isn't a mm. a specialist who did the very specific tasks. they all value but they take years to trade and the fortune would quit. our say find out how late russian sniper from the viking group are aiming to be one step ahead of the reality that modern warfare, russia is top diplomat is in south africa where they're gay lab rob is due to sit down for chocolate focus counterpart and the countries president more on that the marquee corresponding on the ground later this hour. bertina fossa gives french troops a one month to leave the country as local se perez isn't actually trying to help

africans. they're we're happy about this because if france was really there to help us, terrorism would not have developed at this level. francis playing a double game, there's only pursuing its own interest and on her condemn, stockholm, over the public. burning of the koran by a swedish politician has turkey f remains the only country blocking lead in from joining nato about them. this is a huge provocation. this is an attempt to get a reaction out of 2 are key in the muslim world. this has nothing to do with freedom or democracy. with coming to you live from the russian capital. this is our t international. i'm rachel blevins here with the top stories of the our welcome to the program. we begin with russia has her song region where at least civilian has

been killed and another wounded. and the ukrainian shelling of the city of no, via coca, a private house was seen up in flames and the aftermath of the bombardment. several other civilian buildings were also damage, as the ukrainian shelling hit a residential area. here was some locals told us about the attack. train acres this hinges munich, who lives here, only civilians. of course, there are no soldiers here. it's good that the children had already left. we went to bed and then came the shelling. we've been working our whole lives with now. we're old and have nothing. god help us, we won't can't. but will you call these people? the windows of the shelter were blown out in the house. the windows were shattered and even the iron doors were blown out on to the street. yes, i am left all alone here. i don't know what to do and where to go. i live nearby. i hear the shelling each day. every other day they hit the city center. our organization is not a military one. we help the population and that's it. there are no soldiers here

and never have been near her in conflict has demonstrated the ever changing roles of modern warfare as soldiers are forced to adapt to new realities on the ground. snipers are among those who faced some of the hardest challenges as they're exposed by enemy, drones and other technology artes. moran garcia caught up with elite sharpshooters from a russian military group called viking to find out about their tactics. and just a warning. the following report contains some graphic combat scenes. this graphic footage obtained by our t v shows an exceptionally brutal battle. soldiers of the 2nd army cool based and le ganske assault, a heavily fortified ukrainian position. a come in quite crawling under barbed wire . once inside the perimeter, they strike quickly converging on to dugouts exits and blocking ukrainian troops

inside. they are caught completely by surprise. eventually, a surviving ukrainian soldier attempt to charge out what follows. he's a savage face to face $53.00 enemy dead to capture the love, surprise one the day. it is achieved in various ways. wait for the enemy to drop their god pound them and to cover with artillery. oh said snipers to keep their heads down. these are specialists pulled in the very specific tasks. they are valuable, they take years to train and a fortune to equip hunger conversica. therefore with this the t v. l 8 stalingrad

sniper rifle, which is 338 caliber. it's an anti sniper weapon, but we mostly use it for anti personnel work. his partner carries something a little more exotic made in america perfectly. but last night of her in soccer, this is a barrett m 107, a one on the plus side. it has a powerful round good for long distance operations and also against lightly ahmed vehicles. on the minus side is heavy, ammunition is scarce and it's very loud. this rifle was taken from a of foreign mercenaries killed by russian troops booth, massive and extremely loud, sometimes outweighs everything else that i was watching you prefer. the job is uneasy. this is the 21st century war. drones are everywhere, thermal imaging, drones, which are difficult to evade. also lots of artillery. you can't stay in one place very long. after every shot they tell us, they have minutes to get away before the 3rd shelves come screaming in,

they have to peek their targets. spotters and offices always take priority, it's risky and challenging work or down hodge my talking then when you head out for an overnight stays difficult psychologically very difficult and physically demanding, but psychologically even more he can't move is limited space. the list goes on and on that every specialist weapon or tactic least conflict has spawned a counter. old military doctrines are dead and void and new form of warfare is upon us. and snipers are still trying to find out how dull 15 o sods in this conflict have learned to fear snipers. neither thud, spare is any effort who argument to suppress or destroy enemy

snipers artillery tags. drones, everything is utilized to shut them down. this is an incredibly difficult job, and it certainly isn't for everyone. and coming up later this hour, we delve into the inner workings of russia's famous wagner private military group, which has made a name for itself on the battlefields of not only ukraine, but also africa. stay tuned. russia's foreign minister has touched down in south africa as he starts his latest diplomatic tour of the continent survey lab. rob will meet his south african counterpart in pretoria later on monday. so let's go ahead and get the latest details from our africa correspondent corolla thought law, who joins us in johannesburg corral bo, it's good to see you. so what's expected to be on the table during survey lab.

