live. clashes between protesters and police in the us. during rival proof free speech marches comes a day after a violent nationalist rally in virginia. also ahead children are being reunited with their relatives after artie's campaign to bring home russian speaking . followers. to the syrian forces in a special joint operation with russian troops taken three villages. further

later in the hour. from moscow to the world is r t international my name is you know me welcome to the program our top story this hour tensions between rival pro free speech rallies boiled over in the u.s. city off seattle after police moved in with pepper spray and stun grenades to disperse protesters.

i look conservative rally was organized by a pro trump group called patriot prayer a supporter of free speech was confronted by country protesters who were shouting insults before riot police blocked a group of demonstrators attempted to force their weight. through the barricades some of them through fireworks on three people have been arrested. well the scuffles in seattle come just a day after a street brawls out a white nationalist rally in virginia turned deadly when a car rammed a crowd of kuntar protesters in the latest development a twitter campaign is now underway to try and find out who took part in the unite the right rally with one person already losing his job for attending. what brought us to the scenes that we have just witnessed there are two similar account joins us live from washington to talk us through it hi there are some euro what did bring us to this point so the recent clashes in seattle and the tragic events that took

place in virginia have really exposed the extent of that division in us society and not even the president and his team can deny this let's take a look at. this egregious display of hatred bigotry and violence on many shots on many sides it's been going on for a long time in our country where terrorism is is the use of violence to incite terror and fear and of course it was terrorism. it all began way back during the u.s. presidential campaign with pro and anti trump rallies springing up all across the country but both sides had been throwing accusations and insults at each other even before election day as you might expect given a campaign was in full swing. i would say were more open minded were kind of more moderate well educated people a lot of educated people that are sensible. and they were kind of very good weren't

they i'm not to judge what other people's education and stuff is it's not surprising that the country is divided in half. but following the bombshell results of the election half of the country was left in discontent so much so for that so much so that for some they went beyond rhetoric to vent their frustration as we saw with the violence in berkeley which became one of the main battlegrounds.

and some left wing activists have even gone as far as attempting to assassinate a republican lawmaker now both the newly formed far right and the far left are feeling sufficiently emboldened to come out onto the streets and wreak havoc all across america the violence in virginia over the weekend should have been a sign to stop but even more took place in seattle so it seems that seething tensions and violent clashes which resulted in dozens injured and even one death are becoming the new way that americans resolve their political and social disputes here talking to us through what we saw over the weekend and that lead up to thoughts from washington d.c. think. well the dean of durham university's law school in the u.k. told us that both the right on the left in the us are becoming more extreme. the political dimension is you have very much a clear right and left split in american politics right and left split that seems to be without much of a center ground as you know with the

a lot of space the middle of the right has become more rights and and someone say the left has become more left the country's become more polarized and people are not. total trump is promised to bring people together but it seems that people have never been further apart under under his rule. it's about you and i do we stand divided. because. the democrats. one of the reasons i won the election was. very divided. so now our of our headline stories now r t is continuing its campaign to find

relatives of russian speaking children stranded on an iraqi orphanage bring them home is the call we were seeking to be heard globally among those identified to date are sisters five year old kid teacher three year old fatima the youngsters reportedly been taken to iraq by their parents who joined us on the state the girl's relatives in russia recognized them in a video we filmed in just a few days now their grandparents want them home soon as possible. it is remarkable how coincidence she. lives. a seven year old neighbor recognizes her former playmate a d.j. on instagram she shows in the video that we filmed to her grandparents who had all but given up deja and her sister as last call it fate call it divine intervention

but it changed all of their lives. or in africa the new british series. and that's sort of the school for. the elderly grandparents cried they love them it was a whirlwind of emotions and they found a new purpose in life to bring the girls back into a family but deja was only three when they last met and tried to mount me a months old would she remember two years on. dad. i tell my good display. he.

