hello, bob must protect its own existence with correspondent is almost hit by ukrainian military shelling. barbosa says he has f at the counter offensive are little more than a ploy. drama, more weapon support in the west of south africa, host, the world's 2nd largest mining exhibition and bringing cutting edge technology to thousands of investors. aa queen elizabeth the 2nd case, longest ruling, monica dies, page 9670 year reigns on britain's colonial era to diminish roll it now has on the

with also coming up a major european publisher has called for a band on chinese owned social media platform. thought of using it of collecting personal dates with from las go to the world. this is, are the international. my name is peter scott. and these, the top stories this hour an insane counter offensive. that's how the russian envoy to the un describes ukraine's latest offensive. adding is little more than a desperate effort to get more weapons support from the west, but still it not been just says that you can do it, however, we take several villages, but there has been no such breakthrough ortiz broadcast, different reports from the front line. polasta assures lull the ukrainian counter

offensive, so called counter offensive began here in kennesaw region about a week ago. for the 1st few days, there was ferocious fighting. the ukrainian side took a number of small villages on the outskirts of russian control territory. but we saw at what price those villages, which have no strategic value would take it hundreds, perhaps thousands of ukrainian soldiers perished. just here in kennesaw on reaching we saw of course that would the world saw the videos of hundreds upon hundreds of ukrainian ambulances ferrying soldiers injured in this offensive away from the front lives the hospitals. and nikolai and glibly rogue to cities ukrainian controlled cities near by. but this same offensive has now been repeated up north in conic of region, where they took over the town of black lea, a bigger town than anything they had taken over here. in kennesaw region,

the russian contingent to the in the town retreated in good order. there was fairly a fight for the village. for tactical reasons, they choose to retreat, but your greatness is trumpeting this as a huge as a huge victory. they are claiming that their counter offensive is working despite all the evidence of the country, and that is the extra ordinary losses in material losses and even tags and armored personnel carriers vehicles which now liter the battlefield here in here, san province. we were there closer to the front lines yesterday, this very difficult to film all of this because most of the losses are in the greek zone and no man's land between brush and lines and ukrainian lines. and they are, they are throwing everything they have into the fight. that is artillery attach and suicide, drones, everything that, that the west supplied to you, craig,

is now being thrown into the grind a long with ukrainian troops. who many of them we have seen again the videos online? believe they're being used as cannon fodder given all the losses that they have taken. we've also seen huge lines of civilians in cars. desperate to get out of the file, the firing lines, a huge fuse again, hours and hours law of waiting to get out of there to russian control territory deeper perhaps into russia, to escape the fight. given the fact that ukraine has increasingly begun to use artillery high mas american rockets to attack civilian targets in nowhere, holtgrewe. yesterday, a 5 story apartment block was devastated. 6 people. a 6 civilians killed whether ukrainian la rocket lad that near the roof and took down every floor all the way to the ground floor. but again, this continues here and here san every day,

every few hours we hear anti air defense is far away at more ukrainian launches in the field, closer to the frontline belly, 20 kilometers from here. we also hear that ukrainian counter this counter offensive these, these troop charges a ceaseless, but they haven't stopped that again. that ukrainian forces are suffering tremendous casualties along the periphery of the front bloods and staying with ukraine and italian reporter has been wounded by ukrainian mine while covering keeps movements in the south of the country. russian soldiers came to his 8. this footage you're seeing now shows the damage vehicle that had been carrying the journalist to the contact line. he was abandoned by ukrainian soldiers who'd been accompanying him and his driver died on the spot that's according to russian or authorities. here are 1st on accounts from those of the scene with

me, we were in position when we heard an explosion. we reached the car and realized it was a foreigner who did not speak russian. well, we understood that he was of military journalist, marcia, 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. ah, in the news, the biggest african exhibition of mining equipment comes to a close today friday in south africa after 4 days is be billed as the confidence

