are only some of the blocks maladies. to make things worse, there is a dangerous leadership deficit. a with breaking news this our, the done ask in the gone for public as well as ukraine's her song ends up. or she region announced bell polls referenda on joining russia in the next few days. but also ahead from the very beginning of the special military operation, we were saying that the people that the perspective territory should decide to fight russia has topical that survey live. rob comment on those plans for referendums to be held. saying that people should be able to choose their destiny. the e u keeps burning through the equivalent of 15000000 loaves of bread every day to

fuel as vehicles as a law remains in force, allowing food crops to be used as bio fuel. despite an ongoing hunger crisis, economic racism, that's what you gone and politicians call a new resolution forcing the country to stop building gas pipeline for the sake of environmental goals that as the country verges on energy, poverty ah mosque out to the world. this is our t international. i'm rachel blevins and here are the top stories. this our both the dawn ask in college republics as well as to regions and ukraine have announced they will be holding referendums on whether to become part of russia voting. and the dawn ask republics and ukraine's her san and zap hiroshi regions will be held on

september 23rd to the 27th. we spoke to locals and that our nest and the guns republics. and as to what they think about the upcoming vote. michigan, the ballistic lou, i'll vote in favor of it. i have an extremely positive view of this is exactly what we've been waiting for since 2014. our people have suffered a lot for the idea of joining russia. all these events have shown that we have one path. it should be done as soon as possible. we hope that no one will attack russian territory. still, i will walk in favor because it's time to become part of russia who have been wait impatiently for e t is. we're tired of the whole situation with this region must return to its home . the time has come, so the decision must be made. i will vote yes so that there will be no more shelling and everything will work out so that we live as we did before. yes, we've been heading towards this for a long time, 8 years. it should have been done

a long time ago. i'm very happy about this. we spoke with the head of the zapatero, she region who said the authorities will do everything to ensure safety for those who want to express their will. he's rewarded literally a years. roxanne looked up a sheet. i'm sure that i see the nations will drive around that paranoia region and the vast majority of rest is cold to hold a referendum as soon as possible as they want to join russia. you 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. and 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 zalinski lead saboteurs won't be able to fight 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 that was was wanted to reach our ts mariah garz's the at as in

harrison with more details for us. 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 regions holding referendums on joining russia and 23rd. i had 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 ceaselessly 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 these, these rush,

there's a lot that will have to be done aside from the referendum itself. the laws of russia, of la guns and the notes can have sooner are very, very different economic laws. a very, very different that all of that is going to be, i still have to be mesh together for it to work, but she will be these republic 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 than yet. and logan's, after 8 years of civil war and shelling and was peace efforts, which we either denied by ukraine, the minsk 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, san region,

those that have left the province. the city you claim for turtle is held by the key of regime. they will be unable to vote in this referendum, but as i say there is, there is a lot rising on this and much will change. there is very little doubt about that and 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, doom of 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 through achieved for years of public officials, also expressing support for the gods the near to have sort of joining the russian federation. zapata worship, but also stage of the referendum in these exact dates from the 23rd, to the 27th of september. russia's top diplomat,

sergei live rav emphasized that moscow has long been saying it's up to the people of those regions to choose their path. to were so much from the very beginning of a special military operation and in general in the perry preceding it. we were saying that the people of the respective territory should decide that facebook and all the current situation confirms is that they indeed want to be masters and they fight political analyst alexander pavlovitch believes that if those regions were to join russia, then moscow would treat any ukrainian attacks bear as attacks on its sovereign territory. well, it's quite a big deal, i think because the primary reason is the following. is that, you know, both, both republics have had enough of this really in the being constantly showed by ukrainian artillery. and i think also russia set off of it because

obviously, you know, 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 frees russia. and once that becomes part of russia's territory, it completed as russian territory. and any attack on both the austin don. yes, republic. it's 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. i think i really, personally, i'm glad for the population of both republics. ukrainian forces have reportedly shelby zap hiroshi nuclear power plant. amid the news of the plan referendum in

that region. officials say the facilities cooling system has been damaged in the neighboring hershawn region, a ukrainian missile hit an apartment building according to local authorities. you can see the aftermath in these images. at least 4 people were reportedly wounded in the incident. the world hunger crisis has been in the spotlight at the un general assembly as secretary general, antonio gutierrez, has drawn the world's attention to the fertilizer supply problem, saying these products cannot, is sanctioned now, my surgeon, for the rest, the global fertilizer markets crunch vizier, the world as enough foods, the problem is this revolution. but if the fertilizer market is not stabilized next year, the problem might be food supply itself. it is essential to continue removing all

remaining obstacles to the exports of rough and 40 lies. isn't that ingredients including ammonia, these products are not subject to sanctions. earlier, the regional african director of the humanitarian aid organisation concerns worldwide demanded the international community. step in to tackle the famine which has been brought about by a current 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, a number of states have also written a letter to the international community, pleading for their help in combating the worldwide hunger situation. earlier our correspondent fiorella, isabel gave the details to our colleague, worry sushi. there is an open letter that seeks to address this question of literally life and death. and this letter has been signed by 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 level thing to not address. so let's take a look. 50000000 people and now just one step away from starvation. over $345000000.00, more bowing 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 if prioritized, political and economic interests over the well being of the world's most vulnerable children and families and communities and a world of plenty, leaving people to staff as a policy choice, we call on you as world leaders 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 be 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 $250.00 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? all the yemen is a big deal to, but some people call yemen that the biggest manmade catastrophe in the history of mankind. when you talk about global responses, we've heard about cargo ships being sent to, well, the supposed to go to the poor countries on the big, they kind of end up going to the richer countries. 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 little priorities go specifically to ukraine. so just

