russia views any further tightening of u.s. sanctions as the precursor of an economic war after washington denounced new penalties over the poisoning of russian double agents but his daughter of the. time in other top stories that we've just gone is u.s. sanctions against iran took effect the e.u. scrambled to protect european businesses working with. a saudi air strike on a school bus in watertown yemen killed twenty nine children and injured dozens more the washington reaffirmed its strategic military partnership with the saudis. and coming up to we bring you a special report meeting a russian woman who faces imprisonment for terrorism after following her husband to syria where he joined islamic state. i told my husband that i wanted to go back

that i couldn't leave but the moment i started talking about it we had fights he told me if you want to leave leave but i will not let you take the kids away. either a good warning for me kevin owen just turned eleven am this sunday in moscow this is the weekly a roundup of the big top stories of the last seven days from r.t. international starting with this one top of the bill washington announced it will impose new sanctions against russia over the poisoning of former russian double agent script on his daughter back in march moscow strenuously denied any involvement in the incident russia's prime minister says further tightening of u.s. sanctions on russia will be viewed as the start of an economic war moscow would therefore have to react economically and politically so the restrictions are said to come into the first places limits. financing and export especially on

a number of national security goods the second wave in about three months time there will hit diplomatic relations as well as banking and imports and takes up the story when it comes to global disagreement sanctions that the u.s. weapon of choice as russia's number two at the u.n. put it let us welcome the united sanctions of america well russia is being on the receiving end of plenty of them they stem from allegations of election meddling military aggression human rights abuses all cyber crimes take your pick and the latest well that's of the salt poisoning washington says it has determined that russia used a military nerve agent to attack form a double agent say scott powell and his daughter where are you getting the conclusion that fresh is behind the screen poisoning i will leave it to others to characterize the current state of our understanding of the screen but others haven't given any evidence either just various grades of highly likely is highly

likely that russia was responsible to the polls russia kopel culpable culpable culpable for the attempted murder and there's been uncertainty from specialists investigating the case. as analysis of the p.c. w.'s report i go too far as the country. of origin of the agent used in this attack and we continue to see a sort of a series of corporate baggers here of insinuation that russia is involved which basically is a mood music which isn't feeding the population in the west with the idea yes it is the russians despite the evidence just the constant constant stream of these. people just accept oh yes it must be the russians therefore that's ok we have less important more sanctions it's time that we get all the evidence but my suspicion is that as i'm going to happen although that seems of little interest to washington which is found moscow guilty slept. new sanctions and strangely given its ninety

days to prove it wasn't involved or it will ratchet up the penalties to a whole new level with even talk of branding russia a state sponsor of terrorism regardless of trump wanting russia as a partner in his fight against terror and the torso it doesn't seem to matter that the us itself has a long history of consorting with groups branded as terrorists for instance america's support for the girl in movement which techie label to terror groups organizing and attempted k o u sooner or later the united states will make a choice either to. either the. country of democracy. or how about the american officials here they are a in extremis group in which i had the. bombs the headquarters of the islamic republic party there is a viable opposition to the rule of the. noun opposition is centered in this room.

and let's not forget how america stood alongside the afghan wish i had been in its battle against the soviet union only to say that later for him to al-qaeda the people we are fighting today we funded twenty years ago. america dealing with these five and groups amount to sponsoring terrorism while the state department has a good answer for that i will leave it to others to characterize the current state of our own standing. so anxious sanctions sanctions so much in the headlines last week meantime the news to the american sanctions on iran which washington reimposed off to donald trump you know the true withdrew from the twenty fifty nuclear deal in a statement brussels said that it's to determine to protect european businesses legitimately working with to run so what's on the cards see how well the prohibition is meant to damage the runs economy on several levels first off it's barred from buying it.

