r.t. international on the weekly rundown. of you are welcome to this program three people have been arrested on sunday ahead of a right wing rally and the counter protest in berkeley california. according to local police those arrested had items. in their possession including metal pipes baseball bats and knives earlier this week two groups of all right activist sent out to protest the park in response up to four hundred counter protesters gathered at eleven am they marched along streets downtown towards the site of the proposed rally some of the marchers were dressed in black the typical uniform of. back in twenty seventeen berkeley experienced similar protests which also led to violent clashes. the canadian government has acknowledged a disturbing practice dating back to the postwar period when single mothers were forced to give up their babies the children were then given to married couples in a bid to promote traditional families so women were even tricked into giving up their children we spoke to one of those victims. as

r.t. international with me the key erin our top story this hour syrian army troops have been seen moving towards the front line of the last stronghold of rebel and terror groups in the country the northern province of it live these are pictures from the ground there changed by our route please video news agency soldiers can be seen riding on top of lorries carrying tanks artillery and other military equipment officers say their troops are ready for their final battle against militants but so far they're waiting for the order and they're not the only ones ready for what could be a decisive battle for the future of syria or let's find out more about this now our correspondent mark garcia of joins me in the studio more thanks for coming in again now we have seen a large military buildup in the province of why is this province so in. since while it is shaping up to be the end the last showdown between jihad ists and the syrian military it's their last remaining srong hold they have nowhere left to retreat we're talking here about tens of thousands of islamist and rebels the most powerful faction in

r.t. international with me daniel hawkins welcome to the program. syrian army troops have been sea moving towards the frontline of the last stronghold of rebel and terror groups in the country the northern province of idlib these are pictures from the ground. video news agency soldiers are seen riding on top of lorries carrying tanks artillery and other military equipment officers say their troops are ready for the final battle against militants so far though they're waiting for final orders. for syria has been the focus also of the latest u.n. security council meeting this comes after the backers of warring parties there have recently been accusing each other of plans for escalating the situation artie's what has more now on how the involvement of the international community in the syrian war has made the potential escalation risky an aria. it is shaping up to be the end i lost showdown between jihad ists and the syrian army it is the last remaining stronghold of islamist and rebels tens of thousands of them the most powerful faction and it being h

r.t. international more of your top well by the headlines in about twenty five minutes. now that i'm going to get out how i found out that i'm not out of the budget that i'm not out of the money out of the money that they're letting him. this was a good time to. try to move there i'm. not allowed to get my money not why not check jam there again why it generated the old people we believe just a little bit here. bottom of my kids i don't want them up with johnny boy are all the moment i've got a mother how do it all the kids there is a little i'm a little white could not be old enough to want to think i don't want to put out a lot in my worst party without all the mother brother to. be gay it's natural camera. roughly once they showed some leave for them. to. suit your own cool videos and someone with the broccoli staring at. me down more on string i don't rightly don't t.v. . greetings and salutation. the n. commonweal gap here in the united states and around the world has reached staggering proportions hawk watchers and while true liberals and libertarians have been sou

r.t. international with me karen great to have you with us this hour. now some three thousand and eighty and probably migrant activists clashed over two days in the german city of kemet leaving twenty people injured including two police officers the unrest was prompted by the arrest of an iraqi and a syrian following a stabbing of a man on sunday artie's peter all of the reports from the city very different scenes here on tuesday morning when we saw on monday evening if we come over here just to my left the iconic statue the iconic head of coal marks that kimmitt says so she feigned for this was the rallying point of that demonstration that the took place on monday evening to the was. was to the or was this was where we saw the the pushing the shoving the some pyrotechnics were thrown and we saw some people that were wounded by that some literal blood on the streets here of kim that is that have been seen and this all came about because of what happened just over to my right here you'll be able to see a small shrine a small vigil still taking place at t

r.t. international stay with us for further we kept up to this. you know world big partisan group. and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to get the stories that mainstream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smarter we need to stop slamming the door on the shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now we're watching closely watching the hawks. ten minutes into the program welcome back throughout the week we have been bringing you that series of special reports highlighting the fate and potential future is now of russians on their families who went to fight for islamic state in this episode medina cuts of a travels to southern russia to talk to a woman sentenced to six eight years excuse me in prison on terrorism charges that was after she followed her husband to surgery. the clock is taking its current life sentenced to eight years behind bars for being part of different illegal armed group she won't actually go to jail until her youngest child turns full. teen and she's only one r

