news at least four people are dead and sixty eight unaccounted for. following a gas explosion in the russian city of. to step up joint patrols in the english channel after a spike in the number of illegal immigrants trying to get over the past two weeks. children who'd been held in iraqi prisons allegedly. when they were returned to russia. the french newspaper apologizes to people compare its latest from page to images from the nazi era.

in the news team. where it's now three pm this new year's eve it's five pm in magni to gold square the new year holiday has gone off to a tragic start at least four people have died part of a residential building collapsed due to a gas explosion but need to go to russian industrial city about seven hundred kilometers east of moscow the authorities say the fate of sixty eight people is still unknown one resident who was evacuated from the building described the scene . i was woken up by the sound of the explosion and the shattered glass the windows in my living room were blown out i ran to the kitchen the windows there were also shattered i could smell smoke my neighbors were yelling the main door was blown out and it was blocking our door and then i thought there would be standing but we left the corridor and there was just trouble. well today richard has been

across developments since this broke about eleven hours ago now also what's it like there at the moment and i think of course when you know it's an absolutely tragic incident this especially as it's new year's eve national holiday people will be preparing for the big celebrations tomorrow really really sad story this it happened the location is actually in the southern part of the ural mountains quite a remote area happened around six am local time in the early hours and as you can imagine most people would have been sleeping certainly in their flats there it was caused by a gas explosion in the center of this building this multi unit building of the section just collapse the two adjacent sides we've been told by the emergency ministry the being the real worries that those two sides would collapse as well hence over a thousand people were evacuated there what we know about the building itself it consists of forty eight flats there was one hundred twenty people registered to be

living there four people we know so far have died tragically five people have been hospitalized one of those a child and five people were retrieved from the rubble so that leaves sixty eight people still officially unaccounted for what we do have is one eyewitness account from a lady who tells us what happened. there was a blast as first there was an earthquake who rushed to a balcony and so fire in that. house on the second floor no windows were left in else that they were all blown out. so if we look at how the emergency services responded they respond within ten minutes and there are literally hundreds and hundreds of rescue workers now helping to try and retrieve others in the rubble of this to be don't know whether the survivors or whether they are fatalities additional. psychiatry's have been deployed there the emergency minister is on the

scene as well and the emergency services have said that they will deploy people if required what they're most worried about i mean the temperatures there are freezing it's minus seventeen there at the moment so time is of the sense for this rescue operation it's predicted that it might go to minus twenty seven at nightfall so they're really worried about that as with all tragedies like this the communities tend to work together to try and help people and that's exactly what's happening that at the moment they're pulling together helping those who've lost their. family members and friends. and i mean obviously they're still waiting to see how the fatalities and the injuries. of course but there's nightfall in that part of russia makes the challenge even more great for the emergency services and as well because a positive news in the next couple of hours ok today richard thanks very much for that. well at least twenty six people have died from the after effects of gas

explosions in residential apartment blocks in russia this year alone other tragedies links to building collapses have claimed more than one hundred lives over the last fifteen years. britain and france say that to increase joint patrols in an effort against illegal immigration to the u.k. offer an unexpected rise in refugees arriving in britain across the english channel over the past two weeks and he says he has the story. deeply concerning the u.k.

migration minister is sounding the alarm made for a recent surge in migrant crossings over the english channel what do you do in a crisis pick up the phone well the u.k. home secretary and the french interior minister at least spoke to each other but is this really enough to combat channel crossings from the u.k. and france is a partnership all too familiar when it comes to border protection but having spent millions already to set up and then move refugee camps one of the biggest flashpoints of the migrant crisis the port in kobe which made headlines almost daily. from cal a today for the poor to seen a spike in. a number of adults some children arriving at the kents coast sporadic

crossings to a scene at the start of the refugee crisis but more recently over two hundred twenty men women and children have attempted to make their way if in the last fifty days also. was. increasing pressure has meant the u.k. him secretary has had to cut his holiday short he's been y. day accused of having a failed strategy he has still to explain exactly how the government plans to handle the small screen in the operations british ruled they have not got

a grip on it what we've got is unsatisfactory and somebody has to do something alternately the buck stops with the one secretary for now such a job its plan is to keep the number of specialist border for space under review but he admits there's no easy answer as for defense britain's armed forces are at the ready if need be. we have not heard any requests as yet but of the home office is in need of armed forces support the no navy air force an. assist and amidst all the mounting pressure there's also the problem of cracking down on people smugglers the problem is that the more one house patrol craft out there the more it can be regarded as a pull factor because people at these gangs know that if they get halfway across the channel they're going to be picked up so it is a very fine dilemma. for the home secretary to consider is the u.k. home secretary weighs up his options on the issue time is ticking for a concrete solution among the latest developments and six more iranian men were

