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documenting a deadly bahraini. government critics to the keys of the u.s. it. could. be watching. 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 sounding too much like. marbled the writing programs are so what's your name let's move on move on to something else 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 and it's not going to get into that let it lead in this let's move on to something else here you know russia or any other country where u.s. missions that had been a d.j.

would have been searched by the host. government you know what i don't know if you are working for r t today or what but i think you might remember. when in response to that statement r.t. said it here in chief said the channel that takes the comment from the state department as a compliment. next with more on what was said state department briefing. a u.s. department of state spokesperson heather nauert was grilled 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 them 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 think what you want you. know.

this is that was this is this is a very serious activity and it was a very serious damage to me and if i use the word two or and that seemed to light 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 for the russian president does the u.s.

and russia will not stop economic cooperation but i think. the current situation is because u.s. secretary of state rice to the. company. but you. 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 tillerson a metal ones when you 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 will lead him back on the right path. relations between moscow and washington are up for discussion and r.t. show you still think a with russia's new envoy to the un you can watch the full interview throughout the day here on our. present time he was campaigning in the 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 countries privately and

openly say that too much depends on the little asians and it's not appropriate 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 is of course. on the outside the security council i hope that step by step will lead us there if we see the the movement. the the the moving on the other side to. now one of his manic states highest ranking commanders could not help him off is

there but they have to be among forty extremist militants killed in a russian airstrike near the syrian city of deities or that's according to the russian defense ministry how the mob was a commander and to take a stand special security forces he moved to syria in twenty fifteen and later became called paul minister a month after first disappearing from his home country and then a paid in and i saw a video. this you are some legal politician thirty but it is she was a lawyer. blackwater another i saw member thought to have been killed in the strike was abu mohammed ali he was of saudi arabian origin. finance chief is also suspected of organizing the twenty fifteen paris terror attacks which stay in syria because the dealers or humanitarian convoy has reached the city for the first time since i saw a three year long siege was broken on tuesday forty trucks delivered food to people

there they had been relying on air drops for basic supplies. earlier we spoke with jana miniature she's a local journalist who is mediators or. this few days ago the syrian army along with its allies also with the main main role of the russian support it managed still a bit broken this siege to broke this siege that was imposed three years for three years by isis militants and terrorists here in day result from the southern from

the southern side and you can see some small because of the syrian army targeted some only tankers for eyes this and the eastern side of me there is the military airport of the result one goal of the military operation is to restore and to retake control again of the main highway of their resort after the season was broken by the syrian army and the russian forces many sublime many important subline just into of the city of de result. well these are some of the latest images from around here it is or where clashes with extremist do continue syrian troops have now established a four kilometer long corridor to a live human to tearing convoys to deliver supplies.

with the german election in little over two weeks' time many do see a victory for angela merkel a foregone conclusion but not the chancellor herself but at the moment down ladies and gentleman we hear a lot here that the german election has already been decided i am telling you that this is simply not true the latest polls do show anger merkel's party breaking away from her main rival martin short his social democratic party however the so-called third parties may also play a key role if a majority can't be formed in government as peter oliver now explains. with most pundits already calling this election a win. 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

a lot. longer . to. come out of. the time. and controversy to the relatively calm seas of the political scene. for 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 out agencies that helped promote trump in his campaign and not seen them produce some rolled up provocative posts. a. good alternative for germany is not going to be faults of any coalition with. the chancellor and said so repeatedly likely to be part of a coalition with the mrs merkel all the free democratic. liberal pro-business traditional allies. kristie. but this time around they call it something of an added benefit they 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 jodi playbook if peace prevails refugees must

return prisoners such human rights for cheese a new place in the world i'm not being harsh this is realism speaking. role for the dot com entrepreneur has been to by some as a potential next foreign minister should angle of a joint in 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 a 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 of the moon has already ruled out forming a coalition with the left party the greens this time out at the lagging way behind

in the polls 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 olds post but that they will also be part of the ruling coalition peter all of us. well in the german capital one cultural center is taking an unusual step to help refugee children integrate into society by giving them kung fu lessons we went to meet some of those involved. i i i. i i look down my life my brother my friends started doing kong flu so i came to i wanted to learn

more about the cultures of other countries. i skipped of all kind of little space when i first did a class was just they actually just i saw that they had no discipline i realize that conflict might help still more chance out and help them integrate into german society better one teenager who came here to train had has some issues with the police because of fighting as in a conference is to learn to shield from and try and john why spiraled because here nobody is allowed to use martial arts all acetic not one else who admits to this the train helps him pull himself together and develop this a person. i. couldn't fool is good both for your body and mind and it helps me with school. now russia's upcoming military trials and better rigs have been heavily criticized by the mainstream media and european politicians make a front to santiago takes

