welcome, this is weight is our ruling class in our political ah, a 2nd day of voting is on the way our t. p is a special coverage of the ongoing referendum number and carol's on whether to join russia. international observe is monitoring the elect, canada. this is a historic day for don boss. i've been covering this issue since 2014. therefore, i know very well what the feelings of the people are here. back on, i'm 35, captain murphy personnel from russia. i really don't buy from above it. who will release in a business for with you can reach out there or deal with beat me with the chair kicked me and hit me with the mark. they beat me because of

a broken chair. they said your cattle, you broke our chair and they started hitting me on the head again. did you have me with all sorts of needles? my gear, my nose, just to mock me. during this week, un general assembly african, the states press the need for the countries to stick together to come by regional crisis, unite in the fight against climate playing. and with well does is actually just going to pm here in the russian capital. i'm more of a mommy, let's take a look at today's top stories the 2nd day. so the 2nd day of voting on whether to join russia has just started. we really special coverage of the historical referendums from don boss and to other regions. ah,

who's the referendums are being held in the dentist at la guns people's republics and the cows on as upper the regions back in 2014 done as down against voted to declare themselves independence after they refused to recognize the king in cave, in the air is the r international observers that a month in the voting process is one from italy who gave his impressions at the end of the 1st day was for a shut society. this is

a historic day for don boss. i've been covering this issue since 2014, therefore, i know very well with the feelings of the people are here, and how many people want to return to russia. today, i had the opportunity to visit the polling stations. i was surprised how everything was in order. i was surprised by the authorities of the dentist republic protecting care about security. i saw how mobile groups went from house to house. i did not see any legal violations complete freedom. i walked took pictures. no one forbade me from any thing. i have already sent my materials to the italian media. i have not seen any coercion of the people has the 2nd day of the referendum to join russia got underway, ukrainian artillery rocks, the city of den ask a warning. you may find some of the following images disturbing. according to local reports, ukraine, hidden civilian areas in the city. the attacks called significant damage. as you can see in the footage, leaving at least one woman dead and a man injured you are. we will bring you more information on this as we get it from

a little and to continue our source of coverage on the ongoing referendums. all she's a roman close to read reports from the heart of the dentist republic. the city of dennis itself. this 2nd day of the referendum continues here in the nest people's republic. now these up while groups are walking from district district to make sure that i'd say everybody who wants to vote yet to do that. now the atmosphere, it is a pretty, a festive clarissa music. her people are smiling, their said despite the fact that sounds of shelling are constant here in don't ask of the last 3024 hours or 2 civilians were killed and 2 people were wounded as well. nevertheless, the people are still coming out and their voting and mass, at least a quarter of the population of the nest people's republic have voted on the 1st day,

and that number will certainly grow on the 2nd day. of course, sir, we have spoken to some of the people to find out what they feel about this referendum college, but also the nurse toys, which i forgot some other, which of those whisky them will settle slower last year of the, her dad at 3 to do we've been waiting for this for 30 years since 1991. i was 21. when i voted against the soviet union disillusion. i've been waiting for this minute for 30 years. i voted in 2014 for denette san dependence and further joining up with russia. my parents, my wife, every want voted for it. it feel somewhat hard is this moment comes after 8 years. we feel sorry because of children dying in these years because of elderly people dying in these years because of all those who died. but thank god, this moment has come. so thank god. wonderful wish it's amira. what, what can i say we want peace want water. we have had no water for half of the year

. we won't change. we won't in this moment to come early, but thank god it has finally happened twice of how we just heard, sir, we just heard some sounds offer her shelling as the lecture commission committee are working here. they have asked all of the people to run into the basement, so that's no one gets heard. i think we're gonna do the same thing. and despite the fact that the shelling continues and the old people had to flee from outside an answer, this building, the voting still continues in this apartment building. now, we are still waiting for other residents from nearby houses to come over and cast their ballots. as the shelling continues, these are truly people made of steel because despite all the threats, despite daily tragedies, they're still coming out here to cast their ballots and vote to return to russia.

