skins, polls, and juice during the 2nd world war. the west is largely silent about them. the news are to receive exclusive footage from the don, both city of solids, art where the russian private military group. wagner said its secured theory also in the program, a warning disturbing images ahead. it's a decade since a much voltage, french military operation begun in molly, what concerns continue to bring failure to address the core political problems that brought tales to the west african region? the voice seeds in israel load in protesting benjamin netanyahu is new cabinets, calling it the most extreme government ever exists. now these all ahead,

this news the news for most of the world, this is our take. great to have your company today. my name's unit o'neill. there's a new commander in charge of rushes, military operation in ukraine and on the job is no downs of general valerie garage . some of the previous leader of the operations tricky serv. aiken has been assigned to ask her us most deputy earlier serv akins experience was recognized by president clinton, who bestowed upon him the order of saint george russia's highest military declaration. russia's defense ministry said it had given the rule of commander directly to its chief of stuff as the wide skill of the current operation needs improved coordination between the different branches of the military. but let's move now to the dawn bus front line where the russian private, military company,

wagner essays. it's completely taken the strategic city of solid dar, under its control. the area is crucial for control in the 20th republic, and has been the scene of intense fighting with ukrainian forces are mixed in with numerous western mercenary functions. this exclusive footage shows the wagner groups head on members inspecting underground mine, but was previously used by key of troops to store weapons. the company's chief earlier confirmed that some remaining ukrainian troops in the city of been in circles with a deadline imposed for them to surrender by midnight. if guinea pro goshen also symbolically brought salt to the mine, apparently mocking the western media, this claim team has business interest in the city. no more. so that there would be no rumor spread in the yes that we are fighting for source. i have some new credit

insult with me, live it and solider after we go through it. rushes defense ministry has also commented on the situation in solid or was just rushing. airborne troops blocked salvador from the northern and southern parts of the city and the air force struck enemy strongholds. assault units are now fighting and the city board will solid are, is a strategically important location. gaining control over it effectively paved the way for russian forces to press key of troops to flee. the major city of arch him also here a vital transportation hub with a network of roads and railways, used supply routes. now the head of the done yet group public said that after solar tar rushes military will be able to move towards another key city op. here on our mouth said burst, then the cities of crumb a tourist on the lobby answer would theoretically be next in line, not in an interview to r t. the don't yet. republic liter,

denise push ill and emphasized. that's all or dora has been a crucial juncture. for the russian offensive, surprise was admitted into greece. could there zalinski uses some kind of anti crisis when the situation gets hot weather we saw how solid our did not leave the news pages some days before. you printing propaganda tends to turn cities into symbols. we saw with mario paul with as of story. we now see formation of the symbol supported by all ukrainian media about our thomas, a symbol of invincibility of no surrender. the same was said of solider was the liberation of sold are allows russian troops to go to the city of our tom of sc in more favourable conditions with the liberation of solid. are we prepare for the liberation of the de nets people's republic? we see that now the situation has changed in russian troops have taken the initiative. the west had the goal to provoke war and pursued it without any regard

to the minsk agreements or the un security council resolution. the west continued to pump weapons and ukraine that use the time of negotiations to strengthen the key of regime. and sooner rather than later, the line would be crossed and the west would try to deteriorate the situation and to determine the outcome of the conflict in dumbass militarily. in fact, that was the reason to start the special military operation. what our teacher lancaster of is in the den. yes. republic and recaps. now the strategic significance of solider. well then asked and sir regards to salazar, came late on the tuesday evening. we 1st received a news that the fighters of the wagner group are now in control of the sensor of the city. later we got news from prologic getting forgotten or cell, the head of the whitening group. that's his units are now in full control of the city. not only that, on roads to retreat for ukrainians are under artillery control of the wagner

group as well. at the moment, the clearing operation is underway in the city where the soldiers are going from a house to house looking for the remaining ukrainian soldiers there. according to their wagner group, for a small number of training, soldiers are now hold up and are in a coal drawn in the center of the city. and we are waiting for the news where the city has been completely freed from ukrainian and nationalist. now the city of salazar is a certainly very strategic, very important for the nest people's republic. now it houses one of the largest salt wines in europe. now previously the also stations, one of the largest ammunition to peoples in east or europe as well. but so more than that, the city is a strategic for the remainder of russian forces. as by taking it,

it now paves the way to the city of thomas, which ukraine had renamed as bach board wanted to overtook of the city back in 2014 . and so once that operation is complete, the russian forces can move to other heavily fortified the cities of slogans and from a source of course that is all for major importance as well because the heavier fighting was taking place there back in it's when see 14 as well as there are many, many people that left those area, many refugees and of course are all waiting to get home as soon as possible. among the reaction we got 2 developments was from former us marine corps intelligence officer, scott ritter, who saith the takeover of solid, are paved the way for russia to move on to archibald and then advance further. let's put it this way of so dar hadn't fallen, but in the ukrainian defences that they have been building up for over 8 years from

