in the stories that shape the week the mainstream media goes into a cold war frenzy out of love and we have putin unveils russia's new strategic arsenal in his state of the nation address. the white house and the country learning of that new threat from russian president warning that first reason and in the west in particular not to mess with russia and he says he's not bluffing. one week on the humanitarian corridor or said help in syria is. aimed at giving civilians that chance to escape continue to come under heavy shelling also in the program. they hit me while they were interrogating me. a palestinian teenager wounded in the head by in this really rubber bullet tells artsy he was

forced to confess. he fell following his arrest interrogation by israeli soldiers. with the top stories from the past seven days on right up to the moment developments as well this is the weekly r t international hello and welcome. on thursday love amir putin delivered his state of the nation address to parliament sharing his vision of the country's future during the speech the president also unveiled russia's new nuclear arsenal which he said can maneuver all existing missile defenses with more here's our senior correspondent rob because the if. if you aren't russian the first hour of putin's speech would have been boring taxes and corruption and science and industry that sort of thing after that though it got

real hot real fast and i mean. russia is a major nuclear power basically nobody wanted to talk to us nobody listened to us listen to us now rockets lasers nukes in a rush hooted unveiled in us and all of new weapons bigger faster stronger and deadlier than any that came before the law. the some super heavy i.c.b.m. two hundred ton missile capable of penetrating any existing defense in service at the end of the year next an enigmatic new development seemingly nuclear powered cruise missile it flies extremely low to avoid detection and can hit almost anywhere in the world says putin up next it's just fantastic an underwater

drone submarine also nuclear powered with a nuclear payload it can reportedly underwater for months and months silent and needy undetectable next to the oven god the hypersonic missile extremely fost rockets that can actively dog and a vaid anti missile defenses to do it it is heading for the target like a meteorite to top all of that off laser weapons systems though putin didn't go into detail saying only that it still classified the russian president says all of this isn't to intimidate or scare anyone or invade anyone these a serious way. buttons designed for one thing restore and guarantee russia's strategic power in an age where an ever expanding nato is trying to nullify it with

us. we have no plans and have never had plans to use this potential to achieve offensive or aggressive in rushes in his military power is simply a guarantee for peace on our planet and for it preserve restore parity in the world true that there is no point in gauging in a senseless race to rule mutually assured destruction has kept the world safe for the best part of a century a spokesperson for the u.s. state department claimed visuals showing during the speech depicted a nuclear attack on the us journalists out the briefing then turned on heather no right after she snubbed a russian reporter who questioned her views it must not have taken the united states interests new styles sent a different direction so i had to say that they are you know you react from russian i think it was yeah ok ok enough said then i'll move on.

which is when you get there to happen they're not officials of the russian government they're just asking a question about russia oh really ok well we know that that r.t. and other russian news or so-called news organizations are there i'm dead and directed by the russian government so if i don't have a lot of questions no matter how they're going to assess you will think about oh my god this is. where president putin speech also sent parts of the media into a frenzy accusing russia of rewinding to the cold war he was also pressed the budget in an interview on america's n.b.c. network. the white house and the country learning of that new threat from russian president warning adverse reason and in the west in particular not to mess with russia computer graphics of missiles flying over mountains and heading over oceans

and he says he's not bluffing several analysts in the west have said this is the declaration of a new cold war are we in a new arms race right now my point of view is the individuals who have said that a new cold war has started are not really analysts they do propaganda if you were to speak about arms race then an arms race began at exactly the time and moment when the u.s. opted out of the anti-ballistic missile treaty or distress his point that the new weapon serve only to balance world powers of love in europe pointed out the u.s. house already deployed missile defense systems in alaska and california nato is also expanding into eastern europe with two sites set up in romania and poland and new locations are soon to be established in japan korea. but we spoke to several defense analysts who think the russian president's speech wasn't intended as a threat. these are not designed for war fighting these are designed to send

