we found these astronomically high levels of barracks and levels that my staff think maybe some of the highest levels in the united states almost thirty years this very serious problem had actually been addressed what will that investigation into the chemical industry secrets revealed. but. there is an overriding russian sentiment in the u.s. congress the view of russia's foreign minister who made his american counterparts on the sidelines of a major security for him this weekend. also in the week's top stories president trump signs a new russia sanctions bill several of our. declaration of a full scale trade war. the pressure is stepped up against north korea as the u.n.

security council votes unanimously for tougher sanctions on pyongyang over its missile tests. the 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. but the review of the past seven days in news and right up to the moment developments as well this is the weekly r t international i mean you know neal hello and welcome to our top story moscow's top diplomats a strong russian sentiment in the u.s. congress has led to the latest downturn in relations between the two countries.

sergei lavrov made the comment at a meeting with his american counterpart rex tillerson earlier on sunday that you're a cheater it's a closer look the story 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 a new russia sanctions between impose 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 n.t. russia's 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 and just take a listen to their action by the. congress to put these charges employees from 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 they 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. journalist martin summers told us that the talks between

love are off until you're sane or a good sign considering the tension between moscow and washington. 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 there's 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 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've been hearing relations between russia and the united states took another head on whedon's they asked donald trump and his signature to the new sanctions bill the measures have i got a number of american 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. 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 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 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 horribly unexpected but i do believe that these sideshows are out of he thing 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 us president mean that we have abandoned the concept of unity foreign policy issues are evidently 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 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 us washable ations taken for their head 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 and the good 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 could maybe prevent it 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 koch qualified to be her kiss a prince 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 problem but now we're moving in the other direction well the new sanctions law gives congress the power to block the president from easing sanctions on moscow branded the legislation constitutional breaking dawn what's happening in washington here's our

tease. i guess no president would like to be. shoes right now times really are getting as they can get for the president you know being america's top man in charge but at the same time we 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 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 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 to know a big story of the weekend sweeping new sanctions against north korea said to a u.s. drafted resolution where you none of misleading agreed on by the u.n. security council late saturday evening know it bonds are the asian nations exports of coal metals and seafood meaning its export revenue will be cut by iran to third amounting to roughly a billion dollars per year foreign investment has also been blocked on the move

comes in response to pyongyang's continued missile tests over russia believe sanctions should be the starting point for future dialogue with north korea other un members agree but there are signs that washington is still considering a more direct response. every military expert says there is no good military option they are wrong there is an option to destroy north korea's program and north korea itself he's not going to let president trump the ability of this madman to have a missile to hit america if there's going to be a war to stop it and 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 ever america's top diplomat rex tillerson sees his country would like dialogue with peeling yelling at some point although one expert told us the chances of that happening are diminishing if you're thinking in

terms of dialogue no if anything that makes dialogue even less likely than before but if you're being effective authority to impose their collective punishment i'm going to tire north korean population and bring your boat the economic collapse of north korea are going to be a factor of course unfortunately you want thanks to the thought draconian nature of the. only increase if you like record of a conflict or increase the tensions at the very least. the south american are where authorities in venezuela say they have for all the terror attack on a military base close to the capital it comes after a group of men in military uniforms released a video of themselves announcing an uprising against present. witnesses reported hearing gunshots during the night officials the report the situation is now fully under control and that several people have been arrested the incident follows the organization 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 play sanctions on the president as a result of today's sanctions all assets from a door subject to u.s. jurisdiction are frozen and u.s. persons are prohibited from dealing with him. in the new assembly will be tasked with rewriting the constitution and will have the power to dissolve the current parliament the opposition has to find a ban on public protests denying the election as a power grab by men to police in the capital deployed tear gas and rubber bullets in clashes with furious opposition activists during the week and people are now gathering to rally against the government outside the gates of the compound which was attacked overnight. i i i i.

