ah, a robot must protect its own existence with a horrifying and disturbing scene. many people were killed near store disturbing images coming from don bath, where at least 13 people, including 2 children, are killed and a massive artillery strike by ukrainian forces dot net city center according to local authorities. we hear from residence there in the shell, flew right over my head right here. the only thing that saved me was that i stepped out. china is outraged after president biden says,

washington will defend taiwan if aging attacks. this going directly against the longstanding one china policy and while the u. s. is pushing south africa towards a green energy policy, the country faces a series, a wide spread power outages with from las go to the world. this is our to international. i merger blevins and here are the top stories this hour. we begin with the latest from the don bass, for 13 people have been killed and at least 8 others wounded and a ukrainian artillery attack on the city of done net. that's according to a statement by the mayor. now, a warning you may find some of these images disturbing. the shelling, targeted crowded areas in the city center. this footage shows the aftermath of the

hit on a busy central square where civilians including 2 children were killed while they were stepping out of shops and waiting for a bus. now we blurred out images of the human cost of his latest attack by key ebs forces. with the attack came in 3 waves. you fast shall landed behind that building of a where the bank is. we do not know where the 2nd one men did. you said one fell right here. is there's a bus stop here, a cafe, a market. this is the center of our neighbourhood. no one uses cars here. it's a pedestrian area. from here, i'm looking in the globally, but only the shell flew right over my head. right here, so the only thing that saved me was that i'd stepped out with what they're doing is horrible. you try to survive people, it's just impossible. i left for russia, but now look, i've come back with result. what i see with you to lewis are j,

correspond and max them out. hurry was in the area covering the aftermath of a previous attack. when he heard about the incoming shelling and rushed to the scene, he brought us this report. a finance has once again been shelled. the central bock who commissar street has been hit, leaving at least 13 people dead. it's a horrifying and disturbing scene. many people were killed near store. they were just customers or passers by. while we were documenting ukrainian shelling of another part of the city, this latest attack occurred with the civil chamber of the gods. people's republic has called for an immediate vote on whether the republic should become a part of russia. the chamber says such a move would facilitate reconstruction and further development in the republic, as well as to ensure protection from ukrainian forces who ganske officials say they

are confident that the republics residents will vote in favor of the move. as many have hope to join russia since the conflict broke out, and don bass 8 years ago, officials in the neighboring dannetta people's republic, and the hearse on region have also said they may hold a similar referenda political analysts. dimitri babbitt, she says if people have lugens believe that russia will guarantee their safety and provide stability, it is except that it will be a part of that rational guaranteed. and it will give us all the support that all the russian tap. it will cover the protection of russian needed 3 legal protection . it will be defended by all the wives or the russian states. and basically this is what people really want. they want protection, they want hearing, jeez, that they will not be given back to you free or as you know, the means or principle that he behaves on the conditions that will

become a part of your grade again. well, the key of the local here are the conditions continue to kill people that so now their patients as wrong the and they want to become a part of russia. that's true. ok. so who's the economic loser from the conflict and ukraine? the european union that's from the former agree prime minister, who commented on the blocks boomerang sanctions, policy saying russia has not suffered any significant impact. here's our t correspondent, farrell is about with more on the european backfire. while most high ranking western politicians and power refused to admit that sanctions against russia have thus far been ineffective against the country and have rather been more burdensome to their own nations, it seems that former politicians have been more willing to say the truth out loud.

even russia is not losing economically, the rubel has become one of the strongest currencies since the rise in natural gas prices. russia has managed to become the regulator that turns the energy supply tap on and off. europe is going downhill at the moment and in my view, there's a very clear leadership deficit, a deficit of thinking and strategy. the former greek prime minister acutely noted that the u. s. is itself not losing economically and said that it is europe and the world that are entering a protracted cold war that will result in serious economic consequences. others pointed out that europe is actually helping russia more than ukraine with these sanctions. 7th sanctions package in preparation. who cares? you has now st. exponentially more money to russia in oil, gas and coal purchases than it has said, ukraine and aid oil prices are up ruble as even stronger. some are still concerned

about provocative restrictions, lamentable one, former minister of cyprus, took a step further admitting that the sweeping sanctions haven't just been ineffective, but in reality, back fired against all of europe and are further flagrant violations of international legal principles. yet the position of sanctions, their fact and even de la gala to have driven to the more elusive than originally foreseen at best the sanctions are. in fact, if it had done little to tackle the legality of the invasion at worse, they have backfired. not only against the economists of the states imposing them, but also gets the rule of law that the democracy is imposing such measures to poor to uphold. while former politicians continue their criticisms, hsbc bank has proclaimed that a recession is unavoidable, massive protests against sanctions and nato in response to soaring electricity costs have become popular in the u. as the effects from the cut in russian supplies begin to show.

