we can all middle of the room sit. on the. korean media claims that kim jong un has ordered scientists to increase their efforts to develop nuclear weapons the big comes as washington says pyongyang is quote begging for war. when army breaks islamic states three year blockade of the city of dare is or marking a turning point in the war against terrorism in the country. i . actually looming chancellor battles had a tough week boot on the campaign trail and even had a tomato thrown at. me

and you're watching the weekly here on r.t. international. the north korean leaders ordered his country's scientists to up their efforts to further develop nuclear weapons on this is according to the country state media earlier this week washington's envoy to the u.n. said that is begging for war previous warnings from the white house failed to dissuade the north from conducting its recent 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 think 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. beijing proposed what is being called a double freeze initiative now under that plan north korea would stop its nuclear ballistic missile tests in return america and south korea would stop their joint military exercises but the u.s. has dismissed that proposal calling it insulting no washington seems to see the further militarization of the korean peninsula as being the solution says that it will deploy troops and weapons there in addition to the existing american and naval bases aircraft carrier strike group and missile ships and fighter jets and helicopters will all be sent to south korea and are to expose their war mongering could well be turning into a lucrative business for the trumpet ministration. the north korean threat is something we hear on a daily basis from u.s.

officials with the statements pouring bremer 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 believe 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 increase amounts of highly sophisticated military equipment which trump this 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 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 iran has fueled the fires 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 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 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 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 the sort 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 hedge of on that every solution must be solved by a detached from washington and whatever force and threats are necessary to achieve that end will be employed. the syrian army has secured a key victory in the fight against the islamic state is have to broker a three year long blockade of the city of there is a local journalist john a merchant has the details. of of syrian army units regained full control over and around the square you are in

drones of their els over said you and the international highway of their results now this cheese months come just after a few days of. lifting full siege of the undercity of their resort and just a few hours after they've brought the siege of gaza militants on the military airport in their resort. this a chief moment also issue the determination of syrian and drash and governments to educate extremism on the syrian soil some analysts and observers believe that this is would be a main turning point in the war against isis goal is to liberate all that is the initial areas that are just viewed as it is then szell areas and districts in the hands of the extremist civilians live is going to be much easier from now on and their suffering will and the syrian army has been advancing rapidly in recent

months as you can see on our map here this was in june islamic state controlled around a quarter of the country at that point but one for three months around half of the territory since been lost during the army's advance and it was getting around eight kilometers a day news that the advancing troops finally were linking up with the remaining city and forces inside the city like a was welcome relief for both the soldiers and civilians. but i was.

only the breaking of the age of extremely significant militarily and psychologically tremendous booth for the morale of the government and the government forces and we must be a bit cautious not clear whether it will take days or or weeks to clear i flew out of the the the main fifty four and then the four through can look forward to consolidating the control of the government in some pocket jihad these still. hold sway so it going at beth beth going to take a number of months before therion government control over the whole of syria. and chancellor angela merkel has had a tough few days both in and out of parliament two just two weeks to go until the

general election she has been out on the campaign trail although it is not being going all her way. was chancellor was jeered and booed by demonstrators at a rally on thursday two days earlier a protester thrown tomatoes at her during a similar event michaels criticize those behind such disruptions but this week it wasn't just heckling. who got in the way of her speeches or addressing parliament she was interrupted by her main rival from the social democrats that was for taking credit for their work but she didn't hesitate to remind those present who is the boss. that's with you but i think sally when. he learns humans. if he. has.

if it is the group you know say they are. being maimed and that when you inspect you win points in parliament it's nice. that he was. with just two weeks until the country votes but his polls show that michael's ruling christian democrats party is way out ahead of the main social democrat rivals the left wing the linker parties and third with the free democrats just behind the masses they'll turn if germany party they are euro skeptics expected to gain the first seats in parliament this time around artie's peter oliver takes a closer look at who the main contenders will be. 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. documents or piece. of toast come out of. his in. time. bring some scandal and controversy to the relatively calm seas of the political scene it's all to 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 ad 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 policy a classically liberal pro-business they film charisma and photogenic media has appeared front and center however he does appear to have lifted sort of his migration policy right out of the alternative think jodi playbook if peace prevails refugees must. choose a new place in the womb. i'm not being harsh this is lauren really speaking a 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. is at the moment constantly collecting in all kind 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 the if the from the right wing side will move to 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 that's 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 vote but that they will also be part of the ruling coalition peter all of our people in. russia u.s.

