[000:00:00;00] ah ah, when african countries want to develop security relations with other nations? this leads to certain reactions that you applies the same philosophy and mentality anywhere in the world. russian foreign minister says western countries are applying a neo colonial sublist approach to africa by patronizing nations instead of cooperating with them. also this our judging by this world and judging by these treadmill holes, ukraine is rockets designed to called maximum damage and

maximum civilians. if we report from the don, yes, republic for 2 civilians are wounded after the ukrainian military shelled a train depot using rockets supplied by the u. s. a wave of mass resignations of ukrainian officials follows what is reported to be one of the most severe corruption scandals to having golf the country since the conflict began with good afternoon for martini national studios in moscow. from wherever you may be joining welcome to the our top news stories from all around the world. i'm peralez of the foreign minister of s, what teeny has praised the african countries your relations with moscow. after hosting russia's top diplomat for talks, this is, it is

a testimony to the had to work and efforts that children preventative off is put in. it is an affirmation of a long history of cordelia to contin, the kingdom of his sweating and the russian federation of the main activity today was the signing of an agreement that will establish a non visa regime for diplomats of both countries. but during the press conference that immediately followed the signing, the foreign minister said that their country's plan to increase cooperation in the spheres of agriculture, science and energy leverage specifically mentioned the need for supplying irrigation systems as well as russian grain to as 14. he also said that the countries officials asked about how russia could help their country conquer it's chronic fertilizer shortage. the russian foreign minister responded that russia has a surplus of fertilizer and has been trying to help africa in that regard. free of charge,

but it's been european ports that are detaining around $280000.00 tons of that fertilizer. and the foreign ministers have made an appeal to the united nations to rectify that situation. national lou, but through the lou, our friends confirmed the problems of the supply fertilizers and asked how we could be useful as the country reported that the shortage negatively effects of agriculture because we talked about delivering our fertilizers, free of charge last summer with president putin in contact with the un to she said that 280000 tons were being held up in the boards of you countries. companies that own fertilizers are ready to transfer them to developing countries. but the, you was trying to punish hills and punish developing countries. if you're considering that the un secretary general advocated for unhindered was obliged to to, we agreed that the governments of russia and us were teenie will send the un chief a proposal to use parts of the detained grain for the needs of this. what russia's foreign minister also expressed that russia's willingness to supply us what any

with russian grain may be able to stabilize the country's delicate food situation. now lavish, i've also spoke about the french president emanuel microns claim that burkina faso decision to expel french troops. as a result of kremlin influence, he said, russia doesn't meddle in africa's affairs. it just works with countries that are ready to work with moscow. but apparently, russia was essentially told that africa was europe's sphere of influence. a pretty hypocritical statement when considering nato's activities right on russia's doorstep, took you. so when you get you with while still trying to keep up the act, western countries became interested in why we're here in africa. i replied that we want to develop relations with everyone who's interested in it. but they told me that russia should learn that africa is a zone of european interests. earlier, e u officials said that the balkans are also a zone of their interests and we should not go there. at the same time, the you considered it normal to work near russian borders. when african countries

want to develop security relations with other nations. this leads to certain reactions. we're now being accused of infringing on french interests. and molly burkina, faso and the central african republic. the you applies the same philosophy and mentality anywhere in the world. the same vicious logic applies to the african continent. so you feel lever of explained the situation as one part of a larger western neo colonial mission to tell african nations which countries they can and can't have good diplomatic relations with. he said it's not russia's problem, that africa is ditching the west and looking to moscow in many spheres of co operation. another recent example took place in molly, but whose issue to assist was, was a similar situation developed in molly a year ago when the country's leadership concluded that the decisions to withdraw french troops and remove their military bases. it would create security threats in the region. that is why they asked for help from us,

specifically our private military companies. we are not to blame for the fact that the french military molly did not live up to their expectations. but ultimately, the situation developing in africa seems to come down to 2 different understandings of democracy. according to sergei laval, russia sees it as countries deciding for themselves who to do business with. while the west is stuck in a neo colonial attitude of bending other countries to its will. this comes as the u . s. pushes its own agenda in africa with washington to send you an ambassador to the continent for talks. that's after a recent visit by the us treasury secretary to zambia and senegal. where she attempted to portray russia as a problem for africa. which is war in whipped. initiation of food is exacerbated food insecurity and caused untold suffering. and the global economic kid wins caused by the actions of

a single man. president putin is creating an unnecessary drag on effort, his economy, artes, africa, correspondence, horrible a thought. law delves into the details of the international scramble for the continent. africa has become the must fly to destination point for diplomats of global powers. last week, all eyes were cast on china's new foreign affairs minister, who stop by for a 5 country tour. and while he was here, so to where his french and german counterpart who made a visit to ethiopia, and this week kicked off with russian foreign affairs minister, sergey lover of who stopped by in south africa as the 1st up of his grand african tore. and the treasury secretary of the united states july dylan is also on the continent at the same time. and the u. s. ambassador to the united

