the afternoon and engagement to close the trail. when so many find themselves will support, we choose to look for common ground, the the 2 people are killed and 2 others injured as ukraine shells. a busy road near the border in rushes belgrade region. also a head, the in center gall, at least 9 people have been killed in clashes between police and supporters of an opposition leader following a court sentence of 2 years in prison. the us imposes economic sanctions on sudan in order to quote help. meanwhile,

thousands are in dire need of aid as the country struggles to survives a major, raging conflict. china will never renounce the use of force regarding national reunification with taiwan. that's the message from b jane during a defense ministers meeting and single for the coming to you from moscow. this is archie international with the latest world news updates. i'm here all a isabel. it's great to have you with us. we begin this hour with the latest from the russian region of belgrade, or 2 civilians had been killed and 2 others wounded after ukrainian shelling of the area. this sudden verified footage posted on social media, shows the aftermath of the attack. several calls are damaged by shrapnel,

while another strike killed one civilian. it's worth mentioning that there are no military targets in the area. here's our correspondence with the report from the ground was on which we a few kilometers from belgrade. 12 to be exact. the smoke is from enemy artillery fire, according to preliminary information, the granite as far doing a check point with surveillance inside preliminary reports say one was killed and one injured. now, a few minutes ago, we tried to drive along the road to should back, you know, there are military posts, entrance to the city is currently closed. meanwhile, local authorities in the russian city of kursk say several ukrainian drones were shot down by air defenses in the early hours on friday. and miss on verified footage posted on social media. you can see russian air defense systems, an action followed by photos from the local governor showing the aftermath of the attack. this comes as russia's defense ministry has said high position strikes,

eliminated a number of ukrainian air defense systems. overnight on friday, the ministry says the destroyed air defense outposts were covering vital military infrastructure. the 9 people have been killed in center go on thursday, during clashes between police and supporters of opposition, leader rosemont his own go after a court sentence, him to 2 years in jail, casting serious style on his chances of running for president next year. the cars and buses were set on fire in the capital. the car and disturbances were reported across the country. protesters also set fire to the central university and threw rocks that police corresponded by firing pier guests. a government spoke 1st

and said security forces have situation under control. the opposition leader had been previously accused of rape only to then be acquitted and has now been sentenced on charges related to the corruption of use. here's what some locals have to say. it goes of always your lead seeing what i see today is in justice in my opinion, there is no right and i don't agree with the decision they made regarding those months uncle was also i also see that the whole sending of, i mean almost every senegalese disagrees is, there is no right and the only injustice nobody has been accused of rape and a lot of other similar things. on the end there is no mention often. so it's going to today they talk about corruption of the youth. so for me, just another came a view of the go, he's still on watson for me, it's not fair just to buy more for violence because violence is the only way to compete with the state's injustice. split the now over to award towards sudan were

according to local residents. $27.00 people were killed and more than a 100 injured after a market south of car too much shelled us. according to reports, 6 tank shells were fired from an army controlled area in the sudan. these capital, the local doctors, trade union, has warned of a rising death toll due to the inability of the injured to reach hospitals. fighting between rival military factions, erupt it in the country and early april, and has turned much of the nation into a battle ground. tragically, many children have fallen victim to the conflict as well, with at least 60 infants, toddlers, and others dying in just one suit. denise orphanage. in the past 6 weeks, a warning, some of yours may find the following. images disturbing. a spam, i think, and this ometer footage reported by or frontage employees. bodybags got or the facility and those children alive are living in a horrid conditions. many, if not,

all of the children are suffering from malnourishment, as well as a variety of other illnesses coming from a lack of medicine. the youngest of the last lives just 3 months old and we spoke to the deputy representative of operations that unit. so who says that what's happening is to them right now is the worst scenario, unit 7, the food have. imagine the situation for children is, is horrific. they're 13000000 children in desperate need of humanitarian assistance . they need water and sanitation. they need urgent, urgent health care. we have over 600000 children with severe acute malnutrition who urgently needs treatment and the trauma up as for as having a significant impact on children's mental health and wellbeing and psycho social support and save spaces are also very,

very critical. so even before the current conflict, the situation for children was significant, and that's this current concept that started on the 15th of april, i think is the worst worst case scenario. any one could have dreamed of this level of violence and attacks on, on communities, on children, and especially in the hot spots of car to minute. our force is really unprecedented . meanwhile, the tragic situation and so dad hasn't stopped the us from lending a helpful hand as washington has imposed economic sanctions on the nation. apparently thinking that the best way to help the burning issue is to turn up the heat through sanctions were cutting off the financial flows to both the rapids support forces and the so then these armed forces depriving them of resources needed to base soldiers re arm resupply, and wage warrants done,

