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Also this hour the Russian Military claims the us carried out an air strike in syria as it would prominence without giving notice thereby violating a stop supreme. And tens of thousands take to the streets across the u. K. As Prime Minister Boris Johnsons decision to suspend the parliament ahead of the deadline divides the nation even further. This is the weekly here on our team welcome to our roundup of the headlines that shape the week along with todays toughness. Sunday marks the 15th anniversary of the deadliest terrorist attack in modern russian history it happened at a school in the north a cent in town of beslan in russias north caucasus region or more than a 1000 people were taken hostage 334 people were eventually killed many of them were children. Today the victims are being commemorated in beslan people are laying flowers and lighting candles near the school which has become a monument to those events words of condolences have been coming in from around the world for beslan the 1st days of september each year how become a time for grief and mourning and mourning you may find some of the following images upsetting. At least. Not much of. The. Survivors are expected to meet with their rescuers in the Old School Building later today our correspondent Daniel Hawkins reports from the scene. For nearly 3 days most hostages were kept in this building the sports hall the terrorists lined the room with explosives hanging bombs from the Basketball Hoops on the ceiling its thought one of these definitions on the 3rd day triggered a gunfight between the hostage takers and Security Forces the bullet holes on the walls the charred remains of the ceiling which caught fire better estimates to what happened after. A small town just under 40000 people its hard to find a family here that wasnt either directly affected or knows somebody who was. The room was full of people who perhaps were involved in the siege medics who ran towards the fire to tend to the wounded parents and teachers who decided to stay with the Children Police officers who tried to save those who could. People come here to leave wreath of flowers soft toys but interestingly bottles of drinks. Is a tragic story behind that to. Take is denied the victims any food or water for 3 whole days when people had a chance to escape many of them were 2 d. Hydrated and weak to even be able to move. Even people whove left the town come back here every year so im here to find answers clearer picture of what actually happened but most come here to help or their grief to get some closure and most importantly what the sign says above the entrance door remember that this must never happen again. Weve been talking to those who were held hostage and to those who took part in the security operation they went back to the school and share their memories for a new r t a documentary. This is trust but the c. R. As the last couple of job us talk about number one thats get us on our news of a pretty way to you know to destruct until we have bluffs as the last nickel get a rush for a new new syria man ranch back and camera. On your members its. Just. Due to occur to me for sure producers are. To be able to share. Or to talk to you so if youre aware its a bonus for c. B. S. From the previous leader was to shift your use of the world style opposed. To would not like this a bit ill say. It was a bit in the choice to buy. Implosion. Anybody keester got it all think it was a big idea was pretty daughter. Usually. Put out. The year and human blood just died cannot you please list some on what to look good with just shit is it that she has to. Be on the loose one. Eat. Sleep or die she replies to mr producer so blue till we get our each applies to quit at the wireless. Christening choice view. Of the school just over. A better view which told. Session when youre called on the flop. Oh youre going up there with the lies the school the school. Yard theres a real story you see that the paste industries n. B. C. Which quite a long. Time i know what you mean that the minister was aware. To go to live with them to the spirit if you seem to be what you believe it is to do its a studio actually of course a personal personally or should scarcely speak. Suppressed sure. That documentary can be watched in full at our website our 2 dot com also be bringing you more from the commemorations throughout the day. In other news the Russian Military says the u. S. Carried out an air strike in syria as it led province without 1st giving notice thereby violating quote all agreements my colleague Andrew Farmer discussed what happened with artist ron gusta. Why is russia so angry over this because on the face of it you could argue look america is targeted and you have a Training Camp whats wrong with that were just a little bit of background had been a bitter Battle Ground for many months now the syrian army against rebels jihad the syrian army coming out on top taking a number of strategic towns but throughout all of these months the United States europe had been demanding calling for a cease fire yesterday at 6 oclock in the morning 31st of august a cease fire was unilaterally called by syria its forces stopped everywhere no more offensive maneuvers its air force was grounded unilateral cease fire backed by russia backed by turkey a few hours after the cease fire took place 2 cold the United States carried out a wave of air strikes on where it says it was targeting an al qaeda Training Camp russian intelligence russian the Russian Military on the other hand says what they hit