[000:00:00;00] ah ah, breaking news russian authorities prevent an assassination attempt on a prominent russian businessman saying the crime was plotted by the same ukraine based terrorist group responsible for a recent attack on civilian in russia. brianna reed in ukrainian military convoy is destroyed by russian artillery fire as troops bleed from the city of art to be almost almost completely encircled by russian forces. also in the program is not faulty fault. i'm sorry to say it in such blunt terms. you have not

been able to restore the sovereignty. frances president mac cross plains of blame on the democratic republic of congo regional in security as protesters plan, paris for imposing sanctions on russia rather than lawanda, which is accused of stealing the violence in the african region. also ahead almost 85 percent cover was rail transit occurs through this border profit. we report from the new international north, south transfer board 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. i be end of the decade. ah, good morning for marquis international students in moscow and welcome to the hour's

top stories across the globe. i'm fear allies about breaking news here on our team . international russian authority say they have prevented an assassination attempt on a prominent russian business man. konstantin, malo fi, i have. the russian federal security service has said that the assailant intended to plant a bomb in his car. similar to the case of journalists, daria do gonna, who was murdered by ukrainian agents last year in the moscow region. authorities have released footage that shows a suspicious person walking around the business men's car doing something to it. and then leaving the scene, they say the crime was organized by ukraine base terrorist organization, also responsible for a recent attack on civilians in rushes. brianne sc region are now to the latest from the ukrainian conflict, as russian troops of almost completely surrounded the key strategic city of our

deal. 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 as kiev reportedly lost one of its most. com back capable units in our deal most despite the destruction and ongoing fighting, many civilians continue living in ark. the move also known as bach moods. you create in authorities claim at least 4000 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 residents could be staying in the city. with a correspondence,

adjusting people were actually awaiting the arrival of the russian army. gotta fight, but in the case of bombing and in general in 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. this comes as more volunteers from russia are signing up to take part in the military operation, or cheesy, or start off visited one of the training sites in the done yet to public, to learn about the important skills thought to use 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 russian special forces unit viking they're making ready basically they're teaching russian volunteer fighters 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. 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 guards the router. 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 thing that i serve at 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, remiss 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 one said it was hard in training will be easy in battle. worst courses it gets to real combat conditions, felt psychologically and physically, whatever, just that, 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 is 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 there this strain and helps to minimize losses. our main goal is to save life's 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 our

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 mon barnett 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. as the rascal loan federalist mule. 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 the areas that were all the more shalley. 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, his safe adults and children. he was motivated by law for his fellow countrymen and his homeland rupert at the poaching from what's happened. priest that day,

korean troops were shelling, denounced. the ambulance was out on a coal mission. a treacherous act was committed by the ukraine army, which fired at the 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 only medical workers, it's all services, emergency services, the police, all 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 were also here in the 2nd round of shelley. luckily they escaped death and were only wounded. here's what they told us was to do a searching. yeah, we received

a report that billed him with people and it had been destroyed. all team was dispatched. well, location was so an ambulance whose crew was threatening to wounded as we started looking for more casualties in the building. we saw a flash and her de la bang from mine bloss. we were all injured nerve to come to shooting. this is my 2nd time this year. been injured. it happened while i was putting out the fire last time shell exploded right beside us. i'm sure that they 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 show go, has visited that done yet for a public to inspect ongoing work on rebuilding the regents 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 monro mac ron is question about hypocrisy with the country sanctions policy during his tore of africa. france has an aggressive stance against russia that 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 that don't kill up horse. 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. some that goes, we agree with the aussie president this acadie 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 implementation of this plan, know what they are risking include and sanctions. the front president tour of africa was meyer by protests. as locals have demanded that the former colonial power leave the continent for good. nevertheless, mac crime flags that his country has no plans to answer fear 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 ma chronos, back in rwanda, which the d r. c claims is supporting the m 2 into 3 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 off the walls longest running conflicts. currently, tens of thousands of people have become displaced since heavy fighting raged in the eastern d. r. c, between 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 so calling for international communities to sanction to wanda and force it to stop supporting militants. microns 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, francis action during the genocide 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 democracy, saying that france was not complicit in the genocide to put a foot to the front, but it's not for office fault. i'm sorry to say it in such blunt terms, you have not been able to restore the sovereignty mother military, more security, northern st. it 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 winds, sparking protest even as micron tried to convince the population that the era of france a freak has come to an end to seek the age of france. africa is well and truly over and i sometimes have the feeling that mentality is on notice holding at the same pace as us. when i read, i hear i see claims that france hasn't had since that it does not have that they no