found on a beach near dover on sunday morning international history professor alan scared says that up until now the u.k. government's efforts to tackle the crisis have been unsatisfactory. the current administration has been at fault we only have five patrol boats in the triangle sort of unified the troll boats for the board of fools only one of these is actually in the do it was straight in the channel it is not always. the government seems to. done nothing to supply more boats parties because in past years have been very few attempts to cross the channel but since christmas there have been no one hundred attempts this year because the group one spread happened much more difficult to cross the border. thirty russian children who'd been held in a prison in the iraqi capital have now been allowed to return home they were jailed

with that allegedly i saw link mothers who went to iraq and syria but in a copy of the reports. the little. children have returned to russia this evening from iraq right on a plane organized by russia from baghdad the children are in quite a bad shape it is sad that almost all of them are in need of urgent medical assistance this return home has been no easy task officials say that they have been gathering documents an average of two for months to prove that these children are russians really did d.n.a. tests the specialists went to iraq to take sound let's use that in the material learn from the identification process and then i will not be necessary documents and so as for the children smelliest yes. the previous flight of this kind to

happened over a year ago meantime the situation for two fifteen have been in prison in the iraqi capital with their mother. almost all of them had to leave their mothers behind now does the russian women remain in prison most of them facing charges for drawing. some have already been convicted all of these children were born in russia and taken by their parents who fled to the rich and iraq allegedly to join terrorist rink's arriving back here in moscow the children have been receiving hospital treatment and general rehabilitation and of course they have already been reunited with their relatives who have been looking for them. or you might remember the keystone to the bring them home campaign last year in an attempt to reunite children living in iraq and often it is relatives back in russia

at least eleven children were returned as a result of a campaign and dozens more point other efforts you can follow their stories on gold comb. or how to deal with the families of islamic state fighters was a much discussed topic this year not just in russia but also we knew or of those we recap the past twelve months here's what a panel of guests had to say about britain's approach back in july. there has to be holistic approach it has to be a balance of using the judicial system for people who have committed a crime by joining prescribed organization and a rehabilitation program and i think my actual recognizes that and his review of the terrorism strategy is bringing holistic piece together our counter radicalization and i can't just tara strategy has been absolutely a joke we have had the government listen to that is what we're seeing is extremely . positive but it is what he was really well so he will finish i'll finish doing my bit so we have a situation we've got british kids in syria being radicalized now we don't know

who's committed what crimes now i do we bring them back home all we are going to take them out with. asked strikes which are about twenty percent accurate or drone strikes which ten years of use in afghanistan or pakistan show up out there for six or seven percent accurate indeed no drones are two percent accurate about ten twenty percent accurate you're lucky you're you're going wrong and. i'm going to get analysis from doing alternative facts and we are really french are using our justice system to the usa because usa has a death penalty but the reality is that we are using our sovereignty and telling the world that britain is not competent enough to really. sort of put through criminals through the criminal justice system they are british citizens we need to deal with rubbish we've got to bring them home if they are capable of being de radicalized and we can deal with them like they do in some of the nordic countries or some scandinavian countries and we integrate them into british society great how

do you go in and arrest these people and bring them back in a nice little police car to be put in a cozy cell to them go through a judicial system there in a conflict zone they're a threat to this country so the legitimate military targets we do not record we do not count civilian casualties we do not count collateral damage if there is believed to be we have. it's a very rare vulnerability the response no no no no no no no no no on the first serious vote in parliament it was absolutely clear the m.p.'s came forward said we have no record we have no evidence and the reason is we do not count them. a new poll suggests that the majority of americans are against the genetic engineering if it leads to so-called designer babies but many also see the benefits if it could eradicate disease the findings reveal that seventy percent of u.s. citizens surveyed would approve of gene editing to defeating curable diseases the children inherit such as cystic fibrosis around two thirds would also give their

backing to engineering that would prevent non-fatal conditions like blindness however most americans oppose genetic modification to choose things like eye color height and intelligence levels the u.s. poll comes a month after groundbreaking claims from china the technique was still extremely controversial was used on twins lulu and nona in an attempt to make a resistance to hiv infection. lou and lars was just. this surgery was that all we through each. end its effect people. a few days later before retiring little in the long arm to grease one which checked hole that you surgery when. the result is that this surgery was see. ethical concerns over embryo gene editing in china has seen the scientists put under guard he remains in

a university guesthouse in the city of shenzhen and has defended his actions but some scientists say it's a step too far when i heard that there were wives or children from what i thought oh my gosh i'm just trying to herd american microbiologist brian hanley thinks it's hard for people to accept such technologies as most don't understand the process. being able to deliver this to adults which is a much which is in most ways an a harder. card where adults can consent and that is one of the young fickle issues is that clearly an embryo camp consent however i think it is unlikely as long as we're not causing damage which i know that a child who's going to object to being born. who are more strength than usual. more in durance to new genre who longer lifespan new genre or with. better

