all the pieces for them to trump is not able to find a solution that was put, become easily all of the discount for beauty. the hon. gary and prime minister warns that you praying is a luminous disaster for the continents as zalinski. try to drive a wedge between europe and the us come us freeze 3 hostages from gaza in the 6th further swaps since the start of this. these fires, they are in return as well, has begun to release palestinian prisoners with 369 of them to be returned today. and more details emerge about us say id and his exploits. as a department is accused of supporting terrorists on the african confidence the

line from our headquarters in moscow, i'm rachel ruble. you're watching r t international. donald trump's direct talks with a blunder put in on ukraine has sort of a hive of european bureaucracy, hawkish officials claim washington is going to soft on moscow. but some pragmatic, you leaders are prioritizing peace. and gary and prime minister has more of a much bigger problem for the continent unless the conflict ends. if uh, president trump is not able to find a solution that's wore cold become easily off. and i'll gladly stand for beautiful and you know, unless floor and less conflict, no way out of the conflict. the things up, energy, human lives, money, other thing for our bonds or marks come as your opinion, leaders are avidly following the back and forth over the ukraine. conflict during

the munich security conference now in its 2nd day. okay, let's cross live now to our tea correspondence. charlotte davinsky in munich, who is closely following the conference for us. lottie, as your pin countries have invested deeply in ukraine as they tried to digest the fast approaching prospect of a piece. so let's get seems to be going out of his way to drive a wedge between the you and us. what have you learned? yes. well, he's in a very difficult position. obviously he came to the munich security conference in the hope that he would get the unparalleled support that he's received from europe in the us over the last 3 years. but that's still being the case. he came to this conference under that cloud, of course, donald trump, having spoken to the russian president vladimir, present about the direct talks with us to end the war for a new crane. and it seems as if you crane is being feeling as if it's had the cold

shoulder when it comes to those talks. as a result, we've had selected scapes trying his best to try, and we could create this, which between the us in europe. oh, but what is the very difficult conferences indeed, you know, does it lead steve uh desperately needing the support from you if at a time where it seems that that support is waning from the us? that's just taken? listen to what the fuck means. lensky. have to say, must go with pools, you are a part of the if we, as your opinions don't trust each other. a few days ago, president trump told being about he's going to the station was booked and not the ones. it's the to mention that's american needs you're at the table put in was one on one, talks with america just like before the war when they met in switzerland and look like to call them up the world. next,

put you in will try to get the u. s. president, standing on the red square on main, on may 9th this year. not as a respected leader, but as a pro, in his own performance as well. this comes, of course, all does a lot of scheme met with the us by spreads and j. d. phones at the sidelines of the munich security conference on friday evening. and our meeting that didn't seem to go to planned for him. although j. d bounce did say that it was fruitful. i thought, of course, came off to j. d. phones gave that fire respect to the security. conflicts essentially criticize a little aspects of europe, including saying it was more treating the way you from it's fundamental values is talking there about freedom of speech. now, did that did not go to well here in music. in fact, people didn't know whether to clap at the end of taking phones to speech. she had

also said there is a new sheriff in time that, of course, isn't donald trump administration in the united states at the moment, giving a sense yes, again that the us will go alone in its own course regarding this. now we've also been hearing some response to that from olaf shaw sees the gym and chancellor talking about the fact that you know, yes, this is a bit difficult moment. but jeff, many of the us is still strong allies in use talking about the fact that regardless of what happens with us, jimmy will still look to try and give emergency funding to choir. and he talks about the fact that jenny's doing everything, a tons of update spending when it comes to defense. and in fact, right now i'm, i'm not a process that is and see the, to the mean a security conference on t, nato. those say don't want more money to be plowed into weapons to be sent to conflicts around the world, whether that be ukraine. oh god. but going back to watch all of the show said he

basically said that he had to confirms about security. but of course, uh, but it was back to, for your refund the us to be together. you know, what security guarantees meat should that be? do they have to, to be credible, need to include the us? yes, and this is the basis of nature that we do all the voice the same thinks. and i will be very clear that all this must continue to be the basis for the will be deciding that there is not, says the secuity between the united states and do you pin partners and we are always involved. so we 1st involved when there was this aggression against the united states and went to war. enough gun has done this process, this must be always the basis for what we do. well, that was no exactly music to use. the lens skis is of course know what he wants to

hear. he says the, the, you need fits own all me to hers. you to act for your own sake. and for the sake of your people of your, your nations. your house is your children. and our sad future for these you are of, has to become self sufficient, united by commerce, trans, ukrainian, and european. it's not to us. then most of them are really let's be on us now. we con, throughout the possibility that america might see no to europe on asia, that threats and that many, many leaders have talked about your that needs its own military. and i me, and i mean of you are a and i and i,

