there's an overriding anti russian sentiment in the u.s. congress that's the view of russia's foreign minister who met his american counterpart on the sidelines of a major forum in asia. the week's top stories president trump signs a new russia sanctions bill langar in several of america's key allies moscow says it's a declaration of a full scale trade war and the pressure is stepped up against north korea to the u.n. security council vote unanimously for tough new sanctions on pyongyang over its missile tests and. dictator. the venezuelan president is also targeted by u.s.

restrictions over his formation of a controversial new legislative body that will rewrite the constitution. hello there the latest developments and look back at the last seven days to you watching the weekly here on r.t. international now moscow's top diplomat says it is strong anti russian sentiment in the u.s. congress that has led to the latest downturn in relations between the two countries so made the comment at a meeting with his american counterpart rex tillerson earlier. takes a closer look. it was a very lengthy meeting it seemed like a very friendly meeting the two gentlemen seem like they were getting on very well lots of laughing and joking and i also need to point out it was the first face to face meeting after new russia sanctions clean and pose so what did they talk about

first well surprise surprise sanctions lover of explained why russia decided to take the action that it did following the imposing of those sanctions. he was interested in our response to the empty russia sanctions bill that was passed in the u.s. congress we explained to him what was behind the actions that we took after long expecting that the u.s. would not choose the path of confrontation but unfortunately the resupply back to treat of american lawmakers prevented that what's interesting about this is that prior to this meeting in manila to listen has been very vocal publicly about his discontent about the new russia sanctions let's take a listen to their action by the by the congress to put these charges implosion the way they do i know the president more are very happy about that we were clear that we didn't think it was going to be helpful to our efforts but that's the decision that i made that made it a very overwhelming good. one of the areas that they talked about was syria

they agreed that they would continue dialogue about how they can go forward with the peace process they also talked about north korea both sides opposed the missile testing and the military exercises and again they agreed to keep the dialogue open between the two countries now we can't ignore the fact that the u.s. russia relations are at an all time low as is seen by the international community at the moment so the question is will the actions come to fruition following this what seems to be a very positive meeting well earlier we discussed the outcome of that meeting with journalist martin somers. the fact that meetings taking place at all given the rhetoric that's been coming out of the united states over the past week or so is a positive development and over this many things about which obviously there is no agreement and your situation has become much more tense as a result of these votes in the congress in the senate on sanctions on russia that

doesn't mean that some business can't be done and as we saw in the u.n. security council there was a unanimous position on north korea. which the american side wants that sort of cooperation to continue it's very disappointing that the political class in the u.s. seems have collectively lost its marbles in this way i mean they've tied the hands of their only goshi eight years which you know you don't usually do that if you've got any common sense so we're now stuck in a bit of a bit of a norm pass so as we've been hearing them relations between russia and the united states took another hit on wednesday is donald trump put his signature to that the new sanctions bill the measures have angered a number of america's allies they were in europe to say their economic interests are being ignored even president trump himself was reluctant to sign the law saying it limits his power to shape foreign policy. well i favor tough measures to punish

and deter aggressive and destabilizing behavior by north korea and russia this legislation is significantly flawed and its haste to pass this legislation the congress included a number of clearly unconstitutional provisions those provisions purport to displace the president's exclusive constitutional authority and those comments live a lot of questions and the way the president states that even though he stands for legislation that's 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 thanks to this bill of course is it is a terrible bill. benefits the people of no contrary not the united states not germany not all three or in a way not russia not syria not 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 not totally unexpected but i do believe that these side shows are out of keeping 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 in theory being america's partners in europe those who work with moscow and those areas. the sanctions passed by the u.s. congress and accepted by the us president mean that we have abandoned the concept of units foreign policy issues or other deadly connected to american economic interests to say we want to limit russian gas in the european market so that we can sell american gas there instead this is something that we cannot accept so these sanctions seem to be leaving her. anyone happy trumps being forced to go against

its constitutional beliefs america's closest european allies go on the defensive to counter what they see as a matter of potentially in violation of international law and u.s. worship elations taken for their head first there is no hope for any improvement of our relations with the new american administration second a 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 when these statements from trump and it with the president claiming that he can make far better deals with foreign countries than congress but with measures such as these being passed it may be prevented from doing just that the deep state the need. and the media are very very powerful and they can put a lot of pressure on the president so they ganged up on him he went ahead and signed it i think it was more like a political thing but there are some those who coca-cola fire to be purpose appends 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 even when the russian the soviet union existed we actually were quite willing you know when necessary to talk and work out some problems but now we're moving in the other direction well the new sanctions rule does give congress the power to block the president from easing sanctions almost sco and donald trump has branded the legislation unconstitutional and you're trying to break it down further what's happening in washington. i guess no president would like to be donald trump's shoes right now times really are getting tough as they can get for the president you know being america's top man in charge but at the same tommy think of it not being able to exercise his power and even worse being cornered into making the decisions he doesn't want to make just to keep order and

