you. know loto. there are guys. in the stories that shaped the week the syrian army liberated the city of all myatt in one of his final strongholds in the east of the country we hear the story of two girls from the region and their fight for survival amid the devastation. read that one can. keep their money to. failed expectations and growing uncertainty to learn his president gives ambiguous signals about the region's independence as madrid demands he clarified his position . the leader of austria's people's party sebastian curds claims victory in the

country's election as the political right enjoyed in suppose. one would come to the nineteenth world just of all of you and students in sochi. and thousands of people from around the globe to send all russia's black sea resort town of salty to promote peace dialogue and international solidarity. you watching the week here on r.t. international with mina dia or to the round up of the week and top stories of the day welcome to the program syrian government troops have liberated the east in the city of my den from a. state is the latest blow to the tide of

a group which has suffered a string of major defeats in the war torn country. was i. i. i. i. i i i. if you're god look at all the good job the good book you know your idealism are good about the idea but i. was i. but for the people in the province liberation after three years advice for brutality doesn't spell the end of the struggle more gas death went to meet two

young sisters to hear their story. meet sally she's five maybe six or perhaps seven she doesn't know and the smog hit the streets home surviving isis's c.g. of the resort was no mean feat so many perished as a result of starvation sickness violence. if. sally is a survivor she has a sister and brother were abandoned by their parents years ago they divorced and left the children to fend for themselves. can't oh i'm. almost killing the man she spends her days begging stealing playing and surviving no easy lot for them in

this life. the sony went from home to home to live in the streets they beg for money to stay alive inside today sick poor sally bags alone former neighbors who knew their family have taken pity on the kids and have looks out for them sally's sister all she has left since her brother died of starvation we found the older girl at the end of this gloomy bullet riddled cargill is a room with broken windows in it leaves a young girl with only flies bloodstain mattresses for company. about a month ago sagitta who doesn't remember her age was brought in with a head injury when she fell she damaged an implant that siphons away the fluid different people tell different versions some say the full was accidental others

attend. it's suicide but i believe the fluids keep building and there will be consequences she will lose her sight hearing and the ability to swallow much of the pressure on her brain has grown she'll find new cures in that as order as we were filming a nice a shell landed just a few hundred meters away sagitta needs to get to damascus to survive but lacking identification relatives and trapped in a war zone it's difficult to see how that's possible sagitta doesn't get many visitors but there is one vital person who always makes a smile that. if left alone sagitta begins to scream and cry she needs people the story has

spread and good samaritans do show up that i did that i did and not everything my friend and i can do we will do for her everything fred up to the moment when she stands up and can see bushra whose own daughter is disabled is not rich will middle class she's poor but a kind hearts goes a long long way. well there. are also. the reason for optimism. suffering has touched a chord action is being taken to get the girls out of bed as or but for now all they really have aside from promises and beauty is each other or i guess. from there is or syria. iraqi government forces have reportedly launched an operation against the kurdish held city of kirkuk in the north of the country

iraq's prime minister hi there are ordered that is forces quote imposed security there at midnight on sunday the army began moving in the direction of nearby oil fields and their base held by kurdish peshmerga forces the governor of kirkuk has called on the city's residents to come out onto the streets and defend the land tensions have spiked in the region after the kurds voted for independence from iraq at the end of september washington has urged both sides to avoid escalations and says it supports a united iraq. the leader of the right wing people's party has claimed victory in austria's legislative election paving the way for him to become the country's chancellor sébastien curt's is set to become easier longest leader of just thirty one years of age. we did not just run to win the election we did serve to bring austria back to the top today is not

a day of triumph over others but it is the day after the austrian population gave us their confidence to bring about a new type of political culture. the leader of the nationalist anti migrant freedom party which is projected to finish in second place has hailed their success. these shows what we have achieved in recent years dear friends today will be player in the political landscape. has more now on the outcome of the election. we now are hearing the final results with some code says people's party coming in a for first position the second position has been taken by the freedom party a right wing party as was widely predicted before these elections and in the third position going to the social democrats now congratulations have started coming from across the european union for sebastian kurtz he has thanked his supporters he has also said that he has pursued a goal and made the impossible possible as far as the leader of the freedom party

