a robot must protect its own existence with our full explosion from apparent growing drugs reported in major ukrainian cities destroying electrical power. infrastructure also ahead who's in south africa's president is marked by the political opposition as he delivers his state of the nation address bats. as he declared a state of disaster in the country over its crippling energy shortage it un peacekeeping forces kill 8th civilians and were almost 30 other than the democratic republic of the congo after protest. spend it outrage about a lack of progress in combating terrorism in the region and an advisor to theory.

as president assad says, western powers are not only preventing humanitarian aid from being delivered to syria, but provoking the spread of terrorism in the war. foreign country. now it has taken a portion of deal. they a live talent with coming to you live from the russian capital. this is our international. i'm rachel blevins here with the top stories of the our welcome to the program. and we begin with the latest in the ukraine conflict. explosions were reported in at least 3 major cities. a med claims, this series of drones drives on friday morning. let's take a look at the latest unverified images we have received with electrical power infrastructure, allegedly targeted the stripes, reportedly crane,

2nd largest city of harcourt and its eastern city of napa patrol. us as well as the ukrainian house city of zap, roshi and the recently ratified russian territories. biscuits says russian forces, i've been in tens of buying and, and don bass r g is ego, or is it or not? reports from one of the front lines full months. this boss of the front was an estate of a dead stalemate. ukraine tried to capitalize on last year's counter offensive and sweep through the la guns republic. but its troops eventually got bogged down. and now russia is trying to turn the tide. this is the russia. it's hillary providing cover for the advance. the crown forces

a vast and dense natural reserve here has become the main fighting arena. key of troops are swarming in the woodland. their positions are scattered every few 100 meters away from each other. so far, rush has made its gains there. it's a modest yet steady pace. something over the phone to the village of the situation on the front line is stable, were advancing towards severs moving forward little by little from las a chance and it's becoming more quiet. there is now much less return fire and over the enemies artillery was forced to retreat through suppression fire from the sullied our direction. also, there are plenty of firing positions. it has become easier to work here. we can

stay on firing positions longer and shoot more, or what a key of soldiers are forced to abandon their long held trenches. and some simply don't make the escape in time. like this fighter. now in captivity, he revealed that many don't make it out a tool scheduled. you're going to people say to the full battalion, go back to august. no 125 out of 60. it's so the survive would all were mobilized from heidegger. we have no local cindy trenches, it was only my full day on the position. russia has beefed up its forces on the ground dramatically through a wave of mobilization. and now it seems is starting to reap results. but its troops grew, not just in numbers, but inexperienced 2 of them. it takes us 10 minutes to occupy a position. an open fire after recognizance locates an enemy target of if we're already in position, it only takes 3 minutes. rushes offensive lane not look impressive on the map. yet,

as ukrainian and western officials unanimously raised the alarm. there's more where that came from. i'm a get done of reporting from the dumbass ot see. meanwhile, ukraine's presence alone has openly admitted, he personally refused to implement the misc agreements, which were a road map for peace and on bath. as approved by fellow european powers, germany, and france, you can read more about that revelation and numerous other topics on our website. r t dot com the south african president's recent state of the nation address devolved into a mass brawl between members of the political opposition and the ruling party. oh, we get done.

opposition parties have accused president rana sosa, using his state of the nation address as an attempt to consolidate his power. medicare to start to the speech, the president outlined his administration's plan to address the country's most pressing challenges. he declared a state of disaster because of a crippling energy crisis that he said he hopes could be overcome by and stating emergency authority. 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 then to track well meant is an announcement that was pretty much expected by sort of plaza,

considering south africa's grapples with the energy shortage. the opposition was always intend on fighting a and b. n on hagi i speech ending in he got to the man but remained resolute and after some 45 minutes delay 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 howard to the grades over the next 12 to 18 months. and also beyond that, this power will be in line with our diverse mix of energy sources including our current coal fired power station,

sola when you click 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 wood here, we know how long it takes to think she will a nuclear project, get it up and running. but another problem and then is that internationally, no saga which continues to hand them and that is the bottom gate where a large amount of foreign currency was stolen from his private game in the northern province of south africa. something that the opposition continues to take him to task with un peacekeepers have killed 8 civilians and wounded 28 others in the democratic republic of the congo as protestors preventing outrage over a lack of progress and commanding terrorist in the region. there is an rising anti un sentiment in the central african country as locals,

