[000:00:00;00] a with one, a civilian is killed and 2 wounded as ukraine shells residential areas of the russian border town in the region. boscoe and beijing are in lock step when it comes to creating a multi polar world. that's how the new person described russia and china strong ties with also ahead in the program because everything went great as usual. these negotiations are always structured in a business like concrete way versus foreign minister sectors. we've been told

with washington tolls on china to follow us foreign policy and one down relations with russia, with an air strike kills at least 10 people in ethiopia. great beach in the territory has long faced unrest with a response from the international community remain focused on you with . if you live from our headquarters here in moscow, you're watching the international i just on 60, i'm here in the russian cups on friday morning. i just got to pay with the top stories this hour. ukraine has a shell to the russian border town about a week in belgrade beach and killing one civilian. 2 more people were wounded in the attack. according to local authorities. paula was partly cuts off in the sound as

a local substation was damaged. the shilling hits residential areas. the 3 cars and 8 houses were affected. the region governors says that emergency services are currently operating odyssey see now this terms after more attacks on russia's builder region. in the last 24 hours, a border checkpoint was hit in your car which is also in the area and caused the fire at the customs facility. 6 6 6 6 6 meanwhile, ukraine has said he considers targets inside russia valid and quote will not sit idle when the opportunity comes to strike. that's according to a key of official we will return fire regardless of where they are. we don't plan to sit still. we will respond in kind and fire back at them when we get the opportunity that includes preventative strikes against rushes, critical infrastructure. that statement contradicts earlier came from washington

unclear. the us secretary of state said that ukraine had pledged not to hit russian surgery when it was considering, giving its high mas, multi bucket, launching systems, and back in may volume in the lens. key in the ukraine is not interested in talking russian territory. someone in the white house are saying that we might be using them to a tech russia look, we're not planning to attack russia. we're not interested in russian federation. we're not fighting on their territory specifically with regard to weapon systems being provided. the ukrainians have given us assurances that they will not use the systems against targets on russian territory. there is a strong trust bond between ukraine in the united states that comes out the russia states and the deliveries to kiev of missiles which can strike deep into russian territory across a red line, which could lead to dire consequences. when you get back to the civil elisha, we have repeatedly stated that the pumping ukraine with western red leads to

prohibition of the still more civilian casualties. and brings us question closer to the general line, run off a direct military from russian 8. if washington decides to supply a longer arrangement files, it will cross the red line and become a direct party to the conflict. reserved the right to defend our territory. all means available to discuss the issue of cross live, not the sarah flounders, co director of this group, the international actions and the 3rd welcome to see now what do you make of this statement from kiev saying that ukraine could strike interruption territory? well, it shows that every step of the way, every agreement that ukraine has agreed to that the u. s. has promised all the way back to the expansion of nato. every single step has been a violation again and again and again. and everything has been a life,

frankly. so what the us says at one moment and what they actually do at the next while they're pumping more and more arms into the crane, more trainers, more contractors, more combat, ready forces. all of this is extremely dangerous. and now we are pumped up and determined to go forward. so i think it's a very dangerous moment. at the same time, they don't have electricity in the country. so how to divert attention on strike further. this is a dangerous one. it does appear to contradict what the lensky said earlier. do you see it as a major change in strategy, or does it normally surprise you? well, i would certainly be changed from what they said in the past. but every, as i say, every step of the way, the u. s. has violated what they said they were going to do. and frankly, ukraine has not

a shred of independent action. they are every step of the way armed, trained, commanded by us forces. they make no decisions on their own, and the weapons they have or not their own. they're directly from the us and nato pipeline. so that's why it's so dangerous, and it's also a dangerous moment. because from washington, they see the meeting, the shanghai organization meeting leaders of the world from president president g, but and so on, meeting together and actually made is more isolated than they were. you is in shock waves of economic recession on falling energy. so they're looking for ways to expand them because they have no solution. and so far, what was their own? which was to create economic chaos in russia. why did not happen?

so there's extreme frustration. they may attempt to expand the war for them in lights, of what kind of response do you anticipate from russia? well, i think russia from the beginning has been engaged in an operation strictly within ukraine in order to secure, don't ask hans elbow the crimea. now there's a whole pumped up feeling in ukraine because of the move forward in class, but this was an area that was already very formally defended and decisions they've already been made on that. but it certainly pumped up the forces and given the media here,

encouragement to push for stronger photo. and from the beginning, this war comes from washington. no decision is made a new claim. so if there's an expansion, it's a dangerous moment, but it's also an important moment for russia to evaluate what happens or expands on how to enter quickly is all certainly very concerned in sarah flounders, co director of the international action center. thank you very much for your time today. kim. well, in other developments in the daniel the republic, local authorities say the ukranian army has shelled residential areas in the near 50, leaving one woman dead. phones in the surrounding area come under daily shutting from the ukrainian ministry. according to local officials, the russian defense ministry says that up to 30 ukranian troops were killed and an army vehicles destroyed in mythos strikes in the cause of region elsewhere in the southern. her phone region, the ukrainian army,

