no. it does look good because diddley busy dancing little creature if you will be at least. i am. i. was. fighting against war protesters in south korea clash with thousands of police officers overseeing the deployment of the u.s. missile defense system to counter the nuclear threat of. the largest american military base in afghanistan is targeted by a suicide bomber with the taliban saying it was in retaliation for an offensive leaflet distributed by the u.s. on me. angela merkel received

a hostile reception on her election campaign trail as demonstrators jeer and throw tomatoes during monday to friday. and dotty speaks to a russian bitcoin trader wanted by the u.s. over money laundering charges what he detained in a greek prison. hello there is eight am here in the russian capital and you're watching r.t. international with me becky arun good to have you with us this hour. now a peace protest in south korea has seen dozens of people injured in clashes with police and many more of arrested demonstrators were trying to block a convoy of rocket launchers for a controversial u.s. anti missile system known as god. i. nearly two hundred

peace activists turned out for the rally at the u.s. military base in some jew of a small farming village they were met by eight thousand security offices sent to oversee the convoys arrival despite the clashes the systems components have now been deployed. to far door terminal high altitude area defense designed to destroy ballistic missiles it targets short to medium range weapons and is being supplied to the south korea by washington antiwar activist medea benjamin recently visited this site in south korea and told us why the deployment is causing so much anger well no in one has to wonder why hundreds and hundreds of people would come out to protest a system that is supposedly going to make them so safe for i was in that village just a few weeks ago and it's a very conservative village and these protests are being led mostly by the elders

of the village who say we don't want to be in the eye of the storm we know that president trump has just said he's going to allow more highly sophisticated weaponry to go to south korea taking billions of dollars of people's money there this is a cycle of militarism that is extremely dangerous and the opposite of what people on the plane peninsula need and want with confusion and fear hanging over the crisis in the korean peninsula president trump is holding his cards close to his chest when it comes to washington's next move. but. how as a as jacqueline vehicle reports the u.s. could make a billions of dollars selling arms to south korea japan and other parts of the region. the north korean threat is something we hear on a daily basis from u.s. officials with the statement supporting burma and grammar and his nuclear threats

show that he is begging for war. they will be met with fire fury the stakes could not be higher the urgency is now this may not get away with what he's doing and the urgency is so strong the u.s. was rolling out a range of american made weapons to save the day on offer for remaining rocket launchers for the u.s. missile defense system for south korea also increase amounts of highly sophisticated military equipment which trump this kind we allowing both south korea and japan to purchase and the infamously troubled thirty five fighter jets also be added to that package a kind of bonus but not free of course but look forget that north korea is by no means the only threat to global security and america for decades around whose fuel before iron's of sectarian conflict and threatening the region and causing so much you by a little it's all nations of currents it's most work together to isolate and all of

those attacks are music to the ears of saudi arabia an american ally and fellow detractor of iran so of course riyadh was all too ready to sign a one hundred ten billion dollar defense deal with from neighboring qatar also agreed to buy over twenty one billion dollars worth of american military hardware now trying to approach the conflict is definitely pragmatic make a quick buck if you can write president trump and king solomon of saudi arabia have signed on to the three hundred fifty billion dollars the white house has called it the biggest single deal in the us. story was announced a deal that gave thirty eight billion dollars to israel over the course of a decade and clearly this guy can sell anything even managed to find a way to been continuing america's sixteen year long war in afghanistan as the prime minister of afghanistan has promised we are going to participate in economic development to help defray the cost of this war to us hey if you can't

solve the problem see if you can at least turn a healthy profit instead of i'm a businessman that's what i'm supposed to do that's what i'm supposed to do. are to washington d.c. . for me u.s. diplomat jim johnson believes it's all about making money for u.s. manufacturers i think a lot of people project on the behavior of the united states maybe of other countries that it's all about business it's all about making money for the arms manufacturers in the plane manufacturers and so forth the people who make missiles part of it is that these are good customers let's go and sell these weapons but i think the militarization of the policy of using military threats and military force is the only item in our tool kit his son how become so ingrained in their mentality they really don't consider other alternatives but i think would be in a simplistic for people to say we behave in bellicose ways because it makes money for certain people i think if the primary element here is really ideological that

