wagner is russian. and at the moment, anything russian is bad, we use these, you know, there is a rush. i said, well, i'm in africa called the wagner group. it's pronounced lag. now, if you've ever heard of the wagner group now is italian. wagner has been hired by the government for security services into gar, diamond in gold mines, also invited by the government of molly in west africa, and they are suspected to have been involved in a massacre and mora molly. and what they do is they do dirty work, they do assassinations, they do, military admissions, extortion, all kinds of things like that where rushes want to distance themselves from, from their made the regular army aided navy sales and guy known as wagner group, a navy seals mainly do special operation, the wagner group they've taken over our whole country, while with our forces were officially requested in a number of african countries, including molly, an, the central african republic official from these countries. i've repeatedly stated the im

why is wagner alone being singled out? if the on to simply because the thrush and we'd love to hear your feedback, please be in touch and join us again next week when we explore the growing refugee crisis in africa and bring you a report from the world's biggest refugee camp. until then for me and the teen goodbye. the a at the end of the 18th century, great britain began to conquer and colonize australia. from the very beginning of the british penetration to the continent, natives were subjected to severe violence and deliberate, extra patient. according to modern historians, in the 1st 140 years, there were at least 270 massacres of local b. both any resistance to the british was answered with doubled cruelty. hundreds of natives were killed for the murder of one settler. indigenous australians were not considered complete people. no wild beast of the forest was ever hunted down with such unsparing perseverance as they are. men, women and children are shot whenever they can be met with squatter. henry myrick wrote in a l

i don't know the wagner group. i only know that when our government signed an agreement with russia, the russian government provided us with the soldiers that, i mean, i'm not trying to find out which group president putin decided to send us to insure security in the c a r. for us, it's just russians who have arrived in the ca or for those of you not familiar with the terminology. wagner is a p. m. c, a private military company. now this is not something new for decades. governments have been hiring pm seniors to assist the military with operations, names like black water, triple can a p, a loss, and frontier services group are a few that might be familiar to you. all of these are american owned and wait for it. interestingly enough, not considered terrorist by washington. so what's the difference for security reasons? i'll next interview, we ought not to be seen on camera. he is a private military contractor who has worked with wagner in africa. keiser. thank you very much for joining us. when have you been in afr

wagner reports back to for goes and he is their leader. although his actions are, of course closely discussed with you and to make sure that the things wagner is doing are in line with the goals of the russian state. so, notably, wagner is not officially connected to the russian military or the russian government. it's more of this informal link, even though we see them clearly carrying out rushes goals. and actually we've seen that they actually operate a training base that is co located with a spec, not training base, normal quino, russia and in some of their other deployments. further afield, including in sub saharan africa, they've actually worked alongside russian military troops and russia. intelligence personnel. ok, peter, i'm in. predictions of his he known pudding fence a well over 2 decades and i had a very, very close relationship. but because of some of his criticism that we've seen over the last few weeks, i mean it's in our tension and that relationship and how do you think that's being affected? well, it's very difficult to

the second resolution is about recognizing wagner as a terrorist organization. there are generally recognized legal definitions and it is resolution no. 83-97 that corresponds to the international legal practice that has already developed today. the faction of the political party servant of the people will definitely recognize and to support the draft resolution on the recognition of a private military company as an international criminal organization and i call on all my colleagues in the parliament to support this resolution, thank you, please, sad, normal faction, voice kostenko roman vasylyovych dear colleagues , today i decided to make up for all the time i was not here regarding the private organization wagner, i consider it we have to make the right decision, we have to follow the path that all uh all uh international society knew what crimes are directly committed on our land uh this company does because this company it takes part in hostilities not only on the territory of ukraine. we remember syria , african countries, where they also commit their crim

and wagner has a great future. in addition to ukraine, it operates in africa, protects russian interests. there are many jobs around the world if she were furbished them at the ministry of defense. the national guard who all treat us with respect advances on the ground have been impressive. wagner fighters were crucial in the operations. so russia take control of solid on why, why do you think that is? why do you think these achievements are so impressive? the most thought of because we're fighting there, there was fighting, but the results. so logistics tactics, morale, the boys are working. it's hard, it's winter, the ukrainian said that works will freeze in the winter. but you can see the results of our work. there is no difference whether it's winter or summer or russian. people are used to everything. if it must be done, it will get done. is there any interaction on the ground between the regular armed forces and, and wagner and how do you communicate with each other and, and reach a consensus? there was them.

