i have that a with while the un called for insuring security of the erosion nuclear power plant. it opens relentless fire on the ukrainian city and with the local official warning that at least 7 shells exploded near europe. the largest nuclear facility they have found only today, 7 empty tank. my now they're carrying them away into this abandon ukrainian fortifications, which very soon will be normal. as the mining operations continue across on bass, archie, take a closer look at the work of russian stoppers in the area. a new report, claims un peacekeepers in the democratic republic of congo,

brave young women and abused locals. we heard the victims desperate stories. me a call to donald, she was pregnant, anyone told you about her pregnancy and i have no place to play my rights that they arrived and that they have not produced anything. they just rape our sisters now love. they must leave a top german lawmakers planned for lin sanctions against moscow. as economic hara kiri, which will bring the e u to its knees while doing nothing to help you crane. ah, good morning. i am here at our international studios in moscow to wherever you may be watching up, your ela is about what the hours most pressing stories worldwide, very well warm up. at least 7 ukrainian shells have exploded in the vicinity of the

zap rose a nuclear power plant as calves on slot against the city and south eastern ukraine, where the facility is located, continues. that's after the un secretary general met with president lensky to urge for the plant safety romance, cause a ref, reports, or could have been a potential nuclear disaster. but so fortunately, it's been avoid itself for or for now as a ukraine, a struck the city offer and their guitar late on a thursday. and at least as 7 shells landed near this up origin, nuclear power plant. and now it's cell one of the largest of its kinds in europe. and if it was a stroke during the shilling that could spell a potential nuclear disaster, not only for ukraine, but for all the neighboring countries as well. at the moment, a local authorities are say that sir radiation is a 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. there were talks held in the cranium city, all full of off on thursday, between president zalinski or you and chief antonio, cherish and turkish presidents are de gone. ah, now turkish president, so warned of dangers of another church, noble disaster, should the situation continue. meanwhile, the un secretary general antonio, good cherish, is a calling 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 zapata is purely civilian infrastructure and to ensure the safety of the area russian, the defense minutes see are continuously a warning of the public hands of the world, or for

a potential of provocations by ukraine in the area of the pur, osha and other areas of ukraine as well. uh, they issued this particular statements on thursday morning before their tax. russia's defense ministry is under the impression that ukraine, along with its patrons, is planning to play the provocation cart by causing what they consider a minor accident at the nuclear power plant. thereby disrupting the normal and safe operation of the facility. while putting the blame on russia elsewhere, our reports in crimea, authorities are saying rush and the missile defense systems were a working on the thursday evening as a one any me, a drone was shut down in the build becca airport. oh, so local officials, sir said that's anton missile defense was used in a city all fur carriage and that's so 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 sir, no one was so wounded in thursday's incident in carriage and in bel back. and there is currently no immediate said danger to the citizens of crimea or to it's bridge. meanwhile, the mining operations continue across territory. abandoned by camps forces ortiz igor stano of takes a closer look at the russian national guard stoppers working in don bass. one of the main rules of the dawn bass that is written in blood 2 is follow the roads and do not go astray. we have broken this rule to day, but only because we are in the good cans, in the good hands of the sappers of russia's national god. 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 there 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 fines. 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 minds are found each day yields new harvest dish. carly figures, book every crossroads here. every road junction where a lot of transport travels through is heavily mine, especially roadside. 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 art c o trading food for sax raping young women and abandoning those conceived 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 me. i lost my daughter who died while she was pregnant, and one soldier met her pregnant and i have no place to claim my rights asks the government to expound this un mission from our country. but in my heart there is a wound. and if i saw his peacekeepers, i would stone them. my daughter went to them to ask for a job, finding a job is difficult. so she started cooking for them. a few days she was raised, 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 day or say they have not purchased anything, they just rape our sisters. now mothers, 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. corresponding corolla taught. love brings of the details. shocking levels of poverty displacement, brutal attacks by groups and fighting the democratic republic of congo is one of the world's poorest and most want on countries in the world, however, transferred to an already bleeding wound. a recent report claims the united nations peacekeepers, which have been in the african country for 20 years, have raved the young women, traded food for sex, father and abandoned thousands of children in the b. c. allegations of sexual

