ah, a serbia, kosovo reach a mutual agreement on a controversial border crossing that's according to the e. u, which is mediating talks. the international atomic energy agency, reportedly plans to visit a nuclear power plant and sub rogia next week with russia, claiming ukraine's continued shelling of the facility amounts to nuclear terrorism . meanwhile, the us shows its intention to prolong the war by striking a new deal to provide ukraine with missile systems in late 2024 plus pakistan. that clears a state of emergency over what's been called the worst humanitarian disaster of the

decade. after more than 900 people die and devastating floods. ah, hello for a mazda to the world, i'm 0 is about with the weekly this hour, and this week's most pressing. new stories. welcome to the programmer. but 1st to serbia with bell, great agreeing to counsel a requirement for entry and exit papers for kosovo id holders while kosovo has given assurances, it will not introduce similar measures for serbians. that's according to the e. u foreign policy. chief joseph morrell, the serbian president, alexander boucher, has stressed that the deal should not be interpreted as any recognition of kosovo, self declared independence status. hey miss was premier this summer you them. we are ready to issue a general disclaimer, in which it will be written to the use of identity cause issued by pristine

a is allowed exclusively for practical reasons. i disagree to freedom of movement from a notes as any recognition of the unilaterally declared independence of casa helene . when we had a little slow, local reporter, nikolai chelvin has more on the situation. the news of the day was that, as joseph burrell announced some his future account a few hours ago, that there has been a agreement between serbia and costello for the personal documents and regarding the entrance to possible and to central serbia. so regarding this agreement for people who have serbian documents and live in northern cal, so i can go and travel freely through the whole territory. of course, when metal here without any problems or without any permits or licenses that were necessary until today on the other side of civil citizens who can documentation of so called republic of possible can from now on. 2 travel into serbia directly

without any problems. so this is a agreement that these as mr. brown put it, it, would it due to the peaceful and democratic norms that you propose at least decoratively, but it is still not the most important thing since the problem with the license plates for the cars still hasn't been done. and the question is how and when will it be done at all? we are ending this day in a slightly a positive manner, but serves in kosovo, are still worried about their future in the few upcoming days until the end of the month. and i wonder what happened with the 1st days of september for rush today from costs commit teresa, my name is nicholas tension flared in early august, 1 ethnic protesters block 2 roads roadster to border crossing with serbia in

northern kosovo. the violence wrapped it over plans by pristine. it required those with serbian ideas entering kosovo to also have an additional document along with a plan for serbian drivers to display closer po, number plates on their vehicles, kosovo claimed independence from serbia in 2008. but ethnic serbs who make up the majority in the north of the country do not recognize, christine, as authority. they remain politically loyal to serbia, which continues to provide them with financial support, america's special envoy to the western balkans. gabriel escobar says he hopes tensions between the 2. do not escalate while drying bel grades ire by suggesting it should forget any suggestion that kosovo is part of serbia. i think we have to move away from the narrative that kosovo is serbia and moved toward the the narrative that cultural in serbia are. europe. stephen got gadget. a professor at

the institute of european studies in belgrade says the serbian public is tired of the western interfering. unfortunately, this is a decision that comes after many bad decisions in the last 9 years. and from the beginning of the so called brussels process. since the you started to mediate the negotiating process, it was always bias and the result was that serbia gave up so many of the state authorities paid for it to the illegal albanian assistance it uses. and in return, serbia didn't get anything. however, i must say that the situation is very grima for the so called mannion independence. many states are rethinking their decision on record. our recognition of the succession of customer thought here from serbia and many of

them have revoked already. this recognition as we hear there are 7 more of serbia. society is very much anti western oriented. when it comes to polio when it comes to geo politics only when it comes to the boys. he's because you are always for loss or to years on being the street to say if my low finally, the west is afraid of nato is afraid that we might cause problems. and now to the conflict in ukraine, where europe's largest nuclear power plant has been child once again by ukrainian forces that's according to local authorities. russia says that at least 17 shells are fired at the facility and does upper roacha region in the last 24 hours. the plant has been constantly shelled by camp forces over the last few weeks with moscow. recently referring to the bombing as nuclear terrorism,

russia has said it has handed over evidence of the shelling to united nations members. according to multiple reports, international atomic energy agency has assembled a team to visit the plant as early as next week. and staying in the separate region on friday, ukraine use a u. s. supplied high mar systems, a shell, a small town hitting a residential building and killing at least 4 civilians, including 2 children we heard from local residents. those really do me firstly, there was one explosion in after 5 seconds a 2nd. immediately everything collapsed. rescuers arrived put up a letter and pulled us from the house. doors and windows had been blown out of the apartments. not a single window left with you. believe it was a direct hit to the roof and to don bass work residential areas of the don. yes, republic continue to suffer from ukrainian shelling with apartment buildings, hospitals and schools targeted,

