remain the in the unexplored missiles and craters from fresh shillings obliterated homes as the ukrainian forces keep blowing up to pieces. livelihoods of people. here are 2 reports from one of the most bombed cities in lugens capacity, where major buildings have been reportedly heavily damaged by ukraine. indians, new military recruitment system provokes massive public anger. that is, despite the government thing, it will benefit the countries the former rebel fighter becomes the 1st left wing, the president of columbia. as history with the traditionally u. s. allied country now expected to drift away from washington sphere of influence

. the broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow. this is our to international. i'm john thomas. certainly glad to have you with us. now let's start with the latest in the war. in ukraine, ganske authorities say key of the bombing of the don basket. republics continues with many civilian areas. targeted. these include a residential area in canada, which was hit by fragments from a ukrainian missile said to be a touch, get you after it was intercepted by the cities. air defense system of touch to you is a cluster. munitions prohibited in over 100 countries. a school was among 9 residential buildings, damage and cleaning forces have also reportedly sheldon to bring kilos with clinic in the city of immuno local said that the bombing occurred so fast that they did not have time to evacuate. i wish i woke up not due to the explosions because

something was flying around. so i didn't understand a lot of my wrench on the back into the where i hid against the wall and the corner behind it so far showed them. and then there was a bang flash and the smell of compound yesterday, while i was recovering my running to the basement. that was more in there than would happen again. the other gardener went out to the neighbors to check my life and know that of the frames in the windows and broken the refrigerator is broken. in fact, when so close to the bathroom. well anyway, he left studio, there was shelling, aneurism right out when the cleaning had been damaged or windows were broken, double glass windows and the roof and the crating of the building were also damage to kill. everything happened so fast had no time to vacate patients. those her batteries were given pillows to protect their pieces because it was impossible to speak loudly and those horn crutches went out into the corridors. hello, her father. when the shilling started, we were here. the rocket struck many times. we lay on the floor. we fell my hood of

rumble and scrambled into the cellar healey. when the noise subside, went out and found the launch pit where the particular london and fragments lying round. i've never seen such a thing, but it was very scary. i felt the 1st time we'd been salma, but it was the 1st time i'd see something so close. official save. ukrainian. artillery is also maintaining its intensive shelling of the town of papa night, despite most of the buildings already being heavily damaged or destroyed despite the hourly air raids. some locals are determined to remain artistic. are done of comments from the scene. unexploded missiles and craters from fresh shillings. this may be 200 people in all of the town of papa now left in this area in particular, around 6 behind me are obliterated homes as the ukrainian forces keep blowing up to pieces. livelihoods of people here, every single house here is wriggled with holes like a fine grain sieve in a place like this, which is routinely shelled by ukrainians on

a daily basis. it's surprising to see survive was still willing to call it. the only home they have was naturally so they were shooting with self propelled guns. rockets were flying, look over there. i'm trying to clean this up. when it rains it's impossible to be here. you have to call his world everywhere. we have no way to go. so my husband does not want to leave this house of his parents, the cocker. how have they treated us, lad? if we are separate seats, i remember one of them came and said, i'm here to, to slay for myself, for the moment keep troops retreated. these people out last of the use as a human shield ukrainian soldiers. they were the ones who dug up the now overgrown french's right to mid people's little backyard gardens. this maze of trenches was one of the most of an god. if not the most heaven guard position of the ukrainian forces in the town of papa may i say in the town because he, you can clearly see that it was established amidst private sector. the rest of the

town stretches. as far as the i can see, the only thing the handful of locals here are left with is to wait and hope wait until they're finally out of range of the soviet made artillery at the service of the ukrainian army. hope that weston made bombs don't start dropping on them, like they already have on the civilians of the next thousands of people have taken to the streets of india to voice their anger at a government cost cutting scheme that will increase the number of youth in the army on tuesday, the government unveiled a new recruitment plan that will see young men served in the armed forces for 4 years. the goal is to provide jobs for the countries youth as well as to make the armed forces younger, more capable, and more diverse for future challenges. moreover, the scheme is expected to lower the bill for the armed forces, as the state will be able to reduce the cost of wages and pensions. many people,

however, are angry about the changes. 0 one sunday, the demonstrations turned angry. people walking trains, he said and fired to railroad cars and tires in clashing with police. dozens of protesters were arrested. here is our chief contributor, our team kicking with more. this scheme is aimed at bringing in efficiency, bringing down the cost of the defense in the country and also bringing in young good lina and more efficient groups without military services. however, the decision has caused roar in the country in certain pockets.

