15 migrants killed in while haka. unfortunately, these are instances that we can only expect to continue to happen because again, human smugglers find that it's a very lucrative business to move people illegally here in mexico. okay, man. well, thanks for that update from mexico city. opposition candidates to nigeria protesting against the results of last week's presidential election. they're rejecting the outcome and are planning to challenge it in court. but to new view of the governing party was declared, the winner with 37 percent of the vote. interests has more from the partners while i buy the candidate of the people's democratic party himself. i think what rubica was running for the 6th time in this election. he just demanding the constellation of the election that, sir, but you murders of one arm. it was declared by the electoral commission as the winner of the february 25. our presidential election. he and another key opposition candidate. mister peter will be of the liberal party. i demanded that the world

becomes under both of them a claim i laid claim through the presidency assistant that they won the election. i'm not gonna, i'm attainable. ah, this is out to sarah and these are the top stores. iran's supreme leader, ayatollah ali harmony, says the poisoning of school girls is an unforgivable crime. officials say 5000 female students have been poisoned since november. 19 states also says is concerned about the poisonings. on this forum development closely continued poisoning of schoolgirls across across iran is, is unconscionable. there must be a credible, independent investigation accountability for those responsible if these poisonings are related to participation in protest than it is well within mandate of the un independent, international fact finding mission on iran to investigate the possibility that

girls in iran are being possibly poisoned. simply for trying to get an education is, is saying is shameful. and it's unacceptable. and our thoughts remain with the victims of and their families, us as defense minister as visiting areas in ukraine under moscow's control. so they should go toward the port city and my opposed to see construction at the ukrainian city has been under russian control since may witnessed amongst long siege. in the early days of invasion. opposition alliance and care has named come philip darrell and as its candidate to run against present legit. one in may. elections has been the leader of the main opposition party to c h p since 2010. his last 3 elections to adorn and dozens of israeli air force. pilots threatens of boy cars, military training and protests against the government's proposed judicial reforms.

so israelis have been demonstrating against plans by israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu severely limit the power of a supreme court. government would also gain the power to choose judges present. isaac heads of the countries in a moment of historic crisis from yahoo, in his judicial plan would enhance democracy. those are the headlines. news continues here now does there after people empower on counting the call? see you banned petro power caused by 2035. is this the end of combustion engine? vehicles, airlines profit flying high because of the industry. keep up with the surgeon demand plus to don's forgotten crisis. will anyone come to doth worth a counter golf? on al jazeera, the

georgia has a long and trouble relationship. it's john russia, which to warn you. praying hasn't made any easier with russian troops into the surfaces regions. a recent influx of russians being mobilization and routing leads with ambiguous links to moscow. it's not surprising. many in georgia see the conflict as a barometer. future. we went to find out why i ah, when russia invaded ukraine on the 24th of february 2022,

few could have imagined how long the war would continue or how significant the wider geo political earthquake would be. especially for need by countries that have long lived in russia's shadow, georgia at the eastern end of the black sea is one of those still reeling from the seismic shock. we are in our broadway forsaken situation. here. we are, bordering russia. ah, we didn't know what to expect. it has a complex relationship with its joint neighbor, not least because of the ambiguous connections between its current government and the kremlin. almost every day. rochester came there, pink house. it is us, but it is being one of the few destinations open for russians, opposed to the war. tens of thousands of crossed the border since february, an inflow that dramatically increased in september when russia's vladimir putin announced a mobilization of extra troops. the exodus hasn't been universally welcomed

every day, hundreds and thousands of russian as it is as cross our board there, you can do georgia government, which are very clearly on the old plan. late collaborate on appraisal with the russian government and russian. and me has nothing to respond to the threats in george's bustling capital tbilisi. you are now just as likely to, hey, a russian being spoken as georgians. and some here, a worried that to tech support is, could have been deliberately concealed. among the most recent arrivals, russians his ethnicity, the kremlin, could exploit if it ever wanted to repeat a ukraine style invasion here. i think there is a lot of tension here because they think that people who are running from russia just bringing garza problems here. it's night time in the capital and

