but you're going to. headline news russia's u.n. envoy clashes with his u.s. counterpart over syria with russia again insisting on separating the terrorists from rebel forces. coexistence with terrorists is impossible. which we've been fighting since the terrorist attacks in two thousand and one let's not waste time with to disinform distractions and outright law. more classes in schools on the so-called how well tax new ways to tackle islamic fundamentalism. and hungary could be stripped of its voting rights after being

accused by any piece of breaching european values with its tough immigration policies. nine am wednesday morning here in moscow welcome to the news from r.t. international russia's u.n. envoy has clashed with his u.s. counterpart during a security council session on syria russia's insisting on the separation of terrorists from the rebels to resolve the crisis which is coming to a head right now in a province. just goes to coexistence with terrorists is impossible those are all branches of al-qaeda which we've been fighting since the terrorist attacks in two thousand and one and from whom we can expect the worst attacks imaginable. we welcome the opportunity to discuss the prospects for a diplomatic solution in syria but let's not waste time with the december mation distractions and outright lies deescalation zones or temporary measures there

should be either a local police or a counterterrorism operation russia iran and a star and are done are demolishing a lead and asking us to call it peace. it is claimed the president bashar al assad gave the order to use chlorine to syria north or if he's not going to do that they do not have chemical weapons and i ask you again to listen to us it would be an invitation for the western countries to launch an attack on syria which they're threatening if chemical weapons are used. the morning of a possible staged chemical attack by militant fighters in a province the last terrorist stronghold in the country and says it's designed to frame damascus and provoke a large scale foreign military intervention russia's defense ministry claims that the filming of such an assault has already begun it says the self-styled rescue group the white house aides were involved in making the video the group's been active on social media as well posting what they say is the result of government as strikes on ad lib daniel hawkins takes a closer look at the fears of

a potential chemical attack. the russian ministry of defense has been warning for two weeks of a possible false flag operation by militants in using chemical weapons a red line for the u.s. and its allies according to the russian military that possibility became clearer citing local residents in the town of that sugar they claim camera crews on site have recorded footage of an alleged chemical attack by the syrian government including video of what helmets rescuers treating supposed victims the footage says is to be sent to numerous channels imminently to justify a u.s. led military intervention the us department of defense hasn't yet responded to us directly with comment on these claims although the u.s. has made their position clear they know uncertain terms just so there's no confusion here if the syrian regime uses chemical weapons we will respond very strongly he would have syrian armed forces have no chemical weapons and no plans to

use them there is no military in this is the full reason we urge the international community to support. and serious use of chemical weapons and we were. and resolve to act. uses chemical weapons again who would use the sensible people will not use militarily useless means to draw before three powerful countries upon themselves we have all seen what the syrian regime backed by the russian government has done in the past that should not be a surprise to anyone but that would be a concern of ours once again the special interest we have the impression that us threats against damascus aimed at preventing terrorist from being expelled there is not the first time the us no matter which administration has prioritised the task of changing dissident regimes above the common goals of our braddock aiding terrorism and extremism. of back and forth of accusations without cia sions

the us has been clear that any use of chemical weapons will be attributed to the assad government and will result in military action moscow's claim that damascus has no logic in drawing the wrath of the us military on themselves has been dismissed as a distraction tensions in the liberal pro-choice boiling point and anticipation of a government offensive against terrorists and rebel groups it's clear that any incident involving allegations of chemical weapons could be a spark for the outbreak of all out conflict between multiple parties for me i believe that america also my country u.k. and all the countries who have been involved in the world today don't want to see the war getting all over so i think what they're fighting for is not at all you need to save to see. to day to like it when you thirty and risk but to not lose the war so i think this is the main propose this is the big problem they are preaching that they are here to succeed and this is not true. i mean while the rebels are bracing for conflict in a stepping up their training program they claim that the exercises are to counter

a possible offensive by the syrian government. we've been practicing storming buildings for fifteen days we. which involved a machine gun in a truck and tank rocket launcher but make it like a real battle. we've been training our unit is preparing through scenarios and then the tactics the enemy might use us. to france now where a so called how well tax and more arabic courses in schools are being proposed as ways of threatening the spread of radical islam the measures are part of a report released by a french think tank ahead of president crumbs own reform plans for the country's large muslim community but a show to do explains the ideas are fueling even more division. here's a reminder over the ambitious promise president made to lawmakers a few months ago the total reform of islam in france and with the groundwork in place by the autumn. there is

