education the new global economic war. in the stories that shape the week the mainstream media goes into a cold war frenzy after. russia's new strategic harsh noman his state. the white house and the country learning the best new threat from russian president warning that first reason in the west in particular not to mess with russia and he says he's not bluffing. the humanitarian corridor or set up in syria. continues to come under heavy shelling also ahead in the program. 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 to me they hit me while they were interrogating

me a palestinian teenager allegedly had by this really rubber bullet tells r t he was beaten until he changed his story it was following his arrest on interrogation by its release. with the top stories from the past seven days on right 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 this speech the president also unveiled russia's new nuclear arsenal which he said can maneuver all existing missile defenses well with more on the r.t. senior correspondent. if you aren't russian in the first hour of 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. russia is a major nuclear power basically nobody wanted to talk to us nobody listened to us so 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 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 nuclear payload it can reportedly underwater for months and months silent and media undetectable next to the oven god the hypersonic missile extremely fost rockets that can actively dog and the 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. designed for one thing restore and guarantee russia's

strategic power in an age where an ever expanding nato is trying to nullify it when asked. what that was we have no plans and have never had plans to use this potential to achieve offensive or aggressive in russia's in his military power is simply a guarantee for peace on our planet for it preserve. restore parity in the world sure that there's no point in engaging in a senseless arms race after all mutually assured destruction has kept the world safe for the best part of a sentry morocco's the well a spokes person for the us state department claim visuals showing during the mir putin speech depicted a nuclear attack on the us. was then challenged by journalists as she briefed on she was snubbed a russian reporter actually snubbed her who was questioning her views let's take

a look at how it all played out anyway it must not have taken the united states it was. sent a different direction 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 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 it was sure no matter how they're going to say yes you would think about oh my god this is. what 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 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 than an arms race began at exactly the time and moment when the u.s. opted out of the anti-ballistic missile treaty to stress his point that the new weapons serve only to bowen's world powers of law to mere putin pointed i thought the u.s. also ready deployed missile defense systems and alaska and california nato is also expanding we know into eastern europe with two sites set up in romania and poland

and new locations are soon to be established in japan and south korea what we spoke to several defense on lists we 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 through. the decades after the cold war the usa really 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. i don't see an intensification of hostile talk or scheming and planning has in the cards so it's very reasonable to expect in the short term they will be. calling upon moscow to reenter into overall full and skip arms to go 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 car doors were set up to allow civilians eid of the besieged areas of syria is eastern gluten but so far all efforts to help people trapped there have proven fruitless. when militants are not allowing civilians to leave their opening fire on anyone

trying to use the humanitarian routes set up by russia the un security council earlier adopted a resolution establishing a thirty day nationwide cease fire with five hour daily humanitarian pauses the situation on the ground is complex as the syrian army carries out a military operation against the terrorists in control of the area we spoke to people outside go inside 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 with the words of the list of around the clock to provide first aid to people from the east and a medical labs also work twenty four hours have provided the girls be quick with all modern facilities medical workers also ready but. if there were some people who wanted to leave eastern good but all of a sudden we only saw a gunman opening fire using mortars to intimidate civilians. or eastern could it is

located just outside the syrian capital of damascus and has. occupied by various rebel on terror groups as this red area by the way violence there recently escalated again with both sides accusing each other of targeting civilians now russia set up we're speaking about that humanitarian corridor to the north of the region heading towards a checkpoint. camp where efforts to provide safe passage for those desperate to escape are being coordinated by the syrian red crescent buses ambulances they're all on standby and indeed people inside the rebel enclave are being notified about the location of the card or via leaflets text alerts. speakers first aid points as well they have been set up near the exit to help those in need of urgent medical assistance on the field truce efforts provoked heated debate at the un security council. the fighting has not stopped

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 pause to start an onslaught on the second day the same mortar shelling has continued including of the humanitarian corridor not 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 to 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 it would surely nick you 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 playing it was five dollars for voting weapons. with five men think there was providing media coverage for them. and trying to show that that what is happening. is a big must go of innocent people what they care about is also when they have supplied arms they have financed it they have been breathing in the last few years

and now the last all but they don't have the same quote to admit that they lost the water always do they just keep on bargaining and making all those claims. well the mainstream media has been pushing comparisons between eastern ghouta on the previously longtime besieged city of aleppo and also war torn mosul in neighboring iraq with son michael it squarely putting the blame on russia president arafat and his russian recused 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 any 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 the bid to kill or 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 oppose there are no western reporters in rebel held go to reporters shoes are filled by young prodigy's. yes this what happens to the shame that our country seat of damascus under suspicion is

the same water for serving is our goal by the thought of this assad regime. the white helmets a coupe marketing itself as a civil defense initiative the volunteers work hard bone fights as diligently suit as they have at the seams of the hardest executives. wherever jihadi factions first they bring their white helmets in tow. like aleppo is no exception. well there's been a surge in support for people living in eastern could tell in social media would journalists on commentators sharing photos from the conflict zone however not all of them appear to show the real picture is kill them open reports to 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 yuri tweet that. i would 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 have 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 for its exact reason you can't. 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

