ah, ah ah, valid box theft and voter intimidation, meyer the presidential and parliamentary elections in africa is largest nation nigeria, crated and they were planning to hold these positions for a long, long time. at 12 this particular sector, it fell in less than a week. party reports from the dumbass front lines of the russian forces breakthrough ukrainian defenses and around the key city of blackmore, also known as after almost a cold on the west to stop what it calls abusing unilateral sanctions. while urging all sides interest to be considered with most western officials, dismissing beijing's piece proposal. also this our leave with i have to say

that russia is forced to suspend our involvement in the new start treating the moscow isn't fully abandoning the pipes, leaving the door open for cooperation. if the u. s. deescalate stamps on the russia . the comments came from body image thing, jenny's annual address to the countries parliament on tuesday, with sunday, and that means is the weekly here on our see international. my name is peter scott . and here's some of the top stories from the week just gone. thanks for joining us . but we start this out with the general elections in nigeria where vote counting is under way to choose the next leader on parliament of africa, most populous nation. and we're bringing you our special coverage of one of the continents most significant political events this year. ah,

what tensions are on the rise have been reports of ballots, box thefts, and allegations of votes intimidation. normally with in this footage, you can see the aftermath of a balance box theft. this and other similar video circulating on twitter undermine the credibility of the elections and have political parties scrambling to assign blame. my dear and election observer, manuel and jockey told art, see about the issues the transparency in the elections and evokes his hopes for

fare and transform poles were not unfortunately realized in some regions of the country. i dare where city shall so we are people, we are forced to work for a particular pulling unit. so you got some pulling in. you'd see, see the police clearly doesn't, doesn't really make another level put it to court talks, you know. and in some cases, in some areas you see some of this, but it's cool is colluding with the, with the, the sequel to personnel available in discipline is like the police. and thereby the assistant that if you want to what's in this club is a most votes for their political party and you can of what to for the political party, you be walked out of the police. this is very sad. we regret that just kind of still happens in our election in nigeria. sadly, the result what i'll shut down. no results came to is up with our till around 11. the and, and this is sad because of school sin of cycle elections like the one who had in a governorship collection in the sub units of nigeria. and it could just sit on the national stage at the end of the election by 10 pm on, on december of election,

close and 90 percent of the results are easily dropped on the election results. this is what nigerians and myself on my team this role where spectrum and unsuspecting was suddenly that has not happened. that's what i'll eventually opened late last night and ask to speak now off of our 176000 police to have and pulling, pulling its results were significant from nigeria that i have seen just about 20000 results. this is very, very sad for us and like i said, is there is a timeline and the coalition, the collision process, and the results handling is what brings the kind of integrity and could meet you on transparency. now we're spectrum and we're not seeing that right now. along with cases of voter intimidation in the city of lagos, violence has threatened the security of the elections. ah,

is because the hell known government is up to the elections in the shoddy district of lagos states. reportedly the attackers arrived on motor bikes on fire shots to intimidate voters. the standards also grab some of the sealed ballot boxes before setting them on fire. several suspects have been detained. in some cases, unrest does have an impact on the election outcome with independence. national electoral commission also puts elections on hold in 141 pulling stations in by elsa state bank to re open them on sunday. a boat thing was also temporarily suspended yesterday in the states of a number. the regions of albia emo and cabbie also faced closure. briefly. 3 districts in either states have seen elections postponed until the 11th of march, as a result of the absence of a logo on one of the political parties. the eastern region of bono also faced a terror attack report to league carried out by the bulk of her a militant group. as, according to the chairman of the country's independent national electoral commission. i want to report that the military has confirmed that it was an

