ah ah ah, bill multiple explosions reported in iran with a country's defense ministry confirming its managed to thwart a drone attack on an ammunition depot. american, british, and other european delegation demand that african countries stopped cooperating with russia and avoid breaking away from the common agenda. which the west seas as the restoration of colonial dependence in a new form that russia is a foreign minister, lopper of condemned western countries for what he calls, attempts to re colonize africa and pressure it to sever ties with moscow.

oh, that was an enemy. movable rocket, which is system strike. one modern jollity follows russian troops and that fierce battle for a ukrainian military stronghold in a suburb of dawn. yes. ah, i talked stories of the week and today's heavy hitting headlines. welcome to the program. it's sati international but they have been multiple reports of explosions in iran. and the country's military has confirmed that one of its ammunition storage facilities was targeted in a drone attack. one of the drones was hit by the air defense and the other 2 were caught in traps and blew up. fortunately, this unsuccessful attack did not cause any loss of life and caused only minor damage to the workshops roof. iran has said the attack did not significantly affect any mil military facilities and had no real impact on national security. the

government has not commented on who it's suspects of being behind the attack that we did get some of the details from local john list. his yusef julie on saturday evening around 11 30 pm local time in iran. a huge blast was heard in the iranian central city are based on apparently based on reports and military facility belonging to the iranian defense ministry was targeted by 3 small drones. soon after the running, the defense ministry released the statement announcing that the attack was on successful. one of the draws was, was hit by the air defense system built inside that military complex and 2 others were shot down and intercepted, instruct down before they carry out their strikes. so the iranian defense ministry says that that attack was unsuccessful with no casualties. only

there was a minor damage should the ceiling of that military complex. so now the defense ministry is investigating the cause of the city. and the elements behind that air raid against its military complex. there are some unconfirmed reports by some unofficial news sources, claiming that there was a similar attack taking place in the capital one as well. and those reports have not been confirmed by the iranian defense ministry. so we still need to wait and see what the iranian defense industry will announce later during gets investigation of the problem of the center. meanwhile, continued reports of an enormous fire at an oil refinery in the north west of iran . and while the cause is still unknown, firefighters have been working very hard to extinguish ablaze. look at the pictures right there. emergency personnel trying to contain the find, well,

those enormous silos. the all facility is near an area hit by an earthquake. the dakota right around the same time, the fire broke out. in fact, the earthquake was measuring 5.9 when the stand to killed 3 people that injured more than 800 tremors reportedly fell to all across the region. this is the footage of the aftermath of the iranian city of coin, very close to the turkish border with houses destroyed. and deborah, in the streets, emergency services have reported power outages in different parts of the area who are spoken, just speaking just a bit earlier to a professor site. well haven't miranda? he's off the university of tehran. now he says that despite the damage and loss of life, iranians will not be expecting an outpouring of global support or sympathy. western countries are sanctioning ordinate iranian they, they've imposed massive pressure sanctions on iran for a decade. its maximum pressure because they cannot do more harm, right?

if they're doing as much as possible to, to kill or run in to create a lack of medicine, to destroy jobs, to destroy families. so western countries have no intention of giving any real humanitarian assistance to anyone. if they stop killing people and harming people that would be more than enough, re run the rushes. foreign ministers ok left off, says western powers. want to maintain their exploitation of policies of africa and plunder the continent. resources a lot for off making those remarks alongside is eric tray and counterpart while visiting the east african country on his to a of the continent. rocky in american, british and other european delegations regularly come to africa and very stubbornly demand that african countries stop cooperating with russia and avoid breaking away from the common agenda. which the west sees as the restoration of colonial dependence in a new form. the stablish mentally, multi polar world,

is an objective and unstoppable process. however, the collective west, the united states, nato, and the e u, which are completely under washington's control, are trying to reverse this, but their efforts are futile. the most the can count on is some slight inhibition of leap, ject, of course of history that i'm fortunately the feel of the feel we can cut in. can you pang humanity in got rid of it, cut to show i mean a school component. this of grade and dummy notion that have indicated turmoil amongst him and savaging and bailey, for centuries. that as an forbidden grey e n e n. a byproduct of direct let's for you see ok. germany and containment that they had put, pursued in the past decade. la,

during his trip to at a tire sokulaf, also visited a monument to a classic russian poet, alexander pushkin, or rogers or foreign ministry spokeswoman maria's ahead of her underlined africa's positive attitude to the world renowned right as legacy. but she took a moment to criticise ukraine for demolishing some historical russian monuments now as a circular row finishers his tour of several african countries. artie correspondent cutler gomez saw me sums up some of the highlands. said galen robs visits to africa . seems to have been a successful one with the russian foreign minister of meeting with leaders from several african countries as leverage expressed to russia's commitment to deepening its ties with africa and offered to provide assistance in areas such as energy, infrastructure and investment. the visit was seen as a sign of russia's growing presence in the continent, and its willingness to work with african countries movement into but in cuban we

