that includes, are the mercenaries like the wagner group? what do we make of this uri? why this move now? well, yeah. wagner mercenaries play an important role at the front and there is yup, let's call it m. a competition, or even rivalry between the russian army and wagner's mercenaries, and the head of wagner. guinea proposed besought my report. i saw him and i report he has repeatedly complaint publicly that he. busy seizures are not getting enough weapons and that his soldiers are not valued enough by the defense ministry. and the new law is basically nothing more than a favor to pre goshen. this law prohibits negative opinions about volunteers of private army fight the supreme gordon's people are. but the paradox air, so that private armies in russia are banned. and what's even more paradoxical, sarah, is the fact that was on this side of brigand. thousands of prisoners are fighting men who were war sent directly from jail to the front line. so, considering how many concessions the kremlin seems to be making to present his wagner group changing entire laws for him,

part of its quest to capture ukraine's don bass region has been fronted by mercenaries from the wagner group who have emerged as rivals of the russian military, even though they're supposed to be partners or advanced resilience government. but wagner's owner yevgeny progression. and allo, vladimir putin is now warning his fighters might not be able to hold on, because moscow has not replenished their ammunition in what they, you do we, if we retreat you, then we'll go down in history forever. as people who've taken the main step towards losing the war, roberson way, whoever wins control of back murder will not have much of a city left. after 6 months of fighting, its buildings are in ruins, and most of its residents have fled. still as one of the oldest cities in the don bass region, it remained symbolic. although the only visible symbol right now is one of devastation. so with russian force is said to be closing in on back mode where ukraine's president is asking for reinforcements. i asked d, w correspondent, amin ss and keith, how high a price ukraine is willing to pay to hold the city? w

the head of the wagner mercenary group has admitted that his troops are running out of ammunition. the battle for battle is the fiercest of the war so far, and it has cost thousands of lives. the fighting has been so intense embark mood, one ukrainian commander described it as utter hell. now instead of retreating, these troops will reinforce their positions and attempt to reclaim lost ground there, determined to save the city. but the enemy is also unrelenting of. yeah, but my when it died was roughly all that on the platform. thank favor for a more forces at us to justify the aim of their so called special operation for you to separate. i think we brought a bargain. cute is important because it cuts across roadways and it's higher ground for with football. but both from its height, everything here is open for the russians. so it's important for both us and then morgan was we, we'd learn market, lend me, colette, so many of them are dying, hire. i don't understand why doesn't, you know, be sure that it's not russia's expected spring offensive. could hit a snag with apparent disuni

this is one of the key differences for some of the _ wagner group? e things - differences for some of the things we are seeing in bakhmut, especially that wagner because of the private mercenary group can recruit its fighters and basically send them into battle without any kits, the russian military wasn't great at doing that anyway. but to wagner we have seen reports that they have sent battalions and groups of soldiers into bakhmut basically in suicide missions to try to capture one street or a few metres of territory. that's one key difference whereas the russian military i think, you know, sees that their forces have been degraded to such a point that they can't even execute those kinds of missions. the way they fight is slightly different, but both exemplified the kremlin's lack of regard for human life and lack of regard for human life and lack of regard for human life and lack of care for russians dying in ukraine. i lack of care for russians dying in ukraine. , ., ., lack of care for russians dying in ukraine. , ., ,, ., ., . ., ukraine. i sta

a wagner group units have effectively encircled buck mute. there is only one road left out. all the pins is a closing room, while most roads in and out of but most have been cut off, making it difficult for ukraine to resupply its forces. those that remain open are under constant fire from russian artillery. as russia closes in their affairs, that ukraine's forces may become unable to retreat. throughout it all, medics continued to ferry the wounded, away from the besieged city. those injured on the front line in buck moot, transferred to hospitals in safer regions. in the western city of la viv, president for low to mid zalinski thanked both soldiers and doctors for their tireless efforts. hello, john william, i want to thank you for helping so many of our soldiers and heroes to get back on their feet. you know, the country sees your work and values a highly on there are very highly are wooden, was a which in lieu few expected buck motor to hold on this long. it's capture would mark a symbolic victory for russia. one that costs thousands of lives to achieve that when my a c