was a number of settlements Populated Areas and left a lot of casualties there are multiple victims within Populated Areas that were targeted by the u. S. Air strike it was carried out in violation of all agreements as washington failed to inform russia or turkey about its intentions United States was saying it was targeting. Members who were threats to u. S. Citizens to allies and to innocent civilians but because this is aside from the fact that you know the basically undermine the ceasefire because the jar just became confused they started shooting at the syrian army the syrian army didnt shoot back the russians say but aside from that theres also the fact that this was russia say very unprofessional because theres a procedure in place whatever you carry out in their strike in syria you warn Turkey Russia the United States whoever this is. To avoid unnecessary escalations risks in the air the United States knew that there was a ceasefire taking hold just a few hours before and the didnt inform either russia. That it was going to carry out these strikes which leaves both countries with a lot of questions the Russian Foreign minister Sergei Lavrov has said both moscow and ankara will stick to the arrangements regarding the deescalation zone despite the u. S. Strike weve asked the u. S. Department of defense to comment on the matter but have not received an answer political analysts who said am thinks washington ought to have notified russia and turkey. At a time when the Syrian Regime had hoped to deescalate and call for a unilateral ceasefire which was greatly welcomed by turkey and russia this type of attack does cause concern could have been carried out at a more ideal time it could have been carried out in cooperation with the russians and the turks which would have probably made the attack even more successful and more acceptable on behalf of all parties keep it a secret when it serves everybodys interests that still remains a question to me but yes it definitely does cause concern when there is all this talk of a cease fire in the region to see drums about bombs dropping back out of the sky again in civilians obviously concerned in causing more migration north. U. K. As more divided than ever over brags that saturday saw tens of thousands take to the streets in cities across the country after Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced it suspend Parliament Decision means m. P. s will have less time to debate and influence the way that you cant leave the e. U. Well some see it as the only way to get back that to happen others say its undemocratic. Reports. Or its johnson is being well boris hes being bold as brass and he wants bracks it come what may. So do you when parliament play ball you suspend it he needed how much permission to do that which he thought we dont get a week into october the 31st before getting on with our plans to take this country forward we are going to have a queens speech and were going to do it all ok but the 40 weve got to move ahead with a new program but why cant the lawmakers a quick refresher if youve been avoiding the news because you just cant take the b. Word anymore for a number 1010 and to resume a whos carney getting away from it all hiking in the swiss alps spent 3 years trying to deliver treks it off to the referendum something we definite you carol. Bricks it means bricks it bricks it needs wrecks it wrecks it means bricks it and were going to make a success of it but parliament had other ideas perpetually shouting had out even when her her key points had her reaching for her water when she found that brussels wasnt very happy about how to bit to old blighty and wouldnt budge on key points like the irish backstop to maintain a seamless border on the emerald isle they managed to thrash out a deal to you and me tried 3 times to push it through parliament no luck so she shut a tear and left i do so with no ill will but with enormous and enduring gratitude to have had the opportunity to serve the country i love. And to Boris Johnson. And leave cant figure head johnson promised to take the u. K. Out of the European Union by how do we do you dont know and thats really riled so where are we now well just 2 months from b. Day and with Parliament Due to be suspended before its even got going and p. S. Will only have to meet to try to block a new deal brant said everyones crying foul saying its a constitutional crisis others though have just had enough hes gone on for so long now we just need to get on with it because its just causing more trouble whole process is discussed in. Parliament has been bypassed and is. Not democratic its a catastrophe so anybody who tried to bring it in would be a disaster anyway we should care what the people voted for i think its a constitutional outrage he wants to see. You know when. You know its self important dont blame any problems on others and he will be patted on the back for delivering bricks and when an election thats what he sees Boris Johnson should do everything he can. To get back to work if you cant get it through then hes out although where is cynics point out that whats really on democratic ah m. P. s in westminster spending 3 years in piles of taxpayers money by dithering over to leg breck said ok perhaps it was a little rogue to disrupt the queens Summer Holiday in scotland and maybe suspending parliament was quite drastic for whats supposed to be a parliamentary democracy thats apparently taking back control but then this is Boris Johnson whos never been one for the convention and it has been 3 years already just about every hour for new