really i'm getting to resist, i don't see how that strategy will be successful, very difficult time time to sit down and talk with these specialist who did that very specific tasks. they all value but they take years to trade and the for to, to quit. or can you find out how we rush and snipers from the viking group, or aiming to be one step ahead of the realities of modern warfare. with russia's top tip on that, as in south africa for survey lab, rob is due to sit down, talk with both counterpart and the country president bertina fossa gives friends truth one month to leave the country local say parents isn't actually trying to help africans, they're from point on we're happy about this because if franz was really there to

help us, terrorism would not have developed this love. francis playing a double game, there's only pursuing its own entrance and encore, and then we then over the public burning of the koran by a radical politician and stockholm as your p at remains. the only countries blocking nordic nation from joining nato. a. 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 r t international. i'm rachel blevins here with the top stories of the our welcome to the program. we begin with russia as her song region where at least one civilian has been killed and another wounded in the crime. shelling of this city of no, via coca, a private house,

was seen up in flames in the aftermath of the bombardment. several other civilian buildings were also damaged, as the ukrainian shelling hit a residential area. here's what some locals told us about the attack. j i acres the cdn tissue munich who lives here only civilians. of course there are no soldiers here we 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 the circle? 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. do 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 boy, ukraine. the army is intentionally hiding military targets behind nuclear power plants to provoke a russian military strike. that's according to the country's foreign intelligence service, which says key f has taken such a dangerous stab thanks to western support. for more on this, let's cross live now to ortiz roman coaster of for more details. roman, it's good to see you. so what else is moscow saying about this situation and just how dangerous are the ramifications here? now according to the director of the, a russian for intelligence service, they received reliable data that the ukranian armed forces are storing weapons and ammunition provided by the west on the territories of nuclear power plants in ukraine. now the head of the service, again, a risk and claims that the weapons in question are some of the most expensive that ukraine received from nato countries on the statement also mentions and missiles

for multiple launch rockets, systems from the united states called a high mar sub various foreign air defense systems as well as large caliber artillery ammunition, awarding, issued by rushes for intelligent service. clearly states that the forces of the key of regime are employing terrorist tactics in using civilians as shields. take a look. the ukranian military command hides ammunition depos behind nuclear reactors, if a large scale detonation of warehouses and the destruction of a nuclear power plant happened due to another stray ukrainian air defense missile than such, a tragedy can always be blamed on moscow. t f is absolutely convinced of this, given the silent encouragement by the west of ukrainian artillery strikes on the zap, hiroshi nuclear power plant. now the foreign intelligence service as that. so what key is doing right now is the methods often used by international terrorists. the

only difference is that the hostages are not individual civilians but sense and even hundreds of thousands of residents of ukraine as well as neighboring countries . now the claims a maids are not unfounded. as ukraine had already shelled ether, europe's largest nuclear power plant in supper. roger region, where nuclear catastrophe was narrowly avoided. our case rollin closer of thinking for that room for the ukraine 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 face of the hardest challenges as they're exposed by enemy, drones and other technology. our cheese, moran garcia, caught up with a lead sharp shooters 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 bootleg battle soldiers of the 2nd army cool based and le ganske assault, a heavily fortified ukrainian position. they come in quite crawling under barbed wire. once inside the perimeter, they strike quickly converging on 2 da gas exits and blocking ukrainian troops inside a court completely by surprise. eventually surviving ukrainian soldier attempts to judge out what follows the savage face to face 53 enemy dead, captured alive. surprise won the day. it is achieved in various ways. wait for the enemy to drop their god pound them into 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 condo coverage. got there. so 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 that are perfectly with life of korean 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, i guess lightly ahmed vehicles on the minus side is heavy. ammunition is scarce and it's very loud. this rifle was taken from a group 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 a 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 officers always take priority, it's risky and challenging work. i don't have much of that. when you head out for an overnight stays difficult, psychologically, very difficult and physically demanding, but psychologically even more, you can't move is limited space. i guess the list goes on and on the every specialist weapon or tactic this 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 they'll fit in both sides. in this conflict, have learned to fear snipers. neither. thud spares, any effort to armament 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 ah, russia's foreign minister has touched down in south africa as easter as his latest diplomatic tour of the continent. sir gay, elaborate on me with his south african counterpart in pretoria. later on monday parties, gravel that la is in the country with the details figure lover of arrived here 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 dogs. of course, included egypt as well as ethiopia. and there is a bit of a clatter when one considers what's going on here. there is no secret that during the saw she summit for russia in 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 for 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 reason. 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, and important member with in bricks as well. and that is something that russia will be looking to as it also plans to expand, not only within a traditional nice, but to go outside and look at other avenues that it could hey, actually have a corporation with south africa on french troops have one month, lee burkina faso, that's according to the african countries government press agency. locals have rallied and supported the ultimate and as they oppose the presence of french troops

