ah ah, china says the military drills around taiwan were, quote, a serious warning to separate forces amid growing pro independent rhetoric largely backed by washington, syria and iran are restoring relations with saudi arabia, turning from mutual this thing to unity and cooperation. as re add discusses, damascus was returned to the arab league. russia's ambassador to un calls on the west to abandon its neo colonial habits in africa. falling criticism for strengthening bilateral ties with molly, and i'm a board of outside lucy jobs. maybe one of the locations

with my tribe counter offensive counter offensive fraud. our cheese more, i got the of explains how russian mortar, cruise breaks down ukrainian forces as care plans in offensive in the loop. dogs per public. ah, good morning for moscow. this is our to international with the latest world news updates. i'm fear ella, isabel, it's great to have you with us. china intends to close the air space over taiwan next week, but only for half an hour. in contrast to its earlier announcement of implementing a 3 day, no fly zone regime. the restriction is said to be a safety precaution connected with a planned launch of a satellite. that comes as tensions between beijing and taiwan have escalated following the taiwanese regional leaders visit to the us pages responded with

drills to send quote, a serious warning to pro independence forces. on tuesday, the chinese president inspected the navy southern theater command and called on armed forces to step up military training are to kayla them up and brings us more details. the government on taiwan says that china is preparing to launch a war. they say this in response to the latest drills from the chinese military stimulating and circle many of the islands. look at the military exercises and also their rhetoric. they seem to be trying to get ready to launch a war against taiwan. beijing says the thrills were a warning to the government on taiwan and to independence forces. similar drills were conducted after the visit by then speaker of the house, nancy pelosi last year, but rather than trying to de escalate this anyway. recently we saw they had of the us house foreign affairs committee visit the island of taiwan and compare chinese

president. she's been paying to add all hitler talk about a provocation. but taiwan foreign minister doesn't seem to concern about what these actions might lead to. he says, china has no right to dictate how taiwan chooses to make friends what, what is it that these friends of taiwan really wants? she has some c manufacturers, 90 percent of the advance global supply of advance semiconductor chips. oil was so important for the economy is, is this sort of the 21st century version of that? i think it's about democracy and freedom. the usa has been in circling china with military bases for over a decade. and recently the u. s. military just conducted its largest grill yet today with the philippines. the usa is now selling tens of millions of dollars worth of weapons to taiwan. and at the same time, we've got a meeting coming up in may. 25 representatives of pentagon contracted corporation

are sending representatives to taiwan to discuss joint production ventures for drones and ammo. needless to say, things in the pacific are rapidly escalating so rapidly, in fact, that some of washington's friends in the west are not sure they're down with it. the question you repeat need to answer is it in the interest. exhilarated cry since i won. now, the worst thing would be to think that if we, europeans, must become followers on this topic and see our q from the u. s. agenda. and the chinese overreaction as in, they're not corona's, right. we must be careful not to become a party of the conflict between the united states and the people's republic of china. europe must try to plan and burn and troll as far as possible and not to appears in appendage of the usa. only 13 countries in the world still recognized the government in taipei with honduras being the latest to drop taiwan. they threw their support behind beijing last month. washington whose relations with taiwan are on official and who still claims to adhere to the long standing one shine of policy

has been escalating things as much as possible. who really benefits from these moves. caleb martin, arti. new york co director of the international action center. sarah flounder says that china is simply responding to the u. s. as violations of its taiwan policy. china is responding to what the u. s. provocations are, which is again and again the selling us aircraft, carriers, destroyers, nuclear submarines, and all over flights. all manner of other military equipment directly into the taiwan straits and in areas of china until now, the u. s. was able to project unrestrained threats on china by the sheer number of their military forces in the region. it shows that the u. s. is absolutely willing

to violate, find agreements that they have made, affirming that china is one country and taiwan is a province of china. they want to pull the e u into this also. and they want to pull the surrounding countries into it. not only korea and japan and the philippines, but of course, every country in the surrounding area. they are pressuring them extensively. and they are pressuring certainly the european union. the west must abandon its neo colonial habits when it comes to africa. that's the message from russia's ambassador to the un while addressing the security council following its criticism of molly over strike. meantime with moscow, richard noodles was once again. we listened to the negative reaction of a number of western colleagues to the strength thing of russian malay and corporation. we regret that the issues of geopolitical competition do not give them

