ah, a with russia denies claims of a major ukrainian 5 back in the north calling the reports of western. ruth encouraged the sending of more weapons. the key of queen elizabeth the 2nd the you case. longest ruling monarch dies, age 9670 years on the throne. spanned at mutual period in which britons roll in global affairs steadily declined under the news combs as a difficult sign for the country with the newly appointed prime minister list shows

on the political opposition at loggerheads over close to tackle the ongoing energy prices with from moscow to the world, this is our international. my name is peter scott. hey with the top stories of 5 am this friday morning. welcome to the program. and they can be no talk of ukrainian breakthrough. that's what rushes and void the un vaseline near bens. yes, said falling reports the key have a started a successful counter offensive on the northern front lines. japanese group has taken several villages, but of course to that can be no talk of any breaks for military experts are well aware of this, but the west media have already trumpeted. the ukraine has lost the cancer offensive, which needs to be supposed by new western weapons. thus, the necessary media background was created for the median in one sign, which is exactly what the landscape and his western masters wanted. and this means

that there is every chance that the ukrainian conflict will continue to be filled with new deliveries of western weapons. officials in co pianist, russian controlled 50 in the park of region, say the fortifications are being built up as they wait being foresman. although neither ukraine or russia have given any further details on the fighting. western media have reported that ukrainian troops have advanced some 20 kilometers deep into russian controlled areas. meanwhile, russian bytes authorities in the southern ukrainian cities of america di emily topple through the electricity supplies the have been cut off earlier. a dro strike was reported on an exit. does main administrative building. local officials are calling it an attempted terrorist attack, and you can see here images from the scene. the drone used in the attack is that of being carrying an improvised explosive device which detonated on the roof of the building. if it is located close to the upper or nuclear power plants, which both sides have blamed each other for shilling. meanwhile,

an italian reporter has been wounded by a ukrainian mind while covering key has movements in the south of the country. russian soldiers came to his aid. this footage on your screen shows the damage vehicle that had been carrying the journalists to the contract line. it was reportedly abandoned by ukrainian soldiers who had been a complete him. he's driver died on the spot and harrison 1st on the accounts from the scene, a chevy with me. we were in position when we heard an explosion. we reached the car and realized it was a foreign there who did not speak russian. well, we understood that he was of military journalist motto from italy, from milan. we gave him 1st aid as he had multiple shrapnel wounds. he was then

given something to counter the pain. and after that, we pulled him from the car and carried him through the minefield. ukrainian troops were firing at us and we staggered our movements so as not to get hit. but in the end, everything went fine. the journalist is now receiving medical treatments and his life is understood to be out of danger. queen elizabeth, the 2nd has passed away at the british wal family's residence in scotland after recurring health problems. she was 96 years old. oh, here you can see the latest images from london's buckingham palace where dozens gathered at a news of her death. the british flag has been lowered on all of them and buildings across the u. k. earlier this year, the queen celebrated her platinum jubilee marking 70 years on the throne and including the appointments of a new prime minister just this week. her reign spent 15 you k. lead is not starting with winston churchill. her oldest son has now become king,

king charles the 3rd. let's just take a quick look now at the legacy of queen elizabeth the 2nd britton's longest bully monica. my margaret. i feel too much for you to share danger and renew every one. in the end, all will be well, ah, she came in mechanic and the driver and she sat up with normal other girl recruits in classrooms and learned how to take the initiative trucks. i did cabin my hand. i was there is no or should be debated. you carol family, which when i was in

her my train i oh i, i, she has a chance to join in the shed objective of creating a safer, stable future of her people and from the planet on which we depend. none of us underestimates the challenges ahead. but history has shown that when nations come together in common cause there is always room for working side by side. we have the amenities to the most amount of problems and

triumph over the greatness of adversities for more than 70 years. i have been lucky to me and to know many of the world's great leaders. and i have perhaps come to understand a little abroad, what made them special united kingdom and around the world. people have risen magnificently to the challenges of the and i'm so proud and moved by this class. i don't mean to move spirit to i young people in particular, i say thank you for the part you have played me. ah, we will meet again. but for now i send my thanks and warm as good wishes to all.

