the same time moscow was saying 40 million americans were "literally starving," while a select group of capitalist continued to get richer. moscow television celebrated the fourth of july last year by assuring viewers that "america is the quintessence of an unjust capitalist system that keeps millions of families living below the official poverty line." the unemployed are described as being deprived of the right to work, while moscow television shows film of locked factory gates and people being evicted from their homes. the message and all that is the capitalist system in america is unfair and is, in fact, a failure at providing for basic human needs or maintaining continued national growth. this broadly distorted statement is aimed at convincing the soviet people that soviet communism works much better by providing economic security for them. the u.s. economy, as described by the soviet media, is being driven by rating militarism. defense spending is reported to be the cause of unemployment in civilian industries, and also because of the huge federal deficit. the soviet defense min

arabia's king solomon is in moscow the first visit by a saudi monarch to russia. they french president offers to help mediate between iraq's government and kurds wanting to break away plus. the meticulously planned on the worst domestic affairs in united states history police say the las vegas gun. and was disturbed and dangerous and spent two years building up a stockpile of weapons. iraqi government forces have recaptured the northern town of hawaii just from eisel it was one of just two remaining pockets of territory held by eisel and iraq the army campaign to regain control was announced two weeks ago iraqi prime minister made the victory announcement in paris where he's discussing kurdish secession efforts with the french president. is offering to help mediate its tension increases between the iraqi government leaders in baghdad and kurdish representatives iraqi kurds voted overwhelmingly in favor of secession from iraq last week despite warnings from baghdad as well as neighboring iran and turkey charles strafford has more from nearby into this. this is a peshmerga defensive posi

know obviously. absolute. in the news this morning the king of saudi arabia has landed here in moscow on a story trip it's the first time the kingdom sitting monika's made an official visit to russia a move seen by many as an unexpected shift in rehabs foreign policy. with the russian president vladimir putin with huge oil deals at stake and if a trying to report deals with the biggest and richest gulf monarchies always mean big numbers on paychecks and king solomon of saudi arabia is in moscow to do just that for these contract signatures but it is no secret that when it comes to international politics russia and saudi arabia aren't exactly friends but that only adds spice to the story because when it comes to the economic partnership high ranking officials on both sides have been teasing the journalists with these big numbers multibillion dollar contracts are expected to be announced including three billion dollars worth of arms purchases by saudi arabia plus one billion dollars of extra cash for the joint and energy fund to riyadh is also going to invest and gas production in russi

king solomon set to arrive in moscow for talks with president putin. welcome to news headlines here at r.t. internationally moscow i think. excessive use of force during the council on referendum has been criticized as a session of the european parliament and the peace have called for dialogue between the spanish government and regional authorities despite catalan leaders promising to declare independence by next week and has been following events in barcelona at the parliament's discussion today we have been hearing voices saying that people need to stick to the law aka of course this is a job at cards lonia the european parliamentarians do believe that they need to adhere to the spanish constitution there are no surprises there they have been talking about how going against the law is not a good idea and dialogue is needed with madrid now this is all great but when it comes to the reality we do of course now see. really occur a critical situation between madrid and barcelona with no really signs in sight that they're going to be able to agree on anything given the vigorous mess with

. over the moon. ten am near moscow not in the morning than in spain and that's where we're heading first this thursday here on out safely what's up going there in catalonia following those strikes against the spanish government that attracted over half a million people in catalonia now and see independence activists have gathered in barcelona it's all of course after last weekend's controversial referendum that saw violence break out across the region and this is a chicken has been following events for us the latest overnight in barcelona then you can see. gathered there. and independent thanks that was and really are symbolic since he was here was you can see the street here he was people are quite fascinated about keeping steam inside the have been speaking out against the independence they've been talking about how they want the rule of law to prevail how there. was a way that we've been conducting was interested in your answer the crowds out of course that marginally criticized on a day of the referendum was overheard. here now just to say i was running things right which oxyco