meanwhile, russia, through its wagner group mercenaries, and china have increased their influence inhe region. anthony blinken says washington wants to help niger. >> today, i announced nearly $150 million in new humanitarian assistance to help meet needs in western central africa and the sahel, created by regional instability. that assistance will support the provision of shelter, essential health care, emergency food, safe drinking water, sanitation, hygiene services, and we'll also support vulnerable refugees and asylum seekers evacuated to niger. and i have to say, the generosity of niger, of its people to so many refugees, so many displaced persons is remarkable. we're committed to continuing to invest in the resilience of democracies to a wide range of threats and challenges from corruption to disinformation, and we continue to support a free and independent press, as we have done in niger for decades. >> -- sami: people in niger face many challenges, including poverty, security, and the effects of climate change. most of the west african nation is in the sahara desert, which i

don bass region has been fronted by mercenaries from the wagner group who have emerged as rivals of the russian military, even though they're supposed to be partners or advanced resilience. good. but wagner's own i yevgeny, proposing an allow vladimir putin is now warning his fighters might not be able to hold on because moscow has not replenished their ammunition in what they you do we wage. if we retreat you then will go down in history forever. as people who've taken the main step towards losing the war on the shock. roverson where you, whoever wins, control of back move will not have much of a city left. after 6 months of fighting, its buildings are in ruins, and most of its residents have fled. still as one of the oldest cities in the dawn bass region, it remained symbolic. although the only visible symbol right now is one of devastation. and while both sides appear to double down in a box motor setting the scene for more grueling combat germans are calling for a ramp up of diplomatic efforts. according to a recent poll, 53 percent of germans that say not enough has been done to pu

s. person now remain in asia. meanwhile, russia, through its wagner group mercenaries and china have increased their influence in the region. antony blinkin says, washington wants to help nisha. today announced nearly a 150000000 dollars in new you mandatory assistance to help me needs and western central africa and the cell created by regional and civility. that assistance will support proven shelter. central health care, emergency food, safe drinking water, sanitation, hygiene services, and we'll also support donald refugees and asylum seekers. evacuated in new jersey . and i have to say the generosity manager of its people to so many refugees, so many displaced persons is remarkable. we're committed to continuing to invest in the resilience of democracies to a wide range of threats and challenges from corruption to this information. and we continue to support a free and independent press as we have done in asia for decades. people in asia face many challenges including poverty, security, and the effects of climate change. most of the west african nation is in the sahara desert, wh

the ukrainian army soldiers that the wagner groups have been, you know, the mercenaries from wagner haveperiod of time, for a while. and the ukrainian army, you know, soldiers, described that the wagner group have these very distinctive tactics when they send many soldiers to very little protected areas, to be basically shot down by the ukrainian defence — and that way, the wagner group understands where ukrainian defence positions are. and then, once the first line is gone or killed, then the wagner group sends more experienced storm units to continue their offensives. so of course, we know that these groups have been involved in this area — however, we do not have grounds to confirm, you know, their claims about their victories or successes. a man and a woman have been remanded in custody by magistrates in west sussex, charged with manslaughter of a baby. the body of a newborn was found in an allotment shed near brighton on monday. duncan kennedy reports. he was led into the building ahead of his appearance before magistrates. constance marten was brought in through another entrance. m

and in fact, if you were to look at the, the involvement of the russian wagner group as mercenary par military unit. and molly, it's quite clear that since the wagner group has been engaged in molly, that the situation has gotten significantly worse. we estimated the african center for strategic studies that 4 out of every 5 people killed by the wagner group are actually molly and civilians is really think it would hear from some of those countries. they would point the thing back of us, of course, and say, just look at the outcome of the u. s. military involvement in some parts of the world. iraq, of course, and invasion, not backed by any un security council resolutions. how ended in afghanistan, that the u. s military role sometimes doesn't end in an improvement of the security or democratic institution situation in a country. the sure. i think that that's, that's, it's fair to try and pose it like that. i think though that you're talking about apples and oranges. united states isn't intervening in the same kind of capacity in this to hell. in fact, it's, there is a supporting part

