the lane or they come up that way if we can get a bright green on, you know that there's almost ah, the top stores of the week aeronautics international fighting intensifies near the russian, held up what all sheep power, plant, and salvation ukraine. despite the un nuclear safety watchdog, the i a, a visiting outside rushes military says it repelled several ukrainian attempts to storm about facility in a recent survey. these as the regiment captives are now making their way back to the limit prism the one that was shelled by their comrades. i'll speak to a captive out all but tally and soldiers, who in july survived the shedding of their detention facility in the village of

yell, enough by ukrainian troops. and unfortunately, we've been treated very well here with food and medicine, treated as if we were there some nice i'm you see if there was an exchange of prisoners, if there was a chance for me to terminate my contract as a service man, i was terminated and the final leader of the soviet union mikhail gorbachev died this week aged 91 in moscow of central hospital. here at auto. we'll be looking back to his historic legacy during this edition of the weekly and more than $70000.00 people take to the streets of pro protesting, soaring energy prices and ultimately slamming the government of failing to tackles, sky rocketing inflation a . and so with the top stories of the week, end of today,

welcome to the weekly analogy. international we are coming to you live from moscow . well, this week has certainly seen fighting escalate. europe's biggest nuclear power plant that is in southeastern ukraine. as keeps forces have made several attempts to recapture russia held zappa grocery power plant, but they were ultimately repelled. it was according to reports by russia as ministry of defense. rushes military has said that more than 300 ukrainian soldiers for observed crossing the juniper river in dozens of boats, relatively near. that'll be embattled nuclear plant. a russian forces eliminated about half of those vessels. the remainder are believe to over a bought it the mission. local authorities also say ukrainian forces shell, the plans territory from across the river on saturday, damaging that of the last remaining power line from the facility to ukrainian controlled territory of the crew operating the plan says the nuclear reactors

remain. busy working in proper condition. now that is, i made the visit to the zappa or she planned by the us nuclear watchdog. that of the international atomic energy agency team has inspected the facility with some of the experts remaining on location with plans to maintain that of a permanent president. he went, meantime did acknowledge rushes commitment to ensuring security for the i. a officials. russian defense minister today stated that the ukrainian group of several stores trying to capture the station in order to use the mission as a human shield. we are glad that the russian federation did what it needed to do to keep keep our inspectors safe. meanwhile, russia has requested a meeting of the un security council, so the weld powers will hear the conclusions of the a mission. now, one of our correspondents down on location is eager to dine off. he was among the very 1st journalists at the nuclear plant to report on the un teams visit. have

a look at you around me is arguably the biggest nuclear scare that the world has seen since the caribbean missile crisis between the soviet union, the united states. this is this up a raska nuclear power plant. you can see some of the react number one and 2 nuclear reactions. and in fact, it is being shelled, relentlessly. and russia has been very much concerned and has been trying to draw the attention to this very big problem, trying to raise it to an international level. and finally, a special monitoring mission of the international atomic energy agency has paid a visit to the facility with quite a scene here at the dap ross can nuclear power plant. he's special mission with the international atomic energy agency on we'll see you can see him hook and right

beside the man in a suit here. he's basically being claimed and he's being shown the sort of extensive damage that's been dealt to the facility we were able in these few hours to put together a lot. a key things i needed to see i saw of your explanations were basically right here. next to me, you can see an a u, a v comma drone. that was down just days ago above these upper oscar nuclear power plant. if you very interesting details, i'm pointing to which side could have used this drone again. russia does not import any, but here, for example, you can have this little chip plate and everything that you see here is written in english like you have parachute left wing and so on. so the russians, they simply don't use english language for anything military. it is very much out

of the question and here another piece, another device, another piece of the drone. you can see that it is brand new. it is year 2022. so it is very, very new. this particular well paying this particular drone has failed to do any damage to deal any damage to the facility because it had been down. but this is not the 1st time that things like this devices like that are being used against the facility. you can hear and see the water still gripping here because the shilling phase of them to have broken the pipes here and well, the personnel. they still haven't had time to fix them because well, the shelling hadn't stopped this place was where the 1st mortar shells landed and hailed down upon the ruskin nuclear power plant, who can see the damage. you can see the aftermath broken windows and this warehouse stands abandoned. it used to be producing liquid nitrogen,

