many because we needed them. this time it is not an invitation to young people to come to germany but there was a resistance and there is a resistance within the book religion to have for immigration to germany because people were worried and this is one of the issues that if t. is playing on the national character of germany might be changed to some way but mr been called i would agree with you that the a.b.c. is perhaps exploiting this issue too much but don't you think that part of the reason why they have been allowed to exploit it is also that the government hasn't had. a full discussion and open discussion of this extremely touchy subject because it's not just a moral issue as chancellor merkel likes to present it it's also a social issue it's an issue about how your country is going to look like for

decades and decades and i when i say look like i don't mean the ask nick aspect of it but it's a serious decision and it's a serious policy change don't you think that that issue perhaps should have been discussed a little bit morbid the society so that people wouldn't feel that migrants are being forced on them ever since the first measure of our going to america we are discussing it it's not that people are not as just that that's maybe an impression in mosco but there's a very broad debate which has now subsided because an increasing part of the population is understanding that there is a new economic and social problem and social question is usually have a moron content so you cannot sit separate social and moral bases

small issues well mr been called we have to take a short break now but we'll be back in just a few moments statement. twenty fourteen a bloody revolution if you take the demonstrations one for being relatively peaceful political protest to be increasingly violent revolution is always spontaneous or is it you know or hiccup what if i mean you know let's put it would put him in the neighborhood as i do believe it or the fall of the ukrainian. didn't recalls the events of twenty forty and. those who took. invested over five billion dollars to assist ukraine in these and other goals that will ensure a secure and prosperous and democratic.

differ with korea really believes we're about to conduct a preemptive strike of it's going to be significant in a serious preemptive strike that may. they may be motivated to make it to try to be just the blood of the bush like. stein is getting international recognition with the help of israel at least in the world of zoos i'm in build fiddlesticks mission to do it like a million pieces and my compass is going up the study hall maybe a bit of the old john. the only palestinians who gets the most hope from its jerusalem counterparts i don't think there is some of those who in the world under the oak vision did not only could do this. and though it is unfair advantage to have this lady of the muscle that you had and i'm going to continue muslims you know do more commitments also don't put this off.

are. welcome back to worlds apart but getting caught at that trend german politician and former prime minister. mr putin called just before the break we were talking about lead a ship and angela merkel has been in. powerful quiet a long time almost as long as a modern air pollutants now one of the benefits of staying in power for so long is obviously the experience but on the other hand there are multiple studies suggesting that when people stay in power for that long their perception of reality

changes in many important ways you've been a political animal for most of the alive how long is too long for a head of state. america has now had. has now three terms had three terms. if i would have asked her if she would have asked me i would say be very careful with trying to get a force one the same problem arose was. cool and the the force he had was only really accepted because he heads to two different blocks of terms. chancer decided. it divided germany and chancellor in a united germany. but if i were to. able to reform our constitution on that issue i would look very much to countries that have

limited the election of person of individual to the top government position like in the united states where just one reelection is possible you can also have two maria lections but if you have a limitation then the government is almost forced the by the situation to think about the continuation through electing. people in the next term. you have more mobility now angela merkel and put in may have very different personalities but the political trajectories do you have certain overlaps both have been in power for quite some time and both now deal with the country's. going press following changes in germany it's the reintegration

off migrants in russia its economic and hopefully political reforms do you think established leaders like that can change with the times in politics can you teach an all dog new. they don't change they have a political leader that has been in office a very long time usually feels that he has done everything well so he could continue. and he's not very receptive to the idea that not the leader but third the general condition has changed much should change in response to the change in society you know that ties between russia and germany have ever very long and perhaps a very complicated history and they certainly a big hit in two thousand and fourteen and after the events in crimea and more

broadly in ukraine do you think we will still see any improvement between our countries while on go american law lied to put in for that matter are in office or will we have to wait for somebody to replace them to a certain extent and both countries are interested and should be interested in relations. to have two or three objectives the most objective is to maintain peace. jobless or for conflicts may arise the second issue is konami exchange and technological exchange but is specially trade trading between and there is a lot of trade third there is and must should be an offer to understand the differences that. has have always been

the relationship between russia and germany we have different histories way beyond back we have different philosophies we have different attitudes towards government and we have differences too. in the extent of participation of the population in government issues so. we should. this is so and we should understand now you mentioned the issue of trade and i know that you come from east germany just last month we had leaders from five lands and is germany coming out with a statement saying that they oppose sanctions against russia because they view them as both inefficient and unfair that point was that is germany is paying a much higher price for those sanctions than west germany do you think they have

