to let more countries joy. now the bricks group as it to the growth rotating presidency this year with promising to promote a just a hello and welcome to our international and i'm, but my mom is just gone and 9 a. m g m t. today we have a round up over the weeks. however, we have some news adjusted to so that is have a report in killed in ukrainian tanks on energy infrastructure in the done asked republic, asthma live to our tea chorus will not roll on closer up in dunbar. rama and thanks for joining us here. short notice that came to look through the latest round of the taxpayers. well, the ukrainian military continued targeting a civilian areas here in dunbar, so plus 70 and infrastructure as well. overnight, saturday, going on sunday to thermal power plants had been attacked. now one of them is a right behind me. this is located in seattle basheba, near john as, according to officials say here. this plans was attacked by 6 rockets of the high mars multiple launch a rocket system. as you can see, the plant is still in operation, so it was a portion of damaged. however, to women to employees have been killed as the result of this attack ends at 2 were wounded. now, according to the information from the local administration, here, one woman just celebrated her 60th birthday on the 5th of january. and the other woman was much, much younger in her twenties. and now once again, the power plants, the thermal power plant is currently in operation. and we can get access there because emergency workers are still trying to extract to more potential victims from the rubble this in use or for how they're doing will be coming out all throughout the day. but so this power plan wasn't the only one that was effect overnights in other area about a couple of hours away from here towards logan's. and now the thermal power plant was that fact, however, tortuga missile, which is an old soviet missile, capable of carrying a nuclear weapons while it was intercepted by air defense. however, there was still damaged by the plant itself is an operation. now this is not the 1st time that ukraine is attacking a civilian the infrastructure here in done boss. not just a power plants, but water plants and electricity he and other objects as well. now, thousands of people are currently without running water without electricity, and even gas pipelines have been targeted as well. for example, in a neighboring luke gas, people's republic, local emergencies, ministry, our suspect saying that somebody actually blew up a gas pipeline. and these things are, of course, happening all the time. and besides those to be the infrastructure, civilians are also falling a victim to ukrainian artillery shilling, who are using nato supplied weapons against civilians just over the last 24 hours. besides the victims that we have here, another 2 people were wounded by ukrainian artillery shelling roller. thanks so much for bringing us up to speed. also notice that you take care of yourself will speak to you again soon. thanks again. i've also been in touch fighting between ukrainian or russian for the 1st week of this year, including a devastating at sack on russian barracks in the dash republic. artillery barrage, are you paying for, is using us a clip. hi miles rocket struct. shortly after midnight on new year's day getting 89 russian troops, moscow's defense, murphy has said it will provide all necessary assistance of the victims, families. you claim for his report, the use mobile phone data to target the facility as soldiers that attempted to food relatives during the holiday hours late a russian massage. fact, this city created military base packed with, i mean, nation i had hi, my rocket launchers, more than 100 soldiers were killed in the strike, which was captured live by a french television group. is the footage of the incident? do not, could she now are crossing live talkers pon pon, author, throughout the week there were multiple ukrainian tags on residential areas and on . bus with 4 civilians killed another 14 wounded as dozens of apartment buildings were destroyed. the strikes violated the orthodox christmas truce, offered by russia. we heard from local residences save craner forces deliberately fire at civilian areas. new jersey, somebody do. a street was bombed here yesterday to women were injured, but thank god, not seriously. there's also house there, of course destroyed. it's like this every day. my aunt was killed a week ago on a neighboring street. we live right across the street and just bird. the record heat the house directly. it's nightmare here. ukrainian army on the bumps civilians that there is no military and no warehouses. roger thought his father to the fax on civilian areas with retaliatory strikes on ukraine engines, infrastructure, and military facilities. air raid sirens could be heard throughout the country. moscow report to the hundreds of kids troops would kill them, dozens of tanks, and the other military vehicles were destroyed. you going to war effort has allegedly being supported by the british military intelligence in collaboration with a u. s. tech firm. but according to a cache, it leaked documents reported by the grees, a news outlets. it says the u. k. provides dates of accused forces to attack russian troops through aggressive harvesting of data. the technology has enabled the planning of military offensives in artillery attacks, assassinations, asset recruitment, and other measures. the leaked files raise serious questions about whether anomaly 6, the technology has been used throughout the ukraine conflict in an array of targeted operations against specific individuals in infrastructure. if it has britain bears ultimate responsibility for the outcome of these disturbing actions, which in some cases amount to crimes against humanity. their whole 3rd a you, a firm called anomaly sits, has been providing intel on russian military movements in real time using smartphone trucking devices. the data is allegedly sent to the british intelligence wire, the private michigan prevail partners and is then handed over to craig to help his ali solid russian forces gray zone it is a kit clarin burg, says those british intelligence tip offs could