thank you so i'm. going to sort of go a little to. russia signed an agreement with the syrian moderate opposition to set up the first deescalation zone near the capital damascus. a boat mission aiming to stop the migrant influx into europe is on its way to italy although it's being accused of racist behavior we challenge those behind the move. and an israeli antiterrorist some of the comedy comes a popular attraction for tourists amid controversy over his choice of location in the west bank.

international line from a moscow studio with me welcome to the program. the first document establishing a deescalation zone in syria has been signed between russia and syria's moderate opposition parties kate partridge joined me in the studio earlier with the latest on the development finally isn't the first deal that's been signed as a deescalation zone in the key strategic area of the scooter which is fifteen kilometers east of damascus and ski strategic area a one time population of two million people prior to the syrian conflict key point strategic importance of signed a document it's the first time it sets out also how people are going to behave and also how they can keep the peace what is the deal mean in practice what in practice it's been a bit of a military free for all there so you have the government forces fighting against the rebel forces nor so you have the rebel forces fighting amongst themselves as well and you've you've had the reports of even the terror group. just for me as you know none of those are that was fighting there as well so now of course this sets

out a peace process that is going to be no more fighting there we're going to have humanitarian and medical aid most of us going to be a roadmap on how they rebuild the infrastructure there that's been decimated as we've seen by some of the pictures and also there's going to be a means of having safe passage for the civilians that are left there been able to leave seems like there's progress it's been a long process so far but there will be next steps what lay it in terms of the syrian peace process what will it be well the idea is that this is the first of four particular deescalation zones while they're still nailing out the final details so we're also looking at other key flashpoints in homs and see whether they can then come together and the four of these particular zones who will be responsible for ensuring that this deal is carried out well as you know as you were at the u.s. last interview storks this is very much a follow up of what was happening there so the guarantors will be turkey iran and russia at the moment this particular deal has been trashed out growth but in cairo by egypt those are the three countries that were the initial peace talks and they're looking to work together to ensure that this is guaranteed this time around

and also looks like it's going to be a long road ahead and see how they manage it. these are the latest pictures from the syrian lebanese border where an offensive against terrorist positions is underway lebanon's political and militant group hezbollah has officially confirmed it's fighting islamic state alongside syrian government forces. the operation is taking place in the last stronghold along the border with lebanon the terror group set up a military base there in a mountainous area inside syria islamic state to be moving closer to the refugee camp just across the border in lebanon. delves into the history of has been his presence in syria. lebanon's hezbollah has long been fighting alongside assad government forces throughout the six year syrian civil war but for the first time the armed group is making it official.

hezbollah claims it's driving isis terrorists as well as rebels out of the last foothold on the syrian lebanese border a mountainous region seen here on the map the green part here is controlled by al nusra and rebels and the black here by isis so far it sounds like just another development in the ongoing fight against terrorism in syria right so what's the big deal let's break it down. as well as presence in syria has always been a bone of contention as israel the u.s. and the arab league all view the group as a terrorist organization and levanon hizbollah a terrorist organization uses towns to shield itself of tens of thousands of illegal rockets its militias stand side by side with syrian troops as they slaughter the the syrian people. iran continues to support terrorism including

palestinian terrorists has blown and also. has is a terrorist organization and they are currently. cross international law. in fighting in another country overtly it's in no way trying to demonize a group that is fighting against west against american against israeli and saudi interests in the region. but not everyone categorized as hezbollah fighters as terrorists the list of those who don't include syria russia china and of course iran which funds it and helped create the group in the eighty's the russian. and all of our allies and they came here legally they support us again the terrorists there are many politicians in the fighting these are the syrian army forces and those forces with the usual pro government including

his below which is supported by the regime his blood is fighting alongside this. block. against the terrorist groups the western media has proven that there were supported by western countries by the united states by saudi arabia and also by israel. so why is hezbollah being more brazen in syria all of a sudden raising the flag. might be an attempt to assure the supporters of hezbollah that the fire will go on against the terrorist groups until the end looks like has both those waving its flags openly in syria as is feeling confident it's on the winning side. and the front again size hole was opened at the end of may when u.s. backed kurdish forces reached the terrace capital rucka the battle to retake the

city is raging and has resulted in hundreds of thousands of civilians being displaced here are just some of the stories. i came from rocker nothing is left in rock except for destruction because of the coalition and i saw but the strength of the coalition will worst some villages were wiped out some neighborhoods were demolished houses families children women were hit by the random strikes. i left my neighbors at home in the evening and went to sleep outside i came back in the morning just to find twelve of the dead the children the mother and the man i

buried them they don't like because the shelter and i can have the dust suffer i studied it was great but kalish walkley still lessons in a team and they carried out in their strike on my school and killed a lot of people as there were refuges from aleppo obviously all the time to learn a little management really are. out of the larger coalition targeted everyone just the same it kills one person from ourself another one else around there is no religion that's not been targeted some people lost their houses or the lost their children and wives. the massacres in iraq are committed by isis and the coalition warplanes together what can i say the streets are full of dead bodies. humanitarian groups are

