animosity over a hole in the white house donald trump replaces his chief of staff with the homeland security secretary we look at all the turbulence in fighting the current us administration seemed so. also ahead this hour to news hour with the french president promises to rid the country of refugee camps to better accommodate migrants made claims police are abusing people returning to the site of the notorious former jungle. german police admit the suspect in a stabbing attack in helmand burg on friday is a known islamist field assignments.

from moscow to the world this is our international my names you know neal good to have you with us this hour our top story there has been another major shake up in donald trump's top team this time he's had his chief of staff run priebus and you might have guessed the president announced it on twitter that homeland security secretary john kelly the job is the latest in a string of high profile officials to head for the exit in the past six months or so a week ago the white house press secretary sean spicer also abruptly left his position that didn't come as a complete surprise to many as he hadn't been appearing at briefings for some time however the. f.b.i. director james cole me back in may did come as

a major shock one of the reasons trump gave up the city will see intelligence chiefs handling of the probe into hillary clinton using a private e-mail server while secretary of state and before the. his national security advisor michael flynn was forced to resign over contacts with russia just takes a look at how relationships in the white house are starting to resemble a notable t.v. series between senate investigations and twitter wars the current u.s. presidency it has barely gotten the ball rolling but there has been plenty of drama we're our strongest when we're unified. this is a bunch of scumbags. president was being small president it's not presidential at all. for this country. mr speaker to call for the impeachment of the president or have they i mean every

single thing. when i'm finished i think they will absolutely. lately the bipartisan tug of war has shifted to being on the lines of the enemy of my enemy is my friend take attorney general jeff sessions not long ago he was considered one of trump's most trusted allies whereas democrats were less than impressed he's a man of integrity a man of principle and a man of total utter resolve because the department of justice should be above reproach for the good of the country attorney general sessions should resign in just a couple of months trying fluffer sessions has turned sour and lo and behold under chuck schumer is suddenly coming to his defense i am disappointed in the attorney general. he should not have recused himself even if the president has disagreements with him which i think are real found self-centered and wrong. you

don't ridicule him in public apparently there's a thin line between love and hate and that line is basically just a few mean tweets and it works the opposite way as well let's look at former f.b.i. director james comey when he spoke out on the hillary clinton investigation praised his valor while the democrats were far from pleased it took guts for director comey to make the move that he made it light of the kind of opposition he had. the f.b.i. director has no credibility oh how the times have changed since he's a showboat he's a grandstander the f.b.i. has been in turmoil you know that i know that the reason that tony was fired was because donald trump wants to cut off any investigation and it's not just politicians who are easily swayed the media follows the changing tide as well george w. bush was slammed by the press and seen as one of the worst american presidents

toward the end of his time in office he leaves office the most unpopular president in modern history this president performed so poorly we have a president to transcend at least stupid he is the worst president of my lifetime but a few well aimed comments in an interview turned him into a white house favorite i consider the media media to be indispensable to democracy we need an independent media to hold people like me to account it's very funny the sense of humor is coming well he said oh well respected mr president we want to thank you. even former white house press secretary sean spicer who was one of the media's favorite punching bags for some time is now feeling the love following his resignation rumor has it he may even become a reality t.v. star the political positions are breathtakingly incoherent their scripts are frantic with all due apologies to schizophrenia what is trump saying we were against it it's like that groucho marx songs is whatever you're for i'm against it

it just depends because this isn't about platform it's not about conviction it's not about ideology it's about personality we have two parties in this country. and . so it seems the rule of thumb in washington these days is to keep your enemies post and your friend in me is even closer at least until it's more beneficial to turn on. our t.v. washington d.c. . from struggling with refugee camps for years in fact migrants are still arriving at the sites of the infamous former jungle camp in the port of kali which was dismantled last year human rights watch says over four hundred people are now there but other estimates say it could be up to six hundred about a half of them are on the company children police are warning it could lead to a repeat of the violence seen there in recent times. was.

