[000:00:00;00] ah, ah, a massive blast rocks, the city of god, lapka in the done yet the people's republic of the ukrainian forces allegedly attacked residential areas with more selling reported in the capital city of the near future. iran and nato member turkey held talks to discuss conflict resolution in syria and called on us to withdraw its troops from the country. also on the program with american and british counterparts with active support from germans, the poles and the baltic states really wants to turn this war into a real one and to direct

a confrontation between russia and european states in an exclusive interview to all the rushes foreign minister gives his take on what the u. s. and u. k. have in store for ukraine and the you with in july for my headquarters here in moscow, you're watching the weekly or not international. my name is peter scotts and here the store and the top stories from the we just gone. now we start with the latest to on the ground in ukraine residential areas in done yet came under shelling by ukrainian forces on saturday. that's according to the next people's republic. officials who added the city was targeted with 3 garage rockets. this footage allegedly shows evidence that incendiary ammunition was deployed in the attack, as reported by that announced with a big military. now, no immediate information on casualties was available.

the area on saturday, a huge blast rocked the city of goal of car in the done yet for public after what was believe to been shutting by ukrainian forces and machinery plans and fuel station in the city were hits. according to reports, ortiz roman costs with the details. this particular blast. so we're getting reports from the ground that this was indeed at petrol station that was hit by ukrainian artillery during their daily shilling of the city of fog whirl of car. by the way, this is something local residents are completely used to, as it's been going on for the last 8 years, continuously, and more so in the last 5 months since the special operation began. now witnesses are also say that the machine built in plant was also targeted. ukrainian military have shell girl of get continuously for the past 5 months and it's actually intensified over the past 5 months on like in the last 8 years. and of course,

the civilians and civilian infrastructure was it's argued it and we're talking about our private houses and apartment buildings, private gars, and public transport as well. ah, hospitals, our schools and gas pipelines and paralyze thousands of people are with that tricity in goal of god and the services are working on a daily basis to restore services to the citizens. the city of goal of k is located only about 40 kilometers away from the capital of dannetta. however, it sakes more than 2 hours to cover this distance. as both of the cities are on the front line of the fighting against ukrainian nationalist, russian president vladimir putin, hel talks with his iranian and turkish counterparts in saran. early this week, as, as parts of the us than our troika piece process for resolving the syria conflicts . the leaders express hopes that the deal will have

a positive impacts on the region. the the the 3 leaders focused on measures to tackle the hot bed of international terrorism in the waterfall, middle east country, as well as the escalating energy crisis in europe. they also discussed exports of ukrainian grains, ease global food issues, and around supreme leader had some hoss words about native war is a violent and difficult issue. and the islamic republic is in no way happy that civilians get caught up in it. but concerning ukraine had russia not taken the initiative, the other side would have taken the initiative and cause the war. nato is a dangerous entity. the west is totally opposed to a strong, independent russia. if the way is open for nato,

it will recognise no limits. if it hadn't been stopped in ukraine, it would have later started a similar war in crimea or russia, iran, nato member turkey called on the us to withdraw its troops from syria. and the russian leader also commented on a number of key issues during the summit. arthur correspondence elevator and go has more this cost and blame game that has to do with the russian gas exports has been gone on for months and months. e, ball additions, keep saying that the gas prices are going through the roof because of what vladimir putin is up to, because of how the russian government is pulling the strings. but here in the capital overall, to iran, vladimir putin tried to silence the critics with a what he called facts from a to z. there are several routes that enable the flaw russian gas to europe and according to the russian leader. if you look at most of these routes in each case, you'll find how the european politicians are shooting themselves in the foot. take

nord stream, one and 2, for instance. the 2nd pipeline has long been complete, but it stopped being certified now turbans for the 1st pipeline are supposed to be in maintenance, but they can't be delivered back to the baltic sea because of sanctions between what's his gas pro have to do with this? the close one pipeline for scheduled maintenance. the other pipeline was closed because of sanctions gas promise ready to pump as much gas as is necessary. it's the west that is imposing these obstacles. they're doing the same thing with oil and petroleum products. gas prom has always fulfilled and will continue to fulfill all of its obligations. it's our partners who are trying to shift the blame for their own mistakes on to gas problem. without any justification was covered ukraine and the energy crisis. the syrian conflict has taken somewhat of a back seat. leaders of the 3 countries reminded that 4 years ago, russia, iran,