r.t. international where we bring you the top stories from the past week. washington announced it will impose new sanctions against russia over the poisoning of former russian double agents a gay screwball and his daughter back in march moscow has strenuously denied any involvement in the incident russia's prime minister says the further tightening of us think sions on russia will be viewed as the start of an economic war and moscow will have to react economically and politically the u.s. measures will come in two rounds the first places limits on financing and export especially on a number of national security goods the second wave in around three months time will hit diplomatic relations as well as banking and imports and isha sesay takes up the story. when it comes to global disagreement sanctions that the u.s. weapon of choice as russia's number two at the u.n. put it let's us welcome the united sanctions of america well russia has been on the receiving end of plenty of them they stem from allegations of election meddling military aggression human right

r.t. international today if you would be with us in about one minutes time. it's seemed wrong all right old old just don't call. me old it is yet to say proud this day comes to educate and engage with equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart. just to look for common ground the. what holds us institutionally to. put themselves on the lawn. to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president or injury. or some want to be rich. have to be right to be for us this is what before three in the morning can't be good that i'm interested in the waters of. the ship. it was that program here on our t.v. at least five people have been killed and thirty three wounded in libya this is amid fresh clashes between various rival groups and local militias and tribal fighters faced off in the streets of tripoli with tanks and pickup trucks mounted with machine guns several residential areas were hit by a terrorist shelling the clashes involved groups linked to the u.n. the government don't cotton to you. you've been following the headlines about libya

r.t. international with me in. the top story this hour a string of austin attacks has rocked sweden three weeks ahead of the september elections three suspects have been arrested one of them in turkey it's widely thought that the timing of the fires which appear to have been coordinated was not accidental speculation is rife faster who carried out the attacks and what impact they may have on the electoral race as artie's eally are trying to reports. it's not even dark people look out their windows and see this. the first train of thought the locals are just completely baffled and can't squeeze out a word a few moments later they erupt in sheer fury and they scream. thanks . there next thought is it even safe to leave their homes now the hooded thugs snatch go up and burn mostly cars they know what they're doing they know how to do it the our team in the last few days there were almost identical scenes everywhere you see a flame i can swedish media say at least about one hundred cars are now burnt out pieces of meta

r.t. international my colleague and i will be here at the top of the hour with all related. in a world of big partisan movie lot and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that midstream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smarter we need to stop slamming the door on the bats and shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now for watching closely watching the hawks. it's a very rough terrain is so it's rough climates and you have to find forgivable for them if. it was gunshots on top of them and very fresh they would have been in the morning and i've been in even not. don't let me back up. you know i don't want. to see it but a body in this world is ready to budge is ready to the good is owed to me a good meeting. you don't think about these leave the soldier on no you got through it here like any other and other patients. when a loved one is murdered it's natural to seek the death penalty for the murder of her and it's meaningless in the death penalty just beca

r.t. international first in the headlines today than two palestinians have been killed and over two hundred injured in the latest violence at the israeli gaza border the protests erupted after a cease fire deal between hamas militants and israel came into effect on thursday that agreement meant ending all rocket fire on israel and airstrikes on the gaza strip. it was at the latest protest. i mean. let me just tell you. that i was and there. was. the. thing. was. oh that's just been burning tires to hurt the vision of the israeli snipers and their israeli forces continue to use live ammunition or scores of palestinians have been injured at least five are in severe critical condition into what i saw today and according to all of the injuries oh i have to tell you that. tear gas that being thrown today is a new complication and the palestinians are listening is now complete is that gating summing up the twentieth friday of the great march of return a palestinian prime minister was killed well one hundred ten were injured forty the french yuri's were treated in the medical point seventy were tr

