this is. better than. the see heard of. the world bank. breaking news from syria as the country's military breaks islamic state see russia's defense minister says liberation would be a major strategic victory over the territory. plus while the us calls for the toughest possible sanctions against north korea president putin says that pyongyang will never give up its nuclear program under such terms. the north koreans would rather eat grass think give up on the nuclear program. police in germany spark outrage after they advised women to go jogging in pairs following a brutal rape case.

welcome good evening just turned seven o'clock here in moscow watching the international start with major news coming from syria because the syrian army has broken islamic state three year long siege of dearest or in eastern syria russia's defense ministry says the now imminent liberation of the city is to be a major blow to the terror group in the country russia has been providing support for the ongoing offensive. face. so.

when you're trying to now has more on the latest developments in syria. this is of course the long awaited news on the and the dare as sore blockade we were waiting for the confirmation and first we got it from damascus we saw a tweet from the syrian president he congratulated his soldiers of course a very important day for the syrian army and for the whole of syria and just about an hour and a half ago we got the news from the russian defense ministry there saying that it happened and this was the point when we started to realize how dramatic this military operation was as the syrian army was making some rabbit advancements towards the war. to regroup somehow and then came the

caliber cruise missile launches bother watching army that were launched from the frag admiral in the mediterranean they destroyed a number of things that were crucial for islamic state their hideouts their underground tunnels artillery units and military depos besides this i can tell you that when according to the russian military the syrian troops were advancing in order for this not to happen in order for the blockade to remain islamic state sent dozens of car bomb vehicles towards them and these were also wiped out in the russian strikes so really this is the draw and thus of course you can see the celebrations that are happening when the syrian troops that were coming from damascus and the ones that remain trapped in their resort were reuniting.

these are the soldiers the people with weapons celebrating but. you do realize after three years of blockade how much of a relief this is for the locals the civilians that have been trapped in there is thought in terms of the bigger picture to how significant then is this development over two years ago if terrorists are kicked out of the deir ez-zor province completely that is the beginning of an of i saw in syria for many reasons terrorists or is syria's biggest city in that part of the country if the terrorists are not there anymore then the remaining. that are in rock which used to be the de facto capital of islamic state they will have nowhere to retreat in that case

president units of the syrian army are expanding on the breakthrough and are engaged in street fighting to liberate the areas held by terrorists the crushing defeat of ice in the dairies all region and liberation of the city will be a major strategic defeat of the terrorists in syria. the only time she understood what you see in new. york i just heard it was.

ok well what they say we can get the thoughts now a former u.k. ambassador to syria peter ford who is with us is even good evening to you peter we were hearing there in our reporting. also from analysts throughout the day this is extremely important. victory india is or at least you know they're on the verge of a significant victory of clearing isolated that area how far away are we. from pace in syria will certainly the breaking of the extremely significant militarily psychologically tremendous boost for the mirage of the government and the government for through. we must be a bit cautious it's not clear whether it will take days or or weeks to. be the main. door. control areas surrounding

the airport but the way things have been going in recent days it does appear to be a matter of days and weeks at most and then the fourth who who consolidating the control of the government in some pocket jihad these still. hold sway particularly on the outskirts of damascus we who are in pocket. and possibly in the south and then of course the big remaining one in. it going at best going to take a number of months before the syrian government real control over the whole of syria . and in terms of the peace process after that piece what would you anticipate.

well we're already hearing what i think of primitive calls for elections fun but in this the u.n. envoy the other day. the elections might be possible we are in the year. neither feasible nor do fireable we have to remember what happened in iraq after the toppling of saddam they held the elections. not in a period of its ability on the contrary in syria i don't leave any hardly anybody could name one of the opposition leaders who might stand for election. all you have all gang leaders effectively. there are no organized political parties they would have to go from zero and most importantly parties worth almost certainly would be set up on sectarian lines not something that anyone who wants

the good of the syrian people would wish for no i think we. will require a period of consolidate things the ability. not going to be easy that there will no doubt continue to be. operating in the three and. and in remote areas for quite some time to come so just restoring stability and giving the people back the economic wherewithal to survive and rebuilding their homes these will be the priorities and during that time you would see that bashar assad would remain in charge i ask that question because looking at pictures to you today many people are celebrating this victory as big or small as well as you'd like to call it the syrian army.

