the boy. i. was. fighting against a war protesters in south korea clash with thousands of police officers overseeing the deployment of the u.s. missed all defense system to counter the nuclear threat of children young. 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 us army. i am angela merkel received

a hostile reception on her election campaign trail as demonstrators in germany jeer and grow tomatoes during her latest lanny. and r.t. speaks to a russian bitcoin trader detained in a greek prison and wanted by the u.s. to open money laundering charges. i am. i and. this is r.t. international broadcasting to you live from the russian capital and the caring. and antiwar protest in south korea has seen dozens of people injured in clashes with police and many more arrested demonstrators were trying to block a convoy of rocket launchers for a controversial u.s. anti missile system known guard. was. nearly

four hundred pages activists turned out for the rally at the u.s. military base in strong jus a small farming village they were met by eight thousand security officers sent to oversee the congolese arrival despite the clashes the systems components has now been deployed. farther north terminal high altitude area defense is designed to destroy a ballistic missiles it targets short to medium range weapons and is being supplied to south korea by washington antiwar activists medea benjamin recently visited the site in south korea and told his wife is a ploy meant is causing you so much anger well no and 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. and the north korea crisis is also being discussed at the eastern economic forum in russia's thought east at the moment hawkins is that for ways and he joins us live now and daniel good to see you so what have you heard today. well let me just believe concluding a session which involves presidents putin of south korea as well as the leaders of japan and mongolia there was a lot of talk about corporation and trade and business development but of course there was one key headline as you say which dominated that session and it hasn't be

dominate the global headlines these last couple of weeks and that was the korean crisis after all this is an issue that the rickly affects these countries they all apart from mongolia share are the land of maritime borders but after all with pyongyang putin was pains to point out that he didn't believe a full blown conflict would take place that this is a responsibility that the countries involved in these crises to the negotiations had to the people on the korean peninsula there was a bit of a disagreement perhaps with the south korean leader and he said that he favored stronger sanctions with regards to pyongyang but also stated that these have to be discussed with russia and china so low there is a difference in approach here there is still some hope that a consensus can be reached this is what president putin had to say on those talks you know. those are. just like my south korean colleague

i'm sure that a large scale conflict especially one with weapons of mass destruction will not happen all of the opposing sides have the same sense of understanding of commitment to their people who live in the region and we will solve this problem by diplomatic means. the strategy favored by the united states has perhaps been one of increased . isolation increasing pressure on north korea putin said it was important to bring north korea into the fold to have joint projects joint development here to encourage them to give up what he acknowledges is a nuclear program in play a violation of u.n. rules a lot of talk. good topic at the moment the issue surrounding north korea but talks went restricted to it best what else was discussed. while there was also the issue of course of russia u.s.

relations another hot topic especially given the recent scandal involving the shutting down of the russian the russian embassy the russian consulate in san francisco which was the next chapter in a very much ongoing saga all about last year all the way back to the u.s. election and russia's alleged meddling in the accusations of course put forward by the u.s. the u.s. senate and the u.s. government with regards to that putin said that he hoped at least that the usa would come on to the path of cooperation with russia. that the u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson had simply landed in bad company and that he would turn things around with regards of course direct to listen to his former job as head of oil company putin said that. this very much chilling of relations between the two superpowers he said that moscow continues its cooperation with the united

states there's no talk yet of any sort of major retaliation measures here including actually with which to listen was head of so that called for it's still ongoing a lot of interesting information coming out of that and will have one of those updates for you of course as they come in. thanks that daniel hawkins there at the . an economic forum invited vostok is going to be bringing us the latest throughout the day thanks again. now with q. and a fear hanging over the caresses in the korean peninsula president trump is holding his cards close to his chest when it comes to washington's next move. but. however the reports the u.s. could make billions of dollars selling arms to south korea japan and other parts of the ring to. the north korean threat is something we hear on a daily basis from u.s.

officials with the statements pouring bremer and grammar and his nuclear threats show that he is begging for war. they will be met with fire and fury the stakes could not be higher the urgency is now this may not get away with what he's doing believe and the urgency is so strong the u.s. is 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 kindly allowing both south korea and japan to purchase in the infamously troubled past thirty five fighter jets but 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 iran has fuel before ayers of sectarian conflict and threatening the region and causing so much

you buy a little it's all nations of 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 trump's approach to conflict is definitely pragmatic make a quick buck if you can right and clearly this guy can sell anything even managed to find a way to spin continuing america's sixteen year long war in afghanistan as the prime minister of. and the stand has promised we are going to participate in economic development to help defray the cost of this war to us if you can't solve the problem see if you can at least turn a healthy profit instead i'm a businessman that's what i'm supposed to do that's what i'm supposed to do 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 and the plane manufacturers and so forth the people who make missiles the militarization of the policy of using military threats and military force is the only item in our tool kit his son to hell become so ingrained in their mentality they really don't consider other alternatives 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. german chancellor angela merkel has been facing a tough week both in and out of parliament and she continues her campaign trial before this month's elections she was given the all star of us that in parts of the country i. always

