deficiencies. investigation into a chemical attack in syria accusing it of. underestimate . and. try to. move to china. warning to north korea. dozens of royal figures on ministers are detained in saudi arabia and riyadh corruption push for the us president has expressed his support for the sudden. ties to one of the detainee.

it is mid-morning on wednesday here in moscow you're watching international news team here a very warm welcome to you. russia at a joint report by the un chemical watchdog on a deadly sarin gas attack in syria in april saying it is full of systemic deficiencies moscow warns that if nothing changes the work of the joint investigative mechanism will turn into an. tool. just wish you the work of existing international structures reveals systematic deficiencies as regards the syrian chemical weapons report the results of then the geishas of incidents involving the use of poisonous substances are deeply disappointing. the report issued two weeks ago concluded assad's government was behind the attack which left over eight hundred dead and also stated that the sarin gas used can be

traced to government stockpiles the mandate of the joint investigative mechanism expires in no way can now both russia and the us are calling for its extension but on different terms as caleb maupin investigates. the russian ambassador spoke to the meeting of the un security council and he was less than enthusiastic about the report pointed out to many problems with the report in many aspects of the way the investigation was done relying on third parties as being rather on satisfactory studies the. investigators carried out their work remotely the report is full of omissions inconsistency and discrepancies of very mediocre quality there is a question as to the samples collected by third parties and whether they are from syria toll it is unclear how the syrian was transported and used also a visit to sheraton airbase would be crucial to prove it's there and was there and to find out who was responsible for the attack in other words it was the gym's task

to find this out well immediately after hearing the report from the o.p.c. w. we heard from nikki haley the u.s. ambassador to the united nations now when she spoke she praised the joint investigative mechanism or the gem of the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons the o.p.c. w for their report and then she went on to urge the council to pass a new resolution prolonging their work investigating chemical weapons in syria the gym's report not only identifies those behind the chemical attack it also explains how it reached its conclusion it makes note of any irregularities it found in the information obtained from the investigation many developments are in the works others talk of a new resolution russia and china working together with the united states to draft a new resolution but as of yet it's not clear what's next for the o.p.c. w or the joint investigative mechanism as they continue their work in syria the

head of the joint investigative mechanism said that even if experts had visited the site of the attack it would have changed nothing in their findings on conclusions he also said the body takes great care to ensure its methodology is to. technically sound however russian military experts presented their own conclusions saying that the attack could not have been carried out by a syrian jet as there were none anywhere nearby also no aerial bomb fragments were ever found a russian explosives expose either the chemical attack was likely improvised and that a bomb had probably been placed on the pavement. now it is five russia's concerns the west was quick to point the finger at damascus alleging it carried out the attack long before both the report and its conclusions and we spoke to investigative journalist rick stirling who says the report has very significant flaws. they've got a very shaky conclusion and even their report indicates that

a number of various irregularities it is not only in understatement started the report it's sick knowledge that there were fifty seven victims transported to five different hospitals before the attack even. so how do you have a big good look at the floor it happens they acknowledge in the report that they cannot confirm that there were a syrian chair over it kind of shaken at the time of the incident which nobody o. showing syrian jets the syrian air force says they were not going to take you and they were apparently another count and actually that u.s. radar tracking could herb's that the syrian jet fighter says it has no closer than five kilometers from conficker so in addition to that any investigation and an essential component of it is looking at motive who has a motive for a chemical weapons incident in syria obviously it's the opposition and the syrian

government has every motive to prevent or never to have that happen. no trump no war that was the message from the american president from protesters in seoul ahead of his speech to the south korean national assembly in his address to trumpet described north korea as a quote hello that no one does a small hole so we're showing a stark warning to its leader. when i say to the north do not underestimate us and do not try us we will defend our common security our shared prosperity and our sacred liberty of the next leg of president asia trip is china it's a much anticipated visit some era contre points as donald trump arrives in china on its five nation asia tour it's now the chinese president's turn to roll out the red carpet just. six months ago the chinese leader came to washington and the two hit

