just sit down and talk with a with russia, warns that ukraine may conduct a massive publication around the embattled stop arose a nuclear power plant as moscow calls on the west to get the of forces to stop shelling the facility the owners were evicted to bring in proofs and now, well, whoever used to live here, we simply have no place to return to our tea. visit's a little gone town deserted by cab troops after heavy fighting as the local militia, and now deals with a daunting task of clearing away the premium units. and oh, canyons are deeply split over william rudolph presidential election when with joy,

greeting the result in some areas, while riots take place and others mass celebrations in afghanistan's capital marketing one year since the bought us pull out and local efforts to overcome that deadly legacy. stay tuned for special coverage with good morning 6 am and rti internationals moscow studios from here to wherever your training and from welcome to the program. i'm carol isabel with our team international top news stories from around the world. russia has warned that kia may conduct a publication around the embattled r o j a nuclear power plant in southeastern ukraine, calling on the west to get here to stop. such actions as regional nuclear security is at stake. ukrainian forces are preparing for large scale provocations around the zap hiroshi nuclear power plant with a regiment of

a 1000 troops of ukraine's radiological chemical and biological protection forces. having arrived in nicole, they are equipped with has met, suits for operating amid conditions of radioactive contamination. one civilian was reported, killed on sunday in a strike within the vicinity of the plat and local officials have said kev's forces conducted the attack. the situation around the nuclear facility was a focus of talks between russia's defense minister and the un secretary general. on monday, moscow has called on the international atomic energy agency to visit the plant that has warned that it's currently unsafe for them to cross the front line from the ukranian side. the man who once headed the soviet union's nuclear radiation safety body vladimir coolness of outline the potential dangerous the world could face. if the zap rogia plant took a direct hit, no subarus cuz there are 6 power units operating at the nuclear power station. it

is necessary to understand where the rocket will hit exactly the rock. it has a certain weight, speed and explosive, which leads to the destruction of certain structures. no one has ever calculated what can happen to a pressure shell if you hit it with a missile. no one could have thought such a thing, only the effects of gale force winds or the fall of a light engine aircraft or calculated in these situations, the pressure will be able to protect the reactor equipment, the reactor itself, and it systems that are inside. in addition to 6 reactors, the most dangerous facility at the power plant is the storage of spent nuclear fuel . if multiple rocket launchers fall into the container, then the container will collapse. actually, a group of containers will be damaged. it will lead to a release of radioactivity into the environment that is pollution, not only of the industrial side, but also of the geneva plus everything will be accompanied by a fire. and only god knows where the wind will send that according to my calculations, if $20.00 to $30.00 containers are destroyed,

the radioactivity will affect about 9 countries among which are turkey, bulgaria, romania, slovakia, the czech republic, poland, and the baltic countries and the territory of western ukraine meanwhile, local official say, russian lead forces have been advancing in the danielle for public reaching t ukrainian strongholds on the front line. the neighboring logan's republic is under full control of russian. that forces and the retreating ukrainian forces have left behind vast supplies of unused ammunition. art is eager start off reports. ukrainian troops often have to retreat very hastily and abandoning loads of ammunition has become something of a habit for them. like here, for example, you can see dozens of artillery shells. these are sort of get made, but they abandon both soviet made and western supplied javelin, marseilles, british and laws, equally alike when ukrainian troops and this little village received in order to

fall back. it was already too late. russian troops had critically closed in making their escape. a herculean task key of forces ran light on their feet. so special units they load, whatever they can find into trucks like this one, food is taken to a special place. were all these shells and will disarmament are examined and those that are deemed safe youth, they are being sent to the front. those that are not, well, they're safely destroyed. every other st junction here has been excavated and turned into miniature strongholds inside civilian houses. foxholes providing quick shelter from the shelling, so it really couldn't ukrainian troops were living in the houses kitchen. they dug

out a small shelter there so they could hide in case of shelling and survive even if the home were destroyed. there are trenches across the whole town. they defended their positions very well. they were preparing for many years. they kicked the locals out of their homes, or made them sit in the basements and used them as shields. as we've been covering this war and the gone back, we've seen countless civilian households, which have been repurposed by the ukraine and military to serve as defense fortifications. this one is no exception. the owners were evicted by the ukrainian troops. and now, well, whoever used to live here this, we have no place to return to a russian fighter jet has intercepted a british plane on a spy mission in the northwest of russia, enforced it from the area that's according to the russian defense ministry. the real air force shaft flew over murmansk on monday. however, britain has denied the plane entered russian territory, claiming the flight was on

