i am going up. the death toll from the collapse tower block in the russian city of magnitogorsk rises to thirty three with a touch of a still missing also to. taiwan accuses china of interfering after president xi warns he will use all necessary means to ensure the unification. complaints over dirty politics and failure to collect rubbish as the u.s. government's partial shutdown and as a twelve day shutdown with sparks when democrats stalls over a key donald trump campaign pledge to build the wall on the border with mexico.

is just ten five am head in the russian capital you're watching international. our top story the number of dads pulled from a collapsed tower block in the russian city of mine has increased again after a thirty third body was found but some have managed to survive a ten 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 from sports talk to say venues condition is very serious but stable he's now facing several weeks of intensive therapy and an operation on his leg.

but if. you lose a spouse and there's a group 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 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. there are still many missing people every thousand people were evacuated from their homes following the collapse of the building as though it's a gas explosion of course the tragedy a correspondent brings us the latest 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 first of course came those who lost their loved ones in the blast the national crossing it goes into but you will about. it shut up another issue to sleep. you know calmly going to see if you can find to leave it where you're going to look no sneak back to look at you don't go to show. them just. picked up the phone to use your. luggage not. your. to make those if you're disclosure with. the bloodwood an affordable city but really all sorts of people flock from all parts of town touched and moved by the grief others what you felt.

like you. see it's got a bad supply chain it is not forcible sad i'm not pushing for 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 if you can please see behind me rescuers in fact working the conditions got a threatening their own lives the conditions holds a threat to their lives and in fact the only couple times they had to make a poor choice 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 citizens aber game of today all he

could to help the rescue is he rushed to the rubble of the collapsed building with a drain these are some of the shots captured on his camera his to to guide the rescuers through the ruins and reduce the risks of being cautious in forming temporary here's what he said about the incident. well of 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 called cotton 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 cock up 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 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 being away right now for war. and britain prime minister to raise them a serious ten nereus speech to rally support for her embattled deal in 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 every one of us. 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 tyrone cabinets to back a divorce deal with little success taking a look back at c.n.n. more short drama. in front of it. then twenty seventeen when the ball away from the ball and you get

a little bit of the question. where twenty eight teams can complain the way you did you take them the bones are new. twists and turns until you feel a little bit. it was the year of a major u.k. battle to conservative party showdown to read it may take 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 pounds of bill had been agreed to the family on the same layout was fairly successful short lived his two

reserve may and her cabinet started playing checkers. musical chairs. in july the reason may unveil hyped his deal. we have come to an agreement with the proposal we're pushing to the european union which absolutely. 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 taxi. down the driveway foreign secretary boris johnson breaks his secretary david davis stayed loyal to the prime minister until they 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 speaker i want to pay tribute to my right to friends i remember. and the brags that cabinet exit didn't stop the. china event better reason may have finally proved true. we're also. commemorate the event e.u. leaders were forced to come home sunday so. it's. a lose lose situation. there would no cheering crowds welcoming the prime minister in london parliament hated may's deal and the compromise she signed the day before her a deal was bound for spectacular failure and after shoring the country ontario

minister she wouldn't come so to resume a parliamentary vote at the eleventh hour are this and very carefully has been said in this chamber and. we will see to the church which. brags it hanging by a thread in a politician's into raise amazing body trying to push her off a political cliff by triggering a no confidence by a bigger group. procedure. somebody who is you know this is working through the procedure of over conservative bloggers girl brutally cold truth go lucky for the prime minister the plot against her wasn't big enough to bring her down she was old so you start treating the little girls that are using conform to 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 approve. of him with mission impossible under british media knew it word on the brussels street and told the front page is this the show you told him to have been calling to resume a little business you know nothing. of the structure should emerge through the streets to be. a good thing to help may's pretty good deal brussels said look you need to session today you know stands for a disagreement in turns to proceed to is itself sufficient it's not open for you to reason 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 brags it is a right that's perilously close to breaking down but for those in need of comic

relief there will always be terry's amaze dance a. meanwhile new year revellers in the british capital saw that celebrations tend 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 comedy bars around the country wouldn't coming together as a country to celebrate the start of one thousand nine hundred a better message. hungry use the public purse to grandiose your political masters

you should be made to pay back you do not speak for all the people work out rule city of london proud to belong to no but not proud of my taxes are being spent on fireworks to send us a post message to europeans it's very low to 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 of 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 to in twenty nineteen with a message of support to you. taiwan has reacted angrily off to china's president 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 come to this was elected as president of taiwan in twenty

