is for me it's done to move on and see what we tend to fall. the tumbler said committee to return back home. there is no support from the nomination. high commission average in united nish. i don't care about chug or send people ah, they're getting you weapons. now you can be 100 percent. sure, we will destroy these slippers. the cmc wagner chief shares has insight on the conflict in ukraine with our correspondent saying that key city of already almost to fall with one of the top carriers in the ukranian brain deal has been delivering. we're not to africans pay the need, but to its own lives. it's disgusting. you know, for human beings to be starving and for the, for the president, although the priority to be, it's almost like putting, you know,

the value of human beings to that, to like animals and child trafficking remains a major problem in africa with corporation couples. the latest to be arrested zambia for attempting to smuggle children out of the continent. ah, good morning for marquis international students in moscow and welcome to the hour's top news stories from across the globe. i'm fear relas about. we start with the latest from the ukranian conflict officials in crimea, say the local air defense system shop down to ukrainian drones over the sea, close to the port city of sever stobel. there has been no information on any damage or casualties. this comes as on the other side of the border, local ukrainian authorities have confirmed multiple strikes in several regions. at least one strike on energy infrastructure facilities has been confirmed by the head

of the western region of love. meanwhile, a shocking video, reportedly released by the wagner group, has appeared on line a warning. the following images are disturbing. this unverified video allegedly shows scores of dead ukrainian soldiers in wooden coffins ready to be set back to the ukrainian side. there is no information on where this video was recorded. however, this comes as the situation for the ukrainian army continues to deteriorate near the city of already almost also known as bach moved. multiple reports say ukrainian forces are preparing to fall back from the region with fighters from the russian wagner group advancing in the area the head of wagner. you have jenny? pre goshen says already almost could be surrounded in the coming months. your room with you business, florida there about 90 battalions inside around by mood. that's about 40

up to 50000 people. the enemy draws up a new reserves every day. we're going to circle back, move, march or april. but let's not get ahead of ourselves. they're getting you weapons, now you can be 100 percent. sure. we will destroy these leopards. meanwhile, or correspondence, or start off. got the rare opportunity to speak with the wagner chief in person. he gave his take on the situation on the front lines and described how his fighters lead the way in combat operations. a few years ago this group was more mythical than real. now we stand in a large warehouse greeted by the head of the wagner company himself. the occasion is solemn, commemorating the self sacrifice of 2 hero pilots. the no man left behind principle in case of the wagner group had applies not just to personnel, but to symbolic relics of war like the remains of this russian bama jet. it was

shut down by the ukrainian forces during the fighting for the city of buck mood. when the pilots realised that while they were doomed, they directed the burning machine towards the enemy, towards their military column dying heroically themselves and well taking a bunch of foes with them. ukraine had already returned with honors the bodies of the pilots. the jets debris though could only be retrieved now, as the wagner group is closing in on our chops, were no, no for mercy. one for this is 548. the guys have fuel to fulfill their desk, having garage to blaine and the enemy territory rowing their military convoy. it's now time to commemorate what they have done, what in our term of score back moot, it's wagner versus the entirety of ukraine's military might. no man knows the

situation on the ground better than the groups chieftain preggers in. look for it, for bunker astro boot. why is it important? it seems to paralyze the korean army and it's already paralyzed. the enemy is deploying reserved troops, but we're advancing in different directions every day, some where it's 50 meters and somewhere it's 100. we're fighting for each house for each square meter. there is a 40 fight erin. every yard. then we see another familiar face. a fighter who start in was believed to be a ukrainian propaganda video. the footage purported to show him being brutally executed, bludgeon to death. alive well and back in the ranks, he himself debunked the fake when i was captured, they beat me. i was tortured and pressed into saying what they wanted me to say. i got many threats. they threatened to kill me and dismember my body and post the

footage on line for my family to see were through the loo. oh yes, sure. decorated wagner commanders also mingle in the room. they all are very aware of the new batch of heavy western weapons, though soon have to face on the battlefield. wagner's commander of artillery with the smoke, hence his men, have plenty of experience countering cruise using nato made weapons from water to cover. this is not the 1st time we have encountered nato artillery. so we came here prepared, thanks to lessons from previous experience against other nato artillery. i'm not going to say which one, but we met more than once and we met some more powerful artillery than the ones here on this front. i'm not going to share the details, but that experience has taught us. based on that we have developed progress. well, your life itself has forced us to develop new tactics for conducting artillery combat operations. no one here showed any disrespect or disregard to the fo skill.

