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intelligence that helped intercept a terror plot in st petersburg medina content of reports. russia's federal security service detain 2 people that were allegedly planning to carry out terrorist attacks in the city of st petersburg according to the security service these people in question were planning terrorist attacks in crowded places during a new year's celebrations it was also reported that avid and shedding light on some of their intentions was also found the scene well they were being detained russian federal security service maint is these the rest on the 27th of december following information that was received from their american colleagues now some may say that it was a significant step in the relationships between the 2 countries and in a telephone conversation the russian president vladimir putin thanked his american counterpart donald trump for this piece of data that helped prevent these attacks they prevented what could have been a tragic catastrophe as the city of st petersburg russia is north and capital is packed with people during new year holidays so this

to thank you for information which helped prevent terror attacks on st petersburg during the holiday. week 12 people are killed after a passenger plane crashes moments after. marty dozens more are being treated in hospital. u.s. presidential candidate multi billionaire michael bloomberg apologizes after his team used prison labor to promote his election. is joining us this is the weekly. we start this hour with breaking news for. trump for information we help to prevent new year's terrorist attacks on st petersburg has details. russia's federal security service detain 2 people that were allegedly planning to carry out terrorist attacks in the city of st petersburg now according to the security service these people in question were planning terrorist attacks in crowded places during the new year celebrations it was also reported that avid and shedding light on some of their intentions was also found the scene well they were being detained russian federal security service a mage's these a rest on the 27th of december following information that was received from their american colleagues

intelligence the foiled terrorist plot in st petersburg also to come this hour the u.s. military carries out airstrikes in iraq and syria killing $25.00 people and injuring dozens in what american officials call a defensive operation against an iran backed militant group and as the year through through a close we begin our review of the key events that shaped 2019 claiming divine intreat protests that seemed to grip every corner to play. like good morning welcome you watching at international is just one item in moscow . and is personally thank donald trump for a tip off from u.s. intelligence which helped a terrorist plot in st petersburg medina corps chain of reports. russia's federal security service detain 2 people that were allegedly planning to carry out terrorist attacks in the city of st petersburg according to the security service these people in question were planning terrorist attacks in crowded places during a new year's celebrations it was also reported that avid and shutting the lights on some of their intentions was also the scene well they were being deta

territory people can now travel from st petersburg southward to the crimean city a service to pull the trip takes 44 hours and crosses the recently built crimean bridge the european union criticized the opening of the bridge and the rail line as a violation of ukraine's sovereignty. it's the leading story on russian state t.v. bloody near putin's opening of a controversial railway bridge that links annexed crimea to southern russia it's a major triumph for the russian president the bridge was built despite international protests following russia's annexation of ukraine's crimean peninsula and 2014. this event is important for crimea for sevastopol for all of southern russia indeed for the whole country infrastructure projects like this magnificent bridge we've built will have an effect on the entire economy and if. the mega structure is 900 kilometers long and took nearly 4 years to build costing more than 3000000000 euros the 1st scheduled train departed from st petersburg today starting wednesday up to 45 passenger trains will head for crimea each day that route bypasses mainland ukr

nearly 4 years to build costing more than 3000000000 euros the 1st scheduled train departed from st petersburg today starting wednesday up to 45 passenger trains will head for crimea each day that route bypasses mainland ukraine. the bridge spans the current strait although russia hopes to increase tourism in the area the bridge is mainly a display of power until now crimea could only be reached from russia by ferry or plane now there's a direct land route to the peninsula which russia annexed in violation of international law in 2014. it's now been 30 years since romania's bloody revolution when citizens brought down longtime communist dictator dictator nicolae ceausescu unlike many of eastern europe uprising the transition was not peaceful hundreds of protesters died at the hands of security forces our next report looks at the critical events of december $989.00. romanians have been commemorating the uprising that took place 30 years ago this month president klaus your honey's later a wreath to honor the lives lost in december 989 as demonstrators in the western romanian city of teenage wate

putin calls donald trump to thank him for information that helped full a nuclear terrorist plot in st petersburg. and in the stories that shaped the week a passenger plane crash in kazakhstan kills 12 people on the dozens injured plus. u.s. presidential candidate michael bloomberg a poll of johnson's on his team used prison labor to promote the billionaire's election campaign. you're watching the weekly here on our 2 international armors on the welcome to the program now a lot of putin has personally thank donald trump for a tip off from u.s. intelligence that helped intercept a terror plot in st petersburg medina kitchen of a reports russia's federal security service detain 2 people that were allegedly planning to carry out terrorist attacks in the city of st petersburg now according to the security service these people in question were planning terrorist attacks in crowded places during the new year celebrations it was also reported that avid and shedding light on some of their intentions was also found the scene well they were being detained russian federal security service a mage's these a r

