robin frosty walker has more from tbilisi in georgia. it really seems like it was a symbolic gesture move to have them.

robin 1st sir walter has more from tbilisi and georgia, 13 soldiers or.

robin 1st had more from tbilisi in georgia. 13 soldiers or police have been killed and dozens more injured. i've seen social media, video of young men bodies of young men inside mohawks. we understand as well that the security services claiming that dozens of riots is in their words, we're liquidated, attempting to overrun police station. so a very chaotic, very violent picture coming out of our month because it's the 2nd largest city in many residence, probably being very wise to stay indoors and stay away from this operation. that is, that is currently ongoing tennis champion, novak junk of it. she's facing deportation from australia. border officials refused to accept his exemption from pandemic rules to play in a tournament. his lawyers are appealing the decision case between adjourned until next week. france, his law house of parliament has approved tough a coven, 19 measures. after 3 days of intense debate, the bill with may fascination mandatory for people to go into many public venues. right now, goes to the house. leaders in the chinese city of shyanne, say an outbreak has been br

robin dorothea walker has been following developments from tbilisi, georgia. this meeting that took place between the heads of the c s t. i remember states i was really about showing that they consider this deployment, that catholic st onto has been overrule. rather, an important success story for the security president took, i have said really that he owed it to the arrival of c s t. i a military contingent, the 1st aircraft because they had prevented the so called armed groups of bandits and terrorists from progressing further with their it's attempted coup and taking control of administrative sensors around cause it's done. now it really remains for president because as far as he's concerned for the so called anti terror operation to continue it's clean up. and it's to suits of all those people accused of involvement in the violence that we saw take place, you know, marty, and in other cities across cause it's done earlier this week. and during that meeting with cousin stanza later, rushes president, let me put and say to moscow will not allow revolutions i

robin foster walker is falling developments from tbilisi in georgia. it's clear that this is mission accomplished for president, for kai, of the cfo came in, it was clear that he had vladimir putin backing behind him. they did that job, which appears to have been largely symbolic, finding out across the country, being present that strategic locations like military bases and so forth. now they're on their way out. if he clearly is in a position to do the job by himself, 10000 people detained a today, his speech was also about restructuring the security services, the police, the military and the national state. national security, putting himself very much in charge of those important instruments of power in the country. so kind of actually for the 1st time, went off the indirectly president the previous president. no. so that's it by didn't mentioned it by name directly a criticism directly, but what he said was that people the lead on the and as a buyer had made themselves very rich, very wealthy. they'd spend that money abroad, and now it was time to b

had, have since escalated it, a widespread violence robin for su walker is monitoring events from tbilisi in georgia. cause it's don's government cools. it's an antique terror operation. military units on the streets of cassock, stones largest city al mathy, authorized to use.

walker has this update from tbilisi in georgia. the authorities have hit back hards over the past night and into today to re take control of the center of our matee catholic stones, largest city and to retail control of the apple which it's been concerned was taken over by protesters yesterday. in fact, international flights many international flights not flying into our messy at present because of all of the unrest. we are also aware of gunfire on the streets. i've seen video unconfirmed, the logs full of bodies of young men, presumably protested. the government has described them as ra, it says that there is a terrorist act. terrorist acts of being carried out, looting was allowed to happen because there was no security presence on the streets about the past 24 hours. now we're seeing the military coming in the unit, so the police and the government also saying that they have suffered casualties. the moments that stands at 13, according to official source, is 13 security personnel killed and dozens more wounded. so it is, it is l

it has been covering developments from tbilisi, georgia. that looks very much like a double act with talk i have talking about the attempted coup that took place within the country. as he claimed, and vladimir putin backing him up by saying that color revolutions would not be allowed to be repeated. the color revolution would not be allowed to take place in catholics. and that's why the c s t o military contingent is that, that's a reference to those revolutions which took place in ukraine and here in georgia, and also in kingston where a large scale protests brought down. unpopular or story. terry and governments rushes relationship with its neighbors. is that the center of talks in geneva, senior us and russian officials a day to discuss the military build up around ukraine. washington has threatened to impose tough sanctions if moscow and veins if the nature of military lines is set to hold its own talks with russia on wednesday. and ahead of those discussion secretary general in sultan burg again warned moscow about its trip build up. r

