temp with ah, piles of concrete. 2 bones houses, burns, apartment blocks all over the place. it won't be soon when the life will bring again here not to the crew visits, a strategic frontline city in regards to republic. sheldon for a month, reportedly by ukrainian artillery un warns of a global catastrophe in 2023 if russian and ukraine agricultural products are not allowed to return to the market with washington wants to district imports from a chinese province over forced labor allegations that despite a long history of us corporations using sweatshops abroad with

broadcasting from our studios in moscow, this is our to international. i'm john thomas. certainly glad to have you with us. now, 97 percent of the lugens republic is now free of ukraine's forces. this is according to the russian defense minister. meanwhile, the ukrainian president says that the future of the don boss is now being decided in several done yet, where the most intensive fighting is ongoing. here on the map, you can see in the area where it is said to thousands of ukrainian troops are about to be in circles as russian and don bass forces are slowly advancing from the north and the south arches. it was john of visits, the strategically important city of personnel almost raised to the ground, reportedly by ukrainian artillery citizens of this little town and against people's republic. they had to walk through hell via their town is no more. those piles of concrete burnt houses, burnt apartment blocks all over the place. it won't be soon when the life will at

spring again. here this is murray. you bull in miniature. but unlike its big city brother, the town of papa now has had it worse. and this is what happens to city, his towns and villages that the ukrainian forces refused to leave. for example, this little village of papa. now they've, as they fought for every apartment block for every building as they well set up their firing positions on top of well buildings like this. there was no other choice but to well raised the place to the ground. it's been a month since the ukrainians fled from this place yet as nary a trace of peace. here only desolation and endless columns of tanks, artillery and other military vehicles of all sorts. key of through all it had to defend the strategically crucial town. every house was a fortress, every street, a front line. now it's

a key launchpad for the russians and the la ganske people's republics militia who are trying to push the battles away from this impaired place. even in the city of maria upa, which is battered by the war, we did see some signs of civilian life. by 1st we saw people very cautiously, cruel out at a basement. then we saw the public transport. nothing like that. here in the little village of papa, now not a single civilians all in the street. just bangs of artillery fire and a heavy smell of gunpowder in the air. i'm english done a reporting from the la guns people's republic r t. that you goes all out to blame russia for the world's troubles with a global grain shortage. and the alleged war crimes topping its agenda and the fact that the you have no evidence of either does not appear to be of concern. here's our tea contributor rachel marston with commentary must be made of russia's ambassador to the united nations security council. had been walking out of the

session this week during which european council president shanisha delivered at langley diatribe. speaking at the meeting of a legend, war crimes in ukraine, a designation that cannot be nature cross. michelle has already attributed any responsibility to russia in his address. when that he said we need evidence to hold accountable those responsible. we need over things, and that's why we are no helping to collect the evidence of these crimes. impunity is not an option working backwards from a desire conclusion isn't exactly how the process is supposed to work. michelle said, we welcome the international court of justice provisional measures, ordering russia to suspend military operations immediately. but if you really wanted to help and beyond conflict in ukraine and what are your member states flooding the country with weapons rather than on peace? according to michelle, as we speak, we hear reports

a russian forces willing sexual violence as a weapon of war. but in fact, as he spoke, ukrainian lawmakers were in the process of moving to fire the official human rights commissioner, nila denisa, who had been spreading most flagrant claims of sexual violence against russian troops. but that's what happens when you officially let there wishful thinking. in ideological blindness, substitute for care, consideration of facts and of sources. speaking of our as me, you ever bother to investigate. extensively documented migrates in libya, which amnesty international and other human rights groups attributed to the use policy in the way of nato's member countries invasion and destabilization of that country. this horrifying report chet's new light on the suffering of people intercepted at sea and returned to libya for they are immediately funnelled into arbitrary detention and systematically subjected to torture, sexual violence,

forced labor and other exploitation with total impunity. so shanisha now saying that to you is working to radically traffic to protect people holy war. this time in ukraine has to be the height of irony when the you played a role in creating the opportunity for human trafficking of like libya. michelle also would use the crumbling of using food supplies as a self missile against developing countries. but the u. s. and you have just a huge rush of trying to deliver stolen grain to developing countries. mister ambassador of the russian federation. let's be honest. the kremlin is using food supplies are still for sale, are doing developing, turn 3, hello picking a lane. shot mission is the grain. a stealth missile, or

a potential liver? read is easy. a good thing now or bad thing. at least, moss there was a legend be trying to feed people ukraine seems less interested in doing so. recently, our foreign minister made a statement in which he clearly defined that the 1st priority is security. the 2nd is security, and the 3rd is security. if this issue was not resolved, if our country is not safe, no grain will go anywhere because the issue of security is number one for us. well, to bad, shun, michelle, she you, superstar didn't get the memo before throwing now washable and hypocritical assertions in the united nations ones that the world faces a global food catastrophe. in 2023, if agricultural products and fertilizers from russia and ukraine do not return. the current food crisis may rapidly turn into a food catastrophe of global proportions in 2023 higher energy costs and trade

