their rage is there is they don't believe that there. is taking. responsibility for their security which we would for you or else to treat. was. a magnet. for. donald trump signs into law new sanctions targeting russia but says the bill is significantly floored and contains clearly unconstitutional provisions. sanctions not only hinder u.s. russian relations but also pose a threat to washington's ties to europe where some regard them as detrimental to e.u. businesses. and a new deescalation zone has come into effect in syria with the moderate rebels

committing to a culling islamic state and al nusra terrorists. you're watching r.t. international broadcasting live from moscow i'm kate partridge thank you for joining us. donald trump has signed a new set of sanctions bills targeting russia however the american president branded the restrictions as float and indicated that he was reluctant to approve them while my favorite tough measures to punish and deter aggressive and the stimulating behavior by iran north korea and russia this legislation significantly . it's has to pass the legislation the congress included a number of clearly unconstitutional provisions. a number of provisions to displace the president's exclusive constitutional authority and those comments live

a lot of questions in their way the president states that even though he sees the legislation as unconstitutional he signed off on it as president trump swore an oath to preserve protect and defend the constitution of the united states but he seems to be openly doing the opposite upon approving the sanction this bill of course is it is a terrible bill. benefits the people of no contrary not the united states not germany or italy not russia syria not any of the people is the constitutional crisis our government is set up to where there are three branches that constantly struggle one against the other. so that in itself is horribly on the spec but i do believe that these side shows are out of the thing with the traditions of the united states and

how our government functions but what looks like a constitutional crisis brewing in the us is not the only problem trump is facing sanctions that hit russia's energy and defense sector are infuriating america's partners in europe those who work with moscow and those areas so these things can seem to be leaving hardly anyone happy trumps being forced to go against his constitutional beliefs yes worse revelations take a further hit and america's closest european allies go on the defensive to counter what they see as measures potentially in violation of international law when these statements from trump and with the president claiming that he can make far better deals with foreign countries than congress but with measures such as these being passed he may be prevented from doing just that. washington d.c. . well one way congress can not check terms dealmaking potential is by stopping him from lifting sanctions the new law requires the president took time congressional approval for any such move well one says the new sanctions derail any possible

progress in already poor relations between the u.s. and russia. brings us the russian reaction. so when it comes to the hopes that russia u.s. ties could go back on track it looks like we have reached the end of the line here at least judging by the three points that were made by the russian prime minister dmitri medvedev first there is no hope for any improvement of our relations with the new american administration second the total trade war has been declared on russia the trumpet ministration has demonstrated complete impotence of all executive power to congress in the most humiliating way this changes the political balance of power in the us what does that mean for them the american establishment has definitively beaten trump when the u.s. congress initially approved a new round of sanctions even without the signature by donald trump moscow already head back we know that more than seven hundred fifty american diplomats will have to leave moscow and also in retaliation to similar measures by the u.s.

government american diplomatic property in moscow has been seized but perhaps new measures could still be following and that warning has already been received you can read through the latest statement by the russian foreign ministry but if you look at the effects of all that i guess it is fair to say even in a historic perspective when donald trump replaced barak obama in the white house the u.s. russia relations never really got off that rocky road but yes there have been some moments when the a rival of donald trump brought some hopes we've seen some moments when there was light at the end of the tunnel we remember the rex tillerson visits to moscow then of course the many phone conversations between donald trump and vladimir putin and finally their face to face meeting in hamburg of course that resulted in the syria

cease fire agreement but with the latest developments with that donald trump signature and with the very strong response that we saw from the russian prime minister dmitry medvedev it looks like at the end of the day things are getting pretty bad. well former u.s. congressman ron paul believes the new sanctions are a big mistake and place the deep state the need to call on and the media are very very powerful and they can put a lot of pressure on the president so they ganged up on him and i thought he had sort of a mediocre position on this i was strongly opposed to it and i volunteered my advice which was totally ignored but he went ahead and signed it i think it was more like a political thing but i don't think in the long run this benefits i don't think it benefits america it certainly doesn't benefit you know peace in the world between

europe and russia so i think it's a terrible thing to have happen but there are some those who coached qualified to be participants in the deep state they are determined they are determined almost obsessed with making sure that there is no friendship between the united states and russia between putin and trump i think that is tragic you know even when russian the soviet union existed we actually were quite willing you know when necessary to talk and work out some problem but now we're moving in the other direction. well one projects that the new sanctions time this is the nord stream to pipeline this is due to start pumping gas from russia to europe in twenty nineteen it's regarded by europe as key to its energy needs and european firms have invested five billion euros in the project while the new sanctions are regarded by some in europe as an intrusion into their internal affairs germany said the sanctions could

be in breach of international law if european businesses are hurt spain has also spoken out declaring that it shares its e.u. colleagues concerns over the sanctions artie's peter oliver has more on the european reaction never anticipated to be populist sanctions and well the bill being signed has proved exactly that extremely unpopular amongst the upper echelons here in europe because the simple thing is if you target russia's energy sector then ultimately you're going to end up targeting those businesses that deal with the russian energy sector and supply in importance some cases a lot of that energy from russia here to the european union and we purge from senior figures in the saying that if this happens in the interests are targeted there will be repercussions we will defend ourselves against an american first industrial policy masquerading as sanctions in any case the law stipulates the u.s. holding preliminary consultations with us europeans before this can happen or we