as we've been hearing from the white house spokesperson who's been explaining that very signature under that sanctions bill the president signed that countering america's adversaries through sanctions act congress has encroached on the power of the presidency and he signed it in the interest of national unity as we have been seeing both the democrats will that is kind of obvious but also of course the republican party which is technically true party teaming up against the president and giving him quite a drubbing month after month we have two week and the criticism and the pressure has been building up what was proposed yesterday is not what this party stands for i worry about the president's understanding of some of these issues and a ludicrous pretend hate campaign this president does not care about the united states of america so in these kind of circumstances under so much pressure it is little surprise that donald trump is giving in to the congress and you might argue

that this really puts america on the brink of a constitutional crisis. we need sanctions against north korea says that in the u.s. drafted resolution were unanimously agreed on by the un security council late on saturday they ban north korean exports of coal metals and seafood and should reduce its export revenue by about a third which will amount to roughly a billion dollars a year for investment is also being blocked the move comes in response to north korea's continued missile tests were russia believes that sanctions should be the starting point for future dialogue with north korea at the un members agree although there are signs that washington is still considering a military option. every military expert says there is no good military option there all. there is an option to destroy north korea's program in north korea itself he's not president the ability of this madman to have

a missile that hit america if there's going to be a war to stop it will be over there if thousands die they're going to die over there and they're not going to die here in these told me that to my face that may be provocative but not really however america's top diplomat rexton this and says his country would like dialogue with p. and yang at some point although one expert we spoke to said the chances of that happening are any decrease in. your thinking in terms of dialogue no if anything. less likely than before but if you're being a factor of. imposing a collective punishment i'm going to tire a north korean population and bring your boat the economic collapse of north korea are going to be a factor of force would be if you want to the thought draconian mates are the. only increase you'd like record of a conflict or increase tensions at the very least. authorities in

venezuela say they have forty to terror attack on a military base close to the capital comes after a group of men in military uniforms released a video of themselves announcing an uprising against president witnesses reported hearing gunshots during the night and officials say the situation is now fully under control and several people have been arrested the rebellion comes following the inauguration of a controversial new legislative body on friday its formation which critics say will strip the opposition of power has led the u.s. to pay sanctions on. as a result of today's sanctions all assets from a doro subject to u.s. jurisdiction are frozen and u.s. persons are prohibited from dealing with him the new assembly will be tasked with rewriting the constitution and will have the power to dissolve the palm and opposition is to find a ban on public protests and denounce the election as a power grab by president the durham police in the capital deployed to gas and

rubber bullets in clashes with furious opposition activists on friday. the u.s. state department branded sunday's vote is illegitimate and it also describes president during his leadership as a dictatorship however when it comes to the sanctions that are saying to be one sphere that's off limits for sanctions against oil for i'm not going to comment on that what i will say is we will monitor all of our options it seems we all knew about this toxic relationship. is a dictator who disregards the will of the venezuelan people not i think at least a few only to me that they don't they determine a short on a deal that lawyer out of there to him. to put them into it probably did the

government. violating its own constitution. will into the equation and politics is brushed straight under the carpet his facts of how black gold unites them. protect a discount american states being the third largest exporter of crude to the u.s. and number six growing up seven percent to around six hundred seventy thousand barrels a day when it stopped then absolutely no the citgo petroleum corporation based in texas belongs to wait for its venezuela state owned oil company which means the country has access to these refineries the total capacity of about seven hundred forty nine thousand barrels per day so far the sanctions that have been a mention have been against refined venezuelan oil products and against individuals

in the venezuelan government they have not been for the importation of crude the fact that they're not including crude speaks to that interdependence and the fact that us all producers and export are don't want to up the market and potentially that ten percent extraction of venice on oil could spike us gasoline prices as well so i think that that is the concern. he said he is trying to stop people traffickers in the mediterranean becoming seem to get charities to help we'll tell you why after the break. we're going to sell you on the idea that dropping bombs brings police to the chicken hawks forcing you to fight the battle. to do socks for the tell you that every gossip and public but most importantly. off the bat doesn't tell you on the

