with. this in. the all business and there was the sting of all the fun is up in these crowds on the fine. headlining right now on our team president putin reveals that russia has identified the suspects that britain says carried out the script. there's nothing special or criminal and you give us those that are these civilians yes they are definitely civilians. rushes un envoy clashes with his u.s. counterpart over syria with russia again insisting on separating the terrorists from rebel forces. stories from the book coexistence with terrorists is impossible these are all branches of al-qaeda which we've been fighting since the terrorist attacks in two thousand and one let's not waste time with the december mation

distractions and outright lie. and hungary could be stripped of its e.u. voting rights after being accused by every piece of breaching european values with its tough immigration policies. eleven am wednesday morning here. welcome to your world news from the international first more on that development from the past hour president putin says the suspects named by britain over the script poisoning have been identified by russia he was speaking in the past hour or so the eastern economic forum and blood of all stock let's go there now r.t. correspondent is there for saw again take us through what the president said. hi again call well this is absolutely the expected fall from a lot of our poking into last week's groundbreaking statement. from the british

authorities on the script case suspects the russian leader says moscow knows. who the men are so waste time and hear what exactly mr putin said. we've seen the pictures we know who they are we found them. hopefully they will turn themselves in and everyone about themselves there's nothing special or criminal. are these civilians yes they are definitely civilians. last week exactly six months after the attempted. murder and souls breathe the british prosecutors named two suspects case house russian nationals alexander pad and. they also pointed out that the names that they were using could have been fake another claim was that the two men were active members of russia's

intelligence and the british prosecutors even put forward an alleged timeline of their movements in britain. so these comments from the russian president are no less groundbreaking compared to what we heard from london last week and now i guess once again it's their turn to

say something. in about an hour or so since we have this from president putin but we'll keep. a track of thanks for that. 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 in italy province just goes to coexistence with terrorists it 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 that let's not waste time with the disempowerment distractions and outright. deescalation zones or temporary measures this should be either a local police or a counterterrorism operation pressure iran and i stand. demolishing in lead

and asking us to call it peace. but it. is claimed that president bashar al assad gave the order to use chlorine the syrian authorities are not going to do that they do not have chemical weapons 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 moscow has been warning of a possible staged chemical attack by militant fighters in the province which is the last terrorist stronghold in the country and says it's designed to frame damascus and provoke 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 the rescue group the white helmets are involved in making the video the group has been active on social media as well posting what they say is the result of government airstrikes on it live then you 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 libya using chemical weapons a red line for the u.s. and its allies according to the russian military that possibility became clearer sites and local residents of the town of sugar they claim camera crews on sites have recorded footage of alleged chemical attack by the syrian government include. 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 u.s. 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 mowe uncertain terms but just so there's no confusion here if the syrian regime uses chemical weapons we will respond very strongly. through an armed forces have no chemical weapons and the plans to use them if there is no military necessity for really. urge the international community

to collective to and syria's use of chemical weapons and we remain resolved to. use its chemical weapons again we would use them all 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 that would be. an additional we have the impression that u.s. 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 the braddock aiding terrorism and extremism is. a back and forth of accusations without cia sions the u.s. has been clear that any use of chemical weapons will be attributed to the asaad government and will result in military action moscow's claim that damascus simply

has no logic in drawing the wrath of the u.s. military on themselves has been dismissed as a distraction tensions in a 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. weapons could be a spark for the outbreak of all out conflict between multiple parties we spoke to a french aid worker who lives in aleppo he says the west coast more about its own goals than the fate of syrian civilians me i believe that america also my country u.k. and all the countries i've been involved in the world today didn'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 the city and. to day to like it when you thirty and risk but to not lose the war i've been living like nearly three years in aleppo and a war i've been terrible so i think this is the main group was this is the big problem they're preaching that they are here to safety against this is not true.

the so-called tax more arabic courses in schools are being proposed in france as ways of watering the spread of radical islam that measures proposed by a think tank and come as the government considers its own moves challah do but it has been gauging reaction in paris to the latest suggestions here's a reminder of an ambitious promise president made to lawmakers a few months ago the total reform of islam in france and with the ground work in place by the autumn. there is a radical and aggressive interpretation of islam that says as its goal questioning the norms and laws of our free country and free societies by autumn we will clarify the 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 while not corn continues to chew over how to bring in changes help is that turned

a liberal think tank the more tame 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 from. 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 education 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

and if the terrorists will remain terrorists the woman fired 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 we need to have translators be interesting to learn the 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 museum association. grants 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 other services for muslims yet again that hasn't gone down well with everyone. not for 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 whole all you can still eat just not pork you just need to pray for what you are eating can eat almost anything you want so i don't think it's a solution if it's. not too much. and make sure you find food everywhere. as 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 my thinking that these people know more than he can chew especially with the fact that recent polls are hardly sliding in the president's favor one carried out by adults that this week found that seventy one percent of respondents now thought negatively and when it comes to how his

government is handling terrorism previous polls showed that more than haul 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. altie paris well it is a bit about the various proposals here on our reaction ranged from calls to closer scrutinizing moms and mosques for fears the reforms risk further alienating muslims in france. i look at this with interest 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 broad and we need to close down the mosques that cause problems least we also need to stop illegal immigration. 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. this is i'll say hungary faces being frozen out of the e.u. decision making off the m.p.'s bulk of the country's tough migration styles but he tells us when we come back. to sin it was taken up with obama's claim he came out and it was a. he was the last man standing course he sanders was like oh yeah you know medicare for all be great but we're just going. to grass and we're going to

progress to something better at some point progressing. seemed wrong. just don't hold. me to get to shape out. come out ahead and engagement equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. welcome back hungary risks being stripped of its right to vote on e.u.

