will let the viewers decide. one thing is certain, the alliance has put its very existence on the line. you can take that to the bank . ah, any dramatic escalation of the conflict in ukraine london sent depleted uranium rounds to kiev. yeah, munition is infamous for its devastating effects on the civilian population. health for years to cobb, russia can be a un security council meeting to discuss the tensions in the middle east. highlighting that has global attention shifts to other conflict. longstanding disputes in the region remain far from being result. the longest occupation opened in valeo territory in modern history. why is it still ongoing? the palestinians refuse to accept the very existence of israel. shame, shame, shame. the u. k censors information about the killers of pro somalia activists in

the unrecognized state of so molly land leading to questions about the possible involvement of the police forces who funded it pesticides, which post health risks that are being used on farm supplying major companies like nestle despite being banned in the you with good afternoon for moscow. this is our international with the latest world news updates i'm fiorella is about it's great to have you with us. the united kingdom has confirmed the sending of depleted uranium ammunition to ukraine, a substance known for being highly toxic to human beings. london has waved aside the control of the uranium you saying get, now lies in the hands of cab, or war corresponded. more does the of bring the details from the ground. now in its

60th week, the conflict in ukraine is largely confined to position of warfare. artillery remains the dominant form of combat. this is the relative calm before the storm. according to key of officials in their western sponsors, the ukrainian military is waiting for the soil to dry enough to launch its spring offensive. meanwhile, nate who supplied tanks make their way closer to the front lines. in one video film that an unknown location, a ukrainian tank crew member appears to throw a nazi salute. while riding a top a german leopard to tank. the dramatic escalation, britain has also sent controversial depleted uranium tank shells to ukraine. we have sand thousands of rounds of challenger to ammunition to ukraine,

include in depleted uranium armor piercing rounds for operational security reasons . we will not comment on ukrainian user traits for the rounds provided depleted uranium rounds are believed to have led to soaring cancer rates, miscarriages, and infant deformities and places where they've been used. former yugoslavia and iraq, for example, the radioactive corps of these rounds, explodes into tiny fragments and can measurably contaminate the environment for decades. britain feels that this is not its problem. there is no obligation on the u. k. to help clear of depleted uranium rounds fired from challenger to tanks by the armed forces of ukraine, russian president vladimir putin had previously warned of consequences if britain supplies such shells. those warnings were ignored. but now russian forces have concentrated on locating and is showing western weapons supplied to ukraine. almost

daily, new videos appear, shoeing and drew strikes. can style, tillery and vehicles supplied by nathan states ah, on the diplomatic front, there appears to be new cause for optimism. speaking at the un, the russian foreign minister sergey lever of highlighted what some believed to be an absurd situation. just for you. with those mission, there is currently a ridiculous theory. let us the west. they care a few cranes successful counter offensive, and then asked presidents lensky to start negotiations. but this is a kind of gets a frantic logic. we want no threats to our security to come from the territory of ukraine. and these threats have been accumulating there for many, many years, especially after the crew in february 2014. as for the counter offensive, doubts are creeping in among western journalists and politicians. russia has 4 to 5

immensely, and amassed huge reserves. if you cranes counter offensive fails to achieve significant results, they say future western support may be in doubt. more at gaz, the of r t from logan screeching in the latest un security council meeting chair by the russian foreign minister, middle east conflict resolution, was on the agenda that russia's top diplomat pointed out. the west attempts to divert attention away from the regions problems i using the ukranian conflicts. and then you can see what these americans and europeans are using the ukraine topic to blackmail and threaten countries over to their site and distract attention from the main, the list and regence of the global south. they say we will defeat russia and then everything will resolve itself. they are obsessed with their selfish interests in order to dictate demands to the whole world. disregarding international long while

with russia as the president of the un security council, the 15 member body that leads the un, we got to hear from russia's foreign minister. sergei laugh. rob. now he convened the meeting on the issue of the palestinian question and conflicts in the middle east. and during that meeting we heard from various countries represented on the security council as well as the ambassadors or representatives of preceding eye and representing israel and palestine. now that representative pal of palestine bemoaned the situation facing the palestinian people. we also heard words from the israeli representative as well. here are what we heard during the meeting. this is the most protracted refugee crises in the world. the most protracted denial of national collective and individual rights in the world, the most protracted protection crises in the world,

the longest occupation of an entire territory in modern history. so the question biggs itself, why is it still ongoing? is it because there is a lack of rules or lack of resolve? the only reason this conflict has not yet been resolved is because the palestinians refuse to accept the very existence of israel, the jewish state, the jewish state. they have proven this by rejecting every peace initiative and by inciting to terrorism, brainwashing their children to hate and murder jews. shame, shame, shame. now, after speaking, the israeli representative left the un security council chamber later when the russian foreign minister sergei lab rob was speaking to the press. in the press briefing room, he clarified that he took issue with the way the israeli representative