nearly 4 years to build costing more than 3000000000 euros the 1st scheduled train departed from st petersburg today starting wednesday up to 45 passenger trains will head for crimea each day the route bypasses mainland ukraine. the bridge spans the current strait although russia hopes to increase tourism in the area the bridge is mainly a display of power until now crimea could only be reached from russia by ferry or plane and now there's a direct land route to the peninsula which russia annexed in violation of international law in 2014. football now and then in while the professional players association is calling on the british government to launch an inquiry into racism well that comes after chelsea and germany defender antonio for digger allegedly faced monkey chants during his team's 2 know when over tottenham on sunday. the latest racist incident in the premier league chelsea defender antonio grew to go faced monkey chants by some spurs fans after clashing with sun one man who received direct caught for the fall and who to go complained about the verbal abuse the referee brief he stoppe

trump to thank him for information which helped prevent a terrorist attack in st petersburg. stories this week a plane crashes in kazakhstan soon after takeoff killing 12 people dozens more are being treated in hospital. on the wealthiest us presidential candidate multi-billionaire michael bloomberg apologizes to his team used prison labor to promote his election campaign. and even welcome this is an international. trump for information which helped to prevent a new year terror plot in st petersburg. has a story. russia's federal security has detained 2 people that were allegedly planning to carry out terrorist attacks in the city of st petersburg according to the security service these people in question were planning terrorist attacks in crowded places during the new year celebrations it was also reported that avid and shedding light on some of their intentions was also found the scene well they were being detained russian federal security service maint is these the rest on the 27th of december following information that was received from their american colleagues now some

nearly 4 years to build costing more than 3000000000 euros the 1st scheduled train departed from st petersburg today starting wednesday up to 45 passenger trains will head for crimea each day that route bypasses mainland ukraine. the bridge spans the current strange although russia hopes to increase tourism in the area the bridge is mainly a display of power until now crimea could only be reached from russia by ferry or plane now there's a direct land route to the peninsula which russia annexed in violation of international law in 2014. in france a nationwide real strike is well into his 3rd week and it's wreaking havoc on transport across the country all the strikers are protesting presence in many records plans to reform the pension system and its destructing travel right in the middle of the holiday season. the hustle and bustle of the holidays is nowhere in sight at this parisian train station nearly every other long distance train has been cancelled across france still many are determined to travel or go home for the holidays some passengers try to rebook others give up. my ticket has bee

calls donald trump to thank him for information which helped to prevent plant terror attacks in st petersburg on the new year holiday. the week 12 people are killed after a passenger plane crashes after takeoff that largest city el monte dozens more are being treated in hospital. as the wealthiest u.s. presidential candidate multi-billionaire michael bloomberg apologizes after his team use prison labor to promote his election campaign. which in the weekly here on out international thanks for joining us 1st this hour breaking news from texas where a shooting has taken place today church during the service there are unconfirmed reports of casualties 3 people are believed to have been shot with 2 dying one said to be in a critical condition this is a developing story we'll bring you updates and more information as we get them just hours sprite of the texas shooting a machete attack on a synagogue in new york state left 5 people injured 2 of them in a critical condition. and that attack happened during a hanukkah party police arrested a suspect soon after the incident the counterterrorism unit is

the band have travelled on the overnight train from st petersburg and are keen to see some of the moscowry on earth, home to 142 million people. russia is the largest country on earth, home to 142 million people. and it's had a turbulent relationship with the west for a long time. for seven decades, it was a communist country, and russians had very little contact with people outside. communism ended in 1991, but adapting to a capitalist society has not been an easy transition. still now, fewer than a third of russians have a foreign passport and you don't have to look far to find negative stories about russia in the world's media. more is now known about the substance involved in the suspected poisoning of a former russian spy and his daughter. vladimir putin has been the political face of russia either as the president or prime minister for nearly 20 years, and that means for teenagers like katya, he's the only leader they've ever known. katya's day may only justjust be starting, but forjoy, halfway through the school day, it's break time. i have school six days a week. i would love to

