you mentioned that you spoke with her about how she took on a job these to broadview enough with you with a lot of them are putting visits. the recently incorporated russian territories of the loot dealt republic. her song region figure military updates directly from the commanders of local forces with russia president adults. so here was a high level of snap naval drills in the pacific. r t correspondent is embedded bit the russian fleet, which has been put on high alert to test edge readiness limits or intentions with

scores dead close to 2000 wouldn't, did attacks on diploma the situation in students to be further escalating off for already days of clashes between the national army with mid day in moscow this tuesday, i'm unit o'neill and you're welcome to the news wind up here on our lot of europe has visited the lu, demps republic. i'm there her some region for the 1st time since the start of russia's military operation, the nation's leader, met with commanders. now the headquarters of the last stock or eastern national guard, was directly given situational reports on the conflict. the areas are part of a number of patrice, which voted in referendums in autumn. earlier,

i discussed the trip with our teeth, but he was given concrete. these had that the nuclear power plant, but this was that the president's 1st visit to the region since the military operation began in february last year. and of course, now these regions are incorporated into the russian federation. vladimir putin visited matthew pole, which the, the city was the scene of intense fighting devastation and, and destruction. and he met a lot of the locals there. they were that they were updating them on the, on the situation on the ground. i also spoke with many of those residents last year who told me the of the i, the, the intensity of the situation there. they said that their homes had been destroyed . they showed me photographs of these, do you know that their apartments that have been flattened and they said that this was carried out by ukrainian or forces. it was astonishing. steve wasn't because we saw those pictures, apartment blocks flattened to the ground and then all of a sudden a few months later, getting as you say,

the keys to new homes. i'm sure other terry's will be hoping for similar of course, and let's go to the reconstruction has been fairly rapid and people are on the ground. have said that in the are that the redevelopment there was something that they never saw when it was under the control of, of care they, they, they, they, they lacked investment and now they're seeing that these brand new apartments. very, very nice looking apartments. they've been given the case these free, of course, and there's been schools and hospitals redeveloped, of course, ukrainian forces were, are using those as military bases. the schools they had soldiers placed in them. they placed military hardware in those residential areas. now this comes, of course, as the, these leak documents from the, from the pentagon, allegedly, we have to say that and yet we haven't had the confirmation of this at this stage, but there's a lot of speculation on the spring offensive. now the news week, the u. s. publication, newsweek published over the weekend said that the m, the spring offensive was planned for april. the 3rd. yes. and this was backed by

a minute the supply of minute she hauled where from the u. u. s, but whether that's happening now, nor is open to speculation, a number of the international volunteers. these mercenaries that been fighting on the ukrainian side, the i'm on its own observe very closely on social media. a large number of those have returned back to the u. k. and they're saying that the spring offensive is now not taking place, but for now rushes military operation continues on president putin's visit to the from i'm will be very welcome while on. that's a lot. her point. speculation surrounding keith's plan spring counter offensive. ortiz, senior correspondent, murat gas. the of who's been following the advances made by russian forces filed this report from thomas, the city of back mortar, or what's left of it. the battle rages, unabated. ukrainian forces have been pushed to the western suburbs as key of throws more and more troops into the grinder. the delayed defeat here, it would be

a tremendous psychological blow to its war effort and backers. oh, you claimed that ukraine troops would be in crimea by spring. the well, she'll have plenty of time. no rush, everything is going to plan. it is no secret that ukraine has amassed a large strike force. footage of mass troop formations and hordes of armored vehicles have appeared more and more often. but the long awaited ukrainian counter offensive is going to have to wait rain and mud in easton, ukraine. mean, any offensive will quickly become bogged down with russia. in turn is preparing air strikes with glad bombs have risen sharply in recent weeks. ukraine has nothing to fight them with. concurrently. massive defensive lines have been dug and fortified

across the 1000 kilometer front line. ukraine needs to show that it can when the clock is ticking. we have obviously had an extraordinary amount of money that congress has given us to provide security assistance to the ukrainians. but it's not unlimited. war fatigue is rising among ukraine sponsors there. arsenals depleted tens of billions spent in support of key f, with little by way of success to show for it. holland and the others have found this trend, alarming. if we lose the ukraine, we will lose piece for decades. failure in ukraine could be the beginning of the end of the gold, an age of the rest will make or break western commitments to it much will be decided in the coming weeks. ukraine's much hyped counter offensive and success when the battlefield or lack thereof,