and turkey created the only successful international platform for peace dialogue in syria. and despite supporting at different sides still, and different political goals, the 3 leaders are on the same page when it comes to one very important aspect. and that is foreign actors in syria, russia, iran, and turkey. despite our divergent views on what is happening on the euphrates, have a shared position that the u. s. must stop stealing from the syrian people. they must stop taking oil from there, and they must withdraw from the country. we believe that in order to achieve long term stability, their control over the entire territory must be transferred to the official government in damascus, under the control of the armed forces of the syrian arab republic. what we've seen in the uranium capital is that the level of trust between teran moscow, an anchor only keeps growing. the next summit will take place in russia. we heard from

a political communications professor at the university of toronto. fraud is adi, who says the cooperation between russia and iran will only increase both russia and major oil and gas producers. their neighbors, they have had history on the relation president was in russia just before they thought that the conflict ukraine resisting less than the goal of both country. and i think the leadership in both countries have realized that no matter what they do and government including, and especially the united states, is going to pressure. so it makes sense for neighbors to be increased cooperation. and, you know, you don't, and russia signed the $40000000000.00 oil and gas corporation agreement

today. and that was discussed in the meetings in the level of population is going to increase. and it's going to be linden situation for both sides. it's going to be good for the people, the countries it's not in the west interest to completely break coffee ties with russia, especially in the energy market. now that's according to russian. foreign minister said a gala grove in an exclusive interview to artsy, love of underlined moscow is not worried about the use desired to curve purchases of russian, oil and gas. the discussion also touched upon the peace negotiations with ukraine, or rather, the feasibility. a new process that we now understand that ukraine won't be able to put their demands into adequate woods, worthy of serious attention of serious people. ukraine is literally being restrained from taking constructive steps. the countries being forced to use foreign weapons in a more risky way. and foreign specialists actually occupying jobs that maintaining

those weapons systems like high mas, well, this is not really a secret american and british counterparts with active support from germans. the poles and the baltic states really wants to turn this war into a real one and to direct a confrontation between russia and european states is advantageous for the u. s. and the u. k. sitting far away beyond the ocean, it is the european market that suffers mostly. i have no illusions and i believe ukraine won't be allowed to conduct negotiations unless washington decides. it's made enough trouble and chaos, and decides now it's time for ukraine to act on its own. while washington watches from the side who's good. what should have no one answer regarding the newly announced sanctions package and what it really is. well, they've run out of areas where they can hits us and now they have to reassess what they've already created and how it affects them. they've started to think about it only now. that's why they've introduced what i believe is a clarification of previous sanctions,

which greenlight services related to russian food exports for months. they accused us of creating the food crisis and assured us that food and fertilizers aren't on the sanctions list. so come to russia, trade, nobody is stopping you. during those same months, we explained that food and fertilizes on sanctioned but freights. insurance, sa, cargo ships, visits to foreign bolts, foreign ships, visits to oppose order that was sanctioned in the very 1st packages. so when they lie to a face, we're told that everything depends on us. it is morally questionable. we're so will use many of those if you are really gets rid of russian energy, russia, one face, any serious problems. president putin has already said that in spite of the nose string to pipelines readiness, stacy center the energy which was meant to go through the pipeline, has already been reserved for internal needs for hating for the chemical industry, et cetera. i have no doubts will reconfigure this without any major problems. we have a bias we have demand, including in russia. we have no obligations and we don't try to plan on development based on some possibility of everything. returning to how it was

a year ago to restore the production changed? no, i believe we should get rid of those changes out of principle and construct new reliable ones. something we're doing right now. there are many examples if and when europe says that they weren't right, that they want to restore trait relations. well, we shouldn't decline straight away, but we should look for our benefit. first of all. in while some european countries are already feeling the impacts of until russian sanctions, as i said hungry, the foreign minister came to moscow to secure a new deal to buy rush and just saying it's impossible to find alternative sources of fuel for the coming winter. also say more whether we like it or not and whether we wanted or not, it's impossible to purchase an additional 700000000 cubic meters of guess without russian energy sources or can dream can blow balloons. but reality remains reality . the reason here in the russian capital came the same day europe approving you,

package of economic sanctions against russian hunger is top. diplomat said that you can dream, but it will not be able to survive winter without russia, and it will not be able to buy additional unnecessary, 700000000 cubic meters of gas without more sco gonna so lover of said the brussels empty russia. rather, it is to blame for european sufferings, delineation was received for the development of our cooperation is of course prevented by the outright russia phobic policy pursued by washington and brussels. this means an unrestrained build up of sanctions without a sound analysis of a consequences. for the very countries in posing them, there is a struggle within european bureaucracy which wants to subjugate everything and everyone, including national governments and wants to take conditions and stifle any descent . ukraine was another topic on the agenda, and the hungarian foreign minister said that war is bad and that budapest wishes in

