soldiers of the guts of military checkpoint hipness was going through those guys' heads the fate of their parents remains unclear crucially to our colleagues at r.t. arabic spoke to them soon as they managed to get a handle on what was happening just to sit down for a minute. and the solitude was recently their glimmer of love. and you know my model should also as she say also in the selection here to look no i didn't know mr lewis well i don't. know that many. clubs recently have left his car so you. can date they never smile you when you. see what we've been through to hear them speaking so so clearly so lucidly is mazing is now probably going to be ok well let's talk to political correspondent and commentator mark. who's an expert on what's happening here thanks for joining

us again your time tonight we just saw those two little little children that just about got out from this humanitarian corridor or it's not been. not be very successful at all at the moment why not. well they are obvious the being held as hostages by the terrorists who are residing in eastern who are lost perfectly in the capital and the biggest city of eastern which is due miles you just saw the two kids fourteen months who were able to escape but unfortunately they lost their mother and their father during the process because they were shot at they were sniped at by the terrorist. affiliated al qaeda affiliated terrorists namely. and. eastern that's not enough for the western international community in the western mainstream media and the hypocrisy of the western states that keep saying that these are only civilians and used their

own i don't know what is if you don't believe these kids who fled their lives and i don't know what you want to believe anymore and if you go through what's have been happening this is the liberation of forty percent of this area by the aesir over the past two weeks you could see you could see footage of their kids being that were built and frontline tunnels that were dog i don't think civilians would dig tunnels and would build barricades and we use the ammunition and the weaponry that was found by this you arab army all would see the packs and packs of medicine and food that was put in warehouses the same way that we did see in aleppo the city similarly at the front lines in eastern hooter that tells a lot about how severe the humanitarian crisis right is and how much needed these forty six trucks are if they actually get to the hands of the civilians inside i spoke to a red cross earlier on he did tell me that so many got through it's got to distribute it tomorrow so fingers crossed briefly on the political front two developments to

bring to our viewers' attention the only human rights council voted today in favor of a u.k. drafted resolution condemning it strikes against civilians in the enclave in the alleged use of chemical weapons are willing to russia the reportedly suggested putting forward an amendment also condemning terror attacks what russia wanted to put forward there was rejected initial thoughts. well of course it's the same scenario that has been put when a letter was being liberated and my diet before that and before that it's the same actual tax you could go back to the resolutions that were put by or presented by the western community when my diatoms and learned a little were being liberated by the syrian and army and their allies and russia in particular as an ally and now the same thing in eastern huta but what they concern is me as an arab and as what concerns the syrians as well is that for the past six years we didn't see any. resolution boundary solution or west bank resolution that would take care of more than fifteen thousand mortar shells that were falling

on the capital city damascus rummel water where were they getting these a munition from i mean there were certain told that were found by the syrian arab army could see it on arab media tunnels as long as thirty kilometers underground who dug these what was going through these tunnels how did they get their ammunition how did they get more mortar shells more even rockets and missiles the western community none none of the states in the west ever made a resolution to try and relieve the burden from the actual civilians in the capital damascus i mean they don't even send their mainstream media for the people to see that is usually very little of it you have to say to investigate whether. exactly they did they're always only putting their resources back to the white helmets which is a group affiliated with al qaeda which the members of this group how far we have footage of morally if not every at least sixty percent of the people who are within the white helmets who are al-qaeda affiliates so they don't have reliable sources

either morally god leave it there so to this we could be talking about this all the rights or wrongs the ins and outs thanks. a political commentator morals. or a total change of pace of course big football game coming up in russia the world cup we can reveal our teams made another world class signings dave replays for a world cup coverage manchester united coach. going to join us to give us unique insight please talk about russia which is now just one hundred one days away and counting. well r.t. has unveiled a major new signing to its team of broadcasters the people who are going to be helping to cover the world cup during the summer that's of course taking place in russia and it is a marine you know the world famous coach of manchester united which is a british team it's one of the biggest teams in the world it's one of most famous

most historic teams here in the u.k. and marino is a man who coaches some of the world's best football players and now he's going to be joining r.t. to help cover the world cup marino himself says he's thrilled and that he's looking forward to attending the world cup in russia this summer and sharing his insights into the games the news has been picked up by the british press here some of the newspapers couldn't help but take a bit of a swipe at marine years new part time employee but marino isn't the first heavyweight footballer to will walk through that r.t. studio doors stan collymore former england player he helped to cover the confederations cup for r.t. last summer and he has his own show on the channel as well he got a bit of criticism for joining r.t. when he did when that was unveiled we're going to see if jerry is a marine you know comes in for any of that criticism as this news progresses but

not just stan collymore and marino of course very recently r.t. signed the legendary goalkeeper peter schmeichel and he will be covering the world cup alongside jerry's a marine you know this summer on r.t. for a world cup twenty eight team coverage we've signed one of the greatest goalkeepers of all the time but there was one more question going forward is going to be our coach. just. a low there was a warrior and i'm really hoping for drawing to do for the proposal movie. world cup in russia meet the special one was also cliched needs to just say the reno p.r.t. teams latest edition make up a bigger than a better jersey book. join me every thursday on the alex simon show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world

