breaking news this hour the u.n. security council votes unanimously in favor of sweeping new sanctions against north korea in response that the young is intensifying missile tests. the u.s. launches a war government really after donald trump. scripts with all their leaders are made public threatening to damage american diplomacy. is former ambassador to the u.s. opens up in his first t.v. interview since leaving the post about the scandal over contacts with american diplomats.

just a few moments into a brand new day here in moscow sunday august the sixth my names you know neil welcome to the program we begin with breaking news this hour the u.n. security council has unanimously approved a new sanctions on north korea it will target strict north korean exports to other u.n. member states in key industries such as metals and food with the aim to dent the country's economy by iran one billion dollars per year north korean nationals will also see travel limitations put in place on foreign investment blocked the resolution drafted by the us was in response to north korea's intensified missile tests. russia's u.n. representative has said that sanctions were needed to make north korea stop its

program he stressed however that the sanctions should be the starting point for a future dialogue with north korea. did you know that the russian federation has agreed to the resolution on north korea we understand the need to stop the nuclear program which is unacceptable for us the newly implemented measures against north korea cannot be an end in themselves but rather an instrument to get the country into constructive talks. let's get expert analysis on this now we can cross the line to gregory illich a member of the advisory board of the korea policy institute chief you're very welcome to the program what's your take on the sanctions can be effective. it depends on what you mean by effective if you're thinking in terms of a dialogue no if anything that makes dialogue even less likely than before but if you're mean effective as far as imposing

a collective punishment on the entire north korean population and bringing about the economic collapse of north korea then i may be affective unfortunately the u.n. sanctions authorities are calling me and made sure that the only increase the likelihood of a conflict or increasing tensions at the very least well i was i was actually looking at by thing in terms of the missile program to try and force north korea into at least stalling it if not ending it in terms of that will not be likely know in the aftermath of this. you know quite the opposite you have to look at why is north korea on a fast track with all the testing program it's because it feels threatened the trump inspiration is has a belligerent rhetoric and that north korea and so this is just another way of threatening north korea by imposing sanctions and closing off any possibility of

dialogue so north korea if anything is going to accelerate of posting program there is like there's a window of time right now where north korea does not have an effect of deterring employed if it doesn't have effective means worth delivering a nuclear weapon at this point. correctly your reaction vehicle thought there's a window of time where the vulnerable to attack from the start of very far but if anything if your flight is going to have to accelerate with programmers just on your lot her point let's take a listen together to what the russian ambassador to the un just said about foreign intervention into north korea i did it with. we hope in the sincerity of the assurances given by the us ambassador that the u.s. is not aiming to overthrow the current going korean regime or for forceful unification or military intervention in the country but this raises a concern but the point of the resolution proposed by osce to uphold that position did not find support from the authors of the resolution. right so essentially

russia was saying that a point added to the resolution should be that this is not about regime change in the hermit kingdom that was not added what do you make of that additional point not being supported by washington. well i don't think the united states wants to preclude the possibility of attacking north korea not even in terms of simple statement. rather disappointed that russians went along with the thanks in which your thoughts the viewer and nature but i believe that russia and china are probably threatened behind the scenes so for instance in the south korean media last month the report. economic dialogue conference with between china the united states that u.s. officials threatened the chinese that if they did not go along with the sanctions

that the u.s. would impose unilateral sanctions on chinese companies individuals who do business with normal business with north korea and i imagine they did similar threats against russia. are these sanctions any different to the previous one leveled opts from what you've seen. yes so this is deliberately targeted at hitting the north korean and economy so it's expected that bans exports of seafood coal iron ore lead lead or these are major part of north korea's export. exports so it's definitely aiming at and do things financial collapse and it also would prohibit new joint ventures and prohibits the new investment in existing during ventures which effectively kills off any chance of the reopening of the case song industrial complex. also bans

