last r.t. correspondent dan cohen looks at the more on work at the poorer areas in the nation including right here in the nation's capital the belly the beast washington d.c. all that straight ahead but first let's get to a few has what we seek to bring a global perspective to the issues we cover here boom bust so to get a real grasp on the problem of inequality we begin with a report from the library of the british house of commons which is analogous to the library of congress here in the u.s. on what our world will look like in twenty thirty if trends continue the report finds that the richest one percent of humanity is on track to control sixty four percent of the planet's capital and wealth by twenty thirty up from the current fifty percent and measured in dollars that one percent will increase their huge holdings from the current hundred forty trillion dollars to three hundred five trillion dollars the labor party's m.p. lam byrne who requested the survey told the u.k. guardian that absent

if they stories here on r.t.for people who are being killed and forty three injured after a high speed train collided with a shunt the crash occurred around six forty am local time on the. route a pictures from the scene show a heavily damaged train cars you can see right here for yourself some of the cars ok at least two of them at least two of them were flipped over emergency teams on the police are right now working at the scene and we now understand that all high speed train traffic. has now been suspended. u.s. president. to increase next. hundred fifty billion dollars just last week the. defense budget as quote crazy. the us defense budget is already enormous and it might get bigger which some politicians find to be funny i'm pushing towards seven hundred eighty billion i just now thought of it it's a good high number last week donald trump thought this spending was crazy but now he's pushing for an even bigger figure but hey what's a few billion between the american taxpayers and the president right the pe

the german interior ministry has confirmed to r.t. that the main suspect the man who's being sought for choose days terror attack had been jailed here in germany for known terrorist crimes he was subsequently deported back to france following that stint in prison. it can be confirmed that mr seize permission to remain in germany was revoked in the wake of a criminal conviction by the city of fry bank that's depriving him of the right of entry and residence in germany he was deported from gemini to france well as a major operation by the police underway in france there's also a manhunt underway here in germany is well in fact four states are involved in the zala and the rhineland button vote in bergen even as far east as bavaria all involved in police looking out to see if this man has fled across the border into germany there is also roadblocks all that border stretch between france and germany near to strasburg of course strasburg itself right on the border between france and germany police checking cars there have been delays going

just a bit of christmas cheer here on r.t. international now don't go opening your prices too quickly and wishing you all a very merry christmas and the holidays from all of us here at. girl scouts in the united states so warning parents not to encourage their children to hug guests this christmas you organization says this could pressure girls into showing other types of physical affection instead the child herself should decide whether or not to give a hug a psychologist andrea best jani archibald says learning about consent early on is key. sadly we know that some adults prey on children and teach them to do it about consent early on can help her understand her rights no one lines have been crossed and when to go to you for help the us girl scouts were founded in one nine hundred twelve of the group calls itself a leadership development organisation promoting confidence courage and character to discuss this latest advice we spoke with conservative media personality gina luden and women's rights advocate resurfacing. if you

headlines here on r.t. international journalists rights groups reacted with indifference to the naming and shaming of russian media workers by a british newspaper in connection with allegations of spreading information. a scandal hits a small russian town after the children of local officials go on a charity trip to turkey that was organized only for kids with severe illnesses and . a traditional christmas song gets a make over this year poking fun the political correctness so but this festive season. it is just off to eleven am here in moscow on this tuesday december the twenty fifth from all of us here at r.t. international wishing you a merry christmas and happy holidays now let's try and find some news the british newspaper the times has named and shamed a number of stuff that the russian media outlet offices in the u.k. about all of sputnik accusing by an m.p. that of the organization spreading deceit information the hounding of the outlets journalists though has been met with indifference by various m

and was urging all requesting an investigation into r.t. which is what has actually happened has been an investigation an r.t.s. would be taken off air so it's public interest i think all media outlets and here are all proper media outlets should be reporting on these leaks but instead what's happened they're not and the times the sunday times are going after those media outlets which have reported on them so i think journalistically this is appalling yeah i mean nearly you know you made a good point you know they've reported and shifted and legitimately because the leaks have happened why why would a news outlet not report on this story is. that what i think is pretty clear if you look at it i mean this is i think just a tip of an iceberg i think that the integrity initiative another. of a very high up people are named. involved in this. number of journalists prominent journalists are named as part of costas this phrase quest has been used at this journey's who will be helpful to kind of help the integrity initiative in their program so it

