and kim jong un as alpha males unwilling to budge unwilling to make concessions do you think the two of them could really hold constructive dialogue. well i mean president. of course is a very astute businessman and he has won many deals and the prize themselves on the hill in the. north koreans is informed by. of his family seeing how the north koreans have to grapple with foreign aggression and they are basically learning from what happened in china during that time or you don't i don't think at the moment you don't have the time or for example with the former u.s.s.r. and then china did not have a nuclear weapon and then the china would rather. giving up the chance to improve the economy by concentrating on. possessing this new create the terrorists so i

think that the bulk of it is trying to learn from history and now with that they have called this insurance policy they are now in a more comfortable position to the next he'll lot the last thing they want is to challenge the united states because there is no comparison in terms of military capability but they have the kind of the sort of policy and they could strike it better to you to stabilize the economy as it were. and also to minimize the kind of all of the deuce the kind of sanctions and i'm sorry to jump in i have apologized for the wrong thing. you discuss this insurance policy this insurance policy that pyongyang now reportedly has but it's precisely that insurance policy that aggravates washington and trump so much so if indeed these talks to happen it looks like they will happen in the next month or two what do you think could come from the talks. what i think the first thing is

that the. administration must not be. asking for or you know was having this kind of zero zam kind of mentality and insisting on one side takes all because there are already lines beyond which the north koreans cannot cross and you could north koreans feels that they're giving up all the insurance policy in return for an uncertain future i think they're likely to back off from this any further discussions and go back to their always which is not good for anyone so i think that the most important thing is for the america to realize that this is an opportunity and they should seize upon it and the long term more powerful kind of to change that we've seen these two economics but times on the korean seem to be happy with more caring off a lot of tests at least to face the situation and take it one step at

a current you using a kind of word flyable mechanism with its support of other countries. within russia and course the south koreans and of course japan as well independent asian affairs specialist andrew long joining us live here on r.t. international thank you very much for your time and your insights thank you. militants have shelled a refugee convoy trying to leave the rebel and terrorist controlled syrian enclave of east and kuta the russian defense ministry has confirmed that several civilians were killed in the us old. now taking a look at the different factors hampering the russian sponsored evacuation process . according to the russian military the three hundred families had allegedly gathered together to leave eastern ghouta crossing the frontlines is always dangerous so it's best done when there's a safe window with the agreement of both deliverance the syrian government was

waiting for them the rebels this he knew what was going on and shelled them they reportedly shelled the procession of civilians i mean a kilometer before they were out of east ghouta and then to top it all off they shelled the relatives and journalists waiting in the syrian side at the end of the corridor nothing's changed they aren't allowing civilians to leave just like the islam islam is brother and did in aleppo. and then. that started to you know. then of us are here to. get out of there. what they said about even any is. actually in some sour city kind of thing. yet here in washington tell it you don't mention that they think it's joke like russia has called for

these jokes like humanitarian corridors russia needs to just do what the united nations had agreed to and voted on and that is a countrywide ceasefire freeing civilians would mean less human shields it would be a p.r. blue people don't want to stay with the rebels they'll talk say all sorts of horrible things about life and the jihad ists they'll challenge the narrative why let them leave too many problems take also rebel shelling of damascus blind aimless shells peppered damascus daily for years now so many dead and still die. sighing still to die yet you won't see any he's styria about that in fact you won't hear much of tool they won't admit that rebels are keeping people hostage because that justifies assad's operation as do those that die in rebel shelling so why mention

it it ruins the narrative it's so much simpler when it's all black and white most of the united states press is clearly on the side of the rebels they believe that assad is an evil person who is running an evil regime and they'd like to see it all and therefore stories about the suffering of syrians in damascus because that rebel argument don't make much impression and occasionally they get through the stories but they are they're not. they're not the overriding story which is that this is a brutal regime that refuses to make compromise and it's leading to a very lopsided aerator also on thursday dozens of aid to trucks were prevented from entering eastern ghouta due to the fighting on the ground un aid convoy was allowed into the area on monday but it had to leave amid heavy fighting even before all the unloading was even finished the situation in the area remains dire and

civilians as we've seen have little chance of escape. this is a extraordinarily violent time it's been

a very bloody two months here the beginning of this year he does really held ground for the children it is very difficult there are problems arguments they are scared they are seeing death and violence at a scale that you would hope no child would see there is a lack of food and water it brings to see so many of the families are crowded into small spaces and basements are still to come here on the program this is international google employees are mildly frustrated over the company's ongoing partnership with the u.s. military store story and much more after the break. you can say that. something is good. or bad for