are line priorities for business ties and mining exploration energy in agriculture, including deliveries of russian grain as well as modern areas of collaboration, information and communications technologies and the digital economy. one of the countries visited was angola in 2019 russia and angola signed an agreement to expand co operation, the energy sector, including the construction of a nuclear power plant. but the bond between moscow and ongoing dates back to when and good as ruling party, the m p l, a sort support from the soviet union during the civil war against the portuguese. now, during his visits leverage, drew parallels between the and golden war and the ukraine conflict, further reminding and guidance of the strides they have made thus far. and good skilled, smooth simile, the goal and people know the price of gaining independence. they know the price of gaining the opportunity to exercise their rights, culture,

all traditional and political social. you are also actively contributing to the fair regulation of various conflicts in your region, both through the african union and within the framework of sub regional associations. you are making a significant contribution to the mitigation of crises and to the peacekeeping efforts of african countries leverage. the other stop on his african tour was to the land locked kingdom of its like dealing out. the last absolute monarchy in africa is contending with socio political issues that have thrust to the country into deepening economic struggles. and sporadic protests that have led to a volatile situation in the region and moscow's top diplomat had something to offer me the ability to see would know we agreed during a meeting with the military leadership to increase security cooperation. we have existing inter governmental agreements on military and defense industry collaboration. there are working groups and we are ready to consider applications

from our s, what teeny friends on any issues that need to be resolved to ensure this country security. now leverage south african count apartment as the lady pendle hosted him in the capital city of pretoria. after he received a very warm welcome from south african military officials. this visit also comes at a time when south africa has been criticized for an upcoming naval exercise with russia and china. this to the waste seems to be a reminder of the entrenched relationships. many countries have on the continent with russia and china. it also highlights the difficulty the u. s. faces globally in persuading countries that their interests a better served, aligning with washington on political and financial issues, lucius thermal muscular booth in our countries are consistent supporters of a more just inclusive democratic and poly centric architecture for the world order, which would rely on the main principal of the un charter respect for the sovereign

equality of all state. fresh and foreign minister sergey leverage. a final stop was a surprise visit to reach or yeah. and the horn of africa with him seeing russia is looking into the enhancement of logistical infrastructure in the country with, among the long term plans that are to be worked out in detail. i would like to mention the possibility of utilizing the logistical potential of the port masala and the airport. the massage, our airport is of interest for its transit capabilities. lev, rob's 2nd visit to africa in just 6 months. seems to have some in to ties with some of the southern and eastern regional nations on the continent. while the minister described africa as a rich continent with colossal potential. it is the russia, africa summits. that will take place in saint petersburg in july. so focused on for me to issue food and energy security technology and health care that will innovate these relations into action that the home. so me for archie,

janice beck this week, africa was given a choice as sort of a lot of put it, build a multi poto world, or janet yelman's root of the stick, as she said, quote, any violation of anti rush are sanctions by local businesses, all governments would be dealt with quickly and harshly. perhaps not the best way to nurture partnerships with you. with treasury secretaries now wrapped up a 10 day tour of africa, zambia was one of the focus stops of the country is struggling with a debt issue that janet jaelyn was very quick to blame on china, less learn more. arty africa correspondent, catabolic tackler is no secret. that washington has beijing in his cross head. and here in africa, china is pervasive. while the west was busy looking inward since the financial crash of 2008, china was accruing wealth and technological know how and making friends around the

world. but while in the zambian capital, us treasury secretary, jenna d, ellen played to our audience, claiming china is behind the african countries. that problem kind of rich pointing a finger. china, though forgetting that 3 pointing back. and then we will continue to press for official bilateral and private sector creditors to meaningfully participate in debt relief for zambia, especially china. even if the u. s. one day solves is debt problem. it is not qualified to make groundless accusations against or press for other countries out of selfish interests because it can not at all alleviate yours tremendous responsibility for the reason of the world that issues where was west than many, when the developing world needed it. when the irony was lost and met him, secretary on her arrival in new soccer,

