the, the, the, the headlines on off the international of south africa, somebody just the us, some blasted out of the, he accuses the country of shipping military supplies to russia. as a crack down on the orthodox church continues in ukraine, the russian ambassador to the us, the moms, the security council, pays attention to what he calls a breach of human rights. and he's really on and strikes at the gaza strip, sending a commander of the palestinian militant islamic. she had organization submitted an escalation of deadly attacks now into the full day. the

right. no shortage of your news on all change. the national tonight has to be come to lie from months ago, just off to 9 pm local to south africa has someone to the us. i'm boss of the, in an unfolding diplomatic dispute between the 2 countries. the us envoy, he said he would quote, but his life against the accusation in south africa has shipped weaponry to russia via a sanctioned vessel to be alarming of russia by south africa within the vessel. the planet inside this town is fundamentally unacceptable. we are confident that weapons were loaded onto that vessel and i would bet my life on the accuracy of better search. so you see a news conference in pretoria, which is the country's capital with the us some best said uh, i said all of this um the, that the biden administration is the search and that owns the load onto

a this. so in the did off the nights at this time was telling naval base over 3 days and then saw us put to, to russia, the has been quite a lot of developments of my say initially use of african prison visit. or i'm opposed to refuse to confirm or deny saying that so the messa is being looked into and that's investigation was underway. but as things stand come and see. so that because administer responsible for arms control has responded to the integration. safety does not follow proper to symmetric channels. to express these countries concerns. in recent engagements between the south african delegation and us officials, the lady our mother was discussed. and there was an agreement that an investigation will be allowed to run its course. and the us intelligence services will provide whatever evidence in their possession. it is therefore disappointing, that the investor has adopted a counter productive public poster that undermines the understanding reached on the matter and the very positive and constructive engagements between the 2. well,

in type of all of this, the defense department has welcome the president's decision to establish an independent inquiry to pro. but the allegation is that, so that for can provided arms to russia, saying that the inquiry will actually offer the departments and opportunity to ventilate side of the story concrete evidence and deal with allegations the surroundings. a purpose of such a visit is front of a competent office off of the lo, instead off of what we're currently dealing with, which is he is say, and speculation the dummies must have of already been done. those some are saying that they find it quite weird and strange that this situation has been made currency, especially considering the fact that it came 5 months after the electric incident. what am i said, these assertions. so a sell off of the local cars, the and so that we can government bonds as car is the trade is ca, to that, to the nation, could pads face wisdom sanctions. meanwhile, analysts that economy is also of the same symptom, is saying that to the all,

why were you to that's what africa could indeed face these b u sanctions that have been states as a city to the country. but over and above a possible, a goal or exclusion is also might also be on the table. what that means is that the u. s. could denies. so that's a billions of rags of benefits divide the applicant, growth and opportunity act, bypassing the slow and very difficult process of imposing sanctions. these are extremely serious accommodations by the u. s. and could have serious ramifications for this, that african nation, the most powerful economies in the fractious trade, conflicts that threatens all the smaller economies of the world. the poor and marginalized facing the greatest threat in that they apply to. so got to why the, my to fight the result has to be an increased economic risk for the most vulnerable,

low growth levels and much of the globe and neglect of those in the greatest need. this is all the world many hope for with the cold war in the will, speaking more generally, uh, no video before this, this accusation by the us. what was the current state of relations between washington and south africa? so the soda africa refused to condemn the russian invasion of ukraine. western states have been asked to remove list publicly on a pressuring the so that we can government to speak up against the war. and so that because government has been very adamant in what it stands for and the kind of stance it has taken effect. so africa has been under a lot of push out from different sides, trying to maintain its relationship addresses despite the width is a pressure, not both nations, russia and so after all, cooperating and breaks. and this poses a real fates towards the u. s. hedge a movie as more and more countries,