apparently lost to 500 troops and 80 vehicles as it conducted an offensive in the area. meanwhile, we've got this latest footage from the russian defense ministry, which was captured from drones and shows russian artillery, firing at ukrainian positions. the ministry says that the images show ukrainian army in the middle of offensive preparations while they are being shelled by the russian born units. in other news, russian president vladimir putin has met with the leaders of china, iran and pakistan on the sidelines. the shanghai corporation organization summit, the gathering in the central asian republic was becky done, is focused on promoting a more multi pull the world foreign policy tandem of moscow. and beijing plays a key role in ensuring global and regional stability. together we advocate for the formation of a just democratic and multi polar ruled order based on international law with the

un in the central role. it is not based on some rules that someone has come up with and is trying to impose upon others attempts to create a unipolar world. have recently turned ugly and are absolutely unacceptable for the vast majority of countries. ginger beer should based on prose to that at colossal changes on the global scale. we are ready with our russian colleagues to show an example of responsible world carlos and play a leading role to put the rapidly developing world on the part. so attainable and positive development. the tentative between the leaders of china and russia has been among the most anticipated during the seo summit. foresee it is the 1st in person meeting in a very long time. the to has discussed, regional matters bilateral relations, of course. but what is maybe even more important global issues a lot has been sad,

as you just heard about a new reality, a new war, old order, if you wish, in which the west he's constantly losing its influence and trust and also about a growing role of non western centric organizations like the as seo blood, merck. we've been also sad that moscow respects a lot me james, balanced and mature position on russia's special military operation in ukraine. part from china weidman potent has already met his counterparts from kingston to plenty stone and pakistan. it's prime minister said that islam about relations with moscow are very exclusive and solid. let's take a lesson. it is on its own. it doesn't mean any this, it is inclusive and it is not going to cost us any of that. and we want to excellent to build our relations with yoghurt country with

full commitment and full good occasion. because you had a super bowl and focused on stand to gain from this mutual cooperation, mutual understanding. now, teheran is getting ready to become a member of state of the seo and he's meeting with one more important. the iranian leaders said that, ironically, the fact that both russia and iran happened to be under american sanctions plays a very important and a very positive role. haines, strengthening relations, and friendship and corporation, between moscow and teheran, which is to remind you of russia today, is the world's most sanctioned country. let's take a listen to what the iranian leader has to say. model italian. americans think that if sanctions were imposed against one country, they can stop its will in its development on but they are wrong. and the fact that

both russia and iran are under us sanctions can actually help strengthen our ties and simplify the implementation of our greenways. the whole world knows that the u . s. is incapable of negotiating. it violates all its obligation was shown. everyone is convinced that the e u has taken a passive position and is also unable to fulfill its promises. the summons story of the time of yet another escalation in the relations between bach who and harry von had of course, it is expected that during his meeting with the as it by johnny leader. what reporting is going to discuss the situation at the border between as it by john hand, armenia, they armenian prime minister, was also expected here, but in the last moment mister pershing and said that he is not attending the summit . do to this situation at the border also about turkey. her mr. out of the gone is already here in uzbekistan. and we expect that with one more pudding they will discuss the supplies of russian gas. and of course,

global issues we heard earlier on thursday have breast secretary of wide more potent method, prescott saying that there is no aim to make the asio an alternative to military organization. this is friendship in the name of something and not against someone. and i will add that this is the friendship between 20 countries with the combined population of 3000000000 people, literally a superpower, lions, that with iran now becoming a member state is expanding. meanwhile, leaders of the shanghai corporation, organization member states each wanted a tree on that was big city of summer con doctor the 1st day of the summit. as to symbolize the growing of relations between the countries. the leaders then attended an informal dinner, hastings from nobody north central asian dishes on visiting a historical memorial complex in summer comp runs signed

a memorandum on joining the su at the summit with the organisation secretary general calling the de important for both sharon on the block well, earlier we heard from the vice president of the sense of china globalization thinktank weeks ago, who says that growing interest from other countries in joining the block shows is ambitious future. a seal has a special recipe because it does not embrace war and confrontation, or use or false. it embraces peace. negotiate should consensus focusing on development and protecting stability and peaceful evolution of the situation. rather than, for example, thinking about imposing was view on to and the other conscious not the dead. for example, act i can i see like natal, which is more aggressive always thinking about wal therefore yo is becoming more and more important. and the fact that there are more countries which become new

