World. Im paula newton. Ahead on cnn newsroom, a budget battle brewing on capitol hill. Congress set to return tuesday. It will face the potential of a Government Shutdown if congress cant reach a deal on spending by the end of the month. A major shakeup in kyiv after more than 18 months of war. President zelenskyy announces plans to replace his Defense Minister. Burning man chaos continues. Thousands still trapped in the Nevada Desert after heavy rain turned the Festival Site into a mud pit. It is back to business this week for the u. S. Senate as its august recess comes to an end. Now washington is set to become a Pressure Cooker in the coming weeks as lawmakers attempt to avoid a Government Shutdown yet again. They only have until october 1st to come to an agreement. A little shall we say that it will not be easy. Members of the u. S. House arent back until next week, in fact. Conservative republican hardliners are already pressuring House SpeakerKevin Mccarthy to stick to strict guidelines on a deal. They dont want to make any concessions, but mccarthy and the white house are seeking a shortterm bill that would put at least a bandaid on the problem for now, moving the issue months down the road. The u. S. Commerce secretary, meantime, says American Business owners are preparing already for the worst. They are worried. They are very worried. Er i think in some cases frustrated that this is how government operates. You know, what businesses need to be successful is predictability. Predictability, some semblance of regular order. These sorts of disruptions that are mainly driven by politics, its a challenge for the economy and have the potential to set us back. So i do hope that there will be a speedy resolution. Cnns Priscilla Alvarez now has more details on those negotiations in washington. Reporter as Congress Returns from recess this month, the white house is asking lawmakers to pass a shortterm Spending Bill to keep the government running and avoid a Government Shutdown. Theyre asking for a boost in funding for key programs that provide assistance to millions of americans. Separately, the white house is also asking congress for a supplemental request, that is to provide more funds to fema, which has been responding to very expensive disasters across the country and whose funds are set to run dry by the end of this month, as well as more funding for ukraine. House speaker Kevin Mccarthy has said the fema funds will be replenished, but there is pushback about those funds being linked to ukraine. Also, there is disagreement within the republican conference about the Spending Bill. Republican hardliners have asked for an Impeachment Inquiry into biden, action on border security, as well as cutting spending to precovid levels as part of passing any type of Spending Bill. So that is likely to play out in congress in the weeks to come, but all of this really a sprint to the finish. In september, the fiscal year ends. Meantime, President Biden is also keeping busy and keeping an eye on his prospective opponents in the024 election. So far, all signs are pointing towards donald trump. A new poll from the All Street Journal shows if an election were held today, the current and foer president s would be evenly matched with votes. The same poll shows broad majorities of republican primary voters believe trumps four indictments are politically motivated and without merit. Both the wAll Street Journal and cnn polling show trump holds more than 50 of votes from primary voters, edging out opponents like vivek ramaswamy. He was in New Hampshire holding Campaign Events er the weekend. Her republican opponents are set to stump there as well. New hampshires primary has picked the eventual republican nominee 5 out of 7 times since 1980 without 18 incumbent republican president. Age and Mental Health is getting attention on the campaign trail, including among some republican hopefuls. Candidate nikki haley is citing Senate Republican mitch mcconnell. He is the leader, of course, and she is arguing that there need to be mental competency tests for politicians older than 75. Mcconnell has had a couple of recent episodes where he has frozen and seemed dazed, only to recover moments later. He is 81 years old, but his fellow senator from South Carolina says mcconnell is quite capable of deciding his own future. Mitch is sharp and shrewd. He understands what needs to be done. Ill leave it up to him as to how he wants to discuss that with the american public, but theres no doubt in my mind that he is perfectly capable of continuing on at this stage of the game. U. S. President joe biden, meantime, and chinese president xi jinping wont be seeing one another at the g20 summit later this week. Mr. Biden says hes, quote, disappointed about that. The u. S. President will be traveling to new delhi for the meeting of the worlds top 20 economies, but mr. Xi, who leads the worlds secondlargest economy, is apparently not going. President biden says he expects to get to see president xi at some future date. Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy is overhauling the countrys military leadership, and that is in the middle of a major counteroffensive. Volodymyr zelenskyy announcing sunday hes dismissing the Defense Minister alexei recess nakov, whos served in that role since before russias invasion. He was appointed in november 2021. In recent months, the president has cracked down on corruption. Resnakov hasnt been directly implicated but mr. Zelenskyy says its time to make the change. Translator Alexi Resnakov has been through more than 550 days of fullscale war. I believe that the Ministry Needs New approaches and other formats of interaction with both the military and society as a whole. Mr. Zelenskyy says hes nominating us. Stem umarov, a Crimean Tartar and former lawmaker who currently leads the trees privatization fund. Hes played a role in the black sea grain deal and other wartime negotiations. Cnns melissa bell is in ukraine with more on the ongoing counteroffensive and the latest on the diplomatic front. Reporter fierce fighting again on sunday at various points of the ukrainian front line, not just where the counteroffensive has been making progress in the zaporizhzhia region, but also up to the north of that frontline. Particularly fierce fighting, we hear in luhansk according to ukrainian authorities who have said there have been a series of strikes on odesa with some damage caused to the port infrastructure. Still, 22 of the 25 russian drones that were launched towards the port city were stopped, say ukrainian authorities. The strikes come just a day before a muchanticipated meeting between the russian president , vladimir putin, and the turkish leader, recep tayyiperred erdogan, in the hopes a new grain deal might be reached. The head of the United Nations has put together concrete proposals that will be at the heart of that meeting even as the counteroffensive continues here in ukraine. The world looking to see what progress might be reached. Jill dougherty is a former cnn Moscow Bureau chief and Adjungts Professor at georgetown university. She joins us now. Jill, always great to see you. There were, as