rob's visit to the country. well, as you know, racial south africa assumed the chairmanship of the bricks group of nations this year at the beginning of the actually and because of that, it is more strategic than it would have been in any other year. it's no secret. the south africa is looking into the expansion of the said group, having it itself, being the last member to be a to be introduced into the group back in 2011. so it's been over a decade that they've had a new member, but south africa and russia have ties that date back to the late sixty's when south africa's ruling party, the african national congress was phil battling to attain a liberation from the upper part of the state. that had been in charge of the country, but sir, your lover of arrived, he on the back of,

of the chinese foreign minister who was also just recently in africa and a 5 country tor way among some of his talks, of course, included egypt as well as ethiopia, and there is a bit of a clatter when one considers what's going on here. ah, it's no secret that during the saw she summit for rush, i am africa. that the plan was to increase trade between russia and africa to increase it to about $40000000000.00 by 2024 now cove it pandemic as well as, as the ukraine conflict, have really put, paid to go sir to those aspirations and have made it rather difficult to, to envision such as such a number being attained. and russia is also trying to expand. what is, traditionally, is niche market, which is energy mining and military or support on the continent and expending it

into investments as well. and one looks at the investments that russia has steadily and significantly made particularly around this i held region. one is not surprised, but when it comes to south africa itself. so the rigor is seen as a big member of, of, of the continent and an important member within bricks as well. and this visit by sergey lover of comes a mit at very interesting time for the country and, and also for it's the position south. africa will also want to speak to russia as, as a fellow brickman, but to try and get it to support its case to accept more members into bricks. something that we understand the chinese are not so particularly keen about. they want their slowly steady kind of approach to new membership within the brakes. but have every, has been going through chronic power cuts as much have as much as 7 and

a half hours a day or without our electricity year. and that's something that russia could be helpful in considering their know how, with regards to energy, particularly ah, the nuclear energy and side of things. but it has also this, this visit comes also just their south africa only last week into the air. rather than announcing that they will be a joint military drills between itself, china and russia in during next month, mid month next month. um, and that is something that has caused a lot of consternation, at least within the domestic political circle, if you will, as our position has really come out to say, we shouldn't be having joined military drills that you know, the speeds in the face of ukraine. but the real question is, this is not the 1st time the south africa will be having joined military drills

with china and russia having done so in the south african says in 2019 and last year there was hardly a whisper when south africa had military drills with the united states and the country has also had military drills with some of the nato members. of course, this goes towards south africa stated position to say that we have not chosen aside that we have not chosen aside in this conflict. and no one will make us true such, and we have the right to associate with whoever we want in the world. the stated before, back in 1992, during the before the nelson mandela presidency rather. and south africa will want to retain that position. what we're expecting to come out of this meeting with the foreign minister is an entry into the at least the sod, egregious south africa is, is a big member of that, of that grouping. and it is the, is the, the biggest in terms of economic waiting when it comes to the thought,

a group of countries. and that is something that russia will be looking to as it also plans to expand, not only within its traditional nice, but to go outside and look at other avenues that it could potentially have a corporation with south africa on artes, africa, corresponding corolla. thank you. so much for that report. french troops have one man to lead burkina faso that's according to the african countries government press agency. locals have rallied in support of the ultimate and as they oppose the presence of french troops and marchina faso, demonstrators were seen carrying sign, saying french army out of our house, national and even some russian flags were also spotted at the event. france reportedly still has them $400.00 troops in the african country with a standard go of helping fight islamic groups. however, some local, say the french troops have done virtually nothing useful. here is

a local journalist with more people group study last week you meeting with didn't invest the keys at a ball. the main campus of the country come to the brim tower was implied, not in the coming days. important decision would be taken about the independence of the concert. finally, it's about the place. so 1st it will kina they have one month to pack up. it decision that doesn't surprise looking at some point on we're happy about this because if france was really there to help us, terrorism would not have developed at this level. we want to have good relations with countries and not for them to come plunder us. france is playing a double game and is only pursuing its own interests lesson as we the young people, one change. we are very happy about this news and we want it to happen. my friends are still here when declared independence, but we are not really independent. the french were told to leave,

but they stayed because they have their own interest here. very post to friends for not doing enough to stop the progression of fairies, groups in book, you know, leave up, pray, tools, not doing enough. i thought. fights tell, it's a new one. it's a good decision since we've been talking about independence for a long time. but we're still under the influence of france. we want our independence, but it's not complete. we have been at war and france is not able to help us against our enemies. i think francis playing a double game here for says by yella cbs to fight a leader and political analyst. it's the only way to be truly independent. this news brings is sense of satisfaction because i'm is most gradually as him for sovereignty and bring an end to the coroner domination. which delegates our responsibility or sovereignty to order peoples which impose it with the forces like

