look suspicious. this is breaking news after months of speculation president putin officially announces his bid for reelection in twenty eight he also commented on the president of russia from the winter olympics. we certainly without any doubt we will not announce and it looks great or prevent our athletes from competing if we want in a personal capacity. but saw for the i.o.c. banned russia from the twenty eight winter games after a three year doping scandal despite a lack of concrete evidence to support the claim for the state sponsored drug program. also ahead of this bullet in the u.s. president is expected to recognize jerusalem as the capital city of israel a move that's likely to ignite fury among many in the middle east.

this wednesday the fifth of december at seven pm here in moscow my name's colleen bright thanks for choosing us to update you on what's happening around the world see evening first to the news we broke just over an hour ago now the putin has officially announced his bid for the twenty eight presidential election and russia let's get you up to speed on that now without him if you haven't in central moscow hygienically what mr putin said. well call in as you know it was widely expected that he was he would throw his hat into the race for what would be a fourth term if he wins the election of course but he really has taken his time making that announcement hasn't he i can name countless times in the past few months that he's been posed this question it almost every forum he's attended any of his back to the way you know given any definite on serin one can't help but wonder whether he has been genuinely conflicted on whether to decide to run once

again or whether he's just really good at keeping a secret but nevertheless he finally put his out of all miseries a couple of hours ago when he said this. spicey bombs but you should thank you for your support yes i will present my candidacy for the president of the russian federation. now we were expecting the big announcement to come earlier in the day actually when he attended a volunteer his forum here in moscow in fact i was already here i was miked up i was ready to bring you that breaking news but what he was also the question here again and batted it away seemingly as thought some validation from the audience that they seem very clear on what decision he said make. your. way to show your family if i make such a decision. and the people close to you support it. and this comes of course as the two thousand and seventeen saw lattimer putin's

approval ratings skyrocket but nevertheless the next few weeks could prove to be interesting as well to me putin is pitted against one of the most controversial and most prominent contenders also. attempting to wear win over russian voters in the elections next year and last cause any assault charge sees the first female to to decide to enter the race in fourteen years she's also were an it girl in russia she's been referred to as the russian paris hilton she's hosted reality t.v. shows and she's also quite a controversial figure because she's attended opposition rallies anti putin rallies and no less and she also happens to be the daughter of a foremost in petersburg marah man who putin himself once referred to as his mentor so it will prove to be very interesting in the next few weeks and we're going to be bringing you all the latest of course we have got a short sharp election campaign between now and march the eighteenth and i think i

also spoke at least live in a production russian winter for the other night here in central moscow thanks very much for that. well with me now adam garry is managing editor of the news website the duran dot com in our london studio hi there adam. has been president or prime minister since the year two thousand it's a tough job no matter who's in charge to be honest although a lot of people will say oh well he was always going to stand wasn't he there was some element of doubt you've been doing it for a long time what do you think's on mr putin's mind about why he wants to ask voters for another six years. well president putin is a very concerting a very thoughtful man he doesn't make rash decisions he's truly intellectual but in the most pure sense in the sense that he uses his mind in order to solve problems which is the first last and most important job of any public official let alone the president of a superpower president putin will be all too aware of the unfinished challenges

that remain ahead and that will certainly remain after march of next year these include further consolidation and cooperation of the one by one road project of which russia is incredibly important it includes finalizing the peace process that russia has instigated for the syrian arab republic finding a last thing peaceful solution for the free people of donbass finding a peaceful solution to the our. nagorno karabakh are conflict as well as using the momentum of the brics and other international bodies like the shanghai cooperation organization to dollar rise the rising east and south as people tend to call them this will include making the gold system more centered in asia rather than in europe and north america it may include increased trade will certainly include i should say increased trade in national currencies between partners in

southeast asia and your asia even africa in some cases especially if we're talking about metallic standards we're talking the russian federation is going to introduce a crypto ruble next year joining venezuela being the only two countries to officially have the crypto currency and then of course there's the matter of increasing people's wages without damaging inflation so all of these very important things are on the table of any president and it seems that flooded near putin wants to ask the russian people for their trust so that he can continue to work on all of these incredibly crucial matters that we did mention earlier that there are those high approval ratings still swirling around but any politician who rests on high approval ratings does so at their peril or do you then think of the challenges between now and march the eighteenth. i think the challenges will be putting forward to the russian people that things are going to get better for them vladimir putin has gained his popularity because he's allowed the russian people to once