a regular surveillance mission of the northern fleet from international airspace. after leaving the u. k. the plane refilled over to the north sea and then headed to merman's former c. i officer raymond mcgovern explains what he believes the plane was hoping to see in the russian territories. this is nothing more than a, a penetration. and i just to test russian air defenses, or just to make a, make a little probe to see what that what russia would do. british are really just a vassal at the united states. they do with united states, tells them to do their pretty much isolated from the rest of the world, even from europe these days. so to, to interpret a british infringement on russian aerospace as anything more than the same thing from the, these things are, are just really have used in these roles to,

to provoke air defense radars. to explore what's going on. oh, and in kenya, all eyes are in a much contested election for how to stay. as the declared winner is the east african nations current deputy president william rudo was just slightly above 50 percent of the vote. the result sparked riots among the political opposition. ah . according to the official count, ruder received 50.5 percent of the vote,

nearly defeating former prime minister raleigh o dingum. but moments before the outcome was to be announced, 4 of the 7 electoral commission members refused to confirm it. that could be grounds for a legal battle by the opposition to overturn the results prolonging a period of uncertainty in a country critical to the economy and security of eastern africa. local reporter, armando latino explains, it is a moment can have been anxious, waiting for to get to know the presidential, the left in the year 2022. and as it turns out, the presidential elect is the former deputy president doctor william some way. and it is an election that to witness a lot of calmness but the and that the continued to grow as canyon's law waiting to know the president dang sure. there was killed between the 2 top contender over

this election, one team being that came there was a team under the other team being the, as the middle of that team, which was headed by the leader of the opposition. right. armando for security personnel was able to come this attrition by taking them outside the members of the opposition and led to the as the middle of more than one k. no one can accomplish who quoting kills. and after then we have ensured that there was piece of the month of kenya. he has promised that there is no room for vengeance. he has promised to walk for all canyons. yes. promise to unite kenyon. yes. promise to walk together with even the opposition, members of the opposition to ensure that they move the country for reporting. for sure. today i am on duty and african affairs analyst. can lucy array believes that despite kenya's political divisions, everyone shares a hope that the president elect would follow through with his campaign promises

before the very anxious did 6 days of waiting. and it was actually the climax of what was calling my agency. and through the day, people been waiting bills stunned off in question. finally, good reason kenya is economically doing very badly here. total cost of living is higher. total in the cost of the campaign promised to address what we call for production. and it by giving more subsidies to how much to try and get to things to get to businesses, movie coming, going and productivity. that was what it means that he has to do right now. in spite of the fact that half of the country is divided, i think at some point canyons off to place the tough choices ahead of them. but pull it back but begin to address the immediate concerns which is economic crisis

in the country. oh, mass celebrations in the streets of cobble marking one year since the taliban regained power in afghanistan. the fundamentalist islamic real quickly restored its control over the central asian country. as the you, it was true, it's occupying forces last month. taliban fighters and their supporters chanted slogans in front of the deserted u. s. embassy in couple on monday, with many saying that the new government has liberated the nation and restored security. the festivities were stifled by a massive explosion reported in the afghan capital with the government saying 2 people were wounded. a local journalists gave us this report. on monday, the islamic government of the taliban was celebrating the 1st anniversary of their victory over the americans who left afghanistan on the same day last year and the taliban established their own rule. meanwhile, there was an explosion in the capital cobble which caused chaos later. government

officials said the blast occurred in a vehicle. it may have been a magnetic device or a mine, but we don't know about the nature of this blast yet. have in the streets of cobble . people strongly believe it was a bomb planted by the enemy to subvert our celebrations. as a you, as conducted as chaotic pull out from afghanistan, back in 2021. hundreds of afghans fled to the airport, hoping to get on a plane and fly the war torn country. for many, the rush to evacuate turned into a tragedy. we heard from a father who lost 2 of his sons in the air per exodus in our special coverage. now this is avi here is zaki was killed wells. are you still missing to recall my seat? ah mm mm.

