[000:00:00;00] ah ah, our headline stories this, our disturbing footage appears on the line, reportedly showing a ukrainian soldier executing act captured russian p o w. and yet another instance of a legit war crimes committed by key ebs forces also with south africa as president is met with a torrent of heck goals. he delivers his states of the nation address. yes. admitted crippling energy crisis in the country, which has forced the leader to declare a state of disaster, a sanctioned block,

michael assistance getting to earthquake victims in syria. washington tries to shift the blame. we hear from doctors without borders. or is a barrier to reach, reach to population who needs so desperate so much with broadcasting from our international new center in moscow? this is our take, great to have you with us today. my name's you to know me. we begin with the conflict in ukraine and don. box shocking foot age has emerged online, reportedly recorded by ukrainian soldiers showing them executing a captured russian prisoner of war. a warning, the following video is extremely disturbing. but are you good? good. the keys? oh, g,

g. i right, in the, on verifying videos, the ukrainian soldier allegedly shoots a russian serviceman in the head. multiple times. we blurred, i'd some of the images, but the victims wearing a white patch typically worn by russian troops. it comes after numerous other accusations of ukrainian soldiers killing russian po w's. the united nations has documented several of such cases on has called for investigations to occur. milan, local official, say, a barrage of ukrainian artillery shelling had they done yet. square public on wednesday, killing 2 civilians on wounding for others, including children, authority, state, ukrainian forces fired more than $100.00 artillery shells at civilian areas in the region. a number of apartment buildings on a shopping mall were damaged while

a massive glaze and rusted in the center of the regions capital. the rushes defense ministry has reported some 75 ukrainian soldiers killed near the city of google at dar. within the past 24 hours, several armored vehicles were also destroyed. now moscow's troops conduct an offensive in the area ortiz, eager to sit down a phase on the frontlines, watching rushes, special forces conduct their operations. right now we are just outside. the small town of the that is in turn is outside of the city of the next. it is a major ukrainian stronghold. and right now we're following in the footsteps of a russian special forces unit. and basically what they're doing, they're going to be launching a heavy and c tank message, but they won't be targeting any machinery nor tanks. rather they will be working

on hitting command centers inside all glitter again, the major ukrainian stronghold which will most fell just a couple of weeks ago. with c'mon, they managed to rule reinforcement and right now the question army as a hard time has a hard time getting a hold of it. but i'm being told that it's just a matter of time until this small but difficult. a tooth

. ah, this spot to watch is the project i'll being carefully guided towards its target. and when it connects doesn't hold back emotions with a start, but i feel you just love watching a korean armies operate at a collision cause here keep forces positions have been reduce to small batch of apartment block buildings on a hill top. it's a dominating a height yet the ukrainians are trying to expand their zone of control. the russians on the other hand, spare no effort, throwing plenty of their resources into the battle. this infantry tanks, every kind of artillery piece, as combat helicopters, rain fire from above. julian, as it gets little when the enemy is detected and destroyed every day by the forces

of our intelligence and artillery is the same. every whap attempts by the ukranian army to counterattack were repulsed up to a company of soldiers and heavy equipment were destroyed. such special anti tank units don't suffer from a shortage of targets. and as natives left hoods challenges and abrams tanks bound for ukraine get a fresh coat of paint. they wait, wait patiently for the hitler's to get even longer. i'm a gosh done of reposing from the dumbass. ot see sir, gala for off hand slammed the west over its insistence that africa condemn moscow over the ukraine conflict. russia, top diplomat said western leaders could abuse that very same energy to prevent the situation from escalating blue. the fact that our western colleagues are so persistently chasing around the world demanding the condemnation of russia speaks volumes. firstly, if they try this hard,

it means they feel they are wrong if they use the same energy to make ukraine abide by the minsk agreements, we wouldn't need a special operation. and we know that ukraine was not going to accept the minsk agreement. but on the contrary, we're preparing for a hybrid war, everything to eliminate a political competitor. the minster agreements were meant to be the cornerstone of the peace process between the don boss, republics on key if they were broken by russia, germany and france, 80 years ago, agreed upon by ukraine. however, in a recent interview to a german use aren't let ukrainian president vladimir zalinski noted that several years ago. he told emmanuel micron an angler, merkel that he would not abide by the minsk accords as they would hon. back to russia, influence over ukraine, supposedly more friendly states should not blame us for this. but i think the minsk agreements were a concession. i told emmanuel macaroni and angler merkel. we cannot implement it

