and moscow's best friend in europe. he praises vladimir putin, he criticises eu sanctions on russia thatis he criticises eu sanctions on russia that is partly because he and putin have two things limit one thing in common. both are suspicious of western liberalism. for russia, this meeting of minds presents opportunities. this man is an ex soviet diplomat with connections at the heart of russian government. he heads the soviet era development bank that has just relocated from moscow to budapest. for russia, it isa moscow to budapest. for russia, it is a foothold in europe. the bank is totally apolitical. we never do anything politically motivated. five eu countries are members but russia is by far the largest shareholder. and until recently, the bank was listed as an official organ of the russian state. critics of your bank call it vladimir putin's trojan horse or the kgb bank. in other words, the suspicion is...|j horse or the kgb bank. in other words, the suspicion is... i am a spy words, the suspicion is... i am a sp

and moscow's best friend in europe. he praises vladimir putin, he criticises eu sanctions on russia that is partly because he and putin have one thing in common. both are suspicious of western liberalism. for russia, this meeting of minds presents opportunities. this man is an ex—soviet diplomat with connections at the heart of russian government. he heads a soviet era development bank that has just relocated from moscow to budapest. for russia, it is a foothold in europe. the bank is totally apolitical. we never do anything politically motivated. five eu countries are members but russia is by far the largest shareholder. and until recently, the bank was listed as an official organ of the russian state. critics of your bank call it "vladimir putin's trojan horse" or the "kgb bank". in other words, the suspicion is... i am a spy, they also say. the suspicion is is it is tool of moscow to spread spies and agents across europe. is there any truth in that? absolutely not. it is all allegations, and even though they repeat

moscow — it is a city that oozes empire. from the skyscrapers ofjoseph stalin, to the residence of the czars. the message is unmistakable — this is a country with ambition. throughout its history, russia has had an unswerving belief in its own greatness. you can feel that inside the kremlin. this is stunning. look at this. this says power, omnipotence. this says empire. russia was built as an empire, russia has existed as an empire because the essence is we are great, we have to have areas of influence and we have to have buffer states between ourselves and the outside world. so this is an empire. but in 1989, the buffer states broke free. people power swept away the iron curtain, and with it moscow's domination of eastern europe. what had come to be known as the soviet empire was tearing at the seams. viewed from moscow, these events were earth—shattering. in 1989, i was a student in moscow, i was studying russian here and i can remember that every night i would sit down to watch the television news and what i saw, what

reason., part of the they court moscow is to incite the u.s. to compete with moscow. if the fear is the u.s. is losing interest in the region, the region knows the u.s. is interested in russia, is concerned about russia, therefore flirting with russia, if that helps keep the u.s. interested, that is a good reason to do so. of course, our adversaries such as iran and syria, they may not like the fact that moscow is working with israel, saudi arabia, etc., but they don't have much choice. where are they going to go? moscow is not worried about being liked. it is worried about if it has leverage. now, what is interesting is that so, essentially moscow competed with middle east oil producers. they would not abide by opec production limits. what we have seen is since 2016 in particular, saudi arabia working together in the opec plus format to affect oil prices. this is really something that's unprecedented. some observers feel now saudi-russian cooperation is more important than opec. saudi arabia and russia make the decisions and opec ratifies them . this is an amazing ac

moscow has had historically close ties to the kurds but i think that trust for moscow among the kurds is probably not too high after all last year basically russia gave the go the go ahead to turkey to launch airstrikes in the afrin region which was kurdish controlled at the time and that really kind of was a blow to trust among kurds there were even some protests kind of against that action and against against moscow's reaction to what was happening but the statement that we've seen now has been rather neutral no mention of the kurds there the kremlin put out a statement just before the operation the military operation was launched saying that president putin and president everyone had had a telephone call that everyone had actually called putin and that putin had warned and kind of cautioned airto on to not do anything that could throw the peace process in syria off course and to kind of be careful with their actions there in syria they've been really pushing for peace on the ground civil be watching very closely and experts here the even saying that moscow will be pushing for turke

they cannot rely on moscow with them and their adversaries and moscow has demonstrated that it's plain, not going to do that. despite saudi and russian cooperation in the oil spiel, and the oil production combined with the possible increasing worldwide demand with petroleum due to the rise of petroleum may limit the value of this. i think the one thing that the saudis or the russians and other producers would like as higher prices, certainly u.s. shale has meant that there seems to be a ceiling on how far this can go, any this has, for an economy like saudi arabia or russia which is so highly dependent on oil revenues, this is a real limitation. in other words, that their cooperation in the sphere isn't out of being in a position of dominance. it's sort of that they're both in a weakened condition, and just as, you know, what we saw was that at the end of the cold war moscow's influence in the middle east retreated and that influence didn't retreat because of any soviet failure in the middle east and it retreated because of moscow's problems elsewhere and obviously, the collapse of com

