president putin orders the withdrawal of russia's forces from syria during a surprise visit to the from a military base however he warned that moscow is ready to strike back if terrorists try to regain ground. the backlash continues to escalate against the president trumps recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital protests around the world including attempts to storm the u.s. embassy and demands for the american ambassadors resignation. graphic bodycount video is released in the us showing a police officer shooting dead in an old man who was later cleared of murder and manslaughter.

thank you for joining us here at r.t. international broadcasting live from moscow. now president putin has ordered the start of the withdrawal of russian forces from syria but vanish to return if the terrorists reappear auntie's daniel hawkins joins me live with the details. why they're down here so does that mean that russia's mission in syria is now over well sort of money will view it that way kate especially from a military point of view this of course was a surprise visit as you mentioned earlier to the base here is part of putin's middle east the visit is off to egypt next to visit the president there abdel fatah el-sisi he will discuss the issue with alongside news about his negotiations with. the turkish president as well as made it clear that while the bulk of the troops is

withdrawing those earliest. day in fact the first pilots will be flying back to russia we understand. the military forces will be quick to return if the terrorists in putin's own words rear their heads once again let's take a listen to his statement. i mean you are on there to the defense minister and the head of your general staff and you don't know what would have started to draw of the russian forces to their permanent legacy if you would if the terrorists dared to raise their heads again we will strike back with the strength of your imagination if you will. now of course the base in tartus and attack here will remain all the bunk of the bulk of troops is going home over the last two years the russian troops have played a very important role in backing a syrian army in regaining territory ever again around ninety percent of the country russian troops were closely involved in liberation of aleppo of palmira twice in fact of duties all on the euphrates river bank as well really rooting out the hardest hitting those targets the command post oil infrastructure the training

camps etc and of course our correspondents have been covering that throughout the whole conflict take a listen to some of the highlights of all reports. this is the air base in love from which russian jets are launching their sorties against this law makes the targets here in syria. whether it's. dinner time the pilots are ready to go it's a moment's notice. it's quite incredible to be standing here in the power of the eight hundred fifty of.

people around the outfeed would be reduced to dust in this amphitheater laid down by the romans almost two thousand years ago that isis staged one of its secret massacres the russian military considers it the crown in jewel of their operation here in syria. you can see had just some of the impressive military hardware that isis have in the possession that has made the battle for palmeiro so tough when extremely close to isis positions less than two kilometers away and.

were is a syrian city reposition overlooking the industrial quarter of that is sort of the battle is said to be theists isis fired back as we filmed shells began falling well around. we ran but the syrian batteries kept firing. life in did as order is still far from normal but at least they won't be starving to death and the more. water there. now many kate will say now the military phase of the war is effectively over at least against the islamic state their defeat as a battlefield force although not as an ideology that threat does still remain and

will have to be dealt with politically the task has only just begun a political solution a political settlement is something the russian government in particular has been in favor of for a very long time but this perhaps will in some ways be even harder than defeating isis so many factions at play with so many different interests and points of view getting them around a table hammering out a solution will very much be a challenge one that was the putin may begin to address during his middle eastern visit here talking to the egyptian president as well as other leaders in terms of the military victory although russia has played one of the key roles alongside other factions as well some of taken perhaps not so if you ask me to russia's declaration of victory let's take a look at this report from our correspondent nick. everyone was gearing up to celebrate i saw his grip on syria was loosening and the u.s. coalition forces had the champagne on ice we are defeating isis we're really

winning we know how to win races in terms of a physical caliphate will be gone by the end of the year but when the black flag was finally lowered some found the limelight was stolen and used to russia's defense minister reported that the military operation on the east and west banks of the euphrates river is now completed with the full defeat of the terrorists of course there could still be some pockets of resistance but in general combat actions at this stage and on this territory are over. how dare russia claim the moment of glory i want to thank general mattis for doing such a great job with respect to this he's not the hell out of. myself made it possible with what i've let you do i think. so instead of celebrating some choice perhaps predictably to squabble over. i find it surprising that russia takes all the credit

