Israel and lebanon after an exchange of missile strikes across the border. Youre watching the weekly here on r. T. International im whereas on a local thank you for joining us. Sunday marks the 15th anniversary of the deadliest terrorist attack in modern russian history it happened at a school in the north especially in town of beslan in russias north caucuses region where more than a 1000 people were taken hostage 334. 00 were eventually killed and many of them were children. The victims being commemorated in beslan today people laying flowers near the school which has become a monument to those events was a condolence have been coming in from around the world and for the 1st days of september have become a time for grief and mourning a warning you may find some of the following images disturbing. Meanwhile in Beslan School candles have been lit to commemorate the victims 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 detonations on the 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 i feel. A small 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 and Police Officers who tried to save those who they could. Every year we come here and to the grave. In fact we visit the cemetery every month. People were very understanding they were coming from russia and nearby countries and i would not want events like these to unite people when he 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 for 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 and i think its important to remember people come here to leave wreath of flowers soft toys and interestingly bottles of drinks. There is a tragic story behind that to. Take has 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. Crowds i. 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 out pour their grief to get some closure and most importantly like 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 r. T. Documentary. This is trust but the yarra as a lost puppy job must not get a lot of us no more of that to get us on our news im a pretty way to you know to to talk to him come to me a little of just as the last nicholas get a wish for a new new syria man ranch back in camera. Some human busts. Due to occur to me at portrush for you today. To be able to share. Or to go to the source of your remarks or bonus for save you from the precious leader was to shift your use of the world style opposed. 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V. Dont call. Now turning to some more of our news from this week the u. K. Is more divided than ever over bricks it sussed they saw tens of thousands take to the streets in cities across the country after Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced it suspend parliament ahead of the e. U. Divorce deadline that decision means m. P. s will have less time to debate and influence the way the u. K. Leaves the e. U. While some sit as the only way to get bricks and over the line of the say it is undemocratic as a party substitute taylor reports. Boris johnson is being well boris hes being bold as brass and he wants breakfast come what may rather tired so what do you do when parliament wont play ball you suspend it he needed how much distance permission to do that which he thought were going to wait until october the 31st before getting all with our plans to take this country forward were going to have a queens speech and were going to do it all the 14th and 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 full a number 1010 and to resume a husqvarna getting away from it all hiking in the swiss alps spent 3 years trying to deliver treks it 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 patchy shouting have doubt even what have her a key point how to reach for how water then she found that brussels wasnt very happy about how to bit the 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 though and may tried 3 times to push it through parliament no luck so she shared 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 think it had 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 peace will only have 2 weeks to try to block a new 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 is. Not democratic its a catastrophe so anybody who tried to bring it in would be to. Get what the people voted for i think its a constitutional outrage he wants to see. You know when. Its self important to blame any problems on others and he will be patted on the back for delivering bricks and win an election thats what he sees Boris Johnson should do everything he could. To get breaks for 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 and piles of taxpayers money by dint the ring over to leg breck said ok perhaps it was a little rogue ish 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 builders. Away from brussels Saskia Taylor r. T. London. To the middle east now where israel has targeted a hezbollah military scored in southern lebanon i. D. F. Forces claim to have used more than 100 artillery shells along with battle helicopters more details now from tel aviv based journalist lauren i so will be going to that clip with lauren the very shortly were having a problem with that clip instead well be going to this story from oklahoma the u. S. State of oklahoma where a judge ruled that the drug maker johnson and johnson is responsible for driving the states Opioid Crisis and ordered to pay a 572000000. 00 fine he said the pharmaceutical giant had run a false and dangerous a Marketing Campaign which downplayed the risk of addiction and directly contributed to deaths Johnson Johnson has said it will appeal the decision. Another Pharmaceutical Company per day pharma has also come under fire this week in recently unsealed Court Documents it was revealed the Company Funded advocacy organizations which served as a front for groups screenshots of email correspondence published in a multi district opioid lawsuit have led to accusations the giant corporation caused americas biggest drug epidemic when we reached out to Purdue Pharma for a comment and well bring you any response they give us nevertheless the company itself admits people affected should seek help as soon as possible. While burgess farmer is prepared to defend itself vigorously in the archaeologists a geisha the company has made clear that it sees little good coming from years to waste food to geisha and pills the people and communities affected by the opiate crisis need help now. In the late 1990 s. Prescriptions for pinkers were made readily available as pharmaceutical companies assured doctors that their patients would not become addicted but it quickly became clear that many people were becoming dependent with deaths from opioid overdoses reaching a record high of 42000 in 2016 the following year the government declared a Public Health emergency currently an estimated 130 americans die every day as a result of opioid medicine abuse the Health Crisis is also placing a huge strain on the u. S. Economy and reportedly encouraging higher rates of heroin use addiction specialist told us that both the pharmaceutical industry and doctors have failed in their duties to customers and patients. Well doctor certainly there are 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. The Russian Military says the u. S. Carried out an air strike in syria is it province without 1st giving notice thereby violating quote all agreements the u. S. State department is reported to have told russian News Agencies to the operation was an accurate and targeted response to terror groups have been planning attacks my colleague Andrew Farmer discussed what happened with arties. 