france, doors. this day brings justice and relief for booking. was pio for independence. across in somalia, at least 5 civilians have been killed and deadly bomb and gun attacked by the local archive link terrorist group, austria, bob, and a warning some of the following fidget graphic. and you may find it disturbing. militants storm the government building and the country's capital of more good do issue. according to state officials, the insurgents detonated a bomb before proceeding to engage security forces in a firefight killing multiple people, including 6 terrorists after somali as president declared war on all bob. last year, the group launched a series of deadly attacks in various parts of the country. here's what the country's leader has said about the counter terrorist effort. the money or the one on the when i was elected, i promised that my government will carry out opperation to eliminate shabani

because there is no other solution to these terrorists except wiping him out. asha bob emerged in somalia, back in 2006, and has been fighting against the government seeking to impose its own interpretation of islamic law in the country. the group garnered international attention due to its recruitment of foreign fighters, including people from western nations. the u. s has designated the group as a terrorist organization. bob reportedly numbers up to 12000 fighters and its rank . as a molly and security analyst broke down the government's campaign against the ausa rom terrorist for us town, which was in the hands of terrorists for the last 15 years. but now it has been liberated by the government forces. previously, operations were merely on a thickened by the government and 2200 strong africa union peacekeepers both now the people of joined to wall oper to government improve is relationships with the

public boosted confidence and has gone into operations into judge offensives with popular support which has led to the recent victories. hundreds, the protesters have gathered in front of the swedish consulate and is dembo to express their anger at a recent burning of the koran and stock on people. inter kias largest city aren't a picture of the danish right wing activists who sat fired to isms holy book outside the turkish embassy and a swedish capital on saturday. it's now the 2nd day of protest in istanbul. turkey i slam sweden bur, allowing the koran burning to take place, deepening tensions between the 2 countries that as on kara, is still blocking sweden from joining nato. here is, was some turkish local, say about the controversial incident, little devotion. this is a huge provocation. this is an attempt to get a reaction out of turkey in the muslim world. this has nothing to do with freedom or democracy. if the bible or the tora was burnt,

there would be an uproar. why is it acceptable when it is the koran? looking so i cannot accept this attack on the holy book of my religion. this is not toleration and it will not receive tolerance. and this is not freedom. this is vulgarity. this is unacceptable and it should not be forgiven. with we don't want sweden admitted into nato, it would be absurd. they should not be allowed in. they belittle our religious values. this shouldn't done, i condemn them. when's it? yeah, they shouldn't be invited and they shouldn't be supported because what they have done is wrong. this man has burnt our holy book. now they are talking about visiting our country. they are talking about being accepted into nato. every one must respect each other's beliefs. as a muslim, i believe that this action should not have been allowed. turkish political scientists and our son on his alt it says some western countries are trying to provoke an aggressive response from on cara. oh, institute

a politician him in he he burn holy crohn in name or for freedom of speech. but i think that's, i says, or american army or the smith who burn, run in series and they all serve to one mean targets they want. they want the approval kind of a clash of civilization in the girls, and they are not just looking to islam. but then i think you to common values of humanity. they also organize the demonstration against church in stucco. and just after this man, he burn graham. in stucco, so i mean it's kind of a same plant. they want to provoke chatahoochi to react in the accuracy. they are turkey. this to be designed to come to b and b know very well that the,

the best answer to this location is to use our right of little. it used to be the membership to natal to online development. now as top tell of an official and known regime supporters who bought a twitter verification sign are no longer marked as verified as the platform has scrapped their premium status. here is the reaction from the taliban. lily, the blue mark was removed from my account around a week ago, but in fact, it doesn't affect in any way due to the big number of followers on my account. the mark was given around 10 days ago, but a mass increase of my followers happened even before that with us. the blue mark is important in the context of verification. we have to respond to people on a daily basis and someone can misuse the platform by creating a fake account. on the other hand, our accounts are verified, popular and followers know them. so any fake account will be quickly exposed as well or colleagues from time to time report of such cases,

they say the platforms like twitter are helpful to expand our work, interact with more people. it was better when we had the blue mark on our accounts in need of the taliban accounts were de verified on twitter only a day after have bbc report criticize the platforms move to allow buying the blue check. mark twitter in a c o. e on must have not yet commented on the situation. here's what some users had to say about the news. dear b, b. c, do you have a problem with the taliban, or are you sharing your frustration that you still waiting for your blue tag? secondly, you shouldn't have a problem. twitter is run by a private company. so what they are the government now you have to accept that. are you fine with that ellen mask? was thinking of buying one myself but won't be doing it now. disgraceful, doesn't the blue take just mean they know who you really are. i. e are authentic. the taliban has also criticize twitter for what the afghans call a double standard policy that only disintegrates nations. lima,