in burkina, faso, demonstrators were seen carrying signs, saying rent, or army out of our house, national and even some russian blocks were also spotted at the event. france reportedly still has them 400 troops in the african country with the stated goal of helping fight as long as group. however, some local say the french troops have done virtually nothing useful. here is a local journalists with more strict size. we rushed last week in a meeting with the student. so if you invest, he's edible, the main campus of the country, captain bram towel was implied that in the coming days, important decision would be taken about the independence of the country. finally, it's about the places where they have one month to park it decision. that doesn't surprise looking at some point. 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. friends is playing a double game and is only pursuing its own interests. laziness we, the young people won't change or we are very happy about this news and we want it to happen. no, my friends are still here when declared independence, but we are not willing dependent. the french were told to leave, but they said because they have their own interest here. very paused who fires for not doing enough to stop. the position of fairies scoops in book, you know, clearly leave but for schools are not doing enough. i thought, go, fight totaled is 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. a local civil society leader and political analysts told us

that the deadline for the withdrawal of french troops brings the african nation, relieved from its cloning a legacy. novilla. this news brings is sense of satisfaction because our armies must gradually assume for sovereignty and bring an end to the colonizer domination, which delegates responsibility or sovereigns, his other peoples which impose it with the armed forces. let france doors this day brings justice on relief. holbrook in name was pio for independence. across in some malia, at least 5 civilians have been killed and a deadly bomb. an gun attack by the local archive link, terrorist group, all sure, bob and a warning some of the following footages graphic. and you may find it disturbing, militant, stormed a government building and the country's capital of loca de, shoe. according to state officials, the insurgents detonated a bomb before proceeding to engage security forces in a fire fight,

leaving multiple people injured, including 6 terrorists after somali as president declared war on all ship bob. last year, the group launched a series of deadly attacks and various parts of the country. here's what the country's leader has said about the counter terrorist efforts. because so my, the other one earlier when i was elected, i promised that my government will carry out operations to eliminate al. she bogged it because there is no other solution to these terrorists except wiping him out. i'll show bob emerged in somalia, back in 2006, and has been fighting against the government seeking to impose its own interpretation of islamic law. and the country could 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, osher bob reportedly numbers up to 12000 fighters and his ranks. a somali and security analysts broke down the government's campaign against the al shimaya

terrors for us. out of metal height, no herat heron was a strategic town which was in the hands for the tourists for the last 15 years. but now it has been liberated by the government forces. previously, operations were merely on a taken by the government id 2200 strong africa union peacekeepers both now the people of joined to wall oper to governments improve is relations with the public boosted coffee. did and hes been into operations into judge, or festive with populace support, which as led to the recent victories hundreds of protesters have gathered in front of the swedish consulate and as demo to express their anger at a recent burning of the koran install. call. people enter key as largest city or a picture of the danish right wing activist who sat fire to his arms holy book outside the turkish embassy. and the swedish capital on saturday is now the 2nd day of protest in istanbul. turkey,

i slam sweden for 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's what some turkish locals say about controversial intimate about film. 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 enough for. why is it acceptable? when it is the corolla we have rockville casa, 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 has no garrity, this is unacceptable and it should not be forgiven. if i switch it luckily we don't want sweet and admitted into nato. it would be absurd. they should not be allowed in. they belittle our religious values. this shouldn't be done. i condemned them. when did mimic,

they shouldn't be invited and they shouldn't be supported because they have done is wrong. this man has burned 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. archie correspondence of an union explains how the protest could affect the relations between the 2 countries as sweden, as desperate she get turkey as approval for its nato bed. these demonstration is a flagrant violation of the commitment of sweden under the tro. let from memorandum regan, the prevention of the propaganda of terrorist organizations declaring to be bound by the commitments under throw let's from him, runs him and deliver him then ought to different matches. the statement comes in response to the latest protest wet, rasmus bolden and infamous fire, i fully teach and set fire to the koran. holy book near the turkish embassy in sweden, just one year after he is either caron burning,

rally sparks rise across the country. he's, if he's hopefully he should berman states that his protest was held against islam and against circus attempts to influence freedom of expression in sweden. not surprisingly, the fire ignited waste of negative reactions across the muslim world. saudi arabia calls for spreading the values of dialogue, tolerance and co existence, and rejects hatred and extremism. this senseless and provocative is slum of foaming act hurts the religious sensitivities of over 1500000000 muslims worldwide. the incident had smashed him sentiments across the woods and amongst serious provocation in response swedish authorities. this resorted to the usual virtuous words and no action. freedom of expression is a fundamental part of democracy. but to what is legal is not necessarily appropriate. but in books as a whole, it to many is a deeply disrespectful act. i want to express my sympathy for all muslims who are

