horrible protests over the future of caseloads as the spanish region is left in limbo by madrid's decision to impose direct rule. we gave exclusive access to the newly liberated syrian town of maya deen recently freed from islamic states by the syrian army. the czech republic is set to be governed by its donald trump after euro skeptic media mogul and wins the country's parliamentary election.

this is r.t. international coming to you live from moscow i'm kate partridge thank you for joining us. and we start in spain where there have been more protests across the country follow madrid's decision to impose direct rule on catalonia in the wake of the region's independence vote well the senate is expected to approve the sacking of the region's leadership on friday and while the council on parliament won't be dissolved it will now be stripped of its capacity to elect a president artie's but in a question of is in barcelona. walk alone or staying together in the catalan people had a chance to respond we saw those fully supporting independence and also those who want to be catalans but part of spain. pro independence leaders sounded better in the beginning than the toolchain.

the people of get along won the right to become an independent state. we propose that parliament suspends the proclamation of a dependants. we critically deciding the future of a nation is not a crime so here is what we have the region is stuck in limbo while the catalyst government has been and for weeks the jury took an unprecedented step and asked the national senate to depose their we. know that cattle and presidents called it the worst attack since franco's dictatorship if you reward over a with both attackers and of founders using similar arguments on each other. in a greatly irresponsible act christ all boundaries by announcing and in fact a coup d'etat to oust a democratically elected government if this is a complete drive there is a coup thoughtful is the one that have been you know followed by. mr bush

and his government. we're now applying all five five because no government a jewel in a democratic country can accept that the law will be ignored violated or changed. the spanish government illegally proclaimed itself the representative of the catalans kaplan a story that still think they could win local media speculation that the president could even officially proclaim independence this week but it seems ordinary catalans are the ones on the losing site. independence was declared in the very messy way so i'm not surprised by what's happening is that we're a bit lost is the first time we found ourselves in such a situation there are people here doing demonstrations week after week and they don't talk about the only talk about some people that is doing other demonstrations but not the cuts and the majority of the spanish senate still house to approve the measure is presented by my treats and if it does council will remain

a time in this in the moment at least till the next reason elections to take place within the next six months by the question are. barcelona. well meanwhile spain's foreign minister has caused outrage to suggesting some of the videos of the police crackdown on council on photos were misleading i'm not saying that all fake pictures but some of them are and you know there has been a lot of alternative facts and fake news here. numerous videos off police using excessive force appeared on social media on the day of the referendum many cases of violence were also caught on camera by already crews as were witness testimony. were just helping the people because they were throwing them from up. the stairs and throwing them down upon them probably here

and kicking them so what is on the floor and there is a guy that looks on the person that's down. meanwhile there is at least one place in catalonia that doesn't want to leave spain our own valley a small region in the parity and mountains claims that if catalonia breaks away from spain they will break away from catalonia and it has the right to do it thanks to a law that was passed in twenty fifty. one and. they are on valley is a unique territory within catalonia it is self-governing has its own institutions its own language and its own history in culture only nineteen percent of those who vote is in the referendum in favor of catalan independence that it was. our right to self-determination was unanimously approved by the cattle and parliament and by the spanish state we could become a part of france or china tomorrow for instance if we chose to do so but we won't do it we want to remain

a part of catalonia and spain you know people are really afraid especially for the economy the economy of their run valley is very french general because it is entirely dependent on tourism therefore anything that we can see it makes people really afraid. or following catalonia as referendum in two major italian regions overwhelmingly voted for greater autonomy on sunday well here's what the leaders of lombardi and the beneteau say they're hoping for so. we want to overcome the inability of europe just solve problems and face up to them by offering a new dimension we want to a more united stronger europe one that takes into account the specifics of territories this is what can be simply called the europe of regions a page of history will be written in any case village so will not be the same as before we want to initiate this in a manner that is democratic and compatible in line with the constitution. well the

two votes are the first of their kind in italy they are non-binding meaning they want to sell to the transfer of power as however the two regions may now request greater economic independence from rome some locals are unhappy at having to subsidise poorer parts of the country while the benefit to italy's economic powerhouse is accounting for almost a third of its of these g.d.p. they are home to several tourism and industry hotspots including milan and venice or university of milan politics professor marco best sunny believes the map of europe or change dramatically in the near future. we witness and really the disintegration of this kind of european order and there will be a confederation in europe clearly like ten or fifteen years from now but not based on the nation states that that we know if catalonia and and spain break apart then a lot of things will happen there that will have

a definitely a domino effect with vanity so scotland and old sort of other regions there might be easily thirty five to forty five new countries coming up. u.s. backed forces in syria have liberated the country's most lucrative oil field from i still. hated in the province of darrow's or was captured by the terrorists in twenty fourteen the oil field produces up to nine thousand barrels a day and it's become a key moneymaker for the terror group all the syrian democratic forces have been fighting terrorists mainly on the eastern side of the euphrates river syrian government troops backed by russian air support are on a separate anti i saw mission they began their operation on the west bank of the river and are also clearing up pockets of terrorist resistance in the east of the syrian army has now almost liberated the provincial capital and these exclusive

