ah, ah ah, the done by for a reason calling for an immediate vote to join russia. as you claim, shutting down a city killed 13 civilians. president biden says, washington will defend taiwan if they didn't take smith, the action going directly against the long standing one china policy. those are this hour that he decided to keep burning the equivalent of 15000000 loaves of bread every day to feel this vehicle as a law remains in for allowing food groups to be used as a biofuel, despite the ongoing global food prices. and while the u. s is pushing

south africa towards a green energy policy. the country face is a series of widespread power out to a day to wherever you are in the world. this is all the international. i'm miranda mommy, i'm here all the top stories on this. our ukraine's up rozier region hasn't joined the dumb bus for puppies and the cares on region to discuss holding a referendum to join russia. this is officials from both the gangs and dentist republics have called for an immediate vote on whether they should become a permanent policy of russia. ortiz and what are the guys the f has more details. this is 8 years after both regions voted hosted referendums on independence on

leaving ukraine. what followed was 8 years of civil war for friendless shelling and this year, you know, this is pushed people over the years to seek security from russia. they have their bag, they have appealed to russia to protect them and also to let them join. this isn't anything new, it's what, what is new is that they have appealed, officially to the heads of their states to hold referendums in the near term and to join russia once had for all which would, which would carry all sorts of consequences at would certainly be seen as an escalation, because now ukraine wouldn't be at war with, with just the pro, the republics, the breakaway republics of lugens can the next but also against russian territories . and the europe and the united states natal nations would be supplied weapons, rockets, miss alt to ukraine, to wage war against russian territory. so suddenly as this food for thought there.

but it would also have other consequences, such as the unification of local law with russian federal law, as well as the, the financial systems of the labor rules. and much more than the military is as well would be out would be joined together. what ukraine has done with, with the shelling, endless shillings is made people we are asked the question, is it worth it now holding these referendums when the situation is, is so drastic when the situation is so violent, many people could potentially die on the day of the vote or whether it's a stretch it out of the course of a week. for example, you, penny chilling would be as it is now, ceaseless people would would certainly perish as a result of that. but experience from the 2014 shoes, a referendum can be held even during violent armed conflict. as it was then

among the logos there's, there's a lot of hoop even here and can song those. you support russia, that the, if this happens in the near can lugens, it could happen in your son province. you kids have san province in separate your province, where people could all to vote to join russia. there's been little by way of official reaction from, from moscow and from officials there that we have heard from the leader of the communist party rushes communist party, which still holds a lot of sway him welcoming these potential referendum to join russia. he has also said that his party has been for the guns of the gods and the nearest people's republics, joining russia for many, many years for the past 8 years. and it is expected that more officials and more parties will come out in favor the coals to vote come after the

recent dead, the shelling of than a city that has claimed the lives of 13 people, including 2 children, at least 8 others were wounded in the ukrainian artillery attack on a crowded public area on monday. a wanting you may find the following. images disturbing. oh, yeah, with what, let's change gears out. china has lashed out jo, blood in recent statement, as he said, the u. s. was sent to, to defend taiwan. if it attacked the white house has had to previously will black, similar statements which contradict americans longstanding one china policy. but

would you ask forces to fin the island? yes. if in fact there was an unprecedented attack. us forces us men and women would defend taiwan in the event of a chinese and version. yes, me from yellow engine, us remarks seriously violate the one china principal and the provisions of the 3 us china joint communiques breached the u. s. commitment some to not support taiwan 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 one material room. the official us position doesn't commit to vanity action to defend taiwan, but instead says emergency aid to the island. the latest batch of funding for the island was announced in september and includes over

a $1000000000.00 in arms with an array of anti ship and anti aircraft. missiles to be delivered, interest was china reiterated that taiwan is a quote in a viable part of its territory and urged washington to immediately revoke the arm sales. the weapons package comes just a month off the u. s. house speaker nancy pelosi visited taipei, which prompted me to chinese emergency drills surrounding the island. the white house has had or had to walk back, widens statement the same. washington's policy has not changed. meanwhile, joe, by the 1st one on one interview in over 6 months, caught the public by surprise. as his comment sparks criticism from health officials and ordinary americans from his claims that the coven pandemic is over to stating that inflation is under control. so you like me, i could make a sound like. busy of a sudden my god, it went to 8.2 percent. oh,

highest inflation rate, mr. president and 40 here i got that. but guess what? we are. we're in a position where for the last several months it hasn't spiked 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. my goodness, these folks are clue this. it's no wonder the parties a train wreck is going to parents would be my tweet theme through november and beyond. sean's democrats keep playing these games with our lives. he don't get to just declare a global pandemic. of them is to president a pen. demick isn't like boot cut genes, where you look around at what people are wearing and declared over. let's not give

bite in the past for the pandemic is over. imagine if trump said it. and what about americans who were worried about him being the oldest president in u. s. history and constantly tripping over his words? well, not just his words. some people ask whether you are fit for the job, watch me. ah. good may circle key with tanks. but will never gain the hearts and souls the rating people with integrated more pollution in the stupid present

