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terrible side effects what has happened to my baby anything. you know she said is just. mimics a little mind victims who have to this day received no compensation they never apologized for the suffering that. not only want the money i want the revenge. the russian military plane he shot down off the coast of syria killing fifteen people in defense ministry says israeli fighter jets are to blame for intentionally drawing the fire of syrian air defenses directly towards the doomed. breach it deliberately created a dangerous situation warships and located in that area. israel confirm strikes on syrian territory but insists syria iran and the armed group hezbollah are responsible for the downing of the russian. israeli army of the russian president
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extended their condolences to the families of the plane's crew of the remains along with personal belongings of being located in the mediterranean sea where the twenty came down. tonight here in moscow thanks for joining us this is r.t. internet. israel is to blame for the downing of a russian military plane off the coast of syria that's according to the russian defense ministry is claiming that the israeli air force used the i o. twenty as cover from syrian air defenses missiles from which hit the russian plying fifteen crew members died as a result for israeli fighter jets have been targeting syrian facilities in the taqiyya province at the time. so now suppose it would help on the seventeenth of september at around ten pm for israeli fighter jets launched guided bombs on syrian
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military facilities in the city over the taqiyya the bombing occurred in the immediate vicinity of where the russian aisle twenty was coming in to land the israeli jets deliberately created a dangerous situation the israeli pilots used the russian plane as cover against the syrian air defense systems as a result the russian oil twenty was brought down by a syrian air defense missile there's no way the israeli pilots could not have seen the russian plane. israeli military confirms its jets targeted syrian facilities but blame the planes downing on the syrian government itself along with iran and hezbollah which israel views as a terrorist group we have us damascus to comment on the israeli allegations will bring in their response meanwhile in a phone conversation with benjamin netanyahu so if you didn't stress the israeli operations are taking place in violation of syria's sovereignty these middle east correspondent has more. the russian president vladimir putin has spoken with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and during that phone conversation
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netanyahu expressed his but great he blamed the downing of the russian aircraft on syria and he also stressed the importance and i'm quoting of continued security cooperation between the sides to prevent a repeat of what happened on monday night now natalia who didn't repeat his political position that he's had for years and that is that israel will be determined to stop iran's military buildup inside syria and the transfer of weapons to his beloved 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 when so far as to suggest that the israeli commander of the air force flying 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
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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 monday night but also stressed just like the israeli prime minister that it was not responsible. israel expresses sorrow for the death 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 showdown the russian blamed fool are 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 north-east its missiles when the israeli air force aircraft was a really back in israeli air 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
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time they also said that they notified their russian counterparts about these air strikes 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 of a 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 the russian defense minister also said that there was no way that the pilots could not have seen a 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
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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 ten o'clock local time monday evening. down russian plane was in aisle twenty the patrol aircraft known by nato as the boot top speed of six hundred seventy five kilometers an hour and a wingspan of around thirty seven meters renowned for your ability the aisle twenties been in service since the soviet union. marking the outline of a plane with candles that residents of the russian city of sevastopol paid tribute to the fifteen crew members of the downed aircraft people came to the walls of a sevastopol air base prayers and a minute's silence were held as a mere putin agreed with sergei showing his findings adding that the downing of the plane was the consequence of a tragic chain of events. you can. when people are dying especially in such circumstances it's always a tragedy it's
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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. on the host former british m.p. george galloway told us the downing of the plane is due to israel's illegal aggression against syria. nothing accidental or tall about it israel deliberately used does cover the presence of this russian reconnaissance plane hit
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behind it in radar terms in order of the better to launch an illegal attack on syria one of many hundreds of illegal israeli attacks on syria or not but in this one fifteen russians lie bottom of the sea and it doesn't get much more serious than that range and israeli military coordination in attacks in the middle east took me back to the suez events of nine hundred fifty six when of course britain france and israel conspired with each other to bring about a war in egypt clearly this is all ramping up now it's all escalating and one should be sitting up straight and paying very close attention because frankly any of these events could get out of control last night's incident
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was not the first time israel has been in action against syria we discuss previous cases with nativity. the reason why russia pointing the finger 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 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 thought if we go forward there was a face to face meeting between putin and that in yahoo on the eighth of may in
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twenty eighteen and a little how he 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 the zionist entity 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 period 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 part place at ten pm local time on the seventeenth of september the russian
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ministry of the search defense are 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 airstrikes 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 at all it's almost like a betrayal for them so there's no doubt the tensions between the two nations have grown. so the next mood harley a former number the pakistan have for skaters 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 shadow of the twenty was used as
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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 they may 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 contacts of illiberal 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 pick 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 . very thing to happen and i'm sorry for the time being prime of ac it seems israel is to be blamed. russia's foreign ministry summoned these really ambassador over the incident direct of the tank come out a cuff 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 syrian 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 make. you know a step forward in this and can draw a line and say ok no more is really. intervention otherwise we will take action and we will we always were and 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. is really missile strikes came just hours after the russian and turkish presidents agreed to create a buffer zone in syria province in order to protect civilians the goal to separate
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syrian government forces from the militants in the country's last major rebel stronghold artie's reports we saw a man. dominated headlines last stronghold of jihad just. rebels in the syrian army was poised determined to win them would have been messy would have drawn the entire world is following our meeting the statement that we're going to make after the talks may bring hope to the region the presence of russia and turkey spent almost four being marginalized but perhaps most importantly is the precedent for compromise and that's happened rarely. and he was thirty 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 this move by the israelis
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was premeditated it was planned in order to send a message to the russian side that it will be blogged that the russian servicemen who 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 it comes as part of the is collation. by the american side and its threat to bomb syria in case the syrian army moves to liberate it live from terrorist groups there so. i understand this incident as part of this is collation and i believe that it came at a crucial moment when president putin was able to strike a deal with. the president over at live in order to stop the military operation
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there and to try 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 is a new lows have to beijing announced terrify kes on key u.s. products the move against american exports like liquefied natural gas is retaliation for president trump's announcement of fresh tariffs on a wide range of chinese goods. the new 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 save guard the global order or free trade today i direct the united states trade representative to proceed with placing additional tariffs
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on roughly two hundred billion dollars of imports from china the terrorists will take effect on september twenty fourth twenty eighteen and be set as level of ten percent until the end of the year when generally the first the terrorists will rise twenty five percent. the trumbull ministration has already imposed two rounds of tariffs on chinese imports this year first aluminum and steel then in the summer charges were raised on thirty four billion dollars worth of chinese goods. on the streets of beijing the chinese government's retaliation was met with approval. being used to stop the us from imposing further on reasonable policies but not to start a trade war with each other therefore this policy was necessary yeah which of course and this has a significant the fact that china china's countermeasures show that we're not afraid and we will strike back would you like to i think trump imposing tariffs on
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chinese goods is absolutely wrong or at least breaks the rules that joseph chang a professor of political science at the city university of hong kong told us this spat could damage both countries. we all can. help make. unfortunately we so courts reward big. time. in the coming. year so. that the people and the long drawn out of all build. on being in. a war would be very damaging the country. leaders of russia and hungry of cemented the special relationship in talks in
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moscow on the agenda was not just boosting energy supplies but also the e.u.'s split with viktor orban over his migrant crackdown had the inside track on the meeting last and garion prime minister viktor orban was here in moscow was only two months ago right now we're here at the crowd one and he's back again right there you can see the seats for the leaders of russia and hungry and on viktor orban right hand side and vladimir putin's left hand side there are some. stories just in there bring you right up to date with the latest at the top of the hour.
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