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 battleground for many months now the syrian army against rebels jihad the syrian army coming out and 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 allies and to innocent civilians but because this is aside from the fact that you know the basically undermine the cease fire because the judges became confused they started shooting at the syrian army the syrian army didnt shoot back the russians. But aside from that there was also the fact that this was a very unprofessional because theres a procedure in place whenever you carry out an airstrike 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 it didnt inform either russia would turkey that it was going to carry out these airstrikes which leaves both countries with a lot of questions meanwhile 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 political analyst yousif thinks washington ought to have notified russia and turkey. At a time when the Syrian Regime had hoped to deescalate and called 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 why 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. Following sundays clashes in hong kong the day ended with a heavy Police Presence on the streets protesters had gathered at Hong Kong International airport setting up barricades to block roads leading to the terminal trains linking the city to the airport was suspended along with some bus services said the train station was also found lost by protesters sundays clashes came off to violent protests on saturday as people took to the streets despite a blast but about planned protest being banned the authorities had warned anyone taking part in saturdays action could face prosecution u. S. President donald trump weighed in on the situation saying the n. T. Beijing protests should be handled in a humane fashion. I think it will work for the great. Punk john would be a much bigger job and i think it would have been much more violent i really believe john wants to make a deal and they know it puts us in a very bad position if there is not a humane way of handling the problems and id let them know that. Handle it in a humane fashion how the troublous words did not go down well with the Chinese Foreign ministry saying hed shown empathy with what it calls radicalized protesters on friday 2 more protest leaders were arrested on suspicion of organizing an authorized rallies but were released on bail one of them joshua one was pictured earlier this month meeting a u. S. Consular official which were ignited suspicions that western governments are meddling in hong kong a professor at the Shanghai International banking and finance Institute Benjamin shower is convinced the unrest in hong kong is supported by external actors. The violent protesters. Increased the volleys you know to compensate for the decrease in the number of Peaceful Protesters for quickly turning their back on the most violent ones after they learned the true nature of their most violent towards some of which seem very professional engaged or supported by external entity you can clearly hear quite traces of beer a professional choreographed script and responses in each elsewhere in europe it was with the western press the choice of wording and his wrist was were really used by any whole teenagers the a very professional so physical. Commemorations to mount the 80th anniversary of the start of the 2nd world war begin this week in slovenia an eternal flame was lit at a memorial built in on of soviet and slovenian soldiers the torch used was bought all the way from russia and was itself lit from the eternal flame at the tomb of the unknown soldier next to the kremlin representatives from the Russian Embassy as well as the russian and slovenian veterans were among those attending the ceremony his or her mind slovenias plight under nazi occupation. Well the ceremony in slovenia is meant to serve as a reminder of the soviet unions role in the liberation of europe from nazi germany and the prize both nations paid some of the veterans who attended the event said that memories of the wall with us. I joined the liberation front in 1942 and fortress till the end of the war battalion were carried after greatest number of attacks against the nazis at the age of 17 i was the commander of the italian so 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 their battalion managed to break down their resistance and won the battle we were very brave back then and 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 for my enemy just to keep the resistance to life 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 the way clay what we back here in just over 30 minutes time with another round up of the biggest stories from the past 7 days see that. So what weve got to do is identify the threats that we have its crazy. Let it be an arms race. Theory Dramatic Development it only really exists i dont see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk. Welcome to worlds apart of a week from now russians will cast their votes in more than 5000 regional administers the ballots but the chances are that all western audiences will hear about the. Elections and reach out to kremlin candidates im not allowed to run the decision drew thousands of protesters to the streets of moscow who were mad happier and more than the usual police force what does this disturbance in the capital mean for the future 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 heavy handed response to them qualify as the signs of the systems imminent collapse no no imminent collapse i mean im talking about the sort of the slow systemic really all the particular way of running the country and all. 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 it was 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 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 his his sense of russias direction could be preserved i absolutely agree because i think that. The personalization of this regime has been in many ways accidental that 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 them i mean 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 going personalisation 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
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