all inside the ukrainian army and the eastern regions of the country they are ethnic chechens from a few dozens to possibly more than a hundred who are absolutely frank and open about their background they've been to syria and iraq they've been taught how to kill by jihad is there and this is what the times writes about it some of the battalion is gunman admit to having home their combat skills and islamic state training camps in iraq and syria this horrible background does get a mention however what the times journalists don't bring up is some other elements of the biography of the group's commander for example being a part of the underground movement behind several terrorist attacks in russia that killed hundreds of people earlier another british newspaper reported dads the very same commander disagreed with murdering civilians however he called these acts of

terrorism understandable and according to the man the only way to make the russians listen to these chechen groups those who have been interviewed by the times newspaper refer to these people asked puppets of the chechen president ramzan kadyrov and the russian leader vladimir putin the be the chechen had a simple explanation for fighting for ukraine against kremlin backed separatists putin is our enemy he said he brings only evil as to why these chechen malicious with a terrorist backgrounds are in the ukraine they say they are there to be a part of the war against the people they call separatists in the dawn and skin lugansk self-proclaimed republics we heard about ethnic chechen groups fighting on both sides of the conflict in east ukraine a long time ago however if we look at the coverage of the british news outlets of the. russia ukraine confrontation recently we can see particularly with the times

that they've been emphasizing russia's role there as an aggressor as they call it one particular example is the coverage of the naval incident in the current strait just a short while ago i had a quick conversation with the russian foreign ministry spokeswoman marie is a cloud over and she told me that moscow sees the appearance of ethnic chechen fighters with possible links to islamic state on the east ukraine fighters as part of a wider trend that they've been seeing for years in ukraine now leakproof long military conflicts especially supported by arms and money from outside have always attracted people different movie it is the same happen in syria we've people who support religious fundamentalism coming from far away and who ows will do fine in ukraine these jihadi fighters help ukraine realize this agenda of suppressing dissent.

the russian defense ministry says that israeli air strikes in syria that injured three on tuesday night also endangered two passenger jets policy has the details the russian defense ministry criticized the israeli operations in syria overnight israel launched a number of rockets against targets in the damascus area it injured three syrian soldiers and it also destroyed or extensively damaged an arms depot now the russian defense ministry pointing out that the israeli operations came as two passenger flights were coming into land in both beirut and damascus and that the civilian lives were potentially endangered we've heard from the syrian side that they were forced to activate their ground to air defense missile systems after the rockets were fired from israel and we're hearing from israel that they were forced to activate their is a defense missile systems after rockets were fired from syria. now all of this

comes as the situation particularly in northern syria the latest reports suggest that as many as forty pickup trucks two tanks alawi's an armored personnel vehicles belonging to the syrian army have entered the northern syrian province of man bridge now this is an area that is controlled by the kurds r.t. sources on the ground have confirmed that what we're hearing from syrian sources are reinforcements have in fact entered the province this follows a request last week by the kurds to the syrian army to come and assist them just the day before the turkish backed syrian for syrian forces sent their own fighters and their own on their vehicles to the front lines in one village so we witnessing a potential showdown between the turkish back fighters and the kurds and the syrian forces in fact we're hearing from ankara that it is planning a major offensive this comes in the wake of the american withdrawal from syria has long been a point of contention between the united states and turkey. we

do not support and we would oppose efforts to move south and engage in activities against the syrian democratic forces two kurdish commanders have made commitments that they will turn over areas to local populations as they have been so tremendously exist successful in liberating those areas from dash we expect them to live up to those commitments. and for moms each and we are fighting against the turkish threat with god's will we're going to fight it together with the americans and the coalition against the turkish army until their withdrawal from one bridge and the surrounding villages this is syrian territory.

we noticed more movement from the euphrates shield along the front line as turkey before its military operation on a free and threatened that manned beach would be the next target. as i said before our relationship is at critical juncture either we must put it back on track or it will further deteriorate we have agreed essentially to normalize our relationship again question of this is one that as i said is going to be given priority in our joint working there for him this is one of the four measure a good one of the issues for us to work together with. we

are a part of syria and we don't support separatism much you want an agreement to be reached and saw from this tradition as part of a free syria. invariable that's the description given to a major new strategic weapon called african gar which will enter russian service and next year president putin says heads towards targets like a meteorite is not without controversy there however with critics in the u.s. claiming it may violate global arms treaties r.t. is the first challenge to show unique footage from the defense ministry its first full public test. i'm not too sure if a national to tell us more about why this is such

a significant moment please explain really. of ludmer putin while he was overseeing the test launch of russia's weapon known as oven guard live he actually explained that saying that it was a great success as it was excellent new years gave to the entire nation and also that it will ensure russia's security for decades so i think this is all we have to know about this launch i have to remind you that ivan guard was among new new klystron all weapons that ludmer putin presented earlier in march saying that russia had to develop its military industry and its may saw its weapons following us a success in this fear and us as development of. missile defenses so it's all about russia's security as far as we can understand from

