a with preparing for the worst this winter, europe commits to a 15 percent cut in gas consumption until next spring at all a voluntary basis with numerous exemptions to the energy savings lab. also ahead one, do they ask me a question? are you produced? was a you must, you mustn't when you do it, i'm through my sort of uganda president spelled out his foreign policy views coming after talks with rushes, help diplomats, who's in the african country on the latest stop, all of his tour across the continent with the city of done yet comes under further shelling from ukrainian forces dunbar. so authority says psychiatric

hospital and an oil terminal where hit and point to us supplied weapons being used with across the globe or on the clock. this is our t grid. thank you with us today for the news run up. i'm, you know, neil e u countries have committed to a 15 percent reduction in gas consumption until next spring. although the small print shows that the energy saving plan is voluntary and comes with a pretty sizable heft. of exemptions, it follows russian energy john gallus problems announcement that it's to further cut supplies to europe from wednesday. you chief 1st of underline, praise the blocks move saying it shows the unanimity of member nations. i strongly welcome the endorsement by counsel of the regulation to reduce gas demand and prepare for the winter. it is a decisive step to face down the threat of

a full gas disruption. thanks to today's decision, europe is now ready to address its energy security as a union. the only really entity on this issue is the countries that refused to cut their gas use. agree that those who have had no choice and no alternatives should really well. yeah, ration their supply. so there's really no solidarity at all in brussels. the central request that all $27.00 member states reduce their gas consumption by 15 percent. this is really all about the entire e. you coming to the rescue germany, the blocks top economic engine, which lacked the courage to stand up to american pressure to sanction its pipeline projects with russia. and then stood idly by while that you did exactly the same thing. all apparently, without any viable back, a plan for their own national economy. berlin, me to really foolish, strategic mistake by depending so heavily on renewables when it's pretty clear that they aren't ready for prime time. so berlin, a gone by brussels, talked a good tough game about being strong and independent, not needing any russian energy. but well,

i guess was all bluster because it's still so reliant on that russian gas that freaked out over attending maintenance shut down of the nord stream on pipeline. and is now panicking again over gas prongs reduction of delivery volume by 80 percent starting tomorrow. so to give berlin a hand, the blocks number states have decided today that if brussels ever imposes the 15 percent cut as a binding measure, well in all their spirit of unity, they'll just opt out. that's the kind of unity over which you officials are all pad each other on the back today. you really can't make this stuff up. malta, cyprus, ireland, and portugal aren't connected to the you grid aren't reliant on gas. and well, they want to maintain their independence and sovereignty france almost made the same foolish choices that jeremy did by launching headlong into green energy. but then a dodged a bullet when at success fully lobbied brussels to reclassify nuclear power as green earlier this year. so now it figures that they can just fire up

a few more radioactive energy plants again and whether this turbulence. so as a french ecology ministry says they really weren't cool with brussels proposed dictate. we do not want to introduce uniform objectives that would not be adapted to every one's reality in which ultimately would not have an impact on our ability to export gas to our neighbors. grayson's vein had also said no to the proposal, insisting on maintaining sovereign control over their own supply and hungry is while already in king new russian gas deals, even as the rest of the u. rings. it's hands over how it can possibly continue to keep ukraine president library zalinski happy without completely bleeding out their own economies. oh, and by the way, they really can't keep him happy clearly because he's been popping off yet today, even as the states were meeting, repeating his mantra that the you have to hit back with even more sanctions, apparently oblivious to the fact that sanctions are exactly why the situation in europe is this bad as much as the you is paying lip service to the idea of

solidarity and making a lot of noise about it in public. the reality is that the increased pressure is causing any unity to start falling apart at the seams of german economist and publisher. i k. hummer believes it's ordinary europeans who land are paying the price for the e used plan to cut gas consumption. i'm afraid that these european bureaucrats really think that they are in charge and they can take the order of ordering people . busy that to limit their consumption of, of guess not beneficial for their own people. they're not only paying more for the gas. they have, may get limits on what they get. and on top, they using that jobs because the companies are breaking apart. and on top, the euro is losing ground and is getting worthless and worthless. so no holiday and other things in the set foreign countries any more. this is an uncontrolled

