asked just 2 decades later after the massacre in nam may be a hitler's assault unit boat on the same brown colonial uniform which boyce the world into the chasm of the 2nd world war with multiple explosions reported in iran with the 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 staff 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 of brushes. foreign minister lap off condemned western countries for what he called, attempts to re colonize africa and pressure to cut ties with moscow. with an enemy multiple

rocket launcher systems strike one mighty income. and the policy follows russian troops in that fierce battle for ukrainian military stronghold in a suburb of tonya. with running down the top stories of the week and all to day, welcome to your new to talk to you. so multiple explosions in iran, 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. indeed, as iran did say, the attack did not significantly affect any military facilities and had no real

impact on national security. the country's foreign ministry stated it also wouldn't change current plans for developing a domestic nuclear energy program. us and israel, the media reports, they have hail the attack. this quote, a tremendous success claiming is ready, forces were behind it. and neither tara nor israel have commented on that yet that we did get some of the latest details from local journalists. use f july 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, and based on reports and military facility belonging to the iranian defense industry was targeted by 3 small drones. soon after the run in 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, intercepted and shrugged 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 to the ceiling of that military complex. so now the defense ministry is investigating the cause of the incident. 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 incident. for meanwhile,

the huge blaze broke out in an oil refinery in the north west of iran. now while the cause is still unknown, firefighters worked very hard to extinguish the blazes up look at these videos right here. enormous storage, silos there, right, with the flames, licking up behind them. now your facility is near an area that was actually hit by an earthquake roughly around the very same time. the fire broke out. we can tell you the earthquake measured 5.9, reportedly killed 3 people and injured more than 800. a further tremors are felt throughout the north of the country on sunday. and this fits for each of the awesome awesome the city of coin near the turkish border with houses destroyed. and deborah, in the streets emergency service is also reported a roaming power outages across the area. we were talking with a professor, so he'd mohammed mirandi from the university of chat, ron, he says that despite the damage and loss of life, iranians will not be expecting an outpouring of global support will. sympathy,

western countries are sanctioning or iranian, they, they've imposed massive pressure sanctions on iran for a decade. it's max to pressure because they cannot do more to harvey, right? if they're doing as much as possible to, to kill ordinary run in the 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 in the army, people that would be more than enough re run it. the felons of foreign minister has been quick to accuse russia for derailing sweden's membership to nato, through its alleged involvement of the recent a koran burning protest that stood tensions between nato member and sweden. moscow has strongly dismissed the claim. we would like to understand, how does helsinki interpret the swedish colleagues behavior? who states that burning the koran is a freedom of self expression?

does the finish, foreign minister suspect stockholm has a pro russian sentiment? if we talk about this seriously, it is disgusting to see westerners trying to put together the word exceptional from the shards of their own values. now this comes as a wedge, you know, west in relation such as say, between ankara install comans only being driven deeper with a swedish foreign ministry announcing that recent events have prompted the temporary suspension of the process for his country to join nato. the diplomat, however, still hopes that sweden will join the block by june. and while a stock homes bid to join the allies depends on an anchor is approval. sweden shouldn't count on it. that's according to turkey. as president of the one statement followed, the recent boning of the koran and stockholm, which bore hundreds of protesters onto the streets, all is damn fool. a swedish dutch far right. politician ross must pollute down the set fire to islam holy book with the permission of swedish authorities during

a speech he also brought it to he has president, has quote, an islamist dictator. apollo down is known for organizing similar stunts in the past, and was even convicted of racism in denmark of the posting an anti is long video on social media in an exclusive interview to our roughly video agency. the politician says he fears that president or the one might hijack the issue. i think it's important to show out again that he can not take sweden hostage by, by taking freedom of speech and making it into a defense matter. i would never burn a koran in turkey because it's illegal there. so i had to respect the turkish culture and the rules and turkey. and i think aragon has to do the same. he asters, respect the rules in the holland and been morgan sweden. and here we are allowed to criticize islam. we feel that he is another person that he was to make, what you call it the problems. but the most, the best thing we can do about that is to ignore him. while nato's military

