just because something is legal. in syria for major military forces. the last significant city held by islamic state. the iranian president warns saudi arabia that it will achieve nothing by making threats here on the program we look at how the middle east has become a chessboard for the outburst. and. cia director mike. meeting with the n.s.a. william binney who believes the d.n.a. could not have been carried out from abroad. but i don't buy into mind. and that's basically what they're what they're situation they

have zero evidence. and prosecutors reveal the true extent of a u.s. navy scandal with hundreds of. trading military secrets sex money home. but simply corruption. it is a busy day for worldwide headlines here on. thank you for joining us on the program and we start with syria it is a significant day for syria as the last islamic state stronghold in the country the city of. liberated that's according to government forces and we'll show you in just a moment pictures from the vicinity of the city where syrian backed militias joined forces to surround will come on. which is situated very close to the border between

the two countries. all forces from four countries participated in a joint operation to liberate the city which saw heavy clashes over a number of days in the area. don't know hawkins has more on this. mall was the last major settlement on the border with iraq a key strategic point as well to prevent the flow of fighters and arms across the

rocky syrian border why is it significant as we've mentioned earlier it's one of the last strongholds of weisel in the region one of the last of the self proclaimed now just two years ago beisel controlled more than haul for the territory in syria now they're located in just a few dozen terrorist controlling some villages and some other isolated close in iraq and in syria as well what makes this development so significant well the operation was carried out by an amalgamation of different forces the russian force had been conducting operations in the region for several days before. the. syrian arab army with its militia allies and hezbollah that would have bought some from the west. from the south we've had the iraqi popular mobilization units the. militias

the baghdad government they've crossed the border to help the syrian allies retake that very key area as well this information is coming from local sources from local commanders local media we're still waiting on an official statement from damascus and from the russian foreign ministry will try and get that the day goes on many are asking what comes next now as in northern parts of syria this latest development brings to a head many groups with very different interests the syrian army allied militias there to the west of the euphrates the s.d.f. to syria democratic forces there backed by washington a coalition of kurdish arab militias there pushing in from the north and from the east very key area with the oil fields located there it's unclear how washington's position will pan out as well with support for the as the if so there's a lot of negotiation compromise reconciliation to happen once eisel is fully eradicated from syria and we'll see how that pans out over coming weeks and months

we've got reaction from experts on what the latest development does mean for syria . that's a huge knockdown. territory and yeah i would say. it looks like it's the homeless washed up for. doesn't mean they can't commit acts of terrorism but it doesn't mean they controlled territory anymore i think one thing that syria has in its favor is that. the eastern part of syria as a lot of syria's oil such as it is and so getting full control of eastern syria . deprives eisel of a lot of the revenues that i think the fact that that region and that country will remain on stable for the for seeable future islamic state is one of many militant groups in that country i mean given that i think that the civil war will continue

so i do think that assad's power the syrian government's power is expanding throughout the country but i don't expect him to have all of the country under wraps because there are still remain you know tens of thousands of people prepared to fight against the syrian their army and its militia and staying in the region the spot between iran and saudi arabia has escalated after a missile attack near riyadh airport carried out by who the rebels in yemen iran's president warned saudi arabia on wednesday it will achieve nothing by threatening the might of iran after saudi arabia laid the blame for that missile attack on terror on joe you know the mites in position of the republic people more powerful than you have been able to do anything against the iranian people you are not strong enough to do that. some concern that the ongoing and underreported proxy war between the two regional powers could turn into

a head on head to head confrontation. in our sensing how saudi arabia does continue to add fuel to the fire. recently barely a day seems to go by without saudi arabia making headlines and it almost always boils down to its arch enemy iran it is a game of chess that spans an entire region on every front in every country the saudis see iran's evil influence. the who's the rebels in yemen who saudi arabia has been bombing for many years fire a rocket riyadh that the saudis could only describe as a rainy and aggression. iran's role and its direct command of his hooty proxy in this matter constitutes

