the, the, the headlines for this, our live on, on the south africa summons, but us, i'm pass it up off the, he accuses the country of shipping military supplies to russia. none of the western colleagues is told on you crazy respect. really just freedoms cracked out on the orthodox church continues in ukraine. the russian of investor, the un demands the security council, pays attention to what he polls a breach of human rights that is ready on in striking of the gaza strip. come under of the palestinian militant islamic, she had organization submitted an escalation of deadly up sites when i was talking about day full the

it is friday and i can most go and a lot of moving and striking of the geo political chest restricting your news. right now to south africa has some of the us, i'm invested in a raw, that welter, we say unfolding diplomatic dispute between the countries. the us, the invoice that he would quote, but his life against the accusation in south africa has shipped weaponry to russia . the sanction vessel to be alarming of russia by south africa within the vessel. the didn't sign 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 that assertion. so you see news conference in pretoria, which is the country's capital where 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 be 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, i must say initially this of african pittsville settled. 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 covering, see, so that because administer responsible for arms control has responded to the integration, saying that the government had not approved any weapons shipment to russia late last year and move that of course, could have been a possible breach of, of south africa's because you try to teach the crane conflict plus also come also all of this is that. so that's like in prison. so i'm a pauses office days and inquiry led by a judge would look into these allegations, but a most awful i must say. so that's because taking states to rip him onto the us invested

at to so africa. i'm noticing that it is a concern that to bring it to did not follow proper diplomatic 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 to do as an investor has adopted account to productive public posture that undermines the understanding reached on the matter and the variables of different constructive engagements between the 2. well, in type of all of this, the defense department has welcomed the president's decision to establish an independent inquiry to pro. but the allegation is that, so that for could provided arms to russia, saying that the inquiry will actually offer the departments an opportunity to ventilate side of the story. concrete evidence and deal with allegations the surroundings. the purpose of such a visit in front of

a competent office off of the lu instead off of what you're currently dealing with, which is his say and speculation. the dummies must have of already been done those some of saying that they find quite weird and strange that this situation has been made. county especially considering the fact that it came 5 months after the image of incident. but i must say these assertions, so a sell off of the local courtesy. and so the african government bonds as car is the trade is fear that the nation could perhaps face wisdom sanctions. meanwhile, analyst and economy is also off. the same symptom is saying that to the all, why read to that? so that's a could indeed face vcu sanctions that have been fits as a threat to the country a 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 that africa billions of brands of benefits, divide the applicant, growth and opportunity act,

bypassing the slow and very difficult process of imposing sanctions. these are extremely serious accusations by the u. s. and could have serious ramifications for the slight african nation. the most powerful economies in the fractious trade, conflicts that threatens all the smaller economies of the world. the poor and marginalized, are facing the greatest threat in that they apply to spoke to why the might 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 not 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 that's a good refuse to condemn the russian invasion of ukraine. western states have been active more or less publicly,

on pressuring the so african government to speak up against the war. and so africa's 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 addressed by just the width is a pressure, not both nations, russia and so i think i'll cooperating and breaks. and this poses a real city. it's towards the us 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 start africa stands with washington coventry. we spoke with a low co founder of the free market foundation, who says that the us should perhaps not interfere with the internal affairs of south africa. i don't think that the us can require south africa to adopt its position on russia and ukraine. so therefore goes neutral and independent

along with $32.00 other countries and is acting accordingly. this is, of course, since the, since the war, the special operation is food in russia with your credit installed in the countries refreshing to break the relations with, with the restaurant. and so there for kids decided not to south africa, remains on the land. and so there for good 6 friendly relations with america and, and rush. busy and i would defend my country's position and right to be neutral. the compound on the orthodox church and ukraine does continue. so russia convened on informal un security council meeting to discuss what they call in the ongoing persecution. situation dates back, at least to the my down to of 2014, that's according to russia's invoice to the un. it was

a good one. it was. yes. dorothy was all these are you long? yes. you've turned a blind eye to the crimes of the key, every shambles, the gangs. these are the citizens of the don't bass. and for some reason you didn't care, told about the destruction of the peaceful lives of those innocent people. getting you, the persecution of the crate and orthodox church did not stalking february 2022. this campaign has been systematically prosecuted by the key every game, the least since 2014 the gates of the crew to tar in ukraine. now it's become a real, may, hadn't cost me do, i need to and use leisure. none of all formal west and colleagues has cooled on you . crazy 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 orthodox in ukraine is now being carried out with the full support cannot evans and the gbi has to be current key of authority, stucco or the new roster called a meeting of the un security council to address the ongoing issue of the

