i just saw i did to return to the subject to track down each gun owner who i'd met and photograph those years ago i don't know this but we are not. close to liberation the syrian army recounts as a large fortified area in the city of dia as all finally breaking a three year long siege by islamic state the operation was backed by the russian military. russian and south korean leaders meet to discuss the north korea crisis at the eastern good economic forum underway in the russian city of lot of all story we'll bring you all the latest from that throughout the day. and flooded who to oppose is sending in the u.n. peacekeepers to help ease the conflict in eastern ukraine a move back by germany but not ukrainian officials.

that are there is just turned eleven am here in the russian capital and you watching r.t. international with me becky aaron good to have you with us now syrian government forces backed by russia have recaptured a launch forty five the area held by islamic state in the city of d.s. or that's according to the russian defense ministry.

syrian troops found a network of tunnels off to taking the position equipped with weapons and medical supplies and food it's also been revealed that the area was defended by terrorists of mainly formosa. if it were public and russian origin on cheese day a russian warship targeted the militants there helping the syrian army stormed the fortress. well the latest operation is part of a launch a campaign to force the eisel fighters out of which is largely been occupied by the terror group for the last three years since then it has become one of the largest pockets of terrorist forces in syria. right now are you are. are these live pictures

that two government on the gates reuniting after one was chucked inside for the duration of those three they finally mansour after the chips broke i still see this is a yesterday obviously it has more on the liberation counting the people of duress or won't have to pray for these to appear in the skies anymore for three years air drops with their only lifeline and they prayed for what was really just a handful of syrian soldiers to never let the city fall completely to islamic state while i salute used any means absolutely anything to take their resort it's all over now but nearly nine months ago a sea of eisel all around the city and beyond the country and black as you can see on this map since that point it's only been shrinking two thousand and seventeen so far a nightmare for islamic state and syria break down the milestones for you number one

palmira. the city with more than three thousand years of history had really been caught in a tug of war before march when the syrian army with russian air support took full control number two the city of rock the one known as the capital of the self-proclaimed caliphate. no more capital in iraq looks like the terrorist commanders ran from there and thanks to the efforts of the kurdish units and other u.s. led coalition fighters the hottest in the city are fully surrounded number three breaking the siege of the errors or.

this was one last chance all the remaining war might be had to offer off it went to deir ez-zor according to russian army intelligence crossing islamic state in this area is the next step time to check up on the map now that's progress three black traces left the rooms of the self-proclaimed caliphate. we got reaction to the latest developments from peter ford a former u.k. ambassador to syria certainly the breaking of the fija extremely significant militarily a logic with a tremendous boost for the morale of the government and the government forces. we must be a bit cautious not clear whether it will take days or or weeks to clear i flew out of the the the main fifty or and then the four through

can look forward to consolidating the control of the government in some pocket jihad these still. hold sway so it going at beth beth it's going to take a number of months before the syrian government really control over the whole of syria. well away from the field of conflict and to a very different one syria's national football team has claimed a place in the playoffs for the two thousand and eighteen world cup in russia. huge crowds gathered in damascus to watch the final group game against a wrong screen to assess up in the city center to show their match syria equalized in the final minutes to make the school line to two meaning they will now face australia for a chance to reach the world cup finals for the very first time after the final

whistle was blown celebrations erupted with car horns and chanting heard long into the night. russian and south korean leaders have met and discussed the escalating north korea crisis for a second consecutive day the latest talks what it was a different venue though the thirty eastern economic forum which is now under way and by the vostok daniel hawkins is forester we can now live to him now is daniel good to see you can you tell us what's come out of these talks so far. well look of course this forum is primarily a place for business and trade interests to find common ground but as you say there's only been one thing really hanging over the forum one key thing on the agenda and that's been the korean crisis the crisis on the korean peninsula and president putin. of south korea how often are concluded the talks they've done

a joint press conference with putin again as russia has been over the last weeks and months but diplomacy negotiation was the only way long term to solve this crisis take a listen. when you each obviously the korean peninsula problem can't just be solved using sanctions and pressure it's impossible let's not be driven by emotion and push north korea into a cool. now it's evident that there are some differences between the south korean and the russian position here the south korean government of course do favor a strengthening of u.n. sanctions against north korea particularly targeting the oil sector something that will very much be seen as an escalation in this crisis the russians of course how favored deploying we should long term and that still seems to be the case in the south koreans are not set aside from that they remember only too well the conflict of fifty three would hate to see

