i lose with stories right now here when r t international id islamic republic of iran and the kingdom of saudi arabia have agreed to reduce diplomatic relations and reopen their embassies off the years of diplomatic. ancient chinese president is eugene pain makes history is the country's 1st leader to be elected for 8 consecutive tub also ahead for him. and we follow the russian trooper bonds in the u. right as intended. fighting eliminates 350 ukranian soldiers according to russia's ministry up

with, and a lot of moving and shaking on the world of geopolitical transport today. just take, for example, the blossoming friendship between bricks hopeful members, iran and saudi arabia. because of the leadership of terrence and re, i have agree to resume diplomatic ties and reopen their embassies within 2 months. the statement comes off the top officials from both countries held pultz in beijing . and now the states, foreign ministers will meet to implement the decision, make all the necessary arrangements and assign their ambassadors. let's get more details now with a contributor, yusef johnny great news for the middle east and the whole world as they want. and saudi arabia finally decided to break the ice and resumed their diplomatic ties.

after several years, after 7 years of frosty relations, all the agreement came on friday and it was reached and the chinese capital beijing . after several days of intensive negotiations between our secretary of iran's supreme national security council and he shavani and his mom, saudi counterpart, and the chinese capital beijing, of course, on saudi arabia. several is diplomatic ties with iran back in january 2016 after angry iranian protesters toward the saudi embassy into iran. following the rios execution of fox hobb, shia cleric never bothered and member. and that led to the end of the diplomatic ties between saudi arabia and iran. were the 2 sides closed, there embassies in the 2 countries, or of course. so now this new development is very promising, is a promising step towards ensuring stability and security and peace in the middle

east. as the 2 sides have been always at loggerheads when it comes to many regional issues after the rise and the emergence of dodge terrorists, isis terrorists in the region. and the chaos that took place inside syria and iraq are the 2 sides, have been on different fronts, of course. and when it comes to the saudi war on yemen, iraq backs in a sorrow, la movement, and a want backs political resolution to the you have any conflict, while the saudi arabia has been attacking yemen. so those issues will be result following, then we're agreement between we off and to juan. so this very great step and we heard that the 2 sides decided to reopen their embassies. within the next 2 months, i was discussing the development with a political analyst, our side mohammed miranda from the university of toronto. he says that middle eastern states are increasingly seeking closer ties with each other to count up interventionist policies of certain western partners. the world is changing very

fast, so the conflicts in and across asia between the united states and its adversaries or rivals increasing. and i think that countries in west asia think that moving closer towards each other would prevent foreign actors from creating tensions and using differences in the region to intervene. the united states is not a reliable friend, or the europeans are not reliable friends even to those countries. that have friendly ties with them. in other words, if you do not do what the west demands you to do, then you will be undermined. and i think therefore, countries like saudi arabia will be looking to improve ties with iranian, and other regional countries. oh, fully in order to prevent western players west from actors

from being able to use those divisions to undermine the sovereignty of their their own allies. so to one of our today's biggest stories that over the chinese president gigi peng making history as the country's 1st leader to be elected for a 3rd consecutive tom. it was a unanimous decision by the national parliament in beijing. judging king who was already served in the post for a decade, is now set for another 5 year term, but also secured his position as the head of china's central military commission. and following the election, he confirmed his oath of allegiance to the country, and it's for sure sure. i pledge to be a legion to the constitution of the people's republic of china and safeguard the constitution's authority. fulfill my legal obligations be loyal to the country and the people be committed in honesty, my duty except the people supervision and work for

a great modern socialist country. that is prosperous, sworn democratic, culturally advanced, harmonious and beautiful. i, gigi, pe, take this oath. i was our right at the great hall of the people this morning to with this of this historic moment. and i talked to some, some of the deputy there. and many of them said they are very so excited to witness this moment. especially those from the grassroots, such as those from the remote villages or mountainous areas because they are among those who care really feel the changes at the chinese society better than most talking about priorities, i think definitely on to boost economy would definitely be one of his priorities ahead, but also i think like at other topics like a green economy, green development ah, in like science and technology development are also on the top of jen,

of the central government under present. she's gotten talking about china, russia ties and made a sweeping western sanctions imposed on russia. china has actually runs out the effort acts for as of an energy products, including like natural gas, oil and coal, to china, as well as its agricultural products. and also, as we know that in 2019 china and russia jointly set the goal of their ballot or trade reaching $200000000000.00 us dollars by 2024. so a lot to expect. of course, at the same time, china is also using, you know, increasingly strong ah, rhetoric, when it comes to china, us relations, you know, it's, it's worth noting that the foreign minister and she's gone directly worn designer us relations are in a very difficult situation during the pressure of a few days ago and says firmly that if the relations keep going down in his path and that the u. s. doesn't hit the breaks,

