well the only show i go out of my way. is the really. john oliver of art is. better than. the sea diver heard of. the world bank very. seriously. five hundred meters from. village isis is making it. doesn't look. like. syrian government forces continue to repel islamic state province we've got exclusive footage from there as one of the last strongholds of eisel is liberated in the east of syria. expectations and more uncertainty catalonia president gives ambiguous signals on

the region's independence has him to clarify whether he's actually declared it or not and also the world festival. is in russia's black sea resort of sochi but life. so i welcome the latest developments and a look back at what's been happening over the last seven days to you watching the weekly here international and more starts in syria where government troops there have liberated the eastern cities from islamic state it is the latest blow to the terror group which is now being steadily pushed from the war torn country.

what. i. would like to see out of a book all about a good job at this point i give up but you know idealism i did above i think a bit out of our lives. for. a while terrorists are fighting fiercely to retain what they can of their last stronghold in the region where against death filed this report from the village of how is he shadowed syrian troops during its liberation. 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 hadleigh 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 my. father would go to let me know 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. that house over there. to. be harassing syrian troops what they're doing is they're driving around in circles using speed and distance as their protection taking potshots the other things hiding behind 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 stick and it's 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. the scrap isis lost 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 more i guess do you see from hotline syria.

and other news this week the catalan president suspended declaring the region's independence calling for dialogue with madrid instead on the move prompted the spanish prime minister to demand clarification on whether independence had officially been declared or not. we asked for a mandate to declare catalonia an independent state. responsibly that people speak with all due respect i ask parliament to suspend the declaration of independence so that in the coming weeks we can undertake a dialogue but a good deal for the moment we formally require the custom government to confirm if it has declared independence of catalonia after the deliberate confusion created over whether it has come into effect. meanwhile people in catalonia have been left frustrated by the confusion many were visibly affected while listening to the president's announcement there and also deeply disappointed at the end madrid has

given the cattle and president until monday to clarify the situation adding he has three days after that to drop the declaration if it's actually made and see chalk in a reports now from barcelona. was was you could see was. through their reach it was. it is necessary to show rebellion i do not know if i'm dependence is the solution with this it demonstrates this half of the population is tied up with this independence will hurt both spade in catalonia it took many years to make the country whole and to divide it just like that is absurd this particular square there are screens being set up where no doubt this area is going to be kept by people in the hours to come preparing to listen to this crucial if the problem is right there and we do know

that because that leaders in their meeting with parliamentarians in the head of the preparation of what's going to happen and people here despite this being a pro independence gathering really there's no certainty as of right now what exactly he's going to say was. given a lot. in the pursuit of. the cuts . but if. i. did it again later means i think he should have declared independence because now he says he wants done like the good morning he has asked the spanish government like seventeen times and every time the doors have been closed to you so i believe today he would finally declare rates and i'm a bit disappointed he stated he didn't take the step forward that everybody wanted

we understand he wants that but catalonia has spoken and he wanted independence from the european only not in here i want independence i don't want anything to do with this. my ancestors wanted it but were forced to be spanish only if i ever can say that my nationality is cattle and i'll be very happy i'm just not all i know where the iconic sensual must clam barcelona plus a call to libya right now and thousands of people if you can see the cover marching from that direction towards this square this is that no you wouldn't see it from where all of these people are coming out to speak in support of the things that's loaded with a president. really caused by your late to the law you should assume because it was it was with think with i. was

one of. the opening ceremony of the world festival of youth and students is underway in russia's black sea resort of sochi the week long cultural event is expected to attract upwards of twenty thousand visitors from around the world from his. so we're here in this stadium and as you can see around me there is a crowd of at least fifty thousand young people all gathered here and sochi from all across the planet many different parts of the world all gathered here in this stadium and as you can see behind me the opening ceremonies of the festival have already begun the aims of this song and dance performances that we've seen have been technology human progress and development all focusing on how the world can come together and how there can be a peaceful effort to eradicate poverty and advance scientific research and technology this is quite an epic performance now the highlight of the evening was

the remarks from russia's president vladimir putin. the opening ceremonies and comments inspiring young people. say seventy years ago the first festival was held back then young men and women were brought together by the belief that sincerity and kindness could break the ice of mistrust they believed it would help to release the world from injustice from wars and conflicts they prove that barry is a powerless in the face of real friendship. many people here all of them very excited quite a moment here so we'll be giving you updates and stay in touch and i will be letting you know what develops here on the next five days of the world festival of youth and students here in sochi. but i was kind of more than that reporting for me i started. when i joined by daniel whole consumes just outside the stadium. good evening to you just tell us what's been happening this evening and