restrictions on the fertilizer supply from the black sea region have resulted in fertilizer prices rising even faster than food prices. but the west continues to blame russia for rising prices, inflation and hunger. america's fighting on 2 fronts. at home, it's inflation rising. prices abroad, it's helping you credit a friend or democracy and feeding those were left hungry around the world because russian of chaucer, these exist russian federation claims falsely, that the international community sanctions are to blame for worsening the global food crisis. the decision to weaponized food is moscow's and moscow along russia. he susan, today is a weapon, a full business, disrupting double foot security, driving prices, and closing double fleming. meanwhile, in mario pulled port more than 50000 tons of exportable grain are said to have been

rendered unusable despite international warnings of a looming food crisis. moscow says ukrainian forces torched, the grained silos ahead of the russian led military advance there. some of the storage and loading hardware at the site have also been heavily damaged. russia has accused ukrainian military of committing, quote food terrorism against its own people, or cheese among customer of reports from the scene. we received exclusive access to this grain terminal in the sea port in the city of mario pal, under my feet are thousands of tons of corn which was burned down. according to russian defense ministry and local authorities as well. the storage facilities were set on fire as ukrainian nationally, battalions were retreating. the ground here on this corn is still warm as the result of the flyer which was set to it by the ukrainian and nationalist stood there is still header still smoke in other places as local workers are trying to

put the fire out. now according to the administration of the c port that were at least $50000.00 tons of corn and wheat which was destroyed, it's now unusable not only for human consumption but for life stock as well. roman coster of r t murray walden as people's republic jack, rasmus, professor of economics and politics had st. mary's college of california. and rebecca, beside the director of the geopolitical economy, research group say the accusations by the west are little more than a blame game. i think that the name rash, again, game began a long time ago. remember, it was russia that was responsible for hillary clinton losing the election to donald trump. it's russia that's responsible for the inflation of fuel prices. now right structure, this is responsible for the installation of food prices. so i think that it's,

it's really an extremely self serving blaine game. if they wanted, they could have made exemptions for food. they love to use russia in order to blame the suffering that's caused by people in a certain sense. it's as though the united states is sanctioning the whole world. they want to try to done to one of the instructional, but so hard. it hasn't worked. the number of countries that are prepared to sanction rush chalk, it up, it back to sing a little late to you. grain are actually quite small. they represented by small minority of the world's population. but as most countries are fighting sheilds that, so i don't think it's going to be very convincing. the usaa was really concern. it could exempt the export of grain for a while, as it has for certain bankers and financial transactions and certain u. s. companies that need certain industrial metals and so forth. there's all kinds of exemptions to the sanctions, but there doesn't seem exemption interest here on the hard ignited states. in fact, as i understand at the u. s. is even warren, some of the countries like, you know,

india, turkey, jip, should they get the grain and somehow get through the know their subject, the sanctions from the u. s. which is kind of indication that the u. s. isn't really serious about this. if they really wanted to, there would be a way that they could exempted and let this food get out to those countries that desperately needed. also, i think people got to realize it's not just the supply of these actual products that are causing the price to go up the, the constraint of the supply. but you got the international commodity futures, speculators who are driving up the price. you've got the shipping companies who are driving up the price and the ship insurance companies even before you have a problem with the shortage of the actual physical product. so, you know, what is the us doing about that cause of the inflation is this for crisis has been brewing for many years. more and more farmers are being squeezed out of cultivation,

more money, land is putting into the hands of big corporations. and i think this is not, and also more and more countries have been persuaded over the last many decades to bandage any concern with security and become dependent on the market. we're going to have continuing through crises and not just in these commodities the, these rom, raw food products, but you're going to see problems of hoarding. those countries that do produce wheat, brazil, us, and so forth. australia, they're going to start hoarding their supplies because they know it's short. that's going to drive the prices even more. and then you have a substitute products and complimentary products thing. going to go up like chemical fertilizers going to go up because your natural fertilizers, potash is, isn't vale are going to go up in price palmer is going to go up. annual fee is going to go up. so this is like a, a, an octopus with pinnacle this unit that says severe drought and the lack of

