western economist ah, with the 2 main opposition parties in nigeria call to notify that presidential elections saving the preliminary results for a shot. i'm not, the voting process has been manipulated to coming off on the program, the u. s. secretary of state praises washington's humanitarian help to the people of yemen. this spite, it's ongoing arm supplies to the saudi lathe coalition. that's bombing the war stricken country. we hear from a red cross representative about the situation. today. the ality in yemen is that

3030000000 people are struggling not only with an ongoing conflict with no clear resolution in view, but also crumbling, lighting infrastructure limited access to all the basic needs. a large protests that wrapped in moldova, with thousands taking to the streets to the resignation of both the countries, the presidents and the pro e. u government formed earlier this love with across the globe. i run the clock. this is our team from the team on myself. you know, need to hello and welcome to the news. are the 2 main opposition? parties in nigeria are demanding the results of some these general election be declared nolan boyd, they allege voter fraud in africa is most populated. nation branding the whole

process that didn't hold back a sham our tea corresponding corolla talented, takes up the story from their both political parties. that is labor, as well as the pdp, the peoples democratic party have both now simultaneously and in one joined press conference called for the cancellation of this election. this follows cause that have been made by both parties individually. since yesterday we saw the watching out of the boucher coalition center by boat political parties, labor as well as the peoples democratic party, claiming that they cannot, they cannot see the furnace or the freeness of this elections, particularly the fed transparency. now they have been protest that we have seen and heard of from, from where we are a lego city in. we're ready parts of the city as well as in acadia,

which is the more affluent part of the city. and that is where we went to, to look at the and some of the election materials that have been said to be destroyed, which was next to the apple of the state, which is the king of the state in that, if that part of the world and that's where you really get to see how the other half lives as it were. but we, we understand that not only have have the election material being destroyed. but we understand that now that both will to call parties are calling for the cancellation of the entire thing. and largely that is seen as more than just the gripe by some of the locals that you're finding here on the streets of lagos. they say that that they are worried that the margins of victory given if it be a pdp or i labor party victory, that those margins continue to be narrow, while the margins of victory for the incumbency of the apc continues to be wired.

and why then that suggested them that there is some manipulation when it comes to how these results have been said out. now that is only some of the issues. yes, the other issue of cause is that which comes from the american government as it were . we've seen members of the national democratic institute as well as the international republican, is the truth, that both of the american political parties which have come to be represented here in the nigerian elections, alongside the politicians from either the house of representatives or the senate. but the interesting padia is that we are seeing this invisible hand of the american government here and its interest in africa most populous election. and one only wonders to which extend the american influence can really expand and get

involved in this elections. we are left with more questions than answers as to why the country that often accuses others of meddling in the political process of other countries. why it's finding itself more and more in trace within the african democratic process as well as is peace negotiations. here on the continent that we have seen in what happened in the if the o p and piece process and just how much the american hand was involved in that. now we are left wondering, but the unity, when you watch nigerian television, you wonder as to the high level of american commentary that is often afforded space . you wonder on which level just are they afforded this phase and just how much they want to influence the machinations of what's going on here on the ground. yeah, on us not say vote current comes to a conclusion. we'll continue to get

a reaction on the ground in nigeria, right throughout the day, both pro and against the election results. as they stand up, they moved, rti will make sure you don't miss any of the big developments from one is turning out. you can hear they're into a fruchey's ending to the vote. honor online. we've got you covered the what keeping attention on africa? law enforcement agencies in the central african republic have revealed details of their investigation into the attack on the head of the russian house cultural center. dmitri city was injured by an explosive device sent to him in a parcel late last year. c. c t. v footage has been made public that shows a person who allegedly sent a letter with the explosive to russian house. he's reported to have provided for

spanish documents under the name of alex sabean to commit the deed. a search for the suspect is under way. mister city suffered serious injury since the december attack and was evacuated to russia for treatment. the parcel contained a threatening letter calling on russians to leave africa just to make clear russian horse in the c. r is un office for a strengthening cooperation between moscow and the nation. earlier, my colleague morris her mummy, spoke to dmitri city, who shared his experience of being attacked. before i got notice that they have a parcel of a to man detailed post office in monday with the use of the flat drive for me. so the next morning i sent my employee to recover it. she brought it to me. when i was alone and got it, i and boxed it, there was indeed a flash drive. so i took it into my hand and i have a wireless plugin into the is the, have i, i noticed that it was heavier than a,

