i thank you very much mr. president. >> i think mr. -- thank grossi mr. ash -- mr. grossi. >> distinguished members of the secret counsel, i recognize the representative of the terrorist state of russia. i think the secretary-general for his participation in today's meeting. i would like to thank the iaea, the director general, for his informative a briefing. it is a matter of regret that russia has attempted to misuse the security council toolbox for diverting the attention of the international community from the urgent need to occupy the ukrainian nuclear facility. the russians have turned into a military base. it is interesting in this to observe, in this chamber, how the russian envoy winds that he has not had time to properly study -- whines that he is not had time to properly study the report, as if it is not russia itself that called in such an urgent manner this meeting. may i suggest, that the only thing that explains these russian bustle is an attempt to exercise russia on director general grossi and his team while they were still drafting the report. and

well, that number didn't come along because mr. grossi outline very clear, and we have also seen in those pictures before with various colors, like a traffic light from red, yellow to green, in terms of looking at this ball plant. he said in various pillars. so being the physical integrity here, the top priority, because this is exactly what's being a shout, actually heavily shalt over the course of the past month is just one thing. but what about that? very bizarre, if i may say, so, coexistence between ukrainian staff is operating the nuclear power plant and a ration of forces that are controlling to power plant. and in between all of that are now i. e, a staff that remain at to plant at least for a couple of days, at least 4 of them. and a big question is whether a long term, a continuous po, sync by the international atomic agency is going to be possible to actually monitor what's really happening. adding to that question, of course is also just how independently they can verify and have access to crucial sides within that power plant. to then come back to that 1st question, just how

i do not think we will be hearing them from the mouth of mr. grossi because he has got to tread this diplomatic tight without upsetting russians and ukrainians. he has got to stay sweet with both of them. anchor: thank you so much. let's move on and take a look at other news, the g-7 group of the world's leading democracies have agreed to put it cap on how much they pay for russian oil. in a bid to hit moscow's ability to finance the war in ukraine. analysts say it will only have a decisive effect if other countries follow suit. in a decision that has major implications for energy supplies in europe, russia as announced a key gas pipeline will remain closed for an indefinite period. moscow denies allegations that it is weaponizing energy supplies. the former leader of sri lanka as flowing back into the country after fleeing 2 months ago at the height of antigovernment protests. he resigned well in self-imposed exile. many sri lankans blamed him for the worst economic crisis in their country's history. police in london have made six arrests afte

a, despite the fact that we talked about it was mr. grossi during our meeting, and it was the key security point of our agreements. it was outlined clearly, demilitarization and full control by our nuclear workers. ok, put it on there in key with more on ukraine's reaction. to the i e inspection, they were hoping that there would be strong statements coming from the a about demilitarize in the nuclear power plant and asking russian forces to leave the power plant. and that clearly has not happened yet. we do expect to hear from rapid growth c, v i e, a director general and a few hours will be briefing the media in a press conference from vienna. so we watching that very closely to see what he has to say. but there is definitely a sense here and keep that in their words, russia stage to manage this visit. and this visit that is continuing because there is still a handful of a inspectors at the plant as we speak on this friday. they feel that the russia stage managed it by only allowing kremlin friendly journalist to attend and enter the nuclear zone area. ukrainian journalists and foreign p

i hope the head of the mission mr. grossi has enough understanding of the current issue. ortiz igor sh at ally force, among the very 1st journalists other nuclear plant, to report on the visit by the u. n. t. me file this report you around me is arguably the biggest nuclear scare that the world has seen since the caribbean missile crisis between the soviet union, the united states. this is this up a raska nuclear power plant. you can see some of the react number one and 2 nuclear reactions and in fact, it is being shelled, relentlessly. and russia has been very much concerned and has been trying to draw the attention to this very big problem, trying to raise it to an international level. and finally, a special monitoring mission of the international atomic energy agency has paid a visit to the facility a quite a scene here at the dap ross can nuclear power plant. he's special mission with the international atomic energy agency on both. you can see him who can right beside the man in a suit here. he's basically being claimed and he's being shown the sort of extensive damage that's been

mr grossi did not assign blame to either party. in fact, his report was very technical. but he along with the un secretary general, antonio guterres, called for the establishment of a nuclear safety and security zone around the plant, one that would be demilitarised with russian troops out and a commitment from ukraine not to bring troops in. he said the iaea was ready to consult with the parties immediately to agree on that. he listed his many concerns. he said that the physical integrity of the plant continues to be violated and that the operators, the ukrainian operators at the plant, were working under extremely challenging circumstances alongside the presence of russian military personnel, equipment and vehicles. he did say, though, that the fact that two inspectors have remained at the site was of enormous value and that could provide direct, immediate evaluation of any situation on the ground as it happens. we also heard from members of the security council, moscow's ambassador to the un said he welcomed the iaea's permanent presence. he again accused ukrainian fo

