i was. going to see. the russian military plane is shot down off the coast of syria killing fifteen servicemen president bush and calls it a tragic chain of events after the russian defense ministry accused israel of provoking syrian anti-aircraft fire. israel admits that its warplanes were bombing syrian targets at the time of the tragedy but insists that damascus is fully responsible for cleaning up the russian plane. search teams that find the remains of some of those on board the downed plane which fell into the

mediterranean sea. are broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is our launch on time certainly glad to have you with us now we start with some big news right now the leaders of a north and south korea have hailed a new era in their country's relations kim jong un and one j.n. both spoke after signing a joint declaration and. maybe we want to end the korean divide as soon as possible and move to peace and prosperity in the region it was for you but by bringing peace to the korean peninsula as we go into time the life back to normal it is now day two of the three day summit between can jungle in and when j. and their agreement includes a road map for denuclearization and a military. cooperation pact north and south korea also plan to establish

a religion between the countries and allow family reunions leaders pledged to set up a piece on their shared border and kim jong un accepted an invitation to visit saw . before the summit in pyongyang christina hong from the korea policy institute talked us through the latest progress in a north south relations i think that what's happening right now is that the two koreas are going to come together to see what kind of room there is for flexibility and maneuver and you have two parties that are absolutely willing to negotiate historic you know reconciliation between their country their two countries and they have the support of their people and the entire world is aware of the democratic desire of the korean people is for peace and so you know i think

that this meeting between the two leaders of the korea only further cements that message and they will try to see what kind of room for flexible maneuver there is. in other news fifteen russian servicemen have died in a friendly fire incident off the coast of syria their plane was hit by syrian anti-aircraft guns which were responding to israeli airstrikes for israeli fighter jets had been targeting syrian facilities in latakia province of the time the russian defense ministry accused israel of being indirectly responsible. so let's put it to the locals on the seventeenth of september at around ten pm four israeli fighter jets launched guided bombs on syrian military facilities near the city old for 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 israeli pilots. used the russian plane as cover against the

syrian air defense systems as a result the russian twenty was brought down by a syrian air defense missile there's no way the israeli pilots could not have seen that russian plane. the israeli military confirms its jets targeted syrian facilities but blamed the planes downing on the syrian government itself along with iran and hezbollah which israel views as a terrorist group meanwhile in a phone conversation with benyamin netanyahu vladimir putin stressed about israeli operations are taking place in violation of syria's sovereignty artie's middle east correspondent also there has more. the russian president vladimir putin has spoken with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and during that phone conversation netanyahu expressed his 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 build up inside syria and the transfer of weapons to hezbollah there so certainly netanyahu not suggesting that israel is going to stop its military strikes in syria from moving forward he did however say that it will most 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 taste 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 monday night but also stressed just like the israeli prime minister that it was not

responsible. these are expresses sorrow for the death of the air crew members of the russian plane that it was down to my view to syrian anti-aircraft fire israel holds the assad regime whose military showdown 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 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 time they also said that they notified their russian counterparts about these 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 before israeli jets that pounded against various or insights 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 ten o'clock local time monday evening. the downed russian plane was and i all

twenty this patrol aircraft is known by nato as a coot it has a top speed of six hundred seventy five kilometers per hour and has a wingspan of around thirty seven meters were now in force. twenty has been in service since the soviet era. residents of the russian city of sevastopol have paid tribute to the fifteen crew members of that aircraft people gathered at the walls of air base where prayers and a minute's silence were held and said that the downing of the plane was due to a tragic chain of. command. and. 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 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 i was defending lebanon against an israeli attack since that date not being one single unprovoked attack from the syrian side that that is the fact it's really is

not on this thread from iran or hizbollah this is a pretext to attack syria i very much doubt that israel will change its behavior because israel is given the kinetic 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 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 monday night incident was not the first time israel has been in action against syria artie's new director was here in the studio earlier discussing the previous cases. 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 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

a little how he came out after that meeting and said that russia was unlikely to limit 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 have taken 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 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 ministry of the certain defense is saying that the israeli jets 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 at all it's almost like a betrayal for them so there's no doubt the tensions between the two nations have grown russia's foreign ministry has summoned is really sort of over the incident the director of the. fog or excuse me walk of told us how relations between russia and israel are now likely to play here. well what we expect. as a first response is to limit is really capability inside syria and probably 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 who are 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's province in order to protect civilians the goal is to separate syrian government forces from militants in the country's last major rebel stronghold. of comets. we saw

a man. dominated headlines last stronghold of jihad it's al qaida rebels and 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 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 the military. nation a peace deal. we have decided to create a demilitarized zone along the battle line by the fifteenth of october it will be between fifteen and twenty kilometers wide we will move radicalize militants out of the sun and including japan at all 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 anymore 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 the initials abortion's to the future of a main concern is that the militants pose a threat to leopard province the city of aleppo and to a military compounds in syria tartarus and 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 it was the best military and diplomatic solution to the the decision is very important indeed be worth 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 run probably does the militarized zone will be the way where the radical groups will leave the area not only the people about all for. 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 and 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 as you start to see the potential of this and i think i think. the discussions that are having we're just down a path of a potential that 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 most importantly is the precedent for compromise and that's happened read. china has announced the tariffs on u.s. goods are worth sixty billion dollars in response to president trump's latest measures against beijing. the new move on look response to the action taken by the u.s. side china has to take necessary countermeasures to defend its own this year with rights and interests and see who guard the global order of free trade today i directed the united states trade representative 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 eighteen and be sent as

a level of ten percent until the end of the year when generally the first the terrorists will rise twenty five percent the trump administration had 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 on the streets of beijing the chinese government retaliation was met with approval. be aim is 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 yeah which of course and this has a significant the fact that china china's countermeasures show that we're not afraid i will strike back would you like to but i think trump imposing tariffs on chinese goods is absolutely wrong or at least breaks the rules. joseph chang a professor of political science at the city university of hong kong told us the

tariffs could damage both countries. attempt there is that you say the brain on the back of the station getting the help the big three unfortunately the so called trade come on the dispute between the two countries in the scene of. leadership in the economy and the science and technology fields in the coming change the thirty year old the air that spills you tend to be long drawn out of the old part of the problem one thing in and trying which will be very damaging the whole country. president putin has host again the voters are losing again because the critical removal of mass in highlights the final consequences of immigration policy the root of this move from

us and a couple of weeks ago where he gave a an interview to the bill newspaper now it was in relation to the demonstrations in the far right activity that we saw in k minutes following the killing of a thirty five year old man to asylum application currently in custody and all the main suspects in that killing now that prompted so far right silicon is too well to go out onto the streets of the east german city now they were videoed what were termed refugee hunts in which gangs of these hooligans were filmed roaming the streets hunting down anybody that looked for and now mr marson said in this interview that he found that those videos had been faked and that they'd been put out by the media with the deliberate intention to mislead people now there were big calls for him to come forward with some evidence that hasn't done that and that is incensed those that were calling for a sucking the head of the federal office for the protection of the constant. you

should with you speak news is now qualified for a position in the interior ministry if there are factual reasons for his replacement he cannot be so seamlessly easily recycled patchi fired him unceremoniously and removed him from any executive functions then she would have had real problems from the right of the alternative party. who would have been protested that merkel is removing critics of her immigration policy on the other.