then it should be. then suddenly message came, i told like this, and so a flash of light. then i looked at my hands. and the years before i started to ben saw a bunch of bonds and meet russia. you with the previous the to, to negotiate piece. i'm bring stability to the region. you feel that you will probably a closely nothing to do with rush to miles. but any idea is who this guy the key. he reappeared with the appeal some time ago, like in the summer. and he suddenly insisted to give me information that links to this, saying to you over the number of errors fedex included in the plan question, need your trash and to encourage it, i never gotten actually. and then this attack happened. i started pursuing,

let us the investigation is conducted and it revealed the explosive. i was affected . it was made in a lab. not just something you can make up in a garish and the yield was comparable to the yield of 40 millimeter granite. like, wow. and if a fairly effect, and the answer is we stick, which near the left for this, the c i a allegedly probably heard you will get some information about something that they didn't want everybody to know about. and that's how they talk. yeah, i mean it's all right and then there is like an installation and we see i don't know if you have a footage. there is a fender of a letter. my, this is a white guy, right? male and his thirty's forty's. who says this package from taco, you think the worst is still? so we're trying to push this new colonialism practices in an african. it's really

hard for you to, to talk about. but do you see an evidence of that? i have a perception of the situation. there may be no more colon is de facto no more. derrick dominant governance, but there is the economic dominance still happens. the, the african nations are types of the arrogance of the rest of their, of them impose and rules of african countries. and they welcome competition. they welcome russia, they're welcome to china. they need this to, to allow them to. and they see nicole pot in russia, allegations of war crimes, the presence of neo nazis, and c i a involvement. those are some of the revelations exposed by a former american mercenary in ukraine, who recently defected to russia. john mcentire, next us soldiers signed up as a, find her in the ukrainian army at the start of the conflict shelf by what he saw.

he fled 1st like foster gathering information about what was occurring around him. here, says exclusive interview with our team broadcast, if for almost a year for my u. s. army soldier, john mcentire, was a foreign mercenary in ukraine. dana min envoys, sophia, ah, roney gave a gate earlier this month, he defected to russia. he bought everything with him. papers filed intelligence and maps. the thing is, he always meant to who 1st question is, why, why are you here? i mean, well the reason i came to you craner 1st place, you know, on a communist, i'm an anti fascist, and we have to fight fascism everywhere. you know, so on our came when i came to ukraine,

i knew that i would try to get as much information as i could about, you know, anything would be helpful and a defect across lives. the problem is, is when i was in a harcourt, i was going to summer cross and i found out the header, snipers, and position. so if anybody i and actually found out that the snipers referred to factor is not for actually our protection. they are actually anybody to try to defect. they would shoot them, you know, since march 2022, john served in ukraine's foreign legion and nationalist battalion carpets case hitch. he saw and documented the ukranian war machine in all its ugly glory from the inside. he became part of it. god bless you, great. god bless america. but you, russia, russia, russian, russia, can i step on this flow crazy? her father?

russian. time when own, you know, had to become more nationalistic, more not cystic, you know, do in the videos where you didn't and yeah, yeah, of course of course is part of it to maintain my cover because i got to become new . you know, to me, if i'm going to be with him, i got to become them. you know, and doing, you know, hitler salute stepping, rush and flags everything. what about clubs were to start, you know, my 2nd day and ukraine. we were in a level of and we were in like a school, but we were in like the basement. and what they did is i have a group of people rama, but they call them gypsy, you know, and i, what they did is they take the refugees and put them above us. and the soldiers below that way, if they bombed a school that's a look, they bombed a school full of refugees. and this is a common practice and done as car cove. we occupy civilian houses,

next house is that people are still living in that way. if they bomb and kill civilian, they bring in the news crew and they say, look at this house, they blew up and they killed the civilians. but what the camera doesn't show used in the left and to the right is a house is filled with military. you know, of course i haven't seen seen in person. thank god, but i know that a lot of captured russian soldiers, i'll take a cut, the genitalia with knives and everything and cut them, cut their stomachs open with their throats, cut their heads off and stuff like this, you know, really horrible, horrible stuff, you know, was the work of nationalist and she was just yeah, just extremist in different organizations as all no contracts with them. yeah. they were foreigners, they didn't even take part with any of these. god. yeah, i told you earlier, they had shot 3 people in the back of the head. they were foreigners from portugal refinancing. now only some argentine are they proud?

