human rights watch, just as one example, there are credible reports of people who say that the congress army has supplied armed groups with aid and weapons of one f l. our fighter, for example, told human rights watch in october of 2022, that he himself witnessed for transfers of ammunition. and he says that it's the government quote that would always provide us with ammunition. he was specifically referring to the troops. he said they also gave us uniforms and then we will have these level of reports of arm groups getting support from the colonies. army. how do you respond to this? oh no, i don't see. don't let, let's, let's be clear on that question. there is no chord aberration between army and any major. so non tech for rent that don't give credit to all those people. oh, some of them can be by there under strategy to make sure they are like complicated because right, i know that here are you, are you disputing or are you disputing? human rights watch. we have often criticized. we will want in government as have other people in your government. one of the places that they have looked to,

the positions near the town of saki and 23 widely understood to be backed by neighboring rwanda. congress army says it's fighting rwandan soldiers. everyone does deny backing the group. so when the attack began 2 days ago, villages who we spoke to on the road and people from saki who were fleeing this way in a 1000 said that the commonly sold hasn't been taken by surprise. and some of them were running away as well. i'm going to stand aside so we can take a look at what's happening here. since then. road block made a bronze of a tree put up in the road and the soldiers mounting it here. checking all the vacant fasting, including any soldiers passing to make sure that they are soldiers who are indeed authorized to leave the front line or not seeing some of the passing vehicle. gee, make sure that none of the soldiers who were meant to be at the front are leaving the front. now if you take a look to the side, there's a tent that's been put up outside the police station and on the here is a military trial going on for 7 of those soldiers who the military, prosecutors say on thursday, run away whe

the congress army said it's fighting rwandan soldiers . he up in the hell of everyone denies backing the group now on thursday, when him $23.00 vices of tax, very close to saw k, which is just here. thousands of people as he mentioned sled along this road. and many of those playing that we spoke to said that commonly soldiers had initially fled as well that and before reinforcements were brought in and the attack was repelled. i'm going to stand the sides that we can take a look at where we are with is a barrier put across the road, a bronze of a tree, and the soldiers money checking every vehicle that passes. and every soldier that passes to make sure that there are no soldiers here, leaving the front line, who on authorized to say, what happened on the day when this attack began. now if we take a look to the left of here, then the 10 has been put up outside a police station. and on the hear a military court assisting and 7 of the soldiers, the military prosecutors, they fled country to their orders. when attacked by m. 23 the other day,

the congress army says it is pushing back, fight this from the m 23 ohms group. you all mean says fighting is now centered around 50 kilometers from the provincial capital. goma not come web has the latest from the language, which is nigga my with thousands of people have fled. where we are just a few weeks ago was an empty field connecting the main road between gomer and so, okay, we're going to step aside so you can see what's here. now, in the last few weeks, thousands and thousands of people arrived the fleeing villages in the hills in mississippi territories. if we 1st came here a week ago, and every time we've come back since more these 100 more these shelters of sprung up more than double within the 1st year, we hear the size of this camp. an hundreds are arriving every day and they also tell similar stories of m $23.00 sites arriving in the villages. they report some people being shot dead. others being killed with michelle being re some being abducted. and this prompts all the rest of the community to flee on to, to hear to this camp. many people say tha

president felix just to getty of congo he will on the understood to be to 2 sides in this conflict. congress army says it's fighting rwanda's army in congo. they ruined the denies. the n 23 group is it proxy, they met with president joe lorenzo of and go la, who's on the stood 2 taken as a role of mediator in this conflict. we don't know the outcome of the meeting. we do know that all of the previous meetings in recent months going to katie, uncommon sometimes other regional leaders as well, haven't amounted to any change on the ground. the 23 group has continued to see the territory from the congress government and has been increasingly accused of atrocities and abuses against civilians at lawson. they're all obviously also a number of other conflicts that need a. busy attention and i see the free trade zone is also back on the agenda plan for you to cover that today's of tool molly guinea and burkina faso, rural, suspended from the african union in the last few years because of military coups. and they've been lobbying hard to try and have those suspensions lifted their african unions. rules sa