leaving dozens of civilian casualties in the last few days in administration building. and daniel was among those to suffer heavy damage. ortiz, romano, closer of reports from the dyess capital. a warning distressing images are ahead multiple areas and then as have once again been struck by the artillery of the ukrainian nationalists forces. right now we are right in the center of the city. this is the central hotel. this is where a lot of volunteers are journalists and the other people that come from russia and other countries live while while they're working in don't ask, you can see the scale of destruction here. this car here is almost completely destroyed. thankfully there was no one in it when the show fell right here. now we're also not very far from the administration, all the head of the republic. it's very close to here at once again, the shelling took place in multiple areas of the nasdaq. and so once again,

right in the center of the city that's rarely been hit by the ukranian nationalists . unfortunately, it happens once again this tuesday, according to the local authorities ukraine. nationalists use high caliber artillery . and the, in this case are talking about 155 millimeter nato artillery. exclusive shells use to 155 millimeters caliber. it's a nato type. so the west is directly involved in the destruction of residential areas in don. yes, i believe that the criminal ukrainian regime should get the punish it deserves at least 17 shells landed in the center of the nest, instantly killing civilians and causing damage to infrastructure to people's houses to cars. this is just one of the victims. his name is earl stem. we have blurred out this picture for him, but 2nd, tell you that half of his half of his head is gone. his standing here

at an intersection for over a probably waiting for people to cross when the shell landed and killed him instantly in his car was his wife and his best friends. they're right here as well, and i spoke to them and they sold me. what happened was a book just in an instant bang and we ran out. i was sitting in the back with the dog, lena was on the side and rushed him, was killed. so i ran out with the dog, the dog in my arms, blood all over the place. lena screams rushed him was killed, nothing is clear, complete chaos. this is another area in central done that square one of the ukrainian shells struck. take a look at the score, had a full fuss, shrapnel, thankfully no one was in it at the time of that sac, but take a look at this building. the windows have been blown out. and one of the

shells, according to the local officials, had landed right into that building. this building opposite is also full of shrapnel, whole, the citizens, all the local residents are now out on the street trying to collect whatever's left of their belongings. and they're hoping that ukrainian nationalist will not strike again at least this tuesday from on call for. have archie go next. and while the conflict in ukraine, that's bloodier and the nuclear threat grows, the pentagon has signed a $182000000.00 deal with the u. s. arms manufacturer to produce advanced surface to air missile systems for the ukrainian military by late 2024. while some western countries clamor for peace bite in appears to be arming ukraine for the long run.

the deal comes in the wake of the u. s. announcing yet another military package for ukraine bite and stressing that he will do whatever it takes to defeat russia. meanwhile, moscow has repeatedly condemned washington supply of whack ben's claim. it deliberately prolongs a conflict and may lead to a direct russia, nato confrontation. let's go live now to sarah flounders, co director of the international action center, an activist group that opposes u. s. military interventions. sarah, doesn't the deal exclusively produce the missile systems for ukraine cast a shadow on washington's claims to want peace in the region? well, it certainly shows that the u. s. is preparing for endless war once again. and can't do without unless war, regardless of how they talk about peace. they are clearly, these are weapon systems that won't even be delivered until 20,

24 august of 2020 for 2 years from now. so that means that's the kind of planning, but it's really all about profit. this is a profit bonanza for the largest military corporations. and they're all in line to get as much money as they can as quickly as they can. as soon as the war in afghanistan was over, they needed another war quick, or their stocks would suffer terribly. instead, stocks are up 2025 percent. they're doing very well with planning and carrying out another war. so raytheon, this is just the latest of the hundreds of billions of dollars that they're receiving. and this is for weapons that aren't even built yet. and they really, any of these, a weapons manufacturers care very little. a great amount of the weapons that are shipped to the ukraine, go missing into the dark web,

into the literally last resold re packaged. and yet, nevertheless, the weapons manufacturers don't care because they're making astronomical prophets and not really how they see the war and the need for the war. well, we've repeatedly heard the us say that it's ready to fight this war down to the last ukrainian. what's your take on exactly what that means? well, it means that they don't care at all about the people of the ukraine. there's not, it's not even part of their calculations. it's really, how long can they keep the war going? the ukrainian people are ponds really totally in this war and they're willing to use them abuse, ship more arms,

regardless of the destruction, even nuclear destruction. that's part of these calculations. it's terrifying for anyone who thinks that they're really interested in talking about peace. they're not interested, not at all. it's how long can they keep the war going? how long can they make promises to the ukrainian military? that something is going to come to these fascist forces that will back. that will save them. and as long as they can make that promise, and keep that hope going, they're willing to ship the weapons. it's terribly destructive for the people of ukraine who are just being and poverty shed by this war. with so much that, that is now in ruin. you mentioned selling the weapons. exactly, and you mentioned the weapons and the dark lab, us officials this week express concerns that key isn't keeping a proper track of the arms that it's receiving. what are the chances of these

