[000:00:00;00] ah mm ah, the headlines right now, one r t international asked questions. all right about the integrity of nigeria is electoral system. the ruling party is candidate narrowly wins victory and the presidential election. russia is called different about sort of get left off, meets with his indian and turkish account above the head of the g. 20 foreign ministers conference ongoing right now in new delhi. and as a combat on the vast front lines intensifies odds, he listens to 1st time accounts of captured, ukrainian soldiers who have decided to switch sides and fight for russia. but he

never wanted to fight against russia. i have relatives and friends there. the situation is horrible. a desire for peace prompted me to join the battalion. i want to defend my land, my family with the right just after 2 pm local time here at moscow in a very warm welcome to you from all of us here at odyssey international headquarters, top stories. right now. we do start with the latest from nigeria as presidential election. now the ruling parties, candidate bowler to new. bu it's clinched a narrow victory over 2 opposition. hopefuls and africa's largest economy. however, questions have been raised about the result, hey, so the electoral commission has to come to new blue from the center left. all progressive congress pot hill a p c,

as the president elect with 36 percent of the votes. and that is just a 7 percentage points higher than the runner up. it is fueling claims. the election could have been rigged. mr. to new because a test at the election was credible, and he expressed gratitude to his supporters and his victory speech. ah advantage. you have, for me too, as well as the safety of a mr. ball argument to know who wins the most contest that by far the most a cru, monia of elections here in africa's largest democracy. in recent times, people here are really over the machinations of how far we have come with regards to some of the things that have been noise. d,

legitimizing this elections. and they're going as far as to say that they're hoping for a move post this acrimonious us elections and they're hoping for a better economy. they're hoping for more money in their pockets. they are hoping that they will move on. mr. winter. this election with a very, very fine and narrow margin of victory having one some 8700000 volts. rich have which will cost here. mind you, me. this was a country that had some 92000000 voters here that were registered, but only 24000000 votes were said to be valid. miss daniel, who was closely followed by optic who, alba, one just, i'm the 7000000 votes here and he was representing the peoples democratic

party. and they were followed by the labor party which only managed some thinks point $1000000.00 of votes here. but one thing is for certain as much as nigerian laws stipulate that a candidate must win 25 percent of $24.00 states, that's at least 2 thirds of the states. it also stimulates that the winning candidate must attain 25 percent of the f. c t, the fcc is the federal capital a territory and that is where most attainable has fallen a shot. we expect the opposition to go. busy to court, we expect the opposition to decry the fact that this was not a free and fe elections to say that voters were intimidated, that they did not see transparency. and also that the results from the fed polling

unit that was sent to me that were meant to be transmitted electronically. because of the new bio matrix system that was to ensure that we have a fe electron that they were not transmitted to the i next serve in a boucher and therefore the credibility of this particular set of results remains in question. russia's top diplomats ok left off as hell. the number of meetings with his counterparts in new delhi. it's solemn at a conference of the g. twenty's foreign ministers as like a lover officer, just finished up a meeting with turkey. i stopped diplomat coming just off the side line talks held with the indian foreign ministers ultimately hosting the conference party is india . correspond room to an chanitha has details. russian foreign minister law reach you deli late last night and his visit. he's extremely significant in the backdrop of growing up by law from tries between new delhi and ma school. now, of course,

so as far as freed between the 2 countries is concerned, or all the factors as well, we seeing that one all time high. but for the agenda for the foreign minister will meet this week, really is multilateralism food and energy security. also developing cooperation need for reforms for november, more the government to show leadership on. but of course, there are challenges that lie ahead for india to ensure the global followers they really keep their focus on long term issues. for example, climate change of force, food and, and no g. crisis that tell several countries are seeing right now. the continuing effects of the fan demik also, for example, rather than the transitory issue was all such as conflicts and global up and ship something the be so haflin last week during the finance ministers, me in, bang lou,

