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new school in new york the former ukrainian president recalls the events of twenty four g. and. those who took. invested over five billion dollars to assist ukraine in these another goal that will ensure a secure and prosperous and democratic. russia military plane was shot down off the coast of syria killing fifteen the russian defense ministry says israeli fighter jets are to blame for intentionally drawing the foreign syrian air defenses directly the doomed to play. into the breach or deliberately created a dangerous situation for the bush ships and located in that area. israel confirmed strikes on syria territory but insists syria iran and the armed group has but are to blame for the downing of the jet. the israeli army and russian president extend condolences to the families of the plane's crew some of the remains along with
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personal belongings have been located in the mediterranean sea where the i o. twenty going down the search and rescue operation is still underway. and when it was hit it was not within the area of the israeli operation at the same time they also said that they notified they have russian counterparts about these airstrikes using existing communication mechanisms now this seems to contradict information that emerged earlier after a phone conversation between the russian defense minister. and his israeli counterpart at the door lieberman and after that conversation we heard the russians saying that israel gave less than a minute's notice that it was going to conduct these strikes through the working hotline that is used to portray such information that the russian. this minister
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also said that there was no way that the pilots could not have seen a russian plane bearing in mind that it was coming into land from an altitude of some five kilometers all of this followed the four israeli jets that pounded against various syrian sites on monday night seven people were injured at a power station during that attack there was also a french frigate that was flying from the mediterranean sea the result was fifteen russian servicemen killed just as the plane was coming to land at the russian air force base of crimean near the syrian city of latakia all of that happening around ten o'clock local time mandate evening. the downed russian plane was an twenty this patrol aircraft known by nato as the coot it has a top speed of six hundred seventy five kilometers an hour and a wingspan of around thirty seven meters your ability the aisle twenty has been in service since the soviet union there putin agreed with findings adding that the downing of the plane was the consequence of
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a tragic chain of events. when people are dying especially in such circumstances it's always a tragedy it's a tragedy for all of us for the country and for the relatives of our killed comrades i extend my condolences to the relatives of those killed in this situation is different from the one when a turkish jet shot down our plane back then turkey intentionally shot down the aircraft but now it looks like a chain of accidental events our position on this incident was presented in the ministry of defense statement which was fully coordinated with me about our response first we will do everything we can to provide even more security for the russian military in syria and these will be steps that everyone will notice a. former british ambassador to syria peter ford believes israel has no grounds for attacking syrian targets. the israelis can have their own opinions but they can't
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have their own facts and the fact is that iran and hezbollah and syria have not launched a single unprovoked attack on israel since at least two thousand and six when the dollar was defending lebanon against an israeli attack since that date has not been one single unprovoked attack from the syrian side that that is the fact it's really is not under threat from iran or hezbollah this is a pretext to attack syria i very much doubt that israel will change its behavior because israel is given the diplomatic political cover by the united states in the un security council just imagine if the boot was on the other foot and that with syria or iran that was launching strikes on israeli coastal
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cities just imagine that to get some idea of the enormity of what israel is doing but of course there is no way of calling israel to account because of the u.s. veto in the security council. last night incident was not the first time israel has been in action against syria earlier we discussed the previous cases with artie's nativity to. the reason why russia pointing the finger it at the israelis is because of those past hostile actions so that israeli forces often took aim at syrian targets so if we go back rewind to the tenth of february twenty eight hundred that's where an israeli f. sixteen fighter jet crashed after being hit by syrian air defenses during an offensive in syria the two pilots parachuted to safety before the crash in northern israel and it's believed that that was the first time that israel lost one of its jets during the syrian conflict following that incident a phone call did take place between president putin and prime minister netanyahu
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now i'll explain a couple more incidents on the ninth of april russian syria accused israel of carrying out strikes against the four airbase which is near palmira in central syria just one month on if we go forward there was a face to face meeting between putin and that in yahoo on the eighth of may in twenty eighteen and netanyahu came out after that meeting and said that russia was unlikely to live it actions in syria israeli actions in syria two days after that meeting another incident happened and we can't forget the syrian reaction considering that these airstrikes are taking place without a u.n. london. this aggressive conduct by design is. nothing but an increase in tensions in the region what we do know is that the syrian government invited russia to help during this civil war back in twenty fifteen and russia has almost turned a blind eye to these israeli air strikes have been taking place they've been
