boy. that's a. great reach a couple odious says it will declare its independence from spain in just a matter of days now as over half a million people go on strike against the spanish go. ahead to this new king of saudi arabia makes his first ever official visit here to russia where the panic is set for what could be on the zito but in the future. president swears in the new u.s. ambassador to russia he has called multiple businesses. under moscow's meddling in the u.s. election take a look at it in the south to. q.

studios here in moscow kevin always with you with this live updates at eight am here now this wednesday morning first focusing still on catalonia such big news from there now catalonia as leader has vowed to declare the regions independence from spain in the coming days on wednesday the local parliament set to announce the exact date for his declaration i later today meantime catalans have been on strike over madrid crackdown to try to prevent the referendum vote in the first place. has been following events in barcelona but some rambling here in cuts lonia can usually be described as one of the biggest crises spain has certainly in a generation some of that could possibly lead solicitously to not just this country but also exemplary around you. so what's been happening here is right.

now for us all day alexander strike and kept coming out where we know that somehow we know you and powerful men organize the people to come out onto the streets and strike lots of streets closed off route has money at odds transportation funds have been closed businesses even barcelona so far in this particular strike for the us i most of us are going to not be on we will not accept anything like the sending of all my heart for a capital we just want to choose our own rights a very little bit and we think it's not know how the government behaves he was of the was the moment that all the you or your opinion needs to support. someone you have to be to quote me if. i do think i

was if i was in europe i. was you know that was what i was was was was was was a lot of questions about what's going to happen next because obviously the council on people here who do support getting out of spain have no plans to go to to go anywhere was madrid sees this referendum as never even having taken place. the general strike seen over seven hundred thousand people take part in it so far as an overwhelming ninety percent of voters back to independence in sunday's vote we spoke to the different chief of the people magazine liberal says that the e.u. is fearful of backing either side right that. it's very complicated a picture in europe and all catholics are afraid to endure the pain union and the european commission. are afraid of of opening pandora's box by supporting one as

the two factions that are matric government all the talent in the pentagon secrets the public can still school the way. it's complicated because everybody knows that in the in it there is a real majority against it so the best would be probably europe tries to offer its services to mediate between the two parties that put b. to best for the coming months. while the crisis is even crossed into football now in spain as national teams prepare for their final qualifiers to reach the twenty eighteen world cup here in russia but slow defend the g.o.p. can expose him backer of cattle and independents was booed as he trained with the spanish squad to. i. i as mentioned p.k. is from catalonia and has had

a glittering career for both his club and the spanish national team for whom he's won the world and european cup however pique has said that he is willing to retire no for international football over his staunch backing of catalan independence it's affecting so many areas of life in a bus alone a football club is a focal point of catalan nationalism supporters can be heard chanting independent slogans jury matches after seventeen minutes and fourteen seconds seventeen fourteen being the year catalonia became a part of spain the club also took part in the strike against the government two after a game behind closed doors than because of fears of crowd safety last weekend gerald pickett got emotional when talking about independence during a t.v. interview. so you look at the land a year story. or much going on in total you're so sick i don't know where to go to build a. bomb or you're so i mean it's almost a little too much of the notion of close. to know

you're only going to know your name or not very. serious. or. are you. going to. follow. spellers thought he's continued to say they see that vote as illegal and unconstitutional the european union says it won't condemn the police violence in spain as well and instead gave its backing to the spanish prime minister to resolve the crisis that's all led them to the president of serbia now accusing the e.u. of double standards regarding costs of zero. how was that that the twenty two countries of the european union declared legal and legitimate the succession of cassava even without any form of referendum breaking international public law breaking the tradition of european law the policy that the european union is based on how is that the referendum doesn't it counted catalonia when cassava can do it