sixteen. explained. 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 luring 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 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 entire 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're following the trail of weapons by the united states to taiwan is a serious violation of international law and the basic principles of international relations songs of what the role of an axe seriously violates the one china principle and grossly interference in china's internal affairs strongly dissatisfied and opposed to the u.s. 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 law or the level of diplomatic support because it believes in that in those circumstances that the taiwanese would be more forthcoming in taking a more constructive attitude in deepening relations with beijing the threat that

the u.s. sees is primarily in the maritime theater as the chinese navy becomes more modernized and is able to do to push the u.s. navy back and create turn. and empty our bubble in spirit 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 end the diva tooter r.t. . u.s. president trump says he's ready to work with democrats and republican leaders in congress to resolve the continuing disputes over government funding that says a partial government shutdown enters its twelfth day trump reiterated that any agreements mess includes enough money for border security even so many fair the

political gridlock will continue kaleb more pain reports. we're twelve days into the u.s. federal government being a shutdown at this point there doesn't appear to be any end to this crisis in sight . now donald trump indicated that you're 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 a five billion dollars greater 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 a speech 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 over 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 u.s. national parks garbage is not being collected as the federal maintenance workers are not working as the federal government remains shut down the restroom. or not being clean and human waste is also piling up in the restrooms at us 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 trying to spade opposed to on the table inspired by the t.v. series game of thrones is

a photo of trump with the phrase sanctions are coming and it's not the time this poster parents and they have them better tweets today the heads of reinstating sanctions on iran lifted on to the international nuclear deal that the u.s. has since abandoned during the cabinet meeting the president didn't touch upon why he had the poster on display nor did he refer to any sanctions. police in france have arrested a key leader of the yellow vests movement's official say they've charged with organizing an undeclared protest and carrying a weapon. about fifty people had gathered at paris's past electoral cords late on wednesday to leave candles and supplies to those injured during poss protests besides the best leader of the participants were detained for identity checks touré was also

detained at a protest rally on december twenty second one month ago the french prosecutor's office militia an investigation into dre who called on people to end to a palace one of the co-founders of the l.a. fast says the arrest of dre is on full. we've always fought for fundamental rights in our country we've always fought and today we're realizing that our fundamental rights are being trampled on right in front of the plaster la concorde. right sever up to it's in the indian state of carolina after two women and to as one of the country's holiest hindu temples. protesters have traffic and effigies and tires outside government offices across

the states they're rallying against the lifting three months ago of the ban on women entering the temple peace fires take us to disperse the crowds and several people have already been arrested. earlier in the day a separate protest took place tens of thousands of women helps form a human chain in the south of india in support of gender equality the so-called women's will stretch to over six hundred kilometers this is what the temple controversy is all about. as long as the temple is here we have to follow this tradition.

so we'll ensure that anybody who wants to go to the. obstruction or obstruction with me. she's fashion go. says i'm not a devotee i'm just here to do my job just let me go to bed she faces storm and that's when she's forced to drift on. this approach of. just going to go talk to her sponsors.

human rights watch has lashed out at netflix for scrambling to review an episode of a comedy show criticizing saudi arabia after the country complained the patriot act show sloan's the crown prince's role in the death of jamal khashoggi the saudi dissident in washington post columnist was brutally murdered in the kingdom's consulate in take a three months ago mohammed bin salma denies responsibility for the killing patriot act host hassan menard also attacked three bombing campaign in yemen. saudi arabia has been repeatedly accused of violating international law and i campaign that has claimed thousands of civilian lives the un warns that the kingdom is targeting civilians something that riyadh. yes despite the scale of yemen's humanitarian catastrophe is apparently gone there's less attention in the middle of one journalist as artie's more and 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 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 they missed almost overnight the saudi government was made of pariah outcast directly accused of killing of a 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 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 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 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. so watching our teams national team forget we're on facebook on twitter for real time updates as well have your headlines in thirty minutes.

time after time so you know what you're going on the ground while we're away for christmas we're screening some of your favorite episodes of the season coming up in this what kind of riot act to raise a may expect at today's nine hundred twenty two committee meeting to decide ter premiership of the united kingdom we speak to northern ireland's former first minister and republican column line on which post is better london belfast brussels or dublin all this and more going on in today's show but first what is troubling the u.k. prime minister more today a backbench meeting on brics that could decide the future or this saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed bin so monk helped the first of two meetings with british prime minister teresa may the red carpet has been rolled out earlier the prince had lunch with britain's queen elizabeth at buckingham palace and during his three day visit they exit the only throne what meets with all the senior royals and dine with the queen someone and grandson that's the way he.