everybody was close. to all of the world's oil giants russia. joined forces to explore the potential energy treasury of the arctic sea bed the companies have a long standing business ties and stocks was worth billions of dollars. as government workers enjoy lavish mansions and gourmet restaurants in washington d.c. it's the point that say that's bearing the brunt of the recession at the peak of the crisis of federal workers received a pay rise of double the national average. schoolchildren in india and around the kashmir are swamping the traditional winter break in defiance of separatist violence that playing catch up after canopies forced the schools to close in the summer. was the production deal paul says its second of three readings in the russian parliament we discussed its future with the head of the state demas foreign affairs committee. that's next here on on spotlight.

its territory in two thousand and fifteen when russia find that it got involved in fighting the terrorists in syria so where did all the money go you know so much money to buy and reform in iraq so many people killed and they didn't want to again get it out because diem of bob it brings up an excellent point here we there are reports that iran is moving certain types of missiles with the permission into iraq with the permission of the iraqi government obviously but you know if we could tie that into the policy that is being announced. indirectly through the washington post is that we are still learning curve would not be you know if the whole point of going into iraq was to

climate they had the u.s. russia relations were deteriorating new sanctions were coming in because of the script case what about this year would you say it's more welcoming or has it gotten worse. coming every year. because it already does enter a level with our business as those who are standing behind organizers of the 4 is to ensure our counterparts that the climate here for investments for economic cooperation is favorable and comfortable and we were doing business. some of the countries. they unfortunately they choose the way of. trying to show the opposite picture i would say it's some some signs of unfair competition from there and. but it doesn't mean that this in this forum is tense well yes i was of the participants they would say that it's quite a golden opportunity for them to establish contacts to continue the dialogue these

words say no. ok we want to help you know russia welcome twenty twelve a with a bang last night being the world's biggest country it celebrated new year nine times as you can see them out there thanks to his nine all kick started off in the far east so then they swept through rushes to rest of russia's west of most point the baltic city of kaliningrad finishing off with some great fireworks there while hundreds also gathered in moscow's red square of course to toast in the new year's great show from moscow the whole rest the world was treated a massive aberration for the globe as well that was the scene in new york's times square for the ceremonial ball dropping at midnight a stray beautiful fireworks it was the conic site from there about the first of course to open its doors to the new year with glittering fireworks over sydney harbor great fireworks in asia to picking up about the spectacular show is held across the region and dubai also putting on a spectacle hundreds gathering the world's tallest building to watch the amazing illumination there are a super show london the if you

russia and france and when they were basically there's no way to take on denmark you're right two thousand and four champions greystones and also the republic of ireland second to russia in the group face to face macedonia. to be honest now we're going to start off struck in the fourteenth minute of overtime as atlanta called off another stunning when looking at if to taking two male lead in the best of seven series in the playoffs and finals besides the title to all the ugliness that period as the host battle to put serious level office tommy to a surprise six one loss in the first game spots for the home crowd but this time it was a missile strike that suckled the game an extra period is the vista strong advantage this is now moved across the region for the next two games all in the east side that you live have the upper hand in their eastern conference final against

philippines while we were fighting terrorists are we and we owe it to russia to also come and show our friendship where there are world issues are not being discussed our bilateral relationship is strong and you wanted to be stronger now let's discuss your relationship with the united states first because obviously it has a much longer history and then your relationship with russia i heard you compare your relationship with washington to that of a family with a kid who came of age and wants to try and he's or her own path which means meeting with people that the parents do not necessarily approve of and do you yourself come from a very well placed family i'm sure you on earth your current requests above everybody else's is that how the philippines relates to the united states the well my father a filipino from the smallest town in metro manila and my mother is an american and my mother and my father loves my mother very much but the least said that the

the week's main stories from our team there was no clues in between donald trump and russia as the report finally publishes its conclusions. it's nine o'clock here in moscow and you're watching the weekly on international with me in india today welcome to the program from winning viewers to winning a voters exit polls in ukraine suggest a political newcomer known only for playing

main stories. there was no collusion between donald trump and russia as the report finally publishes its conclusions. i want you know we can hear a lot international with me. it's our highlights from the last seven days and all the latest up to date stories welcome to the program from winning a view is to winning voters exit polls in ukraine suggest a political newcomer known only for playing a president in a t.v.

