that's. in the stories that shaped the week here on our gender national a cold war frenzy grips of the mainstream media after president putin unveils russia's new strategic arsenal in his annual 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 particularly to mess with russia and he says he's not bluffing. polls in italy's general election have closed after a bitter campaign over immigration and jobs but the nervously awaiting what could be a game changing result we bring you projected results coming up also. civilians continue to come under heavy shelling in syria's eastern grew to one week after he commanded turn corder was set up a to allow noncombatants

a chance to leave so far only two children have managed to escape. our broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow recapping week's top stories with our weekly program does r.t. international and 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 that are too advanced to to be intercepted by any existing air defense systems our senior correspondent have explains more about the hardware that is getting the western news outlets so worked up. if you aren't russian 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 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 the law. the sun not 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 a 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 serious web. designed for one thing restore and garan see 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's in hands military power is simply a guarantee for peace on our planet for it preserves restore parity in the world sure that there's no point in gauging in a senseless arms race after all mutually assured destruction has kept the world safe for the best part of a sentry president putin's speech caused alarm across much of the western media he addressed it himself with n.b.c. news after many outlets accused russia of risking another cold war 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 are 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. vladimir putin also said the new weapons serve to counteract washington's deployment of missile defense systems in alaska and california nato is also expanding further into eastern europe with two sites set up in romania and poland new locations are soon to be established in japan and south korea as well and we spoke to several political commentators they told us president putin's speech was really just about emphasizing that russia has an effective and up to date nuclear deterrent. 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. for 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 scape arms to go shushan talks that is certainly the greatest likelihood and certainly what for dinner putin. is looking for. the u.s. state department spokeswoman said she believes the visuals shown during a lot of near putin speech illustrating the missiles capabilities actually depicted a nuclear attack on the u.s. state of florida now or to even the snub a russian reporter who tried to challenge her on it and this is not the first time she has made caustic responses to journalists working for russian media. if you're small to take in the united states it. sends a different direction 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.

which is what he said there is out there not. a fish because of the price of government it's a question about money like ok. did 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 were. misspent in the green. room. some of. you know what i don't know if you are working for today or what but i think the money that money. because we got to go with. i will talk to you after the no doubt your body part that's. stable for the rockies

for foreign cheap. voting has ended in italy's general election and exit polls point to a possible hung parliament with voters favoring anti-establishment and center right parties a center right coalition that includes silvio berlusconi's. matteo. nor is expected to beat the anti-establishment five star movement in both the chamber of deputies and the senate it is projected the coalition will get about forty percent support and the five star movement from twenty five to thirty percent that would make it the single largest party but without the numbers needed to govern alone artie's on associate you're going to. reports now live from rome thanks for being with us here tell us more about the voting today and how it all played out. well it's been quite an election here in italy from the very curious and untested new election laws that was used for the first time in the selection some of the

curiosities about the candidates to of course media frenzy with journalists both italian and international trying to make sense of it all now we're at the headquarters of the five star movement this is a movement that was founded back in two thousand and nine by a indeed a comedian and from being an online political movement and really became a force to be reckoned with here in italy becoming the largest single party to make it quite far in this election we also of course have on the center right silvio berlusconi of course who cannot himself run for political office given his previous conviction convictions for time previous prime minister eighty one year old was the face of the force a tally a movement which is in coalition with lego which is more right leaning group that is very so tough in terms of its anti immigration stance and we saw the democrat democratic party of former prime minister don't see trying to kind of pick up the political force here in italy yet again after he had staked his whole career on

a referendum which he had failed but so far it hasn't worked quite well for the democratic party now taking all of these issues into account of one of the bigger ones has been immigration's with passions flying high on all sides of the spectrum including protests taking place. around was. how. just having talked about immigration also the economy has been a huge issue here of course with a daily having a huge public debt of one hundred thirty five percent of its g.d.p. unemployment being super high especially for youth a stagnant economy really some people some critics have been saying that this

election should have been taken a little bit more seriously in terms of this untested election system that many have found to be quite confusing including italians we've spoken to. i'm a bit disillusioned the programs are always the same and after the first three months in power the political parties never keep the promises they made to them it was pretty complicated it was a bit unclear and there will be consequences. while you're trying to gain the trust of a tos creating a mess like this amounts to a real shot. while some of the media headlines we've seen have dubbed the selection chaotic unpredictable disappointing even a farce and certainly expecting it's to have been more organized i mean even throughout the night here we've seen some international journalists be quite taken aback with some of the organization that has been taking place with no good internet connections inside press centers with journalists having to go outside for

some live broadcasts to be able to do their work so this was something that's been quite symbolic in terms of how this whole election has been unraveling in terms of even touching journalists who have arrived here to be able to to try to be able to do their job and to be quite surprised with the way things have been panning out so we do expect final results to be announced sometime on monday afternoon and certainly we'll be bringing you those as they come in right artie's unassociated churkin we know is going to be a long night for you so get some especially if you can so that you can stay awake and thanks for being with us now we can cross a live. who is a political commentator. thanks for being with us here on arch international it's an interesting one to see how this is all playing out there in italy right now according to the latest exit poll that we have the center right coalition including berlusconi's party has received the most votes with the center left facing defeat what are your thoughts on the results so far. well thank you for inviting me

