offensive military alliance, but it aggressively expands and that expansion is directed. russia and its client straight ukraine is losing a war. nato actively supports. essentially, nato has decided to double down on failure for the remaining foreign guns for hire. those who survived, at least they ran out of this place, ran out of the town of several dynette. fighting continues in the people's republic with russian forces advancing on kids positions in the city of the few chance. r t reports from the front line. the goodwill gesture, russia says it has pulled its troops from ukraine's snake island to facilitate the un backed export of grain cutting off give speculation of the global food prices. we must not promote a famine. that is the message from the pakistani foreign minister. as she urges the u. s to unfreeze afghanistan's assets amid a severe economic crisis and lurching from one set back to another. the pentagon is

scrambling to fill its worth recruitment drive and decades, while the latest us hypersonic missile tests and in failure with broadcasting from our studios in moscow. this is art international and john thomas, i'm certainly glad to have you with us in a 1st. let's begin with the latest in the war in ukraine where russian and lucon forces are advancing on caves. positions in the republics city of lucy chanced, forces loyal to kiev have been driven out by the cities, oil refinery and rubber factory. that's according to the law. ganske people, republics, ambassador who added that all significant roads in the area are also now under control. however, here's battles continue elsewhere in the city with more than $300.00 ukrainian soldiers now reported killed. while another 500, including foreign mercenaries, have been observed abandoning the city ortiz,

he goes on of sent us this report from the front line. ah, the, this was ukraine's penultimate lodge stronghold and the la guns republic and these are exclusive, previously unreleased shots of how it was overtaken by the russians here and in the neighboring villages. they met the resistance, not only of ukraine's regular army, but also foreign mercenaries. yahoo with a little busy right now. look, i think from least lines the enemies waiting for us to enter from here. but what do we need to do? firstly, we don't yet know what is in these areas where the trip wires are waiting to

explode. so during the nights these areas will be examined by intelligence groups. we'll go from east to west and here from north to south, after checking the territory and securing here, we'll close the flank. oh, wow. the total number of foreign max here was estimated, at least in the hundreds soldiers of misfortune, lifeless bodies of some of them were left at the battlefields. some were captured like this polish colonel hooker, so by shot on the left on that i am a lawyer. i'm a lawyer sure. i knew that lot. ah, i did of thought i did or so did i mean i will put chavonee with both of them, but i own ukraine, boone prisoners of war taken here. talk of how they've been treated by their command. admittedly, possibly under duress, primo wasn't better here in captivity than out in your positions. there nothing is clear there. the commanders are not doing anything. can you explain to thought of

soldiers that if they surrender, how will they be treated at times better than their the remaining foreign guns for hire? those who survived, at least they ran out of this place, ran out of the town of several denette crossing this river and into the town of least chance, which is very clearly visible behind me. as are the plumes of smoke that are occasionally rising above its sky. like the battle for the town was still ongoing, and the russians are already partly in control of that place. amish done of reporting from the dawn. bass frontline r t. moscow has withdrawn its troops from snake island, a strategic point in the black sea seized by russian forces when the conflict corrupted in late february, russia says the move is an act of good will support un efforts to facilitate ukrainian grain exports to the global market. so it's not the way you and your russian armed forces completed their assign tasks on snake island and withdrew

their garrison from there on june 30th. there's a gesture of goodwill. thereby, we are showing to the global community that russia is not hindering un efforts to organize a humanitarian corridor to transport agricultural goods from ukrainian territory. this decision will not allow the key of to speculate about an impending food crisis by saying it's impossible to transport grain due to russia's total control of the northwestern part of the black sea. snake island is located close to t shipping lanes and is near to the major port of jessa experts. note that it's convenient location makes it possible to control air and sea space from the territory cave had claimed that russia's control of the area was an obstacle to ukrainian grain exports. supply chain disruption was one of the main topics between the russian and indonesian presidents and talks in moscow on thursday. the underneath the president, fresh from a trip to q, said that he had come with a message from his ukranian counterparts, but neither side provided details. joke,

we don't, the current g 20 chairman, also expressed readiness to serve as a mediator in the ukraine conflict, although the main focus on the global crisis. and when you look at your goal is to both 0, we have repeatedly emphasize global market disruption was caused by many years of irresponsible macroeconomic policy is conducted by a number of countries that have refused to admit the false policy. the sanctions imposed against russian and follow russian exports of grain and fertilizers. have only further de stable when i 1st actuation actually can gun everything we discussed was the situation and food and fertilizer supplies, which is a very important item for the global community. hundreds of millions of suffering on account of these disruptions. and i appreciate the fact that president putin said that russia guaranteed the safe supply of fertilizers from russia, but also for ukraine. pakistan's foreign minister has urged western countries to