yeah, they're proud john. documented everything was in his food, his head and in the papers he bought along. when you, when you came over, you said you a spot that you handle, for example, like bases and stuff. lease. yeah, yeah, of course intelligence agencies, of course, everything from the command structure names, you know, weaponry, everything. and i was successful and no more than successful. john also testified about how deep u. s. involvement in this conflict ease. there has been a usaa participation on the war when i was in the international legion, there was a he was like a military intelligence officer from the navy. ah. and he was saying, yeah. and he had a, well, he was in the foreign legion and he had a satellite phone and a computer provided by the c i. and every day he would call his our contacts and he

would get more information about the positions troop movements and so on. and so forth and jim, his name. yeah, yeah. or is it? oh, might not. what was his name? is he on so sorry. i can't remember. first name, at least. oh, there's like marcus or something like that. like for example, they provide like grid coordinates. the wealth of information he has provided is already being used by the russian military and law enforcement who have leased some war crimes. and now even more names to them. or his years of work ahead. but we had one final question for john a year after all is a long com. if he, i mean they're going to watch this. they did, they're going to see this. yeah. busy people, the people you, you served with, what would you say to them? ah, all fair in love and war. you know, it is what it is, spiers exist,

you know, and i'm a spar and mission mission accomplished. also goes with her. yes, awesome. more at gas, dia archie from moscow. a tremendous difference. that's how the us state secretary has described both washington's on the wes impact on resolving the yemen crisis. anthony blinking praise the funding being sent to the conflict stricken country. the monitoring crisis in yemen remains an issue where our collective action has made and can continue to make a tremendous difference. in 2022, the united states provided nearly $1100000000.00 and mandatory assistance d. m and the largest us contribution to the countries, the conflict began. we encourage everyone, especially those in the region to join us in giving generously the international community best to all we can to help and this war because for millions of young

ladies, our support is a matter of life or death. but money isn't the only thing washington has been sending in connection with the yemen crisis. since the start of the conflict, almost a quarter of all us arms exports have gone to saudi arabia, which is leading a military operation against many opposition forces. the whitehall has reportedly blocked legislations, but would have stopped sales last year. a year many journalists told us those arm supplies only exacerbate the already tense conflict in the country. it's not fair to see the united states talking about the problems that human is, are facing. the united states is a problem itself. they have been selling the weapons, including massage to, in saudi arabia and its allies in the region to pump the many people. me personally in my neighborhood, has been bombed by a saudi arabia using american marseilles. you can't even compare with has been paid

to the many people during eighty's afford to what has been paid to the ukrainians during the conflict. we had only the crumbs of what the westerns are paying to help other countries. they have to do a lot of other things. they should the speed of the piece of process in order to improve the situation. and they want on country a human. but talking about eg, bringing more donors and collecting more money for the many people is not what the many people want to from the u. s. or any other country. even though the united states is a main participant in killing via many people on the spike, the u. s. praising it's a to yemen, humanitarian organizations are sounding the alarm over what they say is the under funding of charity programs in the country. the u. n. has fallen far short of its $4000000000.00 target for donations this year with humanitarian groups slamming the shortfall asked disgraceful. the international community to day showed it has

abandoned yemen and escrow shall cross roads with a mere quarter of the amount needed to support them. millions of yemenis here require urgent assistance. this is woefully inadequate and gives the signal that some humans a less valuable than others. the consequences of this disgraceful shuffle in 8 will undoubtedly be dire for the people of yemen. for a 2 years she has been suffering from a humanitarian crisis to to the ongoing conflict in the country were 21000000 people are in dire need of humanitarian aid. according to the red cross of them, more than 2000000 children are on the brink of death suffering from acute value. trish and almost 18000000. nice, extraordinary figures don't have access to safe drinking water. we spoke to the regional spokesperson for the international committee of the red cross essays. the situation in the country simply is dire. a few months ago, i visited yemen for the 1st time in my humanitarian career. and let me tell you

that the imagery of, of human suffering i've seen there will haunt me for ever. this was not thing like i've seen before. in my humanitarian career. i've seen families of 6 and more surviving daily on a too low. so breads are dipped in water and this was their diet that including other imagery that will, that the word should dirt should not ignore and look away from today. the reality in yemen is that 3030000000 people are struggling not only with an ongoing conflict with a nor clear resolution in view, but also crumbling vital infrastructure. limited access to all basic needs, including food, water, health, electricity, a very intense human economic situation. that is affecting the livelihood and every corner in yemen. 8 front for sure to address is not a situation that on need international. red cross is flagging. this is

a reality for all humanitarian actors, which makes the situation even extra dangerous. just to give you an example, 2021 pledge in a number for a yemen. 8 operation collectively reached only 50 percent to day 27 percent of it was reached. so it is a pattern that has been happening for the last few years and is impacting all humanitarian actors, pushing them to cut their programming to cut their activities. and the price is being paid by the millions of your money that really are relying today on these activities to be able to access the most basic of the, of the services. which means that more yamini swells leap hungry to night, or 2 and more children will not be able to go to school. more women will not be able to deliver in a, in, in hospitals us to access life season health care. this is the reality of 8 fonts

