why does information campaign targeting the syrian government has started in the media according to russia's foreign ministry follows a wave of uncomfortable reports of an alleged chemical attack in eastern. also this hour an hour after a spectacular closing ceremony to the winter olympics we speak exclusively with fifteen year old figure skating gold medalist to be litigated about her world record achievement and with asylum seekers in greece struggling to find shelters and jobs some are resorting drug dealing and prostitution to survive will bring you a firsthand account of their stories.

and i welcome you watching at international this monday evening where it's just turned six o'clock here in the russian capital now our top story this hour at this information campaign targeting the syrian government is underway that's according to the russian foreign ministry which had earlier predicted there could be provocative reports of alleged chemical attacks. fake reports are being planted in with media about chlorine allegedly used in eastern guta news outlets are citing an anonymous source from the us let me remind you we've been warning about such great stories since yesterday and there will be more such stories from social media from the white helmets a provocative organization with a history of fake reports especially when it comes to chemical attacks for which there is no evidence so these provocations will continue with a single goal to blacken the syrian government by accusing it of both sorts of violations and workarounds. weatherly i discussed with our war correspondent stan

why the u.n. security council resolution calling for a cease fire as not brought any pace. resolution twenty four one is very open to interpretation it called for a ceasefire to be implemented in syria without delay and everybody in syria who is interested in doing so is trying to figure out how this resolution doesn't you know it doesn't affect them it doesn't mandate that they should also take part in this ceasefire because it includes a clause that says you can continue military action against terrorists and if you are a terrorist obviously you know this resolution has no power over you so you continue fighting if you are fighting terrorists or radical islamists then this resolution doesn't doesn't affect you i that because you'll have to continue fighting the and you have a situation in which it just isn't working it hasn't taken hold in the east in good

in africa in other areas in syria and here though the russians have just come out the russian minister of defense and he said there will be unilateral ceasefire from the part of the syrian government tomorrow for a number of hours to allow civilians to flee eastern ghouta eastern goods is of course a small suburb just outside of damascus from which rebels jaish al islam the army of islam predominantly has shelled the capital for many many years now doesn't civilian casualties just yesterday suit you know this cease fire is not to take it all in eastern guta outside of damascus and if you ask the people in damascus well there were mixed opinions about. this truce similar to the others we will see it being violated this is a strange story and we are the ones who end up being harmed but don't you see the

children in school and women and students you know i mean who should we feel sorry for for these released. we are tired of shelling every day totally to go to show us all here that i am against the truth because it only benefits the read books i hope that it will be over soon and that no gunmen remain there now that the syrian government is making progress against islam nusra. which also has a presence and it is the group of the radical islamist groups now that they're making progress against them advancing making gains suddenly you have another international scandal outrage more allegations of chemical weapons use from the same faces from the white helmets other pro rebel activists which the no issue with some regularity but they say this is politics first and foremost there isn't as

much concern in the among the international community for the civilians in eastern guten many of whom are not being allowed out according to various sources the russians people on the ground they saying that the rebels are doing what they did and in aleppo they're blocking civilians from leaving eastern ghouta their their human shield and also what i mean we shouldn't they started the fact that even the eastern beauty were paid to be the focus of much media attention at the moment is not the only hot spot in syria no it isn't military action is continuing in you know rebel on claves as well as why p g syrian kurd on cleaves afrin we're talking about here where he launched about a month ago a military operation to liberate the area from terrorists is called in the p.k. k. the y.p. the syrian syrian kurds turkey says these does not affect it it is you know it is powerless because it is fighting terrorists when you look at the un

security council resolution we see that fight against terror organizations is outside its scope therefore it will. affect turkey's ongoing operation in that one month thousands of people have been killed in africa tens of thousands of fled. shelling bombing airstrikes the days on end you have to leave a video footage verified of course but video footage of executions looting robbery all sorts of things yet he says that we are continuing this anti terrorist operation and everyone came out two hours ago and he said that this isn't working it isn't working so he will continue to talk to the u.n. security council to russia to around three principal players in the syrian conflict and you know not a lot of optimism that this will take all the more advanced if they're speaking to me earlier well political science professor might get patrols also believes the

violence is unlikely to end. my eve to say we have to stop the violence overnight and ceasefire overnight simply because all the parties involved have interest to continue on with this violence terrorist groups have instructions to escape violence. terrorist groups in this day of this they are so desperate that's why i can't believe that they can use chemical weapons as the last chord on the table. now the winter olympics in south korea have finished with no way topping the medals table there from russia or ross their name came in thirteenth place that opened scandal having prevented many russians from competing. takes a closer look now at how russia fed. well seventy medals

