a, you know, with shocking pitcher the south african president is marked on hold by political opponents and his state of the nation address. that's how he declared a state of disaster in his country over its crippling energy crisis. un peacekeeping forces kill 8 civilians and wound almost 30 others in the democratic republic of congo. the protest vented outrage about a lack of progress in combating regional terrorists. while the western powers criticized russia. wagner group for its recruitment of convicts. here from one member who says he's proud to fight for his country with 5900000 tons of lithium reserves discovered in the kashmir region of india. it's

a record of mouth about country with a big move being made today in the world of geo politics. welcome to your news here . we're not international, just a after 3 pm here on the russian capital. got some, a wild pictures to show you here on the program as the south african presidents, recent state of the nation address eventually devolved into a mass bro, between members of the political opposition and the ruling party. o.

o position bodies, a queue as president ram a photo of using his state of the nation address as an attempt to consolidate power . amid a chaotic start 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, but 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 its impact. 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 or,

and today ended on hagley speech ending in he got to the man, but remained resolute. and after some 45 minutes, the lake 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 will result in a massive increase powered up to the grades over the next 12 to 18 months. and also beyond those. now this power will be in line with our diverse mix of energy sources, including our current coal fired power stations, solar, wind, gas, you clear hydro and storage outside of the renewables. we haven't seen that much

room and especially when it comes to issues. but as securing, we know how long it takes to fix your project to get it up and running. but so there's another problem. and then is the internationally known side outreach continues join 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 kill 8 civilians and wounded 28. others in the democratic republic of congo was protesters were venting fury over a lack of progress in combating terrorists in the region that has been rising and see us sentiment in the central african country as locals. believe the peacekeepers have not been doing enough to protect civilians from the m 23 and sergent group near. they were wondering border the un mission said the troops opened fire only to

protect their own convoy. as the protest did, devolved into violent void 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 class sharpened around 10 kilometers from the major eastern city of goma, where the un convoy was returning from a resupply mission of the un mission. in the d. r. c has around $18000.00 personnel mandate includes supporting the congress government effort to stabilize the region in battle by attacks from n $23.00 and surgeons. now local residents say that dissatisfied with the un troops as a conflict with m. 23 is still ongoing, with thousands of people forced to flee. yes, 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. america. 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 that you can join us for this or yet another video showing executed russian prisoners of war has emerged on line. i just a day off, the other footage appeared showing ukrainian troops shooting a captured russian soldier in the head warning the following images are disturbing . the new footage appears to show the aftermath of the 1st video. several dead

russian soldiers captured by ukrainians lying on the ground. it's worth noting that all of them have severe head wounds that seem to show they were shot execution style at point blank range. that would be a war crime in violation of the geneva conventions. something the un itself has voiced concern about the hotels now with our teeth. romance cause her horrible. the 1st video, evidence of the execution of the unarmed russian soldier a surface just a couple of days ago, it showed the ukrainian soldier shooting the man points blank. while he was on the ground with his hands up, the nationalist was a 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 the

ukrainians that rampaging 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 the international humanitarian law. the latest execution of russian prisoners of war as largely on the conscience of the western characters 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 in 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. the new 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 a missile strikes in several regions of the attacks have been report in the capital t, f particle, the major southern port of a desa and more than 10 other cities. local officials say the energy infrastructure being the main targets now ablaze as are formerly erupt at a hydro electric power station in the city of apology. this unverified footage proportionally of that incident. a thermal power plot was also said to have been heavily damaged in the central city of triple rog, ukrainian authorities say that emergency power shutdowns are being conducted in a number of regions. now i was earlier, numerous drones drives were reported in eastern parts of your brain. electricity outages have also been reported in the ukrainian health that he was approaching, which is in the recently ratified russian territories. meanwhile, the head of

a wagner group, so it's, it's company has stopped recruiting from russian prisons. however, replying to a cnn request on what could be the reason for that. he said that while 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 ones. while the wagner group remains on the front line, certainly on the don bass region emitted military gains and the conflict divided group has been branded a criminal organization by kiev top allied the united states. and we had a chance to speak to a wagner fight,

