great britain regained its independence, they were able to actually declare their independence only after 7 years, because then, at first, it was only a formal declaration and a desire to separate from great britain. today, after several centuries of independence of the united states of america, for americans, this celebration is primarily marked by a meeting with the family, holding a barbecue and generally spending time with the family. also, as we have already mentioned, an important... united states of america, in different states, and i will note that also this day, the independence day of the united states of america is a federal holiday and is a holiday for many in all the states of the united states of america. katya, thank you for your report, kateryna lisynova from the center of washington, they talked about how the usa celebrates independence day, how ukrainians join this holiday to remind americans of the importance of their support. meanwhile, in

great britain, today there are elections to the house of representatives of the lower house of the british parliament, the results of which will depend on who will form the country's government. the results will be known tomorrow, but the latest polls indicate that there may be a change of government in britain. let's talk about what to expect from these elections in ukraine with our correspondent in london , bohdan tsyupin, who is now joining the broadcast. bohdan, i congratulate you. so, the polls will close soon and the first exit polls will be known, but what were the predictions before these elections and what is important for the british in these political contests? ostap, many of our colleagues, journalists, in particular here in great britain will not sleep all night, and the evening for them will begin with the announcement of the results of polls at the exits from the polling stations, and we will then see if the british have decided to continue the task. to lead the conservatives, now the ruling

party led by rishi sunak, and are they ready, as previous opinion polls showed during the election campaign, or are they ready to give a chance to the opposition labor party, led by kiir stamer, who will automatically become prime minister , if his pa... party, according to predictions, will win the majority and will receive more than half of the mandates in the british parliament. as for the issues that worried the british the most, or continue to worry them, these are primarily internal issues, that is, the economy, welfare, problems in the health care system, education, as well as issues of migration, to some extent. societies

were concerned, and mostly such, that is, prices, energy prices, food inflation, mostly internal problems. bohdan, conservatives led first by boris johnson, then risha syunak demonstrated leadership in supporting ukraine during of the last two years, if the labor party comes to power, as the polls now predict, what kind of policy should we expect from them in relation to ukraine? yes, of course, boris johnson was especially a very bright face and a loud world leader in support of ukraine. rishi sunak continued his course, but i think that, beyond those faces, it is worth remembering that the help to ukraine from britain was the help of great britain itself, not some one leader or one party. always in the british

elite, in particular in the british parliament there was full agreement of the key parliamentary forces, the forces in power, who said that ukraine should be helped, that justice should be sought in the world, as for the labor opposition party, it always supported this course, and last year the labor leader kersamer went to kyiv to individuals... to emphasize this support, and then, by the way, as you will now hear in an excerpt from his statement, in the kyiv region, he predicted the elections that will now determine, in particular, the fate of the next british government. it is very important for me to be here in ukraine with ukrainian to the people to make it clear that the united kingdom is united in its support for ukraine. to make it absolutely

clear that if elections are held next year and the government changes, the position on ukraine will remain the same, it is incredible to see the evidence of the news that i saw today. in the morning, photos of civilians on the outskirts of kyiv with blindfolds and hands tied behind their backs killed by shots to the head, there is evidence of shelling of residential areas and families who suffered so badly from this, for this should be justice, there must be justice in gas, there must be proper compensation and reconstruction of ukraine. bohdan, there were still surprises in these elections, i know that many in britain were surprised by the level of support for the populist in... faraj included. yes, this is one of the most interesting questions of this election, not only who will obviously win, the two biggest parties, the conservatives or labour, but whether the british will really trust a certain number

of seats to the so-called reform party, until recently known as the united kingdom independence party, which . led by nigel farage, also known to our audience as a friend of donald trump, until now he did not have a deputy parliament, and this party, and poper in its previous form, so to speak, also did not actually have representation in the british parliament, so will his slogans be attractive to british voters, will nigel farage get. in the british parliament, this is one of the issues that will be of great interest to those watching the vote count tonight in great britain. definitely looking forward to these results, i think we will talk with you about the

results in great britain. bohdan tsyupin, our correspondent in london, was in touch. and along with international organizations, governments or large foundations. ordinary citizens also continue to support ukraine in many countries of the world. they organize fundraisers in local communities or help in any way that their own resources allow. our next story is about activists in the british norfolk game. the owners of the service station and the local clerk, who consistently helped ukrainians during the war years. omylyana shodlyak and yurii dankevich will tell you more. gordon jackson hubs is standing next to the custom. one of the most famous buildings in the center of kinglin, once the most important port city of england, now the pearl of the game of norfolk, 158 km from london, rural england, like a postcard, next to sandringham, one of the favorite residences of king charles. gordon knows how to turn english tradition into