$188.00 to $1.00 millimeter more to talk on to facilities including i feelings. titian, near ionic of is what happened in the state of war and o. n. wiley, where we had an attack of the militant and islam is the hardest group poco harem, which in india to fight people. and we are talking to women and 3 men as what it sounds like in discriminant shooting, took place in the state of war. no. and that is exactly what was guarded against, but it was really hope that barbara would really take a day off on the day of their election and leading up to it. they didn't really seem like those that will be perpetuated. and that happens because they thought that the, the chances as the ill very much that they could have

a candidate that they could get onward by following what really ended up as a, as a day of hope, at least for many nigerians as they looked forward to establishing who they really think should be the next president of nigeria that did not rub off their jihad is true. well, that ability remains at the top of the request here. having seen that some of the parties came out the crime, the reg better. that only the senate results are being announced and not necessarily the presidential elections. and that says to them that there is a possibly some sort of a way in which they could get robbed by the system as it were. but before i go any further, let's hear the views of ordinary nigerians about how they felt about yesterday. selections larger as are spoken and, and everyone has make his choice. ah,

counting is ongoing as we speak and we're waiting for the final results here. but surely we now will emerge and as always lose all the lights to the election as is as been peaceful so far. considering the beavers traditional of beaver, it was helpful. and then the deployment of the army with a load to help improve the belief, a peace in the environmental. we are enjoying a priest for electron right now. as an engineer, i use expert and the government to be transparent into our dealings wendy, implement policy, it to actually reduce the migration of people from nigeria toward our country on new warranties or not. but so if we have the rep policy here, they will be reluctant to move me from the country and that is among the many feelings that we are finding on the ground. more people are anxious to know who is leading as they are president sell account more than they are to know who is

leading the senate counts. and that is where the focus has been lately. we wait today to find out more from the independent electoral commission on van dyke area to find out the way forward. and if counting really can begin in earnest or more than 90000000 people are reported to have registered to votes across the country in almost hundreds and 7000 polling stations. now this election cycle has seen some stiff competition among the candidates. lately people are running for the presidency with over 1000 vying for 109 seats in the senate, another 3001st 360 seats in the house of representatives. you can watch our coverage of the nigerian elections. how nazi throughout the day. and will keep you updated as always, mobile licensed with

the, the news a bomb blast in the pakistani region, a fellowship austin has reportedly killed 4 people leaving at least a dozen more injured. his more from a local reporter. at least 4 people have been killed and 14 others were injured, including to my knell girls in the attic, the india have bought con city in baluchistan in east or bro, sam. or where to mid, mid or groups off. terrorists are active. one is the taliban, and 2nd is the blow. it's nationalists, mover it, be i, li, rowse, liberation army. the pulley says that the bus are fixed in the i 80 in, on the, on the motor bike, and suddenly exploded in the men market. nearby had a hair dresser shop in eddie same statement issued by the pike size military headquarters if i will believe they said that in numerous military operations in the last 3 months, they have killed for van 142 terrorist and they have outsourced at 1007 other territories. and not the dom bus from lines where this week's russian troops

led by the varner group have advanced in it a strategically important city of our char mosque, also known as bach mertz. on saturday, wagner fights is took over the village of yaga and i had this after 2 other villages came under russian control. his latest development for the complicated situation for ukrainian forces in the city and makes me spine troops much more difficult. there are some of the latest joan images from our cha mosque in a bid to deter the advancement of russian troops, ukrainian forces detonate to the local dum, studying neighboring houses, those who have been forced to take shelter in basements, and are forced to flee again. our correspondence, eager to jana, visited, one of the areas recently taken by russia's wagner group and a wanting some of the footage initial port is disturbing. ah,

less than 12 hours ago, the entire territory of this cargo railway station was under the ukrainian control . well, now it's wagner's domain from north fenwick north. there was fighting here in the night military formations worn residential areas, machine guns and grenade launchers were firing here since they had a great position for shooting our boat. but our guys took this railway area by storm and we will assume the enemy lost about 40 soldiers, sort of a 100 of the others just ran away. and this ambulance on black military plates, which means it was officially on ukraine's army. roaster was no aid or humanitarian vehicle. it was used by cave troops to deliver reinforcements and ammunition with a disguise. it's crew found their final rest right next to it. r o j.