r.t. international plenty more to come after this very short break stay with us. i've been saying the numbers mean something they matter to us is over one trillion dollars in debt more than ten white collar crimes happen each day. eighty five percent of global wealth you longs to be all for rich eight point six percent market saw thirty percent i just want to secure some with four hundred to five hundred three per second per second and bitcoin rose to twenty thousand dollars. china is building two point one billion dollars a i industrial park but don't let the numbers overwhelm. the only numbers you need to remember in one one business shows you can't afford to miss the one and only boom but. welcome back a young girl from maryland who was reportedly reprimanded for nailing during the pledge of allegiance has won the support of hillary clinton the former presidential candidate tweeted that it takes courage to express disagreement with injustice eleven year old marianna taylor hopes more people will join her. it's important to stand up. to us where the kind of grid

r.t. international rionda stand at least a forty five security personnel have been killed in afghanistan of the taliban militants attacked a military camp north of kabul this attack comes amid heavy clashes between the taliban and the country's security forces in the city of god's name where the militants captured a military compound on tuesday will be increased to military activity of the taliban in recent days has seen at least one hundred security personnel killed with many injured there are also reports of afghan security forces surrendering to the taliban people over for the fleeing to be in battle there is. a busy day for worldwide headlines here on r.t. international thank you for joining us so far hope to see you at the top of the hour for the next term. the murder was never great it was founded on the rapes in the murders. nothing changed so we said all response so these situations that we're dealing with. people get sad every bill the day he is just people kill each other blood for killing children. there was just no way that people are going to just sit back and allow children to

r.t. international we've got plenty more stories coming up after this very short. of her. our. politicians do something to. put themselves on the line. to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to express interest. or some want to be rich. if you'd like to be this is what before three of the people. i'm interested always in the why. are you going to. welcome back we're to kill us misinformation that's what the u.s. led coalition in syria has branded a report on our website dot com well that article in a syrian refugee camp was however simply quoting the russian foreign ministry on taste american looks at the accuracy of the claims in question. purnell sean ryan spokesman for operation here at resolve the u.s. led coalition against myself said that we were pushing quote ridiculous information after reading one of the articles on syria to be distracted by ridiculous misinformation from r.t. the coalition is focused on defeat isis mission and we continue to work with for to secure the l. towns region in southern syria the article in question was in an op ed that a quote from t

r.t. international. when a loved one is murder it's natural to seek the death penalty for the murder i would prefer and it's meaningless in the death penalty just because i think that's the fair thing the right thing research shows that for every nine executions one convict is found innocent the idea that we more executing innocent people is terrifying the is just no way to parent and that we're even many victims' families want the death penalty to be abolished the reason we have to get kelly here is because that's what murder victim's families what that's going to give them peace that's going to give them justice and we come in and say. not quite enough we've been through this this isn't the way. all. the. kids. hello and welcome to worlds apart extra this is an addition to our regular show in research focus on the people behind the story is if asked in the most oppressive soviet the russian leader joseph stalin is likely to be among the first to come up with the great terror of the nineteen thirty stil

r.t. international. this is what is it is not even if you might want to see if any did you. also do thoughts is coming. on to that. crap out because i was pissed off. this is my love hate relationship with the united kingdom on the one hand the love it because it's shambolic and fraudulent. and i buy the cow to eat it because thousands tens of thousands of people lives destroyed by r.b.s. . china's slaps new tariffs on u.s. goods as the trade war between the two nations escalates will it impact trump in the mid turns taking a look at that on this edition of. the politicking on larry king later in the program former republican governor of new jersey christine todd whitman joins me for a one on one conversation about harsh criticisms of donald trump and her calls for the president to step down stick around for that later but first on wednesday china announced a new round of tariffs in the intelli ation fight for towers that the troubled ministration the slapped on chinese goods entering the u.s. .

