and then you paid us a notice to pick up and that we're still a when are you one of them 11. i think it was a ukrainian military convoy is destroyed by russian artillery fire, as caps, troops flee from the keys. city of arg fioma, almost completely encircled by russian forces, also in the program. oh, i protested in africa. don't believe french president microns claims that his country will no longer interfere in the continent affairs, as they call for the former colonial power to leave for good. also ahead, the special economic zones of almost 85 percent of it was rail front occurs through

this quarter profit. we report from the new international north south transport forward or through which energy resources are delivered from russia to india. the iran, the trade route is expected to reach a volume of 32000000 tons of cargo by the end of the decade. and impoverished palestinians in gaza. a donkey cart is the only opportunity for their children to get to school as people, desperately, as people desperately struggle to make any a photo. we send the kids by john t because we are a good can't afford to pay for a boss to take them to school. we'll leave on social aid, and we haven't received any phone calls to 6 months, and it's not just go meet the into our neighborhood is the,

hey, good morning for martine or national studios in moscow, and welcome to the hour's top stories from across the globe. i'm fiorella is about we start with the latest from the ukranian conflict, as russian troops have almost completely surrounded the key strategic city of our. the almost more reports coming in that ukranian troops are having trouble retreating from the area. this new drone footage shows ukrainian courses pinned down by artillery fire. you can see numerous bodies of ukrainian soldiers lying on the side of the road. this comes as kev reportedly has lost one of its most combat capable units and are deal moves. despite the destruction and ongoing fighting many civilians continue living in our teal moves, also known as bach, mood,

ukrainian authorities claim at least $4000.00 people have remained in the city. moscow has repeatedly stated that the ukrainian army is using civilians as human shields, hiding its artillery and other heavy vehicles inside residential areas. meanwhile, a german tv channel has made a stark admission on why local residence could be staying and r t almost with the correspondence, suggesting people were actually awaiting the arrival of the russian army. not often fiber in the case of vomit and in general. and don bass, i'm sure there are people who say or perhaps keep in their thoughts that they are waiting for russia to come, because they would rather take a pro russian position to duncan. this comes as more volunteers from russia are signing up to take part in the military operation. are teasing or shot off, visited one of the training sites in the don yet republic to learn about the important skills taught to new soldiers. they run,

they prone out on the ground. they shoot, they know the better they do here at an anonymous drill site in the next republic. the higher the chance they'll be 1st to catch the enemy in their site. ah. the fighters of the russian special forces unit viking they're making ready basically they're teaching russian volunteer vices in the dumbass, preparing them for some very difficult combat that they're expected to face. later in this war, these volunteers abandoned their measured lives, families plans to aid their country in the time they are needed most,

their potential slyly patriot of my country. and i understand that our country is going through a hard time right now. i cannot sit at home, we need to resolve these issues instead of just sitting around those. so i signed a contract and went to dumbass. i have children at home, i love them very much. the whole family was shocked by my decision, but i convinced them that neither my parents nor grandparents were cowards. this must be done. yes, the girls the would to well, someone has to do this job. if everyone shies away from it and then he will defend the motherland. therefore, i made a decision, gathered my gear and went to enlist my parents think that i serve at the headquarters, but i'm not actually that my girlfriend knows the truth when you, but my mother is too old for that. many trainees here have no previous service record. here they get invaluable experience. first aid, tactical movement, gun handling, and of course, target practice. everything is on the curriculum here. low, but up, follow to me. i served in the armed forces,

but i had no combat experience. therefore, i've been here for a month and a half while undergoing intensive training soon we get very tired. but as general swore of once settled was hard in training will be easy in battle. worse causes it gets to real combat condition smells psychologically and physically and thought there, yes there. i think it's prestigious defending the motherland. that will be something to tell my grandchildren about problems and we should all be here. every one who's healthy can hold a weapons and he's physically ready. and why not? this a real military brotherhood here. we are all from the same republic. we're doing our duty. some of russia's most battle hardened delete soldiers have taken up the role of instructors. luscious long as other ship lads, our task is to teach the basics of combat training and 1st aid to volunteers. and also to convey to the commanders that it's necessary to use the people entrusted to them wisely. we teach them to shoot and adapt. the results are definitely there and this training helps to minimize losses. our main goal is to save lives.