characterized today's proceedings as somehow being anti israeli. he app the size that the point is to make sure that the humanitarian situation is dealt with, then pay the pathway toward palestinian statehood. now the russian foreign minister took questions from the press, answering on a number of different topics i. he touched on the black sea grain deal. i touched on us efforts to demonize russian isolate, rush on the global markets. he raised a particular concern about the european union and the direction that the e u. countries are moving in. these are we see how the e u is miller, to rising at a record base, turning into an aggressive structure with the stated goal of containing russia. now that you is not much different from natal, there is no doubt about it. they even signed a declaration where they said that nature will ensure the security of the e u, and that the e u. thank them. in return. in today's proceedings, the russian foreign minister emphasized what he's emphasized previously during this

visit to the united nations, which is that russia seeks a world with international prosperity and development. and that the efforts by the united states corrupting the various international institutions to serve their own geopolitical goals are getting in the way of the overall goals and agenda of the international community for development and prosperity in the world. the u. k. for an office has refused to disclose vital information about who committed atrocities in somalia. at the end of december, over 20 pro somalia activists were killed during protest in the city of los a nod. in the unrecognized state of somali land within a lea police team funded by the u. k, allegedly involved in the killings. our teas, africa correspondent, newly william coon, gay brings us more details. the u. k is censoring vital information on who really shots protests as a somali land,

the somalian break we region in clashes between pro somalia protesters and security forces. this comes after a year, long funding office security forces, known for numerous killings of civilians, but somehow decided to hold them for reasons the a not disclosing the disclosure of information. detailing our relationship with somali land could potentially damage the relationships between the u. k. and somali land, if the united kingdom does not maintain this trust and confidence, its ability to protect and promote u. k. interested through international relations will be hampered, which will not be in the public interest. the censorship decision was made in response to a freedom information requested by declassified u. k. concerning a demonstration in the but to the contest, the city of last a not over the new get around 20 pro somalia activists were killed to dozens more were injured. and many people are currently asking, what is the u. k. government hiding at the moment?

because the u. k. is decision to hold information about the violence against civilian protest as is so my lad, especially our national security grounds, is quite concerning and wearing the slack off transparency raises the suspicions about the you case involvement in the last, the not genocide. now this ridiculous response also highlights the a bankruptcy of the u. k. policy on some mighty. i think what's also worth noting is that the funding of training and equipment for somebody land from the u. k stopped in 2020 amnesty international say to more than 600 people have been injured in the recent fighting. and so my land security forces are currently to blame somali land security forces indiscriminately shall the town damaging hospitals, schools and mosques killing. and during civilians and displacing tens of thousands of people among the civilians killed were women. children,

older people with health conditions and health care workers. they were mostly killed during indiscriminate attacks involving rockets, mortars and other explosive weapons with wide area effects, which should never be used and populated areas. but apparently the u. k. government does a see any problem with this of the whole approach to the region, which is still the part off. somalia is quite controversial. and although landon doesn't recognize the independence of somali land, it treats the region as if it is a separate state to either the u. k. even visited. so my land in 2019 and it has reaffirmed the eucharist commitment to support a somali lancer creative forces. now the democracy in there has also been praised by london and quite a bizarre statement. in so many respects, somali land, he's a beacon, it is a place where elections are held. people shake hands afterwards and do not contest them. i hope the u. k. will be able to increase its support for that region. well,

any idea why the u. k. saw interested in this break, we region parity. it is because of the black gold british companies in our energy is extracting over 2000000000 a barrels of oil there. while some ideas government in mogadishu rejects and gals, claim to own oil rights as my land lenders seems to not care about that much. apparently the u. k puts its interest and greed very high than the lives of many civilians. history retreated, so 1st as a tragedy. second is a force, so this is the to the city of for foreign, especially weston, foreign policy in africa. it's not informed by principle or by values of fir, into standard international relations. it always hinges on the very

narrow and selfish interests of major western powers in africa. and if it means citing with those who do not have any legitimacy who meet out violence to their own civilians, the own citizens. history has shown us many times that britain, america, and other major western forces do not even care and do not all in their lot with a very violent shooters, military machine does and malicious and some disturbing developments in haiti were 13 people, allegedly gang members have been beaten and burned to death, a warning you might find the following images distressing. according to local police, the killings took place after the victims tried to free some of their compatriots

