in the stories that shape the week the mainstream media goes into a cold war frenzy after blogging where putin unveils russia's new strategic are still his state of the nation address. the white house and the country learning of that new threat from russian president warning first risen in the west in particular to mess with russia and he says he's not bluffing. one week on the humanitarian corridor or said been syria's eastern. giving civilians a chance to escape continues to come under heavy shelling also ahead. when i went to the interrogation place i heard people shouting and getting people and there were little kids there the officer started shouting at them to confess

and also shouting at me they hit me while they were interrogating me a palestinian teenager allegedly had this really rubber ball it tells our t. he was beaten until he changed his story about was following his arrest on interrogation by israeli soldiers. with the top stories from the past seven days on ryan to up to the moment developments as well this is the weekly on r t international hello and welcome vladimir putin delivered his state of the nation address to parliament on thursday sharing his vision of the country's future during the speech the president unveiled russia's new nuclear arsenal which he said can maneuver all existing missile defenses well with more all not here's r t senior correspondent in iraq as the it.

if you aren't russian in the first hour putin's speech would have been boring taxes and corruption 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 but listen to us now rockets lasers nukes in a rush hooted unveiled an arsenal of new weapons bigger faster stronger and deadlier than any that came before me as. far as 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 fast rockets that can actively dog and the vaid anti missile defenses. that 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. we have no plans and have never had plans to use this potential to achieve offensive or aggressive rushes in his military power is simply a guarantee for peace on our planet and for it preserve restore parity in the world sure that there's no point in gauging in a senseless race to rule mutually assured destruction has kept the world safe for the best part of a sentry right guess the of well a spokes person for the us state department claimed visual show enduring love a mere putin speech the pic did a nuclear attack on the us head was then challenged by journalists at the briefing after she snubbed a russian reporter who questioned her views it was not

a take in the united states it was. sent to different directions so i had to say that they are you know you ran from russia and i didn't even ask you that ok enough said then i'll move on. which is when you get there doubt they're not. officials of the russian government they're just asking a question about ourselves really ok well we know 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 issues no matter how they're going to assess you walking about momentum. or president putin speech also sent parts of the media into a frenzy that using russia of rewinding to the cold war he was also pressed the budget in an interview with 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 in moment when the u.s. opted out of the anti-ballistic missile treaty to stress his point that the new weapons serve only to ballance world powers a lot of where putin pointed out the u.s. has 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 and inside korea we spoke to several

defense analysts who think the russian president's speech was not 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. for decades after the cold war the usa really it 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. i don't

see intensification of hostile talk or scheming and planning in the cards so it's very reasonable to expect in the short term they will be. calling upon moscow to reenter into overall. arms to go shushan 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 set up to allow civilians art of the besieged areas of syria's eastern ghouta but so far all efforts to help people trapped there have proven fruitless. yes all in tears just waiting because the militants are not allowing civilians to leave they're opening fire on anyone trying to huge the humanitarian routes set up

by russia the un security council earlier adopted a resolution establishing a thirty day nationwide ceasefire with five hour daily humanitarian pauses the situation the ground is complex as the syrian army carries on a military operation against the terrorists in control of the area we spoke to people outside good 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 stay here around the clock to provide first aid to people from the east and medical labs also work twenty four hours have provided vehicles to quit with all modern facilities medical workers also ready but just to show what we're talking about here in eastern guta is located just outside really a suburb of the syrian capital damascus and has been occupied by various rebel on

terror groups for years the violence there recently escalated again with both sides accusing each other of targeting civilians now russia set up a humanitarian corridor to the north of the region just up to here this camp checkpoint also efforts to provide safe passage for those desperate to escape are being coordinated with the syrian red crescent what buses and says are on standby people inside the rebel enclave are being notified about the location of the card or via leaflets text alerts and lloyd speakers for state points they have also been set up near the exit to help those in need of urgent medical assistance and the field truce efforts 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. 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 five hour pause let it deliver a twenty four hour one you wouldn't really need give me because during 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 though one would think it was five dollars for voting weapons. scenario with five men think there was providing media 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 supply arms who they have finances who they have been breathing in the last few years and now they have lost all but they don't have the same quotes to admit that the last thought was do they just keep on bargaining and making all those claims in the mainstream media

has been pushing comparisons between eastern and the previously longtime besieged city of aleppo and also war torn mosul in neighboring iraq with some light led squarely putting the blame on moscow. 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 this wired 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 and salaries have only been getting cozy of their militias and he's good 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 there 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 oppose there are no western reporters in rebel held go to reporters shoes are filled by young prodigies. and this this what happens is a shame that our country seat of the mosque and. for serving is a girl.

