[000:00:00;00] ah ah, it is breaking news that our naughty international i still don't yet scan luke on, script publics as well as ukraine's hudson and separate orgy regions have announced they will be holding referendums on joining russia in the next few days. from the very beginning of the special military operation. and we are saying that the people at the respective territory should decide their fights and rogers talk different apps. okay. lot prov. comments on those plans for referendum is to be

held saying the people can ultimately choose their own destiny. the u keeps burning through the equivalent of 15000000 loaves of bread every day to fuel its vehicles. as a law remains in force, allowing food crops to be used as bio fuel despite the ongoing global food shortage with what is a big day here at our teens and ashley and moscow were covering live the 77. fine. you will un general assembly in new york right now just off to 12 o'clock noon and we've been out showing full speeches and various wild leaders. so, so far, last one at the podium was turkey's president commenting among other things on that of ukraine. and that's where we have breaking news to kick off today's program. welcome to it. by the way. it is the issue that both dawn yet scanned the loo. ganske republic, as well as 2 regions in ukraine have announced they will be holding referendums on whether or not to become

a part of russia. a voting of the 2 don don bassa republics on the heart of san anne's apology regions will be held from september. the 23rd to the 27th. and we spoke with the head of the separate ology region, who said the authorities will do everything to ensure the safety of those who want to express their will. oh, really? yeah. usually i usually look up a, she does show that i see donations. will i drive around sup, hiroshi region and the vast majority of residence cult hold a referendum as soon as possible as they want to join russia. we don't want to be some grace and we don't want to become ukraine again. we want to become a part of russia, as we historically always have been. it was decided to hold a referendum in such a way as to avoid a mass gathering of people. that's why the referendum process will last several days. everyone will have the opportunity to devote if necessary. we can collect votes from citizens at home. this is necessary so that zelinski lead saboteurs won't be able to fire on and shed the blood of citizens who just want to express that will to be part of the russian unity. everything possible will be done to

ensure security white with the latest forest. now from the hudson is our senior correspondent what i'd guys be have. well anyway, you look at it, this is going to be a momentous week in history. certainly it will be studied in years and decades perhaps to come. but yes, indeed, 3 regents holding referendums on joining russia and 23rd to 27th of september. presumably over the course of several days to avoid massive cues or a rush because in, in all of these regions, ukrainian shelling is ceaseless, these endless. and it is blind yesterday alone, 13 people killed in a single attack at the market. so presumably, authorities are taking the security situation very seriously, but they must also take other factors into consideration. why this, this rush,

there's a lot that will have to be done aside from the referendum itself. the laws of russia, of logan's vignettes, can have shawna a very, very different economic lose a very, very different and all of that is going to be, i still have to be mesh together for it to, to work. presumably these republics, if they choose to join russia, we will accept russian federal law with that entails. and there is little doubt that these republics will vote to join russia, the nets, and logans, after 8 years of civil war and shelling, endless peace efforts which we either denied by you craig, amidst agreements. they've had enough. they want finally to be accepted as russian citizens rather than 2nd grade citizens with, with russian passports but left to their own devices. many of them she this as the

only solution to a peaceful, prosperous future for them here and here, son, region, those that have left the province, the city you claims the territories held by the key of regime. they will be unable to vote in these referenda, but as i say that there is, there is a lot rising on this and much will change. there is very little doubt about that. the authorities in russia, we've heard already the, the speaker of the parliament, the duma say that if they choose to join brush of the state duma, the russian parliament, lower house of parliament will support them will vote to, to allow them to join russia. we've heard the lead of the communist party in russia also say that this is something he has worked to achieve for years of the public officials, also expressing support for the gods, the near to have san ah, joining the russian federation, zappa, georgia but also stage the referendum in these exact dates from the 23rd to the