a point and do you think that voices are heard in berlin well i don't think you should put too much emphasis on these statements do have certain sanctions and we have considered them well and it is very difficult and of course vice versa would also russia would also try to influence the behavior of germany and say restraint in trade and. commit forms of communication. i'm not a very good friend of sanctions but there are always some issues that one or the other country is trying by re of sanctions to change the attitude of the other party. and i don't think you can do it way of with that as to the size of germany is german states in terms of

population all of them the five of them have as much population the same size of bavaria. so that the five important but they certainly don't form. germany. if more so european. activities and trade feel now you mentioned the sanctions one of the purposes of sanctions is that to change the behavior most of the german sanctions originate in russia is perceived behavior in crimea americal believes the borders should not be changed and perhaps i think you hit on some level even vladimir putin who will agree with her on that but the i'm sure you understand that for russia in crimea it was not only a matter of principle it was a matter of strategic security of the expansion of nato the possibility of losing

the the base in the black sea and those when you deal with strategic security it's very difficult to uphold principles even if you agree with that do you think russia could have played any other way alternatively do you think that russia is likely to . repeat what has happened in crimea. this is a very difficult question and i would have to say your volatile because it reaches far beyond the issue of of sanctions that we have chests discussed. sanctions could be could be justified i'm just. as the business reservation in relationship to. the developments in ukraine or another border states. and

as in the feeling of you're not germany alone of europe the development in. your career in your crane is considered to be unfortunate and now the only the only way to end to put this. to put this to russia is not just simply arguing but also. by. introducing. corporations or. solutions of conflict in this field so far we haven't been very successful. that well you know that the crimean issue at least for russia is closely linked to nato its is for the expansion reach traces its roots back to german reunification and the promises. that vera made to moscow back down and we're not necessarily

saying is no kind of promises have made that we're not carried through while it is believed at least if this is an opinion in moscow. russia was promised that nato will not expand to the east following the reunification of germany. has not expanded towards. unless countries in the east as to be permitted to join but the nature of such has not expanded well i think that mr gorbachev there for the last president and the first president of the soviet union even in his memoirs stated quite clearly that this is not how it was perceived at least in russia many perceive that there was an explicit promise made and would not keep moving towards russian borders and maybe that has been

a misunderstanding but rather than arguing about that i want to ask you whether you believe germany has any special overall in solving the issue here in ukraine in helping russia ukraine others to come to certain accommodation or whether you believe this is just a european security issue that has to be handled by all well. i don't think in this particular case since one of the basic. and dominating purposes of the european union is to keep the peace that's from that's from where the union idea started after the second world war and so if there is the route to rid the relationship to your crane if there are these differences basic differences developed having developed in the eastern thought. it is a european issue and germany is acting was in this european

understanding we have no special nose we don't see we have special responsibility here the european responsibility is the governing idea mr been called free have to leave it there i really appreciate you being on the show today on to our viewers please keep the conversation going and our social media pages for me i hope to see you again same place same time here on a well to part. i.

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russia's foreign ministry admit some russians may have been killed in syria by u.s. led forces but dismissed reports there are always personal calling in this information. of the deadliest campus shootings in u.s. history seventeen of the run a dozen injured at a high school in florida. locked the door we turned off the lights and we waited to the police it was clear for us to leave him dead body there on the floor and blood on the floor of. the british government's going to queues of turning its back on interpreters who helped the military in afghanistan we speak exclusively coming up to one of those who saw them appeal now he's paid. ending. i i. i i.

either six in the evening or moscow really watching around the world thank you very much for joining to us it's kevin owen here at r.t. this russia's foreign minister has admitted afternoon that some russian citizens may have been killed a week ago in syria after u.s. warplanes conducted an airstrike close to the city of daraa zoar however moscow goes on to deny that there were surface service personalities nicaea and of course the live media conference earlier on when the foreign ministry spoke moreas however what did she have to say that hi kevin well after all the conflicting reports and speculation we've seen in the media over the past few days we now have the russian line on what occurred in the syrian province of de areas or last week media reports have alleged that anything between a few dozen seen more than six hundred russian military personnel mercenaries were killed in those u.s. strikes last week today in memory as a hair of us said that the reports are a result of classic distance

a mason this been spread by anti-government militia and in fact the real number of people killed in those airstrikes is significantly less. the reports of dozens of hundreds of russian service personnel killed are a classic example of disinformation according to preliminary data involving military confrontations we can talk about the deaths of five people who are allegedly russian citizens but you look at the. dozen nationalities of these five people killed in these asteroids and still not been confirmed there may have been russian the may have been from anywhere else in the world was there however was very clear on however was that these people were not russian military personnel in fact the russian military was not even in the vicinity at the time of these clashes she also added that these false reports being circulated by the mainstream media may even be an effort to sow discontent in russia just ahead of the russian elections which will be taking place in march and that this is something which she said is tantamount to meddling now this latest incident in syria's dear resort is

