turkey though supports some rebel groups and says the fighting is putting its troops in danger so vasant has more now from the talks in zukowski just outside moscow. it was an unusual venue for the hastily organized high level meeting before the situation in syria it liberal of the could be discussed turkish president ratchet type add a one treated to a show of russia's latest abilities. and russian ice cream then they discuss the issue of the turkish president really travel to moscow for the escalating violence and calling it a humanitarian tragedy one came to ask let me put in to rein in syrian forces but put in there not make any promises to raise the. terrorist continue to show russian positions and syrian forces they try to attack russian bases we hope that the deescalation zone will be a refuge for the rebels and should not be a platform to make attacks we discuss joint measures to neutralize terrorist hotbeds and and to normalize the situation in this region and in syria as a whole. angered by an attack on a turkish convoy in northern syria earlier this month and the surrounding o

american reaction in just a few moments 1st so let's go to moscow our correspondent there is step vasant step this is ringing all the alarm bells isn't it take us through the chronology what happened the incident was on thursday august the 8th what happened there after. yes a mysterious explosion happened on a thursday last week at a testing site for the navy offshore testing site the ministry of defense then came out saying that 2 people got killed and there was no radiation whatsoever just a few hours later local authorities where this happened said there was a spike a friday ation 2 hours there was a high concentration of radiation but then it went down to the normal levels very shortly after that the authorities also announced that the bay of the white sea in that area was closed off for shipping for a whole month already raising a lot of suspicion but nothing officially announced about why disperse happening on saturday only then it became known that 5 scientists who were working on this this missile test actually had died and the day after that it was clear that a small nuclear pow

authorities barred opposition candidates from running in september's city elections more off from step vasant in moscow. on what is certainly going to rope people here in moscow thinking this is a story this is america that was not a c 3 piece suite this is the communist party 2nd largest party in russia fair election but there clearly was not supporting the opposition candidate. the same election and this is where all these protests all these weeks i've been about personally the communist party is begging for one process the feeling this must go elections while the americans and the russians interfering in their election no matter where they have been shouting for too yes the to interfere in their elections but there's still no evidence and as you watch the orchestration this process this is unacceptable on monday a special session of the state to my counsel will be how do you mean i do your request by the opposition candidates who are far from these elections this race and they have been receiving. a fine hotel in ukraine has killed 8 people at least 10 others were injured some of them crit

rallied for the 4th consecutive weekend and are calling for free and fair local elections next month vasant brings us the latest from moscow. an endless stream of people coming to the protest here in the center of moscow it's the 4th we can't in the road. see in these kinds of protests and it's turned out that the government was definitely not expecting despite the weather conditions a lot of people are going to be here to show they're angry it's not about the election here in moscow and you longer because that's how it started opposition candidates are banned from running this is about the crackdown the repression that the authorities basically committed. the protests have started thousands have been detained and some people are facing very serious criminal charges and years in prison for what human rights organizations call just peaceful protest so people are really fired up and that's why they're here to show to the government that they are have a right to protest and. vote the political regressions. people the young people who are in prison now for nothing. government against its own pe

and is now has now come under threat so there's a lack of detail for sure all right folks thanks vasant let's go over now to burn the smithies live for us in an attack here near the turkey syria border so take us through bernard some of the challenges the real challenges that turkey faces right now in places like live. turkey's got a dozen observation post samim what is supposed to be a deescalation zone but there's been fighting going on the forces are trying to regain territory as they push further and further towards this last rebel stronghold there is one observation post that is now marooned inside what is now inside syrian regime controlled territory territory they took back last week and there are other observation posts that are very close to where there is fighting going on at the moment so earlier ones dash to moscow was effectively was partly to make sure that turkish troops remain safe in these observation posts and weren't threatened by the syrians. and that was one of the things he was asking valid putin for was to make sure that turkish troops remain safe but a longer ter

energy for remote communities greenpeace activists warn it could become another shuttle on ice step vasant reports from moscow. a nuclear power plant sailing decease russia says it's one of the safest and cleanest ways to provide energy to remote areas the academic north of combines both the technology of a nuclear powered icebreaker and that of a land based nuclear plant it took 10 years to design and build the power plant will be told by 3 boats for more months to the region of 2 caught 5000 kilometers away on a journey that could take up to 6 weeks depending on the ice the 2 reactor unit is one of the key projects of president putin so-called northern sea route a faster sea connection between europe and asia. which has become accessible due to a melting arctic despite safety concerns russia's nuclear agency sas has very little chance of a nuclear accident the nuclear station is very solid and is not vulnerable in case a tsunami or another disaster happens tests have shown that chances of a gigantic asteroid destroying the earth in the future is twice as high as internal damage to this r

