oh i was i was like oh. yeah. i. see u.s. state department faces some old questions over the seizure of russian diplomatic property. as a tool by the same horrible diplomatic protocol you know what i don't know if you are working for r.t. today or what but i think you must. also come russia's plans military troops in better rescored up uproar among western politicians with some saying moscow is trying to increase its troop presence there we take a closer look at those claims and i'm seen to nationally bahrain of mass torture and a crackdown against government critics the human rights group or say blames the u.s. and u.k. nor in the problem. i

welcome comes you live from moscow you're watching us he international. the u.s. state department has been facing a grilling over the seizure of the russian consulate in san francisco and even accuse journalists of being too much like. people say oh i'm sorry sir what's your name let's move on move on to something else if you still consider that sovereign russian property or were those property searched because there was a concern that they were being used for intelligence purposes which would be like a different issue i'm just not going to get into that let's not let's not let's move on to something else here in russia or any other country where u.s. missions that. have been searched by the host. government which i think you know what i don't know if you are working for r.t. today or what but i remember. when response artie's editor in chief said the

channel takes that comment from the state department as a complement. looks at what else was said at that state department briefing. u.s. department of state spokesperson heather nauert was grayle by reporters who focused on the seizure of russian diplomatic buildings last week the u.s. state department ordered the closures of the russian consulate in san francisco a trade mission complex in washington and a trade office in new york us security services subsequently searched the buildings and denied all access to the spokesperson heather nauert characterized it quite lightly calling it a tour which immediately provoked a backlash from journalists russian officials were invited to come along with us as we toured those facilities to get to you so you see things like you walk in and say you know. this is it was this is it this is a very serious activity it was a very serious damage to me and if i use the word tool or and that seemed to light

fitting in. the activity that took place then pardon me for that the russian foreign ministry slammed this move as an illegal invasion it's spokesperson even said that she views the u.s. raids of russian diplomatic properties as some kind of diabolic circus illegal and pointless well the u.s. state department said the measure came in response to moscow ordering the u.s. to reduce its diplomatic personnel in russia russian president vladimir putin has stated that he has taken legal measures to fight the force closures ordering the filing of a lawsuit still remains unclear where this will all lead and how these latest tensions will affect diplomatic ties between the two countries well despite the diplomatic fallout the russian president does say that the u.s. and russia will not stop economic cooperation from. the current situation is because u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson keeps bad company but you so much you don't know

if she and i share this point to a lot of current diplomatic differences we continue to have contacts with american food 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 bad company and he's headed in the wrong direction but i hope that cooperation and friendship lead him back on the right path. for us russian relations are also discussed in today's selfie with russia as you envoy to the u.n. here's a quick preview you can watch it in full in about twenty minutes time present time he was campaigning in the shortly afterwards he promised to deliver all improving u.s. russia relations but unfortunately due to many reasons i will not remember a the more or judge them he was not able to do so many companies privately and openly say that too much depends on their little ations and it's not appropriate their solo these days. they should be improved and that will be for the best for

the better of the world committed to improving these relations working together for the better of the world working together with the united states another part this of course to counsel an outside the security council i hope that step by step will lead us there if we see the the movement. in the the the movement all the other side to. russia's upcoming military drills that will take place in better recent next week have been heavily criticized by the mainstream media and european politicians because france in santiago takes a look at why. russia and bell the groups are to hold joint military training exercises this month i was planning to be real serious about this but hey how can i

resist when the reactions pouring in are just so colorful what washington thinks russia does they're about to do an exercise and be russia. it's going to tail up to one hundred thousand russian troops moving into into that country the great concern is they're not going to leave and that's you know that's not paranoia on did you get that one hundred thousand troops that's just the russians not counting the forces and bella ruse i mean that's probably enough to storm europe and yes they are concerned what europe thinks russia does. it is undisputed that we have seen a demonstration of the capabilities and power of the russians and one who does that has only to look at the high number of forces participation in the south but exercise more than one hundred so that it doesn't end there there are more fantastic predictions what did in neighbors think russia does he was seriously

worried ahead of the zappa twenty seven thousand drills as numerous aggressive forces are taking part in it and there is a demonstrative preparation for war with the west now russia and belarus are allowing three nato observers to monitor the exercise even though the alliance thinks that is not enough but hey there are supposed to be a hundred thousand troops yet at the same time nato secretary general mr stoltenberg says there is no i quote imminent threat to any of its allies confusing right and how this bell or see the upcoming drills here we should just stop making excuses whether our drills are defensive or not we have an army we have a join russia and belarus military formation in the west and while it exists which we did make a secret off we're going to train it how to fight just in case now let's take a look at the real numbers from the russian ministry of defense in fact it's

