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it was. was. a national day of mourning has seen crowds across russia honor the victims of last sunday's camera of a fire which killed sixty four people including forty one children while the first funerals have also been. looking good but it emerged that you would go with the people who did to you you could you just don't you get over it if. you're going to be doing if we're going to. be ok releases a new national security strategy placing moscow alongside islamic terror on its list of threats. and wiki leaks founder julian assange has had his internet access and visiting rights suspended by the ecuadorian embassy in london which threatens
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their measures. this is r.t. international commentary live from moscow i'm kate outraged thank you for joining us. wednesday was a national day of mourning in russia commemorating the victims of sunday's shopping center fire in the siberian city of camera sixty four people have been confirmed dead including forty one children the blaze started on the top floor of the four story building where there was a cinema and a children's play area the emergency services say no more people and missing funerals have now started to take place hundreds of mourners gathered to pay tribute to the victims in the tragedy and with many of them from small villages whole communities have been left grief stricken. with no due to closely only just three. wish to do. if you feel like the situation it is but if we
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do we will go with the dish adichie knew you couldn't. keep doing if we could. reach you. if we keep score says we're using to use against. mushiness should be a. key. component the. r.t.c. down of is in camera people continue to bring flowers and toys to the site of the tragedy at the winter cherry mall. three days on since the tragedy the families of the first twenty two victims have said their large goodbyes to their loved ones with burial ceremonies as the nation mourns the victim of the investigation is
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working to hold those to blame for the catastrophe accountable amid concerns that some people may get away there are many people here who are concerned that some may get away vladimir putin promised that the investigation will be as transparent as possible and no one will be able to use their social status to escape the punishment or right now investigators are looking into the mixture of factors first and foremost the alarm the sirens did not go off when the fire began neither did the water sprinkler as if they weren't there in the first place and the fire exits were locked so people when they followed the designated paths to safety they found themselves the doors that were shut also the staff of the morgue reportedly was untrained how to handle an emergency like this and so far five people have been arrested in connection with sunday's tragedy and among them is the head of the mall
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the fire safety chief and one of the security guards the investigators believe that this you curity guard actually deliberately switched off with the fire prevention system just before the blaze he himself in turn is saying that the whole system went out of water a whole week before the disaster. if you will of the immediate. problem of the motherhood with the. builders and i'm not. going to come out. of that period with them who are going to go down without a permit for them to meet me or even. if you ask the question. at least twenty three victims have been identified. so far out of the total of sixty four it is taking a long time because sometimes the identification is only possible through a d.n.a. test so badly the bodies are burnt the process is going to empty for servant but
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still we are being told that it could take as long as three weeks to identify everyone to morrow thursday is going to be yet another day of mourning here in camera of us so we will be standing by to bring you the latest on the mood here in town as well as on the results of the investigation. shortly after the fire camera vessel authorities were confronted by angry crowds of victims' relatives and local people they demanded to know how the catastrophe had been allowed to happen. massive force to get.
