a tough week for the british prime minister she faces calls to resign over her handling of the ground for our tragedy for which she's apologized as well as mounting and tiebreaks it protests. moscow demands an explanation from washington over its downing of a syrian fighter jet the incident led the russian military to start tracking u.s. and coalition aircraft in syria as potential targets. and muslims around the world mark the end of the holy month of ramadan we report on the month celebrations in moscow.

good morning to you from all of us here in moscow you're watching the weekly here on r.t. international all the latest headlines and the stories that shaped the week well this week hundreds of people in london have been evacuated from their tower block homes amid fears of a repeat of the grenfell tower disaster more than thirty blocks fails find safety tests across the country early this week the british prime minister to resign may apologized for the tragedy the support on the ground for families in the initial hours was not good enough people were left without belongings without ribs over their heads without even basic information about what happened what they should do that was a failure of the state local and national to help people when they needed it most as prime minister i apologize for that failure and as prime minister i've taken responsibility for doing what we can to put things right. what was the deadliest

fire in britain for more than one hundred years broke out last wednesday and was only put out more than twenty four hours later the death toll currently stands at at least seventy nine people to reason may antigovernment have been widely criticized for not doing enough huge crowds gathered in central london on wednesday demanding may's resignation. during the so-called day of rage demonstration clashes erupted between police and protesters demanding justice for the victims and an end to the current government a number of arrests were made police there around five hundred took heart we spoke to some of the protesters. we need to start healing that's the only thing and how we can start working on it there's those people suffering those young kids and i think that is too little too late he was too late. when they got the

engines a little bit later when they. make choices. do you think after this massacre they could just buy people and everyone's going to rush out seriously you know this is mean justice and law must needs to be trying to mind is the council getting away with this. what do. you blame for this all introduce the most. people in the house of parliament the good part to play. well victims of last week's going full tower blaze may have been exposed not only to smoke and fire but also the highly toxic gas that's according to the latest expert analysis of the tragedy in the british capital cyanide is one of the deadliest poisons there is an expert has claimed insulation boards produce a deadly gas when they burn and there were reports from hospitals that they were

treating three people for cyanide poisoning another part of the scandal is clouding the material used outside of the building which turned out to be extremely flammable. tourism a has ordered a thorough inquiry into the tragedy and pledged five million pounds to help victims artie's unnecessary churkin it has been out in london asking people whether they think the u.k. needs to reconsider its spending priorities the british government is spending this money on certain things which speaks to figures. with thirteen billion to the n.h.s. social care as in the seventy million user to social care it is what they're spending on that. they're spending three hundred seventy million on refurbishing bots insight your joy here and this is how much is going to the survivors of record.

it's actually shocking when you see like. the yeah. yeah. that's the fun of it but they can spend three hundred seventy only about mentality in this book impose really need refurbished relief and still says. it's shameful. shameful. this week the u.k. also marks one year since it voted to leave the european union so the actual divorce talks have only just got underway the referendum result created a political earthquake whose aftershocks are still being felt today. i will move a motion in the house of commons calling for a general election to be held on the eighth of june theresa may want to do strengthen her hand embrace of negotiations with european leaders she needed a mandate for her standing in the divorce from the e.u. breaks it wrecks it for tourism a breaks it means giving up access to the e.u.

single market and customs union taking full control of u.k. borders and new compromise on the free movement of people but instead of a mandate to reason he got a hung parliament wide criticism of her breaks that position no deal for britain is better than a deal no deal would be a very very bad out for now will britain needs to work out a new breakthrough plan which is not easy but the divided parliament the democratic unionist party which may hope to form a majority with opposes heartbreaks it well the u.k. position leaves more questions than answers some fear the negotiations which have already started will bring little progress so we wait for second breaks that referendum not likely even labor are resigned to this break up like that except the splits result we were afraid it won't be bluff you know that leaving. the

