well. then the. passenger planes crashed in kazakhstan in central asia killing at least 12 people in the back after light came down shortly after takeoff with 98 on board. after your attention but the united states allies iran russia and china hold joint anti terror drills in the gulf of amman. and rights activists according to british defense ministry to compensate service personnel who were expelled from the military because of their sexuality we get reaction. we need to recognize the real pain and suffering that was subjected to these men and we hear this all the time from various groups that we should treat people in the past as idiots because they were less the lights and those.

are there it's midday in moscow friday december the 20 seven's money is calling right welcome to world news for ati international. a passenger plane has crashed shortly after taking off from the airport in kazakhstan in central asia killing at least 12 people dozens of others are injured children among them. we're going to bring you. there you know pretty good did the mention of drug abuse. not primary mode you can begin i have only because if you want to. let it. simmer look at the reason this is a risk. the shows it was

a word of the work. of the good people so just to. look at those pictures and realize what a tragedy it is for kazakstan only a few days before new year's eve but if there is a case in which the words good news could be appropriate after a plane crash this is the one because right now we already understand that the doctors have confirmed that the majority of the people who were on board survived which means that this couldn't have been a nose dive from a high altitude what actually happened was that this back air flight took off from the airport in almaty which is the biggest city in kazakhstan it was still dark there about 20 minutes past 7 but then quickly started losing altitude then it hit a concrete barrier before crashing into a small building this was just a 2 story building i can tell you that almost like i said it's the biggest city

it's a big metropolitan area the airport is not that far from it so there are suburban areas residential areas surrounding the airport so this is apparently where the plane and it up the captain of the aircraft is among the dead what about the plane itself well this is a medium sized twin turbo fan short range regional jet it's called focker 100 it was produced by a dutch company before it went back bankrupt up until 1997 but this particular plane was 23 years old so was one of the final ones to be produced by that company and still the widely operated by 2 major airlines in australia for example as a regional jet by quantas and virgin it's also being operated by an iranian airline and back air this was actually the only type of aircraft that they have and while this is a big company in. stan it is the 2nd most popular domestic airline that people

use there for domestic flights to the onus now on the catholic authorities of course to establish exactly what happened what if they don't so clearly grounded all flights by that type of aircraft and like i said just because its fleet only consists of this particular aircraft and they're out of operation for how long right now we don't know many people are still in critical condition so the doctors are fighting for their lives the president promised that those responsible for the crash will definitely be punished i can tell you that this particular airline was going through some financial difficulties lately but previous the no incidents with its aircraft had led to any kind of fatalities no aviation analyst as even the render a reef and talk to me earlier about what might have caused the crash. the takeoff and landings are mostly the crew most critical phases on any any flight because you

will have the tendency of the and so many procedures and protocols to be done. i'll especially comes now into how the you know this if you are the cause and the procedures are put into standard by individual airlines of course each governing body will have to go live to civil aviation or of the respective country and if it is a registered acknowledged under the international civil aviation organization or keogh it will also have to comply with the international standards but have more of the new or types of your good jets in order in line and if i could just themselves were and their time were very well built and we are very popular aircraft in the airline industry up until the poker industry went into out of business in 1906. china and russia are due to start joint naval exercises this friday in the indian ocean on the gulf of however with a location a flashpoint. between iran and the united states in the past some believe there's

more to the trolls than meets the eye. coming naval drills are aimed at deepening exchange and corp among the names of the 3 countries on war and displays the 3 sides strong will and capabilities to jointly maintain world peace and maritime security while actively building a maritime community with a shared future. this isn't just a military exercise it's a it's a political statement the strait of hormuz is the world's most important oil field . or oil flows through it 21 percent of global supply every day it's a crazy amount and as with oil the strait is highly flammable we begin with a magic afghan nation that tension between iran and the west sirius provocation tonight in the strait of hormuz after iran seized a british tanker iran seizing control of a british oil tanker u.k.