thirteen thousand soldiers around a quarter of them arriving from russia plus three hundred military vehicles and twenty five aircraft doesn't sound like a blitzkrieg now does it. one of his army state's most prominent commanders mood at home off is believed to be among forty eisel fighters killed as a result of a russian airstrike near the syrian city of did is all that's according to the russian defense ministry how involved was a commander of the stand special unit security forces who moved to syria in twenty fifteen and became an eyesore war minister a month after him off disappeared he appeared in this. this she was a loyal politician thirty but it is she was a lawyer a world class. black what's up another are still member confirmed dead in the strike is abu mohammad ali of saudi arabian origin and as i saw finance chief he is also suspected of organizing the twenty

fifteen terror attacks in paris. meanwhile a humanitarian convoy has reached a resort for the first time since and i still see began there in twenty forty forty trucks and delivered food to people who previously could only receive basic amenities through airdrops into the area. now with the german election a little over two weeks time many do you see a victory for anglo-american is

a foregone conclusion although not the chance for herself. ladies and gentlemen we hear a lot here at the german election has already been decided i am telling you that this is simply not true. it is supposed to show anglo-american is party breaking away from her main rival martin schulz is social democratic party however the so-called third parties may also play a key role if a majority can't be formed in government with more on this is peter all of. with most pundits already calling this election a win for. schultz there isn't a great deal of intrigue that. has been the battle for third place and who will perhaps be the kingmaker in the next coalition government the smaller parties in germany providing.

guns. to the. amount of. time. to. bring some scandal and controversy to the relatively calm seas of the political scene. germany it looks like they will enter a pall of it. and they run on a message against. policy and what they see is the islam isolation of the country even drafted in one of the ad agencies that helped promote trump in his campaign and not seen them produce some role the provocative post

a. good alternative for germany is not going to be called to the baby coalition with. the chancellor and said so repeatedly likely to be part of a coalition with the mrs merkel all the free democratic. liberal business traditional allies. kristie. but this time around they call it something of an added benefit they film charismatic and photogenic leader has appeared front and center of the campaign however he does appear to have lifted so of his migration policy right out of the alternative think joe the playbook if these prevails refugees must return prisoners such human rights for cheese a new place in the world i'm not being harsh this is lauren realism speaking to

a troll for the dot com entrepreneur it's been to by some as a potential next foreign minister showed angle of a joining a coalition with them but one thing the a.f. did may prove to be a wise move as he looks to shore up his own party's position basically this is just political maneuver to get more voters from this from this side of the spectrum f.t.p.'s at the moment constantly collecting in all kind of fields voters for example with all these digital subjects they took all these photos which are coming like more from the digital natives area and now with this new statement about refugees they try to pick of course also people from if the from the right wing side the woman who has already ruled out forming a coalition with the left party the greens this time out at the lagging way behind in the polls there's even the possibility that we could see you know the grand coalition with the social democrats and when it comes to coalition possibilities

there are even some that would see him do a little cool not be the next chancellor of germany however the most realistic options are that the free democrats will not only return to the fold to start following september the twenty bolts vote but that they will also be part of the ruling coalition peter all of us. like a let's go back to one of our top stories this hour from siri. because one chief is confirmed dead and another risk thought of being killed as a result of a russian airstrike this is part of a campaign to liberate the city did it or one of the last terrorist pockets remaining in syria can cross live now to a local correspondent who's very near the city janet merchant and about to just tell us what's going on at the moment. just that line then the latest situation india is or. hello andrle i am here in the one hundred thirty seven

brigade india resort in east some parts of syria i'd like to tell you that few days ago the syrian army along with its allies also with the main main rule of the russian support it managed deliberate to broker this siege to broaden this series that was imposed the three years for three years by isis militants and terrorists here in a result i'd like to still year to draw to draw your attention at all the military operation that the syrian army along with the russian forces are doing and making and losing at this time here in the brigade from the southern from the southern side and you can see some small because of the syrian army targeted some oil tankers for eyes this fall is this and i hope that you can see that. the syrian army is targeting eyes as terrorists because that is a standard terrorists from the southern part are just twenty kilometers of the main high road of their resort one of it one of them one one goal of the one goal of the

military operation is to restore and to retake control again of the main highway of their resort if you are talking about the eastern side of my position here of the one hundred thirty seven brigades. if it isn't if it isn't side of me you can see you can see the military airports the military or both of their resorts that was also seized and besieged by isis militants and terrorists for almost three years now the scene are bohmian old with its allies and also the russian forces are just launching a new operation in all due to recruit control again and reach and broke the seizure that was imposed by the terrorists of isaac the tsunami is launching a main military operations from all sides of the brigades in order to establish schools full control over the city of the resort. ok thank you very much

gentlemen she's a local correspondent there actually india is or. the situation there is the battle continues to liberate the city thank you. now another news a muslim leader refuses to shake the hand of a norwegian politician during a t.v. debate we'll have a look at that plus of the story steve in a couple of minutes. wrong