understand that the sanctions were softened somewhat before they went through congress but they haven't been softened nuff for senior opinion figures young claude younger the e.u. commission president saying that if there was any any impact on european businesses that there would be a response within days now what type of response is still unknown the nuclear option could be the one and not many people would want to go down would be the implementation of sanctions by the european union on the united states or on u.s. interests. but a lot of this comes down to gas and energy supply and the amount that you. call that of course it's also raised questions over the reason behind these particular sanctions because one of the main supply is could of course be imports of u.s. gas. now the american businessman paul gonchar off joined my colleague rory satiate

to discuss the new bill by its europe so one happy with these and russia sanctions . america's the band leader what's good for america it's do it our way or take the high way trump himself called this bill significantly flawed if that's the case why did he sign it good question i'm sure you have his reasons you have his hands tied probably you did if you do need it if you don't some of it is something he was catering to the american public that they want they want to see him sign these sanctions well if that's the case a serious statement of affairs of what is america sort of underlines an intolerance and a lack of desire to get at what the truth is in fact look he was voted into someone different not to be a republican a democrat to be an american to safeguard american interests not necessarily our interests in the persian gulf or in iceland or whatever in the

u.s. well this sounds i have been tied to these sanctions the most they're going to affect russia iran china or even trump himself all of the above all of the above and more . we have left the era of even trying to trust there's a demonization of the. intolerance as an american i find that to be incredibly. it's a tragic state of affairs. and meanwhile a new study into which country people fear the most has produced a monster some might find surprising research has surveyed forty two thousand people across thirty eight countries without guns if as the story the world is a frightening place disasters war is terror and paul the t. make us a fearful people but fear can be measured who would you say people

are most afraid of the usual suspects. who cheney but no none of the people in the thirty eight countries that polled feel most threatened by the united states this is pew research one of the most respected pollsters in the world doesn't seem to know it's doesn't seem that stable at the moment to us if it's so world works for the i do understand why they perceive the united states as well i guess this has to do with the tone of our political change and that doesn't surprise me it's very disturbing it's concerning it's scary sort of our image now sort of a lot lot more anger towards us and within us i mean i guess that makes me feel better meaning that we have a strong military someone said it's better to be here than love so it's an old

story big bad america big bad russia china we've heard it all before what's striking here is that it isn't america's enemies that increasingly view it as a chief threat it's washington's friends canadians for example now see the united states as more of a threat than either russia. or china there is outright animosity within nato and among allies turkey south korea japan spain greece and germany view washington as the most threatening state in the world that's as many as seventy two percent of respondents how's that for friends in europe you have. at least some understanding of the united states behaves in the world that you do not have in the united states you have germany now of closing

u.s. sanctions on russia you have the public you know this is not the german government this is the german public this is not the swedish government this is the swedish public so you have people who are opposed to war opposed to militarism opposed to nato expansion of those two u.s. bases in germany expressing their viewpoint and that's you know not typically in news in europe and especially not in the united states. you know you could say that over the last four years trump and obama helped make america great again or at least a greater threat. or one of the countries that views the u.s. says its major threat is turkey this comes amid around between the two nato allies the pentagon recently slammed i'm christus asian to buy a russian air defense system rather than opting for nato technology washington says

the russian equipment could be incompatible with other systems used by the alliance generally speaking it's a good idea for allies to buy into operable equipment within the ally with any partner with whom we in to operate we want them to buy things invest in things that will further invest in our lines. well russia s four hundred surface to air system is designed to shoot down enemy missiles it can be ready within three minutes and has a maximum altitude of around thirty kilometers with a range of four hundred. well turkey says it had tried to purchase similar systems from washington but the u.s. refused and that's why i'm chris which business partners. your palm why should this be a concern each country should take certain measures to ensure its security which are the side to ensure these measures it takes the necessary steps how many times we talk with america did not work out so like it or not we began to make plans about

the s four hundred our interests departments on the go sheeting and this step will be taken. well another thought in the us turkey relations is the turkish media's attacks on u.s. special envoy brett mcgurk he's been criticized for promoting the military partnership between america and the syrian kurds something ankara has repeatedly condemned turkish relations expert hussein back she told us the recent turkish american confrontation signifies a new stage in the nato allies ties this will create definitively in the wrong ground a big confrontation between turkey and united states of america the problem for turkey but turkey is one of the most important. allies of nato and the second biggest army is still in turkey of devices for america and i think. the policy is now from i will probably rush through the innocence of america and

recall that the balance of power prior bad attitude towards america and american policy. will be not as usual before. and you deescalation zone has just come into effect north of the syrian city of homs. that he tells on after the break. in case you're new to the game this is how it works now the economy is built around corporations corporations from washington to washington control the media the media over voters elected the businessman to run this country business equals power you must it's not business as usual it's business like it's never been done before . you can't import