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there was no clues in between donald trump and russia as the report finally publishes its conclusions. it's nine o'clock here in moscow and you're watching the weekly on international with me in india today welcome to the program from winning viewers to winning a voters exit polls in ukraine suggest a political newcomer known only for playing a president in a t.v. sitcom is in line to get the job for a real volodymyr is a landscape is so secure an assailable leader of incumbent petro poroshenko who has already conceded defeat well across the election with us now are you have been following this and if we start with the polls they said zelinsky would triumph

the news from behind r t america isn't the only thing that has russia's evil tentacle is in it more has come out from the paradise papers investigation proving that a russian bank gave money to will guy who threw a third party. invested heavily in twitter and facebook from the years of twenty eleven to twenty fourteen as seen on this informative chart from vice news they said this illustrates the long arm of the kremlin extending into silicon valley in a way that none of us knew before so clearly twitter and facebook are russian foreign agents all right put them on the list put them on the list and it begs the question whether twitter and facebook will ban twitter and facebook. from using twitter and facebook. or maybe or maybe and i'm just spit balling here we could we could grow up and realize that this red scare mccarthy is enough bull but bull is childish and millionaires and billionaires around the world invest in all kinds of because they're richest and they want to be rich are they and. for example last week saudi arabia arrested billionaire prince all will lead to bin talal

prevent violence thanks to ethnic tensions there with a recent wave of clashes between russia. minorities rather and please three thousand people have been detained in the last week. as an illegal prejudiced a days ago following the death of a football fun in a break with native north kook asians the gathering turned into a ride with ethnic minorities and please. at times there was a repeat of the clashes on wednesday when extremist russian gibson migrants from the north caucuses gathered for a rumored confrontation with a man suspected of leading a grass told killing a migrant from kurdistan is now in jail and president dmitry medvedev authorities not to have the tape to use force at first sign of trouble. but good. clashes fighting in vandalism are not just administrative violations but crimes and those who commit these crimes should be locked up rather than just told. the police should be using the legal authority to vent extremism and incite literalistic hatred what happened in moscow and some of the russian cities has shown requires very efficient management i'd like to d

russia i think they are just doing it for public consumption so what has turkey feel about a possible clash in the situation and will it welcome them merican military action turkey's not going to welcome any. any more complications in syria turkey and russia as well as iran are partners in for peace in syria any move that will spoil this. is something that turkey does not desire plus turkey is a friend of russia. yes we are allies with the united states but we have vested interests in russia and as i said the peace process has been started with turkey and russia between prison that go on and put in so we want that process to continue without any hindrance and outside interference is just going to make things more complicated but i don't think any kind of intervention by the americans british or the fridge is going to make any real impact on the peace process it's will just be a ripple say force comes to worse an american or russian missiles to collide in syrian skies what would that mean for turkey's operation in north of syria. we'll it's a very undesirable situation because the amer

channel it's kind of like. russia today has an extremely confrontational stance when it comes to us. what drives the world the fear mongering used by politicians who makes decisions it's completely break through it's already been made who can you trust no one. is your view with the global machinery to see where we had a state controlled capitalism in school sessions when nobody dares to ask we do our tea question more. well the supreme court has michael hear arguments for and against arizona's so-called show me your papers law also known as s b ten seventy and in the meantime the state has been putting together more tough anti illegal immigration laws the state senate has passed a bill there which funds and thanks as an armed civilian militia with a distinct duty of trolling the border for immigrants and smugglers some living near the us mexico border feel the government is not addressing their concerns security concerns so it's their duty to take action the critics fear senate bill twenty three could give vigilantes a free pass to take the law into their own hands archies remodel and hou

physic be russia's key security agency before being let go last year over security concerns they had lying the narrative the details looked spectacular in the scoop which was even projected to link to a spy ploy in washington d.c. it self or activities of stealing and sharing information could shed more light on how the russians were able to hack the twenty sixteen presidential election office of the d.n.c. except the secret service was. unimpressed by the reporting an order out of shame or embarrassment but because of the facts according to the media release within the agency the woman in question held the position of a foreign service national these employees have their duties outlined very strictly as by default the secret service used every one of them surprises as potential spies the woman's responsibilities were limited to things like translation cultural guidance administrative support and i don't mean to offend anybody here but this is . sounds more like the job description over tourist guy rather than a spy material employee. and i wish i could say the guardian did not know