moscow denies it is a threat. the baltic has become one of the front lines of what feels like a new cold war between rand the west. to moscow, the presence of nato troops near its border is a direct threat to russia's national security. perhaps the cold war never really ended. t how does modern russia see itself, as an empire, aorlobal player superpower? this is my chance tosk the president. i putin, is russia is superpower again? >> we are not speaking -- not seeking this status. aw when the sovietni imposed its power on its neighbors. but some in the west have n learned from that experience. they are making the same mistake. they are the empires. >> it's one of the lessons of 1989, that it is easier to destroy and iron curtain and it is to build trt between russia and the west. steve rosenbergbbc news, moscow. laura: russia looks back to past glories. remember you can find much more and all the days news atur websit i'm laura trevelyan. thank you so much for watching bbc world news america. announcer: funding fo

africa summit how important is this a to moscow. well quite important to me i think russian participants of this summit in sochi have been talking about cooperation in almost every possible field from oil and gas to steel production agriculture energy mining as well as yeah education and even signs a stream of deals up for discussion among them a deal said to be able to nuclear power plants for example deals on defense and security equipment tourism agrium agreements industrial zones one of the key sectors for russia is nuclear technology russia has found a nice for itself in sailing it to developing countries like egypt and nigeria is the o.p.o. or for example around these countries among those in the market for russian built nuclear power plants of course russia's economic more involvement in africa is quite worth of by china but moscow doesn't really see china as a rival but rather as a partner assuming that africa is big enough and open to both russia and china. ok so isaac some of africa's most influential leaders have gathered

our moscow correspondent steve rosenberg reports. steve: moscow is a city that loses empire. bufor centuries, russia h had an unswerving belief that it is great, and that great powers must have influeuee. yocan feel that ithe kremlin. look at this. enceays power, omnipotthis says. that's why fora, 1989 was sosius r traumatic. 30 years ago, people power swept away the iron cuain, and with it' moscow's domination of eastern europe, russia's empire. >> today's russia wants to forget about 1989. it was a period of backtracking, surrenr, defeat. >> aoss eastern europe are ghostsf o the fallen empire, shards of a former superpower. soviet army bases lie abandoned. is o is near bern. moscow had 800 military garrisons in east germany alone. when the berlin wall fell, i withdrew its troops. he was t commander in the last russian soldier to leave germany. >> when we left, politicia in the west cried from the rooftops that nato wouldn'take a single step to the east. but today, nato hasn't only reached our borders, it has come right o our fence, to our gate. >> but 30 years on, it is rus

ever russia africa summit how important is this a to moscow. well quite important to me i think russian participants of this summit in sochi have been talking about cooperation in almost every possible field from oil and gas to steel production agriculture energy mining as well as yeah education and even signs of deals opt for discussion among them a deal said to be able to nuclear power plants for example deals on defense and security equipment tourism agrium agreements industrial zones one of the key sectors for russia is nuclear technology here russia has found a nice for itself in sailing it to developing countries like egypt energy ria is the o.p.o. or for example around these countries among those in the market for russian builds nuclear power plants of course russia's economic more involvement in africa is quite worth of by china but moscow doesn't really see china as a rival but rather as a partner as you've been called it off because big enough. and open to both russia and china. ok so isaac some of africa's most influential leaders ha

moscow's best friend in europe. why is hungary's viktor orban turning towards russia 7 this was a celebration by people who were relishing their freedom. they believe everything's going to be different from now on. they think their country will be respected in the world once more as it used to be before slobodan milosevic took power. this the dalai lama, the exiled spiritual leader of tibet, has won this year's nobel peace prize. as the parade was reaching its climax, two grenades exploded and a group of soldiers jumped from a military truck taking part in the parade, and ran towards the president, firing from kalashnikov automatic rifles. after 437 years, the skeleton ribs of henry viii's tragic warship emerged. but, even as divers worked to buoy her up, the mary rose went through another heart—stopping drama. i want to be the people's governor. i want to represent everybody. i believe in the people of california. you're watching the briefing. our headlines: the british prime minister boris johnson is due to meet

that moscow was planning something bigger after all. the construction work had been running at full speed since august when khrushchev had finally given the green light for a manned moon mission. soviet cosmonauts would be working around the clock from then on. move it to me see if we had 24 hour shifts sometimes we couldn't go home for several weeks but we slept at work on the tables not covered with a fur jacket and with a cap under our heads. but you know being used by law after the birth of my 1st child i couldn't pick my wife up from the hospital because i had to work. there. we had to make a lot of sacrifices you know. but i still look back on this time as the happiest time of my life. well you through. the kremlin had decreed that carl yoffe would deliver the new n one moon rocket by 1966 but everyone knew that was just an illusion. in fact there is much to suggest that the race to the moon had been lost before it had even begun. not only because the americans were 3 years ahead. but also because of valentino. the gifted engineer

