and dangerously, the foreign policy was refused to come to grips with this new reality. this explains the increase tensions in europe, the middle east and asia. the biggest loser is the, with with russia says its forces have killed hundreds of foreign mercenaries and destroyed multiple ukrainian military assets inside the people's republic with a decisive battle for control of the area in full swing. while in the neighboring lugens, the people's republic, our correspondent joins a russian combat patrol that's mopping up hostile resistance from ukrainian troops . dressed as civilians and the recently recaptured city of miss the chopped with we will with the now cooling, cool, back up with us all potential stop in the park with building. and he just who could

shorten the ukrainian soldiers were left behind, have now changed into civilian clothes. last, saudi arabia says it's relations with the united states and china are not mutually exclusive. that's in the wake of jo biden's, much hyped, but ultimately lack luster. trip to the middle east. and sri lanka is acting, president, slams western sanctions against russia, saying they are only bringing 3rd world countries like the impoverished south asian nation to their knees. with just after 6 pm here in moscow, and you're watching our to international. my name's donald quarter. welcome to the program. now, up to 254 and mercenaries have been killed in russia's latest strikes on ukrainian military sites inside the don units, people's republic, that's according to russia's defense ministry here. some of the latest footage released by moscow showing multiple rocket launchers and against gets in the combat

zone. the defense ministry also says its forces have destroyed ukrainian nationalist formations and the countries to costco region, as well as multiple military assets inside dunbar says, russian lead troops press on with their advance. however, some areas in the daniel, the people's republic are still coming under relentless, showing by ukrainian forces. the. this footage was released by the mayor of the city of gorda las cup in the people's republic showing what local officials have described as ukrainian artillery, showing of a residential neighborhood. several houses and a cafe were reportedly damaged and that attack and the neighboring lugens people's republic russian forces are restoring order and the key city of list a chance. after recently retaking that area, our senior correspondent were at gazda of joined some of the troops on patrol there . they encountered armed resistance from hostile stragglers. yes. is it well, you know?

yeah, very. but with control that we will, we the now cooling for back up as a hostile potential hostile in an apartment building. and he just took a shot. the police control. the problem is that many ukrainian soldiers who deserted right up were left behind or who were left behind, have now changed into civilian clothes and a hiding in the apartments that they have broken into. so can i feel about when you would get a hold of bob done with weaver, now been us to leave all rather escorted away from the area. the display, special operation on the way reinforcements of a rod. they're going to sweep the building a high, high rise 9th floor apartment building floor by floor apartment by apartment

in order to catch this person who for a 3rd day that has been taking pot shots. i rolling through every day more ukrainian desert is and stragglers of found some come in peacefully, others play, hide and seek. why did you decide to change him to civilian clothes and abandon yamil to a unit? so there was no sense in going anywhere. it's either a bulletin, it had or a criminal charge. i'm a local so i decided to say that so you felt it was futile to continue to fight us . indeed. and we were constantly retreating. where should we go to next? to europe, for michelle, why didn't you try to leave the on the earlier? if it were so if we left would be shot by our own forces. what every captured ukrainian soldier has confirmed is that morale amongst their forces was disastrous

. ukrainian crew was felt abandoned, but they felt like cabin fog, and they didn't like it at all. no. one who the morale in my units was very low as we were constantly retreating and didn't have enough ammunition. the commander stay far from the front and came out only to perch. i saw that personally . well, i was in the city with every day the city's commandant tells us chaos and lawlessness . rashid water strengthens that. there is a long way to go, yet it is one thing to when the violence and the crime and the looting and the parley, another convinced the public that they will to come back. or i'd guys d a r t firmly she chance lugens people's republic. saudi arabia's top diplomat says re adds relations with the united states, and china are not mutually exclusive. that's after joe biden made a promising but ultimately fruitless visit to the region in an attempt to drum up

local support for washington and its allies, our policies to build pressure. and we want to be able to deal with everybody in china is our largest trading partner. it's huge market for energy and a huge market in the future with saudi arabia refusing to do its relations with china, in favor of pandering to us interests. riyadh has also suggested that washington should mind its own human rights records. after the u. s. voiced concerns over the 2018 murder of washington post journalist jamal, cuz shoji at the saudi consulate in saudi arabia says, washington is not innocent either. and pointed to violation that the notorious avo grade prison during the us occupation of iraq with more on how jo biden's middle east. tor has dashed washington's hopes for a grand return to the region. here's ortiz, policy site is for day, middle east episode. that is a question of what actually achieved is still up in the air. his bed for more and

