used in that attack was actually developed in the soviet union decades ago and the o.p.c. w. officially confirmed that russia had concluded the destruction of its entire chemical weapons stockpile last year but apparently it was not only russia that had access to research labs and the scientists working there in his back to start for example which became independent after the break up of the soviet union it was the pentagon that helped to demilitarize the facility it was in that very facility that never chalk was tested so they didn't even last the gerbils up against good schools in the mid one nine hundred ninety s. western special services recruited a number of our chemical specialists their names are known they also brought some of the documents and continued research in this area including in the us in the u.k. the results achieved by those countries in creating new poisonous substances that for some reason classified under the common name in the west are confirmed and represented in more than two hundred open sources from nato countries we have all the references we're ready to provide them. how has she responded to the

russian government's request for a sample of the agent used in the soles reattack to run its own tests apparently no response and no sample why the secrecy if this is such an open and shut case. as that revealed any evidence as to the location of its production all the identity of its perpetrators hundreds of offices as you would expect him to work around for gathering evidence to identify those responsible we're not declaring a person of interest or a suspect that this is. how does committing a heinous act on foreign soil on the eve of a presidential election and months before the much discussed world cup knowing the diplomatic fallout benefit the kremlin you have to ask one thing if russia wanted to kill this man they could have. old him when he was

a prisoner in russia why have they waited this long and why use a chemical weapon that makes it definitely is so russia's behind this the very old to think that the president of russia is sitting in his office deciding who to kill someone who is no threat in that basically now retired in britain i would guess that mr putin has got more important things to do than that but the reason maine says russia has been given a chance to disprove its guilt until proven innocent despite many unanswered questions the mass expulsion of diplomats the freeze on the high level talks for tat action approaching means the diplomatic damage has already been done and it's too late to undo. we have a significant development from the syrian enclave of eastern ghouta more than five thousand civilians have escaped to the rebel controlled area of via humanitarian corridor or established by russia and syria the russian defense ministry center for

reconciliation in syria says up to thirteen thousand people are expected to reach safety zones by the end of the day the humanitarian corridors were set up as part of an effort to implement a un resolution sees fire in syria however civilians rarely use them with reports of militants taking hostages and opening fire on those attempting to flee the syrian government's anti terror operation has forced many militants to cut deals to let civilians go in exchange for their own safety. is to go to which is close to the capital damascus came under rebel control back in twenty twelve and since then government forces have been trying to recapture the area and fighting intensified there last month the militants have been driven into three pockets with syrian government now holding large parts of the territory but the situation for civilians trapped in the embattled areas remains dire people have been caught in the

crossfire does suffer in shortages of food and supplies. as a power struggle in berlin but this time it's between the north foresees and the criminal underworld it's claimed that arab crime clans are infiltrating the police and undermining their reputation and the media says they're proving successful at it here's our europe correspondent peter all of. a parallel society with parallel justice be meted out by a mafia dog the arabic clones of. the world who are probably going to influence that the challenging the poll of the state that has got a long bells ringing in the city prosecutor's office the damaged. already done now the clans in making sure the confidence in state power is dwindling the latest method being used to a road the power of the police while cementing their own is to use their power base against the pleats strength lies in drug trafficking protection rackets and

prostitution and it's the latter it's being used to attack the reputation of police officers and it's a level of rumors have been spreading about police and prostitutes aiming to show police officers in a bad light. for example that they have given drugs to prostitutes for information but once it's out there it is very difficult to dispel it people see corrupt cops in hollywood and think yes that could happen even if we have very clear evidence to prove it's not true. the arab clans have become such a part of the tapestry of the german capital that they were recently featured in the hit t.v. show. mention of the which was. going to talk about.

