the. headline stories this. gains territory in syria killing more than forty american fighters close to the border with iraq we look into the reasons behind the group's resurgence. one of america's longest running sitcom is the big

bang theory sneaks in message and its credits being in the in the midterm election media frenzy. and steal boardgames police. iceland's capital drugs drugs an essential supply. from moscow to the world welcome to our to international my names you know neil good to have your company our top story terrorists gain territory in syria close to the border with iraq killing over forty u.s. backed fighters during an offensive there washington had previously claimed that i still was almost completely decimated. explains. from all of the boasting you. i've gotten the idea that ms alarming state and series so two

thousand and sixteen the coalition to defeat isis has liberated very close to one hundred percent of the territory to do a good job with those as we have just absolutely decimated isis but the latest carnage is a clear signal that the terrorists are not ready to buckle just yet they've squeezed every drop of profit from the victory they've been craving for so long from obvious territorial gains to a massive p.r. push they filmed their operation and spoils of war from all thinkable angles it seems even with reinforcements america's proxy ground force the kurds couldn't hold off the surprise onslaught hard fighting casualties down there both sides but will continue to go after them in the weeks ahead i saw the latest propaganda video even includes a not so subtle threat a skyline view of the government controlled town but hold on just how much of

a surprise was this latest isolette that really sure they moved in under the cover of a sandstorm but it's not like the kurds which are in charge of eastern syria didn't know eisel was on their porch they have been fighting terrorists in the area for a whole year but despite their best efforts to little success and that could be due to the fact that their effort has been dwindling gradually apart from i saw the kurdish fighters have been focusing on skirmishes with the syrian army and repelling the turkish operation against them in the north this plays into the yard as sounds perfectly since assad's forces are not going anywhere and neither is turkey as president erdogan te's the next phase of what he calls an anti terror operation in syria. that we have started active intervention operations against of the terror organization in the last couple of days we will soon come down hard on the terror are going to. with more extensive and effective operation as you know

the united states also has been convincing the world it's hell bent on cleansing syria of terrorists yet years on it's their area of responsibility where i still strikes well with its bloodiest attack in months and i wonder could it be because american troops are in fact miles away from all the action we don't have a counter iranian mission here we have the feed isis mission that competition between all these forces allows for isis to play back and forth every surrounding neighbor of syria and including the syrian government have had other enemies to fight in other concerns isis is always calm number two it's a difficult problem it's also a divided syria because you have a border region where you rocks on one side the syrian the democratic forces on the other backed by the united states and a syrian army backed by russia and iran are on the other there are many players in

the syrian conflict and all of them are hungry for geopolitical bounty in syria and writing off early means risking another wave of terrorist resurgence. the poor saddam off there will elsewhere in syria tensions iraq did druze are a protest of a local election in the golan heights disputed territory between syria and israel dozens of locals denounced the vote as a legal and promise really where crowds blocked the entrance since two polling stations in several villages with his release soldiers using tear gas to break up the demonstrators many people living in these really occupied earlier house refused to take up israeli citizenship consider themselves it's the first local election since israel took control of the golan heights in one nine hundred sixty seven the israeli government approved the poll last year after an appeal from was really

villagers. with just a week to go until the midterm elections in the usa it seems everyone who's anyone opinion even the popular t.v. series big bang theory has an anti trump message in its credits. and reports much of the rhetoric is feeding public discord on social division. but the mid-term elections approaching things are getting intense across the united states bombs are being sent through the mail shootings are happening and talk of division is everywhere now in this context you would expect that american media would try to calm people down bring them together well not this time just turn on c.n.n. this president has radicalized so many more people than isis ever did the commentator has sense apologized but trump wouldn't be trumped if he didn't fire back there was a woman who was just on c.n.n.

a short while ago saying that you have radicalized more people than isis that was c.n.n. tonight well let this be some kind of a sick woman that's media and politicians but entertainment is where americans go to relax maybe have a few good laughs but now a lot of comedians have found a new soapbox to stand on even a show that's about nerds with poor social skills is starting to put up anti trust messages if you knew a divine wisdom belief or fascist hate filled fan mongering demagogic truth shuttering socratic govt cheeta is what we need right now then you know that they will be done but if i was inclined to more freedom more love more compassion i submissively that though encouraged to turn out in that general direction h.b.o. comedian john oliver did a piece about state attorney generals there on the ballot in thirty different states come november for some reason he decided to criticize exclusively republican candidates across the country if you live in wisconsin just google brad she