the headlines in r.t. austrian police launched an investigation into russian biathletes over claims of doping at the twenty seventeen world championships. the manhunt for the terrorist behind tuesday shooting in strasburg intensifies tending to other e.u. countries that it's reported he shouted god is great in arabic during the attack all sorts of. dogs have come from. the u.k. series in may battles through to survive a no confidence vote securing her positions conservative party leader and also prime minister came after she keep parliamentary vote on her deal and an r.t. fixers after the release of a documentary on cambodian child prostitution that's been accused of spreading fake news his wife speaks. on inciting discrimination to me they can bloody and our men want to be skinny don't feel like people forget about what their. fellow welcome just gone three pm here in moscow you watching r.t. international our top story this hour or stream police have accused russian biathletes of breaking anti doping rul

r.t. and. all the more than half a million people have already signed an online petition demanding to sue friends over climate inaction it piles fresh problems on the french president who's tried to block eight a furious yellow fest protesters rallied against fuel tax rises. picks up the story . seems this was not the president the corn was hoping to find under his christmas tree on christmas day this petition is backed by four charities including two charities here in france and it's not just go on and move the one point six million signatures it's also being backed by french celebrities but we are simply going to sue the french state for its inaction and regarding climate change we're trying to force the state to drastically reduce emissions another headache perhaps of president gore who has already been having a difficult few weeks as the yellow vests protests continue they've been going on now for more than six weeks some of the weekend's here in paris have seen would have been describ

r.t.and sputnik to be banned have become a regular occurrence but recently the big papers have gone a step further and they started singling out the journalists working for russian media outlets this is the london bureau chief for russia's channel one more series of last month he did some filming outside the gates of a british military base first story about the british army's cyber warfare unit aimed at fighting so-called russian propaganda he didn't break any laws gave his press credentials to all the security guards he met and left several weeks later the u.k.'s daily mail newspaper printed. his personal details and accused him of being a spy the story was reprinted by a plethora of papers it ratcheted up so much that the u.k.'s defense secretary issued a statement for citizens to stay vigilant and. we sent an inquiry to the defense ministry there's a form on their website but we didn't get any response filming near the base is not a legal it's a public area of public land you don't nee

the top stories for this hour live on r.t. international from the entire news team here welcome to the program russia has successfully tested a new hypersonic strategic missile named got president vladimir putin called it a big event for the armed forces and the country as a whole a bit earlier in the program i spoke with our correspondent down off to find out more tell us about the media reaction to this well this launch did certainly become a top news story all over the world those analytical pieces that have had a chance to come out there were more along the lines of why the united states should fear this missile and i should say it kind of does carry the same message that we've been well we've been seeing for months. really because this evan god missile was one out of five vance two weapons unveiled by vladimir putin back this march and that's when everybody went bonkers and everybody should feel scared even though it has been since the message of the russian government that it is purely defensive that these weapons they a

r.t. new york. hope for a summer spike from the fake news shenanigans so it's early morning hours right now on christmas morning at the white house and if he's not sleeping and if president trump is not playing on. he might actually be opening some presents. for. this. hollow. man. in his. bed sheets. just a bit of christmas cheer right there on our international don't go opening your prices too quickly without wishing all of you a very merry christmas and happy holiday. now of course as the world are celebrate this festive season songs are in the air some have a slightly different ring to them with the lyrics to carry a less traditional message like the following parody remake of the bells which has attracted thousands of online views. you. sent us the. christmas classics have been having a bit of a hard time lately for example the song baby it's cold outside was banned by some radio stations as sexist of the popular jingle bells slammed as racist why rudolph the red nosed reindeer is apparently a

welcome back to the weekly here on r.t. international now and just that ten hours from now or so use space rock will be blasting off to the international space station it's going to be the first manned flight since that failed mission almost two months ago now. is in the thick of that launch site in. type of brotherhood of hardened drawn raised her braces may loop routine they've been doing it for sixteen years the rocket has some bold look at this it's really the entrance for the to the long side poor it's raised through a vertical position and if you know then check and double check. it was done here when the first human was sent to space from here yuri gagarin but this time is different the last men launch didn't go well no one wants that to happen again. first take up started smoothly but ninety seconds into the flight something went wrong if they only hoped it would happen. while separating the rocket stages prompting to each other the fifty meters three hundred ton construction with all the automatic emergency systems

