the only show i go out of my way to. really. is. better than to. see. the world like a. north korean official accuses america. the simmering hostilities on the korean peninsula was made in a rare interview at a regional economic forum in russia. i got. dozens are injured in clashes with police in south korea in protest against the. us missile launch.

a syrian government forces prepare for the next stage of their liberation offensive . to the command of the troops that spend three years. in the city. of chancellor merkel says her i can see this. must. follow that you're watching aussie international interview with international media scene you know korean official has said america is undermining efforts to end the hostilities on the peninsula. the u.s. neglect the international community's will stablished peace on the korean peninsula gang will retaliate against attempts to impose sanctions and pressure from washington with powerful counter measures with deeply condemn the leaders of south

korea and japan for using the eastern economic forum for their own clean political purposes their attacks on our self defense of means strengthening the hydrogen capabilities of north korea clearly diverged from the goals of the forum where we discussed the topic simply canonical peroration that was the head of the north korean delegation speaking at the eastern economic forum currently taking place in russia's far east our correspondent daniel hawkins is there and reports now on how crisis talks have been dominating the effect. 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 by just like my south korean colleague i'm sure that a large scale conflict especially one with weapons of mass destruction will not happen less 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 we heard there would really suffer in the event of

a military escalation of this crisis so they do share those calls to dialogue to 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 bombarding which i referred to the need for tighter sanctions and belief in the china and russia are speaking to the same position by the what concrete measures. needs to be taken is something we must discuss together now this is in stark contrast to be 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 ability to pressure on north korea to isolate the country even more

something that is approach that perhaps isn't so favored here in rather false thought hawkins' that will asia pacific defense consultant believes that the international community does need to accept north korea as a nuclear power this isn't a crisis in the sense that it's a situation that will be resolved this week or this month through 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 a 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 there can't be any doubt over the next two years if 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. meanwhile dozens of protesters have been injured in clashes with police in south korea they were demonstrating against the installation of a u.s. anti missile system known as that. was. was.

was was was. was. well nearly four hundred activists there turned out for the rally young a small farming village near a u.s. base but they were met by thousands of security officers who were sent to oversee the arrival of more elements of the missile defense system despite the protests the components have now been deployed fad or terminal high altitude area defense is designed to destroy ballistic missiles it does target short to medium range weapons and is being supplied to south korea by washington antiwar activists media benjamin though explains what locals think about the situation well know 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 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 want to. well with concern growing over the crisis on the korean peninsula and the possibility of a global catastrophe president trump has yet to outline a strategy for tackling the situation. however reports it does look like the u.s. could be set to make billions of dollars selling arms to its allies in the region.

the north korean threat is something we hear on a daily basis from u.s. officials with the statement supporting. 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 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 kindly 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 has fueled the fire of sectarian conflict and threatening the region and causing so much you

buy a lintz all nations of conscience most work together to isolate her and all of those attacks are music to the ears of saudi arabia an american ally and fellow to tractor 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 by 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 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. 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 as 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 un that every solution must be solved by a dick top 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 both by thin and i have to parliaments with just over two weeks to go before the general election she's been on the campaign trail trying to drum up support with mixed success.

merkel was jeered him booed by demonstrators cheering around the intense devival on wednesday while the day before a protester threw tomatoes at her during a similar event she was also recently interrupted by the main opposition party while addressing parliament for taking credit for their work eventually she had to remind them who's in charge. that if you buy thick sounding and very by name a few months you will miss. the if you know. if this is the am. you know saturday. evening may not be there when you inspect it when it is in parliament least story that

was on the tomatoes and these are the only problem facing the german chancellor her party's chances of forming a coalition government if it wins with a minority have been dealt a major blow because the leader of the free democratic party a potential ally has leveled harsh criticism calls open door policy with the details is peter all of. well it's christian linda he's 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 and he's long campaigned for lower taxes in germany but we haven'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 there 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 such human rights for choosing your place in the world i'm not being harsh this is lauren speaking so

why has linda come out and said this well here's r.t. the free democrats are well the potential kingmakers for angle of merkel's christian democratic union and for anglo merkel to remain on german chancellor they're the most likely to form a coalition with her and they want to make sure that if they go into that coalition they go in as strong as they possibly could be so in order to do this we've had christian linda talking about refugees and migration policy that could well be an attempt to steal votes away from alternative for germany the anti islam and tea immigration party as the free democrats try to make them the strongest partners they can be as they try and team up with angle of merkel and the christian democratic union in the next parliament was peter all of us still to come here in r.t. the seizures and raids on russian diplomatic sites in the us has been branded illegal by moscow we'll have a look at that and the fallout after the break. it's. called

the feeling hopeless going to. everyone in the world should experience to be educated on the open the role of. the old according to just. come along for the rock. and. what politicians do something to. put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president i'm sure. some want to be rich.

but you going to be for us that's what the four three in the morning can't be good . i'm interested always in the waters of our. first city. hello again welcome back now russia's foreign ministry islam the shes of its diplomatic premises in the us as illegal and he has more. you read through the russian foreign ministry spokeswoman says latest extensive comments on the issue and you realize that the russian officials are more than disappointed in fact i guess disappointed is not the right word here they are purely outraged by what they call attempts to whitewash the seizures and raids of russian diplomatic premises in

the u.s. just to remind you last week the u.s. state department ordered to shut down the russian cause in san francisco and also to mission attics as in washington and new york here's more from marie is a harvest latest statement on that. what the u.s. state department calls inspections are in fact the legal seizure of russian diplomatic premises including searches from basement attics would like to emphasize the buildings that are the property of all government were not just sealed but seized plainclothes american officials are in the building and aren't policeman are guarding the primitives this raises the question does washington consider us to have the same right to inspect the buildings of the u.s. diplomatic and consular missions in russia in the meantime at the eastern economic forum in vladivostok the russian president said there are serious issues with this diplomatic war but he thinks russia and the u.s.