is accusing iranian boats of trying to intercept a british oil tanker and they seem to be no end to this escalation washington and everyone with a warship or regiment to spare seem to be rushing into the persian gulf i mean wasn't the nicest neighborhood to begin with what with saudi arabia and iran mortal enemies facing off across the tightness that channels and when it seems like things couldn't get worse they did. the attack was launched from the north and was in question of response of by iran amid all the calls for deescalation iran has now launched an unprecedented attack on the world center g. supply. having failed at max pressure secretary turning to max

to seek blaming iran won't end disgust right at the edge of the precipice cooler heads prevailed things calmed down somewhat everyone's fingers still in the trigger but it's more a diplomatic battle now for example trump still pressing on with his sanctions trying to force iran to abide by a nuclear deal that trump himself pulled out of big protest in iran as well helped along by washington. the exercise is officially unrelated to this crisis it's an anti pirate an anti terror drill it's also a very clever move by iran pressured and threatened as it is by america the ron decided to cool who has some friends apparently for a friendly sail together china and russia 2nd and 3rd most powerful militaries

in the world as i said pretty clever. when in a wide ranging interview with r.t. iran's chief foreign policy adviser spoke to finally about how his country was bearing up under u.s. sanctions and on cooperation with moscow it's on in full later this hour. russia is our strategic partner our relations are very dynamic your developing is a bilateral breach the international partnership you are currently no relation is messing around in the way as iran's representatives are not engaging with the americans that until the us rejoins the p 5. we've been living under u.s. sanctions for 40 years now from time to time they would ease the sanctions then crank them again however iran has learned to adopt to get around the sanctions so you'll need more than just sanctions it is a big and powerful nation as iran has sea and land borders of the total length more than 8000 kilometers and it borders on 15 a country we have already experienced all kinds of sanctions before and after the

war with rome we know how to run our country and despite any american sanctions. it's a tradition of the holiday season for world leaders heads of state and major organizations to deliver their annual greetings but usually wrap up the passing year and generally express hope for a prosperous and happy future but this year it seems there are a few peculiar messages out there so ask it has been taking a look at. christmas the time of year when people gather together to celebrate the bonds of friendship and family as a side note also a very good parent for the brits have to regulate engage an eye contact except well wishes and fame marry much more at the same time sorry this is not my weekly therapy session but anyway we've all grown tired of repeating the same old merry christmas and in a bid to keep the good old yuletide going and make it trendy in 21st century the wild over people are getting creative with the traditional greeting sometimes though they how to best put it misjudged the mood while at some bake gingerbread

houses we decided to go with them $35.00 jets merry christmas to our christian soldiers and to all those celebrating around the world i'm a big fan of gingerbread but one in the shape of an f.b.i. . 5 jet which are regularly used to conduct strikes over gaza just hours after the i.d.f. admitted that a raid in the gaza strip can know i member of a single family was a mistake i think i'll give it a miss as apparently will many others yes nothing says merry christmas like a freaking war machine all you're missing is some gingerbread bombs to drop on some gingerbread palestinians maybe the i.d.f. had a brainstorm session with donald trump because his festive wishes also struck a son but tone i think someone forgot to tell him that joy is a contractual obligation in december on behalf of the entire trump family we wish everyone a joyous merry christmas but can you blame him it's the end of the year we're all

tired poor thing couldn't even hide the fact he was reading off a prompter though he does have other things on his plate i suppose like his possible removal from office even is usually bellicose tweets have been a bit like cluster of late no caps lock no explanation marks that kind of thing also jumping in head fast to the whirlpool of christmas for parts u.s. customs and border protection they congratulated santa for not scaling and he was sorry chimneys this year and applying for his visa on time like you'd expect it went down like a sack of presents hundreds of kids in texas are spending christmas eve taking care of each other freezing cold insufficient food water medical attention hygiene it resources no contact with their parents many as young as one hope you brought gifts for these kids. he missed the stop and across the pond things want much better queen elizabeth the 2nd film test 67 christmas speech you think after all these years she'd have it down pat but it's been

a tough year for poor queenie what with prince andrew clearly not being a natural in t.v. interviews harry marrying an american divorcée said divorcée crying on t.v. about being bullied by the very people who pay the heating bill at buckingham palace harry saying that he and william are fighting harry being a climate activist while jetting around a private jets her story not my weekly therapy session so instead of the usual merry christmas one and all they got this and me in terms of filled. with small steps can make a world of difference. a very legal way of defining being on the brink of a constitutional crisis our fingers crossed hoping your son didn't spend nights sweating away with a convicted sex offender and then the icing sugar on top of the your blog the un decided to pick the day christ was born to talk about how motherhood is a real chore which will apparently leave you poor bond employed and most likely gender discriminated against i wonder if mary and joseph consider these downsides

as the road to bethlehem so yeah it's tough to know how to wish people while at this time of year but i don't want to miss out on the fun so mary day the christ was born but only if you recognize christ i'm not forcing anything on you so let's just say it's a winter holiday if the time winter doesn't offend this is a safe space after all totally up to you how you want to celebrate this day or not your call. this is kicked out of the british military now there's a push for compensation story in 90 seconds.

