[000:00:00;00] the the, the russian troops advance on the battlefield, pushing ukrainian forces out of heavily fortified positions near the region. there are disturbing images in our next report. the 3 people are injured in israel. after a car plowed into

a proud of protestors rallying in the streets after the country's parliament unanimously passed, a controversial dish will reform and ahead of the 2nd russia africa summit, we set down exclusively with a son of townsend. he is 1st president who is helping africa to move beyond its legacy of the anti apartheid battle. close. realistic way in which i think africans can develop themselves is to come together as a continent to put together their resources and not to become the agents of other countries, the good afternoon for moscow. this is our to international with the latest and world

news today of your elizabeth. happy to have you join us. don yet because come under heavy ukrainian fire with shelling reported more than 50 times in the past 24 hours using western supplied weapons. that's has russian troops make advances on the battle ground are 2 corresponded more. i got the reports from the front lines in the loo gone region. the. the music is for us to go out here. it is a dangerous distraction. pension is preferable, tension keeps your shop the reason why driving towards the front will stop a tell a command post to find out what's up with the rifle, the edge of the shelley, and whether we can move to then gets you to all solid positions other than that we're enjoying the weather,

the so so i'm us will okay. let shell hoble. how's the weather? do you copy of the videos or that the election? all the adults find no stretch the most dangerous is on foot. the shilling goes loud. the idea of whether those heavy rain to the night thoughts often enough but the, it's a blessing shelf itself. destination in the moment for a few cents, reasons because it's with very itself, the destination side strapped to the optimal $160.00 counted bush out. the impact run, run, run the, come on,

come on. we arrive to a flurry of activity and shelly out of mind and i don't mind that. i don't mind that the radio is incessant tension. tommy h. the taco was startled and that's yeah. the whole both the boston roman doesn't generate the page. the god contested ever you can definitely schedule position with just a few weeks ago was one of the front lines that he's no longer going through the forest and here the intensity now troops of the atm tank regiment in the middle of an assault on

a ukrainian position as we watch one russian soldier dodges 3 grenades in as many minutes. it is not a flat 5. 3 russian troops versus 10 ukrainians with more arriving. yeah, the best 3 out of who knows what it's in it a new did you match your west coast alarm essentially what the master bruno don't like the united just putting the united just on the with the russian troops of pulled back a mass of you crazy and soldiers congregates together. it is a fatal mistake. yeah, yeah. a 152 millimeters shell screens in impacting just meet his from the crowded soldiers. many undoubtedly hate with shrapnel. they begin to flee,

carrying but of the wounded with the others i left behind dead in india, the like and not the shell hits. they break, leaving the injured come raid that was in july you go to yes, 8 of them ran. they have a band and their did, and then hundreds, some of them are wounded as one who can fairly crawl. the rest are on the move. now we can see them running more than a relatively large settles the russian assault team were tons. 2 of them are injured. you are very grateful holding up so well. i will black and how do i want to sleep? remember, one rule don't fall asleep. you got any kids? 2 or 3 of them. wow. now repeat off to me. kids a was leaving for come on, said the use of volunteer medic, he has

a way with his patient and he does ask for the counselor to follow you to worry. if he panics, then he could freak out. so he shouldn't look at the wins and stuff like that. tell him anything to distract him. make him last chat about something. make him think about other things. when he talks, that's good. if he can answer, that's great. the wounded are evacuated to even the vehicle. in the meantime, magazines are reloaded. i mean we ship these to see in less than an hour, a fresh sold spot to be sent in to claim the trench along with all the bodies in it. for a gas t of a t for them came in the region following multiple strikes on civilian targets inside russia,

the ukrainian defense minister stated in the cnn interview that attacks on the crime in bridge will continue. i'll discharge the surface you'll targets because it will reduce their capacity to fight against us and it will help to save the lives of ukrainians, his normal tactics to ruin the logistic lines of your enemy to stop the options, to get more munition, to get more fuel to get more food, etc. that's why we will use this tactics against them. last week where it says anti terror committee said to you for any unable drones damage the crime in bridge. the route is a key gateway from the russian mainland to the peninsula. the attack killed the mother and father and seriously injured their teenage daughter in october last year, an explosion on the bridge cost over 200 meters of road beds to collapse, claiming the lives of 3 people. earlier we spoke with bryan ber, lennox, a geo political analyst, and former us marine who says the attacks have of propaganda purpose. similar to