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the british opposed to just leave it to my mother to look like you. see by yourself. yeah i was a regular no i didn't see her. i need me i get my life going here and there are enough for you i can damage done to come any time you come for your first film i shall be the first to tell you say are you going to be here as your marriage but you. will not be celibate much as are. we going to see her before she was easier to feel like you're going to be and they began to look for the feeling of seeing that i mean you can never get it back
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because our. point of view of. your. loaded i was a little bit. the number of victims could have been higher if it hadn't been for the courage of people in the air by some lost their lives trying to get children out of the
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burning building jacqueline vega reports. on sunday a tragedy and i said berry and city turn teachers shop workers students and scores of others and heroes for some it cost them their lives like to tell of an english teacher and mother who was out with her fourteen year old daughter when the fire broke out she managed to get her child safety before selflessly running back into the burning building to try and help others trapped inside. many survivors have spoken of how they would never have made it out alive if there weren't people like top ten of their seventeen year old team of pollution is a student at an emergency services college with smoke filling the air he made it to the exit but heard a woman crying for help on able to find her children she pointed towards the fire and the moran back inside. i saw nothing there was black smoke everywhere her children crying and shouting and that's how i found out where there are three
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children were sitting in the corner of the room crying. and the boy told the boy to grab my belt and hold it tight and took the girls by the collar and carried them out complete strangers working together to reunite families separated in the chaos constantine colaba hove fun a toddler in a play area who was in shock and couldn't move but constantine and a female employee managed to get the boy to safety there was a small child not more than three years old sitting in the play area all the other kids run out and he was left completely alone there she refused to come up to me the girl who worked there is selling tickets and they walked out together with him i grabbed the child and around from there staff at the winter cherry center risked their lives trying to get as many youngsters out of the building as they could i was in one of the play areas and there was another kids read next to it is like a kind of labyrinth in the labyrinth for kids to tell you the truth if i went in there i wouldn't found a way out especially with the smoke i was calling for the kids all i could and got
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them out of there as many as i could see a photographer who worked at the shopping center managed to gather dozens of children before. leaving them out he was reluctant to share his story guys please don't write about me as if i am some kind of hero it don't say my last name please i just don't want it there are no doubt other unsung heroes in the city strangers without whom even more people both young and old would have perished well people across the globe have been joining russia in mourning the victims have been held in most and thirty countries. live. here to. see what is still out of. the speech. at least.
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i get it it is. at that border crack that pretty nice just came up she was emotional but what i mean is if i didn't learn from the from my mom my mind was full. of the more than the very small but the bride was my. touched everybody else was going on and it seems it's now mom i mean i'm in touch with my people let me touch my friends and relatives it's. a feeling when you. think that. the fate of the. whole mother is no less it's just nice to hear. if you look. that was in your did steve nash look she's been you know it's. best to to go to the pushing you still are so you might guess at least.
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once this initial to. your name on your part or to become a star shopper to emerge across the board if the shot. the blaze in camera is one of the deadliest since soviet times it took firefighters i was seventeen hours to extinguish it one section of the shopping complex was completely gutted and large sections of the roof collapsed and the sixty four people who died almost two thirds were children because the school holidays had just begun. was the father. now in other news the u.k. has released a new national security strategy outlining the major challenges to the country and ranking mosco alongside islamic terror on its list of threats the policy focuses on strengthening defense and the armed forces it also emphasizes using the full range of its capabilities including intelligence and economic weapons to counter enemies
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and russia has been branded a stretch and accused of hybrid wolf air artie's and as i say check into has more. but the national security capabilities review that the british government released today of course does not fail to mention russia it's a fifty two page document that talks about all sorts of threats and issues that the u.k. is faced with from cyber attacks to terrorism to crime to increasing all of the possible measures they can take to be able to take steps against all of those threats now among some of the means that the u.k. plans to use when it comes to soft power is a quote investing two hundred ninety one million pounds to twenty twenty in the b.b.c. world service to increase access to trusted news and information and they say that the soft power will be. used to project our values and add advanced u.k.
