our teeth, remember across stock rolls, ah, with this may be about 1500 meters towards the ukrainian positions from where we are right now. i'm talking about the town of save us. this is the main hold sport on this direction. our crew visits the frontline and don bass rush and lead force is a fighting ukraine's fall right kracken battalion. a scathing report. blaming the white house on u. s. intelligent services about watching the afghanistan evacuation is leak to the media on the one year anniversary of cobbled full of taliban india and pakistan. celebrating independence day. 75 years off. the british colonial rule

came to an august of 1947 radcliffe to align. bothering him down and focused on the line also divided this way. part of been job during off, which is families and communities dissecting the mainstream narrative asi international. that's where we question more. welcome to your news on this monday. now to some frontline news for you to kick off the program here on our t, it's where russian led forces to advance and bond boss reaching key strongholds of ukrainian troops in the region. recently the town of pesky where ukrainian fight has, that's where they used that position to attacker, residential buildings in don. yes, it did. finally fall under the control of that don't yet group public soldiers. russian lead forces have also taken a strategic point on the outskirts of said artist. and one of our t cruz visited the captured positions near there where don't yet square public

forces face cracking and cracking is, are ukranian neo nazi battalion cameras. iraq audits here commanding offices are dazzled by our unannounced visit, but seized the chance to parade the evolution of their advance. this may be about 1500 meters towards the ukrainian positions. from where we are right now. i'm talking about the town of save, ask. this is the main hot sport on this direction. basically the russian forces and the forces of the guns people's republic. they are advancing on a very wide section of the front. so let me know the most point of this advance and basically what they're trying to do is they're trying to, well, in circle severson. well, this ration from the north, ukraine's nationalist battalions like kracken for instance. they're ukranian,

nazis very much like to that of, as of they are the ones who are holding off. they're the ones who are basically defending their the frontline defenses of the town of servers. the kracken proudly brands itself as an elite unit, but outside their promo videos. the battalion's reputation is overshadowed by atrocities and lawlessness. its members and global notoriety when they were caught on video torturing russian prisoners of war. also in part, the unit has been formed of current convicts who were moved from theirselves to the frontline via president zalinski zada. and this video, a russian grown tracks, one of the kracken fighters to his company's trenches. from that point, the artillery takes over rounds from artillery doors. we're back and forth routinely here to ukrainian tanks. fleet from the shelling as 2 bright orange spots

to the right suggest to moore didn't make it. no one wanted to fight. people submitted reports to refuse service, but they just burned them. we had poor training, we are only taught to move by 2 or 3 people, assemble and disassemble organs and shoot. we're not taught to advance at all. we're absolutely not ready for the. when we were shelled, we were told to retreat, something exploded behind me and wounded me. they left me under a tree and abandoned me. i waited until morning then realized that they would not come and get me. so i began to crawl through the forest. i crawled for 2 days until the russian soldiers found me as we explore the captured town, 2 soldiers accompanying us notice a suspicious item. and in their words, it's better safe than sorry, we'll leave as command as our dishing out new orders. the offensive goes on. i'm

a good done of reporting from the don bass. see, the brother of a u. s. service man killed during the guy withdraw has taken his own life during a memorial service. back in 2021. during the chaotic us withdrawal from afghan asked on 28 year old dakota halbens brother was among 13 american servicemen who died in a suicide bomber attacking the campbell airport. republican congressman mike waltz has demanded the accountability for the loss of life during the pullout u. s. foreign affairs committee, republicans are reportedly deeply critical of washington's plans on execution of the afghan withdrawal in the league report. as we understand there are potentially tens of thousands of africans still allegedly stuck in the country waiting for special immigrant phases. they were allegedly early, $36.00 state department officials on the ground at cobble airport a year ago. they were there to help those on the list to get out. and us congressman michael mccaul, criticized the disconnect between us intelligence and the white house. there are

many since if you will though, there was a complete lack in a failure to plan. there was no plan and it was there was no plan execute. there was a disconnect between, you know, it tells it's on the ground and what the white house is doing. and this report, the says it, all right. there is no way we're going to evacuate embassy personnel from hole covers like we did in vietnam. you know, of course we know that happened well today we start our special coverage marking one year since the taliban took control of cobble and the country after us forces retreated to the airport. as part of the water hasty pull out.