led to the group brought the goods of, you know, this is kind of a holiday for us. we suffered for 8 years waiting for these days to come. i took up arms back in 2014. i did everything i could go, i am old, but when they shelled almost every market and annette scott, i realized that we needed to return 3 times this fire at them. otherwise this would never end. we met up with another mobile group of election officials. as you can see, people are holding up to cast their ballots. and of course, just like in all the other places that were we have visited. all these people are in favor of the people's republic to join a russia. the reason i know that is because the people here are very open about their wishes. now least people who are with the election commission committee,

they are mostly seizures. and according to them, they've been receiving threats from anonymous people on the internet. despite all that, however, they are continuing their task and letting people know all around and ask that they can vote freely from on call for a hearty bonus. people's republic in the city of care zola the referendum, 2nd diesel lines of people waiting to cost that balance. and i run up to the vote. a number local officials were targeted and attacks. but despite the potential security threats, locals continued to me. their voice is heard. ah, this is our choice. i've been waiting for this since 2014. i want to live a life without fascist. i'm fed up with them. and god willing, we'll have peace and everything will be safe so that our children and grandchildren will live and grow up in peace so that everything will be fine with this means

everything to us. my son has been fighting in the loo, ganske republic for 8 years. for me, this is everything. it's a matter of life and death. we came back home. enough is enough. they do have to run the. yeah, in the city of tim. so as you can see, the huge lives of people at voting stations for the 50, the spot weeks mugs of ukrainian attempts to terrify the population to scare them away from voting. here, there is some apprehension left as much as bad as yesterday. you paying a national, aj paper ferry from both extensions for their own safety. many people here fear but bad for been good. the blood that i've met with stations are another publication and acts of terrible things out. a little common die with

a little common. now people have seen that on the 1st day of the referendum things well, well that was safety. there weren't any violations, any serious violation law or did robin said now, now they're out of the the biggest turnout is expected, of course on, on sunday. but 15 percent was the turnout est with which local officials are very happy because those same officials, by the way, election committee members, there were threatened, they were born, some of them there were several carbons planted, and that they received endless death threats. the houses of property were brought nevertheless the ref. 2 to me is, is on the way you claim has of course threatened any person here who will to participate in this referendum with persecution and whole situation perhaps even

jail sentences. but there is a greater and greater understanding here in your song as well as a neighboring separate orange other that you claim as a going to come back. the busha is here to stay. meanwhile, in the city of many so full in the south rose in region, locals have been eager to have their say too. i am tired of this ukrainian democracy. i want stability. what else would you choose? i was one of the 1st to receive a russian passport. every day you expect something bad from the government of ukraine. every one who wanted to be in russia's here. everything will be fine with us. everything will be great. i was looking forward to this very much when russia comes and will be with us and we will be them. i expect only good things here at our facility, every one votes, every one wants to vote. every one is in a good mood. several of us have been held across russia to support the referendums in dumbass. this is a city of vulgar either in the southwest, russia,

where hundreds of people gathered in the centre waving flags and banners, as was now the simplest, where people unfurled of july and flag of russia under the national anthem. there was also a rally in crows, naughty, ask one of the largest cities. if i bear with around 10000 people will show up to support the referendums. the others are they attended by representatives of public associations, political parties, and civil activists. meanwhile, western countries are condemning the referendums, calling them and democratic for that follows years of selectively applied policy towards the right of, of people to self determination. as all see contributor. rachel marson explains. western officials clearly don't support these people when ukraine having the opportunity to exercise their right to self determination is guaranteed under

international law. you as a master to ukraine, bridget brink and nato secretary general jens fulton berg called them quote sham referendums. and the european union's chief diplomat, joseph burrell, dismiss them as, quote, illegal referendums, which are quote, in violation of ukraine's independence sovereignty and territorial integrity and a blatant breach of international law. when territorial integrity comes in conflict with self determination, it's apparently the people's will. that matters most and least that's what the position was. the western officials had towards costeo's independence. that is, after nato had bombed yugoslavia and carved out kosovo from russian allied serbia under the pretext of protecting its ethnic minority sounds. a lot like the justification for the referendums now in these ukrainian regions whose people have suffered under keams attack since 2014. but unlike with the current situation, ukraine, the international community at that time agreed that coast those minority shouldn't