quite concerning because it's the second time the u.s. and pro-government forces have clashed in the space of one week and this is something that perhaps prompted the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov to speak out about his concerns over the uncertainties when it comes to washington's true aims in syria. the bullshit bullshit from. all this reminds us more and more that there is a line to undermine the territorial integrity of syria and this territory independence from the masses powers are now being created money is going there to keep them functioning the security services supported by america also received weaponry. so just months after the jubilation of the victory over islamic state in syria a time when we started to even contemplate that peace might actually be achievable in syria and this is a very worrying escalation that we're seeing now. with what came out from the

foreign office earlier on thanks so much. in came in the united states another school massacre this time at a high school in florida seventeen killed at least a dozen others reported injured video emerged online very quickly which seems to be from one of the classrooms while that attack was underway please be warned therefore it does contain upsetting seeds. back on by. shots rang out inside the school in the city of parkland panicked students was seen running for safety check this video was taken while the gunman was still on the attack it's understood the killer set up a fire alarm to try to draw people out into the open to cause as many injuries as possible armed officers rapidly swarmed that campus before leading pupils and staff eventually to some safety. thank you

very. bad thing for young people to go through pictures from the scene show the distress of those touched by the tragedy here's how it all unfolded. he saw my dead body there on the floor and blood over on the floors how many people like five on the third floor. it looked like students there was one teacher and four students. so the do call the fire drill you want to side boom boom boom boom. i doze firecrackers but at their last hour oh.

could come in bringing a gun to shoot at school you like started taking a family i love you we never knowing if you get shot or killed. i want to start up i say this is catastrophic. and on the way to be catastrophic again broward county history it's devastating i'm sick to my stomach. that deadly shooting took place at the marjory stoneman douglas high school in parkland ironically that city was named the safest city of florida last year one of the safest in the us gov video next of the florida shooting suspect arriving at county jail police have identified the suspect is nicholas cruz a nineteen year old former student of that school who was expelled for disciplinary reasons police said he was armed with a semiautomatic rifle and had multiple magazines the suspects being charged with seventeen counts of premeditated murder students at the school who knew him or

anything to do with him described the suspect as troubled some even said he looked like a future school shooter apparently teaches to will want to buy them a while back given his enthusiasm for firearms in his free time. it's not believe that nicholas cruz had to instagram accounts as well which has since been deleted but they purport to show plenty of pictures with him with weapons for a police officer dominic is zero says the suspects mental health should be questioned not gun control policies totally this is an ultimate cry for attention and i'd like to see the media for the first time not look at this as a gun issue and to shy away from the anatomy object or or start to look away from why or how these individuals are getting the guns and start looking at the intent behind it why are they doing this what's the mental health of this person what's their personal individual issue if there's one thing that we do know it's been proven time and time again that the gun itself does not do any damage but the issue is the person behind it their intent their motives their means. the u.s.

has a long history of school shooting sadly doesn't it have been two hundred seventy five incidents since twenty thirteen if you average that out it's nearly one a week eighteen shootings have been reported in schools so far this year it's a look at some of the most serious of the last decade. so over three hundred million guns is enough for every person in the united states

to have a gun it's insane and you know we license cars you can't just get in a car and drive it but you can get a gun and shoot it you don't need any training you don't need any licensing. and a lot of states now you can carry them. undercover illegally there's a lot of nutty miss in this country about how guns make you safer. and they evidence is all to the contrary. saying the states next well to the states the middle east at least the u.s. secretary of state will have finished his relations building to the middle east with a visit to turkey susu next to this is due to arrive there thursday in a much anticipated meeting following in salary and ties with ankara the to nato allies of pain it all adds of course kurdish forces in syria not his khaled mostly just an ally tell us all of the cycle of hike what's been happening in the build up to this final leg it to listen this trip

a lot. well as folks are anticipating tillerson is upcoming visit people recalling how in the past when u.s. officials have visited turkey they have talked about the country's security concerns saying that they're legitimate and voicing support for the turkish government in combat and security concerns this is what we've heard in the past. one nation and one of our allies. and insurgency inside its own borders and nato and america stand with turkey on a judgment should curity concern we have never given heavy arms to the walk to do so there is no one to take buck. now interestingly some of these security concerns that u.s. officials say they support turkey in combating these security concerns are can security concerns the united states has done something.