ah, with the polls close in nigeria as africa most populous nation and largest economy holds elections to choose its next president's vp on members of parliament. also this hour 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, slum the west fort, they call, attempting to monopolize security at the expense of other nations. as the un security council moles over a path to peace, the ukraine on south africa, houses, chinese and russian counterparts as active naval drills gets in the way in which is

bay of the african coast ot takes a closer 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. we are now watching a marine carts training exercise to free a ship, hijacked by pirates with moscow to the world. you're watching our t international. my name is peter scotts, and these the top stories at 6 pm this saturday evening. thanks for joining us. now we start with the latest updates on the general elections in nigeria, where africa's most populous nation is choosing the country's next leader on parliament on the poles of close to on the counting of votes is well underway. and here in r t were continuing with our special coverage of one of the constance most significant political events this year.

this year's elections also marked the 1st time of fingerprint readers and facial recognition software was used in the voting process. now both technologies have been widely implemented and were aimed at enhancing transparency, as well as avoiding any attempts at bullet fraud making nigeria, the 1st african nation to adopt such tools and intellectual system. ortiz, caribella toddler, has brought us more from nigeria biggest city. what we do know is that we have 3 candidates that are really vying for the top spot here, and they remain the most interested in. now, in, in this regard, we have less that to nubile who is the, who is from the incumbents. party the all up progressive congress does the party of miss double harry. he will be up against a man known as a to who abaca. mr. albuquerque was a former vice president to orlando by sango,

and this was after the military rule that ended in 1999. 0, these kennedy's of course, are up against the 3rd one. now this p t o b is that he is the dark horse in this race. he was a nobody in terms of the presidential elections at least some 6 months ago. but now all of a sudden, everybody's talking about the lever by the embrace, talking about d toby, particularly the youth. we've seen presidential campaigns and their candidates coming as well as to vote. we saw earlier the vote of mr. to nubile it was followed by mr. becker and lastly, the duck was in this race, mr. p. t r o b. now all those candidates a vote under as serious a serious god of military support. there is well over 400000 the security personnel that's been deployed to god are

against these elections to make sure they're free and fair. and to make sure that. busy there are no shenanigans. now, 95000000 people are expected to have cast their vote. so it's one of the over $176000.00 polling stations across the country. and this year candidates have some rather stiff competition. 18 candidates are running for the presidency with over 1000 running for the 109 seats in the senate, and another 3000 buying for the 360 seats in the house of representatives. quite a few numbers there for you. now jerry is around social security including closing his lunch boldest for the day of a $400000.00 police. unload enforcement officers are on duty and the api ami rapid response centers have also been established in each of the countries. 36 states how some are concerned about possible foreign interference in the elections. and the african correspondent lou david explains more than 140000 national and international observers have been accredited by the conscious electoral empire,

ionic income benson, outgoing precedents. mohammed apple hurry and i know chapman mahmoud yackel, have issued a stern warning that one observe is a welcome to submit report to an actual commissions to highlights the strengths and weaknesses of the process. the must not interfere with the processes themselves. are ways to remind observers that that is on cornel conduct for election of ish u r y, a definition of salvas 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 republic of nigeria, whose sovereignty must be respected, mixed reactions, happ trail to governments. one ins, i guess the foreign interference in the countries election. as some analysts

believe, business tools will be afraid of interference is also really t dick who writes cats in ah, we view of the of their program depending on how they feel for beyond rights in this cuts in review, which is so damn, does left to them they can't come until the nigeria for cancer. can i see who do talk to cancer movie? we had become the jets who has been elected by the people at nigeria. the british, i'm d u. s. a seizure that i play street, that's his medley. lindsey that now yes of the country i about their own difference is that they're interested in good elections credit relations, good governor india from our territory. so they divide the line is very thing between interference and concerns for whom are rights concerns for credit elections . globalization on the inside dependency of nations has made global economy and

power please more interested in the night, june election. the international community has been advised to adopt a positive role that reinforces the doctrine of respect for nigeria, internal affairs, which is void of preconceived notions. and but yes, plume date, the r c l, you can watch our coverage of the nigerian elections here on our scenes national throughout the day. and as always will keep you updated on all the latest news. and moving on. now, rushes accused. the us off fueling the crisis in ukraine, citing washington's interventions in other countries. the comments came from the russian envoy to the u. n. who was speaking of the security council as a conflicts and ukraine drugs on into the 2nd year to show up in the us and its 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 deceived as before, and they want to keep doing that by putting the right of needle talk spanned uncontrollably to an absolute level. well, 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 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, i knew them very thoroughly reviewed it, in the selective nature of the us approach when it comes to things like human

rights and concerns about the posed aggression and that are on the bends, the a pretty thoroughly the bomb, the claim 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 country ukraine were given a platform at the un security council to get the judges condemning, rush, accusing russia of atrocities, et cetera. 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 russia that and in addition to that, they called for august word resolving the conflict to begin without precondition. here's what we heard from the chinese representatives, or you want to quote you out there can, i wouldn't use 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 countries in 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 shina recently put forward a scenario or 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 it's russia that is preventing negotiations from taking place in this timber. or meanwhile, the u. s. secretary of states has been ridiculed after saying that big countries shouldn't bully others. russia's foreign ministry spokesman replied with

