union board. i do not understand why it happened he was one of the best people i've ever known i do not understand maybe it's frayed but why did it have to happen. the russian premier league football referee. just one of the forty four killed monday night one three four carrying fifty two people from moscow to northwestern russia crashed on this road missing the runway by a kilometer twenty four hours later the crash claimed another victim when one of the survivors a young boy died in hospital. when i heard the little boy in the hospital died i was shocked it's awful my late husband was a pilot he had landed planes at this airport many times it's very personal to me. the site of the crash has been cleaned up the roads have been reopened the wreckage of the plane completely removed but there are still clear marks evidence like this for us that reminds people of the tragedy that struck on monday night and for those

who have been here to witness the horrific scenes they say that those memories are unlikely to go away. i didn't sleep for two days i couldn't even fall asleep i can't recall and people screaming and pulling forty's away from the plane. get me was one of the first that the scene his house only metres away from where the plane came down. i heard the explosion and ran outside the lights went out i ran to the site and we started rescuing people trying to weigh a man two women and the pilot he was dead the firemen arrived and we helped them the man we dragged away called his wife and he asked me to get his phone from his pocket he's still alive but still in the hospital. while all the bodies have been recovered the relatives of the victims still have the tough task of identifying their loved ones investigators say all possible scenarios are being looked into but initial reports suggest bad weather and pilot error are the likely causes of the

crash a suggestion that didn't sit well with some locals. it's easy to blame the pilot because he's dead i think the airport itself is to blame family and friends are waiting for answers but all they can do now. he was only thirty eight. only thirty eight. is remembered those lost. deaths are still your r t russia your region. the reports tonight is seven special forces officers have been killed or at least sixteen others wounded during an anti terror operation in russia's volatile north caucuses fierce fighting broke out when a group of militants had been surrounded in their hideout trying to break free of his ego can off scott the latest this operation is still continuing it's been going on for two days it's all happening in the troubled republic of kyrgyzstan in the

caucasus in a forest area so perhaps that's complicating the operation for the special forces it started with the authorities surrounding a group of militants what would be try to break through and that's reportedly one of the police officers were killed the authorities have also deployed havey old artillery including tanks and helicopters to assist them in this operation unfortunately the north caucuses it is called the cradle of terrorism in a washer and president an economy that is if there's been saying many times very it's one of the key goals of his administration to strengthen security in the caucasus authorities have been able to hold some successful operations in that region including the republic of dagestan just last week we found and destroyed an underground weapons factory with numerous homie and explosive devices with remote controls also last week before a limited a person will be will be have been searching for since last knew he was plotting

terrorist attack in almost all of the new year's eve and all that just shows how important it is to strengthen security in that region because it really does f.x. security in the entire country. can offer coming up on the program a firsthand account from the libyan frontline we hear from a journalist who was in the region only a few days ago and he tells this all is not what it seems to be. next to greece where the prime minister has won a crucial. all of entry vote of confidence in his newly reshuffle government he was now the navigate the nation through a series of tough spending cuts and sales of national assets toward a secured new e.u. bailout an avoided avoid a default but it's not his sort of first reports for the millions of anxious greeks who feel their voices are going on heard the future is never looked so bleak. is considered by many to be the best place in democracy to increase now the lightning

gap between you and the people and the government is preaching explain said. we are a mix of people that have no political dollars and we are all together to say that we cannot be and that vis present we are not called. the measures the canonical measures that they take for us without us and we want to take out large bug demonstrations held on the central square now and it daily basis with some of the protests turning violent the three tests to stay the suffocating take ask nothing compared to a sturdy measures that they fail strangling their economy the people are being refused very right to judge what policies are going to be implemented upon them and of course the greek government is an accomplice to this most of popular

sovereignty i mean we're not we're not any more in the proper sense a sovereign country when the i.m.f. can dictate policy when the european when they used to be and the european union and the i.m.f. the so-called troika can come and say listen these are these are the measures you are going to implement you are going to implement them whether you like it a lot we can say you know we were facing a very peculiar form of dictatorship by the european union the european central bank and the i.m.f. they finance chiefs of desperate not to see the first year raising suffering default and they're rising. consensus that the crisis that trigger. i think very chance of a domino effect if. announcer default and this is the problem and this is the reason why the europeans are helping greece but in fact we are helping greece because they don't want this domino effect because they want to take all very short of british. sixteen percent of the week what full

