well you. know. france is in shock after a fire engulfed the not the federal and paris badly damaging the iconic structure. its french heritage it's part of the. shocking we find comfort in the fact that there are no victims but it's how french historical heritage they could have been faster was helicopters and was we wonder. world leaders expressed their condolences to friends and call for the not to be rebuilt for the sake of world heritage. also this hour prominent european politicians urge the e.u. not to fall the u.s.

is example when it comes to the middle east. you're watching our two international bring you your live news update from our studio here in moscow welcome to the program. france is today coming to terms with a devastating fire ravaged one of the world's most famous buildings and in paris investigators believe the blaze may have been the result of ongoing restoration work on the cathedral's roof and spire both of which collapse president emanuel mccrone has pledged the building will rise from the ashes. cathedral stands in the literal heart of paris some eight hundred and fifty years of history contained in her bosom much of it intact is now off to a ferocious fire broke out on monday the crowds gathered last night to witness this

catastrophe and they've once again come out today to try and see what has happened to their beloved and iconic president michael described this as being national tragedy echoing the views of people fall and white. it's french heritage it's part of the bones with it we managed to preserve it for eight hundred years and today unfortunately it went up in flames i think it touches everyone it's poignant it's heartbreaking the firemen did all they could but there are some things will never get back. shocking we find comfort in the fact that there are no victims but it's our french historical heritage and we all share memories of when we visited but now it's fragile and other buildings like this one are fragile there's a whore imagine my consternation an outreach how is all this possible was there not

enough safety equipment could we not have intervened faster it really troubled me they could have been faster was helicopters and was water and sand phone from the sky into the fire they have this very useful measures in other countries in terms of the damage well it's still too early to tell exactly how much damage has been done but we do know that the iconic spa and the roof both collapsed last night as those flames ravaged the inside if not put on the cathedral we also know that what's been saved will no move to the new for b.c.m. where it will remain until it can come back to not at all but let's take a look at how the fire which literally ripped through the hearts of people here in paris last night unfold it.

was just two fronts which is burning reduces the friends of hers. the part of our culture we are losing tonight says look at notre down is the heart of paris it is grander it is monumental it is horrible to see everything that we had alarm going off and smoke centuries of our heritage.

play. a. game live live. live. oh. yeah i said. it's very sad it's one of the great monuments of france not far away so it's devastating that a monument like this is burning. and then moshe. i say this to you solemnly else i think we will rebuild this great cathedral together we will appeal to the greatest talents to help restore not true them because this is what the french people expect and this is what our history deserves it is our destiny. these are the latest pictures from inside the

devastated cathedral and the next forty eight hours police and fire services all sest the safety and security of notre dame in the aftermath of the fire the french interior minister and his junior today visit the site to see the damage for themselves. around five hundred firefighters have fought to contain the devastating fire we spoke to thomas jenkins a fire chief who explained the difficulties and tackling such an inferno. our fire safety is number one because we have to make sure that we can about the place tomorrow as well and that's tough to balance when you're dealing with emotionally charged incidents when you have circumstances were civilian lives are being threatened and in a case like this where you're dealing with property or you know happy that has value what you would consider property seduced or used to believably used or call for heirs fire department i'm sure that's a sentiment that is shared worldwide that we want to see this fire be extinguished

we want to see the property. as much as it can be and we want to see all those firefighters go on. the world is of course sharing and francis shark leaders around the globe have also expressed their condolences to the french nation saying that it is not just part of french identity but of world heritage. so horrible to watch the massive fire not true down cathedral in paris perhaps flying water tankers could be used to put it out must act quickly i'm following the notre dame for a minute by minute it's not just on the perry belongs to all humanity what a spectacle what horror i share the emotion of the french nation which is ours as well my thoughts so we the people of france tonight and with the emergency services who are fighting the terrible blaze it milton's uncomfy drew former deputy director of culture at you know asco francisco bender and says this will be much more about reconstruction than restoration. now we think distraction that one long

yesterday i mean all he says gone all we have to do. and what will have to be. really a major reconstruction. major reconstruction project this will. be difficult to say today. how much it cost to the ongoing know that many many hundreds of millions of dollars in a way was also the. more that society can do for the money because you know about one hundred years ago a hundred years ago because you know when two major players. and there's been. two. generations so i. think everybody we have to. be able to. get to the future generations.

