aah! with a headlines at midnight in moscow in dunbar, the russian private military group, wagner reports taking a key suburb of the strategic city of our chima locals who are safely evacuated, helping sharing their experiences with joe musk. i'm from or to us yesterday. wagner evacuation forces came many thanks to them for point us out. otherwise we would've died. i'm sure like i say it's hopes are high of securing a much anticipated loan from the high and about south in the external affairs

minister steps in to help the country deal with its economic crisis. also ahead with raging protests, continue in the french capital against president microns plans to increase the retirement age in the country with across the world around the clock. this is our team. welcome to the global news roundup. i'm you don't need we start on the front lines of don bus, the head of rushes, wagner private military company, has said his forces have gained full control over a strategically important suburban arch. him also also known as back moot. the time of cliches. k is less than 10 kilometers from archer most an area which has been a vital transport hub for the ukrainian military. bad of the wagner group said

fierce fighting is ongoing in nearby areas. previously, the russian defense ministry confirm that wagner had made a solid contribution in taking the city of solid dar, another strategically important location in the region. we know local 10 ourselves have thank the military company for helping them evacuate. is world that if you're mosque, i'm from or to mosque. yesterday. wagner evacuation forces came though many thanks to them for pulling south through. otherwise we would have died era. we left the house and came under fire from the cracking ukrainian nationalist group and we'll get we had to drop it out of the ground. during the shelley school, we crawled about 3 to 400 meters during the day. but when at night we walked a very long distance and my grandmother couldn't even walk. we carried her on a stretcher, were very thankful to the wagon once through a through your invocation were taken out by the wagner crew. god bless them. but the shelley has not seen for a 2nd or the last 4 days. although we showed no signs of being part of the military

when you and was ukrainian forces that were shelling in fortune to the west at all . it's very difficult in our chill musk right now, just like in march. april may be even worse since august. we have been living in the basement of our house are not going out anywhere. ukrainians were shooting at us civilians because most likely they have political issues against us. we were evacuated by the wagner group became at night. they said we need to leave urgently . we were getting out of the ruins. as soon as we came out of the basement, the ukrainians started shooting nearby. well, earlier we spoke with yellows. put common editor in chief on finished news website and the median essays, despite the takeover of key cities and on boss being a major development in the conflict for russia. the western media, something of course, who in the military muse bottled has a very big importance and it's difficult for, for the, for, and media to western media do accept the full bottom would oh, bad. but like i said,

when we're talking about lobbyist increments or we are talking about food duration of dorm was. and that is exactly what the western propagandist are afraid of. they try to keep better that great hostile a bus is really the to we a war against rush, each grade being to do my, but that's what exact exactly what they are doing. right. convinced that there is the says, the said all these billions of dollars and a western military weapons to give troops, the pentagon has insisted that crimea is still a ukrainian territory. while st key of can use any means to regain its lands. the statement came in response to a question on whether washington approves a tax on the pendant like using american weapons, rushes ambassador to the us previously brown did a similar assertion by the state department,

belligerent rhetoric. commentators nameless humor that russia will not retaliate for texas territory. it should be obvious to everyone that we will destroy any kind of weaponry supplied to the zelinski regime by the americans are native. isn't it clear that pumping ukraine with mon weaponry no matter where it is produced in the us or any other native country will only lead to an increase in the deaths of civilians? the rhetoric of u. s. officials is becoming increasingly belligerent, after hearing such remarks from washington, the criminals and key it will feel complete, impunity, the risks of the conflict escalating will increase once again, a lot of people regarding my comment just now just calling it a potentially wiring escalation. we know about the patriot missile systems and theoretically tanks from america, theoretically, they're all being cold full by zelinski and kiya. what's the latest here? right, well the, so both actual supply of tanks from you k and potential supply of tanks that we could see from other countries in the last really does present a serious possibility for an escalation and the current conflict. according to

