a group when you, when you're speaking with dr. numbness, listen, who is a school? so a delusion. we'll go through a little bit. you know, the motion with in the top stories of the week here, one ot international fighting intensifies near the russian hill delta ology power plant in south eastern ukraine despite the un nuclear safety watch go v i. e. a. visiting that site, military started repelled several ukrainian attempts to stole the atomic facility in recent days. these i was off, regiment captives are now making their way back to get into prison. the one that was shelter by their comrades. if you speak to captive as off, but callian soldiers,

who in july survived the shedding of their detention facility in the village of yellow nautica by their own ukrainian troops. the news from you to see if there was an exchange of prisoners, if there was a chance for me to terminate my contract as a service man, i will terminate it at the final leader of the soviet union that mikhail gorbachev died this week. page 91 in moscow, central hospital offer a prolonged illness thrown auto international. we'll be looking back through his historic legacy during this edition. nope, the weekly. more than 70000 angry people take to the streets of frogs protesting soaring energy prices and slamming the government for failing to tackle sky rocketing inflation with

choosing your favorites right now, running down the week's top story. welcome to the weekly it's asi international. so this week has certainly seen fighting escalating right around europe's largest nuclear power plant. it's in southeast, in ukraine. as key of force has made several attempts to recapture the russian held up at all. she power plot they were ultimately repelled. that's according to reports by the russia, ministry of defense. russia's military has said that more than 300 ukrainian soldiers were seen crossing the d. f, a river, and dozens of boats relatively near that of the embattled nuclear plant. russian forces eliminated about half of those vessels, the remainder a belief who had been aborted during the mission. a local authorities, also se ukrainian forces shelled the plans territory from across the river on saturday. damaging the last remaining power lines from the facility to ukrainian controlled territory. the crew operating the plan says nuclear reactors remain working in proper normal condition. now it's all in the visit to this app at all.

she applied by the humans nuclear watchdog, the international atomic energy agency. the team has inspected the facility with some of the experts remaining on location with plans to stay there indefinitely. un has meantime, acknowledged russia's commitment to ensuring security of its officials with the russian defense minister today stated that the ukrainian group of service or try 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 world powers will have to hear the conclusions of the i. a mission. are correspondent in the region is eager to dine off. he was among the very 1st journalists to be at the nuclear plant in time for

the un teams visit 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 both 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 this 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, basically a combat 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 another piece, another device, another piece of the drone. you can see that it is brand new, it is yet 2022. so it is very, very new. this particular well thing, 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 they are being used against the facility. you can hear and see the water still dripping here because the shillings 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. you 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 crucial 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. elsewhere on the front line, moscow's defense ministry has released pictures of ukrainian armored vehicles that were destroyed after they attempted to encroach on russian positions of russia's military. also associates destroyed more than 50 ukrainian artillery units, as well as a 6 ammunition storage facilities in just the past 24 hours. but as we understand, there would be no substantial troop advances reported by either side over the past day. meantime, and i had republic survivors of a deadly attack a couple of months ago by key as forces in a detention camp for captured members of the ukraine's extremist as up italian. and now being returned to prison, the attack in july left more than 50 people dead and wounded many more. the

surviving as all soldiers were treated for their injuries and a hospital in dawn. yes. and of course that roman culture of interviewed some of them. now we do need to say as it all such cases involving prisoners, it's possible they were speaking under us. pastor, having spoken with a captive as of regiments are members, i took away a couple of things. 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 want to be a soldier, you can never again or i'm not ready to answer yet for i student beeson. i. i don't belong to myself. so i cannot or right now and not the 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 remarks, vanessa. mm. you see 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 harmed by it. and you know, for that. 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 women to constant threats. there were motion, exhauster was so hard for them to endure that as the so many years is just not ready to kill these as off. regiments captives are now making their way back to you. 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 there hoping that sir, he crating shelling all not happen again or want to call for if arty, the nest people's republic. the last leader of the soviet union, mikhail gorbachev died early. this week of the age of 91 of many top politicians mar, round 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 in

