breaking news in the u.s. led coalition to shut down a syrian fighter jet in iraq the coalition says it was a retaliatory strike after the syrian jet bombed opposition forces. in syria tonight around says it has launched missile strikes against what it describes as terrorist positions in the country. i welcome you watching our team international start with that breaking news from syria where one of the country's fighter jets has been shot down by u.s. led forces the syrian government says the plane was conducting

a counter-terrorist raid when it was brought down to the south of racket damascus based in this but him has the details. of the u.s. are first to democratic forces which is the militia group operating along with us that coalition trying to take the city off. from the control of but we can also confirm. according to. sources from the syrian military approaching in that area that the part of the church was actually occurring airstrike against a convoy from are still moving from the town of. thirty kilometers east of the city and that the fighter jets in no way you posed any direct or in direct threat to any militia groups from those militia groups operating alongside the u.s. led coalition trying to get control or get control of the city or full of talk but i think there is more to that story and lots more to that story is that is the u.s. is trying. true boundaries in the syrian conflict and red lines. for the syrian

army not to cross them and trying to actually prevent the syrian army from achieving two goals the first goal is to limit the presence of the kurdish militias which is the backbone of a project force those and the second purpose is to actually. operational the syrian military to arrive to the city of those or to break an arsehole siege on the city that has been ongoing for three years to put things in perspective if it is pushed out of iraq which seems to be the scenario it's very likely that this will be pushed out through an agreement between. that would allow isis fighters a safe way out and those fighters will then be will have only one choice to go to try to take the city from the house of the syrian government since they have been actually circling that city for the past two years the syrian battlefield is a very complicated one right now where it has the presence of various international

and regional powers states russia syria iran has been a lot of unease has been law in addition to now you have the iraqi. army and iraq in addition to turkey all these regional powers they have they are directly involved in the syrian conflict right now it's very difficult to speculate what will happen in upcoming days but what i can tell you for a fact is that it seems that the syrian army and the syrian government are adamant on actually moving on with their operation to break the arsenal siege on the city of theirs or trying actually to limit the ability of the u.s. . led coalition and the u.s. troops who are now on the ground in syria limiting their ability to move on limiting their ability to create influence centers on the syrian battlefield and we have to understand that this is not just a syrian issue this is more of an international conflict and power play between the u.s. and russia on syria. but the instant is the latest in a series of u.s. strikes against. forces fighting for the syrian government over the past two months

the u.s. led coalition has conducted several bombing raids against pro-government fighters that happened training base near the border with jordan where u.s. bank rebels are located and to complain must have issued prior warnings to the press and forces which allegedly breached the so-called deescalation zone be to forward a former u.k. ambassador to syria and bahrain told us that the american military is willing to resort to any measures to protect the groups that it is supporting. ok well let's get the thoughts now of the. managing editor of the veterans today publication good evening teach him thanks very much for your time tonight let's just talk firstly about the downing of that syrian jet. you see this is a big escalation in the conflict. oh absolutely and the lead in.

bushing redlines is a right on the money because what's been going on here is. once the tiger forces came through there are southern aleppo all they're moving down they're grabbing some of the main roads so they can happen short of one of the supply but they're also been capturing the oil areas south of iraq and for reconstruction and for the long game syria has to have as much control over its energy resources as possible and of course the kurds already have a lot of those weapons and kurdish reason. so what i think was going on today is they were trying to slow down and send a message to syria that we will try to slow down your forces so that were once the lead and said the isis folks can escape the dirt. during

a storm we will chase and of course will take on recapture those who were in fields . jim we were hearing different versions of events when we from the syrian side they say look our jet was tackling and attacking i still from the u.s. led forces side they say that this jet was actually attacking. back forces it's difficult to know who to believe is it. well yes and no number one i would tend to believe the syrians because there are sorties and their pilots are very valuable and they would be very careful the russians are the lions all mapped out and they know that the u.s. would just love to have an incident like this but there are i still forces in the area of the u.s. coalition is the one that has refused to coordinate these types of missions and campaigns to avoid this type of thing so they bear the responsibility of it and of