which is who shall to the functionality of the whole atomic power plant. now, well, if you look rational and it is making basically the work of the whole facility, very difficult. meanwhile survivors of a deadly strike by key ebs forces earlier this summer on a detention cam for captured members of the ukrainian extremist as off battalion. and i'll be returned to prison. the attack in july left more than 50 dead, and many more wounded. those as off members who survived were treated for their injuries and a hospital in don, yet. artes correspondent robert raymond caseres did interview some of them and we do need to say that as in all such cases involving prisoners, there is a chance they were speaking under duress. more than 50 caps if azar battalion members were killed when ukrainian shells struck a prison, where they were located. now more than 50 were also wounded,

and they were brought to this hospital today, there been released completely healthy right now. i'm going to speak to some of them and find out how they were treated as an union mom i came here to flee from shell or any you learn of her. i was wounded numerous times more than a dozen shrapnel wounds myself. we've been treated very well here with food and medicine, treated as if we were their sons and grandsons. there were probably numerous victims. we had been densely settled in the run of cur. the rush of that force has helped us. i don't want to believe that it was you crane shooting at us. celtic mount. the bridge fell through here was an explosion. and then a fire immediately eruptive. slung him, everything began burning inside the building. there were screams everywhere, horror, confusion. people started running out into the street. i had friends who died there in mo lucia much after having spoken with a captive a zolphi regiment. sir, members, i took away a couple of things and number one,

the most of them don't want to fight anymore. and number 2, they want to see their families again, however, their fate is unclear ads of this. so point will they be exchanged or will they be tried? you wanted to hold her again and never again. ah, i'm not ready to answer yet for i still am beeson i. i don't belong to myself. so i cannot oh right now, another idea. i am not ready to stay because i did not see my family for a long time, too, so i probably won't go out to fight honey to rest. half a year ago, everyone was focusing on their careers. and now everyone i know just wants to have a family horn. we all understood that the most important things in life are your family and your health. vanessa, i'm you see if there was an exchange of prisoners, if there was a chance for me to terminate my contract as a serviceman, i will terminate it. most of all,

i feel sorry for the children and other civilians who aren't involved in the conflict but are still harmed by it. yeah, and, but i have a profound sense of empathy even before this and as to what that people don't is going to ask. wanted sure. there were tired of women to constant threat. there were motion exhausted, was so hard for them to endure that the so many years since these as of regiments captives are now making their way back to your lenika prison. the one that was shelled by their comrades back in july. most of these people were injured when ukraine is shell struck their barracks right now. they've been healed by the local medics who saw them off and they're hoping that he crating shelling will not happen again. room

want to call for have arti then ask people to republic the last later of the soviet union, mikhail gorbachev died early this week aged 91 of many top politicians around the world, expressed their condolences and here are naughty. we take a look through his legacy on this edition of the weekly ah. the funeral ceremony fo former so good leader. gorbachev as i taken place to take place in moscow this saturday. the mighty one year old passed away tuesday in moscow. central hospital after pretty long illness. now a host of political figures came to pay their respects, including the hungarian prime minister of victor, audubon, a former russian president to meet you. medea, and ambassadors from a number of e. u. countries. a hundreds of russians lined the streets to say that good bye to

the last. later of the ussr anna ceremony that lost it more than 3 hours looked to see what she knew. i came because this is the last page of a play that has already been written. it is impossible to assess this period unambiguously, but it was very colorful indeed. we started, we stopped being called the and smiling at best. but when europe and asia, thanks to gorbachev, he was a very decent man. for me, he was the rest west, ged del, the country study when he's perpetual, wanting to do a lot, but he failed. but i'm grateful for him trying i. i've an ambiguous attitude towards gorbachev, but i've always liked him. as i get older, i understand how important his personality was for the development of the country. gorbachev did a lot. he laid the foundations, the free democratic russia. because i go to my shop, overhauled the soviet union's foreign policy by introducing that of the, the new political thinking doctrine he call to see the world as a single unity,

not as a separated capitalist. in communist countries. he implemented the spread of social, political, and economic reforms, including the complete democratic zation of soviet policies and tending to boost the economy. the soviet leader was well known for his role in the fall of the berlin wall, november $989.00. of course that led to the re unification of germany after being divided for nearly half a century. gorbachev was also responsible for a major nuclear disarmament breakthrough with the united states. when in december 1987, the soviet union and the u. s. agreed to eliminate all of their land based intermediate range nuclear missiles. despite the controversy so cool, but you are forced to widely considered one of the brightest and most significant politicians of his time. we heard from a puzzle of polish jenko who worked with a whole bunch of closely as his chief english language interpreter. he says the soviet lady was known for his ability to listen even to those with opposing opinions. well, she is