even without a referendum you know the role of occasions of this puzzling out kosovo declared independence of course back in two thousand and eight but unlike catalonia the referendum was of knowledge by the majority of e.u. member states we spoke to mark august said she's an international affairs commentator about it who says kosovo's vote was recognized because it's not part of the union. i think also been to see the comparison between catalonia and kosovo in the talk here in the case of yugoslavia and of the costs of all you have e.u. deciding on the fate of countries outside the european union so they eat european union want stability in european union countries but it's quite happy with instability on its neighborhood because that gives the european union an excuse to project itself into those areas this is clearly a schizophrenia position so you can hardly blame the catalyst the seizing the

opened pandora's box that that you e.u. is responsible for is a little bit late for the e.u. to remember international law now on its western border what it was ignoring it on its eastern border. as just the other big stories brewing this morning king solomon of saudi arabia is said to make it a story visited to russia in what's being called a groundbreaking trip it's going to be the first ever official trip over saudi monic to russia he set to meet with the russian president vladimir putin a correspondent tells us what to expect. saudi king solomon is coming to moscow and it's the first time in the kingdom's history that its monarch is officially visiting russia the trips being heralded as a groundbreaking visit and here's why numerous unprecedented energy deals are on the table for one moscow and riyadh plan a one billion dollar fund to invest in a wide range of projects from oil and gas to renewable energy plus russian firms are apparently discussing an agreement with saudi energy giant our own co for joint ventures on saudi soil riyadh is also looking to invest in russian gas production

which could benefit both countries you could go with it if you just need one about the energy six a bit about developing relations between our countries and expanding business school energy though is still a dominating thing russia and saudi arabia of the biggest producing countries and we could use our experience in the field. and benefits. it's essentially what it boils down to is two of the top players in the world energy market responsible for a quarter of global oil production are forging ever closer ties which will definitely have a global impact cutting oil output is also on the cards paving the way to extend a historic opec deal they helped to seal last year. my

what some were in moscow in riyadh have a history of tension and seem unlikely partners between locking horns on the oil market and saudi arabia's close ties to the u.s. with whom relations with russia have hit new lows such close cooperation could also seem quite surprising but despite saudi arabia's reignited love affair with the trumpet ministration the opec kingpin also needs russia a key and growing player both on the world energy market and in the middle east. u.s. authorities have released body camera footage of police responding to the deadly las vegas shooting that took the lives of fifty nine people injured more than five hundred shots can be heard as officers try to locate the gunman and then clear people out of the firing line yet here there are drugs. there either through right out of garden or third out there. to play this way this

way this way this way this will go go go go go out without without without. but while america's still trying to come to terms with what is the deadliest shooting in its history some are using it as a platform for their political aspirations the girlfriend says explains about. vegas used to be known as the city of entertainment is now associated with yet another charity that shook america and the world stories of bravery and self-sacrifice grief for their loved ones the struggle of coming to terms after the worst mass shooting in modern u.s. history but now this tragedy has got dragged into political mudslinging here is c.b.s. is vice president of business affairs and her view on the horror i'm actually not even sympathetic because country music fans often the republican gun. yes she was fired shortly after that post of course following with an apology but the rest of the media haven't been shy of pigeon holing the massacre into their political and bi partisan agenda something else i think to keep in mind

a lot of these country music supporters were likely from supporters and this is something that of course is hitting the tapestry of all americans and it's not just the news outlets celebrities fall in line just as easily saying there's just no way not to politicize this event after all it contains three of the most controversial elements in america's melting pot white men with guns and we obviously can guess who those type of men are said to support should you be surprised not really even national disasters are used to point the finger at political opponents here is hollywood's darling jennifer lawrence essentially blaming the hurricanes on trump that climate change is due to human activity and we continue to ignore and the only voice that we really have is through voting. early voting and it was really startling. meaning watching these hurricanes now and it really tired especially while promoting this movie not to not to feel mother nature's. wrath

and online you could also see people cheering for the floods because they quote our colognes in texas from racist white people and it doesn't change from one horrific event to another no matter if it's a hurricane or a mass shooting take a look. so what are we left with the so much needed uniting in the face of tragedy is marked by hateful messages of division think about it we got facts giago r.t. thanks for checking us however if you want to run the world coming up with the new u.s. ambassador to russia for short break on the rest of the news this morning two thirds .