sun employees western economic conditions here in queens to you is a dream it seems is a verb. one person who the people were. the office would be full of. people would not there were uprising or there would be a lot of violence in the streets the people said that when that turning out into the streets and then millions and the government continues to push ahead with the pace measures when they deign to have democracy anymore the government is trying to grumble but the people refuse to be governed in this way every day that disconnect becomes more and more dangerous this very peaceful about the reef and really a world away from what's been happening on the streets recently the question a lot of people have been asking is just when will point lenny when he was on the streets of athens to witness the violence that is already past that point the

question a lot of people are now asking is really how much further does this guy. who is much more serious insight into the problems agree song line as well if you want to check it out if you want to learn how the peaceful protests. but she's updated our blog. actually while you're there as well you might consider these stories as well it will change in the netherlands has been brought up to date him out of cashing in on the smartphone scanning trade going to work. just a few hours time the u.s. president is expected to confirm his decision to pull thirty three thousand troops out of afghanistan by the end of twenty twelve it's part of barack obama's efforts

to restore public trust and home where the nearly ten year long war has become increasingly unpopular afghan war veteran turned to the berto told me that they too should overhaul of surprise afghanistan if it really wants to bring peace and prosperity. the longer that the u.s. stays and nato stays inside of afghanistan the more enemies we create because what happens in war unintentional consequences innocent people get killed more people join the insurgency that normally wouldn't not having troops there doesn't allow the insurgency to grow we've seen every year the longer troops stay the insurgency grows and anti-american anti western anti european sentiment grows so that's why we should leave more importantly the not the money we've invested has largely gone to waste and it will continue going to waste by any nation that continues to support it what we can do is provide financial support for n.g.o.s and

non-governmental institutions that where the money actually hits the ground where the people are at where schools are being built and roads are being built by n.g.o.s if we continue to do that it would be good for the afghans if we continue to give money to the central bank in kabul that's bad because that's where karzai and his cronies will steal it. it is called for the media the ceasefire in libya to allow humanitarian aid to be brought to the country the appeal comes after they too admitted to a blunder that resulted in the deaths of civilians including children investigative journalists michel cullen was in the country just a couple of days ago told me that nato is pursuing its own interests in the region . they have killed more civilians that the losses from the initials problems there feels more civilians the nato bombings so the real idea is not protect civilians the real deed is to achieve the economical strategy kalid interest off there of the west us in europe i mean the oil i mean the financial reserves of libya

i remind that the usa is a bankrupt country and also preventing that caffie would be a sort of turn a used to the i.m.f. some buying for african development the old idea is to make the public international opinion accept the idea that nato is a cup of the world that that nato has the right to make wars where they want to revisit the people in hospitals and we saw victims and indeed the civilian population is attacked that must be very clear it has nothing to do with him in a chair and war. also making headlines tonight at least fifty seven al-qaeda militants of managed to escape from a jail in yemen insurgency like the prison from outside they targeted security guards and seize their weapons killing at least one officer jails believed to house more than one hundred key al qaeda members among the escapees were prisoners

convicted of terror charges months of unrest in yemen as the fears of growing al qaeda influence. syria's poured scorn on e.u. moves to impose sanctions saying it will simply forget europe's on the map a violent crackdown against anti-government activists in the country has left hundreds dead since the uprising began in march activists are calling for president bush charles assad to step down meanwhile the un secretary-general ban ki moon said the syrian president now like credibility cannot bring about promised reforms. for the tories charlie's artist ninety government activist has been released on bail after confessing to tax evasion i way way it was detained or to an airport in beijing in april there is a response to global campaign for his release spoken critique of china's china's human rights record he's perhaps best known for helping to design the country's famous bird's nest and unpick stadium. the countries of the former soviet union have been marking the seventieth anniversary of the nazi invasion that claimed the