r.t. international right now twenty twenty minutes past the hour here in moscow about halfway through the weekly rounding up the top stories of the week and of the day back in just about. they gave us national camera. roughly once they showed some new claim for them. to joan cool videos and so on with the roughly string apps. going down more on string i don't rightly don't t.v. . i've been saying the numbers mean something they matter the us has over one trillion dollars in debt more than ten white collar crimes happen each day. eighty five percent of the global wealth he longs to the cult for bridge eight point six percent market saw a thirty percent rise last year some with four hundred to five hundred three per second per second and bitcoin rose to twenty thousand dollars. china is building a two point one billion dollar ai industrial park but don't let the numbers overwhelm. the only number you need to remember is one the one business show you can't afford to miss the one and only boom bust. this good to have you with us today portraits of north korean leaders sun open pride at pyongy

r.t. international just off the eleven am now here in moscow that's straight to. the syrian army now reestablishing control of the country a new war is being fought against the destruction that was wreaked by militants and terrorists at the rebuilding of key infrastructure is under way and here on the program we traveled to syria to witness the recovery efforts first time. much of the city of aleppo is still in ruins reviving it to its former glory is a task of gargantuan proportions and with immense political and economic importance the citadel of aleppo has become the symbol of the city's resistance. but aleppo is much more than just a maze of antique streets and attractions from history books. the militants the stolen computer units with chips for the machine they destroyed the factory purpose they wanted to damage syrian industry as a whole and specifically in the street in aleppo reviving this that was. one rebel control of this area they emptied and basically very functional hunkered. down one of the events but now this is the industrial have been slowly get

r.t. international for the latest join and to find that at the top of the hour. it's like saying you're free thinkers in the service it's first place just great and you finish your piece is your persecution does exist i mean. i don't we're not cricket bomb up in the. dirt. that that. was so you're leaving the rail link up. when a loved one is murder it's natural to seek the death penalty for the murder i would prefer it be to limit that penalty just because i think that's the mayor think the right thing research shows that for every nine executions one convict respond innocent the idea that we were executing innocent people is terrifying the is just no way that doesn't mean that we're even many of the times families want the death penalty to be abolished the reason we have to keep the death penalty here is because that's what murder victims' families what that's going to give them peace that's going to give them justice and we come in and say. not quite enough we've been through this this isn't the way. this is bone bus broadcasting around the world from washingt

r.t. international with me becky aaron great to have you with us and we start in afghanistan where at least forty five security personnel have reportedly been killed after the taliban attacked a military camp north of kabul the attack comes amid heavy clashes between the taliban and the country's security forces in the city of gaffney where the militants captured an army compound on choose day kabul based journalist tongue phasey reports. it has been a very deadly day for afghanistan it's a very bloody day for afghanistan not only in north afghan and. but also in eastern afghanistan some twelve at least twelve in a soldiers have been killed and three are missing but in babylon province specifically in. in the location were still it's there are conflicting reports that you know all forty five people or afghan security forces have been killed but speaking earlier to a spokesperson for the north and corpse he didn't confirm the death of the soldiers he said that twenty eight soldiers were there and there are missing men they have lost connection and they try to send reinforcement but they have

r.t. international. when lawmakers manufactured him sentenced him to public wells. when the room in closest project themselves. with the famous merry go round lives only the one percent. nor middle of the room sick. the real news is really. serious.

r.t. international. shows seem wrong why don't we all just don't all. get to see a proud day become educated and in gains from it equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. what politicians do to. put themselves on the line. to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president and should. want to press. you to do right to be close this is what before three of them all can't be good. interested always in the water. they sit. on. your back with the r t international throughout the week we've been bringing you a series of special reports highlighting the fates potential futures of russians and their families who went to fight for islamic state in the following episode medina caused them to travels to southern russia to talk to a woman sentenced to eight years in prison on terrorism charges after she followed her husband to serbia. the clock is ticking on its current life sentenced to eight years behind bars for being part of an illegal armed group she won't actually go to jail until her youngest

r.t. international's could have become thing our top story this hour more than one hundred cars have been set ablaze across we three weeks ahead of the september elections there believe the. fire bombings were coordinated if the tank takes a look now at the timing of the arson attacks and how it's staking tensions ahead of the electoral votes. it's not even dark people look out their windows and see this. the first train is gone locals are just completely baffled and can't squeeze out a word a few moments later they erupt in sheer fury and they scream. yes . their next thought is it even safe to leave their homes now the hooded thugs smash up and burn mostly cars they know what they're doing when they know how to do it the our team in the last few days there were almost identical scenes everywhere you see a flame i can swedish media say at least about one hundred cars are now burnt out pieces of metal police have made a number of arrests but basically the country still in the dark about who's behind the menace and was overthrown for it. you can see. it from there. in about three weeks swe

