the headlines this hour 26 people are killed as a military plane crashes near a motorway in eastern ukraine the only survivor is in a critical condition hundreds of government protesters once again take to the streets of minsk with several arrests from reading the call to the latest demonstration follows alexander lukashenko single gratian this week as the better russian president for 6. and inconsistency and discrepancies moscow notes the alleged poisoning of alexina valmy is now bordering on fiction as goodwin insists a miniature great nerve agent was used on the opposition leader and medical terrorism that's how iran's foreign minister brands us sanctions on tehran in an

interview to article. the united states restrictions prevents us from even transferring money to buy iraq's neighbors so it's basically medical terrorism that the us is in good shape. so they're welcome just gone for pm iran mosconi watching r.t. international now ukrainian military plane has crashed while a motorway in the eastern harkov region the death toll has risen to 26 after one person died in hospital only one person to survive the crash he said to be in a serious but not life threatening condition. gave more details to my colleague kevin. the plane was carrying 7 officers along with 20 flight school cadets originally there was supposed to be 28 people on board but one cadet was

not allowed on the plane now it was reported by officials that the pilot reported a failure and one of the and gins before the crash and investigation has been launched soon after the crash the plane was and gulf and fire and emergency services rushed to the scene along with officials and also the personnel of that military school and this is what we heard from them. when emergency units arrived the plane was on fire and everyone who was inside died. deep condolences to their relatives and loved ones it's an awful tragedy for all of ukraine for a university for cruise we trained young people who would defend the motherland. yes so many young lives going there again. look at the pictures coming through in the stream very close to a busy road busy motorway use a lot of people live fire engines of course but it was literally just

a couple of feet all of a busy road. it could have been a heck of a lot worse if it comes just a few feet further on hit the road well the 1st thing that comes up in your mind is the suggestion that the pilot could have tried to land on that motorway but that wasn't the case but still you can imagine all the cars trying to dodge the burning parts and the plane crashed only a few kilometers away from that military airport it was only a training flight so again just because there were cars on that highway there were plenty of witnesses they were talking about. a massive fire and again like i said burning parts being thrown around this exactly what we heard from one of the witnesses we were driving on the motorway by the city of to goof when we saw fire and heard several explosions one after the other at 1st it was not clear what was burning there but then cars had to change course as the plane was burning in pieces

right on the road while the investigation is already in full swing obviously saturday has been declared a day of mourning for the victims the ukrainian president for them or selenski has decided to visit the crash site himself a massive tragedy for ukraine that is. now it is another weekend of protests batteries hundreds of anti-government demonstrators that taking to the streets of minsk it does come in the week president lukashenko was inaugurated for a 6th term as president a month earlier than expected a number of arrests have been made during today's demonstrations so let's get the latest now and go live to main square because you dan of his reporting forces good afternoon to you go just run through the state of play then and how things look there at the moment. well andrew this is the 1st weekend since the inauguration of alexander lukashenko here in. the russian capital in minsk and to do right now saturday is the weekly event the women's march

all women who are who disagree with alexander lukashenko who do not recognize him as their president they have decided to make a show in the center of the better russian capital now there's not much going on behind me but the gods because i can't go live from the crowd there's simply no connection but this is the so-called victory square it's victory day square commemorating the defeat of the nazi germany back in 1945 and it was one of the one of the venue's one of the places where women were supposed to take their march to you can probably see behind me the square has been cordoned off by the police and by the special forces in full riot gear and right now it doesn't look like this big avenue is open to all cause basically you can see there's literally but there's barely any traffic here that's because the crowd the this women's march was

expected to come right down this big avenue and and they were expected to arrive here but apparently they sure people in green people in black and they decided to change their route that they decided to turn around now again these women's marches they have become a weekly and a sometimes an even more regular thing here in belarus and well but this one is special because again it's the 1st one since the inauguration of alexander lukashenko it has been branded as sort of a rehearsal for for tomorrow's action which is expected to draw tens of tens of thousands of people several several women have been detained by the police. we do not know where normally the practice is they would be detained and later released if they didn't break. any laws but yes there are several people have been detained here today but all those who are marching they remain defiant the try

to get scatter don't whenever they get scattered around they regroup and emerge in new areas and well the weather is absolutely fantastic so day so i do not expect them to head home any time soon i will be following the protests and bringing you all the latest sure ok thank you dan of reporting there for us from the center of minutes. now russia has rolled out a list of inconsistences and discrepancies in germany's handling of the alleged poisoning of alexina valmy meanwhile france says it is in close contact with the hand of their allies is that they drew up an appropriate response to what they call a serious assault on international standards on cars as more. the russian foreign ministry said that the vailable evidence surrounding the van this case is questionable not only from