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feeling that they've been acting its diplomats in a very complex region mediating between the various players israel being one of them so if we look at the bigger picture and at this latest incident which took part place at ten pm local time on the seventeenth of september the russian ministry of the search defense is saying that the israeli jet hid behind the russian plane which led to it being set on fire that's a bold accusation from russia and maybe it's because of these continuous air strikes that the that have been going on despite the fact that israel and russia have been allies they have been claiming to be friends of russia and and that's a contradiction in itself from the russian perspective it all it's almost like a betrayal for them so there's no doubt the tensions between the two nations have grown. with hardly a former member of the pakistan air force was his reaction to the incident. but what as a former air crew as a form of i can analyze and give you my personal opinion i could be wrong but i
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believe that you see in this particular case there is a possibility that russia is right that this big. shadow of the twenty was used as a cover by the for attacking israeli f. sixteen fighter aircraft because please remember that in february for the first time an israeli f. sixteen was shot down by a similar missile and this time there is a chance that they may not be building to take the risk of you know facing the fire coming from the syrian side and then they have taken cover off the aircraft now you see i've flown in that area and i know very well that there are there are radar can go in packs of illiberal the israelis must be monitoring it and there are israeli
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controllers who speak the russian language because there are four of on this particular aircraft but the one in which game only a minute short of it was far too late that means that the die had been cast and these sixteen aircrew and the ill fated twenty had already been sacrificed to save those four f. sixteen s i mean this is my personal opinion and who has given permission as zone but there are concerns if you would use the initials abortions because if you're sure it's a main concern is that the militants pose a threat to aleppo province the city of aleppo and to the military compounds in syria tartus and may mean the problem is the hardest who are bent on spoiling any peace efforts they have everything to lose if it falls it will mark the end of the syrian war their final defeat assad knows it wouldn't be easy. clean it seems to be for this deal it looks like the military operation has been
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shelved for now probably it was the best military and diplomatic solution to the the decision is very important indeed the worth to was looking for a military confrontation really. not the fight there is more causality if there is normally to roper's from the it is not. expected clashes between the government forces than the radical groups in the long run probably does the militarized zone will be the way where the radical groups will leave the area not only the people about also. the turkish president wasn't exaggerating when he said the world's eyes were on this meeting stakes are so high here for the gulf states for the west especially he spent untold billions arming and financing the syrian rebels only to lose. we consider any assault to be
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a reckless escalation of the conflicts if assad russia and iran continue down the path their own the consequences will be dire the world will hold them responsible. how much of that was genuine concern for civilians and how much is bitterness over losing you decide for yourself it's occurring that we have the discussions are ongoing discussions we are one and president putin. is for as you watch what's taking place on the ground it's start to see the potential of this and i think think i. the discussions that are having readers down a path of a potential when you're going to get something that's what's kinetic if they're actually engaging in a level of dialogue nevertheless the united states pentagon seem cheered by this latest deal a bloody battle has been averted and geodes to being marginalized but perhaps
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most importantly is the precedent for compromise and that's happened read. earlier we spoke to jamal wakim professor of history and international relations at the lebanese university he says israel is responsible for the tragedy even if the incident is more complicated. we're relieved that this move by the israelis was premeditated it was planned in order to send a message to the russian side there will be blood that the russian service men will be killed in case the russians support a military action mainly in it live and this was also coordinated with the americans i believe that comes as part of the is collation. by the american side and its threat to. in case the syrian army moves to a liberated live from terrorist groups there so. i understand this
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incident as part of this escalation and i believe that it came at a crucial moment when president putin was able to strike a deal with. the president over at the in order to stop the military operation there and to try to do to defuse the situation that's why i believe that the israeli side is fully responsible for provoking the incident and drawing. friendly fire from the city in part two down the the russian plane with fifteen servicemen on board. the trade war between the united states and china sea the lows have to beijing announced tariff ikes on key u.s. products and if against american exports like liquefied natural gas is retaliation for president trump's announcement of fresh tariffs on
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a wide range of chinese goods. to move on the response to the action taken by the u.s. side china has to take necessary countermeasures to defend its own legitimate rights and interests and see guard the global free trade today i directed the united states trade. to proceed with placing additional tariffs on roughly two hundred billion dollars of imports from china the terrorists will take effect on september twenty fourth twenty eight c. and be sent as little as ten percent until the end of the year when general first the terrorists will rise twenty five percent. they trumpet ministration has already imposed two rounds of tariffs on chinese imports this year first aluminum and steel were targeted then in the summer charges were raised on thirty four billion dollars worth of other chinese goods. joseph chang professor of political science at the city university of hong kong told us this damages both countries.