a strong escalation in this war getting some some news communication i can give you know from. the russian foreign ministry has confirmed that there was also a north korean delegation here before i believe it from correct it's only the first time they've come to this forum and since it's been organized you has confirmed that there will be a meeting before between the russian side and the north korean side so suddenly that will be an interesting updates will be very curious to see what comes out of that meeting as well aside from that it's very much business as usual here for quite literally there's delegations here from over fifty countries several thousand people in attendance here hoping to sign trade and business deals last year that equaled about thirty two billion dollars so very much significance in the asia pacific region but of course keep you updated as any developments both politically and business wise coming back to the. ok thanks daniel that is a very interesting development that there was

a north korean delegation before and so dan you will be with us throughout the day to bring us all the latest on talks happening there at the forum and like the boss doc thanks for now daniel hawkins. washington has announced it will continue to deploy troops and weapons to the korean peninsula it's a move a top u.s. army official said this to address the self destructive actions of north korea the deployment will see american military. hardware join is south korea's navy for a number of drills and includes a craft carrier strike group with anti missile ships already positioned in the region along with fighter jets and helicopters and now south korea is also considering the u.s. to redeploy its nuclear weapons to the peninsula so i can invoke it picks up the story south korea is currently eyeing a possible redeployment of u.s. nuclear weapons on its territory which if approved would bring the military build up around north korea to the highest level. we would need to find realistic

countermeasures by reviewing all the political military options in a serious security situation with north korea's nuclear and missile threats but the question is will this drastic move have the desired effect of making north korea back down well if the past few months have taught us anything no but he and yang and washington are nowhere near to dialing their saber rattling back only raising the stakes higher and higher kim jong un shows no such understanding his abusive use of missiles and his nuclear threats show that he is begging for war any threat to the united states or territories including. or allies will be met with a massive military response. president reaffirmed the commitment of the united states to defending our homeland territories and he's using the full range of diplomatic conventional and you can you capabilities so disposal so as a nuclear option the next step would trump make that call looking back trump has

always had a rather shall we say unconventional approach to nuclear weapons during his iconic one thousand nine hundred interview with playboy he confessed nuclear war was on his mind and it seems the idea hasn't exactly gone away first of all you don't want to say take everything off the table just you know there you go shoot if you do this nuclear look nuclear should be off the table but with be a time when it could be used possibly the trouble is when you said earlier even america's oldest allies can't count themselves one hundred percent safe can you tell the middle east why not use the nuclear weapon i never say that i would never take any of my cards off the table but europe we won't use and you're not going to take it off the day you might use it in europe you know and surprisingly trump wants the u.s. to expand its nuclear arsenal because apparently if you're going to have nukes you better have more than everybody else it would be wonderful the green would be that no country would have no. but if countries are going to have nukes we're going to be. at the top of the pack yes for every major world leader at the option is always

on the table and to be fair trump has said that it's highly highly highly highly unlikely he would resort to a nuclear option and prefers a world without nukes but even if it's just about scaring the enemy when nukes are dominating the thought processes of kim and trump the rest of the world would appreciate more predictability and transparency in the thought process. r.t. washington d.c. . russia and china offered their own solution to the standoff over north korea as an emergency un security council meeting on monday most going to beijing proposed what's being called a double freeze initiative under the plan north korea would stop its nuclear and ballistic missile tests and then return to u.s. and south korea would hold their joint military exercises however the u.s. dismissed the proposal as insulting. russia's new ambassador to washington told as world powers need to work together to resolve the crisis i cannot he would mention in north korea it's a great challenge for us for united states we have to secure

the n.p.t. nonproliferation treaty and please don't forget the united states it's too far from north korea but north korea is our neighbor frankly i can see in your problem. to deal with all outstanding issues with the united states. french president a man on the crown has accused journalists of being too interested in themselves but his comments rather backfired mccrone was visiting a school in eastern france for the start of the new academic year and from there posted a video on twitter showing people that sharing and hugging him which led to part of the media courting believe there are others himself under solidere both gave reports like wrong already has a love hate relationship with the press in france. like at the start of any beautiful romance president macron enjoyed the attention from the media at the

