>> liz cheney condemns the personality cult of trump and her defeat for the republican primary vote as the u.s. but went beyond recognition. three killed in a russian strike on kharkiv. and then the burial of the dead. bodies identified and people killed. president zelenskyy is preparing

for activity with the u.n.. ouchi for an editor is standing by in ukraine for us. 13 departments of france are now on flashlight alert. the rain needed so much during this. thank you very much for being with us. the u.s. republican party is gripped by a donald trump personality pulte -- cult. liz cheney is one of the 10 republican representative's who voted for trump's impeachment. the trump acolyte has been voted through in her place. >> emerging victorious from tuesday's wyoming primary, harriet thanked her biggest supporter, donald trump. >> is clear and unwavering support from the beginning propelled us to victory tonht.

wyoming has spoken on behalf of everyone concerned that the game is becoming more and more rigged against them. >> during her campaign, she echoed and amplified claims by the former president that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from him. in a state where 70% of votes went to trump becton, hegman beat liz cheney. cheney doubled down on her criticism of the former president. >> we must be very clear out but the threat we face and what is required to defeated. i have said since january 6 that i will do whatever it takes to ensure donald trump is never again anywhere near the oval office. i mean. -- i mean it. >> while trump was in president,

jenny voted in line. after the january 6 the capitol riot, she rode with party members and became one of his most -- one of his most vocal critics. >> there has been a fatal strike by russian forces in the north of ukraine. three people have been killed in kharkiv. at least 10 people were wounded in this attack. ukraine and russia remain locked in a war of attrition. bodies on identified laid to rest. this is the scene of alleged atrocities carried out by russian forces. the extent of the alleged war crimes emerged. our chief crime editor is life for us in ukraine. you would mr. grimm seen today. give us more on the context of what has been taking place.

>> of moving and depressing scene. these were bodies recovered from of people in the town duringre march during the russian occupation. some 430 people were found to have been executed or tortured, treated abominably. underage women had been raped. the ones buried today were the ones who ukrainians have so far been unable to identify. they have been trying to match of the dna of the bodies said the dna relatives in the town but so far they would have been unable to. in the past, they had some success. ey had a team of french foreic experts in march. they helped to identify 17 people who had been killed in march by the russians.

there are many more who had not been. what we saw today was the rest of that. there was a priest there to pray over the dead. i asked how important it was for him to be there he said we don't know who these people are but they are human beings nevertheless. we have to be here to pray over them. but one of the strangest things to me, perhaps one of the most upsetting things is there were no relatives there. nobody knows who's these people are. that was about it. a pretty moving and depressing moment but they say -- ukrainians say they will seek to identify t bodies that marked each coffin with a number and they will continue to seek to match the dna to the people in the town and hopefully they will

come up with answers. >> another strike has happened on kharkiv. there is an important meeting coming up for president zelenskyy, meeting with the hybrid representative of the united states and the president of turkey. tell us more about what this means. >> this is an important meeting with president aired of turkey. the presence of esther erdogan is very important because he was the n getting the green moving out of ukraine and going out past turkey and into the mediterranean. what they're looking at is the next day. 21 ships have managed to leave ukraine imports with sunflower seed oil. what they are hoping is to move more. the have about 20,000,000 tons

of ukraine and oer foodstuffs in the silos. very soon they will be getting another 25 tons as the harvest comes in. that is a lot of grain and other food that they need to move. they are looking at ways they can make things go faster. the presence of president erdogan is very important in doing that. one of the really key issues they will be looking at is the nuclear power plant. the biggest in europe which is currently occupied by russian forces. the ukrainians killed the russians. they are using those artillery pieces to attack you for any positions. the russians say it is the

ukrainians attacking their positions. the ukrainians are calling on the u.n. to send asked him to check out on the ground precisely what is happening. this would rather suggest it is the ukrainians who might be telling the truth here. >> thank you for giving us that essential context on what is happening in ukraine. israel and turkey have announced full diplomatic ties have been resumed. there has been tension between the two since turkish civilians were killed off the gaza strip in 2010. >> after years of turbulence, a mage diplomatic breakthrough for both nations. >> the resumption of relations

with turkey is an important asset for regional stability. >> they announced the news following the phone call with his turkish counterpart, president everyone, both parties agree to return ambassadors to each other's countries. turkey, along supporter of civilian rights. >> we will continue to defend the rights of gaza. >> diplomatic ties crumble between them after the passenger vessel tried to breach the naval blockade in 2010. the deadly confrontation resulted in the deaths of tens of billions. tensions thawed briefly in 2016 after israel paid millions of dollars in compensation to those fields on the ship.

but turkey's anger was quickly renewed when the u.s. recognized israel's capital. resulting in president everyone was -- withdrawing from the country. both parties have recently focused on the mutual interests. including increasing bilateral trade and cooperating on a natural gas pipeline in the eastern mediterranean. >> the election result in kenya continues to be investigated. if they all", william ruto says he will take part in the process. >> there is no time to waste says william ruto. he spoke out on wednesday after his highly contested narrow victory against his rival, raila odinga. >> we will be taking steps to

ensure that iran is transparent, democratic. >> ruto is currently vice president one with almost 55 -- 50.5% of the vote. his opposition called it null and void. the results are determined by king apostle constituencies. the electoral commission now announced the final outcome. this year's election was said to be one of the country's votes but this has plunged the country into a. of uncertainty. four of the commissioners said they do not support the official results. calling the counting process opaque. >> they are declaring results by

all seven commissioners. raila odinga has failed to preserve all options. if it is announced the results, a new election must be held within 60 days. >> the french weather service is warning of flesh s after the history lashed much of france yesterday. flash flooding lead to closures of the metro's. this is not far from where her studios are. they're up to their knees in some places. drivers carefully trying to navigate through the torrents where they used to be roads. including several along the mediterranean coast.