robin christie walker is monitoring developments for us out of the george and capital tbilisi details, sketch she i know robin, but just get us up to date with what the latest is from al. mati well, we've been relying to certain extent on social media footage uploaded to telegram channels. but having lived in our matching for many years, suddenly the teach that i am seeing looks to be authentic and what it shows. sadly, our scenes of extreme violence with security services opening fire on protest. i will add that some of these demonstrators did obtain weapons. we also saw footage of an armory being seized weapons being taken from the armory. we've seen state t z releasing footage of said demonstrators or protest is that we're caught with weapons in that cause. and we're hearing reports of casual teens. i've seen footage of bodies piling up in the morgues with the authority saying at least 13 of each personnel killed more than $300.00 injured 70. i would expect the civilian death told to be far more than that. but of course, we'll be waiting to see how things pound out as information s

robin forest walker has more from tbilisi in georgia. his departure today really cements this idea that cousin jo month, so kind of the president is in purging the government, the system, the elite, of all those figures who owed allegiance to the full, the president, no. sal 10 as a buyer, but it's really quite an extraordinary picture. and it difficult to explain in a nick, but inside an enigma why this would, would have happened. but this explains the dog nature of cause at politics, internal politics. the rest st department has condemned an air strike and if you appears northern to region at least 56 people were killed in that attack. aid worker said had a camper internally displaced people in the village of the beth near the eritrea and border. if your government hasn't responded to the report, the number of covered 1900 infections in india has hit a new 7 month high with the latest daily toll, more than 440000. it's capital new delhi is among the worst hit regions, and it's under curfew. travelers arriving into the country, we'll ne

ok problem, forrest walker, that bang as dates from tbilisi and ga robin for now. thank you very much. indeed. evelyn could take a course, a look at the russian led military alliance, the sending groups into the country that was called the collector security treaty organization and was forms about 6 months after the collapse of the soviet union. it's so often described as you racially, responds to nathan, to the group, includes russia along with 5 ex soviet republics. they conduct training exercises and so it overseas on sales. but this is the 1st time in the organizations history where it's agreed to deploy troops to a members state. it refused several requests in the past, including from kyrgyzstan in 2010 and in armenia. last year, article for all of its chap charter says it will only de, so of the country is threatened by an external force. well, let's get more now from moscow were joined by maxime psycho thea, an expert in the russian international affairs council. and it's good to have you with us on the al jazeera user is the 1st time the, the c s t o has be

robin chrissy work they're talking to us from tbilisi. ok, let's take a closer look at the russian lead. military aligns that sending troops into casks down. it's called the collective security treaty organization. it was formed about 6 months after the collapse of the soviet union. it's often described as erasures responds to nato. the group includes russia, along with 5 former soviet republics. they conduct training exercises and overseas arms sales. but this is the 1st time in the history of the organization where it's agreed to deploy troops to a member state. it refused several requests in the past, including from kyrgyzstan in 2010 and armenia. last year. article 4 of its charter says it'll only do so if the country is threatened by an external force. johnny's now from moscow is dennis le preachin, a senior research fellow at the center for post soviet studies at stanislaus christian. welcome to the news or so just tom to talk through article for how that works because these, this is not a threat, no matter how much you slice and di

more than a 160 people were killed in nearly 10000 to 10 during those demonstrations in tbilisi, georgia is robin forest. a walker has been keeping an eye on this conflict since it started, it seemed to have for this deployment wrapped up very quickly robin, in fact, the pull out might take just as long as the the days of violence. did i come out? yes. it's been remarkably short deployment by this military force of the collective security treaty organization. the moscow led me to military thought . this was the 1st deployment where they were actually going to do something that was actually read the wasn't about a training exercise. it had a genuine goal and that was to to secure security back in because it's done increasingly they didn't know it's in the end go into cities and participate in any of the so called terrorism cleanup operations. their, their role was to god infrastructure such as power stations, airports, military base and so forth. and there was a parade's, a symbolic ceremonial parade. how this morning and i understand that you spice and you to go out because he started, t

