an engagement equals the trail. when so many find themselves will depart, we choose to look for common ground. with serbia in 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 ends up erosion next week. with russia saying, ukraine's continued shelling of the facility amounts to nuclear terrorism. meanwhile, the u. s. shows it's intention to prolong the war by striking a new deal to provide ukraine with missile systems in late 2024 and o. r d and tina

police use water cannons and tear gas to disperse protesters. rallying in support of the countries ex president who faces up to 12 years in prison. ah, hello for moscow to wherever you may be. watching, welcome to the weekly where we go over the week and the hours most pressing stories from the world on fiorella, isabel happy could join us. but 1st to serbia with belgrade agreeing to cancel, 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 burrell, the serbian president alexander roo. church has stressed that the deal should not be interpreted as any recognition of kosovo, self declared independence status. hey, miss lost forever. this summer you them,

we are ready to issue a general disclaimer, in which it will be written into the use of identity calls issued by pristine a is allowed exclusively for practical reasons, either due to freedom of movement from a notes as any recognition of the, unilaterally declared independence of kosovo helene when were you having a little slow, local reporter, nickel, a deal that has more on the situation. the news of the day was that, as joseph burrell announced from his recruiter account a few hours ago, that there has been agreement between serbia and course of all for the personal documents and regarding the entrance to kosovo and the 2 central serbia. so regarding this agreement for people who have serbian documents and live in northern costello 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 have documentation of

so called republican possible can from now on. 2 shall into serbia directly without any problems. so this is a agreement that these as mr. brown put it, would it due to the peaceful and democratic norms that you propose is 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, the question is how and when will it be done at all? we are ending this day in a slightly positive manner, but serves in kosovo, are still worried about their future in the few upcoming days until the end of the month. and wonder what will happen with the 1st days of september for rush today from costs commit. teresa, my name is nicholas tensions flared in early august to an ethnic protesters blocked

road to to border crossings with serbia in northern kosovo. the violence of rob did over plans by percentage require those with serbian ideas entering kosovo to also have an additional documents. along with a plan for serbian drivers to display kosovo number plates on their vehicles, kosovo proclaimed independence from serbia in 2008. but ethnic serbs who make up the majority in the north of the self proclaimed states do not recognize for seen as authority. they remain politically loyal to serbia, which continues to provide them with financial support, america, special envoy to the western balkans. gabriel escobar says he hopes tension between the 2. don't escalate while drawing bel grades ire by proclaiming it should forget any suggestion that kosovo is part of serbia. i think we have to move away from the narrative that kosovo serbia, and move toward the the narrative that kosovo in serbia are. europe. 7 got it. a

professor at the institute of european studies in belgrade says the serbian public is tired of the west interfering. unfortunately, this is a decision. this comes after many bad decisions in the last 9 years 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 the 3rd b. i gave up so many of the state authorities, they prerogatives to the illegal albanian september of this institutions. and in return, serbia didn't get anything. however, i must say that the situation is very grim before the so called mannion independence. many states are rethinking their decision or record

over recognition of the succession of customer thought here from serbia. and many of them have revoked already district remission. as we hear there 7 war, those serbia, society is a very much anti western oriented when it comes to polio when it comes to geo politics. so when it comes to the boys, he's because you are always for loss or to years on being restricted to say, it's my own most mildly, the west is afraid of nato, is afraid that we might cause problems. and now to the conflict in ukraine, we're according to local authorities. europe's largest nuclear power plant has once again been shelled by ukrainian forces. russia says at least 17 shells were fired at the facility facility in the upper rogia 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, the international atomic energy agency has assembled 18 to visit the plant as early as next week. and stay in this upper rosa region on friday, ukraine use the u. s. supplied high mar system for shell, a small town hitting a residential building and telling at least 4 civilians, including 2 children. we heard from local residents. who does really genevieve firstly, there was one explosion and after 5 seconds a 2nd. immediately everything collapsed. rescuers arrived put up a ladder and pulled us from the house. doors and windows had been blown out of the apartments and not a single window left. what you'd believe it was a direct hit to the roof. and to don bass were residential areas of the don. yes to

republic continue to suffer from ukrainian shelling with apartment buildings, hospitals and schools targeted, leaving dozens of civilian casualties in the last few days. a shopping center in the daniel capital was also struck by a rocket starting fires, which destroyed the building. r t vermont. close her report. oh boy, we're driving along with the net sca fire department said to a supermarket, that was us rock early in the morning. here in john neff, fumes of smoke can be seen from every port of this city. apparently a fire department from all over that sound are there on the scene at the moment. fire fighters are still fighting the blaze of this supermarket. you see plumes of smoke are still are everywhere. now this sir, supermarkets are a mega market, as they call it here, sells everything from a food items to

