down and talk with officials of itself became the public. of course, a bonus planned to make obtain permission to enter that says to serve you in need of space is still great. intend to defend his countrymen. i think we have never been in a more difficult and tough situation than today. all i can say is that we will ask for peace, but i will tell you right away, there will be no surrender, and serbia will win her that she's in the 3rd populated north side. when gun shop the hood as protest is set up barricades while pay east coast crossings connecting it to mainland, still be

a winter's coming. germans call for the north been to pipeline to be opened ahead of an expected via into a shortage. as europe entered corpus part of the year, a lot of money has been invested in north stream too, and i was just lying around. i think if we put the pipeline into operation, that is much gaps could flow as we need avoid harming your own people. open nord $3.00 and $2.00 and contradicting the waste and view islands. chris leyton faces the backlash of a call for c spy, and negotiations by both sides in the ukrainian conflict with hello and welcome to our international. we're coming to you live from us studios here in moscow and policy and for me and the team everyone. welcome on this, the 1st state of august. we stop with breaking news now. authorities and the self

proclaimed a public cross over has bespoke a controversial plan that would have made serbs require entry permits until september. the 1st that's in the turmoil ensued populated areas. with belgrade saying that the breakaway republic plans intend to start police operations. their serbia as president, has called for a de escalation, but earlier stressed that the rights of serbs must be protected. i think we have never been in a more difficult and tough situation than today. why ever said that? the pristine resume is trying by presenting itself as a victim to exploit the mood in the world. all i can say is that we will ask for peace, but i will tell you right away there will be no surrender in serbia will win if they try to start persecuting the serbs, bullying the serbs, killing the serbs. serbia will win. ah, video circulating online reportedly from casa shows police on the move off to

closing to checkpoints, linking the breakaway region with mainland serbia of to so protested set up road blocks. police of came that they were shot us. i suffered most casualties. also be a denies any involvement due to the large amount of misinformation that the pristine administration intentionally puts on the air and that is being spread through faith accounts on social networks and certain websites. the ministry of defense states that the serbian army has not crossed the administrative line and has not in any way entered the territory of kosovo and met a here ah, sirens being heard in the city of mitrovica, where ethnic soup and opinion populations are divided by river in italy, peacekeeping force in the region is seen in the city and says it's ready to intervene in the tense situation that we sent to him. while in the contest at

region began off, the plans were announced to ban. so be an commer distractions from the august the 1st and to make subs entering the agent will quiet permits. all the plans have now been postponed until september. vladimir hush, lebanon, a suit politician and diplomat, gives us his take on the origins of the dispute. and how it can be solved peacefully. it's based in authority's lab by, by, by the, by, i want to the guy who is the thing to do misuse the moment when russia and serbia is not or lies the most popular in the west. so he probably expected that he's unilateral

actions will be let go and won't be prevented. the west is being very, very successful in ukraine. so, and other france will be another risk for them. and a prime minister of so called the independent clause. so is no loan or a fees extreme is that approaches and is not always completely obedient to washington. and that was at least not the expense which we used to see with his predecessors. we still have to be cautious and,

and still to see how the, how this situation will develop in the coming days. tensions between belgrade and pasadena has been escalating since last year when the self became for public also band cars for been license plates and deployed forces on its northern border with serbia backs in both sides, managed to settle the dispute cost of a unilaterally detailed his independence in 2000 and 8th, but many countries including russia, china, spain and serbia, do not recognize us. the international community has been quick to react to the escalation in serbia. nato has already stressed its waiting this to intervene in the country with the foreign policy chief stating that the european block will help to regulate the conflict. open issues should be address 3 you facilitated dialogue and focus on comprehensive normalization of relations between cosco and serbia. essential for their you integration, pulse,

the kosovo forces prepared to intervene if stability is jeopardized in the north of kosovo. nato also continues to fully support the normalization process between priest dina and belgrade, through the u. facilitated dialogue and calls all parties to continue negotiations . the coast of a force will take whatever measures are necessary to keep a safe and secure environment in kosovo at all time. in line with its un mandate. 7 american journalist and blogger, and abortion mileage, things that, that you has. no one is taped, its position for serbia, given that some of the blocks member states do not recognize the self proclaimed cost of a republic. you appointed itself sort of a legal guardian of course, of all with this whole legal mission. they technically delegate the viceroy. there that the un viceroy, but the irony of the situation is the burrell comes from spain and spain is one of the 5 member states that did not recognize, call civil, the e. you honestly cannot broker this because they already said their bottom line is,