pictures are from the recently we captured my ideal aussie arabic spoke with local residents about life on the ice so. i saw militants declared jihad a bit more than for go this was a general mobilization and everyone had to participate the established age of those subject to mobilization is from twenty to thirty years do they take all the young pino because many of them escaped the militants confiscated all state property for example i am a civil servant so they took my house and turned it into a living room or headquarters the living room was used to gather women why do they collect women in the living where there are hostages where did they come from they were brought from everywhere they were kidnapped i mean what i say the militants marry them when one of the militants died the second married his woman. to milton's drove also jurors from desir an arab army into cages and put them into the water put into the water to drown they were lowered into the water to militants

for sister attention read classes and go to a mosque when they found someone's empty place during prayer they beat us to do with intercourse to the police station once i was standing in a park and watching the children playing city caught me in which me eight times. well today russia's foreign minister has held a joint press conference with his a rocky colleague here in moscow so gay lover all of us are asked about the future actions in syria and the role of the u.s. there are two usenet yarran now joins us live with more days well hi there that you so what did mrs that again lavrov have to say. well and surprisingly kate the present the press conference earlier today the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov was posed questions about the only going fight against islamic state in of our can steer ia and also has a particular emphasis on the recent liberation of the syrian city of rocker iraq which was liberated just days ago had been under siege of islamic state for about four months acted as the stronghold of eisel in syria and also the headquarters

in the country now on saturday the us president donald trump boasted that the u.s. had done more in the fight against islamic state in the polish nine months than to his administration there have been under barack obama in recent years and he also touched upon what might be the next role of the u.s. in syria and he curiously spoke about quote a political transition that honors the will of the syrian people now it's curious because this is news to the syrian government they have an authorized any political transition with the help of the u.s. whatsoever so unsurprisingly the russian foreign minister was asked for a response to the u.s. president's recent comments here's what he said. when we hear about the new u.s. line in syria which is stand which is local councils on sovereign syrian territories this raises concerns we put this question to washington and expect to

receive an honest and clear answer. now while the recent victories over islamic state in syria are being seen as an indeed an important milestone these latest developments so that there is still a distinct lack of clarity over the u.s. role in the country where as we see what happens next mickey aaron thank you. well meanwhile in neighboring iraq r.t. is continuing to run a campaign to bring russian speaking children back home their parents have gone missing or have been killed fighting for islamic states one boy's eads is about to be realized with his family. it was kind of. kind of. you wal mart you know because a lawyer. it's. just

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a billionaire populist the czech republic's donald trump is on course to become the country's next prime minister the party of andre babiche one of the podium entry elections pylons slide over the weekend and dotty's any other trying to explains where the comparisons come be drawn with america's president. i bet most of you have never been bothered by the heartbeat of political life in prague the time has come i'll tell you why it's worth checking out how the czech republic voted for its next parliament meet the man set to become the country's new leader representing the winners a n o anti immigrant anti-establishment. i'm ready to four points from our interests in brussels and ensures that because we have to fight for selves progs interests first brussels interest second understood dammit does he

have any relatives with the last a trump even if not mr bob as well deserves check donald trump title given by the media despite already being part of the system as finance minister for a while no way this guy has kept up the image of being beyond the system i was working for two years twenty hours a day before the election i met thirty thousand people i don't need to fill my ego my ego is really full mr bobbish and his billions make him the second richest man in this country journalists call him a media mogul but his business toys vary from farms to chemical plants no golf courses though bobbish is younger than trump he's got time to catch up oh wait he's focused on the new job with confidence from the state like a business we went home and i'm like politicians have to understand i've been a businessman but i have good common sense in that business and i've told you andrei bobbish is not

a fan of migrants or the way brussels deals with them for now there is no place for migrants in europe we will soon begin the construction of a great great wall along our southern border and be dead and it is obvious there is no check donald trump without rumors of him being a kremlin favorite mr bobbish has been trying to throw that off he even wrote an open letter to the washington post maybe thanks to it we won't hear the media go on about russia helping their man when the check polls maybe. well political analyst adam garry's says the new check leader appears like trump but has more political experience in some ways and certainly in the superficial ways he takes those boxes he's a billionaire he's been subject to control the sea revels in blunt statements in

other ways he's very odd like donald trump he's got many more years of experience in government than trump albeit not in a leadership position he is someone who is officially part of the establishment key thing with this election is to realize that all of the policies that really won the top spots with the exception of the party that came in second the the conservatives the center right. everyone is really one of the new policies that so what this election represents is very much trumped like in the sense that it's a rejection of everything old and an embrace of many things new now in this world of online activity and ramps up close security you could find yourself being labeled a terrorist and not even know it and that have after the break. when i was sure seemed wrong. but. just don't call. me.

yet to shape out this day and to. end it again because betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. what politicians do you should. put themselves on the line. to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to present. something wanted. to write. this is what. really big. interesting. question.