there would definitely be quit confrontation and like half and the big would not remain silent. if the u. s. leonard or a tech, so very strong words, but on the other hand, like what has mentioned by foreign ministers you go, it's also very important to forward a strong ties with the, to the worst to largest economies. while the russian president vladimir putin was quick to congratulate his chinese counterpart, i think that moscow values his contribution towards strengthening the relationship between the 2 countries. and according to russia is a foreign minister, a sort of a rep cough. now those bilateral ties had driving washington and others around the world just a little bit crazy. and he made those comments in an exclusive interview to us here at anti i cheat and i many guns of this buck woods. obviously, americans are concerned that are comprehensive partnership and the whole complex of our ties. multi faceted and deep have received an additional impetus and continued

to develop despite all our enemies attempts to upset them and damage our relations . the americans seem to understand that the russia, china nexus is one of the pivotal elements in the formation of a new multi polar world order. and it is, if you like, an antidote to the american dictate and american hedge ammonia. we work with the people's republic of china, hand in hand, standing shoulder to shoulder, resisting the onslaughts of our enemies. we have a lot of projects and we have the groundwork for our work with china. if we have no hidden agendas, we are driven by the desire to ensure stable development in a prosperous feature for our states in our people's. and that just seems to drive our enemies crazy in washington and some other capitals. their nervous reaction to what is happening is further confirmation that the course we have chosen with beijing is the right one. i am low, but meantime the chip wall between america and china or a spreading. as the dutch government just announced new restrictions, similar to washington's on machinery to manufacturer the key high tech component,

the china says the measure was adopted under pressure from america. and as urged the netherlands not to violate free market principles. dna could be of which are available to it in the recent years. i mean to be the all country in order to depart, train over to rights to development and see if gary did so. and had you money has almost reached the concept of national security when you college a sized instrumentalist, economical, trade and high tech issues at the cost of ally sensor. and you'll, well, i'm curious and learned some countries to adopt experts, restrictions against china will miss you on the phone. we hope that the netherlands will uphold. and i'm shocked if and fair position based on market principles, respect this period of the contract receipt from c r u. so in the interests and not follow the individual countries abuse of export control measures went with the dutch company, as well as the world sole source for the most advance lithography machines that are used for semiconductor production. the new restrictions will limit exports of the

company's 2nd most advanced product. while it's a state of the art machines were banned from export in 2019 dutch officials, so not specifically name the countries targeted by the restrictions. but media reports suggest that china is in the crosshairs, affording in line with what the united states has done. and we spoke with nelson, wong, vice chairman of the shanghai center for impact and international studies. he says the controls may stimulate the development of china's domestic chip industry. it's obviously a technology wall between china and the u. s. left west. and in the short term, i, i would like to say that china was some, are quite a bit, but that actually gives china also the, the ground to make the resolve that china would need to develop its own semiconductor industry in a,

perhaps foster pace. and so rumors are that the chinese government is about to announce at last, it's decision to give out huge amount of money as a financial ground to support the foss development of the trip industry. so that's something to be expected as well. ah, well as intense fighting graters on the front, ukraine has lost 350 personal and just the past day that's according to the russian ministry of defense. it also reports that 9 high mas rocket launchers, these are american weapons, were hit, and multiple ukrainian military vehicles destroyed as well. open out what is eager don off was following their advance this now of the russian airborne troops. tulips, corn flowers, carnations hyacinths, delicate symbols of affection and normal life. here these names are harbingers of

death. ah, she'll done with an innocent ne hyacinth packs a monstrous punch. if you've run out of luck and been designated as its target, you better run fast and far. the intensity of the work depends on the situation on the front. we're both day and night. there are no fixed hours here. it takes about a minute and a half to side. the target open fire, and eliminated this detachment is part of russia's airborne troops. the hunt down their prey from up to 30 kilometers away. convoys command h q's, and enemies own big guns top their target list. if you open fire with the

fragmentation effect, the shrapnel spreads over 200 to 300 meters. this gun is very powerful and accurate has been able to take out the lead vehicle in a convoy a tank was the 1st shot. they cover infantry advance in the criminal forest. their ukraine's ranks have grown thinner, partly due to heavy casualties. partly because keith command had to transfer some troops to the south, where the back moved, battle rages on that the wagner company is gradually shutting down the last lifeline that still available for ukrainian troops. they've been reduced to one road and it's already