a radical and aggressive interpretation of islam that sets as its goal questioning the norms and laws of our free country and free society by autumn we will clarify this situation by giving islam a framework and rules that will guarantee that it is practiced in accordance with the laws of the republic so far it's only words but continues to chew over how to bring in those changes help is that turned a liberal think tank them or taking institute has released a report with its own suggestions it is essential to have an alternative muslim religious discourse in french that is parallel to the mainstream discourse prevalent on social networks today meaning the salafist discourse france must equip itself with the means and important networks to disseminate this counter-narrative who can do that only muslims the report also has some concrete suggestions about

how to achieve this one is to incorporate arabic into the educational system the idea is that by offering arabic in schools fewer children would find themselves in dubious institutions linked to settle a fee indoctrination and radicalization a great idea or not people here in paris sure. it's not going to fight anything the terrorists will remain terrorists the one five them by speaking a rabbit. i don't see why we can't learn arabic is a very interesting language and it would help us to open ourselves to the people we meet on a daily basis i work in a hospital and i mean a lot of people who speak arabic and we need to have translators you know be interesting to learn. this language of school i'm not for it i don't think it's going to chant. learning several languages good anyway i don't think every kids should learn arabic to do one. and as you say twitter helps the think tank also

suggest creating an official and independent muslim association for islamic rants with the idea that it could help stamp out any underground fundamentalism but it suggests the funding for such a body should come from a tax on how love food products earned the services for muslims yet again that hasn't gone down well with everyone it's not fair the prices keep on rising and rising it's a crisis we don't know if this money will really go to help muslims it's now just politics in our religion if you can find food that is you can still eat just not pork you just need to pray for what you are eating see you can eat almost anything you want so i don't think it's a solution if it's. not too much it's all right. and make sure you find food everywhere.

else for taxes the funds are used properly then why not we need to look at the possible advantages it could help some groups of people division over both suggestions from the report may have merit thinking that he's bitten off more than he can chew especially with the fact that recent polls are hardly sliding in the president's favor one carried out by a doc said this week found that seventy one percent of respondents now thought negatively of him and when it comes to how his government is handling terrorism previous polls showed that more than hoff they weren't doing enough many are waiting with bated breath to see how much will keep those promises over here but the early signs are not. positive. paris in a debate about the plans here on our team reaction ranged from calls to close a scrutinize a mountain mosques through to fears that the reforms risk further alienating muslims. i look at this with interest yet one of the projects to try

to introduce even more arabic in schools and colleges i don't think that this communal attitude is consistent with the principles of secularism we need to regulate in moms who come from abroad and we need to close down the mosques that cause problems least we also need to stop illegal immigration but this report risks irritating the very people concerned french muslims and foreign citizens who live in france and who are also muslims because it does go into storage debates within their community second there will be debates with others for example with those who are inclined towards islamophobia unfortunately this will strengthen their beliefs and their will not bring about a spirit of national unity and social cohesion. next south africa's president is trying to defuse fears that the country could face sanctions over the expropriation of land from white farmers in july he announced constitutional changes to enable the government to seize land from the white minority book community without

compensation the proposed reform immediately resulted in a backlash and was described as discriminative by the farmers of both of the descendants of dutch settlers who came to south africa in the eighteenth century they currently own seventy percent of private farmland in the country the south african president says taking the land back would undo a grave historical injustice that while the amendment process continues some of the farmers have found an unlikely solution in russia but in a culture of that a south african family looking to resettle here. after almost three hours of driving we finally got to this farm and what we see here is just vast amounts of land. where.

