with. the baby with. the kremlin reveals that it is laying the groundwork for possible talks between. the european commission president a leader of the year award and confesses he made a mistake by not interfering in the u.k.'s two thousand and sixteen brags referendum. and the russia mourns the victims of sunday's plane crash in moscow which killed forty one people the story emerges of a. young flight attendant who sacrificed his life.

this is our thomas certainly glad to have you with us. right meeting face to face the u.s. secretary of state mike pompei o could be set for talks with russian president vladimir putin that is according to the kremlin's spokesman who says it could happen in the next few weeks and he's my dinner question over as more on a possible step forward in u.s. russia relations. i'm eating 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 summits 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 connect it 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 advocates 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 root is a russian national transport on story we as a coastal state 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. 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 trend as moscow and washington continue to be at loggerheads over a number of global issues. we heard from mark allman of the director of the oxford crisis research institute who told us washington could have alter motives and

putting its foot down over the art to grow. i find it difficult to see one might pose made such a big issue over 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 i thought the climate changes which made 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 the 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 some morals 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 take a look at 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 oil venezuelan assets excuse me frozen and oil production cut in the us a government allegedly highlights one by doe announcing himself an interim president as a key outcome but the publication did apparently suggested that the united states was to get out of the latin american country back on its feet. one outcome highlighted was bringing prosperity to the people of venezuela but that comes as the trump of 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 table 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 and we asked of us state department to comment on of their delayed report but have

yet to get a response we spoke to max blumenthal and an investigative journalist and the editor of grey zone dot com the website that published the deleted report in full. but really reveals the pride in the state department in 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 are 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 all right in the meantime a new report has claimed that leading us media has 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. and al.

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

why so allergic to the word coup if you look at the definition because they recognize that these words have a meaning so long as you don't say what it is you can rely about just from the media point of view don't you think one of the first question that he should ask is by what authority do you establish or does mr why does 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 sol dare i say willing to support the position of the tribe of ministration regarding the maturer ministration being removeable so where is the balance.

we asked a number of us media outlets for their reaction to the watchdogs findings and the allegations of bias will let you know what they say. use most powerful official has been named the european leader of the year by international news channel euro news and the european business summit it is perhaps the most anticipated awards ceremony on the calendar but that has not stopped you from enjoying his moment as artie's peter 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 a set ward meant they clearly done

a good job booked no everybody was pleased to see you receive this gong the newspaper in the united kingdom the sun well day. that ward and also the rumor that mr young is partial to a brandy or two also the british m.p. kevin holland araik 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 but the first there's a lot to go on between now and then he certainly ruffled a fair few feathers on the breaks it 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 in the european union how do we 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 klinsmann morality told us many will be unhappy with your gross remarks about meddling in direct. the key word that some people may take on a bridge too is interfering i think they all had an agreement that they were common beforehand that they were stateside and that at the u.k. take care of its own of this hoping that you know the truth will come out in the end more fortunate wasn't the case and now he's coming up with these words perhaps you know i was a regret as you mention but it's ok you can do about that his legacy will be determined by what happens with briggs said he still has to maintain a solid position throughout this tumultuous time and he's made his position very clear he's 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 by all sides i think. school shooting in the u.s. state of colorado has left several people critically injured we'll bring you details on short break this is our attention. you're relying on data that is not very well to find like g.d.p. number of the cross domestic product number is notorious for being very paved and it doesn't really give a picture that you can draw any conclusions from a that's true of almost every number that's produced by the government because it behooves them to control the data because the data controls the algorithms and the index.

when the first century both of these. elements. and at the moment do it isn't to people who would like to interact to which is happening to individuals and using their judges through facebook through to another interacting with political events and just think it's going to. be seeing the results. this is our international people have been injured in a school shooting in colorado with several of them in critical condition according to the latest information no fatalities are reported as of yet the incident happened in a suburb of denver in the u.s. state of colorado now the school is reportedly attended by nearly eight hundred

