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tv   Worlds Apart  RT  August 19, 2018 10:30pm-11:00pm EDT

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since the coup attempt against air go on i suspect there is something good going on with the regional politics maybe with regard to syria that is really the reason behind this competitors like beijing and moscow attempting to pack as much heat as the u.s. these days sanctioning and scaring everyone in view may be the only way for the u.s. to impose its will on friend and foe alike donald quarter r.t. in protest against washington's actions some turks decided to destroy their i phones and well they posted this footage. i know i wanted to i. guess. within the syrian army regaining control across the country efforts are
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underway to rebuild the shattered nation or to travel to the city of aleppo to see how locals are slowly picking up the pieces. much of the city of aleppo still ruins reviving it to its former glory is a gargantuan proportions and of immense political and economic importance the citadel of aleppo has become the symbol of the city's resistance. but i'm lipo is much more than just a maze of antique streets and attractions from history books.
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the militants have stolen computer units with chips for the machine they destroyed the factory on purpose they want to damage syrian industry as a whole and specifically industry in aleppo reviving this sex out. with. one trevor to go over this area. and basically a very big. hunk of. you. want to eat. but now that the former industrial hub is slowly getting back on track things are finally looking up for the people of aleppo. two years ago during the war we couldn't even open our shops the shelling snipers were everywhere you couldn't live under such circumstances we covered the roof of the building back then so that we could take cover it was unbearable when we took shelter for about half an hour
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whenever the shelling started we just locked ourselves in here thank god now we can work peacefully day and night we just hang around smoking just like the good old days the undertow a little the atmosphere is really good around here the weather is nice everybody is feeling safe and it's only getting better you can see getting better day by day lanham outlet and i was lucky enough not to leave my home now and this is the district the rebels couldn't get to about the time when there was a blockade once but it was firmly lifted now saying god things about are despite all the things we've been through we're no better than him at that when you know it's safe and you can return home if your house lies in ruins you can still fix it the main thing is it's safe now. just a couple of years ago these tents used to protect people in the street from falling shows and debris well now they're sheltering them from the sun story the city of aleppo has been the economic capital of syria and now with the word gone finally
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some traders are coming back to the streets. don of reporting from aleppo in syria . this week a highway bridge collapsed in the italian city of genoa killing at least forty three people including three children and response the country's prime minister has declared a twelve month state of emergency in their. different outcome of the full. effect of us with this. but it was
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a call to the. oval office via. the two and a. political motive for the boy had a shooter the shooter that's a little over him up up into the wood it was a close to full deal because it felt a little out of you know my vision of me. by the window but it could bust me going to be out. while the investigation into the tragedy continues the company which manages the bridge has set up a fund to help the victims and has pledged to rebuild the crossing it has also apologized to the people of genoa and all those who've suffered. young girl from the u.s. state of maryland who was reportedly reprimanded for kneeling during the pledge of allegiance at school has won the support of hillary clinton the former presidential candidate tweeted it takes courage to express
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a disagreement with injustice eleven year old marianna taylor hopes more people will join her. it's important. to remember that. you know mary alice said that she was inspired by an american football quarterback collin kaepernick whom knelt during the national anthem before a game in two thousand and sixteen he said it was against racial inequality and police brutality his silent protest soon spread among other athletes that provoked a fiery political debate which reached all the way to the white house would you love to see one of these n.f.l. owners when somebody disrespects our flag to say get that son of a up the field right now out of the sky that was not against our anthem or our flag that was actually kneeling is a reference position while responding to the girl's action the american civil
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liberties union urged to all maryland schools to guarantee students freedom of speech without punishment meanwhile the girl's school has issued a statement saying it is not aware of any students being disciplined for such behavior who put the issue up for debate with former missouri state senator john loudon and richard goodstein former adviser to the hillary clinton presidential campaign. football is about football schools about school and if you have a protest protest in a constructive way this girl can write letters to the editor she can arrange a little march but protesting in your classroom to irritate your classmate mates and virtue signal and that's what she's being taught mom's teaching her mom is so proud you're taking to the streets is that bothersome to people is that annoying to people when you get when you get arrested disproportionately when you get shot disproportionately when you get put in jail just proportionally that's not just annoying that's totally ruining your life so the fact you're taking to the streets
