does the european union have a death wish it would seem so rampant 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. with breaking news, this our, the dynamics can move on to republics, as well as ukraine's her son and zap hiroshi reagan announced bill referendums on joining russia in the next few days. we get reactions from local getting the ability to move on. vote in favor of it. all these events have shown that we have one path, the sooner the better. without russia, we have no future from the very beginning of the special military operation. we are saying that the people that the respective territory should decide that fight russia is top diplomat survey, rob rob,

comment on those plans for referendums to be held, saying that people should be able to choose their destiny. it 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 biofuel, despite and ongoing hunger prices with economic racism, that's what you gotten. and politicians call a new resolution forcing the country to stop building gas pipelines for the sake of environmental goals that as the country verges on energy, poverty with from moscow to the world. this is our t international. i'm rachel blevins and here are the top stories. this our

both the don ask and luke oscar publics as well as 2 regions in ukraine have announced they will be holding referendums on whether to become a part of russia loading and the 2 don bass republics and ukraine's her san and zap roshi regions will be held on september 23rd to the 27th, we spoke to locals and all of these regions, and many se, this could help achieve peace. chicken ability can them all vote in favor of it. i have an extremely positive view of this is exactly what we'd 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, so we hope that no one will attack russian territory. it will, i will, won't, which in favor, because it's time to become part of russia who have been wait impatiently for each years. but 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. we've been heading towards this for a long time, 8 years, but it should have been done a long time ago. and very happy about this. we are, i think life will become more stable, that there will be protection. maybe the war will and sooner i'll vote in favor of it. also. we've wanted to return home for a long time since 2014, the sooner the better without russia we have no future. we spoke with the head of the zap her she region, who said the authorities will do everything to ensure safety for those who want to express their will usually literally a years roxy hooked up a sheet. i'm sure that i see the nations will drive around separate zhang region and the vast majority of residents 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 was what was duty arts is moran garcia, is at hire san with more details for us. well, anyway, you look at it, this is going to be a momentous week in the 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 by the 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 this, this rush, there's a lot but will have to be done aside from the referendum itself. the laws of russia, of la guns and the diets can have shauna a very, very different economic laws. a very, very different that all of that is going to be, it would have to be mesh together for it to work. but you will be these republic they choose to join. russia will accept russian federal law with that entails and there is little doubt that these republics will vote to join russia

than he is. and logan's, after 8 years of civil war and shelling, endless peace efforts which were either denied by ukraine amidst agreements, they've had enough. they want finally, to be accepted as russian citizens rather than 2nd great 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, regent. 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 this referenda, but as i say 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 marshal of the state duma, the russian parliament. laura, how's the 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 a chief for years of a public official rule. so expressing support for the gods that he had to have sort of joining the russian federation, zappa, georgia. but also stage of the referendum and these exact dates from the 23rd to the 27th of september. russia's top diplomat sergey live round, emphasized that moscow has long been saying it's up to the people of those regions to choose their path to move so much from the very beginning of the special military operation. and in general, in the piri proceeding, it was saying that the people at the prospective territory should decide their fight. and all the current situation confirms is that they indeed want to be masters of their fight. political as alexander povich believes that if those

regions were to join russia, then moscow would treat any ukrainian attacks there 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 there's really in being constantly show by ukrainian artillery. and i think also russia had enough 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 fries russia. and once that becomes part of russia's territory, it can treated as russian territory and any attack on both the logos and done yet, public 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. i think i really, personally, i'm glad for the population of both republics. meanwhile, local officials, the ukrainian forces, have showed these oper, she 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 her on region, a ukrainian missile hit an apartment building according to the local authorities. you can see the aftermath and these images. at least 4 people were affordably wounded in the incident. for the 1st time in 3 years, world leaders have gathered in person for the un general assembly being held in new

york, that president of the democratic republic at the condo congo is currently giving a speech less listen in because he's no longer in any doubt. so now there's no more than once, good panels of expert mandated by the u. n. d to enter the expanded too and verification mission of the international conference of the great lakes region. as well as international humanitarian, non governmental organizations and human rights organizations have established documented and objective reports which attain the highest standards of academia. and science said, you think you'd be to dispose any downs for the community of nations. i'm pertinent to the denials of their under no authority on this subjects. the congress government asks the president of a security council to officially distribute to members of the can. so the latest

report, the un group of experts on the security situation in the east of the d. c. and to ensure that it is considered diligently by the council to draw the full consequences from it once a day or 2 in the context of international peace and security. it is a question of the very image and credibility of our organization. take them to do it. otherwise would, on the one hand mean encouraging rwanda to continue its aggression, its war crimes and its crimes against humanity in the democratic republic of congo . and on the other 2 for the feed, legitimate suspicion of the con, released people when it comes to the impartiality of the un, as well as the complicity of some of its members in these crimes like the security . that is to bring an end to this suspicion and to dispel the curity of some positions of the security council on the security crisis in the east

of the d. c. an ambiguity which is frustrating the congress population and exacerbating the tensions between them and the un stabilization mission. in the d. c. monasco, for the reason that my government has us for a re evaluation of the professor responsible withdrawal plan of this mission. this request for adjustment is required by monday, the unanimous agreement, even at the highest levels of our organization over the regrettable shortcomings of mentor sco. the shortcomings undoubtedly impact the effectiveness and legitimacy of the un action in the democratic republic of congo. reevaluating meniscus, which plan you can consequently in no way do not undermine

relation between us, my country and our organization. whatever the case may be replied declare loudly from this rust on the do you use the highest international body for the management of the world's affairs? i would like to declare the determination of these people and leaders to always defend why don't i so not to the very last the territorial integrity independent sovereignty of that country. in respect of course, of international law. and they can be like many made within the international organization that is a member of shami. this is also an opportunity for me to clarify that. yeah, the congolese stage demands congolese of civil society will never allow anyone i'm willing to engage in tribal, ethnic, the song racial or xenophobic hate speech in our country. you know, with the,

