Im Kate Burridge and youre watching the latest headlines here in r. T. International thank you for joining us. Russia says its setting up humanitarian corridors in the syrian on clay feasting to allow civilians to leave the war ravaged district. Is located just outside the capital damascus and has been occupied by various rebel on terror groups for years violence has recently escalated there with both sides exchanging fire and accusing each other of targeting civilians moscow now says it will help establish a humanitarian corridor and launch daily five hour pauses to provide aid to people in territories occupied by militants the u. N. Has also said it will use the opportunity to help civilians. Five hours is better than no hours but we would like to see any. Of houses be extended. Thirty days as the Security Council had said but we will effort to do whatever we can within the time that were able to work well earlier the u. N. Security Council Unanimously approved a resolution calling for a nationwide cease fire across syria this was done to enable humanitarian access and to evacuate injured civilians but despite the establishment of humanitarian corridors its not clear if militants occupying easting couso will let anyone out as aunties what i guess the of explains. Resolution twenty four zero one which called for a pan syrian cease fire without delay so far is a dud everyone is interpret it in ways that suit them radical islamist terrorists ignore it Josh Al Islam the army of islam has not stopped shelling damascus dozens of casualties over the last few days alone the syrian army says it has the right to defend itself against extremists until the shelling ends citing a clause that excludes terrorists from this resolution but even then if you talk to syrians theres not all that much enthusiasm for this ceasefire. This truce is similar to the others and we will see it being violated this is the same old story and we are the ones who end up being harmed dont you see the children old people women and students who should we feel sorry for for these rebels this is because we are tired of shelling every day about thirty to forty shells old here and some money mileage i am against the truce because it only benefits the rebels i hope that it will be over soon and that no gunmen remain there but its not only rebels and terrorists in east ghouta its also civilians russia has announced the establishment of humanitarian corridors by which people can leave east ghouta it says the syrian army will abide by a limited unilateral ceasefire to allow civilians to leave if they can rebels is limiting ghouta which include al qaida have barred civilians from leaving the enclave for years according to Amnesty International and others and reportedly they are still doing. So were talking here about the same rebels who caved woman on roofs as human shields against strikes so no surprise it isnt just damascus and east ghouta that are burning its afrin in Northern Syria to turkey which says it is exempt from the ceasefire because it is carrying out an operation fighting the y. P. Jeep syrian kurds whom it calls terrorists it says it wont stop its operation when we look at the un Security Council resolution we see that fight against terror organizations is outside its scope therefore it will not affect turkeys ongoing operation thousands have died over the last month of turkeys incursion turkish president ever do on and said this ceasefire has failed at this Point Resolution twenty four zero one looks dead on arrival. My colleague neil harvey spoke with also abdel bari out one who says its too early to judge the effect of humanitarian forces. It is very very. Premature to tell actually what will happen but i believe this is about people responded their civilian were allowed to leave school to old to leave the fighting definitely this will reduce that human casualties among those people russias foreign minister Sergei Lavrov has claimed that theres a decision from Asian Campaign underway he says its targeting the Syrian Government first of all its want to hear exactly the words of lover of. Words are being planted in libya by chlorine allegedly used in eastern good news outlets are citing an anonymous source from the us let me remind you weve been warning about such Great Stories since yesterday and there will be more such stories from social media from the White Helmets a provocative organization with a history of freak reports especially when it comes to Chemical Attacks for which there is no evidence so these provocations will continue with the single girls to blacken the Syrian Government make using it evolves towards violations and work. So weve seen in the worldwide media claims of hundreds of civilian deaths some reports of chemical weapons being used what do you think what Sergey Lavrov has said is the Mainstream Media being balanced in its coverage definitely of it is that deliberate campaign i noticed for example as a journalist that there is no mention at all of the victims in the other side nobody mentioned talked about chills you know kind of shells of so called does of the capital damascus. The u. N. Security Council Resolution regarding yemen that was suggested by russia has been adopted unanimously on monday russia had vetoed a draft resolution that condemned iran over actions in the water on country r. T. Samir khan reports. Russias draft resolution has passed unanimously in the Security Council today they met to discuss the ongoing situation in yemen and to vote on two rival draft resolutions one proposed by the u. K. And the other by russia of a u. K. Draft resolution called for quote additional measures against iran over