the, the headline stories this hour runs presidential race heads to a run off with the reform this sound like conservative candidates set to go head to head next week. also on the program. a warning disturbingly which is another tragedy on our lands. enemies fired civilians are civilians died. 5 people were killed. 2 were injured including 2 small children, deadly ukrainian shelling on russian border regions, results and civilian fatalities with several residential fields in shops and a church also damaged in the attack. the new york times called for joe biden to quit that presidential race self direct kilometers. the big jewel with donald trump reinforcing speculation, the democratic a lead, helping planning all along to put another candidate for work with all with all the

sheets will move full load. people have to understand up to the repeating, so i'll know that the chinese will be that the russians will be that the molly and foreign minister sherry some hard truth and brussels of the so hell a lie and 6 pounds to new from some cooperation with multiple invasion the, this is our team to national hello and welcome to then use our to our top story. this are the comments in a runs presidential election is over, but there's be no winner. i run off between the 2 candidates with the most votes is now required that we'll see. reform is my suit, the she can match up against conservative side just legally on july 5th. the snap election follows the tragic death of president ibrahim right easy in

a helicopter crash last month from jerome. here's our t correspondence. monday i bussey on with the story of the vote, as well as the final results are out based on the announcements by the election headquarters. 24.5000000 uranium have participated in this election. that's while the total population of deliverables, voters who were agency team and above was something around 60. $1000000.00 to turn out is at 40 a percent. now the breakdown of the shares of beach counted or as follows. the reform is counted at mass. you position on 10400000 votes saw huge on you need the conservative candidates, 9400000 votes. while i'm not ball, they'll call you off the speaker of the iranian parliament. or imagine this 3300000 votes. and finally, in more stuff up, we will have money, 206000 more votes. this is while the number of blank votes was

a little more than 1000000 votes. now, the country is buckling up for a one off election that will be held on july 5th. now from today until a day before the one of the election candidates will have another chance to run their campaigns and the track motors to their accounts. in order to win the election of the um, the, the candidate was required to uh, secure 50 percent plus one of the votes. however, this didn't happen. well, i spoke with randy and political scientist on. commentators said tara, so the key on this she stays to run is unlikely to break the old trips. foreign policy course, no matter who wins. next. friday's run of presidential build. it was something that everyone expected that the elections would go for a 2nd round. even, even though people had different guesses whether it would be, possess,

sky on versus finding ball for position versus jed, any was something that was discussed, but everyone was expecting it to go for a 2nd. well, i think the reform is the president will rely on or, and we're look for more towards the west in establishing ties rather than expanding ties with the, the eastern countries and they will try to lease offer a balance. the like, foreign relations run has proven time and again, over decades, no matter who was analysis that age for specs if international commitments, international treaties. and when the president changes, the international treaties that you're on has signed was it's partners stay intact in a run state. committed to its promises and it's uh, what's his partner's and allies and that doesn't change how many iranians just as

another aspect to this also voted abroad in countries across the globe, but not in canada, which to run has slums off. it was refusal to give a really, into a chance to vote. we can take a listen, started to at what in the really an election official had to stay on that loading to canada has conducted a shameful act. although the claim to support democracy, they did not let our people vote there. i do not think they will let us hold an election in canada for the 2nd round either. we appreciate the countries that did provides the opportunity for our foreign ministry to organize loading slowly and why do you think also what decline to letter really and how they're say to have their vote. canada has uh, taken the move to the, even in this i, as you see as a terrace organization, which is like a part of the runs the armed forces in canada has previously also limited the wrong

iranian. they asked for a success to voting. and this, this looks like, even though kind of the claims to support human rights and care. even for ronnie in surprise when it comes to a different perspective, which ease participation in the presidential election by iranian ex spouse in canada. kind of doesn't want to allow that happen and doesn't wants to keep the rights to yvonne yards and for whatever reason. this is very contradictory towards kind of the claims in terms of practicing democracy and respecting its own citizens will stay with our to international on there. i'm online for all the latest developments in the arena in presidential race. as the 2 candidates left standing go head to head next week, the

escalating ukrainian strikes have killed and wounded civilians in 3 russian border regions over the past 24 hours. numerous known military targets, where hits, including residential building shops, and a church. russian authorities are probing what they call that terror attack that kills 5 people, including 2 children in the crust region, a local official has posted a report from the scene a warning you may find some of the following images distressing. but she didn't. i thought i'd give you another tragedy on our lands, isn't enemies? fired civilians are civilians died. 5 people were killed. 2 were injured including 2 small children. to now are paramedics. are removing the dead. i would like to ask our civilian residents to go about their lives being very careful and attentive to not leave the house at night and not move around border villages. if anyone is