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. >> let's cross now to rfi's regional correspondent, who joins us from subleasing -- from tbilisi. what do we read into the current power struggle between the president and his predecessor? >> it's very special case, what happened in the country and what happened didn't tell mattie -- happened here. we haveore and more information which confirms thi part of the clan of the former president tried to basically overthrow the current president by making the people angry at him, hiking the price of the gasoli and by organizing with some probably radical muslim oups. a few 1000 of people with criminal groupswith prisoners, with peoplin the suburbs of the village, poor people, who came to the city to organize this chaos. why this part of the plan of the former president did this -- bec ause when you are in a cntry th an auoritarian regime, a autocratic regime, the family owns almost all the country, the y can't let anyone from out of the family to rule the country. this is why they are not satisfied with mr. tooke i have -- mr. tokayev. >> we heard president tokayev saying russian troops

we've got room for a steel walker monitoring developments from tbilisi in georgia. hi robin. the pictures look quite dramatic. take us through the details of what was happening with his violence came out. i think the biggest caveat to bear in mind is that the internet is still more or less down in kazakhstan and i've not been able to reach people on the ground that for most of today. but we can say with some confidence that these protests are not going away. they are happening nationwide. this is a vast country, the size of europe, when they're happening in cities across the country. but yes, the, the center of the violence is happening in marty. that's the form of capital and the largest cultural and commercial center of the country. and just in the last couple of hours, i have been seeing some tweets from journalist colleagues who report that we are still hearing gun fire in the center of our t as security forces attempt to re take control of the administrative building. the mess offices in downtown l. matty heavy gunfire and we have seen more fields with bodies on social m

robin christie woke up monitoring developments for us from tbilisi in georgia. robin what's happening on the streets of our mattie? as far as we can tell pizza, that is the big issue. what we can tell is going on is limited to us because of the internet restrictions that have been in place since yesterday and earlier. so cellular data is down. i think people have been trying to upload content via vps virtual private networks. but we are able to build up a picture and that is that the storage ease have hit back hards over the past night and into today to re take control of the center of mass because extern largest city and to retail control of the apple, which it's been concerned was taken over by protesters yesterday, in fact, international flight for many international flights not flying into mattie at present because of all of the on the rest. we are also aware of gunfire on the streets. i've seen video, unconfirmed marks, full of bodies of young men, presumably protest in the government as described to them as riots is that there is a terrorist act. terrorist

nearly 10000 attain during days of violent anti government. protests robin foster walker has more from tbilisi to see a seo force wasn't in it, as it stands very low. it's all i mean it will take another in 10 days or say before they will go. but they were concerned, or from observers, for people in the country about the mandate of this military force, how long they would stay, whether they would themselves have a license to shoot to kill ordinary cossacks. the civilians could have been caught up in difficult situations and cause a question is that which has been on the rise in the country. recent years are critical for the president if, if they had out stayed there. welcome. but it seems as if it's been largely. busy symbolic are deploy. meds talks to diffuse. the crisis in east in ukraine are getting underway in vienna. this round evolves the organization for security and cooperation in europe and follows days of meetings between russia and nato members . western countries are concerned by the build up of russian troops on ukraine's border. russia wants assurances that nato membership will n

robin foster walker is monitoring developments from tbilisi in georgia. this is really tough words from, from the president of catholics, don to that he has personally given the order to fire without warning. and he said we are dealing with terrorists and bandits. they have to be destroyed and it will be done shortly. and if he order it off with the s t o support in order to restore the constitutional order, we did add that their mission was for the short time that they would not be that in indefinitely. cambodian prime minister hon sign is holding talks with me in miles minute 3 rulers in the bid to resolve the continuing civil unrest. but critics say as the 1st head of state in the mouth, this last is qu, he's legitimizing the military john to at least 13 passengers who tested positive for cove with 19 on the flight from italy to india. escape scuffling quarantine. it appears they managed to flee from the airport in the northern city of m. ritz all from isolation centers. highland is tightening cove. at 19 restrictions, the government is extending the s

more than a 160 people were killed in nearly 10000 detained from a frosty walk as more law from tbilisi in georgia. it really seems like it was a symbolic gesture move to have them in there to, to show that he had the backing of moscow and well, the job is done so as far as he's concerned, they can go home now. and so he said that that process will begin in 2 days and should be completed within 10 days. but i think that one of the biggest take homes from this speech, in terms of him showing up his strength and his position in kazakhstan now, is that he, he has, he's in full control, and he's announced a big restructuring of the security services from the police to the, to, to, to the, to the secret services to the army and probably putting all, all of the people loyal to him now in charge. the kremlin says he doesn't see any reason for optimism after the 1st round of talks with the us. the discussions in geneva aimed at the escalating tension on ukraine's border the united nations is launching its largest ever humanitarian appeal for a single country. it needs more than $5000000.00 in a

