the government knows what they do and they do nothing. top stories right now the russian defense ministry denies allegations of civilian casualties in its air raids in syria producing video of strikes on militant targets in the province. after failing to find any trace of russian hackers interfering in the german election now the media speculating why it wasn't a target. tweet that stoking tensions north korea says the u.s. president's online insult is a declaration of war. this

is the news from r.t. international a lot to tell you about syria developments in the past twenty four hours or so the russian defense ministry has released video of its strikes against targets in the syrian province of idlib that's well there have also been allegations of civilian casualties from the raids i got the details from a refund. the so-called syrian observatory for human rights has once again claimed that the russian and syrian airplanes are targeting the residential areas inside is doing the same and that a number of civilians have been killed as a result they have been particularly talking about the troubled region of the north of syria russia's defense ministry has once again denied these allegations saying that the russian every nation is uniquely targeting the jihadists bases and underground storage units and equipment bases and armored vehicles located outside the cities and they have supported their claims by releasing the very deuce show in

the moments of the attacks and you can see the pictures right now and it's clear you can see that these are not to residential areas targeted the russian defense ministry has also added that all the attacks always follow a detailed research over the situation on the ground and they also have information that these particular bases could be involved in the attack on the russian military police in syria last week remember three policemen then were seriously injured and that was a very serious situation but the russian and syrian military have launched account of creation and the jihadist have been stopped the syrian observatory for human rights it's been the go to place for a lot of noise out of this house and they've made these kind of allegations before that's not for the first time that we hear such allegations from the syrian observatory for human rights and i believe not the last time russia's defense ministry though has said it has serious doubts over the credibility of these

organizations the claims made by the observatory science and anonymous witnesses over. the traditional sounded and serve as an informational smokescreen for the actions of militants and russia's defense ministry is not the only one to question the credibility of the syrian observatory for human rise interesting that just recently we heard almost similar concerns from the commander of the. american coalition inferior the general has said that the claims made by syrian observatory for human rights are often unsupported by fact the bitter irony here is that this very daniel has been appointed they supposed under obama administration that as you remember had always referred to syrian observatory for human rights as a very credible source of information yes it comes from from credible aid. agencies like the world health organization like doctors without borders like the syrian observatory for human rights we have earlier been able to speak to the head of syrian observatory for human rights as you know this is an organization based in

london and so far away friends theory and there are not many people involved in the research and he told us he hasn't been to syria since the year two thousand we're under attack simply because we tell the truth about what's going on in syria apparently nobody wants to hear the truth do you know these people working in syria hundreds you see personally you mention money just no political standing naturally plays a certain role two people may have totally different interests can you really trust all of them. i know of the activists working for the syrian observatory for human rights you keep saying that you know all these people personally when was the last time you went to syria. the last time i was in syria was in two thousand. some news just in some details to tell you about the chemical attack that happened in country couldn't in april in syria's province so you might remember thinking back this was it happened at the beginning of april at least seventy four people

were killed hundreds of others were injured that is what led the u.s. president to then fire cruise missiles at an air base well russia says there's now evidence that terrorists were behind that april chemical attack in qana shaker and in syria's province russia also says that the security situation there does allow for experts to inspect the site of the attack but they still refuse to do so so that information just coming into us here at the r.t.e. news center when we get more details we'll let you know more meanwhile the russian military has managed to establish a bridge over the euphrates river that's near the city of dinners or the battle for that city is not yet over but humanitarian convoys are now regularly delivering aid locals can finally get basic food that they haven't seen since. their city children there are seeing some kinds of fruit for the first time in their lives what i guess you have has the details what these people have been through is indescribable and

saw. how the little. in the way he did it. can. we can hear about it we can read about it watch it but we won't truly understand what it ought to be. money made. but one must know i mean. as always it was the young and the elderly hit hardest that died first and then again most of them are ok let's do it do it. how do you know did i do agree even is tell me so now i know. if it wasn't hung. it was isis shelling if not for that a lack of medicine but the city survived life even did as order is still far from normal but at least they won't be starving to death anymore dawn of the times when

people would fight to the death over scraps of food now convoys are coming in day and night with food with medicine as well as things like vegetables fruits candies these are things that the people of datas or haven't seen for three long years and i demanded to look at the my about one ninety. four ninety alone it was my or foreigner i desire to myself i was what i for syrians all know what dead is or has been through and the nation's heart goes out to its citizens even the older kids can't remember eating anything that wasn't grown locally. or. he said. of course news that someone was giving out free but not as quickly spread at first

it was a dozen children. then it was dozens and dozens. of . the more enthusiastic children ate the skins before realizing that something wasn't quite right well it was worth it just to see the smiles and the other children in india do you know . it was a fun election and there are still plenty of challenges isis still holds a small part of the city there's also reconstruction providing clean water and fuel but despite all that this is a city born again more. see from syria.

