difficult to make such a decision. considering how much everyone was tied to the system of globalization created by the americans and discredited by them. because washington proved it's on

reliability. as a curator of the system. every time there are any election campaigns, americans need to invent some external topic, re either a threat or a task, and then given their weight on the world stage, global processes become hostages, or a strongly influenced by their internal political struggle was level. now, democrats in the american sense are those who are loyal, not even to the united states, but to the democratic party of the united states and acoustically part of your social so so lady uses of debunked yet another fake news story from ukraine last offer local little mac had twice a pause of an old photo and irish boy, and then now deleted tweet, as a supposed child victim of the crane conflicts the saddest part. there are no children in ukraine any more. only little humans with very grown

up eyes, old to even somewhat tired of a life. yet unlived pictured mark 8 years old, just survived a russia artillery attack. readers added contest they thought people might want to know. this image predates the conflict in ukraine and it p as on a novel published in 2013 the ukrainian m p. that posted this photo in the 1st pill in the 1st place, straight up light about it. i mean, she said that there was an 8 year old boy there that survived some sort of russian artillery attack. when in reality this kid was an irish orphan. this was a picture that was taken from the cover of a book, a 2013 spanish translation of the miss, remembered man. so while you definitely shouldn't a judge, a book by its cover, you most certainly should not take what ukrainian officials are saying at face value about this kind of stuff. the photo is lifted from a 2013 book by christie mckenna, more broadly, it is true that the crimes of nazi regimes bring disaster on their own children. do

ukrainian officials and pundents no nails for vass image such as to keep posting such fakes. the tweets glaring and accuracy didn't stop it from getting widespread distribution though, i mean, after all, the ukrainian m p that tweeted it has over 330000 followers on twitter and the u. n. head of global communications even responded to it with a broken heart that despite the fact that her account said that all the information there is verified and based in science, i mean this time it clearly wasn't. so it makes you wonder just how often were being duped. here, well, i don't know, could this not have just been an honest mistake by this particular hanby? well, i mean, we have actually been seeing this pretty consistently. children being used in the western media and by ukrainian officials to manipulate people's emotions, to change their opinions on the ukraine conflict through bought through that way. and we actually made earlier this month, a report covering all these stories,

just how many of them are either fake or actually the fault of the ukrainian military with doesn't stop there either. earlier this year we saw another ukrainian m p, or a ukranian official, rather post a picture of a drawing of a girl on twitter who apparently was from ukraine and she had cut her hair to protect herself from being raped by russian troops. so the story goes, except we saw no evidence come with this story, and the drawing was essentially a copy and paste a job from an actual photo of a girl who died an al switzer. now,

we've seen a lot of these sakes going around the internet, but just to give you an idea of the sheer scale of this fake information war, we can look at an australian report that was published about twitter activity towards the earlier days and weeks of russia's special military operation, it said that over 80 percent of tweets from that time were part of a covert propaganda operation. and over 90 percent of the accounts that were making these tweets were pro ukrainian. we found that between 60 and 80 percent of tweets using the hash tags we studied, came from bought accounts during the 1st 2 weeks of the war. we found that 90.16 percent of accounts fell into the pro ukraine category, while only 6.8 percent fell into the pro russia category. i think it goes without saying that in our day and age, the information war effort is just as important to as that of the conventional war . and no doubt social media platforms play a central role in that. one of the major problems is that often these myths are

debunked. long after this faith content has already made its way across the internet. what a fee cleaning official pushes a thank sorry. britain's telegraph newspaper publishes a photo showing a u clinic, so to proudly displaying a nazi symbol. the skull and crossbones icon in a clash on his sleeve was used by nazi jim and s as full who during world war 2, we heard from jim chambers, a journalism activist who says the western media, the simply told the blind dying to blatant neo nazi sentiments in you claim at some point when the members of the media intelligence. yeah. and the ruling class in general decided we can't really hide this. so let's just act like it's not a big deal. or like some other form of nationalism the same way they say. so let's use jewish, you know, they say, well of course we don't support nazis. you know, where the,

where the reasonable progressives of the west were about freed up and freedom of speech and free value. because there's no way that, you know, this is crazy, but they would be not that simple mean something else. and people just don't really pay attention and sort of believe what their top, i think it's so easy for them to just churn out propaganda in relation to ukraine. but no one feels the need to fact check to pay attention. ah, it's just in a massive blaze and a hotel in cambodia has reportedly kill people and home 30 others about 400 people are fit to main trucks. inside the building, a gas tank explosion is leave to have the file. it could result town near the board of thailand. media report said people jumped from windows escape the flames, fire fire because of him working to extinguish the blaze. ah,

