latest news tonight thirty seven people confirmed dead dozens of others missing after a devastating fire ripped through a shopping complex in central russia. the fullest it's amusing to. watch. in the headlines the facebook boss takes out full page ads in british and american newspapers to apologize for that massive data breach which saw tens of millions of personal accounts exploited. that. i. probably dependents protesters clashing with police there in support of former capital president college he's detained in germany right now dozens of people have

been injured in those clashes a lot of people have for the rest did. look at a live update on that see what's not make all the come in the program. good morning just past midnight here in moscow now this early monday morning you're watching the weekly on r.t. international with me in a round up of the big stories of the last seven days and the latest headlines now and it is what's taking top of the stage this hour the breaking news through from central russia this afternoon thirty seven as it stands now known to have been killed in a huge fire at a retail and leisure complex in the russian city of camera it's fear the numbers going to rise too was around seventy people are said to still be missing including dozens of children hawkins our correspondents in the studio to talk. the more you

read some of the headlines down the worse it's look in here as often is the case with these things but less stand on what we know at the moment and what we know at the moment is it's looking like one of the most tragic cases in recent history in terms of fires in russia which started in a shopping mall as we said there in the russian sudden central city of quetta over a four story building were understand the fire began on one of the top stories where there was some sort of entertainment complex it would've been a very busy time suddenly full of families children the casualty figures as we said there have been rising as the hours have gone on tragically thirty seven dead over forty in hospital many critical most tragic of all those sixty nine nearly seventy missing and the majority of them are children aged between two to thirteen years old and those that were you know just look at these pictures of this center it looks like a more modern on the surface anyway one of these multi cinemas bowling complex shopping of course it's sunday afternoon families are out with their kids or awful

mix harrowing footage there of black thick smoke billowing from the windows people very disturbing video as we saw it jumping actually from the windows onto special mats on the knees just to try to get away shows the desperation of those people inside we do have some eyewitness accounts eyewitness footage of what was going on as people tried to desperately escape what must have been a hellish scene in there let's take a look at what happened. first of that. it's amusing to do. this when you. do things or to do. thank you we. couldn't quite see it but you sent a. lot of questions are going to be asked about what fire safety precautions as there was everything up to date with the alarms working with the safety doors open

but you're seeing a snapshot of what somebody went through then because as the we've seen it time and time again with the disasters you try to get a handle on what's happening what how to get out but it's very difficult to get the scale of the disaster around you at the time minute of course and the investigation will very much be a complex one a multifaceted one but we do understand from witness account there certainly were issues with evacuation procedures with alarms with doors with the cinema on particular on the top fourth floor really became a death trap we understand thirteen bodies were found in there by rescuers people unable to get out one eyewitness told us told cameras or other what exactly went on there during a panic that ensued. you can't instead of. just those inches of chose not to visit she does that. mean nothing to leave you moving. when you feel that. she will feel that she. was behind you clear to the because you

put. the show you. how much you thought you. didn't deserve. the witnesses that try to hold back tears as they describe what went on there it's too early to speculate on the cause of course that's going to be one of the key questions that need answering theories from electrical wiring faults with the wiring to some sort of careless accident with a lighter perhaps in the children's play area full of flammable forward material all these questions will be will need lots or other but certainly it's going to a long night for the friends and families of those who are still unaccounted for the top floor of that building all from usenet. it is best we know it at the moment appreciated holkins. of the story happening right now a thousand strong rally in barcelona in support of the former cattle and president who was arrested earlier in germany's erupt into clashes with police these latest pictures through to the r.t.

news and. i. officers in riot gear tried to dispose first because the crowds using batons having earlier called for the gathering to be called off it's understood the skirmishes left fifty two injured people in the arrested protesters want the grid to end what they call a crackdown on key figures behind the spanish region's push for independence. we decided to sack the president vice president and other high ranking officials in the council on government.