thousand dollar coins and you'll learn about how your money to spend ten grand of taxpayer money on coins reading. which stands for his actual personal motto kicking ass everytime. and music is now all about politics r. and b. star farrah williams is threatening to sue donald trump because trump supporters were listening to his hit song happy while they were waiting for the president to come on stay. it seems that some musicians would like to ban the make america great again crowd for listening to their music if only they could for oh has not and will not grant you permission to publicly perform the worries broadcaster disseminate any of his music hate campaign advertising in the united states is very closely regulated by law however it seems that a lot of american t.v. not just news but also comedy shows celebrity gossip is taking sides and throwing punches no matter where you go in the united states you can't escape the great

american divide up and archie new york blood say or it was a reporter one particular story that donald trump had actually recruited more terrorists than isis ok that was then met with an apology and the apology was then covered and then we covered the coverage of the apology and then whether the coverage of the coverage of the apology of the first statement was excessive so the media now are consuming our new you see we talk about living in the bubble we lead to media we believe that everyone sees things the way we do or that they care about things that we do it's for them sounds you think america cares do you think somebody is going to say you know what i was going to vote for whatever but doggone it i watched the big bang theory and i watched this one flash

and i change my mind come on it's vanity license plate. they thoughts of line older know it looks like double trumps lost his most high profile celebrity supporter in a twitter rant the rapper kanye west say's he's been used previously being linked to a campaign to convince african-americans to ditch support for the rival democratic party in one tweet to west said his eyes were no wide open he's distancing himself from politics it comes just a few weeks after west a much publicized meeting with donald trump in the oval office in which heaped praise on the president but now he claims he's been used to spread messages he ses he doesn't believe it. will hillary clinton's facing a. joking that african americans all look alike she was correcting the interviewer

who mixed up two democrat politicians. you think of cory booker's and you can comment to him in your kill file i don't know anything about him saying kick him in the shins and sensually start to get to that kind of a little i was eric holder air cargo aircraft looking at sorry i know they all look alike now they don't. allow that. while following the interview many vented their anger on twitter calling a racist the other suggested if it had been donald trump uttering the same would have been greater than has been gauging reaction to all but in new york city. who made the joke yes. she was trying to. trump. president trump only good david duke purposely david duke hillary clinton made the joke so some people think all the chinese look the same i mean that is pretty offensive if one has a mustache one doesn't can't be that. it's it's pretty insensitive.

especially when they don't look like it or. nato is holding its largest military exercise since the end of the cold war the drills kicked off last week can stretch from the baltic sea to iceland military forces from thirty one countries including alliance partners sweden and finland are taking part the war games will run for two weeks with over fifty thousand personnel two hundred fifty or craft sixty five ships involved. while the drills focus on restoring the region sovereignty after an attack by a quote fictitious aggressor they asked on the capital to replenish one of its core supplies.

bar owners who are fighting an overwhelming force. living on a fracking company in britain is calling for rules on gas exploration to be relaxed the spike a string of tremors resulting from its drilling activities operations resumed to earlier this month after a seven year a bomb over safety concerns to the story this hour here's probably boyko. what happens when a company's just been given the right to start shale gas extraction but tiny

earthquakes keep getting in the way that's the situation in lancashire in the north of england where energy company quadrangle off to months of legal wrangling and protests. started commercial exploratory fracking two weeks ago since then there have already been two so-called microseismic events microseismic enough to halt drilling twice.

the boss of course drilling has the onset the government should just relax the rules and allow the company doing the fracking to frack on even after larger tremors because all the reports of seismic activity are scaring people it may well be that we have reached that time not only for the u.k. shell gas industry but also to address the concerns of local people who are becoming increasingly worried by reporting of tiny movements in the us which is thousands of times across the u.k. every day as if they were harmful so here's how the traffic light monitoring system works right now think of it as the government danger scale for shale gas extraction anything over nor point five on the richter scale is classed as a red light event and means an immediate suspension to drilling so for drilling wants the red light event to be anything starting from two point zero on the richter scale environmentalists aren't so sure where it could reduce fracking at

the moment it's a worrying situation and it seems to be going. very slowly and cautiously as they should. if you if you then put that over ground or terrain that's already been historically weakened significantly by historic coal extract conses consequences could be very devastating. and that effectively covers the entire bowmanville you half of the for king licenses in this country that's where the real problem is. the fracking fam has reasons to be hopeful though over the summer the u.k.'s energy minister said that the current monitoring system is cautious and could. adjusted op woods where the government came to prove that its policy of supporting shale gas extraction is bearing fruit a change in the safety threshold could mean christmas coming early for the fracking

frustrated by delays. incredible pictures coming out of a northern italian region following devastating floods which leave almost a dozen dead we've got much more this wednesday morning here from r.t. h.q. coming in moments. in twenty four to you know bloody revolution to correct the demonstrations going from being relatively peaceful political protests to be creasing the violent revolution is always spontaneous or is it just a lawyer here i mean you are liz put video of me in the. school and you go to the former ukrainian president recalls the events of twenty four. of those who took part in this today over five billion dollars to assist ukraine in these and other goals that will ensure

a secure and prosperous and democratic. lawmakers manufacture consent to stick to the public will. when the ruling classes protect themselves. in the final merry go round be the one percent. we can all middle of the room sick. i mean real news is. what politicians do. they put themselves on the line they get accepted or rejected . so when you want to be president. some want to.

