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joe biden says the drones try, can the afghan capital killed the reclusive terrorist commander? also coming up tensions over a possible stop over in taiwan, taiwan, government forces say us how speak and nancy pelosi will visit the island during her asia trip. china has threatened a military response. the white house has beijing, is overreacting. and life changing surgery conjoined twins after 3 years spent joined at the head, doctor's use, virtual reality and spend more than a day operating on the total is we will take a look at that remarkable new chance at life spent a thought ah, i manuscripts, mccann and welcome to the program. we saw the show with some breaking news.

russia's supreme court has designated ukraine's as of regiment as a terrorist group. now the decision may have consequences for the as of fighters who are now russia's prisoners of war. the as of regiment is a ukrainian military unit with the far right and nationalists background. it was the focus of russia's claims about fascist elements in ukraine. many were involved in fighting, and maria pull where they held out in a steel factory for months against russian assaults. i'll be talking to a correspondent in keep for reaction in a moment. let's take a look 1st at the as of regiment. this was the ass off steel works earlier this year. inside thousands of fighters from the so called ass off battalion from within the tunnels under the steel plant. the battalions leaders sent out video messages furnaces are,

this is our repeal to the world as could be the last appeal of our lives. we are probably facing our last days if not hours. the enemy out numbers us $10.00 to $1.00, but it is enough. they didn't last much longer ordered to surrender by the government and keep the steel plants defenders were taken prisoner. russian officials call them nazis. the group does have a far right history. it was founded in 2014 as a volunteer militia to fight pro russian separatists in the dumbass region. current members have rejected being called nationalists or radicals. however, they say they're patriots. russian media also said the group mistreated civilians and mario poll. but without evidence. videos showed fighters helping civilians evacuate in the days before the surrender. since then, the captured fighters have become ponds in the game potential assets in an eventual

swap or ceasefire negotiations as the war grinds on without them. ok announced another important development in the war in ukraine. grain shipments from ukraine have restarted under a un broken deal to and russia's blockade. exports of wheat, corn, and other key commodities had been halted since the start of the war in february, february, contributing to a global food supply shortage of the 1st congo ship departed from odessa on monday . ukraine says 16 more vessels all waiting to follow up to 60000000 tons of grain and fertilizer could be expect exported over the next 5 months under the deal . and some more we can bring in d w's but get a shocker. who's in keith and

d. w dory. dorian jones, who's standing by for us in istanbul, i believe we're still waiting for doria if we can start with you. now the progress of this ship is being followed so closely around the world. 1 can you tell us? are things going to plan so far? the west loaded west 20th, fixed 1000 tons of corn, has reached international waters. so, according to plan, everything is going well, and only the ship has run a little bit of bad weather. that's why it will have a little bit delayed arrival in east engvall. but i think the most critical part of the operation was definitely when the ship had to leave the odessa harbor that the harbor is heavily mind. and according to the dealer ukrainian,

am military had the mind, a sure, a small passage through the harbor to secure the passage even more. m a pilot boat has guided the ship through this safe corridor. and this operation especially had been followed very, very, very closely here. by all sort of authorities in keith because ukraine had confirmed. 2 that the passage is safe and secure, and everybody knew if some thing would have happened there, the deal would have been debt immediately. because if i can ask you now, russia has welcome the 1st shipment as a positive development, but he tell us how optimistic are authorities in ukraine that this deal really can hold we, we saw an obvious, i a baker's eye off relief that this 1st ship passed mahash

m. yeah, good guy got out of the port without any major incidents, but the president lensky has also want to be overly optimistic. and he said, yeah, it's maybe not the day to celebrate now. and this, the reason for that is that obviously, and ukraine doesn't really trust in the russian security guarantees, especially as russia has bombed the port of odessa only hours after they had signed the brain deal. so there authorities in the ukraine hope that the more ships will leave the port soon, but everybody here knows that they're most cricket, critical part of the reparation is still to come because nobody knows if the owners of the ship really will send the empty vessels back into this mind port in, in