st. petersburg to crimea. and from moscow. says the of state railway shows russia's control of crime area -- of crimea. isthe economic element vertical. without a bridge, crimea is essentially isolated and increasing russian tourism and economic links to the mainland is critical. in many ways, it is expected. it still violates international law. utility in a way that creates a chokepoint and a hazard for ukrainian shipping. in bridge was constructed ukraine, it would have been a lot higher. russia is using this to choke ukraine economically. increasedes russia's -- continued interest in decreasing ukrainian sovereignty and territory and also rejecting the international sanctions against russia area the international community rejects russia aion and gives free hand, it is not only crimea that's going to come under russian domination. in many ways, the crimea story is a larger part of the future of ukraine and the future of europe, because russia's interest and ambitions extend beyond crimea. >> chile's president has proposed a

st. petersburg south toward the crimean city. the trip takes 44 hours and crosses the newbridge moscow is accused of bridging -- building illegally. >> is the leading story on russian tape -- russian state tv, putin's opening of a bridge that links crimea to russia. it's a major triumph for the russian president, the bridge built despite russian protests following annexation of from you it's what he 14. >> this event is important for crimea, for all of southern russia, infrastructure products lilike this will have an effectn the entire economy. >> the project took three years and cost 3 billion euros, the first schedule train departed st. petersburg today. starting wednesday trains will had crimea each day, bypassing may lead ukraine. the russia hopes to increase tourism of the bridge is mainly a display of power. until now, crimimea could only e reached from russia by ferry or plane. now there is a direct land route to the peninsusula which russia annexed in violation of international law in 2014. laila: it is been 30 years sinc

st. petersburg.t you to know we're with you in spirit as you honor six truly remarkable americans. i was glad to learn that the proceeds for tonight's event will provide scholarships for the children and spouses of fallen or disabled members of our armed forces. and it's truly inspiring. and we thank you all. on behalf of president donald trump and myself, let me thank you all for tonight's patriot awards. and for starting this new tradition. we look forward to many more years honoring heroes at the fox nation patriot awards. and god bless you. may god bless all of our heroes in uniform at home and abroad. and may god continue to bless the united states of america. >> when we come back, a performance by john rich. when we started our business we were paying an arm and a leg for postage. i remember setting up shipstation. one or two clicks and everything was up and running. i was printing out labels and saving money. shipstation saves us so much time. it makes it really easy and seamless. pick an orde

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where people that people could buy tickets for but there's another one that just departed from st petersburg and actually you can just think of it it will take more than 40 hours to cross the entire european part of russia before that train bound force of awesome fall from st petersburg will reach this bridge but just for a moment let's go back to talking about the bridge itself for you to understand how much of an engineering technological marvel it is i can tell you that the effort that was put in by the construction workers it was so big they had to endure 10000 hours of rough seas but for some other facts about the bridge have a look at this little clip. that people were cheering the crowd that you can see behind my shoulder of course for them there is a lot to celebrate i can tell you that tens of thousands of tickets of already been solved and of course that is explained by the high demand that i mentioned there will be another train that will be departing the russian capital very soon and trains from all other cities are still to come so it will get very busy just wait for the holiday

federal security service releases video showing the arrest of 2 people suspected terror attack in st petersburg and new year's eve they were seized from u.s. intelligence something. for in a phone call also ahead. as the year draws to a close we begin a review of the key events not shape $29.00 during the protests that seem to grip practically every corner of the globe. one minute past 9 am in houston at 9 pm and 6 in the evening right here in moscow welcome to our 2 international i mean and o'neil. we begin the program in the russian. foreign minister zarif is working as he earlier met russian counterpart sergei lavrov who stated that the west must return to compliance with the iranian you're. that's because it's the u.s. is forcing the countries not to fulfill their obligations despite iran's compliance with the reach degree. ment's we demand that the u.s. and the e.u. both return to full implementation with the legations voluntarily and then iran would do the same but if our western partners do not want to confirm their respect for international law then the. must be recognized as dead. the

and the 1st of all in st petersburg we've never built 4 or ships. that's a dedicated industry we now have. next generation very efficient industry production facilities academies about one take defense. there's been a huge progress not all of. our progress has been really on ends. it's been just definitely to get politically motivated restrictions and try has a huge. weighs in heavily on the global economy. where serious dixon's against china there's a sanction to the fact that. the entire economy. the world try to shrink. the world trade will continue to decline finally we're seeing. prospects definitely has an impact on us because there's. so there's nothing positive about it but our economy. i can assure you has adapted to external shocks. currency. against. shocks prices for sources. and this is how we try to work. about global energy prices. defense industry. but. even. the times of the soviet union we had a number in the factories and enterprises in the defense. in the. we've been listening in again to a lot of reporting here just commenting t