persecution and mistreatment of the brain orthodox church. now at the meeting, they highlighted the fact that there have been raids on rain orthodox churches. there are 6 regions and you find the outright jams in the spring and orthodox church. and there had been a number of fries in the system that had been jar fries in word submission or been arrested. here was witness testimony that was brought forward by russia to the security council. when you logged in, you said you guys a little bit against what? i've been stripped of my ukranian citizenship twice, not from my political views, but from my orthodox religion. because today the orthodox church is persecuted in ukraine by all means, and the constitution is violated. the courtney law is violated. give me the, the clothes of churches for paid up until priest desecrate sanctuaries. take dogs into monasteries. they tear down like a dance on pictures, but by little to drains,

these drawings of dogs and the words of peace always this. there are thousands of such cases of the church being humiliated and this say tenant, good god, list regime but then covers it all up. now the western members of the security council did not seem interested listening to what the witnesses had to say or the evidence that russia was presenting the us the u. k. malta in switzerland. uh, all took the podium, essentially accusing russia of using this meeting to distort reality, to distract attention from the war and the ongoing crisis in ukraine, which they blame on russia. switzerland condemns the recent spike of freshman attacks on numerous ukrainian regions. we've shown by the information the dozens of civilians in ukraine, a dead 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 fax on the ground do speak for themselves

a number of basically all opposition parties and ukraine have been outlaw to any individual expressing sympathy for russia or opposition to the and pro nato antagonism going on in the country has been arrested. a number of journalists have been arrested and obtained the 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 whipped up against them is pretty extreme. the only the african countries represented on the council, mozambique,

good bye and gonna exceeds expressed concern about what rush it was raising. they pointed out that intensifying religious divisions and hostilities in the country would only diverge from the very needed efforts to resolve hostilities and, and the conflict 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 . the eurovision organizes ever fused a request by the ukranian president to address the strong contest saying would actually go against the events rules. according to the european pro costing union which hosts to this, i will shoot you the popular competition. the eurovision song contest is an international entertainment show and governed by strict rules and principles which has been established since it's gratian. spite of this, one of the cornerstones of the contest is the non political nate shall be event the

request by mister polanski to address the origins of the year begins on contest was made with loyalty but intentions. regrettably can not be crowded by the european broadcasting union management, as it would be against the rules of the event. so univision, the 2023 as being hosted by the u. k. but on the bill hall of ukraine. a key of is the entrance trial. last year and tradition dictates the window house the next event. despite the countries rolled, its president will not be grounded at time. well, that was not him, is it ask his office has denied he even asked organizes to address the audience. now it's not really the 1st time the grand elite is being rejected to speak of a major event. for example, the organizes of the oscar has turned them down last year. fif are also refused to allow him to speak virtually at the world cup final in contact. we spoke with alex autumn, a k, a editor of a red star radio and political analysts. now he says that lensky is media pro file is on the wayne. a. yeah, this is non political, is a bit of

a loss to be honest. what the true reason behind this denial of the landscape request to speak at the event is, i suspect really about is the fact that the west in so called allies of ukraine becoming more more doubtful about any kind of ukranian victory. and more specifically, that becoming more and more doubtful about the political viability of the landscape himself. the, the purchase, know very well as to the american, is that the political future of the lensky is not looking particularly good. so i don't think there's going to be any change. i think that the, what we're looking at is a slo drawing down as a landscape media profile in the west. so that if and when he is replaced by somebody else who the western powers of lined up to take the job next, that it won't cause too much of a sta in media circles in britain, in the united states. because he's profile will already have been thrown down to

a much level level. then it was at this time last year at the un security council, the u. k. has accused must go up to 14 children or from ukraine, the entire trans claim. the kremlin has repeatedly rejected his phones and comes off to the international criminal court issued and arrest warrant for the russian president, accusing him of the unlawful deportation of ukrainian children. but a grazer, investigative group review of the report that influence the i, c. c, 's decision found many contradictions of the groups investigator jerry, mid afraid of visited, one of the russian government sponsored comes in question was invited to an old sylvie air hotel if across sky. it turns out it was one of the so called camps or schools that prompted allegations of kidnapping abduction re education. and eventually, in i c. c, arrest warrant funded by the russian government. this hotel was turned into a makeshift sleep whittkamp for children from done yet in lieu gods who were interested in the musical ours,