so let me bring you up to speed with the latest if you catching up the deposed catalan leader was detained while crossing from denmark into germany where he's now in custody he fled spain after last october's referendum which madrid ruled illegal with more on this and he. the former catalan president colors pollution man has been detained in germany he's wanted in spain on charges of sedition and rebellion and was held after crossing the border from denmark on his way to belgium now german police have confirmed his arrest and he said to be in a local police station awaiting his legal team since this day pushing on his being on a visit to helsinki university in finland to give

a lecture there on his way back to belgium jim authorities arrested him off to spain reissued his arrest warrant but his lawyer tweeted that he was returning to belgium to be of course at the disposal of the belgian justice system there has been living in self-imposed exile in belgium that's after leading the pro independence referendum last year which was deemed illegal by the spanish authorities this was a vote that cause tensions across the region with accusations of police violence as well now tensions have still been running high in the region with rallies taking place from time to time and calls for the release of other political prisoners as well as the return of colors could face up to thirty years in prison in spain and the spanish courts have already signed documents for extradition. work out what is ahead looking on from the u.k. and spanish history academic progress from britain's new castle university hey the speed on the program so at the moment. is in germany. madrid.

extradited noses all within europe one could take a long time on the other hand how could europe surely i know you're not a legal expert what do you think is going to quickly go back in madrid if at all. yeah actually a paternal thing is that the jury. legislation allows up to three months to take a position on extradition so if the man decided to refuse the six nation as it looks going to be the case then the german authorities would have to three months to to accept to take this issue on the exhibition case so it may take quite a long time he had a huge battle for his cause one to two percent voted for secession in that very affluent part of spain catalonia and if it does go back to madrid with all that public backing he's got to feel like all the worst case that can happen to him well

he was probably going to creep in for him for three bunol in. court and to the chances to get. a very high sentence and to be most efficient and rebellion are very very high and one of the reasons as you meant to be in your piece why he actually went to brussels was centrally because there's no as a thing as a rebellion crimea in the belgian oh so well but as it is you show the german authorities have found that crime family in in the in the journalists lation so that's part of the problem particularly. i want you to take this risk you think can go over to finland to make this lecture we think it was he knew the risk there surely in trying to get there trying to get back it can't be a fugitive all his life now within europe maybe brought this on do you think.

honestly beyond my understanding i think it is legal and political should have known better now and i've been unable to take a plane to deal with as opposed to drive. by land but. no idea i'm not through what. is the vehicle to how. it's. really really serious charges the kind of slightly archaic charges as well they were looking back at them really new talk about sedition excess is madrid really going to be there are show them it is twenty eighteen there was a massive public backing whether madrid like it or not behind them do you think this would be more of a wildcard you think they'd make a show trial out of it or do you think it being europe that they'd be able to barter some kind of deal we goes a free man end of the day but you know what don't put your finger in it again with a what do you think being

a historian can we look to the past to get the idea of the future or not in this one. no not really because a very very different situation and we've never been. historical cetacean in the past so it's it's really one off and we have no precedence for this. what to do this whole system is going to do. now is difficult to tell but what is sure is that the spanish government have decided that the legal way was going to be the way they had very little interest in sort of by established their negotiations with the with the time the current government and in december we had elections in which. fifty two percent of the voted against the pan and it's through the majority of the m.p.'s are prone to parents who are not very difficult situation of the moment and on society is very divided about this. i think the majority government is not really at this point really into two next week ten

ten will landrieu really could have really struggled to talk about this for about half an hour or more and i will come but you can get small you thought of a larger crowd expert in spanish history from newcastle university thanks ever so much. checking out some of the stories from the last week america and what a week it was france was struck by terrorism again on friday when a gunman hijacked a car and took hostages at a supermarket in a small southern town three people died that day while the fourth succumbed to his injuries on saturday the attacker had pledged allegiance to islamic state and was eventually shot dead by special forces.