i do not regret my decision to end america war fighting them carelessly and maintain a laser focused on our counterterrorism mission there and other parts of the world

ortiz. rachel blevins now has more. and how washington's bet on the former afghan government failed in just 10 days. one year after the botched chaotic and deadly end of the u. s. war and afghanistan, there are still countless questions about how and why the world leading

intelligence agency got it so wrong when the time came to leave the country, the u. s. had been occupying for 20 years, after all, even president biden express. nothing but confidence before he made the official call is a tale bob. take over that gas that now inevitable? no, it is none. because you have the afghan troops have 300000. well equipped as well as crypt is any army in the world and an air force against something like $75000.00 bond. it is not enough. weeks later, it was a very different story when the us withdrew from the country, the government, they had spent 2 decades building and supporting fell apart. and it took the taliban just 10 days to gain control of the country's capital. notably faster than it took the u. s. to do so when an invaded back in 2001,

ah ah, how is it possible that multiple reports from, for intelligence agencies in the u. s. managed to get this situation so wrong, that even the same mainstream outlet who had spent 20 years justifying the u. s. military's presence in the country were forced to admit what a disaster it was. us intelligence officials are pushing back on the charts that they were caught off guard by the rapid collapse of afghanistan's government for 20 years. we know the taliban, we have people on the ground. and yet you, the u. s. was caught unaware, and completely off guard to the commander of us forces in afghanistan. alerted the pentagon. cobble could be surrounded within 30 day, an alarming prediction. the turned out to be way off. what he's talking about here is a failure of intelligence. so we saw across the world we saw in washington,

knew the pentagon had no idea this was happening. however, what the us learn the hard way was that just because it spent nearly $90000000000.00 training, the afghan defense and security forces did not mean that their army of around $300000.00 would be able to take on the taliban without the u. s. military there to support them. and yes, that's despite the claims made by the biden administration, that they just needed to strengthen their unity and political will in order to succeed. ultimately, the african national security defends versus had the equipment, numbers and training to fight back. they have what they need, what they need to determine is if they have the political will to fight back. and if they have the ability to unite as a, as leaders to fight back. and that's really where it stands at this point. as it turned out, the 20 year long reliance on the u. s. military proved to be much more than the white house expected. and after they were abandoned by their allies, the will of the afghan forces to attempt to fight back against the taliban fell

apart in record time when the us announced a total withdrawal that sent a signal to afghan soldiers and police that the end was near. and converted chronically poor motivation into acute collapse as nobody wanted to be. the last man standing after the others gave up. there was the all or nothing strategy employed by the u. s. in which it opted for a quick pull out from the country rather than withdrawing gradually and leaving a few 1000 troops on the ground to help with the transition. after all was said and done, bite and denied that was ever an option. the pentagon had been considering your top military advisors war against withdrawn on this timeline. they wanted to keep about 2500 to no, they didn't. it was split though that wasn't true. and it wasn't just the u. s. the u. k. foreign office admitted last month and it made a number of mistakes in its own exit from the country. and on that list was the fact that the u. k. foreign secretary at the time was on holiday and didn't take the afghan foreign ministers call when he reached out for help with the benefit of

hindsight, of course it's easy to say but, and i wouldn't have gone on holiday, let alone. and we've come home on the government, the u. s. had been propping up for nearly 2 decades, was also supported by an embassy that housed around $4000.00 and diplomats contractors and staff who provided a false sense of confidence even though they were relying on the intent security provided by the u. s. military. but then again, they didn't invade afghanistan looking to learn about the country. instead, the mission they claim to half was to force american values on the people. and after 20 years, it has become clear that they still haven't learned about the country they occupied for so long. it also appeared as though every assurance biden gave about the us accept plan was eventually proven wrong. there's going to be no circumstance. you see people be lifted off the roof of a embassy in the of the united states from afghanistan. it is not at all

comfortable. and yet, it was the scenes of helicopters rescuing embassy staff in afghanistan that became a direct comparison to the fall of saigon in 1975. that's only fitting, given the fact that the u. s. withdrawal from afghanistan has been called the worst intelligence failure since the non proving that after a 20 year war, thousands of lives lost countless communities destroyed. and more than 2 trillion dollars spent, the u. s. still hasn't learned from its own actions. well, here on out to you, we will continue to bring you all special coverage on afghanistan and basically that will continue the next couple of weeks smoking one year. do stay tuned for more details on that story. ah, it is good to have you with us today. a california the world's leading processor of