a very clear message that president putin said quite clearly which is that these these systems are basically if you mess with us we will nuke you and we will not hold back now that is a strategic statement it's not a statement about escalating to deescalating which is what the russians are often accused of and were accused of officially by the american government decades after the cold war the usa ruled the world and that balance of power is now shifting with russia coming in with many other major players from what putin is saying and i hope he's absolutely right that this is a deterrent against the american led defense system and that's a very important. effective tool to have so i don't see intensification of hostile talk or scheming and planning in the cards so it's very reasonable to expect that in the short term there will be. calling upon moscow to reenter into overall. talks that is certainly the greatest

likelihood and certainly what for dinner putin. is looking for. it's been almost a week now since humanitarian corridors were settle to allow civilians are of the besieged areas of syria's eastern guta so far all efforts to help people trapped there however have proven fruitless. militants there are not allowing civilians to leave their opening fire to anyone trying to use the humanitarian routes set out by russia the u.n. security council earlier adopted a resolution establishing a thirty day nationwide ceasefire with five hour dealing humanitarian forces the situation on the ground as complex as the syrian army. restart a military operation against the terrorists in control of the well we spoke to

people outside groups who are waiting to provide help to the civilians i'm here with the syrian army and i'm ready to help leaving eastern ghouta we have ambulances here we have been ready since the early morning with the words of the list of the here around the clock to provide first aid to people from the east and a medical labs also work twenty four hours have provided vehicles bequests with all modern facilities medical workers also ready but let's just look on our map here at what is happening eastern ghouta is the kid it just starts side the syrian capital of damascus it's been occupied by various rebel on terror groups for years violence there recently escalated again with both sides accusing each other of targeting civilians just to the north of the region you can also see where russia set up the humanitarian corridor or what efforts to provide safe passage for those

desperate to escape are being coordinated with the syrian red crescent buses. are on standby and also people inside the rebel enclave are being notified about the location of the corridor via leaflets text alerts and lloyd speakers first aid points have also been set up near the exit to help those in need of urgent medical assistance on the failed true set for its provoked heated debate at the un security council. the fighting has not stopped the opposition groups operating in eastern good to have made clear their commitment to the ceasefire on the very first day the militants use the declared pools to stop an onslaught on the second day the same mortar shelling has continued including of the humanitarian corridor but a single person has left the danger zone. there

were reports that the assad regime once again used chlorine gas as a weapon i'm tired of asking this but do you understand how pointless it would be for damascus to use chemical weapons both from a military and political standpoint whereas for the militants it would make perfect sense i think you understand this perfectly well but you persistently look for a pretext for an armed intervention. russia does not get you know laterally rewrite the terms of the resolution if russia is able to deliver a fiver pros let it deliver a twenty four hour one so you wouldn't really need to be put to reduce our western partners are portraying the situation as if the resolution applies only to damascus and to russia as if it all depends almost exclusively on the will of our country may i ask you what you have done to implement the resolution which if any of you lifted a finger you use your influence on those who you consider the moderate opposition

have you persuaded them to lay down their weapons and release hostages. always playing with fire the one who was doing that was five dollars for voting weapons. there is always five men think them who is providing cover for them. and trying to show that that what is happening is. a big must let go of innocent people what they care about is those whom they have supplied arms who they have financed who they have been breathing in the last few years and now they have lost all but they don't have the same coach to admit that they lost the water always do they just keep on bargaining and making all those claims on many mainstream media outlets have been pushing comparisons between eastern a long time the siege city of aleppo back in twenty sixteen and also war torn mozo with the border in iraq while some other outlets are squarely putting the blame on

russia. president arafat and his russian are like the accused of unleashing all out war against the people of ghouta russia and the syrian government are launching an offensive actually examining those wires hundreds of missiles and mortars on civilian homes and hospitals hospitals are targets in syria and the regime has been bombing them ruthlessly among all things eased goatees one of the last jihadi bastions just like aleppo it's been a long time den of the nusra front and the likes and since then new strain itself have only been getting cozy of their militias a nice to have a record of forcing civilians to sit tight amid the fighting and the worse it is for them the better the evidence indicates that non-state armed groups in eastern guta and in particular josh islam are also responsible for inflating the price of food and other basic necessities they're arbitrarily restricting the movement of

civilians wishing to leave and abducting and arbitrarily detaining people. human shields is a tactic favored by all terrorists including those who were in aleppo. and just like any still are poor there are no western reporters in rubble i'll go to reporters shoes are filled by young prodigies that. this this what happens to the shame that our country seat of damascus under suspicion is the name of water for serving is a goal by the thoughtless assad regime. the white helmets a coupe marketing itself as a civil defense initiative there are volunteers work bomb sites diligently suz as they have at the scene of the harvest executives.

