the routes to. the. north korean media claims came jong un has ordered scientists to increase their efforts to develop nuclear weapons the move comes as washington says pyongyang is quote backing them for war. the syrian army breaks islamic states three year blockade of the city of dairies all marking a turning point in the war against terror in the country. and with germany's election looming chancellor merkel's had a tough week on the campaign trail and even has a tomato thrown out. it's

a weekly here on alt international with mean a day or two to live from our moscow studio is our roundup of the week's top stories and the latest up to date news of the day welcome to the program the north korean leaders or did his country's scientists to up their efforts to further develop nuclear weapons that's according to state media earlier this week washington's and boy to the u.n. said pyongyang is begging for war however previous warnings from the white house failed to dissuade the north from conducting its recent nuclear test. enough is enough i think enough is enough the stakes could not be higher the urgency is now time is short action is required our country's patience is not unlimited the policy of strategic patience is over or is never something the united states wants

the united states does not seek conflict only the strongest sanctions will enable us to resolve this problem through diplomacy all of our counterparts need to impose dissensions we will defend our allies and our territory the united states is prepared to use the full range of our capabilities to defend ourselves and our allies moscow and beijing proposed what's being called a double freeze initiative under the plan north korea would stop its nuclear and ballistic missile tests and in return america and south korea would stop their joint military exercises however the u.s. dismissed the proposal calling it insulting washington seems to see the further militarization of the korean peninsula as the solution it says it will deploy troops and weapons there in addition to existing american air and naval bases across the carrier strike group some anti missile ships as well as fighter jets and

helicopters will be sent to south korea and it's all too easy jacqueline bouvier explains warmongering may be turning into a lucrative business with a trumpet administration. the north korean threat is something we hear on a daily basis from u.s. officials but the state that's working. 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 so strong that you are 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. korea also increase amounts of highly sophisticated military equipment which trump is kindly allowing both south korea and japan to purchase and the infamously troubled after the five fighter jets also be added to that package i think in 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 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 detractors 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 municipal in a 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 pay if you can't

solve the problem see if you can at least turn a healthy profit instead 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 in the plane manufacturers and so forth the people who make missiles the militarization of the policy of the using the 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 the. every solution must be solved by a good talk from washington and whatever force encroacher grosser to achieve that end will be implored. the syrian army secured a key victory in the fight against the islamic state after it broke

a three year long blockade of the city of terrorists all local journalist jan a more chad has more details. syrian army units regained full control over a panorama square you're in drawings of there elz over so do you and the international highway of their results now this search easements come just after a few days of. lifting full so huge of bodies the undercity of the resort and just a few hours after you brought this siege of eyes on militants on the military airport and there is all. this achievement also should the determination of syrian and drash and governments to indicate extremism on the syrian soil some analysts and observers believe that this is would be a main turning point in the war against islam goal is to liberate all that is the

initial areas that are just a few others presidential areas and districts in the hands of extremists civilians live is going to be much easier from now on and their suffering will end the syrian army has been advancing rapidly in recent months and if you look on the map here you can see that in june islamic state controlled around a quarter of the country but wind on three months and around hoff of that territory has now been lost during the army's advance and there is or it was getting around eight collimator kilometers a day news that the advancing troops are finally linked up with the remaining syrian forces inside the city was greeted with relief to both soldiers and civilians. but i was.

going along with. the breaking of the age of extremely significant militarily and fica logically a tremendous boost for the maral of the government and the government forces and we must be a bit cautious it's not clear whether it will take days or or weeks to clear i feel out of the the the main fifty four and then be on for food can look forward to consolidating the control of the government in some pocket jihad these still. hold sway so it going at beth it's

going to take a number of months before the syrian government really control over the whole of syria. german chancellor angle and mcauliffe has had a tough few days both in iran data parliament with just two weeks to go before the general election she's been out on the campaign trail although it's not been going on how way. was. the chancellor was jailed and booed by demonstrators during a rally on thursday while two days earlier a protester threw tomatoes at her during a similar event merkel's criticize those behind a destructive disruptions but this week it wasn't just tactless who got in the way of her speeches. while addressing parliament she was interrupted by her main rival from the social democrats are taking credit for their work but she didn't hesitate to remind those president who's the boss. that's with you but i think so i'm

going. to see you once. this you know you will. see the. post. i. see was a. sad. story so that was with just two weeks before the country votes polls show merkel's ruling christian democrats way ahead of their main social democrat rivals the left wing party to link is third with the free democrats behind them as is alternative for germany a euro skeptic party that's expected to gain its first seats in parliament r.t. speech all of it takes a closer look at who will be the real contenders in this election. with most

pundits already calling this german 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 become the kingmaker in the next coalition government. want to have close to the amount of. time. 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 for the first time following this election and they run on a message against refugee policy even drafted in one of the out agencies that helped promote trump in his campaign. good alternative for germany is not going to be faulted any coalition with. likely to be part of a coalition with the mrs merkel all the free democratic. liberal business they charisma and photogenic leader has appeared front and center 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. such human right to choose

a new place in the womb. i'm not being harsh this is really speaking a thing the a.f. there 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 kinds of fields voters for example with all these digital subjects 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 likud 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 into the grand coalition with the social democrats and that's when it comes to coalition possibilities there are even some that would see him do a little cool not to 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 vote but that they will also be part of the ruling coalition peter all of our people in. russia us time to head off the searches of moscow's diplomatic compound more on that story after this short break . in case you're new to the game this is how it works now the economy is built around corporations corporations run washington the washington post media the media.

