thousands of walk runs joe blake and will continue to do so. his lack of interest in speaking to the russians and the ukrainians. ok, is a war crime in my view. and you can, people can take that away if they want and tear it to shreds and go, oh no, i've looked in the dictionary. it's not roger's wrong about this. well, it is, it is, he could stop the war. i think it's a crime if you're in a position of power and there's a horrific war going on. and people are dying enough, thousands, thousands and thousands of people died. and you're doing nothing but all ordinance into it. give them, give them the weapons to keep the thinker, instead of acting diplomatically and stopping it, which you could do in a heartbeat. i mean, i'm not, i'm, i'm not, i'm not gonna sit here and say, start taking sides though i do. i have looked at it, or i do think it was

a huge mistake for the americans to try and push nato right up to the russian border. but far clear of brains than mine. anybody who's, who's concerned about this at all. go and read everything that john mearsheimer has written about it and watch all his television speeches, or speeches on the internet. listen to it, read about it. do your homework, check out the history, find out what the history of the ukraine, and please don't tell me that the ukraine doesn't have knox, isn't it? cuz it dies and the way the way, the west lips suddenly. so it's, it's, yeah, yeah, of course it's nuanced and complicated, but it's not really cuz we are slaughtering ukrainians every day and they should be alive. they should be taking their children by the hand and taking them to school

into their ballet lessons or into their soccer matches and sit there, go on, go, never run around and kick a bowl instead of cowering unless shell, since. it's disgusting, but we're allowing this to happen and we are allowing it to happen. putin is to obviously it's a difficult situation. that's why you have to talk to one another. i said the other day, i did a webinar which people should watch. i did it with world without war. it's about an hour long, maybe an hour and a half. i remember i forgot i forgot what was going to say no, no, absolutely. maybe just we can now move to another subject. roger that's very close to your your heart. the people are very close to your heart palestine and yeah, we recently saw an upscale of events. there is really are a strikes and garza killing scores of people at young child sexual girl. and few

words of condemnation from the world on that. they said they were talking tourists is really the fence forces. why do you think just your views on that? and also as an aside, why do you think the international community treats conflicts in, in garza and ukraine quite differently? well, it depends what you mean by the international community, right? where i lived in the united states, the mainstream media now, because they do what they're told that do what they do, what they are told to do. and they print what they are told to print by the ruling class, by the oligarchs, by the soccer bags. and the bays or cities right. and the a long masks and the bill gates says they print what they're told to. i know it's a bit controversial to say that, but if you look at the evidence, that's what appears in all of it that aren't print, anything that i have to say, i promise you that they will never print hang on

a minute. we should be looking at this in a global fashion where all brothers and sisters, we all come from africa. where like cousins, we should be embracing one another, not blowing one another to be they don't think like that. and that's partly because it's sort of enshrined in their political ethos. the only thing that matters is the bottom line and the corporations have only one responsibility and that is to their shareholders. and the only responsibility is to maximize the bottle. well, clearly in a civilized place, corporation should have a responsibility to protect the environment, to make sure that those in society least able to look off to themselves are looked after. that there's a safety net. and so on that we educate our children and so on and so on. and so those are the important things of those should be a responsibility of the corporations,

just as much as they're supposed to be. the responsibility of a government represents the people that doesn't happen. and again, i'm not, i'm not saying that this is only the night said, so it's just, i live here, i see, see the homeless and on the streets every, every day when i'm in the city. so you see it happening before your very eyes out, although you see the people all around me not being able to make the sums add up at the end of the month because of inflation. and because of that, and because the ruling class bite to keep their wages at the lowest possible level that there are they still arguing about $15.00 an hour. oh my goodness, i cannot imagine trying trying to live on 15 bucks now. good. anybody possibly do it? it's impossible. sandwich cost $15.00 is crazy. anyway,

as i say, i want to know. i can't go on knocking. it's just that i live here, so i see. you can see it yet. it hurts you. can i just ask as, as a final question, what's, what makes you put yourself in the firing line like best if, if you quit in your pocket and you're a musical engineer icon to many, you could live a nice, comfortable life. what makes you keep questioning? keep probing, despite the obvious heat that comes your way in return. i've told this story much more times than i can remember. i will tell it once more, please. i had a my mom when i was 13 years old and i was struggling with something or other that i was trying to make a decision about said what, what is it, what's, and i told her what it was. and she said listen to me carefully. now and i said,

