washington and moscow over the downing. and video emerges online appearing to show firefighters in disbelief at the scale of the deadly tower block fire in london we gauge reaction to the u.k.'s government's response. then yeah. that's the front that. they can spend three hundred seventy on. a welcome good evening you're watching international it's just turned eight o'clock here in moscow and we start with breaking news today because the pentagon says a u.s. fighter jet is downed an armed drone belonging to syrian government forces in southern syria the coalition statement says the drone was armed and advancing on u.s. backed forces it happened in the south of the country near a base in the region. as more. so the pentagon has confirmed that a u.s. fighter jet has shot down an iranian made pro syrian regime drone in southern syria at approximately twelve thirty am local time now i'll tell you is a town on the syrian border where u.s. troops are in fact training syrian rebels the statement claims the drone displayed hostile intent and advanced on coalition forces this is in fact the third pro

u.s. led coalition as tensions escalate between washington and moscow of the downing of a syrian warplanes on sunday. in an r.t. exclusive afghan locals tell us about the horrors unfolding in the north of the country where a new islamic state sallies taking root. there twenty four seven global news this is r.t. international welcome to the program first the breaking news i told you about in the headlines the pentagon says that a u.s. fighter jet has downed an armed drone belonging to pro syrian government forces in southern syria the coalition's statement says that the drone was armed and advancing on u.s. backed forces it happened in the south of the country near a base in the region let's try get more details on this now live to washington d.c. our correspondent jacqueline bouvier is that jacqueline what more do we know. so the pentagon has confirmed that a u.s. fighter jet has shot down an iranian made pro syrian regime drone in southern syria at approximately twelve thirty am local time now i'll tell you is a town on the syrian border where u.s. troops are in fact training sy

tension grows between washington and moscow over the us downing of a syrian jet. exclusive afghan locals tell us about the horrors unfolding in the north of the country where a new islamic state cell is taking brutal plus. the pressure builds on the british prime minister after the country's fourth terror attack in just three months. and over me in the team here they are to new center in moscow one is calling bright it's now four pm this twentieth of june welcome to the program first for you australia has suspended all air operations as part of the u.s. led coalition in syria as tensions rise between moscow and washington with the details he has emilie's to looks like the reason why australia has decided to hold airstrikes in syria is because they no longer feel that the situation there is safe here's exactly what the statements as a precautionary measure australian defense force strike operations into syria have temporarily ceased a decision on the resumption of a.d.f. air operations in syria will be made into course but why is the situation there not safe because the agreement that was

moscow continues to infiltrate american politics the comment came in a new c.n.n. documentary again will try and unravel the details plus criticisms leveled at the u.s. administration for failing to give solid proof to back its claim that the syrian government is preparing a chemical weapons attack. hello good afternoon one pm here in moscow this wednesday the twenty eighth of june my name is kevin owen you're watching r.t. international it's good to have your company football's first world cup bidding team's been implicated in a corruption scandal over its failed push to host a twenty eight hundred tournament a fee for poured out now made public also names former u.k. prime minister david cameron and prince william who are apparently at a meeting where vote swapping was being discussed has funded a bit more go to london nice to see a church. bit more cross this report's along old report four hundred pages to start with some of us were made public no yeah we've gathered some pretty big names have been mentioned here at least by faith to take us through it. well definitely big names menti

grenfell tower tragedy which she's apologized as well as mounting anti breakfasted protests. moscow demands an explanation from washington over its downing of a syrian fighter jet it's the incident led the russian military to start tracking the u.s. and coalition aircraft in syria as potential targets. and muslims around the world mark the end of the holy month of ramadan we go live to the mass liberations in moscow. hello and good morning to you from moscow are you watching the weekly here on r.t. international all the latest headlines and the stories that shaped the week while hundreds of hundreds of people in london have been evacuated from their tower block homes amid fears of a repeat of the ground full tower disaster countrywide fire safety tests are underway in the u.k. more than thirty tower blocks of failed the test earlier this week the british prime minister to resign may apologized for the tragedy she also admitted the government had failed in its duty to help those affected. the support on the ground for families in the initial hours was not good enough people were left