nations is also fair to be on her way next week. so what made africa, the global frenzy for diplomatic meetings in recent times is because africa remains attractive for those who want to manufacture the equipment that is important in the global economy. whether it's the natural resources that you need for cellphones, for high tech or for computers, or just to keep the engines going, we have, we have what it takes. and in fact, at these are important dramatic visits because of economic reasons. the united states has made no secret that it is desperate to woo african countries. washington host that the u. s. africa summit in december with rumors rumbling that president biden himself may be accompanied by his vice president coming to harris later on this year. as the final christian due to, they are quite shipped with africa,

but washington's message will face of competition here, considering that prison, she and president putin will also be in south africa in august for the brick summit, washington is well aware of the self created, has them with the continent, and it's been that way since last march vote in the united nations general assembly, when majority of african countries refuse to condemn russia over the u. crane conflict. and for month, the west has been everything in his power to isolate russia, but in africa, nothing comes that easy. you can't be true for long. and right now the evidence is showing clearly with the evolution of the award brain. that right? so africa is clearly showing signs of choosing site. i mean, meeting with the russian foreign minister. and so africa as one country now. so so sending

a signal to the rest of the countries that my goodness we have to be able to to take a stable know if the standard cruise is a new tristan, it can evolve into choice. partnership with africa is trying to balance out as much as the partnership between the old west will know western nations and new partners like russia, treasury secretary genet, jaelyn arrives in pretoria on tuesday. a. she will be welcomed by south africa humming sound of generated. yes. south africa, the continent most industrialized economy is grappling with the via power cut. and unlike jaelyn they, i hate to state that africa should expect some backlash is not. yeah. because when you are low, that kind of mine 8.5000000000 lot of cash. and anybody who gives that to you,

or it's not a gift practice around it comes with conditions in the backlash, come into those fine friends of those conditions. and so, replicates going to have to play very carefully. and i think telling you because as a young man working for the world in his environment and sustainable development for quite a while, the speaks so, so that because going to have to be very careful early on paying back, settling, but also for having accepted too early and quickly the terms of wood and africa, every school climate change. secretary jaelyn will travel to the ford motor company assembly just outside pretoria, a pleased of create that much needed jobs in an economy that's far too used to economic growth without jobs. but on friday, yelman's last day here in south africa, she will travel to him from melana,

the headland of south africa's cold belts. it is day where she will need men and women who have built their livelihoods on coal. and she will tell them about the commitments made in the just energy transition plan, but she will hardly tell them how fickle those commitments are or what they can do to their lifes. caribella, sat for tea and pretoria. now to the latest from dawn bass were ukrainian. shelling has left at least 3 civilians wounded on tuesday. meanwhile, on monday 9, people were injured as kev targeted civilian infrastructure and residential areas. in the city of yellow vice, a local depot was hit with us delivered high march rockets. artesia mon closer have sent us this report from the scene. this is a grades are made by another artillery shelling by ukraine military of the city of

villa vice right now we are at the railway depot in the city that has been under fire for the last 3 days. now, according to local officials or ukraine, have fired that tortuga missile a couple of days ago which was intercepted by air defense systems. and last night this area was attacked by multiple launch rockets system, maybe united states called hi mars. the explosion was so strong that pieces of rails were completely blown out. now i can't even pick, pick this one up with my hands. so you can imagine how strong this explosion was. bell. these types of rails half the explosions there were flying absolutely everywhere. and one of them caused damage to the person who's now had the hospital would been bocce lew

o. 2 people were wounded. the locomotive driver and his assistant was they were towing a suburban train to this is the 3rd shelling in around him. the 1st came a to a image, then at 10 p. m. and again at 4 am the next day. they are depot is still working without interruption, despite all the damage. there were at least so for high mar sir rockets of fire against this railway station. this is just another crater of many around here. fragments of rockets like these can be found. absolutely everywhere, like i said, as the result of this effect to people to real a workers are now in the hospital. the sick place had 4 o'clock in the morning, however, if that's actually place during daylight, there could have been many, many more victims. judging by this wall and judging by these trout know holes,

ukraine used rockets designed to cause maximum garage and maximum civilian deaths. ramon cauthrin, harty, illinois, the nest republic a wave of mass of resignations among officials is gripping kiev tuesday, saw ukraine's deputy prosecutor leaving his post the 3rd such individual of the day . meanwhile, the list is still growing. joining me now in the studio to discuss this further is art, is marina closer ever marina? just tell us what we know so far about what the issue that it has been happening is what we're observing is a huge shake up in the governments. and also when it comes to the security services, as well as regional authorities in ukraine, we're seeing a major reshuffling taken place right now with a number of key top officials and leaving their posts. so we have for example, i keep presidential advisor, the deputy defense minister,