this way. from the beginning it was clear apparently to him and all the other ones like local milan and macro that they were not going to abide by this means agreement. so if you, you to be trail from western leaders and it shows moreover dead. yeah, you can have trust western leaders anymore. maybe the early days you could maybe it's act to so you do it in that there was speaking terms, but now it is at one you it's betrayal. incidentally, love the mirror, zalinski is not a 5th world leader. to confess, the aim to establish long term peace in dawn buff by the men. scott cords was never the plum. earlier the french and german leader she mediated unsigned. the protocol said the agreements were created to give more time for key to prepare its military . also in the interview with the german daily, the ukrainian president touched upon his communications with chancellor shorts in

the realm of weapons, the blinds. i told the chances, oh, laugh, listen, we're missing missiles. i know that you don't have any more yourself. we also have an intelligent service. i know you give us everything you have and i don't know how, but he actually managed to get them produced fast up. i have to put pressure to help me crane and constantly convince him that this help is not for us, but for the europeans. but it is remarkable, at least to say, louise that own mister zalinski admits that they have knowledge about our military capability and what we are still stocking up or what we still have on stock as arms . so somebody must have a good 5 of them for let's say die ukrainian spies in our rooms, which was also frightening to think. what else would they know and what would they may be? sometimes they always say, oh, in ukraine via defending not only ukrainians,

but we defend vestal values our european values. but before this, at the same amount of gustavo iraq, about libya, angela, and you can look at all these countries where we defended something they don't exist in the and on. that is the truth. and i fear to say for ukraine, while on a somewhat related theme, a u. s. republican congressman is set to introduce a resolution to the house of representatives, calling on the biden administration to n. that's military and financial aid to ukraine. mac gates is also demanding washington make efforts to broker a peace agreement. our teeth kill up up and picks up the story for us. we have mat gates in the us house of representatives. he's coming forward to put forward this resolution, and it would add us aid to ukraine. now, at the same time that he is talking about moving ahead and introducing the ukraine,

the t resolution. we also have republicans in the house of representatives and in the senate, calling for an audit. and we're all these billions and billions of dollars sent to ukraine had actually gone years. some of what we've heard. we cannot say view crane by dooming the u. s. economy, americans are feeling the pain, and congress seems intent only on adding to that pain by shoveling more money out the door as fast as they can. it's high time to stop sending any more money. don't send another penny to ukraine and to start auditing where the money went. we're funding ukraine's budget with it, with trauma, $11800000000.00 is going to assistance, including for direct budget support. the question is, as ukraine now the 51st state of the united states of america, and what position does the lensky have in our government? this is outrageous, and the american people deserve answers. in january, the by the administration announced it was planning to increase aid to ukraine.

there's been announcements that there will be $31.00 abrams m one tanks sent to ukraine. and on top of that, a new report from the u. s. department of defense indic rates that another $2000000000.00 may be headed to key of soon years. what's been reported. the department of defense announces a significant new package show security assistance for ukraine. this includes the authorization of a presidential draw down of security assistance, valid at up to $425000000.00, as well as $1750000000.00 in ukraine security assistance initiative fonts. malibu administration intends to increase aid to ukraine and this resolution rang the t resolution has minimal chances of being passed. however, it is representative of growing descent within the republican party, specifically to u. s. policy in eastern europe. so there seems to be a rising amount of just implant among americans regarding billions of dollars us

government is boring into kia and that that dissent is being heard in the floors of congress. so we'll see how things play out. are i to another over a headline stories today? so i found frick as president, cyril roma pose, a 3rd, a state of disaster in the country. it's amid a crippling energy crisis in the continents most developed economy that he hopes can be overcome by invoking emergency powers. the national disaster management center has consequently classified the energy crisis and its impact as a disaster. we are therefore declaring a national state of disaster to respond to the electricity crisis and its impact. well then, is that an announcement that was pretty much expected by sort of the plaza, considering south africa's grapples with the energy shortage. the opposition was

always intend on finance. at our plaza, and they intended on haggling his beach, ending in he got to the man we not see with it. but it was that remained resolute, and after some 45 minutes late, continued on with his speech and stating that the african national congress, the party which he comes from and is the dumping party in the country, still believes in energy mixed, mixed up off