it off bonding over chocolate cake but trump couldn't help but be a bit sciatic all during the dinner topping the magnificent dessert with a show of washington's military might we had the most beautiful piece of chocolate cake that you've ever seen and president she was enjoying it so what happens is i said we've just launched fifteen missiles. heading to iraq and where were you headed to syria yes heading toward syria trump loves his weapons so much he thinks they're the solution to every problem and when the threat is as serious as north korea all the other countries in the region must be armed to the teeth and prepared to respond well that's the idea he's been trying to sell on his asia trip so far in both japan and south korea japan is going to be purchasing massive amounts of military equipment as he should south korea will be ordering billions of dollars of that equipment we make the best military equipment by far we make the greatest

military equipment in the world the f. thirty five fighter which is the greatest in the world the greatest in the world missiles of many different kinds whether it's planes whether it's missiles we make the best the greatest military equipment by far in the world the purchasing it from the united states. now trump is counting on the chinese president to back him up as he puts pressure on pyongyang president where we will be tomorrow china has been very helpful we'll find out how helpful so on but he really has been very very helpful well it's often said that diplomacy is merely seduction in another guys so the question is will trump's efforts to seduce the chinese leader carry over and will he be able to strike a sweet deal for the u.s. so marathon party washington d.c.

international relations expert victor gao says that trumps harsh words for pyongyang simply put are unhelpful. president of the trump is. a very controversial president but i think from the chinese perspective we need to deal with the presidency of the united states very seriously so whatever rhetorics or other things which president obama trump may result to china need to stand firm on its own principle and do the right thing president on trial has been normal in recent months for using very inflammatory rhetoric about d p r k and i personally believe rather rick's very threatening in nature threatening war warmongering for example is not helpful at all ever see this president. need to know why allows the united states has been selling huge amount of military weapons to many countries in different parts of the world selling more weapons may actually make whatever military confrontation which may happen even more bloody causing more loss of lives

and that's the wrong thing to do at this very particular moment when peace as at stake. for the u.s. president conducts his asia trip nato has backed up donald trump's recent promise to boost america's military presence in afghanistan by sending three thousand troops to the war ravaged country daniel hawkins picks up the story. it's groundhog day for afghanistan an official announcement confirms another troop surge in the war torn country and while previous increases have involved american troops this time it's a combined nato job we have decided to increase the number of troops we will not go back in combat operations the current level this around thirteen thousand. the new level would be around sixteen thousand a role train a system of the wise advise reassure assist boosting security notas

usual russian oil for sending troops across the globe a variation on its european deployments designed to reinforce the fences in the face of russian aggression europe is close to a more assertive russia we are implementing the biggest reinforcement to unclick to the fans responded in the proportionate measured way by increasing our military persons in the eastern part of the alliance a few hundred troops here a thousand there with nato expanding its troop numbers across europe eastern borders every little helps now u.s. troops often make up the bulk of these missions but aside from the obvious places american soldiers can be found even further afield such as africa from jew booty to egypt there are over six thousand combat equipped troops in eleven different countries across the continent and if you didn't know the full extent of those the problem and don't even top us politicians sometimes seem to lose track of where

exactly their soldiers are at any given moment but i didn't know there was a thousand troops in niger you heard senator graham there he didn't know we had a thousand troops in the air did you know i did not nato was a stablished for something entirely different however its mission has changed they solve the think the nato members saw that it's all mission basically had become obsolete and that they had. undertake something else another approach if they want to remain relevant in the world and as we saw earlier when nato had had more troops in afghanistan they stayed predominantly in safe areas even though some some of the nato members particular from germany were killed that's going to be the political. decision. with the hope of trying to show a a you a picture of unity of nato forces. working on the afghan problem

when in fact just working on troops per se as i said earlier is not necessarily going to be any effective remedy and haunting security and stability sounds like a good mission and also an irrefutable justification for increasing military influence around the globe well lots of stories are coming your way on the program today when i see international saudi arabia's anti corruption push a royal figures jailed some of them key allies to the bush and clinton presidential administrations we want to dress this story after the break. in terms of foreign policy done all trump is already earned himself the title the low expectations president this title is now being put to the test during his tour of asia because the u.s. a status quo power in the asia pacific region. challenging china.

