i am. a much anticipated meeting between the u.s. and french presidency is taking place at the palace amid media speculation about their disagreements on a number of key issues. just a week after the great chemistry between trump and putin the u.s. president now says his russian counterpart what if referred to in every clinton in the white house. plus human rights watch says the iraqi military is holding at least one hundred seventy families in a de facto detention camp over there and legit links to islamic state.

thank you for watching r.t. international live from moscow trick. the joint press conference between u.s. president george and his french counterpart emanuel is underway right now the leaders have already underlined their readiness to continue cooperation in different fields including the fight against terror and trade issues we'll bring you all the main points when the conference wraps up and as you can watch it in full on our web site that's aussie dot com. well the official reception didn't start of the elise a palace read at the hotel is over leeds which contains the tombs of some of france's greatest war heroes well that didn't go unnoticed on social media as the building is where napoleon is laid to rest a figure many claim is basing his presidency on trump is in paris for a two day official visit amid disagreements with his french counterpart that your friends are. go to france and love friends then or love anymore they're not going

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a message for american researchers please come to france you are welcome. well the discord between the presidents might be eased on thursday evening with the spots of wining and dining as michael is poised to take up the eiffel tower for a rare new lobster dinner. well meanwhile some were seeing the upcoming meeting as a battle between two superheroes so we hit the streets of paris to find out what people think about the two men supposed secret powers. up the planet. he's welcome to america mr president captain ahrens and super for them. we still need this for superman my carotid. your knowledge is every piece must popped up

above the book so it is a pistol. true of flowers and a good sophie many pieces you can pick up that money is only their way on the vision with a. plate on display at. the place you mention gun push him down being legal the big get to know to the agents in the book is that capcom is superman no. city can come out like that even a book with guns ok microchip ok this is like you know give me an ok macro impose. while the joint press conference between u.s. president donald trump and his french counterpart emanuel is underway right now in fact mr trump is speaking at the moment and these are the live pictures not really focused on the maybe i do think this i think from

a practical standpoint most people would have taken that meeting. it's called opposition research or even research into your opponent i've had many people have only been in politics for two years but i've had many people call up oh gee we have information this factor or this person or frankly hillary. that's very standard in politics politics is not the nicest business in the world but it's very standard where they have information and you take the information in the case of don he listened yes they talked about as i see it. we talked about adoption and some things adoption wasn't even a part of the campaign but nothing happened from the meetings zero happened for the meeting and honestly i think the press made a very big deal over something that really a lot of people would do now the lawyer that went to the meeting i see that she was in the halls of congress also somebody said that her visa or

her passport to come into the country was approved by attorney general lynch maybe that's wrong i just heard that a little while ago but i was surprised to hear that so she was here because of lynch. so again i have a son who's a great young man he's a fine person to committing with a lawyer from russia. it lasted for a very short period and nothing came of the meeting but i think it's a meeting that most people in politics probably would have taken mr president. yes to to answer the question i will not interfere in u.s. domestic policy and i think it's always good beef important as not only you know to interfere in. their president donald trump backing up his son after the the latest scandal i should say in the media as well meanwhile a standoff is heating up between human rights groups and. start again

as nanda is heating up between human rights groups and the u.s. led coalition over the liberation of the iraqi city of mosul that's after amnesty international accused the bloc of being responsible for mass civilian casualties during the battle to retake the city from islamic state a senior coalition military commander slammed the allegations. rockey security forces have put the safety of civilians as the absolute centerpiece of the liberation of the city in providing support to the iraqi security forces we go to extraordinary lengths to ensure that when we strike we only kill the enemy and three of my children were killed in fighting between iraqi forces in ny still i blew a six years old when my youngest girl was five this year my elder daughter also died she was seventeen she was killed by an airstrike by using explosive weapons with wide area effects and disproportionate airstrikes and does look populated areas the u.s. led coalition and iraqi forces fail to adapt their tactics to the reality on the

ground. more cheering the anti i saw operation in mosul the u.s. led forces hit the city with unguided artillery mortars and improvised bombs these weapons are highly in precise and according to human rights watch they use in heavily populated areas can be unlawfully indiscriminate the coalition also deployed white phosphorus which isn't intended to be used against human targets or security analyst charles schumer it says the use of white phosphorus in a tightly packed city like mosul is in legal. if these weapons such as white phosphorus or. tools such as white phosphorus are used as weapons in civilian areas it is likely to constitute a war crime in any case because you are using a weapon that is an incendiary. against civilians or in a way that is reckless as to whether civilians are endangered and therefore will be court considered like this because it is a disproportionate use of that tall as a weapon the obligation legally is to use weapons in

