a most of them with the girl who's with the ukraine conflict as the late in the don bass as russia and ukraine exchange strikes. that's after scores of russian soldiers were killed in a recent attack by ukrainian forces. using us supplied highmark rockets. incentives rise in western sahara as the conflict between moroccan forces in the sarai people's liberation army escalate. lesson 0, that's how it you official describes the effect of anti russia sanctions amid the blocks for showing a marked increase in revenue to russia from your country is last year. ah,

good morning for moscow in our t international studios and from wherever you may be catching us. welcome to the hour's top stories from around the world. i'm peerless about russian air defenses have reportedly been activated in the skies over the russian city of varnish unconfirmed footage of objects in the sky has been circulating on social networks earlier to drones, were reportedly shot down over the crimean city of a stobel, according to local authorities, there have been no reports of any damage or casualties. meanwhile, fighting has been escalating on the ground in the dawn bass, a series of explosions have been reported in the crating controlled areas of crime authority. and through this is unconfirmed footage of the bloss aftermath circulating on social media. a ukrainian military base reportedly came under fire

with emergency services, tackling the blaze. explosions have also been reported in the neighboring city of crime authorities. the incident has been caught on camera by a french tv channel during its live broadcast. do not could you know across a live talk response partner. meanwhile, a 14 year old child and an elderly women have been killed in a u. korean strike on the city of business in the look on republic earlier can hit daniel the city of marquis of co with the russian, m. o d confirming 6 or 3 soldiers were killed in the attack. ukraine used american supplied high mars rockets to strike the soldiers. those living quarters are cheesy or shot off, has more scores, dozens over what is believed to be russian fresh recruits have perished in this artillery attack, launched by the ukrainian forces over the new year's night. apparently under it was

targeting the quarters over these people just outside the city of dynette. in the small town of my cave could basically it is believed that all those russian soldiers, they were stationed at what used to be a vacation. oh, college, it's building, so they were, this was their quarters and this is where at least for high mas rockets, according to the russian defense ministry. this is what they hit too high amazon projectiles were intercepted according to the russian defense ministry. now this confirmation has come talk to at the very bottom of monday's media, released by the defense ministry in which they have also listed all the targets that the russians that the russian army managed to hit lately. for instance, they talked how several artillery strikes across the front managed to kill some 74 in the mercenaries, foreign mercenaries that have been doing the bidding of the ukrainian side that

have been worrying on the side of key of the so called foreign legion. now also, but the incident in, at my cave ca, for example, it has caused an uproar among the experts among the military experts here in russia . they've been asking questions as to how come show many people were stationed at a feeble or soviet era building. why weren't there quarters located in the basements and the under ground, and there have been repeated calls for a serious investigation of this so far, the russian defense ministry has already promised to provide all help it can to the families of those soldiers who have been killed or, well wounded as a result of this high mars strike. a conflict that seems no close a resolution as a moroccan army positions in west africa have come under increasing attacks by the western sahara liberation army in recent days. robots forces currently occupy over

80 percent of the region which the raleigh arab democratic republic lay claim to our teeth. corolla top blood dig deeper in the decades long conflicts african victims of what moroccan authorities have called a stampede on his border with spanish. not african enclave. of molina discrimination and violence from police are often rooted in colonial and slavery, prisms. and this was no different ah, 6 months after the incident, the government of spain and morocco denied responsibilities for the deaths in

molina, a relic of spain's colonial pass that is still cherished. today. the incident is alleged, saw thousands of migrants and refugees, tired of being changed our black animals with little to no welfare. climb ob, 6 me to long. i am fences that led to precious with police. scores of migrants were left dead, many died wavy, fell the governments of morocco and spain under reported the full extent of this horror and denied any responsibility. but not every one was willing to take this at face value, even after enquiries by rabbit and madrid. at this dismal 6 month anniversary, the spanish american authorities have continued to deny any responsibility for the carnage at miller. there is a growing mountain of evidence of multiple,

serious human rights violations. the smacks of a cover up and racism. spain rolled over with her to her, out from 1884 until 1975 following international pressure. the un resolution on the colonization, spain was forced to seed control over its territory. neighboring morocco wasted no time in annexing western sahara illegally claiming it's part of its kingdom for 5 decades morocco waged war on the surrounding people. and for 16 of those years, the pulley, sadie of france and national liberation movement led the defense of the sa wiley length. the position expressed by the spanish government totally contradicts international legitimacy, the united nations, their freakin union, the european union, the international court of justice, the european court of justice and origin. organizations do not recognize moroccan sovereignty over the western sahara. but it wasn't just fe. germany also encouraged

