a week out of that week, that with that with all the 1200 ukrainian troops are killed in a bunch defensive ordered by president for lensky and the countries fell. according to russia also ahead, a 2013 people have reportedly killed and over 700 injured his own go in clashes in baghdad. following the retirements and from politics of and leaving shia cleric who opposes us, influence and iraq. i could all join for the latin american countries in announcing it will find a free trade agreement with china. beijing expand this influence in washington's

backyard. ah, very well welcome to you. this is the international with the latest world news update is great to happy with us this hour. and we start with the latest from ukraine where 1200 of key of troops have been killed in a found offensive in the country south. as according to russia's defense ministry, moscow say the ukrainians also lost 48 tanks and almost a 100 other armored vehicles of the trying to advance on 3 fronts at once. and being beaten back by the russian military. the butch offensive is said to have been ordered by president zalinski and came amid intensified ukrainian shelling of civilian infrastructure in southern regions which are controlled by russia. one of the latest the tags hit a key bridge in the kirsten region. there is the unverified to amateur photo which appears to show the immediate aftermath of the bombing bridge is mainly used by

civilians. local authorities have set up an alternative pontoon bridge to help people best across, but it has also been shout by ukraine's army. and in a neighbouring zophar, those yeah, region local russian back toll authority say ukraine has once again shelled at the city of and a go to our on your screen is the aftermath of the previous attack, which wounded 9 people on sunday. and academy is located near as apple, she a nuclear power plant, which is expected to be visited by a delegation from the international atomic energy agency. later this week, after the facility was bombed multiple times with russia blaming ukraine for attacking the site, which could spark a nuclear disaster. we got reaction from some of the residents that exist to close. this is horrifying. i have no words. this is over the top. they're just shelling civilians. this is complete lawlessness circle. unless you look after the explosions and fires, we began to look around. they found these shell fragments,

and there is a hole on the 2nd floor where i found even more fragments, which have been sent to law enforcement authorities and out a dumbass way. russian lead forces are intensifying their offensive to take back major strongholds held by ukraine. o correspondent egleston of reports from the front lines. ah, drawn footage is 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 solar dark. there's no rest for ukrainian and russian howard says we are basically the epicenter of an artillery duel between the russians and the ukrainians. in fact,

the positions of both sides are so close that we can not 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, rushes, advancing solid r to a trickle ground. troops are relying on artillery support to clear the way, but keep troops realized 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 shows blow up black smoke at an uncomfortable distance. offices on the ground q our escape, the moment a brief flow comes in. the storm i ah, mm oh my gosh, dawn of reporting from the don bass r t. now to iraq or at least 30 people have reported it being killed and over $700.00 injured, they're not going clashes between protested onto authorities and the green zone of baghdad. ah, what as to stormed government offices on monday and supportive leading opposition, shia cleric mac tonda asada,

who announced his final retirement from politics limit and own going power struggle in the country. earlier on tuesday, the clara goes to supporters to leave the streets. within an hour was a pool was coming from baghdad that people have started to withdraw. their unrest began as our thought his father was storms, the republican palace. i came meeting place for a rocky heads of state on foreign dignitaries. units of the regular iraqi army have been brought to bagdad with the state schools is using live bullets until august to disperse the crowns. the latest wave of protests was sparked when a rocks powerful cheerleader, mac tonda, on santa announced his quitting political life and closing his political offices. his party was unable to form a government despite having won the largest number of seats in the federal elections held last october. also to support his are protesting in support of his call for new elections. mac, tod asada, iraqi, shia cleric, founder of this thunderous movement, iraq's leading is she a political group as

