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Rape young women and abused locals. We heard the victims desperate stories, a whole she was pregnant and one soldier met her pregnant and i have no place to play my right. They arrived in the deal to see they have not produced anything. They just re posters now mothers, they must leave with good morning for marty International Studios in moscow. And welcome from wherever you may be watching im fiorella is about what the hours top news stories from around the world. At least 7 ukrainian shells have exploded in the vicinity of this approach. A Nuclear Power plant has cabs on slot against the city in the southeastern ukraine, where the facility is located, continues. Thats after the un secretary general met with president lensky to demand the plan safety. Romano, closer reports. There could have been a potential nuclear disaster, but so fortunately has been avoid itself for or for now as a ukraine, us rock the city of for and theyre good. Are late on a thursday, and at least says 7 shells landed near the upper ocean Nuclear Power plant. And now its cell one of the largest of its kinds in europe. And if it was a stroke during the shilling that could spell a potential nuclear disaster, not only for ukraine, but for all of the neighboring countries as well. At the moment, a local authorities are say, thats radiation is a currently ads and normal level in zapata, georgia. And the vicinity. Now this is not the 1st time that ukraine is shelling of the area near the Nuclear Power station. The word talks held and training city all of full evolve on thursday between president zalinski a. You and chief antonio, cherish and turkish president s are the gone now turkish president , so warned of dangers off another church, noble disaster, should the situation continue. Meanwhile, the un secretary general, antonio gutierrez, is calling for common sense to prevail in this situation. Lets have a listen. Common sense must prevail to avoid any actions that might endanger the physical integrity, safety, or security of the nuclear plant. The facility must not be used as part of any military operation. And stead agreement is urgently needed to re establish zapata asi as purely civilian infrastructure. And to ensure the safety of the area russian, the defense minutes see, are continuously a warning of the public cans at the world. Offer a potential, a provocations by ukraine in the area of up our osha and other areas of ukraine as well. Uh, they issued this particular statements on thursday morning before their tax needs just come on, rushes, Defense Ministry is under the impression that you crane along with its patrons, is planning to play the provocation cart that causing what they consider a minor accident at the Nuclear Power plant and thereby disrupting the normal and safe operation of the facility while putting the blame on russia. Elsewhere, our reports in crimea, authorities are saying rush and the Missile Defense systems were a working on the thursday evening as a one enemy, a drone was shot down in the build becca airport. Also, local officials, sir said thats anton Missile Defense was used in a city of fur carriage and thats a right next to the new to built a bridge that connects a crimea with the mainland russia. Now local authorities, local officials are saying that sir, no one was so wounded in thursdays, an incident in carriage and in bel back. And there is currently in no immediate said danger to the citizens of crimea or to is bridge. Meanwhile, the Mining Operations continue across territories, abandoned by calves forces artes. Igor south takes a closer look at the Russian National guard stoppers working in don bass. One of the main rules of the don bass that is written in blood 2 is follow the roads and do not go astray. We have broken this rule to day, but only because we are in the good cans, in the good hands of the sappers of russias national god. Essentially, they have found only to day 7 anti tank minds that will laying around the roads in the fields. Everything is rigged here. Now there are carrying them away into this abandon ukrainian fortification, which very soon will be no more because all 7 of them will be detonated inside. Not a single day goes by without new deadly finds. Before following through with the control detonation, all roads are caught and off within a quarter of a kilometer radius. This is what a detonation of about a 100 kilograms of t and t looks like every undiscovered explosive device has a potential death sentence to careless civilians, many of whom are farmers and no matter how many mines are found each day yields new harvest dish currently figures book every crossroads here, every road junction where a lot of transport travels through is heavily mine, especially roadside. Sometimes there are mine fields and the roads through them are completely blocked by mines with so you may pay a very high price for a lack of attention. Im again, donna reporting from the don bass art c o trading food for sax raping young women and abandoning to receive children. A recent report has shed light on years of wrongdoing by un peacekeepers in the democratic republic of congo. Many locals have been left desperate me. I lost my daughter who died while she was pregnant, and one soldier met her pregnancy and i have no place to