can you. really do the. headlines this from desperation to liberation hope for syrians in tears or as the army works to repel islamic state from that city we've got exclusive video coming up this morning. head to concern and confusion over the korean peninsula crisis with seoul uncertain of the united states strategy and with both preparing joint military drills likely to further infuriate the north. us the head of the libyan national army exclusively speaks to us about which countries are helping or hindering his fractured countries drawn out conflict.

by good morning it's not the end here in moscow this wednesday the sixteenth of august my name's kevin owen welcome to this latest a thirty minute news update live from r.t. h.q. the first stuff to sri is isolated from the outside world there's no hope for syrians india resort as the army battles to retake that city from islamic state r.t. is filmed exclusive video from the once besieged city. i keep thinking of. the.

the conditions inside that city after years of terrorist oppression basic necessities including food is scarce and the u.n. is concerned that medical help isn't getting through either right now the only way to get vital supplies into civilians is to wear drop them in more details from. it's not the mariana trench or an active volcano but still one of the least accessible places on our planet syria's dear resort a city that's been completely encircled by islamic state for some three years. although it almost seems impossible but the only way to get into the city is by plane but it means risking your life one r.t. contributor did just that getting exclusive access to the neighborhood of besieged

a resort right here just hundreds of meters from the front line at first glance these exclusive pictures seem they could be from any middle east city but that's far from that here's what locals who have gotten used to going to that are out of a job that there was. simply. many of. mortars left. craters rubble blood on the ground you can find scenes like this all over war torn syria but here in des resorts the disaster is totally and it's capable the city completely cut off there's been times which have been very dire but has said local support has been key especially to the tribes in the division they have been key to holding out and at the moment it's very similar and drops are happening and people

forget that the siege has been very difficult but the deescalation zone has helped the situation and there is or as well see these power shoots that's food inessentials being delivered to their resorts basically the only way possible you don't have to be you an expert to realize how bad things are. when it comes to the water and food situation here when you're inside the city the camera doesn't lie about the consequences of the siege the u.n. estimated some ninety thousand people remain trapped in their resort today we can't tell how many are left but they're still there hoping to forget what it's like to have islamic state as their only neighbors. next this morning america sent a quote resolute and balanced message over the crisis on the korean peninsula says the south korean vice foreign minister but that seems to contradict earlier

statements from seoul that were critical of washington's response to the north korean missile threat column opens go. before donald trump even taken office he already laid out a clear strategy for dealing with threats to america we are totally predictable we tell everything we're sending troops we tell them we're sending something else we have a news conference we have to be predictable well south korea washington's key partner in asia didn't bank on the tactic also being used on them we think that now with the american government has moved from strategic patience of obama administration into strategic confusion well here's where that confusion might be coming from let's see if we can follow the trump team's statements over the course of about a week they will be met with fire and fury and i think the american sleep well tonight no concerns about this particular rhetoric over the last few days

frankly the people who would question think that statement was. maybe it wasn't tough enough this president will no longer put up with a piece of what he loves a peaceful solution better than president trump that i can tell you we're going to be interested in finding the word. that's up to you following these mixed messages from washington the unpredictable has certainly happened the tensions have now got p.r. yang in seoul somewhat agreeing with each other. the u.s. should first show through actions if they wish to ease tensions on the korean peninsula and prevent a dangerous military clash a government will put everything on the line to prevent another war on the korean peninsula and when it comes to the question of whether or not the united states wants to resolve the korean nuclear issue peacefully seoul says that it is on the same team as washington. the south korean government and the u.s.