reports, france is already getting ready to send tanks to key of and like i said, just now the u. k. has said it's sending tanks officially to ukraine and has actually been pressuring germany to do the same. now at the same time, there's not everyone in the west has been, has expressed as such willingness to take this conflict to the next level because we saw berlin say that they'll only send their tanks to ukraine if washington agrees to do so. and washington is saying, we're not going to do that right now. we just don't think we're there yet. the abrams tank is a very complicated piece of equipment. it's expensive. it's hard to train on. it has a jet engine. i think it's about 3 gallons to the mile with jet fuel. it's not the easiest system to maintain naturally, this stands that washington has taken has actually upset quite a few germans who basically think that the u. s. is trying to sacrifice other people at the altar of its own foreign policy agenda, one german m p. a basically voice that opinion and also suggested that this is

really risking bringing us closer to a nuclear confrontation. western tanks could ultimately provoke the use of nuclear weapons primarily against germany. that seems to be the deeper reason why washington is so reserved on the subject of supplying tanks. but as forcing its ally to make those sacrifices like a vassal one, the main questions we have to ask is why, why is the west allowing for such an escalation right now? and actually the german chancellor explained pretty well the west position on, on this. and it's quite simple, basically, they see the west as good, and they see russia as bad in order for the war to end. rush, us aggression must fail. that is why we are continuously supplying ukraine with large quantities of arms in close consultation with our partners. it is extremely important at preston putin doesn't win this war party because it will be a tragedy for ukrainians, but it will in for it is dangerous for us because then the message to alter the

italian, it is not only to putin but also all the authors only this is that when the use group of force, when they're violating national law the it, she won't, they won't. and that'll be a very bad and dangerous lessons. it'll make the world more dangerous and also more vulnerable. if we want to negotiate the peaceful solution to the war ukraine, we need to provide military support your crime. that's the only way. weapons they are the way to peace. so the nato g against oldenburg right there, don't know, basically saying that more weapons and more deaf other way to peace. and just before him, donald, the left shoulder, german chancellor, the man looking surprisingly optimistic, didn't his job, didn't his defense minister just quit? yeah, that's right. and you know, this, this kind of rhetoric combined with these recent developments with the potential massive future supplies of western tanks to the ukrainian military. all that combined really makes it scary to wonder. how far will the west go just to

spite russia at the end of all this? my colleagues, rory, sushi, donal quarter there of mentioned in the shelter, the pentagon commented as well as the possibility of sending us thanks to ukraine. thing it's not going to happen. sitting maintenance issues would make it on viable allow this despite urging european countries to send their own heavy military machinery. press tv corresponded johnny miller believes nato members are slit over the issue of weapons supplies. nato says, and it says it over and over again. the, the only way to create peace in ukraine is to send more weapons and say, well in time to create peace, we need more, more. know there is another way for peace and that is peace from association with the russian government. it's been a bit of a split night. so between united states and britain on one side of the poland and some of the baltic states, i'm germany and france. and that's, i think we're seeing some hesitation from the german government now about whether

to send these times. i think we're all going to see inevitably, those spits can lead to increase, as particularly a german and french establishment. and i'm not talking about left when journalists are left an activist, but in the german conservative establishments in the front, conservative establishment. the behind the scenes, as many people are asking the questions about whether this is in europe and interest to continue to support support this war rather than to pursue peace negotiations. can know the story. where of course, to day india has reportedly stepped in to help shrill and can restructure its debt . the island nation is seeking a 2900000000 dollar loan from the international monetary fund to help find its way out of the big economic crisis. it's been taken us through that to our team when june sharma, she long cars, hoping to get a nearly $3000000000.00 bill. our package from the i m f and to secure that it has

to renegotiate loans with its foreign lender, mainly japan, china and india. and india is 3 lancaster, 2nd largest bilateral lender, and which is via this with, or when del foreign, minnesota, off the edge a shankar becomes extremely important. in fact, he landed in freeland got to do with the local time. he's expected to meet with. he's our counterpart or the tomorrow he's expected to meet with the president to 3 long car, run a victim of thing and all that. to talk on that restructuring. that really is going to be the key focus of this particular was it not in there is also confirms that it has written to the math as far as these talks around debt restructuring are concerned. so india has given its approval to the i, m f a to give free long call that bailout package. the feeling really desperate is