2014 to 2022 would still be intact. and that would complicate extraordinarily, any russian offensive that has been planned when the remaining 82550000 of mobilized troops, finally appear on the battlefield. it was the follow. solid are of the russians have put at risk of the ukrainian positions in bar moot. um, the, the fact is that the defense of this area is going to become untenable and or rather than risk. and even larger cauldron, um the cranes will have no choice but to withdraw and see, create a new defensive bill. further to the west, the capture of sola dar, the eventual capture of bark mood. the piercing of the ukrainian defences is an essential precondition for any follow on russian offensive operation. so this is a, this is

a battle of tremendous significance and tremendous consequence for both sides. ah, now a decade on from france beginning its anti insurgent operation in the west african nation of molly. there are rising concerns about the lingering french military presence in the region and made claims. paris has failed to accomplish its intended purpose. our teeth, africa correspondent, code apo let santa picks up, the story from their concerns would be justified. really, when you look at the origins of french military involvement, particularly in this conflict hit the areas the aim of operations of out was actually launched by for my friends president, president, a land as a, as a response to a request that was made by molly and the un resolution called 2085, which was meant to stabilize the reason this operation quickly became

a nun event, as a france insisted on securing rather the region and not just looking at miley. but beyond that, looking at molly, booking a fossil as well as needs yet, and 18 months into operations of al, it was phased out with a much larger ambition. that of operation by con operation. but con was meant to own not only a support, rather pushback. the terrorist action that we had seen from miley that had spread into beginner fossil and neighboring j. but it was also meant to train some of the local militaries there and make sure that they're capable of defending and pushing back some of these terrorist groups. and these terrorist groups are very and they are many. and they include the affiliates of al qaeda. now, it's very difficult to look back on the exit of some of the large majority of

french are contingent there that we have seen it from last year and considered this any other thing except a colossal failure on the part of france. and it was also becoming clear, i think, given to france as well, that it was going to be impossible to win in any meaningful way. the war that he had had basically pursued on this i held region can years on the in is small conflict, thrown. it is red hot with violence and incident go as far as from 2500 being recorded annually in 3 of these countries. now france of course, was never going to admit that it was unable to secure the borders of its former colony and that it was going to win this war. now this mission that, that replaced operation, a subaru operation, but con daddy's,

it was also populated by not just the french army, though. it was also members of the e. you states, as well as the americans that have now with tails between their legs turned back and have left, you know, the region as volatile and it's open to insurgency. the same thing. they said they were there to protect against. and it, it, it really, you know, gives room if you will, for more insurgent activity in that region. now these countries, while all visibly seeing the pot that was not played by france, the inequities of its military and its inability to really secure the region. and they started one at a time, looking eastwards and looking towards russia as they are preferred to cooperation for military partnership. and to deal with some of the insurgency that we have seen

there. now it goes without saying that the you end remains concerned about the rising levels of violence, particularly violence that has been met it. i gazed civilians and also the, the amount of of displaced people that we have seen in the region. and the ensuing death western countries led by the u. s. have clashed with russia during a tense, un security council meeting. washington accused moscow of robbing africa of its resources, and causing the growth of violent extremism in the sa held region. russia dismissed the allegations saying they make a mockery of common sense some delegation sand again today that russia allegedly ropes, africa, of its resources all facilitates the growth of terrorist threats in that part of the world. however, when reality, this is something that conscious who made such remarks to day 2 across the globe included in africa. they wanted to plum to lay biz resources so badly that they

didn't hesitate to destroy the country and destabilize the entire sa hail. so when accused in russia, they simply ma common sense and the ability of african states to assess adequately the true cases of their outstanding problems and to choose whom to cooperate with. russia is seen as an important partner by a number of african countries in the vast cell region, including molly, i'm nigeria, both nations of security, a military cooperation agreements with moscow which say's its rule is to help maintain peace and security and to defend the principle of quote, african solutions to african problems will african problems including poverty, violence and conflict are seen by many as a legacy of the continence colonial past. western power, such as britain, france, portugal and spain controls and exploited african resources during the rule according to geopolitical unless joe and sang, the russian presence in africa has been welcomed. it's not,

it's not something that is new. the western or the western partners are not so used into russia. they know i shall be to be pushing everything that they do with the whole entire thing that you're trying to do right now is to again to create pressure being the human, it's doing full part of the same debt. that was the type of doing the ukraine is shifting the improvement in africa for very long time. but the reason why the shipping the old post now in the media is simply because they losing that. they're using they all in france. we have seen a lot of been known in africa and since most of the protest and leg, because they understand that russia will come in only when you invite them to come