who just recently completed his contract with the group. let's get details now without the corresponding. steve sweeney. russian. father minutes. he company wagner. a shot the global prominence. partly due to his role in the compet can ukraine, it's force you to play the crucial role. in k military operations, the athene russian forties take control of many found it. so does have been deploy is sylvia in 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 russia. prism population were 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 fell in the area, 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 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 comics 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 ever deemed myself witted with martha. 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 of what 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 and help out if needed. they have their own brotherhood. a main 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'm western backers of the k of regime captured, ukrainian soldiers have been brainwashed. he tells us the thumb when 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 every one. the task was completed in full and then we left as russian advances on the battlefield. continue, soto, the west sloan doesn't live at indication, perhaps, that the company in ukraine is flipping through the hon. the indian ministry of mines has announced the discovery of a huge reserve of lithium in the kashmir region, amounting to an estimated 5900000 tons. let's learn more now in cross live 24th 100 sharma. joining us from new delhi where it's roughly 545 p. m that now

roger, this is quite the bounty, the implications look positive for the world's 5th largest economy. what can you tell us? certainly in fact, india has discovered nearly 6000000 tons, the least in as really is a significant g u for india. now, although in the past as well in 2001, india had found some deposits vpn in the state of nautica bought. it really didn't work out for india considering a it was a big quantity and be it wasn't of commercial why ability. now these results of the film have been found in the state of german shmear as you pointed. and they've been found in a district called r e r c. and this is a big deal for india. and i'll tell you why. considering in detail for many years

has been trying to formulate an electronic where policy and this electronic vehicle policy will of course. now the discovery in fact will be very, very beneficial for this particular policy. all for few reasons. one is that the tim is used for making electronic waco batteries apart from that, it's also used to making mobile phones as well as laptops. but electronic very good batteries are going to be extremely, extremely important for india, given the fact that the bus fios also has been facing a severe, a quality crisis. but you should crises in many materials, for example, where i am in new delhi is of the was saw. will you to capital city in the world. and in the also has been importing lithium. and it's also been trying to gotten down on its import because it really does. policy has been trying to be self reliant in every area and every sector. and this discovery then for india really

becomes a magical one. so to say no at all, it is a runjun sharma. thank you. france is withdrawing troops from the west african country of booking, a fossil that is the made rising anti french sentiment in the region. locals saying the french forces have failed to prevent reoccurring terror attacks. the latest incident happened in the northern province. this week 25 people were killed among them 3 police officers. now, but again, the foster was under constant attack from jihad, as groups linked to al qaeda and isis. the government is not lost by help from a top russian private military company to counter them. a local journalist now explains how but a faster was battling against terrorists with the help of the wagner group. as boykin a fossil, his face still a pass for years now, the situation is still not getting any better governmental facilities, 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 told his group the decision was welcomed by visited here who have called for new partners, especially with wash. hm. profit, military group, wagner. and 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 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. mccula is also called for me, the pepto fresh ambassador in december as compelling to naming new diplomats in what google last month, only kept in abraham tower, diagnosed the military corporation agreement. we phrase the head, the prison. so 400 flash stoops in book in a fossil, this comes is been new authorities in will, killer, have improved coalition with russia since october 2022. the corporation has increased the cup abilities of able kill abby army. but larry, in the control of its f space now will kill out is able to be more reactive to terrorist groups attack. last month, 6 major terrorist attacks received a swift response from the army which use don's emily captors in

a counter attack. however, at the same time, the tool is have changed tactics by systematically killing civilian. they come into contact with a former mayor of a city in lawful bull killer and former political adviser to captain thomas and kara, his the only survivor of the military called what killed san kara and 12 other 40 years ago. his opinion is clear about wagner group on the planet analyst. 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, 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 money and will, can, of fossil are set to embrace as the countries have moved away from me. colonial pos to a future of partners with the lulu assay wondered as russia marks or national holiday ordering. it's diplomats. arti speaks with countries ambassador too, but in a fossil and the ivory coast, he gave his view on why the relationship between russia and burkina. faso continues to grow a busload of rushes, popularity and burkina. faso can be attributed to the high prestige our country has in the eyes of the african population. diplomatic relations with burkina faso were established back in 1967. for more than 55 years, cooperation has been actively developed in various fields, russia and previously the u. s. s. are provided the country with substantial and mostly gratuitous support in creating the foundations of a national economy,