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how they are we are what we. call reward people who. are one. time. and. or. the people who. ran out of the old possible local. home when war with. them because of all. the leaders of russia and hungry have cemented the special relationship in talks in moscow on the agenda was not just boosting energy supplies but also the e.u.'s splits with victor all burn over his migrant crackdown on the inside track on the
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making. last time the garion prime minister viktor orban was here in moscow was only two months ago right now we're here at the crown one and he's back again right there you can see the seats for the leaders of russia and hungry and on viktor or britain's right hand side invite him or putin's left hand side there are seats for the senior government ministers in this room comes right when hungry is experiencing serious trouble with pretty much the rest of the european union over its stance on the migrant crisis the solutions that europe keeps coming up with are just unacceptable for beauty and mr has always been open about it would like to raise the voice of the people all over in europe that they are full of fear we need more union in our refugee problem is not the european problem we need a fair and just distribution the problem is a german problem it is not
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a problem to create a new legal situation at the borders for you to be even more free than it was at the same time moscow and beat a pest have been maintaining a kind of special relationship and this is something that we are also hearing about today in this room. hungary needs worthy partners and i'm very happy that we've balanced relations with each other recently i can't say that we're always provided with stable international conditions but problems exist in order for us to fight them and i think we succeed in that and i want to thank you for all the work we're doing together. just a few days ago the european parliament has already backed punishing hungry for its international behavior but the final decision on the end to hungary sanctions will be made later this week at an informal e.u. summit and definitely the things that are being said here in the kremlin will be
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brought up at that european get together at the top level meeting r.t. sophie shevardnadze spoke to hungary's foreign minister who says that e.u. unity doesn't exclude questioning and t.v. russian sanctions you can watch the full version of so if you go on friday on r.t. international but for now it's a quick preview. you're always honest we are we are in favor of straightforward speech we hate each other we have even told openly here in the russia that that we will never break the unity of the european union because unity of the e.u. it is a value on the other hand we made it very clear that there must be a dialogue there must be a discussion and on as discussion a straightforward discussion about further sanctions have been successful or not and then let's see if things factually but there are european economies but the read helped russian economy over the re to help to implement the music agreements
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and so on and so forth so there are very straightforward questions and there are very easy answers yes or no and then after giving gonna stand serves two honest questions we should make a decision about the future now the current italian government. seems to represent the same position that nor automatic rollover and the discussion must be made and see if they are a strong country a big country a g seven country it will be much easier for the smaller e.u. member states to represent this position together with the big. brings you right up stage for the latest news headlines at the top of the hour. welcome to max keiser financial survival guide. looking forward to
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a year that's without. yanks this is what happens to pensions in britain. watched as a report. in twenty four you know bloody revolution of you tube the demonstrations going from being relatively peaceful political protests to be creasing the violent revolution is always spontaneous or is it just the war here i mean your list. the former ukrainian president recalls the events of twenty fourteen. of those who took part in this did over five billion dollars to assist ukraine in these and other calls that will ensure a secure and prosperous and democratic.
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decades after the war a nazi doctor was still active rich in the nineteen seventies crittle had as the chair of its board a man convicted of mass murder and slavery. a german company developed. a drug that was promoted as completely safe even during pregnancy. it turned out to have terrible side effects what has happened to my baby is anything. you know she said is just cut short arms minix a little mind victims i have to this day received no compensation and never apologized for the suffering that not only want the money i want the revenge.
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greetings and salutations this week we woke up to yet another debate that centers around one thing the age of seventeen at the age of seventy in supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh allegedly penned a fellow teenager into a bed older mouth closed as she couldn't scream and grope her cavanagh's accuser research scientists christine blasi ford told the washington post quote i thought he might inadvertently kill me he was trying to attack me and remove my clothing now cavanagh denies the claims but what's most disturbing about the revelations is how politicians on both sides of the aisle are handling in this the me two era but it isn't the only capitol hill who likes to make the age of seventeen a talking point only when it suits their ideology actress and weinstein rape victim the argento went full trump and tweeted a threat of legal action against activists rose mcgowan if she didn't were tracked in apologize for the horrendous lies made against her in a statement of august twenty seventh let's keep in mind that that statement that
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our. first claims she reflects the thing that she is that i never had a sexual relationship with the alleged victim bennett two days later in the midst of a criminal investigation into her actions tweets revealed she had told a friend i had sex with them is felt weird i didn't know it was a minor until the shakedown letter it's strange to imagine that in a country filled with some of the brightest minds in the world with all the information available to us we still think it's perfectly normal to use the very concept of childhood innocence to advance partisan hackery argento didn't know he was seventeen.

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