the opposition is unhappy and is strongly protesting against me and has expressed themselves that it might lead them the defense of the country. of the major reasoning behind the scheme seems that the nature of the warfare has changed . the combat conventional was have reduce over the years. the dominant seems to be spending a lot more on air force. and it seems to be spending a lot more on weaponry and also on different brands from red, begun, dri, has seen facing challenges, but example side would adapt financially dykes and various other issues apart from this. the issue is that the indian youth who was used for a certain system offered a booth me may be disappointed with this because it does not ensure jobs

are still for use of. so is in the military. oh, no, don't people also come in support of this? he thinking that this is boy, do it use this class that goes into defense expenditure? russia is holding africa hostage. that is how ukranian president vladimir zalinski described moscow's relations with the continent as sanctions against russian exports continue. africa. fuck digital solution comes of africa is actually hostage to those who unleashed war against our state yet. and if it was not for the war against mccraney, there simply would be no shortage a little in the market. it'll not people in africa, asia, or in any country in the world will not be suffering from catastrophic rise in from a crisis line. he is morally, the head of the african union responded by saying it is committed to

a peaceful resolution, but earlier he called for western countries to ease payment restrictions on moscow to allow africa to pay for russian goods. it is aggravated by european sanctions on the methods of payment. we want to pay, but it becomes impossible. so we are asking the europeans for the same mechanism as for gas and oil. although russia and ukraine export nearly a 3rd of the world's wheat and barley grain cannot get out of your brain until key of clears it's ports of mind to allow the safe export of goods. a former south african statistician general says that it is incorrect to proportion to blame on just one country in the current condition. the statement a wrong because africa believes that there was issues with the wrong lane. russia hold from show to where and where, green wall,

and that's all there. change that will get my mind by to be ready. but it, it will be one kind. it is due to a will go over the shortages. i mean, they are functions about of postal induction exports whereby you are, you are in the u. s. such as the guess that to say yes or no. you don't want to buy your, your, your gas, you that process, rather cheese for production for, for back to push this update midwestern sanctions on moscow. russia's 2nd largest stock exchange has announced plans to offer clients cross border trading with the chinese territory of hong kong. the announcement comes as russia, oil exports to china, sore to record 55 percent in may from the previous year,

around $2000000000.00 barrels per day are being transported via a siberia pacific ocean pipeline. russia has now overtaken saudi arabia as beijing's leading importer. the chinese leader says that he expects russia china relations to hit even more record highs. now, cooperation between china and russia in all spheres is rising. trade turnover in the 1st half of this year reached $65800000000.00 and is expected to hit new records. this shows the high stress resistance and internal potential of china. russia cooperation demand for oil in china, rose after krona virus restrictions were loosened, easing logistical snarls, and allowing industrial production to rebound benjamin chow from the paris school of business. and shingo, ju, from a china based think tank are both optimistic about russia. chinese trade relations . we can expect a new area of cooperation for both trying down the russia office in pressure from

the west and also the west, not knowing the company from russia, but they are also gradually in assess decoupling in particular, washington d covering from a, from china. so, you know, before china and russia and then there is the driving force basically from the west to corporate closely i can see the twins of more and more corporate shoot book sample recently the to bridget, you know, how we bridges bridges the 1st 2 weeks into countries and that means that there's a need the need for moultry between the 2 countries. there is a need of a more, bridget best way to meet the demand, more trade, and also people, people exchanges. in that sense. countries like china and india dramatically increasing their imports from russia. china is true. oil imports, marcia source, 55 percent from a year earlier to a rec,

love for you may displacing saudi arabia as, as top supplier and the current sanctions against russia. and the disruption of supply from ukraine create serious energy and crops shortage, and the expectations on sausage as well. and does we think historically, inflation in decades thought that the europe relies on russia for nearly 40 percent off his natural gas and 25 percent office. this by all means that it is not possible to remove european's need of russian oil and gas in the near term. columbia has elected its 1st ever left to president gustavo petro, who has promised to transform the south american country, raising questions about whether washington can maintain its grip on it's traditional conservative ally, arctic. contributor fiorella, isabel takes a closer look at what the result means for the country and the continent. this is

a historic election for colombia, for the 1st time ever. columbia has the chance at a fair election. they exerted their right to elect a popular candidate. columbia has notoriously had fraudulent elections and so this was a historic when, not just for the less but for the entire country of columbia that has been trying to get rid of this for decades. for the longest time. columbia has endured civil conflicts from the military police on civilians and from us fact, governments. and so this when represents an end to that, a movement towards peace, a chance to get rid of the old system and be able to usher in a new system. let's remember that colombia is the only nato partner in latin america. for the longest time the united states has exerted control the military bases and the framing of colombians in the military. and so this marks