but moscow does spot opportunities here. this is a diplomat with connections at the heart of russian government. he heads a development bank that has just relocated from moscow to budapest. critics of your bank call it vladimir putin's trojan horse. it is a tool for moscow to spread spies and agents across europe. is there any truth in it? absolutely not. it is all allegations and even though they are repeated hundreds of times already, they have nothing to do with reality. can you understand where this suspicion comes from? you yourself are from a family of soviet spies. which anyone can see. your father was the head of the kgb in budapest. in budapest. that is why i started to like the city many years ago. your mother was a famous soviet agent. that is exaggeration. my mother worked in the department of the kgb, but she retired back in 1953. when the iron curtain was torn down, hungary turned away from moscow. but relationships are being rebuilt. it is not a repeat of the past, but it does give russia an ally and influence

that this was a huge victory for damascus and moscow as it allowed them to start calling the shots in a part of syria that had been out of their reach since the start of the civil war 80 years ago. but it also raises fears of a nightmare scenario a clash between syrian and turkish troops. and analysts say the wider implications of the situation are also worrying it to strengthen the hands not just of the acid regime and russia but also of another us at 1st 3 iran and left a vacuum at the heart of one of the longest running complex in the middle east. for more on the story we can go to our correspondent yury rich chateau he joins us from moscow hi yuri what can we expect from this meeting of presidents everyone and putin. well like turkey russia is directly involved in military activities in syria both countries have troops and heavy weapons on the ground we saw it in the report putin and. like to stress that they are very close partners but the thing is that russia has completely different interests in syria to turkey moscow supports president assad uncorrupt wants us not to go moscow

that this was a huge victory for damascus and moscow as it allowed them to start calling the shots in a part of syria that had been out of their reach since the start of the civil war 80 years ago. but it also raises fears of a nightmare scenario a clash between syrian and turkish troops. and analysts say the wider implications of the situation are also worrying it to strengthen the hands not just of the acid regime and russia but also of another us at 1st 3 iran and left a vacuum at the heart of one of the longest running complex in the middle east. for more on the story we can go to our correspondent your ear chateau he joins us from moscow hi yuri what can we expect from this meeting of presidents everyone and putin. well like turkey russia is directly involved in military activities in syria both countries have troops and heavy weapons on the ground we saw the report. like to stress that they have very close partners but the thing is soo me that russia has completely different interests in syria to turkey moscow supports president assad uncorrupt wants us out to go moscow has supp

moscow denies it's a threat. the baltic has become one of the front lines of what feels like a new cold war between russia and the west. to moscow, the presence of nato troops near its border is a direct threat to russia's national security. bell tolls. perhaps the cold war never really ended. but how does a modern russia see itself? as an empire, a global player, or a superpower? this is my chance to ask the president. i asked vladimir putin, "is russia a superpower again?" translation: we are not seeking this status. we don't want to return to how it was when the soviet union imposed a way of life neighbours. but some of our partners in the west haven't learned from that sad experience. they are making the same mistakes. they are the empires. it is one of the lessons of 1989, that it's easier to destroy an iron curtain than it is to build trust between russia and the west. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. two american businessmen connected to president trump's personal lawyer, rudy giuliani, have been arreste

moscow denies it's a danger to nato or the baltic states. the baltic has become one of the front lines of what feels like a new cold war between russia and the west. to moscow, the presence of nato troops near its border is a direct threat to russia's national security. one complaint so often hear from russian officials security. one complaint so often hearfrom russian officials is security. one complaint so often hear from russian officials is that 30 years ago a promise was made by the west to moscow that nato would not enlarge and move closer to russia's borders and russia says the west deceived moscow. first of all, no such promise was made. but second, just the idea that washington or a big western allies should promise that to moscow is an idea based on a total wrong assumption that big countries can promise on the behalf of small countries. back in crimea, the kremlin has a different message for the public, that it's the west that's the threat and russia must defend itself. after the iron curtain fell, many people believe that russia

opened in 1957 baikonur cosmodrome was moscow's gateway to the stars. after the launch of several sputnik satellites and unmanned moon probes in the late 1950 s. the whole world assumed that the soviets would also be using baikonur to send cosmonauts to the moon. and. there were certainly concrete plans but nothing was leaked there were no official statements nothing to indicate the soviet union's plans hippest. all decisions on the space program were classified top secret including the moon program. that one day program much in fact if you browse the newspapers of this time you won't find anything not even iraq the plans for the unmanned probes were for their war north america. nowhere did it indicate we were working on moon projects. one of them. secrecy was the order of the day there were no preliminary briefings before the moon probes in 1959 nothing was to be revealed until the sensational mission was complete. sergei cuddle yoffe the father of the soviet union space triumphs had been wondering for some time how to approach a moon landing was. imag

that moscow was planning something bigger after all. in fact the construction work had been running at full speed since august when khrushchev had finally given the green light for a manned moon mission. soviet cost minot's would be working around the clock from then on. the movement to be misused we had 24 hour shifts sometimes we couldn't go home for several weeks but we slept at work on the tables covered with a fur jacket and with a cap under our heads. but. after the birth of my 1st child i couldn't pick my wife up from the hospital because i had to work. this thing. we had to make a lot of sacrifices you know. but i still look back on this time as the happiest time of my life. the kremlin had decreed that colonel ya would deliver the new n one moon rocket by 966 but everyone knew that was just an illusion. in fact there is much to suggest that the race to the moon had been lost before it had even begun. not only because the americans were 3 years ahead. but also because of valentino. the gifted engineer had worked for coral yard f