republic of congo have fled their homes as m. 23 fighters, close in on the eastern town of saki, the congress army and the m. 23 on group. i've been fighting in the area since monday. john's in the east of the country on the main road to the country. second biggest city of goma, marco my has more from soccer 23 fighters carry rwandan military equipment. rwandan soldiers have been photographed with them or they were denied backing the group. now here in the town of saw k, i was on thursday that the population, thousands of people fled on the main road connecting here to the provincial capital of goma. if m $23.00 was to take saki, this town going would be effectively encircled. but because the government forces repelled that attack, i'm going to stand aside so we can just take a look around at the sound. now there's some sense of normalcy. some people have come back. there's a market here which is normally packed full of traitors. bustling full of life, only a few of the traders here now the quite a lot of soldiers around as well. and from where we standing with in the last few minutes. what sounds

republic of congo have fled their homes as m. 23 fighters, closing on the eastern time saki, the congress army, and the m. 23 armed group have been fighting in the area since monday. the town is in the east, on the main roads. the country 2nd biggest city of goma pakistan has agreed with the international monetary fund on conditions to release $1100000000.00 in funding . as according to the countries finance minister and i spent follows 10 days of negotiations, a shock. the also says the pay out has been delayed because of what he called a routine procedures. i am a funding critical to pakistan struggling economy afloat was just getting in july got willing we will try to complete the i m. s. program for the 2nd time in pakistan's history with the same spirit problems we have completed this process. keeping in view, the sovereign commitment from south africa has presidents declared a national disaster in an attempt to deal with chronic electricity shortages of rama for them may be a nice one during his annual state of the nations before parliament on thursday. members of the opposition party, t

groups funded by hotels who fled through wanda after the genocide in 1994 and 23 merged with a congress army under 2009 p still but in 2012 and said the agreement hadn't been upheld and they broke away. more than a 120 other on groups operate in the region. as good morning marco my, have a saki mock him. what's the latest on the fighting? where am 23? the group you were just talking about is widely understood to be back by neighboring rwanda, as it was 10 years ago, was the group c, n d p that came before it. and our cd that came before that and 23 fights has carry rwandan military equipment. rwandan soldiers have been photographed with them or they were lumber, denies backing the group. now here in the town of saw k, i was on thursday that the population thousands of people fled on the main road connecting here to the provincial capital of goma. if m $23.00 was to take saw k, this town going would be effectively encircled, but commonly government forces repelled that attack. i'm going to stand aside so we can just take a look around at the sound. now there's some sense of normalcy. some peo

it also widely reported the congress armies been fighting alongside armed groups in c, c territory, which is in that direction where the recent writings been taken place. but congress government denies that to ok. now come, thanks very much for bringing the pitch of the, from eastern democratic republic of congo. they will in shall anchors, capital a protesting against the cost of a parade that's marking independence day. $550000.00 of public money is being used for the military event in colombo. shank was in the middle of the worst economic crisis in its history with food fuel and medicine shortages. mel fernandez has more from colombo, the irony of a country celebrating the 75th anniversary of its independence. but very much under siege. like you can see the people behind me essentially the ordinary. she lumpkins locked out. we've had a number of senior police officers telling people they can't go clearing them are now this is one of the sort of entrance points to the parade location. obviously, a number of police, a special task force personnel, as well as the military in other areas.

leaders, all meeting and burn day on saturday to discuss an escalation of fighting between the congress army and the m. 23 rebels over the past week. and is 450000. people have been displaced by months of violence in the country. welcome web has more from bullying. go, that's a refugee come just outside goma in the democratic republic of congo. thousands of people have arrived in this camp in the last few days. many of them have fled from villages. the m 23 is advancing toward the has taken others have been on the run for 6 weeks or more. having already been displaced once they keep moving each time and $23.00 gets close to them and $23.00 is widely understood to be backed by neighboring rwanda. rwanda denies it. meanwhile, congos army is widely reported to have been fighting along signed armed groups. congos army denies that 2 conditions here. a bad people have made shelters from whatever they come, whatever they could carry or things they found. here, rocks sticks and grass and people who say that they're hungry, that there isn't food to eat and they're still waiting to get humanitarian as