he has said that this is a great success for his party and then we've also heard from chancellor ken who says that the tosk of his party for the next five years for the social democrats is not to strengthen confidence in social democracy of course now it tension turns towards who will form this new coalition government and in this respect sebastian coats has left the field open he's given no indication with whom he will move forward but there is a lot of speculation on the ground here that he could form a right wing alliance with the freedom party and indeed if he does this it will be part and parcel of a trend that we witnessing across europe that sees voters voting for more white parties was. was. viva the birth of course a review to be. exposed

for the. book over the hard work you currently are in the to. her house celebration since about stand campaign headquarters have of course already begun and will continue to contrast that with. sense of disappointment that is being felt by the social democrats. we heard from several analysts about the results of the election they told us that. we cannot expect to see significant changes in the country's policies towards my quince he was still one who organized to get on with countries like america don't serbia and slovenia that this rule for illegal migrants became closed and since then. the

number of migrants decreased very much and then. he was not only be able but he proved already that he will be able to do something actually the whole political landscape in austria shifted to the right like to think it was asking fifteen or more of the big. refugee well come. home and after their people found out that is much actually not such a good deal that lets so many people rich often are undocumented into the country this created a lot of problems up to now in. austria because germany and to establish. a new government this is likely to get close to getting close to the eastern neighbors. in another of the week's top stories the president of catalonia signed an independence declaration on tuesday but then suspended it for several weeks saying he wants to hold negotiations with machetes and it prompted the spanish

prime minister it defies demand clarification on the region's position. among the top luck at all we ask for a mandate to declare catalonia an independent state through think responsibly that the prospect 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 council on 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 and deeply disappointed at the end madrid has given the catalan president tell monday to state clearly his position it says he has three days after that to drop the declaration if it's made reporting from buffalo the

first this week was asked to see it. was. it was. that. you could see. their reach it was that. it is necessary to show rebellion i do not know if and dependence is the solution but it demonstrates that half of the population is fed up with this independence was heard both speed in catalonia it took many years to make the country whole and to divide it just like that is absurd in this particular square there are screens being set up where no doubt this area is going to be by people in the hours to come caring to listen to this crucial meet the problem is right there and we do know that because what leaders in their meeting with parliamentarians in leave had in the preparation of what is going to happen and people here despite this being

a current affair and the gathering really there is no certainty as of right now what exactly he's going to say. it was. never stupid. was. it. i was. going to get in a million i think you should have declared independence because now he says he wants done like the 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 we're going to be disappointed he stated he didn't take a step forward that everybody wanted we understand you want your style but catalonia has spoken and we do want to be independent european only i want to dependence 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 i know where the iconic brand showed us where barcelona plus the tell me right now and thousands of people if you can see the cover marching from that direction towards this where this is that the united states russia all of these people are coming out to speak in support of the things that's love with a president that the u.s. really caused by relates to the law you should assume because it was was was. was. was. the u.s. has announced it's withdrawing from unesco the united nations educational scientific and cultural organization the state department said the position was

taken due to concerns over mounting u.s. a vs the need for. until reform and you ask anti israel bias washington still owes overhaul five billion dollars to the organization five times more than all other member states combined when pressed on whether america would pay or the state department was reluctant to answer is it fair to say that. racial is no longer trying to find a way. well i think we've made our determination and that is to pull out of you know. letter which they're going to get their money i. will formally rejoin. that ok meanwhile israel has followed america's lead with prime minister benjamin netanyahu announcing his country is quitting unesco as well in twenty sixteen israel suspended his cooperation with unesco after it adopted resolutions which ignored

jewish ties to a key holy science in jerusalem the resolutions also criticized israeli policies on other sacred places in jerusalem the west bank netanyahu called the u.s. move this week a brave and moral decision because you know asco has become quote a theater of the absurd which distorts history journalist my experience all told us though that the pro israel not be in washington was ultimately responsible for the decision. this goes back all the way to twenty eleven and congress withheld funding for you nasco because you nasco allowed the palestinian authority membership and congress is very very easily influenced by the pro israel lobby whereas traditionally the state department and the u.s. mission at the u.n. have not been so this is the first time we've really seen the state department kind of get in line with the congressional elements that are funded by pro pro israel

