when you. are. really really people. from desperation to liberation hope for syrians india is the army works to repel islamic state from the city has exclusive video also this hour confusion over the korean crisis seoul is uncertain of united states policy both the joint military exercise is likely to further anger the north and the head of the libyan national army to squeeze me tells r.t. about which nations are helping or hindering his fractured countries. italy is dealing with transporting. unfortunately some libyan parties get these

arms and this is supporting terrorism instead of fighting. their welcome to washington nationals just turned three in the afternoon here in moscow now our top story this hour after three years isolated from the outside world there is no hope for syrians india or battles to retake it from islamic state is filmed exclusive video from the besieged city. keep doing the same thing of. the fifty.

i think. well the conditions inside the city as you can see from that to die in the year is the terrorist oppression basic necessities including food escape and the un's humanitarian agency is concerned that vital medical help is not getting through right now the only way to get emergency supplies to civilians is through. details now from. it's not the mariana trench or an active volcano but still one of the least accessible places our planet syria's dear resort a city that's been completely encircled by islamic state for some three years thanks. 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 there are going to start out of a job that there was. a lot of. support coming to our lives. many of them are going mortars left shelling 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 had local support has been key especially to the tribes in the division they have been key. need 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 lift the deescalation zone has helped the situation in their resume as well c.v.s. parachutes that's food in 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. 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. 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 were smith has more details. 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 away 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 turn downing street within an hour asking for support what hole needs to be preparing now for a range of possible scenarios that could unfold in the coming months what led receipts 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 meanwhile in the u.s. territory of which of course has been the target of the recent aggressive rhetoric from north korea they had a terrible shock when radio stations accidentally broadcast an emergency warning residents to facebook to express their panic just in the emergency alert system on the day that we were expecting missiles 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 bombed and not indicate that it's a test this is freaking me out. back here in london they re see is warning that if the worst did happen. the prime minister would have a maximum of

a few hours to decide what her position would be or not and what kind of support she can offer and that is of particular worry as of course many senior civil servants are sick condit to a matter much closer to home. when in fact the threat could come from further away . that was lower smith america has sent a quote resolute and balanced message over the crisis on the korean peninsula according to south korea's vice foreign minister but it does seem to contradict. from seoul that were critical of washington's response to the north korean missile threat he expects. 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 americans sleep well tonight no concerns about the. rhetoric over the last few days frankly the people who were question think that statement was too tough maybe it wasn't tough enough this president will no longer put up with a peace that nobody loves a peaceful solution better than president trump and i can tell you we continue to be interested in finding the words to do that so if you following these mixed messages from washington the unpredictable is 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. 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 in 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 guy and then once we've got this this policy then we always

hear that policy and our public our public statements reflect that that doesn't go on i mean the president makes his 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 into troll 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 word games continue mopp and r.t. new york. well north korea has now backed away from an earlier threat to strike an american target saying it is willing to wait but the u.s. is not planning a joint military exercise with south korea one full month pentagon official like many believes these drills will further that 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 scholarly 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 be used on a costly charm offensive at the moment to tackle euro skepticism across the block and it is spending nearly three million euros on eighty four projects the money's being spent in several member states with more than half a million going on ten projects in britain alone that is despite voters they're choosing to quit the more than

a year ago but it could actually be money down the drain if the recent poll is anything to go by it does suggest that over two thirds of people in the u.k. now want to leave while only twenty two percent want the government to ignore the breaks that result in fact that's a stronger vote than before british m.p. nathan gill accuses you of using taxpayers' money to try to indoctrinate citizens they just see it as this huge wave of educated populace and the intelligent ones and they know better what 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 they're trying to reeducate into trying to use our money to indoctrinate is into thinking or feeling differently it's not going to work i think the twenty third of june twenty sixth seen 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. coming changes 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 and more problems within the european union a lot of it will be of their own making. now the u.s. envoy to the un nikki haley has signaled that the u.s. is not beyond dropping the iran nuclear deal by the u.n. u.n. insists that the international community must do everything in its power to ensure that the agreement whole. iran cannot be allowed to use the nuclear deal to hold the world hostage the nuclear deal become too big to fail. u.n. secretary general antonio be terrorists considers the iran nuclear deal to be one of the most diplomatic achievements in our collective search for peace and security we need to do whatever we can to preserve it well u.s. around relations have seen a downturn lately after washington introduced

a new round of sanctions against iran the move caused anger among iran's top officials who threatened to abandon the nuclear deal russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov says the new restrictions are a danger to the fragile balance in the region. actions are illegal in principle but when those sanctions are used to get advantage in a carefully collaborated balance and such a balance has been reached after iran's nuclear do these are irresponsible actions that can undermine this balance the u.s. shouldn't use such provocation here we are talking about an individual's national interest what about the interests of a whole region where we are trying to secure non-nuclear status. the sanctions were introduced despite washington confirming that iran has complied with the terms of the dream and turan has shipped tons of enrich uranium to russia last fall that centrifuges and also removed a call from