americans go. these are us made weapons. they use this ambulances cover to deliver ammunition and food supplies. obama care, we are very low. you are asking liam. gov. i. so mercenaries from south africa here, and so i saw us instructors, germans polish ukrainians from the i dar and as of battalions as well as the ukranian paratrooper brigade. there was a strong group here. are you made up of all they've got? they didn't want to give up. our cham, oscar, the road we cut off was very important for them. they were using it to deliver ammunition and food. but now that rolled is no more toast, as well as those mercenaries. well now you have to brace yourself for some truly grew so images, the defensive lives here in this building are held by you k mercenaries. this is one of them, or what's left of one of them close quarter comeback is what wagner excelsior

fighter, who was among those who stormed this building. shares with me what kind of resistance they have to overwhelm youth. machine gunners held up defenses in every stage, hearing those or they were even shooting in corridors to the door. it didn't help them though. shouldn't our guys know what to do to finish the entered the building the right way and covered each other. look, ah, ah, the ukrainian command used this factory warehouse to shelter a tank ammunition grades are scattered all over the place. a roundly wagner fighters are telling me that the everything indicates that the ukrainians they were planning to hold these positions for a long, long time. but well, this particular sector, it fell in less than a week,

and wishes to these are improved, some tank tracks spoke there. they made a trench probably for tank ammunition. they planned to hold this position for a very long time and here and did a lot of preparation for that. they managed to keep it for only 5 days. just unconsciously. what happened to the tank? i will drop over there, about a kilometer and a half from here. it's tour. it was blown off here. russia has tightened the noose further on ukraine's garrison in back. moot. because all this is a prelude to the resounding crescendo of the fool of the city to the chew wagner. i'm again done of reporting from the dumbass, r t o. china's asked the world to prevent the conflicts in ukraine from escalating even further. saying that leaders must come to negotiating table the museum p source request was outlined in the countries 12 point proposal on the crisis, which included some condemnation, the west sanctions placed on countries across the world. china boldest unilateral

sanctions unauthorized by the un security council. relevant contrition, stop abusing unilateral sanctions and long i'm jurisdiction against other countries . so to do their share in the escalating, the ukraine crisis and gray conditions for developing countries to grow their economists and better to life's of their people. china believe that any kind of the unilateral sanctions that is unauthorized by the un security council should be opposed. and also in a statement, it says that the unit, actual sanctions and maximum pressure cannot solve the issue. and that can only create new problems. so how china handle the current issue is not posing sanctions and not providing weapons, but a calling for a, a political resolution with a statement has a several layers of logic. if you see the flow of the logic, it's quite agree clear. on the 1st of france,

it calls for all countries to respect the sovereignty of all the nations and abandoning the cold war mentality. and the 2nd layer is about the crisis itself. it calls for seating hostilities, resuming peace talks, resolving the humanitarian crisis, and protecting surveillance. and prisoners, and also it focused on the opposed a fact brought by the crisis, including keeping the nuclear power plant save, reducing strategic risk, facilitating grain exports and stopping unilateral sanctions keeping industrial supply chain stable and also promoting post conflict reconstruction. so it's a layer of promotion of, you know, we're based on the basic base on the grounds of talks meant also different layers of idea. given the current to situation, china has been always, are calling for peace. and china has been always saying that it wants to play a constructive role in this regard,

including it's the mentioning that the dialogue and negotiation are the only visible solution to the ukraine crisis. and the international community should stay committed to promoting talks for p. so not only the 2 sides, but also the entire international community should support the peaceful resolution or political resolution of the current situation. which on statements was dismissed by many in the west with joe biden, labeling beijing's attempt to mediate in the conflicts irrational. when natal chief ian's daughter beg, leaves a further arms, flies to curve is the only way to achieve peace. beijing has branded the miniature block as having a cold war mentality which is escalated the conflicts. china doesn't have much credibility because they have not been able to condemn the illegal invasion of ukraine. so meaning that if we want a peaceful, negotiate the solution aware ukraine pervades the sovereign in the plantation. then