a clear act of aggression the coalition's command considers this a blatant active military aggression by the iranian regime and could rise to be considered as an act of war against the kingdom of saudi arabia the saudis also ready to throw that allies under the bus to create an excuse to denigrate iran. q the lebanese prime minister holding a successful meeting with the iranians and then going to saudi arabia and out of the balloon without warning declaring his resignation while launching into a tirade about evil raney an influence plunging the region into chaos and destruction. were very wrong as prison to plant discord and destruction attested to by interference in our countries in lebanon syria iraq yemen well i would like to say to iran and its followers that they would be losers in their intervention in

arab if they should move wake up because in that in the past and the highlands in the region will become so you lose a poor and gain an opening then there's the blockade of cattle. a trade embargo seven ties ultimatums and warnings punishment some say for cata daring to deal with the rain ians and then there's syria the saudi sponsored rebellion is dying the hardest allies losing an aside is winning this isn't what riyadh planned we hope that and expect that during the interim period of the of the transition period bashar al assad will exit because he has absolutely no role to play in the future here and while syria may have unexpectedly checkmated riyadh here the saudis are ramping up attacks on iran on other fronts

truly this is an international game of chess with nations and populations at stake ironic given that last year saudi arabia has highest islamic cleric banned chess saying that the game causes and miti and hatred between people and even when played on a giant geopolitical scale well it looks like he was right. independent political analyst pepe escobar says that saudi arabia's provocations come from a desire to change the narrative in the region saudi arabia is isolated in the new india emerging new we do least the last in syria because of the feel of the dash project the last in iraq i was just back from baghdad and the talk in baghdad is about not vulcanization but that about iraqi national unity the last

blokey the against got there they are losing the war on yemen which is horrifying we dance of thousands of civilian casualties and supported by the us congress for that matter and use the american weapons in uki weapons and now they're trying to change the narrative they're bringing the run they're trying to ratchet up a confrontation involving lebanon which is caught in the crossfire and it still is the same old story the saudi arabia yes the iran and countries seen the middle east states are going to be caught in the crossfire is absolutely a horrific situation that is collating very very fast. cia director mike pompeo has come under fire for meeting a former intelligence official over the alleged attack of the democratic party of twenty sixteen the u.s. intelligence community has been laying the blame for the go on moscow the whole time. met with william binney a former national security agency official turned whistleblower binney believes the

alleged attack of the democratic national committee was in fact an inside leak carried out by a d.n.c. employee you also coauthored a memo straight to the president on this issue back in july for a moment here let us remind you about the d.n.c. hack announced by a cyber security firm working for the d.n.c. in june twenty sixth and it was blamed on two russian linked groups the next day an anonymous. two point zero claimed responsibility for the kids. thing the d.n.c. didn't comment on later he also took credit for a breach in july and at the end of that month we could leaks released thousands of the democratic party's emails my colleague neil harvey spoke to william binney who believes from a broad could not have been involved i didn't believe the intelligence agencies were telling him or the president the truth so i went through the technical data that we is the veteran intelligence professionals who have technical experience all

of the technical data that we had available and could look at the analyze and from that was very clear that it was a local download because of the speeds and all i mean we've even tried to transfer data across the atlantic through the web. and see what speeds we could achieve the most we got was like twelve megabytes per second and you needed at least thirty eight megabytes just to pass the data not counting housekeeping so that meant that the capacity was about one fourth the one eight what would be necessary to transfer that data to somewhere in europe for example and when you spoke about wi on the lies the data is that meaning i was reading about an expert forensic aids or is it the person who was analyzing the data for you well he was looking at the data yes and so were about five or six other people. and i was looking at the output of that trying to assess that. just to verify and we also tried to test it in the real world not in the speculative world trying to do the transfer to make it something

that would be compatible with that download rate and we could not achieve that either so it had to be done locally there was no substantive evidence anywhere if they could produce some factual evidence that we could look at and analyze find but so far they produced absolutely nothing. thanks for joining us so far here on r.t. the u.s. and the chinese leaders have agreed to work together over the north korea a story and more to the break. i played for many clubs over the years so i know the game and so i got. the ball isn't only about what happens on the pitch for the final school it's about the passion from the fans it's the age of the super money kill the narrowness and spend each image of the twenty million one player. it's an experience like nothing else