queen elizabeth the 2nd was the leader of the british commonwealth, which brings together more than 50 countries. but the sense of support has been called into question in recent years, particularly in africa. adoptee correspondence policy explains, well, if i can provide you the perspective here from africa, of course, for many the queen is a symbol of the greatness of the u. k. but she is also a symbol of its demise. you have many countries in the world, particularly countries here in africa that gained independence from the crown during her reign. and mrs. despite her attempts through the commonwealth to re establish the empire, the queen never acknowledged any wrong doings. on behalf of the royal family or on behalf of the u. k. in terms of its colonial history and its colonial policies here in africa. so for example, if you take south africa we, i am. if you had to ask the average person in the street, what they think of the british royal family, many of them are associated with south africa's colonial past. and their colonial

past obviously paved the way for the implementation of a parties. i must mention at the same time though, that the queen was friends with the iconic freedom lead and nelson mandela. and she was seen as part of the soft power that put pressure on the apartheid government and brought about its demise. having said that, though the queen paid little attention to africa, she seldom mentioned africa. and all her attempts to keep the empire alive through the commonwealth did not seem to work here amongst african countries. this sentiment expressed in the next clip is very much representative of the feeding on the ground here, amongst many africans shoes, becoming irrelevant here. we know about chinese president jim ping or russian president vladimir prudent, not the queen. his also feeling on the ground that with the passing of the queen, the commonwealth itself might become irrelevant. so, with the queen now gone,

you have issues of mir colonialism. issues of africa's poverty no longer receiving any more attention than they did when she was alive. so it's no wonder then many here feel that the u. k has lost africa, largely because again, many people here will tell you that the queen simply did not care about this continent. i was just thinking about the star of africa. i mean, it was the common diamond that was found in south africa basically and was given was named after the man you were in the mind. it was given basically to the royal family on the things we have about $400000000.00 in right back crown and building calls for it to be returned to africa in terms reparations. i mean, i know it's a very difficult one. when you think about how many countries we're talking about and how many people were talking about reparation, everything from slavery to colonialism. i still don't saying england's

origination anymore that they can actually afford to come up with reparation. in the cynics say, the commonwealth is the british empire on the cheap, which i suppose if you look at it that you can, it's difficult to go argue with that. but then again, having said that, despite breaks it, which i don't think is domination any good at all. and what i think is that there will be attempts to keep the commonwealth together. i'm anything, any form of brotherhood of nations is a good thing. no matter who you are, which country you are. queen elizabeth, the 2nd assumed the throne in the twilight of the british empire, and therefore had to build relations with one of its biggest and brightest former colonies, india on more, mutually beneficial terms. it wasn't always a successful endeavour, however, as our teeth rendered sharma explains. the 2nd has never really been the queen of india, but she was the 1st one not to be crowned both in the board independence. she was

in fact last witness of british empire. in all its glory in the norm as a jewell in the british crown. and i mean that poor, figuratively and literally, literally because the jewell in the british crown. and the queen crown has been the infamous diamond port from india and figuratively because it has been the richest colony that has been ruled by the brit. in fact, in her own lien, the queen has visited india pre signs. the 1st sign was the only 15 years offset india waters independence. in fact, she seemed to india in 1961, the 1983, and then 1990. so home, a lot with it, particularly did not without candle that when she 1st went back a son and then drilled him to the entire push me to be a despite the common ra practice of not starting a poor and a political to specially when they're fanning that was a list her father,

king george, the 6 that was the last who are in india until august of 1947 . it was in his new will of that india was divided into 2 into majority india. and what can majority focus on ever since that the 4th lines of india have never really been of the bed. but of course, since then to now there are. * lots of developments that india has seen in the 75 year old or the feeder that in the school or what secret in the u. k as the 5th largest economy. so india is really resented, in a sense both economically and securely. and the queen has seen at all for more on the global reaction to the death of queen elizabeth the 2nd i'm joined live

now by carry harrison. a journalist on producer the forecast. carrie harrison dot com welcomes artsy international kerry. it's good to see you, peter. good, top your head. first of all, what do you think has been the reaction to quit the queen's death across the pond as it were? obviously former us president bark obama did speak very fondly of her? well, i think everyone in the united states speaks fondly over as long as we don't actually have to supplicate before a king or queen in any other country, anywhere else in the world. we can be fans at an arm's length. we do not forget our revolution. we do not forget what it was like to be under an oppressive mantle, at least at the time of george 3rd. but it's been very chummy with queen elizabeth . indeed, we had bretton woods in 1944, which basically turned the british empire over to the united states to have the world's military joy. and the british would handle the financial end of it. so it's been a really lovely marriage ever since. she's quite

a part of the british identity, having reigned britain for more than 70 years. do you think that charles will create the same impression during state visits, now known as king charles the 3rd? if i start, my son corrected that. well, i met him accidentally a few years ago, google maps does not list where he lives off of the green next to next to the ass and am there. and so i am skirting back to my hotel and i crunch across the gravel and i walk up the lawn and there's a guy leaning over the door of an open jag you are. and it's prince charles and i had walked by the guard and he said, well, hello. oh my god, ad camilla was there and the guards came and grabbing took me away and i thought, the only thing clever i could say is, well, i'm american, which would explain how i got there and why i'd clod opt. nice guy. not considered