looking at also sri lanka was india, about $1000000000.00. the only last year india had given 3 long got around $700000000.00 on credit line. and this was when the crisis was added speak in july last year, july 2022 things had gotten really, really bad for 3 long. we all remember, those were rules, all of the she was outside patrol station that makes 4 kilometers in kilometers, but also the government offices were ramo, while the presidential palace was ransacked. the faith broadcaster was hijacked and the prime minister's office was set to believe the economic crisis now had really turned into a political and of humanitarian. one thing on the ground for sri lanka had become extremely extreme, need difficult, of course, that also led to the fall of the long standing roger puck shot government. but for

sri long called the priority now is to read negotiate loans with its foreign lendozy. and that's what india is trying to help sri long called with for these debt restructuring talks between india and sri lanka become extremely important because they do provide a glimmer of hope to the island nation of 22000000 people. protests are raging on the streets of paris where thousands of people are demonstrating against the president's pension reforms, which would see the retirement age raised in front. ah, demonstrators block roads, while some clashed with police with bottles and smoke bombs. cb room more than 20 people were arrested. the president of said retirement reform quote must be carried on. the proposed legislation would mean people having to work 2 more years until

they're 64 to qualify for a full state pension. a move strongly opposed by trade unions and manual micron urge protesters to demonstrate peacefully and avoid and violence. the local reporter sent as this from the grow. the business. 3 the movement of the protest it who being widely monitored was blocked shortly after the start, especially after clashes with people dressed in black and with masks on their faces . nevertheless, everyone joined this protest, action people and protesting against the extremely unpopular pension reform in france. according to a recent poll, 66 percent of french people do not support reform. 75 percent of people age 35 to 64, oppose it, which has not been the case for a long time. all french trade unions, including large ones, such as the general confederation of labor and the french democratic confederation of labor called for protest in the country. if the security service was afraid that radical people might be present among the protest as which has happened within

causal on the route of the protest column will remove the ball. in order to avoid serious incidents. given the number of demonstrators, the authorities were forced to pro 10000 placement angel damsel throughout france and 3500 employees in the capital alone. now know the story to tell you by today the u. n. representative in charge of coordinating peace efforts in the middle east has called for more accountability over the actions of has really soldiers against palestinians. he describe the issue as a dangerous cycle of violence. the perpetrators of all acts of violence must be heading the counter with the bill to justice. security forces with exercise, maximum strength and use of the course of all the rest. the other boys that live with the spied mounting international pressure is really, authorities have been withholding the bodies of some killed palestinians. the

families of the deceased have condemned the practice of the human rights violation of ortiz, middle east, correspond. maria phenomena is across the story. this is her report on a sunny day like this 121 years ago mohammed sun shoddy left his home in a village near annapolis in the west bank and never came back. 2002 was the time of the 2nd intifada and massive palestine in uprising against israeli occupation. mohammed was told shoddy, had been killed by these rarely, military during clashes between protesters and the army. the family started preparing for a funeral, but more than 2 decades on it still hasn't happened. the garage doors inside, it was full of almost 21 years have passed. and until now we do not know where his body is or how he was mod shirt. but we want to take him and bury him here in the town and read a prayer over his body and know that we return him god, this is all new wish before would bid farewell to this world with their sun still

not rested in peace. the parents pain and anger has not been buried either and will not go away for you will other beyond these rallies. so doing this to torture us more. if i had got back his body and buried him, we would have been able to move on. but since i have not got him back, how can i forget give it up. and so the na sir is our one of around a 1000 other palestinian families who have corpses of dead relatives, been withheld. base railey authorities had practiced that 1st began in 1967 man, women and children are among them. hussein from jerusalem legal aid and human rights center tells me those who were killed and clashes and rage, but also died in his railey prisons or hospitals elected out if the occupation authorities claim they will use these bodies as pressure and bargaining chips in future prison exchange deals with armed groups in garza, and as a policy of collective punishment for the families. we also expect this is the way

