A free speech conference is going to defend freedom of press. Youre watching international bring you your live news update from our studio here in moscow welcome to the program russias defense minister has described how her roic Navy Officers sacrificed their lives saving colleagues and civilian experts on board when their deep sea submersible caught fire on monday. Join me to discuss the details. Well so far the details that weve hired were pretty scarse we know we know that on july the 1st a deep sea vessels submersible caught fire while on a mission and apparently it was the assignment this is what were getting from the Defense Ministry in the course of the fire 14 people turned up dead so now the defense minister rushes defense and defense minister sergei show who has offered a bit more has offered an insight as to what happened on board during that fire and apparently the crew 1st they evacuated a civilian we dont know much about who that civilian is whether its getting down to the simplest of details like it was a new worry she what they were doing there we know it was an Industry Professional and that sick so after evacuating that civilian they sealed to the behind them just to prevent the fire from spreading across the vessel and so then they fought the fire and they fought for the lives of their comrades they fought for the vessel to survive and when the Russian Defense minister talked about this he did not mince his words. It is similar to put the word in. Acted heroically in the critical situation because of the lives they completed the task of good out the fire that saved the cooperates and the deep water source so essentially what they did they dealt with the epicenter of the fire and thats why the death toll didnt go much higher thats why the death toll is at 14 because it could be much worse so essentially yeah they saved the lives of their colleagues by sacrificing their own and what can you tell us about the sailors who perished well again this is not much details theyre the only thing that we know it came from the russian president from Vladimir Putin we know that there were heroes of russia among those who perished we know that all of them were offices ranking and so glad im a putin revealed that as he offered his deepest condolences to the families and friends have a listen. To give the 47 or top rank captains who are heroes of russia this is a big loss for the fleet i offer sincere condolences to the families of the deceased everything must be done to help and support them in the so this is pretty much all we know about the crew officially we dont know any names we dont we havent seen any lists yet and the spokesman for the russian president when he was asked the question he said that this is basically because of the secrecy of the matter the commander in chief has all the information but naturally this information cannot be made public it belongs to the category of state secrets so no its not a tool or that no more information has been shared. There is already a commission thats been formed and its been tossed with one thing looking into investigating as to what caused the tragedy was caused on board of that submersible it is led by russias naval chief so the only way we i think we can expect any other more official information being released about the tragedy is through the verdict and through the findings or this commission. Violence has flared up in tel aviv during a rally in honor of an Ethiopian Israeli teenager were shot dead by an off duty Police Officer. That was. Thousands took to the streets in what appears to have been a spontaneous demonstration some clashed with riot police and other set cars and trash bins on fire the officer who shot the teenager said he felt his life was in danger after he started throwing rocks at him the teenagers family has demanded an immediate investigation into the matter Ethiopian Community in israel often described mistreatment at the hands of the authorities there a spokesperson for israel please describe what will happen next. There were a number of suspects that were involved in a fight in a local park a Police Officer who was in plain clothes he approached those individuals and requested to see their id what happened was is the situation developed and they started throwing stones at him he was hit and struck by stones and he felt that he was in a life threatening situation he responded by drawing his record firing to the floor busy and what we know is. That the bullet struck the floor busy and then on for 2 struck one of the men who was taken to hospital in serious condition and later passed away since the burial of the individual that was unfortunately killed number one theres an investigation taking place as to what happened and number 2 the Israeli National police are dealing in focusing with what is the fact that since the funeral which is unfortunate in large scale riots in and around almost all have made to drum friends across israel protesters attacked civilians Police Officers throwing petrol bombs as well as burning vehicles just over 3 years ago there was a similar incident and it took months almost 2 years in order to rebuild the trust and this is 140 there was a recent incident has taken both ethiopian to unity as well as the Israeli Police to a level one an area which we didnt want to reach its obviously going to take time but were focusing on the period that were in at the moment which is dealing with the protests calming the situation down. Britains Foreign Office has posted a video demanding freedom of the press across the world ahead of a conference on free speech. John with the