explored every negotiation tactic used every amendment consider it so maybe just maybe its going to get his way and bill does britain away from brussels altie london. Following a night of clashes with Police Hong Kong protesters resume their rally on sunday. You. Protesters gathered at Hong Kong International airport setting up barricades to block roads trains linking the city to the airport were suspended along with some bus services and the train station was also vandalized by protesters demonstrations were initially sparked in june by a proposed bill that would allow extradition to me alone china. Commemorations for the 80th anniversary of the beginning of world war 2 are taking place in slovenia that story and more after the break. With make this manufactured consensus still public wealth. When the ruling classes protect themselves. With the crime and. Listen to the one percent. In the middle of the room sit. Room. When it comes down to it it is not actually that i think one can say oh well the russians are all bad this certainly is not the case that the west is only good there are absolutely things that the west needs to be doing and what i would like to see is much much less. Counterproductive rhetorical struggles we see against russia that its you know its its become an easy way of getting certain the audiences to approach you is to come up with cheap russian bashing that helps move. Welcome back this week the french farah lost his fight to protect people in his village from pesticides although he banned their use a court overruled him and hes now appealing that decision however his case has inspired other mayors across the country to take similar action as charlotte devinsky reports. This tiny Breton Village of language has found itself at the center of controversy in the battle over the pesticides in may the local mag to court some saw as being a Bold Decision to ban the use of pesticides within 150. 00 meta cotton over the village farming unions were furious on the matter and did up in court now the man daniel coeff had his ban overturned but the debacle is now shining a light on the deep political contradictions so rounding pesticides in france well president might call and praised his intentions for tackling like phosphates a burning issue over Health Concerns he said the solution was not to issue a decree that doesnt comply with the law for macko if thats a double standard. I dont understand what is happening in my craw and the ecology minister said that i am right and doing a good thing to protect my people but in the meantime i am facing court for a decision to keep pesticides at a distance of 150 metres i dont understand politics now it seems the decision by the court has banned all pesticides was illegal has also earned good residents in this usually sleepy village. 2 children wit lots of fields around long where and its Important Health matter for us especially for children we breathe the in the press the sites we did during testing the amount of best the sites we found was alarmingly high even though we eat organic and we grow some of our own food that is also organic. I think the government isnt doing its job theyre the 1st to say that there should be no pesticides but they did nothing and it was in the genes or q poll shows we were in a small village that is close to a farm an area we need to protect people to we never know what kind of Health Issues could be created by p. So i think the decision by the mayor was intelligent and he needed to make a decision to protect the people but now he has difficulties with the Justice System the World Health Organization has said gleich phosphate often used to weed killer probably causes cancer while gov phosphate has hit the headlines over Health Concerns much corn had promised to ban the use of phosphate by 2021 that provoked an outcry by farmers in unions who said they needed an alternative mark and then pushed the ban back to the following year when the current license will expire now across france the ban imposed by mcewan has gained traction he may have lost the 1st battling court but now around 20 other mess have followed his lead banning the use of pesticides close to homes farmers are furious cry these bans as being politically motivated saying they are getting on the environmental bandwagon ahead of my oral elections. Mayors are already thinking of the next election environmentalists are wreaking havoc on our agriculture and our only factories floundering in this these mayors are outstanding scientists they are taking advantage of peoples fear to make this kind of decision which is good for their image is protectors of the environment and the population but it seems the government has been backed into a corner there must be a minimum distance between residential areas and best decided sprain i will advise in the coming days forming unions and the companies that produce pesticides ashore to have something to say about that but so too does make us who believes that these things all the only way to protect people who live in their farms which use pesticides otherwise he says their health is screwed so its even ski altie lang go it importunity commemorations to mark the 80th anniversary of the start of world war 2 began this week and slovenia and eternal flame was led at a memorial built in honor of soviet and slovenian soldiers the torch use was brought all the way from russia and was itself led from the eternal flame at the tomb of the unknown soldier next to the kremlin some of the veterans who attended the event to share their memories of the war with us. Living. I