one piece for its neighbor ukraine. as soon as possible. miss la reminded that the crisis didn't start this february and he talked about he, pa, chrissy from european side that turned a blind eye to bloody who. the target happened in 2 years back in 2014, but is in hysteria right now. and while hungry amidst the eu has no alternative fuel sources, other countries have refused to follow brussels demand to reduce gas consumption. now that amid the adoption of a new sanctions package, in which the you agreed to exclude certain areas of trade with russia, from the bundling, or to contribute richer, mazda has more details in a rush to prove how much they care about ukraine. the european union went on a virtue signalling, bender imposing a flurry of sanctions, even against its own common interests with russia. but the rush has now subsided and hang over. seems to be setting in as officials start to realize the magnitude of the headache that they have now caused for themselves. not that the rhetoric out

of brussels is changed just this week. the you forged ahead with the 7th round of sanctions. this time hitting russian gold imports and several individuals who have defended russian interests amid the conflict in ukraine, including members of a russian motorcycle club called the night wolves and actor vladimir mash puff, who appeared in the hollywood film franchise mission impossible, stirring tom cruise number states have agreed to reinforced prolonged e u sanctions against the kremlin. i welcome that it sends a strong signal to moscow. we will keep the pressure high for as long as it takes brussels seems to be scraping the bottom of the barrel on new sanctions options. as it runs out of ammo, it also appears to be giving a bit more thought as to whether each new shot risks recoiling right into its face . the russian metals company v s m p o, a visit was reportedly yanked off the sanctions list at the last minute or the fear that were block russian titanium supplies to france. headquartered jet maker,

air bus. for example. the block is also backtracked this week on other existing sanctions that had gone against its own stated values and priorities. the you decided to extend the exemption from the prohibition to engage in transactions with certain state owned entities. as regards transactions for agricultural products and the transport of oil to 3rd countries. none of the measures adopted to day or earlier target in any way. the trade in agricultural and food products, including wheat and fertilizers between 3rd countries and russia. what russell's is trying to maintain an anti russian ideological posture. it still hasn't been enough for ukrainian president library zalinski who said of the latest round of u sanctions that russia must feel a much higher price for the war to force it to seek peace. but while western media raising doubts about the true impact of the sanctions on russia, european business men have been arguing that it's europeans who have been hardest hit. you officials are acknowledging the concern,

but art forthcoming with any evidence, detailing any quantifiable benefits of maintaining their ideological posture. there is a big debate about, are the sanctions effective? are the sanctions affecting us more than russia? some european leaders have been saying that the sanctions were an error was a mistake. well, i don't think it was a mistake. instead, they're going to try downloading the pain on to citizens of e u. member states by asking to cut their consumption by 15 percent starting august 1st and into next year to make it through the winter. assuming that there is a full disruption of rush and gas, we need to save gas to fill our gas storage is faster. and to do so, we have to reduce our gas consumption. it's an affront to sovereign decision making that portugal grease and spain has already overly rejected. the government does not agree in principle with the commissions proposal for a 15 percent reduction in natural gas consumption. meanwhile,

hungry is 40 head with negotiations of new gas supplied deals with russia as its top diplomat headed to moscow. this week, modern or sag, i want to secure safe energy supplies of gas for hungry and upcoming months. and the hungarian government has therefore decided to purchase additional 700000000 cubic meters of natural gas to make sure hungary energy sector is absolutely safe. if we look at the situation on the u energy market, then we see clearly whether we like it or not, without russian energy sources, it's impossible to purchase these additional 700000000 cubic meters of natural gas . rather than being an issue of the you versus russia, it is turned out to be more along the lines of the you against itself, as pragmatists square off against the idea logged amid distinctions. meanwhile, the hungarian parliaments has continued to distance itself from the use tongues. by passing a resolution that curves bristles power in dictating to you, members, lawmakers in budapest did not pull any punches in criticising the european

parliament. european democracy must be led out of the dead end into which the european parliament has steered it. the european union must change because it is unprepared for the challenges of our times. and gary and lawmakers insist national parliaments should reserve the right to veto e y decisions imposed by brussels. and the resolution comes up to some top european officials, such as germany's chancellor cold for the right to veto, to be scrapped. brussels is currently withholding billions of years in recovery funds and credits from hungry, of concerns of corruption in the country. budapest based economist and research on a maria odd nor believes more countries will soon take hungary, defiance dance. i think the hungarian government, man, those who are any of the members hate, which you think or international relations. we can add a believe in union made decisions about people's had. they