third comes out to go through. some of the prestige. remember that comes not just from the ballot box although the president was voted. into office but it comes through assuring the ability. providing bread to food alternately what legitimacy comes down to the president picks those boxes. or way way down the line. they salute will leave it there but always good to talk to you that was that peter ford former u.k. ambassador to syria and bahrain thank you. today police in the german city of leipzig have been facing harsh criticism after they advise women not to go running alone that was in response to a female jogger being raped in a local park peter oliver has the story. been a lot of criticism of the the police force in labor for these comments not least of

which coming from the mayor booker young the mare of leipzig there he slammed his own police force it follows on from the rape of a woman in a park on friday and now the woman who said to be in her fifty's was punched and kicked so hard in the face that she required emergency surgery when she was found police then said in response that women shouldn't go out alone to jobs that they should jog in pairs and then followed that on with a quote when you run past someone look around to make sure that you are not about to be attacked well that prompted stern criticism from all across the media from people online in particular they said from the mayor of leipzig who said that women should be safe to be able to to run alone or however they want to run in the city's parks and around the city there he also followed on with this. the state's answer

to steerable incident and two previous similar incidents must be to put more police on the streets and parks i have been calling for for years for a tease of issued a description of the man they're looking for a connection with that rape he said to be aged between twenty five and thirty five have dark hair and a short dark beard when it comes to the criticism though of the police force this isn't the first time german officials have come in for this sort of critique it came back in early twenty sixteen when the the mayor of cologne was savaged by the media after she said that women should remain an arm's length away from strange men when they're in public that was following the sex attacks that took place during new year's eve celebrations in the city of cologne there so it seems that the lights the police the latest to come in for criticism after what many have seen as a very insensitive way in inadequate way to deal with this best occasion into what

seems to have been a particularly brutal attack a sexual attack on a woman in a park there. the russian president has said that tougher sanctions against north korea over its nuclear program are useless and also believes that further military escalation on the korean peninsula could lead to quote a global catastrophe he was speaking to the media at the bric summit in china from there kate partridge reports. it was a very comprehensive post summit conference by president putin but of course one of those key points was about north korea and north korea he took her with countries like libya and iran where regime change had been opposed upon them and he believes that the north korean people are looking at that particular example and fear that threat of regime change being imposed upon them and he thinks that is the reason why that they're hanging on and they don't want to give up then you care tests if you can actually pull mitchell processional everyone remembers what happens with iraq and saddam hussein he stopped the production of weapons of mass destruction

regardless under the pretext of searching for those weapons saddam himself was destroyed alongside his family members. if you look at the the freshers narrative and they remember that in north korea do you think that just because of sanctions north korea will forget its policy of creating weapons of mass destruction russia condemns those north korean actions we think they are a provocation then you could hear should because all north koreans as i told one of my colleagues yesterday would rather eat grass than give up on their nuclear program unless they feel safe president putin was pointing out that the u.s. response towards north korea has been sanctions are good it seems like as well with yet more sanctions but president putin was a pains to point out that he feels that this is a dead end approach he doesn't back the need to rise ation all of the potential in fact he and president xi of china i mean very much against it saying that he was unacceptable but he believes that north korea will carry on regardless they want the militarization they want the need to rise sation of the financial and therefore

