[000:00:00;00] ah ah, ukraine's military has suffered heavy loss after failing and it's offensive in the country south. that's according to russia's defense ministry from days before. and i h e, a. inspection kiosk pushes up r o g a one step closer to nuclear disaster by again shelling a radioactive fuel storage building at the local nuclear power plant. also ahead. hm . at least 20 people die in hundreds are injured in baghdad,

as flashes erupt after, protest or storm government offices in support of a leading opposition chia clerk of ecuador is joining other latin american countries in announcing it will sign a free trade agreement with beijing. archaic flores, how the west grip is weakening in the region as china's present growth, with hello from our to international studios in moscow, and from wherever you may be watching. welcome to the hours most, pressing new stories from around the globe. i'm carol isabel. happy to have you join us. we start with the latest from the conflict in ukraine. we're keeps troops have been beaten back in the country south after they tried to launch an offensive there. that's the latest from russia's defense ministry. moscow says that ukrainians try to advance on 3 fronts at once, but i've suffered heavy casualties as a result. losing more than 500 troops along with 26 tanks and 2 aircraft. the botch

defensive is said to have been ordered specifically by president lensky. we heard from a former us marine corps intelligence officer, who believe the offensive was an attempt to show western arms wires that ukraine is still in the fight where we're seeing here are attacks for purely political reasons, so that the ukraine ministry defense, ukrainian president. so you can say, look, we are under the counter offensive we, we are filling our promise to, to retake your so on and, and showing up potential to retake other territories as well. but we can only do this, and this is the critical part. we can only do this if the west continues to supply us with the critical arms and ammunition and the resources we need to complete this fight. that's what's going on here. this is about zelinski about the ukrainian military trying to make the case that they are still a potent force,

that they're not purely on the defensive. they are capable of, you know, counter attacks, but they need, in your military support. and now to don bass for battles continue to rage, and the don, yes, republic with a russian lead force is intensifying and offensive to take over major ukrainian strongholds r t z horse donald reports from the front lines. ah, drone footages become a fundamental part of the wall in ukraine. it helps adjust artillery fire. it helps confirm hits. it strips the enemy of morale on the outskirts of the town of solid r. there's no rest for ukrainian and russian howard says,

we are basically the epicenter of an artillery duel between the russians and the cranes. in fact, the positions of both sides are so close that we can only hear has the shells hit like that the russian side. but we can hear the ukrainians firing them. so essentially we can follow the whole root of any shell coming from the ukranian side. from the moment it was fired to the point, just like that to the point when it was over our heads and and as it heads somewhere close in the vicinity of the russian artillery positions . bloody gruesome street fights within the town limits have slowed down russia's advance in solid r to a trickle ground. troops are relying on artillery support to clear the way,

but keep troops realised that to while on other parts of the front, russia out shells ukraine, roughly $20.00 to $1.00. here the ratio is way more close. ukrainian shells blow a black smoke at an uncomfortable distance. offices on the ground q our escape, the moment a brief flow comes amid the storm. the me i'm a get done of reporting from the don bass r t. and now to further worry news firms up arrows. yeah, we're ukrainian troops again shall the areas nuclear power plant early tuesday morning. 2 explosions recorded near a spent few feet feel storage building that's according to local russian backed officials. pictures released of the aftermath of an earlier shelling show

a damage roof at the facility. russian officials say they have warn ukraine multiple times. the stop shelling the plant europe largest, which supplies hundreds of thousands of people with electricity. while kiev has accused moscow of using the facility to house its military. the international atomic energy agency is set to send a delegation to the plan this week to inspect the situation. the team includes the head of the global nuclear watchdog, and experts from 13 countries, some of whom may remain at the facility on a permanent basis. we spoke to the russian back mayor of enter goldar, the ukrainian town which is located close to the nuclear power plant. he says, authorities are ready to provide evidence of cab shelling of the facility to international observers. knowing those issues at the moment, radiation levels are normal, it's the shilling only pierced the roof of the building. so they wanted to carry out a terrorist act that would lead to the spread of radiation around here and further towards europe. this is being done in order to prevent the international atomic