ludmer putin said just remind you what happened. when it was launched from the dim barsky missile base in the southern you are all mountains and as kremlin reported successfully heat. training target on the crushing range own opinion solo in russia's east some six thousand kilometers away but that's not maybe even very impressive of you you've just sad that this weapon is said to. to be able to circle the earth in just thirty minutes so six thousand kilometers is nothing for i've been gar but it's main feature and a very important one is that eighty's said to be able to maneuver while flying in while gliding so that it can avoid n.t. missile defenses. so it is reported and ludmer putin repeated it

to day after the launch that it cannot be in to set by the enemy is missile defenses so it is almost uncatchable and also we hear that it may carry two megaton why had i to be honest i don't quite understand what exactly is this because that sounds really huge and impressive and it shows how powerful this weapon is and also we know that it can fly that mishear at twenty times the speed of sound. again bypassing the enemy is defenses and putin. himself said that it flies as a. so yeah it's a it's a very interesting weapon and we heard from russia's president that it could be it will be used by russia's strategic forces starting next year. it's amazing

how this technology allows twenty times the speed of sound and can hit targets or anywhere in the world within home. very impressive the thank you maria financial keep us up to date with the information online thank you sure. thank president has passed and the end of the is near cross the stories that made twenty eighteen is our quirky media analyst lionel has his personal look back. really. said that what i think. oh maybe you could read it oh please stop it you know we're talking about.

mark as zucker berg his testimony regarding facebook social media and the loss of data his appearance before the face of before congress was a disaster nothing short of a disaster next mainstream media news in general took a hit from every conceivable angle and i believe that one of the readers might have been. the jim acosta moment next. marco and globalist in general and what did this. and he was a template and a learning lesson for i think most of the world. our own is senator elizabeth warren is also called a liar was our focal hondas a woman whose native american ancestry was completely unraveled in just proved to be a d.n.a. . it was

anything short of miraculous considering the fact that everybody in the world of politics both democrat or republican everybody the media print otherwise everybody was against him his family his legacy name and how even survived is another story but he was no rock eula. there's a revolution going on in the world right now we guarding the new platforms and new bases rupert mation delivery and platforms such as this are proving that this is the best source of new again why the ability to not be limited by a commercial the ability to speak freely the ability to question more.

you saw president trump in control with chuck schumer dissolve being in the. sofa or the couch or the said whatever you were just being lectured to with nancy pelosi saying i think we should maybe take this elsewhere and it was a chance for people to see what politicians sound like when they're really getting into it. the initial screech and clamor of revolution. we saw with the yellow bus we saw it elsewhere we saw the different beginnings of what will be a cataclysm a change in the structure of the world this is what

was intended to be this global even a polar type of concretization of the world that changes. the truth hurts. christmas present has just become christmas pasta and christmas future is still to come inspired by the festive season all teens generally correspondent out of an aisle gives his own rendition of a classic christmas. hello hello and welcome comments under fire would you like to hear ghost story one involving three spirits which is quite similar but for many reasons quite different to a christmas carol well come with me to germany where i'm going to. german journalists abbreviated a k k has been elected to the role of leader of the christian democratic union party.

taking over from the run the party. is never going to be. but as the clock struck warrant a k.-k. was reminded of the past of the party tanking in the polls and also at the ballot box the c.d.u. and their allies took civilian losses in twenty eight. and in. local elections it is painful for the city you that we've lost so many votes the losses for the c.d.u. became wins for the green party on the center left and the un team gratian alternative to germany right. after bringing tidings to kate the spirit was gone see this is how it's going to work here with me so far right leaving the past in the past and switching to

christmas present the second spirit to visit a k.k. showed her the state of play today. was the first choice of chancellor angela merkel to succeed she wasn't the first choice for large groups of the c.d.u. party germany's conservatives wanted someone a little more conservative c.d.u. needs an awakening and a renewal at this time of migration and globalisation the modernisation must be firmly grounded in national identity and traditional values in our actions. it's uniting a group that fits the bill is pale male and stale if i was to be somewhat unfair the whole be the main task for the woman now essentially the heir apparent to take over for mrs merkel when she steps down chancellor. so let's see what that spirit brings with it in the future there's a whole load of states and other local elections lined up in germany next year

that's in a lot of ways will be seen or votes of whether the germans believe that k.k. is the woman to take the country forward i'm glad merkel plans to step down as chancellor and twenty twenty one and performances on the ballot box could decide the way it plays out so there we have it all story has come to an end and all that's left for me to do is this and to wish you all the very best from us here at r.t. and hope that twenty nineteen brings you wealth health and happiness. the u.s. soldiers north korea to pay more than half a billion dollars and will tell you why after this break. four people feed the economy because they buy scratch tickets scratch off lottery

tickets you know when i was living in the ghetto in new york you know the red apple grocery store uptown had the highest prices in town right in the liquor stores are open and you'd buy you know more expensive in the ghetto and that's how you build an economy it's always built on the backs of the poor america was built on the slave market america was built up prison labor to give them a look at the good times of america the ne'er do wells it's all very squishy and swell that's over we got to go back to basics. when our mind when the tempo or mind. changed there are fees to ratio of the level of the physiology that is at the level of the brain the brain as a formal plasticity can rewire itself and not just the brain but also the rest of the body respond to.