what we can look forward to in the next few days but also touch on the history of this event. from the grand opening ceremony was it not i stayed to. he was going to leave me out here it's been a party long stop for the last few hours apart many performers coming up on stage quite a crowd building up behind me in the distance there are a few thousand people out people joining them from the palace as well twenty thousand guests expected to arrive one hundred fifty different countries you spoken to many of them from south america from asia from the middle east this is very much a global event here in solitude today they've got a big program to get through concerts like the one we're seeing behind me the cultural events represents a huge different country that's here in seoul she reaches from russia they're bringing exhibitions at the exhibition center a lot of high tech science here which is going on as well but also a chance for the young people around the world to get together and discuss and

debate and share ideas about saving global issues from global warming to security to health and education and environment very much a. chance as i say to discuss and debate as well as how fun and having a bit of a party as we can hear behind me we got a chance to speak to some those people from around the world today let's take a listen to what their expectations and thoughts of the festival so far came from jordan the middle east from sri lanka we have from argentina a lot of countries here with more than one hundred fifty countries that a lot of cultures a lot of people still excited to meet a new people pass youngsters a great opportunity to come and meet guess one to get to know you all around the world a just like a sense of that the possibility of food right at world a world with more social justice is seen possible and here we can see that it is and we can meet people from every country that can prove their experiences what

they are doing in their countries and that's what we came to do and it's really great. here. now the headline moso of this year's festival has been for peace a lot out here and social justice over your past of building the future savory much in message. optimism for the youth here today and of course in the previous festivals. bit of a rarity in the times of the on in the soviet union now this is a shot for real born to russian people from all over the world and speaking of that we've got some people here who actually attended the festival many decades ago back in one nine hundred fifty seven in most of the russian capital who've come back here to sochi today to relive those emotions believe just about to see the fireworks display as normal try to get those images to you as well when we can you can just see them on the in the scott and actually just behind me just starting now but anyway let's take a listen to one guest missing you traveled all the way back here to get

a second shot to see the festival again. thirty thousand young people. for the festival and the. hundred fourteen. thirty thousand. and fourteen counting the war. or. peace and friendship. this is somebody you might recognize they need. your most images.

he says he will never believe to be he. says yes they feel like that. my first century absolute and i read through a century old school we. see next first of all that. i hold that our ideals we see play out he. had. grown old to have had the experience of the world i hope that more open minded. well also at the festivities right from night to facial speak and make the chit chat he hopes to inspire young people and encourage them to believe in themselves i love russia and actually with the heritage of my parents coming from former

yugoslavia we have a lot of similarities in our culture and i love the food the hospitality and russia's a beautiful country and i'm very excited for the country as they're holding also the world cup so i'm glad to be planting seeds of hope and love all across the country especially to the next generation my expectations at sochi i had the world festival of youth i'm so excited that my story can inspire people to never give up and to help them. overcome obstacles and really come to a whole new level of of happiness in their lives so i hope that they receive it well and i just want to let them know that they're beautiful and to never give ideas and begin that. well i just need to write nine unforgettable you had the days. tell you something but you seem to busy. the spirit. to keep. up the mound it's.

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my way to. really packed a punch. is the john oliver of r t america's. parent way better than. i see people you've never heard of love back to the night president of the world bank very. seriously send us an e-mail. polling stations have closed in austria the country snap parliamentary election by the exit polls to suggest that the next austrian chancellor will be sebastian could smacking him he youngest leader well for more now on the exit polls coming out of vienna we can cross. paula one of the early indications that. well certainly the initial exit polls are in line with the predictions that we were

receiving earlier as you mentioned sebastian coe people's party is predicted at this stage to have achieved thirty one point five percent of the polls now the freedom party which is right when you are skeptic party was slated to come second it's at this stage is coming in food with twenty five point nine percent but it's only slightly trailing the social democrats which is currently positioned second with twenty seven point one percent the final results are expected in the next two hours or so the candidates are giving speeches and then they are expected to participate in a series of live television debates the voter turnout was particularly high it stands at seventy nine percent which is four percent higher than the last election back in two thousand and thirteen and of course there are celebrations that are taking place in the party camp for the freedom party and also for the people's party both which were predicted to do well and so many which have done well and

this is why many observers in the run up to the elections predicting these results say that they could be some kind of alliance between the two this would seem austria electing a very far right let's not say far right a a y. twin government now at the same time this is part of a trade and that is happening not only here in austria but across europe that does see voters turning more and more to the right. was . far from. the. focus of our work for everything from.