a shift away from mat towards a more sovereign state. the reaction has been absolutely palpable with emotion, enjoy, and also signifies an attempt to have equal relationships with their latin american partners, including countries that have been vilified by the west like venezuela also shows a solidarity between much of latin america. i express my most fraternal, congratulations to gustavo petro, on his election is president of columbia. in a historic popular victory, we reiterate willingness to advance the development of bilateral relations for the well being of our peoples. we wish the best for the families of the brotherly country who have trusted, entrust in their proposals in programs of life with peace, welfare, and rights. as part of our caribbean america, let's continue strengthening the reality our people expect and deserve your victory validates democracy and ensures

a path towards an integrated latin america in this time when we demand maximum solidarity among brotherly peoples. it's a joy for latin america. we will work together for the unity of our continent and the challenges of a rapidly changing world. this signifies that the latin american countries, primarily central and south america of course, have come together to usher in an era of sovereignty. getting rid of the spanish crown wasn't enough. now you have an attempt to get rid of neil colonialism to get rid of this american or u. s. american. hold on the continent. and so you're going to see an intensified relationship when it comes to economics between these latin american countries, as well as more open relationships with china and russia. political analyst, carlos santana. maria says that the new leader has everything to reshape and transform columbia and it's important that such

a progressive has one. this is the middle here we're the colombian. people are very happy because this, when is progress for the people? the socialism is almost never been explained here. they always point with the thinking about things related to what sort of dictate is etc. but left wing politics mostly about social justice, the state using its tools to do what it has to do, to help people to transform the well for this country into improving the lives of its people, into pensions, education, healthcare, which is presently all privatized. it is very possible that the new government will be an exemplary government will act according to the constitution. it will follow the laws on the concept of dignity in columbia. when there is a solution when there is a will to move forward. when all legal means a used to work with communities who groups that have been in conflict happen when the method of smart dialogue is used. it's possible to like agreement between old political policies effective. the peace process takes place when that is public justice. that's the case. this process will move forward. absolutely,

and it is also important to compromise with all countries of our america in order to unite the continent and to warm multiple with system. yes, with british newspaper has sparked a furer by alleging independent journalists endorsed dis information about the syrian civil war. the guardian claimed without presenting any direct evidence that the reporters were conspiracy theorists, backed by a coordinated russian institution to distort the reality of the devastating conflict. in the guardian mach towns and cools meet the most prolific spreader of disinformation on syria. his source is a study by the institute for strategic dialogue. think tank mark has failed to contact me off for an example of my ledger dis, information disclosed that i estie is funded by u. s. u. k. an allied states. the guardian turns out, embarrassingly awful, empire propaganda, the guarding has put out

a smear piece. and critics of the imperial syria narrative that reads propaganda made by 7 year olds without adult supervision. headlined for the story which mentioned russia back networks has now been removed by the media outlet. it claimed that the russian government is among those who took part in distorting the purpose of an organization operating in syria, the white helmets. we have spoken to one of the journalists, vanessa bailey, who claims that media targets everyone who doesn't share their narrative. we are attacked as supporting russian narratives instead of providing evidence to counter the evidence that we are presenting. and there is the simplified or reductionist, or smear which is supposed to describe what, what we are working on and what we are presenting as evidence. the report upon which the article was based was commissioned by organizations that are effectively

funded by the various regimes, including the u. s. and the u. k. that up a vested interest in regime change in syria and the serial campaign which was also previously carried out a tax against myself and the evidence that i produced against the white helmets. now i think what we are saying very clearly is that the media is effectively nothing more than an extension of power in the us, the u. k. and the u. an expansion of intelligence agency operations, particularly in syria, but also in ukraine and, but people should not expect them to be producing news or analysis that is objective and impartial. russia has accused the white helmets of staging chemical attacks on behalf of the syrian government. numerous times claiming that some of their videos were shot in cooperation with local terrorist organizations. the group is reportedly funded by western governments through 3rd hand institutions,

independent investigative journalist, vanessa bailey, again shares her personal insights into white helmet activity from my experience from 7 years now, working on the ground insights are investigating this organization. i have found absolutely no evidence of them being beneficial to the civilians that live on the occupation in the areas of course occupied by okayed or the various groups. and the only evidence that has been produced. of course, are there oscar winning videos that are filmed by themselves? are there a legit rescues and not to be forgotten that the white helmets are now appearing on copycat organizations and now appearing in ukraine. and the white helmets themselves are involved in training. the nazi and fascist elements inside your crane in allegedly and 1st aid. but i would suggest that their training them and

