to me though voters elected the businessman to run this country business equals power boom bust it's not business as usual it's business like it's never been done before. america's top diplomat suggest moderate taliban members could be to take up part of the afghan government in future marking the start shift in u.s. policy there security comes. up to this half hour of news artie's social media success is signaled that as a you tube executive is pressured now for appearing on our channel twenty thirty. elsewhere the family feuds over catalonia the independent standoff that's causing division not only in spain but now in neighboring france. china lays out its leadership plans for the next five years cementing the current communist

president's power. and where the country's going to head in the decades to come. by so plenty to talk about in the next half hour it's kevin owen here this wednesday the twenty fifth of october thanks for watching out international review too didn't run the world starting with this rex tillerson secret visit to afghanistan is not only signaled a significant shift in attitudes towards the taliban it appears it's also left reporters a little puzzled will talk about that first spot the difference here here's the official picture that was released by the afghan government following the president's meeting with the u.s. secretary of state and then later the u.s. also put out a similar picture but spot the differences you notice in the afghan on the right a large digital clock and it just disappeared the state department does think that photo was altered they say to make it more attractive. i think the afghan

government changed those photos probably to make it aesthetically more pleasing we never like doctored photos but i also understand that perhaps they wanted to present a better image than having that at bob graham but again that's that's really all i have for you on that but was there a tug more to it that meeting took place in a heavily fortified u.s. military base although it was previously claimed in the capital kabul because of thoughts of former pentagon official one can loop through thought that photo editing was done here the mosque the true location indeed well i think it was done for security reasons. what was taken out was a clock with zulu time and that indicates a military base i think what president got he was trying to show was that he held the meeting actually in his presidential palace where that was not the case it was actually at a very secure military facility and barbara does underscore how fragile the security is in kabul if not throughout all of afghanistan. ok but the other

big side of the story despite the security concerns rex tillerson is claims that there's room for the taliban in the government that's big news the very same fundamentalist group of course that america's spent the last sixteen years fighting in its longest war. there's a place for them in the government if they're ready to come renouncing terrorism renouncing violence and being committed to a stable prosperous afghanistan more on this road to samir khan explaining what brought about such a key change in america's out to chew. on an unannounced visit to kabul on monday secretary tillerson told reporters that washington things moderate factions among the taliban exist and that there is a place for them in the country's government so long as they were announced violence but this presents a bit of a dilemma as to how the u.s. will be able to differentiate between the moderate and radical factions since it didn't work out so well in syria there has been.

some of these groups we need to separate them we need to clearly delineate who is where. can you tell us what the total number of trained fighters. that are in the fight. is because we're talking four four five. let's not kid ourselves that's a joke. we have to acknowledge this is a total failure it's just a failure. this train and equip program is not. frankly lived up to what we additionally thought with as a vacation understatement but the u.s. is no doubt wary of the pattern could repeat itself in afghanistan now tillerson also stated that the fight against the taliban should still continue quote in order

for them to understand that they will never win a military victory but after sixteen years of war neither side has achieved victory so that could possibly be the reason secretary tillerson is now pushing for the political option on previous occasions however when the u.s. urged the taliban to negotiate the taliban's reply was quite clear. we call on the taliban. to enter into a peace process a legitimate process a real process. i want to reinforce to the tele been that the only path to peace and political legitimacy for them is through a negotiated settlement. theoretically

it would be nice if they could come if the taliban would decide to want to join the government question is will the afghan government allow it number one but number two i think the taliban have already made a decision that they're just going to wait out the united states they've been quite successful in taking over half the country now before it was far far less it's not certain that the taliban well remain a moderate force if they see that they are winning. after visiting afghanistan the u.s. state then said self for iraq shortly after he advised iran backed militants to leave the country there is a wreckage is close to defeating islamic state. lucia's iraq

