ah mm hm. ah, breaking news from nepal, where dozens have been killed in a plane crash near the country's international airport. and in this week's top stories, moscow confirmed, this military is taking control of the strategic town of salvatore in the next republic. that's after months of intense fighting with no country, no people have the right to force african countries and let people to take sides plots. beijing statements that africa should not be an arena for competition between western countries. as china, new foreign minister wraps up his 5 nation trip across africa with sunday.

and that means is the weekly here on our team. my name is peter scott on here, the top stories from the week just gone. but we do start with some breaking news from nepal. west 68. people are reports, a debt in a plane crash near the capital's international airport. we heard from ron russian citizen, working at the navy ation club in nepal, who was at the scene. and he says the incident was caused by a shop loss of speed for this. and actually we were at an old airport near the napoleon the asian club parking lot. at one point we saw the plane landing and it was already very low at the time. my colleague and i realized something was wrong, then it dropped sharply by about 20 meters in the plane disappeared over the horizon. there was an explosion and fire and that was it. typical loss of speed and corkscrew, this unverified footage allegedly shows the moments before and just after the playing cross, the craft was reportedly trying to land before plumbing, things to the ground. in the fall,

the government had declared jenny the 16th day of morning and has ordered inspections of old domestic aircraft ortiz. chava has more. a t r 70 to get a line that was on route from the capital city of may fall. got mon due to bull crap . and that stretched takes about 20 minutes and 20 minutes into the peak or from god mondo. the crash was reported. the local media in the ball. and i was seeing that there's a possibility of the pilot in order to avoid a crashing into the busy market area. the walk in the lean towards the reward and that's where the crash was reported around 11 am local time when the band from the statute where this was only about one and a half kilometer was from the airport where the plane was supposed to land. now as for the civil aviation authorities with the ball, there was 15 foreign nationals and 4 crew members of these 4 nationals and 5

indians for russian korean and some other nationalities as well. now as far as the prime minister of my father's concerned push, because the hard he's held an emergency meeting with his cabinet and i'm one of doing the situation very, very closely. me police are me as well as police, and also some local, really trying to help in the rescue off stare at this stage that are discerning the thoughts on how many dead bodies have been pulled out a. but at this stage, it would be very difficult to see if anyone has to live or not. of course, the chances of that a very clean, very, very unlikely. what happened without cleaning. of course those details are still very sketchy at this point. but of course, we keep following all the updates and we'll keep our viewers updated on that. but from on this, we can cross live now to international aircraft accidents investigator for how to

even masoud fod thanks to finding the time to speak with those to day. now obviously this is a tragic day for nepal. can you describe what the procedures will be for ascertaining now what's happened? yeah, post changed looking into the rain. it is. busy oh, saw how it looks like we've lost our yeah, it's not an aircraft investigator. we'll try and get him back later in the program . we'll move on now to the conflicts in ukraine. the russian defense ministry has confirmed did launch strikes on ukrainian military commands, senses and related infrastructure on saturday. rosario lisa looked up on january 14th. a missile attack was carried out on ukrainian military commands and control systems of related energy facilities. all targets were hit on the donuts france, russian troops have advanced to the northern outskirts of the city of our team,

and the sole railway station. oh, 1st of all, in regards to our tel mosque, which is sir no in the west as south backward because the ukraine had renamed that city back in 2016. well, the, the city of our art, your mosque is of paramount strategic importance, both to russia and to ukraine. it's only 10 kilometers away from the recently liberated city of salazar and the a win on the barack battle grounds there will allow the russian armed forces to advance further its wards. the cities of fast lavarne scans are crumbled, source canada, that se yet another major stronghold of the ukraine and military, and the currently an occupied territory of the darnedest people's republic. now russian defense ministry statements comes right after ukrainian officials and the local media reported that there were at least $100.00 rockets fired against this territory on saturday. several of the countries regions declared emergency on that

day and also emergency electricity blackouts were declared in kiev as well as at 7 other regions. now footage in social media in ukraine also showed a, a partially destroyed residential building in at now proper troughs. ukraine and officials 1st blamed a rush for the direct destruction of the building. but sir thorpe advisor to ukrainian president, alexey are established confirmed that it was not a direct hit, but the work of ukrainian air defense systems for you, but it was below no pull in the police. the missile was shut down, but it fell on the building. it exploded when it fell down for it is in ukraine were quick to disagree with the speaker that you just heard. and the mayor of never petrov cast the already called for are a storage to be investigated by the countries security services. meanwhile, russian military officials have as stated, sime and again,