moscow denies it's a threat. the baltic has become one of the front lines of what feels like a new cold war between russia and the west. to moscow, the presence of nato troops near its border is a direct threat to russia's national security. bell tolls. perhaps the cold war never really ended. but how does a modern russia see itself? as an empire, a global player, or a superpower? this is my chance to ask the president. i asked vladimir putin, "is russia a superpower again?" translation: we are not seeking this status. we don't want to return to how it was when the soviet union imposed a way of life on neighbours. but some of our partners in the west haven't learned from that sad experience. they are making the same mistakes. they are the empires. it is one of the lessons of 1989, that it's easier to destroy an iron curtain than it is to build trust between russia and the west. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. football, and three of the home nations, scotland, wales and northern ireland, have all been in action

moscow denies it is a danger to nato or the baltic states. the baltic has become one of the front lines of what feels like a new cold war between russia and the west. to moscow, the presence of nato troops near its border is a direct threat to russia national security. one complaint i often hear from russian officials is that 30 yea rs from russian officials is that 30 years ago, the promise was made by the west to moscow that nato would not enlarge and move closer to a russia's borders. russia says the west deceived moscow. first of all, no such promise was made. secondly, just at the idea that big western allies shows promise not to moscow is an idea based on a totally wrong assumption that a big country is promise something on behalf of small countries. back in crimea, the kremlin has a different message for the the west that is the threat, and russia must defend itself. after the iron curtain fell, many people believe that russia and the west would chart a common course, but operation depends on trust, and that has ebbed away. that much a

opened in 1957 baikonur cosmodrome was moscow's gateway to the stars. after the launch of several sputnik satellites and unmanned moon probes in the late 1950 s. the whole world assumed that the soviets would also be using baikonur to send cosmonauts to the moon. there were certainly concrete plans but nothing was leaked there were no official statements nothing to indicate the soviet union's plans to step of. all decisions on the space program were classified top secret including the moon program. that one day program much in fact if you browse the newspapers of this time you won't find anything not even iraq the plans for the unmanned probes were for their war north america both of them out of nowhere did it indicate we were working on moon projects. for them. secrecy was the order of the day there were no preliminary briefings before the moon probes in 1959 nothing was to be revealed until the sensational mission was complete. sergei cuddle yoffe the father of the soviet union space triumphs had been wondering for some time how to approach a moon lan

now the russian capital moscow is of course a huge city and it's facing a huge garbage crisis there's very little recycling and waste sites are quite simply overflowing so the of origins had wanted to transport the problem to a so far unspoiled location more than a 1000 kilometers from moscow as i say that was the plan but in an unusual show of grassroots activism local residents are up in arms and the proposed garbage tip is an environmental disaster in the making. moscow with its $20000000.00 inhabitants is a rich metropolis responsible for a quarter of russia's gross domestic product. russia's capital both luxurious cars and restaurants catering for all tastes. on the flipside is this garbage a lot of garbage. most of it still ends up on dumps hardly any garbage is recycled . and therefore local authorities would like to use trains to transport the garbage here 1200 kilometers to the northeast she is a rail station a tiger a chance hunters found this construction site which came as a shock for local residents like on your check of. the plant but plan there is a 1st they said they w

opened in 1957 baikonur cosmodrome was moscow's gateway to the stars. after the launch of several sputnik satellites and unmanned moon probes in the late 1950 s. the whole world assumed that the soviets would also be using baikonur to send cosmonauts to the moon. there were certainly concrete plans but nothing was leaked there were no official statements nothing to indicate the soviet union's plans step of. all decisions on the space program were classified top secret including the moon program. or my program in fact if you browse the newspapers of this time you won't find anything not even iraq the plans for the unmanned probes were for their war nor america. nowhere did it indicate we were working on moon projects or the. morning of the. secrecy was the order of the day there were no preliminary briefings before the moon probes in 1959 nothing was to be revealed until the sensational mission was complete. sergei cuttle yoffe the father of the soviet union space triumphs had been wondering for some time how to approach a moon landing was. images from e

just 10 11 am here in moscow. good morning to 10 11 am here in moscow of a brand new week hello from the r.t. world news center it's kevin owen with you this half hour round up with a brand new week hello from the r.t. world news center is kevin 0 in with you this half hour round up we start in syria news from there president donald trump says the leader of the islamic state terror groups being killed start in syria news from there president donald trump says the leader of the islamic state terror groups being killed a u.s. military raid targeted abu bakr duddies compound in italy a province this raid a u.s. military raid targeted abu bakr daddy's compound in a province this video here now proportionally shows the site where he's been hiding out according to donald trump here now that would proport he shows the site where he's been hiding out according to donald trump the terror chief led down a tunnel with 3 of his children when u.s. special forces stopped the terror chief led down a tunnel with 3 of his children

