ah ah, a ukrainian military convoy is destroyed by russian artillery fire, as camps troops lead from the key study of our feel more, almost completely encircled by russian forces also in the program is not holding. i'm sorry to say in such blunt terms, you have not been able to restore the sovereignty, not the military nor security. prentice president mccall pin the blame on the democratic republic of congo for regional insecurity as protest. her slam parents for imposing sanctions on russia rather than rwanda, which is accused of feeling the violin in the african regions also ahead.

almost 25 percent cover was rail transit occurs through this quarter profit. we report from the new international north, south transport, florida, or through which energy resources are delivered from russia to india. iran. the trade route is expected to reach a volume of 32000000 tons of cargo by the end of the decade. and for impoverished palestinians in garza, a donkey cart is the only opportunity for their children to get to school as people desperately struggle to make ends meet with. we send the kids by john key because we are poor. we can't afford to pay for boss to take them to school. we'll leave on social aid, and we haven't received any for the past 6 months. ah,

the good morning for martine or national studios in moscow, and welcome to the hour's top stories worldwide. bureau is about we start with the latest from the ukranian conflict, as the russian troops have almost completely surrounded the key strategic city of r t o. most more reports coming in that ukranian troops are having trouble retreating from the area. this new drone footage shows ukrainian forces pinned down by artillery fire. you can see numerous bodies of ukrainian soldiers lying on the side of the road. this comes is reportedly lost one of its most combat capable units in the almost despite the destruction and ongoing fighting. many civilians continue living in the most also known as moot 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 in the city. with a correspondence, adjusting people were actually awaiting the arrival of the russian army. not an open fire, but in the case of bombing and in general in don bass, 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. don, this come, does more volunteers from russia are signing up to take part in the military operation, or cheesy, or shot off visited one of the training sites in the don. yet for public to learn about the important skill, talk 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 da nets republic. the higher the chance they'll be 1st to catch the enemy in their site.

ah, the fighters of the russians 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 your 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. 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 work too well. someone has to do this job. if everyone shies away from it, then he will defend the motherland. therefore, i made a decision, gathered my gear and went to enlist my parents think that i served the headquarters, but i'm not actually that my girlfriend knows the truth, 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. lot, but up bold for 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. we get very tired, but as general swore of once said was hard and training will be easy in battle.

worse causes it gets to real combat conditions, both psychologically and physically. platero. yes, there, i think it's prestigious, defending the motherland. that will be something to tell my grandchildren about welcome and we should all be here. every one who's healthy can hold a weapon and he's physically ready. and why not? there's 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 their, their strain and 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. i'm a guest done of reporting from the dumbass r t. meanwhile, we spoke to colleagues and relatives of for medics killed by ukrainian shelling less than 2 weeks ago. the ambulance team was struck by the ukrainian army while it was working to aid victims of a previous bombardment. footage online appears to show a ukrainian drone surveilling the site as a specific target. here's what a colleague and a family member of one of the victims told us about the attack. roscoe, los angeles mutual, he was a kind compassionate man. we understood that his job was hard for the last year and a half. he had been working all the time in areas that were all the more shelly, he didn't tell us much about his work because he was worried about me 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 law for his fellow countrymen and his homeland and the portuguese from a certain place that day grand troops were shelling, denounced. the ambulance was out on a coal mission. a treacherous act was committed by the ukraine army, which fired as a doctors who were providing assistance in trying to evacuate the victims. unfortunately, all members of the medical emergency team, 4 people were killed. the shelling of surveillance continues, but people still go to work and perform their duties. this is not on the medical workers, it's all services, emergency services, the police. oh, those people who make sure the cities functional are working. none of them knows whether they will come under fire before the 2nd strike, which directly hit the ambulance. there were fire fighters at the scene,

helping the victims of the 1st strike. they also were here in the 2nd round of shelling. luckily they escaped death and were only wounded. here's what they told us us to do a searching. yeah, we received a report that a built in with people in it had been destroyed, all team was dispatched. that location was so an ambulance whose crew was treating the wounded as we started looking for more casualties in the building. we saw a flash and her de la bang from in mind last we were all injured, you know, throw confusion, rudy. this is my 2nd time this year. been injured. it happened while i was putting out a fire last time shell exploded right beside us. i'm sure that it can suit perfectly well from above, that it's the emergency. so she is working and then they hit the nearest building. last time we didn't think it could be deliberate, but now it's obvious. and other developments rushes defense minister survey showing go, has visited that done yet. republic to inspect ongoing work on rebuilding the regions

infrastructure. in particular, the city of mar, you bull, has a brand new residential area, including schools and a medical center. there's also a pipeline that will bring water to several rural areas. those construction projects began right after the act of fighting ended in the area with thousands of local civilians now returning to their peaceful way of life. french president and man on the crown is questioned about hypocrisy with the country sanctions policy during his tour of africa. france has an aggressive stance against russia and hasn't imposed sanctions against for wanda, for it's a legit support of the m. 23 insurgent group fighting just across that country's border in the democratic republic of congo, is that they kill a cache. 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