will make or break western commitments to it. and without an endless stream of west and money, guns and artillery shells, the conflict can only go one way. more ad gazda of asi from logan screeching. meanwhile, the russian president has commended the performance of the countries pacific fleet, which is in the middle of snap naval exercises. the fleet has been put on high alert to test its readiness amid soaring tensions with the west. over the ukrainian conflict r t correspondent donald quarter got to take a closer look at this scope and the scale of the drills. today the growth is carrying out its part of the snap naval drills called by the defense ministry to test the combat readiness of russia's far east fleet in the event of an enemy attack. this involves linking up with 3 other anti submarine vessels and conducting mass firing drills alongside them. information with this helicopter that's going to

seek and identify targets in the water for the ships to launch torpedoes that we're also going to see by the way, the might of these torpedoes in action today. so without further ado, let's get right into with, we're out at sea with the corvette. good auntie, meeting loud in english. it's

a very young ship, just 4 years of age, as well as a very fast one armed with high powered torpedoes employed and anti submarine combat, as well as universal artillery that can be used against enemy vessels as well as aerial targets. ah, a formation another one. mm hm. okay, some comments to tell you about now the white house has suggested that the president of brazil is blindly following russian rhetoric. the accusation came just before russia's foreign minister held talks with louis the silver who stumps on the ukrainian conflict is seemingly calls in concern for washington. the pur, discuss ways, the strength and what they described. a bilateral strategic partnership. it follows

washington accusing brazil of supporting quote, russia and chinese propaganda luther silver recently calls on the sending of weapons to ukraine to stop suggested both. busy sides negotiate to end the conflict brushes, foreign minister, surrogate, love, ralph, on monday, express grub. i'd choose to present all its attempts to settle a conflict on endorse the country, paid for a permanent seat on the un security council. from cook. as part of our common efforts to promote a fair reform of the mechanisms of global governance institutions. we will work closely together at the un, within the framework of the security council, where brazil is currently a non permanent member. we have referred today our support for brazil's bid to obtain permanent membership at the security council. just as we support india's bid and in disregard, we also support the need to satisfy the interests of the african continent. brazil

is the 1st stop on sir gala for all the visit to latin america, which will also take him to venezuela, nikolai argue, and cuba school top diplomat saved the key goal of the strength of cooperation between the countries. i mean, on a whole host or from notably the political, economic trade and education of our tea, spanish correspondence, semi on syndrome and high here in the capital of brazil. the russian foreign minister has had a series of meetings, for example he, i met so with his counterparts, ah, modo, the ada. of course, they talked about the, the relationships between the 2 countries, about the economic situation about this strategic corporations and brazil was so once again, happy to hear that russia easing favor for it's becoming a permanent, a un security council member. and of course, they talked about their situation in ukraine, you know they, it was so,

but as brazil is ready to participate in the peaceful resolution of the ukraine conflict recall and the message of brazilian president lulu the silva, we support the creation of a friendly group in order to facilitate negotiations between russia and ukraine, i also repeat opposition on the necessity of a ceasefire, the respectful humanitarian law, and the stablish spent of a long term piece. the context here is really important because they're a brazilian president himself has had just a long i international trip where in numerous occasions he spoke about the situation in a ukraine, brazil isa, against all for you know, right lateral sanctions against russia. well, according to brent o elfman chief editor of the latin america focus news for chill opera monday. the further strengthening of relations between russia, brazil is paving the way for a world. busy there were, diplomacy prevails,

in addition to commercial and cultural relationships, resume and rush to participate in the same mr. thank articulation to breaks. and they had to for lockman info monthly condition by de control that united states exercise over the global financial system as it do counter is, is trenton. they allies alongside china, india, south africa, and all the nations of the so called go both south back towards the democratic won't order. without exam one is will be easier. i believe that president lula is acting correctly when he proposed a long fight. chinese president seizing being and all the leaders decoration of a group of count pres, willing to facilitate the negotiation, denied his faith, and their opinion union together with who crane must be pressure when defense that

all new way resolve the conflict in through i just and lasting beef negotiation on some news just coming in to the program from sir don were fighting between the national army and the parliamentary, rapid support forces or r s f has entered its 4th day. the commander of the r s. f has now agreed to a 24 hour c spy, we believe to ensure he said this safe passage of civilians on the evacuation of the wounded. the conflict so far as killed 185 people and wounded 1800 more in clashes according to the un. some of the footage here shows the results of the fighting in cartoon during what a nation's officials have brown did. an attempted good and contrast, they come under all the arissa us called on the international community to