did and booed by demonstrators during a rally in finn's deval day yesterday well on tuesday a protest a thirty two mile say is that europe correspondent pays all of our reports. 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 on 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 blazer for 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's splattered one of the moderators and you're 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 of carbon to pressure 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 really 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 the tomorrow so incidentally wasn't the only or quick moment for the chance. just before that wrangle america was interrupted by the main opposition party of one addressing parliament or taking credit for their work eventually chancellor merkel had to remind them who is in charge. and that's with you but i think sadly when ferryboat even if you don't see a loose. leaf you know. the thing that has. if if if you have a group you know tied up and being maimed when you went back to win points

in parliament if the least story said that he was with us he spoke to a member of the german parliament from the opposition party he said the social democrats are ready to make the election race an exciting one. those who are punished of last of all 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 a different side to him one they hadn't seen before i have to say angela merkel 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 took 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 when 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. personnel because of the only 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 or if we had succeeded there would be no tax breaks for capital gains 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 the

spoils often have. to afghanistan now where a taliban suicide bomber has detonated a device outside america's largest military facility in the country no thought as were killed in the blast at the bagram air base so american reports. well a suicide bomber detonated explosives at bag ram air base in afghanistan the attack is believed to be a response to a highly offensive leaflet distributed by u.s. forces in one 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 on clean 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. the latest pictures from syria now by government troops are being put through their paces before an operation to. controlled areas of the city of. on tuesday the syrian army backed by russia reached the city and broke three year long siege. here on the map you can see islamic state territorial losses in syria over the past four months moving toward

steere was all the syrian army gained around eight kilometers per day eventually reunited with one of its brigades trapped inside the city the most prominent figure of the dia arizona army is already known as the liar enough the republican guard he's a garrison commander who had been trapped in the besieged city for the full three years already and has a long record of military service and fort on several fronts during the syrian civil war well we managed to talk to him right after the siege was broken. but a lot more during the 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 despite the siege by the scarcity of all means of survival. electricity food the army and the friendly forces in defending their lives or. professor side mohammad marandi from the university of two wrongs says isis

ideology still poses a global threat despite victories over the terror. we are entering the final stages of i saw or isis having a presence in syria in the sense that it it holds 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 flom 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

. still to come after the break a russian bitcoin trader is wanted by the u.s. over alleged money laundering a change that. what holds if you should. put themselves on the line. to get accepted or rejected.

so if you want to be president. some want to be rich. but you're going to be busy working for real people. interested always able. to. 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 crypto currency trading website bit coy did so nordo more than four billion dollars greek with origins are currently considering the extradition request must have been exposed to his by phone through his lawyer from prison and his first interview since his arrest.

you know what i work for the company and carried out my duties 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. i would say they're mistaken i don't have any planes your thoughts 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 be judging a russian citizen the russian foreign ministry has said it's closely monitoring this situation to ensure that the suspects rights are being respected most of an excess 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 with their the time these men walked him away they also took mobile phones and the key to our hotel room from my bag as far as i know they searched the room 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 eat or talk as far as i know from the documents and from the us the biggest sees activities were against the law there the document says the managers knew they were creating a platform for money 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 statement 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 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 to his children. we've been reporting on the struggle of a palestinian couple to remain in their home in east jerusalem and they've lived in for over half a century but now they've been forcibly evicted has their story. i was sleeping on the soldiers broken and i had a pain in my back so they put me in a wheelchair but what have i done hijacked a plane or something i have a dozen soldiers attacked me.

letting afraid that this house is just the beginning and we might be next any time soon we're all going to be kicked out of our homes. and we all view the international community the u.n. view east recently as a future capital palestine dominate the demographic shift significantly makes the realization of that ambition much harder to achieve. the family was a victim and an israeli law which allows property to be reclaimed if ownership before nine hundred forty eight is proven when an exodus of jewish people began from east jerusalem where no such law exists for palestinians according to human rights watch between one thousand sixty seven and two thousand and sixteen around fifteen thousand palestinians had their residency status removed. he will say on the day's news by following us on facebook and twitter we love to hear what you have to say i'll be back in about thirty minutes with the headline.

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right off the bat hard these simone del rosario continues our weeks coverage from the ninth annual brics summit in china here at the bric summit i had the opportunity to talk one on one with the real demetrius he's the c.e.o. of the russian direct investment fund which is a ten billion dollars sovereign wealth fund established by the russian government in twenty eleven now dimitri it did not want to touch on any political topics when i spoke to him but he did say that when it comes to us ancients his funds and the russian economy will thrive with or without u.s. support we still can't invest was u.s. investors and us and us just going west was. transactions including jets commuter were basically fifty percent of the demand came from u.s. investors but also we.