in the movie i went shopping with my wife and sister in law after some time with had an explosion well several. i saw a man lying on the floor and another person who was very agitated with a handgun in one hand and a knife in the other and yelling allahu akbar. after that i took my wife and my sister in law in some customers nearby and were going to look for shelter i put them in a butcher's fridge closed from the inside. because it's peaceful here where you see the like any out there he was very kind very sociable adorable he overheard sweets to the children and he is a terrorist. the terrorist has been identified he was killed during his solo investigation will have to answer some important questions when and how was he radicalized and how and when did he procure

the weapon. we have for several years paid with our blood to know the terrorist menace. among those who died was police officer. he swapped places with a female hostage end of the day he left a mobile phone switched on for the authorities to listen in is what he did when special forces heard gunshots they stormed the place they would be wounded and indeed he died in hospital on saturday morning is being hailed a national hero in france right now and beyond. over the past year alone the have been repeated terror attacks and water temps in france let's look at that grim time timeline starts in february twenty seventh team then a man attempted to enter the live museum in paris with a machete after that an attacker was stopped you may recall of all the airport just a month later then a police officer was shot dead last april machines allee's day taking us up to bring it up october another grim statistic two young women stabbed to death for

their role way station in march a former british intelligence officer says the fact this time that the gunman was under surveillance police surveillance exposes surely wider failures. is part of the passing that we're seeing emerging across europe over the last few years of people carrying out these low tech type of attacks with high. rates who are of course on the radar of at least the police if not indeed of the intelligence agencies but for some reason they're not being watched carefully enough they're not being monitored carefully enough they're being followed around. and they're allowed to get more radicalized and carry out these are appalling deeds it's hard to see what will france can do i mean they had a state of emergency declared after the massacre and attacks all the palace is still there in trance it just change the name they change the terminology and yet all those powers are still preventing the security agency from police who are protecting their french citizens so i fell see how much more they can do. corrupt

here are more the big stories of the week a diplomatic feud between the u.k. and russia shows no sign of dying down the latest on that when we come back. thank. you so much you can. put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to express. some want to. have to go right to be this is what before three of the more people. interested always in milwaukee.

hello again thanks for choosing our tea so that diplomatic standoff between the u.k. and russia came to a head this last week with twenty three diplomats from each country returning home britain made the first expulsions following the poisoning of former double agent said gay script of his daughter in england three weeks ago now even though the investigation is still underway nonetheless british officials have repeatedly said that is a highly likely russian link they think and on thursday the prime minister asked the e.u.

to back her up to. it was highly likely that russia was responsible this first flight with think that the current analysis is already very well grounded and nobody questions that everyone was also indicating the willingness to do follow us russia's concerns. relations we have different positions different. interests political landscape in europe to russia and this is why it starts so easy to keep the. twenty eight. group. together the kremlin has flatly dismissed the claims that it was involved calling the poisoning a terrorist act russia's also expressed willingness to cooperate with british authorities but that's going little traction so far in fact the u.k.'s foreign secretary boris johnson has been among russia's harshest critics even agreeing with nazi comparisons of

a parliamentary hearing in the wake. of the roads lead to war. putin's commuting the why he believes the mounting thirty six a linkage here so i think the comparison with nine hundred thirty six is is only right moscow considers this kind of statements made under the level all the foreign secretary in you we unacceptable and totally irresponsible. the british government just free to make a decision about its budget submission of the world cup but nobody has the right to insult the russian people who defeated nazis and lost more than twenty five million people by comparing old country to nazi germany. did it goes beyond the common sense and we do not think british war which arose

including those of the arctic cornwall is what share this opinion on the heels of boris johnson's comments the russian embassy in the u.k. also posted this photo in a controversial moment way back there is to be said the english football team was ordered by british authorities to give her now see salute before a friendly much from germany in one hundred thirty eight back up to this week the ratcheting up of animosity towards russia seems to be making its way into british schools now to covering that and this is said churkin in taking a look at an educational project likely to be reinforcing hostilities. what's better than helping the young to try to maneuver the ever tricky world of global current affairs. of the day is an online news service that is used by one in three u.k. schools teachers much variance from subscribing schools user articles and activities across all subjects for lessons homework research. here's one handed to torreon

provided by the service to help educate the young and broaden their horizons talks of putin on mission to poison west ouch and among questions to discuss is putin europe's most dangerous leader since hitler was this gus. to help students out topics like the ongoing five scandals where an investigation is still underway are broken down despite this incriminating evidence of international outrage milly smirks and everything in case there's confusion still there is a dictionary included which explains the meaning of the words marks surely this teaches you to put things into perspective not the chalk and blitzkrieg are also if you hear a military tactic designed to crush the enemy with overwhelming force a short space of time coincidentally made famous by hitler in world war two just to make it a bit easier to connect the dots brutal assassinations cyber attacks as well of

