tragedy in rush's northwest supporting navy personnel killed in a fire on a submersible among them a number of highly decorated senior officers also to come after 3 days of wrangling e.u. leaders agree on who will get the drop top jobs nominating a woman for the 1st time to head the european commission and employees in the u.k. debate what to do with profits made from the assets be asked of libyan leader moammar gadhafi. hello there welcome to day here in moscow you're watching international 14 people have been killed in a fire on

a deep sea submersible in russia's north west 7 of the victims were high ranking navy officers and 2 had been honored with the country's highest decoration hero of the russian federation president vladimir putin has offered his condolences to the families of those who died. but you see of the 147 or top rank captains who are heroes of russia this is a big loss for the fleet i offer sincere condolences to the families of the deceased everything must be done to help and support them and that was at his emergency meeting with the country's defense minister said again show following this truly tragic incident and that is what a minister short who had to say about what happened there let's take a listen. but let's the result of examination and rushes to retore that was of scientific research of. 14 sailors died of the combustion

products poisoning due to the software actions of the team the fire was eliminated currently the deepwater parata is the. base going to see and hear more from defense minister sergei show because at base maintain president clinton came to go personally to the city of 7 more square it happened in russia's northwestern region and to brief afterwards to president on what happened so it was a scientific submersible it is designed to explore the bottom of the sea or the ocean and is believed to be able to operate at the depth of up to 6000 meters quite deep in order to do kind of underwater map painting how a boat and submarines in the area navigate safely so at the time when the crew of that some very simple has been doing their research the fire broke out and they have been doing that for russian navy and no one can say why that happened in the investigation has admitted to me long to find out what caused the fire and we only

heard from a local acting governor also that the authorities on the ground are ready to provide any help needed this is a terrible tragedy we are ready to provide in this is serious systems to the northern fleet the moments region and the fleet always support each other. difficult situations eternal memory to those who give their lives for the security of our country for when such tragedies people get united you know and this time we saw the offices of the russian navy getting we know i did we received picture is you can now watch it the offices in russia's southern corridor of several stopover bringing flowers not only offices of their ordinary people with flowers and candles . at the memorial and that city to commemorate those who died so the investigation is under go and probably going to hear more in the coming days. now after 3 days of wrangling the leaders of e.u.

member states have finally agreed upon you will get the blocks top jobs and some of the appointments do come as a surprise to you as peter oliver reports. 3 days later than we expected but the european council that's made up of the heads of government of the 28 member states of the european union have put forward their nominations for the top jobs in the european commission now these nominations will be put to parliament they decide whether they get the job for commission president taking over from john claude younker on the line who's currently the german defense minister if live on the line was put in as european commission president should be the 1st woman to take over that role now i'm glad miracle was speaking just after the announcement was made she said it was a great thing that a woman had been given a chance to take over one of europe's top jobs one stuff it would be unable to reach an agreement today which is that we've nominated for the very 1st time in

woman as the president of the european commission that is wonderland. this wasn't an easy process though. munford verba from the european people's party was thought that he would be a shoo in to be the next commission president not so much a day in france to moments from the socialist would he be the next one he seemed almost anointed you know said particularly those from central and eastern europe we have seen this be a process whereby a lot of people have started to question this this nomination procedure that goes through particularly big voices as well the president of france a manual micron saying he was far from happy with it this fight this fight this rocky lead into these nominations that all to the now i guess we can say outgoing european council president said he was happy with the way it had gone we have a greet the whole package before the 1st session of the euro parliament. 5

years ago we needed 3 months to decide it and still some leaders who are against. this year 2 or 3 days and know about divorce against $750.00. the war that's the number of m p m e p's that will be voting in the european parliament to decide if this live on the line becomes the next commission president but the m.e. peace themselves were busy on tuesday they were sitting for the 1st time in the european parliament in strasbourg and it wasn't without incident itself there was a number 29 in fact from the break that party from the united kingdom they decided they were going to stage a little protest while ode to joy the anthem of the european union was being played in the chamber they decided to do this ready. it's