provided with a temporary accommodation facilities, please call and contact us. if anyone needs to leave these border settlements, please call the facility. russia has red tally ated with the defense ministry, estimating new printing and losses to be some 1800 soldiers over the past day. the m o. d states it's or defense is also shopped on a trinity and mig fighter jet and more than a 100 drones. while the ton of to me has been taken. and the russian advance in the done yet script public. according to the same defense ministry briefing must go say to all of ukraine's costs, the s 300 or defend systems were destroyed in the russian defensive. the southern from the defense ministry shows the units being hit by an esc under miss o. in the odessa region, russian surveillance has also tracked a us supplied rocket launcher on the move in the front line car called region. the vehicle was seen reaching cover inside of warehouse,

which was then bomb by moscow's forces, repeated bluff up. the ukrainian lutrece side indicated also contained a large stock pile of amunition. i discussed the latest developments with a totally more correspondent. i'm 3 electricity. you said these kids are part of the targeting of russian civilians is a sign of desperation and that's where african fortunately we continue to see such a thought against the supplement. uh, near the bar the between uh reference and our friend ukraine. and the personally, i don't understand why you can not make continuing to keep such a target where a simple no may 30 target there. look at the russian troops in the north of ukraine. a combined effort there at lot of ukrainian soldiers killed a lot of movement on the front line,

pushing forward by russia. is this one way the key of things? well, this is, this is the way to respond. we, instead of going head to head with rushes, perhaps superior firepower, let's just go after a civilian infrastructure, because, you know, nobody's going to criticizes anyway. i think this is one way that they try to use uh now, because uh now the ukraine. i thought that i have a big problem with them and power, so nobody wants to go on the front line to be nobody's a go to the front line and i for that ask you and the maybe for have some, some results. so for have something that they can use in their propaganda. they can use the outlook against civilians as well, with the ongoing conflict, also rapidly leaning ukraine's coffers. the international monetary fund has

approved a $2000000000.00 pay uh to prop op, keeps budget as part of an aide loan program established last year. but others want their money back group. busy the world's top asset monitors, including the infamous black rock, are demanding that t a ripping some $20000000000.00 of government on debt in 2022. when the conflict began a 2 year moratorium, and those for payments was granted to ukraine. but that grace period expires in the matter of which the previous round of talks on the matter fails with tips, taking a much bigger discount on repayments that it's creditors have agreed to. also, ukraine needs the fines $37000000000.00 to finance this year's budget. while i m f, projections on it's g, d p growth have worse, and to make matters worse for tea at brussels concert reimpose tarus on imports of

you printing edge and sugar cleaning the goods humper the prosperity of the farmers . another issue to add to the growing pile european union states are calling for increased support to help deal with the burden of you print in refugees on their territory. here's what the german chancellor had to say on not charged on foreign germany. poland the check for public and a couple of all the countries how well come to most refugees. and that is why i, together with my colleagues, think that it is time to make decisions. now, which means that if all the countries don't contribute as much to hosting refugees, those hosting the most should get support from 0 for financing the subsistence job language straining and all of the things that play a role, the, a commercial citizen, a number of german politicians are also demanding that burly in a bold assure at least reduce unemployment benefits for ukrainians to encourage the refugees to either find jobs or leave. currently,

the allowances for your premiums are equal to that of unemployed german citizens. and indeed, higher than this standard and paid to other refugees. ukrainians also receive free medical care and social housing and can take advantage of complimentary language programs to last germany. in slovakia the president has recently limited the compensation paid to those hosting ukrainians after already having slashed it back in february. security analyst early russ me soon say is the challenge of having except the millions of ukrainian refugees is showing increasing discord within european society. other refugees that have come in from number leaves and all that are getting a are getting less they're getting a lot of them are working even a higher percentage or working. it's unfair for the other refugees, which i think it's going to create some divisive nets as well. and you've got a very low percentage of the ukrainians that are actually seeking work. i mean, pay, you know, hey,

i got this extra $7750.00 in my cash in my pocket. every month i got housing. i got medical, you know, so there's no incentive for them to work. why do the rest of do slug to those countries? because especially from germany, it's got one of the best benefits is to be you gives them money to pull in and check a check in. and germany, you're going to have other countries very upset and because they're making cuts to address the issue and handle it. so i think uh, i think it may create more divisiveness within the european union, just the salt lake and the more roughly do slot in the more the challenges they're going to have internally with their own internal politics basements in the countries as well as a, as well, as amongst other member states also, so it has been greece is going to weaken european union in general to abide non team are scrambling for damage control following his by most the cards. dire

debates showing on thursday, nationwide us both say the democratic leaders suffered a verbal thrashing by republican donald trump. here's what the incumbent president himself had to say in the afternoon. the. 2 the when you get not done, we get maybe by didn't on his team tools, it was going to go away. but the whole world is still talking about his dissolves for his performance in the presidential election debate. now as the saying, he came out fighting, but there still seems to be a slide in support. and now there's even talk about him being replaced as a democratic candidate for the presidential election. now, the mainstream media certainly across america, even those that have previously been loyal to by didn't on his administration,

