to other countries, the, the we are in the center of the city, surprisingly is almost entirely in fact, this part about who the wage for a month p a r t becomes the 1st the international news network report from a do next for public logistics top that's been taken by russian troops to vakio warrens that will cut aid to freight. and if lot america landscape doesn't resume the transfer of russian gas to europe, and it renewed controversy between france and the african states. as presidents emanuel microns criticizes the continent for not showing a proper recognition of french policies in the region. that comes as several

countries declare parents should withdraw. it's for the i'm rachel ruble live in moscow. this is our t international. the melody is and gradually returning to a don best city that's been taken by russian troops. moscow says kia, have lost more than 15000 soldiers in the battle. for a rock of the russian forces have now gained full control of the strategically important logistics of our case where our guys to have is the 1st international news correspondent to exclusively report from the area. we are in the center of colorado, but the cc surprisingly is almost entirely intact. the spots back to the wage for a month here with, with the 1st press, the managed to ends up quarter. i'll cover the most dangerous pause,

ease the drive to the city, across plains and fields, but the weather was a friend today. it was very foggy, almost new drones. the other remarkable thing about the garage is that a pre will population of 18000, almost a cold list. 4000 people choose to remain in the city and the waste russian forces hiding in basements, high digging in the apartments. and they were very fortunate. they were very fortunate that you credited the fed does. he have crumbled the russian soldiers. we have spoken to say the city was completely unprepared for an in depth defense. the defensive positions that you claim in military, it seems he's suffering from attrition. the fight that they have pulled up here is

of the fight that they would have put up previously the parts of the show in the body. but in baltimore embodying installed a dog, many of the cities that have been left devastated. these people, he of the thousands, the maids we spoke and the cost of the data. many of them may have described. and i read this things. they have said how they were abused. how you crazy and so just mud that civilians here who they accuse of being phrases will staying to wait for russians for trying to re unite with with russia they, they said many of the, the faces of the people here of the thousands people the be, is up to them, they would have killed the more we will bring you, of course, the, the testament later as we leave this as you. but as you can see, it is incredibly called,

despite the fact that we have gone kilometers away from you crazy in positions, they are still on the retreat and with the capture of good rock about which you create in full. it's as described as a fortress city. which they poured huge sums of money into the defense offered money that was apparently stolen this barred promising to defend this loss. they gave it up and this opens an operational space for russia to advance further. there's nothing similar to cut off of a fuss, many and many kilometers westwood towards the door. the don't towards the appropriate. they're all regions. the battle for cut off is over. poland has refused to allow a slovak delegation to fly towards the air space on route to russia. the problem and terry and some already landed in moscow for energy supplied talks. but that's

as brought to slot. but threatens to sanction. key of over vladimir zalinski is decision to cut the flow of russian gas to europe via ukraine. the move prompted the slovak head of state to rule out talks and key f. in a situation where the ukrainian parliament is adopting a law that intends to band even the transportation of oil to slovakia, despite existing contracts under such conditions, my trip to ukraine is currently excluded. if i have to go there just to take a picture and i am told that not a single drop of oil and gas will go to slovakia, then i don't have to go there. so the walk as prime minister has joined to the e. u countries president in slamming zelinski robert pizza. it says he's sick of seeing the ukranian liter, begging for handouts from the west or god knows what you're going to do. cranium, president continues to damage just like this. declining president continues to

damage the entire european union like this. the slovak republic will show that it is a sovereign country at this moment, zalinski deliberately damages the slovak republic and the european union. so. so what can we do? first, we can stop all humanitarian aid, even what was recently approved by the government of the slovak republic. the 2nd possibility is that the government of the slovak republic is determined to significantly reduce or even completely remove various social benefits that have been given to you printing and citizens who came to the slovak republic since the start of the military conflict. well ukraine and brussels concluded to basically screw over e u countries likes it. ok. yeah, that we're still dependent on russian pipeline. vast trends that through ukraine and how they do that well by turning off the top about 10 days ago, meaning a loss of about 515000000 annually. first with ikea, and the potential here to another $1000000000.00 from having to pay more for gas.