but by that time, it was being used as a come on tend to by congress is army officers were commanding that soldiers who were fighting with them 23, just a few kilometers from that. malcolm, thank you very much. and he does mark web talking to us from can shatter your committee has been set up in pakistan to investigate security lapses at the pasha or police compound targeted in a suicide bombing. and monday funerals are taking place for some of those killed and monday's attack, which took place in a mask. the bombing happened to june prayers. at least a 100 people were killed in more than 220 were injured. i'll just come all high to visit the family of one of the victims where and where ledge and omar de jar district at the residence of going to shut off. and his parents. and he, of course, were the police trainer, was killed in that deadly lost his father. its family members right now are in grief. they are shocked. and they're warned unfair after what really happened. now who is the mother to come today? it's my brother's children who have become worse and his wife has become a wido

spoke to a divided congress, as he made the case for raising america's debt ceiling and protecting social programs from spending cuts. he was challenged by republican lawmakers. armies congress driving. 0, one gratis unfazed by the criticism might and sought to bridge washington's political divide, turning to his opponents and use in the speech to negotiate with them directly a stand up for seniors. oh, but in also honored terry nichols, the 29 year old man beaten by memphis police officers. as nichols, mother and stepfather looked on biting, urged congress to invest more in police training. something good must come from this. codifying women's rights to an abortion was another priority. make no mistake about congress passes a national band. i will veto it. o 5 is speech focused mainly on domestic policy. once again, underscored america's support for ukraine. following the downing of a chinese spy blue. after across the united states, he issued this warning. as we made clear squeak of china threatens our sovereignty, we will act to protect our country. and we did that. republicans had their own bottles from out of control inflation in violent crime to the dangerous

is the congress giving the army and the administration giving the army what it need to do this? >> i worry about -- yes and no. i worry about, you know, there's a diagram overlap of things you might need for competition and deterrents could be useful and things are -- there's a kinetic conflict that i worry we're starving some capabilities, whatever that might be. and i'm pleased with the conflict, this year, generational or cheering it on every step of the way. but i worry about the gap in the competition and deterrents and just where many seem to think there's going to just be-- whatever we buy and prepare and posture for the with war is sufficient for something short of that. that keeps me up at night although, general flynn, i'm not going to sleep for a week, tremendous what's happening there. and if do we overfocus on the washington, quarantine and blockade, which are far more complicated for military and timeline cycles in washington. invasion is what you soldiers like you know how to do that, defend against that, deter that best, but the other two are acts of war and corr

democratic republic of congo, to talk about the escalating, conflicting congress east. congress has its fighting rwanda's army under the guise of the m $23.00 armed group. rwanda denies the 1023 is proxy. east african leaders issued yet another statement calling for peace. previous statements in recent month, haven't stopped and 20 three's advance or the increasing reports of rapes and massacres of civilians. 2 weeks ago, protesters in congo brought the eastern city of goma to a standstill. they demanded that kenyan and other east african regional forces deployed in congo. either fight and 23 or leave is can you ready to fight and 23 or even rwanda in congo, kenya is ready to do what we agree. the east african head of peat cannot use the only country that that's deployed in there. in d r t, we have agreed that the military intervention is going to be in parallel with a political engagement of the competence on the ground, empty, and all the other fighting forces. for that we can give us the best opportunity to succeed. a free trade agreement is meant to remove terrorists and these trade between african countr

of italy and belgium , were the first to third, and the fifth congress of the european political party was the champion. the sports of the army ground forces were honored in a ceremony. the hall of the radio and television conferences hosted the heroes and veterans of the army ground forces in a ceremony in which the most skilled ground forces of the army honored the work of the supreme leader of the revolution and said that security is an infrastructural component and security is also in the hands of soldiers. holy our armed forces will be created and these loved ones must have physical strength and good defense and combat readiness in the true sense of the word, but the training of strong and titled athletes in the ground forces of the army will become stronger, my country will become stronger, men will become stronger, the enemy will never allow yourself the slightest attack on our country and history shows that the athletes and the staff working in the army were always among the best in the world competitions . ground in these competitions he was present. he was present. i am ranked fourth by the armies of the world. if t