a pair campaign. if that is their strategy, it's not going to work because we must remember about cry me uh, became part of the russian federation. in 2014, the crime in bridge was only completed in 2018 support. so for several years, russia was able to supply both the civilian population, and there are extensive military installations on the peninsula with sea and air. russia has more than capable of sustaining logistics on crimea without the premium bridge. it's very clear that everything that you claim does it is made possible by the wes continued sponsorship of the ukrainian government and its military. and so these targets that are being attacked and, and that's for propaganda purposes. it is, these are not strategic targets and they're doing this. it is an incense a power campaign because the, the offensive along the line of contact has failed to their attack. any targets that have very little military use,

if any. and they're doing this because they're offensive has failed their during the 2 months march, they have made no progress along the line of contact. so in order to make it appear that some progress is being made somewhere, and they have resorted to these terrorist attacks far, far beyond the line of contact these attacks that ukraine are carrying out clearly have no impact on russia's fighting capacity over to israel. now worth 3 people have been injured after a car rammed into a crowd of protesters. that's as people across the country vent their anger over the is really connect that's approval of a controversial judicial reform. a warning you might find the following images distressing. the, the footage of a car falling through protesters walking

a highway it's circulating on social media is really police have reportedly detained a 20 year old driver. the driver's motive is unclear. the intel of the protest turn violent in police these baton system. do crowds mounted police were also deployed at least 19 people have been arrested across the country . protesting tel aviv attracted large crowds of people who were seen blocking roads lighting fires and using fire words. police use force to disperse the gathering, firing water cannons into the crowd. the government put face strikes, legal action and discontent from military reserve is in what's been described as israel's biggest domestic crisis. in decades,

the israel's prime minister has defended the reform claiming the country supreme court will remain independent. hi, open sony mama, we took the necessary democratic move which aims to restore the balance between the branches of government as it was for 50 years with us the correction to the reasonableness bill so that the collective government can carry out policy based on the boat of the majority of people in the country, even disagreement with this measured change does not just defy the disruption of causing suffering to millions of citizens who cannot get to work or to hospital sport to the airport. in the run up to the 2nd russia africa summit, we sat down with the people continuing the legacy of the continents anti apartheid battle. coming up on our tea, we interview mother rock and

a re re the son of tons when he is 1st president. here's a preview, a model, rocca new data, he's a writer and attends any and cultural tourism specialist mister needed. it represents the 1st 10, sandy, and presidents, home village, which he alma, he also actively promotes the historical legacy of julius anita who is the father of modern rocca. the julius and unit is the 1st president of tanzania. he fought for the independence of and social justice in his motherland. julie as needed, it stood for pan african ism and was a champion in a battle against the colonialism. the one of the basic objectives of an african is, it's really to unite all the african people,

peoples and peoples of fox are gonna be sent to work together collectively to harness the resources of the african continent. to make sure that those resources, the benefits of people and bring about social economic and industrial development. so it's just the 2 unfortunately, really that uh, i think some of our countries that are distracted by, by the supposed assistance that we have supposed to receive from, from these other countries. but i mean, i have the opinion that if someone is a country, has a leading position economically, it riley will give up that position, willing, willing mm. so is so to, to the, to, to expect that those countries which holding goals,

physicians will use the advantages. i think is unrealistic. so the only realistic way in which i think africans can develop themselves is to come together . is a continent to put together the resources and ensure that those resources really benefit africans and not become the agents of other countries. which really they'll the only interest is to to explain that for them we have a problem of being over whelmed, the younger generation of being over whelmed, by the values and the information from how the societies from outside of, from, out, from outside of frustrating. so this is a problem, we risk losing those values, those so humanitarian values,