writes. the facts are. you guessing. if you. put it cleaned. all of your feet. and then there's a. new person maybe even. still. there is something precious unforgettable it is one of the really unities to witness in its purest form we want the grandparents to know that despite her young age and the terror of most though she remembered them more i guys do you have see from dagestan russia. well since we began airing

this campaign we've been contacted by nist really in viewer mark johnson who has offered to adopt a child whose relatives can be found my heart broke watching the story will make a humble but on this living will gladly provide for those children should the remain displaced it's nice country here in australia and the children would be loved. it was not raging i sort of got to read it i cried and i mean we were promised still think about. it it was. very destroyed the poor children. in despair. we could still see some of them being in jordan but. it shouldn't be that it should be happy to have them surrounded by friends and family the same while the parents abuse the boy i mean just look at the big. pot of an opal situation and these children shouldn't be there. but when i when i got the boys he

saw very little people here. closed their eyes. and he did the wife that little boy. experience. and this is. what i mean the pull of these oh that was one of the most harrowing bits that i remember and his description of saying saying the person. who's the voice i would describe such an event that stuck with me and. wanted. to come across that it was. very eloquently put by mark there perhaps you have got information about the children we'd love if you got in touch with us if you have you can you speak e-mail address on screen children. dot are you.

russia will do all it can to bring peace and stability to libya which has been engulfed by civil war for years they are nice men came as the chief of the libyan national army which is opposed to libya's internationally recognized government visited russia's foreign minister in moscow for more years with a role as these brokers does not a month finding a recipe but at enabling the creation of the best conditions for dialogue between key libyan figures to allow them to negotiate the future of their own country. and i think the results of our negotiations is very good russia is no thinking about what part it could play in bringing peace to libya we will be happy of russia continues to play a part of this process that. libya is currently mainly governed by two competing

authorities the u.n. backed government of national accord houses headquarters in libya's capital tripoli here in green controls the western part of the country and the tobruk government who is representative is in moscow and who you've just seen controls the eastern large swathes of the scythe of libya the political unity of the country was broken in twenty eleven following anti-government protests. i. see a. little. bit of that. we got reaction on this from all over miles a former u.k.

ambassador to libya. russia doesn't want to be association with one policy the un efforts to bring all the parties together up there are too many people in libya who have some power at the moment they have weapons. probably afraid of what will happen if they give up the weapons they know that they might. be called to account for crimes they've committed or even if not crimes that they might be called to account by their in them is i think that's the bottom line on the difficulty is to bring all these groups together and convince them that they have to work together because otherwise libya is going to go down the drain it's maybe as a rich country in terms of oil for of money but at the moment you wouldn't think it was a rich country at the moment everybody is living miles later in the program a look at the ratcheting up tensions between the u.s. and north korea stay with us.

in case you're new to the game this. economy. from washington to washington to meet. to run this country business. it's not business as usual it's business like it's never been done before. what politicians do. they put themselves on the line they get accepted or rejected . so when you want to be president. wanted.

to go right to be close this is what the three of the people. interested in the war. hello again the ongoing verbal spot between the u.s. and north korea is generating plenty of headlines i made growing fears it could erupt into a real confrontation donald trump's military advisor is also ringing the alarm but i think we're not closer to war than a week ago but we're closer to war than we were a decade ago and this has been a problem that we've procrastinated on for a long period of time and now it's coming to a head where the threat from north korea not only to the united states but to the world is very very clear so therefore it's not surprising people are worried with statements like that because google searches for instance in the u.s.

for how to survive a nuclear attack are in fact trending classics like how to be rich how to be happy hawkins has been taking a look at who actually benefits from any scare mongering. the higher the tension the halter the rhetoric we've certainly had no shortage of that in recent days but who stands to gain from this war of words for one the u.s. president has kept busy sounding military drums against north korea. they will be met with fury. that is their it's a state. maybe it wasn't. and it's tough talk like this that brought him popularity according to one poll trump's approval ratings jumped to forty five percent on the back of those comments.

next on the list the north korean all me twenty nine claims a whopping three and hoff million volunteers have signed up for the country's military all because of the recent escalation if true definitely a win for his all the recruits is. now moving on to go on the u.s. territory located closest to north korea people there have already received god loans and what to do when they see a mushroom clouds but there's an unexpected cause for celebration because apparently all the hype will actually do the good. and where there is war all even the talk of one is always big money and this time

it's ten points for the bunker business really worried for my family my kids just want to make sure room sales are going through the roof on the way. evolve apocalypse styria now with military tensions running high bomb shelters are alas making a comeback client scott helps people who are really bridge and really freaked out his clientele has changed from people afraid obama would take their property to those of great trouble start a nuclear war all this drama with north korea it's paying off in a big way for this company take a look at what they are selling here these are massive bomb shelters one such companies even advising people to form an entire survival community if they get into all cuz you scared feel like you could move to one of these bunkers scattered around a whopping twenty square kilometers in south dakota yet another says they're completely sold out or even for a did so but we have the capacity to me. years maybe around the world.

