drc. ~ 5: ., ., ., the eastern drc.rn drc. m23 and the rwandan government deny _ the eastern drc. m23 and the rwandan government deny working _ the eastern drc. m23 and the rwandan government deny working together - the eastern drc. m23 and the rwandan government deny working together but| government deny working together but the un and us say there is credible evidence they are backed by rwanda. m23 say it's protecting minority ethnic groups. the lives of millions of people in eastern drc are devastated. we have approached the uk government to respond to criticism from drc authorities, but they have yet to respond. now to close this hour we have the story of two young penguins in the uk — one partially sighted and the other so ill it nearly died at birth. well, their unique bond has meant they haven't just survived. they've thrived. the bbc�*s sean sellick has been to hampshire to meet them. it's good to have a friend, even if you are a penguin. especially a penguin with a problem as they discovered with a colony of af

following that horrific episode in the country's history, a lot of hutus moved into eastern drc, andlict that we're seeing now. so m23 argue that they're trying to protect ethnic tutsis, who are in the minority in eastern drc, from violence, from hutu militias that have moved in in the aftermath of the genocide. they say that tutsis are marginalised. and so this peace accord in 2009 was meant to be a way for the two sides, the congolese government and m23, to come together. the agreement was that members of the group would be absorbed into the army. there would be tutsi representation in the congolese government. a decade later, that hadn't happened and so we saw a resurgence of attacks from m23 in 2022 and that has gradually escalated to the heights that we're seeing now. i've seen suggestions from the us state department that the rwandan government might be behind the m23. is is that correct, do you think? so, both the us and the un say they have credible evidence that the rwandan government, which is majority ethnic tutsi, is supporting this m23 group. rwanda says this is just bla

we also... have the drc, the world's largest producer of cobalt and third largest producer of copper. both minerals are critical for clean energy technologies. recently, there have been anti-us demonstrations in the democratic republic of congo where protesters accused the us and france of backing rebels and terrorists in the mineral reach eastern part of the country. we're claiming. are fostering the war in the eastern drc by supporting the rebellion, a country like rwanda cannot fight against the democratic republic of the congo. we are marching, we are not breaking or destroying people's property, but the head of the police is sending his offices to chase us away. there is no doubt that western powers are out to plunder these resources and therefore cannot be part of the solution. the united states military command in africa, africom. is now seen by many as an imperialist war machine that creates threats before managing the perception of safety. the ultimate objective of africa is advancing the united states's economic and geostrategic interest in africa. now my next question is to

has come out to condemn this attack and ask rwanda to withdraw their forces from drc.bloomberg has learned apple is set to face a fine of nearly half a billion euros from the eu over a row with music streaming rival spotify. we discuss that next, the implications for apple and its business in europe. stay with us. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> good morning, this is bloomberg dave europe. i am tom mackenzie in london. these are the stories that set your agenda. goldman lifting his target for the s&p 500. plus, u.k. lenders and focus this week with some of the largest banks set. let's check on this here in the u.s.. we continue to reflect on the prices here. down .2%. you would get to 5200. let's look across the asset there. gains around .9%. he had three state -- three straight days of gains. currently flat on the session. let's go cross asset now and have a look at these currencies. the road dollars at 107. softness there, that of the china story. the demand concerns outweigh the geopolitics. the middle east over defy the global stop. this is the best year in record for new

i want to ask you about the drc _ effective way of doing it.ay of doing it. i want to | ask you about the drc in particular because you uncovered for about amongst some of your staff, $900,000 was stolen by staff members. what has happened to that, have you been able to recover the cash and what have you learned from the incident? that was a very terrible incident, some time ago and about 0.6% of our overall budget so a significant thing to worry about and lastly that was because the drc is a sum in conflict, more than 100 different insurgencies and we made an exception. to be able to register money which would normally be registered by the villagers. has there been _ registered by the villagers. has there been any _ registered by the villagers. has there been any follow—on from that because that's a huge sum of money to lose? abs, because that's a huge sum of money to lose? �* ., ., ., , , to lose? a huge amount has been done. all to lose? a huge amount has been done- all the _ to lose? a huge amount has been done. all the staff _ to lose? a h

we also have the drc, the world's largest producer of cobalt and third largest producer of copper. both minerals are critical for clean. energy technologies: recently there have been anti-us demonstrations in the democratic republic of congo where protesters accused the us and france of bucking rebels and terrorists in the miner rich eastern part of the country. we're claiming our rights, france and the united states are fostering the war in the eastern drc by supporting the rebellion. a country like rwanda cannot fight against the democrat. republic of the congo, we are marching, we are not breaking or destroying people's property, but the head of the police is sending his offices to chase us away. there is no doubt that western powers are out to plunder these resources and therefore cannot be part of the solution. the united states military command in africa, africom is now seen by many as an imperialist war machine that creates threats before managing the perception of safety. the ultimate object. of africa is advancing the united states's economic and geostrategic interest in a

