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you for watching the headlines here totty international broadcasting live from moscow. which starts with yet more protests in spain they follow madrid's decision to impose direct rule on catalonia in the wake of the region's independence vote in the senate is expected to approve the sacking of the region's leadership on friday and while the council on parliament what we dissolved it will be stripped of its power to elect a president medina question of our reports from barcelona. walk alone or staying together at the kaplan people had a chance to respond we saw those fully supporting independence and also those who want to be confluence but part of spain. probably independence leaders sounded better this in the beginning than the tone change. the people of get lonia won the right to become an independent state.

him but we propose that parliament suspends the proclamation of a dependants. we practically deciding the future of a nation is not a crime so here is what we have the region is stuck in limbo while the cattle a government has been and for weeks the jury took an unprecedented step and asked the national senate to depose that we got hold of all the tensions that cattle and presidents called at their worst attack since franco's dictatorship if you reward over a with both attackers santa 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 clue to fall is the one that have been you know followed by. mr bush and his government. were no applying five five because no government a tool in

a democratic country can accept that the law will be ignored or violated or changed . the spanish government illegally proclaimed itself the representative of the catalans kaplan us or it is 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 cut to the majority of the spanish senate still house to approve the measure is presented by my treat and if it does counseling you know will remain

a time in this in the moment at least till the next reason elections to take place within the next six months i do question our. see barcelona. for me was spain's foreign minister has sparked anger for saying videos of police cracking down on castle on voters were misleading i'm not saying that all are fake pictures but some of them are and you know there has been a lot of alternative facts and fake news here. well a number of videos of police using excessive force appeared on social media on the day of the referendum many cases of violence were also caught on camera by our own crews along with witness testimonies. were just helping the people because they were throwing them from out up the stairs and throwing them down in the public here

and kicking them so what is on the floor and there is that. the person that's down . meanwhile a small region in the pyrenees mountains the arran valley says its castle only a break away from spain it will break away from catalonia and it has the right to do so thanks to a law passed in twenty fifth. around 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 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. and in the wake of catalonia as referendum two major italian regions overwhelmingly voted for greater autonomy on sunday well here's what the leaders of long body and beneteau are 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 where not 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's democratic and compatible in line with the constitution. well the two votes are the first of their kind in italy they are nonbinding however the

regions may now seek greater economic independence some locals are unhappy at having to subsidize poorer parts of the country well the regions are two of italy's economic powerhouses accounting for almost a third of the country's entire g.d.p. and they're home to several tourism and industry hotspots including milan and venice and university of milan politics professor marco best sunny believes the map of europe will 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 we know if cuts alone. and spain break apart then a lot of things will happen there that will have a definitely a domino effect with gamma toe scotland and whole sorts 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 feet but i still omar and arrows or province was captured by the terrorists in twenty fourteen and the sign produces up to nine thousand barrels a day became a key moneymaker for the terror group well the syrian democratic forces have been fighting terrorists mainly on the eastern side of the euphrates river well meanwhile government troops backed by russian air support are on a separate anti i saw mission these exclusive pictures are from the town they recently liberated why indeed the operation began on the west bank of the river and government troops are now clearing up pockets of terrorist resistance on the east side r.t. arabic spoke with residents about what life is like under i still. i still militants declared jihad a bit more than a month ago 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 did they collect women in the living who were their 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 error army into cages and put them into the water put into the water to drown they were lowered into the water to militants first just to attend classes and go to a mosque when they found simmons and police during the 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. these are the latest pictures from the syrian city of rocco where the u.s. led coalition's long fight is now over but the battle has left wide scale destruction president trump branded the liberation a critical breakthrough adding the campaign against ties so will soon answer a new phase artie's nicky aaron has more. the liberation of iraq is indeed a critical breakthrough in the fight against islamic state in syria it brings an end to the four month long siege of the city which is it is the defacto capital and headquarters of islamic state in the country but the liberation of the city has come at an immense civilian cost human rights groups estimate that almost all of the city's residents have been forced to flee the city due to the fighting it's also said that thousands of civilians have been killed in coalition bombings this comes as it said almost eighty percent of the city has been completely destroyed

but little mention of this from the u.s. president donald trump who instead boasted that u.s. military forces have made more progress against islamic state in the first nine months of his presidency than it had under his predecessor to rock about in the final year of his administration also most curiously is how donald trump mentioned what would be the next phase of the u.s. in syria speaking of a political transition which has come as a bit of a surprise to the russian side and of course the syrian government as well earlier today the russian foreign minister was asked for his response to these comments. when we hear about the new u.s. law in syria which establishes local councils on sovereign syrian territories this raises concerns put this question to washington and expects to receive an honest and clear answer. the russian foreign minister also mentioned serious concerns