now these results do present a crushing blow to the european union and they also are certainly a strong vote against liberal politics so much so that we have seen the austria people's party under sebastian coats adjust its agenda to try and be more white so as to take votes away from the freedom party the freedom party has accused it of actually stealing some of its policies. but nobody is coming into the country without registration without a passport no one should be allowed to enter austria. we will do everything possible to stop illegal immigration i am asking that social benefits for non austrians be significantly reduced. will do everything we can to end the abuse of our social welfare system by immigrants. now some of the reasons for the swing to the right are a high level of unemployment lack of economic growth and at the same time fears of

immigration so all of that has played into the first exit polls that as i say are actually in line with the predictions prior to these elections. ok thanks paula that was poor slayer live for us there in vienna while the media has dubbed the austrian election campaign is one of the seen acting chancellor christian kern accused of using facebook to discredit opposition leader sebastian kurtz calling him a xenophobe the pages were allegedly set up and run by a former advisor to the chancellor with current himself denying any involvement though i'm promising to investigate the scandal or we can cross live now to a dr barbara cohn from the. institute in the end it's talk more about what's happening tonight in austria good evening to you barbara thanks for your time this evening if these exit polls are to be believed it does look very likely does. that austria will be led by a right wing coalition. well good evening to

moscow andrew well wolf see the polls are still very tight and we do not have the full results from vienna which usually always makes the result of that election but it might be coalition government. after that we will see these days sure why do you think people have come out in numbers to vote for the people's party and freedom party is it mostly down to migration do you think. well first of all it was definitely migration which was one of the major reasons for the entire campaign or during the campaign we also see the lack of economic growth and destination of reforms in other words actually we have not seen any reforms in the past couple of years with the big government. so it was time for a change and both the freedom party and to be where we are campaigning for

that and sebastian quotes when he took over because the poppy as you all know were in stagnation prior to take over this year and late spring. they had to do something on the economic front and that they really had to go through those changes and not harmonize austria to death as we can say is there a danger or do you feel looking at what's happened over the last few months north korea that it is a country divided the river that are anti immigrants there are those that approach . i would not say that because you can see definitely the results of. bad politics of the negative positions that have been made in the past that it's kind of the somewheres and the anywheres and the ins and outs. but those people who contribute to pay taxes who deliver who work hard are the ones who actually lose and this is what we have seen during this

campaign that eventually people vote with their feet and want a change in the program and this is what we see these days not only in austria but we have seen it in germany we have seen it in france and i think the swing to the center center right across europe is definitely visible and you think europe and the you will listen to what's happening or look more closely at what's happening across europe and perhaps change its policy accordingly. well i mean austria of course is a small country but we always wear strong when it came to new ideas and we can only hope that under a strong new government the negative consequences of the mistakes that were made in twenty fifteen and twenty sixteen will be taken back

a little bit and that we will find new solutions to also this migration crisis the quota system definitely well not to help and by the way austria has more than fulfilled its quota. sebastian could you could be the new chancellor stream a young musician a he's only thirty one is seen as a positive thing or negative thing in austria. well first of all sebastian quotes has been and government for seven years so he has had time to gather experience as as a state secretary and then as a former minister of exterior affairs and i don't see we don't see in austria that it is and that is a negative consequence because after all everywhere in europe new leaders young leaders approach and come out and win elections so why should not a new one a young. leading the very conservative party have the opportunity again who has

seven years of experience and he's the longest serving member of the past as government. very good still see tonight we appreciate your time dr bravo coming from the sort of rick von heike institute in vienna thank you. for. what you've been watching the weekly here anoxia coast will be keeping across events for you in austria at the evening back to do that and to see. what we want is to put an end to nuclear testing and then to move towards a world free of nuclear weapons and to do that we have to bring countries who seek or who are of this ambition to understand that their national security doesn't depend on the possession of nuclear weapons.

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