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morning here in moscow you're watching international thanks for joining us. the first joint russia china drills in european waters today in the baltic sea the military exercise between the two countries will last for a week however even before it takes place. a strong reaction in the western media. western media is in a spin over the joint the twenty seven thousand naval drills starting today between russia and china headlines have been lifted with words like invasion and war warning of a challenge to nato so what sparks the panic well first of all it's the location in the baltic sea right in the heart of northern europe and next to nato bases secondly chinese warships are making their debut tour in this part of the world and

if that wasn't threatening enough they're teaming up with russia but during sea drills are nothing new they've been held annually since twenty twelve but this first stage of the baltic coast has already caused a frenzy as a trio of chinese vessels made their way there leaving their british danish navy's scrambling to shadow them out of their water is much to the amusement of the russian ambassador to china the baltic states repeat their usual incantations but at the same time they take for granted the fact that nato is deploying large forces on their territory but then wasn't this response predictable in october last year a russian fleet sailing around europe sparked headlines like the leading some european states to even consider sending vessels to intercept the group and this fear of a russian ship has been around for some time already you can just ask sweden a country that spent twenty years insisting that russian submarines were sneaking

around its coastline until they realized that the only thing lurking there minks now we can confirm that as of this moment no minks all scheduled to take part in joint c. twenty seven c. meanwhile the u.s. and allied countries have just finished their own massive exercise say about guardian took place in eastern europe on the territory of three countries some twenty five thousand posts in all from more than twenty states participated in the biggest drills of the kind in five years yet the mainstream media being all well very tight lipped about the event we spoke to writer and political commentator john white. part of the known good by a propaganda campaign is being conducted in the western media to try and paint russia and china as the cane of evil empire recruit distance of cold war and strums and to try and demonize both countries they are only abiding by their their rate to seal in international waters or do nothing wrong nothing illegal but the western

media has to say to try and inflame the situation is a see it's part of this ongoing cold war part of the game that we've seen through the last few years. a police officer in the u.s. state of baltimore has mistakenly caught himself on camera staging a drug bust the video which was shot in january this year shows the officer planting drugs in the back yard of a house alongside his colleagues who are seen in the footage the officer then leaves the area to turn his body camera on forgetting the units set up to recall the last thirty seconds before manual activation then returns to the scene with the drugs were earlier buried to discover them an internal investigation is now underway and the people arrested for drugs possession as a result of the raid have been released and the baltimore so state attorney defended the judicial system and his office for not spotting the video until just

two days before the trial saying its existence wasn't immediately visible or apparent to the. critics of question of why the officers would choose to fake a crime when the city's struggling with lore and order as it is. led to cities in body american urban decay a more depressing lead in the city of baltimore baltimore struggles with a record high murder rate. murder. in full. length. yes baltimore there is a robust active crime strategy. a lot of things one is of women say. this week we have to suspect that we need your help to buy.

more than just. as italy seeks help from the e.u. to cope with the daily influx of migrants austria's foreign minister has others to rome not to allow the newcomers to make it to the mainland he declared even if they

are plucked from the sea they shouldn't get quote a ticket to central europe that's as the mayor of palau to most said the indifference of some states in the block to the crisis equates to fascism. liberal europe will be under trial for genocide. in the courts when the history blows because of this genocide in the midst rain because of the indifference of certain states in the european union was the european union has to recognize freedom of movement as a human rights is very serious and i think the european union should. be ashamed. well italy has witnessed a record number of migrants arriving almost ninety thousand since january and more than two hundred twenty thousand are expected by year's end and local authorities are trying to find a solution but as our reports from sicily it's certainly proving

a struggle migraines keep coming for solutions not really local mayors are desperate for help from the central government and the new but they're not getting it so they decided to get together right there to see what they can do about it first first there are no jobs for our people and so of course there won't be any to migrants. the migrant crisis was caused by wrong european policy. and i blame our government pull this persistently the migrants primary destination after crossing the mediterranean and messina the ferry gateway to mainland italy the issue is super delegate and urgent and the meeting is happening behind closed doors. just. tell them not to come in and it's ok. thank you how many people are taken

part in this meeting over five police officers and about forty government officials of the forty mayors of local towns spend hours together with the local governor but these aren't the people who are talking to the big officials of the let's see what they have to say about that i was told at the meeting is going to be over soon. fleeced by the migrants are victims of tragedies in their homelands but our communities paying the price too and we're not getting the necessary help. we've heard a lot of talk from the youth but barely anything is being done we're all alone the mayors are facing growing pressure on the one hand after several protests they're here to save the day for their small communities on the other hand their best not to be labeled racists and the migrant issues very very urgent for all the regions