they are still eight nuclear power even though there army is proven to be more weak than people expected. >> congress has appropriated 100 billion dollars so far. what is so much about your view of the american people and the politics of this? abby: there is probably 30% of the american electorate that is much more likely to go along with the far right politics of the situation, which is calling for pullback of the situation. i do think there is a solid majority that is comfortable with aid. perhaps they do not want it to be toouch but they are comfortable where it is right now. they will have to jump through some hoops but i do not hear a whole of alarm that the money will stop flowing, even with the approval rate of the american public, even if it goes down. yamiche: vivian, i want to go back to you. you had some insight on legal aid, explain on your reporting, based on your reporting, which china take the step? vivian: up until now, they have been exercising a level of restraint when it comes to weapons to russia. -- they have really held off on the one redline in the view of washington, which is

it's widely understood that rwanda's backing the m $23.00 army group in congress will they run to denies it? also what we're waiting to learn on this is molly guinea. and because he became a fast attend to be in stated as members of the african union, all 3 countries were suspended following military coups in the last couple of years . the african union historically, tends not to have a problem with irregular or uncontested elections. the military coups are conceded over the line, describes them as illegal changes of government. as those 3 countries were suspended, they've been lobbying to be allowed back to the table, waiting to hear from the african union peace and security council later this afternoon. what they'll say about that now for the 1st time scientist from hong kong have been allowed to take part in china space program. aging is looking for your talents to realize it's ambitious plans. jessica washington reports from hong kong, 321, no ignition. ah, china's space program has reached new heights in recent years, among the biggest achievements, the construction of the tea and g

equipment. rwandan soldiers have been photographed with them. 23 . congress government says they are, in fact just fighting rwanda's army. they, rwanda denies backing them, malcolm, it must be a very frightening time for the people they are. because if i understand correctly, if they, if the study is taken, the essentially almost cuts off goma. and that makes it very understandable why people are desperately trying to, to leave the city the okay, gramma is to today's, to go on some traffic in the right because the people playing at that noise is it will essentially be surrounding the pc darker to the 8th or one to the north and $23.00. took those 3 last yeah, this is the only road jedi remaining road and government control connect if you go to the rest of the province. so we take soccer and take the government will be completely in. so i had on all 0 solutions you claims president of the addresses in all of them during an honest visit to europe and your u. s. border plan could force more cubans to take a risky journey by seizures, street, economic hardship. ah hello, that bitter cold conditions have been felt across cen

congress. the government says they are in fact just fighting rwanda's army. they ruined the denies, backing them rushes foreign minister, a lover of his back sedans, bid to have united nations sanctions lifted or the latest stage of his tool of africa. liberal who is speaking in the capital cartoon. after talks with his sudanese counterpart, it comes off 2 trips to molly and martini early this week. russia is trying to strengthen ties with the african continent in the face of western functions over the war in ukraine. now south africa is present, civil rubber poser has used his annual state of the nation space to declare a state of national disaster and an attempt to do with chronic electricity shortages. but the event was marred by violence, processed by opposition. politicians calling for his resignation, deteriorated into scuffles inside the parliament building before rub, oppose. it was finally able to take to the stage. the national disaster management center has consequently classified the energy crisis and its impact as a disaster. we are therefore dec

well that is a terrible terrible swear to say against an american who served in congress, an american is still in the army reserves who served in three combat zones anybody listen to her, very temporary and very reasonable testimony and thursday afternoon, whenever say that that is really, beyond the pale suite of the different party to me is to be a great defender for free speech and hillary clinton scene, called policy russian and others attacked the opponents as russian essence adam schiff demanded twitter sense of journalist paul - and never has this debunked trump russia collusion theory the truck health russia hillary e-mails clinton campaign indeed funded that theory and putting aside of the fbi and thank you's current page of being a russian accent things fbi they were warned of the dossier appear to be the result of russian disinformation is using freddie or even living with us since 2016, and impress accusing others of being russian assets dose all fallen apart. tom: well yes and as regards to the fbi, every time one of these incidents happen and just went back over them in going back to the rus