commissioner an examination bring them into that. Were joined live by our taste Kate Partridge in london kate whats the reaction been to this. Hi there jacki yes you saw the promotional video that came up on the Foreign Offices twitter feed and this is all about promoting the annual conference on press freedom that takes place here in london on july the 10th and the 11th and its done in collaboration with the canadian government this is also on the Foreign Office a twitter feed saying its all about defending Media Freedom remember that key phrase that comes up quite a lot on the twitter freezes well they also talk about imprisoned journalists and backing that particular hash tag defend Media Freedom a coup. As very much a spouse by and supported by jeremy hunt of course the foreign secretary and the conservative Party Candidate leading candidate and also a mild clooney the human rights lawyer who previously represented julian a song and ironically underneath all that underneath those promo videos theyre printed plenty of comments in support of the imprisoned wiki leaks lead found ironically though these these posts from the Foreign Office come on Julian Assange is 48. 00 spells day and in melbourne where his father lives theyve been celebrating his birthday with a party but also demonstrations in support of him and these celebrations were led by his father john chipped in. Of course mixed feeling for the overjoyed and are we to stress the road. Constant. Or no and. Im c. C. Toward. The were both. Here well those 9 years that jump ship summers referring to there were basically going back to that extradition claim by sweden for alleged Sexual Assault all the way back to 2012 and in those years in the meantime Julian Assange has been fighting to clear his name also to fight extradition hes also fighting extradition to the United States and thats thats in relation to Chelsea Manning and all those alleged war crimes that were apparently exposed bought by her in the leaks that were provided to wiki leaks and so while the u. K. Is preparing for this conference on Media Freedom in melbourne theyre having this party but also this sort of commemorations for julian a song and also protests in the meantime the 48 year old himself is spending his 1st day in belmarsh prison inside london because hes in breach of his bell conditions thats what they are 50 weeks and also waiting for that full u. S. Extradition hearing that will take place in february next year. Ok partridge thank you for bringing us that report. An airstrike on a Migrant Detention Center in the libyan capital has killed 44 people and injured more than 130 according to the u. N. Mission to the country and warning you may find the following images disturbing officials at the target center allege the strike was ordered by opposition general we for after he launched an offensive to wrest control of the capital in early april rebel government has not commented on the allegations. Mean all british m. P. s are debating what to do with frozen funds in the account of ousted libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi by barca has more. If you run a business say one of these offices or shop before 2011 then your landlord one being one colonel gaddafi he like to be known as the king of kings and his big bank reflected that before his downfall and death in 2011 exactly as Libyan Investment Authority had amassed some 12000000000 pounds worth of assets in the u. K. Alone among them in portland house on londons Oxford Street the 2 1011. 00 un back to libyan intervention came with a un backed libyan asset freeze 2 that meant that any libyan accounts in the u. K. Were frozen and according to a report by a Government Committee the u. K. Tax man could be scooping tax from those frozen assets the government said mick did that its own 17000000. 00 pounds in tax on the frozen libyan assets in the process 3 years h. M. Revenue and customs that the tax man here wont reveal any more than mt and now some british politicians want that tax revenue to be put to good use the deputy head of Northern Ireland proxy because urged the Prime Minister to use those 17000000 pounds in tax collected from libyan assets in the u. K. To compensate the victims of libyan backed ira terrorism the Prime Minister will be aware be to be the long standing problem for justice and compensation by victims of the libyan. Terrorism in Northern Ireland did throughout the u. K. U. S. Citizens have been compensated by the libyan authorities but the u. K. Should not thats unlikely say the. X. The reason why this is where the murder is much more of the mess that Political Affairs are getting whats more about the relationship between the conservative party. But its also partly. Its just that its been done because the government is in the midst of a. Civil war. And the interest of that money even for the symbols of the question all this raises is when the libyan money well finally returned to the people of libya the country is in a state of civil war and its rival governments havent requested the funds back in april libyas house of representatives called on the International Community not to release any libyan Assets Abroad until a unified government is formed this u. S. News report is from 2011 the u. S. Treasury department has 37000000000. 