right. let's turn attention to the middle east, where protest against the new is really government headed by benjamin netanyahu. show no signs of relenting, having fuel to the discontent was this statement by a lawmaker from the prime minister's party. i do not feel the need to justify myself, preferring jews to arabs in the state of jews. yes, i am a tb. this is a state of jews. i prefer jewish murderers over our murderers. and in general, in the state of jews, i preferred jews over disloyal arabs. it hasn't been evelyn months since benjamin netanyahu swore name as the leader always rose new government. and the situation here on the ground seems to be boiling already with frustration, disappointment, and criticism coming from various parts of the society regarding the palestinian affairs. of course we hear more and more radical statements from different politicians open coals for violence and sometimes even what could be considered as justification of the killings. and we also see various provocative actions,

like when the country's new national security minister visits alex and most they hold this place for almost and that anger is certainly palace. peanut is a lot, but it seems not only them former a member of the kinessa, tase, rarely parliament ex army chief of staff called on to see for a large scale nationals said one rising to protest against his anything, yahoo governments moves particular in regards to given even more benefits and advantages to the countries grow in religious population. that ease already largely supported by the state, financial and socially. let's take a listen. ladies and gentlemen, against the malicious and evil government, there is only one way a large scale civil uprising, destruction of the justice system. unlimited political appointments, permission for the ultra orthodox to do whatever they want with our tax money. why would we agree? why would we accept this on our heads on our pockets on our lives?

we will never agree. after an extreme anti zionist ultra orthodox jewish sac that opposes the state of israel visited the camp of janine and an awful, notified westbank. as they stated to show solidarity with palestinians against israelis, the countries knew national security minister threatened to deport them to syria. their peaceful demonstration just last december was brutally dispersed by the country's police. so it seems, israel's new government that has been already called the most far right in the country's history so far failing to ring harmony and peace to the society. but it's quite successful in fueling the existing problems. no, the license self. an indian pharmaceutical company at the center of a scandal over cough syrup, link, dance, and is pakistan has been suspended at after it feel to respond to a notice issued by the retard british food safety and drug administration department. morien biotech has been ordered to cease operations until further

notice, ortiz rendering charmer house the story. the author for the state government in india has suspended the production license or farmer company morrison biotech. after it failed to reply to was sure caused orders, which are sent to them. remember, the company has been under scanner ever since. it was linked to the death offer on 18 children in it was big as stand. the matter came to light on a 28th of december, after which the drug regulated in india had inspected the unit. they completely halted the production as their, as well as collected control samples to look for any possible contamination as claimed by it was based on all saw the pharmaceutical export from motion council of india, a suspended at the membership of a maris and diet egg. now remember, india is known as the pharmacy off the wall, and then the last decade or saw as the pharmaceutical exports have more than

doubled and the, the new was off was baker's thought, as well as a gamble. remember where the world health organization blamed an indian made golf sit up for the death of for 70 children. and that has sort of den, did the image or for the industry and india, a hero to with all the suspensions and inspections. remember, these inspections are carried out, not just in the far my units that are under question here. a bar to of these inspections by the drug regulators in india are being carried out. i'll through the length and breadth of india in pharmaceutical companies, a both big and a small. india is afford 2, in a sense, reassure the world that it does care about our processes and quality and that it will not compromise with that. the us is

uncomfortable with the idea of a multi polar world, but what a former singaporean foreign minister said this week and commenting on washington's pushed back against the rise of china to u. s. doesn't like multiple rarity and is fighting against it. my fear is it will exhaust itself fighting because it will fail. the reaction came after the u. s. house of representatives voted to create a special committee to address the so called fred from china republican congressman, my galler, her who's reportedly sent to lead the group saying that china's peaceful rise is mere fiction. a lot. the american government needs to get tough on beijing. victor gao, senior figure in a china based thing, time saith the establishment of the committee, is unlikely to make any difference as it won't halt, chinese development. whatever these politicians in washington want to do will end up in failure. no one can stop china's peaceful development. i won't even go

further to say that any attempt to deprive the chinese people of their right of economic development will be the largest a crime against humanity. the united states need to really look at its own problems at home, rather than blaming china for its own failure. and by blaming china for its own failure will not solve the problems in the united states. you may actually push the united states into greater mistakes. it is time for the united states to recognise china is a global power to be treated as an equal rather than trying to hold and china down to the ground to men handle china as if there will be no consequences. ah, well, the u. s. is not only wrong with china, but also with it said, posted allies in europe. belgium has had all it,

