in united states and elsewhere in large arms companies would lose millions and millions or is business and business is good. and that is the reality of what we're facing, which is fashion with rejects accusations that is responsible for miss australia on a residential building in pitfalls. that's after the lensky advisor blame the deadly explosion on ukraine's own defense with all the officials say that the ukrainian shelling has left at least 2 dead and 4 injured and done. yes, the victims may still be trapped under the rubble. also they saw a trying to reiterate this vision for a multi polar world. beijing's newly appointed foreign minister complete his multi leg african fall under india. hey,

story. impulse peak of 1000000 barrels of russian crude oil the day with moscow remaining. you del isn't the biggest energy supply with ally from our headquarters in moscow. you're watching all the international. i'm peter scott. and here are the top stories at 4 pm go. tiger. russia has said that it doesn't targets civilian infrastructure in ukraine, follows accusations from ukrainian officials that moscow intentionally struck an apartment building in the city of the near po. petrovic. zelinski has also condemned russia of what he calls moscow. silence over the tragedy from the spokesperson gps cove claims that ukraine has already admitted that its own defenses were responsible for the incident. the russian armed forces do not strike residential buildings or social infrastructure facilities. strikes are conducted against military targets, either obvious or camouflaged. you yourself saw the conclusions of some

representatives of the ukrainian side who said that this tragedy was the result of the actions of air defense systems. hello to discuss this further, i am now joined at live in the studio by ortiz, rachel blevins. rachel, thanks for joining me. now can you tell me what the background to this statements is please? so pass. got there is referencing reports that 36 people were killed and dozens were injured. after an apartment building was struck in the city of napa troughs. now this comes and made a wave of russian air strikes, targeting ukrainian energy infrastructure with moscow, saying that they did not target that building. at the same time, kiev is insisting that russia must be responsible. but we're also hearing from you, cranium. presidents lynn skis, advisor, who is speaking out and insisting that this building was likely hit as a result of the response from ukraine's air defense systems. tankless know what he had to say for you, but he was beaten. no paula, the police, the missile was shut down, but it fell on the building. it exploded when it fell down. now this adviser has

since apologize for those comments after they were met with swift backlash from ukraine's government. and after some said that he should even be investigated by the country security services. at the same time, their initial response from ukraine's military was to say that they could not be capable that their air defenses could not have shot down, not caliber of missile. but at the same time, they've also previously said that they have done that. so a lot of contradictions, and definitely what's been the reaction so far to this? well, the western media initially came out and not only blamed russia, but also accused moscow of intentionally targeting civilian infrastructure. at the same time, they didn't have nearly as much to say about the comments that were made by that adviser to zelinski. and that's notable, especially as we've seen past examples of ukraine's air defense systems being faulty, especially in the incident back in november where ukrainian missile landed over and

polish territory killing 2 people. but of course this is nothing new. i mean, if we look back at the way that the media has covered the ongoing conflicts over the last 8 years, we've seen that they've continued to ignore ukraine's attack on the russian speaking civilian population. those attacks have been ongoing from the july 2014 bombing of an apartment building and don bass that killed at least 10 people to the march 2022 bombing have done. that's left 21 people. dad, as well as the april 2022 bombing of a railway station that killed 50 people. now, at the same time, or we're seeing this media coverage, we're also seeing an increase in devise a rhetoric on social media that includes some on twitter who are openly speaking out and calling for genocide of the russian people. here's what was said. it's absolutely fair for me to wish for all russians in russia to be wiped off the face of the earth. it's not hate speech, it's not horrible of me. it's just fair. so lot of statements being made here and

will continue to follow as latest updates become available. thanks rachel chisola. meanwhile, a showing of don yeske was reported on monday with at least 2 civilians reportedly killed a local journalist census. this report from the scene was the quote of sim dora. this is a tragic start to the working week for local residence. at 90 m, the ukrainian army fired 3 m l r's rockets at a peaceful city. this happened exactly at the moment when people were driving to work. there was maximum traffic on the roads, and there were many local residents on the streets and bus stops that emergency services are on the scene. the 3 story building was non residential. it housed offices, including a pharmacy, according to preliminary data, there may be people under the rubble, but according to the latest reports, at least 4 people were wounded in this attack on his what some locals told us at

the scene. awful damn personal. it happened very early in the morning. i was sleeping at the time. i live here on the 5th floor, presently over one hello and i was passing a traffic like the 1st time it landed somewhere near by the 2nd time it hit the building. i tried to avoid being hit and sped up the 3rd time it hit me. i feel okay, i guess if it is possible to feel okay in this situation, i have some injuries from broken glass from car windows to lou louis of there has been more shelling of the nets in office building with shell. it's the civilian object. an investigation is underway. there are people injury where currently rescue people from under the rubble and taken measures to save them. a president zalinski says that the battle for the town of philadelphia is ongoing enough, despite the russian defense minister confirming that the town is now under its control. as the russian troops chef footage from the front lines will hit some of the exclusive footage from the thin following the devastation. after months of