dollars and also from trading metals including precious ones besides that it limits the overall flow of iranian currency and it targets the country's automobile industry washington tried to present it is widely supported by its western allies but to rand soon pointed out the contradictions. we've got to be a good normal country that's the ask is pretty simple we think that most other countries everyone with whom i spoke understand that they need to behave normally and they understand that this is a country that threatens them deep the entire world has shown it disagrees with the u.s. policies against iran talk to anyone anywhere in the world and they will tell you that netanyahu trump and been so manner isolated not to run its interest in europe hasn't fallen in line behind the u.s. on this and i think that's a reflection of the fact that the e.u. realizes this is a war against them as well they're the ones invested in iran they're the ones who are losing billions and billions of dollars of investment this is it's french oil

companies like to tile and so on french aircraft makers and so on who are losing these multibillion dollar investments as a result of these sanctions not the u.s. companies and so heavily involved themselves so the e.u. understand this is an attack on them this is a ramping up of beggar thy neighbor policies of the type that we saw in the thirty's as in the run up to power blocs actually going to war militarily and we're now seeing this the early stages of this manifesting on the economic battleground which at the moment is in iran but this is a battle between the u.s. and e.u. . elsewhere that we've just gone u.s. senators were accusing the government of contributing to the deadly saudi led coalition strike that hit a school bus in yemen on thursday the red cross said twenty nine children were killed thirty others injured all of them under the age is fifteen the u.s. state department is calling on the coalition to investigate but underline too that saudi arabia is

a key regional partner of the united states. we call on the saudi led coalition to conduct a thorough and transparent investigation into the incident you also supply the tremendous amount of weaponry and then the data for targeting to the saudis so that . sorry no lie wrong is that wrong sorry of these ladies over here laughing. and that i would refer you to the department of defense that is involved in that but you know as you know saudi arabia is an important strategic partner in the region to the united states video of the aftermath of the attack shows the extent of the children's injuries because we want what we're about to show you here is upsetting to watch the strike hit the north of the country which is under the control of the rebels saudi arabia launched its initial intervention against them back in twenty fifteen it's been going on ever since the latest u.n. data says that the majority of people killed in the conflict as a result of coalition air strikes and so on telling the half thousand casualties so far the dead from the international red cross committee called the situation in

yemen catastrophic. we have received twenty nine identified these are children up to fourteen years old and forty to forty eight injured among them thirty children but for the overall top. this needs to be referred to the ministry of health and population of yemen humanitarian situation in the country is catastrophic it's a book relation that has been brought to the brink of collapse the system is decimate the movement of population is growing because of. conflicts and hostilities going on so really do things. more hostilities and you know the expansion of those hostilities with will exacerbate an already humanitarian situation even more receive violations in cross

the country and it's nice to. issue or speak about civilian casualties in a matter of less than a week so for us this is painful and whenever we see civilian casualties we i mean. this is just horrific. saudi arabia nonetheless defended the attack in a statement blaming the insurgents the targeting today is a legitimate military action conducted in conformity with the international humanitarian law to target the militants responsible for planning and targeting civilians which resulted in killing and injuring them as we heard the united states is by far the largest supplier of weaponry to the saudis it also provides targeted assistance riyadh's air strikes and military drills last year saudi arabia spent seven hundred fifty million dollars on training by american specialists which it

claimed was to reduce civilian casualties straight out of a sam walton told us that washington and london should be shouldering more responsibility here though. what's happened is a massacre and it can never be legitimate to kill children it's that simple questions must be asked we've seen over the course of this war on cells from washington and london to saudi arabia go up and up and up when i talk to people in yemen they are absolutely livid yes so angry with our governments for arming. arming saudi arabia and for providing the planes the bombs the missiles military training and diplomatic cover for the bombardment which they are living under yes it killed children but it happened in a civilian marketplace as well which is another big question why were they targeting a civilian market place the weapons that we are selling to saudi arabia are bombing

schools they're bombing hospitals we're seeing the world's largest ever cholera outbreak in yemen and that cholera outbreak is happening because the sewage the sanitation systems have been systematically targeted by british and american bombs and planes dropped by saudi arabia in u.a.e. so we really have to ask yourself some questions and start putting pressure to stop this war on saudi arabia. through the last week we brought you a series of special reports highlighting the fate potential future of russians and their families who went to fight for islamic state in this episode in a catch never travels to southern russia to talk to a woman sentenced to eight years in prison on terrorism charges after she followed her husband to syria. the clock is ticking on zagat uts current life sentenced to eight years behind bars

