full of systemic deficiencies russia slam an investigation into a chemical attack in syria accusing it of bias against the assad government. underestimated. and do not try. sends a stark warning to north korea as his tour of asia now moves on to china. and dozens of royal figures on ministers all detained in saudi arabia and what really is a shame 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 and then even through new 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 and conclusions you also said the body takes great care to ensure its methodology is technically sound however russian military experts presented their own conclusions saying that the attack could not have being carried out by a syrian jet as none were anywhere nearby also no aerial bombing fragments were found now russian explosives expo's added that the chemical attack were. it's

likely improvised in that a bomb had more than likely been placed on the pavement. despite russia's concerns the west was quick to point the finger at damascus and edging it carried out the attack long before both the report and its conclusions and we spoke to investigative journalist rick stunning who says this report does have significant flaws they got a very shaky conclusion and even their report indicates that a number of various irregularities it is definitely an understatement started to report it sick knowledge that there were fifty seven victims transported to five different hospitals before the attack even happened. so how do you have a victim of an attack happens they acknowledge in the report that they cannot confirm that there were syrian chair over country who are at the time of the incident which nobody you know showing syrian jets the syrian air force says they were not going to take you and they were apparently another town and actually that

u.s. radar tracking could herb's that syrian jet fighter serviceman has no closer than five kilometers from conficker so in addition to that any investigation 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 for the american president from protesters in seoul the head of a is speaks to the south korean national assembly in his address trump described north korea as a quote hell no one deserves while also issuing a stark warning to its leader. when i say to the north do not underestimate us and do not try this we will defend our

common security our shared prosperity and our sacred liberty and president trump has now landed in china for the next much anticipated leg of his trip reporting so america. is donald trump arrives in china on his five nation asia tour that'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 theatrical 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 it in missiles heading to iraq and what were you having 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 prime minister. is going to be purchasing massive amounts of weapons as he should south korea will be ordering billions of dollars of that equipment we make the best military equipment but before we make the greatest military equipment in the world the f. thirty five fighter would. he's 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 be purchasing it from the united states. thank you very much. now trump is counting on the chinese president to back him up as he puts pressure on pyongyang president where we will leave 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 trumps efforts to seduce the chinese leader carry over and will he be able to strike a sweet deal for the u.s. so america on r.t.e. washington d.c. international relations expert victor gao says that trumps harsh words of pyongyang 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

these rather reeks of very threatening in nature threatening war warmongering for example is not helpful at all ever see the president on. 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 this 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 while 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 and 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 noted as 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 on click 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 new gerrard did you know i did not nato was a stablished for something entirely different however its mission has changed they solve the i think the nato members saw that it's all mission basically had become obsolete and that they had. undertake something else and 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 us 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 enhancing security and stability sounds like a good mission aim and also an irrefutable justification for increasing military influence around the globe. it's a busy wednesday for worldwide headlines here on the international today still to come saudi arabia's corruption push she's a royal figure jailed some of them before bush and clinton presidential administrations story just

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business like it's never been done before. thank you joining us here on ars he today saudi arabia has detained dozens of royal figures on. coles and anti corruption push. these arrests do not represent the start but the completion of phase one of our anti-corruption push eleven princes four ministers and many ex ministers were detained by the saudi and to corruption body the us president has expressed approval for the controversial move despite the fact that one of his former business partners was reportedly among those detained. jacqueline burger and fries

tickets rio and the 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 will not follow a country ever to be at the mercy of commodity price 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 salmon and the crown prince of saudi arabia they know exactly what they are doing. some of those they are harshly treating have been milking that country for years so who exactly is as donald trump claims milking saudi arabia dry one person is sixty two year old prince all what we'd been told all an internationally known businessman holding shares in several u.s. companies like apple twitter citigroup 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 don't be prince our will lead to lower ones to control us politicians with daddy's money can do it when i get elected apparently that 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 is a codicil religious minority in syria and iraq at the crisis is far from over the us knowledge in the genocide is ongoing artie's pretty boy who spoke to use it is to say the international community hasn't been doing very much to help them. these were the images that shocked the world over three years ago thousands of use edis trapped on mountain jar in northern iraq.

to. 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 a little overwhelmed by people trying to jump on board the crowd on board the helicopter burst into tears the united nations has called isolate attempt to wipe out the religious minority group genocide the genocide is 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 and the public's attention has shifted elsewhere but the z.t. struggle continues the genocide is still ongoing our people have been suffering in camps for a brit who he is i solicit

a 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. old and iraq well i so attacked 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 young girls and killed the man i tried to escape twice to talk to each attempts they courts me and beats me this is a time i succeeded and fled to the main highway i went to the first house i saw and people there helped me but the minority group wants the. 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 fit village city's beauty bridge because you know what i love. with the caliphate of tara and syria and iraq on the verge of collapse the end of its brutal regime could pose new challenges for the region but 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 still. loved and. he was the headlines here on r.t. the russian football team is set to play a friendly with argentina twenty fourteen a world cup finalists are already here in moscow preparing for the game of the team conducted a training session of the new spark talk stadium which will host matches for the upcoming fifo world cup and one of the players that's grabbed the most media

attention is the argentine captain lionel messi and the game between russia and argentina will take place at the newly rebuilt luzhniki stadium. and as football fans prepare for the upcoming fifa 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 but the full programme on friday i just had this. what i thought was normal this view going into guy and it wasn't intentional i just thought the uneven look to you know is that he said is he slower than the other one

i was faster than anything 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 and i was just a ball of excitement really i had no favorites all i know i did 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'm playing against. going on the ground i've spoken to willem dafoe the star of a new movie called the florida project which the critics have called

a deeply moving and unforgettable poignant look at childhood here's a quick preview. we have bought a bottle of them. in our own 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 so only second week of the summer and there's already been a dead fish in the pool. water bluestone that tourists. have the mother money 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 and they'll be facing the same challenge as sister

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tensions with iran we're going to dig into the effects on oil prices and the paradise papers what the fallout when you hide money overseas to avoid taxes and then you're caught out we've got more details the dirt and more pending troubles for the big names of both and finally my guest conservative t.v. and radio host steve malzberg sounds off the fight is on between republicans and democrats in the fine print of tax reform stand by right now. as president donald trump winds his way through asia on a five country tour topping his agenda is striking down the nuclear threat from north korea on the third day of his trip and

a joint press conference with south korean president moved in he said efforts to put pressure on the north korean regime has been successful as for what's next he likes to play his cards a little close to the vest and that he wants to north korea to come to the table here in the south korean leader discussed amending the free trade agreement between the u.s. and south korea which came into force back in two thousand and twelve five years later after the ink is dried the total trade between the countries has totaled out and one hundred forty four point six billion dollars of the u.s. trade deficit hit seventeen billion. in the philippines has ramped up efforts to establish a greater military presence in the disputed waters of the south china sea it is constructing beach ramps and other military infrastructure on t two island the largest of the spratly islands china and several other southeast asian nations are

at odds over control of the territory in the maritime corridor which sees more than three trillion dollars worth of goods pass through every year to exert greater dominance the chinese have built islands and even snapped up those considered either international or controlled by other countries brunei malaysia the philippines taiwan and vietnam have responded in kind building.