ah, the pant heavy, but follow every order, rinse and repeat. training here is no formality. it's a matter of life and death. amicus done of reporting from the dumbass arti. meanwhile, we spoke to the colleagues and relatives of medics killed by ukrainian shelling less than 2 weeks ago. the ambulance seem, was struck by the ukrainian army while it was working to aid victims of a previous bombardment. for it online reportedly reveals a ukrainian drone was surveilling the site as a specific target. here's what a colleague and family member of the victims told us about the attack hazardous colonialist mule. he was a kind compassionate man who understood that his job was hard for the last year and

a half. he had been working all the time in the areas that were on the mall shelling. he didn't tell us much about his work because he was worried about me when about my mother. my father always wanted to do good because he knew that would be rewarded. he did good deeds, he saved adults and children. he was motivated by love for his hell accounts for men and his homeland. the poetry for more. second, please. that day grand troops were shelling, denounced. the ambulance was out on a cold mission. a treacherous act was committed by the ukraine army, which fired as doctors who were providing assistance in trying to evacuate the victims. unfortunately, all members of the medical emergency team for people were killed. the shelling of surveillance continues, but people still go to work and perform their duties. this is not only medical workers, it's all services, emergency services, the police. oh,

those people who make showed the cities functional are working. none of them knows whether they will come under fire. during his tour of africa, french president, emanuel mac, ron visited, the democratic republic of congo. it reported there asked him why france is aggressively imposing sanctions against russia. but turning a blind eye to rwanda, that the r c believes that rwanda is supporting the insurgent group am 23, which is fighting on the african countries here. border is that don't kill, of course, we can see that france is not active enough in condemning rwanda in demanding sanctions against it. but you are doing this aggressively against russia. it's why there is such a lack of assistance in regard to the d. r. c. nicholas and sunday, because we agree with the asi president to security on the need to give the peace plan a chance would have the opportunity to resolve the conflict with am 23. today's not the time to force things by those who will interfere with the implementation of

this plan. know what they are risking include and sanctions. the french president's visit to the democratic republic of congo was marred by protest with local residents demanding that the former colonial power. finally leave the african continent for good. just a head of microns arrival in kinshasa. some congolese demonstrated against his trip to their country outside the french embassy in kinshasa. the crowds accused ma chronos, back in re wonder which the d. r. c claims is supporting the m. 23 enables in east, off the nation. oh, also important to know to that, to, for decades now, the democratic republic of congo has been the scene off the wall to longest running . conflicts are currently tens of thousands of people have become displaced, a since heavy fighting raged in the eastern t. r,

super to congolese army and in 2030 rebels who have been waging in their offensive since a 2012 insurrection. that briefly overran the city of comma. it's clear that to relations between the 2 countries have gone from bad to worse with kinshasa accusing kigali of supporting the intro to 30 rebels of your surgeons. i sending it over to, into eastern congo. the one that denies any involvement to bite the d r c. so calling for international communities to sanction to wanda and force it to stop supporting militants. fans has been saying that it was the spirit of partnership and collaboration with african countries. but many don't see these plans coming to fruition because for decades now, frances action during the genocide was and still is the subject of intense debated africa. and critics accusing france of not having done enough to prevent the

massacre even actively supporting the government responsible for the genocide. this despite micron, saying that france was not complicit in the genocide. it's not francis holton, i'm sorry to say it in such blunt terms. you have not been able to restore the sovereignty mother, military, nor security, nor administrative or you. this is also a reality. we must not look for culprits outside this affair. plaza been mentioning microns tow of africa, revived old colonial winds, sparking po tastes even as a micron tried to convince the population that the era of france a freak has come to an end to desert. if one please, nature frogs, africa is well and truly over. and i sometimes have the feeling that mentalities on not evolving at the same pace as also when i read, i hear, i see claims that false has intentions, that it does not have that it no longer house is upon. now it's clear that to paris is the seeking to protect economy areas that it has always taken for granted,

which i now subject to increased competition from major powers, such as russia, china, and india. and at this point, many see frances move as a way to remain in the continent market. russia remains india's top crude oil importer for a 5th straight month with a record $1600000.00 barrels per day in february, as indian refiners relish the discounted russian oil. moreover, russia has started shipping exports, including energy resources to india via the new international north south transport corridor. russia's 1st deputy prime minister, has announced that the transportation of cargo through the route is expected to reach 32000000 tons by the year 2030. iran has already turned into a vital hub along that route. as archie contributor use of july early explains.