we have fewer democracies in the world today. the we did 15 years ago. fewer not more fewer. how can the side of course present harris last week? president harris and i want to thank you that fell down on you. thank you very much . val. trisha used premise. 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. if the co, the pandemic, sober joe biden needs to relinquish a bunch of emergency powers that he's taken. some of those powers have to do by the way with elections and with, with maintaining some of the policies around election. so i'm glad to hear that the coven pandemic, sober. i don't think he deserves credit. but i think the important thing that is, if it's, if he's saying it's over the cdc,

the and i age and the other entities need to relinquish their emergency powers, they need to stop spending so much money. they need to stop the mask mandates and other things and, and get back even more profoundly, church, a life as we knew it beforehand. his answer to that was outrageous. i mean, whenever he was saying about up an inch or something, again, you talk about incoherent talking, incoherent speech, look, it's, it's 88 percent plus month to month, normal people and i'm to put myself in the category were feeling it idea that he sort of shrugged it off and said things are short, a stable, it's stable if in a way that is absolutely decimating. and i mean that term specifically decimate means 10 percent. it's taking 10 percent of our money away because of his policies . it's a disaster and it's the biggest reason, frankly, that he's going to pay the biggest price in november at the pole at the polls. and coming up a washington pool is jeff rule that the full us send report outlined cia torture

program will not be published on the judge's explanation. it's released would compromise, will equals national security africa is calling for help. the regional african director of the humanitarian aid organization concerns world wide off the international community to aid the continent to tackle a famine that has been both about by the current droughts. the waiting game must stop now west kellen upon response. but we need the resources to help old is affected equally if we are to contain the situation. meanwhile, the united states, you and the african union plan to conduct a global food security summit on tuesday in new york city. that as the u. s. children fund announced earlier this month at $730.00 people have died since january in somalia,

as hunger is spreading across the entire african continent. this, as the west puts the blame on russia for global food twice is due to the warn ukraine. ortiz spoke to mozambique ambassador to russia, who says the food security problem has long been an issue and is not due to the conflicts. food crisis is india. it started earlier from the 4th this conflict, and therefore we need to find a solution of course and in the war, the conflict is one of the ways of solving the christ foot crisis in the world. but let us not attached to the full crisis to the conflict it's, it's a, it's a wrong way of analyzing the problem. the e. u has finally shown is sid colors with his priorities in the midst of the hunger crisis. and is not looking at the solution that are growing right out in the fields

. when earlier this week, the european union failed to plan for a food security over fuel supplies. the block decided to keep burning the equivalent of 15000000 loaves of bread and thousands of tons of some foul oil every single day to fuel cars and trucks. as a law remains in force, allowing fin crops to be used as a biofuel, a justice experts act outs, farm 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. the euro. p and parliamentarians are choosing to put the interests of the powerful and greedy biofuel lobby before the millions of people around the world who are struggling to find their next meal. while african save all coping with hunger, the west is attempting to disrupt the energy industry with the u. s. pushing south

africa tools, a green energy policy and away from coal. this despite a wave of power outages across the country from power generating deficits that force people to cope without electricity. ortiz correspondent caribella tet black talks with locals. who say ineffective government policies are to blame. $45000000.00 to help south africa transition away from coal. this was the announcement by the white house following a meeting between you as president joe biden, as well as the south african counterpart. so i'm opposing 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 presidents look, president rama 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 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 him and his government have taken that policy decisions on energy we have been economy can catastrophic and financial ruin as for ask one, this problem isn't you. 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 proceed with possibly losing exposure. which effectively means all of us with us with regard to with grove hours ago, which would effectively mean of small businesses. power generation in south africa is not just insufficient, but also a political question. there's a push by the west to hold 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 coal. but coal has been not only a source of energy, but also an employer to over a 100000 people. in the 1st instance that the term green energy, the only thing green a body 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 energy secure. it has everything to do with corruption and greedy profiteering. because today, the evidence is there, south africa has got supposedly 6000 megawatts of installed renewable power, green energy. and yet we are going through lot shedding because not a single megawatt hour ever 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 operated by s. com as time continues to take, the real costs are 2 businesses. and more often this is the soundtrack to the black. ah, you have to be 50 customers. can it just kinda menu out from the lou because i mean you remain the same, but we're, we're the one to, to, to lose. there's no gain with this legit. it's, they're costing long the businesses, we use high powered equipment, washing machines, dryers, ions are the ones that they're, they're really, josiah electricity. ok. so you can produce more generating on the small business. it'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 they are prone to break down. however, getting rid of them now would be

a disaster for the country as well. as for president, settled, i'm a parser, and the longer the blackout continue the dimmer i. his hopes for a 2nd term as president, globally shut out the international from johannesburg. now to a ruler, just rights controversy were in the supreme court is presiding over an appeal by a large group of mazin students after school girls are buying some classes for wearing a hit job back in february indian advocacy groups denounced the lower course decision as one of quote, robbing women of education ortiz runjun a sharma as the story in the south and in state of connecticut. in february this, your woodland students wearing a jobs were stopped from entering their college. the students argued against that decision, calling it a while asian of their fundamental rights. but the states high court upheld the ban on muslim women wearing good jobs and educational institutes. the court said the