yellow lended at the kenneth go in the international airport experimented with chinese money. she would later exit their point on the wronged billed by the same money. and on that road, she noticed that the city of new saga is planned in tany same post, showing new chinese companies establishing themselves in the corporate country for another fixture with reserves were mentioned that, you know, china is doing in ephesians on base. quite the unfortunate yes or the chinese on quite some looked was a local mines in africa, the unmanned particular, but they also creates a in the missing infrastructure about his new does do for, you know, for ever growing our population channel hold just over a 3rd of zambia that so who holds the remaining true faith? according to chatham of an independent policy official, i because total extent i'll bet increased more than by falls between the $22020.00

to $696000000000.00, of which chinese companies account for 12 percent. and that is, the truth says that china did not cause africa that distress in most cases. and it actually is key to finding solutions. the same chart, m house paper recommends a 3 pod plan to be taken forward initially by the g 7 under the japanese presidency in 2023. so what's been holding them back all this time? when kennedy ellis said, and i quote, we have many government programs and international programs that are oriented to help efforts to build infrastructure, closed code. he was talking about loans, american and european loans with interest rates. she had been telling the continent since the lenders here in the synagogue above reforming the i m f and the world

bank to better cater to developing countries. so what in the name of that distress has been holding the west bank? the west is coming back now after having a dumps zambia and trying to re assert themselves as development, pastors for sound. yeah, i think they have to own it. and we're not interested in the politics between america and china and russia. we're interested in just what is it that they are the needs of the table. and clearly in the last 10 or 20 years, what we've seen come from the west is much more rhetoric to talk about governance, talk about structures of government, rather than actually putting money on the table and developing infrastructure which are come to like ours needs. so china has come and brought us these developments designed. india has done the same and i believe that the west has to match what is

currently going on. and not a lot of political rectory which really takes us no way elsewhere . and the east of africa. uganda has begun drilling its 1st oil. well, the goal of pumping out the black gold inside the next couple of years. the country's president caught the ceremonial ribbon at the king fisher field, which is being built with the help of china. this comes off of the gun and government obtained a permit to build a crude oil pipeline to export the commodity worldwide. when you feel development does come 17 years after lucrative all resources were 1st discovered that as we understand and estimated $40000.00 barrels of oil per day are expected to be produced. that's according to the countries oil regulator. we heard from an economic expert who says that africans, energy sector is slowly becoming more independent due to the past

almost 2 decades. again, i've been trying to explore and to bring it oil reserve into operation into exported to they what we have also to keep an eye on collaborating with partners who have the interests for us. but also we cannot escape the fact that africa has yet to develop his national capacity to explore these resources on its own. basically, we see you got to reap almost 6900000000 of revenue by exporting. well, so this money could ramp up in cation is alia. we expect you guys to at least explore, to, for almost 40 bearable worldwide day. and this is not only took a story for the quote to it, but also it's a key lesson that the energy sector can be explored and it can be brought to a line when africa become serious and it could be if would lead to that, it becomes energy independence. all right now to the conflict in ukraine as this

week has seen, russian troops ultimately strengthen their positions and the nets were public, including an advance on the town of modern, the suburb of the city of vanya. it gets also been a strong hold for ukrainian forces since 2014. i've seen the correspondent witness in tens firefights and precisely that area. ah. that was an enemy multiple rocket launcher systems strike on marrying. that is exactly where we're heading. wow. or 24 hours in mud, inca began. now here a flashlight, he's timed him out to suicide. slowly, half blind. we stumbled to our temporary refuge. this is the bunker where we're

spending the night here in martin co, relatively relatively safe. the previous occupants here were ukrainian troops who were literally, as you can tell by the wools burned out of here. but this is also the answer as to why the battle for martin ca 5 gave kapinsky. why these battles the taking so long? and that is because these bunkers are everywhere built over the last 8 years by the ukrainian military. built in completely nondescript places above us. this is just a small family whom a private residence of downstairs was unarmed store and the barracks for ukrainian soldiers. power is rationed. food, water, ammo, and fuel. i carried 4 miles before they get here. nothing is wasted. in the early hours of the morning we woke up to what fight as here. cool, an approximation of hell

with a deafening call for the blasts and explosions, pure and utter violence. without end all of this footage, we filmed in mere hours ah, with full view of good bundle, go to school. rece. the tie area covered in smoke is way ukrainian positions up to 300 meters away from us. currently,

russian artillery of all fronts and colors more does houses was air craft tanks ah ah, the she hel, ukrainian ru credit troops. the battle for monica has dragged on for almost a year. most of it is now under russian control. ukraine and its supporters, they publicly admit, now, will never serious about peace stokes. it was cover, they spent 8 years preparing for war. they turned my income into a modern day fortress, almost impregnable. almost whoa!