the world's rock star in mental acuity. however, we like the fact that he's in the climate change. we like the fact he doesn't deny it. we like the fact that he seems to be a relatively stand up guy. so more will be reveal we know the queen was not the biggest fan of his performance, even lady di and love affairs with camilla who is now going to be the consort queen . probably little early to tell still. i think security will certainly be bumps up now. he's king talking about the royal family in general. kerry from an american point of view, what role do you think they have to play in world affairs anymore? they still relevant now. well, as a figure head relevant, it's hard to know what really goes on behind the scenes. how much pressure is plied . but i imagine a lot you have to really push the public and do a lot of great propaganda to get people to cough up billions and billions. you can

live in multiple palaces and basically do nothing all day. maybe pet, a horse, take a walk, get a facial, you know, i don't want to have that life too, but it's really hard for me to get the american public to sign on to that much like an american president. soon as they start bragging about their stuff and cash prizes, you know, we get turned off. well, staying with that topic, carrie, there was some talk some rumors a year or 2 ago in the press of maybe skipping a generation with the monkey. and going straight to charles us on william as he seems to be a little bit more in touch with the times and maybe the instagram generation. do you think that would have been maybe a better decision, obviously not allowed by the constitution of the monarchy? hypothetically speaking, well, he's obviously very popular. you know, i ran into him and l a. several different times. he was speeding the homeless and doing some, you know, remarkable stuff whether it was from his heart or for some photos. one will never

know. it seems like the queen just assumed bypass charles if possible, and if she could jump to her favorite grandson. what a good day were all having posthumously. he is well loved. charles is kind of not so interesting to most people they know about him, but he's been pretty quiet out their way north in this blogs. now we'll see where we're still have to wait and see. and finally, kerry, i just want to get your thoughts on how you think the queen's death will affect the commonwealth. obviously, there is a strong republican movement in some countries, such as jamaica, who may have to amend the constitutions to recognize king charles because they don't automatically just recognize the head of the, the british monarchy. what do you think it will affects the commonwealth? my sense is a lot of these countries will be disinclined to do that. we saw south africa pull

itself away. we've seen india. i have it's independence and enjoy that particular freedom even though the british empire since queen victoria has gained almost 14 trillion dollars off the back of india, they're not likely to get a refund. get out. why would i want to be part of that unless i got something even bigger and better than i got before? so that would be the bargaining chip. does great britain, even have the chops, the power, the finance, the might to do anything more than it's been minimally doing at this point so far? i think many would argue not any more, especially with the current domestic issues. the carry, harrison journalist i'm producer of the poor cast. kerry harrison dot com. thank you very much for your take on the death of quin lizbeth. the 2nd. thank you friend o. staying in britain, newly appointed u. k prime minister list source has announced her plan, protecting the ongoing energy crisis, but she immediately faced the backlash from british opposition. politicians. you

say that her proposal would actually fail to help ordinary people. it seems that the government has decided to deal with this energy crisis, the facts of ordinary hard working with 150 years worth of gas under the grind and g f, a as absolute model to turner back on that for us or some other time when people are facing huge energy bills. the prime minister is right to recognize that immediate support needs to be combined with longer term action. but i'm afraid fracturing, but a dash for gas in the north sea will not cut bills nor spring from our energy security. but they will drive a coach and forces throughout efforts to fight the looming climate crisis. and the governments have lifted a bond on fracking for shell gas in england, while in valium, plans to limit the rising energy costs the controversal parts. this was halted back in 2019 that the mid opposition from environmentalists and local concerns over

earth traumas. alexander k political analyst and editor of red star radio says that the prime minister has no long term solution to the energy crisis. they run into a series of political problems last time. the government tries this 10 years ago and has no sign that they have a comprehensive plan to develop these energy sources to a degree that would actually impact upon the, the bills that people are paying at the moment. and the, the, the other stuff regarding the support to an individual houses, it is mainly around the freezing of energy prices at the current level of firm over 2 and a half 1000 pounds a year. they, i have decided to go ahead with a strategy of essentially i'm trying to stave off the crisis for the winter and hope that they can get into the spring of next year. and that some other solution will present itself. so none of what has been announced this week actually deals

with the, the long term problems that have been facing our britain in the energy sector for almost 1st years. it's a short term mist response from less trust designed to generate headlines mainly and will make it look as if she is doing something. i see no evidence that list trust or her chancellor quasi quite sank or any of the others in the cabinet have a longer term view than just evading or the immediate crisis over to europe. now where the e u is reportedly about to decide if a visa facilitation deal with moscow will be suspended. and that would leave many russians looking to travel to europe facing a more difficult and expensive application process. artie contributor ritual madison has more remember that line from george orwell. dystopian novel animal farm that all animals are created equal, but some animals are more equal than others. well, the european union seems to have ripped a page from orwell, with its new visa policy for russian citizens,

