that's. russia's defense minister says the sailors who died in the deep sea submersible fire tragedy sacrificed their lives to save their colleagues 14 minute were killed . also this hour m.p.'s in the u.k. debate what to do with the profits made from the assets of ousted libyan leader moammar gadhafi. after 3 days of wrangling leaders agree on who will get the block top jobs nominating a woman for the 1st time to head the european commission. for watching r t international bringing you here live news updates from our studio

here in moscow welcome to the program more information has been released about the tragedy on a deep sea submersible in which 14 people were killed in a fire in russia's north west we're joined live in the studio by artist donna for more on this so you are very little information has been released about this tragedy at this point what's the latest details that we have well we do have a bit of an insight from the russian defense minister sergei show who as to what happened on board of that vessel apparently the 1st person to be evacuated by the crewmen was a civilian we know we don't know anything we don't know much about who that civilian is we just know that he was a representative from the industry that's as much as. was ready to reveal so the crew evacuated him. and then sealed the behind to prevent the fire from spreading across the vessel and well then they. we

were just fighting the blaze and they were fighting for the survival of the submersible the word the russian defense minister used to describe their actions was roy he said they acted heroically now essentially they saved the lives of their colleagues and the save the vessel. paying the highest price the raise there is paying for that with their lives the dow they basically they dealt with the epicenter of the blaze and this is what would save the vessel now indeed we it is true that we know very very very little information as to what happened on board and that is because of the secrecy. of the matter the secrecy surrounding the matter here is how the president's spokesman described it and talked about this the commander in chief has all the information rumors but naturally this information cannot be made public it belongs to the category of state secrets so no it's not at all odd that no more information has been shared it. remind us of what we know

about how events unfolded on their well there's a again there's not too much to remind of but basically on july the 1st a deep sea research submersibles as sub caught fire and we do know from from what we know officially from the russian defense ministry there was on a research mission under water and as a result in the course of the fire 14 people died all of them offices including 2 heroes of russia the russian president vladimir putin he offered his deepest condolences to the families and friends of those who perished. to the point of the 47 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 in the. well there's

already a commission formed the form the commission tasked with investigating as to what happened on board exactly so the reason official investigation led by the russians the naval chief so the only thing we can do now the only way we can get more details about this is in the course of the investigation and when they have a verdict of course we'll be following that close they are to thank you for saying across the latest for us. an airstrike on a migrant detention center in the libyan capital has killed 40 people and injured 80 that's according to local health officials a word of warning you might find the following images distressing officials at the targeted center allege the strike was ordered by opposition general khalifa haftar he launched an offensive to wrest control of the capital in early april the rebel government hasn't commented on the allegations as of yet. meanwhile british m.p.'s are debating what to do with frozen funds in the account of libyan leader moammar

gadhafi has more on that. if you run a business say one of these offices or shop before 2011 then your landlord what are you being one colonel gaddafi he like 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 u.n. backed libyan intervention came with a u.n. backed libyan asset freeze 2 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 make

good that its own $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 priority has urged the prime minister to use those 17000000 pounds in taxes collected from libyan assets in the u.k. to compensate the victims of libyan backed ira terrorism the prime minister will be aware of. the the long standing problem for justice and compensation by victims shows the libyans farm sure. 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 where the other is most of the mess that political figures and what's more about the relationship between the conservative party. but it's also the timing of this is just that it's being done because the new government is in the midst of a. civil war. and the interests of that money even for the symbols of the question all this raises is when the libyan money well finally returned to the people of libya the country is 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 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 u.s. is that money will still be where it's limited absolutely want to be liquidated it would cause

a massive where there in global markets we're just taking that money out of the global. economy that is especially when it's that especially in your this place you can still receive but it's facing difficulties with their kids their lives of over 7 years i came across very much as a result of me and that's when i started seeing it because they submit their macadamia. pressure in with. that overture and it's done so quickly by the global market so i think there's a moment it's a very convenient that maybe not that the person is a great convenience or that money can not be great in a european it must invite. people that a u.k. secondary school have started a petition after they were banned from wearing skirts and a bid to promote gender neutrality under the new role all students at appleton academy in bradford will have to wear trousers starting in september. both female and male students parents in some teachers believe that the fed the school has decided to make wearing travis and lay shoes compulsory for gender neutrality is a complete farce and the rule should be overturned hundreds have signed that

petition against the ban although the school insists most parents and pupils have responded positively. 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 learned the majority of parents have responded with positive feedback and are supportive of the change and understand the reasons for its 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 own 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 is 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 algae 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 of us it 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 that boys. finish what i was saying there's a danger here that lot of children who are who are not part of the algae bt community they will be jet 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 stop 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 that don't need to have to ban things to help the r.g.b. to community and i'm sure many people on either side of this debate would agree with me you know we help the l.g. bt community by promoting tolerance of inclusion tolerance of the girl to the