cheap oil has been blown out of the water, mostly the impact of this visit. i suspect you won't see that for another a couple weeks. we, i'd say as a canopy, its oil production beyond 13000000 barrels a day, and off to shunning the kingdom over the 2018 killing of saudi jonas, jamal cash hockey. all eyes were on what might and would say to the conference i in thank you. thank you. thank you. that's exactly what bite enabled saudi arabia on his campaign trail back in 2019. but now fighting his tongue, he came asking for a favor while still trying to save his own face. correct, calling out of saudi's prior, i don't hear anything i said,

but you don't seem to bump a to why do you? mm mm. i didn't make leaders from the gulf compilation council invited to president of the united arab emirates to washington, also announcing $1000000000.00 to believe hunger in the region. while his overall message to avid leaders was, we will not walk away and leave a vacuum to refill by china, russia were ran. we'll seek to build on this moment with active principle american leadership. china was not impressed. phasing shot record bite and saying that the middle east was not someone's back yard, let alone a so called vacuum. meanwhile, american forces continue to target terrorists in the region and are deployed at bases throughout the middle east. still, this didn't stop bite and from suggesting he was in a page on what america did in iraq and afghanistan. easy for him. not to the

families of a 1000000 iraqis killed not to mention the disastrous withdrawal from afghanistan. and what about his very own 40 and slip? lori's honor, the bravery, selfishness, selflessness of the sacrifices bind and turned one page to another. this time he ran of course and venting up support against these army republic. the united states stresses that integrity to this pledge is a commitment never to allow iran to acquire nuclear weapon. and that it is prepared to use all elements of its natural power to ensure that outcome make no mistake by what elements might and mean does that also means that you would use force against the wrong? is that what that mean? if i was a last resort yet, he also failed to mention how close to iran's nuclear program was tied to how america means for, for katie k ran with sanctions. because at the end of the day,

it's one thing for mine to say that the u. s. will not walk away from the middle east. it's quite canada to ask how much the middle east once the americans to stay, especially now when washington has so little to offer. although we'll can await, might not even be an option any more you're going to do. i guess so the policy was b as in the 1980s to bring down the only places to an extent captain rush us in. ringback or i didn't know that we know was that maybe on the final phase of the soviet union. now, every player that he was attempting by getting to so get to pick up the less i think with

a so i think one see this because i think the natural thing finished. this would be that it's not dying before so that it does start grading. it's all in which i know you are local and we already have c, a c or in from washer. and it is a can bring it to it, but it, with, in, or in, from russia. in other words, it's what it's should be in the middle of a policy for them in the fall sheet that are listed by the nations and to be buried some for when we saw the

trends, missing their heart and the aftermath of biden's controversial trip to the middle east terran has slammed his policy in the region, accusing the u. s. of spreading iran a phobic sentiments. the u. s. is once more trying to create tensions and crises across the region through relying on the failed policy of iran, a phobia, a joint statement released after biden's trip to israel emphasized u. s. lead efforts to provide to prevent, to run from building a nuclear bomb. biden has asserted the u. s. could use military force against iran as a quote, last resort. earlier this week around president promised a harsh response to any escalation by washington or its allies, political analyst and researcher christopher holly says that the u. s. and israel see iran is a geopolitical threat. iran in $79.00 after the overthrow of the shot. they don't want to listen to washington. they wanted to have their own foreign policy. they were, they are very much for a different type of world order. and so you,

what you see now is that you run is interested to join russia, china and other countries to really build that. and that ultimately threatens wall street in c, u. s. a military had gemini, and it is nato's overarching, a global dominance. so it's, it's very much a nerve wracking for the elite in washington and in new york city, in brussels, in vienna, in geneva. and the sad part is that the fight in 5th to the middle east. the 1st one in this presidency was marked by a strong and t iran sentiment, and that was both in israel and also in saudi arabia. and we have to realize that this is jerusalem declaration that fight and sign up with the israeli authorities are either really, it really is quite shocking because they're still leaving this military option, the table and the really they have you run as it's i get so i think a very, very much that this is a dangerous situation and the iranian government is correct. it's the right to