about the role of coalition forces in iraq are during the liberation campaign in particular cases where i saw feiss had been able to exit the city of raco without resistance and then go on to fight syrian government forces elsewhere in the country. there were numerous cases when our so far as flooded areas controlled by us backed opposition forces to fight syrian government forces in particular there were cases of a mass exodus. of i saw minutes and out of iraq during the u.s. led coalition operations to liberate the city so while the recent victories are being seen as a major milestone in the fight against the terrorist group in syria but also raising serious concerns about the lack of clarity of what the u.s. role and intentions are in syria. a report obtained by the media under the freedom of information act shows america has been simulating an invasion of west africa following an imaginary terror attack in new york artie's

bali boyko explains. this fictional scenario begins in may twenty twenty three there's been a devastating terrorist attack in new york terrorists detonate truck bombs at either end of the lincoln tunnel that they kill and injure hundreds of americans and just like nine eleven led to the war on terror in the middle east this fictional attack leads to the deployment of u.s. and canadian troops in africa they're fighting african al-qaeda militants and the president promises it'll take just three years according to this fictional script but two years into the war and things aren't going well there is a ninety percent increase in violence in mauritania and mali where the war has quietly spread too as well and that's despite the fact that there's seventy thousand u.s. and canadian troops in the region now three years later just as the troops are meant to be pulling out according to the president's timeline the war game throws

another painfully familiar spanner into the works and that is a fictional general sending a fictional communique saying that he recommends delaying pulling out the troops by one year at least in fact he recommends sending more troops to the region in order to avoid the mission failing entirely so the word quagmire essentially springs to mind it is all pretty reminiscent of the us is other real forays abroad for example in afghanistan but the whole point of this war game is to help prime the future generals of the us it was being simulated in the most elite military training academies across the us and it's interesting that the action plays out on the african continent bear in mind there are already one and a half thousand u.s. troops in africa already is this all of for you d m slip about where the pentagon

thinks the war on terror is going to shift to next and does it share the pentagon's stark realism about the way that u.s. military conflicts tend to pan out. well young oberg from the trans national foundation for peace and future research told us it's not easy for washington to change its approach to conflicts where this. illustration is the only answer the american wheelchair and political people our is to attack violence against violence and this is our ending we're never going to have solve the problem of terrorism by killing terrorists it's as stupid as it would be to say we want to eradicate all diseases by killing all patients if you're really strong in the only let's say don't mention of power that you have evil and how are all the problems in the world will be seen as something that will be solved by means of hammers and the

end instead of you know using other tools you ending up smashing one country after leon good and getting hate it. after the show break donald trump gives a surprise explanation for why the e.u. isn't backing sanctions against iran you say. here's what people have been saying about rejected in the night the senate is full on ourselves the only show i go out of my way to launch you know what it is that really packs a punch at least yap is the john oliver of r t america is doing the same we are apparently better than. some see people you've never heard of love redacted the next president of the world bank will tell you because you weren't sure if you sent us an e-mail. anyone else seems wrong

well we just don't all. get to shape out just. how to. engage with equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. the. welcome back we don't need donald trump's dismissive message to e.u. leaders like i'm going to come in the manual my call on iran in an interview with fox news the us president also joked europe should just keep making money while america on its own moles more sanctions and essentially find the ground walk

nuclear deal with terror on. do you think you're going to get the europeans to support you in terms of sanctions in terms of not selling technology to iran obviously i told them to friends of my they really are i get along with all of them whether it's emanuel or whether it's on the i get along i really like those people i told them just keep making money don't worry about it we don't need you on this you just keep making money. early or france germany and the u.k. issued a joint statement denouncing trump's decision not to recertify iran's compliance with a nuclear deal they also said they're concerned about the possible implications and reminded the president the deal was implemented by all sides not just the u.s. it is not a bilateral agreement it does not belong to any single country and it is not up to any single country to terminate it this is a difficult and in our view dangerous signal the agreement with iran has shown for

the first time that it's possible to prevent war through negotiations the destruction of this agreement would mean that others around the world would no longer rely on such treaties it's therefore a danger that goes far beyond iran or two weeks ago donald trump said he wanted his country out of the nuclear agreement and announced he would decertify it congress now has some two months to decide whether to reimpose sanctions on iran as well as come up with new legislation or political analysts shabbir razvi told us that there are other considerations to trump over iran. mr trump really you can say whatever he likes but i think the reality is that europeans perhaps made nod their head and agree with mr trump but in reality they would continue to do business with iran because europe is not in a wonderful place at this moment economically therefore any business coming from iran is in the interest of european nations whether it's france germany u.k.