walker reports now from tbilisi in georgia. com has returned to the center of al matty boat. the signs of violence are everywhere on republic square seen of the worst of the clashes security forces have re taken control of guts iep government buildings. but they've been food shortages and cues at cash machines and petrol stations with residents venturing out only for essentials. them a solution has got a girl at night when we hear explosions, i'm scared it pains me to know the young people a dying assertion. you go cuz as you go through so we're scared, not just for ourselves, but for our children and other people's children. yet we never expected such things could happen, especially in our mattie. gunfire could still be heard on friday, as military units raced through al matty streets. oh, in the eastern city of tell the cold gun or statue of the 1st president, mosul 10 as a by of who's pulled down the euphoria has now evaporated. a police loud speaker, wounds people to stay in doors, while an anti terror operation gets underway. or you president casem do mouthed talk. i hav

well, the forest walker has more phone tbilisi in georgia. its sinister, almost the kind of language that he uses with his broad brush to refer to it seems almost every one that has been out on the streets of our mattie. and yet, i mean to paint a picture of, of the kind of reaction to the shooting it's been going on from peaceful protest is who we saw them putting up balance saying, you know, we are civilians, we are not terrorists, please don't shoot civilians. that said it's, it's a very complex picture and they do appear to be both well organized, work on them so that we're putting up stiff resistance to the security forces. and those people that president foreclosure is specifically referring to that we have seen across because x people coming out and peacefully protesting against the system against the political entrenched political system that is really stagnated and hasn't. and there is no space school opposition, political parties, no space for free media. and people also have legitimate concerns about the way the economy has been ha

in recent weeks, robin forest walker reports from tbilisi for the moscow lead security block, the c s t o. it's 1st real military intervention has been a success. with president hawkeye of kazakhstan told his counterparts on monday that the deployment prevented what he called terrorist groups from taking control of his country, especially america, solely by the constitutional order in kazakhstan, has been restored. dangerous threats to the country security have been prevented as part of the anti terrorist operation. work is underway to identify persons involved in crimes. nationwide, protests threatened to unseat president ok of when they turned violent. he fired political rivals, including the powerful ex president and cold in the c. s. t o. last wednesday. within 24 hours, troops on the russian command were on the ground, bolstering took ives authority. the solution of vladimir putin has made clear. the c s. t o's long term objective. when is that, when we, when you, my amsterdam we different of course we understand that the events in cassock stand are not the 1st and far from the l

robin frustrate walker is monitoring developments from tbilisi in georgia, joins us now live from there. so robin, how the streets looking now, what do we know? so i mean this and i just thought we one big caveat and that is that the internet in catholics is or has been down for long stretches of time, a big streaming, difficult to get information coming out that videos. videos that we have seen have usually been uploaded by vpn networks and they're sporadic. you need to fix line savvy. the data is really problematic. but what we have been seeing is gunfire on the streets of our mathy catholic stones largest city. that is around the administrative buildings in the center of mattie. and we have had confirmation from the authorities. that they say dozens of riots is or looters, as they call them, shots attempting to take over a police station. and we've also had confirmation from the thirty's that at least 8 military or police personnel and dozens more have been injured in these classes. it's very fluids, but it certainly does look increasingly troubling that the, the authorities and some

well, let's go live night t robin foresee walk in walker, who is launching developments from tbilisi and georgia run. let's start with the latest developments and that, that being the rest of the former national security chief. what more can he tell us? we can tell you that curry must cmo was a prime minister in kazakhstan on a couple of occasions, a very capable, all efficient. i consider the capable take the crunch of we get as necessary and that's one of the reasons why when he was how to pull the position of president when know, slipped out. another by a context on the president was ready to hand over the reins as he was conceited, too much of an outside the duties and excluded, but he retained his position as head of the k n b. the, the national security committee basically in charge of, you know, tackling security and fighting crime in kazakhstan, so he would have been in charge when everything went wrong in massey, we had protest since the beginning of the year that began in the west of the country. but the supreme violence that, that took place on the 5th of january was under

