ah ah ah, not for the nuclear power plant comes on the a fresh round of ukrainian shell, according to local officials, the talk following a previous strike, but left hundreds of thousands of people without electricity with a shower sounds pulled up offices. that's the latest solution to the snowballing energy crisis. what your opinion leaders, baseball to fill up the gas balls the head of a winter with less from russia? do they use a hungary approved for the construction of 2 new nuclear reactors in the country by russia?

the categories are admitted to praising them thanks to 2 new nuclear units. we can insure hungary energy security for the long term and protect the hungarian population from sharp fluctuations and international energy markets. with a very well malcolm's authority. international with the latest world news update is good to have you with the ukranian military has once again opened fire these up at all she a nuclear power plant that's according to local russian, back to officials who say the shell angus hit an area used to store radioactive waste. oh, forties have not reported any increase in radiation levels at the side. so far, ortiz were mom calls were hospital. call this upper orgy. nuclear power plant is under constant bombardment by the ukrainian military. we just heard this friday that at least 4 shells. a landed and the zip erosion nuclear power plant in an area

that houses as storage unit for the radio. radioactive isotopes. however, the local authorities are reporting that at this moment, there is no nuclear threats and there is no threats of a radioactive league. now, like i said, as upper origin nuclear power plant, one of the, well, the biggest nuclear power plants in europe has been under constant bombardment. so recently. and we've been getting quite a lot of conflicting information from the ukranian authorities regarding a power cars from his approach in nuclear power plant. now initially, ukrainian authorities, as stated that the power supply from a there was completely cut off for all of the crating customers. now we're getting reports that old ukrainians are indeed getting electricity from us upper rogia.

now the plant itself is under control of the russian armed forces at the moment. but like i said, it's constantly being shelled by ukraine nationalists. and the, those forces are located just across the river from this nuclear power plant. now, according to a local authorities in the most recent instance key, if used incendiary ammunition in order to target the plant. and that caused a forest fire near by. and that in turn, caused a power surge sure, which resulted in a cut off of electricity for hundreds of thousands of people in the ukraine. now, the fire was indeed promptly extinguished by the russian forces. and the power was resumed. alice here from the local authorities,

which are awful from the vicinity of real. okay. there were full power lines which went across the river to ukrainian control territory. and 3 of those power lines were destroyed when our engineers tried to fix them. there were shelled of course we will not risk or people like that. again. the city of rosier, which is under ukrainian control heavily depends on this energy source. the city's industry households. everything is linked to these up rogia power plant. plus the households in the city have been cut off from the central heating system, which increases electricity consumption, and it makes the ukrainian side impulse is electricity from 3rd parties. now, ukrainian authority, sir said earlier that says upper roger nuclear power plant has completely stopped functioning. however, that was a very unlikely because a nuclear power plant just can be simpler, stopped. ah, and so started, it's now clear that sir gary cuts were only temporary,

and electricity supply has now been resumed. now all that's happening despite the fact that some of this energy source is constantly bombarded by artillery attacks by the ukranian nationalists now are russian officials they're calling. busy for a cease fire in this area, calling for cease fire against the nuclear power plant. and they are expecting experts from the un nuclear watchdog to visit very soon and to make their own conclusions. as ramon mentioned that the i, a e, a has indicated a could send a delegation to the plant for the next few days. however, russia's foreign ministry has won a key, f is doing everything to disrupt such an inspection. meanwhile, we got them in signed from the soviet union, former radiation safety chief flood makers net south whose they said even a single direct hit on a station at south could spark an international disaster. no,

no subarus because there are 6 power units operating at the nuclear power station with a 100 megawatt pressurized water reactor. if a missile gets into the pressure shell and what is a pressure show, it is a structure in which the main equipment of the react upon is located with a diameter of about 45 to 47 meters up to 70 meters high such a barrel. the thickness of concrete varies in different parts from 800 millimeters to 1200 millimeters. it is necessary to understand where the rock it 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 of such a thing. only the effects of gale, 4th 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

. it was unclear to me why this repository was launched in 2001, why wasn't a roof install that would cover the entire site of the storage facility with containers in which spent nuclear feel restored, the gigantic radioactivity that is in each container and $300.00 containers should be stored there is currently one 3rd full, they stand close enough to each other. and 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 site, 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 radio activity will affect about 9 countries among which are turkey, bulgaria, romania, slovakia, the czech republic, poland, and the baltic countries and the territory. western ukraine recruit for the

cold showers, lower indoor temperatures on stock shop, windows and streets. now for the lead is preparing the citizens fall due to the unfolding energy crisis. european governments take drastic measures to slash electricity consumption, which would significantly affect hundreds of millions of people. now germans would have to sit in cold offices on war, passed on the buildings and monuments in the evenings, while the fins we'll have to reduce the time they shower and use digital devices that says electricity prices are rising significantly as household to the u. k. will pay 3 times more for heating than before. but it's all russia spoke starts, according to german chancellor lashawn saying mosca was to blame for all the sanctions against itself as well as the resulting energy crisis in europe. the politician also held russia's leader, me putin to blame, is everywhere. people talk,