five years ago says it's going to be a close those losers need to go if the fighters in iraq need to go in response to that statement a source close to the iraqi prime minister criticized rex tillerson scald saying he's got no right to interfere in iraq's affairs and the prime minister himself later defended the role of the iranian backed fighters to despite washington's opposition to the popular mobilisation units presence in iraq it's very worth noting the u.s. has indeed been fighting alongside them against i still fear is the groups mostly comprised of shia militants they're trained and financed by turan and iran is also giving support to baghdad ganster raqi kurdistan's push for independence is what the iraqi foreign minister told r.t. about it. the us is playing its own game by own rules and with its own followers were as iraq acts on its territory to the best of its abilities supported by its sons its political parties and movements and those people who sacrifice themselves

for the good of their country the militants of the popular mobilization forces have suffered huge losses shed their blood for the sake of their homeland with their actions during the liberation of so many iraqi cities even cities they don't live in. or. next to syria for a moment was left of the city of racket although the u.s. backed campaign to liberate that area of ms levy state is now all but over human rights groups are seriously concerned but safety there is residents try to return back home again. the united nations stands ready to assess people with the immaterial assistance in iraq and its surroundings however at the moment we have no access and therefore no humanitarian convoys or assistance can reach the city the humanitarian situation is dire that there is no sufficient water or health clinics and it's not save as many unexploded remanent of this war

still remain so that needs to be cleaned up first before any civilian can go back isis has done a lot of harm not only to the inhabitants but also to the social fabric of this city and now it has emptied of doctors nurses teachers and all things that are bad eat at birth by the population attitude is that the u.s. coalition has waged a year of bombing campaign that have priority. isis over the need to protect the city's infrastructure so now the lingering questions is who will get the hospital who will rebuild it doctors maintain equipment will rebuild schools roads and all that has been destroyed and it appears that there are little to no plans for reconstruction and that is our major concern meanwhile russia's defense ministry says grip on syria now has been cut to just five percent of the territory there

previously held more than seventy percent of the country syrian government forces have been supported by russia's air force in their operations to clear out the terrorists in the process of restoring peace in many areas is now well underway the statement outlines that almost a thousand terrorist training camps and over five hundred mi mission factories have been destroyed but the battle to free syria is nonetheless come at a huge cost. and there can. i was more than a father to them we were friends and i always told them i supported them and i would do anything for them. i am sure and my husband used to say that if something happens to him the only thing that matters is that he died with his homeland it's you know.

a lot of them a lot of i pad there were times when i wanted to burst into tears in my mother's arms but she told me that a man and i should be strong she said that we must all be strong but a witness to the death of lima and first son i was never left alone all of my family stayed with me i say or did me that's what is called responsibility. there are some changes at the top for the world's second largest economy with china unveiling its leadership team for the next five years one man is not going anywhere as the current president xi jinping the stage at the helm very much so gently verger explained to me earlier what this might all mean for the country's future. today's lineup announcement really does give us a glimpse into china's political future just not in the traditional manner not in the way expected what's happened in the past one of the six men who are on the standing committee apart from she himself usually in the past one of them has been

designated as the successor to the title of party chair but this time around everything's a bit different the fact is that all six of these men were born before in one nine hundred sixty which means none of them do it in albeit unwritten rule of retirement none of them would be young enough to take over for the title in two thousand and twenty two hundred sixty eight exactly exactly so with this kind of departure from . the question obviously is there a lot of future for she was president maybe in some of the standing role within the government well that's what all the speculation is saying right now and of course there is a law that says as president he can only serve two terms but when it comes to his other two titles that a party chair and the head of the military those restrictions are just sort of based on tradition and that's just the custom but it's only been two terms by it of course this time given that it's just a suggestion he could go around that and that's what it looks like is going to be

happening and of course those two titles that of party chair and head of the military really are arguably more significant have more sway more power than the president and of course yesterday it's also important that she's name and his political ideology were actually added to the communist party's constitution and that elevates him to the same done as it does huge that elevates him to the same status of heavyweights like chairman mao and that really does to mend his grip on power and his legacy in the country so obviously none of us has a crystal ball we can't say really exactly what's going to happen over the next five years but will be very interesting to watch and see if he continues to sway from tradition how that plays out and obviously he just has no plans of fading into the background any time soon we're going to bring you a view from home comix who spoke to politics professor joseph he's the he told me he thinks the plays well for president. there are no young members who by the time

