that's the euphrates river and cross it is isis it's from there that they shelled the city. and islamic states days in syria look numbered as they're driven out of the eastern city of debt as all across the euphrates river. thank you for watching the weekly here on r.t. international life from moscow i'm kate partridge. felonious independence referendum is underway but has been marred by scenes of violence thirty eight people have been injured in clashes with military police spanish civil guard officers have forced their way into polling stations across the region they broke down doors as activist incised trying to prevent them from entering with a number of people tried to way. was. i. to sold it to feeding her and this is not the first people this was the earth and the taken from you by what's so disturbing from their early hours of the morning it seems to be escalating well these are what appear to be rubber bullets fired by police as they disperse a crowd of voters sound of shots can also be heard on the video well spanish police say eleven of their officers have been in

the euphrates river and close it is just it's. the shelled with c.t.e. . chronic states that days in serial numbers as they are driven out of the city of dia hours ago and across the euphrates river. flows are you watching the weekly here on r.t. international the latest headlines on the stories that shaped the week but first to catalonia where voting on independence from spain is underway but i see eight people have been injured in the standoff with military police that's according to canceling all thora sees civil guard officers have forced their way in supposing stations across the region they broke down doors as activists inside tried to prevent them from entering with a number of people dragged away offices. thank you oh. all right thank god. thank you thank. you god god. god. god. the city can see spanish police detaining protesters who were blocking the way for police vehicles civil guard offices in riot gear can be seen from locking away people sitting in the road scuffles also erupted between protesters and the police . less cause live now to our

that's the euphrates river cross it is isis it's there that the. islamic states days in syria look numbered as they're driven out of the city of dia resort and across the euphrates river. hello and welcome you're watching the weekly here on r.t. international the latest headlines underground up the stories that shape the week. it's decision time in the spanish region of council lonia polling stations have opened locals are now casting their votes on whether to break away from spain madrid though has vowed to prevent the referendum from happening branding it illegal data caution if it is in barcelona for us we can cross live to her now oh we do we do apologize we've lost our correspondent but we will be crossing live to her later in the program so do stay tuned for that. moving on now the spanish government regards this referendum illegal as saying that it's a is to break the country with tensions mounting between madrid and barcelona officials from both sides traded accusations of extremism. disturbance it would. clearly be on the side of those who

the euphrates river and across it is isis it's from there that they shelled the city and islamic state stays in syria look numbered as government forces clear remaining terror pockets in the eastern city of desert or out across the euphrates river. thank you for watching the weekly coming to you live on our international from moscow i'm kate partridge. catalonia as independence referendum is underway but has been marred by numerous scenes of violence three hundred thirty seven people have now been injured in clashes with military police according to catalan authorities. was. was was was was was was was sitting in her and this is not the first people this order to see the earth and take you by what's so disturbing from their early hours of the morning it seems to be escalating it. was was was. all spanish civil guard officers have been forcing their way into polling stations across the region the broken down doors as activists inside tried to prevent them from entering with a number of people being dragged away. well these are what appeared to be rubber bullets fired by police as they d

days in syria look numbered as they're driven out of the eastern city of debtors or and across the euphrates river . you're watching the weekly here on r.t. international with me kate partridge thank you for joining us but first some other breaking news from canada police say that minton are treating the ramming down and stabbing of a fellow officer as a terror incident the thirty year old driver has been apprehended and an iso flag was found in his vehicle a manhunt followed the running of the police officer and the driver was finally stopped in the truck after a knock down at least four pedestrians and a high speed police chase through the center of the city no fatalities have been reported but the condition of the victims is unknown and we'll have more news on this as we get it. or be while voting is underway in catalonia in the historic referendum on independence from. thirty eight people though have been injured in the standoff with military police according to catalan will sorties spanish civil guard officers have forced their way into polling stations across the region they broke down