exploitation and abuse among un peacekeeping missions. and nothing you had no systematic research on paternity linked to a new school. that's the un mission in the sea has apparently been carried out until now. researchers interviewed one girl who alleges she was traffic by half emily, 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 park to share with me some of those i'm terribly faced abuse while begging for humanitarian assistance. another girl shared with research has headcount of how she was sexually assaulted by a number of un peacekeeping personnel when she was 13. and the fallout from then on people started wondering how this little girl got pregnant. they loved so much of

me, i felt so insulted. all of this hurts me so much. the research also says the youngest girl that be 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 to my mother while she was pregnant. she gave birth after he was already gone . people disturb and 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 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. and emily changed 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 condemns the behavior of those who violate and undermine the venues of the organization may abusing and exploiting those who are looking to the un 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 peacekeepers in a democratic republic of congo. part of the problem is that some of those deployed seem to be treating these missions as an opportunity for sex, tourism, and sexual crimes that done likely 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 r. c. i made calls for the you went to withdraw from the area 15 people have been killed in an p, u and protest in the last week. in a take the view and chief antonio group harris said could close to the wall crime, the government has been trying to get the mission to leave the 2010. and the u. n. has been in the process of drawing down the offer, asians since 2020 protest as meanwhile, saving one the un 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 to melissa and putting from john has been faulty international. a lack of global interest in an ongoing warren, ethiopia may be down to racism,

claims ahead of the world health organization. the body's chief and ethnic ethiopian says the situation and the tea gray region is worse than any other present humanitarian crisis in the world. i haven't heard in the last few months, any head of state talking about the t gray situation anywhere in the developed world, anywhere. why, maybe the reason is the color of the skin of the people in te gray conflict between the ethiopian government and to grey and forces began on november 2020. it has left hundreds of thousands dead, pushed parts of the country to the brink of starvation and lead to allegations of atrocities by both sides. the aid sent to the region is also largely seen as an adequate to meet the needs of the millions of people, their independent journalists, samuel, getter, to believes a world has allowed the conflict in other countries to overshadow the situation in ethiopia. and it's about time it woke up there are many perspectives when it comes

to this conflict with an if your head of w, a chill was a former minister and from to guy spoke from his own perspective. he's partially right, but i don't go us far saying it's racism. there has been and us problems and less issues like famine, conflicts within the continent. there's the issue of donor fatigue that has been going on across the world when it comes to this continent. but, i mean, overall the, you know, the disaster that's been ethiopia in the last 2 years, hasn't really been how to or assisted the way that is expected of this. you might have 10 disaster up to know what's been happening in ukraine has really overshadowed what's been, what's,

what has been happening in the t. okay. and i don't think, you know, either the open government or other supporting actors have been able to sell or even, you know, raise the kinds of resources that needed to really, you know, slow down the famine issues. yet 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 storing electricity prices with more on the impact of what's been called the e u suicidal sanctions. here's our t contributor, rachel marson 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 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 brewton. 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's 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 cause that's kind of the direction they always seem to go. now belgians think 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 right now, but they're nonetheless sticking it to vladimir putin. right? well, if these ease 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 muscles, 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, the greek port of alex and ruefully has become a point of competing interests for poor 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 dar danella straight, 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 dramatic increase and us weapons flowing through it. since the start of the ukraine conflict, it's location is also considered 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 taken to the city streets to protest against the alliance is face and a greek u. s. military agreement. while country wide greece is involvement in nato's military maneuvers has sparked demonstrations and strikes the nato military build up in greece. this year has been a source of concern for russia, along with neighboring turkey. that's despite its status as a nato member state. there are 9 years basis established in greece right now. and guess who are they established? the answer they give is against russia, but we don't buy it. take no offense. we got a reaction from former greek diplomat leo night. is kristen, topple us who claims that the u. s. is using the port to send 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 them from turkish 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 in the next, nobody 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 in the nations there. that's as far as the greek concerns are, are mentioned, but the us is using this part of her policy of circling a circling russia. and it's used also to send this rouble urea, weapons to do to the ukraine. ah,

a federal judge has ordered 3 of america's largest pharmacy chains to pay $600500000.00 to $2.00 countries. counties in the state of ohio ruling that the firms must be held responsible for their part and feeling the opioid epidemic are teeth. caleb and has more the us centers for disease control have revealed some shocking numbers when it comes to the details of america's ongoing opioid epidemic . the number of deaths across the country reached nearly 108000 in 2021. that's an increase of 15 percent over the previous year on top of a 30 percent increase in 2020 drug overdose deaths in the united states have actually gone up and increase every year since $970.00 except for 2018 with americans dying around the clock. the public wants some accountability, this is common, the form of the new court ruling against walgreens, walmart,