rest. in fact, that claims have nothing to do with concern for the well being of molly on the country. they emphasize that they do not care about the opinion of malayna themselves, and they've never cared that on time. presence of western countries in this part of africa does not produce any tangible results in this regard. we urge our colleagues on the council to admit their mistakes and abandon neo colonial habits. this region does not belong to you. the criticism comes as moscow continues to aid molly in its ongoing fight against terror groups in the sa, how rigid russia's top diplomat recently visited the nation in a bit to further boost cooperation between the 2 countries. the u. s. and the u. k . have been particularly outspoken about the direction molly is taking. noting the recent explosion of the un mission chief after making critical remarks regarding russia's presence was of great concern. on the other hand, the long term presence of french troops in the region was always welcomed by

western powers. though last summer, president micron ended the 9 year mission, leaving thousands of civilians vulnerable to terror attacks. paris had initially intervened at the request of the malay and authorities in 2013, but relations between the 2 nations declined in the wake of military coups and 2021 . author and historian gerald horn and political analysts, city lemming by the yoko think that the west, his presence, and molly has only made the situation worse. molly's problems commenced in 2011 after the united states friends in the needle powers over through the regime and neighboring libya which allow tons of weapons to live in monday. they didn't do anything absolutely anything. they were kidding all the time. killing off dental and the killing of money. i'm sort of just the kidding of civilian and the situation to security situation where it was getting walls and walls every day.

thus wide in london, a military, it clarity's. it took the poet in 2020. they decided to diversify their partnership for monday would other county, sla, am especially like russia, for example foreign ministers from nations neighboring afghanistan have gathered in his back his stand to discuss the current economic and political crises affecting kabul. so later on we will prost lived to our host of artes worlds, a part of santa boyo, who will be joining us from summer can

now from a decade long conflict to a new era of partnership. serious foreign minister has arrived in saudi arabia, as the 2 nations aim to restore relations after more than 10 years apart, where he had said it wants to see the reunification of damascus and it's returned to the arab league. the 2 sites have a session of talks discussing ways to address the syrian crisis in order to preserve serious unity, security, stability, error by the entity and tutorial integrity, well also serves the interests of his brotherly people. both sides also discussed the steps necessary to achieve a comprehensive political settlement of the searing crisis. that would and all repercussions. the chief national reconciliation contribute to the return of syria toots, air pulled, and the resumption of its role in the arab world. syria also announced the mutual reopening of embassies was tenicia for the 1st time in a decade with the 2 nations continuing consultations on ways to further restore

ties. according to a joint statement from both states, the countries will now reopen their diplomatic missions. and to point ambassadors, tunisia several diplomatic relations with syria, shortly after an outbreak of conflict in damascus over a decade ago. meanwhile, iran in saudi arabia are continuing on their own road to reunification with a delegation from toronto arriving in saudi arabia to re establish a diplomatic mission. r t contributor use of july ali brings us the details. i'm running a delegation of technical delegation from iran visited saudi arabia. it was announced by the one in foreign ministry that delegation arrived in the capital re all war. it is expected to follow up on the implementation of the peace deal between yvonne and saudi arabia, which was quenched in the chinese capital beijing back in early march. so the wanting delegation is expected is expected to do 3 major things. one is to reopen

the one in embassy, and real, to east, to open a console for these mach republican, the saudi city of jetta. and we is to open a permanent representative of these long republic to the oh, i see the organization of islamic cooperation and no exact date is so far provided by the 2 sides as to when the embassies will officially start working. but based on remarks made by the iranian spokesperson for the foreign ministry, he said that efforts have been made to reopen the embassies before the arrival of the annual hedge po, which is due in late june and early july. so he hopes that the embassies will officially start working by then a similar saudis obligation is. iran has been in iran since saturday. i just doing the same worth. it is doing the same work and the procedures to try to reopen the

saudi embassy in the capital one and also to launch a consulate for the review are in the one in city of mesh out. of course the peace deal came. they told you in early march this year, and it was broken by china as part of efforts to try to deescalate the regional troubles in the middle east, and also to build mutual trust between one and saudi arabia into security in the region. now back to the story of the foreign ministers gathering enough janice, dan, and for more on this event, let's cross live to host of our cheese worlds apart on a boy who joins us from some are can good morning. looks on a, could you share with us more details of this high level meeting? you know, as i have been listening to our news this hour,