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arabia has detained dozens of royal figures and ministers and what coles and corruption push these arrests do not represent the start but the completion phase one of our anti-corruption push. princes full ministers and many ex ministers were detained by the saudi anti corruption body the us president has expressed approval for the controversial move despite the fact that one of his film a business partners has reportedly among those detained and reports. riyadh's ritz carlton became the impromptu site and luxurious prison for some of saudi arabia's most wealthy and powerful over the weekend it was a serious fall from grace for those rounded up including princes ministers and business people who had to make do with sleeping on the floor in the five star hotel.

it's all part of an unprecedented anti-corruption purge decreed by the king and put into motion by thirty two year old prince mohammad the sweeping arrests are thought to be the young saudi heirs gamble to stamp out political rivals and clear his way to power and on that way he is ready to shatter decades of royal traditions by breaking saudi arabia's addiction to oil we will not allow our country ever to be at the mercy of commodity prices volatility or external markets we have developed a case of oil addiction in saudi arabia and his rise to power principal home it has also forged a close relationship with the trump administration. so it perhaps came as no surprise when trump gave his backing to the so-called corruption purge on twitter i have great confidence in king solomon and the crown

prince of saudi arabia the new exactly what they're doing some of those the harshly treated have been milking the country for you. so who exactly is as donald trump claims milking saudi arabia dry one person is sixty two year old prince all what we've been told all an internationally known businessman holding shares in several u.s. companies like apple twitter citi group and time warner funding early enough trump himself has ties to bin talal who reportedly helped bail out the tycoon turned president twice in the ninety's but the relationship seemingly fell apart in two thousand and fifteen. you are a disgrace not only to the g.o.p. but to all america withdraw from the us presidential race as you will never win do prince. wants to control our us politicians with daddy's money can do it when i get elected apparently about doesn't always apply to saudis pouring money into america trump is now pleading for the gulf states national oil company to float its shares

on the new york stock exchange so while term criticizes those arrested for milking saudi arabia it would seem the us president has nothing against milking riyadh's coffers to fill washington's. it's been three years since the genocide of the yazidi kodesh religious minority in syria and iraq at the crisis is far from over but the un acknowledging that the genocide is ongoing r.t. is probably boyko spoke to years edis who say the international international community isn't doing much to help. these were the images that shocked the world over three years ago thousands of use edis trapped on mountain jar in northern iraq . to a low. the media told the harrowing stories of the use e.d.s. persecution at the hands of jihadists it all i shot them and then they cut the

heads off of the little room people trying to jump on board the crowd on board the helicopter burst into tears the united nations has called i sold attempt to wipe out the religious minority group genocide the genocide as i'm going and remains largely unaddressed despite the obligation of space party to the convention on the prevention and punishment of the crime of genocide of nine for eight to prevent and to punish the crime three years old the public's attention has shifted elsewhere but the struggle continues the genocide is still ongoing our people have been suffering in camps for a brit who is. holding every three thousand years of the people in our area has been completely destroyed now the community cannot return home we want the international community to support us in rebuilding our area and returning our people in two thousand and fourteen for rita abbas was a child living in

a year in northern iraq well i say let's hacked they murdered her father and her brothers and they took her and the rest of the women as prisoners. living under eisel captivity was terrible they separated mothers and children rapes young girls and killed the man i tried to escape twice with to talk to each attempts they costs me and beats me this is the time i succeeded and fled to the main highway that i went to the first house i saw and people there helped me but the minority group wants. because back in the international eye and for more action to be taken we haven't seen much. from the international community each. well he and i asked him to pitch those villages the spirit because you know what i wish. with the caliphate of tara and syria and iraq on the verge of collapse the end of its brutal reign could pose new challenges for the region for

the biggest concern for this minority group is that with no international attention or protection will anyone even notice if they just become a collateral footnote in a victory over i.c.l. . so the russian football team is set to play a friendly game with argentina twenty fourteen world cup finalists is already here in moscow preparing for the big game the team conducted a training session of the new spar type stadium which will host matches for the upcoming world cup one of the players that he grabbed the most media attention is the argentine captain lionel messi now the game between russia and argentina will take place at the newly rebuilt luzhniki stadium.