have to live under systemic oppression. today our armed forces joined our nato allies and airstrikes against serbian forces responsible for the brutality and kosovo. oh, i'm really proud of staff is what we did in class. so i really found it very difficult to watch when people were being killed at pleasure to united states would continue to work with those nations that have not recognized an independent kosovo to convince them to do so as quickly as possible. so apparently the western position only favor self determination if it harms their enemy and benefits the west. another example, what about if taiwan decided to hold a referendum to succeed from china to morrow? it's hard to imagine that the westwood, denounce it, and argue instead that the taiwanese have to respect the one china policy that the west supports all wall egging on taipei provoking cheng and using taiwanese chinese relations and tensions as a pretext to rack up sales for the u. s. military industrial complex referendums

are all equal in the eyes of the west. the democracy exercise by catalonia, in its bid for independence in 2017 from spain, was denounced by most of the you, under the spanish constitution. yes, there these road to cut the lonia was not really go. countries like france, italy, germany and the u. k. were more interested at the time in what a vote in favor of independence for catalonia could mean for their own countries as they struggled to contain independence movements on their own territories. in other words, these people over here are fighting for their own democratic self determination. but how does that affect me? that's what they were doing. as for madrid, it came down to a question of revenue loss as colonia, with just 16 percent of spain's population. also accounts for 19 percent of its gdp . another referendum may be looking on the horizon in scotland as separate a sentiment has festered since edinburgh voted to reject independence in 2014. but

the u. k. 's newest prime minister list trust isn't keen on permitting a 2nd round. perhaps she's concerned that the result won't be the same. if i am elected as prime minister, i will not allow another. independent trust brings up the notion of family, but apparently isn't interested in acknowledging similar family style. bonds that link the rus, a phone, ukrainian, regions to russia. the western hypocrisy and double standards of defending democratic principles to self determination only if and when it suits them, hasn't escaped the attention of the scottish leadership. if she governs as she has campaigned over the summer, she will be a disaster. not just for scotland book for all of the you key. there's a tendency to denigrate or block referendums that suit the western agenda. but when the irish vote to ratify the lisbon treaty, that is the use constitution establishing

a centralized leadership and foreign policy failed the 1st time while that didn't prevent them from being allowed to vote a 2nd time to secure the desired result. similarly, the dutch voted to enter a referendum in 2016 against the you having closer linked to ukraine. but that didn't prevent the country's parliament for voting against the people's will. a year later, apparently it was enough to say that, well, hey, they were asked. so given the tendency of western officials to cherry pick the referendums, they support or don't, in accordance with their political agendas, while they're hardly in a position of high moral authority to be telling anyone, seizing the opportunity for self determination, what is or isn't legitimate. where you live, hulu, keep you updated with that. i just use a fastly mong, so 2nd, the voting for millions of locals. ah,

my, another story is out of the long separation from ronald, says military personnel from russia and the dumbass. republics. who have been in training captivity have now returned home all tease maria for nothing that brings us more on this prisoner exchange and tools to swallow the service. men am families who share this story. wonder to put it in a happy day for what had been some very anxious families as 55 military personnel from russia and the don bus republics, sons and husbands. fathers and brothers who had long been held in ukraine in captivity have come back home 1st. zebra storm, thank you. there he is a life that they returned. my son to me, thanks everyone. god bless everyone. we are proud of him. we were afraid to lose it . not that we believed we knew that he would return to her. we prayed every morning