politicians have expressed their discontent with america's israel policy and i letter to british newspaper the guardian they say they recognized him as a capital both of israel and an independent palestinian state bitter over reports. donald trump's decision to go his own way when it comes to finding a solution to the israeli palestinian situation coupled with no real response to this decision from any major leaders but that's prompted a group of former european leaders to pen an open letter in condemnation of the u.s. policy and of europe's reactions putting their signature to this letter include the former foreign secretary of the united kingdom david miliband the nato secretary general mr salado the former foreign minister of germany. we are very concerned. europe is completely silent while

america strong is and now wants to put forward a unilateral peace plan these is the reason why i think we need a week up call for euro to be again trying to be in the game not can delete lee side live i mean as european foreign policy approach e.u. leaders have had very little to say about donald trump's very visible and very vocal support for israel in fact it's been pretty much the same as when the golan heights were recognized by the united states when the u.s. moved its embassy to jerusalem with the latest idea from the president that israeli citizens should be immune from prosecution in the international criminal court since the creation of the i.c.c. the united states has consistently declined to join the court because of its broad

unaccountable prosecutorial powers any attempt to target american israeli or ally personnel for prosecution will be met with a swift and vigorous response. this idea that the united states. and their friends are somehow above international law something that is called out by the former european leaders in their open letter unfortunately the current us administration has departed from longstanding u.s. policy and this insists now from established international legal norms it has so far agonized only one side screams to jerusalem and demonstrated to disturb an indifference to israel and settlement expansion one of the lynchpins of the e.u. is a project is multiple nations coming together to find a peaceful resolution now the situation when it comes to israel in palestine is already difficult and it becomes even tougher when you see the unilateral approach

being taken by the united states those who've been involved in and seen close diplomacy at its highest levels say the european union needs to be more vocal and also needs to bring more countries into the process it is not only america it is europe adat are other players russia is why don't the players that can be helped to find a balanced approach if you still america remains keep player if you want to succeed but europe has been always and will be in the future and another key player it is usually to try to get a lasting peace we doubt rely olds on european legal efforts but this is our point we see europe silent we see europe not engaged in talks at these is the time to deal with the european union and trump are

already butting heads over trade and defense spending there isn't any particularly you leader that stands out as the one who would stand up and challenge the united states's unilateral approach to. it's the israeli palestinian situation these are all over. the world health organization reports that cases of measles or worldwide have tripled since last year the united nations children's fund unicef says one third of the deaths from the disease occur in india adding that misinformation on vaccinations is spread through one of the country's most popular messenger services whatsapp. you have seen your fellowman over to the emerging is the use of social media and the use of smart media to spread rumors regarding. that are going to. we're going to read every description we're getting ready to go

live with government we're all going to media houses including that individual media. are going to do stories with the right information. with the right messaging in the public space dozens of schools in the city of mumbai have reportedly stopped doctors from vaccinating students in new delhi two parents are opposing vaccinations due to rumors that vaccines lead to mental health conditions like autism this false information is being spread mainly through social media apps every year more than one hundred thousand people die from measles across the globe you know stuff warns another highly contagious disease rubella causes tens of thousands of birth defects in india every year social media lawyer cohen explains how misinformation is being spread. in india it is estimated it did there are about three hundred million what's up uses so the influence of the media is absolutely incredible each piece becoming one of the most common sources