serbia must recognize co, civil. but 5 you members themselves do not. so the block is really sort of a paradoxical position and they don't have a leg to stand on. and besides everybody in the region as well as elsewhere knows that the obedience answer directly to the u. s. and it's really the americans the want to negotiate with in order to resolve the conflict. and so you, you basically have the service and the obedience locked in, that mutual struggle. and then you have the us and russia as sort of, you know, big brothers on both sides. and there's currently obviously very strong proxy conflict between them and the balkans risks getting dragged into that because of the crisis in ukraine. and that further complicate when to is coming as the energy crisis hits countries across europe prior to the coldest part of the year. residence of germany's largest island react to the hope of the north stream

to pipeline calling for to put into operation. oh ones, i have some questions for germany's government and the you, what problems do you have with russia? a war crimes country you say? in that case, you should also have the same problems with the us. where do we want to get gas from? then saudi arabia, that's a dictatorship to the power of 3. you might as well not do that. so avoid harming your own people. open nord stream to and then it's all good. last minute and a lot of money has been invested in nord stream too. and now it's just lying around in russia and germany just have to find a compromise and talk to each other one. that's always the case. i think there's no other way. so i think i do think that the north stream to pipeline has to be completed. a lot of money has gone into it, including from our state and i am of the opinion that it should be put into operation. we're always talking about the gas crisis and we're always told that the

gas crisis was caused by others. i don't see that way. i think if we put the pipeline into operation, that his match gas could flow as we need building them, trying to reach elsewhere in germany. the city of hanover has catalog horton public buildings in fear of a shortage of gas during the season. we buildings for quiet heating. it comes as guests from the case of north fin one pipeline capacity, timmy 5th of its total g to siemens, refusing to return a turbine in the process, delivering less gas to you. it as the energy situation between russia and e intensifies over the ukraine crisis. the pipeline is a major route for russian gas to europe. meanwhile, environmental activists are concerned that a rush to buy firewood in the netherlands could lead to a deterioration in a quality statistic shows. sales of wood stoves have increased by around 30 percent

. as many people fear, energy prices could skywalker's, while infant land shops are expected to close for several hours each day for wind energy saving purposes. europe, however, is not the only continent in the throes of an energy crisis. with more and more south asian countries now severely hit with a port saying that the crisis worse and further ortiz rachel blevins, looks at the energy situation in some of the world's poorest economies. energy cost continues or around the world and while europe and the us are typically in the spotlight, the growing crisis is making conditions even worse for the nations of south asia. take bangladesh, for example, which has been forced to schedule power cuts for its residence. the developing nation relies heavily on energy imports from the middle east, and it is feeling the crushing combination of increased prices and decreased supply and energy isn't the only costs rising with inflation soaring to its highest point

since 2013, the country's economy continues to struggle and hundreds have taken to the streets to protest against their government and its response to the crisis. the, the, the, the international monetary fund has said it's considering offering bangladesh alone that will feel like temporary relief. and it has also said that site's on tree longer, which is already seen at share of mass protest. it's all, some officials believe from the country and right on cue. the last sri lankan president angered the public when he didn't agree to another deal from the i and math, but sri lanka, new leader says he has made a deal and he's hoping it will help address the current economic crisis that has

seen inflation sore to over 60 percent, to avoid even more protests like the ones the country has already seen. ah and even i'm not even due to the economic crisis, it is impossible to live in tr longer if there were better political leaders. this wouldn't have happened. that eminem. there is no income for my family these days, so i decided to send my son to the middle east so he can have a better life there. i'm unemployed at the moment, but i used to have a hotel. i have 2 children and i don't know how to feed them. 1 may wonder if sri lanka will be able to get out of his current debt crisis with the help of an organization that has long been accused of signing off on predatory loans for developing nations. the situation involves more than just money and at

a time line supply is already type. the world food program says that the remaining petrol reserves and tree longer are not enough to help the nation survive. shoe lanka, which is also struggling to gain access to fuel as, as economic struggles have led to concerns about whether it can keep up with the payments. remaining, petrol reserves will likely be insufficient to meet normal needs. the situation has impacted almost all aspects of daily life boarding people's ability to find and go to work and interrupting schools and government services. i and then there's pakistan which is phasing many of the same problems as its economy struggles amid surgeon cost. inflation is over 20 percent there, and the government announces weak that it would be forced to raise energy prices in order to stay on pace with power generation cost impact is being felt by millions of pakistani this cost of living crisis is tipping millions of people into poverty

