we don't want to watch it because it might just change dwayne say ah, ah, more and more troops are waving to build a house ahead of the expected ukrainian counter offensive, which may also take place here are key and beds with frontline russian forces in the loop gumps republic of moscow and he had prepared for a looming escalation, also had on the program this our rushes foreign minister arrived in cuba. his last stop on a tour of for latin american countries in that sprint with russia has no problem with those. we have never had a problem with the words of the president of uganda nations,

mark almost 100 years of what he calls productive cooperation with around the clock across the world. this is our t international good to have your company today for the news hour. we begin with breaking news on the program. at least 90 people have been killed in yemen after a stampede that occurred during ramadan charity event. oh, well thought i sent in the jamini capital. santa scrambled in the old town to receive money being given up by local merchants as the crowd pressed forward. some one shot a gun into the year. we believe the bullet broken overhead electric cable, which sparked an explosion, according to local media. the ensuing public goes the most of them. he hospitals

now dealing with 100, some injured people, some of who are reported to be in serious condition. yes, police have stated that the issue in some financial aid was not coordinated with authorities on at least 2 people have been arrested in that regard. the incident occurred just days before the muslim holiday of each al filter, which marks the end of the islamic holy month of ramadan. okay, onwards then to our headline stories that i, as the ukranian conflict remains hot across the front lines. the possibility that it will further escalate appears. hi, russia and ukraine have been amassing forces near the city of las champs in the loop council republic r t senior correspondent murat. gusty of is embedded with russian troops on centers this exclusive report. russian and ukrainian forces stand braced for the coming

onslaught across a 1000 kilometers. this is one small section of it. we are just west of lacy chance, cuppa or slag hill. but from here there's no spectacular view of the battlefield. this. nearby village is controlled by russia should be love could just be your mouth is beulah gore of go, which is which is where ukrainian troops are concentrated, were learning that more and more troops are arriving to belgrade co, perhaps ahead of the expected ukrainian counter offensive, which may also take place here as this the geography is conducive of a ha big armored offensive. it's, it's all rolling plains to the other side. is another intense battlefield over there. behind those lag hills is grima naya. and the forests there between

came in, i am delegate of car, have been again and absolutely vicious battle ground for, for many, many months now v a ukrainian positions are a belly, a killer belly, a kilometer into those woods where you crane masses, men, and material russian guns are quickly brought to bear they never stay long in one position. count a battery far necessitates rotation. they've plenty of spots. russia has fortified in depth with trenches, mine field stitches and anti tank obstacles in the air. jets roar, ah, lose repairs suits with the 5 closed grad support aircraft. they work ceaselessly here on this sector of the front line,

firing predominantly unguided missiles. ah, jetson drones, pound ukrainian troops and armor, ceaselessly, native supplied, arma, and vehicles, litter the battlefield. in all the troops here are confident that they'll be able to ride out ukraine's offensive law thing, at least now you're from the morales good. where holding the line that the situation is stable, the guys are ready to repel any attack that element. we're in the smaller, we're confident that the enemy won't manage to, i call her also to find areas on the ones with sure they won't break through it as is it. they were defined in spirit is at its highest rural de ton at ag and with counter attack. how south both artillery and now the asian back us. so there is nothing was scandal here yet. the conflict may soon reach its violent peak,

but the risks keep mounting hostility between russia and nato, as well as its allies, is stronger than ever. if there is a situation the international community can not condone such as any large scale attack on civilians, massacre or serious violation of the laws of war, it might be difficult for us to insist only on humanitarian or financial support. these hostility is still escalating. washington seems determined to ring its allies for weapons. no matter how reluctant they may seem. ayesha as always takes its own steps. there are new people willing to help our enemies, south korean president you and suck your said his state is ready to supply weapons to the key of regime. that's as until recently, the south koreans fervently assured that the possibility of supplying lethal weapons to kill was completely excluded. i wonder what the residents of this country will say when they see the latest samples of russian weapons at their

closest neighbors, are partners from the dpr k, quid pro quo, so to speak. the risk of a right away escalation, open and direct conflict between nato and russia, is at his all time high. and he, regardless of how successful ukraine's counter offensive ease is a high chance that one will the other side, will the side to raise the stakes. even higher, more i'd gasdio haughty formula, ganske region depleted uranium ammunition being sent to ukraine by new chaos, storage ease that hugely controversial move has brought people in london to the streets and protests that the british government's decision to supply key. as with the radioactive arms, demonstrators call for the decision to be reversed. the use of the ammunition, which has been linked to numerous health issues and previous conflicts is designed