of robin forest ear walker is following developments from tbilisi in georgia cassock stones government calls. it's an antique terror operation, military units on the streets of cassock, stones largest city al. matty authorized to use lethal force against protesters. earlier, some of the protesters overran police units and distributed weapons. security forces have confirmed at least 18 officers killed in more than $700.00 wounded. the number of civilians dead or wounded is unknown, but video circulating on social media appears to show morgues, filling up with bodies. this is violence on a scale not seen in cassock stones, modern history including mass looting of businesses. fuel price rises provided the spark. but these protests are about longstanding and legitimate grievances, economic and political stagnation. and the corrupt authoritarian elite anger across the country has been directed at the official leader of the nation. first president nozzle turned, as a bi of his statue toppled in the city of talbot kogan, his whereabouts unknown. on thursday president hawkeye took an extraordi

robin forest walker has been covering developments from tbilisi, georgia. that looks very much like a double act with kind of talking about the attempted coup that took place within the country. as he claimed, and vladimir putin backing him up by saying that color revolutions would not be allowed to be repeated. the color revelation would not be allowed to take place in catholics. and that's why the c s t o military contingent is that, that's a reference to those revolutions which took place in ukraine and here in georgia, and also in kingston where a large scale protests brought down unpopular or thorough terry and governments. russia's relationship with its neighbors is at the center of talks in geneva, senior us and russian officials are there to discuss the military build up around ukraine. washington has threatened to post top sanctions if moscow invites its name, but according me and my has sentence, alfred later uncensored she to an additional 4 years in jail. so she was found guilty of illegally possessing walkie talkie radios and breaking corona vi

all right, robin, thanks very much indeed for that run 1st year we'll get reporting that from tbilisi on the situation and because it's dawn us and russian diplomats report little progress during totes in geneva aimed at deescalate intentions on ukraine's border . moscow has spent the last few months gathering its forces on ukraine's eastern flank raising fears about an invasion. most ones guarantees that nature will not accept ukraine as a member general has this. it is an achievement of sorts. the talks between russia and united states and geneva didn't end in failure. they were never likely to be a major success. but while russia insisted it had no intention of invading ukraine, there remains little sign of an immediate end to the crisis. it's not the situation we're ah, a deal breaker one way or another. he's in the vision. unfortunately, we have a great disparity in our principled approaches to these us and russia, in some ways, ah, have opposite views on what needs to be done. us negotiators trod carefully, they promised they wouldn't be talk of ukraine security without ukraine

she'll walk as munching. events from tbilisi because it's stones government calls. it's an antique terror operation. millet 3 units on the streets of cassock, stones, largest city, albuquerque, authorized.

more from tbilisi now with urban forestry walker, the c s t o f was, wasn't in, it was expensive very long. i mean, it will take another 1010 days will say before they will gone. but there were concerns from observing people in the country about the mandate of the military for how long they would stay, whether they would themselves have a life shoot to kill ordinary cars. x, the civilians could have been caught up in difficult situations and because at restaurants, which would be on the rise in the country in recent years, i could have cruise with the president if, if they had out stayed there. welcome. but it seems as if it's been a launch. busy the symbolic deployment talks to defuse the crisis in easton ukraine me mother underway in vienna. russian troops have been gathering near the ukrainian border raising fears of an invasion the earth, the a. the organization for security and cooperation in europe is holding these talks to discuss the conflicts. india is reported its highest number of code 19 cases in may of last year with 250000 in the past 24 hours. this, of course, following

robin foster walker is monitoring developments from tbilisi in georgia. so robin, let's start with the latest orders from the present. shoot without warning. how is that going down? how's that being received? let's talk about that 1st. of course. yes. well, he has only just come off the air. but these are, these are, this is really tough words from, from the president of catholic stance to that he has personally given the order to fire without warning. and he said we are dealing with terrorists and bandits. they have to be destroyed, and it will be done shortly. and if you order it off with the s t o support in order to restore the constitutional order, we did ads that their mission was for the short time that they would not be that in indefinite. they would be there for a short period of time. certainly this is a very difficult speech, i think he's had to give to the people what's, what was disappointing for those who weren't reforms and that they seem to be lumped together in that he referred to civil society groups and others that had been somehow resp