energy agency from entering the plant. although we have a lot of evidence to show the international atomic energy agency in particular, how the ukranian army has sheldon nuclear facility and the nearby city of enter. good are you be slow. all these attacks are documented and all of this will certainly be presented to the international atomic energy agency mission, which is coming here. this is what ukrainian politicians and their military are afraid because they are terrorizing not only russia, but also their own citizens who live here. at least 20 people have reportedly been killed in hundreds injured and unrest in iraq. after protesters broke into government offices in baghdad. in support of a leading opposition, shia cleric, who has announced his retirement from politics after he was unable to form a government which has sparked an outbreak of violence. ah,

this latest footage shows protesters taken to the streets this by a nationwide curfew. you can hear long burst of gunfire as law enforcement battled with protesters inside the government green zone. local resident colleague, ali has told us that the situation on the ground is much worse despite the government looking to restore calm. the situation is becoming well, you know, re entrance. oh good. god is rico leto room. i more the started you pulled, gone when most of the areas around to be the green zone. my house is about 7 minutes from the green zone. and each story when they stop shooting inside the green, don't my house and the window, the prime minister, where he get, oh, does not do all the civilians. but it seems like the army so that

the militia and the demonstrators carrying guns and they open fire to again, they open flyers and they build number of the country's army has now reportedly taken full control of the government offices by forests warning. you may find the falling images disturbing. many of those who died, such as the man pictured were killed in clashes with local security forces. the iraqi army has now reportedly taken full control of the government offices after using live bullets and tear gas to disperse. the crowds. supporters of clara looked out, saw there were met by security forces as they entered the ceremonial building. but after the arrival of the iraqi army, the clash has moved on to the streets. the military is now patrolling the capital while a curfew has been declared throughout the country. the latest unrest began last month when iraq supreme judicial council suspended its work after solder supporters

camped out near its headquarters to demand dissolved parliament. his party was unable to form a government despite winning the largest number of seats in federal elections held last october. we heard from political analysts side, i'm with a levy who says the current unrest in baghdad could lead to civil war. the purchases are still on the streets and the a green zone with international zone, as if no, i still surrounded by security forces and large number of witnesses are still in inside the nation zone. also, number of armed militia also and 2, which are connected to the, the, the satirist and to the area of the situation is moving to more being more critical. it is very possible in civil war. we can actually see the beginning of an escalation that could very easily lead civil to pull

out a war which it will be devastating to the oil industry because the civil war will take place being made in the south of iraq where the oil fields and oil exports facilities are situated, so we are actually facing real, present danger, and we can see it very bridge. and while the u. s. is trying to destabilize china's power over taiwan, beijing has that both feet in america's back yard. china's influence in latin america is growing with ecuador being the latest country to announce it will sign a free trade agreement with beijing and kudos production, trade and investments minister julio. jose prado announced that the administration of president guillermo le, sue, seeks to achieve a free trade agreement with china this year. what or join 0, why panama, columbia, nicaragua,

and penning such agreements while 21 latin american countries are also engaged in china's bowling road initiative? in 2002, china's total trade with countries has skyrocketed from 18000000000 to nearly 449000000000 and 2021. beijing game has very much been the west as last as shown in your documents revealed by spanish daily. last week. earlier i spoke to gregory will part a freelance journalist and founder of venezuela mouse this dot com, who is convinced that america's dominance over le tom countries is waning. china is offering much better conditions in terms of its investment in terms of the deals it's offering to latin america. and so it's making it a lot more interesting for the countries of latin america to switch towards china instead of the united states. and of course,

