this is. better than. the see. the world bank very. seriously send us an e-mail. a north korean official accuses america of hindering efforts to bring hostilities on the korean peninsula the comment was made in a rare interview on a regional economic forum in russia also. dozens are injured in clashes with police inside the protest against the deployment of. syrian government forces per for the next stage of their liberation offensive.

talks to the city's governor. suffering. states. in the program a potential chancellor merkel's party sets a clear refugee status just two weeks before germany's elections in. the number of votes from the. party. twenty four hour news live from our international news center this is r.t. i'm you know me to welcome to the program our top story this hour in a rare interview with international media a senior north korean official said america is undermining efforts to end hostilities on the peninsula. the u.s. neglect. communities will stablished peace on the korean peninsula gang will

brutality 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 discuss the topic simply k'naan the corporation. always the head of the north korean delegation speaking at the eastern economic forum in russia's far east our correspondent daniel hawkins is there and reports now on how the crisis talks dominated the if it . north korean delegation the riving 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. to 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. just like my south korean colleague i'm sure that a large scale conflict especially one with weapons of mass destruction will not happen as 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 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 for 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 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 light of all star daniel hawkins so we heard from political scientists edward about how the situation with north korea compares to the uranium nuclear crisis there was a difference to resolve the crisis because there was a realistic threat the iranians could get big rewards from the. all wrist big bomb. in the north korean case there was no such with because in the iranian rift if the rain is continued down the road these israelis were going to bomb their way to bomb iraq and syria and in

the coastal korea you have the republic of korea which is the country of fifty million people with a trillion dollar economy that does nothing to protect itself not even this whole soul is right there and then the board earth they say oh you can't do anything because otherwise there were nothing in forty years to relocate to move to give incentives to move a ministry down the coast except. meanwhile dozens of protesters have been injured in clashes with police inside korea and they were demonstrating against the installation of a u.s. anti missile system no less that. was

well nearly four hundred activists turn died for the rally in song to a small farming village near a u.s. base there but they were met by thoughts of security officers who were sent to oversee the arrival of more elements of the missile defense system the spike the protests the components have not being deployed well or terminal high altitude area defense says the zine to destroy bill istic missiles it targets short to medium range weapons and is being supplied to south korea by washington until war activist medea benjamin explains what the 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 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. well with concern growing over the crisis almost korean peninsula the possibility of global disaster president trump is yet to our strategy for talking the situation. reports and the like the u.s. could be said 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 statements pouring bremer and grandma 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 still strong the u.s. 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 korea also increased amounts of highly sophisticated military equipment which trump this kindly allowing both korea and japan to purchase the infamous the troubled thirty five fighter jet also. add to that fact i think i'm honest 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 fires of sectarian conflict and terror threatening the region and causing so much of by a lintz all nations of conscience must work together to isolate her 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 right and clearly this guy can sell anything even man a spine the 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 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 the 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 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. german chancellor angela merkel's. facing a tough week both in and of parliament with a little over two weeks to go before the general election she's been on the campaign trail trying to drum up support with mixed success.

i was. merkel was cheered by demonstrators during a rally in. day while the day before a protester threw tomatoes at her during a similar events. and 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. that's the bar quick sound when. the few months you loose. as soon. as. you are if it's if you have a really you know sad hour. when you inspect it when clinton

was in parliament it's nice. that she was i didn't i mean while the leader of the free democratic party a potential ally of merkel's party has adopted a markedly anti immigration stance some see it as a direct attempt to win votes from the alternative for germany party which has long criticized germany's open door policy across the story peter over. 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 israel 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 are 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 right for choosing your place in the world i'm not being harsh this is lauren realism speaking so why has linda come out and said this well his party 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 anger merkel and the christian democratic union in the next parliament government forces in syria are preparing for a final push to liberate the city of jurors or from my cell we put the latest on

that in about ninety seconds. moscow with. mark zuckerberg at facebook. arguing about artificial intelligence is going to destroy the world must says maybe will mark zuckerberg has already

struck the world so why does he care less. seventy minutes into the program welcome by the latest pictures from syria now where government troops are being put through their paces before an operation to storm i still controlled areas of the city of terrorists or on tuesday the syrian army backed by russia reached the city and broke a three year long siege well here they must be you can see islamic states territorial cities in syria over the past four months moving towards dairies or the syrian army and that's the raid all the screen gained around eight kilometers. per

day eventually united with a brigade that had been trapped inside the city for some time as well the commander of those soldiers was some sort of dean he was known as the lion of the republican guard and had been in the city as we said for thirty six months dean has a long record of military service fought on several fronts in the syrian civil war we in fact managed to talk to him right after the siege 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. well r.t.