and whose parents one of them away from the front lines they called at the dawn, best express what we have been with us the investigative journalist, a jerry miller afraid without joining us, live here on the international well of area in lightning story here. jeremy, thanks so much. you're still good to have you on the program to tell us about it. you visited one of these comments and russia personally, can you just tell us, frankly, what did you say, jordan? so i went to this camp back in november and i met the children and all the children they spoke russian. their parents voted to be a part of russia, and they were singing russian songs. they saw themselves as, as russian, even though the icy rest weren't would have you think that, you know, these are ukrainian children. but so i interviewed the kids, i interviewed the teachers and the parents sent them to this camp because they wanted them to have, you know, clean sanitation and healthy food that might not be available to them closer to the front lines of the war. and everyone was happy to be there and i had no idea that the place that i had visited could later be used to manufacturer this. i see

a rest one of abduction and kidnapping. i'd say it's core, it's quite something jeremy, because what you're telling me right now is exactly the opposite of the mainstream narratives being perpetuated around some parts of the world today. jeremy, why the, why do you think your experience differs so much from what's being claimed by the u . k. as we just hold on and essentially western countries in general, of course we had um seen as far as the car. yeah. um. she said that the i see a rest warrant reveal that proven is in fact following parts of hitler's playbook, head us senator lindsey graham, say that the isis your best more put in. and it shows that he is doing exactly what hitler did in world war 2. and that's a direct quote um and so you have all these um, these quotes and these statements coming from western leaders. and um, it's really being used to, you know, demon. 4 as anyone who's willing to have, he can nomic or diplomatic relations with, you know, this guy who was kidnapping children of blacks and put in. and, you know,

we see that in south africa right now. well, near the west is pressuring south africa to a rest. putin, if he were to go there, you know, for the brick summit. and so it's being used um, more or less for that type of, of, of you know, diplomatic coersion. what do you think? do you think, jeremy, this kind of goes a bit beyond the pale these days? i mean, you know, when it comes to vladimir putin in the attention, he gets in the west impressing the political establishment. they like to say that he's a fag, i dictate that he's a, gotten a sling a, oh, he's a close, he's dying of cancer and you know, you hear all these things that are really just drum top and broad cost in the west and press. and now the thing i'll put in is deporting children. i mean, you know, i don't know your thoughts. yeah, it's, it's especially funny because you have the i, c, c and the united nations demand that russia return these children. but what does that really mean? that means taking children and sending them to the front lines. so it's, um,

it's crazy that a war crime is taking children away from the front lines and a way to fix the war. crime is sending children back to the front lines. yeah, well, what about the, the reason interview? you mentioned a story about the head of a yale university who said that the children are quote, in a hostage situation. now that, that's the head of an ivy league school in america, one of the most prestigious universities in the united states saying these children are now hostages. jeremy does, i mean, honestly, might, is it accurate to you? oh, i mean, it's funny, the whole going, cnn and jose that these children are hostages, buried deep within their own report. the jo report, which is funded by the us state department. it says in the report, it says many of the children who have attended these camps appear to return to their families when scheduled. and many children taking the camps are set with the consent of their parents for an degree duration of days or weeks, and return to their parents as originally scheduled. so, on one hand, you have him from telling cnn. and the ice as he and united nations, that this is

a war crime and very deep within their own report. you have john contradiction saying that most of the children are see if we return to their parents exactly when they're supposed to be. and then i spoke to mcdaniel raymond, on the phone. i told him that i visited the don best express, and i wanted to talk to him and i think he was under the assumption that maybe i would be giving him some more information he could use. and his, um, war crimes warrant. so he hopped on the phone with me and he told me that in confidence he told me most of the camps that his team had looked at. um, or like teddy bears meeting there, you know, benevolent. but um, in the warrant and on the tv, he saying the exact opposite is saying it's evidence of war crimes. yeah. well, you know, the, by when you push back on what, what i consider to be the mainstream narratives you quickly, jeremy, become persona non grata jeremy, afraid of an investigative john list. i appreciate that and appreciate your web. thanks very much. thank you. thank you. to some of the latest now from the middle east, where the as riley army has confirmed it said as long as she had facilities in gaza

including its alleged come on center, a hi, i come on, the medicine group was reported to have been killed in the strikes it does come to the exchange of 5 this week according to a local medium, well, the 900 rocker to be launched as israel from gaza since tuesday. we can get a few more details now with i'm at least correspondence. our student is a lot of jihad, military grove, based in this trip, 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 being sent to jerusalem and nearby we being in the western part of the city, 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 intercepted, and that was the sound that we have heard. no casualties have yet been reported to

