was to ease at war with russia. vietnam percy did, did this caution one act on legend and weight is our ruling classes in our political a ah, this is my room with the wall barely started and then someone trapped in the next room. 2 high, long walk, he's launched by ukrainian for to pay the hotel housing and ality crew in the cuts on region. the i'll report with the believe to deaths with victims to trumps on with the other thing as of the day. and they don't back up at all he and telephone region. we continue loss special coverage of the ongoing with random on whether to doing russian anti from local on the ground. everyone myself included,

has been waiting for russia. it is our destination. we're very hopeful for the future. a 1000 international observers are also working out the referendum in the republics with some noting the high level of organization and through the us m. as many votes as a parting station. we've been to, there's a very friendly atmosphere. people came to the polls willingly and with smiles on their faces. detected any violations, and it all runs in compliance with the needed level of transparency and international norm. when nato has declared our country an immediate threat on the way to total u. s. dominance and the un general assembly session russian women, if, if they've moscow security proposals, were i going to be rejected by the way with, i will welcome to you is just turn to mid day here in moscow. and you're watching

the weekly here or nazi international, bringing the latest news on days, along with a round up the stories that shapes the past 7 days. and we begin with breaking news that people have reportedly been killed in a high mas miss all attacked by ukrainian forces and a kiss on region. one of the to us applied work, it was shut down according to local russian, back to officials. our crew was staying in the hotel that was targeted with corresponded more dance. the of sending this video straight from the saying a warning for you, you might find the following image is obsessing this was just always a little bit before they got which would you be a genius of the will you get all the teacher or the employee sort of better yeah. oh good, good. good, good. mm. oh, good. michelle borkam. one. this is

this is my room. the wolves of barely starving inside. that's the bathrooms. and there is some one trap in the next room. she suddenly a lot to get through at this point with we are told immersive, ready, downstairs trying to help those who towards is will there were 3 employees of the migration service, our team of 4 people and to local residents working on the reception the war had flew straight into them, it went through the 2nd floor and they were killed. the military left this place yesterday. maybe the strike was planned to hit them. a vaughn is very afraid of a 2nd strike. there is often a 2nd attack within 30 minutes. is video shows what was left of the arty cruise vehicle on the hotel now seen, kept at the moment shortly after the attack with flitted, showing the scale of the destruction inside. the incident comes in the midst of the

referendums to join russia. currently underway and course on and 3 other regions. according to several local media reports, one of those killed in the attack is for me ukrainian lawmaker, alexey jude afco. now this video shows draft has boating in the referendum in care southern region had been in opposition to the current ukrainian government since the 2014 might on uprising to rothko moved to russia a year later, but returned to the cares on region in april. ah, well it's the 3rd day of vo. seeing the referendums in don bassett care san angelo's. you have regents with locals making a choice on whether to join russia. we bring you all the latest now in our special coverage. ah.

our correspondence in dom bank were mon concert in the danielle republicans egleston up in the lockdown square. public opened more details on the 3rd day of voting. the referendum has entered the 3rd day here in the longest people's republican across the regions. of course, we're having their se so far. everything has been relatively peaceful and quiet and well, according going according to plan. that's the despite caves attempts to disrupt and to intimidate the local population here. well, in fact, for the past 8 years, this is what i have to say now. cool. when it comes to figures now roughly all across the longest people's republic, just short of half of the entire population. that is, of course, eligible to vote,

have done so they have had their sake. what is quite peculiar, that if you say, take lu ganske, the capital that has been governed independently for the past 8 years and then take say, the town of o, the agglomeration of lucy, chance that has been well reclaimed. just and officially defacto joined the august people's republic, just recently, the figure and the attendance will roughly be the same. now the vote of course happens and goes on against the backdrop of a widespread condemnation that is pouring in from the west to mean plenty of a media outlets and officials. they have her blood branded and labeled this referendum as a sham. and that, despite all of the attempts of the local authorities here to legitimize the process as best as they can, of course it is a tool order for a government that's the own rule and control over these lands. and these territories isn't internationally recognized. despite that, they still have managed to attract and invite international observers to oversee