strengthening the defense, industry, and training, qualified personnel. all this has been preserved in the memory of generations and has defined the image of modern russia as a reliable and equal partner of burkina faso. this attitude is even more evident against the background of the growing rejection of the indigenous population of the neo colonial policy of france, whose position continues to weaken on the continent. in the context of the large scale, geopolitical shifts that we are observing. the berkener, b value, rushes principled, foreign policy line towards building adjust, multi polar world, or countries have the same fundamental positions and approaches to development and cooperation in the international arena. they are based on commitment to the principles of the un charter, including respect for the sovereign equality of states and non interference in their internal affairs, in accordance with which each country has the right to independently choose partners without external pressure at the moment,

burkina faso is trying to overcome a difficult period of its development. the state is under serious pressure from terrorist organizations. rushes interest lies and per kennel fossil getting out of a series of military coups, so that the people of this country feel safe within the framework of recognized national borders and have chances for development prosperity. in russia, people are ready to consider applications from their berkener, be friends or brothers on issues that need to be resolved to or the security of this country. so this is their main priority. so we have a common interest in building up trade and economic cooperation. burkina faso partner stood up for the creation of an inter governmental mechanism for consulting the relevant departments for the consideration of issues of trade, economy, investment and innovation. right, updating the numbers who were not international more than 20000 people lost their lives at the result of the devastating earthquakes that ripped through turkey and

syria. this week i rescued teams from all over the world of come to assist in the disaster relief efforts. a russian emergency services have joined forces with local teams on the scene as they search for survivors in the rubble of collapse, buildings or this footage a glimmer of hope. as several people are pulled from the dead re trapped for days, it's been a race against time for them. and for those still not found in the russian energy. john ross at em, meantime was sent fire fighters and star to provide services and to restore infrastructure as well. so bought in tokyo alone, more than 19000 deaths, confirmed over 71000 injured the southeastern city of our. the ammon is one of the most affected areas. artes pitas got reports from the scene now and how emergency services and the locals. a coping, it's been 4 days since the massive earthquakes that shook the city of ida yemen. the sun provides this a warm and absolutely no comfort to those who have lost friends and family in this

tragedy. the temperatures still job well below 0 at nights and that provides their own sets 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. it's about him. yes, this is the son of my younger brother line here, the recovered a body, my brothers this morning. and now we've received the body of my 10 year old nephew . we're now waiting for a body. so the 2 daughters of my brother to be recovered or for them to be rescued a life like many of the people we spoke to here said that help was slow to arrive in the days after the earthquakes hit took. he is, president said one himself admitted that it 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 happy, completely destroyed. without the stop the people he was live there still gathering around desperate ferry news of their friends and relatives with the hours march on the fair is that this is turning into more of a recovery operation that 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. although the him, he stumbled, i'm a lawyer originally from a donna, but now i live in his temple. i came here to rescue people from the class buildings

from 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. it was 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 harrison. this building has been completely destroyed on one of the highway leading to the yemen, the stream of ambulances, trucks carrying excavators and vans, filled with volunteers and aid. the sound of sirens steals the. there's a long road ahead for the city and others like it. and it's hard to imagine when he's residents will be able to return. but when the, just eventually that those many of the people here will have questions about how this disaster was handled. of course humans and the only one suffering from this disaster search teams and volunteers have been working hard to save every life

including pet. so you got trapped under the rubble or of otherwise been injured. and we spoke to one rescuer with his hands full. maybe maybe this is most space you will get maybe nice in thirty's. good name. my. my wife is name. this is nice name. i low for serious president busha alice sought has visited the affected areas in the country and says the situation is catastrophic. in response to the escalating monitor in crisis or russia has provided 8 to both 30 a and syria,

a russian service when a helping clear away rebel in russian fire fighting cross rule. so extinguishing fires that erupt it in the emitter disaster and turkey. there are also distributing medical supplies and other aid to affected areas to the south in syria. meanwhile, the government of moldova has resigned countries. prime minister said our country has faced many challenges this past year. this comes as one of the main goals of the departed government under still remaining president was to join the european union, the country's president, my son, to taking a very pro western stance. however, the country has seen numerous protests in recent months with his former president prosecuted an alleged corruption scheme. awesome, although was main opposition leader mccue's the current president of fabricating a case against them. however, in.