they've captured last on klav in the noble. making history saudi arabia's king solomon as a moscow the first visit by a saudi monarch to russia. again and moves in the u.s. to ban devices that turn guns into rapid fire weapons and the way the los vegas massacre. and i'm far is small be here with all the day's sport including details on the rasta brazil's olympic committee president carlos newsman on charges of corruption. iraq's prime minister says his military has retaken from eisel iraqi military vehicles rolling into the northern town of the campaign to recapture her wish it was announced two weeks ago it is. main town and one for the last two iraqi enclaves still held by isis fighters well i don't know how to how do you we have liberated how we judge them and in this regard we have only the borderline with syria to go so we have beaten terrorism and our armed forces despite all difficulties have achieved big progress fighting terrorism in iraq. charles traffic has more now from nearby davis this is a peshmerga defensive position we understand according to the peshmerga fighters tha

the middle east together with billion dollars. in focus. saudi arabia arrives in moscow for a historic visit. from moscow. thanks for joining us today and welcome to the program. excessive use of force during the referendum has been criticised that a session of the european parliament i mean peace have been calling for between the spanish government and regional authorities that's the spite promising to declare independence as early as next week and has been following events in barcelona. at the european parliament discussion today we have been hearing voices saying that people need to stick to the law aka of course this is a job that catalonia the european parliamentarians do believe that they need to adhere to the spanish constitution there are no surprises there they've been talking about how going against the law is not a good idea and dialogue is needed with madrid now this is all great but when it comes to the reality we do of course now see really across a critical situation between madrid and barcelona with no really signs inside that they're going to be able to agree

russia he has called multiple businesses. under moscow's meddling in the u.s. election take a look at it in the south to. q. studios here in moscow kevin always with you with this live updates at eight am here now this wednesday morning first focusing still on catalonia such big news from there now catalonia as leader has vowed to declare the regions independence from spain in the coming days on wednesday the local parliament set to announce the exact date for his declaration i later today meantime catalans have been on strike over madrid crackdown to try to prevent the referendum vote in the first place. has been following events in barcelona but some rambling here in cuts lonia can usually be described as one of the biggest crises spain has certainly in a generation some of that could possibly lead solicitously to not just this country but also exemplary around you. so what's been happening here is right. now for us all day alexander strike and kept coming out where we know that somehow we know you and powerful men organize the people to come out onto the streets and strike lots of

free markets going to crash and number two bond markets going to crash. three pm here in moscow coming up this hour then the independent pressure catalans launch a petition as they fear the region's officials will declare independence from spain after last sunday's referendum ninety percent of those who say yes had to see that at least sixteen years since the u.s. sent to death. we look at what's been achieved and what's been lost in america's longest war. and wiki leaks founder julian assange has a twist on western journalism as he mocks the recent coverage of the so-called brush and the compassionate ledged interference in america. this is out international with me kevin owing me this hour from moscow thanks for watching first time we go to spain on the latest from there as the standoff between madrid and barcelona deepens following last week's independence referendum the latest protest in catalonia has been calling for a dialogue with the spanish government. and the reports from. this entire square in front of the cattle our leaders headquarters is packed with thousands of pe

protesters have defied a ban on rallies in central moscow to stage a demonstration against the president's allies of the opposition activists alexina valmy weight and health placards calling on a lot of if you tune to retire those processes be mimicked in cities across the country including some pieces or challenge his life in moscow for us now and how is the day played out so far. well i think there are a couple of notable things about saturday's protests across russia i think about eighty cities in the country we're seeing demonstrations of some variety or another today the first thing that i noticed out on the streets of moscow was the numbers were significantly down on previous demonstrations this year there was one in the summer and another one in the spring which pulled in many thousands this demonstration in moscow i would say maybe seven hundred to a thousand people maximum. the other thing that we noticed on the streets of moscow was a much lighter police touch in previous demonstrations there have been huge numbers of arrests with people being bundled into police vans