a very authentic person. the way she looked and acted publicly was exactly the way she was. there was no difference between the public persona and the individual that i was really close to, i must say for so many years she was open, she was warm, she knew how to talk to people. she understood dignity, as you always respected people with different views. and she was always ready to listen to listen to people who were sometimes very different from him, both ideologically in other ways. but at the same time, she preserved his own authenticity, his convictions,

his views. and i said, in addition to that, of course it's personal rules and choose being snow authentic over all these years. well, big crowds and estimated 70000 people have taken to the streets of prague demanding the resignation of a cheque government. a protest is a vast in the cities center to condemn the country. support for sanctions against russia, saying skyrocketing energy costs will destroy the national economy. some of the protesters carried signs announcing the countries a membership in the e. u and nato of the mass demonstration came a day. also the government survived and no confidence vote over inaction allegations. the czech republic, his grip. why his worst price inflation in 3 decades. countries prime minister, whose cabinet is among europe's most vocal supporters of kiev government reflected the criticism, claiming the protest actually organized by pro russian sympathizers,

influenced by kremlin propaganda. a political scientist, stuff on guy, it says the you should expect more protests like this are opting throughout the block in the coming months are, these are, are creating some kind of conspiracy theory narrative. i'll rush again. that is so powerful. are in check republic, a 100000 people to go out on the streets. 2 of course, i believe that this will only enraged people and that brought us are only likely to be more or less. you became high backed by nato, and my name is interests and interest all washington to london, where as european countries are suffering and they are paying a high price, this is only a breeze before the storm,

which will cover all face of european union. this whole insecurity, unemployment, so et cetera, will create a social functions within societies. to pakistan, malware over 30000000 people have been impacted by floods with the death toll reaching. as we understand nearly 1300 is i'm about has put out worldwide colds for humanitarian help as a biblical monsoon range that started in mid june, i put a 3rd of the entire country under water. the pakistani army has constructed a, i should say, at 147 relief, come to provide help for those displaced and to treat the wounded. a number of countries have pledged assistance including turkey or the u, a. e and china. now the cost of the damage caused by the deluge is estimated to be $10000000000.00. that's according to his mom about officials and one local

journalist has sent us this report from one of the most severely damaged areas. difficult mindset. she had the most of the continuing rains, which lasted from $5.00 to $6.00 days. the level of the swan river rose too high because of several small flooded rainwater drains, emptying into the main river. and on the minutes, the rising water level in the swamp were the smashed into taurus hotels and houses on both banks. the destruction due to the floods in this area is beyond comprehension. the sale of those them and is done with our businesses gone. now we need some protective measures and we must be resettled far away from the river banks because of the flood. we were not informed by the administration about the possible day lewis loaded and now we have lost everything because of the negligence of the authorities. a love for the dead looks on of the flood has destroyed a lot. many people have been deprived of their property. many hotels parking lots vehicles all washed away in these i make a johnny said that he got about, according to the statistics provided by local authorities,

17 people were killed while more than 70 hotels. and over 200 residential units was swept away both around 40 schools in different areas. a completely destroyed 40 bridges is swept away in different parts of the district, resulting in transport, disruptions in the area. communication networks don't work. so thousands of locals and tourists as stranded in the mountain areas that they're at food shortages, they're due to the destruction of roads and bridges. and civilians are facing a difficult situation now. so serbia is caught in the middle of a proxy wall between eastern and western powers. that's according to the balkan republics president alexander of butch, who says his country is trying to walk a very fine line between making inroads with the e. u. and maintaining his traditional ties with moscow. there is literally a proxy war between the great powers east and west happening in serbia through political actors, through the non governmental sector, through the media and various social groups. you can see it on the streets every

day in every sense. we are trying to survive with as few wounds and scars as possible. richard chicks press down so that you would actually grant membership to serbia as, as country refuses to succumb to pressure to recognize cause of i was an independent state. he added that while belgrade is also rejected. western sanctions against moscow. the restrictions have nevertheless taken a toll on servers economy by cutting off russian oil supplies. last week, the u. s. state department point man on european affairs, gabrielle escobar. that is time for bell. great to forget the narrative, the cause of i was a part of serbia over now to our local reporter, nicola, your virtue, explains some angles of this controversy. a constant instability in costa when they talk. yeah, which is an integral part of serbia according to resolution sell for to, for of un security council. but it has no effective control on over it for over 20

years due to presence of international trip there. and especially due to natal baseball, mansell which is a located near a wash of us. due to this, it is expected that nato will try in the following days to open up a new proxy war in serbia to diverge the attention from it's inevitable loss in ukraine. since the project of special proxy war in ukraine has failed. as we see now, due to the new failure for canyon offensive in the south and their incompetence to take over caps on and some other housing areas and proportional to crimea. now the western planners are diverging their attention to when he was on a conflict. and unfortunately for sort of as many times in history surveys again on the cross roads between the interests of great powers. and it's not just knowledge regarding costello and we had the attempt last week to call the euro

