ah ah, shots still ring out in suit for the army and part of military forces? i grieve, 2 or 3 days expire for a muslim holiday. coming as local to the warring sides, stop the bloodshed. i'd write the last advice to these troops to stop this war. i swear that there is no winner in this war. there is destruction losing and robbery . also ahead on the program concerns grow in washington, not that vast sums of money being sent to you. craig is right. helen jane that says that total us expenditure in just over a year. there is censorship of the funds given to us that over to tech with dozens of ministers. and you've done that face trial on charges of stealing,

building supply here, mark for the nation's poorest. we hear from our great residents who want their political leaders held touch with stealing government. yeah. give me finish stealing. what talk? because we've paid our family stuff. nope. that's the only way with 11 am in lorna and right here in moscow this saturday, april 22nd. welcome to the r t news hour. we begin the program and so done was shelling, rock the country's capital late on friday. it happened despite the country's military and an opposition faction. having announced a 72 hour ceasefire for the muslim holiday of 8. artillery fire reportedly continued in cartoon for hours. a blow to attempt to stop the violence. the rapids support forces who are fighting the military. currently control the capitals

international airport, but say they are ready to open it so foreign governments can evacuate their nationals. a power struggle develop to a full scale conflict a week ago as the r s. f parallel regrouping dates with government troops earlier this week. sedans, army had rule, died, cease fire negotiations, saying it would only accept their surrender. hundreds have been killed since the weekend in nation already heavily reliant on international aid with the situation now aging towards what the united nations called austria on friday, many parts of the muslim world, mark the end of the holy month of ramadan with festivities, but ensued don baffled, overshadowed the celebrations. as gunshots rang large across cartoon and heavy smoke billowed over the skylight. some devout resident still went to prey. open the conflict ensign, scan it to them that i in sudan is destined place,

hardships, it must be god's will that we spend eat mixed with the sounds of gunfire and the taste of blood instead of what we had hoped to format, eat with sweets and with some haste, threes, with happy children, and with people greeting relatives, hello, that the separation is difficult. it also hill last advised to these troops east to stop this war later. i swear that there is no winner in this war. there is destruction losing and robberies. when i will, we hadn't found this eat at all while there is sadness for the lost lives, the destruction and looting them up as an aiden will believe this. it is different from previous ones as it comes while, while you're on the bombing, we're the pure blood that has been shed and the chair that people are living in the past days. as the blessing of security has been taken away, i will ability of what came to find a culprit for the rest in sudan. the mainstream media has turned to russia. western outlets accused the wagner private military company of supporting opposition forces

against the countries military. r t correspondent, carrabas lit tata, can take us through. the western media has never needed encouragement to blame russia for anything. and the past week, in particular, they have really loudly stood on mountains and bang the drama about how russia and particular, the vegan, a private military group has been blamed for what's happening in the sudan brushes paramilitary proxy group. wagner has begun to try and influence one of the policies russia is missing or a group. wagner has been arming sedans, paramilitary, rapid support forces via libya. a russian resupply campaign, backed by a key regional plan, aimed at turning the tide and sit down who are in favor of the assess. if the west has failed, not only does redone but the region as a whole. there is still insurgency, even despite the better part of 2 decades in that region,

seeing that the will help to stabilize it. this of course follows largely from the overthrow of the libyan government. and one might get duffy. and that is, that of the kid among the pigeons in the hell as it were. but no one dares to mention that russia has no interest in a broken sudan. in fact, they prefer a sedan functional. the leader of the vegan a private military group has offered to send a plane full of medical supplies and of himself as the mediator if necessary to help resolve the existing conflicts. and for the future prosperity of saddam, i'm ready to act as an intermediary in negotiations between the parties of the conflict. the un and many others want sudanese blood and i want peace for the sudanese people. i also want to ask for the opportunity to send planes with medicines and everything necessary to saddam at my own expense. do you think that