chairman claims the alliance is prepared for a direct confrontation with moscow admitting though they've already lost the military initiative, martin dolts are spoke to earlier. he's a former handbook left party member and a human rights lawyer. he says, the situation in the world today is on the brink. the parties need to engage in dialogue to step back from that of a greater looming conflict. there is a very dangerous escalation spiral which can lead into a real big war, which would not cause much more debt than now. and the ukraine said enough to stay that some of the actors, we want this confrontation for the benefit of your strategical aims. all the rep and industry, so the idea to burn a koran to paint on any problem. this is into the castle because it's not dialogue . it's the same. like if you want peace in the world, you have to have dialogue in between the countries. rushers, foreign minister,

sort of a lot. ralph says that western powers want to maintain the exploitative policies of africa and plunder the continents. resources you made those remarks alongside is at a tray and counterpart while visiting the east african country on his tour of the continent. a american, british, and other european delegations regularly come to africa and very stubbornly 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. the stablish mint of a multi polar world is an objective, an 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 the objective 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? got to so i mean a school profile and piss of grief and dummy notion that have interrogated turmoil amongst him and savaging and bailey, for centuries that has an forbidden grey ease. and he says, a byproduct of directly for you see ok, joe, money and containment, that they have put, pursued in the past, the case during his trip to add attire. so he left off, also visited a monument to the russian poet, alexander, to pushkin by russia's foreign ministry spokesman. maria's hot, over on the line africa's positive attitude to the world. renowned right as legacy . she took a moment to criticize a new crane for demolishing historical russian monuments as okay,

left off finishes his tour of several african countries. party correspondent catalogs miss so brings us some of the highlands. sergey loves visits to africa, seems to have been a successful one with the russian foreign minister 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 many to do. but in children, we outlined 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, and girl dates back to win 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 lever of drew parallels between the and golden war and the ukraine conflict, further reminding and guidance of the strides they have made thus far. on goods can the roads no zulu, the angolan people know the price of gaining independence. they know the price of gaining the opportunity to exercise their rights, cultural, traditional and political. so 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 social political issues. that if thrust the country into deepening economic struggles and sporadic protocols 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 agree 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 department 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 bit to served, aligning with washington on political and financial issues, which was thermal, possibly a booth. and our countries are consistent supporters of a more just to 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 states. russian foreign minister sergey leverage a final stop was a surprise visit to retrieve and the horn of africa with him saying russia is looking into the enhancement of logistical infrastructure in the country with one of among the long term plans that are to be worked out in detail, i would like to mentioned 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 cemented 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, which will focus on 4 major issues, food and energy security, technology and health care that will innovate these relations into action plans that hm. so me for archie, janice, big to the fact is this week africa was ultimately given a choice as target law for off put it build a multi poto world or janet yelton's root of the stick as she said, quote, any violation of anti rush sanctions by local african businesses,

all governments would be dealt with quickly and harshly. perhaps not the best way to nurture partnerships with the u. s. treasury secretary has wrapped up a 10 day tour of africa, zambia was a focus stopping point. apparently the country's struggling with a debt issue that america's janet jaelyn was very quick to blame on china. is our africa correspondence, catabolic tuttle 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 janet the 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,

a 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 interest 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. but the irony was lost and met him secretary on her arrival in lusaka jaelyn lended at the kenneth go in the international airport expanded 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 cleared in tiny, same post, showing new chinese companies establishing themselves in the corporate country for

another sick bed with reserved look, we'll mention that you know, chime is doing in ephesians on base quite the unfortunate, yes or that i mused on quite a lot was my local minds in africa gunmen particular, but they also create in the necessary infrastructure. i'd like to it is to for, you know, for ever growing our population channels just over a 3rd of zambia debt. so who holds the remaining to 1st? according to chatham, us, an independent policy official. our biggest total extent on bed increased more than by poles between the year 2020, 20 to $696000000000.00, of which chinese companies account for 12 percent. and the institute says that china did not cause africa. that distress in most cases, and it actually is key to finding solutions. the same chatham house paper

recommends a 3 pad 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 janet the elevator and i quote, we have many government programs, an 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 he landed here in the car selling up above reforming the m f. m, the world bank to better cater to developing countries. so what in the name of bed distress has been holding the west bank. the west is coming back now after have been i don't zambia and trying to re assert themselves.