tomatoes phases and historic drought combined with soaring costs for labor fuel and fertilizer and scope produces worried about a shortage of product across the world. ingram, r packing and co, which supply some of the largest u. s. food brands is selling tomato paste. that price is 80 percent higher than last year. of course, consumers are the ones bearing the costs with the price of tomato sauce in july, way up compared to last year, with ketchup. also seeing a big price jump as well. i california peaked in tomato output in 2015. it's been getting worse ever since. according to the u. s. department of agriculture 2022 is shaping up to continue. the trend is the industry says this year's harvest will fall below 11000000 tons. so we got the streets went to the streets of america, get reaction on this looming crisis. a

sorry for that, and i don't find that this is probably more but more of an effect on the fast food industry than and then household unless there's a, you know, the household with filtering part of their that's part of their daily or weekly routine. every press paper, a restore are going to assume, turning in everything twice as high as it was in the shelves are fully stocked either. so please come down. so we can, i just, you know, better benefit for us in our family and i have to leave more on prices on food. and i just that a global shortage of tomatoes is also expected due to high temperatures and key regions in the coming years. with the u. s. italy and china set to see supply

decline even further. that's according to the nature food journal. so germany must cut its use of natural gas by a 5th or potentially phase crippling shortages and serious consequences for the economy. that's according to the chief of germany's energy regulator. if we fail to reach our target of 20 percent gas savings than there is a serious risk that we will not have enough gas, you need to try to figure out what a fair cutting off the gas to certain companies will have in the supply chain for critical products, what the consequences will be for jobs for production, for value chains. some production could move away from germany because gases become too expensive. and that's a difficult thing to happen. and while natural gas prices have been rising since the start of the year, sanctions on russia that follow the start of the conflict in ukraine. so e u price is triple is our contributor rachel marston. and how are europe is trying to cope with the energy issue? after spain and italy ordered limits on air conditioning and heating in public and

commercial buildings. recently, in an attempt to control energy use ahead of the winter gas crunch caused by the european union sanctioning its own russian gas supply. well, now it's germany's term to micromanage the daily lives of its citizens. with the new crackdown economy minister, robert havoc has announced a heating limit of 19 degrees celsius for public buildings. for the next 6 months. guess his previous strategy of bragging that he was taking ever shorter showers and that german should to wasn't going to save the german economy and industry from a potentially catastrophic energy shortage. he also told the german trust that night time lighting of monuments and advertising displays would be banned across the country. so better bring your flashlights to berlin. meanwhile, germans are panic. buying electric heaters at a rate of 35 percent higher sales than last year, causing officials to fear the impact on the national grid. if the gas shortage

causes a switch to electricity, switzerland, which isn't a member of the e u, but faces the same problems having to come to the use pressure to adopt similar sanctions against russia, is already preparing citizens for and nightmarish scenario. the federal electricity commission chairman's says that us strategy of rolling blackouts in the wintertime would be manageable and is currently on the table. it is certainly advisable to have enough candles in the house. and if you have a wood stove, you should stock enough firewood, sticking it to russian president vladimir putin apparently now means europeans living like their back in the stone age until now switzerland strategy, admittedly included, considering germany and italy, suppliers of energy to countries currently. so concerned about the shortages of their own that now dictating the temperature of rooms nationwide,

right down to the precise degrees centigrade. meanwhile, citizens of finland are trying to beat the price hikes by refueling their cars in neighboring russia where fuel is much cheaper and are having to deal with being called traders as a result. one such gas trader, sir, for laura mo, apparently felt obligated to point out that the money she saves is it for vladimir putin. meanwhile, finland joined estonia and calling for a visa bound on russians visiting the european union with estonia. already having made a unilateral move to stop issuing visas to russian tourists, you officials responded with deafening silence to the blanket discrimination and dangerous precedent. it's unclear how far officials of european nations are willing to go in their anti russian virtue signalling. but what's already plainly evident

is that they're willing to make their own citizens pay the price. ah, exactly. 75 years ago, 2 centuries of british colonial rule in india came to an end, ultimately giving rise to 2 independent states. but of course, this came at a cost to both pakistan on india as a correspondent and john chava now reports amidst the triumphal skin dells independence. in the summer of 1947, a line of separation withdrawn by british barstow. it was called the partition almost of 1947 ratcliffe to align bordering india and pakistan. that line also divided this way, part have been job tearing apart, will edges, families and communities now in those, and seeks on one side and a muslims on the other. 75 years own we meet doors was life was changed forever by hastily drawn borders. this is the north and in state of punjab. the

