probably gonna make you uncomfortable. my show is called direct impact, but again, we don't want to watch it because it might just change the way you think. ah general elections kick off in nigeria, africa's most populous nation, add largest economy will elected president, vice president and members of parliament also ahead. the collective west must accept the fact that there are other players on the world arena. and the security of the country should not be pursued at the expense of others. russia and china slammed the west for attempting to monopolize security at the expense of other nations. as the un security council moved over a path to peace for you, frayed and a palestinian man is killed and at least 4 others are injured by the idea in multiple flashes across the west bank as tension between israel and palestine

escalate. a israel is doing now can only be described as a fascist occupation, which is almost up to both by all standards with good morning, from our peter national studios in moscow. and welcome to the hour's top stories across the globe. i'm fear allies about people are going to the polls in nigeria here on our table, bringing use special coverage of one of the continents. most significant elections with today africa, most populated country and biggest economy is to elect the president, vice president and members of the senate and house of representatives. 18 candidates are writing for the presidency. and parliamentary elections are also

said to be held today with over 1000 candidates running for 190 seats in the senate and over 3000 others for 360 seats in the house of representatives. nigeria is strengthening its security measures. having closed its land borders for the day of elections over 400000 police and law enforcement officers are on duty, ensuring the security of the presidential and parliamentary elections. an army rapid response operation center has also been established in each of the countries 36 states for emergency military intervention, if necessary. many in the country are concerned about foreign interference going into the polls. ortiz balloon. david brings us more from the ground. more than wanted on 40000 national and international observers have been accredited by the conscious electoral empire, ionic incumbents and outgoing precedents will hobble hurry. and i know chapman

mahmoud yackel have issued a stern warning that one observe is a welcome to submit reports to an actual commissions, to highlights the strengths and weaknesses of the process. the must not interfere with the processes themselves. i want to remind observers that that is on cornel conduct for election of ish u r y a definition. upshaw's do non interfere with the process or shall partisanship. in addition, international norms of us must be guided by the fact that the election is conducted by an in the fit run it public. nigeria was silver energy must be respected. mixed reactions have chilled to governments one ins against foreign interference in the countries election. as supp, analysts believe busily, tools will be afraid of interference is also really t dick who writes cats in view of the of the program depending on how they feel for

beyond rights in discuss, in review, which is to dam does left to them. they can't come until the night you referenced on the counsel janese who died dickens. i became the judge who has been elected by the people of nigeria. the british. i'm the u. s. us issue that play street. that's his medley. mindy, that now, yes. of the country i about their own difference usaa yuki that's interested in good elections credit relations. good governor, india for my territory. so they divide, delight me, is very thing between interference and concerns for whom are rights conference for credit. where lucian's, globalization and the interdependency of nations has met global economy and power play us more. interested in the niger elections,

the international community has df. all been advised to adopt a positive role that reinforces the doctrine of respect for nigeria, internal affairs, which is void of preconceived notions. and by as, as all want like to, to 1000000 people have to the polls to choose a new precedence on saturday. balloon day feed out. see a boucher watch. our coverage of the nigerian elections here on our tea will keep you updated on all the latest news. russia has accused the u. s. of fueling the ukrainian crisis site in washington interventions in other countries as evidence of nefarious activity. the comments came from the russian envoy to the you and speaking of the security council as the conflict in ukraine enters its 2nd year to making fun of the

us. and it's nato allies have appropriated the right to interfere in any international issues. and the internal affairs of other states and ukraine is a clear example of this. western leaders is deceived as before. and they want to keep doing that by putting the right a needle talk spanned uncontrollably to an absolute level. well, since the end of the cold war, the u. s. has conducted 251 military operations abroad, causing enormous damage to other countries. the collective west must accept the fact that there are other players on the world arena, who have their own interests. and that it is necessary to coexist with them and even cooperative on an equal basis with mutual respect, russia had the opportunity as a permanent member of the security council to come forward and talk about the truth of the matter. and we heard russian ambassador knew them very thoroughly refuting