each would choose russian to suit $25.00, close support to close ground support their craft. coming in very low firing their own guided munitions rockets and getting out before you gradient at the feds, us have a chance to transfer the lock on an lodge who's in day by day, month after month. russian troops have demolished ukrainian fortifications. here, here has said thousands of drafted troops into the meat grinder to hold the mighty inca, but there is little doubt that the city will soon be taken from us, as certainly, frankly, this is unpleasant for us destroying these buildings. the city it hurts our souls, but we have no choice. this is our land and the enemy has thrown its reserves. at

marin county, they use their troops as cannon fodder. they pluck any holes with corpses of their own soldiers. they spare no lives. no digging said if it were pushing, but there are difficulties. the enemies resisting and digging in their fighting for every house, but were pushing them back and advancing. ah o. a round might inca artillery is everywhere. these automatic, my launch of the vice shall yoke, as if he had thing, ah, muddy nga is strategically vital. it is a gateway to that yet. if you crane uses it, it will be a devastating blow to morale, both civilian and military. he of understands the,

on his willing to pall thousands of its troops on to the pile to hold hauled, commodities. which may well be an approximation of hell. for i'd guess the of odds he from madigan, ah, washington has declined to comment about whether ammunition it is supplying to ukraine includes depleted uranium. russia has warned that if the west provides any such weapons, it would be cold, a dirty bomb, with the west, responsible for the in suing consequences. let's learn a little bit more about this oxy correspondence. steve sweeney shed some light ukraine could be set to receive deadly radio at to weapons in the west, as part of the latest surge of weaponry in the night. so proxy war and russia, moscow says it would consider such munitions. i dirty bomb warning, western sponsors of caves, war machine against encouraging nuclear provocations of black bough while promising

a severe response. we know that lipper 2 tanks, as well as bradley and martyr armored fighting vehicles can use to pleaded uranium shells, which can contaminate terrain just like it happened in yugoslavia and iraq. if kia were to be supplied with such munitions for the use in western heavy military hardware, we would regarded as the use of dirty and clear bombs against russia. with all the consequences that entails washington has refused to rule out supplying care with depleted uranium. as part of its tank kit package speaking during a white house press conference, an unnamed senior government official wouldn't be drawn on the issue as the reporter noted, firing these radioactive rounds is part of what makes them the tank killer. that pentagon officials called them the administration official who responded decline to answer saying, i'm not going to get into the technical specifics depleted. uranium is exceptionally hauled and is able to penetrate alma targets and to reinforce their

potential targets like tanks against that and we fire. but it is also i toxic radioactive hazard. nato's use of depleted uranium during the military alliance is 1999 on baldwin of yugoslavia. so thousands poisoned with many dying from cancer on other related health issues. leading to the alliance, being sued by, by serving the survivors. i'm italian soldiers deployed there, of which nearly $400.00 have died. and 7500. having poisoned by depleted uranium is youth in the iraqi town of fallujah, left a toxic legacy. children born with birth defects a spike in conscious diseases and miscarriages. official iraqi government statistics show that prior to the outbreak of the 1st gulf war in 1991, the rate of cancer cases in iraq was 40 out of 100000 people. by 1995, it had increased to 800 out of 100000 people. yet despite this nice ho,

britain and the united states have lobbied hard for the continued use of depleted uranium on the battlefield. nato's decision for an information offensive was reached at a meeting today by ambassadors of nato's 19 member states. participants described the talks is unusually stormy. please from italy, germany, greece and norway, for the western military alliance to take the munitions out of its arsenals, were firmly rejected by the united states, britain and france. legally, you said depleted uranium in conflict is a gray area and not covered by conventions or treaties that restrict the use of chemical or nuclear weapons. but britain in the u. s. remain the only nations to have admitted to using depleted uranium in conflict and would clearly see no objection to the use of the deadly weapon and ukraine. u. k. policy is that depleted uranium. munitions can be used in weapons because it would be wrong to deny our armed forces illegitimate in effect of capability that can help them

achieve their objectives as quickly and safely as possible. claims of serious health and environmental effects by very small number of people attract media attention, but are disputed by most scientists and international agencies. whether other countries use do munitions or not as a matter for them on the tanks being sent to cry. but leopard, the bradley fighting vehicle, the abrams on the challenger to oh, capable of firing the deadly payload. it seems, washington could deploy the same tactics and ukraine. i'm to hell with the consequences. i corresponded steve sweeney wrapping up his hours weekly edition hero naughty international. so good to have your company here on the weekend program. thank you for joining us. a lot of heavy hitting stories in the past 24 hours with a force over the past week as well. we will address all of them for you when we return at the thomas with

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