the senate will vote to remove the president from office so what is the point of this entire exercise. one person is killed in a shooting near the federal security service building in central moscow witnesses have described the attack. there that 5 or 10 minutes past 6 the gunfire began and it was not just a few shots it came in bursts we saw officers taking cover behind the cars and for ticha legislation the shooter at the moment of the attack police say the gunman acted alone in the shooter's identity has still not been confirmed. by the russian president was giving a 4 hour annual press conference in moscow covering a multitude of domestic and international topics. and u.s.

tech giants are being sued for allegedly abetting in the deaths of children in cobalt mines in the democratic republic of the congo parents of those killed say the companies had all the means to prevent the deaths. hello you're watching r.t. international i'm rosana thank you for joining us. top story this hour numerous shots were fired by gunmen in the vicinity of the federal security service building in moscow security forces returned fire and one person has been confirmed dead the gun battle happened in the very center of the russian capital only about a kilometer from the kremlin well this video reportedly shows the shooter the moments of the attack he is thought to have been acting alone and his i did he has not yet been confirmed the area around the scene has been cordoned off the

following is footage of the moment shots rang out. yes he's a thug but he said i was sitting with my friends above when the shooting began and it was the sound of a kalashnikov assault rifle and i know what it sounds like my friends were like oh it must be firecrackers yes but i told them no way it's not firecrackers and then we saw people running down the street it was scary this 1st missile people running and then a swat team armed with assault rifles came running in the opposite direction and then we heard a massive go on fire we don't know what exactly happened that our offices all systems stay away from the windows and they let us leave the bar after a few hours is that the most recent movie if the when we heard 3 sounds that we needed to realize that we should try to escape then we heard someone in the street shouting go back go back since i don't know who was screaming because i didn't see

anything it felt like the shooting last that for a bare minimum time it seemed to me that it was about 15 minutes but maybe it just felt like that some random shots were heard for the whole all until 7 pm. well arty's rehman culture of has been following developments at the same for us. the area behind me is a cordoned off that's where that attack took place of course this is the iconic russia's f.s.b. a building which was also home to the k.g.b. during as soviet times and this is where that attacks a place now this is the only area that's blocked off at the moment right after the attack took place this entire place was a blog for both for traffic for pedestrians and the entrances to the metro stations workloads as well but at the moment as you can see traffic the transportation is setbacks normal metro stations are open people something has to be said about where that sack took place this is the hard ball the russian capital the heart of russia

if you will like to the right of me it is said choice for one of the oldest the oldest toy store in russia the biggest one as well the kremlin is still only about 5600 meters away russia's state duma russia's parliament is also just as the most broke away russia's presidential administration building is also right over there there are plenty all for a boutique sands at a restaurant here and other store sue the famous miklos street which was very popular during the fee for world cup in the summer of $28.00 seed is also right here sol a very busy area indeed celt had the assailant's been a successful into his endeavors there would have been a lot more casualties but as we do know right now one f.s.b. officer had been killed as

a result of that attack and russian health ministry reported that 75 people are being treated with the very same injuries in now moscow hospitals until one f.s.b. officer is currently on the operating table and medics. trying to save his life russia's. police russia's national guard and even trying police were all instrumental in making sure that said there were no more casualties and they cleared the streets and made sure that nobody else had got hurt of course we spoke spoke to some of the people that were initial eyewitnesses in this incident and this is a what they told us and what i'm with them and he was sitting in a basement we're watching now when a guy came man who just going outside and he told us there was a shooting out i'm so an injured pos and he told us the engine had been dropped into a cafe well we don't know the details we were busy walk an obvious time to iraq to

united which we do and yet it was scary to be fine without him and that there were shots being fired and people came running down the street i was at work at the time soon all the area was cordoned off some people say they saw people running across the street from the caffie so it was frightening really even the bomb disposal teams were deployed so we were afraid to leave the russian an investigative committee have launched a criminal inquiry into what happened here in the center of moscow and of course and they investigate and see mayes are still working here at the scene with my colleague paul bass but with our correspondent daniel hawkins he's also been following the story from the beginning and told us some more details. in these sorts of incidents of course neal it's always a case of slowly building some sort of tar and some sort of picture of exactly what happened but as we know as we've seen over the last few hours a lot of contradictory information coming in from media reports from eyewitness

accounts understandable of course given the panic that happened what we can say for sure is that there was one attacker involved unconfirmed reports officially that he's been neutralized but certainly doesn't seem like an act of. any more we know that this attack an attempted to enter the headquarters of the f.s.b. that's the russian federal security service or it's a building very much in central moscow it's within a stone's throw from the bolshoi theater red square in the big shopping center at rush hour this sort of packed with people very busy people leaving work to go home and go about their evening activities that's happened at about 10 past 6 in the evening now security forces and police are very quick to respond. quickly reports say he was quickly shot but not before sadly he managed to kill and injure at least 5 people we can't say exactly what their condition is we know that one f.s.b. officer was tragically killed another one was in