ah, unlike former politicians able to voice their concerns on the sanctions without political backlash, german parliament members star, a vag inch neck of the left party has been threatened with expulsion by members of her own party. first speaking out against germany's foreign policy and nato. but the idea that we are punishing putin by plunging millions of families in germany, into poverty, and that we are destroying our industry while gas problem is making record profits . yes. how stupid is that? the german left us went after green liberals and social democrats is grandiose idea of unleashing and economic war against their most important energy supplier. calling for an end to the sanctions on russia and demanding a negotiation with moscow to resume gas supplies. this was unacceptable to her

enraged colleagues. the fact that the left party parliamentary group led wagon take the podium last thursday in the bundis deck and what she then one should have known, let loose was too much. while most current western politicians remain and denial of their current economic reality, the truth is clearly catching up to them. the more time passes and the higher the cost of energy impact their nations. while russia remains largely on skates from the sanctions, how far are they willing to go to show putin and how long the politicians be able to stay silent as more of them are forced to speak out to answer the demand coming from their own citizens. green triple mal leo 9 is kristen thoughtful. it says that to solve the ukranian conflict. western countries and russia should negotiate in the 1st place. the big loser in this, in this conflict is sir, is europe the european union and its people this so called leadership is

adopting stupid measures. that goes contrary to the interest. oh boy, europe. we are big now with the energy prices and european people that was paying this for the stupidity. oh, the leaders. so energy prices in europe would be who, who, her sanctions and start discussions to full ethical discussions between the washer and russia without china has lashed out at jo biden's recent statement. and when she said the u, as when sent troops to defend taiwan, if it was attacked, but would us forces to fin the island? yes, if in fact, there was an impression on an attack. us forces us men and women would defend taiwan in the event of a chinese version. yes, may foia learn yet,

only us remarks seriously violate the one china principal and the provisions of the 3 us china joint communiques breached the u. s. commitment so to not support tie one's independence and send a severely wrong signal to the separatist forces of taiwan independently. see that china strongly deplores and rejects it and is made solemn complaints with the u. s . side were mccuber room. the white house later walked back biden's statement, saying washington's policy has not changed this as the official u. s. policy doesn't commit to military action to defend taiwan. but instead sends military aid to the island. the latest batch of funding for the island announced an early september included over a $1000000000.00 worth of arms and includes an array of anti ship and anti aircraft missiles. the package comes

a month after you as how speaker nancy pelosi visited taipei, which prompted major chinese military drills surrounding the island. a number of us lawmakers have followed policies trip, and reiterated washington support for taiwan. earlier we spoke with professor benjamin chow, who questions that the u. s. is even capable of getting involved in the taiwan issue. one is created said to us is moving away from strategic ambiguity when it comes to the high one question, but we must 1st asked eve the u. s. is able to to defend taiwan effectively, even if it wanted to. if the u. s. and co we just tie one to send missiles to mean i tried to us race b c. think the charge missile 2nd, greatly clear that 3 of china had paused the us presence in the region. increasingly, more and more scholars argue that the largest threats to the. busy security is the

u. s. the us talk to the other 2 to 3 years in the last 100 years, but not for china. china. so don't really fight a war since it's opened up if you want to be followed, crossed, whether it is credible or on this kind of plan. what we see otherwise is that there are numerous cases lose things to a digit before it gets built in the american foreign policy, the u. n. and a huge majority of from world and also one kind of principal. so the majority of the well will not be on the us side. fight and controversial remarks over taiwan is not the only thing that has raised eyebrows around the world. with more on why the president recent interview spark widespread backlash. here's our team, caleb mob been for the 1st time and 200 days joe biden decided to do a one on one interview with american media. it was a great opportunity for the president to make his case amid emerging economic woes and dropping approval ratings. biden, however, turned it into

