ah, ah, this is a particularly nasty thing. this is called, i leave my knees all over. car corresponded explorers a once embattled oil refinery and the loo gone to the city of lucy chance, where he discovers scores of band munitions allegedly planted by ukrainian troops before they fled. china that you want to gain around the u. s. dollar as a new survey shows, 85 percent of the world's central banks either hold or intend to hold the chinese national currency. 10 years government passes. blame affords food crisis on the far away conflict in ukraine as protestors in the eastern african country express

outrage over struggling to afford basic proof. i mean, if i believe you being hungry, we have the ability to pub believe that are not finding it hard to put food on the table with some more direct from our studios in moscow. this is art international and john thomas, certainly glad to have you with us. now we start with the latest from the front lines of the war and ukraine, ukraine's showing of residential areas in the done yet republic on friday, reportedly killed at least 3 civilians that included one in the city glove where the local mayor released images of the attacks aftermath, local authorities said residential buildings and public infrastructure came under fire, wounding at least 11 people, including 3 children. the capital city don yet was also targeted with 2 women

reported killed in the shelling by cubes forces. in recent days, at least 7 civilians and the republic have been declared killed by ukrainian military attacks. a blacks a report from our senior correspondent who visited an oil refinery in the once embattled lu ganske. a city of lucy chanced, which has now come under the control of russian land forces, exploring the facility. the r t crew discovered an abundance of prohibited land mines. that kid had vowed to dismantle, in accordance with international treaties or cheese. whereas if reports, ah, the don bass is a beautiful land, fertile greed, and verdant. but it buds fine, wide violence, mangles the horizon here that violence is centered around the least. he chanced oil refinery reaching

here was neither safe nor easy. the seas a vast industrial zone, surrounded by open terrain of firing range for artillery. industrial complex itself, though, is incredibly similar to mary. you builds infamous as of steel. plant warren have buildings, tunnels and defenses. just as they did in mary, you pull here at the least chance or refinery. if radian, tube see are the nationalists they, they build a real fort, were covered with foreign positions. they left here as they did maribelle without much of a fight. but when russian troops and allied forces came in, they were met with a storm of artillery and rockets. nothing has been spared in the endless shelling. ukraine has thrown almost everything in its arsenal at the refinery. as i say,

the situation of lucy chance gould refinery remains very tense. ukrainian har tillery multiple rocket launcher systems, grab graham key, pouring out the wall refinery in beads to sloop the russian advance in the area. the plant itself is enormous, but you can literally just point the camera in any direction, wait and 15 minutes and there will be an impact. oh, it isn't just the sky and the shells screaming through it that a dangerous, but the ground itself, we were warned in no uncertain terms to watch our every step. now this here is a particularly nasty thing. this is called, i leave my law lipa stalk in russian because obviously the size and shape of it in

the color are there right? reminiscent have i leave it would be now on impossible to spot this in a wooded area. the explosion it produces, if disturbed, is enough to tear off someone's heel, and these are all over the oil refinery. the ukrainian military has been spreading these all over the place. 6 ah, careful, careful, careful. adding these all over the place via oregon rockets, cosette markets, which open up and drop hundreds soldiers, he a shed a video with us showing what would happen if you set one off or this is what it looks like. a piece of glass container to glass to in this section of mine which is, which is thicker. if pressed the glass to burst and the destination happens,

it is possible to disarm it. if you pick it up very ever so gently, ah, ever so gently, by this part, the thin pot and unscrew with destiny. these shouldn't even be here. ukraine had signed and ratified the auto mind bad convention. these minds were explicitly band, if it assured the international community that it had the steroids it stop. paul's what's worse, these are old. soviet make and lack the vital self destruct mechanism that triggers after 3 or 4 days. these could potentially stick around a foot decades. the least, he chanced, all refinery, is now relatively far from the front lines. the thunder and roar of bloss here is slowly waning, but what happened here?

the blind mining of dozens of square kilometers of industrial property of farms and fields will hoards this place and the local population. for years. more at guys the of r t, from the la guns people's republic. the west's political on slot against russia has failed. but moscow still needs to remain vigilant in the face of new sanctions . that's according to latimer putin who mulled over russia's economic strategy during a meeting with top officials. seconds away me the so called economic blitzkrieg by our ill wishers against russia has of course failed. however, some damage is still being done to our economy by the sanctions and restrictions and some risks do remain for president pacing. i spoke with a gas prom heads early on friday of the 1st time after he said, he admitted that there has been an impact on the russian economy from these unprecedented sanctions on the all still re sk still ahead. so what russia is going