lead to collateral damage using normally 6, the technology, the defense intelligence and she said she extension the ukrainian military can very easily identify the small firms of very individuals, you know, whether they are civilian military or it's highly specific. and tug there is also a higher risk for the case. it might be why barrier was mad, but yes, it's innocent. rushed to be innocent. what wrongly identify enemy soldiers or spot for collaborators. and then guess, i mean, not to, was saying that context is almost inevitably go to lead to that data. or indeed, that capture and torture the pregnancy compunction about that brutal approach quincy to capture war carrying the mass, which is a great war, crying and serious if it's killed as a result, the result of when that completely is i think that the counselor could be quite some, well, this isn't the 1st time the grade has reported him, though, been to view kayden agencies in the train conflicts back in october. the outlet said the prior to that any attack on the crime mean bridge, senior british intelligence of this is allegedly drafted an elaborate plan to blow up the critical infrastructure in a separate report, the grades and also said it's obtained documents revealing plans by the bridge, manage intelligence train, covert ukrainian troops with instructions to attack other russian targets in crimea . the grays clamber g again says western powers lack accountability for the consequences of the espionage operations against russia. there has been no iteration. all the limits or restrictions but london traces what shall be the crown these false make perfectly that there is none of you trying to do or anything like should be helped every step way. why prevail, prevail heavily involved in the blood bridge explosion. and what did you guys actually have 0 recognition or b only, all of these to every month. another european implicated in style of the activities that activated the job listen is civil civil society widely. and there's 0 accountability and there is up to, you know, consideration what happens in the dollars box. and that was anyone used to use equipment typically reserved for, for intelligence agencies, or indeed yes, you know, on to something really, really needs to meet needs to be done about this. just for the sake of innocent people in the far but also the governments and become companies that will be consequences down the lines. but south africa has said the brakes group of countries which also has brazil, russia, indian china should admit more members as a prominent position on the world stage. south africa is assumed rotating chairmanship over the block. this year, the correspondent car caribou has the details from johannesburg. the youngest member to join the bricks group of nations, south africa is again taking over the chairmanship of the club. 2023 will be the 3rd time that the african power house pays the rings following successful hostings in 20132018. as it did before, south africa is expected to bring along not only the neighboring countries from the south african development community, but also the greater sub saharan africa community to that will be high level meetings, conferences and summits through this championship, which will all focus on sustainable development, but what does that really mean in real terms? gives us an opportunity not only to advance our national interest, but also to advance the interest of the collector of 5 countries as well as the interest of the global on various brands. including advancing the african agenda because bricks has always been above south africa and in continent when we have the opportunity to change. so we will use our chair shipped to a bird on the successes of the past presidents in addressing some of the key challenges that we are facing. the ongoing challenges facing the global economy, the economy, 5 countries, south africa will be aiming to advance not only the bricks agenda and the role which the new development bank should play, but also the role that the brakes should and can play on the continent. lafayette, south africa, amplified the call for the african union to be made a permanent member of the g, 20 group of nations. and the very interest that both china and russia having on the continent are proving that, that question. once again, it's not out of place. there are 5 so countries and when we looking at expansion of breaks, it will be looked at from the perspective of sovereign nation, wanted to join bricks and looking at how we can take that process. ready what does it as a, as breaks the leaders ever instructed us to do? so it's a different scenario. you already have a president within the g 20, where regional organization they have been union member. so there's a good case for the african union to become that 2022 was a year of major geopolitical shift spread on by the ukraine conflict. but it also said free the idea of a multi polar world following by decades of western union polarity represented by the g 7. but like he also showed a growing group of countries like saudi arabia, algeria, egypt, to turkey, and many more than i came to join and become part of the alternative to the west. the po, chrissy and narrative. but bring should expect a rebuttal. they will not be thinking that will be business as usual because particularly in an african context, african countries are united in the quest for power, for energy, for climate justice. and i think these are the issues that they look are no longer looking at the west, or they're looking eastward because solutions will be coming from the as this formation becomes more powerful. and south africa has a stronger voice within the g 7 and no longer the most important and largest global economies. china and india, i ranked amongst the top 7 global economies today. you can take, not this. and so you have major economies from the global cells that are growing faster pace. if you also look at the predictions of global growth in 2023, it's not very positive. but if you look at what the, i'm have i m f and world bank predicted in terms of global growth. the countries of the global south, including bricks, countries will not grow at the foster space. while a number of countries we're going to recession this year in its 15th year of partnership and co operation. 