the graffiti artists have come out in force. it's 6 time where i think the same message against the russians in raj. i'm in georgia, cause our gower my did nothing. rushes. patton here. now therapist and put in my town. it's taken an hour to finish the graffiti, but it may not be there for long. the authorities diligently paint over any anti russian slogans. sure enough, the following day it's gone. but there's plenty of other graffiti in tbilisi. first annexed by russia in the 19th century, and then subjected to 70 years of rule by the soviet union. georgia shares a troubled past with its powerful neighbour. our independence was crushed and our leads were decimated, or corrupted by soviet stalinist. ah,

a brutal and cynical rule, and we are paying a price for that until well. to blazys occupation museum catalogues, phase 7, terrible decades under the communists to this day, to rushing back separatist regions of georgia up cause and cipher. sacha a still occupied by russian troops the process known as border a zation. the russians are frequently accused of seeking to extend the influence ever deeper by illicitly moving the ball defense further south. georgia activists are outraged. while we are monitoring the occupational line almost every day, ah, so we decide it's ah, and not to to ross tellerman because our government's unfortunately is very much pro russian. david cast a rover and his colleagues regularly fly drains to gather evidence of russian

incursions. it's dangerous work. they tell us that every week georgians are abducted by russian soldiers and taken back into the occupied territories. roman beg. lucy says he's been captured and beaten on more than one occasion. that cherries herself, sluggard, basil wireless, where kayla sold to help you. she, again, it's called, i mean it's fleshy. regina couching phyllis or the lucas boldenow thought activists claim the authorities do little to stop these kidnappings because the current government favors the kremlin. that view was given substance last february, when after russia attacked ukraine, george's prime minister iraq the gutter brush, billy refused to condemn the invasion, and instead said, you train was being punished at best. their position has been ambiguous,

and at worst, they have been likened with silent ally of potent and they have capitalized on the tragedy of war. in a most treacherous weight, many georgians alleged the true architect of their governments apparent prey. russian position is the country's richest mind. the all the cock is zeena, e vanished billy. he controls everything. all the shows and prime minister saw his errand boys by his own admission. so this is a rush really. he is the prime minister of georgia. he worked 41 sri, danny, we have the menus timothy taylor junior. he was previously the personnel board director for ms. teddy lunch, really. and then we have the head of data was paid. security said it was still georgia. he also worked for me. steven sri need is kwoana. god aches are,

be denied when she was called about it. it vanished for these fortune is believed to not be equivalent to a 3rd of george's g t p. not just number one. very, very big gap, big, big twin. he meant boy, by his number to his home, the sleep class canceled with a priceless old collection and a massive short pool is perched on a mountain overlooking the capitol like something from a james bond movie. from this vantage point, his critic say the billionaire wheels almost unlimited influence, he controls all labor, shall power include the curves. all sir, that sir political party should not control like court for a thought local government. julian dream, the party vanished really formed to as to form a pro western president mikhail sasha. billy swept to power in 2012. the

oligarch himself held the post of prime minister until 2013. when he stepped down, but remained a force behind the scenes and briefly held the position of party chairman. in a rare interview, after leaving office, he made this revealing admission worth more than we golden mc in about it because of that making a bow. and his flip was a sure it was maybe soon we'll collect his medical committee. his critics alleged this influence even encompasses the jailing of rivals, form a president, macau soccer sh billy. after being forced into exile overseas, was tried in absentia, arrested on his return to georgia in 2021, and is now in prison on charges of abuse of power during his term in office. but support to say they attempt to. and amnesty international calls his incarceration, an act of political revenge. his imprisonment is a fundamental problem too,

because as our own premise terms, that arbitrarily said if he wouldn't be put to the black that we wouldn't have arrested him. that said, the oligarch, you asked him also has his supporters vanish. biddy they say is now really just a philanthropist who exercises little real authority. their perception is so because so on and off, he has been prime minister and leader of the party at some point here and asked about his retirement, but then came back on. but as member of the party, i have not seen much of his interference. we wanted to ask the varnish with the directly about claims of his far reaching hold on george and politics at his stance on russia. but all our efforts to contact him were unsuccessful. nevertheless, the perception of undue influence remains and years of protests have done little to stop the party, he found it tightening its grip over public life and political debate. george in

