death toll from the collapsed tower block in the russian city of meat rises to twenty six with fifteen of those still missing also to come. to renounce the use of force the warning from china's president words with taiwan escalate. in the next few weeks and these will have an important decision. if parliament backs the deal britain. has promised to resume a their appeals for support for her briggs plans in her new year's speech urging m.p.'s to vote her way. thanks for joining us this is r.t.

international. the number of dead pulled from a collapsed tower block in the russian city of miami to course has increased again after a twenty six body was found is thought a gas explosion was to blame for the collapse our correspondent in reports from the scene. the official day of mourning has really underlined how the city came together faced with the tragedy a makeshift sporadic memorial grew by the hour and it seemed as an endless stream of people came to stay in silence and commemorates all those affected by the tragedy but firstly of course came those who lost their loved ones in the blast national crossing goes into but you will about. it should look. if you're sure. you know the business if you can find the feeling you get when you are going to look in this new. york. city or to go to this show. just

to. suit. the film to see all of the visual. effects to make those you shouldn't lose. the light in the course of the city. is that what it would feel like really all sorts of people look from all parts of town touched and moved by the grief others. like you. see it's kind of that supply chain that is now forced. to. this fine you're talking about is a ten month old baby who spent more than thirty hours under the rubble trapped to

make concrete over there before being rescued. i think if. you use a spot as long as a little while one of the rescuers heard a child crying we stopped all the machinery to listen in we were saying to keep quiet and the baby was reacting and kept silent we started asking where are you then there was a noise and we started working there but there was a risk of further collapse but we were afraid if the child was crying for help.

all sorts of people from all parts of town flock here to the side of the tragedy in fact those who have been moved by the grief of people collected donated more than seven million roubles to those who lost something in this tragedy the search and rescue operation is still ongoing of course as you can clearly see behind me the rescue is in fact working the conditions got a threatening their own lives the conditions holds the threat to their lives and in fact the only couple of times they had to make the pause and take a break is when that threat would become too grave for them so the first dismantle some of these structures that were literally about to fall on their head but the search and rescue operation is said to go on at least until every missing person is accounted for. now like many money to go citizens are able to give did all he could to help the rescuers he rushed to the rubble of a collapsed building with

a drogue these are some of the shots he captured on his camera he used it to guide the rescuers through the ruins and to reduce the risks of being caught in falling debris is what he had to say about the incident. but our initial source of our water well if work early the moment i heard about the tragedy i managed to get inside the sealed off area by offering my help to the rescue teams and told them i had the lost generation could call they said yes they even offered me a lift to where i live to fetch the drugs but i refused and told them that i needed those rescuers help i got back with my coat caught the soon and flew it over what was left of the complex that's when we realized the rescuers were in real danger from all the rubble still hanging over the second roof i stayed here till six in the evening just hours before the new year nobody could think about the celebrations anymore because this tragedy brought the people of the city together that night you couldn't just in a way. china sixty peaceful resolution of the taiwan problem

but one without the use of force says chinese president xi that caused quite a reaction from taiwan long term conflict between the two countries and the third will in their relations the solution may not be found in a day or two to explained new year can be a time of reflection and resolution and china's president took the opportunity to really address tensions with thailand and initially you wouldn't be mistaken to think that a peaceful solution was on its way after seventeen years of strained relations between the two sides. but you but actually chinese do fight chinese we're willing to strive for the prospect of peaceful reunification with the utmost sincerity and the greatest efforts because peaceful reunification is in the best interests of the comparator it's across the street and the chinese nation but we make no promise to renounce the use of force. didn't that sound promising apart from the fact that it's the reunification that taiwan is not too keen on and then

comes the mixed message chinese president xi continues. but we may no promise to renounce the use of force we reserve the option for the necessary means so what started off as an olive branch quickly turned into a thorny bush if we judge taiwan's angry reaction. where taiwan will definitely not accept one country two systems china has to respect the twenty three million taiwanese peoples persistence on freedom and democracy instead of interfering with taiwan's choice of democracy where polarizing taiwan society and lure in talents. if we take a step back into time it was a civil war during the late one nine hundred forty s. ever the political status of taiwan that caused the split in china the peoples of both countries are the same of the same ethnicities speak the same language but are now ruled by two separate governments in china's eyes taiwan is