can still keep up the trade and economic ties and as an example he gave excellent mobile the all giant which is rex tillerson his previous job with you smothered in there. despite all our current diplomatic differences we continue to have contacts with american firms including vast energy companies such as exxon mobil which rex tillerson used to head up we also gave to listen a medal once but he seems to have ended up in a bad company and is headed in the wrong direction but i hope that the cooperation and friendship will lead him back on the right path. so according to a lot of my approach there are still many areas where the two countries have worked together and will work together no matter what like space exploration and he hopes that some people in washington who are watching president couldn't call particularly wise won't spoil things next time when you don't want to do it you we're ready to cooperate with us on new calls majority unless and you know it's

who's from american agencies intervening back to the diplomatic scandal or you was state department official has told us that american officials did not break down doors or conduct searches at diplomatic premises of russia and the u.s. but we're remember that the president vladimir putin has promised to sue washington over this so we are bound to hear more on this story very soon. ok well i'm pleased to say to talk about some of this when i joined in the studio by paul gone shut off he's an american businessman who is on the board of several russian companies to welcome paul look what was your impression or your reaction as a businessman when you heard that these russian trade missions were being closed this is something that worries you. it worries me because there is the spirit of what business is it running into a diplomatic compound or something cause

a diplomatic but from a business standpoint you know i began my business through in the soviet days but going through the tour which was the american troop agency set up by the russians. it was business it was an. adventure and. we got things done and with each trade missions i mean i don't know how much you know about me exactly but do they serve as a sort of point of contact then for people trying to do business or do they deal with much bigger businesses to know the different we are in the furthest point of this. specially in america we're so little is actually known about what happens in russia what the what the what the tools are how to get from a to b. and serves a very very important function. now despite the terrible relations that we're told between the two countries countries at the moment is still more than thirty billion dollars worth of business done per year which might surprise people between the two

countries i mean despite everything we was a business still turned people do you find ways to make money oh you most certainly i mean all the majors are here not just the exxon mobil's but your mom those dupont's all of us are in a whole raft of businesses the fact that it's thirty and change billion dollars it could be it could have been two hundred billion obviously i mean i was going to ask that as a as a businessman are you frustrated when you look at the potential and then you see what politics is doing. work in this they know it it's extremely frustrating because whatever happened to free trade. you know the the core of anything diplomatic really lies in economics and when you have a free flow of trade the poor mostly becomes just that much more use easier.

and you have people coming to you i mean me do you have many friends in the states and business contacts they come to you looking for advice if high to. come to rest what's the things that they are they bogged down in stereotypes and just interested well initially look we're all a product of what we hear what we see what's fed to us. and the reality here on the ground is so far different from what's presented. as popular now to say the m a some mainstream media but. throughout and it's been a product of this sketchy information for many many years russia's one of the one of the best kept secrets in the world. and does it work both ways you have russians coming t.-t. saying you know how do we do business in america do you have any advice for us not nearly as much. look. more russians are much more aware of the day to day in the details of life in the states through television

whatever the internet then vice a versa and there's also the lying aspect any russian is going to ask what to do one america more often than not speaks english but how many americans speak russian . or had that interest to really dig into what the realities on the ground here are so you know i get more americans asking me about hey how do i do this in russia than the other way around you seem pretty positive talking to you now you still pretty positive about the outlook i mean how many years have you been in russia and how do you see the future and i started in seventy six i moved here in ninety one i'm still here and i see the future is tremendous. especially now you know i think if you had the patience to listen to the plenary session today of the ability of us look at the mamak form look it's all very basic there's no there's no trick to this thing it's getting people to talk getting people to trade with each other. you have

this now in the you're region community with china japan south korea north korea mongolia russia look you don't you can't get anywhere if you don't talk to each other. there's programs out there that would assist that conversation but the energy grid for northwest. there's a lot on the table and a lot of that happens we unfortunately are people we live in a very short piece of time in a bubble to some time in the bubble so things good doesn't necessarily have to be historically amounts to everyone business is being done in a very businesslike way right ok well long may it continue paul really nice authority thanks for your time afternoon coming to the studio that was paul country off an american businessman also on the board of several russian companies take thank you. turn to some other news and some of the latest pictures we've

got coming from syria where government troops are being put through their paces before an operation to storm i still controlled areas of the city of dearest or on tuesday the syrian army backed by russia reached the city and broke a three year long see here on the map you can see islamic states territorial losses in syria over the last four months or so moving towards did is there or the syrian army gained around eight kilometers per day they eventually united with a brigade that had been trapped inside the city the commander of those soldiers was the dean known as the lion of the republican guard he had been in the city for the full three years so the dean has a long record of military service and has fought on several fronts two in the syrian civil war we managed to talk to him right after the siege was broke. 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 in the scarcity of all means of survival water electricity food the army and the friendly forces persevered in defending their lives or. and we oughta man. speaking exclusively to the governor davis all about finally breaking through that three year long sea. 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 met on september fifth the next sideman 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 that 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 attend the colleges and 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. watching out international be back with the headlines and warnings and half of. and there are not ones out. on the flimsy often i don't want my next nights out the definition. i'm bad and the. one seeking i mean south. taken in equal city south kasa. and then you're going to bring. how we think i'm. young would be

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