wherever jihadi factions first they bring their white helmets in tow. like aleppo is no exception. there has been a surge in support for people living in eastern social media with journalists and commentators sharing photos from the conflicts so however not all of them appear to show the real picture as caleb maupin reports breaking photos posted with the words this is syria except it's not actually syria one is from mosul in iraq and the other is from the israeli bombing of gaza now it's been raised in the comments that it's not actually syria but regardless this post by some guy in cleveland has tens of thousands of reach we decided to find out how many people here in new york would be ready to reach wieder share this with jury tweet that. i led i don't typically

use twitter but. maybe you know it to seem six like very politically motivated without have any having any serious message behind it i definitely wouldn't i mean . just because there are horrors happening everywhere and i don't know if twitter is the proper forum for it anyways yes i would and why i'm half palestinian and this is the same thing that's going on in my country interestingly and this is mosul in iraq and that is gaza. so it's not actually syria you know but it's equivalent the same type of things are going on in syria it's kind of just inform and it might not be you know to a t. informative but it's getting the message across that even if these pictures are someplace else it's ok do you think that you by that i mean to some extent yes if you think that it actually it's like taking initiative then i feel like the pictures don't really matter i think the real issue is scary and sad enough that we

don't need to you know misinformed people to have real journalism to have real information and verify you know contact with this be fake news have a fake i mean part of why i don't use twitter is because of the information fabrication that exists and also has it about facebook its exact reason you can't trust anything anymore pendant. the sad state of the world now the saddest part is that some commenters say they don't actually care what they say people are dying in syria aren't they facts don't matter that's how things are in the post truth world caleb artsy new york. living on a number of districts in brussels have called on the belgian government to reconsider plans to grant police greater powers to target migrants a new bill currently being debated would make it easier to conduct raids on homes thought to shelter on documented migrants charlotte dubin ski spoke to one local who have barred knock on her door. when the new tourist jungle camping

cali was torn apart thousands of my friends scattered many came here to brussels it was meant to be a pit stop instead for many it's become a permanent as belgians have opened their arms and their homes to my quince though for some that's brought its own perils five o'clock in the morning heard the door. that's kind of a shocker with sleeping in so i wake up with a look and i mean flow in my body and i can be honestly who is it it is clear that i have no idea where you really are no through out the door very friendly and i saw server man and one woman coming in the door pushing me aside going her asking me are you along yes i am alone and it was a case where three they went into the lobby when the other side lou to see if nobody was really had the impression i was

a terrorist that something truly terrible happened sixteen year old mohammed migrant from sudan is the reason the police came around six months ago he was sleeping rough at brussels maximillian park if felice going to. here ali come to get people they sleep they come. five o'clock the morning everybody sleep they only you will see police in front of you if you have a telephone they take you to look for even just they pick they take you shoes they take you court. because they want they want you feel very but they don't want anybody marketing media and so when i came i saw him such a state it was a really really you know he's sixteen and he was there at least already for tulane knows where to sleep along this path with some friends and nothing so i say ok

i'm home in august last year i spent the night at maximally in park it was clear it had become a transit point that thousands had already passed through fearing that a new callee could emerge the government began a program of raids and arrests well for now mohammed has a roof over his head it looks like the government is making a new play in a bid to evict migrants like him it's due to vote on plans to allow police to search private homes suspected of sheltering unauthorized migrants that's provoked outrage was done yet some are worried that while many migrants are in need of aid others have more sinister looted. some terrorists have used fake i.d.'s some terrorists have posed as michael and seeking asylum

what concerns do you have about letting people into your home of course the risk of zero there's nothing exists so i cannot tell you that i will be one hundred percent sure that they are not the hardest of course but the process of maker and that that taoist is so little. for a nuke hosting mohammed has so far been a rewarding experience for mohammed it's changed his life how different is your life now compared to what it was just a few months ago three hundred sixty degrees. source and like that. every subject now i have family in the family and really familiar for me. i have for a a what's called. a how fit in despite his good fortune mohammed says his family

