whenever you buy the russian product you're not just getting excellent quality. for the little bit of function some of those who want to. purchase the special and the fled. begging for nuclear war north korea claims washington is seeking all. but just days after. the capable of striking. the stories that shape the week. the hague a former bosnian croat general. his trial for war crimes committed during the conflict in the former yugoslavia. on the french president calls for military action against human traffickers in their view but critics say he has no right to

intervene in the country which is not yet recovered from the destruction inflicted by the nato led intervention. with the top stories from the past seven days on right up to the moment developments as well this is the weekly on r.t. international top story north korea say the u.s. is begging for nuclear war the statement comes just days after launched a new missile that experts say demonstrates significant technological progress washington strongly condemned the test issued a stern threat to the north's leadership the dictator of north korea made a choice yesterday that brings the world closer to war not farther from if war comes make no mistake the north korean regime will be utterly destroyed little

rocket man rocket fuel for the american. i he is a sick puppy. of the korean crisis and when you speak with the north ballistic missile test it's believed. capable of hitting the u.s. mainland. according to both north korea the missile reached an altitude of four and a half dollars in kilometers before landing in the sea of japan that's more than ten times higher than the orbit of the international space station following the test south korea then carried out its own missile launch. well that launch took place near the border with the north referring to those drills by seoul russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov said the u.s.

and its allies may have a hidden agenda. when you. put it that we are not accepting north korea's claims that they possess nuclear weapons so we are supporting all the u.n. security council resolutions and abiding by all sanctions against pyongyang however the u.s. military drills near north korea into a deliberate provocation of kim jung un so on the one hand we are condemning pyongyang's nuclear gamble but on the other we condemning the provocative behavior of our american colleagues r.t. correspondent was up the vols died discussion club in seoul this week he's been looking at the various ways countries have been trying to solve the crisis on the peninsula. what has been donald trump's approach to sorting out the north korea crisis in a nutshell all options remain on the table second option not a preferred option they will be met with fire and fury do not

underestimate us and do not try this the distance from here to the border with north korea is only about forty kilometers and once you end up in seoul which is well in the firing range of kim's artillery you can't help looking at that rhetoric from a different perspective especially if there is what you'd call a totally different approach. is absolutely no alternative to dialogue but in order to start a dialogue everyone has to stop take a deep breath and a step back from the red line which will my stop so russia's been saying hey we've got a plan step one north korea should completely halt its missile and nuclear tests for the u.s. that means and ends two almost nonstop war games with seoul moscow calls it a double freeze step two might be very tough direct talks between washington and pyongyang on rules of peaceful coexistence and finally they should lead to step

three establishing a security framework for the entire region with every player involved what do you think about the russian road map and i think that the proposal is really realistic flexible i hope you. and your cage in the olympic order parties concerned between could you do between nelson so. come up with the most at risk restaurant in behavior do you think it's enough in this case of course not enough in the day should be some new initiative to insist looking for peace in the me and donald trump keep saying that all options are on the table north korean knew that the military option egypt. always under the table. by putting the military option. on the table. it's not like we change you know screen behavior as the advisor to

the south korean president what do you tell them about the drills you know you know i'm personally in a favor engagement dialogue and negotiation with north korea and some people in the government may have different ideas that brings us to why the russian road map may never actually work. because i think most korean politicians believe the trails must be pursued trod the fence now we're not canceling us korean exercises we just want to postpone for the olympics. others openly reject moscow's plan like the neighbors in tokyo who simply can't imagine security without the drills with their allies so for now south koreans have no other choice but to welcome us raptors in tow for the vigilance ace war games. anyway for those who live in seoul or who are here to talk about keeping the peace in korea there's something to bear in mind be it for war games or real strikes that would put millions of

lives at risk the decision to send let's say warplanes to the korean skies may depend on one single man miles and miles away on the other side of the pacific. the regional co-founder of lawyers for peace on the militarization is the current situation with north korea is on the edge of fall on conflict. at a time in which there is this standoff and this misunderstanding and lack of communication creates a very volatile situation it maybe seems somehow as intimidating but these have never worked the proposal that anyone who cares about peace in the region is putting forth right now is that these military options are not realistic and you need to sit down at the table and when they do those exercises something could be mistaken as invasion something could be mistaken as live attacks and such

and so we put the millions and millions of people in the sole area in south korea in japan and other places at risk this seems like folly and foolishness when we have such a volatile situation. to another big story of the week a former bosnian croat general who fought in the bosnian war committed suicide during a u.n. court session at the hague and witnessing his trial was part of the yugoslav war crimes tribunal after losing his appeal he produced a bottle of poison and drank from it in front of the judge a warning you may find the following images upsetting. we're going to. stop police don't. look. for all that. i have taken poison.

