>> welcome. ukraine's president is as to defeat evil. the u.s. top diplomat makes a suit was visit with over $1 billion in new aid. heavy floods in southern europe.

at least 17 people were killed after a market in ukraine came under attack. the european union called the attack heinous and volodymyr zelenskyy says it was deliberate. >> this is the moment the market was struck on this is the aftermath. more than one dozen people were killed, shops, market stalls, cafes reduced to rebels. residents described being caught.

>> i only saw a flash, all of my customers lay on the floor, employees lay on the floor. everything was covered in smoke. >> in the center there were lots of people, civilians. it is a market. ordinary people work there. >> volodymyr zelenskyy condemned what he called a deliberate attack. >> whenever there is a positive step, the russians target civilians. we know this area very well, it was a deliberate strike. >> officials say it's the worst attack in months. it's located in eastern ukraine

and sits near the front line. the city is just 27 kilometers away from where fierce fighting has been continuing. the prosecutor general announce an investigation has been launched with officials taking all measures. >> america's top diplomat says washington will maximize efforts to support you rain during a surprise visit. fresh eight was announced totaling over $1 billion. >> we will continue to stand by ukraine's side. in young going counteroffensive,

progress has accelerated and the new assistance will help tilled further momentum. >> today, we discussed long-term security arrangements across land, air, sea and cyberspace as well as training and intelligence sharing. good evening. military aid was announced by antony blinken, what did he have to say? >> that's perhaps the most important message, he said the counteroffensive is progressing well after a summer where most people felt the counteroffensive did not deliver the results many people hoped for, though ukrainians would argue they did

extremely well to rush into the action while not having the weapons they said they needed. they do not have the jets, the hell of these new brigades especially the americans and they received short training with people who are so freshfaced, nevertheless we are seeing bigger advances and some americans have been criticizing the performance. it's important, everyone knew it would be a difficult fight and that's a signal that they are not about pull the plug, he also

announced $1 billion in military aid. the united states is by far largest supporter. >> there was more on the table. what other announcements? >> in addition, the prime minister is more to do with the economy particularly anticorruption reforms, there has been a lot of discussion about dealing with corruption and pressing away with reforms, antony blinken said they will be crucial as investors to feel

there is law and you rain and investments will be safe. they talked about those kinds of issues participating in the reconstruction. >> thank you very much. cuban officials say they have uncovered a trafficking ring to fight in ukraine. they are reiterating it is not part of the war. >> human trafficking ring has been coercing citizens according to the cuban foreign ministry released this statement on monday. >> the ministry is working on dismantling a huge network, and some into the military forces

participating in ukraine. ask the cuban government says they have initiated criminal proceedings, adding of anna was not part of the war. it comes just days after a mama newspaper published testimony from those who say they were tricked. in may, a russian newspaper route ordered several citizens had signed contracts and were shipped to ukraine. residents on the streets of obama reacted to the news. >> cuba is against all people trafficking. >> russia has long held strong ties with eva -- cuba. the war has pushed the allies

closer as many have turned their back. moscow has so far not commented on allegations. >> for more, we can bring in a senior lecturer, good evening can thank you for joining us. why would russia be trying to recruit cubans? >> they are short of personnel. they need to recruit foreigners, because putin does not want casualties, he will make himself very unpopular if conscripts are killed and he does not want high

casualty numbers. he goes abroad, he is been to syria to get troops for his army, he is been to iraq and serbia. stein to find extra. >> it seems he went behind their back. they're trying to break up the network. >> we need to be careful. the latest contract we've seen is $2000 a month. if you are a peasant, this is big money. it's a bit murky, are they being coerced or encouraged?

