or of our three americans doing this in your very own way better than nothing. to see people you've never heard of low down to the next president of the world bank so very. seriously send us an e-mail. the top news story here on r.t. international syria demands the u.s. led coalition in that country is dissolved saying the forces are destroying everything but islamic state. but meanwhile syrian government forces edge forward against eyes still in derry sole province witnesses fierce fighting with our correspondent reporting from the front line in one of the areas loss of terrorist from. isis is the key. here is one of the jihad just briefly surely give yourself whilst brain away on full auto. spain's prime minister demands clarification

from catalonia about whether its declared independence the east threatens to suspend the region's autonomy. and a former presidential adviser to barack obama spills the beans on what was once branded a special relationship between the u.k. and the u.s. . all these are the headlines here at and t. international coming to you live from moscow thank you for joining us i'm kate partridge. well let's begin with that top story from syria where the country's foreign minister has demanded the dissolution of the u.s. led coalition claiming the operation is nothing but a cover up for syria's destruction auntie's jacqueline figure joins me in the studio with more on this hi there then jackie so what would the foreign minister have to say well apart from just demanding the. the u.s.

led coalition the syrian foreign minister also accused the alliance of destroying everything and his country except i saw the tears that there meant there to be fighting adding that he believes that washington is using the coalition's actions to actually prolonging the war in the country let's take a listen. i mean that thousands of syrian citizens have become victims of u.s. airstrikes in russia and dear is all provinces not only men but also women and children besides that the american coalition systematically destroys economic infrastructure. that's why we decided we demand the dissolution of the u.s. led coalition and from member states withdraw from it as it's obvious the us is using it as a cover up for the destruction of syria and maximal prolonging it. now those comments from the syrian foreign minister were made during talks with his russian counterpart part sergey lavrov and of course moscow has also in the past question

america's intentions and the fact of this in the region let's take a listen. the activities over u.s. led forces raise many questions in some cases the forces of directly encouraged of the terrorists to attack strategic positions rightfully regain but the most because well they have deliberately engaged in bloody provocations against our forces well jackie some strong allegations there but is there any evidence to support them well there's been little indications that are sort of piling up at this point on wednesday the russian defense ministry actually claimed that three hundred to three hundred islamic state terrorists in pick up trucks freely past or a zone in syria's. region where the coalition has a base and has determined an explanation from the u.s. side given that in the past any advancement on that base or any movement in that area has been met with very strong reaction from the u.s. but these militants seem to a pastoral untouched a ditch additionally in the end of september the russian ministry of defense

released aerial images which they said showed us army equipment an outpost near dares or that had been held by eisel just days before and the problem is there was no indication no signs that fighting had taken place in the area indicating that. locations had possibly been taken without force plus of course no patrols were obviously being conducted again and acadian that the u.s. forces felt safe in that area theoretically if they'd just taken those locations from islamic state there would be the fear of them coming back in attempt to retake them but no patrols being conducted encouraging the speculation that the u.s. may have had some sort of understanding with the terrorists that a simple handover may have taken place and of course we contacted central command asking for an explanation or at least some sort of comment on the images they flat out deny the claims adding however that they would not and could not comment on the locations of the coalition forces whether some of those some of the criticism and i

mean syria they are loading in condemning the u.s. led coalition what seems a national reaction there has actually been a number of wide condemnation from humanitarian organizations as well right now one of the coalition's main main fights is to push i saw out of rock which is of course at this point the de facto capital of islamic state but both humanitarian organizations and the u.n. have raised alarm over the number of civilian casualties that are being reported in rucka as the coalition continues to heavily bombed the city works that up to twenty five thousand innocent civilians may actually be trapped at this point in time so questions and objections have been swirling for a while now especially given the fact that washington was never actually invited into the country in the first place so at this point all we can do is wait and see what sort of reaction will be coming from the coalition. thank you very much indeed thank you. well meanwhile the syrian army backed by russian ag cover is gradually advancing against islamic state in the province of terror is all but each victory

comes at a high price the terrorists are fighting fiercely to retain their last strongholds in the region the village of which has just been liberated witnessed a brutal battle well following the liberation of the syrian army is now advancing on iso positions to the northwest but before last auntie's moved out against the of form of the troops as they moved into hapless they traveled across the areas of new bridge over the freight is river from where he sent us 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 no. one will. tell you. he was right it wasn't one of the. isis back up had arrived reinforced 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. there who never know how many.

