grip of a severe heat wave with several countries experiencing sweltering conditions. hello. we begin in ukriane, where russia s launched its biggest wave of drone attacks on the country in months. ten regions were targeted, and at least three civilians were killed. this comes after a lull in russian attacks on civilian targets in recent months, which saw the capital kyiv go days without an attack. the southern city of odesa has also been targeted. russia has stepped up its aerial attacks ahead of an expected offensive by ukraine. a ukrainian general in bakhmut said russia had intensified its shelling of the devastated city too. russia s wagner group boss says moscow has agreed to his demands for more ammunition days after he threatened to withdraw his men from bakhmut. russian troops and fighters from wagner, a private military company, have been trying to capture bakhmut for months, despite the city s questionable strategic value. british foreign ministerjames cleverly wi
into its belt and road investment project. it s seven in the morning in singapore, and mid night in london. we begin in ukriane, where russia has launched its biggest wave of drone attacks on the country in months. ten regions were targeted, and at least three civilians were killed. this comes after a lull in russian attacks on civilian targets in recent months which saw the capital, kyiv, go days without an attack. the southern city of odesa has also been targeted. russia has stepped up its aerial attacks ahead of an expected offensive by ukraine. a ukrainian general in bakhmut said russia had intensified its shelling of the devastated city too. russia s wagner group boss says moscow has agreed to his demands for more ammunition days after he threatened to withdraw his men from bakhmut. russian troops and fighters from wagner, a private military company, have been trying to capture bakhmut for months despite the city s questionable strategic value. british foreign secret
it s six in the morning in singapore, and 11 at night in london. we begin in ukriane, where russia has launched its biggest wave of drone attacks on the country in months. ten regions were targeted, and at least three civilians were killed. this comes after a lull in russian attacks on civilian targets in recent months which saw the capital, kyiv, go days without an attack. the southern city of odesa has also been targeted. russia has stepped up its aerial attacks ahead of an expected offensive by ukraine. a ukrainian general in bakhmut said russia had intensified its shelling of the devastated city too. russia s wagner group boss says moscow has agreed to his demands for more ammunition days after he threatened to withdraw his men from bakhmut. russian troops and fighters from wagner, a private military company, have been trying to capture bakhmut for months despite the city s questionable strategic value. meanwhile, the british foreign ministerjames cleverly is travelli
decades of war, the taliban have courted global powers including china and russia for investment to shore up the crumbling economy and ease the regime s international isolation. i spoke to the director of the china studies centre earlier, and she explained the significance of these latest developments. i mean, on one hand it would seem that china is not historically a fan of the taliban, right? it s the contradiction with their policy and value systems with the so called three evils that china has been combating, which is terrorism, extremism, separatism. so it would appear that they are not natural allies here. but, of course, they have been there since august 2021 and china understands that. china s been hosting talks with them for several months and ideology is kind of a different story. we have to be careful
in the crisis hit country. china s foreign minister qin gang held talks on saturday in pakistan with afghanistan s acting foreign minister and his pakistan counterpart as part of the china pakistan afghanistan trilateralforeign ministers dialogue. since ousting the us backed government in 2021 after two decades of war, the taliban have courted global powers including china and russia for investment to shore up the crumbling economy and ease the regime s international isolation. indeed, i mean, on one hand it would seem that china is not historically a fan of the taliban, right? it s the contradiction with their policy and value systems with the so called three evils that china has been combating, which is terrorism, extremism, separatism. so it would appear that they