there was no consensus there. something that also remember happened in our g 20 summit in bali last november. now of course, so as far as this visit is concerned, it is extremely significant to fall from the g. 20 foreign ministers meet. they're also going to be bilateral, that of course we're going to keep a track all saw about as far as in the r g 20000. so you can send, it comes at a time off of global keels. global locks really, where the world paul, both all divided all the russia ukraine conflicts and therefore it becomes a little a tricky for india, but like the prime minister of the country said it wants to play the role of a problem solver. also, of course at india, all of them, there's going to be a time to play magic balancing act that will be required. of course, all today is going to be an informal day no later in the evening, but tomorrow is also

a follow fax schedule. and of course we're going to keep track all the stuff that's up there. the number is now here from greece, we understand at least 36 people have been killed and 85 others injured as 2 trains collided head on near the city of larissa and the central part of the country fire updating plumes of smoke pushing, bellowing over the overturn carriages? about $350.00 passengers are believed to have been on board when that train smashed into the fraser on the same track. it's unclear right now. what caused all of this local governor. i said that around $250.00 survivors have been evacuated so far. the rescue operation continues and one eye witness that the trains collided very high speed. little skydive people naturally were scared a lot of actually very scared. they were looking around searching, so they didn't know where they were. there were many large pieces of steel, wasn't the trains were completely destroyed, both the passenger train and the freight train. the passenger train was going about a 160 kilometers per hour. and it was

a clear head on collision. and so as the fighting intensifies along, the don bass front lines we thought exclusively from captured, ukrainian soldiers who have opted to switch sides and join a russian battalion on his roman quarter of has details. scores of ukrainian soldiers have become prisoners of war under different circumstances. some of them have deserted their rank sands as some of them or taken prisoner in combat. now, many of those prisoners of war are actually from here in don barza. most of them were mobilized into the ukrainian army at the start of the special military operation. now nearly a 100 of those who are from dun boss have decided to join the ranks of the newly formed volunteer battalion fighting on the russian sides of colds, bug done like bologna ski. but sally,

and now i've met with some of those soldiers who are preparing to answer combat to defend their motherland. and here are their stories. me, madison. we were in murray, utah when was surrendered to the russians. they talked to almost all of us about serving for the russian side, and i wanted to join the battalion because my house on the front line, i want to defend my land. i never wanted to fight against russia. i have relatives and friends there on the situation is horrible, not cold. i understand that we need to defend our land, that so that civilians can leave peacefully see me. the west saw this conflict with russia. ukrainians, and russians have always been brotherly people. ethan and then somebody said that russia was the enemy and the escalation begins with u as in victor. color such as g showed those who even before the operations started who i felt there would be a conflict with them. i decided to beg them that i would not participate in a shame. i decided my crane battalion and i was captured. after that,

i understood that i would be offered to serve for russia and at the mines. my relatives in the state, in the low ganske region, so they won nothing for me to do you crying, and it helps me that slobs are fine each other. i'm not bad at history, chris, who it foreshadowed this. and now this is happening pretty much all i want to crane to understand what the events of 2014 have result attained. what's it, what would you, as long, jo, a mueller, a desire for peace prompted me to join the battalion with him. i want to defend my land, my family, i want to serve for the future. when i served in the ukraine forces back then, there was no anti russia attitude. people were just making money. right. but a lot of propaganda and neo nazi sentiments have emerged lately. many people who got here didn't even understand what they would be fighting for feel, so they say that they were abandoned by ukraine, so some of them were taken to the front line without any preparation. now the

people that i spoke with said they have been forcefully mobilize into ukraine army . and as they'd sold me, they never wanted to fight against their own kind. i've asked them whether they have any hatred in their hearts wards the people there would be flights against and they said that they're all hoping for peace to finally come to done boss. and so that their families and friends, i can finally forget all the horrors of this conflict that lasted for nearly 9 years. rahman, cauthrin, archie, dun asked republic a former british foreign secretary has insisted that western nations need to send more weapons to ukraine to fight against russia. made those comments to well ado oh, of russian pranksters renown for listed in candid remarks from politicians as one of them posted ukraine's former president, petra potter shank. but now the judgment has to change. i think the 2 i wrote