had money spent money in a t, and it is always the sanction to them. but they have decided, well, awfully park the hundreds of millions of people in you. more and more on other voices can be heard, which are in favor of stop paying, get a sanction cody c and urging piece instead of so it can be that are under the pressure people. more countries can be in the can a, populated by 100 news. this week versus actions in africa are jeopardizing us interests and ought to be countered without the view of left tenant general. michael langley, who is confirmed by the senate,

will oversee america's military presence on the continent. i'm apprised of what our competitors are trying to do. there are coercive tactics of coming in and encroaching on the continent of africa for minerals or rare earth minerals such as cobalt sentences, expressed 5th that russia could push the us out of africa. the mining sector, especially cobalt extraction. the railroad mineral is widely used in the production of batteries and mobile phones. and they also claim that regime change in some african nations and the legit involvement of russian mercenaries have further expanded moscow's influence. and finally, the law makers accused russia of convincing african lead is to take a stand against western sanctions, which is something that moscow denies calling such allegations, condescending against those countries. because night we have had good relations with africa since sylvia times for many years now we have been restoring our presence and the africans are reciprocating. so we never taught them anything. we

never forced them to do anything. we always helped them to resolve their tasks. and to lead their countries in the way they wanted to do, and we always had mutual visitors. but despite or perhaps because of the huge number, thanks and slept on moscow versus relations with african countries have been strengthening . the russian foreign minister says that moscow will continue exporting food fertilizers and energy to african countries. and early this week, russian states nuclear cooperation started building egypt 1st nuclear power plants, south african journalists. mm o. d bay madiba is of the view that african leaders are finally realizing that washington has been taking advantage of the continent for years. i think the wisdom, especially the united states of america all the time. you might over bully towards that can people and so it's that's confronted and you got to do history, the united states of america and military operations this year. i've always

encroached on the african people have always been involved in regina change. the still ever can be for the killing of advocate lead. it's, you know, so ever going to have never went to the asking for help. their children have helped insults, you know. and so the me, if it been africans either beginning to wake up at the beginning to realize that the presence of american f about is one, is one of the one to the african. but beginning to wake up to do that, actually we need the help of rush. so we need to come to africa, you know, so that we can have a mutual real relationship between 2 parties. china, russia are similar. so you know, they've never come to, to spray people have never when bid 22 to 2 people have always been there to talk to people to, to, to create some form of corporation between the african people and the chinese for that's going people and the russian people, you know, so i don't think that it will create much of a book between both russia and china. so i really think that both can quick this

for the betterment of africa. the news this week for like his acting leader has won the presidential election. this we conducted in a secret ballot held by parliament as must protest persist in the impoverished south asian country, devastated by aspiring economic crisis. now hundreds of protest is gathered in front of the president's office. some of them burning an effigy of the leader and demanding he resign as a symbol of a tarnished government. security forces have been on heightened alerts in the capital city colombo during the election with soldiers patrolling the streets and waterways. meantime, scores of protesters have been rallying outside the parliament building during previous days. and correspondence runjun sharma reports from the scene. oh we said mom a mustang it. now the big question is up on the p o. c lanka,

accept him up behind. the simple answer is no wonder when we started, when we were all part of it, i didn't started hundreds and thousands of few long guns collectively said enough is enough. so i know technically has a constitutional process, but we believe that i did it now run into somebody who was seen as an ally of the roger buckshot. but remember when google by roger fuck shot fled the country, he made randall as an acting president of the country, is also the prime minister, the palmer dynamics. now once again with the roger buckshot, this is something that is going to anger the protesters. they don't have any faith in the roger buckshot. that is what the protector see in the days to come. the protest on the ground called amplified mostly longer. ready is grappling tool shortage of fuel shortage. a follow a shortage of food as well as medicines. and now there is a new problem at hand, which is a humanitarian and no one on the crisis,

which only seems to be intensify in the country. heavy rains have caused floating in the result capital of russia. the city of sachi, local officials report this over 400 people were injured on woman that now these videos from saw g r currently circulating on social media networks. storms have broken out across the whole trust and our region in the south of the country. after abnormally heavy rains on july, the 23rd, the bazooka river broke its banks. many streets in the city are currently flooded with infrastructure in a number of districts, paralyzed emergency services are providing assistance to local residents to habeas rain was seen in the central district of sochi. and where the forecast to say to the situation may get worse due to the possibility of tornadoes or rap for now, whatever you're doing this weekend, i hope you're having a good one. my name is peter scott, and i'll be back again in 30,

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