seem wrong. to say power. and in. the trail. find themselves worlds apart. to look for common ground. warning from moscow so the new u.s.

ambassador to russia jon huntsman has been sworn in. in the ceremony by president putin during a whole can takes a closer look at the man tell us now is trying to improve ties between the countries. and you are a chance for a fresh start in relations something both countries have been hoping for for quite a while jon huntsman is the man with the task of helping to repair a strained relationship a former governor presidential hopeful and the youngest u.s. ambassador in a century make for a pretty impressive c.v. some say his thing to a u.s. envoy in china is good experience for his move to moscow and spent time in beijing culminated in control to see when he was spotted at protests labeled the jasmine revolution of the u.s. embassy claimed he was there accidentally but chinese authorities were so roiled they even temporarily blocked his name on internet searches in the country and the new man in moscow is certainly not one to mince his words there is no question

underline no question. that the russian government interfered in the us election last year and moscow continues to meddle in the democratic processes of our friends and allies at that committee nomination hearing he pledged to meet dissidents and end human rights abuses no softly softly approach there and apparently something he was fond of doing during his beijing stint the best thing to do invite a few dissidents who are seeking freedom and want to expand democracy in china to the united states embassy the kind of thing that i used to do in any case his ties to russia go back further than just this week huntsman a corporation a chemical manufacturing company founded by jon huntsman sr has been in russia since the nine hundred ninety s. they still maintain multiple sites with the now traveling to the country previously in that capacity and years later he's back with a nod of approval from the u.s. president even though his relations with donald trump haven't always been warm just

to say the least or jon huntsman now has one of the toughest diplomatic gigs of recent times just how he handles it may well help to shape u.s. russian relations the coming months and years. ago i will continue to follow him than on this two detainees from the infamous guantanamo prison in the u.s. about have the creative go on show not execution in new york you don't see this kind of stuff very often. we do take a look. an unusual entrance into the new york city art scene this is art from guantanamo bay thirty six pieces of art created by detainees and get my dominant theme in the artwork is the ocean and the cuban base is surrounded by water but the detainees cannot see it organizers of the exhibition say they did it to draw attention to the prisoner's plight the cool of the exhibition is to give other people a different way to think about this man but also for them to think of themselves in a different way some of the artists whose work is on display are

a bit controversial to say the least this is the work of khalifa qassam was reported to have been a member of al qaeda who fought against the u.s. military the sculpture of a boat here beside me this is the art work of most men allowing he's accused of being a member of al qaida this piece of artwork is made by amar al bleu cheese now he is accused of being a nine eleven organizer in this artwork comes from aka mad rabbani who is also an associate of collegiate muhammad yes there are workers on display on the very same island where the twin towers once stood we decided to talk to some new yorkers and see how they feel about this controversial exhibit sixteen years after nine eleven i can see why that would be difficult for a lot of new yorkers are in surrealism are two different things and usually both as the same thing it's a sensitive issue. you know to give support to people who brought a lot of you know bloodshed it's still very visceral even years later i think the

memories are still there in new york how would i have felt about it. in two thousand and two. i would have been surprised it would even get this far. the nine eleven attack triggered the u.s. campaign against terrorists in afghanistan an operation this lasted seventeen years already and he's going underground meets the former afghanistan president hamid karzai this latest episode to talk about the u.s. and its presence in his country ever do you think that the trouble ministration understands u.s. . catalyze. catalyzing advice well yes but as well as i'm sure he does there are people who tell him i mean you more as a basis yes construct absolutely absolutely look. as a as a you mentioned earlier the united states going to afghanistan in the name of ending extremism. bringing an end to radicalism in the extremist forces who

are perpetrating violence in afghanistan and elsewhere. from two thousand and one since the incident of the tragedy of. september eleventh. today do we have more of it in afghanistan and older region and in the broader region surrounding afghanistan to the middle east or do we have less of it we clearly clearly visibly every day by all accounts have more of it and now for the past three four years you have died or the i.s.i. is the stomach state. having merged in afghanistan who did this and did the watch of u.s. intelligence and military and how come we have the right us the squish and the u.s. government must us the answer is with them it isn't with us you have suspicion of