of the fifth of october live from moscow kevin all when we do this and our focus again this morning on spain and what's happening there a lot more to tell you about. well let's get on with it then following those massive strikes against the spanish let's continue government that's attracted over half a million people in catalonia now anti independence activists have gathered in barcelona demonstrators in the catalan capital are pushing for the break where region to stay is a part of spain but so all of course after last weekend's controversial referendum which saw violence break out across the region and this is a church committee has been following events for us in barcelona and you can see. the other was there. the yes and incident right thanks that was and really are symbolic of. me was you know you can see the street here was people are quite fascinated about keeping steam in scouts have been speaking out against the independence they've been talking about how they want the rule of law to prevail how there. was no way that the team was interested in your answer the crackdown of

oswald and moscow. british filmmaker is have revived attempts to find any trace of russia or interfering in the outcome of last year's brecht referendum we can get more details now from our correspondent. is this a bit strange because what exactly could they be looking for given that this vote was well over a year ago. well andrew really nothing new here we've seen this before this anti russia hype continues and this witch hunt now spreading its wings across the u.k. following the very brave but few trial example of this having already happened in the u.s. following unfavorable outcomes of an election result we here in london we have seen the committee the digital cultural media and sports select committee in the house of commons sent a letter to facebook c.e.o. mark zuckerberg asking him to provide all sorts of details when it comes to facebook ads and russia linked account accounts in connection to not just the breaths that referendum but also the last general elections in the u.k. so this is seen as part of a bigger inquiry they're conducting into fake news looking into fo

morning right here in moscow this sunday october the fifteenth my names you know me well come to our international our top story syrian government troops have liberated the eastern city of maya deen from islamic state and is according to the russian defense ministry the significance. my dean is one of the last remaining isolate strongholds so the liberation of the city is likely to come as a major blow to this terrorist group fighting a military source the sun the news agency has with the soldiers and now driving the remaining jarvis out of the city for what is underway on removing land mines and booby traps left behind by the militants fighting lies in the province situated just south of the provincial capital and this area has witnessed some of the fiercest fighting between islamic state and syrian forces as government troops battle to push the islamists out syrian army troops successfully reached the outskirts of al my earlier this month effectively trapping isis in the city and of course russian forces have been actively supporting syrian troops to with the russian naval task for

which is low on cash and decided to create its own digital money but moscow is not happy. also coming up the digital athletes the ethics and business behind implanting microchips into runners and football players to fight doping. this is d.w. business i'm gal first welcome we start with breaking news in the past few minutes german l. and loved ones are has reached a deal to buy a part of bankrupt competitor that's according to the news agency a.f.p. while we'll get the exact details of the deal later earlier today left out there was reportedly set to buy in more than half of the bankrupt carrier up for grabs. landing rights for routes around the world it is unclear who they're going to at this point but loved ones could most likely get them moved to other will also likely take over eighty one of aircraft the rest of the world reportedly earmarked for britain's easy jet but that deal is now in dollars evelyn technically allen's flight maintenance operation is said to be going to a billion base logistics company and loved ones are reportedly prepared to take over about thirty thr

this tuesday october the twenty fourth in moscow this is r.t. international i mean o'neill hello and welcome we begin with breaking news on the channel russia blocked a u.n. resolution to extend a probe into the use of chemical weapons in syria moscow is waiting for a new joint report from un investigators a chemical weapons watchdog. thursday you can extend the mandate at the gym a few days before the publication of the report on the twenty sixth but even though there is no urgent need for it the gym will be operating until seventy november and no nothing prevents adopting a decision. before that date so why to d. what is the haste this isn't don't don't you think it's strange. ok following proceedings for us in new york is ortiz. good to have you on the program just bring us up to be able what we know about this so far. while the resolution would have extended the mandate of the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons to investigate the situation in syria now that mandate for their investigation was scheduled to expire on november seventeenth now the russian ambass

obviously. absolutely. the king of saudi arabia has landed here in moscow and historic trip it's the first time the kingdom sitting moment has made an official visit to russia the move seen by many as an unexpected shift in foreign policy can someone will meet with the russian president vladimir putin with huge oil and deals at stake then let's say we also had a little frank is with me now live from most central moscow as part of a suspect has been a lavish affair coming up tell us more. hi again well of course deals with the biggest and the richest gulf kingdom always mean big numbers on paychecks and the saudi king is of course here in moscow to do just that to sign these deals but on the other hand there is no secret that when it comes to the geopolitical international scene russia and saudi arabia aren't exactly friends but this only adds spice to the story for when it comes to the economic partnership the high ranking officials on both sides have been teasing journalists with the big numbers that i was telling you about and it has been estimated that the two countries are going

