in the stories that shaped the week here on r t international 2 russian pilots pull off an expert emergency landing to save their passengers and crews lives after their plane suffers double engine failure during takeoff. the death of the disgraced financier geoffrey epstein is ruled a suicide but the tycoons lawyers say they are not satisfied with the conclusion and intend to carry out their own investigation. and hong kong's anti-government protest movement rumbles on with people in the hundreds of thousands demanding reforms while others rally in support busy of the authorities.

are broadcasting live from our studios in moscow this is our team international incheon thomas going to have you with us as we recap week's top stories with our weekly program. all right 2 russian pilots entered aviation history on thursday morning after pulling off what has been described as a miraculous emergency landing there crimea bound ural airlines flight suffered twin engine failure after striking a flock of birds while taking off from moscow zuckoff ski airport but against the odds they were able to bring it down safely in a nearby field saving the lives of everyone on board this was the scene as people left the plane.

pilots of you 6178 have just moments to react to the bird strike and avert impending disaster they decided to land the plane on its belly in a cornfield without deploying the landing gear or dumping fuel if this video was taken from inside the aircraft as it accelerated along the runway the sea eagles that were sucked into the engines can be seen ever so fleetingly through the window with more on thursday's remarkable event here as are thousands of them on course. 226 passengers and 7 crew members of ural airlines flight bound for crimea from moscow are celebrating their 2nd birthday the air bus a 321 collided with a flock of birds just shortly after takeoff from the capital's zuckoff ski airport's the captain mere yusupov had just seconds to make the right decision when he discovered the strike caused engine failure with 16 tons of fuel on board

no ability to make it back to the runway he knew that an emergency landing could result in a catastrophe. after we took off the engines became unstable 1st the left one and then the right one we usually simulate the situations when one or 2 engines are off despite all our efforts the plane was going down we realized that we didn't have much time just one or 2 minutes to make a decision in a blink of an eye this man with nerves of steel decided still land the aircraft in a nearby cornfield without using the landing gear and shutting off all power to prevent an explosion and various officials praised the crew for their professionalism during the spine chilling landing as well as for a well organized evacuation that is something we acted in line with our training we've simulated situations like this before so there were no surprises the passengers were disciplined listen to our instructions and evacuated very quickly.

they did as we expected there was no panic on board even though the landing was rough the pilot did a great job he landed the plane really kathleen just cook tell us please how do you feel now did you hurt your leg. you know it's better than if i was there lying on the field so everything is rather good the landing was good the pilots did a great job landed the plane on the belly everything is fine the media was quick to make connections with the another such incidents when the loss of life was a virgin thanks to a pilot the miracle on the hudson involving a u.s. airways the aircraft flown by captain chesley sullenberger and jeffrey skiles hit a flock of geese after takeoff from new york city's la guardia airport and lost all engine power i'm able to land at any available airport they had to ditch the jet in the hudson river just outside of manhattan with all of the 155 passengers a risk used by nearby ferries and bolts thanks to the heroic solved by the captain

and his crew their relatives and loved ones self all the people involved will get to see them again ramana koester of artsy moscow region if you should experts we spoke to say the pilots made all the right decisions under extreme pressure. i take my hat off to the pilots and to everybody onboard the crew and the passengers because this was a textbook emergency landing the video i've just seen of it was absolutely amazing i think he took a calculated risk he said right we are too near the ground by the time the landing gear gets down it might not have locked in place we'll go for what we call a belly flop and that's basically what he did and he landed it beautifully and this is a bit like the if you remember the hudson river incident when the plane landed on the lake the whole point is that he brought it down with the nose slightly out and so literally it sailed over the cornfield and that's quite

a robust crop so that helped the landing these pilots did brilliantly because they were really quite low when the bird strike took place and the engine tower dropped away almost completely so they had to look around for an open space in which to land and they didn't and as you can see they've done it brilliantly russia does have a history of having very good pilots that it's a profession that russians are very proud of having those who have it placed exactly 10 years ago there was what has become known as the miracle on the hudson they got a little bit higher before the birds hit them but this time they were geese and those a very big birds they lost both engines the pilot looked around the highly urbanized area near new york couldn't see anywhere safe to land so he landed on the river and again like this event everybody survived. the death of a disgraced former money manager jeffrey epstein was caused by suicide this

according to the new york medical examiner's office the convicted pedophile who had connections in high places in washington was found dead in his jail cell on august 10th he was awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges of the time but lawyers for the financier has said that they're not really happy with the findings of the autopsy. the defense team fully intends to conduct its own independent and complete investigation into the circumstances and cause of mr epstein's death we are not satisfied with the conclusions of the medical examiner. the 66 year old multimillionaire was set to face trial over the alleged abuse of dozens of underage girls and the creation of a sex trafficking network just days before his death a manhattan court had released 1200 documents relating to the case he had repeatedly denied the charges against him last month epstein had been placed on suicide watch after an apparent attempt to take his own life now since the tycoon's death there have been numerous reports about the conditions that he was kept in

with take a look some have suggested he was having to pay inmates and other guards for protection others well they say that he was being prevented from washing in that you sleeping on the floor and there are some that claim his death may not even have been a suicide at all taking a closer look at all the speculation here is where he's really trying to go with commentary. if there are screenwriters out there right now racking their brains over ideas for a mega juicy plot i've got a perfect one for you the life and death of convicted paedophile jeffrey epstein who was at the same time a friend of the likes of presidents clinton and trump or you case prince andrew just how many skeletons in his claws a did this man have his death is a real shocker and a staggering mystery some details of it though have been revealed to the public.