moscow the saturday for the 91 year old passed away tuesday in moscow. central hospital after a prolonged illness. a host of political figures came to pay their respects, including the hungarian prime minister of victor, audubon, the former russian president to meet them at vienna and ambassadors, my number of a u countries. meantime, hundreds of russians lined the streets to say their farewells to the loss leader of the ussr in a ceremony that did last more than 3 hours. looked as if it renews. 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 the rest where see the day of the country i study when the forfeiture of wanted to do a lot that he failed. but i am grateful for him trying. i have 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 code, which often a lot he liked to foundations. the free democratic russia got about of overhaul the soviet union's foreign policy by introducing that of the new political thinking doctrine called to see the world as a single unit, not separated by communist or capitalist countries. gorbachev implemented the spread of social, political, and economic reforms, including the complete democratization of soviet forces. soviet policies, i should say, intention was however, to boost the economy. the soviet leader was well known, of course for his role in the fall of the berlin wall. that was the 9th of november, 1989. of course i did lead to the reunification of germany after being divided from nearly half a century ago to watch off 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 that land based intermediate range nuclear missiles. now 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 r t c, we heard from pebble parish chain co, who worked with gorbachev as his chief english language interpreter. he says the soviet later 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 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. india's 1st domestically built aircraft carrier has off the 17 years of construction and testing finally been commissioned. the ship has been named the ins, the current, which translates to courageous in sanskrit. our prime minister modi attended the

ceremony, noting india has now joined the ranks of countries with a no how and indigenous technology to build this key. navy asset prime minister believes the event has filled the country with new confidence fill. the planes on the carrier still have to go undergo additional flight trials before the ship becomes fully operational. but a short time ago i spoke with going to go pull of the legal, a former indian naval officer that says the aircraft carrier is built as a parent and serves to ensure piece ah, it does take on some time for us. oh, primarily because it's the 1st item and it is completely in beginning from there design to the word a go. i would say about 75 percent of the treatment i indigenous when he play percent is are important of from our friendly of foreign countries and misery and different fonts. i would much say that it's painful war publicity, but having

a lot, garcia is a strictly d, a sit and create that better than value. and for us in the emotion is own a piece. and we like to maintain in the notion as a zone of either all types. so there is no kind of competition or, you know, geopolitical competition with any country. but b, r o b is to protect odd ease that and automatic, then we got it, the best options and the but it gives an estimated 70000 angry people, hit the streets of prague to express outrage of a surging price inflation and to demand the resignation. of a cheque government, amassing the city center, the protest was condemned. the government support for unseat russia at sanctions. that, of course, energy costs to skyrocket. demonstrate has also carried signs denouncing the check republics membership in both the e. u. an nato. the rally came

a day off to the government, survived, and no conference vote over its handling of the energy crisis. as a country struggles with its worst price inflation in 3 decades. and the prime minister, whose cabinet is among europe's most vocal supporters of key ab government, deflected the criticism, claiming this mass quote as well was organized by pro russian sympathizes influenced by the criminal political scientist of stuff on guy. it says the e, you should expect more protests like this one interrupting throughout the blog in the near future. authorities are, are creating some kind of a c theory narrative. i'll russian again that is a powerful are in check republic, a 100000 people are going to see. 2 of course, i believe that this will only enraged people are brought that are only likely to be more or less. you became hijacked by natal. i may need those interests

and interest all washington to london, where as european countries are suffering and they are paying a high price, this is only agreed for the storm, which will cover all bases european union, this whole insecurity, unemployment, et cetera, will create a society to pakistan now over 30000000 people have been badly affected by floods. the death toll reaching nearly $1300.00 is i'm about has put out world wide coals for humanitarian help as devastating monsoon range that originally started mid june of now put a 3rd of the entire country under water. the pakistani army has constructed relief comes to provide help for those displaced and to treat the wounded. number of countries have pledged assistance, including turkey,

the u. e and china. the cost to all the damage caused by the deluge is estimated to be $10000000000.00. that's according to his mom about and one local journalists sent us this report from one of the most severely damaged areas. deborah uncle pine said she had the most of the continuing rains, which lasted from $5.00 to $6.00 days off. the level of the swan river rose too high because of several small flooded rainwater drains, emptying into the main river. in any minutes, the rising water level in the sweet river smashed into taurus hotels and houses on both banks. the destruction due to the floods in this area is beyond comprehension . the sailor village them and is edward, our business is gone. now we need some protective measures and we must be re settled far away from the river banks because of the flood. we were not informed by the administration about the possible de louis louis. and now we have lost everything because of the negligence of the authority to love for them. the dead looks on of the flood has destroyed a lot. many people have been deprived of their property, the king,