it's all about the numbers the quota agreement of two point four of migrants per thousand citizens has been violated several times. here initially we're trying to divert the flow of migrants and spread them across communities we asked the e.u. to do the same but they're turning their backs on us haven't spoken to officials in this building you get the impression that they're ready to make compromises they're ready to think several steps forward and they're ready to sort out the issues themselves when it comes to the long awaited assistance from the you in that obviously they have completely lost their trust. around fifty muslim protesters are said to have been injured after clashes with police flared overnight in jerusalem three sustained serious injuries one requiring surgery during the clashes palestinians could be seen launching fireworks and

chanting at the police the protests erupted after as radio authorities began to install security cameras and metal detectors at the revere mosque following a deadly terror attack last week. palestinian spiritual leaders demanding the new security measures are removed from the holy site also known as the temple mount. the situation could get much worse if the demands are not met before friday prayers and we spoke to an archbishop of the greek orthodox patriarch in jerusalem who says palestinian christians are in solidarity with muslims. took a look at her hellish to oppose the israeli government's measures which interfere with worship in a mosque the palestinian christians in jerusalem and throughout the holy land express their solidarity with muslims who have the right to demand the lifting of limitations on attending the mosque palestinian muslims and christians stand side by side hostile actions against affecting the whole palestinian nation both muslims

and christians we demand the metal detectors that are limiting muslims the right to access the mosque freely should be removed arab countries are taking a weaker position some of them are not even talking about what's happening in jerusalem those who are financing terrorism in syria iraq libya and yemen aren't saying a thing about jerusalem they don't remember jerusalem they don't think about palestine and the palestinian problem that they are spending billions of dollars to continue the wars that are causing destruction. this is already international lots of stories still coming our way on today's friday program including president trump apparently sending mixed messages over the russia investigation or details just.

in case you need. it's not.

good for the program donald trump says he would never have appointed his attorney. by the u.s. president however. he wants to be. i want to be unpredictable unpredictable i use the word unpredictable but i like to be unpredictable you want to be unpredictable unlike our country where we're totally predictable. and find it increasingly difficult to follow the president's stance on. the streets of new york to find out if americans really know where trump stands on the key issues that will trump is a man whose policy positions can be quite hard to pin down we decided to talk to americans and find out how well they know their commander in chief and where he stands donald trump says it was a good idea to pick jeff sessions i think what he said is. that if he knew jeff

sessions would would never would have joe's an m. regrets putting up as attorney general i think would down jump it's all about business so he my. president donald trump has confidence in attorney general jeff sessions do you think he likes jeff sessions trust jeff sessions or or doesn't. i think he uses jeff sessions. so that. it's all rational gratian i don't think you regret it because he's still in office sessions should have never refused him self and if he was going to recuse himself he should have told me before he took the job and i would have picked somebody else donald trump thinks china is a good partner and i think anybody has a good partner who will pad his pockets and pad the pockets of his spamtrap and partner with anyone that will enrich his coffers if we can't continue to allow

china to rape our country and that's what they're doing isn't getting us to partner with china again i'm really not so sure he's thinking about china i don't think he wants to partner with them for say i do think he will be able to do anything even with china but you. have. to say that. you know you have. you know you can have a relationship what's his position on cooperating with russia around issues of cyber security i think he the statement i remember reading it was that he wanted to create with russia some kind of overall cyber security a i think based on his relationship with russia maybe i do think he will want to partner with the pressure because that would mean thing when it came the election. the fact that president putin and i discussed a cyber security unit doesn't mean i think it can happen it can't but

a ceasefire can and did he's going to partner with russia on cyber security no. hootin and i discussed forming an impenetrable cyber security unit so that election hacking and many other negative things will be guarded now some might think that donald trump's unpredictability might be an asset when negotiating with foreign leaders however sometimes it appears that his supporters are just as confused as his adversaries. r.t. new york. u.s. diplomat believes inconsistency is just a way of keeping his critics guessing i think they are sometimes difficult to pick during the campaign someone said that the american voters took him seriously but not literally that he would express things in a somewhat different ways maybe seem contradictory sometime maybe is a little bit of an annoyance for them sometimes especially if they feel they need to answer literally up here and say sean spicer is position or kellyanne conway is

position they say what trump said this or that he said that how do you explain it and maybe it puts them on the spot the bigger issue is whether he keeps his critics off balance and i think this is part of how he does it. free wi-fi in public places sounds great in practice as users in the u.k. have been finding out there are some tricky hidden extras in the very fine print.