dreams opponents now retain the accusative purging senior figures in the fields of culture and science, who show any signs of independence. the figure that the one who really consider the dangerous. they have very good the can. so getting to prison. last may a judge sentence, niko, but ami the owner of the main opposition tv channel to 3 and a half years in prison. he's very outspoken and personally attacked. he won the free land, a probably you on who lee had enough of that. i amnesty international and go down the grandmother, i thought of going to say and said bogus come but even apparently modest scrutiny of the vanished really appears to run into problems. that at least was the experience of filmmaker salome jesse. when she tried to show her film taming the golden in georgia. so the phones about to have

a off their chest and the most wealthy person here in this country and his hobbies to collect south central to large trace. so he has so commissioned his mental approved they stories and to bring them to his private guidance through the through the black sea. her multi award winning film has been screened in cinemas throughout europe, north america and asia scores of countries, but strangely, not in georgia. after half a year of fall consideration to cinemas, i refused to to release the film here under the protest that they don't have practice of losing documentary at a cost of millions. the ancient trees were replanted here and it vanished philly's massive black sea estate. a corner of which is sometimes open to the public. 48 species of exotic birds have also been brought here, many caps under a vast net to stop them flying off. he has for basically some kind of private law. he has penguins and sharks and the year off when we flew

a camera drone over his estate, it's gps was talk at it. and within minutes, security guards found us and deleted the files. with the few pitches we were able to gather, show a reg glimpse of the vanished goodies lavished black sea darcia. like any one he is entitled to privacy. but frequently georgia, we heard complaints that the secretive oligarch and his party or out of touch and routinely misjudged the public mood, particularly when it comes to the country's relations with russia. we had a lot here which demonstration almost everybody who opposes few on it really thinks that he's pro ration and kind of does the put his biddy protests against the oligarch. and the government turned critical in june 2019. when crowds gathered in

front of the parliament building after search a gap or law of a communist party, member of the russian duma, sat in a chair reserved by protocol for the speaker of the house. though ostensibly in georgia to attend an international gathering of orthodox religions, his appearance in parliament seemed unduly provocative. the symbolism of that was very important that gabriella, who is a kind of a very imperialistic li minded rashanda, was sitting in the care of her speaker. oh, ga parliament that he was seated there by george and government. so it was some kind of graphic confirmation that they want some rational seat in the driver seat. and the zet sir a cause disease, very emotional reaction, thousands gathered outside parliament to show their disapproval. but in the evening,

despite the protest being peaceful, tear gas and rubber bullets were deployed. dozens were badly injured and hundreds arrested. gabrielle loves, apparent interests in the orthodox church is something that by vladimir putin and bid xena vanish, billy share. the oligarchs seen here with the patriarch of georgia, has formed a close relationship with the orthodox church, even paying for the construction of the country's biggest cathedral. but critics say it's a symbiotic relationship. he has taken on board the worst part of church, which unfortunately is a majority of it. ah, as its ideological ally, to demonize west, demonized opponents to demonized idea of liberty as such and to use their, their hostile mob crowds as his foot soldiers. all i

looked up like w b i with william in recent years, both the governments and the church of intensified attacks on what they call, decadent liberalism, as personified by former president sock ashby. he remains confined in a prison hospital, supposedly being treated for a heart condition. those now deemed moral enemies of the vanish. pity in the church, say they feel increasingly threatened, especially the countries l. g b t q i community. ah, they be mobilizing all style into an anti l to be t q. i protests the biggest problem or far the current churches. they are very much linked to a russian orthodox church. last year's schedule, pride march in the capital tbilisi was thus bound to be

a tense affair. the patriarch school for a counter demonstration was echoed by the prime minister, erratic gutter brush, really, who described the event as unacceptable to georgia society. the government actually for you all the whole thing and they gave the green lights to their pri went groups. the pride march was eventually canceled with the counter demonstration, still went ahead and quickly turned violent, leaving hundreds injured camera. marlexia alaska rover was just one of 60 journalists, attacked that day beat and so violently he died at home 2 days later. this is the last class. it's less go film ah. lives to him suitably ticking down there. um are they which will be ah, twins or better doors are busy quarter to sort them when and,