to conceal evidence, in cases of extra judicial executions carried out by the occupations soldiers in the cities of the west bank and $48.00 territories. there also says among palestinians, families about the issue of organ theft were little bit forgot to be on the center helps the families get the buddies of their loved ones back they go to israeli courts negotiate with the army, police, some cases have 0 progress like shot is one for others legal battles take months and years as of today, more than 300, but is still haven't found their way back home, captain israeli, more eggs or buried at so cold cemeteries of numbers em nellum on alabama coy only know about 4 known cemeteries which are military areas that have forbidden to enter these corpses were buried in an inappropriate manner at a close distance from the surface of the ground. in this cause, many cases of corpse is being washed away and lost in heavy rains and through predatory animals that could dig up the graves bog. now israel says it has legal

authority to hold it, but is palestinian families seed as a violation of international laws and they are human rights. all those we talked to while film in this report told us they thought that bearing their beloved ones is the worst thing. but now they see that losing them forever without a chance to say a proper good bye is a bit more painful. but even when a family is successful and receives a body back, they could still be issues. a sam awaited for 37 days for these rarely army to return the body of his youngest son, but could not recognize him. that was froze in his was cooper ice. dr. sir 5 this through defrost the body because we need that to concede for him. what did you want us to show? show he was good for by 3 bullets from back and gloss distance. sama shows me. i'm just room and the clothes he was returned in with holes from the bullets. he believes his 14 year old son, irregular protest,

her against israeli occupation was assassinated by special forces in an ambush prior to and after his death, israel arrested many of i'm just friends. some others also died. some of the buddies were never returned. it's client and then stay managed. when someone kill your son and stole his body, it's that would perform for his brothers. his cousins is fans to do something. and that's what's happening. the 10s of these to, to fuel the violence in the area. we conduct a different israeli institutions asking for a comment on the state practice of detaining but is they didn't reply back very from optionality from the west bank. my colleague, maurice, who she spoke to the director of the palestinian independent commission for human rights earlier. a more do like who fears the death tool of palestinians will continue to move throughout the year. it seems that the 2023 will be

a bloody or like 2020 to 2021. like any year under israeli occupation. last year, 235 seniors were shocked. and kids with good blood, but as late as soldiers, and as a to settlers with no accountability to the perpetrators. and we expect that this will continue through this year, and it might escalate, due to the political changes in israel and the escalation in the open incitement against various damian bye is a politician. we expect $21.00 to $3.00 also to see more confiscation of land for vegas at the building. and i believe without meaningful and jimmy, one pressure from international community is, will continue as they used to act against the union commit to more and more

crimes against humanity, crimes against international law, with complete comparison, as you well know, if the united nations recently passed a motion involving 70 countries, calling for accountability from tel aviv for that of id of soldiers. they must be held responsible for the violent classes with palestinians. that is 70 countries mister wake, does that mean the world? if it's finally getting united on this to state conflict, this is not something new. we have here this from the work for decades repeated the resolutions from the un general assembly from you and security council event from the highest edition by the in the word the i, c, j, the mission, the course of justice, the, all the made, the all made the decisions and solutions against is ryan calling for the end of the patient and officer to man, but to 15 years to determine

a but nothing gets materialized because simply, all these decisions just shallow open statements without any consequences on the zain, is the national or the law, why are that all states need to act against violations committed by israel? we do see no sanction with the law implications. no penalties, just statements. the resolutions russian, i saki player in the u. s. has made headlines after refusing to wear a gay pride themes, pre game jersey, philadelphia, flyers star, even the proffer of decided not to take part in the show. much warm up. fighting is religious beliefs. everybody's choices. my choices to stay true myself, my religion. latan gonna say like really rational. we've got a hockey player from philadelphia who says he doesn't want to participate in events

that his team is involved with that glorify the l g b t, community and homosexuality, et cetera. he says that his religion just doesn't, you know, doesn't think that's a good idea that's not consistent with his religious beliefs. he's going to stay true to himself. we're in a situation where we're seeing an increased politicization of sports. there were similar issues regarding the l g. b t concerns that were raised regarding the world comp, guitar, et cetera. and now we have some leading voices, just piling condemnation on to ham, man. and you know, a basically, you know, having a meltdown over the fact that he is staying true to his religious principles. and just doesn't want to participate in certain activity. the national hockey league today. nice to find that organization a $1000000.00 a re evaluate how the support gay rights. cuz cuz that is insulting. nothing scares me more than any human being who says i'm not doing this because of my religious beliefs. because when you look at people's lives, you normally say that publicly throw what?