heavy fighting, ukrainian troops, abundant western supplied weapons and ammunition, as they withdrew from the town. moscow says the wagner troops would shut mental in winning the butterfly ladon. we heard from 2 fights as or no. yeah, well, i could have such a song what a fellow that we are now in solider, which has recently been liberated by the pmc wagner. result troops, we faced strong resistance from ukrainian nationalists. despite their high professionalism, we surpass them in every way. we are urban fighters, so snow used trying to compete with us here. i think i result was destined to succeed. as you can see from the dispositions, there were battles for practically every house. the enemy really dug into the city, refusing to give up their positions. but since the onslaught of musicians here was especially heavy, the ukrainians had to retreat. but in fear not threatened in general during their sold, our soldiers operate actively abruptly and try to break into the enemy's positions

before they know it. most commonly and sold happens under the cover of our own artillery. it launches strikes while our soldiers break into the enemy's positions . so the enemies don't even have time to raise their hats because they are hiding from artillery strikes. we advance quite quickly, especially in the residential sector. but sometimes we stumble as well. here with dense, high rise buildings from the upper floors of which the observation is easier and from which snipers usually fire. it was a little more difficult. still, an active advancement is key to our success. during the assault, therefore, sold our was taken relatively quickly. moving on now, china's newly appointed foreign minister was in cairo on sunday, footfalls with egyptian and arab league officials and marks his last stop on a multi leg trip across africa, which was aimed at boosting his confused thighs to the confidence beijing's top diplomats has reiterated china's vision for multiple the world are sure enough only

chance shoot. we agreed to work together to implement the spirit of the react declaration which affirms a multilateral international order based on international law. and the dedication of common values for humanity represented in peace, justice development, democracy and freedom. and the rejection of the palletization of human rights issues and their use as a tool to interfere in internal affairs of other countries. the vivid by chinese, foreigners, king hong, is really to solidify his relationship with egypt, the continence number, one economy and china has poured billions into their economy. having invested in the suicide can now which it has a new economy zone, which is largely developed and chinese money. and china has also been influential in the development of a localized production of vaccines in egypt. having collaborated through sign of

farm and the government of egypt is also putting in money into the new administrative capital. in cairo, there was also a meeting with the arab league, general secretary, which is seen as very important because china has been a big part of, of the middle east end. that multi lateral flora of corporation. as witness through the re add declaration, which was signed a couple of years ago. but china as a leading investor on the continent as a whole, the continent of africa was really here to, to reassure some of it's 59 countries. that investment will keep will keep coming and that the road and belt initiative may have slowed, but it still has some life in it. as we move along, foreign minister kin also visits had been in algola, as well as, as ga one looking into infrastructure investment with countries like not well,

i've been in, we're looking to, to a band the export of raw materials, particularly soybeans in the next 2 years. and china is seen as an important member in establishing the localization of the manufacturing of that being which would be of benefit to the populace within berlin itself. but less than now to some of the comments that were made by men is the kin, as well as the e. u. chair person miss them with a funky feeder. whatever can nice is so dirty and cooperation, not confrontation, no country, no people have the right to force african countries and their people to take sides . africa should be a platform for international cooperation. not an arena for competition between major countries. for africa refuses to be seen as an arena for computing influence . we're open to cooperation and partnerships with everyone as long as their respect

or principles. our priority is no interest. the partnership with her, with china is built on this principles. let's keep in mind that this comes following what the americans have been trying to do and the other side, which is also to reestablish his relationship with the continent. following the december summit with joe by then head with over 40 african heads of faith in washington, throwing as of $65000000000.00 of investment over the next 3 years. which pales in comparison when one looks at the investments that have been made by china, which are data dead. estimates that china is of it out some $160000000000.00 worth of loans to african countries between their 2000 and the 20. 20. well, as africa is influenced in the world grows arts, he speaks exclusively with the retrain ambassador. and he shares his thoughts on the future of the african continent corporation with russia,

and much more where you can watch the full version on r c throughout the day. or, of course, on our web sites r t dot com. but now his quit cesar, ah, russia has been accused elvia colonialism and of seeking to expand its influence there. do you think that is the case and if not, what is perhaps who stands to benefit from driving a wedge between russia and africa from the 1st place. we accuse it who is accused. russia is really amazing. those countries walk years rational, who might argue that russia are the ones who i've been there for long and as nuclear analysis. and connie analysis, i think, last areas where we can cooperate with russia. beach, in the security sector, thread sector, economic sector, and defense sector. or for that matter,

