ok some breaking news to bring you know from syria government troops have liberated the city of maya deen from islamic state that is according to the russian defense ministry now my team had been large a stronghold in the east of syria and significance ever since the terrorist repeat night. there wants to fuck to couple the offensive well supported by russia's earth force about news coming into us this hours the terrorists in the eastern town of dean have been beat night i'm not area has not been taken so big news from syria will be keeping a close eye on the lot as the hours continue here in r.t. . moscow is concerned the u.s. is taking the world towards another arms race with global repercussions that story just ninety seconds. to. put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president and you. want to be. with you going to be this is what the three of them will be good. interested always in the water. seventeen minutes into the program welcome back russia is concerned by the expansion of america's bilis thick mist style systems stating it's pushing the

this amateur video reportedly shows the nearby town of maya deen being bombed u.s. and russian backed forces are separately trying to retake the region from i still fight turkey's president has met his a rainy and counterpart in tehran for talks on kurdish secession efforts turkey's valen to take decisive steps to stop kurdish leaders from declaring an independent state from iraq both men oppose the move believing this could cause unrest in their own countries. saudi arabia's king solomon has arrived in moscow for a five day trip the first ever visit by a saudi monarch to russia. will hold talks with the russian president vladimir putin the war in syria will be top of the agenda along with bilateral investments and stabilizing oil markets. well those were the headlines at the news continues here on al-jazeera after al-jazeera correspondent stretch of them so much in life and oh. yeah yeah. this is the d.m. been dating for the last twenty five years the last five years i've been working on this for. well i have thought everything i've been in last five years mostly w

and welcome our top story this hour syrian government troops liberated beat eastern city of all maya deen from islamic state it's the latest blow to the terror group which has suffered a string of major defeats in the war torn country. yes a lot of the ship at this ready to go for. the bad guys. liberation is not the end of the story for people endure is or province who have been living under brutality for three years right because the of has been to me two young sisters for him the struggle is far from over. meet sally she's five maybe six or seven she doesn't know and the smog hits the streets. surviving isis's of the resort was new mean feat so many perished as a result of starvation sickness violence. if. sally is a survivor she a sister and brother were abandoned by their parents years ago they divorced and left the children to fend for themselves. and their own. she spends her days begging stealing playing and surviving no easy lot for them in this life. went from home to home to live in the streets they beg for money to stay alive inside today sick poor sally bags alone former neig

come to our international our top story syrian government troops have liberated the eastern city of maya deen from islamic state and is according to the russian defense ministry the significance. my dean is one of the last remaining isolate strongholds so the liberation of the city is likely to come as a major blow to this terrorist group fighting a military source the sun the news agency has with the soldiers and now driving the remaining jarvis out of the city for what is underway on removing land mines and booby traps left behind by the militants fighting lies in the province situated just south of the provincial capital and this area has witnessed some of the fiercest fighting between islamic state and syrian forces as government troops battle to push the islamists out syrian army troops successfully reached the outskirts of al my earlier this month effectively trapping isis in the city and of course russian forces have been actively supporting syrian troops to with the russian naval task force launching cruise missile strikes on terrorist positions in al my again while dozens of militant

affect the model of the remaining fighters and hasten the fall of the this heinous organization maya deen was liberated i suppose you could say relatively quickly particularly in comparison with juries or several parts of which are still under control what have been the main differences in the two operations. well there is are first of all had been divided as a city between those syrians who did not want to. not accept basically to go under control. so the lines in the trenches and everything are very much stiff doesn't have apparently this divide in the city it has always be. under control for a while now since since you know. and basically. we knew well we i.e. the syrian government the. allies the everyone who wanted to get rid of the they knew where to bomb and the fighters within the city couldn't entrenched themselves very much whilst the situation there is or is slightly different and the you know the fighters of know exactly where to hide and you have to be careful because they hide among civilians didn't have to leave areas apparently where you can bomb without having or causing

program breaking news we begin with from syria this hour government troops have liberated the city of maya deen from islamic state that is according to the russian defense ministry nikky are and is in the studio for more on this the details on the significance. thanks you know now our mayor dean is one of the last remaining strongholds of islamic state so the liberation of the city is likely to come as a major blow to the terrorist group citing a military source the sana news agency has reported that soldiers are now driving the remaining to higher death out of the city where work is underway to remove land mines and booby traps that have been left behind by the iso militants now i want to day live in the d.c. area as all provinces situated just south of the provincial capital and this area has witnessed some of the fiercest fighting between islamic state and syrian forces as government troops battle to push the islamist out syrian army troops successfully reach the outskirts of earlier this month effectively trapping the iowas terrorists inside of the city and of course russian forces have bee

