ah ah, south african president is marked by the political opposition as the delivery to the state of the nation address. that he declared a state of disaster in the country over its crippling energy shortages. un peacekeeping forces kill 8 civilians and wound almost 30 others in the democratic republic of the congo after protesters, but did outrage about a lack of progress in combating terrorism in the region. while western powers criticized russia, wagner for recruitment of convicts r t hears from a former prisoner turn soldier who says he was proud to drawing wagner to fight for his country and an advisor to serious president assad says western sanctions

are preventing aid from reaching syrians in the earthquake disaster zone area already crippled by more than a decade of western backed insurgency. the situation is truly bad and what made it worse is that syria has been fighting for lag in this horrible fetters too. or that have been imposed on us with coming to live from the russian capital. this is our t international. i'm rachel blevins, here with the top stories of the our welcome to the program. the south african presidents, recent state of the nation address devolved into a mass, a brawl between members of the political opposition and the ruling party. oh,

gleaming it does opposition. parties have accused president renaissance of using his state of the nation address as an attempt to consolidate his power. a medicare start to the speech. the president outlined his administration's plan to address the country's most pressing challenges. he declared the state of disaster because of a crippling energy crisis that he said he hoped could be overcome by an 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, that is an announcement that was pretty much expected by sort of employers are considering south africa's grapples with the energy shortage. the opposition was always intend on fighting or an intended on hagley 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 of the governing party of the country still believes in energy mixed, mixed up of 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 dissolved in a massive increase in to the grades over the next 12 to 18 months and also beyond. now this power will be in line with our diverse mix of

energy sources, including our current coal fired power station, sola wind gas, you clear hydro and, but you storage outside of the renewables. we haven't seen that much movement, especially when it comes to issues such as securing wookey and we know how long it takes to think she will be a project, get it up and running. but i don't know why there is another problem. and then is that internationally, no saga which continues to join them and that is the bottom gate where a large amount of foreign currency was stolen from his private game farm 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 and the democratic republic of the congo eyes. protesters were

venting outraged over a lack of progress in combating terrorists in the region. there has been rising anti un sentiment and the central african country has locals. believe the peacekeepers haven't been doing enough to defend civilians from attack by the m 23 in sergent group 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 major eastern city of goma, while the us convoy was returning from a resupply mission. the un mission in the d. r. c has around 18000 personnel. it's mandate includes supporting the congo, leaves governments effort to stabilize the region where suffers from continuous attacks from m. 23,

inserted. local resident say they are dissatisfied with the peacekeepers as the conflicts with m. 23. it's still ongoing. your goma with thousands of people having been forced to flee their home. we are fleeing the m 23 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. 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. oh, victor. 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. yet another video showing executed ration prisoners of war has emerged online. just a day after other village appeared, showing ukrainian troops shooting a capture russian soldier in the hat and a warning. the following images are disturbing. the new village appears to show the aftermath of the 1st video. several dead russian soldiers captured by ukrainians are lying on the ground, is worth noting that all of them have severe head winds that seemed to show they were shot execution style at point blank range. this'll be a war cry in violation of the geneva conventions. archie's roman coaster has more details. the 1st video, evidence of the execution of the unarmed russian soldier, the surface just a couple of days ago. it showed the ukrainian soldier shooting the man point blank while he was on the ground with his hands up, the nationalist was shouting the nazi slogan, glory to ukraine when he was killing the prisoner. now,

another piece of evidence of the war crime appeared on the internet. on friday, it showed several unarmed dead russian soldiers with lethal head wounds, all apparently killed execution style. now the disturbing footage also shows the ukrainians that ravaging through the belongings of the men that they have just executed russia. foreign ministry has issued a statement saying that they have repeatedly drawn the attention of the international community to the war. crimes of give and to have stated that the ukraine and authorities do not comply with international humanitarian law. the latest execution of russian prisoners of war as largely on the conscience of the western curators of kiev, who created this nazi regime, raising a generation of ukrainians. obsessed with the idea of hatred and national superiority. a shameful fact is the silence of the international structures that have a shield professionalism and objectivity for the desire to curry favor with the united states and other western countries. now this is not the 1st so i am that ukrainians

