you. look. really really people. from desperation to liberation hope for syrians and the army works to repel islamic state from the city has exclusive video. also to come concerning confusion over the korean crisis and of the united states policy both prepare for joint military exercises likely to further anger the north and the head of the libyan national army explicitly tells r.t. about which nations are helping or hindering his fractured countries. italy's dealing with transporting arms fire to new zealand algeria but unfortunately some libyan parties get these arms and this is supporting terrorism

instead of fighting it. good afternoon it's just turned two o'clock here in moscow he watching the international now after three years isolated from the outside world there's no hope for syrians india is or is the army battles to retake it from islamic state r.t. is filmed exclusive video from the besieged city. keep doing the same thing of. the fifty.

well the conditions inside the city after years of terrorist oppression basic necessities including food in the u.n. humanitarian agencies concerned that vital medical help is not getting through right now the only way to get emergency supplies to civilians is through drops more details now from. it's not the marianna 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 have gotten used to they are going to start out i doubt that there was. a lot. simpler. many of them are going 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 been times which have been very dire but has said local support has been key especially to try it. they have been keyed to holding out

and at the moment it's very similar and drops are happening and people forget that the sea has been very difficult to lifts the deescalation zone and has helped the situation in their resume as well see these parachutes that's food an essential is being delivered to deir ez-zor it's basically the only way possible you don't have to be your own 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. estimates at 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 they're all the neighbors. now britain should be prepared for a potential war between the u.s. and north korea that's the warning from the u.k. based think tank we can get some more details now for smith she is in london for us

so good afternoon to you laura what more were said then by this think tank so this think tank is received so it's an independent defense and security think tank very well regarded and they've written this report which is urging civil servants to start preparing rice a way for the possible declaration of war between the u.s. and north korea here's the essence of what the report says. and you korean war is now a real possibility if war did begin the president would be on the form to ten downing street within an hour asking for support what hold needs to be preparing now for a range of possible scenarios that could unfold in the coming months. what led received to produce this report was the opinion of its author that says that north korean technical advances combined with what it calls the volatile and impulsive personality of president trump are a dangerous combination and although experts say that a north korean missile could potentially reach london there isn't really

a palpable sense of panic in the media or in the street but that is in direct contrast to what we're seeing elsewhere in the u.s. we're hearing from companies that make bomb shelters they say that they're seeing an uptick in the number of orders particularly from japan but also domestically in the u.s. where families are burying bomb shelters in their garden in preparation for what could be a nuclear attack much closer to north korea in guam which of course has been the target of north korean rhetoric in recent days they had a terrible shock wave the night when two different radio stations accidentally broadcast emergency warnings residents took to facebook in the aftermath of that to express their panic here they are. just in the emergency alert system on the deed that we were expecting to be launched on a week is a perfect way to cause most hysteria why would you test

a civil danger warning on the day we are expecting to get bumped and not indicate that it's a tast this is freaking me out. terrifying but here in london they re see is warning that if the worst did happen the prime minister would have a mock them of a few hours to decide what position it would be or not and what kind of support she can offer and that particular worry is of course many senior civil servants. to a matter much closer to home. when in fact the threat could come from further away ok thanks for that no that was the r.t.c. or smith there in london. i mean america has a quote resolute and balanced message over the crisis on the korean peninsula according to south korea's feisty foreign minister but this does seem to contradict earlier statements from seoul that were critical of washington's response to the north korean missile threat kind of explains. 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 was 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 know the american government has moved from strategic patience. 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 fury. sleep well tonight no. rhetoric. frankly the people who would question that statement was too maybe it wasn't tough

enough this president will no longer put up with appeasement nobody loves a peaceful solution better than prison. that i can tell you we continue to be interested in finding a way to dialogue with you following these mixed messages from washington the unpredictable is certainly happened the tensions have now got p.-r. yang and 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 the core as there is no policy. this is because trump doesn't sit down with his cabinet and say ok let's strategize. for the contingencies that we've go ahead and then once we've got this this policy then we are way to that 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 does more than 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 to look mop and r.t. new york well north korea has backed away from an early a threat to strike an american target saying it's willing to wait but the u.s. is now planning a joint military exercise with south korea former pentagon official likely things these drills will further aggravate the situation on the peninsula. 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 deescalate 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. now the commander in charge of