2023 will be the year, the bricks propels it story forward. the slump has not had a new member since south africa. back in 2011. the growing double speak of western countries has seen many global south countries. crow, wary and eager to find an alternative. 2023 is finally here, and with it a chance and a more bigger and powerful. briggs got, i'm a little party, enjoying a vibration of free, sweet, and the rights of journalists. that's how russia describe the detention of the regional director of the sputnik news agency by authorities in lat fear the journalist merits. cassim is a lat, vin citizen. he was detained on charges of violating in you sanctions, i think are as follows. rod goes, it says this is part of a broader e crackdown on media outlets that haven't followed in long step will the blocks official narratives the freedom of expression then press. but once sacred, they are founding principles of the union, protected by the, the treaties of the european union, the charter of fundamental rights. and the european convention on human rights as close to gospel as law can get. every one has the right to freedom of expression. this right shall include freedom to hold opinions and to receive and impart information and ideas without interference by public authority. and regardless of frontier us, the freedom and pluralism of the media shall be respected. but these principles, these values, have been sick for years. they've been die in spanish, crackdowns in barcelona, in poland as the government monopolized the press in eastern europe, where it had been building up for years and old began many years ago. and 2016 when latvia blocked sputnik on lod, just she's the domain address, no frills. then they began harassing and threatening journalists, e u. nationals who worked for sputnik with jail time, with sentences prosecution that detain them for talks with security age and state security agents then came arrests and persecution gamble the british slit. it would take me several hours to simply name all the journalists come under pressure in eastern europe. here is just one of my own stories in breathe, which is all back in 2019. i was detained at villainous airport, searched and questioned for 5 or 6 hours to state security officers performed a role play of good cop bad cop. the bad one shouted at me, you're working for chisels. why did you come here? the other one asked me, you're a latvian citizen, so why are you working for them? you know who they are, you're not really. people rushes a peculiar country only. finally, he said, you're lucky, you're not a russian citizen or we wouldn't be having a very different conversation. and now we'll just kick you out and close the border for you for 5 years. a month for reference. merit cas m is an e. you national, a latvian citizen, all he did is, is she worked for years as editor in chief of sputnik lithuania. one of his work is online. there's nothing crazy there. you'll find strange of stuff with g a n. he now faces, decades behind bars, charged with violating sanctions because he worked for russians and reportedly espionage because why not almost admission for some of his merits can possibly lose his freedom due to allegations of violating anti russian sanctions. i mean, the sanctions are a lawful as well as the arrest. this is lawlessness in europe when a person can be arrested for his journalistic work opinion or the information he provides. there can be even harsher charges for such as espionage or trees. and some we've dealt with this before and we shouldn't rule out such dark perspectives . and of course, going to look at that to matter which affects every gen less. because if anybody can be taken in custody for their opinion and be charged with espionage which is not uncommon these days and nobody safe. so all people should stand together in this situation, not the same, did not violate any laws. he did his job as a jan this legally. he provided you and advice information and hid nothing from what kind of spies a person who works in the public eye for the media, and hides nothing for the accusations of force. and we need to understand this. there are people who will be overjoyed, those who believe that any opinion, but there's all ones that they agree with should be removed and censored. the soviet union was, was big in this centering on the hiding on restricting. and we all know how that turned out. you cannot restrict expression at was once the european union's mantra, how ironic, looked at them now. terrorizing journalists for writing things in a way. they don't like to think that that these people, once leg should the world been lush, new to poor renew. this case is totally political espionage charges against merits are complete nonsense. pressure on journalists working in the baltic states is a standard matter. it is an obvious fact that the baltic states are a platform for testing new methods of fighting against journalists because there was an oddness in the charges of violating sanction is a fact is that the european union has no sanctions against sputnik have personal sanctions against dmitri castlewood was the chief of receive subordinate media group and which includes sputnik on the but here for extending these personal sanctions to all the people who work. there is a strange precedent. many european human rights organizations, as opposed to this interpretation of sanctions. the baltic states are a testing ground for lawlessness. concerning really harsh measures, such as intimidation, a ban on the profession, urine, and criminal prosecution for journalists, latvia, stony and lithuania, do not act on their own. they, as we, as to act either on direct instructions or in coordination with their superiors in the european union and in the us. the accusations of espionage under the threat of representing him for 20 years as an you citizen are in fact pure policy of the european union under though 02022 of the year of independence movement for left in america with new governors coming to power in the pivotal, our pivot away from traditional u. s. influenced artes