ah, a, with the top stories of the week here on the i'll t international fighting certainly intensifies new the russian hill orgy power bought in south east in ukraine. despite the us nuclear safety watchdog b i. e gave visiting bad side. russia military says it repelled several ukrainian attempts to stole the atomic facility in recent days. these as of regiment captives are now making their way back to prison. the one that was sheltered by their comrades off he speaks to captive as off battalions. soldiers who in july,

survived the shelling of that detention facility in the village of yelling africa by their road ukrainian troops. denise and if there was an exchange of prisoners, if there was a chance for me to terminate my contract to the service man, i will terminate it at the final leader of the soviet union. mikhail gorbachev died this week age 19 in moscow. central hospital after a long illness and here it out to you will be looking through his historic legacy during this edition of the weekly. and more than $70000.00 people hit the streets of crowds protesting storing energy prices and climbing the government of fail to tackle that of skyrocketing inflation. with all right, as we run down the week's top stories on the main headlines of today, it's a pleasure to have you with for this i was edition of the weekly on the international

. well this week, certainly, sol fighting escalate near europe's largest nuclear power plaudits in south eastern ukraine. as keeps forces made several attempts to recapture the russian held death at all. she power planned, they were ultimately repelled. that is, according to russia's ministry of defense. now, russia's military has said that more than 300 ukrainian soldiers was seen crossing the dipper river in dozens of boats. relatively near that of the embattled nuclear plant. russian forces eliminated about half of those vessels. the remainder are believed to have been aborted during the mission. local authorities, also se ukrainian forces shell, the problems territory from across the river on saturday, damaging the last remaining power lines from the facility to ukrainian controlled territory. now the crew operating the plant says the nuclear reactors are working normally and remain in more or less decent condition as all emit the visit to the

depth replied by the un nuclear watchdog. that of the international atomic energy agency. the team inspected the facility with some of the experts remaining on site with plans to stay the indefinitely of the un has acknowledged rushes, commitment to ensuring security for its officials. with the a russian defense minister today stated that the ukrainian group of sebo stores tried 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 that well, powers will have to hear the conclusions of the i a mission. and one of our correspondence in the region that over eager to dine off, he was one of well, among the very 1st journalists to be at the nuclear pond, to report on the un, teams with 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 lines. he's special mission with the international atomic energy agency. i will see you can see him who can 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 you a read basically a 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. it 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 says another piece,

another device and other 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 dripping here because the shelling 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 rosco nuclear power plant in phoebe down. and you can see the aftermath broken windows and this warehouse stands abandoned. it used to be producing liquid nitrogen, which is,

who shall do 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. elsewhere on the frontline, moscow's defense ministry has released pictures of ukrainian armored vehicles that were destroyed after they attempted to encroach on a russian positions. russia's military also says it has destroyed more than 50 ukrainian artillery units, as well as 6 ammunition storage facilities and just the past 24 hours. but there have been no substantial trip advances, as we understand by either side over the past one day. meantime, and they don't ask republic survivors of a deadly attack a couple of months ago by key as force is on the tension come for captured members of the ukraine's extremist as off battalion now being returned to prison, the attack in july left more than 50 people dead many more wounded and the

surviving as of soldiers were treated for their injuries and a hospital in don. yes. arthur correspondent roman quarter. i've interviewed some of them and we do need to say i didn't all such cases involving prisoners. it's possible they were speaking under duress, answer having spoken with the captive a self regimen 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. this are point, will they be exchanged or will they be tried? you want to be a soldier again, i never again i, i'm not ready to to answer yet. for i still in prison i, i don't belong to myself. so i cannot oh right now, another idea. i'm 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, every one was focusing on their careers. and now every one 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. veneers from your sphere, if there was an exchange of prisoners, if there was a chance for me to terminate my contract as a serviceman or 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 hard to buy it. annual product. yeah, and, but i have a profound sense of empathy. even before this, i understood was that people don't ask until ganske wanted. sure they were tired of leaving under constant threat. there were motion exhausted, was so hard for them to endure that so many years since nobody to keep 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 the 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 sir, he crating shelling all not happen again. grown want to call for archie the nest people who are like the last at leader of the soviet union and mikhail gorbachev. he died this week at age 91, a many top politicians from all around the world, expressed their condolences and here were naughty. we take a look through his legacy on this edition of the weekly ah,

the funeral ceremony for the former soviet leader mikhail gorbachev took place on saturday right here in moscow. the 91 year old passed away tuesday in moscow, central hospital after a well rather a long, long illness. a host of political figures came to pay their respects, including that of the hungarian prime minister of victor order, been a former russian president, dmitri marietta and ambassadors from a number of e u countries. i mean time, hundreds of russians lined the streets outside to say bag bye to the last leader of the u. s. s. are in a ceremony that lost it more than 3 hours. looked to see what her new 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 as we talked, being called the unsmiling a best. that when europe and asia, thanks to gorbachev, he was a very decent man. for me, he was diverse wesley dale, the country scott here when you for pitch of wanting to do a lot that he failed,