27th of september. meanwhile, the residence of the embattled regions actually seem quite positive about the upcoming referendums. we spoke to some of them and most of them seemed to be willing to vote in that of well, the favorite point of joining russia, lithium looms fabulous. the referendum is good. it can bring us stability more safety in a bright future for our children. or my dad boss has to become a part of russia again and also it can't be a part of ukraine anymore. there's no way back, wasn't within his meeting. i hope there will be peace again. that's what we fat for love you had, and i was your part of that will lewis you can use that we should have done it long before and i'm in favor of joining russia. i'm not sure whether it will change anything though, but we'll see what the and some comments are from a russia's top diplomatic, mr. sort of you love her off. who emphasized moscow has long been saying it's up to the people of those rich regions to choose their own path with so much from the very beginning of the special military operation. and in general,

in the parry preceding it, we just say that the people at the respective territory should decide that fight. and all the current situation confirms is that they indeed want to be masters in fair fight. we spoke with a political analyst alexander to pop it. now he believes, if the republics were to join russia, moscow would consider any attacks on them as a tax on its own territory. or it's quite a big deal, i think. because the primary reason is the following. is that, you know, both, both the republics have had enough of their civilian being constantly show by ukrainian artillery. and i think also russia had enough of it because obviously, you know, the western world doesn't care about that. in fact, it encourages ukraine to do that. and the only way to really protect those people is to incorporate them in russia into russia. and of course,

that also fries russia and ones that becomes part of russia's territory. it can treated as the russian territory and any attack on both the little dust and don't yet republic is going to be treated as an effect on russia. and i think the whole world knows what that means. so in fact, i think this is going to contribute to law, let's say to a clarification of the, of the situation in ukraine. and i think i really, personally, i'm glad for the population of both republics. so the whole world hunger crisis, very much in the spotlight at the un general assembly. today, the secretary journal antonio quotas has drawn the world's attention to the fertilizer surprise problem. saying these products must not be sanction. you know, my surgeon, for the rest, the global 30 lies the market crunch, vizier,

the world as enough foods. the problem is distribution. but if the fertilizer market is not stabilized next year, the problem might be food supply itself is essential to continue removing all remaining obstacles to the export. the profit for the lies isn't that ingredients including ammonia. these products are not subject to sanctions. earlier the regional african director of the humanitarian aid organization concerns worldwide. a demand in the international community step into tackled families which have been brought about by an ongoing drought. the waiting game must stop. now we are scaling up our response, but we need the resources to help all those effected equally. if we are to contain the situation. the number of states also wrote a letter to the international community, pleading for their health in combating the world wide hunger situation. but earlier in the studio right here, i go,

details from ortiz fiorella is about there is an open letter that seeks to address this question of literally life and death. and this letter has been signed by over 230 organizations and 75 countries. and this claims that one person dies every 4 seconds of, of hunger. and of course this is a morally unconscious little thing to not address. so let's take a look. 50000000 people now just one step away from starvation. over $345000000.00 more are borrowing under the crushing weight of hunger, struggling to feed their families and at risk of death. the international community and national governments are fighting to meet their duty and prioritize political and economic interests over the well being of the world's most vulnerable children and families and communities. and it won't have plenty leaving people to stop as a policy choice. we call on you as world latest to take urgent action to stem this crisis and prevent future ones. so those are strong numbers and strong words,

considering the numbers have increased so much since 2019. and what we're seeing to is that this letter draws attention as to how politicians have been ignoring the poorest countries to for the wealthier countries. we've seen the media and the attention be, of course, in ukraine these last few months. and of course, the most affected people in the world are suffering because of that. now, one country in particular i want to point out is somalia. somalia is a country that is facing 250 people at risk of death directly just a few days ago. that you and revealed that the somalian who monitoring response plan is only 65 percent funded, which means that, that we need to really get on this. and now the question is, what, what other country, what are other countries going to do about this? obviously yemen is a big deal to, but some people call yemen that the biggest manmade catastrophe in the history of mankind. you talk about global responses. we've heard about cargo ships being sent to, well, they're supposed to go to the poor countries on that big. they kind of end up going to the richer countries, what, what is the global response, right,

right. so like i said, we're seeing billions and billions go to in ukraine, right. and we're seeing that the, the priorities go specifically to ukraine. so just yesterday, a ukrainian deputy minister of a gary and i'm policy and food pretty much boasted about the help that ukraine was actually offering. what's hobble of attention is being drawn 1st and foremost to how many ships go to africa. because there are many devastating reports of famine coming from there as millions of people are suffering. as of today, throughout the period of the grand initiative, 23 vessels carrying 640000 tons of food have been sent. there. sounds like a lot, but when you actually put it into context, it's not. so that's about 13 percent, 2003 out of $169.00 vessels and numbers actually say that this is actually much lower than that. and of course, the green is mostly going to richer countries. these are criticisms that both president air to one of turkey and president vladimir putin have pointed out