a very strange situation because. of all the british a piece of does moment we don't know if they will be soon one year of time. if they will look. they will withdraw from the parliamentary indicators or bracks it's absolutely and finally so it's a very difficult situation for the parliament for being commissions to you'll be a member of commissions on a mobile you know 6 actually what will happen. well also there is a of cattle and flags could be seen outside the parliament in strasburg on tuesday the rally was in support of 3 separatists elected as pace at the end of may block by madrid from taking office decision backed by any court ruling include the form a cattle analytic artist pushed a man who now lives in exile in belgium spain now we seeking his arrest for his role in the attempt to secession in 27 takes. now an airstrike

on a migrant detention center in the libyan capital of tripoli has killed 40 people and injured 86 into local health. officials a word of warning they might find the following footage distressing officials at the targeted center allege the strike was ordered by the opposition general hurley for hafta he launched an offensive to wrest control of the capital in early april the rival government hasn't commented on the allegation meanwhile british m.p.'s had abating what to do with frozen funds in the accounts of ousted libyan leader moammar gadhafi with more on that his party boy. if you ran a business in one of these offices or shopped before 2011 then your landlord what do you mean one colonel gaddafi he liked to be known as the king of kings and his big bank reflected that before his downfall and death in 2011

exactly as libyan investment authority had amassed some 12000000000 pounds worth of assets in the u.k. alone among them is portland house on london's oxford street the 2011 un back to libyan intervention came with a un backed libyan assets for use to that meant that any libyan accounts in the u.k. were frozen and according to a report by a government committee the u.k. tax man could be scooping tax from those frozen assets the government said may kid that is and $17000000.00 pounds in tax on the frozen libyan assets in the process 3 years h.-m. revenue and customs that the tax man here won't reveal any more than mt and now some british politicians want that tax revenue to be put to good use the deputy

head of northern ireland people r.t. has urged the prime minister to use those $17000000.00 pounds in taxes collected from libyan assets in the u.k. to compensate the victims of libyan backed ira terrorism as the prime minister will be aware of. the the long standing problem for justice and compensation by victims show the libyan. terrorism in northern ireland did throughout the u.k. . have been compensated by libyan authorities but the u.k. should not that's unlikely say the. x. the reason why this is. the murder is much more of the mess that political affairs are getting what's more about the relationship between the conservative party. but it's also partly it's just that it's being done because the libyan government is in the midst of

a. civil war. and the interest of that money remember that symbol that the question all this raises is when the libyan money well finally returned to the people of libya the country's in a state of civil war and its rival governments haven't requested the funds back in april libya's house of representatives called on the international community not to release any libyan assets abroad until a unified government is formed this u.s. news report is from 2011 the u.s. treasury department has $37000000000.00 worth of funds that were accessible to more market off his regime frozen in the in the united states the u.s. government is holding this money but does not control what it has to release the funds back to the newlib libyan government when the government requests it and the you want to prove that and a treasury spokeswoman says they are working with libya's transitional council and

the state department to do just that that was 8 years ago they're still working on it right now it's hard to see when the situation in libya will be safe enough for the money to be returned without the risk of it being misappropriated by rival governing factions but in the meantime all those frozen assets are breathing life and liquidity into banks in the u.k. europe and the us there is the money it will still be unemployed it's limited absolutely want to be liquidated it would cause a massive where there in global markets are just taking that money a little over. economy there is especially in the especially in your the sleaziest there is a lot of space and difficulties with. some years. as a result of libya and that's. because they said look i'm back to libya because more pressure him but. i don't look at me son so it's rather global market so i think

the moment it's a very convenient that we do not going to be part of that money cannot be in a european or muslim but. people in the u.k. secondary school have started the petition after they were banned from wearing skirts in a bid to promote gender neutrality under the new rule all students at appleton academy in bradford will have to wear trousers from september. both female and male students parents in some teachers believe that the fed the school has decided to make wearing travis and les shoes compulsory for gender neutrality is a complete farce and the rule should be overturned hundreds have now signed a petition against the ban why the school doesn't says that most parents and pupils have responded positively. there are a number of reasons for this change it is gender neutral in line with the policy in the majority of secondary schools it simplifies the uniform and it removes the