chang is only minus twelve if you compare it to twenty nine team russian medals and saw a cheat this is not blowing result but it still deserves a huge round of applause given that most russia stars weren't even invited here by the international olympic committee so basically it was mostly a team of olympic newbies but i'll tell you what did blow the mind of russian fans here n.p.n. chang it is the first gold medal by their men's ice hockey team in twenty six years the final was really tough neck and neck till the last second with surprise silver medal as germany and the red machine was all only able to show who's boss on it's an extra time game was very tough for the germany didn't get to the final for no reason it's great that we won that we levelled the school and then the final point

in overtime i think this goal brought joy to millions of russian fans speaking of bosses on o.e. are won two gold medals at these olympics and the first one was no less special when men's ice skating two russian teenage girls topped the podium after breaking two world records one after another within fifteen minutes but of course you can't share one gold and thanks to one extra point from the jury. a fifteen year old girl from asia became the champion and we were the first t.v. channel to talk to her after she got off the podium in an exclusive interview. before competition i fully distanced myself from the outside world i didn't mind the attention from the journalists fans and the fact that i'm participating in the olympic games for me it was the same as any other competition of course i supported

the other athletes from russia. but i didn't feel this big burden of responsibility maybe that helped me get off the hook with a go at it you were so calm off your performance and everyone said that the only source single tear what did you do to stay so calm spoil. this i'm going to. hit actually there were no tears at all and i'm always like that keeping my emotions to myself but when i go home i always share all my emotions with my parents. i think when i get home i will be dancing and jumping for joy i hope by the time i get home i will realize what i have achieved. the courts. so you haven't been jumping and dancing so far when you put it go but i get i only during my routine. what about your relationship with the of kenya made your rivals are nice but is it true that you are actually friends. with that yes absolutely we have to go to have a coffee or a chat on social media between training we always share funny videos on instagram

and have a good laugh together yes there was a division the already that i was you said you don't notice the media attention but we have to ask you about the american skates ashley wagner who criticize your routine saying the putting of a very complicated elements at the end is basically cheating what would you say to her. no one knows because it just it if i can say that this only encouraged me to do more and better i wanted to prove even more that what she was saying is not true but you cannot prove anything to people like her know that i say let her compete in the olympics with my program and i'll gladly see how she'll manage to do it of course figure skating is developing really fast nowadays there's always a new generation younger than me maybe someday i might think like that too because in my group there are some girls who can do quadruple jumps but i will try as hard as i can to stay in sport as long as i can i'm already thinking about the next season is that everything is skates and all you think about but there's still. for

now i cannot think about anything else i try to be as careful as i can and not make any mistakes so i can stay in skating for as long as i can do is first. grandchild nations to her now in other news this evening tensions are rising across italy as the country prepares to vote in general elections this weekend police have been deployed in cities throughout the country to face opposing rallies either defending or slamming center right parties security forces expect further protests on election day and beyond to you as the vote is not expected to produce a clear winner and she said the explains now the key figures on the political stage . it's nice general election a show like no other starring a convict a tramp want to be the poster boy confused well let me break it down for you the office contender is the ground's old age of eighty one and has a scandalous past of ford convictions and sex scandals oh and he's also been the

former prime minister of italy multiple times silvio berlusconi i'm still young sure i'm ready to. well at least he's young at heart and he has plenty of supporters. i will vote for berlusconi and the rest i don't care about he gets things done and. due to his conviction he can become the prime minister himself but if his go italy party does well he could be the man to pick the head of the cabinet go it's lead to coalition which spans the range of italian center right politics is thought they could gain thirty eight percent of the vote it's part of this coalition includes our next contender my tale salvini and his leg a party for me my. italians first. battalion first wait a second doesn't that battle cry sound familiar america first and i'm sure there's more. myron trump is the fact that he is keeping most of the promises he made

during the election. campaign now just like trump salvini tweets about anything and everything moving on swath it contender now the young face of the anti establishment party only thirty one years old the leader of the five star movement is seen by some as a bit of eye candy and he makes sweet promises to. we're the only political force that's in recent years has made promises to the italians and that's kept faith with those promises we're the only ones to read the privileges of politics while the politicians continue to obtain these privileges i give a minute to and cut my salary. here's the complete opposite of the party's found and stand up comedian bet big reload his cool calm and collected and it seems to have captivated young voters i will go with tomorrow tomorrow will be a baton and point i hope the five star movement comes to power because it understands us young people better they are more aware of our technology they think

about the future of us young people but they're still a huge group of those unsure which way to vote on march the fourth poll suggest almost a third of eligible voters are either undecided or will abstain honestly i don't trust anyone anymore do you mean they're all the same whichever political party it is they come here they make their promises i say this i will do that but in the end it was nothing much they might have their reasons italy has seen sixty governments and even more prime ministers since the second world war that's roughly new cabinets every fourteen months so we'll see if any of these cars can sway the voters and stay long enough to actually keep any of their promises and this is certainly there will polls also do show that the center left center left parties including the current ruling one are likely to struggle election however sandra goes the sleaze junior minister for european affairs and a member of the ruling democratic party believes the large amount of undecided

voters means the outcome is not set in stone. there are for me and yes for me to every day yes will say that they would go to vote they would go to the polls that they had to make up their mind and that is why their opinion polls of five thousand are not very reliable because. if we depend on the movement on the electoral behavior all these for me don't people and also there are people who have abstaining that as an internationalist was saying they would have stayed and this is the duty i think of all of the political forces in this week to perswade the day i asked number possible of voters to go to the polls because these are national sinitta would be very important for that he said for office he should be in the european union i think that they're also very important for the possibility that the result which they european. watching r.t.