those values of justice that we had in the past. if we don't make a big effort to to show that there is an alternative way to how we organize our societies. so this is why i think it's really important that we take on the task of of showing these young people that they're more alternative. so how we organize society then the ones that you constantly receive through social media and through of the avenues, information father step down. in 1985, he became a pig to has given the task by the lighting movement to lead the selves commission, which was an organization or a let's say

a commission task with studying the economies of the what became to be law now is southern countries. the southern countries study, the economies look at the challenges and so just solutions to problems of funded development. so what else are basically conclusions that came out of that report which was released after the complete to the work was the solvent countries have to work together because the battery is set up place by the northern countries to uh uh, development cannot be some mounted without having a strong base of countries that begin to pose some muscle, they begin to create some economic bustle against the moving companies. as i mentioned, the,

the hold that the northern countries have on the global global economy. it's not something that they will leave people willing. the meanwhile, south africa has called for a more inclusive world order as the national security advisers of bricks, countries gather in johannesburg,

preparing for the highly anticipated summit next month. this. ready they has been, i big above the head of the 13th of meeting of the breaks group of countries know ahead of that has been really some of the comments that have been made by nikolai, i've had to set for is the russian security council secretary, really? it goes with a lot of the solve and will the evan with most of the developing countries, i've really tired of the you need lots of our lives that they have seen from the west, particularly with a case in point since the conflict in the ukraine and that has for them on the, in the old tentative ways and to see and to themselves that paul wants to bring about a, just the more equitable wells at

a more and quick simple platforms of sharing ideas. that's what the briggs group of countries is promising. the developing world and they have a lot of interest in some of the countries that we have seen applying to joining bricks. group of countries over 22 countries have formerly applied to join the briggs countries. and informally, we understand that over 20 have gone on to, to inquire as to what the as chance if in extending would be. should the fence into joining the group send. those include the likes of the old, the, the likes of, of syria, which is the 2nd, the biggest country on the applicant, coincident bi line mass. and if you will, p a is the 2nd biggest populous nation on the continent. now those too low and material a lot of weights on the consumer, but it's not just that we have countries such as iran, such as saudi arabia and much of the countries that have been looked at with this

dean by the west. the lead here by the united states are really interested in the old tentative which briggs would bring to the countries. china is also been serving in its muscles, head of this eating, sending the top of the diplomat, mister wing. he made a pit stop in roby meeting with william, brutal, the president. they also of the east african country and for the strengthening, tireless insistence, high enough involvements here on the continent. thing that the here to states that is a need to talk about the deeds all arise vase and of the world. the groups members themselves have reduced the use of the dalai as a single currency that they use among strain between themselves and the d. dawning realization process is further encouraging and facing itself among this partnership

. and more on summit preparations with the 2nd russia, africa conference opening in saint petersburg in just 2 days. the event gathers heads of state interpreters and academics to further relations between the african continent and russia. a t goal of the meetings will be to create more solution based approaches to food shortages. nigeria has a stake in the discussion and the countries of vice president will look to address the west african states food inflation, which at 24 percent is at its highest in a decade. the for more let's go live to professor some amadi, former nigerian energy commissioner and former special advisor to nigeria. senate welcome professor. so let me ask you with, with just a few days before the 2nd rush to africa, stomach, which fears of cooperation with russia are the most vital for nigeria

to thank you very much. try this useful for the 2019 ended december, the option to richard rudolph. um corporation of costs or politics looking at the design of global. so order is the but again, for now i think me, you know, we're trying to was trashy into television. i'm just sent you to cover it. china. russia has also been doing some work with some coaches. norfolk are, and we do what the issue i'm addressing that much of those countries in house. i've got to start teaching and j tap. so for people to be dropped under democracy to the house, says the g buddy, there's a strong to, i was on this when i didn't find those shirts. i lost all costs in terms of what it was i do,

