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we are tuning in to us from around the world this hour welcome to our to international. our top story this hour russia says it has evidence that terrorists were behind april's chemical attack in syria's rebel held town of. which killed at least eighty people with the. moscow has information that terrorists were using chemical and weapons and in particular sarin gas and one of their attacks on the hunch a who in town back in april this year and now this information was voiced by the director of the russian foreign ministries nonproliferation and weapons control department he also said the situation on the ground was secure enough for international experts to come to the area come to the town and to collect important

data for the investigation but they refused to do so an early and september and internationally un independent commission that oversees human rights violations released their report saying that damascus used chemical weapons in its attacks basically blaming the assad government although the fact finding mission never visits at the town or the area itself the attack in question to place on the fourth of april two thousand and seventeen more than eighty people were killed sound the opposition together with many western powers were quick to blame the incident on the syrian government shortly after the april at tack the u.s. reacted by launching an strike on a syrian beefs where the chemical weapons were allegedly stored now the attack claimed the lives of sixteen people in while damascus has repeatedly denied

carrying out any sorts of chemical weapons that have on that area now it's sad that back in two thousand and thirteen it gave away all of its chemical weapons under the supervision of the u.n. backed chemical weapons watchdog. over a controversial u.k. based group the syrian observatory for human rights has accused russia of conducting oeuvre raids against civilians in syria's province most schools dismiss the allegations saying the claims are. ated based on anonymous sources it also added that russian planes target only terrorist positions with high precision strikes they supported the statement by releasing footage of the earth strikes in the province or questioning the reputation of the monitoring group the claims made by the observatory science and anonymous witnesses or volunteers are traditionally arms founded and serve as an informational smokescreen for the actions of militants

. only n.g.o.s run by one living in the u.k. in the city of coventry who last visited syria seventeen years ago the spike but it's being widely used by the mainstream media and u.s. officials as a quote 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 i know all 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 and meanwhile the syrian army supported by russia's earth force are fighting to eliminate eyes all is lost foothold in terrorist or province the liberation of the city has been widely seen as

a major breakthrough in the war on terror and after being under siege for three years residents are now trying to return to some kind of normality while the city's youngest rule no experience a new way of life and tastes for the very first time explaining that from syria. what these people have been through is indescribable joy and saw. out a little out of saddam in the way he didn't only take. my left hand you can have the video we can hear about it we can read about it watch it but we won't truly understand but it ought to be a need to our no one money make feeling but one that has been in an epic as always it was the young and the elderly hit hardest that died first and again none of them

are doing ok unless you do do it little hard to hide it it's not it i don't really even if it's any sound i know. if it wasn't hunger it was isis shelling if not that i 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 and the more gone 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 that has or haven't seen for three long years. i did my a bit of born here and he. for ninety one was my a foreigner i desired a microphone 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. yet you see. 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. i . was the more enthusiastic children ate the skins before realizing that something wasn't quite right well it was worth it just to see this smiles and the others who needed to do.

it wasn't on the national and there are still plenty of challenges isis still holds a small part of the city is also reconstruction providing clean water and fuel but despite all that these. born again more i guess do you have. from that is on syria the co-chair the leading figure of the alternative for germany party frock a petrie resigned amid a split within the party comes right after the group secured seats in the german parliament for the first time in its history let's cross live to our to peter all over who is following developments for us in berlin a little bit of confusion around this peter was there immediately after the. showing in the election thirteen percent the f.d.a. got petry said that she wasn't going to join her party in parliament now she's saying she's resigned how is this all going to change things for the f.t.

