this is jesse fred said, a joe biden imposing these sanctions on russia. you has destroyed the american economy. so there's your boomerang self. ah poles close in nigeria, it's not because most populous nation on the largest economy, holds elections to choose the next president on law makers, thousands rally and berlin, calling for peace, talks for ukraine and condemning the government for army. if on the south africa host is chinese underbrush and counterparts as active naval jails get from the way in which is bay of the african coast with

this saturday evening here in the russian capital, mine is peter scott and his how the world is looking this weekend thanks for joining us. and we start off, they saw with the latest on the general elections in nigeria, where africa's most populous nation is choosing the country's next leda and parliament. the pulls up now officially closed on the counting of the votes is well underway. and here, and i see we're continuing with our special coverage of one of the constants, most significant political events this year with less cost live now to our correspondence in africa. terrible at subtler who's currently in the nigerian city of lagos, cargo, good evening. see, i'm sure it's been a very busy day for you over there. can you tell us what, what the atmosphere is like that? what's happening on the ground? do we know when will expect the 1st results come in?

well, voting is winding down, but emotions are hurting up here in the capital simba and at least logos and everywhere else. there is a feeling of dispute that will forever marred these elections. people feel disenfranchised, especially in some voting areas, where voting material didn't even make it. in some we're hearing reports that thugs have gone as far as to destroy voting material. notwithstanding the voting, the polling stations rather way with tolling started, li itself is in areas like this. as you can see behind me that emotions i keep ratcheting up, as people really want to know what's behind some of the major nations that they have seen from. i neg, that's the independent national electoral commission, as you know, as of, as i've said before, voting for instance, closes in an hour's time. but in areas such as the one behind me counting has

already begun because the number of people that are registered on the polling list have. busy already voted, so if you have, you have the right to actually continue to study rather counting the votes that you have. and here you're hearing a lot of skirmishes, a lot of back and forth. people are talking about what did they are interested party is, should be getting there is a lot of saudi to with labor. and there is a lot of youth disenfranchisement throughout the country. the youth almost leaving that there is a conspiracy theory, at least that the, the are being fought against by the establishment as it were. a lot of youth is really excited around one candidate than that is the candidacy of mr. p. towel b. and they're saying that this are, you know, these problems that we've had from the independent electoral boy. i really just

a way of, of causing a hurdle in, in p t r o b, destiny rather march, to what? to what's the, the presidential seed as it were, and that is something that we're hearing around. no one, not even the big news cast as not independent bodies are going as far as to say, who is leading this election because the information, as i say, is very scattered and no one really wants to pin. there were hold to the mosque was ordered to say who needed, and that information is only being relayed to by party agents. and i don't think that is really a source that you can trust because they have vested interest with regards to that dissemination of the fed. information, but we expect this to be going on for a while yet we still expect voting to commence in other areas. but here in lagos, particularly when one looks at the security password. now that's been deployed for

this election. well, over 400000 members of the security press and now that's, that's our me, that's police and other security agencies that are here to safeguard the selection are now on edge more than ever before. more than even in the morning. and as you know, we wouldn't necessarily see pictures like this with people scattered around because the nigeria, when voting commences, every thing, shut down everything. we're talking shops, we're talking schools, we're talking restaurants. we're talking anything that you can imagine barring, of course, hospital for emergency services, but everything literally shut down in order to encourage the electorate to go out there and cast their vote. but this one in particular, having seen the kinds of growth that we have seen, an exponential growth, especially in the registration of people between the ages of 18 and 40 that showed up by some 48 percent. and the youth are really expecting badge to be more than

just a number. the eggs making it sad as late into both and has the thing that they feel that at their strongest, that's where they were most sabotaged. now corroborate very quickly, i know you did touch on this before, but the opposite were many security concerns in the run up to the elections. there's a police station, there was a time just to name one of them, apart from the votes in issues that you've already outlined as everything in terms of security. been peaceful so far. the police can sigh and be there and thereabouts, but they really can't be every way as it were. i mean we, we had, we drove some 5 minutes from the last polling station that we had and we are in the middle of another one. we are, we are right there in the heart of things and we're seeing the police really, you know, giving us a view of a very,