leading exhibition in the field. electric mining africa has a 50 year long history, and it's 2018 expos saw 30000 people visit exhibition presents cutting edge technologies in mining electrical and automation fields. attracting investors from all over the world are te, correspondence, career boat, la thought le brings there's more details for 50 years. electro, mining africa has been a corner stone exhibition for businesses and professionals in the mining electrical automation, manufacturing, power, and transportation industries. from all over the continent, but following a to yeah, i 8 is due to the coven. 19 pandemic is my annual event is back with a bay the vest. the wag group is a brazilian company expending into the bricks. countries with presence in china, india, and now south africa that countries decades long, chronic electricity challenges present an opportunity for new bricks partners by

getting our efficiency hire. usually each step of deficiencies are on 20 percent less losses. we are making available more energy for everyone. we are actually capable of doing less costs for the total cost of ownership from our customers, and at the same time help growth on, on, industry and overall country. because we're lowering their losses on, on degrees. and they do shortages and power cuts in south africa have curtailed growth across economic landscape. for years mining has been the bedrock of south africa's g d p. but some investors say it's not all doom and gloom. some university really dark summary. somebody in the city still green off the money industry is still growing until now. now the because the current, the, you for a so slowly go away. so i think a loss also,

governments will be how would a there's a plan rebuild to plan the reconstruction plan for south africa would have to include the rebuilding of the country's dilapidated railways. millions of dollars worth of public infrastructure has been vandalized and stolen. but for mining companies servicing of their own railway infrastructure, it's a non negotiable conditions. underground months have many, many kilometers a rail and the ground at require maintenance due to corrosion of tricks and upkeep of the tricks. and this product allows the ro maintenance crews to come cut out sections, replace them with sections, or in cases we, the cages that go underground aren't able to accommodate long rail sections. they pre cut the rails done and drill them and it, and it allows that the operation to be completely repetitive, with perfect tolerances for, for the connections they impact of the global pandemic. and the economic decline

that was already visible in the south african economy prior to call with 19 have all shown as what light on the effectiveness of the partnerships that south africa has. and more and more company from the developing world, continue to think and find opportunities in each other's economy. and a sentiment here and electro mining africa conference is that sustainable solutions and partnerships in the energy and mining sector. it's exactly what countries like south africa need right now. got a malicious ange on his work for r t international. in other news, queen elizabeth the 2nd has passed away at the british were from his residence in scotland after recurring health problems. she was 96 years old. dozens of people gathered near london's buckingham palace as news of her death spread throughout the country. and the british flag was lowered on all government buildings across the u . k. earlier this year the queen celebrated her putting him jubilee mocking 70

years on the throne road. his son has now become king, king charles the 3rd. let's take a quick look at the legacy of queen elizabeth the 2nd britons longest bowling monarch. my margaret. i feel too much for you to share the danger. ah, we knew every one in the end all will be well. ah. she came mechanic and a driver. and she sat with normal other girl recruits in classrooms and learned how to take the edge of trucks. i did cab before my house and i was going to be known or short shall be debated. and the carol family, which we i was in my

my train i oh, i, i had a chance to join in the shed objective of creating a safe, stable future of her people and from the planet on which we depend. none of us underestimates the challenges ahead. but history ition that when nations come together in common cause, there is always room for working side by side. we have the amenities to show the most in some audible problems and triumph over the great use

of adversity. for more than 70 years, i have been lucky to meet and to know many of the world's great leaders. and i have perhaps come to understand a little abroad what made them special, the 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, indomitable spirit, to young people in particular. i say thank you for the part you have played me. queen elizabeth, the 2nd was the leader of the british commonwealth, bringing together more than 50 countries, but the sense to support has been called into question in recent years, particularly in africa as, as the correspondence policy or 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 way, i am, if you had to ask the average person in the street, what they think of the british royal family. many of them 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 bought 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 a sentiment expressed in the next clip is very much representative of the feeling on the ground here, amongst many africans shoes, becoming irrelevant here. we know about chinese personages in ping or russian president vladimir putin. not the queen is 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 mere colonialism. issues of africa's poverty no longer receiving any more attention than they did when she was alive. so it's no one to 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 with about $400000000.00 in right back crown and building calls for it to be returned to africa in terms reparations. i mean, i was a very difficult one when you think about how many countries were 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 and you can still go 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, cher shortsightedness is the you reportedly prepared to decide if a visa facilitation deal with moscow with suspended russian spokes only as a carver blustered to those trying to abandon tourist visas for russians. looking to enter several baltic states and poland, i told that you can actually recall that freedom of movement is guaranteed by a number of international legal documents. we require confirmation that for our citizens and the international community, these documents are now dead for the baltic countries of estonia last year, lithuania, along with poland. it's now clear to everyone that the basis of e, u. b. 's acceptance is

