among the stories that shaped the week the mainstream media goes into a cold war frenzy. in his state of the nation address the white house and the country learning a new threat from russian president warning the first reason in the west in particular to mess with russia and he says he's not bluffing. the humanitarian corridor in syria is. giving civilians a chance to continue. as of now only two children to leave also ahead. 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 they hit me while they were interrogating me a palestinian teenager allegedly hit by in this really tells our t. he was beaten until he changed his story about the following his arrest interrogation by his release. with the top stories from the past seven days on right up to the moment developments as well this is the weekly in our 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 also on vale russia's new nuclear arsenal which he said can maneuver all existing missile defenses. with more on ballots here so r.t. senior correspondent. 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 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 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 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 the vaid anti missile defenses. 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 serious where. 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 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 true that there's no point in gauging in a senseless. rule mutually assured destruction has kept the world safe for the best part of a century a spokesperson for the us state department claimed visual shown during blossom or putin speech depicted a nuclear attack on the us heather non-word was then challenged by journalists up the briefing after she snubbed the russian reporter who questioned her a few years it was not a taken in the united states it was. sent to different directions so i had to say

that they are you know you react from russian nationals it is yeah ok ok enough said then i'll move on. which is when you get it if there are doubts they're not. officials of the russian government they're just asking a question about i'm 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 this sure no matter how they're going to assess you will think about oh my god. president putin speech also sent parts of the media into a frenzy accusing russia of roe winding to the cold war he was also pressed about it in the interview with america's n.b.c. network. the white house and the country learning of that new threat from russian president warning at first reason and in the west in particular not to mess with

russia a 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 well to stress his point the f.b.i. new weapons serve only to balance world powers of life in europe 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 site korea we spoke to several

defense i 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. 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 have. i don't

see an 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 full. arms to go shushan talks that is certainly the greatest likelihood and certainly what for dinner putin. is looking for. the russian reconsolidation center for syria just two children have managed to leave syria's eastern guta in the past five days now that is since humanitarian corridors initiated by moscow were set up to a large civilians art of the besieged areas of the city militants have also imposed a curfew during humanitarian pauses and all efforts to help people trapped there have proven fruitless.

militants are not allowing civilians to leave they're 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 ceasefire with five hour daily show humanitarian pauses the situation on the ground is complex as the syrian army carries are they military operation against the terrorists in control of the area we spoke to people outside who are waiting to provide help to the civil unions. 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 aid to people from the east and a medical labs also work twenty four hours have provided the equipped with all modern facilities medical workers also ready. 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 ok let's take a look at the situation here is the kid just outside the syrian capital damascus and has been occupied by various rebel and terror groups for years that's the area in red here in arm up violence there recently escalated again with both sides accusing each other of targeting civilians russia set up the humanitarian car door to the north of the region heading towards a checkpoint camp well efforts to provide safe passage for those desperate to escape are being coordinated with the syrian red crescent buses and balances are in stun by people inside the rebel enclave are being notified about the location of the corridor via leaflets text alerts loudspeakers on first aid points being set up near the exit to help those in need of urgent medical assistance on the failed truce efforts provoked

a heated debate as well 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 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 five hour pause let it deliver a twenty four hour one you wouldn't it which early nic you me 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 the i think weapons or is. there is always five men think they're always providing media coverage for them. and thankful for that that what is happening. is a big. of innocent people what they care about is. the supply

arms they have to finance it. they have been breathing in the last few years and not the last war but they don't have. to admit that they lost the what was thought they just keep getting. all those claims all the mainstream media has been pushing comparisons between eastern previously besieged city of aleppo and also war torn mosul in neighboring iraq where some i put squarely putting the blame on russian president 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 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 in east ghouta 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 rubble i'll go to reporters shoes are filled by young prodigies. yes

this what happens to the shame that our country seat of damascus and is the name for serving is our goal by the thought of this assad regime. the white helmets a group marketing itself as a civil defense initiative for their volunteers work and bomb sites as diligently and seeing as they have at the scenes of jihadist executors. wherever jihadi factions first they bring their white helmets in tow. like aleppo is no exception. well there has been a surge in support for people living in eastern guta on social media with journalist sun commentators sharing photos from the comfort zone where her notes all of them appear to show the real picture as came up in 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 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. 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 its exact reason you can't trust anything any. 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