for defeating eisel in reality eisel occupied a large part of syria and iraq and it was the coalition that shrank the territory occupied by the jihadists let's step back and look at how i still lost ground in the south the syrian army backed by russian at power repainted the map from black to damascus red well coalition forces with the help of the kurds did much of the heavy lifting by liberating swathes of northern syria but heaven forbid we should even consider this a team effort. with the support of the russian air force the syrian army liberated hundreds of cities from territories and returned almost all the countries territory to the government controlled. the us led coalition the russian federation the syrian regime is the only feast that has made me feel progress. three years the various sides have said a common goal driving i saw out of syria but now that's been achieved for some the

main thing now is taking all the credit it is still absolutely critical to the us role in the world to maintain this this narrative that it is a response only responsible for. you know the good things that happen in the world while its enemy is responsible for all the bad things that and unfortunately it sees russia as not just a competitor but really as an enemy response. well let's now bring in dr abu abdullah a professor of political sciences as damascus university but for some thank you very much indeed for joining us i mean let's have a look at the significance of this withdrawal the announcement i mean what just how significant is it and also in terms of the rebuilding of syria. thank you very much for having me absolutely i think the. visit of.

his meeting with as it is it turning point first of all we can all read divergent messages from these visit the first message is a military one which. you want to see or to kill everyone in the region or in the worst the show will continue if there is any. moment to support the syrian government the syrian army in combating terrorism the second russia supporting the syrian. it established to stay because it. was in danger in two thousand and two two thousand and fifteen because of thousands of tourists who came through the borders with the with other countries the second. point. declaring gerberas important.

to for withdrawal of russian forces from. not all the to everyone in the region and in the west i think that is to misuse to you know this is this in. the presence of the you know forces issue is illegal and russia is preparing for political settlement and they've been . america should be engaged in that and help that. so we can see different messages but i think the main point is that with input in is preparing for a political settlement in syria and you want to from we're from original states like egypt turkey now. to to push this process after defeating terrorism in syria so there are a lot of mysteries route for the reconstruction which you ask me i think it's it's

it's not. easy mission we are speaking here about not only reconstruction the buildings or neighborhoods or factories or bridges or streets we are talking here about rebuilding the nation that people especially an invocation of or in other sectors which which were. which where act which were targeted during seven years from a terrorist organization so we are in front of a huge mission this illusion mission i think after the final political settlement which is more clear now especially that russia's were very poor sot you can burn so which will be held maybe in february two thousand and eighteen i think in general lines i think the american and their shine they talked about mean lines of this settlement we are speaking here about a new constitution or

a med minutes of now nowadays constitution and then elections parliamentary elections the second one and then establish or establish a new government so we are speaking about these lines but until now in geneva and there is no exits because of that we are looking for sochi programs to push the political process for a final settlement which i think that the visit of britain put into syria then to turkey. then. goal is to push the political settlement in syria forward especially that puts it put in a lecture in march two thousand and eighteen and eighteen there it will be. important cards person put in he could to achieve in syria very strategic. targets for russia not only for asia but for the security steps

pity in the middle east which is very important for russia and for the report in the solution is specially for syrian people dr. daniel hawkins here in the studio with kate as well just got a question to follow up on something very interesting you mentioned that the political process the americans the other factions evolved here now the russians are now as their troop withdrawal do you think washington will out something similar because they have a very clear where exactly they stand on supporting the kurds particular with the relationship with ankara as well will we see that will draw all of other foreign countries from syria as well. i think until now american is. until now there are different declare asians you know the bento go on. many a time that they want to stay until they will see their political process is going in there and this is you know declaring. ugly declare it shouldn't

be because everyone knows that you know it says is illegally here in syria without acceptance of the syrian government and without any solution from security council if united nation about the same time i think the united states is trying to play the last card in its hands first of all is to using a dish card which is not one hundred per cent in their hands this second the second. target for the night is is to be close to the border between syria iraq and. turkey and of the same time to observe what's will be going between the axis between. baghdad and the hun which is. very concerned for united says itself and for israel as a symptom so we are informed of this picture but i think that if united states will