the libyan national army has been explaining the help and hindrance of foreign states in the conflict that's playing his country general. has been more sky and he's been speaking exclusively to r.t. . 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 and we trust each other and conceal nothing we've given full information concerning our political and military spheres i think we have coherence on always russia has never refused us its political support and 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 ation it would be better to tackle the root of the problem the technical capabilities of borders need to be developed with help from other countries 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 instead of fighting it. we conduct business transparently with state to 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 let italy 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 the 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 well general have to there is a powerful figure in libya's ongoing conflict a long time military that turned took part in the coup that brought gadhafi to power but also played a crucial role in toppling him back in twenty eleven r.t.s. american explains how the general forces way back into libya's political arena after decades of brute. it 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 qatar's national libyan army has the support of some international heavyweights including france a country open to talks with the rival government cars 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 status which libya. possesses all power comes out of the bottle of a gun. has a lot of guns. in his fight against the 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 their lives. bian state it's come full circle so libya could be about to go full circle with the possibility of a military man once again taking the reins. is looking for a bit more love from increasingly skeptical citizens so it is spending a few million euro trying we've got the details just off the brain.

called the future we don't need. every in the world should you. leave. the old the old. the old according just. dropping bombs brings peace to the chicken hawks forcing you to fight the battle. for new socks for the tell you the lobby of the public by fell. off the back telling you on the cool enough to buy their product.

all the hawks that we along with all the. you with r.t. now russia's former economic development minister has appeared in court in moscow charged with taking a two million dollar bribe during the privatization of an oil for artie's daniel hawkins been across today's hearing. as the hearing began in court to defense team asked for the case to be returned to the prosecutor for evaluation citing in accuracies in the case now that request was denied by the court the whole hearing was adjourned until the first of september pending witness questioning and now a bit of background who is alexei well he was the russian economic development

minister he was rather from twenty thirteen to twenty sixteen when he was arrested by the f.s.b. on charges of corruption he was accused of receiving a two million dollars bribe to facilitate and over see a deal between ross there and bash there for two russian oil companies at the time now he faces up to fifteen years in prison if found guilty due to the gravity and seriousness of these charges now the other a groundbreaking factor hit the headlines coming out of the hearings was a statement from considers himself completely innocent he said in fact that the whole thing was a setup a provocation by igor searchin the head of ross there and the f.s.b. the security service and he considers that one himself to be totally innocent now this case is made all the more interesting by the fact this is the first time in modern russian history that a minister such a high ranking official has been charged with corruption indeed corruption at such

a level so no doubt this case will very much continue to grab headlines both here in russia and also abroad. now the on a costly charm offensive to tackle your skepticism across the block in fact it's spending nearly three million euros on a hit for projects the money is being spent in several member states with more than half a million actually going on ten projects in britain alone and that is despite the fact is they're choosing to quit the more than a year ago but it might actually be money down the drain of a recent poll is anything to go by it does suggest that over two thirds of people in the u.k. . i want to leave while only twenty two percent want the government to ignore that bret's it results stronger than before in fact british m.p. nathan gill accuses the e.u. of using taxpayers' money to try to indoctrinate citizens they just see it as this shoot to wave or an educated populace and the clever and intelligent ones and they

know better 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 in this and the not so you can get there trying to reeducate and trying to use our money to indoctrinators into thinking or feeling differently it's not going to work i think the twenty third of june twenty sixth was an opportunity it was a wake up call for the european union for them to sit up and for them to answer what do our 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 we're going to see more and more. distrust and more more problems within the european union a lot of it will be of their own making. video has been released of israeli police raiding a hospital in east jerusalem they were apparently trying to arrest a palestinian man who had been critically wounded the action in fact 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 clee wounded man who was brought into our illegally could been hit by bullets he was bleeding have really did doctors decide to take the man to the operating room on his second floor. there is a mutual pushing and shoving between the young man and the officers who were assaulting people in the charm and admissions.

when israel israeli police deny the claims of using excessive force saying they were under attack by local residents and the concrete blocks were thrown at the r.c. has requested a comment to you from the israeli police since the video came to light when we hear back from them or let you know what they say well the amnesty international has condemned the israeli police raid as a ruthless display of force and violence palestinian human rights campaigner sara france says such actions are illegal but have become more frequent. this royal as a state is not respecting international humanitarian law this is not the first time that oily aadmi is attacking hospitals and interring the divorce 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 ations seriously so the reaction 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 an 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 or yelled measures in order to enforce its royal to avoid to international low and to stop such practices. now u.s. marines have been preparing for world war three with the help of a combat simulator set in an unnamed eastern european country with russian speaking insurgents the trouble is there's little resemblance to reality.

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readings 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 in 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 s. s. 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 u.s. mash missile factory which is located in the pro ukraine the new york times points out ukraine's pro russian president victory on a code which was removed from power in twenty fourteen the state on the factory known as it was a machine 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.