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is the wrong had blue eyes or a suspicions with a number logical father he thought his wife had cheated an assumption which had terrifying consequences of course he didn't love her that much one day i came back from work in my mother told me she saw him covering for on it because face what a pillow i was ironing when i next saw him i threw a hot iron at him i said if you touch the child again i don't know what i'll do to you eventually he abandons the family meanwhile growing up nearby was tanya again raised by a couple believing had to be their right but there was no family resemblance the team of this met to discuss their doubts it was to have a birth certificate how can i give up my baby and i have not they will move suspicions when from the became the age of take she was diagnosed with an inherited disease a condition which no one in the family has but is later went for and because mother

went back to the hospital fraunces old medical records had been destroyed and then to tend towards itself no longer existed forty years on and the families finally took d.n.a. tests. i always thought i looked like grandma when i found out i was shocked i thought they wouldn't love me anymore now that they found their real daughter. the veronica has always asked that question mom why do i not look like you why do i have a different character she's so calm and even tempered her face is different from ours i used to joke you must have been switched at birth. it's been a long painful path for both families they say they have never gretz the mother is the one who brought you up not the one who gave birth and i would just. say when you were a huge reason why you. would. never speak though as it. used to. look at the.

issue of bush. then yes. that veronica is still haunted by the suffering she saw so many of you i feel sorry for my mom because i have seen her struggling for all her life not everyone can deal with it not everyone can be like her for the sake of her children she has forgotten about everything she would go to the end of the world only for her children to be safe and sound but i would go to court for moral compass ation at least because we're so we should birth because i feel myself guilty for her in life and that my father left her. the families have now come to terms with what happens and even say they've gained more than they've lost tanya yuliya my grandchildren we're all a big family now we're all relatives and you can turn back time you know was the thing to take you suppose you know you can't choose your parents if you bought it with love does it really matter

a check up most or is tonight now and three years of civil war in yemen continues to leave deep scars which likely will take decades to recover from one artist there is trying to ensure that the victims are not forgotten by painting murals in their memory or run the capitalist check it out. they are. better than i was the feeling of safety of peace the destruction is everywhere blood the killings crime all across a lot of crime. which are just alike is a painting dedicated to think tanks especially children. what

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no you. know in the sun things seem not that then leads to the most of. the syrian civil war is again ask elating after taking only a short press to celebrate the fall of isis but neighboring power is getting deeper and deeper involved in the quagmire what is next for the war torn country while i

ask robert malley a former white house advisor on isis and the middle east and now has of the international crisis group. as the islamic state is reduced if you park. their embers rise into flames again. right across syria peace is once more a distant hope but can the latest battles lead to game changing. the situation we were. a common solution. robert malley the obama administration's advisor on isis and the middle east now had of the international crisis group welcome to the show good to have you with us mr malley the u.s. state department is blaming russia for the failed ceasefire in saying that russia has the influence to stop the mask. it's from attacking and that's true and russia is using that influence to establish daily cease fires and human towering corridors

but who has influence over the rebels in the. who will tell them to stop firing rockets into damascus could possibly state department apply pressure to that side as well. so i worked as you said on the syria for for a long time including with many russian colleagues over the years and there's not a situation where you can't point to many parties that are responsible but it is i think it's a fact that in the case of these two goods it's the regime that has preponderant firepower that is use that fire power in ways that i think are hard to hard to describe sometimes but certainly been visible for people who watch them and that russia has some influence i wouldn't say they have total influence but some influence in getting the syrian government to respect the united security u.n. security council resolution so i think that is a that is something that russia can and should do their other parties that have influence over the rebel groups turkey is one of them the u.s. may have some i mean it depends in each case the groups are different and the

proper opinion will have so in them going to have some impact if it saw that the bombing from the regime were to stop it would also put pressure on the rebels to stop but this is not a none of these cases what i say that is a single culprit but in the end but in the case of peace and go with i think there's no doubt that the principle by far the principle of reza has been has been the government and i think that's been widely recognized and that should stop. i think like as if way follow the general logic they were whether it's good regime or a bad regime is fighting a war so you can't just like sit there and do nothing right. when there is what like very being fired at as well so when the fire mr guta is discussed like you say that it's usually about civilians and assets troops but also troops are really only there because the rebels are so instead of or at the same time as telling us as forces to stop their offensive which i agree they should why not also tell the

rebels to give up and like take buses to lift like it happened in aleppo or homes why is this plan not discussed the security council resolution is. well the security council resolution is clear right and russia was one of the parties that that agreed to it which is that the needs to be. a cease fire now that are that going to be with modalities that are going to be negotiated in conformity with international law sure but let's stop the firing on all sides and so the international crisis group is calling for all sides to stop the fiery but you know there is as i say and i think it's clear for people watching at this one party that has proposed reducing force nobody's asking him not to exercise self-defense but he does that this is not a case of self-defense this is a case from reports that there we see where there is often offensive action being taken against civilians and this includes the so yes the rebels are going to have to be there to stop what they do is going to be an answer to that to the problems