don bass region has been fronted by mercenaries from the wagner group, who've emerged as rivals of the russian military, even though they're supposed to be partners or exams resilience good. but wagner's own, i have jenny, pre goshen, and alo vladimir putin is now warning his fighters might not be able to hold on. because moscow has not replenished their ammunition in what they you do we, if we retreat you, then will go down in history forever. as people who've taken the main step towards losing the war, roberson way, whoever wins, control of back move will not have much of a city left. after 6 months of fighting, it's buildings are in ruins, and most of its residents have fled. still as one of the oldest cities in the don bass region, it remained symbolic. although the only visible symbol right now is one of devastation. or earlier i spoke with former ukranian president petro porsche, and cow. i asked him if he sees any room for a diplomatic end to the war. as both sides appeared to be doubling down. in bartlet deloach, it look like feel we even more we had already do have vetted dipl

so those regimes rely on wagner group to essentially keep them in place here.n ukraine, they are playing a very dirty game with the troops and we are not sure whether they are supposed to whether they are operating under geneva conventions or not. but that's something that's being discussed. it's a month since the devastating earthquakes which killed more than 50,000 people across turkey and syria and which left vast numbers without proper shelter. the un estimates that in turkey alone at least 1.5 million people who are still within the disaster zone are homeless. the true figure could be even higher. our correspondent anna foster, who's been covering the tragedy from the start, sent this report from hatay province in southern turkey. surviving in the ruins. turkey's south is unrecognisable, ripped apart by the power of the quakes. this new landscape brings new challenges. those with nowhere to live, now sleep where they can. some try to stay close to their damaged houses. songol tells me it's all they have left. the earthquake killed 17 members of herfamily.

never came up in context of wagner group. this is, of course, a chinese owned company, and on the week we're talking about this ambassador she jinping, the president of china spends three days in moscow with putin, is it ? is it just a coincidence that these videos are being allowed to spread? on this app. no, it's no coincidence, and i watched the hearing today from beginning to end and i share your disappointment that the ukrainian involvement with tiktok has not been had not been mentioned or raised by members of congress. but here's the deal. the fact is, is that the chinese her knowing leave, enabling tiktok to be used for these recruitment videos. why do we come to that conclusion for two reasons? one uh, the these wagner group videos, uh, would are not being taken down, even though the european government, european governments and the european commission of ask ticktock to take these down and number two. there's no doubt that these have been produced, uh, like hollywood videos that the chinese themselves are well aware

but also fighters recruited by the mercenary wagner group. and mass disruption in france as tens of thousands join a fresh wave of protests against president monk plans to raise the retirement age. ah. hello, i'm claire richardson. thank you so much for joining us. president vladimir zalinski has ordered military commanders to send reinforcements to help ukrainian troops defending the besieged eastern city of bock moot. ukrainian authorities say that only a few 1000 of the original 70000 people living in bok mote remain. and the battle for the eastern city is the longest and bloodiest of the year long war, russia says seizing bach moot would be an important step toward capturing the industrial don bass region. western defense officials say the city has little strategic value militarily. but that victory there would be symbolically important to russia. the fighting has been so intense in back moot, one ukrainian commander described it as utter hell. now instead of retreating, these troops will reinforce their positions and attempt to reclaim l