to be used by the challenger tanks that london sent to key of last month. an activist who took part in the protest, russell says that while mainstream reporting doesn't give the full picture, many in nor aware of what's happening and we've organized to the emergency protest, sending depleted uranium cells to ukraine. we've done our best to communicate our protests to white and older as possible, including newspaper flight, the daily telegraph, the daily mail, sunday tele, various other newspapers, attributes to be protesting for 9 years. it's the 2014 new trade off with the british government to, to end all what we regarded. even then as an illegal regime, britain is getting billions in, in a minute, create an economic a to train at

a time when energy prices have gone sky high, people are struggling. a lot of people are aware of the truth and we prayed, which is quite amazing. when you consider the referral to hear totally an awfully one. so i did say recycled. the stories from american intelligence, british intelligence, ukrainian ritchie, lies well, as mentioned depleted uranium, munitions have been used in other combat zones. both the u. k. m, the united states of a history with the contentious weapons during the 1st gulf war. the countries use hundreds of tons of the radio substance during the 2nd war in iraq in 2003, up to 2000 tons were employed during only a 3 week campaign. another striking example was the nato bombing of mucous flavio in 1999. but the consequences of depleted uranium usage still felt today we heard

from a patient bustling cancer, seized the remnants of the material is the root cause of his illness. and i love it really tolerate the therapy with difficulty. the therapy itself is difficult and last quite a long time. as for my mental and physical condition, i'm very exhausted. i don't move much because i can't move because of the therapy. when i'm in the hospital, the therapy starts at 9 in the morning and ends at 8 in the evening. it's 10 hours of lying down a day, and it all depends on how well i tolerate the cycle. and the 2nd, the cycle i enjoy heavy therapy. i had a high temperature and i fell into a coma. it's a temperature coma, but the doctors helped me and they told me that it must be so difficult because the therapy itself is difficult and the disease has spread. cancer has affected the lungs, lymph glands, and the main aorta. so i take a lot of medicine. i'm suspected that my illness is a consequence of the nato bombing. and when i came to belgrade, the doctors confirmed it to me that the bombing was the main cause of my illness.

and that it was a consequence of the bombing, in particular, the depleted uranium ammunition that they use to attack us. here is the main reason why can't appears in people. it is not chris was what it is that affects the body. but the doctor explained to me that these are the consequences that appear after a certain number of years. they told me that i'm young, healthy and strong, and that's why i did not feel anything at the beginning. late at the body subsides, a lot has accumulates in the body or environment in which we live is polluted february. now the story to tell you by today rushes foreign minister has arrived in havana, sir gil of ralph's incubator, as part of a trip to boost diplomatic ties with south and central american countries, talks with his cuban counterpart will take place ahead of a meeting with the island nations president miguel diaz canal cuba is the final stop on minister love robs for country latin american tour which began on monday. wednesday. he visited nicaragua and outline the importance of uniting efforts to

counter western head. gemini, give a little mr. multi polarity is the result of time and objective, historical process that cannot be stopped, although the co umbrella of so called a merit role to you, my well and then the influence of us sections at the start of mr. le, from the tour of brazil on venezuela were the 1st countries to welcome pen across the atlantic. we heard from a professor of latin american studies of the city, university of new york. he stays, the region should align with russia and china to country u. s. dominance their washington will continue to stop and nothing to maintain imperial control. busy that is diplomatic, economic, political, and military control of the hemisphere. it'll be 200 years the anniversary of the monroe doctrine. and how many centuries or many decades of gunboat, diplomacy of the big stick of us are against in the region. so across the region,

there's a lot of enthusiasm, the new role that the russians have now played in the chinese. and this is why we can now talk of a multi polar world. they get the bolivian way in the bed as well as the cubans. and the online america, any sanction people are now able to defy washington unipolar designs because they have alternatives, especially in the economic, wrote the only way to break the decades and decades of us mac mail of south america and the caribbean. that is blackmail through unilateral. ready unilateral sanctions in economic lucky, the only way to break that is the greater unity, greater integration. so the visit a circuit lab to cut into minot work, but not soon enough for the toiling, struggling fighting people of the region. accusations of must killings. and i'd

like cultural robbery, and with those claims, nikolai argue has bomb, the european union ambassador from entering the country. we reiterate to the neo colonialists of the european union, our condemnation of all their historical genocide and would demand justice and reparation for these crimes against humanity and their vigilant, greedy and rebellious looting of our own reaches and cultures in this circumstances . and then the face of the permanent siege of our people's right to national sovereignty, who will not receive your representative. well, that was the response to an e. you statement released on the 5th anniversary of deadly protests in the country . that block claims, not citizens in the central american country helping repressed ever since brussels household on managua, to return to a rule of law and restore civil and political rights. in response to the nicaraguan authority said the statement prove the use imperialistic and colonial stance in the