intervene. blaming those in power for the destruction being reeked. the conflict broke out on saturday and has left residents dealing with power cut, food shortages and close hospitals. we managed to speak to a local journalist on what's on holding a place actually day after day. so as reach. now the 4th day, this new morning, that lashes is actually in its height at the moment the us, if just this one is with on the facebook page, saying that it has control. for me, it looks as it has moved in advance actually, and this was a lot of us though, we know that the south is also the guy that was with shut down because

of bad i'm because of a new city and also other services the own. so, a big deal, the injuries a does come with the gave cindy international and looking for another 2. and it was in fact, you at the origin like it or $23.00 and, but it goes to, you know, with the injuries. well, i'm in the dangerous situation on the ground. an american diplomatic convoy has been attacked, as well as the european union's ambassador to sit down. officials from the u. s. and the you have strongly condemned the incidents secretary of state anthony blinking said that initial intelligence report to point to the opposition being behind the attack on the americans. i can confirm that yesterday we had an american

diplomat, a convoy that was fired on ah, all of our people are safe and unharmed. but this action was reckless. it was irresponsible, and of course unsafe. a few hours ago, the un bassett, or in sudan was assaulted in his own residency. this constitutes a gross violation of the vienna convention security of diplomatic premises. and staff is a primary responsibility of sudanese authorities and an obligation under international law. while among the reaction, we got 2 developments walls from specialist an african. the 1st gerald horn, he says, not the ongoing qu ensued done. may have a western backer, will obviously washington's diplomats either or not advising the secretary of state properly. or there are some sort of hidden agenda, which is often prevalent in the us state department whereby you,

us back civilians will be catapulted into power in heart tomb. and somehow the military forces will be sideline. i think this is a very ill advised maneuver if that is in fact what's happening recalled that it was united states under u. s. president george w bush that pushed for the secession of south sudan, which is a wash in petroleum. it's successfully seceded, seceded from the water through den, and has been marked and unrest ever since. recall as well that some decades ago, in the aftermath of sudanese and dependence of the mid 19 fifties, it was the united states that pushed for the isolation. if not the bludgeoning of the sudanese communist party which was seen as inimical to washington's cold war ambitions and was a powerful political force. perhaps washington is newspaper headlines that

suggested as seeking to cut a deal with one or another faction within the military. and thereby hill to further isolate the sudan from its natural allies in the african union. not to mention its friends, it is the national community, including russia and china. and i would urge mister blinkin to bow to the influence of the african union, headquartered a neighboring ethiopia, which is much closer to the ground and much closer to the forces who are now fighting each other in sudan. the u. s. government had full access to everything on twitter, including users, private shots that is a revelation which has emerged from an interview with the social media giants, new boss, ceylon mosque. he laid it all out with fox news host tucker carlson, while also discussing the future of artificial intelligence. an issue, the entrepreneur stresses is an absolute priority. the degree to which our various

government agencies had federally had full access to everything was going on a twitter blue online. i was not aware of that. would that include people's dm's? yes. oh, nothing that eli and said in any way shot me or that i didn't know we've even heard before time after time repeatedly that there were channels between these individuals, these folks from twitter and various government organizations. and i would go so far as the suggest that the government is twitter is social media, the idea that they're independent. none of they shocked me. i think in addition to elan must, we had to sit back and pump the brakes ourselves and at ourselves when we so worried about why we have been trained to hyper react to every body.

daring to say something to present something to promote something, to quote something which may not be correct. determined by home. i still go back if you want freedom, then have freedom. let's go back to the wild west. put a big warning. are you sure you want to see or read twitter? there's a lot of weird people with a lot of weird information. sure. okay, sky's the limit. he still is talking about control. the real issue was about artificial intelligence. and let me tell you that is the issue. the proverbial issue that keeps me up at night. nothing else this we already knew about. we have been listen, we were born into captivity. anybody on this planet, in one way or another is boring in surveillance. and if you think that any device you're using, whether it's a fall, is that a part of some meta data pull, you must be kidding by artificial intelligence. and here's the best part. nobody

understands it that confusing it with robots or something or, or machine learning. so the existential threat to everyone is misunderstood per usual. ah, well let's turn attention to the recent leaks of classified documents from the pentagon. a wall street journal investigation stated the other pro russian telegram channel played a quote key role in the disclosure on this run. by u. s. navy veteran, a 2 ported russian blogger, and no one has dawned by the devilish cur, which translates as dawn was. girl re posted the files from obscure online chat rooms. the blogger is the face of a network of program and social media, broadcasting merchandise, and fundraising accounts. but the person who hosts at both gusts as don, bus davis kind overseas. these accounts is a washington state based form. i use and list of every ation of the tronics technician whose real name is summer. bill's. well,

