save if he said yes now we knew that he was yuri gagarin back down with a cold. there was a red carpet rolled out on the airfield of a moscow airport on april fourteenth nine hundred sixty one in ceremonial steps major got in march toward soviet leader nikita khrushchev without noticing that issue aces had come undone still he made his official report. or it. comrade first secretary of the communist policy of the soviet union it is my pleasure trip though to you. the world's first space flight to both of those stuck spaceship anded on the twelfth of april nine hundred sixty one. ship systems and equipment has been working like clockwork without fail on an excellent healthy and ready to fulfill any new assignments. and government. major garrett. in one thousand nine hundred sixty eight. deaths spread around the country almost as fast as news of his spaceflight seven years prior that was despite the fact the d.n.a. been long delayed and was couched in very terse phrasing. the commission to investigate the cause of the tragedy was already in full swing. we were prov

yuri gagarin. this is a table from the u.s. embassy in colombo they talk about here an apparent june seventh incident of extrajudicial executions the military according to the press that on that day that killed nine guerrillas in combat with desecration by instructs young criminal and their strongly suggest however that the nine were executed by the army and then dressed in military fatigues. to. explain how you know this kind of phenomenon where bodies are dressed up as guerrillas and presented as killed in action and this and this the idea that you need to produce bodies actually encouraged paramilitary collaboration this is a cia document central intelligence agency they knew about these activities they knew they were happening they knew about links to paramilitary groups and yet u.s. aid continue to flow out. the. welcome back to spotlight and i'm just a reminder that my guest on the show today is. the french finance minister in. your own countries continue to feel the effects of the global creative grind greece is debt cri

yuri gagarin. this is a cable from the u.s. embassy in colombo to talk about here an apparent june seventh incident of extrajudicial executions the military according to the press that on that day that killed nine to release him from the best edition by instructs you including you know. strongly suggest however that the nine were executed by the army and then dressed in military fatigues. it's easy. to explain how you know this kind of phenomenon where bodies are dressed up as guerrillas and presented as killed in action and this and this idea that you need to produce these actually encouraged paramilitary collaboration this is a cia document central intelligence agency they knew about these activities they knew they were happening they knew about links to paramilitary groups and yet usaid continued to. the. party's top stories no christmas break in the u.s. senate until the nuclear cuts treaty is ratified and democrats wrestle to harness republican support for one of president obama's most crucial foreign policy deals. and the

now our team looks at how it all began and what our special report about the first man in space yuri gagarin later today. chosen from among many. he was given a clear cut mission. the mission he successfully accomplished. became the first ever man in outer space. hero of the soviet union one of the best known persons in the whole world. all his thoughts were focused on flight to could he ever think that his life's work would cost him his life. what happened in those few seconds. and what sequence these sealed barrels still hold. keurig are in. place when our team. a moscow court has delayed the delivery of its verdict in the second trial. until the twenty seventh of december it had been due to be handed down on wednesday former eucharist tycoon already serving an eight year prison term for tax evasion and fraud and embezzlement has also been charged with stealing millions of tons of oil if found guilty stay behind bars until twenty seventeen if the court clears how to prosecute the charges he will walk free in less than a year called a political case but the russian authorities insist it's a

few months now or looks at how it all began what our special report about the first man in space yuri gagarin just over an hour stand here on r.t. . chosen from among many. he was given a clear cut mission. a mission he successfully accomplished. and became the first ever man in outer space. hero of the soviet union one of the best known persons in the world. all his thoughts were focused on flights to could he ever think that his life's work would cost him his life. what happened in those few seconds. and what sequence these sealed barrels still hold. keurig are in. place when our team. and slovakia the most recent country to convert to the euro is having a rethink about whether it should stick with it the country's parliament says there are needs to be a plan b. in case of european currency crisis worsens richard solich added that slovakia may have to return to its national currency to protect its economy countries that have been doing fine so far and having trouble they help bail out their indebted neighbors analysis at the institute of the konami social studies you are a carpet says slova

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that's coming up a little later this hour with our special report about the first man in space yuri gagarin and that report be coming away at nine pm g.m.t. time stay with us for that here on r.t. . chosen from among many. he was given a clear cut mission. a mission he successfully accomplished. became the first ever again. one of the best known persons in the. talks were focused on flight. could he ever think that his life's work would cost him his life. what happened in those few seconds. and what secrets sealed barrels still. curing the current. use continues now here in r.t. the european trade union confederation is holding a day of action across the continent against sweeping new austerity measures a fresh national strike has already paralyzed greece meanwhile the leading credit rating agency has warned it may downgrade spanish bonds citing heavy debt refinancing and banking problems and in scope it's an athens based journalist and a syria who is in spain explain to my colleague what's caused the anger. today strike is the seventh general strike this year following tough reforms needed

looks back at how it all began you can watch our special report about the first man in space yuri gagarin in just over ten minutes time. chosen from among many. he was given a clear cut mission. a mission he successfully accomplished. and became the first ever man in outer space. hero of the soviet union one of the best known persons in the whole world. all his thoughts were focused on flights to could he ever think that his life's work would cost him his life. what happened in those few seconds. and what secrets these sealed barrels still hold. keurig are in. place. well russia or is hosting separate talks with the north and south korean representatives resuming the six party negotiations over tensions on the korean peninsula moscow is one of the most vocal advocates for a peaceful solution to the current crisis on tuesday foreign minister sort of a laugh it off and his north korean counterpart agreed that the turmoil must be resolved through diplomatic means only john yang also welcomed china's proposal to hold a meeting between the heads of delegation to the six party talks leonid put