i hope the head of the mission, mr. grossi has enough understanding of the current issue. also on thursday morning, a group of her and 60 ukrainian troops tried to take control of the planet. according to the russian defense ministry, the m. o. d said the attack was repelled. russia has continually accused ukraine of targeting the plant, kiev denies responsibility, pending the blame on moscow, or senior correspondent morale guess the of has more now about the latest attacks. the situation remains ugly and tense at the supper, osha nuclear power plant, penantrelly, which has been incessant, had deadly over the past month continues. what from what we understand at the has been somewhat of a long ever since i just several hours ago the i. e. a team arrived on site there now being shewn around the area shewn the consequences of ukrainian shelling, which has struck time and time again. the ve, the complex of the nuclear power station itself. the city of america that is also big shell. egless. he, there have been many civilian casualties. the city itself is now without power, po

i hope the head of the mission mr. grossi has enough understanding of the current issue. another new slide on this, this morning, a group of her on 60 ukrainian trips tried to take control of the plants, according to the russian defense ministry. the m o. d. c, the attack was repelled. russia has constantly accuse ukraine of targeting the plant, kia, denies, responsibility, and in the blame on moscow. the 1st go live now to our senior correspondent, morass kelsey of in dawn bus hymer. so the e a mission has finally arrived at the sites. what's the situation there now and how have things been unfolding throughout the day? the situation is east 10, send these auggie, the city of phonetic a dove, which is right next to these up arrows you nuclear power station is, is itself without power as a result of attacks. incessant shilling by of the ukrainian military. it's important to understand the geography of the area, the nuclear power station, the and the, and that a good thought on the south bank of the a v at napa river, the ukrainian military and the territory controls span

mr. grossi has enough understanding of the current issue. also on thursday morning, a group of around 6, the ukrainian trips trying to take control of the plants. according to the russian defense ministry. the m. o. d said the attack was repelled. russia has continually accuse ukraine of targeting the blood key of denies responsibility pending the blame on moscow. r t senior correspondent morocco county of to learn more about the latest attacks. the situation remains ugly and tense at the supper ocean nuclear power plant, ukrainian telling which has been incessant, and deadly over the past month continues. what from what we understand the has been somewhat of a lull ever since just several hours ago. the i e. a team arrived on site there now being shewn around the area shewn the consequences of ukrainian shelling which has struck tom and tom again the ve, the complex of the nuclear power station itself. the city of and their good daughter has also been shelled. endlessly there have been many civilian casualties . the city itself is now witho

it's something of a breakthrough that mr grossi and his team have been able to get in there. because it wasn't at all clear that they would get access, because they have had to come through the ukrainian lines, then pass through a grey zone, no—man�*s—land to get into the russian—controlled zone. he has said that he was able to see everything he wanted to see, that's really important. he didn't spend very long there yesterday, but he's left six members of his team, two of whom will stay on a semipermanent basis. and this is really important because there's been a lot of shelling around this nuclear plant. the stakes are very high here because it's not so much the physical damage to the reactor buildings themselves — they're well—protected and designed to withstand even a crash from an aircraft. the problem is if the electricity is cut off, then there's the risk of the reactors overheating and having an accidental release of radiation that could affect whole areas across europe. so that's why the stakes are high, the tension is high, and we aren't out of the woods

a, despite the fact that we talked about, it was mr. grossi during our meeting, and yet it was the key security point of our agreements. it was outlined clearly, demilitarization and full controlled by our nuclear workers. now this is of a war of course, and war or is about a lot of things, but part of it is about information manipulation. and that's clearly what we're seeing by both sides, ukrainians, and the russians. when it comes to this visit by the i e. inspectors there ukrainians very clearly, very disappointed, at least initially on the fact that they didn't get more transparency and that there weren't a ukrainian officials there. this clearly appears to be, at least at the initial stage of this stage managed by the russians. and this is exactly what the ukrainians were fearing the most. the big question now again is as we start to get information about the i e, a potentially setting up some sort of permanent presence there. and we're hearing it could be as few as 2 people. what will that look like? could that benefit the russians who control militarily, control this nuclear pl