the process of the voting as well. international practice says that they should, we did have a chance to talk to a few of them. so here's what they had to say to the objective, her visitor to, oh, pulling office and, and saying that her, it is the wish of the population. so we are trying to save the process. it is free. yes, it is great. we are looking for how many people are attending. we are saying that a lot of people are ending and expressing that since 2014 the want to be a part of the cone today of susan's mother to say we visited the pouting station. ambrosia have come. we're planning to visit to mall at putting station we've been to. there's a very friendly atmosphere. people came to the polls willingly and with smiles on their faces. we haven't detected any violations. we're pretty sure the situation in

other putting stations is the same. i can't tell you for sure what's happening at the other putting stations at the moment, but from what we've seen so far, no violations have been detected, and it all runs in compliance with the needed level of transparency and international norms. bullet, the question, if the international community chooses to listen to these well, international observers to these members of the international community and to the say of the people, the voices of the people here. well, this question is rhetorical. i have to say, but still this is nothing to, i mean this will fail and it fails to hamper the process. it fails to, to stop people from coming to the polling stations and casting their votes. as again, has, i have to repeat myself the vote and as day 3 out of 5 and we will continue to bring you live coverage of how it fez. i will, for those old days. thanks very much eager. are rama over to you. now am, what's the latest from the polling stations in done yet?

the referendum continues here to ness people's republic as well. we're answering our 3rd day and at this point some more than half of the population of the next people's republic had voted. so official figures now stand add says 55 percent of the total population mind you were still. these are the results from the 1st 2 days . we're still have a 2 more days to go it where mobile referendum groups will be walking around the town and taking votes from us citizens. and so the final vote at balling stations will take place on the 27th of september. now, of just like in logan's kaz, the eager mentioned there are 4 in observers here as well, at least 130 people. and they come from all over the world, latin america, the united states, europe, asia, and they're all here. and they have all noted that despite the fact that the ukraine continues to shell, people who want to cast their votes,

they're still turned out in a huge numbers. now just like the 1st day of the referendum on the 2nd day, i walked around with the mobile referendum groups and just spoke to people that are guessing their votes and they're doing it very, very openly. and so all the people that i've talked to, they've bashed it's old into their voting yes to joining with russia. and of course i asked them why, what their hopes are for the future. and at the moment that many people are saying, well, we hope that we get our electricity back very soon. we get our water back very soon . of course they don't have these basic necessities because the ukranian nationalists continue shelling critical, civil and infrastructure on a daily basis. here than as people's a republic. now, the entire republic is voting including on the reclaimed territories of maribelle. and we have spoken to people there as well as take

a listen. i mean an ethnically russian. in my heart, i am russian. so what else could i have hoped for everyone myself included, has been waiting for russia. it is our destiny. one of the city will be rebuilt and it will be even more beautiful than ever. although mary, opal was already a beautiful city. people will be more kind still returned home were very helpful for the future. every single day of the referendum here is marred by a tragedy. people are getting killed. people are getting wounds a just over the last 24 hours, at least 250 shells from ukraine had learned as i hear in done as now. those shells are of various high calibers including those supplied by nato countries. now, nationalists of ukraine continues. there are rising, the people here trying to disrupt other votes, but according to official figures. so here, like i said earlier,

more than 55 percent heads are already voted. meanwhile, ukranian nationalists are targeting civilians as well as a critical civilian infrastructure, apartment buildings, kindergarten. some schools as i'm to you right now, i can see here in the background, this sounds all fun explosions and we've been here and that's a whole night and all morning, of course, the number of casualties continue to mount here and don't as but over the past 24 hours, one civilian it was killed and at least 9 were warned. it refugees . one ukraine's eastern dumbass region have been granted the right to vote in the referendums on the future of their homeland voting is underway in the dawn? yes. can the guns people's republics is one is these epilepsy and casts on regions on whether to join the russian federation? according to roosevelt artes, more than $4200.00 microns from dom baths are living in the region, including $1700.00 children. most of them were forced to flee their homes due to

the ongoing conflict in ukraine. $135.00 polling stations are open across the region, enabling those who are eligible to cost their votes. rather than thought the don boss have been considering their fate well ahead of the referendum, i could 2014 k of launched a so called the anti terrorist operation in southeast, in ukraine. the events became a turning point for the people in the dumbass. let's take a look a closer look at one of our documentaries about how those events unfolded a lot. with