it's difficult to ascertain what happening. >> cubans are not the only mercenaries. they were getting fighters from afghanistan to be trained by nato. >> anywhere they can, there are a lot of poor people. you are encouraged for what appears to be a lot of money, we know from the prisoners that putin forces are using them as cannon fodder and taking massive casualties that should be looked upon badly by the rest of the world. >> could this escalate the

conflict? we have seen russia developing access with countries like iran and north korea. could we see foreign fighters knowingly come to russia's aid? >> a few hundred, maybe a couple of thousand, but they will not be massive. we're talking about you to numbers. with to be careful, but we should be looking at it as a positive. it shows you the desperation of the regime, it does not look good for the russians. >> what about the fact that they would have to turn to north

korea? >> is an act of desperation but you can see why they are doing it. the north koreans have the artillery shells that are firing huge numbers of shells per day and factories cannot produce the number of shells every day. therefore, the desperation, north korea has billions of these shells. these are often very old shells and they could be dangerous. >> we're going to have to leave

it there. people have been reported dead after heavy flooding. record rainfall comes after wildfires. >> this street looks more like a river. mass flooding. the locals have been left stunned. >> this is the first time i've seen anything like this. >> on tuesday alone, as much rain as all of autumn despite traffic. >> in a little while it will be

sweeping people up. stay in your homes, it's dangerous. >> the islands are badly hit leaving many tourists stranded. the bad weather claimed lives in this tumble. around one dozen people had to be rescued while some stations were shut down. 300 kilometers to the north, there also fatalities in bulgaria with the town declaring a state of emergency. >> time now for business news. good evening, the european union is tightening its grip on date tech. >> six companies including

amazon, microsoft, bytedance as gatekeepers. the aim is to reign in market power. >> it has ruffled feathers. apple raised concerns about privacy and data security risks. the commissioner called the development an important milestone. >> we call them gatekeepers. we have to play by the rules. no platform can be held as if it

is too big to care. we must be very smart on investment. >> the players targeted have a market capitalization of more than 45 million monthly active users. one consequence is services like amazon marketplace and google search engines will be banned from giving its own products preferential rankings. they will have six months to comply with the new rules. in case of systematic infringements, they can impose more measures such as forcing gatekeepers to launch a legal case suspend the application of the rules area >> turkiye's

president said he supports tighter monetary policy. for years, he pursued an unorthodox view that it could reduce inflation. after the economic crisis nearly cost him reelection, he appointed veterans. the government expects the economy to slow and inflation to hit 65% area. >> we will not compromise during the program period. we will ensure healthy growth. at the same time, with the

support of tight monetary policy, we will reduce inflation and improve current account balances. click some more of the business stories, housebuilding in the eurozone has slowed to the fastest pace the start of the pandemic according to a new survey. the index dropped in august, marking a 16th consecutive month of declines. germany posted the steepest fall while france had the biggest in a year. >> a fashion house has entered receivership. it's the second time the brand is been in receivership since 2020, management says it is

trying to safeguard jobs and pay off debt in the next six months. china's premier took a test drive on the first high-speed train during a visit to indonesia. the project is largely funded by china as part of the belt and wrote and it should. it was slated to give up service but faced repeated delays. we will end the business segment with a quick look at market action. wall street closed in the red over years over infestation. apple dropped more than 3%, calling the report that china had banned government officials from using iphones. that's it for business. >> thank you very much.

you joined by emil maxwell. good evening, misinformation has swirled. thousands of that is after japan began releasing water. >> we are looking at a video that releases tons of dead fish. that's what they claim to be. here it is on tiktok.

on the chinese version, on february first 2023, we can see here with this caption. both of these posts were from months before august. newspaper articles reported on fish washing up. here, we have one article which tells us they are at the fishing port. this is on the west of japan. if he was able to geo-locate the beach, we can see if you can

compare the two, you can see here that they share similar features and the cause is unknown but we could see the video is old and has not been shared. >> this video is not unique. we have had posts like it can stand of august in chinese, also korean. >> there is another video that is been shared claiming to show how dirty water is flowing from the plants. in the background, the video was

shot in mexico. we can see here media outlets reporting on it around the time that they explained was a runoff of a large discharge of raw sewage. once again the disinformation marked increase since the start of the year and this data analysis has reported on that that's a state media have been running a coordinated campaign and this was while scientists

were weighing up what was safe to do. again and again, they say new your contaminated waste. they neglect to mention the waters treated much higher levels. the play on the fears about the ill effects and to whip up anti-japanese sentiment in japan , and china because japan has been supported by the u.s..

it does remain. >> 35 years ago, was murdered in central powers. >> who sows which she stepping on? >> we understand officials are cleaning up the paper. was it a state-sponsored rhyme?

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