which that security be. so that might be possible. sure. as i'm doing, chris, did i issue also? look at is the rush. i think quinn, mitchell supplies for the grant, and the russian people has called supply. i'm a do raise the 1st i, you know, for the site and much of fee to, because of that. i've seen on there by categories in blue categories. so i don't know how uh this uh the some would have uh, on the, on the display of mode which is really a big deal. now we only can restrict windows quoting tool. so i think the food culture data outside it may be some sort of size and they do that because she did. the issue here is

a russia times leading causes some of them to do history. last in terms of you don't find in a system up to uh what's better because it as wisdom cost me some dominance. so maybe the government strongly for easy to settle. i'm getting used by. ready country to you reports, that means election. i will just do my friend. i assume cos bars in china, russia. i think this when i was i want to cool of smoking shops, most stoops was an economy unsecured. well, you mentioned the green a shortage as being a huge issue. what do you think are other approaches to finding solutions to food shortages and the high inflation as we just mentioned and, and also what our western partners doing to help in this issue. what it says, i think you to do with the terms of the suggest i report your finding of

food physicians and i'm going to supply so i couldn't get it in force that's going to be with the price of the defendants. they're not to us as much as it's un under the most interest would be most to because of some cute they do. they, they, they, they, the driver for. she also wanted to the call me when that substance uh, neutralizes the prices. of course. um russia, diesel, blount gas, i don't know how much can do the to this market, but a good measure. i used to find the way on that one shot. that's just something i the cartridge minimize doctor's issue that's with this isn't on the district side records. right. i guess they read the would be 100. you might have been divided marginal on the russian of course,

so far in any way the west has been the talk but doesn't really know what to talk. and that's why china rochelle might be in a, i've talked to this part of the rush as a little, but is when it was on my stick to the point is on the west side of hard to support a software to do do supplement my info's to do to destroy lies as well as a force to good economy is to that average center. so looking forward to you, booked with us, of course, on russia and it went to russia. my do to see if it goes to more real concrete support from the west professor some of the former chairman of the nigerian electricity regulatory commission. thank you. and speaking of currencies, russian president vladimir putin has signed a law that will see the country's rouble going digital. moscow says the digital rubel will function as

a 3rd form of currency along side cash and contactless payments. it will be issued by russia, central bank and transactions will be conducted on a special non internet platform. the russian business community has already endorsed the digital rubel saying it could help decrease costs and commissions. the digital currency is aimed at giving russian citizens and enterprises the potential for boosting cross border payments. this comes as russia rams of cooperation with other countries and national currencies in a push to decrease use of the dollar. according to chinese leaders using paying members of the shanghai cooperation organization are working hard on expanding their economic size. meanwhile, beijing says it's digital. you on transactions have significantly risen to a total of over $240000000000.00 in the past year. and in india, the central bank has encourage local lenders to promote the new we introduce

digital rupees. earlier are to contributor or chris samson. i discussed the digital rubles potential economic impact. if we understand the traditional banking system, right, you said in money usually using a, a system called swift, which is an international system which russia has been blocked pro, thanks. united states using the new technology that the digital variable is built on. it means that any country that wants to accept the rouble as payment can use this alternative payment methods in order to receive those variables. so essentially, it makes those western sanctions built on the same technology, which is preloaded, doesn't use the traditional banking system. it uses the technology, the cryptic currency is a built on. however, the slight differences, most cryptic currencies all what we call the centralized, so you can anonymously send. now also russia, a central bank says that the digital rubel will minimize the financial risk. do you think it will be safer than the crypto currencies? yeah, absolutely. it will be into to want to extend the extend will be that,

you know, if uh, if you at your bank has your possible details or a business has the possible details. it gets rid of all that in this service activity. if someone you know, using it as an anonymous payment method to something the fabulous, whatever that may be some criminal activity, it should remove all of those barriers. obviously nothing in the world's entirety, a 100 percent. gonna stop that, but this goes a very, very strong, long way if you liked to stuffing it. but a lot of people are afraid that this would actually allow the west to interfere. now, talking about sanctions, how could this development help russia to compensate for the effect of western states since that have limited the country's economic options? let's say russia now has to digital rebuild. china has a digital payment. be that going to be able to use that existing technologies to basically talk to each other without the interference of the united states and most