breaking news an hour to international russian air strikes has taken twelve high profile commanders apparently from the other. in syria with its main leader. across try and work out what the ramifications going to be because of that also coming up as well the other story developing we're going to be following continue to follow the breakaway region saying today it's going to mean the time it will declare its independence from spain in a couple of days this week maybe the beginning of next as over half a million go on strike against the spanish government. and the king of saudi arabia said to make his first ever official visit to russia. for oil and

syria. hi good morning just turned eleven the morning here in moscow here at r.t. h.q. developing news story in the breaking news you said the ticker there in red at the bottom is that. terror group leader. has been gravely injured apparently in a russian air strike in syria russia's defense ministry saying its fighter jets successfully targeted an el masry meeting at the time at the same time killing twelve commanders is called details on this from nikki crossed it this is a very big news because these are senior and commander of this organization take us through what we know about what's happened in the ramifications of it all. moment

ok well according to the russian ministry of defense another major blow has been dealt to the those who are on this were friends of course also known as job but on this race the second strongest insurgent group in syria of the islamic state now what we learned from the statement from the ministry of defense is that russian intelligence were able to uncover the time in a place where an al nasra leadership meeting would be held and once the arrival of these prominent leaders these prominent figures in the on those red green were confirmed russian abdo were able to successfully strike the location now over fifty on those where fighters were killed.

well those crowds there that we just saw were part of the general strike that took place throughout the day on tuesday yesterday where tens of thousands of people part to a can taking to the streets of catalonia we do know that businesses and transport services and even football club barcelona were pretty king in these strikes where they basically came out to say that they're not happy with the way madrid handled the situation and with certainly expecting for this independence referendum to be taken seriously but certainly lots to watch here throughout the day kevin which will be doing bringing you all the latest on the men should both slow defer the job pretty well of the spotlight over this and what you're going to do this future career we're going to love you as brother a minute or two from now thanks for the. form a compliment to you says the vote is legal according to international law either which way. well done two million advance vote for doing that balance ninety percent

was for the nap and thence and now we are protesting against. these violence and supporting the unilateral declaration of independence that island in the following days people have the right to father their nation so for enemies legal because the united nations is their full name and the laws of the united nations are so that the initial right is or why is. this consular and peace but national laws all were there of course it was finished wolf the question you asked last year was saying there the crisis is even crossed into football now in spain big sport there national teams for paying for the final qualifiers to reach the twenty eighteen world cup here in russia of course the barcelona friend gerard piqué an outspoken backer of cattle independence was booed as he was training with the national spanish squad.

i. i discuss really talkativeness hartley sport by the looks of it as mention piquet's from catalonia he said a glittering career both for his club them for the spanish national team for whom he's won the world and european cup but piquet has said he is now willing to retire from international football altogether because of his beliefs and his stalled backing of catalan independence but still football club itself is a focal point of cattle are nationalism supporters can be heard chanting independent slogans especially jury much is after seventeen minutes and fourteen seconds why well in seventeen fourteen that was the year catalonia became a part of spain the club also took part of the strike against the government to recently after a game behind closed doors because of fears of crowd safety last weekend gerard piqué really got emotional about. talking about it appends to an interview check

this out. so you look at the land a year story. or much going on in total you're so sick i don't know what to build so yes i mean it's almost a little too much of the notion of quality. you know. you know you're only going to. know your name or not. or. are you. going to. follow. spanish authorities therefore part continue to say that they 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 that's strong criticism from elsewhere now to another ramification of this the president of serbia now accusing the e.u.

of double standards regarding also though. 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 a policy that the european union is based on how is that the referendum does not counted catalonia when kosovo can do it even without a referendum well good question you may think kosovo of course declared independence back in two thousand and eight but unlike catalonia the referendum was acknowledged by the majority of e.u. member states in one thousand nine hundred nine need to launched an air offensive over there yugoslavia as oppose kosovo's withdraw over two thousand civilians were killed in those raids the operation conducted by nato was the first case when it used military force without the approval of the un security council we spoke to mark international affairs commentator who says the difference is that europe has no interest in supporting catalonia as breakaway now. see the comparison

between catalonia and kosovo in the talk here in the case of yugoslavia energy 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 in yugoslavia they were saying that. they did not matter what the constitution said in spain he was saying the constitution is all imports of yugoslavia said you have two weeks to decide whether you want to dependents you parts of yugoslavia and we will decide within a week for you to fill in one thousand lives two in spain it is saying anything about so you can hardly blame the catalyst the seizing the opening pandora's box that the new e.u. is responsible for it's a little bit late for the e.u.

to remember international law now on its western border what it was ignoring it on its east the border. other news king solomon of saudi arabia said to make a story visit here to russia it's been considered controversial too but also groundbreaking because it'll be the first ever official trip of a saudi monarch to russia he said to meet with president vladimir putin jacqueline tells us what we can 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 aramco 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 for us states. 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. right here right after the break by prisoners linked to the nine eleven attacks on display in new york. seem wrong. just don't. get to see out. and in. the trail. find themselves worlds apart. just to look for common ground.