a symbol of resistance to us, led invasion formed militia to fight u. s. troops wanted dead or alive by the us over the 2003 killing of washington. in fact, she arrival looks. honda. asada is the founder of this address movement. it walks leading c a political rhythm because a symbol of resistance to the us led invasion in 2003 and helpful militia to fight american troops during the occupation of iraq is also warranted by the us government over the killing of a washington by sheer rival in 2003. let's take a look now. some of the most controversial and strongest statements, the iraqi cleric has made over the years. bush reportedly said that his picture will be hung in every iraqi house. no, no, my dear, your picture is now under iraqi. the popularity the united states is diminishing day by day if not every 2nd. we reject the presence of the american army or even the bombings by the us forces we reject them. we view this as an

active occupation. what is it? discuss the ongoing events we joined side. you see it almost alleviate political, unsecure with the analysts from bonds god. many thanks for joining us on the program. now we know hundreds took to the streets off them a ton of onslaught, or announce his resignation yesterday. how much power and influence do you think he has among the people? yes, thank you very much. he has tremendous amount of our longest follows. and the last elections be about $860000.00 votes altogether for him once to cool part. so that basically is the base for his hour and nothing all iraq in baghdad particular he has one or 2 large numbers. what does that? there is no issue with his support for the problem with the malicious,

the year. ironically all his core, which is the militia connected to and mr. right out there to invade the stream. so back madness they hand, we had very hard day and long nights on bombing by this new misha attack that many launch government owes and engine of people even targeted civilians. so his supporters, peaceful support was down my number, and there is no issue with his, with his peaceful demonstrators. but the problem was with the, as i said, the piece for i was as militia belong to him, that you have different type of weapon and medium. and sometimes mortar jacks has the government forces,

which didn't reply very harshly of them and tried to contain the situation thus far . we had lots of fun with the kind of chaos we saw on the streets of baghdad. yesterday, after he announced as were time and it was intense to say the least i what is it about him that gone is so much support from the iraqi people. he inherited a very important up in this base from his name and hired for that's was widely respected by the sheer population. rocks were stood against them was same there, silent baghdad. and by his position, by standing saying, he gained boss an unbelievable amount or 2 this year. and miss m a inherited the space. but naturally,

when he turned this so religious and base into a political force, many people thought otherwise. so his supporters now are a different type of like you that support in this fall. but all his power comes from this inheritance of the name of. so from one key point about al sada is his son. his position on the u. s. influence in iraq, which is longer posed how strong is the resistance to us in the, to the us in the country. and now it's different. now, his followers, financing the figures, anger this, draw not us. so at the moment mr said no problem, even criticize those militias that attacked the american

embassy an american basis. and he think that we should have different states based on understanding respect and mutual interest. so the position regarding the united states b, jane was in 2004 at the u. s. the issued an arrest warrant and threatened to kill outsider in connection with the murder of motor issue leader, outdoor magick, occurring in 2003. could you tell us more about what happened back then and, and was involved after materially, eminence came from london. and the thing delegation to mobilize the nation into creating a new gun. thousands. unfortunately, he was met by this office. and he was assassinated in the

shrine of commodities on the most obvious place in europe for the sheer and his supporters. we're very close and such took part in this as from dish. that's why it was somehow connected. he says, of course, he has nothing to do with this mission. his clothes, supporters think that he has nothing. assassination but regarded us. the american thought that he had direct connection to that matter. i don't know. i would you who if he came from london her too while belies the shia and you form of a demo. democratic understanding among the other components of the 1st time he spoke a consensual democracy where sunni shia and parents should lead iraq together and not turning iraq into a defeat ish as it wasn't us. i somehow was some reasons which is still

ambiguous of the day and nobody knows why the supporters of mr said that you can in a very, very vicious and savage manner of their b. u. i say invasion and i'll saw that forms the marty at the army and attacked coalition. so just will role. did the army have any resistance back then? and the whole nations magyar was have to measure the 1st was to stand against. okay. because al qaeda was being on a level field assassinating bombing individuals, groups and schools in every sherry and either harvest or bridging, maybe license or attach, i guess, the sheer iraq. so as a natural progression, the she had formed some tough,