have conceded that he performed very, very poorly in the debate. now there's been some suggestion that the whole thing was even settled that it was a deliberate point to put my didn't on the world stage and funds of donald trump. knowing that he was before 40, he would stumble across his was that he would freeze in order to justify replacing him. now, let's remember that volume was hold up in 3 comp. david, head of the debate, he was surrounded by his teammates drilled him in preparation, but the results are in and is not good news for revising and even the new york times. editorial board. well then i'll say in that by didn't ship you replaced the head of the 2024 election. the president appeared on thursday night as the shadow of a great public servant. he struggled to explain what he would accomplish in the 2nd term. he struggled to respond to mister drums provocations. he struggled to hold mr . trump accountable for his life, his feelers,

and his children plans more than once. he struggled to make it to the end of a sentence. so what the media is saying now, however, is in stone control as to what they were saying, apply it to the debate, something regarding as far as is to justify or say that he was mentally capable to stand as president. let's take a listen to what they said, and they were having conversations about the president's performance, which they think was dismal, which i think will hurt other people down the party in the tickets. if you're concerned about the job, by that age, you probably don't know till 5 is actually in good shape. and now they're in a, i won't say a full fledged panic, but it's getting. there is a full on panic tonight. right mentally. he's quite a cute benny aid, who engages with him or reporters. we can see this. the gears of his mind are working the right way. media has so fixated on bite and invited purportedly having cognitive issues. it's not just making an issue of buttons and it's, it's lying. it's saying he's seen oil things demand for this dramatic usa and is

perhaps no surprise given biden's poor performance. well, well, the whole world is talking about bite in the debate. one of the white house officials say, well, that seems to be some sense of panic setting. if you remember prior to the debate, the democrats were dismissing these suggestions about the biden's mental capacity, his physical capacity. and they would, dismissing these as republican conspiracies, republican smith, and before the kind of before the debate, the democrats were, they were performing all sorts of summer. so as these videos are paid to show by doing one thing or forward it on his own freezing, forwarding over and saving really not capable for the top job, they said that this footage was deliberately manipulated to undermine him ahead of the presidential election. now, washington went as far as to set up a task force, and they coined a new phrase for these uh, video footages,

quoting them cheap fights. there seems to be a rash the make for them here, especially braille or i'm wondering it the way i was especially worried about that this is the yeah, we, and i think you all is called is the cheap fix video. and that's exactly what they are. they are cheap fix video. they are done in bad faith. but maybe the debate itself was the biggest cheap flight of all. now the democrats of floundering the narrative has reversed and the even contemplating replacing biden as the presidential candidates well independent us senate candidate diane sar, say some figures within joe biden's party appear to be making on democratic decisions over who should be on the november's ballot. there is some talk that this was this set up that there's been a faction fight going on for some time. and they wanted to have that debate early

enough to be able to replace him before the convention. the problem that i have with all of this is where the american voters, who are these people making the decisions about who the candidates are. and then of course, the other problem is given the extremely dangerous situation. the world is in right now who is making the decisions to go in and at the white house in real estate, perhaps it's became more clear and that maybe there is a change. maybe his decline has become more precipitous and they're wondering if he could be really incapacitated by november. and then what do they do? so perhaps they're trying to preempt something that's now becoming more unavoidable . the so hell region will move forward with or without western help. that's the message from the molly and for administer, speaking earlier in brussels. the best that this a hell of lines most creates. it's in the context to react to something. today we

are in a dynamic of building regional integration. we sell this dynamic with between a fossil and these. yeah. and today in terms of security, we find that they are convincing results on the grounds because smally off to 10 years. so for his presence, it now has control of it some time. national territory wants you to be objective observers and to watch how you can engage with this space. but with or without you, we will move forward to the people have to understand the, to the repeating. so not the, the chinese will be the the boss. and so will be that are predicted that for molly is your and bertina fast. so are they 3 west african states that make up this a hell alliance? all have undergoing military coups since 2021. and a recent official visit to breaking a fast. so the molly and president highlight the importance of looking be on the west? no, it does not mean we have decided to take our destiny into our own hands with us

a hell of lines we malley, jr, and routine of fast. so sift have decided to quit for most and effective partnerships in favor of sincere partners, such as with russia, china, and to keep these new partnerships. their beloved are countries to with themselves well and conduct effective operations against armed service groups. and they keep on cooperation between russia and west african states is growing. molly is a major importer of russian. we to accounting for nearly 40 percent of its overall sales. the nation also imports russian fuel and fertilizers. well, 13 of us so has received 25000 tons of free grain from moscow. already this year, financial consulted on journalist angelo juliano is of the view the saw how a line states have no chance of becoming full democracies as long as former colonial power fronts remains in the reach. the subhead alliance in the process of