again breathe they feel better physically acca normally and even spiritually compared to the hellish scenarios that unfolded in the ninety's under the leadership of yelled see him and his left hand inside to buy and guide dog the most serious candidates that will be challenging president putin this is good not the love and value of the communist party and the liberal democratic party of russia respectively they also have a very thoughtful platform to put forward political veterans they're also very thoughtful and intelligent men and so hopefully the election can be a very big national debate about the direction in which things should go to give russians the better life that they've worked very hard for and absolutely deserve things have got absolutely better under putin compared to the yeltsin years were russia was really at its worst for centuries and now the question is which direction is the best direction forward from here on ok for now i'm gary managing

editor of the news website the duran dot com thanks very much for that thank you. and also made a number of comments regarding the decision to ban team russia from the winter olympics he said russian authorities will not stand in the way of athletes competing in the games next year and a neutral flag but he did however criticize the i.o.c. smoove saying that it was based on claims from an unreliable source referring to grigori rajan coffin's the former head of russia's anti doping agency. but she says . most of this has been set on accusations that are not proven and are generally baseless they're founded on the testimonies of a man whose moral ethical as well as psychological condition is questionable there's nothing more. the president added that it was important that the i.o.c. had said it had no evidence of state sponsored doping in russia but a lot of questions remain about the international olympic committee's decision. and

it's almost twenty four hours now since the i.o.c. banned team russia from the twenty eighteen winter games in south korea however it claims that individual athletes who can prove that they're clean will be allowed to compete under a neutral flag. you know i did elsley so will participate be to an individual or team competitions under the name olympic else lead from russia. they will compete with a uniform bearing these. and under the olympics like. the olympic and will be played in is there really. no one thought about what it actually means for the athletes to go to the olympics under a neutral flag it's simply the murder of our national sport. russian

athletes won't give up on their country or their flag as this is always in their hearts. tracing this back the scandal broke three years ago when german t.v. channel broadcast a film alleging a state sponsored doping scheme in russia the world anti-doping agency then opened an investigation into those claims russian officials denied any claims of state sponsored doping in july last year water published the mclaren report which gave a more detailed view of the alleged scheme but seeking a more independent view the international olympic committee also launched two more investigative commissions the same month russia saw a blanket ban on all paralympians and the limbic track and field athletes competing in the rio olympics for alleged doping but that was not the end for team russia because after the rio olympics the situation escalated last december the second part of the mclaren report came out with apparently more evidence that resulted in the decision to recheck all the samples taken from russian athletes at saatchi

twenty fourteen throughout this year the russian doping scandals intensified further twenty two athletes were subsequently disqualified and stripped of their medals artie's kate partridge and you know neil discussed that earlier. twenty five were banned in the buildup to this decision twenty two an hour and as i say not a great deal of time either to appeal all or to prove whether or not you're innocent to be able to say what the i.o.c. kate saw was the great compromise was being able to compete on during a neutral flag but there's a number of issues surrounding it isn't there time constraints that you just said absolutely as i said it's now in no way are aren't you here to take part your and your and the olympic now from russia as we have no anthems no flags and also as you said that sense of prestige that sense of patriotism the whole point of what the olympics about these are all claims effectively came its claim and counterclaim because you have to lodge in golf and mclaren saying this is how they this is how they did it then you've got schmidt saying yes we believe this is how you can do it as well you can replicate this but we don't see any photos we don't we haven't seen

any cameras we haven't they haven't filmed it as what we seem to say ok yet this is the claim we can prove it and we're going to show you how to do it and this is cause a bit of consternation amongst the athletes themselves and one by our teacher said well if you're going to basically ban people on the basis of scratches and some elevated salt then i'm really worried and we can hear of him now. that we will be able to see some evidence for what they're being punished and that is not that there are some marks on the bottles because then i would be terribly afraid of giving samples was not only fear of the giving samples there's also been some other sort of worries that have been raised by athletes and also across the organization as well by saying that this is a this is sort of double standards here because effectively you've got a blanket ban for one country but looking over time as well we've known of athletes who have been banned tyson gay justin gatlin and they have been bang to rights they would prove there wasn't a presumption of guilt there they were actually proved to have to be guilty and banned and come back and that's what russian athletes will be looking at now what we're seeing on our screen just think who came back to win a silver medal after being what he was done twice before this russian markets have

never done that majority of them proven that as well but now they're looking at a lifetime ban on the limbic sports but this is all because of the system all the the level that the i.o.c. do. in terms of making their judgments and this is based on a presumption of guilt given what they considered to be all the different factors taken into account not direct evidence but all those different layers so what they're saying is that by being able to replicate they think the system of being able to override a tamper proof system by rajan covers diaries that is say he wrote about all the things that were going on in the time by the medal table the people who won medals by the the so-called duchesse list of all the people who were taking who were meant to be taking drugs they said by taking all these into account it's a presumption of guilt but as we were looking back over the past few days as i was covering before this is a presumption of guilt that covers that covers everybody and therefore it's a blanket decision but there are obviously going to be loopholes as we were talking about before four years ago there was skepticism that russia's first winter