moral cause ref berlin denounced former you as president donald trump's recognition of morocco's claim over with the the hara and the united nations. in march of 2021 moroccan foreign ministry severed all ties with germany, including german organizations based in morocco. but as soon as all of shoals became the new chancellor, the country seemed to assume a much more relaxed that using energy issues caused by the ukraine conflict as an excuse. germany signed the hydrogen deal with morocco, berlin now to beg, moral has claim over, sell our we less germany considers the autonomy plan presented in 2007 as a serious and credible effort by morocco. and as a good basis for a solution agreed upon between both parties. this europeans you,

paul chrissy of looking out for your own interest seems more like a western privilege. the united states, the so called defenders of democracy and liberty in the world. you also recognize moral cause, claim in acquit to pro hold the deal is rebut, has 2 men. if diplomatic ties with era, even though the united nations recognize the police, are your friend, as the legitimate representative of the seller, our we people, the west only cares about its interest and narrative. but for many in the global south, it would be a model. any justice if west thin interests are allowed to some to gain an entire people without a rebuttal. cannibalization for r t. in jonesborough me, sir, are we activist thinks the you stance on the conflict violates international laws

and conventions. we couldn't set up where sediment of his spade in germany did not directly recognize american sovereignty. and so hard is a kind of recognition in so called self rule. and it kind of excuse morocco is occupation of western sahara and it is a decision taken by spain in germany, but it violates international law. and all international conventions, there was a clear contradiction. we see the western nations defending human rights from a crane. but at the same time, the legal patient of western as a whole, run for the benefit carmen could because according to the us international law and international tribunal, workers, presidents in western salary as considered an occupation. this means that human rights, international laws, the principles that you in the us have been talking about warning, or just tools in the hands of a dominant power users and when it has an interest in the whole. unfortunately, support for western sahara does not correspond to the interest of western countries

and to indonesia now were heavy rain on new year's eve caused flooding in the city of summer, i rising water called significant damage to will for infrastructure storms last java island earlier on friday, leaving several areas inundated railway communication in the northern part of the island was temporarily disrupted, no casualties have been reported. emergency services were on hand to deal with the effects of rising waters. and over to europe now were the effect of brussels is sanctions against moscow. has been described as less than 0. those are the words of an e u. parliament member. as the blocks only support shows, a marked increase and revenues to russia from countries last year are contributed rachel mars and brings us the details. member of european parliament from belgium giver hofstadter tweeted his outrage at

a new report detailing how the blocks anti russian sanctions have resulted in an increase of revenues to moscow from you countries. he says that the effect of the sanctions as quote less than 0 and that the e u is quote, rewarding russia for its war against us. or, you know, maybe the use war against itself. but back in february, the same euro deputy was mashing is keyboard tweeting furiously about the need for sanctions. prudent brings europe back to its darkest hours. peace and stability are at stake. not only do we need to launch the full scale of sanctions and help ukraine with equipment through the european piece facility. we also need to draw hard lessons, a european defense and energy union. well, actually it's europe. that's bringing europe back to its darkest hours because everyone's turning the lights off to save on energy bills at the behest of the government. for hofstadter was all in on sanctions at the outset of the ukraine

conflict. and now he's angry that the very idea for which so many year a deputies just like himself were lobbying so hard, has backfired. according to the data from the european union's own statistical agency, euro stat, the value of imports to east countries from russia in 2022 has increased and by 346 per cent, from 2021. in the case of sylvania, which imports petroleum products and fertilizers from russia, in fact the only you countries that didn't send more revenues to russia in 2022 were finland, lithuania, denmark, latvia, estonia, sweden, and ireland. in terms of euro's germany was russia's top you customer in 2022 with 20700000000 euros worth of russian imports. poland was 2nd sending 10400000000 euros worth of revenue to moscow. ahead of italy, france, the netherlands, and belgium. and we've also just learned that poland pledge to stop importing

russian pipeline oil by the end of 2022 is about to be broken now as well. so how exactly have you countries manage to send even more cash to moscow despite bragging that they're buying less well, simple supply and demand. a concept that apparently continues to elude the blocks leadership. we must cut rushes, revenues, which potent uses to finance this o trash us war against ukraine were prepared for this at the beginning of the war. russia's pipeline gas was 40 percent of all imported guess. today it is only 9 percent of our gas imports. you think someone who had taken a basic economic course might have spoken up there and said, hey look, if we drastically reduce our own energy supply, the price will skyrocket. and moscow will therefore be able to recoup the costs of any reduction of export volume. but that would be the logical way of looking at it