well as the refugees returned to cali again human rights watch is accusing police there of abusing migrants on a routine basis the scribing it has quote like living in hell the rights groups say use pepper spray is used on migrants even in circumstances when they pose no threat police are also accused of confiscating sleeping bags and clothing from the microphones while destructing access to humanitarian aid where the police admit the are struggling to cope while the migrants save the feel abandoned by the authorities. spent my six month in college and one of them came and did this it to all the people you'll see in france will give you

a fair part of the work yet in your life then separately in the process enough to know you aren't in the seuss. was actually more do we have about six hundred migrants here now and we're expecting more there's a zero tolerance policy towards the settling of migrants and the reconstruction of the jungle the mission of the police is clear migrants must be prevented from sleeping in certain areas and from forming groups there's more and more tension including between the migrants themselves we also have difficulties with the far left with choice to promote a world without borders and without police they are particularly nervous about the actions of the police they try to film in attackers that creates tensions now that we have more work to do we've asked for reinforcements and i've received them from the interior ministry our job is not at all easy it's difficult to stop migrants from gathering in certain places. meanwhile reports of dire conditions are also

coming from a migrant camp in north east from charlotte do been scarce there. alcohol violence and reports of rape that's the reality in this migrant camp that's being dubbed a humanitarian slum hit in metz. the problem there is a problem with alcohol and violence even as a major were cafes problems they don't have food but they manage to get hold of alcohol we don't know how to handle the situation there is not enough security of her that amber of people here the camp is been dismantled several times but every time it's taken down the new people come and the camp is reformed locals ferments are concerned about its impact. this problem has to be addressed quickly for their sake as well as for us there suffer in. the city of metz was not

prepared for the count therefore it is empty but now there are seven hundred refugees back there again it's becoming a second we return to the camp after dark on route our taxi driver tells us about some of the problems. there are a lot of home break ins a lot of aggression they snatch women's handbags but no one talks about balance heavey the migrants are everywhere in metz. at the camp we found out my quince apparently facing aggression as well from a certain community within the camp. where not. only. the problems why. fights yes they take your money. as we speak with another man we're told to stop filming by security guards. people here are hiding from those who are looking for them in their own country. if you show their faces on t.v.

you're putting their lives driscoll we don't one journalists here. despite the worsening conditions and other issues both in and out of the camp more people continue to arrive. ski r.t. ments. with the white house signaling donald trump is ready to sign off on the anti russia sanctions bill america's top diplomat has explained the thinking behind the legislation rex tillerson sees moscow should know to a greater steps to get relations back on track the near unanimous vote for the sanctions legislation in congress represent the strong will of the american people to see russia take steps to improve relations with the united states we hope that there will be cooperation between our two countries a major global issues and these sanctions will no longer be necessary when russia head back with country measures on friday it told the united states the cut the

number of diplomatic staff it has in the country by the first of september moscow also said it would seize to u.s. diplomatic property starting next month the includes a warehouse in the south of moscow with an area of more than two thousand square meters u.s. diplomats will also be stopped from using the riverside retreat located in one of the capital's parks it was used by staff members for leisure and barbecues. well happy to say with me now to discuss all this is craig murray craig's a former u.k. diplomat and whistleblower hi there craig yeah washington sees it's russia that needs to improve relations but the u.s. plans to impose a new round of sanctions making them law in fact it's not exactly giving moscow an incentive to do that is it. not the most logical thing to say we want to improve relations therefore we are imposing sanctions to be thirty two to listen he's slightly less crazy than many of the people

involved in american politics senior level that's not a very high bar but he is slightly less crazy and i think he his statement was trying to be diplomatic and lessen the impact and be less insulting to russia than the he might otherwise have been i think that's why you have that logical statement explaining these sanctions for which was not really any sensible justification at all i mean for america to be talking about you know improving relations with its america which has rocked the world of international diplomacy by pulling out of the planet's climate change agreement for example is quite huge. rex tillerson he also said the sanctions are being imposed to avoid using them in the future does the u.s. see this actually as a way of improving long term cooperation or is it a useful way of getting republicans and democrats together in something that they