believe the peacekeepers haven't been doing enough to defend civilians from attack by the m 23 in sergent group, an arrest of region near the rwandan border. the un mission has insisted that its troops opened fire only to protect their own convoy. as the protest evolved into violence, the convoy was attacked by demonstrators who had previously barricaded the road with large stones forcing the convoy to stop. the civilians died, while peacekeepers tried to protect the convoy. the clash happened about 10 kilometers from the meter eastern city of goma, while the un convoy was returning from a re supply mission. the un mission in the d. r. c has around 18000 personnel. it's mandate includes supporting the congolese governments effort to do their to stabilize the region, which suffers from continuous attacks from the insurgent group known as i'm $23.00 local residents say they are dissatisfied with the peacekeepers as the conflict

with am. 23 is still ongoing. your gama, with thousands of people having been forced to flee their homes, we off leave the m 20 to 3 war. as you have heard about the situation in all villages, we need help when he tats, but above all, we need the return of peace. about yoga, the situation is very complicated. at the moment incapacity, 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 a. busy the m 23 started fighting the day before yesterday. clashes 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. meanwhile, frances withdrawing troops from the west african country of burkina faso, that's

a made rising anti french sentiment in the region with local saying the french forces failed to prevent reoccurring terrorist attacks. the latest deadly incident happened in the northern province. this week 25 people were killed. among them 3 police officers or cane of also is being constantly attacked by jihad, as groups linked to al qaeda and isis. the government has decided to ask for help from the russian military group wagner to counter then. a local journalist explains how bertina faso is battling against terrorists with help from the wagner group. as boykin, a fossil, his face still attacked for years. now, the situation is still not getting any better. government officials simply decided to expel refresh, military con patient which have been present in the country since 2018. while more of on 40 percent of the country is under the control of till his group,

the decision was welcomed by visited here who have colleagues for new partners, especially the russian private military group. wagner. therefore, by their fast on that, do you know that in my opinion, we have waited long enough with france. we've suffered for too long. they were here for a long time and we did not see any results. they killed many of our soldiers and many of our family members. and in just 4 months, captain abraham came and we already can see change in with the health of the wagner group in our soldiers, we know that things will get better for us. why? if i truly believe that the wagner group will do far, much better than france for the last 20 years, they did nothing. they had all the power to change things around here. but nothing change will be what we need. someone who will bring concrete solutions. someone who listens to the people of burkina and can achieve our common goals. with that in mind, the wagner group is more than welcome will kill a has also called for be the pepto fresh ambassador in december as compelling to

naming new diplomats in what god to go. last month, only kept in abraham towering, diagnosed the military cooperation agreement. we phrase the head, the prison, so 400 place tops in book in a fossil this comes is the new authorities and will killer, have improved coalition with russia since october 2022. the corporation has increased the cup abilities of it will kill abbey army. but clarity in control of its f space now will kill out is able to be more reactive to terrorist groups attack. last month, 6 major teresa tact received a swiss with pulls from the army, which use don's emily captors in a counter attack. however, at the same time, vitalis have changed tactics by systematically killing civilian. they come into

contact with a former mayor of a city in lawful bo killer and former political adviser to captain thomas on. kyra, his, the only survivor of the military called what killed son, kara, and 12 other 40 years eagle. his opinion is clear to bud wagner, group of the planted animals. we cannot eternally be submissive. i do not understand how france cannot understand that france who claims to be the leader of freedom in the country of human rights. it does not recognize anything on it. for france, we are slaves. we refuse to be slaves. france liberated itself from the old regime . let us do the same and be free from france. the french troops failed. that is for sure, our people will succeed to remember history. and more importantly, learn from mistakes is a cardinal rule that those in miley and will, can of fossil are set to embrace, as the countries have moved away from the colonial past to

a future of partners with the lulu assay wondered, meanwhile, the head of the wagner group says his company has stopped recruiting from russian presents, however, replying to a cnn request on what could be the reason for that. he said they received many applications from the united states. after we released the wagner pmc advertisement for the american audience, we received more than 10000000 applications from us citizens wishing to join us to fight against nato. at the moment we are considering about 1000000 american citizens for employment. therefore, we temporarily suspended the recruitment of volunteers from russian prisons. however, if there is a corresponding request from the us state department, we will recruit from american once. the wagner is one of the most formidable forces at the done bath front lines is fighters have varied backgrounds. some of them are formerly imprison criminals who were given a chance to redeem themselves by enlisting ortiz. steve sweeney spoke to one of the