and every evening the whole city was waiting for him. everyone was waiting for him . all the relatives, his wife was very boring. we were very worried. it's the latest and so far, the largest prisoners of war exchanged between moscow and key f since the beginning of the russian offensive in february, and both sides a hail and into a success, summer room. the most important thing is that they didn't leave us there. when we were there, there was a sense that no one wanted us in our country, but you see how it turned out. our guys quickly took us away quickly pulled a sound. i'm on the 215 key of prisoners. the allied forces traded for the men were at 5 notorious as old battalion commanders. but it was a freedom at any price steal them. they said that no one was worried about you and your country will not exchange you except for us. but we believe there would be an exchange we'd just below. of course, i'm happy that i'm in russia. i'd like to thank those who were involved in the

exchange that had happened to winnipeg. i hope that the rest of all people we taken out of that and they will also be at home at the most important thing for me now is to see my family, friends, wife? no, i haven't seen her since january 1st that we signed our marriage certificate. and i just left right away. sometimes i talked to her via video link, but basically i haven't seen her in almost a year. 10 of the many foreigners who've been fighting on kids side were also released 5 bridge citizens to americans and fighters. from the rocco, sweden and croatia, some of the release prisoners who spent months in captivity talk about torturing humiliation, and also confirmed that more and more foreigners are fighting on ukraine's side and those 2 yellows, dubuque, yes, they stood armed with clubs from the very beginning. they began to beat me with a baton and used electric shocks. then with every incorrect answer or action i said, or did they shocks me, beat me with a bass on all my legs until i had bruises or 2 at the door. so is there why that somebody up cuz they beat me with the chair,

kicked me and hit me with the mob. they beat me because of a broken chair. they said your cattle, you broke our chair. they started hitting me on the head again as much as the jagged me with all sorts of needles, my ear and my nose just to mock me crash, but most on the home with the threatened me with a knife, then they threw me into a pickup truck and we drove off somewhere. another 15 people ran up there and they started taking pictures with me to pay my look there. they caught an orc and occupier took pictures and jumped videos. they lifted me by the head and took pictures. what is the, what it was clear from their voices that there were not only ukrainian staircases, a foreign speech was heard. arabic speech was her thumb. after that they took pictures with me there while they continued to beat me to put a knife to my eyes. they put a knife to my groin, he said, we will cut everything off of you now, if you do not confess, me with the holes. they also explain why capturing members of the russia military, he's such a desired trophy for those fighting for keith thumbs thaw. and that's is what on

line is that they are. nancy's not the i'm for india denounces, received money for the military present for surgeon. it's about $300.00 for officers after 1000, although his former prisoners released during this recent exchange are currently being treated in various russian hospitals. if military dr. commissions decide their feet, the service men may soon return to the front lines. raving ocean naughty moscow region wire switch gears and june of the un general assembly trans, minnesota for a 1st stress the need for african countries in the far i region to sit together and fight region crises collectively. ah, i, we note hayden in terrorist activity and so how, so how is replete with programs committing the crisis several products over last 2 years, which always filled our expectations where all where tourism can only be beaten by joint efforts,

but still look for appropriate resources. although during the general assembly, a number of african countries express their desires to combine their efforts in the fight against climate change and stand up to western pressure. all seeds, caribou, le cutler explains. presidents of african countries spoke as one and the un general assembly squarely putting attention on acute issues faced by the continent. africa formed a formidable front to counter the green, neo colonial lobby of western countries, climate change and its negative impacts way at the center of issues brought by africa. many leaders highlighting the issue of climate injustice to say the least polluters, which are africans. now, phase of the most severe impact, a lot of climate change in africa and other looking nation produce only a small proportion of greenhouse gas inches compared to industrialized economies.

