moscow pictures racial problems as permeating american life. minor offense to get little attention from u.s. media are presented in the soviet union as typical. for example, in chicago, a hispanic union organizer was murdered in 1983. two years later, the only mention is a brief story on the inside page of the chicago tribune. that story was about a march held in his memory. but there recently devoted a three-part series to reviewing the case as an alleged case of big business keeping workers subjugated. another kind of soviet manipulation is the russian edition of the book "working." the u.s. version reports successes and failures in nearly 600 pages. the russian translation is about one third as long and emphasizes the failures and disappointments of working americans. the soviet media portrays the u.s. political system as an oligarchy ruled by the capitalists who control the impoverished masses. moscow radio said the american public has been lost by the demagoguery of those who have been bought by capital. according to moscow radio, american

goes for a fourth term in the kremlin next year laurie in moscow thank you. last minute campaigning is being held in liberia out of a presidential election to find is excessive to ellen johnson sirleaf who is standing down after two terms she says vote will be the third since the country's fourteen year civil war and its johnson sirleaf was africa's first female president when elected back in two thousand and five but as reports critics say her reforms have been too slow. mount coffee hydroelectricity project is already generating twenty two megawatts of electricity to the power grid. one of liberia's infrastructure success stories. the challenge now is to improve the distribution system to get the electricity to consumers. johnson is forced to use generators. to power his two food processing factories. it would be a lot better because one you know just because a lot cheaper also in terms of labor costs like when they were liberal it's more efficient if you have electricity. the government says it has invested in infrastructure but it could happen down the hi

with moscow with it with a few concerns trying to get russia to change its position on a few things perhaps iran i think is going to be top of that list. moscow has good relations with iran whereas saudi arabia ease it as a sort of an arch photo in the region then of course there's the g.c.c. crisis and perhaps king solomon is going to be putting his perspective on what's going on there russia has actually been fairly even handed so far and not really choosing sides between. saudi arabia and its allies on the one hand and cats are on the other and you mentioned syria too that's going to be high on the agenda talking about. the implementation of these the confliction zones with the escalation zones but let's not forget this is also a big delegation is not just the king there are there are business leaders who are coming as well and perhaps the russian media is getting more excited more more than about the politics with actually the idea or the prospects of saudi arabian cash being invested in russia or in infrastructure like the toll road system that sort of thing russia obviously ne

thank you for watching antti international live from moscow ok. madrid's excessive use of force during the council on a referendum has been criticized it's a session at the european parliament any piece have been calling for dialogue between the spanish government and regional chiefs despite catalan leaders promising to declare independence by next week and the stasi churkin a is following events in barcelona at the european 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 that crowd's lonia 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 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 which th

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 oxycodone was a a your ci

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 people dressed in white for here to call for dialogue they don't want any harsh

the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov speaking and in moscow after meeting. with a cell the foreign minister. sergey lavrov speaking of many things of the trade and trust between the two countries he also welcomed the establishment of what he called a russian selbie military cooperation council which he said will made shortly he also spoke of their interests and energy saying that they're not restricted to bilateral relations that opec plus is and what will we will bring you more on this meeting that's taking place in moscow and the rest of the day's news in the next bulletin coming up in just a couple of minutes. for the. journey to work. or. i prefer to live down. to the chance of life and limb on a dangerous journey. to derail a nearly died. for our children go to school and live because of a great risk to the democratic republic of congo at this time on al-jazeera until now the coverage of latin america and most of the world was about. we're taking you back to moscow now where as we're been saying the russian and foreign ministers have been missing let's

ambassador to russia he's got multiple business interests here and is also accused moscow of meddling in the u.s. election we look at it in more detail to this. morning on a wednesday morning the latest live update from art international with me kevin though in a more on that breaking news the terror group leader abu mohammed al to learn it's been gravely injured apparently in a russian air strike in syria russia's defense ministry says its fighter jet successfully targeted an al newsroom meeting goes on to say that it killed twelve commanders there including the terrorist group leaders closest adviser and those who's head of security so a lot of key figures seem to be of hit here as customer goes on the phone from syria for a bit more detail about the importance of this more of what else is known at this point and how crucial are these people that i just mentioned. what if confirmed rick's would be a huge deal. in syria the russians of the information ministry said it's going to be active on some off the nonstop on the attack on russian military put the thinking that the. problem was

