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broadcasting live in moscow this international. iran has admitted to accidentally downing a ukrainian passenger plane killing all 176 people on board the country's aerospace commander has said the armed forces accept full responsibility for wednesday's tragedy he explained that the boeing 737 was mistaken for a cruise missile. well it's you know a bit like you were not heard of the little white additional down i wish there was that says i never would want to but without a suitable incident a college he went on to explain that an air defense system operator had faulty communications and had just 10 seconds to make a decision the general said his units had requested a no fly zone before the incident but the request was denied for unspecified reasons as part of the investigation the black boxes of the crash

a boeing $737.00 will be deciphered in ukraine with french experts assisting in the technical work tehran's admission that it unintentionally shot down the airliner came after repeated denials artie's done corder discussed the events with jacqueline vulva. we heard from ukraine's president vladimir selenski who said that he expects he expects iran's take full responsibility and for the investigation to continue without any obstruction earlier today we did hear from iran's president who promised just that and called this a vent in an forgivable mistake the armed forces internal investigation has concluded that regrettably missiles fired you see human error because the horrific crash of the ukrainian plane and the death of $176.00 innocent people investigations continue to identify and prosecute this great tragedy and unforgivable mistake now iran's president also promised compensation for the families of the victims and the country's supreme leader has called for the for the

findings of this investigation to be made public now earlier we also heard from iran's foreign minister who gave he actually highlighted the nother reason for why this crisis took place. a sad day preliminary conclusions of into an investigation biome forces human error at a time of crisis caused by us a venture is a movement to disaster profound regret apologies and condolences to all people to the families of victims and to of affected nations give us a bit of background here what exactly is the foreign minister referring to oh well just last week a u.s. airstrike killed a high ranking high ranking could command. monny and that brought tensions in the region to a level that we haven't seen in decades this guy was considered a hero to many in iran as he was instrumental for the defeat of isis in syria so the government promised harsh retaliation for his death and that came in the form of several airstrikes against u.s. military bases in iraq that happened just mere hours before this plane went down so

at that time the iranian military was intice a painting some sort of possible u.s. response to those strikes which explains why they thought that this airliner could have been an enemy aircraft they said that it was approaching a military installation clearly tensions were very high are there other cases of countries shooting down planes by mistake yeah unfortunately when tensions are this high like you said accidents are more probable for example during the cold war in 1903 the soviet union mistakenly shot down korean air flight 007 thinking it was a spy plane the plane went into soviet air space at the time that a u.s. reconnaissance mission was going on as well and in 1908 u.s. navy shot down and a rainy an airliner killing 290 people because they thought it was in the rainy and fighter jet now at that time then vice president george h.w. bush said he had nothing to apologize for and that he didn't care about the facts regarding the shooting of the plane down meanwhile

a vigil for the victims of the tragedy has been held in tehran iran's admission of guilt has shaken the public mood in the country with some questioning why the government didn't come clean earlier. with us. unfortunately when i 1st heard about the plane crash it was said to be a technical issue but the announcement came without any preliminary investigation is led to doubts around the world but now they've done the necessary investigation and it was clarified that the plane was hit by a missile we've been really sad since this morning when we heard the news and we were all angry that people were told this line the issue right now you get after flies should have been canceled and planes shouldn't have taken off from any air force and that just about all of our country was in a state of war and this mistake could have been made by any country america itself hit our air bus and made a similar mistake after iran hit a u.s. bases we were in total readiness and that's what led to the mistake we've heard

opinion from various experts on what happened. in times of war and the so called for go for unfortunately the reasonable rate there are yet able to pierce this fog unless the reason be conflicting mechanism so again one can talk about blame and responsibility or accountability the blame is iranian but the responsibility lies on other shoulders too so iranian defense systems were on alert and they were expecting attacks by us planes as stated in the armed forces the statement there have been reports that some hostile objects flying objects have been appearing on radar screens in some of some parts around the country so soon as they saw a plane coming to a sensitive i.r.g.c.