here in moscow a republican congressman says there is a way to prove that russia did not meddle in the u.s. presidential elections and the man with the evidence is supposedly none other than julian a son of a senator. says he met. a deal a presidential pardon in exchange for the evidence the problem is the senator says that he can't meet with in fact according to he's being blocked from meeting with the president. it's an undercutting of democracy when the guy who is elected his staffers take it upon themselves to make the decision rather than let the actual president make the decision when asked about a possible deal with assad president donald trump told reporters he hadn't heard anything about it now julian assange is the founder of wiki leaks the website that's been responsible for releasing tons of information much of it very embarrassing for the u.s. government has been hiding from extradition in the ecuadorian embassy in the u.k. for the last five years now a white house official confirmed that wore a boxer talked to white house chief of staff john kelly about his plan howev

needs him to discuss the deal. these are the headlines for mounting international live from moscow i'm kate partridge thank you for watching. thousands of people are out in barcelona protesting against the police brutality witnessed during catalonia independence vote on sunday these are the latest pictures from the council on capital a general strike and rallies are now being held all across the spanish region artie's medina question of our reports from barcelona. thank that's really the ground that's what you want the street bought a lot of people out of people that have gathered. here in the arc of this they see this tuesday afternoon to protest against the law and that we saw on the streets against the police group than saying ordinary citizens of pots of money of their own bolting we see here different kinds of people now not only sudanese or young people who came here are holding flags up in the ground in catalonia we see here families with small children we see elderly people here now sometimes the crowd starts to shout slogans. it was. it and there are asking they're shoutin

) >> narrator: the story begins on new year's eve 1999. in moscow, the future of russia was about to change. with his country in turmoil, president boris yeltsin had an announcement to make. >> president yeltsin rose on immense popularity, his sense of love and admiration, was progressively losing that. >> narrator: across russia they tuned in. >> (translated): i have made a decision. i've been thinking about it painfully for a long time. today, at the last day of the departing century, i am resigning. >> i watched it on december 31. i remember i was crying my eyes out. he just said, "forgive me for what i haven't managed to achieve." >> (translated): i want to ask your forgiveness, for many of our dreams have not come true. (yeltsin speaking russian) and for the things that seemed easy, but turned out to be excruciatingly difficult. >> he gave this absolutely heartbreaking speech. he said that he wished that he had done a better job by the russian people. and he said, "i'm tired, and i'm leaving." it was... it was impossible not to cry. >> narrator: yeltsin's final act as president:

clinton, was being paid double his speaking fees for a speech in moscow? did she know bill asked for permission while in moscow to meet with russian nuclear officials? did she know eventually bill met with putin during the trip and advocated? he advocated that the uranium one deal be done and also was paid by a bank that had a financial interest in uranium one. how could both of them, obama and clinton, everything -- ever -- it's a good idea to give

of medical help kills a five year old girl. broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is our two international i'm john thomas glad to have you with us. and the crisis in catalonia has taken another dramatic turn after the spanish government said on saturday it would impose direct rule on the region that triggered a wave of protest with almost half a million people turning out onto the streets of barcelona local officials branded madrid's a decision as an attack on freedom and a cool as part of the initiative the cattle on leadership will be removed from office but we don't know if this measure we going to implement has a lot to do with the goal of holding an election in catalonia the region will have to hold an election within six months the mind tension is to hold it as soon as we recover a lot of us but you know what about the spanish government has the worst attack against scotland institutions and residents of the military dictator francisco franco. because he then. integrated it was sponsible act. obama and baseband nonsense had to talk to a coup d'etat to last a