i really, i really believe that time has come on forces of your must be created. and so europe needs its own dom forces, but all of schultz seems to be responding to that saying, well, actually, you know, ukraine's got a pretty big oh, may have its own at the moment. suggesting round a 1000000 reserves and that, and of course, as the billions it is being spent, not just buying, you're repeating nations, but also the us on the weapon. we for ukraine over the last 3 years on the course in the decades before that ukraine now has nearly 1000000 soldiers and the weapons . if you count altogether that are relevant for the better future that they will eclipse to park would be better, but they are really eclipse by a bus them, munitions and all the, all the kind. and because of this, it's absolutely clear that the post law, ukraine would have a very strong army,

which they could not afford from the strength of their own economy. so there will be a responsibility in the post more times for europe and for united states. and for the international partners and friends. so if you plan to make this happen, well, it's a difficult scarcity conference full of love to music lensky. he's used to come in here, not just being given a phrase, but all so move promises of weapons and support. and it seems that he's not really guessing what he wants this time go away, essentially empty handed. and now there's a big question of whether ukraine could even get in today to give them the we know the us under donald trump is saying, well, you know, that's just not going to happen. and at the same time, washington demanding all of these resources, precious metals from ukraine to guarantee the money that says ready,

being spent billions and billions, hundreds of billions indeed. and uh, you know, what we've got here now is the fact that you crane this is saying it's not going to play bull when it comes to the piece towards the us wants to push ahead with uh, to speak directly with russia. it wants to coordinate the table and so that's key is be pretty class. he won't be that right to our tea correspondence. charlotte davinsky live for us in munich, loudy, thank you. well and a parent shell game. western countries are bypassing upper toria law that bans arms sales to israel and exporting weapons from african nations for resale. that's according to south africa's economic freedom fighters party of the economic freedom fighters is deeply concerned that despite south africa's pro vision of weapons sales to israel, there are indications a very serious breaches of this embargo. the us is, israel's largest weapon supplier in germany is in 2nd place. both of us in germany

are big importers of south african weapons. it is therefore evident that south african arms sold to these countries are transferred onwards to israel and are used to kill palestinians in gaza. this happens because south africa does not have the requisite prevention mechanisms for the e. f. f also claims that europe is refusing to inspect the weapons of shipments, which allows the final destination of the export at arms to be hit in. it's demanding an investigation of the committee responsible for controlling arms. the south african band has been in place since the government filed charges for the international court of justice accusing israel of committing genocide in gaza. all right, let's cross it now to karl in the house to the south african m p from the economic freedom fighters a party. carl, thank you for joining us on the program today. the f f is making serious claims about western countries and the lack of data about end users of weapons from south

africa. can you tell us more about the accusations and the significance if these actions indeed are true? good day and thank you for having me. ready and as you indicated in your introduction, they as being and i was involved for us to go from south africa to a past ideas rental. actually for even longer than what you said, not just seems so ethic escapes with the and in the international court of justice, but for many, many years. so ethic as opposed to being dining weapons to take the threat. but the concern that we have is that the national committee for the control of conventional homes, the c h. c. c, has not been in place for the past year. in fact, since the last elections that we had in south africa on the 29th may

2024, that committee has only be reconvened in november of last year. during that period submitted, the joint standing committee on defense, which is the committee that overseas, the issues about homes, one told being the national parliament of africa has also not being on the during this period. and in fact, even in the beginning of the end, up to large amount of weapons had been sold to countries that the largest arms are the homes. it's for this to is right as the concern that we have is that because the national in a c, c has not been dealing with this issue properly. 6 it does also not being able to come through the inc, users certificates for those square foot girl,

have the resources it doesn't have the manpower to do so, and those homes are being sold to these countries and we cannot prevent the items from being sold onto the sooner we will be used to replenish the stock. so those countries and it's 4 to the, to our product, a piece rate of carl. you have extensive experience from serving on the defense and military veterans committees in parliament. what changes would you propose to the, to for monitoring the export of south african south african arms as well. the 1st change i would propose is that week, immediately we must stop the export of homes, especially by a particular on a man's manufacturing group, which is our i michel didn't know munitions, which evidently is involved in the export. all 02 countries that expose

those on to a 5 day is row and in fact also to the u. k. we must be immediate. the do talk to the beam of what is actually being happening. and also we must put proper controls in place, as i've said to you. we do not test the necessary manpower knoll the necessary controls to go and inspect what happens with the weapons waiting they are sold and how we can prevent those weapons from being sold on the hunt. the end users control certificates that we have. so more money must be given to making c a, c. c. it must be empowered to be able to do each job. and more importantly, an overview must be, must be done about what has happened in the past,

so that we can keep those broken, the undertaking sorts of advocates make folks in terms of our domestic legislation and also in terms of international conventions accountable. and secondly, that we make sure that a company such as our, i'm mental, which is a huge conglomerate manufacturing, especially munitions in germany. but it is owned by black crow, which is the largest shell from the united states of america. they explode a lot, knowledge, the amount of relations now from so after good to germany and to hungry. and it is evident that those weapons and those munitions find a way to a product, a israel ok, and also to the u. k. all right, we're going to leave it there for now. carl and the house, south african m p from the economic freedom fighters party. good to have you on.