pride in september, which is a case where by a special methods they're trying to impose instability within serbia. serbs have gone out to the street 2nd time in 2 weeks, and there's been a massive protest or as sort of quality t. r. in belgrade, on 28th of august, on sunday, with tens of thousands of people in belgrade with the cross says we'd, serbian flags and russian flags. we'd icons with their christian motives and there were protesting. good. that's only because of announced your pride, but against l. g. b t propaganda and their influence on our education on exclusions and on every a scale of public life within one country. and it is of age the by the west. they are trying to serbia into the anti russian wagon to impose sanctions in russia and to be on the anti russian side that completely until that happens. so be,

i will be under the influence and there there would be a measures against serbs and serbia in that way, according to us, russia hasn't imposed any requests on serbia. he's his just said thanks many times to official belgrade for not imposing sanctions and not siding on the account . the russian side, the scenes, the beginning of special military operation due to the 1st of september coming there are a larger escalation coming here in cost without any doubt that we will continue to follow situation from the 3 for the rest of the day from coming through so my name is equally was don't waste energy. that's the swiss government's plea is it launches a voluntary energy saving campaign and that potential shortages. however, some politicians are pushing back launching a petition to keep nuclear power plants that are set to be decommissioned open. of

course, all the name to help people keep warm this winter, that switzerland decided 5 years ago to shut down all of its nuclear reactors following the meltdown at japan's fukushima. however, thus far, it's defeated in closing only one of the full power stations. now some politicians have formed a group called stop blackouts. they're looking to gather a $100000.00 plus signatures to ensure the remaining nuclear plants continue to operate. this comes off to the swiss government last month told us citizens to stock pile firewood candles and food is the country ship half a rolling blackouts this winter if energy conservation efforts are not met. meanwhile, in france, the countries media announced the notion of carbon cods as a way control energy consumption. that's in the context of the much vaunted and highly controversial carbon neutrality. push the card as a system of ratio quotas and aims to limit the c o 2 consuming actions of individuals and for those whose consumption exceeds the allocated limits that the

prospect of buying energy credits from people who have unused quotas providing in theory and escape from strict limitations hours europe is trying to store energy reserves ahead of winter while refusing and sanctioning russian fuel at the very same time. we only asked our guests how that's going to work. it seems to me that we are her leaving the consequences of a policy with just initiating the german gains, but it is as a land which is to get paid of nuclear energy. and of course then the automatically, well, depending on gas and oil and also on school, i don't believe so much and nuclear energy. i think the energy energy crisis could be overcome very easily. stopping the sanctions open. all stream to which you know is in by the german government. and then in germany it would have no problems with

energy. the sanctions are not working down. that's something that will not this thing. the actually good. i mean, this point, i mean, and therefore we should just of them, but it's impossible to love them because it would mean that you need to with have to admit that they made a mistake and they made a mistake in the school. they made a mistake before the war shoes to talk to the russian refused to consider other means getting them. and we have being the price of all those mistakes. everyone who is really trying to discuss what's going on and making proposals, which could work for you now, i'm just or something. there's no real a way of discussing the matter in them all. martin. then on the overall situation, you'll be well aware that people across europe, small business owners, for instance, it bigger businesses to are opening their bills in the morning. and just being shocked by the size of what they have to pay will energy conservation measures such

as cap, sun room and water heater is rationing, even plant blackouts, head off shortages. are they the answer for small, small craftsmen or small communities for individual households? it's not possible to overcome this energy crisis, because then it will anyway, not the main uses of the energy industry, other people all like that. the industry will call up as well. and as a self inflicted crisis here in germany, where the government doesn't take the interest of the population, but the interest of some trans atlantic paolo's in europe and the u. s. government defended this is him of these people because he just learned this is him. i just don't believe it. very book fair in germany. we said kane and that was she said that the civil you're going to stand. you train by finishing her. so she says

that the demonstration goes to the germans won't be happy that the priorities to came. she selected in germany they, they, german taxpayers. i mean, i mean, he's an adult and absurdity are dropping off of this. i was addition of the weekly here on the international appreciate your company has been a very busy week. the worldwide headlines here in asi. so will come up with a new addition, and about half an hour's time, you can join the ah, the eradication of love ism was also conceived by hitler who formed the general plan awesome for the colonization of german ization of eastern europe. the plan involved about 80 percent being killed, relocated a you really?

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