course the syrians and the russians have been trying to destroy any of these isis force of forces coming out of rocca so they can redeploy attack them on the flakes and palmyra. what sort of reaction should we expect them from syria. well i think it's really going to be in the russian hands now are we going to have to see the russian fighters having to fly fly air cover for the syrian sorties and that would be a escalation where if a syrian plane with force fired on with a russian plane fire on the u.s. coalition plane that attack paris and that is something i think that the u.s. may not mind having a conflict like that trying to escalate this because what's going on is they are trying to vulcanize syria before the political talks as

a as the isis is being pushed out the kurds are moving in with the u.s. as their allies so they now have control of that area and they will be wanting to expand that as much as possible grab as much of the of the wealth as possible and control the areas that have water and agriculture so that they have a sustainable economy and the syrian people do not have it so it's really. an attack under cloak by the u.s. to balkanize syria whilst well again we're going through this cease fire so some really nasty stuff going on and it's also putting our russia in kind of a spot as to what they're going to do if syrian planes keep getting shot down by the u.s. coalition and just to get your thoughts jim before you go on the air any missile strike into iso positions in syria today what sort of message does that send that saloon parties covered in the conflict. i think all what that was purely during is

showing that they not only have the ballistic missiles but they have the accuracy to hit it pinpoint strike now we don't have any video evidence or weren't hit but they show that they could fire and use a ballistic missile to hit a tactical target which was quite a surprise and the response has been fairly quiet so far but it is is sunday night and i expect to hear a lot more about that on monday and i particularly i suppose from the american side is that what you will suggesting oh yes and the u.s. coalition hell kind of counter that is some kind of threat even though the u.s. has been rather using retaliatory strikes like this for a long time so while iran is saying we are in the game that whoever sent these terrorists and to make this major attack they will get a major response from us if they do that again i tell you all right worrying

developments we have to leave it there jim thanks for the time that was jim managing editor of the veterans today publication thank you. liz that we mentioned that iran has known missile strikes against what it coste terrorist bases in syria and the city join me early in the studio with more details on that. the iran referee lucia narry guard which is an elite defense force in the country they've released a statement confirming that they have launched several ground to ground missiles from western iran into the region of eastern syria they say they were targeting bases of terrorists that they claim are responsible for those twin terrorist attacks in tehran earlier last week in this statement the revolutionary guard also said that they managed to significantly destroy the terrorist bases infrastructure and also killed scores of them as well we can now show some unverified video of. purportedly showing the moment when this missile was launched and this development is rather significant because. this is the first time that iran has launched

a missile strike into syria since they've been cooperating very closely with their start regime and joining their fight against extremism you mentioned. just remind us just exactly what the militants have targeted two of the most important buildings in the capital city on june seventh that first gunman stormed the parliament building and opened fire when it was in session and then simultaneously separate militants have that's new to suicide bombs in the mausoleum of many who is the founder of this republic of iran so as you can imagine very significant buildings and those two attacks have led to the death of eighteen people and islamic state has since claimed responsibility following the attacks as you can imagine the government said that they were outraged and they have retaliation their revenge and the senior officials have also came out and queues saudi arabia of being involved they say that the fact that islamic state has claimed responsibility for the twin attacks proves a saudi arabia has been involved but bear in mind that saudi arabia and iran their

regional rivals and the relationship between riyadh and tehran have really been increasingly tense and of course iran has long queues saudi arabia backing terrorism which is something that flat out denies a number of different parties and states are all involved in this. syrian conflict fighters in the iran backed a lebanese militant group hezbollah they were officially invited by the assad regime to join the fight and iran has been providing military support sending in trainers and advisers for the assad forces as well but as you can see this is quite a significant development as is the first time iran has launched missiles into syria since the syrian war started six years ago the editor in chief of iran's fires news agency telling us what was behind the latest move from tara in tonight's a statement that the i.r.g.c. public relations has given it is warn that this is the beginning if the terrorists