fit euro 2020 football championship where the russian city of st petersburg will serve as one of the hosts apart from showcasing tourist hot spots in the country the campaign will also promote russia's new electronic visas for asian visitors simplifying the entry process a large number of visitors to russia come from asia and the figures are only expected to grow in coming years especially from south korea japan vietnam and china. of that is your news update for now we're back in around 30 minutes time with a roundup of the headlines see them. the be . what politicians do something to. put themselves on the line. they get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president or injury or somehow want to be rich. but you do like to be prosperous like before expect 3 in the morning can't be good . i'm interested always in the water using our. first sip.

figure 2020 football championship where the russian city of st petersburg will serve as one of the hosts apart from showcasing tourist hot spots in the country the campaign will promote russia's new electronic visas for asian visitors simplifying the entry process a large number of visitors to russia have come from asia and the figures are only expected to grow in the coming years especially from south korea japan vietnam and china. well that is your update for now we're back here in just over 30 minutes time with more news from around the world see that. during the great depression which i'm old enough to remember there was most of my family were unemployed working. there wasn't it was bed you know much worse objectively than today but there was an expectation that things were going to get better. of there was a real sense of hopefulness there isn't today today's america where shape by the 10 principles of concentration of wealth and power. reduced democracy attack solo down to engineer elections manufacture consent and other principles according to no i'm chomsky one set of rules for t

sanctions on companies involved in its construction now trains are running on a 2 for us from st petersburg to crimea as large a city that sebastopol and from moscow to the capital simferopol on tuesday. well former nato chief of staff mark simone called ski says it shows that russia is solidifying its control over crimea it's increased its nose very presence crimea so the economic element is critical without a bridge currently it is essentially isolated and increasing russian tourism and economic links to the mainland is critical so many ways is something that is expected but still violates international law the other piece about this bridge i think is critical is its military in a way that it correctly creates a choke point and hazard for creating shipping that this group was constructed an agreement with ukraine it would've been a lot higher and so many ways the russians are using this group's choke off ukraine economically just like they've created as a lifeline of crimea showcases russia's continued interest in undermining ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity and also reject

train ride across the current straight on the newly constructed rail route linking moscow and st petersburg to crimea but a mere putin says it will carry around 14000000 passengers and about 30000000 tons of freight next year but ukraine says its construction is illegal and it wants the black sea peninsula back russia annexed the region from ukraine in 2014 well the railing between russia and crimea is being described by critics as a violation of international law until 5 years ago the crimean peninsula was only accessible from mainland ukraine travelers wanted to get to and from russia had to fly or take a ferry after russian troops and next prime in 2014 a yes vote was returned in a referendum to join the russian federation and president putin announce a decision to build a $4000000000.00 bridge without the consent of ukraine's government spending 1000 kilometers is the longest in eastern europe and open last year when putin drove a truck over it the u.s. and e.u. impose sanctions on companies involved in its construction and now trains are running to 1st from st petersburg to crimea as l

it does not mean that russia will lose part of the euro 2020 championship next summer which in st petersburg for games as far as i remember same relates to the champions league final in 2021 which is already scheduled to take place in st petersburg the big question right now is of course the football world cup in qatar in 2022 there are speculations and rumors right now people are citing the press office. and that's a big question whether this man is even entitled to carry out statements like that that russia would miss the qatar world cup so obviously we are waiting not only just for the official confirmation but you know for them to actually digest to the general public what the ban means because the situation right now and you know the one before when russia was banned from chung is slightly different. in a very straightforward way because back then it involved allegations of systematic doping and you know a whole list of athletes who the world anti-doping agency alleged was taking some prohibited substances to enhance their performances in this case it's not you know the story when someo

know if you look at various locations around moscow well maybe around russia i mean you go to st petersburg. there's plenty of iconic targets in st petersburg and again this will be busy as we're approaching christmas and libby told us that you know going to enjoy themselves and obviously naturally this is really city enjoying themselves so it may be looking that props increase. the physical presence well also perhaps being analyzing again what intelligence state is there and see if they can make any links and what may come out is looking this individual that once they identify as individual look at his promises look at what he's been looking at online there may be some links there and we just don't know that's the thing with the investigation you got to be open minded about this and look at everything objectively we heard him say here's a few months ago donald trump was saying that islamic state had been defeated yet the terrorist attacks continue they claim responsibility including the recent one in london we don't yet know if this will be confirmed terrorism is responsible but . given th

