i. leaked memo suggests that brussels is preparing retaliation if washington pushes ahead with russia sanctions that could european businesses as an e.u. delegation holds talks with. iraq's vice president says that baghdad needs russian political and military presence in the country to restore balance to the region. trade secretary accuses the b.b.c. of bias coverage of the break. positive stories about leaving the european union i cannot. recall a single time in recent times when i have seen good economic news that the b.b.c.

didn't describe despite brics that i. have your watching art. this hour an e.u. delegation is currently holding crunch talks with us. comes as a leaked memo suggests that brussels is preparing retaliation if washington pushes ahead with new anti russian sanctions that could hurt european businesses partridge has details. this is all about an internal note which was which has been leaked from the european commission which indicates just how unhappy the brussels is over the prospect of new sanctions against russia because of the implications that they have for the u. and what the nie says is that the european commission is prepared to and i quote is hit back at the u.s. within days if this agreement goes through and also if it leaves european energy

and other companies vulnerable to u.s. interference and let's look at the range of what the sanctions will affect we're looking at a g. which is the big one really but beyond that there's also the financial industry there's also railways the shipping there's metals as mining but the big beef here is all about energy oil and gas but in particular gas and the way that russia supplies lots of energy gas to central europe and in particular to germany and we've heard before from europeans about they they're not happy about the prospect that these sanctions could go through because they control effectively how europe does business and also with whom as we can hear you cannot accept the u.s. route to impose sanctions that violate international law and afflicted european companies involved in the expansion of europe's energy supply europe the supply is a matter for europe i'm not the united states of america it's up to us to decide who supplies us with energy and how according to rules of openness a market competition that must not happen we generally reject sanctions with extraterritorial fact meaning and impact on third countries if heard from the

kremlin spokesman to meet your best offer also concur to that point of view that says that these sanctions her third parties so we're talking about countries other than russia we consider that continuing sanctions rhetoric counterproductive it is damaging the interests of our two countries and also potentially damaging the interests of other states with which russia has trade and economic relations developing despite all the negative tendencies well in the meantime we've heard from european commission your highness holland who says that there's a european commission delegation in washington right now talking with the house of representatives because they'll be voting on this issue on choose day so that just shows you how seriously how worried europe is over this new set of sanctions. when asked about u.s. russia relations the russian foreign minister said that what's happening right now bring joy with us a view of the world what's happening right now in our relations of course can bring joy with heritage a lot of problems from the previous administration of barack obama a lot of delayed action minds and but this isn't that were made in the period of

agony when the living in the ministration well being already completely derailed by the election results decided to spend its remaining time in the white house doing ugly things and first and foremost the decision to undermine russian american relations we understand how difficult it is now in washington for those who are trying to display common sense under conditions of a complete paranoid enthusiasm for it's a phobia without any investigations of a months or even a single fact that could be shown as confirmations of russians meddling in american affairs normal people are struggling there i never suspected that american politicians could be prone to such must insanity i met lots of them while working in new york now i'm very surprised by what's going on. iraqi vice president he said that baghdad needs russia to broaden its involvement in iraq our correspondent daniel hawkins has more. russia has of course had close political economic ties to iraq since well way back into the soviet era but what

maliki was talking about here was more than just close diplomatic presence he meant specifically an economic and a military presence as well something unprecedented really at least in the more than history of russia iraq relations or model for. iraq has historic ties with russia and now we need russia's political as well as military presence to restore balance in the region in the interests of the countries and nations living there now what exactly does maliki mean by restoring a balance while the key bone of contention here is the u.s. military presence the presence of bases in iraq they've been there since the two thousand and three invasion for a decade and a half now and many in iraq including those in government have grown increasingly uncomfortable with this president smiling has been one of most vocal critics indeed in reference to the opening of a new bases in iraq new u.s. bases he said many iraqis view them as occupants that their presence doesn't benefit anyone and effectively the sooner they leave are the better all round so i

told the americans it's not in your interest to return to iraq and build your bases you will get burnt again you will come as invaders and leave as invaders speaking of closer ties to russia molecule so commented on the importance of cooperating with russia on fighting terrorism in the region saying that without their contribution the map of the middle east may well have been withdrawn with whole regions and countries fall into the hands of terrorists it will be interesting to see of course with i so on the brink of at least battlefield defeat in both iraq and syria how that corporation develops in future. we discuss the iraqi vice president's comments with peter ford former u.k. ambassador to syria and he believes that al maliki speaks for the iraqi people who've grown weary he says of the u.s. presence in that country. i do think you both speak the voice of truth as regards the feelings of many many iraqis will not want to see

