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orton said i'm quoting of continued security cooperation between the sides to prevent a repeat of what happened on monday night now natalia who did repeat his political position that he's had for years and that is that israel will be determined to stop iran's military build up inside syria and the transfer of weapons to hezbollah there so certainly netanyahu not suggesting that israel's going to stop its military strikes in syria moving forward he did however say that israel was prepared to share all details for a fire investigation to be conducted with the russian side he went so far as to suggest that the israeli commander of the air force fly to russia to provide full details for such an investigation this is a severe test in terms of what is often presented as a strategic relationship and a close relationship between netanyahu and putin now the israeli defense forces has also issued a statement in which it says it mourns the deaths of the fifteen russian servicemen it did acknowledge that it carried out bombings against targets inside syria on
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monday night but also stressed just like the israeli prime minister that it was not responsible. israel expresses sorrow for the deaths of the air crew members of the russian plane that was down tonight butin syrian anti-aircraft fire israel holds the assad regime whose military shut down the russian plane fully responsible for this incident the israeli army has conducted an initial inquiry of the incident and they point out and i'm quoting here that the syrian anti-aircraft fire was indiscriminate extensive and inaccurate they also say that the syrian army norns to its missiles when the israeli air force aircraft was a really back in israeli space and they also say that the russian plane was hit 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 their russian counterparts about these strikes using existing communication mechanisms now this seems to contradict
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information that emerged earlier after a phone conversation between the russian defense minister. and his israeli counterpart i don't need a minute 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 the russian defense minister also said that there was no way that the pilots could not have seen the russian claims 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 humain near the syrian city of latakia all of that happening around
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ten o'clock local time monday evening. well the russian plane was an aisle twenty this patrol aircraft known by nato as the coup was a top speed of six hundred seventy five kilometers an hour and when syria israeli actions in syria two days after that meeting another incident happened we can't forget the syrian reaction considering that these airstrikes are taking place without a u.n. london this aggressive conduct by the zionists and to do 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 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
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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. some may call it highly from a member of the pakistan air force k this his reaction to the incident but what as a former air crew as a form of fly i can analyze and give you my personal opinion i could be wrong but i believe that you see in this particular case there is a possibility that russia is right that to this big radar the
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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 a radar can contact our villa below the israelis must be monitoring it and there are israeli controllers who speak the russian language they could have formed 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
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to save those four f. sixteen s i mean this is my personal opinion and who has given permission to the israelis to come and bomb them over there the united nations is there mossad is supposed to be one of the top more intelligence agencies in the world by going to church information with russia or more importantly with the united nations which can take action over there if they're going to dig in action and they also claim that they have done it two hundred times earlier than i think such an accident. was reading to happen and i'm sorry for the time being it seems to be blamed. russia's foreign ministry summoned the israeli ambassador of the incident director of the glosses think tank a model aircraft told us how relations between russia and israel are now likely to play out. well what we expect as a first response is to limit is really capability inside syria and probably
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lebanese airspace the israelis are not going to be given free hand anymore we think it would be the natural response because there will be there there must have been a lot of pressure on russia from syrian. leadership from the syrian government saying look these people are raining free you can't stop them you don't upgrade our systems our systems are too old and you don't participate in this now russia has been a victim of these additional egan's itself so it can be. you know a step forward in this and can draw a line and say ok no more recently the. intervention otherwise we will take action and we will always warned against russian servicemen being targeted and now it happened we're not going to allow this anymore so this is the first response that we expect. of the israeli missile strikes came just hours after the russian
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interviews presidents agreed to create a buffer zone in syria ziggler province in order to protect civilians the goal is to separate syrian government forces from the militants in the country's last major rebel stronghold against the of reports. weeks on end it dominated headlines last stronghold of jihad that's al qaeda rebels and the syrian army was poor is determined to win them would have been messy would have drawn the entire world is following our meeting the statement. we're going to make after the talks may bring hope to the region the president of russia and turkey spent almost five hours closer to the way working out a deal that wouldn't plunge into bloody chaos a deal to avert a military operation a peace deal. we have decided is created demilitarized zone along the battle lines
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by the fifteenth of october it will be between fifteen and twenty kilometers wide it will move radicalize militants out of this is only including on missouri. really together with russia we will make maximum effort to get rid of all radical groups from this territory turkey and russia will both patrol this territory to ensure compliance. the gist of it is getting radical islamists al-qaeda in syria for one away from the front lines withdrawing heavy weapons artillery tanks to make sure the fingers don't spark any more escalations opening up the routes allowing travel through contested territories for civilians and russian turkish troops would oversee it all patrol this demilitarized zone but there are concerns she would lose the initials abortions to the future the main concern is that the militants pose a threat to aleppo province the city of aleppo and to
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a military compounds in syria tartarus and it may mean. the problem is the hardest who are bent on spoiling any peace effort 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 or clean it seems to be for this deal it looks like the military operation has been shelved for now probably drove the military and diplomatic solution to the the decision is very important indeed the worth of was looking for a military confrontation really. not the fight there is more causality of there is normally to roper's from there is not expected clashes between the government forces than the radical groups in the long probably does the militarized zone will be the way where the radical groups will leave the area not only the
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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 they spent untold billions arming and financing the syrian rebels only to lose. we consider any assault on it lead to be 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 that are ongoing discussions we are one and president putin. is for as you watch what's taking place on the ground and start to see the potential of this and i
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think i think. the discussions that are having we just down a path of a potential where you can 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 most importantly is the precedent for compromise and that's happened read. earlier we spoke to jamal wakim professor of history and international relations of the lebanese university he says israel is responsible for the tragedy even if the incident was 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 that there will be blood that the
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russian servicemen 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 this 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 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.