america baffled you really can't help asking questions. even though last month geoffrey epstein apparently already tried to kill themself

a source within the law enforcement reported he was only put on suicide watch for less than a week plus it's been claimed epstein wasn't checked on every 30 minutes by guards and got deprived of his cellmate and violation of the prisons normal procedure there was also rumor that surveillance cameras malfunctioned on that night when the death happened. only a day before the inmate was found unconscious a court released 1200 pages of documents detailing numerous claims of child abuse by him and his girlfriend was that the last drop of anguish will never find out. oh this is a giant playground for fans of conspiracy theories these have been ranging from the idea that bill clinton had jeffrey epstein killed even president trump tweeted about that one to the russia did it kind of stories president from using his

massive twitter platform $63000000.00 followers to spread a doraine conspiracy theory in a statement a clinton spokesman said the suggestion that the clintons were involved is ridiculous and of course not true and donald trump knows it you know this is just more recklessness what he's doing is dangerous a guy who had information that would have destroyed rich and powerful men's lives and dead in his jail cell how predictably russian it's hilarious and ultimately completely predictable that you would have leftist democrats and the media trying to pin something else on russia we haven't seen any ties to russia in the eps and steve case we haven't seen any russian oligarchs that have been on his fly list that we know of but anyway you can't turn away from the fact that mr epstein was close like i said with some of the most influential people on this planet most likely they had nothing to do with the death but all those politicians and money

makers can now brave a sigh of relief because dead men don't speak the really aggravating thing to me is all the flying monkeys that are out there right now on conspiracy theories if you look at the facts of this case it was no question this was going to happen 1st of all in lock up settings like that there is no such thing as a personal privacy there there are no un control settings if rules are followed no shoelaces no belts no access to even as much as a finger nail clipper or busy radio show us the darn films what do the cameras have to say who had access to the cameras where are they this is a remarkably simple program just 1st show us what was recorded. another mass anti-government rally has been filling the streets of hong kong as the city's protest campaign reached into the 11th consecutive weekend. hundreds of thousands have taken part in the demonstration which was only given permission to

take place in a city park but then spread out the rally has been led by the civil human rights front which has been behind some of the biggest demonstrations in the semi-autonomous chinese territory since juba. on saturday thousands of teachers rallied against hong kong authorities in a show of solidarity with the youths who have been a leading cause for democratic reform there's also a sizeable counter protest by people concerned by the continuing arrest in the city and the threat it poses to the territories special status the months of anti-government demonstrations were originally against and controversial extradition bill which has since been suspended indefinitely bob the protests have since widened into a much broader set of demands. or

protests at hong kong's airport took an unexpected turn on tuesday when a reporter for china's global times newspaper was seized by the crowds. i was i was i was i was i was. the editor in chief of the global times confirmed it was his employee in the video he took to

twitter to plead with the demonstrators to release the journalist stressing that his sole job was to report the news later that day the reporter was rescued by police and sent to the hospital he has since been discharged journalist andre wojciech says he believes the protesters have been acting in a hostile way towards media sympathetic to beijing. look ruthlessly sort of truly afraid that the truth is going to go. through. all the media riches trying to go but it's true the chinese will be out to sea for the bureau they're only supposed to for the b.b.c. or to see it but the media go to school that's. absolutely if you look. at issues. there so basically. india carried out a major crackdown against political leaders in the disputed region of kashmir this week including arresting 3 former chief ministers of the muslim majority state

pakistan which also lays a claim to the territory has lashed out at the international community accusing it of standing by as india strips kashmir of its autonomous status prime minister imraan khan even compared it to the appeasement of nazi germany massive protests were held against india's actions india insists its decision is a protective move against terrorism artie's. comments now on whether india's gamble will pale. once it was supposed to be a himalayan switzerland kashmir a contested region for decades is in a tournament no more all for the sake of prosperity and good according to india's prime minister narendra modi. whether it's the color of saffron in jammu and kashmir or the taste of the sweetness of apples or the succulents of a precocious kashmiri sure it would be organic. or herbal medicine needs to be spread worldwide but given the history of kashmir there was little chance of modi's

move going down well. here instead of sweetness or succulents the reforms have brought out the vile and discrimination out of both sides india didn't just strip kashmir of autonomy many say strip kashmir as women of their rights it's comments like these coming out of india because the outcry muslim policy workers should rejoice in the new provisions they can now marry white skin women of kashmir on social media bigotry is rampant some see this as an opportunity to claim ownership of women living in kashmir under