i'm report how insane. he says that we had trade for decades. that there was economic exchange roles taught a mistake was, i don't think it was a mistake. let's mark is putin who made a mistake when, instead of putting the interests of his own country 1st, he will satisfy his own imperial megalomania at the expense of the russian citizens who will suffer the most can the end. so the german chancellor, whose country is facing de industrialization, power rationing and black out dangers from self imposed sanctions, is now accusing russian president vladimir putin of not looking after russians. citizens. pretty sure the lights are still on in moscow and that moscow isn't forcing austerity on its own citizens. unlike french president emmanuel mac hall, who suggested bass coming down the pipe when he evoke the quote end of abundance earlier this week. sounds like schultz could use one of those self help courses that teach you to take responsibility and ownership for your own problems. rather

than trying to project blame for your own choices and actions on to someone else. putin did not sanction germany or the you, you can't control what anyone else does, but you sure can control your own reaction to it. and the sanctions where the choice of the you and its members states just went along with it. as for shorts, accusing putin of imperial ambitions. well, what about the european union's imperialism? that imposed sanctions on these on member states by demanding the adoption of these economically and socially suicidal sanctions. now, the unelected bureaucrats in brussels came up with these sanctions, and the member states were just expected to apply them on their own citizens without any democratic consultation. now, how is that not imperialism? i special saying that protein quote, made a mistake. then wired germans in europeans, the ones who are paying the price right now, russia is pure, let it away from the west, towards the global south in asia,

while european leaders are going door to door all around the world, asking hey, got a gas for us by the way the gas is right in front of schultz is face as a german deputy and member of the parliamentary committee on energy and climate protection has just pointed out. even if the gas storage facilities are full, there will be enough for about 3 months this winter. and then what ideology has to give way to a real fact oriented policy. the only sensible solution is to launch nord stream to remember who 1st sanctioned nord stream to well before the ukraine conflict. if schultz is desperate to find a scapegoat for the fact that governments from spain to finland are now barging into the private sphere to control room and water temperatures and reading their hands over potential unrest and power blackouts. perhaps he should start with those who successfully convinced the you to jump off that sanctions cliff. and that's not

russia. that's washington. well, european leaders continue to play russia for the energy crisis to new russian made nuclear power. generators ought to be installed at a hung gary and power plants, the head of rushes, rocks, the tom alexi luca chad cooled hit by his cool. there's a step of mutual trust. if it be with maybe 3 thought here. this is the 1st license in recent history obtained by rosa time in the european union. this is very important. these nuclear blocks already have an output in the russian federation. they have been working effectively for several years and we are building them in a number of countries. we. this is environmentally friendly and inexpensive electricity. we also have some of the most economically attractive indicators we have been co operating with hungary for many years. there are plans to expand cooperation, making such a decision shows a high level of trust towards our technologies and specialist. 2 of them. for the 1st time in recent history, russian nuclear power units ought to be installed in

a european union member nation construction work could start as soon as october most go go to pass. a long term history of mutual cooperation in the energy field, developing plans for future projects. the hungarian foreign minister says the agreement is a turning point of insure with his countries energy security. as yet my to do, they handle in hungary. we have been working for a long time to expand the existing pocket nuclear power plant with 2 new powerful units. what does this work has come to a new turning point? as hundreds, even thousands of permits are needed for the construction of a new nuclear power plant, thanks to 2 new nuclear unit, that we can insure hungary energy security for the long term and protect the hungarian population from sharp fluctuations and international energy market. we will therefore insure a policy of reducing utility costs, obtaining a construction license as a major milestone, a turning point, and that strengthens our hope that by 2030 the nuclear power plant will begin its

activity at hotmail. so let's talk to george samuel eve senior research fellow for the global policy institute of london. now thank you so much for joining on the prize. i'm always a pleasure to see. and now george hungary, as we heard, is the issue, the license allowing russia to install these 2 nuclear generates is on its soil. well, if you will take on the agreement once a cooperative law partnership that exists between russia and under it, i mean, think the orbit has repeatedly said that he thinks that the sanctions policy against russia is absolutely ridiculous and destructive, although the european economy. now he's gone along with number of the sanctions and he asked me so you know, as a member of the european union member of nato. but he is made clear that he thinks it's just absolutely ridiculous and that his job as from here in prime minister,

