Ethiopia | 38th Summit of the African Union kicks off - video Dailymotion

*260 human traffic victims rescued in Myanmar. *Washington and Berlin at odds over Ukraine. teleSUR

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00:00Ethiopia hosts the 38th African Union Summit focusing on reparations for historical injustices.

00:08African leaders and international guests arrive in the capital city of Addis Ababa to discuss

00:12strategies to boost development and strengthen ties in the region.

00:15Among the bloc's main challenges is to find a solution to the insecurity crisis facing

00:19the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

00:21In this context, this Saturday, Angolan President Jair Lorenzo assumed the presidency of the

00:25alliance with the intention of solving the conflicts that the continent faces.

00:35These apocalyptic landscapes that Palestine, the Gaza Strip and the Gaza population in

00:39particular offer today, after more than a year of war that has destroyed all forms of

00:44life and property, continue to take place in the almost total silence of the world's

00:49powers.

00:50If it is not for the call, by some, for the systematic deportation of Palestinians from

00:54their land, it is the height of absurdity.

01:01In Myanmar, the Thai army has rescued 260 victims of human trafficking who had been

01:07forced to work in online scam centers.

01:11Last Thursday, Thai forces raided scam centers operating on the border with Myanmar.

01:15The people set free were taken to Tak province, located near the border with Thailand.

01:20Myanmar, Cambodia and Laos have become shelters for criminal organizations.

01:24Authorities presume that hundreds of people have been forced to take part in various scams.

01:40In Abkhazia, polling stations opened as voters take part in the early presidential elections.

01:45The Central Electoral Commission reported that over 134,000 people are eligible to exercise

01:50the right to vote in some 152 polling stations.

01:54Electoral authorities said that primary results will be announced on February 16th.

01:59The elections take place after Parliament accepted President Aslan Sania's resignation

02:03in November.

02:09And on Saturday, in Germany, at the Munich Security Conference, a heated exchange took

02:13place between German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and U.S. Vice President James Devance, which

02:18was broadcast live.

02:20Ukraine was at the heart of the dispute between the two countries, which apparently no longer

02:24have common ground on the conflict.

02:25The German Chancellor said a peace deal with Russia would only be acceptable if it were

02:30to guarantee Ukraine's sovereignty.

02:32Berlin fears Washington's meddling puts Ukraine's sovereignty at risk, given some

02:36remarks made by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on the conduct of the White House.

02:41With this level of tension, Vice President Devance expressed his support for the far

02:45right, a gesture rejected in strong terms by the German Chancellor, although his own

02:49party made a pact with the far right to tackle immigration issues.