demolition of economy with an impoverished man of the european people. russia's top diplomat has hinted a key cause of europe's energy crisis lies in pure politics. surrogate, love rov, stress that the nord stream to pipeline which connects russia to germany, but currently doesn't have berlin's operational approval. is capable of meeting demand. just what was the wooster now witnessing to pass around the decision by gas problem that one more gas turbine of north stream one has to be taken to maintenance, and the e. u is conveying some extraordinary energy session on the matter. in this regard, i simply wand up their rules which provides secure operation to the pipeline. did i get it right? that way of being us to violate the rules as particular german representatives during. as far as i'm concerned, germans of famous having committed to rules. how can they, coal for the violation of rules, and which depends the security of people when it comes to the north stream to it is completely ready to make up for the demands of europe,

which needs this particular fuel. however, it's close for purely political reasons, can put you in a circle of ralph was speaking from uganda. on the 3rd leg of his african tour, russia's foreign minister met the country's president. and while speaking to the media, afterwards, both confirmed their refusal to polarize the world. this was, we are looking for a win, win, win, win for vivid, avoided in the, was on disposable. so this is this idea of who rivalry it shall fall to law. the british and movement struck to, you know, otherwise we should be quartering with those who knows. it will save you from you, but we, we forgot about the and we are moving for when there was the court rule one day, they asked me a question. are you perused or pro is a should you must, you must come when you do it. why do you think of my, my many job used to be for somebody i am through i should've symposium for

candice president gave the only right answer when asked whether he's pro weston or pro eastern politician. an answer which you could expect from a serious political figure, but i'm 40 right now. these instincts have colonialism emerge in the politics of western countries when they demand the whole world take their side and running against all the others. we also discussed the root causes of the unfolding energy and food crises, african friends understand that the origins of that have nothing to do with the military operation. when it comes to bilateral relations. we agree to keep that in mind and look for opportunities in the energy and food sectors, which wouldn't depend on the whim of western partners booked in russia's foreign minister is an honored guest. here on the side, stress is all the time the delegation has been accepted at the presidential palace . this is where labranz met both his counterpart and the country's leader were gone days, a long term strategic and economic part. no russian. that was one of just the few countries supported the gunners independence from bridge empire, gun days,

highly dependent on russia's grain, the global food crisis that followed western economic sanctions against russia was among the key topics on the agenda. well, russia is very active here on the african continent. the west express has concerns about that, and he's trying to put pressure on all right. you know, players working to get with moscow. organza is the said country minister lobrado visits as part of his african tour. next comes if he op. yeah. yeah, just to reiterate, minister love roth was in egypt on the republic of the congo as part of his 4 country trip. after you get the asked, maria said there he travels to his final destination. ethiopian. mr. la ralph also spoke with representatives from over 20 or a league nations earlier that the u. s. department of state spokesperson dismissed the significance of but rather concluding not the true demonstrates how isolated russia is. it is becoming clear that russia is recognizing

that his own actions have caused it to become a with with if we have good relations with russia, all countries of africa have sovereignty and are free to choose their own policies to our stance on the russia, ukraine crisis has remained unchanged since its break out. we never wanted to how with the wolves as fuel to the fire well independent global affairs analysts and pay yeah. kegler mini say's african nations are hobbies engage with any partner? they just don't like being dictated to i think it's very kind of by country, by general. it's very positive because, you know, i think i need as many tape i can get as many security. but now it's can get

western countries tend to impose their values and i've been on african countries. russia in china are just larger for trade and for atlanta. so it was, the countries are willing to meet up again. can't do that quite in the same way they are willing to meet with the rebate cause and notes and not pieces with their own human rights that you've made of the homeless people for example, and be willing to take the kind of thing tend to not crease to them, and that piece last, and i think everyone is what comes with taking up the kinds of life is enough. oh, okay. and i want to keep focused on africa now on the program because an empty un protest in the democratic republic of congo has left at least 10 people dead. and more than 50 injured. the footage you're seeing now purports to show members of a un peacekeeping mission in the d. r. c. firing shots of the crowds of protesters . according to media reports,

troops used to go for live bullets to disperse demonstrators and looters. you and officials have yet to comment on the incident. the peacekeeping mission in the country has been facing increased criticism for its perceive failure to. busy lighting in the conflict toward east of the country. well as energy and food crises continue in many parts of the world, it's left many struggling to simply survive inter lanka, food inflation, has exceeded 80 percent. a recent government decision to restrict fuel imports came of the country faces a severe shortage of foreign exchange reserves. supplies of sea food in local markets, a crucial food staple to with the country. generally, if by a luck of a century, those sea food stockpiles running very low, ortiz runjun sharma has the report. a