spain or holland there are a whole host of internal issues that mr trump should be focusing on rather than sort of trying to come out of this particular treaty which is in the interest of everyone and as our british minister said that for international and global security people will not accept any other agreement in future if few years later you tear the agreement away and one of the parties say that we no longer want to be part of it so it doesn't create diplomatic relations it doesn't create goodwill on the part of other nations to negotiate with america or other european nations. he's been dubbed the czech donald trump and following a general election in the country over the weekend and now finds himself holding the reins of power and is a billionaire whose populist party won landslide support well money's not the only

thing that unites them they are both business moguls and major real estate ins and bobbish says progs interest must come first brussels second drawing parallels to trump's america first slogan and the comparisons don't end there. there is no place for migrants in europe we will soon begin the construction of a great great wall along our southern border. i. run the state like a business we work hard unlike politicians i have to understand i've been a businessman but i have good common sense in that business and i was working for two years twenty hours a day before the election i met thirty thousand people my ego is really full all of my life i've heard that a truly successful person a really really successful person cannot run for public office ladies and gentleman . i am officially running

was the president of the united states. there's a list out of gary says the sounds are shifting around the world when it comes to politics 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 and blunt statement in other ways he's very odd like donald trump he's got many more years bigs in government then trump will be at 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 party everyone is really one of the new polity is 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. russian radio journalist has been stabbed in the neck while working in the news room here in moscow she is now in hospital and is in an artificially induced coma however doctors say her condition isn't life threatening that they did describe it as serious. as the details. we means the echo of moscow is seen as an independent voice among radio stations in russia its guests include all kind of opposition figures including some of the radical voices so this brutal knife attack was really something that grabs so much media attention this place was packed with journalists just a short while ago and there are still many reporters on the scene events here in central moscow unfolded very quickly the man first attacked the security guards downstairs with some kind of spray then he went upstairs on the elevator and went

through the elevator doors on my right and proceeded straight into the room where he stabbed. the deputy editor in chief with his knife in the neck the surgery is now over but the remains in critical condition the attacker was arrested shortly after the incident he has already been officially cues do of murder attempt and police are saying that it's very likely that the attack had nothing to do with politics although they haven't ruled it out just yet when the man was being questioned he claims he has had a telepathic connection with. for years the radio station itself has released what appears to be a diary of the attack or where he described how. it was telepathically stalking him which could prove that the police were actually right here no political motivation perhaps the man was just mentally ill despite this western media outlets have begun

drawn parallels with other crimes against journalists in russia that appear to have had political motivation they're making lists to what they're calling a crackdown on and vesta gate of an independent reporting and russia although many people here including the employees of the radio station itself house called on everyone. to wait for the end of the investigation. israeli police have arrested a palestinian man for a post he made on facebook allow him héloïse posted a picture of himself at work wishing good morning to his friends that facebook incorrectly translated the post as attack them and the police got involved he was released shortly afterwards when they realize there's been a misunderstanding gideon levy a journalist for her that's magazine says the actions were illegal but it has nothing to do not only with morally t.

but also always. legal to legal it's not only immoral it was illegal we just have to mention that he was released of the few hours so the scene didn't develop too far but it is a baby love and it's just an indication to the it 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 laura very marks made online one activist was arrested after he wrote a facebook post mocking anti israel also missed with the hashtag sarcasm in it the police released him after they admitted they hadn't understood the sarcasm well other cases though a less clear cut and nineteen year old was charged with inciting violence for posts praising the palestinian uprising against israel and a palestinian poet has been under house arrest since twenty fifteen for sharing

a video of her reading a poem called resist my people resist them she still awaiting a verdict which could land her in prison for up to eight years and gideon levy says palestinians are often targeted for their political activity. as steve yeah and she went through all these only for poor i'm sure old quite a you know sent boy may can tell you and even if it's not that innocent poem i mean poem 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 the only because of the political activity so there are political prisoners that's the dark side of the occupation. i'll be back with the latest headlines in just over half an hour meanwhile for more on or of astore.

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