the death toll from the collapse of tower block in the russian city of miami to rise to thirteen. also to come. into fearing after president xi warns that he will use all necessary means to ensure we unification. complaints over dirty politics in. the u.s. government's partial shutdown and as a twelve day the shutdown sparked when democrats stalled over. only to build the wall on the border with mexico.

have you with us this hour this is r.t. international. the number of dead pulled from a collapsed tower block in the russian city of monies a ghost has increased again after a thirty first body was found is sort of gas explosion was to blame for the collapse of correspondent is donna 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 the national crossing he goes into but you will about sleep it should little easier to sleep you know cuomo is going to visit you find out you are you get it when you're

going to lucknow sneak back to go. to church going to show. them just let's. get down the phone to instill the pitch not. you. know you can make those if you're just closer with. this the likelihood of a forcible slipping but really all sorts of people flock from all parts of town touched and moved by the grief others what you. call the mom i'm a pimp like you. see it's got a bad supply chain gangs horsepower said i'm not pushing for. this fine you're talking about is a ten month old increase over there before being rescued.

but look if. you use a spotlight and there's a loop where 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 people we started asking where are you then there was a noise chico and we started working there but there was a risk of further collapse but we were afraid if the child was crying for help.

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 rescuers 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 the 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. like many magnitogorsk citizen such film able to give off a little he could to help rescue as he rushed through the rubble of the collapsed building with his drive and these are some of the shots captured by his camera was used to guide rescuers through the ruins and to reduce the risk of being caught by

falling debris and he is what until had to say about the incident. there are more prone to force or water well if work early the moment i heard about the tragedy i mostly get inside the sealed off area while offering my help to the rest it seems like and told them i had the last generations i could call turns they said yes they even offered me a lift to where i live to fetch the drone but i refused and told them that i needed those rescuers help i got back with my quote cop to 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 going away right now for. britain where prime minister treason may has used her new year's speech to rally support for the embattled

briggs it deal in the next few weeks will have an important decision to make its power that 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 and eighteen was a rocky year for the british pm treason may faced an uphill battle to get the european union british m.p.'s and her own cabinet to back a divorce deal with little success taking a look back now at a year so they are not short on briggs it drama his party boy. part of it i read the case ten twenty seventeen when the ball away from the top. a little bit since the question. where twenty eighteen can't complain

when you come to me did you take them the ones i knew. to send her mental through you feel a little bit that. it was the year of a major u.k. battle a basic conservative party showdown to read it may take a cutting down. it's hard to believe but at the start of the year things still looked relatively rosy phase one of gregg's it was done and the forty billion pounds of bill had been agreed to live on the on the scene really atmospheric. success which is short lived because two reasons may and cabinet start to play checkers this is music culture.

in july the reason may unveil hyped up his deal. we have come to an agreement with the proposal we're pushing to the european union which absolutely is on the bricks that people voted for that country resident the pm minister says that if they don't like it they were free to resign and get taxis off. down the driveway the foreign secretary boris johnson breaks his secretary david davis stayed loyal to the prime minister until they'd be home that is and resigned within forty eight hours. too late to save. johnson 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 speaker i want to pay tribute to my right on good friends i remember. and the

brags that cabinet exit didn't stop there. find a venue better reason may have finally proved with the e.u. in brussels you commemorate the event he leaves his book forced to come home sunday. to try. to lose the situation a movement. that would no cheering crowds welcoming the prime minister in london parliament hated may's deal and the compromise she signed up to the data for her deal was bound for spectacular failure and after assuring the country i am carrying minister she wouldn't have sold to reason made the parliamentary vote at the eleventh hour are this very carefully to what has been said in this chamber and i

we will dance through to the same church. with gregg's it hanging by a thread in grades politicians into raise amazing policy trying to pressure off a political player by triggering a no confidence by a bigger group is where you are drifting procedure of the fraud somebody who is you know this is working through the procedure of overkill sort of because it is government troops go lucky for the prime minister the plot against her wasn't big enough to bring her down she won. a few so i think that the little girls that are using. until. they were belly and crushed down with her party's confidence then comes back to reason made jesse back to process with the aim of negotiating a slight effective deal one that parliament might improve. with mission impossible and the british media knew it word on the brussels street and

told the front pages this that showed him to have been calling to meet him a little because she moved over. to the situation to most people because to me. that if things didn't help may's pretty good deal brussels said look you need to section two you know systems for a disagreement to proceed to is it certification it's not open for you to resign may'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 drag 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 dance a. new

you revolution in the british capital saw the celebrations first slightly political during the traditional fireworks display the london eye bid to light up in the colors of the new flag. i would have been proud to be a union judge or is such a time occupied around the country wouldn't coming together as a country to celebrate the start of twenty nine hundred a better message khan of hungary used the public purse to grandiose your political masters you should be made to back you do not speak for all the people work after all city of london proud to be a london no proud that my taxes are being spent on fireworks to send us to post

a message to europeans it's very low to politicize 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. to the one million you citizens who have made our city your home your londoners you make a huge contribution you're welcome i'm proud they were welcomed in twenty nineteen with a message of support to you. taiwan has reacted angrily after china's president warned beijing will use quote all necessary means and reserves the right to use force to bring real unification tensions have been rising since a pro independence candidate was elected president of taiwan in twenty sixty two to explain. new year can be a time of reflection and resolution and china's president took the opportunity to

really address tensions with taiwan initially you wouldn't be mistaken to think that a peaceful solution was on its way after seventy years of strained relations between the two sides but then came the mixed messages which chinese do for chinese we are 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 may no promise to renounce the use of force what started off as an olive branch quickly turned into a thorny bush if we judge taiwan's angry reaction. or 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 or polarizing taiwan society luring talents if we take a step back into time it was