members is an indication that this, as it has my positive, has really ambition to achieve. and i believe it will become important factor going forward, not only for members states, but all countries around as c o. and eventually it will be a major factor on the global seat or rushes for minister, say gala ross. so the talks between russia and china are going well as expected. now says washington continues to pressure beijing to follow us foreign policy and distance itself from moscow. our message said to china, as i think, been consistent that the, this is not the time for, for any kind of business as usual with mr. put because everything went great. as usual. it's these negotiations are always structured in a business concrete way. so with the discussion of the tasks that are relevant ministry space, that's how it went this time as well. let's comes mid joe biden's message, the beijing is

a threat due to china's catching up with you as opposed to see other countries success as a loss for itself, for many wary of global competition. earlier my colleague nikki, are in discuss the story with a host of all these wells apart program on a bio. to me, that's very xenophobic. if not brace the statement, what is it supposed to mean that only the americans entitled to some sort of living standards that the rest of the world has no right to. to be catching up here we, we have the, the leader of the free world, essentially saying that the rest of the world is not entitled to catching up with, with the united states. i mean, how else would you interpret that, given again, that the united states has accumulated enormous death? it is already living at the expense of the rest of the world. it has degraded the college of this planet. and why is it supposed to go like that? the indefinitely without any one else laying a claim to better life as so many countries have been resolving their long standing

issues by themselves. seems without seeking help from a 3rd party. so do you think we're, what we're seeing is a great to trend in your politics. only get resolving is, is a big statement. they're starting to negotiate the difference as the overall assumption that the west knows what's best for the rest. it's no longer working and it's not no longer working, even for the west, let alone for the rest of the world. and this countries is just taking initiative and into their own hands and pursuing the own national interest. and they're not doing that against somebody against the west, they're doing that for themselves. and i think as time goes by, we will see more and more of that simply because the, you know, people demanding that own over decision making. and everybody wants to be, you know, on part with everybody else. america's unsee, china stance is highlighted in

a build that could radically reshape washington's tie. one policy, if adopted the u. s. would interact with the islands or thought you'd like to recognize governments and provide more financial aid. john is foreign ministry said that the move would only escalate tensions between the countries. years on to the bill seriously breeches the u. s. commitment to china on the taiwan question and violates the one china principal. it constitutes interference in china's internal affairs violates international law and basic norms. international relations and in the sense is seriously wrong signal to tie one independent semper. this forces chinese friendly post to this and, and has launched a serious petition to the west side. indeed, you look young band or with more on the bill on the current state of us chinese relations. his ortiz, kelly morphine say, was saying that was tensions rising in the pacific. all parties involved would be doing everything possible to deescalate the situation. however, that does not seem to be the case. we have

a new bill passing for the senate foreign relations committee, and that bill is seen as a rather intense escalation with china. it provides a $6500000000.00 to taiwan in military aid. it names taiwan is a major, non nato us ally and it expedite arm sales to the government on taiwan. now there were 5 senators who did oppose the bill. the most vocal of them was us senator rand paul, of kentucky. this is not a time to radically changed logs, timing policy without an appreciation of the consequences that may follow. now those 5 senators were out voted and it appears this bill is moving ahead. it is laughed the senate foreign relations committee now to be up to the rest of the u. s . congress to determine whether or not they want to pass it into law. and then jill biden will have to decide whether or not to sign it. now it meeting is taking place of the 5 eyes and this meeting, you can bet will have beijing on the agenda. now the meeting is taking place at an

unnamed location. probably a luxury resort, somewhere in new zealand in which security in the pacific region is being discussed . and a number of us officials are playing up the idea of tension with china, of opposition to china. we have the head of the u. s. naval command, talking about how a major focus of u. s. policy needs to be opposing beijing in the southern hemisphere. we can say plainly that the united states has neglected its relationship in the south pacific amour, accounting for not by engaging more deeply. the hoping concerning actions by the peoples republic of china have in the region, including the secret security arrangement with the solomon islands that have been concerning for the united states of america. and i think concerning, also for new zealand as well. yeah, it states is also talking about putting preemptive sanctions on chinese officials in order to deter military action against the island of taiwan. we also have other

calls from us officials for more sanctions and more efforts to curb beijing's influence around the world. now, many are looking at shina and admiring the great restraints that the country has shown. when nancy pelosi visited the island of taiwan that was largely seen as a provocation. many are now wondering how far the united states intends to go in trying china patients on this issue and others. new zealand, former associate minister for foreign affairs, robinson says that the us is been hypocritical, and it's proclaimed intention to defend taiwan while using it as cover aggression against china. setting an extra $6000000000.00 to over the heavily armed taiwan. and it means that we are never signaled to china that we're preparing for war against to. so it's a very dangerous situation. it's an escalation and anybody's terms. what it is is