government don't have a different position on the peaceful resolution of the crisis but can south korea really be sure given that it's rather unclear what exactly trump really wants this is because there is no policy. this is because trying doesn't sit down with his cabinet and say ok let's strategize. for the contingencies that we've guy and then once we've got this this policy then we are with your policy and our public. our public statements reflect that that doesn't go on i mean the president makes this statement and he doesn't consult anybody doesn't work anybody and then you do catch up. with the secretary of state trying to settle nerves and of course the defense department gets jealous and the state department this is what happens when nobody's in control you have to wonder

if south korea isn't starting to get just a little bit annoyed after all their lives hang in the balance as the white house wordgames continue moppin r.t. new york meantime north korea's backed away from an early a threat to strike an american target saying it's willing to wait but the u.s. is now plotting a joint military exercise with south korea from a pentagon official michael maloof thinks these drills will further aggravate the the situation. there is going to be an impending south korean u.s. military exercise within the next week or so of south korea if south korea is sincere maybe they should postpone the as a signal to north korea that they are sincere about deescalating tensions on the peninsula i haven't heard that yet and and what i'm concerned about is if they proceed with that those military exercises there will be yet another catalyst for

kim jong un to start rattling the sabers again. the commander in charge of the libyan national army has been explaining the help and indeed hindrance of some form states in the conflict that still continue to plague that fractured countries from general khalifa haftar visiting moschonas and speaking exclusively to the. russia is a friendly state to us we have long term historical relations and we have fully and in detail describe to russia what is going on in our country we trust each other and conceal nothing we've given full information concerning our political and military spheres i think we have coherence on. russia has never refused us its political support it has influence on the international arena that's why we asked them to promote the softening of unjust resolution dollars which were adopted regarding the embargo on supplying arms to libya.

italy created a barrier outside its territorial waters to send migrants back to the libyan coast but this is absolutely wrong they want to concentrate all migrants on the libyan coastline this is after all migration and we shouldn't turn it into colonize asian earth and it would be better to tackle the root of the problem of technical capabilities and borders need to be developed with help from other countries and it is that the europeans have to be responsible and participate in meeting the challenge of adequately equipping libyan border guards or if they want to prevent illegal migration they should reduce weapons import constraints italy's dealing with transporting arms fire tunisia and l.g. area but unfortunately some libyan parties get these arms and of course this is part of increasing pressure on the libya and this is supporting terrorism that instead of fighting it all the. we conduct business transparently with states who take the initiative france took

the initiative to mediate rebuilding our state and to help establish peace and we will work with france using everything we have literally take the initiative and then we will work with italy we're not biased towards anyone we're not seeking to create problems instead we have conflict in our country and looking to solve it we also should be able to decisively face aggression against us some may think that libya is weak in that you can slice off a piece of libya yes we're not strong but we won't give an inch of our national territory we'd rather die than live in humiliation on our land general haftar as a powerful figure in libya's ongoing conflict the longtime military veteran took part in the coup that brought gadhafi their power in the first place but then also played a crucial role in toppling him back in twenty eleven artists american explains how general after for his way back into libya's political arena after decades of broad . a pivotal figure in shaping the future of libya is a military strongman and previous backer of colonel gadhafi although in two

thousand and eleven khalifa returned from exile to lead rebel forces against national libyan army has the support of some international heavyweights including france a country open to talks with rival government powers in the. western leaders initially celebrated his fall from power and even promised a brighter future for libya. you would get rid of him you would choose freedom. thank you. the united states is committed to the libyan people you have won your revolution we came we saw that you died and i know what they didn't foresee however was the instability and chaos that continues to plague the country. there are currently three governments simultaneously trying to will libya but that isn't counting tribal leaders and various islamist groups setting up their own to

fact the laws of the land it's been six years since made his intervention to oust colonel gadhafi but now it's another military commander emerging as a key player on the political scene the intervention in libya has been an unmitigated disaster a state of confusion and failed state. which libya. possesses all power comes out of the battle over gun. law and join him in his fight against extreme islamist elements well able to use it we have after all the blood the hope for someone like him to take the reins of power and rebuild. beyond state it's come full circle so libya could be about to go full circle with the possibility of a military man once again brings. videos been released of israeli

police raiding a hospital in east jerusalem they were apparently trying to arrest a palestinian man who'd been critically wounded the action of prevented him from undergoing an operation medical staff say that resulted in his death witnesses described events. i got a call from security informing me that the police had entered the surgical ward i went up there and said in english you can't be here this is a sterile ward one of them told me there's a wounded man here we want to see. a curry glee when a man who is brought into the dark illegally can been hit by bullets he was bleeding how very do doctors decide to take the man to the operating room on distracting floor.

