ah, ah, how governing shocking scenes, south african president is tech old and by the political opposition to live with his state of the nation address. that's that he declared a state all the disaster in the country over its crippling energy crisis. un peacekeeping forces kill 8 civilians and we're almost 30 others in the democratic republic of congo. it's off the protective invented outbreak about a lack of progress in fighting terrorism in the region. while western powers criticized russia. wagner group for its recruitment of convicts, is from one member who says he's proud to fight for his country with an adviser to

serious president assad says western sanctions of locking aid from victims and the earthquake is off, as owns a country already decimated by more than a decade of fighting a western back insurgents their situation and see through lead unless made it worse. is that city has been fighting again and that is doable. or that has been employed with it is friday afternoon here on the russian capital. we've got your top stories lined down. welcome to the international by the way, where you're gonna have to have a look at this. so the south african presidents, recent state of the nation address, evolved into a mass bro, between members of the political opposition and the ruling party. oh,

yes, donating pictures. i mean, as the opposition parties essentially are accusing president, i'm a photo of using his state of the nation address as an attempt to consolidate power . amid a chaotic stand to the speech, the president outlined his 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 hoped, could be overcome by ins, stating, emergency or thorough. then they start 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 it well meant is an announcement that was pretty much expected by throw on the plaza. considering south africa's grapples with the energy shortage opposition was always intend on finance or an intended on hagley peace ending in he got to the men, but remained resolute and after some 45 minutes delay continued on with his speech and stating that the african national congress the party which here he comes from and is the governing party in 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, will result in a massive increase in powered to the grid over the next 12 to 18 months. and also

beyond. now this power will, will be in line with our diverse mix of energy sources, including our current coal fired power stations, sola when you clear hydro and better 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 be a project to get it up and running. but another problem and then is that internationally, no saga which continues join them. and that is the bomb 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 kill 8 civilians and wound 28

others. and the democratic republic of congo is protesters were venting fury over a lack of progress in combating terrorists in the region. been rising and to un sentiment in the central african country locals. believe the peacekeepers are not doing a good enough job defending civilians from the m. 22. excuse me. m. 23 and social group that's basically located along the wanton border un mission of insisted that his troops opened fire only protect their own convoy. but, well, this is essentially as the protest did devolve 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, sharpened around a 10 kilometers from the major eastern city of goma. while the un conover was returning from a resupply mission, the un mission in the d. r. c has around 18000 personnel. it's mandate includes

supporting the conklin government's effort to stabilize the region embattled by attacks from m $23.00 insurgence. local resident say they are dissatisfied with the un troops. the conflict with m 23 is still ongoing. near goma with thousands of people forced to flee. we are fleeing the m 23 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. how body a cup of the situation is very complicated. at the moment in community we came from there under a hail of bullets. when they arrived and kemati, we decided to leave. we were scared of the bullets and the bombs that fell. there are many people who have been injured or 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 out 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 russian prisoners of war has emerged on line just a day after other footage appeared, showing ukrainian troops shooting a captured russian soldier in the head of warning. the following images are disturbing. the new footage appears to show the aftermath of the 1st video, the media, several dead russian soldiers captured by ukrainians lying on the ground. it's worth noting that all of them of us severe head wounds that seemed to show they were shot execution style at point blank range. or that would be a war crime in violation of the geneva conventions or something. the un itself has voiced the concern about or the details. now without his raymond caseres asserted was 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 on 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 ukrainians 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 has 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 shoot 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. rushes 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 rush 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 attacks have been reported near the capital kia, as well as the 2nd largest city hark off, or the major southern port of a desa and more than 10 other local official site energy infrastructure has been

targeted. ablaze has reported erupt at a hydro electric power station in the city of audrey. this is unverified footage affordably of the incident. a thermal power plant was also said to have been heavily damaged in the central city of crude oil. rog, ukrainian authorities say that emergency power shutdowns are being conducted in a number of regions. i was earlier. numerous drones strikes are reported in eastern parts of ukraine. electricity outages have also been reported in the ukrainian health city of osha, which is the which is in the recently ratified russian territories. for now, the head of the wagner group says his company has stopped recruiting from russian prisons of replying to a cnn request on what could be the reason for that. he said they received many applications from america. 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 ones. the bargaining group remains on the don bath front lines amid its military gains and the conflict. the volcanic group has been branded a criminal organization by kiev top ally the u. s. and we had a chance to speak to a wagner fighter who just recently completed a contract with the group details now with correspondent steve sweeney, russian father minutes, he company wagner has sought to global problems. partly due to his road in the compet can ukraine. it's 4th, it played a crucial role in k military operations, a theme russian forties take control of many town it. so does have been deploy is sylvia livia and many african countries 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 partly because of the policy of recruitment from russian prism 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 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 was 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 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 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 try 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 have redeemed myself with 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 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 it, 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 abroad. 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 for park is convinced that russia will win, despite fighting against foreign mercenary. i'm western because of the care 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. we had our 1st battle, there were mercenaries, their 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 continues. so to west sloan doesn't live at indication, perhaps, that the culprits in ukraine is flipping through. so good to have you with us for this program. now as russia, marks and national holiday honoring members of its diplomatic service parties speaks with the countries ambassador to rwanda. and he gave us it's view on why he thinks rockers attempts to strengthen ties in africa, have actually largely been a success. well, for the sake of precision, let's just say we are returning to a place that we know will. the radical basis for relations with africa was established by the soviet union as far back as the thirty's and forty's of the lesson. and practical action was initiated back on the 6. no letting you know that we're not talking here about the introduction and spread of communist

