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from a distance. the syrian army confirms israeli forces have once again targeted their positions in the disputed territory of the golden golan heights as the second such strike on the area in two days. and weeks for the british prime minister as she faces
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calls to resign over her handling of the grenfell tower tragedy while and to bragg's it takes to the streets. and we now know those four teams through to the semifinals of the confederations cup as germany when and chile do enough to progress in their deciding games we'll have a report from our special studio and saw. here in the russian capital and you're watching the weekly on our team from national syria sounds as army positions on the golan hines have once again come under fire from israel as the second strike on the area in two days. middle east
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correspondent paul is clear has more well the tsunami has issued a statement in which it has accused the israelis of targeting syrian army positions on the side of the golan heights now the syrian army is currently fighting the terrorist group. and they say that the israeli attacks are only hoping. they have been to such israeli attacks since saturday as for the israeli side the israeli air force has acknowledged conducting those strikes it says that it is in response to projectiles that landed on the israeli side of the golan heights of course the golan heights is disputed territory but the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu saying quite clearly at the start of the weekly cabinet meeting that they would be a price to pay even if such projectiles and are not targeting israel that land on israeli territory by mistake. was not a policy is clear we will not tolerate any spillover or trickle whatsoever nor the
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morses nor rockets from any front we will respond strongly to any attack on our territory our citizens. now talking to some people on the ground here what is being expressed is the view that the syrian army needs to pay the price for whatever happens in the golan heights even if the syrian army is fighting terrorists israel still continues to hit their positions. from a u.s. diplomat believes that israel might have another motive for this strikes it's one thing for the israelis to say that they will protect their border that's leave because the question what the status of the golan is the bigger question is this is there is there something more behind this then just the israelis responding to what they meant as an errant lending of syrian missiles on their side of the border the anti government forces in syria are on the roach that the that the basque governor . is making great gains that there he's concerned these terrorist forces by as we
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know saudi arabia qatar and these other countries with the silent backing of israel and of course the participation of the united states or are in big trouble and through these really what that means is when they are quite clear about this that they don't want to see forces allied with iran on their border particularly hizbollah and i think that's the real concern that they're expressing through this action whether it will grow into something major i don't know syria has also recently been heads via the us on monday moscow saw that it was holding cooperation with washington over syria after the call it shot down a syrian fighter plane the day before the pentagon earlier claimed it had shot down the syrian jad in self-defense after a bomb two u.s. backed militants damascus sad that it's plane was attacking islamic state the same jad was down near the i still held city of rocket which is under siege by u.s.
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backed the local troops it's not the time the u.s. led coalition has targeted forces on the warzone last month and south and so rather collison also bombed pro-government forces several times after accusing them of violating so-called de confliction zones or any so now it takes a look at the latest track. 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 shoots your dog and then he's like it was just self-defense i wanted to make sure there was no why lin's 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.