they'll carry on regardless of sanctions so president putin think that's therefore it's a waste of time he also finds it illogical whereby russia and north korea have been put on the same sanctions this before and therefore didn't work and now the u.s. is saying that they want russia's help in trying to impose sanctions upon p.r. knowing really look at communion but it's absurd to put rusher in the same sanctions list alongside north korea and then ask us to help impose sanctions against. of korea from the sanctions regime has hit a wall it is not effective but it is also to do with the humanitarian side of things no matter what we do to north korea north korea's actions will not change that millions of people will suffer president putin reiterated his policy and that of president years well in that they believe the only way forward is through diplomacy and get around the negotiating table once again. partners there is the crisis on the korean peninsula escalates the u.s. envoy to the united nations has said that north korea is begging for war on sunday

pyongyang conducted its largest nuclear test the north announcement that it had detonated a hydrogen bomb the impact of which triggered an earthquake in the region prompted the u.n. security council to hold urgent talks they appeared to make little progress though with the u.s. seeming to be at a loss for how to approach the situation. enough is enough i think enough is enough the stakes could not be higher the urgency is now time is short of action is required are countries patience is not unlimited the policy of strategic patience is over or is never something the united states wants the united states does not think conflict only the strongest sanctions will enable us to resolve this problem through diplomacy all of our counterparts need to impose dissensions we will defend our allies and our territory the united states is prepared to use the

full range of our capabilities to defend ourselves and our allies meanwhile russia and china offer their solutions to be hostilities. it is a sears and it is all new store on your comprehensive settlement to the nuclear and other issues plaguing the korean peninsula can be arrived at so me through political and diplomatic channels we reiterate our readiness to help this process via the implementation of the initiative proposed by russia and china. china and russia have proposed an initiative for the denuclearization of the korean peninsula it is practical and feasible and aimed at easing the tensions and preventing further escalation so russia and china then have proposed what's being called a double freeze initiative it calls for north korea to stop its nuclear and ballistic missile testing and then in return the u.s. and south korea must hold their joint drills near north korea's territory although the u.s. has dismissed this idea the idea that some have suggested

a so-called freeze for free is insulting when a rogue regime has a nuclear weapon and an i.c.b.m. pointed at you you do not take steps to lower your guard no one would do that we certainly want there to to now explores the other options open to donald trump. the u.s. and north korea stuck in a behavioral rut neither seemed willing to back down it looks so bad you might think a third world war was imminent but surely no one wants that so how does the world tackle north korea what are the options while option number one twitter war. president trump has been dropping twitter bombs on pretty every occasion saying pyongyang is looking for trouble and threatening locked unloaded military solutions and south korea and i should point out that it's a u.s. ally is caught in the rhetorical crossfire question is how effective are these twitter bombs there's no reaction except from kim parading more of his ballistic

missiles and even saying he now has a hydrogen bomb on to the next strategy option number two. trade wars and sanctions the u.s. and u.n. security council have hit north korea with sanctions over and over again since two thousand and six and guess what they don't seem to care and to add more pressure the u.s. has been hinting at seizing all trade with any country that continues to do business with them the united states will look at every country that does business with north korea as a country that is giving aid to the reckless and dangerous nuclear intentions but how realistic would this be that means that approximately eighty countries would be affected and that's not to mention the economic consequences for the u.s. itself option three. the scariest of all which still exists actual all out war the us are the only party openly threatening

a military response at the moment and it looks like they could find themselves alone in this fight as the leaders have been clear about not wanting to go down this road. i have to answer no to that i do not see a military solution for north korea i cannot accept it america's closest ally the u.k. is saying that even a conventional war could. tensely wipe out the korean peninsula we keep hearing about the need for diplomatic solutions yet we hardly see any progress to resolve the deadlock so where are we now back at the beginning it seems but surely there should be no limit on diplomatic efforts now dear tutor r.t. . could take the us to quarter over the situation concerning their diplomatic properties in san francisco new york and also washington d.c. . you're going to use them are you sure our american counterparts didn't let russia use its property it's a violation of our property rights i will tell the foreign ministry to go to court

we'll see how well the highly praised you do shoot system in the u.s. works well the tension has been building since december of twenty sixteen many obama administration expelled thirty five russian diplomats when that happened there was no immediate response from moscow but president from extended sanctions against russia in july over alleged election meddling on thursday washington then demanded russia vacated consulate in san francisco and two diplomatic entities and moscow responded by ordering the u.s. to cut its diplomatic staff and russia to the same number of people that it has in america we discuss the issue with the author and russia analyst martin mccall. the russian will say that the property is in fact in their name and under american law they own that property and they have a right to enter their property so therefore be very interesting because it will be a diplomatic case if they do call record then perhaps the u.s.