and so the founder of russia's wagner mercenary groups. as his fighters have nearly surrounded the eastern ukrainian city of back mode, he appeared in a video urging ukrainian president vladimir zalinski to pull his troops out of the area. residents have also started to leave their homes ahead of a possible rush in advance. this city and its defenders have endured some of the most brutal fighting of the war. read your book, but after 6 months under constant attack, ukraine's hold on bar mode appears to be slipping. for both sides. the cost in both lives and ammunition has been enormous. but now the commander of russia's mercenary wagner, group claims the city is almost completely surrounded. it your god, wagner, group units have effectively encircled buck, mute, barry's. only one road left are all the pins as a closing room, while most roads in and out of back most have been cut off, making it difficult for ukraine to re supply its forces. those that remain open are under constant fire from russian artillery. as russia closes in their affa

the head of the wagner group, mercenary, says, units have almost completely surrounded the city and there's only one road left out, while ukrainians troops dig in residence or packing and leave it. also in the program with a day of vocal protests picked up in sydney as thousands of young people prepared to take to the streets around the world to demand urgent action to counter climate change. plus unseasonably. low rainfall in europe is exposing some rarely seen signs, but the current drought could harold, another devastating year for crops and energies one. 0 lou. hello and terry martin, thanks for joining us. the founder of russia's mercenary wagner group has claimed his fighters have nearly surrounded the eastern ukrainian city of buck moved. new trenches have appeared in villages surrounding the battle city as ukrainian forces prepare for rushes, advance. residents living in the area have also started to leave their homes for thursday. this video was posted online reporting to show wagner soldiers celebrating a top of a ruined building in the easter east of the city. it's not known when

the headlines: the head of russia's wagner group says its forces now surround most of bakhmut, the eastcenary group says the last open roads leading westwards out of the city are under heavy russian shelling. the white house has confirmed president biden had a cancerous skin lesion removed successfully during a routine health screening last month. mr biden's doctor said the affected tissue was removed from the 80—year—old's chest, and no further treatment is required. at least 17 people have been killed and dozens injured after a huge fire broke out in a fuel storage depo in the indonesian capital. emergency services say thousands of people had to be

help mercenaries from wagner's group, more precisely, regular units of the russian army, the ukrainian general staff in its morning briefing indirectly confirmed that bakhmut is almost surrounded, in particular, the general staff reported that in the direction of bakhmut, russian troops are continuing their assault on the city of bakhmut, in the districts of populated areas , nutovo vasilivka, bohdanivka, ivanovska and ozeryanivka, if we look at the map, we can see that bohdanivka is located to the west from bakhmut, nutty-vasylivka to the north-west , and ivanivske on the way to the south towards the neighboring town of kostyantynivka. and although the report that the russian troops they may be in the center of the chaos, the ukrainian side does not comment we have such data from independent sources well, the commander of the ukrainian ground forces oleksandr syrskyi published a video where he is meeting with units of the armed forces of ukraine, probably somewhere near the front line. bakhmut listen to the enemy trying to capture e-e cinema all their best units in order to achieve vi

to reporting that, while the leader of russia's wagner mercenary group says it's made further advances in the ukranian city of back more to reaching the river that divides the city center. britain's defense ministry confirmed again earlier this week, wagner claimed it had captured the eastern part of the city. ukrainian president vladimir de zalinski has vowed to keep fighting over, feared that the cities full could lead to further russian gains in the east ukrainian tanks on the outskirts of buck moot. determined to see off any further russian advances despite rushing gains in the east of the city. the fight for control continues. reward the year as power motivation. we are fighting until we achieve victory through what we need victory. not only piece. yup, hulu, except for technology brought to our to portray marty on saturday, russia, media release, this footage. nic initiatives worth reporting to show the damage the fighting has inflicted on buck moot. severely doors and unidentified russian soldiers from the wagner mercenary group law can be heard saying they had to destroy every

