is, was the the, the, the, the the, the headlines right now. what are you international in the wake of a drone attack? iran reportedly summons so ukrainian diplomatic questioning off ukraine's presidential adviser says an attack on iran would be expected to make claims that supporting brushes, military fall for the countries. right. and expect them not to interfere in the bilateral relations between pakistan and russia. hackathons, foreign minister says cooperation between his mama, bob and moscow continues, and that includes youth planned for an oil pipeline. the country faces severe energy problems despite crippling western sanctions,

the southern african nation of dem, bob boy gets a significant economic food from trade with china. and we hear from him, bob boys, information minister, who insists the countries should be allowed to act and evolve independently. we are, i'm the, with an attack being alone, and i'm african the i just after 5 pm here at moscow on monday it's already been so far the top stores coming up. right now. iran has reportedly summoned a senior, ukrainian diplomat in the country after controversial comments from an adviser to ukraine's precedent in the wake of a drone attack on a military facility in iran and a post on twitter. the key of official said it was no surprise. iran was attacked amid western claims. the islamic republic is providing support for russia's

military in the ukraine. conflict were logic is inexorable and murderous. it builds the authors and accomplishes strictly panic and russian federation. endless mobilization missile defense in moscow? trenches 1000 kilometers away. bomb shelters, preparation, explosive nights in rom, drawn and miss l production oil refineries. ukraine did warn you. the story is kind of weird and the details aren't really just in the yet. so we have to, we have to tread carefully here. this is what i mean to say. unlike what the ukranian advisor to the president of the landscape did when he went on twitter and just rambled on twitter and openly gloated about this attack against iran. and so really it's no surprise, but right now apparently the deputy ambassador is being summoned into iran for questioning because look at it from the following perspective. like iran is not attributing any blame, like the ron is not blaming anyone for this just yet. nobody has claimed

responsibility for the attack too, but really hardly a surprise that right now to iran is apparently summoning the deputy ambassador to do some explaining because they are saying, well, look, maybe they go like, well, do you know something that we don't know who is behind it, why did you say that it was a long time coming or stuff like that? so in terms of detail, again, they're very, very costs. we do know we've seen pictures of a military compound in the town of it's for hon. it's a town to the south of the capital to run, and it is also, this is where the site producing iranian unmanned drones is in military drone s. and they have been kind of boosting the production as of late. and we've seen some photographs with some very minor damage done to that particular compound. and the iranian saying that a bunch of drones were shut down by the defenses. and just one just happened to crash on top of that compound. and again, a lot of a lot of that has been coming out on the story has been well just for it was fake

news. and so we have to really tread carefully. but anyway, we do know that ron has, of course, condemned the aggression and has said that well the this, these attacks, they will not stop iran and prevent iran from following its own diplomatic route heavily. hello, sorry kid, that my height was following efforts by the enemies of iran's nation aiming to make you run insecure in recent months. this cowardly action has been taken today. our country security will act with maximum potency to provide national security in the country. and such actions must not affect the will and intention of our experts in order to progress in the field of peaceful nuclear plants and see iran gotten the wrong side of the west in so many in so many areas and aspects as of late like it has been expanding its nuclear program, it has been accused of supplying military drones to russia, to a russia in its effort, in its military effort in ukraine. so really,

that has been plenty of speculation as to who's behind these attacks. maybe it's israel, you know, the usual suspects when it comes to that part of the world and iran maybe in the united states. both nations have explicitly denied their involvement. however, listen. pentagon spokesperson brigadier general patrick roy and i said, no us military forces were involved in strikes in iran, but declined to commend further. so you guys, you were saying that the facility was only slightly damaged to look pretty minor. frankly, the israeli media is called the whole story, essentially a lie. and when you talk about potential culprits behind this, this drone attack and iran. okay. yeah. as you say, it could be some sort of context and israeli thing could be the codes as well. it could be any kind of us sympathizing group in that part of the world, frankly, and the fact that iran hasn't singled anyone out. and yet it's only right now, reportedly summoning the ukrainian ambassador in the country that i mean there are angles say we just are not getting a clear picture on, but what do you think is actually happening? well, it is difficult to make