for the 4th consecutive weekend and they're calling for free and fair local elections next month vasant joins us now live from moscow looks like you're in the middle of the unofficial protest is that where you are right now. yes that's correct. basically wiping this free part of the center of completely off anyone basically not only protesters but people who are shopping everyone on the streets is sort of swiped away from this post back to another area of the central mosque. as you said many have been detained over the process already no clear figure. tens of people have been detained i've seen being people being left and right everywhere basically it seems less aggressive than it has been in the past couple of weeks when. hundreds were detained more than a 1000 at one particular saturday the police have maybe changed the strike lightly but as we're seeing now we're clearing clearing the streets here of anyone they think could be protesting but honestly we can't see any protests here around us and these are people who are shopping people who are on holiday in moscow and if i turn around

vasant set this is in the law making story last year because there's no certainties there as to what exactly happened and what the. well it's a very good question martin what exactly happened i think nobody knows for sure at the moment at least not the public knows this because since thursday when this mysterious explosion took place at this test site offshore in the area of congo's there have been conflicting reports about what actually happened 1st there were 2 that there was no radiation then suddenly there was ready ation but it was only very brief and then when the way again then suddenly the white see a bay in the white sea was closed off from shipping but suddenly there were 5 scientists who are confirmed that during the accident and also there was this confirmation that a small nuclear powered engine had exploded there was also a lot of confusion about an evacuation order that has already been denied by the governor in that same area so there's a lot of questions and a lot of contradictions which actually leads of course to a more suspicion and people here of course still rem

demonstration against a ban on some opposition candidates running in upcoming local elections set vasant has more now from moscow. well this can be seen as a new phase in this immense crackdown that's been going on against the protest movement who has been taken to the streets in the last couple of weeks and will take to the streets again on saturday the foreign ministry now believes the united states embassy of inviting people to these protests by of the united states embassy sas that they just have put on a warning on their website telling people to avoid the area but this is all seen in the light of a new narrative which is building up here by the government making people clear that this is a foreign intervention this is not russian thing it doesn't show that russians are unhappy but it's foreign countries who are interfering in russian politics right now in the same light at the state duma has called for an emergency session discussing what they call election interference by 3 organizations foreign organizations and also the german channel deutsche welle has been blamed for supportin

has made a serious mistake by leaving the agreement step vasant has more now from moscow. russia's deputy foreign minister ripped off made it very clear that the risk of a nuclear arms race between the united states and russia has increased significantly now that 3 t.d. intermediate nuclear forces treaty signed in 1987 is that and he blamed completely and fully the united states for this he said the united states has deliberately killed this treaty and put all the blame on russia he says it's true russia owns a missile the $9.00 and $7.00 to $9.00 missile but we never tasso this beyond the 500 kilometers range so basically he can't we can't be blamed for violating the treaty he also said that it is clear that the united states has other options that he and the united states has a lot of strategy basically aiming at a.z. and that's why the treaty had to be. terminated he said that one of the reasons is but for example that the nuclear arms race in asia could increase russia said that if the united states puts a new missile in asia that it will consider and look at the situa

to make an emergency landing in a cornfield moscow's airport after striking a flock of birds stuck vasant has more from moscow. flight 6 month 78 had just taken off from the airport in moscow when the emergency happened the overall airlines early morning flight from moscow to simferopol in crimea hit a flock of seagulls birds were sucked into both and this able in them as the pilots of the airbus a $321.00 lost power and height they had no choice but to glide towards a crash landing. the airliner came down in a cornfield a kilometer from the runway the pilot gave instructions to passengers how to evacuate. the 233 passengers and crew on board a ski shaken but all a life. like you that will end it in the field good for be to be had landed somewhere else the flight attendants immediately opened to militancy exits and inflated their locations light and everyone started helping each other many were running away barefoot but everyone is alive tens of passengers needed hospital treatment some are badly bruised 121 year old suffered a head injury although its fuel tanks were full there was no fi

