RT News - August 28 2023 (09:00 MSK)

China blocks a visit by a senior Japanese government official, amid outrage over Toyko's release of wastewater from the devastated Fukushima nuclear power plant. That's as anger also boils throughout Pacific nations over the move. While the World Bank states Russia's GDP races ahead of European giants, Germany and France, the EU's Foreign Policy chief desperately tries to convince the public that its sanctions on Moscow are working. A deadline set by the Niger coup government for the French ambassador to leave the country expires, as locals voice their anger against the former colonial power, and demand its total expulsion. And two years after the Taliban swept back to power in Afghanistan following the chaotic US withdrawal, we get an exclusive interview with a spokesperson for the government, who says the country still faces enormous challenges.