russian defense ministry slams the actions of the israeli military blaming it for the downing of a plane in syria last monday all fifteen russian servicemen on board to kill. enemy stores and check to the world anti-doping agency reinstated russia's incident is the result of the usual israeli impudence and rootedness who always use the filthiest means to achieve their unsavory goals and in their hostility and our

region was it the syrians who launched a missile while fending off a surprise raid on their country was a theory and has by law who apparently had an arms factory that just had to be bombed or was it the israelis who were reportedly hid behind russian aircraft presented objective data testify that the actions of israeli fighter pilots which led to the loss of life of fifteen russian servicemen either lack professionalism or were an act of criminal negligence to say the least. russia holds israel responsible that is clear and israel's excuses have been dismissed as just that excuses the israeli regime put the russian serviceman at risk intentionally in order to be able to carry out this attack on syria which is of course illegal in itself the arrogance of netanyahu has caused him great difficulty now because he

has to be answerable to the russian people and instead of apologizing as usual the israelis are looking for scapegoats israel insists it had to bomb the arabians hizbullah are there and then yet how many times is israel now had to bomb syria dozens and dozens monthly to stop iranian and shia aggression it says how many times has iran attacked israel and this puts russia in a tough spot its trademark selling point of being friends with everyone may be impossible to keep up russia is now quite even handed in the middle east and he tries to keep good relation was all the parties was is was the arabs was the palestinians it was turkey was iran. i wonder how long will it last that you can be

a friend of everybody because by the end of the day we are dealing with a very fragile reality in the middle east with very contradicting powers and a lot of atrocity as we know and violence but russia thought it could manage and why not look at all it has done for israel. when russia flew near the israeli occupied golan heights they warned them three hundred ten times they notified israel when israel bombed syria russia never shot down israeli jets or missiles even when they posed a danger to russian personnel at israel's request russia tore up a deal to sell syria s. three hundred air defense systems which would have made israeli air raids much more difficult. israel expressed its concerns as soon as the s three hundred deal with syria was signed israel concluded that with these new air defense systems syria

would have been able to cover all of israel's air space that means that damascus could have shut down israeli military planes just seconds after takeoff the israeli said they cannot let that happen they expressed their alarm and asked moscow to break the deal russia's answered israel's concerns but what is happening is that had it not not only good for the operation but also for the actions of the israeli airplanes and the misleading of the thing regarding the theater of operations none of this would have happened so it's clear for the foremost goal that israel is to play now how or where most call goes from there is is what remains to be seen. but a big story in the weekly world anti doping agency voted to reinstate russia's anti drug body there's a decision ended a three year suspension for alleged state sponsored doping. the great majority of the world anti-doping agency's executive committee decided to reinstate the

russian anti doping agency and is compliant with the world anti-doping code one hundred given russia a list of commitments to be reinstated one point was access to data and samples stored in a moscow lab russia's agreement to do that it seems was enough for water but the main sticking point had been the report by the canadian dr richard mclaren which alleged that russia ran state sponsored doping schemes well the list call for it to acknowledge complicity in doping moscow denies such a plan or program ever existed but in a letter to word russia sports minister admitted that there were issues within the country's anti doping agency the reinstatement was widely met with dissent though as a sports correspondent alexei reports next it's definitely been a very difficult decision for water and even in that statement it took knowledge that the decision would be unpopular and would be met with a lot of criticism the u.s. anti-doping agency chief staggered he went as far as saying that while it needs to

be completely reformed after that decision it's a blow to clean sport and in fact for the past week or so the criticism coming towards waters way you know everywhere on social media in the in the articles on television. not only that the number of and i don't think agencies in the world including the u.k. the united states new zealand australia poland canada they were all urging the president of water not to take the step to reconsider you know it's surprising because how would you expect the country to purify it sport if you're saying that it's agency which is destiny which is tasked to purify the sport should not be operational it's a chance that why they gave to the russian anti-doping agency to have your screen sport in the country this would change nothing for those athletes who have been accused of doping are serving their bans this is all about clean athletes the door is not shut open for them it's only they've been given a chance to open that door into because the sport. one of the main conditions of the international association of athletics federations to reinstate the russian