a look at what. russia and bell the roots 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 or about to do an exercise in be able rouge russia. that'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 oh and did you get that one hundred thousand troops that's just the russians not counting the forces and beller roots 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 exercise more

than one hundred so that it doesn't end there there are more fantastic predictions was that a neighbors think russia does well seriously worried the head of the zappa twenty seven thousand drills is numerous aggressive forces 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 they 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 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. still ahead. refuses to shake the hand of a no waging politician during a t.v. debate is cause a bit of a stink we'll have a look at the details after the break. telling you on the idea that dropping bombs brings police to the chicken hawks forcing you to fight the battle. for new socks for the tell you that celebrity gossip the

tabloids by itself of the most important. telling you on the cool enough to fight. the hawks that we along. with one. called the future we go through. every the world. and you get. the old according to just. come along for the. i. welcome back now the leader of a muslim organization in norway has found himself in the headlines after refusing

to shake hands with the country's immigration minister because she's a woman the man on the left here who leads a group called islam met off with the minister a bunch of flowers although when she reached out to shake his hand he declined we got reaction from him if he calls from the ramadan foundation and also steven morris he's from the english democrats party is trying to do is push his religious beliefs onto other people and what he's doing is 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 a hand 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 had 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 just see which one of them should not be allowed to live the june. well let me the hunch is not unlike their leaders story 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 need term and what's acceptable or not if there is somebody within the jewish community orthodox jew jewish community are refusing to shake people do you have a problem down well when i run for mayor of 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 it's one hundred friendship being given to somebody and it's been thrown in the face when we go to morse or we go to synagogues we expect two other women to have

a headscarf we expect to take our shoes off and very sort of things which we do as a matter of respect are i'm saying to you is you've got to understand that if somebody individually wants to express their old way of practicing their faith why do the jewish member of our society why they're in muslim or a christian or whatever faith they're from all they have to do is decide it is their choice to do that and we have to respect our. no one can protect us the title of a new amnesty international report on bahrain's violent crackdown against activists and their families over the past year the rights group has documented the deaths of six people including a child as well as numerous cases of arbitrary detention and also talk.

the report also criticism for the international community for its silence over bahrain's rights abuses in particular takes aim at the u.s. and britain is they are seen as being in a position to influence the kingdom's actions trump is also lambasted for approving the sale of fighter jets to the gulf state and his dropping of human rights demands the report says the use gave a green light for repression. bahrain denies the allegations that have been made against it and accuses government critics of trying to undermine stability in the country side. a member of the bahrain freedom movement told us that london and

washington are essentially complicit in the crimes. but. of what is doing is that he is bad sick you would think before the political stance of the law and the goes into have direct impact on the policies of the regime that are deemed laws that without their support if they are survive if without the support of the americans of course of the saudis there is you would have collapsed so i think as long as the from washington and london would vividly lead to improvement over human rights situation and broadly political transform it into those democracy but they don't want that. hungary in slovakia have lashed out at brussels after the e.u.'s highest court ruled that the countries will have to abide by mandatory migrant quotas both earlier try to challenge the program and refuse to accept the

decision. it was not a legal expert but a political decision politics was raped european law and european values. by the european court of justice doesn't bring any new quality political position or my groom and unquote as a migrants has not changed at all the migrant quota system was introduced back in twenty fifteen at the height of the migrant crisis under the scheme all member states are required to take in a share of greece and italy strategy in iraq and the first stop refugees fleeing through north africa were hungry rejected the program taking in zero out of its quota of thirteen hundred refugees in poland took a similar stance and then slovakia received around a dozen migrants out of more than eight hundred allocated there a lecture on european studies tell disagreeing is putting its own survival at risk by imposing these rules on 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 serenity so i think that in disc ace the more our pressure will be put on rebellion states like hungary slovakia and others that are opposing the open door policy the illegal migration to europe will work like a boomerang 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. finally this hour disney has begun filming a remake of his hit animation film aladdin but the movie giant has already come

under fire for this because some fans of the original cartoon rabbit confused why they've introduced a new white character for a title set in the middle east. we. remember any white characters in the movie aladdin. i didn't notice they're going to have a white character in this one it's guy ritchie and disney they're redoing it which character do you think they're going to make white. which i think the only way well below the main character i don't know why he would be because he's from middle

eastern not white. they can kill whatever characters they want to in the movie and i don't think colors are always a big issue i think it could be important it could be a reflection on society especially if minorities are portrayed in a bad way and something we have to be mindful of.

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eighteen 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 a lot better knife. and hurting whatever my my baby is 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 thought. this is a middle school we go through drills and we put ourselves some real scenarios it was interest same to see. i just saw it had to return to the subject to track down each gun owner who i'd met and photographed those years ago. but we are not.