very big country. regardless of the numbers that i have said before, over 400000 personnel being deployed with regards to security, it still remains. it still remains tenuous in terms of whether or not this election can actually be safe and secured. and as, as i've said before, that there's been a number of already incident nigeria, it's a very large country. there's been a number of sprague, incidents of thugs being able to get their hands on material of polling stations. really a tearing to some of the, the guidelines that have been encouraged with regards to where we get the voting to go. but as you, as you know, as you, as you can see right now behind me, there is a woman and it's really in the middle of, in the middle of things. and he is, he is fighting the system as it were. and, and, you know, everybody's fighting for their preferred candidate and saying, you know,

claiming one thing or another. but the situation here is that the, despite the deployment of the number of people here, of the number of security personnel, it really can be nigerian, nigerian police apparel as it were. and authorities can not really guarantee the safety of delivery for every official. and every polling station, but certainly are many, many polling stations there to keep safe. let's hope that tensions don't spill over . ortiz covenants out there reporting from my gerry. a thanks very much for bringing the latest on those elections. well 95000000 people are expected to have cast the votes. one of the almost $177000.00 polling stations across the country. now this year candidates have some rather stiff competition. it has to be said. 18 people are running for the presidency with over 1000 vying for 109 seats in the senate. and over 3004360 feet in the house of representatives. now we are

from nigeria, ends on the ground, how they expect the election results to pronounce it been stuck in having the same same set of governance. you know, over and over. we just want something new. we want. we want to have hope for beth and engine light came out. well, my expectation for the next governance government 1st is 1st typed into security and major i'd, i'd expect you go on doing the things, the bad news, bad news sports. i believe it's the right fit in the right direction. earlier we spoke with international and political experts. holly for dick was stationed in nigeria. he says, the election process is going according to plan. i might be able to people not even if anything like that in the

us edition themselves out the other side. that's why didn't i get it does not get that would be an africa. there were some security concerns. i believe a police station was at sites and other things have there been any security issues today and in any way overshadowed the vote is taking place. i get it done a very good job. and i, as of the usually called in international, i mean it's just not we're not given by as when the time did with them and it's likely to lead to the again, they give it a positive. i'm saying that it a little bit there be enough done. i'm the why don't you?

in my i teacher in thousands of germans have taken to the streets in berlin, advocating for peace in ukraine. our german correspondence, dominic records brings us more so a well above $10000.00 people here to basically show their support for the manifesto off piece, which was a started by is out of and connect their popular left being 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. 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 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 that is because the politicians are of our connect who's a very popular left politician also has followers on the right who agree with her takes, for example, on covert or on the war and ukraine and she did not 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, i'm in general, this was a very peaceful protest, very large protest with, as i said, well above 10000 people showing their support for this manifesto of peace between a russia and ukraine. ukraine is preparing to take crimea back from russia by force, using weapons supplied by the west, less, according to president vladimir zalinski,

his latest statement marano we already mentally to wear, prepare technically with weapons. reinforcements the formation of brigades, in particular, their soul brigades of different categories and nature. last but despite davinsky stated intentions of pentagon officials cast doubts on your credibility to retake the peninsula, the current republican joined russia in 2014. the majority of evidence posted in favor of the move of its results were criticized by the majority of un, safe as a chart and that led to the west imposing sanctions on moscow. the decision to join was greatly influenced by repressions towards this russian population. speaking population intentions began in the 1990. when officials proclaimed ukrainian language, the only official one in the nation reached tipping point. following the 2014 my done uprising, which brought a nationalist government into power executive vice president of the origin center,

l rasmussen says you statement is aimed at his eyes in the way. mister of the lensky 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 backers additional funding. additional weapon need to show me that. 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 if, let's assume that by some magical mystical way that your brain did take the land back over i. i concern about population because the

dia, his so called the occupation, it's 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 the mainland. russia is the crimean bridge which opened in 2018. now tobar 22. the bridge was bombed with moscow, saying that ukrainian special forces were responsible for the attack. give denied the allegations. but even if it's it has called incident a terrorist attack directed against critically important civilian infrastructure. moving no, no 9 seen athletes have been injured after multiple blasts rots. a marathon in western cameroon, were english speaking separatists have been fighting of mon forces. the explosions occurred in the town of where, where over $500.00 athletes were taking parts in the mounts come in base of hope. local journalists shares more details on the bombings this morning. that is going away from $552.00 from 14 different

