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u.s. presidential advisor. special relationship with the u.k. . british. wednesday morning thanks for joining us. we have. inch by inch the syrian backed by russia is. in the. well though of course. the terrorists are fighting fiercely to retain strongholds in the region and the newly liberated. witnessed a brutal battle. has been able to get photos. and experience of the fighting he

followed the syrian army across the only bridge over the euphrates river in the area straight to the frontline he sent this report. under a bright blue sky through devastated country across the euphrates over the only bridge in the entire province we came to the village of had less than a day ago this was part of the caliphate but no longer from what we were told the syrian army's fifth division did the heavy lifting here much of had has already been swept and cleared but not all it isn't like the movies doors rarely open at the first peek. then came the first warning might. go to many no more and.

he was right it wasn't one of their as. isis back up had arrived reinforce the jihad ists felt confident enough to pick a fight and we weren't in a good place the syrian army responded quickly but there was some confusion at first. then about or. there will never know how many. five hundred meters from hadleigh village isis is making it still. doesn't it dug in. the hideout house over there. to. try to be harassing syrian troops what they're doing is they're driving around and see. to

speed and distance as their protection taking more shots the other thing hiding behind a house driving out firing the critical bit and hiding back before the serious . with heavier weapons it isn't going to get the game very much but it's a harassing kick in keeping everyone today during the fierce firefight one of the pickup trucks stopped here is one of the jihad ists briefly showing himself while spraying away on full auto with a clear target out came the heavy of weapons. it was a miss try again. this scrap i says last but everything you just saw was shot within the span of

a single hour in one village with a small unit these scenes being repeated. across the front hundreds of kilometers wide more i guess d. of from had syria. terror have left lives devastated previously found russian speaking children stranded at a baghdad often believed to have been taken to iraq by their radicalized parents however some of them are now preparing to be reunited with their families back home . has signed a declaration for independence although took a step back from adopting it in the hope of opening dialogue with madrid among the top popular we asked for a mandate to declare catalonia an independent state. with

all due respect i asked parliament to suspend the declaration of independence so that's in the coming weeks we can undertake a dialogue. is this. the speech that the president of catalonia made today is a speech of a person who does not know where he is where he is going and with whom he wants to go the catalan regional government cannot display the results of the referendum because it was an illegal act a fraudulent one and without the minimum guarantees it would take some time however for the cattle and leader to eventually deliver his long and dissipated speech.

as part of the sort of. thing. thousands of people had been patiently awaiting what the catholic leader was going to say and see here they were gathering out on the streets watching a big screen however at the speech only deepen confusion about the local population and where well about the fact that where the region. nasi correspondent and asked us here charkha has been following developments for us and bosler. polling was highly anticipated speech here in barcelona that really the country as well as madrid and the rest of the european union were watching with bated breath we have to keep in mind that pressure was quite high from madrid to make sure caps lonia doesn't go ahead with independence it will. i say to people that they should be

absolutely assured that the government is going to block any independence declaration that might be expressed. disagree with the law but you cannot disobey the law if you disobey the law to become an outlaw or the president of the governments or those the governors of cuts allouni or who have broken the law to return to law so therefore place themselves within the constitutional order it's going to be interesting to see. what number it was ninety nine percent of the electorate that voted for catalonia wave spain goodbye who did support that is you would now be reacting given this big breakthrough of independence didn't actually take place here tonight you know getting there given the kind of them again i think you should have declared independence because now he says he wants done like but good morning and has asked the spanish government like seventeen times and every time the doors have been closed so i believe today he would finally declare rates and i'm

a bit disappointed he stayed good he didn't take the step forward that everybody wanted we understand he wants dialogue but catalonia has spoken and he wanted independence. i'm still very happy because it means soon what he said will be carried out and it looks like in the end catalonia will finally be independent after so long that's what we need but you know. i want independence i don't want anything to do with spain my ancestors wanted it but were forced to be spanish if i ever can say that my nationality is catalan i'll be very happy and. many independent supporters couldn't hold back their emotions as the speech was being finally delivered with many seen crying some even screamed as they vented their anger at the delay a key player in the catalan parliament the c u p party spoke of betrayal i said it would suspend this parliamentary activity until the motion was adopted. it is that

we will not return to any parliamentary activity until steps towards the implementation of republic made e.u. parliament member who was an observer of the referendum he believes the catalan president has caved into immense pressure well i think. here's a more this is a very difficult. situation they've been you know a notice president for a lot of sites both of political parties are from. and also the european union but there's a finite set of presidents to be and not to make these declaration about to develop this as a catalyst that was expecting that kind of international in derivation which is not a cop and without this in their son he did a very sort of the cover to face this but he stayed at mother eat and mother it is much more a bottle full of the cut on the government. the