i'm moving away from washington, this group on current phase. so most of all that's exactly we saw africa stands with washington coventry. we were talking earlier to i lay on the co founder of the free market foundation, who thinks that the us should perhaps not into feet into the internal affairs of south africa. i don't think that the us can require, so they're pretty good to adopt its position on russia and ukraine of so there for code is neutral and independent along with so due to other countries and is acting according to these. this is, of course, since the since the war, the special operation is called in russia with your credit installed to the, in the countries with pressure to break the relations with, with russia. and so therefore, good decided not to south africa remained. i'm in london so difficult uh 6 friendly relations with both america and,

and rush. busy and i would defend my country's position and right to be neutral, the compound on the orthodox church in ukraine. it does continue. so russia has conveyed an informal you and the security council meeting to discuss the ongoing persecution situation. getting back to at least the might on 2 of 2014, that is according to russia's invoice to the us. it was a good one. it was yes. don't be wishing movies. are you long? yes, you've turned a blind eye to the crimes of the key of regimes, the gangs. these are the citizens of the don't bass. and for some reason you didn't care tone about the disruption of the peaceful lives of those innocent people getting used to persecution of the crating and orthodox church did not starting february 2022. this campaign has been systematically prosecuted by the key of regime, at least since 2014 the dates of the crew to tar and ukraine. now it's become a real, may him not in the form of western colleagues is told on ukraine to respect, really just freedoms. unfortunately,

some of you simply do not understand or do not want to understand the meaning of what is happening and what kind of persecution of the old adults in ukraine is now being carried out with the full support cannot events and the highest of the current key of authority, russia called a meeting of the un security council to address the ongoing issue of the persecution and mistreatment of the ukrainian orthodox church. now at the meeting, they highlighted the fact that there have been raids on reading orthodox churches. there are 6 regions in ukraine, the outright sands b, u for an orthodox church and there had been a number of the priests and the ships that had been charged with trees in or sedition or being arrested. there were witness testimonies that were brought forward by russia to the security council. i'm you logged in. you said you guys will be identical. i've been stripped of my ukranian citizenship twice, not for my political views,

but for my orthodox religion. because today the orthodox church is persecuted in ukraine by all means. the constitution is violated. the courtney laws violated the close churches beat up until pres, desecrate sanctuaries and take dogs into monasteries. they tear down and dance on pictures by little children, drawings of dogs, and words of peace. the of thousands of such cases of the church being humiliated. and this a tenant, godless regime, covers it all up now. the western members of the security council did not seem interested in listening to what the witnesses had to say or the evidence that russia was presenting the u. s. the u. k. malta in switzerland. uh all took the podium, essentially accusing the roster of it using this meeting to distort reality, to distract attention from the war and the ongoing crisis in ukraine, which they blame on russia. switzerland condemned the reason supply compression

attack, so numerous ukrainian regions. we've shocked by the information the dozens of civilians and ukraine, adat and wounded, also good reports of atrocities there. regarding the freedom of religion, switzerland stands against the spreading of hateful rhetoric wise or religious discrimination. but the facts on the ground do speak for themselves a number of basically all opposition parties and ukraine has an outlaw that any individual expressing sympathy for russia or opposition to the and pro nato antagonism is going on in the country, has been arrested. a number of journalists have been arrested and detained ukraine is anything but a shining example of human rights and democracy and freedom, and the persecution that the ukrainian orthodox churches facing the outright hatred that's being ripped up against them is pretty extreme. the

only the african countries represented on the council, mozambique gabon, and gone to explain to express concern about what rusher was raised. they pointed out that intensifying religious divisions and hostilities and the country would only diverge from the very needed efforts to resolve hostilities and, and the conflicts currently taking place in ukraine. however, the western members of the security council seem to just focus on demonizing, russia and blaming russia for the ongoing problems and the conflict in the country . susan though it is now from the middle east, where the israeli army says it has a hit is what makes you had facilities and got there, including its circled come on center. how you

come on. the of the militant group was reported to have been killed in the strikes . it'd be submitted that the exchange of 5 this week, the quote at the local medium. all the 900 rockets have been launched at israel from gaza since tuesday. open out to a middle east correspond details with maria financial. as a student is loving jihad, milton's grove based english stripped has reopened fire. a long can records to israel, southern communities, and targeting major cities in israel, south end for the 1st time in this current round of hostilities. rockers have also been sense to jerusalem and nearby we being in the western part of the c t, have heard for big booms. we hear reports that israel used it's air defense system known as david sling wheel latch, that's their walk and cabin emphasizes. and that was the sound that we had heard, no casualties have yet been report which has