and measures taken here in europe. our 1st and foremost for show as in look how tough were being on russia, and how much were sacrificing our own european way of life for ukraine. here in france for example, every single day bakeries have been sounding the alarm all across the french press over looming shutdowns, due to unmanageable energy costs to operate their ovens. so the e u is even willing to toss the french bag yet under the bus, which by the way, has unesco world heritage status all in order to keep up the charade of sticking it to russia and to russian president vladimir putin. no, was joe biden's short comment to his south korean counterparts statement that plans are underway to conduct bilateral military drills involving nuclear forces, amid rising tensions in the region,

what we call extended deterrence was also the us telling us not to worry because it will take care of everything, but now it's difficult to convince our people with just that the u. s. government also understands that to some degree, the nuclear weapons belong to the united states. but planning information sharing exercises and training should be jointly conducted by south korea in the united states. that announcement came after north korea said it plan to increase its nuclear arsenal. this year. p young yang has been test firing missiles as its neighbor to the south ramped up military drills with the u. s. in recent months, the south has war and that if north korea conducts a nuclear attack, it would retaliate and destroy their government. north korea has said the purpose of its missile program is to protect itself against threats from the u. s. and south korea. the prevailing situation calls for making redoubled efforts to overwhelmingly beef up the military muscle to thoroughly guarantee the sovereignty security and fundamental interests of the republic. in response to the worrying

military moves by the u. s. and other hostile forces, precisely targeting the democratic people's republic of korea. we heard from regional geopolitical expert, victor gao who says joint military exercises only escalate the already heightened tensions in the korean peninsula. and just like united states and r o k, also need to really think about why d p r j had to develop its nuclear weapons. i think dpr k concluded that it needed the nuclear weapon to prevent the color revolution that the united states has been doing to many other countries to prevent a kind of hope. military assault on dpr, kate aimed at over throughly the d. p. r. k government. and therefore, i think it really takes the 2 to tango, the united states, in particular empty p. okay, need to negotiate with each other,

resulting diplomacy to solve the nuclear weapons program on the korean peninsula. but now if the united states wants to join the military exercise with the r o k forces using nuclear weapons, in addition to strategic bombers, this is not helpful. you know, she may need no garage zation on the korean peninsula as us house of representatives. speaker nancy pelosi leaves office. let's take a look back at the politicians visit to taiwan. the official trip was described by many and media as almost leading to direct conflict between the u. s. and china. r t is caleb martin has more now the by the administration says that it wants to get along with china. but as the old saying goes, actions speak louder than words. and this year we saw nancy pelosi, the u. s. speaker, the house visit taiwan. nancy pelosi is the highest ranking u. s. official to visit that island in 25 years. and her example was followed in

december by a few british m. p. 's. needless to say, china is not thrilled. women, you do, we have repeatedly made clear alpha opposition to speak, a pitiless visit to tie one. if you ask, insist on challenge and china's red line, it will, the met with resolute contra meshes. them in the u. s. must been show full responsibility for any serious consequence arise in their off the young, the world braced for war as follow, see blatantly disregarded u. s. foreign policy and took its dig it beijing. china then launched 2 weeks of dramatic military exercises. the whole pacific region was put on to high alert, but war did not calm. china responded with economic measures and sanctions. the world was not impressed either. the deep us china, competition. that was not a surprise. but this collation of been shown in by one. yes,

they were not the indian and they were treated by an individual trouble of lepers finality that bring the tie when is treated to breach at the age of a i wouldn't say a wall, but a lot of wall games. he's moved not only threatened china, which considers the island to be a renegade product, but it also goes against longstanding u. s. policy. the u. s. government says there's only one china and recognizes the government in beijing, but yet biden sat at the people's republic moved to retake the island. he would step in. we are not moving, we're not encouraging or being independent to be clear, sir. us forces us men and women would defend taiwan in the event of a chinese invasion. yes. while on the island, nancy pelosi reassured taiwan. that economic measures from the united states regarding the shipping industry would benefit ty, ones, economy,