a critical condition the other 3 people we don't have any information from the health ministry as of yet we know they've been taken to local hospitals we know he was carrying an automatic assault rifle which for moscow for a city you which as we've discussed earlier has suffered its fair share of terrorist attacks of bombings that cetera is quite a rare sight and seeing these streets are deserted of after this certainly is is quite surreal that certainly wasn't the case that posix in the evening we do have some more witness video shot on smartphones which we can show you which which shows that the moment of panic when police began screaming at people to run to hide to get out the way of this assailants far we can bring it out again. at 5 or 10 minutes past 6 the gunfire began and it was not just

a few shots it came in bursts we saw officers taking cover behind the cars and you will she's at a minute or 2 best 6 i was leaving work you know i don't like staying at work late so i left work met up with my girlfriend and when we heard some dull sounds in the distance i thought at 1st it was fireworks or some firecrackers but as the sound continued we realized something was wrong traffic police who were on the connecticut bridge as usual began evacuating people barely got on to what was going on people started running we heard the gunfire so i had to decided to it would be better to leave that area in case it was a terrorist attack us. signals and that's when the man wasn't shooting randomly and i think we heard him shout out something but we didn't manage to make out what he was shouting all i saw was a dark silhouette the pillars the shooter was hiding behind the opposite the f.s.b. car park and there were people behind the cars it's hard to say whether he was

shooting at those people all the cars 1st we heard the gunfire and then we saw a traffic police officer lying next to the barrier and he was laying there for quite some time. more videos have come in this is another video we can we can show you now and this allegedly shows the moment that the attack was targeted by police and security forces obviously we have it in the video to rule out the most graphic cards and this is unconfirmed it's quite grainy shaky footage unbelievable how close these people filming how have managed to get to the attacker really a risk of their life does the attacker wearing some sort of camouflage some sort of dark clothing his his face his head is covered he's wearing some sort of backpack that may well have been the case which it was speculated earlier in the evening was left in the lobby of the building with security officers well. may have been some sort of a bomb some sort of explosive device. those reports of course i'm confirming we

don't know what's happened since security forces are doing a sweep of the building are believed to be sure there is no further danger to the public from any device like we said video unconfirmed but it does show what appears to be a shootout with police and security forces as i say the on it is a version of the video will try and show you a longer version obviously what we've blurred out the most graphic parts of the show security forces on the left hand side shooting across the screen towards the assailants that's the latest update new york obviously we are still waiting for official confirmation this is being treated as a terrorist incident and i we can speculate of course all we want at this stage given the target of the attack the f.s.b. given the timing of the attack the speech by president putin today both his conversation with journalists and of the kremlin as well given tomorrow of course russia celebrating security services day until that is officially confirmed that's all we can bring our viewers and this is

a fragment of the speech by police and given a little earlier today. we need to be more active in countering extremism. uncompromisingly soup. provocations violence that seems to drool people is visually you. radical activity but i mean we've we've covered tragically so many stories in the suit on the ground the attack the nice attack london bridge 2 attacks etc this is an event which is becoming more frequent lone wolf attacks are hard to prevent whatever tactics they use whether that's suicide bombers left those knives from attacks shooting they always cause designed to cause mass panic fear and of course ultimately a debate which takes place after such attacks about the violence to say which one protecting rights liberties and privacy of people and public safety it is a debate that is going to be heard again. after this attack after attack and that's

to be taken very seriously. well earlier we spoke to charles shubert he's a security at least a former british army officer and he gave us his appraisal of the situation and told us where things could go from here. well the police and the security services will be looking really to establish 2 aspects of this is an absolute priority the 1st of course is the identity of this person and they may well already know that and of course will give a very good and very strong indication i think of what the motivation in this case was what it was political or personal or indeed some other aspect that was driving the motivation here and 2nd of course even though they've said it's from according to reports that nobody else was involved in this attack they will want to be sure that nobody else was actually involved in any planning aspects or in terms of assisting the government and that may take some time for example the examination of mobile phone records of any c.c.t.v. records and of course any. e-mail communications and so on that might be held on the suspects computers and elsewhere and of course that would require house

searches and so on and so it's going to be some time i think some hours until there's a definitive picture emerges of course until we know the full picture it's speculation hopefully informed speculation but nonetheless we still need a lot more information. so i think it's possible to say but i think even from the footage that we see we can say complacently that this was a little too much weapon it is a complex issue as many overlapping factors in the facts will differ in each you defeat your case and we can until we know more about this individual case it's difficult to say what the motivation is about the factors that might lie behind it but the fact is i think that even if you were going to have the most benign government most benign state in any country to what you will get some people who will react violently to the policies of that or perhaps just a vanity because of policy because of instance or background or the circumstances of their own personal lives. well earlier in the day here in moscow the russian