from us. 36 more. burn bodies were also found near by. but there is no information on who could have killed them. the number of criminal gangs has risen sharply since the murder of the haitian president, it in 2021, which itself sparked violence and riding across the capitol. aah! who's back in july 2021 president jovan elmore said was shot multiple times and died on the spot when a group of hit men broke into his residence. the 1st lady was also wounded,

but survived the attack. a full scale man, her for the perpetrators was launched and the mercenaries were cornered by haitian police, with 3 of them killed the rest, surrendered and were arrested. several others were detained later in multiple countries, us authorities have charged 11 people over the assassination with one suspect, pleading guilty to providing material support and conspiring to kidnap and kill the haitian president. for those suspects are american citizens, according to the us justice department authorities also say that while the murder occurred in haiti, the plot itself was financed from florida to destination. a were advanced inside united states conspirators facilitators located here. that includes the 4 individual arrested for 11 defendants have now in

charge. earlier we spoke to american journalist kim ives, who said that despite the ongoing investigation, many questions remain unanswered. there's been a lot of speculation that job no more ways was beginning to make a political change of direction. he'd been very much doing washington bidding, particularly and helping to head the campaign against then as well. and again, president nicholas madura. but he was having 2nd thoughts and feelings at the state department was not giving him really back and he needed so according to some analysts in particular, one of the mileage is he claimed that it was the u. s. secret services, meaning a cia which was behind the killing because movies was going to make

a political change of direction. that's almost his direct quote. there's so there's been a lot of speculation on this front, but right now we don't really know who, where the intellectual authors, who are the real funders of this very large operation which had to cost millions of dollars. and the fact that the u. s. government is taking control of an investigation of a haitian president leads us to suspect that we could be looking at a situation very similar to the warren commission. pesticides back in the e. u over their health risks are being used on farm supplying food giants, including nestle worldwide that's according to a recent reports. pesticides banned in the you and linked to potential human health risks continue to be produced and exported by european chemical companies.

our investigation identified the brazilian farms using the pesticides and the international food and drink companies. they supply among them are multi nationals like nestle coca cola and pepsi co. so according to this report, pesticides and fungicides made by european companies like germany base f and bare and switzerland's syngenta are making it into developing countries like brazil, where they're being used on basic ingredients like sugar on plantations that supply western multinational through companies which in turn supply the whole world with these ingredients, brazilian agriculture, ministry, documents and justice ministry officials in south paolo have reportedly confirmed the use of various substances banned in the e u, including insecticides and fungicides in response to you and special that both her on toxics and human rights cause the export of these chemicals for use in developing countries. a, quote,

abhorrent practice then uses all good go for the multi nationals with companies like nestle have a just posted absolutely stellar results for the 1st 3 months of this year. all our product groups delivered double digit growth and notable feature in this best 4 quarters in a row, confectionary led by kid cap, and munch boasted a strong growth supported by consumer lead campaigns, innovation, and engagement journeys base. ethan bear say that their products are safe, but what's considered safe in brazil is clearly quite different from europe's own health and environmental safety standards. nestle is basically knology that stating its compliance in the markets where it operates. we continue to closely follow regulate tra developments. emily well prate to ensure a full compliance for all our products. leslie's not involved in campaigning against the next the and pesticides inactive ingredient, span the here. but what's the point of brussels be? so a play about who regulations when a loophole this massive exists out of sight out of mind. perhaps. hey,

they can have these big western multinational reduce to begging in the streets with tin cups. just because you want to virtue signal is concerned over health and environmental safety, right. but look the fact that some food components have to meet plain trips from half way around the world to avoid being seen getting loaded up with the dodgy chemicals. really achieves little of genuine virtue beyond making the look like they're protecting people when they're clearly just displacing the problem. the commercial cord of care is giving the government free reign to use the territory of the cities per church law. for a monastery, however, it sees fit while ukraine's government is preparing legislation to ban the traditional orthodox church in the country. which key of accuses of spreading pro russian propaganda thus, despite the ukrainian orthodox church, severing its ties with the moscow patriarch cat. after the start of last year's

military conflict, the ukrainian ministry of culture and information is now weighing up its options on how to utilize the historically religious space and several ideas that are far removed from religion are being considered. we would like to have a concept of use and management on the territory of the lower love for a monastery. without a doubt lived, there should continue. but there are some various questions regarding both a rehabilitation center for servicemen, as well as folk artistic craft activities. among other things here has been stepping up. it's cracked down on the church for months oppressing its clergy and evicting them from religious sites. kevin made monastery the purchase. laura has been resisting the pressure leading to many ukrainian christians to come out in support of the church. meanwhile, care of is promoting its own break away organization called the orthodox church of ukraine. independent journalist jason,