a medicine, to anything else that the locals might need. i myself picked up humanitarian aid from a this to per market numerous times in order to deliver it 2 places to here. and then as people republic where they needed now, the firefighters just asked me to move over just a bit in case just to put us out of danger if you will. now at the moment, local authorities are reporting that there were several shrikes against this supermarkets right now. it looks like it's completely destroyed, ask for the situation around this area. now, there isn't a single military, a structure here. so it looks like it's so obvious that the target was a civilian infrastructure. the strike took place at 10 o'clock in the morning. the supermarket was open at 8 o'clock and i have his place is very popular among the local residents. as you can see, the building is this still a blaze as

a wire fighters are trying to put it out. that's all it to be careful because the root can collapse at any time. employees on the supermarket are now trying to salvage as much of merchandise as possible at the moment that they can even speak to us. they can even give us the account because there's still quite a lot to be done. room on coffer of r t. the nest people's republic. and while the conflict in ukraine gets bloodier and the nuclear threat rose, the pentagon has signed a 182000000 dollar deal with a u. s. army manufacturer to produce advance surface to air missile systems for the ukrainian military by late 2024. while some western countries clamor for piece bite and 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 you frayne. bite and stressing that he will do whatever it takes to defeat russia. meanwhile,

moscow has repeatedly condemned washington supply of weapons, claiming it deliberately prolonged the conflict and may lead to a direct russia nato confrontation. earlier we spoke to sara flounders, co director of the activist group, the international action center, who says that the u. s. is not interested in settling the conflict peacefully. is a 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. 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, a weapons, manufacturers care very little. a great amount of the weapons that are shipped to the ukraine, go missing a, disappear once or 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'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. the west brought the energy crisis on itself as

a previous sack president, that's as europe energy prices sore, it's leaders desperate to place the blame at russia's door. the fact that we have huge inflation and a huge increase in energy prices arose long before february 24th. we brought it on ourselves. the west brought it on itself. i don't understand why the number one reason is not mentioned green madness in the alleged fight against climate change and the u. green deal, which is the main reason for the price increase among those affected by the soaring cost is finished, company met a tissue which operates $9.00 paper mills across europe. the firm says, rising production costs may lead to toilet and kitchen paper becoming more expensive, and further production freezes are likely as energy prices continue to rise. meanwhile, in the u. k, media continue to share desperate measures to help those struggling to cope with the crisis. british daily the evening standard recommends disconnecting household

appliances, switching to eli, the light bulbs, and washing dishes in a basin. other ideas listed under clever energy saving tricks include taking showers, not bass, turning off, heating and non residential rooms, and reducing the temperature in others. all however, is not hostile. hungary caught in an energy situation of its own has reached out to russia for help with its energy blues. preparing to install 2 new russian made nuclear power generators at a power plant. alexi lee hatch of the head of russia state nuclear energy company rose adam says a move as a step of mutual trust at the theater. levy is restored here. this is the fast license in recent history obtained by raw sat him in the european union of which he was. this is very important. these nuclear reactors are already in use in the russian federation. they have been working effectively for several years. we have building them in a number of countries. this is environmentally friendly and inexpensive electricity

. we also have some of the most economically attractive indicators right. we have been cooperating with hungary for many years. there are plans to expand that cooperation, making such a decision shows a high level of trust in our technologies and specialist. we told them deleting. it will be the 1st time and recent history rush and nuclear power units are installed in a european union member nation with construction expected to begin as early as october . moscow in budapest share a long history of mutual cooperation and energy, and the hungarian foreign minister has said he sees the agreement as a turning point. ensuring his country's energy security as it might a day and or 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 the moon cry? this work has come to a new turning point as hundreds and 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

is 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. i think that the obtaining a construction license as a major milestone was a turning point. and that strengthens our hope that by 2030, the nuclear power plant will begin its activity at hawkinsville georgia on wiley, a senior research fellow at the global policy institute in london says hungary leader is simply trying to do the right thing for its people. nick dorman has repeatedly said that he thinks that the sanctions policy against russia is absolutely ridiculous and destructive hope you're seeing the economy or a european union is supposed to cover all oil imports from russia by the end of the year. but i'm really going to call out it's

going to go on is made clear that these things is just absolutely ridiculous and that is just a minute is to look after the interest of people who had local united on years over a south asia. now were india is another example of a country maintaining its sovereignty. despite western pressure, we will continue to make decisions based on our own national interests. that's the message from the countries ambassador to russia who was speaking during a commemoration of it in moscow marking 75 years of indian independence. one such decision as strengthening ties with russia. india has already increased its oil purchase from moscow which reached record level in june, and it is now also set to further deepen relations in the military spare, with the 2 nations taking part in joint exercises. later this month, the country's envoy to moscow says there's plenty more room for cooperation in the