embarked on conducting any second attack on iran iran would provide a much more vigorous response to them and not just it has also warned the backers and sponsors foreign sponsors of the terrorist groups including regional transfer regional and when i mean the back years and when iran says trance regional backers of terrorist groups specifically means the united states now it is believed by many in and outside the iran that the united states and many of its allies there are backing the terrorist groups in the region especially in syria they need to reassess. their estimates and assessments and the calculations with regard to syria now the british prime minister is facing course to resign after that deadly fire in london we'll have a look at that in detail present the stories today in a company. the

president has said you just did you see he doesn't see marshmallows as the ground solution for president again and again but you just got. in here for the

long haul. so there's no read need for it but. you would like to extend martial law for personal reasons or fortunate. that again more than fifty eight people have believed to have died in wednesday's tower block and in west london police say that number is likely to rise to it was the bodies continues the fibroid during the night since with. a twenty four story building. i. i.

i. thought. you all right i was. walking. the fire on the slow government response has led to widespread public anger protesters in the capital have been calling on the prime minister to step down they want answers as to why change from a bill clouding was used on the building to resume a has admitted that the handling of the disaster has not been good enough downing street is expected to appoint a judge to lead a public inquiry into the grand felt how a tragedy within days and the prime minister is also ordered in safety checks on all similar tower blocks but is and says it chalk enough time to act for many a lot more still needs to be done. we're right outside downing street where if you can see hundreds of people have gathered to protest against a recent maize government this was originally intended to be

a protest and pressing issues following the election lots of people have been saying they're unhappy with the snap election that's recent made calls on the following kolisch and that was one would think you need and this was the original reason but since the tragedy with the grand isle tower where as you know believe hundreds left homeless following what rubble there will be people are saying this is becoming the final straw for the unhappiness of following the decisions that this government has been making not only that when germany were being old so but brought up the idea of giving the residents were affected by friends fellow residential properties there are so awfully available that area and standing empty in those neighborhoods is something that's been brought into the spotlight and has been also something largely about econ be acceptable but in london we have looked through buildings and luxury flats left empty as land banking for the future while

the homeless and the poor look for somewhere to live and this is what some of the protesters have been telling us here throughout the day. and they have very few six months why not give them to someone temporarily and i mean that that maybe just made it it's been a long drop really foreign investors just come in force up all the flights and most of the money even used and yet we have hung the snow switched on the by fifty percent in the couple you know there's an obvious inequality that we need to start thinking about the people that actually live here not the people that are buying houses you know for millions of pounds and then leaving them empty for six seven months what have you. by many here see it as something that's just a symbol of the huge disparity that exists here in the u.k. and in london between the wealthier and those who are a little less well off i think what can she do i think she's just go to start acting as a as an actually you know. coming out and talking to people and engaging with people in a human way as opposed to acting like you're always at

a press press briefing every time on top of that you can't help but think about austerity and this constant endless cutting of things that may not seem relevant or not point in time but actually have a great ramifications of come back to bite them there is a long string of things that i think it's just been more and more frustration from even from myself as a british citizen of someone that is supposed to be this strong and stable leader and you show nothing but the opposite and i think it's really getting to a boiling point. and afghan official has told r.t. that u.s. forces killed three civilians including two children last monday a little bit of a bit u.s. troops open floor as a result they killed a father and his two sons the shooting happened after a u.s. military vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb and in officials have still not confirmed the reports of those civilian deaths the statement from the u.s. mission in afghanistan did say however that said the troops opened fire in self defense what i heard from witnesses and the relatives of victims.