concerned about the possible cost of victory in iraq a after another eyeful stronghold the iraqi city of mosul was retaken at a heavy price as scores of civilians injured and killed many more were forced to flee mosul which is now devastated we spoke to. from the u.k. based charity muslim ate she visited and described what she saw. what i saw was just. i mean it was indescribable it was like a movie set it's completely obliterated the whole city is ruined. you know those cars that have been completely obliterated it was like you know i've said this to other people it's like a movie set it was just crazy not nothing like i expected next even though i've seen the movie. pictures before. it's different when you're there because what you can't seen in photos is is the smell. you know if i

was in a school where which had not been cleared yet. there were still bodies underneath the rubble. and i asked my colleagues i said you know what is that smell and they said it's you know people have died here and they've not been cleared so there's basically the smell of death and small cook and sewage and it adds to the whole atmosphere of the whole city being ruined all the buildings are destroyed i don't think i saw one clearly standing building is it's just the entire city is gone it's going to take a long time to to get back to what it was. they were living in very difficult conditions they. were very restricted in what they could and could not do. you know they they were very restricted in terms of access to food you know obviously mostly made as a humanitarian organization so our primary concern is humanitarian situation so

when asking the question it was mainly you know along the lines of what it is that they need. and they were all very malnutrition because you know under occupation they were not able to access that much food or water or even medical care you know everything that the prices of everything shot up so you would see people having to you know sell everything they own just to get you know some sugar or rice. with the number of migrants arriving in italy growing by the day a group dubbed to defend europe is trying to stem the flow in sailing a ship to the region in a bid to turn back migrant boats coming from africa the vessel will be based in the sicilian port of qahtani or and it will patrol the mediterranean off the coast of libya the mission says it wants to expose humanitarian groups that it claims are working directly with people smugglers it accuses them of affectively providing migrants a taxi service directly to europe. the activists a bank the mission with money crowd funding so far more than one hundred twenty six

thousand dollars but the mission has been accused of being racist trying to challenge one of those behind it and also gauge reaction from local italians. were at the port of in sicily among the ships that come into the sport you will every now and then see boats full of migrants but we are here to talk to an activist who is expecting the arrival of a very different kind of boat with a very controversial purpose. so somewhere around here will probably arrive by next week. what we cherish of course is a cultural identity are you a racist or an extremist organization your final purpose is what. we want to ensure that europe stays in europe this is what some people call racism

. i think the european union should feel ashamed now they want to use sicily as a rallying point for disgusting racism that does not belong to our culture i know that our welcoming culture is disliked by european sashes but we won't give up we are not going to be silent in the face of this call to violence against desperate human beings and these peoples need to buy history we're not trying to provoke a situation where anybody's life is at risk so you're not attacking them i know we're not attacking migrants we're not going to attack the ngos we would just try to document what they're doing and we want to make sure that these n.g.o.s are not working as some kind of proxy for the human traffickers what happens if you see that someone's life is in danger we will also come and rescue them really and what are you going to do when a refugee on your boat well we will try to bring them to africa again. people of sicily have gotten used to migrants to the many n.g.o.s that have come

here to help but an anti migrant angio patrolling the mediterranean that is something most people here have never heard of so let's ask the locals about the concept what do you think of the n.g.o.s that are working in the mediterranean to help the migrants the moon as they see the bits of i don't like what we're doing what if this is right twinging and geo both doesn't sound good this is the boat. the right wing activists will be on this boat they will be patrolling the mediterranean to make sure that there is no illegal migration and to make sure that the n.g.o.s don't break the laws what do you think about that good job like that it's good and the opinion of the migrants. they don't want migrants here i mean. if they don't one migrants i mean they have to be out to make a peace and stability in libya they say if they rescue migrants from the boat they

will take them back to africa that this is a. good one how can someone risk his life i mean up in the middle of militancy you know take them back to africa that's not fair i mean some people call them racists do you agree with that there's no racist but story there's already too many people here yet. so there's no room for everyone or do you think that's racist i don't think so and i'm not against helping migrants but we should help them in their own country so here's a scene that seems to have become typical for sicily we've got a park where we can see the migrants then and geo group to help them and also their locals who are still feeling the burden of the economic crisis and don't want migrants and their hometown and all of them are in one same park not too long before right wing activists join them on the club believe the trend toward tea could turn. now if you're looking for something

a little out of the old before the holidays in israel may have the answer it's running and terrorists on the plane can experience being in a state situation. but the people. that are. still. arabs will be. terrorists. could be everyone anywhere anyplace in. five times. my white shirt but every time the. one that wanted to q.b.