of twenty twenty two can still serve for another ten years in the leadership polls so this means. paying to have a third term. on the song although he may decide to choose his own. in the coming two or three years or he may even choose to split the leadership positions by a twenty twenty two and he may still claim one or two propositions for himself it is also all the years with the retirement of the elder the leaders in pain now has very solid majority support at the police standing committee and the police. news next to you tube's chief business offices been scrutinized by the media for his appearance on this channel four years ago it has to be said robert kissel is been accused of having

a cozy relationship therefore with. bolster their online presence the new york times has been sifting through the archives it dug up the interview i made with kinsell back in twenty three the same time we became the first channel was so pleased to tell you to reach the one billion views mark on you tube go way past that since then but back to that robot console told me what he thought was behind that success i think users generally appreciate its authenticity it's very apparent from everything that's going on you tube so instead of having aspirational programming or agenda propagandise people really respond to authenticity what you saw happening with arab spring for instance was authentic the audience that watches this was with them to study and with those who provided to them. that was the interview blamed for building a party's ratings at the time kinsler course not the only person being named and shamed for appearing on our network a british foreign secretary and only so recently attacked opposition m.p.'s for being guests of their own free will however some were quick to point out that in

fact johnson's own father was amongst them so the more lost a week a european think tank compiled a list of thousands of people who appeared here on our channel branding them useful idiots for being marked out if you've ever been linked to russia than through two channels treating t.v. audiences with contempt is some of the reaction we've been hearing. it's a witch hunt for anybody that has any relationship with we've anything to do with russia or anything anything russian it's things you know the fact that because they were successful and you should be somehow in bed with you tube and therefore google is i mean it's just madness like you would you chuck inoculations without any real evidence whatsoever just because you have paid an interview. many years ago it just seems bizarre you happen to be putting the people want to see and people are going to watch it it doesn't matter who you all or who supports you c.n.n. is no wailed why no was the clinton news network the b.b.c.

is still voice of the remain. concerned russia today it's what it says so let's say you know you are backed by russia people take that into account these the new york times and people like the people it is these are table apparently you're doing something that a lot of people are finding interesting because it services people that because of some kind of brainwashing or in or whatever it is that you do because after all that you've got trump elected by brainwashing sixty three million americans if there is propaganda i would respectfully submit it's pro r d because every time the new york times talks about you i think it's out of jealousy both your popularity. all the way here and i could be making claims that math is racist and the role of a couple only is future that's causing splits be.

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control over the 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. again couple owners push for independence is dividing families across spain but surprisingly you might find it's all to do the same in france as well increasingly a former french prime minister who's got roots in the breakaway region is concerned by the repercussions it could have for a broader europe. the need to dismember a state like spain this beginning gradually to dismember europe it is also progressive really weakening europe. box to the collapse of europe. former french prime minister well files that mincing no words when it comes to catalonia

is independence he was one of the most staunch supporters of course you have spanish unity and he was actually born into a cattle and family well given his heritage some might say that val's should be on the other side of the argument well that's at least what his sister thinks she's feeling reus and let rip it's him on twitter. for god's sake for the sake of grandfather mcgee this is not democratic and neither is article one fifty five since when has there been such a horrible thing as the suspension of freedom's bells isn't the only one he's been put into somewhat embarrassing situation by close relatives but it's a lonely at the council on the president himself was also left red faced after his cousin chose to make not very pro independence move in the wake of the referendum.