phobic. they are spreading it all over the region. ah, western sanctions against russia are only bringing suffering to 3rd world countries like sri lanka, that's according to the impoverished nations interim president, speaking at an international forum for preventing hunger and famine. let us look at the sanctions that are being imposed on last path is this, nancy? is sanction being russia please means the social non being russ. yeah. believe me, but it did ring the rest of the dog would needs. meanwhile, for long because government has imposed fuel rationing and the latest attempt to bring the country's economic turmoil under control, that's as people queue up for hours or even days to fill up at petrol stations for long. because energy minister has even urged residents not to wait in vain saying that only limited supplies will be handed out throughout the week. the country has

been reeling from a profound crisis that has left it unable to import sufficient amounts of essential goods including fuel. some people have even been observed fighting over gasoline, as many residents are faced with the hard choice of having to buy fuel or food or to corresponded run. jones sharma explains. house reluctance are coping with the crisis. a shortage of fuel in a bankrupt country has led to prizes of all commodities including rice, wheat, fruits and vegetables, going to the roof with inflation at more than 50 percent. the prices are burning a hole in the pockets of she lumpkins. ordinarily this market would be buzzing with people at this avo, but now with the prices of basics going up drastically, things have changed. something like a banana, see for example, is also become a luxury for many, it's very expensive, come back to the full months and will be don't consume fruits like those days. we

just get this in shows that people have to be a good read money. this is robin whipping, so not normally like the moment the island nation is running out to foreign currency, deserves to import essential items and its impact is hitting hard look with the now counting on the changing political landscape of the country to reshape their economic future. despite got by roger buck shells resignation, protests continue in sri lanka. it's d 100 and the crowd chance have gone from. gotta go back to ron and go back. why are people still your and not at home? you me ask. not far from the demonstrations is be to sons lean involves what day in these small alleys. we still buy a house, it's around 7 in the evening. andrew cheney has just started making dinner. she has to feed a family of 6, including her 2 children with no gas, she was as kerosene to cook, is just about finished cooking and as been a bubble,

got she how family are going to eat the meal? incomplete darkness, just like more states, the power won't come back for the next 5 hours or so. although the cuts have gotten better from a month ago, but it's still a daily affair. by dwelling on godaddy it with her only able to give all children milk once a day down from 3 times previously. because men powder is now too expensive. we'll try to feed our children 3 times a day where we can barely managed to do it more than once or twice. we counted and gab basic mattson for children. there are no on to buy out except local pharmacies or even at hospitals. rich and east tory is not just her story. it is the story of many of the 22000000 people in the country. and unlike the daily bava got outs, their plight will last much longer than a few hours. with no telling when things will improve ruins, sharma in colombo, 40 over 100 refugees and social workers have gathered outside

a reception center for ukrainians, and parents demanding equal rights for migrants from other countries while accusing french authorities of discrimination. here's some, here's what some of the demonstrators have to say. little yet there is a whole group of migrants who come here from various countries to denounce the existing differences in treatment. there are only 30 ukrainians inside. the rest of the facility is empty. the question is why, and we know the answer. it's the racism of the state which leads to other people having to go stay on the streets, put em okay, come here. and every euro, what people did good given close to him and not all 3 got a not dog gone as a nod to another thing, a multitude on not another one. we'll have also like him problem if it was like lemme we demand the same rights as ukrainians neither more nor less housing and paperwork. some people come here from many countries,

have several nationalities from sudan to eritrea. taff janice dan. and we all form a collective of people who fight for equality and against racism. and that means obtaining housing and documents for everyone, no matter the color of their skin or their nationality. the protest, her se migrants coming in from ukraine are getting preferential treatment, including better accommodation and access to medical care. they also say refugees fleeing from africa or risking their lives travelling through the mediterranean sea, and they often fall prey to human traffickers. those who do make it only end up facing discrimination and in a denial of basic rights in europe earlier this month, african refugees already cried foul over what they call double standards by french authorities in dealing with migrants. but to get more on the story we're in across live now to migration and society studies professor lauren londo. heather, thanks for joining us on the program for 1st i want to ask you about what these african refugees have been saying. they've been repeatedly complaining about race