yesterday, a ukrainian deputy minister of a gary and a policy and food pretty much boasted about the help that ukraine was actually offering. let's hobble 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. $23.00 out of $100.00. 69 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 present in air to one of turkey and president. why don't we are putting, 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 spent 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 would need to be done if there weren't sanctions on russia. so i have to point that out, and the statistics say this is like removing $15000000.00 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 get grade to the developing nations that are in need. and it is of course being blots. we did to you to me legitimate sanctions are being in po when the pressure is being exerted on all vectors. 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 russian energy, food, and fertilizers to world markets. and in this context, the height of cynicism is that even our offer to transfer 300000 tons of russian fertilizers, booked in european ports, you to sanctions to countries in need for free. i want to emphasize this remains an uncertain so 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 is 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. the president of the rwandan political party for democracy in liberty made a rather controversial statement,

saying europe's approach towards the hunger crisis. cast a grim shadow on the western quote, champion of human rights position. now we have the day for the crisis wars and the many times before to say that the program is new or between new nasha and crime. but she, if you see this countries obviously to use it for the to courtesy for us, for kind of uses at the time. if for the price is a good time to say that they have a chance to on monday nights. but how can you beat you at shanker, you money, right? if you use the food and the, you know, that does that other countries that they need the food and do use a food for a day to produce your voice or an active economic racism. that's how you gone to has slammed a new resolution. this trying to block an oil pipeline building project,

citing alleged environmental and human rights abuses. do you gone in parliament, deputy speaker, branded the move as a step against the country sovereignty. 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. u. on friday, the e u. parliament issued a statement saying they advise all companies as 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 jailed, and that an oil spill already from the 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. his little from the you, the european parliament calls for the you and 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, is the energy poverty of the east african region as a whole and that 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 it is ground. and that the 1400 kilometer pipeline plan between it and tanzania could lift millions out of poverty. and according to the president of uganda, he had a warning on twitter for total energy, which is one of the companies linked to the pipeline project. he says that should they follow in the footsteps of the wanting from the parliament, uganda and tell dania, stand ready to take their feet into their own hands and charge of course for their own destiny. and that if taught towel pulls out, they will be ready to find another partner and international policy consultant we

heard from believes it's wrong for the you to interfere and uganda's economic policy. because right now they are being working on getting from another african it's better to be 600 kilometers to bring natural gas here because it's not been in the pipeline deal. they're making their noise and they're trying to come down. another sovereign state, personal and above average, is about 2 percent of the whole world admission and ask for accounting about 17 percent global population lifeline. and the development of the oil is going to have benefits with the economy, people right to do what they believe for their people and invest the stream

service. and it's not fit for your come and tell them what to do. now to a religious rights controversy as any, a supreme court is presiding over an appeal by a large group of muslim students after school girls were banned from classes for wearing a job. india and advocacy groups denounced the lower court decision as one of the quote, robbing women of an education are to run john sharma. how's the story 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 while asian 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 with 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, i banned the he job in educational institutions. didn't i do suspect that many other students might more in a similar fashion? religious leaders believe that the he job control was the, 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 of those have already dropped out in canada that are

coming that door. many goes a stop going to school, a number of muslim girls, including the petitioners, see that wearing a job is a fundamental right and an essential practice. and that it should be left to individuals. i don't think a coil can the court judges why hinder man decides what muslim women should wear? that's not fair. given that to you, the logic behind the sedan. it's completely flawed. i don't think it makes sense. you have started with the mining he job in the universities 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 hold that the supreme court will see the matter differently . muslim girls fear the clock may be set backwards. region sharma, r t, you delhi i 10 year old girl has reportedly been shot in the head during demonstrations and iran over the death of a woman arrested for violating strict dress codes. now warning,

you may find the following: images disturbing. the girl is said to be in critical condition after the incident in the western city of good con. there have already been several consecutive days of protests in the islamic republic. reports say 5 people have been killed since saturday as security forces open fire on the crowds during the most violent protest in the capital of se, ron videos and social media show police using water cannons against the demons traders. the protester wrapped it after a 22 year old woman died in police has to be after being arrested for wearing his job. that was deemed not suitable. demonstrators accused police eating her until she was in a coma, but authorities reject those claims and say, she suffered a sudden heart failure. female demonstrators have been removing their head scarves in protest. and that's all for now. be sure to check out our

t dot com for all the latest breaking news and updates. we'll see you right back here at the top of the hour. ah ah . ah just as i did was a traveling is one of the simplest ways to learn new things that the worst if you

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me. does the european union have a death wish it would seem so ramp and inflation growing energy and security, demanding unquestioning solidarity regarding ukraine and punishing democratically elected governments? are only some of the blocks maladies. to make things worse, there is a dangerous leadership deficit. ah, in 2014 t village to circle a 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.

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