it strikes me that the most of what we are covering is some sort of reconciliation, diplomatic or completion effort either between the iranian so they saudis or some sort of regional policy countries joining hands joining efforts to improve stability, security and cooperation in diabetes neighborhoods and these high level meeting in summer cub his dedicated to the exact same thing, the neighboring countries coming together with a single effort of pulling together resources, pulling together pull policies and putting together that effort to bring stability to afghan it's done now i've gotten this done as you know, has been for decades, if not centuries referred, referred to as the heart of asia. but unfortunately, these parts has been discharged by many wars, by some to the deliberate efforts to so cares and instability from the overseas. this is something neighboring countries, one to put an end all,

all as we speak for ministers from russia, china practice and iran, consulting on how to do that. and those are a major regional players that have loan made a decision to conduct sold friends, one felicity and to try to stick together for their own benefit to, to make sure that foreign elements do not disturb di neighborhood. then by 4 elements, they quite ultimately mean the united states and it's western allies, as i'm sure you know, the united states very carry otic li pulled out off of garrison in 2021. but it continues influencing. i've gotten his son's politics in many different ways by seizing its ass, by imposing functions, by blocking various countries efforts to stabilize the situation on the ground. and

this is what foreign ministers are going to discuss with a particular focus on security of their major concerns. the americans or the west, the nurse may try to influence the situation in afghanistan as a way of stabilizing our competitors or enemies beat russia, china, or iran, or by cording other asian or central asian seeds. some of them will take part in the meeting that will take place later on today to get on. it was back in time and took minus dummy will join those 4 jobs that i mentioned earlier. also in an effort to discuss how neighbors can come together and make sure that you know this country a huge the endowed country in be in the hearts of asia. because again, it is, is a home to many mineral reaches particularly rare earth materials. you know,

in terms of material goods, material wealth is it's, it's a very, very rich country. but as i said, it's been disturbed not only security wise, but also by the production of various drugs by appealing kinda bits, et cetera. and they need to be found a way of how to make sure that this country can come to terms of whether it's history with its tradition, but also to become more or less stable for its own sake. and for the sake of the region, host of r t worlds of parks on a boy co with the latest on foreign ministers from neighboring afghanistan regions . thank you. as you agree in trips prepare for a push near the disputed village of belo garasco in the lugens republic rush and mortar, cruise and drone operators,

are methodically breaking down cans. ranks ortiz, mariah garcia sensors. his reports to bring has arrived to a but a don bass, trees and greenery are blooming. it changes much. drones will lose their edge. nature will conceal entire armies. these men are now veterans. they've been acid since the conflict began. with the situation is tense, yet stable. we see them dig in in moving about, but we are in sleeping. we watched them. this is a 122 millimeter mortar squad. slaved to a drone operator. in tandem. they pommel the enemy. mm mm. south delegate of guy just outside

lucy chanced may be one of the locations where credit forces are planning to launch their much higher counter offensive counter offensive from there's been a, a build up of troops there just a few kilometers away from us as well as all manner of and that is electronic electronic warfare, radar jamming equipment that has appeared there, which is why they watch the strewn footage shoes or russian artillery strike on the house taken over by ukrainian troops within seconds. ukrainian soldiers rush out of a nearby house and head to the scene. they are struck on route with a how it's a shell. through the smoke, they stumble to the scene where an evacuation vehicle has pulled up 3 head for the house on the right. the rest mill about what exactly that moment. another shell comes screaming in directly on target her god with work,

which i remember when we came here last year, we were all fresh and green. we've learned a lot over the past year. there are lots of things to work on, but only he who does nothing makes no mistakes. ukraine's much hyped counter offensive is expected soon. and these soldiers know that the more of the enemy, they whittle down. now, the easier it will be a you korean court has placed an archbishop from the canal, ukrainian orthodox church under house arrest for 2 months, requiring the holy man to wear an electronic ankle bracelet as well as turn in his passports that comes a separate 3rd separatist orthodox 1st protesters hall for the explosion of the canonical priest, which is part of a larger persecution campaign, launched by ukrainian authorities against the canonical orthodox church. several

priests have been accused of anti ukrainian activities and are now facing sanctions and even criminal charges. watch ortiz, full interview with russian orthodox church. bishop metropolitan lea, a need throughout the day and on our website. but for now, let's take a sneak peak. as the genus with every passing day, the developments in ukraine produce more and more misery. it pains us as these are our brothers and sisters. the other day i posted a video of my telegram channel showing 2 elderly women, one of them very old and using a walking stick, making their way towards the church, through a crowd of nazis. young people chanting down with musk bite priests, the frenzy state. these people were in. there wasn't just unnatural. it was outright satanic, demonic. yes. the demonic fervor and a vitriolic hate that everything russian, everything, orthodox, to understand the cause of all of this. i believe we have to look deeper into the