well the u.s. state department branded last weekend's vote illegitimate it also describes nicolas maduro his 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 are 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 took sick relationship. is a dictator who disregards the will of the venezuelan people not what are they going to subsume the economy on it they don't that it shall be destroyed on a lot of theatre that lawyer or do they mean the the good to put them into it probably did the government. is violating its own constitution. but pump oil 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 us and numbers are growing up seven percent to around six hundred seventy thousand barrels a day when it stopped that absolutely know the citgo petroleum corporation based in texas belongs to wait for it and its weight 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 are 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. to europe where french police have opened a terror investigation after an incident at the eiffel tower where a man attempted to force his way past security armed. with a knife the suspect reportedly shouted gold is greatest in our book as he looked to barge his way into the london market interest on saturday while no one was injured the eiffel tower will supply it initially the incident wasn't being treated as terrorism but french prosecutors have begun an investigation to the suspects reported links to radical groups france has been in a state of emergency for more than eighteen months not following the november twenty fifth in terror attacks in the capital political analysts nicolette markovitch told us the issue of security isn't just affecting big cities in front i

think well it's impossible it with third and today's reduced circumstances enter a need to say that the provision capital is safe what can you do against a lone wolf this is not the first time that we have along with attack type an heiress don't forget a couple of months ago out there who have the same type of attack somebody who attacked military men in the louver and this was happening again yesterday in paris and we've had other cases maybe the international media is not aware in smaller towns of france which the u.s. attention i know divisional and in the south of france to definitely seeing what people can ask themselves what has happened since the terrible attacks against the bout to come on start of hamas last time so that's now i wouldn't say it's it's a safe place but again i would say underline that it's not easy to fight against these lone wolves. the news continues in ninety seconds they with us.

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buy their product. all the hawks that we along the border will watch. nineteen minutes into the program your welcome back italy's attempts to get a grip on the migrant crisis have hit another setback after aid groups carrying i had to 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 non-governmental organizations take migrants to italian ports themselves unformed calls or flurries would be banned alleging they're used to signal to people smugglers when the coast is clear. well italy insists that migron rescue

code is mandatory and anyone refusing to sign it will face consequences however the medical charity doctors without borders believes that could put people in peril. goes against our mission which is to save lives and it goes against this it really goes against our hearts what we are as a medical and humanitarian organization and it's not something that. well a code was partially 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 now it is a concern that's been repeatedly voiced by a group known as the fender europe the anti migrant movement even crowdfunding the mediterranean mission to monitor the work of the n.g.o.s pub 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 walking in the what is acting feeling you're stepping in what you're doing going to do is you are going to

all watch t.v. 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 had a reason for this mess migration the other recent people drowning 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 during the future through europe cannot speak to become a second africa. a monument commemorating a russian army servicemen who sucked her face himself in a battle against islamic state in syria last year has been unveiled in the tuscany region of italy alexander died while coordinating air strikes militants near the city of palmira the statue was put off by the initiative of the italian tons and her in a park of heroes this is what the mayor had to say we decided to pay tribute to the hero who sacrificed his life in the fight against the evil which is islamic states

and see more towards his memory. well while helping the russian earth force headache stream this targets the twenty five year old soldier found unself surrounded by ice l. fighters realizing escape was impossible he ordered an earth strike on his own position alexander died along with islamist militants as a result he was posthumously awarded the title of hero of the russian federation. r.t.s. ripley video agency has exclusively film from inside the syrian city of after it's believed to have been liberated from isel by the syrian army. so the government shut up shut. up. the city is the last this law makes state strong hold the homes for evidence

earlier on early at the weekend and solder indeed reports emerge the syrian forces had surrounded this law make state on three sides the retaken city is a run fifty kilometers from the border with terrorism or the province which of course is mainly under control of the defacto capital it's known as. the syrian government has called on the un to end what it calls washington's musser kurds against its civilians the u.s. 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. well over six hundred people have been killed in u.s. led coalition air strikes in syria and iraq over the past three years although four hundred ports of possible civilian casualties are yet to be examined but that's according to operation inherent resolve dates at the u.k.

based transparency grip or war is estimates instead that almost five thousand people have died in coalition or bombardment since the start of the operation and maybe u.s. defense secretary said such losses were inevitable two billion casualties are a fact of life in this sort of situation 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 peter henning sensei's americans only see military successes on their t.v.'s not the full picture. no surprise the coalition's going to want to under play any of those sort of casualty numbers for civilians from 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 united states and it has nothing to do with what's going on the ground. u.s. democratic congresswoman has gone on t.v. calling on her party to pursue the impeachment of russia's president all it's not what it seems though she actually got to love him or putin confused with her own country's number two. that's hansell be better than chop if he were home when we finish with trump we have to go and get putin's that's right he's next putin up heads up it. you know it's california representative maxine waters who's known for her straight down t. russia's stance you might also remember that she made a similar blunder involving president put back in favor. putin is continue went to advance into korea korea. artie's

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