tooth around 20 kilometers from sheila galls, largest city, colombo is elecom, though it is community official, men is deeply affected by the crisis. the lack of fuel has meant that they haven't gone fishing for days. boats headed out to see your is a rare sight of the 75 whistles based here today. only 9 hatfield and the luck to go fishing would love 90 percent of the votes. sad grounded here because of lack of fuel. they'll fishermen, community are finding it extremely hot to stay afield. the fishing sector employees one tend to sheila gas population and helps to feed many more. i took out my boat off to 3 weeks today. it's been very tough for us out on the island also explored what fish do, not crabs and prawns to several countries, including china,

japan, as well as the us. now majority of these orders cannot be fulfilled right now. we don't have fuel for the boat boats conroe for long days and calm. good. actually as you go into deep seated, good drawing. so the season is actually supposed to be the seasonal bronze and coffee those days. if you dig with last year, december, drones, wind up to around $500.00. that's been now we go. 1000 monkey one kilogram. norma to an a fish. yeah. second. ed. by the local or do you want also, dave and from the range of $43200.00. when all day i go up to 700. so you both use the price is only getting was with these days. very expensive, if you will leave a pretty short age. mm hm. how often do you come? you are now. once have eco right now you're not able to afford the fish. and if you go the big question, remain,

will the new president on or become a thing you be able to stop the island from thinking deeper into the crisis and will the people give him a chance to do so? quinton shar ma, sri lanka. ok, god willing, we're not going to see a recession. the words of president biden who appears to be seeking help from a higher power to save him from some potentially crushing g d. p. numbers coming up were recession my view, my, our b o. from this rapid growth to steady growth, and we'll see some coming down. i think we're going to got really well while there's no official definition of recession, it is commonly considered as a common me shrinking for 2 consecutive quarters. the white house seems to disagree instead, proposing to take a, quote, holistic look at the data,

the by the administration odds, in this case, the country is not in recession, even of gdp ends up falling in the 2nd quarter of the year. 2 with g d, b in america shrunk, 1.6 percent in the 1st quarter of this year. us treasury secretary jealous yellen claims rising inflation in the country can be controlled. the current rate sets 9 point one percent the highest number of decades, which is putting pressure on american consumers with food energy and rents continue to get ever more expensive. even c n generally seen as a pro democrat ciello head. it's democratic and us president joe biden for apparently misleading citizens. you can't fake this. no, i was just. i was laughing to myself with the in my view thing that caitlin highlighted, it doesn't really matter what you think it's there is a, there is a technical definition to straight quarters of negative economic growth. well to politic on markets,

analyst tomlin go say's the u. s. government is out of touch or doesn't much curve with what's happening in reality joe is, is, is that is out the launch on this. it's very clear that we're looking at we're looking at a recession and that's fine. actually the, the thing that's really worrisome is that everybody's afraid of it. it's about the mid term elections, not kid ourselves. the democrats are looking at an historic wide balance this fall in, in the mid term elections. there's no way of getting around that. at this point, all they're trying to do now is just trying to find away the problem and hope that they can massage the situation to the point where they can say, well, you know, experts say that it's not really a recession that we have 2 quarters of g, negative gdp gra, this is the product of what happens when the echo chamber and d. c is insulated as it is from outside ideas. and that's just simply where we are here. these are talking points,

these are political action strategies that could only be birth inside of and out of touch eco camera. so out of touch with what's going on on the ground in reality for real people the us as a non instead we'll send a high profile diplomatic delegation to the solomon islands in august, not comes after china and the south pacific nation are assigned a security deal in april, washington plans to boost the u. s. aids program significantly on the island stuff is, according to americans and buster to australia. the upcoming visits of us a lot is not the 1st this year to the country. another american delegation previously met the nations prime minister and raised concerns of growing chinese influence in the south pacific region. beijing slumped us criticism of the chinese de la stablish, a security agreement at with the solomon islands. well,

in 1993, the us state department close they. it's embassy on the islands now. almost 30 years leader washington plans to reopen the american embassy in the capital city. honey, or according to us and buster to westerly carline kennedy chin. do show senior fellow out of aging base thinktank offered his inside to us earlier on washington's interest in the pacific. the us obviously and the vision to strategic competition with china. so this is a part of the competition. ready called, well china itself is not competing for the us. the question the off the ask, are you like competing for what? so there's a concern in the us somehow, as the price for ya. you know, it's really, obviously, this is a backyard, you know, be sure to be the dominant force. we are entering a market polar, new older market pull. we're all against where the u. s. is not the dominant force, and in more is not of the dominant force and the more to say the least. so this is