is not a life. right now no. doubt about it about the book. about the i.d.f. really exciting to see how they train really what they do don't know how it's. house to treat their rights when it's all new experience situation in order to when you go back home and you hear or hold. something new you know all the more that it's not. the main controversy surrounding the camp but its location its situation is situated in the west bank which palestinians consider occupied territory the boot camp has been condemned by palestinian

officials said the mostly american tourist attending the camp with that directly supporting the occupation of the land. the media's been obsessing over the looks starlin mother isms of donald trump that's in just a moment. i do think that archie is propaganda arm of the russian government and helps to spread. information that helps advance russia's interest and so that's why i think it's important for people like me to come on if you want me would be somebody who is less capable who would maybe not do as good a job presenting the american point of view. and.

you can revolt against the dictator but what about the day after i think we as libyan people did not give much thought about that and so they wait for the resolution does not build nations. and certainly does not build states. welcome back to the program the u.s. military has confirmed that one of its latest asterix and how many province killed an unknown number of quote friendly afghan forces according to officials sixteen police officers including two commanders were killed with many others wounded last month at least three afghan police killed in a similar incident there are also being numerous cases of afghan forces killing

allied american troops the very same day the three officers were killed and afghan commandos opened fire on u.s. soldiers killing three and injuring one the taliban which had infiltrated the afghan forces claimed responsibility for the attack meanwhile in march american soldiers were injured in another state. so-called green on blue assault is the console to attack nato troops. picks up the story for hearing condolences from u.s. officials in response to the afghan security forces that were killed but the numbers that we're seeing being released by the u.s. air force confirm that the situation in afghanistan is escalating as of now according to the numbers that we have from the u.s. air force since the beginning of twenty seventeen there been one thousand six hundred thirty four different instances of munitions expended from u.s. forces in afghanistan keep in mind that in two thousand and fifteen the total was only two hundred ninety eight and in two thousand and sixteen it was only five hundred forty five now this number of munitions being released this number of

airstrikes actually brings the situation in afghanistan to the level that it was at in two thousand and twelve when u.s. forces were all across the country getting into skirmishes with taliban forces two thousand u.s. troops have actually died in afghanistan and a number of them have died from friendly fire incidents like the one that just recently took place there was the famous incident where pat tillman the celebrity football player who had volunteered to fight in afghanistan was killed by friendly fire at this point there are eight thousand five hundred u.s. troops in afghanistan alongside five thousand other nato forces that are in the country as the escalation of air strikes continues more air strikes are being carried out more munitions are being fired the risk for afghan security forces as well as for u.s. troops in the country is rising people should not make such sympathy which will have been you know. without. going to their ship over

a moment going to be definitive these kind of. position and make many people actually join them. will meet viewed recruit me. process much much easier definitely they are. definitely there are a lot of frustration and. will read these kind of frustration and definitely mr ranney the president will be in a very very difficult situation seeing his people his soldiers are must go by his friends the americans so it is it is appalling position. the media has been obsessing over the look style and mannerisms of donald trump ever since the billionaire businessman made his bed for the white house but how important is style over substance. has been trying to find out. america's commander in chief is meant

to be a representation of the country as a whole and its values and what does america pride itself on if not diversity we believe our diversity our differences when joined together by a common set of ideals makes a strong americans are a diverse people with respect and concern for every single human being in this country and being very different from previous u.s. presidents donald trump seems to know what it's like to be the outcast his everyday guy in your face persona is one of the things that got him elected i think by single greatest action of any assets i have is fight temperament though just i just . think a much more humble than you would understand. you call women you don't like that higgs your twitter account only rule that you know donald. but it's also what he's attacked for by some of his detractors recently we've seen the media become preoccupied with trump's personal habits some choose to dissect his food choices

slamming him for his love of red meat exotic meals fast food you name it it's true he's not like obama who reportedly only eats seven lightly salted almonds for a night snack others criticize the president's lack of obvious exercise dubbing him the least athletic president in u.s. history well maybe a more athletic build is the key to being popular and a few outlets have gone as far as to warn that trump's unique and often unscripted style of speech may be an indicator of mental health issues many fell in love with obama because he was seen as a cool hip guy. which apparently is not the case with mr trump and that could be hurting him more than he knows because according to a recent poll that's how his predecessor scored high in approval ratings and the same poll shows that sixty five percent of those. who disapprove of trump do so

because of his personality this is a cultural issue they want a full strum to. and because he represents in that sense the other side of the cultural diversity so it looks like america is champions of diversity disapprove of trump despite him being the man who arguably has made the presidency more diverse perhaps a few more hip trappings could help but probably not just r.t. washington d.c. . you can find us all across social media on facebook you tube and of course our website dot com back at the top of the out but for now round up the top stories of the day.

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i'm lindsey francis is the boss broadcasting around the world from washington d.c. tonight we have more emissions scandal information from around the world are manufacturing giants get set to admit wrongdoing and billions of dollars in cash recalls and government finds and venezuela is still in trouble and it's heating up again we fill you in on what both sides stand accused of now and my guests and i delve into the first sixty days of a trump presidency former u.s. trade commissioner bart chilton joins me for this standby start right now. german automaker audi the luxury brand of the volkswagen group will retrofit up to eight hundred fifty thousand diesel cars with new software to improve their

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