hello good evening this is art international at the weekend live with me kevin owen here in moscow for the next thirty minutes i'll bring you round up of the big news stories of the last seven days or begin stay with me we start with this that russia's defense ministry says israel bears full responsibility for the downing of that russian aircraft off syria's coast this week which killed all fifteen servicemen aboard in a statement to the media the russian military presented the details timeline of the incident earlier today concluding that the actions of the israeli air force led to the tragedy. at twenty thirty one on september nineteenth the russian survey aircraft it was twenty started its patrol mission in a deescalation zone and in syria's northwest around the same time four israeli f. sixteen fighter jets left israel's air space they flew over neutral waters of the mediterranean and took up a combat ready position ninety kilometers from syria's port of latakia at twenty one thirty nine the israeli air force informed russia its f.

sixteen s were to carry out an air raid in northern syria but the israeli message was misleading because israel informed russia it would strike targets in the north of syria but instead they had targets in the western province of latakia just a minute after the call israeli jets conducted as strikes in the taqiyya province following the call the russian it was when she received an order to move south and exit the supposed to target zone with such short notice the russian plane was unable to reach a safe area eleven minutes after the attack began syrian air defenses started firing missiles already in combat position at twenty one fifty nine one of the f. sixteen started to maneuver towards the coast and approach the ill twenty series and defense systems registered the maneuver as the start of another attack and opened fire the it which when she was hit by a missile and four minutes later disappeared from radar as russia believes it was the actions of the israeli jets that put the old twenty at immense risk because the

. pilot was aware the russian planes would be a preferred target for the anti aircraft missile because of its larger rate of course section also news that syrian raiders were likely to identify the real twenty as a group of israeli jets because russia and syria use different friends of those systems. in the last few hours here's where the defense forces have responded to the disputed moscow's timeline of events saying that they in fact their f. sixteen s were not hiding behind the russian plane and left the airspace they say before it was shot r.t. senior correspondent more galaxy of looks next to the incident could affect relations between russia and israel. whatever side you ask no one's guilty culpable or liable everyone blames someone else israel holds the assad regime he's military shot down the russian plane fully responsible for this incident israel also holds iran and hezbollah a terrorist organization accountable for this unfortunate incident this regrettable

incident is the result of the usual israeli impudence and rodimus who always use the filthiest means to achieve their unsavory goals and in that the hostility in our region was that the syrians who launched a missile while fending off a surprise every day on their country was at the arena and is by law who apparently had an arms factory that just had to be bombed or was it the israelis who reportedly hid behind russian aircraft because presented objective data testify that the actions of israeli fighter pilots which led to the loss of life it's fifteen russian servicemen either lack professionalism were and lack 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 service men 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 then set 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 she aggression it says 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 ad defense systems which would have made israeli air raids much more difficult a war. 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 by first suspending the contract and then withdrawing from a completely and returning four hundred million dollars that it already received from the syrian government. russia helped. goes from there is is what remains to be seen. the world anti-doping agency voted in the week to reinstate russia's anti drug body thursday a decision ended in 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 one furthermore the main sticking point had been that report by the canadian dr richard mclaren which alleged that russia run a state sponsored doping scheme the list called for it to acknowledge complicity in the doping moscow denies such a program ever exist but in a letter to russia's sports minister admitted that there were issues when the country's anti-doping agency the reinstatement was widely met with dissent though as a sports correspondent jeff ski 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 water 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 number of and i don't ping 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 wada gave to the russian anti-doping agency to have pure 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 the sport. because one of the main conditions of the international association of athletics federations to reinstate the russian athletes was 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's me a bit more detail in the week we spoke to the deputy head of russia's anti doping agency who told us the organization went to great lengths to ensure compliance. it's been a lot of warrants the saga has lasted for almost three years a lot of things have been done the russian anti-doping agency now has a completely knee team it's been hard work for russia sports ministry as well as their provided international expertise to rebuild the capability of precious

anti-doping agency from my viewpoint it's a well earned i think terry and it's not a victory of just one and it is the logical result of all the hard work of those involved at the reinstatement of result of that i mean this is a turning point in the in this whole story and i see it get we all hope the rush to get back to. the championships seems. 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. these cards. could a person just turn in the evening here in moscow this weekend's going good not because so with me to for more of the recap of the big stories of the week or the next fifty minutes after the break including the battle to confirm. the next u.s. supreme court justice heating up over those sexual assault claims just one of the

stories ahead. it's become an international norm to say women's rights are human rights but in a world where women make up the majority of university graduates this may not be true how much more women's empowerment needs to happen before gender based policies become redundant. you know world's big part of the lot and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that mainstream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smarter we need to stop slamming the door on the bad shouting

past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now for watching closely watching the hawks. watching out international for the news of the week then the british prime minister's position at home and abroad is left in serious doubt negotiations with the e.u. over bricks it have seen another setback after driesum ace partnership plan was slapped down by the blocs leaders at that summit in austria talks got underway a wednesday in the city is the result of that has left britain staring at the prospect maybe of a no deal scenario in a speech following the meeting prime minister may 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 parties are dearer to takes a closer look at the current stalemate 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 us in a difficult corner we will stand our ground that's the kind of country we are how effective this so-called power 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.

is uncompromising and france's present micron is pretty scathing to. just its framework for economic cooperation. it must be clear that. we're not. ready to compromise and. first of all this is. for fundamental freedoms. and. things are market and this is the way we. remain skeptical and critical to this part of the checkers proposal at this late stage in the negotiations it is not acceptable to simply reject 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 your roots if everything is going to be all

right and that is going to bring a lot of money there are liars but hunt is not alone brags it is continue to support me miss your mark wrong 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 a 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 believed

a compromise could be found confused well i certainly am 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 of a 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 states 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 union. another huge headline maker in the way donald trump's later supreme court pick has brought three one of the most divisive figures to be

nominated for the job opposition to confirming brett kavanaugh stepped up huge gear this week all for a woman made sexual assault allegations against him kavanagh strongly denies the accusations well his accusers now agreed to testify before congress about it caleb open house more on trump's contentious choice for what is a lie. time position of 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. mr chairman. mr chairman. we cannot possibly move forward mr chairman your relations from years ago have we

learned anything over the years about due process not just for the accusers but also for the accused but i think that you have to take each of these situations you know sort of on their own merits and want to bill clinton's alleged victims reacted to by asking the f.b.i. not to investigate her right as well. the difference in the double standard that existed back then and still does today i think it's i think this is this don assuring that they can do this to mr cavanaugh it is the absolute definition of hypocritical and that's what's really disheartening especially for the american public to see these democratic leaders that have been elected being absolutely hypocritical and two faced really not only when it comes to the clinton trials where all of this wasn't enough what we heard it wasn't enough you can't come against him whereas a woman makes one allegation is refusing to testify there's no other information

nobody really has any information there's no evidence but the word of this woman that's not to say that sexual assault allegations are important but the timing is very suspicious of course so we've now shown that the congress the united states of america doesn't care about facts or evidence as much as it's as about political differences believe with. some of the stories in the week that was as we do every sunday in the weekly to more of a news show you download breaking news straight to mobile devices and as we get it to hear a moskos commit to twenty eight minutes possibly leaving this sunday kevin saying things watching the weekly called a brazen enough an hour. when lawmakers manufactured them sentenced him to public wealth. when the ruling classes protect themselves. when the final merry go

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