and moscow doesn't respond. >> narrator: a soviet military officer told him, "moscow is silent." >> and this is a massive, massive trauma for him, that this massive historical event is happening. soviet influence is collapsing before his eyes. and he calls home. he radios home, and home isn't there. >> freedom and democracy are coming to parts of eastern europe and a rusty iron curtain is beginning to come down. (cheering and whistling) >> narrator: by the time putin returned to russia, the ussr was falling apart. even in front of the kgb headquarters, the statues were coming down. >> for many people, this was in a time of great excitement and enablement and experimentation with democracy, and vladimir putin missed this. >> narrator: the american president, george h.w. bush, declared it a triumph. >> this is a victory for democracy and freedom. it's a victory for the moral force of our values. >> narrator: but to putin, the end of the soviet union was a humiliation. >> the quote that he said once that really was so revealing, that the collapse of the soviet union was the greatest geopol

this is groundbreaking this is the first saudi monarchy to come as a monarchy to to moscow. it sends a lot of the signals the terms of where this relationship can go forward i just want to clarify what turd small school hurts saudi arabia and i think you can say that everybody's interest for this industry for the sector to stabilize for any solution to a lot of these conflicts specially on c.b.s. we need to sit together and try to resolve these matters now when you come to the kind of particulars there might be disagreements but these are this is essentially what negotiations are for and i do not think it is in anybody's interest to see more bloodshed to see more lives being lost in the region it is certainly not saudi arabia not what the saudi arabia once and i do believe it's also not what russia wants. all the latest time from us online r.t. don't come from now i'm kevin zero in saying thanks a lot should stay with us if you can. here's what people have been saying about rejected in the sixty's full on awesome the only show i go out of my way to was you know what it is th

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 streets closed off rout

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 called in com

moscow is concerned the u.s. is pushing the world towards another arm. in this race we get into the story right after this. here's what people have been saying about rejected in the senate it's pull along. the only show i go out of my way to find you know what it is that really packs a punch oh yeah it is the john oliver of r t america is doing the same we are apparently better than. the c. people you've never heard of love jack tonight. president of the world bank so take . me seriously send us an e-mail. you're back with the r t international moscow is concerned about the expansion of america's think missile systems saying it's pushing the world into a new arms race the russian defense ministry expressed its fears of a joint briefing with china at the united nations according to data compiled by moscow there are sixty u.s. country missiles in europe on iran one hundred fifty in the asia pacific the total number though is expected to grow to one follows and in the next five years. well part of russia's concern is over the so-called prompt global strike

fund to riyadh is also going to invest in gas production in russia moscow is going to build plants in saudi arabia and so on so is this the case of economic interests first politics second we'll see because i'm not sure that the leaders will be able to dodge that many issues where moscow and riyadh don't see eye to eye in international politics another issue that we have to watch out for when it comes to the context is of course the very close ties between saudi arabia and the u.s. remember donald trump chose saudi arabia as the first destination for his first foreign trip the president of russia vladimir putin was asked about all that last night but let's face it this major is always going to be the united states when it comes to political interests he said always will remain is there anything in the world that is so absolutely constant. well king solomon's visit to russia had a bit of a dodgy start because the golden clad escalator that he carries around the world suddenly stopped when the monarch was disembarking his plane but there was compensation for that moscow understandably o

ilya patrolling court t tracing the footsteps of lee harvey 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

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 ambassador he explained the move and he basically said that russia wants to look through the methods used by the opi c.w. which have sparked some concerns and if the report of the opi c.w.

