the former ukrainian president recalls the events of twenty four. those who took. invested over five billion dollars to assist ukraine in these another goal that will ensure a secure and prosperous and democratic. the kremlin reveals that it is laying the groundwork for possible talks between letterman putin and america's top diplomat. european commission of president scoops a leader of the year award and confesses that he made a mistake by not interfering in the case two thousand and sixteen brags of referendum. and russian ones of the victims of sunday's plane crash in

moscow which killed forty one people including a twelve year old girl. are broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is r t international i'm sean thomas certainly glad to have you with us now meeting face to face the u.s. secretary of state mike pompei old could be set for talks with russian president vladimir putin this is according to the kremlin spokesman who says it could happen in the next few weeks artie's medina conscionable has more on a possible step forward in u.s. russia relations. i meeting between the russian president and the u.s. secretary of state mike pompeo may happen as early as this month in may washington's top diplomat plans to meet with the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov and the resort city of saatchi and now the kremlin says a parallel meeting with the president could take place there too now this will be

pumped first visit to russia as the u.s. secretary of state lavrov did however just to meet with him at the arctic summit and fenlon sound that the meeting showed that the two countries are still struggling to find common ground on a range of issues not only on van as well but the use of the arctic as well concerned about russia's claim over the international waters of the northern sea route including its newly announced plans to connected with china's maritime silk road. in the northern sea route moscow already illegally demands other nations request permission to pass the u.s. secretary of state also added that partly in response to russia's so-called destabilizing activities they are hosting military exercises and rebuilding their eyes braker fleet now moscow believes that there are no grounds for any conflicts and the arctic region and also adds that it remains open for international

cooperation. the route is a russian national transport on sri we is that coastal states acting in full compliance with international law all responsible for the safe operation over this route just as canadians are responsible for the functioning of the northwest passage. and the past several months diplomacy seems to still prevail in the relations between the two countries both sides were seen in contact more often than usual with the u.s. and the russian president recent telephone conversation that lasted over an hour an example of that so it does seem that the timing. for the u.s. secretary of state's events it at least follows this new trend as moscow and washington continue to be at loggerheads over a number of global issues we heard from the director of the oxford crisis research institute who told us that the u.s. doesn't actually stand to benefit much from the controversy over the arctic route.

i find it difficult to see why i might pose made such a big issue of this question because it seems to me that potentially creates more trouble than it benefits the united states after all it's unlikely that it's going to change either the climate changes which make this route open more likely to be open and also the chinese russian policy it could be a bargaining chip or it could be that the americans are saying what's throw down a gauntlet in fact we're not really so concerned so that we can say to the russians and by extension the chinese if you can see if we can see this to you you should give us some help somewhere else in a different part of the world. the u.s. state department published and event quickly deleted a report allegedly detailing washington's pressure tactics to bring down the venezuelan president nicolas maduro now the document reportedly outlines a number of u.s. goals in a bid to topple the official government in caracas that included creating the

grounds for economic ruin through sanctions with over three billion dollars worth of the venezuelan assets frozen and oil production cut and the u.s. government allegedly highlights one guy i don't know announcing himself as interim president as a key outcome but the publication did apparently suggested that the united states aim was to get the latin american country back on its feet one outcome highlighted was bringing prosperity to the people of venezuela but that comes as the trumpet ministration continues to mull over a possible military intervention in the country. what would make you use the us military in venezuela it's an option we continue to say and we always will all options are on the day of all options are on the table all options are on the table all options are on the table all options are on the table because they always are. we asked of us or department to comment on their deleted report but have yet to get

a response we spoke to max blumenthal an investigative journalist and yet another of gray zone dot com the website that published of the deleted report in full but really reveals the pride in the state department and harming venezuela's economy and the contradiction. it contradicts the public messaging of the state department through. spokespeople like kimberly brier who tweeted several days ago that one. and his fake government is administration have delivered tangible results for the people of venezuela and she mentioned the delivery of seven thousand two hundred packets of toilet paper to venezuelan families compare that to preventing three point two billion dollars of assets that could be used to buy food from being accessed by the government and it's just unbelievable the contradiction is extreme and that's one reason why they deleted this document that our reporter on your part

