russia's ministry of defense continues to hit back at claims made by rebel groups that target civilians in syria. strikes as evidence. we have. i want you to those who promote hate division i can't make any more proposal it is up to the e.u. to make. his plans to shake up the european union calling for a joint defense forces. he gave his speech. in the face of the. strife less than forty eight hours after the right wing groups break through in the. parliament for the very first time.

i welcome come from moscow you're watching international our top story this hour russia's ministry of defense has again denied claims it's targeting civilians in syria the accusations were made by rebel groups but today russia counted those allegations with comprehensive footage of its strike says medina court reports. according to russia's defense ministry the strikes conducted by russian forces targets i sell and positions the russian military stress that all these start kits were away from residential areas and at a safe distance from u.s. backed forces now there is a reason for such a comment coming from the ministry as earlier the controversial u.k.

based monitoring group syrian observatory for human rights have accused russia of conducting air raids against civilians and serious province and moscow has dismissed of these allegations saying that the claims are unsubstantial and based on end on him a source says and also added that a russian planes target only terrorist positions with high precision strikes they have supported these statements by releasing food from the airstrikes and the live province well earlier this week the reuters news agency did publish an article claiming that russian strikes had hit those u.s. backed rebels in the province opposition forces allege one of its fighters had been killed and two of his injured calling it a treacherous attack on the you also threatened retaliation the russian ministry of defense though has refuted the reports saying best strikes took place and confirmed terrorists locations well so what could have happened then will the russian

ministry defenses released satellite images showing us special forces and their allies come inside former islamic state strongholds at the start of the month things did look very different the gray areas were under control but. hummers started to appear there along with other equipment and all of the u.s. led all about. from the u.s. led coalition and with no visible signs of fighting against the terrorists there are question marks about a possible handover the rule so a worrying lack of patrols in the area to alert camps to and. pace i saw militants took tried to retake positions where the u.s. led coalition says the accusations made by the russian defense ministry which suggests a deal may have been struck with ice for the folds but refused to comment any further russia says the lack of explanation raises many questions over the u.s. special forces operation india is saw meanwhile the syrian army supported by

russia's air force are fighting to eliminate i saw last foothold in theories or province the liberation of the city has been widely seen as a major breakthrough in the war on terror after being under siege for three years i'm residents there are now trying to return to some sort of normality while the city's youngsters are now experiencing to a new way of life and tastes also for the very first time a smear against the reports. what these people have been through is indescribable joy and saw. out a little out of saddam in the way he didn't leave. my left hand come in handy. we can hear about it we can read about it watch it but we won't truly understand what it ought to be a need to our one money making 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 is not it i do agree insulin is to me 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 will 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 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. 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 us children in india do cam and. it was a fun election 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 this is a city born again more i guess dia see from that is on syria. protesting it's a menu macron has seen fighting break between students and police at a paris university where the french president has given a speech on reshaping the european union. was hundreds of protested against emanuel speech at sorbonne university many of them students school activists

unhappy with what they see as being the pro-business policies of the manual and the fact that he's introduced new legislation over the working code in practice here in france using executive orders and bypassing the parliamentary process no money or much call speech today was about outlining his vision for you to run rough divide is for europe over the next ten years and beyond that one does want to shorten a pause we are in need of profound changes i proposed to our counterparts to create a european army and i open this initiative towards the french army and all militaries coming from european countries voluntarily franchise to possess a joint intervention force common defense budgets your common doctrine to act if only a united europe can efficiently defend our borders secure and what receive those with the right to asylum and help them integrate he don't and send back we don't

meet the requirements for such protection grand plans for the man he seems to be posing himself as europe strongman the person to lead europe into the future and the tone of his speech leaves no doubt about that we have laid out our proposals this i want you to those who promote hate and division i can't make any more proposals it is up to the e.u. to make them in. this united and it's still unclear how its ideas will go down in europe and in germany in particular because much one speech just comes two days after the elections there and it could be a stumbling block for his napoleonic star plans because after the vote merkel there has to form a coalition. which will most probably include the people who are opposed to the idea of common european finances. r.t.