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interests and indeed russia is mentioned in this report thirteen times the word russian is used nine times and it's being listed among threats such as north korea and iran the document goes on to say that the indiscriminate and reckless use of a military grade nerve agent on british soil was an unlawful use of force by the russian state they talk about a well established pattern of russian state aggression assess a sustained campaign of cyber espionage and disruption including meddling in elections and those are listed along with other acute threats as is being described such as islamic terrorism human trafficking piracy crime and instability in the first place was true gemayel prime minister actually in one paragraph she says the threat is from islamic studies eight north korea and then she says russia we're right to reveal our security we have to review every country in this plan to travel russia in with north korea and we islamic study of in she's out of step with the
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ordinary man and woman on the streets of the united kingdom and i want to to confirm. is a cyber war being waged by russia. just cleaves what relieves the evidence is the evidence points clearly to russia and indeed to vladimir putin are be the first to condemn russia and him but we have not seen the evidence we're tension between the two countries has been escalating for weeks following the poisoning of double agent said it is clear power and his authority you're in the english city of salzburg british investigators now say the highest concentrations of the suspected nerve agent novacek are believed to have been found on the script our front door the investigation is focusing on key locations the park bench where said again his daughter were found unconscious there b.m.w. car where they ate that day and their home address scotland yard detectives also
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reiterated that the probe may take many months. about is a former russian intelligence agent he was stripped of his rank after spying for the u.k. and jailed for espionage before being released or sorry to say is going to power and his daughter were poisoned by innovations of a type produced in the soviet union. well moscow denies any involvement in the poisoning and accuses london of a campaign to blame russia now a power point slides have been revealed which form the basis on which the us and half the e.u. supported britain's expulsion of russian diplomats the six lives focus on accusations against moscow they described a nerve agent and legibly used and blamed russia for the attack without providing any proof the so-called evidence includes claims of previous malicious activity by moscow these include cyber attacks the alleged election interference and what the presentation calls the occupation of crimea russia's foreign ministry describes the
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claim to speculation branded them the product of an organized political campaign. without any evidence and not even presenting any concrete snorri of what happened london accused russia of poisoning its own citizens speculated about the chemical substance never used in russia and organized an extensive political and media campaign it inspired the baseless expulsion of russian diplomats from a number of countries and international organizations announced a range of other sanctions are lawful request to provide some pools of the substance use there were ignored. for political commentator john white says the slide show is based on presumptions rather than solid evidence and the evidence in this dog dorsey two point zero is over tapes or thin that it would not be sufficient to convict a man of stealing a loaf of bread out of a supermarket it is based on nothing more than speculation and supposition the
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government in the u.k. north of this evidence just said with regards to its claim that russia was a sponsible for the poisoning of sergei scruple and his daughter yulia this is why it's included in this dorsey a catalogue of alleged other infractions committed by the russian state. wiki leaks founder julian assange has had his contact with the outside world restricted by ecuador's london embassy that after the break. what politicians do. put themselves on the line they get accepted or rejected. so when you want to present. something wanted. to write to the press this is what the korean people are. interested in reasonable.
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question. i played for many clubs up against so i know the game and so i got. the ball isn't only about what happens on the pitch or the final school it's about the passion from the fans it's the age of the super manager killian erroneous and spending stupidity twenty million flying. it's an experience like nothing else only because i want to share what i think what i know about the beautiful guy my great one more chance for. the next minute. welcome back members of the jewish community in france as some do over the rise of
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anti-semitism in the country it follows the brutal killing of an elderly holocaust survivor last week several jewish organizations have called for a fully transparent investigation into the case and the latest in a string of violent incidents in protest what's been described as a silent launch is now underway in paris. if there are lots of reasons one being hate anti-semitism another being the rise of islamic fundamentalists who create growing hatred and ill feeling we give the impression that the state can't cope and stop us it's why i'm here without you this was not an ordinary crime at all it was inspired by anti-semitism and the weak are intact children young people this is starting to make a move really scary she was jewish this issue is really serious. but it was important is that this message goes to the most remote villages and fronts all jewish people should know that they are protected by the national community and the time not will never run dry. will the last bank of that left wing go zhong new