a proportionate amount of to minimize the risk as far as is possible to civilians but what we see again and again isn't just the use of heavy weapons such as a five hundred thousand pound two hundred fifty five hundred kilo weight bombs and so on being used heavy weapons from aircraft largely indiscriminate unguarded weapons such as rocket launchers such as artillery and mortars these can be quite accurate but many of them on not we saw a precision weapon being used by the americans a couple of months ago the target was to kill two isis snipers and yet one hundred four civilians were admitted body americans to have been killed in that attack even using precise weapon. on human rights watch has released a new report accusing iraqi security forces of collectivity punishing civilians the ngo says at least a hundred and seventy families with allegedly links to eisele of being held in a de facto detention count well these people were reportedly rounded up from across

iraq at least ten women and children are thought to have delayed either on their way to the camp or after arriving however the iraqi military claims the facility is a rehabilitation center and that civilians will be screened and released if it's found they have no connection to terrorists my colleague will receive a spoken human rights watch researcher in iraq. i had the opportunity to visit this town only two days ago and i can tell you it's incredibly bleak also no humanitarian services and you know hundreds of families of women and kids who have no understanding of how long they're going to be there and by their essential being held prisoner there's a comply with international law. absolutely not for one thing people displaced have the right to free movement big get to decide where they go all forms of force displacement are indeed a war crime and i whole idea of collective punishment punishing

a woman for being the wife of a fighter punishing children for being the children of a fighter that is an absolute violation of international law which does not allow you to punish people for something be did not do the entire occupy iraq operation would not be happening without the support of the u.s. led coalition and coalition forces have a significant level of obligation to make sure that this operation is conducted in line with international law and when we are facing such a grave violation of international law absolutely coalition partners have an obligation to be weighing in and to be saying to the iraqis this is unacceptable and we need to see swift action to unravel these developments. well meanwhile the u.s. military has warned the iraqi government about the possible reemergence of an upgraded version of islamic state following the terror group's defeats in mosul. and. making sure that i still doesn't set up shop again might be just as hard as getting

rid of it in the first place amal everyone is celebrating the liberation of mosul a top u.s. commander in iraq says to be aware of isis two point zero if we keep isis two point zero from the iraqi government is going to have to do something pretty significantly different so what exactly should the iraqi government do differently any advice i think the primary condition that caused the rise of isis was the fact that a significant portion of the iraqi population this case the sunni's disaffected the iraqis have to make sure after isis has defeated that all iraqis government in baghdad is their government so sectarian violence is the main destabilizing factor now didn't everything start to go wrong a few years back after a certain little military intervention you know iraq invasion one point zero the consequence was that if we were trying to rehabilitate the country for those

elements we're trying to rid spicey terry of violence and that is what we did not foresee so after reducing a formerly stable country to over a decade and a half of chaos the usa now warns baghdad that it better start building bridges and enforcing reconciliation the usa for its part intends to stay the iraqi government has expressed an interest in having the u.s. forces and coalition forces remain after the defeat of isis our government is equally interested in that as are several coalition governments have expressed an interest in joining in that effort so all of this help with sectarian violence the violence in iraq and syria has only made the long standing feud between the sunni and the shield. worse on top of that you have the kurds and their upcoming independence referendum a lot of this sounds like shutting the barn door after the horse has already bolted it's almost like a case of national amnesia we forget what happened in two thousand and three when

president bush said mission accomplished we've done everything we need to do a great victory the reality is that just created the problems that we're still fighting today so the idea that we're going to do the same thing which is to defeat the so-called enemy there and then remain indefinitely and somehow the result will be different i think it is an absolute fantasy so we won't necessarily turn iraq into switzerland if we leave but it's inevitable but that somehow the iraqis will have to solve their own problems in one way or the other so stay or go it looks like either way the united states will have to make the best of a bad choice mop and art see new york. now ever since his election victory trumps faced media allegations that he may putin was responsible for putting him in the white house but now the president has raised more than a few eyebrows after claiming the russian leader would have preferred you know weekend said well for more on this let's bring in jacqueline i know that jacqueline

well does this mean the wolves from the first encounter between the two leaders last friday has somewhat cooled. well as you mentioned the media firestorm continues to circle around allegations of collusion between russia and team trump the president says that his america first policy actually makes him a less desirable u.s. president than hillary clinton or at least in russia if. he would like hillary which you want to have windmills he would much rather have that because energy prices will go up and russia as you know relies very much on energy industry there are many things that i do that are the exact opposite of what he would want so what i keep hearing about that he would have rather had dropped i think probably not. trump also went on to say that if hillary had been elected the u.s. military would be quote decimated but with him at the reins the u.s. military will only grow stronger something trump leaves putin does not want now quickest spokesperson did respond to those comments simply stating that russia's