lift sanctions on a gun is done where millions of people are on the verge of famine. the tale bonds return to power last year lead to the abrupt end of foreign financial aid. despite the us previously forking out massive sums during its occupation of the country. how is it that 3 trillion dollars were spent on the war? but today there is not even $10000000000.00 for the survival of afghans. i don't understand this in the current situation. it is not a good idea to continue to starve afghan as don and risk and economic implosion that. and that is exactly what will happen if a country remains locked out of international banking and at foreign assets remain frozen. we must not promote a famine west hard line stance on the new taliban government has helped fuel a simmering economic crisis in afghanistan with the countries financial sector, particularly hard hit after the u. s. for $7000000000.00 with overseas assets. the u. n. has repeatedly called for western 84 african stand, while warning of

a looming humanitarian disaster. with more than half of the country's population of $40000000.00 people said, be facing acute hunger. earlier this week, washington pledge to provide some $55000000.00 in humanitarian aid to afghanistan. however, some critics are saying that's just a drop in the ocean compared to how much money the u. s. and it's how i spent funding their 20 year occupation of the country that ended in chaos last august has the nato backed government collapse just days after western troops left? we heard from us if dirani pakistan's, former envoy to the u. e and t. ron, who says that the severe crisis and dentist and directly affects its neighbors in particular, pakistan as well as the immediate neighbors. ones have been telling them to unfreeze that hours of rules be then $1000000000.00. and he's going to is that right now or one son is pleasing to meditate and basis almost 95 percent

of the people are below our to line the people selling needs and also selling their children. so this kind of situation has come up and, and we are what it, because the major trust is out there was they will head towards part. so he didn't do to asian. in fact, if something happens in the one, so immediate neighbors will be affected. the major, especially a frank exchange involving britton's prime minister, sees him compare falkland islanders right to the term in their future with the people of ukraine's the sovereignty of those who live on the falkland islands remains a tough subject with both london and argentina laying claim. relations have been turbulent since the 2 countries fought a short war in 1982 over the islands. more than 8000 miles from the u. k,

which britain one forest johnson claimed that the view k hadn't vindicated falkland inhabitants. right to the british. i just said it had been 40 years since the u. k . had vindicated the principle that falkland islanders should have the right to determine their future under basic diplomatic principles and have the right to be british. i made the point, we were spending a lot of our time talking about ukraine, where the principle at stake was the right of sovereign independent people to determine their future. the forest johnson shows the pure historical hypocrisy, the united kingdom in using terms and examples that completely contradict each other to say that the people of falklands, whose territory they occupied have the right to self determination. according to the principles of democracy, is a real deception. we all know that the current population, the falkland islands was settled and the past inhabitants who occupied the same lamps were completely expelled by the military forces of the british occupation. in 18. 33 people from argentina were never allowed to return to these territories.

this is not the same as what is happening in the dumbass, which we know russia has not populated with russians. people now live in the dom must have lit on these terraces for tens and hundreds of years. these 2 situations a completely different, but boris johnson uses them as he is comfortable in the conditions he needs and in the interests of his country. and his closest partner, which is the united states that on the united kingdom, continues to adopt the u. s. international policy, it consists of creating conflicts situations in order to confirm their own, if not opponents, then even enemies, as they now call them, which of russia and china, and the nato some image which showed it very clearly, because they said it publicly russia is to help egypt build its 1st nuclear power plant, cairo says it has given approval for construction of the future plant by russian state atomic energy corporation. rough adam. the plant has to be built in the city of el dab on the mediterranean coast and will consist of 4 power units with rafters

based on a russian design. rough adam has also agreed to supply nuclear fuel to the plant, along with assistance and training for the 1st 10 years of its operation. the company's director general says the plant will help secure egypt technological future in the greater middle eastern region. a test of a u. s. hypersonic missile system failed on wednesday. that's according to media reports, confirmed by pentagon spokesperson, tim gorman. it was the 2nd time in a year that the test of such a system by the pentagon had gone awry. us officials did not specify exactly what had gone wrong, but said a problem had occurred after the ignition of the test asset. the failure comes, as russia, china and north korea step up, development of more advanced missile systems capable of invading interception and surpassing the speed of sound. however, it is not the only problem the pentagon is facing right now. as the u. s. army is

having its worst problems recruiting since vietnam war ortiz kill them up in comments. joe biden says it's time for more us troops in europe. boots on the ground in poland, on the ground involved next day. i'm just turned in the marines. the scratch beneath the surface of the overseas bravado, and you'll find out that the u. s. military is having some problems on the homefront. one of them is recruiting. this is the start of a long drought for military recruiting. the military has not had such a hard time signing recruits in 1973. the year the u. s. left vietnam and the draft officially ended 2022. as the year we question the sustainability of the all volunteer force recruitment for the us army was only 40 percent of target numbers. the airport was 4000 short. the air national guard and the army reserve are also short and won't meet their expected numbers. so they are turning to help from the silver screen. i've got a whole generation excited about naval aviation,

excited about coming and doing military flying in joining the service. our ho, people go in the movie the way all the other side, all over again about why for the seems that out of desperation, they actually change the rule. they now except recruits without high school diploma and with tattoos on their hands and next that's been outlawed. for years, also confidence in the us military. i'm the u. s. public has significantly decreed . after last years debacle in afghanistan, us public trust in the american military went from 70 percent in february, all the way down to 45 percent of december. and the policy in the us military are also a bit off putting in many americans. this is the story of a soldier who operates donations patriot missile defense systems.