delicious go up together. and they called themselves just with the blessing and support of missouri such as they became i have the 2 role position. one is to attack the american forces and the other was to trying to preserve and protect the she out shrines. and this is were how kind of made and concentrate and that was on this year also the, the dish matthew left for. unfortunately, i moved more than that as far as meeting individual soon the innocent individuals and their tit for tat retaliation against killing of russia or of a 3rd youth. if alma to leave the political insecurity,

unless one bank are many thanks for your time, really appreciate it. i wasn't in claims is worried about the unfolding european energy crisis and is promising to help deal with the threats of potential shortages which have been fronted by us. lead sanctions, i talk whitehouse aid says he's confident that in europe. commitment to ukraine will not be affected, though, despite the use problems on the home front. we're concerned about potential energy shortages in europe as the winter approaches. we'll be latched up with allies in partners to try to do what we can to alleviate any shortages coming through. what we see from a diplomatic perspective, what we see on the economic front. and frankly, what we see on the security assistance front is an impressive and absolutely unchanged sense of resolve in unity over supporting ukraine. with him on that, we can cross live to auto contribute to rachel la, soon. rachel? nice to see you on. what does the u. s. promises of help imply that they have the potential to save europe from this unraveling crisis?

well, i'm afraid it looks like it's now europe's turn to find out that washington's promises aren't worth the paper on which they are written in a letter that the wall street journal editorial board has described as bullying. u . s. energy secretary jennifer granholm has instructed the nation's top refiners, including exxon shell, b, p, and chevron, to refrain from exporting fuel at a time when america's european allies are in deep need. given the historic level of u. s. refined product exports. i again urge you to focus in the near term on building inventories in the united states, rather than selling down current stocks and further increasing exports. granholm cited quote, historically low inventory levels of gasoline and diesel in parts of the country as the justification for looking out for america's interest. first, the last thing,

the biden and the democratic party need right now heading into the november mid term elections as a fuel shortage. that risks handing victory to the republicans, brussels was led straight down the garden path by washington and sanctioning its own cheap gas supply from russia. recalled back on june 27th, that the e u and the white house issued a joint statement saying that they were quote, working together to find ways to further reduce rushers, energy derived revenues in the coming months. and that quote, the united states and the european commission have made important strides towards reducing the european union's dependence on russian fossil fuels by decreasing natural gas demand, cooperating on energy efficiency technologies, and diversifying energy supplies. great. so where's the help from america? now while the truth is that washington just doesn't currently have the infrastructure to meet europe's massive needs and faces environmental pressure

against any such expansion. so the e u, a stuck having to run door to door world wide begging for gas, while the u. s. energy secretary tells it's fuel companies, kids turn off the lights, hide behind the coach and pretend that no one's home, especially if it's that you guy looking for energy. meanwhile, here in france, prime minister, elizabeth bona just told an annual meeting of the countries corporate executives to draw up quote, energy sobriety plans over all just so drunk on energy here, we need a sobriety plan. so basically, the french government is now resorted to treating its corporate citizens like drugs in the pub at last call and threatening to cut them off with rationing. speaking of hubs, those in the u. k. now risk mass closure over energy costs, by the way, the ceo of multinational shell oil and gas company isn't sounding too optimistic about any of this. it may well be that we have a number of winters where we have to somehow find solutions through efficiency

savings through rationing into very, very quick build out of alternatives that this is going to be somehow easy over, i think is a fantasy that we should put aside yeah, easy to say for a guy making around 6000000 british pounds each year to dictate how the working class ought to live and sacrifice. or for us energy, secretary grant home, or for western establishment deletes who don't struggle to cover basic living costs as they skyrocket. it's a scam, but they don't care because they know they personally will escape the consequences of their own policies. so when the french president announces that his people are facing the end of abundance, he's not talking about himself, he's not facing the end of abundance. none of them are mac crone, and all of them understand they will always be rich and always be protected. they know that for certain, washington is looking out for its own interest. first and foremost,

