well you know. from. breaking news from arts international a russian airstrike takes out twelve high profile commanders apparently from the terror group in syria with its main leader apparently in critical condition just coming in we'll give you more details also ahead the breakaway region of couple only it says it will declare its independence from spain in just a matter of days now as over half a million go on strike against the spanish government. other notable news to keep an eye on today the king of saudi arabia makes his first ever official visit to russia where the monarch is set for what could be an easy talks though nonetheless with him a potent. and. putin swears in the new u.s.

ambassador to russia he's got multiple business interests here and is also accused moscow of meddling in the u.s. election we look at it in more detail to this. morning on a wednesday morning the latest live update from art international with me kevin though in a more on that breaking news the terror group leader abu mohammed al to learn it's been gravely injured apparently in a russian air strike in syria russia's defense ministry says its fighter jet successfully targeted an al newsroom meeting goes on to say that it killed twelve commanders there including the terrorist group leaders closest adviser and those who's head of security so

a lot of key figures seem to be of hit here as customer goes on the phone from syria for a bit more detail about the importance of this more of what else is known at this point and how crucial are these people that i just mentioned. what if confirmed rick's would be a huge deal. in syria the russians of the information ministry said it's going to be active on some off the nonstop on the attack on russian military put the thinking that the. problem was a constant for a number of hours they will by trying to get out trying to retreat in good order and since then the russian deveny looking of a shipment. gatherings that supply gaps that you know various infrastructure that's crucial so that men yesterday they come down to the meeting as i guided

this trip from senior leadership team to government to jets or to. get the mission thirty five jets would. carry out the strike according to them dealing with full c.q. twelve men. as he needs to put one and it's the various. will of the whole fight to the fullest potential in the good god. for the he needed. the greater speed. counterinsurgency who exactly would scale that knew exactly who was injured but he is indeed the case with nonsense huge good news for a front in syria and there are mind you must reform he's discounting i says probably the most powerful rebel group being that even syria they can run tens of thousands of fighters and some of the most violent varied weaponry of wrong syrian

rebels. oh wow generate highly affected. the gas to pocket the extremely toxic chemical. this is one of the methods of torture that was used by the militants. so no doubt more throughout the morning and this is going to be developing to catalonia as leader has vowed to declare the region's independence from spain in the coming days on wednesday the local parliament set to announce today the exact

date for its declaration i think the letter this week early next week confluence of pain on strike of madrid struck to try to prevent the referendum vote in the first place an assessor churkin the next that has been following events in barcelona for us. what's unraveling here in cuts lonia cannot easily be described as one of the biggest crises spain has certainly seen and in a generation that could possibly lead to a split apart not just this country but also for example. for europe so what's happening here right. now for possible i'd say alexander like cats coming out where we know tax our regional unions half or less organize for the people to come out onto the streets and strike lots of streets for food stuff route that's money on transportation costs have been closed businesses even barcelona took part in this particular strike for the us i most of us are going to not be on

we will not accept anything like this sending all my heart for a camera we just want to choose all right very good and we think it's not knew how the government behaved. of the. was the moment that all the you your opinion needs to support if it's someone you have to be to put. in the i don't think i. would if it was europe was that was what i. was i did was there was. lots 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 seized the suffering the most never even having taken place. a general strike seen over seven hundred thousand tape on it so far as overwhelming ninety percent of voters by. independence in sunday's vote we spoke to a former catalan employee who told us the vote is legal according to international law. well done to me early on balance vote for doing that balance ninety percent was for the nap and thence and now we are protesting against these police violence and supporting the unilateral declaration of independence that a woman declare in the following days people have the right to subject their nation so frenemies legal because the united nations in their full name and laws of the united nations are subject to the initial right is a right that is totally legal this consider and peace international

laws passed over coffee on our financial situation. the crisis is even crossed into football in spain too as national teams prepare for the final qualifiers to reach the twenty eighteen world cup of course here in russia but slow the friend gerard piqué an explosion a backer of catalan independence was booted from the train with the spanish squad awkward position for him. i. well as mentioned he is from catalonia he's had a glittering career for both his club and also the spanish national team for whom he has won the world cup on the european cup however piquet has said that he's willing to retire no from the international game from football over a staunch backing of catalan independence is putting his country is area first barcelona football clubs a focal point of catalan nationalism supporters can be heard chanting independent slogans during matches after seventeen minutes and fourteen seconds why was

seventeen fourteen was the year catalonia became part of spain that's why the club also took part in the strike against the government two after a game behind closed doors because of fears of crowd safety last weekend joe piquet got emotional talking about independence during a t.v. interview sawyer in a scene talk at the land a year stores old or much going to him total your saw him take i don't know what good will the seven book bomber yes i mean it's almost a little too much of the newsroom as close. as we know you only want to. know yearning will not be there to see on. or particular of the honda. greatest or you. are going to. follow. spell it

is thirty said they're going to continue to see the vote as illegal and unconstitutional the european union says it won't condemn the police violence in spain either and instead gave its backing to the spanish prime minister to resolve the crisis and that strong criticism from elsewhere than right now with the president of serbia accusing the e.u. therefore of double standards regarding costs of zero. how is 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. well you may recall kosovo declared independence back in two thousand and eight but unlike catalonia the referendum was knowledge by the majority of the member states we spoke to michael gast sits in international affairs commentator who says kosovo's vote was recognized because it's not part of the union i think

also see the comparison between catalonia and kosovo in the talk here in the case of yugoslavia energy costs of all you have you deciding on the fate of countries outside the european union so they eat european union want stability in europe and here in countries 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. of saudi arabia said to make in a story visit to russia has been considered controversial too but also groundbreaking is it's the first ever official trip of the saudi monarch to the

country he set to meet for talks with the russian president vladimir putin to jacqueline 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 are the biggest producing countries and we could use our experience in the field. and benefits for all states it's

essentially what it boils down to is two of the top players on 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.