to have to do is just go with the punches, so to speak. and that's what it's doing is it's focusing on increasing its output to different energy market. because you has implemented another round of sanctions against russia, including an oil embargo, russian companies should already be prepared for this move for our key priority is include the build up of gas development infrastructure and russian regions, as well as the diversification of exports to promising southern and eastern markets, urine speaking, following that meeting with the guy from heads, president patient didn't focus on russia. he also focused on the global impact that these massive loads of sanctions on russia having he talks about how your pay is now facing and a massive energy crisis. and that people might not even be able to heat their home sufficiently this coming winter. there's also of course, the massive impacts that this will have on companies throughout europe,

without those energy supplies, they might even before the fall. and then of course, we have mass unemployment, we have more people on the bread line, and then we have the, the huge impacts to those economies as well. and say, well, europe, his bracing for hard times president putin said. and he speaks today that he wants to protect the russian people from feeling the severe impact of these uneasy times . and so, as you will talk to these latest rounds of sanctions, which includes that oil embargoed, he wants russian companies to be braced and ready low with it, especially because the central banks around the world are increasingly keen to hold chinese. you want as a reserve currency that's according to the latest survey by swift economic powerhouse u. b. s. countries have been seeking to diversify away from the dollar in order to be less exposed to us dominance over the global financial system. artes, which are blevins comments. b, u. s. dollar may still hold the title of the world's reserve currency,

but as big as competitors continue to gain ground, especially as washington steps up, its attempts to use economic power as a weapon against countries it doesn't get along with. but while the us has been turning up the sanctions countries like china has been on the rise. in fact, according to the latest annual reserve survey from u. b as 85 percent of central banks say they either hold or want to hold the chinese you want. and that's no coincidence. as mainstream analyst admit that washington's campaign to target and isolate russia this year has led to concern that other countries will be next on the list. and that they could receive similar treatment if they don't go along with demands from the us. as a result of the current economic climate, central banks average share of us dollar holdings was 63 percent in june, down significantly from 69 percent in 2021. this as other countries such as argent, tina and iran have expressed interest in joining the bricks group of countries,

which as it stands right now represents around 40 percent of the world's population and 25 percent of the global economy. so i'm using this together with bricks partners. we are developing reliable alternative mechanisms for international settlements. we are exploring the possibility of creating an international reserve currency based on a basket of bricks, currencies, and with the western campaign to isolate russia from swift, moscow's alternative payment system has only continued to grow and now works with more than 50 for an organization from 12 countries this all comes as trying to confirm that is in the process of creating a you on reserve fun with indonesia, malaysia, hong kong, chill, a and singapore with each country planning to contribute around $2200000000.00 presenting a clear challenge to the dominance of the u. s. dollar. meanwhile series like egypt are also looking for ways to survive without the big buck. as cairo sees the ways

in which the current sanctions against russia stand to hurt its own economy. russian tourists are also among the biggest spend, is in the gyptian tourism sector. from that perspective, it makes sense for egypt to try to maintain these relations. the only way to do so under the current sanctions regime is to bypass the u. s. lead financial system, which has become unduly restrictive, and it's by threats from the u. s. other countries are continuing to do big business with russia. with reports noting that an indian cement company may be historic purchase of russian call and you on rather than dollars. that could also be the case in the future for saudi arabia and the reports from earlier this year that the nation was considering one day selling oil and china's currency, which would have a major impact on the energy industry. it comes as no surprise that the u. s is not happy and it has been critical of all threats to the dollars dominance. who wouldn't like to see mechanisms that are designed to prop up the rebel or to

undermine the dollar based financial system or to 2nd vent of financial sanctions was started as a trickle is beginning to look like a stream and then all comes in response to a u. s. government that knows exactly how powerful its currency is and has been years working to weaponized it against other countries. the only problem, all those countries are now starting to show there is strength in numbers as a pushback with increasing power. the problem is that there's a real there's a real split in where the united states should go even with washington dc. i've been identifying i, what i think is a sincere split between the federal reserve and commercial banking interest in the u. s. and white house policy and us treasury policy. i don't think those 2 groups are on the same page. and i think there's a very strong group of people within the us who realized that having the world's was our currency is a burden. we can no longer afford to have and lar, courage and this kind of de dollarization. the big question now is,

when will saudi arabia break their currency peg to the us all once the saudis do that? i think we, we want to watch what look at that as a kind of step function in the the rate of d dollars ation. we're going to move into a different regime in terms of globalization of other countries. china's dominance over solar panel production is a threat to the west green agenda. that's according to a new report from the paris based international energy agency, which was western countries to rapidly increase their share of the industry. and china produces more than 80 percent of the world's polysilicon used for solar panels at a fraction of the cost of western competitors. but the international energy agency has cautioned that the u. n. v u. s. shouldn't depend on those supply and should instead boosted their own manufacturing, particularly if the you wants to reach it's 0 emission goal within the next 3 decades. it has also called on the u. s. to quadruple it's solar panel production,