of communication in the country now the reason why facebook acquired wats up was in order to gather more immoral data about people like for example a situation where a person is being saint and the vaccination propaganda the person is very likely later on in the day to see more material a bond of exhumations appearing on facebook is about the interaction between the different apps did facebook oh and if you choose facebook itself what's up an instagram so the results system here. facebook is good the power. to stop at least to an extent because one platform feeds the other no india is not alone in falling victim to fake news about vaccinations this year the u.s. registered one of the biggest outbreaks of missiles and almost two decades something that's been put down to misinformation posted on various social media

platforms facebook for its part has already bound to reduce the ranking of groups and pages spreading anti-black has privacy activists and technology expert bill new tell us that regulating online platforms won't be easy. i think it's very difficult to have some casual regulation that covers all sorts of card types of content that might be harmful that actually caters for the different nuances between different cultures and all the different sort of messaging platforms and communications media obviously you have some communications techniques and platforms that are one to many and facebook or twitter would come to mind you have others that are more one to one the sort of individual communication that we see is far more private there are ethical dilemmas in terms of the extent to which we're going to true don't that we in the extent to which we get our moments are it's on top of that many of the platforms the focus of one to one communication all these very platforms that are

in incorporating some form an encryption at this time and encryption is going to make it absolutely impossible and therefore i think there are technical and at legal issues here that are going to be very difficult to breach still to come donald trump once again locks horns with the democrats over immigration that more after the break. soon a state actor will begin mining big point for strategic reserve purposes in the hash wars will be played out on a state level and that'll take us to new all time highs as we get closer to the prediction remade on this show back in two thousand and eleven when the price was a dollar that will see one hundred thousand dollars per because it.

seemed wrong. but old rules just don't hold. any new world that is yet to shape out disdain comes to educate and in games from an equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. join me every thursday on the alex i'm with you and i'll be speaking to us through the world of politics or business i'm sure business i'll see you there. welcome back the russian state duma has passed a bill dubbed the internet isolation law lawmakers claim it will help ensure russia's security online although critics claim it's an attempt at censorship for

more on this let's discuss it with our correspondent maria for national who joins us here in the studio now take us through what this bill means while the bill on it's called officially a sub or a name to that russia state duma lawyer chambre of the country's parliament has adopted earlier on tuesday is aimed at creating domestic meaning towards an independent russian internet as a measure the lawmakers behind these documents say to protect russia from cyber threats from side to cyber attacks well technically this means that if russia is cut off one day from the global network it will still be able to operate without being affected the also as of this bill say that this is just a response to us as two thousand and eighteen strategy on national cybersecurity that they found aggressive this is their words well this bill now still has to be approved by the upper timber of the country's parliament the federation council and then signed into law by president putin which will likely happen with no problems

with putin known as a big fan of the idea of domestic autonomy independent internet here in russia believing that a is all about. it is in the interests of russian people so and it is supposed to come into force starting november later this year of course all well and good but critics claim it could lead to russia's isolation online and will. actually help states censorship are they right to be concerned well yes of course there are critics of this. has been supporters earlier today by the majority of the state duma deputies there are critics even among them and they say indeed that eight to will be government's instrument to put more control more regulation on an online life and it will allow senses shape well technically it will give russian governmental institutions and watchdogs and all those responsible for that more

power more and more technical options to to control the internet about again as the supporters and the authors of this bill say it's all of a matter of national security and you were touching the earlier of the legislators say this law is aimed at protection from external cyber threats that could paralyze the internet in the country do these statements have any grounds while many believe that these fear is are real just earlier a february i covered the story as well emerged american article washington. a washington post published an article claiming that the u.s. military had one spec in two thousand and eighteen minutes to block one russian group that they believed was a dangerous for american interest from internet access and later the article cited a big number of high ranking officials with no names given saying that that was just the beginning of a mess of cyber complaint against russia well if these claims are true if this is

