a slight banging noonish toto thought as you used to stop a senior. i used to miss dog with a general elections. i've started in nigeria, africa's most populous nation, add largest economy, will elected president, vice president, add members of parliament also had 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 flam. the west for attempting to monopolize security at the expense of other nations. as the un security council most over a path to peace for ukraine. and a palestinian man is killed and at least 4 others are injured by the idea in

multiple flashes across the west bank as tensions between israel and palestine escalate. these what israel is doing now can only be described as a fascist occupation, which is some acceptable by all standards. ah, good morning for martine or national studios in moscow. and welcome to the hour's top stories across the globe. i'm here allies about people are going to the polls in nigeria to elect the countries leader and parliament here in r t were bringing you special coverage of one of the continents. most significant elections, hey, to day africa, most populated country and biggest economy is to elect the president,

vice president and members of the senate and house the representatives. 18 candidates are running for the presidency with over 1000 candidates are also running for 109 seats in the senate and over 3000 others for 360 seats in the house of representatives. to discuss the elections in nigeria, we're going across live to our corresponding rabble. a top law who's in law goes. good morning carol, bow. this is an important day for nigeria. can you tell us a bit more of what you're seeing of fiorella. what we know is that voting indeed has commenced, at least in the northern parts of nigeria. here in the south where i am in lagos, there doesn't seem to be very much movement as nature elections can be rather peculiar, even though things are supposed to start at

a certain time. they cannot really commence until the officials from the n i. c. i here and they can confirm that everything is in order. so as i understand voltage stations can really start commencing on voting process at different times, even though they are all supposed to start at the same time. so i understand that some may even open as late as 2 p. m during the day. and that's why you're seeing the rather lethargic movement of the people behind me. there isn't that much hurry because people have no voting station to go to. but it's important that we touch on the candidates here what we have in, in mr. busy law to new is a former, as a former governor of the same state, he actually emanates from the state of, of law goes and is the man who is said to have brought about much innovation here in the state. having, you know, constructed bridges, schools,

roads. busy hospitals and such, and all of these things are attributed to mr. to new who comes of course, from the all progressive congress, which is the party of the incumbent president mama job hardy. and he has earned that a somewhat subdued endorsement vote from mr. bahati, even though some might say that mr blaring favors another candidate. we will see more about that of course, as a, as the days pan out. but another candidate in this, in this equation of course, is that of miss to albatross who is also familiar with the government circles. he was a former vice president to oregon or by sandra, who took over from the military. and as you know, nigeria went through a military rule that ended in 1999. and since then, a mr. eyebrow was

a vice president of the country and is a man who is seen as a, as in favor of privatization. and he has said so himself that he would be looking into privatizing, of course, during his time he was a man who spearheaded and drove the privatization of the detail, which it was nigeria, telecommunication company. and is with the man who is expected to meet that privatization search. even more having promised that he is looking into privatizing nigeria as oil sector, something which remains rather controversial in this country. and it does not go down without a fight. but the 2 of them both candidates missed abaca, as well as mr. to new, are both appealing to the way the muslim boats and the 2 of them kind of cancel each other out. fighting for precisely the same vote. so we see we expect them to cancel each of our particularly in the northern states that are populated mostly by

muslims. and mr. mr. buck, how will do well here ever in the state of lagos, but some say that he, of course, he is loved by those that benefited during his reign as governor. but both those candidates come against the blind horse in this race. the blind spot, of course, was mr. mr. p. t o b, a man who's expected to really, um, you know, urged the youth into voting all over again, because he is seen as a neutral candidate. he's not necessarily what you might call a political incumbent or somebody who is suddenly a police fill animals, but he is a business man who comes with the said bear ground and a man who seem as successful, having been the governor of i'm hotter state and having brought about much change and healing, most importantly curtailing the free reign of corruption that used to precede his

his his governorship in that state. mister o. b is seen very much as a man appeals to a wide, tao audience and a wider collection. the truth is, he is a, his chance is really resides with the youth. will they show up to vote for him? and if they do, we might have a brand new incumbent president who is that rather not a bereft or for issues of, of corruption and, and such that have rather held on to some of his get his co candidates, ortiz, corolla, toddler bringing us the latest on nigeria elections, thank you. carumba 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 and army