a statement divorced from reality. according to reach visiting e u countries, as they say, is some kind of privilege that must be earned for loyalty in support for each policy ins of the full countries all preparing to introduce a ban on russians. entering the church on september the 19th. as while the european council is to decide to day, if it's visa facilitation, do with moscow will be suspended. now that would leave many russian tourists look into trouble to the you facing a more expensive and difficult application process also contributed rachel marston 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 visas issued to russians by 90 per cent. all this means that russian visitors to the e u who enter through land crossings in these neighboring states. because recall

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. ah, i'm a major publisher that's owens politico and business insider has cold for a been on chinese own social media platform, tick tock, citing the need to secure the privacy of his uses. tick tock should be banned in every democracy. we have at the moment, and now you've take with dealing with china, we hand over personal data to the chinese government. it is of course, a tool of espionage. usually words like democracy and ban. don't walk hand in hand. democracy is about the free exchange of ideas, a market place of interpretation,

where the people get to make up their own decision, but not when countries like china come into the picture. it's similar to how r t has been banned across europe for daring to challenge the nato interpretation of events and ukraine. either follow the globalist line or you must be silence. that's the way a lot of western voices are talking these days. notice that no one's calling for a ban on instagram or facebook or google despite their well known relationship with the u. s. government and it's intelligence apparatus. do you remember the cambridge analytic a scandal? 87000000 facebook users had their personal data turned over to a private firm that used it for political purposes. outrage and lawsuits ensued on average, how many data points to space book? how about each facebook user? i do not know off the top my head, so the average for non facebook platforms is 1500. it's been reported. the facebook

has as many as 29000 of data points for an average facebook user. you, in many, many talents of this story are the original bad guy or the guy who took the data from facebook and sold it to cambridge analytic guy, the political firm in a word. was it wrong to do that where you wrong? at the time where the thing we're doing anything wrong that was just our normal business as usual practice. i think right now absolutely are viewed as wrong. now that we know how people feel about it, she spook has disclosed food parties can access to what you may have thought was private information. studies show that social media outlets are constantly tracking here and collecting your info. instagram was found to be the most invasive of the apps with 70 percent of your personal data collected and stored. whistleblowers, like edward snowden have told us over and over about how u. s. security agencies are in need deep and americans private information. the facts are there, if you care to hear them drop out chip is essentially an application that the,

the an essay can push to your phone either through. i'm tricking you to download software essentially via one of those mechanisms. they send software to your phone that essentially takes over your phone and allows in a say to send commands to it that collect your data that monitor your s m s, the turn on the microphone, the camera, et cetera. donald trump tried to get tick tock band for alleged shiny his ties, and he failed to do so. so now this wealthy german dob for says it's time to get this censorship process going again. he owns a business insider and politico among other publications. so his opinion matters, i guess it's not enough that alternative voices are being banned from many platforms. now this, censorship has got to extend to making sure that alternative platforms cannot compete. they say it's in our national interest and that free speech has to stop somewhere. well, many americans are looking at the rising costs of gas and food struggling to pay

their bills and asking themselves, who is all this censorship really serving? caleb martin artsy, new york for those are the main stories this are. do you feel free to head over to r t dot com or our social media pages for more on any of the stories you've just seen? monies peter scott. thank you for watching. in awe oh, just a. ringback question you spencer with barclay's me,

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