this week to include longer range missiles, i mentioned a specific type of missile that could be supplied. and of course tanks should this apply to from germany and elsewhere. and i think some fighter aircraft as well, the bridge will not change it policy without the united states, without agreement of the united states. so then the key decision is still in washington. oh dear, it isn't very frank, common stammering from mister haig. of course, he's basically in retirement now, but it looks live on alexis strike again. what do we know about this or yes, they strike again, and this isn't just the former a foreign secretary, just dition out his opinion in that clip. he actually says that he spoke to the current foreign secretary, the defense secretary, the prime minister of the u. k. and he said that they all agree that they need to

arm or ukraine some more. they need to supply some more weapons, bought that they need to convince all the countries to follow sheets, but in particular who the united states. because as he said, they are the ones that make all the key decisions when it comes to this conflict in craig. and he said that that is the only reason why lot of mirrors zalinski traveled to the united states in december. because those are the people making those critical decisions. so again, we can see what is happening behind the scenes. and what's incredible is that in that clip, rory, he also mentioned how it would be ideal if there was a military coup in russia. but he says that as highly, highly unlikely. there are of course, voices of reason out there in the united states, not many rory, but there are some and some who are encouraging piece and returns to the

negotiating table and no more supplies of weapons. and that america needs to back down from this a 2nd lesson. i'm a completely against the war in ukraine. i want to see it come to an end. i want russia and ukraine to come to peace talks and end this war. but, you know, who's driving it, it's america. american needs to stop pushing the war in ukraine. murder. what can we say about the european politicians at this point? i mean, are they all on the same page with washington? there aren't on the same page, but at the same time we can know how many are on the same page because some i would assume are afraid to speak out because what happens when countries do speak out, serbia, for example, it has refused to follow washington's policies and now we heard from the president of serbia himself, alexander, which, who said that his be enforced to follow washington's lead, basically, and that they're threatening even economic or political consequences if serbia

doesn't do what washington size. let's hear from mister richard himself. lucila snippy to mister on a cylindrical mean. every one is in a rush to go on the offensive. they're in a hurry to get results, but no one is asking, why would they told me to have a war in europe to publicly who did not admit that. they say we will lose everything if we don't step in line. and i would have to push me over so quickly and he went further and even sad that they basically threatened to terminate investments into the country with the draw fonts that have already been invested are closed down companies and even suspend serbia's european integration. basically, you could say that as of that as blackmail really was america, punishing it's friends and allies in europe for not towing washington's line. exactly. that's exactly trying to withdraw dollars that have already been invested in the economy to bar other investments from going into the car. thus just us just astonishing to me. and then they say that they want piece, but their piece and they're a peaceful solution, is basically russia,

weekends and defeats, and they don't see any other way. and the way they see it happening as, let's arm kia with as many weapons as possible so that we can reach the sort of negotiated solution. whether that is even possible to give a ukraine at this point. as many weapons as russia. it would be hard to imagine that would require a lot of again, coordinated effort. and this is, i guess what we're seeing happening behind the scenes. there are trying to make sure that ukraine gets as many weapons as possible so that they get down to the solution that they want and even nato, the secretary general, we have, we heard from him and he's basically out there saying that there is no solution that doesn't see russia defeated, it's either russia is defeated or nothing else, and they don't even mind risking more lives loss. let's listen so we must give you credit what they need to prevail. some warrant our support to ukraine.

risks triggering escalation. but there are no risk free options. and the biggest risk of all is if president putin wins. but if we want a peaceful, a solution, we need to realize that what happens around that negotiating table is talk to the pen on the strength and dissipation on the battlefield. so meaning that if he want a peaceful, negotiate the solution aware ukraine conveyed as a sovereign in the pont nation. then we need to support ukraine military. now, what it sounds like is what they're really trying to achieve as scare russia into submission. if that's what you're trying to do, make sure that they have as many weapons as russia to make sure that they come to some sort of negotiated solution. russia has already basically expressed the terms that it's willing to come to an agreement to the west as before,