based discrimination. what's your reaction to these claims and what do you think it says about tolerance in france and other european countries? thank you for the opportunity to be with you. i think that they're absolutely right, that there is an incredible racism within the immigration in a 1000 system across europe. and they have been double standard. that said, historically, states have always applied multiple standards with it's about politics with it's about race id, ology, in who they accept, even as refugee and the amount of money that they spend on relief. is that happened in bosnia that happened in the united states during the cold war and it's happening again now in europe. france and other european countries have repeatedly said that they're trying to redeem themselves from their colonial past based on the latest events. how would you say they're doing? i think there's a much broader question here about how europe and france in particular are relating to africa or other parts of the world. and i think they're doing very little in

fact, to overcome their colonial path. there's definitely more investment in, in your, in african countries. but the whole idea is that that is to keep people there and to keep them out of friends. instead, what we need to see is a stronger relationship where people are able to move more freely between the former colonies and was main colonial states. because that really is what the colonization with the crime or pulse of indicated that europeans overwhelmingly supported taking in thousands of refugees at the start of russia's military operation. but these numbers have since been falling. what do you think about that? i think what we're seeing is that whether someone is from molly or whether they're from ukraine, there's still an extra body. they're still putting a procedure strain on the local economy. and they still raise all of the issues of competition for resources where the state has not continued to invest in public infrastructure in education, in supporting the poor in european countries. those people are going to feel

frustrated and they're going to be threatened. whether that person has come from africa, whether they've come from the east in ukraine or elsewhere. that is going to be a source of attention. why and connection to what you just said. i mean, some are, some are saying that amid a looming recession in the european union, europeans can barely take care of themselves, let alone incoming asylum seekers. what do you think about that? well, i think in the short term, there's going to be hardship around the world. but the, the new grain, whether it's in russia or whether it's across africa or europe. i think in the long term, what we know is that europe needs labor. birth rates are falling in many countries . they need the african labor, they need the skills and the energy from ukraine. but what they have to do now is manage the political reality, which is that people are scared, people are uncertain. and when that happens, people want to typically want to close their borders. just one more question for you there. lauren: what do you think or how do you think african and middle eastern countries could

respond to such treatment of their people in europe? well, i think it respond perhaps as they have done, to protest the the inhumanity to push also more strategically for opening legal channels for migration. so people aren't going through smugglers, so people aren't at risk when they cross the mediterranean or lauren land out professor at the width center for the study of migration and society. thanks a lot for joining us on the program. the pleasure. now a trial after a conviction, that's what archie has called a new statement from british media regulator off. com, which is accused our outlet of failing to deliver impartiality. the watchdog has even threatened new sanctions against r t, despite the fact that it already revoked our u. k license 4 months ago. the logic of these decisions mirrors de one guiding their delivery many months after off comes revocation of our t license. it is a trial after conviction and r t is guilty of being russian and daring to voice

a point of view. and show facts unacceptable to the british political and media establishments. now, r t is not the only media outlet hit by sanctions as russian news agencies foot nick is also in the blacklist across the european union. earlier the european commission president proposed banning 3 other russian broadcasters. while in may, u. s. announced it would stop providing broadcast equipment and technologies for russian state owned channels. international editor of the morning star newspapers, steve sweeney consider the move by off. com and attempt to control the narrative in the okay, this is in reality, this is state sponsored censorship on and on was unprecedented scale. this is the sign of a weak government. this is a government afraid of the truth and it's afraid of losing control of the narrative . the news is coming out of the region from the mainstream. western price isn't really reflecting the reality on the ground. i myself a being inside ukraine, and i can tell you from 1st experience that the brit what's being relate to the

british public certainly is in tune with what's happening. i was of course threatened, and when i was inside the country, i was threatened with execution. and there are other journalists, like even a canadian journalist who is also paid on the government killers. i'm not sure how they're going to proceed with this and how are they going to impose any sanctions or any fines seeing as being or they can't accept any payment in rubles a comp broadcast on another channel. so, you know, where we go from here is very clear, the use of sanctions to control the media. narrative is, you know. busy an absolute clump down on, on press freedom and we've seen this time and time again from the government which insisted, you know, that it stands up for the truth. but they, they're, you know, they're essentially the truth. now another new, severe wild fires have been sweeping through parts of southern europe with thousands of people forced to flee their homes in france, spain and greece. the blazes have been attributed to extremely hot and dry

conditions. as a summer heat wave has gripped the continent, with temperatures regularly climbing over 40 degrees celsius, global warming has been cited as a factor with more hot weather forecasts for the coming days. ah. mm hm.

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