uh, from other sources and well brussels tosses. cash it keeps like it's wrapped around a stripper pool. actually, you members state schools, actually i can't seem to get any love at home so, so vacuum prime minister robert pizza says that he's just going to march right on over to the you in front of the energy commissioner and basically say, hey, it's here for us buddy, make a choice, not that he wants to create drama, he says he isn't quote, interested in escalating tensions, but if the problem isn't solved, so lock you will have to take quote, hard reciprocal measures. shortly he says, when russell says that it doesn't see a problem here that they've been quote, working with the member states and with ukraine to prepare in advance for this scenario. which scenario exactly the one where the gas prices go up and blow a massive hole in the budget of you have another. busy you country b, e,

you says that the gas coordination groups not last week, which is i guess, another merry band of dust jockeys. and, well, they don't see any security or supply issues for the you at all. just uh you know, the industrialization of germany and skyrocketing debt and installation in france and the establishment regime changing itself right out of power across the u because national economies suck now. and now, so that, yeah, it's sounding the alarm. but other than that, no, no problem at all because the uses are there haven't been any price increases since the new year as a result of this latest active economic suicide. and well, that's because the market is already hedge their bets that the you would, in fact do something really stupid to itself again. and that's already factored in this latest se, into their projections before the new year pizza had warned in his new year's address the trying to stick it to put in by going further into the whole,

paying more for gas having to subsidize ukraine even more because it also cut off its own russian gas transit income and dealing with rising gas prices across the blog. um, well, wasn't what winning was supposed to look like for the you hungry you can get russian gas through turkey at least. but it's still recognizes how ukraine has basically screwed everyone over across the block. the development that led to the latest price increases was ukraine. cessation of the transfer of russian natural gas on its territory to central europe. since the end of the ukrainian transit route in mid december, the price of natural gas on the european market has increased by 20 percent. now hunger is energy supply secure, but ukraine's decision to stop transit shipments will lead to further price increases and create new competitiveness challenges for central europe and the european union as a whole. oh yeah, and the problem isn't just installed actually right now. there's also more dover,

which was getting russian gas pipe through ukraine and into the pro russian enclave of transmission area. but then just decided to stop paying for it, wrapped up a $700000000.00 debt in the process, and then use the boat solving that problem by claiming that they just own the russian gas from majority own gas company that was delivered yet. i think i'll try that with my own gas company after racking up some bills and just see how that goes . like, what are they going to do? cut you off using the mail. you see it for many years. russia supplied natural gas . thanks to which in fact trans and history a survive shift now, due to the decisions made by ukraine and the mode open authorities, trends in history a has lost that possibility. well yeah, yes, it kind of figured that that's how this stopped like that would have turned out, but hey, nothing to see here. all is going great in the you. they say is good. i'm going to,

it's hard to get by with the electricity and gosh, sold, adjust the gas is running out and dry electrical blackouts, for example, today from 8 am to noon, and then from $6.00 to 8 pm. so for a total of 8 hours, we didn't have electricity through. most of yes, there are difficulties because i used to wear a t shirt at home, but now i have to be fully dressed. it is become more difficult to live and we've simply doesn't look like these just to we're all tied to electricity through the mobile phones, all devices run on electricity. and naturally, these rolling blackouts are a surprise for some of those who have generators can cope with those who do not have generators are forced to rebuild their lives to the new so called reality might often break out the turtle next and have the sweaters across to you again because winter gas storage is way down this year compared to the same time last year as 69 percent capacity down from 84 percent right across europe. same in the you k where it's 26 percent lower, but no,