was mentioned in the way? no. not at all. they're not trying to paint a logical teacher at all. they're trying to spoon fee their audience's hoping that none will be the way, but surely, audiences amongst into government. because the founder of the regular military group that's not deny being involved in african countries. because as we have seen, he is clearly in molly, clearly and the chad and many other countries. but therein lies the logic that he is not send me when a directive to destabilize or destroy anything. the wagner group did not commit any crimes. they tried to stick various crimes in various parts of the world to us. but unlike the american paramilitary structures, wagner, p. m. c destroys only the enemies of the world and does not commit crimes. who arranged was revolutions in career, vietnam, afghanistan, libya, syria, mozambique,

central africa, and so on. pmc, wagner later came do some of these countries and stopped the walls with an iron fist. but on the other hand, of course, there was this one by the italian government. now wagner is responsible for the increase in migrate through the central part of the canadian. and this is all part of most land to be stabilized europe and those that support ukraine in the country. i think it is now safe to say that the exponential increase in the migratory phenomenon, departure from african shores, is also part of a clear strategy of hybrid warfare that the wagner division is implementing. using its considerable weight in some african countries. we have no idea what's happening with the migrant crisis. we don't concern ourselves with it. really. the regular been reduced to now my grand cravings. they could do that. russia,

who's interested back in a group defend, is involved in the health region that helped me in those countries, both the surety as well as the hardway, in terms of defending themselves against the numerous amount of rebel groups that continue to terrorize their collective countries. and the region all the while claiming large swedes of land avail. when minister of was here in the continent, he expressed the fact that molly will continue to receive the support from moscow, and that was of military hardway and know how, as russians will continue to train the military of miley, in order to be able to fight this efficiency on it. so of course that might be just too much good news for the west. will

a political advisor for saddam's rapid support forces commented on the 3rd party mediation offers saying not as long as such initiatives do not seek to profit from the conflict. the factions open to talks said we don't mind considering mediation. all we ask from the mediators is that they do not seek to take advantage of the situation that sudan, sudan is important to the whole world. where for any initiative that would stop the fighting and would carry out the surrender of abra han and bring him to justice. the initiative should be offered from an impartial country from a country that can objectively assess what is happening on the ground and not through media reports. i think it's up to the people sedan, understand that america has never been there to be friends with anyone or that make us so that it's all political and the national interest and tell you russia and the russian federation. good in there for my use. the fact is known to

have assisted dominion momentum according to man. and in this case, once again, he seems coming to off at the say that issue of course, for the people. so that kind of have a, what they say and have independent employee sit in the country. so whether it be set off from one is going to be accepted by this is the needs of people. i think they have to look beyond that to offer and they look at their long term interests of this menus. people a, comes at a time when the americans have been trying to sort, discard the incident to a russian, if us in sudan. whereas we know that a has been in that particular region. and many of us on the continent trying to

kind of disable bullish tactics in, in the national, your political affairs and meddling into many of the african countries in affairs. and staying in this a health region, the fast african area is staring out a devastating router. crisis of levels not seen in over a decade. according to a new un report, 16 and a half 1000000 children will reportedly face acute malnutrition in 2023, which is over 80 percent more than what's been experienced in recent years. it comes those regional conflicts in the past number of months of this place, thousands on disrupted essential social services. we heard directly from people in the for help about their plight. since you please, this situation was predictable. so far, we do not have a good agricultural policy in this how this area does not have sufficient rainfall . so we have to think about production and ensure the safety of the seedlings. not

too long ago, humanitarian aid was restricted here in niger. so this needs to be lifted so they can rescue the population seem to put him into it because of insecurity in climate changes in this hell. this situation should have been expected. the states and their technical and financial partners have to work to find a face for this situation. the board from the world food program speaks of the mold attrition and food insecurity. that is very bad for us. this means that we're still going to have to ask for outside help with gifts or the w. f. p reporters is very through that if drastic lazarus are not taken. there will be famine. even now people are hungry. the only way to fix this is with the government's will wi fi and the people coming together to help. this is the only way insecurities. the main problem. the only way to fix this is to have more security and help farmers to grow abundant food was doing. the hungarian prime minister has question. the

