fund decided to return to the subject to track down each gun owner who had met and photograph those years of god i don't know this but we are not. north korea said it's american pressure that is getting in the way of peace in the asian. partings the conflicts gather at a forum in russia. i i. think some protesters in south korea clashed with thousands of police officers overseeing the deployment of a u.s. missile defense system to counter the nuclear threat pyongyang. russian back syrian forces continued liberation campaign of the it is all r.t. talk to the city's governor about being under control.

and angry merkel receives a hostile reception on her election campaign trail as demonstrators and cheer and during her latest rally it's. a welcome come to life in moscow you're watching r.t. international now in a rare interview to international media a senior north korean official has said that america's pressure on pealing yang goes against the idea of pace in the potential of the u.s. neglects the international community's will to establish peace on the korean peninsula retaliate 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 on our self-defense of means by strengthening the hardened

capabilities of north korea clearly diverged from the goals of the four where we discussed the topics of economic corporation well that was the head of the north korean delegation speaking there at the eastern economic forum sick. and to an end in russia's far east from there his dangle hawkins' north korean delegation the riving giving a speech just in the central hall to my left was very much something people waiting for it was a big media scramble to hear what they had to say quite predictably 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 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. 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. those are good i 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 all sides involved in the talks here today are directly affected japan south korea russia they all share land or maritime borders with north korea and as you heard there would really suffer in the event of a military escalation of this crisis so they do share those calls for dialogue to negotiation just perhaps have a 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 bombarding which i referred to the need for tighter sanctions and delete. the china and russia are sticking 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 a 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 to hear him rather hostile. than the hawkins' there we can talk now to should be as v

he's a political commentator and is coming on to r.t. now thanks so much for your time this afternoon just listening to the countries that have been speaking at the forum in russia the underlying message coming from there does seem to be that diplomacy must be the only goal solving the korea crisis and that some are saying is a bit at odds with what washington stance is at the moment do you think washington is slightly isolated in this now. well thank you very much. at the end of the day washington is getting more and more isolated if you look at it the theaters of war whether it is in syria. iraq and other places the position that washington is taking is becoming untenable in the global situation at this moment in particular reference to this economic forum taking place in bloody vast talk is becoming abundantly clear as your opening report said russia china

north korea their maritime borders the land borders the close closeness of all these nations makes it really pertinent for them to be talking about dialogue talking about diplomacy talking about resolving this particular situation in a more manner because i think why is mind everywhere realize that weapons of mass destruction are not going to help anyone in that particular region and in the wider. global situation for for mankind yes do you think that will help. change the stance of america because even their ally south korea says look there must not be any conflict here and yet america says as we were saying there that time is running out and all options are on the table. well i think time is running out for america at this moment as as i said what is happening globally because

you've got lots of economic activity taking place between china russia far east as you may recall just a meeting has finished in china men in china of the bric countries where other nations of the south part have participated and also you've got the shanghai cooperation organization plus many other forums that china and russia are working together to uplift the economic situation of the mass of the people living in the. far east therefore it is with reference to that i think there will be all efforts that will be made by nations like russia and china who you must remember that they also have a veto at the united nations so anything that washington may want to pursue is so

far as north korea is concerned i believe it will be vetoed down which will give an opportunity for diplomacy to have more time to work its way and should be at the same time. north korea should be punished shouldn't they everyone's condemning the actions they carried out and yet you know what should be done then to act as a deterrent from them doing that sort of thing again. well look punishment is an extraordinary work to use the only nation that dropped atomic bombs on a particular country was the usa albeit sixty seventy years ago so if the american president or what happened during the second world war america is capable of using weapons of mass destruction i don't believe north korea has intention of using it as all analysts and commentators have said it's really if you like they're

trying to hedge their bets as a security that if usa britain france and other countries can have nuclear weapons which allows them to deter any kind of attack on their own countries and that i think what north korea is really doing sure ok we've been out of time there but of course north korea has been using pretty hostile volatile rhetoric too but we have to leave it there at the moment should be thanks for the time that was political commentator mr. now meanwhile and she will 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 us for a controversial u.s. anti missile system known as. was i. i.