we've a call for caution from russia step basons in moscow with more on that shortly but 1st let's cross over to charles stratford who's arm the turkey side of the border with syria and charles we've been talking about a military buildup for the past few days now so just give us or paint the picture really in terms of what you've been able to see both through the day and through the night. but certainly what we've been reporting is consistent with fixedly what we've witnessed over the last couple of days here. last night for example our drive back to the hotel dozens of military vehicles heading towards this area where our live position is these vehicles included a p.c.'s we believe trucks carrying i mean ition they were flatbed trucks with tanks as well we've seen artillery positions as well very close by to hit and there are as we have also been reporting now confirmation it certainly seems the fight is with the f.s.a. the free syrian army which of course been supported by the turkish military by the turkish government in syria since the syrian revolution began years ago are being buss

to compete with moscow. in other words the fear is the was losing interest in the region the region and knows the u.s. is interested in russia, it's concerned about russia therefore flirting with russia else if that helps keep you is interested in the region, and that's a good reason to do so. and, of course, and our adversaries such as iran and syria, they must -- they might not like the fact moscow is working with israel, with saudi arabia et cetera but they don't have much choice. where are they going to go? so moscow is not so much worried about being liked. it's worried -- it has leverage. what's interesting is that until 2016 or so, essentially moscow computer with middle east oil producers in the oil market. in other words they wouldn't abide by opec production limits, et cetera but what we've seen since we 16 in particular, we seem saudi arabia and russia were together in the opec plus format in terms of trying to limit production to affect oil prices. this is really something that's unprecedented. t

instead of fighting on moscow could learn from. here they're experienced in garbage separation in the nearby town of earth the citizens themselves constructed a central collection point for recyclables. to survive came up with the idea you separate recyclables into 10 different categories each symbol represents a different material and can be found in the packaging. the initiative and or the most has earned them warts and is inspiring others. to work which about their own will with the realisation that life can't go on as before results from human beings learning and understanding by example. 100 over for the protesters and chivas. volunteers come from all over the region some of them have travelled by car for 12 hours. they've erected a camp and keep an eye on the site day and night. the governor's promised jobs and investments into infrastructure schools and hospitals provided the dump would be constructed the activists want to prevent this at all costs. just a few meters away the operating company is passing out information a p.

employee explains the garbage from moscow and safely well the boxes for the more construction here was just a preliminary examination but it will be made look at least 10 iraqi buildings like these trailers and the loading and unloading side of the minimal infrastructure necessary to start construction to start examinations with. much of what. the activists don't believe a word he says they've called for further protests and over 20. you. got to get in the middle of the problem out. loud. what good are place that is so gladly pack up and leave as soon as the authorities decide to abandon construction plans for this dumping site until that happens will stay i don't always like i need to stay on the. marina and her husband taken shifts at the activists monitoring site till they don't want their efforts to be misunderstood as a conflict between cities and rural areas. we're not against moscow citizens that both they and their bosses need to understand that it's time to start separating garbage and to give up plastic the activists emphasize that their protest is peaceful but we are repeate

we have team analysis our correspondent you are shadows in moscow dorian jones is in istanbul and yuri i'd like to begin with you walk us through what exactly russia and turkey have agreed to here well russian foreign minister sergei lavrov presented to after the talks in sochi here in russia a plan which includes several aspects of points i think 3 of them are essential 1st to moscow and ancora have agreed to that to the kurdish militias would to pull back 30 kilometers away from the turkish syrian border 2nd to love russian military police and syrian border guards would be deployed to on the syrian side of the border with turkey outside of the zone of turkish military operation and 3rd target extends to the ceasefire forms of the north from syria which was initially scheduled for tonight by another 10150 hours or more than 6 days which is pretty long so dorian what does this mean for turkey is offensive in northern syria. well for now at least it is is on hold and i think that this agreement in many ways what it sees is the consolidation of turkey's gains turkey has basically taken s

now the russian capital moscow is of course a huge city and it's facing a huge garbage crisis there's very little recycling and waste sites are quite simply overflowing so they of origins had wanted to transport the problem to a so far unspoiled location more than a 1000 kilometers from moscow as i say that was the plan but in an unusual show of grassroots activism local residents are up in arms saying the proposed garbage tip is an environmental disaster in the making. moscow with its $20000000.00 inhabitants is a rich metropolis responsible for a quarter of russia's gross domestic product. russia's capital both luxury cars and restaurants catering for all tastes. on the flipside is this garbage a lot of garbage. most of it still ends up on dumps hardly any garbage is recycled . therefore local authorities would like to use trains to transport the garbage here 1200 kilometers to the northeast she is a rail station and a tiger by chance hunters found this construction site which came as a shock for local residents like on your check of. the plant but plan 1st they said they were going

