[000:00:00;00] ah, out while the un called for ensuring security of the nuclear power plant, it opens relentless fire on the ukrainian pity, in which it, with the local officials warning that at least 7 shell exploded near europe largest nuclear facility. they have found only today, 7 empty tank mind from now they're carrying them away into the bonded ukrainian fortifications, which very soon will be normal. as the mining operations continue across r t takes

a closer look at how the work of russia that birth is going in the area. with a new report, claims un peacekeepers in the democratic republic of congo, rape young women and abuse locals. we heard the victims desperate stories. i lost my daughter daniel. she was pregnant and one soldier about her pregnant and i have no place to claim my rights since they arrived in the d. r. c. they have not produced anything. they just re post sisters and on monday they must leave. a top german lawmaker slammed berlin sanctions against moscow as economic hara kiri, which will bring the u. e. u. country to its knees while doing nothing to help you brain. ah, good morning for mosque out to the world. i'm paula is about here with our top news stories from around the world. a pleasure to have you join us. at least 7 ukrainian

shells have exploded in the vicinity of this oper, rogia a nuclear power plant, as calves on slot against the city and southeastern ukraine, where the facility is located continues. that's after the un secretary general met with president lensky to urge to for the plants safety. meanwhile, the mining operations continue across the territory abandoned by can't force as our tv gosh darn off. takes a closer look at the russians. national guard sappers working in don bath, one of the main rules of the don bass that of written in blood 2 is follow the roads and do not go astray. we have broken this rule to day, but only because we're in the good cans. in the good hands of the sappers of rushes, national guard, essentially, they have found only to day 7 anti tank minds that will laying around the roads in the fields. everything is rigged here. now they're carrying them away into this abandon ukrainian fortification,

which very soon will be no more because all 7 of them will be detonated inside. not a single day goes by without new deadly finds. before following through with the control detonation, all roads are caught and off within a quarter of a kilometer radius. this is what a detonation of about a 100 kilograms of t and t looks like. every undiscovered explosive device has a potential death sentence to careless civilians. many of whom are farmers, and no matter how many mines are found each day yields new harvest dish, curly figures like every crossroads here, every road junction where a lot of transport travels through is heavily mine,

especially roadside listening. sometimes there are mine fields and the roads through them are completely blocked by mines with so you may pay a very high price for a lack of attention. i'm again, donna reporting from the don bass r t. c. raping young women trading food for sex and abandoning their children. a recent report has shed light on years of wrongdoing. by un peacekeepers in the democratic republic of congo. many locals have been left desperate. mere. i lost my daughter who died while she was pregnant . and one soldier met her pregnancy and i have no place to claim my rights the government to expound this un mission from our country. but in my heart there is a wound. and if i saw this peacekeepers would stone them, i will say my daughter went to them to ask for a job. finding a job is difficult. so she started cooking for them a few days and she was rated. my daughter is desperate. she now has psychological problems. we hope that one day this mission will leave the country. we are not

going to be discouraged. we will continue to ask for the departure of the un mission, because we know that it has no business here since they arrived in the d. r c. they have not produced anything. they just re post sisters and mothers said they must leave. the report is based on 2500 interviews, many with girls and women who claim to have been assaulted by the peacekeepers, along with children conceived from the assaults r t corresponded carrabas. let's outline brings us the details. shocking levels of poverty displacement, brutal attacks by groups and fighting the democratic republic of congo is one of the was poorest and most warrant on countries in the world. however, to add salt to an already bleeding wound, a recent report claims the united nations peacekeepers, which have been in the african country for 20 years. i've raised the young women, traded food for sex, father,

and abandoned thousands of children in the fi allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse among un peacekeeping missions. and nothing you had no systematic research on paternity linked to one new school. that's the un mission in the c has apparently been carried out. until now. researchers interviewed one girl who alleges she was traffic by her family and impregnated by soldiers when she was only 10 years old. she's now 16, and this is her recollection of what happened. and was very young, just 10 years old. i realized later on that i was sold out and my aunt, the man was buying beer in the pop to share with me some girls apparently faced abuse while begging for humanitarian assistance. another girl shared with researchers headcount of how she was sexually assaulted by a number of un peacekeeping cancer. now when she was 13 and the fallout from then on,

