thirty seven that people are confirmed dead and dozens of children are missing after a fire and gulps a shopping mall in siberia. the police to commute listen to. this might be. the facebook boss of the takes out full page ads in british and american newspapers to apologize for massive data breach and. i. i activists clashed with police in barcelona at a rally in support of former couple on president carlos put your mana pool has been arrested in germany.

by broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow recapping the week's top stories with our weekly program this is r.t. international we start with breaking news this hour thirty seven fatalities have been confirmed after a massive fire at a shopping mall in the russian city of comerica now the number is expected to rise there with seventy people unaccounted for at this time including dozens of children . all right some tragic images there and as the night goes forward we expect those

numbers to rise and more information to come available to us to talk us through this we have it daniel hawkins who joins me live in the studio. what happens. well the fire took place in a busy shopping mall in the city of comerica camera as we heard there it was a sunday would have been packed with families many young children the fire began on the top floor of this four story building where we understand there was an entertainment complex with cinemas bowling alleys and ice frank. we understand the fire raged for hours before the firefighters could get it under control as we heard there thirty seven people now confirmed dead by the emergency ministry many more in hospital presumably many of them in a serious condition sixty nine at least are still unaccounted for tragically the majority forty of them are children aged between two and thirteen now in terms of what happened there are still obviously many questions unanswered one theory unverified put forward by officials is an electrical fault with wiring another one

some sort of accident careless accident perhaps with a lighter within a children's area where there was a lot of flammable material flame subsequently spreading extremely quickly a lot of harrowing footage from inside the building as well i would miss accounts thick smoke billowing through the corridors out the windows very distressing for digital are we sort of people even jumping out of windows to try to escape the terrible scenes inside this is some of the footage we had from inside the building itself as that fire raged inside. close to that. if you will when they do. this when you do. you feel as if. we've been.

hearing you why didn't you say. from what witnesses are saying there were problems with a lack of alarms with a lack of organized supervised about. system with block fire escapes doors apparently. inaccessible or not open this is what one woman who was in the central self had to say about what took place as that fire began. did you can't instead of . just inches the chose not. to design it now move between the future leave you moving within the new clues on which future when you put a lid. on people who don't shoot. but if you want to clear up to the particular view that. you can put city in the journey of the children you. know much of the. movie didn't visit. those staunch to. begin with all due for the movie would result bring. to

mind much which you reveal. a lot of questions of course will remain will have to be answered about how exactly this this happened we do understand that extra firefighters actual margit see workers have been drafted in from surrounding areas to deal with this the fire has been contained has been localized now it still is now is rather very much a recovery operation to account for those missing people it's obviously going to be a very long night for those friends or relatives who are waiting for information people obviously hoping and praying that some of those missing will be accounted for perhaps in hospitals etc but certainly it looks like the casualty list could well rise into the night when and we know that as the investigation continues we'll soon find out how this all started as is custom in russia but those harrowing

images and our thoughts and prayers are with the families who are waiting for that information thanks for being with us here in our two international. thousands of catalans have rallied in barcelona in support of their former president who has been arrested in germany sunday's gathering that led to clashes with police. officers in riot gear moved in to break up the crowd up to fifty two people were reportedly injured and three were arrested the protesters were demanding that spanish government and its crackdown on the key figures behind the catalan

independence movement. return. we decided to send the president vice president and other high ranking officials in the council on government. reform or cut a law that leader carlos was detained while crossing from denmark into germany

where he is now in custody he fled spain after last october's referendum which madrid ruled was illegal and he said he has more on his arrest. the former president karl is pollution man has been detained in germany he's wanted in spain on charges of sedition and rebellion and was held off to crossing the border from denmark on his way to belgium now jim in place 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 warrants but his lawyer tweeted that he was returning to belgium to be of course at the disposal of the belgian justice system that he's 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 calls 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 extradition. storen told us put you're more likely to be given a lengthy prison sentence. well he was probably going to be put in for a fight three bunol in the supreme court and to the chances really to get to well in a very high sentence and to be guilty of sedition and rebellion why he actually went to brussels was sensually because there's no suggesting this is a rebellion crime in the belgian. legislation allows up to three months to take this issue in an exhibition so if catalyst was the man decided to refuse the six nation as it looks going to be the case then the