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president putin will meet his american counterpart donald trump this friday in vietnam that is according to russia's top diplomat less cross live not only for trying to for more details on this good to see you india what else do we know about the upcoming meeting. already hello from vietnam i can tell you that lately pretty much all the journalists were attacking anyone who could shed some light on the upcoming meeting of law. and donald trump this is how important it is there is no need for any special explanation and there you have it finally kremlin aides you were called has confirmed that the two presidents will meet on friday november tenth here and vietnam at the apec summit the first time the two presidents met was back in july this year at a different summit that was the g.

twenty summit and the get together lasted if i'm not mistaken three or maybe even four times longer than expected despite relations between moscow and washington being terrible to say the least let's be frank they are still and that kind of state but it did lead to some progress in particular the deescalation zones the development of the peace process in syria and i guess this time there's no need to explain again that syria will be on the table when the two leaders talk besides this ukraine the terrible state of bilateral relations between the two countries and of course north korea we understand that this is a regional summit for east asia. and donald trump has been on tour across east asia just lately so let's see what the leaders will have to say after they meet at this historic second meeting between donald trump and lattimer putin coming up tomorrow

friday november tenth. why he's really been trying to thank you. now a president and chinese leader ping have agreed to cooperate over the situation with north korea but during a media conference between the two in beijing the u.s. leader also urged all nations to cut ties and stop doing business with pyongyang. one thing the united states is committed to the complete and permanent denuclearization of north korea so china can fix this problem easily for all nations for us come together to ensure that this rogue regime cannot threaten the world with its nuclear weapon time is quickly running out we must access. china and the u.s. also signed the cooperation agreements worth over two hundred fifty billion dollars these include the energy factoring and plain building sectors

now the problem of north korea has been a well a key concern for donald trump during his asia trip and rather than just resorting to tweets he's now released a dramatic video in which he argues that pyongyang is now the world's number one threat. do you. think you're together. well the korean peninsula crisis is also being closely watched by the sporting world with the winter olympics looming in south korea and the british olympic association has said that it's already working on evacuation scenarios for us

athletes in case of sides to suddenly attack the south during the games while france and austria both considering the possibility of staying away from the olympics if the whole situation worse. now a number of twenty eighteen olympic venues are located close to the border between north and south korea one of the world's most militarized however the i.o.c. president things that doesn't pose a threat of any kind to the upcoming games. there is. not even a he. there is a threat. for the security. of the games in the. context of the tension. between north korea and some other countries. cashmore a professor of sociology from boston university thinks that the current crisis on the korean peninsula will have an impact on the winter games. north korea is

currently under sanctions from the united nations it's under threat from donald trump who says it will bring fire and fury to them. and so there is a political crisis i think brewing there whether the olympics themselves will be affected i think i was going to say nobody knows but i think one thing is certain is that there will be an impact the precise impact at this stage i would like to predict. well i think it's disgusting further i'm now joined by a professor joseph chang a political scientist at the hong kong city university thanks for joining us here on our tickets today appreciate you spending some time with us donald trump saying that time is running out and we must act fast regarding north korea the narrative coming out of washington for some time is that russia is the biggest threat to the world no no it's global warming no no it's ice no it's iraq now it's north korea

why this sudden sense of urgency based on pyongyang. well the united states understands that the wooden door of opportunity is very limited because you know a number of years certainly will have nuclear capability to attack mainland united space however days that difference in opinions between the united states and china china economic sentients unknown at this stage if you would not be able to. change the position or to push weight on the end to care about is nuclear weapons program and certainly believes that. the use of force will be very costly very dangerous. negotiations this position is also shared by by so and in fact. president downloads from indicated that he was