for joining us this is r.t. the. scottish lawmaker has called for drastic action against alleged russian propaganda speaking to you can use paper the times alex cole hamilton demanded the seizure of assets of russians working for the sputnik media outlet calling it a crime and stooge of the boy who has the story is an internet based radio station whose u.k. headquarters are up in edge him in scotland and this liberal democrat m.s.p. alex quill hamilton has told the sunday times that any russians who live in scotland and engage in what he calls information warfare against britain or to destabilize britain should have their assets seized take a listen to what he had to say to the sunday times. we're going to zation such as you can are to pump propaganda backed by vladimir putin and have been complicit in the cover up of events from human rights breaches to the russian invasion of crimea other countries have taken a tougher line on the assets of russian nationals than we have in the u.k. the u.k. government must look ag

hello and good morning you're watching the weekly here on r.t. international bringing you all the latest along with a roundup of the stories that shaped the week a warm welcome to you now we start in the u.s. where a scandal surrounding alleged meddling in an alabama state election campaign continues to unfold what's being called a small experiments by a pro democrat cyber group that fakes russian votes is now suspected to be a planned effort to influence the vote and as the state's attorney general launches a probe into the case r.t. easier to try and co investigates to. americans not the russians have at least set up one army of pseudo russian bots to sway opinion and boost election turnout it's the big story this december and as more and more details come out as the new year gets closer those involved are having to do more explaining. scott shane started the domino effect by writing about the whole false like scheme in the new york times a week later another outlet reveals his scoop was from way back in september when he was invited to speak a

twenty aftermath as r.t. america correspondent sara montecito and the host of new zealand's humans the one and only scotty now his thank you so much for joining us today thanks for having us . scott or you know we talked before you left for the summit when you were preparing to go on your g. twenty adventure and what a serious you know now that it is all over did the summit live up to your expectations going in and what do you feel were the biggest stories coming out of the summit well i think the actual end of the summit was the biggest story i think what i saw there as you mentioned in your opening monologue that it was i turned we turned into more of like entertainment reporters than we actually did about policy reporters only now are we finding out about what policies were actually down there from the american perspective now throughout the entire three days there was a lot of communication of what was going on between the other countries that were there but it was the united states that we were all kind

r.t. new york. kind of hope for some rest spine from the fake news shenanigans as it is just after eight am on christmas morning at the white house. for. a. good. hollow. man. teacher it's. great that they have. bit of christmas cheer here on. your presents too quickly but she will a very merry christmas and happy holidays stay with us i'll be back in around ninety seconds. seemed wrong. just don't all. get together to shape our disdain you can't get the ticket and in detroit because the trail. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. what holds and. put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be present. want. to be right to be close to what. can't be good. interesting always at the water's edge. welcome back to the program as the world celebrates christmas festive songs are in the air though some have a slightly different ring to them with lyrics that carry a less traditional message like this parody remake of carol of the bells

r.t. new york. for summer spite from the fake news shenanigans is just offered to a christmas morning at the white house now and if trump is not sleeping well playing on twitter perhaps he might even be opening some first. for. the most news in his. bed sheets. break down late. you know just a bit of christmas tree here on r.t. international don't go opening your prezzies too quickly when you want a very merry christmas and happy holiday. now as the world does celebrate christmas festive songs are in the air though some have a slightly different ring to them with lyrics that carry a less traditional message like this parody remake of carol of the bells which has attracted thousands of hits online. you. have never heard joe before the christmas classics have been having a bit of a tough time lately for example the song baby it's cold outside was banned by some radio stations as sexist the popular jingle bells has been slammed as racist while rudolph the red nosed reindeer is apparently a bully on t.v

that it r.t. america show america's lawyer welcome and tonio not too much truth though my. if we can handle it well you know i mean the turks in order to become predictable. any time someone comes after them that were you can but they're either funded by major corporations which is the case here or the d.c. insiders stablished make crowds which is the case here with the people from the center for strategic and international studies suzanne spaulding you get both of those categories on steroids. zan spalding is trying to compensate for her failures at the department of homeland security by drumming up new fears about rochelle r.t. and my program in particular america's lawyer she earns her money this is what's so interesting she earns her money is this failed cyber security expert who advises corporations and governments more about fear secret the more fear she creates the more money she gets what's really interesting about this about the spaulding's woman is she gets all of her salary from corporate america you understand she goes around the country giving these speeches ab