that are represented by the rebels some of whom. are engaging in activities that you just described as well but the the the mandate of the score the lesson of this critical resolution was very clear it calls for a cease fire so let's end the fire this allow humanitarian access people who want to leave could leave if we don't need to after the if i'm talking about civilians now and then has there's going to have to be a solution to the question of the rebels as well but let's not mix things the security council resolution which russia agreed to which other members of the screen council agreed to that's implemented that i think that's that's the first that so you said russia has some influence on assad's forces not a lot but some what leverage does the united states have in this i do not see not a lot i said not i said not not total influence there not total is another unfortunate had i just i just i just want to i just want to see what inflows debtor side has what leverage does the u.s. have and the situation on the ground in western syria how exactly can it influence

the situation in your opinion. you know frankly i'm not sure today the u.s. has proponent influence over the rebel groups others do and in turkey and some sunni situations has far more influence over. the rebel groups in the u.s. housing that the u.s. used to have in the us today has less influence over the rebel groups because it gives less support to the rebel groups so by definition it is going to have less leverage i think this is a case where all the parties that have provided support or that have provoked whether it's material support or moral support to the rebels need to tell them they need to stop shelling. regime controlled areas as well that has to that has to stop because it gives a justification a pretext open for the regime then to go in and to go in with disproportionate force i think you know again if you just look at the pictures and hear the accounts it's hard to call this simply not of self defense it's hard to call this consistent with international humanitarian law so i think those shouldn't really be those in the matters for debate yes the rules have to stop for the regime as

a sub firing it needs to be a cease fire and then some solution has to be felt and russia today has a role a stronger role probably than virtually anyone else in this theater to try to make that happen and they they should use that influence to stop the shelling of civilians certainly on both sides but it has real influence on what it can get the regime to get like in your organizations writ recent article russia is called a reluctant driver in a syrian war and urged to take a more proactive role in a conflict what you're saying right now that serious battle is becoming largely internationalized russia may have good relations with israel iran turkey but do you really believe moscow can just like this countries all these regional powers what to do. you know and again having said the u.s. government even the u.s. government can't tell its partners what to do i think there's often a myth about how. strong powers can snap their fingers and lesser powers will they

they won't because they bait to their own logics and their own sense of self interest but our sense and this what the report that we should not long ago which was not about is good that was really about southwest syria where we've seen this confrontation between israel and against iran and its allies and south with syria and beyond in that situation russia does have real influence because it controls to large extent the skies over syria and so israel it would have a hard time flying over syria if russia didn't want it to do so and it also has it does have influence and leverage over and again not total leverage but some influence over the regime over iran over hezbollah sort of they would listen to what russia has to say even though they may not always follow what it has to say but today there is no actor in syrian this is you know something i think russia wanted to achieve there's no actor in syria that has as many and strong contacts with all. players all belligerents you mentioned in israel is bola the regime soon

regime iran turkey all of them do talk to moscow all of them want to talk to moscow all of them have an interest in preserving good relations with moscow that's not the case with the united states today the united states has obviously strong relations with israel it has and bit relations with turkey it has no relation or better relations with iran has been the regime so so when we say they are in the driver see what we mean is they do have this sort of pivot place this pivotal role and it should be in their interest to prevent things from getting out of and as they almost did a few weeks ago between israel and iran president putin appears to stepped in and told people to calm down but it might be better certainly for syria we would argue be better also for russia's interests and for others to step in sooner. to try to make sure that miscalculation or misunderstandings don't blow up. probably not even intentional but just blow up between the polluter and over whom as we say

it's not russia has some influence and some leverage so at their national crisis group previously called for outright u.s. intervention in this syrian civil war do you still feel that at this moment really no. i don't think the president has ever called for u.s. intervention and so they leave these soldiers and now while we're there are you know there was a period of time well you had to be specific about being about being involved in the letter of the insurance will have been ok while the laboratory and the trying to do you feel like america should be more involved at that it it already at this point in the syrian conflict. not in the sort of coverage i think the u.s. should play a role as others to try to end the conflict that's not trying to put poor fuel on the fire but to try to end the conflict i've said you know in the past i think part of the part of the mistake said this publicly about the policies that that i was involved in is that there was an inability to separate the humanitarian goal which

is to lessen if not end the suffering of the syrian people for the political goal which was to get rid of assad and i think that goal should have been put aside in the focus should have been on what do we need to do to end the suffering of the syrian people that should have been the priority from early on and you know that was not the case so today my our organizations are going our mandate is not about regime change it's not about you know getting rid of us it's about how do we end the violence between among all sides and that's why we do call in russia which has a role to play which has influence to bear to play the role the u.s. also should not be what we made clear is that the u.s. should not use syria as a battlefield against iran or or whether it's a battlefield to try to stop iran or to block iran that should not be the goal the goal today and i believe this for some time in the early on should be to end the violence and the conflict and that's for the political issues a to the side for now but you know you have hundreds of thousands of syrians who died as a result of this conflict they should be the ones who are thinking. ok rob we're

going to take a short break right now and when we're back we'll continue talking to robert malley obama administration's advisor on the middle east and president all their national crisis group about the situation in syria at state with us. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business i'm showbusiness i'll see of that.

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