a breakaway province and consequently because of the refusal to accept its independence the one hundred ten mile wide taiwan strait remains one of the most heavily militarized flashpoints in the world and to add fuel to china's fire it seems the u.s. is backing taiwan by not only signing a bill back in september trying to eighteen approving three hundred thirty million dollars worth of arms sales but a second bill was passed on the thirty first of december agreeing to increase that number further china is outweighed saying this is an interference. we follow the trail of weapons by the united states to taiwan is a serious violation of international law and the basic principles of international relations which songs of the relevant x. seriously violates the one china principle and grossly interference in china's internal affairs charlie strong a disservice fired and opposed to the us insisting on signing used into law and we have made solemn complaints with the us in our looks like peace and harmony weren't

be reached as easily as china wishes and with taiwan making it clear that they're not likely to back down and the us showing their obvious support for taiwan and all the international community can do is to hope that a compromise will come to fruition and this war of words will end. it over to britain now where prime minister theresa may has used her new year's speech to rally support for her embattled bragg's a deal in the next few weeks these will have an important decision to make if parliament backs the deal britain can turn a corner and if we come together in two thousand and ninety i know we can make a success of what lies ahead and build a country that truly works for every one of us. two thousand a pretty rocky year for the british trees in my face to the european union british peace even our own cabinet. with little success to look back at the year not short

on drama is a. part of it. twenty seventeen when the ball away from the top. where. you. can turn to prove you feel. it was the year of a major. battle conservative party showdown to take.

it's hard to believe but at the start of the still relatively rosy phase one of the breaks it was done and the forty billion pound to. be unseemly out was fairly. short lived. cabinet started playing. musical chairs. and. veiled hype. we have come to an agreement with the proposal with the european union which absolutely on the people voted for that country residence the pm. that if they don't like it they were free to resign and get taxis. down the driveway foreign secretary forest johnson breaks it secretary david davis stayed loyal to the prime minister until they'd be home that is and resign within forty eight hours

it is. too late to save. jonas and waited to tell the pm heat quit until just before she had to try to sell the time to check his plan to parliament turning tricks that mr speak up i want to pay tribute to my right to friends i remember. the braggs cabinet exit didn't stop their. final exams better reason may have finally proved with rule deal for the e.u. in brussels to commemorate the event e.u. leaders put force to come to work on sunday. to try. to lose the situation

a movement. that would no cheering crowds welcoming the prime minister in london parliament hated maze deal and the compromise she signed up to the day before her deal was bound for spectacular failure and after assuring the country ontario minister she wouldn't come so to resume a parliamentary vote at the eleventh hour are this very carefully to what has been said in this chamber and i we will see to the church. with brad pitt hanging by a thread in a politician's in to raise amazing policy trying to push her off a political cliff by triggering a no confidence vote i believe that is where you were to receive the broad. this is working through the procedure of overkill for the body discovered to go to school luckily for the prime minister the plot against terror wasn't big enough to

bring her down she was all set to do so i think the blow your balls that are using them because they were barely in crush down with her party's confidence in her hands back to reason made jetted back to brussels with the aim of negotiating a slight effective deal one that parliament might improve. it with mission impossible and the british media knew it word on the brussels street and told the front pages business you're told you're going to have been calling to me zim made a little bit of. the situation in most troubled history. that if things didn't help may's pretty good deal russell said to me conception today you know stands for a disagreement turns to proceed through is it certification it's not open for you to resume a's deal is yet to be approved or rejected by an angry and divided

parliament while the end of the ride the break that deadline of march twenty ninth is fast approaching and if we're sticking to the analogy then greg this is a lie that's perilously close to breaking down but to those in need of comic relief there will always be terry's amaze darvocet. meanwhile new year's revelers in the british capital saw the celebrations. political during its traditional fireworks display the london eye who appeared to light up in the colors how could the e.u. flag.