countries, of course, because of that we a month and risk. we just didn't status it out today. i don't know why that we are running our way up to the mountain. caught in the print so we learned that the 19 at lit where including some people who were standing by the site. i'm currently we are in order for it now. but to go we are getting allocation that one isn't updated. you have no idea that this are redone, it didn't pick up by some separate use of the food extract from come out one by 13. and when you get structure on some more thing for an independent or effect with wendy plus,

it goes up to that window deflector. and that's the self i think monday. don't believe that is the governing council. this is the 1st time that's getting during the amount come out on this. so if you happen to be doing that, but when it comes to that it's up or down in history. yeah, we get to show that is really true. that was providing security to the, to the update. we have not hit anything or anything. would that be out of the satellite or injured from the, from the military. but when you look at how did, how did plus this money, the military was so friday, we're from this 100 meter it we're from day from day, from the you can imagine how these people, i really how will, how far the people are born in making sure that this would be awesome,

i will get back with you. jones. separate is helpful with declared what the court looked down is put down some kind of you. so you get people from from sending again. so that the issue of probably show to the international community that i'm not actually playing with this side of the for sure that the valley is going to or well yeah, that are happening in south africa. russia and china are turning out joint naval drills in indian ocean off the coast of south africa. vessels from the 3 navies have kicked off the face of the exercises that include foreign parties, tactical maneuvering, and counter therapy of the correspondence anatomy. shanker takes a closer look joint naval exercises between russia, south african china, continued the shores of the indian ocean. the drills involve warships, helicopters,

and platoons of marines, thought o moshe, 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 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, them ideas there and just let them go 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 unnecessary words, like 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 dave lay saying this i am. it's shows that we are 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 trails with a participation of the brazilian navy 1000000000 cars accused washington of increasing tensions on the korean peninsula. i think that some of its actions may be seen even as a step towards confrontation. this is the us how's, 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 and warning, it can be regarded as a declaration of war against the dpr. k gung has also accused the 3 allies over her seeing a nuclear war against north korea. adding that it would take unprecedented strong

action in response. the joint drills focused on the detection trucking, an interception of ballistic missiles, us and soft. we also launched for strategic cruise missiles, washington and soul have been intensified military drills for the past decade, leading to an explanation of pensions in the region. north korea has also conducted multiple tests, rocket launchers, over the years. laser analyst don mclean, gil told us that such drills are not bringing the to careers any closer to guy. the situation in the korean peninsula is absolutely vulnerable. and in fact, the case a here that we're looking into it for us to consider the chances of miscalculation with miscalculation things can escalate quite abruptly to the plans that the regional architecture becomes obstructed in the situation exacerbate tool. of course, what we're seeing now is something we haven't seen before, but of course um, 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 is 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 career calculations at a time when it seeks to really pressure the us and the west into hearings which demands, particularly with rolling to target and sanctions. and of course, accepting it. i think the fact that nuclear power and state but of course, because of the discrepancy in terms of interests and perceptions between and among the states, such drills would be perceived negatively by north korea. and this may result, in,

of course, further exacerbation of the security architecture of the station region. the russian orthodox church aims to help african countries deal with everyday challenges. that's the message from the head of versus orthodox church in africa. an exclusive interview wattsey done among the schools of good a me. recently, the patriarchal ex arcade of africa has turned one year and a month old. and you're right, it's been 6 months since our last interview. we do have results and good ones. as of today, the russian orthodox church is fully present in 19 out of 54 african countries. in 6 of them we have been officially registered and we are currently supporting 3 orphan asylums and one monastic community. on the african territories. 11th students from different african countries have come to the st. petersburg theological academy to study russian for a year. then with god's help,