historic homeland of de seeks. we visited cordial village in the good asp or district, barely a few miles from the india pakistan border 104 year old miller rom is one of the few living partitions of i was in the village there. we're dealing with the government. we left our entire life across the border. our old life no longer existed than what we had to start afresh. no memories of days gone by. come back to me and that garden in spring with all that shit of chatter. he may have left pakistan, but pakistan has stayed with him in more ways than one even to day. he writes sick haines in order and keeps them close to his heart. in another, willet, we meet, could pulsing his grandchildren and great grandchildren have all moved to big cities. he's decided to stay his 1st home. his ancestral village is only a few miles from your just across the border in pakistan. 3 years ago,

he got his long awaited result with it in his childhood home in pakistan was a dream come true. brenda. i went to my village, my home, i cried. alarm. those who live in the house that was once mine were happy to see me . they wanted to give me a gift, but i said i won't take but give a gift. i give money and a blessing to the children living in the house. a few villages father, also by the border stands. the rules are shut if thou gal, the sacred islamic shrine fell on the indian side when the partition line was drawn, as many feet shines ended up on the pakistani side. he or the entire willing around 80 families that came from c all caught in pakistan. have maintained the structure for 75 years like their own. and you know, the whole village takes care of the dogger. we come here every day. clean it and light up. the lamp right here, across the river robbie, the sun is setting in pakistan. it's hard to imagine that this line,

this border didn't even exist 75 years ago, but the border is a reality. and despite leaving to the pain of partition many so i was have chosen to remember the love with the pain ruined and sharma artie. but job as india and pakistan both celebrate, perhaps the most significant moment in their country's histories. people have taken to the streets to mark the occasion, a parade to taking place on both sides of the border with people celebrating that national symbols and raising flags. both countries, i hope for the day will be a reminder, if foreign a rule should ever again infringe upon that sovereignty. malea hush may. a journalist and political analysts says a package on gaining independence was very important for future generations. significance by the time independence day is pretty explicit. every thing that isn't boxed on, i mean it's, are they precious independence that our forefathers made huge sacrifices before

so that we, the future generations could reasonably be empowered and independent way around cars. the most popular leader in buckets on right now, and the majority chunk of the board was, is the you don't know which one to 26265 percent of the total population of people faith in the cons ability to lead by going over the past 4 months, how he worked for budgets on independent for didn't want to see because by time has never really had one. so for the 1st time in the history of both to have an independent foreign policy, the final time was going to going to be treated by the what road wired it got. i think i never ended approach in just complete 75 years off. it's

independence and it's, it, it is a historical page and there it is. and 2000, there is, you know, he is joy in the last from me to come next monday. and right now i am in the capital city dot com, and i can see people over joyce, there is be expectation that india has gone very far from 1947 when we got independence from the british. and we have achieved so much accomplishment and progress in the last 75 years. that debt is norway, anybody can stop india from here on. there is clearly an excitement that india is going to make progress in science and technology in not as it is in our democracy, is a big asset for india. and india is tagging in all sectors, especially women empowerment. i think the prime minister in his speech today emphasized that india has to be independent. india has to be independent,

not only economically, militarily, but socially as well. so, and that message has gone down ready? well, across the country. we are going to see in the next few days that this celebration will continue with not regard and energy or moscow. i was also joined in mocking the historic day by hosting a 4 day celebration festival. and that's from where our correspondent on your federal gave us this report. russia is celebrating 75 years of diplomatic relations with india, with the bank of america a wonderfully hot day. what a better way bad to celebrate all things india in world. okay. i shouldn't think of india, they think about flavor. i says color. all of it is available here.

a very fair. there's a lot here time of life. i feel like especially with a show, the show, a real indian who knows what they think in my class. with people, you know, when you go to this don't, did, don't do much. i've got to open with

all the self realization they really make you realize yourself and your body. yes. and i feel like a lot of russians have been going towards that section. had we meet a lot of people, few months, if you go we around, you will actually like, right? this is how i can call myself the world's very stressful. we're going to 2 years of endemic a lot of stress. and general how you think about for some time, we've been breed out and really show you how to a, you know what, i feel like such a star event right now. i'm not sure i know what i look like. so i still haven't seen myself in the mirror, so i can see people taking a phase with me and tell me which is actually a really nice thing. i know what, so that's fair, like now. good people with

and it's around. i think it's safe to say that indeed they most gay was absolutely transformative experience to me super positive. i absolutely loved it. i want to thank india i want to thank monica, i'm the organizer for making this real and i'm just hoping that next year it will be happy with us wrapping up on this. i will use coffee or an r t international. thanks for sharing some of your monday with us here at our tea. moscow news with .