i would have been proud to be union j. she was such a time of divided from the country wouldn't coming together as a country to celebrate the start of one thousand nine hundred thirty about a message. contrary use the public purse to use your political masters you should be made to pay the back you do not speak for all the people of our capital city of london proud to be a london no but the proud that my taxes soared being spent on fireworks to send us to postmasters to europeans it's very low to lift what is an international public events it's a betrayal of democracy and it's what we have come to expect from a very poor mayor of london. and to the one million citizens who have made our city your home and your londoners you make a huge contribution you're welcome i'm proud to welcome that in twenty nineteen when the message of support to you human rights groups if it out

a netflix for pulling material that was critical of saudi arabia will explain all after the break. thanks. what politicians to do something to. put themselves on the line to get accepted or

rejected. so when you want to express. something i want to. get it right for us this is what the four. people are. interested always in the why. they sit. back two women have made history in india after entering one of the country's holiest hindu temples which should be forbidden to women for centuries and follows months of tension over a court's decision to stop the religious but meanwhile tens of thousands of women have taken out any human chain in the south of india in support of gender equality sokol women's wall stretch for more than six hundred kilometers is

a look at what the controversy is about. the. as long as the temple is here and we have to follow this tradition. i. will ensure that anybody who wants to go to that it will go without any obstruction nor stricken with. this fashion says and not a devotee i'm just here to do my job just let me go she says stone and that's when

. just to drift on. that's. the spices. human rights watch has lashed out at netflix for scrambling to remove an episode of a comedy show that criticize saudi arabia after the country complained the patriot act show the crown prince's role in the death of jamal khashoggi the saudi dissident a washington post columnist was brutally murdered in the kingdom's consulate in turkey three months ago had been solid man denies responsibility for that killing patriot act hostess son menard also attacked three and three year bombing of yemen

. saudi arabia has been repeatedly accused of violating international law in a campaign that has claimed thousands of civilian lives the u.n. warns that the kingdom is targeting civilians something riyadh has denied yet despite the scale of yemen's humanitarian catastrophe it apparently gun is less attention than the murder of one journalist. explains. the killing of jamal has shot jeep sparked a media firestorm televised crusade by journalists pundits columnists week after month journalists democracy. the disappearance of washington post contributor if you want into a building in never came out of the building the murder happened because shogi had died here is building any us response should head on what if murder at the saudi consulate that missed almost overnight the saudi government was made up

pariah outcast directly accused of killing the cruelly one man saudi government denies it's complicit saying it was done by elements and suddenly suddenly everyone remembers the war in yemen congress are beginning to catch on to the nature of this regime likely they are not telling us the truth about what happened. why would we believe them to. intentionally hitting civilians inside yemen this really needs to alter our relationship we need to bring an end to the conflict in yemen make no mistake what's happening in yemen is full one of the worst humanitarian crises currently happening in the world.

it could be that the media the bulk of it now realizes how awful things are in yemen or it could be that they're using it for different ends president from taking a stunningly dismissive tone about any possible saudi leadership role why he's going so far out this way to cover for the country and specifically the ruler that carried out this killing for president trump it doesn't seem to matter whether the facts support what the saudis say the thing is of course yemen has been a growing graveyard for over three years three long bloodstained years and the pundits the politicians by and large have ignored it case in point according to a media watchdog america's m.s.n. b c news channel did one single segment on the war in yemen in the course of a year by comparison and they said b c ed four hundred and fifty five segments

a stormy daniels porn actress who claims to have slept with donald trump before he became president four hundred fifty five and one on yemen but now things have changed ashaji changed everything saudi arabia's former supporters are jumping ship i change my mind because i'm pissed at the way the administration has handled the saudi arabia is just not acceptable interesting isn't it how the death of one man sparked immediate global outrage and indignation the deaths of thousands and thousands in yemen and saudi arabia's hand drew only murmured concern. ok over the next few days we're going to be looking back at some of the stories we've brought to you in twenty eight.

one of the highlights of course the football world cup here in russia our team and our team is right in the thick of it reporting from all of the host cities sharing the very unique atmosphere with millions of fans from across the globe. liz. liz should have been taken over by my friend paul belton egypt should the city with the french fry the mexican the first is that the so. that he shut. up about kill people to the sixty six seven. i.

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since the presidential election of twenty sixteen we've seen the rise of what the mainstream media terms fake news as though news had previously been honest and accurate until. online platforms voice told media outlets that stories that were less than accurate and even intentionally misleading but the british documentarian adam curtis had first seen not predicted the rise of fake news sixteen. normalisation to describe the landscape where people look to validate their personal realities in a hall of mirrors of online. political voices that reinforce their previously held beliefs it is perhaps best exemplified in social media dictatorship the search engine optimization the content personal life.

but in a world where citizens have been replaced by consume. content information to justify old patterns left to wonder reality like the internet a construct of our own. you. want to see the tree looks like the real thing the trickiest would. ask you to ponder it seems. like you. would freeze to death. because. there's a phrase that's been part of our culture for.