north korea from increasing the number of its workers a broad. economic a target across the board ok thanks very much for your take this our go to member of the advisory board of the korea policy institute. the white house has announced a crackdown on intelligence and government leaks which been seriously damaging to the trumpet ministration the culprits are being warned to. face the legal consequences. leaks are incredibly damaging to our intelligence mission and capabilities simply put these leaks hurt our country if you improperly disclose classified information we will find you we will investigate you we will prosecute you to the fullest extent of the law and you will not be happy with the result. of the attorney general ses the justice department has been

pursuing about three times more leaks than during the final years of the obama administration and it's not only government employees who could face prosecution the media may also be forced to reveal its sources critics have slammed that as an attack on free speech but there are fears that some leaks could be putting national security on risk picking up the story now jacqueline booga. i think we have to stop both attorney general. as efforts are stepped up to root out those responsible and want to employ vital kellyanne conway even speculated lie detectors can be wheeled into the west wing to sniff out the signatures these comments of the administration's response to the waves of classified information making their way out of the white house i don't know warming and some say dangerous right i am so glad they're telling us what's going on as a new thing every day is here's the crazy thing it is only you know getting out the public because of the white house whistle blowers the transcripts of phone calls between president trump and two world leaders have been the leaks and published by

the washington post i've never seen a white house leak as much against itself as this the latest and most explosive leak conversation transcripts between trump and the leaders of mexico and i still you seem to have been the final straw provoking outrage even among critics who say a line has been crossed is not fair this president. in terms of the leaks with the large prison term or not no president can do business with their phone calls from the leak to the washington post terribly damaging to our country not just to donald trump politically who i don't support but to our country that it does is it crimps conversations with foreign leaders all the way down the chain where we saw no leaks like this under the obama administration and we saw only one or two when they were related to the iraq war in the bush administration so clearly the press leaks only what they want to leak because i refuse to believe these are the only times that they've ever had some do gooder and them something that they think should be published so in the sense that the press is selective i think that they have risen

to the level of you being able to demonstrate malice being that they are not others and if they can show malice they should be held responsible absolutely despite the reported risks to national security this leaking pipe of information continues to drip likely because trump's enemies are not only at the doors of the white house they are right inside it too between staff stragglers from the obama era and professional shake ups within. own administration the one thing that is clear is the toxic environment of distrust is likely to cloud the whole of the west wing meaning the president will have a hard time doing his job effectively and the security of the nation remains in question and only plug in the damage can finally be mopped up. r.t. washington d.c. a former russian ambassador to the u.s. surrogate has opened up about his conversations with u.s. national security advisor michael flynn the controversial discussions which took place during the trumpet ministrations transition into power to flynn having to leave his post right because the of talks us through what we learned. he says that

he still shocked and indignant over all this attention that's been devoted to his meeting with flynt he asks since when diplomats for. gauging with politicians with members of an administration that is after all their entire job with regards to this talk this conversation between himself and mr flynn says that they talked about straightforward things pressing concerns but simple ones such as terrorism for example there were no secrets mentioned he says regards the sanctions and by the way it was sanctions there potential talk of sanctions that really forced mr flynt to resign mystic is that says he had very direct orders from the top not to mention sanctions. i do not comment on our daily contacts with our colleagues and i had instructions not to discuss sanctions we never discuss

sanctions with anybody and i assure you i've honestly followed the instructions we don't discuss or bargain about sanctions because we believe they were implemented in an illegal politically aggressive way to begin with. also says that he doesn't take seriously all these allegations of russian meddling during the election and when asked why the russian media focused and covered the elections in such great detail he says because it was fun as good a reason as any other they called him many things the politicians and the media especially during the early days of trump's presidency they. called him a chief spy they called him a chief recruiter of spies bear in mind this is a respectable person a career diplomat he's been in washington since two thousand and since two thousand and eight and he says that these allegations are offensive and humiliating and not

to him but to the people saying them to america itself is. sort of i believe all the talk suggesting that i the ambassador of the russian federation i'm a spy is shameful for a country like america has become normal in america to talk about how the russian ambassador is why it out how bugs were installed on his phone it's an unhealthy society despite everything mystic it's like says he doesn't believe we're in the middle of another cold war things haven't gotten that bad he says but there are huge problems and many of them stem from the fact that there's a self exceptionalism in american politics and when the media resistance when they need somebody who is willing to stand up for their own interests that's when they get upset or we asked russia analyst and historian martin mccauley whether he believes mr kissel yaks comments will be taken into consideration by u.s.