fighters who just recently completed his contract with the group russian private minutes. he company wagner has shot a global prominence partly due to its role in the complet. can you, craig, is forth it or played a crucial role in came in a feel for i think a theme russian forty's take control of many town it. so does have been deploy is sylvia in libya, and many african companies where they have been welcomed as heroes. but in the west volga is controversial, is accused of war crimes, another authority, according to western rhetoric. this is connie, because of the policy of recruitment from rocky prison population. where in st. petersburg, where we met with spartak, i wagner, commander and former convict, who says that he joined not to be pardon, but to fight for his country. and almost there wasn't any, cuz i didn't think i would end up in wagner. i signed the papers to go in here,

i am. the boss came to our prison. he just made an offer and told everything how it was. the war is brutal. it's not the chechen war. some decided to go and some didn't. so i decided instantly, i wasn't even thinking about the amnesty. yes, of course amnesty is great and my term is long. i had other motives, my relatives died there and i was ready to serve the motherland if needed at any time. we asked him about his previous crimes and if he feels that serving involved is an opportunity for convicts to redeem themselves for us or so of sheesh, i 1st went to serve in a security force in chechnya in 2002. there were many issues to deal with in the motherland. i served until 2005 and was wounded in a special operation. but after that, i worked here and there, studied to become a construction worker. to be honest, i didn't manage to find myself. i began to break the law and got locked up after

the war. i was young, may be mentally unstable, may be, i didn't understand something in my own reality. i didn't make any further plans for the time after the contract. i was thinking about the guys i was thinking about the performance of the salt group. we thought about the job and serve this faithfully as we could. we tried to be useful, but i personally saw death 10 to 15 times in front of my eyes. there it was, i left the trench for a 2nd and my friend was killed. i believe i ever deemed myself when, in fact, told us how he joined the private military company on about the equipment and supplies on the battlefield. along with the relations with the group leda, describing wagner as a brotherhood. thus, a thumb after the head of wagner came to us and told us everything. the federal penal service speaks to us whether we want to go. if we're ready, if we understand what we're getting into, and in 2 to 3 days, he comes back and then begins all the paperwork,

all the bureaucratic issues. i don't know the details. i haven't delved into a too deeply overall. we talked to and he took me away as he promised he said he'd come and he did, and we flew there by plane than by helicopter. and then we arrived at the training base. we are given 2 pairs of the best uniform rations we have good timely deliveries. wagner. this is my family, my brothers. i can call them sit down to talk, drink tea, go somewhere, help out. if needed. they have their own brotherhood. the main thing is for them to do their job. i'm proud in general that i served that i met the boss. i'm proud that i shook his hand. he taught me a lot, thought i could convince that russia will win, despite fighting against foreign mercenary. i'm western backers of the k of regime captured, ukrainian soldiers having brainwashed, he tells us that thermal, if silly will leave a lot of propaganda there,

but they think that they will soon take moscow. but the refrain of wagner, i capture this one ukrainian and he told me all sorts of nonsense. i think many guys are ready to serve with us because they start seeing the reality. even though there's information on the internet, they're still heavily zombified. here we had our 1st battle. there were mercenaries, there swedes, norwegians, poles, and many others. we fought with dignity, and we shot every one. the task was completed in full and then we left, as russian at vaux is on the battlefield. continue. mode of the west. sloane doesn't live at indication, but the company in ukraine is flipping through the ha more than 18000 people have lost their lives and the devastating earthquakes that rip through tortilla and syria. in recent days, the scenes of devastation are on the epicenter are simply shocking. so far in turkey alone, more than 17000 death have been confirmed,

and over 71000 people injured. former high rise apartment blocks have been reduced to rubble with signs of those still trapped, getting more difficult to the attack. nevertheless, the search for survivors goes on. the city of adiana in south eastern turkey is one of the most affected areas, artes peter scott, reports from the scene, and how the emergency services and locals themselves are trying to cope with a terrible aftermath. the disaster on the outskirts of the city of idea, man, it was instantly clear that he's been much more badly affect, said the a back here, which was around 3 hours drive away. now when we were coming in, there was a stream of ambulances, emergency service vehicles coming and going, there were shops carrying heavy excavators to help with the efforts here. and there also vans, puts with humanitarian aid and volunteers heading in to do what they could do. we were walking down the street before and we saw relatives morning next to the bodies of their lost ones. the sites of bereaved families struggling to contain their

grief is all too common on the streets about a young man. the government's estimate to the number of death here to be 900 on tuesday with 5000 wounded residence though say the figures are much higher. we spoke to one man standing next to the body of a young boy wrapped in a blanket of bread. m. yes, this is the son of my younger brother lying here recovered the body of my brother this morning. and now we've received the body of my 10 year old nephew. we are now waiting for a body, so the 2 daughters of my brother to be recovered or for them to be rescued a life. ah, many of the people we spoke to here said that help was slow to arrive in the days after the earthquakes hit. to he is president edwin himself admitted that there had been shortcomings, but the relief effort now appears to be gathering pace and especially steam from algeria reportedly restaurant to children on wednesday. there was apparently no sign of their relatives. people here angry that for days on and rescue team still haven't managed to reach many homes. woman told us it was the poor here suffering