know that they have a lot of luck you know talking about health care and other things like that this is something that brings them together. well i think it's unfortunate the one thing that seems to unite north a lot of the american political class is russophobia the desire to. restart for cold war in effect in terms of the way to handle diplomatic relations. is is very difficult and of course there are interests behind the security industry and the armaments industry in particular are all quite keen to be start the new cold war when you look at the actions of politicians you should always look at the actions of who's paying and sponsoring politicians are a number usually sound economic news and why they take and business of private profit in effect why they take the decision that the sanctions war doesn't look in

the cards does that now as moscow has indicated that it could use more kind term measures to tart here what kind of reaction do you think washington did expect in your opinion. and i must say i was slightly disappointed by the russian reaction which again was you know going back to an old cold war type and i thought putin's reaction was much cleverer than more amusing just before christmas when he reacted to similar medical moves by inviting american diplomats and their children to a christmas party. i think that kind of drama consumers action actually is probably more more sensible than the old fashioned diplomatic expulsions of confiscations of diplomatic strips and i believe i'll say that we can't all be one side but you know you do start to lose patience at some stage and soon this is what he meant by.

i'm sure that's right and i understand that. ultimately there needs to be bilateral discussions between the united states and russia on the danger of issues of which they're paying the use disagreement. the chief ones being the ukraine and syria. and at some stage there will be such diplomatic discussions i've no doubt it's merely a matter of how long this kind of dancing goes on before you get to. craig murry former u.k. diplomat and whistleblower always good to have you on the show thank you. a man suspected of a stabbing rampage in hamburg on friday is a known islamist according to german police the attack left one person dead and six others injured peter oliver has been following developments. well as we find out more information about what unfolded on friday evening in hamburg we've heard from

the interior minister of that city state he's described the assailant he's in custody as a known islamised. the suspect was known to authorities there are indications of radicalization as for the motive there is a reference to religious motivations on the one hand islamic motives but on the other hand there are also signs of psychological instability. we do know though is exactly what he did he went into this store he took a kitchen knife from one of the displays in the supermarket opened it from its packaging and then attacked people who were there that attack led to a fifty year old man suffering injuries from which he died while i was drinking coffee when i saw a young man approaching the area he pushed one person off a bike and then stabbed another one near a car and then stopped three more people he was shouting. and brandishing

a knife and after that he tried to run away the fact that this suspect was known to police was known to authorities as having connections to radical islamic groups is certainly going to raise questions if we cast our minds back to the end of last year and the horrific terrorist attack that took place in berlin whereby a truck was driven into a christmas market that the perpetrator was also known to police as well so questions are going to be raised over just what it means to be on one of these watch lists we do know that the main suspect the person that was arrested at the scene is a failed asylum applicant which is in turn turning questions again towards angola merkel's policy when it comes to refugees and migrants in seeing many people criticizing her government again for that policy. the u.s. led coalition is calling on iraq to investigate alleged war crimes committed by its

military that story and more after this break. so for us. to be. interested. in the past twenty twenty five years the smartest people in the world.

wants to trade for money. that is. marching into that pool of intelligence. twenty minutes into the program you're welcome back the u.s. led coalition is no or iraq to investigate claims of war crimes committed by its military number of human rights organizations cold on washington to end its packing one army unit in particular. there have been consistent reporting of allegedly of armed conflict violations recently any violation of the law of armed conflict is unacceptable and should be in it investigated in a transparent parent manner we meet routinely with our partner forces to advise

them on the expectations for thorough and transparent investigations and accountability for anyone found responsible for abuses and public disclosure of findings and actions taken well here are some of the claims of abuse that human rights watch has documented the watchdog has reported that suspected members of the islamic state were executed without trial some refund beheaded children among the dead some observers say the iraqi army used bulldozers to bury the bodies under rubble we put those allegations to a member of the baghdad province security committee a warning some of the images following this report are disturbing. problem is that we are speaking of a close knit society people know each other and this city is a large city but those who were and role devices are very well known within the city the people who were prosecuted by ices now are leading the sixteen division