accusations that it violated an arms embargo now this came after u. N. Experts said in january that Iranian Military equipment was brought in to yemen after the arms embargo was imposed but also stated that they were unable to verify the supplier and russias draft resolution called for the renewal of sanctions until february twenty nine hundred but did not mention iran the Russian Ambassador called for political dialogue and expressed the need for the u. N. To come closer he also explained the reasoning behind the veto lets take a quick look i will be frank the wording advanced in the british draft is liable to have dangerous destabilizing ramifications and this is not only applicable to the situation in yemen but also to the region overall this will inevitably escalate regional tensions and lead to conflict among key regional players instead of antagonizing relations in the middle east what we need are measures to seek consensus through a mutually respectful dialogue. In contrast the u. S. And u. K. Feel that iran should be condemned and that russia china bolivia and kazakhstan shielded iran from responsibility lets check out what the u. S. Had to say russia but livea china kazakhstan sent an opposite equally clear message instead of demanding accountability from iran they decided to show it to iran from responsibility instead of insisting that iran live up to its International Obligations they have invited iran to continue promoting chaos in the middle east their actions will not be forgotten and we will not stop until toran is stopped and peace is once more possible for the people of the middle east for some context the crisis in yemen started in twenty fifteen when saudi arabia led a military campaign against the who fees and since then the campaign has led to the deaths of thousands and reduced its infrastructure to almost nothing the conflict has been described as the worlds worst humanitarian crisis as saudi arabia has imposed a blockade preventing any humanitarian assistance or food from coming into the country it will be interesting to see if the adoption of the russian resolution will polarize the u. N. Security council even further a former advisor to Irans Nuclear negotiating team. Says the u. K. s proposal was not constructive in resolving yemens problems. This is a very divisive resolution put forth by the u. K. That officially got into this blame game when the situation the dying humanitarian catastrophic situation in yemen calls for. A rational political process in light of the selection of a new special envoy by the un on yemen come next month so i think that russias move was very sensible and rational and it was trying to defy the resolution russia drafted on extending the ridge the sanction regime on and yemen so i really think that the u. N. Safeguarded itself from another the wrong wrongs would have aggravated the situation so the help helping it. Tensions are rising across italy as the country prepares to vote in next weekends general Election Police have been deployed in cities throughout the country to humble rallies which are the defend or condemn center right. Security forces expect further protest during the elections and off towards the vote isnt expected to produce a clear winner. Ceci assesses the key political figures. Its nice general election a show like no other starring a convict a tramp wannabe and a poster boy confused well let me break it down for you office contender is the grounds old age of eighty one and has a scandalous past of ford convictions and sex scandals and hes also been the former Prime Minister of italy multiple times Silvio Berlusconi im still young sure im ready to work. Well at least hes young at heart and he has plenty of supporters. I will vote for berlusconi and the rest i dont care about he gets things done. Due to his conviction he can become the Prime Minister himself but if his go italy party does well he could be the man to pick the head of the cabinet go italy leads a coalition which spans the range of italian sense right politics is thought they could gain thirty eight percent of the votes part of this coalition includes our next contender salvini and his leg a party for me when i. Tell you first. To tell you first wait a second doesnt that battle cry sound familiar America First and im sure thats more. What i admire and trump is the fact that he is keeping most of the promises he made during the Electoral Campaign now just like trump salvini tweets about anything and everything moving on swath it contending now the young face of the anti Establishment Party only thirty one years old the leader of the five Star Movement is seen by some as a bit of eye candy and he makes weight promises to were the only Political Force that in recent years has made promises to the italians and has kept faith with those promises were the only ones to renounce the privileges of politics while the politicians continue to obtain these privileges i give up my annuity and cut my salary has the complete opposite of the partys found and stand up comedian bet big reload his cool calm and collected and it seems to have captivated young voters i will go with tomorrow tomorrow will be a baton and point i hope that the five Star Movement comes to power because it understands us young People Better they are more aware about technology they think about the future of us young people but theyre still a huge group of those and show which way to votes on march the fourth poll suggest almost a third of voters say the undecided or will abstain honestly i dont trust anyone anymore. For me theyre all the same whichever Political Party it is they come here they make their promises i say