barcelona zero zero zero but for. whatever. the principle is good all the principle is bad has to be apply equally and that is . the legacy of the communist era has left i'm assuming a lot of of the legacy waste as well i'm assuming again from my understanding of the soviet era that there was much more of a culture of a review system and not throwing things the way that i think the society that emerged out of that tends to reject so it's a matter of moving back to that. could

have you with us today google is facing a backlash from its own employees over its partnership with the u.s. department of defense the company is cooperating with the pentagon under the military drone project maven google is developing auto official intelligence to analyze drone video data the tech giant has defended its involvement in the military project. the technology flags images for human review and is for non-offensive uses only military use of machine learning naturally raises valid concerns we actively discussed in this important topic internally and with others as we continue to develop policies and safeguards around the development and east of a machine learning technologies the us military does make extensive use of drones according to the bureau of investigative journalism since two thousand and four nearly five thousand drone strikes have been confirmed it's thought these of killed around of

around a thousand civilians now at the end of last year google's event executive chairman expressed fears that the military was exploiting tech to kill. there's a general concern in the tech community. somehow the military industrial complex using their stuff to kill people and correctly if you will have a scenario where. at one time or google's motto was don't be evil a former cia analyst and also blower told us why the tech giant can no longer stay true to what you know this is the dirty little secret of corporate america and that is that practically every major corporation no matter what sector it's in is cooperating in some way with either the defense department or the intelligence community let's say you're the c.e.o. of a company and the department of defense comes to you and says we want you to help us do x. y. and z. and you say no i can't because our slogan is don't do evil they say your country

needs you and because you're a patriot you have to help your country and believe it or not that's a very convincing argument and ninety nine companies out of one hundred will do what's asked for them. the winter paralympics get underway in south korea today at the event in pealing chang will last for ten days a record number of competitors are participating at this time around we understand five hundred sixty seven athletes from forty nine teams paralympians from russia though have been banned from competing under their national flag over allegations of state sponsored doping. expects him to be barred from the qualification rounds if they'd let us take part

it would have been a miracle but the fact we're not going well it's like a. system which cannot approach and where coaches i have mixed feelings because our boys and going it feels like we've been dropped. when you will is one who had the news i felt bad to be honest it's my first time going to the paralympics i should have been jumping with joy that i got to go but i didn't feel happy. i would you didn't it's no surprise that being so harsh towards our team it may be inhuman but it was expected.

everyone knows that we are athletes from russia russia is always with us anyway in our hearts because at the time was that there's merged in ways that everyone knows in a way that we're from russia out opponents know that we're from russia that chill afraid of us. say some thirty. table in europe's biggest summer we're setting the highest goals for ourselves so many years of preparation shouldn't go to waste which is why we're going to prove. that we are the best. for you did in the short spurts of course is a fun this summer phone as with a movie i wanted doesn't prove out but we are united and i think you will be able to produce good results. next year. so listen one hundred days now to go until the

world cup kicks off here in russia in his latest edition of his r.t.e. show stan collymore looks at how fans will be able to enter the country without a visa and travel around a free. we went to some. explain the finally d.t.c. system the freezer for the system will show you three free travel much to make you want to start the process of finally dressed your the local official present and possible to free travel the red bush up to die it's my turn with the. we call the congress and the social money trees cheap shots go to school here to get it will be information that i need the head of the faithful will cope with the sudden succumb to the day oh wait you're a boy just across the border of course from what i saw it was where it's almost all

to nineteen thirty a month to be while i face this way the first local pop and that done a good many a. place for him to that see and let's go in row fantastic goes for a preview of one national city any runs a local would have to make. which is president bush's well best. advice for sharing a friday with us here when i'll see international we are back with more.

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be killed people may be even dangerous. now no ones and contouring can chew everybody's running and that's. going to serve the end cohen says he'll show but not so public of kosovo proclaimed

its independence from serbia a decade ago consequences has just moved to the country and the world young come on . former president of the united nations general assembly and foreign foreign minister of czech republic is with me today to talk about this. ten years after course of those declaration of independence the country still struggling. with some states afraid of the dangers that kosovo separatist success could pose them. mean for the world will it ever make peace with its neighbors and i stayed for at least on its own two feet without the protection of young cullen former president of the un general assembly an x. foreign minister of the czech republic welcome to the show it's really great to have you with us now mr come on ten years ago you had and you stayed born and possible back then you set the proclamation of independence and its recognition was

a big mistake ten years on do you still think the same. yes i'm going to wind it was a mistake so that the very beginning in fact mistake is a very polite soft. they got the i called mission of independence of kosovo as a gross violation of international law but also violation of the house think it can even of the united nations security council resolution twelve forty four which made it very clear that kosovo at that time should have the main body of the former federal republic of yugoslavia. and the you know a lot of a decoration of independence clearly violated all of the.