base they have you know rushed to and jump to the trunk luzhin and fired strategic at has become tactical blunders distracted g. off by that regulating or closing down the a.s.p.'s under extreme circumstances could have avoided this whole. magical whenever we have valid dives in that you'll be in we had bound to have mentioned raised guns cog coolidge's ready to fight the it will be said that you wish me to be have to be the case and the big picture to how to do use this and that you on how to be escalated this i believe did on ian's have taken the 1st step in the initiation process of this horrible accident in which 176 people were lost was done by the american to have the video and say yes that is true. the ukraine airlines tragedy and the u.s. and iran standoff overshadowed

a meeting in moscow between on the merkel and vladimir putin the leaders of germany and russia. agreed to do everything possible to preserve the iran nuclear deal. russia and germany support further implementation or a joint plan to deal with iran be sure iranians have the rights it's realigned in support of european countries that were promised to create a special mechanism independent of the dollar for trade with iran. as the site of speaking of the crash their line of iran announced today it was a big error and it's good news that those responsible have been named i think now everything possible must be done to find a solution together with the countries whose citizens group on board that plane to clarify toll the situation in iran was indeed in the spotlight during the meeting between angela merkel and vladimir putin even though this meeting mine the 1st one in the kremlin between the 2 with the past 5 years had been prearranged back in december so way before the tragic events in iraq but these events are they have

gotten to the spotlight the reality of a major conflict in the middle east that's how it has been showcased so vividly by iran and the united states of america sold leaders talked about all sorts of things like syria like libya and vladimir putin has talked about what sort of consequences a war in the middle east could have not just for the countries involved not just for the middle east itself but also globally to believe look at us when you do i hope very much that we will avoid large scale military conflicts in the middle east if it comes to that it will be a disaster not only for the region much but for the whole world. for instance vladimir putin talked about the potential humanitarian 'd repercussions and consequences of a conflict in the middle east because while a refugee flow from the middle east to the rest of the world could be catastrophic if anything if a war on the ground was to break out also talked extensively about libya and about

the fact how the hostilities. and that country should cease him because this was what he agreed on this is what he discussed and agreed on with the turkish president again obviously being a major powerhouse in the region but the middle east wasn't the only thing on the agenda another big point is the nord stream to gas pipelines it's a gas pipeline currently under construction from russia into germany to provide the whole of europe with the russian with the russian gas it was a major it is i should say a major bone of contention between germany europe and the united states because washington sees that washington doesn't want this doesn't want to see this pipeline it doesn't want this pipeline to be built so it has for instance european countries european contract as the sanctions it has threatened them with sanctions and while european contract has had to pull out in the face of this threat of lattimer putin

has stressed that russia is able and will finish the construction of this pipeline owner joe you just said that while the finish the end of construction will be delayed by a few months because of that but also angela merkel that she has stressed how important this project for germany and from her standpoint to the whole of europe to here's what she had to say about it. this is 1st and foremost an economic project we can see to it to be the right thing to do and after today's discussion with president putin i believe it's possible to complete north stream to despite those sanctions. the tone of the meeting was neutral positive i should say in fact angela merkel she repeated at least twice that it is better to talk to each other rather than about each other so this could be an indication that russia and germany could drift closer towards each other in the near future. the libyan ceasefire which igor mentioned of their took effect at midnight local time just

a few hours ago that was confirmed by the libyan national army led by a commander. according to local media of the l and a has already accused the un back to government of violating the truce but says their troops are still committed to the ceasefire this week has seen an escalation between the 2 rival governments in libya there have been numerous reports of clashes and airstrikes around the city of syria with dozens killed. in the cease fire was brokered by the leaders of russia and turkey at a meeting in istanbul on wednesday and on saturday the german chancellor urged the warring parties in libya to find a compromise at an upcoming peace conference in berlin. there have been more protests against a pension reforms in france rallies in paris and other french cities were joined by members of the yellow vest protest movement in the capital things did turn violent