sure to get a former deputy prime minister of zimbabwe has lush stud at us politicians, for interjecting in the foreign and economic policies of neighboring south africa. we reject with the contempt that it deserves this shameful, despicable us interference and african foreign policy and commercial diplomacy formulation. ideally, we must unite as africans and then see global partners as a block of $1300000000.00 people with a collective gdp of $2.00 trillion dollars, not as fragmented african countries. while the comments came in response to the american congress, introducing a resolution condemning south africa's recent military exercises with china and russia, the proposed bill colds on the biden administration to demand south africa publicly opposed moscow's role in the ukrainian conflict. it also on say thorough review of

current relations with pretoria quote in light of the south african governments actions or regional analysts. jackie sion to believes washington is hypocritical in condemning south africa drills with russia and china when it has its own military bases all across the african continent. the united states says south africa as its own exclusive sphere influence saga nations has been going. retreated south africa. asha and china us may be feeling as a decline yampa. well, emma gets somehow it gets bigger and irrelevant isn't useless. feels that it must still in some ways to try and reclaim it. suppose at home on the politics. opposite africa, the united states does not have authority to disrupt the thing to set up with her.

so going state with its people with its territory. also like to reach off america to have walden suits africa, bo friendly exercising its a. so greg democratic guide when america has these so aggressive in setting up military base, of course the region of sub saharan africa and the entire continent can let's turn attention back to europe. we're demonstrators in moldova rod, enforced protesting against the countries pro e. u. government formed earlier this month. oh, thousands on the streets that monday the country's president maya. some do resign. that was rallying also brought cardboard effigies of the leader, which they ripped apart and sent them to evidently express their frustrations

earlier. local authorities had restricted access to the area to try and prevent more demonstrators from entering the city center. well, this funded shows the crowds marching and downtown kisha. now the anti government rally brought together residents from several, moldova in cities. and local journalists takes us through not what brought people right on to the streets for hours in winter. in the hood, singer, we are in the center of chest. now tempers are rising as protesters demanding the government pay their utility bills. a marching on the city's main official building, the protest which began this past autumn have been gained strength since gas and electricity costs have skyrocketed over the winter. residents are angered by government policies. they say have caused the economic problems. but it is something else to tell you about today. the head of the russian energy, john, gals, promise hell talks with top a really and officials to discuss bi lateral cooperation and mid western sanctions

imposed on both states. it comes as russia and around are moving forward and cementing strategic bi lateral ties with they to holding that top spots of the most sanction countries in the world. that meeting follows a $40000000000.00 energy deal inc, between gas prom until ron last year named that jointly developing runs oil and gas fields. are t country puter use of july lee can tell us more. the miller, the head of the russian energy, giant gas prom, is intact, ron, to visit iranian energy officials. the main objective of his visit is to discuss future cooperation in the energy sector with iran and also to discuss and finalize some of the previously talked. and some of the previously signed m o use between iran and russia to science are increasingly coming together in defiance of the western sanctions which have hampered and wants access to key technologies

needed to develop its oil and gas fields. as a result of the western sanctions. one has faced problems in accessing those major and vital technologies to push its oil and gas outputs. so now russia and gas prices in particular, can help iran like circumvent those sanctions and build up its oil and gas industries. one can also offer important opportunities to rush on to gas strong. iran can play the role of a quick short car for the russian gas to pass through iran and which ones, eastern and southern neighbors. 2 sides are trying to come together to cooperate in the energy sector, despite all of the pressures imposed by the west, against iran, and against russia. the 12 vall died discussion club conference

kicked off in moscow and choose they attended by representatives of some 18 countries. the headline this year, the focus of it, the new middle east, the security crisis in europe, among the people that we spoke to was the director general of the pakistani house cultural center and international think tank. and we spoke about russia's relations with asia. the indian countries also need did energy requirement, the trade and economy to improve. i mean did a did a constrains in the western market which west has done it, us have imposed sanction on many asian countries and disorders did on russia. so it is it like a natural partnership? i think it's not only for us, she wants to go and i think it's also about asia come to you in the middle east and get these to come forward and make it real partnership. and the real partnership partnership, of course, is about this, that

a she had to be initiative and asian countries are on board. and that is a national partnership. and it is going to be a very large economic activity that economic activity will be also be, will be required to be, have him a comprehensive medic, time security designed to avoid all clock kind of sabotage from a u. s. or other countries. so in order to do that, it is important that they have it, whether by letter trade agreements or economics and also used it by lecture crunches. i think it is just much natur. also a really interesting discussion next on the world's apart, focusing on what it's been like for countries located in 2 continents, such as russia and turkey and how they've been engaged in a delicate balancing act for centuries. caps done right through.