we gave exclusive access to the newly liberated syrian town of maya deen recently freed from islamic states by the syrian army. the czech republic is set to be governed by its donald trump after euro skeptic media mogul and wins the country's parliamentary election. this is r.t. international coming to you live from moscow i'm kate partridge thank you for joining us. and we start in spain where there have been more protests across the country follow madrid's decision to impose direct rule on catalonia in the wake of the region's independence vote well the senate is expected to approve the sacking of the region's leadership on friday and while the council on parliament won't be dissolved it will now be stripped of its capacity to elect a president artie's but in a question of is in barcelona. walk alone or staying together in the catalan people had a chance to respond we saw those fully supporting independence and also those who want to be catalans but part of spain. pro independence leaders sounded better in the beginning than the toolchain. the people of get along won the right to b

gains exclusive access to the syrian town of maya deen freed from islamic state by government forces. and a document released under the freedom of information act reveals the pentagon has been simulated and they should of west africa after a terror attack on new york. thank you for watching the headlines here totty international broadcasting live from moscow. which starts with yet more protests in spain they follow madrid's decision to impose direct rule on catalonia in the wake of the region's independence vote in the senate is expected to approve the sacking of the region's leadership on friday and while the council on parliament what we dissolved it will be stripped of its power to elect a president medina question of our reports from barcelona. walk alone or staying together at the kaplan people had a chance to respond we saw those fully supporting independence and also those who want to be confluence but part of spain. probably independence leaders sounded better this in the beginning than the tone change. the people of get lonia won the right to become an independent state. him

games exclusive access to the syrian town of maya deen from islamic state by government forces. and the document released under the freedom of information that reveals the pentagon has been simulating any invasion of west africa offer a terrorist attack on the york.

meanwhile government forces have retaken the town of maya deen in eastern syria after intense fighting with i saw my dean had become a refuge for i saw fighters forced out of areas they once held in syria and iraq the syrian army now controlled several roads leading to i still controlled neighborhoods within the province. and to my head on the news including. venezuelans vote in a regional election that has been seen as a test for nicolas maduro embattled presidency plus. some of california's worst wildfires are now known to have killed at least forty people. and in sports roger federer gets the better of his fierce rival rafa nadal the shanghai marks. austria's conservative leader sebastian kurtz has claimed a victory in the general election just thirty one this will make him the world's youngest leader his people's party won more than thirty one percent of the vote but he will need to form a coalition government as david chase reports the results marcus shop shift to the political right. and emphatic victory for sebastian kurtz just thirty one years old and already the chancellor of

says government troops and allies have retaken the town of maya deen one of the remaining pockets of i saw territory in. in syria and you can see it here on our map shaded in the black area with dean right in the middle of that mini region the u.s. bank forces say they've begun the final battle to defeat the group in iraq or it's formally self proclaimed capital there pretty much up in the north of the country and the n.t.i. still coalition's victories pushed eisel to the regions well off to the west now a convoy is set to leave on saturday under an arrangement brokered by local officials let's get more information on that for you from our correspondent barbara who's in antakya on the turkey syria border this convoy what's the latest intelligence we have on that hashem. peter the convoy's part of a deal that was struck between the tribes and inside the kurdish forces there would pave the way for the remaining fighters and their families to leave today. and in exchange for the s.d.f. will announce officially that is under their control however the u.s. led coalition is distancing itse

otty gains exclusive access to the syrian town of maya deen freed from islamic state by government forces. and a document released under the freedom of information act reveals the pentagon has been simulating an invasion of west africa after a terror attack on new york.

carried out the strikes in the town of asada a sandwich or video reportedly shows the nearby town of maya deen being bombed u.s. and russian forces are separately trying to retake the region from i saw a fight. russia says it's investigating and i saw a video which apparently shows two of its soldiers captured by the armed group in dairies or the russian foreign ministry says it's working to establish details about the men as defense ministry has previously denied any of its soldiers have been captured russia supporting syria's government in its fight against eisold dares sore. court in turkey has convicted forty two people including soldiers in a major trial linked to the failed go in two thousand and sixteen they were accused of trying to assassinate president type most of those convicted were given life sentences has our report. verdict have been delivered against some of these suspects accused of being a part of an assassination team targeting the turkish president on the night of the failed coup attempt in july two thousand and sixteen the conviction of this essence team as they were drop