people started wondering how this little girl got pregnant. they loved so much at me. i felt so insulted, always hurts me so much. the research also says the youngest girl that the interviewed, that was impregnated by un peacekeepers was just 10 years old. and then one in every 2 mothers. well, under the age of 18, when they conceived according to the report, many children were left abandoned and his father, my father left my mother while she was pregnant. she gave birth after he was already gone. people disturbing, hurt me so much. they say they will chase me because i'm a foreigner. i'm suffering, i feel hurt when i see you and agents passing by because other children have their fathers. but i don't have mine. i would like to tell my father to think about me wherever he is. he should know that i don't have a family. if my mother dies, who will raise me? they, when they the ways of allegations contains over 400 reported incidents of p. keep

a father, babies says 2007. the report is based on almost 3000 interviews with members of the con, release community, an employee change you and personnel from 12 countries. those accused of fathering children include soldiers, doctors, and even photographers. although the report points out the length of prosecution for these offences by peacekeepers due to their immunity, the un says that it's strongly condemned the behavior of those who violate and undermine the venues of the organization may abusing and exploiting those who are looking to the you and for protection, but the number of the victims of this are rendered. abuse can be hard to come. there are potentially thousands of children left behind by piece campus in a democratic republic of congo. part of the problem is that some of those deployed seem to be treated as missions as an opportunity for sex, tourism, and sexual crimes,

that they're unlikely to commit in their home countries. this all came to light after a number of violent protests against un peacekeeping forces. in the eastern b. c, i made calls for the un to withdraw from the area 15 people have been killed in t. u and protest in the last week imitates the due, and chief antonio book harris said, could close the to the wall crime. the government has been trying to get the mission to leave the 2010. and the un has been in the process of drawing down the offer. asia is says 2020 protest us. meanwhile, saving one, you went to leave because it failed to protect civilians. although these a long history of sexual violence in the region, it is perhaps more shocking when it comes from someone who is meant to protect you . got a blizzard and putting from john his book for healthy international. ah. now back to our top story, at least 7 ukrainian shells have exploded in the vicinity of this approach,

a nuclear power plant. joining me now with the latest on the situation is our t corresponded romance. kazora romano. tell us more about ukraine's recent attack nears as upper osha nuclear power plant. well, there could have been a potential nuclear disaster, but so fortunately it's been avoid itself for or for now as a ukraine struck the city of for, and there gadara late on a thursday. and at least as 7 shells that landed near this up origin, nuclear power plant plant. and now it's cell one of the largest of its kind in europe. and if it was a stroke during the shilling that could sir, spell a potential nuclear disaster, not only for ukraine, but for all of the neighboring countries as well. at the moment local authorities

are saying that radiation is the currently ads and normal level in zapata, georgia. and the vicinity. now this is not the 1st time that ukraine is shelling of the area near the nuclear power station. now if they do manage to strike it, like i said earlier, it could mean potential nuclear catastrophe for the ukraine in neighboring countries as well. now, there were talks held in the city, ukrainian city, all of believe off on thursday, between president zalinski or you and chief antonio, cherish and turkish presidents. are the gone now target president, so warrant of dangers of another church, noble disaster, should the situation continue? meanwhile, the un secretary, general antonio, good cherish, ah, war and the he is the calling, ah, for common sense to prevail in this situation. let's have a listen. common sense must prevail to avoid any actions that might endanger the physical integrity, safety,

or security of the nuclear plant. the facility must not be used as part of any military operation. instead, agreement is urgently needed to re establish the policy is purely civilian infrastructure and to ensure the safety of the area. no russian, that defense minutes see are continuously a warning of the public hands of the world or for potential provocations by ukraine in the area of up our osha and other areas of ukraine as well. uh, they issued this particular statements on thursday morning before they attacked me, just called russia's defense ministry is under the impression that ukraine, along with its patrons, is planning to play the provocation cart that causing what they consider a minor accident at the nuclear power plant. when thereby disrupting the normal and safe operation of the facility while putting the blame on russia. now elsewhere, our reports in crimea, authorities are saying, ah, that's a russian,