a legal point of view germany's actions were so swift and well organized that it began to raise questions as to whether we're seeing it's another staging of the mysterious use of chemical weapons but this time around not in syria old britain but in russia now there are probably several reasons as to why the russian foreign ministry is saying that and the vine they received an official's welcome when he was airlifted from siberia to burn and there were security officials there to meet him at the airport there were special transport and all other attributes that pointed to the fact that it was staged in order to rush out of chemical weapons violation with the o.p.c. w. according to the russian foreign ministry now after german officials announced that he was allegedly poisoned and demanded answers from the kremlin moscow made several requests to burn in to share their findings russian officials insisted they cannot launch a criminal investigation into this case without any evidence after all russian

doctors have not found any traces of poisoning in his system the german government is actively obstructing the preliminary probe conducted in russia over the in the valley incident that's preventing the truth from being established foreign ministry also questioned the evidence that was supposedly airlifted along with nevada in a german airplane along with its crew to berlin there are political motives germany withheld information on the bottle allegedly with highly toxic chemicals picked up by the volleys associates in breach of legal procedures just as g.b.s. as how unprofessional in the valleys associates and german medics handled this item without hazmat suits people around the only at the airport and on the plane all well apparently again thanks to some miraculous coincidence the case is rife with in expect will things bordering on fiction and. after he was allegedly poisons with a lethal neurotoxic agent shock nevada may has now been discharged from the german

clinic and doctors are saying that he is on his way to a full recovery however there are still seem to be more questions than answers surrounding his case the things are pointing at russia however began long before the release of any specific data. we mark germans representatives to the chemical weapons watchdog confirm that russia's request for information will be answered within 10 days as the kremlin was sent from berlin to the o.p.c. w. and back again in its attempts to get any evidence on the alleged poisoning. privacy activists are expressing concern over amazon's new security training for use inside the home however the retail giant doesn't says that it could still become the next big thing.

however some potential consumers are less than convinced with online users dubbing the product insane and even a nightmare there are questions too over who else could snoop on customers through this new amazon product we got opinion on the streets of new york. it's absolutely insane that that that that's being marketed and sold to a public i'm a little uncomfortable with it let's say if someone could hack it i mean you don't want this drone to go into your bathroom where you're kicking a shower is that companies like amazon and ray are collecting data they do it constantly and you know at 1st they say we're not click we're only using data for this and then it comes out 2 years later that they've been listening to every word that you said so. i am concerned about it but you're paying with your data

for convenience and that's. that's the rub that's what happens nowadays that's. unfortunate but that's a people do well amazon does have quite a history of controversial products there is a nice that it's new wrist worn device promoted as a health gadget can scan your body and analyze your voice and the company's alexa guard in the system that potentially turns your speak is into listening devices and isn't insists though that no one can view your data without permission and the company will not sell that information. well they don't have the indoor drain is planned for next year but the product still needs to be authorized by the authorities we spoke to david lindorff he's an investigative journalist and founding editor 2 things online newspaper this can't be happening he says that this latest offering is very much in line with high tech giants today operate well look at amazon it's all about collecting data i mean that's that's what they do it same

thing with facebook and google they're collecting enormous amounts of data on every with every person they can get we know that the major internet companies and companies like amazon are cooperating willingly with police state local and federal police agencies intelligence agencies all they got to do basically is ask and they get what they want the real question is why americans buy these things i mean people know that there's been to stories about election monitoring what's going on in your house amazingly. american citizens seem to be ok with the idea of large corporations collecting every kind of data and you know they complain about the government collecting data but they don't seem to mind the idea that it's completely. autonomous and regulated corporations

are getting their data. medical terrorism that is how iran's foreign minister has branded u.s. sanctions imposed last year in an interview to artie's worlds apart mohammed saudi forces spoke of u.s. pressure to one his country full interview as this sunday. certainly the sanctions and economic hardship that the united states imposed on iran has had a significant impact we have quite a bit of money stashed in countries abroad and those countries are prevented by the united states from even allowing us to buy medicine with our own money whatever the americans are saying about their sanctions not affecting a humanitarian items is just like the united states restrictions prevents us from even transferring money to to buy vaccines so it's basically medical terrorism

that the u.s. is engaged. 13 members 13 of the 15 security council members quites wrote letters to the president of the security council once on the 20th of august when the united states issued its so-called no to because in and once on the 20th of september when the united states claimed that is purported the u.n. sanctions have come back rejecting it and that's what's important and that's a major diplomatic defeat for the united states isolation of the united states. verification by the international community of the legitimacy of the iranian position really which is an important achievement not just put it on but for the international community and for the rule of law. north stream is is a very clear example of that if europeans allow the united states to bully them when it comes to iran the united states can bully them when it comes to the lifeline and

north stream is extremely important for europe as you know and the united states is even trying to intimidate clearly intimidate it germany from from engaging with russia in that so i think the lesson that has to be drawn from that is that if you allow a bully to operate in these new leaves no and i think the europeans need to realize that. we have said that with or without the united states if iranian interests that order guaranteed in the g.a.c. pure we don't want anything outside the j.c. people we simply want what is ours what was bargained what was negotiated within the j.c. pure and it cannot be renegotiated j.c. puree is alive the security council proved that it is a lot. the united states to torpedo this resolution.