according to the american daily, they don't bass de bush or don bus girl is a telegram, a current which re posted for of the leak classified documents to it's over $70000.00 followers. the files were then picked up and spread by media outlets, while the channels apartment administrator form a u. s. navy officer, sorry bill has said that 15 people from all over the world run the group. she declined to identify any suspects from the pentagon is not reportedly looking into her involvement in the release of the documents. while us authorities have arrested and charged, we know a 21 year old national guard member over the league. american officials alleged some of the documents were altered before being publish the on verified files allegedly contain details of u. s. military plans in ukraine, the editor of covert action magazine. so use the leak and attempts to blame russia for it appear to point to

a u. s. disinformation company there trying to link it to russia that russia, who was somehow connected with this major league. but now it's coming out that this woman was actually working for us, you know, was in the u. s. navy. so i think that very clearly a part of this information operation was point to the parallel. you're doing a song when he leaked these incriminating documents about democratic national committee. that in 2016 election and seemingly an impact on the elections. they tried to link of songs with russia and blame him. very likely, the same kind of thing is happening here. and they're trying to blame russia for this leak sustain this narrative that the russians are interfering in us politics and sustain as demon ization of russia. that's fueling domestic public support for a very bellicose and confrontational policies towards russia. doing business in africa needs to and will become easier for the organizers of the

ongoing african continental free trade area. business for him say must have been breaking down that and more from the kip time event. here's our t correspondent, carrasco let us the africa continental free trade agreement. business forum is in full swing, giving a chance for africa to reflect upon his current position, as well as the pressing challenges that i still hold him back. the movement and freedom of trade in goods and services on the continent for africa to truly realize the full implementation of the promise of the free trade area. more countries need not only sign up, but also have the appellants rectify the deal. there are $47.00 african countries represented at this forum, but only $37.00 out of the $54.00 have signed up and rectified the deal. a lesson that south africa and madge area. i still coming to terms with we working on

a project with that, with both governments in south africa, nigeria and private sector on how we work more closely together and leverage more opportunity. and what we've really found, the big a deficit is, is information and also relationships. we don't have both countries are heavily regulated that our regulators have not met each other, even though a lot of our businesses are doing well invested in nigeria. so we're looking at actually high starting as a lot of it is starting at the base level and that's getting people to meet each other in the 3 years since the africa, continental free trade agreement was and acted only 30 percent of the commitments made by countries have been implemented, but now the focus shifts to the private sector and businesses to give for momentum to the trade agreement. free car has got potential because the african population is going to quadruple by 2100. because africa is the fastest growing continent because we're sitting with 1300000000 people, 60 percent off,

which i young people need also the market is right, which is absolutely the right market for the african businesses to actually see how they never really, jim actually cultivate to leverage these opportunities, business needs to speak as one formidable voice. even though trade amongst african countries is currently at 60 percent, it still leaves much to be desired. one of the main goals is to create more jobs. for the hundreds of millions of africans fill out of work, we would like to see i forgot to become one of the preferred to investment destination. and therefore, we believe if we really put our energy together as africans, we can be able to, to create more jobs. the continental free tre deal is coming into its own, on the. busy verge of the 2nd brick summit to be held on the african continent. south africa will, as chair,

bring in more african countries into the breaks family wide out conversations. and africa based be ready to leverage the opportunity that i believe had, have a lot of tea in cape town just before we go. some stories from across the globe and india to industrial sites have caught fire on oil storage compound in the state of the har. and base scrap recycling compound in a suburb of mum by the nation's largest city. both are ablaze. fire fighters have been dispatched to combat the flames. as of no, no casualties have been reported in either incident. just taking you to neighboring pakistan, the lun slide has tamed lives of 2 people after it covered a highway below. the footage shows trucks and vehicles buried under piles of rocks . while rescue operations are underway. authorities have stated that the death toll may rise and also, ah,

ah, a new wave of protests swept across from sun monday now is president mac roll and delivered a national address to defend the controversial pension reforms that have recently just become law. raising the retirement age from 62 to 64 protesters set rubbish bins on fire and chanted anti government slogans. they were met by police who deployed target to disperse the crisis. according to public opinion polls, a majority of french citizens remain opposed to the government's reform. 6 now at a time of exciting splits, exploration india's 1st cosmo bruncess and interview next a talking his pioneering early days to new delhi future stellar plans catch the set time. reca sharma, my dad. ah

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