the grenfell tower tragedy for which she's apologized as well as mounting protests. moscow demands an explanation from washington over its downing of a syrian fighter jet the incident led the russian military to start tracking of u.s. and coalition aircraft in syria as potential targets. as muslims around the world mark the end of the holy month of ramadan we report on the mass the liberation of that moscow. hello and good morning to all of us here in moscow you're watching the weekly here on r.t. international all the latest headlines on the stories that shaped the week well this week hundreds of people in london have been evacuated from their tower block homes amid fears of a repeat of the grenfell tower disaster more than thirty blocks failed fire safety tests across the country earlier this week a british prime minister to resign may apologized for the tragedy. the support on the ground for families in the initial hours was not good enough people were left without belongings without ribs over their heads without even basic information about what happened what they should do tha

minister in moscow frank joins us live now for more on this plenty said wasn't it over the last hour or so what were the key things that were talked about. well andrew most of the discussion most of the press conference in fact was devoted to the issues of syria in particular the downing of the syrian government jet by the us led coalition just recently and according to sergei lavrov moscow was still waiting for explanations from washington on why this incident happened now something else said was that russia would not like these strikes by the u.s. led coalition to undermine the anti-terrorist efforts in syria also besides the circular says that at this point it is getting very crowded in syria both on the ground and in the air these are the issues that he promised to bring the plane he meets the u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson next and here's why there has been so many issues between moscow and washington just recently over syria. the facts we have to show that the u.s. is really times it's what we don't we call america booming so. just to remind you here there is definitely an esc

strikes alongside the u.s. led coalition in syria as tension grows between washington and moscow over the us downing of a syrian jets. taking root. the pressure builds on the british prime minister after the country's fourth terror attack in just three months. twenty five pm here in moscow this is the world news with. international first for you australia has suspended operations as part of the u.s. led coalition in syria as tensions rise between moscow and washington with the details. looks like the reason why australia has decided to hold airstrikes in syria is because they no longer feel that the situation there is safe here's exactly what the statement said as a precautionary measure australian defense force strike operations into syria have temporarily ceased a decision on the resumption of a.d.f. air operations in syria will be made in june course but why is the situation there not safe because the agreement that was signed by us from russia back in october twenty fifteen the agreement that prevents any sort of collisions or dangerous incidents in the airspace over syria th

aircraft downed. also in syria. as tensions escalate between washington and moscow. on sunday. in an exclusive. tell us about the horrors of folding in the north. taking root. here at the. six pm here welcome to the program first the breaking news that i just told you about mad lines that the pentagon says a u.s. fighter jet was downed an drone belonging to pro syrian government forces in southern syria the coalition statement says the drone was advancing on u.s. backed forces it happened in the south of the country near a base in the region with more let's talk to jacqueline. jacqueline what are you hearing. yes like you said they did come out with a statement saying that they have shot down an iranian made pro series in regime drone in southern syria now this is the third prosperi an aircraft that has been shut down this month alone by u.s. led coalition forces another drone was shot down on june the eighth in the same area and just this sunday a u.s. led coalition the u.s. led coalition dropped downed a syrian government plane making it the first syrian plane down by the u.s. sinc

protestors. we will be live in moscow in a moment. daniela relph has the details. in vladivostok they came to protest against what they believe is government corruption. but soon there were scuffles and clashes with there were scuffles and clashes with the security services. and protestors fleeing, fearing arrest. the leading anti—corruption campaigner, alexei navalny, was detained by police at his home in moscow this morning. the authorities say his detention is due to breaking rules around the organisation of rallies and for disobeying the instructions of a police officer. alexei navalny has become the face of the anti—corru ption alexei navalny has become the face of the anti—corruption campaign in russia. harnessing the anger of young activists on social media, streaming protest online. he served a15 streaming protest online. he served a 15 dayjail term after being detained at a rally in march. but that has just energised the campaign ofa man that has just energised the campaign of a man who says he will run for president next year. alexei navalny was due to be at a rally in mosc

celebrations in moscow. hello and a very good morning to you from all of us here in moscow you're watching the weekly here on r.t. international all the latest headlines on the stories that shaped the week all this week hundreds of people in london have been evacuated from their tower block homes amid fears of a repeat of the grenfell tower disaster more than thirty blocks of failed fire safety tests across the country earlier this week british prime minister to resign may apologize for the tragedy the support on the ground for families in the initial hours was not good enough people were left without belongings without their heads without even basic information about what had happened what they should do that was a failure of the state local and national to help people when they needed it most as prime minister i apologize for that failure and as prime minister i've taken responsibility for doing what we can to put things right. what was the deadliest fire in britain for more than one hundred years broke out last wednesday and was only per towns more than twenty four hours later but death tol