part of its quest to capture ukraine's don bass region has been fronted by mercenaries from the wagner group who have emerged as rivals of the russian military. even though this supposed to be partners like them are exhaust resilience. good. but wagner's own i, you have any promotion and allow vladimir putin is now warning. his fighters might not be able to hold on, because moscow has not replenished their ammunition with a you. do we, if we retreat you, then will go down in history forever as people who have taken the main step towards losing the war. melissa rover. so my, you, whoever wins control of batman will not have much of a city left. after 6 months of fighting its buildings are in ruins, and most of its residents have fled still as one of the older cities in the don bass region. it remained symbolic. although the only visible symbol right now is one of devastation. earlier i spoke to patriot par shanker, ukraine's president from 2014 to 20. 19. i asked him if it's the right decision for ukraine to continue defending the city of bach. note at all costs. the right decision is a bad d

in ukraine, the head of russia's wagner group says its forces now surround most of bakhmut, the eastern city that's been the focus of extensive fighting. the white house confirm president biden has had a cancerous skin lesion removed safely from his chest, as part of a routine health check. a court in belarus sentences the nobel peace prize winner ales bialiatski to 10 years in prison for smuggling money into belarus and financing protests. he says the charges are politically motivated. and memories of 1930's glasgow — we meet the artist holding his first exhibition at the age of 95. i think i got the right atmosphere here. i think ijust got it right. hello and welcome to the programme. the former uk prime minister, borisjohnson, may have repeatedly misled parliament over social gatherings held at downing street during covid restrictions. that's according to mps investigating his conduct, who said that evidence strongly indicates that breaches of covid rules inside number 10 whilst he was prime minister would have been obvious to him. mrjohnson was among those fined by police for breaki

the headlines: the head of russia's wagner group says its forces now surround most of bakhmut, the easts leading westwards out of the city are under heavy russian shelling. the white house has confirmed president biden had a cancerous skin lesion removed sucessfully during a routine health screening last month. mr biden's doctor said the affected tissue was removed from the 80—year—old's chest, and no further treatment is required. an interim report published by a british parliamentary committee says there is evidence that the former prime minister broke lockdown rules on four occasions and that the breaches of regulations

now rushes, wagner mercenary group, has entered a tactical pause in bath. moot, the u. s. based institute for the study of war said, fights as may have paused there, offensive on bad mood, waiting for russian reinforcements. wagner fighters had so far spearheaded the attack on the ukrainian city. earlier the head of the group claimed that moscow had cast off official communication with him after he criticized russia's defense ministry in a public appeal for ammunition. and i'm joined now by d. w. i mean se, who's in cave? i mean, we're hearing about this taxi corporation. we'll pause. can you tell us more about what this actually means? the analysts based this assessment on the fact that there have been no reports of russian offensives in back mood this morning. now russia can afford to take a tactical pause there because now that they've taken all the territory in that city up to the river that divides the city and half. it's very unlikely that ukraine could make any advances into their front line um, without a significant reinforcement. so which have not happened so far.

could view the wagner group sort of as the ss of russia, as the ss was sort of a private militia beholdenll the ideological. it is not particularly all that effective when you integrate these convicts into it. it was a very small group that did operations in syria and elsewhere, and it brought some combat capability into the ukraine war, but it's taking large casualties, and it's really hard to replace those. so i'm not sure that wagner group is going to be all that useful once it's been killed off in the battles that are raging now around bakhmut. >> retired colonel peter mansoar, great to have you on this afternoon. thanks so much. >>> house republicans make their biggest move yet as they ramp up their investigation into hunter biden. we'll have cnn's's new reportin ahead. it's one more step towars taking charge of your health. so every day, you can say..... ♪ youuu did it! ♪ with centrumum silver. if your business kept on employees through the pandemic, getrefunds.com can see if it may qualify for a payroll tax refund of up to $26,000 per employee. all it takes is eight minutes to get

