a different story for the masses. well, thank you very much and i have to say, i m sorry, even though i m based in johannesburg, i think a lot of growth visit and the whole ukraine issue has divided opinion in south africa. generally. i think it s also important to note that among the ruling african national, congress leads many of what educated received military training in the soviet union at the time. and they bought a lot of empathy for russia generally. and the way at the time, but big lead the us and britain under reagan was supporting the regime against which the n c was fighting. so those dynamics that quite important to understand in south africa position. and i think, i don t think it s as clear as lead math, they bites because among many of the black l. e i talk to they may not necessarily support the russian aggression against ukraine box. they tend to be very critical of what they see as western hypocrisy. actions lightly us and them and they were up which was do
i don t think it s clear as a lead on my day bytes, because among many of the black l. e, i talk to they may not necessarily support the russian aggression. they gave ukraine box. they tend to be very critical of what they see as what them the actions lightly us and them and iraq, which was done without us. all right, nation. so they divide, it s not straightforward. rusher was, doesn t, it wasn t even an aggression compares it to, i don t know was tanza near going into you gander in 978 and aggression. you don t also believe that nato mainstream media is running the story. non stop russia is starving africa. i know lover of coven nato countries to allow for allies to be given to africa from russia. i know it s not perhaps being starved, a weapons leaking out, perhaps from the grain conflict into islam as groups as of from previous was, is russia solving africa? i don t put it crudely as that, but we are lee the conflict and i do see it. i actually as a, as an aggression by t
russia, through ukraine, especially since vladimir putin s foreign minister sag elaborate, groundbreaking tour of african nations, culminating, and joint military drills between the armies of russia in south africa. with me today is to present at a k at about jo, former director, the institute pan african torn conversation at the university of john as well, who served on you and missions in south africa. he s also the author of the new book, boutros boutros golly, apropos profit proselytize, a pharaoh and pope, one of the very few written works on the u. ends. first african arab 60 general, whose contributions he says had been raised by nature nation scholars professor at about your choice. we now from johannesburg in south africa. thank you so much, professor for joining us before we get to the book. i must ask when i should say a book about a un secretary general that wasn t assassinated. unlike dag hamish old famously, your view of olive. rob s visit to africa. i mean, in
good afternoon for mark, international studios in moscow, and welcome to the hour s top stories world wide. i m fiorella is about china slams the u. s. for taking advantage of the incident with its balloon in american aerospace criticizing what it called hysteria regarding accusations of spying on the u. s. territory. this was a complete accident caused by a force, missouri, and defects a very clear. china has always, strictly abided by international law, respected the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all countries, and has never intentionally violated the territory and air space of a nice southern country. some politicians and media in the united states have taken advantage of the issue to attack and discredit china. china firmly opposes this. this one verified footage allegedly shows a 2nd chinese balloon travelling over latin america, the pentagon labeled it as another chinese surveillance device. china has not commented on this latest development. a chinese balloo
ah, good morning from are to international studios in moscow when welcome to the hour s top stories worldwide. i m 0 is about social media accounts and use outlets have cried foul over reports of an explosion in the same us city where a balloon which china has labeled a weather device was spotted earlier. this on verified footage is that to show the moment of the blast while some media linked it to the balloon. it s unclear what exactly cause the explosion. at the same time, local officials deny the blast actually took place. we have confirmed with montana disaster and emergency services, and governor join force that there have not been any explosions in her round or cross montana. they are aware of the video and it can not be substantiated. we re going live now to reduce killer mop in. good morning, caleb, quite contradicting reports coming through about the development of this story. what more do we know? well, at this point, we re hearing conflicting accounts, obviously on