that says civilians are never the targets of russian strikes. also, they have stated numerous times that ukrainian air defense. it has been very ineffective given examples how their missile defense rockets have already ended up in civilians, homes up, well not only in ukraine, but even in the neighboring countries when one of the ukrainian rockets killed 2 farmers in poland. now also earlier on sunday, russian defense ministry said that ukraine security services are setting up explosives in a grain storage facility in hark of region. now, at this provocation, as they called it was a plant in order to accuse russia of failing the so called grain deal according to defense, ben is free. the provocation is meant to increase pressure on public opinion in western countries in order to achieve new large scale arm supplies, the ukraine. this would not have been the 1st time ukraine would stage such

provocations in order to find support in the west. last year. a world headlines were full of stories about and youth from boucher ukrainian city that russian forces return to keeps controlled you through successful negotiations that sir took place at the time. a western media were presented with corpses of civilians on the streets of the city, and that's just 3 days after the russian army left, the linkage between the dead and the russian military was established immediately without any fact based 8 at the back it up for its board, russia has vehemently deny delegation. so in general, the latest ukrainian provocation falls in line with the key of attempts to boost military support from the was due to its own failures on the battle ground. and now to the dumbass phone lines where russian forces achieved a breakthrough this week, the private group wagner has taken control of the strategic town of solid dom here,

you can see footage from the ground after russia assumed control after the fall of its own ukrainian troops are said to have moved westward. wagner forces these various anti tank weaponry and reportedly western supplied military equipments. this exclusive footage shows the order groups, head and members inspection and ground mind that was previously used by gifts. troops to stole weapons in florida is strategically important location. getting control over its paved. the way for russian forces to put pressure on ukrainian troops in the town of our shore must a vital transportation hope with a network of roads and railways, used supply routes. he had already done the republic, said that after fella doris was minutes, you'll be able to move westwards to the town of the towns. i've come a thought on 5 young would then be the key targets for the russian army. now he says, the fighting for the town of philadelphia is still ongoing. the mid reports of both sides have suffered losses in the battle. meanwhile,

desperate relatives of ukrainian fighters are said to be missing or in captivate. the have taken to the streets of local media labeled a march of widows. women were seen holding photos of their husbands putting on the government to bring them home. the protest follow multiple eye witness accounts, suggesting the key of is reluctant to retrieve some of its wounded service men from the battlefield. give biggest military baccha, united states down played the significance of the latest developments on the front line. according to one pentagon spokesperson ukrainian armies, the latest defeat would not have any impact from the conflict that they can listen . we don't know how it's going to go, so i'm not gonna predict failure or success here. but even if they're both back mood and sell it are fall to the russians. it's not going to make a i, it's not going to have a strategic impact on the war itself. and it certainly isn't gonna stop the ukrainians or, or slow them down in terms of their and their efforts to regain their territory.

let's put it this way of sold or hadn't fallen in the ukrainian defenses 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 12550000 of mobilized troops, finally appear on the battlefield. it was the follow solid r o, the russians have put at risk of the ukrainian positions in bar moot. the fact is that the defense of this area is going to become untenable and or rather than risk, an even larger cauldron. the ukraine's will have no choice but to withdraw and seek, create a new defensive bill and 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 and moving on. now, china's new foreign ministers wrapping. i'll pay the $5.00 nation trip across africa. the last country on the checklist was been in, well, during an official meeting with the countries president, he stressed the importance of chinese american corporation. so identify more areas onto strength and bilateral ties. but jaina bar painting my proposal is that we work together to promote synergy between been in strategic development plan and the belt and road initiative. and the achievements of the forum on china, africa corporation, in order to identify more fields of action and growth rights for our cooperation. i am thinking of infrastructure, agriculture, human resources, training, manufacturing and pace and security infrastructure gesture president had to sell on

a venue has met with visiting chinese foreign minister down in continent till i said that the new chinese foreign minister's visit coincides with the fifty's investors. of the assumption of diplomatic relations between the 2 countries, many look forward to the learning from china's experience, deepening and expanding practical corporation and accelerating national development and revitalization. tina, the other hand, can they presidency things, greetings to president iran and thanked ben invoice, understanding and support on issues involving china's green chests. and major concerns. king said that china is willing to strengthen experience. it changes in tiffany and government support. meaning in exploring a development path, acetic or national conditions to size also signed population documents such as people to people and cultural exchanges. they've also agreed to conduct the outcomes of the 8th ministerial conference of the foreign of china corporation and to encourage more powerful and reputable chinese companies to invest in many betty

this week. the chinese foreign minister also visited an gola. he noted the both states have always enjoyed solidarity, entrust, as well as growing momentum in their mutual cooperation with chinese companies making significant contributions to infrastructure upgrades in an gola. his african trip also included a stop in ethiopia, where he held a meeting with his ethiopian county partner, and they discussed bilateral corporation and that joint experience in governance shown which on is it new. foreign minister also met with the head of the african union commission. in upon swipe ants u. s. involvement in the continent, he stated that no world power should force african countries to take matters to take sides in matters of geopolitics. instead saying that africa should be a place for promoting economic development. zito yosh, what african needs is solidarity and cooperation, not confrontation, no country, no people have the right to force african countries in their people to take sides.