moscow continues to improve president politics said common cable news c.n.n. documentary we'll talk about that is out. to criticisms leveled at the u.s. administration for failing to give solid proof to back its claim that the syrian government is preparing a chemical weapons. in the u.k. prime minister david cameron and prince william are implicated in a corruption scandal over england's failed bid for the twenty eighteen world cup according to a long awaited fee for. moscow this wednesday morning the twenty eighth of june my name's kevin zero in this is r.t. international good to have you with us first the meddling is in russia's d.n.a. according to the former director of the u.s. national intelligence james clapper he goes on to say that therefore proves that moscow is still making attempts to influence american politics he was appearing in a new documentary that in fact we just aired over the last few hours by the c.n.n. network or courtroom. i think it's in their d.n.a. . or in the soviet era or no. gripping but was it actually correct was a good movie to sit maybe in your popc

enough that moscow continues to infiltrate american politics the comment came in a new c.n.n. documentary just there we'll tell you all about it. coming up two criticisms leveled at the u.s. administration for failing to give solid proof to back its claim that the syrian government is preparing a chemical weapons attack. a prime minister david cameron and prince william implicated in a corruption scandal over england's failed bid for the twenty eighteen world cup according to a long awaited faithful report out. i really want to run the world very good morning for me kevin owen it's just turned eleven in the morning here in moscow this wednesday the twenty eighth of june you're watching the international first meddling is in russia's d.n.a. says the former director of u.s. intelligence james clapper that proves he goes on to say that moscow is still making attempts to influence american politics he was appearing in a new documentary aired by america's c.n.n. news channel in primetime just but six hours ago is there any reason to believe that russia is not right now today continuing to atte

moscow. hello and thank you for joining us this hour you're watching the weekly here on r.t. international all the latest headlines on the stories that shaped the week all this week hundreds of people in london have been evacuated from their tower block homes amid fears of a repeat of the grenfell tower disaster more than thirty blocks failed fire safety tests across the country earlier this week the british prime minister to resign may apologized for the tragedy. the support on the ground for families in the initial hours was not good enough people were left without belongings without roofs over their heads without even basic information about what happened what they should do that was a failure of the state local and national to help people when they needed it most as prime minister i apologize for that failure and as prime minister i've taken responsibility for doing what we can to put things right the deadliest fire in britain for more than one hundred years broke out last wednesday and was only put out after more than twenty four hours the death toll currently stands at

the world mark the end of holy month of ramadan we report. in moscow. thanks for watching all. of you are welcome to the program. but we start in the u.k. where at least six people have been injured after a car hit but eschews outside a sports center in the city of new castle it was hosting celebrations marking the end of the muslim holy month of ramadan two shoulder year old boy were among those injured police say a forty two year old woman has been arrested and have confirmed that they do not believe the incident was a related it comes a week off from man drove a van into people leaving a mosque in london an incident that is being investigated as an act of terror. now hundreds of people in london have been evacuated from their tower block homes and fears of a repeat of the ground for tower disaster more than thirty blocks failed fire safety tests across the country earlier this week the british prime minister to resign may apologized for the tragedy the support on the ground for families in the initial hours was not good enough people were left without belongings without roofs o

moscow. you're jewish and you will do so we will prevail which i'm not going to contradict my president to voice she sold let me call this conference thank you very much. so there we have it there was a press conference a joint one between the russian foreign minister and his french counterpart you can get a three and a bit of detail on that what was said in that because they were trying to join since he was that keeping across. a lot was discussed wasn't there but i suppose the main point is coming out with surrounding syria and also ukraine. andrew hello again syria ukraine and a fresh wave of anti-abortion sanctions let's just go through the through some of the key points that were said by the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov after his meeting with his french counterpart first of all. had several things to say about the recent incident when the u.s. led coalition downed the syrian government plane over syria what mr lavrov said was that it's actually getting crowded both in the air and on the ground in syria according to moscow with still waiting for an explanation from the u.s

it chaotic. also tonight: russian police break up a protest in moscow — an opposition leader is arrested before he can address the crowd. the duchess of cambridge visits the hospital treating victims of the london terror attack — she met nurses and patients. and coming up in sportsday on bbc news — the england under—20s manager says it's too soon to call them a golden generation, despite their world cup final win. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. in the last hour, theresa may has just faced her mps, admitting that she's got the party into a mess and promising that she will get them out of it. it's not the only sign of the challenges the prime ministerfaces. for the first time in recent memory, the queen's speech — in which the government lays out its plans — could be delayed. it may have to be postponed from next monday as the government negotiates a deal with northern ireland's democratic unionist party to give it a majority in parliament. theresa may is widely expected to have to prune back some of the more controversial aspects of her election manife