yet no one doubts. wagner will come out victorious. amicus dawn of reporting from the dorm bus, r t o. spain, one of the top 3 carriers of the ukrainian grain via the black sea corridor has been using the crucial we're for feeding its pegs, said then sell more pork, broad and boost that's economy instead of helping the poorest nations as was initially agreed r t contributor rachel mars than has more details. remember all the talk about how critical it was to get ukrainian grain shipped out of ukraine to feed the hungry in africa and asia. well, according to the latest real time data published by the united nations black sea green initiative, joint coordination center, the top 3 destinations for ukrainian grain are china, spain, and turkey. and those 3 countries alone represent 46 percent of all exports. so

we're talking, all exports being roughly $700.00 plus shipments of grain. china acts as the gateway to asia and turkey acts as the gateway to africa. but what's the deal with spain? spain domestically produces more than enough of the grain that it needs to feed its own people with grain for people, accounting for just about a quarter of all the countries domestic consumption, the rest of the grade and the country produces goes to feed its livestock. and notably, pigs, spain is routinely ranked as one of the top, if not the top port producing country in the entire world. which means that with all this grain being imported into spain, from ukraine, now it's hard to escape the conclusion that the countries literally picking out on ukrainian grain. and it's not like this is about making sure that cute little pigs

roaming freely around the spanish countryside. don't go hungry, it's not about taking the food out of their mouths. more grain just basically means that more pigs can be churned out for poor to the economic benefit of madrid and ultimately to the european economy. which of course is great for europe. but what exactly was growing spain's pork industry used as a reason to unblocked ukrainian grain? last month, spain was able to increase its meat exports by 79 percent overall. and that's in part due to its ability to meet china's demands, to sell a 124 per cent, more spanish port to beijing compared to the same period last year. again. wonderful for the spanish economy, but not exactly following the spirit or the letter of the deal to unblocked ukrainian grain to feed. the poor. russian president vladimir putin has repeatedly

raised the issue of food from ukraine being misdirected. when i finished give sure he'll know who was you most of craven up. almost whole grain exposure from ukraine is south north of the developing and poorest countries. but to the european union states on the 2 ships out of $87.00 below that has paul to you out of the world food program. i'd like to say that just like money repeat countries from a previous decade and sensory sector does colonize us. so they continue to do today journal, so just how much ukrainian grain is getting to the countries that need it most. well collectively they're getting about 15 percent of the total export volume, which works out to roughly one percent each. but guess he's proud of those efforts, spain. here's the status we're minister patting himself and ukrainian authorities on the back last fall for their humanitarian initiative. grain from ukraine, spain joins ukraine and the rest of its allies in this program, which is an honor,

an immortal testament to ukraine's commitment against hunger in the world, even as it fights against russia's aggression and its indiscriminate shelling of export logistics infrastructure, which endangers millions of people who depend on ukrainian products, but hey, if hungry nations are getting a short changed on the grain, maybe they're at least getting some of the pork from spain after the pigs are done . stuffing their faces with it. apparently not. china is the top importer of poor, followed by japan, and then european countries like italy, germany and poland. so if the intent is truly to feed the hungry rather than just benefit europe's economy, the current ukrainian rein scheme is really missing the mark. we discussed the revelations on spanish policies with citizens of african states who expressed indignation for being forgotten over livestock and commercial interests. i think as disgusting, you know, for human beings to be starving and for the,

for the president. although the priority to be pigs. i think is completely unacceptable. what it is is it's rather disturbing because you know, as africans with different needs more than what's currently available to us to consume by then if you really think about, developed food is really going to pigs. it's almost like putting, you know, the value of human beings to that of like animal is we feed or out of the thing big things more important than done us human being for us. he freak on. the controversy comes amid strengthening relations between russia and africa, which are limited to only great exports, but include various fields with bright development prospects in the future. that's the view of the director of the institute for african studies of the russian

academy of sciences in her recent exclusive interview to r t. you can watch the full version throughout the day on r t. but here's a quick preview. interestingly, in terms of technology, russia is particularly competent in areas that africa needs most energy, water, purification, agriculture, medicine space technology. i t smart cities. these are all priority areas for africa through russia can offer africa, lots of valuable engineering solutions to give you one example. we've created a certain type of fertilizer that when placed in the soil, stores moisture for up to 3 months. can you imagine how vital this is for african countries, most of which are located in the arid zone. you put the fertilizer in the soil and you don't need to irrigate for 3 months. so when it comes to energy and food security to developmental issues or the processing of mineral resources,