issue of pupils wearing skirts that are inappropriate the majority of parents have responded with positive feedback and are supportive of the change and understand the reasons for it school uniforms they signify membership of a body a group of people and usually you know there's a decision about what color what what what you know the symbols are included head teacher often decides what clothes should be worn i hope that what's being chosen has no is not about dogma it's about consistency or think it's probably true to say that it's well intentioned i mean this the mess is toward children in school it's to treat other children as they want to be treated as the golden rule so it's do is to help they all g.b.t. community but actually i think it's going to be counterproductive because many girls will see your skirt as part of the family law dentity so if you take away the scourge so you can wear

a skirt you ban the skirts what you're doing is robbing them of their identities form of identity theft and it's going to make life probably more difficult for the r.g.p. t. community rather than helping them so i would really go as the school to do what most schools do and not banned this this uniform article for girls i think is going to be counterproductive i know that the the person speaking opposite me refers to l. g.b.t. but i'm a lesbian i'm a feminist i mean i'm a poet possibly a bit more neutral about it because i'm also a mother a grandmother and i don't think that we should have these kinds of arguments which are which are. you know one group against another ok it's right to think it is right to think about what young. people want to listen i don't know to what extent i mean lots of girls do object to the way that the way the boy is. or i would say there's a danger here that quite

a lot of children who are who are not part of the algae bt community they will be subject into this they're going to have their view soured by this and i don't think it's going to help harmony we need to bring people together when you start banning skirts you're going to alienate quite a lot of people and it's going to focus attention on those people who are banning it is going to focus attention on the algae bt community they need support they don't need to have to ban things to help they are g.b.t. community and i'm sure many people on either side of this debate would agree with me you know we help the algae bt community by promoting tolerance that includes tolerance of the girl to the heterosexual community so we've got to be fair to both sides one over the other give freedom to the girls too and there's also trouble in the classroom in france too with $400.00 schools there are being closed in rural areas where have a look at why that is the case just after the break. magic

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for the truth the time is now for watching closely watching the hawks. hello again now in france hundreds of schools there will be closed for good this summer despite promises made by the president to keep them open he was responding to the man's made by the yellow vests protest movement takes a closer look. it's been 2 months since french president emanuel look on the promise that no more schools would close in a period of what he should not have closings of schools or hospitals without mayors accord until the end of my presidential term and yet now more than 350 rural

schools are closing their doors and people in communities like this one a furious it's terrible that schools are closing in rural areas because for the education and well being of children small establishment are much better than big schools for kids to go all summer to learn should not be tied to if i have a place to go or not i think it is but it would be a bad decision to close those schools even if there are not enough students when i was on the clip or we need schools to educate the next generation with our future with our schools we can move on if the foundation of everything if these schools close there will be fewer and fewer children and families in the villages and religious will die out that's why it's very important to keep schools open to make them attractive so more families will bring their kids there to be fair the french president hasn't gone back on his word he did say local authorities would have the final say the police officer what he says is that the promise will be kept 100

percent mr mcmahon said that they will not close any schools without agreement from local mayors and this is exactly what we are doing but who's behind the push for local municipalities to do this i am surprised that the mayors are in favor of the closure of a school this is the only social fabric that remains for villages from which have gradually disappeared post offices shops where the school closes it is heartbreaking for citizens and elected officials critics point out the government toys finding elected officials who agree to close schools some mayors have had time to work on their closure project but others have done it under duress so how do you get the mayor's views in some cases they're told anyway there will. we know teachers in front of your students so regroup while it may not make direct financial sense for schools to remain open when the classrooms are not full it hardly encourages families to move to the rural areas and address the growing demographic crisis in the regions when her. school is closing i do believe that it

is very it's like a heart attack you know because you are just. grazing really in a way it's you have the feeling that the village is dying that the small town is dying and everything is collapsing this is something that my call will. it is marked once for all because he hasn't changed you carry a door policy he hasn't changed the you know insha'allah and budget but it's you know is that you know all on just let's say you know in short the world why economy which is not what the french want. finally this hour the sportswear giant tonight has been forced to axe its special edition sneakers they were meant to tie in with the american independence day but were pulled over concerns relating to slavery r.t.