in moscow and berlin, you have thought about the need to have a much greater level of understanding between russia and europe in particular. europe is in the vanguard of imposing sanctions on russia right now. angela merkel is probably the world leader who is most concerned with sending a clear message to vladimir putin that his current policies are not acceptable. but, she wnats, together with president sarkozy, two first leaders to come to moscow to talk over the situation in ukraine. in ukraine, we are living through the tragedy of the civil war. and, you know, that is of course only the dialogue, only the understanding, not just sanctions or something like that, to improve the situation. that is my true belief. it's interesting to put this into context. it's not just the fact that the russians have annex crimea, your airforce is playing a crucial role propping up bashar al—assad in syria, but also, russia is projecting all sorts of covert cyber —based power, and soft power, around the world, sometimes through media, sometimes through perhaps less public forums. in a way, vla

hundred of the grenfell tower tragedy while protesters take to the streets. of moscow demands explanations from washington over it shooting down of a syrian fighter jets as russia responds thereby tracking u.s. and coalition aircraft as potential targets. and we now know the four teams through to the semifinals of the confederations cup astrally and germany have done enough in their deciding games we'll have a live update from our special studio in sochi. you're watching that we can use round up here on r.t. international thank you for joining us. and you start in the u.k. where at least six people including three children have been injured after a car plowed into predestines outside a sports center in the northeast city of newcastle a woman who'd been celebrating the end of the muslim holy month of ramadan was driving the car that hit the crowd outside of the westgate sports center the center had been hosting the celebrations and police say a forty two year old woman has been arrested but added they don't believe the incident was terrorism it comes a week after a man drove a

killed in an air strike. we are live in moscow with what the russians are claiming this hour. good morning. welcome to "early start." i'm christine romans. >> i'm dave briggs friday, june 16th, 4:00 a.m. in the east. word this morning isis leader abu bakar al baghdadi may have been killed in an air strike, according to reuters citing russian media. >> reports say al baghdadi, seen here in a video clip in mosul in july 2013 giving a sermon. he may have been killed in a russian air strike last month. cnn correspondent diana magnay live in moscow with the breaking details. what are russian media saying about this may 28th air strike, and what kind of evidence are they giving to support the notion that they have killed this guy? >> reporter: christine, at the moment, it is russian state media who say that the defense ministry is investigating information that al baghdadi was killed in a may 28th russian air strike in the southern suburbs of raqqah. the information they're getting is that he was attending a meeting at a command post there with various other isis personnel, trying to wor

in russia's d.n.a. therefore is proof enough says that moscow continues to infiltrate american politics comment came out in a new c.n.n. documentary again we'll look at the details where. criticisms leveled at the u.s. administration for failing to give solid proof to back its claims that the syrian government is preparing a chemical weapons attack. by their thanks joining us this day in moscow this so wednesday the twenty eighth of june my name's kevin away and you're watching r.t. international and its football first england's world cup dating team has been implicated now in a corruption scandal over its failed push to host the twenty eight and told them of a fee for report also names former u.k. prime minister david cameron and prince william who are apparently at a meeting where vote swapping was discussed let's go to london try to get some more on this as of course it potentially big story pretty big names being implicated by faith here. oh yeah kevin basically this report discusses an incident where prince william and david cameron were apparently present present in a hot

taking to the streets of moscow and other russian cities to protest against corruption and the oppressive policies of president putin. scores of people arrested in moscow in saint petersburg and the russian opposition leader who organised the protest has been jailed for 30 days. ‘s one mile from the kremlin, a public holiday turned into a public battle. russia day is supposed to be a celebration. but riot police were sentin a celebration. but riot police were sent in to clear anti—government protesters from moscow's main street. thousands had come to a queueis street. thousands had come to a queue is the russian leadership of corruption. putin is a thief, they shouted. and one, two, three, putin, it's time to leave. families accidentally caught up in the violence fled. police detained hundreds of protesters. people don't have the right to protest here. they don't have permission. it is russia day, it is their d2, they say. —— bed day, too. there were demonstrations in 100 russian towns. as for the man who organised this nationwide protest, the opposition leader, he was