yet, we are the hardest hit by the consequences of climate change. while africa is the least responsible for the crime at crisis, it does find itself at the epicenter of its worst impacts. the african continent, like many developing regions of the well suffering, the effects of climate change. to a disproportionate degree. the politics of climate change are really about who foot the bill was the nation's allowed when imposing pressure on developing nations to go green. but they start whispering when you talk about who will fund this transition. but for africa, the issue of climate justice is the most paramount issue for the transition. we think country should fit the bill, but eventually in the long run it might be right for us to put the bill. yes,

the waste of got the money, little foot, the proportion of the bill. but a deuce feel that every african countries should accuse contribution. mistake africa, forward. africa has long been voicing this conferred while polluting the least for pest cell actually of global c. o. 2 emissions the continent is paying a high price, africa's oblige was already limited financial means, and scant level of support. to spend around 2 to 3 percent of its g d. p. per annum, to adapt to these impacts. a disproportionate responsibility that cannot be described as anything other than climate injustice. those also another meeting of the minds this time on attaining peace and security. in this a how reason? the g 5, the hall is a joint military operation, comprising bertina fossil shed, model, tamia, nature, and formerly miley, they were in agreement about new efforts to push against the insurgency in the

south. this situation requires is to adapt new strategies to fight effectively against armed terrorist groups in the common space and new agreements were being signed. and it was also brought up in the general assembly. the population and degradation of the climate in combination have created thanks to the regional disorder following the fall of the regime of colonel gadhafi in 2011. the situation of chaos that the countries of the sal region are experiencing to day time will tell if the 77th do. and general assembly will be another talk shop or an agent for change. as was the nations continue to drag their feet with regards to climate, reparations, and funding people in the developing world. i in the fight for their lives, fighting the elements to save lives and livelihoods. caribella, sasha, r t. in johannesburg. the right is vapor liberal c on

a report at the e. u commission, blogs x falls of fertilizers from russia that flies in the face of western officials repeating claims. the anti russian sanctions have nothing to do with the food crisis. yeah, that the falls that the e u. blogs expos, russian fertilizers in august, this happened just a month off, an agreement was in russia. ukraine was rich in assemble aimed at tackling the global food crisis present rather than put in drew public attention to this issue. saying they're stating that it is a horrible decision to own left, the ban on shipments going west, leaving those vulnerable countries still in need with worship is but it didn't it rudely which she knew must go. this is unprecedented. this is an ugly decision. i would say on the part of the european commission, shameful, to leave the ban on the purchase of our fertilizers, but only for their own countries. for e, u. member states. but really,

what about the poorest countries in the world? what about the rhetoric that all our joint efforts should be aimed at preventing hunger in these 4 countries? is this all love of uniforms for bay with findings back of the present worth that the world food twice as has been created by the west by its decision to place all sanctions on russia. hours, sanctions do not touch basic food commodities. they do not affect the trading of grain or other food between russia and 3rd countries. it's not a consequences all day sanctions, like the russia nagra t one to convince people around the world. but the war itself on the blockade of ukrainian grain on and fertilizers and, and glasses on is when we put together the sanctions packages, it is not about medicine and it's not about grains and food. just to be clear, we don't accept the rush narrative. they don't want to let the green out of russia

. we don't accept that. meanwhile, the united nation has only 28 percent of grant exported from ukraine, which is the most vulnerable countries. where as 44 percent of it goes so high income states. nicholas medical village of paris face political analysts, but is green mismanagement, come from ease, poor decisions, which is highlighted by the recent exposer shows. first of all, that a visibly ursula vendor lay and is above european law because it's because her guidelines are saying that the european members of the european union cannot do what law or with the embargo from the european says it can do. this is very surprising. liberation is left leaning very pro european, very pro global is very anti russian, rome, deed, in newspaper, in france. it is extremely surprising that this is coming out of this in the

newspaper by one of france, a specialist on the european union. there's all kinds of mail. so i think this shows and that something's going on for this, this newspaper to, to think the risk of taking out such of a publishing as such an article in the current time. we're really speaking about russia. you've got to go with gloves and you're walking between the 2. it's because it's so difficult to try to get a different narrative out that the main european union, a narrative against russia ethic is quite courageously brushing is quite surprising . and, but it does show if liberation, feels that they've got to publish such an articles. i think that shows that there is a deep problem within the european union within the pro atlantis county. here in france . and if that filtered through of with such a renown, a journalist, i think the shows is the deep, deep problem within the european union today. well the news.