olympics would go without a hitch due mongers predicted not enough lights not enough hotels and not enough snow concerns about socially squaller in sochi double toilets and missing door handles the water that came out of the tower the problem with the door of the house games went so well even critics had to admit they were it we think of an amazing it's running like clockwork and everything's just going really really well as i'm been really impressed and everything russians and so forth. which they care about. so far well organized people are really friendly here having a good time through our accommodation. almost four years later and russians who triumphed in sochi and now being stripped of their medals and given life a little pick bans why in twenty sixty in the middle report explosively claimed russia used an elaborate system of state sponsored doping athletes officials and

the ministers were implicated like the plot of a cold war novel the attitude to russia a return to skepticism then retribution as its track and field team and entire paralympic team from the rio gave which left the clean athletes wondering why. we know about how the russians completing it so they got it the right policy but sure they are a clean nation never mind cleaned out they are to be a clean nation. the i.o.c. and i p.c. have now definitively backed up mclaren supporting the claims of former lab boss cricketing don't think of who's under criminal investigation in russia and saying that infamous sample swapping system has finally been replicated but questions remain the i.o.c. standard of proof is not beyond any reasonable doubt but rather the balance of probability the presumption of guilt is enough it was lodging called who was the

original and only source of so-called proof against russian fleets this evidence has been grossly overvalued we can see we are seeing the results of a proper legal process it's a question of faith to believe broaching court or not is looks more like a religious inquisition. west than full bottles had no visible scratches they were presumed tampered with as the russians must have perfected their technique and left no marks and no argument basis for an on mass ban to clean condemned without any guilt no presumption of innocence for team russia what we see here is actually a violation of the olympic charter which is. which stands against political national racial discrimination so it appears that in the name of protecting clean athletes they are actually taking away the rights of russian clean athletes and in my opinion the mclaren accusations are unfounded and

they are very politically biased. surely any athlete should be denied a medal and banned from competition if he or she cheats it undermines others' lifetime's work as does abound slapped on the innocent who are simply prison. i'm guilty ok partridge that in a couple of hours donald trump's expected to confirm a significant shift on israel which could spell big trouble for the middle east peace process the details and reaction up next. level while hard sell you on the idea that dropping bombs brings police to the chickenhawk forcing you to fight the battle for. the new socks for the tell you to separate gossip and tabloid by shelf reporters today. off our eyes and tell you on the cool enough to buy their product. all the hawks

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syria this time. announced that syria has been completely liberated from islamic state terrorists it's not all over though he added that despite small clashes still erupting from time to time the generally the fight against islamic state in syria is now over with russia started its operation against deisel in the country back in september twenty fifth the at the request of the syrian government will get more details and reaction to that in the coming hours here on r.t. . next though a senior u.s. official has confirmed that the u.s. is going to officially recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel the decision by president trump's already sparked a wave of criticism across the muslim and arab world trumps also said to kick start the process of moving the american embassy to jerusalem from tel aviv ultimately he'll make what he feels is the best decision for the united states a way must be found through negotiations to resolve the status of jerusalem as the future capital of the states so that the escalation of both this can be fulfilled

the status of jerusalem should be determined as a negotiated in a negotiated settlement between israelis and palestinians and jerusalem should ultimately form to share form a shared capital between the israeli and palestinian states that is you know we continue to support a two state solution we recognize the importance of jerusalem in our position on that has not changed jerusalem which is considered holy by muslims jews and christians is not recognized as the israeli capital by most of the international community that's despite the country's government being based there and it claiming the ancient city as its capital and has more on the u.s. president's plans. donald trump is once again at the center of controversy he is now talking about moving the u.s. embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem president of the palestinian authority has already denounced the move saying that it could have dangerous consequences for the peace process we've also heard from hamas which has talked about the possibility

that they would revive the intifada we call them our people in israel and the around the world together in cities census and israeli embassies and consulates with the aim of demonstrating our general popular anger. longstanding u.s. allies in the region such as turkey and saudi arabia have also criticized the move turkey has even talked about the possibility of cutting off diplomatic ties with israel i mean we'd like to warn american once more not to take this step which my deep problems in the region. look we will keep up our fight against this decision to the end this situation could take us to the point where we could end diplomatic relations with israel. the u.s. state department has sent out a cable warning people at american embassies around the country about the heightened the need for heightened security furthermore we've also heard that the u.s. consulate that is already in jerusalem is at this point warning u.s.