lobby and easily influenced by it and i think this really reflects the weakness of the trumpet ministration. the. students has opened in russia's black sea visible to. the cultural event is expected to attract over twenty thousand visitors from around the world have some of the highlights from the ceremony. well come to the nineteenth world festival of youth and students in sochi. as you can see behind me the opening ceremonies of the best of all have already begun the. performances that we've been technology human progress and development many people here all of them very excited. and also in sochi for us. but at the excitement we've had many concerts on this square

here behind me as well of course is the grand opening ceremony which set that report from culminating in a pretty amazing forward to splay with fountains going off in the square here as well and managed to finally get out of that quite loud and noisy excited crowd to join us here in the square as well tell us a bit more about what was going on inside and of course this is your first time in russia but not your first thought are you first of all how is it compared so far while i mean what a ceremony i mean that was something special now i attended the twenty thirteen festival in quito ecuador totally different experience and nothing like this i was not prepared for what i saw in that auditorium that was that was a tremendous performance i mean the music dance and the audience i mean the audience was just on the edge of their seat i saw people bursting into tears at. all of a numerous times people were just very emotionally moved by the ceremony it was quite powerful and to see so many young people just

a sea of young people in there or their yellow jackets there the uniform for the festival all kind of moving as one body there listening to the performances seeing it was something special twenty thousand people from a hundred fifty different countries certainly set so i believe a bit of a record for suddenly for the spectrum of arrivals coming over to speak to some of those people earlier to get some of their emotions and thoughts on their experience so far let's take a listen i came from the middle east from sri lanka we have from i joined the marine a lot of countries as you know more than one hundred fifty countries a lot of cultures a lot of people still excited to do people youngsters a great opportunity to come and meet dance move on to get to know you all around the world there's like a sense of that the possibility of food right a world where with more social justice it seemed possible and here we can see that we can meet people from every country that can prove their experiences what they

are doing in their country. and that's what we came to do and it's really great of course as well as a chance to to bond to network to meet new people it's also a chance for young people of all over the world to discuss and debate key global ideas that kaleb well yes i mean a real emphasis on technology and scientific research that seemed to be a major theme in the presentations in the videos that were shown in the song and dance performances there seem to be this emphasis on the idea that if we can develop and if we can raise the standard of living around the world and get people out of poverty and out of the conditions that drive them toward drugs and terrorism we can raise the standard of living around the world we can have a more peaceful and interconnected world where people are trading with each other doing business getting along and just kind of building a better life for humanity a very clear message but it's one that you just couldn't disagree with and that was of course a key tenant of lot of the putin speech as well let's just take a listen briefly to what the russian president had to 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 barriers are powerless in the face of real friendship. many people here young eighteen to thirty five but some are a little bit older perhaps some were actually in attendance but first of all in moscow nineteen fifty seven they came from a very far away place to see it and they've returned to russia this time around to relive some of those emotions let's take a look at well that story. the up of the old rule because the rule thirty thousand young people get. for the festival and two of the hundred and fourteen geisha and thirty thousand

people from one hundred fourteen. countering the war. to. peace and friendship. this is somebody you might recognize lady we used to call based on your most imaging. powers and people here. we all have cable believed to be here. live. microsurgery salute. to grow our century mall school we'd be sitting next to you first of all the list.

of all our field people your age. old. experience a little more open minded idea and begin that. nine unforgettable. day. visit in. the spirit. of you know your picky i do yet have now you know good. as investigations into russia's allies meddling in the trying to sixteen us presidential election continue and now the new accusation of foul play has been made this time that moscow used. reality to try and influence focus.

a c.n.n. investigation shows russia's propaganda attack on the u.s. went beyond using fake accounts and airs on facebook and twitter post announcing a contest on go directing gamers to visit locations were alleged police brutality took place russian agents. of the black movement and trying to exacerbate racial tensions. has been made to explain how that might have affected the election the claim has been. coming up next on. the back at the top of the hour.

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