international funding, not just a shortage of russian and ukrainian grain are to blame for african children suffering in countries such as somalia, the us international children's emergency fund, urges of the world to redirect its attention from the war and ukraine to other crises. if the world is not wide in its gaze from the war in ukraine, an act immediately, an explosion of child death is about to happen in the horn of africa. across ethiopia, kenya and somalia, more than 17000000 children are in urgent need of treatment for severe acute malnutrition. according to unicef, almost 400000 children in somalia are now in desperate need of treatment for a deadly form of malnutrition. a 15 percent increase in just 5 months since last year. some african countries have recorded a vast rise in severely malnourished children needing urgent help in particular, kenya, where numbers have gone up to 71 percent. the situation has been aggravated by the continents worst drought in 50 years,

leaving more and more people in urgent need of food medicine and clean water. we discussed the issue earlier with our guests. she 7 nations have never shown themselves to to, to be pro africa. you know, never shown themselves to our history. so protect, founder will show that if you look at, if you look at history, you've got to have been in libya. what happened in the out? what's happening in palestine on a daily basis, avoid leaders, especially those of the where and especially those live g 7. if they really came about the people on the god they really kid about people was right. you know, they would have their own agenda is another focus on you may detailed issues or focus on church issues that focus on the, on the main issues that speak to the men on the ground. you know, so i think the situation now is bad in their own agenda to build on in africa. you know, for a very long time s guys been, has been seen as a place where you just come and see whatever was in leave with terry about what

happens, you know, i mean if you got cars that can closeness, this will be nice. mining companies just come, especially mining companies on the way it just. com ticker. we saw the need, you know, and leave those communities. but any roads in the least without any infrastructure, you know, for the never seen us as being german le see never being people did a equivalent demo equal to the i think, given the situation that at this could be the effects of climate change. and now we know that it will rain will not come and the cropping system will not be there. this is going to be very serious because without the crops growing the crops in the, on the ground in somalia and other regions in east africa. this situation will be what, because that will call for intervention from outside. if a country cannot be able to grow crops because of the effects of climate change, drought, or no rain, then the situation is fair for seem to be very serious. and in the

u. s. washington is to impose important restrictions on a chinese province over forced labor allegations, while the u. s. itself has a long history of using labor from developing nations or ritual blevins comments. the united states is now weeks away from implementing a new law. that will mean both increase tensions with china and higher prices for americans. the weaker force labor prevention will require companies in china, northwestern province to prove that their products, which include everything from a 5th of the world's cotton supply to parts for popular electronics were not made using forced labor. the members of congress who supported the new law claimed it was their way to speak out for human rights. congress on a bipartisan and bicameral basis will continue to condemn and confront the ccp human rights abuses in chin jong and in the region and hold it accountable. if

america does not speak out for human rights in china because of commercial interests, we lose all moral authority to speak out for human rights any place in the world. but it's not quite that simple, and there is already been a lot of confusion over what is defined as force labor for chinese companies, as well as what rules american companies are supposed to follow. while you as lawmakers claim they are concerned for human rights. now that concern appears to be non existent for the american companies that allegedly still use labor from sweatshops such as nike and just me. or the companies that have been caught profiting off of force labor and child labor overseas in order to obtain home oil for their products, such as nestle and procter and gamble. and that's not to mention the companies that will do anything for cheap, cobol mining for their electronic many of them dian landslides, from his fixation while trapped underground, or as a result of the failure of machinery. much of the countries colton is extracted by

children who work in dangerous conditions as washers and diggers. doing adults work in a hazardous environment. many colton, mining sites, are rife with prostitution, sexually transmitted diseases, rape, and gender based violence that affect vulnerable children and women. while the buying and ministration looks the other way in order to justify their transition to a digital world, this is been an ongoing issue for years with amnesty international repeatedly drawing attention to the lack of ashett nearly 2 years on some of the richest and most powerful companies in the world are still making excuses for not investigating their supply chains. even those who are investigating or failing to disclose the human rights risks and abuses they fine. so at u. s. leaders are only interested in taking a stand on human rights when they believe china is the culprit. now what do we know about the allegations they're making? well, the united nations high commissioner for human rights visited china earlier this year. and she actually praised the chinese government for their efforts, you lift the nation out of poverty and to provide a social safety net for their people. however, it was her refusal to declare,

she found evidence of genocide. that was net was backlash online. michelle bachelor at the head of the un human rights council should be fired for looking the other way on genocide during her chinese propaganda tour. michelle batch let failed to advocate for repressed readers. barring that she should be replaced, winter term expires in september. say china commission chairs, we demand the resignation of high commissioner of human rights. michelle badger led immediately. she neglect or mandate, and the u. n. founding principals. it's notable the outrage was directed at the us and it's on the ground reporting instead of the us lawmakers who are showing once again they only care about human rights when it fits into their political agenda. personally, i, i don't think that the americans are actually in the position to criticize others. but you know, you can't expect people to do what, you know,