a continuing u.s. military presence now the mosul campaign news virtually over the americans have had to throwing their weight around. not for the first time in iraq of course and this talk by general mattis secretary of state for what the friends about how being. based in iraq certainly. many iraqis definitely don't want u.s. military footprint and they would like that u.s. presence to be downsized very considerably. ukase international trade secretary liam fox has accused the b.b.c. of willfully ignoring positive news on the brig's it process the claim came in the form of a letter to the broadcasters director general however fox has all ready voiced his

concerns in the past. to tell you in the newspaper or listen to the radio t.v. the story is done very negatively it almost is going to be impossible for us to do these trade deals if you look we spoke of rome undermines the work he's doing. well mr speaker it does appear that some elements of our media would rather see britain feel than seabrooke to succeed. and i i cannot recall a single time in recent times when i have seen good economic news that the b.b.c. didn't describe those despite rick's. well he says that the b.b.c.'s putting a damper on things economically he says that when his press team calls up the b.b.c. news desks offering positive stories about brags that they choose not to cover them and he says that that's hampering his ability to strike international trade deals with he's taken stock with a particular phrase that b.b.c.

had lines often feature and that these two words despite brags that suggesting an element of surprise from the b.b.c. team that the country hasn't been crippled economically by its decision to leave the e.u. we've done a bit of research ourselves hare and we've counted dozens of b.b.c. had lines online featuring this phrase of course liam fox he's one of the chief briggs it is here in the british government so perhaps unsurprisingly this letter to the b.b.c. has really riled up the pro e.u. camp one liberal democrat politician hair has accused him of acting like a tinpot dictator they've accused him of trying to blame the b.b.c. for his own failures as international trade secretary in trying to strike those deals in folks isn't the first big politician here in the u.k. to express his dissatisfaction with the b.b.c.'s coverage of bragg's it issues andrei led some of the leader of the house of commons she recently said that

broadcasters need to be a bit more patriotic. in the way that they approach brags that the b.b.c. has of course dismissed all of these allegations of bias they said that they don't recognize the characterization of the coverage outlined in this letter and perhaps explaining some of the gravitas with which they approach these brags that headlines they have said that no organization takes coverage of the economy more seriously. ill a spring in the guest jack montgomery's a writer at breitbart london also a spokesperson for the levy you campaign good to have you on jack i mean this isn't something that's been made up liam fox says that you'll see the phrase despite briggs and we've checked in the dozens of times in the coverage why are we seeing those words that despite briggs so often. it's absolutely a real thing and the reason we're seeing it so often is because there is a trend

a think among much of the mainstream media and among much of the staff of the b.b.c. if not everyone to try to paint has is a disaster the narrative is already in place that everything's falling apart and anything good happens and anything that bucks the narrative of we're heading for the edge of the cliff has to be a surprise an exception this is happened despite not because of or not because we're not heading off the edge of the cliff but it's something that you know is remarkable you know if you look for liam fox to say. don't promote positive stories or they put a certain spin on positive stories i think is absolutely true you just need to go to the b.b.c. website today you see the liam fox is in washington d.c. trying to lay the groundwork for the very important and potentially very economically significant trade deal that president trumper said he wants with the u.k.

after breakfast and the lead is whether or not this will mean chlorine wash chicken comes in british market that is the lead so of on that story very small minor issue probably we have nothing to do with an eventual deal but that's how they lead on it they don't talk about the fact that for example our farmers are undercut by european farmers who meet lower welfare standards than we do and we can't block that or make them label the products as such because of e.u. rules that's not news but if there is a potentially good trade deal coming down the tracks because of bread then the fact that it might involve chlorine more chicken is of crucial importance and that's the b.b.c. the b.b.c. and the mainstream broadcasters all over do you think that this is enough to constitute being labeled biased which is something that liam fox is maintaining. i think it is yes i think there have actually been studies and leave your presenter

