in the stories that shaped the week that as a cultural frenzy in the mainstream media after president putin unveils russia's new strategic all small in his annual state of the nation address the white house and the country learning of that new threat from russian president warning that this region in the west in particular not to mess with russia and he says he's not bluffing along we all know the humanitarian corridors set up in syria's east and due to its well lots of billions of tons to escape continues to come into heavy shelling as of now only two children have managed to leave also ahead. italians head to the polls off to a bitter election campaign over immigration and jobs with the e.u. nervously awaiting what could be a game changing result. it's

the week we hear on our international live from moscow studio with me in a day or two to its all round up of the last seven days and up to date stories welcome to the program president putin outlined his vision of russia's future on thursday delivering the annual state of the nation address to parliament he also revealed details about the country's new nuclear arsenal which he said includes missiles the to add ons to be intercepted by any existing at defense systems our senior correspondent explains more about the hall where that's getting western news outlets so worked up. if you aren't russian in 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. 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 an arsenal of new weapons bigger faster stronger and deadlier than any that came before me as. am 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 when. 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 in russia is in his military power is simply a guarantee for peace on our planet. 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 the us state department spokeswoman claimed that the visual shown during flight amir putin speech actually depicted a nuclear attack on the us have that now it even snubbed a russian reporter who tried to challenge her on it and it's not the first time she's innocent caustic responses to janice working for russian media. if you're small to take in the united states it was all sent to different directions so i had to say that they are going to tell you everything from their

shit yeah ok ok enough said and i'll move on. to stuff you. which is why you should take the bears out there not. a fish because of the russian government you say no question about me oh really ok. arrested by the russian government the fact that you were here as a representative of the russian government so-called news organizations russian news if you will. misread of any great joke on hijacking the some of. you know what i don't know if you all were floored today or what but i have been mum on the net who maybe. because it was going to go weak but. i will talk to you after the know your body part that's. stable for the

rock each performance should be. present. in much of the western media with many outlets accusing russia of risking another cold war has hardly addressed that coverage in an interview with america's n.b.c. news. 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 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 or not really analysts they do propaganda if you were to speak about arms race than an arms race began at exactly the time in moment when the u.s. opted out of the anti-ballistic missile treaty that demand putin also said that the

new weapons to counteract washington's deployment of missile defense systems in alaska and california has also expanding further into eastern europe with two sites set up in romania and poland you know cations a soon to be established in japan and south korea as well. we spoke to several political commentators and they told us that president putin speech was about emphasizing that russia has effective and up to date attendance. 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 saying 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 thanks to

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. i don't see 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. arms to go she talks that is certainly the greatest likelihood and certainly what for dinner putin. is looking for. it could be a pivotal sunday for the european union is it blocks fourth largest economy takes to the polls is being seen as

a wide open general election too with some bitterly divisive campaigning in the run up mainly over immigration and a struggling economy and reports from rome well it's a highly chaotic and unpredictable election here in italy analysts have said that you need a magic ball to be able to determine what's going to happen here following this election in terms of the political spectrum we have it all on the central right the fort's italia party in coalition with the right leaning lega we also have on the central left the democratic party as well of the anti establishment five star movement and a handful of other parties that are also partaking in this election now this is a system that's completely new as italy goes to the polls using an election law that has previously been on tested here not only does it encourage parties to form coalitions before the election takes place but it also makes it highly unlikely for anybody to come out with a majority and now this is an election that even italians have themselves have

described as confusing to them it was pretty complicated it was a bit unclear and there will be consequences. while you are trying to gain the trust the voters creating a mess like this amounts to a real sham. and in terms of the issues really one of the bigger ones here in italy has been immigration which has left nobody in the. different with all sorts of opinions flying around about this topic we do know that some of those parties have even promised to expel as many as six hundred thousand migrants another huge topic here is the economy because not only does it we have a big public debt that makes up one hundred thirty five percent of its g.d.p. the second highest in the europe but unemployment is really high living economy itself has been quite startling over the last several years unemployment is high especially among the youth and about a third and all of these issues taken into account we can be safe to say that the

rest of the european union is watching closely what's going to be happening here the polls will be closing at eleven pm local tonight and exit polls will start trickling in van this will come from the interior ministry which is right behind me and of course we will be watching how that unravels throughout the night. a palestinian teenager allegedly had in the head by an israeli rubber bullet in december says he felt pressured to change his statement about the incident in order to avoid a longer period of detention mohammad khatami me who still being treated was arrested on monday in the dorm raid on the palestinians that. the people were also detained during the operation having taken part in israel demonstrations the day after his release the israeli authorities published on an official facebook post claiming the boy's injuries was the result of his falling off his bike and was self-inflicted it went on to say that there is a culture of lies and incitement within the boy's family his mohammed's account

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 in response

mohammed's family released medical records that apparent show 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 the operation. just an hour off to mohammad to his first injured his cousin lashed out an israeli soldier she said was responsible for the boy's injuries images of the incident went viral on propelled her to international recognition as a symbol of palestinian resistance i had to mimi is currently awaiting trial for the assault on the israeli soldier. town. you're watching the weekly here on all the way the humanitarian corridor in series besieged eastern ghouta petrified residents stay where they are and five months in the making and journey gets a government but there are no surprises as we report after the break.

i would still like to be for 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 although month by and large will be our objective is the theme to just be used and stability within the region that is the cool. weather to be the no one is done or for the region the long term presence of foreign troops inside of one is. for the region or for a one month. focus on ending the war and that's not intermingle to show military concern which is falling apart schools of bombing of civilians the shelling of damascus by rebel groups that's not enough so the bombing by the way let your son mix that with the political objectives which some people are still.