nothing really to worry about. everything's under control. you just have an e u member states slovakia. now saying that they're going to take drastic measures targeting what it considers to be inactive economic warfare against it by ukraine and the blocks chief diplomat. tie a callous to say that she's totally sure that all you countries are ready to continue to support ukraine to the point that the you will take over ukraine's bills to the us under china kicks zalinski out of the basement and off their wallet . speaking like someone who clearly doesn't have to worry about being elected to the job by popular vote, looks like the clowns in charge in brussels. are intent on doing a high flying truck piece out here without a safety. not only heard from senior research fellow at the global policy institute . george send me while i he says the commission is likely to withhold energy support from slovakia. if the country strays from europe's pro ukrainian position,

it is a very serious issue. i mean it's not just the loss of a gas uh for uh, slovakia, but it's also a loss of revenue because um, somebody is gonna have to pay a lot more for its gas. and those, those are so accurate and squared a lot of money uh through uh, transiting gas to other other countries such as, uh, the czech republic and a hungry. i think it's going to get um a lot worse because the european commission isn't going to help us. so voc, it's made clear that it really does. he does, they don't thing. but as the login deserves any help, because it looks like it has explicitly opposed you policy the warranty period. so i would expect to lock in now to take the steps that is making which, which is threatening to take, which is to um, stop selling electricity to ukraine. stop providing humanitarian assistance to

ukraine. and probably a couple of cutting off uh, welfare to um, you ukrainian migrant since the lock you building a south africa that belongs to all that is the rallying cry for president serial. around the post marketing the 113th anniversary of the african national congress. remo pose a is head of the ruling amc that has shaped the south african history and its fight for independence. the party originated as a liberation movement, fighting against apartheid under the leadership of nelson mandela in squeak to buy in the mail actions and is focusing on the future and the country's economic growth . to show up the new coalition government we heard from the south african foreign minister says bricks is and a central part of that future of the of received video overboard. that is able to help us at a low,

low to the, to the is in mrs. sorry for the development and also need to buy the home for the, for the picture that most of the solve it continues to be in the country and really save lives on the entire global financial funding for climate change. whereas what the most of the politics are also important for south africa and it has played a key role in opposition to the war and does up the agencies for deputy secretary

general says that won't change regardless of the pressure washington may apply. it really is, but every time we saw that i knew we had to do that. do i need to have to get it all gets out and that's not important. part is we're not changed because of the new government they have been but we are able to kids play, know we are the ones we made out of situations, but now what that people know part of that and that's what they've no intention and attempt to, to never be persuaded to things, otherwise. this is a life, it's split up the applicant, it's not good. and do i need to know, we also have a number of other goods that i'm taking that i wouldn't have never been in frances president micron says african leaders have forgotten to think paris for

supposedly enabling them to keep their sovereignty. as several african nations have ordered all french troops to leave their territory, for most people or through france is not retreating in africa, is re organizing itself. we chose to move out of africa, not because we had to move out. it was our commitment against terrorism since 2013 . we were right. i think some african leaders forgot to say thank you. it doesn't matter. it will come with time. in gratitude, i'm in a good position to know is a non communicable disease of humans. but i will say it for all the african rulers who have not yet had the courage, abuse of either public opinions to say it, none of them would be a sovereign country today, if the french army had not deployed in this region. chad has been one of those rejecting mclelland's claims of african vida is ingratitude. so much that the foreign minister update them on call them

a lot is accusing faced praise of the menu on the chronic of solving to stay in for africa on those remarks any further experiencing his concerns. over the president's remarks, the minister emphasized with french leaders must respect africans, but africa wouldn't have full for sovereignty to the 1st place without pulling the addison and the imperial waste is that person, my crime is facing a backlash even in his own country. his own people have a problem with him, and that's why the tad need to see some, a crime should focus on his whole country. and his own people with french leaders must learn to respect the african people and recognize the value of their sacrifices. france has never endowed the chaldean army in a significant way or contributed to its structural development. in its 60 years of presence marked by civil wars rebellions and prolonged political instability. the french contribution has often been limited to its own strategic interests, with no real lasting impact on the development of the child. the young people,