a total train wreck. after watching the president stroll around for 25 minutes with a pretty sympathetic sounding reporter, it seems like more americans are now questioning his competency. let's take a few highlights right now. inflation is at 8.3 percent. that's pretty high, but not according to the u. s. president. so you're like me. i can make it sound like. busy of a sudden my god, it went to 8.2 percent of the highest inflation rate. mr. president and 40 year i got that. but guess what? we are. we're in a position where for the last several months it has in spite now for someone who's been a top official since 1972 and always lived in mansions, maybe it isn't so bad. but for average american statistics show they are being squeezed. at this point, we've got the u. s. army urging soldiers to apply for food stamps in order to make their pay go further. when it comes to the pan damica, joe biden said, colvin 19 is over,

but all you have to do is look at the number of cases that's been rapidly rising. furthermore, biden did not give much credit to americans who may think he's not at the top of his game. when asked about his lo approval ratings, he shifted the conversation. the impact on the psyche of the american people. as a consequence of the pandemic, is perform. think of how that has changed everything and people's attitudes about themselves, their families, about the state of the nation, about the state of their communities. cove, it did it, not him classic dodge. and what about americans who are worried about him being the oldest president in us history and constantly tripping over his words? well, not just his words. some people ask whether you are fit for the job, watch me. proof of the put his in the not exactly reassuring if you watch him a good may circle key with tanks but will never gain the hearts

and souls of the reigning people. 2 with solution super soon we had fewer democracies in the world today than we did. 15 years ago. fewer not met fewer than the sun corps prayers last week. president harris and i spoke with mr. wise governor, well, that's the president of the united states. i think all recognition is due to his staff for the very good decision they made. everyone can see why they kept him away from t. v cameras for 200 days straight ala bobbin are it's

a new york. ah, the full u. s. senate report outlining the cia torture program will not be published. this after a district of columbia court ruled that the report would compromise what it called national security. the report contains highly classified information about the c. i used attention and interrogation policies and procedures that would compromise national security for least far outweighing the public's interest. in disclosure, the report details the c i is practices are 2, are initiated after the $911.00 terrorist attacks and 2001 foreign suspects were swapped up and black site prisons around the world with only some of the apprehensions resulting in formal charges. parts of the report were leaked by a democratic senator in 2014 and presented as proof of torture of afghan detainees,

and includes findings that ca interrogations were more violent than intel officials ever admitted to lawmakers. earlier i spoke with former c i officer, ray mcgovern. he noted that no one has been held accountable for the highly controversial ca program. when people show almost every way you get a little upset about this. well, i get upset because illegal a because because it's wrong, people don't do that. so other people and people. i said that's why they made it illegal. besides that, from a practical point of view, as general humans pointed out, it doesn't work, it doesn't give good solid information. so why did they do it? that would come out in the complete report, but it's very clear that they had orders to try to squeeze these, these people, and get them to tell more about weapons of mass destruction in iraq. there weren't

any or other things about ties between al qaeda and iraq. again, there weren't any. so people were tortured some other than confessed to these things just to stop the torture. but there was never good information coming from m and as an army officer, and of course, as a ca employee, i was just trying to find out this was going on a matter of fact, i gave back my intelligence commendation medallion, which i was given at retirement for especially commendable servers, i gave that back to the head of the house intelligence committee, saying, i don't want to be associated with this agency. the senate intelligence compete. people are, are equally afraid of what will happen to them. they release the report whether torture is going on now. who knows? all i can say is that no 10,

no one was held accountable for this. the us is continuing to push south africa towards a green energy policy and away from coal. that's just by a wave of power outage is across the country that have forced people to cope without electricity. or he correspondent corolla thought la talks with locals, who say ineffective government policies are leading to the closure of small businesses. $45000000.00 to help south africa transition away from colon. this was the announcement by the white house following a meeting between us president joe biden, as well as the south african counterpart. so i'm a pause. this at a time when blackouts have been intensifying in south africa, so much, so i'm a plaza cut short his working visit to attend to this potentially disastrous situation. that not only threatens the national economy, but also his own president looked, president obama was as canceling of his appearance at the united nations general

assembly is not going to bring an end to rolling blackouts at the current the countries currently going through because he is himself the sponsor of the current electricity blackouts that we are seeing on the basis of the policy decisions that to him and his government have taken that policy. decisions on energy we ship in economy can catastrophic and financial ruin as far as one. this problem isn't new. in fact, it's been 15 years of real suffering for south africans who have not only grown desensitized or have also lost hope, will not come to you. we're going further further bearing. this is probably the worst. i think we really used it possibly losing exposure, which effectively means all of us are gonna stick with grove hours ago. we should effectively me with small businesses, power generation in south africa. it's not just insufficient, but also a political question. there's a push by the west to whole south africa up as