. why there is such a lack of assistance in regard to the d r. c. sunday. because we agree with g r c 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 tour of africa was mired by protests as locals have demanded that the former colonial power leave the continent for good. nevertheless, micron pledge that his country has no plans to interfere in the domestic affairs of african nations. 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 him a crown of backing lawanda, which the d. r. c claims is supporting the m $23.00 enables in east,

off the nation. oh, so important to know to that, to, for decades now, the democratic republic of congo has been the scene of the world's longest running conflicts. currently, tens of thousands of people have become displaced, a since heavy fighting raged in the eastern to our super, to congolese army and in 2030 rebels. it's clear that to relations between the 2 countries have gone from bad to worse. what can shasta accusing to guiding of supporting the m 23 rebels resurgence? i sending its own troops into eastern congo. the one that denies any involvement, but the d. r. c is sol calling for international communities to sanction to wanda and force it to stop supporting militants. microns has been saying that in once a 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 it was and still is the subject of intense debate in 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 people who did a fault, but it's not francis fault. i'm sorry to say in such blunt terms, you have not been able to restore the sovereignty by the military, more security, northern australia, of your country. this is also a reality. we must not look for culprits outside lucifer. last have been mentioning microns tor of africa, revived old colonial was sparking po taste even as a micron, tried to convince the population that the era of france a freak has come to an end to thursday. the 4th week, lisa shall fall into africa is well and truly over. and i sometimes have the

feeling that mentalities on aut, evolving at the same pace is also when i read, i hear i see claims that france has intentions, that it does not have that it no longer house. now it's clear that to paris is the seeking to protect economy areas that it has always taken for granted, which are 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 trans were 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 poly, explains hundreds of tons of rushing cargo or unloaded every day at the set us border terminal in northeast there on the frontier, crossing is now turning into our tries the top 4 commodities bound from russia to the persian gulf coastal countries that india the 1st tre train on their russia to india route entered iran through the sarah border crossing last july, and officially launched the eastern section of the north south railway corridor. the head of this, that ox special economic zones says almost 85 percent of it was rail transit. occurs through this border crossing the cargoes include food and agricultural products, energy and petrochemical. is that if the atm give al serra 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 $5300.00 hector's. it offers an opportunity for economic 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 exports, imports and transit. we predict a transit capacity of 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, menace than 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 rail and road routes, which was 1st launched in 2000 on the initiative of iran, russia, and india. today it encompasses 11 more countries, including many stan turkey as are by john. oh man entergy, his 10 dead bass said regarding rush. hm. the c i us, 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 at m. l. 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 route

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 an alternative trade route is not just about providing a shortcut for transit, with european shipping routes, being closed up to 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 prove 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 of a shadow. and he considering the international situation and what has happened in ukraine, there are capabilities for us to use. well, we're witnessing the fact that the companies which are active in caea is countries

and russian. their attention and investment into this border, which is a special economic zone, is increasing day by day. it appears that global geopolitical developments are re shaping tre networks as well. the north south corridor is now making a name for itself as the new silk wrote in the eastern hemisphere. use of generally r t from starks border terminal. the speaker of the hungarian parliament says that the massive scale of military aid sent by some western powers to ukraine makes them direct participants in the conflicts that was oh we dont natalie. so nato and you members have already sent you crane. one of the belligerence slam with lethal military means worth almost $60000000000.00. this means that separate you and nato states are participants of this war, though not directly fighting on the battlefield yet for like i did kenneth,

despite the you having already dedicated 3600000000 euros for military assistance to ukraine. it now plans to allocate another 1000000000 for artillery, but ukraine's president's zalinski still demands new supplies from the west complaining of a shortage of ammunition and aircraft. meanwhile, it seems that tensions between the nato block and some european countries are rising. archie contributor rachel mars then explains, sold to his once, considered pretty much positivists does now pumping up the military industrial complex warmer. he investing moreno defense, and it is absolutely clear that we will go to 2 percent of g. d p, as has agreed in later. because we already have the highest defense budgeted european union to be very clear as germany, but we are willing to priestess, that's interesting. german defense minister boris for story is set the tone recently by saying that the country can't currently defend itself militarily.