athletes was that that should be operational meaning that you know athletes have to be checked for doping in order to be clean and in order to be participating international competitions flying the russian flag so essentially this happened now but a lot of work is ahead and make no mistake about it now recite it will be heavily scrutinized and will be heavily checked by water so it's definitely a long road ahead that every head of russia's antidoping agency told us they're going to say she went to great lengths to ensure compliance. it's been a lot of work this saga has lasted for almost three years a lot of things have been done the russian anti-doping agency now has a completely need team it's been hard to work for russia sports ministry as well as wada they're provided international expertise to rebuild the capability of fresh anti-doping agency from my viewpoint it's a well earned a victory and it's not a victory of just one and it is the logical result of all the hard work of those involved the reinstatement of result of that i mean this is

a turning point in the in this whole story and i see it will help the rush to get back to. championships and seeing this is a day to celebrate a lot of restructuring. has been made but it is what makes this decision very important it shows that there is a willingness to change seeing and i've seen this is what comes out of past five sunday afternoon here in moscow ahead the battle to confirm brett kavanaugh as the next u.s. supreme court justices heated up over those sexual assault claims the details after the break. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy

confrontation let it be an arms race in this spearing dramatic development the only really i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time time to sit down and talk. you know world of big partisan lot and conspiracies it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that midstream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smarter we need to stop slamming the door on the bad and shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the troops the time is now we're watching closely watching the hawks.

the british prime minister's position at home and abroad has left his serious doubt this last week in negotiations with the e.u. over breakfast there seen another setback after trees of most partnership plan was slapped down by the blocs leaders of the summit in austria tossed out on the world wednesday in the city of seoul spurred on the result of that has left britain staring at the prospect of a no deal scenario may be it a speech following the meeting prime minister made demanded equal respect from the european union. throughout this process i have treated the e.u. with nothing but respect. the u.k. expects the same. takes a closer look at the stalemate right now between brussels and london. gregg's it an

on off drama that feels like it's been going on for centuries well since twenty sixteen the british pm has of course got her back covered by newly appointed foreign secretary jeremy hunt and that's exactly what he did following the tenth summit in salzburg what reason is saying is don't mistake british politeness for weakness if you put it in a difficult corner we will stand our ground that's the kind of country we are how effective this so-called lightness will be is debatable but let me continue with the plot the e.u. effectively has thrown out may's proposed post economic partnership with the e.u. task is uncompromising and france's present micron is pretty scathing to. just its framework for economic cooperation. must be clear that. we are. ready to compromise and. first of all this is.

for fundamental freedoms. and. single market and this is the way we. remain skeptical and. this part of the checkers proposal at this late stage in the negotiations it is not acceptable to simply rejects the other side's proposals without a detailed explanation and counterproposals you know teaches us something and i completely respect british sovereignty when i see that but it should that those who see that we can easily live without you rip that everything is going to be all right and that is going to bring a lot of money are liars but hunt is not alone brags it is continue to support me miss your mark owen is not only out of order he's completely wrong the e.u. is doing their classic case of trying to bully the u.k. and of a right. he of ways into taking a different position it is

a well known british political truism that when you start insulting your opponents you've already lost the argument why would an economy want to change themselves to sinking monolith when we could be at the center of a global network of free trade deals and investment partnerships a strong british stance indeed against the european union so after these political games you would think that the e.u. had slammed the door on any negotiations or proposals but no it seems that donald tusk has not quite done a u. turn but a mini semi turned assuring the brits that a deal is not dead and went on to say that he was a true admirer of the british pm and believes a compromise could be found confused well i certainly the european union is in a complete mess you can see that the european union has huge problems brussels likes to put on a show it likes to show that it's tough and hard to try and dissuade other nation states from leaving the european union like britain what i will see now is that

