people who swept through moscow taking part in the immortal regiment march remembering relatives who died fighting in the great war. big. event. on the calendar in this country is making moscow cheer and cry at the same time. earlier it was tanks and troops that rolled over red square in the annual military parade marking the defeat of nazi germany in one thousand nine hundred forty five. a cia veteran is thrown out of the confirmation hearing for trump's pick for the new head of the agency that's him in protest over her alleged involvement in torture. us prime minister to resign reiterates britain

will continue to help syria's controversial white helmets which calls itself an activist group of first responders. getting me thanks for joining us my name's neil harvey this is our international. russia has been celebrating victory day that marks the defeat of nazi germany the seventy third anniversary of the end of the great patriotic war as it's known here in russia which claimed the lives of more than twenty six million soviet people. well victory day celebrations are comin a right now in huge following displays

a small village the biggest of those that's underway in moscow to find out more from our correspondent. when a fantastic fire display is happening right now if in most cases red square where thousands of fire picks and lighting up the skies tonight sent across and several and spots across more such as victory park fireworks will be illuminating the nice guys to mark the end of the seventy fifth anniversary celebration now and of course it's a very very important day it's marking the and of the victory day and it. is not a day when millions of people will be commemorated for losing their lives in the great save as well and but down below in the crowds you can see people wearing symbols of victory day such as the st george of britain as a sign a member in some respects and say when people carrying the red carnations as well

and make them down to various sites across send more snow as well but now people will be flocking to try to get the best seats in the house and try and get the. lights or the fireworks surrounding the night skies but i've managed to grab quite a good scene tonight getting a good view of most case guys all in the fleet you'll be able to catch the colors on your screen yet this part along it's been a significant day and it's so as always if i would display a spectacular scene to wrap up proceedings enjoy the show unable to. hardly a family in russia that wasn't affected by the war almost everybody has relatives who fought against the nazis and in their own or a special march known as the immortal regiment is held every year correspondence full of the march from right in the heart of the crowds in the center of the capital. yeah in the last couple of hours i decided to stay at one location and not move pretty much bides this sea of people kept flowing out i still

don't see the end of it we are being told that the record has been broken more than a million people has been officially said are taking part in this immortal regiment march this is the flood say an entire city of proselytes got together and went out for a barge on the one day but it's all about the people whose faces are in these many many portraits they survived the years of war and this is in memory of all of them a few years ago i promise to myself that in the next four years. every time touring victory day i'm going to take one of the portraits of one of my four great grandfathers and i'm keeping the promise and this is mikhail difference of who is the grandfather of my mom what he did like pretty much everyone else here on

these portraits his first defended his motherland to make the nazis retreat and then he got a medal for liberating the city that's now known as kaliningrad the final destination of this absolutely extraordinary immortal regiment marched right square and my colleague daniel hawkins was much closer to that final destination take a listen and take a look at what he saw from located just by the kremlin in the bright square given how this launch began it twenty twelve with just a few thousand people running in a small city of siberia it's now grow into a truly international event with millions of people munching well deployed cities. last year a bulletin madrid london lisbon across the atlantic united states and thailand in

israel truly a global event so all of those people i found all about my family as well my great grandmother a media organiser was a doctor a military surgeon she actually participated in the battle of moscow she was on the front lines here for many months had searing that she battled before transferring further back into russia when she was the only surgeon flood this ship for quite some time in the form of hundreds of operations later becoming an ordinary citizen coal fired missile it's got talent in the republic of tatarstan at the russian president's has been participating in the march as well since i do fifty blood of your present alongside him today the prime minister of israel benjamin netanyahu not who's holding the photo all but all the fights around the participants of the second world war and heroes of the soviet union just goes to show just how much this event has expanded internationally how much this means to people not only here in russia but abroad as well we've managed to get some of those human stories that

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mortal regiments of the marching across the globe to honor the memory of those who fell victim to the horrific events of the second world war events are taking place everywhere from the streets of new york to tbilisi warsaw or even wait city in crowds also gathered as far away as australia with those in sydney commemorating their relatives. for many in russia the centerpiece of the victory day celebrations is the military parade through red square in moscow that took place this morning. i'm agin bands get underway with marching bands from all corners of the wasik spans of the russian federation.