welcome back you may think it's only three or so it is that can collect your personal data and compile terrorist watch lists that the case of one journalist highlights there are other entities doing this sometimes causing big problems for everyday people now imagine that suddenly your bank account is closed and you cannot pay your bills and then it's also the mystery of not knowing why or what's wrong with me why why are they closing down my account and not only my personal accounts my family accounts i live business accounts all of them were closed all the activists that you just saw as i'm tamimi was mistakenly designated as a terrorist by the database world checked run by voters it's a subscription only service providing various files on individuals not the database

is popular with banks as well as the u.k. police so maybe told us he was shocked when he learned he been placed on the list of terrorists. proved rather distressed your cause this is not even the united nations it's not our government and living and their democracy like britain you don't expect something like this to happen if you are not a criminal and if there is nothing against you legally then this should not be you should you should not be proscribed you should not be alienated or excluded and the united essential services well after the issue gained. publicity voters apologized to tell me and compensated him for his expenses however this isn't an isolated case the company also had to issue an apology for some of the mistake involving u.k. based radio presenter margaret no us who are now such concerns about data collecting and blacklisting that these could become more entrenched amendments to the data protection act are being discussed in parliament top u.k.

officials and even how much of the queen has been praising the legislation the new law will ensure that the united kingdom retains its world class regime protecting personal data including high standards of data protection and human rights innovation and ensure we can remain confident our data. for the new legislation will retain exemptions from the existing data protection act this effectively allows journalists banks and other groups to collect data without people's consent it means databases like reuters world check won't have to tell you they consider you a crime risk regardless of when they share the information with or global policy expert george whaley says the lack of control over handling personal data these ordinary people vulnerable. it is completely unacceptable that organizations can collect all manner of very personal data and use them

maliciously against. individuals and thereby damage their reputations damage their careers even damage their livelihood how we able to control. what corporations are doing how are we able to ensure that individuals have some means of recourse against the use of data against them i don't see that it within this legislation there is adequate protection for individuals. you know giving them some kind of recourse to challenge this the malicious use of such data. israeli police have arrested a palestinian man for a post he made on facebook allow him hello way posted a picture of himself at work wishing good morning to his friends but facebook incorrectly translated the post as attack them and the police got involved he was

released shortly afterwards when they realized there had been a misunderstanding all gideon levy a journalist for how that's newspaper says the actions were illegal. his that seem to not only was morally thirty but also always. legal to its evil egoless not only immoral it was illegal we just have to mention that he was relieved of the few hours so the scene didn't develop too far but it is a bit irrelevant it's just an indication to the if you. are the palestinians without any respect to none of their basic rights. well this isn't the first time a palestinian has been in trouble with the law over remarks made online one activist was arrested after he wrote a facebook post mocking anti israel also this with a hash tag sarcasm in it well the police released him after missing they haven't

understood the sarcasm other cases that are less clear cut and nineteen year old was charged with inciting violence for post praising the palestinian uprising against israel and the palestinian poets has been under house arrest since twenty fifteen for sharing a video of her reading a poem called resist my people resist them which she still awaiting a verdict which could land her in prison for up to eight years and get in levy says palestinians are often talkative for their political activity as israeli palestinian she went through all these only for poor i'm sure wrote quite a unison boy may can tell you and even if it's not that innocent poor him i mean poor me is only a poor there are hundreds of palestinians who are you what we call what israel is calling it with the strength of the tension which is being arrested result a trial which doesn't exist in a democracy hundreds of them including some members of parliament part of them only

because of the political activity so they are political prisoners that's the dark side of the occupation. well for more on these and plenty of other stories go to our web site. otherwise i'll be back with the latest headlines at the top of the. here's what people have been saying about rejected in the navy seals is actually just full on also so we'll the show i go out of my way to launch you know what it is that really packs a punch at least yampa is the john oliver of r t america is doing the same we are apparently better than blue nothing's better to see people you've never heard of love redacted tonight not the president of the world bank so there you go write me

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hello and welcome to crossfire where all things considered i'm peter we're here in southern russia attending the paul di discussion club and our topic is u.s. russia relations and the state of the world. my guests are anatol lieven he's a professor at georgetown university in qatar as well as author of several books. including america right or wrong we also have richard he's an expert at valdai discussion club as well as author and professor at the university of kent and we have james sherk he is an associate fellow at chad house as well as author of hard diplomacy and soft coersion russia's influence abroad or a gentleman to start our discussion about the first go to end a toll a lot of people them and the current tragic. situation with us russian

relations i mean with good reason but does it matter is so much as it used to should we lamented so much because things go well and it's certainly highly regrettable and in my view largely unnecessary but exactly we do need to keep in mind that compared to the cold war where you had soviet forces in the middle of germany you had nuclear forces on trigger alert and you had to genuinely clash radically clashing world ideologies this is a much much smaller dispute but in the same time the the if you look at mainstream media the threat level seems to be equal if no worse well you're a journalist i used to be a journalist to do newspapers television advertising has to be so what journalists have made to name playing down approach of a more or a conflict but in my view.