i hope the head of the mission mr. grossi has enough understanding of the current issue, independent journalist and walk respondent thomas roper shelling by ukrainian forces, clearly shows that she didn't want you an expert to see the nuclear facility. the interesting thing is they shelled in a guitar and, and the region in the morning when the, when the team didn't arrived. this also looks like he have tried to stop this in the last minute, but it didn't work as soon as the team arrived at the place at the spot where there was no shelling any more reported. so we have to see um how key it will we have. um they are not really rational. they are not military experts. so they don't have a real clue about about weapons artillery and all the stuff. they are nuclear exports. so their job is to check whether the, the, the station, the power plant is, is an order whether they are working well, whether there's danger from a technical side. that's why i'm not expecting very much information from them about the shelling because it's not their job. and they dont have the ability for these, thes

a, despite the fact that we talked about it with mr. grossi during our meeting and key, if it was the key security point of our agreements, it was outlined clearly, demilitarization and full control by our nuclear workers. in it's clear, ukraine wants the nuclear power plant to be demilitarized, and russian troops to leave immediately. but the i. e a doesn't even have the means to enforce that. it also doesn't have the mandate to determine who's responsible for the showing. it's a complicated situation. and very volatile and changing, seemingly not day by day, but our by our gabriel's hondo. how does it keep now? well, they economies that form the g 7 group of nations have agreed to set a price cap on russian oil, hoping it will hit moscow's ability to found the warn ukraine. g 7 finance ministers. also, i hope the cap on crude oil and petroleum products will help reduce global energy prices. russia has responded saying it will stop selling oil to countries that agree to a price limit. meanwhile, russia gas problem has announced that it will not resume gas flow through the north strea

frank — what else did mr grossi say about his visit? well, first of all i should just explain, it's pretty dark here because we are under curfew and the sirens have gone off and there have been some explosions on the edge of the city. down the river from been some explosions on the edge of the city. down the riverfrom here is the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant and there are six un nuclear inspectors that are sleeping there tonight. this is a major breakthrough. rafael grossi, the head of the team, has said he was able to see everything he asked to see, and that's really important because there is a suspicion that because there is a suspicion that because there is a suspicion that because the russians were stage managing this visit, some things might have been hidden from view. he said no, that's not the case, but it doesn't solve the problem that this is europe's largest nuclear power plant and its right in the middle of a war zone. russia and ukraine are not going to stop fighting very shortly. it's going to go on, so there is that r

i hope the head of the mission mr. grossi has enough understanding of the current issue. we spoke with former us marine and geo political analysts. john mcdoogan, he says he's hopeful the e a will provide much needed answers about what's actually been happening at the nuclear plant. the west, it keeps reporting that the russians are showing their own people at the power plant, which is absolute insanity. and i really hope that the mission takes. notice that this is not the case. russia has been good. they haven't, they haven't been trying to cut off the power to, to, to the west. when i say west west in ukraine, you know, that's not modus, operate brandy. they're not trying to hurt any civilians. i think the western media is just going to change the findings because that's what they've been doing all along different changing any real information that they're putting on to the people . and they are absolutely willing just blatantly lie about the situation in these regions. mozambique has welcomed russian ships back to its ports, reversing a u. s. decision the us back decis

a, despite the fact that we talked about, it was mr. grossi during our meeting, and yet it was the key security point of our agreements. it was outlined clearly, demilitarization and full control by our nuclear workers clinical. and what's interesting here is that what you're kind of hearing from zalinski there is he's sort of wanting the i ada, make certain statements that back up, cranium position on this. of course, russia as well. ah, wants the i ada make statements as well. that would back up the russian position on this. what's interesting is the i e, a is not equipped as an organization to implement any sort of security zone or around the plant. they're not equipped to make accusations on what sort of a, who is causing the destruction in or around the plant. they are simply there as experts to observe what has happened and to use their expertise to get a sense of the risk that could be posed to people that live around there and the workers inside. should there be some sort of a catastrophe there at the nuclear plant? but clearly this is a situation where 2 countries are in the m