claim my rights government to expound this un mission from the contract. But in my home there is a wound. My nissan is peacekeepers. Dont them . Ill just say must my daughter went to them to ask for a job, finding a job was difficult, so she started cooking for them a few days and she was rated. My daughter is desperate, she now has psychological problems. We have that bon day, this mission, legal control, and we are not going to be discouraged. We will continue to ask for the departure of the un mission, because we know that it has no business here. Since they arrived and they say they have not produced anything, they just re power sisters. Now mothers, they must leave. The report is based on 2500 interviews, many with girls and women who have claimed to be assaulted by the peacekeepers, along with children, conceived from the faults are to corresponding horrible. Its not lab brings us the details. Shocking levels of poverty displacement, brutal, it takes my arm groups and fighting the democratic republic of congo is one of the wolves poorest and most war torn countries in the world, however, transferred to an already bleeding wound, and reasoned report claims. The United Nations peacekeepers, which have been in the african countries for 20 years, have raised the young women, traded food for sex, father, and abandoned thousands of children in the b. C. Allegations of Sexual Exploitation and abuse among Un Peacekeeping missions and nothing you had no Systematic Research on paternity linked to one new school. Thats the un mission in the the see has apparently been carried out until now. Researchers interviewed one go who alleges she was traffic by her family and impregnated by soldiers when she was only 10 years old. Shes now 16, and this is her recollection of what happened and was very young, just 10 years old. I realized later on that i was sold out in my aunt. The man was buying beer in the pop to share with me some, some friendly faced abuse while begging for humanitarian assistance. Another girl shed with research has her account of how she was sexually assaulted by a number of Un Peacekeeping personnel when she was 13. And the fallout from then on people started wondering how this little girl got pregnant. They loved so much at me, i felt so insulted, always hurts me so much. The Research Also says the youngest girl that the interviewed, that was impregnated by un peacekeepers was just 10 years old. And then one in every 2 mothers were under the age of 18 when they conceived according to the report, many children were left abandoned and have found them. My father left my mother while she was pregnant. She gave birth after he was already gone. People disturb and hurt me so much. They say they will chase me because im a foreigner. Im suffering, i feel hurt when i see you and agents passing by because other children have their fathers. But i dont have mine. I would like to tell my father to think about me wherever he is. He should know that i dont have a family. If my mother dies who will raise me . They were in the ways of allegations contains over 400 reported incidents of p. Keep a father, babies says 2007. The report is based on almost 3000 interviews with members of the con, release community, an employee change you and personnel from 12 countries. Those accused of fathering children include soldiers, doctors, and even photographers. Although the report points out the length of prosecution for these offences by peacekeepers due to their immunity, the un says that is strongly condemns the behavior of those who violate and undermine the venues of the organization. By abusing and exploiting those who are looking to the you and for protection. But the number of the victims of this are rendered. Abuse can be hard to come. There are potentially thousands of children left behind by peacekeepers in the democratic republic of congo. Part of the problem is that some of those deployed seem to be treating these missions as an opportunity for sex, tourism, and sexual crimes, that theyre unlikely to commit in their home countries. This all came to light after a number of violent protests against Un Peacekeeping forces. In the eastern b. C, i made calls for the un to withdraw from the area 15 people have been killed in t, u and protest in the last week in tags that you and chief of Tanya Gutierrez said, could close the to the wall crime. The government has been trying to get the mission to leave the 2010 and the un has been in the process of drawing down the offer. Says 2020 protest us meanwhile, say the one you enter leave because it failed to protect civilians. Although they is a long history of Sexual Violence in the region, it is perhaps more shocking when it comes from someone who is meant to protect you. There is a kind of destruction with their un peacekeepers who are enjoying life. They are partying almost every day, going to bars and meeting with prostitutes. And thats the issue here in the r c. So thats why theres several peacekeepers have forgotten, they are real mission is to promote peace, not to have marquee and abandon them in the r c. Thats not one of the mission. Its a kind of sexual and exploitation abuse. When you are using someone who is poor and you are taking advantage of, hes part of your hop over d. Busy so what i can say that can and if you and can be very strict and also discipline its true because, you know, without discipline, this cannot end. A federal judge has ordered 3 of americas largest pharmacy chains to pay 650500000. 