investigators. the problem is that in washington there's a very strong. caucus and from the democrat side sometimes among republicans the liberal press and they will literally not accept anything which is positive about growth have a russian something they don't believe it and the. president trumpeted something about the positive about russia the say that st louis shouldn't be saying that russia is already and we should be concentrating on that so unfortunately no. you have been the ones that president trump who would like. they would love to improve relations with russia. get things going and so on but congress is doing its best to ensure that relations with russia deteriorate.

video has emerged showing the aftermath of a deadly or strike in yemen but due to its graphic nature it's been heavily edited on please be warned it is disturbing it shows the bodies of a family being dragged from rubble following an alleged he led coalition strike nine people were killed including six children after their house collapse that's according to local officials they are strike occurred during a battle between u.s. and saudi backed forces in yemen and al-qaeda in the city of riyadh's coalition denies it was responsible saying they do not target civilians. reports that it's or have suggested indeed that humanitarian groups can't reach areas of yemen and so do you really are and its allies have restricted fuel supplies the head of the un's development program in the country save the i'd like for the conflict is bleak because humanitarian organizations are being shut out another worrying aspect to

the conflict is what's being called the world's worst brain. of cholera it's already in the lives of nearly two thousand people since october due to contaminated food and water there's little or no medical assistance for those who catch the disease. you have been seeing a massive cholera outbreak really one of the biggest cholera outbreaks we've seen in our lifetime it started about two months ago and it spreads rapidly across the country and is still growing unfortunately what we found is that there's a million malnourished children living in areas of the worst affected by cholera the cholera epidemic in yemen and the humanitarian crisis more widely are entirely manmade and created by the conflict it's totally preventable and if the conflict ended it would be much easier for us to bring color under control the conflict in yemen has been ongoing for over two years and it's left more than ten thousand civilians dead three million displaced. people in dire need of help. well enough. that's what i'm

a. lot of. this i think you're. going to let us discuss about it. we're back in ninety seconds with an update from john where an explosion has ripped through a dormitory building injuring doesn't stay with us. what

politicians do something to. put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected . so when you want to be president i'm sure. somebody wanted. it to be like to be for us to see what before three in the morning can't be good. i'm interested always in the waters of my. first city. i. let's start by by going to azerbaijan where an explosion has torn through

a dormitory block in the east of the country resulting in a fire local media reports about there have been fatalities although no exact number has been given at this stage medics say that twenty five people including one child are in the hospital most are suffering from smoke inhalation the cause of the blast is currently on clear authority say the fire has now been putz we will of course continue to update you on this developing story as it comes in to us. the taliban has been stepping up its attacks in afghanistan mainly in the size of the country a series of assaults over the past four days seen dozens of people killed both soldiers uncivil it's the spike efforts to eliminate the taliban lasting a decade the terrorists still have a large presence in the nation according to the latest us report for reconstruction

there forty percent of the afghan territory is currently controlled or contested by the taliban. i. looked it. up but. for me there was. a washington has provided millions of dollars to assist afghanistan in its fight against the terrorists however according to afghanistan's special inspector general the us defense program has cost taxpayers almost half a billion dollars and has admitted it's failed to achieve its goals. well president

trump also voiced his anger over the failed campaign during his latest meeting with general progress reports over the past number of months of not being post. we are not winning in afghanistan right now we want an illusion. mr chairman i believe we're in a stalemate going on year sixteen now people in american people are tired of it they're looking for alternatives and i think president trump is voicing that their frustration in and trying to come to some kind of resolution on this now i know the russians have an afghan working group i was told by some officials recently that they had actually invited the united states to participate in discussions with with their group and to discuss a resolution for afghanistan but the united states refused. unbelievable but it world really underscores once again the u.s.