conditions of the divorce agreements and now even more uncertain than ever and things you should go from the normal messy to fix. the process officially started when brussels received a letter from to resume a announcing the divorce many british citizens still strongly oppose the decision down some expressed that i'll go once again on friday party's probably boyko takes history the twists and turns now of britain's rocky road tipperary. it was a very that changed the course of history the forty eight percent had voted to stay outraged. the others they were delighted the show has risen. to become a national bank holiday we will call it a. night your firearms may have been jumping the gun his so-called independence day is still

a distant prospect the referendum result killed the political career of david cameron and allowed home secretary theresa may to step up to the plate in the run up to the vote she has been a quiet remain but the desire to lead post brags that britain forced her to reconsider her position bricks it means bricks and we're going to make a success of it a year down the line that sounds like something from an alternate universe considering that reason may hold an election in order to strengthen her hand in the braggs it talks but ended up in the polls and losing her parliamentary majority her atrocious result meant the politically weakened government limped into negotiations with brussels earlier this week and bear in mind these talks were never going to be

a walk in the park. but it. can be concluded quickly. threats against russian has been issued by european politicians commission was trying to bully the british people arguments over whether the u.k. would pave the e.u. one hundred billion regs it vill guaranteeing the rights of citizens in the u.k. and who would get custody of gibraltar what thorny issues but there is aroused took a back seat when britain was hit by a wave of terror. terrorist attacks in the space of just three months to be precise and many britons held to reason may direct the responsible because she'd been head of the home office six years before becoming prime minister. and with all the security and political chaos few people even notice that earlier this week greg

said negotiations officially kicked off but not in the way that london would have hoped the british government's already been accused of caving into brussels over the break that schedule and opinion polls now show that if the country got to vote again it would reject leaving you so just like two reason may the plan for braggs it went from strong and stable to weak and wobbly within the space of just one yeah this week especially e.u. summit on brics it also took place one of the major issues has been the rights of citizens in the u.k. but the views of the british prime minister and other european officials seem to somewhat differ so good younkers says he's still none the wiser as to what the u.k. actually wants. to do giving a clear idea of the kind of the u.k.

government. what we're saying is that those citizens from e.u. countries who have come to the united kingdom who've made their lives in their homes in the united kingdom will be able to stay and we will go and see the rights in the united kingdom i think that's a very serious offer my first impression is that the u.k. so far is below expectations. risks worsening the situation lawsuits as we discuss this issue with former british m.p. george galloway and tom brooks the dean of durham law school. we are leaving the e.u. we will not be a source of numbers we will not be nor will we will not be. we will be a free country. to control its own borders have sovereign jurisdiction over our own laws and crucially be able to make some rid of range money with the rest of the world as we like george talks about this wonderful the

exciting teacher that could have been some type of a theory or maybe some type of world that could happen but it's not going to happen because you know it's bricks and it's going to be a certain type of practice that's going to be negotiated by the people who are in government right now they're the ones who are going to see it through and i see no signs they're going to be making this this wonderful new future. that was described with some comments about you know maybe actually trade with other parts of the world and and would be free at the moment it's all a lot of people peddling their theory to you about what the teacher might look like with absolutely nothing to show for it britain is an unstable place today it's not really because of bricks it's because of the conservative government and its reckless gamble to hold a general election only to lose it. syrian state media says at least

two people have been killed by israeli as strikes in the disputed golan heights israel's defense force says it bombed syrian military targets after they fired across the border into israel the i.d.f. released this video of its bombing raids the instant took place during a battle between syrian government troops and to harvest militants in the area damascus has accused israel of providing cover for the terrorists with this air strikes syrian officials have not commented on the alleged firing off their military into israel. meanwhile there's confusion over the rules of foreign engagement in syria after the downing of a syrian fighter jet by a u.s. warplane last sunday mosco halted its military cooperation with washington in syria over the incidents and russia's defense ministry warned that it will now track any u.s. led coalition aircraft in western syria as potential targets the ministry also accused