a judgment on that without being on the ground and watch and seeing it with your own eyes. but definitely it looks like the information attack against on it has been more of a. it has had a larger scale than what has been happening actually in terms of physical violence and physical damage. like initially when the 1st attacks happened, the reports that poured out of the region had been all over the place. some sources suggested that israel had begun a ground operation of all things in iran, just stopping just short of will, you know, mewling whether or not that was the start of the 3rd world war. and so there have been all sorts of claims that there were multiple missile attacks against multiple military compounds in toronto. in iran, again still oil refineries and oil facilities. and all of that were under some oil facilities. they were caught on fire that were all videos of them being a blaze. but again, iran has blamed the aftershocks of an earthquake for that. so again,

it looks like the information campaign against iran and against iran has be in full swing right now. and by keeping silent by not jumping to conclusions and to just, you know, dishing out accusations by refraining from that. it seems to iran is trying to douse this whole hysteria and so that everybody has time to come to senses and then figure out what to do and what sort of retaliation. and more importantly, who will have to bath at least 34 people are being killed and more than a 100 wounded in an explosion at a loss. get northwestern passed on. early reports, blame a suicide bomber who targeted people during off and in prayers. rescue workers are very quick to the scene transferring the with the hospital. meanwhile, rushes foreign ministers ok live for off was holding bilateral tolls with a pack of thorny counterpart here at moscow where he did express his condolences for the victim. during the meeting between the 2 countries, top diplomats,

the pakistani foreign minister said he expects other countries not to interfere in trade between his mom about and moscow is comments came at a press conference where he was asked if he expects the us to meddle in the countries bilateral times deed we've had and continued to have detail conversations on energy, cooperation between pakistan and russia. as you may be aware, pakistan faces severe and the energy of crises and problems and as far form of the country is right, expect them not to interfere in the bilateral relations between the pakistan and russia. are we absolutely will do whatever is necessary to provide our people with the necessities that they to, they require, or both parties reiterated their commitment towards developing and enhancing relations between the 2 countries,

especially now as russia is seeking alternative markets as we know, and also park as soon as we heard from the foreign minister, the country right now is facing severe energy crisis and also severe economic challenges to which is something else he touched upon. so this is of course perfect timing for both countries to help each other out. and this is something that started 75 years ago, this may, ah, hi, cassandra russell will celebrate 75 years of diplomatic relations. and let's not forget that in 2015 parkerson m. russia agreed to build a multi $1000000000.00 gas pipeline tax, soon to run through carcass san transports. and russian liquefied natural gas from karate to lavoy was supposed to start in 2020, but it was put on hold because a western sanctions, and this is the status of the project right now, a process for your sources. but i do not. the issue is that as an advanced stage of development, and i'm sure that further progress will be done on the near future. in this regard, i would like to dwell on what was said to my pakistani colleague regarding the u. s

. guarantee that they will not interfere with our energy deals. of course, they will interfere the united states literally publicly without embarrassment, quite arrogantly declares to every one that it is impossible to make deals with russia, but to prevail. a majority of countries including our colleagues and christine, are guided by their legitimate national interests. both parties expressed a desire to continue dollars for the shanghai corporation organisation was sergey land rover, reminded us once again that it is more reflection all the world right now. the reality because it's a multi polar platform up talk, a son's foreign minister also said that developing nations are currently suffering through the negative consequences. all the crisis in ukraine bought the threats of western sanctions, will not intimidate them and will not stop them from continuing to do business with russia. the i g seat covered a wide agenda, encompassing a car, economic trait,