a war zone, and we don't now with, they get affordable assurance for that. so this is something insurance company said this has to be worked out before the 1st ships can set sail from turkey back to odessa or the other ports on the ukraine coast. because i thank you. i'm going to come back to you in just a moment. i do believe that we have dorian jones, our correspondent, in turnbull, he standing by door, and if i can ask you now, the ship is expected to arrive in turkey late on tuesday. what will happen there? and what exactly is turkey's role in all of this? with a very long look like my group around a

premium, a designated all goes well then which way behind me and then on to level by the live of much needed for my country. would you be waiting for supplies from frank for from time all right? door and we're gonna have to leave it that we've got sight, slight problems with the audio. so they get a, i'm going to come back to you. and if i could ask you again about that breaking news about the as of regimen that's just come in. and russia has declared it to be a terrorist organization. can you tell us what the reaction is going to be from here about this announcement? there has been any official reaction yet that you have to know the soldiers of the as of regiment are seen as heroes. here in ukraine,

they have defended the city of mario, poor against the russians for weeks. and before they finally had to surrender to the russian army in mid mid to may. and this surrender was bro kurtz by the red cross. and there were security guarantees that those soldiers of the other regiment would be treated as prisoners of war. and that would mean according to the geneva convention, that they couldn't be charged for only being part of this hiding. but if now russia declares them as a terrorist organization, this definitely opens the door for a for charges. and even some people here fear that they, they might face death punitive penalties. and this is the sort of pattern we have been seeing over the past weeks here. they're, they're more and more the try the attempt to criminalize prisoners of war. and this

is something which is worrying to everybody here in ukraine because many people have friends or family in the army. and at some point, everybody could be a prisoner or at some time get a sugar in eve and dorian jones and east temple. thanks so much for both of you. an apologies for those technical challenges that we were faced with that the united states says it has killed the leader of al qaeda. i am anal though a harry in a drone style strike in afghanistan. now he was one of the founders of the terrorist group and he had been in hiding from more than a decade. he was officials said the cia carried out an operation on sunday, targeting the man that they believe was central to planning the $911.00 attacks in the heart of this wealthy cobble neighbourhood where many taliban leaders reside. the head of al qaeda found a hide out. but not out of washington's sides. the u. s. official says i am on

alger why harry was identified on multiple occasions. spending time on the balcony of the house where he was eventually struck early on sunday morning. now we have eliminated the mirror of al qaeda. he will never again, never again allow of kingston to become a teacher. so shaven because he is gone. and we're going to make sure nothing else happens. you know. campy. are launching prevalence united states. we're going to see to that won't happen. the gyptian bonds a why harry was osama bin laden's, right hand man before later succeeding him as head of al qaeda. but you are says he was actively involved in planning the september 11th attacks in the us, as well as other al qaeda operations, including 2 u. s embassy bombings in east africa in 1998. and the attack on the u. s. s. cole warship in yemen. in 2000 following the strike that killed him,

the taliban accused the us of violating international principles and the door agreement. but for the americans, it's the taliban who's broken that 2020 accord by providing cover for the winery who's killing is the 1st known us strike and afghanistan since washington pulled out its troops a year ago. now, earlier i spoke to gentle as transsmart. see who has lived in afghanistan for many years. he said he was surprised to learn that i'm an elder, were harry had been located in the afghan capital that it was the leader i am on. although you came to me as a surprise on that. all kind of members also high ranking members have visited called look least and stayed there temporarily since the fall off of con us until the 20 mom was not a surprise. it has, for example, been credibly reported in several un reports or during the past year,

given that he was living in such a central location, is it clear that the taliban were helping to shelter him and his family? nothing can be said with certainty, but it is really hard to imagine that no one in the taliban regime would have known about this and given the location. so it is very likely that they knew. apparently it was kept secret of from almost every body on the pay of to strike on sunday. i talked to a sourcing called blue with connection to durgy hardy scene. and he told me that no one would know anything. um, so apparently even well place people are, hadn't any idea that he was there. okay. but if it's likely that they knew he was there, does this name that al qaeda has been operating freely in afghanistan since the u.