practical help for a front 300 km away from here. in great britain, there is the royal society for the protection of birds, an organization of bird watchers. one of the military units he works with needs binoculars. i go on social media and reach out to bird watchers. you must have thousands of pairs of binoculars, give them to me and i will get dozens of boxes of binoculars. thank you very much, binoculars in the car and on the front line. later, there were helmets, bulletproof vests, boots, prefabricated stoves for cooking and even chainsaws. i often ask in units what they need it the most right now, and for example on this trip it turned out that... the guys are building defenses, cutting trees, creating trenches, and they don't have many tools, so i find groups that bring together tree keepers in england and i ask who can donate chainsaws. during the 2.5 years of the war in ukraine, an employee of the city council for gambling in

east anglia, gordon ate a tooth at a meeting for ukrainians. it all started with insulin for refugees in poland. our city council has an environmental and nutrition team. we turned to them... in this service station for 30 km from home, gordon found like-minded people for his new ukrainian project, which became the main one for him: the freelander operation in honor of the all-wheel drive land rover brand. gordon is looking for money, the owners of the service station, sue and norbert, provide repairs. one of the local residents decided to donate his freelander to ukraine, but it was necessary to replace the vaccination. he brought the car to us and was ready to pay for vaccinations in order to return the car to ukraine. when we found out about it, we fixed the vaccination for free. we wanted somehow help so when later gordon

came and told us about his idea, we said, "let's do it." people bring their freelancers to them every day. they tell them, your freelander needs repairs somewhere on... but we can buy it from you for a couple of thousand dollars, repair it and send it to ukraine. so for the price of one four-wheel drive car in not the best condition in ukraine , we... can buy three or four freelanders in britain in good condition, we repair them, change all the necessary parts, put new brakes, etc. i found it here a company that gives me six new tires for each of these cars, which is about $1,500. in this way, we prepare cars for little money. sue and her husband norbert moved to england from zimbabwe 20 years ago when they lost everything and were forced to flee the african country engulfed in political crisis. today, their small business of repair and maintenance of freelanders helps, first of all, in the evacuation of the wounded from

the battlefield in ukraine. the fact that our vehicles help to quickly deliver the wounded to stabilization points inspires us increase revolutions. journalist and traveler neil bailey, who since the beginning of the full-scale invasion managed to travel all over ukraine on a motorcycle, met gordon in kharkiv when he was handing over another shipment to the military. freelancers, the next time they went to ukraine together. from my childhood i remember a bbc tv program where we raised funds for those in need in the 1960s and 70s due to drought and famine, which was usually africa. we collected raw materials for recycling, and these funds went to buy land rover cars, which in grain and other products were delivered to africa. when i saw gordon with his freelander operation in kharkiv, i thought, this is exactly what gave... more joy when we were children. similar stories can be told every day. in ukraine, there are so many gurdons,

private individuals who came here, saw this struggle, fell in love with the country and began to help. in a few months, the team from norfolk, england managed to finance and deliver eight suvs to the east of ukraine from their own pockets. every time i come home, i know tomorrow is just around the corner i will cross the border with poland on foot to go to... and get on a plane to england, i will feel guilty again, i feel guilty every time i go home, every time, because here i am leaving friends, people who need help, with us in england it is a comfortable life and we spend so much, i have to tell people what is happening in ukraine and try to help as many people as possible in ukraine. the protracted war in ukraine has long ceased to exist. the number one topic in the english media for the likes of gordon hsu and norbert, it's still going on. omylyano shchudlyak

yuriy dankevich, for the voice of america, from lviv. and we return to american topics. joe biden and donald trump agree on very few things, but banning the chinese social media platform tiktok is one of them. however, when it comes to... the presidential election and the youth vote, the staffs of both candidates are actively using this platform for their campaigns. will tiktok help any of the candidates win the elections in november? yurii mamon will tell. the presumptive republican presidential nominee donald trump joined tiktok in june. president joe biden has been in tiktok since february , the social network he operates. criticizing former presidents is not a problem when the presidency is at stake. the world of social media

has changed in the last four years, between the last presidential election and this one, and this is the first time that tiktok is a dominant force. both biden and trump have advocated banning tiktok in the us, citing security concerns over the company's ties to the chinese government, but with more than 170 million users in the united states alone states, 44% of which are from 18 to 29 years old. tiktok has tremendous potential as a tool to appeal to young voters, and while more americans are getting their news on social media, a recent study found they aren't coming there looking for news. when we asked why you go to these or other sites, we were told that it is for entertainment, and tiktok is especially used to entertain yourself, and not to hear some news. tiktok users consume news vicariously through opinionated or humorous posts that mention it. current events, and unlike facebook or instagram, these are not posts from friends or family. in tiktok, the most common source