as well as the deputy prosecutor general, all leaving. it's unclear right now where we are, of course, seeing ovalo damira zalinski mentioned that this is his effort to shake off the government. so ensure that there is a no corruption, these are his words. what he said about the changes that we're seeing right now. so i want this to be clear. there will be no return to what used to be in the past due to the way various people close to state institutions or those who spent their entire lives chasing a chair used to live. i think law enforcement officers who protect the law, the interests of the state and ensure justice. now let's talk a little bit about the people leaving and what they've been embroiled and some of the scandals that we've seen. for example, one of the officials, presidential aid carrillo tymoshenko. he was implicated in a scandal regarding his use of expensive cars. and one of those cars was actually

donated to help civilians to evacuate them from combat zones. for example, then we have another one alex say, same one, anchor the deputy prosecutor general. he went on a holiday. for example, at a time when top officials, let's not forget, they're not allowed to leave the ukraine during martial law. that's a new law that was imposed, and not only them law enforcement, like i said, prosecutors and everyone that works for the state is not allowed to leave, but we saw him going on holiday. is that the reason? could it be a case of corruption? because he was also involved in that. now we had followed mayor zalinski just now saying how it's very important to clean up the office to ensure that justice has been served. but one of the so called symbols of a valid marriage. lensky, so called tolerance for corruption within his office is actually all, et cetera, who's the deputy chief of staff. the ball saying that he has become a symbol for of a lot of years. lensky really accepting bribery and corruption going on in his

office because he has consistently repeatedly refused to to let him go. even though he was charged with bribery as early as a 2020 bots. apparently his case was obstructed and buried because one of his proteges who was the former prosecutor general, just happened to be the landscapes, protege, managed to bury the case. they transferred it some of the cells here, but it's important details if the case was transferred from the independent national and the corruption bureau of ukraine. sue, you guessed that the presidential control security service of ukraine. now this man is still has his job. so if corruption is the aim here to clear that up, he is still there, although as we know, the deputy prosecutor general has now left his bonds. so marina, is it fair to say that the official reason for these resignations may be in some way tied to the most recent corruption scandal in ukraine? it seems so, but again, we cannot be clear because among the people who have left their post again,

where did they resign? where they fired remains unclear. but among them are the heads of 4 regions. for example, we have on the head of his upper ga, the head of sumi there, as well as the head of a song. and these are the towns that are on the front line. and we know that these are the locations where ukraine is not doing very well on the battlefield. so is this a case of corruption, or is this a case of, let's get the job done better? because obviously what is happening right now is not good enough. so that's some, one of the lines of theories that we can see exists, but let's talk a little bit about corruption in particular because like i said, this comes on the back of major corruption scandal involving the country's defense minister. he also like when i had just resigned and this has fallen reports that he over song the controversial deal for the military's food supplies. apparently they

used an unknown firm and they paid 3 times more the current market market value for food. so after that, the department called that a technical mistake and a glitch, and that no money apparently exchange hands. or we all know how that goes down at the end of the day. at once again, let's not forget that ukraine when it comes to transparency international ranks at a 100 and 22nd out of a $180.00 countries when it comes to corruption. which is why it's surprising when we have the united states navy. busy pin union pledging all these billions of dollars in euro's that we know that this is going to a country that's notorious for being corrupt and even voluntary lensky is not even the height in this 5. so again, let's talk a little bit about another case. we have ukraine's deputy infrastructure minister also gone now. he was fired, entertained even by police. after being accused of accepting a bribe, a worth 320000 pounds was $400000.00 surrounded up and

that was for in can contracts for purchase of equipment as well as machinery and other lao. the statement that we heard the recently allowed resignation was the presidential adviser alex say, i was starving now. his deal didn't have to do with corruption bought a had to do with a comment he made. after the death of $44.00 people in the city of negro, and he went on youtube and started comments in after the incident happened saying that it was supposedly ukraine that shot down a missile. now of course everyone was shocked that he would say that to admit that some would say, and then of course he quickly apologized and said that he shouldn't have mentioned that, but it was already too late and he's been dismissed. so we're seeing a lot of a lot of resignations, a lot of people being fired. is this a case of polymers, lensky finally saying that he will clear the country of corruption, although one of the main key figures that we've seen being accused of corruption,