but i am grateful for him trying. i can 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 of a free democratic russia. now because what about chef? i hear overhaul the soviet union's foreign policy by introducing that of a new political thinking doctrine. he called to see the world as a single unit, not separated by communist or capitalist states. the gorbachev implemented the spread of social, political, and economic reforms, including the complete democratization of soviet policies, intending to boost the economy. the soviet leader was well known, of course, was rolled in the fall of the berlin wall, november the 9th, 1989. of course that led to the re unification of germany after being divided for almost half a century ago. but y'all was also responsible for a major nuclear disarmament breakthrough with america. when in december 1987,

the soviet union and the us agreed to eliminate all of their land based intermediate range nuclear missiles. despite what we're certainly a batch of controversies, gorbachev was still widely considered one of the brightest and most significant politicians of his time. and here at our tea, we spoke with a pebble, a palace jenko, who was working with gorbachev as his chief english language interpreter. he says, the soviet leader was well known for his ability to listen even to those with contrasting 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 both ideologically in other ways. but at the same time preserved his own authenticity, his convictions, his views. and i said, in addition to that, of course it's is personal move and choose being snow, authentic or were whole years. oh, good, happy with us for the program. india's 1st domestically build aircraft carrier has after 17 years of construction and testing,

finally been commissioned. the ship has been named the i n s. b crump, which translates to courageous and stance grid. i'm prime minister mowdy attended the ceremony, noting india has now joined the ranks of countries with a no how and indigenous technology to build this key naval after 5 minutes. i believe the event has filled the country with new confidence. still the air wing, the plains on the carrier, will have to undergo additional trials, but before becoming fully operation of, well let's learn more crossing live to better go for leila. former officer of india is navy to give us some insight as to what this all means. a very good morning to you, so welcome to the program. this is a big event for india. is there a message the perhaps india is a sending off to the rest of the world of good morning to you and thank you for having be on your program. r a c does indeed a fantastic o step for india and the navy do have built

an indigenous aircraft carrier. it does take on some time for us all, primarily because it's the 1st item and it is completely indigenous from their design to go. i would say about 75 percent of the treatment i indigenous 25 percent is no important from our friendly of foreign countries. and ms. b and different folks. i see a 40 i would say that india has medina matter. demonstrated ego objectives and it is that we need to consider on this. when we look at in a class patio, if you have any specific mommy zone of 2300000 supply kilometers the have a long course line of 7500 kilometers. we have far plan island territories, located 1000 kilometers from our coastline. we have to be the 1st responder. any

prices, the name, the notion of you have to be happy with the lanes of communication, which we need to protect for, you know, the security. and by that time period, and also the geopolitical competition in, in the notion is on the increase or not, if you've just mentioned it for a missed i think, a little that of a geo political competition in the region, but also the need to petroleum coastlines of course a, china is a widely seen as india's main naval competitor in the region. do you see beijing, a new deli at all with each other, or do you foresee any tensions in the future at c? ah, see, do have a difference of opinion of the land border of but i do not foresee any kind of, you know, attention in the matter then region, at least for the foreseeable future. what about the idea that india well might need more aircraft carriers,

india now has to aircraft carriers and some of the countries navy have suggested that perhaps it needs one more. what do you see is the focus for the missions here? i mean, is it, is it based upon g of politics? it was only a few years ago. for example, the former australian foreign minister said we have 3 to 5 years before the next great war. he was suggesting china and that australia, new zealand will be forced to be on the front lines. is there some sort of war preparation going on? i would not say that it's kind of a walk issue, but having a ignored area is a strictly as it and creates that data in value. and for us in the motion is on a piece. and we like to maintain in the notion as, as all of these at all times. so there is no kind of competition or, you know, joker competition with any country. but b, r a is a protect audio,

is it an automatic then security, but sections and it, i've been a couple of angle ill, a formal officer of india's navy of a very big congratulations to you by the way. we wish you a success with your future feel tests with us across carrier, and of course, all the aircraft that will be living on this brand new vessel. thank you very much for your time. thank you. i will say that a big if, if you say, you know, for big off got it to be free all mission element. that's very kind of you to tell us. thank you very much for your time. thank you. so thank you so much. i saw the news in the weekly here were not into national, an estimated 70000 people hitting the streets of prague. they are very angry expressing outrage over surging price inflation. none demanding the resignation of the cheque government amassing in the city center. the protesters condemn the government support for and see russia, sanctions that, of course,

energy costs to go through the roof authority. these are, are creating some kind of conspiracy theory. narrative, all russia, again, a powerful are in check. republic, a 100000 people are going to see. of course, i believe that this will only raise people and that brought us are only likely to be more or less. you became hijacked by natal. i may need those interests and interests 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 society well demonstrate has also carried signs announcing the czech

republic membership in both the e. u and nato rally came a day after the government survived, no confidence vote over its handling of the energy crisis as the country struggles with its worst price inflation in 3 decades. the prime minister, whose cabinet is among europe's most vocal supporters of government deflect the criticism, claiming the mass protest was organized by pro russian sympathize as influenced by the kremlin a political scientist and stuff on guy. it says that you should expect more protests like this one, iraq, things throughout the block in the coming month. the are shifting our attention to pakistan. now we're over 30000000 people have been impacted by floods with the death toll reaching at least well. now roughly 1300 is i'm about has put out worldwide cause for humanitarian help as devastating monsoon