the fact that 2 countries in latin america have, has had social movements that have moved the government towards the left basically with which are more critical of the united states. at the same time as china has become a much more viable trading and investment partner compared to the united states, the summit of the americas that took place in los angeles this year earlier this year was basically a big failure because lots of governments and latin america decided to boycott, their participation are refused to participate in that summit and to the u. s. essentially sabotaged its own summit, which was the 1st and over a decade in our, in on us soil. and so that was a very embarrassing situation, and it's really quite stunning how, you know, all these foreign policy experts from in the biden administration did not seem to think that that's what happened the past. there are literally in the back pocket of

the united states government and that is definitely no longer the case, especially with what had been what some have been calling the 2nd pink time. and now to our special coverage on of ghana, stan which marks one year since nato's chaotic withdrawal the the u. s. constructed basis for afghan troops everywhere in an attempt to save the country from terrorism. but then flat afghanistan deserted. those who depended on its support. our teeth, donald quarter, has more people clinging on to a plane for dear life, only to fall to their deaths, a suicide bombing chaos that was kabul one year ago, as the u. s. withdrew its troops from afghanistan, that was, according to joe biden,

a success 20000 people evacuated the safety. that number's more than double, but most expert, so were possible. no nation, no nation has ever done anything like it in all history. the only the united states had the capacity to will, who believe you to do it and we did it to day. if biden's disorderly withdrawal succeeded in doing anything, it was depriving the u. s. puppet government and couple of any chance to defend itself in the run up to the pull out u. s. air support for the afghan military was cut off. american troops abandoned bog rom, air base without even warning the afghan commander there. all the. 1 while washington knew the country, security forces would only be ready to act on their own. no sooner than 2030. it's no surprise. the afghan military just cut and ran. special inspector general for afghanistan reconstruction found that the single most important factor in the afghan national defense and security, fos is collapse in august 2021 was the u. s. decision to withdraw military forces

and contractors from afghanistan. these events destroyed foss, his morale. in a matter of days, kabul fell to the taliban. once it did, thousands of people were left behind afghan collaborators, even american citizens, to fend for themselves against islamic fundamentalism. the failure of senior biden's administration leadership to plan for this fateful day, resulted in a rushed evacuation of hundreds of thousands of americans, 3rd country, nationals, and afghans. it left behind hundreds, possibly thousands of american citizens. tens of thousands of afghan partners and a legacy of american betrayal of allies. this failure of leadership cost u. s. military personal lives and has left tens of thousands behind to an uncertain fight on the taliban control. it wasn't long before outrage ensued across the political spectrum in washington. president biden's was today was hollow, while the american left behind is one to many,

the factories president biden. the bands and american son of gaston live in them at the mercy of the taliban and isis k. the president made the morally indefensible decision to leave americans behind dishonor was the president's choice. may history never forget this cowardice? oh then it is clear to me that we could not continue to put american service members in danger for an unreasonable war. i also believe that the vacation process appears to have been a graciously mishandled. i think it has been an unmitigated disaster of epic proportions. this is going to be a stain on this president in this presidency. i think he is going to have blood on his hands for what they did. 20 years of military occupation over $2.00 trillion taxpayer dollars down the drain. hundreds of thousands of people killed at the end of it all. us back president ashcroft gone, he fled the country and was accused by afghan officials of taking millions of dollars with him. the same man that washington itself described as paranoid and undermining for moral a year later,

the u. s. still refuses to come to terms with its failure. lears of an israeli tv channel were surprised when a jewish rabbi invited to talk in a situation in ukraine blasted kiev highlighting its fascist identity. michael finkle slammed president zalinski for establishing a neo nazi regime while championing those responsible for the deaths of thousands of jews. $36.00 times on those lensky ukraine was the only one to vote against israel at the un and above and ukraine's heroes. a pet clearer who kill 200000 jews both. so she's given you an s s minus plus at the band error on the arrow slab. stetsco who said the old jews must be exterminated. and camilla who kills 300000 jews every year in kiev. this year there was a pride of the s s t, a division of an our foreign ministry protested against these ukrainians us gum. this is essentially