hundreds of tons of fresh cargo are unloaded every day at the us border terminal in ne iran. the frontier crossing is now turning into a tries the top for commodities bounce from russia. so the project goals, coastal countries in india, the 1st tre train on the russia to india route entered iran through the surroundings border. crossing last july and officially launched the eastern section of the north south railway corridor. the head of the stock, special economic zones says almost 85 percent of the ones rail transit occurs through this water crossing. the car goes include food and agricultural products. energy. i'm petrochemical, is that give racks has one of the greatest capacities on his border, given the fact that it enjoys the largest railway stations in the country. and one of the largest customs facilities with an area of roughly 5300 head tears if it offers an opportunity. freakonomics activists from iran and neighboring nations and

the commonwealth of independent states, as well as the indian subcontinent and china to use the border crossing for commercial exchanges in the fields of export import and transiting. we predicted transit capacity, or at least $10000000.00 tons per year, through this border crossing with the c. i. s countries, the indian subcontinent and pakistan located in the northeastern cross on province on the border with turk minutes. then sax terminal is part of the eastern branch of the international north, south transit corridor, which connects the eastern edge of europe to the indian ocean. the 7200 kilometer trade route has 3 main sections, all passing through iran to reach india. the north south corridor has multiple modes, ship reyland, road routes, which was 1st launched in 2000 on the initiative of iran, russia, and india. today, it encompasses 11 more countries, including turkmenistan, turkey, as are by john,

all man into genius, 10 eh, bass said regarding russia, the c i s india and china. iran is one of the most secure, accessible and cheapest paths of transit for the international market. yet, specifically, these capabilities for transit are seriously being followed up during president's race's administration. our correspondence with middle asian states and russia, and also iran succession to this shanghai cooperation organization creates such capabilities said emmett down. the emerging north south corridor is more cost effective and saves a great deal of travel time. for example, if russia instead use the conventional deep sea, so as canal routes, a shipment would have to sail 14000 kilometers, taken about one and a half months to reach india. but using the new network, it takes less than 2 weeks to russia and iran mapping out and alternative trade route is not just about providing a shortcut for transit with european shipping routes,

being closed up did one in moscow now look at the north south corridor. as a back door to trade, their goods away from u. s. and e u sanctions. the 2 countries are spending billions of dollars to speed up the completion of their multimode transit network while under tremendous pressure from western sanctions. experts believe the north south corridor offers a sanctions, proved path for trading russian and iranian goods. this is because the route is mostly inland, which is harder for the sanctioning countries to control, let, to let you have a shadow. and he considering the international situation and what has happened in ukraine way there are capabilities for us to use. well, we're witnessing the fact that the companies which are active in caea is countries and russia, their attention and investment into this border, which is a special economic zone, is increasing day by day that it appears that global geopolitical developments are re shaping trade networks as well. the north south corridor is making

a name for itself as the new so crowd in the eastern hemisphere use of generally r t from set ox border terminal. the speaker of the hungarian parliament says that the massive scale of military aid sent by some western powers to ukraine, make some direct participants in the conflicts. there was overdose, natalie. hello, nato. and will you members have already sent him? crane of one of the belligerents salon was lethal military means was almost $60000000.00 echoed the. this means that separately, you and nato states are participants of this war. it go not directly fighting on the battle, show the yet for like i, you connect. despite the you already having dedicated 3600000000 euros for military assistance to ukraine, it now plans to allocate another 1000000000 euros for artillery. but ukraine's president zalinski still demands new supplies from the wes complaining of a shortage of ammunition and aircraft. meanwhile,