and basically they see it as a payback time the sixteen division was formed by the united states trained by the united states and controlled by the united states so definitely if there is any human rights violation. it's very obvious that those who controlled or formed this division must understand all must pay some type of at least moral responsibility because i mean nobody here sympathizes with isis supporters or isis of numbers so but from a legal point of view yes this is an issue that needs to be looked at. something a little different be a new or buy off alone competition has kicked off near moscow as part of the international army games initiated by russia for the next two weeks nineteen countries will be competing in events based on speed and accuracy to decide the

winner of the games are not only a chance to show off your country's military prowess but also an opportunity to judge combat readiness the army games will be held in. china with the final schedule for august. now a sketch of the manhattan skyline by donald trump no less has been sold at auction for twenty nine thousand dollars and he's not the first world leader to try and show their adopt trolling. we proudly welcome you to a gallery of some of the most extraordinary out pieces ever produced here you can see the new york skyline and in the center it's trump tower standing tall and proud like i'll let you interpret that one this is a classic example of the work of donald trump the original piece was sold for over twenty nine thousand dollars it's amazing that great is that god ever created by

a genius next is a very reflective self-portrait by george w. bush you can visit an exhibition of his other works for just sixty five dollars it's a perfect psychological journey of self reflection a chance to wash away your problems historians look back and say gosh you could have done it better this way or that way. moving on to our next piece on a popular doodle by barack obama representing four u.s. senate is the piece was snapped up the two thousand dollars i did. and finally the jewel in our collection purchased for over six hundred thousand dollars and if you fancy brushing up on your painting skills you can join an open class with the artist himself if you think.

that's out of style and you can always turn to the bates almost a day's a big stories on our facebook page always a lively there of an evening you're with r.t. . this make. those get a little bit. less of a model but i. but. it was. kind of a. sign of this you. see a bump up and there's no she refused. to . wear the blue he won't get a good area for immigrants it's miss we never really know for sure but this has

been a active area. so i. know we're going to have no it. seems wrong. when old rules just don't hold. any old belief yet to shape out the state becomes to educate and gain from it equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. economic development is all about numbers so we're really pleased to report this

quarter we are one hundred six points. but what do we know about the other figures. when i think back that our c.e.o. might do. over twenty million dollars last year more than one thousand times the average wal-mart is that c.n.n. . with all due respect i have to say i don't think that's right. is that just how a free market works. people went from pretty simple financial lives pre nine hundred eighty to the point now where people are. just totally submerged in their financial accounts and they're all in debt and what exactly divided society from the whatever the government tried to do. it might be making things worse.

by saying this is not how capitalism works this is goes hopelessly designer strictly rome. and we're going underground ahead of tomorrow's vote in both a very and revolutionary venezuela held in the shadow of threats from washington of strong and swift economic actions coming up on the show stocks and they've broken economy we speak to actor and director about his upcoming edinburgh fringe play before it was written by of and welsh on whether the real gangsters are in the city of london and while britain was privatized british airways faces yet more strike action could be learned from iran whose national carrier just appointed a. female c.e.o. of one of the islamic republics seen it clerics of western sanctions benefit the

nations they target plus who is anthony's going to move anyway all the simple coming up in today's going underground but first in the past twenty four hours donald trump and barack obama don't chevron the oil multinational release results to the new york stock exchange the company infamous for allegations that it is responsible for water pollution soil contamination deforestation and cultural up he will allegations it in. these pictures of the ecuadorian amazon told an emotional story and it's easy to blame a big oil company like texaco for images like this. there's just one problem texaco now owned by chevron already cleaned up its share paid by chevron to back up that claim with former u.s. trade representative mickey kantor or and former bill clinton chief of staff and even in the past few days a dutch appeals court has rejected claims against the company but the chevrons opponents just like the opponents of exxon mobil which also reported.