you take this you see you can get you know get out and this is a good quality two generations of the do twice family have arrived in russia to see the farmlands that could be their future and after visiting here in the kaluga region they will have to south and russia they still feel that south africa is their real home but dire circumstances are forcing their hand and russia is offering them an olive branch we experience the pain in the hurt family members who have suffered ourselves if suffered crime i've made the decision that my. children will not have to face that on a daily basis we've had family members who have been murdered we have had family members who have and friends who have had what they had stolen we have suffered

crime it's a daily reality that is not what i want for my children the white farmers of south africa have long been complaining of discrimination and they now live in fear that the state could pass laws to seize the lands they've owned since the seventeenth century and return them to the local black population without any compensation while the bill is still being debated some farmers including the due tois family have their mind sat in a preemptive move if the government starts saying that we can take land without paying for it because what has happened many centuries ago my children will not pay for the sins of the forefathers in johanna's case russia was not a random pick three years ago he met his wife daria who is from russia he followed his wife to her native siberia and says that he falun luff with the country straight away i myself believe that there is

a future in russia for my family personally give me a siberian winter rather than a summer in the kalahari desert i do not question the marty reporting from the kaluga region. you know without so younger a face is being frozen out of the e.u. decision making up for any piece of the country's tough migration starts the details on that when we come back. the senate was taken up with obama's plane came down and it was a. chorus it was like oh yeah you know medicare for all be great but we're just. going to ask the something.

progressing. along. big get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president. to going to be this is what. can people. be interested in the water. all over again hungry risks being stripped of its right to vote on a new affair as the european parliament will decide on that later on wednesday and

it follows an angry debate in stroudsburg in which prime minister viktor orban tried to defend his tough stance on migration which is a you critics insist breaches of the values of the union is our europe correspondent peter all of. the european parliament came together in strasburg on tuesday for a plenary session on what to do about hungary and whether article seventy measures will be put in place on budapest what article seven essentially means is it's the ultimate political naughty step in the european union it strips all could strip and suspend the voting rights of hungry in the e.u. institutions essentially taking away their voice in the in the well the european family there were lots of allegations made against viktor orban his government and the nation of hungary listen to a few of them now sadly the commission shares the concerns expressed in the report in particular as regards fundamental rights corruption the treatment of roma and the independence of the judicial individuals into government have envisaged

themselves their family member staff rents from public funding from utopian taxpayers' money less alexian is this that we cannot close our eyes to the problems in hungary the elections this year were held in an atmosphere of aggression and intimidation of them gary and prime minister viktor orban was in strassburg to hear those allegations he was bullish in his response. what you have already made up your mind i stand here to defend my country and this is a matter of honor this insults the honor of hungary this uses double standards and violates the treaty as it says in our polis you want to make a moral decision based on numbers the nation be damned. over vote on whether to sanction hungary will be on wednesday afternoon after the state of the union address by zhang cloyd younker and not vote well it could be very close

a lot will depend on how the european peoples party group within the e.u. parliament on how they vote mr or bonds own party is a member of that group another for. and leader though whose party is a member of that group in the european parliament is sebastian could be austrian chancellor he said he fully expects his members of the european parliament from his party to vote in favor of sanctions against hungry but mr off on did have some friendly voices in the room on wednesday even if they did use the opportunity to push their own agenda somewhat but it's not just your country that's been insulted today you've been insulted today so i have to be able logical covered enjoy the break up you love it. so wednesday set to be a very busy day the state of the union address by young claudio first and then votes on whether article seven measures will be put in place against hungry i'll be bringing you all of it here on r.t.

. hungary is one of the countries along with italy austria and others who are clamping down on asylum seekers political commentator i have a told us that he believes hungary in prime minister is being unfairly treated by the e.u. their accusations are absolutely insane because there are one is trying to stick to the law stick to the agreements they all and now accusing him to violate these agreements is and alerts for the most. is one key issues in the european union and. it is probably. ex make the e.u. enter you to get to explode. a u.s. senator claims the f.b.i. has been leaking information to the media on purpose the apparent strategies come to light thanks to the newly revealed text messages between former f.b.i. officials insist that it was a coordinated effort by the f.b.i. and justice department to release information the tomfool to donald trump and the

morgan report. in the times of trump mainstream media just lives for leaks three people familiar with the intelligence ultimately people familiar with the components or says close to mccain former officials knowledgeable about the situation tell c.n.n. but are the leaks all just part of a bigger game now according to republican senator mark meadows he has proof that there was a coordinated effort by f.b.i. agents and members of the d.o.j. to leak information regarding the alleged trump russia collusion this is the letter he sent to the department of justice i will review these new documents raises grave concerns regarding an apparent systemic coach a media leaking by high ranking officials of the f.b.i. india j related to ongoing investigations so what's the documentation well we've got messages from peter strock former f.b.i. special agent to his mistress lisa page an f.b.i. attorney who just happened to be working on the bob muller investigation peter

