the death toll from the collapse tower block in the russian city of magnitogorsk rises to thirty three with eight others still missing all say to. taiwan accuses china of interfering after president she warns he will use all necessary means to ensure reunification. and complain save the day he parks and failure to collect rubbish grow as the u.s. government's partial shutdown and as a twelve day shutdown with spalls when democrats told a key donald trump campaign pledge to build the wall on the border with mexico.

you're watching aussie international with me. welcome to the program. top story the number of dads pulled from a collapsed tower block in the russian city of magnitogorsk has increased again after a thirty six body was found but some have managed to survive attempts month old boy was found alive under the rubble on wednesday morning little vanya is now being treated in the moscow hospital his mother remains by his side he suffered multiple injuries as well as frostbite to save on his condition is very serious but stable he's now facing several weeks of intensive therapy and an operation on his leg.

but if. you use a. loop where one of the rescuers heard a child crying if we stopped all the machinery to listen in we were saying to keep quiet and the baby was reacting and kept silent few people we started asking where are you and there was a noise chico and we started working there but there was a risk of further collapse we were afraid if the child was crying for help there is still many people missing every thousand people were evacuated from their homes following the collapse of the building is thought a gas explosion caused the tragedy a correspondent on off brings us the latest 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 first of course came those who lost their loved ones in the blast the national crossing he goes into but you will about. this little. issue to sleep you know call it this if you can find it you will hear it when you're going to look closely you. will get to know it's going to show. them just. picked up the phone to seal up the pitch not. you. will not pick tomatoes if you get the closure with. this the blood of a forcible slit but really all sorts of people flock from all parts of town touched and moved by the grief others what you. call the mom and my even. but you.

see it's got a bad supply chain it is my forcible set up in addition to those who have been moved by the grief of people collected donated more than seven million rubles to go to lost something in this tragedy the search and rescue operation is still ongoing of course if you can please see behind me 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 times they had to make a poor choice and take a break is when the 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 citizens aber going love to all he could to help the rescue as he rushed to the rubble of the collapsed building with

a drone these are some of the shots captured on his camera he used it to guide the rescue us through the ruins and riches the risks of being course in forming debris here's what he said about the incident. you know what our initial forces are water well if work early the moment i heard about the tragedy i most to get inside the sealed off area by offering my help to the rescue teams and told them i had the last generation 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 people needed those rescuers help i got back with my quote copter 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 sagging 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. and threaten prime minister theresa

may his series ten nearly a speech to rally support for him battled back said deal the next few weeks will have an important decision to make it's paul 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 everyone. two thousand and eighteen was a rocky year for the british prime minister to resign may face an uphill battle to get the european union british m.p.'s and her own cabinets to back her divorce deal with little success taking a look back at short drama his party boy. is part of it ironic a seven twenty seventeen with the ball where you're going from the top and you get

a little bit since the question. where twenty eighteen can't complain when you've come a day you've taken the bones on you. then turned and told frankly you feel a little bit. it was the year of a major u.k. battle a basic conservative party showdown to read it may take it but you know. it's hard to believe but at the start of the year things do look relatively rosy phase one of gregg's it was done and the forty billion pound bill had been agreed to live in the arms she really out was fairly success was short lived though because two

reason may and her cabinet started playing checkers. musical chairs. in july the reason may unveiled her hyped up his deal. we have come to an agreement with the proposal we're pushing to the european union which absolutely. the people voted for that country residence the pm told our minister says that if they don't like it they were free to resign and get. taxis. down the driveway foreign secretary boris johnson bridget secretary david davis stayed loyal to the prime minister until they'd be home that is and resigned within forty eight hours it is. too late to save. jones 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 russian who friends i remember. brags that cabinet exit didn't stop the. china embassy reason may have finally proved with the e.u. in brussels you commemorate the event he leaves his book forced to come to work on sunday. to try. to. move. cheering crowds welcoming the prime minister in london parliament hated may's deal and the compromise she signed the day before her deal was bound for spectacular failure and after assuring the country i am carrying minister she

wouldn't come so to resume a parliamentary vote at the eleventh hour are listened very carefully to what has been said in this chamber and. we will see to the church which. ranks it hanging by a thread in great politicians into ray's amazing policy trying to push her off a political cliff by triggering a no confidence bigger group is where you were drifting procedure. somebody who is you know if this is working through the procedure of overkill for the border to go to school luckily for the prime minister the lot against her wasn't big enough to bring her down she was old so you start treating the little girls that are using them for. their rebellion crush down with her party's confidence in her hands back to reason made jetted back to brussels with the aim of negotiating a slice effect a deal one that parliament might improve. to with mission impossible

under british media us word on the brussels street and to the front pages is that show you told him to have been calling to resume a little bit of she moved over. to the situation room i'm sure the future me. but if things didn't help may's pretty good deal russell said look at me conception you know systems for disagreement turns to proceed to is it's a difficult issue it's not open for you to reason mase 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 perilously close to breaking down but to those in need of comic relief

there will always be terry's amazed on say. meanwhile new year revellers in the british capital saw their celebrations turn slightly political during its traditional fireworks display the london eye appeared to light up in the colors of the flag. i would have been proud to be a union judge with such a promise to bar them from the we wouldn't coming together as a country celebrate the start of when you say that a massive con tajiri use the public purse to use your political masters you should