height of the presidential campaign it's estimated that he had three times more coverage than his opponents rising star in one you had not called maternity renewal he's a breath of fresh air in french politics the desire to something different he embodies the end of the old political establishment and while much corn has always kept the media it lends it's clear that this relationship is becoming more and to move south i'm not interested in journalists it's the people of france who interest me journalists have a problem there too interested in themselves not enough in the country suggests who is being cystic here. i . after knocking journalists for professional

narcissism mccrone posted via you whose informative value about the country shines through it's not the first time the french president has insulted journalists remember this. that. the old put the knife in mexico to cut the. power space columnist. how she is

a journalist feels about common one he was running for president he was basically walking the walk you could not have enough of him and you couldn't have not had enough of the journey if you just simply love fast and that he decided that he was going to frame his own message and frame what he was going to say not going to be a part of the suitable to suddenly the press was being pushed back in every possible physical way of course the journalist all to thinking you know who is this person what have you done with the president like so much i don't know how he will be but he's had you know the good times over this is it he's had the honeymoon and now he's getting into the sort of the thick of things despite the course saying this is about people moving journalists he seems to mention them a lot and one of his focus. appears to be on criticizing those who helped create his image and those who helped put him in power. his pulling ratings the make up is wearing as thin as the patience of the people of france. r.t.

paris. russian president vladimir putin insists u.n. peacekeepers could help resolve the ukraine conflicts we've got our story and more just after the break. here's what people have been saying about redacted and i just pull on. the only show i go out of my way to find you know what it is that really packs a punch oh yeah john oliver of r t america is doing the same we are apparently better than that i see people you've never heard of love back to the night i'm president of the world bank so take. me seriously send us an e-mail. financial. money laundering first visit this should be different.

this is a good start well we have our three banks all set up something your something in america something overseas in the cayman islands it will pull these banks are complicit in their tough talk or say we just have to say to do some suze. ok let's see how we did well we've got a nice luxury watch for max and for stacy beautiful jewelry. for max you know what money you want to hire. so much. hello welcome back the russian president vladimir putin is pushing for u.n. peacekeepers to be present in ukraine to help with the old the conflict in the east of the country. on the doors of the presence of u.n. peacekeepers or not necessarily peacekeepers but those you can provide security for

the missions would be fair and reasonable i think it would only contribute to resolving the crisis in southeast ukraine you can consider this in order to the foreign ministry to introduce such a resolution to the security council. well the move by moscow has been met with reluctance by can have ukraine's foreign ministry called the possible resolution distortion of any peacekeeping operation but the german foreign minister has given his backing to the russian president's idea suits and that's the way i see reports that president putin has voiced an initiative to do what the chancellor and i have been insisting on for months this is our chance let's make use of it we need more of these detente policy if things work out well with these blue helmets this would be the first step to removing sanctions against russia. well here's a reminder of how that conflicts on folded back in two thousand and fourteen shortly after the so-called made down revolution to eastern regions in ukraine

declared independence the army then launched an intervention trying to restore its influence one year later a cease fire deal was signed in minsk the capital of better or worse but despite those efforts the conflict is still ongoing according to a un report the total death toll is about ten thousand paypal with at least another twenty four thousand injured r.t. says sophie and co discuss the proposed peacekeeping mission with russia's new envoy to the u.n. here's a quick preview and you can watch the full interview this friday on r.t. international. heard about bald ideas floating vague vague talk about the certain peacekeeping mission in ukraine that was aired by by key if. but the we have taken that as a disguise to implemented the minsk agreement because the only plausible solution to the crisis at the moment agreement indorsed by the un resolutions the u.n.