numerous times. that why is the brain only going to european countries? right? and one important thing i want to point out, rory is that earlier this week, the european union failed to prioritize food security over fuel supplies. because as we know, sanctions have effected europe in the, in terms of the gas, an energy crisis. and so the block decided to keep burning through $10000.00 tons of wheat per day, converting it to ethanol in order to power their cars. now, this is something that wouldn't need to be done if there weren't sanctions on russia. so i have to point that out in the statistic say this is like removing 15000000 loaves of bread and thousands of tons of sunflower every single day to fuel cars and trucks. so this is of course, a huge issue. and again, this wouldn't happen if there weren't sanctions on russia, which is affecting this whole situation. let's recall that president putin made attempts to gift grade to the developing nations that are in need. and it is of

course being blots. we did to get you mule gym with sanctions or being in po when the pressure is being exerted on all of x ray. unfortunately, completely innocent countries also suffer from such a policy. first of all, the most vulnerable and the poorest. they were primarily affected by western restrictions on the supply of fresh and energy, food, and fertilizers to world market. and in this context, the height of cynicism is that even our offer to transfer 300000 tons of russian fertilizers, blocked in european ports due to sanctions to countries in need for free. i want to emphasize this remains an uncertain them. so it is against this background that the letter has been written right. and we have seen, of course, a powerful call for people to address this, to put politics aside and avert this catastrophe. now it seems like politics. it's still playing a big role in allowing this brain to get to where it needs to be, which is really sad because this issue needs to be addressed because millions of people are on the verge of starvation. we also spoke with

a professor at the university of santiago, they composed stella, cadillac, miguel, who feel so world actually shows a, a type of fake solidarity when it comes to helping african hunger stricken nations . it's really an scandal. why, why you opin union does not allow the exploitation of fertilizers, which are the main approach to, to obtain food. what we see is a policy that is not fair solely that it is just the alerts and in case or isn't an urgent need for food to africa is always leave behind. uganda is calling on the

e. u to allow it to freely undertake its own gas sector projects, off the union valve to stop new pipeline construction in the country. a blaming human rights abuses, the ugandan parliament deputy speaker, branded such a resolution as quote, economic racism. the resolution is based on misinformation and represents the highest level on neo colonialism and imperialism against the sovereignty of uganda and tanzania. it also seeks to deny ugandans and east africans the benefits and opportunities from the oil and gas sector. this represents the highest form of economic racism against developing countries who has the right to explore and developed from their own natural resources and under what conditions. that's the knob of the fight between uganda, tanzania, and the e mail. on friday, the e u. parliament issued a statement saying they advise all companies, the stakeholders linked to the east african crude oil pipeline project,

to abandon all activities and to seize any production. now, the worries for the u parliament, as cited in the petition, ah, environmental, and linked to human rights abuses, they say detract us of the project. have been arbitrarily jail and that an oil spill already from this underground project could in face among the many rivers connected to the great lakes region. and could be a detriment to millions of people who live in that area. hits little from the you, the european parliament calls for the you in the international community to exert maximum pressure on ugandan intensity and authorities as well as the project promoters and stakeholders to protect the environment. and to put an end to the extractive activities in protected and sensitive ecosystems, including the shores of lake albert and commit to using the best available means to preserve the culture, health and future of the communities affected. what the petition will not tell you . however, in the energy poverty of the east african region as a whole,

and then many of the east african countries can not afford to go green. it is estimated that 66 percent of ugandans, a multi destination, and the energy pool. and the 33 percent of them have always suffered from acc, shoot energy, poverty. uganda is one of the countries that could greatly benefit from this pipeline. it's estimated that uganda has some 1400000000 barrels of oil and a is ground. and that the 1400 kilometer pipeline planned between it and tanzania could lift millions out of poverty. and according to the president of uganda, he had a wanting on twitter for total energy, which is one of the company's linked to the pipeline project. he says that should they follow in the footsteps of the wanting from the parliament, uganda antennas, ania stand ready to take their feet into their own hands and chat

a cause for their own destiny. and that if taught towel pulls out, they will be ready to find another partner. got abolish, had for oddity africa in john is back. we spoke with an international policy consultant i just a bit earlier in the program. now this person believes that it's wrong for the united, excuse me, the e u that have brussels to interfere and uganda sovereign economic energy policy. because because right now they are working on getting from another african nigeria. and i'd expect it to be about 600 kilometers to bring natural gas here because they're not been if you got the pipeline deal, they're making their noise and they're trying to condemn another sovereign state. personal and above average is about 4 percent of the whole world.