that's something that africa has huge reserves of our geologists, our mining companies, our equipment, all that could really help them out. so on the one hand, this opens up prospects for russia, for our own development. and on the other hand, by capitalizing on our technology, africa would be able to move to a new level of development instead of remaining a resource colony within the wider western system. but that was the for creation couples accused of trying to traffic children and zombie. i have been granted bail and are now awaiting their court. hearing and march. the for married couples from croatia were arrested in december while trying to leave the country with 4 children from the neighboring democratic republic of congo. they claimed that they legally adopted the miners and the charges were dropped by the poor, but the cops were against the chain devin airport and zambia,

a local legal and governance activist. well, the children were emotional as the creations trying to get them over the border, reportedly using 4 documents to pass through border control from children. we are crying endlessly and it became with social consent to the owners of the lodge. and because of that, it was lated these foreign question nationals were trying to leave the vampire through someone with up with applet. and that's how the way intercepted by the immigration department. what they did, in fact, was that they were found to do our passports, which were endorsed in the past for the child's name was endorsed of having been adopted by the the course admission was when the migration department and the law enforcement. i just checked for the pub, they suspected that they were forged with poorly protected borders. it's easy for

criminals to target children and countries like the democratic republic of congo, moving them onto zombie and then beyond. but child trafficking has been a major problem in africa for decades. zombie itself serves as a regional hub, while nearly $400000.00 children are traffic in africa every year. and western citizens have been embroiled and multiple scandals involving child smuggling. last year, american foster parents were detained in uganda under child trafficking charges which carried the death penalty. the us citizens were also accused of torturing a 10 year old boy in their care. a local activist again says child trafficking is a long standing major issue for the african continent. he shared his thoughts on the reasons behind the crisis. now what you need to understand that you've had this has been ongoing for a long period of time because of our port us board that we have been look at the 3

board. i've gotten a board couple board and one of the board customer melissa board via through board does not quite pool us, especially the 5th to the quiet port us board. that means that people are able to just cross into call and come back without showing any documentation. and they took advantage of that to put a name to work with the, the locals, so that they could get the children and transport them human trafficking. i've become much saying that your vetting offense efficient enough, frequent, well, but situations where you thought beyond the lebanese being transported into the country through different boards and in a very unsafe condition, they use content as trucks, some guy along the way. and that is what we are trying to fight. meanwhile, the israeli security administer has called for more jewish settlements in the

occupied west bank territory. israel belongs to the jewish people. i'm telling the americans and the europeans stop being worried. this is our goal. this is our view . 9 towns is nice, but this is definitely not enough. we want much more. the statement comes as israel approves the legalization of 9. saddler outposts in the occupied west bank with more housing units likely to be built in other existing settlements, according to prime minister benjamin netanyahu. meanwhile, the un security council drafted a resolution urging israel to seize all settlements activities. archie, maria, for notion, has the details. mrs. bay coghlan, one of 9 jewish communities in the occupied west bank that israel security cabinet has rolled to authorize. these were so called while settlements considered illegal outposts, according to israeli law, built without government permission,

but that's about to change. so mcmillan didn't like we heard about the news, we were excited happy. we came out dance together including the kids, even though some kids were already asleep. we're happy to continue building israel to see this country growing bigger and blooming hustler as a shuffler. steven my wife and i was sitting on the couch at home, and suddenly we heard the news saying we were tearing up. we were excited and we wanted to celebrate with our neighbors. we've been waiting for these for a long time. some of these outposts started with 4 families, he guess was among them. in 7 years, it grew to 35 families. that's around 100 people, most of whom i children. there are only residential houses here and a synagogue kids go to school in the nearby settlement. the nearest shop a some 20 kilometers away. but locals believe there is a bright future ahead and a hello i'm so we are striving to get bigger and established permanent houses. here we want to establish a big town of 700 families here in israel,