monitors turkey pulse from moscow hala felgenhauer a defense analyst and columnist with nowhere to setter and via skype from at it so as late joshua landis the sandra mackey chair and professor at the department of international and area studies at the university of oklahoma welcome to you all mr goodchild what's at stake for turkey here. first let me say this to a fact first one this is not a surprising military more meaning to it we have been waiting for this for almost a mile amount and second this is not an turkey is unilateral decision sort of for a negotiated outcome at the moment to we are discussing. process so right now their own kind of strategic thinking is extremely important first of all separation of daws a radical element simon the bad guys from dawes a moderate simon a good guy says this is their first objective has been trying to achieve according with the you know those with this i stand out talk and also a second one is i think extremely important ankara has been trying to rise or they . affiliated to i.p.g. of forces currently are controlling our friend count on

moscow and talk to people because they'd be really confused but over time i've learned proper russian. spends a lot of time on the road. it takes at least two hours to drive from the regional capital vote on ish. the road winds past fields and she adds this is a knievel country dewar's company is by far the largest milk producer in the region . the city of voto nash has a population of one million and is the industrial economic and cultural center of southwest russia. has an appointment with the deputy governor viktor logging off to discuss the subsidies for two thousand and seventeen. the two men no one trust each other. how much money can do or expect this year this is almost like a state visit. i mean if you want to make of you can. get in with. the students and before the so. a lot of people asked why russia should subsidize agriculture we could import dutch cheese and canadian wheat and sell them our petroleum but those people have stopped complaining it's clear that russia needs to be self-sufficient when it comes to food production. not mean subsidies. and that's good f

trained on a d.i.y. store that's called far in the northwest of moscow bigelf can cover in about three thousand square meters of that property hundreds were evacuated a helicopter has been sent there look take a closer look at that will keep her pictures almost see what happens throughout the course of the next hour or so next so the still no evidence of collusion between donald trump's election campaign and russia it was big news in the week it came out from the u.s. senate intelligence committee on wednesday they briefed the public on the ongoing probe looking into moscow's alleged meddling in last year's presidential election. the issue of collusion is still open. that we continue to investigate both intelligence and witnesses as it relates to the steel dossier. unfortunately the committee has hit a wall we can certify. that no vote totals were affected they did not in any way shape or form that we've been able to find alter that channels also be no washington's reda our editor in chief says the network is now facing unprecedented pressure in the united states with both stuff and co

how on. earth. are. coke or moscow breaking news this hour a russian strike he has taken out twelve high profile c'mon this is from the terror group in syria it is mainly to party in a critical condition to come out. also head to the big news council only on the breakaway region saying it's going to declare its independence from spain in a matter of days as over half a million going on strike against the spanish government. and the king of saudi arabia makes his first ever official visit to russia whether they want to set. syria including a putin. ally rather watch around the world for good morning for me to that breaking news that coming through from moscow this morning a terror group leader abu mohamed el giuliani's been gravely injured we're hearing a russian air strike in syria russia's defense ministry saying it's fighter jet successfully targeted an al newsroom meeting at the same time killing twelve commandos. more from syria. or an. area of the reticence of people. at least in military history here. on russian. eat that you let your milk. for an hour thank you. by trying. to

. and german president trungpa steinmeier is in moscow as the russian government progress to return a cathedral to the evangelical lutheran church we have a report from our correspondent there. other unwelcome i'm a thought she. the trial has started for a german human rights activist arrested in istanbul in july british jordan is one of eleven germans currently imprisoned in turkey balances he's been wrongfully detained and has been strongly campaigning for israelis he was arrested while at a workshop on digital security for other human rights activists in istanbul he's being tried along with members of amnesty international including the director of amnesty international in turkey jordan a stands accused of links to armed terrorist groups and of having ties to the man allegedly behind last year's failed coup the islamic cleric for two law glynn if convicted stored the faces up to fifteen years in prison his trial is putting already strained relations between germany and turkey to the test the german foreign minister sigma garble has called the predator for a long prison sentence cal