and who can really weaken this group of wagner ? this is what we will talk about today, but first we will remind you of what happened in recent weeks. distinguished yevgeny prigozhin and his so-called pvc, in addition to loud statements about the seizure of ukrainian settlements and criticism of the military leadership of russia, boasted of bombing bakhma and such an air duel , these shots with the owner of pvk wagner, which the united states recognized as a transnational criminal organization, appeared on the network the day before bachmutu tomorrow i will sit on the copper 29 if there will be wishes if yours will be taken by the third artem if not we are going to the dnipro meanwhile mercenaries pvk wagner in a telegram flaunts allegedly significant successes in the vicinity bakhmut reports about the capture of several people with salt, it was difficult now, war crimes were committed by the wagnerites, where is the testimony of the ex-mercenary commander andriy medvedev, who requested political asylum in norway , we took four capt

sure, wagner's _ operations globally? sure, wagner's what _ operations globally? wagner's what is known i operations globally? sure, wagner's what is known as operations globally? sure, i wagner's what is known as a private military corporation. it operates outside of the law inside of russia, in so much as pmcs are technically outlawed there, so it is unacknowledged by the russian government and various individuals believed to be in control of the wagner group. globally it operates on a lot of locations, it has been active in syria, very active in ukraine as part of the russian invasion, and increasingly active across africa. so it's mostly active in the central african republic and sudan, but also present in mali, libya and half a dozen other countries in africa as well. {lin half a dozen other countries in africa as well.— africa as well. on that note, why does — africa as well. on that note, why does the _ africa as well. on that note, why does the wagner - africa as well. on that note, why does the wagner group| why does the wagner group operate in africa? fo

he so pin you is clear, the bug wagner group of the blad at animals. we cannot eternally be submissive when i do not understand how france cannot understand that france who claims to be the leader of freedom in the country of human rights. it does not recognize anything on it. for france, we are slaves. we refuse to be slave. emma france liberated itself from the old regime. let us do the same and be free from france. the french troops failed. that is for sure that our people will succeed to remember his 3 and more importantly, learn from mistakes is a cardinal rule that those in miley and will, can of fossil are set to embrace, as companies have moved away from the colonial pos, to a future of partners with their lulu assay, wondered where the 19000 people have lost their lives and the devastating earthquakes that rip through turkey and syria this week. the scene so devastation around the appa center are simply shocking. so far in turkey alone, more than 18000 deaths have been confirmed, and over 71000 people injured. former high rise apartment blocks

with that in mind, the wagner group is more than welcome. ready mckenna is also called for the d pepto fresh ambassador in december, as compared to limb in new diplomats in we're good to go. last month, only captain uber, him towering the lowest, the military cooperation agreement. we phrase the head, the prison. so 400 place troops in book in a fossil this comes is the new authorities in bull killer, have improved coalition with russia since october 2022. the corporation has increased the cup abilities of able killer, the army, but clarity in control of its f space now will kill out is able to be more reactive to terrorist groups attack. last month, 6 major teresa tact received a swift with pulls from the army which use don's emily captors in a counter attack. however, at the same time, the tories have changed tactics by systematically killing civilians. they come into contact with a former mayor of a city in lawful bull killer and former political adviser to captain thomas and kara. he is the only survivor of a military called but killed s

and wagner has a great future. in addition to ukraine, it operates in africa, protects russian interests. there are many jobs around the world. she worked for of wood, them at the ministry of defense, the national guard who all treat us with respect. advances on the ground have been impressive. wagner fighters were crucial in the operation. so russia take control of solid on why. why do you think that is? why do you think these achievements are so impressive? the most thought of because were fighting there. there was fighting, but the results. so logistics tactics, morale, the boys are working. it's hard, it's winter. the ukrainian said that works will freeze in the winter. but you can see the results of our work. there is no difference whether it's winter or summer or russian. people are used to everything. if it must be done, it will get done. is there any interaction on the ground between the regular armed forces and, and wagner? and how do you communicate with each other and, and reach a consensus? the live wis

after we released the wagner p. m. c. advertisement for the american audience, we received more than 10000000 applications from us citizens wishing to join us to fight against nato. at the moment we are considering about 1000000 american citizens for employment. therefore, we temporarily suspended the recruitment of volunteers from russian prisons. however, if there is a corresponding request from the us state department, we will recruit from american once. the wagner group is one of the most formidable forces. at the dawn by the front lines, its fighters have varied backgrounds. some of them are formerly in prison. criminals who were given a chance to redeem themselves by enlisting our to steve 3 nice spoke to one of the fighters who just recently completed his contract with a group russian father. but she company wagner has shot the global prominence. partly due to his road in the complet. can you, craig? it's 40 to played a crucial role in k military operations, a theme russian forty's take control of many town it.