what politicians do something to. put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president. or somehow want to be. actually going to be close this is what before three of them can people get. interested always in the water. dramatic pictures next u.s. authorities have released body camera footage of police responding to the deadly

las vegas shooting that took the lives of fifty nine and injured over five hundred more shots can be heard as officers tried locate the gunman he was up in the hotel they think and clear people to get out of the foreign line it all happened so quickly. yeah here there are drugs that they were from over there where i was. there either through i have a garden or thirty down there that. you play this way just like this where the raiders will go go go go go out without without without so police say the shooters steven potter had twenty three guns up in that hotel room nineteen more were discovered is he also reportedly had two devices with him called bump stocks these things allow a shooter legally to modify a semiautomatic weapon into a fully automatic one seems there are also thousands of rounds of ammunition of products and explosives were found in his car the latest shooting is regarded the whole huge own going to bait over gun laws in america critics for instance say it's

absurd that it's illegal to carry a toy gun on the famous las vegas strip a casino and hotels but there are no such restrictions on real firearms security on this charles shu bridge told us it's impossible to prevent attacks like this given the gun laws. given that the initial acquisition of the weapons themselves is in nevada it certainly is perfectly legal and no recording needs to be kept for the amount of ammunition or weapons you're buying and since it's also perfectly legal to buy the very simple mechanisms that are required to convert those semiautomatic weapons into a far more lethal fully automatic or effectively fully automatic weapons there's really very little it can be done to then stop an individual from going to a high planted point such as in his hotel room and then using the weapon and indeed any number of weapons in the way that he did and so that you're going to have metal detectors that each and every hotel to detect such weapons and even then you're

going to have a mechanism a legal mechanism in place to prevent people actually any firearms and possessing them in this way there's nothing that can be done to stop this kind of attack taking place the fact is that america has a firearms problem while america is still trying to come to terms with a deadly shooting in its history some are using it as a platform for their political aspirations the girlfriend says sunday and goes more than. 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 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. thing watching these hurricanes now and it's really hard especially while promoting this movie not to. feel mother nature is. rage 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 so what are we left with the so much needed uniting in the face of tragedy is marred by hateful messages of division think about it we got facts giago r.t. . controversial our next detainees from the infamous growing time to mope prison in the us are about to have the creative side go on show not exhibition in new york cullum open is going to take a look at an unusual entrance into the new york city art scene 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 goal of the exhibition is to give other people a different way to think about this man but also for them to think about themselves in a different way. there are workers on display on the very same island where the twin towers once stood but 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. were two different things and usually a fairly recent doesn't both as the same thing 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 to tell the bad it in two thousand and two. i would have been surprised it would even get this far. you integrate court has ruled to extradite a russian national to the u.s. after he was detained on charges of fraud and money laundering using a crypto currency site here's what alexander vinick there is could be facing in america if it all goes through the charges could see him put beyond bars for anything up to fifty five years with a fine of up to twelve million dollars apparently but vinick is a wanted man elsewhere to russia is also pushing for his extradition with a fraud investigation ongoing here against him as well his lawyer says he will now appeal against this latest extradition order to the states. this case is very new

to greek jurisprudence and it is quite interesting for me as a lawyer so far there has been no evident political underpinnings but it is clear that the usa is very interested in our client being extradited to examine it was detained in greece on july the twenty fifth the united states suspects him of laundering about four billion dollars using a bit corn exchange site he's also accused of illegal business operations and a series of other cyber crimes we spoke to his wife about the allegations. i will never get used to it for me this is and then the source of stress every time i thought i'm here i can't fathom my husband is here just two months ago was it who playing with our kids i will hold out hope that the great courts won't take on the responsibility of extraditing him this my main hope but not met award i will fight to the bitter end just as i fight for him here i will fight with him in the merry

go any other country and till the end because i think justice must be served and justice will be for my husband to be in russia yes now i have some health issues but i don't see any reason to talk about them because it's nothing compared to what my husband is going through now yes it's hard but i have to deal with it because i have two small kids and i have a husband who employ nine hundred. level twenty seven moscow time now be wednesday's go and good i'm kevin though in full was so social media check out the don't call for a late is news and so much more about good morning. america has a comedy is called what a recount and they overcharge them for stuff and now that there's a disaster there leave them to rot and it's a failure of capitalism it's a failure of politics in washington it's a failure that we saw coming for decades and it's

a failure coming to the shores of america. global warming sell you on the idea that dropping bombs brings peace to the chicken hawks will send you to fight the battle. to do socks for the tell you that will be gossip and coupled with the point. of advertising telling me you are not cool enough to buy their product. all the hawks along the border will want. welcome to a going underground special on the day the british prime minister to raise a may address is tory party faithful in manchester she's also preparing to send

troops more troops for the longest war in american history the war in afghanistan which is why we caught up with the former president of afghanistan hamid karzai at the central london undisclosed location. been an atrocity in less vegas that scene making headlines around the world it's always the ads are getting to the fed the five thousand dead or wounded by shootings in the united states far more than military deaths or injuries in afghanistan but immediately after reports came up people suspected isis symptomatic of the fear that extremism has no borders the tragic shooting in the united states my condolences to the american people and especially sad incident we. feel their pain because we've gone through a lot and almost every day we can get the criticism of the bomber administrator.