systems ending up in the hands of terrorists, undermining the security while they already are in the hands all over the world and that is recognised. it stated again and again that there is no way of tracking these weapons. they disappear. one, sir, across the border, there isn't any accounting system even for them. and they're dealing with very corrupt officer core who has no interest in the war except for how much money they can make from it. so in one, in, on both sides there is a level of corruption of cynical calculation, but particularly from the arms manufacturers who will be able to find around the world corrupt forces who will deal and be willing to sell and make arms that disappear. that's all right, they'll just get a new contract and whether it's,

it's not use for defense because that's not the kind of defense that the people of ukraine need. they need an end to the war and they need an end to these forces that control the government and are willing to march more and more soldiers off to war. sarah flounders, co director of the international action center activist group. thank you. thank you . the news from north africa now we're at least 13 people have reportedly been killed and dozens wounded in clashes and libby as capital ah, intense fighting broke out in tripoli early on saturday with rival militia groups reportedly exchanging heavy gunfire. according to local media, the clashes were initiated by one of the capital strongest arm factions that says rival forces continue to vive for power in the north african country. so as you can

see, military personnel took to the streets as the fighting subsided. the conflict occurred due to rising tensions between the 2 governments. those ruling by libby as east and west is reported that the new prime minister supporters clashed with forces loyal to his predecessor who is refusing to step down the oil rich country has not had a stable in unified government. since nato intervention toppled and leader will mark a da fee in 2011. more now from nation suffering from western intervention or special coverage of afghanistan continues as we enter the final stages of our coverage marketing one year since nato's chaotic withdrawal. ah

said a marks one year since britain brought it's 20 year presence in afghanistan to a close. and episode remembered us some of the darkest days in nato's history that showed a complete failure to understand the situation on the ground. here's ortiz donald quarter with more. a colossal failure by the world's most formidable military power . one year ago, joe biden pulled the plug on the u. s. his 20 year long, military occupation of afghanistan. i concluded that as timed it and america's longest war is time for merck and troops to come home. the troops began to pack their bags. there was no need to rush after all us intelligence had no doubts. there was time to spare to book it, come under pressure from the taliban in as little as 30 days and full to the extremist group within 90 days. but as the taliban advance showed no sign of abating washington began to realize it had not 90. not 30, but only a handful of days before the taliban would be at the capital's gates. on august,

15th cabal became the seat of power for these law mach emerett, of afghanistan. ah, before they knew what the americans were forced into the awkward position of having to cooperate with their decades old enemies to bring their people home. and this time they had reason not to drag their feet 1st on evacuation. we agreed that we will continue to close our close corporation to get people out as efficiently and safely as possible. we are currently on a pace to finish by august the 31st millions of dollars of military equipment left behind collaborators abandoned into the hands of the taliban. those 90 days were a figment of the imagination of a u. s. intelligence. and because of their critical mistake, u. s. troops,

chaotically fled with their tails between their legs. ah, let's not forget the subordinates of this us led coalition also reeled from the defeat. the international withdrawal from afghanistan has been a disaster in terms of planning, execution, and consequences for the united kingdom. so why the interests? even if the exact point at which the taliban ascendancy became inevitable, could not have been predicted with certainty. the special committee believes that greater prudence and therefore a more proactive approach was warranted in response. just got his stance clearly

where sitting trajectory for washington's closest ally the u. k. the political fallout was devastating. senior members of his party criticized both the decision to withdraw and the government's response to the rapid takeover of afghanistan by the taliban ministers have acknowledged being taken by surprise. and johnson and his foreign secretary dominic rob were forced to cut short their vacations to return to london. as the afghan capital cobble was taken. johnston's predecessor, theresa may suggested the prime minister had hoped on a wing and a prayer, it'd be all right on the night in afghanistan and warned the u. k. now faces an increased terror threat due to the taliban and things were no better for the administration at the forefront of it all. the survey conducted before the u. s. military puller was completed, also finds that 69 percent of the public says the united states mostly failed in achieving its goals in afghanistan. the public is also broadly critical of the

biden administration's handling of the situation in afghanistan, only about a quarter say the administration has done an excellent or good job. 29 percent. say the administration has done only a fair job and 42 percent say it has done a poor job. decades went by trillions of dollars were spent. nearly 200000 people were killed all for the most well funded, most well equipped military in the world to fall before a ragtag insurgency. that in the end was more determined to win. there's more special coverage to come on the tatic withdrawal from afghanistan here on our tea in the next few months. but for now you can now read the extra stories on our web page and social media. and don't forget to leave a common or to stay tuned. no nation, no nation has ever done anything like it in all history.