as she said, all your life, you're going to struggle with weighty questions. probably if you care about anything at all, when you do his my advice, read, read, read, read, read, find out as much as you can about whatever the question my pay. ok, and listen to all sides of the argument. ok, but when you've done that, you've done all the heavy lifting. your work is of that. but i when she said the next day it is very easy. very easy, roger. and well, what's the next bit mum? and she said do the white thing. ah, i feel quite emotional. even saying that now, i mean, she's been dead for 15 years. but my mum said that to me when i was 13 years old. and i would say to any polio to any child or young adolescent anyone really

read read. and when you've done a let do the right, thus will i try and do is the right thing. so talking to you today on our t, although it's going to come back and bite me in the ass, i couldn't get enough. you know, why? because it's the right thing to do and to go on making a noise as long as i have a voice. and as long as i have rested my body, i will continue to do this. i will never stop for years, love hearing from you on hearing your views on all that a we so appreciate your time today. you've been more than good roger waters funding, member, lyricist, principle compulsion, creative force behind pink floyd. many thanks sir. thanks brother to you, sir. yeah, all right, let's move on then to wall of the issues. roger waters was speaking about the latest incidents in don bass officials in the den. yes. republic say ukrainian forces have shelled a chemical plant in the city of love causing

a blaze. let's show you some footage of the fire from an eye witness current. you can see large plumes of smoke rising into the sky there in the background. local authorities say the situation does not pose a danger as the shell to the building materials warehouse, but it does come days after you create a set of sheldon nuclear power plant site. again under the control of russian forces. while it comes, as russian troops continued to make advances in the den, yes, people's republic, they are pushing towards the key strategic city as you may be able to make out there. in the bottom, left or chum off among the advancing forces is a private russian military company called the wagner group. are teas eager shadonna for granted a rare opportunity to join them. also to look at the abundant positions of ukrainian troops who continue officials say to use locals, they're

a human shoot several years ago, many weren't certain if this unit was real or just to spine chilling myth. it's the most reclusive and cryptic company fighting for russia and the don bass. this is the wagner group. ah ah. the village of the cross, claire refused to fool for weeks to defended. key of commanders deployed some of its veteran troops with plenty of experience in ugly warfare. so from the outside,

this looks like an anonymous village, hard just a civilian house, but trust me, it is not. and as i go, please pay attention to this very badly decomposed body in ukrainian military uniform. but if you were to just follow me, you will discover this again, an anonymous tool shed. and again, it is not. you can see the trench, the trenches over here. so this is a firing position. there are several basements all around the place with similar firing position. so what is this if not, prove that ukrainians use civilian houses as their cover, and basically anonymous places like this. but it takes more than just dirty tactics to stop the wagon, a group dubbed as the orchestra, the ensemble and other music inspired nicknames. they pounded this very position for long, violent 8 hours until every one of the dozens of resisting ukraine's troops either

fled or met their maker. this is one of the basements amid village houses, where the ukrainian troops used to shelter. this is a good hiding sport because you can see it goes quite deep on the ground. the roof here is reinforced. and if you wondering what this ropers is done for safety, for closing the door remotely, the village is largely deserted, yet a handful of civilians with no other place to go remain at the same time. ukrainian forces are still shelling the place, targeting the musicians in a whack a mole style. we live together with the russian units. my husband is an insulin, we just ran out. i ordered some ones, then again, the delivery failed. now they've taken him somewhere. i think that will get the medicine without the insulin. things would be bad, he would die. the orchestra has moved on already. there are the 1st and only unit

to have breached the defenses of the city of our tour mosque. the next big thing on this direction. ah, i'm walking along the same road as the most enigmatic unit. fighting on the russian side, this is the under the village. and this is the last house here, which also turned out to be the final fortification, on their way. soaring electricity prices in germany have had a new record reaching $455.00 euro per mega watts our just doing the math. so not that is 5 times higher than last year. incredible rise. sh on despite the traditional economic strength of the country, even the states finance minister recognizes that. currently the situation is worsening. significantly to sheila mention for many people every day life has

become far too expensive. we fear that gus, energy and food prices will rise. at the same time. all countries, economic prospects have become fragile and full cost for economic growth have to be revised downwards. germany is the country that contributes the most cash to the european union of all the member states. now, brussels has always been able to count on the reliability of the high german economic tied to carry any sinking member states. but the problem with, depending on the other eyes, money is a sunday, the other guy could be in financial trouble himself. and then what happens to the dependence? well, the idea that germany could be facing dire economic and political straits to the point of social unrest and warnings of potential instability was previously unfathomable. but now a perfect storm is brewing on the horizon for berlin with inflation reaching its highest level of sensory invocation. in 1990 cost of living pressures, increasing energy prices, skyrocketing as officials plunged the economy into a kamikaze tailspin for ukraine. the german finance minister is now saying that the