a complete set that they mean nation on paper they were independent. but in v, i to you yes. to color nice corner nice by in this, in this area, in africa by friends of friends that he's, that she is being looting. the dose con piece, taking the resources and something which is extremely important is uh, the friends, due to the small month is actually editing those countries code sees under the name of c. s a is a french currency which is controlled by the french treasury. so it is a process of stuff that they mean nation of those. i think on con, please, they want to become real democracy in you can become a real democracy. oil leaks, if you can secure you 70 and use because you, because the vocal, she's a processor over so that the nation. so the 1st step is, is we gaining 70, then we defining you online and says he doesn't need that. uh, those copies are going to align completely with the other side,

which is the most people in the world. oh, i would say rochelle china. what they want to do is to be able to choose what, which positives of defense for their own interest. once the world and number one source of her way of getting this done has stopped cultivating nearly all of its poppy fields as part of a tell up on governments project done on drug production. but now the west is claiming that isn't such a good thing after all, ortiz donald quarter explained resolving success for the taliban war on opium production and afghanistan. but according to the u. n, a new problem arises of more potential drug related deaths, as users turn to synthetic narcotics. the result of a prolong shortage of african opiates could have multiple consequences in afghanistan and in countries of transit and destination for african opiates. the purity of heroine on the market is expected to decline. such

a switch may pose significant risks to health and lead to an increase in overdoses, especially if the alternative opioids include highly potent substances, such as some fentanyl analogs or neat designs that have already emerged in some european countries in recent years. since 2020 to the taliban has been enforcing an all out band on opium cultivation on orders from their supreme leader with production in the countries former poppy capital following from over 50 percent the farm output to near 0. that's the same held man's province by the way, that was the center of operations for nato occupation forces in the country between 20062014 funny how not so long ago, the west and the u. n. were accusing the taliban and being responsible for afghanistan form a reputation of being one of the world's biggest drug slingers. afghanistan's drug trade is booming on the taliban rule. the record so far strongly suggests that the

taliban is no enforced, is now called expand drug production and traffic and have remained at high levels or increased since the change of regime in afghanistan. the taliban has counted on the ask in opium trade as one of their main sources of income. more production brings drugs with a cheaper and more attractive price and therefore the wider accessibility. now that the taliban is wait it out, the country is drug problem. the west is claiming that this is somehow a bad thing of the taliban. successful opium band is bad for afghans in the world. the band is not a counter narcotics victory, and we'll have negative economic and humanitarian consequences potentially leading to a refugee crisis. it begs the question of combating the opium trade was really one of the wes priorities in afghanistan. the taliban says the occupiers actually had a hand at themselves, but now the prophets have dried up the light and then got 2 decades of occupation. the u. s. did not wait to controlled drugs, but let me say that their policies were actually the reason for drug expansion in

the country. the outcome people are the main victims of this evil. the us destroy the country. today many women, children, and elderly people are using drugs. this is old, you to the americans. they were part of this business. i personally know they were involved in smoking drugs through age transports the western countries. while the things for a certain nato is decades long, occupation created a government that could be called a narco states profit received by the end of it all. 2 years ago, the legal opium trade grew 40 times larger and it was back in 2001. now that's all virtually gone along with whatever money western governments could have been pocketing along the way. and the taliban, which the us has for so long accused of being the cause of all this has been so effective at setting things right. but even now, the un has had to give credit where credit is due. to staying with a story independent political research on conflict specialist greg signed and shared his take on nato's goals. an auction steering it's 20 year occupation of us

going there is absolutely no logic to which by the sands of the night there who was dying and occupying afghanistan because it's like it's only be $200.00 x rays. so one is the one that was nice. i really doing it so much, gave us time since i stopped drug production, which was pulled into liam, one of the priorities always it shows someone as well, telling the truth. and that is someone who have a consistency, but not telling the truth. i mean, i'm sorry, and the police don't waste everything love showing, say less than forthright about the using the truth. if you word is that you're finding drug production,

but the effect is in great strong productions them and obviously the, there is something wrong that there is a, a distinct disk image between what you cite and what you do. and i mean, this is the one consistency with the cycle rules by installed of okay, i'd like to have your say on that, or indeed any of our stories this hour, we'd love to hear it. so why not head over to r t dot com and leave a comment to port so that you'll find plenty more. there are besides, goodbye the

or the today, the are of countries are in my view, in a stronger position than they were 1973. they carry much more economic weight that they didn't 1973 today, garza united states and and it's very clear that the palestinian issue is not going to go away and there is no way israel will be integrated in the region before this browsing issue. as a result.