share a common vision of the situation condemned north korea in the strongest terms. or launching a. missile and conducting or going to nuclear test if north korea continues to go down this road there will be a future for not to really need to make this clear for north korea russia china japan and. we should continue cooperating needing the you know security. we have made substantial progress. and it will just be quite a year and we have an eight point plan. to progress on more than fifty projects. and the open. up to make it a. digital economy healthcare vestment framework for one million dollars to support raj it's not new. choice.

double taxation the conventions of all the continuous working long guns who are in support into the twenty zero s. for the koran i want to see this issue and we need this wrists after we had a meeting you know going to december we want to the people of our two countries to visit each other now if you can and we knew truly so then officially hop aeration on these for arlen. former residents of these islands and he who to visit his silence and the one in our graves their ancestors who help us out of overcome the problem don't you trust your twin over seventy years and you can use new approach. in joint economic thought before i want to talk. based on the gloom included reached in a god. or we've identified five specific projects that has choir immediate

implementation project a core culture. food. and most of the cultural projects programs. and a-g. . waste management. we have specific projects and we will soon. want to salute a team. and you know people will also discuss other kludged as well. repair work you know this. guy is you know like holly will be another project. and all. the soldiers are people who were able to visit the two most of their ancestors but prior to that this was not presentable the head of the delegation said he was hunted a quake which they are sent happy with this true. december they will be the first

visit. with a direct flight to visit the graves i would likely want to. pass the gratitude of the former residents of the thank you very much for that so let us continue dealing with this issue based on this kind of humanitarian approach are enjoying this kind of defeat it's important to explain the conflicts between our people next year we will have the year old japan and russia in the year of russia needs a plan to deal with the opening ceremony will create at least on may twenty sixth next year at the bolshoi theater. a team of neutral understanding and friendship between all countries. the most important thing in russo-japanese relations and signing a little peace treaty this is what president putin said to japan i thought it was this time we expressed our renewed determination that we will sign the treaty

with our hands up to us to sign it mark and have and continue to have another meeting and you and i do apec summit in vietnam and here in november we plan. continue our. every opportunity to thank you. ok so that was a joint press conference being held there by the russian president vladimir putin and also the japanese prime minister shinzo our base that was at the eastern economic forum was holding a two day conference there and ready for stock they covered a range of issues didn't they from double taxation nuclear energy railroad developments cooperation peace treaties that the carolinas but also as we would were expecting they talked about north korea at sea well earlier that forum in

a rare interview to international media senior north korean official has said that america's pressure on pyongyang goes against the idea of peace in the peninsula. the u.s. neglects the international community's will to establish peace on the korean peninsula pyongyang move retaliates against attempts to impose sanctions and pressure from washington with powerful council measures with deeply condemn the leaders of south korea and japan for use in their eastern economic forum for their unclean political purposes their attacks are now self-defense of means by strengthening the harder and capabilities of north korea clearly diverged from the goals of the four where we discussed the topics of economic corp. well that was the head of the north korean delegation at the eastern economic forum that is taking place at the moment in russia's far east artes do you hawkins is there for us a lot korean delegation the rive in giving a speech just in the central hall to my left was very much something people waiting

for those a big media scramble to hear what they had to say quote particularly taking a strong uncompromising position saying their development of the nuclear program was something that was not up for discussion in the meantime in the hall just next door or the leaders of russia south korea japan and mongolia were discussing also what to do about this crisis the world has been watching for some time and although there are differences in how to resolve the crisis they also do have it seems some things in common take a listen tonight you can pump the final goal of these measures and steps is a peaceful diplomatic resolution to the crisis and they'd like to emphasize that there will be no war on the korean peninsula i am certain of that. i just like my south korean colleague i'm sure that a large scale conflict much especially one with weapons of mass destruction will

not happen when 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 all sides involved in the talks here today. directly affected japan south korea russia they all share all maritime borders with north korea and as we heard there would really suffer in the event of a military escalation of this crisis so they do share those calls to dial up the negotiation just perhaps have slightly ways of getting there japan and korea agree that sanctions are needed a harshness of sanctions by the u.n. targeting in particular the north korean all industry but they also say that these need to be done in conjunction with discussions with russia as well take a listen. i referred to the need for tighter sanctions and belief in the china and russia are speaking to the same position but what concrete measures need to be taken is something we must discuss together now this is in stark contrast to the

position of the united states that's been very one sided these last few days and weeks we can all remember nikki haley donald trump saying that time is running out patience is running out and of course trumps the now infamous fire and fuel requirements all really serving to ramp up the rhetoric and increase economic or military pressure on north korea to isolate the country even more something that is approach that perhaps isn't so favored here in a lot of austar. ok well let's talk more about this with asia pacific defense consultant jack maturely he joins us now good afternoon to you jack i'm not sure if you heard much of that joint press conference that was held just a few minutes ago but again president putin reiterated that in his mind there needs to be a deescalation of tension and then all parties need to try and sit down and talk. what's your view on that approach. well this isn't a crisis in the sense that it's