which has just been officially published. so under the new rules, russians will have to pay more for a visa to visit e. u. 80 euro's instead of 35 processing could take up to 45 days as opposed to the current 10 to 15. and multiple entry visas will be tougher to get. the e has also said that it could ask for more documents from applicants. the question is, what kind of added information could they request? and this is where they risk betraying their own stated principles. because apparently the e considers that some russians are indeed more equal than others. but who exactly the e u will remain open to certain categories of russian visa applicants traveling for essential purposes, including notably family members of you, citizens, journalists, dissidence and civil society representatives. so in other words, there's a political litmus test for a u entry, russian dissidence and civil society representatives who denounced their homeland

and adhere to the you and western agenda will get a green light. it's not hard to imagine. that's what the e e was referring to when referencing the extra information that they could request from visa applicants. but the you itself denounces discrimination on the basis of quote, political or any other opinion. it's right there in black and white on the commission on website. any discrimination based on any ground such as sex, race, color, ethnic or social origin, genetic features, language, religion or belief, political or any other opinion. membership of a national minority property, birth disability, age or sexual orientation shall be prohibited. discrimination on the basis of birth is also a if no, no for the you, but that hasn't stopped baltic, you member states, lithuania, latvia, and estonia from unilaterally planning a total russian visitor ban at land border crossings for later this month. and on september, 1st, finland, cat,

the number of visits issued to russians by 90 percent. all this means that russian visitors to the e. u who enter through land crossings in these neighboring states. because we call that direct flights between the you and russia have been suspended, are being singled out. these member states are violating the e principle, not to discriminate against people based on birth. and brussels. well, really doesn't seem to mind. apparently, when it comes to russia, anything goes for the you. as long as the end justifies the means. a lot european council decision comes as estonia, love ya, lithuanian, poland, prepared to introduce above on russians. entering that surgery on september, the 19th, the editor in chief of the bolts news agency andre starter cove says, however, that the bond has not been supported by all. it's beautiful was sick now. disaster, this is certainly a signal of disorganization. and european foreign policy is

a collective responsibility. and discrimination based on citizenship does not comply with european standards and principles. the you allows lot here lithuania and estonia to implement these restrictive measures independently. at the e, you level, the idea of massively bearing the entry of russians into europe has not found support. for example, the south of europe does not want to continue to increase the sanctions and the pressure you, they see how this ripple effect back lashes hurting european economies. and how a d stabilizes the internal political situation in europe. the principal mutual resolution has been violated. and that could be dangerous with you. now, the e u is allowing the baltic states under the auspices of brussels to introduce their own discriminatory decisions. this is an indicator that disorganisation within europe early increase. and finally, hundreds of business men and politicians have come together in moscow for a foreign look in its rushes,

financial sovereignty. participants gathered to discuss the topic, financial sovereignty of russia, myth or reality, while also looking at economic prospects in the face of global geo political changes that have arisen over the past year. the forum, which was organized by the ministry of finance, also touched upon the transformation of the countries debts, policy, and regulation of crypto currencies. oh, among those present were deputy finance minister alex save myself, who discussed the prospects for crypto currency in russia. the far as the current position is concerned, there's nothing to jo, precludes the individual. so companies from a transacting a, in a crypt occurrences with their international counterparts. what is not allowed is the idea that the inside russia between the russian companies or individuals for that, that is not a lot. so the only issue that can arise is a, basically one is a, is going from a crypto into viet currency to roubles. that is not bent, bought,

that is not released either. so that's basically something where the state has said that the look you can do it if you find a of the offer. but according to rational crypt, currency is a, is, is considered to be a good and so you can sell it is good for will sell to rambled with one the by later will see you for this for this good. well, that's a wrap for now. my name is peter scott's. i'll be back again at the top of the hour . the latest news and views here on oxy international ah ah ah

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hello and welcome to crossed out. were all things considered? i'm peter lavelle. as winter draws near in temperatures, drop europe finds itself to be very vulnerable. rejection of brushing energy is not only slowing europe's economy, but also bringing on a recession. what's worst? europe's economic woes are self inflicted. is europe attempting suicide? ah! cross sucking europe in crisis on joined by my guess, michael hudson in new york. he is a professor of economics at the university, missouri, kansas city, as well as author of forgive them their debts in paris we have is all picked more. he is a political commentator and in london we cross ed, real consulting. he's is founder of aka consulting and a foreign affairs analyst, or a gentleman cross sack rules in effect. that means he can jump any time you want. and i always appreciate let's go to michael person, new york, i'm titling this pro.