president's annual q. and a session had wrapped up the world trade center spending well over 4 hours this year that may putin fielded questions on both domestic and international issues with the latest dipping scandal and the impeachment proceedings against donald trump among the topics raised. has more. quite a surprise to hear about potential amendments to the russian constitution that something president putin doesn't talk about quite often well this time he did and he even said that it could be a good idea to make changes to the russian constitution to make sure that it allows only 2 presidential terms well why is that a big deal this was a long a reason for public debate in russia actually since the year 2012 was a lot of our pushing was reelected for his 3rd term after a break when the president of russia was dmitri medvedev and here's what mr putin said about that in particular. what could be done is to cancel the 2 in

a room and didn't we have 2 terms in a truly civil 2 terms of the resigned under the constitution to return to the presidency because it was not up to the views in the room. confuses some of the political scientists and public figures that if we could come to the much she's going to shoot a lot of our putin was even asked who he believes could become his successor and a few years well we didn't get any answer to that although mr putin did hint that he believes that a woman could become the president of russia at some point most of the reporters in that massive hall war are from russia's regions which explains why a lot of questions were on domestic issues from the pension reform in russia to issues with medicine and so on and so forth but let me move on to something that's probably more interesting for an international audience that is the impeachment

proceedings in the u.s. well a lot of my hope is and did say that he believes attempts to knock down donald trump won't succeed and also went on to say that he believes that the reasons for all these impeachment proceedings. it were actually invented it's just a continuation of political infighting each one party that lost the election of the democratic party is working with result through other methods accusing trump of collusion with gross shows within it's discovered that there was no inclusion that would be the basis for impeachment and i see now they've come up with pressure on you train if you my don't know what your representatives have a bit to really and. the russian president did get a question from the b.b.c. and it was the wealth of the us all about russia's alleged attempts to interfere in elections and politics altogether in other countries well here's what mr putin said

regarding interference or not interference many times officials and their representatives from various countries including the u.k. made assessments about what's happening in russia you know mr putin believes that this doesn't count as interference and said that russia reserves the right to do the same in the opposite direction and other part of the very same question from the british media was prime minister boris johnson personally whole was sad some very harsh words to say about mr putin well this was the russian president's response this time took a search that was. as for statements from certain people various political figures about russia about me as the head of the country and i've been used to treating list accordingly but i know what the interests of my country own and that it doesn't matter at all what anyone else says there is absolutely you know why are you in comparing what they say with the fundamentalists which russia is interested

in solving congratulations to boris johnson nevertheless he turned out to be the winner he understood the mood of the british people bitten in his political opponents but if you can get on to the latest tensions between berlin and moscow that have to do with the. murder of a georgian national and germany with a terrorist background while germany's believes that russia is somehow involved in it even led to 2 russian diplomats being expelled from berlin while of lot of my putin you didn't like any involvement and also went on to remind the audience again of the terrorist bag round and all the brutal things that this man was previously involved in though not just going to him to get upset in the can he was a criminal and a killer one of the loons in the school says he killed 98 people in other countries

they hold meanings there are many and where there are less victims and this is far from the full list of actions and we raised this question but mostly in syria we see what is going on in the coming jail as well i still find being killed people from central asia and russia and 2nd place but there are also many people from western europe from from from germany we see that these people terrorists move freely in european capitals we also heard questions about pressure on the russian media and european countries in particular in a stone age where there are some real issues where the russian sputnik news agency . staff members of that news agency said that they were being pressured into leaving this particular outlet if they want to continue working in that country which are put in response referred to as a real disgrace. going to should you do

a lot all sorts of attempts to still pure activity can go unnoticed i'm very surprised because russia is always accused of all evils including pressure on independent media and they do the same that they accuse us of this is cynical us government measures such as restrictions can't work because you will hold. those who want to speak to school between our countries we can't allow it you must try to work in those countries that are scared of your information or another grand vladimir putin's press conference is done and dusted for more of what he had to say you can also check out our website and social media pages. and other news this hour u.s. tax giants among them apple microsoft and google and facing a lawsuit from numerous congar lees parents and children human rights group accuse the companies of being complicit in the death of children who were working cobalt wines in the company's supply chains cobalt is in high demand as it's widely used

in batteries for devices such as smart phones here are some of the testimonies from children who for legal reasons have all been given the same name and warning that you might find some of the following photos upsetting the chamber ceiling collapsed on people in a coal mine john doe 5 was one of only 2 survivors john doe 3 was living in the mine area on his motorbike loaded with 3 bags of cobbled he was hit by a large cobbled transport truck and his leg was amputated after 2 weeks of working john doe whenever they were severely injured he was 14 years old when he was rushed in the mind of the families and injured children are seeking compensation for forced labor negligence and emotional distress some also claim they suffered serious injuries while crawling through tunnels or carrying heavy loads r.t. saskia tale has more on this story. how far would you go to make your fortune hire a child a child kill a child these are the questions the world's most famous tech giants will be