results. are quite unexpected because part of the. turnout turnout is quite unexpected because we all. participation to the vote between sixty five and seventy percent and now. the official turnout is well over seventy percent and around about seventy three percent. the biggest the biggest surprise in terms of the situation in terms of turnout is in the south of the only where the five star movement has proved to be quite strong strong and the other part of the nation and this could actually damage it mr berlusconi's party. because. now the center i mean

as you said correctly the first coalition in terms of the vote and likely those seats but they have no seats you have to govern to govern with we do now one thing if you can help explain something to me there's a bit of an anomaly that i think is really interesting here before the election we saw all right wing parties incredibly popular this is ahead of the election despite the fact that we almost saw daily anti-fascist protests across the country those two ideas seem to be opposite each other but how do you explain this in the country. well i must say that. it's couric that broad you you you you point the parties such as the league the league or as the far right parties but here in easily. they have another kind of

history of political culture they are they were basically a party for the interests of the north of the country so they moved quite on the on the right of the political spectrum in the last years but they are not seen as a far right party even if you can tell they are actually so the actual the clay or the far right party here in either the are very very poor or. they have very very little votes and so it will be interesting because actually the league is a party of. it's a government party they governed two of the biggest richest region in easily charalambous the and veneto and the so they are quite not so. anti

establishment party as they would like to to to to be seen from the from the electors so we also saw headlines warning that the e.u. would probably be disappointed by the results of the election no matter which party wins so they're not going to be happy with any of these results do you agree with this assessment yes one thing it's quite. what's considering there is a party party allied with the democratic party which chosen the name. which means more europe because they wanted to. bet on the need the more more biggest great this is a role of the european union immediately but the european union immediately is seen quite but from the from the people motors and so they reached

a mere two or three percent of the votes and the result of the democratic party's richie's among the biggest parties by far. i want to say the most the european but it's more correctly the less european parties and the result. by far of the democratic party's if. even even worse than the horrible. the last day. all right very interesting to hear your thoughts. thank you very much for being with us here on arch international a political commentator helping us decipher the elections in italy. all right people in the embattled syrian district of eastern good are still struggling to leave but they are taking fire from militants we'll bring you that's why much more after a short break watching the weekly on our change. what

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i welcome back you're watching the weekly here on our team international now russia's military says only two children have managed to escape in the besieged syrian district of eastern good of five days after russia set up a humanitarian corridor to help civilians relief. here are images of the moment syrian soldiers saved the two children they were clearly in shock and were comforted and provided aid after reaching government positions now the russian ministry of defense has stressed that militants in the

enclave are preventing others from escaping by opening fire on them the ministry also says the insurgency there are using people as human shields now the un security council earlier adopted a resolution demanding a thirty day ceasefire across syria without delay russia sees the opening of its humanitarian corridor and its attempts to establish ceasefire windows as a step towards implementing a valid call damascus has also attempted to evacuate the wounded and tried sending forty six aid trucks to be area but they were unable to get through as militants opened fire along the humanitarian route aid workers station and a government checkpoint close to eastern ghouta told us about the plight of the civilians there. i'm here with the syrian army and i'm ready to help leaving east and we have ambulances here with the words of the list the bus they have around the clock to provide first aid to people from. a medical labs also work twenty four hours have provided the coolest equipped with all modern facilities medical workers

also ready. there was some people who wanted to leave eastern but all of a sudden we only saw a gunman opening fire using mortars to intimidate civilians. is located just outside of the syrian capital damascus it has been occupied by various rebel and islamist groups for years and under siege since two thousand and thirteen and here into the north of good is a refugee camp that is hoped fleeing civilians can be relocated. efforts to provide safe passage for those desperate to escape are being coordinated with of the syrian red crescent and buses and ambulances are on standby helping the militants will cease firing long enough for civilians to get out people inside the insurgent hell enclave are being notified about the location of the accord or through leaflets text alerts and loudspeakers now first aid points have also been set up near the

exit to the corridor the situation in the district meanwhile has 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 paused 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 need to give me because you're our western partners are patrolling 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 would have any of you lifted a finger if you use your influence on those who you consider the moderate. position have you persuaded them to lay down their weapons and release hostages. who was playing with fire the one who was doing that was file is all it was providing weapons who is providing the center is who is financing them who is providing media coverage 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 had

supplied whom they had finances whom they had been breeding 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 was due they just keep on bargaining and making all those claims many media outlets have been quick to compare the situation in eastern good or with what was seen in the previously besieged syrian city of aleppo it is an easy go to shoot down of comments they often overlook a number of inconvenient truths in their reports. 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 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 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 trouble i'll go to reporters shoes are filled by young prodigies. in this

heat this what happens is a shame that our country seat of the mosque under suspicion. for serving is the goal of this regime. the white helmets a group marketing itself as a civil defense initiative for their volunteers work at bomb sites as diligently it seems as they have at the scenes of jihad is think. but. wherever jihadi factions first they bring their white helmets in tow. like aleppo is no exception all right that as a for me i'll be back in about thirty two minutes with another look at your weekly stay with us.

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