fiorella, isabel explains. the tide is turning left in latin america, but in an air of multi polarity, the region will be a key battle ground for the east west power showdown. after decades of civil war, nato partner columbia, historically elected its 1st ever left as president gustavo petro, a critic of the u. s. and its role via the so called war on drugs. petro push for ending fracking projects and raining in oil exportation, which accounts for more than 40 percent of the country's exports, of which the u. s. is the number one customer, the united states is practically runing all the economies of the world. they make decisions to protect themselves alone, sometimes without thinking about what will happen through their measures. the economies of latin american nations are being drained. the u. s. has invested over 30000000000 in the country, so petros, re establish relationship with their enemy. then as well as nicholas maduro, also, an ally of russia might seem to present a huge concern for washington. meanwhile, russia no more immediate threat is increasing its engagements in the hemisphere as potent looks to keep his options open and maintain relationships and our near abroad. and it's not just columbia in brazil, even a mid protest of election fraud. right wing populous ball scenarios out and progressive lula. da silva is in yet lula who is no fan of washington reminded everyone that they went after him and other nations to get a hold of their resources. very clear that the american prosecutors were interested in my imprisonment. and i think that the goal was to change the logic of petro brush. most of the big roles we've had, have been over petroleum. iraqi invasion was because of petroleum, the libya intervention was because of petroleum. the attempt to invade venezuela was also because of petroleum and total, a plethora of left. his leaders, more critical of the west have recently emerged in latan. let's take a look. jamara, castro, one the own, doris's presidency and 2021. 12 years after her husband then president was removed a military to push by then secretary of state hillary clinton, under the obama administration. and sheila center left gabriel burridge presenting a liberal alternative to the piano. shay era. one last year, left us rural leader and union leader pedro castillo one peruse presidency and june of 2021, and a near by bolivia. lease our say of the movement towards socialism was elected in 2020, recuperating the country from the one that ousted ever more. alice in 2019 with backing of the trump administration. no surprise, it didn't take long for the us to suggest. there is a reason for that shift. the chinese communist party is actively exporting its governance model across to hemisphere. it's conducted party to party engagements. so we simply can't afford to let the chinese tommy's party expand its influence and absorb latin america and the caribbean into its private political economic block. according to forbes, china has invested $17000000000.00 and projects and la tom breaks, which accounts for 40 percent of the global population. as a quarter of the world's g. d. p is growing and displaying the incoming power in a multi polar world. the war in ukraine also had its influence and brought back pre existing anti imperialist sentiments, leading many countries to seize the momentum against western germany. but it's clear latan shift to the left is driven more by what the new allies can offer in terms of helping their economy rather than ideology. however, washington is missing. one thing, why the american leaders are not coming to the podium with hammers and sickles. perhaps these countries aren't bringing in the communist china and maybe just want the us out of their affairs. what a concept considering us politicians admit to be expert at pose, but then deny them while they're actually happening. i disagree with that as somebody who is help planned kuta no, not here, but you know, other places it takes a lot of work. this is clearly not a clue. we recognize one guido as legitimate interim president, venezuela. and in reality the u. s. alienates itself instead of villa fine china washington's exclusion of nicaragua, cuba and venezuela. from the summit of the americas, back in june, sparked harsh criticism and further expose its weakness in up. there cannot be a summit of the americas if all the countries of the americas do not participate, but for there can be. but we consider that this is a continuation of the old approach. no matter what. i do not like the exclusion of cuba, venezuela in nicaragua, unique exclusion only fosters isolation and does not work. as we have historically learn. maybe that's why le town leaders are pushing for a new currency, a lesson dependency on the dollar. others are wanting to nationalize or resources like the western coveted lithium do you study? so hopefully you'll re industrialize leafy kids. they want to take it from us. unfortunately, to wish only once land america to guarantee the supply for all materials and doesn't want us to add value to our natural resources lima. how surprising that after decades of neo colonialism, coups and the exploitation of resources, latin american leaders turned away from the u. s. and toward new allies, offering equal standing and respect. clearly the u. s. is unilateral hold on the continent is at an all time low and verifying russia and china with the specter of communism isn't quite as effective as it used to be. but make no mistake. it's also apparent, washington has its eyes on the region and won't let it go that easily. mazda some, all until weather new from russia, an airline o is more than a 180 feet rumbles slid off the roadway doing it take over them. i got stuck in a thick pot of snow at the apple in the central 5th. you pam, the visitors, he had to re fi, clothes and authorities are investigating these. the 4th me, no one was reported, and the airport has already resumed its normal operations. i take out the documentary fluff foot of fascism and will be back at the top of the hour with no global news. good will see that ah with with the suffered because we're getting the 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