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is not merely disruptive you're trying to make a point in less you have a goal and something that you actually have a path to accomplish then you're just disrupting you're just being an antagonist to your fellow athletes or the fans or in this case to her classmates what does she want what's going to make her stand peace on earth and you know will we ever get to the point where there's no discrimination no there are bigoted people let's stipulate that there are people who are bigoted they will be bigoted forever donald trump is giving them a voice but the fact of the matter is it's not to say it's wrong for them to basically stand up for what they believe in that's what this little girl was doing that's all the democratic party the united states gets her power on dividing people and separating us versus them there's class warfare gender warfare they want to show that everybody's got a reason for injustice and they need to vote democrat to war in order to fix it and that's all this is it's just it's pure politics and hillary hillary clinton got
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millions more votes than donald trump did and her campaign theme was being together not dividing people she wasn't mocking handicapped people she wasn't telling punch him in the jaw and i'll pay your legal bills that's not what her theme was her team was about bringing people together. on monday grease and finally . exits in the financial bailout program which has sustained it through an almost a decade long debt crisis over the course of the bailout put together by the e.u. and the international monetary fund greece received more than three hundred billion euros but the crisis has dealt heavy blows to the country's economy more than four hundred thousand people have left the country pensions have been dramatically cut in taxes raised while debt has risen to one hundred eighty percent of g.d.p. athens is expected to be repaying the bailout loans until two thousand and sixteen and while there are now signs of recovery e.u. officials supervising greek finances admit that there is still
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a long way to go clearly the reality on the ground remains difficult the time for steroids he is over but the end of the program is not the end of the road for reform there is still much work to be done so that greece can stand on its own two feet we also underestimated the deep crisis facing the greek state and economy the tensions between greece and the e.u. reached a peak in two thousand and fifteen when brussels demanded austerity measures to deal with the debt crisis most greeks voted against those measures in a referendum yet the government was pressured by the e.u. into implementing them as a result the e.u. approved a key eighty six billion euro tranche of aid dimitris former press officer for greece's then finance minister believes the country's partners did not take the right approach to the debt crisis. an alternative would have been the drastic reduction of the debt to make it sustainable in two thousand and ten it
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wouldn't require a lot of restructuring in order to make the debt sustainable day but at that time neither europe nor the united states or the world economy was ready to deal with their debts effectively and that's why people view tomorrow's date with some relief in the sense that they would not be under the same strength of old as they were in the past eight years on the other hand greece will still have to continue with this and are staring which is going to make life difficult for the majority of greeks. a large fire in a commune in a paris suburb has reportedly left at least twenty two people injured and seven are said to be in critical condition including five children fire started around seven pm on the top floor of the three story building around the firemen fought to bring
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the situation under control and police officers who were first on the scene are among those injured in the cause of that fire is not yet known. afghan government has announced a cease fire with the taliban in light of islamic holidays being celebrated worldwide the truce comes after a significant escalation in fighting between the two sides hundreds of people including civilians have been killed. you know i mean. i saw my friend dying she was among thirteen people including children even when they were killed during an airstrike last night and there's no attention from the government no facilities for the residents are you going the dead bodies are still on the roads as well i've also been injured. the city of gaza where the taliban
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offensive started has a strategic importance due to its location close to the capital kabul trying to look at how after almost two decades of the american led war afghanistan is no longer closer to achieving peace. this is what's happening just a little more than one hundred kilometers from the capital kabul there's barely a camera in gaza any available to film this dreadful battle locals say there are stronger descriptions than simply the taliban is back in action and if it wasn't for u.s. airstrikes the afghan army could have been in far worse trouble so it makes you wonder do american diplomats and their military keep in touch there is nothing that precludes us from an gauging with the taliban we're doing everything we can to
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ensure that our actions help the taliban and the afghan government does the same table. everything they can only a few weeks ago the state department said talking with the taliban was a good idea and regardless of how hostile their actions the extremists say they're forward to this is what we wanted and were waiting for to sit with the us directly and discuss the withdrawal of foreign troops from afghanistan the rumor is there's already been some direct contact at least we know for sure alice wells went to qatar last month where the taliban's got a political office i'm confused the armed group has all but regained its might which not so long ago are in them a reputation of outright islamist barbarians in america and pretty much all over the world we acted and the taliban no longer is in power in afghanistan which is not only good for the security of the free woad it is incredibly good for the
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people who suffered in afghanistan on the barbaric rule time flies us administrations come and go fair enough but the things the people in charge say about insurgents today could be totally different tomorrow taliban this taliban that the taliban are fighting isis and we encourage that because isis needs to be destroyed oh so they're good for something at least if it's about knocking out islamic state yet just a few months earlier general nicholson said the taliban's fight against diana was a piece of russian propaganda we see here a narrative that's being used that grossly exaggerates the number of isis fighters here this narrative then is used as a joke.

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