we'll have a report from our special studio and saatchi. coming to you live from moscow this is arts international and you're watching the week serious as army positions on the golan heights once again come under fire from israel as the second strike on the area in today's middle east correspondent paula sphere has more well the tsunami has issued a statement in which it has accused these rabies targeting syrian army positions on the side of the golan heights now the syrian army is currently fighting the terrorist group. and they say that the israeli attacks are only whole. paying almost where they have been to such israeli attacks since saturday as for the israeli side the israeli air force has acknowledged conducting those strikes it says that it is in response to projectiles that landed on the israeli side of the golan heights of course the golan heights is disputed territory but the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu saying quite clearly at the start of the weekly cabinet meeting that they would be a price to pay even if such projectiles and and are not targeting isra

russia's d.n.a. and that's proof enough says that moscow continues to infiltrate american politics the comment came in a new c.n.n. documentary we'll talk all about that this morning coming up two criticisms leveled at the u.s. administration for failing to give solid proof to back its claim that the syrian government is preparing a chemical weapons attack. and also warning former u.k. prime minister david cameron and prince william are implicated in a corruption scandal over a failed bid for the twenty eighteen world cup according to a long awaited report. by very good morning for me kevin owen here in moscow happy wednesday is going good so far let me take you through our top stories then first meddling is in russia's d.n.a. according to the former director of the u.s. national intelligence james clapper but he goes on to say proves that moscow is still making attempts to influence american politics he was appearing in a new documentary that just aired over the last few hours the c.n.n. that. courtroom. i think it's in your d.n.a. . or in the soviet era or no. you've watched this mor

after the downing of a government fighter jet by a u.s. warplane last sunday moscow halted its military cooperation with washington in syria over that incident russia's defense ministry warned that it will now truck any u.s. led coalition aircraft in worse than syria as potential targets the ministry also accused washington of violating a key military agreement with moscow russian foreign ministry says the americans have some explaining to do. because. there is a mechanism to avoid syrian airspace incidents between russia and the u.s. that is now suspended after the u.s. . shutdown the plane we have requested a detailed explanation through the ministry of defense we expect that it will be provided by the us. the pens are going to claim that a shut down the syrian jets in self-defense offer a bomb to u.s. backed militants damascus though says its plane was attacking islamic state pfizer's it's not the first time the u.s. led coalition has targeted pro forces the syrian jet was shot down near the held city of rockers just to the north of the country here is currently under siege

last celebrations in moscow. thank you for joining us this hour you're watching the weekly here on r.t. international all the latest headlines on the stories that shaped the week what we start with breaking news from the u.k. where a car has hit pedestrians outside a sports center in the city of newcastle it was hosting celebrations marking the end of the muslim holy month of ramadan you know five people have been injured police say that a forty two year old woman has been arrested so far the instant is not believed to be terror related it comes just one week after a man drove a van into people leaving a mosque in london an incident that is being investigated as terrorism. earlier this week hundreds of people in london have been evacuated from their tower block homes amid fears of a repeat of the ground filled tower disaster more than thirty blocks failed fire safety tests across the country earlier this week the british prime minister to resign may apologized for the tragedy. the support on the ground for families in the initial hours was not good enough people were left without belon

to the streets. of moscow demands explanations from washington over the downing of a syrian fighter jet as russia in response trucking u.s. and coalition aircraft in the country as potential targets. we are back to get underway in the two six o'clock kick offs in the confederations called one of those matches germany cameroon being played at the fish stadium just behind us where there's a goal we will hear the roar jordan a few minutes more. live from moscow with me then all. joining us this hour. always thought in the u.k. now we're at least six people including three children have been injured after a car plowed into by the strings outside a sports center in the city of manchester the center had been hosting celebrations to mark the end of the muslim holy month of ramadan police say a forty two year old woman has been arrested but say they don't believe the incident was terrible later comes a week after a man drove a van into people leaving a mosque in london an incident that is being classed as terrorism. staying in the u.k. hundreds of people in london have been evacuated from t

moscow, the stigma and struggles of being hiv positive in russia. >> welcome to viewers in the united states and around the world, we are live in atlanta, i am natalie allen. >> i am george howell. "newsroom" starts right now. good day to you, 5:00 a.m. on the u.s. east coast. the president of the united states donald trump struck a defientd tone when asked about james comey's testimony. he says he will 100% testify. he's willing to do so to dispute comey's account. >> oddly enough, he doesn't want to dispute everything comey said. here is jim acosta from the white house. >> reporter: speaking as he tweets in short bursts, president trump tried to have it both ways, claiming the testimony of james comey as his salvation, slamming the man he fired in the same breath. >> no collusion, no obstruction. he's a leaker. >> reporter: during a news conference with the romanian president, mr. trump denied he tried to shut down the russia probe, specifically when it comes to national security adviser michael flynn. >> i didn't say that. i will tell you, i didn't say that. >> reporter: the presid