you have people who believe that the united states is and must be the global head of mine that every solution must be solved by a dick taught from washington and whatever force and threats are necessary to achieve that end will be employed. to afghanistan now where a taliban suicide bomber has designated a device outside america's largest military facility in the country knows the killed in the blast the background base so american reports. well a suicide bomber detonated explosives at baghran air base in afghanistan the attack is believed to be a response to a highly offensive leaflet distributed by u.s. forces in the province on tuesday that depicted part of the taliban flag along with a passage from the koran on a dog this is an animal that's considered unclean in islam the bombing occurred only hours after a senior u.s.

commander in afghanistan apologized for the leaflets the taliban responded saying it showed america's hatred for islam and that it proves the war in the country is a war between islam and belief according to news reports but this isn't the first time controversy struct struck the area in february two thousand and twelve u.s. soldiers mistakenly burned korans at the same background base alongside damaged books and texts from the airfields library with the incident prompted widespread protests and resulted in several deaths but we have to think that while fundamentalism is mostly to blame for this incident it seems like us imperialism plays a strong role in providing these terrorists with a motive to perpetrate these attacks one can only wonder if trump's new policy on afghanistan will further exacerbate the situation. we're bringing you some of the latest pictures from syrian government troops being put through their paces before an operation to the controlled areas of the city of. now on tuesday the syrian army

banks by russia reached the city and broke. here on the map you can see islamic states territorial losses in syria over the past four months moving towards the syrian army gained around eight kilometers every day they eventually united with one of its brigades who had been trapped inside the city. well the most prominent figure of the two years the army is already known as the lion of the republican guard has a garrison commander who had been trapped in the besieged city for the full three years and already in has a long record of military service and served on several fronts during the syrian civil war we managed to talk to him right after this speech was broken. but a lot more during this siege we were like an island in the middle of an ocean totally isolated the closest city is homes which is more than two hundred fifty kilometers away yet despite the siege by the scarcity of all means of survival i'm

seeing water electricity food friendly forces in defending villages or. we discuss the latest the sigh of mohammad marandi from the university of toronto he said that despite i saw losing ground its ideology still poses a global threats. we are entering the final stages of i saw or isis having a presence in syria in the sense that it could hold territory that does seem to be coming to an end but the ideology continue seeing exist and therefore the terrorism the extremism that isis represents can continue to be a menace to the rest of the world and of course it's not only isis we have al qaeda and al qaeda affiliates in syria such as the nostra front. all of these different groups jaisha this from they too have the same wahhabi ideology and they continue

to hold territory so even after isis is dealt with and the territory is taken the syrian army is going to have to deal with them as well after they finish with isis . german chancellor angela merkel is out on the campaign trail to drum up support out of the country's federal election later this month and despite a poll suggesting her party is way out in front she still got a hostile reception in parts of germany our europe correspondent peter all of that has the latest. it's fair to say that this election campaign hasn't been the most exciting ever but one point that has all seemed some fireworks at least is be what angle or merkel has showed up in towns where people are strongly against her refugee policy i was. i was the german chancellor speaking in brandenburg

a wednesday evening now she did say that she was specifically going to go to these towns to these areas where people like where political parties like the alternative to germany had a foothold or at least had some kind of strong base where people had been voicing their concern over her refugee policy these were the places that she was going to show up one thing that they didn't have on that wednesday evening in brandenburg that we saw on tuesday evening in heidelberg was flying fruits we can see the chancellor here taking the stage in the heidelberg thankfully wearing that red glaze there because what happens next is all she's hit by one of two tomatoes that were thrown from the crowd clipped there on the hip there the other tomato though well that splattered one of the moderators and miller merkel handing her a handkerchief to clean herself up and also it's worth noting that during this rally the german chancellor was asked a question one of your biggest strengths and she said that she was calm under fire a carbon depression without making any reference to the tomato throwing but we had