we were looking at changing our privacy policy and really just trying to simplify things as much as possible for people looking on to the wife i just thought you know i wonder how many people actually have read what they're agreed to as the plan was florals to make it as transparent visible for those people as we possibly caught so we thought well you know let's do an experiment let's take some of it in and it's really crazy and see how many people actually pick up on. people just completely unaware of what they're agreed to with that date you could literally anything you want in terms and conditions and because people just don't bother really that they'll be agreed to all sorts of different events. so july twenty first and summer's in full swing and you may be wondering where you can kick back and catch some rays mackellar frost santiago visited one of russia's

arced popular seaside getaway.

good afternoon glad to meet you let's go. the main thing is the right combination of airport technologies you have to go through everything intuitively understanding where you are going there is navigation but everything should progress logically what happens to you inspection registration registration the second inspection so shops. and technology when you have this right it allows a person to be in a comfortable zone you need to control the expectations of the passenger and then he feels relaxed if a person knows what will happen to him and gets more than he expects then he feels called and we get good feedback on how everything is organized. that's

a secret. so let's take a look around quick and easy flow check again baggage check in and then you're off your departure gates you can of course grab a bite to eat in the process so really out of the state of the art design all the major goodies all the major international airport right here in little summer town . but what i like the most about international airports is really the business while and this one has quite the international standards that you know what i mean let's take a look. well look at this nice and smooth as should be in any major airport take a look at these shares your business and sheers you sit right here and you sit

there laptop with all your belongings in this wide space you're not bothering your neighbor you're not even touching elbows just comfortably waiting for your flight and in the meantime the thing i like to do when i wait for flights in a business lounge is the shower let's take a look. at waiting for your flight and you're making sure you don't fly out fresh i think nothing is better i'll see you guys in just a bit. like the head chef of a local italian restaurant who literally changed local tastes and food culture for

the better. of the night with its. still a culture. to teach people to eat tasty food and enjoy the soul and so that somebody else will be leaving. my impression of banal but will be perfect summer getaway very tourist friendly lots of lovely people the warm hospitality of the russian south back together with great food and lots of things to do and see so when you'll be planning your next adventure consider a place like no other reporting out of an opera you go fantasy jaago artsy. international politicking with. this and with that with me in a minute i can all those get

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oh. in the us a child can choose an army course in school. with retired officers as teachers we don't. recruit will says to you if the cadet is interested in go on in the military but we don't recruit ourselves. the pentagon is funding a program to boost interest in the military among teenagers. to step up to an apollo so that a quite comfortable with yourself. things you can't go wrong with the military it's

a great stepping stone for whatever career you want to do but some veterans are willing to tell enthusiastic children a little more they ask me call of duty is very popular first year video games. it's play and that's because the military like call of duty to turn off call of duty oh yeah well you can turn off your lot of these kids just don't hear. the darker side does the pentagon allow them to be told or does it just need more recruits. credit is one of the basic instruments to drive an economy but it can also lead to tragedy and i did that i took the how to start game big and then that the desk i came to and it was not. many lives have been broken really excessive. banks got you into a. big bankers go big. or go. the bank but i just didn't think of the men who lost money through the back. creditors

people see no future bad face would have you know you become ill you two job your relationship breaks down you become a casualty is debt a lifelong trap or is there a way out of those actually trying to cover know would be right to ditch a bill for so much risk to. russia's interference in the twenty sixteen u.s. political campaign and what it says about america's electoral vulnerability on this edition of politics. the politicking on matthew cook sitting in for larry king how vulnerable is america's election infrastructure what exactly have we learned from interference in the twenty sixteen presidential election and what's being done to halt future meddling by foreign governments let's get insights from cyber security expert roderick jones he's

a former member of scotland yard special branch and founder and c.e.o. of aruba a cyber security firm roderick joins me from san francisco. so a lot of words are being used these of the russia and the twenty sixty election meddling interference attempt to influence based on your professional expertise and experience how would you describe russia's intentions and actions well matthew i put it this way i think if you're running for. office in the united states and the next to you whether at a local level or a national level you're going to be hacked it's as simple as that i think you know the russians had such success with the attacks they created against the united states and twenty sixteen that absolutely will do it again so that's how vulnerable we are when you mean the absolutely do it again what did they do did russia actually influence the outcome of the twenty sixteen election yeah i think.