it is r.t. international a traditional danish song has sparked a wave of controversy after a foreign female teacher at a danish business school was offended by a line that associates denmark with a young blonde girl the school promptly apologized and some media reports saying the song was banned by the college but indignant danish politicians decided to gather together and sing the song. in. one of the schools teachers says important issues have been raised by the debate generated by the song saying it's helped danes realise quite how blind we are that just in a rage some danish politicians even more. go on this song is about the essence of being then ish it's a pillow for gaucho we should never bow just for it it's a great time to find out whether it was a joke unfortunately it wasn't stop it just stop if we're no longer allowed to single songs then the party stops. it just felt really out of proportion we have come so far in the discussion of identity and of only should culture that our societ

r.t. new york. from the fake news shenanigans as it's early morning on christmas day at the white house now and if he's not sleeping or playing on twitter he might even be in his presence. for. a. good. hollow. teacher it's. great i played. a bit of christmas cheer here on r.t. international don't go open your presents too quickly wishing you all a very merry christmas and a happy holiday speaking of political correctness we discussed whether children hugging relatives at this holiday time could send the wrong message in a moment to our guests in america. match geysers financial survival guide liquid those that you can convert gives a cast quite easily. to keep in mind though as a tremendous place of. record. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy for him to let it be an arms race off and spearing dramatic development only personally i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk. what holds and. put thems

here on r.t. international we've had various analysts who have described the dire situation in yemen as the biggest manmade human catastrophe in recent times you talk about there being the need for a political solution are humanitarian organizations being prevented from carrying out their work in yemen. not only in yemen but in many contexts often it is a constant challenge to negotiate in neutral and impartial humanitarian space to have believed children's from all sides agree that actors have access to those most in need disease is a challenge in yemen it is a challenge in many other parts of the world in syria in afghanistan in many contexts in which the i.c.r.c. is working just a reminder that we are in more than fifty active conflicts at the present moment we are delivering humanitarian assistance yemen stands out mentions by its complexities but there is not a singular case in which access security for humanitarian personnel negotiating a neutral humanitarian space is a big issue. moments ag

for joining us here in moscow this is r.t. international. some news just in syria and israel have accused each other of cross border missile fired i.d.f. and syrian military both claim to have intercepted incoming hostile targets let's go to television our special correspondent paula slayer poor seems to be the latest in a series of clashes one of the two sides had to save themselves. well the situation flared up within the last half hour what we receiving reports now are that the syrian air defense system claims to have intercepted missiles that struck near the syrian capital of damascus what we're hearing from the syrian side is that they opened fire on to quote enemy targets to con front them and we're also hearing from syrian state television that the strikes came from the direction of lebanon and that a number of targets were intercepted at the same time we are receiving reports that these strikes came from israel now israel has previously launched attacks in strikes in syria so this does seem part and parcel of the bigger picture we ha

there's been foolish and disrespectful to the style of sputnik and r.t. and that it forms part of the ongoing and to russia done to purchase a to buy the government as a deflection tactic from bragg's it and other issues and initially it was it was a bit of a shock on the other hand it's kind of hardly surprising given the anti russian sentiment there is you know travel in all your key newspapers just say and we expose this integrity initiative which ruffled a few feathers people are not too happy about it and then we saw this times article carpark and make the claim that somehow this explosion of the integrity initiative by an r.t.c. suggests that it was a russian hack of the anonymous integrity initiative documents so it's i mean it's just ridiculous not nice to see your picture up there with your name except and under the headline of being part of a crime when stooge but never had and we know that we've done nothing wrong and i would say that this very much into keys that we're doing something right here and we did send several requests to internationa

r.t. new york. study don't try to have been hoping for probably for at least some respite from what he sees as the fake news on slopes the president tweeted merry christmas to open this present spine. for. this. hot. little. dirty tricks. for a guy who played. combat with more usefully after the short break. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy confrontation let it be an arms race. spearing dramatic there's probably only really. i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk. the greek riots occupy wall street arab spring these are the beginnings. of the protests across europe today it was all connected it's all based on the exact same concept of bankers printing too much money creating this wealth and income gap and it's a delayed or deferred riot you know should be there violence was baked into the cake and now leaders like black hole are getting their just desserts. scandalous to the russian town to the children of city

r.t. new york.china has accused the us of hypocrisy over its spying activities we'll have that story another still to come after this break. when our mind when the content of our mind is changed there are. the level of the physiology that is at the level of the brain the brain as a form of plasticity can rewire itself and not just the brain but also the rest of the body responds. to the program scandal has hit a russian town after the children of city officials travel to turkey using money donated to a children's charity but in the cost of a picks up the story. a group of children from the russian town of clint's a five hundred kilometers from moscow went on a trip to turkey the journey was organized by a charity foundation which helps children with severe illnesses and those caught up in difficult situations it's a bit these go to the consumer. who are in the mood with them god of the who contributes computer to work with their form dream a new car out of a well turns out some of those children wor