they have a good one. i should have gone, he's government collapse. my son called me and said, dad, we're heading for the airport. i asked, why are you there? what's going on? the americans are taking us to the usa. my son replied. jackie was 19 years old and sabby was 77. when they reached the place they called me again and said, dad were inside the airport now don't worry. i asked them to come back because i feared something bad might happen. they said no dad, the americans promised to take us to the u. s. a few minutes later i got a call from abbey's phone. someone told me that zachary had been killed with when you see people hanging on to the sides and wings of your plane, then why are you taking off? i heard from the international media what the us said. our pilot had

a perfect plan. really. how dare you fly in such circumstances, all their claims regarding human lives and human rights are a complete log. mm. with i'm with the guy you love. those that are going to go. the security of the airport was completely under you was control. even the taliban were scared to winter and they did not allow people on the premises. it was definitely a complete negligence of their security metrics till the last,

the wounds and misery are all brought to us by the usa. we know very well that they claim to protect animal rights and come to rescue animals and danger. but here they did not even rescue people. in this particular situation. maybe we, afghans or muslims are not as important to them as the anamosa batter will be bringing you more in afghanistan and how it's people have been trying to get their lives back to normal. since the terray let us pull out in our special coverage throughout this month, no nation, no nation has ever done anything like it a. mm

yeah, yeah. my 2 brothers left for the a. one was cute. how they still missing with, ah, saudi arabia has been strengthening ties with russia and china, despite all the threats of sanctions from washington. that's after biden's recent trip to the middle east ended without any significant result. archie caleb mop and explains the escalation of the conflict in ukraine has certainly re shuffled a lot of relationships globally, but not necessarily in the way washington wants at

a time when the united states is announcing that they will punish and sanction anyone investing in russia. you have a top saudi investor announcing that he will do just that, no shame in doing business with moscow. but when it comes to the united states, saudi arabia is diversifying its investment portfolios. it has already decreased its holding of us treasury securities by 36 percent over the last several years. meanwhile, business in the country, joe biden once said he was going to make a pariah, is going great guns, a 90 percent increase over this quarter last year, amid this flow of cash. saudi arabia has announced it has no interest in playing politics with the oil markets. when we get into that oclock meeting room overview of the building, as you may recall, everybody name is politics at the upside good of that. and that country has been with us. joe biden was unable to convince the saudi crown prince to increase

production and drop the oil price as he wanted. and while joe can beg all, he wants saudi arabia standing firm that they are keeping energy out of politics. meanwhile, the united states says it is still committed to the region americans not going anywhere. america can be counted on to remain in the neighbourhood. and as a support for the countries in their security, that is an american priority. saudi arabia is not so sure. in fact, there cozying up to america strategic rival, china, the china saudi relationship is going from strength to strength. they not a stance to see and often us of declining power, while china ice arising one, a, saudi arabia will treat this as an opportunity to become less reliant on the united states, thus making itself less vulnerable. yes, pressures, it's quite likely now that the se will begin to use increasingly chinese currency.

it's banks and it can be expected. and of many of the gulf monarchies, well follow. and similarly, this is important for china to establish a dependent partnerships so that his partner soon them a strange ability to withstand the pressure of washington and steel trade with china. the chinese leader is set to visit saudi arabia very soon. and the shanghai co operation organization is writing about how these anti rush and sanctions are re invigorating middle east asia trade relations. it's a new day on the global markets and the united states isn't able to force hands the way it wants did. that's becoming more and more clear each day. caleb martin, archie new york, ah. several wall street banks have been considering returning to trading russian bonds for those who want to sell their assets. having reportedly received not from washington despite the u. s. sanctions on the market. lomberg has reported that j.

p. morgan and bank of america are among the banks offering the move. the u. s. treasury department has said it would not be a violation of un sanctions for individuals to wind down their positions. bank of america has sent a note to investors saying the trades would be for those seeking to dispose of their russian holdings. the u. s. ramped up it sanctions against moscow. after russia began its military campaign in ukraine and february, with many western banks withdrawing from russia and deals in the nation's assets being halted. let's cross live to our guests jack, rasmus, and economics and politics professor at st. mary's college in california. major wall street banks are set to resume transactions with russian bonds, supposedly to allow sellers to dump their assets. what do you make of that statement? well, what it represents is that the sanctions are for holes. and oftentimes even u. s. government lifts them temporarily,