rapid response operation center has 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. our teeth pulled, david brings us more from the ground. more than 140000 national and international observers have been accredited by the countries electoral empire, ionic incumbents and outgoing precedents. mohammed will hurry and i'm at chapman, mahmoud. yakobelli have issued a stern warning that one observers a welcome to submit report to electro 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 some issue you out by definition or massage, do non interfere with the process or shall partisanship. in addition,

international observers must be guided by the fact that the election is conducted by an in the fit run with public nigeria who sold for energy must be respected. mixed reactions have trailed to governments want in against foreign interference in the countries election. as some analysts believe, business tools will be afraid they interference is also really t dick who writes cats in view of the, of the program depending on how they feel for beyond rights and dis cuts in review, which is to dam does left to them. they can't come until the night you referenced times the council can i see who do todd dickens removed. i became the judge who has been elected by the people of nigeria. the british. i'm the u. s. s. issue that play street. that's his medley. mindy. now, yes, of the country i about their own difference usaa yuki is that interested

in good elections credit relations on good gov enough in there for my territory. so do divide deal not me, is very free between interference and concerns for whom are rights concerns for credit relations. globalization and the interdependency of nations has met global economy and power plays more interested in the niger elections. the international community has therefore 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 pull to choose a new precedence on saturday. balloon day feed out. see apple jack, what's our coverage of the nigerian elections here on our t will keep you updated on all the latest

news? russia has accused the usaa fueling the ukrainian crisis, citing washington's interventions in other countries as evidence of nefarious activity. the comments came from the russian envoy to the un speaking of the security council as the conflict in ukraine entered the 2nd year to. so he says the coupon of the us and its nato allies have appropriated the right to interfere in any international issues. and the internal affairs of other states up and ukraine is a clear example of this. western leaders deceived as before, and they want to keep doing that by putting the right of nato to expand uncontrollably to an absolute level. okay. since the end of the cold war, the west 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 cooperate on an equal basis with mutual respect, russia had the opportunity as a permanent member, the security council to come forward and talk about the truth of the matter. and we heard russian ambassador named ben zia very thoroughly reviewed it in the selective nature of the u. s. approach when it comes to things like human rights and concerns about supposed aggression, etc. on a benzo pretty thoroughly des bonzai, the claims being repeated by us leaders and their allies. the security council meeting was essentially because of the anniversary of the de notification operation . now the various u. s. aligned countries including ukraine, were given a platform at the un security council to give speeches condemning russia,

accusing russia, atrocities, et cetera. however, china, also a permanent member of the security council took to the floor of the meeting. and when shina spoke, they echoed much of what russia said and in addition to that, as they called for to talk. so the word resolving the conflict to began without 3 conditions. here's what we heard from the chinese representative. you look, watch out that will come on when keith on some countries while stressing sovereignty and territorial integrity on the ukraine issue, are blatantly interfering in 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 country, so the security of a country should not be pursued at the expense of others strengthening or even expanding military blocks. lonely, undermined regional security. russia, ukraine, and european countries are neighbors that cannot physically move away from each other to realize lasting peace in europe,

the cold war mentality and block of confrontation must be abandoned. china recently put forward a scenario or a resolution of the conflict, trying to move toward the end to the conflict. however, that scenario before it by dazing, was roundly rejected by the united today, the very thing, united states that is continually insisting that it's russia, is preventing negotiations from taking place in the chamber. meanwhile, the us secretary of state has been ridiculed after saying big countries shouldn't bully others, russia 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 bowling another and they just feel it's wrong and want to do something about it. one country just can't attack its neighbor and try to seize his land by force can try to ration from them up. camp boyer, was it not to you asked that attacked iraq 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 u. s. invasion. according to one survey, a chinese foreign ministry spokesperson sat on friday. that 37000000 people were displaced. following a 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 or fighting terrorism. that's despite the fact most of these conflicts led to political chaos and high civilian casualties in the countries involved media and political analysts line all told us the current

conflict in ukraine is important for mos though, because of the risk of u. s. military involvement. right at russia store step 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 among 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 analogies and specifically, how history is it remembered 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 the active phase of the exercises that include firing practice, tactical maneuvering,

and counter terror operations are ti correspondent. i know crescendo. takes a closer look at how the exercises have unfolded. joined naval exercises between russia, south african china continued the shores of the indian ocean. the drills and above worships helicopters and platoons of marines thought, oh mussa. as anybody i do, i do not like 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 waste exchange ideas and experiences. there was also a signing ceremony of the final protocols of the maritime exercise plan at preacher's bayport. then my dear sir and his mother and his ago by the communication despite