there so that your own research and how many times this display. phrases cropped up there's a think tank called news watch the now assists of a series of radio four programs that were collected together i think thirty one programs that were collected together into a compilation called the collection and they found that fifty eight percent of the speakers involved were poor remain compared to i believe twenty percent who are pro leave the remains speakers were able to make all kinds of assertions about the country being in the grip of some sort of wave of one nine hundred thirty. filled with regret decision basically unchallenged you know i've seen this scene this first time myself and did an interview with the b.b.c. opposite remain speaker where they were consult they were asked to speak six times i was asked to speak twice a much less length i don't think it's always intentional i think it's just that the

people who staff the b.b.c. take it as a given that the e.u. is a good thing being in the as a good thing breaks a bad thing there doesn't even really occur to them to challenge their program main guests and it occurs to them immediately to try to look for the negative angle on anything that might be positive about brics it is another basic aspect of journalism though. we're told the b.b.c. is full of the some of the most experienced and early train professional journalists in the world should they be able to overcome such a simple thing is inherent bias from their own opinions. well there is there's a difference between challenging politicians assertions and challenging aspects of that which is absolutely necessary and only challenging only challenging positive views of neglecting to challenge things that obviously should be challenged with respect to the demeanors in the main camp and that's what we're seeing is only a handful of anchors. and renewals of enormous brings to mind immediately who does

treat these issues in a fair and balanced manner nick robinson a long time political editor of the b.b.c. who is still. presenter on some flagship programs wrote an article for really with times in response to the allegations of bias saying that no the referendum is over the nor the longer have a duty to broadly balance the two different sides that is why you're seeing far more remain speakers on the b.b.c. that's why you're seeing far more negative stories and positive stories treated as if they are not news ignored. jack fascinating to get your take on this thanks for being our guest here on r.t. international jack montgomery writer at breitbart london and also a spokesperson for the levy youth campaign thank you. like the scandal over team tromso ledge collusion with russia sure is not running out of suspects latests to be in the firing line the president's son in law who has denied

any links. let me be very clear i did not collude with russia nor do i know of anyone else in the campaign who did so but the president's senior adviser was called in to testify in front of the senate intelligence committee the hearing was held behind closed doors but in a statement that was released in advance cushion explained the extent of his contacts with the russians during donald trump's presidential campaign directly in view that has the story. he did put out an eleven page statement before him and in that document he outright denies all accusations of colluding with the russians or of having any knowledge of others in team trump having done so along with denying having any improper contact with foreign officials bush outlined each interaction he had with russians including the now infamous meeting with a russian attorney that the media has painted as no less than a kremlin agent cushion or was being invited to meet with

a russian attorney and it had been promised she would deliver dirt on hillary clinton and it is suspicious that they met with these people that they didn't consult a lawyer and that one of these people was a former k.g.b. she or you with a russian intelligence arm kirshner's explanation is much less exciting he claims that the meeting was about adoption and that he even had an assistant call him and get him out of it because it wasn't a good use of his time question or also draw attention to the fact that his job during the campaign was to be the point of contact with foreign countries and therefore the four times he did encounter russians was well within his scope realistically not having him to report would have been more concerning given the amount of foreign contacts he had during the campaign i had incoming contacts with people from approximately fifteen countries to put these requests in context i must have received thousands of kools lets isn't emails from people looking to tool kmita on a variety of topics including hundreds from outside the united states when i could

not be responsive to everyone i try to be respectful of any foreign government. questionnaire has stressed the fact that he had only limited contacts with russian representatives and none of them were improper history has shown us that it is likely that the hunt for wrongdoing well continue. the documentary called risk on wiki leaks founder julian assange was released today something that the film's hero is apparently unhappy about risks producers say that the songs wrote to the middle bid to stop the release from going ahead we therefore demand that you immediately cease the use and distribution of all images of the named participants and that you desist from this or any other infringement of the rights of the name participants in the future the documentary was six is in the making let's take a very quick look.