the shopper are in belgium over a plan to allow raids on homes thought to be hosing it migrants not down plenty more of the week's top news after this. i would like to believe this because everyone in it for the sake of peace and stability that with it's the russians or the americans or the pakistanis or the indians or the month by and large who will be our objective is the theme which is

peace and stability within the region that is the board then. whether it is within the one that's done or for the region the long term presence of foreign troops inside of one this. border for the region or for a one. for the again and we start back in the middle east where a palestinian teenager allegedly hits in the head by nist really rubber bullet in december so yes he felt pressured to change his statement on his injury to avoid longer detention mohamed to me who is still receiving treatment was arrested on monday in a raid on a palestinian village in which nine other people were also of the tame for taking part in israel demonstrations the day after his release is really authorities

published an official facebook post claiming the boy's injury happened when he fell off a bike and was self-inflicted it went on to say that there is a culture of incitement within these family your 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 of 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. 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 mohammed's 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 awaiting a nother operation just an hour after mohamed was first injured and his cousin lashed out in this release soldier she said was responsible 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 assault on the switch. back to europe where a number of districts in brussels of cold on the belgian government to reconsider

plans to grant police greater powers to target migrants a new bill attorney being debated would make it easier to conduct raids on homes thought to shelter on documented migrants sharla dubin spoke to one local who have the knock on her door. when the new tourist jungle camping cali was torn apart thousands of migrants scattered many came here to brussels it was meant to be a pit stop instead for many it's become more 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 came down or say yes who is it it is ok but i have no idea where they really are they know throughout the go very

friendly and i saw seven man and one woman coming in the door pushing me aside her asking me are you along yes i am a lot it was a case where three they went into the lobby when the the other side wanted to see if nobody was really had the impression i was a terrorist 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 the park most of the year you only come to people basically wait there you should be you. because they want they want you feel very but you know he's sixteen and he was there at least already for two when knows where to sleep along this path with some friends and nothing so i say ok

i'm home 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 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 i cannot tell you that i will be one hundred percent sure that they are not their host of course but the persons of me grounds that are taoist so little foot 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 every subject. i have family.

really family and really for me for me. or for me i have for a was all. i have for then despite his good fortune mohammed says his family back in sudan always in his heart everywhere here a hundred love a lot of oil on the lawn why should our mother glow value not that our other guests in charlotte along with a shiver. even ski like aussie brussels of his are a few of the week's top stories for now and it's time for examiner on worlds apart to speak to more global news makers next mrs marteen. goal make its manufacture consent to stick to the public well. when the ruling

classes protect themselves. with the financial merry go round listen to the one percent. time we can all middle of the room sick. i mean really need. to focus on ending the war and that's not intermingled fisherman a tearing concern which is the bombing of hospitals or bombing of civilians the shelling of damascus by rebel groups that's not and also the bombing by the u.s. i was not sure if that's a mix of that with the political objectives which some people may still have. applied for many clubs over the years so i know the game inside guides. the ball

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welcome to worlds apart from the concept of geopolitics as the grand chessboard the region aided in asia and it is also in asia what that vision is unraveling most rapidly the united states still maintains a military foothold in afghanistan but all around the country said b.z. building new networks of trade and diplomacy it's all good as the region at defining and perhaps redefining its own imperatives well to discuss that i'm now joined by him that read bonnie hart former foreign minister of pakistan madame hard's great to talk to you thank you very much for your time. now pakistan's foreign policy has made a very dramatic shift over the last decade or so and it's interesting that while your successive governments may have disagreements on internal politics there is a quite a bit of consistency when it comes to foreign policy in terms of putting regional agenda regional relations had of geo political interests what do you think spurred that change and how sustainable it is it's not true change i think it is perfectly

i would even want to argue that it is in any way unsustainable because as i said it is natural to change french speaking to something that he should've had imbedded within the foreign policy paradigm of pakistan from the divi got our independence and own fourteen focus nine hundred forty seven because in many ways if you look at pakistan's bust foreign policy management you see this uncomfortableness with your geography so you see a pakistan which is trying to reach out to countries which are far away which are sometimes oceans and seas. and try to really have very strong strategic ties with countries which of far far far away and ignore the countries which are very within the region which are right in the neighborhood which are right within the region so i would say i would even go there i would only argue that when you say that this government has been able to take what we created forward the region the pivotal pockets on foreign policy i think it could have done

a better job because. i think he invested very gritty it just didn't obviously taking that forward but i think he invested very gritty in their immediate neighbors and then of course the region as now i think you're putting it very diplomatically in terms of saying that pakistan was trying to reach out to. certain countries oceans away because i heard you say in other interviews that you believe that your country actually serves as a proxy to the united states during the time of the soviet intervention in afghanistan serving. training ground for. you also recognize that your country paid a high price for that i heard you say that. allow terrorism and extremism take root in pakistan and change the fabric of your own society wouldn't that have happened anyway regardless of your cooperation with the united states because we see the growth of extremism in many countries across.