let's turn our attention now to africa where south saddam has a mouse sending several 150 soldiers to the democratic republic of congo. that's part of an international effort to still stability in the central african nation. and it begins voters even resit registration. i beg your pardon for the new year's presidential election now there have been or the has been intense fighting between countries of national forces on the m 23 and sergent group in recent months. in eastern regions of a country near the revival border. the dfcs president has faith harsh criticism for being unable to stop the violence without intervention. he's expected to run against 2 prominent opposition. candidates with the national security concern very much in focus. then 23 minutes and group has been accused of abducting at least 50 civilian, though civilians amid the violence of the insurgency,

which in his numerous frank functions is believed to have driven thousands of the will to free their homes. the d. c has infused rolanda financing. the m 23 allocation that neighboring country adamant need denies. we heard from a foreign affairs and civil society, and this is says the presidential candidates must focus on the security concerns. i think the most critical issue, a big issue of the economy plus each one of the forest country was the g d p 6. so you have initial state that is not in a position that local tech to so you don't need that. can you protect instances? yes. well, i mean, you, as a result, you have all my nads of groups militia rubin. you know, you tell it yourself especially, you know, i've also been, i kids in that we've got to check off every get people who are also active. it is

like enough, you know, you cannot talk about empty tray would be the one from dr. which is on the every 3 sick and then by the, by the 14th of it. because unless the political suspicion you don't have to collectively by get about, it says that they need to see the country. that is the only way. electro scott, the minister found the content in south africa as undergone record power outages this year with blackouts. $200.00 days, due to the system breakdowns in the energy industry, local reform cut lego solely is on location out of power plant in the country to share the details about the current energy costs. more than 200 days of power cuts in 2022 alone. that's south africa's li to struggle record rotational blackouts due to ailing and repair infrastructure. have what the country to its knees with just

12 hours of power a day, leaving many without heat. and i'm able to work, correction, crime and sabotage at power plants have been cited as factors leading to the mobilization of the military to protect the countries electricity plants. it's a number of different factors. some of them are operational relating to is scrums in ability to maintain as cold fleet. you also have issues with a cough fleet boiler, tribune or maintenance, m u boiler tube tube leaks. the call that's being delivered on site. you also have what the terms sabotaged, but ultimately issues vandalism, 5th of the infrastructure, which is obviously affect to be transmission and distribution. and some of the generation facilities as well. if come holdings, one of south africa's largest energy companies experienced record rotational blackouts in 2022 with outdated and poorly maintained power stations. continually breaking down, the company said it will ramp a power cuts from low cheating,

which is a way to ease the stress on main power sources went to mind is overwhelming. small businesses are struggling to keep afloat amid the darkness with increased crime throwing a new spam in the way. now he rolling black house made a noose around south africa's growth, possibly in the south africa at the moment. i think this was unprecedented. we are sitting with an energy availability factor, which is the, is complaints that are available at only 50 percent. this is the lowest, it has ever been in is comes almost a 100 year history in for more than 100 julian history. so we really are in trouble as frustrations continued to grow among south africans. many on looking toward tentative keeping the lights on. but schools are already cash strapped with no additional fees. it's been a nightmare. i'm especially with the economy. it is right now have what is high

cost of living and high and ending low sitting on to the mix. what is getting spoiled medication? it's just, it's been a nightmare. i installed it for a 3 k v, a solar system where now the escrow becomes a back up rather than the primary source of power. the state own company has warned that the 1st 3 months of the year will be difficult for many south africans. it simply means that adjusting and bracing for yet another powerless year ahead is what needs to be done. that's a home. so me for our teen johannesburg madison. he is in brief, from around the world. 40 people have been killed on 24 injured in nigeria, a southern city of kerber, where authorities say a drunk driver, lost control of his vehicle and crashed into

a crowd is an annual pica festival. the most long caliber, a carnival, described herself as african b as st party as it brings together locals and tourists throughout december and the philippines, flash flooding in mid days of heavy rain for the cool that these 29 people. another 25 were still missing. as more than 3000 homes have been reported damaged, some 90000 people remain in emergency shelters. su horatio shelves are underway throughout the region. i am at least one person has been reported killed and several others injured in a massive pile of vehicles on a bridge. amid extreme fog, local media says that more than 200 vehicles collided and the police have closed the crossing while the day just weather conditions possess. for to is i'm our new government is to be sworn in the coming