one of the provisions which is no longer in place only permanent residents of kashmir were allowed to buy property in the contested region well now across india there is a spike in google searches related to well seeking marriage with kashmiri women needless to say no one bothering about their consent but it's not just india that's going haywire pakistan is outraged too it's a contested territory after all so the worst in people he's being bad to become policy on kashmir is weak we have to respond to the indian atrocities and the look down of the valley jihad is mandatory this is a pakistani cleric declaring jihad on india not any cleric but an open advocate of asama bin laden. had good relations with my late father. yes we don't support the american narrative declaring him a terrorist he did jihad to implement sharia around the world so for us he's an

islamist warrior we named our lawyer bri after him with. a few radicals of course can't speak for the population of 2 nations especially when it amounts to almost 1500000000 people combined but radical change of ochs radical sentiment and it's never a good thing when nuclear powers are involved. human rights activist has been pardoned in bahrain after almost 3 years behind bars for making critical comments online about the government bahrain maintains that niger yusuf or was jailed for promoting and encouraging people to mount a coup nigel ledges that she was tortured and sexually abused by police officers after her arrest bahraini officials say they have referred her complaint to a special investigation now just allegations relate to a local police station whose chief was trained by british police on taylor spoke to the organization that petition for her release. you tell yourself

a former bahraini civil servant and mother of 4 was jailed in april 27th teen up he criticised the regime for hosting the motor racing showcase that is formula one use of gave account of the abuse and sexual assault she was subjected to at the hands of the officers she was arrested by they threatened to kill me they tried to bribe me they beat me but worst of all officers tore off my he job and attempted to strip me of my clothes before an officer sexually assaulted me in custody the pain and humiliation of that week will haunt me for the rest of my life the gist of occasion they give is that the fact is she is involved in what they call it terrorist activity is to them that if initials of this it to mean. that the criticizing court will and grace and. reflecting good opinion or paste. book or on it could considered to be a terrorism act and unfortunately for her she was subjected to during combat

interrogation to sexual assault and she was tortured only to interrogate her about terror. training pace book account which was simply just a critical formula one a domestic bahrain issue while not really because the abuse not just stuff that all happened as activists claim and the police station headed up by brigadier far was. because trained by none other than the british police back then 2015 other son travelled to belfast on a study visit basically a crash course in how to manage protesters the trip cost british taxpayers $16000.00 pounds now engineers have raised the alarm question how this all fits in with bahrain's human rights records. reality behind it 7.

when i arrived at the building in morocco they blindfolded me interrogated me because of my human rights activities during the interrogation the use the worst forms of physical torture they told me some harsh words threaten me and sexually abused me. the members of the national security service insulted me they threatened me with rape restricting my livelihood preventing treatment depriving that family of education and housing in addition to psychological and physical torture i was jailed 5 times in the past year most of them from driving to jail to. cause drug to attack by rubber bullets and tear gas. one can often why is the u.k. continuing its cooperation with the regime regularly condemned. organizations all over the world well the u.k. says it's that to give

a helping hand in improving human rights so it's all in good faith and in the name of democracy given the high level of skill and expertise across british policing it is not surprising that there is an international appetite to learn from the best we cannot stand by and criticize countries from the sidelines if we want to see wholesale changes it probably doesn't hurt that it brings in a tidy sum to the arm of the u.k. home office responsible for training offices abroad has brought in over 3000000 pounds since 2012 with 89 percent of that some coming from countries where the death penalty still exists when the british government really talk about. training what they really doing is imposing what we call it punitive and they are the one which pretty much training. but. if a police officer committed an abuse or something people could resort to this like

and was an officer where you can submit complaints over the since 2000 to this date we have seen that. the british training resulted in only one thing that they. can the country this is what the united nations said this is what amnesty and what the human rights watch said and then secondly that date is the climate. the status in the county allegations of complicity in human rights violations and bolstering tarion regimes increase complicit or not one has to admit it's not great for the british brands. around the globe to look at some of the stories making headlines this hour funerals are being held for the victims of sunday's wedding bombing in the afghan capital a suicide bomber struck the event which allegedly had more than 1000 guests in attendance not all of the bodies have been identified as of yet due to the sheer

number of victims islamic state has claimed responsibility for this attack. rallies escalated into clashes as anti-fascist groups and right wing protesters met on the streets of portland oregon 13 people have been taken into custody and at least 6 people injured police confiscated weapons from some of those present including knives and metal and wooden poles. iceland bids farewell to its 1st glacier to be lost to climate change scientists are concerned that all of the countries over $400.00 glaciers will disappear by your $2200.00 dozens of people including iceland's prime minister and other leaders to the site of the glacier and installed . a plaque to memorialize the body of ice. but does it for me and my colleague kevin i will be here in about 34 minutes with a fresh look at your news you are watching our international and we are glad to.

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