statement by nato's chief saying that all members agree that ukraine will join the military alliance, budapest, as long said, it will block key of the session if the latter continues to violate the rights of ethnic hungarians in ukraine. archie contribute a ritual. marston's been looking deeper into the dispute. nato secretary general yes. stilton bert cleared, he shocked hungarian prime minister, victor, or bon with talk of ukraine joining nato on his trip to kiev. had a meeting with nato ally, defense ministers, bon ukrainian, military ada, the alliances ramstein, airbase and germany oldenburg acknowledged that ukrainian leaders. we're set to press nato on joining the alliance at that meeting. now it's a basic principle of nato membership that you can't integrate the alliance when you're in an active state of armed conflict with another country. if only because nato's collective defense article 5 would mean that the men in the country at war

is brought into you native bold, all of the nato allies that then have an obligation to defend it overtly in that conflict. which in the case of ukraine would mean that instead of ukraine versus russia, it would be all of nato versus russia overtly. so new membership for ukraine, we kind of be like buying a ready made kids for world war 3, which is why or bond is wondering what the heck is going on right now, is still tim burke's head. just have a listen to how stilton burke's position on this issue has evolved on we support ukraine on this pulse. a boy is supporting as reforms, fighting corruption on molding on staying the security and defense institutions to become a member of nato. you have to meet the natal standards on the has to be a decision, bought 30 our laws and it has been cleared for a long time. the membership of ukraine was not something that was imminent or not

so that something was relevant in the near future. the sessional membership, of course, has to be taken by all 3rd allies on the we take these decisions, bought a consensus only dollars have agreed upon ukraine will become an a member, but still tender did temper history in a tweet from here saying that quote, ukraine's rightful place is in nato and over time our support will help make this possible. you know, this sounds like the line that someone feeds a partner to whom they don't want to actually commit, but still want them to stick around in the relationship. you know, dear, over time i'm certain that this will blossom into an absolutely wonderful marriage, then to keep them on board, you shower them, what they expect to get in cash. just so they hang in there, hoping, praying even the killing them, which is literally the case or ukrainian, of course, their own cautionary thing that comes to mind. why would nato buy the whole, how,

when they're already getting the mil for free? as former us secretary state hillary clinton said last december quote, the ukrainians have proven that they are a really good investment for the united states. they're not asking us to be there to fight their war. they're fighting it themselves. yeah. for you to. so the craniums are out there fighting russians in narrows interests in the us as interests while nato is able to fulfill its anti rush. found disease from the comfort of berg nomic recliners, while pumping $55000000000.00 us dollars into military ages. that figure comes from us defense secretary lloyd austin recently that were, and of course it's the western military industrial complex. that's a huge beneficiary of that 8. so you have to wonder where exactly the incentive is for nato to move beyond the status pose idle talk unless promises and all this, particularly when the downside risk being nothing less than world war. while

washington continues to infuse ukraine with military and financial packages, the u. s inspector general for the reconstruction of afghanistan has worn up the money being sent to kiev is at risk of being pillaged. if american officials don't go there and see what's happening. just look at the amount of money we're spending in ukraine is about a $100.00. $13000000000.00. that right this summer we will surpass all the money we spend for reconstruction, which was the train advise and assist mission in afghanistan for 20 years. this summer we will surpass all the money we spent from marshall plan to rebuild all of europe after world war 2. that money is flown light manner from the sky. if you don't get in there soon, you're going to see pill fridge or washington has provided ukraine with some 30000000000 dollars, while the u. s. calls financial assistance along with tens of billions in security even more when it comes to weapons and ammunition of overall. since february last