the white helmets a coupe marketing itself as a civil defense initiative there are volunteers work bomb fights as diligently received as they have at the scene. but. wherever jihadi factions first they bring their white helmets in tow. like aleppo is no exception igor is a done off with the report well there's been a surge in support for people living in eastern kuta on social media with journalists and commentators sharing photos from the conflict zone however not all of them appear to show the real picture been reports. two heartbreaking 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 now it just seems sixth 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 a quibble with 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 taken 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 content with this be fake news. i mean part of why i don't use twitter is because of the information fabrication that exists and also has it in about facebook with exact reason you can't trust anything anymore and it's a 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 mop and artsy new york there is uproar in belgium over a plan to alarm raids on homes felt to be housing migrants some plenty more of the week's top stories right after this.

i would like to believe. everyone in it for the sake of peace and stability that with it's the rest. of the pakistanis or the indians or the month by and large will be our objective is the thing which is peace and stability within the region that is the board then. no one has done or for the region. of foreign troops inside of. what that region for a one month. focus of the war and that's not intermingled the humanitarian concern which is the bombing of schools or bombing of civilians or the shelling of damascus by rebel groups that's not enough for the body as much for the summits that with the

political objectives which some people may still have. one thousand minutes into the program welcome back a palestinian teenager allegedly hit in the head by an israeli rubber bullet in the summer sees he felt pressured to change his statement on his injury to avoid longer detention while mohammad who is still receiving treatment was arrested on monday in a raid on a palestinian village in which ten other people were also detained for taking part in israel demonstrations the day after his release from detention israeli authorities published an official facebook post claiming his injury was quote

self-inflicted mohammed's account of what happened at 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 officer 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. 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 in response mohammad family released medical records that are partly shows a bullet lodged in the back of his head the documents show he underwent surgery during which part of his skull was removed mohamed is currently waiting for another operation his uncle the scribe the situation. the way they arrested him was harsh he was a child who suffered an injury from the israeli soldiers and it was difficult for his parents because he was injured being arrested was aggravating to his health condition so he was psychologically affected for a child being arrested at two am and being kept in detention until two pm the next day without any food and sleep was difficult for him. well just an hour after mohamed was first injured his cousin lost an israeli soldier images of the incident went viral on propelled her to international recognition as a symbol of palestinian resistance ahead to me is currently awaiting trial for the

assaults on the soldier. back to europe our 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 to shelter on documented migrants showed dubin ski spoke to one local who had that knock on her to. when the new tourist jungle camping cali was torn apart thousands of migrant 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 currents though for some that's brought its own perils five o'clock in the morning i heard the door. was kind of a shocker with sleeping in so i wake up with

a look and i mean flow in my body and i can the nurse a nurse who is it is ok but i have no idea where you really are they know throughout the go very friendly and i saw seven man and one woman coming in the door pushing me aside going her up asking me are you along yes i am a lot it was a case but really they went into the lobby when the the other side wanted to see if nobody was really had the impression i was a terrorist that something true 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 police going to park my somalia you're only going to catch people they sleep there. five o'clock that morning everybody sleep they all you will see a police front of you if you are

a killer for the take you would deliver even just wait there wait there used to be you caught. because they want they want you feel very bad and they don't want anybody markets and media and so when i came i saw him such as there he was really really you know he's sixteen and he was there at least already four to when knows where to sleep along this path with some friends and nothing so i sent him home in august last year i spent the night at maximillian 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 persons of nichiren that are taoist so little. for a nuke hosting mohammed has so far been a routing experience for mohammed it's changed his life how different is

your life now compared to what it was just a few months ago syria hundred sixty degrees like the surface and like that. every so often. i have formally. i mean the family and really familiar for me. or for me i have for a i was are i how fidel despite his good fortune mohammed says his family back in sudan always in his heart are so alone while you are sol they will bella they have a lot while they're laying over here a hundred luck along what are. our mother glow value not that our other guests in charlotte along with and she were. charlotte even ski aussie brussels. that's where we leave the pick of the week's top stories for another geyser on

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