you can smell the fumes from all the engines more than a hundred feet taking part in this year's parade now we can finally see some of the vehicles moving just behind me so finally this part of the parade has officially kicked off so let's just enjoy the view that we have from this vantage point. here they come here they come now it is the big boys and that big toys. look at the furrows of diesel coming off these tanks that's the armada these are

the back ones here man pretty right that's the terminator. the stones of red square my feet the vibrations it makes you think there's some sort of seismic activity underneath the kremlin. my only question is how on earth does he park the thing. that's a thunderous. many of us have been. but you feel it through your politics. the two ninety five and that. is as nato has come to call them i'm not under percent sure whether you get this she has shards of these aircraft through you know

a camera lens but they're enormous sometimes defy reason logic the things that the. back to the events of the war that changed the course of humanity in the siege of leningrad which is now of course st petersburg remains one of its most a riff chapters the city was completely surrounded by germans in one nine hundred forty one the blockade lasted eight hundred seventy two days it claimed the lives of up to one and a half million people all major supply routes were cut off with only one exception the famous road of life running across a frozen lake. my

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my hands. that were like that maybe because then i think that they knew my way and. saying you were my knight but dodging i'm a real battle plan will be a c. minus what they did do it my way i met your last nine years maybe i missed. it and i was going. to stay with us for our continued special coverage as russia marks the seventy third anniversary of victory day.

donald trump's controversial pick for the cia director gina hospital has been grilled of the senate confirmation hearing over her alleged involvement in torture at the agency's facilities but she insisted that under her leadership in the cia will be a thing of the past i can offer you my personal commitment clearly and without reservation that under my leadership on my watch cia will not restart the detention and interrogation program cia has learned some tough lessons from that experience. of the day from our washington correspondents america so maybe. some claims and senator is that possible there was dodging some of the questions but did she overall manage to convince them. well it's going to be a difficult battle given the g.o.p.'s narrow majority has

a confirmation might not go so smoothly she'll definitely be democrats on her side considering a two major factors number one senator rand paul is expected to vote against her and number two senator mccain is not going to be there to vote however at today's hearing there was some clear opposition the house will but those who were skeptical were concerned about her prior involvement with the cia's the enhanced interrogation techniques which many describe as a torture program but human rights organizations have even called upon the public to reach out to the representatives that oppose her nomination but first some background on the controversy has bill reportedly ran a cia prison in thailand where these techniques were used and she's accused of destroying tapes that documented these interrogations but president trump seems to have no qualms with her questionable history in fact he's even praised her for being quote tough on terror so as you can guess torture and morality were the main

topics of discussion at today's hearing. even leave the program in terms that you get interrogation program was consistent with american values we have decided to hold ourselves to a stricter moral standards are they consistent with american values senator i believe very strongly in american values i want to trust that you have the moral compass that you said you have i have conducted myself honorably and in accordance with u.s. law do you believe that the previous interrogation techniques were immoral what i believe sitting here today is that i support the higher moral standard we have decided to hold ourselves to the answer the question. and i think i've answered the question i have not. what now the hearing was disrupted twice by protesters who took issue with this and they were immediately silence and then removed from the premises the first protester screamed bloody jena a nickname that the press often use let's take

a look. at ripley's believe or move. you. know you know i was was was. was. now the second protester wasn't our random human rights activists it was actually rape mcgovern and he was a he's a veteran cia officer who served in the agency for decades but since this is retirement he's been an active critic of torture and more specific specifically the agency's use of torture but during his disruption he attempted to ask a question but then he was forcibly removed by capitol police check out what happened. oh. i. was. right.

it's unclear whether trump support will be enough for confirmation but just have to see what happens many thanks of course because in washington this america home. u.s. president bill trump has been making good on these threats this time by pulling out of iran nuclear deal is also found to re-impose the toughest sanctions on tehran i am announcing today that the united states will withdraw from the iran nuclear deal the agreement to restrict iran's nuclear energy program the crowning achievement of the obama white house has finally been terminated by the donald today's action sends a critical message the united states no longer makes empty threats when

i make promises i keep them but how much impact is this really having only one country the united states is withdrawing and the ryann doesn't seem particularly worried. i have ordered the ministry of foreign affairs to negotiate with and lobby the european countries as well as russia and china and to carry out the necessary qward a nation with them russia and china are ready to keep things going as it is so are key allies of the united states and the european union and european union is the tournament to preserve it we expect the rest of the international community to continue to do its part to that anti that he continues to be fully implemented but the sake of our own collective security together with the rest of the international community we will preserve this nuclear deal. under the current circumstances we call on all parties concerned to adopt a responsible attitude china will maintain close communication with all relevant