five hundred meters from hadleigh village isis is making it. doesn't it dug in. like that house over there. to. try to be harassing the syrian troops what they're doing is they're driving around in circles using speed and distance as their protection taking potshots the other thing hiding behind a house driving out firing for a little bit. hiding back before the serious. with heavier weapons it isn't going to get the game the very much but it's a harassing 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 the clear targets out came the heavier 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 hourly across the front hundreds of kilometers wide or i guess do you see from hard luck syria. spain's prime minister mariano to hoyle has called for clarification about whether or not catalonia has actually declared independence on tuesday the cattle and president signed a declaration of independence but said it wouldn't come into force for a few weeks to give dialogue with madrid a chance and especially a turkey now reports from us alone. could be

a sort of chess game unraveling here in spain as we speak to see really who blinks first and the spanish prime minister mariano rajoy did say he wants catalonia to clarify what exactly unraveled here because following this highly anticipated by some and dreaded by other others proclamation of independence that never came last night there seems to be a bit of confusion on the ground in terms of what exactly is unraveling here with both madrid asking those questions but also the region here of catalonia kind of trying to figure out what happens here next and the spanish prime minister did say he would like catalonia to really clarify because one of the reasons is that the spanish government still hasn't excluded the possibility of applying article one hundred fifty five from the spanish constitution this is something that would be quite unprecedented which would mean that the region's autonomy would basically be frozen and for them to be able to potentially do that they need to know what happened whether or not independence has actually been declared because yesterday

we did see them on to nouns that's what they're doing is they're kind of declaring independence but they're suspending declaring it to allow for several weeks of talks let's listen to the spanish prime minister. has agreed to seek clarification from the council of. the independence of counseling this requirement is necessary when. fifty foot of the constitution. well now the question is really the next step or the ball at least seems to be in the field of catalonia karla's pushed him on following this really intense rhetoric leading up to the referendum claiming he would be potentially ready to go to prison over the issue of independence he said catalonia would declare it within forty eight hours of counting up the official results of the referendum all of violence we have seen unraveling here on the day of october first when the police clashed with those who came out to vote and i mean really so many events and now following this potential big announcement which never came the. russian is why and what's going to be

happening next and some here on the ground have been supporting independence have been describing what's the catalan leader did as a betrayal that we will not return to any parliamentary activity until steps towards the implementation of the republic. that comes from the seat you pete which is a key party in the council and parliament they are part of this program dependents coalition that was formed two years ago one of them and see together for us formed a majority of government which was seen as the beginning of the process towards independence so clearly at this point which demands means to figure out on which chairs he wants to sit because right now he seems to be kind of all over the place and trying to please everybody once dialogue with madrid he didn't go ahead and to proclaim this independence without any except exemptions and also he needs to satisfy the people obviously who did come to vote in this referendum and support the independence but as well figure out what is happening with his negotiations

with madrid moving forward. a former adviser to barack obama has revealed the so-called special relationship between the u.s. and the u.k. were seen as a joke for decades american and british leaders have made a point of stressing how strong and important it was probably boyko has more 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 over the 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 the to without

a generous dose of irony some say that started with the bromance between these two is something maybe that you some personal interest that you have in common maybe in religion or somehow or to our newsmaker we both. grace 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 bomb body eight jets made in northern ireland after a complaint from u.s.

company boeing and basically disappointed by this news of hugely important to northern ireland in terms of the jobs that term 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 water isn't depending on who's in charge of the two camps and it's very wide at the moment it's complicated . now after the break iceland's prime minister explains how his tiny nation beat the odds. it's reached the world cup.