the united states stands on the side of civilians against those who perpetuate violence. the was the people of so done. so i'm say that so the sanctions will only further the stabilize the country as recent calculations from the united nations show that the nation is in need of over $2600000000.00 to rebuild and recover with only around 350000000. having been received according to the un 18000000 people are in need of aid in the nation to discuss this topic in depth of the cross live to governance and policy consulting gabrey, who would own a to welcome. so what, why do you believe that washington would impose sanctions on sudan at a time when the nation is suffering the most? well, i think the most important thing to remember is that these functions do not targets any one was been making the heavy weapons and read them weapons for so done

that they are using not the targets sanctions for future production, perhaps theoretical. that's what the 2nd, the sanctions themselves below tarry gets more profits. so any profits that are being filtered to purchase weapons aren't competing target. so i, i, the framing of the question for this section should be, what is the purpose of the sentence? it does not see that it is directly related to showing that these parties are deprived of heavy or motor as well. well, well, following that up, the us says that the sanctions are aimed at reducing funding to these warring factions. so there is no truth to that claim in that respect. it is, there is a choose, then the sanctions are misplaced because if they were trying to stop that funding, you would see sanctions or banks on war profits targeting directly,

the individuals have stockpiled weapons, forrest who died, that have been so that are being sent into so that since 2015 was the us and then the small arm survey i've said that's to done is making small munitions and small arms. there is no evidence that these sanctions would stop the flow of any serious weapons or any heavy weapons. if this was done, so if it is intended to reduce the floor, heavy weapons, then it is a misplaced sanction. in my opinion, it does not include the actual sources of those heavy weapons. while the un has said that nearly 3000000 people in sudan are in need of dire aid in your opinion. and then how will these sanctions affect the situation in the nation? are they primarily because uh as much uh, one of the agencies that has been the sanction also provides life saving

a to a doctor. yes, it is aligned to the recept, but it is not. uh, it is not simply a weapons source. it is uh, as more or less operate select a silver last but says they would be step in quite a lot of age and facilities to dr. quite tickler do. that's one effect. a 2nd effect is with the visa restrictions. they will reduce the ability of investigation stores of, uh, so, disney's to get store their countries to make their arguments the visa saxons, especially so that they also have an effects of silencing. so to these positions, whether this was an intention of the search things or simply how the sanctions are design, i will lead to jack sullivan, who announced the i myself, can only make some seasons and it's written. and they haven't signed to any of the

heavy weapons manufacturers or delivery systems, or will, that will give him the dire situation right now. what more do you believe the international community could do to help the people of sudan? well, i think the best place the international community then puts its efforts, ensuring that a negotiation is reached. both is our assess. and this for danny's national army have mobilize. they seem to have arranged ability to replenish their tips. both of them seem to have sufficient political supports to maintain a fight. so a negotiated settlement where you avoid heavy conflict, i think is the best outset. but again, it depends on the politics of international the agencies bringing to lights of

actual dynamics and what's going on. current being to a nice movie. uh theres by the gym. go stick approach to the news. uh, one part in the new york. they tell you one narrative, and then all the new jo van jose who pursue that narrative i think is something that then perhaps discussing things with the relation to evidence. uh with the relation to, to solving it peacefully, i think is the best approach. gabrey. he would own a to governance and policy consultants. thank you very much. so the advocates for administer has hail brakes as an organization that helps foster a much desired multi polar world. the comments came during the organizations ministerial meeting in cape town, part of the preparations i had of the groups for most i'm in august and we also

looked this, i think, an important subject, which is what all of the links that they should be between bricks and t 20 in then increasingly, and i'll view mile to polo will we? we have a sense that we're moving away from a unit po, uh and there's increasing interest in multi polarity. so how do we draw it together? these formations that have a number of shed ideals and goals. rush us foreign minister is meeting with his counterparts from the u, a. e, for zill and iran, as part of the last day of the brakes. foreign ministers meeting that follows thursday's discussion, which called for a peaceful settlement of the ukraine conflict and urs for full compliance of the black sea brain deal. the break stations also reaffirmed their commitment to multilateralism while continuing to mall the future direction. and the expansion of

the group of emerging economies, how we strengthen the um, of the bridge development bang. and also ensure that we did not become victim to sanctions that have secondary effects. how the existing brakes members are working with each other. the 2nd part of it is how the brakes engages and on breaks countries. and the top part of it is how we looked at potential expansion. so and you know how, what would be the appropriate formats for that? there's also something we need to work on to see a few rates as a new or my home and national relations. those relations, the based on the principles mutual benefits back to the appeal of this organization is not mos on. are members of international community. now, more than a dozen countries of the coast reached out formally and informally with an