months of deadlock seem to be over in germany with a growing coalition form between the social democrats and unglue merkel's conservatives that story and plenty more of the week's top news off the. i would still like to be with a thick book everyone in it for the sake of peace and stability that but it's the russians or the americans or the pakistanis or the indians although month by and large will be our objective is the theme just peace and stability within the region now if that is the goal and then. no one is done or for the region the presence of foreign troops inside of one is. bored with what the region for a one month. focus

on ending the war and that's not going to mean goldfish humanitarian concern which is the bombing of hospitals bombing of civilians the shelling of the massacres by rebel groups that's not enough so the bombing by the us goes much further the summits that with the political objectives which some people may still have. your back with or to international five months of political uncertainty in germany is finally over. after a grand coalition was confirmed as the new but same government the social democrats have officially confirmed a coalition government with christian democrats the same partnership that ruled since twenty thirteen it means chancellor merkel will enter her thirteenth year in

power a major issue remains though how will the parties cooperate given their opposing views on migration artesia europe correspondent peter all of our takes a closer look now our development. when germany finally gets round to having a government again one of the main issues it's going to face is the number of small towns and cities that have slum the drill in the face of migrants flat out saying they're not going to take any more foreigners the latest in the southwest close to the french border the town took in more than a thousand asylum applications most of whom were successful their margins had been a center for footwear manufacturing but with those jobs long gone it slipped into steady economic decline now the mayor's office has said they simply don't have the money to take anyone else in the state government has agreed with them for now anyway we're ready to provide short term help to promotions as the town is in

a unique situation the mayor has come out this week in fund the government for giving us a breather but locals say they simply have to happen we really don't have enough money i mean especially the city here i know that it's abruptly in school in their kindergarten. too because they have not enough teachers also there are poor people in germany and in p.m.s. and there are a lot of poor people and so the people in say don't don't take so not off refugees if your muslims had more money then they could take more refugees but that must be paid by the government it's not. the only town to impose similar measures earlier this year i visited caught posts around one hundred twenty kilometers or so from lynn it's imposed a stop on asylum applicants that's after a number of violent incidents involving refugees and far right groups germany

should start controlling its borders and stop the uncontrolled migration that has been going on for two and a half years and america must go the government should change it or it won't get any better. but there are different reasons why people have to look but we have to distinguish those from the konami reasons for those who truly seek refuge should be granted asylum status but we need to separate those who really look for shelter and those young strong in the by a man who managed to get all the way to germany in the evening isn't in february. and he took action to hold the arrival of more refugees for the next four years saying there just wasn't enough kindergarten and school places in the town. we are not xenophobic which we are often accused of being we are dealing with integration we want to guarantee integration we have done a lot but when in the end there is no space what are we supposed to do this summer

it will be three years since angle of merkel opened germany to refugees and migrants and the consequences of that decision still weighing heavy on the country small towns peace for all of berlin. let's just stay with european elections because it could be a pivotal day today sunday for the european union italy the blocks third largest economy takes to the polls voting got under way there early this morning in what's being called a wide open general election and campaigning has been fierce over the two main issues the economy and immigration hoping to head up the biggest party in parliament are three major candidates outside the current political mainstream the leader of the five star movement luigi de mayo is the young face of the anti establishment populist party than the immigration league party's leader material salvini is also expected to gain a lot of support and there we go a blast from the past for time prime minister silvio berlusconi from go italy is

banned from holding the top job to a fraud conviction however his center right coalition with three other parties is expected to gather substantial support the polls close at eleven pm local time with official results june in the early hours of monday. a palestinian teenager allegedly hit in the head by in this really rubber bullet in december sais 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 don't raid on a palestinian village in which nine other people were also detained for taking part in israel demonstrations the day after his release is really authorities published an official facebook post naming the boy's injury happened when he fell off a bike and was quote self-inflicted it went on to say that there is a culture of a lie and incitement within the to me family here it's a kind 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. 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 well in response muhammad's family released medical records that

apparently shows a bullet lodged in the buck off his head the documents show he underwent surgery during which part of his skull was removed mohamed is currently waiting for another operation well just the knowledge after mohamed was first injured his cousin lust. is released soldiers she said was responsible images of the incident went viral on propelled her to international recognition as a symbol of palestinian resistance to me is currently awaiting trial for the assaults the soldier. that is just one of the stories in the ritual be keeping a very close eye on during the day here in r t international she's here in a runoff in hours time but stay with us now for more grit our teeth programs write a.

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