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friendly fire from the city in part two down the. russian airplane with fifteen servicemen on board. the trade war between the united states and china's hit new lows of to beijing announced terrify some key u.s. products and if against american exports liquefied natural gas is retaliation for president trump's announcement of fresh tariffs on a wide range of chinese goods and to move on the response to the action taken by the u.s. side china has to take necessary countermeasures to defend its own digital with rights and interests and see guard the global free trade today i direct the united states trade represent. to proceed with placing additional tariffs on roughly two hundred billion dollars wimples from china the terrorists will take effect on september twenty fourth twenty eighteen and be sent as a level of ten percent until the end of the year when generally the first the
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terrorists will rise twenty five percent the terms of ministration has already imposed two rounds of tariffs on chinese imports this year first aluminum and steel were targeted that 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 they spot could damage both countries. who were able. to get out there. and what we know course reward people who. are on the. farm. and. so. the bill will. long run out of bill are the penalties of all being home for
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a war with. very damaging countries the leaders of russia and hungary have cemented their special relationship in talks in moscow on the agenda was not just boosting energy supplies but also the split with viktor orban over his migrant crackdown on the inside track on the meeting. 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 and vladimir 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
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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 the german problem it is not a problem b. create a new legal situation at the borders for you to be even more freaked 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
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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 brought up at that european get together head of the top level meeting r.t. sophie shevardnadze spoke to hungary's foreign minister. says the e.u. unity doesn't exclude questioning and he russian sanctions course the full version of that interview on friday here on r.t. for now though here's a quick preview. we are always honest we are we are in favor of straightforward speech we hate each other we have even told openly here in russia 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
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a dialogue there must be a discussion an honest discussion a straightforward discussion about further sanctions have been successful or not and then let's see if things factually but the european economies but the retell the russian economy or the retail to implement the music agreements 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 the more automatic roll over 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. that with updates we see that.
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a lead. oh imax kaiser this is a kaiser report oh a lot to get to this max we're still in washington d.c. it's serial swamp land it is the heart of the swamp the hurricane has brought out all the swamp creatures the alligators crawling all over the streets you know this is an interesting story that we have in the headlines in the past week regarding one of the great american billionaire oligarchies class is the
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sackler family richard sackler he is the producer his family privately owned opioid producer oxy contin they make oxy code alone as well and here's the headline from the financial times opioid billionaire has patent for addiction treatment you know we have an opioid crisis here in america something like seventy thousand people overdose last year was just fifty two thousand the year before and well according to a new filing apparently a billionaire pharmaceutical executive who's been blamed for spurring the u.s. opioid crisis stance to profit from the epidemic after he patented a new treatment for drug addicts richard sackler whose family owns produce pharma company behind the notorious painkiller oxycontin is granted a patent earlier this year for a reformulation of a drug used to wean addicts off opioids you know as vertically integrated they get a bump on drugs and then they try to get him off drugs and they get him up on drugs
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and they try to get him off drugs like these junk food companies that also own like the abysmal or other cures for diarrhea so they get you they give you diarrhea and then they have the cure for diarrhea so the cycle of family they get you hooked on heroin and they try to give you the cure for heroin and they have a patent. to care for heroin but they also have the pat down synthetic carolyn and then they have a the ability to keep you locked into a perpetual lifelong dystopian heroin slash dubuis wall junkfood life in the last episode we talked about the architects of the last financial crisis using the op ed pages of the new york times presenting you with a solution which is to give them more power so everywhere you look you see this when you tune in to m s n.b.c. or c.n.n. or fox one thing that's very strange is you often see commercials for lockheed martin or boeing and then you go to their web site to see any of their products
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