the, the 2025 is hearing loss going beyond the issues around the globe and light up the night sky, with mass celebrations, her all the door and all the new. yeah. right now it's time to load everything that we brush pull. first of all, the for the floor suit, it's all here. and a lot of presence, of course, now with the front of the by who field via, hadn't danger all was present. or do you help string new year celebration. so the children of done by the powers is no longer welcome and that sentiment is echoing, in africa, talks on the heels of senegal, ivory coast adds its name to the list of countries that giving the french troops to

boot from the continent in 2025 i wouldn't, you know, it's a russians enjoy more freedom than europeans. that's the view of the telegram c o s e highlights the media crowd down as a down being policy the that we're continuing our coverage of the latest trend shaping the world right now . this is our team to national i a michael cortez i had on the program. we've got the latest news and views from around the world. and the recap of the top stories that shapes 2024. welcome. the, the right basins lights up the night sky with mass celebrations as the new year

ashes in hopes and dreams around the world. and here are some views from around the world as it was stopped midnight in australia. more than a 1000000 people slots to sydney hall, but to see if they talk to the live show nearby. a new zealand does have quite the size of the sky. todd, the tallest building in the nation, and install highland and hong kong, widespread musical performances and fireworks months. b occasion. and the count down to the new year was on in the united arab emirates. droughts gather then divide for an evening, the performances and celebrations near the well largest skies. prefer the bush kindly fun. it's 2025, all across russia and the nation's president's lot of it put in hispanics. busy russians for the units the, they have to overcome the issues, the contract phase, this box. yeah. the 1st day it's a video of both napoleon, russia,

this period has been filled with significant. the one certainly was many of them of historical importance of way. but we have set of issues and goals and achieve them repeatedly, overcoming challenges because we have been together. this is how well, what do you need to you? well, not sure how we're facing our selves and our capabilities have growing stronger. yes, we still have a lot to work on, i'd say to what we can write fully. people are proud of what we have already accomplished. this is our common heritage here. this is a reliable foundation for further development than you showed us. we are at the heart of moscow in the red square and yet small, it is close to the public and for security reasons that did not stop people from coming. now to celebrate then as i'm speaking, there's a huge crowds right next to me enjoying the lights of the city and really enjoy this magical atmosphere of this a holiday. now,

another big spot to celebrate in moscow is you can hear the tears probably, but another good spot to celebrate the new year in moscow is the then how far it was. again, a huge, numerous activities would be a waiting people. there likes calls 3rd stairs then it shows no, of course what we're talking about rough shops. that's a big country, which means that there's more than one time zone here. there's a rush. i have 11 time zones talking about the very 1st residence in a rough shot that welcome to the new years. some of them are in of legible stuff. the city of blood people stopped and wall. it is freezing, cold out there. people still went out to celebrate and embrace the festive spirit of this holiday. again, on top of that in the city of the codes where it's minus 51 degrees celsius that did not stop people from going out to celebrate for golf course. at least the

weather is perfect, just minus 51 degrees celsius. it's wonderful, but just what you need to feel the winter, but i am very happy that i came here and i feel the support from all my friends. this is the best city for celebrating the new year. this is the city that illuminates the 1st christmas tree in our country. this is where our russian winter begins. you know, what you think is a town that's probably gatherings and celebrations. we're also planned in the city of san petersburg, the 2nd largest city in a rush job, but a part of the palace, a palace, a square in the city has been secure due to a suspicious object. now, overall, the grandiosity of this holiday is really not a surprise, because if you know anything about ross, how you would know that the new year is the main celebration in the country where people gather with their friends with their families and their loved ones and share a feast of traditional food in exchange gifts and you can definitely really feel

the excitement here. and i would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone watching and everyone that headquarters a very happy new year and trying to keep up with santa claus. any slade and traveling around uh 28000 kilometers per hour. rush on customer lots also celebrate the new. yeah, i bought the international space station, the west, all the best to off s legs. that's what i see. and so you sincerely congratulate you from the international space station for the upcoming year 2025. was a lie and seeing what we hope that all of you spend the holidays with your family and friends. because there's sweetness telling me a bit of, or hundreds of kilometers away from our common home planet, earth. and we ask for not to realize there can be a lack of communication with our relatives and friends. but even in space, we feel the love and support of our families. although we still have a few months to go before we meet with them again. we wish you peace,

prosperity and wellbeing. happy new year. now 2024 was highlighted with significant events for the whole world as well as for russia, including presidential elections, and major assignments argues martin, of course i takes a look at the track record of success all in the face of the west. i wanted 24. what's the year that blood i'm have to it's improved once again that he is popular and here it's just a cause. landslide victory of 87 percent. and the presidential elections, which coincided with the 10th anniversary of the crime, is where you and if occasion with russia was a tough pill for the west to swallow. the