lives of some twenty seven million people solemn ceremonies were held across several states which bore the brunt of war against hitler's armies period moscow russia's political elite laid wreaths at the tomb of the unknown soldier by the crimean war president medvedev stressed the importance of keeping the memory of the world by making sure it doesn't fade with time. but a better us a special ceremony was held at the breast fortress which saw the first major standoff between soviet and nazi forces from where r.t. is a country to great job or report. but like any careless child i had plans that even if i wasn't afraid when they started shelling i only remember that something exploded and my bed was thrown into another corner of the room. not only four year old canady was unaware of what was happening his father an experienced red army officer was also called food that night seventy years ago this summer i was at his house with my mother my father who was later

defend the bridge fortress this was our window on the first floor my father was sure there could be no war this is what the party get saying he thought it was an earthquake he grabbed his accordion and ran outside my mom stopped and told him this is war. the war for which the nazi military the very marked had come up with a name for long before blitzkrieg but as seach they'd planned would last just hours instead was to go on for weeks in a fierce battle with those who defended to the death there was no warning when the nazis invaded us on the night of the twenty second of june one thousand nine hundred forty one the bombardment of the garrison by surprise but army officers were spread out and possible from there i mean east and but well. even this didn't stop them to funding the fort in fierce battles until the last survivor

stories of the heroic resistance quickly reached different fronts soldier me loss of received the news far away in the republic of course in northwest russia it was a deep grief silent pain for all people trapped here everyone news of the german army was much stronger every day we received reports that the enemy marched another hundred kilometers deeper into our homeland the nazis were in a hurry a gateway to vast country they bore him to the breast fortress with devastating intensity up to sixty six new cells a second archive footage from the time shows the fortress silhouetted in heavy smoke hundreds were killed in their sleep during the first minutes of the attack among them small children some survived the night only to be buried alive later this is my second mother when the nazis rounded up refugees scattered in villages nearby this woman saved me the germans dug

a mass grave into which they were about to throw women and children and this woman pushed me and my mom under her skirt when the german slaughter everyone around and left this woman took me out from under her skirt crossed me and said i just did what god told me to you. after nine days of fierce fighting hitler's forces captured most of the fortress but their losses amounted to almost nine thousand there were reports that isolated defenders remain resisting the nazis as late as august one hitler and mussolini personally visited the site of the battle it's claimed that a stone hitler beaked up from the remains of the fortress was found in his office after the war. i'm often asked what was the biggest award for you the one most valued from. the most precious award for me was that i stayed alive everyone was fighting like true heroes but few survived but you know what could i understand it

four years of age nothing it's only now that i'm a father and grandfather myself that i realize what a life is worth now i'm a fierce pacifist i hate war i don't understand how one human being can do violence to another i've lived my life never doing any harm to anybody. our team. next hour to talk to british historian dr michael jones has written extensively about world war two he shared his knowledge about why hitler invaded the u.s.s.r. and how the soviet people balance to win the war.

today marks the seventieth anniversary of the start of operation barbarossa hitler's code name for germany's invasion of the soviet union it became the largest ever military operation both in terms of sheer resources deployed and also in casualties dr michael jones's new book tells the story of the red ball me during the second world war dr james thank you for talking to today let's start from the beginning of operation why did decide to invade. always wanted to invade the soviet union the reason he gave out was that the soviet union would actually attack germany underneath that justification to his military with two main factors the

first was hitler's hatred of communism bolshevism but underneath and the real truth about this war was race hatred and if one reads mind hitler's book it's clear that you always want to carve out living space in the east and do so the expanse of the people he regarded as racially inferior he he thort in terms of a war of survival and it was going to be the survival of the fittest and it didn't take and started to realize the consequences and of course the red army was caught deeply unprepared in nine hundred forty one your book is about the sort of human stories. how did it develop militarily. when at the beginning in one nine hundred forty one the red army was hunted. by the autumn of one nine hundred forty one the last between two and three million tons of killed in this thing and