students police say two people are in custody both students one juvenile and one adult a local sheriff's officer describes the situation as unstable other schools in the area have been placed on lockdown. retired american admiral thinks 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 steyer of star reviews excuse me 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. 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. comedian and political commentator jimmy door believes that anti russian feeling has become all too normal in the us. right now it's ok to be xenophobia. it's it's ok to be xenophobia against russia. it's just if you look at it like for instance if you just used instituted a different nationality with you said mexicans where 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 that 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 crash landed in moscow on sunday one of the victims was twenty two year old flight attendant. 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. you know it to me because i know i found out from my husband he called me and said that

it was all over the t.v. and that a plane had caught fire we immediately matt and went to look for months and hospital to see what around all the hospitals but he wasn't anywhere so there are flaws here where superjet got into difficulties shortly after taking off and was forced to return to moscow sheremetyevo airport the plane hit the runway hard and burst into flames as a bounced along the tarmac it was quickly consumed by the fire most of those who died there were more miles convey northwestern russian city the flight was bound for many of the thirty seven survivors have spoken about their ordeal and praised the flight attendant for saving their lives. to get into that and. that means that. i do not dream which began in our school last to damn until the team.

will question you at the end and them was a very sickly simple and goal oriented person who was always ready to take the that's exactly what you showed on that day. the earth to its she was expected to be at the front of the plane but he switched places with the stewardess perhaps he expected something bad would happen she took the heat himself. has stayed inside the aircraft and pushed the surviving people along and for you to be around was 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 i constantly had him. mark seems mother told us her son's heroic actions were not out of character. but sellers of 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 that he didn't consider it a big deal it was just a thing you have to do as he always thought the people should help others do good deeds he didn't offend anyone he was spoke to people with respect he was simply kind to people. he always did everything that he'd have enough money so the family would have enough that none of us needed anything. else but there the sick but maybe there's even now i just don't believe he's not here i just don't believe it. every second i think he'll come home soon he'll be with us. recounts the stories of

some of the other people who lost their lives on sunday. this is. a businesswoman and single mother she was returning from a business trip back two more months back to her ten year old son she was raising on her own somewhere in the same boarding queue with well being or you give 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 sophie and all of the 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 when small three 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 apparent liking 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 of line 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 bustling aerial hub with only sporadic contact with the ground so weighty 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 as 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. the flight attendant helps people through and down the chutes those who can walk those who can't and are passed out she literally shoves. 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 by ti-anna helped a total of thirty seven people survive the mayhem. you've gainey and sophia were not among them. the bride to be the. senior once a happy wife and mother in an instant his 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 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 haunted 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 the wreckage of the plane has also been removed for forensic examination. and international be back with more news in let's say thirty four minutes. what. should.

live. with it will be the b.b.b. that it will be. what politicians do something. they put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president or injury. or somehow want to. have to go right to be close it's like before three in the morning can't be good that. i'm interested always in the waters about how. this should. win goal make this manufactured consensus instead of public wealth. when the ruling classes protect themselves. when the financial

merry go round lifts only the one percent. that's not doing all middle of the room signals. in twenty four you know bloody revolution to the demonstrations going from being relatively peaceful political protests to be creasing the violent revolution is always spontaneous or is it you know war here i mean you know i live with to do a clue in the new bill is that i do believe it or the former ukrainian president recalls the events of twenty four. those who took part in this today over five billion dollars to assist ukraine in these and other that will ensure a secure and prosperous and democratic.

led. a low in welcome to cross top for all things considered i'm teetotal of war in memory today marks the seventy fourth anniversary of victory over fascism in europe the end of that conflict created the modern world order and it still does. cross talking world war two i'm joined by my guest here in moscow and he is a professor at the higher school of economics as well as author of brushes geo economic strategy for a greater eurasia we also have jeffrey roberts he's

a senior fellow at the helsinki collect for exam studies and a member of the royal irish academy and we have martin folley he is a senior lecturer in international history at yale university are gentlemen cross-talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want i always. before we get started i want to congratulate martin and jeffrey on their new book here churchill and stalin comrades in arms during the second world war. i work in television i love documentaries i love films and i love history and in one thousand nine hundred ninety three the b.b.c. came out with a documentary series the world war one hundred seventy three nine hundred seventy six. documentary of that conflict could that could documentary like that be made today and put on netflix and would people watch it and what would it look like. the world was a fantastic documentary series anyone is interested in history a second world war should watch should watch that series ok so you said it comes

out in the one nine hundred seventy s. which is a period of they talked to.