. well i'm not sure how it will change things for the a f d but it may well change things all but change our opinions from the outside looking in as to what's been going on inside the f.d.a. but we're going to have to wait for petrie to tell us that this whole thing started on monday morning hours after the. election results came through and it was a a win really for alternative for germany thirteen percent gets them into the bundestag for the first time it also gives them quite a hefty presence in the bundestag for a party entering for its first time they superseded many of the the older more established parties now monday morning from a petri comes out and says i won't be sitting with the other members of the f.d.a. who are going to be entering the bundestag so she was going to set a self up as an independent now and this was already throwing things into disarray it was then followed up on tuesday by her being asked the question. what would you

are you going to be leaving the party to which she said yes we can have a look now at what she said when she said she was going to not be sitting with those three g. being campaigning alongside look at the body language here that. we want to create real policy and that's a long consideration i decided not to be a member of the parliamentary group in the bundestag i would like to ask you three understanding i will not answer any questions on this. on. the phone. short sweet and to the point really there what we understand and i can tell you right now the gossip machine is working overtime here in berlin is to just why she's decided to go she won't her seat out right in her local constituency but what we do understand what we're getting is she's quit over what she's described as the. an attitude to want to push controversial messages by those who are also in

the leadership of the party we're particularly looking at the likes of alexander garland and alice of a little who have been the who are the the two special candidates for the alternative for germany party here when we look at those and we look at it petri from petri there was a more moderate approach to what ultimately is a a right wing political party here in germany it's the first time that any right wing party has entered the parliament here since since the second world war and alternative which i mean certainly that bullet she was trying to keep them closer to the center closer to perhaps a more moderate message but through gallon down to vital they want to go on something different and we can see through a vital just how well explosive she can be when she feels cornered and challenged. by the way said our economy guys thank you thank you thank you thank you.

thank you thank you. certainly there was a lot of criticism for the alternative for germany party throughout the election campaign but walking off the set of public debates that's not going to get people on side with you they were previously against you what we also understand though is that following from decision that she's going to leave the party and not sit with them in the poll in the stock we also understand her husband the m.e.p. for alternative for germany markus pretzel will also step down from the party we understand will remain as an independent now he is incredibly influential in the party in north rhine-westphalia in the in the west of germany petry herself was a founding member of alternative for germany she took power after she took part in the push to oust the then leader burned luka but the questions that are being asked now is how she jumped because she doesn't agree with the leadership or has she been

pushed out and has been quite the we casanova's only choose they are all of her from berlin thank you. well the german election results stirred by huge public reaction and security for this chancellor has been somewhat overshadowed by the success although it's right wing alternative for germany party which earned peter was saying its first ever seats in the bundestag well activists from both sides of the political divide gathered once the preliminary results came out at a rally there in the left of your screen in dresden if decent workers from the big movement in humber county if the activists marched against the party success accusing them of xenophobia racism sexism. while some experts blame for the rallies all of the f.t. others didn't hesitate to blame it on the now infamous russian hookers although the media failed to find evidence that they in any way influence the election it's in

fact the absence of hacking that seemingly now has everyone suspicious. looking at the wider claims against suppose that 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 weren't 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. in favor of. independence suspect will shift. 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 doubts every time the elites of which have a 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. actively say oh it must be russia interfering in these elections because they might get her and that 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 could donald trump's twitter talking lead to conflict in asia north korea sees the u.s. has already declared war on the country and we've got the latest on the live

reaction right after this. in case you're new to the game this is how it works the economy is built around quite a conflagration from washington to washington to meet. the media. voters elected to run this country business because. you must it's not business as usual it's business like it's never been done before.

with r.t. north korea's foreign minister say donald trump has the third war and unwarned of counter-measures itself to be american presidents inflammatory comments about the north korean leader on twitter. since the united states declared war on our country we will have every right to take counsel measures including the right to shoot down u.s. strategic bombers even when they are not inside all countries as space the question of who won't be around much longer will be on so then 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 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 hydrogen bomb 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 there are a noun saying 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. or someone who's been closely following what's been happening on the korean peninsula is asia specialist andree long and under it joins me live on the program to discuss it more you're very welcome. how much of this do you think is actually bluster versus reality the threats actually come to actual military conflict and indeed who do you think is more likely to instigate it kim or trump. well those definitely a lot of song and fury on both sides in fact that. the kind of rhetoric. is so refereeing up and it's a very dangerous situation but when you really look at it there is really