as developing pastors was ambia, i think they have to own this. and we're not interested in the politics between america and china and russia. we're interested in just what is it that they need to the table. and clearly in the last 10 or 20 years, what we've seen come from the west is much more rhetoric. talk out governance, talk about the structures of government rather than actually putting money on the table and developing infrastructure which come to like our needs. so china has come and brought these developments to them. the india has done the same and i believe that the width has to match what is currently going on. and not a lot of political rectory, which really takes us nowhere elsewhere in the east of africa. uganda has begun drilling its 1st oil. well,

the goal of pumping out the black gold in the next couple of years. the country's president cut a ceremonial ribbon at the king fisher field that is being built in collaboration with china. comes off to the uganda and government again approval for a pipeline. if it's a bit i'd exports of the field opening comes 17 years off, the oil resources were 1st discovered. and according to the countries, oil regulator and estimated $40000.00 barrels per day are expected to be produced. we heard from an economic expert who says that at the end of the day, africa, the energy sector is slowly becoming more independent due to the past almost 2 decades. again, i've been trying to explore and to bring its oil resolve into operation into exported to their what we have also to keep an eye on collaborating with partners who have the interest 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. while so this money could ramp up in cation in the state alia, we expect you guys to at least explore to, for almost 40 barrels of oil. and this is not only a custodian for the quote to it, but also it's a key less than that. the energy sector can be jordan, it's going to be brought to line when africa becomes c, as in it would see if would mit for that it becomes energy independence. now to the conflict in ukraine as this week has seen, russian troops essentially strengthen their positions in the donnette script public, including an advance on the town of modern ca. it's a suburb of the city of donnette skits, though, been a strong hold for ukrainian forces since 2014. our senior correspondent brings us this report. ah,

that was an enemy multiple rocket launcher systems strike one martin. and 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 blood. we stumbled to a temporary refuge. this is the bunker web. we're spending the night here in modern co, relatively relatively safe. the previous occupants here were ukrainian troops who were literally, as you can tell by the wolves burned out of here. but this is also the answer as to why the battle for marrying ca, 5 j 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 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. a deafening call for the blasts and explosions, pure and utter violence. without end all of this footage, we filmed in mere hours

thank says i a view of the battle girl. whoa. whoa. this, the tie area covered in smoke is where ukrainian positions up to 300 meters away from us. currently, russian artillery of all fronts and colors mod has houses, was air craft tanks ah

ah, the she held on 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 were never serious about peace stokes. it was cover, they spent 8 years preparing for war. they turned might inca into a modern day fortress, almost impregnable, almost. whoa. each would choose russian to $25.00, close support to close ground support their craft. coming in very low flooring there and guided munitions rockets and getting out before ukrainian defenses. have a child constantly the lock on an lodge who's

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 my tinker, but there is little doubt that the city will soon be taken from us as thoroughly, frankly, this is unpleasant for us destroying these buildings. the city it hurts our souls, but we have no choice. this is our land. the enemy has thrown its reserves at marin county. they use their troops as cannon fodder. they plug any holes with corpses of their own soldiers. they spare no lives. no big concern is that we're pushing, but there are difficulties, the enemies resisting and digging in their fighting for every house, but we're pushing them back and advancing. ah, hurt a round. might inca artillery is everywhere.

lease automatic. my launcher, the she yoke is a feared thing. with muddy nga is strategically vital. it is a gateway to that yet if you crane loses it, it will be a devastating blow to morale. both civilian and military. kiev understands this, and it is willing to pall thousands of its troops on to the pie, to hold halter modica, which may well be an approximation of hell. for, i'd guess the of our t from madigan our at our senior correspondent wrapping up this out. the addition of the weekly and what a week it has been. any stories you may have missed waiting for your right now at auto dot com also check out her auntie numerous telegram chance for the meantime.

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