have proudly distributed videos of the executions of russian prisoners of war. russia's investigative committee has launched multiple criminal inquiries regarding these atrocities by ukrainians than you video has become yet another piece of evidence of the war crimes. boy, the key of a regime, russia investigators are certain that the crimes will not go unpunished, and the criminals will eventually face justice. meanwhile, ukrainian officials have been reporting missile strikes and several regions. the attack have been reported in the national capital of as well as the 2nd largest city of hard copy, the major southern ports of odessa and more than 10 other cities. energy infrastructure has been targeted with further shortages of electricity expected. a state of emergency has been declared throughout the country earlier today, and strikes are reported in harcourt as well as the eastern city of north for

children and the premium held city of the opera sheet, the latter of which is in the recently ratified russian territories. meanwhile, the head of the wagner group says his company has stopped recruiting from russian prison. however, replying to a request on what could be the reason for that. he said they received many applications from the united states. officer, 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 ones. though agnes group is one of the most formidable forces on the dog by the front lines. i mean, it is military successes. the wagner group has been branded as

a criminal organization. top allied the u. s. and as a construct target for western mainstream media, we had a chance to speak to a wagner fighter who just recently completed his contract with the group. rp correspondent, steve sweeney reports russian. 5 minutes she company wagner. i sought a global promise, partly due to his role in the compet can ukraine. it's 4th, it played a crucial role in came in at feel for i think 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 atrocity, according to western rhetoric. this is connie, because of the policy of recruitment from roches prison population. we're in st. petersburg where we met with spartak, i wagner, commander and former convict,

who says that he joined not to be called him, but to fight for his country. and almost there wasn't any of 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. honest. he's great and my term as long as 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 also 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 and

a special operation brought 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. maybe 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. so 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 will ado thought 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 leader 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 too deeply overall. we talked 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 and help out if needed. they have their own brotherhood. a mean thing is for them to do their job. well, 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 like, is convinced that russia will win, despite fighting against foreign mercenary. i've western because of the care of

regime captured, ukrainian soldiers have been brainwashed. he tells us that thermal, if silly will leave a lot of propaganda there. they think that they will soon take moscow, but they're afraid of wagner. i kept 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 is 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 everyone. the task was completed in full and then we left as russian advances on the battlefield, continued. so to the west sloan to have live an indication that the co ukraine is flipping through the ha. meanwhile, frances, withdrawing truth from the west african country of burkina faso. that's

a mid rising anti french sentiment in the region with local saying the french forces failed to prevent reoccuring terrorist attacks. the latest deadly incident happened in the northern province. this week 25 people were killed among them 3 police officers. burkina faso is under constant attack from jihadist groups linked to al qaeda and isis. the government has now asked for help from a top russian private military company to counter then, a local journalist explains how burkina faso is battling against terrorists with the help of the wagner. group as book in a fall, so his face still attacks 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 than 40 percent of the country is under the control of till his group. the decision was welcomed by visited here who have called for new partners,

especially the russian private military group. wagner. alack, mar. bye there. fast on idea 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 in 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. what 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. ready mckenna is also called for the d pepto fresh ambassador in december, as compared to limb in new diplomats in we're good to go. last month,

only captain uber, him towering the lowest, the military cooperation agreement. we phrase the head, the prison. so 400 place troops in book in a fossil this comes is the new authorities in bull killer, have improved coalition with russia since october 2022. the corporation has increased the cup abilities of able killer, the 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 swift with pulls from the army which use don's emily captors in a counter attack. however, at the same time, the tories have changed tactics by systematically killing civilians. they come into contact with a former mayor of

a city in lawful bull killer and former political adviser to captain thomas and kara. he is the only survivor of a military called but killed some cutter and 12 other 40 years ago. his oqueeno is clear about 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 any thing for france . we are slaves said 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 his 3 and more importantly, learn from mistakes is a cardinal rule that those in miley and book in a fossil are set to embrace. as the countries have moved away from me. colonial pos to a future of partners with their lulu assay,

wondered as russia marked as the national professional holiday and honor members of its diplomatic service, r t spoke with the countries ambassador to rwanda. he gave, who gave his interview about why russia's attempts to strengthen relations in africa have been so successful. well, for the sake of precision, let's just say we're returning to a place that we know well. the theoretical basis for relations with africa was established by the soviet union as far back as the thirty's and forty's of the last century. and practical action was initiated back on the sixty's. no, letting me know that we're not talking here about the introduction and spread of communist ideology. there will be a vulgar and false understanding of the process. and this self serving argument has always been deployed with greater force by the propaganda machine of the same