but there are many is fight is still in the euphrates valley, on the iraqi side of the border certainlyiraqi government and indeed of course the syrian government forces, their allies and separately, the united states backed groups and us and western airpower which will be another focus for the continuing battle. here's that border area jonathan was talking about. and crucial to is‘ retreat has been air strikes by the us and russia. the americans update us pretty much daily on what they are doing. this is an ——a daily on what they are doing. this is an —— a tweet regarding yesterday. and since august 2014, the us—led coalition says it's carried out nearly 26,000 air strikes against is in iraq and syria. and this is interesting. while the number of strikes in iraq has peaked, the number in syria has been increasing into september. russia has also increased its air strikes in syria through september. here'sjonathan on the russians. i think what you are seeing is battle being joined for the future ofa battle being joined for the future of a large part of syria in the aftermath of is. there

we have opened up a space in our region with operation euphrates shield and now we are making efforts to take a step forward by maintaining security in a lab today there is a serious operation in adlib and it will continue because we have our brothers there who came to fleeing violence in aleppo we can't tell them whatever happens happens you can either die or survive we have to extend a hand to our brothers now this step has been taken and it is under way. and here on the turkey syria border force question we understand they've had special forces in that border area doing reconnaissance work doing intelligence gathering work so now clearly they feel the time is right for this. indeed with the military build up still continuing now on the border area the turkish army is there also fighters from two main. factions which are law to see him and then the hands are brigades these are parts of the free syrian army and they were instrumental in the euphrates shill that was launched in two thousand and fifteen sixteen against. fifteen in more than part of syria it seems that the aim of this p

first hand experience of the fighting the fall of the syrian army across the only bridge over the euphrates river in the area straight to the front line and from there he sent us this report. under a bright blue sky through devastated country across the euphrates over the only bridge in the entire province we came to the village of hadleigh less than a day ago this was part of the caliphate but no longer from what we were told the syrian army's fifth division did the heavy lifting here much of had has already been swept and cleared but no tool it isn't like the movies do is rarely open at the first peek. then came the first warning. and. he was right it wasn't one of their as. isis back up had arrived reinforce the jihad ists felt confident enough to pick a fight and we weren't in a good place the syrian army responded quickly but there was some confusion at first. then about. there were no many here. five hundred meters from hadleigh village ice is making it still. doesn't it dug in. behind that house over there. to. be harassing the syrian troops what they're doing is they're driving arou

under a bright blue sky through devastated country across the euphrates over the only bridge in the entire province we came to the village of had less than a day ago this was part of the caliphate but no longer from what we were told the syrian army's fifth division did the heavy lifting here much of had has already been swept and cleared but not all it isn't like the movies doors rarely open at the first peek. then came the first warning might have. gotten any no no no. one will. tell you. he was right it wasn't one of the. isis back up had arrived reinforced the jihad ists felt confident enough to pick a fight and we weren't in a good place the syrian army responded quickly but there was some confusion at first. then about a. there will never know how many. five hundred meters from hadleigh village isis is making it still. doesn't it dug in. behind that house over there. to. be harassing syrian troops what they're doing is they're driving around in circles using speed and distance as their protection taking potshots the other things i do behind house driving out firing for. hiding back b

the city of that is or across the river they also hold sway this is all their territory that's the euphrates river and across it is isis it's from there that they shelled the city at will and from there that they launched the occasional raid across the river taking the other bank is key to liberating the city entirely isis still sends fighters and alms back and forth across the river at night it may take weeks but it is inevitable isis in syria is on its last legs its collapse has been as spectacular as its rise since the beginning of the year the so-called calif it has lost thousands of square kilometers losing precious oilfields and strategic towns to the advancing syrian army and the us backed rebels that is. not to say it's all that it will be easy isis has nothing left to lose according to the syrian military and the families of isis fighters and diehard supporters have allegedly retreated to the town of my. they have nowhere else to go in the shrinking. this is the final act the dream of an islam mix state has been shattered but even in its death throes will inevitably claim more lives