longer has. now it's clear that paris is the seeking to protect economy areas that it has always taken for granted, which are now subject to increased competition from major power 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 5th straight months 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 court, or 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 art contributor use of july only explains hundreds of tons of fresh and cargo r unloaded every day at the fedex border terminal in northeast iran. the frontier crossing is now turning into a trance at top for commodities bounds from russia to the persian gulf coastal countries in india. the 1st tre train on their 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 the racks has one of the greatest capacities on this 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. 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 export, import and transit. we predict a transit capacity over 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 took many stone sacks. 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 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 are by john, all man into g. his 10 dead 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 m a 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 us 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 will leave the north south corridor offers the 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, 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 or re

shaping trade networks as well. the north south corridor is making a name for itself as the new silk wrote in the eastern hemisphere. use of jolly r t from sell our sport or termino. the speaker of the hungary and parliament says that the massive scale of military aid sent by some western powers to ukraine, makes them direct participants in the conflict that was oh, natalie. so nato and you members have already sent you crane. one of the belligerence slanders, 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. despite the e. u having already dedicated 3600000000 euros for military assistance to ukraine, and now plans to allocate another 1000000000 for artillery. let ukraine's president 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. artie contributor rachel mars then explains, sold to as once considered pretty much positivists does 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 for story is set the tone recently by saying that the country can currently defend itself, militarily. strange thing to emit out loud by the way even wants to now buy back some german made a leopard, 2 tanks from switzerland because apparently it gave so many leopard,

one tanks away to crane that it laps tanks for itself. it's like some one on the street corner, asking you for money. so you hand in your bank card. he completely drained your bank account and that, oops, 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, and that this conflict in ukraine, but for whole in 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 germany owes them money for reparations. from world war to 1.3 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 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 at the rams 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 prod 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 year, but this is how we protected ourselves. in addition to the law, we even added a clause on the impossibility 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 a sense of urgency from ukraine suggests 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 seems set to continue and made confusion in the you on further support to give your pin commission. president ursula found burr lay and is expected to visit washington for talks with us president joe biden. among the issues to be discussed as china is

a legit intention to supply weapons to russia. this comes as western media was spreading the narrative that china planned to spend weapon reader russia to be used in the ukraine conflict. the out. what's referred to some us officials claims on the issue, despite both china and russia denying any such intentions. some western officials have threatened imposing sanctions on beijing, if it's 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 an american port could be used by the asian country as an, as a tool hiding in plain sight. but those reports failed to provide concrete evidence, yankees ations towards beijing, commas, 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 a 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, raised to china, with the asian country dominating and 37 of the 44 spears 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 technological fields is one of the main reasons why senior officials in washington, the beijing, as a threats. 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 c c p. 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 discussed 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 maiden cycle, right? yeah, 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 got a situation now where, where china could really supercede the us, which was then the economic powerhouse of the world really,

and become the technological innovator manufacturer of pretty much everything in the world. now, it's no secret. some in the us, you know, politicians have described china as a threat. do you think, given, know, china is now leading role in many technological says that washington will make some f. it's trying to 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 going to 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 often to russia. if they, if facing, were to supply weapons to russia, which the u. s. has claimed upon due basing and 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 u. s. were very happy for their own people to come and buy a huge amount of us. government bonds are debt. now that's a really big problem to the united states because because they're relying on this policy and buying of that debt and it trying to stop doing that overnight. the us economy is already in a mass. it could be a huge problem for them. and you know that the, you commission chief islam of the line is that into washington? next week, i think on friday to discuss possible responses pushing beijing with supply weapons . she ross, or do you foresee this rift between signing 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're west of idence williams. i doubt that interesting in terms of gathering until we were, you know, the chinese responses in with it. we were seeing so many us ones are we don't gonna shoot them down because it's

a complete waste of time and money. and i think it fits response where double stand . this is a constant thing from the west. if i did okay, right. china cannot provide leaf as lethal, 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 is the west tongue to china over over the past years, especially the past month they've, they've put china on this pedestal, this evil super power that's trying to take over the world. i think that's just going to continue because they need to keep this height 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 push back up the iron cuts and as woodson church would have said, try to put it back up in order to cause the region. and these problems that basically will allow then, maybe in the future to engage people in their countries to fight wars against these