many hotels parking lots vehicles all washed away. well, 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 residential units was swept away both. okay, around 40 schools in different areas that completely destroyed what the forces bridges swept away, different parts of the district, resulting in transport, disruptions in the area. okay. communication networks don't work. so thousands of locals and tourists as stranded in the mountain areas that the right food shortages, the edge you to the destruction of roads and bridges and civilians are facing a difficult situation now. placed a 30 people reported killed more than $700.00 injured this during clashes and baghdad comes after a leading at shia cleric mac tada. al sabah announced his retirement from politics and spoke unrest in the nation's capital, ultimately, between government forces and demonstrators who stormed government offices in the iraqi capital. earlier this week. here's some footage from the streets.

ah. by just a brief background for you. look, toyota al. so that is the founder of the sawdust movement, iraq's leading shia political group. he became a symbol of resistance to the us led invasion in 2003 and helped to 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 in 2003. now in the wake of the american invasion, the iraqi cleric was a vocal critic of washington. i'm particular of george bush, junior bush, reportedly said that his picture will be hung in every iraqi house and said, 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 us forces we reject them. we want to view this as an act of occupation, or we spoke with a political and security analyst out from baghdad. who says that al saw that a has enormous support in a rock, but is more militant to follow as of the ones bringing chaos to the capital. he has amended amount among his followers. and the last elections be about a 160000 miles all together for his political part. so that basically is the base for his. wow. that's all iraq in baghdad is particular, he has a large number of supporters, but there is no issue with the problem with the malicious,

the ironically cool piece which is militia connected to i said that they did this recent wagner yesterday and we had very all day long nights holding my membership attack to many in march, government, post and engine, people had even targeted civilians don't waste energy. that's the swiss government's plea as it launches a voluntary energy saving campaign a mit potential shortages. however, some politicians are pushing back launching a petition to keep open nuclear power plants that are set to be commissioned at switzerland decided 5 years ago to shut down all of us nuclear reactors following the meltdown at japan's fukushima. however, thus far, it's succeeded in only closing one of the full power stations. so now some are

politicians have formed a group called stop blackouts and are looking to gather a $100000.00 plus signatures to ensure the remaining nuclear ponds funds continue to operate. this comes off of the swiss government last month, told it citizens to stock pile firewood candles and food. meanwhile, in france, the country's media announced the notion of carbon cod their way to control energy consumption. that's in the context of the controversial carbon neutrality push. the cards would work as a system of quotas. aims to limit c, o 2 emissions for those whose consumption exceeds the allocated limits that a prospect of buying energy credits from people who have unused quotas. providing in theory and escape from strict limitations. now as europe tried to store up energy was of the head of the wind. so while refusing and sanctioning russian energy all at the same time, my colleague, you know, neil earlier asked our guests how it's all really going to work. is he,

it seems to me that we are her leaving the consequences of her policy with just initiating the german gains, but even dated elsewhere. a land which is to get rid of nuclear energy. and of course then the automatically, well, depending on gas and o a land 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, seen 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 going to me that these train, erica needs, and therefore we should just plug them, but it's impossible to love them because that would mean that the european union need to, and cetera have to admit that they made a mistake and they made

a mistake in the school they made a mistake before the war, a few to talk to the russian refuse to consider other means getting them. and we are being the place of all those mistakes. everyone who is really trying to discuss what's going on and making proposals which could work. is that a propagandist or something there's no real a way of discussing the matter in them or martin then on the overall situation, you'll be well aware that people across europe, small business owners, for instance, that 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 a 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 anyway, not the main use of the energy industry as we go on, like the industry will call ups, as well as a self inflicted crisis. here in germany over the government doesn't take interest off the population. but the interest of some transatlantic poland in europe and the u. s. government, the family, this is i'm of these people just tell you just what it is and i just don't believe it. their book, a fair in germany. some came and now she said that for several years you're going to stand. you train by finishing her. she says that the demo station, there's truth and germans won't be happy that they'll priorities to we came. she selected in germany, they, german tech space. i mean, i mean, he's an adult. absolutely. i'm wrapping up a 1000 edition of the weekly here are not international. thank you so much for

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