not withdraw all peacefully maybe we will be informed of other options sure but russia trying to push united states to withdraw peacefully from syria ok talked about some of the dollars thanks so much for joining us great to talk to get your insight today on that breaking news from syria thanks again. thank you. well it's a busy day to vladimir person after syria he flew to cairo where the russian president is meeting his egyptian counterpart in a bit trying to explain the importance and the timing of this space. president c.c. who is welcoming mr putin at the airport and also here at the presidential palace has many issues to sort out with the russian leader including joint nuclear power plant project and reopening direct flights but bear in mind jerusalem the arab league met here and the capital of egypt to and donald trump's decision

infuriated the arab world they cannot oppose people's feelings and beliefs this is a new type of adventurism and global arrogance of the us. the kingdom of jordan refuses the recognition by the united states so jerusalem is the capital of israel how to make the decision by the united states in its context gives legitimacy and recognition for occupation and the allowance of a de facto status using force and now it is fair to say that not only the arab world but a broader community says they're ready to stand up for the palestinians the turkish president tibe aired on so far has proved to be the most outspoken one and here's what that led to believe tenet is rule is a terrorist state. i'm not used to receiving. lectures.

about morality from a leader who bombs kurdish villagers in his native to kill. who dreams dreams. hopes you will go wrong the international sanctions and all those killers but back to president putin's trip he's got a scheduled meeting was very broad so we'll definitely be watching out for the joint statement the first lot of our program plus abdel fattah el-sisi and then type radio on and vladimir putin in turkey. well the past twenty four hours have seen a fresh wave of violent protest against donald trump's decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital and move the u.s. embassy there. in china zia protesters demanded the resignation of the american ambassador on sit

down crowds rallied against outside a united nations office and the most violent demonstrations were seen in beirut where protesters attempted to storm the u.s. embassy. was you know what was. up that. the. police fired tear gas and charge at the same time in an of an attempt to actually capture a few palestinian use which they did and we filmed them dragging them away into place vehicles that was in a violent seeing but that was not allowed on something else that was. going to

go oh that was so all of this because of donald trump's announcement to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital in what has been considered right across as a dangerous reckless and completely ill conceived move. and a pro palestinian rally also took place in paris just before the israeli prime minister arrived in front twenty minutes in yahoo's on his first trip to europe after america's recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital for so far top european politicians have been making it clear they don't welcome the decision. he expressed to prime minister netanyahu my disappointment to the u.s. president's declaration and explain that front sees it is contrary to international law and his do. indra's to peace i think the sooner the problem students come to grips with this reality the sooner we will move towards peace the only realistic solution to the conflicts between israel and palestine is based on two states which

are those as the capital of both the state of israel and the state of palestine along the sixty seven line i believe that all or most of the european countries will move their embassies to jerusalem recognise crucial images rules work up little britain's prime minister condemned trumps decision as unhelpful adding she disagrees with the move while germany's foreign minister expressed fears the move could worsen the israeli palestinian conflict when we put the divisive issue up for debate. people can open the bible and to count how many times jerusalem is invention there they will find out also that jerusalem is not mentioned even one time in the koran not even one time people will find out that jerusalem is the capital of israel since nine hundred forty eight the whole world is condemning this action because simply it's against the international law it's and against the

framework for the peace process is has forfeited the united states who fitted its position as a broker to the peace process and i tell you something the israelis have killed four palestinians in the past two days in peaceful protests while no israeli was killed there was an injury in an attack in and west jerusalem everything is a lie first everything my appalling says is a lie there were three terrorists killed in gaza strip which has nothing to do with the protests here because gaza strip they fired rockets and they forget about it they just forget that they fire rockets at israeli kindergarten when people who fought off followers of hijab in that whole say name hitler skull operator of the ring cycle of world war those who create that fatah before nine hundred sixty seven to destroy israel when this resists the same personality is common to teach us morality listen it cannot be defended themselves why they are illegally on somebody