and voters elected to businessman to run this country business equals power you must it's not business as usual it's business like it's never been done before. lemme warhawks selling you on the idea that dropping bombs brings produce to the chickenhawk forcing you to fight the battles against all odds to do socks for the tell you that every gossip and tabloid lifestyles of the most important news today . talked about telling me you are not cool enough and wants to buy their products. things all the hawks that we along with all the. come back to the weekly here on r.t. international moscow responded angrily this week to the searching of russian diplomatic compounds which had been ordered to close by washington video of men

searching on the roof and ripping up flooring at one of the sites was posted on the russian foreign ministry facebook page f.b.i. agents checked basements and attic stores and cupboards with moscow claiming the whole operation made no sense washington's unexpected moonface sparked outrage in moscow top russian officials described it as the seizing of property and slammed it as a gross violation of international law which openly demonstrated hostility towards russia and would inevitably lead to a worsening of the u.s. russia relations meanwhile the u.s. state department spokeswoman faced by a large of russia related questions after she referred to the searches as a simple talk of the facilities. people say oh i'm sorry sir what's your name let's move on move on to something else you still consider that sovereign russian property or were those property search because there was a concern that they were being used for intelligence purposes which would be like

a different issue i'm just going to get into that a little bit so let's move on to something else here. treat us. you know what i don't know if you are working for today or what but i remember. in the latest development in their ongoing diplomatic spat the u.s. ordered russia to close three diplomatic premises with just forty eight hours notice immediately after the of fiction u.s. officers searched the san francisco consulate and trade missions in new york and washington in response president vladimir putin asked the russian foreign ministry to take legal action. because the north american counterparts didn't let russia use its property it's a violation of our property rights i will tell the foreign ministry to go to court to see how well the highly praised the dish or system in the us works however washington says it wants to end the diplomatic crisis two days after putin is

remark on legal action the u.s. state department had to say this to say. we would like that relationship to improve we don't want to continue this kind of diplomatic tit for tat people in the united states need to get over this russia hysteria and that's what it is that's being ginned up. by the media here and americans need to call for more friendly and constructive relations with russia it's my firm opinion that russia all along has want to friendly relations has wanted the u.s. as a partner and there's no reason that we should reject that all of branch that i think russia has been holding out for us entering their property was a violation of the vienna conventions. and i don't know where it's going to and i do get the sense from russia that they do not want to escalate. a lot of levels are rising on the coast of the state of florida where he will hit the u.s.

mainland it's expected to pick up strength as it moves away from cuba. as i have started to move slowly away from the florida keys heading north with winds were in one hundred thirty miles per hour these u.s. caused casualties and over n.t.p. in the forty's the national weather service says wind gusts have brought down a construction crane in the state's biggest city miami twenty five victims a full fifteen confirmed on devastated islands in the caribbean.

as the for. lorida state governor just people to leave donald trump on his cabinet bow their heads in prayer for the victims of the natural disaster. in other words news now the work of kank career is being honored in russia today to mark the event on t.v. and if a chunk of took to the tracks to find out just what it's like to be in a key component of any battlefield.

there's all the battle ready frank white all the training range but before i get close to it i have to test the dodgy terrain myself. you know. we don't like that but i call. in. one of my goals as a test drive to see if a person with a regular license like myself can get this t. a t. go in. the driver's seat is right here. here we go. in this dirt everywhere.

trust me there is not much room in here. so. there is no steering wheel turning right. but. i'm right now. you are running when you're driving a regular car the pressure for you. the other way. but. first. let's get to what i like.

well obviously i didn't do. that well but at least i didn't get off track and i'll tell you what these guys got a really tough job aside from firing the cannon and. everyone at the base has the skills to easily drive the eighty three times faster than me but the wind would seem much smoother and we agreed to this so i know their test will i spill any water from this cup if and pray is driving that and if he goes full throttle. i built by him. so far so good. whoa whoa.

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. back up. it is what it was because did it because it didn't seem quite a cultural thing i wanted premise. dubrovnik deceptively peaceful. venice its peaceful hours are numbered. bossa luna is also stealing itself in the early morning. the three unique cities in europe with one problem it's getting worse all the time.

that everything that. yes you know what that that benny hill. that's not so many things that you put it yeah. i did a city didn't like the quotes but complex and since going to work holds of tourists every day the whole year round the peak season in some cities in europe results in the state of emergency. workers the best of became national get out because of this and also china because the share of national guard. local residents suffer from the mass of this it says they feel pushed out of their own city howard by noise and simply swamped by phone too many visitors. there. you. go tourism is going beyond it's not

just in venice but the locals are not giving up without a fight. if they're for the. moment. to show us how god made me feel. like. the. city tourism in europe is booming there's never been fool fueled by aggressive price dumping budget flights and the sharing economy trend which office cheap accommodation worldwide. all the authorities dealing with the onslaught in one post so i could but i'm not sure because i would be confined to have a kosher meal and these are going to not she would get from place the combining fitness fish as the only choice of the fish fish or the would be to the city as an

expanding business model with customers instead of this it to us but how many tourists. the travel destination cope with without losing its identity its all time to city and does the enterprise end up in profit. of the two dick will appear at the get out on of course on all the. media only the end of the day the. empty city coffers despite must tourism so what happens to all the money brought by the millions of visitors. the man until that one out there that is the guy that will have an added sense here that adds up or break the sense that we're when we get out when i see oh yes it went desktop when our c.e.o. is one that i never imagined back as a. tourism in europe generates four hundred billion euros a year of the ratios market and the shady business of roads and gamblers of jam.