cops should. i think few of them is in the world to sustain that level of punishment and still carried on fighting and it was not. this high come on to believe at that point the soviet union. what was it that kept the red army fighting that's the sixty four thousand dollar question an extraordinary mix of. brutal leadership tough leadership from stalin but it was also churches and profound treaties and what was that state was not just a communist system but russia as a country and it really did become a culture of it was to me by the end astonishing drug that that a trained and better equipped and i believe there was just the science or the technical side germany could very well have won it either in one nine hundred forty one nine hundred forty two but it was the love of the model and it was this extraordinary determination to carry on fighting that the germans underestimated

hitler wanted to. quit campaign was crucial but it didn't work out like that's a toll that well the germans blame the weather. again and you could just pop seen that one coming but they were caught by surprise and then they said the weather rolled but in fact i think the weather was part of the story and the other part that was much harder for them to acknowledge was that anomaly that seemed to feed to demoralize them last in a matter of weeks and five days turned itself around and started fighting and resisting with stupendous power on the first turning point was outside moscow the germans expected to take the cop. so they would later than they thought but they still thought that would on the war and it was the strength and determination of resistance that cooled by surprise what were the consequences of the ultimate failure of operation. well it destroyed the german army it destroyed the it

did throughout the war the majority of germans resources were concentrated on the front and even off to d.-day more free for which is this division its military divisions were fighting on the eastern front so the biggest battles to take these casualties took place under. the rug and more casualties to speak with to replace kaushal its bets so it became a war of attrition and ultimately it was going to be germany if that would lose that war and that mocked which had behaved with a deal of decorum on the western front behaved in a completely different way in the east didn't it what do you put that down to well off to the war the germans claimed it was fighting a clean war and it was it was the units behind the army and it was the us that were doing all the on pleasant stuff but that was not true that some soldiers on the

eastern front were decent and behave decently but many were infected by the race proper conduct towards the smallest towards the jews and the german army by the participated in atrocitus atrocities against the jews against the russian civilian population or certainly knew they were going on and justified i mean the justification was we were fighting a brutal war of survival. bit but war with darker than any other war in the twentieth century indeed possibly in human history the role played by the union to facing. it's vastly underappreciated in the west why is that. when in part it's the legacy of the cold war that surprisingly history is normally written they say by the victors is that view of this part of our history is very strongly determined

by the germans so there was an underestimation or i'm willing to recognize the soviet union but i think the other reason is the scale is so low i mean we're talking about twenty seven million and the civilian the military council to i think the other read some is simply it's so big the people who struggle to really comprehend it that's michael james thank you very much thank you. today children play war in the old keys me. but in june nine hundred forty one these walls were the first barrier for the nazi

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question. hello there thanks for joining us rob you're watching around the world it's midnight thirty here in moscow this is these are all top stories for you the plane crash in northwest russia is claimed the life today brings the death toll now to forty five experts are investigating the evidence from the site because of money but it's also an early reports suggest pilot at play. and on to terrorist operation in russia's north caucasus is underway with reports suggesting special forces have suffered losses in an attack on a militant hideout that at least seven offices of reportedly killed thirty strong group. the very government wins a vote of confidence as it struggles the support of its savage spending cuts they need to be passed to secure

a new. but thousands of angry greeks are protesting against a new measure saying the voices on. in the former soviet republics the members of victims of war against fascism wednesday marked the seventieth anniversary of the nazi invasion of u.s.s.r. some twenty seven million people bring about the front. and next the nazi we're told to those who still remember the nazi germany's first offensive against the soviet union the took place in the city of brest. breast fortress today it's on the territory of the sovereign republic of belarus formerly the soviet republic of belarus the fortress was once the western most outpost of the soviet empire each day school children in the town of brest take part in a ceremony by a local monument to commemorate what happened there. on june twenty second one hundred forty one german fascist forces invaded the soviet union without

a declaration of war the defenders of the breast fortress found themselves in a dead end situation it is here that the myth about the invincibility of the german army was broken after the end of the war and the rest fortress as a name became synonymous to perseverance courage and belief in victory for years to come. the early hours of june twenty second nineteen forty one german artillery unleashes a massive barrage from the breast garrisoned. german warplanes some ultimately dropped hundreds of bombs on the fortress soon after infantry assault groups launched the initial ground attack.