we are. walking. syrian soldiers rejoice break states three year long seen. the fence ministers say the liberation of the area will drive the final nail in the coffin of in syria. also while the us calls for the toughest possible sanctions against north korea president putin. will never make your program. north koreans would rather eat grass the. program. police in germany.

advise women to go jogging in perth following a brutal rape case. live from our international news center here in moscow this is r.t. international my names you know me a welcome to the program we begin with breaking news this hour the syrian army housebroken islamic state three year long siege of dairies or in eastern syria. or how i was. this is the moment the troops cut off. long waiting for russia's defense ministry the no imminent liberation of the city is to be a major blow to the terror group in the country. has been providing support for the

ongoing offense. he has been following the latest developments in syria for us. 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 rapid advancement 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 no no no. no. 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 you how significant then is this

development over two years ago if terrorists are kicked out of the dares or province completely that is the beginning of an and i saw in syria for many reasons is syria's biggest city in that part of the country if the terrorists are not there anymore then the remaining jihad is that are in rock which used to be the de facto capital of islamic state they will have nowhere to retreat at present 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.

but they need. them so what do do you. they are going to start out the jackpot. let's look further into this story and bring in adam gary adam is managing editor of the duran dot com you're very welcome to the program just further to what our correspondent was explaining there a few moments ago the breaking of terrorism the siege marking the beginning of the end for iceland syria in many ways it already has and moreover except for libya which is a separate and very important issue it marks the end of isis i sell as

a formidable military terrorist force throughout the wider middle east it's already a spent force in iraq mosul has fall in other areas and. in the west of forelimb we've seen homes and homer in central and east central syria being completely cleared out of not only al qaeda but also isis terrorists and now we're seeing it in the last major stronghold we have to remember that for months now there's been a trickle of terrorist fighters fleeing from iraq or this self-proclaimed capital of this so-called fake islamic state into derrius or we've also seen them flooding in from mosul and other areas in iraq it is the final stand in breaking this siege it really is the beginning of the end something that from a logistical and strategic standpoint the world can now say with certainty the syrian civil war has of course been raging since twenty eleven what the defeat of

vice all mean for the the whole conflict. well it would mean that the whole conflict which was an unnecessary stirring of a pot on which there was a lid of sunni supremacism of a kind of wicked extremists a lot of this ideology which threatened to take over syria like a plague or a disease is now finished secularism has won tolerance has won the christian minority has won moderate sunni and shia like have won syria has won the war not only against imperialism not only against them but it's one of war against the complacency and the cowardice that is that runs through every capital of the arab world in many respects with the big exception of damascus it's a victory against israeli designs on syria which of course the government in tel aviv wanted to weaken in any way it can and it's

a big victory against the western powers who wanted to install a puppet government of sunni extremists that would march to their orders but not deliver for the people so it's a victory for all of these things which most of the world now understands to be objectively good it's a day of celebration as the terrorists are squeezed more and more code to be backlashes here could there be more terror in the west do you think as i say loses territory in syria. well in the west and beyond including in syria what people have to look out for is as i solicit defeated as a military fighting force and i was very careful to say that that does not mean they've been defeated as a terrorist force right small groups of if you was three men with a suitcase bomb or a core bomb or even fairly rudimentary guns and even knives could continue to cause chaos in syria in europe and elsewhere a lot of these men these terrorists are going to lead to libya and from there

europe is obviously the biggest destination so this is something that security services the world over need to be incredibly vigilant about we've been speaking to allan garri monitoring editor at the duran dot com thank you for your time this hour. thank you. police in the german city of leipzig have been facing harsh criticism after they advise women not to go running alone it's in response to a female jogger being raped in a local park peter oliver that's the story been a lot of criticism of 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 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 job 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 those terrible incidents and two previous similar incidents must be to put more police on the streets and parks i have been calling for these for years. of issued a description of the man they're looking for a connection without 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 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 new year's eve celebrations in the city of cologne there so it seems that the leipzig police the latest to come in for criticism after what many have seen as a very insensitive way in an inadequate way to deal with this investigation into what seems to have been a particularly brutal sexual attack the woman in the heart another story we're closely following this hour the russian president has said tougher sanctions against north korea over its nuclear program are useless vladimir putin also believes that further escalations on the korean peninsula could lead to quote a global catastrophe he was speaking to media the bric summit in china 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 iraq 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 still 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 were in the country the pressure was noted 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 as seems likely as well with yet more sanctions but president putin was it 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 there what they 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. it's absurd to put rusher on 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 xi is well in that they believe the only way forward is through diplomacy and gets around the negotiating table once again. allows the crisis on the korean peninsula escalates the u.s. envoy to the united nations has said north korea is begging for war on sunday pyongyang conducted its largest ever nuclear test the north announcement that it detonated a hydrogen bomb the impact of which triggered an earthquake in the region prompted the u.n. security council to hold urgent talks the appeared to make little progress though with the u.s. seeming to be a loss on 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 action is required our country's 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 to all of our counterparts need to impose to sanctions 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 so that's washington's view russia and china offer their solution to the hostilities but is a sears and it is all is totally you know comprehensive settlement to the nuclear and other issues plaguing the korean peninsula can be arrived at solely through political and diplomatic channels we reiterate our readiness to help this process