and especially energy cooperation, pakistan abuse. russia is an important player in the west, south and central asia, pakistan and russia have good cooperation on over, on his thought. we aimed to continue cooperation with our russian friends and realizing our common goals of peace and stability in english. we also discussed bilateral cooperation at multilateral, for especially within the united nations and the shanghai cooperation. so mainly right now we're really waiting to see one tax room we'll get going. and also when the 2 countries will switch to national currency, something else that we heard about. so national currencies, when it comes to doing business, some interesting developments. washington's new basket to moscow visited the russian foreign ministry on monday, where she was welcomed by protested. as we show you the picture,

you will see the proud placard that read close america, businesses war and quote, the us as a terrorist nation. the us ambassador lin, tracy visited the russian foreign ministry to report. please submit her credentials for the post. you see the placard just to the right of your screen. now. she's a career different amounts. basically, she previously served as the top us envoy to armenia. we understand that she accepted the forward needs to building. she declined to give and the president of south africa has rejected. weston calls for the country to phase out the use of coal and swap it with green energy faced with an everyday struggle to keep the lights on the country. so more than $200.00 days of rolling blackouts last year. here's our africa correspondent, catabolic this is the soundtrack of south africa. it is the humming sound of generators that represent the source of life for businesses,

big and small. this have become life here for them 6. so 7 hours in a 24 hour cycle. businesses have to survive somehow. and that is the only way they get to keep the economy taking. this is more than just a cosmetic problem now, is become a real politics in this country. no other initiative by right, you have to actually install 810000 megawatts, 9600 megawatts or a nuclear power plant in south africa. that didn't happen because there was a push against nuclear. the major controllers of policy in south africa on needs to be is the green lock. they have lots of money. they are international. they are funded by big, big banks, internationally. now we have the same offices, these offices don't seem to have a backup generator. so what happens to government social services that people actually need? when the time comes? the climate change from canada avoid if we have to be going green,

we have to but should not be something where were held last. what mr. expensive. just saw in the self here in if he's in other solar panels just to show you unless you thought on for the 1st who can afford you are talking about given the pro good . so, so why should we abundance cold? now as we are aware that this in our call is been exported to other countries, there you case that those who are saying we must go. great. so, so we, the politics must not play with us where we need to be serious about something that low cheddie also affects things like the legal system. what's mean computers, they needs, you know, life, they need to be able to access records of those that appear before them. it depends on the type of cases that we dealing with at the point in time. as the cases need to be recorded, then we cannot actually record them. you understand. also the locating itself, it actually affects the recording machine,

which results in court cases being postponed, of course, which in turn resolves in the backlog of cases. and the difficulty of that is felt most from those that rely on that electricity. i mean bothers, for instance, they have to really dig in there to make sure that what they do is able to finish the job despite the challenges of having power cut. alex, tell me how, how do you navigate locating, especially when it's extended hours, like 2 are 2 and a half hours, 5 hours? how do you know we have a couple martians, like cordless ones, like this ones. one of them can even take about an hour. so our for but 4 of them. so if electricity goes for 4 hours, i can really work. yeah. did you buy these machines specifically below jenny? yes, we bought this machine specific. fairly 4 follow 7. and then you have it that the daily grind in south africa, the electricity shortage,

has really made some people numb. but some people angry enough to vote with their feet next week as they march to the head offices of state utility escal. because people have had enough and it live has not been easier, as everything else flows down from cellphone reception to traffic. because traffic lights also now just always stops. but some way, this low cheddie must also stop. you might be rather surprised to hear this, but china's foreign ministry says the u. s. initiated a conflict in ukraine and must stop sending weapons to key f. united states is the initiator and the biggest promoter of the ukrainian crisis. it continues to send heavy sold weapons to ukraine, constantly increasing the lengthened intensity of the conflict. instead of