with and now to former american president george w bush, who has been boasting about his past foreign policies known for launching a u. s. lead preemptive invasion of iraq and afghanistan. he is now giving decision making lessons. i recognize very few people watching this will become president, but i think you'll find lessons in leadership applied to your line. i'm george w bush. and this is master class. if you've been looking to work on your leadership skills, then master class has the mentor for you. former us president george

w bush is the newest talent acquired by the streaming platform. and he's featured in a lecture series on authentic leadership. yes, you heard that right? the same man who authorized the u. s. invasions of iraq and afghanistan is now lecturing the public on tough calls he has made during his career. and they are expected to pay for his advice. as president, sometimes i had information to the american people didn't know and therefore i did make decisions. what was best for the country on knowledge? there wasn't a range of all the theories includes topics such as accountability leads to results . it doesn't give any tips on how bush himself has escaped accountability for the last 2 decades, although bush has been rehabilitated and to a harmless grandfather who enjoys painting and sharing candy with former 1st lady michelle obama. his real legacy will never be forgotten by the millions of people

who are impacted by his policies directly. in fact, the war on terrorism, bush declared in the aftermath of 911, is still active to this day. his pledge to show what a leader he was by giving the u. s. military a blank check to target. anyone they described as a terrorism suspect set in motion of foreign policy that has impacted countless lives without any form of due process. when looking at afghan, a stand alone, the u. s. invasion led to a 20 year, a long occupation after tens of thousands of civilians were killed in the war. the nation is now facing a humanitarian crisis. that is one of the worst in the world. then there's a rock, perhaps the leadership called bushes, best known for as it was made by his administration. and they're promised that they would find weapons of mass destruction. intelligence gathered by this and other government. lead is no doubt that the iraqi regime continues to possess and

conceal some of the most lethal weapons ever devised. this regime is already used. weapons of mass destruction, against iraq's neighbors and against iraqi people. no one was more shot and angry than i was when we didn't find the weapons. i had a sickening feeling every time i thought about it. i still do. not only did they not find the weapons, they claim to know so much about, but the war didn't and there, and it's estimated the early years of conflict resulted in the death of more than 1000000 iraqis. the results, the u. s. military is still present in iraq to this day, and it concerns that if they leave the government and the military they have spent years building will meet the same fate as the one. the u. s. spent 1000000000 supporting and afghanistan, of course, bush isn't using master class to finally be honest with the public. instead, he does that when he's delivering a paid speech and he includes the 40 and slip of the century. in his 2010 memoir,

bush made the comment, we got things wrong in iraq, but the cause is eternally right. although nearly 20 years later, the public is left to wonder whether that cause was for those who stood to profit off of the conflict. because it certainly wasn't for the well being of the iraqi people. and when it comes to bush and his leadership abilities, he's not the only one who has walked free after accusations that he was complicit in a host of war crimes. the seems to be the standard for every member of his administration who sold belie of w and d 's. and for the overwhelming majority of military members who indiscriminately killed civilians even when they were caught laughing about the lives they had just taken on camera. i. we disengaged all 8 individuals with from this clients who are subjected to his reign of terror in the middle east to the u. s. military veterans who went on to live with years of crippling p t. s.

d. far to many know the reality of bush's leadership style. but of course, master class didn't see fit to include any lessons on how to wage a legal invasions, how to get away with occupying nations for years on an, or how to lie about all of that. and be accepted by the mainstream public. a tough call. indeed. that was our tis rachel blevins and now to asia where pakistan continues to be in a state of national emergency. after heavy floods affected more than 30000000 people throughout the country, some are blaming the government for their woes, saying the problems are a result of broken promises. according to local officials, more than 33000000 people have been displaced since june. when monsoon rains triggered flash floods across the country, the government has said it is focusing all efforts on helping those affect it. yet the situation remains dire. as the number of homeless people stores and shelters

are overwhelmed. forcing families to live on the streets, but commit a school when i should have got to the older mac on when years ago we were promised that a concrete wall will be built in this river will also be built with concrete unity known after that we built a house, but still the promise was not fulfill. it was on. if you had the beauty of local, the river was sold to us by these people. they have no fear of god. there is no such thing as humanity. yoga muggy, here was my house, my entire life savings are gone. that i'm gonna move this on of you got it. in this footage, the prime minister helps to drop or leave supplies over flood ravaged areas. the country's minister for climate change has described the floods as the worst humanitarian disaster of the decade. the south of the country has been particularly badly. hey, we're volunteers are helping the army with evacuations. are t contributor to a veteran. it brings us more dozens of the bridges of.