it 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 end has to which these earlier egypt, jordan friends and germany released a 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's one stop unless israel stops killing their people in 3 days, all of shields in 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 in wages me. they were all so we sent the reports that israel withdrawal from peace tops right now. uh, both addiction source is close to uh, these pro says maybe 18 they go. she ation is a told archie that they cannot confirm this information. adding though that is real . now is movies always preparing a significant 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

a rock and launched from gaza heat, a residential building in these really central c t. all of the have all but i have to say that around 100 other people have been wounded including in gas and halt hospitals their industry bi limits when it comes to equipment and medications. 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. the us as threatened to impose sanctions against georgia if it resumes direct flights with russia. that's off with the russian president, vladimir putin said he would cancel the visa requirement for george and citizens if the band on russian airlines is lifted in 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 georgia in airports could be at risk for sanctions if they service aircraft subject to import and export controls. the stipend comes off to georgia, as prime minister denounced west and criticism of president pollutants order to presume fly if someone did not mind the purpose of flies with russia and the reason free regime, then they can open other fights themselves. for example, to a point direct flies with america to introduce a visa for you 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? you're in a rush about 300000000000 through trade. the question arises, as a citizen, he wants his country to become a member of the european union. the drawers and people understand everything perfectly. the prime minister confirmed of georgia has no plans to impose economic sanctions against russia. he also said that measure was introduced by president

protein and will significantly improve trade between the countries are on that line . so office 7 weekly direct flights from must go to the police, the ballistic, this further political allister, john catholic. now joining us here live on how to international jonah very well welcome to you. and thanks for joining us here for this story. once again, the tool of sun sions and the structure of sanctions are being used. of course, by washington. do you think the work in this case would be, or do you think of the georgia in the far he's might for a moment to think the benefits outweigh the risks? what do you think? you know, certainly be, you know, wayne and to wayne that question. um, but i think that they're gonna look to turkey or they're gonna look to assemble. and they're going to see that a subsidiary of a french company manages much of it stumbles airport. and to date that french company has not been sanctioned. president macro has not asked them to

withdraw and press the air to one is in no frame of mind to do anything that he doesn't have to do in terms of interrupting, not only flights that are service saying the russian federation, frontier kia, but also flights that are arriving balaam via the bill routes. airline. exactly, exactly. there are, there are, are the destinations are all the transfer hubs that the russian airlines offline through. as you say at the moment, what part of what i was reading joined about these potential sanctions? is that america would potentially sanction the maintenance of the aircraft, the maintenance of the airlines meeting. the end of the day, hundreds of thousands of civilians who fly on these planes could be at risk of a plane crash. i would love to know your thoughts on the logic behind destructive sanctions. the the, the use the sanctions in terms of on the aircraft themselves and goes to whether

it's an air bus or a boeing. they have maintenance schedules, and generally for passenger aircraft they're, they're robust and they're set. and there's also software updates that the aircraft themselves we're able to access. and since february of last year, what boeing and air buses disconnected our air bus and boeing aircraft that are operated by airlines in the russian federation. so they haven't been able to get these updates. and then if they fly to one other airport, uh, what the us and the you is attempting to do is say, all right, let's say you do arrive and simple airport. well, now the management of the airport, if you provide services to that aircraft the q fuel, if you check out and save the onyx if you make a repair to it. and if you load baggage onto it,

whatever you might do that now that may be subject to sanctions, but thus far. and i think it's important because your turkey is tricky is the poster child with respect to this because they operate is the turkish airlines flights to the russian federation, airflow of flights to turkey, a lava, to win from mints into what is symbol, and thus far you know there's just been a lot of rhetoric, but no one's actually done it. and i think the, you know, the, the, the bell whether or the canary is watching president macro and president my cries thus far. no not said to present the air to one. i need you to stop this because he doesn't want to hurt a sizable company. that's france based. that's managing part of that or i'd also imagine on a side note that macro and wants to keep a good relationship with other one because in the not too distant future talk is going to be one of the biggest gas tubs in the world, selling gas to europe joining if i may. um. look, it wasn't that long ago. i mean,

the us was long considered to be one of 2. police is closest i lives. joel, what's, what's changed? can you tell me? well, primarily, you know, in, in, in georgia, you've had a, a series of governments and some have been more friendly to the united states than, than others. and some are less friendly. you also have a bifurcated where you have a presidency that doesn't have a tremendous amount of power. it's not an executive presidency like in turkey, a and then you have a government, a parliament, the prime minister. and the government in this case is sort of look, they looked in one direction and the president is looking in another direction. and so, you know, it, there's, there just is not the consistency that in the past countries and had where they'll be decades where.