00 to, to counties in the state of ohio ruling that the firms must be held responsible for their part in fueling the opioid epidemic. R t kayla mop it has more. The us centers for Disease Control have revealed some shocking numbers when it comes to the details of americas ongoing opioid epidemic. The number of deaths across the country reached nearly 10802021. Thats an increase of 15 percent over the Previous Year on top of a 30 percent increase in 2020 drug overdose. Sidney United States have actually gone up and increase every year since 970. 00, except for 2018 with americans dying around the clock. The public wants some accountability, this is common, the form of the new court ruling against walgreens, walmart, and see the ass courts in ohio have ruled that the firm must pay over 650000000. 00 for their responsibility and distributing addictive medicines. These companies are rending the fabric of society apart. They should not only show remorse they should show, they need to rectify what theyve done and they wont do it. So the judge is doing it. The judge who issued the ruling observed that in lake and trumbull county, ohio, cbs walgreens, and walmart made it rain when it came to pain pills. A lot of these medical drugs irresponsibly hit the market, and as a result, the counties had to pay roughly 1000000000. 00 in Public Health costs. Now the corporations maintain their innocence and say that theyre being scapegoat for a society wide problem. We never manufactured or marketed opioids, nor did we distribute them to the pill mills and internet pharmacies that fueled this crisis. Instead of addressing the real causes of the opioid crisis, like pill mil doctors, Illegal Drugs and regulators asleep at the switch. Plaintiffs lawyers wrongly claim that pharmacists must 2nd guess, doctors in a way the law never intended. And many federal and state health regulators say interferes with the doctor patient relationship. Now these 3 pharmacy chains are not the 1st corporations to be held liable for the ongoing wave of opioid related deaths sweeping america. However, many are asking why the government seems focused on punishing corporations for the effects. Rather than dealing with the underlying causes of the problem, after all, the big sums of money currently being paid out by these corporations is not going to bring back anyones dead relatives. And its going to do very little to restore the damage to communities across what was once the prosperous american heart land. Caleb martin r t. New york. We spoke with journalists and author, robert are not who says the governments attempts to hold Big Pharma Companies responsible. Make a difference while the ceo of the Washington Pain Center highlight the importance of both treating, recovering addicts and cutting off the drug supply from mexico. Is one of the greatest medical tragedies in the us. Every family has been touched, one way or another, know somebody or is had had a death in their family. And i remember when this all began, you know, the representatives, these Companies Come to myself as a physician and others and say, look, you can give people as much as you want, is completely safe. You really have to treat the pain. And now you have also like 70000. 00 a year. So its not a terrible, terrible tragedy because sonys or arguing people and you know, it doesnt, doesnt have to be more than your 1st time. You know, the threat of how she directed the doctors is having a huge effect. Stockers are very, very reluctant to prescribe o p o is right now. So i think thats a very big threat. Legal spread to doctors describing medications. Not also lease the patients who have terrible pain arent getting medications, but having a real effect in many, many states with doctors, very, very nervous about prescribe because they know they lose their medical license or they go to jail. So tactic is, is work. Clearly we have to act too much access to these. Ready legal tribes that are coming in or not really doing much or shut that down. But were not really doing much in terms of helping patients with treatment options. So i think we have a 22 problem problem. One is supply. We also have to cut down the demand, but more importantly we should try to offer treatment patients. I think over the past 3 years when the numbers became just too dramatic to, to ignore me. We are now losing about a 100000. 00 individuals every year or to overdose or to death. And before this used to be a problem of the inner city are very poor people. But as time is going on, is become more prevalent in urban areas, suburban areas and even rural area. So its now a problem for everybody because of that now were standing up to try to come up with some form of treatment or interdiction to stop this. So we are doing something about it. Unfortunately its, were a little late to the party and sometimes you have to get people, you know, buying, so they get care o, as you, as president joe biden, marks the signing of the Inflation Reduction Act, americas largest ever Climate Investment dubbed as his administrations biggest victory ahead of the mid term elections, it appears that things are not as rose colored as they seem us journalists, manila chant explains whats actually behind the new bill. I certainly think theres a lot more than meets the eye. There are a lot of people outside of president bidens family who can just call him joe, or just call him up for that matter. But thats exactly what microsoft founder bill gates did to push the newly side Inflation Reduction Act over the finish line. Now you might be wondering why bill gates, one of the worlds richest men, would lobby so hard for a bill about inflation. Buried in the over 700. 