the environment that we're sitting in talk about anything because that begins to build a relationship and i think what you were facing a situation with those statements by the secretary of state that would lead to talks being set up and i think this is a further example that the united states doesn't appear to want a diplomatic solution and doesn't appear to want to sit down and talk what else was said tillerson stated that the u.s. rejects the russian chinese proposal for the so named double freeze initiative while also saying moscow should do more to help is that inconsistent teeth. well i think i agree that the international community needs to do more to put pressure on the parties to sit down to demand that the parties sit down unconditionally i mean you have to remember the united states. and south korea and

japan and just a few countries have never even recognized the right of north korea to exist has not has not recognized them as a nation has no diplomatic relations so consequently who you talk to how you relate to them is always a little unclear but the mutual freeze notion is a it's a good notion and it can be part of negotiations but realistically again is just another example of preconditions what should be demanded is talk and dialogue unconditionally so that you can go towards your common interests because in mediation or in any kind of negotiations you need to start with one thing that's very important which is what are your common interests and the common interests here between north korea and the united states is both arguably want peace both

arguably want safety and security and their borders protected and to be respected i think you would get agreement that both sides want that commonality just another point to as well. yeah the russian envoy criticized the u.s. for saber rattling saying aloud quote it makes you wonder if they want to find a peaceful solution to the crisis does he have a point with do you think that other world powers are perhaps concerned by high washington is handling this situation. there are after sixty plus years of no treaty to end the war and just a temporary cease fire in the armistice to agreements since one nine hundred fifty three we are faced with that issue why has there not been a resolution and a permanent peace in korea and there's a lot of factors at play here korea is one of the largest importers of conventional weapons from the us there's a lot of money involved in that the u.s.

military role in the region could be brought into question if there was peace in korea china japan is a region there's a lot of factors potentially working against the idea of peace however as an international community and following the u.n. people's right to peace that was passed by the united nations we all have a right to demand our governments sit and to go she ate and have peaceful resolutions to disputes and this just isn't being required no one's holding the united states feet to the fire to unconditionally sit down until there's a resolution to this issue so that we can work toward a nonproliferation in demilitarisation of the korean peninsula eric thorough analysis as always eric surat can co-founder of lawyers for to militarization and peace in korea thank you. moving on the new

case top military officer has claim russia's navy had some but underwater cables disrupting communications and triggering global economic chaos with more on the accusation let's bring in. warning has come from ph he is a senior nato official and he's also the chief of british defense stuff and he says that russian ships have been spotted perilously close to atlantic cables these are underwater very important strategic cables that cross the atlantic from europe to the u.s. and since according to peach russia has continued to develop its unconventional warfare well the internet could be the kremlin's next victim russia in addition to new ships and submarines continues to perfect unconventional capabilities and the formation wolf. and there's a new risk. to our way of lawrence which is the vulnerability of the cables that

crisscross the well according to says peach that kind of disruption could have catastrophic event effects and he stressed that russian ships are constantly cruising the atlantic's waters potentially with the purpose of causing these cables when no one is watching and as is often the case when military officials make these warnings well there is a way of mitigating this threat that he's talking about according to him and that is by spending more money on defense quite an important and perhaps also ironic side note to this story is the fact that these cable cables that we're talking about are the very same cables that we know that britain and the u.s. have been tapping we know that thanks to the leaks of edward snowden from back in two thousand and thirteen we know that g.c. h.q.

the british spy agency also its u.s. counterpart the n.s.a. they've been gathering intelligence through these cables for years for example g c h q's tempora program that placed data or interceptors on those fiber optic cables that connect the u.s. and europe and all the information flowing from the u.k. was intercepted it made this sort of trance atlantic network that allowed british intelligence to access huge amounts of traffic going from europe to the u.s. the n.s.a. had a very similar program which is called prism as well none of that appears to bother this nato official who is making this warning about russia potentially cutting the cables the message from him appears to be the next time that your internet is playing up well before you start cursing your internet provider make sure it wasn't the russians first poly boys who are reporting leave us. previously showed concern

over alleged underwater wiretapping by the russians in twenty fifteen back then it was claimed moscow might be plotting to sever the lines during so-called periods of conflict no evidence so ever was pumped forward by either washington or london international affairs commentator john feinstein states britain is using the fear of attacks real or imagined to avoid cutbacks to its armed forces. is an old allegation i mean two years ago already u.s. naval officials in the pentagon in washington were making exactly the same claims i mean it's just part of the new technology that's available to. countries like russia and the united states and britain part of the sort of hybrid. capabilities which everybody seems to be developing its sort of merits hybrid wolf. of navies and air forces and bombers are always trying to get more money there was against cuts so anything that helps them put forward what they think is

a strong argument will try and use of course i mean we know that it's one hundred seventy one the united states managed to tap a secret underwater carry ball in the sea of the hearts of the serviette nuclear forces to find out what sort of nuclear probabilities and intentions were so this is a very old technology clashes are continuing in the west bank over the contested state has of jerusalem we get into that story after this.