the afghan bases we used to help i have i have more than suspicion u.s. bases of that i have more than suspicions i have more than suspicions i have seen the afghan people come to me and to me how they are supplied with helicopters how unmarked. non-military color. cultures supply these people not only in one part of the country but in many parts of ghana side and this is a daily occurrence and this is a daily reporting that we get from from our people from our villages and also from sources within our golet. in venezuela president nicolas maduro is approval ratings on the up as you can see that's despite a new round of u.s. sanctions well the most recent polls show that twenty three percent of venezuelans the now approve of the president's performance has a six percent increase in the summer when the duras ratings plunged amid violent protests across the country the rebound also comes after venezuela was hit with

more economic sanctions by president donald trump's administration in august might think that's strange therefore the sanctions imposed severe restrictions to the u.s. financial markets it makes it difficult for investors leave for the government in venezuela of to raise money from us. and parts furthermore loopholes continue though to a low for commercial trade of oil in particular with america being one of the biggest importers of venezuelan crude so as tensions escalate rhetoric between caracas and washington's become heated over the last few months or not you know we will heat them up while you condemn us and i don't think you don't want to cook them michael and you know the government. is violating its own constitution you. know mother every bit as my daughter mother does not live in a state of we have many options for that as well and by the way i'm not going to rule out a military option we discussed the venezuelan issue here with the venezuelan

attorney eva golinger no less and we asked whether or not u.s. sanctions had the intended outcome. usually any type of foreign aggression against a country tends to unify its citizens against that foreign aggressor so in this case that's what we're seeing in venice well that is as the united states has intensified sanctions and sort of a hostile discourse against venezuela the venezuelan government but also now the latest sanctions imposed by the trump government affect directly the venezuelan people so in that sense i think that there's been sort of a rallying behind the government in the defense of the sovereignty of venezuela it's not necessarily in the defense of president maduro but since he is the maximum representative of the country then of course it's to back him in the face of you know off foreign threat the u.s. is not succeeding in that sense of isolating venezuela internationally it may have isolated venezuela within the western world but it's not isolated either within

latin america where venezuela still shares you know commercial relations and diplomatic relations even if some have been become more tense. present to get out of this world space walk free sixty project the first ever virtual reality video from outer space. the r c three sixty project created it with russia's space agency ross cosmos and the country's leading spacecraft producer and a gear went on show the russian museum of cosmonaut x. virtual reality glasses allow people to experience the true walk out of the

international space station into the unknown russian cosmonauts as well as people who attended the event shared their thoughts on the project. i'm really happy that it was us russians who were the first ones to try this technology in outer space i'm also really excited to see it because i've been in outer space numerous times but no idea how it looks in virtual reality but i know for sure that it's a unique experience that i think everyone would want to share it is very cool. to lose your cool knowledge and. i don't know a number of people made this this is very incredible which is the world is great that they not only do the important jobs ask cosmonauts they also think about ordinary people who play a lot of attention to space so make us feel like we are actually there. so you can check it out yourself i'm just looking though in our t. dot com it's the top of the page that just give a click on much for yourself great panoramic shots from above our heads for now back down on earth kevin owen thank you for watching this news bulletin you know

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this is where they pierced america's hearts on the eleventh of september two thousand and one fifteen years after the attacks new york is celebrating its heroes the military. a parade to own a one point five million troops the saviors of freedom every eleventh of november this parade on as generations of troops from the fallen of world war one to those returning from iraq or afghanistan their replacements are waiting the young generation the future of the world's most powerful military. these recruits are still in school they are between fourteen and seventeen years old and belong to the junior. jr

o.t.c. is a pentagon program. lined up don't feel. not for our. right from head young. six year old three year olds not. just the price you're born without price. and. america has pledged to turn these children into heroes these junior troops include five hundred thousand minus across the united states they're the hope of a feel for the country they're destined to defy tara.