needs a strategy it doesn't have one and it's not going to have one if they're going to rely solely on a military solution. eight miners are still missing well over twenty four hours after a flood of the diamond mine in russia's far east water poured into it on the run shaft with one hundred fifty one people inside the rescue operation is ongoing video showing a worker being rescued on saturday morning. over one hundred emergency services personnel are involved in the rescue operation they have been joined by volunteers and in fact by some of the miners who were evacuated let's take a look at how they disaster on for. the

. way it's. a company which owns the mine is called it's one of the world's biggest diamond producers mines most of russia's diamonds but a region was discovered to be diamond rich in the one nine hundred fifty s. in two thousand and nine the underground mine was established to extract diamond bearing or it produces up to a million tons every year however the facility has constantly being hit by strong

underground water currents. well we are continuing to keep a watch on the rescue operation and we will keep you posted on the fate of the missing miners. to south america where venezuela's newly elected controversial legislative body has been in or graded street violence in the country continues police in the capital deployed tear gas and rubber bullets in clashes with opposition supporters and fighting. well that have been here just now we have two a parliament parliament to meet there but the opposition and i are parliamentary by . the opposition house. demonstrations that will to your mind things will

work out what they are doing it's a beautiful demonstration. they're resold. usually by a well there's been one hundred three people killed that started in late march i don't see any understanding. either continuing the fifty's or maybe getting wars i think this will die down in time so on both sides are entrenched. however the national guard. you know. well lots more stories as always waiting for you on our web site r t v dot com and i'll be back in just over half an hour's time here with more global world news. i do not know if the russian state hacked into john podesta ski mills and gave them

two weeks but i do know rock obama's direct. up national intelligence has not provide credible to support his claims of russia i also know he perjured himself in a senate hearing planned three months before the revelations provided by edward snowden he denied the deep n.s.a. was carrying out wholesale surveillance of the us. the hyperventilating corporate media has once again proved to be an echo chamber for government claims that cannot be verified you would have thought they would have learned something after serving as george w. bush's useful idiots in the lead up to the invasion of iraq. it is vitally important that the press remains rooted in a fact based universe especially when we enter an era when truth and fiction are becoming indistinguishable. from a trial where i've spent countless hours poring through documents that tell the story

about the ugly side of the world from. corporate media written uses to talk about news car news conferences i'm going to paint a clear picture about how disturbing how cool drug corporate conduct is becoming a mom these are stories that are no one else until my parents or a host of americans were questioned. about your sudden passing i've only just learned you were a south and taken your last turn. up to you as we all knew it would i tell you i'm sorry for me i could so i write these last words in hopes to put to rest these things that i never got off my chest. i remember when we first met my life turned on each breath. but then my feelings started to change you talked about more like it was again still some are fond of you those that didn't like to

question our arc and a secret. promised to never feel like it's one does not need the funeral the same as one enters mind it's consumed with this. speech and we now want to take. aim that mainstream media has met its make. welcome to on contact today we discuss the collapse of the american traditional system with legal scholar dr edward kohn you've got a system in the fact is the only way you can retain even a semblance of freedom is to walk around with the rest of your life with

a criminal record and that's called freedom. chris surgeons our courts and law schools have become wholly owned subsidiaries of the corporate state they have abandoned the guiding principles of justice the judiciary and legal profession serve the needs of the one percent not the ninety nine percent the rule of law has been inverted that does not guard against the abuse of power but advances the interests of those with money power and influence our elected officials as ralph nader has pointed out have permitted the creation of a judicial system with secret law secret courts secret evidence secret budgets and secret prisons all put in place in the name of national security attorney client privilege has been abolished and redacted published judicial decisions are released to the public hey b.s. corpus probable cause privacy and due process have been for many or.