it begins california is a little girl raised by 2 moms for some reason this attempt to woke up by the u. s. military is not causing an inflow, fresh, blind prism. that's not particularly surprising. all have you seen the us army commercial and mother calling the most pathetic excuse for recruitment ad is even dawning. any reform they lost focus of that target audience? don't worry. i've seen the u. s. army recruitment ad. and there is a girl called emma, who has 2 moms. i feel completely safe. i recently watched emma's video and i wondered if i was watching a u. s. army recruitment video or, and netflix originals trailer. but it keeps going. the u. s. navy is now raising awareness about pronouns for l g b t. bride. using the right pronouns is really simple way to affirm someone's

identity. it is a signal of acceptance and respect. if it's a signal of acceptance and respect, how do we go about creating a safe space for everybody? that's a good question. a really good way to do that is to use inclusive language. now the new woke optics might be one thing, but there are real problems that the u. s. military has failed to meaningfully address. among them are suicide and sexual assault. the brass are holding summit on these matters, but incident persist. what's the problem? well, it appears commander in chief joe biden isn't as popular as he might think years, but it also appears that the bungle pull out of afghanistan has cause a lot of rank and file was in the military to lose confidence in the chain of command. also that woke make over is not really a big deal with the fighting men and women and dying for america now doesn't seem to be so popular. now, america is continuing with its usual habit of picking fights across the planet, but it may not have the personnel or the morale to back up those fighting words.

the military is not seen as really heroic. it's not seen as particularly patriotic. it doesn't have any big winds to kind of broadcast its success with it hasn't been overtly successful. and it's also seen increasingly as associated with big government and americans increasingly don't trust their government. and that would include the military as well. young people and their parents have relatives, friends, cousins, brothers, uncles and aunts who have returned from some of these wars, particularly afghanistan and iraq. and they have returned damaged, either psychologically physically or bus. many of them can't work. many of them have had personality changes. most of them are advising the young nephews and nieces and sons and daughters not to go into the military. it's not what you're seeing on top gun, it's. it's something very different. the nato summit wrapped up in madrid on

thursday, with the block dubbing china, one of its strategic priorities for the next decade. the 1st time it has introduced such a policy during the sum of the nato chief office trust. the alliance wants to avoid open confrontation with russia over ukraine, despite earlier labeling moscow, a direct and significant threat archie, contributor retro marston brings us more important to say this is the a meeting of the western military industrial complex and marketing firm. basically, they made more promises of weapons for everyone, ukraine themselves, all using the fear of russia and china, for saber rattling, but that's not how stolberg sees it. if this becomes a full scale war between russia natal, then, was it suffering damaged? death destruction of the scale, which was much not worse than will to see him according to the rules of

a chorus visibility, of course to prevent escalation beyond ukrainian. and that's the reason why an 8th was not a portal. the conflict on the ground. well, what else did stoughton berg say? he said that the final session at their summit focused on threats and challenges from the middle east, north africa, and the south region. he also said that they reviewed progress in the fight against terrorism. that's interesting. i didn't know that they are into that still or at all because french president, a mentor and michael has said that nato was brain dead. he said that in an interview with the economist last year, and he said that nato is that way because it should have pivoted away from russia towards counter terrorism. and so it's, i guess, news to a lot of people, including maybe french president, a miracle that is now a priority. just because they say it is doesn't mean it actually is. we'll have to wait and see what happens. as for the other nato members, leaders law, let's see what they have to say during their press conferences, turkish president of erewhon, remember,

he lifted his veto to sweden and finland joining nato. he calls it a diplomatic victory, which makes you wonder exactly what kind of concessions were made to turkey. we, we know it involves occurred, but we haven't heard many of the details. german chancellor, olaf schultz, he said that the west would not lift sanctions against russia. if peace was concluded with you crate on conditions imposed on teeth, so no end in sight to these anti russian forever sanctions. well, joe biden certainly seems happy about being able to expand nato. us president has become a little bit too carried away with his geography, making mistake, switzerland for sweden by and also doesn't seem to be too sure about who's actually fighting. who in nuclear, we're going to stick with ukraine and all of the allies to stick with the grain, as long as it takes to in fact, make sure that they are not defeated by, by ukraine. an issue in ukraine, by, by, by russia. we got the telephone, he suggested we call the leader of south switzerland switch. and my good,