region. to some background on this, when protests in nicaragua broke out in 28th to over social reforms which were to lead to a sharp rise in taxes. it brought thousands to the streets and led to years of unrest. the united nation sees a subsequent government plumped on on the protest that hundreds dead imprison unforced into an independent journalist. benjamin norton says the e u on the west in general, are looking to impose their rules based order over the realities that the european union and its ally the united states have meddled in internal nicaraguan affairs for many years. the war waged by the west against nicaragua has never ended, and this leads us to 2018. in 2018. there were protest, but it was part of a larger crew attempt. it was a very violent coup, attempt to try to overthrow the democratically elected sandinista government led by president and your vega. who by the way is one of the most popular presidents in

latin america, the u. s. and the european union have been trying to replace international law with this vague concept of the rules based order. they never to find the rules because the rules aren't actually international law. because the united states and the european union violate international law on a daily basis in fact. and in terms of nicaragua, the international court of justice in 1986 found the u. s. government guilty of war crimes and crimes of aggression against the people, nicaragua, and still to this day since 986. the u. s. government has refused to acknowledge that court case in the international court of justice and washington has refused to pay nicaragua, the billions of dollars. reparations that it. oh, is the people in the garage when the european union claims falsely that the nicaraguan government supposedly killed protesters and all of this, what they're actually covering up is the role of brussels and washington in

supporting these very violent insurgents tried to overthrow the government. like in syria, like in libya like in venezuela, in so many other places the president of uganda supervise the commissioning of the 1st over hold russian made helicopter on the african continent side of the sahara. during the event, he spoke about the productive bilateral cooperation between the 2 countries, noting that there is no limit for the partnership between moscow and come paula. this is another example of our excellent and long standing relations with russia based on a convergence of interests that continue to bear a logical dividend for africa and russia. russia has never had a problem with us. we never had a problem with russia. the russians have been our partners for the last 100 years. now, it was only last year when a service center for russian made helicopters was opened in uganda and the 1st draft has successfully taken off up the ceremony. the president noted that there is

a demand for russian equipment in africa, which should lead to business development. at the same time, he condemn western countries for trying to drive a divide between long term partner, russia, african states, saying, nations need the freedom to make their own choices or president must have any address the russian delegation of the meeting calling to increase investments. not only in the military for years, but also the agricultural industry. uganda depends on russian produce fertilizers whose import something difficult over the last year or so to, to the conflict in ukraine. a local correspondence since this report about the current supply. issue. stickler dakota is the backbone of uganda employees. moreland said vin to percent of the east african countries anti workforce. the sip that i did is raise on for addresses from russia. and one of the biggest import us you gonna crop care is just this spotlight as to both big and small farmers

throughout the country. sir, i've seen the director of the company encourages more investors to follow russia's footsteps. this is a foreclosure, ah, it is far magnesium sulfate. however, it is not produced. i not a boarding from the us here, but the raw material of this product is coming from russia. so you can enlist in without raw material you can not produce. so if there are ca, this dog, and you can not a book, then you can not get this. and i say as days between rush and uganda, want you to grow, compile a musty seized of interest that focus more on adding value to each agriculture sector. and employing of it's young people who make up more than 70 percent of the population. and men of them who don't hold for more jobs or we're an agricultural economy. most of our people are farmers. and are, you could see the are many graduates, we're a no with all jobs. so i would imagine that the best thing that needs to be done by

our leaders is to prioritize and key areas that const puck off our youth to get opportunities. what exactly needs to be done, or besides, spangled the youth, the need to understand competent or very edition, how can we be able to transform what will produce with less energy, lake electricity, which we are using at the moment. and beyond that, also trying to sell out some of the key things that we can trade more with russia. more commodities. we have quite a lot, uganda min exports coffee, anti to russia by the current conflict between the said ukraine has this obliged export channels just like lasers from russia, electric club, foot prices and local markets hope skyrocketed. and according to trade, as this is as a result of less production due to a dual input such as pot license,

it is hoped that more russian investors would abuse uganda after the upcoming russia africa summit. in july, the washington has strengthened its grip on 2 rums drone program, imposing new sanctions on iran. and it's a life that includes chinese, hong kong on malaysian companies who will not be blacklisted from the u. s. market and have their assets frozen r t corresponding to use of lolly picks up the story. on wednesday the us treasury department has slapped a fresh round of sanctions against these mac republic. this time the sanctions target. the iranian drone industry are based on a statement released by the us treasury department, either benz target and procurement network that contributes to the development of hawaiian you way. he's that procurement. there were a comprises suppliers of key electronics equipment and some font companies

