it's time to fight for the middle for the troops the time is now we're watching closely watching the hawks. the russian military state of the art album bad missile system and it's called duty . 12 people are killed as a passenger plane crashes now. moments after takeoff dozens more are being treated in hospital. in strategic partners iran and russia and china hold joint territorials in the gulf of oman in a show of strength and unity. and rights activists a warning on the new kate by the ministry to compensate service personnel who were expelled from the military because of their sexuality we hear every action to the. need to recognize the real pain the suffering that was subjected to these men and

we hear this all the time don't we from from various groups that we should treat people in the past as idiots because they were elected lights and. it's 4 pm here in moscow this friday the 27th of december thanks for keeping company this next half hour with lots of stories for you but let's start with this one russia's state of the are gods hypersonic missile system wasn't it combat duty the country's defense ministry briefed the media this friday on the weapon which can carry both conventional warheads. has the details russia's defense minister may sound a little bit humble but don't be mistaken this is a moment you might be tempted to call the story crushes causing a guard hypersonic missile system is now. officially deployed for combat duty said

a gay shaikh who reported about that to president vladimir putin she would assist you with your post today the strategic missile system on guard entered combat duty i congratulate us on this achievement which is important for the country and the armed forces. there's only so far about one regiment unclear when or even other russian parts will be upgraded the evan guard is a hypersonic glider that is said to be able to penetrate a need for those existing and prospective defenses let's take a look at some of the key features all of these truly revolutionary weaponry the oven god hypersonic vehicle can fly it up to 20 times the speed of sound an i.c.b.m. will take it to an altitude of several dozen kilometers from where it can dive head 1st back to earth a touch beat with ak crop like maneuverability dodging and missile defenses in contrast when other existing ballistic missiles reenter the atmosphere they fly at

a preset projector rate making the targets for a.b.m. systems last month russia showcased its truly top notch weapon we have been guard mysel system to a team of u.s. military inspector is really unprecedented move they explained it was an attempt to revitalize the key new start treaty nuclear arms reduction agreement the only one left between russia and america it expires next february and theories are it may not be extended to american experts had a unique access to evan bard missile system for 2 whole days it is unclear so far how or if it influences washington's position this is what weidner putin had to say about russia's advanced weaponry you see when you should you notice when you can minister to assume that today there is a unique situation in a new and contemporary history other countries now have to catch up no other country in the world has a hypersonic weapon nobody has a hypersonic weapon with

a coast to coast range and then used by russia successful development and tests all really advanced weapons caused quite a stir in washington when it was 1st announced last year but most go ease regenerated all the time that it is only looking for better relations with america especially in the field of strategic cooperation. to a political analyst job he'd run a told me that the missile system is of major importance to russia. the husband was a system is the latest in the war it is a far better in terms of technology than you can build what the us has what china has but again the defect there. at the one time wants to send a message to the to the u.s. that they are far ahead in terms of technology when it comes to missile system but at the same time. as the indication that you're getting from the russian defense ministry that clearly suggests that addition of art will send a message to the u.s.

that they want this new start treaty to continue after a 2021 diplomatically speaking i think and from defense point of view is assuring us shot off a big effect offensive diplomacy essential to diplomacy in the sense that it has come up with a hypersonic missile system which is a far better then what u.s. has but at the same time the underlying message is very clear that. is open. sure you could ology sticker system that it has introduced and basically contradicting the u.s. allegations that the i.n.f. treaty was cool because the because the u.s. shield was secret of in in its a missile program. nasa tragically is coming from central asia a passenger plane has crashed shortly after taking off from mamata at port and kazakhstan killing 12 people dozens are injured including children. good review.

good good good did the men to do good but do you. believe you did not run movie theater and who not only because i didn't want to. see. those who were the least likely to. consider look at the reason they were just as risk. as the shows it was aboard if. you would use their perception to. look at those pictures and we 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 call 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 $100.00 it was produced by a dutch come. but me before it went 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 kazakstan it is the 2nd most popular domestic airline that people use there for domestic flights to the onus now on the catholic authorities of coast to establish exactly what happened one of them so they clearly grounded all flights by that type of aircraft and like i said just because its fleet only consists of this particular aircraft now 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. considering 2 possible reasons for the tragedy either pilot error or a technical malfunction geoffrey thomas from the dot com gave us his thoughts on what might have gone wrong. early indications point to 2 possible causes one is that as we can see snow sleet snow everywhere was very very cold icing conditions and it may well have been that the plane was not correctly d.-i still not do ya asked at all and if there's of buildup of ice on the wing as soon as the plane takes off you're going to have

a situation where you would get the lift over the top of the wing the air over the top of the wing is disturbed therefore you lose lift and the plane or you reach now 2 to 40 feet and then crash back to earth. and the other thing we but there's a possibility there was an engine problem we know the aircraft reached takeoff speed of about 175 miles an hour and then quickly that speak quickly to within a 2nd or 2 of takeoff back to a 148 and that's when all the data was lost. so possible engine problems possible icing problem on the wings. another headline story for you air on it china and russia have started joint naval exercises in international in the gulf of oman this friday however with the location a flashpoint between iran and us in the past somebody if there's more to the trails and meets the eye despite what the official line is.