a missile, a defense systems. i were a working on the thursday evening as a one enemy drone was shot down in the build becca airport. ah, also local officials, sir said that's a missile. and to missile defense was used in a city office carriage and that's right next to the new to build a bridge that connects a crimea with the mainland russia. now local authorities, local officials are saying that no one was wounded in the thursdays. a incident in carriage and in a build back and there is currently no immediate said danger to the citizens of crimea or to it's bridge are to correspond that roman closer a thank you. ah, yes, another large industrial firm has fallen victim to europe's energy crisis. as

a major aluminum producer in slovakia has had to quote close shop due to soaring electricity prices with more on the impact of what's been called the e u suicidal sanctions. here's our t contributor, rachel marsden, pulling right recall few weeks ago that it was german industry representatives who were bracing for the impact of the european union's own anti russian sanctions. but now other countries within the block are facing similar threats to their industrial production. as a result of brussels, self imposed sanctions. now you nations are all in the same boat, and that boat is pretty much a dinghy that's taking on more water by the day while they're focused on shaking their fists a russian president vladimir putin. so tangible results are surely right around the corner, right? it's always darkest before dawn and all that. or maybe that's just the lights shutting off because europeans can't pay the bills. so now it's a norwegian own slovakian aluminum plant, the supplies all of europe that set to stop production by the end of september,

jeopardizing $300.00 full time jobs. so how important is this operation? the smelter, exactly laval, co, aluminum smelter is a key supplier, not only for slovak companies, but also for other european ones by stopping production. europe will be forced to import aluminum from countries like china or russia. so there is the c e o himself saying that you sanctions specifically meant to target russia or harming production to the point that the e. u will now have to turn to russia and china for its aluminum sounds like something that the you is desperately going to need. so you know, hurry up and maybe sanctioning, cuz that's kind of the direction they always seem to go. now belt is inc, producer nursed are also announced this week that it's smelter in. the netherlands will go offline starting in september, due to the skyrocketing price of energy, starting to sound like hungarian prime minister, victor or bon was maybe on to something when he said last month that europe quote

shot itself in the lungs with anti russian sanctions. that could destroy the european economy. and now even the head of germany's parliamentary energy committee is referring to economic suicide. energy sanctions against russia have turned out to be a serious mistake. a major recession in germany is inevitable. in the energy sector, the economic downturn is primarily due to the sanctions, as well as statements that russian energy supplies will be cut off regardless of existing agreements or contracts. jeopardizing the energy supply of europe's largest economy is hara kiri. it hurts citizens and the industry and does nothing to help ukraine. so things are looking pretty grim for the you right now, but they're nonetheless sticking it to vladimir putin. right. well, if these e u sanctions were actually hitting their intended target, then you probably wouldn't be going so far as to entertain the idea of

a travel band for ordinary russian citizens. grasping at straws there something that brussels is set to discuss at the end of august, and which runs against so many of their previously stayed intervals. meanwhile, according to russian economy, ministry document reported by reuters moscow's energy export. revenues have shot up by 38 percent in just this year. now remember what you commission, president ursula vander lane said back in may, that quote, putin must pay a price, a high price. but with each passing day, new evidence suggests that the ones paying the very highest price as result of the use best efforts. well, they're europeans. ah, as you, as president joe biden marks the signing of the inflation reduction act, america's largest ever climate investment dubbed as his administration's biggest victory ahead of the mid term elections. it appears that things are not as rose colored as they seem we cross live now to us journalists, manila,