before it doesn't want lansky or ukraine to confident negotiate and table. you know, it's just gonna pick you up just in the past 24 hours or so. i was just watching a video of ukrainian president zelinski, essentially saying that soon america will have to send it sons and daughters to fight in ukraine. and so, and you said they will die. god forbid, i tell you what that book comments going all around the world right now, americans who are hearing the americans have been sending billions of dollars in cash and all these weapons to ukraine. and now there's a lengthy saying, it's never enough, but also soon you're going to send your children to fight in ukraine. it's really upsetting a lot of people. and we already know that the tie, this changing and the united states, and we're seeing more and more people speaking out against all that money that has been poured in c crane. and we don't even know where the money's go into because they don't have anyone checking who is getting the money where the weapons are going with us. that will just not saw one year of it's conflict in ukraine. america has spent more than one year than they did in 20 years in afghanistan, and you put that, can you get your head around that?

and we all know how that and then we saw to marina cause a river. thank you. while the biden administration has thrown its weight behind a controversial mass surveillance program, which will come to an end this december, if congress doesn't vote to extend it, it permits the government to spy on any non us citizen outside america's board is but also allow snooping on any communications between those targets and us nationals is caleb martin. the u. s. congress sized being urged by the biden administration to renew this very controversial spying program. that essentially enables the united states government to gather data without the traditional warrant process. now it traces back to 911 i it was instituted into law in 2008. it is section 7 o 2 of the foreign intelligence surveillance act visor. and this

program a, when law enforcement officials describe it, they really don't make any bones about what it's really all about. here's what they've said. we are relentlessly focused on serious threats such as the chinese government's efforts to spy on us and steal our technology a wrong sanctions. evasions north korea's nuclear program and russia's invasion of ukraine. now the program essentially enables the api i and the national security agency to go to tech companies and acquired text messages, electronic data e mails and other information. this would apply to google, microsoft meta, and other corporations, without the traditional warrant process and civil liberties. organizations have raised serious concerns about this and the right to privacy. now in 2013 after edward snowden reveal the nature of the program, the supreme court ultimately slapped down

a law suit from civil liberties organizations in response to concerns about the privacy of americans. the court's refusal to hear this case shields one of the most far reaching government surveillance programs from meaningful judicial oversight. it has allowed, baseless claims of secrecy to prevail over the rule of law. if this law were not renewed, it would expire in the coming december. but in all likelihood, there's very little chance of it not being renewed. it appears that the biden administration is following the prompt administration, which were following the obama administration, which was following the bush administration. and continuing this pattern of encroaching on the privacy of the american. then expanding the ability of the government to carry out surveillance and spying without much oversight. the former c i. a analyst, larry johnson says the u. s. surveillance program is actually being used against

americans themselves. despite its stated purpose of countering foreign threats. that this law that when it was passed, and this is not my opinion, i'm basing this upon my former business partner. now retired, who was chief of international operations for d. e, a in the ninety's. and he told me, he said, we have all the authority, we need to actually intercept phone calls and spy on foreigners. what this law does is basically give the f, b i, and department of justice and the anybody else d e a, a back door despite on americans. and in fact, that's exactly what they did to donald trump. that's what they did to people on his team, like george puff doubles. so it's been used against america, and it's a gross abuse. and yet they always try out the foreign threat as to justify a news. just a lie. dam lie are shifting gears to eastern europe now where protests have ruptured in moldova,

against the countries pro western government. it's all a bit of rising economic problems. the thousands of people have taken to the streets to well, this in the national capital, to demand the resignation of the countries pro e u president my asunder. some of the protesters carried cardboard effigies of the nita, which they, while you can see they ripped apart and stumped on local authorities have restricted access to the area to try to prevent further. demonstrators mariah and the following foot here shows crowds are marching through the city center. the anti government rally brought together residents from all across the country. and we heard from the opposition leader ilan shore, who explained the reasons behind the persistent protests is globally the citizens of moldova have to bear the burden of mistakes, the president sand do. and her regime have made with its foreign policies which are

unbalanced, wrong, and simply stupid. people are unable to pay their bills, they could use their savings in the 1st month of winter. then in the 2nd month they borrowed money. now they just don't have the resources to pay their bills. these costs are higher than the income of the majority of citizens, particularly pensioners. this is why many of us in our country want the current government to resign to enable new elections. the situation is getting worse day after day, whereas in the autumn there were protesters demanding that sand, his government resigned because of the economic problems. now they are calling it an absolute catastrophe. the current administration is pulling us towards the you. but at the same time, it is depriving us of our traditional values and imposing things that are completely alien to us. the west has assured us that they would bring democratic standards from all dover, like freedom of speech. but in reality, the authorities have closed 6 channels. what freedom of speech are we talking about?