u.s. u.k. relationship has always been proud that as special one after another american and british leaders made sure to stress how important and strong it was however a former adviser to barack obama has revealed it was all seen as one big joke only boy who investigates repeat something long enough and people will believe that the relationship between america and britain will remain strong our relationship is very special special relationship that exists between our two nations people forge friendships together that is what makes this relationship special i hope to have a good relationship with them has eighty years been a special relationship it was very important for us to mention the special relationship in every press conference that we had when the u.k. were here but really we laughed about it behind the scenes. nowadays on both sides of the pond the phrase special relationship is rarely outed without

a generous dose of irony some say that started with the bromance between these two does something maybe that you some personal interest that you have in common maybe in religion or somehow or to our newsmaker we both colgate toothpaste tony blair as support for the u.s. led invasion of iraq and him the unsavory nickname of bush's poodle america was less reciprocal in its loyalty though when bush's success so weighed in on the u.k.'s brags that referendum in twenty six there might be a. u.k. u.s. trade agreement is not going to happen in time soon and you could be. in the back of the queue in a glossy magazine interview the same month barack obama gave david cameron a dressing down for his handling of the libyan intervention. i had more faith in the europeans given libya's proximity being invested in the follow up david cameron

soon stopped paying attention becoming distracted by a range of other things twenty seventeen ushered in a new jew as the figureheads of the world's most famous long distance relationship keen to prove it specialness to reason may was for us to visit the newly inaugurated donald trump q some awkward hand-holding and yet more talk of friendship we have one of the great bonds we pledge a lasting support to this most special relationship but according to reports donald trump's promise to prioritize a trade deal with the u.k. was broken just days later when the german chancellor angela merkel convinced him to deal with the e.u. first and just last month the u.s. didn't shy away from slapping heavy import tariffs on bone body eight jets made in northern ireland after a complaint from u.s.

company boeing by basically disappointed by this news of hugely important to northern ireland in terms of the jobs that tell them special relationship was immortalized by winston churchill but over seventy years down the line the rhetoric and the reality don't seem to match and that makes it increasingly prone to ridicule in a particular special before it might have pain i think it's going to be sour and now everyone is like almost like going on their own way they'll do all they want to do regardless of what we want to do there are elements of fragments of what was once a special relationship in defense of risk and water and waters and depending on who's in charge of the two camps and it's very wide at the moment it's complicated. it's all too international thanks for joining us so far just a quarter past the hour here in moscow so iceland call. as for the world cup for the first time in its history we'll cover that story and i might.

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telling you are not cool enough to buy their product. all the hawks that we along. with one. thanks for joining us this morning a horrific terror plot to machine gun law enforcement officials and take hostages has been foiled in france and the alleged plot is ought to inmates suspected of being radicalized behind bars once again highlighting fears of homegrown extremism . what was revealed on monday night obviously highlights the urgency of the situation the two suspects were due to be released from a person south of powers when police intercepted phone communications between the pair and alleged islamic state militants in syria both were originally behind bars

for offenses unrelated to terrorism now more than two hundred forty people have died in terror attacks in france in just the past two years the latest incident took place this month when two people were stabbed to death their marsay by an alleged islamic state group sympathizer it's prompting questions as to whether or thorough he's missed a crucial signs that could have stopped those attacks. i think they're trying to do what they can but usually public politics in from. on not following the two main questions which is first the following police who question and second cultural question and if we do don't understand that we're facing but true a system which is trying to fight against even what civilization and quality between man and woman and the fact that children shouldn't work and the respect of the human body we won't understand what's happening we already had ways of terror.

and with a sense these people who jails and within the jails there that he's trying to . preach radicalism within all the jails and we have also this phenomenon of people who were not within the muslim culture before but themselves to that kind of radical islam the concerns of radicalization behind bars come just months after a wave of terrorist incidents in spain masterminded by converted in prison in fact while in jail for drug charges abdel bucky he is believed to a folding under the influence of some of the two thousand and four train bombings he went on to become the mom of the spanish town over the pole it was also that he became the ringleader of a terrorist cell responsible for a series of attacks in boston lona and three other spanish towns ultimately leaving fourteen dead and several others injured. it is also international and it is

also a day of national pride for iceland after the country qualified for the world cup for the first time in its history that's after the team beat kosovo to. crowds across iceland celebrate. the country booking its place in next year's finals in russia it is the smallest nation ever to reach the championship has a population of less than four hundred thousand people.