a sarcastic post reminding unsaid lincoln of his own nation's 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, it can 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 as 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 until 1400000 people died in the us invasion. according to one survey, the chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said on friday, the 37000000 people were displaced following us interventions and african, it's done. 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 530 csm. this,

despite the fact that most of these conflicts lead to political chaos and high civilian casualties in the countries involved with media and political unlist line old soldiers, the current concerts in ukraine is important for moscow because of the risk of us military involvement of bushes. doorstop 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 a 911. we know, no, we're not even sure about half ganawe's then 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 involved? we don't know. this is not about being an apologist or 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, ukraine is preparing to take crimea back by force. well, that's according to the nation's president, followed him is zalinski,

and he made the statement during a press conference. marino we already mentally, we're preparing technically with weapons reinforcements, the formation of brigades, in particular, their sole brigades of different categories and nature. last, as well as intentions were declared, despite the pentagon officials doubts on ukraine's ability to retake the peninsula express. early this month, the crimean republican joined russia. in 2014 of the majority, our residence voted for the move in a referendum over its results were criticized as a shovel by the majority of united states and led to the west imposing sanctions or moscow. the decision to join was greatly influenced by new expressions. awards is motion, part speaking, population. tensions begun back in the 990. when officials proclaimed that the ukrainian language was the only official one in the nation and reached a tipping point. following the 2014 my don uprising which brought the national government into power of economics and politics. jack rasmus says the landscape

statement is aimed at these allies in the midst of the lens is completely framing and i think it, it is a lot of it is per show. a lot of that is to a fees is less than backers additional funding. additional weapon, you know, i mean he's not really a leader. otherwise he wouldn't be allowing the future conference, the soldier, the young soldiers being killed, the sense of lee in the battlefield premier is too important, historically culturally. and the key to i think rush will defend those areas and defend the population. and i think they're justified doing that as well. i'm concerned that let's assume that by some magical mystical way that your brain did take those land back over i. i concern about population because

the, his so called the occupation is probably more than just military. i think you'd see the one thing going on. one of the symbols of unity between the peninsula and mainland russia is the crummy crimean bridge, which was opened in 2018. in october of 2022. the bridge was bond with moscow, claiming that ukrainian special forces responsible for the attack give, though, denied the allegations, but it may putin as cold the incident a terror attack, directed against critically important sibley and infrastructure. russian officials have said that ukraine doesn't have the capability to seize crimea, but he's simply using his voice for propaganda purposes. sticking with the war in ukraine, the thousands of germans have taken to the streets of berlin, advocating for peace in ukraine. of more details, all not ready. let's join live. now our correspondence in germany, dominic right cards in bell and dominic,

great. see you this evening. what do we know so far about this, this raley, this manifesto for peace. oh, so the protest has just concluded ram sending right now. maybe if you were here just an hour ago, it would be entirely crowded full of people. there were well above 10000 people here to basically show their support for the manifesto off piece, which was a started by his ira van connection to popular lifting politician. and alice swats i popular feminist and germany, they started this manifesto, it was signed by 600000 people. and then they also did invited everyone to come here today to also state their support for this. and basically the what this manifesto is asking for, it's asking for a massive piece initiative from the west, from germany, which also should be willing to make some compromises in order to achieve peace as

soon as possible for this a protest. there are a lot of reports from the mainstream media, especially here in germany, that would be supported as well by a far right groups than data because the politicians are hvac, initials are very popular, left and politician also has followers on the right who agree with her takes for example, on covert or on the war on ukraine, and she did not a distance herself too harshly from right wingers. so some of them did show up here and there were some conflicts between left and right wing groups. however, in general, this was a very peaceful protests, very large protests with, as i said, well above 10000 people, showing their support for this manifesto of peace between russia and ukraine. was certainly quite the protest that us our t dominique records report in for, but from berlin. don, thanks very much. yes. oh,

no. the news young young cars accused washington of increasing tensions on the korean peninsula, adding that some of its actions may be seen even as a steps wards compensation now says the u. s. has how joint military sizes with south korean and japanese forces the u. s. should bear in mind that if it persists in its hostile and provocative practices against the dpr k, despite the latter's repeated protest in warning, it can be regarded as a declaration of war against a dpr. k of young has also accused the fearless of rehearsing a nuclear war against north korea. adding that it would take unprecedented strong action. the joint drills focused on the detection, trucking and interception of ballistic missiles. u. s. and south korea also launched for strategic cruise missiles. washington, and so i've been intensifying miniature drills for the past decade, leading to an escalation of tensions in the region. north korea has also conducted multiple tests walk. it launches over the years. alaysia analyst don mclean,