main interest is improving bilateral relations with whoever holds the office of president. moving to do so. we want the leaders of foreign countries to have a positive approach to future relations with russia we welcome everyone with that same position but again russia has never interfered is not interfering and is not going to interfere in other countries internal affairs a country's leadership is not elected because of someone's influence but by the people who live in that country. now russia has long been calling for constructive dialogue with the u.s. and that was in fact finally seen on the sidelines of the g twenty summit last week with putin trump having their first face to face meeting a discussion that trump has spoken very highly of. you get along very well and i think that's a good thing this is not a bad thing you know when people said oh they should get along well with the people that are saying that i think we got along very very well. during that interview

trump also stressed the need for further communication with moscow in order to work together on issues like the syria ceasefire that they brokered with jordan to further shared interests so let's hope that can happen. thank you very much indeed . the e.u.'s operation against human trafficking in the mediterranean has failed according to a new report that story and much more after the short break. what politicians do something to. put themselves on the line. to get accepted or rejected. so what you want to present. yourself want to. achieve right. this is what. people are. interested

always in the long. welcome back and e.u. mission to stop human trafficking in the mediterranean and decrease deaths at sea

has failed according to a new report house of lords committee in the u.k. has concluded the operation launched in twenty fifteen failed to achieve its objective and should not be scrapped it also found that irregular migration has increased the number of deaths during attempted crossings while smugglers have adopted their methods we talked to one of those behind the report baroness sunday virga he was the chair of the e.u. external affairs subcommittee. i think the committee's mandate was to look at whether operations if we had worked we've come to the conclusion obvious that you know we need to carry on saving lives but do we need to use the vessels that we're currently using they're expensive have they deterred smugglers know maybe there are more appropriate vessels that can be used and coordinate better coordinated response the migrant crisis has not decreased but what's happened of course is that was with intervened through operation severe with very sophisticated naval

vessels smugglers have decided to transfer their people the trafficked people into less safe vessels and so they're taking them in these. days and then take them thirty kilometers away from libyan shores and then just leave them there and of course that's extremely dangerous. well the report also states smuggling networks can only be effectively fought if the situation in libya is stabilized however considering three rival governments are currently competing for power there that's all but impossible we need to look at the problem at source we need to look at the start of the pipeline rather than by the time the people have come to libya and are then getting into these and see where the vessels and trying to cross the mediterranean this is a problem for all of europe it is dealt with with a coalition of partners all working together but we also have to be able to work

with the libyan government and at this moment in time we don't have a libyan government that we can constructively work with. the u.s. tested its missile defense system on choose day by shooting down a simulated target over the pacific washington says it's the first time ever an intermediate range ballistic missile has been successfully hit the times similar to those apparently being developed by north korea wants of the american anti missile system have already been installed in south korea where meanwhile pyongyang's threaten to turn the u.s. into a pile of ashes that's if washington tries to use military force to stop its nuclear program although the u.s. drill was planned months ago it's being seen as a response to north korea's latest missile test earlier this month. when asked about test president trump expressed his dissatisfaction with china for not putting more pressure on north korea i mean he soon looks at how washington is trying to

lean on regional powers even before the eleven missile tests north korea conducted this year the u.s. has long demanded beijing to do more to curb pyongyang's nuclear program this rhetoric even got a term of its own the china responsibility theory which angered beijing don't change don't join or is neither a focal points of contradictions over the issue no real driving force behind the current escalation of tensions on the peninsula if china is striving to put out the fire while the other is a fuelling the flame how can china's if it's achieve expected outcomes how can the tension be eased to be fair china is only major diplomatic ally and key economic partner so makes sense for the u.s. and others to urge beijing to use its leverage on north korea china and other regional partners should also step up their efforts to help shove the security situation we need to work together to deal with some of the pressing difficult

issues such as the threat from north korea but is it fair to expect beijing to ease tensions on the peninsula while washington fans the crisis by flexing its military muscles in the region every chance it gets. on top of that we are talking about trump. two politicians who have little to agree on except maybe their desire for attention we're going to beat these aliens because we've got the best military you want to see well what. you are what. this baby's attraction. china understands what the p.r. government actually thinks that came drunk on government. thinks they believe that nuclear weapons are absolutely essential for their own security the u.s. government carries out war exercises simulating the destruction of north korea

twice a year they just did a nuclear bomb dropping drill the chinese never had the ability to tell north korea what to do donald trump either did not understand this another words of failure on his part to actually understand the relationship or he was just trying to do arm twisting against china but we can see now from china statement that they have run out of patience that they consider it to be an abrogation of the us responsibility to find a way to come to a solution in the korean crisis bear in mind that north korea also said it's willing to return to the negotiating table if the u.s. is willing to meet the hermit state halfway namely to stop large scale joint military exercises with south korea and this is how the u.s. responded i know that has to be me or sation the secretary said he's not going to negotiate his way back to the negotiating table plane is the bill so instead of the china responsibility theory perhaps washington should stop provoking north korea and take heed of a chinese proverb don't fan the flames that support the fire. the panama

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