a nuclear reactor well let's discuss this all a bit further with about money he's from the iranian news agency based in toronto good afternoon to our bass firstly does the u.s. have good reason to hello the deal do you think. i can get your cursor so can you repeat that sure do you think that the u.s. america has good reason to pull out of the nuclear deal with iran. you know that the nuclear deal is a multilateral agreement between iran six and six world powers including and also the european union their mccann ism is very clear and transparent on verifying the implementation of the deal at least from iranian side there is international atomic energy agency called the i e verify and thirty five that iran has kept its comment meant or not. according to the server reports why the agency iran has been compliant to the near

clear and the ministration itself has two times thirty five that iran has care to comment on the. nuclear. and there seems to be no reason that the. two. keys or blame me ron on the issue for the noncompliance because. the iranian side according to the body which has the beauty to verify iran's compliance iran has to be kept to the. d.l. by the american administration one day they certify the iran's compliance they are that they have impose new sanctions against iran and this seems to be somehow contradictory how can that how come that iran on one side you're saying that has kept the commitments and they are that they you are blaming not to keeping to the

agreement and want to exit to the exist in a clear deal because the american current president believes that a deal is a disaster this is contradictory to what other countries believe many countries in the world and many other fishes believe that the d.l. is a deal which can contribute to the peace and cooperation in the walls and the in the region but the americans seem to have a different opinion and according to the reports we have been hearing from the last american administrations the u.s. president seems to. that he seems to be wanting to exit an abandoned in the clear d.l. but the point is that he wants to put the blame on the iranian side and also there seems to be a difference inside the american and russian on what to do in terms of the nuclear deal as well ok abas i suppose i mean we've heard haven't we just over the last couple of days too that iran has threatened to leave this nuclear deal g.c.

that being more likely because they're linking mathematician to these extra sanctions that america has put on iran. yes that will depend upon the situation and the course of action is in the future and coming days and weeks or months if the american administration tries to continue its noncompliance to the nuclear deal because they have undermined in the clear by the remarks as well as a measures by new sanctions iran believes that the united states has violated the specifically the paragraph to any six to twenty nine so if the americans continue to violate the d.l. part of the deal which is very important for iran is the lifting of the sanctions if they behave in a way that they. make the lifting of the sanctions meaning

less in fact the following and if they continue to intimidate foreign companies and banks from cooperating with iran in that case then the clear will be meaningless for iran and there will be no reason for iran to keep counting implementation of the d.l. so in that case i think this will be proper possible and likely that iran again it's an abandoned however iran has insisted all along teresa have criticised that iran been not be the first to violet but evil doesn't mean that the whole you're going to have to wrap it up. right ok but look thank you very much for coming on to r.t. this afternoon it was ambitious lani from the times news agency based in toronto. you had r.t. will be back in to me right. the

fear we took. every the world should experience. according. to. the same wrong. just don't. get to shape out to stay active. and engaged equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds

apart we choose to look for common ground. again the commander in charge of the libyan national army has been explaining the help and hindrance of foreign states in the conflict that's plaguing his country general who has been in moscow and spoke exclusively with. 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 all issues 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 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 via tunisia and now tyria but unfortunately some libyan parties get these arms and of course this is part of increasing pressure on the libyans and this is supporting

terrorism that instead of fighting it all the. 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 over general haftar there is a powerful figure in libya's ongoing conflict a long time military veteran to take part in the coup that brought good effie to power but also played a crucial role in toppling him back in twenty eleven r.t.s. amid a current explains how general haftar 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 star 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 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 it you would choose freedom. thank you. the united states is committed to the libyan people you have won your revolution we came we saw very few died. 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 in a state of confusion and failed state status which live beyond. all power comes out of the battle over gun. a lot of guns. in his fight against the extreme islamist elements well able to use it we have after all this blood the hope for someone like him to take the reins of power and

rebuild their lives. 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 taking the reigns. on the u.s. marines have been pairing for world war three with the help of a combat simulator set in the ninety's and european country with russian speaking insurgents although some have questioned just how realistic it was. no. thanks.

he watching us a thanks being with us at the softer new for me and how. the city of minima so modest was hit the hardest by the twenty eleven tsunami but it was damaged mostly by the radiation after the fukushima nuclear disaster the little not even enough to let you know the real it was that

a low bomb also one of those what i. am a little slow sighted of it's not exactly the will decontamination is not complete but many locals could not leave their houses and farms most of us you know he my stuff. if they're both going to be going on steve nice nice good. checks don't want to bed they stay strong like their ancestors centuries ago good. for you. and i mean i'm also a couple. of what i want to. receive from mobile to be sure that when i will there will and souls find a way to rebuild their lives in the world and landscape.

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