ocean at 1st, pershing care showed he was ready to negotiate. that then totally changed his mind . no negotiation only victory would hold the final victory. but he was playing around in ukraine, resumed filming, and shutting. i'll sit with they think that there are only town here. terry, are we can come up with when they come to your house with guns to kill you. you don't have to think about whether you need to pull the trigger. you need to defend

yourself. the enemy has come. these people aren't him and they come to kill you and your family. thousands joined the protest in the southeast in regions. don't escal lugens but claim themselves people's republics. ah, i will keep you updated throughout the process of the referendums as they take place. ah. the width is displaying double standards in his position on the referendum, thus the view of russian foreign minister 3rd, a large ra, following his address to the 77th un general assembly in new york, where he covered key geopolitical questions,

including what he claimed was the inability of the collective west to negotiate with moscow. it's the most lucia, the attitude towards the referendums in dumbass and to other regions is a double standard from the west. we can recall how the west drew up, exceptions to international principles for kosovo schedule, although lay to the international court said that this was by no means an exception goes to an in principle off to kosovo. sure, it was proclaimed that any part of the territory or country has the right to determined its future without the consent to the central authorities. if there were double standards in the west where it is beneficial for them, they will do things one way where there are no benefits, they will do things differently. livable to deal too much. a very important press conference took place here at the united nations headquarters with the russian foreign minister survey lab ra. now the press was not exactly friendly to the russian foreign minister, but he made a point of answering their questions with strength and consistency. the russian

foreign minister from there, he went over the various allegations against russia that have been debunked. ah, he also went over the various crimes being committed by the government. and he had that had been ignored by western media. and then from there he talked about how at the end of the cold war, it seemed like you as leaders appointed themselves as and the series of god on earth with the right to intervene in any country that they wish. and often the targets were countries they saw as rivals, you women, you, it is very clear to any unbiased observer for the anglo saxons who have completely subjugated europe. ukraine is only expendable in the fight against russia. nato has declared our country an immediate threat on the way to total u. s. dominance and has identified china as a long term strategic challenge. at the same time, the collected west, led by washington, sends a frightening signal to all other countries, without exception to any one who dares to disobey can be next. now the russian foreign minister and his speech went on to condemn the practice of unilateral

sanctions being carried out by the united states, which prevent people from getting food or getting medicine. and a number of states have been targeted. he specifically highlighted the blockade of cuba, which the un general assembly has condemned over and over and over again. but the united states persists in instilling on the small island nation. now from there we had the russian foreign minister talk about the need for the u. n. to be restructured in a way that countries around the world that are from the developing areas, latin america, africa, and asia could be given more adequate representation on the security council. he talked specifically about africa and how it is under represented in world affairs, maliciously commune was conflict. situations in africa, require responding the temptation to make them the subject of ju political, 0, sum games on consolidating external plays in support of the initiatives of the african union. during the un general assembly session, there were other speeches that raised important issues facing the globe. for

example, we heard from the representative of india, the cold war reformed multilateralism with the reforms of the security council at school. and joyce considerable support among you and members. it does so because of the widespread recognition that the cut into architecture is anachronistic and ineffective, is also perceived as deeply unfair, denying entire continents and regions a wise in a forum, deliberate their future. we also heard from the representative of china, i was the chinese foreign minister who took the podium at the un general assembly and emphasized the need for representation of impoverished countries around the world and the need for the un to be restructured in a way to give voice to developing countries, who so realtor. com, we must sit cooperation and oppose confrontation as we face a host of global challenges. we should jointly oppose group politics and block

confrontation. major international issues should be handled by all countries, should you no countries above others and no country should abuse its power to bully, others sovereign countries. now, in addition to his press conference and his remarks before, the un general assembly, the russian foreign minister, sergei lab, rob also had a number of very important bilateral meetings. india sat down with russia and talked behind closed doors, as did shine earlier in the week. so it's been a very important development. there are clearly big differences between major countries in the world when it comes to the issues that were discussed. but the russian foreign minister held his own, stood up to the challenges of the press and gave a clear assessment of advanced going on. not just in ukraine, but around the world, an act of economic racism. that's how uganda has brandon e resolution aimed at below king a major oil pipeline projects. so i think alleged environmental on human rights abuses. the deputy speaker of uganda's parliament accused brussels of violating 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 tanza. mia. 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 develop 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 u. parliament issued a statement saying they advised 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 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, 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 extract of 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 dimension and the energy pool. and the 33 percent of them have always