german authorities would have up to three months to to extradite to take decisions on the extradition case so it may take quite a long time. france was hit by an act of terrorism this week gunmen hijacked a car and took hostages at a supermarket they small southern town on friday three people died that day while a fourth succumbed to his injuries on saturday. in the movie i went shopping with my wife and sister in law after some time we had an explosion well several. i saw

a man lying on the floor and another person who was very agitated would hang around in one hand and a knife in the other half and yelling allah akbar for years. after that i took my wife and my sister in law and some customers nearby and we went 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's a terrorist. the terrorist has been identified he was killed during his so an investigation will have to answer some important question when and how was he radicalized and how and when did he procure the weapon. we have for several years paid without blood to know the terrorist menace. well among those who died was police officer on

know who swapped places with a female hostage he left a cell phone switched on so the special forces outside could monitor the situation he died in the hospital on saturday morning of a gunshot and stab wounds and is being hailed as a national hero over the past year there have been several terrorist incidents in france and in february two thousand and seventeen a man attempted to enter the louvre museum in paris with a machete and attacker was stopped at orly airport one month later a police officer was shot and killed last april on the say and the last october two young women were stabbed to death at a train station in marseilles a former british intelligence officer i mean the sean says the fact that the gunman was under police surveillance exposes wider failures. it's 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 victim 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 were being followed around. and they're allowed to get more radicalized and carry out these 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 powers are still there in france they've just changed the name they've changed the terminology and yet all those powers are still preventing the security agencies and police from protecting their french citizens so i fell see how much more they can do it diplomatic feud between the u.k. and russia shows no sign of dying down latest on that still to come you're watching international.

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our welcome back this is the weekly on r t international now the diplomatic standoff between the u.k. and russia escalated this week with twenty three diplomats from each country expelled this followed the poisoning of the former double agent sergei scrape hall and his daughter in england three weeks ago the investigation is still under way but british officials have repeatedly pointed the finger at the russian government and on thursday the prime minister asked the e.u. to back her up it was highly likely that russia was responsible this list for one thing that the current analysis is already very well grounded and nobody questions that is the everyone will sole so indicate can do willingness to do follow as far as russia's concerns about the relations we have different positions different.

interests political landscape in europe to us russia and this is why it's not so easy to keep that. twenty eight. group. together now the kremlin has rejected all claims of involvement calling the poisoning an act of terrorism russia has also offered to cooperate the u.k. with the u. k. in the investigation the u.k. foreign secretary boris johnson has been among the rushes the harshest critics even agreeing with nazi comparisons at a parliamentary hearing. because the roads lead to the. putins to the white mountains these things. here so i think the comparison with nike these exist is right moscow considers this kind of statements made under the level of the foreign secretary in any way

unacceptable and totally irresponsible. the british government just free to make a decision about its budget situation in 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 our country to nazi germany. did he goes beyond the common sense and we do not think british war which runs including those of the arctic cold voice which share this opinion after boris johnson's comments in the russian embassy in the u.k. posted this photo it shows the england football team giving the nazi salute before a friendly match with germany in one nine hundred thirty year. of the anti russia campaign is even making its way into british schools where it is almost as if

you're going to report 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 schools teach as much variance from subscribing schools user articles and activities across all subjects for lessons homework research. here's one handed to tory and 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 scandal where an investigation is still underway are broken down despite this incriminating evidence of international outrage to release monks and everything in case there is confusion still there is