times are threatening to hit a new low after searches of moscow's diplomatic compounds who have worn out after the break. here's what people have been saying about reject. the only show i go out of my way

to find you know what it is that really packs the. yap is the john oliver of r t america is doing the same we are apparently better than. a c. people you've never heard of love jack tonight president of the world bank take. it seriously send us an e-mail. welcome back to moscow responded angrily this week to the searching of russian diplomatic compounds which been ordered closed 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 basements and attics drools even cupboards claiming that the whole operation made no sense washington's unexpected may spark outrage in the russian capital top officials described the seizing of property they slammed it is

a gross violation of international law and openly demonstrated so they say hostility towards russia and that it would inevitably lead to a worsening of relations meanwhile the u.s. state department spokesperson says the barrels of russian related questions after she referred to the search is being a simple tour of the facilities. 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 and it's not going to get into that let it lead in this let's move on to something else here in russia or any other country u.s. missions that. would have been searched by the host. governments you know what i don't know if you are working for today or what but i think. in the latest development in their ongoing diplomatic spat the u.s. orders russia to close three diplomatic premises with just forty eight hours notice

immediately after the eviction yourself as a search 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. against our 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 she dishes system in the u.s. works however washington says that it wants to end the diplomatic crisis two days after putin's remark on legal action the u.s. state department had 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

wanted friendly relations has wanted the u.s. as a partner and there's no reason that we should reject at 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 end i do get the sense from russia that they do not want to escalate. and water levels are rising on the coast of the state of florida and you can see long speeches from florida right behind me now and this is where hurricane is hitting the u.s. mainland it's expected to pick up strength as well as it moves away from you but. as we slowly from the florida keys northwoods with winds roaring one hundred thirty miles an hour three u.s. casualties have been reported so far the national weather service says that wind gusts have brought down a construction trade in the state's biggest city miami been five.

devastated islands in the caribbean. this is how it hurt. but . the a. it but. honestly florida state governor urged people to leave trump and his cabinet heads in crafts for the victims of the natural disaster.

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welcome twelve's apart after years of being unable to strike a peace deal with the palestinians israel now wants to have a say in the resolution of another conflict this time in syria its objective is clear to minimize the regional influence of iran but isn't it a little bit too late in the game well to discuss that i'm now joined by three believe me a prominent israeli politician and for my foreign minister of israel ms levy it's great to see you thank you very much for talking to us thank you now you are currently in the opposition to israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu by this far as i understand when it comes to the issue of iran most israeli politicians agreed that it represents a major deadly threat to israel that has to be curtailed through all possible means

at my right in formulating your position yes not only for recently politicians so we believe that iran is a poor world but not only to you but to the entire and therefore we need to be dealt with the international community as such. i see him prime minister netanyahu who recently visited russia communicated something along those same lines to russian president vladimir putin do you by any chance know what how the russians have responded to those. concerns raised by the israeli prime minister i hope i would understand that these were. the sort of. the concerns of other states in the region the not only listen iran is both of the problem iran would not accept the right of israel to exist. below which is a total waste. in lebanon and iran support still in the region and final still in

the region and though full we all understand that there is a need to give an answer of course and to confront. their doing in the region but we also need to conform to meaning my eyes and to who do you suppose you run and we're looking at the day after i mean we are all familiar of the situation in syria. and the question is what the day after would look like if we would see iran and then the iran influence in iraq and iran influencing syria and iran the influence in lebanon with. this would be a huge problem and we believe as i said before that this is something that needs to be the international community well it's interesting you say that because the view in moscow and let me know if you disagree with that is that the iranian influence is indeed a growing there is no do dispute about that but most believe that partially it is

growing because of israel's own policies or the policies of israel's closest allies it all started to be with the invasion of iraq which allowed iran to gain a foothold there was a campaign in the israeli compound in lebanon beach consecutively led to hizbollah gaining more influence and dock country down was syria and now there is yemen don't you think that at least in part the iranian influence that you are so concerned about is growing because all of the opportunities that were handed to it by israel or israel's allies no way i mean to accuse the. for iran being a state that would not accept the right of his well to exist that supports jalal the way they are acting in yemen also how this is connected to easily and listen it is most important to discuss the situation now and what needs to be done and that's i said before let's take an example it's always slogans ation designate that there was the organisation we don't fund we're talking about.