of course it was right. what else can they say? if the results don't match the narrative, they're selling to the masses. so they start justifying their warped perception by focusing on the lack of credible opponents all the while amplifying the voices of the minority to one to the different candidates when he had been the only serious candid us. now how's the system and office offer lum slide 87 percent of the vote, but it was defiance in the form of large queues. at some polling stations in russia . heating the cool of allies of the late opposition lead to elect seen of all the polling stations a being set on fire. while ballot boxes are being filled with green di signs of anger as an intellectual system. that is need the free no fair. remember that women in line said, you know why we're here. they were here. yeah. the supporting, you know, the into the call by the volume a to do that. they think about, if i called flat him or puts in a dictate or enough times and question,

the legality of the elections that eventually people will believe it. that's the slides over whelming evidence showing that the majority of russians actually support his decisions and so called all sorts harry and hold on power. it is a completely unique result for president putin. such a high level of public support means fleet victory for a candidate. and of course, it's the most eloquent confirmation of the support the people of our country have for the president and consolidation around his power off the west coast bank and on the russians turn and on vladimir puts, in primarily because of the conflict with ukraine. no one likes confrontation and no one likes to see their countrymen die. but as the kid, whizzing snatches people off the streets and sends them into battle rations of bowlens here, ready to go. fight hundreds of thousands have signed contracts so far and that number keeps growing. little just but you might possession too much of those rooms

. you people understand what we are fighting for. they help the frontline soldiers every day, more than a 1000 people signed contracts to join the military. social guarantees for these people should be strengthened. the mortgage system demonstrates high efficiency. last year over 300000 all fall, women came to sign contracts this year. it's already over 430000 and this flow is not stopping. so thanks to such a popular aptitude, we are seeing breakthroughs on the frontlines. the west hope that the special minutes operates on what they come to us in staff warrants, but it didn't like was there sanctions they wanted to make the russian people angry enough poor enough to revolt. but nothing unites russians more than the was trying to bring them to their knees. and as a result, russia has a much stronger than ever before. the economy survive the initial assault from the extreme sciences imposed since once

it's $1.00 to $2.00. and as the european countries struggling now suffering from the boomerang effects of their actions so much for all their forecasts. now, here's a little reminder. the world bind, estimated the rushes, the people tie by 11.2 percent by the end of 2020 to the end result just to point one for science. it's once it's, once it's free, the russian economy was supposed to grow by me. good 0.3 percent. so according to the i mass, the reality 3.6 percent by the end of the year that had to revise their pessimist, the forecast for 2024 projected even higher economic growth. the european commission has also operated the outlook almost as g d. p growth from 2.9 percent to 3.5 percent. it's one say $24.00 with more growth. expect the common years. what's more? russia has seen a record low unemployment rate of 2.3 percent. that was dream, russell,

strategic defense on sale. they will face with the stark reality that the country is literally not collapsing, but growing with i'm going to do this year according to calculations by our own and international experts. the euro zones, economic growth would be somewhere around one percent of russia's economic growth. last year was 3.6 percent. this year it would be around 4 percent. talk about robin, but it's all true. look at the numbers, they speak for themselves, and it's very clear that the west underestimated blood them are boots and, and the importance of the russian market for europe. and the colonies says only a quarter of western companies actually left the country. and russia isn't stripe for past either. it's actually helping out others by launching a financial support fund for investment projects in africa in 2025 to the to know $2000000000.00 minimum. which brings us to the next points,

the is always sciences and see and longer and actually push slusher. so become better by expanding. and so the flight is friendships with all the partners around the world who are very eager to do business with moscow and reshape of global power dynamics. something was became crystal clear from russia, a host of the 16th brick summit the the,

the west basically pushed across the end, the global south into each other's arms. and they are now focused on building a union reflecting the new realities of a multi paula world, which doesn't mix business with politics, something which became evident when you cry and tried to get an international financial watch, though, so blacklist russia only to be met with objections from breaks power houses like china in the south africa and even the persian gulf monarchies call that shows us once again that the west quest to defeat russia and stay on top is looking more more like mission impossible to africa now, where nations jumping on the bandwagon to king kit, to kick french troops off the continent this year, it goes through now is on tuesday, that's french forces are packing up and the shipping out of the west african nation