thank you. thank you. the hot list for police officers had been wounded and a suspected. you hottest attack in molly that targeted the convoy of molly's minister of higher education on thursday. the group affiliated with al qaeda is reported to be responsible for the assault. that's a med new accusations. large that usa id for supporting terrorist activities in africa. turns out there's a, there's a get out of to get out of sponsoring terrorism free card at usaid, which is that usa cannot directly provide funding to terrace groups. but their contractors are not required under the grant agreement to go through those, you know, oh, fax style, those counter terrorism financing. if the bank did it, you would go directly to jail. do not pass. go, do, you know, do not have liberty again for the next 20 years of your life. but if usa does it,

it's completely legal right now. and so this is how you have usaid giving, you know, they just last week a $122000000.00 to isis. so, you know, we found, you know, they, they fund all the terrace groups in pakistan. they fund the, you know, the terrace groups in the, in this a, how in africa. all right, let's cross now to our, to correspond to know who you couldn't get a google. another accusation lot that you as a d over its involvement in some verse of activities this time in africa, what do you know about the allegations? the so sleep, rachel, we know the tourism is an expensive venture and the lifeline of any organization is, has capacity to raise funds for operations and the crew members. now the sources of funding for to resolve if i have remained as elusive as to risk themselves in west africa. and this is the case with both of them. it is rank one of the data is to

hardy groups in the world. many people of cards who wondering how does this group get access to a limited amount of weapons farms, but sol, vehicles and communication needs. nigeria itself has hold on the not to be says to investigate the funding and training we spoke a lot on taylor was the chief of defend stuff, a question how the search is had sustained themselves for 15 years eve and pointed to international conspiracy. in providing the 2 of us with funds, most of the surrendered vocal, her all members came with hard currency. where did they get it? how are they funded? how did they get the training? how did they get the equipment? those are the questions. i think everybody should ask themselves, maybe it is an international conspiracy. it says all to the united states agency for international development is cash was used to

fund tear. we're so going to is ations including local, have them, and us call with scott to perry as also revealed the dockside to you is provided for an 8 particularly involving new se id, including in africa. how about abdullah been lot who get some of that money? is that name ring a bell to anybody in the room? because your money of your money. $697000000.00 annually. plus the shipments of cash funds. metropolis. isis. i'll kind of bulk over on ices corps on terrorist training camps. that's what it's funding your funding terrorism is coming through usa id now, while it seems like a set time in america, it is the same for africa. because think of somebody who over the past years has received billions in humanitarian assistance from somebody else's. what happens to one of the countries with the highest risk of to resume the volt?

could it be that america has been providing financial support to some morning to with since the beginning? because some mando, along with the east lubbock ted was states including us, got this done with this tiny bunch him and we, these, the whole 2 guns that we have is how much have been amongst the top inefficient we offer you is a cash last year. it's reported a request for $1600000000.00 in aid, and even in december of $224.00, by the end of the ministration ops on the way off the tool. it's send, send additional $29000000.00. and to think that for years, each and every us of ministrations agenda in somalia has been centered around counter terrorism. the u. s. department of state, the us military usa id and other interagency colleagues continue to fight against terrorism threats in somalia. we will continue to work closely with the somali government to support somalia as revival as a secure, thriving, peaceful,

and democratic nation. in fact, is probably no exaggeration to such as that many of the darkest pages in the history of who is foreign policy can be traced back to counterterrorism programs because even did from to was an elastic have skyrocketed syncing is began. it's so cold warranty era. 2024 know the african union contractors and a sense of included over $3400.00 attacks on the continent which resulted in over $15900.00 faith tended to african union submission of political, the fees, peace and security. as even said, africa is facing a timing timing, and the findings contradict claims by the parents of those advocate for months is preventing terrorism on the continent and promoting security and stability. now, the revelation of activity is linked to the u. s. a. i d has raised eyebrows,

but this one in particular, might just answer the question of why, of the big case of call to, to as an advocate, tragically remains the 8 percent of global terrorism. maybe indeed the ones fighting it are the ones funding it or to correspondent, known as well. you can google. thank you. all right, well now to the middle east where the 6th prisoners swap is happening right now. as part of the israel, hamas cease fire, deal. 3 hostages had been handed over by the militant group from gaza and exchange . israel has started the release of palestinian prisoners with $369.00 is set to be freed. today, our middle east bureau chief marine for an ocean that has more details. the widow in ramallah with range palestinian prisoners housman, arriving from his reading jails, which notes all over them. the thing is of israel was set to release the 369 prisoners on the 2nd day, 111000 was detained during the war, plus 12 militants,