and even starvation at breath taking speed. and with that, the threat of increased social unrest grows by the day. as a result, those rising prices continue to hit some of the poorest economies in asia from all sides, with many fearing that the impact will be felt by millions for years. and years to come jump is, you're right now is suffering from a severe and as a crisis, i was there is a crisis of the price of imported oil and imported gas protect it. liquefied natural gas, ellen gee, the reason for the high prices is i saw is 2 fold. one is the economy of the world recovering from coverage the we should split the world to live with terrible downturn quite apart from the health issue and no revival budget combined combined with the war in ukraine. the sanctions which are

being put in place by western countries. so this has so co collection of west july and this is how the disastrous effect on price. ah, president vladimir putin has stated that the russian hypersonic mis seltzer con, will cindy in use by the countries armed forces? the 1st, the con will be delivered to the guided missile for gate, admiral ghost of they usually me, me, she analogous the latest they are con, hypersonic missile systems should be noted have no analogs in the world for which there are no obstacles. their delivery to the russian armed forces will begin in the coming months. so con is a hypertonic anti ship cruise missile with a top speed of 3 kilometers per 2nd. the muscle can hit various targets, including both land and sea based targets. it is reported to travel at 9 times the

speed of sound, with a maximum range of approximately a 1000 kilometers. how fast does it take the con to eat at target? well, it would take 11 seconds, was a contra cross from the west of moscow to its eastern end. so con is able to cover the distance of 600 kilometers in 3 minutes. and that's approximately the distance between berlin and vienna. so let's cross live now to i guess format, pentagon, security policy analyst, michael maloof, and so much for joining us as russia deploy these hypersonic missiles onto its ships. what do you think the reaction will be from the waste, especially if they appear on ships near the territory? well, i think it's going to be, i think it changes the whole strategic over of things. and what i'm particularly concerned about is the fact that it's also

a submarine capable that you could actually then put for submarines right off of both coasts of the united states. this sends a very, very strong message, i think, to washington, that they've got to stop the confrontation in containment idea. and as long as they continue doing the new, the, the nato push toward the federation. i think that this kind of a weapon system could be deployed right off of the u. s. coast. and it really changed the host strategic equation. it's, it's a very, very serious development. and i think the pentagon is quite concerned about it. there is no defense against it. and if you have a submarine launch right off the coast that your, your reaction time is going to be virtually nil. we're talking here about conventional weapons or are they able to be armed as nuclear capable muscles that

the 0 con is new killer capable. and that makes it even more intriguing it's, it's initially going to be developed for ship and for submarines. it is developed for those, but it is still under development from land. so it basically makes the ballistic missile obsolete. in fact, this missile would probably be much faster in terms of velocity in terms of velocity. and then then even a ballistic missile. so this is quite a formidable weapon. you mentioned that there is no defense against them. certainly with no thing that not the united states and the european countries have such weapons. how does it affect the balance of power to it? affects it tremendously. that's why i said at the start that this has gotta be looked at as a political, as well as a military's problem that we, we've got to stop this,

this confrontation and start working together because we are now this represents actually an unlimited arms race and united states is working on a hypersonic, but it's not as far along as russia is, or even china. china is also working on one. so it's and when, and with those 2 paired against the united states, this raises so very serious strategic questions i think in the minds of the pentagon as it should. and i think that this really suggest that the political types should stop the, the conference, the, the, the containment concepts that they've been pushing and, and the, the whole ukrainian episode, which is really just a, is it a kind of a kind of cog in

a much larger frame of trying to push competing world order systems. and i, this is got to stop. you mentioned there, the ukraine conflict is this the type of weapon that could be used in ukraine or do you think it's more of a deterrent weapon? well, it could be both it's, it's if, if used it based it, if it, if it becomes operational and it's on ships, it could be certainly put in, in, in the black sea. i don't think that they'd want to put it in the sea as off because of the, the, the, the, the still capable capability of the, of the ukrainians that to get it ships. that would have to be put far out. but the ship itself would have to be out of range of anything that ukrainians might have.