he did nothing about about him, or is it a case of his a guy is not doing well, on the front lies the army, so he wants to get rid of people in charge for other people there who will get the job done. is that what he's thinking? lot of theories there, but he points, we've seen lots of changes and the key post them this and you are left. this was happening in ra. of course, if we saw us this amount of reshuffling of, he post, he officials would have mainstream media western mainstream media saying something is going wrong. it seems that our vladimir putin is losing power. he is not in control, but again, we're seeing these headlines with the frame and they're not really seeing this as a major deal. although more resignations are apparently expected a revolving door of corruption artes. marina, closer of, i think the turkish president says his country will not back sweden's bed to join nato. the announcement comes in response to the burning of the

koran, outside on cars, embassy and stockholm, during a protest sanctioned by local police. those who turn a blind eye to this outrage have undoubtedly calculated the consequences. it is clear that those who allow such blasphemy should not expect any support from us. regarding nato, when someone dishonors us, when someone commits injustice, we let him know his place. if you are so respectful of rights and freedoms, you will respect the religious beliefs of muslims if you will not. i'm sorry, you will not receive support from us during the nato membership process. the controversial incident took place on saturday when an anti islamic politician publicly burned a copy of the koran. this fark severe backlash from the global muslim community with the malaysian foreign minister describing the act as blatant islam of phobia. while pakistan's top diplomat called it

a harmful gesture for more than 1500000000 muslims worldwide, finland's foreign minister says that talks on his country and sweden joining nato should now be put on pause, as it would be best to wait until things settle down. hundreds of demonstrators gathered in front of the swedish consulate and each tumble to vent their anger. people, inter kids largest city were seen burning a picture of the anti immigrant politician when a recent interviews that he had no regrets for his actions. riley's also flared up and some other muslim countries, tens of thousands, took to the streets in yemen to strongly condemn the desecration of the koran. protesters were seen burning, israeli, and american flags and across iraq. clashes erupted near the swedish embassy with local scuffling with police outside the diplomatic building. meanwhile, the u. s. has weight in suggesting that koran burning act in stockholm could be

applied. 7 by foreign forces aiming to undermine nato, we are also cognizant of the fact that those who may be behind what is taking place in sweden, maybe engaging in an intentional effort to try to weaken unity across the atlantic and within and among our european allies and perch journalists use of aram says the scandalous incident in sweden means a north country has lost any support it potentially still had for its nato bit in trickier. well, the domestic atmosphere right now surrounding sweden's nate obeyed after the burning of the koran is very, very toxic. i don't foresee any turkish politician trying to garner support for sweden because domestically it would hurt them. and this being in the election year, i don't think anyone's going to go to back sweden right now, so i don't know if it's

a done deal. if it's up forever closing the book on sweden's nato bid, but ah, not, there won't be any type of support for sweden becoming a needle member. at least for the foreseeable future, most likely for the rest of this year is the, is the burning of a cron. in sweden, a attempt to undermine nato. well, we need to understand that if this was an attempt to undermine nato, those who allowed it the swedish police or the swedish, or it's of the swedish politicians. they are the ones that actually allowed this to unfold in undermined their own data accession process. and no one at the end, the day force swedish police to approve this very disgusting act. then it, the swedish laws are allowing for such a 8 prime to take place on that. i think that the swedes need to take very long, hard look at themselves in very long, hard look at their laws. why are they are allowing this type of hate mongering under freedom of expression. if this is a freedom of expression, one has to ask,

it's asked themselves what's being express. i think very clearly 8 is being expressed in if hate is being expressed. this is the 8 prime and as such, it should be illegal under any to any countries. once in the, in the u. k. are edging closer to signing a free trade agreement. but there are strings attached on london terms. the initiative comes amid growing cooperation between the countries. the economic relations are on the rise with bilateral trade turnover reaching more than $29000000000.00 pounds last year, which is 33 percent higher than a year before. the u pays exports to india in 2022 amounted to more than 12000000000 pounds, while india's exports to britain reach more than 17000000000. however, there are some serious obstacles in the upcoming deal as it it's not expected to include the free movement of indians to the u. k,

which was something london had agreed on earlier. in a similar packed with australia, we have to make sure that each trade agreement was signed estate to the specific country, the kinds of mobility, or if i can, to, to a country like australia is not going to be the same kind of ability offer. i can do with a country like india, which has good many times the population. and you delay based foreign affairs observer told us more about the contradictions in the upcoming deal. and shared his view on why the u. k. wants the agreement in the 1st place. what they did know, obvious that was concrete, have very different actually we expect on this rule for agreement if the year before the india wants more of the related facilities. so the workers in the long india sort of

can go to begin in loving them larger number, then they will of i know they're looking for a new market for right there, right to being for if you see and employ dyer and they, they, they implemented the big and now you're so we've got some thought up there. i think it's repercussions. so they are looking for new markets in the emerging market. india had a love, relatively large market and many other parts of the world. so they are looking for indian wanted to reach the indian market, but it cannot be happened in unit $212.00 it, they're sort of compromise also and allowing more indian to,

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