about of them. our government is not a threat to the neighbors, but if we have united people of the whole of afghanistan, the blue mark verification is also good for the world to formerly recognize the taliban as a legitimate government. twitter is not just a one man owned company. it's a platform for the whole world community. everyone has a right to use it if they follow a policy based on discrimination, welcoming some and refusing others, it will disintegrate the communities and the nations. it will reflect the mindset of the west rising against the east and developing countries. the western media is increasingly focusing on the success of the russian wagner. private military group. actor. it sees the key town on the front lines and, and donna republic artes marina coaster of discovery, the notes behind the music of the warriors, referred to as the orchestra. now everyone wants to know who these guys are,

where they came from, and their secrets to success on the battlefield. we turn out something called the wagner. b u has announced sanctions on the russian private military company, wagner, church of the wagner group. as we know at 1st popped up in ukraine. it all started back in 2014. when many russians watched this key, it was deliberately persecuting the people. and don, boss, or one business man decided to take matters into his own hands and creates a group of professional fighters or a group of patriots, as he likes to call them through his popular social media and telegram channel. we now get direct updates on the group's activities. if can you pick, gordon has become very vocal and transparent about everything that is going on even admitting that his own son is part of this special military operation. but it's his trawling skills that really reveal his character. here's his latest response to reuters when asked to comment on the white house, declaring wagner

a transnational criminal organization. finally, pmc wagner in the americans, our colleagues or relations cannot be called a clash of criminal gangs. that's who's in charge of the wagner group. but what about this fighters? while tensions between russia and ukraine were simmering after crime me every night with russia? wagner took a disguise across the globe, including africa in the middle east. hop in countries like syria and libya providing military training, and molly and saddam, and very quickly becoming a force to be reckoned with will put a good deal. so the experience in africa in the middle east really came in handy over in syria. for example. we worked mostly on open terrain and in the ukraine there were a lot of feels in northern africa. we gained huge experience in urban fighting. such experiences really helped to launch what is more yes, the bread north africa we gained a lot of vailable urban combat experience. while in the middle east, it was mostly open to rain warfare. and in the c, a,

r will launch how to deal with partisan warfare. it was during their stance in the central african republic when the group 1st became famous, or what others half called infamous, after the murder of free russian journalists, who were supposedly there filming a documentary about its activities. the journalists didn't warn ross and officials about the trip, something which was customary when travelling to hot spots. they apparently showed fake you an idea to local rebels and refuse to comply with russian instructors, warned them not to cross certain track points. this case is still shrouded in mystery. suspects range from exile, business suddenly fell for the off sky who sent them there to begin with. as he has something to gain from discredits in russia. so local militia and france who controlled them at the time, russia for its port has always denied send in private military contractors there.

but it did knowledge, send an instructors at the request of the c, a r's president, which proved to be a game changer. was russians fighting for in v r the, for the good. everyone here is either full, military or associated with the security forces from william. this is the vocation a juicy a job. here were primarily performing an international juicy. when the special military operation in ukraine began, the wagner group switch focused and started recruiting more fighters. and this time it was in just professionals. you've gotten visited prisons and one of his most notorious new recruits. there was this man. his guinea news and dependence, which version you believe he surrendered, or was captured in ukraine, where he allegedly confessed that he only joined wagner, cisco a prison. when he was returned back to russia during the prisoner swamp, he was later,

brutally executed on camera for everyone to see with precaution rights and at the time that it was a dog that's for the dog. leading some to assume that it was punishment for treachery. and then you have videos like these way of daniel garzon is grades in the convicts who have just returned from battle and is manser. and then like a father figure and i draw the mother edge. well done, guys who have won orders and metals and learned a lot. first of all, you learned how to kill your enemies. i wish you would not use this practice in forbidden territories. if you feel i killing enemies again, come back. second, there are 3 temptations. alcohol, drugs and excessive adrenalin release, i hope that the adrenalin you've spent during these 6 months was enough to get you through at least a month. if you were able to put that in value. now that the bargaining group is making significant strides in ukraine taken over entire towns almost single handedly. they're back in the headlines by judging by those headlines. the aim is

as always, to smear them, get rid of them, or pet them against the russian government need in some to question the western sanctions. growing excuses were ukrainian special horses core and mercenaries who can see that we are much more qualified than them. no part of florida swim, practice of more, say that the fear, the wagner, p and c. and that it is hard to find us because we're professionals with extensive experience when they hear the name wagner, the enemy, sometimes needless, horrendous, runs away. but the reverse worthy was who joined the fight and try their luck. lanyard ukrainian forces were shocked by the effectiveness of wagner's fighters. these guys are heroes who defended the syrian people. other people of arab countries, disadvantaged africans, and latin americans became one of the pillars of her homeland without blinking or doubting. for a 2nd, you have to live or die, live by the rules do it, you must. and what will be, will be,

ah ah ah you can believe whatever you want about the wagner group, but one thing as for sure, whatever they're doing on the battlefield is clearly working and the don't seem to the going anywhere anytime soon. well, figuratively speaking, at least.