legal provisions and in my own opinion i think it set a very dangerous but i said and for. minorities also i said and says her mission is movement to declare that the no independence i was not surprised at toll that the also of the independence or declaration of independence of crimea well that was nice and really mr cowan i was going to ask you because you also said i recognize the cost of this independence proclamation and not recognizing our cause yang crimea is a double standard but the western powers explain that by saying that all these cases are unique and shouldn't be used to ask presidents for each other do you agree with their point. in the open unit. any such political moves create precedents either positive or negative ones. as

far as i'm concerned and i'm not the only one. who was perceived by many of my colleagues in the czech bollman for example that did occur you know it's a recognition of independence of course or create it but as i didn't fall. for it i mean into future maybe they. got the law in spain maybe inspired by this and the other similar. similar movements and therefore. i form a diploma. you believe in following the provisions of international law. and therefore. if i do think it. i like the idea that break ups of any such entities should be as

a result of an agreement of both spots so if they would have agreed to it at that time it would have you know k. same as. my own country czechoslovakia. divide the czech republic and slovakia it was as a result of an agreement of both parts that i think want us bonds to international law ok i want to look at a. declaration of independence these are all i want to talk a little bit about costs about sodomy cost of a separation from ethnic serbs in the north to ignore the new state and for years that's what they did i mean sometimes a tension is rose so high that the former president of serbia has said he's ready to send troops into protect a serbian population that can there be a conflict with his serbian kossovo over the northern terry. joris. i hope that any conflicts will not take form of

a minute to to confront. but the conflict which could be solved by negotiations and by political means but from my own information the position of. sebi and minority in kosovo for example. is not. one which. would go to spoil the you know the new me in. criteria for achievement of minorities and i do hope that when negotiations of both pushed you know and better get a. new joy in european union will proceed further that utopian union will ensure that both countries fully conform to develop and they can create you then other criteria including criteria for its treatment of minorities therefore this must be flexed it in the level of

education level of access to that of ages. buildings and. missed out in one essential that mr carwell. what gives you the hope that they will abide by the copenhagen normative. i mean if they if they wish to join do dopey uni and. the copenhagen criteria. one of the basic ones i can see how they could join utopia uni and if. the level of democracy would be in some way violated if they would be convicted office. as caught up in official. come see of each would no more. rule of law and so that i so for me the copenhagen is something unsurmountable i mean they have to conform otherwise they conjoined

utopian unity and most of cos of course are asked nic all being a prime minister has already voiced the idea of a single president for both countries at some point and using albania could eventually absorb kosovo if they cost of our state will not get itself together in the near future. that's a very complex question. if i'm going to think of the united nations of independence of kosovo. and that does not mean that course of all. should be basically taken over by. knowledge of course debt in both countries a. the population is. a baby and. it would go into the question the very. principle which you are now discussing so if kosovo is declared as

a somewhat an independent country. then. i can quite see. in international law they should become a province or a bot of some sort of arrangement with. i think the this would be. unacceptable to the government. and i would hope it would be unacceptable to most of international community for the cost of a specialist court as a tribunals set up to investigate kosovo liberation army members of muses during the conflict with serbia is in danger at the cost of a palm and is considering suspending it says the prime minister the president the palm and to his speaker are all former commanders all scale a do you saying there is foul play here i mean someone wanting to hush things down i do hear from some of my friends who live in the indonesian that. close to the leadership or in some

influential positions in kosovo they are still members of. a got a hole in the last at least. strongly suspect it of having committed crimes during the minutes of a confrontation if this is the case they should be. i am a believer in the in the hate boat but. the problem is that not all people but also they some of whom have been brought in the past with a surprisingly. being. other people receive very high and long sentences so that creates enough most fear in which the whole question of a pick a sion of justice is being set on into doubts and that is not good for the most fear of justice serbia's membership in the e.u.

is resting on serbia's recognition of kosovo but for now i mean the public opinion in serbia want to allow that so serbia will never a joint the e.u. because it will never recognize kosovo independence. i am. just going to show and i'm a strong believer in the european union and i do believe that both goals overall and said via should become members of the european union but i do believe they should become members. at the same time facing same conditions and the same criteria of fulfillment of these conditions. the condition would fall that got in play by the utopian uni into the so that they have to recognise the independence of kosovo before they could join the european union. i'm very unhappy about it because it gives the impression of ultimatum of

oppression of even a black man if you wish. this is unfair it creates. unfair position for said the income but as well as the position of course of all do it in much hope that sensible politicians in the european union. sink this condition and look for a negotiated compromise between the i think also and said compromise we should be adjudicated and ranged by the european union by the offices of european union and as you know at the moment still five member countries of do you know putin has no recognized kosovo and i do believe that if such a compromise is not the beach you will not have. a union in most knowledge moment of independence and membership.