has fired back at the newly released muller report on russia collusion it is published a hefty document called russia gate hysteria a case of severe russia phobia it contained a detailed rebuttal the allegations made against moscow and reaches the following conclusion. the investigation didn't show any real evidence to back up claims of moscow's cyber attacks and attempts to subvert democracy all this time russia pointed to the obvious made up nature of these insinuations we call on our merican partners to finally disavow these allegations and join efforts to repair the damage to bilateral relations for the sake of our peoples and global security or the mahler report was finally released on thursday after almost two years of investigation much of it was heavily redacted it concluded that there was no collusion between russia and donald trump's campaign team during the two thousand and sixteen presidential election but it was much more guarded when it came to trump's alleged obstruction of the probe after the report's release some democrats are lewd their calls for trump to be i

give their account of how events unfolded in june day. the u.k. and russia trade fresh exchanges at the u.n. over the. case london admits neither it nor the international chemical was. the origin of the know it used to be a time. and a new trend among refugees in germany migrants are increasingly claiming to be terrorists so there are no void deportation back to their home countries.

long way away is not exactly going to damage the defense or. relations between the u.k. and russia might be add an all time low but that doesn't stop the british football fans from traveling to moscow for a european championship match i had of the arsenal sales card game there was some speculation in the british media about how safe it would be for supporters to attend parties is alec met up with one fan determined to find out for himself. just so my way to consider you a very prominent hostile fan going to be all seeing him when he travels from moscow to does he have any fear is regarding the political tension between the u.k. and russia is he worried about things like hooliganism. follow him throughout history how do you feel in this context you know. and i know there's been a lot going on between the governments waffling between the governments and i'm a person this is football we're going for football you know if you listen to people around you in the u.k. a lot some people are coming up to me and say robbie don't go there you'd be mad in an oil some of you've been to russia an

germany russia. france germany ukraine russia is not mentioned in the me it's good dreams and as a hunch and point needs to be the leader of. the time they kind of there were witnesses to it and their signatures are all still there so they basically killed one of the persons who was a participant in the music agreements and what is very important is that that means process the last time they had a meeting in the so-called normandy form it was last august exactly a year ago after that we had another formal dialogue there was the russian presidential aide the largest of meeting volcker in belgrade that stopped in january this year for eight months there was basically no dialogue except some walking meetings in minsk now after this assess in asian we got some very strong language from president putin he called it a terrorist act at directress terrorist act there's a spokeswoman for the king foreign minister said that with the west was behind it not on the it not on the the west was behind the ukrainian regime and the ukrainian regime this is a legal case of the reason we go back to the alex

fifteen minutes from now in the meantime martin entries looks for the spirit of russia in the heart of france visiting russian influence landmarks of paris it's a special edition freek. hello or should i say i only saw walkers aren't the risks have a strong relationship with frogs centuries now in this week's program of exploring the french capital taking a look at western life history and culture. take a simple walk along the river same today and you'd simply hear the sound of excited russian tourists they devour the social scene here with its classical entertainments here consisting of ballet opera and all it's easy to drool several comparisons to the grand jury of the most current. missions of being fascinated with french culture for centuries. explore the busy streets of the capital and you'll soon come across various places you'll catch your eye. to moscow one of the several streets names of the major european cities. around the corner there's a russian restaurant don't keep any rest of file happy and a little further a remarkable vision hidden within the school buildings of the n

all the latest developments from around russia we don't know if you average. twelve months of chicken legs literally you find the world we live in. our jeanne was there to bring you the full if you clash with the police the police are holding. a way to close a camp that is a dark spot on their field the barricades the bodies i take it down on new year's eve to guard little gmo recorders you can trigger a revisit the cuban said twenty three g. and outlining what to expect next joining us now we and kevin lowe and for our annual two other news literally. one easily. with our cheek. the. saying that life has been hard for gulf residents following the two thousand and ten deepwater horizon oil rig explosion is an understatement see the spilling of two hundred million gallons of crude oil in the gulf of mexico has created environmental and a health nightmare but according to b.p. like in louisiana florida mississippi has never been better. than the south wanted you to the deep sea. to play. golf courses that are then in practice that special right migrating waterfowl all over the s

