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These are the first images of the crash site that emerged online after the tragedy the footage was apparently shot by locals the plane came down near a village about sixty kilometers south east of moscow and the plane was heading to or skate a city close to the russian border with kazakhstan it took off from airport in the russian capital four minutes later the plane disappeared from radar investigators say the crew did not report any irregularities to air Traffic Control before tragedy struck. This is a birds eye view of the crash site which is spread over a large area around six hundred people are involved in this search effort record snowfall over the past week has made their task especially difficult our correspondent but ive got reports. Rescuers here working in shifts there are dozens and dozens of not hundreds of them but one part of one group works at the crash sites another group breasts and then they switch. To. Rescue as a also making use of snowmobiles ferrying supplies to and from the crash site itself because theres a lot of snow at the crash site that the jet crashed into a field more trucks and equipment to arriving every hour heavier stuff the conditions at the crash site are first the. Result because of this though because if they were. Obviously they want to get this crash site in order quickly here is another ambulance moved likely carrying the remains of another victim or perhaps victims judging by the frequency by which these are passing us the rescue operation is proceeding rapidly lugols have also been describing what theyve seen. My friend say the bang was so loud said the windows almost shouted. The others watching the t. V. And the band everyone. Yes i heard a loud clot i was lining the whole badly that up and my cats hit it was really loud. I would see it sounded like an explosion our house bounced. Reports initially were contradictory some people said that the aircraft was. On fire while in the air others described a huge explosion when it crashed about a kilometer from here. Tractors clearing away the snow on the roads theres already been a lot of speculation a lot of discussion as to the potential possible causes of this crash but investigators say theyll be looking at everything from possible technical malfunctions to human error to weather conditions and its probably best to let the men and women digging through the wreckage do their job and to give us a definitive conclusive dances to what caused this tragedy. The plane was a russian made antonov owned by a sort of airlines it was eight years old and had a maximum speed of eight hundred twenty Kilometers Per Hour the a n one forty eight is capable of carrying up to eighty passengers the airline is now being examined by view authorities but the Company Claims it carried out all the necessary technical maintenance however this particularly plane was previously involved in several security incidents including engine and chassis problems as the Investigation Continues we discussed of the tragedy with three aviation experts who shared their thoughts on some possible causes. Black to send my thoughts and prayers to all the families of the passengers and crew and the Airline Staff in the wake of this tragedy the weather is probably the primary factor that depends a lot on the rate of the snowfall or precipitation and how long the airplane had been sitting on the ground collecting all that material so if the airplane had only been on the ground maybe thirty minutes maybe not so much accumulated that had been there a couple of hours obviously a lot more could have accumulated in that case if the airplane was not sprayed with the icing fluid there would be a more serious. Result you know so the fact that the airplane became airborne and climbed to six thousand feet tells me that probably the airplane was in pretty good shape at the time of the takeoff were dealing with a great great tragedy i feel very badly and were communicating in such a context with the tragedy there are common protocol for an investigation through various aspects not security and safety factor. A few things really briefly would be the Structural Integrity of the aircraft the fuselage the engines and so on then you look at various energy forces whether were talking on a lecture call systems our for the engine things the facts that are. Going to really anomalies external to any aircraft that could include anything from up bird strike a missile strike a collision with another your craft interaction with unusual weather phenomena and then lastly you have to look out about human issues that could possibly think the thing they call when shit where the wind just suddenly goes straight up and alters the kind of tryst the plane also we have to consider whether it is icy weather they probably the plane before and that. Could be that size built very quickly on the wings and that might affect the flying ability of the plane so these are all considerations that have to be part of the overall investigation. Memorials have been set up across the or in burke region where sixty of the passengers were from local authorities have declared monday a day of mourning coaching over reports now from moscows dont want to divide airport. The aircraft that crashed just outside moscow departed from this very airport the why did the east wind off this three major air transport hubs in the capital and after the tragedy it remains fully operational but over at the small city of course the airport there tells a very different story the shock has paralyzed it most of the sixty five passengers on board of that plane were from that region dozens of family and friends were waiting for them there there are scenes of absolute grief a speedy people come to terms with what has happened emergency crews are present at the airport and psychologists are ready to help those trying to cope with their loss the passengers who were due to fly back to moscow on the crashed aircraft are handing back their tickets and even the here at