tensions grow between washington and moscow over the u.s. turning of a syrian jad. elsewhere and that afghan local speak exclusively to us about the horrors unfolding in the north of the country as a new islamic state cell takes root a special report coming out bus to. work with. the pressure builds on u.k. prime minister to resign may after a fourth terror attack strikes that country in just three months. very good morning it's kevin we view it r.t. h.q. this morning choose day the twenty eighth of june as it is just turned eleven in the morning here now and first on that breaking news from syria where we've heard in the last hour straight says it's going to suspend its airstrikes following the u.s. downing of a syrian government jet on sunday a stray defense department says it took the decision after russia's response to the incident moscow halted cooperation with washington calling its move to take an act of aggression the decision to stop operations is temporary they say australian officials are going to review it in due course the u.s. however says its downing of that syrian warp

the beginning of this to. medina question of life in moscow meanwhile the twenty seventeen confederations cup is in full swing let's get all the latest from the tournament and handover to neil harvey and stan collymore who are now special. welcome to our continuing coverage of the twenty seventeen confederations cup alongside me stan collymore. is it fair to say that the game that we're building up to in a couple of hours time is the biggest of the tournament so far russia against portugal it is the reason why they. don't have any qualification going to the last tour but they played in the european championships drew against england eleven project lost against slovakia last heavily against wire so this is a real opportunity to test themselves against the winners about european champions and of course. overall i was going to say who are the key players to look for obviously rinaldo for political. players what auto silver that mum just the city just bought for forty four million pounds cannot get into the stadium so it's very strong it's got some old. galvanized cristiana wou

attack — all of the injured who made it to hospital survived. in moscow, and several other russian cities, thousands of demonstrators have taken to the streets to protest against corruption and against the oppressive policies of president putin. scores of people were arrested in moscow and in st petersburg, and the russian opposition leader, alexei navalny, who organised the protests, was also ta ken into custody. our moscow correspondent, steve rosenberg, has the story. one mile from the kremlin, a public holiday turned into a public battle. russia day is supposed to be a national celebration, but riot police were sent in to clear anti—government protesters from moscow's main street. thousands had come to accuse the russian leadership of corruption. "putin is a thief," they shouted and "one, two, three, putin it's time to leave." families, accidentally caught up in the violence, fled. police detained hundreds of protesters. the police have been telling the crowd that people don't have the right to protest here, that they don't have permission. but the protesters have been saying they d

sometimes from just words. you're watching r.t. international live from moscow i'm kate partridge thank you for joining us. russia's foreign minister says he's waiting for an explanation from washington after a syrian military jet was shot down near the city of raka saturday lover also stressed the pentagon is still treating various terror groups differently. for. the facts we have sure that the u.s. is really targeting eisel but we don't recall america bombing so actively. so whatever it's called now it's constantly changing its name but it doesn't change its nature. well russia's now halted some cooperation with the u.s. over syria it's pulled out of the agreements to prevent collisions in syrian airspace meanwhile australia has announced it's temporarily suspending air operations in syria. well the u.s. led coalition claims the syrian jet was downed in self-defense however in the last month it's already targeted government forces five times well let's have a look at where these attacks have taken place the plane was shot down southwest of the syrian city of raca where the coalition i

moscow now our top story the iraqi prime minister has declared victory over islamic state saying the army has recaptured the famous mosque in mosul where three years ago i saw declared a caliphate the story has been quickly picked up by the media iraq's prime minister is declaring an end to isis in mosul after his forces recaptured a hugely symbolic site the ruins of nuri mosque so iraq's prime minister is the clearing the end of what he calls i sold a fake state after his troops recaptured the ruins of the mosque. what has not been widely discussed is the cost of the liberation for the residents of mosul gas the every cent he spent over a month in the city for us and recalls his experience. it isn't over yet they haven't taken the entire city isis is still in a number of neighborhoods in the old city of mosul we are newry a mosque that they've taken is symbolic because that is where these slamming state was first proclaimed nevertheless you know if you think back to what price this victory has come it is it is tremendous this is a city that has been basically purged of its populatio