on syria in the voting with russia and china are indicating as strikes against president assad were illegal something on next guest agrees with all the u.k. media appears more interested in alleged isis brides in syria well joining me now from moscow is president bashar al assad's top media adviser talked about the initial bond with a thanks for coming on the program going will trump says he wants the troops back but i understand that there is evidence that u.s. soldiers have continued to fire at syrian soldiers they are not that. is in theory at claiming that we thought i think that there is an up and thought they call many . casual. hundred sudan casualties and you know i would like the last one logical question we all know. russian forces help the syrian army in fighting the terrorists that is a fact. stands against terrorism in syria that they funded and their show has been calling on the u.s. to call other than it did in fighting terrorism now my question is if the desha and the u.s. are there to fight terrorism why doesn't the u.s. accept to coordinate its efforts with that at

tuesday russia established a humanitarian corridor or to help civilians find safe passage of the region. just a warning vus are the upsetting images of the moment syrian soldiers saved the two children they were clearly in shock and were comforted after reaching the government held position the children say they left with their parents but were separated from them after militants opened fire. on the side of. the. little. i don't know. well i don't. have many. especially. now so you know. they have a small human. well let's take a look here in our news all about the area that we're talking about eastern is located just start side the syrian capital damascus this red area it has been occupied by various rebel islamist groups for years been under siege since twenty thirteen hear a pin pointed to the north of is a refugee camp but. can be relocated to within the u.n. refugee camp is the center facilities there being prepared for those fleeing the shelter offers food supplies as well as medical assistance with many humanitarian groups volunteering there like the red crescent my colleague spo

stories. there was no collusion between donald trump and russia as the report finally publishes its conclusions. i want you know we can hear a lot international with me. it's our highlights from the last seven days and all the latest up to date stories welcome to the program from winning a view is to winning voters exit polls in ukraine suggest a political newcomer known only for playing a president in a t.v. sitcom is in line to get the job for real the lot of. appears to have secured an assailable lead over incumbent petro poroshenko who has already conceded defeat across the election for us is. now the polls said he would triumph but the margin was that expected. first of all we can say with almost absolute certainty that the next president of the. will be followed him or selenski who is now no one as zero president that is his new funny nickname that was given to him by his supporters and let's be fair as you've said everyone expected him to win after opinion polls before that showed similar numbers and actually no opinion fall no opinion poll story ahead of this runoff pointed

enjoy as they spend their holiday together snow as for russia islam is the 2nd most popular religion in the country as well as in it's very popular in central asia and the caucasus so we'll definitely be seeing a lot more celebration in moscow across russia today until the holiday ends tomorrow evening of course we're reporting this so that's how things are looking at the moment here not intend to get them 20 stories for you to our website you can find that. petersburg international economic forum is a unique event in today's business world. over the last 21 years the forum has become a leading global platform for discussing the key economic issues facing russia emerging markets and the world thousands of business community members attend a forum to address today's vital issues. special forum coverage on r.t. . join me everything on the alex simon chill and i'll be speaking to guests of the world of politics small business i'm show business i'll see you then. nobody could see coming that false confessions would be that in the spot the place before the conversion if you had a

us dollars wall reserve currency. paul c. russia and china is out of the dollar every last trade oil away from the dollar countries are desperate to get out of the us dollar so the dollar is going to lose value no matter what anybody says the treasury secretary merely trying to make it look like. a lower dollar what he says the dollar is going lower as we've been saying for a number of years because the u.s. dollar is a currency that other countries recognize as funding wars and the weapons and the poverty that they're trying to escape. hello again israel has been called the beacon of light and hope in the middle east by the u.k.'s defense secretary gavin williamson also stressed that the nation has a friend for life in prison i was just asking if those thoughts chimed to longer. if you were the u.k.'s defense secretary which country would you call a beacon of light hope in the middle east jordan do you fly them to hold you should definitely not the us. put it this way i suppose i would think lebanon where christians and muslims appear to work out a way of living together and sharing