the former bosnian croat military commander slobodan was convicted of war crimes and given twenty years for his role in the conflict in former yugoslavia before the war he was a theater and film director. the yugoslav was the bloodiest conflicts in european history since the second world war tensions between a complex mix of nationalities forming the state of yugoslavia erupted into a bedsit civil war originate yugoslavia included six republics with different nationalities and religious groups. the communist revolutionary and statesman tito who established the federal republic of yugoslavia managed to suppress nationalism bets off to his death in the one nine hundred eighty s. relations among the republics quickly deteriorated with each of them seeking their

own independence is soon turned ugly old sites the nine hundred ninety five genocide and tripper needs it is one of the bloodiest pages in yugoslav history the massacre of more than eight thousand muslim both the acts perpetrated by units of the me resulted in that come on direct being jailed for life by the un special court in november the twenty seventy. but atrocities happened on old sites in one thousand nine hundred three sixty nine serbian civilians were killed by bosnia and herzegovina army forces in the scale on a massacre in the docs church in a cemetery the ground. overall despite much evidence of well crimes conducted similar tenuously by different forces the cia eventually declared seven minutes and were responsible for ninety percent of the crimes including genocide. tonight they took goes into action against yugoslavia it is indeed tragic that diplomacy has

failed the nato is now intervening in that war in a sovereign country. and eventual nato air campaign conducted a number of operations to undermine the military capability of the boss and sent me . to this day the un special court is still investigating crime cases from the comfort. or a total of one hundred and sixty one people have been indicted for war crimes in the former yugoslavia since the tribunal began atrocities were committed by all sides party to the conflict but longer sentences have been given to serbs and montenegrins counting up the total number of those still terms serbian authorities suggest nearly one and a half thousand were given to its nationals with three hundred four across parts and fifty euro's for the other former yugoslavian republics however the un court has never investigated nato's involvement in the war including the use of the

pleated you renia munitions some of the cases have been so lengthy that several defendants have died while on trial at the hague we spoke to the editor in chief for the duran dot com who sees the set up of the tribunal was flawed from the off and major criticism of the tribunals is that it is not being impartial it was set up in the in in the one nine hundred ninety s. and mainly at the instigation of the western powers out at a time when the western powers were criticizing serbia and its government and the people of the serbian people of bosnia for the war in bosnia now that is a problematic step to take because when the same people instigate the setting up of the tribunals after they have already identified who they think is

responsible for a war it becomes very difficult to expect that tribunals to act impartially. living on a huge crowds rallied in tel aviv on saturday calling on the israeli prime minister to resign over corruption allegations. i soon fold march of should ask triggered by a controversial draft law it would prevent police from publishing their findings on to criminal investigations into binyamin netanyahu an estimated twenty thousand people attended the protests many held up signs reading chain and prime minister netanyahu for his part has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing by protesters say they intend to keep up the pressure until he's forced from office. i think the time

has come for a change of government the government is corrupt we're sick of the corruption. is there no mention that we have a corrupt government that needs to be brought down as quickly as possible the prime minister nor his colonists along with him. to defend democracy and the rule of floor to build a more equal and just society for everyone the israeli prime minister is under investigation in two separate corruption cases in what he's accused of receiving bribes from wealthy businessmen in the other he suspected of reaching a deal with a newspaper in order to secure a favorable coverage. if you're coming up in the program the french president puts forward a controversial plan for tackling human trafficking in libya lots more besides coming up after the break.

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to. welcome back to the program r.t. america it's a credit to us congress revoked on wednesday we received the following letter informing us of the decision it's a use the body about took the decision you none the mislead decided to withdraw our t's credentials it comes just weeks after the network was forced to register as a foreign agent in america at the time the state department said it would not affect the channels freedom to operate in the us. when the united states tells someone to register under a foreign agent requirement we don't see impacts or a fact the ability of them to report news and information

we just have the register it's as simple as that. ok let's get into some of the issues surrounding that the solution i'm happy to say about felipe alou route the president of the international federations of journalists is live on the program you are very welcome r t was given assurances as we've just been saying that it would not face reporting restrictions but then how its accreditation revoked capitol hill for congress clearly affecting a journalist from from doing their job your thoughts on the. you know. it's so formal for in-situ censorship or because you can see the media is free to approve it but when you're with the road. effectively you cut. the media from sources of information that which is the name censorship the restrictions imposed on our t.v. the reaction to it they were rather muted in terms of criticism except why do you

think that is in your view. i cannot do this and international for their actions of journalists who are reacted several times in the past to one r.t. and all the media or. and. we did so we had a committee meeting in tunis a few days ago and we shoot a statement because we cannot accept the media and join the rest are used in kind of we do need to clear a war between the united and new russia journalist journalist they're not agents. could this be the beginning do you think of a broader effort to to prevent alternative media from from doing their jobs. yes because when you know when you start such a process it does it's difficult to know where it will end up and as we sold the