also in other areas, the cooperation with russia could be very important in the agricultural sector, also beat in their transfer of low. how in the transfer of her asian, the productivity, africa awakening. no, i think russia will sell us anything that we'd like to have. ah, india's broken new records, importing more than $1000000.00 barrels of oil per day from russia. that's $33.00 times more than a year earlier. our season wanted sharma picks up the story. in the relationship with russia, dates back to the call for, but the young gordon by 2022 has particularly been an important one. the bilateral trade between new delhi and more school has triple the ad. russia has become india as a top oil supply or in the last 3 months of 2022. so passing it's dominant. it's traditionally

why suppliers, like saudi arabia is wrong in the us. appetite for russian crews has massively grow one from one percent in february of 2022 and last year to 25 percent in december. so that's a huge jump there in the are now in voting over $1000000.00 barrels of crude oil. birdie, a new were recall there. i'm pretty, it makes perfect sense for india considering india is the 3rd largest consumer or oil in the world. and that was one of the reasons given by india for do find these are sanction seeing that we want to prioritize the n no g security for a 1400000000 people. india has made itself very clear to the west and the wall that it is going to exercise it through t j could on meet. what is meant is not only secure and you know g for its people,

but in dazzle. so exporting more now liter v does suggesting that india would be offering backdoor and bought russian oil to the u. k. we're going to look at some di da here. take for instance the john net good to find re in india, best cost. it's important russian oil have increased these for time from 2021 to 2020 to the seem to find read the job. now go to find, read also supplies oil to the u. k. and look at the u. k. has imported 29 shipments of these will and other refined products from job numbers since the beginning of the conflict in ukraine and compared to 2021. only 7 shipments. 10000000 barrels of oil. in 2022 got to 2021. $4000000.00 barrels, so that's the difference. and the data also with the question mark on what the meaning of all these sanctions really is. the u. k. must close the loopholes that

undermine support for ukraine by allowing bloody fossil fuels to continue flowing across our borders. you see, india has been under constant pressure threats and motor judgments from the west for buying discounted russian oil. it would be interesting now to see what the u. k . federal responds to what you korean has to see about their imports or, or in from india. europe struggles to diversify its energy sources. katasha energy minister is confident that the confidence will resume buying russian gas enough. despite unions pledge to win itself off russian energy the europeans today are saying there is no way we're going back to rush and gas where all blast to have to be able to forget and to forgive. and i think things get mannered with time. they learn from that situation and probably have a much bigger diversity, but trash and gas is going back in my view to europe. speaking at the global energy

conference in doha, there could 30 minutes to warn the europe will still go to replenish disgust storage until at least 2025. the official also added the gas is a realistic solution to achieve and use much promoted green energy goals without rushing gas on the markets. energy prices will remain too high for europe to push forward with its environmental funds. well, earlier we spoke to banking and economics professor richard verna, who says that europe's a finding it hard to replace russian energy imports the category and energy minister who's heading b and the m. r. idle and gas company is really looking at the facts and the reality, and he's very much aware of the european demand and requirement for energy. and the reality is, as he points out, that the u. s. supplies that everyone is now preparing for do take time. i mean, there's not enough shipping terminals to receive it and

there's, there's a whole number of logistics issues you conscious overnight switch to american or the gas supply. so the reality is, the gas that the gas from russia will be needed. and we really see in the m u k. india, a case that adam, these indirect measures are now being taken where essentially russian gas is being imported. but it's just not admitted. that is russian gas because it 1st goes to it from russia to india, is refined there, and then imported the reality is that until 2025, it will be difficult to replace russian gas. the winter has been somewhat mild this year. so it wasn't so far hasn't been a big crisis for euro and but overall, the demand is significant. now from the story where across to day

a chemical plants in china's lounging providence has reportedly been shut down to a powerful explosion. left 5 people dead. an 8th of those on accounted for the blast, reportedly for through a factory in the district of hon. gene unverified sportage shed on social media claims to show the size of the plan with massive to the folk rising above it. chinese, they television reported that the explosion occurred while workers were carrying out maintenance work at the relation facility. the tradition capital has been flooded by thousands of protesters marching against the near total seizure of power by the countries president people called for his resignation as they might be unable 3 of the spring protests that shook the regions political landscape. now the demonstrations how be mod, by cautious with police. people been outraged by the economic crisis and rising