this fast paced airport which is forced to keep moving this tragedy has hit hard. One man i had luck on his side after he canceled his ticket one day before the flight. Maxime solve who turned thirty seven this sunday was due to fly back to or skid to celebrate his birthday with his family bud changed his plans he says he still cant grasp what happened. So i saw the news and what can i say i felt a chill down my spine and everyone says i was born under a lucky star thats not true its just a coincidence i express my sorrow in the deepest sympathies to the relatives of the pirates its scary. Now over the past decade almost four hundred lives have been lost in a russian plane crashes and the tragedies still weigh heavy for me. Very quick recap a passenger plane with seventy one people on board crashed shortly after takeoff from moscows domo dead of an airport to leaving no survivors most of the times were from the orenburg region of russia where the plane was heading because of the tragedy is so far on known of course well keep you updated as more information comes it. Was. Mines will. Be given you dont see why sydney delhi what they did they could pin it. To what they knew not true only teds best. Mate. Let alone they. Said. Samantha. No seven it is not. Alex you speak french. Most of those are. The same yes he will send them all to new this morning hes too good son is busy at the pump to be false. Join me every first day on the alex im im sure and ill be speaking to get off of the world of politics sports business im show business ill see you then. Welcome back this is the weekly on r. T. International now around seven hundred fifty thousand children lack basic medical care in the war torn iraqi city of mosul that is according to the u. N. Childrens rights body unicef now seven months after the liberation of mosul from Islamic State the city is struggling to get back on its feet. Or another shuttle. Ico. The number of. Health care centers or hospitals is very limited the extent of the damage has affected it i was there in one of the Health Centers the other day the one family came in with their baby isnt two month old baby they wanted a vaccinated there was vaccine there was everything there and starts were seeing over one hundred children a day were able to vaccinate this child but those families have to walk far i also saw the baby unit there were nine incubate has six of which which were filled with premature babies who would not have survived unless those incubate as with their its a wide area wide level of levels of devastation families have to walk enormous distances to be able to get the health care what were saying is that the Cumulative Health care that is required of any child anywhere else in the world is not available yet in mosul. Long after the iraqi army declared victory in mosul the city remains strewn with corpses and a bit of warning you may find the following scenes distressing and the condition of many of the bodies is making it difficult to confirm their identities most of the victims appear to be civilians women children and elderly people unicefs representative in iraq Peter Hawkins says mosul cannot rebuild without International Support i think what we need to understand is the extent of the problem this is a massive city mosul city probably faced one of the biggest urban warfare since World War Two and. Two point two million to two point four Million People affected its a an enormous challenge for everybody to try and clear everything up and get the people working again. South korea kicked off the Winter Olympics on friday with a lavish Opening Ceremony almost three thousand athletes from ninety two countries who took part in the event in pyongyang however before the celebrations there were demonstrations and scuffles outside the venue some activists objected to the presence of north korean officials at the ceremony. I. Was. Was. At the stadium the north and south korean teams marched together under a unified flag and lit the olympic torch together and it was seen as a major milestone on the way to overcoming decades of tension in the south korean president says he is ready to accept an invitation to visit to the north when the right conditions are in place potentially sets up the first meeting between the countrys leaders in more than a decade the invitation was handed to by kim jong sr shes the first member of north koreas ruling family to visit the south since the one nine hundred fifty s. Russian hopes were dashed just hours before events got underway in south korea a last minute appeal from forty five russian athletes and two coaches against a doping related ban failed their lawyers branded the decision sanctions in disguise well this was the official announcement made by a sports highest court. Just arbitrators of concert at the process created by the i. O. C. To establish an invitation list of russian athletes to compete. At least from russia could not be described as a sanction but rather as an eligibility decision so there you have it according to the court of arbitration for sport ridding the russian athletes of their olympic invitations isnt equal to punishment and cas is perfectly happy with the criteria that the i. O. C. Initially shows for these invitations the president of the World Antidoping Agency is pleased he says that the timing is great and that all the clean athletes should now be reassured the i. O. C. Are happy to they have applauded the verdict as you can see and this tweet though the russians are obviously totally devastated i dont know what to say im really disappointed i cant understand the cast decision first they cleared the athletes and now they say sorry you cant go to the olympics this is some kind of madness its terrible not just for fleets but for all of International Sport did i expect cas to reach this decision fifty fifty especially after thomas buck in one of his later speeches pressured the court of arbitration for sport after ruled in our favor he was literally threatening the court he was only saying he would dissolve