it's all the politicians who make people afraid that we have bats relations with russia better relations with the united states already doing all super on nationalism in brussels and the european union that is the real reason and that is something i don't subscribe. to seventy minutes into the hour roy it's our continuing in the west bank following washington's controversial recognition of jerusalem as the israeli capital for

a palestinian protesters who were killed and dozens more injured in clashes with police. i know. the palestinian is said to be in the course of the decision after allegedly stopping an israeli defense so today at a checkpoint when to stand in the west bank town of ramallah a ring. jerusalem there were a small number of protesters spent most of the day shouting allah akbar no they were generally peaceful although there were some small but intense scuffles between palestinian protesters and the israeli security services here including we saw footage of what appears to be a woman being punched in the face by a member over the security services in addition to that small group of women who were holding that protest for a number of hours actually were at one point preventing jewish people from being

able to leave and go up the steps here at damascus gate and as a result of that the security services came down and forcibly removed them pushing them up the steps and away from this area so the tensions still remain there bubbling not just under the surface but over the surface people incredibly unhappy by that decision by dawn from move that a week ago now the latest develops and that we've heard also that and lebanon have decided that they are going to open embassies for palestine here in east jerusalem that comes off the back of that extraordinary meeting that was held in istanbul just a few days ago where it was announced by the organization of islamic cooperation that they would recognize east jerusalem as being the official capital of palestine in direct contradiction from what the usa did more than we could go by recognizing to receive them as being the capital of israel therefore the tensions still remain and it seems though it's not just

a tension here between israelis and palestinians but this is a tension that's now expanding to many other countries in the world. charlotte mention protests in solidarity with palestine are being held across the middle east in jordan. demonstrated outside the u.s. embassy after friday while in lebanon hundreds of people gathered outside the u.n. building waving powers to me and lives. protests have been raging in as well one march was. largely peaceful but saw protesters burn us on this really flanks elsewhere in gaza a local journalist dari reports things turn violent but. we are still not heroes but for his own end tensions are increasing their israeli army are throwing tear gas bombs as you can see actually raids of tear gas bombs they're also throwing live bullets we can hear the live bullets oh.

i see you can see new. bombs are filling the place people are running. the ambulance is here taking dangerous. no no no no. no i don't know what was your sense that morning there were lots of protests and demonstrations all over gaza strip there was a million mark all over gaza strip the palestinian factions and the palestinian leaders come out their supporters and the palestinian citizens to come to the confrontations due to contract with the israelis against to express their anger i guess donald trump's this is jen we also got some interesting footage he is really army has admitted using undercover agents to arrest palestinian protesters so in this video you can see how several people dressed the civilians helped i.d.f. officers in riot gear to detain demonstrators and you can also see that they turned

out to be all drawing their guns a soon arrest startles. former russian economy minister alexey has been found guilty of taking a two million dollars bribe he's the highest profile official to receive such a conviction well you can have was previously the deputy chairman of russia's central bank for nine years and was also the russian deputy finance minister during flooding we are putin's first presidential term. he's known for his role in the early economic reforms in russia after the fall of the soviet union or to bring just more conviction. who held the position of economy minister for three years was arrested last november during a late night sting operation where he accepted a two million dollar bribe from the c.e.o. of a state run oil company here and russia and according to the court he demanded that sum and exchange for his ministries approval of the sale of another major oil company here in russia to ross snuffed saying that he would actually impede the

deal if he was denied for his part of has pled not guilty from the start and claims that he's the victim of a setup however the court found no proof of that claim he insists that the bag that he received the night of the sting he was under the impression that it contained a gift of wine and not a massive bribe he used to be fined around two million dollars and faces eight years in prison he's called the decision unfair but says that he's not giving up hope and his lawyers have already said that they will be appealing the court's decision this is of course been a very closely followed case here and russia and today's verdict does make will cry of the highest ranking russian official to be convicted of corruption charges ever . know a quirk in russian law could see if facing a hefty fine or even jail for using a trucking device to follow.