Studios and most of this is our International John thomas with us. Right here in the militants backed by Turkish Forces have launched an offensive against the syrian army in the province but they were pushed back by russian airstrikes donna has more on the latest developments. Basically what happened terrorist factions launched an offensive on the Syrian Forces who were holding one of the villages a village in that Northeastern Province a very large scale offensive supported by artillery strikes by the turkish army so that offensive or that was of such scale that the troops the syrian troops on the ground could not withstand it on their own so the ask the Russian Air Force to help out so it did but again that offensive that terrorist offensive was supported by turkish artillery so moscow had to intervene and reach out directly to ankara and ask them to stop the support to prevent militants from moving deeper into syria into the 24 aircraft of the Russian Air Force at the request of the
Are broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is R T International. With. Iran has admitted to accidentally downing a ukrainian passenger plane killing all 176 people on board the countrys Aerospace Commander has said the armed forces accept full responsibility for wednesdays tragedy he explained that the boeing 737 was mistaken for a cruise missile. You know were not heard that the floyd who didnt shut down we still was never going to witness such a terrible incident. He went on to explain that an air Defense System operator had faulty communications and had just 10 seconds to make a decision the general said his units had requested a no fly zone before the incident but the request was denied for on specific specified reasons as part of the investigation the black boxes of the crash the boeing 737. 00 will be deciphered in ukraine with french experts assisting in the Technical Work tehrans admission that it unintentionally shot down the airliner came after repeated deni
A christmas phone call. Rang me because he spent christmas with me and my family in 2010 what. He said to me but im slowly dying. I broadcast live from our studios in moscow this is our Team International and john thomas glad to have you with us as we broadcast our recap of the weeks content. All right but 1st lets go to iraq where 6 people have been reportedly wounded after several rockets hit in baghdad and clearing an area near the u. S. Embassy the heavily fortified green zone which houses government buildings and Foreign Missions the developments follow the United States assassination of irans most powerful general in an air raid at Baghdad International airport on friday President Trump has tweeted that if iran strikes u. S. Military personnel or bases the response could come in as a disproportionate manner these media posts will serve as notification to the United States congress that should iran strike any u. S. Person or target the United States would quickly and fully strike
And broadcasting live direct from our star studios in moscow this is our chief International John thomas certainly glad. Johnsons conservative party is celebrating an historic victory in thursdays general election the Prime Minister says it gives him a powerful mandate to deliver brags that the election delivered the worst result for the labor party since the 1930 s. Here is how the Party Leaders reacted to an historic day in westminster the proud to say that members of a new one nation government a peoples government will sit tight from constituencies that have never returned a conservative then be. 100 years and yes they will have been able will we mandate from this election to get it done and we will honor that mandate by general the 31st will not lead the party in any future general Election Campaign i will discuss with. To ensure there is a process now of reflection on this result and on the policies that the party will take Going Forward all the conservatives are celebrating winn
Missile test. Car broadcasting live direct from our studios here in moscow this is our Team International john thomas certainly glad to have you with us all right now 1st we start with fresh doubts being cast over the credibility of the International Chemical weapons a watchdog the o. P. C. W. As more leaked emails published by wiki leaks reveal concerns from yet another member of the team which probed an alleged attack in the syrian city of duma last year he says the final report into the incident misrepresents their findings. The Fact Finding Mission report does not reflect the views of all the team members that deployed to doom or only one Fact Finding Mission team member a paramedic the socalled Fact Finding Mission core team was in duma we are not insisting on being right in our assertions but we are demanding to be heard we have been stonewalled throughout by office cation exclusion and even thuggish bullying behavior the alleged chemical attack in early april last year reportedl