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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. flared evan further on tuesday after the u.s. led coalition shot down another syrian aircraft and then man drone the pentagon claimed the armed drone had been advancing on u.s. backed forces and sorry am once again on the collison sound that the downing of the aircraft was motivated by self defense while analyst warn that washington is playing a dangerous game. did the americans react to. threats as
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a source who are trying to search. over syria if you think about it really ever since the early one thousand nine hundred ninety s. have been used to being able to patrol will they go to the skies with impunity. but also the allies on the ground across. always going towards you know more suspension of cooperation i think that's what some people in the u.s. administration actually want. meaning they don't want to have cooperation between you were sort of russia maybe not necessarily trump himself but i think you do have . very. in the 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 sonar is for the future. and tourist boat where the one hundred fifty people onboard a reservoir near the town of pay and the northwest of the country according to the
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ad of the country's police three people have died in the accident and missing some of those rescued told local newspapers that the boat was overloaded and no one had life jackets as a rescue operation is under way and we'll bring you more to this story as they come in. hundreds of people in london have been evacuated from their tower block homes amid fears of a repeat of the grandfather tower disaster more than thirty blogs that failed far safety tasks across the country the ground felt our disaster of britain's obvious far in over a century claimed at least seventy nine. the fire was only put out to more than twenty four hours a leader and prime minister it's recently admitted that her government hadn't done enough. respond to the disaster but her apology didn't stop hundreds of protesters
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from across the u.k. demanding justice for the victims the support on the ground for families in the initial hours was not good enough people were left without belongings without. 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. and as prime minister i've taken responsibility for doing what we can to put things right and i think. when they. are i like it when they. make choices but it. was a key thing after this massacre that i could just by people and everyone's going to shout serious say you know this is mean justice and lois needs to be trying. to
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have sole getting away with this so. the fact. that. there. really was treated like that to. blame for these. people in that house of parliament. to play. back to most of the ground floor tower blaze may have been exposed not only to small consign but also to a highly toxic gas that's according to experts analysis. hospital records said that they were treating three people for cyanide poisoning an expert has claimed that the n.c.a. lation boards used in on the tower are pretty you said badly gas when burned cladding which is highly flammable material used on the outside of the building is also on disheartening. and this week the u.k.
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also marks one year since the voted to leave the european union though the actual divorce dogs have only just got underway the referendum result cost a political earthquake the aftershocks of 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 driesum eight wanted to 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 two reasons i breaks it means giving up access to the e.u. single market and customs union taking full control of u.k. borders and no compromise on the free movement of people but instead of a mandate to reason may go to hung parliament white criticism of her breaks that position no deal for britain is better than a. no deal would be
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a very very bad out. now with brittany so what counts when you break the plan which is not easy but the divided parliament in 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 through the wait for second breaks that referendum not likely even labor are resigned to this break up like that except the splits result we're afraid it won't mean you know come leaving. the conditions of the divorce agreements and now even more uncertain than ever and things you should go from the local messy makes. the process especially started to one brussels received a letter from theresa may finally declaring the intention to leave the bloc many
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british said still strongly oppose the decision and so once again express their anger on friday polly boyko takes us through the twists and turns of britain's rocky road to the breakup. it was a very that changed the course of history the forty eight percent who voted to. they were outraged although the others they were delighted the show has risen. to become a national bank holiday we will call it a. night of 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 to resume aid to step up to the plate in the run up to the vote she had been a quiet remain but the desire to lead post brags that britain forced her
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to reconsider her position bricks it means bricks it 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 being in the polls and losing her parliamentary majority her atrocious result meant that politically her 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
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whether the u.k. would pave the e.u.'s 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 for terror attacks in the space of just three months to be precise and many britons held to reason may directly 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 briggs it 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 bragg's its schedule and opinion polls now show that if the country got to vote
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again it would reject leaving the u. so just like two reason may the plan for braggs it went from strong and stable so weak and wildly within the space of just one year. has accused russia of working to undermine american democracy for decades for more details on that story right after the break.