security council resolution so we didn't hear anything definite conclusion from them on the peacekeeping mission while our proposal is based first of all on the. twenty two zero twelve twenty fifteen which means the package of measures to implement the means could grammont it is a game sold at the at protecting the special monitoring mission of the ois see observers or other. because these tasks belong to the established formants like like the. always see which i mentioned all the the group or the normandy formant. sanctions unfortunately do not work first they are ignored secondly they have been long time fact that the certainly new set of sanctions may be both an invitation to the negotiating table but the other new further we stressing on the political and

diplomatic solution chad in the us has already proposed even in july an action plan to solve the crisis with an initiative on double suspension. the situation on the ground in syria is changing and then this changing for the better you know that also is led by. turkey has led to the segment of the three day escalations a zone. where life is coming back to normal work humanitarian aid he's reaching people with the forces old in the being being negotiated we can see the political horizon in the syrian crisis. locals in brussels that angry with the e.u. parliament's plan to spend five hundred million euros on a new luxurious building in the halls of the fifty the current home of the parliament is just twenty two years old but any pays looks set to go ahead with

a lavish upgrade. owns dozens of buildings across the belgian capital for example the space a building which is the residence of the or p. and council and cost taxpayers in the region of three hundred twenty one million euro its citizens also have paid nearly four hundred million euros for the e.u. commission's office dumps the burly mongst but brussels residents say they've had enough of their home being a constant construction site. doesn't happens you public all of these it's annoying because expect to see fewer people in the streets and clear roads but that's the time when we decide to do all of the construction work and. causes traffic chaos. drug construction sites everywhere and before one finishes they've already started in the other and it causes huge traffic jams which means we're always late but. it's become hellish over the past couple of years there's word

given on everywhere in the city and construction side sell over the place we're fed up with this it's a big city and it's becoming very difficult to get around in brussels a spokesperson for the u.k. independence party told is that the e.u. commission is more interested in building a european superstate and in the welfare of its citizens but fortunately e.u. citizens have a have a lot more on their minds than bill the buildings being built in brussels but i mean i think that if they got to know about it properly and if this does go ahead i think that most use it is particularly those in the southern mediterranean states who are having a very difficult time at the moment will be less than enthusiastic let me put it that way and as i said previously i would urge the commission to think again and just stop these struck me as a ridiculous plans they're more interested in building up the european superstate which includes lots and lots of big buildings that they are with the welfare and well being of the citizens of the of the e.u.

member states. have your say on the day stories by following goes on facebook and twitter and now we're back in about thirty minutes with the headline. what politicians do. they put themselves on the line they get accepted or rejected . so when you want to be president and you. want to. have to go to be press this is what was before three of them can't be good. interested in the water. how bad can it get how low can russia u.s. relations go at this point it's anyone's guess but one thing is for sure donald trump's call for better relations is now dead in the water.

if you were going underground as today russian president vladimir putin and the japanese prime minister shinzo are meet to discuss korea involves stock coming up on the show is a mafia like cartel turning the screws behind a brick set franco frattini italy's forward foreign minister gives us a cautionary tale of how a paris washington by the conspiracy pulled down the italian government and his take on britain's post brooks it's a bible and his ice is the new one direction for somebody limbs we speak to award

winning stand up comedian. about blaming the kardashians for young british women joining isis as a region optional to a kicks off at ilkley literature festival in the next few weeks from the headlines we reveal hillary clinton's curious combination of facts and spin on the royal father to be great with a chop up all the ball coming up in today's going underground but first u.k. prime minister trace of a often no doubt congratulating princess diana's son on soldering another baby will be protesting nuclear proliferation on the korean peninsula at today's prime minister's questions that's despite her proliferation of nuclear missiles for all we know off the coast of pyongyang on submarines which she says she would order to fire to kill millions she has previous on supporting british catastrophic foreign policy and it's in that context that you will answer questions with seemingly no one says about the ongoing brics it negotiations before the summer holidays foreign

secretary boris johnson said the e.u. should go. if it wanted money from the u.k. go whistle is that entirely appropriate question well the chief negotiator has replied to johnson and the door is not only recently. just a clock ticking and as the clock ticks who better to explain the mafia like power of european leaders than italy's former foreign minister and someone who like bonnie has served as the e.u. commissioner then judge franco frattini he was also a candidate to be nato secretary general and he joins me now from rome greg thanks so much for coming on the show what's michel barnier like what do you expect him to tell the u.k. when rex and negotiations resume in ten days or so well i don't meet each other very well used to be my call they're just for i mean is there used to be my call there or around a table of your commission is there very tough negotiator to.