exclusion of some candidates from next month's local elections more than 200 people were arrested step vasant was there. this huge turnout shows that the government's crackdown is not working despite massive arrest in the past weeks more people have gathered to demand an end to police violence and asked those detained to be released what started as a local election protest has turned now into a broader movement and curators childer term kurd for. the fish is no government against its own people alexander salafi of is the only opposition candidate who tried to run in the moscow election who is not in detention at least not at the moment before the rally we could only meet him at a public square because he's avoiding arrest by not going home he had been detained for 8 days after the previous protest over the authoritarian regimes so while it's just because of their actions like this because they do everything vice versa they suppress a crackdown and they try to stop the spread of information they stop they try to stop something inevitable something that you cannot stop a big victory to stop tim

weeks the robots will work alongside russian crew members on the international space station step vasant has warned moscow's plans to claim the lead in the space race. he has the looks and most of a science fiction movie star if you're a can do push ups drive a car and pick up small objects but the human like robot has a serious task ahead of him for the next 16 days he will be working in space as a cross monarch crewmember 1st under human guidance but his creators hope eventually independently. aiming for him to be able to prepare the cosmonauts work in space so the customer not only needs to spend one and a half hours outside instead of tell robert will clean up afterwards to this is how he helps the customer not in decreased his time and is now on oxygen environment which is potentially dangerous the project was nearly lost in 2017 after futile was put trade shooting 2 guns loaded foreign partners stop sending components as a result and russian scientists were forced to complete the robot on their own evgeny due to office at the birth of your ancestor is nothing to fear. but we wanted

has made a serious mistake let's go live now to our correspondent set vasant she's there in moscow so what else did the russian deputy minister have to say well he made it very clear that the risk of a new nuclear arms race has now risen significantly basically what happened is that in the 1987 this new nuclear arms agreement the intermediate range made an end to the called war it was signed then by ronald reagan and gorbachev but now with this u.s. complains that russia has violated that agreement the griminess basically that russia and ripped off has stressed again that russia has nothing to blame he blames completely the united states for what happened and for the loss of this very significant that historic treatment he says russia has this very well known the missile in 97 to 9 that everyone has been talking about which has according to the united states and europe violated to treaty but he says it's not true we never tacet this missile beyond the 500 kilometers boundary which would have violated the treaty otherwise severson live in moscow thank you. the turkey says it's met u.s.

ice step vasant reports from moscow. a nuclear power plant sailing decease russia says it's one of the safest and cleanest ways to provide energy to remote areas the academic luminosity of combines both the technology of a nuclear powered icebreaker and that of a land based nuclear plant it took 10 years to design and build the power plant will be towed by 3 boats for more months to the region of 2 caught 5000 kilometers away on a journey that could take up to 6 weeks depending on the ice the 2 reactor unit is one of the key projects of president put in so-called northern sea route a fast the sea connection between europe and asia which has become accessible due to a melting arctic despite safety concerns russia's nuclear agency sas there's very little chance of a nuclear accident the nuclear station is very solid and is not vulnerable in case a tsunami or another disaster. ins tests have shown that chances of a gigantic asteroid destroying the earth in the future is twice as high as internal damage to this reactor but g

make an emergency landing in a cornfield in moscow's airport after striking a flock of birds step vasant has the story from moscow. flight 6178 had just taken off from airport in moscow when the emergency happened the overall airline's early morning flight from moscow to sim for opel in crimea hit a flock of seagulls birds were sucked into both engines this able in them as the pilots of the airbus a $321.00 lost power and height they had no choice but to glide towards a crash landing. the airliner came down in a cornfield a kilometer from the runway the pilot gave instructions to passengers how to evacuate. the 233 passengers and crew on board a ski shaken but all a life. that will end it in the field good for beach we had landed somewhere else the flight attendants immediately opened to militancy exits and inflated their locations light and everyone started helping each other many were running away barefoot but everyone is alive tens of passengers needed hospital treatment some are badly bruised 121 year old software the had injury although its fuel tanks were full there was no fire dur

treaty which they withdrew from earlier this month step vasant has more now from moscow. deputy foreign minister said that the really regret that this test has taken place and also that it shows that the united states has been preparing for this end of the i.n.f. treaty for a long time so as we know of course this treaty ended there and collapsed earlier this month but also farrah's that he doesn't want to be drawn into an arms race with the united states and they won't put any more missiles anywhere as long as the united states is not doing the same thing this is all very interesting to hear because it all comes in the light of this very suspicious and mysterious accident that happened during a test of a particular weapon that has not been disclosed which happened on august 8th. more from london very shortly now back to sami thanks so much mary and now pakistan says it will take its dispute with india over the status of indian administrate kashmir to the international court of justice the move comes after india's parliament voted to revoke the autonomy of the region 2 we