a neo nazi regime when interrupted by the interviewer and asked to speak, quote more correctly. the rabbi continued his tirade against you frame. he also warned against quarrels with brush up a thrust, but he is not in support of military action and highlighted that ukraine had voted against israel $36.00 times at the united nations. israel meanwhile, has given a formal condemnation of russia's actions and express support for the ukrainian people. we spoke with daniel lazar, a journalist who thinks that washington, pressures israel to follow western anti russian rhetoric. there's immense pressure to tow the party line, the party line being that emanating out of washington, which is that we must not talk ill of the ukrainian because the rocket of war with equal russian empire. that's what goes on all the time. i mean, you're, you're not supposed to speak out of turn. jews who are studied history are aware of

what went on in the ukraine during the, the civil war of 1918 to 21. and then under the nazis from $94145.00 and jews were massacred by the 10s of thousands. simon pet laura in the early twenties and ban dera in the $940.00 un experts have warned of arise intentions in the central african republic after allies of the president called for changes to the constitution, allowing president to dera to run in the next election. we spoke with the president on this state of affairs in the nation at war. mister president of the central african republic, 4 spin out of comes to a data. thank you very much for joining us here on our team. thank you very much in your country recently, celebrated independence day. how important is independence day in the central african republic? the messy book, who i'd like to thank you for the opportunity you've given me. the 13th of august is

a very important date for the central african republic. this is the day when the states manage to obtain its international sovereignty. therefore, for the people of central africa, this is a very important moment. the history. today, the central african republic has become an independent country with both states and international sovereignty. so every year, since 960, the entire population of central africa celebrates this day, which is very important when people organize demonstrations. because as you know, until the 13th of august, we would a colony and then we gained independence. so this is a very important day, which is really the result of the struggle of the people of central africa against the colonial game. no one was happy with it. and the people of central africa our ancestors fought for their independence or something. so this is a very important date in the life of the central african republic. how much has life changed here over the last 30 years. so the least during the last 30 to 40 years in the history of our country that have been obstinate downs. we had

a lot of conflicts about presume changes happened in undemocratic ways on conflicts and a little bit of an impact on the line for the central african republic. new conflict took place in 2012, 2013. a greatly shook disability of the country. we cannot international unity, basically destroyed our economy, and the usual way of life was disrupted and it today has always, central african residents demonstrate the strength of the spirit improved by are able to withstand difficulties in 2016. we return the constitutional system. thus, we have access to public administration in matters of national reconciliation, security and development. so our country has made significant achievement economy. can we say that is a strong anti french sentiment in your county? and if yes, what exactly is the criticism against france? it glistened. this topic of anti french sentiment is often propagated by the media or sometimes some french authorities also talk about it as they do this to make everyone think there are manipulations by the government that some special

organizations working to law. and that is not true, i don't believe such events are happening, but the thing is that people have a certain perception of french policy that they are sharing on social media or what is sometimes being covered in mass media. this is how the people of central africa view french policies, but it has nothing to do the actions of our government or any public authorities. how are relations with russia developing now, those of you know, are relations with russia, have a long history, has only a few years after we gained independence back in the soviet era. we already had strong ties with moscow and we were cooperating in many areas at one point these relations who broken but then in 2016, 2017. i think the cooperation with russia began to gain momentum in many spheres. and i believe that it was russia that held us a lot in the reconstruction of our army are providing us with necessary military means that now allow the army of central africa to carry out at the tassel. in addition, we cooperate in other areas in particular, in economics and diplomacy, where russia, providers with significant support and security as well as issues related to the

lifting of the embargo. and in many other areas of central african policy versus i can say that's a de relations between central africa and russia, or at the highest point and are developing in many directions. demoya in february, your baset to moscow said that the situation in the central african republic had normalized and that 95 percent of the territory was now under the control of the authorities. he added that the corporation in just one year between the central african army forces and the russian allies had bought order to the country. do you agree with this analysis mister president general? don't do. of course, i agree because you know, the end of 2020, the public was gripped by riots and numerous appeals to the civil procedure code. and thanks for the support of allies, particularly russia, we've managed to stop as attend the stabilization, so to speak. and then of course, with the help of russian authorities and the central african army with our russian counterparts,