the police point out this real life is far crueler violent than anything. the clans main weapon is intimidation but just recently we saw a passer by shot and injured in a shootout between gangs if you hear shots being fired in berlin eighty percent of the time it's clans we've seen police officers testifying against klan members and being threatened right in the courtroom if you stand against them expect to be visited by them and for threats to be made against you and your family. the clans have become emboldened over the last few years being linked to or investigated in more and more on bishops crimes like the daring heist on an upscale jewelers and the theft of a one hundred kilo gold coin from the boat a museum but how to open up a group that uses violence to guarantee silence and. we need to track the money

like they did with the math here in italy we should make it so people have to prove where the cash comes from now a person can claim all the unemployment benefits available to be driving a lamborghini and say it was a gift from his brother even though the real money. he's coming from criminal enterprises. with the police feeling how many struggle by allegations against offices of the crime groups old. enough to ask who was in the increasingly cool battle for the streets of berlin peter all of a faulty. donald trump got designs on a military unit space literally out of this well but the internet is going to only ideas about the president's proposed facebook's sauti report after the break.

what politicians do something to. put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president and should. somehow want. to go right to be press this is what before reasonable people. interested always in the waters about how. this should.

thanks. hello welcome back well donald trump's latest speech to the military in the u.s. has stirred the imagination of science five fans he's announced a new frontier for america outer space and a special space force to go with it but as he says that the explains while some have a field day with themes jokes on the internet others a warning of the dangers of space militarization the army navy and air forces aren't enough in the battle for world dominance it's time for new developments and donald trump isn't short of ideas space is a war fighting domain just like the air and sea. we may even have a space force develop another one space force we have the air force one of the

space corps we have the army the navy trans comments have captured the imagination of twisties as with many wondering whether help the guardian of the galaxy or will he be training in all me of power ranges all stone trip is ready to file a says at any extraterrestrial threats. and even some of the president's general seem to be a list same page or planets there is no war in space just as there is no war in cyberspace there is only war and war can extend into any demain not a new idea has been proposed many times in the past and it's always been rejected by the new something that people have been promoting again recently i think it would be a very negative move actually because it would create a constituency whose natural interest then is is used to further the weaponization of space and create a greater danger of actual war in space but not all the way both the us defense and

the air force secretaries have labeled the space plan as a necessary prayer critic and costly and the house in fact spin a space command's for if they say yes is part of the u.s. air force and carries out intelligence operations and make sure space isn't militarized then there's also the nine hundred sixty seven outer space treaty no small obstacle to any american ambitions to put weapons in orbit it was created to stop the setup of military bases and out of space and address other cosmic concerns well they're the u.s. has previously blocked or abstained from the un effets to regulate space weapons.

since at least the past twenty years of not beyond the united states has had no interest in any discussion of space or arms control so although it's hard to tell how sincere trump is at this point one thing is for sure trump feels the force is with him. just a few days left for the russian presidential election candidates to try and win over voters and they're doing the rounds on nationwide t.v. debates one such discussion discussion on wednesday made the headlines for all the wrong reasons though after it descended into an ill tempered slanging match. schumer would have new sputum on you but it's some annoy yeah by disputing yeah. but they didn't. see it where else fails. leave out a new order and i think that says b.s. the chance it gives you that you're in the soup so much should you see out she was

even why it is really great mean ya. know it was really going to be easy if you really do lose a little going you know you. already know you do go to georgia. over here you know the color of that image that you are if you have somebody. to look at your interests you want your eyes and ears that close moment is your chance to. succeed you served your proof sheets of travel do you know that already old but as we continue our profiles of the candidates let's tell you about one of the people who really got stuck into the on their spat about the mystery of ski is the leader of russia's liberal democratic party and has run in all bar one presidential election since they began in russia in nine hundred ninety one he wants to introduce a progressive income tax system instead of the current all round flat rate as well

as pledging to tackle poverty unemployment and illegal immigration his critics though say he's pandering to easy populism and that his party often votes in line with the kremlin in parliament anyway here's where you stand in his own words. it would seem to me we must be strong and those in the present should be charged with such a foreign policy that will make everyone scared about this is that me and they can respect as usual and no one will dare to close russian schools are still fresh russian language for me i will move death to stop margins exist lawmakers turkeys and i will move it to kill our ambassador because i will do everything to make russians and our language respect your. yes i choose to go on russian citizens to be proud of our country not be proud of sausages or smart phones is disgusting the answer hewing overnight to buy