a situation that will be resolved this week or this month or this year this is a chronic long term change in the military situation in the korean peninsula in the pacific so it's going to take a long term negotiated approach and i think we can distinguish between the short run objective of just deescalating and stepping back from direct military confrontation and the longer term objective of bringing north korea into. the community of nuclear powers which in fact it has now joint managing those weapons to make sure that war doesn't occur by accident and that military and military contacts can be maintained that's a longer term goal russia china the united states south korea and japan know how to do this there's a long experience with it and there can't be any doubt that over the next years

that's the way that the situation will be resolved and we'll get more of a normal tone to the political relationships in east asia because if you listen to the rhetoric on both sides as opposed to talking directly about north korea and america at the moment you know things around pick up on a considerably and you could argue to say that america has appointed because it feels it's being provoked and it should take some sort of action so you have one side you have russia saying you know things need to be deescalated but of course then you have tea parties in north korea and america who seem to be ramping things up i mean. how is this going to play out do you think. well it can only play out in one way there isn't a practical military solution to this there isn't no one is suggesting. that there is a set of conditions under which north korea can be disarmed. it's technically not feasible politically dangerous economically dangerous so it's not

a practical course of action the rhetoric one can hope that the rhetoric is designed to shock some of the international community into taking the kind of diplomatic action that's required but we have to get the proportions right there won't be an absolute sanctions solution there can't be an absolute military solution this is a long term chronic problem no one will except the north koreans is happy that north korea has nuclear weapons but that's a fact and now the diplomatic mechanisms the economic mechanisms have to be engaged by all the parties and there's no doubt that the long term solution here involves direct dialogue with north korea and it involves all of the countries that have diplomatic and political interests in the situation that includes the russians the chinese the south koreans the japanese and the americans all of the party's

interests will be reflected in a long term solution and i think. that's going to look a lot more like a set of practical steps to. to make the north korean nuclear. capability whatever it turns out to be. more predictable less dangerous with a real risk here is not a deliberate act by the north koreans it's it's war by miscalculation or accident and that's a great objective it's an appropriate objective for the international community to pursue controlling those kinds of come. i think that's. a more modest objective but it's an objective that we know how to reach and that we now need to engage the north koreans of ok jack look really good to get your insight the softening appreciate your time that was jack mentally asia pacific defense consultant thank you. now meanwhile an 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 launches for a controversial u.s. anti missile system known as that. was . it was. nearly four hundred peace activists turned out for the rally at the u.s. military base in xiang grew a small farming village they were met by eight thousand security officers sent to oversee the convoys arrival spy the clashes over systems components have now been

deployed. or terminal high altitude area defenses designed to destroy ballistic missiles that target short to medium range weapons and is being supplied to south korea by washington and war activists media benjamin they recently visit the site in south korea and told us why there's a problem and his causing 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 be more with confusion. over the crisis on the korean peninsula president trump is holding his cards close to his chest when it comes to washington's next move. well jacqueline bouvier now reports the u.s. could make 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 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 and the infamously troubled after 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 iran has fueled the fire of sectarian conflict and threatening the region and causing so much by a lintz all nations of counts its most work to get them 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. amistad 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. 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 how 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 detached from washington and whatever force and threats are necessary to achieve that end will be employed you are going to take a quick break now but we'll be back in timmins. mark zuckerberg at first but they're all arguing about artificial intelligence is he going to destroy the world. maybe we'll mark zuckerberg has already destroyed the world so why does he care. america has no desire. north korea. to go when they're in to take the president of north korea the difference is that

both china and russia are willing to stand by and see korea develop a nuclear weapon try to continue to. the rest of the world and obviously really does a really see that's the best strategy. welcome back let's have a look at the latest pictures we've received now from syria where government troops are being put through their paces before an operation to storm still controlled areas of the city deers ill on tuesday the syrian army backed by russia reached the city and broke a three year long siege here on the map you can see islamic states territorial

losses to even syria over the past four months moving towards theaters all the syrian army gained around eight kilometers per day and eventually united with one of its brigades trapped inside the city where the most prominent figure of the theater. nine is the line of the republican. guard he is a garrison commander who had been trapped in the besieged city for the full three years started dean has a long record of military service and fought on several fronts during the syrian civil war we managed to talk to him right after the sea 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 us or and the scarcity of all means of survival water electricity food the army and the friendly forces persevered in defending their

lives or. we also managed to speak exclusively to the governor did it's all about finally breaking three three year long c h. all of our people whether they're heroes or the syrian arab armies who are defending their results or all societies elders and young people all of them have been waiting for this moment when the troops on september fifth the excitement was speak of victory was achieved on the way to there is all the work very fierce clashes with terrorists but despite all the clashes and the explosives that i sold service plants at syrian troops were able to obliterate these enemy forces it was a moment of triumph lemme tell you about see more because we're going to factories and the students at the colleges on this shelling it's believed to be the longest siege in history the city was suffering in darkness there was no electricity no diesel no gas there was a shortage of health care staff very three surgeons helicopters were on new coke to