past before the developments of these recent years. in my mind, we are dealing with the aftermath of sudden ideas that have not been completely stamped out in the 1940s, fifties and 19 sixty's. it is the ukrainian a band to write ideology which managed to survive in a latent form, slowly, poisoning the minds and memories of generations. and it's now sprouting and bearing fruit. i do not think that one or 2 or even 3 years would have been enough time to rewrite the minds of young men and women of thousands of people. yes, that's the unfortunate reality. we are saying, priests physically assaulted temples is seized. and as we all know, this persecution is directed against the ukrainian orthodox church. what a tragic period. this is truly. and yet here we are witnessing the acute phase of

this tragedy unfold on holy week. we will continue to monitor the situation as it develops. but my wish is that it stopped as religious persecution goes on in ukraine. an iconic, yeah. monastery is serious challenges. you have purchased barbara has survived the mongols and the nazis but canada with stanza lensky, assault, read the full story now on r t dot com. washington as praise that's relations with warsaw saying ongoing talks are based on democratic values that despite the u. s. and e use consistent slamming of authoritarian polish policies throughout recent years. poland is a valued ally, a partner and a friend, and we have an enduring relationship based on shared priorities and democratic values. you see what's happening,

everything from bella roost to poland, to hungary, and the rise of the toilet terran regimes in the world. and this president embraces old, the thugs in the world. when you look at what's happened in places like hungary, hand in poland, that obviously did not have the same democratic traditions that we did. they weren't as deeply rooted. and yet as recently as 10 years ago were function democracies and now essentially have become authoritarian. the polish prime minister is in the u. s. for meetings, despite previous statements from european officials criticizing the former critics like the french president who just last year called the polish pm, a quote right wing anti semite, who bans l. g b t. people in reaction to polish laws which restrict algebra to rights and contradict western culture. the visit has taken place as warsaw is increasing. it's nato armaments senior research fellow at the global policy institute of london

george on walley believes the reason for the u. s. is warmth. towards poland is its chaired anti russian rhetoric. well, because he hasn't changed any of those values now, but the issue really with poland is that as far as the united states is concerned, it is the most loyal, most forthright and most predictably and rely heavily into russian nato member state. there is so of course the united states and particularly under the brighten administration, which detest is domestic policies, both of the social conservatism and even his economic nationalism. i detest all of that, but he loves absolutely law. this is russell phobic and boosting fun. nato policies are around,

so that's why he comes to the white house. he's warmly welcome a massive fire rotted last night at a farmer's market. in the moscow region of jim ki, local 1st responders have been dispatched to deal with the situation. the foreign gulf over 300 square kilometers, nearly reaching a nearby gas station. several major roads were blocked off by authorities. the fire has since been extinguished and no casualties have been reported. the russian region of cum shatka has recorded its greatest teutonic activity since 900. 64, with the sudden or option of mouth. she. they bleach leaving the surrounding area covered in ash. mm. mm

mm ah, all the most volcanoes, like people have a temperament, they have a personality based on their erupt of history. you know, and this particular volcano, over the last 20 years, has been pretty quiet with an occasional strong explosion from time to time for the residents nearby. this is going to look like a large frightening eruption as ash clouds dominate the landscape. but compared to

the full range of the russians, it's still a bit on the small side. you know, that doesn't mean we should take it lightly at all. because depending on the direction of winds, ash can blow into the major flight paths of cargo and passenger planes. in the north pacific. so this is interruption that we should take seriously. we don't know yet whether this is just one of these sort of scattered explosions in a long period of predominantly lava flow producing eruptions. or if it might be entering a new phase and maybe doing something about it hasn't done in a while. so we'll just have to sit back and wait a bit to see what it's going to serve up. and that's her up for the hour. thanks for joining us for the latest breaking news and updates head over to our key dot com. and don't forget to follow us on all social media platform. back at the top of the hour me ah, ah,

ah, ah, plastic is probably one of the most convenient inventions and the perfect material . it has malleable resistance and economical. it is the most popular cost effective and abundance material today. solving many design problems and logistical problems from construction to packaging, allowing the industry to grow over 10 folds in the last 10 years. but what is the true cost of plastics in the long term, plastic generates more greenhouse gases than the entire amount of annual emissions . from the aviation and shipping industries combined, i'm christiane,

you're watching the cost of everything where today we're going to be looking at this very common household item and seeing if it really is the perfect product. ah.