r.t. international where it's just gone ten pm here in moscow now top story this hour more than one hundred cars have been set ablaze across sweden three weeks ahead of the september elections it's believed the fire bombings were coordinated illegal trying to takes a look now at the timing of the arson attacks and how they are staking tensions ahead of the electoral race. it's not even dark people look out their windows and see this. the first train of thought the locals are just completely baffled and can't squeeze out a word a few moments later they erupt in sheer fury and they scream. thanks . there next thought is it even safe to leave their homes now the hooded thugs smash up and burn mostly cars they know what they're doing they know how to do it the our team in the last few days there were almost identical scenes everywhere you see a flame i can swedish media say at least about one hundred cars are now burnt out pieces of metal police have made a number of arrests but basically the country still in the dark about who's behind the menace who was overthrown for it. do you think. it thr

r.t. international first story about this go from an iraqi religious minority who still lives in fear for a life years after she escaped and fled to germany she thought she was in a place of safety but not it seems in germany she ran into him face to face we've spoken to are told us about her ordeal with the terrorist group. turned out more irish than the seven girls captured by fighters in taken to syria the worst time and my life was moment when i was all separated me from my family they took us away from our mothers fathers brothers they even have abducted eight year old girls they tortured us raped tests told us into slavery who were looking for gasland anything sharp knife scissors who couldn't find anything to kill ourselves with we were trying to escape but they handcuffed our hands and lax covered our heads and raped us they turned us into human shields when they went anywhere they took us with them so that the strikes didn't kill them. has now nineteen years old she's easy the religious minority which has faced persecution in their areas ok state when she was captured by a cell f

r.t. international hello and welcome top story far right groups are rallying in washington d.c. now you're all in from deadly unrest in charlottesville in virginia they have been met by country demonstrations last year as unite the right to march in charlottesville left one woman dead a warning you may find the video of those offense the service. of terrorism is is the use of violence to incite terror and of course stir this egregious display of hatred bigotry and violence on many. many such. well ahead of sunday's other verse three rallies a republican lawmaker claimed russia was behind the events in twenty seventeen i sat in a closed session briefing probably two months ago about charlottesville with the director of the f.b.i. amongst others and asked if russian intermeddling had to do with fomenting the flames of what happened in charlottesville i was told yes it did go back to this weekend crowds have been rallying outside the white house throughout sunday get a bump in the latest for us. as we understand directly in front of the white house at this time there's roughly twen

r.t. international as we recap the week's top stories with our weekly program. so this week there was another twist in the latest alleged russian spy scandal in the u.s. the russian embassy in washington says that maria is being subjected to conditions that are tantamount to torture she is charged with being a. foreign agent and was recently transferred to a different jail meanwhile a crowdfunding campaign has been launched to pay for her legal fees her lawyer updated us on her condition. i was unaware that she was transferred until last night at around midnight i received a collect call from her at home and the phone was disconnected before we could get through but i knew it was from alexandria jail so i drove down and tried to get in last night and could not but i was able to get in this morning and visit her so she is in alexandria detention facility at least for now for this weekend it's a smaller facility than the d.c. jail as respected facility but it's hard to know why the move was made where there was made for medical or other reasons or in response to c

r.t. international international our top story this hour the death toll from a suicide bomb attack in the afghan capital has risen to forty eight and is likely to rise further according to local health officials sixty seven others were injured in the attack on an education center in a shiite neighborhood of kabul no one has yet claimed responsibility although the taliban denies it is behind the assault well this comes after reports of at least forty five security personnel being killed after the taliban attacks a military camp north of kabul local journalists. as morn. it has been a very deadly day for afghanistan it's a very bloody day for afghanistan not only in northen afghanistan but also in eastern afghanistan some twelve at least twelve in a soldiers have been killed and three are missing but in babylon province specifically in. in the location were still it's there are conflicting reports that you know all forty five people or afghan security forces have been killed but speaking earlier to a spokesperson for the north and corpse he didn't confirm the death of the new soldiers he sa