welcome back to the weekly the russian defense ministries reconsiderations on the first syria says just two children have managed to leave the embattled district of the east and go to in the past five days the youngsters say they fled with their parents but had to leave them behind when they came under rebel fire russia has set up a humanitarian corridors with the aim of helping civilians to flee the perceived on type however the militants have been stopping people from leaving. the un security council early adopted a resolution demanding an immediate thirty day cease fire across syria but fighting

has continued to rage between government and opposition forces we spoke to a number of humanitarian workers who have been waiting at a government checkpoint to help any civilians who do manage to flee and. i'm here with the syrian army and i'm ready to help leaving eastern ghouta we have ambulances here. just around the clock to provide first aid to people from eastern a medical labs also work twenty four hours have provided vehicles to quit with all modern facilities medical workers also ready. there was some people who wanted to leave eastern ghouta but all of a sudden we only saw a gunman opening fire using mortars to intimidate civilians. east and go to is located just outside the syrian capital of damascus and has been occupied by various rebel and islamist groups for years and hit to the north of go to is the location of a refugee camp where it's hoped things civilians can be relocated to efforts to

provide safe passage for those desperate to escape are being coordinated with the syrian red crescent buses and ambulances on stand by people inside the rubble on clay. being notified about the location of the card over leaflets text alerts and loudspeakers first aid points have also been such that near the exit help those in need of urgent medical assistance the failed truth the truth efforts have 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 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 would surely need to me because you're now 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 do 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. similar is five men think they're always providing media coverage for their. thought that what is happening. is a big. goal of innocent people what they care about is the. supply they have to finance it. they have been breathing in the last few years and not the up lost the war but they don't have. to admit that they lost what was thought they just keep getting. all those claims so media have been quick to compare the situation in east and go to with what was seen in the previously syrian city of aleppo but the tactic of using civilians as human shields was also employed in the iraqi city of mosul. looks at whether the comparison between go to and

aleppo is fair 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 bastions just like aleppo it's been a long time den of the nusra front and the likes and since then nuestra and its allies have only been getting cozy of their militias in east who 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 a 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 are poor there are no western reporters in rubble i'll go to reporters shoes are filled by young prodigy is. this what happens to the shame that our country see of damascus under suspicion. for serving a goal by the thought of this regime. the white helmets marketing itself as a civil defense initiative there are volunteers workers born fights diligently ensues as they have at the seams.

wherever jihadi factions first they bring their white helmets into all these like aleppo is no exception. germany's finally getting a working government more than five months after the election and despite the wait german voters are ending up with more of the same with the social democrats finally agreeing to a deal with chancellor merkel's christian democrats to create another so-called grand coalition is the same partnership that is governed since twenty thirteen and it means chancellor merkel will enter her thirteenth year in power and commence her fourth time in charge getting to this point was far from easy though with more than a few obstacles hampering drawn out talks. like the issue of immigration which proved to be one of the most divisive in the talks merkel's conservatives had

yielded to push for a cap on how many refugees to allow in but that left rebels within the social democrats deeply unhappy our europe correspondent peter all of a look at how the division might affect their future cooperation. 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 is promotions in the southwest close to the french border the town took in more than a thousand asylum applicants 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 but now. 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 think 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 they're 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 you're my sons 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 happy years and america. the government should change it get any better because it's on. but there are different reasons why people have to walk but we have to distinguish those from economic reasons for those who truly seek refuge should be granted asylum still in place but we need to separate those who really look for shelter and those young strong in the wild man who managed to get all the way to germany in a sling isn't in february friedberg in saxony took action to halt 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'll be three years since i'm glad merkel opened germany to refugees and migrants and the consequences of that decision still weighing heavy on the country small towns. r.t. berlin. white south african farmers could have their land seized after parliament voted for the new legislation and the plan's white farmers would be stripped of their land with no compensation as things stand such a move would be unconstitutional so that would have to be amended here's what the party leader behind initiative had to say about it the time for reconciliation is over now is the time for justice we must ensure that we restore the dignity of our people without compensating the criminals who stole our land julius malema is something of a controversial figure in south africa he's been convicted of hate speech and then twenty sixteen said he was quote not calling for the slaughter of white people at

least for now despite that former south african president jacob zuma described him as a future leader seventy two percent of the country's farmers are white murders and violent attacks on farmers and landowners have risen in recent years we got reaction from both sides earlier this week. people do not own land in south africa legally white people are alive from europe in sixteen fifty two they killed our people they stole our land all oppressed us all the land they have his land there was taken from us by force and in many instances by must be all the. good in there was the blood type of south africa that came from the north that is well documented. therefore the land is the position of. the only the first occupants of south africa with the son so if these are arguments . that should be the way in the sons of a peasant like the one who is now my opponent easier for the night in south africa

and the land he in checked talking about be quite sound i am quite certain he can send my same name only time i ask him to say it he does it it can't because as a foreigner i even wanted it that day parliament is moving slow and politician we don't trust them they are using this lens as a political a ball he stepped also addressing the issue of this legislation could actually be changed to satisfy the white farmers as well there's a lot of corruption involved and that's why the oprah. that was taken from the pro legally in the past to be returned to them is not going as it should go you see this molding in front of me that is the issue. if this goes on investment in this country would stop people won't invasion the country will go the same way as involved there won't be production and then we'll have a red brick spring in south africa about food that's not available to the people of

south africa. the onset of monstrous few signs of spring in parts of western europe with a bitter blast of winter that's grand if you country still hold this past week but others have literally been getting on my skates and making the most of the final icy snap of the season. her. you been watching the week here on alex international i'll be back at the top of the hour with another round up so you stay with us. as we will do. when you don't usually see the teachers gallic try to

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