international coming to you live from moscow i think. thousands of people are out in barcelona protesting against the police brutality he witnessed during catalonia independence vote on sunday these are the latest pictures from the capital on capital a general strike and rallies are now being held all across the breakaway region outies medina question about reports from barcelona. the the the this really was the dentist was he was treated by a lot as well they need people thousands of people that have gathered here and there weren't others they see this as he used the afternoon tea room staff again the violence that we saw on the streets against the police preventing ordinary citizens of pat's awami out from voting we see here different kinds of people now not only sudanese or young people who came here are holding flags of independent counsel line and we see here families with small children we see elderly people here now sometimes the crowd starts to shout slogans. was. it if and they are asking if they're shouting at national police forces to leave the region of france a line yet we're

head of state to russia and seventy s. present from my as and moscow has already taken part in a wreath laying ceremony at the memorial. includes a talk with russian president vladimir putin followed by a separate meeting with human rights activists the german president will also attend an event the handover of the st cathedral in moscow to the evangelical lutheran church of russia. an air of celebration at a normal sunday service the last one before this evangelical lutheran congregation in moscow officially gets its church back. lutherans are religious minority here in russia most in the community have german roots their ancestors came to russia centuries ago on the invitation of the czars who promised land and religious freedom but later the soviet government persecuted lutherans and seized church property including this cathedral the community led by archbishop paula has been using it again since the fall of the soviet union but so far it has remained russian government property. and that the courts here on a case like someone started living in your apartment and it's not you

better ties between berlin and moscow steinmeyer meets with president vladimir putin as part of his visit to russia i'll ask our correspondent there what kind of reception he received . as a pleasure to have you along on well iraq we want to start off in kenya where the supreme court has dismissed a last minute petition to delay thursday's highly controversial presidential election the chief justice says not enough judges turned up to hear the petition the announcement means that tomorrow's vote will go ahead as scheduled president kenyatta defended the decision to hold a poll saying every kenyan whether they decide to vote or not is protected by the country's constitution and opposition leader raila odinga urged his supporters to boycott the. election and called for a new vote within ninety days he also said his opposition movement will be transformed into a resistance movement against the government opposition supporters have been protesting in a number of cities around kenya where they've been calling for the vote to be postponed their state election is a rerun of polls nullified

of nationalism. the soviet union's heritage where does russia stand today and moscow's empire our series starting november fifth on g.w. . this is day w. is live from berlin bangladesh asks for the world's help us of a hinge a muslim exodus from me and my approach is a million refugees desperately need food medicine and shelter and u.n. donor conference raises more money for a book full short of its goal also on the program. britain's prime minister theresa may delivers an upbeat speech to parliament about the progress of threats and talks we'll take a look at one time in the u.k. but people can't wait to leave the european union. i'm phil gail welcome to the program. united nations says it is a textbook example of ethnic cleansing hundreds of thousands of rohingya muslims facing persecution and violence in may and more and fleeing to neighboring bangladesh every day more and more of them stream across the border of bangladesh says it needs urgent help to cope about six hundred thousand range of arrived in the country from me a moderately in state since august bringing the total n

ever get to experience outer space sounds really exciting tell us more. right now i am in moscow's museum of cosmonaut x. and it's a really really cool place i hope that shortly i'll be able to walk around and see a couple of the exhibitions here and what's happening is shortly the presentation of the first ever panoramic video shot in open space will begin and that video was of course shot by the crew of the international space station meaning that those of us here down on earth who have been dreaming since childhood of being an astronaut but were really too afraid to go forward can finally experience what it is like to go on an actual space walk and tonight's a event to commemorate the sixtieth anniversary of the launch of sputnik one that happened sixty years ago and that was the first artificial earth satellite and it was launched by the u.s.s.r. now this three sixty video program in general it was produced by r.t.r. channel in collaboration with the russian space agency ross cosmos and the leading spacecraft producer and so i really really cool project that they've been doing

union's heritage where does russia stand today and moscow's empire our series starting november fifth on d.w. . two events made. famous first president putin personally awarded him russian citizenship in two thousand and fourteen second after europe slapped sanctions on russia because of its annexation of crimea. personally advised putin to impose counter sanctions that put pharma door at the heart of international politics caught between two worlds right now things are a bit difficult between russia and germany i feel like the child of divorced parents you love your mom and dad but they're arguing and you don't know why you just want them to get along because you love them. it's mid february there's more snow than usual in the southwestern russian town of list ski in the province of border now. yes it's minus twenty degrees. district administrator victor shifts of his visiting stefan to a german born businessman who is one of russia's biggest dairy farmers. the view from the air shows how big the farm is. this helicopter belongs to one of doers friends a fellow businessman and a memb