plotting the downfall of western democracy are also laid out as food for thought you decide section let students consider the following questions is putin the most dangerous man in the world did the cold war ever end as well as what impression does putin give about what russia is like the day helps students develop information literacy and critical thinking and prepares them for the challenges ahead in the ever changing world critical thinking is key the toxic putin class is dismissed. and face it you're going to party like that other headlines tonight face mark zuckerberg has taken out a series of ads in the newspapers in the states and britain apologizing for failing to protect users data it follows claims that the private information of tens of millions of people was collected without their permission and exploited for political gain as jacqueline verger explains. several u.k.

and american newspapers featured full page apologies from facebook boss mark zuckerberg the ad states this was a breach of trust and i'm sorry while promising to do better in the future that's after having written a post online about the changes the company will be making and saying facebook has learned its lesson during a c.n.n. interview we need to make sure that there aren't any other cambridge general because out there right or folks who have been properly access data you know we need to make sure that we don't make that mistake ever again but not everyone is buying what zuckerberg is selling this cartoonist gave his responses a big thumbs down mocking the statements more than anything it reads i'm sorry that we've been forced to stop ignoring these data breaches and they aren't alone in thinking that facebook has some explaining to do dr burke has been called to testify both in the u.s. and the u.k. on the situation now the whole scandal is centered around the british data gathering firm called cambridge analytic dated they collected was involved in donald trump's presidential campaign and possibly others as well the whole story blew up when it came to light that the company allegedly mined fifty million

facebook profiles for its operations while its parent company was reportedly involved in psycho social studies for the u.k. defense ministry cambridge analytical is now under investigation its offices have been raided and its chief executive has been suspended the company denies any and all wrongdoing the scandal has also led to a backlash against the social network facebook's share price plunged to a four year low and the company is now facing multiple lawsuits from shareholders over on twitter meanwhile the house to delete facebook has been trending with some high profile people joining in as the fear of breach privacy is at the front of everyone's minds the point is being missed here is not cambridge analytic is the fact that facebook is a tool a proxy if you will of that government and it just. it it was it was conceived it sudar both to see. money this this faith and oh

do think they use the information against their i view me facebook apple everything that we do is basically sucking up every bit of information we have and with law in full flow those who leave it for now that's run to the news of the week so far tonight from moscow thank you for watching out international weekly i'm kevin now in our programs continue in your part of the world one after this break. fundamentally the united states and russia are have been for decades to scorpions in a bottle each capable of destroying the other but only at the price of being destroyed itself. said well these weapons were overcome u.s. missile defenses u.s. missile defenses were totally ineffective against russian forces already so there will be more effective against russian forces.

kristen trumps hiring and firing practices are still surprising the recent appointments of my companion john bolton have left an impression on friends and foes alike what impact will lay on american politics. the far right and britain isn't just on the march it's taking violent murderous action. a neo nazi group called national action applauded the mother

and the mother of a young woman member of the british parliament just before one o'clock today jo cox and paid for in spending for the tots knocking quest. i'm now very sad because she has died because also for instance. other alleged members are charged with planning the brutal killing of another woman m.p. . and two british soldiers said to be from the same nazi group face serious terrorism charges. fascism and far right extremism street violence and confrontation isn't new in britain it dates back to at least the one nine hundred thirty s. when oswald mosley is blackshaw structed through major cities. today's encounter nations are no less deadly. this is the story of how it began

how it developed revealing the major players and exposing the secret past the leader of the latest street movement. last year of the young woman labor m.p. joel cox was cruelly mobbed out in the course of her public duties in burstow west the mother of two young children was stabbed and shot to death by a man called thomas maier whose name needn't detain us for long. at the time the mainstream media narrative was the mayor was the lone wolf well in a rabid wolf he surely was but he was not alone thomas maier was connected enmeshed in the complex web of british fascism.

in a way the blood dunned horror of the joke. brought british fascism full circle back to where in a sense it all began. so mostly was a middle level british artist the crowd who married to the daughter of the viceroy of india logged carson. long. on the moment. he was a conservative m.p. then a labor m.p. a left wing labor m.p. sometimes talked of as a.