we're watching our 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 f

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 that actually began las

moscow is concerned the u.s. is pushing the world towards another alms rice story is just ninety seconds away. so what you want to present. which. is what. three of the more people. understand. this. welcome back to the program moscow is concerned about the expansion of america's antiballistic missile systems saying it's pushing the world into a new all the russian defense ministry expressed its fears as a joint briefing with china at the united nations according to data compiled by moscow there are sixty u.s. counter missiles in europe and around one hundred fifty in the age of position pacific region the total number is expected to grow to a thousand in the next five years. a part of russia's concern is over the so-called problem to global strike system the russian defense ministry says the u.s. is closely working on the project adding it would not require nuclear weapons but would be just as destructive jacqueline explains. if you didn't think the world was scary enough this might just push you over the edge t

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 to saw and more than th

in moscow with your world news is this our first that catalan independence referendum marred by violence a week ago in the majority of those who cast their ballots voting yes to break away from spain and the regional government vowed to declare independence next week but now there are fears from some pro independence camp that officials might not go through with that promise after all so they've launched a petition calling on the authorities in barcelona to stick with the succession plan some political parties in catalonia have joined the calls for the castle president to speed up the declaration of independence however it's not that cut and dried because there are also many voices that favor a less radical approach including those in the president'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 anyone from the process. artie's honest to see a chicken has been covering the twists and turns in barcelona for us. really it seems like everybody here is holding their breath to see what will happen next because the fact

and mr land is just how much of turkey's interests and backing moscow this nation for syria right now you know stands from the rejection of the u.s. backed kurdish forces and syria who of course turkey season is an extension you know of the kurds that they're fighting in their country well it's very important and that's why turkey has lived away from the united states and towards russia because. the united states by choosing to enter in on the side of the kurds and called bonnie two years ago and then push it with the kurds down towards isis territory has of course strength that serious kurds and moved them just as american support for iraq's kurds get towards independence of some broad degree of autonomy and the kurds of northern syria are expected to come out of this civil war with a broad degree of autonomy if not independence and that of course has driven turkey into the arms of russia and caused them to look for a way to move together in provinces like italy or. so that they can work together with the kurds and keep the kurds firmly inside syria's orbit and we have we will see ho

found one not far from moscow. the village of call the noble 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 noble 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 c

he arrives in moscow at two in the morning. moscow one of the world's largest cities it has a metro population of seventy million. a statue of lenin still towers over the trade fair site a rare reminder of the soviet era agro farm is the most important even of its kind in russia it's both a trade fair and a political platform. a deputy prime minister is here the dairy farmers want to know what's going to happen to their subsidies and they're concerned about the tense relations between russia and europe the people here know and trust stefan duerr he's one of the most powerful people in the russian dairy industry and a putin supporter. russia can certainly use the milk his company produces and the ties he has to the west. to. meet a summit of the world is like coming increasingly global so is our economy. we're growing more interdependent. and that's why it's important for us to have people like stefan dear. ours that they're working hard or share he's great for russia and for our economy. and he's also a sort of diplomat or at t

back with more headlines at what is at ten pm moscow time see that. america has a call it's called puerto rico and they are charging for stuff and now that there's a disaster there live to rot and it's a failure of capitalism it's a failure of politics in washington it's a failure that we saw coming for decades and it's a failure coming to the shores of america. welcome to a going underground special on the day the british prime minister to raise a may address is tory party faithful in manchester she's also preparing to send troops more troops for the longest war in american history the war in afghanistan which is why we caught up with the former president of afghanistan hamid karzai at the central london undisclosed location. been an atrocity in less vegas' the making the headlines around the world it was the. beginning of the thirty five thousand dead or wounded by shootings in the united states. military deaths or injuries in afghanistan but immediately after reports came up people suspected isis symptomatic of the field of extremism is no borders

twenty minutes past the hour 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 k