r.t. international with mina care and great to have you with us our top stories sentencing of the first white house official over alleged russian meddling in the twenty sixteen us presidential campaign has been delayed once again donald trump's former national security advisor michael flynn pleaded guilty to a single count of lying to the f.b.i. but as caleb maupin explains both words like treason and the meddling hide what is really guilty of. general michael flynn the only senior member of the trumpet ministration to be charged with a crime by the special prosecutor it was supposed to be a smoking gun the judge didn't mince any words when describing it i'm not hiding my disgust my disdain for this criminal offense all along you were an unregistered agent of a foreign country when serving as the national security adviser arguably that undermines everything that this flag over here stands for arguably you sold your country out however the judge took it back i feel terrible about that the g

and the possibility of sanctions against the channel r.t. and precise is the kremlin's position or giving little time to critics. name out already appeared in documents that showed his alleged links to the integrity initiative group spreading anti russia sentiment and he's not alone the leaked paper suggests the u.k. from the charity has been using journalists across europe to stir up anti russia feeling as the of investigates. if she were an organization it would be integrity initiative low and behold an army of propagandists disguised as anti propagandists whose job is to malign the slander be it states ideas people even british politicians our investigation has found wiring evidence the shadowy programs official twitter account has been used to attack corbin the labor party and their fish oils one three quotes a newspaper article calling corbin a useful idiot that goes on to state he's open visceral anti-press tinnies and how the kremlin course as surely as if he had been secretly peddling westminster tattle for money you can imagine the

r.t. new york. may be hoping for at least some respite from what he sees as a fake the president has already tweeted merry christmas eve open to his presence. hollow. man. teacher it's. late. now is blackwater back to find out more news after the break. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy confrontation let it be an arms race often very dramatic development the only very critical time to sit down and talk. greek riots or wall street arab spring these are the beginnings. of the protests across europe today it was all connected it's all based on the exact same concept of bankers printing too much money creating this wealth and income gap and it's delayed or deferred sure that the violence was baked into the cake and now leaders like are getting their just desserts. coming that's the chilling warning in a bizarre full page gun magazine in the name of one of the world's most notorious missing blackwater top private military contractors blackwater was banned from iraq i

a very warm welcome to new york watching r.t. international with me great to have you with us and we start this hour with our developing story in italy where six people have reportedly been killed during a stampede at a nightclub in the eastern city of ancona now police say dozens of people of people have been injured some critically reports suggest the stampede was triggered by pepper spray being used in the no official version has been given so far revelers were packed in for a concert at the venue to see a famous italian rapper those injured have been receiving true. the sea while ten people love believed to be in a serious condition. meanwhile a day of rage is expected to sweep paris later this saturday as yellow vest protesters prepare for a fourth round of anti government rallies despite french president emanuel mccraw an earlier bowing to pressure on canceling proposed fuel tax hikes the southern city of leone has already been hit by fierce protests with police using tear gas to disperse a student riot. accurate . while pr

hello there is six pm here in moscow you're watching r.t. international nash judith's across france are protesting against the government's education reforms forcing more than one hundred fifty schools to close in a number of cities the demonstrations have also turned violent. meanwhile french m.p.'s have slammed as an acceptable and also humiliating the police treatment of student protesters on thursday that after video emerged of detained students in the suburbs of paris being forced on to their knees. or france's education minister has condemned that footage though adding that the context of the protests must also be taken into consideration the country has seen some of the worst violence in half a century with demonstrators rallying for weeks more protests are also planned for this weekend the yellow vests riots have seen three deaths and hundreds of injuries nationwide so far and in paris alone shop profits have dropped by fifty percent and four million euros of damage has been inflicted the government has since backed down promising to

gas and oil and move not possible without infrastructure to support the pipelines sayyid have enter r.t. washington d.c. . and we can we bridges out of that talk about infrastructure and we won't here's. corresponded. with more. fifty four thousand bridges similar to the one behind me that are structurally deficient here in the u.s. that's according to report released by the american road and transportation builders association their report states americans cross these deficient bridges one hundred seventy four million times a day potentially placing their lives at risk according to the report deficient bridges are defined as safe to drive but show signs of age and decay and are in need of regular inspection last year the american society of civil engineers gave us and from structure plus greet the group estimates the us government will need to spend two trillion dollars over the next ten years in order to keep american and from structure from falling apart the group says over the last ten years there has been a two a trillion dollar gap and which roads and bridges and mass transit tran