michael says there isn't much hope for freedom of religion in the country. i don't think it's possible. ready that estimate the, the, the great risk that pauses to genuine religious freedoms in that the, the threat of bonding, or it's the largest church in the country. and, you know, is there is actually a terrifying prospect seen through the lens of what we are seeing. and i will not have to disconnect west on fall use. this is a fundamental contradiction of what people in the west and what, you know, world you know of any and see, you know, or any sense of freedom. sadly, what we have seen unfolding few months has in an acceleration of the key, every regime open past the q. she of the ukranian orthodox church. without any serious criticism in the west or media or from west allied governments. and

we are seeing, you know, an acceleration and a more aggressive approach to the so suddenly my opinion is the speed of the th and getting was. and i don't think, considering the parallel that the has in germany in the 1900 thought to you from the creation of the lights. that i don't think from the describe this situation. eyes, you know, pre genocidal that woods. almost be my wife. and i don't think from the see key as this was a bombshell performance as hope blooms under shelling, 2 italian directors have produced a film based on the true story of a theatre in the embattled city of don. yes, that keeps working despite the relentless ukrainian bombing, according to the directors, their film has been banned in italy, but it has been shown at a festival in moscow. here is a preview. oh,

let me wish me at 730, they begin to bomb again. in response to the doe house and the dogs left by their owners. on the way, i suddenly heard music from the 2nd act of swan lake, so quiet as a crying baby. he came from a towering and majestic building in the center. it was sad, dark so, but still very much alive in the besieged and deserted city for months under bombs night and day. the theatre grew continued its rehearsals of swan lake. they said they couldn't allow their concent program to be interrupted. o frame of sherwood is used to what gives such strength to the human spirit. why strive to put on the performance at any cost emptied them? it's been a year without pain, shoot the soldiers russians, and they go down to the bunker after every bombing william as if nothing happened, get video, they're back to rehearse again. ah, most of the films directors, luca velarde and maya know, grady told my colleague,

peter scott, that in italy their movie is taboo. despite it all being true. we were actually following the events. what happened in the boston ukraine since 2014 and about in 2016, i came across the news. we trusted that the bus was going to tour around the, i think it was the most for or in russia. and i still, i look at what is going going, how's the possible death in the middle of the war you're going to tour? how do you? but they are open. luca, we believe that the films actually been bound in italy. how did not come about and how does it make you feel the cultural pulled war? i think it's very much the alarm and, and that we are experiencing it. and we are the victims of this. and you know, russia phobia, actually it is part of this cultural war. i mean not getting is getting

warmer and warm and unfortunately why not ready for compromising? did you make the on the face and, but the see yeah. you know, we think that there is, there are 2 to these things. things like there is art and there is career are, is driven by true beauty and justice. and career is driven by money. and we are artists where no workers in the entertainment industry for those who have seen it. what over reactions have you got and have you changed their opinions on the war and maybe the people in the have, this was in italy, it was. and school, if you change very nice town, a very nice festival. and a school with a few classrooms came in and they,

and they also watched our film and the, the reaction of the queue that was simply, i don't like mind blowing. they were crying, they were applauding. they were shouting after the film. the teachers came, came to us and they and shook our hands and they thanked us for what was shown to the kids. we didn't invent anything in the stories that we came to know. diversity mind doing everything that is in the nice to actually there even be good stories that they told us that they were really on the next this yes there and by the very watching the show of the spectators at the huge level of the sea after it was just like way yeah, we over the old yes. and so last the orchestra

director stopped the music because they saw everyone runs to the ridge the to the, to the, to the bumps shelter. but no 11, no single person from the audience stood up from their seat. and so the orchestra director gave a sign and they start to play the music again. ah, military sports officials from over 50 countries have met in moscow to brainstorm joint programs and strategies as part of the 78th general assembly. and congress of the international military sports council r t spoke with a representative from senegal, who emphasize its relations with russia, and with the head of the congo delegation, who said that sport should be outside politics. is what i believe that sport is beyond politics. sport brings people together, and that is why all african countries are present at today's event. while it's ex,

remains outside sport. that is why the motto of the international council of military sports is friendship through sport. this local bond, it is an opportunity for me to be in russia and participate in the 78th general assembly and the congress of the international council of milton sports. first of all, cynical and russia have excellent relations. for example, general john baptiste is sending goals. ambassador to russia and i before i came here, was received by your military at the share in the car in san ago. and he helped me a lot rush and said to go have great relations. we have frequent training sessions and teach everything related to fighting, as well as greek or roman, wrestling, and boxing. we will continue to make efforts for the benefit of our nations. i'm a unit commander office sports battalion, and i would like to take this opportunity to later organize internships to improve skills.