congress. the government says they are in fact just fighting rwanda's army. they ruined the denies, backing them, malcolm, it must be a very frightening time for the people they are. because if i understand correctly, if they, if the study is taken, it essentially almost cuts off goma. and that makes it very understandable why people are just trying to, to leave the city has great grammar. it, today's the good. ah, there's some traffic in the road with the people playing. i don't know that noise is interrupting us there, but yeah, gamers will essentially be surrounded in i talking to the one that the north and $23.00 took those territories. last. yeah, this is the only road jody remaining road and government control connect. you go to the rest of the province, there's. i'm 33. take soccer and take this road. go me will be completely in circle . i still had here not 0. the us senate is holding 1st hearing on the suspect to chinese spy balloon. that was shot done. over the weekend and at north korea shows off its military hardware and a massive parade marking t

well, the modernization of the armies of the member countries of the north atlantic alliance began congress has the necessary majority in order to continue to provide ukraine with all military-political support , including financial support, in the same amount as before , said republican michael mccold, the head of the international affairs committee of the house of representatives, in an interview with the american television channel cbs. he commented on the information that 11 republican congressmen registered a draft resolution on the termination of support to ukraine. well, next is a quote from mr. mykola. i am still confident that we will provide the ukrainians all the help they need, i would like it to be done faster so that they can win faster. well, there is another very positive point that should be mentioned so that it does not happen in the congress of the united states of america. i have the impression that the republicans there are really putting pressure on not everyone of course, but a large or small group is already putting pressure on the president of the united states to r

help the fight. rwanda says congos using foreign mercenaries. congress says it's hired form of french soldiers as military instructors. the army says it repelled the attack and forced his enemy back up into the hills. still within the range of its artillery, the residence of saki left wondering if it's safe to go home. and if, when i am 23, we'll attack again. malcolm web al jazeera, blanco, democratic republic of congress, still to come hair on al jazeera. we get a sneak peak of what's in store at the largest auto show in the us. ah hello, we've got some more stuff in the forecasts for japan over the next couple of days. we have got some all the cold air in place. that presence of area of high pressure . i was at eastern side of china. normally winds coming back came behind and then just noticed this where the system here just pulling out of the south of china, developing area of low pressure here. moderate coming in. when that malware just pushing into that cold air, we will see heavy rain, 32 significant snowfall as we go through friday. face to say it's a short lived thing. take it goes from for sale to some friday to arou

and after the war, he spent a lot more time congress than he did during the war in the army. five outing for the right of the underdogs. he spent ten years and people don't seem to even people say, oh, my god, i didn't know. he had any life after the war. and that was 65 to to 93 to 8 years. during those 28 years, he spent ten years as a representative from massachusetts in the united states congress during which he did what he could and more than many others, to i use this phrase to stick the landing of union victory to make it mean something. he was frequently in his lifetime compared to thaddeus stevens, especially as the time as stevens died and the tide shifted in a different direction he led as sure you know the opposition to andrew johnson's cat straw thickly lenient reconstruction policies and he led the impeach ment process. he active and with great determination promoted the 14th amendment to the constitution the 15th amendment to the constitution the civil rights bill. the fourth force acts of the early 1870s to suppress whites supremacy. the kkk and other white su

is the author of belonging to the army camp followers and community during the american revolution, published by the university of south carolina press in 1999. congress is own a canadian regiment? the continental army, an american union published by the university of oklahoma press in 2021 and is the editor of women waging war in the american revolution. furthermore, as dr. mayer also was the recipient of the society of the cincinnati scholars grant in 2013. she has certainly no stranger to us here at anderson. so with that, please help me in welcoming back to anderson house. dr. holly mayer. thank you so much. it is great to be with you to chat about some of the challenges that women confronted. the war of the american revolution. thank you for attending. whether in person or to those of you out there in the web, probably in your pjs or with a glass of wine in hand. but we are delighted to have you with us. and thank you to the society of the cincinnati for inviting us to do this. as mentioned by andrew, we return this evening. topic and panel. paul from women waging war in the american revolution. seven, which was just published by the university o