walker has more from tbilisi in georgia. it really seems like it was a symbolic gesture move to have them in there to, to show that he had the backing of moscow and well, the job is done so as far as he's concerned, they can go home now. and so he said that that process will begin in 2 days and should be completed within 10 days. i think that one of the biggest take homes from the speech in terms of seem showing up his strength and his position in catholic start now, is it he has he has, he's in full control and he's out the big restructuring of the security services from the police to the, to the, to the secret services to the army. and probably putting all of the people loyal to him now in charge. us and russian diplomats have wrapped up the 1st meetings in a week of diplomacy. it seemed that the d escalating attentions on ukraine's border . russia's deputy foreign minister called the discussions complex, mostly once guarantees that nature will not accept any new members. north korea has 5 a suspected ballistic missile bas

robin foster walker is monitoring developments from tbilisi in georgia. join us from robin. how's the presidents warning being received? well, in terms of actually happening now, we're hearing that the heavy gun battles that happened yesterday at overnight have receded somewhat in our math itself. so the brain still sporadic gunfire and explosions, but less then of lake. meanwhile, in other parts of the country and other cities, the protesters are still standing in those squares and areas public areas of the city. so this isn't over yet, but the presidents, very aggressive, stung, doesn't leave much room for, can see the ation, certainly with many protesters who feel like fancy bonds, legitimate that it's time to change and has it. but mailing all of them as a band. it's ad foreign from the terrorists does not look good in terms of the situation resolving itself, piece from the and we are waiting for information to come out, giving us a sense of just how many people have been injured and killed in these fighting because with a base to 18 police personnel and more than 700 co

walker has more for us from tbilisi in georgia. this meeting that took place between the heads of the c s t. i remember states i was really about showing that they consider this deployment, that catholic stones has been over rule rather an important success story for the security president took, i have said really that he owed it to the arrival of the c s t o military contingent the 1st aircraft, because they had prevented these so called groups of bandits and terrorists from progressing further with their attempted coo and taking control of administrative senses around catholics. now it really remains for president because as far as he's concerned for the so called anti terror operation to continue it's clean up. and it's to suit of all those people accused of involvement in the violence that we saw take place, you know, marty and in other cities across cause extern. earlier this week now caught in me in my, her sentence, the ousted leader on san sued. she to 4 years in jail, so she was on trial for illegally possessing walkie tal

chief on suspicion of treason al jazeera is robin forest de walker is monitoring developments from tbilisi in georgia, the rest of kerry must be moved. the head of the security services is a very significant development has ex dog because my seem of was an associate of the former president knows who knows that bias. who is officially yo by the leader of the nation in kazakhstan, this kind of jewel authority that has confused perhaps many cars x over the years since for kayak came to power. now it seems that it's finally purging himself and his government of this old gods because now the buyer is no longer in charge of chairman of the security council. this was an important body advising on issues of security for the president. he's gone, his nephew has been also removed from the security services must seem of is no longer head of the security services. and it's cements. presidents were kind of grip on the leave as of power. all the leave is of power in kazakhstan, and he has now said that the situation has stabilized in the country. he has, of course, the support of russia now that the con

was some gone and government buildings and the capital, no salt on their walker has more now from tbilisi and georgia on the significance of the former security chief detention what appears to be emerging is that kerry must seem of the head of the security services of cause it's gone, he was fired from his post early this week, but so was all of the government under the president. but now news emerging that he's been arrested and charged with treason, indicates that there appears to be a political power struggle that has been going on in catholic storm between president and the former president. no. so can, as by, of who, despite having handed over the presidency back in 2019, continues to wield significant power in the country and must seem of was one of his guys. now it seems that tough to okay have may have the upper hand having dismissed my scheme of arrested most females and dismissed other figures from their rows including the former president. that the buyer who had the roll. it said had a chairman of the security council. now it seems that the car has the upper hand and he's doing

robin forest walker is monitoring events from tbilisi in georgia cause it's don's government calls. it's an antique terror operation. military units on the streets of cassock, stones largest city al mattie authorized to use lethal force against protesters. earlier, some of the protesters overran police units and distributed weapons. security forces have confirmed at least 18 officers killed in more than $700.00 wounded. the number of civilians dead or wounded is unknown, but video circulating on social media appears to show mo gs bidding up with bodies . this is violence on a scale not seen in cassock, stones, modern history, including mass looting of businesses. her fuel price rises, provided the spark. but these protests are about longstanding and legitimate grievances, economic and political stagnation. the corrupt authoritarian elite anger across the country has been directed at the official leader of the nation. first president, no sultan, as a bi of his statue toppled in the city of tao, the code gun, his whereabouts unknown on thursday, president sockeye of took an extraordin