a model for transformation during the upcoming international climate conference in egypt. this november, the 1 south africa to give up code. but coal has been not only a source of energy, but also an employer to over a 100000 people. in the 1st instance, that term green energy, the only thing green about it is the name nothing else. now that is on the one hand, on the other, it has nothing to do with ensuring that the country is ended, you say kill, it has everything to do with corruption and greedy profiteering. because today, the evidence is there, south africa has good, supposedly 6000 megawatts of installed renewable power, green energy. and yet we are going through lot shit because not a single megawatt hour if it gets delivered to any user of electricity in this country. because the so called green energy is not suitable to be on

a high voltage. a crate, such as the one operate, tend to buy s s. time continues to take the real cost to businesses. and more often this is the soundtrack to the black. ah, to be fed to customers, can it just kinda menu out from the loop because i mean you remain the same but good. we're the one to to, to lose this. no gain with these legit. it's very costing long the businesses we use high powered equipment, washing machines, dryers, ions are the ones that they're, they're really, journals, they electricity. so you can put a small generating on the small business. that's not something you do likely because it's a high cost plus the over it's, you know, what people cross south africa is an aging fleet of coal power stations and be our

problem to breakdowns. however, getting rid of them now would be a disaster for the country as well. as for president settled, i'm a poser. and the longer the blackouts continue, the demo, i his hopes for a 2nd term as president, globally shut out of the international from johnny's book. me, you has prioritize fuel over food in the midst of the global hunger crisis. this cons after the european parliament refused to amend a law which would have stopped the use of food crops and fuel production are just as the expert at oxfam international labeled the vote, a missed opportunity to help solve the situation. the outcome is deadly for the hundreds of millions of people who are staring straight into the jaws of hunger. european parliamentarians are choosing to put the interests of the powerful and greedy biofuel lobby before the millions of people around the world who were struggling to find their next meal. meanwhile,

the un food program director warns of a, quote, global emergency of unprecedented magnitude as nearly 350000000 people are on the brink of starvation and africa. soaring prices and crippling droughts have made the situation even worse in east africa. the continent faces a fertilizer shortage as prices have risen significantly due to the conflict in ukraine. at a time when the west is blaming russia for the global food crisis, r t spoke with mozambique ambassador to russia, who says the food crisis has been an ongoing issue starting prior to the current conflict. so crisis is india. it started india from the 4th. this conflict of your fool, we need to find a solution of course and into war. the conflict is one of the ways of solving the crisis foot crisis in the world,

but it would little snot attached to the food crisis to, to conflict. it's, it's a, it's a wrong way of analyzing the problem ah, now to a head cover controversy. india's supreme court is presiding over the appeal of a large group of muslim students. after girls were banned from school classes for wearing a job back in february, indian rights groups have slammed the lower court's decision as one of quote, robbing women of education are cheese. runjun sharma has the story in the south and in state of cannot to cough. in february, this year was them, students wearing a jobs were stopped from entering their college. the students argued against that decision calling it a why lesion of their fundamental rights. but the states high court upheld the ban on muslim women wearing a jobs in educational institutes. the court said the prescription of a school uniform as a reasonable restriction,

and that students can not object dewitt. it's already been a challenge to then go to school in the muslim community in india, wearing a job within me to allow them to do so. now the cotton india forcing young muslim girls to make a terrible choice between education and what they see as their feet. now, the keys has reached in del supreme court and its decision which is expected in the coming days, would have a big impact. if the cut market that government section is approved that you can are banned the he job in educational institutions, then i do suspect that many other states might move in a similar fashion. religious leaders believe that the he job control was the, has been fueled by the hindu nationalist. government in india does rob muslims, of the religious and cultural space. it's actually a nor issue which has been blown out of proportion and made into

a big issue already that many of those have already dropped node in canada. that does are coming that door. many goes a stop going to school, a number of muslim girls, including the petitioners see that wearing a job as a fundamental right and an essential practice. and that it should be left to individuals. idol pinky acoya, can the court judges or hinder men decide what mostly women should wear? that's not fair. going to be vanity the logic behind the sedan. it's completely flawed. i don't think it makes sense. you have sergeant read the banning he, darby, lena was that these and schools and then it's, it's going to come to what places and then maybe public places. what do you want from us with the little hope that the supreme court will see the matter differently? muslim girls fear the clock may be set backwards. runjun sharma, r t new delhi. and that's all for now. be sure to check out our t v dot com for all the latest breaking news and updates will see right back here

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