quote economy is deteriorating as he taps the fuel gauge and sees that it's on empty, literally as official scramble to find a solution for their self imposed energy crisis and rationing. now all i really asked to do is pull up on the controls, but berlin refuses to consider the pipeline nord stream to sitting right in front of them ready to deliver russian gas. the minute they decide to stop the sadomasochism of their self imposed economic sanctions. so now german officials are bracing for panic of on board as disaster approaches. if prices continue to rise, then at some point people will take to the streets. we must help average households and said an upper limit for energy costs. if we get social unrest, the state won't be able to cope what we experienced in the covey pandemic, in terms of partly violent confrontations on social networks. but also in the streets and squares was probably more like

a children's birthday party in comparison. now there's also another german state security official stepping kramer who told the german press recently that he's concerned that the protests that could result from everything that's going on right now could be worse than the classes that they saw during the pandemic. and it could make them look like a children's birthday party. any also warrens that for those of you who are thinking of participating in the protests, you might want to reconsider because you don't wanna side with the enemies of democracy. funny how they're blaming everybody but themselves. so in an attempt to calm the masses, berlin is going to throw money at its own citizens. now, who would have thought that we'd see the day when germany would be handing out aid to its own citizens? the richest country in europe, and judging by a new report, forecasting a loss of 260000000000 euros by 2030 and an estimated loss of 240000 jobs by this time next year. well, it looks like it's running out of its own money now. so by what magic mouth is it

going to keep paying people? and to make matters worse, chess or olaf schultz is racking up political scandals, including accusations of political interference in waiting the tax bill of the largest private bank in germany as the mayor of hamburg now. he has to answer to a committee and well, he already doesn't seem too happy about having to answer to press the for mrs. michelle prudish amendment. it is not credible to mix facts into a question that is not true. these claims have not been substantiated. well, think about it before you ask something like that. you may recall that there was also the matter of 9 women, claiming that they were slipped a date, rape drug during a summer gathering hosted by schultz for his political party. and it all just adds fuel to the fire at a time when the german landscape is increasingly vulnerable. and officials fear that any spark could ignite a blaze of unrest at any time. just really too bad that they brought it all on themselves and seem, well, i'm for gently intent on staying the course. ok to a developing story. now,

a famous british author who i prayed sways of the muslim world in the 1980, with a novelty and blasphemous against the prophet muhammad has been stopped in the neck in new york state in front of dozens of people with less cross live. now to our, to kill up and who's in new york city. caleb. hi. clearly a group, some heinous act. this what more is known up by the talk and indeed, hi, mr. rush. the is salman rushdie, the controversial author, earl of indian origin with speaking and should talk with new york. and we understand that as he was being introduced to speak, there was an attacker who ran at the stage of the person who introduced him, was injured and suffered a serious head injury. and then he was stabbed in the neck. this was in front of the audience now he was treated on the stage and then rushed to hospital for further treatment. we understand he was able to walk the time that that he left the

stage. so the injuries may not be a serious or some a fear, but it's important to know that mr. rusty is quite an important figure. if you look over recent history, he wrote this novel called the satanic verses i published in 1988, which was considered to be very, very offensive to muslims around the world. i mocked religion and it depicted the prophet mohammed and other religious figures in a light that many deemed to be very offensive by the atlantic republic of iran. they called him out for it. there was a thought was issued against him calling for his death. and at that point, he was given protection at the british taxpayers expense, so they protected him as he faced many threats of assassination, many, many threats against his life. and it's important to note that in addition to that, he was given knighthood for his contributions to literature. that at the time that he was given knighthood, there were protests, all across the world by muslims were deeply offended that someone who had been so offensive to their religious beliefs would have been given night by the british

government. so this is an individual who shrouded in controversy for the last several decades. and it appears that today he was violently attacked while speaking in new york. now there's not an update yet. on his condition, he was able to walk off the stage and receive treatment out on the stage. he's now at a hospital. many people are shocked about this. there are many authors that have been associated with them or have made similar things that have been killed or tact over the course last several decades. so this is certainly a figure who is quite controversial and it appears that, that you know, that somebody should talk with new york up years of stab him or waiting for more information on who the attacker was, what their possible motivation was. and the details of the situation, but it appears that solomon rusty is now receiving medical treatment. as you can see, he was rushed to the hospital and a helicopter. a good sign, as you say, that he was apparently able to walk off after it's kill up. thanks very much for