ideology. that would be a vulgar and false understanding of the process. and this self serving argument has always been deployed with great 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 you colonial concepts in the guise of non political and non ideological approach. 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 of the rail and defend capabilities, to an extent that would allow them to safeguard their sovereignty in every sense of

the term. so russia is returning to the continent with the same ideals, and would policies design to implement. our objectives are honest and we always came to this confidence as friends, and i believe the nations of africa understand so the numbers now more than 19000 people have lost their lives as a result of the devastating earthquakes that ripped through turkey and syria. this week, a rescue teams mall around the world have come to the region to assist in the disaster relief efforts. i, russian, emergency services have joined forces with local teams on the scene as a search for survivors in the rubble of collapse. building of this footage, a glimmer of hope that several people are pulled out from the battery trapped for days. it's basically been a race against time for them and those still not bound russian energy. dr. ross awesome has sent firefighters and staff to provide services to restore infrastructure as well. now, so far it took

a lot more than 18000 deaths had been confirmed over 71000 people injured from a high rise, a pop blocks reduced to rubble with signs are though still trapped, getting increasingly more difficult to detect. nevertheless, of course, the search for survivors goes on. now the southeastern city of idea man is one of the most affected areas. the artists pick a score reports from the scene on how emergency services and locals are trying to cope in the aftermath. it's been 4 days since the massive earthquakes that shook the city of ada yemen. the sun provides little warm and absolutely no comfort to those who have lost friends and family. in this tragedy, the temperatures still dropped well below 0 at night, and that provides 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 of bedroom. yes, this is the son of my younger brother lying here, the recovered the body of my brothers this morning. and now we've 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 alive for many of the people we spoke to here said that help was slow to arrive in the days after the earthquakes hit turkey as presidents are due on 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 it was the poor here suffering the most. many of the buildings on the streets have been completely destroyed without it has taught the people he was lived there still

gathering around desperate ferry news of their friends and relatives. but if the hours march on the fair is that this is turning into more of a recovery operation than it ascii won. 7 bodies had 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 post in the stumble, to join the search and rescue efforts in the disaster area. although 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 class building so much any of us could have found ourselves inside one of these buildings. there were 30 full 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 hospitals. but unfortunately,

we have recovered many bodies of the people who lived here in this building has been completely destroyed as dinner 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. of course, not just the humans who are suffering from the disaster search teams and volunteers to be working hot as they have every life including pet. she got trapped under the rubble and artie crew spoke to one rescue who pulled a dog out from the deborah, maybe do so. oh, i had to know. i will go by this bully. maybe a this is my sabrina strain. oh,

you miss you with maybe a motion made noise me most in turkish. good name. my. my wife is a notion. this is a nice name i low. but in response to the amount of terror in crisis, russia has provided aid to both $38.00 and syria, a russian service man helping clear away the rebels and russian fire fighting aircraft to fighting the fire that wrapped it in 30 a and made a disaster. there are also distributing medical supplies and other aid to affected areas in syria. and that is as western sanctions, particularly from america, have been blocking vital aid from getting into syria. you can see this map right here. international aircraft, us still avoiding syrian territory. while meantime, people from around the world and trying to send money to help the survivors,

but they are unable to do so. as again, western sanctions are preventing money transfer to syria, even donations on the go fund to me. platform had been rejected and we've heard from la c mohammed, a syrian based in germany who personally faced barriers when he tried to send money to family and friends in syria. i lost my cousin and her son and the, and i you want to do it. i don't people and then i 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 that and i tried, i tried, i can, i'm calling to see, i'm just 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. busy using it and they, they get the money. and i was accused me asking me to go

more to go public and just to invest my time with the people who are the same. since this is what is happening against exactly. do not forget us. we are still there, there are some people there. the other goes to a live. once that i can see, and we need to help in order to go back as we would. of course the syrians are struggling to deal with the aftermath of the quite since the countries been under siege by a western backed in search and see for more than a decade. and now sanctions from western powers are again, blocking humanitarian aid from reaching the nation. is that a time when help is needed much more than politics and advise that a serious president. assad spoke about the issue on going on the ground that the program hosted by ashton redundancy. or you can watch it in full here on our team to national throughout the day as well as our website r t dot com. the situation said and truly band and particularly,

and i little i'm left back on come on the blade the badly stricken by this week and what made it worse is that city has been fighting for to be is again this the horrible better store that has been imposed on us and then what is make 3 times worse is the america and due to pm sanctions, again, the city a which would event us from updating our a means and, and ways of helping the people hot job. and while they last is bulking that they allow, when it did in a system which is absolutely not true, unfortunately, ash and they, they were so it talks about governments as if they don't see people and syria. and if you compare between b, it is p one day, how that was immediately dispatched to dickie would they had that blood this back

to see i, you see that there is no human. it did implants in the nation a tool that will do us and come to, they only put that political, a bomb, and humanitarian to rushes. far east. now where the former governor all have bottles, because been sentenced not a 22 years behind bars for orchestrating a number of murders now. so to kind of put a go ahead at the region back in 2018, 2 years later, a criminal case was initiated against him and he was charged with ordering the murder of 3 businessman back in the early 2, thousands. that was a ref got to, we spoke protests, look at these pictures here. thousands of people protesting the decision by russian lauren forestman. last week a jury found the ex governor guilty on all 3 counts. but events team has said it will appeal to conviction and seek acquittal. a got some big stores in the program today here on

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