the selective nature of the u. s. approach when it comes to things like human rights and concerns about supposed aggression, etc. on the benz, the a pretty thoroughly bomb. the claims being repeated by us leaders and their allies . the security council meeting was essentially because of the anniversary of the case and operation. the various u. s. a line countries including ukraine, were given a platform at the un security council to get speeches condemning, rush, accusing, rush of atrocities, etc. however, china, also a permanent member of the security council took to the floor of the meeting. and when china spoke, they echoed much of what rushes that, and in addition to that, they call for talk word resolving the conflict to begin without preconditions. here's what we heard from the chinese representative. your job can, i wouldn't use on some countries while stressing sovereignty and territorial integrity on the ukraine issue. are blatantly interfering and other countries

internal affairs and undermining their sovereignty and territorial integrity. this reveals a double standard at full display. security is not an exclusive right. enjoyed only by some countries, so since the security of a country should not be pursued at the expense of others, strengthening or even expanding military blocks, lonely, undermine regional security. russia, ukraine and european countries are neighbors that cannot physically move away from each other's homes. to realize lasting peace in europe, the cold war mentality and block of confrontation must be abandoned shina recently put forward a scenario for a resolution of the conflict. i'm trying to move toward an end to the conflict. i'm however, that scenario before route by beijing was roundly rejected by the united states, the very same united states that is continually insisting that its russia is preventing negotiations from taking place. humor. meanwhile, the u. s. secretary of state has been ridiculed. after saying big countries should

have bully, others rushes foreign ministry spokeswoman replied with a sarcastic post reminding anthony blinking of his own nations track record viscerally. most americans don't like to see a big country bullying and other and they just feel it's wrong and want to do something about it. one country just can't attack its neighbor, there can't try to seize its land by force. can try to erase it from the map. can't bully it, was it not to you asked that attack to rock or is a rock not a small enough country unless i'm mistaken. lincoln represents the usa and not some other country. so the secretary of state should at least know his own state's history. in iraq alone up to 1400000 people died due to the consequences of the us invasion. according to one survey, a chinese foreign ministry spokes person set on friday that 37000000 people were displaced. following the u. s. interventions in afghanistan,

iraq and syria. since the 2nd world war, washington has been militarily involved in conflicts in asia, latin america, yugoslavia, and throughout the middle east. almost all of washington's interventions were justified by defending democracy are fighting terrorism. that's despite the fact most of these conflicts lead to political chaos and high civilian casualties in the countries involved. media and political analysts line all told us that current conflict in ukraine is important for moscow because of the risk of us military involvement. right at russia doorstep when you consider the fact that there are people who still understand, i think based in some kind of good spirit that we have to protect individuals from being bullied and being traversed and being manhandled by. i don't think they really understand. number one, the history and how history has shown that very frankly,

we were doing this in the past in my generation, we remember vietnam. you can take the same argument. exactly. i still don't even know what iraq had to do in 911. we don't know, we're not even sure about have gander stand one day we were out of afghanistan like that. and nobody's talked about that. we're not even talking about libya anymore. we had to go in and we had to take care of libya because this man was an evil, terrible despotic. and what about libya who runs it? is it worse or better since we were above? we don't know. this is not about being an apology for looking the other way. this is about the way to handle geopolitical reality today. what would we do? what would any country do if we switch the situation and all of a sudden we had china on the border,

let's say of texas or canada is out of canada was china. it will be a completely different story. i don't understand how this message, how analogy is specifically, how history is it remembered? ah, south africa, russia and china are carrying out joint naval drills in the indian ocean off the coast of south africa. vessels from the 3 navies have kicked off in the active phase of the exercises that include firing practice, tactical maneuvering, and counter terror operations are ti corresponded. anna christian go, takes a closer look at how the exercises have unfolded. joint naval exercises between russia, south african china, continue on the shores of the indian ocean. the drills in both worships helicopters and platoons of marines, auto, moshe. anybody i do, i do not look marine corpse units are considered the elite of the navy in every

country. they perform missions at sea on land and in the air. by the way, we are now watching a marine courts training exercise to free a sheep, hijacked by pirates. one of the important steps in the exercise is to assimilate the exercise on a map before a ship enters the open ocean. despite language differences, it's easy for the military to find ways to exchange ideas and experiences. there was also a signing ceremony of the final protocols of the maritime exercise plan at preacher's bayport, that my, this is ladonna, is a go by the communication despite the language barrier was quite easy because both the self african and chinese sites are great professionals who understand everything without any necessary woods, the basic knowledge of the english was enough to explain the details of the maneuvers and which position every shape should be in a different boyd's in time. the chinese delegation presented the participants of the naval exercises with books written by the re now chinese philosopher confucius, which spoke of friendship and good neighborliness the day. by saving this, i 8,