future as well. india always takes decisions on its own based on so national interest, obviously there is the new reality. there are, you know, there are many banks which are sanctioned, there are logistical issues. there are payment issues which have to be overcome. we have to find the way forward. there is tremendous school for increasing entre to meet on the corporation you've seen just in the last few months at a certain change in the direction of trade. we certainly buying lots more oil from russia and fertilizers also, but i think there's a greater demand from russia for many more products, consumer goods, food processing items, auto parts, or a lot of areas which can get this thing, including of course, traditional items like they're also mocking 75 years of india, russia, diplomatic relations. and i am sure that this wonderful tradition, we have a french shipping quote. christian will continue, went into the future. while the west is imposing sanctions against russia, moscow has found new partners and markets to fill the void. and india is happy to participate planning to double trade. that's according to the vice president of the

russia india foundation. we'll discuss the prospects for bilateral relations with r t. i am personally dealing in economy and i like the, the biggest suppliers for fashion governments in leather, industry and industry. i'm working in the shipment last 35 years and, and now i see a big scope more as the european vans are not working here. and we have v our targets now to achieve the double the sales as compared to the earlier years. and it's a good prospects and says the rural and group retreat has already been started. we have eliminated and said by $2.00. so now we are working and who was on repeat. this will really haven't put in the boost off economy in russia as well as in india . our invoice also on the basis and who will misses. and we are importing the

other lay coil and defense. a deals in the government are on route be and who will fate? it is a very good sign for the boost traffic on any to argentina. now we're protestors took to the streets and forced to show support for the countries former president, christina pierce nerve who faces up to 12 years in jail on corruption charges o water cannons in tear gas were used to disperse a crowd that broke through police barriers in the capitol when l site is meanwhile numerous supporters of tear turn now the vice president gathered in front of her apartment to show solidarity prosecutors of called the case, the biggest corruption scheme ever known in the country and are calling for character a left is to be banned from public office for life. he is accused of leading a criminal organization and making millions of us dollars by procuring public

contracts without a tender here term. meanwhile, had denied the charges. and so she is a victim of judicial and political persecution. during her 2 terms as president, she was acquitted of from an old behavior several times. the still faces 5 trials. we got reaction from the streets. the bleak if one had suspicions about christina, it would be good if there was a transparent justice system so that you would have no doubts whatever the outcome . but this is not the case. quite the contrary. i've been in the why putting up these fences, the mayor of the city in which i live shows very poor reasoning that generated more opposition, more anger in the people. i mean, the more now from the nation still suffering the consequences of western intervention. our special coverage on afghanistan continues as we enter the final stage market one year since datas chaotic withdrawal. ah,

today marks one year anniversary since britain brought it's disastrous 20 year presence in afghanistan to a close in the process, leaving many of those that employed and has now promised it will relocate behind. oh ah, let me know like a really bad situation. if there's a, wait, wait, wait, how long with

a situation there this possible up on me we will do everything. we tend to ensure that those people get a safe passage that they decide what are message to those women and men is clear. there is a home for you in the united states. if you so choose, we will stay with you just as you stood with her. for the pull at itself is remembered as one of the darkest days and nato

history with british authorities showing 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, as timed and america's longest war. it's time for american 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 bull could 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 cobble became the seat of power for these la mc 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, it 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 slider 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 warranty. in response to your scanty 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, teresa 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 pullout 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, 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 authority say the enormous forest fires that have been sleeping, a rush and regions southeast of moscow are no longer a danger to the public. the situation is a whole can be described as fully controlled. earlier we contained the fire at various places, sending additional forces to the most dangerous areas. but now we are working according to a plan in the situation is under absolute control. at one point the blaze covered an area of $20000.00 hectares and rise on region. that's an area around the size of washington, d. c. with 10000 people. and more than 1500 emergency vehicles brought into help contain them. but with the majority of the fires extinguish,

the remaining threat is said to be from smoke, which has spread to moscow in other parts of central russia. the cause of the fires is so being determined and that's all for today's up. and that's all for today. thank you very much. i will see you next time. ah ah, ah. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have. it's crazy

confrontation, let it be an arms race is often very dramatic. that development only personally, i'm going to resist. i don't see how that strategy will be successfully, very critical time time to sit down and talk with me ah, welcome to worlds apart. and old russian saying has said that once you have a reason finding a pretext, it's only a matter of time including finding a pretext for a war. the animosity between russia now.