the constitution of the republic. my hands, the laws of the day of c, prohibits such as speech and punish it severely crumbling. if nobody really did not know not. and i can thus claim that yet this discourse is happening and use it as a pretext to justify criminal adventures. in the d. r. c divides the congolese people and weaken national unity. something that all of my compatriots adhere to fiercely. the d r c is north and will never be a country that committed genocide, yet look globally on toward the end of a of a good little pause on what's more democratic little bit of us, you know, you, one that they had their lives. i suppose the fact that the alleged collaboration that i would say that the guy alleged collaboration that some companies officials may have allegedly, with rwandan opponent figures from the democratic nebraska forces around to the after law, which the rhode island he does a using to justify the repeated aggression against the dc is nothing more than an a

. an alibi which are unexcused, which is corroborated by no proven information on the ground. like, you know, the law has been decapitated and reduced to nothing by the armed forces of the democratic republic of the congo. vfl at tennessee, in close collaboration with the wound, an army as part of the joint operations conducted a few years ago. you know, literally a democratic republic, mcclung grove has also been repatriated several and so if the f taylor and the families one day the content. so the congress people that i was asking themselves, what are we talking about? so, one day, i don't know what size of territory, what, you know, more occupied ones and territory, just this fun semester occupying, to talk to you even going to do more precise parts. everyone's territory. has

anyone seen are commonly soldier on whatever the case may be? the d. c remains ready to take action against any group that attempts to upset peace and security in a neighboring country in the great lakes reach. and up to now mister president of the congress, people to the united nations. the african union was one day in the african regional communities and the purpose of the d o. c. and i asked him to no longer trust the shameful denials of the random authorities. and instead, to help rebuild security build last pages and to help create the conditions needed for fruitful cooperation in the great lakes region for the well being of all you want to this in the interest necessary to have the following. the one thing about the immediate withdrawal of the $23.00 from them from occupied

areas on the return of displace congress from these areas to their homes and the unconditional ending. overwhelmed and ami support for this terrorist group. according to the spirit and the letter of the law under road agreed between the democratic republic of congo and rwanda. as well as successive statements from the un security council, the african union, peace and security council, east african community. and also the southern african development community deck to increase pressure under wonder and the m 23 lead incidentally sanctioned by the u. n. and the more firms and will be in respect of those sanctions to ensure that they respect the positions of the aforementioned

instruction organization. as well, 3 will not support the continuation of the never be peace processes. lawanda discussions between the democratic republic of congo underwent the deployment of the east africa regional for the statute, the rules of engagement, of which i've just been signed on the 8th of september. in can check that by the congress government and the secretary general of the 7 community on the one hand and on the other by the f, a r t c. and the commanders of this regional force for encourage the president of honorary president. and can you, who can you after the president of and go let you all know? and so mediators from the east african community and the african union in the security crisis in the democratic republic of congress to continue their

good offices. 5 lifts and the obstacle due to the t. r. c, restructuring its own forces, the limit to increase the power of those forces. you'd better carry out the mission including through the lifting of all restrictive measures. limiting the world hunger crisis has also been in the spotlight at the un general assembly. as secretary general, antonio gutierrez has drawn the world's attention to big fertilizer supply problem . thing these products can not be sanctioned, not much urgently. the rest, the global 30 lies the markets crunch, vizier, the world as enough foods. the problem is this triple sion. 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 export of profit fertilizers and that ingredients including ammonia. these products are not subject to sanctions. earlier the regional african director of the humanitarian aid organisation concerns worldwide demand of the international communities step in to tackle the famine which isn't 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 world wide hunger situation. earlier archie correspondent fear rela, isabel gave the details to our colleague, worry, sushi said 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 addressed. so let's take a look. 50000000 people and 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 if prioritize, 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 too, is that the sort of 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 humanity in 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 over to yemen? it 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, they're supposed to go to the poor countries on that 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 grain initiative, 23 vessels carrying 640000 tons of food have been sent. there. sounds like a lot, but we 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 at 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 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, 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 yes grade to the developing nations that are in need. and it is of course being blots with you to me. legitimate sanctions are being impose 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 chance for 300000 tons of russian fertilizers, booked in european ports due 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. that 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 had the day for the crisis, your wars, and the many times before to say that the program is new or between new nasha and crime. but she, if you see that see, europe is countries opted to use it for the 2 courtesies who are kind of uses at the time. that is it for the crisis, a good time to say that they had a chance to on monday nights. but how can you be had chunk of new money, right? if you use the food and that you know that there's other countries that they need the food and to use a food for day to produce it boys for rich and active economic races. that's how you gone that has slammed

a new resolution the trying to block an oil pipeline building project, citing alleged environmental in human rights abuses. the gone to parliament, deputies 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 in tanzania. 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 number of the fight between uganda, tanzania, and the e. u. 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 projects have been arbitrarily jailed and that an oil spill or a leak from this underground project could infest 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 more 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 dimension, 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 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 tells amy, stand ready to take their fate into their own hands. and todd, of course, for their own destiny. and that if to a towel pulls out,

they will be ready to find another patina and international policy. consulting we heard from believes it's wrong for the you to interfere and uganda's economic policy a because it's incredible. i mean, union work on getting gas. and i plan is expected to be in by 600 kilometers to bring natural gas because it's enough that you guy with a mr. noisy and they're trying to condemn another sovereign state for pursuing a mission is about 2 to 4 percent of the whole world. admission and effort account for about 6070 percent of the global population. the pipeline and a half a mob been.