willing to consider the negotiation option while he was in seoul. or claims that beijing could ultimately the ultimate influence over north korea quite easily why is the american president convinced of. the united states believe that if china with the help and concurrence of russia agreed to of all and it's the supplier. all the supply to north korea as well as is exposed to all food tool and this will create a lot of. north korea but i don't think sinus certainly does not believe that this is an option. operable because on one hand no one's to maintain at least a. ship. and at the same time it is believed that this cutting off of

entities supply. and supply will create a lot of posture ups but still will not be adequate to push you a person down to give up its nuclear weapons program at this stage now talks about the urgency and the global threat of north korea the north korea certainly has some strong words against washington it's not exactly threatening the whole world south korea is the third largest host of u.s. military forces twenty four thousand people on duty then you've got in japan the seventh fleet which is the largest of america's navy fleets twenty thousand sailors fifty to seventy ships and submarines we talk about this urgent threat of north korea some economic analysts and political analysts say it's got nothing to do with north korea it's more about the fall of the containment of china your thoughts. well the containment of north korea is certainly an issue you

cannot be denying but at the same time the united states and japan are interested in the containment of china and obviously in the eyes of china the far anti missile systems installed in so installed in south korea recently is also aimed at china as well and the same applies to all types of intelligence and military satellites. don't only by the united states but also by japan so north korea at least in the eyes of peaching is often used as an excuse to impose military pressure on china and at least as a very convenient excuse to strengthen. the american military alliance with with japan and with south korea. of trying professor of political science at hong

kong's city university many thanks for your time and your insight with us here on r.t. international thank you. well a colossal bribery and fraud and gulf in the u.s. navy that's according to prosecutors in the so-called fat leonard case who have now revealed the true extent of this scandal four hundred forty personnel have been indicted including over sixty admirals on hundreds of offices all of them accused of sharing secret information in return for bribes such as alcohol and women something that's being treated as fraud not as. the identities of the people implicated have been kept back to avoid jeopardizing the investigation. the release of such information would likely reveal sensitive details about the breadth and scope of the criminal investigation and pending cases. explains how the terms

espionage and corruption appear to be rather well mixed in this inquiry but what did they do well allegedly they were seduced by leonard francis a.k.a. fat leonard he offered them booed parties luxury hotels and cash in exchange for information about where u.s. navy ships were going in the pacific ocean he did this in order to earn contracts now fat leonard aka leonard francis is the san diego jail so giving away military information launched an inquiry into corruption now these navy officers admitted to giving away ship schedules and they pleaded guilty to bribery but leaking and giving up classified government information under u.s. law isn't called bribery it's called espionage why is the espionage act not being applied to corrupt navy officers christian saucer took some photos with his cell phone in a classified area of a u.s. nuclear submarine nobody paid him anything and he didn't leak them to anyone he

simply lost his cell phone well he ended up getting sentenced to a year in prison now his mother thinks her son got a raw deal in two thousand and nine there was no cell phone ban on submarines at that time technology was new and didn't catch up maybe hadn't caught up yet and i really have no doubt in my mind that it was a twenty two year old guy that wanted to take it out of where he worked yeah we were already took pictures and so we're allowed to now when it comes to whistleblowers who reveal u.s. forces killing civilians or the n.s.a.'s massive surveillance it doesn't take long for them to be charged with espionage. only.

once the interest of the agency. where you were at the time were two troops. so it looks like photographers without malintent and whistleblowers get hit with stiff penalties but if you're a good old boy in the u.s. navy brass and you trade military secrets for sex and cash well it looks like the stiff penalty is just don't apply kill them up and are seeing new york thanks for sharing your thoughts there with us here on international your worldwide headlines continue at the top of the yard.

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