well if the seven guys are. overriding russian sentiment in the u.s. congress the view of russia's foreign minister and his american counterpart on the sidelines of a major forum in the philippines. in the weeks and stories president trump signs a new sanctions bill i'm going several. days it's a declaration of a full scale trade war. the pressure is stepped up against north korea to the u.n. security council unanimously for a tough new sanctions on. the

dictator dictator the venezuelan president is also targeted by u.s. restrictions formation of a controversial new legislative body. the constitution. the latest developments a look back at the last seven days you're watching the weekly here in our international i'm you know neal hello and welcome our top story this hour moscow's top diplomat say it's strong until you russian sentiment in the u.s. congress that's led to the latest turn in relations between the two nations. made the comment of a meeting with his american counterpart rex tillerson earlier in the day madeira chooser takes a closer look at the story 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 have been imposed 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 and see russia sanctions bill that was passed in the u.s. congress we explained to him what was behind the actions that we took off the long expecting that the u.s. would not choose the path of confrontation but unfortunately the referring 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 body part to put these charges implosion the way they do i know the president nor i 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 very overwhelming we were going to. 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. earlier we discussed the i'd kill of the meeting with journalist martin summers 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 all of those 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 un 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 us seems have collectively lost its marbles in this way i mean they've tied the hands of their own negotiators 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 have been hearing relations between russia and the united states took another hit on whedon's day donald trump put his signature to that new sanctions bill that measures how i'm going to a number of america's allies in europe too who say their economic interests are

being ignored president trump himself was reluctant to sign the law saying it limits his power to shape foreign policy. while 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 the thanks that this bill of course is it is a terrible bill. it benefits the people of no contrary not the united states not germany not all three or in

a way not russia syria not not any of the people is the constitutional crisis our government is 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 the side shows are out of heaping with the traditions of the united states and how our government functions but what looks like a constitutional crisis brewing in the u.s. that 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 u.s. president mean that we have abandoned the concept of unity 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 here instead is something that we cannot accept so these sanctions seem to be leaving hard. 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 is potentially in violation of international law and gets worse revelations taken further 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 he 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 per 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 trouble 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 so the new sanctions law gives congress the power to block the president from easing sanctions on moscow. constitutional breaking down further what's happening in washington here's artie's patrik oh. i guess no president would like to be. shoes right now times really are getting as 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 me. 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 trump's party teaming up against the president and giving him quite a drubbing month after month we kept her weak 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 for his 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 or sweeping new sanctions against north korea settle it in a u.s. drafted resolution or you know in the midst of the agreed on by the u.n. security council late saturday night north korean exports of coal metals and seafood and its export revenue is said to be cut by about a third which will amount to roughly a billion dollars per year foreign investment has also been blocked the move comes in response to north korea's continued missile tests. russia believe sanctions should be the starting point for a future dialogue with north korea other u.n. members agree both 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 and north korea itself he's not the 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 and he's told me that to my face that may be provocative but not really however america's top diplomat rex tillerson sais his country would like dialogue with some point although one expert told us the chances of that happening are not to diminish if you're thinking in terms of dialogue you know if anything. less. than before but if you're being effective of. imposing a collective punishment i'm going to hire north korean population and bring your boat the economic collapse of north korea may be a factor of force would be if you want thanks to the thought draconian. the only

increase you'd like record of a conflict or increase the tensions at the very least. authorities in venice when they say if oil the terrorists on a military base close to the capital it all comes after a group of men in military uniforms released a video of themselves announcing an uprising against president and the douro witnesses reported hearing gunshots jury in the night officials say the situation is not fully under control and that several people have been arrested the incident follows the inauguration of a controversial new legislative body and friday its formation which critics say will strip the opposition of power has led the u.s. to place sanctions on the president. as a result of today's sanctions all assets of the doro subject to u.s. jurisdiction are frozen and u.s. persons are prohibited from dealing with him well the new assembly will be tasked

with rewriting the constitution and will have the power to dissolve the current parliament the opposition has defied a ban on public protests sunday nights the election was a power grab by maduro police in the capital deployed tear gas and rubber bullets in clashes with furious opposition activists also on friday and people are now gathering to rally against the government side the gates of the compound which was attacked overnight. the u.s. state department branded last weekend's vote illegitimate and it also describes president maduro as leadership as a dictatorship however when it comes to the sanctions there does seem to be one spear that's off limits. but 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 talks that relationship. is a dictator who disregard the will of the venezuelan people not i think any such only to me that they don't they determine a short on a deal that neuer out of their main part of the the visit but it come into it probably to the government. is violating its own constitution. live in atlanta but pump oil into the equation and politics is brushed straight under the comp it has facts of how black gold unites them. to take a discount american states being the third largest exporter of crude to the u.s. a numbers of growing up seven percent to around six hundred seventy thousand barrels a day but when it stopped that absolutely know the citgo petroleum corporation

based in texas belongs to wait for it venezuela's 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 in 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. trying to stop people traffickers in the mediterranean migrants. board to help. with the continues after the break.