africa should be a platform for international cooperation, not an arena if a competition between major countries. nazi africa refuses to be seen as an arena for competing influence. we're open to cooperation and partnerships with everyone as long as their respect our principles, our priorities now interests. the partnership we have with china is built on this principles. while cooperation between china and african nations is on the rise, the u. s. as it's such actions are actually destabilizing the consonants. the u. s . defense equity made those claims last month at the summit of african leaders in washington were witnessing the purity, expand its footprint, ah, in the on, on a continent on a daily basis. and that creates problems that will be eventually the stabilizing, if they're not already. or we see russia continuing to peddle cheap weapons, employing mercenaries across the continent. and so the combination of those activities by those 2 countries i think are that bears watching. and certainly,

i think their influence, again, can be the stabilize on chinese affairs experts until long says that china's approach to africa is more holistic than that of western powers. taught us engagement with africa. it's very different from the west and looks at the relationship in a holistic way. he emphasis is always been on building infrastructure and it was capacity building for development help the these countries that develop and also of course workforce. ready closer ties between china and africa, their so called democracy as defined by the united states is only a facade channel to excerpt, americans in france to impose the americans more go on on other countries, regardless of the and the state of the development. the internal political situation, the geography and so on,

so forth. the african countries and other developing countries. they are more in debt to western commercial lenders, multiple times more than china. it's become much more a price and allowing some sort of that relief, but also taking into account all the stakeholders interest. but overall, these loans are here, as i say, towards building infrastructure within the country and connecting these countries to other neighboring countries. it would bring a lot of economic progress 57 years after at least half a 1000000 indonesians were killed in anti communist massacres, declassified documents show how the u. s. and the u. k. stood by, as the mass murders unfolded, unless supports to the forces carrying out the slaughter. ortiz, rachel blevins pixel. the story. nearly 60 years after, at least half

a 1000000 indonesians were killed by their nation's military, in a western back anti communist per. that was called one of the worst mass murders of the 20th century by the cia indonesia. current president is now expressing regret, but stopped short of calling for accountability with a clear mind and earnest heart. i, as in donasia, is head of state admit that gross human rights violations did happen in many occurrences. and i deeply regret these human rights abuses. the purge began in october of 1965 at the height of the cold war. the anti communist campaign in the west had love you asked to put boots on the ground of vietnam, but they had their eyes on the communist party of indonesia. what is the largest in the world news with

the classified documents from the u. s. and the u. k, have since shown the great length they went to in order to so fear and discord in the country falling and attempted coup, which they blinked on communist supporters. british officials encouraged the unprecedented cracked out with documents from the u. k. foreign office giving insight into the block propaganda campaign launched by london calling for all communist organizations to be eliminated. and it wasn't just the u. s. and the u. k . throwing their support behind targeting. what british officials referred to as communist cancer, the government in west germany was also well aware of the atrocities that were being carried out by the indonesian terry. as documents from the federal republic

show political, military, and even financial support. but while the size of indonesia, the communist party was 3rd to those in china and the soviet union at the time, it became the target of a brutal massacre. after it was blamed for an attempted overthrow of then president su car, no move. western officials admitted was seen as the perfect way to influence public opinion. however, documents from the state department show that officials in washington encouraged the killings as a way to deal with overcrowded prisons. and in some cases, they even bragged about handing over a list of suspects to the indonesian military to target directly. they probably killed a lot of people and i probably have a lot of blood on my hands, but that's not all bad. no one cared so long as they were communists that were being butchered. no one was getting very worked up about it. there appears to be no way for the u. s. government to deny its knowledge of just how brutal the massacre was. as a document showing washington's encouragement of the crackdown are coupled with

cable, showing that the u. s. embassy in jakarta was sending regular updates to the state department documenting the mass murder of dozens of prisoners at a time. the army is quietly releasing $10.00 to $15.00 prisoners nightly to muslims for execution. the army then returned in mid march and executed between 40 and 50 local road communists, plus another 30 communists from the nearby island of sy, between 800 to 1000 alleged communists were executed by the army in east new such anger in the dark and says the massacre of 1965, the indonesians who lost family members and saw their communities forever changed by the killings. have called for accountability for those responsible not just in their own country, but also in the west. but despite the trove of declassified documents from the u. s, the u. k. and germany that show that they not only had knowledge of the massacre as it was happening, but were also complicit and lending their support. there has been nothing but