welcome back to the profound us judge has ordered pyongyang to pay half a billion dollars damages to the family of a student who died after being released from north korean custody here's a look back at what happened to one. after a detail to accomplish mark when i arrived in pyongyang on the morning of january first two thousand and sixteen i committed my call of taking out the important political slogan from the staff. oh you made the worst mistake of what i

was. but only things. to say for me. he was blind he was dead he had a large scar on his right foot north korea is now a victim their terrorist paid today's droid stage they purposely and intentionally injured i think you need to define torture the fact that he has an ox think in the brain damage caused by the lack of oxygen to the brain we don't know what the recalls of that is i mean could that have been torture at the time we don't know we don't have enough information about what happened. at that initial insult to draw any concrete conclusions will be as death washington we listed north korea

as a state sponsor of terrorism in nov twenty seventh teen rejects the allegation that torture of the student prior to his death when the imbalance and a professor at rome's guglielmo marconi university believes both countries are using won't be for political gain. what we do know is that there is already political interference in the life of an individual and that political interference i think is coming probably more from the united states military industrial congressional complex than from the rather harsh regime in north korea this boy. may not have been tortured but he may have been badly mistreated and that does happen i'm afraid in a lot of countries including america he's being used i think possibly by both sides now as a bargaining chip bargaining chip like some kind of poker game called shop was released i think at exactly the same time as trump was neat in the north korean

leader was told us that this this life this human life is simply being used. diplomacy which frankly i find quite medieval. in light of all that is the description given to a major new strategic a weapon called apple which will enter the veterans have a thanks to president putin says our heads towards targets like a meteorite and it's not without controversy however with the critical u.s. claiming it may violate global arms treaties r.t. is the first channel to show unique footage following their defense for full public test.

have to. tell us about why this is so significant. collective love putin himself. off to the launch explained the importance to all of our test launch he was overseen and alive in the control and command center here in central moscow the defense ministry he has said that it was a great success as a was excellent new years gave to the entire nation and it will ensure russia's security for decades so it's all about security stability and safety all of the russian population as led me putin said just a few words about exactly what happened the weapon known as god was launched from the mire of ski. in the side of the neural montanus and successfully he practiced

a target on the peninsula some six thousand kilometers away but it may sound impressive but we actually know some even more impressive information about this so weapon we hear that it may circle the earth just to minutes it can fly the atmosphere at twenty times the speed of sound and may bypass the enemy is anti missile defenses and this is posed as. a main feature is so unlike the fixed trajectory of ballistic missiles ballistic. warheads admin guard can maneuver is so that it cannot be into sat there putin great aerated today during and after the launch by animism missile defenses of course there were concerns all over this launch especially in the united states over whether it

complies with global treaties whether or violates global ballons but putin said that divisive. saves the ballons just to remind you of an guard was the new nuclear strategic weapons white mare putin presented earlier in march saying that russia had to develop its military industry to follow us as success in this fear us as development over their missile and then missile defenses of ludmer putin sees this as every spawns to us is a success is an us is movements towards. further development of a military industry but of course not everybody sees it this way. controversial but impressive at the same time so if you look at things like the maneuverability

as you mentioned. making it almost impossible to track because it moves so quickly thanks very much. reporting the from the center of moscow thanks. this i'll be back in around thirty minutes time but do stay tuned documentary incarcerating featuring first hand accounts expert testimony and shocking statistics on the biggest prison system in history. i'm. thirty.

one. hundred you look a little. boy i think it certainly makes sense for for moscow to think. in its contacts with the united states i just fear that the dominant view in this city is that it is merely impossible until the united states kind of settle this domestic divide the environment and in d.c. he's you know i hate to see these laws work toxic but that's exactly what it is and then i think it's in a way you know you're damned if you do and you're damned if you don't.

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i look out the window and there they are. so i was arrested in that day and i wanted her to bargain. and. i understand she has not got a body and i could probably wouldn't she guide me but just to savor all the scam not as. so she wouldn't do this. they were under. i could not plead guilty to everything that they accused me of. not guilty. i was convicted for conspiracy dire received twenty four year sentence there's a way in which you have to see the conspiracy law as a very important tool of law enforcement if the cross is solely.