held on. russia and china big crime is there in the past and yet and yet so full of its. i think i've never known that kind of censorship in the united states even at the height of the great wars and china mentioned earlier that kind of eight to ten minute. you know window and the fear of nuclear war and you wrote recently an article referenced the classic novel and film on the beach which is star gregory pags wonderful film i like the very much it tells the story of kind of the world in a in a post nuclear exchange and you know i have to ask you as a how how close are we to that beach right now you know from being on that beach. look we are close there's no question about that whether that that final gap will close is i don't know as i say i think. the point made in by never shooting these book and of course in the film was that that it. there was it and it wasn't there there was there was one where they were all sitting around near the end saying half of the still not involved russia or china and the united states and i think held by and something and no one knew no one was sur

propagandize and to blanket the rest of the world with a cia funded message but it's not ok for russia to finance or to partially even finance a great television network that's competitive with the b.b.c. for news no permission why is that not ok all this talk about fake news and propaganda has put the us political establishment and tech giants like facebook in a pretty difficult spot basically they've been reduced to saying we can't promote it if we don't agree with it he looked up and r.t. new york. with facebook and the board costing board of governors on yet to comment on the situation we will update you on their response as soon as we get it. students at a university in england remove a poem from a campus building describing the whole thing as a racist good details for you off this very quick break. just like a comparison to the u.k. embrace of versus the u.s. policies are still global trade so dollar trump goes to the global trading environment and with the ability to leverage america's got a leverage in that economy and it can reshape the global economy the eve k. went against the

stories from our team there was no clues in between donald trump and russia as the report finally publishes its conclusions. it's nine o'clock here in moscow and you're watching the weekly on international with me in india today welcome to the program from winning viewers to winning a voters exit polls in ukraine suggest a political newcomer known only for playing a president in a t.v. sitcom is in line to get the job for a real volodymyr is a landscape is so secure an assailable leader of incumbent petro poroshenko who has already conceded defeat well across the election with us now are you have been following this and if we start with the polls they said zelinsky would triumph because conceded but did they expect the margin to be so huge well the answer is yes and no but yes it is fair to say. that the people in zelinsky steam just didn't expect it to be that good but now as you've said it is almost certain that the next leader of ukraine will be vola doomer selenski or as president that's the nickname the funny nickname that he's already got and you know that he won in round on

attention to mars russia's central research institute for machinery announce the launch or rather relaunch of the lunar program according to the ambitious plan a russian space ship will fly to and circle the moon by twenty thirty but this promises to be only the beginning and here is where it gets very interesting the next step as the search of claims will be the construction of an observatory on the moon experts believe earth space rock is simply the perfect spot from which to research space so if this idea proves to be a success expect a laboratory there to the observatory and the lab may soon be followed by a helium mining shafts and if the moon really holds isis scientists believe this could produce both the water and oxygen which would make the earth's satellite inhabitable by humans hotels with rooftop swimming pools grocery stores and a hospital all this could be possible this would not be easy of course expect some competition from the u.s. and china but in five six decades flying to the moon and back would not be just a line from a song but a real human holiday option. and now to

north korean leader plays host to russia's foreign minister with r t the only international channel given access to him dung is pounds. if only someone told me where exactly we are right now this is how suddenly you get treated to cranberry juice came john adams residence hello i can barely remember being given such access at other v.i.p. locations around the world i'm absolutely shocked. and the u.s. and blocks the u.n. security council resolution calling for an international force to protect palestinian civilians after months of the deadly clashes with israeli soldiers. for the latest on the stories you can head to r.t. dot com stay with us now for the big picture. yes there actually was going to be video game school shootings you could play the shooter or the police possibly even an armed teacher but we'll never know because after widespread outrage the game has disappeared from the manufacturers online offerings now let's get serious about guns i'm holland cook in washington this is the big picture on our t. america. there were protests nationwide after the parklane school shoot