00 pages of this bill. Are sections concerning green energy plans and how this ties to annual savings for american families. Things like 30 percent tax credits for Solar Panel Installation on your home, which the bill estimates could save families around 300. 00 per year on energy bills or tax credits between 407500 dollars for those who buy electric vehicles. Here is language in the green section that will help the buy did administration achieve its climate goals by the year 2030 such as the installation of more than 100000 wind turbines. Part of a plan to reduce Greenhouse Gas emissions by a 1000000000 metric tons. Sounds like good stuff, right. But the biggest beneficiary of this green section could be bill gates himself. So hes not worried about saving a couple 100. 00 a year. Lets be honest. Hes a very wealthy man, but gate stands to make billions and billions of dollars through this Inflation Reduction Act, now signed into law. So perhaps this is the legal loophole effectively if you are rich enough. You are then powerful enough to lobby for your own interests and thats exactly what bill gates did. And americans should find this very concerning because this is not how to mocker fee is supposed to work. Billionaires should not have more pulled than the average. Joe and joe biden, weve heard constantly criticize oligarchs, an autocrat. Yet here we have american billionaire american oligarch, bill gates admitting that he swayed the direction of the newest law in the land. That is going to impact tens of millions of people in the years to come out said former pakistani Prime Minister in wrong con, has denounced the arrest of a close aid, who was detained last week for allegedly making controversial remarks about the countrys army. Descending into a banana republic, the civilized world will be shocked in our levels of barbarism. The worst part is an easy target has been chosen to make an example of fruit torture and without a fair trial con, claim the arrest of political allies. Shabazz gail is part of a quote conspiracy targeting him and his party gill has been charged with the addition and the x p. M claims. He was also tortured, while in Police Custody in ron khan was ousted from power in april, following a vote of no confidence by the pakistan parliament. While the former Prime Minister blamed the u. S. Thought for his removal, and may con, urge his supporters to take to the streets and a wave of protest erupt it in the capital. The arrest of guild now threatened to put the country at greater risk of social unrest. John donna goals are a member of pakistans, National Assembly believes con and guilt political party, p. P. I is now being repressed, especially when the Prime Minister exclaimed, his tamara hunch him and b t. I says that this is a conspiracy he doesnt say without reason. We have plenty of proof that things are happening in a way to the i myself wasnt a high court. I was in a police station, i big dog at it and harassed by the nationalists and these blackstone on minute issues. But just to ensure that we fall into light now when it comes to the issue of shabazz gill and the conspiracy, the idea is that mr. Gil should sign a confessional statement. This is the gossip we had. Again, we have no proof of this, but Mister Shabazz Gill has said that the kinds of questions that were asked of me what to do with what and prior chairman and on on eats who he meets in particular, one particular general. And they were trying to get him to sign a confessional statement that him ron hahn as anti army and anti establishment, which is as far from the truth as it gets. The impression on the street is that if you ought to be t a worker or a p t i, party member, you will be subject to all kinds of abuse. The law doesnt matter and that is a very dangerous base for pakistan to be it. So if you combine the issue of being a slave of the west, if you combine it with others wanting to take advantage, of course in bitterness is take advantage back a son and the boss has knocked with focused on 1st. Weve put others fuss and we paid the price for it. Yeah, another Large Industrial firm has fallen victim to europes energy crisis. As a major aluminum producer in slovakia has had to quote close shop due to soaring electricity prices with more on the impact of whats been called the e u suicidal sanctions. Here is our take contributor Rachel Marston pulling right recall few weeks ago that it was german industry representatives who were racing for the impact of European Unions own anti russian sanctions. But now other countries within the block are facing similar threats to their industrial production. As a result of brussels, self imposed sanctions. Now you nations are all in the same boat, and that boat is pretty much a day thats taking on more water by the day while theyre focused on shaking their fists a russian president vladimir putin. So tangible results are shirley right around the corner, right . Its always darkest before dawn and all that. Or maybe thats just the lights shutting off because europeans cant pay the bills. So now its a norwegian own slovakian aluminum plant, the supplies all of europe that set to stop production by the end of september, jeopardizing 300. 