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camillo shaul wasn't the only. politician to join the march as national front leader in the pan arrives scuffles broke out with some saying she and her coffee want welcome to the national front and be associated with racism in the past with accusations of holocaust denial and hate speech. try to change that reputation. i know was an eighty five year old holocaust survivor she narrowly escaped a nazi ordered roundup of jews in the french capital in one thousand nine hundred forty two and last week she was stabbed multiple times before being set on fire in her paris apartment two men have been arrested and charged in connection with the case a religious motive has been slighted by also it is a null son had this to say in the wake of the crime it's. unbelievable. it's so hard. to hold
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a woman. before you can see she can move she has no more the. war you kill. all you can do the. monster. who are recent figures show a large increase in anti semitic violence in france reported incidents jumped by twenty six percent last year alone there's also been a significant surge in the desecration of jewish places of worship and burial sites some forty thousand jews are estimated to have left the country since two thousand and six with many blaming growing hostility towards their community jewish community advise a half of it believes the situation is critical. again and again the community of course is marching in the streets of paris again and again the government runs institutions of course trained to help and to assist the jewish community i say as they are not capable really to provide. security to women to maine to kids
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you cannot you cannot put a policeman beyond if we do in france many jews are asking what will be the future because they cannot continue to march in paris and to get tears and to get flowers . from the government because it's not enough it's not the bringing back to live. nor the level of the sea the leamy or so many young jews have been killed in the last years. we can it is founder julian assange has had his internet connection cut off and isn't being allowed visits at the ecuadorian embassy in london in response there have been online calls for us and his supporters to protest outside the building while the hash tag reconnect julian is now trending online well in a statement to the ecuadorian embassy says all his means of communication have been
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suspended since monday it took the measure after a source failed to honor an agreement not to comment on alleged interference concerning other states well the embassy says such actions by the whistleblower could damage ecuador's ties with other nations well ecuador says it's also considering further measures against its own the decision came not long after he posted this tweet he criticised britain's handling of the script case it's circumstantial evidence and the lack of independent confirmation from the organization for the preservation of chemical weapons the tweet sparked a swift reaction in the british parliament this because of great regret that julian assange remains in the ecuador embassy it is of even deeper regret that even last night he was tweeting against her majesty's government for their conduct in replying to the attack in souls it's about time that this miserable little worm walked out of the embassy and gave himself up to british justice. well in peace
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comments didn't go unanswered with astonished responding on twitter as a political prisoner detained without charge for eight years in violation of two un rulings i suppose i must be miserable nothing wrong with being a little person although i'm rather tall and better a worm a healthy creature that invigorates the soil than a snake. what julian assange is the founder of the whistle blowing web site wiki leaks which has exposed millions of confidential documents for over a decade in twenty twelve he sought refuge in the ecuadorian embassy in london after being accused of rape in sweden a case which has since been dropped by stockholm's also riches. i'll be back with more news at the top of the hour. for a world cup twenty eight team coverage we've signed one of the greatest goalkeepers of alternatives but there was one more question and by the way who's going to be
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financial planner guy sounds like a i'm on if you. think. that's the lesson of my ex from the future trucker. hey there this is boom bust broadcasting around the world from washington d.c. i'm bart chilton and coming up today the u.s. department of justice which is suing to block the eighty five billion dollars deal that would merge a t. and t. with time warner is heating up we'll break it down with manila chan and an
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excellent expert panel then danielle de martino boot helps us take a look at one way the eurozone may deal with the budget shortfall after the u.k. leave you and we'll talk about the european central bank and what might be in store for to interest rates in the eurozone and in the states here plus trinity chavez spills the beans on the economics of global coffee all of that ahead but first let's get to the stories topping today's financial and business headlines volatility in the tech stocks of the roiling markets around the world aside from the highest profile names in tech amazon alphabet netflix google and facebook which is based which are facing continued ethics over privacy and politics others are feeling fallout from recent events in the corporation took a hit after suspending their self driving car development program following the killing of a pedestrian by a vehicle last week in arizona and yesterday tech heavy now. as to x.l. nearly three percent and the n.y.s.e.
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is index of top ten tech stocks fell ten percent today amazon was a drag falling over four percent at one point during regular trading hours. and turner broadcasting chief executive officer john martin told a us court today that there is no incentive for his company to hold back its networks which include c.n.n. t.b.s. and t.n.t. from other distributors if parents time warner is bought by a t.n.t. incorporated mr martin said he would like every distributor distributor to carry every network i have and carry it one hundred percent penetration d.o.j. contends time warner would have an incentive to hold back turner content from distributors that compete with a t.n.t. and direct t.v. today's testimony was the fourth day of the trial in the u.s. district court in washington d.c. that is due to last for another month or six weeks. and for a deeper dive into the.

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