a civil war during the late one nine hundred forty seven the political status of taiwan that caused the split in china the peoples of both sides of the same ethnicity speak the same language but ruled by two separate governments in china's eyes taiwan is a breakaway province and consequently because of their refusal to accept its independence the hundred ten mile wide taiwan strait remains one of the most heavily militarized flashpoints in the world to add fuel to china's fire it seems the u.s. is backing taiwan by not only signing a bill back in september twenty approving three hundred thirty million dollars worth of arms sales but on the thirty first of december trump signed a pro taiwan asia reassurance initiative act into law promising increased support in the end up a civic region including arms sales for u.s. allies like taiwan as well as others it's not the first time china has had its anger and they're certainly not holding back at the u.s.

this time. we found this 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 acts seriously violates the one china principle and grossly interferes in china's internal affairs chinese strongly dissatisfied and opposed to the us insisting on signing used into law and we have made solemn complaints with the us i was not are. we are. and i like. it. when. i won. i won over. regular iran and now because.

i think this is a war and now looks like peace and harmony won't be reached as easily as china wishes 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 hope that a compromise will come to fruition and this war of words will end that either today or r.t. . as the us government's partial shutdown goes into a twelfth date now donald trump is calling for talks on border security with the congress leaders of both parties many though fear that this political gridlock will continue with the democrats refusing to fund a key term campaign pledge building the wall on the border with mexico let's go live to new york now the course for the sale of all things on the line there caleb what's the latest there with the shutdown. well this is day twelve of the us federal government shutdown and we understand that at this point donald

trump is meeting with members of congress however at this point there are serious clears to be no end in sight people don't expect this to be ending any time soon now donald trump the head of the meeting stood by his demand for five billion dollars to fund his border wall ahead of this meeting that's taking place and let's review tromso words again i could have during a shutdown because democrats refused to fund the border security. now at this point the people are looking at this in terms of donald trump versus nancy pelosi nancy pelosi is designated to become the new speaker of the house of representatives of the u.s. congress when the new congress is sworn in and she doesn't really seem interested in compromising with donald trump trump seemed to indicate that there was some compromise that might be on the table but palosi indicated otherwise this is their social media exchange the most popular president. who will do security in the thing

and shutdown is not when he wants to start to at a speech let's make could be you that will trump has given democrats agree to pretty to show how to govern responsibly and quickly pass our planned two and they're responsible trump chad down does the first sign of things to come in our new democratic majority committed to working for the people now it's not only politicians that are affected by this shutdown and showdown in washington d.c. we've got federal employees especially those who are considered to be essential who are having to continue working and continue coming into work doing their jobs and security or other fields and they are not being paid they are not receiving a paycheck because of the government shutdown but yet they are legally required to keep working at this point we've got a union representing federal employees who is taking this issue to court let's take a listen. remembers put their lives on the line to keep our country safe requiring them to work without pay us nothing short of inhumane now at this point we're

seeing a lot of the human waste and garbage piling up on the national parks the us national parks have no one to maintain them no no maintenance workers are there and so the garbage is piling up the bathrooms are a mess and it's just a mess at the us national parks furthermore the us federal bureau of indian affairs which takes care of native americans is shut down so many native americans are not receiving the services that they depend on from the federal government such as health care education and the maintenance of tribal properties and such it's also important to note that in the early hours of the new year the u.s. border patrol fired tear gas against a crowd of one hundred fifty central americans who they claimed were actually trying to breach the u.s. border so that's the situation we're in this is day number twelve two weeks in to the u.s. federal government being shut down trump standing firm in his demand for the wall

the democrats standing firm and saying they will not give it to him a showdown in washington d.c. the federal government remains shut down americans are biting their nails and wondering what is going to happen next yeah bring us all the very latest details the launch from new york on the spot kill him open things. moving on riots have erupted in the indian state of cattle after two women into one of the country's holiest hindu temples. i. love you. i am. protesters are a block traffic burned effigies earns tires outside government offices right across the state they're rallying against the nifty three months ago the ban on women entering the country is fired tear gas to disperse the crowd and several people have already been arrested. earlier on in the day

a separate protest took place tens of thousands of women helped form a human chain in the south of india in support of gender equality so-called women's will stretch for more than six hundred kilometers this is what the temple controversy is about. but. i i. i. 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 stretching with me nicole.

says fashion god says i am not a devotee i'm just here to do my job just let me go then she says still infected and that's when she's forced to return back. it's a principle. that's got to affect the sponsors. human rights watch has lashed out at netflix for scrambling to remove an episode of a comedy show that criticize saudi arabia that was after the country complained the patriot act show slammed 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 salman denies responsibility for the killing they did and host the son menards also attacked riyadh three year bombing of yemen. saudi arabia's been repeatedly accused of violating international law in a campaign that's claimed thousands of civilian lives the un warns the kingdom is targeting civilians something riyadh has denied there despite the scale of yemen's humanitarian catastrophe that apparently garners less attention than the murder of just want journalist what is right because the explains. the killing of jamal has shot jeep sparked a media firestorm televised coup city by journalists pundits columnists week after month journalists democracy. in the disappearance of washington post contributor if you want into a building a 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 they missed almost overnight the saudi government was made a pariah out cussed directly accused of killing of 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 awful 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 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. 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 that 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 and 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. changed everything saudi arabia's former supporters are jumping ship i change my mind. the way the administration has handled this. 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 saudi arabia's hand drew only murmured concern. that runs of this out join

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