reportedly to avoid trade policy risks with beijing. china has been instrumental in bringing down costs worldwide for solar power, with multiple benefits for clean energy transitions. at the same time, the level of geographical concentration in global supply chains also poses potential challenges that governments need to address. as the world struggles with a severe energy crisis due to disrupted supply chains, the concentration of a developing energy source in the hands of china seems to be a troubling prospect for the west that you previously accused beijing of actually ignoring their green agenda. but now the paris agreements goal of reaching 0 emissions by 2050 could rely entirely on china. we heard from independent expert enter the on who commented about china's role in global green energy supplies. as far as the walls, because manufacturer and the biggest trader and 130 countries of china, it's

a lot to compare. ready only for the 740 united states to try to embed it in the well, the line very change, especially, or the energy of the green energy. i mean, the solar panel, all, all the, most of the manufacturing sorta panel designs together with kind of special mineral law in china. so i think that this is the reality. and then the irony is that in the united states, there was a cam saying that i still don't have the recipe of climate change and best of interest in oil and, and also, you know, and most of all the don't have the infrastructure. so the more affordable solar panels to the world. but in this age group all power, great power arriving between charter united states and china and united states

keeps all this campaign, or even china, dutch police and fired warning shots and outraged farmers protesting against a new green initiative that could shut down their businesses. policy would force the agricultural industry to use less fertilizer and reduce live stock numbers in an effort to lower pollution. here's some footage from the demonstration in the netherlands. ah, ah, ah. ah. dead farmers came under fire, described by police says warning shots this week as they took to the streets and

block supermarkets and roads in their tractors to protest, a green crock down on their businesses, western leaders or a banging drum about a global food shortage. but they only seem to be making life harder for the farmers who produce it. dutch lawmakers have just voted to give provincial governments one year to come up with a plan to reduce foreign missions like nitrogen oxide and ammonia that are produced by animal waste or fertilizer, by 50 percent, by the year 2030. so what's next? stopping the cattle that eventually end up on our tables from belching or passing wind. well, actually, yeah, scientists around the world are reportedly working on breeding less gassy beef which the un considered to be as much of a climate problem as transport ruminants such as cattle, buffalo, sheep,

and goats produce nitrous oxide, carbon dioxide and methane, which is the most emitted gas and is released through belching scientists are working on ways to reduce those emissions, including by breathing animals that bur, bless, adjusting their diets, so they produce less methane and planting trees and pastures. various major media reports in the west are saying that dust reforms are expected to include reducing the number of livestock or buying up farms whose animals are considered to waste producing. the honest message is that not all farmers can continue their business. so now the green agenda means forcing the buy up of private property because your cows belts too much, even as western leaders complain of food shortages all because the european union and their allies are rationally obsessed with their climate change agenda. even as member states revert to call and the e u reclassified gas and nuclear as green. the european commission has been

flirting with this notion of livestock as an environmental hazard, at least since the publication of report on the question in 2020. if the dutch government succeeds enforcing the sale of private property from farmers under the pretext of helping to save the environment from belching cows than at risk setting, a pretty dangerous precedent for private property rights. within the european union . hundreds of people in kenya have taken to the streets and protest over rapidly rising costs of living in the east african nation, as many say that they are increasingly struggling to put food on the table. the government has blamed the crisis on the conflict in ukraine. 8000 kilometers away saying it's affected prices throughout the world. are costs have been searching for basic food stuffs, in kenya, with flour, sugar, and cooking oil, doubling in price and recent reeks protesters have blamed the government for the economic hardship has been gathered in front of the president's administration

building to express their outrage. some said, the government has been treating them like slaves in their own country. oh, i do go through all that i want to do what i want to get my legs. not water torn up. when children are starving to death. and honestly, we are suffering simply because we cannot afford even a pack of corn flower or may not even the most common fish produced in kenya is now too expensive, but it has forced us members of the community to come out of our houses under bring to the attention of the government that the cost of living is daily rising and it is now hurting us. many families out of slipping hungry. we have the underprivileged depart believe that are not finding it hard, driven for poor report food on the table. we want to ask the government that they must now come forth on douglas this issue. the red cross has raised the alarm over