and received any guy. he shot 30 telephone. the a lot of inaudible has that are in alabaster hooked up in the days following the event, homophobic post is appeared across to pleasing with pictures of george and dreams opponents. they bore the slogan, say no to evil cycle. billy was already behind bars liberal t v own at neck, but all mia was soon to join him. another face featured was that of gilkey type agari. in my case, when people recognized me, and because of that recognition, i ended up in trouble. lex's fellow cameramen came out and forced to pay tribute to their colleague. however, the government claimed lex's death was unrelated to his injuries and part of a liberal plot. according to the prime minister,

this is another failed conspiracy against the state that was masterminded by anti state and anti church forces. not surprisingly, the demonstrations continued then public sentiment so much further on the 24th of february. this year, when 2 tens forces invaded ukraine to the outrage of many georgians, the government refused to join much of the rest of the world in imposing sanctions on russia. and then attempted to block the departure of george and volunteers to ukraine. for years they've been cultivating the fear of war as an asset that leverage of their keeping the subtle score, saying, if we lose, if we are gone, meaning the oligarchy they've been assured in his team. the russians will attack as just like in 2008, and now they are using you can war as an example. look, that's what's happening. if you, if you challenge us such a score here,

we are lying low, and that's the way of survival. but lang low is something many georgians. find hard to do. we caught up with david, got sir alpha and his colleagues in the hills at sight tbilisi. many of them had already seen action in ukraine. some of the estimated $3000.00 georgian volunteers who have gone around the black sea to fight against the russians. one of the biggest foreign contingents in ukraine's on and in fact, david was amongst the 1st to liberate boucher. i would have a denial for thrushes, the, they're the way how they were killing our them and how they were torture or so it's on imaginable. so what lies behind a widespread belief here that the zenith vanish really is keeping georgia too closely tied to russia?

when surely has many interesting russia, he might pay particular decisions in the interest of russia and not georgia public . people are very much concerned and maybe not all of them know all about the particular connection. so if you're really with the russian only got one of these russian oligarchs, is sanctioned billionaire flooded me a yes to shank off in april 2022, a recording of a telephone conversation between the 2 men emerged during which you have to shank off, asked vanish, bidding to join him in a business venture, the 2 close friends used to have nicknames followed barrenca. why? why do you company yet? that's what? yes, yes, you get cut off. somebody. tv gum or in a follow up coal vanish with. he told the russian,

he had asked the prime minister to help his business associates. i would have you have a mago you on some so. so how about if you have a nice with your associate? yes. what you never enjoy it politically. absolutely. and if the council says no, i have a serious business, so i want to talk to you, not to thump i minister, what i heard there was nothing incriminating. it was a friendly conversation between 2 acquaintances. you have to shank off. seen, he, with putin, is an alms manufacturer. his company crunched at supplies, orion drains to the russian forces, which are used to bomb ukrainian cities. u trains president followed him. he is a landscape, had already recalled his ambassador to julia. by the time these fang,

conversations came to light, but since then relation to further deteriorated. of course it's, it's a shameful behavior. the got rather the shame for the whole country. and for a long time to come back to the volta russians, continue to arrive to some across the concerned 2 of us. proof that the kremlin is losing the hearts and minds of russians at home. either way, with putin bogged down in a war, he seems less and less likely to win. some believe this is an opportunity for georgia to finally shake off rushes, a, the bearing interest least window for porcine p, o punk, because of the ukraine. and of course ukraine, ah, fight our fight as well. and if you train should win the wool, what would it mean for julia? i think it will weaken the government because government not a teeth will still be asleep based on a presumption law. who rocco,

he knew the war and appeasing herancha and found both her strength and their position. but they were, russian defeats, might lose an advantage for these grip on the country or even undo george's shackles to russia. it's worth remembering that the country has had such chances before back in 1991. after the fold of the u. s. i saw it went back its independence, but still couldn't fully break free. the most painful thing is the fear of losing in our historic momentum and then generations paying price for that. just like it happened in ninety's, in a country where the skulls of the soviet union a, yet to heal the fear of history, repeating itself is palpable. the country is still listed with communist symbols and former soviet shapes, buildings, many and are in ruins like this grand hotel in the spa result of skull to bo. now

it's home to refugees from george's 2 territories, up kazi and south. aesthetic still occupied by russian troops. some people have been here for almost 30 years. and living proof that the cremeans, imperial ambitions should never be underestimated with the sudden influx of so many russians, those understandable theory in georgia of what putin might do next. what ever happens in you trained ah ah

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