you know more than most, whispers in ukraine already that zelenskyy was getting ready to replace his Defense Minister. Hes done it now. What do you make of it . Does it have more to do with a competent but plodding counteroffensive . Or is this about zelenskyy really trying to Say Something about corruption and what he thinks he needs to do to stop corruption in his country . I do think its the latter. Right now, zelenskyy is embroiled in this counteroffensive against corruption. Its a major move against corruption in the country. And although resnakov, the current Defense Minister, was not personally implicated, certainly the department was. So that is really galling to a lot of civilians in ukraine. And so i think bringing in somebody new, and interestingly i think the arrest, actually, of Igor Kalumoyski is extremely important. He is an oligarch, the richest person in ukraine. He was just arrested on allegations and charges of fraud. So this is a big deal and is something thats very important for zelenskyy to do if they want to join the eu. Im really glad that you point that out. He was, in fact, reported to be quite close to zelenskyy. And i do want to underscore what you said. This is a counteroffensive now against corruption. I am interested in your opinion about what you think russia will make of this. Will they see it as a sign of weakness . Well, yeah, i was looking, trying to find some type of reaction. I havent seen a lot of official reaction. Of course, there was some trolling, et cetera. But i think they will probably and this would be my personal opinion will probably take advantage of that and try to say that this is because the Military Counteroffensive is not working and zelenskyy simply had to change horses in midstream, that type of thing. Theyll try to take advantage of that. But again, if you look at what the Russian Military has been thr through, several heads rolled, people taken out of their jobs, et cetera i dont think theres really much comparison. No, and given the point in time that were in in this war, its hardly surprising that ukraine might want to change at this point anyway. I want to get to the russian side of things. Dmitry medvedev, the former Prime Minister and president , now head of russias security council, says they have 280,000 new recruits. Obviously there is no way that we can verify these numbers, but what do you think . Do you think hes actually managed to do that . You know, they have made it harder to get out of the draft, the mobilization. They dont want to call it a full mobilization. Thats one of the most important things. Because remember what happened with the partial mobilization awhile ago. People fled the country. So what theyve been doing is theyre making it much more difficult for men to avoid this type of draft. So youre right, there is no way that outsiders can really find out whether it was 280,000. Thats really a lot of people. But the fact that he was out in the far east talking about this, they really need new people to fight this war. And that is another factor thats hurting the russian economy, because theres really a problem with hiring people. Theres nobody to hire, in a sense, because many people are at the front right now. Its a major problem for russia. Yeah, and if you have a spouse at the front, its more difficult for child care and things like that, leaving fewer people in russia participating in the labor force. Another thing this week, the turkish president arrives on russian soil to try and resuscitate a new grain deal. The world needs this deal. They are meeting on russian soil. Do you think that means that the outlines of a new grain deal have likely already been agreed upon . Or is failure still possible here . I think failure is possible, because if you look at the russians, they pulled out in july. They have been very, very insistent that they are not going to come back to the deal until their interests which are exporting their own food and their own fertilizers until they can do that, they wont come back. And of course,er errdogan contis to have a Good Relationship with putin, and perhaps he feels he can convince or create the circumstances where they could announce something. But look at what russia just did. They attacked the ports, facilities on the danube. Militarily attacked them. So that is not really a good sign that they are looking to come back. You never know. I mean, it really depends on what they think they can get out of it. And at this point, i would not be very positive. Yeah, and thats a point there. What can russia extract if it does do that deal . Jill dougherty, as always, we covered a lot of ground, really appreciate it. Sure. South africas president is trying to put to rest allegations that his country supplied arms to russia. Now he says an independent panel has found no evidence that weapons were loaded onto this russian cargo ship last december. The u. S. Ambassador to south africa made the claim earlier this year saying he would bet his life on it. 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Were learning the organizers now plan to delay the main event. They say the burning of a large wooden effigy thats the burning man will actually happen monday night instead of sunday. Thousands showed up to the annual event, but nonstop rain in the Black Rock Desert delivered an unusual mix of mud, causing festivalgoers to become trapped and unable to leave. Authorities are investigating the death of at least one person at that festival. Cnns Camila Bernal has more. Reporter it is still light, it is still messy for thousands stranded here in black rock city. Where we are right now is the main entrance and exit point to the festival, so thousands are expected to exit here on monday. We saw many, many cars trying to get out because this is the entrance of the area. Here behind me is where people are getting stuck in mud. Let me show you what that mud, that cakey mud, looks like. This is what a lot of people are walking hours in. And youre seeing it in their shoes, they are covered in mud what is youre seeing. It makes it impossible for not just bikes but also for cars and rvs. This rv, they told me they were stuck here for hours, trying to get out of the mud. So it is difficult to get out, and the concern, of course, is for people who did not bring enough supplies food, water and need to get out. Heres one person that i talked to who told me she just needed to get out today. Its quite expansive. Probably three hours of slogging to walk just from my camp to the road. And i did get a little bit of a hitchhike in, too, in the back of someones truck. But yeah, its just really thick, dense mud. So wherever its wet, its just heavy and sticky. Its a real sloppy mess out there. Most everythings turned off, but theres still some people partying. Reporter everybody that ive talked to has remained extremely positive, telling me theyre making the best out of a very difficult situation, saying theyre still having fun, that theyve enjoyed this festival. Unfortunately, though, authorities did report one death. They said a body was found in the playa. They did not give any details as to what happened. And organizers