yet, wagner forces to far as the eye can see, they are soldiers from the wagner group, a paramilitaryers are murderers and criminals recruited from russian prisons and sent to war by yevgeny, founder of wagner and putin confident he promised the convicts freedom if they survived six months at the front, apparently with moscow's blessing the soldiers have years of it is probably the most experienced army in the world, independently up to 50,000 mercenaries are said to be fighting in ukraine, they are considered extremely ruthless and operating secret group is particularly active around the front line be fighting in ukraine, they are considered extremely ruthless and city of their precaution had allegedlyecently achieved decisive combat successors and publicly praised his private army for it. however he clas that he has no political ambitionsbut putin does not seem to trust him. the russian military command is now said to be taking the lead in frontline fighting, relying on its own soldiers is a power struggle looming in the kremlin. with that question straight away to you, vladimir, wh

and wagner has a great future. in addition to ukraine, it operates in africa, protects russian interests. there are many jobs around the world if she were for of wood them at the ministry of defense. the national guard who all treat us with respect. advances on the ground have been impressive. wagner fighters were crucial in the operations. so russia take control of solid on why, why do you think that is? why do you think these achievements are so impressive? the most thought of because we're fighting there, there was fighting, but the results. so logistics tactics, morale, the boys are working. it's hard, it's winter, the ukrainian said that works will freeze in the winter. but you can see the results of our work. there is no difference whether it's winter or summer or russian. people are used to everything. if it must be done, it will get done. is there any interaction on the ground between the regular armed forces and, and wagner and how do you communicate with each other and, and reach a consensus? there was th

he company wagner. a shot the global prominence. partly due to his role in the compet can ukraine, it's force you to play the crucial role. in k military operations, the athene russian forties take control of many found it. so does have been deploy is sylvia in livia and many african countries where they have been welcomed as heroes. but in the west volga is controversial, is accused of war crimes, another authority, according to western rhetoric. this is partly because of the policy of recruitment from russia. prism population were in st. petersburg, where we met with spartak, i wagner, commander and former convict, who says that he joined not to be pardon, but to fight for his country. and almost fell in the area, cuz i didn't think i would end up in wagner. i signed the papers to go in here, i am. the boss came to our prison. he just made an offer and told everything how it was. the war was brutal. it's not the chechen war. some decided to go and some didn't. so i decided instantly, i wasn't even thi

his opinion is clear to bud wagner, group of the planted animals. we cannot eternally be submissive. i do not understand how france cannot understand that france who claims to be the leader of freedom in the country of human rights. it does not recognize anything on it. for france, we are slaves. we refuse to be slaves. france liberated itself from the old regime . let us do the same and be free from france. the french troops failed. that is for sure, our people will succeed to remember history. and more importantly, learn from mistakes is a cardinal rule that those in miley and will, can of fossil are set to embrace, as the countries have moved away from the colonial past to a future of partners with the lulu assay wondered, meanwhile, the head of the wagner group says his company has stopped recruiting from russian presents, however, replying to a cnn request on what could be the reason for that. he said they received many applications from the united states. after we released the wagner pmc advertisement for the american audience, we received mor

and almost there wasn't many of i didn't think i would end up in wagner. i signed the papers to go in here, i am. the boss came to our prison. he just made an offer and told everything how it was. the war was brutal. it's not the chechen war. some decided to go and some didn't. so i decided instantly if i wasn't even thinking about the amnesty, yes, of course. honest he's great and my term as long as i had other motives, my relatives died there and i was ready to serve the motherland if needed at any time. we asked him about his previous crimes and if he feels that serving involved is an opportunity for comics to redeem themselves for us also of sheesh, i 1st went to serve in a security force in chechnya in 2002. there were many issues to deal with in the motherland. i served until 2005 and was wounded in a special operation. but after that, i worked here and there, studied to become a construction worker to be honest. so i didn't manage to find myself. i began to break the law and got locked up after the war. i was young, may be mentally unstable. maybe i