also managed to speak exclusively to the governor of the terrorists who are about finally breaking the three year long. all of our people whether they're heroes or the syrian arab army 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 or there were very fierce clashes with her wrists 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 at and 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 health care staff very free surgeons helicopters were our only hope

to take people out of their resort for treatment. meanwhile the first humanitarian convoy has arrived in tourism where forty trucks delivering much needed drinking water basic food supply as well as fuel and medicine during a three year long siege the only lifeline was via air drops. the senator for new jersey in the us. is facing a federal corruption trial according to prosecutors he abused his power to help a wealthy benefactor in a bribery scheme in return he allegedly received many gifts on major campaign donations well let's go live now to say we were coming for more on that case why there are some euro and details have been coming to light on this case at a rapid pace tell us more. well democratic senator robert menendez of new jersey is facing a corruption trial over alleged assistance to

a wealthy benefactor in a bribery scheme but he claims to be innocent. i started by public career fighting corruption. but i was taught to never not once not once have i decided my public office i have always lived in accordance with the law and i believe with all of the facts though i will be vindicated thank you very much. in the first major bribery trial against a sitting senator in nine years the senator is accused of accepting lavish bribes from florida ophthalmologists salomon mel again. menendez also happens to be a senate voice influencing american foreign policy as a current member and former chairman of the senate foreign relations committee so one would assume he'd be somewhat rational on foreign policy however he's been even

more hawkish than the average democrat he has been known to go after russia in particular on several occasions in one instance such as suggesting russia could threaten u.s. energy assets are raising concerns over a potential russian takeover of a sicko facility in linden new jersey the new jersey senator also wrote a letter to fifi alongside fellow senators accusing russia of allegedly exploiting north korean workers in an attempt to strip russia of world cup posting privileges . reports have raised serious concerns about the exploitation of north korean workers on a world cup stadium in russia we would strongly call upon fifa to strip russia of the privilege of hosting the twenty world cup. russia and north korea aside in two thousand and fifteen min then does voted against his own party and oppose the iran deal which is arguably presidents of president obama's only accomplishment in

office and to top it all off senator menendez just recently voted for the countering america's adversaries through sanctions act to impose sanctions on russia north korea and iran. russia iran and north korea convoy the international order without consequence proud many sanctions i wrote included in bipartisan bill well the trial is expected to last several weeks so we'll keep a close eye on any developments thanks very much maria come on live from the american capital the hope. the u.s. military is sending humanitarian aid to women and children stuck in a convoy stranded in the syrian desert following a coalition bombing with more on the story kill a mockingbird. so at this point the road which the ice still convoy was taking

through the desert has been struck by u.s. coalition airstrikes by still fighters were evacuating under a deal they made with the hezbollah fighters at this point we have seventeen buses as well as other vehicles full of full of ice still fighters and their family members that are now stuck in the middle of the desert now according to what we've heard from the u.s. led coalition they are now supplying food and water to the women and children on the convoy now on twitter the u.s. military was very adamant that it was not providing any support be it water or food or otherwise to the ice still terrorists they insisted in a tweet from u.s. central command that the water and the food was only going to the women and children on the ice still convoy now one must ask how is this being carried out how are they making sure that the water and food is not being shared these seventeen buses on which the ice still fighters are being transported also contain women and

children and how are they making sure that these women and children are not giving water and food from the united states and the u.s. coalition to their brothers and fathers who are icily fighters that are on the exact same buses that they are on that question must be asked now voices from the u.s. military have been highly critical of hezbollah for negotiating and allowing the ice still terrorists to evacuate they have denounced this deal on the she says that global threat relocating terrorists from one place to another to someone else to deal with is not a lasting solution now u.s. military leaders have made these statements and criticized this battlefield negotiation despite similar actions being taken by their allies the kurds a convoy of those fronts is withdrew from the city to the north in a convoy of civilians were observed in the convoy with the front says who. we have repeatedly mentioned the care that's our apartment forces were taken to avoid civilian casualties and collateral damage so the partnered forces on the ground did

not engage the convoy so right now we have seventeen buses full of i still fighters and their family members that are stuck in the middle of the desert so who is to blame the syrian regime is letting women and children suffer in the desert the situation is completely on them. well you can add your voice to that story or indeed a whole lot more on our unique true page five billion views on cutting there if you check it out yourself it's hard to interrupt. the knot winds up. on the flues off let down one by its nature the definition. i'm by any. one seeking i need. to take in the equal city south. to get the data and then you're

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