parties and stay committed to upholding and implementing the deal in an objective partial responsible way. we're deeply concerned over the u.s. president's decision to new actually abandon its obligations under the june comprehensive plan of action on the iranian nuclear program and reimpose sanctions on iran now this isn't the only global decision the trumpet ministration has made to be met with chirping crickets remember when the usa moved its embassy to jerusalem other than paraguay and guatemala the rest of the world was not exactly clamoring to follow suit and remember when trouble pulled out of the paris climate change accords well the other one hundred ninety five countries that have signed on they frowned at washington for a minute and then they moved on as if nothing had happened the chords remain exactly the same so once again we've got a big drum roll and fanfare from the white house but with the rest of the world refusing to go along is washington's global leadership really all it's cracked up to be. a speak now to the chief executive of the ramadan foundation that's mohammed

shafique getting to mohammed i want to start with a quote from your letter to the president. talking about the u.s. withdrawal from the iran nuclear deal said quote the us as an international actor has lost vigor and because of it in the long term influence we understand that several european countries would happy about troops decision but is it more serious than that is there an actual rift appearing between the e.u. and the us. what appears to happen is that president clinton doesn't trust he doesn't take into council european countries this isn't this decision by president trump is irresponsible and actually makes america more dangerous and it makes the world more dangerous we have a president who surrounded himself with neo conservatives he stood in a platform against war and against been the world's policeman and now he is flexing

his muscles. becoming prime minister netanyahu is bullyboy in the middle east and trying to instigate war in that region again successive governments have tried to form a. war army division in the middle east he's no different i think the rod of him being you know america first is coming off. something that's been discussed which if it was to happen would i would imagine significantly reduce the impact of the u.s. decision to pull out not is was the but the possibility of other signatories from the previous deal finally going to green with iran but basically the previous deal minus one is that a possibility. it is possible that you see iran russia china the european countries come together and do what happened in the paris climate agreement or what happened with the us embassy in jerusalem. if those

leaders stand firm on iran because in their eyes they they came to the negotiating table they negotiated a deal that was good for iran and it was good for the international community and now we have a u.s. president repeat that hope so i think the europeans have to discover some backbone and react and there is obviously a fallout from banking regulations that may happen if the u.s. president insists on european companies not trading with the reigning companies in the reports that the rounds prepared a list of retaliatory measures any suggestion what those might be with they have any teeth. well i think the first step he's president and he was talking about today is actually you know start the process of really in richmond i don't think that's the right way forward i think reaching out to russia reaching out to the

other signatories is a positive first step but you know what it's a more dangerous world prime minister netanyahu of israel he's determined to cause a war between iran and israel and he's using president trying to do you know do his bidding and i think that was in a dangerous place now the least ever been in decades and that responsibility rests with president abbas i said who's surrounded himself with neoconservatives john bolton as the national security advisor somebody who was the architect of the legal war in iraq we all know how that ended. with the view of thanks so much for your time how much effect my guess chief executive has the ramadan foundation. controversial white helmets group praised by the west as a rescue team working in syria has been guaranteed continued support by the british prime minister to resign may. last week the trumpet ministration froze the u.s. funding with thousands of civilian lives at risk will the prime minister stick up

pledge the government to plug the funding shortfall that now exists and is sure these heroic rescue workers can continue their work. and can i say to the honorable gentleman we recognize the very important and valuable work that the white house mates are doing they are as he says doing this in be difficult conditions they are incredibly brave to be continuing that work we do support them we will continue to support them and my right understand the international development secretary will be looking at the level of that support in the future while the issue was raised today during prime minister's questions that's the weekly session where m.p.'s from across the chamber can ask the prime minister a series of questions and that came as that particular one about the white helmets came from a member of the labor party particularly asking the question because of course the u.s. government to decide to cut their funding for the white helmet and so the question well what would the british government be looking to do to get that gap now it's

interesting that the u.s. government has taken that decision because just a couple of months ago in march the white helmets and their senior leaders were in washington taking high level meetings with the us government officials who were praising them for their work and praising them for their life saving activities as it's been put but not everybody is a fan of the white helmets so it's been repeated allegations that they have been. linked to al qaida tied groups and that they have been on the front lines where groups like al nusra have been present working hand in hand and also that some of their rescue missions have been nothing but stunts to try to win the world sympathy .

now the white helmets continue to maintain that they're purely a humanitarian group and that they have no links to any extremist groups or the like but it's interesting they were founded by a former british army soldier a former mass in every by the name of james messer yes and so it seems that with this latest pledge by the u.k. government to look into plugging that funding gap the links between britain and the white helmets looks set to continue thanks so much for saying that they were naughty international this evening the latest headlines updates on our top stories coming your way and often out.

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