when a significant number of opposition leaders have been imprisoned? there is not any freedom of speech. all those western values are simply fictional. several that u. s. defense officials have testified that the government is keeping a close eye on the funding to key of despite saying it has spiraled now to more than a $100000000000.00. those comments were made during the 1st open hearing on oversight of u. s. military equipment to ukraine. and you tell us roughly how much money has been given total to the ukraine war effort since we began lashire? well, it depends a little bit how you count it, but i believe it's over a 113000000000 approximately. this policy is not without risk. i think we all know that 1st of all, it is costing an enormous amount of money in terms of tens of billions of dollars. why you still believe this is the correct policy to support ukraine in this war? what the implications are for our own national security because i think is

a legitimate question, the american taxpayer you'll why are we spending money? it seems like a long way away, you know, and not to be overly crass about it. but a lot of constituents ask the question, what's all this got to do with me is the responsibility of congress to ensure that every single penny of american taxpayer money is being effectively used as intended? well, we did provide hundreds of millions of dollars in assistance in the months leading up to the war. and then of course con, actually if we really were rewind the clock, i mean, starting in 2014, we provided only non lethal aid until 2017 or the officials esther by the white house policy that the enormous military support ukraine is justified. they claim that there has been a government oversight of the u. s. assistance since the very beginning of the conflict. i've been numerous claims of the money and weaponry and not 30 tract once they reach ukraine, which before the call, it was reputed to be one of the most corrupt countries in europe. a u. s. republican congressman called into question whether controversial ukrainian armed groups such as the neo nazi as off,

but talon have received access to us weapons. the a's off battalion getting access to you as well if it's not that i'm aware of. um, but if you have information, i'd say pierre sent entered the record the global times investigative report, the indicate that talks about training itself from the atlantic councils. digital forensics, research lab, citing these are baton was even get stuff as far back as 2018 without objection. so order, any reason to disagree, that assessment practices the, i'm sorry, is this the global times from china? no, this is well, that's what you read. yeah, it might be. yeah. would that be a reason why i think i'd, as a general matter, i don't take beijing's proper a at the allegation is true or false. i mean, i don't have any evidence one way or the other. as a general matter, i don't take beijing's propaganda at face value. it was not only in the china based global times report that the pentagon official dismissed as propaganda. a similar

report was issued by that nato backed atlantic council. it said as off militants have been testing us weapons if they were testing them even years before the current conflict erupted. on a former un weapons inspector, scott ritter says the claims of having oversight over the money being spent on ukraine. a really only put out to pacify the american taxpayer. i had to laugh when he said, you know, dealing with ukrainian corruption is at the top of the list notes at the bottom of the list. because if it was at the top of the list, you would never have given you create any money because you can't account for it. or the fact of the matter is, there's little doubt that 6070 percent of the financial resources that the united states provided to ukraine has disappeared, isn't getting to the intended target has been, you know, sequestered by the innumerable corrupt hands that are reaching out to,

to be padded by american dollars in on the military side of, you know, again, noticed the, the non answers or, you know, we were investigating, we don't have an answer. if you've been on top of this, from the very beginning, you'd have an answer. there are no answers because we're not on the top of it. and the reason why we're not on the top of it is because we wouldn't be able to do this if the truth came out to the american people. about how over a $115000000000.00 of us taxpayer money has been squandered in ukraine. thought out to the west african nation of but tina faso, it's hardly hosting the continents largest film and tv festival actors, producers and other industry insiders have been mingling with fellow cinema love us from all across africa and be by now come up with these opening corporate training if time this week is