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come back rights activists in britain are calling on the defense ministry to compensate more than 150 people who say they were expelled from the military because of their sexuality l g b t campaigners say that the armed forces past policy of discrimination did untold damage to the lives of many service personnel and the victims must receive redress . many people suffered horribly under officially sanctioned discrimination and persecution as a result of the ban on bt plus people in the armed forces the end would be has been far too slow to offer probably apologies and the recompense for their suffering ministers should be doing all they can to put this right a gay people were banned from serving in the british armed forces until the european court of human rights ruled but that policy was unlawful that was back in the year 2000 since then the modis paid out $4000000.00 pounds in compensation and says that it settled $51.00 cases of discrimination that says over $100.00 other claims have either been rejected or withdrawn and activists insist that many more

military personnel are likely to have been affected by that ban over the years leading british rights campaigner peter tatchell says that thousands of gay people were forced out of the military between the late 1940 s. and the turn of the century in the eighty's he says as many as $300.00 people were kicked out each year because of their sexuality in many cases it had a severe impact on service members' lives the day does accept that policy was unjust. we are aware of fewer than 200 cases in which individuals may have been dismissed on the grounds of their sexuality although we accept that there may be cases that aren't known about where except our policy in respect of serving homosexuals in the military was wrong discriminatory and unjust to the individuals involved peter tatchell who i mentioned earlier and andre walker a new york observer columnist and political commentator give us their reactions. we need to recognize the real pain suffering that was subjected to these men

they not only lost their job and their income but because they are in the forces they lost their forces accommodation their home they also lost their pension rights and many of their friends at the time the law of the law and gay people for being in the military there are similar rules that ban people being in the military for a variety of reasons medical conditions what have you thrown out the purpose of the armed forces to protect and defend the united kingdom that is their primary role they were not bad soldiers otherwise perfect service records but of course some of the people who signed up didn't realize they were gay when they enlisted their only realized much later on in their career and it would be very very perverse to punish people on the basis that they should have known they were gay back when they signed up when they were 1617 or 18 years old but we hear this all the time don't we for various groups that we should treat people in the past as idiots because they were less in lights and knows what he's going to be difficult or easy if it's so at some

point in the future we change our opinion then we're suddenly compensating people from the past are my concern is there any organization or group or political view might be able to come forward in the future and attempt to sue or get compensation out of the british government so i think it is fair and reasonable to say that these men do deserve compensation commensurate with the suffering and injustice that they serve the numbers currently under compensation is tiny indeed a tiny fraction of the numbers who were victimized by this unjust law what we need is a military that is capable of fighting with the commanders not politicians or gay rights activists to decide who military personnel are and how they're deployed. mexico claims it's observed the number of police and security agents around its embassy in the city of la paz in bolivia describing it as a siege it also says it's going to file a complaint against bolivia's interim government at the international court of

justice in the hague. is that was we are addressing the entire international community because not even join the worst moments of the military coups of the 19 seventies and 19 eighties was the integrity of mexican embassy buildings or residences ever puts at risk. the mexican foreign ministry claims the number of security agents started to increase on tuesday and comes after the country gave refuge to a group of politicians loyal to the ousted president eva morale this bolivia's foreign minister though says it was the mexican ambassador who requested more security what's more she also says mexico should retract the accusations. i considered illegal because no one can file a lawsuit based on an actor presumptions how the mexican foreign ministry. of political analyst we spoke to believes the bolivia's new government is trying to put pressure on anyone that supports a former all this every country is bound to protect i respect every diplomatic representation in every country the assumption very clear under

international law so in that sense makes it go it's correct where he was breaking the law he did not try to put pressure on any country that would support evo morales that's the point of the garment. to pee or prevent people from bill o'reilly supporters not only can we go next election but any possibility of more lives coming big to go supported morality because we are on the say we will relate relations with the most what is really a democracy morale is stopped being a precedent because we couldn't. make the call he's against that entirely. meanwhile in bolivia itself the rest of region is kicked out a police force loyal to the interim government formed its own law enforcement body . oh my god i'm. done but only those.

