news and brief for this hour iran's nuclear chief aslam the west for trying to extend pressure on tehwan by abusing the mechanisms of the international atomic energy agency. muhammad islami said, western countries resort to political means and sanctions to achieve their goal. he also earged the iaea to maintain its impartiality and professionalism. study has found that the uk's inflation fueled cost of living crisis will cause thousands of premature deaths and significantly widen the wealth and health gap between the richest and the poorest. researchers stress that implemented public policy responses are not sufficient to protect health and prevent. widening

inequalities. china has called on the us to abandon his hegemonic and cold war mentality. beijing also urged washington to refrain from stalking confrontation and arms race in east asia. this comes as reports suggest the us is in talks to supply vietnam with f16 fighter jets. ukraine confirms the arrival of the first patch of us made abraham's battle tanks in kiev. that's part of a multi-billion dollar security assistance promised by washington. us officials say the tanks are armed with 120 millimeter rounds of depleted uranium enough to pierce conventional tank armor, and thousands of ethnic armenians in nagorno-karabakh are fleeing into armenia, this after azerbaijan's offensive last week, four separatist fighters in the disputed region to surrender. the leadership of the breakaway region says they leave for armenia for the fear of ethnic cleansing.

mali is a historially renowned african country that gained independence in 1960 after years of struggle against french colonial rule. now 63 years after independence, mali, just like many of its african neighbors, is still struggling to end french domination. since attaining independence, this west african country has been afflicted by several rebellions, insurrections and calls, some backed and instigated by former colonial power france, now the current government of mali came to power in may 2021, amid an anti-france wave in the country. the people of mali have had enough of french.