rockets fired on international airport just hours after a pentagon. people. claim they. islamic state on the brink in syria. where the terrorists have been pushed back across the euphrates river. threatens north korea

saying military action is a possibility while the state department defends his approach to the crisis. will be devastating i can tell you that devastating for north korea the president certainly. is a very effective communicator. new orleans eight pm in hanoi and four in the afternoon right here in moscow on r t h q welcome to the program i mean you know nina we will get to the headlines stories in just a moment but first breaking news on the program russia's federal security agency house reported it has fallen the grave of terrorist leader doku umarov in russia's caucasus region was the. leader of terrorist group in murat cows was associated

with al qaeda. the taliban the infamous jeff jarvis was eliminated in an f.s.b. operation back in twenty third dean any more developments on this story we will get them to you on the program soon as possible. now several mortar rounds have struck international report just hours after the u.s. defense secretary and nato secretary general arrived in the afghan capital both the taliban say they were behind the attack at least one civilian was killed four others wounded the taliban reportedly said it was targeting the u.s. defense secretary james mattis he's the first from the front administration to visit the country its president trump announced a new strategy for afghanistan in which thousands more troops were pledged to fight against the taliban here so the defense secretary reacted to news of the attack.

the newtek on an international airport anywhere in the world is a criminal act by terrorists designed to go after generally innocent people to make some sort of statement and it's a classic definition of what the taliban are up to right now it is what it is but it's also the region why we've been together and we don't we don't question what we're doing your local media say more explosions have been heard in the city reports suggest they were caused by a military or a strike on the position from where the earth port was targeted a former member of the afghan parliament told us that such an attack could be used by the u.s. and nato forces to justify their continued presence in the country. but. their allies may be intending to send a signal to the united states and nato but the irony is that while the bads their intention it also talked least to the americans and nato justifies their presence

in this lingering war even the afghan people with their patience they have to see some time to build results that will change their lives for the better and that is not in the battlefield i think mr trump did not hide his intention he said there are interested in afghan rare earth from the thieves material and other mining projects so i think we will see a new page in afghanistan and i hope the afghan government the international community should change this page with the vigilance so our country is not polluted our country doesn't become a second africa where blood diamonds and other minerals and what would be looted in the country will stay in poverty i hope that doesn't happen. syrian government forces have driven aren't i so from the western side of the euphrates river near durance or seen as a hugely important gain in the conflict after a series of losses islamic state seems to be on the brink of defeat in the country

with the syrian army and kurdish forces advancing on the terrorists on two fronts these are exclusive pictures from the area several days ago the syrian army managed to get across some parts of the river allowing for a new advance a litle the russian military has now established a bridge about enables armored cars to cross right guess the of reports from the west bank of the euphrates no. doubt palace once that is sort of most exclusive resort's now a modern day fortress out of necessity. for three years the garrison here has isis attempts to cross the river. at times it was a close run thing and you don't have sawed going on and from the onset coming up to the roof was very dangerous because of the snipers it was really bad but when the

army broke the siege and they fell back a month ago it would have been suicide to film up here not anymore. these five star hotel seem better days but thanks to its grandiose design and height acted as something of a fortress here indeed as sort and just to show you how close we are if you have a look through this hole at that hospital well everything behind that is isis part of the city of that is or across the river they also hold sway this is all their territory that's the euphrates river and across it is isis it's from there that they shelled the city at will and from there that they launched the occasional raid across the river taking the other bank is key to liberating the city entirely isis still sends fighters and alms back and forth across the river at night it may take

weeks but it is inevitable isis in syria is on its last legs its collapse has been as spectacular as its rise since the beginning of the year the so-called calif it has lost thousands of square kilometers losing precious oilfields and strategic towns to the advancing syrian army and the u.s. backed rebels that is not to say it's over all that it will be easy isis has nothing left to lose according to the syrian military and the families of isis fighters and diehard supporters have allegedly retreated to the town of my idea and they have nowhere else to go. in the shrinking caliphate the past is quite a good indication for what they might do in the future everywhere they were whatever these areas were liberate the people who thought for the presence of isis

have told us hard on stories about how they use people as human shields so it's not surprising at all if they would and there was no way for anyone to predict to what extent they would do that but. would they be hampered by any norms of any reason or any more i live the past doesn't indicate that this is the final act the dream of an islamic state has been shattered but even in its death throes it will inevitably claim more lives more guys do you have see from that is order syria. well in a separate development in the conflict five commanders behind last week's attack on a russian military police unit have been killed in a targeted missile strike in syria the information comes from russia's defense

ministry which released this video and apparently shows the building where the commanders were meeting the strike also killed thirty two other terrorists and destroyed a weapons store as well as several vehicles also russian strategic bombers have kaare died strikes on. news repetitions in the syrian provinces of dairies or it lip the defense ministry said all targets were located away from residential areas. i. i. i.