though with police resorting to tear gas. was. god. god god. god. further west in the city of non to anger also boiled over into the street violence police used water cannons to disperse the crowd almost 3000 people took part in. say some half a 1000000 people demonstrated across france they are angry about government plans to raise the retirement age. to gain a 5 the pension system on friday the government introduced its bill but said it was

open to alternative ideas the unions though are continuing their strike action over the issue. now the news around the world activists have gathered outside an air base on the italian island of sardinia it is used as a training facility by nato forces protesters are demanding an end to the international military presence on. hundreds of mourners have attended the funeral of sorts of oman who died on friday at the age of 79 he had ruled the gulf nation since 970 making him the longest serving leader in the middle east his cousin has already been sworn in as the new sultan. migrants have been found dead and 21 have been rescued after their boat sank in the ionian sea off the greek coast according to a coast guard spokesperson 50 people were in the boat 6 rescue ships and

a helicopter have been searching for survivors. the cameraman who contributed to r.t. international has been killed while covering protests in iraq that story much more after a break this is the. media a reflection of reality. in the world transformed. what will make you feel safe. isolation whole community. are you going the wrong way or are you being led. what is true. is faith.

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understood. welcome back this is actually international now a camera man who contributed to our tea working in the iraq city of basra has been shot and killed his colleague a reporter from a local news agency was also killed in the shooting on friday from one cause of reports. we're talking about 2 reporters one corresponding for a local t.v. channel his name is ahmed abdul some odd and his camera man who also contributed soup artsy that's suffer off on golly both liberal reporters were shot dead in their in their car by unknown gunmen as they were leaving the site of the

protests in basra reported earlier that there are protests going on all across iraq and of course basra is just one of those places local reports suggest that there reporter died from a gunshot wounds to the head right there the scene meanwhile. he was a taken to the hospital here or seen as a gunshot wound to the body and that's where it he died and fortunately as well. like i said. works to contribute to our t. he filed a police a 30 reports for our channel and i believe that we can take a look at some of those reports right now ah the old law and at the

law at least of the that i know the 'd the old so far we've heard from the committee for protection all for journalists international ground station they've called for they've called on the iraqi authorities to investigate this as soon as possible to find out who exactly wore those gunmen and so why those journalists not to die. unfortunately this is not the 1st time an artsy contributor dies i have after working of course back in 2017. 25 year old syrian reporter. also. with the rocket fire and of course we talked quite a quite a lot about that fortunately in this day and age it's not safe for reporters

to be working there or even places. you know it doesn't matter where they you're at war or you are in this is he anything can really happen and of course what's expressed condolences to the family to the loved ones. and the camera. donald trump has claimed that the u.s. is doing a good job in venezuela he was speaking almost a year after the white house recognized the opposition leader by doe as the country's president although nicolas maduro is still in power. then we have a good strategy but we're taking care of people helping people colombia's helping a lot of people some of the nation surrounding and helping people but where i think we're doing a good they have a system that right now is very broken we'll see what happens stay tuned meanwhile in the u.s.

the secretary of state has called for a swift negotiated transition to democracy in venezuela my pump said the government and opposition need to form a transitional government and hold free and fair elections on tuesday was sworn in for a new term as leader of the national assembly that was after a standoff with soldiers who tried to prevent him from entering the building. declared himself the country's interim leader last year. presidency illegitimate meanwhile has refused to resign. journalist paul dobson believes the u.s. does not seem to have any clear plan for venezuela. it is very difficult to actually understand the u.s. strategy in venezuela. it was very clear that their political strategic goals in the country in 2019 were not achieved they did not achieve regime change they did not achieve ousting with or from power and the comments coming out of the white house in the last few days seem to suggest that there is some confusion about the