if you've been watching r.t. in recent weeks you'll know that we've been campaigning to help find the families of children whose parents joined islamic state terrorists in iraq a few days ago there were new arrivals at an orphanage in baghdad as in previous cases most of the children have been left psychologically damaged by what they've been through there's also a teenager who was married to a militant here are some of the stories. it's nice in the way that the thirty. five thousand people packed.

into an awful. lot of stuff to put them on you know. to be as a. sister nice anyways. the german election results have stirred up a divided public reaction mogul securing

a full term his chances being somewhat overshadowed by the success of the right wing alternative for germany party which of course now gets its first ever seats in the bundestag activists from both sides of the political divide gathered swan's the preliminary results came out on monday evening there was also a rally in the city of dresden by the supporters from the anti islam paquita movement. anti a.f.p. act. marched against the policy success of kucing them of xenophobia racism and sexism. and while some experts blame angela merkel for the rise of the a.f.p. others have and i was excited to blame it on the now infamous russian hackers although most media fail to find any evidence that they may have in any way influence the election that news to go to everyone suspicious.

looking at the wider claims against supposed russian online interference in foreign elections. the russian meddling predictions fell flat when it came to the german election despite the initial hysteria. we don't see that putin has meddled in the election campaign maybe they didn't try maybe it's still coming allegations of russian controlled automated accounts promoting a.f.d. hashtags and the run up to the vote was about as senator as it got and the head of the german federal election committee even felt confident enough to tell a russian news agency there was no evidence of interference but when it comes to last year's u.s. presidential election it seems neither time nor lack of proof can stem the flow of

allegations of kremlin meddling that's despite a stanford university study demonstrating that false stories words the reason for hillary's loss and that the two most believed fake news stories were in fact pro clinton articles our data suggests that social media were not the most important source of election news for fake news to have changed the outcome of the election a single fake article that would need to have had the same persuasive effect as thirty six television campaign ads nevertheless fears of russian meddling seem to be mounting most recently in the upcoming catalan independence referendum that has infuriated the spanish government according to some russia is once again lurking in the background and pulling the strings one of the most circulated daily newspapers in spain has come to that not so surprising conclusion and our channel is one of the main targets of the article work use of running stories about the situation in catalonia forty two times since the end of august not sure why a news channel reporting news is so alarming but yes apparently they counted they

also claim that one of our headlines that reads the e.u. will respect the cattle and referendum is out now fake news but respect is exactly what the european commission president said if it were to be a yes very. independent suspect will shift when we look. we will respect that. i mean you know so it's unclear what their issue is the kremlin's position on the matter is also to be found in the peace stating that the issue of catalan independence is one for spain to address. but it seems such denials coming from moscow don't matter to those pushing and increasingly shaking their heads every time the elites of whichever country feels that there might be a some sort of populist revolt or a vote against what the elite think they should be voting for they almost proactively say oh it must be russia interfering in these elections because they might get a result that they don't want but it's crazy because we have seen time and time and time again there is no evidence of russian hacking. north korea's foreign ministers

donald trump has declared war on pyongyang and warned of countermeasures its after trump's inflammatory comments about the north korean leader on twitter. since the united states declared war on our country we have every right to take countermeasures including the right to shoot down united states strategic bombers even when they're not inside the airspace of our country it's important to point out that north korea's foreign minister was responding to comments by donald trump on social media specifically on twitter donald trump said that north korea's leader might not be around much longer and so we have this response from north korea's foreign minister now we've heard from the pentagon they have responded to the comment from the foreign minister saying if north korea does not stop their provocative actions we will provide options to the president and now we have a response from the u.s.

not declared war on north korea and frankly the suggestion of that is absurd it's never appropriate for a country to shoot down another country's aircraft when it's over international waters our goal is still the same we continue to seek the peaceful nuclear is ation of the korean peninsula that's our focus doing that through both the most maximum economic and diplomatic pressure is possible at this point there's been quite a back and forth between donald trump and the leaders of the d.p. r. k. the united states has great strength and patients but if it is forced to defend itself or its allies we will have no choice but to totally destroy north korea rocket man is on a suicide mission for himself and for his regime. what kind of measure will be taken is decided by the chairman of the state affairs commission. but i think that the strongest ever hundreds might be tested in the pacific. now it's important to

note that at the beginning of september north korea tested its first hydrogen bomb a much more advanced nuclear weapon than they previously have tested and proliferated and furthermore they are announcing. at this point they intend to carry out another test of a hydrogen bomb but this time it will not take place within north korea itself but rather in the pacific ocean so many are wondering what will happen if north korea does indeed test a hydrogen bomb in the pacific ocean what response will we see from the united states as of yet it's just a war of words but people are concerned many people around the world are no doubt concerned that this could lead to a catastrophic conclusion and watching all to russian couples under arrest for allegedly killing and eating their victims it's all next news after the break.