of news is people that users do not know personally. the algorithm itself throws up what is trending. it is very, very difficult for any new social media page, even if it is a presidential or ex-presidential page, to gain much attention in today's crowded and chaotic social media landscape. marketing experts say that reach. audience through influential bloggers is key. you need to have several voices sending messages. online influencers have a certain relationship with their followers and are trusted more than politicians. so you have to find a way to get your message across and explain why you were a better president in a way that makes sense and doesn't alienate people who come to this platform to be entertained and don't want to listen to political ads on tiktok. in this election race, tiktok influencers can become essentially managers of candidate digital companies. yuri mamon, tina trinh, voice of america. and

georgia is also preparing for decisive elections later this year, which will take place against the background of fears that the country's government is moving away from the west and closer to russia. voice of america journalist henry ridgell reports that georgia is now trying to reconcile the turbulent history of the 20th century with a new future path. anastasia savenko and oleksiy kovalenko will introduce his report. gorey offers a stunning perspective on the subject. not the past of georgia, it is the homeland of the soviet dictator joseph stalin, who is responsible for the deaths of approximately 30 million people. the museum was built in 1957, four years after his death. a large part of the museum is more like a shrine. the death mask of the dictator is displayed in a cozy, temple-like atrium. a small room under the stairs, which was completed only in 2010

, depicts the crimes of stalin, the gulag camps, the deliberate creation of holdomora, and murder. citizens, including georgians, but a survey conducted in 2012 showed that about 45% of georgians have a positive attitude towards stalin this impressive monument to the soviet dictator is a symbol of georgia's struggle to come to terms with its hideous and often brutal past. this is a story that resonates even today, when the country is trying to determine its future. 71 years after. after stalin's death, russia is still trying to establish power over the former soviet republic. a few kilometers north of gori lies the border with the territory occupied by russia. russian troops still occupy 20% of georgia's land after the civil war in the early 1990s and the russian invasion in 2008. the main thing is

not to cross the border with the occupied territories. if you cross it, you will be detained. further east along the caucasus mountain range, another vision of the future of georgia. khakheti is known as the homeland of wine, it began to be produced here about 8 thousand years ago. the necresi wine estate produces 50,000 bottles of wine a year and exports them all over the world, including to the usa, france and south korea. it aims to increase production fivefold in the coming years. we focus on foreign markets, in particular in europe. of public and private money to georgia as part of its global gateway strategy, including in the nekresi estate. the hotel we

are building is energy efficient and the eu has decided to cooperate with us and support its development. that the recent crackdown on civil society is tilting the country back towards russia, potentially putting georgia's eu membership in doubt. georgians are proud of their culture and heritage. the history of the country has many contradictions. now georgians have to come to an agreement on what theirs will be future. oleksiy kovalenko, anastasia savenko, henry. voice of america, georgia. meanwhile, the caribbean basin is witnessing the first category 5 hurricane this year. india and china are experiencing record rainfall, another heat wave is approaching europe. scientists warn that extreme weather

conditions will continue due to climate change. how the united states tries to counter these challenges, will tell. anastasia savenko. oregon beryl caused extensive damage to the island nation of grenada and continued on its way towards jamaica, where the government declared a state of national disaster even before the disaster arrived. the hurricane so quickly started as a tropical cyclone. so fast is historic. this year's hurricane season is already making history, scientists say. it is unusual that this year he started the form. sooner than we expected. usually, these storms start in august and september, but this year this hurricane started in june, early july. this year the temperature. in the united states has already either approached or broken records. the us government is preparing for a hot summer. there are dozens already millions of americans are at risk

from heat and record temperatures. last month here in washington the temperature reached over 37°. in phoenix, arizona - 45°, in las vegas - 43°. president biden noted that extreme heat is the number one disease-related killer in the united states and announced measures to help protect americans, including new workplace safety standards and announced nearly $1 billion in funding for projects and protecting communities from natural ones hazards such as storms and floods. weather disasters are happening all over the world, like in india, where after a temperature of 53°, at the end of may, there are now torrential rains. it's getting hotter and hotter, don't you think so. we release greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, they trap heat and as a result the winter globe heats up. scientists say warmer temperatures, rising

sea levels and changes in rainfall patterns are likely to mean more storms like hurricane boril. anastasia savenko, voice of america, washington. and we will be on that bid farewell. see also our daily briefings from monday to friday at 18:00 kyiv time, where you are live. you can ask us your questions. thank you for trusting the voice of america in ukrainian. have a good night and a peaceful morning. see you soon, see you soon. there are dreams. 15% in pharmacies, plantain, you and savings. there are discounts representing the only discounts on edem, 20% in travel pharmacies, you and savings.