the war of words continues to escalate between america and north korea donald trump has no say the u.s. is fully prepared to explore military options against pyongyang if washington feels it's needed at the same time a state department spokesperson has described the us president as being effective communicator on the korea crisis. we are totally prepared for the second option not a preferred option but if we take that option it will be devastating i can tell you that devastating for north korea that's called the military option if we have to take it we will the president certainly. is a very effective communicator and the president speaks very clearly in terms of his

position coming out of the white house well apparently donald trump is an effective communicator he doesn't want to attack north korea while at the same time he does he's been threatening north korea with military options for quite a while and we've heard kim jong on and the leaders of north korea responding there was the recent statement saying little rocket man won't stay much longer we've seen angry responses from north korea heather nauert was asked at the state department about whether she thought it was helpful for donald trump to speak this way on social media feel that the tweets of the name calling and statements made over twitter on north korea you feel like that is effective communication i think the pick the president is an effective communicator i think people know exactly where he stands we have had a good deal of success in pushing forward with our diplomacy campaign that hasn't changed that certainly hasn't changed in the president has helped rally the world together rally the world together in the peaceful pressure campaign against him

john regime so apparently she considers threatening a country that has nuclear capabilities with destruction to be a great diplomatic success and this doesn't sit well with p.r. they fired back with their own responses we've been having this warmongering rhetoric back and forth between the leaders of north korea and the leaders of the united states for months now the escalation of terms has increased the question is when will this rhetoric transform into something more serious. year of strategic patience. with the north korean regime has failed states is prepared to use the full range of our capabilities to defend ourselves and our allies our respected leader kim jong un said that the u.s.

will be unhappy to see d p r k strategic power on its independence day and called her stands in big ass small gift packages. best not make it worth the rest of the united states. they will be met with fire and fury. like the world has never seen north korea has finished preparation for a strike and will launch it if the us does not act sensibly and a threat to the united states or territories will be met with a massive military response of the us neglects the international community's will establish peace on the korean peninsula. against the times the sanctions and pressure from washington with old powerful counterbalance the forthcoming measures to be taken by the d.p. arche will cost the us the greatest pain and suffering it has ever gone through in its entire history if it is forced to defend itself or its allies we will have no

choice but to totally destroy north korea it could go and. since the united states declared war on our country we will have every right to take countermeasures including the right to shoot down u.s. strategic bombers even when they are not inside our country's airspace. you know well while donald trump on north korea through the u.s. state of california is already working on the cost of a nuclear strike an official report has just come to light the predicts the potential effects of the strike on the state it estimates a huge loss of life that destruction of infrastructure and damage running to a trillion dollars in california is not the only place where fears of a nuclear strike are rising now officials in hawaii have been planning how to prepare for a possible attack details and leaks from a secret meeting reveal that residents will be advised to per per oz they would for

a tsunami or a hurricane a twelve minute warning will be given for people to find shelter well if they're bring in political analyst on or third when they occur you all for more on this you're very welcome back to the program renee why are a local authorities officials going to such lengths are these measures justified or is there a case of hysteria play here it's a bit of both of us but you know global politics of these terrorists is predictable diplomat spend times ensuring a level of predictability north korea for all its over the years has been relatively unpredictable as the only unpredictable source in global politics for the first time ever america has become predictable. the reason why there is this contingency planning and this sonora planning and the scale i'm not sure it's

about north korea i think that's because a very a president who's completely unpredictable therefore doing nothing is no longer an option we're all learning now we need to prepare for the unpredictable no one can predict what he's going to say well just on what the state department said about him they called him an effective communicator on the crisis in career that's not something you go along with. well he's in a fictive communicator with his base he's tone deaf to everything else the only people who really understand get excited by what he says in a positive way is his base everyone else including those in america. a completely warned about what he may do what he might instigate how he will react what he will cools effective communicator not. we've seen so much tit for tat on this one

side say something the other escalates that korea and washington when it comes to an actual conflict do you think there is going to be one. look for years and years and years every one of donald trump's predecessors has faced an unpredictable bellicose and sometimes weird north korea how's it been dealt with. predictability diplomatic actions sanctions if need be but no one has ever reacted like this we are in the most boring times since the second world war why i'm not sure it's north korea or i think for the first time ever it's american it's on predictable and will there be any sort of conflagration of any sort of military engagement we are still hoping but it's getting less and less. and i think the world would. political analyst on or thank you for your time this hour that's all

the news for now i'll be back in ninety seconds time with much more. when lawmakers manufactured him sentenced him to public wealth. when the ruling classes to protect themselves. in the final

merry go round lifts only the one percent. to ignore middle of the room signal. real news is. the world. i. you're back with r t and we're back to our breaking news story the russian federal security agency the f.s.b. has reported it has fallen the grave of terrorist leader. in russia's caucasus region of all for more details daniel hawkins is in this studio with me know. there had been speculation that he had not been killed around the world some people are