it's 2 o'clock am in moscow and you're watching live from last year with me welcome to the. president putin has just landed in the capital riyadh on his way to meet the king and crown prince mohammed bin. the. expected to discuss economic cooperation. and iran. of course following this closely throughout the day. well we can expect that. saudi arabia and russia is a remarkable example of how 2 countries could be great partners or friends and foes at the same time everything that gets itself involved in and the middle east be it about iran or syria gets full support from washington and you do realize that and all these cases russia is on the different side of the barricade. but when the russian leader in the saudi crown prince get along so well in person by the way they are the authors of probably the most famous high profile high 5 in the world the chances that the dialogue could work well always be very high. i have very good relations with the king and. we have been making good headway practically and. surely we do have to bear in mind that the 2 countries are the world's

now the russian capital moscow is of course a huge city and it's facing a huge garbage crisis there's very little recycling and waste sites are quite simply overflowing so the of origins had wanted to transport the problem to a so far unspoiled location more than a 1000 kilometers from moscow as i say that was the plan but in an unusual show of grassroots activism local residents are up in arms saying the proposed garbage tip is an environmental disaster in the making. moscow with its $20000000.00 inhabitants is a rich metropolis responsible for a quarter of russia's gross domestic product. russia's capital both luxurious cars and restaurants catering for all tastes. on the flipside is this garbage a lot of garbage. most of it still ends up on dumps hardly any garbage is recycled . therefore local authorities would like to use trains to transport the garbage here 1200 kilometers to the northeast she has a rail station in the tiger by chance hunters found this construction site which came as a shock for a local residents like on your check of. the plant but plan 1st they said they were

in september, he helped organize mass protests in moscow. his foundation has since been declared a foreign agent making its subject to spotchecks and increased bureaucratic scrutiny of the kremlin. thousands of separatists are protesting for the second day running over a spanish court ruling that imprisoned nine independence leaders and convicted three more. protesters clashed with police outside spanish government buildings today. gatherings are taking place this evening in all four of catalonia's capitals. protesters have blocked roads and set fires. people gathered in the streets saying the anthem and shouted slogans calling the spanish police occupying forces. for more now, let's go to barcelona correspondent. some of the protests turned violent today. what is the situation? >> the situation here is pretty wild. in the main shopping street, and also the street of luxury hotels, there is basically barricades and f fires burning p and down the street. there is continual charges by the police that they have not been able to restore order. o

good morning from moscow just heard a.t.m.a. and. good morning from moscow just heard a.t.m.a. announced of a brand new week then live the r.t.e. world view center it's kevin now in here with a half hour update now start a brand new week then live from the arctic world news center it's kevin now in here with a half hour update 1st we start with syria as you just heard president donald trump says the lead 1st we start with syria as you just heard president donald trump says the leader of the islamic state terror group has been killed a u.s. military raid target of the islamic state terror group has been killed a u.s. military raid targeted abu bakar old baghdad these compound in a province there this video that abu bakar old baghdad these compound in a province there this video purportedly shows the site where he'd been hiding out according to donald trump the terrio purportedly shows the site where he'd been hiding out according to donald trump the terra chief fled down a tunnel with 3 of his children at the time when u.s. special forces stormed the comet chief fled down a tunn

correspondent and money show and welcome back emily what is moscow's line on this. well as you say phil russia has always had historically close ties with the kurds that stretches all the way back to the soviet union that they did lose a lot of trust from the kurds last year when they kind of gave approval for turkish air strikes against the african region which is was turkey kurdish controlled excuse me now what we've seen from the kremlin has been rather neutral a statement was published on the kremlin website which said that there had been a telephone call between president and on and president putin seemingly just before the operation was launched and that putin had warned his turkish counterpart to be careful and to take care that the kind of peace process in the regulation of the syrian conflict doesn't isn't brought off track by this offer a show on the russian line is very much been to push peace forward. in syria and they will will certainly be watching what's happening in syria now a very closely because nobody wants more heat in what is already a very com

live from moscow student. life from moscow studio where it's 2 o'clock in the morning you're watching r.t. if you're wearing all right i'm sorry is out of your local cost ok thank you good morning you're watching r.t. international i'm rosa loquitur thank you for joining us. now in the u.k. a public inquiry has really for joining us. now in the u.k. a public inquiry has released a report into the deadly 27000 grenfell tower fire with the investigate least a report into the death the 27000 grenfell tower fire with the investigators singling out the london fire brigades handling of the disaster. to singling out the london fire brigades handling of the disaster. i'm critical of many aspects of the n f p's response there was no contingency i'm critical of many aspects of the n f p's response there was no contingency plan for evacuation of the time and the f.p. failed to revoke c. plan for evacuation of the time and the f.p. failed to revoke the stay put advice at a time when the stairs remained possible to stay pu