is put our wagner on the terrorism list. it considers frigo gene, a war criminal distinct that makes any difference where it, it will eventually or one day there will be trials. i'm sure and, and of course the u. s. has a significant arms is sort of vested interest in having him go to court or also because of the manipulations in the u. s. election. so that's another sort of key interest on the you are side both for humans with sound of recognition because in the russian barrel boy in the russian balls struggle. american sanctions is for russian federal to force or one like pre gordon is the sign of recognition shoes. proud to be sanction spoken out of if you proud to do this all this pro, occasions toward earth because of the new russian ideology. reboot or they were, it takes us to bear much the united states. natalia, as i mentioned at yes, please. yeah, i in fact wanted to, to join to a discussion about it because what's interesting, but it's not a power struggle between teaching and pre gordon. but between different gro

wagner now has an air force. saying he was on a mission to bomb bakhmut. and they have long range artillery and in all of the places what we're seeing increasingly, and this really shows that if progshin is trying to come out of the shadows that sean was just talking about, so it certainly seems as though a lot of this is about public relations, for yevgeny progshin, and this is the only force right in ukraine that could get real results for vladimir putin, fareed. >> fred, shaun, this is a fascinating spotlight on something that i don't think any of us knew enough about. thank you so much. >>> next on "gps", my next guest said the white house needs to confront north korea about its growing nuclear advances now. ates. plates. plates. there's somehow no better way to travel this place, than on a plate. and when you add price drop protection, expedia pays you back if your flight becomes cheaper. so you can taste your way, through every single plate and never wonder if you found a good deal. because the good deal fo

but on the wagner joined in the separation of the book. but from what we can say that they're absolutely successful, you know, after the months. so now he's kind of hasn't managed to prove what he was supposed . and the wagner, of course, with these 2 types of their people, the former convicts who died and must, and their lead escaping. and of course, the mercenary also has a different, would have a different written ability because they're not regular troops because we just usual prisoners of war. there, merson, they're pretty well trained because they fought in syria for the molly elsewhere. but also they proven to be not that good, it doesn't mean the craniums i'm dying again, i should say we should remind about that that the price, the desk of the price is high for the great. but still, he didn't managed so that it's quite an interesting period that him the gray zone, which is a social media platform that is associated in fact with wagner, has castigated russian commanders in the regular army forward the losses invalid dar and also in

it's a result of wagner. so what we're seeing is everyone except the government in wiley and looking at fossil is the concept. but i think the emphasis of the my land government under booking at the government has to be within the region. what do you necessarily think? what do you think is relevant? but i think we're like countries need to be to the 5th priority outside of the country because these problems are not under your region, not solutions just in with africa, increasingly becoming something of a political chessboard. what is europe's game plan? it's long term strategy. does it even have one? and what about the u. s. which is also a guilty of popping up authoritarian regimes and ignoring human rights abuses that i suppose the one advantage that the u. s. has of russia right? now is, is money which it could, it can throw at africa. so, and fact it's a bit difficult to speak about europe, game name here. because i recall that the competence of the european union, when it comes to current and security po

group advancing in the area the head of wagner. you have jenny? pre goshen says already almost could be surrounded in the coming months. your room with you business, florida there about 90 battalions inside around by mood. that's about 40 up to 50000 people. the enemy draws up a new reserves every day. we're going to circle back, move, march or april. but let's not get ahead of ourselves. they're getting you weapons, now you can be 100 percent. sure. we will destroy these leopards. meanwhile, or correspondence, or start off. got the rare opportunity to speak with the wagner chief in person. he gave his take on the situation on the front lines and described how his fighters lead the way in combat operations. a few years ago this group was more mythical than real. now we stand in a large warehouse greeted by the head of the wagner company himself. the occasion is solemn, commemorating the self sacrifice of 2 hero pilots. the no man left behind principle in case of the wagner group had applies not just to personnel, but to symbolic re