that use u.s. authorities have released both the camera footage of police responding to that deadly last vegas shooting that took the lives of fifty nine people and injured over five hundred no shots could be heard as officers tried to locate the gunman he was up in that hotel of course trying to get people out of the foreign. yes here there are drugs or whatever from over there that would. be. better through right out of five hundred thirty don't they know that. you play this way just like this way this way this will go go go go that was that way that we got shocking while america is still trying to come to terms with what turned out to be the deadly shooting in its history some are using it as a platform for their political aspirations covering that the girlfriend says send ya go. vegas used to be known as the city of entertainment is now associated with yet another tragedy 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 worse 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. and we voted and it was really startling. thing watching these hurricanes now and it's 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.

. with us this morning what has gone good so far if you are around the world coming up after months of protests and his future hanging in the balance the venezuelan president's signature shift and his ratings for the good for him will tell you. in case you're new to the game this is how it works the economy is built around core. confirmation from washington washington post media the media the. voters elect a businessman to run this country business. you must it's not business as usual it's business like it's never been done before. what politicians do something to. put themselves on the line to get accepted or

rejected. so when you want to be president and should. somehow want to be. actually going to be for us this is what before three of the more people. interested always in the waters of our. city. the new u.s. ambassador to russia jon huntsman has been sworn in at the kremlin by president putin doesn't hold kins takes a closer look at the mountain lost with trying to improve ties the between the two 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 u.s. envoy in china is good experience for his move to moscow and spent time in beijing culminated in controversy when he was spotted at protests labeled the jasmine revolution at 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 most 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 in the coming months and years. detainees from the infamous grim time of prison in the u.s. are about their creativity go on show an art exhibition in new york. took

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 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 some of the artists whose work is on display or a bit controversial to say the least this is the work of collegiate 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 artwork of most occupant allowing he's accused of being a member of al qaida this piece of artwork is made by amar al blue 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 work is 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 a same day it's a sensitive issue. you know to give support to people who brought a lot of you know. 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. two thousand and two. i would have been surprised it would even get this far. but as well in president nicolas maduro is approval ratings only up of hitting all time lows earlier this year twenty seventeen and that's despite the rather u.s. sanctions to the most recent polls show

a six percent boost in the president's. the ratings the rebound comes despite venezuela being hit with more economic sanctions by president on trump's administration in august that move was to make it more difficult to generate income from u.s. companies and as tensions escalate rhetoric between caracas and washington has become more heated too over the last few months or not it's you know. enough money to condemn us and i don't think don't want. my government you know the government. is violating its own constitution. oh mother. there's no mother does not live in the uk we have many options for that as well and by the way i'm not going to rule out a military option we discussed it all with venezuelan attorney. who has her thoughts on the effectiveness of u.s. sanctions there or not. 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. so the different next for you away from the news for

a minute presenting it's out of this world space war three sixty portugal is news it's the first of virtual reality video from outer space check this out. of the r t three sixty project created alongside russian space agency rules cause most of the country's leading space cross producer will show at the russian museum of cosmonaut takes virtual reality glasses a lot of people experience what it would be like to walk out of the international space station pictures on the go into the big unknown russian cosmonauts and people attending the event should the thoughts of 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 out space numerous times but no idea how it looks in virtual reality but i know for sure that it's the journey to experience that i think everyone would want to share this is very cool what is an absolute knowledge and. i do know a number of people made this this is very incredible which is doro is great that they not only did the poor little chaps ass cosmonauts they also think about ordinary people than a lot of attention to space so make us feel like we are actually there if you're joining us good morning you should read ticker there that breaking news let me update you on it. a terror group leader abu mohammed has been gravely injured apparently this news coming in the last hour in a russian air strike in syria russia's defense ministry says its fighter jet successfully targeted an el masry meeting at the time killing twelve commanders as

well including the terrorist group leader is closest advisor and also has had the security more the ramifications of that over the coming hours check up paula news as well don't forget dot com for all our stories so much more twenty four seventh's i'm kevin zero in here on th q moscow today love interview company thanks for watching but with more than thirty. one else seem wrong. just don't call. me. yet to shape out this day comes after. and in detroit equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. live

live . thanks. greetings and salutations it was a night like any other in las vegas the clang of slot machines tourists and the echoes of live music floated down the strip when over twenty thousand people gathered to experience a country music concert none could have believed such a horrible event could change their lives forever the las vegas shooting on sunday evening of october first killed at least fifty nine injured more than five hundred

and as more than likely traumatized every person who witnessed the attack those who have seen the videos from it and the people left behind and it would be easy for us to simply label the act of the perpetrator as evil to move on with our days and forget what happened that's the thing about designating evil it makes it easier for us to handle the idea that a human being could do this to another human being but it also clouds the reality of what anger for any reason can make a person do but we can't just ignore what happened or brush it off as a supernatural force or a simple issue of policy while we have what we have to do as honor the memories of the victims hope each other through these troubled times and start watching the hawks. thank the lord. we'll be. right there.