i. i nearly four hundred peace activists turned out for the rally the u.s. military bases in a small farming village they were met by eight thousand security officers sent to oversee the convoys arrival despite the clashes the systems components have now been deployed. terminal high altitude area defense that is designed to destroy ballistic missiles it targets short to medium range weapons and is being supplied to south korea by washington antiwar activist media benjamin recently visited the site in south korean told us why the deployment is causing so much anger there 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 see safer 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 is 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 what where with confusion and fear hanging over the crisis on the korean peninsula president trump is holding his. it's close to his chest when it comes to washington's next move. however as 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 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 increased amounts of highly sophisticated military equipment which trump this kind we allowing both south korea and japan to purchase and the infamous the 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 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 trump 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 right and clearly this guy can sell anything even managed to find a way to spin continuing. 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 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 on 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. not german chancellor angela merkel has been facing a tough week by thin and acts of parliament as she continues on her campaign trial before this month's elections she has received a hostile reception in parts of the country. i. jayden booed by demonstrators during

a rally in france devolved yesterday while on tuesday a protester three tomatoes at her during an event and then just before that the chancellor was interrupted by the main opposition party while addressing parliament for taking credit for their work eventually angela merkel had to remind them who's in charge. that's with you by thick sounding and very by name in the few months you will miss. if you know. that he has. i. if this is the. group you know saturday. evening may not be there when you inspect it when it is in parliament if least story said that it was well angle merkel's chances of forming

a coalition government if her party wins the german election with a minority have been dealt a major blow to the leader of the free democratic party a possible ally has said merkel's open door refugee policy has failed and that all refugees must now return home we can now talk more about this with are you on the payroll of the he joins us now hello again pate so just tell us more than about this politician and what he said. well it's christie and linda he is the thirty eight year old leader of the free democratic party here in germany he's a dot com entrepreneur who made his money that way long campaigned for lower taxes in germany but we hadn't heard from him up until now was what his real policies were going to be when it came to migration when it came to refugees and what was to come next following the influx of people in twenty fifteen well he's revealed all in an interview with the german tabloid build in which he said well he pretty much

disagrees with the route taken by chancellor merkel and wants to see a much harder line taken by germany he does say that he understands why people left their homes that they were facing a humanitarian emergency but says that back in twenty fifteen angela merkel should have closed germany's borders he says he wants to see the closure of the mediterranean route for migrants arriving into europe and says that germany must use its experience that it gained from taking in refugees during the balkan wars in the ninety's that if people have a job if they speak german if they have no criminal record if they're integrated then they can state however all other people they would have to go back once their country is declared safe. if peace prevails refugees must return because new such human rights for choosing your place in the world i'm not being harsh this is realism speaking. so why is christian linda decided to say this well he and his f.

b. day party could well be the kingmakers for angela merkel to stay on as german chancellor they look most likely candidates to try and form a coalition with her and they want to make sure that they go into that potential coalition in the strongest position possible so they bring out the policy on refugees and they try and take votes away from the immigration anti islam party alternative for germany in order to do that well there's still a few weeks to go before the election on september the twenty fourth and we'll see how it all looks and how that house of cards of. coalitions gets formed once the ballots of all being cast will be interesting thanks pete that was paid to roll over there. for the with the south and we're going to take a quick break but when we come back we'll hear exclusively from a syrian governor who says he has suffered at the hands of islamic state.

mark zuckerberg at first but. arguing about artificial intelligence is going to destroy the world. maybe we'll mark zuckerberg has already destroyed the world so why does he care let's find out. the united nations and security council particular should be it should not be a place for. the spotlight. the excuse they should be a place should be. which is we should think we should perform its responsibility to maintain security.

welcome back now let's have a look at the latest pictures we've received from syria where government troops are being put through their paces before an operation to storm i still controlled areas of the city did or saw on cheese day the syrian army backed by russia reached the city and broke a three year long seen here on the map you can see islamic states territory losses in syria over the past four months we've been told students saw the syrian army gained around eight kilometers per day eventually united with one of its brigades trapped inside the city the most prominent figure in the theaters or me is. the dini's he's also known as the line of the. can guard he is

a garrison commander who had been trapped in the besieged city for the full three years so the dean has a long record of military service and fort on several fronts during the syrian civil war we managed to talk to him right after the scene 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 the scarcity of all means of survival water electricity food the army and the friendly forces persevered in defending their lives or. and we also managed to speak exclusively to the governor of tears or about finally breaking the three year long sick of. all of our people whether they're heroes or the syrian arab armies who are defending their resort or all societies elders and young people all of them have been waiting for this moment when the troops on september fifth next speak of victory was achieved

on the way to there is all there were very fierce clashes with her wrists but despite all the clashes and the explosives that i sold service plans that syrian troops were able to obliterate these enemy forces it was a moment of triumph moment so you about see more because we're going to factories and the students attend 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 healthcare staff very three surgeons helicopters were our only hope 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 with more here's our middle east correspondent. the syrian military has confirmed that israeli warplanes

carried a strike that targeted military facilities in the hama countryside causing damage and killing two of a serviceman 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 the strike but the israeli official policy when it comes to activities of conducts in syria is keeping mum and quiet on the topic it does always i 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 and that brings you up to date here on r.t. don't forget you can keep across all these stories to our web sites that are to be

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