perhaps put that on the less lifts than law in notches gas and natural gas and oil in europe. but they be surprised how much of the industrial commodities i have had exemptions, especially for american corporations who need nickel and some of the other key resources. so the, the sanctions are pretty much a shambles except for certain military goods. and this is just another example. the banks are really exposed if they're going to just hold onto the debt that they have the russian debt and they can't do anything work on, you know, european countries in particular, i believe the france in italy of $25000000.00 each exposure in austria, almost that much, and the u. s. banks far less, but they have to let the european banks do it because they're so exposed. and if they're gonna don't think at all at the american bank, still it. whether they close that barn door later on in the year remains to be

seen. once you open it, it's hard to close it. but it's just another example that they're all kind of a loop holes in the general holes in the whole sanctions regime. what other facts could this have on the, on the market in general? well, which market are you talking about? and the u. s. market. are dead, the general la gdp, the economy. yes. is that real or financial markets? the financial market? financial not, not, not much. i don't think it because you know, the investments over the u. s. financial corporations are so vast and the exposure to a russian debt is not so great relative to the last holdings. but you know, if they don't allow the european donation, particular to divest themselves under american banks, even though it's relatively small, you never know what kind of contagion affected might have on broader financial

markets. so they're not going to take that risk, particularly now that we've got all these interest rates rising. and, you know, a recession coming and the ability to finance the debt. that what is financial debt and any debt is getting a little bit more difficult and it could get very difficult. they're looking ahead, you know, 6 months a year from now and try to make sure that there's no massive a contagion like that. the faults anywhere that could really throw a deeper wrench in the general global and you actually economy. so it is, it's a preventive thing that they're doing here at the moment and, and for the u. s. economy and financial markets is not that great, but for europe it's, it's much more significant. jack ross was a professor of economics and politics at saint mary's college in california. thank you. my pleasure. ah, china has announced

a new set of military drills around tie one after the islands leader met with members of another american congressional delegation. less than 2 weeks after us. how speaker nancy pelosi is hugely controversial visit to taipei. this time, the chinese defense ministry has given no details about where and when the drills would be conducted. in contrast to previous rounds, beijing has accused the u. s. of encouraging the islands independence movement through the sale of weapons and engagement between us politicians and ty, one's local government. this fight this washington has insisted. it does not support independence for the territory and has no formal diplomatic ties with the island. a delegation of u. s. officials landed in taipei on sundays to meet with local politicians about regional security, bilateral relations, and trade issues. ty wants to fence ministry reported the presence of several chinese military aircraft and naval ships near the island just hours before the

delegation arrived. beijing has branded the latest us congressional visit to taiwan as an encroachment on china's territorial integrity. u. s. senate market is entourage and system visiting the tie, one breach of china, disregard of chinese solar representations of thermal position plate violations, one china principal and provisions of the 3 santa u. s. joint communication, violating on his sovereignty and territorial integrity, and sending a serious wrong signal to the $21.00 independence separate forces. less than 2 weeks ago, nancy pelosi is visit to the territory, cause an outrage shina to respond with a full scale live fire military exercises around the island for nearly a week after the u. s. how speakers visit chinese warships were circling the island with missiles and fighter jets flying through nearby aerospace, the chinese government considers tiwana. it's sovereign territory and favors a peaceful as session and the vice chairman of the shanghai center of international studies says that fueling the tensions anti one straight threatens the security of

the entire asia pacific region is a political oh, on the part of the us is to show their, their open remarks is that they are guided by the taiwan relations act. but on the other hand, they recognize the one china policy. so, what is the problem here? who is creating the case? and they are trying to take all these provocative steps to do want to irritate to try that. the u. s. is drawn to, you know, pope china could keep poking china, keep irritating china to basically to create attention to, to increase the pace across the pie. one straight, this is a serious move of the us that i think the international community should be fully

aware of it. because this is not helpful to read, you know, security in the asia pacific. this is detrimental. they are playing with fire and that's are out for those hours, most pressing stories from around the world for more up to the minute you check out our t dot com and be sure to find us on rumble. and don't forget to follow up on our social media channels. twitter, instagram, facebook don't go too far. see you again. next hour. the i look forward to talking to you all. that technology should work for people. a robot must obey the orders given by human beings, except where such order is a conflict with the 1st law show your identification. we should be very careful about artificial intelligence. the point obviously is to rate trust rather than

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