a response. east road has retaliated targeting strategic locations belonging to palestinian islamic jihad subjection guitar. really, you mediators continue to put pressure on both sides to the island has to which these earlier egypt, jordan, friends and germany released the joint statements calling for an immediate cease fire. but as far as we can hear, and we can understand so far, no agreement has been reached. no break for has been achieved. uh, actually both sides evolving to continue until the goals are to israel. one's policy is wanting to had to stop launching rockets while p i. j says it one stop unless israel stops killing their people in 3 days off shield an error operation in gaza. 5 top military commanders within the p, i. j were eliminated by israel, including those responsible for directing attacks, all fraud, the west bank, quite significant figures. k j is definitely shaking and they want this to stop and

wages me. they were all so we some of the reports that israel withdrew from peace talks. right now, but it's addiction sources close to these prices. media to the go. she ation is a told archie that they cannot confirm this information as even though that is real now is movies. it was preparing this mesa kenneth response to pages recent activity rather than negotiating with them. we have casualties rising from both sides according to palestine in house ministry, a total of $31.00 people have been killed in gathering 3 days off shield an arrow operation, including 6 children and 3 women in the most recent reports. israel confirmed for change civilian deaths before that they have been claiming that most of those who a killed were militants. and from these rarely side, one person died off to iraq and launched from gaza. he's a residential building in these really central city. all of that have all it,

but i have to say that around 100 other people have been wounded including in gas and halt hospitals their industry by limit when it comes to equipment and medication. so it is a very, very difficult situation as into that israel has just recently decided to stop the transfer of fuel and all goods through crossings into gaza. and that's definitely affected the worth of hospital there with us has threatened to impose sanctions against georgia if indeed it resumes direct flights with russia. that's according to the state department spokes person. it's off to the russian president vladimir putin cancel the visa requirement for georgia and citizens if the ban on russian airlines flights is lifted. many western countries, including the us, prohibit russian aircraft from entering their air space. if you direct flights

between russia and georgia resume, we of course, would be concerned that companies at george and airports could be at risk for sanctions if they service aircraft subject to import and export controls. well, the same thing comes off to georgia as prime minister denounced west and criticism of president putin's order to resume fly. if someone did not mind the purpose of slice with russia and the visa free regime, then they can open other fights themselves. for example, to a point direct slice with america to introduce as easy, free raising for us citizens in the united states, to china and so on. i have a question for our western partners. when you say to stop trade, the economy not to resume flights, why don't you do the same? last year alone? europe gave russia about 300000000000 through trade. the question arises, as a citizen, he wants his country to become a member of the european union. the jordan, people understand everything perfectly. the prime minister can 5 in georgia, has no plans to impose economic sanctions against russia. he also said that measure

is introduced by president food and will significantly improve trade between the 2 countries. russian allies will offer 7 weekly direct flights from moscow to the b. c. well, let's take this further. now let's speak to political analysts audits. show a secret will lead say, who's joining us here in the us international a very well welcome to you. so thanks so much for coming on the program. what do you think you think you think the georgia authority is, will be? i don't know why read by this threat from america to impose sanctions, if direct flight, so resume with russia? well, it starts the whole states having to me, and secondly, as far as i or the session would be not to pose in georgia, but on both the georgian comp, under the, to work with the session, the russian companies. and as far as i'm also aware of the state to me through georgia, me. so find this over the said, the georgia will not come during the company will not work for the section. the section, the russian companies are the, the, the, the sexual their problem. because of the show and what were the exceptions,

these critically for, to love deal to because we have a remaining compounds who have so many other comp of okay is that can be used to have a direct flight between moscow and to be lazy. so this is not something that these challenges will to really have on the ground as a general of all the sanctions. i think that the door of the american restrictions are really keen to set sanctions on some on georgia for the last few months because you probably know the america section of georgia and judges. and i, i think that to they get the room messages from georgia, but maybe maybe by us invested it to georgia, but sound will clean your, the sites incense just on georgia is profitable. but i think this pretty to give the state because why the judging societies came up, understand why the on the roof to say, just partnered with the joy of, you know, it's, it's for america, which is actually drove jet is tension by these switches. partner, right?