there is a mutual pushing and shoving between the young man and the officers were assaulting people in the charm and admission. israeli police did not the claims of using excessive force they were under attack by local residents and the concrete blocks were being thrown at them or to request a comment from israeli police will bring you that as soon as it comes in the time amnesty international has condemned the israeli police raids as a ruthless display of force and violence palestinian human rights campaigners say france's such actions are illegal but they've become more frequent. this royal as a state is not respecting international humanitarian law this is not the fairest is that oily art of me is attacking hospitals and inter-linked of course but those

last two years of the attack the hospital in here but on in order to address someone tells today unfortunately the international community are not taking these fail asians seriously so that action to such a relation should be more serious by the international community especially the e.u. and agencies and the international criminal court to open immediate investigation to find is that oil accountable because as i said it's not the first time and never ever the international community took any but a yellow measures in order to enforce its royal to avoid to international low and to stop such practices. crossing the line from free speech to causing offense is really be more fiercely debated that it is today especially the united states if not any words with historical connotations that might offend her only in the firing line. political correctness has long been driving people mad people don't want

political correctness they're tired of it today talking points which i've been poll tested and focus group tested and that's what you're saying rather than what's really going on i don't agree that you when you become students at colleges have to be coddled and protected from different points of view and it's cases like this that are giving p.c. a bad name schools in oregon have dropped the word lynch from their names claiming it made some people feel very uncomfortable we have children of color in other cultures and we want to make sure that they're able to cross the threshold of those three spalls and be comfortable within their surroundings but the schools many have nothing to do with the most murders in america they were named after patrick lynch the farmer who donated land for building schools now that his name has been removed perhaps these two should also consider rebranding but it's far from the only case of political correctness running amok in the u.s. the city of bloomington in indiana has renamed two holidays one for fear of

offending one christians the other to keep native americans happy and in north carolina state university the teacher reduced students' grades for using words that she deemed sexist like the word man kind no wonder then that some are getting fed up with p.c. this petition jokingly cools on restaurant chain cracker barrel to change its name to cook asian brown so as not to a thing. it's gone it's fifteen thousand signatures so for some at least political correctness is not mad but a barrel of laughs. coming up seems the e.u. slogan for a bit more love these days from increasingly skeptical citizens i was going to do that what is going to spend money on the maybe fly was to find out after the break .

here's what people have been saying about redacted in the night the senate is full on awesome the only show i go out of my way to launch you know what it is that really packs a punch at least yampa is the john oliver of r t america is doing the same we are apparently better than food. and see people you've never heard of love redacted tonight was the president of the world bank so take. me seriously send us an e-mail. seems wrong. just don't hold. me. to shape out just to. add to it and it gains from it because betrayal. when something find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground.

hi again so the e.u. is on a costly charm offensive these days to tackle euro skepticism across the bloc in fact spending nearly three million euro one eighty four projects to get the message across one is underway in several southern states as well also as a stoner wales warning how brics it is jeopardizing the fundamental structure of the union with the euro skepticism on the rise in five ten of the projects being conducted within britain and that maybe up the program came about in the wake of the british voters shocked to see twenty sixteen to quit the e.u. very relevant to maybe if you check out the recent poll there one at least that suggests know that two thirds of people in the u.k. now want to leave while the twenty two percent would want to stay an even stronger