silence in response. french presidents and manuel micron has refused to apologize to algeria for the oppression of his citizens during colonial occupation. since the current generation of french people should be held accountable for past transgressions. i don't see reason to apologize. that's not the point. these words would break all ties. the worst thing would be to say, we apologize and every one goes their own way. an untrue answer is as cruel as a refusal, because in this case it is not about true recognition, but about finally closing the issue. working through things from a historical point of view does not mean that the issue is finally closed. on the contrary, it means as certain that there is something in the past that can not be asserted understood, solved perhaps something unforgivable. france and algeria half had tense relation stemming from the french's $300.00, a 130 year. excuse me, occupation of the country getting independence in 1962 after devastating war with

france. 1.5000000 algerians reportedly di did not conflicts, but that macaroni had already drawn angry responses from algiers. that's up to you . questioned whether algeria even existed as a nation before being colonized. we heard from some local people who said that they expected nothing else from the french president. goodness, it looks about, you know, western countries. they will never stand down even. they know that they have lost the battle. it will do anything to turn a thanks to their advantage. levels, cancer up at france is unable to rehabilitate and understand our current situation . when france remembers that she attempted to impose her dictatorship on algeria and algerians showed that they are invincible people to day macro can't say anything other than that they're not going to ask for forgiveness. precisely because algeria doesn't lead it. algeria emerged victorious from this war, and algeria forced france to leave algerian territory. earlier we spoke to

a political analyst uncivil society activist search by allah, who says that the macro made a mistake by damaging the french algae relations. in manuel motto, macaroni has trampled on the interests and survival of the republic of france. it further complicates these relations for the french people who are facing an energy crisis. in any case for the moment, we know that jerry is self sufficient in terms of strategic resources and to compensate for its lack of russian gasoline. we know that france has turned to a new partnership and is warming up to its relations with algeria. so i simply think that this act will deal a great blow to the vital interests of france. that's why we call his actions an act of political immaturity. but those, the stories that shaped the weak, hey on odyssey, as well as some of the latest updates for more money than to check out our website . in the meantime on peter scott, when we bought with another log in around about half an hour's time, thanks for watching.

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ah ah ah ah welcome to the part, the east west power struggle accentuated by the war in your brain and rising tensions over taiwan has temporarily leaves and now the absence of swelling is balances and potential troubles, the time between the global north and the global south, given how dearly developing countries have been paying for the decisions made in

the sub will develop world, isn't the time, right? you break exploitative arrangement? well, it's got that i'm now joined by us and jaya barrow, distinguished hello at the united service institution of india. a great pleasure, great honor for me to talk to you. thank you very much for your time. my pleasure to be on the show. now thank you, i once heard from a prominent european politician that it doesn't matter whether elephants are fighting or making law, the grass underneath them, get trampled. and if we extend that metaphor to the geopolitical situation in the world today, not just the grad underneath them to the fact that it's the valleys and the village is a part of miles away. g, russia, a fully aware of the, of the kind of damage that our confrontation is visiting up upon 3rd party.

well, i'm pretty sure they understand. the question is, what are they doing about? the fact is that the don't looking one that has been dealing with a very difficult to global environment for a long time. i would say for 300 years, i think we have been a colony of the british for a long time. and then we had a little system dominated by the west after the 2nd world war is traditionally dominated, also by the rest. but even in multilateral organizations, i've been dominated by major us. so what is now called the global sound, which is essentially a don't a big countries used to be called card world and all it is you're good of them but has not been in a good position for a long time. and it's only in the last couple of decades with globalization and new opportunities for growth that, you know, countries like china and india,

many other countries in latin america and africa experienced. i think the current crisis, international crisis, both the water ukraine, but more importantly, all the policy kind of decisions taken as a consequence of the war on hunting us. it hasn't very interesting sense here because both the east and the west, both russia and the united states. i trying to of course, it to that side. but it position itself as a leader for having the leader of the global south. one gas mean for india is foreign policy stands in practical terms. well, 1st of all, in practical terms in wellness had an independence on, but see i'm in trauma, the time it became a republic in 1004 to 7. it does have different names used to call it non alignment . then we talk about strategic autonomy. but essentially, look, auto indian policy towards the rest of the world is to have an independent foreign

policy of decisions based on our national interest. and, and understanding that we are the civilizational nation, that india like china, like russia, like a europe of mainland europe. and many others who to introduce in latin america, the parks wish we had a civilizational entity and, and we have seen ourselves as a country that has a message based on the long history of oscillation, 5000, you know, history of us in addition. and the 1st of a deeply felt a identity that we hope to have an independent voice, and whether it was in the past or not on the go daddy watch by or monsoon to my work, everyone has had an independent wise and international affairs. well the thing is, i think there is definitely this is treat our independence in the rhetoric of our

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