a lot of fossil fuels and he says that the country will not transition at a pace. it cannot afford all of these measures well resolved in a massive increase in powered up to the grid over the next 12 to 18 months and also beyond. now this pow wow will be in line with our diverse mix of energy sources, including our i ran to coal fired power stations, sola when gas, you clear hydro and that you storage outside of the renewables. we haven't seen that much room and especially when it comes to issues such as securing here, we know how long it takes to make sure a nuclear project get it up and running. but another problem and then is that internationally, no saga which continues to hand him and that is the farm gate where

a large amount of foreign currency was stolen from his private game from in the northern province of south africa. something that the opposition continues to take him to task with and so, and subsequently been found to have a case to answer by a preliminary panel of judges. and he has taken that they are review to the south african call. this is a challenging his own a he's got no leg to stand before us. it's a legitimate hole. i actually did this with and that is julius miller, the leader of the economic freedom fighters who really has come, i had and showed us was settled and i was letting him know that he will not get a free ride, especially when it comes to an issue of such national importance when

a president who promised to campaign on an anti corruption ticket. ah ok, let's keep attention on africa because 8 civilians have been killed and 28 more injured in the aftermath of an attack on a u. n. convoy in the democratic republic of congo, that is, according to a local governor. what we know about this is that the convoy i've been traveling back from a supply in the province of north kiva, when it was apparently surrounded by protesters who set the vehicles a light that prompted peacekeepers to open fire on the crowd of some background to the thousands of this place a fuller, currently living in the northern province, following the advance of so named m 23 militants, who have taken control of their tons and cities. we heard from some of those who say they fled in fear of their life. how buddy, aka, but the situation is very complicated,

that the moment and community we came from there under a hail of bullets. when they arrived in kemati, we decided to leave. we were scared of the bullets and the bombs that fell. there are many people who have been injured. oh victor. busy the m 23 started fighting the day before yesterday, crashes continue in the area. and that is why we're leaving our villages in kinky, we're looking for where we're going to rest. but we have no idea. we ask our government to do everything to displace the m 23 rebels. so we can return to our villages so that we don't die of other diseases or of hunger in the camps. i. we off leave the am 20 to 3 war. as you have heard about the situation and all villages, we need help when he tats, but above all, we need the return of peace. k, a grin updates. now the death toll has climb to more than 20000 people following the devastating earthquakes that rock turkey and syria. earlier this week,

local and international emergency teams are bottling the clock to find more survivors. not the epicenter of the quick scenes of devastation really. former high rise apartment blocks have been reduced to nothing more than piles of concrete and twisted metal. desperate locals have gathered on the streets to collect humanitarian aid. lots of different aspects to disaster. of course, in the upheaval masses of beloved pets were also killed and have gone missing. some though not being same from the rooms. an rti crew spoke to one rescuer who pulse a talk from the room. maybe maybe this is most i find

economists and kind of what i see and i am going to i come in for 3 days working and maybe 22 people will give maybe the most nice in good name. my. my wife is a nice nice name. i low. yeah, i made a pop get a good home. now. were russian emergency teams are working in the turkish region of combat. rush with more than 40 doctors travelling there or to provide medical cur, elderly people and children. the 1st in line with teams treating a vast array of injuries caused by the disaster. moscow is also provided fire fighting or

a craft to help battle blazes raging after the quakes. this is footage from one of the claims while monday primary earthquake was recorded of magnitude 7.8, the most powerful in the region in close to a century. and while, as we've been going through turkey and syria being the most affected, the tremors were felt as far as way as egypt on the central asian nation of catholics. in syria, among the dead or more than $1200.00 in government controlled areas. the northern city of aleppo near the turkish border is one of the areas hard hit, the mosque, essays, western sanctions, particularly those from the us hoping, blocking vital aid from getting through the un secretary general so said sanction should not interfere with relief efforts in syria. however, as you can see from this mob, compared to turkish or port plains,

or avoiding syrian irvings doctors without borders, operations manager in syria, martine flux, tra, told me nothing should get in the way of age, getting to the countries most and siri, our cham, where the population has left for the last 12 years already in conflict. and there was a whole different level of available age and services for a part of the population. so there is a lot of barriers at to reach, reach to population, who needs so desperate so much a many people have already been displaced and like in the north, north west of syria. and people were already living in precarious situation. and then the earthquake hits that, for instance, are cherry and colleagues who were affected themselves, who, who lost