your time thank you. well syria's also recently been hit by the u.s. on monday moscow said it was holding cooperation with washington over syria after the coalition shut down a syrian fighter plane the day before the pentagon earlier claimed its had shot down the syrian jet in self-defense after it bombed u.s. backed militants but damascus says its plane was attacking islamic state while the syrian jets was dad near the iso held city of rock which is under siege by u.s. backed local troops it's not the first time the u.s. led coalition has targeted pro sound forces in the war zone last month in southern syria the coalition also bombed pro-government forces several times after accusing them of violating so-called de confliction zions and is an alley takes a closer look and the latest round. the u.s. shoots down a syrian plane over syria in self-defense the only action that we have taken against pro regime forces in syria and they've been to specific incidents have been in self-defense let's imagine a random guy comes into your house with a gun and shoots your dog and then he's like

rallies across the country. he too was detained ahead of the moscow protest, latest reports from there say pepper spray is being used against protestors — here's daniela relph in vladivostok, they came to protest against what they believe is government corruption. but soon, there were scuffles and clashes with there were scuffles and clashes with the security services. and protesters fleeing, fearing arrest. the leading anti—corruption campaigner alexi navalny was detained by police at his home in moscow this morning. the authorities say his detention is due to breaking rules around the organisation of rallies, and for disobeying the instructions of a police officer. alexei navalny has become the face of the anti—corru ption alexei navalny has become the face of the anti—corruption campaign in russia. harnessing the anger of young activists on social media, streaming protests online. he served a15 streaming protests online. he served a 15 dayjail term after being detained at a rally in march, but that has just energised the campaign ofa man that has just energised the campaign

of. your tuning in from around the world this hour welcome to moscow to r.t. international my mains you know good if your company our top story the trump administration has claimed that the syrian government is preparing to use chemical weapons is a dangerous provocation that's according to a statement from russia's foreign ministry we consider all these insinuations about chemical weapons which are being carried out in the worst traditions of the. two thousand and three nato intervention in iraq as an invitation for terrorists extremists and the armed opposition in syria to carry out another large scale provocation which will result in the unavoidable punishment of president assad according to washington's plans. well this comes as officials in the u.s. administration are under pressure to reveal the evidence that led them to claim the syrian military is preparing a chemical attack the state department spokesperson refused to be drawn when she was quizzed about the allegations by reporters as have evidence kids share with us about this potential preparation for these chemical weapo

century artie's cape partridge has been taking in and seeking shelter from today's storm in moscow. well welcome to moscow in summer but this is a june unlike any that we've ever seen before with the experts anticipating that this is going to be the storm of the century with the rain expected all day and all of the night before we thought of course that ice people have been injured including a seventy year old woman who was taken to hospital after she was hit by a falling tree and also one of the main airports chad a much better fifty plane so it's been delayed after two of them were hit by lightning as they came in before no one has been hurt but the pictures there are quite incredible with the water up to the heights on the runway well this isn't new i mean a months ago we had the hurricane in moscow on the moscow region where sixteen people were killed and one hundred fifty people needed treatment after winds of seventy miles an hour one hundred ten kilometers per hour complete the bullets through the region and they managed to as you say kill sixteen people some of whom were standing

host to the biggest event in world football. hundreds of thousands of fans will descend on moscow for the world cup. with the majority unable to speak russian, staff on the capital's metro system are being trained up to provide a fan—friendly welcome. our moscow correspondent, sarah rainsford, has been to take a look. voiceover: it's grand, it's fast, its efficient. but in just a year, moscow's metro will be flooded with foreigners, here for the world cup. the moscow metro is one of the most stunning in the world, but it's a pretty bewildering place to be if you don't speak or read russian. and that's going to be the case for the huge number of football fans who are heading here, probably less worried about the architecture than making it to the match. so this is the new football friendly face of the metro. so how do i get to spartak? you have to take the brown line number five... they are now training dozens of cashiers, like angelina, to operate in english. we are ready to meet everyone and hope we will give some happiness, because don't be afraid, we speak... we try and speak goo

all over the country will stop the biggest rallies were in moscow and st petersburg. the whole thing was organised by the opposition leader, alexei navalny. this was on twitter, this was him being taken into a police car in moscow earlier. we also have these pictures from one of the demonstrations in moscow, this was in the city centre am not at the venue was in the city centre am not at the venue that the authorities had sanctioned. that upset the head of the russian security service who said the move was a provocation. we believe hundreds of people were arrested. sarah rainsford was there. there have been dozens of people detained here and police are moving into the crowd and it seems that are pulling people out pretty much at random. we have seen quite a lot of young people being detained but it seems fairly random. they are trying to clear this main street here where thousands of people came out to protest against corruption. they we re protest against corruption. they were heeding a call from the opposition leader, alexei navalny, who called on them to take part in this pr