cham the founder of slanted media news. so what's actually behind this new bill, the inflation reduction act is it's solely about helping out the interest of everyday americans. or is there actually more to it than not? i certainly think there's a lot more than meets the eye. there are a lot of people outside of president biden's family who can just call him joe, or just call him up for that matter. but that's exactly what microsoft founder bill gates did to push the newly side inflation reduction act over the finish line. now you might be wondering why bill gates, one of the world's richest men with lobby so hard for a bill about inflation. buried in the over $700.00 pages of this bill. are sections concerning green energy plans and how this ties to annual savings or american families. things like 30 percent tax credits or solar panel installation

on your home, which the bill estimates could save families around $300.00 per year on energy bills or tax credits between 407500 dollars for those who buy electric vehicle. air is language in the green section that will help the biden administration achieve is climate goals by the year 2030, such as the installation of more than a 100000 wind turbines. a part of a plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by a 1000000000 metric tons. sounds like good stuff, right. but the biggest beneficiary of this green section could be bill gates himself. so he's not worried about saving a couple $100.00 a year. let's be honest. he's a very wealthy man, but gate stands to make billions and billions of dollars through this inflation

reduction act. now signed into law says about 2015 bill gates has been investing in the growth of green energy technology and companies. that was when he founded breakthrough energy group b, e, g, beg, i know the acronym is almost comical, coming from one, the world's richest men. and under the bag umbrella is breakthrough energy catalysts, which is a combination of public private fund that has generated about $1500000000.00 so far from business. this is and other charitable organizations to invest in the development of clean and green projects all around the world. now they are projecting to mobilize. $15000000000.00 an amount. the fund manager, jonah goldman, told the financial times that they'll arrive at after. this is what he says, quote, innovative financial structures and partnerships. he says they have already secured

agreements with big names like black rock, general motors, american airlines, bank of america, even the u. s. department of energy itself. there are literally hundreds of billions of dollars on the table for this. what some call a watered down build back better deal. as you may recall, the original deal was dead on arrival because of west virginia, senator joe mansion. he wouldn't budge and that bill got 0 republican support. so here was this inflation reduction act and mansion again, nearly placed toiler on that one. but as bill gates himself admitted in a recent video interview with bloomberg, that he picked up the phone and began dialing. he called joe the president himself, he called senate majority leader, chuck schumer, boned up jo, mansion and everyone else on the energy committee. it's invited all of these people to a private dinner to discuss this bill. now nobody really knows what all went down that night,

but gates tacitly admit that he helped get the i r a over the finish line. now here in the us, things like this are supposed to be done and discussed in a more transparent manner. usually on the floor of the senate, where cameras from c span can capture the conversation and allow the public to see for themselves, so called democracy in action. it's not supposed to be done at a billionaires mansion. now further to that, there are strict lobbying laws in this country in washington dc. you have to register on a list if you are a lobbyist. this is a well known thing here in d. c. all those notorious k street firms, you see in movies now to the best of my knowledge and my research, i have not found that bill gates has registered as a lobbyist here in the district. perhaps the kavya is lobbyist usually work as an agent for folks like bill gates, but this is gates himself,

lobbying senators, and even the u. s. president for causes and things that he stands to gain from. so perhaps this is the legal loophole effectively if you are rich enough. you are then powerful enough to lobby for your own interest. and that's exactly what bill gates did. and americans should find this very concerning because this is not how democracy is supposed to work. billionaires should not have more pull than the average. joe and joe biden, we've heard constantly criticize oligarchs and autocrats. yet here we have american billionaire american oligarch, bill gates admitting that he swayed the direction of the newest law in the land. that is going to impact tens of millions of people in the years to come. us journalists, manila, cham, the founder of slanted media news. thank you, manila ah, the greek port of alex and ru bully has become

a point of competing interests for pro russian and pro american companies. 2 of the 4 groups shortlisted to take a majority share in the strategically important port are deemed to be close to moscow, while the other 2 have strong ties to the us. the harbor enjoys a strategic position near greece's border with turkey and is also close to the dark danella street which connects the black sea with the agent and mediterranean. it has also been a major port of call for nato ships and has seen a dramatic increase in u. s. weapons flowing through it. since the start of the ukraine conflict. it's location is also consider strategically important. due to the ongoing construction of a liquefied natural gas terminal, they're part of a move to phase out russian supplies to the balkans. nato's presence in the area has been a cause of friction with people taking to the city streets to protest against the alliances base. and