back in sudan always in his heart. so now while you are there well there are ever while every one of your hundred love a lot more than well on our mother globally and on the our other guests and shar lar along with and shiva. charlotte even ski r t brussels. to the middle east is really salters arrested ten people in a raid on a palestinian village early last monday morning among them was a teenage boy called muhammad who is recovering from a severe head injury he sustained on a west bank protest in december here's a video of that raid which a member of muhammad's family took. was. mohamed

was arrested for taking part in israel demonstrations during a protest he was hospitalized with a rubber bullet injury allegedly inflicted by israeli soldiers after his release mohammad told us his story you may find some of the images are coming upsetting take a look. when i was injured i climbed the wall thinking they were gone and as soon as i looked over i was shot right here. and then i passed out and i don't know what happened. well the day after mohammed's release is really authorities published an official facebook post claiming his injury was self inflicted here's his account of what happened the police station they arrested me at my home at three am they put handcuffs on me and my brother then they took us to their camp when i was arrested i felt like i was going to be sentenced and they made me afraid when we arrived and they took us to the interrogation and they hit me while they were interrogating me

when i went to the interrogation place i heard people shouting and getting beaten and there were little kids there the officers started shouting at them to confess and also shouting at me so they started asking me why my face is like this and saying you look funny and said many things about me i told them i fell off my bicycle. in response mohammed's family released medical records partly show a bullet lodged in the back of his skull he underwent surgery to remove part of his skull and is currently waiting for another operation we heard from his own. the way they arrested him was harsh he was a child who suffered an injury from israeli soldiers that was difficult for his parents because he was injured being arrested was aggravating to his health conditions he was psychologically affected for a child being arrested at two am and kept in detention until two pm the next day without any food and sleep was difficult for him. another member of my family has

been in the spotlight before his sister head to me is an activist who's currently in detention awaiting trial for slapping an israeli soldier a video of that incident went viral with some regarding her as a symbol of palestinian resistance. moving on now authorities in berlin have circulated a booklet among kindergarten stuff that focuses on issues like transgender identity and same sex marriage it's supposed to help teachers explain me sensitive topics to children but it sparked controversy picking up the story this hour peter all over. the famed for its liberal i think the tubes to sex and sexuality. in the german capital are upset at

a new guide for kindergarten teachers that they say goes into too much detail and is aimed at kids that are too young the idea is to give educators the information they need to be sensitive to children coming from non-binary families say children of same sex parents or transgender parents it doesn't have the most catchy of names but what it has done is certainly ruffle some feathers among those in angela merkel's c.d.u. party children should be allowed to be children and not be confronted with things like these it's also common for criticism from the opposition on. turnitin for germany party well it's very simple we believe sex education is important and of course our young adults should know about sex family planning and all the rest but please not in the kindergarten give them some space let them be children don't force this issue onto them it's not even a problem for them they want to play around they want to discover the world so

please let them be children leave them alone these subjects will come to them soon enough in school or at home when the parents talk about this but not of an age of five or six years that is far too early on the streets of berlin opinion is mixed on when is the right time to be discussing with children issues of sexuality do you think that children in kindergarten should be taught about same sex couples and about transgender people yes i think yes. because it's so normal nowadays. to be with people surrounded by people in knowledge and their conditions are not in their sixty's and older stuff i don't think it's the right age i think when they. receive sex. education in school that's enough i think it has its thinking on the one hand i think it's ok but on the other i don't get on very much in favor of that idea so yes i do and why i think it's important

structure of life so things children should be taught about all factors of life and this is just one of them the left wing coalition of the social democrats greens and the left party that runs in city government are accusing those on the right wing of politics of being overly prudish and unwilling to discuss the issue. after their attempt to scandalize the handouts on sexual and gender diversity for teachers didn't work the c.d.u. would prefer not to talk about the issue there's very little chance of the early in city government repealing this. booklets however discussions sake's and sexuality and talking about it in kindergarten to continue in fact there's a petition going round the house already almost fifty thousand signatures from voters who want to see this particular booklet stopped peter all of a. well if you'd like to have your say on vote story or indeed any of the other

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