me with the moscow john sullivan is in part any sort of positive reproach me with moscow john sullivan is in coming for some of those talking points you mentioned with russia internationally at least are already coming to some of those talking points you mentioned with russia internationally at least are already on the mend we are seeing positive progress but his rhetoric on those bilateral relations between the u.s. on the mend we are seeing positive progress but his rhetoric on those bilateral relations between the u.s. and russia the accusations of interference the wrecking of their energy policies etc well then russia the accusations of interference the wrecking of their energy policies etc will only make it harder to have any sort of positive restarting of relations which are already of course to make it harder to have any sort of positive restarting of relations which are already of course at a pretty much all time low well as down just made reference to that at a pretty much all time low. well as dana just made reference to there denmark has finally given the go ahead for the no

moscow says that anti russian sentiment in. moscow says that anti russian sentiment in the united states was behind the case of interview with russian language channel the united states was behind the case of interview with russian language channel maria discussed her ordeal and how she feels about what she's been through maria discussed her ordeal and how she feels about what she's been through . do you think it would have happened if you could. have been you think it would have been if you quit school called summit who. became president. became president it's going to get the business is. going to take a look at us is uncertain is what you're going to do that is what i mean it is doing one thing thing is rhesus monkey to our great to see it that there is racism and us thing as rhesus monkey to our greg to see it that there is racism in us and it's getting stronger. if i belong to any other ethnic us and is getting stronger. if i belong to any other ethnic group number i should there be no keys today however if you are russian

it's 1 o'clock here in moscow and you're watching out international live from us here with me nativity welcome to the program. ati's video agency ruptly has obtained footage of the syrian army entering our house occur province in the far northeast of syria it comes after kurdish officials in syria said they had reached an agreement with the government in damascus or to allow help the kurds battle a turkish offensive crossing live now to our to paula slayer for more details paula the video now confirms previous reports that the syrian army is moving towards the north what more can you tell us about it. well it certainly does as you say we've received this exclusive footage showing syrian soldiers entering the province of in the far north east of syria it does confirm earlier reports we were receiving from local media that residents of the area were out on the streets celebrating both the advance of the syrian troops and reports of an agreement that had been reached between on the one side the kurdish authorities and the other damascus to work together to quote to prevent and conference

accepts anesident invitation to moscow. president erdogan announcing he will never declare cease-fire and northeest to syria despite the threat of u.s. sanctions. the muslim heedscarf back in the spotlight in francc after a far-right politician asked a woman accompanying hhr son on a school trip to remove it. dutch familyf her were found in a seller of a farmhouse, waiting for the end of time. according to media reports, the family was discovered after one of them escaped and saw to help. dutch authorities have taken a man who paid rent on the farmhouse into custody. >> in a concealed room underneath the secludeded house, dutch police found a family. they believeved the five sibllns aged between 18 and 25, and their bed ridden father had b bn living here for the past nine years. news came as a shock to neighbors. >> we always thought that one man was living in the houss. he was renovating the place. we had no idea. >> authorities acted on a tipoff on sunday evening, the eldest son reached out for help at a nearby cafe. >> i

a very warm welcome to the program from all of us here at our moscow thanks for joining us this hour. president putin is in the saudi capital on a state visit at the moment he's meeting with the king and prince mohamed. all with along with high level saudi officials who was welcomed by the saudi leader at the ali a mama palace they're expected to discuss economic cooperation this is a situation in the middle east including syria and iran this is of course a return visit after king solomon visited moscow in 2017 r.t.c. other trying to takes us through what else we might expect from the visit. saudi arabia and russia is a remarkable example of how 2 countries could be great partners or friends and foes at the same time everything that riyadh gets itself involved in and the middle east be it about iran or syria gets full support from washington and you do realize that and all these cases russia is on the different side of the barricade. but when the russian leader in the saudi crown prince get along so well in person by the way they are the authors of probably the most famous high profil

and leaves moscow having largely failed to kickstart any sort of positive reproach me with the moscow john sullivan is in coming for some of those talking points you mentioned coachmen with the moscow john sullivan is coming to some of those talking points you mentioned with russia internationally at least are already on the mend we are seeing positive progress with russia internationally at least are already on the mend we are seeing positive progress but his rhetoric on those bilateral relations between the us and russia the accusations of interfere but his rhetoric on those bilateral relations between the u.s. and russia the accusations of interference the wrecking of their energy policies etc will only make it harder to have any since the wrecking of their energy policies etc will only make it harder to have any sort of positive restarting of relations which are already of course at a pretty much all time low of positive restarting of relations which are already of course at a pretty much all time low denmark has finally given the go ahead for the nord stream team. denmark has fin

live from moscow news h.q. just go to 5 pm here in moscow watching r.t. international daniel hawkins here with me tonight. russia intends to meddle in next year's presidential election that was the light hearted response from vladimir putin in answer to a question about moscow's plans. russia. attempting to influence the 2020 lections states psychiatrist. secretly yes we will indeed do that so we could. please don't tell anybody ok well that's quite a statement coming from the russian president but you have to take it with a pinch of salt because he was obviously joking but on a more serious note he was addressing probably what might be come russia did it his area of volume 2 now after all the numerous investigations that we've seen into russia's alleged meddling in the us presidential elections back in 2016 all the media hype that we've seen in the past 2 years pretty much every single quarter someone screamed that it was russia that meddled in the us presidential elections russian meddling in the u.s. election of russia did meddle in the 2016 election f