is to look after the interest of the people who had vocal united on yours. yes. and like you said, think that the deal comes to spy, the sanctions imposed on russian energy exposed by the e with finland, scrapping a similar project. what do you think? hungary is just big norris the restrictions. well, i think how hungary is obviously, you know, you can all make me white vulnerable. i mean, it's a small country. it's not by any means one of the richest countries in europe. it's also come into conflict with the powers that be in the european union and in europe in unit is withholding problems from hungary, the overrule of low issues or other some nonsense. so or band can see the writing on the wall, which is at some point the urban unit is just a couple whole funds to hungary, so hungry has to divert it by. it can all make relations and particularly it's

energy sources. so he has working agreements not only with russia, but with china so that you know, that he can't go along depending on the european union, korean union may, you know, i mean, the not too distant future just get hungry out together. so he's looking forward to getting hungry in the next few years and he had to rush is roughly and also says that hungary, in russia, other mutual projects. so suppose you could say that russian energy it have to stay in europe after all. oh, i think i think that hungary, this makes a great deal of sense. i mean, obviously the nuclear energy maybe makes a lot of sense or bad. also obtain the call out well. and the european unit is supposed to cover all oil in boards from russia by the end of the year, but hungry. got a call about going to go on, dispose of,

it's going to come to an end within about 3 years. the basic hungary can go on getting it in depth and as far as gas it. so again, we're just assigned the major agreement with in moscow that was c r, your informed me that it's actually flew to law. so the 1st you leave the break re back on any contact to go to moscow, signed an agreement for additional gas boards for the winter. so this is very much about, so i'm looking for an interest and it was notable that wednesday also met love wrote a few weeks the love rogue, talk about the strategic partnership between russia and hungary. and that's a very interesting choice. the phrase, i mean, this is the 1st time that i think the russians have spoken all the strategic partnership with the european union and native member state. so i think that's very

interesting or developing. and now, considering the growing european energy crisis, do you think the countries are likely to follow hungary pos ah, we have to watch what happens if there's an election coming up in italy. the populace right, is expected to win. the the pocket inspected to be leading. just lead by georgia maloney. she has been in favor of the sanctions against russia. i went over to partners which is been scone and so really have been much more you know, favorably disposed toward russia. so be very interesting to see that as the wind begins to bite and the energy of prices really take up whether it really might also be willing to box the sanctions and start working cooperatively with

russia. many thanks for joining us on the program. we've been speaking to joe samuel, a senior research fellow for the global policy institute of london. thank you. nato is turning its eyes to the north, the head of the military alliance. he and stoughton beg, made his 1st official visit to the canadian oxford by nato, having no official business in the region. according to him, russia, the war on ukraine is a game changer. and it's up to nato to step up his game. increasing parts of the arctic will be ice free in summer. this is unlocking opportunities for shipping routes, natural resources and economic development. but it also raises the risk of tensions . authoritarian regimes are clearly willing to use military intimidation or aggression to achieve their aims. at the same time, they are stepping up their activities and interest in the arctic. so somebody warned about the threat posed by russia and china stressing the need for so called to euro atlantic security. he says that russia has increased its military activity

in the arctic, placing the u. s. at risk while accusing china planning a new policy. so crow, i say trans to step up is activities in the region as a response, but the vice chair of the swedish piece council doesn't believe the nato chief stall to bird is a lawyer. i think when he will make us believe that they have now been in the north for the 1st time, there has been yearly, military exercises in the entire north main door has never brought stability. nato is a war alliance because nato has is not defending anything. they are an attack force, canada, if you wish, being in the arctic the u. s. don't care

about anything but defeating russia. that was oh, crying among other things is about when is one is defeating rational. burke say the west wants to plunder the arctics was office under the ice when it's melting, the since all the world's oil is there. and the 3rd of the world's gas, so is under the ice. so it's not only wants to g g, m thinking, it's also all rubbing their area from resources as they tend to do from the west, poor europe. what really do we know they have these resources

and so they are show our guns. and so i think they have to do everything they can in their minds to get hands on their resources in the r h might be a way of helping the west in their sense, made a predicament by being so arrogant and right out stupid. ah, french president macaroni in gas, which algeria speaking to men, strange diplomatic ties between france and its former colony as your faces. it's worse to energy crisis in decades. french officials that the visit is all about politics and improving relations and not energy deals. however, the crown is accompanied on the trade fight, kathy mcgregor, the chief executive of a key french utility company in july, italian prime minister and maria maria monkey made

a similar trip to ontario to negotiate a gas deal in countries. scale the global natural gas sources as no turn it to russian energy. some economic expert, same across visit, is also a gas trip in disguise. franco oh, jerry, in relation south over the last year, that's off. the emmanuel mclean, reportedly questioned whether algeria had actually existed as a nation before france colonized the country before. and also reportedly accused algeria, as governments have re, why thing history and inciting hatred towards france. in response, algeria withdrew it some back from paris. according to the french treasury, importance about jerry and fossil fuel to france of surged by 87 percent since 2021 . jerry stands among the worlds key gas producers and it currently supplies around 10 percent of europe's natural gas imports were now joined by more d b. b by an investigative journalist on the co founder of the insight facts. and