intention to become its number because of all the geo political complications associated international criminal court issuing an arrest order for the person present modular pollutant. that may be the most b they made it clear that the decision will be taken by the country that is south. now, this is one of the options to keep in. you might have to move as blues. as far as i understand, this piece of news was published in a british tabloid, and i don't read which tablets brings countries been invited to take part in

the meetings the the gold series to preserve rates. as on organizations, primarily with economic and developmental issues. leroy china is special representative on your region affairs says beijing is ready to promote peace between russia and ukraine as continuous arms deliveries to care of our only escalating the crisis when if we really want to put an end to war and realize you peace and save lives, it is important to stop sending weapons to the battlefield, or the tensions were almost filed up. we have been saying that they ukraine crisis, but as historical background and it's realistic tweets during our visit to russia.

we, our colleagues say russia has been discussing these and we've also been engaging in communication with ukraine. it is china is consistent, believe that no matter how different of the situation is and how many differences there might be. we need to stick with peaceful negotiations except until a ceasefire. and i realized that some of these prevails just had a quote from. the official statement comes after he completed a 12 day visit to ukraine, poland, france, germany and russia. after changing pain, propose a peace resolution back in february, this year, china has been playing a major role moderating around the world. notably after brokering a p still between a ron and saudi arabia. andrew long international and independent china specialist says that the piece paging is trying to promote is beneficial for every one around the world's. i think john has been very, very careful. ready ready in calibrating as road and, and his toes chosen away. um,

um, dishes low and uh, 2 adult the more accurate broke because at the beginning of the war is the one for trying to get involved. because the united states and the less than that, i think they went over that with all that now and it the of the 2 um am i to say hey. ready is your role because the whole idea is the paint russia completely, but well, this whole as is beginning to face to face. and i think that they, as i said, suggested as i said, they tacitly allowed fonda to play a meeting role, but still wanted to cling to that last rule of a shipping some games on the ground, better costs tonic, an old was pulled out. the problem is of helping to rebuild. you pay all of the was over and put that on the other hand, touching base with a number of countries in the region. so investing in the,

of the war to benefit some of these west and ally countries because even that. busy as i said, giving. ringback a call 0 multiple countries, but getting a reply, it's a bell. this is and, and, and at any point this will basing says it will never run now. so use a force in regard to the topic of taiwan, adding that china without a doubt, will be unified. a single never allowed a democratic progressive party as ortiz, to seek independence by co sit for an us and external forces to use taiwan to control china and will never renounce the use of force heights. china must be unified and it says in the will be unified, the china will resolutely defend national sovereignty and through toil integrity. one to the same. it was made during a defense ministers meeting titled shawn gray, law dialogue and singapore, on friday the to day. so i'm at aims to counter security challenges in the region.

the chinese president held the same sentiment as the called on his top security officials to consider worst case scenarios. the complexity and severity of national security problems faced by our country have increased dramatically. we must be ready to withstand the major test of high winds, choppy waters and even dangerous storms. chase comments came and made plans for the 1st joint drills between the philippines, us and japan, scheduled to take place in several days, which include maritime exercises in the south china seats and carrying out search and rescue operations. let's cross 5 to geo political analyst officer and the director for south and south east asia at the philippines, middle east studies association, don mclean, gil, welcome dawn. so strong words from the chinese officials. what message are they

trying to send it? exactly to whom? a no one is the final stage or is a security perceptions of b j. you know this, let's have a very perception that china has been developing over the past few years. and you know, we have to understand the country to common misperceptions. most of trying a security concerns are domestic in nature rather than an international. it's for policy is a reflection of its domestic concerns. given a wide array of local challenges such as the demographic issue of food security, the welf gov, etc. so in fact, during the pick up zip endemic, you know, if you could imagine and the challenges fade faced by the b r i, it's 2020 national people's congress devoted a huge chunk on their discussions on domestic concerns. so this domestic security

perception is driven by the idea that any form of instability within the state can become the biggest threat towards the chinese government authority, legitimacy. and of course, it's image nationally and internationally as well. well, the geo political stage right now is extremely times now the us has planning military drills with the philippines and japan. how do you think that will affect these already high tensions in the region as well? you know, coming from a less point of view, you know, i have a base in the philippines. we have to wonder some of the calling checks. you know, in the beginning of this particular, most ration manila already signal. it's pearson tend to manage relations with china to forge amenable times, however, you know, present. marcus junior was victor realize that there have been discrepancies within the, by natural relations between both states, particularly within philippine waters. and this easy, so far as recognizing this manila has begun to emphasize its willingness to enhance