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a, despite the fact that we talked about, it was mr. grossi during our meeting, and yet it was the key security point of our agreements. it was outlined clearly demilitarization and full control by our nuclear workers. let's go live now to cave al jazeera gable. as armando is served there, we heard the president so words there. what did it exactly to the main game? well i think that he's disappointed, quite frankly, with the a visit so far. i mean zelinski and his advisors clearly wanted the a to sound send a strong message very quickly about demilitarize in the nuclear facility. and clearly that has not happened yet. we do expect to hear from rockville grossi the director general of the i. e, a from vienna, later on friday evening. so we watching close see what he has to say. but clearly, the view from keith is that this visit by the inspectors was in their words stage managed, they said that it was ukrainian, and international journalists here in ukraine were not allowed to accompany the inspectors. they were blocked by russia. only kremlin friendly media was allowed to be at the sit

a . despite the fact that we talked about it with mr. grossi during our meeting, and yet it was the key security point of our agreements. it was outlined clearly, demilitarization and full control by our nuclear walkers. in it's clear, ukraine wants the nuclear power plant to be demilitarised and russian troops to leave immediately. but the i. e a doesn't even have the means to enforce that. it also doesn't have the mandate to determine who's responsible for the showing. it's a complicated situation and very volatile and changing, seemingly not day by day, but our by our gabriel's ando. how does it keep still ahead on al jazeera, thousands of people rally in argentina's capital backing democracy, often assassination attempt on the vice president flooded farmland and see don, where 15000000 people are struggling to get enough. ah hello. it's very much an east west split across, so the u. s. sat the moment we have got some very heavy right across eastern parts . it stays bone dry, parched, and extremely hot. so dangerous, he continuing across. so western areas of the u. s. thursday temper

nick: when mr. grossi was being led around, we saw unofficial from ross left being a tour guid what is the presence of russian civilian officials? >> there are about 10-15 persons . they are like spies. this is a crazy situation. nick: talk about the physical risk to the plant. it is built to withstand physical damage, but are you concerned about the physical damage from military action creating a spread of radiation? >> this pe of reactor is designed to withstand airplanes coming, but if you do it intentionally, if you have these intentions in your crazy mind, you can break everything. nick: do you believe that is what russia wants to do? it wants to keep the plant intact to redirect the output. >> they want to blackmail the world. right now, we understand what they want. they want to ruin our economy, and the second is to reconnect it to their system. nick: thank you very much. judy: a pbs newshour and npr poll is out providing a snapshot on how americans view economy md midterm elections, now 61

grossi also pointed out one of the really important aspects of this is that somebody out there in his view, militarily knows what he's doing, and knows if you want to make the nuclear power station vulnerable, you cut the supply line of electricity into it, that is for the cooling systems or the reactors. that has happened twice in the last week, during the visit. that means the diesel generators have to kick in to keep the reactor cool. if they fail, it melts down. that he drew most attention to while saying at the same time he hopes he'll be able to keep those inspectors there permanently. what he didn't do, and what has annoyed the ukrainians is called for a demilitarization of the nuclear power station. that's something that has had international endorsement, led of course by the ukrainians who want to see the russians off there all together, but he hasn't yet said so, and that has certainly annoyed the ukrainian president zelenskyy after grossi reported to him following his visit. >> sam kiley, thank you so much for being on the ground there for us. >>> so there's a group of extr

grossi a. mr. president's a pleasure for me to address the security council for the 3rd time this year regarding the situation. ukraine particular pleasure to do it under the french presidency. and i also want to thank the secretary general of his presence amounts are said to day. and as he was referring in his remarks to the likable lab work that the u. n. g for which personnel to are you bored to mission by being are with them for a few days and sharing some very tennis that moment. i could see there, they are iraq vacation and the motion to the cause of the united nations. they do it. imagine secretary general, we will continue, i hope, working together to bring stability to the new care facilities in ukraine. so today you may have seen that i issued and comprehensive report emanating from the mission. i had the honor to lead last week in the, in ukraine and the visit with a nuclear power that these mission has been the result of painstaking effort of close to 6 months in which streams effor

a, despite the fact that we talked about, it was mr. grossi during our meeting, and yet it was the key security point of our agreements. it was outlined clearly, demilitarization and full control by our nuclear workers clinical investment. here with a nissan from al jazeera, still to come on program. the last day of campaigning in she lay ahead of a votes on a new constitution. india commission is its 1st domestic aircraft carrier, becoming one of the few nations of the world for the home built warship at its force. could anyone stop this man? driving away with another phobia one will title. santa hale at that and the rest of the day sport a little later ah, called him in mas sentenced, ousted leader on saint sue cheese at 3 years in jail for electoral fraud in 2020. the military rulers say that they found evidence of at least $11000000.00 cases of voter fraud in the election. the su cheese party, one independent observers, didn't find any major irregularities or man milestone to us also jail. britton's former ambassadors of the country for one year over a visa breach. vicky bowman was