giving us the very latest on that r t correspond and kill him up in new york. okay, to the other part of the world. now, india could emerge as age is strongest, the economy in the 2020 to 23 period, according to the investment management jain, morgan stanley, and it's quite a bit of competition in that region. the projection comes out of the content current. 3rd largest economy grew a full 9.2 percent this fiscal year. again, not many companies of that size. doing not our country to rti typically been taking a closer look. a 1000000 by morgan stanley is going to be true. oil prices drop below $90.00 and i'm to go by 21st. if that happens in debt is certainly going to be the strongest economy in the shop. but having said that,

the fact is that india has done very well in the last few months, especially because india has gain extra digit independence. resolve the foreign policy, international trade of the fact that the need to countries having pressurizing india against buying russian or discounted prices. i think it's something to becomes a good here in the i did not buy under the shop in y'all went ahead and bought russian crude oil, which has been if they did, they've gone to me and it has had india got all the losses that it got during the go by this time, the fact is that the west has been rising india against buying not only from russia but also on st. inundation and the system

just happens to be the biggest supplier, a mission to india. we continue to work with them to ensure that they understand that it's not in there. we believe that it's not in their best interest to continue to invest in russian equipment. what i can say is that india is a really important security partner of ours now, and that we value that partnership moving forward. i hope that part of what happens with the extreme criticism that russia has faced is that india will find it is now time to further distance itself from russia. but it seems quite clear that is going to follow these goals on its own national interest. the more the government has made it abundantly clear that it is not limits, limited on relationship vague russia or defense, or pawn group i. it is quite clear that india continue its partnership with russia on both arms,

all the just defense as well as you know, if you get one more story to bring you this news our, the german interior minister has apologized for a photo showing her holding a glass of champagne during her visit, the key of last month. as it was for, to buy regret the photo. it was certainly not appropriate. i think it's actually easy to explain because in kiev, at the moment life on the streets is back to normal. this is hard to understand when you travel to a country where you see a lot of destruction where you know what terrible war crimes have happened there. and why, you know, that fighting is still going on in the east of the country. well, it's not just miss phaser, there's been a steady stream of foreign politicians visiting ukraine on picking our press coverage along the way. although presidents lensky has cautioned local officials, to be careful if commenting on frontline events, highlighting that quote, war is definitely not the time for vanity on load statements. he stated that in

a desire to grab a big headline, they shouldn't prevail. ukraine's defense plans was not just western politicians making headlines. their world famous faces have been seen in ukraine to some for humanitarian missions. others they say just to show their support for ukrainians. independent journalist, new grove, a believe the headline grabbing visits against the background of suffering is waltz irritating. the public. yes, somehow is becoming a subsidiary of hollywood. p stays, you know. it's not only politicians who want their photo op with the chief artist, mr. lensky. it's also the whole of all you would have actually, nationally. you have sean penn, director. you have ben stiller, the actor. so all these people come to, to, to, to congratulate or the chief artist. again, who was by the way, in the fall on the cover with mrs. scott,

so this doesn't go down very well. i think in the west, at least in not in key. if i, because people are suffering, people really would like the special operation to stop somehow. and so it's, it's fairly difficult now for the government to give to the people that they are really tough. and only that, after all, what happens over the last few weeks and months get busy day this is friday, august, the 12th we'll have all the world news, few and plenty more besides in 3 minutes and counting to hope you're right. this is artic. ah, a will never be a victory for russia. we solution with much really need them, but you look at

a mean crane more is a proxy war. this is a war between russia and the united states. mezzo mom made. it comes to not should get them in carbon dioxide, america for sure, and you're not in europe. engage in conflict with russian forges. the american forces are here and defend nato allies. what happens if nato escalates even more indiscretion? military operations become a war when you, but they'll set of rules that dealership and that will, that notion is my dog. i see it that i see your to us. thank you. custody is to go to me live. so i use 3 issue a unique and you stuff to with almost them. let's see when you live at home and you're still foolish that are in your sewage. never speak of the girl who's

with . so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have. it's crazy confrontation, let it be an arms race. it is on a very dramatic development, only personally and getting to resist. i don't see how that strategy will be successful, very difficult time. time to sit down and talk for a doctor about a

week with a choice issue. somebody over there also with poverty over you look out to me, you up a the and i do so as you know that way, if you don't mind,

ah, with this is a firing position. there are several basements all around the place with similar firing position. so what is this, if not proof that ukrainians use civilian houses as their cub nationalists forces are again accused of using civilians in john boss. as human shields as an r t crew visits the front line with the wagner private military group, ah walter, coming up on the program, a british writer who provoked the wrath of the muslim world. but the controversial

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