admission and ask for account for about 15 to 17 percent global population. the lifeline and the development of the government is going to have benefits for the economy. people asking the right to do what they believe is best for their people, invest that streaming service is not fit for you to come and tell them what to do or not to our religious rights controversy. as we understand it, wera. india's supreme court has presiding over an appeal by a large group of muslim students. office school girls were banned from classes wearing a hit job. back in february, indian advocacy groups denounced the lower court decision as one of quote, robbing women of an education. asi correspondent, runjun sharma, reports in the south and in state of karnataka. in february, the c. r was them, students wearing a jobs were stopped from entering their college. the students argued against that decision calling it

a y 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 to it. it's already been a challenge to then go to school in the muslim community in india, wearing a her job with me to allow them to do so. now the gotten in the out, dorothy young muslim, go to make a terrible choice between medication 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 a band, 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. 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 out 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 pinky go. how can the court judges or hinder man decides what muslim women should wear? that's not fair. to say the logic behind the sedan it's completely flaunt. i don't think it makes sense. you have started with the banning his abilene who was at ease in schools and then it's, it's going to come to what places and then made me public places. what do you want from us? with the little hold that the supreme court will see the matter differently?

muslim girls fear the clock may be set backwards. runjun sharma, r t, new delhi. china has lashed out at jo biden's recent statement, but the us would send troops to defend taiwan if it were attacked. the white house has had to previously walk back similar statements which ultimately contradict americas longstanding one china policy. but would us horses defend 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 invasion. yes. may phone you enjoy the u. s. remarks seriously violate the one china principal and the provisions of the 3 us china joint communiques breach the u. s. commitment to not support taiwanese independence and under severely wrong signal to the separatists forces of taiwan independence and china

strongly deplores and rejects it and is made solemn complaints. with the u. s. side of the official us petition doesn't commit to say military action to defend taiwan . but instead sens military aid to the island. latest batch of funding for the territory was announced early this month. it includes more than a $1000000000.00 in weapons with an array of anti ship and anti aircraft missiles, all being delivered. in response, china reiterated that taiwan is a quote, inalienable part of the territory and over washington to immediately revoke the sales of the weapons package comes just a month off of us. how speaker of course nancy pelosi visited type pay that prompted major live fire chinese drills all around the island. meanwhile, low job items, 1st one on one interview and more than 6 months suddenly called much of the public by surprise. just comment spot criticism from health officials and ordinary americans from his claims that the coven pandemic is over to stating that inflation

is fully under control. st. you at me i can make a sound like all of a sudden my god went to 8.2 percent 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 of 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 pandemic, joe biden said, coven 19 is over. what 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 to 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 reigning people with

integrated more pollution from 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 and i want to thank you that go down on your thank you very much back. 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 tv cameras for 200 days straight. if the cobra pandemic, sober joe biden needs to relinquish a bunch of emergency powers that he's taken as 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 over. 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 to, to life as we knew it beforehand. his answer to that was outrageous. i mean, whatever he was saying about up an inch or something, again, you talk about incoherent talking, incoherent speech. look, it's 88 per cent, 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 sort of 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 are dropping up for now. he would auntie international. thank you so much for spending your time with us here at moscow. a very busy day here at this channel. the breaking news we've been covering for the past couple of hours. the don bastrop publics on 2 regions and east and ukraine potentially going to be holding referendums to potentially joined russia. and on top of that, we have a continued life coverage would be 77th annual general assembly meeting at the united nations in new york. we're just off to 12 30 pm, actually right now. appreciate you joining us. we're back soon with more to what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have. it's crazy even foundation, let it be an arms race is on offense. very dramatic development. only personally and getting to resist. i don't see how that strategy will be successful, very political time,

time to sit down and talk ah, and 2014 t village, the so called counter terrorist operation against ukraine. se regions that had refused to recognize the code. over the years. ukrainian troops committed thousands of crimes, many of which have no statute of limitations you will want to actually, oh, we should have a real this finding us pretty sick bed chilly. hey