true from the authorities point of view of course it makes absolutely sense to protect russia's interests who are from the ocean on thank you for bringing us that report. the subject of illegal immigration saw donald trump firing off on twitter once again piling pressure on his democratic rivals angered other failure to back his border security plans on friday the president suggested an undocumented people should be shipped to so-called sanctuary cities if the democrats don't back down we could fix that and so fast if the democrats would agree but if they don't agree we might as well do what they always say they want they want more people in this sanctuary cities well we'll give them more people we can give a lot we can give them an unlimited supply and let's see if they're so happy they say we have open arms or always say they have open arms let's see if they have open arms trump also sarcastically agreed with pop star and left wing social activists

share the state in los angeles couldn't take more illegals as it has to care for its own citizens first including homeless ones her stance came as a surprise to many as she had previously been a vocal defender of immigrants she even claims she was ready to take some home to protect them but share isn't the only democrat who objects to trump's proposal. i say he's trying to put americans against each other make us less safe he is injecting fear into our country notion that is unworthy of the presidency of the united states and disrespectful of the challenges that we face as a country as a people to address who we are a nation of immigrants the idea of using these human beings as a kind of pestilence to spread around the country like a form of plague that you want to impose on your enemies is really grotesque legal and media analyst lionel feels the democratic party has lost touch with reality. what trump has been saying and others rational people is we have

immigration yes we have in the harbor the statue of liberty bring those you're retired in your emma lazarus but we've got to have some kind of an order here the left as we call them hollywood's it doesn't matter your i hate monger so he says you know what i'm going to do i'm going to give you a neighborhood that all of us out whoa whoa wait a minute hold it hold it the democratic party they love to talk about things like free education free health care free stuff you want it you got it right or how we're going to pay for it bring these people in who are going to take i don't know they love the bumper sticker they hate the fine print they hate the well how do we do this they love to talk about everything from collusion to grab to corruption here getting what they've been asking for unlimited unfettered on.

conditional this masses of humanity of dreamers be careful what you ask for. a new head of the sudanese military council has been named just a day after its previous chief stepped down comes amid a major political upheaval in the country which has seen a military coup topple longtime leader moammar all bashir abdel fatah. which is now in effectively in charge is a veteran soldier is a former chief of the country's ground forces and according to reports he oversaw sending troops to yemen as part of the saudi led coalition saudi arabia meanwhile has declared its support for the transitional military council headed by the new chief. the kingdom declares his support for the steps announced by the council in preserving lives and property and stands by the sudanese people and hopes that this will achieve security and stability for brotherly sudan. according to local and yemeni media sudan has at least three thousand ground troops and several fighter

jets in yemen as part of the saudi led alliance dozens of sudanese soldiers have been killed on coastal battlefront the editor of the pan african newswire bayani as a key we believe sudan has been playing a central role in the yemeni conflict. well clearly with the intervention of the soldiers from sudan this is been a key component of this war which in fact is coordinated by the pentagon against the people of yemen this is purely designed to prevent the answer a lot of the so-called movement from gaining total consolidation of the political framework in yemen thousands of people have died hundreds of thousands have been displaced we have the largest humanitarian crisis known today in the world of the largest outbreak of cholera is a direct result of this war they have bombed housing complexes hospitals schools

courts and other massive infrastructure in yemen that is an outrageous situation that has to end as soon as possible that's a new trap up for now but i'll be back at the top the hour with the latest thanks for tuning in. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy. let it be an arms race off and spearing dramatic development only closely i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk.

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greetings and salutations. accountability and justice took a heavy blow this week oct watchers as the international criminal court despite twenty thousand pages of evidence and information declined to investigate and prosecute war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by the various groups involved in the afghanistan war including the cia and members of the us armed forces yes despite an incredible effort by i.c.c. prosecutor to have been so to to bring the case before the court a panel of judges ruled on friday that while there was supposed gravity to the crimes and the request is within the court's jurisdiction the current circumstances of the situation in afghanistan are such as to make the prospects for a successful investigation and prosecution extremely limited to this one one might ask has there ever been good circumstances or situations where the

investigation and prosecution of war crimes in the first place.