so our football fans prepare for the upcoming fifo world cup launched a new program hosted by former england striker stan collymore in the latest episode he interviews for my english football star michael owen a quick preview for now the full program friday i just had this. what i thought was normal this view going into guy and it wasn't intentional i just thought the i haven't looked at you know is that he said is he slower than the other one i was fast. i was going to school. i don't even think. i just assume the it's just an older guy i always score goals so i will score. just

you know just play me and i'm you know i was just a ball of excitement really i had no favorites all i had no idea apart from the were playing argentina no idea about that play is any strengths weaknesses and i just went into the guy probably as bad as anybody in the in the same in terms of knowing who i am playing against. going on the ground and spoken to willem dafoe at the start of the new movie called the florida project which the critics have called a deeply moving and unforgettably poignant child a look at childhood i should say here's a quick preview. we have. found. in our home having long should be

a basic right these people don't have that. they struggle and that's the world that we're talking about in this movie sony's second week of the summer and there's already been a dead fish in the pool you. want to become stronger tourists. others above them only you. can there's something joyous about its portrait of childhood but at the same time always in the shadow you see the adults who are struggling and you recognize if these kids don't have different opportunities and if they continue to grow up this way though i. facing the same challenges sister parents. that this is out international we're back with a wednesday world news in about thirty minutes. thanks

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ruling classes protect themselves. with the financial merry go round if there's only the one percent. of the time we can all middle of the room signals. to leave the room i mean real in the real world. we all willingly accepted the risk of being shot wounded taken prisoner but noone has signed up to be friggin poisoned by our own people of seeing stuff that was nukes or biological and chemical products the said do not the truck tires all types of styrofoam polystyrene batteries trucks there was a complete denial i think at all levels of government that there was any connection between berm pits and what these brave soldiers were suffering from to compensate

every soldier marine airman and sailor that was on the ground that are complaining about illnesses from their exposure from the berm pits would riveter really send a v.a. broke and they don't want to pay it so the waiting in the decades a lot of those soldiers will die in time and they won't have to pay. paul burrell to get the middle finger the movie is to model is. delayed and i hope you die. a gratings and salutation. for anyone paying attention to their daily diet of news consumption watchers i think it's fairly easy to see the right now there is a war taking place in newsrooms across the united states now there are many front

lines to this war but at its very heart are two of journalism's biggest corruptors and greatest adversaries money and popularity. money just won another major battle with the news that the billionaire owner of local news websites d.n.a. info and new york's the gothamist of joe ricketts was shutting the doors on the new sites in a move that looks directly motivated by as journalists having the audacity the odd death yesterday to join a union in a letter ricketts announced the end of the publication saying quote d.n.a. info is at the end of the day a business and businesses need to be economically successful if they are to endure and according to records they also had better not be unionized in september he penned a blog a very subtly entitled why i'm against unions at businesses i create and when she waxes poetic leave that i believe unions promote

a corrosive us against them dynamic that the strong is the spirit decor businesses need to succeed so while more and more news outlets are failing due to the whims of billionaires and not enough advertising dollars a journalist popularity and politics is winning the fight over truth and credibility thanks to social media platforms like twitter as glenn greenwald of the intercept points out that one of the least talked about ways social media is harming democracy is the way they are used by american journalists to endorse factually false claims that quickly spread and become viral and thus can never be adequately corrected. in the quest for money and popularity are probably going to suddenly bring about the death of the first amendment long before any tyrannical government takes over which is why we are and always will be watching the hawks.

if that's. what they like. we. believe that so. welcome aboard a watchable harks i am a robot and that's happened a lot less so. i have to ask how dangerous among the many things that can corrupt a good journalist soul and how dangerous is that kind of is money and popularity you know the quest for popularity and the need to make your paper money or your news outlet money how dangerous are those to the well i think that's just human nature it's pretty dangerous in general when you're talking about something that you know we're not making ice cream it's new.