citizens living in the city this seems like a dramatic move and it seems to fly in the face of an earlier statement that we heard from donald trump let's take a listen to what he said so i'm looking to state and one state and i like the one that both parties like and i'm very happy with that one that both parties are one party the palestinians and their allies is already deeply offended and there's a possibility of retaliation and if that retaliation materializes then the other party could also be suffering it seems that there is indeed many people that are far from happy with this decision from the white house. r.t. new york. let's get some live reaction now in tel aviv gideon levy from israel's haaretz newspaper mr maybe welcome back to the international front and hasn't officially announced yet but we've got a couple of days for this to sink in the reaction from the muslim and arab world is

quite clear what about within israel first the idea of recognizing jerusalem as israel's capital is that something that's getting universal applause where you. almost universal i mean people are quite skeptical here but obviously the right wing the nation elise the government they are very happy about it or very proud about it some minority might thor saw raise the questions what for why now and where does it lead us to what about the relocation potential relocation of the embassy that would be a few years off anyway does that make any significant difference whether it's in tel aviv or jerusalem for people that. look by the end of the day we are dealing with symbols we're dealing with words quite empty hole or wall or words and even if the embassy will move finally for most of these israelis it means very little

for some people it means a lot more about further down the line if the u.s. does this is there an indication that other countries might follow suit as well but . the e.u. part of the foreign ministers of the e.u. has already declared that they will look to move the embassy but you know it depends how important it will be for the u.s. and how much will they push there are some countries who are usually quite reacting positively to any american pressure and they might move. mrs as well but this is still a long way to go by the end of the day there's one basic conclusion out of this very strange state which nobody knows the real motivation of and the fact is that the palestinians are again totally lonely the americans declared themselves as a known. and known. mediator maybe for ever.

and that there is no future whatsoever to any kind of peace process in those circumstances what you describe it as a strange step and what do you think his reasons are. that's a very good question because why why would you do it i mean work for i could understand if you would ask for anything in return i would have on the state would have understood if you would declare maybe about opening two embassies in jerusalem one for the palestinians coming palestinian state one for the existing the israeli state but to do this out of the blue sky just to prove that stands behind these. elections progress is very strange the only explanation i can recall except of the traditional explanations about the pressure of the jewish lobby and the israeli embassy and so forth is that he wants to show that implements his elections

promises and maybe so that this one is the easiest and do you think this might be opening a dangerous new chapter where you are other major security implications by what mr trump's going to say in an hour or so. i'm not sure we face another uprising but he says uprising even though you can never know the first intifada started because of a car accident so you never know but i don't feel there is the energy to go for known going the struggle now valiant struggle but obviously it will create more tension and it will make us even far even though we are far enough but it will put us much far from any kind of progress toward any kind of settlement obviously because as i say the united states declares tonight that even those who believe that it might be fair maybe. this is over this game is over

seems to be the only thing that all parties who have interest in any of this seem to agree on that a peace process now one heck of a roadblock here so if the u.s. which said it would bring peace to the middle east even mr trump said he had a good shot at bringing peace to the middle east who fills that void what's the next step. i don't see any any any any steps in the coming future. neither diplomatically or elsewhere the palestinians as i say they are so isolated so lonely ones who should say look the very pay lip service the american the arab states are paying until now. really almost except of some kind of verbal proteus nobody of the arab states is going to take any measures so by the end of the day they are

really left to their own destiny and this means the patient can continue without any interruption for maybe many years and generally israeli thoughts about mr trump america's being such a long term ally of israel but also there were those huge overtures on his middle east tour only a few weeks back where the ordinary israelis place him. they place him as someone who is unexpected and therefore everyone is nervous about him i think that even the israeli prime minister. does not sleep very well at night for many reasons but one of the reasons is that you never know i mean this is one step and to morrow he my taken opals it's there aiming at israel maybe nobody knows nobody takes him to seriously obviously because he cannot be taken too seriously but right now he's doing something that it's. very very few

can say any positive words about. death are there any shows about mr trump at least unpredictable but that in mind you think your change of mind in the next ninety minutes. no no i don't think so i think he made his mind made up his mind this does not mean that we know all the details the details will be clear very soon but by the end of the summer sea will change tonight. the question is where we go from here because i don't see this leading to anywhere really to anyone ok for now thanks very much for your time and getting lead from israel's haaretz newspaper a appreciate your thoughts on this. thank you. next in britain opportunities to prevent a series of recent terror attacks in both manchester and london were missed according to a new report carried out for the government with the details here. well this is

come from an independent report that was carried out by the u.k. home office and it was looking at how well the security services did their jobs in the run up to the string of terror attacks that took place in the u.k. over the past year and one of the things that it found was that three of the six attackers that they were looking at they were on m i five radar so the domestic security services were watching them already perhaps more worryingly the reports concluded that the attack carried out by soundman a baby in manchester arena in may that's the one that took the lives of twenty three people among them many children it says that with hindsight that attack could have been preventable the cards fall and differently that will quote from the report take a look at how the cards did end up falling.