things in the way you want them to. we have to understand that this is an election year in america. and i think everything becomes political and also the prox, off the matter i think is the u. s. government is, is going through a process of putting a new legislations to totally reshape the global supply chain. and that affects a lot of industries actually. but whether this is going to be effective or not, it's going to be beneficial to the consumer as to the different countries economy is. that's a different matter. and my personal take is that this is very counter productive. ah, molly will continue to be burdened by sanctions imposed by a regional political and economic union. the economic community of west african

states came to the decision after it said, the country's internal government had prolonged its transition to democracy by 2 more years. echo wash regrets that while negotiations are still ongoing to reach a consensus, the mountain authorities took this decision. the union also demanded that the period be reduced to a 16 month maximum after earlier rejecting a 5 year timeline proposed by molly and authorities within the countries ruling who refusing to organize democratic elections. echo was imposed sanctions on molly, including restrictions on monetary operations and cross border movement. government spokesperson claims molly is open to compromise. don't look on his. molly's president of the transition and head of state has always instructed us to seek a compromise between 2 parameters. the demands of echo was on the one hand and on the other hand, the aspirations of the mally and people who wished to carry out a certain number of political and institutional reforms before organizing elections

. i think that the adoption of this decree is a very strong proof of the willingness of our highest authorities for dialog. many in molly support the whole term who took power in 2020 as the result of a military coup, amid major discontent with battles against j. hottest by the previous administration seen as fruitless last month. hundreds took to the streets to denounce west african sanctions. presence of french troops on the ground and to show confidence in the authorities. we discussed the reasons for the sanctions and the consequences with journalists by bach, med and author and historian gerald horn. molly, it's me in the poorest nations on planet earth. these sanctions also compromise molly's ability to engage a normalized trade relations with all of its neighbors. so certainly it has been a master stroke for friends to influence. echo was to slap the sanctions on molly decades ago when molly was 1st entering into independence. it was france that hill

to destabilize the regime of been leader. and so i think that many in the muslim population for quite suspicious, understandably, and just the file justifiably of frances intentions. and i think that that leads them to protests. any moon that france names to support the sanctions imposed against malia revonika nomic nature as state court and embargo, a ban on the import of goods into molly both by land and by which makes the supply into the country extremely difficult. given that molly has no good or imported from countries, 10 goals, guinea or ivory coast, as they have once more money has a border with 3 member states of the saw. he'll fight that is fighting against terrorism mauritania, nigeria and became faster today a channels of communication for the fight against terrorism within the framework as a 5 have been destroyed, they don't look much and another move against us dominance. iran has proposed the

creation of a new single currency to minimize dependent on the dollar. that's a suggestion from a senior iranian diplomat in charge of economic issues in view of escalating sanctions against russia over the ukraine conflict. iran is not the 1st to promote a move from the dollar with some members of the shanghai cooperation organization already switching over to their own currencies. iran believes the introduction of the single currency would further strengthen the eurasian blocks economic security as a precaution against us meddling in global affairs to wrong reportedly plans to promote the initiative at an upcoming summit of the seo in september. we discussed the issue with china expert and long, and the iranian politics professor flood is id as we know the united states. and i think the other a banking system does that. and i think the swift system as

they're engaging in an economic war against over there, the kind of countries as you speak, including united russia, the experience of russia shows the rest doesn't see any limitations on hurting or citizens in russia. the heading of the citizens in other countries are going to be affected by the food short vision in order to achieve foreign policy goes as follows, imbedded of a deeply, well as my national market and so on. so but as far as actual weight, i don't think that there's a very serious problem because after all, the china flies from some energy washer and then you ran the calls. ready exporting as energy and other resources, china, there's no why. the reason why this one actually cannot be conducted in other codes

. and then there are other, the whole world is collected together by trade outside the u. s. and b. so all these other things are coming to a head leading to a tendency to escape this kind of indiscriminate use. all the u. s. a n monitoring system. the banking system is going to use this power to attack either some of these initiatives started before that conflict in your grade. and so politicians, economists in targets countries, countries that are targeted by the united states, realize that sooner or later. and these devices that the united states has in terms of amazing is monetary systems is going to be used as evaluate quite rapidly and then the cost of the dollar is decreasing.

particularly the other aspect is the security. all of those people's reserve with the sanctions on washer, for example, united states is trying to use the dollar, both of those to see other countries as it so, and then that will also undermine other countries. confidence in a dollar. countries realize that there is going to be a block, you know, you're moving towards a more tight polar law. and we're going to have a, this then block led by the united states and some european countries. and then you're going to have the rest, which is going to include china and russia. iran. india is undecided. i think india that have been shown to join the rest. and we have the you creating their own currency. some years ago, it will take some work, but it's doable. it doesn't for me this,

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