the plight of millions of civilians in the middle eastern, the nation of yemen, ravaged by 8 years of civil war. their suffering has been exacerbated by recurring hostilities. many local women have no access to healthcare. uh huh. any berkener on many occasions during the peak of the violence, i had the choice of either staying home and dying from my illness at all. risking getting caught in a crossfire while trying to reach the nearest dialysis center. a 2nd, i was assigned to a kansas center in mccalla hundreds of kilometers away. i couldn't afford transportation between treatment sessions and i couldn't bear the long road to get there. now i'm just sitting in my tent waiting for death to release me from my agony. yeah. but more women in labor are reaching the health facility too late, and that's caused by road blocks and the unavailability of transportation due to violent clashes. according to a new report by the red cross, nearly 66 percent of humans, people currently lack access to basic health care that includes 6000000 women who

desperately need medical assistance. nearly 5000000 are suffering from severe hunger with pregnant and breastfeeding women. among them, one mother and 6 new borns reportedly die on average every 2 hours in the crisis racked country. the conflict has taken a devastating toll on civilians across the country with local residents suffering from constant shelling and airstrikes as a saudi led. military coalition has been waging a relentless assault on who the rebels in neighboring yemen. some human rights groups have drawn attention to the fact that the saudi lead forces have been using weapons and ammunition supplied by western countries, including the us and britain. one of the red cross reports authors, bashir omar gave us a 1st hand account of the humanitarian disaster. i look, yeah. i was there was i kid this mooney, i the lady with began said like i, i met her, i met had in person last week. i was in mad it so she told us in all my last wish before i die that i need an ac. because i, i want like

a want to die in peace. this is where she said in megan. i mean it's, it's unbelievable. and then it was, was very difficult because the ladies, you know, is almost dying unheard. 7 years old, you know, girls, she is taking head just as she's looking after head. and even de la, the little girl, you know, where, where it was like, you know, was forced to leave her to up and, and had, is called a school because he needed like to take care of it. of her mom. it's, it's, it's so it's so it's so it's, so it's so horrible he could not imagine it. no, we were trying our best, you know, to, to drove the attention of the, of the, of the international community and the world to the blight of, of, of yemen. people, i know, and we're saying that the world should not, you know, turn a blind eye on what is going on. yeah. man. are there are millions of people in yemen who need to know any to support from the international community and international organization. the wall should not only focus on on a specific context,

but they also showed, you know, focus more on p o maturing situation, and that many people should not be, should not be left alone a facing, you know, their fate. while the british government has launched a new initiative to uphold the rights of news outlets to present their coverage to the public and has lamentably excluded our t and amendment is designed to guard against the betray or moving of articles from journalists and traffic. nice news outlets when shared on social media platforms, the so called online safety bill seeks to ensure that social media platforms cannot delete news articles from their platforms without 1st notifying the publishers and giving them a chance to appeal. but the apparently well intentioned initiative does not uphold equal standards for russian media as it has bar to media outlets r. t and sputnik more than a dozen rights organizations have petitions, the u. k. government with an open letter saying the bill is unfeasible. they claim

the legislation would actually clamp down on people's rights to express their opinions on social networks. international editor of the morning star newspaper, steve sweeney says the bill would strengthen the government's power to decide to which media the public can access. this is a of great concern, not just to turn this but to freedom and democracy. really. this is the bill that's being presented. the online safety bill is gives unprecedented powers to the states to determine what media people can access. the amendments don't really offer any safeguards the i can see. so this is really targeting an alternative or alternative viewpoint. and of course the situation in ukraine has made them kind of want to, to focus on so much more. because at the moment in the british me doing particular and the same in the united states, i know that there is only one narrative is being presented to the public. and that

narrative is the same. number 2, it was the british government as the united states government, as nighttime. this is incredible by any country that calls and calls itself a democracy to restrict the you're the right to information in such a way, i think is, is absolutely a precedent. you know, we should, we should, you know, we should do all that. we can to oppose it. and just before we go, the twitter bio deal could end in court as the world's richest man. you must have said he wants to scrap the potential purchase mosque, has notified the social networking company of his decision to call off the $44000000000.00 deal due to problems with proving the pre and prevalence of a fake or span accounts on the platform. now twitter is expected to take market to court to try and force him to complete the transaction. you can read more about the story on our website, r t dot com. and that does it for me, this hour,

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the middle east conflict. a interestingly, none of these are being raised in the past 6 months. a has been shifted a reason to us, you know, be able to exist a problem not need to be resorts ah . a awe on february the 24th 2022, russia launched

a special military operation in ukraine. the campaigns 1st major battle was an operation to bring the city of murray. you pulled back under the control of pro russian don bass. ah with do.