high hopes that this was going to be a close forty impassioned electoral count pain with martin shultz the former european parliament president pushing angle of merkel all the way that we even hasn't happened at the moment well the german chancellor looks like she'll be returned almost fifteen percent fifteen points ahead at the moment with that vote coming up on september the twenty fourth. however not long before the tomato incident angela merkel had to stand up for herself to get addressed and address in parliament well she wasn't interrupted by the main opposition party headed by lots of. that's. another good thing is that training assistance actually funded one. of yours introduced by the s.p.d. .

if it's mr hyde aware of how many disputes you have in this parliament but without the work of my fraction you wouldn't be able to get anything done here i'm not sure why i even need to point this out. i spoke to a member of the german parliament from the opposition party pay said the s.p.d. is ready to make the election race and that fighting one. up on this because of the electoral race is not over yet as for the opinion polls on the one hand this is encouraging for martin schulz who many people see as a more competent appealing and committed politician with clearer political views they've seen the different sides of him when they hadn't seen before i have to say

who should be prepared for a tough fight the electoral race is just started and we will make it exciting. as under starts off it is the state's responsibility to ensure the safety of its citizens we will achieve this at the local level by increasing police numbers of the c.d.u. f.t.p. governing coalition close down a lot of police stations under the idea that the best state is a weak state it's a lot of hard work from the social democratic party to put a stop to this and now we are working to strengthen and expand the police force in those states the same thing happened at the federal level and we had to get down on our knees and beg the minister of the interior from the c.d.u. to increase the number of federal police. listen to recall be on the reason for we have to ask how can we ensure that large

inheritances do not receive tax advantages over hard earned income we would have tackled the issue if we were governing alone a lot because if we had succeeded there would be no tax breaks for capital gain will support it so we couldn't do all of this is part of the coalition with the c.d.u. because they were trying to protect the rich so we will have to try again but some haven't done. so to come after the break a russian big queen trader is wanted by the u.s. over alleged money laundering searching for that.

moscow with. mark zuckerberg at facebook. arguing about artificial intelligence is going to destroy the world. as baby will mark zuckerberg has already struck the world so why does he care let's. welcome back now the u.s. is pushing for the extradition of a russian national accused of cyber crimes and money laundering alexander vinick

was arrested in greece back in july at the request of the u.s. justice department he's accused of using the cryptocurrency trading website bitcoin to norm down more than four billion dollars critical thought is that currently considering the extradition requests mr finn expect by phone from prison and his first interview since his arrest. you know what i worked for the company and carried out my details and it's not right to blame me for that i only found out what the accusations were a month after i was arrested my russian lawyer told me about them qt. i would say they're mistaken i don't have any planes yours or any other luxury possessions to get to. first because i haven't done anything illegal second i don't understand what the u.s. has to do with me and why they should let you know russian citizens. well the

russian foreign ministry has said it's closely monitoring the situation to ensure that the suspects rights are being respected mr predicts the wife alexandra also spoke to r.t. giving further details about her husband's detention. i turned around and saw that my husband was surrounded by around twenty men twenty men wearing t. shirts and some glasses took part in his arrest he was handcuffed our children were there the time these men walked him away we also took mobile phones and the key to our hotel room from my bag as far as i know they searched the room that me and my children were kept on the beach from eleven in the morning until seven pm under the supervision of three men we couldn't leave the children didn't get anything to you to tall as far as i know from the documents i'm from the us the biggest cizik to it is were against the law there you see the document says the members knew they were

creating a platform one laundering because it wasn't registered it didn't have a license and because such business models allow criminals to use the exchange all the charges are being made based on the statements by this way of thinking you could make the manufacturers of frying pans for example guilty because wives hid their husbands with them is the same thing not that obviously his return to russia is my main goal my husband agrees to be extradited only to russia and no other country he wants to come home to his family or his children and. proper zillion man has been following the media for three years pretending to be a united nations war photographer artist like a francis santiago has a story. the author of these pictures boasts in an viable list of clients including major news outlets like the b.b.c. wall street journal al-jazeera and or cervelli but wait a minute those are just inverted images by another war zone photographer anyone who