r.t. international unwelcome our top story america's most notorious far right groups are gathering in washington d.c. along with country demonstrators it comes on the anniversary of the tragic unite the right to rally last year in charlottesville in the state of virginia there exactly one year ago a woman was killed when a car plowed into protesters a warning you may find the video disturbing. terrorism is is the use of violence to incite terror and fear and of course it was terrorist this egregious display of hatred bigotry and violence on many sides on many sects. well the tragedy spurred numerous rallies in the southern states and enormous racial division across the united states ahead of sunday's on the verse three rallies a republican lawmaker claimed that russia was behind the events in twenty seven days i sat in a closed session briefing probably two months ago about charlottesville with the director of the f.b.i. amongst others and asked if russian intermeddling had to do with fomenting the flames of what happened in charlottesville i was told yes it did. kill up in is the rally outside

r.t. international i mean a knowing of our top story the health ministry and ses one palestinian has been killed and over one hundred others injured in the latest great march of return protest near the border with israel the ministry added that ninety of those injured were wounded by israeli live fire gasa based journalist who sent us this report. i'm standing here one hundred meters away from the fence a separates gaza strip with israel and as you see thousands of palestinian protesters continue to participate in the great march of return. for more than nineteen weeks as you see the palestinian protesters have been burning tires to blur the vision of days where the snipers. as you see intensive intensive need that israeli forces are fine tear gas canisters on the policy and practice stairs and it's very very close from where we're standing. and we just heard a lot of ammunition that was targeted.

r.t. international today two russian cosmonauts have conducted one of the longest ever space walks right outside the international space station a both were equipped with cameras to share the view with you. wow. thank you. thank her. thank. you. thank you that. they did run over to. the chicago hundred twenty five minutes past the hour in moscow thank you for sharing your time with us here at aussie international hope you can join us in half an hour for a new program. america was never great for spending on the rape and murder. nothing changed so we said in . response to these situations that we're dealing with. people get shot every day she is just people kill each other blood through killing children. there was just no way that people were going to just sit back and allow children to be shot down law enforcement. this country doesn't work for us it doesn't function for us. this is can't be happening in america we call from the streets we've got to deal with life this is the reason i have to write like this is the reason. the whole existence to. put themselves on the line to get accepted or rej

r.t. international the sunday program with the top stories of the week today. the canadian government in its report called the shame has acknowledged a disturbing practice dating back to the postwar period when unmarried women were forced to give up their babies those babies with and given to married couples in a bid to promote to promote traditional families some women were even tricked into giving up their children we spoke to one of the victims this is they found out i was pregnant they mark my records baby for adoption. i was a fifteen year old girl pregnant i was pregnant on a sexual assault. and. there was no conversation about with me about how i got pregnant all they cared about was the fact that i was. pregnant and that i had a baby that they could. take. a healthy born haired blue eyed beautiful baby. you will forget the child go home get married and have other children or if not get a puppy. that is what i was told get up puppy. it was a very abusive in there. we were isolated from our mike i was isolated from my family is my community my sisters my

r.t. international all the latest headlines on the stories that have shaped the week but first facebook's upping the ante in his crusade against fake news it's gone on another banning spree in a bid to stamp out the phenomenon and thereby limit efforts to sway political opinion it explains. thanks for joining us milly playing with your latest news in the world of social media facebook and twitter have gotten rid of suspicious accounts schooling fakes and propaganda from iran the troll factories not only after the minds of the americans but users all over the world it's claimed to be run by iran's government media. not us at the by. some of them through. facebook already enables users to check if they've been exposed to russian bots and trolls how many trolls does it take to incite i've evolution scores of so-called russian bots took over twitter and facebook well this facebook slash twitter online police rate is an actual news story this week yeah you can take plenty of the earlier reports replace the word russia with iran and get pretty much identical stuff all right speaking of facebook

r.t. international the sunday program with the top stories of the week and off today and we do begin this hour with breaking news we understand a suicide bomber has killed three nato soldiers in afghanistan let's cross live right now to kabul to get the latest from local journalist sultan good to see you today what can you tell us the latest information you have leaves. on this is a real research show here at moscow not sure if you can hear me correctly just wondering if you could give us the latest lowdown the information on this suicide bombing that killed three nato soldiers. i apologize for the connection needs to be established further thanks for your patience. we will that line in just a moment here on the program for the meantime though the canadian government in its report called the shame is ours has acknowledged a disturbing practice dating back to the postwar period when unmarried women were forced to give up their babies and those babies with and given to married couples in a bid to promote traditional families some women as we understand what even tricked into giving up their