government will have to defend its position and the power in the united states is between there's a triangle supreme court congress and the president. and if this goes to court he might even go higher that the supreme court might be actually asked to judge so therefore this is going to be a long drawn out affair and one would hope that in the meanwhile some other solution will be found. let's turn to france now because dozens of workers there blockaded depeche a car plant against the closure of a subsidiary parts maker police have been deployed there and made rising tension from all messy charlotta pinski in paris. well the reason the jessamine workers are blocking this particular factory which is owned by p s n a is because it makes.

cars and is one of the people that buy parts from g.s. and m. and jessamine workers of saying that isn't giving it another support to keep its own factory open. in a lawsuit top ten now we have seen quite muscular divisions and tensions today as the c.r.s. this is the french special sources have come in to actually remove some of those workers from blockading the site and some of the tensions have been popple there these guys are unhappy more than unhappy and that's because their own factory down in lawsuits or any of the city of tools in central france has been in liquidation and under threat of closure since december two thousand and sixteen and they say that taking the fight outside their own factory isn't enough anymore in fact what we've seen from the last few months is that they have tried to here make their voices heard as loudly as possible including by setting tires ablaze outside their own factory setting traps and saying that they would even blow up their own factory

if it does eventually close well they've taken the fight now to p.s. in a today and that has made some people the p.s. in a factory unhappy as well as the local mayor who's criticized that move now there is a court judgment due in two days' time but that could again be pushed forward into the future as we've seen many times in the past and what these guys are saying is they're just not happy they're taking action because they feel this is the only way that they can make their voices heard more than two hundred men are likely to lose their jobs because they still don't have any resolution to what's happening outside their factory and instead of keeping the fight now outside their factory they're taking the fight to other factories including p.s.a. the makers of persian citroen and that's because g.s. n n workers are. suppliers of persia in sichuan and they say that they want car companies like that to consolidate and to confirm they will make bigger orders in

the future to help save their own factory. a fifteen year old pupil has been arrested over an attack at a school in the moscow region the suspect allegedly fired an air gun through smoke grenades and then a video that was apparently captured in a classroom on the same floor shots and screaming can be heard. the. yeah. the boy is believed to have spent a long time planning the attack and even warned other peoples not to come into school via sold between a question of a report from the city. this is the school where the incident took place this morning located some thirty minutes away from the capitol in the moscow region now

everything happened on the second floor of this building during a computer class when the room was full of teenagers they see that one of their classmates opened the door and stepped into the room he took out an ear and fired directly at the teacher right after that there was a lot of panic and some children got so afraid that they jumped off from the window onto the street trying to escape as a result seriously injured and the teacher was injured as well all of them are hospitalized and we managed to talk to some teenagers and their family members to get a better understanding of what happened this morning some of them if you posted on the internet it would happen on the love of september she won dog the students not to come to school that day the children left the teachers on the direct to no ball got. into the class and started to fight during the lesson. he was saying something

like everyone on the floor i've come here to kill he'd been planning this for a long time but we thought it was a joke right after the incidents the school was evacuated and lessons council it is impossible to get inside now but still there is a lot of media present at the scene we do know that the teenager behind the incident was detained and is being questioned at the police station. within a quarter of a reporting that you're watching out international thanks for company tonight we'll have more news for you in just over half of. the not one tough. enough loser don't want the big finish.

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