in the jordan wiley, in this beautiful strip of land. we want to settle down if we're looking at only those things that we can see. we won't be able to see anything beyond that promise welcome to warmly at home. these rarely governments decision has sparked outrage hand control recei beyond the borders, the 1st of its kind since 2012. this decision was a response to deadly terror attacks in east jerusalem that took the wives of 11 people, 10 of them civilians, including 2 children, fears and concerns. now are that the legalization will only provoke more bloodshed, a number of european countries. and most recently, canada have old announced to legalize ation of the settler outposts. the cabinet has also approved the building of some 10000 new units in g in samaria. these railey term for the west bank palestinians are outraged. the move comes as israel carries out unprecedented demolitions in the neighborhoods of east jerusalem. thousands of buildings that israel considers illegal will be turned to ruins. the

settlers have their own view on how things should develop. she us hotel and it is all right to be here in the torah god promise abraham, that it is all right to be here and it doesn't matter what all the states say will leave here. we came here also 2000 years of exile and thank god we were privileged to establish a town here more than 475000 israelis leaving over 140 settlements in the west bank, which is also home to almost 3000000 palestinians. all of these settlements are illegal and international law. the palestinian authority has called the latest decision and open war against its people and is now pushing for you and security resolution to block the move israel on his part. he's working hard to convince the u. s. and it's western partners to veto this tap. the victory the stand off will determine whether the place i'm standing in now will become a new settlement, or if it will remain an illegal outpost reef notion or artie from bait hoglan.

meanwhile, the u. s. has withdrawn the candidacy of a leading rights activists to an international human rights post for describing israel as an apartheid state is also comes as the candidate accused, a democrat representative in congress of being bought by pro israel groups. the state department informed me that they were withdrawing my candidacy because of my view that the conditions in israel palestine meet the definition of apartheid under international human rights law. censorship of human rights advocates who denounce apartheid in israel also affects countless palestinian academics. activists and students, more than 200 settlements were built on palestinian land with more than half a 1000000 israelis living there. last year has become the deadliest here for palestinians in the occupied west bank since 2005 according to the united nations. and according to reports,

more than 200 people were killed across the territory of palestine outstanding deposit administration. last year and israeli raised and killings have intensified after new is really government was sworn in over. net price believes of withdraw of the candidacy of a leading rights activist was due to his inappropriate point of view. his statements clearly do not reflect us pause. they are not a reflection of won't believe i and they are inappropriate to say the least. we have decided to withdraw our nomination of this individual. we've created this place where the israeli government is sacrosanct or cannot be criticized. so came out. we talked about even we've had congresspeople simply say we need to respect the human rights of palestinians. and them be called anti semitic type thing, that what we're saying is that the u. s. violating their own principles, violating international law in order to proper these really regime. we all know the

yahoo has been voted out of office by his people on multiple occasions while yet the still still will returns to power. he has one of the most right wing governments and is really history currently in the united states is complicit by not allowing even the most mild criticism of the current actions of these really regime that since the message to the, to both american citizens, people internationally that even a word criticizing israel or a word defending the palestinian people will be equated to being anti semitic will be acquitted. re anti israel will be acquainted be anti american policy. i don't see how that opposed to relatives in the united states of america. the european union could ban rti arabic broadcast on its territory as part of a new package of anti russians sanctions. the restrictive measure may be introduced by the end of february. this decision comes as another blow in

a series of crackdowns against russian media agencies. earlier in january, our t francis bank accounts were frozen, leaving the channel struggling to broadcast. back in 2016, the european parliament adopted a resolution to counter russian media with r t. an sputnik, named as a main threats in the document. and last year, the european union also banned the signal and content distribution of european r t channels, as well as the sputnik is agency amid the ukrainian crisis. we spoke to political scientists, rad. one has said, who says that europe has banned our tea out of fear that yours could see an alternative narrative. i equal europeans have begun to realize that their governments are deceiving them and not telling them the truth. these governments are free of the voice of russia. they are afraid of r, t, in whatever language it broke us. arabic, english, french,

or others. because viewers can see photos and translate materials with the language is the need. despite his hatred, europe cannot change what is actually happening in ukraine, and mildred assistance provide to it will not change anything. only hom, the european people. that's the reason they want to bon ortiz broadcasts to silence the voice of truth reflects what is really happening there. and what they do not want their people to know, as this exposes their false slogans in particular, belle, the protection of freedom of speech and expression. those are the top stories this hour and coming up 50 years ago. the entire pre, all population of the islands was expelled by british authorities. this secret operation occurred to lease the largest island to the u. s. navy. so that could install a military base more on their story next, on our key documentary, another paradise. ah,

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