Divides the nation. From exchange of missile strikes across the border. Joining us this evening youre watching the weekly here on out. Sunday marks the 15th anniversary of the deadliest terrorist attack in modern russian history it happened at a school in the north of town of beslan in russias north caucasus region where more than a 1000 people were taken hostage 334 were eventually killed many of them children. The victims are being commemorated in beslan today people are laying flowers near the school which has become a monument to those events words of condolence have been coming in from around the world for beslan the 1st days of september each year have become a time of grief and mourning you may find some of the following images disturbing. Meanwhile in Beslan School candles have been lit ahead of the commemoration ceremony later this evening and 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. The thief is a small tell 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 scene medics who ran towards the fire to turn to the wounded parents and teachers who decided to stay with the children and Police Officers who tried to save those who they could. Every year become here and to the grave site in fact there is a cemetery every month people were very understanding they were coming from all over russia and nearby countries i would not want to events like these to unite people but it does. I think its impossible to forget Something Like this 334 people died and so many children among them is it possible to forget it. Its very important that one of the memory and remember the events in order for this horrible tragedy to never happen again i came here today with my daughter she asked me herself to bring her here i think its so important to remember people come here to leave wreath of flowers soft toys but interestingly bottles of drinks. There 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. I was. Even people whove left the town come back here every year or so i mean to find answers clearer picture of what actually happened but most come here to out pour their grief to get some closure and most importantly why 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 shared their memories for a new arty documentary. This is trust but the yarra as a last job must not get give us no more of that to get us from our financial gritty way to you know to dish talked until we have bluffs this or sneak off get a wish for a new new syria man ranch back in camera in your member states. Just. Get your girl to me at portrush or you choose your. Shoes to go to school. Or to school to do so if your remarks are going to perceive you from the previous leader was to shift your worries of the world style opposed. 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And you can watch the documentary unfold on our website on t dont call me and well also be bringing you more from the commemorations throughout the day. U. K. Is more divided than ever over briggs it today saw tens of thousands take to the streets and cities across the country to Prime MinisterBoris Johnson announce that they suspend poland and head of the e. U. Divorce deadline decision means m. P. s will have less time to debate and influence the way the u. K. Leaves the union some say it is the only way to get briggs it over the finish line others say its a democratic county suskind taylor reports. 4th johnson is being well boris hes being bold as brass and he wants breakfast come what may rather. What you do when parliament what paypal you suspend it he needed how much permission to do that which he thought were not going to wait until 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 the 14th and weve got to move ahead with a new legislative 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 breck set off to the referendum something we are definitely clear on bricks it means bricks it bricks it needs frets it bricks it means bricks it and where youre going to make a success of it but parliament had other ideas the patchy shouting had out even what have you boys had to reach for how water then she found that rustles wasnt very happy about how to bit the old blighty and wouldnt budge on key points like the irish backstop to maintain a sea. Us 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 and left i do so with no ill will but with enormous undine during gratitude to have had the opportunity to serve the country i love. And to Boris Johnson ardent bricks a tear and leave camp figurehead johnson promised to take the u. K. Out of the European Union by how do we do you dont know and thats really all people 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 peace will only have 2 weeks to try block a no deal bracks 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. Not democratic its a catastrophe so anybody who tried to bring it in would be courting disaster anyway we should care what the people voted for i think its a constitutional outrage he wants to think hes in you know Winston Churchill said you know its self important little man you know 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 breaks if you cant get it through hes out although where is cynics point out that whats really on democratic our m. P. s in westminster spending 3 years and piles of taxpayers money by declaring over delaying 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 part. Meant to democracy thats apparently taking back control but then this is Boris Johnson whos never been one for a 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 birch is going to get his way and bulldoze britain away from brussels r. T. London. The middle east now where israel talks today has military squads in southern lebanon idea forces claim to have used more than 100 artillery shells with bottle helicopters more details now from Television Journalist laura. Well the whole event really started and ended with on just 2 hours at around 415. 00 local time a few ante to take projectiles were fired toward northern israel from lebanon by hezbollah soon admitting that they were the ones that fired the projectiles the i. D. F. Almost immediately said there were no casualties in that launch but they did respond with more than 100. 00 of their own projectiles into lebanon both airstrikes as well as artillery those airstrikes coming from attack helicopters netanyahu said in a statement its very soon after that there wasnt even a scratch on any of those soldiers but an i. D. F. Ambulance that was hit in a position near the northern keep a military position right beside that keyboard which is right on the israel lebanon border now that initial projectile from from hezbollah in lebanon was in response to an attack in syria last week by israel that killed 2 hezbollah operatives operating from syria so they immediately said that this event was in response to those soldiers dying last week. So the boonies Prime Minister has reportedly called the u. S. Along with francis top diplomat to discuss the events and ask for them to intervene. Lets bring in a political analyst an investigative journalist whos currently in beirut good evening to. The counterattacks that that were seeing what do you think were witnessing here was this something. Well israel actually attacked the phone Companies Know about for a day so you know it was an attack on syria on iraq. And they used those so far all the signs and they use their own stewards are clear but he started to moderate and show most basically according to the president of floor level the home of the clinician of war almost immediately. Leader oprah has. When on the television and said that there is going to be a measured response i know that theyre going to retaliate basically Nothing Happened for several days something