we need to support ukraine military now. military support to day is the way to achieve a peaceful agreement to morrow that a t shirt should. what these major crisis shows that cold war mentality will lead to division and confrontation, although the cold war concluded over 3 decades ago, the 0 sum game and it's mentality still exists. more confrontational leads to conflicts and was nato is a product of the cold war. but it did not add with the cold war and has expanded an escalate of the situation and has become the major factor in the conflict. see that i shall take joseph gregory mahoney, professor of politics at east china. normal university says that nato is exploiting the conflict in ukraine. nato is opposed in part because nato is a military organization, one that's led above all by the united states. now the culture of the us military is always oriented towards fighting. there's an institutional aggressiveness that only understands one way forward. and this is doubly true here because nato is

exploiting this conflict. to expand and waste, previously unimagined was soaring budgets, prestige empower, but behind all of this is a u. s. g o strategic game. one that wants to reinforce it's a gemini over europe, not russia down, and then leverage those gains if realized against china. ante, china, hawks, and nato are nothing new. that said, the nato chief appears sympathetic. it seems to washington's ongoing efforts to expand nato to confront china, given his recent trips to asia. i don't think the e u in an absolute sense is opposed to peace. the rhetoric i'm seeing from e u and european national politicians, aside from a for a few including i think mac wrong, who i think is slowly coming back to a census is consistent with washington and western mainstream media narratives that have simply overwhelmed the discourse. now the news this week,

russia suspended its participation in the new start nuclear tree table. it's not withdrawing from the agreement altogether. that was about any pets in statements. and he's annual, addressed to russia's parliament on tuesday. but they would signal up us with, with the needle representatives, the u. s. is sending signals and putting out ultimatums to russia. they say you, russia must implicitly do as we have previously agreed to, including the new start treaty. while we the us or do whatever we want to, they say there is no connection between the new start treaty issues and the ukrainian conflict, or other hostile actions by the west towards russia. as if there is no loud statements that the u. s. aim is defeating russia strategically. so it's either utmost cynicism in her parker see or utmost stupidity. we can't call them idiots though. they're not stupid. they wanted to feed us strategically. and you also want to continue to inspect our new killer objects. in this regard, i have to say that russia is forced to suspend our involvement in the new start

treaty with a suspension of the 20 could be reversed according to russia's foreign ministry. moscow says a u. s. d escalation is done towards russia would create the conditions for the parts to be fully functional. russia also states is still intends to follow the timeline on a weapons reduction set out in the agreement. but the checks on stockpiles would not be allowed. you start is the last remaining nuclear limitation packed between moscow washington. the deal was signed in 2010 and is set to expire in 3 years. the treaty, curb strategic arsenals, capping nuclear assets of fixed quantities. it also includes on site inspections, to verify compliance or junk of our league. political analyst and seni, editor for issue inside the says the u. s. done to was russia, makes it clear why moscow decided to suspend his participation in the treaty. it's not a surprise that the government of the russian federation would suspend and it was important that he used the word suspend. he didn't use to use the word abrogate,

remove the ring, renounce it makes sense. here from, from his perspective, the russian federation is not just in war with ukraine. it's at war with nato at war, but particularly with united states and to have inspections new weaponry. well, whether or not that weaponry is going to be used in ukraine, in this case, nuclear weapons wouldn't be like that. just the, the intrusiveness of having your enemy and get on your territory, hoping around is unsettling. and so it, you know, it's not surprising when there is a cessation of the issue, a war in between russian, ukraine. at some point they'll be a return to a, to the inspection regimes. but you know, we don't know when you how long that's gonna take you to ship it. let's just, i was off to let him a person's address. the u. s. president's how to meeting with his polish count