there was this decision in the united states and reply in russia there were also some media were also all forced to to register so it's not a right away to do because once again you can complain if the media doesn't report . the facts to this media or to correct things to to ask for a yes no. better information but to link you can not to work that and. particularly in the united states where press freedom is a key value as it is in other countries and is in areas in russia and in most democratic countries i cannot understand such a decision is taken and there are so few reactions i suppose the fear is that access is essentially being granted in return for favorable reporting has it come to that. no i don't we don't see

a. green light for. reporting you know. even in our room we have very famously faked our secrets comments are free so. the. is supposed to give you access to the effect and from the facts to journalist can comment on their own and they are free to do it this is simply freedom of expression and press freedom just to pick up on what he said earlier what do you make of some russian lawmakers then proposing to ban all u.s. media outlets from entering the russian parliament a type of tit for tat if you like. no i think it's a wrong reaction because it's entering. kind of a war media war between states and russia and journalists and media are you list is

soldiers of this war has to once again are not agents are not soldiers to report about facts and to comment about facts positively or negatively yet our team very good journalism as we said their jobs are affected for doing their day to day activities what can or indeed what should you do about the situation. anyhow first of all our repeatedly asked for the situation over there is a credit to asians second to. ask the colleagues in america for the story there is it because solidarity is the best answer for journalists can do and is doing that is to more than ever work on and it. is i say reporting of all the facts and commenting the way they want and. i think by this

way they could prove and everyone know the what we have to think of such accusations do we showed the actors journalist and as you'll notice they have the right to to have equity titian's and to work freely felipe ruth president of the international federation of journalists a pleasure to have you on the program thank you for your time and thoughts this hour you're welcome. the french president and money will mccraw has tabled a new plan to combat human trafficking in the b.n. he sees it will involve concrete police and military actions but his plans have been widely criticized especially as the north african country is still in ruins following the nato led intervention in twenty eleven picking up the story right because the. slavery and human trafficking of fences sadly common now in libya but no need to fear president macron

is here he has the solution for libya's problem send in the troops it's a necessity zone we are proposing police military action we are not waging war but this is a country in a political transition political transition he calls it does sound better than savage civil war more politically correct nevertheless a number of african and e.u. states are ready to help fight this war or rather not really a war says micron but a military operation still round two for france in libya. today we're intervening in libya we are intervening in order to enable the libyan people to choose their own destiny it must not be deprived of its rights by violence and terror the fact that slavery is so rampant in libya is because the country's army and political order were obliterated under nato bombardment six

years ago since then libya has been stuck in a brutal and bloody political transition as president calls it or absolute chaos and anarchy as anyone out sward call it as long as it is a failed state the problem will come back as a failed state because the regime of cut off the top was not a mass regime nobody says that was destroyed by the french and british together in two thousand and eleven so of course michael can do something now but it will reoccur. well as you can see here on our news wall the problem of modern day slavery is most severe in africa it's followed by asia and the pacific region and then central asia and finally europe where france itself has become a key hub for human trafficking that's according to the u.s. state department report it's published list france is both a destination and a transit point for men women and children subjected to forced labor on sex

trafficking we spoke to the vice president of the libyan presidential council we asked him about military plans. we. currently have but no. we cannot accept anything. to be done with our present libyan libyans who would be the ones who do that. with the help of support of the government. well way to help them. to create the right them grisman own country for sure libya is not that country for you know to make a libya is a country of iran we have the libyans have already impressed on africa we want to see anybody talk they were going to go first but they're going to put it in and put up this immunity to stay with their loved ones would get from. we also this week

got the chance to speak to an assistant of the former libyan leader moammar gadhafi who was the pows and killed in twenty eleven but solid bashir chaired the eight billion dollars libyan african investment portfolio one moment that gadhafi family's private funds this is what he had to say. for the hardest it's not right to say gadhafi better to say the libyan government the libyan government left about two hundred billion dollars in various banks abroad and the un has frozen the money in accordance with the security council resolution and when it comes to the money inside the country those who came to power after his afi claimed there were one hundred sixty tons of gold billions of dollars in libyan dinars in the central bank when gadhafi moved from tripoli to search he took nothing with him and. an accomplice of the older than i was government official now it was how i dealt with sarkozy as an official the french media pie another major outlets claimed that

some people met with me and then there was a decision taken to pay fifty million i said i have nothing to do with that. a lot. nothing is known about that there are good afi statements and sarkozy statements now better believe because after all. before. i don't know this person and i never met him if he says he would recognize me if he sees me that's a lie if he's taken money from someone he should reveal from whom exactly but anyway that's a french problem not libyans. you've been watching the weekly on r t international i'm back in just over a half an hour's time with more stories about the me the week's headlines next more programs right and.

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