washington of violating a key military agreement with moscow russians foreign minister says the americans have some explaining to do. because. there is a mechanism to avoid syrian airspace incidents between russia and the u.s. that is now suspended after the u.s. shut down the plane we have requested a detailed explanation through the ministry of defense we expect that it will be provided by the u.s. . weapons again earlier claim that it shot down the syrian jet in self-defense after a bomb to u.s. backed militants but damascus says its plane it was attacking islamic state well it's not the first time the u.s. to lead coalition has been targeted and targeted assad's forces in the war zone the syrian jet that was shot down near the i still held city of rank which is under siege by u.s. backed local troops last month in southern syria the coalition also bombed

pro-government forces several times after accusing them of violating so-called de confliction zones artie's in this and now it takes a closer look at the latest route. the u.s. shoots down a syrian plane over syria in self-defense the only action that we have taken against pro regime forces in syria and they've been to specific incidents have been in self-defense let's imagine a random guy comes into your house with a gun and shoot your dog and then he's like it was just self-defense i wanted to make sure there was no why lence going on here d. as coalition speaking of deescalation after this self defense move the situation couldn't be worse russia now considers all u.s. led coalition planes in the area of potential targets and are tracking them all of this happened as both the u.s. and syrian government backed up by the russian air force were fighting isis in the

stronghold of raka now washington and moscow have locked horns in syria again focus has shifted and isis is probably breathing a deep sigh of relief while watching syrian fighter jets crash in flames on the horizon good job superpowers you're not so super slick tensions flared even further on tuesday after the u.s. led coalition shot down another syrian aircraft an unmanned drone and the pentagon released a statement claiming the armed drone had been advancing on u.s. banks forces in southern syria once again the coalition's at the downing of the aircraft was motivated by self defense we got reaction to the spiraling situation from several experts on the region. did the americans react to the syrian threat as a source or were they trying to assert sovereignty over syria if you think about it really ever since the early one thousand nine hundred ninety s. have been used to it being able to patrol what they regard as enemy skies with

impunity and they feel threatened and also the allies on the ground are threatened so there is a risk that in fact they may try to assert themselves against any syrian or russian limitations on their activities over syria and that of course then could spiral out of control who are very dangerous situation although some people in washington are saying all the russians will never stand up to us well maybe not but what if regarding are we going towards you know more suspension of cooperation i think that's what some people in the u.s. administration actually want so they don't meaning they don't want to have the cooperation between the u.s. and russia maybe not necessarily trump himself but i think you do think is who was very anti russian in the administration a step by step but a trump is bearing down to the hand to the russian voices in his in his administration i think we are heading towards a more suspension of cooperation and more hostility between moscow and washington

which could mean some very bleak scenarios for the future of fresh questions about the targets of the u.s. intervention in syria i've been asked on capitol hill prominent republican senator rand paul has slammed washington's latest military me this is illegal war at this point then there's the practical question the practical question is doing anything you want killing every perceived enemy in every perceived leader of chieftain of five people in some misbegotten village is it helping. president trump's administration is also facing criticism for breaking its pre-election vows to scale back u.s. foreign interventions. looks if the mission creep of washington's latest war trump made it clear that defeating terrorism and putting an end to the trend of u.s. interventions in the middle east were top priorities so he opted for granting more power to the military what i do is i want to rise by military we have the greatest

military in the world ok but if it helps eradicate eisel what's the problem well first we have the u.s. training and giving arms to a bunch of anti-government forces one of them the new syrian army would really like to topple assad then there's the syrian democratic forces largely consisting of kurds who would really love to grab more power from the government and eventually become independent so once i finish we will have fully trained armed to the teeth forces controlling significant chunks of syrian territory partially hostile to the government what could possibly go wrong so it seems in its effort to defeat beisel the u.s. could in fact be fanning new hotbed of tension if you like washington has a case of tunnel vision trying to solve only one problem without seeing the bigger picture sound familiar and should iraq anyone but history teaches us nothing clearly not even past tweets such as this one from donald trump to then president obama in two thousand and thirteen he warned that nothing good would come to the u.s. from attacking syria apparently hindsight isn't twenty twenty one to get to the white

house. r.t. washington d.c. arise the number of drug addicts worldwide is being blamed on afghanistan that story and more news after this short break. in case you're new to the game this is how it works not the economy is built around corporations corporations from washington washington controls the media the media. the voters elected businessmen to run this country business equals power you must it's not business as usual it's business like it's never been done before.