mental capacity most of the public doesn't really understand the technology very world world war or what new shoes are i think it's that this perception will change over time. you know with all taya french newspapers backpedaling after its latest from pages compared to some controversial images as our next story after the break. welcome to the crystal ball edition of crosstalk what can we expect in the new year we have a great lineup of guests telling us what they think. i've been saying the numbers mean something they matter to us is over one trillion dollars in debt more than ten white collar crimes happen each dish. eighty five

percent of global wealth you loans to the ultra rich eight point six percent market saw a thirty percent rise last year some with four hundred to five hundred trade per second per second and bitcoin rose to twenty thousand dollars. china is building a two point one billion dollar a i industrial park but don't let the numbers overwhelm. the only number you need to remember is one one business show you can't afford to miss the one and only boom box. again one of france's biggest newspapers has dedicated its latest from page to the antigovernment yet our best protest at the moment made a call out to pictures of president mccrum on the demonstrations but unfortunately

it reminded some readers of another iconic image. the cover dated saturday december the twenty ninth has provoked critical reactions from some of our readers with poet joyce to those who have been shocked by graphic design their elements used were referring to russian constructivists from the early twentieth century which used black and red this is the way he looks with his face turned to the right it's quiet and expressive he looks a bit like

a dictator and the shams it is a on his vest it gives him a bad image. as you did if i saw the apology from the joiner it is true that when you look at the front page he immediately think of nazi germany as i understand it they regret it now because they went too far in a way there is nothing about nazis in here only suggestion but if you look at this it is a bit shocking. i think it's more important to work on things that need to meet us instead of making comments that will drive us no one. march by women's group in california has been counseled by organizers of the concerns that it's going to be too white. up to this point the participants have

been overwhelmingly white like in representation from several perspectives in our community instead of pushing forward with crucial voices absent the organizing tea will take time for more outreach of some members clearly weren't satisfied with the cancellation pointing out the more than seventy percent of the population in the area happens to be white or the say the organizers failed to encourage diversity. women's march would have been held worldwide since twenty seventeen has been accused of lacking voices from minority groups and also of anti-semitism feminist author born jamieson believes that the organizers were right to look for diversity they seem to be being a reasonable but i guess we need to be careful that this doesn't become into a kind of hollywood casting call for a few token women in veils white women especially white women and the middle and upper classes can pretend to be the voice of women i don't see why women in

other races and from the lower classes can also speak for all women definitely if women from all different backgrounds are not present but we need to find a way to get in the two of them. well as we say goodbye to twenty eighteen it's time to take a look back on some of the events the trip to. north korea dominated headlines throughout much of the year with fears of a nuclear conflict with the united states president trump and kim jong un exchanged a series of vicious threats but when the two eventually met things the old and the even seemed to form a bond trying to get the chance to visit the north korean leader's pa this at of a meeting with the russian foreign minister. we were told to leave most of our belongings and all our mobile devices behind they're taking us somewhere. so we're here in this just to keep our men

one photographer and myself following a lot of savings. in this area is completely deserted and it looks like we're in circling something that appears to be the palace. if only someone told me where exactly we are right now but we are being told to fold a small. group. i don't really know what exactly this place this but it looks to be the area where it came john will be. and the reason why i think so is because just through this door i saw came john sister and she was having some sort of conversation with the guards but nobody speaks english here hello. and as

far as i understand this is circular. i believe this is a bit of a historic moment. and talking behind this small we were asked to wait in this room so let's just have a walk around to take a look at what they have to offer. north korean chocolate i can tell you that it tastes just like any other dark chocolate anywhere around the world some lemonade. so

this is how suddenly you get treated to cranberry juice at looms residents. i can barely remember being given such access at other locations around the world we were just told see the president which is just outside the doors. here. and given the fact that we're inside the residence of the north korean leader kim jong the moon again i'm just going to say i'm absolutely shocked. and. it is really disappointing that we won't be able to find out exactly what's being said behind these stories but just a few hours before mr kim and mr lavrov met the one foreign minister said making the korean peninsula free of nuclear weapons is a very delicate issue maintains that the interests of all sides must be

respected. so that said it. all ended with inviting kim john to russia so let's see whether the north korean leader will accept the invitation for now we're heading back to the airport in the russian foreign minister's motorcade to try and go right from inside kim john residence. let's step back from the world of politics now last month we caught up with a russian man who defied the odds to become a world class athlete. the point is a slippery slip was it's the military presence that or most. of the muslim muscles minus syria which is to lower the price to below still breathe of shells exported to. supply. more leach need to be in

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and that's the way it looks from moscow this hour wherever you're watching have a happy new year i'll be back of the crosstalk looks ahead to twenty nine to. be in the early show not just us new year's there was what gave us the business of

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