s. withdrawal? not since the u. s. was throw on, if you go back off alti, though, has never been completely eradicated. so for people who follow the subject, it was always clear that some people, some, okay, i'll kind operatives are round of conason, and how much stated what exactly they did. that was the question mark, but that they are around that, that they are active, has already been the case before it totally been take over again with i'm ronald's of what he it was suspect that that he somewhere into of gone a san pocket on border area with sources, i'm disagreeing on which side of the border that he was incomparable was certainly a surprise, but it all condos around and is not a surprise at all. and can you give us a sense of how this operation was different from the bin laden operation in 2011? it was completely different here. here we were talking about the cia drone shooting,

apparently, to rockets into that house, according to u. s. officials. um, it was a type of messiah that doesn't have a warhead, so there is no explosion, right before the impact relates protrude from the missile and it's more or less for reading the target. so basically you shoot a bunch of iron into the target to only kill one person and not create much collateral damage in uh, bolt up ots. the been law. no operation was a military operation with like special forces going on the ground going inside. i'm hunting for to target, so it's completely different modus operandi. journalist france martini. thanks so much. okay, let's get you up to speed now on some of the other stories making headlines around the world. voters in the us state of kansas are deciding whether to remove the right to abortion from the state constitution is the 1st major ballot on the issue

since the supreme court revokes the constitutional right to abortion. in june, the vote is being seen as a test case for abortion rights across the us. protest is occupying iraq's parliament have settled in for a 4th day. followers of the powerful cleric mach todd al serra storm the fortified government zone on saturday. and have vowed to remain in the building thousands of counter protests as have also taken to the straits, demanding that outside of supporters that leave parliament immediately. authorities in california say 2 bodies were found after blaze. the broke out on friday, the so called mckinney wildfire has forced at least 2000 people to evacuate. fires have also broken out in the western states of oregon and montana and police in bolivia flashed with cocoa farmers protesting over the establishment of a coca market in the capitol le pads the country's leading coco groves association

claims the new market is illegal, it is run by our rival group. sh! now so truly remarkable story from brazil where doctors have carried out ground breaking surgery on conjoined twins. the 3 year old boys were born joined at the head, their brains were fused. now doctors turned to virtual reality. they recruited experts from around the world to conduct the complex operation and to give the boys a chance at life apart. take a look. ah, arthur and bernardo to brother, as they could not be closer, but until now had never looked each other in the face before their life changing surgery. the boys had spent most of their lives in hospital. i was so desperate for so long if you could go to her because i couldn't handle the

diagnosis. okay. awesome. former years of research and trialing techniques led up to the surgery that was ultimately made possible by virtual reality. brain scans created a digital map of the boys shared cranium, which allowed surgeons to perform a trans atlantic virtual reality surgery executed in both brazil and in the u. k. it's been described as space h. stuff before the suck? well, i talked to the mother of that and i told her i believed we were capable of separating the children. i said, but as witnesses, i learned the phrase when you have one percent of possibility, the other 99 percent needs to be pure faith of islam of self defense. oh, faith definitely played its part in the operating room during a grueling 27 hours of surgery, where almost a 100 medical staff were involved. whether it was faith or unmatched skill and

technology that ultimately pulled through. it was a moment of joy and relief when the twins were successfully separated. arthur and bernardo will need at least 6 months recovering and hospital, and he may still need some further procedures. but the brothers are finally side by side, holding each other's hands and recovering. well. that is just a remarkable story. taiwan government sources say that us. how speaker nancy pelosi will visit the self governing island. now. pelosi has not commented on the possible trip, but some official say that they do expect her to stop over on tuesday night. policy is currently in malaysia, as part of her asia to the chinese government says it would be any visit to taiwan as a provocation. and warned its military could take strong counter measures in response