what politicians do something to. put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president i'm sure. some want to be rich. but you'd like to be first that's what before three of the people. interested always at the water's edge. there should be a. welcome back now the un has warned of a rising number of drug addicts across the globe pointing the finger of blame at increased opium production in afghanistan more downstairs reports from kabul on how locals are dealing with the rampant a drug industry. the pit of despair right in the middle of the afghan capital this dry riverbed is actually infamous

for being a haunt of drug addicts this is where they come to feed their addiction the impoverished the homeless the desperate and the hopeless we spent only minutes there yet in just that short time we filmed this. an addict picks up a rock and assaults a body god escorting medics locals say it's getting worse and worse i run into rehab centers one for men and one for women many of the women are mothers with children i wants treated a four year old addict sad but far away you might think not so afghan opioids i trafficked everywhere via well oiled smuggling routes north to russia and europe east to asia west to the

middle east africa and the americas. one in ten afghans is directly involved in the opium industry when you go there in the season you see school is empty and you see the universities even. leaving schools in the worst for fifteen to twenty days to work in the fields and find employment since the nato invasion it has exploded this year as opium harvest could well be the largest yet where george bush tried to at least limit it under obama drug control programs in afghanistan were cut by ninety percent it's politics the ministers the politician. authorities want poppy cultivation to continue if they're americans wanted to they could stop it in

a day but they don't. the unofficial reason is that if coalition forces started eradicating poppy fields angry farmers would flock to the taliban we doesn't make much sense given that washington also says that the taliban profits most from poppy cultivation regardless but one thing is clear for now america intends to do nothing about it more i guess the see from kabul afghanistan that some twenty million russians along with muslims around the world are celebrating the end of the holy fasting month of ramadan thousands of locks to moscow's main mosque the morning press an artist a man calls of report. several thousand people have gathered here at this cathedral mosque behind me it's one of the biggest mosques in europe however it is still not big enough to accommodate everybody who wants to celebrate the feast of picher it's

one of the most important holidays in islam and it marks the end of the holy month of ramadan warship ors it is it's time when the holy koran a was introduced to the mankind by a prophet muhammad's and it marks the conclusion off a month long fast period for all muslims it's a time all for a set of gratian this is time of joy it's a time of being with your family to have a big meal suit exchange presents and of course this is also a time to help those in need more than one hundred thousand old and all here in moscow are expected to celebrate so safety precautions are definitely in place several streets have been. closed off for a streets traffic security checks are in place everywhere and of course there is a police presence as well who are here to ensure that everything goes well

everything is safe and everybody has a good sign. russian president vladimir putin was caught in heavy rain this week during a wreath laying ceremony marking the start of the great patriotic war nothing unusual that you might think until you turn to twitter.

next an aussie international a continuation of our look inside the home at kingdom of north korea they changed for that. too she says. oh she should tell friends. how. do you i. told. you to leave. so. you. just.

have to leave the last that you can really see the barbecue or like that i. was i don't know that may i say oh for yourself what they said i think so. but he investigate police officers behavior as well. i'll take drugs whether it's presence here. many people as you can. let's talk about blackness and the blues of being black. and always will in a big house down at least that's what i've been told but it was simply that we in remains as such because we simply forgot i don't believe. the scene we've allowed

them to rearrange their paint you've told us the sickness of trusting our enemy we came to face. him that's what i call a lack of blackness or understand in the blues a being black. sheep the blues of being black you can mandate that we attack knowing how when and what to do to come the simple in his national is be black it's simply tat the feelin blue is black and blue. be. beat.