powers that their responsibility for colonialism. these are the same corridors that even today continues to promote and practice new colonial concepts in the guise of non political and non ideological approaches. now our own goals and objectives were always very clear to assist african in achieving national liberation. freedom from all forms of foreign domination, both political and economic, the equitable entry of former colonies into the family of nations. and the development, and different capabilities to an extent that would allow them to save their sovereignty in every sense of the term. so russia is returning to the continent with the same ideals and with policies designed to implement. our objectives are honest and we always came to this comes in as friends and i believe the nations of

africa understand more than 900000 people have lost their lives in the devastating earthquakes that read through turkey and syria. this week, the scenes of devastation around the epicenter are simply shocking, so far, inter kia alone, more than 800000 does have been confirmed, and over 71000 people injured. former high rise apartment box have been reduced to rubble with signs of those still trapped, getting more difficult to attack. nevertheless, the search for survivors goes on. the city of id on the eastern is one of the most effective areas are peter scott's reports from the scene having emergency services and locals themselves are trying to cope with the terrible aftermath of the disaster. it's been 4 days since the massive earthquakes that shook the city of adiana and the son provides little warmth and absolutely no comfort to those who have lost friends and family in this tragedy. the temperature still job well below

0 at night, and that provide their own set of challenges to those who don't have a home. the sites and breed 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 deaths here to be 900 on tuesday with 5000 wounded residents 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, took by them. yes, this is the son of my younger brother line here. they recovered the body of my brother this morning. and now we received a 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 tick. he is president said one himself admitted that there had been shortcomings. but the relief effort now appears to be gathering pace and especially steam from algeria reportedly restroom 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. one man told us he was the poor here suffering the most. many of the buildings on the streets have been completely destroyed without it'll stop the people he was lived there still gathering around desperate ferry news of their friends and relatives with the hours march on the fair is that it 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 starting to get through 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 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 class buildings. almost 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 some one is found alive against the odds. a little girl called elidah. it was her life to volunteers like nash met him. he light 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 ada yemen. 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 humans aren't the only one suffering from the disaster. search teams and volunteers have been working hard to save every life, including pat who got trapped under the rubble or otherwise been injured. and r t

crew spoke to one rescuer who pulled the dog out of the debris. like this. maybe you will get maybe a nice noise in good name. my wife is a nice name i low in response to the humanitarian crisis. russia has provided a de, both turkey and syria. fresh and service are helping clear away rubble and russian firefighting aircraft have significantly contributed to extinguishing fires that erupt it inter kia amid the disaster. russian rescue teams were also quick to

distribute medical supplies and other humanitarian, 8 to effected areas in syria. as western sanctions, particularly from the us, have been blocking vital aid from getting into syria after the disaster. as you can see on this map here, major air carriers have been avoiding syrian territory. people from around the worlds have been trying to collect money to help the survivors, but their assistance is failing to reach the ones in need in syria. as western sanctions are preventing money transfers to the country already affected by years of war. even donations on the go fund, we platform have been rejected due to financial restrictions are key 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 other 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 to him and i tried, i tried again, i'm calling to see out i need, i need, i need, i need that form where i can get this money. and after the whole research and find me is super. busy using it and they, and they, and they get the money. and i was accused, it drives me to, to go more to go public and just to invest my time, the people who are the same since this is what is happening again. exactly. do not forget us, we are still there that. so people live once that i can see and we need your help in order to go back as we were, syrians are struggling to deal with the aftermath of the earthquakes as their

countries resource of already been drained by more than a decade of war. and now the sanctions from western powers are preventing humanitarian aid from urging the nation when it is desperately needed and adviser to areas. president assad spoke out about the issue on going underground, hosted by action. we're trying to, you can watch the full interview here on our tea throughout the day, as well as on our website, r t dot com. here's a short preview. the situation and it is truly been and particularly, and i little i'm let that can come on the blade the badly stricken by this week. and what made it worse is that silly has been fighting for 12 years. again mister, horrible, better store that has been imposed on us. and what is make it 3 times worse is the american and european sanctions. again, the city a which would event us from updating our means and,

and ways of helping the people hot jobs. and while they were talking that they allow the money did in a system or to that, to new, to the not true, unfortunately, action there they were. so it talks about governments either they don't see people and syria. and if you compare between b s p one they had that was immediately dispatched to debbie would they had that love this back to see i you see that there is no here, minute did and consideration a tone that will do us and come to they only put the political at home and humanitarian and that's all for now. be sure to check out our tea dot com for all of the latest breaking news. and i date was the right back here at the top of the hour. ah.