until obtained they are trying to create the impression among the american public that the sanctions are only targeting the duros inner circle but this state department document that we have tain makes it clear that they are targeting the civilian population in venezuela just as they're doing in iran and that is their clear intention to cause pain on people regardless of their political leanings to achieve a political goal of regime change. in the meantime a new report has claimed that leading us media have demonstrated clear bias in their coverage of the crisis in venezuela here's a look at the findings of the media watchdog fairness and accuracy in reporting.

what would make you lose the u.s. military and still listen to what i think you're saying that that certainly is something that's it's an option and the national assembly has determined that the election of president missouri but there was illegitimate there needs to be a new to the government.

why so allergic to the word coup if you look at the definition because they recognize that these words have a meaning long as you don't say what it is you can a lie about just from the media point of view don't you think one of the first question anybody should ask is by what authority do you establish or does mr why those say i have the ability to supplant this person. ask no question i find it fascinating. that the media not known for being poor. is so dare i say willing to support the position of the tribe of ministration regarding the majeure oh i ministration being removeable so where is the

balance we asked a number of us media outlets for their reaction to the watchdogs of findings and the allegations of bias we will let you know what they say if they get back to us. the e.u. is most powerful officials on called younger has been named the european leader of the year by international news channel euro news at the european business summit it is perhaps not the most anticipated awards ceremony on the calendar but it has not stopped young girl from enjoying his moment as artie's peer over reports. well in picking up his awards at the bash in brussels the president of the european commission was full of jokes he was very happy to receive the water of course but that it had come so late in his career that it was almost at the point of autopsy he also went on to praise the work that the european commission had been doing under his leadership of course saying that the fact you've been given this award meant they've clearly done a good job booked not everybody was pleased to see you receive this gong the

newspaper in the united kingdom the sun well they poked lights at the so ward and also the rumor that mr young is partial to a brandy or two also the british m.p. kevin holland rake described it as an april fool's joke but he's never been a shrinking violet and he's certainly provided us with plenty of entertainment through the years especially while he's been in charge of the european commission.

claude young cool stepped down as european commission president on november the first there's a lot to go on between now and then he certainly ruffled a fair few feathers on the brakes at supporting side of the divide in the united kingdom during breaks that negotiations on tuesday he got a little bit further saying that he deeply regretted that himself and the european union hadn't got more involved in the break that referendum campaign back in two thousand and sixteen. then prime minister asked me not to interfere not to intervene in the referendum campaign it was a mistake not to intervene and not to interfere because we would have been the only ones to destroy the lies that were circulated around i was wrong to be silent at an

important moment those comments of course i'm sure will go down really well with those breaks that supporting any peace that are going to be standing in european elections they never thought they were going to have to take part in in just a few weeks time at the end of the month political risk analyst chris mann maradi told us as many will be unhappy with youngers remarks about meddling in. the keyword that some people may take umbrage to is interfering i think they had an agreement that they were coming beforehand that they were stateside and that the u.k. take care of its own affairs hoping that you know the truth will come out oh yeah oh for sure that wasn't the case and now he's coming up with these words perhaps you know as regret as you mention but there's nothing you can do about that his legacy will be determined by what happens with brick said he saw his team mate think it's solid position throughout this tumultuous time and he's made his position very clear he is representing the you and

a position so that not up to the u.k. to get their act together to really come up with something that is agreeable but all signs are. watch much international more news after a short break stay with us. that's geysers fine it will survive until they say maybe the girl i. love jesus this is a central plank support diet pill of this kind of problem right now so you stop to . join me every week on the alex salmond shill and i'll be speaking to us from the world of politics sport i'm sure i'll see you then.