gil told us that such drills are not bringing the to create any close it together. the situation in the korean peninsula is absolutely vulnerable. and in fact, the case a here that we're looking into is for us to consider the chances the miscalculation when less calculations they can escalate quite abruptly to the planes that the regional architecture becomes obstructed in the situation exacerbate. so of course, what we're seeing now is something we haven't seen before, but of course i'm looking into the structural shifts in the regional geo politics of asia. we can definitely see that there are more chances for miscalculation and miscommunication. here and in fact, south korea is in a bind no. on one hand, it seeks to have a more proactive practical negotiation with south korea with north korea. but on the other hand, because of the instability in the security dilemma. and it's forced to engage in other actions such as with japan or the united states. so everything is quite level

of the stage and transfer, miscommunication, and coordination. you know, they're pretty high. these particular drill also impact nor careers calculations at a time when it seeks to really pressure the us and the west into adhering to its demands, particularly with rolling to target and sanctions. and of course, accepting it as a defect and nuclear power and state. but of course, because of the discrepancy in terms of interests and perceptions between among the states, such drills would be perceived negatively by north korea. and this may result in a force, further exacerbation of the security architecture of the east asian region. and talking about drills, south africa, russia and china, occurring out joint naval drills in the indian ocean of the coast of south africa vessels from the 3 navies have kicked off the face of the exercises and they include fire, practicing tactical maneuvering,

uncounted sarah ops all the correspondence unearthed mishenko takes a closer look 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, thought almost 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, but 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, them i did there and just let on is ago about 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 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 renowned chinese philosopher confucius, which spoke of friendship and good neighborliness, gave way saying this, i am. it's shows that to us threatened, 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 held the 3rd set of trails with the participation of the brazilian navy over 20 anglican churches from across the world, including south saddam darcy and uganda no longer considered the church of england as a leader of the global anglican communion. now this follows that same sex marriage controversy which has divided church officials with ugandan archbishop of the anglican church accusing his english counterparts of announcing the bible or the

job. you go under, we go. no, it's accept to go to court. no, to bless what you close. seeing the church of england, on the other hand, has now departed from the bible. and a new message is the opposite to mister. bye, but they are now it's saying, go on the scene some more. even all fighting. to bless that scene. brethren dot is wrong, dot is wrong. that is wrong. that a this nancy and the can general senate to pass a notion to allow the blessing of l g. b t couples. with despite the fact the church still officially opposes same sex marriage, some parishes which rejects the motion, represent people from asia, latin america and africa. and they say the anglican sin are no longer takes that opinion into accounts. we spoke to some local people in uganda who say that the

church of england's policy contradicts that faith. i agree, a 110 bucks and we just shot your vendor. because even the bible does it allow home, charlie. so i agree with the judge. i disappointed because the judge is not good. i believe the good. the already be. no. korea shows what we meant to do and how we meant to leave the church of uganda. has told us a lot by philip separating from good. what's done culture because of their bud hubby. it's not goodly. it is wrong. and for them to break off, that's the right thing to do. you got the community church. pastor martin semper says africa's christian communities are being misrepresented by the west. we are keeping the gospel, the judge of you gun that they charge about african keeping the gospel,

but the europeans, or brought us geez, us abandon a bundle and it was full. so i know that they are using financial blackmail. i know that they are using media blackmail and they're trying to misrepresent us as being, i mean formed, creamy t back was. but there is nothing uninformed about knowing that in mind these and mine it woman, the woman and man mary's a woman. so i command the church, you gone to the parishes. another bishops were coming out and say no, we cannot tolerate this. the war in ukraine is the theme for our documentary channels. very 1st film festival is just kicked off here in moscow. i features the work of independent filmmakers as well as films from russia's main tv channels. and i'll see documentary ortiz, medical server has a close 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 all truth 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 ends, sessions, 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 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 philadelphia, and other reports in the conflict zone will remain in history forever. ah, ah, well, you miss your looks have deeper. so during the filming, we took the decision to make a film about our boys. from that vast act battalion grew up in this war. i have 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, but also the throttle on the touch to the bottom of our soul smell crying for all

the whole film, those emotions are just inexpressible. let the middle pick we came to dispatch to build from you concerned doug. it's not a coincidence. we were determined to visit this event. we're glad to be here and we're thankful to the festival hosts. and 1st and foremost, dollars, soldiers and where is that? what's your crash? openness. i liked the films very much for showing the truth and telling the stories of the people there and cheering every one. absolutely. a sentiment that was echoed by famous russian pranksters, alexis and von who teased a new prank call with europe's political elliott's approval center. with an historic ago soon, we will release a sequel to our prank call and the whole story about the events of 20142015 in minsk agreement. so there will be something interesting for short. one, we opened pandora's box when we called belt or put our shanker, one of the signatures 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 signal trace of those agreements, and that will include an aside from these films, there is also an exhibition, a seminar of round table discussions, q and a's with the directors and authors, as well as a pitch in contests where the winner will get to make a documentary. ah, you can watch all the films from the festival on r t d dot r t dot com, or one of the many social media platforms of archie documentary. what have you up to this weekend? i hope you having a good one. my name is peter scott. my be back again at the top of the hour with all this weekend stories. thanks for watching with .