they're too young yet to fully understand what has happened or grasp the depth of their loss all they know is that their world has been shattered and wrenched upside down. you know this is my younger brother for a dollar he was killed by u.s. troops this is my brother surefire rules who killed and this is my father he was killed as well they haven't yet learned to read or write but life has taught them early to hate viewers. i want the government to avenge my father and kill his killers when my father and my brothers were killed everyone was sad at home my mother cries every day. it all began when a u.s. military patrol has a roadside bomb by all appearances they panicked when the explosion happened i was

near my uncle and cousins american soldiers opened fire and a bullet flew by my face i ran and hid and came out only a few hours later my uncle and cousins were dead so i went to the village to tell everyone these version is backed in the police report we were shown it says zero ghoul and his sons were at the shop two hundred meters from the scene they were taken for terrorists and torn apart by gunfire it was terrible what the americans did to them i couldn't even recognize their bodies zero ghoul left behind twelve children six boys and six girls from now on their lives will be about survival clothing and feeding a dozen youngsters will be hard but for now it's anger that fuels them they killed them in a horrific way. we want to bring them to court so why should american troops be

allowed to kill our people in this cruel way the u.s. stresses it takes every civilian life seriously and promises to investigate every casualty alessa these investigations often end with only apologies and for this family that's not enough they want americans out i don't want them here because they kill civilians we're tired of american soldiers there are explosions and they're killing the americans not helping us they're killing us we don't need them in afghanistan that is a refutation the coalition has built over more than a decade sixteen years of war and bloodshed atrocities and excuses and there's no end. in sight it's no secret that life would have gotten a start is harsh but for zero goals surviving children the next few years ago and

to be tough indeed that though isn't where the trouble ends ten years down the line when they've grown up you think they're going to support the afghan government and the people who murdered their father or the taliban and their promise of vengeance more of guys d. of. president parties when they claim majority in the second round of the french parliamentary election with nearly all of. the on march movement and its allies have three hundred seats out of five hundred seventy seven in the national assembly with reports from paris. the polling stations are now closed and the votes are now being counted but this is it is it would run it clear that the french president's party exceptionally on the high public on march known as the republic on the move is expected to get the overwhelming majority in the powerful lawyer chamber off the column and that's

means a big gigantic majority off this sits there and. is not surprising but the country is entering a historic moment that would practically mean this outcome that many will back home will have the green light for all the initiatives and all the changes that he has been promising welcome pay me for the post of the leader of this country we have been able to speak to different people here in france and it seems that the public opinion is divided about this some say that this is a very good sign this is why we value to hold they smash and but others are afraid that france is a country with very strong traditions is entering a new era when the authorization is going to be dramatically incapable of influencing the political landscape and that could theoretically lead to a situation when the ruling party would be spoiled somehow politically this is what

some experts say about their theories will be a person but. the process of dissolution of the brutality. for as long as there isn't a strong opposition right now the opposition will be so weakest and most going to exist that he's that he's not a good situation. to be a party which each individual will have. been subject to defeat. but they will probably collapse as a result these elites only want to see the socialist public. will come to deal with the. they will be. matching the bend the major rival all the men in my colon the presidential election the controversial leader of the national front party has been

elected based time and she will also be the member off palm and say the vote is now may be over but it is clear that france is at the beginning of something you good or bad it's too early to say. that's how things look so far this evening here in r.t. next though a spokesperson for the filipino president is on will suppose he talks about his country's fight against islamic extremists. finally the non-surgical could have let you know how does it let it down on people point. line and if he would be would it be that easy to the point

that i would. be a plus is that going to see. people. getting. good i've done my job i love my little bit of a wonderful not that i don't know what the odds are that i would make it good or bad but a little late for tomorrow i've got to go but it. does it. leave lose. somebody to. see. you think no problem. i don't see clear out of the strata do that anyway i always see tactical feints in

all things good for today or tomorrow. you have a team of four with a brief period of time and then divorce immediately i think that we are in. bad historical moment in the middle east and it is very difficult to predict how things will be called. this talk about blackness and blue of being black. and always will in a big house down at least as what i've been told but it was simply did we in remains as such because we simply forgot i don't believe. the scene we've allowed them to rearrange their pain you've told us the sickness of trusting our enemy we came to faith. that's what i call a lack of blackness or understanding the blues of being black. sheep the blues of being black sheep mandate that we attend knowing how when and what to do to come

this simple in his national is be begged and simply tat the feelin blue is black and blue. welcome to worlds apart as isis continues losing ground in syria and iraq it has made nature in badasses in the philippines by taking over and meet side.