rains that ultimately started in mid june, but a 3rd of the entire country under water. the focused on the army has constructed a number of relief comes to provide help for those displaced on to treat. the wounded. a number of countries have placed a systems including turkey, the u. a. e and china. the cost of the damage caused by the deluge is estimated to be around $10000000000.00, according to his law, me about and one local john. listen to us this report from one of the most severely damaged areas. deborah could find such as the most of the continuing rains which lasted from 5 to 6 days. the level of the swan river rose too high because of several small flooded rainwater drains. emptying into the main river and only minutes the rising water level in the swamp, where 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 that not our business is 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 de louis. and now we have lost everything because of the negligence of the authorities to love for them. the dead looks on of the flood has destroyed a lot. many people have been deprived of their property to king many hotels parking lots vehicles all washed away in these i make you johnny said that he got about according to the statistics provided by local authorities, 17 people were killed while more than 70 hurried sales. and over $200.00 residential units were swept away around 40 schools in different areas, a completely destroyed 40 bridges swept away different parts of the district, resulting in transport, disruptions in the area, communication networks that work. so thousands of locals and tourists as stranded in the mountain areas that they're at food shortages, the edge you to the destruction of roads and bridges and civilians are facing a difficult situation. now. at least 30 people reported killed more than

700 injured this during very violent clashes in baghdad. it all comes after a leading shia cleric, mac tada. i'll salad, announced his retirement from politics and spoke massive unrest in the nation's capital between government forces and demonstrators who stormed the government offices in baghdad earlier this week. here's some footage from the streets. ah, i just a brief background for you uh mac taught at i'll start though. it is the founder of the song tourist movement, iraq's leading shia political group. he became a big symbol of resistance to the us led invasion in 2003, and even helped a full militias to fight american troops. is also wanted by the u. s. government over his alleged role in the killing of a washington backed shia rifle that was back in 2003 now in the wake of the

american invasion and ultimate occupation, the rocky cleric was a vocal critic of washington in particular. george w. bush, junior bush reportedly said that his picture will be hung in every iraqi house. no, sir, no. my dear, your picture is now under iraqi. feel the popularity the united states is diminishing day by day. if not every 2nd. we reject the presence of the american army and even the bombings by the u. s. forces we reject them. we do this as an act of occupation. we spoke with a political and uh, security atlas from baghdad, who says, outsider, has enormous support in iraq. but his a more militant followers are the ones bringing chaos to parts of the country. he has amended amount of among his followers. and the last elections he agreed about a 160000 bottles altogether for his political

party. so that basically is the basis for his wow, that's all iraq in baghdad is particular, he has an important large number of supporters, but there is no issue with his supporters. is the problem with the malicious, the ironically called the school, which is a militia connected to mr. i sent that invaded this recent wagner yesterday. and we had a very hard day and long nights molding by misha. i'm to attack to many launch government post and engine what the people and even targeted civilians. well, would you believe it? serbia is caught in the middle of

a proxy war between the eastern and western powers. that is, according to the bulk of republics, president alexander roche, who says its country is trying to walk a fine line between making inroads with the e, u and maintaining, as traditional trade 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, which expressed doubts of the e. you would actually grant membership to serbia, says country refuses to succumb to pressure to recognize cause of i was an independent state. he added that while belgrade has also rejected western sanctions against moscow, the restrictions have nevertheless, taken a told on soviet economy by cutting off russian oil supplies. and last week, the u. s. state department's point man on european affairs. gabriel escobar said,

is time for bell gray to forget the narrative. the cause of it was a part of serbia. that message was slammed by belgrade and local reporter nicola yo, vic explains angles now to this controversy to be a constant instability in costa when they talk here, which is an integral part of serbia. according to resolution, 1244 of un security council, but it has no effected control on over it for over 20 years, due to presence of international internal there. and especially due to an 8th or base and bought bon fill, which is a located near or from us. it is expected that the nato will try to open up a new proxy war in serbia to diverge the attention from ukraine. as many times in history is again on the cross roads between the interests of great powers. and it's not just only regarding costello, they are trying to push serbia into the anti russian wagon to impose sanctions in

rough and to be on the anti russian side that completely russia hasn't imposed any requests on serbia eat. his just said thanks many times for official belgrade, for not imposing sanctions and not siding on the account to russian side. that seems the beginning of special military operations. now i so so b, i wraps up the salad edition of the weekly. thank you so much for joining us. we are back with more if you will use there is, ah ah

ah mm mm mm i welcome to worlds apart. full all the similarities between the crime upheaval, previous world wars, one thing is absolutely unprecedented. never before has an operational nuclear power station been in the midst of an act of war zone. will change parents as a result of it never before has a distinction between civil and military use of nuclear technology. it's been a functioning nuclear reactor and a ticking time bomb been so blurred when the spectra of a nuclear apocalypse is in its.