easily prank or explains that one. a quick disclaimer before i begin i'm sorry of my local or my store you offend someone these days you never know thank god i'm not a fashion designer whoever buys their stuff or even just comes across their designs may get mad at something and a few creative ideas being ruined the whole business nike came up with a special sneaker series for the 4th of july featuring what's known as the betsy ross flag it's just an early design of the u.s. flag and probably the holiday is a great occasion to remember a bit of national history but in the universe of national football league i can call him cap or nick nike can't sell footwear that features a symbol that was used in the times of slavery he got in touch with the brand bosses and forced them to scrap it some thought he did a great job others were like what good luck making i have certainly purchased my last pair. mikey is an absolute disgrace i didn't know colin copernic was the

barometer of offense thanks for sharing over all my tweets by him from here on out pernik is now in charge of nike's production it's a shoe company for god's sake just a little earlier nike had to get rid of another collection intended for china this time the problem was that the designer brand behind the shoe look had shown support for hong kong protestors online hell yeah these political subtleties do matter better not play with fire nike bosses thought you'd think this lady though wouldn't really look back at what problems so one far away had with her ideas like it is to keep me. not see you need one. ok even kim carr dashi and i had to tweak the name of her lingerie line up she

originally called comodo kim oh no get it but the japanese got furious with this word mrs cardassian west even got an official letter from the mayor of a city in japan asking her to mind her branding language back to sports where giants and as too had to pull one of their designs from a shoe collection to honor black history month the problem was it was all white who makes no wise shoes so the brain bloody history month i did a thing a swing enemies today this for your information try consulting with actual black people furnished i hear they are all over the country this is just the tip of the iceberg gucci ones got in trouble because of black sweaters with big lips prada offended someone with key chains that look like black people cathy perry process the law in with shoes resembling a black face i mean. really your product may end up annoying anyone which is for

instance i'm not messing with the set for a drop there starter which kid parfum box after being scolded by a witch community all cases required some damage control again i respect everyone's feelings but aren't the offended going a bit too far a bit too often. are trying to their is just coming up to 1230 here in moscow we're back again with more news and the headlines at the top of the. my son doing drugs my nephew was still in drugs my sister just with doing drugs it

was like an epidemic of drug abuse america's public enemy number one in the united states is drug abuse we started going after the users in the prison population who are we started treating sick people people who are addicted to these drugs like criminals while i was on the hill i increasingly became convinced that the war on drugs was a mistake there are countless numbers of people who are in prison for. long sentences for minor minor offenders in the drug trade it's a lot watching your children grow up and miss you in wave and say by day as you're walking out of a business it's just it doesn't get easier. as we speak large organized care of our own the march to the united states.

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hello and welcome the cross for all things are considered i'm peter lavelle trump's impromptu visit to the d.m.z. separating the 2 koreas was unprecedented and historic indeed it was a bold even brilliant decision of course his political opponents particularly the democrats running for president and the media slammed an orthodox diplomacy who is on the side of peace. cross talking north korea i'm joined by my guest ray mcgovern in raleigh he is a former cia analyst and co-founder of veterans intelligence professionals for sanity in jerusalem. from inbar he is president of the drucilla institute for strategy and security and in plymouth we cross to patrick headings and he is the

executive editor of the news website 21st century wire dot com all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate let me go to ray 1st in raleigh i just want to comment i know that you're growing your beard to give attention to the maltreatment that julian a song is being is experiencing right now so good for you my brother a man for your protest but let's go to the play affairs at hand here north korea. you're an old hand of international politics trump made an unprecedented bold move he's been slammed left and right and center for it i think it is brilliant he's thinking outside the box because the policy towards north korea is over and over again the same policies are attempted and they fail now we have a new start i don't know if it's going to go anywhere but it's bold and it's worth paying attention to rape.