those people in the council and the commission will be trying to work on a deal that goes to the very last minute of the last day of the negotiation that is what they've done in the past you can see that it is an elite at the top that come along so democratic nation state voting for leaders who support policies that their people want this is the core problem of the european union and that is why i will see further problems and further disagreements between the nation states in the european. translator supreme court picks prone to be one of the most divisive figures to be nominated for the job yet a proposition to confirm in brig governor stepped up this week when a woman made sexual assault allegations against him governor strongly denies the accusations while his accuser now has agreed to testify before congress about it kaleb open house more on terms contentious choice for the lifetime position. the hearings surrounding the appointment of a new supreme court justice by the president has turned into arguably the most

burgeoning political issue in the united states at this time as the nomination process continues for brett kavanaugh we're seeing a circus of anger and accusations. rick kavanagh mr chairman. mr chairman. we cannot possibly move forward mr chairman a very warm welcome not they are given their duty. for here. we cannot be recognized i move to adjourn. them and i move. oh here's why the issue is so diverse in the u.s. supreme court has the final legal say on crucial issues and justices are appointed for life no wonder both sides want to put the balance in their favor so the gloves

come off the accusations are now flying first a woman who is sitting behind kavanagh was accused of giving secret fascist hand signals it turns out she is the descendant of holocaust survivors then some miss attributed quotes about birth control started flying around the internet hillary clinton herself was spreading this false information hidden for to birth control pills as abortion inducing drunks the such a fool to me an issue for you to i want to be sure will clear this didn't happen you were spanked chicks to prove this false then kavanagh's habit of buying baseball tickets became breaking news investigative reporters scoured his financial disclosure. and learned that he had his friends buy a ticket to a baseball game so as you can see there's still plenty of showing us to go around but then things got serious accusations of attempted rape which is career ending stuff in the age of me two came up christine blasi forward accuses brett kavanaugh

the tempting to rape her back in the one nine hundred eighty s. when they were both teenagers at a party now she wants an f.b.i. investigation if the senators who have come forward and said they want to treat the seriously mean that then they'll they'll have an investigation of these allegations so that we all go into this more informed so twenty four women who went to high school with brett kavanaugh signed a letter saying that they support the accuser then sixty five women signed another letter saying that they defend brett kavanaugh his character now those who support the democrats generally believe the accuser those is support the republicans think she is lying and have been calling her names not surprisingly the media is now taking sides this was intended. and i believe professor ford cabinet has lied multiple times she's not sure when it happened where it happened who else was president she never reported it to anybody this is nothing if they get

away with this there is then you have c.n.n. running the country because this allegation could be made against anyone at any time now the u.s. department of justice says that it's not a federal case but it seems like proving guilt or innocence isn't exactly the issue here i think the nomination should be withdrawn the bar here is not. whether you have not criminally assaulted someone it's credibility trust integrity so who is brett kavanaugh now to some he's a well respected adjudicator who happens to have some republican ties to others he's a sexual predator now supreme court justice nominations often turn into political confrontations but rarely do they expose. it's a deeply divided america. artsy in new york. and that some of the way there was i'm kevin zero in francs for watching r t international.

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along welcome to worlds apart it's become an international norm to assert that women's rights are human rights which in a world where women already makeup the majority of university graduates may appear a bit redundant how much more women's empowerment needs to happen for gender specific policies to become and then that will to discuss that i'm now joined by. the united nations under secretary general and executive director of the un of women. under secretary general it's great to talk to you thank you very much for your time we are recording this interview on the sidelines of the eurasian women's forum which if it were dedicated exclusively to men's issues may have been perceived as sexist about given how many accomplished high powered women have

gathered here do you think we still need gender centered policies because. the women who are gathered here i'm not. a true reflection of what happens in society they are women who are concerned about this issues they're using advantage physician who advocates on behalf off. to use their resources to advance.