a lot of options on both sides. for america to. destroy north korea that means. you need asian. that would trigger. trickling a regional war because if there is chaos in north korea obviously that would lead to. the deployment of ground troops from south korea and the united states and of course china not going to stand still and would ask into a regional not a global war between that it is ours and i don't think that that is a solution america wants also that decapitate the capitation in the form of elite troops of our. warriors from south korea to take out kim may or may not succeed but even if you succeed it's going to lead to a chaos in north korea and then would also drag in the deployment of

troops from seoul korea and the united states yeah the same thing will happen so you've got to look at what what kim jong un wants what he wants is really a credible terence against regime change and a credible terence of course. missiles capable of reaching the homeland of the united states and that's why he's carrying out all this test. is very. direct pyongyang said and let me just say this to you said that it will shoot down american planes even when there are not a north korean air space is that a false threat then you think that's all part of an idea just to get what they want without actually military involvement. well i don't think that is really

a possibility but for north korea to shoot down. american aircraft outside. north korea's territory would be a huge lead actor. decoration of war and we're trying a kind of ask elation which is no good for for for him but that's not what he wants why does he want to do that i mean basically what he wants that's what's the point i was trying to get that you've got to understand what he wants and what he wants it's not and i elation that we is an insurance policy against regime change the only credible insurance policy is a peace treaty a formal peace pact with the united states because his main threat is not from japan or china is from. a lot of states so obviously he wants to have a credible a noble treaty couple with the removal of salvation so the union glorious economy

and improve the life of the holders people people and stabilize his regime but if you put more pressure on him the more that he will feel region change the more you will hasten this nuclear isolation program so it's ok great i'll leave it there but i think the west needs to understand and trying to understand that that's the crux of the matter thank your thoughts this are great as always underlying asia specialist. a protest against french president emanuel mccraw has seen fighting break up between students and police on the part of university clashes erupted as the president was about to give a speech at the university on plans to reshift the european union students have also been by the government's decision to cut france's education budget by some three hundred million. yeah i want to bring this story to you as well at the sterling loan from southern russia police have detained what is alleged to be

a cannibal couple suspected of killing and eating up to thirty people who moan cos trip is in the city of cross the dark forest his report includes graphic descriptions of what's alleged to have occurred. we're standing outside a detention facility in crossman's are a city in south or russia that was there recently should by absolutely horrifying events a local couple has been are taken into custody for murdering and dismembering a woman moreover now they're suspected of cannibalism as well r.t. source in the local police said that the pair confessed to killing the police uncovered chynna details thanks to a road workers who discovered at telephone allegedly belonging to the suspect on a vis very street after they opened up the phone they discovered absolutely a picture of flying images of a man posing with bloody dismembered body parts of course they alerted the police right away and they began an investigation now the images from that falling already

began circulating online and the media are now speculating about the real number of their victims after seeing the horrific telephone footage the police did saying both suspects and here's artie's exclusive footage when the authorities searched the home all day keys couple and made even the more shocking discoveries well they found more remains of their recent victim but her body part says that in the basement of the building and also all their body parts that were placed in a can saner some kind of a salt solution and also unspecified food the frozen meat fragments in the kitchen experts will now try to determine whether those are human are not the locals a certainly in shock i know wary of the media but we managed to find one person a shopkeeper that says lives in this area and you the couple pretty well as they were her cos the client says the live right here let's have a listen. then

mr gay. it is ongoing but there is a suspicion that the couple have allegedly been killing and eating their victims over the last twenty years so perhaps we could see some more developments more horrifying details in this story as the investigation progresses ramon called free of artsy craftsy garcelle the russia. choose the afternoon news update i'll see you again in thirty minutes. here's what people have been saying about redacted in the us is it actually just pull along awesome the only show i go out of my way to find you know what it is that really packs a punch oh yeah it is the john oliver of r t americans do the same thing we are

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