maritime security and territorial defense capacities. well, definitely the fluids alliance with the united states senior, traditional partner, i mean the country comes close to providing this in the fields. the defense security such as the united states and we have to take that a reality of the picture. and of course, the strategic partnerships with japan and australia. however, whenever maintains that fully long term peace can be achieved with b, j. a through diplomatic and peaceful negotiations. when the last illustrated its willingness to remain open to diplomatic channels at a force in relation to the situation. in taiwan, manila has taken a more pro active stance by saying that people would not once had metal into the affairs of taiwan, we will not interfere to provoke the, our competition between the us and china fraser. so rather we can see that the

alliance for manila is more of a means to an end rather than an end of itself. so it is using this to enhance its to military capability, send defense within its own waters. but still, you know, the end of the day negotiations in diplomatic engagement, fully prioritized, uh, these are, these have agent. now, on other occasions, china has responded to military drills before me or it's borders. how do you think china will respond to this latest publication as well? you know, we have to understand the south east asian east asia, the south and east china seas are perhaps one of the most critical slash points within the geo politics of asia. and we have to understand that every addition or subtraction of strategic variables will generate reductions as well. so this is quite expected, you know, with china's reactions of course. so what we hope to do is we have to prioritize that conducive environment where beijing also realizes that it's immediate neighbor,

my la would want to have core your relationships. and if in fact, to manage the relationship towards a more proactive level. so there has to be effort from aging as well to realize the sensitivities of manila. and with that we can definitely say that this, the regional conditions may eventually stabilize. so it has to be an effort from both sides. while the miller, as i've mentioned, has been seeking through the, has its defense networks and co operation. this is merely to secure, you know, it's jeremy borders and this new during the best interest within its waters. so with the willingness has been shown towards china from the beginning, this can be also revamped as long as both sides recognize the need for a peaceful relation beyond natalie driven an interest a lot up in the air director for south and southeast asia at the philippines middle east studies association. don mclean, bill, thank you. thank you very much. russia is speeding up. it's deliveries

of free fertilizers to african states with the next shipment of idol a. do to be sent to nigeria. russia's foreign ministers survey. laughter of blame the you for blocking mos goes to manage area and initiative a shift. but most of them seem to be a less september president for them to put in a now to a ready to deliver $300000.00 tons of our fertilizer. illegally seized in airports to african countries, free of charge fully in line with colonial practice and habits. the leadership has blocked this initiative. it took us 6 months to get at least the 1st shipment of $20000.00 tons to allow we and just recently another shipment of a similar amount of fertilizers was delivered to kenya. the same shipment is scheduled to go to nat geo. yet soon here was the vital exports are being delivered by russia's euro come, euro cali groups, one of the world's largest producers of plant food. 300000 tons of fertilizers had been earmarked for developing nations to help tackle ongoing food shortages. but

previous shipments were seized by some e u states due to anti russian sanctions. we spoke to a producer, a news anchor, and a 20239 year in presidential candidate will say that russian 8 helps africa bruce food security and become truly independence. after which is highly dependent on wheat production from the other countries, and especially from russia, russia is the higher the export started off weeds and the fertilizer for an action to the africa, russian properties. and these people up in the whole african continents. we need to also experiencing, uh, you know, the st minutes is, you know, taking the russian flag, you know, appraising vladimir 14 time to time. like a, you know, every african country. now considering vladimir 14, i kind of independence and the so freely as lease is a,

comes from the west on a couple of don, dot ross shots, you know, to create an image for the african or i shot these bad for the one that the big pro how give themselves this, i'm the kind of democrats and the human right. you know, every african nation, the out of end of the asia. now the understand, how is this for romantic for this you model, right? and the democracy is an agenda to execute the west and the policy in the other countries, not by itself, but the west is using this idea in the end, you know, execute their data or a policy. the interest is individual. you can kind of see it in the other countries, the support from your shop, you know, tell me with the community that i have independent on steve or the inclusion or where you,

where employees are 100 percent of the big difference. i do have a big of push to what all conflict independence. so that is why we work on this initiative . that's her up on the hour and coming up. who's sean thomas? visits of vodka, nova ballet academy in saint petersburg to find out more on the rich history and current life of russia's valet stars next on inland visions. thanks for joining in . we'll see you back at the top of the hour. the if you weren't given the opportunity to travel around the country speak to fascinating people in unique places and one of their big ideas.