>> over interlacing in the middle of august as il and heavy rain transform this town in the east of france. the temperature dropping from 26 to 15 degrees. catching these drivers completely by surprise. the storms continued to cause havoc in the north, south and east of france wednesday. authorities issued warnings over conditions caused by hail and strong winds. speeds reaching up to 131 kilometers per hour. the damage here is clear to see. residents likely managed to escape before the tree fell. >> the tree started swinging left and right and there was a horrible, never-ending noise. >> nearby, they were on the path of destruction of the storm. this turned roads into rivers. ter a series of hea waves,

rain does bring some relief. especially for firefighters who have been battling wildfires in the southwest and elsewhere. there was still not enough to relieve the ongoing drought. there were a shortage france has seen since records began. >> battening down the hatches here in france. for all of that and more, stay with us. you are watching france 24.

bringing the best of additional an act that has come to paris. these afro dance hall sensations in studio. thank you for being here. >> thank you for having us. >> were both performing at the festival here in france, it is a concert. this is a rerun of the paris and accurate event in november of last year. give us a bit of the inside scoop. what was that night light? -- night like? >> big shout out to anne sophie for coming up with this

initiative. this is a whole movement. that was crazy, i loved it. back home, it was more comfortable for myself and my brother. now she is let us invade your privacy for a second. this one will be way turned. >> this is how i think it is supposed to be. the ambassador should get the credit for pioneering or spearheading such a movement. i think it is a great movement because the language barrier made it impossible for people to see different cultures and it did not allow our music to transcend one another. these are the movements that grow such cultural interrelations. this is a great move that should be looked at and related.

we are waiting for all her friends to come up. we want to see the white faces and blue faces that come in. >> music tends to transcend language. you are being joined by other artist on stage. you recently collaborated on this track with a whole range of really big names. it is working with others and inspirational thing for you? would you prefer to come with a really personal vision? >> a lot of cooperation. i think people who listen to stone boy made this into reggae dance hall. -- may like to listen to reggae dance hall. i like it.

it opens up the market for you. i think anyone who follows, i really believe in collaboration. almost every record of mine has someone else on there because i want to reach people. one of the hardest things i have ever done, i started back in ghana, i used to be a very fast wrapper. it took me back to those days. we are performing that this saturday. >> this is your latest track. let's get a taste of it. ♪ ♪ ♪

>> you are another fan of the joint project. you have worked with john paul in the past. your sound is quaint fusion. are you a fan of categories or i would you describe your sound? >> i am a fan of categories as well. and i am blessed to be talented beyond a particular scope. i am an artist that can literally do anything music. my inspiration is actually rooted in reggae dance hall culture whereby that sends messages. we want to speak to the people. this is what the politicians want to do. but we live that life so dear always has to be a message in my music.

that is why i don't just stick to what inspires me. i make sure to move across to also be able to have people here. particularly if you love reggae and dance hall. you will find out we have been here doing it, representing for the culture. not just because we want to be famous. that is what is happening right now. we just want people to come out and experience such powers that we have. >> let's hear it for ourselves. this is your track. it is called what's up? ♪ ♪ ♪

>> at think you are singing in tweed there. >> no, that is my dialect. my mother tongue. my roots. >> it is interesting because english might get you to a huge audience. why is it important to have this linguistic mix? >> i think it is really about -- you don't want to dilute what you're doing. it has to be authentic and how you feel. i can save people from u.k. in the states, it is way easier. you can have the emotions and the spirit in there. if you change it, it can make sense, it can do that sometimes

but i think creativity, you have to believe and how your product. i think as creative as we are, we are able to catch the use of other people even though they don't understand us. we have a way to present us that suits the ear. there is a lot of people i have listened to back in, that have no idea what we're talking about but that is what we stand for. to represent where we are from. >> it is a cultural mix. >> yes. it is a language. it has to be obeyed. some of the songs that live with us were the ones we don't understand. it is the lyrics and what they are saying. then you want to learn something because he just asked what the time of my song was. i wanted to put it down there so people could understand that is

a way this works. that is how we will continue to sell our cultures to the world. >> going in and west african music were classified as world music because they failed to recognize the nuances and specificities of different genres in different scenes. billboard has launched a u.s. fob's chart and the u.k. has done that as well. spotify has an afro hope. what do you think of these initiatives? is it good exposure or is it lumping everything together? >> both. the criteria by which those are defined. when you move away from those criteria is, people still feed on -- i think some of the criteria as they use is when you do all of the monday. sometimes i have come from schools where you just to the

music and the music lives with people. class is imperial. i would also debate it. it is a beautiful thing that keeps us pushing and adding up to the stand out but if you ask stone boy. i would tell you that it does not stop there. it did not even begin there. it adds onto exposing african standouts. there are actually jams heading behind. >> do you think you could prompt people to go seek out new music? >> at think anything successful will have people want to come join it. i think we just don't lose the core of what the music is for. i think it was just a matter of time.

i knew this was going to come. we were the generation that was going to be able to push that boundary and open that door. if it stayed in africa, i think it would be an african thing. whether you like it or not, that is the song that turns the clubs up. i am hoping for people to join to make it way bigger. yes, definitely. >> good news for all of us music fans. thank you for joining us. we will wrap up the show with one of your fellow performers. the concert is taking place in paris. we will leave you with this tract, fingers. check out our website on more music, art and culture. there is more news coming up just after this.

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