say privatization was robbery the soviet union territory. and moscow's empires were syria and respect. the night is past and day approaches we were led by vladimir for the grace of faith and all those who receive baptism release themselves from the ancient d.m.s. they are godzilla. above the elect since christ in majesty the judge of the. hope of heavenly reward and fear of eternal damnation ever since prince vladimir was converted to over the christianity in kiev in the year nine eighty eight the russian tribes lived under the sign of the cross and they were certain of gold support. but at the start of the thirteenth century the russians were overtaken by disaster against which the cross did not protect them the invasion by the mongol hordes. one comical tells of a longing caught. many crows came flying like a big black cloud and the birds flew around as they've never done before. russians seem to have been overtaken by the apocalypse murder looting. the mongols took possession of the holy soil. why does the damp earth not give way why does it not open there was no daylight t

remaining in the hands of the armed groups also in the great moscow welcomes a sound the monarch for the first time. has begun his official visit to russia but why now specially when the two countries are on opposite sides of so many of the world's geopolitical back and in the unlikely location of malaysia syria has drawn with australia in their world cup qualifying match not the result that he wanted but it does mean serious ones improbable path to russia twenty eighteen. now why men in india are placing selfies of themselves. but you can also tweet me. with the new spirit live on air and streaming online through you tube facebook live and the red dot com and you know at first glance it looks like another small piece of the puzzle in iraq but cumulatively it's now means iraq is close to ridding itself of i saw the islamic state of iraq and the levant iraqi government forces have now recaptured the northern town of how we just it was one of just two remaining pockets of territory held by isis or in iraq and in what may be a sign of just how weaken the group is looking at the army operati

from moscow. the village of color you know though a couple hours drive from moscow it's home to just seven families who would have thought that this town poses a threat to the world's financial system that's what the russian government is accusing this mayor of doing. like everyone else i had no money bank loans were too expensive and the government didn't help either there just wasn't any money so we thought about it and said let's print our own way. and that's exactly what he did the mayor named the currency the colli own after his village of call the novo as soon as moscow caught wind of what was happening it banned the currency but that didn't stop the mayor he simply digitized the call the on creating a new crypto currency. now needs is a smart phone to make payments. russian central bank chief. is trying to regulate crypto currency is to stop wild speculation but other financial experts see the new payment systems as a great opportunity. countries have hit us with sanctions. and the sanctions we could get worse. that might not seem like currencies are a valid alternative to tra

serious efforts to target al nusra. and i do tara corporation in syria between moscow and washington was also touched upon by the russian president you have a report. lattimer putin says that working with the americans on taking out the terrorists in syria and also on the syrian peace process is very challenging but still promising and he still hopes to do a lot of things together among other things the russian president believes that there are issues he needs to worry about that are no less important than the difficulties between moscow and washington like the north korean crisis for example a lot of reporting reminded the audience that russia shares a border with north korea when it comes to more than a billion dollars in cooperation in the energy sector a lot of are approved is hoping to do all lot of things with saudi arabia here's what was said about that issue during the may plenary session of the russian energy week movie in this movie. we're looking into the future with confidence as far as saudi russian relations are concerned as well as russian relations with such countries as

, but was in dissolution when his boss had cut short his vacation, rushed to moscow to support the coup. he confessed in a letter what he did to gorbachev, and said i could no longer live with my fatherland. it is dying. everything i have worked for is destroyed and hanged himself. there is another one here but i will let you pick up. it seems like strong stuff. prof. taubman: it is not only strong stuff, it is very indicative of several important things. on the one hand, it shows how disillusioned within -- with him where people who had worked with him. he had plotted against him in this coup. another joined in the progress. they had been or seem to be hardliners and they were. now they were devastated with the way the whole thing came out. it is also indicative of how much he had trusted people like them who turned against him and betrayed him. which was a devastating for him. everything was devastating for him at the end. he was really, in some ways, isolated and alone, both his former supporters had abandoned him and these colleagues who had betrayed him now killed themselves.