health care from china it's all very local. cases of price gouging by monopolists in america and as a result people self is declining life expectancy is falling childbirth increasing because of these were not pleased with a lack of competition. welcome back in syria a new deescalation zone has come into force that's according to russia's defense ministry. well let's look at what it was according to the agreement today on the third of august starting through the local time moderate opposition forces as well

as government troops will cease fire from all types of weapons. well this latest the escalation zone as a result of intensive talks in past another capital and also in cairo there were four deescalation zones discussed in total two are already in operation in southern syria this is the third one put in place it encompasses around eighty seven towns and villages in those areas of syria one hundred forty thousand people living there so very substantial progress indeed now while the cease fire covers effectively all sides and all weapons as we mentioned just there of course. are exempt from both internationally recognized terrorist organizations and will be fair game for all parties as always the rebels the moderate rebels in these areas they will be tasked with actually pushing them out as general kardashian cough said let's take a listen. to what is the. according to the agreement the moderate opposition assumes responsibility for pushing eisel and really it's out of the areas it

controls. not only has russia played a key role in the negotiating table bridging is a very major differences between these opposing sides that are all on the ground russian military police will be observing the cease fire really closely they'll be separating the warring parties as well as controlling some crossings and checkpoints that also have a very important humanitarian role in making sure humanitarian aid medicine etc gets through to the areas where it's needed and facilitating the evacuation of wounded civilians they will also have the chance to be treated in russian field hospitals in the area to ensure they get the treatment they very much need now the opposition has also agreed to open a key road between homs and hama two major cities which was previously a stumbling block in those. in total well there's over two thousand two thousand and ninety five in total to be precise towns and villages covered by these the

escalation zones when the fourth one comes into play there will be even more so very much substantial progress here in facilitating a ceasefire and what's been some very difficult negotiations on these opposing sides. the director general of unesco has denounced the killing of a journalist who worked with r.t. arabic in syria irina bokova said in her statement that targeting journalists who cover conflicts and months to a war crime. died last week and i still shelling near homs province while filming a story on the syrian army's operations against islamic state we now bring you his final report on the testimony of his dedication to highlighting the horrors of war as told by his cameraman who was also caught in the crossfire. and you see this red dots on the left snow the big one this round see it it means we're filming.

something we came to the eastern countryside of homes called beggarly a with the army it was a place of direct confrontation with i sill as we arrived the army was ordered to deal with the terrorist forces facing us the first show hit i still fight is then another one was fired shortly after the second show i'm not really sure whether i still fired a missile or a more tough but it was quite accurate hit a group of people khaled was there and the brigadier who was killed and the driver who was with us and is still in hospital was critically wounded we tried to do our best to help each other by all means and those who were not injured took us in pickup trucks to an ambulance on the road we didn't exactly know what happened that khaled was dead we were praying for him not to die hoping his injuries weren't serious and. i had known him for

a long time but it felt as if i knew him for more than ten years and his personality he was gallant and courageous he had many plans and aspirations for the future he want to do something for his country. the pentagon has denied allegations it knew about torture and killings carried out by elite cameroonian forces the group known as the rapid intervention battalion or b i o r reportedly carried out these acts a to military base where u.s. troops were conducting training. and reports according to amnesty international it's pretty clear that the african nation of cameroon is not a human rights paradise reports published in twenty fifteen and twenty sixteen highlighted how cameroon's authours he is and security forces often fail to respect obligations committing human rights violations including with arbitrary arrests incommunicado detention torture and deaths in custody these atrocities are taking

place even at a military base that's being used by u.s. troops i saw many times and i heard them talking in english i think they were americans everyone said they were americans and when you american soldiers stock material in seoul ark usa has over three hundred military personnel in the country to help in the fight against the boko haram terrorist group but it's what's going on at the military base where some of them are present that's raising alarm bells b.o.r. agents are asked me to confess that i was noms smuggler but i denied it while still tied up my head was forced into a barrel of water while i was in this position they beat the soles of my feet one after the other they would hit me we were tortured like this for a week and we ended up understanding that we had to tell them that we were arm smugglers in order not to die so that's what we did. the guard came with be our soldiers to ask me questions about whether i knew book or arms members i said i didn't that beat me for five days tied up like

a goat my arms and feet restrained behind my back but the u.s. african command says it's never heard any such reports to date u.s. africa command has not received any reports of human rights abuses by cameroonian forces at either of these locations. perhaps she needs to have a chat with a certain state department. security forces committed numerous unlawful killings then gauged in tool show beatings and other abuses particularly of detainees and prisoners. maybe the us african command just doesn't trust the big wigs back home when we're saying that we're talking specifically about a u.s. service member reporting up their chain of command not about external reports. if there is a vital interest for the u.s. military in a particular country there's a tendency not to. human lives violations in those particular states common room does have a boil and it is willing to work with the us for various joint military operations

so in that regard the us does have to listen developments and. when information is inconvenient it often gets ignored so is it any surprise that when there are reports of us allies who are violating human rights washington seems to look the other way but r.t. new york. back with more news in just over half an hour.

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