a family members day were indeed lead to treat to treat their and their neighbors basically. and people coming to the health facilities. so the speeding up this go into debt next year, and especially had to have that done in an unhampered way with all the different authorities involved in this far, girls that, that will really help and benefit a tiny, timely 8 for people need the so desperately martine, flux struck well our tail to heard from what c mohammed to a syrian based in germany who personally faced barriers when he wanted to send money to help victims in his homeland. he said his donation was rejected by the go fund me platform to, to function as a us company. we are required to follow our terms of service payment industry requirements and applicable laws,

including those said by the us treasury department. for this reason we are right and to let you know that your go find me account has been closed due to sanctions involving an unsupported country. i lost my cousin and her son, and thank you. i want to do it other people and then i try for foreign. ok here i have a look from tax. i can, i can maybe get 10020000 euros to send it to the people who i know that we get to him. and i tried, i tried to i can't go on this tooth and so i need, i need an oil and i need, i need that form where i can get this money. and after the whole research, i found the vehicle funding is super. busy every european using it and they and they, and they get that money and i was to choose it. it drives me, me to go more to go public and just who are invest my time because the people who you are you know,

the sanctions with what is happening against you. yeah, exactly. do not for get us. we are still there there. so people, they are the adequate to sell life for us to that country. and we need your help in order to go back as we were turning attention to southeast asia, malaysia and indonesia have announced they are considering contra measures against the east decision to block market access for its palm oil. one of the regents key experts if they're too firm on their decision, if they do not want to listen to us, i think one of the areas that we can be looking at together with indonesia is how we should look at europe. if we are not fairly treated, i think there should be some counter action bias. we agreed to carry out a joint mission to the e to communicate and to prevent unintended consequences of the regulation on the palm oil sector and to seek possible collaborate if approaches. together both

nations produce 80 percent of the global supply of palm oil. however, sighting environmental concerns, the e u. bond them ports of the product in december that prompted malaysia and indonesia to accuse the european block of implementing discriminatory trading rules . independent researcher and former professor the leading malaysian university, murray hunter, believe the ears, green push is hurting small communities on farmers. the most was i actually leave here amongst a lot of small holder homo uses. and they're small business people. you know, they're not corporations, they don't have the messy buildings in the center of the capital cities of asia. and these people are trying to make a living employee, people within the local economy and spending money

in the economy to make it much more sustainable. so it's going to hurt a lot of people in a lot of a small communities. and the r r e is that the large companies like sign darby. they can handle these new lease. they have very sophisticated production, so it's not going to affect the corporations is going to hurt the communities so, so it is sort of sad to see that the you so concerned about the climate change and global warming and sustainability is actually injuring the sustainability of small holders and farming communities in response to the world. and finally this news, our rush enough please should be banned from the 2024 olympics in the french capital. that's what the poorest mirror believes should happen while the conflict in ukraine continues. not. it's a c. h from just

a month ago when she was in favor of russian competitors taking part, but andre neutral flag. my wishes that they will not be here for as long as this war goes on. it's not possible to parade as if nothing was happening to have a delegation arriving in paris, while bombs are raining on ukraine. but yeah, the position puts hidalgo on a collision course with the international committee, which has set out a roadmap for allowing russian on beller rash. nothing to compete in the 2024 games as neutral. the merrill also said there should be a place for those who don't support the policy of the russian government, stating such athletes could only perform. however, under our refugees flag, former russian power lifting world champion, marianna. now omega believes no f lee should have to compete in international tournaments on such terms. esparza got out of breath. what metal, the situation that is happening in the world is absolutely clear to every one. it

seems to me that there is no place for russia at international competitions now. or if there is with shame, with a white flag, low scores, and so on. in my understanding, an athlete is a person who has high moral and volitional qualities and should be an example for the younger generation. when i have children, i probably won't be able to explain why our athletes went to international competition and represented with some kind of white flag. the situation is very difficult, right now. the fighting is taking place on our territories. and if earlier it would have been possible to turn a vine di to restrictions for athletes. now we need to defend only our position, but we need to focus on the development of sport within the country. hold our own competitions as the soviet union did communicate and be friends with our allied countries and hold competitions with them. why not so well, if you'd like to delve deeper into any of those stories, this are a solid jumping off point r t dot com all was fresh,

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