suffered from like, 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 and tell dania, stand ready to take their feet into their own hands. and tad, of course, for their own destiny. and that if to a towel pulls out, they will be ready to find another partner. european farmers are angry over an e u decision to remove terrorists sons quotas along the export of ukrainian

agricultural products via the block. i'm awful helping you crime, but i believe you has opened pandora's box. the idea was not met with enthusiasm. a complex in ukraine led to the blocking of the black sea ports from which ukrainian grain was exported in order to support ukraine. the european union has removed tariffs and quotas, but some european farm is starting to complain that cheaper ukrainian grain remains in bag countries, creating price competition among producer in romania, bulgaria, and other e u countries who gary and fama, alexander, the tier of european officials, to step in and with the unfortunate the inflation started even before the war, then we observed such processes. after the start of the military conflict, there's problems with grain became much more serious so little to we would agree to help ukraine with the provision of transit corridors slowly. but their grain remaining here in bulgaria is totally ruining us. our expectations are that the

bulgarian government, as well as the european commission, will take measures regarding this matter to protect both bulgarian and european consumers. because this is not only a problem in bulgaria. a policy is also said to be exacerbating food shortages in africa. russian president vladimir putin say that's not enough, but not enough grain is going to the world's pool. she's 2 of the 211 ships. the left ukranian pause and a recent deal broke it by the you and turkey went to africa. china has lashed out at u. s. president joe biden's recent statement that washington would send troops to defend taiwan. if it was a tax. the white house has previously had to will back similar statements which contradict americans longstanding support for the 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 us remarks seriously violate the one china principal and the provisions of the 3 u. s. china joint communiques breached the u. s. commitment to not support taiwan independence and under severely wrong signal to the separatist forces of taiwan independence. and china strongly deplores and rejects it and has made solemn complaints with the u. s. side woman. but there were things that bite and held different views around a decade ago, while he was a senator, he wrote this threatening to use force against china, could trigger a new conflict. stressing the need for talks as part of diplomacy efforts. there is a huge difference between reserving the right to use force and obligating ourselves a priori to come to the defense of taiwan. the president should not feed to taiwan much less to china. the ability automatically to draws into a war across the taiwan strait. the official us position doesn't commit to military

action to defend taiwan. although washington does send military aid to the islands . the lake is funding was announced early this month, including more than a $1000000000.00 in arms on the delivery of her own way of anti shipping croft missiles in response trying to reiterate the tie when a quote inalienable parts of its territory and urged washington to immediately revoke the sales weapons package comes to a month off the u. s. how speaking nancy pelosi visited tai pay, which prompted major chinese military drove close to the island. we spoke to ed martin, president of philly. softly eagles, who said the us must be very careful. i support the message shod to china that we want less aggression from china. after that, i think we need to be very, very careful with the situation. i mean, you know, i, i think we've seen that china is taking advantage of the regime of their, of biden's weakness. they've been doing more exercises and more kind of military

stand up. and i know i spoke over the weekend with a military leader active duty military leader who told me that they spent a lot of time worrying about china worrying about what could happen. so look, i, we want to protect and support our allies. so, but we want to be careful not to be drawn into a war, especially a war with a nuclear power by the ministrations policy seemed to be to continue to provoke other, our world powers. and to put their interests our, the world's interests, or other nation's interest. above ours, and i think that's a problem just before we go, the going to remind you if i'm breaking news from the class on hotel, which was showed by ukrainian forces to us applied hyman's walk, it's with fire with one big shot down according to local officials. to people have reportedly being held to local, so to say form ukrainian parliament, deputy alexis ralph, come with among the dead. well crew come to the moment shortly off the attack with fatigue showing the scale of destruction inside. the incident comes in the midst of the referendum between russia, which a currently underway and casts on,

on 3 more regions. super you feel groups. many thanks to joining us here. and i'll see international web back at the top of the hour with more see them with ah ah, for the 1st time in history, an entire country's culture has been trashed with a very modern weapon cancelled culture. really desert one. lucille malice, so little in one with fraud, yet just me sitting there. i know it was the glue. the phrase now particularly

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