serene life terms, and exchange for h is really hostage. mary saw sense back to the gather, st. paul to the broad white agent. just one reason or was really is to be able to find a verse of them and vis 10. here to ramallah the t. c t on how is find this part is really warnings against mass gatherings. people have been waiting to welcome them now ex prisoners, family, friends, of course, but also ordinary citizens. here the prisoner exchange is seen as most i'm owing to joy and a reminder of last more than 48000 people have been killed. seems 15 months old. the guys are more, according to this trip to officials, security forces out here on the ground to provide security. i'm using this is also stand by to check on the newly released mondays to be out of jail today. i meant by move to ones that close to another one, but to move to figure some so as a future palestinian president,

very important that sentence to teen life terms for his tracing destiny. attacks against relays, he wants to return home to die. israel considers him as security, thrive down to the pools and came abroad, apparently stooping prisoners re read ours off to her mouth where these 3 is really hostages. males civilians, to with do all. so wasn't shape one russian, one america. it was with 6 prisoner exchange in attends a certain from says at times it's felt less like a way for hostages to be read and like found down to review. and here's why on monday or tuesdays ro, violating the bill, targeting thousands, trying to return home in the north of the street for failing to deliver a promise to any tearing a mean cold and rain. no response from us. as reference to delay hostage releases, israel denied the claims and reinforced it smells reprisals. c a gaza announcing

that it is preparing for any scenario i was quad escalation. and ben came, donald trump, history and hand ultimatum saying her mom must to leave hostages by noon stuff. as a whole, hell will break out. this demands a class with the existing bill for the complication, and we really fragile pro, says anthony, apple kept the army on high alert, but signal to me th as the freedom of the days, were free as agreed before. israel will be satisfied for now how mass sold us as a win. here's a statement. nothing. yahoo is procrastination and attempt to evade the agreements requirements his name to save himself and his government. we will not allow the agreement to fail. these really occupation has no alternative to releasing the rest of its prisoners except implementing all the terms of the ceasefire agreement. not everyone. so it's, that's way it's wrong. and these are all small rights, 5 brands,

former national security minister, vandevere. we're not pleased with israel's position this all sorted up by them saying we are not going to release anymore hostages. and then yesterday they said they are going to release the singers, but i think they should release all of the stages was up to may have to take a very hard stance. i can't tell you what israel's going to do is really government . you have the full backing of the president of the world's greatest power to demand all of the hostages back. and you are satisfied with only 3. this is laxity that has no place. the time has come for action, not talk. if a mouse does not release everyone unleashed the fire of hell on it. 3 is randy hostages were afraid earlier on saturday from noon as in central fall, so the guy was 3. i'm on the cell. so tucson of 29 most go head press. hard for his release for his a master the to israel, welcome such as return on sunday, through the font of was kidnapped with his mother and grandmother and good friends

. all 3 were freed. in november 2023 in was a mass called gift to mister floating fox. his father was killed in october 7 during her master's attacks on his really southern communities. he was recently released by palestinians learning because the good, also based and guys of health. he showed us off so on a guy's a beach likely signaling to ross so that he was treated wow. also afraid. so i get that can hand 36 that is really american father of free. his youngest daughter was born while he was in 5th period to in the gather strength. and both us administration's law made for his release the odd horn. this the one released 46 years old was taken with his brother, whose still remains, inconsistency in dogs. if he's not going to be released any time soon for what we know. as in previous rounds him off and p i g turns they tend over into performance, but they saw him, they went further. hostages were driven out in a car,

hiding jack from a jewish board to keep boots on october 7th, 2023. they were then handed certificates of release from us even gifted gold, jewelry to sagas, infant daughter, more than 4 months after he was taking hostage back in $22373.00 hostages. still i'll remain in consider change as a police. wholesale them are believes to be alive, talks on the next phase, either a 2nd stage or an expansion, or suffice to stop the whole ready, but they did not report suggests negotiations may finally begin next week, which is a significant delay. while we have to wait and see how it plays out, to stay with us here in our to international, i'll be back with more news in just about half an hour. i'll see you then by the

theater of the moon, but here at q bend t estate in symbol county in the republic of our conversations continue on today. we look good to an eye clinic, individual noticed, and holy sauce monday le, otherwise known by his client name madiba. when the history of the struggle for independence and particularly the history of gains, the opposite side movement is written in the name on monday. last on it stands out because although he came late in this trial, go through there and see. he played a critical role. it is important to remind ourselves that is the and see or the african national congress was created in 1900 on of one of the oldest freedom 5.