this i will do that but in the end it was nothing they might have their reasons italy has seen sixty governments and even more Prime Ministers since the Second World War thats roughly new cabinets every fourteen months so well see if any of these cars can sway the voters and stay long enough to actually keep any of their promises. Well polls also show the center left parties including the current ruling one are likely to struggle at the election however it is junior minister for European Affairs sandra gold see believes the large amount of undecided voters means the outcomes not set in stone. There are for me yes for media every day yes we say that they would go to go to the woods of course. They have to make up their mind and that is why both of our not reliable because. If we depend on the movement on the electorate give your all this for me dont people and also there are people who have abstaining the last in our elections who are saying they would have stayed in and the duty of all the Political Forces in this week the best way. Possible of voters to go to the polls because these are elections they need that would be very important for italy for our physician the in the European Union and they see that they are also very important for the possibility to relaunch their European Union we serve. Russias astleys received a heros welcome back home after the end of the Winter Olympics that story and more coming up. Russias been reaching out for decades for years down under putin saying look weve got to trade more this more trade and america is like no no youre an existential crisis because we have to give these deadbeats in congress a lot more money if youre going to create a fake enemy with demand three hundred million more dollars meanwhile you go to trade with china and the east and create a new silk road and become much for join a five twenty six dollar cami all america shrinks. Welcome back russias athletes have arrived home after the Winter Olympics closed in south korea the team finished thirteenth in the medal table after the taping scandal prevented many top russians from competing. Holkins was at the airport where the competitors were finally allowed to just play the national symbols. Of. The day is a little the way to say that ive been out to the russia but im. Nobody knows david russia or most yes yeah its fun testing rival holders with people families well bush is shooting sports really a festival atmosphere here today now of course before they departed for korea there was a lot of discussion is whether they should go for you right whether they perhaps should boycott the games we all see here today so you can hear it but its cheering its selfevident so yes they should have gone yes they should it was at that country and the people you know proud to go back there often its. Certainly a reason to get a third place and a serene place during the final competition someone found before him and he fell to assume he managed to grab the third place. But. The chances. Were mostly grating the whole National Team of course but were waiting the hockey players the most we will very worried for them wed like over seven am to see the final now we want to greet them and say thank you it was like im here good thing everyone i fould every match and our athletes. Before the start i just wanted to participate to compete for a medal because it was really hard because of the whole neutral flag issue but im glad that i got a good result from it except for the skating rink my room in the canteen i havent seen anything else and young chang i was very busy with training. I was at first of course frustrated we simply did not know how to behave because it was the first time in our careers that we participated under the neutral flag nevertheless we tried our best not to give it too much attention we had to prepare to focus on our tasks at hand the most important thing for me was to qualify for the games and when under what flag it doesnt matter. And the large crowds greeting the athletes in the airport help creates the Perfect Moment for two men to pop the question to their medal winning girlfriends. And he told exclusively was fifteen year old elin pick figure skating champion and he knows the gate of about her world record achievement tonight. Before competition i fully distance myself from the outside world i didnt mind the attention from the journalists fans and the fact that im participating in the Olympic Games for me it was the same as any other competition of course i supported the other athletes from russia but i didnt feel this big burden of responsibility maybe that helped me because of the book with you was so calm after your performance and everyone said that the only source single tear what did you do to stay so calm spoil. This im going to just hit actually there were no tears at all and im always like that keeping my emotions to myself but when i go home i always share all my emotions with my parents. I think when i get home i will be dancing and jumping for joy i hope by the time i get home i will realize what i have achieved. So you havent been jumping and dancing so far but it will show you what i get i only during my routine. What about your relationship with. Your rivals on ice but is it true that you are actually friends. That yes absolutely we have to go to have a coffee or a chat on social media between training we always share funny videos on instagram and have a good laugh together yes there was a vision the. You said you dont notice the Media Attention but we have to ask you about the american skater Ashley Wagner who criticize your routine saying the putting all the very complicated elements at the end i