it seems that tensions between the nato watts and some european countries are rising r t contributor rachel mars and explains, sold to as once considered pretty much positivists is now pumping up the military industrial complex warmer. she investing more in no defense and it is absolutely clear that we would go to 2 percent for g. d p as has agreed and lay too. because we already have the highest defense budgeted european union to be very clear as germany. but we are willing to increase this. that's interesting. german defense minister boris historian. set the tone recently by saying that the country have currently defend itself, militarily. strange thing to emit out loud by the way even wants to now buy back. some german made a leper 2 tanks from switzerland because apparently they've so many leopard, one tanks away to crane it blanks for itself. it's like someone on the street

corner asking you for money. so you hand him, your bank card. he completely drained your bank account, and that hoops are stuck on the street, and pegging for tash yourself. just another example of the amazing foresight and strategic savvy that we hear in europe have come to expect from our leaders amid this conflict in ukraine. but for poland, germany can't yet more of its weapons out the door to ukraine fast enough, and it wants berlin to pick up the pace. poland has already sent its own german tanks to ukraine and is wondering why jeremy's own tanks are apparently taking the scenic route in getting to ukraine. poland also hasn't forgotten that jeremy owes the money for reparations from world war 21.3 trillion euros to be exact. and germany is basically heidi on the floor with the lights off. whenever pulling comes knocking at the door, demanding that payment,

kind of the same strategy that berlin seems to be adopting towards poland weapons, demands for ukraine. and it's really no wonder because protesters in frankfurt on saturday were demanding he stops, and an end to germany and nato's army of ukraine, just like in previous protests, ah, the weekend prior in berlin, and that the ram sine air base. meanwhile, serbia has denied recent reports that it has been discreetly shipping weapons, including thousands of rockets to ukraine via turkey meaningful fraud only me and we have not sold any weapons or ammunition to russia or ukraine for serbia in accordance with international laws. there are so called permitted users or end users, and serbia can only export to such countries. they said to us, you export it through turkey n, but this is how we protected ourselves in addition to the law that we even added a clause on the possibility of re exporting the ammunition that we saw there

without our consent. so it seems like who kisha sticking to his guns with respect to not army ukraine despite a lot of pressure coming from other you countries. so that's pretty much the closest thing we seen here in europe to a backbone in quite a while. but ukraine keeps asking for a lot more of what europe apparently isn't really able to give. and the sense of urgency from ukraine suggests that things aren't really going to well for huge. in this conflict, the commission came up with a plan last week to ramp up artillery production. but that's not something that can really happen overnight. and in the meantime, the finger pointing between european allies seems set to continue and made confusion in the e. u on further support takes you have your pin commission pres of their ursula fond berlin is expected to visit washington for talks with us president joe biden. among the issues to be discussed is china's a legit intention to supply weapons to russia. this comes as the western media was

spreading a narrative that china plans to send weaponry to russia to be used in the ukraine conflict. the outlets refer to some us officials, plains on the issue, despite both china and russia denying any such intentions. some western officials have threatened imposing sanctions on beijing. it fits supplies weapons to moscow. the western establishment media has also been supporting washington's rhetoric that china is a major threat to us national security. some reports claim that chinese made cranes operating in american ports could be used by the asian country as an espionage school hiding in plain sight. those reports say that the cranes contain sensors that can track the destination of containers, spreading fears that china can capture information about materials being shipped to support u. s. military operations. such accusations towards beijing come as china has

become the world leader in most of the worlds technological sectors. that's according to an australian think tank that says the china has surpassed the u. s. and that countries western allies in all, but just a few fields. our research reveals to china has built the foundations to position itself as the world's leading science and technology superpower. by establishing a sometimes stunning lead in high impact research across the maturity of critical and emerging technology domains. the research shows that the other world powers are losing the global technology, raised to china with the asian country dominating and $37.00 of the $44.00 spears being assess those included the key defense and space related technologies. the u. s. is that had in some fields such as quantum computing and vaccines. there has been speculation that china is technological lead may be

a main reason as to why officials in washington view beijing as the threat. as china's economy has grown more than 10 fold, since gaining access to us in world markets, we must deter the aggression by the ccp. we investigate and expose the ideological technological, economic, and military threat posed by the chinese communist party. we may call this a strategic competition, but it's not a polite tennis match. this is an existential struggle. earlier my colleague peter saw in our tea contributor chris and discuss how the u. s. has made itself economically dependent on china and is now applying double standards and intimidation tactics against beijing. but the us did, as they said, look, we want our people to pay next to nothing for consumer good. so that's everything