unemployment that's currently gripping the country as well. some locals had to say about the grievances, isn't it? unless, is it an ad? we've had enough, the cost of living has increased. prices have gone up, we have come to defend our revolution. what is the state? it's the president and his government. he's the one who runs it. so it's up to him to account for what he has not done in the country for a year and a half. he has done nothing. he has monopolized all the authorities and institutions. he has made promises, but he has done nothing today and i've been this message not. i cannot build a family, have a child because i am afraid of the situation. i see as a result, one cannot do anything in one's life, nor evolve in one's professional career, nothing because the situation is not going in the right direction. since i wasn't in the suck, i left the rate of price increases will continue as well as the existence of shortages of basic necessities in the country. this is for the simple reason that the state does not have the financial resources to pay for import,

such as cereals. under way, over a decade since june issue was proclaimed the only r up country, that one the fights for democracy and freedom ortiz, that steve sweeney ask, is a, is, if anything's really changed for the people that the spotlight has fallen once more on the birthplace of the so called arab spring, shanicea trove is on from the revolution. people are thronging the streets in mass rallies against the president who sees power and is all trinity is parliament march 2022. and what has been described as a constitutional cou? many had claimed that you nivia was the only country to win the fight for freedom and democracy of the toppling of president ben allie, ending of nearly 25 years of his rule, rival groups or even awarded the nobel prize in 2015 in the bel peace prize for

2015 is to be awarded to detention national dialogue quartets for its decisive contribution to the building of a pluralistic democracy. in tenicia elections in december would largely boycotted with just 11 percent of eligible voters taking part in a poll and political parties ban from running chinese. he has western allies, including the united states and france, have expressed concern, and the country's economy lies in tatters. shanicea has been hit by sewing food prices and shortages of fuel and basic staples like sugar, vegetable, and rice. and to make matters worse, the cash struck country is losing money at a time when it needs it. the most chinese here has been forced to go cap in hand to the international monetary fund. it struck a preliminary agreement of a $1900000000.00 loan in october. but that has now been frozen, pending further economic reforms. as the u. s. threatens to wield its veto,

causing panic amongst foreign investors. many of whom have announced plans to leave the country while washington has cut off humanitarian aid to months after the secretary of state met with a chin is him president, lavishing him with praise. will no doubt be talking about our support for inclusive transparent elections. ah, the economy program that so important to the future, the taishan people. but what was the arab spring in reality? well, back in 2010, it was hailed by many in the west as a victory for democracy. governments were toppled as protests spread like wildfire to countries including egypt, yemen, bahrain, algeria, jordan, and iraq. one of the bloodiest events bundled in with the arrow spring, was a nato bombardment of libya in 2011. that ended in disaster. and the brutal

execution of luma gadhafi with a country descending into a quagmire from which is never fully recovered. with the resurgence of jihadist and a bitter war between rival governments, but good duffy's demise was celebrated by the west. yes, we came. we saw a died in sylvia foreign intervention led to a lengthy conflict. but despite sanctions of western back proxies, president assad remains empower. iraq remains unstable with frequent protests and difficulties forming a government, egypt to have been plagued by instability. and schoo nicea is now witnessing fresh unrest and a dire economic crisis. so more than a decade on the question remains was a all worth it. and finally, italian police have arrested one of the country's most wanted mafia bosses. he's been on the wrong since 1993 and finally caught in

a private clinic in the city of palermo. mateo massena dinero, known in the criminal underground as diabolic, is now 60 and has spent the past 30 years on the run accused of a bombing in 1992 in sicily that murdered 2 of the country's top anti mafia. prosecutors as well as the wife of one of them and a number of bodyguards italian premier, georgia maloney said that the crime bosses capture is a quote great victory of the state. that shows that it doesn't surrender in the face of the matthew was the main stories for this. i'll do head over so our websites are t dot com or social media pages for more on peter scott on the back again at the top of yeah ah ah ah,

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union. the kremlin. ca, yep, machine. the state aren't russia for date and r. t sport, mckibben our video agency, roughly all band on youtube with ah, russia built an up corporation with several african countries across the continent . now do african countries welcome these developing relations? i think so. i think he is, because to hear it from many african ambassadors here really they are welcome africa is the russia is welcome. though of course,

it's coming a bit late than the other big power. russia has been accused of neo colonialism and of seeking to expand its influence there. do you think that is the case and if not, what is perhaps who stands to benefit from driving a wedge between russia and africa. the 1st place was acute, who is accused, russia is really amazing. those countries walk years. russia who might accuse russia are the ones who i've been there for long and as new york or analysis and quote analysis. i see the out afraid of russia competing with them. no, nothing, da, da, da da. the approach of russia should differ very much from the upper down approach . what is their approach like.