administrative gathered outside the ukrainian embassy in tbilisi chancing anti russian slogans. representatives of opposition parties took part in the rally. russia invaded georgia in 2008 in a 5 day war over a breakaway region. the united arab emirates says it's intercepted and destroyed to ballistic missiles, the ministry of defense, as they were launched by who the rebels in yemen. it added that no one was injured . on the day of re, from the destroyed missiles, fell the capital upper darby last week. 3 people were killed and a hootie drove to attack. all the u. e. 7 owns prime minister is meeting his cabinet for the 1st time. in 3 months. the government has been divided since october about the investigation and the 2020 beirut court explosion. the standoff has happened, does the countries economic crisis worse? this course over to say the cotton correspondent to force live in the lebanese capital and xena. this meeting is partly about the state budget, but it also has to broach the immediate public woes. so will they find a way forward that's the big question. ah, well, i can, i'm, and hard

rallied in georgia capital in solidarity with ukraine. demonstrators gathered outside the embassy tbilisi chanting untie russia. logan georgia, 45, a war with russia over a breakaway region in 2008. in syria fighting between us balance kurdish forces, an eyesore has continued for a 4th day near prison in the northwest, the arm through earlier breach gray, ron prison in our hospital and fried several inmates more than 70 people have been killed as big as the details going to come for, this is the moment i saw detainees escaped from prison in northern syria. the 4 days ice of flight is tempted to free. this fellow member is unclear how many have managed to escape. how many have been killed or recaptured by kurdish forces? who are being supported by us there strikes the prison has is more than 1200 prisoners from 50 different nationalities. it's seen as the most significant attack by i feel since the armed group was defeated in the region 3 years ago. this footage shows ice and flight is breaking into prison. apply the body dress in uniform lane corner. kurdish forces say they have the upper

the protest against the government and its course live now to robin foster walker, who's in tbilisi, georgia. robin. so it seems really like this force hasn't been there that, that long. i mean, does this mean it's over as far as the president is concerned? yes indeed, kim, listen festival. i just have to apologize for the gusty winds around me, which might make the audio sound a little bit funny. but i'll do my best and i think and understanding, but yeah, the c s t i wasn't in, in cars, extensive very long. i mean it will take another 1010 days will say before they will gone. but there were concerns from observance for people in the country about the mandate of the military force, how low they would stay. whether they would themselves have a likely to kill ordinary cause acts. this could have been caught up in difficult situations and because at rest and it's been on the rise in the country in recent years, could a cruise for the president if, if they had out stayed, they're welcome. but it seems as if it's been a launch. busy the symbolic deployment, the president has said that th

troops on the ground at the request of the president robin thruster walker is following the story from tbilisi. this is becoming very difficult situation, particularly mattie, at the moment, given all of the reports of the fighting that have been going on. heavy gun battled by the sounds that i've been hearing on social social media footage that's been released and, and that makes things incredibly difficult for ordinary people. so we've seen queues, petrol stations, we've seen cues outside bakeries. and another factor to bear in mind is that given at the internet is down, it's very hard for people to make payments online and or obtain cash. so ordinary life is really come to a standstill in the city. australia is in 5th thing, tennis novak junk of which is not being held against his will and is free to leave the country. he remains in the hotel used to detain refugees and asylum seekers after its entry. visa was revoke cambodian prime minister and san is holding talks with me and miles military rulers in the bid to resolve the ongoing civil unrest. he's visiting as the representative of the a

he is in tbilisi, georgia. the internet is still more or less down in kazakhstan, and i've not been able to reach people on the ground that for most of today. but we can say with some confidence that these protests are not going away. they are happening nationwide. this is a vast country, the size of europe, and they're happening in cities across the country. but yes, the, the epa center of the violence is happening in marty. that's the former capital and the largest cultural and commercial center of the country. so i have been seeing some tweets from journalist colleagues who report that we are still hearing gunfire in the center of our matee as security forces attempt to re take control of the administrative building. the mess offices in downtown massey, heavy gunfire and we have seen more folks filled with bodies on social media uploads and security services saying that they have lost personnel. 13 was the latest counts and with more than $300.00 wounded. well, we certainly unfortunately expect that the deat