onscreen in court as part of a lot of legal case that's off to a human rights organization that complicit in the injury and deaths of hundreds if not thousands of children in the democratic republic of congo all to feed the wild insatiable appetite for the very latest gadgets defendants ample google bill microsoft tesla are knowingly benefiting from aiding and abetting the cruel and brutal use of young children and democratic republic of congo to mind called the young children are not merely being forced to work full time extremely dangerous mining jobs at the expense of their educations and futures they're being regularly mean been killed by tunnel collapses and other known hazards common to call gold mining in the d.r. see the case has been brought forward on behalf of 14 congolese families 6 of who have lost children walking and mines the document makes 5 harrowing ranting with

stories of broken spines paralysis and people buried alive and collapsed tunnels children as young as 6 forced to walk up to 24 hour shifts using tools the human rights group brandt's as from the stone age many of these children while also trafficked. and while the latest i phone retells around $1000.00 these children were being paid as little as 2 for that troubles if they survive the watson day as i've never encountered documented more severe a similar. in the elocution of income between the top of the supply chain and the bottom it's dad disconnect that makes this perhaps the worst injustice of slavery and child exploitation that i've seen in my 2 decades of research what could be

watch these lives through cobol apparently a metal that is essential to those in lithium batteries found in every small phone every laptop every electric car and as the tech boom continues to monta has sought the d.l.c. as one of the poorest countries in the world but also a mineral gold mine has been only too willing to power at this for a shift market it produces around 60 percent of the wallets coble supply mining the thought of it by hand now some of those giant corporations which signed a contract with these mining companies say they had no idea what was going on those people in silicon valley can't be big readers than because this has been news before further the horrors of the plight of these children has been widely reported in the media defendants all have knowledge of the forced labor dangerous conditions and extremely low p. provided to child coble minors then you have reports like the one by amnesty

international back in 2016 which documented how child cobalt minors were over exposed to hazardous chemicals while walking with no protective gear and basic hand tools apple's promise a year later it's not use mines that didn't provide professional quit meant must have gotten lost in translation even worse than just standing idly by though pretending you're all the good guy indeed taking a major peach from the corporate cover of guard defendants apple alphabet dell and microsoft have joined in support of modal mining programs and d r c to create the false impression that they have acted to prevent the known horrors of kobold mining in the deer sea by children but when you are raking in hundreds of billions every year what are a couple of lives over 9000 miles away from you though of course they'll have you believe they really do care people should have value. companies are nothing more than a collection of people and so by extension all companies should have values you

know apple has always been at the core about changing the world it's no coincidence that a company dedicated to free flow of information was founded great here in the us as an american company we cherish the values and freedoms that have allowed us to grow and serve so many users we always knew that we were losing our money now was of our life and our eyesight technology but how could we know it was costing lives too. when we have asked the companies in question to comment on this they said reports of misconduct always investigated with appropriate action taken they also told us they're committed to being responsible when sourcing materials but we also heard from a journalist in the d r c who claims the companies know exactly what they're doing. this system is not good enough and they are taking profit from this of course they nor the world are the most of demining the mind coming from the d.r. c.

cobol it's all gold or any kind of minerals from the instant they nor the government is less territory or tribute to de electively to the death of $100.00 millions of people walking illegally kids walking illegally 'd in the mine on 100 percent i think 80 percent of those minerals are coming from illegal way in a very difficult area we can't even call it the bloods minerals and they have a direct responsibility on those blood because they are do want to buy and they want using it they know we do which could be sure those mining mine is extracted from the us that is the place where we are talking about these people directly from the big companies. well that is your update for now i'm marzano could be bank a with the rest of the team in about 30 minutes time with more news from around the world will see that.

tina love it this country is phantasmagorical the people are extraordinary the government and the central bank maybe not so much because of the central bank but let's get into this a little bit more detail. with the politicians to do something to. put themselves on the line. they did accept the reject. so if you want to express interest. you somehow want to that's. actually going to be this is what the full story of the. interest of

all is in the long as it. should. be reading the salutations. from up on high mountain to be god's best to create impeachment impeachment and impeachment by now as i'm sure your friends neighbors news feeds and cable news show hosts of told you the united states house of representatives voted yes on 2 articles of impeachment wednesday evening against the brand name of cheap united states president donald trump one for the abuse of power and the other for the obstruction of congress 2 crimes than one that one set against the backdrop of washington d.c. over the past 60 years leave this particular commentator feeling like congress just spent more than 8 hours argh.