with more make its manufacture consent to stick to the public well. when the ruling class isn't protect themselves. with the famous. drinking or middle of the room sick.

come back it's a day of national pride for iceland after the country qualifying for the world cup for the first time in its history that's up to the team beat kosovo to know. both as a plus size the celebration of the country making its way to next shows finals here in russia it's the smallest nation ever to reach the championship it has a population of fewer than four hundred sometimes and.

and iceland's prime minister revealed to form a footballer stan collymore the secret of how his tiny nation surprised the pundits and defied the odds. how would you feel as prime minister of the the smallest nation ever to qualify for the faithful will call but i'm just simply extremely proud. on behalf of the players and on behalf of all eyes on this issue i've been following the body closely for a long time now. proud to say 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 cheese 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 football it's book people the already enjoying their sports and iceland is a is a huge sports center yeah 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 to go to clubs and they can use the facilities and see what is happening in the social life is also reflected by their. participation in different sports when i was growing up there was this one or two all girls that spread practice in simon england football not my girl is thirteen c. is in a club where that are forty fifty eight only in my small town i believe you will not find anywhere in the world the same density of indoor football pitches and outdoor official grass as you will find in iceland associates wait to russia with

love here are you going to go the going to be lots of heads of states their prime ministers presidents will you be one of the tolls on in moscow will see some pizza with you in the hoop yes i'll be going. and if iceland success is watching your operas i financially as well cup here in russia and don't miss our new football program the stan collymore show that's coming. late for many clubs over the years so i know the guy even saw you guys. the ball isn't only about what happens on the pitch for the final school it's about the passion from the families it's the age of the super manager killian erroneous and spending two to twenty million at one player. it's an experience like nothing else on here because i want to show what i think what i know about the beautiful game but great so what more chance for. peace minute.

now russia has offered to act as a mediator between iran and saudi arabia to help the two countries resolve that longstanding diplomatic crisis well for more on this let's go live now to r.t.c. india patricia why the reality what can russia do than to reconcile these two old rivals. ok good afternoon so the russian government is ready to take up a job that is challenging to say the least the russian deputy foreign minister says that moscow is ready to provide the venue for the talks and if riyadh and tehran agree to sit at one table the russian diplomats will be there and will be able to help the two countries find common ground and you may wonder what's in it for russia well surrogate deputy has told journalists that if the two countries sort out their issues perhaps if there's more understanding and even

maybe more trust it will be able to sort out the conflicts in the middle east all together much easier now this brings us to why i used the word challenging saudi arabia is a sunni as making them that heavily relies on its ties with the west the very same countries that once put iran and isolation and iran is a shia islamic republic with close ties to russia and china the spats between the two countries has once even been labeled the middle east cold war the two powers are competing or maybe it's even fair to say fighting for the regional geo political religious and economic dominance they have both accused each other of supporting terrorists and when it comes to diplomatic ties while there have been none since january twenty sixth seeing now if the two countries and at one

negotiating table somewhere and russia perhaps it could turn out to be the first political outcome of the king of saudi arabia's visit to moscow the challenging times. thank you very much indeed thank you. now five more russian speaking children who'd been left stranded in a baghdad all from age have returned to their home country they were reportedly taken to iraq by their radicalized parents who joined islamic state well but now following the terror of war and weeks of waiting their ordeal is almost over arrived at their home towns in southern russia on says day the children will still require psychological support after what they've been through and hear all the stories you.

know you were not. taught though. you talk. to the bodies of them a. little . we have some news just in two suicide bombers have detonated explosives in front of police headquarters in the syrian capital of damascus several people have reportedly been

killed and injured as a result according to reports on the ground the attackers trying to enter the building leading to clashes with the guards where the clashes resulted in the bomb was detonated the explosives will bring you more details on this incident as soon as we get them. and i'll be about with the latest headlines at the top of the hour . and you know with years yeah you know until you go into the other shows you also the you know mr wolf that exposed. to so in another bizarre threw that in the permit the that the little you have. to go to war if you're really just to believe all these books they're glad i. got burned out on the number that the u.s. in the u.k.

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