is also the end to all the conflicts and wars there because of the migrants and moscow is an active power broker there that doesn't want any terrorism to spread active power broker there that doesn't want any. terrorism to spread further north but. to go settlement and seek further north but. to go settlement in syria will be achieved through the work of the syrian constitutional committee to which russia will be achieved through the work of the syrian constitutional committee to which russia turkey and iran allies have contributed a lot in the framework of the committee in the government up in the run allies have contributed a lot in the framework of the committee in the government opposition and syria's civil society will manage directly without foreign help by the physician and syria's civil society will manage directly without foreign help i work on constitutional reforms state construction and stable development of the country work on constitutional reforms state construction and stable development of the country it's important for hungry in the context of refugee processes and

it's moscow that has gained most from the withdrawal of u.s. troops and the subsequent turkish attack. the deal between the kurds and moscow's and i are sad gives russia access to northern syria previously under us way. as washington's influence wanes russian president vladimir putin the striding the regional stage after a visit to saudi arabia he was received by abu dhabi's crown prince mohammed bin ziad on choose day. the u.s. of impose sanctions while the european union imposed a limited farms and bargo on cherokee german chancellor angela merkel on monday called for an end to fighting. it's up to 4 men of that also i have already said from my side that we believe that with only justified security interests this offensive should be ended because it just disappeared causing a lot of human suffering and it's also bringing a lot of uncertainty with the fight against. it. but for now the offensive continues and so does the human suffering as civilians a caught between the fronts tonight these young victims of turkish shelling in a hospital in re

it's a real play here and crucially for moscow is appearing to be calling time on this operation what that means for turkey so far more concern that whatever washington says at the moment is worried about moscow and how to deal with the growing pressure it's feeling from the russians thank you for that dorian jones in istanbul alexandra phenomena in washington thank you bill. here in germany the trial of a former nazi concentration camp guard is underway the 93 year old defendant is accused of aiding and abetting the murder of more than $5000.00 jews and shot off can they get danske in what is now poland is likely to be one of the last legal proceedings of its kind. the former concentration camp stove top of naked dunks in poland during the hitler regime this is where the nazis murdered an estimated 65000 people from august 1940 april 45 served at the concentration camp as a security guard investigators were able to prove this through records pertaining to his uniform the 93 year old admitted to having worked in the camp still he pleads not guilty i worked on several watchtowers i did

live from moscow watching our team the national daniel hawkins here with you tonight were you tuning in from welcome to the program. the kurdish military forces claim to have repelled and at tackling a border town in the northern syrian province of raka earlier today turkey launched a ground offensive against kurdish groups and islamic state terrorists in the region this comes after a 1st phase of airstrikes on 2 northern towns a video footage shows thousands of locals fleeing the area following the launch of the turkish operation syrian democratic forces say 5 civilians have been killed in the offensive it was accused of deliberate targeting civilian areas what locals have been saying about the situation. america and other countries should protect us they're committing sin here our children women. is there really no mercy let everyone stand up for us arabs foreigners sin sin. this is an occupation we are a peaceful people we live calmly work to our own business it is a crime hey look kid on the bus real to the people here look at this car you see you soldiers there their children ar

putin got into his mind that the european union was bad news for moscow. that signing agreements with the european union meant that these countries, along russia's borders, were moving in a more westward direction, towards deeper integration with the euro atlanta community, and he wanted to stop that. so he pressured mr. yanukovych into not signing these agreements, or reneging on these agreements, and the result was a social media moment, that led a few months later, to mr. yanukovych fleeing power, going to russia, and a new government coming. and there were more than 100 people killed during the violence. unlike in 2004, with the orange revolution, there was terrible violence this time in the mind on in downtown ukraine. mr. yanukovych has the blood of those people on his hands. we then see a sense of panic in moscow, that the revolution, if successful, could possibly spread to russia itself, you have to remember that in 2011 and 2012, there were huge protests in russia, after the elections there, they continued up until may of 2012, when putin ordered

now the russian capital moscow is of course a huge city and it's facing a huge garbage crisis there's very little recycling and waste sites are quite simply overflowing so the of origins had wanted to transport the problem to a so far unspoiled location more than a 1000 kilometers from moscow as i say that was the plan but in an unusual show of grassroots activism local residents are up in arms saying the proposed garbage tip is an environmental disaster in the making. moscow with its $20000000.00 inhabitants is a rich metropolis responsible for a quarter of russia's gross domestic product. russia's capital boasts luxurious cars and restaurants catering for all tastes. on the flipside is this garbage a lot of garbage. most of it still ends up and dumps hardly any garbage is recycled . therefore local authorities would like to use trains to transport the garbage here 1200 kilometers to the northeast she is a rail station and a tiger by chance hunters found this construction site which came as a shock for a local residents like on your check of. the plant but plan very 1st they said the