this hour welcome to moscow and to r.t. international my names you know neal good to have your company. as the standoff between madrid to unbar solona deepens following last weekend's independence referendum the latest protest. has been focusing on dialogue with the spanish government artie's on the sea a church brings us more now from barcelona. this entire square in front of the catalan leader's headquarters is topped with thousands of people dressed in white who are here to call for dialogue they don't want any harsh decisions and steps to be taken let's take a listen to what people have been saying here the amount that. looks like the concentration of it's just right here we kind of just kind. of have to show you more and say we don't want to come for sure. people can talk who would want to speak about our program starting already been the case since from the spanish government that we want to do it. with the most pressing i mean that is one the result of tension in our society there are various opinions and catalonia many of us hell no voice we don't want cruelty we want p

police try to stop the voting catalonian our teams here in moscow and barcelona will be updating you on the situation on the ground and. see. peacekeeping way it was only about maintaining peace between states as an essentially symbolic value when you have militias when you have criminal groups. the symbol is not enough you need robust force. with your make its manufacture consent to public wealth. when the ruling classes protect themselves. with the final merry go round be the one percent. we can all middle the roots to. believe the real news is really. welcome back and let's get back to some other breaking news from canada now police in edmonton are treating the ramming down and stopping of a fellow officer as a terror incident the thirty year old driver has been apprehended and an i still flag was found in his vehicle a manhunt followed the running of the police officer and the driver was finally stopped in a truck after he knocked down at least four pedestrians and a high speed police chase through the center of the city no fatalities have so far been reported but the condition of t

just past midnight here in moscow my name is neil harvey and this is r.t. . almost half a million people packed onto the streets of barcelona denouncing the latest actions of madrid local officials branded the national governments moves as an attack on freedom and even a coup against catalonia a sentiment that was later record by the regional president earlier on saturday the spanish prime minister the senate to remove the main figures in the catalan government and to transfer their responsibilities to ministers. but you have to know that this measure we're going to implement has a lot to do with the goal of holding an election in catalonia the region will have to hold an election within six months but my intention is to hold it as soon as we recover all of this but one of our part of the spanish government has carried out the worst attack against scotland institutions and residence since the order of the military dictator francisco franco. the spanish government asked the senate to remove key figures from the capital and government and to transfer their responsibilities to minist

gauge the mood with our correspondent in moscow. a. pleasure to have you along on leyla iraq where we start off in kenya where the supreme court has dismissed a last minute petition to delay thursday's highly controversial presidential election the chief justice says not enough judge just turned up to hear the petition while the announcement means that tamar's vote will go ahead as scheduled opposition. leader while loading has urged his supporters to boycott the poll and has called for a new well lections within ninety days he also said his opposition movement would be transformed into a resistance movement against the government opposition supporters have been protesting in various cities around kenya where they've been calling for the vote to be postponed and just to remind you thursday's election is a rerun of polls nullified by the supreme court a month ago. and sadly since then dozens have been killed in election related violence catherine on one though joins me now from the kenyan capital of nairobi catherine the chief of the electoral commission says the vote is going ahead ho

and the country's alleged interference in america. from in the team here in moscow saturday morning a day here with your news this hour first off the castle on independence referendum marred by violence so the majority of those who cast their ballots vote yes to break away from spain and the regional government vowed to declare independence as early as next week but there are now fears from the pro independence camp that the officials might not go through with that promise so they lost a petition calling on the authorities in barcelona to stick with the succession plan now some political parties in catalonia have joined the calls for catalan president carlos put him on to speed up the declaration of independence however it's not that cut and dried there are also many voices who favor a less radical approach including some people in put it a man's own party the struggle for independence unites us but we need to make things right. we have to try not to loose or expel and one from the process. he's honest to say a check and has been following all the latest developments in barcelona re