the bakhmut bridgehead now it is already wagner's monopoly of landings continues leftovers can be usedve meat, but they are no longer important on this bridgehead. just like prigozhin, he was the star of russian television and russian telegram channels for six months. and now his star has already split somewhere. he has lost trust. he does not have a monopoly on the field . for conducting hostilities, he does not have a monopoly for hiring convicts from correctional colonies, he lost his trust, this is the result of a solidar. soledar not only through himself let through this meat grinder a large amount of resource that could used somewhere in a different direction and because of himself, because of this meat grinder and the figure of a beauty, he missed and will continue to fulfill his role because soledar is a little bit. actions from soledar to the south or to the north, and it is necessary to concentrate the corresponding resource , ammunition, for example, but soledar is in an area that is completely covered by our artillery. so, if you want to attack the red mountain, prepare amm

the pmc wagner, chief share, says insight on the conflict. can you frame with our correspondence saying that key city of already almost could soon fall phase one of the top carriers in the ukraine brain bill has been delivering, we're not to african states that need, but to its own livestock. i think it's disgusting. you know, for human beings to be starving and for the, for the president, although the priority to be pigs, it's almost like putting, you know, the value of human beings to that of like animals and child trafficking remains a major problem in africa with corporation couples. the latest to be arrested in zambia for attempting to smuggle children out of the continent with good morning for martin or national studios in moscow and welcome to the hour's top news stories worldwide. i'm here ella. isabel, we start with the latest from the ukraine conflict where authorities have confirmed multiple strikes across the country. at least one strike on energy infrastructure facilities has been confirmed by the head of the western legion of lo

that was part of wagner's very own air force . and basically they were brought there because they were a symbol to the self sacrifice of 2 pilots. they were head during the battle for the city of our jobs. and when they realized that there was no way that they could make it out alive, they directed their burning machine towards the positions towards a ukrainian military column. now the head and chieftain of the wagner group, he again proportion another very secretive figure. he himself, he turned out in person to tell the story of his 2 fallen heroes, have a listen. what one are for a course, it wants her. this is flight 48. the guys have heroically fulfilled their task and having crashed the plane at the enemy's territory ramming their military convoys was now time to commemorate what they've done. so facets of buffalo as for both mutual wise advice long, it's needed to paralyze the ukrainian arno. what and it's already paralyzed, yet the enemy is deploying reserved troops. but we're advancing in different directions every day in

wagner now has an air force.n an aircraft saying he was on a mission to bomb bakhmut. and they have long range artillery and in all of the places what we're seeing increasingly, and this really shows that if progshin is trying to come out of the shadows that sean was just talking about, so it certainly seems as though a lot of this is about public relations, for yevgeny progshin, and this is the only force right in ukraine that could get real results for vladimir putin, fareed. >> fred, shaun, this is a fascinating spotlight on something that i don't think any of us knew enough about. thank you so much. >>> next on "gps", my next guest said the white house needs to confront north korea about its growing nuclear advances now. adding lysol laundry sanitizer kills 99.9% of illness-causing bacteria detergents leave behind. clean is good. sanitized is better. the first time your sales reached 100k was also the first time you hit this note... ( screams in joy) save 20% with the lowest transaction fees and keep more of

about 200 wagner-its to 20 ukrainians. at the same time we're hearing that he's running out of soldiers too. how stable is the power right now? >> what we're seeing is a competitive market. and he's competing against the army. that is both a political competition because he wanted to get a political role. we discussed this on this show and he slowly is progressing to being recognized as a political almost a sovereign entity within russia. one example is that only yesterday the russian ministry of defense promised it will start providing heavy equipment to volunteer units and he's not the pmc, he's a volunteer unit. so they're recognizing him as one of them. and he's achieving that. so the ministry of defense is losing in this political battle. >> so we're learning that two men suspected for spying for russia were aest ared by slovina and this is a larger trend that you're looking into. russian spies being rounded up. around the world. what are you seeing? >> what we're seeing is that at least 16 russian spies long-term sle

it's wagner versus the entirety of ukraine's military might. no man knows the situation on the ground better than the groups chieftain, precaution, look, i said above astro by mood. why is it important? it's leads to paralyze the korean army and it's already paralyzed. the enemy is deploy reserve troops, but were advancing in different directions every day, some where it's 50 meters and somewhere it's 100. we're fighting for each house. for each square meter, there is a fortified area in every yard. then we see another familiar face. a fighter who starred and was believed to be a ukrainian propaganda video. the footage purported to show him being brutally executed, bludgeoned to death. alive well and back in the ranks, he himself debunked the fake. when i was captured, they beat me. i was tortured and pressed into saying what they wanted me to say. i got many threats. they threatened to kill me and dismember my body and post the footage on line for my family to see. we're through the loo. oh yes, sure. decorated wagner commanders also mingle in