prescription of a school uniform is a reasonable restriction and that students can not object to it. it's already been a challenge to then go to school in the muslim community in india, wearing a job to allow them to do so. now the course in india, for thing, young muslim goes to make a terrible choice between medication and what they see as their feet. now, the keys has reached in del supreme court, and it's decision which is expected in the coming days would have a big impact. if the cabinet that that government section is approved, that you can, i 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 oversee, has been fueled by the hindu nationalist government in india to resolve 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, it goes have already dropped node in canada that does that 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. i don't think it a go. how can the court judges or hinder man decides what muslim women should wear? that's not fair. going to get better. the logic behind the scenes are ban. it's completely flawed. i don't think it makes sense. you have started with the banning his abilene. i was at 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. the full you. as

a son report outlined the cia torture program will not be published. this all through a district of columbia court rule that the report would compromise what is called national security. the report contains highly classified information about the c, i a's detention interrogation policies and procedures that would compromise national security if released far outweighing the public's interest and disclosure to report the sales or size practices which were initiated off of the $911.00 terrorist attacks in 220014 and suspects was worked up into the black site prisons around the world with only some of the apprehensions resulting in formal charges. part of the report were leaked by a democratic senator in 2014 and presented as proof of torture of afghan detainees, and includes finding that ca interrogations were more violent in cell officials

ever admitted to lawmakers. earlier we spoke with former cia a 1st ray mcgovern. he knows that no one has been held accountable for the highly controversial cia program. when people say almost everywhere, you get a little upset about this. well, i get upset. i because illegal a because because it's wrong, people don't do that. 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 them as an army officer. and of course, as the employee i was destroyed to find out this was going on a matter of fact, i gave back my intelligence commendation medallion, whichever is given at retirement, for especially commendable service. 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. if 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 very high ranking

e u. politician has suggested that he should face sanction if it joins a china economic lives. the shanghai corporation organization, the german, m. p, says nato and the e, you must keep close eye on his prison. our dorm, nato and the european union must ask themselves how long they will let other one dance around on their noses. nato number turkeys doing more to circumvent european sanctions and russia than china. odo, and push the brakes on finland and sweden join in nato. and now he wants to join the s c o together with iran. it is time for a robust turkey policy to her. he is currently considered what's called a dialogue with her in the old and a zation. european politicians have been concerned that so he has been leaning away from western influence in recent years as it builds is east and ties. we heard from

the use of erin, editor at large of turkish, broke off of chelsea world, who says the pressure until he is having unintended consequences. fallen, why do you need to get permission to partake in multilateral diplomacy or improve relations with countries that the you find uncomfortable when we look at the actions are taken by the you taken by the united states to any time they try to restrict the turkish diplomacy? risk restrict, turkish foreign policy, restrict turkish are weapons procurements. it backfired on the way. it's backfired on the u. s. it's backfired on the you and i just continued down it's independent path. so i don't see any differences with this. so going, i'm, it seems that turkey is interested in taking part in the shanghai for cooperation organization from the reports that we're seeing, that it could be a possible application for

a membership in the future. and when you look at the turkish president, participation as a family, it was a very fruitful this just in a 10 year old girl has reportedly been shot in the head during demonstrations in iran, after the death of a woman arrested for violating strict dress codes. warning he may find the following: images disturbing. the girl is said to be in critical condition. also the incident in the western states, you con, this, choose a marx, the 4th day of protests in iran report say 5 people have been killed since saturday . a security force is open fire on the clouds during the most violent protests in the capitol hill on video from social media issue. police using water cannons against the clouds of protests erupted, offer 22 year old woman, died in police custody. also being arrested for wearing his job that was deemed not

suitable. that mister h as a tooth police of beating her. and so she was in a coma, but authorities rejects the claim, was a she suffered a sudden heart failure. female demonstrations have since been removing that has stuff in protests right, voids and i don't need updates. go to r t dot com well also be able to catch up on any problems you may have missed. also join me on the hour for more international stories with

ah, with mm hm. welcome to was a part of the heroes journey. one of the most recurrent mythological themes in human history invariably brings the protagonist back to where the old began cooling

time and time again. that would have been searched for was already inside. this archetype of pattern now manifests itself in this deep rise in russia's domestic travel. as russians faced with visit restrictions in the west let to explore the reaches of their own country. that's every journey indeed, leave home. well, to discuss that, i'm now joined by bugs on bulletproof, popular travel, blogger, and russia's self appointed ambassador for the arctic and the forest. but on the study done, it's great to have you with us today. yeah, i'm glad i was paul's cross. the eastern economic forum appears in previous years. little green before was attended been man international guys. example next around, subordination. not so many man. it was can, the number of russians in nor traveling abroad is also gwendolyn. the other hand, domestic travel seems to be in their eyes now.