paris well we spoke to political commentator adrian yelland who says if merkel forms the so-called jamaica coalition it might be at odds with crohn's plans to reform the european union early lindau's party are opposed although they occupy the same political space that sort of essential little space that rush occupied they have an entirely different view of budgetary in the european union are very much more concerned about how the german taxpayer is going to respond i think the greens to a degree are old war much was my position that the liberal party in germany so it is a very good question it's too early to say at this moment but certainly these are the big questions that need to be asked about the future shape of the fort meanwhile the co-chair and leading figure for the alternative for germany party for a competitor he has resigned amid a split within the party it does come right after the group secured seats in the german parliament for the very first time in its history our european correspondent

peter oliver has the details. of petrie has stunned alternative for germany and all of those watching german politics by announcing that she will step down and leave the party this follows that historic victory for the for the a.f.p. as they took their first seats in the bundestag in sunday's federal elections there the announcement that she will leave the party follows a straw to put sweet statement on monday that she would not sit with a fifty members in parliament. 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 for your understanding i will not answer any questions on this. for petrie had been the face of alternative for germany since she took over the leader of the party from bend luka who she helped oust in

a relic of sorts within the party a few years ago she had pushed a more moderate view for the party certainly a right wing view but far more moderate than say the likes of alex on the golland or others who are idle who were running as the candidates for chancellor the special candidates as they're called in this most recent election we can see what it comes to t.v. appearances certainly petry far more composed at times than some of those that will remain in leadership in alternative to germany. in violation of our economy guys thank you thank you thank you. thank you thank you it does seem that the relationship between petrie and others at the top of the party has become well frankly toxic we heard from other vital saying it has self and alex on the gallant haven't spoken to

petrie in months and this is as they were fighting a campaign election campaign against well a lot of opposition here in germany to try and enter the bundestag the fact that this is existed and gone on for so long it was clear it must come to a head at some point and it seems that they've done not immediately post-election petrie's not the only one who's going to be leaving the party pianist and three others including her husband marcus quiet who say and a very influential figure in the party will also leave as well the question that's been left is did they jump where they pushed. was peter mention there angela merkel's victories being overshadowed slightly by the success of the alternative for germany party and the country is now seeing large scale protests following sunday's results activists from both sides of the political divide gathered once the results came out it was also

a rally in the city of dresden by the supporters from the anti is a movement while in hamburg and the activists marched against the party success accusing them of xenophobia racism and sexism while some experts blame angela merkel for the rise of the f.t. others didn't hesitate to blame it on the now infamous russian hackers although the media failed to find evidence that in any way they in any way influence the election it's the absence of hacking that seemingly now has everybody suspicious jaclyn vegas' been looking at the wider claims of russian 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. 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 whichever country feel 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 her and it 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. america's top military general says that north korea's weapon tests are a show of power to protect the regime he also said the pyongyang's reaction does stem from the situation has been put in over the past year and a half my assessment. is that kim jong un development of nuclear capability in his development of missile technology is primarily associated with regime survival that's not to say that they don't propose a threat to shove career into others in the region but my judgment is that that is what is driven is. for development over the past eighteen months. ok let's get more background there from kevin martin he joins us from united states keller good evening to you what should we read in then to the statement was just

made. well we have the highest ranking general in the united states tested for eyeing before the armed services committee of the u.s. congress and he's essentially admitting that it's pressure on p.r. that is driving its nuclear program that its nuclear program is a response to pressure being placed on the country internationally now that's quite quite a statement to hear from such a high ranking military official now it's also interesting to note that almost in the immediate aftermath of his testimony we find out that there are now new sanctions imposed on north korea by the united states north korean banks as well as twenty six bank workers living outside of north korea are being hit by sanctions now when he testified dunford made clear that economic sanctions were not the main tool of pressure and that military solutions were on the table if sanctions did not

work if the sanctions did not succeed in in making north korea act in the way u.s. officials would like it to act then they have military options that are also on the table now donald trump has been quite vocal about the use of military options people recall his statement before the u.n. general assembly which you referred to the leader of north korea kim jong un as rocket man and we now have his statement on twitter in which he says the little rocket man won't stay much longer and we have a responses from north korean officials who have responded with threats of their own in early september north korea tested its first hydrogen bomb taking their nuclear proliferation to another level and north korean officials have now talked about testing another hydrogen bomb this time in the pacific ocean now it's been quite a heated war of words and from the beginning of the crisis we've heard a proposal from russia and china for a double freeze they proposed that north korea and its nuclear proliferation and