do just not brick and you know, i'm just you, i want to, i wanted to ask you about this. i'm sorry for jumping and i do apologize. but that's exactly what i wanted to ask you about. i mean, why do you think the us is threatening georgia with sanctions? well, russian airplanes fly the turkey a, the u. a and many other countries. i think this is pretty clear here. georgia is opposing state russia. georgia has been used as a how then to russian state for years, do we just had photographs of foreign policy to russia? and by the end of the day, this ended by 2008 august war between go gen russia soon, that the georgia dream gone and decided not to follow this path anymore. and now, and we have a war in chron, some. our friends in the wes, besides the in, in brussels in rush, the want to push georgia to become much more aggressive towards the russia and the

something that, and the, the georgia dream know whether you decide to want to have them to grow. and this puts clear so by the social is hoping that by section some george's, by writing visual section 8 may influence a judge and through the judge and government, the general what do you say? what do you think the locals, what about the local communities in georgia? what does a think about this? i mean, i would imagine that that'd be pleased with a resumption of direct flights between moscow and what must go into please see what, what one of the locals thing got you. well, well, i think we should take you to consideration the judges. there is the right to do it gets decided that it's probably on a to percent who are happy or generally have to because georgians are usually a little heavy. the have a turn, the cube to for trade, but travel all general stuff. so i don't think that anyone who do say that this is bad. there's a contralto, really to russia and have a direct flights of the some to take into consideration that there is

a part of dirt gets decided to focus on speaking 20 percent. that it's highly dependent on the west. so they are not happy because they main income comes from west. they attached to the west and obviously loose actors. let's say that this may include the russian, this was, that's a oh, of course a prostitute because that's why they paid by the list. well this, i'm not sure i was just not just gonna say i was just going to say that as i understand part of these potential sanctions actually involve um, not maintaining the air cre off to safety standards. that that's, that, that's a really wiring thing. you know, you've been essentially the country and how do you sanction it? you do it by saying, we're not going to renovate up cable, maintain your across. what does that do with hundreds if not, thousands of people have lives in danger out of chelsea. hold on. let's say a political analyst joining us, a live analogy international. appreciate your time. i know comment truth, thank you. thank you. by the so it was being seen as an attempt to maintain

us influence in the middle east. got this, a group of american lawmakers introducing a bill aimed at stopping countries from normalizing their relationship with syria. the bill aims to by the american government from recognizing boss shaw outside of serious president. it also strives to enhance washington's ability to impose sanctions aimed at detouring countries from taking steps to renew their relations with damascus. of the bill comes as washington slammed the arab league for re missing syria. earlier this month, the nations membership was suspended back in 2011, the following, the outbreak of a war. the decision comes ahead of the film, the 2nd arab league summit, which takes place in saudi arabia later this month. the saudi k. as personally invited president aside to attend. well, iran has recently increased cooperation with syria, with the president visiting damascus earlier this month. several bilateral

agreements was signed with the oil, the new rail industries, among those highlighted at the meeting, the latest degree, the west, and the sanctions. against both countries have failed geo political list to us without input of heat and believes in washington at the end of the day has been steadily losing its influence and that reach the united states have left a vacuum in the region. we do understand that this is belle, it's going to contain syria and the want to put section notes here. yeah, this administration is going to the left and drive to the is the don't understand how to conduct business. they are trying to focus on their internal issues. they are trying to follow the decides everything possible to help them to win the 2024 election. there is a lot of things that has been wrong doing by america that we are not used to it. a lot of things has been done wrong. if america wants to maintain prizes in the