strange thing to emit out loud by the way even wants to now buy back some german made leopard 2 tanks from switzerland because apparently it gave so many leopard, one tanks away to ukraine that it lacked tanks for itself. it's like someone on the street corner asking you for money. so you hand in your bank card. he completely drained your bank account and then oops, you're stuck on the street and pegging for cash yourself. just another example of the amazing foresight and strategic savvy that we hear in europe have come to expect from our leaders and mid this conflict in ukraine. by for poland, germany cat, 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 them money for reparations. from world war 21.3 trillion euros to be exact, and germany is basically hiding 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 frankfort on saturday were demanding he stalks and an end to germany and nato's. army of ukraine, just like in previous protests, ah, the weekend choir in berlin and the ram sign airbase. meanwhile, serbia has denied recent reports that it has been discreetly shipping weapons, including thousands of rockets to ukraine via turkey. me me for pro deline yoga. 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 exported through turkey via but this is how we protected ourselves in addition to the law. and we even added a clause on the possibility of re exporting the ammunition that we sold there without our consent. seems like her getcha 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 suggest that things aren't really going to well, for here 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 seemed set to continue and made

confusion in e u on further support to european commission president ursula founder land is expected to visit washington for talks with us president joe bided among the issues to be discuss is china's a legit intention to supply weapons to russia. this comes as western media was spreading the narrative that china plans to send weaponry to russia to be used in the ukraine conflict. the outlets refer to some us officials, planes on the issue, despite both china and russia denying any such intentions. some western officials of threaten imposing sanctions on beijing if it 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 tool

hiding in plain sight. but those reports failed to provide concrete evidence. the accusations towards beijing come, as china has become the world leader in the technological sector. our research reveals to china has built the foundations to position itself as the world's leading science and technology superpower, by establishing as sometimes stunning lead in high impact research across the maturity of critical and emerging technology domains. the research shows that other world powers are losing the global technology race, the china with the asian country dominating and 37 of the 44 spheres being assessed . those include key defense and space related technologies. the u. s. is a head in some fields such as quantum computing and vaccines. china's leadership, in most of technological fields, is one of the main reasons why senior officials in washington view beijing as

a threat. as china's economy has grown more than 10 fold, since gaining access to u. s. and 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 scott and r t contributor chris and discuss how the u. s. has made itself economically depended on china and is now applying double standards and intimidation tactics against beijing. what the us did is they said, look, we want all 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 china. right? yeah, i'm pretty, maybe i'm pretty sure i'm 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 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 the some in the u. s. you know, politicians have described china as a threat. do you think that given the no child is now leading role in many technological says that washington will make some efforts trying could fail? it's really slow it down with, with seeing that already i think now bundle wall. why products being imported in the united states. they tried to put pressure on all of that 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 actual power too much because they're no one's going to get a washing machine shooting themselves in the fall. absolutely. now the u. s. has

a sanctioned a number of chinese companies over there are legit supply of next to russia. if they, if they think we're to supply weapons to russia, which the u. s. is claim depends to beijing membership, denied this how it functions play out against china, given that china is one of the largest holders of, of washington's debt. well, yeah, this is a really good question about the number of u. s. bonds that 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 us, we're very happy for their own people to come and buy a huge amount of us government bond debt. now that's a really big problem to the united states because because they're relying on this constant buying of that debt and it trying to stop doing that overnight. the u. s. economy is already in a mass, it could be a huge problem for them. and it was, you know, that's the you commission, she 1st limited line, is that in 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 a record? i think we've already seen it started. we saw this with these, these weather balloons, or even if they're west of idence balloons. i doubt that interesting in terms of gathering until we already know the chinese responsive in with it with we thing so many us ones. we don't gonna shoot them down because it's a complete waste of time and money. and i think it's this response where double stand, this is a constant scene from the west. it's this idea that, okay, right? china cannot provide lisa as they call it, lisa lade weapons to russia. but it's okay for the us to provide weapons and support the taiwan, which is the 20 mile ferry ride from the mainland china over there. what is the west tongue to china over over the past years, especially the past month they've, they've put china on this pedestal is even super power that's trying to take over the world. i think that's just going to 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, draw the battle lines. they're trying to hook up the iron cuts. and as woodson

church would have that try to put it back up in order to court the, the region. and these problems that basically will allow them may be in the future to engage people in their countries to fight wars against these powers that they considered threatening for them. and now to palestine, where people in gaza continue to struggle. a donkey cart is the only opportunity for children from poor families to get to school. and the only chance for the driver to make money for his own son was cancer. each morning the 33 year old palestinian summons as tiny passengers to transport them to bore unsafe and polluted roads have made it nearly impossible for them to get there by 5 plus rides are unaffordable for many families. but the donkey ride is only a small fraction of that costs. the donkey driver lead lives meagerly as he is trying to collect money.