take people out of their resort for treatment. meanwhile to syrian soldiers have been killed after an israeli aircraft targeted a government military facility in the west of syria artie's middle east correspondent poorest has been following the story. the syrian military has confirmed that israeli warplanes carried out a strike that targeted military facilities in the hama countryside causing damage and killing two of the servicemen now the target is in eastern syria it's not far from the mediterranean sea where there are two russian bases as of yet israel has still to come forward and either confirm or deny that it carried out this strike but certainly the israeli official policy when it comes to activities that conducts in syria is keeping mum and quiet on the topic it does however have a record of carrying out strikes in syria back in april there were three people who were killed when israeli warplanes targeted

a camp for government forces and then two people were killed in june this year when the israelis struck in the disputed territory of the golan heights now this latest incident no doubt only fuels tensions in this war stricken country. look at other news now the leader of the german free democratic party says that i'm glad merkel is refugee policy has failed and that all migrants must now return home we can get more details with our europe correspondent peter oliver who joins us now good afternoon to you peter so what was said then in that interview. or start off with a little bit about just who he years because he's very much the new kid on the block politically here in germany leading up to that election that's coming at the end of this month on the twenty fourth christine lenders the thirty eight year old very young really thirty eight year old leader of the free democratic party a dot com entrepreneur that's where he made his money from he believes and has backed for a long time now that it should be lower taxes across germany but what we didn't

know was what he felt and what his opinions and his policies would be when it came to migration policy we got a very little glimpse of what it could be at the first debate of this election campaign but he's now laid it all out in an interview with the german tabloid billed he said he wants much stronger measures that have been put in place by chancellor angela merkel said that although he understands why people fled their homes he understands the humanitarian emergency that was facing them and he also wants to see the closure of the mediterranean route and says that angela merkel should have closed german borders back in two thousand and fifteen he wants germany to use the experience that they have of the balkan refugees that arrived here in the ninety's a century if they have jobs if they speak the language if they have no criminal record an arc to all intents and purposes integrated then they can state anybody not falling into that category though christian linda saying they should be sent

back to their countries of origin once those countries have been made safe now you might think this sounds a lot like angela merkel's main critics in the german political spectrum the f.d.a. and you wouldn't be far wrong there what we're seeing the christian democrats break apart we're seeing the free democrats do here is quite a clever position they're very likely to be the kingmakers in the next coalition it would angela merkel goes on if she looks like she will be to retain the chancellorship and they want to be the coalition partners with as many seats as possible and if they. take those seats from alternative for germany by picking up on a few of their policies then they're more than happy to do that it seems this is where we are just a couple of weeks to go before the general election the most likely outcome being a coalition between anger merkel's christian democratic union and the free democrats will be interesting to see how that all comes together if it does considering christian linda very critical of angela merkel's policies on refugees

here is ok thanks pete as peter all of our europe correspondent thank you. for watching r.t. would have a nice enough. with this manufacture consent to stick to the public will. when the ruling classes protect them so. when the final go round. we can all middle of the room stick. around for the real news. here's what people have been saying about rejected in the us a full on awesome the only show i go out of my way to launch you know what it is

that really packs a punch. yeah it is the john oliver of our three americas doing the same we are apparently better than food. and see people you've never heard of love jack to the next president of the world bank so very. many seriously send us an e-mail you seen years ago i traveled across the united states exploring america's deadly love affair with a gun if a bad guy tried to get to one of my family members he would have better live better and i think they are and hurting whenever my my babies since my book was published in the year two thousand more than home for a million americans have been killed by phones in the us how to saute me as i did this is a middle school we go through drills and we put ourselves in real scenarios it was interesting to see who actually got hit. and i just saw i did to return to

the subject to track down each gun owner who i'd met and photographed those years ago i don't know this but we are not for. greetings and salutations with all the news of the giant storm smashing into the united states these days it's rather easy for many to miss or outright choose to ignore the twisting and churning of financial storms have been a brewin here in the land of the free since the great banking crisis of two thousand and eight take for example the twisted and fascinating tale of the banking institution known as wells fargo and their stagecoach full of controversies ranging from employees opening fake bank accounts to bill sales quotas to forcing auto

insurance on customers who didn't need it yes there appears to be quite a carnival of financial injustices taking place that your friendly neighborhood wells fargo. that has the that has cost the banking giant hundreds of millions in fines over the last two years in two thousand and sixteen they paid out one hundred eighty five million in fines for fraud generally opening a columns which then c.e.o. john stumpf claim to congress was limited to certain team members within the community banking division back in july this year they got hit with having to refund eighty million dollars to auto loan customers who were charged for auto insurance without their knowledge and we can't leave out the hundred million the red and gold paid out to the subtle allegations that the bank which is overcharging military veterans for refinance loan. and now now wells fargo has admitted that according to the new york times.