it shows that to us and in our friendship between the 3 countries, the russian representatives are playing the role of the commander in the exercise. and they've announced plans to hold a 3rd set of trills with the participation of the brazilian navy. ah, you as president joe biden lied about north stream blast? that's according to pulitzer prize winning journalist seymour hersh speaking exclusive later journalist option returns the ongoing under ground. this comes as us house minority leader. how came jeffries was grilled by journalists, jose vega about the nord stream sabotage allegations seeking to gloss over a direct question on u. s. involvement in the sabotage though lawmaker was accused of putting american lives at risk. i want you to say something about the bombing, we're going to continue to stay with the ukranian. do not, you know, more again,

when we need talk about a battle be in tomorrow. will not american journalists and activists. jose vega says the u. s. establishment, along with the mass media and military industrial complex are the only actors benefiting from the north stream pipeline sabotage. the united states had to do a desperate attempt to make sure that germany would continue to support the ukrainians and continued to walk hand in hand with the united states. i mean, you have to ask who benefits in the united states? the russians are going to blow up their own gas pipeline, right? the media is just as complicit in this as the military industrial complex is complicit in this. they are working hand in hand. and i think, you know, you can see that the germans have really no choice. their hands are tied behind

their back, right. they have to rely on the us now. and this was only a grand geo political strategy to ensure that. and also as a reminder that we have color on the country of germany and it was the united states trying to make a state and saying, we can do whatever we want. and we will make sure this war continues to go on by any means necessary. pulitzer prize winning journalist seymour hersh broke the north stream sabotage story. and his report published on february 8th, the peace alleges the pipelines remind by u. s. navy divers. the journalist said washington use nato military drills as cover for the operation where this distance from norway. according to the report, joe biden made the decision after 9 months of consultations with his security advisors, the claims have been denied by both washington. i'm the e. u with officials this miss the hurst, his findings as speculation,

and even fiction for more revelations, from a man who previously exposed us war crimes and vietnam and iraq will have the full interview with seymour hersh on going underground right here on our tea this saturday. the a palestinian man died after being shot in the head by the i d. f. during classes in the west bank on friday. police use tear gas and fired a protesters. ah, at least for palestinians were also injured as thousands marched in the west bank garza and east jerusalem clashes broke out with his really forces after friday prayers with the idea of saying the violence erupt. it after protesters started throwing stones at police. meanwhile,

people in palestine called for peace and action against the atrocities they say, have been committed against locals, medical b, l. now what israel is doing now can only be described as a fascist occupation, which is some acceptable by all standards. every one must realize that israel will be deterred only by the resistance on the ground and the position of sanctioned sonnet, or the yo voile to j. all palestinians have gathered at the seat of this occupation . enough is enough and to say to the ether in the settlers and had brought with you must leave. and that what is happening in nobliss is a heinous crime. all our people have to take to the streets to confirm the shock capacious. the latest protest come in response to israel's escalation of violence against palestinians highlighted by a massacre and nobliss last wednesday, which left 11 palestinians dead and nearly 110 others. injured. tel aviv said the

deadly raid was carried out in order to arrest 3 fighters, allegedly involved in earlier violence against israelis. according to statistics released by the palestinian health ministry, a total of $65.00 palestinians, including 13 children, have already been killed since the start of 2023. the ministry has described this as the bloodiest ever start of the year for the people of palestine in decades are t spoke to palestinian journalists. mohammed now g, who says the world silence gives israel the green light to continue displacement and violence against palestinians. that is in a book with very slight when get ready, government let us motrin via auto becoming fully charge of the human issues. i fear they are in charge of doesn't live on so those banker of the grabbing their lives, doing their homes in the area see a business or there's a gale's on

a lot of wolfstein is done on him. so the situation or heating for more escalation on the violence, especially when it's mark arrival affordable gone month. switzer efficient would be increased more as we witness in the boss to you. there is no here, condemnation. a partial is what it government circle is told. it's sitting on targeting of the seniors russia special military operation is the theme for our documentary channels. very 1st film festival, which has just kicked off here in moscow. it features the work of independent filmmakers as well as films from russia's main tv channels, and r t documentary, r t's marina casara, takes a closer look. this is where the 3 day event is taking place moscow's digital business hub. and up there, we can see the theme for ortiz very 1st documentary film festival. this special military operation at time for heroes all about the people who have been affected

by the conflict in ukraine, one way or another. well, let's go inside and have a look at what's on ultra ah, when sci fi films are being showcase and they are split into 5 categories. so we have the stories, for example, of medics and volunteers, poets and musicians. everyday people living in the don boss, more correspondence and of course the fighters themselves, some of whom actually shut up here. yes, play store, but give me an update or i can grow and i think in support and such events take place. so to collect at west isn't able to rewrite history as a trying to do now. so the history books wouldn't lie and use covers by reporters.