when the first century both of these. elements. and the moment. people would like. to tell you which is happening to individuals. through facebook through to another interacting with effects. from the. seeing the results. are welcome back this is r.t. international now eight people have been injured in a school shooting in colorado with several of them in critical condition according to the latest information now no fatalities have been reported yet of the incident happened in a suburb of denver in the us state of colorado the school is reportedly attended by nearly eight hundred students police say two people are in custody both students

one juvenile and one adult the local sheriff's office describes the situation as unstable other schools in the area have been. placed on lockdown as well. the retired american admiral thinks that the u.s. has been too soft on russia for its alleged interference into his country's affairs in an opinion piece for time magazine's website he calls for ramping up the pressure on moscow including banning russians from traveling to the u.s. the u.s. should also consider sanctions on public entities sports teams international symphonies academic institutions diplomatic delegations we can impose travel restrictions more broadly on russian citizens who seek to come to the united states for any purpose or we could reduce our willingness to cooperate in other russian initiatives globally from reconstruction in syria to price support for oil prices james starved retired from the navy in two thousand and thirteen after thirty seven

years of service he served as the supreme allied commander of nato forces the second highest military position within the alliance back in two thousand and seventeen though following donald trump's decision to indefinitely suspended the resettlement of syrian refugees starve or this had a totally different view on excluding people based on nationality. i do not agree with the seasons that simply close off any migration here from a particular nation no matter the situation or background of the individual applying for a visa or refugee status. communion and political commentator jimmy door believes the anti russian feeling has become all too normal in the us. right now it's ok to be xenophobia gk. it's ok to be xenophobe it against russia. it's just if you look at it like for instance if you just used instituted a different nationality if you said mexicans were he puts russians in that article people would be screaming about it the corporate media in the united states has

been totally discredited through russia gate but now they're just doing that thing where they hop on another horse and just keep writing it as hard as they can so that's why you're seeing articles like this that's why you see him being so wildly inconsistent it's because these are actual opinions about security of the united states or who's meddling in our elections we know it's meddling in our elections this is about ripping up the security state this is about another cold war this is about trillions of dollars. russia is mourning the forty one people who lost their lives after an aeroflot flight crashed landed in moscow on sunday one of the victims was twenty two year old flight attendant maxime. many have hailed him a hero for sacrificing himself in order to get others to safety my mother has spoken to our roughly video agency about the moment she found out the tragic news. knowledge because i know i found out from my husband he called me and said that it

was one of the t.v. in the plane. we need not and went to look for months and hospital somewhere around one of the hospitals where he wasn't and some. you know flood sukhoi superjet got into difficulty shortly after taking off and was forced to return to moscow's sheremetyevo airport plane hit the runway hard and burst into flames as a bounced along the tarmac was quickly consumed by the fire most of those who died were from what amounts to the northwestern russian city the flight was bound for many of the thirty seven survivors have spoken about their ordeal and praised the young flight attendant for saving their lives. to put it into that of the. damage that. i do a dream which began in our school would last it up until that day. will

all change at the end and them was a very slow simple and goal oriented person that was always ready to take a hit say that's exactly what it showed on that day. she was expected to be at the front of the plane but he switched places with a stewardess perhaps he expected something bad would happen she took the heat himself. has stayed inside the aircraft to push the surviving people along and for you to be around you is inhaling smoke and then lost consciousness. it's free you always smile own ways he wanted conflict he was the kindest person he is looking out for the photo but he can't say

a word and by constantly looking at him. mark seems mother told us her son's year old actions were not out of character. but sellers in the game i mean she'd already saved one person a man was drowning in crimea he was choking was only fifteen but he dragged him to shore he didn't consider it a big deal it was just a thing you have to do for us he always thought the people should help others do good deeds that he didn't offend anyone he was spoke to people with respect he was simply kind to people. always did everything that he has enough money so the family would have enough x. that none of us needed anything. else but they were sick but we readers even now i just don't believe he's not here i just don't believe that. every second i think it will come home soon he'll be with us. he has done of recounts the