coming naval drills are aimed at deepening exchange and corp among the navies of the 3 countries 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 artery a 5th of odd daily 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 schematic escalation of tension between iran and the west or serious 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 top of channels and when it seemed like things couldn't get worse they did. the attack was launched from the north and was in question of responsible iran amid all the calls for deescalation iran has now launched an unprecedented attack on the world's energy supply. having failed at max pressure secretary turning to max deceit blaming iran won't end disgust or right at the edge of the

precipice cooler heads prevailed things calmed down somewhat everyone's figure is 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 to ron decided to cool who has some friends apparently for a friendly sailed together china and russia the 2nd and 3rd most powerful militaries in the world as i said pretty clever in

a wide ranging interview with our tirant chief foreign policy adviser has spoken to fight me about how his country is coping under the strain of u.s. sanctions at and full later this hour. russia is a strategic partner our relations are very dynamic developing is a bilateral regional and international partnership currently there are no relations between iran and us iran's representatives will not negotiate with the americans until the us rejoins the p 5 plus one group we've been living on 2 year sanctions for 40 years now from time to time they would ease the sanctions then crank them up again however iran has learned to adopt to get round the sanctions you'll need more than just sanctions to subdue such a big and powerful nation is a wrong it has sea and land borders with a total length of more than 8000 kilometers and it borders in 15 countries we have already experienced all kinds of sanctions but before and after the war with iraq

we know how to run our country despite any american sanctions. still ahead in the program kicked out of the british military for being gay now there's a push for compensation it's on that story in 90 seconds.

join me every 1st week on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to you after the world of politics sports business i'm showbusiness i'll see you then. welcome back rights activists in britain are courting on the defense ministry to compensate more than 150 people who say they were expelled from the military because of their sexuality l g p t campaign a say that the armed forces pasqual of discrimination did untold damage the lives of many service personnel and that victims must receive redress many

people suffered horribly on the 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 proper pull edges and the recompense for their suffering ministers should be doing all they can to put this right. gay people were banned from serving in the british armed forces until the european court of human rights ruled the policy unlawful in 2000 since then the emmerdale has paid out 4000000 pounds in compensation and says it's settled 51 cases of discrimination over 100 other claims have been either rejected or withdrawn l g b t activists insists though that many more military personnel unlikely to have been affected by the on leading british rights campaign appear to touch 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 people work it

out each year because of their sexuality and many cases this had a severe impact on service members' lives the energy does except that the policy was on just where we are fewer than $200.00 cases in which individuals may have been dismissed on the grounds of their sexuality although we accept that there may be cases that are known about we accept our policy in respect of serving homosexuals in the military was wrong discriminatory and unjust to the individuals involved peter tatchell who we mentioned earlier an entree was a columnist at the new york observer and political commentator give us their reaction to this issue. 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 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 those what is going to be difficult here is 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 the 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. and other news mexico claims it's observed a heightened number of police and security agents around its embassy and city of law path in libya 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. start will start 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 put 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 president even radha's but libya's foreign minister however says that it was actually the mexican ambassador who requested more security he also says mexico will have to retract the accusations. i considered illegal fallacy because no one can file a lawsuit based on unproven facts of presumptions from the mexican foreign ministry . a political analyst we spoke to believes that bolivia's new government is trying to put pressure on anyone that supports evo morales every country is bound to protect i respect every diplomatic representation in every country to do something very clear under international law so in that sense makes it go it's correct well

he's breaking the law international law because they're trying to put pressure on to any country that would support evo morales for supporting. the garment and to impede or prevent any possibility that morales supporters not only can win the next election but any possibility of more lives coming bug mexico supported morales goes the are on the same will relations relations with the most create what is really a democracy morales was stopped being a precedent because we could have our mexico it's against that entirely meanwhile a rebellious rural province in central bolivia is continuing to take a stand against the interim government which if used as illegitimate. because.

any of those 50 needles the police injured so many did so many after the cooler that's why as many as 400 were injured and between 141500 the rest of them. never get. what i see now is to have some unity and agreement and rather than just receiving suggestion these people having candidates appointed for i'm going to have eyes were shining grassroots give some names like i mean and then have our official candidate to be our representative and president of the multinational stanky let us have. the . data. and to chat about it because the rule of law must be extended to every corner of our country we cannot allow our public with an odd territory the union

police is neither legal not constitutional. oh. claude i hope though that the police will not and to the tropical fruits bomba will stand up and confront them we're not going to sit around with our arms crossed out of the. we're not going to leave people on their own over christmas and new year because it will be standing firm we'll be ready for any conflict that comes our way. cochabamba. the resistance. regions. and they've established it's gonna me defend it it's only me i missed this right. us who in bolivia who governments not only in particular in chip body it's unpopular across libya because it is not repeat 99.9 percent of libya it only

represents a. stratum or leaves for us to leave you. with. the regions there is resistance a lot of repression this repression their resistance. to. the. police and military. so turning. and finally it's a tradition of the holiday season for wild leaders heads of state and major organizations to deliver their annual greetings they usually wrap up the passing here and generally express hope for a prosperous and happy future but this year it seems there are a few peculiar messages out but here are some corkers i found earlier. christmas the time of year when people gather together to celebrate the bonds of

friendship and family as a side note also a very awkward parent for the brits have to regulate engage an eye contact accept well wishes and feign merriment or 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 good old yuletide going and make it all trendy and 21st century all the wild over people are getting creative with the traditional greeting sometimes though they know how to best put it misjudged the mood while some bake gingerbread houses we decided to go with them 35 jet 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. 35 jet which i regularly used to conduct as strikes over gaza. just hours after the i.d.f. admitted that a raid in the gaza strip can not 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 or your 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 at 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 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 67th 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 perry 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 a fighting harry being a climate activists while jetting around a private jets how sorry not my weekly therapy session so instead of the usual merry christmas one and all they got this and midterms this year have 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 the son didn't spend nights sweating away with a convicted sex offender and then the icing sugar on top of the you'll look the u.n. 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 win to hard to if the time when to doesn't offend this is a safe space to you how you want to celebrate this day or not your. 3. 4 i'm sure you've had more than enough of me so i'm going to leave you for now but you want to. check it out have

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