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you again, this is the verdict program, i will be its host. i remind those who just joined that my name is vasyl zema. and today there will be two of us topics to discuss, international, very important, because a lot of controversial statements were made, well, in any case, it is necessary to find out what was meant, even if these statements were made by outright enemies. of ukraine, or those people who are looking for peace with a minus sign for ukraine, with a plus sign for russia, and of course, we will also talk about the statements of the ukrainian president, the head of state, i will remind you that we are preparing for the nato summit, which starts in 5 days in washington. that is why we start our program with a conversation with ivana klymposhtentsadze, chairman of the committee on integration of ukraine into the eu, verkhovna rada of ukraine. ms. ivanna, i congratulate you. good evening. i see you are on the way, but i think we will stop now, as soon as the conversation is successful, everything will be fine, i just, you know where i will start, because it is important, although it is said by our

enemy, well at least. now, and probably forever, by volodymyr putin, the self-proclaimed ruler of russia, as we call him, but i want you to explain to our viewers what is meant, apart from what was said, at this shanghai cooperation organization, vladimir putin said that the istanbul agreements remain on the table and can be used as a basis for the continuation of these negotiations, although before that he, although he further lied, saying that russia has never refused . negotiations, although in reality they refused, we remember it perfectly, that it is different there, but please tell me why putin is talking about this and can we talk about the fact that we are spectators, and you deputies, in particular, know, and that each point of these negotiations, in addition to what is published and presented to us as the istanbul agreements, i wanted to remind you that the istanbul agreements became clear and known to the ukrainian

citizen precisely because of... their publication in the american press, and this is actually, well, also a certain challenge, because it means , that the ukrainian voter, the ukrainian citizen did not understand and did not know what the state was talking about when, well, some delegation, which received a specific directive from president zelenskyi, conducted some negotiations, first in minsk, and then in istanbul. with the russian side, so we can only talk about the document that was made public by the new york times, and talk about the fact that these are exactly the things that were absolutely unacceptable for ukraine, and definitely had nothing to do with ukrainian independence , neither with self-determination, nor with the possibility of realizing their plans, nor with the possibility of having a country that could defend itself

and... and claim a real ability to act independently, and therefore it seems to me that precisely because of this, putin, to whom come on, probably these agreements that russia imposed on ukraine at the time, and we also understand this perfectly well, he believes that it is possible to push back from this, but it definitely has nothing to do with what ukraine is claiming. a society that the ukrainian people aspire to, and which can provide some kind of long-term possibility of long-term peace in this region, in principle in europe and in principle in the world. you know, speaking, someone can say yes, and if the istanbul agreements, then this, for example, is an agreement khmelnytskyi, no one has seen them until now, because they are kept in moscow, and what was written there, in particular by the hetman of ukraine at the time

, we still don't really know, so it's always a manipulation on the part of russia that there is the reunification with the moscow kingdom, although in reality it was obviously about completely different things, well , but here it is the same with those istanbul agreements, if someone can think like that, well, as if, then why did it take so long to fight for more than two years , if it still returns to those of istanbul agreements, i just want to say that during this time it was possible to liberate kherson, mykolaiv oblast, part of kherson oblast, part of kharkiv oblast. we lost most of kharkiv region, well mostly most of it, and somewhere in luhansk region, donetsk region, but in principle there we expelled the enemy from kyiv region, chernihiv region, sumy region and so on, so on, so on, but the situation is different now, and the fact that putin , who recently said that give me four oblasts, kherson oblast, zaporizhzhia, donetsk oblast and luhansk oblast , give me completely, and there are many, many another, and now he already says, no, then let's forget, let's forget the istanbul ones, what can burn putin so much, well, understanding that he

is actually now in... memory, where in this sco cooperation organization, where is he in particular and speaks with a person who can really influence his decision, this is of course the head of the people's republic of china , xi jinping, with whom erdogan also had a very important conversation, but more on that later, please, in your opinion, what makes putin now talk about the fact that let's give at least something, let's give at least the istanbul ones an agreement, at least something, because if you read some people who influence consciousness, they say that that's it, your economy is going down, you're going to lose your weapons. there is no, that is gone, that is gone, yes, mrs. ivanna has disappeared, but she will appear now, i am convinced, but i understand that there may be problems with communication, yes and even then it arises, i will continue this topic, then you you must understand that even such a politician, not that he is deceitful, such a lying politician, although he actually very often tells lies, putin manipulates the facts, falsifies the facts, i will switch, i i'm not talking about history, he's not a historian, so his historical ones...