a dictionary included which explains the meaning of the word marks surely this teaches you to put things into perspective not the chalk and blitzkrieg are also in here 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 as plotting the downfall of western democracy also laid out as food for thought a 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 associate churkin our party wanted. the kremlin spokesperson dmitri peskov told russian t.v. channel that britain's campaign against russia is unparalleled. in your new what we're seeing now is unprecedented affront or even think there's never been a case where a country's being accused of something which the accusers cannot even articulate themselves and they're not even trying to articulate it all i can say is this whole case is unprecedented it verges on a sort of gangsterism in international affairs as to what's behind this it's either the ukase internal issues all the problems london may be facing in relation with its allies or maybe something else that's probably none of our business we're focused on how to handle this provocation president putin is keeping a cool head in this situation and unlike his british counterpart isn't going beyond diplomatically appropriate rhetoric putin laid out his position of the very beginning he said our internal affairs are our first and foremost priority and the poisoning incident happened on british soil you have to first get your facts

straight at home before firing off accusations upset. which india is now facebook founder mark zuckerberg has taken out a series of ads in sunday newspapers in the u.s. 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 r.t. is just one vote that has more. 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 improperly 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 it's not cambridge analytic it's 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 book to see. money this this fame and oh i do think they use the information against their i view to be me facebook apple everything that we do is basically sucking up every bit of information we have. it's now have a recap of our breaking news story again thirty seven people have been confirmed dead after a shopping mall fire in the russian city of command of siberia and now that figure is expected to rise as the search for bodies continues up to seventy people are

unaccounted for including forty children a fire broke out in a children's play area within the shopping mall on saturday afternoon the exact cause of the tragedy is not yet you know all right you're watching r t international. support. themselves on the line. to get accepted over. so if you want to be president. some want. to go. this is what. people are. interested always in the.

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hello and welcome to cross talk more all things are considered peter lavelle with the appointment of john bolton is the new national security advisor to should we expect more stupid wars of choice trump says he wants success but everything associated with bolton's name is a failure the war party is again in charge. crosstalk in the war party i'm joined by my guest mark sloboda he's an international affairs and security analyst we also have a draw levitch he's a political analyst as well as a leading expert of the center for actual politics and of course we have dmitri bobbitt she is a political analyst with spook international right gentlemen as always crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciated john bolton two words that i never thought would be associated with

a position of power again considering his legacy victor your reaction to this news as it ripples through the foreign policy establishment and what we call international diplomacy five years ago everybody would be shocked if they were told that john bolton would get the respectable position in the government again that he was fox news analyst commentator and that actually played a significant role in his new hire. truly seems to like to acquire those people that see nice things about him on fox news or of some other networks at the same time in both bolton is it and trump are and odds on almost everything possible if you look at policy well it's certainly they're at odds with what trump in the kid he wanted his foreign policy to be when he was running his campaign now when he spoke against regime change against nation building against democracy promotion.

but the trouble that we've seen in office we've seen an increasing tilt not only towards war hawks as as evidenced by the cabal of generals running the government but now right into the the laps of the neo cons and this is the neo con regime right now with pompei of the volcano and secretary of state bloody gina gina has boom even supposedly in the cia because of her role hands on in the torture of detainees they call her bloody gina and now the walrus is back john bolton the circle is look we were a neocon regime they could only mean they're going to be a little more specific. but bolton really isn't a neo con and it what makes him more interesting more terrifying is that he doesn't care about democracy he doesn't care about human rights he doesn't say he doesn't use all of the packaging for military adventures ok he believes he doesn't want to make america great again he believes in the military that's his and he's very

straightforward about it that's what makes him slightly different than his cohort go ahead oh well i just loved his cold. all international i'm into this to constrain american paul and of course i think he was the you have all your present to be connected to states of the united nations i mean if anyone could explain to me the difference between new conservatives and the neo liberals i mean doesn't make any difference for a person in afghanistan or in iraq or if he's killed by a new style that came from someone who just believes in american power or it came from hillary clinton who believes in american power to service all of universal we need to well yes ok i was going to defrost neo liberals an economic policy it has nothing to do with foreign policy ok. but if you mean us it specifically i mean we have trump making an overture to meeting the north korean leader both and is going to advice and.