for being part of an illegal armed group she won't actually go to jail until her youngest child turns fourteen and she's only one right now less than twelve months ago her life was old very different i was twenty nine when i left i went to turkey first with my husband i never thought i would end up there. within seven months as i did that was living in syria and pregnant with her third child she said as her husband had been drawn to islam and a better life. he told me it was safe to go there he said it wasn't how it was being shown it was no bonding he said no war but the reality turned out to be far more spin anything on t.v. they lived for two years in the city of topic which at the times was under eisel is controlled for them they moved to rocca and she spent every day living in phoenix.

even my girl knew she was only eight years old but she could tell the difference what was coming and american hercules plane a fighter jet drone she could tell by the sound of it. where they hiding yes well they either went downstairs or just simply stayed at home i took them out into the hole and we laid on the floor so that any shrapnel wouldn't hit us zagat had struggles to share her story she tries to stay emotionally distant from the past speaks quietly rarely looking into the camera she says she wanted to return home right from the start i told my husband that i want to go back but i couldn't live but the moment i started talking about it we had fights he told me if you want to leave leave but i will not let you take the kids away. and you know he was able to do that he had that sort of character and i was afraid later on when they were living and rock her husband was killed in a drone strike leaving that he died all alone with three children i started looking

for ways to get out but it's not that easy you can't just leave that place it all has to be done in secret there are people that can sell you out trick i only talk to those who i knew well and one day i was told that there was this wrote that there was a way out. that claims she had no way dia the life she was leading would leave her on the wrong side of russia's anti terror laws. i stayed at home all the time i had my children i had no time for anything else i was at home taking care of my kids. she was one of the seven women and fourteen children brought back to russia in the autumn twenty seventeen as part of a companion organized by chechen officials to repaginate the families of men who went to fight with islam ik terrorists. i am very grateful to everyone who helped

launch this conveying to save many women and children. but while they were lucky to escape from the war in syria upon arrival in grozny she was detained by police three months later she was convicted and sentenced for being part of an illegal armed group. and while the law she broke is designed to help thwarted terror attacks some people argue that family members of radicalized individuals should not be targeted. these people need rehabilitation they need to be close to their family members under the care of their mothers they're under huge dress and prison will not help them they will only meet them more harsh i believe it's wrong to put them behind bars for now is that good at leaves with her mother in dagestan she has to report. to the police every month and can't leave the region it's difficult for both her and her brother to find work as they're on the official police it means

they all have to get by on their mother a small salary as a post office worker despite all this they could add sas she's just happy to see her children safe anymore than your grandmother's if i was literally suffering that because i was unable to provide food for my children he told me constantly mom we are hungry they were. and now he says that congress let's go to the merry go round would let's go to the seaside now we go everywhere dump now we're going everywhere . money is hard and so my lovely home safe. dagestan. life coming up to twenty four hours late but it's on its way build those months closest brush with the sun at that park a probe. report but by the end of the year will follow its launch on the rest of the news. during mission to shed light.

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when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. again social media and how it operates has been the spotlight over the last few days and that numerous accounts belonging to libertarian and conservative figures have been banned now by twitter accusing them of spreading hate speach. what matters are all of the stories we hear from all of you about the impact your connections have had on your lives you can choose from an infinite range of topics that interest you and then easily follow that topic in the news countries and cultures that got together like yesterday.