joined the liberation front in 1942 and 4th for it till the end of the war our battalion carried out the greatest number of attacks against the nazis at the age of 17 i was the commander of the italian i still remember how we fought against the italians we took a position on a hill just minutes before they came we had to fight back with grenades it was hard to shoot there a battalion managed to break down their resistance and won the battle we were very brave back then what happened in those days should never again be repeated in the history of humanity was slow me russia slovenia yugoslavia all of the fraternal nations were fighting against the nazis back then i was a partisan i still remember how we were recapturing weapons and provisions from our enemy just to keep the resistance alive im sure that what happened during the times of war will never be repeated with passing this horrible experience from generation to generation to our children and grandchildren. The ceremony is meant to serve as a reminder of the soviet unions role in the liberation of europe from nazi germany and the price both nations paid is a reminder of slovenias plight under nazi occupation. A a. Little. 7 that was the weekly here on r. T. Thanks for tuning in. He. Is going to. Dismiss it. Why a paradise with some up all year round turned into a round the experimentation field but agricultural chemicals we know that these chemicals have consequences they are major irritants theres no question otherwise why would that the Chemical Company workers themselves be geared up that suited up locals attempt to combat the on regulated experiments but often in day you have many of these people who have one foot into the biotech pharma and the other foot in the government regulatory bodies this kind of collusion is reprehensible while the battle goes on the chemicals continue to poison hawaii and its people so one has to ask the question whether there is a form of environmental races going on in hawaii whether these Companies Feel they can get away with this because the people have less political power. Are. Hello and welcome to worlds apart a week from now russians will cast their votes in more than 5000 regional administers billed ballots but the chances are that all western audiences will hear about the obvious scandalous moscow elections and the reach and take from the candidates im not allowed to run this isnt drew thousands of protesters to the streets of moscow who were matched with happier and more shabby handed than the usual police force what does this electoral disturbance in the capital mean for the future of russias political system to discuss that im now joined by mark a professor at the University College london and the prominent expert on russia mark its always a pleasure talking to you thank you very much for coming over that youve been heralding the putin is for quite some time do you did protestan moscow and a pretty have a hand that response to them qualify as the signs of the systems imminent collapse no no imminent collapse i mean no im talking about the sort of the slow systemic death really of a particular way of running the country and although its tempting to look at whats happening in moscow and see it as some kind of sign of dramatic change its not its a symptom its a symptom of a process is a symptom of a combination of how the opposition is beginning to act but also i would suggest that the state running out of ideas as to how to deal with them the russian political system is in many ways an artificial construct that the us put together on the go to respond to challenges and frankly i dont think it was ever intended to last if it was indeed to change from a system centered around one man to something more broad based one can be the 1st to welcome it. Given how much you person to talk about him being tired and bored with his duties well yes i think if he could be sure that his legacy his personal security in any way his his sense over russias direction could be preserved i absolutely agree because i think that. The personalization of this regime has been in many ways accidental the there are some who believe that some grand plan for power and so forth i dont believe so i think actually this is been much more responsive as you say to the moments and changes and individual circumstances but absolutely we now have a system which is basically built around the shape of one man and its very hard to see all my friends build around the shape of one man i think theres some truth in that theres a lot of mythology all systems have a lot of mythology about the moment at the moment both sides in the u. K. Trying to mobilize their sort of particular image of how they think the british system ought to work well likewise in russia yes there is absolutely this personalization but i think it is actually true that this is a system which has come to depend on the central a c. Of one man not least as the sort of final arbiter or kinds of different disputes within the athlete the countrywide welting that i mentioned in the beginning of the program it is coming on september 8th and its going to involve all 84 regions of russia not just moscow and those regions have huge disparities in terms of social Economic Political Development i know that youve been planning a lot about the moscow developments and we will talk about them in a moment but im just curious as an expert on russia have you looked at all into whats happening election wise beyond moscow i call pundits and i like to say were talking grand terms but no i mean i think seriously if you look at local elections are