for instance, the drc is one case where that a lot of conflict around mining and the global attentionre increases in election —related violence. on the whole, holistically, the continent has been well united. the resurgence of military rule in countries like mali, those are happening in silence. they are happening in very few countries.— silence. they are happening in very few countries. thank you very much indeed forjoining _ few countries. thank you very much indeed forjoining us. _ hungarian prime minister viktor orban has promised a package of new child protection laws, in response to a paedophile scandal that has shaken his party. in his annual state of the nation speech, he praised president katalin novak for her decision to step down, and called for parliament to elect a new head of state urgently. mr orban has also said hungary can ratify sweden's bid to join nato at the start of the next parliamentary session. the prime minister had this to say about the high—profile resignations that had taken place in recent weeks. translation: if there was a time machine and _ translation:

the ukrainian defense forces, which are on standby, and i think that they will gladly meet any enemy drc regular units with such fire, such hellish fire , or of the russian, or the belarusian army, in order for them to feel the same enemies in this... our forces and people, and therefore, what is happening on the territory of the republic of belarus is a planned rotation, and a sign and reason to believe that the enemy may push across the border in the near future. thereby creating a kind of second front on this part of the russian-ukrainian front, probably not worth it, if any changes will take place, i think that ukrainian intelligence will inform the general public in time that such risks exist. thank you, mr. vladyslav, vladyslav seleznyo, military expert , colonel of the armed forces of ukraine, spokesman of the general staff of the armed forces of ukraine from 2014 to 2017 was on the air of espresso, we will now go on a short break and after that we will return to... to our studio, so stay tuned espresso. there are discounts on afida max of 10% in psyllanyk, pam and oskad pharmacie

and un, meanwhile, and blame neighboring lawanda for supporting m. 23, and a bit to controlled the drc. these mineral resources a tom jean does. he want to? that was forced to flee from the home when it was attacked by m. 23 revel. she had to act quickly to save her 3 children. and my brother was killed during the attack articles she died. i didn't give make it back in human. is this, the bombs fell on our houses. so i think you sound good and they destroyed them completely. jente and adults in the k o. c low side of her husband. she doesn't know where he is or even if he's still alive. but there is no time to grieve for her that brother worry about the rest of her missing from any one since we arrived here, we've had little food, nice chuckle, and the children are sick. i thought the initial goal in that class was between the categories army and b. m. $23.00 rebels have escalated into towns and villages around the provincial capital coma since the beginning of the year. and as the rebels sees more and more territory, people trying to escape the fighting has been forced to seek refuge

the m23 is a rebel group predominantly active in eastern drc and they're named after march 23, whichic episode in the country's history, a lot of hutus moved into eastern drc, and that's kind of what's behind the conflict that we're seeing now. so, m23 argue that they're trying to protect ethnic tutsis — who are in the minority in eastern drc — from violence, from hutu militias that have moved in in the aftermath of the genocide. they say that tutsis are marginalised. and so, this peace accord in 2009 was meant to be a way for the two sides — the congolese government and m23 — to come together. the agreement was that members of the group would be absorbed into the army, there would be tutsi representation in the congolese government. a decade later, that hadn't happened and so, we saw a resurgence of attacks from m23 in 2022 and that has gradually escalated to the heights that we're seeing now. —— the highs that we're seeing now. i've seen suggestions from the us state department that the rwandan government might be behind the m23. is is that correct, do you think? so, both the us an

nermeen: during a soccer match this week at the africa cup of nations, the drc's national team sought to bring attention to the largely ignored humanitarian disaster back home. players held one hand in front of their mouths while pointing two fingers to their temples during congo's national anthem. the environmental protection agency announced it is tightening regulations on soot, breathing in excess fine particulate matter can lead to asthma attacks, cancer, and heart and lung disease. it's been linked to anywhere from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of premature deaths in the u.s. per year. the new rule will lower the amount of allowed fine particulate in the air from 12 micrograms per cubic meter to 9 micrograms. and scientists from the european union say average global temperatures over the past 12 months exceeded 1.5 celsius above pre-industrial levels for the first time, marking a grim new milestone in the climate crisis. scientists say last month was the hottest january ever recorded. temperature records have now been broken for eight months in a row. and those are s

. >> on the drc, john, we're seeing demonstrations, anti-western demonstrations like we saw in other is the u.s. that the situation can -- >> we're monitoring it closely as best we can. i don't have anything specific to relay today. we're obviously in close touch with our colleagues at the state department and, of course, our embassy personnel in africa. >> appreciate it. thank you. >> okay. all right. maybe tomorrow we'll start at 9:30. >> dana: we'll be right back in a moment as the press briefing continues. . push so, a couple more? we'll just...we'll rip. we'll go quick. libu smeebo. libu bribu. limu bibu...and me. doug: he's an emu! only pay for what you need. jingle: ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ i brought in ensure max protein with 30 grams of protein! those who tried me felt more energy in just two weeks. -ugh. -here, i'll take that. woo hoo! ensure max protein, 30 grams protein, 1 gram sugar, 25 vitamins and minerals. and a new fiber blend with a prebiotic. (♪) ♪everything i do that's for my health is an accomplishment.♪ ♪concerns of getting screened faded away♪ ♪t