that was the online world as we used to know it all fluids to any of those pesky folks trying to set limits and two thousand and eighteen you'll be told to hold up a twitter decides there are sparts of your world that shouldn't be discovered what if you're keen to know what someone has to say let it be former u.s. diplomat peter van buren you might as well unfollowing your interests the man's profile is shut down for good because he jokingly wish someone had eaten the face of his opponent in a twitter rant honestly that's by far not the most offensive thing you can find online but what's abusive about showing mr van buren some support to users who did so god bands to it's not about me it's not about the group of us who have band together i think it's a bigger issue and it's an issue that's that's raised its head this week people like us who are not part of the legacy media we're not new york times shapers of

opinion we're also allowed to have our say so if someone from the new york times or the washington post put something up that we know is false we can refute it almost in real time that's very threatening i think for the powers that be this tendency to want to shut people down if they disagree with you is very dangerous it's going down a very slippery slippery slope toward totalitarianism there's a word for that see and ask. well someone saw it coming when even perhaps the most controversial online talking head alex jones was told get outta here by all major platforms we remove hate speach. to keep people safe after all they all have to stick to their own rules and keep people safe from hate speech but then even those anti-left to the hate jones went on alert could be because they thought someone would click on their profiles and see a hold up pop up alex jones

a bad guy but the problem is that once you start saying that hate speech is a rationale for banning people from social media you get in some very very big territory. i'm no fan of jones so among other things he has a habit of repeatedly slandering my dad by falsely and absurdly accusing him of killing j.f.k. but who the hell made facebook the arbiter of political speech free speech includes views you disagree with but there's no turning back when it comes to the online censorship evolution so i'm not sure it works like that anymore mr cruz plus people on the left are ecstatic bring it on is their call and if it is even a crucial step forward in the fight against fake news and fringe extremism. info wars is the tip of a giant iceberg of hate and lies the uses sites like facebook can use you to tear a nation of poets these companies must do more than take down one website the

survival of our democracy depends on it the world is getting older and a bit more author a tarion only lately a top u.s. intelligence committee democrat has come up with twenty legislative proposals for keeping online platforms under a close watch brace yourself as you might soon have to say goodbye to things like anonymous posts or accounts that can't be tracked down yeah that covers just two of the twenty. but we can the israeli palestinian conflict the size exchange heavy fire an eighteen were injured when a cultural center in gaza city was hit. you on the. then in another strike on gaza or at least three people were killed including

a pregnant woman and her eighteen month old child and could read reports i see you see thousands of palestinians are like this if they think that your whining that oh . that baby all you see is speechless i think that the airstrike came from this side the smell is very bad where blood is filling the place as you see the place is completely destroyed after talking to people in the same neighborhood they said that they found. the mother and the baby shot heard with pieces of their body where they were not in a complete body jean and the journey ran to the mosque to find out if the explosion was there or in the house ambulances came in the voices of people screaming were heard inside the house we started knocking on the door no one answered we went to the other door a small child opened it he was frightened he ran away from the woman's body blown

apart baby was to the ambulances took the victims to hospital the husband was injured in the leg stomach and head and strikes were launched. on the israeli forces kept on singing and strikes where the policy resistance also fired rockets into israel israeli defense forces reported that around one hundred eighty rockets have been fired from the gaza strip the i.d.f. added that its retaliatory shelling target over a hundred fifty terrorist sites most of the palestinian strikes in open spaces seems at least two did land in israeli town that injured seven and prophecy. the violence on the israeli gaza border an ongoing demonstrations against the occupation of palestinian territory. now for.

her. or. her. i send a bit of positive news that progress is on to take humanity closer to the sun than ever before finally got off from the nasa launch pad in cape canaveral florida takeoff but twenty four hours later the originally planned yesterday if you're watching us they may recall we showed you was aborted at the last minute because of

the law but anyway here it goes. seven six five. three two one zero. lift off. the park is solar probe is what it's called it's set to be the fastest object ever constructed by human kind with speeds predicted to reach more than seven hundred thousand kilometers an hour it's also going to have to withstand hugely high temperatures outside that spacecraft think it worse nearly forty hundred degrees the probes seventy emission will hopefully see it all with the sun twenty four times it will travel through the sun's atmosphere closer to the surface than any spacecraft before the first data is expected to be sent back to worth at the end of the. that's the end of the bullets in just a snapshot of some of the stories that help shape the world around us these last seven days here in moscow this is kevin owen saying thanks for watching.

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