time with the famous moscow landmark. i was thrilled to have that invitation but i said could i bring my granddaughter also yes it's so. intergenerational possibilities we've got here. since new year's eve through the jews. back in about thirty six minutes with a full. national stay with us. our culture is awash in lives dominated by streams of never ending electronic hallucinations that. fiction until they are indistinguishable becomes the most. society politics as a species of endless and needless political politicians and celebrities are to ruling parties are in reality one part of corporate and those who attempt. this. universal to be just signed to push through the cruelty and exploitation would be a little more force so far to the margins of society including by a public broadcasting system that has sold its soul for corporate money that we might as well be squeaky against an apple. we must. the mission of newsworthy is to go to the people tell their side of the story our stories are well sourced we don't hide anyth

indeed interesting times daniel holkins in central moscow thank you very much. well we'll be back with the latest headlines at the top of the hour in the meantime for more news. in the us a child can choose a school. with a retired officers as teachers we don't. recruit will says to if the cadet is interested in go on in the military but we don't recruit ourselves and see. the pentagon is funding a program to boost interest in the military among teenagers. to step up to an apollo so that comfortable with yourself. things you can't go wrong with the military it's a great stepping stone for whatever career you want to do but some veterans are willing to tell enthusiastic children a little more they ask me call of duty is a very popular first year video game. it's play and that's because the military like call of duty to turn off call of duty oh yeah well you can't turn off your lot of these kids just don't hear. the darker side does the pentagon.

meyer is in russia on a mission to improve bilateral ties to 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 th

hugh flew back to moscow. and for some reason, probably because the coup plotters turned out to be the keystone cops, they failed to arrest him. my theory is that they hoped to get him to join them against gorbachev. but he refused. he instead went to the white house, as it was called. the seat of the russian government. at this point, russia was still part of the soviet union. he mobilized resistance. he forded the coup. the fact that they thought he might be a willing participant goes to show how angry and hostile gorbachev he was to -- he was to gorbachev at that time. he was one of the 15 republics of the soviet union. by that time, the baltics were breaking away and others were breaking away, too. host: back to the coup. how did they do it? how many people were involved? how many people -- security did mr. gorbachev have and pain that picture more. prof. taubman: this delegation from moscow, which included the chief of the armed forces, gorbachev's chief of staff and others arrived at his. check. by the t

the soviet union's heritage where does russia stand today and moscow's in our series starting november fifth on g.w. . this is you know we newsline from berlin on a knife's edge can use brace themselves ahead of the disputed presidential election re what opposition leader raila odinga calling on supporters to boycott the vote opposition backers protesting after the supreme court threw out a petition to delay the poll where in kenya with the latest also coming up. a german human rights organizer goes on trial in turkey his case another flashpoint in an already strained relations between berlin and caracas. and the german president's hung kalter steinmeier says he wants better ties between berlin and moscow steinmeyer meets with president blatter me if you'd asked part of his visit to russia will ask a correspondent what kind of reception he received. thanks so much for your accompany apologies we're having some technical video we're challenges that we hope to resolve i'm layla iraq thank you for being with us we want to start off in kenya where the supreme court dismissed. a last minute

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 to be seen

correspondent and we show in joins us from moscow welcome and emily let's start with the condition of the tonya falcon gala what do we know. well we know that she's undergone an operation now and in a moscow hospital and that she's been placed on an artificial respirator and in an induced coma so doctors say that her condition is rather serious and that's that's all we know at the moment what is the latest what is known about her attacker. well police say that he's a foreign citizen though it's not clear where he's from at the moment that's not been confirmed some sources say he's israeli there's a video of his interrogation that was shown on state t.v. where he's speaking in russian and he says that he has a telepathic connection to touch on a fellow can go hour and that she's been somehow sexually harassing him since two thousand and twelve via this telepathic connection so it's all rather strange and sources say that he may of course have psychological issues but there's another interesting detail there because the editor in chief of. the says that he also had a hand drawn map of t

and mr landis just how much of turkey's interests and backing moscow its mission for syria right now you know stems from the rejection of the u.s. backed kurdish forces in syria who of course turkey season is an extension you know of the kurds that they're fighting in their country well it's very important and that's why turkey has lived away from the united states and towards russia because . the united states by choosing to enter in on the side of the kurds and co bonny two years ago and then push it with the kurds down towards isis territory has of course thanked serious kurds and moved them just as american support for iraq's kurds get towards independence of some broad degree of autonomy and the kurds of northern syria are expected to come out of this civil war with a broad degree of autonomy if not independence and that of course has driven turkey into the arms of russia and caused them to look for a way to move together in provinces like diddler. so that they can work together with the kurds and keep the kurds firmly inside syria's orbit and we have we will see how to get ther