from your tv at home to your dishwasher. i mean, you just look on the back of any of the stuff you've got a high you'll see made in cycle, right? yeah, i'm pretty much designed somewhere else, even if a device someone else everyone loves an iphone, but they're made in china. right. and so what that did is it really made the u. s. economy dependent on china. and by doing that, you've been got a situation now where, where china could really supercede the u. s. which was then the economic powerhouse of the world really, and become the technological innovator manufacturer of pretty much everything in the world. now we still secret some in the us, you know, politicians have described china as a threat. do you think that given no, china is now leading role in many technological spheres that washington will make some efforts trying, could say literally slow it down with, with seeing that already i think now bundle was way products being imported into the united states. they tried to put pressure on all of their partners specifically in europe to stop that as well. it's more of a veil in terms of trying to shut down in some way the chinese economy and trying

to inhibit their export power. but obviously as we says, they can't inhibit their export power too much because then no one's gonna get washing machine shoot themselves in the fall. absolutely. now the u. s. has a sanctioned a number of chinese companies over there are legit supply of to russia. if they, if facing, were to supply weapons to russia, which the u. s. as claim depends to beijing and russia denied this. how would the functions play out against china given that china is one of the largest holders of washington's debt? well, yeah, this is a really good question about the number of us bonds with the chinese book. they went out and really invested a lot of money and sent their own people at the u. s. u about the u. s. were very happy for their own people to come and buy a huge amount of us government on debt. now that's a really big problem to the united states because because they're relying on this constant buying of that set. and it's trying to stop doing that overnight. the us economy is already in a mass, it could be a huge problem for them. that was,

you know, that the you commission chief us limited line is i didn't. so washington, next week, i think on friday to discuss possible responses if pushing beijing with supply weapons to russia. do you foresee this rift between shot in the west drawing in the future or is erect? and i think we've already seen it started. we saw this with these, these weather balloons, or even if they were surveillance balloons. i'd help interesting in terms of gathering until we were, you know, the chinese responsive in with it, with, with things so many us ones. we're not going to shoot them down because it's complete waste of time and money. and i think it fits response where double stand as we can see from the west. if i did that, ok, right. china cannot provide lease as they call it. lisa laid a weapons to russia, but it's okay for the us to provide weapons and support the taiwan, which is a 20 mile ferry ride from the mainland china over there. what does the west on to china over over the past year, especially the past month? they've, they've put china on this pedestal, is this evil superpower that's trying to take over the world?

i think that's just gonna continue because they need to keep this hight going. because, you know, the end of the day, i think they're trying to draw the drawer. the battle lines, they're trying to put back up the ion cuts and as woodson church would have said that, try to put it back up in order to court the, the region. and these problems that basically will allow them maybe in the future to engage people in their countries to fight wars. again, you know, the power that they consider threatening for them. it's not just see, ron pressured by israel palestinians and gaza continue to struggle. a donkey cart is the only opportunity for children from poor families there to get to school and the only chance for the driver to make money for his own son who has cancer. each morning the 33 year old palestinian summons is tiny passengers to transport them to school unsafe and polluted roads have made it nearly impossible for them to get there by foot. best bus rides are unaffordable for many families,

but the donkey ride is only a small fraction of that hoss. the donkey driver liens lives meagerly, as he is trying to collect money. praise heads, cancer treatment, good. i use the whistle to call the children when i pick them up. i drive them for 5 shackles per month. some of those families get social aid. you can afford to pay me the full price. some of them pay me just to shekels. it's not even enough to feed a donkey and clearly not enough to feed my children. i also have a sick child. my son suffers from myoma. i used to sent him for treatment in israel, but now i can't even send him to the hospital when t c. i simply can't afford to treat him. i can't even afford transportation to the hospital. sometimes i use a donkey to get there. my son hasn't had his treatment for 4 months. what can i do? i only hoped for help from god. the financial situation is a disaster in all of the gaza. some families haven't paid me for 4 months, but i have no choice but to continue to work like this.