have to go right to be cross with what before three in the morning can't be good. i'm interested in the was. just coming up to nineteen minutes past eight am here in moscow welcome back after over three years of a devastating war in yemen the united states has called on saudi arabia to stop its bombing campaign there the u.n. described the situation in yemen as the worst month made humanitarian crisis in modern history washington ses both sides must stop the strikes rabia should cease

its fire on populated areas the u.s. defense secretary expects peace talks to start in a month's time according to a just released study the saudi intervention in yemen has claimed fifty six fellows and lives in the past two years. however neither concern for yemeni citizens in the worth a murder of

a saudi journalist working for the washington post are enough to stop the united states from bailing on its lucrative weapons contracts with saudi arabia and political science professor cohen cavill says the u.s. has no interest sanctioning the saudis or ending yemen's war something has triggered this and the only thing possible is that it has to do with. this is more of a message to saudi arabia that what the u.s. is going to do is this moment it's all otherwise the us they have. i would doubt that they're going in this conflict because if they really wanted the interest they could just kind of sending weaponry to saudi arabia well. so i mean it's one of you. an independent movement on the. what they're trying to do.

just lauds mom and. the war in a way. with. guidance. the u.s. allies are rounding on washington and say trade dispute over metal taurus reaches the world trade organization mexico canada european countries to say there are alarmed by washington's behavior and the potential damage it could cause this collective resorts to dispute stance woman reflects the serious concern of the membership of the united states actions norway's worried that the united states would offer a purported justification that is so evidently divorced from real world security concerns ok some of the facts all of this donald trump slapped an import charge of ten percent and twenty five percent on steel back in march america's biggest trade

partners retaliated with taxes all along list of u.s. goods by king strategist peter rosen strike thinks trump is not motivated by economic. it's become a highly political highly charged environment you know there's additional political threats that you know if if the rulings don't go in the u.s. is way. that the u.s. would withdraw from the it's important to realize that everybody recognizes that the tariff moved in the name of fair trade in the name of security is more from a change of america's strategic position then it is about trade this idea of a read examining a bilateral relationships and redetermine into these sort of historical relationships and trump is basically blowing them apart and the world is creating a new order where the u.s.

is not the central figure and i think you know these so small but powerful moves by the. and other international communities is a clear sign that it's moving shifting away from the u.s. as the primary axis of power. devastating floods struck a number of regions in a city leaving a leaven people dead three quarters of the city of venice or water high winds have triggered a red alert level in the surrounding region locals and visitors on two way to need to through the historic cities flooded streets most tourist areas were closed with official say it is the fifth biggest flood on record. elsewhere in northern italy the harbor tunnel for apollo genoa was badly hit after its reinforced walls collapsed as you can see there are dozens of swer left by her

don't see front roads a lot of boats as well other side general is still reeling from the collapse of an elevated motorway bridge in august in which more than forty people. and it's over forty years since the oscar winning documentary harlan county usa premiered that story of a coal mining toy and struggling to hold on to its job density hit a chord with audiences the world over so what's the picture like there for decades on our documentary shadows of insurance examines not it's next. what politicians do. put themselves on the line. to get accepted or rejected.

so when you want to be president injury. or some want to. have to go right to be close this is like before three of them all can't be good. i'm interested in the waters of. this should. join me every thursday on the alex simon show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then. seemed wrong. why don't we all just don't call. me. yet to see how this day comes to educate and in detroit equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground.

i have the honor to once again the interview alister croaky is a former e.u. diplomat and founder and director of conflicts forum and of course we're going to discuss the middle east. while give easy val's find this us. and. for unions. the rational. was that israel of the needy thief.

more than. the. disease says hall in kentucky. you know we've all in this group the employees says you go three families leave. me in. a coma and he says he it was almost no coal mines left.

the jobs are gone all the polarizer said that. these people are survivors of disappearing before their eyes. i remember thinking when i was younger that if anything ever happened to the coal mines here that it would become a ghost town but i never thought in a million years i would see that and it's happened it's happened. with no make this manufacture consent to step into the public well. when the ruling classes protect themselves. in the final larry go round the sun be the one person. with no middle of the room sit. in the real news room.

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