is moving the headquarters of her company ridge citing political uncertainty for dear client due to the current political situation invacare would like to inform you that we will soon be changing the location of our headquarters well we all know the. nobody can quite squabble like your own family and when politics gets involved as well it may lead to some rather awkward dinners it seems that's how the vowels and the pitch to malls could end up charlotte devinsky party. talking about a professor in the us as one of us often trouble somewhat for calling mathematics racially discriminating ladies' names rochelle gutierrez she's from illinois university she's published a book in which she claims that aspects of that subject math or an unearned privilege of white people on many levels mathematics itself operates as whiteness

who gets credit for doing and developing mathematics who is capable in mathematics and here is seen as part of the mathematical community is generally viewed as white . here is describes what she calls the use of political knowledge to teach mathematics she argues that studying the subject perpetuates white privilege because its laws are largely ascribed to europeans like by fagor us follow me well that idea to well with some of a student certainly is some of the negative reviews she got on the web site rate my professors for instance the students accused of racism played she said there's no white privilege in a classes and that she makes assumptions about languages spoken by ethnic minorities we spoke to a marketing professor who told us it's important that students get equal access to learning but we can't expect everyone to achieve the same i think it really comes from this idea of identity politics so truth becomes secondary to protecting so-called marginalized people's right so in that case to the extent that

say mathematics is dominated by one racial group more so than another then there is something wrong with it and we need to address it you should have equality of access but that doesn't mean that we have equality of outcomes and that's the problem with identity politics is it wants that the outcome be equal and that simply is not in line with the meritocracy my rebuttal to this is if you look at the one hundred metres olympic champions in the olympics over the past thirty years you'll notice that there are no more overweight middle aged lebanese jews i happen to be lebanese jew none of them are the winners on the podium right yet i don't complain that i feel marginalized because it would appear that the winners of the hundred meters olympic all tend to come from one racial group. ok relaxation thought for a bit with all the nations to play the twenty eight hundred football world cup in

russia close to being confirmed readying to launch a new sports show we're delighted to say we're also more delighted to tell you host and former england international stan collymore meeting some of football's greats he looks at what to expect from this upcoming showpiece tournament. i mean it's simple really is a great country. many times before joining the world cup was announced in russia. a sense to look at russian cities cuisine the culture. the life in russia so we did it is a droite run really before the confederations cup which was so much a strong very very well of a fantastic so i mean. so we thought we'd do it again we sat down with people in their own homes. in environments that i felt comfortable in and with the contacts that i have in the guy we've interviewed. all people of the greatest player to ever

play the game we sat down at dinner with him in london are you looking forward to the world cup in russia. i think will be very important. to do through this who hooked up. that won the world cup with france now a manager in new york what advice would you gave your russian see. also about the burden of being hosts we managed to turn the pressure. as a motivation and they would have to do that because it's not going to be easy because of the expectation most football shows a technical football shows how long the game was he played well they know messi school three goals christiane i rebelled i scored four goals this is the stories beyond the guy so for example the syrian national team we follow. to play malaysia at the moment is done through civil strife. international team can still qualify for the world cole having not played

a game in syria for over two years we got on the team bus after they won and they would dance in and sing game we go into a team mates before the guy those are all little things that all the holy grail of football you don't usually get to say some kind of behind the scenes look at the game look at various issues there's a great story from the silly islands in the u.k. which play for the world's smallest trophy which is the same size as my little finger so lots of big names talking about the major issues of the day hooliganism it could be a cultural issues we'll be calling the same stories chats with some absolute football legends but we're all doing a ton of filming and we hope people really enjoy the show.

yeah good job stan big names on this channel in the run up to a big year of football here in russia from i think will come to the eighteenth and on the high note say good afternoon from now how can she get in thirty minutes next live update my programs continue here after the break. i played for many clubs over the years so i know the game inside. the ball isn't only about what happens on the pitch to the final school it's about the passion from the families it's the age of the super money kill the loneliness and spending to get to the twenty million. it's an experience like nothing else because i want to share what i think of what i know about the beautiful game great

so what chance with. the base this morning. seems wrong but all in all just don't call. me lol just to stamp out these days to come out ahead and in the game because the trail. when so many find themselves worlds apart. just to look for common ground.

hello and welcome to cross talk where all things considered i'm peter lavelle while the mainstream media and the chattering classes obsess over donald trump's call to a gold star family the pentagon's growing footprint in africa was publicly revealed it would appear it doesn't.