out under leadership of benjamin netanyahu. the future capital is already being described as the most right wing in the country's history. i made the change in political backdrop r t 's, maria financial discussed the state and future prospects of is really russian relations with ambassador. i'm a totally total russia. israel relations have been tested a lot since the beginning was close fashioned military operation. what were the major challenges and how did you overcome it? first of all, i would like to underline that israel, her was ease and we will remain. i'm sure that were important part of normal for asha in the middle east. and broder in the entire age of international affairs. and of course, from the very beginning of the in special, made it throughout the nation to load the recording. the ship said that they supported ukraine in this situation. they understand our concerns deeper in their

minds, but publicly evaluating the could you sizing the current regime due to the, the soul or soul called the western photo. so my guess, and it's thinking about western solidarity. israel so far did not join the western sanctions against russia. do you expect any changes in that front row and is leadership as well known as a very independent political structure. and of course their lead not just by the next day to buy their break to go national interest by the way, despite all these sanctions flying throughout the boards and through the region, the boarding of our drape and pick another variation according to some sources hasn't been decreased significantly, and we're going to be whole that in this fetus, like every culture, education,

medical care, or major scene height, the height of knowledge is some others. we will continue the rating of course of their physician. we will be ready to work with any government offices in the history of the recent, the case has shown that successful companies to give a government and we jointly made an effort to raise the relations on the very high level. so great as hold on. i think so, the purchase is to remove barricades, they sit up in the break way. republic, of course it is a final tension, possibly deescalate the phase and another on would erupt in europe. all the conduit and nicholas job, which brings us the latest details. the past few hours could have been extensively intense. you know, possible,

i meant to hear 1st of all the fact that the decisions regarding liberty to be changing, basically from our to our president. it was their president, niche language, also speaking to local serves, and the staff was there to discuss the further actions in situations. firstly, planned serves. we will take down the barricades because as, as includes each if you got firm guarantees from the western partners, then everything the service was to be fulfilled. after that, he got the meeting around the 9 o'clock unit. i certainly time window firms and their political representatives, and they agreed to leave the barragan's for a few more days. and now the for the man was fulfilled by the

postal side. so neither was them find each release from night or the other times released from prison. russell and council force draw from the north as land and assign the bras, raymond. and the last but not least, the serbian municipalities so causes this or that he wasn't even in the process of being formed and signed by the growth of agreement in 2013. so basically now the ford demands was undertaken. and then that is why the service decided to keep the barricade. but there's been a change basically a few hours ago because it came out of occasion saying that agreed to remove the barricades early morning. the description is not clear

exactly the moon because the local said that many serves feel very frightened, and that the very removal barricades will need that they will be basically protection or we don't any guarantees and they are partners. we'll go through the agreement and respect everything that is agreed at least the formula for now and not sign they were so this does not mean in any sense or way that the situation is already is that far from over and the next few days will be quite interesting. first of all, the questions are better good. will they be removed by morning or will they remain for the next few days or even weeks? because not to say and nothing else seems clear at the moment because he's saying that he devante the robot, remove this pension heights,

and the rest of a prominent member of the essence of the community has employed. and along the mr. border ordering on the, on high alert to be ready to take ethnic says the break away province. cause of a high level denied entry into the head of the been over the church amid the holiday season. with us is having a problem. the boarding point near pain community is wary of the potential for a merging conflict in the balkans because she's trying to pin the blame squarely on moscow. it is precisely serbia influenced by russia that has raised a state of military readiness and that is ordering the erection of new barricades in order to justify and protect the criminal groups that terrorized citizens of serb ethnicity living in kosovo. both their eyes deny those allegations on serve his presence as vulgar is committed to preserving peace and stability in the region

. we heard from belgrade bass, physical alice, alexander, poverty as closely as accusing russia. something that nathan has long been doing. you know, that's such a blatant lie. it's, it's really hard to comment on that. on a mighty $99.00, it was nato that bombs sarabia. i was nato sponsored to carry away the obedient terrorist organization which, which fought alongside nato troops in 1999. it was nato, it was the west that sponsored the unilateral declaration of independence by priest leaders. russia was against it the entire time. so you know, to accuse russia, it is the same as hitler using you know, the allies of starting world war 2. it took totally turning things upside down. it's falling white black. you know, it's like, or, well, you know, wars piece, slavery's freedom. russia, if anything has been calling for respect of un security council resolution 1244.

nobody is listening to russia on the west. they want serbia to agree to the succession of its historic province. that's the entire problem. russia has tried to be part of the solution. the was doesn't allow it to be. instead, the accuser of something that the west itself is doing a t dot com for more global news and will be back at the top of the out ah, with oh.