instead of attacking africa, president mac crohn, should focus is efforts on solving the problems that concern the french people. or even cynical, as prime minister was my sancho has also joined the criticism, rejecting in my normal crumbs assertion that african lead is full. the positions to face ministry support sonco sees the france has neither the capacity to move in digits and receipts to a. so asked because the true to either the sovereignty, i would like to say that in the case of send a goal, this statement is completely erroneous. no discussions or negotiations have taken place to date. and the decision taken by send a goal stems from it so well as a free, independent and silver and country. finally, he declares that no african country would be silver and today, if fronts had not deployed. let us know that france has neither the capacity nor the legitimacy to ensure africa, security, and sovereignty on the country. it has often contributed to destabilizing such an

african country, such as libya, with disastrous consequences, notate on the stability and security of the health. finally, it is the place to remind president mac chrome, that if african soldiers sometimes forcibly mobilized, mistreated and finally betrayed, had not deployed during the 2nd world war to defend fronts. it would still be perhaps today, german even more close, most loyal supporters of which they are increasingly if few in france would be very hard priest to say he has been successful on the african continent. and it seems like his countrymen also off the view that he has lost his touch. we are seeing friends politic students taking to social media and media other platforms expressing via and go over the remarks and decisions off with the fixed president president my crowns remarks about the supposedly negotiated departure of the french army from senegal. and chad are denied by both countries. once again,

casualness and uncontrolled words are worsening. our country's international relations in subordinate diplomacy will allow other results when the time comes. over the past few years, the phones has been forced out of more than 70 percent of the african nations we have previously maintained it submitted to prisoners. and today it's false. is the last the conflicted, or rather confined to should be 2 and cup one. and it's only a matter of time before those countries also realize that and make the decisions to get funds off to off the a to retrieve. even then the face president will deny his decisions. chaos crowds and pepper spray. the eastern german town of reesa had it all on saturday. that's as liberal protesters at the streets to disrupt the conference of the right wing alternative for germany party. the, the, the demonstration delayed, the if these key congress by an hour as delegates follow on to reach the venue.

thousands of people report on the joints of protest and 6 emergency service workers were injured in the chaos. the if the party lead or criticized the quote itself proclaimed the defenders of democracy, accusing them of intolerance, but noted they failed to prevent her nomination, for chances are holes now showed the se in 2nd place, the head of february's elections following the collapse of incumbent transfer sorts of homeowners in the government last class as a rep did outside the if the candidate for national chancellor gave a speech that was welcomed with loud applause. alice vidal promised to revive energy links with russia by restoring a crippled gas pipeline system. if her party comes to power van, we will put annoyed stream back into operation and you can count on that. we have already drafted many of the necessary laws and introduce them in parliament. all other factions have rejected them. i can tell you that when we are at the home, we will tear down all those wind turbines. there's been mills of change on the gas

pipelines from russia to germany were bombed in september 2022. some western powers have blamed a group of robe ukrainians. by the american journalist, seymour hersh has claimed the us sabotage the pipes. if the parliament members defend quite to explains the parties position on this and other issues. we have chosen a candidate for chancellor in germany for the election slip. i'm just talking back since next month. it's alex vital with all the voices, so it was very successful that it shows our program for the election and its re migration if the people are not integrated. and so there's no reason to rap them. he and joe may need to send them back. we are open to empty supplies and we want to reopen this as well to mrs. white also said we want to reopen the north street pipelines and we want to step back to rush you or i guess that's the thing to our big problem for us, for our economy. and also for the good relationship. so for us at germany,

we have to rewind this. we are buying energy from, from sofa, from the states like saudi arabia, weight. and so it's built by us companies. and the us are selling, the freaking gets to us for much more higher prices that we bought the rest of gas . so they are in 14 office. and it also has to do for the to go up to the us as supports the ukraine in the struggle against the rest of us. so they force everything interest would be to in restaurants. and so that multiple full financial supply. even this is not, i don't want this model or something. we should step out of this and you should stop delivery of weapons to be sure to some fund. and so the supply business mode. oh, i think we should stay on this. if you ask me, i understand the rest of the perspective very well. so if we, if you would say,