its military and missile tests in exchange for south korea ending their. evocative military exercises and getting rid of the strike enabling the fad missile system which the usa has erected in south korea now this proposal for a double freeze hasn't really gotten much attention from the international community and instead we hear of a heated war of words that continues from north korean officials as well as from the white house now it's been quite a heated exchange and many people are wondering if this could escalate and if the war of words could turn into some real caught a strong conclusions now it's been quite an exchange of words let's take a listen to what's been said between donald trump and north korea's leaders. year of strategic patience. with the north korean regime has failed the united

states is prepared to use the full range of our capabilities to defend ourselves and our allies our respective leader kim didn't own but said the u.s. would be unhappy to witness north korea strategic power on its independence day and call for frequently sending big and small new packages. that's not make it work threats to the united states. they will be met with fire and fury. like the world has never seen north korea has finished preparation for a go on strike and will launch it if the u.s. does not act sensibly and a threat to the united states george territories will be met with a massive military response the u.s. neglects the international community's will stop on the korean peninsula. retaliate against its i'm stunned by the sanctions and pressure from washington with our full councilman's the forthcoming measures to be taken by the d.p. r. k.

because the us the greatest pain and suffering it has ever gone through in its entire history but if it is forced to defend itself or its allies we will have no choice but to totally destroy north korea. since the united states declared war on our country we will have every right to take countermeasures including the right to shoot down u.s. strategic bombers even when they are not inside our country's airspace the question of who won't be around much longer. if you. in other news this evening iraqi kurdish authorities have said that over ninety percent of people voted in favor of independence in the region's controversial referendum three million ballots were counted despite opposition from both iraq and also a broad. we

just want to show the world what our people want in the world that we want to head for independence in a democratic way through dialogue and negotiations with baghdad this is an unconstitutional decision against the social fabric of our citizens we will not recognize the referendum or its results six million people were eligible to vote and turnout was reportedly seventy percent official results are expected by the end of the week but the prediction is that there will be an overwhelming yes vote baghdad sees the referendum as another source of destabilization of an already fragile state and doesn't want to lose its oil rich region. or the kurds are one of the largest ethnic groups without a state some forty million people spread across four neighboring countries turkey syria iraq and iran all those nations oppose the referendum fearing it would embolden their kurdish their own kurdish community around has closed its kurdish airspace and started conducting military drills on its border turkey for its part

is conducting joint military drills with iraq and threaten to block an oil pipeline operated by the kurds and career you've been suggested the possibility of military action. but nobody should expect us to tolerate a new conflict zone right next to our border this recent development poses a threat to our nation's very existence and its future we will not hesitate to take military action similar to what we did in syria when we read its cities of eisel fighters as i have said we could take action at any time we discuss the iraqi kurdish referendum with a middle east research or who told us that the kurds are seizing the moment. current referendum is very important it's a milestone for the kurdish story for the first time the kurds are going to the ballots and they are showing the whole world that they are adopting the western and will use and in this case they are trying to get legitimacy from whole world for

first of all they did that when they begin to fight with isis and secondly now they are seizing this opportunity when. you walk in government is realty of the weak iraq is falling apart in the south we have also nowadays there are controlled in the baghdad government and also we have sudanese so each group is trying to get what it's what they desires and in this case by fighting against isis the kurds they prove themselves that they can function as a state and i guess that's why they are they are doing their best in order to achieve this with this referendum. a chilling story from southern russia now because police have detained what is alleged to be a cannibal couple suspected of killing and eating up to thirty people with one course revis in the city of his report does include graphic descriptions of what's

alleged to have happened. we're standing outside a detention facility in crossness are a city in south in russia that was there recently shipped 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 artie's a source so within the local police said that the pair confessed to killing. police uncovered the details thanks to a road workers who discovered at telephone allegedly belonging to the suspect on a vis a very street. after they opened up the phone they discovered absolutely a picture of flying images of a man posing with their bloodied dismembered body parts of course they alerted the police right away and they began an investigation now the images from that phone

already began circulating online and the media are now speculating about the real number of their victims. after seeing the horrific telephone footage that police detained both suspects and here's artie's exclusive footage when the authorities searched the home all day keys the couple and made even the more shocking discovery as well they found more remains of their recent victim but her body parts stashed in the basement of the building and also other body parts that were placed in a container but 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 are 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 constant client says that live right here let's have

a listen. then mystic ation 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 calls for an artsy crystal garcelle the russia where you can read about that story in a website out so you don't comb is plenty more there also to get across i'm back with more news that if you went back often as time.

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