community so we've got to be fair to both side one over the other give freedom to the girls to. in france hundreds of rule schools will be closed for good this summer that's despite promises made by the president to keep them open he was responding to demands made by the l a best protest movement there takes a closer look at the issue. it's been 2 months since french president emmanuel mccrone promised that no more schools would close in should not have closings of schools or hospitals without mayors the called on to the end of my presidential term and it's now more than 350 rural schools are closing their doors and people in rural 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 establishments 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 they are not in the students when i was on the. 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 a local of properties would have the final say on it the police officer what he says is that the promise will be kept 100 percent mr mccraw that they will not close any school 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'm 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 be no 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 areas and address the growing demographic crisis in the regions when a school is closing i do believe that. it's like a heart attack you know because you are just. facing reality awaits you have the feeling that give below. that a small town is dying and it was saying it's collapsing this is something that my

call will. once fall because he hasn't changed. kerio going to see you hasn't changed you know and chilled and budget. you know. you know. let's say it again and show why they call on me which is not what the french want. still to come sports clothing giant nike axes a special edition range of thinkers meant to celebrate america and dependence day that story and more after the break. for years now the precious metals markets is undeniably manipulated by the same people who are printing all the money because they don't want gold to rise up and

attract capital while they're trying to pump the fake money called the u.s. dollar now why because it is important is unlike gold the big point community can call their base layer of collateral out during what trace mayor would call to so. much of mushroom soup use down some contacts used in the wrong way carry potential homes like kenny and he saw a kind of substance. but used in the right way they seem to have quite a. profound 32 potential points a good safety profile as well. welcome

back after 3 days of wrangling the leaders of e.u. member states have finally agreed upon who will get the blocks top jobs and some of the appointments do come as a bit of a surprise as peter all 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 or 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 to do it would enable to

reach an agreement today which is that we've nominated for the very 1st time as the president of the european commission that is wonderland. this wasn't an easy process though. 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 what you know he said particularly those from the central and eastern europe we have seen this could 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 of money will not cross saying he was far from happy with it this fight this fight this rocky lead into these nominations that all to screw 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 european parliament. 5

years ago we needed 3 months to decide it and still some leaders were against. this year 2 or 3 days and know about their votes against $750.00. the war that's the number of m.p. any peace that will be voting in the european parliament the decide if those live on the line becomes the next commission president but the i me piece 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.

it's a very strange situation because you can chart of all the british and the use of just moment we don't know if they will be soon one year time i asked. if they will look for a real withdrawal from the parliamentary indicators of the bracks it's absolutely and finally so it's a very difficult situation for the parliament for being commissions to you to be a member of commissions on a mobile you know 6 actually what we have to do. meanwhile a sea of calum flags could be seen outside of the e.u. parliament in strasburg on tuesday there ali was in support of 3 separatist elected as i mean at the end of may but blocked by madrid from taking office a decision backed by the in a new court ruling they include former leader powerless put a man who now lives and exile in belgium spain is seeking his arrest for his role

in the attempt of the session in 2017. sportswear giant nike has been forced to axe its special edition sneakers they are meant to tie in with american independence day but were pulled over concerns relating to slavery slavery are trying to explain that one. a quick disclaimer before i begin i'm sorry of my local for 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 capper 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 on 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 and what problems solve 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 few reus with this wordplay 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 sportswear 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 do this thing a swing and i'm a city this for your information try consulting with actual black people friends 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 kathy perry crossed the line 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 be said for a drop their 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. that's our global news update for this hour but don't forget you can always head to our web site our team dot com for the latest on all those stories and mark.

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greetings and sell you taishan. from tanks on the national mall for the 4th of july to venus williams losing to a 15 year old things are definitely turning strange here in the summer of 2019 and just when you thought it can't get any more upside down out there we are now seeing reports that billionaire leftwing financier and central pillar of almost all right wing conspiracy fever dreams the one no only george soros is now teaming up with fellow billionaire and central pillar and many a left wing conspiracy fever dreams charles koch of the torrijos koch. brothers and just what super bill and scheme are these 2 titans of left and right puppet tearing teaming up to unleash on the world. and being the united states penchant for starting endless wars now that you've picked up off the floor after hearing that

one yes the boston globe was is reporting that soros and koch are joining forces to finance a new foreign policy think tank in washington it will promote an approach to the world based on diplomacy and restraint rather than threats sanctions and bombing called the quincy institute for responsible state craft the billionaires hope to open their doors this september right in time for the 2020 presidential campaign season news of this bizarre tag team comes hot on the heels of the recent open letter signed by 19 of the richest people in the united states including abigail disney entrepreneur nick hanauer and soros himself asking for busy a bed rule wealth tax on the richest 110th of the richest one percent of all americans. what in the hell is happening to our billionaires asking to be taxed heavily and calling for an end to the u.s. military adventures in interventionism. let's find out.