how to produce the same phone flags and staged events that the white homeowners were responsible for inside syria and air defense alliance of israel. the u. s, and some arab states has already helped thwart iranian attacks. that's according to israel's defense minister benny gans who hopes for further support from washington when it comes to iran. the pact was created to midwestern concerns over runs, military capability and nuclear program. to ron, however, have stress that it only has 3 percent of the world's nuclear share. israel has also opposed the restoration of the iran nuclear deal of 2015. under which tape ron would curb its program for sanctions relief. meanwhile, a report in the wall street journal claims israel is involved in a series of covert operations aimed at disrupting to runs program side mohammed mirandi, a professor at ron university, believes that the alliance will not break to run. it's not really of real

alliance because the arab public opinion and regional public opinion is deeply opposed to the apartheid regime in israel. and somebody ravia and the amorites have shown themselves completely incapable of fighting against the m. and even though they starved the country, they surrounded the country and they have full support from west certain countries, nato countries. so it really doesn't mean much to iran, the united states, saudi arabia, israeli regime. all of them were allies in the past. just because they're coming out of the closet, does it mean that there's any major change in the dynamics in the region? the only thing that will happen is that when things become more out in the open,

public opinion becomes more important. with the west sanctions on russia showing little signs of a beating italian tourism workers are the latest to cry foul with the industry on the verge of collapse due to restrictions on travel for russian tourists. industry managers complain that a disruptive summer season may lead to great economic losses. betsy, it's al alto he of in the but love the when will complain about the absence of russian tourists this year. tradition tourism moves the economy and for us know italian since sicilian volume it is very important sunday. the absence of russians is weighing heavily, but there are many closed h umbrellas, empty seats, and little work is being done to the lack of russian tourists, the owner. he's empty spaces would never there and of a years. i mean that i have been many cancellations and hotel bookings salinas. we are experiencing a sharp decline wednesday. pasano valencia basil mo. did you saw that this year?

there is a real man on russian tourists to italy was. we are very sorry about all this and we still do not understand why there cannot be a peaceful solution, but his russian tourism is important. tourists from russia spend a lot of money and their absence is a great penalty for us. yes. because as you see there are many beaches empty, but he but we hope they will come back and drove all about. i do not understand why we continue to penalize the russian people who would like to go on vacation and travel these sanctions are having the opposite effect. um okay, but i'm in simple study blended on the theater. the revenue from tourists from russia is expected to fall significantly with visitors from the country traditionally major buyers of luxury goods on their travels. during 2021 russians spent over $9000000000.00 overseas. italy's government seems little bothered by the losses instead choosing to supply ukraine with expensive weapons action that infuriates tourism workers. he, president of sicily, summer beach managers, is calling for an urgent solution of some of the main thing i can say is that the

weapons that europe is giving do not help. we must instead use dialogue and build dialogue. we have suffered so many walls. i tell you that we must engage in dialogue and not fuel the a crane conflict with weapons given by europe. we should sit down and find the right economic agreements and more good dialogue, avoid confrontation. all of this penalizes every one. even us europeans. either does it for me this hour, i will be back in, let's say 34 minutes with another full and fresh look to new say with a start international look forward to talking to you. oh, that technology should work for people. a robot must obey the orders given it by human beings, except where such orders at conflict with the 1st law show your items of the we should be very careful about official intelligence at the point obviously is too

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ah with mm. welcome to wells, apart from acres, if not centuries, russian strategies have mused about the development of the northern and eastern frontier as one of the key drivers for russia's economic development and security. which however, requires access the world's best technology with the west. cutting almost all ties with russia over ukraine. will those dreams once again, have to be put on ice? well, that i'm now joined by alex, see,

to call russia's minister for the development of the far east and the arctic minister. it's great to talk to you. thank you very much for a time. good afternoon. now, it's interesting that in the russian language, unlike for example, in english, we can use the word north in plural as north, rather than let's say singular. and it's indeed an enormous territory in terms of mileage in terms of cultural geological, asinique, industrial, economic, political diversity. but i wonder how you can manage it or even develop territory from your office in moscow, which is, you know, many, many thousands of kilometers away. i give you 2 facts about the ration lores and the fairies. fresh eas, norse, we are 2 3rd permafrost, and the russia is asia who are 3 quarters in asia. so we cover 18 regions of russian federation, the cause of one being woman's, which speaks a lot about our mandate, the fathers to on the go,

which is 9 times zones away. so i spend quite a bit of time in their place. now, there is a stereotype. governance in russia is extremely centralized, but if one looks deeply into the administrative history of russia, it tends to be the remote regions suffer from the shortage of governance rather than excessive due to you know, remove the lack of logistics infrastructure. sometimes the resentment of the, of the local population. you've been minister for less than 2 years. what would you say are some of the biggest challenges that you had to face? well, i had quite a long prepared to repair the chief executive or is development funds. so i would go and almost 9 years of very close, deep involvement in for eastern and those are the aspects. and the key fact i would like to say is we have a total new breed of governors. very important. those people who have governors in 2013.