had washington accusing it of an aggressive campaign to lower european companies to the other side of the atlantic by promising support under the u. s. inflation reduction act to us our partner, they call our industry and they tell them why are you investing in europe? you should come over to the us colon german firms and belgian firms in a very aggressive way. don't invest in europe, we have something better. the belgian prime minister, alexander de crew, is essentially husing the u. s. of predatory practices toward european businesses struggling with high energy costs. under the e use pro ukraine policy of trying to run european industry with as little energy as possible in order to stick it to russian president vladimir putin. these european businesses are at the mercy of the e u, which isn't placing their interest 1st because it's obsessed with what's going on in ukraine and helping ukraine. so what the crew is saying now is that the u. s. is

literally picking up the phone and trying to seduce these european companies to leave the e u with cold hard cash benefits to crew told the financial times that the americans, quote, used the inflation reduction act in a very aggressive way to attract investment. you could say it's fair game, but then you shouldn't say, oh, we forgot about the impact on europe. i mean, i think they were very well aware of the impact that it could have. yeah, so this might in administration lies branded is both a way to reduce the impact of inflation on americans. and also as a means of fighting climate change. because, you know, you'd have to be a pretty bad person to object to a law that fights inflation and climate change, right? but ultimately it's made in america law that locks out european parts and items for things like electric cars. it also incentivizes companies that move to and invest in america, which is pretty much an easy sell these days, given the fact that they actually have energy in the us because they haven't cut

off their top gas supplier like europe did with russia, french president, a menu and michael made a trip to washington late last year to remind biden that europe is supposed to be a friend, and that the inflation reduction act hardly treats it like one a sentiment echoed by a european commission president ursula of underline. the official reduction act can also create distortion by, for example, privileging u. s. firms. it is the by american logic that underpins popped off the i r a. it is tax breaks that could lead to discrimination and it is production subsidies that could discriminate european companies. mitchell to dish will fit the choices made the objectives, which i share, especially the inflation reduction act are choices that will fragment the west because they create such differences between the united states of america and europe. the all those that work in many companies in the us, they will just think,

we don't make investments anymore on the other side of the atlantic. and these choices can only work if there is a coordination between a school. if we decide together if we re synchronize, so this is crucial surgery, nicole's trip to washington biden acknowledged that there were, quote, glitches in the new law. and he said that quote, i never intended to exclude folks who were cooperating with us. that was not the intention we're back in business, you're expecting business. and we are going to continue to create manufacturing jobs in america, but not at the expense of europe. so there is this huge sy, relief in europe at that point, that may be a trade war had been averted. but now the reality is setting in here in europe that the u. s. really isn't keen on treating european products the same as made in america products and is continuing to exploit the energy crisis here in europe to

pursue european companies to america's benefit. not sure why the e u is so surprised. frankly, since for years washington has been using its own anti corruption laws, for example, to selectively tar yet european companies and even managing to parlay threats of criminal prosecution into convenient american bios. it's basically washington b. washington, as usual in advancing its agenda with this inflation reduction act these of a europe. meanwhile, europe naively continues to pretend that washington isn't an economic competitor. now, india is set to become a 7 trillion dollar economy in the next 7 years. but according to the countries chief economic adviser, he also added that the target of a 3 trillion dollar economy can be achieved as early as march. his statement on monday came as

a survey showed that the nation's economy is expanding. the fastest rate in more than 2 years, the government advisor said an important issue is the u. s. preparing to lower its interest rates within the next 2 years, which will have an impact on the indian repeat. also to note india's overall demand for fuel reached a 9 month high in december. the india has become one of russia's largest oil customers as new delhi snaps, all discounted shipments, shunned by european consumers, rushes supply to india high skyrocketed to all time highs of 1170000 barrels per day, global offers on the list. se drought run, jim sais cooperation with moscow, has significantly benefited the south asian country. lithium energy supply has been a great to have to country lake india and other countries who have torn garbage to be fight best done big debts and has come forward to make an avenue

went off payment in their own currency like a well payment system. no country of cardboard on that because the leash or some any part off the boys who have defied the veteran tickets and have question soon can 7 for their own in there. good thing and in the law says they have also contributed in emergence off a new global order that has already taken some shape in 2022. and this year we are hoping that it will come into more concrete form. ok before we go, let's returns state side where a huge fire has broken out. in the u. s. state of illinois engulfing a chemical plant. local media reported that annex lotion was hurt us. the fire started emergency services are on the scene working to contain the flames. no

casualties have been reported so far. according to officials, those living nearby are not at risk, but have been advised to shelter in places additional to be no evacuation. right, showing the ukraine conflict direct from the ground through the eyes of war correspondents . next, our documentary came chronicles just ho more difficult. what was already one of the most dangerous occupations has become close for them. ah.