spots in warsaw, but they discussed new arms to live is to ukraine. despite the policy joe bought and still blames russia for prolonging the conflict. president boon chose his war. every day the war continues. is his joyce over the past year, democrats or republicans in the united states congress have come together to stand for freedom that 2 americans are and that's what americans do. but his statement came during his visit to the polish capital on choose day where he stressed the importance of collective european security unclaimed that nato is quote, stronger than ever. it follows the american lead. a surprise to monday, where he holds on board with president lensky, while every science will have to bring it out across the country. despite that be no shelling, mass media, most of the incidents on even cold. it's hollywood junk. ah, on every so

often at city in 5 days it was phony. baloney, hollywood, a 100000. i was notified a. 7 is by to me, a short key of the us will stand with them using all means back home is country struggling with his own issues. the state of ohio saw a major blast of the metal plants that followed or chemical catastrophe. after trading, carrying toxic substances derailed in the states around 2 weeks ago, spilling his load and bursting into flames. button does upon to visit the affected areas. i deal with

a fall from every one back home was impressed with the trip. a number of republican politicians claimed bite in preferred camp over american president. stay in the us . this is incredibly insulting to day on our precedent stay, jell biden. the president of the united states chose ukraine over america while forcing the american people to pay for ukraine's government and war. if you want to understand why so many americans are frustrated right now. biden is in ukraine before ohio. no time to visit east palestine, ohio, but plenty of time for this. a geopolitical analyst marks the border believes the biden's visits you. paula and kia is little more than a stone to mislead the western audience about the real situation in ukraine. they were definitely trying to spin a dramatic propaganda narrative with president biden's

speech in warsaw. i mean he punched home freedom and democracy versus autocracy light versus darkness good versus evil. and all of this, of course is, is really an obscene misrepresentation of the situation. and you grand, i read in a p piece that described zalinski and bite in walking through the streets of kia with the air, raid sirens, as a taste of the terror that the people of kia have lived under a never mind. of course, the 9 year bloody war that the kid regime has waged on the people of don boss. this is a propaganda set piece. the target of which is the people of america and the west to create an atmosphere that bite in wanted to present

his trip to kiev on west indians have called for a boycott of a summits with israel shut you to take place in jordan later today, claiming they have little faith in any progress be made just days ago, israel conducted just at this rate in the west bank in a 20 years. a process have fled open cities across the west bank, holding on people to reject the summit. let me think comes in a bit to deescalate tensions between israel and palestine, including formalizing steps the 2 sides would take to resolve the stunned off lesson. your resistance groups have slung, the washington organized, gathering, saying it pays the way for further violence against local people. wednesday's deadly raid by israeli forces and the subsequent outcry from locals, so shattered trust in peace talks with jerusalem. palestinian officials have called for international condemnation of the strike that killed dozens of palestinians and left many more wounded. what israel says its army targeted millison suspects hiding out in an apartment where the conflicts between israel and palestine is one of the

world's most enjoying conflicts with at least a 170 palestinians killed by the forces last year. since the start of 202365 palestinians, including 13 children of already being killed, palestine health ministry has described this as the bloodiest starts of the year. ever now says journalists doubt who job says he doesn't cherish illusions over talks with israel. i'm very doubtful that it will be successful, but there is a lot of efforts by the americans to make sure that it's seed bin. there is a lot of pressure on the need to ship to attend this meeting, which jordan and egypt are also attending, as well. it's really gotta be for sure, it's not to be trustworthy. they need to be trustworthy, puling 3, a liar to the american to the sins and not even the people they really are against life. so i don't trust the israeli. they don't think anybody can trust the trade ad . there is no political process in the horizon unless it's ready. really mean what

they say stop assessment. the 2 state solution is based on a simian state to discover and. and if you're building settlement, you're actually not in favor of ballast and state that is solver review. ok, thank you very much for watching. that's all for now. i'll be back again in around 30 minutes within the run down of this week's help. so we do stay tuned for margaret programs coming up next or nazi. ah, i was standing in an alley smoking a joint one day and a man came up to me and pulled the joint from my mouth and he said, don't you know that that's what the capitalists and the jews one.