and make up for increased pressure from the government of china. taiwan has already paid the co your visit and is likely to continue to do so. with the coming days of weeks. what concrete tangible benefit can you promise taiwan? offset the cost of your trip? went to the same time the ship is taking place in recognition of our common interest. economically, we just pass the chips and signs at the taiwan policy act or 2022 now sits before the u. s. congress. this isn't so much a pro taiwan bill as it's a bill aim at retaliating against the chinese government. china has slapped a visa ban on a number of officials on the island who helped coordinate the foreign visits. the reason elections on taiwan saw a pretty big suite for the k m. t party that's more sympathetic toward cooperating with the mainland. meanwhile, independence forces saw pretty big setbacks. seems pretty clear that people on the

island do not want war as much as washington enjoy taunting beijing and playing with their lives as pawns when it comes to how countries conduct themselves in the international arena. there are certain standards, the various games that the vitamin ministration is now playing, despite insisting they haven't abandoned the one china policy that is longstanding are certainly anything but professional. the world is not in breast fail bobbin r t new york. as nancy pelosi hands over her post to republicans, it seems the politicians stint in office created more critics than fans get more on this story and others on our website stay 22022 has also been a politically intense here for pakistan. former p. m. m, ron khan was ousted from office and has been holding nationwide rallies ever since against what he calls an internal and external conspiracy. let's take a look back at the timeline of events that unfolded in pakistan this last year.

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that cipher exists. i brought it in front of the cabinet. i we, i presented it to the national security council because of a blatant interference from outside or so. so i left office 4 months back. never has there been such a public response for, for any political party, as it is for my body to do all my life. let me does that all my life i have always did within the law and

politics. i've been for 26 years. i have always, all my protests, everything you have what you look up of between the limits of the law. ah as far as i'm concerned, it's over. it's behind me. the biggest one i want to lead must have good relationship with everyone, especially the united states. our relationship with the u. s. has been a must a servant relationship or amongst a slave relationship. and we've been used like a hud god. but for that i blame my own government more than the us. that's a rap on the top news stories for this. our for more up to the minute coverage, head over to r t dot com and up next, find out how resilience during sanctions has created an opportunity for the russian

academy to become more self sufficient. on our team documentary sanctions, an opportunity and disguise. we'll see you back at the top of the hour. ah, o. in 1884, the german empire began its colonial invasion into namibia. from the very start, berlin encouraged the white colonists to settle in south west africa and take away the best land from the local tribes. the germans were actively draining natural resources and using the local population as a cheap labor source. this was causing major protests and led to a rebellion in 19

o 4, the hero and nama tribes rebelled against german colonial rule. kaiser wilhelm, the 2nd was fully determined and ordered to suppress the rebellion with the utmost severity against the inhabitants of namibia. germany through is 15000 well equipped army. all around the country concentration camps were built. in humane medical experiments over citizens were conducted within the period of 4 years. the germans killed up to 60000 people, among which there were 80 percent of the hero tribe, and 50 percent of the nama tribe. the events in south west africa are called the 1st genocide of the 20th century, and not without reason are compared to the holocaust just 2 decades later after the massacre in nam may be a hitler's assault unit put on the same brown colonial uniform which pushed the

world into the chasm of the 2nd world war mm. with i a ah.

today i'm authorized additional strong sanctions on his on so on. thank you. las glycine, so fis on shall, will happy jermel lewis, russia, the special military operation in ukraine has triggered a wave of anti russian sanctions from the west. and it keeps coming up with new ones almost every day. this package will include financial sanctions that harshly limit russia access to the capital markets. foreign companies acquitting russia atm card, blantan banks disconnected from the international payment system shop to ations, antola and euro exchange rates followed. can rush and business overcome this. minneapolis sellable up on a couple more sto show carpet. we don't know what the 20th should i am the child modification for the mileage. the deal is a little short geometry with other was was what he met that he woke up. the pillar on the cell is the current. can you say a song see near i bought denazi's to huddle. she instrument that i am his mother.

he took to my card my the bonnet now. no. was more than that. it's also the issue of miss critical to the is it the schools with bootable boy so she can move funded. balsam was loosing with a new computer. this little level of this of to me see just be good films. i mean movie book needs to be moved to quote, the stupidity of his model. so do some simple for is so, so, so going to bugs level good is a full, what do submission do to sanctions, foreign clothing and shoes, stores in russia, closed one out for another. a times customers formed huge cues. in many cases, foreign companies decided to stop working overnight, creating even more panic, a shoe shortage in russia. we went to doug, it's done looking for an answer where some 600 entrepreneurs are in the chute.