for instance, the drc is one case where there is a lot of conflict around mining and, you know, globalcontinent has been very well united. there are resurgences of military rule in countries like burkina faso, niger, mali, but those are just... those are happening in silos, right? they are happening in very few countries. here in the uk, the government is considering plans to allow dentists from abroad to work in england without taking an exam to check their education and skills. the proposal, subject to a three—month consultation, aims to deal with the severe shortage of nhs dentists. it is hoped a quicker process would attract more dentists. but the british dental association has accused the government of avoiding the issues "forcing" dentists to quit. eddie crouch is chairman of the british dental association. well, we know a significant number of people who sit the current overseas registration examination are unsuccessful. so, there is a cohort of people that are taking the current exams that the gdc deem unfit to actuallyjoin the register. but the significant problem here is that

we perspectives or perceptions of lumumba in the drc today, sort of how was he remembered by people who maybe didn't live his life and death, but remember him as a political icon? yeah. i mean, he's still largely popular and you his face on t-shirts and in the congo today. but it also varies a little bit region so there are many in katanga who still despise lumumba but but i think he is you know become a myth everywhere but and a legend and that sort of larger than life figure but especially in congo he's hanging out one more for you if that's okay from online, they have gone to take the time you wanted to. this is going to be about me. know, the last question was sort of also about this idea of. the current conflict, the region and sort of to what is that reflective of historical of the things for first versus not. yeah. so to me the root cause of much that ails congo and it's still a country that's very poor that has over 120 armed groups active in the east, there's still a un peacekeeping operation there. the parallels are sort of eerie. the government is repressive and representativ

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there has been far too little public focus on the fact drc hackers are targeting our critical infrastructures, water treatment plants, electrical grid, oil and natural gas pipelines, transportation systems, and the risk that poses to every american requires our attention now. china's hackers are positioning on american infrastructure in preparation to wreak havoc and cause real-world harm to american citizens and communities if and when china decides the time has come to strike. they are not focused just on political or military targets. we can see from where they position themselves across civilian infrastructure that low blows are just a possibility in the conflict, they are part of china's plan. but the cyber onslaught goes way beyond pre- positioning for future conflict. today and literally every day they are actively attacking our economic security, engaging in wholesale theft of our innovation and personal and corporate data, nor is cyber the only threat we face. the prc cyber threat is made vastly more dangerous by the way they knit cyber into a whole of government campaign against us.

the drc is spearheading this effort with marathon and xl energy. advancing agriculture as our nation's demand for energy grows so does the demand for high-quality low-cost food produced increase in the tight labor market. we have a tight labor market will either increase workforce for the other way we address workforce issue is to increase productivity will increase productivity is through automation. part of automation is a thomas. with opening reference dedicated soybean plant in spirit would a meddling following on the heels in grand forks we will soon be processing 75% state soybean production value added agriculture. the soy plant near jamestown was been shipped by rail to dickinson and turn into renewable diesel is a fantastic example we act and energy is never been greater. the soybean meal produced by these facilities it's going to help us get back into the game on animal agricultural comes off of that soybean meal is a fantastic input. they could help us with art our modernized farming clauses legislature passed last time i track much more

backgrounds we're making e-mails and an imperfect system not the only jobs that our officer job but drcdhr is allic auto rg /* /*ic. >> those are small and what i talk about percentages when you deal with percentages that didn't tell you the whole story i can tell you that our class two 80 we have 21 almost 22 of that was women in the class was 7 excuse me - of three 2. so we are working on those numbers that is definitely something we want to do act as far as numbers if i walked in with agreeing calendar just as an example opening up the department that may have barriers to women getting into positions. one of the ones with trina led working with the operations with the swat teams and a grail process to get through if we go sweet spot specialties you're trained and most was swat members come from those officers to reaching out to agencies americanships not traditional but here we go work updates to come with the physical process and looking at the testing. do you really need to do this exercise to be on this team? is it translated into good officer. i'd like to point out we have a lieu

a country is doing, whether whether whether that's israel, whether that's whether that's that's the drcether that's russia , and say your actions are russia, and say your actions are in breach of international law, they're wrong. i don't care what your ethnic background is. >> so , sam, let's bring you back >> so, sam, let's bring you back in here because the speaker's justification for his extraordinary behaviour last night was that fearful for night was that he's fearful for labour personal safety. if labour mps personal safety. if uh, can you explain why he came to that conclusion? well i mean, he was essentially forced back into the chamber because mps were so furious they demanded he returned . returned. >> he wasn't intending to. he had to come and he had to say something. uh now, if we take his, uh , excuse on face value, his, uh, excuse on face value, he's saying, because tensions are so high over this, we've all seen the protests dominating our high streets up and down the country that actually many labour they're safety labour mps felt they're safety was under threat. i have t