regions, they are well compact, which has to be accepted by the people not by force. definitely the us influence that us political influence in the region has really went down. and as we all, it's so it's very like, uh, you know, happening and deteriorating us as president obama type, the whole arab nations. if they unite that they have the right direction, they going to unite and they going to be stronger together economically. we would like to arrest and have a good economy, make money, and contribute to the global gdp and to our own g, d, p, and have a safe environment for us, for our kids. and for more generation to come in my opinion. so you'd be in the gc countries and the are the, are the countries and also the wisdom countries. they gonna go forward with it. whether the sanction is going to take place by the united see to or whatever it is about helping the people. and it's a human rights issue over in latin america,

mexico, as president, has suggested that the organization of american states for him, for political discussion across the americas, he says it should be dissolved. he says it's actually left the southern states behind a personal means, okay, is this, i recommend the oh and asked disappear. it serves for nothing. the only thing it's done is to support all of the 3rd time and actions against legitimate legal peoples governments in less than america. they, a political into trade organization was founded in 1948, headquartered in washington, dc. it's policy to exclude cuba and require members to cut the diplomatic ties with havana. certainly, being criticized in the mexican, the president statement followed nicaragua was departure from the o. a s author the form question that i do the see if the reason presidential election there now is less than states, look the other options to cooperate or regional organization. that of when i sort of recently welcome to argentina's return to the blog and it's help popes on using

a common current c, bilateral trade with brazil. so we spoke with danny shore, a lot in american studies scholar in new york. he says, the us political elite use institutions like the o, a s to maintain washington's influence, have listen. as the organization of american states has functioned, fed up as a tool of us power across south america and the caribbean. for far too long for the president of mexico lopez, older law has struck a new tone. he has become increasingly more militant calling out. these neo colonial instruments of the us is used across the hemisphere. when lopez over the lo, it talks about interest groups. he's talking about the all darks. the property side class is across the hemisphere who have used the injured instruments like the o. s, like the united nations,

like v i and the like the world bank to keep countries historically. i like bolivia like venezuela, like nick that i will um, in the us sphere of influence. but what we've seen increasingly since hugo chavez is election, a big deal like total victory in 1998 is that these countries have pushed back against the o. s. and the u. s. is neo colonial agenda across the hemisphere. one of the main presidential candidates in particular has withdrawn from the rice literally days before the country goes to the i am withdrawing from the candidacy. i'm doing this for my country. i propose the 3rd option for turkey. i said neither from the right nor the left, but from the path of attitude. i tried to open a channel, but we couldn't succeed. we just good and don't let them have any excuses. otherwise, when they lose the election,

they will put all the blame on us on the morning of the election, let them have no excuses and we'll have them in j stood down, often alleged sex tape. second, i don't line. he says it's a fake. aimed at stopping is run. it's enjoy. it has had to be tucker's homeland parties is 2021. this was the 2nd time as a presidential candidate. losing the dep type of the wine in 2018. his withdrawal has shaken the elect torrell field, ultimately boosting the chances of the main opposition challenger the president of the one. here at all today we will be covering the election in depth on across the weekend. they, as they say, the impacts of the election will be felt worldwide with the large numbers of target nationals living number. busy more than 3000000 invited to vote in their 1st countries are open out to all the african correspondent, catabolic cattle who has been speaking to tuck is most lives in south africa about this booming election. the eliza nea mosque is the largest and solid in africa,

meticulously crafted and built to detail. it even has the blue tiles, the tech key, so famous full built in 2012. it can host as many as 6000 people coming for free. it's modeled on the old ottoman empire as the mia mosque in the city of at building the old capital of the ottoman empire in tags. and as the elections, ne, is closer, we as cookies citizens who reside in south africa, about the last 2 big sheets of tablets the but to build on through. and if they have delivered, take, he's prominence in the, this guy's team really nice, you know, and they did too many good things for our people, n y v, choose him again, and they get to know, well, at the beginning he was the right person, which we believe but up to when he get control of the turkey it took advantage

and he become addicted to ship. the economy is really bad, inflation. i mean 80 percent 90 percent 100 percent at depth in the world. there is this. i mean the worst inflation, the experienced in turkey as many of the worship us.