knows how to use google reverse image search could have sort of this out but unfortunately no one bothered to check and that's exactly how for twenty years at a wired all martin's managed to pull off pretending to be a un photographer who traveled to syria iraq gaza and many other hotspots the man who actually took these photos was quite shocked the worst thing about it was the way changed my captions kind of like reframing the story the stories of the people a photograph a few years for you know to like. make is well you know it's my content and make use more current and soul cielo e.q. wasn't really vetted because you had a strong social media following years ago other than twenty seven thousand people as twitter and i think there are a lot of the editors of the photo agency use that to stuff a little lazy yeah i'm really disappointed it's so i do believe that this is still

a lot to foster distrust between the public and the news media at large to make his deception more believable in a wider martens of that's his real name which most likely is and boasted selfies from somalia and aleppo well you don't need to be an expert to see that this has hints of photoshop but hey the posts had all the right tags of aleppo in ruins and so on so who cares no one bothers to take a closer look even the man in these photos was actually a british server who was alerted by his new savvy friends that his identity was stolen i was relaxing having some wine when a friend from wavelength magazine contacted me saying that someone has stolen my identity in a kind of a prank on the internet so it seems we're dealing with an internet troll who. carr and some of the biggest names in the world of news into buying his photos perhaps those compelling interviews and a trusting effect once in the road shoots in a conflict or stop shooting to help a boy who was hit by a multiple of drop the camera and help him get out of the conflict area in scenes

like this so stop being a photographer and become a human being he was also feeding the media a pitiful story of his childhood which included a battle with leukemia and being abused while growing up both of which he managed to overcome and use as inspiration for war photography he also claimed he was working for and then go children safe drinking water which must have been easy to fact check but no one did but now the cat's out of the bag the b.b.c. confirms that this was indeed a car man whose bodos unfortunately they've used while promising to better their verification process the fraudster whose identity is still unknown has deleted the photos and accounts associated with them leaving only an unpleasant remnant for the major media system he managed to trick into showing something it was entirely fake francis and thiago r.t. . well of course this isn't the first time the media has failed on its fact

checking c.n.n. were forced to apologize to a political figure and financier anthony scaramucci after saying he had ties with the russian investment fund on the u.k.'s guardian newspaper was forced to come clean on a story where they had promoted a gay girl in damascus as a war hero which also turned out to be false. how many times do you hear people because if you really want to get deep on this if you really want to go deep how many times do we hear impostures on t.v. how many times do we hear somebody claiming to be an expert on something finance global warming climate change the law sports who in fact knows nothing how many times are we led to believe something and the next question is is it right is it normal is it customary to expect these news organizations to vet every story it comes across i would say yes don't also be surprised

if for some particular reason people in the mainstream media don't exactly jump on this because this calls into question what they are doing to combat this particular problem. i'll say your views on the day stories by following us on facebook and twitter and for more news i'll be back in about thirty minutes. america has no desire. to occupy north korea. to go in there in to take out the president of north korea the difference is that both china and russia probably are willing to stand by and see all doors korea develop a nuclear weapon and then try to contain it were as were as the rest of the world and obviously saw that really doesn't reduce he does the best strategy.

with no make this manufacture consent to stick to the public well. when they're running closest to protect themselves. in the final. week in the middle of the room sit. in the real news room. does not lines up if you know something's off. the finish. when

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that we have but yes you know what that that benny hill. that's not so many things that you put it yeah. i did a city did to close but could play in fifteen zero with colds of tourists every day the whole year round the peak season in some cities in europe results in the state of emergency. the best they became. such are called to share. some of the. local residents suffer from the mass of visitors they feel pushed out robbed of their own city how to read by noise and simply swamped by phone too many visitors.