. china use taiwan as its own territory. biden administration is understood to be against the stop over, but it does say that pelosi has the right to visit the island. and for more on the story we can bring in d. w correspondent suits on hand. who is in taipei. now it does seem pretty certain, doesn't it that nancy pelosi will be coming to taipei on tuesday evening. is there any more that you can tell us about a possible schedule? yes, you're right. we've just heard that how and he's authorities have deployed police forces to ensure the personal safety of what they call of the 4 in guest without naming them. and there is already a certain itinerary, according to a source close to the government, there to close the would arrive at 10, 20 pm local time, as they overnight at the hotel and tomorrow morning. she will go to the taiwanese parliament to meet the legislators. and afterwards,

she will meet tony's president's high england, who will host her at a state banquet, were watching closely if all these would happen. okay, so it looks like there's some pretty certain plans already. can you tell us how people in taiwan feel about beijing's reaction to this? are they worried about beijing's quite strong words? while people here have been listening to china's warnings closely, but most are used to it. the warnings have been there for the past 70 years. it's hard for people to believe that anything breakin would happen overnight, and how many people actually have this miscellaneous feelies toward pelosi visit? on one hand, it could be a signal to show how the u. s. would keep its promise to protect taiwan. should a hot war really breaks out. on the other hand, no one wants the escalation to that level. as opposed shows most people still want to remain the status quo. and that is to be able to live the current democratic life under the he was in china robbery. ok,

so we're going to come back to you in just a moment. first, we're going to take a look at how tensions between the u. s. and china over the island have been building for some time with each site, blaming each other for the escalation. he did. jean campbell don't play with fire high. that was chinese president. she jan ping's message to was u. s. counterpart joe biden. in the most recent talks, china claims the u. s. is dangerously close to crossing a line on taiwan with its messages of support for the islands. independence in may . biden broke with years of u. s. policy by promising military support. if china tried to invade are you willing to get involved militarily to defend taiwan? if it comes to that? yes, you are. as a commitment, we made the u. s. as china is the one disrupting the status quo. over the past year, she jan ping has provoked taiwan with incursions into its air space and calls for

an end to taiwanese self rule. fool, i'm sure the historical mission of the reunification of the motherland must be and will surely be realised, negotiate beijing sees the island as the chinese territory temporarily occupied by the political airs of those who lost the chinese civil war. 1949. since then, taiwan has governed itself, running regular military and civilian drills to prepare for a possible chinese invasion. to pass that china has laid out off is neither a free and democratic way of life to taiwan. no sovereignty for 23000000 people. many in the west see it as a fight between democracy and authoritarianism. but that's not the only reason why the u. s. is involved. taiwan is integral to u. s. strategy to check china's power and the pacific. the taiwan strait is one of the most important shipping lanes and global trade. and the majority of the world's advanced semiconductors used in everything from smartphones to cars just are made

on the island, tries to relocate production line. if china successfully imposes its rule on taiwan . that would be a big blow to the u. s. in a victory for she didn't pass through y'all easy to him, but he was, and biden unhappy both have a lot to lose your teeth. they know a full blown war could be the worst case scenario for both their country swan could eat them. can you give us an idea at what exactly is at stake here and, and could there even be any kind of benefit from this kind of visit by nancy pelosi? no, there is not any obvious benefit. but under the current situation, china has standard is military economic pressure on taiwan for this puzzle, a private trip earlier today, chinese military aircraft flew close to the straits central line. and china has also just plays a thon band on hundreds of food products imported from taiwan. and there's a warry there, sooner or later taiwan would fall like hong kong or ukraine. so even if close he

doesn't visit high one. there is also no benefit. so some determination is solidarity from the democratic ally are seen necessarily needed when china doesn't change its behavior and policies. thanks so much for your reporting. suits on hand in taipei. thank you. okay, we've got time for a quick reminder of the top stories we're following for you at this hour, russia supreme court has designated ukraine's as of regiment. as a terrorist group, the decision may have consequences for the as of fighters who are now russia's prisoners of the military unit with a far right background was involved in the month long siege of the mario full steel prompt. and u. s. president joe biden says the leader of al qaeda has been killed in an air strike. i man, as though a hairy scene is the key planner of the 911 attacks the saga said by us thrown in

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