last official term put an end game is as unpredictable as his judo moves step fast al-jazeera st petersburg. colombian teenagers are risking their lives riding modified pushbikes down steep highways surrounding the city of meddling in its columbia's version of an already risky sport called gravity biking despite many deaths riders say it helps them forget their troubles in the crime ridden hilltop neighborhoods alessandra met some of the riders as night falls and maybe even a group of teenagers ride their modified bikes down these vertiginous roads they crouch to increase speed passing trucks in cars at up to 100 kilometers an hour. called gravity bikes they're columbia's more extreme version of an already dangerous sport invented in the united states. and for many youngsters from poor crime ridden neighborhoods on the hills around the city it has become a deadly pastime 17 year old model and when your tone is one of them for life happens i don't know you're always thinking about the risks people crashing getting killed and the serious accidents we all suffer i know i need to think and unde

remove from to thank him for information which helped prevent terror attacks on st petersburg during the holiday. is a shade the week 12 people were killed after a passenger plane crashes moments after attack kazakhstan's largest city on marty dozens more are being treated in hospital. as the wealthiest u.s. presidential candidate multi billionaire michael bloomberg apologizes after his team used prison labor to promote his election. to join his.

the russian ice breaker arctica has returned to the port of st petersburg after a 2 day test run with a length of 173 meters the nuclear powered vessel is believed to be the largest of its kind the ship is part of a fleet built to guarantee russian access to arctic resources like natural gas. the u.s. and china have reached a truce in their long trade war washington has agreed to scrap new tariffs on $160000000000.00 worth of chinese imports in exchange for china buying more u.s. farm products. and hong kong's political leader kerry lamb has arrived in beijing during her 4 day trip she's expected to report to china's central government including president xi jinping party suffer defeat in regional elections and ongoing pro-democracy protests have sparked speculation about the hong kong leader's political future. 5 days after the eruption of the volcano in new zealand the death toll has now climbed to 161 of the injured died in the hospital on saturday due to severe burns meanwhile rescue workers and police divers have been trying to recover the last 2 missing bodies they are searching

annex territory of crimea using a route that bypasses mainland ukraine people cannot travel from st petersburg southward toward the crimean city of sevastopol the trip takes 44 hours and crosses the crimean bridge which moscow is accused of building illegally russian president vladimir putin rode along a section of the route on monday to inaugurate the railway moscow sees crimea from ukraine in 2014 drawing international condemnation the new train route is seen as a fresh step to cement russia's grip on the region let's get the latest on the story our correspondent emily sure when is standing by in moscow hi emily why is this new train service so important to vladimir putin. well sumi as you said the move version is moved to annex the crimean peninsula in 2014 was condemned widely by the international community but here in russia it's seen as a patriotic victory and in a way this bridge is kind of a concrete manifestation of that russia russians after all see the crimean peninsula as there is during the soviet union it was a popular holiday destination and the peninsula is actually gifted by c

made putin calls donald trump to thank him for information that helped for the terrorist plot in st petersburg. and in the stories that shaped the week a passenger plane crash in kazakhstan kills 12 people at least dozens injured plus . u.s. presidential candidate michael bloomberg apologized for his team used to prison labor to promote the billionaire election campaign. you're watching the weekly here on our team to national i'm rosana loquitur welcome to the program now a lot of me putin has personally thought.

the russian icebreaker arctica has returned to the port of st petersburg after a 2 day test run with a length of $173.00 metres the nuclear powered vessel is believed to be the largest of its kind ship is part of a fleet built to guarantee russian access to arctic resources like natural gas. there is anger at the u.n. climate summit in madrid as talks appear to have stalled and activists fear there will be no significant deal protesters at the conference want more action on climate change the meeting was supposed to end on friday but disagreement among participants means it's now dragging on into saturday for the past 2 weeks representatives have been trying to agree on a new emissions targets in line with crucial 2020 deadlines they were set by the landmark paris agreement on greenhouse gases and global warming. correspondent. is in madrid for us and joins me now sonia has the summit fails. well i think it's kind of uncertain at this stage where the delegates will really stay at the table till they have an accord or whether they will walk away without an agreement now earlier to pre