year, the u. s. has spent a $113000000000.00 on ukraine creeping towards the total amount spent on afghanistan over a full 2 decades. will. let's show you all those zeroes in comparison since 2150 1000000000 of american taxpayer dollars. i've gone to afghanistan just under half. that figure went on military hardware, almost 40000000000 was spent on both economic and humanitarian aid. the u. s. inspector general has spoken about the continuing issues with aid to the conflict. written asian country saying that even after 20 years plus the lack of monitoring remains a problem. the 2nd problem is right now we're paying the salaries of all ukrainian civil servants, all. ready most of them and who's paying them us aid and usa is pumping money in giving it to the ukrainians to pay the salaries bus in afghanistan, the department of defense was involved in paying the salaries and over 20 years,

a could not come up with assistance to guarantee that we the paying the salaries of real afghans. this all comes as a group of us lawmakers penned a joint letter this week to president biden criticizing his administration's policy of continually aiding ukraine on promising to oppose future supplies. if the goals are clear, a proxy war with russia in ukraine is not in the strategic interest of the united states. our national and economic security demand and alternative unrestrained us aid for ukraine must come to an end. and we will adamantly oppose all future aid packages unless they are linked to a clear diplomatic strategy designed to bring this war to a rapid conclusion or international consultant, anomalous url, rasmussen sais, that washington lacks fiscal restraint. when it comes to shipping funds to ukraine on u. s. edison's, the ones paying for it are becoming increasingly federal. you know,

if you hear the rhetoric coming out of the department in the white house, it's like, it's a bottomless. yes. we are already paid for the government, civil servants. i think we're paying military salaries as well. i mean, we're paying pensions. i mean we, we covered, we were covering stuff for ukrainians that we don't cover for our own citizens. we've got so many problems here that drug flowed across the border. we've got accidents happening. we've just had another explosion of been today. that was horrible. other chemical type to disclose. you've got, you know, how i got issues that are schools you know, people are fed up, they are fed up and at some point it will back where in the but right now we've got a state where we've got a policy that is going full, bore ahead no back back, nothing at all. no off ran plan new strategy. and we've got to white house that

supporting them as well. so it's very dangerous situation and dangerous for us and dangers from the world. the at that it, well a must have corruption, scandal has rock the east african nation of uganda with dozens of ministers charged with stealing taxpayers money. this isn't president is in the history of the national resistant movements administration. all this administers and a m p. 's are connected to the diversion of wiring sheets, mental cur, emoji province, and does directed by the presidents all must be taken to court. unknown said the charges. if phone's culpable. well this video show some of the roofing supplies intended for residence of the cottonwood province. among the countries was per and unstable regions. the officials are accused of embezzling funds, which had been earmarked to provide housing there. it's led to a master public. i'd cry as citizens urged the country president to take action,

calling for the prosecution of the prime minister and the vice president. they don't look at the interest of people. they don't let some people, they sell themselves. they're not stealing government. can you think, stealing what talk? because we pay talks and we start to look, that is the only way we can benefit. i believe when they're asking for that money. they ask for that people come again, it for then shown them. so then the bits i didn't select others, not to do it because all for need is service. not stealing. well, the local reporter income. paula sent us a breakdown of the situation as it stumps. what we know so far is the meaning of voice. some have been charging the courts on monday to reason, and they seem to be out by the weekend 40 by this condos shut and they've been to be involved with very hiring people from the west by me before

i mean 20 minutes to the partitions involved or mid partitions before the main buzzle building or senior ministers. you could say that the president himself must be shot, but people saw most of the key mike was walking scandal, but that time it is not a class of people. what close to the president for isn't that much done against insufficient a prosecuting at this time or on decision on himself? is there a time or another one to protect them anymore? so he had to order the investigator and the other if you got meet, make sure that these people are pushing it. so the only thing to see what the, just in the budget was suggestion, poland on a trio of baltic state, south cold on the european union to expand the sanctions on russia's gowns from