. continuing, the former colonial powers military exits from the region measure. i have contacted you, my dear compatriots, we can be proud of our ami, whose modernization is now effective as it is in this context that we have decided on the concerted and organized withdrawal of french forces from code d want to 40. so it'd be my camp, the marine infantry battalion and pulled the weight will be headed back to the coast. it was forces in january, 2025 to mark this new stage. and the life of the army said, mike, what i can tell you is that this isn't just a political move. it's a declaration of independence, that it isn't an isolated event. it's part of a poor, the movement sweeping across the african continent. as with no, of course it is a decision that has rocked the geo political stage signaling a shift to that is impossible to go seen. it happens throughout the year of 2024. with my lead between a foss, sony, she have also asked for us to do the same and the respective countries,

and very recently sold chad as cynical following suit ad senegalese citizens have repeatedly demanded that the authorities review military agreements with fraud synagogues, these leaders as well open to the voice of dissatisfaction with france submitted for your presence on the country. have listened to this, done as it is or i have already instructed the minister of the armed forces to propose a new doctrine for cooperation in defense and security matters which will involve among other things ending all foreign military presence in senegal from 20 to 25 my dear compatriots, let us take the time to look at ourselves in the mirror of our history and our values to remind ourselves of who we are and where we come from. even in chad, the lead is all you that it was time for the nation to assert its full sovereignty . even going as far as describing the agreement as no longer aligned with the political added to your strategic realities of the car. and time will see that the

disagreement has become obsolete completely obsolete. it no longer corresponded to the security geo political and strategic realities of our time, nor to our legitimate expectations regarding the full expression of our sovereignty . in the same way, it does not bring us any real added value on the military ground, where we face alone varied in serious challenges including terrorist attacks. the french military presence in chad is not based on a reciprocal basis. chad must no longer accept from others. what is not accepted by these others? this is the sacred principle of reciprocity. from this has blamed solid relations with the regions miller too, who lives and he does on the likes of russia. but at this moment the hasn't been in the wood from paris. also, what can they say when the decision to remove french troops is a monumental one, not just the ivory coast of the african continent as a whole. but here's what phase president i sit before. we're still gonna stick with

our role is changing in africa, but this is what we wanted because the world is changing in africa because public opinions are changing because governments are changing and because we decided in a sovereign way, in february 2023 after several years of progressive change, well to rebuild a partnership. and so it is the strength of our armies to think about this and change our old habits. our group is changing with the world, and that's a good thing. and the symbolizes a continent that is tied to be seen through the leaves of dependency and continents tired of being told how to govern is the phase. and the constant and tide of foreign influence that often ortizes its own interest over those of african people . and we can clearly see what all of this is hitting a total collapse across in africa. as it was crowds down on a new media. god forbid,

gibbs russian perspective or doesn't told the liberal lines. according to the c e. o of telegram people living in russia actually have most freedom access to certain russian media has been restricted in the e. u under the sanctions laws. meanwhile, all western media telegram channels remain freely accessible in russia. who would have thought that in 2025 russian telegram users would enjoy more freedom than european? now the ego band, this very network r t international, as well as russia's channel one television, and the news agency rianne novo speed not move, reflects the use ongoing. the suppression of diverse narrative that needs intolerance towards russian perspectives demonstrating its inclination to control information rather than uphold the freedom of speech. moscow said that the use action will not. ready unanswered and it will turn to international organizations

for an adequate response. now we've heard from greg symonds, an independent, political research that they used in sweden. and he said europe results to censorship because it's losing the information war. so the roles based all the by like the routing was and the only reason they will be doing this is because of the losing view of somebody was so the tri state of the information so that it receives those very cheap and not very incredible wisdom and propaganda because the communication is coming from the globe themselves, including russia, a just to pretty much handle the golf is ridiculous, speak with one voice, which is or well in them itself. the ends, but they just repeat the same time they are. so we made those were the result the

same, so sure, and it states the ship is the very last resort to do when everything else has filed. and of course the same as the ship itself will ultimately file with the reasons you said. busy last spray, the lovely and people can get around these things. now looking back, you wasn't too long ago, the french police arrested telegrams c o pablo do rob for me on this. here is our t contribute to our retail mask. then from paris, with the details, the end of summer breakouts can be particularly dramatic, especially if they have romances with the president of france and menu, and mac hole. apparently. at the end of august 2024, russian born telegram founder pep out gerard who had extensive personal contact with maxim was nabbed by french authorities as he landed at paris. is that bullshit airport on a private plane so much for the romantic stop over in paris that he had planned with his girlfriends. instead,

he was whisked away and charged with complicity and crimes ranging from drug trafficking and fraud to pedo criminality. and he's now stuck in france and out on bail pending trial. it's all such a big change from when he was being regularly wined and dined by the french president himself starting in 2018 mccaul, even personally arrange for durham to get french citizenship in 2021 for services rendered to france. there is report of the talk of moving telegram to france, which never actually happened. so it's not even clear which services he rendered to france other than lip service to michael over champagne and floods off french media outlets and intelligent sources have said that it was considered at seduction operation of sorts to flip unintelligence target that basically went wrong for lack of follow through and ultimately back home didn't get what he wanted control over an asset telegram which he openly has raised about and used himself. so then came