with the needles the police injured so many erected so many after the cool cars that's why as many as 400 were injured and between 141500 arrested. but i see now as to have some unity and agreement from their lives rather than just receiving suggestion he having candidates going to follow up on to get out of his will join a grassroots give some names like i mean and then add our official candidate to be our representative and president of the multinational states and let us have middle . class. and to chop out i because the rule of law must be extended to every corner of all country

we cannot allow our public with the knowledge territory the union polices need the legal constitutional. common. cause to. close down the clip police will look into the tropical fruits bomba both stand up and confront them when i go into situ round with our arms crossed. we're not going to leave people on the wrong over christmas and new year it will be standing firm we'll be ready for any conflict that comes our way. bamberger's and. the resistance. regions. and they've established in autonomy defended in eternity amidst this right wing. u.s. sponsored who in libya who governments not only unpopular inch of body it's unpopular across libya because it does not represent the 99.9 percent of libya and

only represents more stratum. cross a levy. other regions there is resistance a lot of repression it's repression read more resistance. thirsty to invade and occupy fighting where is it right now be supporting police and military and no country if. people look. so turning. new this hour russia's anti doping agency has lodged an official complaint with the world body covering drugs in sports over the country's athletes being banned from major sports events for 4 years this month the world anti-doping agency wada banned russia from the 2020 lympics in tokyo and the football world cup in qatar only proven clean athletes can participate and then only under a neutral flag rusher also won't be able to host international sports events for

the next 4 years russian sports minister. says the water's decision is politicized . to. put a cynical to the pinnacle in my opinion and that of lawyers the wider decision runs counter to a number of sports norms as well as the international olympic committee's charter and other legislation and we will bring this up during the appeal trial yes there have been on violations in connection with an athlete listen conan we're not going to deny that it's a proven fact and listen killed himself well has to it and he will now face the punishment as well as his coach. who did the. over the past few years we've essentially built

a whole new system of the founders of the underside are now russia's and in pick and ellen pick up committees it has a closely clique transparent of the management system full of news in the past russia's ministry of sport was accused of interfering with their activities but now there are no such accusations and the recent of the other saga confirms this guest worker was evaluated and there seems satisfactory by the us govt to abandon the council of europe some of them despite all that the made this decision was i think it was at the greatly politicized before they made this decision despite the fact that as i just said we have fulfilled all of the requirements while what the build up i think. and if they stash much as. i believe. this point should adopt a unified firm stance and talk to those people who are doping talk privately can

you say we need to take this problem on together up here because we all bear responsibility not only the minister i mean because it would have an athlete who not swallowing some of pilsen my fellow clean novelty to on the next day is keeping silent about that that clean athlete what is a ploy to get a responsible and there's no other way to overcome what they say a matter about the mulching. and that's how it looks from moscow so far this on friday december 27th thanks for watching your next update from us as in just over half. taxes are not going to do it you have to go right to the root of. the balance sheet balance sheets that's what they should talk about and that's where we're. trying to

get the world back from the from the wealthy. oh. oh oh. desists is a sticker from the water bottle phone in the stomach of a fish the brand is part of the coca-cola company which sells millions of bottles of soda every day the idea was that let's tell consumers there are the bad ones there the litter bugs are throwing this away industry should be blamed for all of this waste the company has long promised to reuse the plastic.

special projects funded. on the. gulf and now the mountains of moist only grow higher. join me every thursday on the alex simon show and i'll be speaking to us from the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then. then which. we had yesterday we are joined by dr ali akbar velayati she's foreign

policy adviser to the supreme leader of iran. a iranian. we are happy to have you with us. thank you so much i'm happy to be a guest on your channel. look let's start with the official visit of president rouhani to japan sure i'm going i'm sure you were the want to welcome him when he got back home. could you tell us about the importance of the visit to japan given the current situation in the region the moment your pony. your you know it is the relations between iran and japan have deep historical diplomatic relations between the 2 countries are established about 90 years ago our relationship with the land of the rising sun has always been good. we are both asian countries which means we have much in common we historically our relations have been based on political economic and cultural tie we've had positive cooperation across all 3 areas even when an impact was imposed in the rain or during the.