bank and remove it from the international swift payment system. the lender remains one of the last routes for european nations to pay for ongoing russian energy supply. given the bank's role in the russian establishment scheme to embezzle state money and the kremlin use of the bank to advance political interests. the swift thing of guest from bank is of priority and symbolic importance. well, the proposal also suggest bombings, the importance of russian armenian and diamonds, as well as imposing limits on the druid bye or a friendship pipeline which applies europe with oil. the e u is still a buyer of large amounts of russian gas and cutting the swift financial line. we'll leave europe with few options, but to use either the russian or chinese domestic payment system to keep the much needed fuel source flowing. indeed, as many western countries bomb, the importer fresh oil, they've actually imported 42000000000 euro worth of crude products via 3rd countries. this chart, in fact,

shows the trip up the oil takes to get to its final destination. the you most, the largest customer in the scheme with the block responsible for 17000000000 years worth of purchases, australia, same days, 1000000000 followed by the u. s. and the united kingdom, who ordered the rest. well, the main goal of the western sanctions was the coach. russia off from revenues over the chinese imports of rushing crude, for example, are set to break record numbers was more refiners seek the discounted crude oil from russia. the latest chinese customs data shows a record $2000000.00 barrels per day, arriving in the country from russia by pipelines on ships. on the april data is on track to break those numbers to west russell i bar to political sciences packet number one for his take on this. always a pleasure to welcome you, sir. western countries sanctioned russian or then put a price cut on it, but still continued buying it. can we assume that the primary goal of sanctions has

not been reached? ok, and i think these data is very important to show was what each will be going on on the ground regarding these and the coupling process between the west and russia and between the west and china. if we are going to be that day east on the cold war being unfolded and now, okay, now i can, i can share these. what you're showing us here is that country in the price coalition, mainly the g 7 new and australia have dramatically increase the impulse of refined oil products from china, turkey the you way, the single and india who in commonly they imported more oil from russia. yeah.

that is the patent. now this pattern, however, in my opinion and my own responding is not alone. what is also being seen in a similar pattern is the us china. ready which is the going on, i can show you what i want you my own data set here. we find that. yeah. despite the, the us and china bear tre. william was impacted by the us, china tory war. however, these countries express ready for example, vietnam and mexico. they are being the middle country to siphon major impulse need to buy the u. s. from china. so specifically, what i'm talking about is most of vietnam increase export import. nice. when us

imports from china fail, such as computer accessories and telecommunication equipment, but china, export to vietnam have more than top o seems 2017, and a tray. so pers, nearly triple by 2022. in a similar of a china export symmetrical increase by nearly 30 percent last year on top of a 50 percent increase in 2021. and china maybe exporting less to you. you and the state. the rest of it is actually not in the rest of the exporting, more through mexico and vietnam to the us. yeah, and that's why expert in china share of global manufacturing production has continued to increase from 20 percent in 2017 and increased 220-2130 one percent protocol security. now, we are seeing a trend in the global scale of what's going on on this whole process of the coupling. because the global solve, unlike what happened in the last cold war,

to quibble self position in terms of the pet chasing power. and that in general, in the greater power capability has increased significantly. and now because they be, they choose not to side that with us. i. so they are running on their own. we're looking after their own interest. and this, and this why we can see that's a very interesting development, isn't it? independent streak is being shown. what's your thoughts partner on the, on the fact that the gas problem bank is being targeted by a number of used to pull in the baltic states. it's the only bank that's left for the payment system with swift, for europe to get energy from russia. if that's targeted. how does it work out? do the payment systems from perhaps russia or china benefit from that? while i think surely the alternative payment system in

china and russia as well as in the other country, we will continue to benefit from these sanctions in the long run. because what we're seeing is the western countries and the are the countries, especially the country in the global south. they still need to tray. and despite that, china and russia were apparently selectively excluded from this trading process. all the countries countries in the global south, they're also being tapped into and getting activity even more actively involved in this or trading processes. so all the sanctions are actually give thing more momentum for these alternative payment system, not just on china, russia, but also all the horrible self country to think about and to launch the payment system in an alternative financial system so that they could benefit from the coupling process.