with the food in the ukraine says it could hold russia and the g. transit to europe. israel and the palestinians agree to another seventy two hour cease fire after talks in egypt follows a week of violence that has continued to take lives in gaza. and u.s. fighter jets make a comeback to iraq for three rounds of strikes against you how this militants but washington is accused of fighting the same group it aids in syria. welcome our names the harvey and you're watching international. heavy armor is moving towards done yet the ukrainian army prepares to unleash its forces to take the city it's already been extensively shelled and bombed. one of the latest drawings to apartment blocks in the city center were attacked in a week of assaults dozens of people were killed in the sense of two restive regions in the east. if you do what love is if you insist you are good that night. i fulfilled them to the folk that overthrow destruction i was like. giving up looking. for you it was a national. poll. amid intensified attacks from the army the self-proclaimed republic says it's ready for a cea

mourners priefer the victims of sunday's church massacre in southern russia which investigators think could have been an act of terrorism. turkey's president owen reportedly threatens consequences if syrian forces enter their own city of afrin after rumors they were preparing to help kurdish militias repel a turkish offensive. and in the midst of the alleged russian meddling saga a former cia director admits the u.s. doesn't interfere in other country's elections when it's for a good corps. thank you for watching the news headlines here totty international broadcasting live from moscow i'm kate partridge. mourners have been gathering at a church in the south the russian republic of dagestan where five women were killed in a shooting on sunday five other people including a policeman and a national guardsman were also injured. this is a. number of those. with our own. investigations are looking into various motives behind the attack and terrorism hasn't been ruled out r.t. as daniel hawkins has the latest while the investigative committee at this stage is looking into all possibil

intermediate range hypersonic missiles after pulling out of the i.n.f. treaty with russia. here in moscow thanks for. the tonight's welcome to the program for more than a year. of tensions and italy's ruling coalition has come to a head the prime minister has resigned and solve the country's interior minister called for a vote of no confidence but once again leave the country in deep political crisis. well that resignation over its nice prime minister said because they had been widely speculated for the last few days and now it's happening course plunging into a fresh political crisis in his resignation speech on tuesday often you know at least during the attack on the deputy prime minister i mean to you even this damage to you is so over the week basically accusing him of doing everything to. profiting self and profiteers party but the government and he accused materials so binnie of being the one who's driving the government into crisis make it all up to the parliamentary debate will go to the president of the republic to officially communicate then to this government intended my

united states and russia have been detained or denied entry visas while others have been threatened and beaten reports is for international outlets a treaty is in treaty and even ukrainian journalists are abused as traces or commodities and kidnap for profits. now even though the self-defense troops have already said that they're ready to lay down arms if ukrainian army leaves the region however kiev authorities are insisting that what's happening here is an anti-terrorism operation in half so far refused to withdraw their troops that is artillery. asuna vice president joe biden has joined the board of directors of ukraine's the largest private gas producer hunter biden now leads the company's legal unit and as our explains this can be a bit more than a coincidence. since the start of the crisis in ukraine washington has provided on wavering moral and financial support to anti-government protesters particularly those who spearheaded the uprising over the past months steve has received special visit from the cia director the secretary of state his assistant senators and most recently u.s

missiles often pulling out of the i.n.f. treaty with russia and test launching a new cruise missile. alone you are watching r.t. international i'm rosana lockwood thank you for joining us. now more than a year of tensions in a ruling coalition have come to a head with the italian prime minister just seppi county resigning that's after the country's interior minister met a ourselves in a call for a vote of no confidence bensky reports on the unfolding political crisis. yes. well that resignation over its lease prime minister said because they had been widely speculated for the last few days and now it's happened to force plunging italy into a fresh political crisis in his resignation speech on cheese the often he noticed a blistering attack on the deputy prime minister i mean to him in the cemetery he was so beneath over the leak basically accusing him of doing everything to profiteer himself and profiteers party but the government and he accused much he was so binney of being the one who was driving the government to crisis make it all up to the poll mantra debate will go to the pre

handed over to russia the group was patrolling the russian ukrainian border when and intentionally they crossed over at night at a section of the border that is not well signposted they were then intercepted by the ukrainian security services can from what we understand the release talks were complicated and difficult but it is important to note that border incidents like this are not uncommon early in august there were around four hundred ukrainian servicemen who crossed over into russian territory now they were encircled by the anti-government forces. they asked the russian border patrol to give them a humanitarian corridor or so that they could evacuate their wounded and they were injured they also said they had run out of food and the mission later they returned to ukraine but not after some of their personnel received medical treatment inside russia there was also another incident some three days ago when some sixty ukrainian servicemen crossed over into russia seeking shelter. and we can tell you that russia handed over the captured soldiers to ukraine just a few hours ago in