r.t. international live from r.t. h.q. moscow has just turned nine in the morning so to those headlines in more detail first the syrian army is gearing up for an offensive on the last major rebel stronghold lip the battle for the own clave marks the final stage of the syrian war if the assad forces manage to retake it it'll bring almost the entire country back under government control however the head of the campaign the western media's been doubling down on its narrative against damascus with some saying that assad forces certain to inflict heavy civilian casualties the same outlets though fail to mention the own claims under the control of jihadi groups accused of war crimes are trying to report. these yagur a few of the syrian civil war has strong it's now pretty much about this part of the country the northwest basically here in and around it is where you'll find all the armed rebel groups the ones still putting up a real fight no wonder getting hold of this area would be the ultimate success for damascus five days aft

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r.t. international now our top story this hour more than one hundred cars have been set ablaze across weeden three weeks ahead of the september elections it's believed the fire bombings were coordinated. takes a look at the time of the arson attacks and how they are staking tensions ahead of the electoral race. it's not even dark people look out their windows and see this. the first train of thought the locals are just completely baffled and can't squeeze out a word a few moments later they erupt in sheer fury and they scream. thinks . their next thought is it even safe to leave their homes now the hooded thugs smash up and burn mostly cars they know what they're doing they know how to do it the our team in the last few days there were almost identical scenes everywhere you see a flame i can swedish media say at least about one hundred cars are now burnt out pieces of metal police have made a number of arrests but basically the country still in the dark about who's behind the menace was overthrown for it. you can think. it through there. in about three weeks swedes will be voting for their n

r.t. international for all of us here welcome to your new years. the syrian government says it is ready to recapture the last major rebel stronghold in the country. damascus has been deploying additional forces are. still willing to pursue a course of reconciliation however. by the key militant group controlling the area . the group's chief has warned other factions from taking part in any talks with damascus. meanwhile the russian defense ministry has warned that. preparing a provocation moscow says it has intelligence that jihadists are intending to stage a chemical attack and lay the blame on the assad government. a strike on. using poor. isn't laden missiles is planned within the next forty eight hours that some players outside the region are preparing yet more provocations on syrian soil involving chemical weapons with the aim of destabilizing the situation there and undermining the positive dynamics of the ongoing peace process. more the missive warns that it's the white helmets pro rebel group that will be there first with cameras and tweets

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r.t. international smalling so first than the first batch of the most recent us sanctions against russia come into force today they focus on exports of sensitive national goods including arms sales and then in a further three months moscow may face a second wave of restrictions described by a us state department official as more draconian they may include more limits on trade and banking and cuts to diplomatic relations the measures of the consideration may also ban russian state airlines from entering the u.s.'s. ace washington says the new sanctions are in response to the poisoning of a russian double agent and his daughter in britain in march this year the investigation into that case is still ongoing and no hard evidence of russia's involvement has been provided moscow's slander sanctions now is slow witted saying they're based on a false pretext as usual washington provided no evidence of justification while only throwing out vicious innuendos it seems they are following the principle worse is better we will counter the united states slow witted blinkered and aggressive approach with sob

r.t. international top story and unacceptable that's how the kremlin described the latest u.s.sanctions on russia imposed over the poisoning of double agents and his daughter in the u.k. back in march when spokes person to me said it was too early to discuss countermeasures russia had not yet received any official confirmation my colleague. ali earlier discussed new sanctions with artie's and he said. the united states. two thousand and eighteen determined that the government of the russian federation has used chemical biological weapons against its own nationals despite any new evidence coming to light the us wants to impose sanctions on russia and this is in regards to the form of poisoning of form of double agent sake a script and his daughter back in march now the sanctions will be implemented and two sets the fish sets will ban licenses for the export of sensitive national security goods to russia including electronic items and these kind of exports have been previously allowed on a case by case basis the second round of sanctions though will be more severe this will be th