so plenty of point scoring on the back of needs planning but while the big bosses are reaping the rewards a lot of communities of people are left losing sleep over the fear of the yet another conflict. daniel hawkins well rights activists and university of language professor that we spoke to says he's concerned but reckless rhetoric. is used by the united states it defends the united states but it's not really the united states. and the north koreans were to say that we're going to target off the coast of california or we're going to target off the coast of washington state or even target off the coast of hawaii there would be a very different response from the united states because you are directly threatening the homeland but what is the purpose of a territory or

a colony the purpose of a colony is that you exploit it when things are good and if things get ugly you cut it loose the fact that trump speaks so recklessly and so as impulsively only helps to underscore a lot of those those anxious tensions. syrian government forces assisted by russian troops conducted a special joint operation targeting islamic state or lifting troops behind enemy lines three villages to oil reservoirs were retaken without incurring any losses. well the operation was conducted

a hundred kilometers from terrorism we're told second largest stronghold. another key time. which is also close to doris or was recently liberated by the syrian army these are they latest pictures that we received from inside in fact filmed by our t.v. news agency it fell into the hands of jihad us and may twenty fifteen during the same battle in which i saw all captured palmira for the first time it is the last major on the road to terrorise or on the way to liberating the held city is open for some expert analysis on this let's bring in. writer and commentator on middle east affairs very welcome to the program just to make it clear to our viewers why it's important. it is extremely important because that. means the full control of the scene and me the syrian government on the whole of

which is very very strategic city and the biggest city in syria so that's why it is significant it is important it means that the syrian army actually is. launching a new. c.b.s. opposition rooting out one of their strongest base of. terrorist organization and. brigade and particularly is this special joint operation by syrian and russian forces is this a new phase in battling eisel. definitely it is and you'll freeze and now it actually is actually putting all its havior weight behind the syrian army they would like to clear out eisel of. all there is organized from the media city of syria they manage actually to recapture.

the managed to recapture not actually the. damascus countryside no now there are moving toward. i believe and feel this time they will score a huge victory in against isis and after that it will be that of the capital of this state in syria just concentrating on terrorism where for a moment do you think that would be taking that area could help to prevent terrorists from actually escaping syria and regrouping. no i think. it is extremely important for tool to do things the first one is it means the syrian army will capture only feeds that gas feed which that syrian economy is this game to be on it's the second it is actually will be a springboard to attack america and now the syrian army is very close to south of

the. source so if they manage to capture of their lives or i think it will be the second step will be the capital of the islamic see if they manage to capture erica this is could be the end of. it or i sill and syria the way the iraqi did and. managed recaps up more select in so i believe it is significant progress by the syrian army and i believe syrian army now is controlling more than eighty percent of syria which is a huge victory a huge achievement. is the endgame a big steps being taken toward abdel bari atwan a writer on commentator always a pleasure thank you thank you. to other world news this hour a mudslide near sierra leone's capital freetown is believed to have killed at least three hundred twenty people and many more are still trapped in their homes.

i . on another disturbing report say that up to sixty children are among the dead it's believed that many were caught asleep when the mudslide struck reducing homes to rubble emergency crews are now working at the scene where roads as you can see there have been turned into rivers of mud people are really struggling to try and get out of that stricken area we will keep you updated salmi latest figures on the news from sierra leone in the coming hours. russia is a federal security service has detained an ice olding group allegedly planning terror attacks on moscow public transport the detainees will be held in custody for at least two months during the investigation as the await trial with more from what the security services operation has told us here hearties in

a tranquil. powerful explosions on public transport services and at moscow's shopping malls it looks like if it wasn't for this raid by the washing feds we could have seen bloodshed in the russian capital among those who have been detained are a suspected islamic state member besides this two men that appear to be suicide bombers and also someone who is responsible for putting together explosive devices by the looks of it russia remains one of the plumber e targets for terrorists the number of attempts that had to be prevented by the russian police and special forces looks quite impressive in the year two thousand and sixteen forty two terror related acts from war to twenty seventeen so far twelve out of thirteen the attack that couldn't be prevented though was of course that horrific suicide bombing on the same petersburg metro which took the laws of

sixteen people in april. to remember you can always get the latest news updates in your pocket by done loading the r.t.e. up available right now and neil harvey is here in thirty minutes time with more world news i'll see you tomorrow. manufacture consent to the public will. when the ruling class is to protect them so. the family. if. we can all middle of the

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