the court if it root again in favor of russian athletes. Coach Albert Dempsey and co who was by the way one of those to sue the i. O. C. Was referring to all the things that were being said about the court of arbitration for sport ahead of the hearings including these statements by the president of the i. O. C. Kind of the decision is extremely disappointing this decision shows the merchant the need. For reforms in the internal structure of the costs here thomas bach was referring to the previous cas verdict and that requires a bit of background the forty seven russian athletes and coaches who were suing the International Olympic committee were from two groups thirty two hadnt been sanctioned by the odyssey investigators as a result of the russian doping scandal at all fifty received a lifetime bans their medals were taken away by the i. O. C. A few months ago but then the very same court of arbitration for sport last week cancelled these lifetime bans due to insufficient evidence the abuse of held the sanctions and the. Individual results achieved in such reinstated so the decision that we have right now completely contradicts the previous one and this is a real disaster for the country the athletes both the ones who are still going to compete and young saying under a neutral flag and those who are banned the coaches the fans they are baffled by how unfair it could get i have no words. I was hoping that cas would rule in our favor right now i dont know what to do im disappointed but of course i wont give up on sport ive still got a lot ahead of me i will compete and win medals for my country. Until the very end we were hoping that this isnt would go in our favor now i feel sadness and so rude but i will compete in every competition i can if i have enough strength and the opportunity to compete in the next olympics i will prepare for them i have no emotions left we had all our bags packed you were just waiting for it is there anything such situations make you stronger emotionally. Three of the worlds Biggest Social Media Companies were grilled on thursday by british lawmakers they took the unusual step of conducting a parliamentary hearing outside britain and they tried to pin down the organizations over alleged russian interference in the braggs that referendum. We looked at all advertisements with any connection to russia and we found no evidence of our services being used to interfere in the referendum a very small number of suspects its not Research Agency link to count forty nine such accounts were active during the campaign which represents less them not point nor some of the total number of accounts these are very low level things until we complete this investigation we wont know but what we havent had is. Information thats enabled us to target on a particular page or a particular phenomenon despite all their commitment enthusiasm and hard work spanning over a period of really several months when this inquiry kick started it seems like the u. K. Parliamentary committee thats trying to find out the truth about a russian any brechts that meddling they seem to be really hitting a brick wall this week they travelled all the way to washington thousands thousands of miles presumably having spent thousands of pounds to get there and what they ended up with while questioning the executives of twitter you tube and facebook was just a frustration it seems and that was thick in the atmosphere Investigative Journalism for instance that this led to suggestion that there are lots of campaigns going to have it looks like you havent looked at you thats the thing you havent looked this economy. Going on in the horror well it seems who did look with twitter and what they said they found was that there were only forty nine accounts connected to russia during the time of the bracks that referendum again im no mathematician so correct me if im wrong perhaps but it seems that there is and this is really nothing to write home about given that twitter has hundreds of millions of accounts and despite the chair of this Committee Damian Collins saying that his quote instinct tells him that the number should be higher that did not turn out to be the case so despite this goes chasing continuing in the committee keeping asking the executives to look harder it seems no fruitful results so far. There is seemingly a huge appetite for russian meddling stories in the media lets take a look at some of the headlines this one reads twitter has finally conceded that russian accounts tried to influence braggs it but the article goes on to admit this is based on just a few dozen twitter accounts meanwhile in london times headline says twitter admits russian trolls posted about drugs it first paragraph and then it reveals that there were only forty nine suspicious accounts radio talk show host john gaunt told us that the meddling claims may be just a wild goose chase this is a farce these employees went all the way to washington to question do that honest on how the internet works they couldve got them on a skype call a question its. An issue a waste of my taxpayers money and its a very very annoying its a joke they added an almost kangaroo cool fashion following questions that you and one of the waiting to listen to the answers you know well i dont think the British Public care they know why people voted for lets just get over it and accept democracy and it doesnt for me ill be back in about thirty five minutes with a full look at your weekly watch now to International Good to have you with us. Thats an American Interest to not see any russians die in terrorist attacks as it is in russian interest to prevent any terrorist attacks in the United States or elsewhere in the world so i dont think theres any dispute on that in congress and i think maybe some of the posturing is frankly political as opposed to substantive. Legal warhawks selling you on the idea that dropping bombs brings police to the Chicken Hawks forcing you to fight the battles that they dont want. 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