but what you saw ivan prover off can get on a plane any day. he wants him to go back to the place where he feels more comfortable. i understand there's a conflict going on. maybe get involved. we have a situation here where because this hockey player of russian heritage wants to stay true to his religious beliefs. he's being told, woke, go back where he came from august white bigoted language of you tote tv personality tucker carlson, recently commented on how bizarre it is that we have someone of russian origin sticking up. what's supposed to be an american value, freedom of religion, but it seems like increasing spaces that are not political and united spaces like sports in education of children and other places are becoming highly politicized. and if you're not on the politically correct side of these things, if you're not willing to take the died promoted by democratic party and the social media outlets cetera, you become the target of widespread born and condemnation. it seems like in many

ways this is yet another sign of the united states and the wise in general are not living up to the ideals of freedom and ferocity and diversity they wanted south. now a new report, claims that persecution of christians is on the rise globally with thousands of people killed last year because of their fate. on the paper by the religious research script open door stated that 5600 christians were killed in 2022. it said that many of the crimes have been committed by islamists extremists that out of that more than a 120000 people were displaced to 2 anti christian violence. and at least $50000.00 christians became refugees. the report went as far as to say that in some regions, violence against christians is actually condone. let's take a look here. african nations make up the majority of the top 10 countries. some

examples were questions, reportedly faced the most violent somali by the way, nym, 2nd, after north korea, the head of the research group said the rate of crimes against christians in africa is deeply troubling. i think even we were shocked by our own numbers. 7 out of 10 countries where there is the greatest violence against christians are in subsaharan, africa. violence can mean killings and a large percentage of those who were killed for their faith in the last year were in africa. but it can also mean rate. it can mean a reduction, it can be the destruction of property. yet big figures being spoken about the report said 360000000 christians, faith persecution, and discrimination because of their faith. that's one in 7 christians world wide and bring that done by region one in 5. christians are persecuted in

africa that rises to at $2.00 and $5.00 in asia, latin america, one in 15, adding those up. it's a bigger load. we discussed the findings with a night yearian christian association. it is side on the fortunate that in a country it goes to a country that has the government from google. i've been here, he's not going to be associate picking up india who could not really do if he's not going to be more than flying, maybe a gets him of that and he lives some of them. that becomes but out of good it give nothing. why killing the big, why do you plan? because that's who got me. what is the kind of the there was under that in, in a c. we wasn't good and we could not get

2 of them. i'm using up to now, so much as a bit close on the crystal community, but citizens generally what it because now given seems not to be secured at this moment. on the spike rising, religiously motivated violence in africa, local christians and ethiopia, northern to gray region. happily celebrated the epiphany holiday this week dedicated to the baptism of jesus christ. thousands of christians gathered for the advance known locally as tim cat. it is widely celebrated by ethiopian orthodox christians as a period of religious revival and an occasion to give thanks for personal prosperity. and right here in moscow epiphany celebrations are in full swing. crowds of russian orthodox followers gathered to take the traditional dip in freezing cold water on the eve of the holiday after 8 church service. our lucky

correspondent this year was steam, sweeney, who brave the elements to take the plunge himself. well, as predicted, the temperature has dropped slightly. i can feel rain falling down to my body, but i am making my way now to the ice poland. i am going to dip myself into the freezing cold water. there are a men or women of all ages are here to day, and many a row already made the plunge into the icy water and the skews of people. now, as you can see, i'm prepared it's, it's very, very cold. and this is, as i've said, this is about the celebration of epiphany, which is an commemorating the baptism of jesus christ. there are many health benefits that come with diving into the water. so i'm told i'm about to go in. so i'll let you know what it's like when i come out and, and, and how i feel i with i feel a little bit invigorated. it's quite refreshing getting.