through 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 proposed what's being called a double freeze initiative it calls for north korea to stop its nuclear and ballistic missile testing in return the u.s. on site korea must halt their joint drills near north korea's territory or avert the u.s. the smiths the 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 won't. and indeed america is said to continue deploying troops and

weapons on the korean peninsula a top u.s. army official says it's to address the self destructive actions of north korea aircraft carrier strike group so long side specially equipped ships capable of intercepting missiles are there that's topped off with the selection of planes and helicopters the military hardware will also be used in joint operations with the south korean navy lord knows iraq made a member of the u.k.'s house of lords whoever believes such support is counter productive i think this is not going to help peace on the korean peninsula because they didn't need to be a diplomatic solution i think president putin is absolutely right and i think chinese are also looking for a diplomatic solution rather than raising tension militarily because the more we've seen in recent years the mall military threats or rhetoric that is coming out of washington or south korea the response from the other side is not

getting any we could at all and you know there are limited options that you can do and when you see country like north korea with nuclear weapons and all saw weapons capable of carrying these. huge bombs then i think that people diplomats need to find a solution rather than military exploring the other options open to donald trump when it comes to north korea here snooty richard are. the u.s. and north korea stuck in a behavioral rut neither seem 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 well 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 to the 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 their 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 their 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 in a day or two to r.t. . russia could take the us to court over the situation concerning their diplomatic properties in san francisco new york and 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 the dish you system in the u.s. works. well tensioned hose been building since december twenty sixth when the obama administration expelled thirty five russian diplomats there was no immediate response from moscow but president trump extended sanctions against russia in july over alleged election meddling moscow responded by ordering the u.s. to cut its diplomatic staff in russia to this same number of people. in america on thursday washington demanded russia vacate its consulate in san francisco two other diplomatic properties there we discuss the issue with virginia state senator richard black. i think it was very unfortunate the way that the state

department dealt with the closure of the missions now they certainly have the right to close russian missions if they want to but under the vienna convention the properties of another state the diplomatic properties are supposed to be respected they're not supposed to be entered by the foreign state and certainly not supposed to be searched as these were so i think we we we may have violated the law in what we did and even if we didn't it was simply a stick in the eye to russia it's another one of these provocations i would say i do not believe that president trump authorized or directed this you you've got these deep state actors from the bush administration the obama

administration who have this desire to ask a late tensions with russia. moving to france where dozens of workers blockaded the peugeot car plants against the closure of a subsidiary parts maker police being deployed there amid rising tensions. well the reason the jessamine workers are blocking this particular factory which is owned by p.s. in 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 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 has criticized that move now there is a court judgment 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. supply is a pushover and citron and they say that they won't call companies like that to consolidate and to confirm that they will make this in the future to help save their own factory. a fifteen year old pupil has been arrested following an attack at a school sign of moscow the suspect allegedly fired an herb through smoke grenades video has emerged from a classroom close to where the incident took place be aware you may find that the story.

thank. god well the boy is believed to have spent a long time plumbing the attack on that even warned other people's not to come into school on the day of the assault but even a caution of reports from the scene. 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 and they see that one of their classmates opened the door and stopped 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 got seriously injured and the teacher was injured as well all of them are

hospitalized now and we managed to talk to some teenagers and their family members to get a better understanding of what happened this morning when she told them if you posted on the internet about it would happen on the love. she won dog the students not to come to school the children love the teachers and the direct to know about. you into the class and started to follow during the lesson. he was saying something like everyone on the floor i've come here to coo he's been planning this for a long time but we thought he was a joke right after the incidents the school was evacuated and lessons counselors 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. it's rhetoric towards breaks it the blocks chief negotiator michel barnier was

reported on sunday as saying he wants to teach britain the consequences of leaving this singo market although he stepped back from that the following day the e.u. commission president's chief of staff recently slammed the decision provoking a response from u.k. independence party members of president. briggs' is bad and it's a stupid decision the only people who can reverse it would be the british people and i'm not a dreamer i'm a realist his comments amount to be candid denial in brussels the bracks it is happening and a desire to be uncooperative at every step of the way it's absolutely is a comment that that doesn't belong or between mature individuals and belongs even less between between mature countries. and while european officials try to make britain pay our people in france seem to continue to be divided.