like for lot of and other reports in the conflict zone will remain in history forever. ah, ah. well, you miss your marks of deeper. so during the filming, we took the decision to make a film about our boys from the master battalion grew up in this war, who've seen nothing in their lives. that war when it started in 2014, they were just teens. hundreds of people have already showed up to watch these films, and most of the visitors said how important it is to show everyone what's really going on on the ground, but also the throttle on the touch to the bottom of our soul. smooth crying for all the whole film. those emotions are just inexpressible. yet we came to this festival from you returned doug. it's not a coincidence. we were determined to visit this event. we are glad to be here and

we're thankful to the festival hosts and 1st and foremost, all his soldiers and wariness. after what's your casual bos? i liked the films very much for showing the truth and telling the stories of the people there and cheering every one up so diluted a sentiment that was echoed by famous russian pranksters, lexus and vaughan, who teased a new prank call with europe's political earlier approval. sooner but it was in your story too soon. we will release the sequel to our prank call and the whole story about the events of 20142015 in minsk agreements. there will be something interesting for short. on we opened pandora's box when we called gutter brush anchor. one of the signatories of the means could agreements who said that he needed them only to rearm the korean military. now we're trying to get a common from all the signatories of those agreements that william ah

you can watch all of the films from the festival on our t, v dot r t dot com, or on one of the many social media platforms of our t documentary now back to the top story to discuss the elections in nigeria, we cross live to our r t correspond corolla who is now in la, those are corolla ho, it's an important day for nigeria with the results being closely watched in africa . and beyond. can you tell us more about what you're seeing thus far? was your ally, it's a, it's quite a relaxed mood year in the streets of lagos. as you can see, those are some party agents behind us right now because voting has not commenced yet. it will be starting in about 40 minutes or so, and it's expected to be a closely washed one in a closely contest that one from what we gather here on the ground. now,

among the 8 the la major candidates here facing the party is of course, what we have in there in our mr. mr. to knew who, who is expected to really vive for the, for the general vote as such, but particularly he will be focusing on the muslim body is of course, representing the all progressive party. and he will be really gunning for some of the support that you will find. mistakes such as lagos, as you know, is one of the most uno populated states that you will find in nigeria and getting the votes of a state like legos is very important to anybody's campaign. but of course he will be up against her. mister at yahoo abaca he was a former ah, vice president and our only one of us agile. and he is a man who is known around government circles and a man who is also going to cut mr to new vote was he will also be appealing to the

larger muslim contingents in the in nigeria. but what, what we have a, as a 3rd force, i guess in this regard is the interesting story of a man who was barely, ah, in the, in the headlines some, some 6 months ago. but now he's very much a man at the. busy front of most tongues, particularly the youth mazda p, t o b, who is representing the labor party in this regard, will be representing the south, as, as it were, as they are men who emanates from that. but he seems to have wider appeal. and like i said, this is, this will be probably nigeria is most closely test that election yet. and the results of which will be something for, for other much conversation in the near future. our teeth corolla talked love bringing us info on nigerian elections coming right up. and that's a rap on the top stories. this our for more up to the minute updates had over to r t dot com. and be sure to follow us on odyssey rumble and gab for more content.

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the jing empire was forced to hand hong kong over to england and open its ports for trading the lethal good. in 1856, france and the united states joined in the robbery of china. the anglo french troops defeated the chinese occupied beijing, and committed an unprecedented robbery. destroyed and blundered, the wealth of the un mean you and palace the defeat of the jing dynasty and the do opium wars lead to the transformation of the celestial empire into a semi colony of european states and started its age of humiliation and the sale of opium took on colossal proportions and led to the horrible deaths of millions of ordinary chinese. ah, some nations may be able to turn a blind eye to atrocities in other countries. united states of america is different . wearable people long to be free. they will find

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