saudi arabia has been on a weapons shopping spree of sorts we look at the deals with both moscow and washington after the break. that's. what politicians do do something to. put themselves on the line. to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president. or some want to. have to go right to be prosperous what will before three of them or ten people that i'm interested in the waters of our. first city. welcome back the u.s. government approved the possible fifteen billion dollars sale of its anti missile defense system to saudi arabia the deal could go ahead in just thirty days time unless it's rejected in the u.s. congress that deliveries expected to include launches missiles mobile control stations and radio washington says it will help support in the face of regional threats the sale was announced just a day after saudi arabia reportedly decided to purchase a russian as four hundred defense system that deal was allegedly discussed during the saudi king's first official visit to moscow this week where he met president putin however any agree on that has yet to be officiall

you're shooting in from right around the globe 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 m

on the table as king solomon of saudi arabia meets president clinton on his first official visit to moscow possibly signaling a wider shift in saudi foreign policy. oh . this is our to international broadcasting live from the russian capital i'm jack lugar thank you for joining me this hour first r.t.s. facing unprecedented pressure in the united states with authorities there intimidating not only employees but even those cooperating with the network this was revealed by our editor in chief margarita simonyan speaking at a parliamentary committee he hearing door you don't know remained till recently new active measures except those targeting our reputation has been taken against us in the u.s. specifically new arounds have we ever experienced the kind of pressure that we experienced today in the u.s. to the point eventually being forced out of the country. joins me live in the studio now on tell us what kind of pressure has our channel faced in the united states ever since the first allegations of fresh interference in the us elections emerged emerged last year this channel has found itsel

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 yours anymore so they let you turn up but t

tracing the footsteps of lee harvey oswald and moscow. spanish leaders are about to start two days of deliberations on whether to seize control direct control of the catalonia region of spain the state of flux that of course since the controversial independence referendum on october the first catalans policy. it is threatening to push ahead with secession madrid's been piling on political pressure of a sense over it whatever the choice is proving divisive for catalonia as local police force i shall do bensky explained. was a review of the review was i was right was when the national guard deployed by which we see that some lady had friends down already rented the boat is the local police the more so since squadron refused to say for now is the spanish said it is said to was one fifty five suspending the region was most is isabel to come and that the tree was they say it's the worst was. we see the implementation of article one five five as the list desired scenario we call for all opportunities for dialogue to be used prior to the adoptio

our moscow correspondent, sarah rainsford, reports. to his own country, kim philby is a traitor, but in russia this new exhibition hailed him as a hero. his life story as a soviet spy is on display here, along with a glimpse of his home life. his widow was at the opening, greeted by the head of russia's external intelligence agency. it is the successor to the kgb that kim philby served for three decades. translation: kim philby is a legendary man, an outstanding spy. a man who did much for the victory over fascism in the second world war and contributed to the fight for peace, justice and freedom. and this is what philby is honoured for here, handing over a huge number of classified documents from british and american intelligence. some, including one describing an attack on hitler's life, are revealed here for the first time. it is over half a century since he was exposed and escaped to moscow. if there was a third man, were you in fact the third man? no, i was not. even longer since this virtuoso performance where the committed commu

broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is r.t. international and john thomas glad to have you with us now 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 protests with almost half a million people turning out onto the streets of barcelona local officials have branded madrid's decision as an attack on freedom and a coup as a part of the initiative the catalan leadership will be removed from office but you have to know that 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 all. but you know. the spanish government has carried out the worst attack against scotland institutions and residents since the orders of the military dictator francisco franco. to be integrated it was sponsible act across all bond raised by announced an ad to talk to a coup d'etat to