my goodness, i'm, i'm getting really anxious here about expanding nato sweeten. meanwhile, in madrid, thousands of people repeatedly took to the streets throughout the nato summit to protest again. was policy this year, spain is marking the $43.00 of this session to nato. the summit was dominated by the ukraine conflict, and the life is efforts to provide more weaponry to care. masses of protesters, however, focused on nato's endeavors, claiming it is no source of faith as it called for spain to withdraw from the blood . and trillion 7 in 10 people save that. their government's alliance with washington increases the chance of it being drawn into a war in the asia pacific region. a war that would be against national interests. that is, according to an annual foreign policy poll, conducted by the louis institute. a prominent sidney bay think tank. but despite the concerns, more than 80 percent of australian said that the alliance is important for their

national security. that's a made growing tension between beijing and camera. after australia is leader attended a nato summit for the 1st time. earlier my colleague nicky aaron discussed nato's swiftly evolving strategy with a panel of guests. they test his claims. the block does not was a confrontation with most cases. it was, you will take on that statement, considering the fact that many ukrainian trips were trained by nato instructors. and now fighting with weapons supplied by the u. s. lead alliance. i mean, it's just a ball faced lie and he knows it. nobody knows it. you know, when the secretary defense of the united states states straight up that the go on objective of the united states, which is the lead to player and nato. nato does not blame without american approval . it's nato's policy is to inflict as much harm as possible on russia and ukraine, so that russia will never again seek to entertain

a similarly aggressive move that it did in ukraine against anywhere else in europe . that means it the purpose, the mission is to chill russians. that is the mission of nato today, to kill as many russians as possible in ukraine without getting involved directly using ukraine as a proxy force. ukraine is nothing less than an extension of nato's military power, right? now, does it not look like the world is thinking into a new cold war which could involve even more countries than in the 20th century? well, the cold war is already, they may not be called by, by that name. in fact, in some ways it is worse than the cold war because during the cold war, there was an effort by the united states and the soviet union to find proxy was bought in distant yoga feast. but here, the west nato, united states and other,

they're fighting a proxy war right at russia door. and there are enormous risks in this because things can escalate it and they can go out. and in fact, not we're talking about hybrid warfare. and what is happening is actually hybrid walk conducted by nato against russia. there was see this other european conflict, deliberately august traded in because of a failure to accommodate genuine security concerns. what's your take on nathan labeling? russia? i think the most significant and do rate torres. there's no surprise here. i've been reading papers, thank papers for a long time, depending on papers. and the more recent ran corporation papers and it was always clear that they would escalate. the idea here was to contain russia and you also, my goal was to go for the big price, the cheese china,

keep in mind that china was already in the target in 1965 in the particular papers . those plans are not done over the overnight. they will plan 50 years ahead. so i'm not surprised. it's going to be an escalation, but they are desperate desperate because in front of them, it's no 2 year. it's no lead. you know, iraq, we are talking about based on superpower and it's back. it's not alone. it's not along the bricks. we bigger than the g 7 photons, bigger. and we can see people actually backing silent feed, backing 14. and he's not alone. hong kong and celebrating 25 years under chinese rule with friday, marking the day, britain relinquished sovereignty over its than colony. the hand over agreement outlined a governing principle of one country to systems for a period of 50 years that president cheese in paying praises to keep the power to

administer the hong kong. as they are firmly in the hands of patriots is essential for safeguarding the long term governance and security of hong kong. at no time should this principle be allowed to be compromised. protecting the power to administer is protecting hong kong prosperity and stability, as well as the interest of, of a 7000000 hong kong residents, enjoying the packing of the motherland. while staying connected with the world is a notable strength unique to hong kong, the strength cherished by both hong kong residents and the central authority. chinese president, she's paying it, took his 1st trip outside of the mainland since the pandemic to celebrate the anniversary. in his arrival speech, he stated that hong kong had been reborn of fire. he noted the success of principles that had allowed the city to have its own system of government and also to make take charge of its legal, economic, and financial affairs. to actually console general to hong kong, eager to get off, who highlighted the importance of the one country to systems principal. this

business over the last 25 years have seen the implementation of this policy. it's unique in his content and form, and we can confidently say, but yes indeed, it has passed the test of time. it has proven its liability. and given good results now is now more and more integration of the 2 economies. and it gives a kind of synergy facts for both the development of the mega c t and the development of china itself. therefore, the success of these forms, the success of this formula of one country to systems is very of this. as a result, we can see what it can nomic successive have been chief by hong kong and the successive mainland china has achieved and eat achieving and does it for me this hour. but stay with us throughout the day. as we bring you more news and commentary, this is our to international. got to have you with the

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