strong actually lost his job after messages you sent to lisa page were made public those messages were politically charged and revealed that the couple wasn't exactly fond of donald trump trump's not ever going to become president right right no no he won't stop it now here's some glaring examples from those messages that were included in meadows letter to the d.o.j. . stroke contacts lisa page to discuss a media leak strategy specifically to take says i had literally just gone to find this phone to tell you i want to talk to you about media leaks strategy with d.o.j. before you. congratulations lisa page on a job well referring to two zero three zero it's about cause a page in the text stroke warns patients who are schools are coming out one which is worse than the other about lisa's namesake stroke i did well done page a media strategy interesting now the attorneys representing peter struck say it's

not what it sounds like it's actually simply a strategy for stopping the leaking of an authorized information from the administration while the f.b.i. has been caught leaking information to reporters before they've been caught red handed let's not forget that former f.b.i. director james comey actually made it to the senate intelligence committee that he leaked information about a conversation he had with donald trump to a reporter i understood this to be my recollection recorded of my conversation with the president as a private citizen i felt free to share that's not a very important to get out and there's james call me is second in command andrew mccabe now he also got the can he was fired for leaking information to the wall street journal about the clinton foundation investigation so is this leaking strategy actually intentional in hurting the administration there's certainly some information that points in that direction to have the worst case scenario where the government's own security agency the police department of the government is trying

to maintain the power of the current administration and even after they've lost that power they're trying to undermine the new administration you have all these scandals that are just happy to accommodate these leakers and and put out information that are dangerous to the country in certainly dangerous at least to this administration are way too many people inside our government that are happy to to leak the information out to these these badly behaving media outlets so the next time you hear the words persons close to the investigation or in. former sources think where this media leaking strategy might lead next kill a mop and artsy new york i know you're up to date so i'll have you next world news here on r.t. after watching the holes. with

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be president and she. want to be that's. what you going to be this is what the three of them or people. interested in the was. going to. readings and salutation. this week the united states observer is observing the seventeenth anniversary of the tragic september morning when the fate of four planes changed the world as we know it september the eleventh is and will continue to be one of the most tragic horrific and controversial days not only in u.s. history but world history as well more than three thousand lives were lost that day along with hundreds maybe even thousands more in the days and years that followed

thanks to the toxic dust and debris that hung in the air around ground zero in lower manhattan like a virus and the aftermath the blame was laid upon osama bin laden and the terrorist group al qaeda the war on terror commenced military budgets bloom to countless more innocent lives were lost this week as the out of mercy of nine eleven is observed the world's eyes are focused on the syrian city of the of it lead as syrian forces back forces backed by russia are prepared to liberate the city from the terrorist groups and rebel groups that control it. terrorist groups that are predominantly made up of al qaida and their affiliates you see it leave a city of around three million people was seized according the los angeles times by al qaida and their allies back in two thousand and fifteen and represents the last major city held by the terrorists in the seven year long quagmire that has been the war in syria but you'd never know that if you looked at the headlines today from

the economist all the way to the new york times they all refer to the forces holding it leave simply as syrian rebels. but as a journalist rania colic and others have pointed out it's the seventeenth anniversary of nine eleven and the media has honored it by referring to al qaeda as largest affiliate in history and syria's at least as rebels and mourning their looming defeat. so their own were mourning the defeat of al qaeda remember folks the constructed enemy of your propped up anime is still ultimately your enemy and you would know that if you were always watching. what you did the. real thing would be. at the bottom. like you that i got.

this. week. welcome aboard to watch the hawks i am told that and have a flawless so how about the incredible day obviously. but wow really we're backing. them out that's apparently what we do. i mean you see though this cycle you know it's interesting to live through an entire cycle of this and obviously it's something that other people have talked about from vietnam war to again the iraq war where they're seeing people about what they were fighting now become leader is and defacto the victim and the fight against terrorism. yeah i don't know how to sort of i get really upset and i get that it's it's that thing where you can't get you trying to get your emotions

involved and you try to look at it intellectually but then you look.