be made to give it back you do not speak for all the people work out rules to eat london proud to belong to no but the proud that my taxes soared being spent on fireworks just understood postmasters to its very low. which is an international event it's a betrayal of democracy and it's what we have come to expect from a very poor mayor. and of the one million citizens who have made our city your home and your londoners make a huge contribution you're welcome i'm proud to welcome it into a nineteen with a message of support to you. taiwan has reacted angrily off to china's president's warns that beijing will use all necessary means and reserves the right to use force to bring reunification tensions have been rising since a pro independence candidate as was elected as president of taiwan in twenty

sixteen the day which explains. new year can be a time of reflection and resolution and china's president xi 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 messaging surely used to 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 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 and 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 are 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 flashpoint 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 of pacific region including arms sales for u.s. allies like taiwan as well as others it's not the first time china has aired its anger and they're certainly not holding back at the u.s. this time. 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 sanction for the relevant acts seriously violates the one china principle and grossly interferes in china's internal affairs strongly dissatisfied and opposed to the us insisting on signing used into law and we have made some complaints with the u.s. china would ideally like the u.s. does not sell arms to taiwan lower the level of diplomatic support because it believes that in those circumstances the taiwanese would be more forthcoming in taking a more constructive attitude in deepening relations with beijing the threat that

the u.s. sees primarily in the maritime tear tour as the chinese navy becomes more modernized and is able to. push the u.s. navy back and create turn. and. bubble in spur free 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 u.s. 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 and that the r.t. . right scrapes have his house had netflix for pulling material critical of saudi arabia that's among the stories coming your way after the break.

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welcome back to r.t. as the us government's partial shutdown goes into a twelfth day donald trump is calling for talks on border security with congressional leaders of both parties but so many fair the political gridlock will continue with democrats refusing to fund a key trump campaign pledge both to go wall on the border with mexico. pin reports . we're twelve days into the u.s. federal government being shut down and at this point there doesn't appear to be any end to this crisis in sight now donald trump indicated that he's sticking to his guns ahead of a meeting with congressional representatives donald trump indicated he is not going to back down on his call for five billion dollars for

a border security wall where in a shutdown because democrats refuse to fund the border security the shutdown is really is an extremist policy designed to appeal to an extremist base and hold the whole country hostage now nancy pelosi was expected to be elected as the new speaker of the u.s. house of representatives doesn't seem willing to negotiate with donald trump he reached out on social media saying he would be open to some kind of compromise but nancy pelosi didn't seem to be having any of it this is their social media exchange . to secure thing and shut down is not when he wants to start to speak let's make a deal donald 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 to is the first sign of things to come in our new democratic majority committed to working for the people now beyond congress at this point federal employees are getting frustrated many of the federal employees who have to keep

working because their jobs are considered essential are now working without a paycheck they are continuing to go to work do things like air traffic control border patrol the prison guards and federal prison they have to keep doing their job even though they're not actually getting a paycheck now one union representing federal employees is actually taking that issue to court this is a representative of the union that is suing the federal government over nonpayment our members put their lives on the line to keep our country safe requiring them to work without pay is nothing short of inhumane beyond federal employees there is also a problem of garbage that is piling up at us. national parks the garbage is not being collected as the federal maintenance workers are not working as the federal government remains shut down the restrooms are not being cleaned and human waste is also piling up in the restrooms at u.s. national parks and beyond that the federal bureau of indian affairs that provides services to native americans is shut down so many native americans are not

receiving services like education health care as well as the maintenance of tribal facilities due to the federal government being shut down now in the early hours of the year we actually saw the u.s. border patrol shooting tear gas over the u.s. border they claimed that one hundred fifty migrants from central america were actually trying to breach the border fence so at this point there doesn't appear to be an end to the crisis in sight. archie new york. that's a cabinet meeting president trump displayed a post on the table inspired by the t.v. series game of thrones and he uses a photo of trump with the phrase sanctions are coming and it's not the first time this post pins in november tweet states ahead of reinstating sanctions on iran and if done to the international nuclear deal that the u.s. has since. during the cabinet meeting the president didn't touch upon why he has the poster on display nor did he refer to any sanctions.

human rights watch has netflix the scrambling to refit episodes of the comedy show criticizing saudi arabia after the country complains the price here attached to the crown prince's role in the death of jamal khashoggi the saudi dissident and washington post columnist was brutally murdered in the kingdom's consulate take three months ago mohammed bin so month denies responsibility for the killing patriots. also attacked three year bombing campaign in yemen. saudi arabia has been repeatedly accused of violating international law and income pain that has claimed thousands of civilians lives the u.n. warns that the kingdom is targeting civilians something that read to nice yes despite the scale of vehemence humanitarian catastrophe is apparently gone is less attention than the one journalist as. explains. the killing of jamal has shot jeep sparked

a media firestorm televised crusade by journalists pundits columnists week after month or less 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 that the saudi consulate they missed almost overnight the saudi government was made a pariah out cost 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 know they are intentionally hitting civilians

inside you know 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 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. 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 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. changed everything saudi arabia's former supporters are jumping ship i change my mind because i'm pissed at the way that ministrations 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. for more information on any of our stories is just a click away i'll be back in thirty minutes with more. that.

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