left the room but. try to destroy now it has to gain a seat back in the room and that is not automatic i'm not putting any preconditions i mean you do not want to have a situation in international. and watermen where somebody can leave an agreement and come back to if this doesn't work. anymore how that russia. is. joining me. on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to the world of politics

sport i'm sure. i'll see that.

with r.t. prime minister delegate of lebanon stepped down after failing to form a government despite the president's warning that the country would go to hell without any leadership lebanese president michel are you and how do you remitted a miracle would be needed to achieve any unity due to disagreements on religious based quotas in key appointments the country's been in them both since the previous cabinet resigned on mass following the huge blast in the capital beirut that killed hundreds present i knew had given a stark warning to with the prime minister delegate fail to bring the politicians together. as i must come in with if the government is not sure where are we heading . to hell of course. why else would i be standing here speaking if this

wasn't the case well france has led efforts in its former colony to get a unity government their manner macron was one of the 1st world leaders to arrive and offer aid on condition the political parties came together harris says it regrets that failure says it's still not too late however political commentator doesn't believe that france can really help. microland tried to come to lebanon and tried to talk and he spoke with the right people mind you he spoke of the political elites that are governing the institutions of the government they hold the institutions hostage because this was the fact of the top work by giving employment in the government according to the top 5 court they hold the institutions hostage that is why my colleague tried to talk to them but what can micro really do it's up to the people it's up to the political parties holding these institutions he called for early elections but there is an election and any

viable democracy in the world when you have an erection and you have a me george in parliament that needs or it informally a government and whatever is not within that me george becomes opposition this is not the case in lebanon they are not even allowing the people who won in the elections to formulate a government because the majority is like hezbollah and we all know the political bickering around the world of hezbollah and lebanon so basically it's a deadlock and it's an economic fallout and lebanon is literally had it to where president don said he said it out late in the end he should not have said it but he was being honest we are heading to help. now a new guide on language sensitivity has been issued by the local city administration in berlin but the move there has left many people quite literally lost for words.

instead of finally taking care of problems in berlin and it prefers to destroy the german language anyone who still dreams of a lift the lawyers in the face of such a policy cannot really be helped. problem in berlin unlawful places clam crime too little new residential buildings etc etc reg reno alliance 1st of all draft a new guideline for employees of the berlin administration on use of diversity sensitive

language. will become a black b. were. berlin is home to people from many different backgrounds berliners should understand that ministration is their own if the diversity of berlin is reflected in the administration and that is a benefit for the entire city. some world news in brief firefighters are still battling that blaze that started on friday in a national forest in arizona according to local media has covered some $450.00 acres crews drop water from helicopters and attempt to contain it i residents of nearby areas have been taken i have. safety. map next some pictures from athens ingrates. i

that's where police say these battens and pepper spray against protesters in the greek capital demonstrators were marching in solidarity with hunger strikers who include musicians linked to north minutes and when i say the task to fight internationally as terrorists 2 of the hunger strikers have already died on the 1st friday 5th climate rally since the code block that has taken place in berlin protests isn't 8 inch schoolchildren took the day off to gather at the brandenburg gate demanding politicians tackle global warming police say around 8000 attended although all guys do say it was 3 times that number. russia has held a massive military exercise in the southern coaxes region the drills focused on combating cruise missiles and unmanned aerial craft and think should troops from allied countries.

some 80000 took part in the weeklong exercises 250 tanks and hundreds of inference

vehicles around 200 artillery systems will soon fold forces from armenia valorise china pakistan. to parts we spoke to russia's chief of general staff. who oversaw the operation. russia's defense ministry has a very open and inclusive policy in general as i already mentioned these exercises were announced by the defense board back in december 29th team 10 days prior to the launch date deputy defense minister alexander foreman held a briefing for a to shea stew inform them of all the objectives goals teams and the schedule we provided the details to the o s c e the united states and other nato member states today all attachés were invited to observe the exercises and attend a briefing how much more open can it get we do not see reciprocal actions by the

united states and their nato allies however for example we have never been invited to attend their scheduled exercises they usually post a very brief announcement with a date and location and nothing else in contrast to how we do it here we provide all the details openly while they don't we can draw our own conclusions and we are wary of these frequent u.s. nato air missions close to our borders so that's how things are looking so fast today here and i think don't forget you can always keep yourself updated to on our social media pages and you can. it was sort of amazing country with so many friends in russia and i'm very excited to be here. i love that idea

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