after wagner group takes bakhmut, we will continue to defend our country, and the wagner group does not care what some other departments want. >> reporter: while some believe the infighting could become a problem for vladimir putin, he tells me russia's leader is fully in command of the situation. >> i am sure he is totally controlled by kremlin. it is low of him to criticize official governors, official leadership of ministry of defense. but putin lacks the glance. he simply observes the situation. >> reporter: and, erin, back to that situation around bakhmut. the adviser to zelenskyy's office which has been on your show, he says that he believes in the end of things, the holding of bakhmut will be a big success for the ukrainian military. he says it's helped to hold the russian army up, to also grind the russian army down, but also offer the ukrainians the chance to train their military, equip their military for a possible counteroffensive. we know from president zelenskyy himself tonight that the ukrainians not yet ready to give up bakhmut. >> thank you very much, fred, reporting liv

on the program time will show in the studio of ruslan ostashkolesi losev, the fighters of the wagner group completely control the territory of the artyomovsk plant hacking for non-ferrous metal processing. zelensky was here in december and awarded valiantly, defending, defending the ukrainian military plant. this is the artyomovsk metalworking plant, which was taken as a navigator by the fighters of the wagner group, in principle, some workshops have received quite serious damage, but the equipment remains here, so, perhaps, with proper investment, the plant can be returned to work. can you survive the blow? now we can say that the entire territory of the ozone is under the control of the vagner group and one can only be surprised at the speed of the advance of the fighters, because it was quite difficult to take possession of such a territory, especially since this object has a symbolic meaning for ukrainians, because just a couple of months ago nobody else came. like himself, vladimir zelensky handed out military awards to his fighters right at this place. this is the very place where mr

the wagner group was responsible for 2 things above all her crew, the military success. but the victory of ins and the cover up of the true casualty figures. that was the real price of this fight going to my it was led by mercenaries and in reality, given a lot of russian blood was spilled oh flu. ah, officially, only one russian soldier fell in this battle for the kremlin, the whole operation was about something else. the victory of the jihadists was celebrated with all the frills, the st. petersburg symphony orchestra was brought to this legendary site for a concert. the images was shown around the world. ah, the fight against terror quickly faded into the background. a few months later, i is launched in new offensive right under rushes. most syrian soldiers needed until march 2017 to get tell me or under their control. looks like there is an x like a 30 this with was like a thursday with 5. like with i would i would recall that for we all is will saying that we are going to fight i seal and other there is groups on your kind comments. you, he, earlier so far, imagine

retreats from bakhmut now, the whole front will collapse, today, wagner group is the cement thater. we're pulling in the holy ukrainian army grinding them up and destroying them, not letting them focus on other parts of the front line. >> reporter: and was business this weekend trolling ukrainian women by sending them champagne from a defunct winery near bakhmut. he also made clear, wagner is here to stay whether the russian defense minister likes the or not. >> after they take back bakhmut we continue to defend our country and the wagner group does not care what some other departments wants. >> some believe the end fighting could become a problem for vladimir putin, the carney endowment tells me russia's leader is fully in command of the situation >> control by kremlin it is a law for him to criticize official bodies, official governance, leadership foreign ministry of defense, but putting this small fight, he simply observes the city. >>. >> reporter: yevgeniy version of wagner said he believes the ukrainian forces inside bakhmut will hold out and continue to offer stiff resist

or the wagner group has been critical to russia's military campaign in ukraine. and fighters have been at the forefront of some of the most hartford battles. and they've also been accused of abuse and human rights violations. and the use of mercenaries and contract is not unique to the war in ukraine a summer than j. it has more from moscow, mercenaries, or fighters. some of the men from this group are accused of robberies, rape and massacres by breast in countries for the wagner group says it's done nothing wrong. they call themselves positions and their battles, concerts, intelligence estimate, say, tens of thousands of wagner mercenaries have been involved in ukraine. russian criminal court bands mercenaries, but private armed security guards are allowed, lead bay of guinea proportion, believe to be close to the kremlin. the groups been involved in combat operations and syria, libya so done, the central african republic and ukraine. easier than the other i board on this is the a more there's a perfectly established command and control system of the wagner priv