the most. many of the buildings on the streets have been completely destroyed. but that doesn't stop the people he wants live. they're still gathering around desperate, very news of their friends and relatives with the hours march on. the fear is that this is turning into more of a recovery operation than a rescue. 17 bodies have just been found in this building and they're about to be removed. humanitarian aid is start in to get to to the city with people cuing to get badly needed food, water, and clothing. as soon as the earthquake struck, thousands of volunteers flocked to the airport in the stumble, to join the search and rescue efforts in the disaster area of the him, he stumbled. i'm a lawyer originally from a donna, but now i live in his temples. i came here to rescue people from the collapse building so any of us could have found ourselves inside one of these buildings. there were 34 families living in this building before the earthquakes. hope is fading fast, but every now and again,

still someone is found alive against the odds. a little girl called elidah owes her life to volunteers. like nish met in united. elijah is now doing well and recovering in a hospital. but unfortunately, we have recovered many bodies of the people who lived here and that this building has been completely destroyed on one of the highways leading to adiana. and there's a stream of ambulances, trucks carrying excavators and vans filled with volunteers and aid. the sound of sirens fills the air as a long road ahead for this city and others like it. and it's hard to imagine when his residence will be able to return. but when the dust eventually settles many, the people here will have questions about how this disaster was handled and on hasn't just been people suffering from this disaster search teams and volunteers have been working hard to save every life, including those of pat who are trapped under the rubble or have otherwise been injured. and are te crew spoke going rescuer, her whole the dog out of the debris. this

maybe this is nice. you will give maybe a nice nice in good name. my. my wife is a nice nice name i low in response to the humanitarian crisis. russia has provided a both turkey and syria. russian service. men are helping clear away rubble and rushing, firefighting aircraft has significantly contributed to extinguishing fires, that are rapid and turkey. amid the disaster, rush and rescue teams were also quick to distribute medical supplies and other humanitarian aid to effective areas. in theory that says western sanctions,

particularly from the us, have been blocking vital aid from getting into syria after the disaster. as you can see here on this map, major air carriers have been avoiding theory and territory. people from around the world have been trying to collect money to help the survivors, but their assistance is failing to reach the people in need in syria. as western sanctions are providing money transfers to that country, already affected by years of war, even donations on the go fund, we platform had been rejected due to financial restrictions. our t heard from last the mohammed assyrian based in germany, who personally face barriers when he wanted to send money to help the victims in his homeland. i lost my cousin and her son in the 8th grade. i wanted to do it, i don't people and then i try to find ok here i have contacts, i can, i can maybe get 10020000 euros to send it to the people. so i know that we get

and i tried. i tried i couldn't go to the street and out. i need, i need, i need, i need that form where i can get this money and after the service and i found people. busy using it, and they, and they, and they get the money. and i was accused drive me to go more to go public and just to my time to get the people you are. this is what is happening. exactly. do not forget us. we are still there that the people, they are, the other life forms that i can see. and we need to help in order to go back as we live. while syrians are struggling to deal with the earthquakes aftermath, western powers are not only preventing humanitarian aid from reaching syria,

but also trying to use a crisis to destabilize the nation. that's according to an advisor to serious president assad who spoke out in an interview with going underground hosted by action. we're trying to, you can watch the full interview on our tea throughout the day or on our website, r t dot com. here's the short preview. what is make it 3 times worse? is the american and european sanctions. again, the syria, which would event us from updating our in means and, and ways of helping the people hard job and that, that oven while they last is talking that they allow human appeared in a system which is absolutely not true. unfortunately, action there, they were only talks about governments as if they don't see people and syria. and if you compare between b s p one day, how that was immediately dispatched to dirty, would they had that plug this back to see i you see that there is no here,

minute did and consideration a tone that would do us and come to they only put the political above their humanitarian when you have people who chopped and that bearable grains and below those as become humanitarian aid. because these are the ones that can to move that over. and in order to save people from under that of an eye for the light helmet option i from following the media. i feel as if the west has taken the a portion of deals the of the adequate in order to have the know i tell me to research was again as there and they call it a humanitarian while it is a terrorist organization. and on the look a month to prove that the white helmets were working, hand in hand with isis in syria again, is this it and people and that's all for now. be sure to check out our

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