reflecting on what they have done, the u. s. is enhancing unfounded suspicions and accusations against china. the chinese foreign ministry spokesperson made those comments during a press conference, a report, a claim that the us had evidence that a chinese state company was providing military supplies to russia. chinese official been ounce that claim. and just short time ago, i spoke to chin to hugh, a senior fellow at the pan gold institute. now he says that washington's accusations are baseless when he and just another attempt to pressure the chinese companies have listened for us then. but we don't see that in the us only by the us media. so there the why the us targeting and private chime for which has been that while the most will start up companies through these . that reminds me of the have to always remember what have to always us

a fact that while we are global weight, even though they're not be long, we had then and we only quite probably called and called is the be happy to successful? well, ours is finishing lively. you can look at the most, if not all of them work in the 1st place, because the group term, you know, you call it actually is a non good quarters. economic quality from the united states, canada course from european coffee against the other companies who they see as the professional calendar, patrick party for all countries, will refuse to live in order to go from washington process. basically, that's the case. now this all comes as media reports have revealed that a top nuclear weapons research institute in china has been purchasing a high tech american microchips that's despite an official band on us semiconductor

exports to china impose since 1997. the institute reportedly obtain the technology through re sellers and china that, you know, hugh again says sanctions will not stop china's evolution and growth. it hi washes it no big deal is. is it cheap? the both people you the book computers, like in the benefit from the truth. oh, made a china right from find it is ridiculous. you know, you listen to politicians, washington. they go to china trying to find out everything about find the best with the right of trying to do everything i gave to demonize, trying to stop the right of china to attack china to contain china. but it's funny to launch our april washington to can 10 and it to august they were the

population of 1400000000 people. and the ways the fact being the presentation in the world is creating the treat of good luck is between 10100. 20 automates around the world, all kind of washington control china. the u. s. may be the world's largest economy, but it's struggling to contain its mounting national debt, which recently surpassed 30 trillion dollars. the us treasury secretary has warned that if federal lawmakers don't raise or the so called debt ceiling to let it borrow more, the result could be get another global financial crisis. but there have been rising colds for the government to tackle the debt simply by minting more currency, literally in the form of a trillion $1.01 ounce platinum coin. many economists have spoken out against the schemes thing it simply wouldn't actually solve the broader problem. well,

we put the issue to financial expert and artic contributor christians, the idea that you just create more money out to fin, and that's just going to solve all the problems. i mean, we saw doing cobit during the pandemic. we saw that strategy being implemented by a number of different governments, particularly the united states, and then most of the allies following suit. what we saw is we saw this massive sort of boom on the stock market and equities and pretty much everything. but what we've now seen, you know, over the past year or 2 years, even we've now seen the, the, the effects of doing that. and the effect of doing that is hyper inflation. it's making things way more expensive. since reagan took the u. s. off the gold standard, which basically been used to be the fact that if i gave, if i printed one us dollar as the federal reserve, i had to show you that i had $1.00 worth of gold in this case, in the volt. that's not true anymore. so in theory they can print as much money as they like. the only issue that they've got right now is they printed so much money . they're in so much debt that they can actually print any money in order to sell,

sell that debt thorn and less congress in the united states ratifies that and says how you can print more, which is absolutely disastrous. but that's kind of what we're looking at doing. the only reason that people really accept the us dollar is it became the global petro currency. it became the currency for trading. probably the most valuable results on the planet. really for, for us running allies, which is oil. the fact is, if we can already see countries looking, even countries like saudi arabia, they're looking at and looking at their partners in china, let's say the chinese women b, which is a currency which is very strictly controls that isn't pointed like a massive printing press where the chinese government go down to the, to the press and they have princess and other trillion dollars worth of room and be like, ok, maybe it's a good idea that we thought exporting trading and other current. you don't have the policy. let's see. it printed like a casino, where we have no control over that fiscal policy where we're biting can now go down to go to the congress, put a bill in front of the house and decide he can print more and more money. you know,