saying f.s.b. said he was killed in twenty thirteen and they have no similar clarified that that is what occurred. actually reportedly eliminated about a dozen times that various media reports dating back to two thousand or so but the f.s.b. themselves officially confirmed that he was killed in an operation excuse me in twenty thirty now that was also disputed by various terrorist groups in the caucasus now this will be a final chapter it seems. you have a document here from the f.s.b. confirming. that a grave has been found with his body alongside four other militants now they got this information they're saying from a militant who had just come out from syria he was arrested and charged and he gave this information according to this official document in exchange for leniency in his sentencing so they've found this grave in a village. in the mountains. year in the

mountains and all the remains have been sent for d.n.a. forensic analysis in moscow now for those of you not familiar of course with who doc who are more of is essentially he was on russia's most wanted list of terrorists for many years many media dubbed him the russian bin laden he was responsible for fighting and killing members of security forces in the first session war in the second job and more later a rising. security minister actually during its short lived dependent period between one thousand nine hundred ninety ninety nine eleven a less though he also claimed responsibility and his terrorist group still claim responsibility for some of the most atrocious terrorist acts russia has seen in recent history these are some of those acts he was involved in.

now dr morrow of course it wasn't only wanted in russia he was closely affiliated to al qaeda militants to taliban militants and later to militants as well he was only in the polls wanted list he was put on the un list of al qaida and taliban sanctions as well in fact at one point he was even on the u.s.a.'s international most wanted terrorist list with a quote have to reward several million dollars for information as to his capture say he was very much an international wanted terrorist figure he called for chechens for russian muslims to travel to syria to participate in jihad there calling on them to participate in suicide bombings and attacks on security forces and civilians as well. this is as we say closure now for much of that speculation

that surrounded his fate and his death with the discovery of his body in english yet the grave of koku amar of terrorist leader has been found dead in the hawkins thanks for the update. the iraqi parliament has authorized sending troops to the kurdish held region or cook to take control of oil fields there are no doubt all comes after kurdistan's independence referendum in which an overwhelming majority believe to a yes or school middle east correspondent all asleep paula tell us more indeed about the shock waves that this kurdistan independence referendum. well certainly we are witnessing the first of the shock waves now as you mentioned the iraqi parliament has asked the iraqi prime minister betty to send troops to the kurdish region of cook and to take control of the oil fields there in response the security forces belonging to the kurdistan regional government have said that they

will not allow iraqi soldiers into the area this follows monday's controversial referendum in which an overwhelming majority of kurds at least ninety one percent voted in favor of independence from iraq of course oil is a hugely important issue both in the referendum and in this part of the world and bad diet is trying hard to get oil fields that are currently in kurdish held territories back under its control we're also hearing from the iraqi parliament that they will prosecute those who were behind monday's referendum including the leader of the kurds now presented himself has asked iraq to engage in what he calls serious dialogue and not to threaten sanctions but baghdad has responded saying that there is no way it will engage in talks sec look at some kind of independent kurdistan being established its course this referendum to quote illegal and

unconstitutional it once the results canceled and it is threatening that the kurds need to hand over control of international airports otherwise it will bear sleights or middle east correspondent paula slayer with the update thank you. and that's where we leave the news from c.n.n. often our. best guys are but it's a survival guide book stacie just like all going to start simply at least are. you sure you know there are you going to get it back. next year. oh heck no good repatriations forget the rest in seventy years. bill of the seventy year kaiser report. there was a time when hollywood in the entertainment business used to do exactly that

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already plus combating cia back to blockbusters and the death of hollywood on the red carpet a raindance the u.k.'s largest independent film festival and we talked with j.k. simmons and director michelle schumacher about making their new film i'm not here outside of the hollywood system some headlines will review a puerto rican power blackouts a syrian civilian wipeouts taxi knock out. more coming up in today's going underground well just how radical is jeremy corbett odds on favorite to be the next leader of britain joining me now is arguably his body's previously most electorally successful individual in its history former mayor of london ken livingstone again thanks for coming on the show how radical is jeremy corbyn and his team he's a genuine centrist he's genuinely labor he came into politics to do things routinely people not to get rich will be a celebrity and so on and he. needs this pressure for the last two years he's never

given into it he's not going to betray the things he believes in because the daily mail streams that you know about hang on shadow foreign secretary thornley denouncing the venezuelan government echoing i don't know the head of the cia. and see what's actually going on. the simple fact he's jeremy does not want blair will brown where they controlled everything from the center and it generally has a genuine debate among the people around him that's why they bring peace you were trying to get rid of him last year who will come on board vast majority of them this is the opposite by the way mainstream media narrative say and all the style that he's a genuine democrat he has around him and that's always been a significant feature of the real left eye you can't have someone behaving like a dictator imposing its will on a briefing and what that did with the blair brown is ok but then you have the danger all of the shadow foreign secretary albeit saying look we want ethical foreign policy etc and you have.