that r.t. only emphasizes the kremlin's position while giving little airtime to critics and the most name has already appeared in documents showing his alleged links to the integrity initiative group spreading out to russian sentiment is not alone though the leaked papers suggest that the u.k. funded charity has been using journalists across the whole of europe to there apparently russian feelings were against their has more on the story. if shady were an organization it would be integrity initiative low and behold an army of propagandists disguised as anti propagandists whose job is to malign the slander be it states ideas people even british politicians our investigation has found wiring evidence the shadowy programs official twitter account has been used to attack or been the labor party and therefore shells one three quoted newspaper article calling corbin a useful idiot that goes on to state he's open visceral anti-press to knees and how the kremlin course as surely as if he had been secre

the year it seems pretty clear that fake news will be well alive in twenty nineteen cable mopp and r.t. new york. i think staying with more news coming up after this short break. the greek riots occupy wall street arab spring these are the beginnings. of the protests across europe today it was all connected it's all based on the exact same concept of bankers printing too much money creating this wealth and income gap and it's a delayed or deferred riot you know should it be there violence was baked into the fiat's cake and now leaders like back home are getting their just desserts. when i wear mine when the comb over mine. changed there are. the level of the physiology that is at the level of the brain the brain as a formal plasticity can we why your itself and not just the brain but also the rest of the body respond to. the scandal has hit a russian town after the children of city officials travel to turkey using money donated to a children's charity medina cocina has the story. a group of children from the russian town of clinton say five hundred kilometers from moscow went on a trip

with r.t. . meanwhile a journalist who has been a long time media partner for wiki leaks has won a freedom of information act appeal the ruling requires the london metropolitan police to turn over any correspondence they may have between u.k. and u.s. authorities regarding three wiki leaks journalists and a u.s. court ordered google to disclose the journalist's emails and i peer dresses back in two thousand and twelve as part of an investigation into wiki leaks but journalists lawyer still to hong spoke to r.t. about the. tribunal decision is a very important decision for journalists the key point that it's clarifies is that a journalist can use freedom of information legislation which in the u.k. entitles access to documents held by public bodies that journalists can use that to obtain personal information about individuals where they have those individuals consent and that was being argued by the metropolitan police not to be correct they were suggesting that the individuals themselves had to m

r.t. new york former u.s. congressman ron paul thinks diplomacy diplomacy must be implemented in this case. prompt although he has his ups and downs i think that he has taken a good position he said he wanted to get out of out of syria and he said in the campaign he said. isis is not a threat there and it is time to come home and i just wanted to be complete yes move the troops out are couple thousand troops but i want to make sure that you know the cia's out in the special forces are out and that we don't use sanctions and that we move in that direction where we just have hands off and deal with diplomacy and getting along with people but in that philosophy that i just spoke it also means though for in a way our problem is if we dominate militarize a country then we finance all that and if we converted into friendship then we send them millions of dollars because we still hoeing you so we still should be concerned it's great to do troops are leaving and as i mentioned as we began that i wanted to be more incl

thanks for joining us on r.t. internationals and i'm going to hold his row if you are welcome to the program of israeli military is claiming to have shot down several anti aircraft missiles coming from syria and syrian state media are saying three of its soldiers have been injured in an israeli strike on a boat to the west of damascus. reports from tel aviv what we're hearing from the syrian side is that they say they activated their ground to air defense missile systems in response to incoming missiles from israel what we are hearing is that they managed to intercept eight out of ten rockets now syrian state media says that they intercepted what it's calling hostile and enemy targets that were aiming at areas in the demand. this region we are hearing that the israeli strikes have caused damage to an ammunitions depo and that three syrian soldiers have been injured now all of this is hot on the heels of the american president donald trump announcing that he was withdrawing american troops from syria you might reme

done of r.t. . we request comment on the issue from the un human rights office in cambodia it's representative told us that the office is not aware of the exact charges against rot and that the accused is now in the process of obtaining a lawyer. have been found guilty of human rights violations during the country's period of dictatorship is not the first time the its child has been linked to a troubled past. thank. you it will be of the. all round up of the news from now i'll be back in thirty minutes with headlines but . which is up next. on welcome to worlds apart from a rebuilt inside an enigma to a gas station masquerading as a country from the west an understanding of russia according to the russians themselves has long been the understanding of the current crisis in relations between russia and the to be put on these knowledge gap.