00 full time jobs. So how important is this operation . The smelter, exactly laval, co, aluminum smelter is a key supplier, not only for slovak companies, but also for other european ones by stopping production. Europe will be forced to import aluminum from countries like china or russia. So there is the c e o himself saying that you sanctions specifically meant to target russia or harming production to the point that the e. U will now have to turn to russia and china for its aluminum sounds like something that the you is desperately going to need. So you know, hurry up and maybe sanctioning because thats kind of the direction they always seem to go. Now belgians inc, producer nursed are also announced this week that its smelter in. The netherlands will go offline starting in september, due to the skyrocketing price of energy, starting to sound like hungarian Prime Minister, victor or bon was maybe on to something when he said last month that europe quote shot itself in the lungs with anti russian sanctions. That could destroy the european economy. And now even the head of germanys Parliamentary Energy committee is referring to economic suicide. Energy sanctions against russia have turned out to be a serious mistake. A major recession in germany is inevitable. In the energy sector, the economic downturn is primarily due to the sanctions, as well as statements that Russian Energy supplies will be cut off regardless of existing agreements or contracts. Jeopardizing the Energy Supply of europes largest economy is hara kiri. It hurts citizens and the industry and does nothing to help ukraine. So things are looking pretty grim for the ear right now, but theyre nonetheless sticking it to vladimir putin. Right . Well, if these ease sanctions were actually hitting their intended target, then you probably wouldnt be going so far as to entertain the idea of a traveled ban for ordinary russian citizens. Grasping at straws there something that brussels is set to discuss at the end of august, and which runs against so many of their previously stayed intervals. Meanwhile, according to russian economy, Ministry Document reported by reuters muscles. Energy export revenues have shot up by 38 percent in just this year. Now remember what you commission, president ursula vander lane said back in may, that quote, putin must pay a price, a high price. But with each passing day, new evidence suggests that the ones paying the very highest price as a result of the use best efforts. Well, theyre europeans. Meanwhile, with sanctions against russia failing to affect the u. S. In the same way they have crippled e u countries. Sienna claims europe would like to rebuild ties with russia. Once the war is over, your opinion, economies will want to re establish ties with russia. No, certainly is this beneficial to those countries, but it could all say pre valuable in a post conflict propaganda war to convince average russians of the benefits of european values. Independent journalists, luke are of a, says the west is being forced to reconsider it strategy. The mainstream narrative is changing slightly. I mean, with mr. Lansky telling us that we must do with us in europe, and we must do that the, the hence of the European Union states. I getting a bit nervous and they dont really like it. Mister schultz in germany doesnt say much, but he doesnt like being told who can get a visa and cannot like telling, for example, of the old russians kind of travel to, to europe, which is the ultimate sanction that they could invent because they have nothing. And that nothing more to impose sanctions of the sanction start work, the people are happy. So governance in democracies, they smell danger for their action in the future. And so the discourse is changing and gets much more mellow in the sense that we know well have to discuss in all the sanctions hurt europe so badly that many governments i getting really nervous about a backlash from that population. When winter comes, when november will be there and countries will need to put the, the heating up in germany. Its above all, for example, gas heating. You know, the increase of the price for the citizen by 400 percent makes it. It becomes a payable for the normal people. So they will get angry at our governments at that time because the sanctions were decided without thinking something thats her up for the top stories this hour up next, there are 4 military fighters on both sides of the conflict. Ukraine is using international mercenaries and nato instructors. While the don bass militia has enlisted for volunteers who arrived to fight neo nazis more on their stories on foreign fighters of don bass only on r t. Ah. What weve got to do is identify the threats that we have. Its crazy confrontation, let it be an arms race is on, often very dramatic and development only personally, im going to resist. I dont see how that strategy will be successfully, very difficult time. Time to sit down and talk