00 worth of funds that were accessible to more market off his regime frozen in the in the United States the u. S. Government is holding this money but does not control what it has to release the funds back to the newlib Libyan Government when the government requests it and the you want to prove that and the treasury spokeswoman says they are working with libyas Transitional Council and the state department to do just that that was 8 years ago theyre still working on it right now its hard to see when the situation in libya will be safe enough for the money to be returned without the risk of it being misappropriated by rival governing factions but in the meantime all those frozen assets are breathing life and liquidity into banks in the u. K. Europe and the u. S. Is that money has to be where its limited absolutely want to be liquidated it would cause a massive where there and Global Markets are just taking that money a little. Economy that is especially when its that especially in your theres very much territory but its facing difficulties with their careers or lives of over 7 years and i came across very much as a result of it and thats what i said seeing in the corridors in the time that libya resigned because more pressure him but certainly not overturn the signs of ways around the Global Markets and i think this is the moment its a very convenient that they do not sense of urgency very convenient of that money and what we put in a European Investment bank. Still to come 400 schools are being closed in rural france ill tell you why after this short break. You know worlds big partners to do a lot of things and conspiracy its time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that Mainstream Media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smarter we need to stop slamming the door on the shouting past each other its time for Critical Thinking its time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now for watching closely watching the hawks. Magic mushrooms seize down some concepts used in the wrong way carry carry potential arms like any any psychoactive substances. But used in the right way they seem to have quite a. Profound therapy to potential and quite a good safety lifelong as well. Welcome back to the program and friends hundreds of rule schools are about to close forever thats despite promises by president micron to keep them open he was responding to demands by the yellow bus protest movement takes a closer look at the issue. Its been 2 months since french president emanuel kwan promised that no more schools would close in 3 of what he should not have closings of schools or hospitals without mayors accord until the end of my president ial term and its now more than 350 rural schools are closing their doors and people in communities like this one a furious its terrible that schools are closing in rural areas because for the education and well being of children small establishment are much better than big schools for kids to go all summer to learn should not be tied to if i have a place to go or not i think it is but it would be a bad decision to close those schools even if there are not enough students when i was on the clip or we need schools to educate the next generation with our future with our schools we can move on if the foundation of everything if these schools close there will be fewer and fewer children and families in the villages and religious will die out thats why its very important to keep schools open to make them attractive so more families will bring their kids there to be fair the french president hasnt gone back on his word he did say local authorities would have the final say on meet the Police Officer what he says is that the promise will be kept 100 percent mr mccraw answer that they will not close any School Without agreement from local mayors and this is exactly what we are doing but whos behind the push for local municipalities to do this i am surprised that the mayors are in favor of the closure of a school this is the only social fabric that remains for villages from which have gradually disappeared post offices shops where the School Closes it is heartbreaking for citizens and elected officials critics point out the government toys finding elected officials who agree to close schools some mayors have had time to work on their closure project but others have done it under duress so how do you get the mayors views in some cases theyre told anyway there will be. Teachers in front of your students so regroup while it may not make direct Financial Sense for schools to remain open when the classrooms are not full it hardly encourages families to move to the ball areas and address the growing demographic crisis in the regions when a school is closing i do believe that it is very its like a heart attack you know because you are just. Facing reality in which you have the feeling that the village is dying the small town is dying and everything is collapsing this is something that my call we live. It is marked once for all because he hasnt changed you karaoke or policy he hasnt changed the you know inshaallah and budget policy you know is still you know on just lets say again ensure the world why economy which is not what the french want. Students are you can a secondary school have started a petition after they were banned from wearing skirts and a bed to promote gender neutrality under the new role of pupils that appleton aca academy in Northern England will have to wear trousers starting from september. Both female and male students parents in some teachers believe that the fed the school has decided to make wearing transit and lay shoes compulsory for gender neutrality is a complete farce and the rule should be overturned hundreds have signed the petition however the school insists that most parents and students have responded positively. There are a number of reasons for this change it is gender neutral in line with the policy i