stories of some of the other people who lost their lives. this is. a businesswoman and single mother she was returning from a business trip back to more months back to her ten year old son she was raising on her own somewhere in the same boarding queue with all bina you've given me and twelve year old sophia the surgeon had been giving his daughter and escape from their gloomy northern home town to enjoy a few days in the warmth of the moscow sun now they tiana welcomed beano you've guinea sophia and all other passengers on board the flight attendant was getting ready for yet another take off now three minutes past six in the evening the aircraft lifted into the skies from sheremetyevo airport a few minutes later than the first seventeen minutes of the flight went smoothly passengers in this seats belts fastened the sukhoi superjet ascended approaching

a storm and then everything went from ok to bad and then straight to hell literally in a flash to call from the ball to widening the plane and a brand like being strike hits the jet now more than aircraft have safety systems to protect themselves from situations exactly like these but this time the lightning sends all communications systems on board or fly in the pilots send a distress signal make a u. turn and head back to moscow apparently they go in almost blind with limited communications they can barely get any aid from the ground they aim for an emergency landing on one of the runways but the aircraft is too heavy minutes ago we've had been filled to the brim and the pilots decided not to dump access fuel there's no definitive answer why but the most likely theory so far is the didn't

want to risk circling around a bus. aerial hub with only sporadic contact with the ground so weighty the jets wheels slam into the runway and bounce right off it another attempt and the plane crash lands its tail hits the tarmac with such force it ruptures the tanks and all that fuel instantly catches fire and there's the blazing jet slides along the runway passengers helpless. the jet finally comes to a stop and the evacuation kicks off by that moment the fire had already devoured the back and the middle emergency exits so there's only one way forward from the nose of the jet but tiana the flight attendant helps people through and down the

chutes those who can walk those who can't and out she literally shoves out of the door herself i'm alive only thanks to the stewardesses the girls stood there in the smoke it was dark extremely hot but they pulled people out and helped them get down the chutes now tiana helped a total of thirty seven people survive the mayhem. you've gagne and sophia were not among them. aboard the boat to be found the. senior once a happy wife and mother in an instant is widowed and left childless for her tragedy has come calling again she had already lost to a nice alina in a school shooting last year and now it's her husband and daughter and patti i know

the unconditional hero she may have survived herself but she's still to make it through the day after day after day of survivor's guilt or into it by the forty one she couldn't help. the plane's flight data and cockpit voice recorders have been recovered and a far reaching investigation is now underway wreckage of the plane has also been removed for forensic examination. when it does for me i'll be back in about thirty four minutes with another look at your news you are watching our two international . politicians to do something to. put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president one should. somehow want to. have to go right to be precise this is what will befall three of them or ten people

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is to encourage virtue of just. one of the most influential intellectuals of our time speaks about the modern civilization of america. this is passing around the world and covering the world of business and finance and the empire. i'm christy i and i'm daniel britto in washington we're glad you're on board today we had on the wall of planes trains and automobiles literally. controversies played the company's profits as wyvil air bus manage to get a wake up on the ailing giant r t correspondent alex mahela which gives us

a bird's eye view of the kind state of earnings plus has once again very often to a new venture but well there are no ral go up in flames lauren fix the car coach get behind the wheel and here's us through has the top. and finally all the railways me seeing rustic new advances are being made on the trucks are to produce a bridge of war brings us the latest from the relaxed conference on capitol hill all of that directly ahead but first we have some headlines let's go. the u.s. china trade war drama continues after presidents incendiary tweet over the weekend many are speculating on whether or not it was a real threat or simply a negotiating tactic to speed up talks and squeeze out a few more concessions after a volatile trading session on monday worldwide fears appear to be waning as it became clear that both sides are still talking the shanghai composite and the more bold posting gains and overnight trading that cyber.