we have continued to protect the population from our groups. these hostile forces continue to threaten the people spite a long time agreement we have previously reached for the army of central africa and russian allies continue to carry out that testing to protect the population. and today, most of the territory under the control of central african authorities, caused some problems remain on the on groups still appear here and that disturbing the peace. but me and it's russian allies always the to continue fulfilling their mission to check the population property and sort of the republicans. what do you think of the idea among some that russia's presence over africa in the last decade is a danger to the world? was it, why is it being called a threat? it is cooperation the same as with any other countries. i've already told you that our partnership with russia begun many years ago, and it's taking place in different areas in education, culture, health care, trade, and industry. this cooperation is aimed at development to improve the well being of

our countries. and so i really don't see any issues here in any case with regard to the central african republic, we're seeing that positive results of this interaction. as i said in the field of education and sense of helping me in the fight against the group as well as in the different magic fear. that is true since the end of 2012 there's been an embargo in the central african republic. the spice of attend the constitutional order and the restoration of konami. these restrictions still remained. the thanks. what different magic relations with russia, china, and also with the african union, the restrictions were listed on july 29th. this is the positive aspect of such interaction. we have teachers, medical work as educators in russia. currently, an exchange is being carried out with this is for agricultural industry and all of these things that work for the benefits of the central african people. therefore, i wouldn't call any this a threat with regard to cooperation with the central african hopefully in, in august the central african, the panic government said that it went to, to invite 3000 ration military advisors. what is the need for this miracle?

but it, because you can surely understand our army is now in the middle of reformation and training. we are implementing a national plan security that it was threats to try to undermine the fund, the fundamentals of our republic. we need arrangements to support our state. once that could help us to protect ourselves from destructive forces and train our own troops, can we fail backing security situation in the country has stabilized some at the moment we're witnessing the stabilization as peace has been restored to a large part of the country. all the prefecture are under control now our prefixes and sub prefect is in a good state. i'm in security is being established there. of course there are still acts of criminal gangs. they attack certain cities mainly in the border area. but they are pursued by our armed forces and the allies in order to protect the population. of course, we don't only comp right on the security. we are also doing political reconciliation work. i've already told you about the political agreement for peace signed here in february 2019, as well as a robot for

a wander which lays out the steps toward reconciliation and how people who have taken up arms can lay them down. that is how the start the process of disarmament. again, we are working towards this, those a strategic committee that is constantly working on this and we are trying and fulfilling our obligations and the commitments we have made on this road by us. of course, there was a military aspect because we cannot leave the population defend for themselves. people need to be protected when there are criminal gangs that are constantly trying to take the population hostage, killing the civilians, the central african republic. we have the right to use our armed forces, as well as the forces of our allies to protect our population. also to ensure the normal movement of goods and people that this is the. so you know, these to say that only 80 percent of the tires who was on the government controls for the situation has changed today. the power of the state has been increased throughout the whole country was in as adam can the central african republic serve as a blueprint for the way forward for other african states. so these are who you know, that would be to potential to say the course. it's good,

what we are doing here and interest of is, is this means that we are on the right path. we try to get maximum benefit mycorporation. we are trying to ensure that our people can live well and it probably comfort to move about freely and carry out their activities. if someone else might be interested in this cooperation, we certainly don't mind, but we are not pretending to be an example because we are working with our partners to improve our relations for the benefits of the peoples of both countries. equal yeah, mister president, thank you very much for your time and for joining us here on our t. thank you this. and those were the most pressing new stories from around the glove. for more up to the minute news head over to r t dot com. and don't forget to follow us on twitter gab odyssey and rumble for more content. thanks for joining. see you next time. ah

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