ah, a furious protest is ensure lancaster, capital storm, the president, and office over the government failure to solve the country's worst economic crisis in decades. we report from seen a lot better with lang kids police resort to tea, a gas thing, the demonstrators with dozens injured amongst the ongoing chaos, clocks with particularly nasty thing. this

is called a low, but i'll correspond to expose a one sim, battled oil refinery in the city of leasing sharon square. he discovers schools of bands, munitions, allegedly planted by ukrainian troops before they fly. and china is un gains ground only us dollar. as a new survey shows, 85 percent of the will. central banks either hold or intended to hold the chinese national currency with 8 pm in moscow. this is the international with a round up of your global stories. thank you very much for joining us. i'm sure it didn't skier. now protests in the capital of shall lanka had set fire to the

private home of the country's prime minister. the official was reportedly taken to safety ahead of the chaos. the attack on the primary pass comes just hours of the he agreed to resign at the demand of lawmakers earlier the president official residents and offices will also stone by demonstrations. 6 the president go to buy raja pash, good is said to be in hiding after more than a $100000.00 demonstrations filled the streets around his residence and office in colombo and saturday and then stormed them both protested with the country's leadership to resign over their failure to curb the country's work back and i'll make crisis in decades. many of the demonstrated to storm the residents were, as you can see, pitch in making themselves pretty much at home. some taking

a deep in the presence pool, while others were relaxing on his bed since sofas. different scenes out in the streets though with white police using chicken us again, demonstrated amid those clashes across the capital. at least 55 people are said to have been injured in treating one low maker. a curfew was imposed on colombo on friday, but it was later lifted due to the demands of opposition. lead is a local journalist, ascentis. this report from the hoss of the turmoil the amounts, the company, certain of the good money that those thought that he had into it. i've got to get food on the when to lead. if you've all done other than the gold i've been and this plan of family and i've yeah, in the center of the city area where people as did

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natural anchor has been reeling from months of violent protests. several, what's been called an economic disaster. the country is essentially bankrupt and has defaulted on its foreign debt for the 1st time in history has been soaring, inflation and acute shortages which have prompted the government to ration fuels and other supplies. a foreign policy expert at the observer research foundation think tank has told us that the crisis in shall lanka, has put the entire regions security at stake. the economic frustration has reached a stage where the frustration with the got into administration just spilled over to the street. so i think there was a certain level of economic management misuse of the foreign money that they were

getting. so right, so it's a very, very desperate it is important that longer does not flip into gala and the measures of the political class to stabilize it. i hope if, if i, whether it's an all party government or whether it is some other arrangements, it is important that you definitely impact to go to be in the region. meanwhile, in east africa, the director will make situation is also provoked massive unrest. hundreds of kenyans have taken to the streets in protest at rapidly wising costs of living. many saying that they are increasingly struggling to put food on the table. the government is playing the crisis on the conflict in ukraine's some 8000 kilometers away, saying that it's effected prices all around the world. that costs have been surging

with the price of basic food stuff, such as flowers, sugar, and cooking, or just doubling. in recent weeks, protesters have blamed the government for their economic hardships crowds, as you can see, gathering in front of the president's administration, building st. press outrage, some claim that the government has been treating them like slave. good, i do. good luck. walk. we don't want to know what's going on. children are starving to death. and honestly, we are suffering simply because we cannot afford even a pack of corn flower. not even the most common fish produced in kenya is now too expensive. it has forced us members of the community to come out of our houses and bring to the attention of the government that the cost of living is daily rising and it is now hunting us. many families are slipping hungry. we have the

underprivileged depart, believe that i'm not finding it hard driven foot port report foot on the table. we want to ask the government that they must now come forth and address this issue. ah, let's turn our attention now to the front lines of the ukraine conflict where dynette sc authorities have said that ukrainian shelling of residential areas in the republic on friday killed at least 3 civilians. that included one incident in the city of god, lapka, where the local mare has released images of the attacks aftermath. residential buildings and public infrastructure are reported to have come undefined, wounding at least 11 people, including 3 children, the capital city dynette school was also targeted with 2 women reportedly killed in the shelling there. in recent days, a total of 7 civilians have been declares killed following ukrainian military