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what politicians do something to. put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to present. himself i want to. see what the three of the people. interested in the why. i should. say director of my cum pail claims that russian modeling in the u.s. presidential elections was just a pawn of
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a decades long at ford to undermine american democracy russia has always denied any interference pump ayos statement comes and his first interview after taking out the post of cia director and generally. i can't talk about the details of the intelligence but we have the intelligence committee has said that this election was meddled with by the russians in a way that is frankly not particular original they've been doing this for an awfully long time and we are decades into the russians trying to undermine american democracy i think a lot of actors try to exercise influence in the in the election i don't know the specifics of what russia may or may not have done and what other nations may or may not have done i think the facts are clear in the public domain that the democratic national committee try it may well have rigged the primary for hillary and did their level best to tip the scales in the elections to a bigger issue is the degree to which the obama administration seems likely to have
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tried to tip the hand heavily in the favor of installing hillary clinton as a successor to barack obama that's something that really needs to be investigated. and the final two group games of the twenty seventeen confederations cup have decided the last two semifinalist tele and germany went through and will now face portugal and mexico and the last four was more here is neil harvey and stan collymore and saatchi. welcome to sort of see the semifinal lineup is now complete let's cut to the chase is germany and it is chile who will complete the final four alongside me stan collymore you made some predictions earlier alongside nick come on come on let's let's go a little bit more of course paul the octopus back in germany in two thousand and six was very good to the berries. germany as we expected when the first game you
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both thought was going to happen as of yesterday germany three cameroon one very good comer and were in the first off apply very aggressive very youthful but the german quality kind through carry him there in by yourself annoying. piece first appearance of the conflict called first gold team of her and watch out for the straw in the next twelve months he will be in the germany squad. for the world cup when the germans come back here. the first time a german high school two goals in the confederations cup and then of course it again chile against australia almost completely wrong to chile would have beast fairly comfortably a very strong chilean soit against an australian side which is very useful for this exchange might be for the game and a really creditable draw from the australians let's just you know play some days when you compare one from australia which was on the cards for the first forty five minutes so if i was a betting man and i'm not i would have german a still against chile following germany get to stay in sochi they wanted to be
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placed ok let's bring in now mount both of these former australian aston villa's so many of the chelsea seven of the teams he playful and you know what he's an old paolo team and he also let you speak to him first what's happening sung. good evening meal good evening stan good to hear from me mate. great to hear from you obviously watch the game you've been in russia for the last couple of days that start with the football for us. very creditable australian performance today zaki their best performance today new manager for a very long time that was better than chilly in the first half and they they bet more and more the match them during the second half as well chile to be fair stepped up again second half and equalized rodriguez but overall a strike and feel very very proud of their performance there for a while there it looked as though the great upset was on obviously a lot of people especially in the western australia very very concerned about
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travelling anyway these days and i was different to come in here but i was wonderfully surprised that i live here in moscow which is absolutely mobbed the city the culture the architecture everything good bad is just first class but st petersburg i was there for nearly a week and that was. salute the outstanding as well and the main concerns obviously people asking me about in australia is number one the security and security second set out it's absolutely world class the food has been fantastic the people have been very very helpful and so many people are now in australia now dying to tell me for the world cup there's only one thing that i think is wrong is that the taxi drivers drive too fast. there's just really allow you to appreciate what this place has to offer summer and winter destination if you want to go on holiday beautiful beaches at the same time will now need annoy the saudis to see how long that was going to try to get from the stadiums the arenas the sea level here wonderful sea level attractions to the olympics i left i'm sorry we went by
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taxi we went by train and quite some shuras will call right. this is a ring work is it that's why i like it so much it's very warm outside i think we've been in the sun a bit too much i was thinking when fans come here we should show them the whole experience what they can do something on the beach with you know the what's the football let's show them what it's like up in the mountain even on sukhumvit freshens well different from. the grass roots here with the. lights down we're going to go to the train station train station speak english yes what's your name on omar karami. are you looking forward to your side to the looks of foreign people are going to come here people and fortune that they really like to do is. historically they like zahra's many people understands english tongues legally speaking when they come and i think people understand it because we. believe that yes i
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think people want to see them for let's go to the members of the queue to go. they actually find is that i think that's just months or east the we can tell you gaining ounce to you to feel. this it rose it has secrets of its hope. this is from the. sunshine of fresh. juice the winter resume. very well full exacts has been well listen to
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our minister from the beach which is about to rise to the very top the rows of paper this is stunning i mean a study where we were almost at peak level now and i know right behind you too are . now we're starting to see snow three hundred sixty degrees while you. still. see big trees hi. how about this for a place to push the confederations cup. two thousand eight hundred twenty seven. let's go and get some snow. and ice to make it seem to make the school so he's trying to be useful say very good you feel. a lot about ginni insult she and this is one of those moments where you don't need any wood. next in our senior national we'll take a look at the social and economic problems and hurricane ravaged new orleans and if
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