overburden smith standing by for us in the un talk here on the turkish syrian border but 1st a step vasant who's injured koskie where putin and others who and have been meeting so let's start with the 1st obvious questions that did that to reach any understanding over at lip. well that's a very good question as you say that new measures have now been announced to put in calls neutralize the terrorists and make sure that is and to the violence but there is no detail at all about what these new measures are going to entail in april a few months ago both leaders had a similar kind of meeting and then they sort of decided to have joint patrols which never happened but now this time around obviously and that's also something that really is sticking out there's no detail about these new measures what exactly the both countries can do together earlier on of course has hastily travel to moscow after this phone call he had with putin on friday describing the situation as a humanitarian disaster and a threat to turkish national security he wants to put in to rein in the syrian forces turkish troops

been given for this the facility is used to test ballistic missiles used by nuclear submarines step vasant has more from moscow. only 5 days after this mysterious explosion in the north of russia in the area of our congleton we now know that the weather agency has measured radiation levels up to 16 times higher than normal in the city of sanford since where exactly this testing nearby took place the highest measurement was actually at a kindergarten so of course there's a lot of suspicion and also conspiracy theories going on here in russia about what exactly has happened the government has been very tight lipped the only thing that we heard from the vice presidential spokesman was that people should just trust the information that's been conveyed to them by the russian authorities and also about these ready ation levels he said that all the state agencies are working to make sure that the people are safe but of course a lot of people still remember what happened in chernobyl in 1986 there was of course a different scale of radiation there but also then there was an information blackout an

reported the plane hit a flock of birds shortly after takeoff which then disrupted its engines step vasant raises the details. flight 6178 had just taken off from airport in moscow when the emergency happened the overall airlines early morning flights from moscow to simferopol in crimea had a flock of seagulls were sucked into both engines this. as the pilots of the airbus a $321.00 lost power and height they had no choice but to glide towards a crash landing. the airliner came down in a cornfield a kilometer from the runway the pilot gave instructions to passengers how to evacuate every day of. the $233.00 passengers and crew on board a ski shaken but all a life in the worst of it is a reality that will end it in the field good for beach we had landed somewhere else the flight attendants immediately opened to notice the exits and inflated there were patients light and everyone started helping each other many were running away baffled but everyone has a lot of. tens of passengers needed hospital treatment some are badly bruised 121 year old suffered a head injury although its fuel tanks we

syria turkey those supports rebel groups and says the fighting is putting its troops in danger step vasant has more from zukowski where the talks were held. it was an unusual venue for the hastily organized high level meeting before the situation in syria's province could be discussed turkish president ratchet type add a one was treated to a show of russia's latest abilities. and russian ice cream then they discuss the issue to turkish president really travel to moscow for the escalating violence in italy calling it a humanitarian tragedy one came to ask bloody may put in to rein in syrian forces but put in the not made any promises to raise the. terrorist continue to shell russian positions and syrian forces they try to attack russian bases we hope that the deescalation zone will be a refuge for the rebels and should not be a platform to make attacks we discuss joint measures to neutralize terrorist hotbeds an adlib and to normalize the situation in this region and in syria as a whole. angered by an attack on a turkish convoy in northern syria earlier this month and the surrounding of one

elections in moscow it's concerned that foreign meddling has been encouraging all the rise rallies step vasant reports from moscow. protest on the streets of moscow 6 weeks in a row pradhan up to up and to the russian parliament summer recess. held an emergency session and set up an investigative commission. yet. i'm sure that we must investigate financing from abroad that leads to interference in russia's internal politics we must look at the activities of some diplomats who are based on russian territory maybe i'm getting ahead of myself but i promise you we will have interesting findings. the protests started in july after several opposition candidates were barred from running in local elections in moscow election official said signatures they needed to collect were false normally these local elections don't attract a lot of attention but banning the opposition from taking part motivated tens of thousands to protest police have arrested thousands of protesters and some say they were beaten and now face serious criminal charges this is. many more to take part to observe as it may sound all t