a greek us military agreement. while country wide greece is involvement in nato's military maneuvers has spark demonstrations and strikes. the nato military buildup in greece this year has been a source of concern for russia, along with neighboring turkey. that's this by its status as a nato member state. the well known use basis established in greece right now, i guess whom were the established, the us or they give it is against russia, but we don't boys stick. no offense. we got a reaction from former greek diplomat leo night as chris and populous who claims that the u. s. is using the port to sell weapons to ukraine via bulgaria. here is a basic mistakes that were state that was made. i mean, the greeks thought that this agreement will secure to them from threats while

the americans wanted this agreement in order to continue circling russia. so i personally don't think that in case that there is a clash between greece and turkey. this, this, the base, i mean, the american troops and miniature liberty will do anything to prevent this conflict . simply, they will just stay out of the conflict, and the turks will make sure that they won't hit the american installations there. that's as far as the greek concerns are, are mentioned, but the u. s. is using this part of her policy of circling, circling russia. and it's used also to send this rouble urea weapons to do to the ukraine. ah, i'll said former pakistani prime minister m wrong con has the now here rest of

a close aid who was detained last week for allegedly making controversial remarks about the country's army. descending into a banana republic. the civilized world will be shocked at our levels of barbarism. the worst part is an easy target has been chosen to make an example of fruit torture. and without a fair trial, con, claims the arrests of political allies shabazz gail is part of a quote, conspiracy targeting him and his party gail has been charged with the addition and the ex pm claims. he was also tortured, while in police custody. a man con, was ousted from power in april, following a vote of no confidence by the pakistan parliament. while the former prime minister blamed a u. s. plot for his removal. and may con, urge his supporters to take to the streets and a wave of protest erupted in the capital. and the arrest of gil now threatened to put the country at greater risk of social unrest. sean donnell goals are

a member of pakistan's. national assembly believes cons and guild political party p t i is now being repressed, especially when the crime in an extremity samara punch him and dpi, says that this is a conspiracy he doesn't take without them. we have plenty of schools that things are happening in a way to the i myself was in the high court. i was in the police station i big targeted and harassed by the nationalist and the flag on minor issues. but just to ensure that we fall into like know when it comes to the issue of shabba gill and the conspiracy. the idea is that mr. gil should sign a confessional statement. this is the gossip we had. again, we have no proof of this, but mister shabba bill has said that the kind of questions that were asked of me what to do with what and prime amazon fund, who he needs in particular one particular general. and they were trying him to get him to sign a confessional statement that iran han as anti army and anti establishment, which is as far from the truth as it gets. the impression on the feet is that if

you are a p t i worker or a p p o box member, you will be subject to all kinds of abuse. the law doesn't matter and that is a very dangerous pay for pakistan to be. so if you combine the issue of being a slave of the west, if you combine it with others wanting to take advantage of course impede, and this is take advantage. focus on the boss has not with buckets done for 3 foot others. first in the said the price, those were the hours most pressing new stories from around the glove for more content head over to r t dot com. and don't forget to follow up on twitter rumble and odyssey. see again at the top of the hour. ah. do and why don't you let me go any further?

no, it will show the portion of my down, you know, pretty shy award. what did you wanna do a shuttle not to work with? a question. not in the sri. media surely was nippy is no right. but the most of them will be stupid for the free i'm to consider a slightly goes forgot to send it to me. so home like will you be for me think that it does come with the quote without us because she she knew me yet. oh, the russian speaking se ukraine refused to accept the cruise outcome. people took to the streets of ukraine's largest cities. that had been protests in honk of a desa, mario pope, and zap our osha. # mass protest broke out in the crimean autonomous republic and overwhelming majority of crimean citizens voted as a referendum to break away from ukraine. i did march 2014 crimea rejoined russia