syrian government forces made an important gain driving out i still from the western side of the euphrates river the russian military has now established a bridge that enables all it comes to frogs in a separate mission russia's strategic ball is carried out strikes on i still and a loser positions in the syrian provinces of the pool and in the. old. the remaining terrorists in de arizona are now surrounded by both the syrian army and u.s. backs kurdish forces antti traveled to the city to witness the battle has all corresponded more with his report from the front line. food out palace once that is sort of most exclusive resort now a modern day fortress out of necessity. for three years the garrison here has thwarted isis attempts to cross the river at times it was a close run thing and we don't have saudi can on him from the onset coming up to the roof was very dangerous because of the snipers it was really bad but when the army broke the siege and they fell back a month ago it would have been suicide to film up here not anymore. these five star hotel seem better days but thanks to its gr

the city of that is or across the river they also hold sway this is all their territory that's the euphrates river and across it is isis it's from there that they shelled the city at will and from there that they launched the occasional raid across the river taking the other bank is key to liberating the city entirely isis still sends fighters and back and forth across the river at night it may take weeks but it is inevitable isis in syria is on its last legs its collapse has been as spectacular as its rise since the beginning of the year the so-called caliph it has lost thousands of square kilometers losing precious oilfields and strategic towns to the advancing syrian army and the u.s. backed rebels that is not to say it's over or that it will be easy isis has nothing left to lose. according to the syrian military the families of isis fighters and diehard supporters have allegedly retreated to the town of my idea they have nowhere else to go in the shrinking caliphate this is the final act the dream of an islam makes state has been shattered but even in its death throes will inevitably cla

when driving out i saw from the western side of the euphrates river the russian military has now established a bridge that enables almost cost to cross in a separate mission russians are teaching bonus carried out strikes on iceland for a position in the syrian provinces. and in the. remaining terrorists india is there are now surrounded by both the syrian army and u.s. sponsored kurdish forces on the travel to the city to witness the battle here's our correspondent with his report from the front line. food out palace once that is sort of most exclusive resort now a modern day fortress out of necessity. for three years the garrison here has thwarted isis attempts to cross the river at times it was a close run thing and you don't have saudi going on and from the onset coming up to the roof was very dangerous because of the snipers it was really bad but when the army broke the siege and they fell back a month ago it would have been suicide to film up here not anymore. these five star hotel seem better days but thanks to its grandiose design and height acted as something of a fortress here inde

they have followed the troops as they moved into atlanta crossing the areas only bridge over the euphrates river. under a bright blue sky through devastated country across the euphrates over the only bridge in the entire province we came to the village of had less than a day ago this was part of the caliphate but no longer from what we were told the syrian army's fifth division did the heavy lifting here much of had has already been swept and cleared but not all it isn't like the movies doors rarely open at the first peek. then came the first warning might impress. me no no no. one will. tell you. he was right it wasn't one of the. isis back up had arrived reinforced the jihad ists felt confident enough to pick a fight and we weren't in a good place the syrian army responded quickly but there was some confusion at first. then about or. there will never know how many. five hundred meters from hadleigh village isis is making it still. doesn't it dug in. behind that house over there. to. be harassing syrian troops what they're doing is they're driving around in circles using speed and distanc

reso and across the euphrates river. allowing welcome you watching the weekly here on r.t. international the latest headlines on the stories that shaped the week. well it's decision time the spanish region of confidence in less than an hour people that will start voting on whether to break away from spain madrid has threatened to shut down polling stations and branding the referendum illegal that's prompted some locals to stage sit ins to make sure the ballots casting goes ahead. police offices have visited several theaters to let activists know that they must leave the premises by six am local time a deadline which has now expired but we can now cross live to onto his medina a function of his now warlock to climb polling station in boston loma dana we're pulling soldiers followed people evacuate those buildings. now as you can see behind my back crowds are people are still there are very close to the wall and station people are saying here that they are ready and they will vote and indeed this sunday morning all eyes are just as you sat at polling stations located across t

a little bit south of daters or is now heading north back on the other side of the euphrates the eastern bank and is in circling those forces from behind so this would also hope for the speed of the clearing of the resort itself but would it would also take some time just on another aspect to get your thoughts the city of iraq north up for looking all of them up there in eastern syria that's where the u.s. backed anti ice law peroration is ongoing that russian military has said that the coalition is using the wrong target takes hours they're trying to destroy the city's water supplies which could of course impact greatly on civilians your thoughts on that aspect well yes i mean we're hearing a lot of reports that. the bombing of the american since this operation started four months ago. hasn't been very accurate the united states policy has backfired and they are forcing somehow to even if they don't do not necessarily wish so to hide behind civilians you know that they haven't been very clever about this. be historic nuclear agreement with iran is in jeopardy after president he won't ce