should weapons in cuba, us, whatever big problems they don't want to him for attention. and this is good. but it's also good for us to have put $0.10 right. there are some really troubling disclosures for are you now? military whistle blowers have given closed door testimony that britain's special forces engaged in a deliberate policy of executing f can civilians. the soldiers alleged that a rogue, a s s unit targeted males, young and old, even if they posed no threat to troops. it's all about the possibility of suspected war crimes conducted in afghanistan. our correspondent on the story is eager stand off. you case special forces in afghanistan carrying the banners of freedom and human rights to protect the innocent and the throne, whom they themselves have labeled as despotic oppresses while instead they are now

themselves being investigated for acts of barbarism and war. crimes by terms of reference require me to investigation reports for the extremely serious allegations for the extra traditional killings. locality dodgy, navigating stone pipers use special forces between mid 20 to mid to 13. so whether these were covered up, i said whether the investigation carried up, but the role of the 2 police was fit to slip as well. it seems beyond says, r. yes, they to place yes, they will cover it up and know the police investigation was unsatisfactory. testimonies of the 1st batch of special forces soldiers have been published, and they owned proud. one of the with this is told the inquiry that the u. k. a lead troops has a quote unquote golden take it to get away with mother,

which was itself a bit utilized and normalized when you describe what he said is more graphic, can you give us an example or an explanation of what you mean by that words that had been used about killing were like flat packing, flat packing them or witnesses were grunted and then they would see to ensure that they felt safe sharing what they know. names ranks places according to an informant going on to the alias and $1799.00. a cs combined is bred a culture of fear within units and whistle blowing equaled treason. it appears with respect to be from the face of the e mail west than that because in the 1st line it refers to a thing has occurred to ensure that the stuff offices keep their mouth shut. is that how you read that? that is exactly how i read that, sir. yes. basically there appears to be a culture there of shut up. don't question in coming forward and giving evidence

both in your statement and to the inquiry today. do you regard yourself as someone who is broken the code of silence? yes. as to how that might be perceived by others within the why the u. k. s. s. community? is there a danger that you might be branded as a trait to? yes. according to the transcripts of testimonials, the british se, yes, didn't dig deep, and it's supposed search for terrorists sometimes. well, the guy would have to be is simply to be of a sudden a age to end up when i hit the list. a fighting age you may was, in fact the term coined by the c'mon does, according to and 1799. and the policy was clear, execution and it gets even worse because evidence would be planted on the body just in case anyone started asking questions. but you understand from what he said to you that he was suggesting that it was those of a fighting age. yeah. any man capable of picking up

a weapon or any very young man capable of picking up a weapon. and as you have just described, could include those who are under 18 as young as 16 or younger 100 percent. it was comfortable as if this is part of standard operating procedures. it was almost doctrinal, it was normal. but i suppose what shocked me most wasn't the execution of potential members of the taliban, which was of course, wrong and illegal. but it was more of the age and the methods and you know, the details of things like pillows. that's what really is what shocked me and made me think long and hard about what to do with what i've been told. you describe a particular instance where a pillow had been put over the head of someone before they had been killed with a pistol. is nothing interpretation by you of what have been said or does that properly describe one of the things that he and 2101 said to you? yeah, that is what was described. and 1799, did recall becoming aware from at least 2 or 3 people of rumors that weapons had been over being taken on target and then dropped to give the impression that the

deceased individual had been. and when shot such a dropped weapon was colloquially known as a mr. wolf. now the inquiry was established in 2022 following accusations that the royal police pro failed to properly investigate u. k. special forces, not rates and of gotten this done. and these initial revelations, with more witnesses in the pipeline to suggest the chem and might end up with a lengthy list of names to be indicted on war crime charges. the right to stay with us here on our to international. i'm back with much more in just about half an hour . i'll see you then by the take a fresh look.