today. Of the hezbollah apparently fired and 30 time missiles and the calling to hizbullah they hit the tank and they killed several people including the general. Army now this is. This is totally disputed by the israeli media but according to according to hezbollah yes it took place and there are some video circulating now of the but on showing how Israeli Soldiers are carrying the soldier towards the towards the helicopter and being given a created to obviously move that so we dont know what i can now all of whom to trust you know all we know is that the. Missiles were fired from or more the region of living around the world says no is that exactly ation and that there are disputed information suppose this israel fired back 100. Missiles. Again we dont know the number of casualties or any conscient is here in my boat on i was at the border one week ago the situation now is totally different of course and the border is the sea. Its impossible to even come close to the wide. Area controlled or United Nations more unified are it was obvious that theyre unified isnt doing much actually there is there. Of consideration that there are a number. Generally there is not much there and doing good all over when we could go or where tensions will sort of be higher so for example indonesian soldiers or uniform pilkey taking selfies rights stand metres from the well from the border line and through the wall that was recently constructed or by. And very well rapid at that appreciated time and ravel check political analyst investigative journalist my guest think its. Commemorations for the 80th anniversary of the beginning of world war 2 are taking place in slovenia helping him on that story under this after this break. Theres things. That. When it comes down to it it is no 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 say is much much less all the totally counterproductive rhetorical struggles we see against russia that its you know its its become an easy way all getting so the audiences to applaud you is to come out with cheap russian bashing and that helps. Oh this week its a home a rule see drugmaker johnson and johnson is responsible for driving the states Opioid Crisis and ordered it to buy a 572000000. 00 fine he said the pharmaceutical giant a drone a false and dangerous Marketing Campaign has downplayed the risk of addiction and directly contributed to deaths johnson and johnson has said that it will appeal that decision. Another Pharmaceutical Company purdue farmers also come under fire this week in recently unsealed Court Documents revealed the Company Funded advocacy organizations which served as front groups screenshots of email correspondence published in a multi district oh poor do lawsuits have led to accusations the giant corporation has caused americas biggest drug epidemic we reached out to Purdue Pharma for comment well bring you any response when it comes in nevertheless the company itself theres a bit people affected should seek help as soon as possible. While bird you farmer is prepared to defend itself vigorously in the r. P. I. Actually its a geisha the company has made clear that it sees little good coming from years to waste food to geisha and pills to people and communities affected by the opiate crisis need help now in the late 1990 s. Prescriptions for painkillers were made readily available as pharmaceutical companies are sure doctors their patients would not become addicted quickly became clear that many people were in fact becoming dependent deaths from opioid overdoses reaching a record high of 42000 in 2060. And the following year the government declared a Public Health emergency currently an estimated 130 americans die every single day as a result of opioid medicine abuse the Health Crisis is also placing a huge strain on the u. S. Economy reportedly encouraging high rates of heroin use addiction specialist and olenka told us both the pharmaceutical industry and doctors have failed in their duties to customers and patients. Well doctor certainly bear some responsibility for the opiate epidemic but i think to really understand how this happened in the United States its necessary to realize that a whole generation of physicians was educated to believe that opioids are not addictive as long as youre giving them to a patient in pain and this was a message that was eagerly adopted by produced by johnson and johnson by chance and by t. V. By many other opioid manufacturers why because it helped their bottom line to sell more opioids so certainly doctors have to be reeducated as they are now they have to withhold opioids they have to stop prescribing opioids for ankle sprains for chronic pain conditions we would not want the pendulum to swing in the opposite direction and for people who really need opioids not to be able to get them so finding some kind of middle ground is going to be essential. Commemorations of all the 80th anniversary of the start of world war 2 began they sweet in slovenia an eternal flame was lifted a memorial built in honor of soviets and slovenian soldiers little juice was bought all the way from russia was itself led from the eternal flame at the tomb of the unknown soldier next to the crime that the present is from the Russian Embassy as well as russian and living in veterans were among those attending the ceremony as a reminder of living is plight and nazi occupation. To you. All or. The ceremonious living 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 some of the veterans who attended the event shed their memories of the war with us. So let me. 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 battalion 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. Russia slovenia yugoslavia all of the fraternal nations were fighting against the nazis back then i was a part of that 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. Thats a joining me this evening here on r. T. International updates coming your way at the top of their oil. This. Is an officer. Told them to get up off the ground yasser began to down. Heard them folks on the sounds of kind of fighting and choose a grown man like wrestling essentially hurling. Through his or trying. To push their way from the office or. Out of his group. 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Hello and welcome to worlds apart of a week from now russians will cast their votes in more than 5000 regional ballots but the chances are that all western audiences will hear about the obvious scandalous moscow elections and the beach and crime and candidates im not allowed to run this is a jew thousands of protesters to the streets of moscow who were mad with happier and more than the usual police force what does this 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 expertise and russia markets 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 heavy handed response to 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. I think it was ever intended to last if it was indeed to change from a system of santeria there on one man to something more broad based one can be deferred to welcome it especially 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 he has sense over of 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 of the of one man not least as the sort of final arbiter of kinds of different disputes within the athlete the countrywide voting 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 the 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 like all pundits and id like to say were talking grand terms but no i mean i think seriously if you look at local elections are very much about local issues woman thing else and its quite interesting that we have a situation in which you the way the old the old identifiers of quite what united russia stood for