yes, sure. decorated wagner commanders also mingle in the room. they all are very aware of the new batch of heavy western weapons. they'll soon have to face on the battlefield. wagner's commander of artillery with the smoke, hence his men, have plenty of experience come from cruise using nato made weapons from water to cover. this is not the 1st time we have encountered nato artillery. so we came here prepared when you, thanks to lessons from previous experience against other nato artillery, gave me. i'm not going to say which one, but we met more than once and we met some more powerful artillery than the ones here on this front. i'm not going to share the details, but that experience has taught us a lot unusual. based on that we have developed organ, well, your life itself has forced us to develop new tactics for conducting artillery combat operations, when no one here showed any disrespect or disregard to the pho skill. yet no one doubts. wagner will come out victorious. i'm again done of reporting from the dom bus r t ah fane, one of the top 3

and were too early to announce the successes of the wagner group. although it has to be said that neither the russian nor the ukrainian military officials have neither confirmed nor denied that this or in the formation . now, when it comes to class neg, i itself again, it is quite important that however small it might be, it is located to the north of the town of thomas. and essentially, by capturing it at the wagner forces, well as they come closer to cutting off the supply routes that are used by the ukranian commands to delivery enforcements into the city of our tom, of which is a major hot spot in the don bass right now. basically the wagner's forces, they are fighting inside the city since last summer, and they have managed to make gains inside the town. but well, the ukrainian commands they have been sending reinforcements regularly and in a many have described this tactics as well. the tactics of cannon fodder, basically, they would send more and more people to die in back mode, basically to stop the advancement of the wagner forces with the

basically the wagner's forces. they are fighting inside the city since last summer, and they have managed to make gains inside the town, but well, the ukrainian commands they have been sending reinforcements regularly and in a many have described this tactics as well, the tactics of cannon fodder. basically they would send more and more people to die in back mode, basically to stop the advancement of the wagner forces. with the more people with more people to just burn and shoot through. so right now, many military experts, they say that the tactics that the wagner group has adopted or when it comes to taking the town of our chops. because basically, to cut off the supply routes, the main roads leading to this town and out of 4 roads that were previously available for the ukrainian command. only one remains more or less safe to send ammunition to send to more guns, to send more military vehicles to send more people, more fighters into the city of r thomas. and right now the since the casner, garad village has falle

and the complaints from inside wagner are starting to mount. i'll warn you that this video that we're going to share with you here is graphic. but a wagner-affiliated social media channel posted it. it is alleged fighters. they're asking for more ammunition. s we can't verify the authenticity of this video but it does track with everything that we have heard. >> translator: every day we lose hundreds of our comrades in arms. it could have been half as many losses if our military functionaries had supplied us on time with weapons and ammunition and the things we needed. >> and this is something that we are hearing from other wagner fighters now as well. >> translator: we are the artillery unit of wagner pmc. every day we carry out difficult combat tasks, covering assault groups. at the moment we are completely cut off from the ammunition supply. >> ammunition, ammunition, ammunition. and they are following the lead of their boss. they're not speaking out of turn. yevgeny prigozhin is blaming the russian army for wagner's shortages and failure. >

and we remember as, as wagner, it was also partially responsible for baking soul adar. and now wagner is taking settlements all wrong, move to surround the ukrainian forces they are. and we've seen also last week said the chief of the group, you're getting proportion has become very vocal again, criticizing the ministry of defense for not supplying it was nasa was a necessary ammunition and not supporting the wagner group. so essentially we have seen that, you know, in, in the political sphere it seems that wagner tried to contact the ministry of defense. however, as of now we're seeing that on the battlefield, they're still trying to achieve a coleman, the military strategic objective. that was morgan. i'm here on a military analyst with kings college london. let's now have a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world today. the bill originally to alexander lucas jenko has arrived in beijing at the start of a 3 day trip to china. lucas anchor, who is a sheet ally of moscow, will have told sweet lida she, jim ping, the visit comes amid continuin