. to shape our. common ground. welcome back to the leader of muslim organization in norway has found himself in the headlines after refusing to shake hands with the country's immigration minister because she is a woman of the man who the man on the left here who leads a group called islam net off the minister a bunch of flowers but when she reached out to shake his hand he declined we asked

our guests for their views on this story trying to do is push his religious beliefs onto other people and what he's doing he's actually not integrated he doesn't want to integrate shake your hands it's just a gesture of friendship and it's not down to religion it's not religious based however not shaking these hummed a real insult but well i'm not here to defend that particular remark but i'm here to defend the right of people to choose how they practice their faith we have in our country and europe many orthodox jewish people who refused to shake the hand of women so i actually it's something which goes on it's not disrespectful it's a formal respect this is about religious freedom and you know nowhere in it why i've just seen. a lively june. well let me show it is not only their leaders so you believe an issue it let me finish let me

let me finish ok it's not about you telling other people what they can and cannot say air and it's not about you to decide to determine what's acceptable or not if there is somebody within the jewish community orthodox jew jewish community are refusing to shake people's and do you have a problem well when i run for mayor greater manchester the ukip candidate was jewish refused to shake hands with women. and i said that was not right that was against our culture so it's not just against islam or what you're talking about one hundred friendship being give. to somebody and it's been thrown in the face when we go to mars or we go to synagogues we expect women to have a headscarf we expect to take our shoes off i'm very sure of things which we do as a matter of respect and i'm saying to you is you've got to understand that if somebody individually wants to express their own way of practicing their faith why

do the jewish member of our society why there are muslims or a christian or whatever faith they are from all they have to do is decide it is their choice to do that and we have to respect our. bahrain has arrested and tortured one hundred sixty nine activists and their relatives in the gulf states crackdown over the last year that's according to a new report by amnesty international titled no one can protect you. it lays the blame for some of bahrain species on other countries as well including

the u.s. and britain because it says they turn a blind eye to what's happening in the country to spite having a high level of influence over the kingdom bahrain tonight the allegations of abuses against his government's critics calling them terrorists who try to undermine the stability of the country we got reaction on this from a member of the bahrain freedom movement but. of what is doing is that he is better secure thing the people the political stance of love the goes in to have impact on the policies of the regime there is. he knows that without their support if there are survivors if without the support of the with this and americans of course of the saudis there as you would have collapsed so i think as long as the. need to improvement over human rights situation and broadly a political transform it into those democracy but they don't want the.

hungry in slovakia have lashed out at brussels after the highest court ruled that the countries will have to abide by mandatory migrant quotas both countries earlier try to challenge the program and refused to take refugees if. it was not a legal expert but a political decision politics was raped european law and european values are also locals who got through to the european court of justice doesn't bring any new quality political position or my grandmother unquote as a monument has not changed at all well the use migrant quota system was introduced back in twenty fifteen at the height of the migrant crisis now under the skein all member states are required to take in a share of refugees arriving in greece and italy by the mediterranean hungary rejected the program they taking in zero ad of its quota of thirteen hundred refugees in poland took a similar stance and slovakia's received less than

a dozen migrants out of more than eight hundred a professor of european studies told us that the e.u. is putting his own survival at risk by imposing these rules on its member states actually the people who are preaching about solidarity in europe. cohesion in europe are actually undermining the unity of europe by forcing states to do things they don't like they don't want to have which they see as interference in their so heredity so i think that in this case the more our pressure. will be put on rebellion states like hungary stonework ia and others that are of posing the open door policy illegal migration to europe will work like a boomer arm it will undermine european unity and in the end it is a ticking time bomb. that might. contribute to the final collapse of

the european union meanwhile in the german capital some people are doing their best to help refugee settle in the country the chinese cultural center in berlin is offering free kung fu lessons to migrant children. i know people don't like my brother and my friends started to come through so i came to i wanted to learn more about the cultures of other countries. i. skipped up kind of the little space when i first did a class was just they are fugitives i saw that they had no discipline and i realize that conflict might help and still want to hands out and help them integrate into german society better one teenager who came here to train had has some issues for the police because of fighting as in a conference last is trying to show front and try and john why spiral to us here

nobody's allowed to use martial arts all acetic not one else who objects to this the train helps him pull himself together and develop this a person. is good is good both for your body and mind and it helps me with school. you're watching out international thanks being with us this afternoon don't forget you can have a look at all the stories too but i website spend more that or cite that set out so you don't call me i'll be back in half an hour with. the u.s. and north korea continue their war of words well clear minds press for diplomacy and negotiations how much of a threat is north korea to the water and why states threaten force to resolve this cause. thank you for

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welcome to. the north korean nuclear crisis is testing the result of all the international community or the permanent members of the un security council still struggling to agree on a common strategy. will the world powers find a way out of the crisis and panned the united nations serve its purpose and prevent all out war while. the united nations. is my guest today. with north korea's nuclear. crisis mode syrian war in full swing and the world. the united nations as the only place where emotion sky.