affairs the european parliament's going to decide on that later on wednesday and it follows an angry debate in stroudsburg in which a prime minister viktor orban trying to defend his tough stance on migration which is a you critics insist breaches the values of the union here's 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 seven the 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 and rich themselves their family member step friends from public funding from utopian taxpayers' money you know 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 in the bunk area and prime minister viktor orban was in stroudsburg to hear those allegations he was bullish in his response on what you know you have already made up your mind one thing you know better then gary and for themselves i stand here to defend my country and this is a matter of honor. this insults the owner of hungary this uses double standards and violates the treaty it says it upholds thing differently by the essence and purpose of the family and we do indoors ready clee different views and migration these differences cannot be a reason to brand any other countries and free to be excluded for joint decisions

we would never go as far as silencing those who do not agree with us 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 showing claude young and not vote well it could be very close a lot will depend on how the european people's party group within the e.u. parliament on how they vote mr or bonds own party is a member of that group another foreign leader though his party is a member of that group in the european parliament is a bust and 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 still of 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 to be able logical

covered enjoyed the breaks 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 the tacl commentator i came up believes the hungarian prime minister is being unfairly treated by the e.u. . his issues are absolutely insane because there are one is trying to stick to the law won't stick to the agreements. they all and now accusing. these agreements is. alerts for the migration program. key issues in the european union and the minute. it is probably the trillion.

x. maybe the e.u. and you get to exclude. a us senator claims the f.b.i. has been leaking information to the media on purpose the apparent strategies come to light thanks to newly revealed text messages between former f.b.i. officials senator mark meadows insists it was a coordinated effort by f.b.i. and justice department officials to release information harmful to double trouble in the pulpit reports 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 two 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 our review these new documents raises grave

concerns regarding an apparent systemic coach 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 he sent to lisa paige were made public those messages were politically charged and revealed that the couple wasn't exactly fond of donald trump trump not ever going to become president right right. no no he won't will stop it now there are some glaring examples from those messages that were included in meadows letter to the d.o.j. peter struck 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 go. congratulations lisa page on a job well referring to two zero three articles about cause a page in the text stroke 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 sort of very important to get it out and there's james comey 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 you 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 and certainly dangerous at least to this administration or way too many people inside our government that are happy 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. form sources think where this media leaking strategy might lead next caleb mop and artsy new york. south africa's president is trying to diffuse 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 bore community without compensation the proposed reform immediately resulted in a backlash and was described as discriminative by the farmers boards of the descendants of dutch settlers who came to south africa in the eighteenth century they currently have seventy percent of private farmland in the country south africa's president says taking it back would undo a grave historical injustice now while the amendment process continues some of the pharmacist found it unlikely solution in russia but in a cotton of a better south african family looking to resettle here.

after almost three hours of driving we finally god to this farm and what we see here is just vast amounts of land. where. you take this you see you can because i knew it out and this is quality to generations of the do twa 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 hurt 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 do twat 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 and to hannah'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 then a summer in the kalahari desert i did a question of reporting from the cougar region and that's the way it is this hour thanks for checking in with. more on our developing story. joining me everything. yes.

i'm sure i'll see you. what politicians do. they put themselves on the line they get accepted or rejected . so when you want to be president. or somehow want to. have to go right to press the bible before three in the morning can't be good. i'm interested always in the waters in the house. and twenty forty you know bloody revolution to the demonstrations going from being relatively peaceful political protests to be creasing the violent revolution is always spontaneous or is it just always here i mean you are liz put me in the. school in the middle of the former ukrainian president recalls the events of twenty

fourteen. those who took part in this today over five billion dollars to assist ukraine in these and other goals that will ensure a secure and prosperous and democratic. i'm afshin rattansi and you're watching a special edition of going on the ground from the international fields of your sheffield coming up in the show. we speak to sheffield's. majid about the u.k. government's hostile foreign policy and hostile environment from libya and yemen all grieve and as the trades union congress celebrates its one hundred fiftieth anniversary today we go to the site of the battle of all grew. where ten thousand

of office gargles and un miners were attacked by thousands of police following the lord mayor's appeal to home secretary sajid javid we speak to the general secretary of the new m. and a minor arrested on that day. that's all coming up in today's edition of going underground well i mean the lord mayor of sheffield's office and with me is the lord mayor of sheffield who would bet thanks so much for letting all you know well i'm going to start asking you how come you're here there are pictures of the first lord mayor sheffield william jeff gold. run a mining company yeah you. know why it's honestly me being lowered my is such a celebration of so many other people on the bottom with be.