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i i i. i. i. seventy minutes into the program welcome back it still leaves attempts to get a grip on the migrant crisis have hit another setback after aid groups carrying out rescue missions in the mediterranean sea refused to sign a so-called code of conduct the new rules state police must be allowed on board rescue ships boats would be prevented from transferring refugees to other vessels insisting n.g.o.s take migrants to a tally and ports themselves and phone calls or fleurs would be bound in case they're used to signal to people spoke english when the coast is clear lately

insists the migrant rescue code is munda tree that anyone refusing to sign it will face consequences the medical charity doctors without borders believes it could put people in power. so goes against our mission which is to save lives and it goes against this it really goes against the hearts of what we are as a medical and humanitarian organization and it's not something that. the code has partially been drawn up after some n.g.o.s who are accused of acting as a tuxedo service working alongside people traffickers to get migrants into europe it's a concern that's been repeatedly voice by a group known as the fende europe the anti migrant movement even crowd funded the mediterranean mission to monitor the work of the non-governmental organizations but because we are against mass immigration to europe wants to stop this madness this n.g. all madness in the military and because everybody's just talking 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 t.v. and jewels and i think what they're doing there is it's nothing to it because they're actually a support factor and basically the reason for this mess migration the other reason people joining and the are making a fortune for this human trafficking rings in libya destabilizing the country i think the future for africa can't lie and europe the future through europe cannot speak to become a second africa. a us democratic congresswoman has gone on t.v. calling on her party to pursue be impeachment of russia's president all it's not what it seems though she actually got putin confused with her own country's number two. this handsome be better than top if he were only all in when we finish with triumph we have to go and get booked and that he's next putting up heads up tent. not california representative maxine waters who is known for her strict county

russia's stance you may remember that she made a similar blunder involving president putin at back in february. putin is continuing to advance into korea korea who. by maxine waters words russia is not advancing in either north or south korea. the syrian government has called on the u.n. to end what it calls washington's must occurs against its civilians the us led international coalition continues to commit massacres against innocent syrian civilians but conducting systematic as strikes those attacks contributed to the spread of chaos killing and destruction over six hundred people up and killed in u.s. led coalition airstrikes in syria and iraq over the past three years although four hundred ports of possible civilian casualties are yet to be examined but that is according to operation inherent resolves own data now the u.k.

based transparency group earl warren is whoever estimates that almost five thousand people have died in coalition herb bombardments since the start of the operation in may the u.s. defense secretary said such losses were inevitable two billion casualties are a fact of life in this sort of situation. while in syria thousands are still fleeing the ravages of war plus in neighboring iraq one british aid worker describes scenes of armageddon when she visited the liberated city of mosul geo political analyst patrick henningsen says' americans only suit see at military successes on their television screens. no surprise the coalition's going to want to under play any of those sort of casualty 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 kaleidoscope in the in the united states and it has nothing to do with what's going on the ground. now a monument commemorating a russian army servicemen who sacrificed himself for the battle against islamic state in syria last year has been unveiled in the tuscany region of italy alexander died while coordinating earth strikes on ice the militants near the city of palmira the statue let's put up about the initiative of the italian time. in a park with europe. we decided to pay tribute to the hero he sacrificed his life in the fight against the evil which is islamic states and see moots allies seize memory while helping the russian earth

force head to extremist targets the twenty five year old soldier finds himself surrounded by isel fighters realizing he couldn't escape he ordered a nurse strike on his own position alexander died along with the islamist militants as a result he was posthumously awarded the title of hero of the russian federation the administration announced the crackdown on friday on federal government leaks which have left the white house in turmoil now the culprits are being warned to stop no or face 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 you will

not be happy with the result. the move followed yet another scandal over or through this closure after transcripts of donald trump's phone calls with foreign leaders were linked to the media they show that he asked his mexican counterpart to stop publicly saying his country won't pay for the proposed wall on their shared border and reveal trump's reluctance to accept a refugee resettlement deal with history which he said quote would make him look terrible the leaks even provoked outrage among the president's critics who say a line has been crossed this is not fair to this president. in terms of the leaks or the like present trump 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 a doll from politically who i don't support but to our country that does is it crimps conversations with foreign leaders all the way down the chain. when the severe trust issues in the white house come amid major shake ups in trump's top team with

the president increasingly turning to family members for support and bringing in military style management. we could use some more loyalty i will. cool is that they tells him the hard truth almost everyone has around someone. serving the president has been the honor and privilege of a lifetime. he will do a spectacular job i have no doubt i think we are in pretty good shape the. president has got to select the right people that he has crushed him to carry out his vision

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