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welcome back now it's leigh's attempts to get a grip on the migrant crisis have hit another setback after aid groups carrying out rescue missions in the mediterranean refused to sign a so-called code of conduct the new rules do state that police must be allowed on board rescue ships while also preventing boats transferring refugees to other vessels insisting ngo's take migrants to italian ports themselves it will band phone calls or flares in case they are being used to signal to people smugglers when the coast is clear italy says the migrant rescue code is mandatory and anyone refusing to sign it will actually face consequences the medical charity day doctors without borders believes it could put people in peril it goes against our mission which is to save lives it goes against this really goes against our hearts what we are as a medical and humanitarian organization and it's not something that. well the code

is partially been drawn up after some n.g.o.s were accused of acting as a taxi service working alongside people traffickers to get migrants into europe it's a concern that's been repeatedly voiced by a group known as defend europe the anti migrant movement even crowd funded a mediterranean mission to monitor the work of the ngos. because we are gainst mass immigration to europe wants to stop this madness this n.g. all madness in the motor and you know because everybody's just walking in the what is acting feeling you're stepping in what you're doing you're going to do is you're going to all watch the and you also and i think what they're doing there is it's nothing to it because they're actually a support factor and basically they are the reason for this mess migration the other reason people drowning and the are making a fortune for this human trafficking rings in libya destabilizing the country i think the future for i forgot can't like europe the future for europe cannot be to become a second africa. now us democratic congresswoman has gone on t.v.

calling on her party to push the impeachment of russia's president although it's not all what it seems because she actually got putin confused with their own country's number to they've had somebody better than trump if he were oh as one with finish where trump we have to go and get bookings that he's next putting up heads pit that's california representative maxine waters who is known for her strict anti russia stance you might also remember though that she did make a similar blunder involving president putin in february. putin is continue went to a dance and to korea korea. or despite those words of course russia is not advancing in either north or south korea. syria has called on the u.n. to end what it calls washington's massacres against its civilians the u.s. led international coalition continues to commit massacres against innocent syrian

civilians but conducting systematic asterix those attacks contributed to the spread of chaos killing and destruction. well over six hundred people have been killed in the u.s. led coalition airstrikes in syria and iraq over the course of three years although more than four hundred reports of possible civilian casualties are yet to be examined that's according to operation inherent resolves only data the u.k. based transparency group there was however estimates that almost five thousand people have died in coalition air bombardment since the start of the operation and maybe u.s. defense secretary said sure says we're inevitable. two billion casualties are a fact of life in this sort of situation. in syria thousands are still facing the ravages of war plus in neighboring iraq one british aid worker describes scenes of armageddon when she visited the liberated city of mosul but geo political analyst

patrick henningsen says americans only see military successes on the us. no surprise the coalition is going to want to under play any of the sort of casualties numbers for civilians from the operations in mosul and in iraq as well because it's political you know the whole operation against isis is political if you're in the united states it's all about the theater of what the u.s. is achieving whether it's under president obama or whether it's under president trump and everything's kind of viewed through that weird kaleidoscopes in the in the united states and it has nothing to do with what's going on the ground. from administration announced a crackdown on friday on federal government leaks which have left the white house in turmoil the culprits culprits of being warned to stop or face legal consequences . 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 you will not be happy with the result well the move followed yet another scandal over an unauthorized disclosure of the transcripts of donald trump's phone calls with foreign leaders leaked to the media that he asked his mexican counterpart to stop publicly saying his country won't pay for the proposed war on the border and reveal trump's reluctance to accept a refugee resettlement deal with a straight which he said would. look terrible but the leaks even provoke dad rage among the president's critics who say a line has been crossed. is not fear is frozen. in terms of the leaks you like prison trump or not no prison can do business with their phone calls from

legally the washington post terribly damaging to our country not just adults or a political leader i don't support but to our country does it crimps conversations with foreign leaders all the way down the chain well the severe trust issues in the white house do come amid major shake ups in trump's top tain with the president increasingly turning to family members to support and also bringing in military style management. we could use some more loyalty. who is it that tells him the hard truth almost everyone around someone. serving the president has been the honor and privilege of a lifetime. he

will do a spectacular job i have no doubt think we were in pretty good shape. president he has got to the right people. to carry out his. strategy. the monuments commemorating a russian servicemen who sacrificed himself in the battle against islamic state in syria last year has been unveiled in the tuscany region of a silly. died while coordinating at strikes and i saw militants near the city of power made up the monument was put the initiative. and a pocket and he told us what the motivation was. we decided to pay tribute to

this russian hero who sacrificed his life in the fight against the evil which is islamic states and so we moved towards his memory while helping the russian air force carry out strikes twenty five year old alexander found himself surrounded by eisel fighters realizing he could not escape you or did an airstrike on his own position xander died along with the extremist militants as a result he was posthumously posthumously awarded the title of hero of the russian federation. emotional week here in our morning.

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