current u.s. strategy on that we saw secretary of state michael talking about dialogue transition which is a significant step down in the rhetoric regarding venezuela however only today we saw earlier the abrams the special u.s. envoy to the next whaler bringing the issue of military intervention back on to the table for these 2 comments taken merely 24 hours apart really sure that there is a process a revision of the u.s. strategy in venezuela going on behind closed doors in washington another are certainly differences of opinion after what the way forward to achieve the strategic objectives which is very much tended there around getting nicholas miller out of power. journalist paul dobson believes. sorry i we've already been there you're watching our 2 international will be back with headlines of top the hour stay with us.

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problem of diet and some dog owners so heartbreaking stories about their pets less treats the larger corporations are not very interested in proving or disproving the value of their food because they're already making it a $1000000000.00 on it and there's no reason to do that research. trump is a new yorker and you know he looks at the global picture and he sees the tension in the middle east he sees iran doing a dance with the back of the neighbors and there's like you know what let's just cut to the chase it's just i got a guy in iraq and we're going to get more money printing right away because i want to make my yacht premed this week at a y. fox around this is the new york way of doing things i said it when i 1st got elected it's like of a new yorker in the white house and i've been in new york around the world i'm a new yorker so i'm up you know i got a lot of. them i hear the news i'm mighty i'm not one. of them saddam.

was of a time about what it was it was a bit and that was in a sense as if i'm up as a moron about the. one with the one in the side the focal point. seen the guy doing to him but i'm before but it caught on to him by the. him out by now him by the i'm not moved on. the believed. her. thank you thank you welcome to day to the night this is the comedy show where americans in america covering american news are called foreign agents. so i go on vacation for

one week and all hell breaks loose i knew you needed me america but this is not the way to show it all right that bad america. so wrong has retaliated after trump and one of his patented juvenile ill thought out tantrums greenlit be assassination of the top general of a country we're not at war with yet does anyone any one of the snuffling short sighted good faith parent brian pace prive corrupt corporate hacks in our media want to mention we're not at war the wrong time. at least yet. i mean war has to be declared or there's supposed to be congress or they're supposed to talk to america you remember the whole democracy thing we came up with . yet our media and our politicians don't want to remind the public that we are not at war with iran the sociopath in our government may not like iran but you have any

idea how many countries don't like the united states. if every one of them the drone bombed our senior officials there would be no one left in our government i mean the president would be to screech from saved by the bell. angelo our boom mike operator would be secretary of state oh. let's go through the real reasons we're on the brink of war with iran because guess what it's not because general solar money was a bad guy again if we drone bombed every bad guy around the world our government would be empty and jeff. those would be running for his life. he'd have to get us to go fight off the military drones with amazon delivery. although that would be a battle i'd enjoy it was. so here are the real reasons many members of our

government are trying and want to create a war with the wrong number one money that's it that's a show i'm going to write. please check your weight. that's not really a joke all of the all of the reasons do come down to money and power but here they are number one weapons contracts raytheon lockheed martin and ball we need to be bad in blood much like vampires or courtney love. and in fact the stock price of weapons contractors shot to the heavens the moment donald trump committed his latest war crime here's lockheed martin before the assassination and that direction there. is after the assassination war is good for business number 2 iran dropped the dollar and they're outside the bank for international settlements that means they're outside the long tentacles of our

central banking system we attack syria after they drop the dollar we attacked iraq after they dropped the dollar and we destroyed libya after gadhafi began planning an african currency so at the end of the day this is all religious war over on does not worship the same god as us dollar. speaking of that what the hell happened to the harriet tubman 20 we were supposed to get in the other remember when obama announced it with all the fanfare and everything how stereo typically american. there's always some unforseen delays when it comes to black people getting their money interesting interesting how that whatever how long we get away we only have about 2 years left of even using cash money we don't wait until cash is banned before we put our african-american on the

front how symbolically race.