vote than before british nathan deal accuses the e.u. of using taxpayers' money though to indoctrinate or try to citizens. they just see it as this huge wave of an educated populace and that they're the clever and intelligent ones and they know that all that kind of attitude is just going to get them deeper and deeper into trouble this is an opportunity for them to wake up and this and they're not they're trying to reeducate into trying to use our money to indoctrinate into thinking all feel a bit differently it's not going so i think the twenty third of june twenty sixth is an opportunity that was a wake up call for the european union for them to sit up and for the. citizens really warm what do they expect from these institutions and how can we change to make them feel more like like this is a democratic institution as time goes by more and more and distrust and more

more problems within the european union a lot of it will be if the. canadian military's been deployed to build tent camps to accommodate a surge in asylum seekers crossing the border the refugees mostly from haiti have left the u.s. for canada and is. explains next fake news may be one of the reasons behind the spike. the supply containers are down. and the tents are up as the canadian military prepares for more refugees from the us you told me over sixty five hundred asylum seekers have made a claim in quebec since the beginning of this year hundreds of who have entered the province illegally in the past few weeks when completed these tents are going to house about five hundred people that's going to be the total at this site but considering that hundreds of people are flooding in for the u.s. each and every day over this border authorities are in a constant search for housing but here to provide. a room not not

a room but beds you know it's true the men terry it's not class it's not high class it's not luxury but it's functional faked. news sites which many blame for the recent surge of illegal refugees into canada have reportedly promised haitians in the u.s. that canada was automatically accepting them what's app hopes even told them that candidate was paying the bill for all their costs so they're in fortunate that they're getting this information because haitians that are claiming refugee status are getting exactly the same treatment as a refugee so they have to prove before the court that they have to a well founded fear of persecution that's not something that's easy to do canada views haiti as a country that is stable and safe in fact canada routinely rejects asylum claims filed by haitians in the first half of two thousand and fifteen only thirty eight percent of asylum claim is from haiti or accepted as for haitians crossing from the us fact is trump simply contemplated suspending the temporary protected status for

haitians in the united states which was implemented in two thousand and ten after a disastrous earthquake in that country nothing has been done about this so far unlike in canada where the moratorium for haitians was suspended two years ago canada continue surprise itself on welcoming people from all over the world but for illegal immigrants it's not as simple as some would like to think canada will continue to treat these people with dignity and respect chances are that many will be told to go home and that won't be back to the good old us of a i'm alex mileage for our america in montreal canada. us marines been preparing for world war three with the help of a simulator is set in an unnamed eastern european country with russian speaking surgeons is this little resemblance to reality apparently.

no. thanks being with us or if you want to run the world that's how the news is shaping up from our t. this wednesday morning my name is kevin i know but with the next round up for you in thirty minutes live from h.q. and as always check at dot com for the latest twenty four seven ready.

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thanks. thanks. thanks. greetings and salutations i think it can be said in no simpler terms than this talk watchers the world is awash in weapons and weapon technology which means that when you add in the chaos theory society our society operates on one shouldn't be surprised when a new report released monday by the international institute for strategic strategic studies alludes that north korea's sudden summer success an international ballistic

missile testing and development could be traced back to possible black market purchases of soviet era rocket engine technology from an aging an economically depressed ukrainian factory michael elaman a missile expert for the i assess and and author of the study told the news media that it's likely that these engines came from ukraine probably illicitly the big question is how many they have and whether the ukrainians are helping them now i'm very worried. these soviet era engines called r d two fifty s. are believed to have been developed at the used missile factory which is located in the pro ukraine the new york times points out ukraine's pro russian president victory on a covert it was removed from power in two thousand and fourteen the state on the factory known as use of marsh has fallen on hard times and according to the report this allegedly allegedly could have led to north korea's ability to purchase the engines while responsibility for the sale is not beneficially pin down nor are we

certain this is actually how north korea acquired these engines. elements i assess report does make a circumstantial case that the factory complex and its under employed engineers may very well be at fault if any of this is proven to be true it presents a very interesting chain of events for these engines developed for the cold war made available to all to all from a u.s. back possibly manipulated revolution and now potentially pointed right back at us. that is the ballistic missile butterfly effect that which means that we should be watching the hawks. that.