attacks. now our next week and a half report from our senior correspondent who's been visiting an oil refinery in the once in battle. city of lisa chance that's in the accounts were public. the city is now under the control of russian lead forces, exploring the facility, the r. c. crew came across an abundance of apparently prohibited land mines that he have had filed to dismantle, in accordance with international treaties. ortiz mooted garcia reports. ah, the dawn bass is a beautiful land, foothill green and verdant. but it burns find wide violence, mangles the horizon here that violence is centered around the lease. he chanced oil refinery reaching here was neither safe, no easy. this is 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 mario pull here at the least chance or refinery. if radian tube see the nationalist they, they built 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 felicity chance cooler finally remains very heads. ukrainian ha, tillery multiple rocket launcher systems, grog would, are gone 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 1015 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 comes to watch our every step. now these here is a particularly nasty thing. this is called a leaf mine or lip a stalk in russian because obviously of the size and shape of it in the color are

they were reminiscent, have a 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. ah, careful, careful, careful. adding these all over the place via oregon rockets, cosette markets, which open up and drop. hundreds, so does 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. there is a container in this section of mine which is, which is thicker. if pressed, the to burst. and the destination happens. it is possible to disarm it.

if you pick it up very everson 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 band convention. these mines were explicitly band, it assured the international community that it had the steroids, it stopped 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 for decades. belushi chance all refinery is thou 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 kilometres of industrial property of farms and

fields will haunt this place and the local population. for years, more at guys the of our t from the la guns people's republic. and president zalinski has sat calves and bass indebted germany along with formats of thousands of poles and cheese, acting like an offended liver. worse doesn't sound very statesman like job not only to me, but to many ukrainian step and been dera, embody someone who fights for freedom and ukrainian independence for fighters for freedom such as him. there are no written laws or central banks around the world are becoming increasingly keen to hold chinese un as there was a currency that's according to the latest survey by the swift economic powerhouse u. b. s. countries have been seeking to shift their currencies from the dollar to be it, nor would it be less exposed to the u. s. dominance over the global financial system

. apparently rachel's blevins from r t reports b, u. s. dollar may still hold the title of the world's reserve currency, but as the biggest 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 reserves 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 u. s. 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 2020. want this as other countries, such as argentina 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 useless, but together with 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 china confirms it, 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 us dollar. meanwhile, countries 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, theresa russo among the biggest spenders in the egyptian 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 us lead financial system which has become unduly restrictive and its by threats from the u. s. other countries are continuing to do big business with russia, with reports noting then 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, mid reports from earlier this year that the nation was considering one day selling oil and china 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 dominants 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. our financial sanctions was started as a trickle is beginning to look like a stream, and then all comes in response to a us 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 further in washington dc. i've been identifying i, what i think is a sincere split between the federal reserve and commercial banking interest in the us 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. you realize that having the world's

reserve currency is a burden we can no longer afford to have. and lar, encouraging this kind of d dollarization. the big question now is, when will saudi arabia break their currency peg to the us dollar? once the saudis do that, i think we, we want to what, what look at that as a kind of step function in the, the rate of the dollars ation. we're going to move into a different regime in terms of globalization, of other countries. muslims all over the world commemorating the 1st day of one of the biggest holidays of islamic calendar. it's eel, eat ha, in east jerusalem. some 150000 worshippers. performed e t l. add her prayer, jerusalem's alex and mosque compound. israel's military has said some restrictions on travel would be nice and during the holiday, however, there are reports that police set up dozens of road blocks and conducted searches