else's land that is unacceptable what they done what they do and what i have been doing since one thousand nine hundred seven is an aggression and with your other guests this radical has never been to your land never been the old man in the history of those land they were born in russia donald trump. kept his promises and his trying to do in his best way are grateful but the issue is not donald trump the issue as these people go wrong to murder in a says europeans russians americans and we are here in the middle east the only democracy of the all knowing all this really a lie in this very dark environment. and living on two other nice police brutality in the us is making headlines again after body count footage was recently released showing an officer fatally shooting an unarmed man the

incident took place last year in the state of arizona and warning you may find the following video disturbing. you. don't. own police were called to the hotel after it was reported to man had been seen pointing a gun to his window the weapon was actually an air rifle the victim twenty six year old daniel shaver had been drinking with friends in his hotel room and he was showing them his air rifle which a witness thought may have been

a lethal weapon among that august's who is representing the victim's family says it's the most horrific shooting he's ever seen but a jury acquitted the officer of murder manslaughter charges last thursday when human rights activist randy short believes the officers claims that he felt threatened don't hold up. person formal said officer was with the group of other people with guns there was no way that that man even if he had a weapon was going to be able to overcome that many people with body armor with high powered are automatic weaponry it is a fantasy and a a a sick joke that the officer claimed to fear for his life it was excessive force it was an execution i believe that many officers are psychologically unstable they're dangerous people and essentially they have a license to kill. japan south korea and the u.s.

are currently holding joint military drills it's a display of force that the trio are hoping won't go unnoticed by north korea but in case it does japan could be about to go further the country's military is considering whether to purchase long range missiles for its fighter jets however that may breach to plans own policy of only acquiring defensive weapons something that's been enshrined in the country's constitution since world war two when we asked people on the streets of tokyo how they feel about their country's military moves. but you case cloyd's rational not correct i mean it's not the good seeing you know to buy a weapon in the throat that you know. spend the money for and we're not supposed to have it in a defense that you know is known by law we're not supposed to happen those that know him medically stuff so i know we have lots of procedures to go with so he's not serious. i think it is just something like economy. yeah.

most defense matter i think we don't really feel any kind of like real threat in terms of north korea but i think there's an active threats as well. well amid the escalating situation on the korean peninsula un under-secretary general jeffrey feltman visited north korea last week he stressed that the only solution to the crisis is a diplomatic one achieves to what he called seem see a dialogue also in human rights attorney eric surat can believes japan's growing military muscle doesn't help to ease tensions. what we see is an alliance between japan and the united states which by itself isn't a bad thing but what we always fail to do is put ourselves in the shoes of the north koreans and the d.p. r. k. in order to understand the historical context for japan has. always

been head to head with north korea there's always an edge when you bring in japan into the korean discussion and adding new weapons and bringing the situation to a conflict potentially between japan and korea that have been in peace for so long but still without a peace treaty have been a peace for so long is only going to stir up trouble. bitcoin has begun trading on the chicago futures exchange with many saying. it is a major step in legitimising the cryptocurrency this month's bitcoin hit a record nineteen thousand dollars a surprise advance considering it was worth barely one hundred four years ago however other cryptocurrency is and there are over a thousand of them aren't doing quite so well.

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to be used by trusts that the central bank should reduce digital money which could be there and given to everybody in the country so whereas the moment central banks only interrupt react with banks the banking system a sudden all banks financial institutions suddenly central accident interact with us regularly and that's made with the means by which you get used to drill currencies to cancel the excessive level of credit created money which is being almost in the last bit of profit it alls so that's to me the probably the major innovation central banks taking all walk trying to technology producing digital currency and then getting us all back out of the central bank which could be used as a way of bringing about labels on the side of a single. writing stuff more news on to the banking. the.