almost a bog. vehicles have to slow to cruel and become an easy targets for hire, since like this one ah catch 22 for the generals and key if back move has become too symbolic to just pull out yet saving it means exposing other parts of the front. am it rushes relentless push? i'm again done of reporting from the dumbass rogers, a foreign minister at oliver off says that the events in georgia have a similarities to the ukranian. my dan qu of 2014. his comments came off to vladimir prudence meeting with a russian security council. very similar to caves made on there is no doubt that

the law and registration of non governmental organizations that receive foreign funding in the amount of 20 percent of their budget was just an excuse to start an attempt to force a change of power. nevertheless, in a number of european countries, the same rules are much more stringent burrell stated, without batting an eye, that this contradicts european values, and puts the block on the path of georgia, secession to the e. u. in general, this hypocrisy is, of course, obvious o people in the georgia capital have been protesting against the so called foreign agent build, claiming it was set to clamp down on weston news outlets and n g o's. while very similar to an existing u. s. law american official spoke out against the measure even threatening to impose sanctions on georgia. so the government did react to protest as to violence by canceling the bill and releasing those who have been detained. the numbers of people gathering near the national parliament being growing by the thousands. so in

the midst of it, all, ortiz, donald called, behind me the parliament building where thousands of protesters have gathered for the 3rd night in a row, they just launched a new demand to the government, demanding the resignation of the parliament. this is after both of the main demands of the protesters were actually met by the parliament. the 1st one being the release of all protesters weapon detained throughout these protests and riots. and the 2nd one being the rescinding of this law that started these protests in the 1st place. that of course, was a law, a dropped law that the georgia parliament passed that would see on non governmental organizations in this country that make over 20 percent of their income from foreign sources. register. as foreign agencies, we've seen a lot of anti russian sentiment here. ukranian flags, american lags european union flags alongside the georgia ones. and they've been calling this proposed law that started this all

a russian style law. that's despite the fact that this law does exist in russia, but was 1st passed in the united states all the way back in 1938. and it actually carries much more severe consequences. criminal ones, including jail time for employees of organizations that fail to register as opposed to in russia where organizations that failed to register would simply receive a fine. now you can see behind me the protest has today been so far peaceful, but this has been the pace over the past 2 days. earlier in the night, around midnight is when really we started to see violence erupt. protesters throwing molotov cocktails and rocks and objects and police building barricades and they even tried to storm the parliament building twice the police have obviously responded with tear gas and water cannons. and i was actually in the thick of it. yesterday i got tear gas and saw the action 1st hands. now, the government is actually divided on this issue. the parliament is at odds with

the president who was in the united states. when all of this, all of these protests broke out. she released a video with the statue of liberty behind her, putting her support in making for the protests and denouncing the part of the parliament support for this long. but while the political opposition colds were the current government to resign, there's no guarantee the tensions would subside even if that occurred. so over now to watch, it's more in a culture of us, she breaks down how the situation escalated and perhaps more importantly, the role foreign actors have been playing back. as soon as the pros has started in georgia, most people follow in european politics thought. here we go again and now they're a college revolution. why? that's why american and european flags banners in english saying peaceful protests mixed in with a few molotov cocktails. as well as some words of encouragement from western

officials. ah this time instead of assistant secretary of state that for a newland handed out snacks to demonstrators in kiev, it was tall robinson and another us assistant secretary of state who just so happens to be in belize, c. a day before the riots are opted. he claimed to be there for slightly different events, but he couldn't help, but all for a few words of advice for georgians. this is a law based on russia's interest, not george's in truth, in we think it to george's entry to work more closely towards euro atlantic

integration. this law doesn't do that. we don't think it's the right thing for georgia and more importantly, georgia, i don't think it's the right thing for georgia. so let's get this straight. washington doesn't like a law being proposed by the majority of georgia, m. p. 's from the ruling party of georgia. a law that with highlight the companies and individuals receiving substantial funding from a broad like america who could therefore be acting in the interests of said country . now, why would they care may come to mind a recent u. s. government report names georgia as a lead in recipients of u. s. foreign and military aid in europe and eurasia. and this isn't something new . the u. s. has been sending hundreds of millions of dollars to georgia since the mid ninety's over $445000000.00 in foreign military financing.