the bricks, nation's. you know, that's russia, china, brazil, argentina, soon we're hoping saudi arabia joining that saying hey, why don't we make our own currency, where we're not going to treat the currency like casino, where we're going to go, you know, bricks with saudi, and we'll bring out, bring together a lot of the opec class countries, which is going to be way more oil and gas than the u. s. has including russia and as well to create their own currency, which is sustainable, which doesn't have these massive fluctuations, inflation and doesn't get massive, massive bailouts. these big institutions and corporations, even the european union, which has been basically the bustle of the u. s. that basically we saw in koby, they followed all the same fiscal policies. they nodded their heads like lovely nodding dogs, that setting around now as well. and they're saying, okay, it's not great that you're making every single european business have to move to the u. s. to trade with you. we've had enough, but it's probably too late. now. the u. s. is stuck in the mud, and unfortunately everyone else is more stuck in the mud than the u. s. unless they move off the us dollar being the global standard economic prosperity,

certainly on the rise in the southern african nation in bob way though it's been heavily boosted by relations with china. this is despite the decades long western sanctions against and bob way is trade with beijing though over the past years search nearly 30 percent to a record high of roughly 2 and a half $1000000000.00. now this does come as the u. s. u k. in the u. u. old imposed economic sanctions against and bob way over human rights. and bob was government has accused the western powers of seeking to cripple the country. the measures cause international banks to cut ties with the southern african country and ultimately fermented on rest. many african leaders have actually been standing off as in bob way in recent years with cold at the united nation for the sanctions to be removed. well, we heard from the bob boys, information minister, he says the country is open for business despite what she described as weston gulf . she said africa, the future must be built on a quality between partners not on economic pressure

this illegal sanctions. they're just not functions like when you talk function it's actually equal to mix translation sub what is in threats of military envision which have been incessantly been manipulated. disgrace, our territory integrity sanctions, if it the corner me. but sim, bob was innovative policy genius. his replaced the minutes of functions with the engagement and engagement policy of our 2nd republic. isn't bob, we're open for business police or for 2nd republic. or this has been done to make sure that we don't sit back, can cry of us long since, but we do the best with what we have done. but with not being attacked for being is sending example will suffice to develop a fit outside neo colonial independence. in other words,

we are on the with an attack. we're being, it's in the loan seats, in the annals of the rise of what in african nationalism that's the case often to engage with any part of the world. as long as the extent is a business fairness and equality. look at our relationship is a country with companies like china, with kind of like last year. this is mainly because we have displayed policy. actually this'll be why did you to one another more than anything else. this is what the world needs. north sanctions and head proliferation towards each have africa is willing to exchange ideas and innovations with any progressive global force. after all, humanity, as well as small countries are growing increasingly frustrated out the world main reserve currency. we're witnessing almost every week, new relationships, partnerships and families on

a gio economic chessboard where they are resorting to national currency is often for their own protection details. for you a clue with the discovery of the new world. at the end of the 15th century, there appeared atlantic slave trade. the slave traders from european countries started building fords on the western coast of the african continent to transport the african inhabitants to america, to be forced into hard labor. until the middle of the 17th century, portugal had laid the main role in this atrocious business. then great britain, france and the netherlands took the leadership,

or the span of 400 years of legal and illegal slave trade. about 17000000 people were forcefully shipped across the atlantic. not include those who died on the way due to unbearable living conditions. modern historians estimate that for each slave ship to america, there were 5 who died while captured during transportation and cruel obliteration of rebellion. this ruthless people tre, practice by the leading european countries, took away tens of millions of african lives. the organisation of united nations classifies that trans atlantics the lathe trade, as one of the gravest human rights abuses in the history of humanity. this is the biggest act of deportation, of people ever seen by mankind. at

this hour, american and coalition forces are in the early stages of military operations to disarm iraq, to free its people, and to defend the world from great danger whose we will bring to food and medicine and supplies and sleep with ah, i think ukraine mm. does exist, should exist,

and it is precisely the best option i suspect for its future is to find that amalgam of the cultures that are within it and turn it in is something unique and flourishing vibe to me that would define it in distinction, but not conflict. but, but simply the difference between itself and its neighbours. mm with .