china and russia will be adding big oil to their strategic reserves banks possibly in venezuela they could completely change their fortunes in the global economy by switching over to crypto switching over to big coin and then that will set a precedent for other countries of policy. and we're back with dr douglas backwash president of messy organization discussing their prospect of finding intelligent life on other planets so. when you think about extraterrestrial what do you personally imagine there are like. well the ones that we can contact are going to be scientists because that's the only way we can exchange a radio signal or a laser pulses if they also have an ability to create the instruments that allow us to exchange information but beyond that i don't expect that they're going to look like us you know they're not necessarily even going to have the same way of encountering the world that we do we rely very heavily on our vision vision has evolved forty times independently on earth so it's been very affective here but what happens if you're a civilization on a planet where ther

where another bomb fell we counted up to eight craters that. russia is seeking a response over the violence in southeastern ukraine from the organization for security and cooperation in europe moscow has filed an appeal urging the seas observers to provide detailed information on what's happening there earlier our team honest speak to the head of the ukraine mission about the troubling developments. of course of great concern that's you know there is a un human rights commission in my country and they are reports that my rights necessary to you to do so after we. and the ukrainian army has temporarily halted its military operation in the east of the country until one am g.m.t. were closely following the developments there dolly's new news for you we continue to bring you the updates throughout the program do stay with us. i. the escalating violence in ukraine and east comes hot on the heels of the presidential election comfort confectionery billionaire petro poroshenko is the most likely winner judging by early results he's already come out in support of the military crackdown on p

weapon to use you know to prevent nations around russia venezuela and other nations from accessing the financial system as soon as they pulled that powerful switch that alternatives would emerge and this petro for venezuela is kind of a way to circumvent sanctions so do you see other nations following with their own sort of ideas by the way i want to refer to a tweet that you had sent about this because everybody was laughing at my door over announcing this for venezuela but you had said necessity is the mother of invention venezuela is attempting to fight hyperinflation with a new hopefully if done right deflationary cryptocurrency the petro as a crypto and digital currency pioneer and inventor i support this initiative and encourage others to do the same well you know it's incredible because there's a debate in the crypt community called the scaling debate and people are trying to think about that in terms of hey is it for transactions and how do we increase transaction. there's a store of value is doing great as a store of value but the real scaling attribute of bitcoin that is igno

in the way of people showing their support for russia. here in laymen's way people are setting out to show that this is my kids continuing military offensive they were main reason to go to see our team you have to meet eastern ukraine. is also being attacked a daily by the ukrainian government notional was lucky to escape a bout of shelling attacks while filming this report. the devastation of we worried shelling we were here last fall days ago and we've returned to find lugansk bearing the scars of sustained attack kiev is calling this a full on assault the final stage of its military operation and the fact it's having the locals is all too clear every day residential areas of the city of largo and sky being targeted fortunately when this five story apartment building was hit no word was heard by the time had happened almost all the residents have already fled minutes later we come across two of the handful of people still living here and they're clearly terrified. was. the. many of those still here high the elderly told to seek to leave. and like elenor they're forced to take shelte

about their new year's eve but in russia paradoxically it's also a source of hope and renewal palliative care barely existed in this country just two decades ago now provides one of the most inspiring examples of civil active is not only influencing governments but also becoming part of it how come do we people die change the way people leave well to discuss that i'm now joined by new the father messer how to mosco soundtrack for palliative care you do is great to talk to you thank you very much for your time thank you for your time now. if i do take it a go i used to volunteer for a small school hostas know what he did.