i loan since 1997, 35000000 dollars just last year, over a $130000000.00 in bilateral state department and us aid assistance annually. and all this, of course, go and towards helping georgia develop a democratic free market with western orientations. in july state department spokesman, net price told reporters the u. s. has allocated a total of almost $6000000000.00 in assistant funds for georgia over the years. and as we know, nothing comes for free and this is exactly what local m. p. 's had in mind when considering the draft law on transparency of foreign influence. countries tend to use angie yos and private need the organisations to sway public opinion and encourage opposition movements in countries of interest. the biggest share of the u

. s. funding is directed towards antonio's, which means that this money benefits not our country, but their own agents. we see that there is absolutely no transparency in their spending. the public does not have any information in this regard. that creates risks. our country's a small state. naturally. it is vulnerable to various types of risks. so at this time, transparency is of special importance. georgia is already one foot in the u paul having signed the e u association agreement, and this law would jeopardize its future with the wes box. not everyone seems to share these pro western views, as we've already seen from the scuffles in parliament. so the majority of m. p. 's voting in favor of this particular law was didn't like that and started was saying it's support for the protesters while painting russia as the bad guy. as always, it's about a moment for george's own future democracy. and we want to be here to support the

georgia people in their aspirations and georgia journey to strengthening ex democracy in this region. russia is trying to absorb countries like ukraine absorb countries like beller is threatened countries like georgia. if you look around, no one is choosing to be with russia. what we've got instead is a very strong united international support for ukraine. and for countries like georgia that are occupied by an aggressor like russia. the west supports georgia, as long as it's part of the gang when georgia had a president who was last euro centered, it all ended with the rose revolution in 2003 and a change of power. that's when opposition leader and western fund mikhail suckers really entered the picture and what followed was a war and to break away regions. and now here we go again. that's so cold. controversial bill has since been withdrawn box. protesters have bowed to continue

until it's formerly denounced and protesters are released from detention. so once again, democracy brings conflict across rawson borders and another russian neighbor. it's been a time to follow a european future. a plan that has been in the making for years with george bush discussing ukraine and george's need for membership back in 2008. and thats despite warnings from russia since pretty much the soviet union collapsed. well, not much has changed. it seems. and now we're back to square one. ukraine is a disaster, and now in georgia, the pots is definitely hot and being stirred. and the only question seems to be how long before it spills over. again, officials in the west african nation of molly have issued a scathing criticism of france, citing the former colonial powers approach on the continent of molly's prime

minister says his country is now putting its interests. first. let us say franz sir francis litters are the ones who wanted to impose an out country. what should be done? what we should think about and what to say. but we told them that this gira and this time has been long gone. which shoes and the people choose? molly is afar. vanessa abdulla deal says france and other western powers of d stabilized parts of africa. in particular, he noted the 2011 nato incursion and bombing of libya. he said, european powers must recognize the sovereignty of african nations. that while highlighting the countries close ties with russia and even thanking moscow for supporting and in the help in the fight against tara in the region, the russian federation is a strategic partner of molly for a number of reasons. the main one is moscow's assistance, stood by mccoy and what we have asked for in order to counter extremist groups such as isis and al qaeda,

we did hear from one our regional security expert who says that rising anti french sentiment across africa is no surprise considering the countries approach on that continent have a listen to the well, you'll need your monster. there is currently a decline in francis popularity. press is no longer in a position of moral authority in many countries. the reason for that is francis attitude towards africa over the past decade. another reason is that africans name of african youth have awakened durant understanding. they want to start from scratch. the west unfortunately has not understood desperation of african youth. this youth are currently going through tough times. it was they who pushed no crone to conduct this charm offensive. i think of we some of their results of macros store of africa. it actually shows the decline in francis popularity and the fact that france is no longer in a position of a moral authority. a crone was criticized by the public and officials of many countries that would have seemed unthinkable 10 to 15 years ago. well worries do come in all shapes and sizes, rising concerns in africa. irish,

china's increasing demand for donkeys is putting up risk, a key source of transport and ultimately horse power for households in africa. ah, with. busy we're not allowed to well we're totally sorry donkeys extremely important. nafrica they used to for ploughing to help the community fetch water because most villages have no running water with record. and i'm making a living with these donkeys to help my family and my love animals to keep that take

out. and so that they will take out a just by wrapping up by this, i was like, broadcast from moscow here on algae international from all of us here. thank you for spending a time with us here in the russian capital. lots more stories still to come when your program are tough, but we'll beat the top with a when i was sure seemed wrong when i'll just don't hold any world. yes to safe out these days because the advocate and engagement it was the trail when so many find themselves worlds apart,

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