the psycho ex girlfriend routine. the paddle door off, left russia when the government tried to control his social media company telegram, but in the end it wasn't prudent who arrested him for allowing the public to exercise free speech. it was a western country abiding the administration ally and enthusiastic nato member that locked him away. the rest of the door off as an assault on the basic human rights of speech and association. i am surprised and deeply sad and that my crown has to send it to the level of taking hostages as a means for gaining access to private communications. it lowers, not only france, but the world drive has always been adamant about governments not being able to just exploit telegraph for criminal investigative purposes when russian wanted to do that, there was no end of opposition from the usual proponents of democracy. the image we call on representatives of the united nations, the council of europe,

the organization for the cooperation and security in europe, the european union, the united states, and other concerned governments to scrutinize and publicly challenge russia's actions in order to uphold the fundamental rights to freedom of expression and privacy, both online and offline, a stipulated and binding international agreements to which russia is a party. so the you of which for us is a part of course, was really concerned about russia bullying telegram when that temporarily band under the pretext that they were crimes being committed on there and wanted access under that protects. but when friends actually arrests the founder and what looks like an attempt to pressure him into handing over control, citing similar crimes. not so much interest there. sounds like you're off himself actually believes that the west would be so much different then russia was living in russia a few years ago of his pre to all of this exhibitors were used as

a pretext to monitor the communication off of russian citizens. and then in many cases, used to suppress the sentence, no developed country blocks messages for refusing to given cribson case to intelligence agencies, abolishing the right to privacy is a cure that is more dangerous than the disease itself. well yes, he's fighting for francis digital future. now and the west, even though he's already caved and has agreed to hand over ip addresses and phone numbers of users upon valid legal request. whatever that is, it's not russia that's making him check in with authorities twice a week pending trial like a jealous girlfriend who blows up your phone with the text messages when you're out for the night. guessing figure that may be the worst that could happen in the west is that he'd be yelled at by his derek. all public officials, mister zack burg,

you into companies before us? i know you don't mean it to be so, but you have blood on your hands. you have a product that's killing people. 37 percent of the teenage girls between 13 and 15 were exposed to unwanted nudity in a week on instagram if you knew about it. who did you buy or senator? this is why we're building all. what did you firewalls center that's? i don't think that that's who did you fire? i'm. i'm not gonna answer that. is this is i or anybody. right? you didn't take any significant because it's instagram also display the following warning screen. the individuals who were searching for child abuse material meet these results may contain images of child sexual abuse. so then you'll give users 2 choices, get resources or see results. anyway,

a mr soccer, but what the hell were you thinking? there's one big clearing difference between dr. bergman draw up though, is that for burger is already acting like a u. s. government assets. he admitted in a letter to the house judiciary committee. in august at the bottom of administration, ask facebook to censor cobit 19 contents, including humor and satire, and that his team's actually complied with that request. he also said that the f b, i warrant meta and facebook about russian this information on the biden, families dealings with perez, my. the energy company were 100 biden's, served on the board and ukraine, which ultimately turned out not to be russian fake news. even though facebook treated as such at the time and agreed to demote the story. so the white house has dr. birds direct line, clearly wonder how badly they want drugs. well, according to his former p r guy, pretty badly. sometimes i think the attack is coming. neither from the european

union, nor from france, it's most likely an attack from the united states, which has been after puddle dirt off for a long time and dor off as always talked about it. and he said, for example, in an interview with tucker carlson, that he and his employees are under pressure, or at least there's some kind of surveillance conducted by the f b i, i think the root causes are there. so it doesn't make any sense to discuss the intentions of differential authorities who arrested him because they don't play any role here at all. so what he seems to be saying is that my call is just a wing man for an even bigger, a control freak, whose desperate for a steady relationship with draw and wants back home to make the introduction. it's not like an upcoming trial for association with child sex abuse and drug trafficking is any kind of pressure though. we're talking here about western democracy and freedom after all. and that's head to the front lines now, key of didn't consider the new year celebrations. a reason to stop attacking russian

civilians, so as just minutes after the clock struck midnight, you crane shells rushes goose the region. on new year's eve, you create and shelves the done by supplement of gulf guy. but that actually didn't stop people there from enjoying the holiday. are these were mine close out? i was there to help bring joy to the local kids there. that was made in the way that we will hold our annual piece that christmas feast for the kids here for the year at the front line that were there this every year with the kids presence. exactly. what they have for the service is one of the most sounds people's drones are flying absolutely all the time, but we're lucky today because it's of the roof feel a lot safer. time very arrives at our destination. this is one of the schools here

in gore, lift. the kids will be arriving very soon right now. it's time to time to load everything that we brush or 1st of all the for the full suit. it's all here. and a lot of presence, of course, which will take to the school, and apparently the kids have prepared a concert for me and we'll take a look at how that goes the and the sofa and hers is 1st of course all last year's changed at least 2 or 3 differences because of the places we usually visit are right on the front

line. so.