paratroopers crossed over into ukraine are back inside russia the negotiations were easy but thankfully common sense prevailed and the guards are back with us the soldiers were patrolling the ukrainian russian border at night when they unintentionally crossed over into ukrainian territory it was a part of the border that is not signposted they were later detained by the ukrainian security services such border incidents are not uncommon and on several occasions ukrainian soldiers have in fact crossed over into russia but russia's never made much fanfare and as always and should that they are able to return safely back to ukraine there was an incident early in august when around some four hundred ukrainian servicemen appeal to the russian border guards for humanitarian colorado that would allow them to bring their injured and into russia at the same time it would allow them to stock up and food they'd run out of food they'd run out of ammunition they later returned to ukraine after they wounded had been treated inside russia also around three days ago some sixty three ukrainian

while ukraine says it could hold russia's energy transit to euro . after a few days of calm of violence returned to gaza as a ceasefire between calm us and israel and leading to more destruction and more palestinian lives one of pods. u.s. fighter jets a meigs come back to iraq for three rounds of strikes against jihadists militants but washington is accused of fighting the same group with aids in syria. good afternoon to you and welcome to moscow are you with me to say first heavy is moving towards done yet scale as the ukrainian army prepares to unleash its forces to take the city and it's already been extensively shelled and bombed. in one of the latest riots to apartment blocks in the city center were attacked in a week of assaults more than a dozen people were killed internets. only that the photo where does our desertion has left. seven o'clock you. or your muslim national. school can. feel. for you that it. amid intensified attacks from the army the soft proclaimed republic says it's ready for ceasefire to avert a humanitarian crisis in the area donetsk is the regional c

rich in the first place or how is protectionism is forcing russia to be more independent and doing for russia what it is doesn't need protection this tariffs when it has something like american sanctions going to be fascinating to see how the story develops many things kate on michael hudson like a small state analyst on economic commentator. the european court of human rights has ruled in lithuania and rumania took part in the c.i.s. program of secret detention centers and also violated the prohibition on torture by helping the agency the interrogation of two al qaeda suspects both countries have been ordered to pay those men one hundred thousand euros each in compensation one of the suspects was according to the cia a key al qaeda figure no charges were brought against him though as part of his interrogation he was water boarded eighty three times he said he lost his left died during cia torture in his diary he documented tortures he was subjected to and even sketched them in detail the other detainee also face the agency's enhanced interrogation program according to the cia he l

strategically using afghanistan as a place to try to contain that adversaries in iran and russia and china perhaps is that. the view that is shared in islamabad you increasingly i think that's a view that is getting sort of more easily accepted as you see. we. you know as you see the play out of this war because as i said it is beyond reason to think that the seem very reasons which have gotten us to successful sort of war objectives continue to be the mainstream continue to be the objective and i won't go you know i don't believe in the real of or believe in conspiracy theories i like to of course to steer away from them but for instance a recent steve called books book teams that were. initially the american goal or objective was not to long term bases in the understand but how the region has progressed in the last many years perhaps now it is one of the goals or objectives but that's that's one mission america is one mission the u.s. is one mission great we i would still like to believe for the sake of everyone and for the sake of peace and stability that whether it's the russ

commissioned by the pope when he was archbishop of buenos aires he counter boy morphing victim of russia. since the case blew up in the early two thousand it's the first time he's agreed to talk to a reporter. he wants to remain anonymous because he still afraid of reprisals. but soon i mean asio got i mean i saw it i hear it legal i hear it. now nationally custom built on a sort of all of us a show of course us the post office and islands he said also see additional demand . also said us and. i guess i think that's all we have in the us already. did that you know bit of the he'll keep can send these to stephen oh you know what i was i'm going to go with us . as i said let alone in the us alone. it's a little cheap ok see. who's listening on that i wanna know they go up a local to local and it is a single make up out of this i think it was just a little. the pope has never publicly commented on the grassy case. for eight months we tried to get an interview with the holy father dozens of requests all refused. so at the vatican we tried to meet his holy. he was to hold a public audience on st pet

conflict there is also believe dot dot rapture how to prevent a much bigger conflict between russia and nato that if russia didn't act. moment back in two thousand and fourteen that the nature would continue pushing across its border and there would be no other way to escape that direct confrontation how much do you crave at that oh very much so i mean there was a sort of a rehearsal for crimea some years beforehand and in georgia of course went under a lot of american encouragement of the saakashvili government but very provocatively towards russia and a couple of ethnic parts of georgia and iran and i think i forget the name of that number when the current dutch and russia drew a line that russia moved in with support for the local local governments local if the groups and drew a lot and that was a dress rehearsal if you like. ukraine became the real thing because for many years before the the overthrow of the in the case which government for many years before