an individual member states should consider following hungry example in doing what's best for their own people, you know, hungry with it's new nuclear reactor announcement built with russia and it's new gas deals with russia. they should be looking out for their own people and independently securing their own energy needs before it's too late. i told many thanks for those details. i thought they contributed rachel most than that. and while the us is accused of undermining chinese sovereignty in taiwan, beijing has both feet in america's backyard. china's influence in latin america is growing with equity. all the latest country to announce a free trade agreement with beijing. i could was production, trade and investments minister julio, jose prado announced that the administration of president guillermo le su, seeks to achieve a free trade agreement with china. this year. i could all join that you are going to panama, columbia, nicaragua, in finding such agreements while 21 latin american countries are also part of china's beltran road initiative. since 2002,

china's total trade with latin american countries has skyrocketed from $18000000000.00 to nearly $450000000000.00 in 2021 journalist gregory will pad say that americans dominant. so the latin american 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 the countries in latin america have have 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 government to latin america decided to boycott, their participation are refused to participate in that summit and to the u. s. essentially a sabotage now its own summit, which was the 1st and over a decade our 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 this would happen in 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's been what some have been calling the 2nd pink time. and that's what special coverage on afghanistan, which marks one year things nato's chaos withdrawal.

the according to a recent poll, 50 percent of americans think the war in afghanistan was a mistake. the u. s. senate has also criticized the bind in administration for the hasty withdrawal describing the post polite as a legacy of american betrayal. ortiz donald course, a asthma. 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 sower passmore, no nation, no nation is ever done anything like it in all history. the only the united states

had the capacity to will believe you to do it and we did it today. 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 bagram air base without even warning the afghan commander there. all the 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 insecurity. fos is collapse in august 2021 was the u. s. decision to withdraw military forces and contractors from afghanistan. these events destroyed foster 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 rush, 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 afghans, 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 outraged ensued. across the political spectrum in washington prison lines was today was hollow. one american left behind is one to many. the fact to express in byron abandoned american son of garrison, living 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 unable war. i also believe that the vacation process appears to have been egregiously 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 morale. a year later, the u. s. still refuses to come to terms with its failure. meanwhile, life goes on in crimea despite the imposition of western sanctions in 2014. i spoke with an italian entrepreneur he moved to the peninsula 13 years ago and opened an

ice cream shop in the city of south estoppel. roberto really has nice plans to move saying that with the ongoing you are paying energy crisis is much easier to do business in crimea. he stays the sanctions do not. does significant do do not a significantly harm his ice cream business. and despite the ongoing conflict in ukraine, he fell safe on the peninsula. hold the problem. we solve in 201415 because after that, you know, we are here. everything on my italian product is made the bid with her 95 percent, the pro doctor from from russian meal. her fresh cream for italian product that i used for business. no problem because they came before they came, they came in during the period they became now people old, make this kind of ease in spring of the stuff from italy in this company they could on more long time mom. but anyway, you everything case. cummings, come in,

no problem so far. you know, you didn't starting february now he said, how was though, actually, didn't know the summaries gone everything good. was there pretty, pretty good. i was wanting to leave now, you know, we, survivor to we surviving going in this by this. it probably is a little be, you know, danger or see where i, where we can see who our business is going on. a family's good. her my, me, babies. now started to go to the school and so i and i don't see big problems. you know, thanks for joining us. how in asi international, we're back in 30 minutes with the very latest. see them ah. awe on november, the 3rd 1945. just a month after the war ended,

the u. s. joint chiefs of staff receive report number 3 to 9 and select 20 targets to attack in the soviet union with nuclear bombs. the time was right, is the u. s. s. o was devastated by wall. it either states last about 400000 people had the brit sloss less than the americans did add to soviet suffer 27000000 deaths bmw 27000000 is an incredible number. mm. but john kennedy gave us american universities commencement address. 1763. he said that what the soviet suffered of world war 2 was the equivalent of the entire united states east of chic

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