iceland's prime minister revealed to form a footballer stan collymore the secret of just how his tiny nation surprised the pundits and defied the odds. had you failed as prime minister of the the smallest nation ever to qualify for the faithful local well i'm just simply extremely proud . on behalf of the players and on behalf of all eyes on this i've been following the body closely for a long time now. proud this is the way i feel if you really what cards you can achieve amazing things and that is for me the most valuable thing investments in. pitches pitches coaches pitches at schools it's now bearing fruits this is no miracle this is something that happened a decade or so ago and it's now starting to produce it's not just about

professional footballers but people the already enjoying their sports and iceland is a is a huge sports center yeah after official turf is what we are introducing now and it's been happening over a long long period of what the club so doing for the kids straight out of school they go go to clubs on they can use the facilities and. what is happening in the social life is also reflected by the. participation in different sports when i was growing up there was this one note to all girls that's soon simon england football now and my girl is thirteen c. is in the club that out forty fifty at her age only in my small town i believe you will not find anywhere in the world the same density of indoor football pitches and official grass as you will find in ice associates waits to russia with love

or you going to go the going to be lots of heads of states their prime ministers presidents will you be one of the told. to do in the hoop yes i'll be going well perhaps if success is awaiting your appetite for next year's world cup here in russia and don't miss the stan collymore show coming soon on this channel. i played for many clubs over the years so i know the game and so i got. the ball isn't only about what happens on the pitch to the final school it's about the passion from the families it's the age of the super money around as spending to do the twenty million and one player. it's an experience like nothing else to be true so i want to share what i think of what i know about the beautiful game played great chance for. peace.

and is on the international russian speaking children who would be enough stranded in a baghdad just away from returning home they were reportedly taken to iraq by their radicalized parents who joined us lawmakers state but now after the terror of war and weeks of waiting their ordeal is almost over. it's not. the lock just.

the stuff. the film the children in the back that often it john appealed for help to trace their relatives back in russia since then a number has been identified but others still need help if you recognize any of the children or perhaps know someone who might please contact us via the e-mail you see at the bottom of your screen. well thanks very much for joining us here on this wednesday morning at moscow nine twenty four in the morning here news continuing in about hoffman.

kind of financial survival job today was about money laundering first to visit the us in just a different. oh good this is a good start well we have our three banks all set up here maybe something in your something in america something overseas in the cayman islands or do we do all these banks are complicit in their tough talk or say we just have to give my phone and say hey i'm ready to do some serious money laundering ok let's see how we did well we've got a nice luxury watch for max and for stacy oh beautiful jewelry and how about. luxury automobile again from that you know what money laundering is highly illegal so much guys of course. hollywood elites present themselves to be the champions of virtue in liberal values the harvey weinstein

scandal presents a very different picture a truly ugly picture of hollywood now face up to its own hypocrisy. what politicians do. to put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president. some want to. have to going to be pressed to see what will before three of them can't be good. i'm interested always in the waters about how. things should. greetings and salyut age when you look around the world these days from street to

street coast to coast bound to be one can't help but wonder can it can it can it really get any more bleak or could it get bleaker than this from the very real threat of impending nuclear war between the united states and north korea to the mass shootings to isis to white supremacists to climate change to yemen to disease famine war there who there is quite a bit to be scared depressed about these days but fear not talk watchers fear not because through all the pain strife and loss each new headline brings there is also hope beauty and compassion and while stories of hope beauty and compassion may not make for good click bait they are just as important as the celebrity gossip and political bootlicking that mainstream cable news delivers every day so today let's celebrate the good news of the day starting with some compassion in particular the twenty seventeen international compassion games i kid you not this last september

folks from around the world in all walks of life took part in these cooperation games were all that is required to participate is just one simple act of compassion or two or three or four i know it sounds rather hippie dippie but it's more a zero of the good news network points out in previous years as part of compassion games international prison inmates at the california institution for women telly forty five hundred acts of kindness that included sharing food cleaning into and cleaning each other's living spaces where women imprisoned can show forty five hundred acts of kindness imagine what other people could do this is really interesting so today. let's celebrate the good news of the world and leave the darkness in the muck you know all those other talking heads i'm talking about you tapper as we start watching the hawks. you.

get the. real thing. as you keep the ball out of it. like you know what i got. this. week so. welcome reverend i'm watching the hawks i am tyrrel butter and i'm top of the list so tell me the happy show today today we are going to only have stories that are good news that are happier that we all can use it right about now we've seen enough devastation and strife we could be we could be reminded of how great humanity can be in little lacks the big acts and maybe for one day just not worry about you know all the bats.