preventing many palestinians reaching that holy sites. meanwhile, in saudi arabia, more than a 1000000 pilgrims travel to their holy city of mecca, saudi arabia authorities, a cooling at the largest pilgrims since the covey. $900.00 pandemic ended the event in afghanistan. hundreds also poured into mosques to pray are now trying is dominance and solar panel production is a threat to the west screen agenda that's at least according to a new report from the paris space international energy agency, which ones western countries to rapidly increase their share over the industry, china produces more than 80 percent of the world's poli, silicone which you use for solar panels at a fraction of the cost of west and competitive. but the international energy agency has cautioned that the e u and

u. s. shouldn't depend on those supplies. and should instead boost their own manufacturing, particularly if you want to reach it 0 mission goal within the next 3 decades. it's also called on the u. s. to quote, drupal it 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. now as the world struggles with the severe energy crisis due to a disruption in supply chains, the thought of china perhaps controlling it, developing energy source could be raising western phase. but whereas the e u has previously accused beijing or ignoring a screen agenda. it's goal of reaching 0 emissions by 2050 could now

entirely rely on china independent expert underlying says, china's role in the global moved to green energy is vital. a time is the walls thickest manufacturer and the biggest trader. and $130.00 countries in china is the largest compare with only for the 7 united states. so trying to embed it in, well, the line very change, especially on the energy of the green energy. i mean, the solar panel, all, all the, most of the world's manufacturing sorta, panel designer together with special metals and minerals. most of them are in china. so i think that this is the reality. and then the irony is back in the united states. there was a cam saying that i still don't have the veracity of climate change and best of interest. ready oil and fossil fuel and most of

all the don't have the infrastructure, so the more affordable solar panels a to the world. but in this age group all power, great power arriving between charter united states and china and honestly skips all this campaign or even china b u. k. government is launched, a new initiative to hold the rights of media outlets to present that coverage to the public. however, he is not on the list. an amendment is designed to guard against the betray removal of articles from journalists, recognized news outlets when shared on social media platforms. the so called online safety build fixture, ensure that social media platforms cannot delete news articles from their platforms without 1st notifying the publishes and then giving them the chance to appeal.

however, the initiative doesn't to uphold equal standards for russian media. with web news outlets such as r t dot com and sputnik outright band in the u. k. now, the british government's plan is unfeasible. that's according to a position for more than a dozen rights count, pay notes and organizations. they say the legislation would actually calm down on people's whites to express their opinions on social networks. international editor of the morning star newspapers, steve sweeney says, the bill would actually strengthen the government's power to decide which media the public can access. this is of great concern, not just to join 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 say, so this is brady targeting an alternative alternative viewpoint. and of course, the situation in ukraine has made them kind of want to, to focus on this so much more because at the moment in the push meter, in particular, and the same in the united states. so there is only one that is being presented to the public and that number 2 is the same as it was the government as the united states government, as nato. this is incredible, by in any country the calls and calls itself a democracy to restrict the right information in such a way. i think it is absolutely unprecedented on we should, we should do all that. we can to oppose it. well, that's all for last this hour. thanks very much for joining us. ah

ah ah, the middle east conflict a interestingly, none of these are being raised in the past 6 months. so not

a problem not need to be to, ah, in the united states has always had a variety of tools to use and tax on other countries. economic sanctions are, are often just the beginning. another thing you like to do is place some military pressure on the countries that you're talking about here. and there has to be an effort to demonize that country and the leader of that

country. uh huh. we have a responsibility for the whole world. and we need to make room for the rest because without us, there will be 2 with the daughter of a brings food to the city. and on her way back, she takes people who are too weak to live in the ruins of mary. you pull any more,

april stuff over the guys. nothing gotta resend you with accumulate. a dog is women of a dumb. this chris, we knew hershey. give us kind of post the material for close demo with the coastal grains just right up to the little logo. it shows night to get them to do that. that's a crazy night, but i was off see which genuine you wasn't deal of the young people and that doesn't kill me. i've not got an e. what group you have a child shows about doing young still noble port dot maria. those old ladies are involuntary witnesses to the cities. horrifying battles, many couldn't get down to basements or a shelter because of their age. so they watched the horrors of war from the windows

of shell flats. oh, who tell you what you guys want my here with .