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again some chilling news from southern russia now police have detained what's alleged to be a cannibal couple suspected of killing and eating up to thirty people among his in the city of krasnodar forest his report does include graphic descriptions of what's alleged to have happened. the currently uncrossed ones are a city in the south are now russia that was recently issued by absolutely horrifying events sell local couple have been detained on charges all for murdering a woman and dismembering her body the couple now stands accused of being the cannibals artie's a source within the local police said that the pair confessed to killing the police some cover the china details thanks to construction workers who discovered the

phone on the side of the road now when they turned the phone on they saw absolutely petrifying images all for men standing with a dismembered bloodied body parts they alerted the police so obviously who in turn launched an investigation. heartsease exclusive footage of the police coming to the couple's home and to search the maid's absolutely shocking discoveries a very as well first of all that found the body parts all of the a victim in the basement of the home of that's the victim that they were arrested for they also found the body parts in some kind of salty solution in the can as well and also the founder of food food fragments and unspecified frozen meat experts and have tried to deserve and whether they belong to humans the locals are certainly in shock after these events and they're wary off the media however with found one person that sent me the couple and she agreed to speak with us and i

didn't notice anything weird about them they were polite he was a construction worker and his wife had been a nurse but she'd lost her job and drank a lot the news came as a shock to me i never had a clue what was going on so certainly a chilling and horrifying story here in crossbones are the details are still emerging the police are investigating the matter however as it stands right now the couple could have been. killing and eating their victims from as early as nine hundred ninety nine. the u.s. supreme court is perspire and a hearing on donald trump's power to ban travel from certain countries it's to give time for both sides to file fresh cases on the new rules comes after the administration issued a new set of travel restrictions the ban now includes north korea chad venezuela that's on top of expanding the existing list which took in countries like iran

libya somalia sudan syria and yemen now president from says that america's safety that's the number one priority and that's the reason for the new measures but the moves already sparked international criticism in london study carney he says even compared donald trump's language to that of islamic state other international reaction venezuela's also slammed the travel ban business will assume. venezuela is open for dialogue with the united states government but if they attack us in any area we will respond in defense of our homeland and of our people iran's also reacted the foreign minister there saying the new travel ban is even more offensive. but threats and president bush singled out. as the axis of

evil in his two thousand and two state of the union address. and an export. while the neglected few repressed the iranian people spoke for freed our past time for the nations of the world to confront another reckless regime one that speaks openly of mass murder valor and death to america destruction to israel and ruin for many leaders and nations in this room american policy has largely benefited iran especially the war on terror the u.s. actually helped overthrow iran's greatest enemies saddam hussein in iraq and the sunni taliban regime in afghanistan we have seen a consistent bullying by the united states reserve the. contras such as north korea iran that is their force have backfired we have seen that in the persian gulf

region. if. it. may be. iran. region or limb for us and prestige is on the rise and its network of alliances in the region is also as threatening in two thousand and eleven then secretary of state hillary clinton saw turkey as a steadfast u.s. ally and a regional counterbalance to iran and iran would be badly miscalculating if they didn't look at the entire region and all of our presence in many countries in the region both in bases in training with nato allies like turkey. fast forward five years the iranian president hassan rouhani is received in one car with military honors and despite continuous u.s. sanctions on iran the iranian economy seems to be doing just fine so it's not very surprising that iranians aren't particularly bothered by donald trump's fiery

rhetoric he done when all took place and we have that have been since the beginning . do we have been under sanctions for four decades and the people of iran are certainly not afraid now in fact sanctions have made iran more independent in many fields as history shows from president bush's era until today american policies intended to harm iran have all backfired perhaps it's all a sign that iran isn't really america's greatest threat and maybe it's time for the u.s. to re-evaluate who its real enemies are. on r.t.e. washington d.c. . new throughout this hour with me calling bright back in thirty if your next global update i'll sing it.

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