been hit by the u.s. on monday moscow said it was halting cooperation with washington over syria after the coalition shut down a syrian flight to plane the day before well the pentagon earlier claimed it to shut down the syrian jet in self-defense after it bombed the u.s. backed militants but damascus says it's plane was attacking islamic state where the syrian jet was down near the iso held city of raka which is under siege by u.s. backed local troops and it's not the first time the u.s. led coalition has targeted pro assad forces in the war zone last month in southern syria the coalition also bombed pro-government forces several times after accusing them of violating so-called the conflict zones auntie's and it's now it takes a closer look at the latest round. the u.s. shoots down a syrian plane over syria in self-defense the only actions that we have taken against pro regime forces in syria and they've been to specific incidents have been in self-defense let's imagine a random guy comes into your house with a gun and shoots your dog and then he's like it was just self-defense

meetings with russian officials. and protests on the streets of moscow lead to scores being detained. thousands demonstrate against the alleged corruption in russia. the opposition leader alexei navalny is placed under house arrest. a year ago this week, 49 people were shot dead in the pulse nightclub, orlando. we will hear from the choir that is helping the community heal — through music. hello and welcome. i'm katty kay in washington, christian fraser is in london where the pound has fallen to a seven—month low against the euro and a new survey suggests business leaders are fast losing confidence in the state of the uk economy. theresa may — britain's prime minister, at least for the moment — has been meeting conservative party leaders and she had a lot of explaining to do. may apologised repeatedly for last week's election result. according to one mp who was in the meeting, "she said, i'm the person who got us into this mess. i'm going to get us out of it. i will serve she told them as long as you want me." we can speak to rob watson in westminster. i will serve y

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it can do. that was ben wright there speaking in moscow and several other russian cities thousands of demonstrators have taken to the streets to protest against corruption and against the oppressive policies of president putin. scores of people were arrested in moscow and in st petersburg, and the russian opposition leader, alexei navalny, who organised the protests, was also jailed for 30 days. our moscow correspondent, steve rosenberg, has the story. one mile from the kremlin, a public holiday turned into a public battle. russia day is supposed to be a national celebration. but riot police were sent in to clear anti—government protesters from moscow's main street. thousands had come to accuse is the russian leadership of corruption. "putin is a thief", they shouted. and "one, two, three, putin, it's time to leave." families accidentally caught up in the violence fled. police detained hundreds of protesters. the police have been telling the crowd that people don't have the right to protest here. that they don't have permission. the protesters have been saying they don't need per

joining us it's just turned one of the afternoon here in moscow for our other top story this morning as well this afternoon here is also starting in the u.k. there overnight a van drove into a crowd of pedestrians injuring several people in north london there are moscow overnight one person died at the scene police are treating the incident as a terror attack the suspects been arrested and charged with attempted murder. suddenly my way home i hear the big noise the crash noise when i turned back i saw the the van hit the people and when i ran to the place i saw a lot of people all florida the one that and the all that badly injured one of them and that we have a guy who was under the van was seriously injured which he took the whole load of the van. that the guy all he's got hit in his head because he was standing looking at the guy like this in the valley to hit him here that's what happened well let's take a closer look first of all bring them out see where this all unfolded to just after muslims are breaking fast for the holy month of ramadan seems this van drove into a crowd here at

spirit they talked about and they congratulated each other on that occasion but moscow's ultimate goal here is to deliver its natural gas to southern iraq and south eastern europe that's the extension that moscow is eyeing here but you know russia's attempts to build a gas pipeline and the black sea really these attempts have turned into a saga where remember before that there was the so-called south from here to bulgaria that got scrapped because of pressure from brussels then moscow came up with plan b. and that was the turkish stream but it really was in jeopardy and was holten for a while when ankara shot down that su twenty four russian fighter jet over syria then finally when relations were restored in twenty six doing. the project was back on track and i can tell you what right now it is finally enforced way i saw it with my old eyes on board pioneering spirit royalties it up and trying to bring us the latest on the project from. more and more breathtaking to take place in russia as it's hosting the fifo confederations cup portugal's coach fernando santos attended a trainin