the leader of russia wagner mercenary group, says it has made further advances in the ukrainian city of moods reaching the river that divides the city center. britain's defense ministry confirmed the gain earlier this week of august claimed it had captured the eastern part of the city ukrainian president. holiday mister lensky has about to keep fighting over affairs there. the city is full, could lead to further russian gains in the east ukrainian tongues on the outskirts of back moot, determined to see off any further russian advances. despite wishing gains in the east of the city, the fight, the control continues. were water you as follow a motivation? we are fighting until we achieve victory through what we need victory, not only piece your call it exotic, normal, cheaper to water pottery, molnar cheese on saturday. russian media released this footage nucleus, which is a worth reporting to show the damage the fighting has inflicted on buck moot. so you indulge and unidentified russian soldiers from the wagner mercenary group. law can be heard saying they had to destroy every house

and what the wagner tribute group is still doing is that they are taking advantage of failed state. so essentially, there has been a power vacuum. and i mean, we can look at why this has been colonialism left the states and complete the survey. it made it very, very easy for you governance to come in and be corrupt. there was not political will to actually govern probably then, especially in west africa, we've had the rise of extremist groups over a decade. now we serve. so alcorda, we've got isis on other countries, you've got both of them and what russia come in and donald wagner group has done. and obviously these are 2 separate things, even though sometimes they can overlap is that they've come in and they've taken advantage of that. but they've only been able to take advantage of that because they is essentially state failure. you can come and take control of a strong state. the other thing that i want to point out that i think we have to add to this debate so that we don't become to one side is that african countries have also changed the way they approached their relationship

gallery, they would recapture them and then car 30 got lawyers was left off ronald magic well, wagner group negotiated well, every time mercenaries recaptured an oil field, the russian group was entitled to 25 percent of its profits. the chaos sincerely have benefited a new he formed terrorist group known as the islamic state. i s what i ash ah, it conquered frontier regions between iraq and syria and imposed its laws with us lead international coalition against tara was formed to oppose the new threat. ah, despite the alliances as strikes, i as expanded its territory into eastern syria or in the west north, however, opposition forces pushed back asides army the tree controls by damascus continued to shrink. 7 the rebels conquered the city. it lived in the west of the country and removed all traces of dictatorship, including vines. it was a situation that required official intervention. russia thought the time was right to demonstrate its strength. again. little study didn't matter. options if they're interested, but i live in achieving what, what's that i'm getting. usually 3, but even the

you've got both of them and what russia come in and donald wagner group has done. and obviously these are 2 separate things, even though sometimes they can overlap, is that they've come in and they've taken advantage of that. but they've only been able to take advantage of that because they is essentially state failure. you can come and take control of a strong state. the other thing that i want to point out that i think we have to add to this debate so that we don't become to one side is that african countries have also changed the way they approached their relationship with foreign policy. it's not the cold war anymore where you have to fight with the us. so you have to side with the soviet union. you don't have to be loyal to a former colonial power because that's the only way you're going to get trade in on . you can actually pick and choose. now yes, we've got some countries like between of us when molly, that will be very outright in the support of russia. but you have other countries that are saying, let's just hear what russia has to say. we don't necessari

defenders also faced scores of ground attacks and the head of russia's wagner group mercenaries claims the city is almost entirely surrounded. >> the pincers are getting tighter. today we see more and more old people and children. they fight, but their life is short. one or two days. let them leave the city. >> a victory would mark russia's first major win in half a year. president biden and olaf scholz pledged to support ukraine as long as it takes. the leaders met at the white house and said they would continue working in lockstep. it troops used stun grenades and teargas today to disrupt a rally bite israeli left-wing activists in the occupied west bank. it was meant to show solidarity with the palestinian town the jewish settlers had attacked on sunday. soldiers pushed protesters to the ground and blocked busloads of others from the area. the armies of the town is now an enclosed military zone. a court in belarus sentenced to human rights activist and nobel peace winter to 10 years in prison. accused of helping to finance huge antigovernment protests in 2020, he has already spent 2