and see the ass courts in ohio have rule that the firms must pay over $650000000.00 for their responsibility and distributing addictive medicines. these companies are rending the fabric of society apart. they should not only show remorse they should show, they need to rectify what they've done and they won't do it. so the judge is doing it. the judge who issued the ruling observed that in lake and trumbull county, ohio, cbs walgreens, and walmart made it rain when it came to pain pills. a lot of these medical drugs irresponsibly hit the market and as a result, the counties had to pay roughly $1000000000.00 in public health costs. now the corporations maintain their innocence and say that they're being scape goat it for a society wide problem. we never manufactured or marketed opioids, nor did we distribute them to the pill mills and internet pharmacies that fueled this crisis. instead of addressing the real causes of the opioid crisis, like pill mil doctors,

illegal drugs and regulators asleep at the switch. plaintiff's lawyers wrongly claim that pharmacists must 2nd guess, doctors in a way the law never intended. and many federal and state health regulators say interferes with the doctor patient relationship. now these 3 pharmacy chains are not the 1st corporations to be held liable for the ongoing wave of opioid rely to death sweeping america. however many are asking why the government seems focused on punishing corporations for the effects rather than dealing with the underlying causes of the problem. after all, the big sums of money currently being paid out by these corporations is not going to bring back anyone's dead relatives and is going to do very little to restore the damage to communities across what was once the prosperous american heart land. caleb martin, r t new york international recovery advocate, robert g cantor claims the government is doing a lot to fight the open up a dynamic, but bureaucracy is slowing down the process. well, we have,

there's 3 reasons why overdose federal government spray town is in the united states. the skyrocketing and they all fentenol fentanyl. in fact, not the fentenol is being manufactured in china. it's being brought in and wrapped into the drug cartels in mexico. it is extremely powerful and extremely hot, and it's being put into or laced into just about every other substance, whether it's heavier with whether it's cocaine, even marijuana. there was a tremendous amount that's being done. in fact, in 2 weeks is international. over those awareness day, we just have been all awareness state. there were commission that they were task force, but we kept understand is that the wheels of congress turn very slow and so a bill is introduced and then the bill has to be broken. committee committee will most bills die, and fortunately, if, if it passed the house again,

has to go back into committee and then eventually be signed by the president. this takes a lot of time. i'll said former pakistani prime minister m ron con has been now the arrest 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 through 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 gill has been charged with sedition and the x p m claims he was also tortured, while in police custody. m. ron khan was ousted from power in april, following a vote of no confidence by the pakistani 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 protests erupt. it in the capitol, the arrest of gil now threatens to put the country at greater risk of social unrest, shut down, our goals are a member of pakistan's. national assembly believes cons and guilds political party, p t i is now being repressed, especially when the prime minister exclaimed, his tamara hunch him and b t. i says that this is a conspiracy he doesn't say without reason. we have plenty of proof that things are happening in a way to the i myself wasn't a high court. i was in a police station my big dog and harassed by the nationalists and he's like southern minor issues. but just to ensure that we fall into like no when it comes to the issue of shabazz 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 shabazz gill has said that the kinds of questions that were asked of me what to do with what in primetime chairman and on,

on eats who he meets in particular, one particular general. and they were trying to get him to sign a confessional statement that in bron honda's anti army and anti establishment, which is as far from the truth as it gets. the impression on the street is that if you ought to be t a worker or a p t i, party member, you will be subject to all kinds of abuse. the law doesn't matter and that is a very dangerous base for pakistan to be it. 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 in peter, listen, take advantage back a son and the boss has knocked with focused on 1st. we've put others 1st and we paid the price for it. 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 midterm elections. it appears that things are not as rose colored as they see u. s. journalist, manila chan explains what's behind the new bill. 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, would 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 for 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

vehicles. here is language in the green section that will help the buy did administration achieve it's climate goals by the year 2030 such as the installation of more than 100000 wind turbines. 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. so perhaps this is the legal loophole effectively if you are rich enough. you are then powerful enough to lobby for your own interests and that's exactly what bill gates did. and americans should find this very concerning because this is.