recently broken by the army and allied forces here exclusive pictures from the western side of the euphrates river where government forces of make key gains driving out i saw the russian military has now also established a bridge that's allowing armored cars to cross the river. the remaining terrorists into a resort now surrounded by both the syrian army and u.s. bank kurdish forces this week the russian miss ministry of defense said that these remaining terrorists pockets would also soon be driven out onto travel to the city to witness the fighting our correspondent goes the of of this report from the front line. food out palace once that is sort of most exclusive resort now a modern day fortress out of necessity. for three years the garrison here has thwarted isis attempts to cross the river at times it was a close run thing and you don't have saudi going on an hour from the onset coming up to the roof was very dangerous because of the snipers it was really bad but when the army broke the siege and they fell back a month ago it would have been suicide to film up here not anymore. these fiv

look numbered as those driven out of the city of de ever thought and across the euphrates river. and welcome as you're watching the week here on r.t. international the latest headlines and a roundup of the news the shapes the week but finest we start with breaking news from catalonia when voting on independence from spain is now under way several people have been injured in clashes with military police civil guard officers have forced their way into a polling stations across the region they broke down doors as activists inside tried to prevent them from entering with a number of people dragged away by offices. i it was the it was . and they can say spanish police detaining protesters who were blocking the way for police big calls simple god offices in riot gear can be seen cranking away people sitting in the road scuffles also erupted between protesters and the police less now across life to a correspondent whose dad made it all him again a question over who is outside a polling station in boston lona with dana can you give us an update on what the latest situation has been three

that's the euphrates river and cross it is isis it's from there the they shelled the city. islamic states days in syria look numbered as they're driven out of the city of dia resort and across the euphrates river. below there you're watching the weekly here on r.t. international the latest headlines on the news the shape the week but we start this hour with breaking news from catalonia where voting on independence from spain is now under way civil god office those have forced their way into several polling stations across the region they broke down doors as activists inside trying to prevent them from entering with several people trying to weigh what officers. thank you. ok. ok. ok was. oh the latest on the situation let's go straight to medina cochon of and boss alona here's one of these polling stations medina is only an hour into the referendum into voting and it's already been quite eventful hasn't it what can you tell us what's the latest. by the late is that the situation is getting more and more intense really right now the behind my back there is a polling station t

the army and allied forces these are exclusive pictures that we have from the western side of the euphrates river where government forces have made key gains driving out i saw the russian military is now also established a bridge that allows armored cars to cross the river. the remaining terrorists in their resort and now surrounded by both the syrian army and the u.s. backed kurdish forces this week the russian minister of defense said that these remaining terrorist pockets will soon also be driven out are to travel to the city to witness such fighting our correspondent rego's the it has this report from the front line. four out palace once that is sort of most exclusive resort now a modern day fortress out of necessity. for three years the garrison here has thwarted isis attempts to cross the river at times it was a close run thing and you don't have saudi going on in from the onset coming up to the roof was very dangerous because of the snipers it was really bad but when the army broke the siege they fell back a month ago it would have been suicide to film up here not anymore. these five

we have opened up a space in our region with operation euphrates shield and now we are making efforts to take a step forward by maintaining security in a lab today there is a serious operation in adlib and it will continue because we have our brothers there who came to fleeing violence in aleppo we can't tell them whatever happens happens you can either die or survive we have to extend a hand to our brothers now this step has been taken and it is under way. has more from gaza on tap on turkey's border with syria. this is what we know so far the turkish military standing reinforcement of their i highly border crossing with hundreds of free syrian fighters also present in the area phase one of this offensive will be the free syrian army leading the fight to take on. in its live phase two will be the turkish military crossing into it live to secure the city this is part of a deal that was signed with iran and with iran and russia in a stand last month but with turkey's involvement in syria this could pose many challenges for the turkish with the first of all because to have the same is o