many thanks for joining goes on the program. now, i'd like to know how you assess macros trip to algeria in the context of what he said about area earlier. think make code himself his is the double approach in terms of his visit. so our area, you know, previously come out lim, back in the people about joe speaking very ill about a note of a started. now your countries in a crisis now wants to ment, ties between the 2 nation. you know, i didn't speak about the pin for history that the technicians have, have, have shade amongst themselves, which is the font which is the french. we speak to the pain are not only the african view, but the jury themselves. so i think is just coming, disguising as if he had so many ties between the 2 nations. but you all know that you get to the kill gas. you. how important are the energy importance from algeria for from look, i think they're not that important, but you know, if you look at rushes, important,

we've got to get over you up and then we got some funds in a month for months. so about 20 percent of if they could now get towards fund load them onto them on the road a month to around 9 percent, which is not that significant to be look at how russia is being important gets to those countries, you know, but he do somehow ease the pressure that's fine is currently facing just how heavily as far as being affected by the western and t rushing sanctions. do you think look, i think for themselves and especially the west, the nation did not publish things do forget and to and to do as in today. i think, you know, given example, the width would be the telling you both commissions, like all solve to stop using call. no one of a sudden, after they did a miscalculation and after the employ sections of russia now came back. ready us about commission begging for our court. so it just shows you how they calculated does and not the section does not come back to bite them. bear in mind that

comments made fun across the past. do you think france does cl jerry as an equal part of the old, primarily as a country where energy resources can be obtained? i don't think any country that has nice another country will see that country as being equal. you know, i think people and official, jody, those stupid to think that funds would see themselves as an equal partner to them, you know, after the payment inflicted on the and then i mean, if, if my quotes so all muslim nation as an equal positive, you wouldn't treat them in funds that are being put in the streets of because they don't see them as being people. you know? so i don't think they would, they be that they did some type of a thing they did to maybe they should be equal nation just as one of a colonizer to call it need to still more edge to take from them. and i think that's been the mentality of the weight's, the same condition as being equal to that. so how much do you think francis colonial pass complicates relations between paris and african countries having

present they're very, very negative history with regards to the way they handle things and africa. you know, i think given off the quantization but still make, i can be the same deal that those will be loyal to them. so just so complex, all of all 5, you know, they've, they've been at the forefront of african, the bitter forefront of feeding results in francophone countries on the african continent. you'll love me, but the results of that can people of africa themselves. you know, so they've got a very hard history that they've not even dealt effectively. i think a fraud was amending type. i didn't need to get my rehabilitation. so i've conditions when taping my diva investigative journalist on the co founder of the inside fact many thanks for your time. really appreciate your insight on this very much. and yet another one us sen. marsha black berman with ty, one's president as part of a 3 day visit to the island, referring to taiwan as

a country and offering support to help push it forward as an independent nation. you are so accurate when you mentioned the shared values, that we have a loving freedom loving democracy. and it is important indeed that freedom loving nations support taiwan as they seek to preserve their independence and their freedom. most a blank burn is the 3rd us officials visit taiwan this month, the speaker of the house of representatives, nancy pelosi became the highest ranking us official and a quarter of a century to come to the islands. and just 2 weeks later us, senator edward marquis let the delegation to taipei, to show support against growing authoritarian prussia from bay j. a spokesperson for the chinese embassy in washington has slammed the recent us 5th is to taiwan. st. paging will take counsel measures to respond to washington's provocations.

china strongly opposes any kind of official ties between the u. s. and the tie one region. the recent visit proves that was again that the u. s. w wants to ability in the taiwan straits and it makes efforts to insight confrontation which with the 2 sites and interfere in china's internal affairs senior fellow at the chinese pongo institution, a chin door shoo told us that such provocative actions from washington could lead to warm between the us and china, you find to send a message to the china that they receive is being pop on. china is not afraid. they come to china. if you look at their behavior, they are violent and the problem is a commitment to the side of so that will affect that relationship obviously. and i would say this kind of a publication to the chinese actually leading to not only a cold, real whole lot between nuclear power will benefit by nationally from that detention

and united states just like it was happening in your grant. so i think the holding of people you want to be that rule and make sure that it was not before because when you went that i was started with, you be careful, and then they will leave you alone. they even can't think of washington because nobody knows what is the corporate. why you approach walking to new powers in china and russia at the same time, either you know, maybe you know, this is a real decline of the united states and the bank in moscow getting closer and closer. that would be a nightmare for washington to many thanks for joining us here on our tea into national. we'll be back in about 30 minutes.