if they show good results, they will stay for 4 more years to get comprehensive theological education. rush and missionary groups continually replace one another on the african continent and we're constantly working on the categorization of pseudo orthodox groups present in africa. and you know, there are many of those existing outside the orthodox, canonical fields. and our goal is to embrace, if not all 1300000000 of the african population, than as many people as possible to enlighten them with the teachings of the gospel . recently i have taken, monastic vows over the 1st notice from africa. she was named in honor of the holy bless said mother may trauma of moscow. now she is in kenya. she will arrive here again soon to get further monastic experience. that is to say, we are developing. now we are considering the construction of churches, hospitals, and preschool educational institutions. in some countries,

we are participating in different social programs. fundraising allows us, albeit to a limited extent, to provide sewing materials for the poorest people. i wish the global community represented by the u. n. and other international platforms would listen to our please. and to the russian president, we have a 150000 tons of fertilizers, boxed in different european ports. and the president said, we are ready to give them to the poorest african nations. but nothing has budged since then, and i wish to see people being more active because what we call a grain deal in my opinion has if not totally than mostly failed. i wish they would listen to us. because there are people in need in africa. some families live on several dollars per day, and that is sad to see if russia can help then why block these good willed initiatives vicki was when your, when little indeed we have recently just seen off the ethiopian church delegation

that has worked fruitfully with us here and i am a chairman of the commission on the dialogue between the russian orthodox church in the ethiopian church during the visit we worked very hard and that resulted in signing the memorandum that includes an ambitious road map. it's every clause shows important milestones in the relations between the 2 churches. jewish, the ethiopian church has a wide reach of worshippers on the territory of the african content, as well as with diaspora outside of italy. the memorandum covers very important topics and touches upon the inter church dialogue. we share the same values with the ethiopians, traditional and conservative launch. so 1st it is the protection of family values. the ban on algae b. t propaganda, that has been recently adopted at the legislative level in our country as well as the rejection of any genders except for the to created by god, man and woman. it is the bioethics issue, as well as student exchanges. it is the possibility of pilgrimage tours for our

people to the shrines of ethiopian church and vice versa. we visited a lot of russian orthodox shrines and our ethiopian colleagues were impressed. we held a meeting with the students and the magistrate staff of the holy trinity lava of st sergius. and believe me, we have a deep historical connection that we can bring to life. it will take time, but working actively. i think our results will contribute to the boosting of inter church and inter governmental relations developing today. target. so news, good. browse all search. traditionally, the russian orthodox church has always had good even friendly relations with some african churches. we do not see any antagonism towards us. we are engaged in a dialogue with different christian confessions and denominations. as of today, i consider our main goal at africa to be the maximum of unity while addressing the existing challenges the other day. but the head of the anglican church of uganda

sharply replied to canterbury that they would not comply with the l g. b t friendly laws adopted by the anglican church because they go against the historical teachings. people in africa, conservative roles, they mostly adhere to the old testament. they understand that gods not create a variety of genders. and we, the people of this world have no powers to introduce such genders. it is all gilles pier satanism. we have only 2 genders created by god, and in this context, humanity can and will evolve. we pray for those who do not agree. we ask god to reason with them. but if churches are making such claims, then it's time to sound the alarm. that is why africans will never support the policy, and orthodoxies will follow them in the catholic church as well. not everyone agrees, even if people are scared and listened to mentors. they still feel it's not okay because one cannot be lied to like this. we hope that people will accept this true

. they each risky. val, with us all from me. pizza. scott was ortiz, and nikki. aaron will be here and around 30 minutes time was bringing all the latest as well as any updates from those presidential elections in nigeria. thanks for watching has been great to have been with us. i think russia in the 21st century has taken several opportunities to try to see if they would be interested in the west to create new boundaries to create a new relationship. and as you mentioned, time and time and time again, it would get flatly rejected because we have sort of pushed russia into this corner, ideologically attitude, way to say you're the adversary. you're the, we may not be in a formal bipolar ideological cold war anymore. but we're not going to allow a new relationship to develop with

ah, everybody, i'm rick sanchez. you know, after covering news all over the world founding a $1000000000.00 company, i'm here to tell you, well, as much as i possibly can tell it like it is. so welcome to what we call direct impact. it seems these days to me anyway, like there's every day another group of countries who are forging a coalition.