a new reality. and in the us that refused to accept the new reality. you know, who knows, they have this install military power. steel might result the to the military method and then there will be some conflicts. ok, another news line to bring you today is really defense minister benny guns. so says his country house, that means um the ability to contain or runs nuclear program. iran is a global problem. it is not just these rails private problems. we are able to seriously harm and delay the nuclear program. the is really defense minister also claim restoring the 2015 nuclear deal would only be a delaying tactic, which would eventually lead to around he sais, returning to a nuclear weapons plan to runs position on its nuclear policy, has remained on change according to the iranian foreign ministry who said it is purely peaceful for fuel purposes, not weapons, and is monitored by the international atomic energy agency. world studies,

dean of the university of tehran side, mohammed mirandi believes both israel on washington's position on iran is contradictory. this re lease and the americans are in a sort of paradoxical position because on the one hand, on the one hand, they in the western media like to dismiss iran capabilities. on the other hand though, they exaggerate some this so called threat of iran, the ryan are very clear that the only deal that is acceptable to tell ron is a good deal and maximum pressure sanctions on behalf of the americans and europeans have failed. so if they think that by using sanctions or by threatening me wrong, they're going to get more confessions, they're mistaken. today, they're the ones who are in trouble. their economies are floundering there in economic crisis, their social crisis,

and never crisis in europe. so there are no position to put extra pressure on iran a psychiatric hospital in done yet because come under attack from ukrainian artillery showing according to local authority. the officials say an oil refinery in the city was also targeted by key forces during using us supplied highmore system and tense exchanges of artillery fire is taking place along the entire frontline in don boss with no lead up since last week. the russian defense industry has released footage of tech helicopters, inaction. it comes as russian forces continue to target you for any and military positions with the m o. d saying around 44 and mercenaries were killed in a single strike by high precision missiles. in the past 24 hours. the advance continues at lou guns were public officials say russia, lead forces have taken control of the key course power plants and the clean up

operation is under and be high. the front lines in the done yet, sc republic, russian. she, military and services they've been delivering more a to villages most in need of it r t for mon cost, he's on the grinder and talk to those thankful for the supplies. village is still under fire and it's very difficult for people to bring of food here. so all these people are relying on humanitarian aid. there are at least 1200 residents that live in this village alone. and her russian humanitarian emission has been delivering food here for quite a few months. and according to the people, if it wasn't for them, there would be starving. we just look at order for this isn't our 1st time here. we've been 4 or 5 times since this is my 3rd visit anybody at this time. we never was a standard humanitarian package. each box contains around 15 kinds of products apart

from food. we've also brought valuable things like water filters thrown in the weight of our cargo today is 2 and a half tons over all since the war started. we've brought some 600 tons. so social away. and i thought i'd say now we've been in this village for about 10 minutes. mind you. there is no network here sold the telephones on work. but somehow the people found out that the humanitarian aid was brought. and as you can see, there are now coming from everywhere because he, people from coming from afar. and this shows how much this humanitarian aid is needed. locals who cannot reporter, we've had no pensions, no salaries for 6 months from some shops have opened. the prices have gone up 3 times rather last time i got my pension was in february, and that's it. there's no money to pay for food. and this, this is a significant house the, that watching federal ship, almost, it's very needed help. human, we are refugees. we left

a broken house and everything in it, but we took only a few bags, went icy, were grateful for the healthy battle. the village of storm lane of cut became a home or 2 hundreds of refugees from other areas that ukraine is currently shelling very heavily. now, right now i'm going to speak to a one of those refugees. he doesn't want to be shown on camera because his relatives are still on a territory controlled by ukraine, but he has some very important information to share. gotcha. on color. one ukrainian sold her head from the shelling in our courtyard. i call him in and hit him in the basement. he repeatedly used his walkie talkie asking for further instructions. he was very afraid when he was told to come down and sit tight with them. after a while he was told it's time to leave and to you civilians as a shield who lives. he didn't even turn to us, but it's unlikely he could take 2 strong men as a shield anyway, huddled for scalars, no vis village saw some of the heaviest fighting since the start of this special

military operation. although it's a relatively quiet here right now, we can still hear the sounds of artillery. this village of the moment is also hosting refugees from other parts of the nest people's republic still under control of the ukrainian military. but be in here. there are always these constant reminders of the armed conflict room on call for if r t the nest people's republic. i'm bouncer lot for now, but more programs get going in moment say close to see what showing where you are today. good bye. ah. when you're losing a battle with little or any possibility, a bakery that's when you should start to think about ending the conflict. but this is not the case in ukraine today. the longer the conflict last,

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