acting on behalf of iranian electronics companies to try to find the needed technology. and i am sending the needed technology to i want to try do i develop it? saw drones here in the country. so that's for those of course, foreign companies are based in china, malaysia and hong kong. all of those companies are now under the u. s. treasury department's new round of sanctions. so the sanctions also target and iranian company called part of those on c stem or the arman or shortly pos. now that's an iranians iranian electronics company that a ports distributes and a uses telecommunication, mechanical, and laboratory equipment. so that company, the head of that company is also hits by the us sanctions. so the sanctions will freeze the assets of those heads by the bands and wars americans from interacting

with those people and those individuals under the u. s. sanchez. so in recent years we see that it one has made remarkable advances and a drone industry and the production of a range of recognizance combat and surveillance. you a, he's a, we are in even just yesterday. we saw during the army parade are celebrating the establishment, the anniversary of establishment of the wants army. during that parade, we saw the youth sofa, a range of reconnaissance. com, to surveillance drones all claim to be produced domestically inside iran. course it was stepped into the realm of developing drones a little bit more than a decade ago by reverse engineering, america's r q 170. at that time, the rhonda had r q 170 in its waters on its borders with pakistan and brought it down using its own experts and reverse engineered that are key 170 and unveiled its own

version of r q 170. and that said this card for iran strong program, and today will see that one is capable of producing the range of drones with different applications. and that prompted the united states to try to call on the iranian drawn industry. and this is basis one days, you know, when the children's rights commissioner has been helping to evacuate youngsters, including many orphans from him, bustled areas of ukraine and don boss since the start of the conflict last year. but the international criminal court has branded her a war criminal on issued on arrest warrant for her actions. rear low over the bell over spoke exclusively to r t about her work. it is yes. yes. these are children who had been transferred to health resorts in the crimea and crescent our region from active war zones in and around her son is

a foreclosure and her cough. the transfer was entirely voluntary with parents asking for their children to be moved somewhere safe. where they could continue to go to school and have a healthy routine. unfortunately, the front line moved due to the changing combat situation and some families were unreachable because of it. so it became impossible to return the children to their families without delay. at the time, there were about 2500 children in our custody, who had spent some time at health resorts in crimea. i want to emphasize that it was completely free of charge for the families who took this opportunity to keep their children safe from all the bombings and showings and who no longer feared for their lives. men of fighting age were not allowed to cross the front line to pick up their kids. and we could only transfer children to their legal guardians. we had to make sure that children didn't end up in the hands of scammers. many mothers weren't ready to come and pick them up because they either had younger children to look after or had financial troubles. but by the end of the year, we had only about $400.00 children,

still waiting for their families to pick them up. right now we only have 8. we know that ukraine didn't evacuate children, it wasn't a priority. for example, when mary, opal was under fire and it was an active combat zone. the ukrainian army use children as human shields, placing them in the same windows as sharpshooters. we have testimonies from the children themselves and from their family members who were around at the time. they started talking about evacuating children from bach, moved only when it became impossible to stay in the city, even for adults, let alone children the current basis for the allegations as a ukrainian website called children of war, which displays photos of children that do not match the accompanying information, we have found that our office has already worked with several children on this site and reunited them with their relatives in ukraine. but these children are still up on the site with the same wrong information. do you know what is interesting when parents or legal representatives are volunteers with proxies from close relatives

come to pick up children. some of them tell about the preparations that ukrainian armed forces put them through before they are able to leave and pick up their children. they are instructed on arrival to say terrible things happening in those camps and to collect all the contacts. this was exposed by our law enforcement agencies. we have 8 children in crimea right now, ukrainian children. our staff started searching for their relatives in january, when there were $400.00 children. there are office tried to call their relatives to find out the reason for the delay. you see volunteer to come to get these children are not allowed to contact official russian authorities including my office. so we came up with a complicated plan and we sent our volunteers to negotiate. it's volunteers from russia and from ukraine, and we support and assist them from the outside. by the time we got involved, some of the children's relatives had already gone to e u. countries now, most of the relatives of those 8 children are in new countries,

which of course complicates their re union connect here all r t r documentary team chronicles a story of the west, sending weapons to g hobbies and then linkedin ninety's. not in the middle east, but in europe, the fox are laid bearing moments in bosnia and herzegovina, rise of the caliphate. ah, with

.