offended by what has happened in stockholm to day freedom of expression as part of democracy. fair enough, but incitement of hatred or violence stalwarts a particular group is criminal. i sweden, nevertheless, swedish police approved the permit, and it's not like they didn't know what would be going on there. as a prior cherokee cancel the plan to visit by the swedish defense minister to ankara and salmon sweden's ambassador over the failure to restrict the protest. it was the 2nd time in just a month when sweet us ambassador has had to answer to turkish authorities. 2 weeks ago, it was related to a stand during which occurred this group hung a mannequin of turkish president and stockholm. on the same day as the koran burning protest, hundreds of activists marched through the swedish capital in support of the kurdistan workers party, also known as e k. k. and even though the group was considered that ferris organization in the european union, it supporters protested legally with an official parliament. little judge did it in

this. so we offer more c p k. case demonstrations on the streets and install, come and warn about them to be shown the the presence of the parliament, we're going to pay us a visit and our speaker of the assembly rejected that visit was gone. all this is happening at a time when the north country desperately needs darkest vote to be able to join nato. a story is the only alliance members steel holding back his words. if occasion, turkey demands that sweet and clam down on what it sees as terrorists and has also submitted an expedition request for those and sweden with links to the p. k. k. in june 2022, finland, sweden and circus signed a trilateral deal. guaranteeing that circ is demand would be addressed in return for lifting its veto. but that hasn't happened yet. now, once again, the west tries more than this is being tested. turkish political scientists own arson and is alt. it says that some western countries are trying to provoke an

aggressive response from on kara oh, in sweden, a politician. i meant it, he, he burn holy crohn in name or for freedom of speech. but i think that isis, or american army or dismissal will burn, run in civilian. they all serve 2 to one mean targets they want. they want to for will kind of a clash of civilization in the girls. and they are not just talking to islam, but they are talking to common values of humanity. they also organize a demonstration against church in stucco. and just after this or that, that many burn hole graham, in stucco. so i mean that it's kind of a same plant, they want to provoke chathoochie to react inaccuracies. big turkey's a, c b design company. and we know very well that the,

the best answer to this progression is to use our right of little a student's membership to native to online development. now as taliban officials and no regime supporters who bought a twitter verification sign are no longer marked as verified as the platform has scrapped their premium status. here's the reaction from the taliban. early, 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 in reference to blue marks. 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 fig account will be quickly exposed as well,

or colleagues from time to time report of such cases. city. so you, the platforms like twitter are helpful to expand our work, interact with more people to was better when we had the blue mark on our accounts as, as an ada. for catherine, the taliban accounts were de verified on twitter only a day after a b. b. c report. criticize the platforms move to allow buying the blue check marks, twitter and at c o he'll unmask, hadn't i? yeah, commented on the situation. here's a 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 ilan mosque 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 your authentic. miss. alabama has also criticized twitter for what the afghans

call a double standard policy that only disintegrates nations. emma, better than our government is not a threat to the neighbors that 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 that 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. so in this and as twitter phases, fresh controversy over its actions, we hear from one of the journalist behind the famous twitter files leaks not i. e. b is looking exclusively to r t is the whistleblower show, which you can watch in full on our website r t dot com. here's a quick preview. one of the reasons that the 100 by the story was picked as the 1st

thing that we looked at is because i had a suspicion that we, if such a thing existed, we might see it there. and as a result, that search turned out to be flawed. it was bedded as we learned later by a former f b i general counsel. we ended up finding some things that gave indications of government interference and that in that particular episode, but we found much more broad evidence in other areas. the f. b, i reported several accounts to twitters trust and safety team for allegedly spreading election. this information was this relationship proper and appropriate was thousands and thousands of requests. and that came every day and it didn't just come from the f. b, i came from every, with a government, twitter for a while, was trying to say no to the state department. the state department was selling them

lists of accounts that they wanted flag, does chinese or russian or any of this information. there's a moment where an employee at twitter says yes, their conclusions are of the sort that i would normally say, let's just wait and wait for more evidence, but our window and that is closing. and our government partners are becoming more aggressive. now. the executive who said that happens to have a background. 2 ah. 2 2 and that's all for now. be sure to check out our t v dot com or all believe is breaking news and updates. we'll see you right back here at the top of the hour. ah

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