the language barrier was quite easy because both the south african and chinese sites are great professionals who understand everything without any necessary words . 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 renown chinese philosopher confucius, which spoke of friendship and good neighborliness dave lay saving this i 8. it shows that to us, strengthened 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 hell the 3rd set of drills with the participation of the brazilian navy. ah, you as president joe biden lied about north stream bloss, that's according to pulitzer prize winning journalist seymour hersh speaking exclusive liter journalists option returns the ongoing under ground. this comes as

us house minority leader, hakeem jeff freeze, was grilled by journalist jose vega about the north stream sabotage allegations seeking to gloss over a direct question on u. s. involvement in the sabotage the law maker was accused of putting american lives at risk. i want you to say something about the bombing, we're going to continue to stand with the ukranian. do not. you know, more again, when we need talk about not adding battle be in tomorrow. well, not, not, not said american journalists, an activist 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 sabotaged 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 aren't 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 a 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. hers broke the nor treme sabotage story in his report,

published on february 8th, the peace alleges the pipelines were mine by u. s. navy divers. the journalists said, washington used nato military drills as cover for the operation with assistance 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 and the e. u with officials dismissing hearst his findings as speculation, and even fiction for more revelations, from the mad who previously exposed us war crimes in vietnam. and our rock will have the full interview with seymour hersh ongoing underground right here on our tea this saturday. ah, a palestinian man died after being shot in the head by the idea during clashes in the west bank on friday. police use tear gas and fired shots are protesters? ah

at least for palestinians were also injured. his thousands marched in the west bank, gaza and east jerusalem. clashes broke out with israeli forces after friday prayers . with the idea of saying the violence erupted 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. everyone must realize that israel will be deterred only by the resistance on the ground and the position of sanction sonnet. other we owe to j. all palestinians have gathered to seek 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 nablus is a hideous, cried all our people have to take to the streets to confirm the shock capacious. the latest protests come in response to israel's escalation of violence against palestinians highlighted by a massacre, a nobliss last wednesday, which left 11 policy is dead and nearly $110.00 others injured television said the deadly raid was carried out in order to arrest 3 fighters allegedly involved in earlier violence against israelis. according to system 6 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, archie spoke to palestinian journalists mohammed my jeep,

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 gaze lighted government glitter smokers on via are becoming fully charge of the human issues. i fear they are charged with doesn't live on. so those banker driving their lives, doing their homes in the area, see a business inside the gale's on a lot of wolfstein is done a little him, saw the situation or heating for more escalation on the violence, especially when smart a level affordable gone month. switzer efficient would be increased more as we witness in the last year. there's a loaner vehicle known issue, a partial is where the government circle is told it's sitting on target involved. a lot of seniors rushes, special military operation is the theme for our documentary channels. very 1st film festival, which has just kicked off here in moscow. it features

a work of independent filmmakers as well as films from russia's main tv channels. and r t documentary ortiz marina close to reba, 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 arts. he's very 1st documentary film festival, the 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 it. what's on offer? 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. firestorm. but gimme a brand new arkansas and i think in support and such events take place, sold 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 during the filming. we took the decision to make a film about our boys from that vast act battalion grew up in this war, who've seen nothing in their lives but 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 prosper, thrown along, the touch to the bottom of our soul. swim crying, thronged the whole sill. it's those emotions are just inexpressible led them to the pit. we came to this festival from you could turn bug is such a coincidence. we were determined to visit this event. we are glad to be here and laugh, thankful to the festival hosts. and 1st and foremost, all his soldiers and wariness. what's your herschel below us? i liked the films very much for showing the truth and telling the stories of the people there and cheering every one up to a sentiment that was echoed by famous russian pranksters lexus and va von, who sees a new prank call with europe's bullets of lilies. got approval sooner, but it was in historic ago 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 recalled 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 willing, ah, you can watch all of the films from the festival on r t d dot r t dot com, or on what are the many social media platforms of our tea documentary those are the top stories this hour and coming up on direct impact posts. rick sanchez speaks with a former austrian foreign minister to discuss saudi arabia's decision to increase trade with china and how the agent alliance is moving away from the us next on our team will see about soon

at this hour. american and coalition forces are in the early stages of military operations to disarm iraq, to free its people. and to defend the world from great who's we will bring to food and medicine in supplies and freedom with.