using the taiwanese people bursting there is having china, an angry reaction, which of course, they will, it's actually interference in the southern part of chinese territory. but like the people of the ukraine, the united states wants to use the people of the taiwan as pawns. and it's dragging other countries into it as well in the periphery to, to the area, into a heightened tension. that's where the pressure comes on and to claim the level defend taiwan when it's actually america. the question board or mr. question against china, which is the problem is hypocrisy of the greatest lights least 10 people have been killed in ethiopia, the northern c gray region into strikes on wednesday morning and us as violence as resumed after a 5 month low. the drone a thought hit a residential area in the regional capital mikella,

at least 13 people were also wounded on conflict between the federal government and the t great people's liberation from begun in 2020. it's a great rebels, a q soldiers from neighboring eritrea, of joining ethiopian government forces in a coordinated offensive. the recent attack follows an s tried to hit a kindergarten in late august, which killed several children. some you'll get the true says that residential areas are coming under attack the fuel then government is husband insisting from the gate code that is fighting the 1st entity to drive the time to move out are going to vision the it is and will be destroying it yoga is not content in the t p left has been saying that the open government is trying to eliminate their leadership safety up and government is accusing them of trying to come back. you have to know that you can never was in government for for many years. or for 27

years, including a government, a coalition government, i was led by them take open government has been st. they're taking actions again in the t p, a left interest because they think some of the weapons, some of the trainings are happening in this neighborhood. but the cheaper left saying that's not true, that's not happening in this neighborhoods. as many as 500000 people have died from war and famine in ethiopia as t gray region in the past 60 months alone, the u. n says the 5200000 people need emergency food assistance in the northern regions of t. grey, i'm horror and far a nearly 2600000 people have been displaced with some forced into neighboring countries. the yarn humanitarian catastrophe has received little international attention that says the world continues to focus on the conflict in ukraine. some you get that you again, independent journalist says that the conflicts may drag the whole region into chaos . you know,

this conflict once again. i can't highlight it now how much it has truly of no, just in the survey region, but as far and far beyond. there are no millions of people and even the u. n has been saying they don't have the resources to really help them. a lot of conflicts, famine, if you don't stop, if you don't slow down this conflict in ethiopia, it's truly change the region. because utopia has a population of a least 150000000 people in what happens to the back to the affects its neighboring nations. and finally, following us, how speaker nancy pelosi is bombshell visits a taiwan in august. she's now planning a trip to the caucasus region, to help mediate tensions between our media and armenia, and as a by john. now, despite russia strong ties to the region and the arrival of

a mission from the moscow lead c s t o defensive alliance. now this comes as thousands of protesters to the streets of armenian capital on wednesday, even trying to storm the national assembly building. they demanded the impeachment of nicole passion, young accusing him of the 20th century on trying to appease by john. the protest was 3rd by anger over the latest escalation of the conflicts with armenians neighbor of the disputed territory of nego and bar. the thought of energy. washington's aims in the region were highlighted back in 2019 when a u. s. based think tank reported on how to fight russia with russia and competes on advance. they just grounds. one of those grounds was reported to be the caucasus region. well, let's cross live now to see feel radio host political commentator to further discuss the issues the welcome to see now what's your take on pelosi visit to the region and why do you think you chose armenia a not as a by john?

i think you go back to the think tank and what they were proposing as a way to create chaos, to create problems for russia. she's following that game plan and she's been so successful with us domestic policy. it's not surprising that she'll take the same incompetence abroad and again, just to create it. awesome problems for us foreign policy. oh steve. yes. so i think we lost the on there, but we'll keep with the line and it's a bit why do you think russia will react to this visit? i mean, i don't think it's going to be favorable. no, it's definitely provocative. and i think that just is your, she was sort of no pun intended, poking the bear with her visit to taiwan and accomplish nothing. i don't see that this actually helps improve the right or if the prospect off. i'm afraid, steve, that the line keeps dropping out of football. i'll try. i'll try one more question

within hope it improves. and what do you make of the timing of this visit? why is it reacting now and not back in 2020 because the conflicts, i think it's fair to say was more intense than yeah. and again, i don't think that nancy pelosi could be considered an expert not only on russia ukraine relations, but certainly not armenian relations. and, and i'm not sure exactly what, what her goal, her ambition is, and i'm not that this is really sponsor or, or really, or douglas, or i think ok, steve, i'm afraid we last year at the end that by i think we got the gist of what you were trying to say, steve gill, thank you very much. radio host and political come and say to steve gil, speak you soon. thank you. well, that's how the world's look in at 6 30 am moscow time. my name is peter scott, and i'll be back again with another look at today's biggest stories in about half an hour's time. in the meantime, i hope your friday is off to

a great start. with official, kevin, it's immediate trolls have made much of the recent counter offensive. however, there are gleeful backing of ukraine has demonstrated beyond a doubt. this is a nato war on russia. the stakes could not be higher. one side will lose and badly . ah these are you sure absolutely go with them for them. we're just with some of the free bush is not sure