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pulling out by proxy. these are the hawks that we along the border go watch. hello again now some forty seven thousand asylum seekers the found themselves unable to leave greece due to closed border policies and the turkey accord on refugees more than two thousand and accompanied minors awaiting to be placed in shelters leaving many in a vulnerable situation. thomas about. what it does. feel on the day in a bottle masai china six times still that a lot of these are. a lot of obviously very much for.

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within the european member states so they are under the pressure of a population that is counting not to this full. of many of the other member states that simply trying to prevent that reproduce seeking as a rule in their own countries we also are there we're in many cases these magazines are going to the asian could even the trafficking action of these children for sure on this sex environment but even more dangerous situation would be trafficked of organs we need to prevent these children being put under that the engine we need to identify their relatives and to speed up the process of reunifying of the children with their families. now the king of spain paid a visit to barcelona on sunday prompting both pray unity and prayer independence demonstrators take to the street sparking scuffles with police.

thousand was a it was us it was kingsley face first visit to catalonia since the region's referendum on independence i think protesting against his visit also a call to free child cathal and leaders whom if the referendum days in october deemed illegal by the spanish government has looked back then it had spain's biggest political crisis in forty years i'm falling off. thanks wasn't

coming in he was a c i wasn't in for a few weeks we decided to sack the president vice president and other high ranking officials in the council on government i was i think i madrid continue to insist that the referendum was illegal and that any attempt to norgay right the exiled catalan leader callus pushed him on would lead to the continuation of emergency rule by the central government the catalonia expert thomas harrington says that

locals have had enough. what we're seeing here is the the results of the spanish government tactic of divide and rule and the fact that on june january thirtieth the two main parties of the catalan independence movement were unable to come to an agreement as to the swearing in of the exiled out on president a lot of people felt quite deflated by the inability of the leadership of the movement to get together at this crucial time. and so i think a lot of people are feeling worn out so i think we're in a position. where the movement is feeling if the flayed because of the failure of the leadership to get together and yet they're speaking out in the streets and perhaps a more organic fashion. so that's how things are looking so i fasted i hear not say i'm angry famine i'm back with money speak in just about half an.

hour to. what politicians do something to. put themselves on the line. to get accepted over checked. so when you want to be president. some want to. have to go right to the press that's why before three in the morning can't be good . i'm interested always in the waters about how. to. best sit.

i mention returns here we're going underground twenty five years to the day of the bombing of the twin towers in manhattan by islamist forces previously backed by the united states to fight in afghanistan coming over the show what's really behind this week's lurid headlines jeremy corbin as a soviet agent we investigated new films portrayal of the nexus of power shared by government mainstream media and the police and the boss of one of britain's fastest growing workers as he once a provision in britain for young families is collapsing but just today marks fifty two years since the first flight the apologia two zero one spacecraft we speak to the first british astronauts in space helen schucman all of them all coming up in today's going underground but first what i would know mainstream u.k.

broadcast to show this video of the bookies favorite to be britain's next prime minister when it was released on the internet in the spirit of fairness and impartiality we're broadcasting it in the last few days the sun the mail the telegraph the express have all gone a little bit james bond they found a four much czechoslovak in spotty whose claims are increasingly wild and entirely false he seems to believe i kept him informed about what margaret thatcher had for breakfast and says he was responsible for either live aid or the mandela concert or maybe. it's easy to laugh. but something more serious is happening publishing these ridiculous smears that have been refuted by czech officials shows just how worried the media bosses are by the prospect of a labor government their right to big labor will stand up to the powerful and corrupt and take the side of the many not the few

a free press is essential to democracy and we don't want to close it down we want to open it up at the moment much of our press isn't very free at all in fact it's controlled by billionaire tax exiles who are determined to dodge paying their fair share for our vital public services the general election showed the media barons a losing their influence and social media means their bad old habits are becoming less and less relevant but instead of learning these lessons they're continuing to resort to lies and smears their readers you all of us deserve so much better well we've got news for them change is coming that's been seen as a dire warning of a germy corbin in power will destroy media freedom in britain not only was he a suspected communist agent jeremy corbin according to commentators interviewed

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