so it, it, it can be used, but i don't think that that would be the best use of, but i think it's use more could be used more as a strategic weapon against the united states. and also this also suggests something else that has just occurred to me that this might mean that russia, because of the extent to which united states is as push nato and itself up against the border of russia. russia in turn could begin to, to, to station submarines not only off of our west coast but the throughout latin america and, and, and remain in and have these things remain on submarines. not necessarily put them on ships or on land, but keep them on the submarines. and that makes that much, much more difficult because the, the c leg of the triad is the very, very, it's, it's not capable of being penetrated,

hardly at all. and that puts the united states then in, in the, in the crosshairs, if you will. and it would be a very, very quick action if there was anything fired, let's say, from the gulf of mexico or something like that. so this is, this really changes the whole strategic equation. i think it is. if it, if it's becoming operation. and i don't think mr. burton would have announced it was he was comfortable that it was apparation or capable 30, some very interesting in size there from micro maloof, the former pentagon security policy analyst. thank you so much for joining us here on our tea. my pleasure. thank you. the, the irish president has been urged to clarify the country's stance on the war in ukraine after a letter from his wife on the situation was met with a public outcry. sabrina higgins has called for peace negotiations,

a position which other you countries shade just a few months ago. that however now contradicts the west and islands narrative that russia is solely to blame. she also criticized and irish times editorial saying that she was, quote, disappointed that it did not close encourage any sci fi a talks that might lead to a positive settlement. the 1st lady's remarks have been met by condemnation. from within her own country. mister higgins is entitled to her personal opinion and to express it, although i believe that she is totally wrong to try to see an equivalent in the positions of ukraine and russia. it is incumbent on the president of ireland to now express, clearly the strong support of the people of ireland for the people of ukraine. independent journalist jason michael, things that island which is not part of nato. it's still under pressure to follow the waste perspective on the wall and a line with ukraine. we have to bear in mind the island is non aligned. it's not

natal member, it's neutral by its constitution. but there is a great deal of political pressure in island for some kind of alignment with natal at this time. i'm not going, but it's not supported by public opinion. it was also quite shocking. the reaction from the, the political and the media establishment, an island which would certainly draw a picture of it being almost an act of treason or sedition. or for anyone in public life to ask for a cease fire and peace. really, the irish political establishment is out of touch with the irish people and michael de higgins and his wife are very much in tune with the opinions of irish people. meanwhile, for residence of the dom bus, the hell continues with a further to dennis civilians, maned by the band, anti personnel mines. that crane has been dropping on the city. according to the

local mayor, roman costs of reports from the republics capital. right now, we are in one of the most populous districts here in this city. at the moment, ukraine is using a different tactic against civilians are using cluster munitions which are full of minds or which land on the ground after the rock. it explodes in the air. now this is just one of the clusters. it contains $26.00, so called petal mines. now they're really, really small and they're spread throughout this area. now the danger with these minds is that once a person gets close to them or is steps on one of them, he can be he or she can be injured for the rest of their lives, or even it can result in death. now, once again, these cluster bombs, these little minds are everywhere in the city over the last couple of days,

according to local authorities, they have disarmed at least $600.00 of those to be what they mean the what, what enables anti personnel mines have never landed in our yard before this type of weapon is not used, even on the front lines. disney, we've never had anything like this before, and now it's impossible to guess where the shells of falling here all there. this is just so one of the areas where the nets republic, emergency ministry found at least 26 pedal bombs. as you can see, residential buildings are all over the place. and the other kids here, elderly and so generally civilian. so what to the emergency ministry did, they collected all of these petal mines and put them all into one place behind o those 2 structures. and so as you can see, shelling continues right now as we speak. you went into the portal to go. i didn't have time to understand anything. the glass began to fall out and there was smoke all round. you tuck occurred at noon. now the windows broken along with the balcony,

working to steal global qu. they emerges, his ministry will and now destroy the hospital mines. though they will not hurt anybody health at all. this, to me, the trenches the results of ukrainians shilling on friday. the rocket landed here at around 12 noon were the children and adults all present in this yard. as you can see, this is a residential building and at least 6 floors here have been damaged. unfortunately, civilian death and casualties are now at daily a fair hearing. don't ask on friday alone. at least 8 people have been killed here in done as kind of course and many more over the last 5 months. right now i am joined by a canadian independent journalist. you have a bartlet, if you just look around, this is a completely residential area. there's no military target here, whatsoever. it is pure terrorism on my behalf on ukraine's part. this is what they've been doing, not only fit since the special military operations started,

but before it started, this is a prohibited mine. you. the crane is firing these on civilian areas and they're doing with the intent of naming and killing more civilians. children are attracted to these minds because they look like toys. they're small, they're kind of butterfly shaped. and if a child sees it, they won't know any better until have their hand or leg or face blown off. i mean it's, it's absolutely appalling. well, that brings us to the end of the news for this hour. we'll be back with you in 30 minutes with more updates, but of course you can always head to our website at r t dot com for more timely news. i'll see you at the top of the hour. take care. ah, the 2nd world war i think 2 millions of people during the conflict,

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