reproduction try to create a reader and you have a. call in from the office actually in the sun. we discussed the issue with one of julian assange she's lawyers melinda taylor who says that the filmmakers violated copyright and content rights putting at risk those who appeared in the movie and that they also failed to include a major recent development. well the content was selectively edited and taken out of context and it shows presidents who never agreed to be in the film for example and it's not just leaks are put at risk it's also good sources in present day where twitter for example you know up against speaking to people in tunisia about certain encryption issues but really showing it as a documentary about what we really should be talking about it was protection she took you might government surveillance which was a real purpose of the ground or what they were led to believe the film would be

about and will events have not been captured in a scale for example the u.n. decision in august of last year is not really shown in the film and it doesn't really do justice to the decision about which was the going to do to stop the investigation against him because of the lack of any evidence concerning him so there's a lot of. showing with the stars which says in there. may or microns being accused of off for a tarion wrong with some of his own party members now demanding legal action they claim as a lack of democracy within the party for more on that his ideas show that they are bit scary. but this is another headache for president mack gone as these grassroot members of the party say that the ruling top the elite the hierarchy of his party la republica almost are actually acting democratically and the gossett members say they fear that they will have no power and no say in that party in future the proposed fine members to the role of

a supporter and exclude them from government from both the local and national level well this is all over the new statue of the party and the members say that they were involved in creating that statue is too hastily too quickly they're not clear what it means and they feel that it's being imposed on them yet again on high comes off to an unprecedented spat between president matt gone and his now former head of the french armed forces general de ville is general de villiers had criticized him for proposing military cuts in two thousand and seventeen responded to that by completely demolishing the chief of staff over the french armed forces saying i'm the boss you just give it a shot if. the gun didn't place you would you do nuthin that day many people in front saying that they now unhappy with the leadership style of the president describing it as being all right terry and

a recent poll shows that he his humble down in the approval ratings here in france losing ten points since he was elected in may that is the second largest decline so soon often being elected in france but of course michael moore was elected on this platform that he was going to be a different kind of politician that he was going to change politics in france and people now here are saying that yes he is different but he's different in the sense that he's channeling the style of the former french imperial past and not france's democratic president. italian prime minister has hit back at neighboring countries for their handling of europe's growing migrant crisis paolo gentil loaning out his italy won't be intimidated by criticism from other member states for its decision to take in more refugees we will not accept lectures and still less threats such as those we have heard from our neighbors in recent days we

are doing our duty and expect the whole of europe to do the same alongside italy on the warning comes after austria threatened to impose border controls and to deploy troops to cut the number of immigrants who are crossing over from italy austria defense minister stood by the move saying that the country must be prepared to contain the n. flux well italy's been the focal point of europe's migrant crisis for months now and the country has taken in almost one hundred thousand immigrants just this year alone and that's more than eighty percent of all migrant arrivals to europe as you can see significantly more than anywhere else with little prospect of the number of newcomers actually decreasing any time soon italian cities and towns remain deeply divided over the crisis our crew visited one such place. i've been traveling across rural parts of sicily for almost a week now speaking to locals various officials and refugees and i'll tell you what some people may not be willing to admit it but italy has really been divided by the

refugee crisis there are locals war ready to welcome migrants and refugees without any preconditions but there are of course others who are willing to put their livelihoods and their concerns first their lives have been hit hard by the economic crisis and they are the ones who now end up having to accommodate the refugees the most vivid example is the mayor of a small community. told me how he started a protest place that has been quiet for decades when dozens of refugees and migrants were moved into an abandoned hotel the mayor along with the locals blocked the way for an generator that was being delivered into the hotel in an exclusive interview he explained to me why they did that. when there's no room there's no room we followed he got huge difficulties here like unemployment issues with

infrastructure and health care the community does not understand how we can accept more people when we have all these problems but. only disappointed with his own government just like pretty much everyone that's the impression that i've been getting all the people are critical with the european approach in dealing with the refugee crisis the mayor told me that he believes that countries like germany and france are trying to keep up with the status quo where it is italy that is getting the impact of the refugee crisis and it is being left alone in dealing with this. the e.u. betrayed italy with a problem that's not a talian per se actually it's totally european. we are at the forefront italy is where they arrive first but the european community doesn't seem to care some countries even closed their borders more of that exclusive interview with the mayor

and also my trip to the abandoned hotel that's now been turned into a refugee shelter. and the full report that will be aired on r.t.e. international throughout tuesday. the final day of the max international show wrapped up out just outside of moscow with crowds does by an array of aerobatics with twenty five displays we showcased a huge variety of new aircraft the show ran for an entire week and more than four hundred fifty thousand people attended the annual event despite being an air show though there's also plenty of action to be seen on the ground as we've seen and tested by our own crew. let's see what happens i can't wait can you. with all the laughs and just to the right the russian night we got about twenty minutes flat fee for there were harmful begins the first time ever in my life that

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