a new phone it's not that's not what price even though i promise all military officers new ranks and the new no one will be left without flags and you'll get them immediately as no more waiting there's lots of vacant i will increase pensions for all veterans and you give bonuses free to restrict the i will protect all of us the away and we will be proud of our country. does not see that we need to have a strong army out of that no options here be friends with somebody who did those who are we going to be friends with no risk of nato forces our borders it will take you five minutes to fly to st petersburg to get a ball in seven minutes you must go to moscow that's our genuine any rashness they are planning to destroy our country and they won't stand your whimpering like you will travel there to get a shingle visa i will get better economy by your kind of economy. if they bomb the hell out of us tomorrow at work security is the first.

these people shouldn't even be allowed to serve as an ordinary civil i knew and they want to become president that's a disgrace and it would change the loyalists and you weren't see this political and outrage at the new year's election when you may get brought up well profiling all the presidential election candidates here on r.t. international over the next few days as from saturday night all special election coverage kicks off on red square and continues right through polling day as we receive those all important results and reactions. now tons of gold have rained down on a runway in northern siberia after the doors of a cargo plane carrying the precious metal failed the plane was carrying nine tons of gold worth nearly four hundred million dollars from a mine in the region according to local media one hundred seventy two gold bars have been recovered so far they also quote witnesses who say they saw balls of

platinum as well as diamonds scattered across the runway police have now cordoned off the area and the russian city of kirkuk and are searching for the rest of the cargo the region is famous for its gold and silver mines. or do get in touch and say your thoughts on our stories by following goes on social media are back at the top of the hour with the latest headlines i'll see that. it becomes nuclear it will become all your lordship. your toward your career as well but i guess it was a more scary year. nine hundred fifty. official line is that.

does not exist. is an us occupied territory. if you're a source what should not so i was very old school probably develop nukes and if that happens what about japan. and what about vietnam all this gantries have a lot of reasons to develop a. little more value on the idea that dropping bombs brings police to the chicken or forcing you to fight the battles that. lead to new socks for the tell you that celebrity gossip the tabloids but i felt a little pointless the day. off the bad guys and tell me you are not cool enough and such to buy their product lens. these are the hawks that we along with our audience will watch the.

this is boom bust broadcasting around the world from washington d.c. i'm bart chilton. coming up today we talk investing with an emphasis on millennial investing with april ruden of the ruden group and what's going on with cuba as we are about to see a cuban government without a castro at the helm alex behala vich takes a look at the economics and we get a prognosis from john. of the u.s. cuba trade an economic development council and before we go stephen hawking has passed away we'll spend a few more months moments on his remarkable life all that's coming up but first let's get to some hot headlines. breaking news to say afternoon financial pundit

t.v. personality larry kudlow is going to be the next director of president trump's council of economic dividers ad buy it or rather reuters reported that kudlow said the president offered me the job last night and i accepted the any c. director is officially the principal economic advisor to the president the recent departure of former goldman sachs president and c.e.o. gary cohen from the post over tariffs had rattled investors kudlow has criticized the president over tariffs but reportedly became convinced of the merits after trump agreed to soften the impact on u.s. allies like mexico and canada in response to concerns. and the organization for economic cooperation and development or o.e.c.d. is pushing for an international dialogue to reduce trade frictions and prevent a cycle of tit for tat trade war as. elations the o.e.c.d.

s march economic outlook advises that quote governments should avoid escalation and rely on global solutions to resolve excess capacity in the global steel industry the outlook also warns that quote trade protectionism remains a key risk that would negatively affect confidence investment and jobs the o.e.c.d. recommends using the process of the world trade organization the w two yo to resolve the growing dispute over u.s. president donald trump's imposition of tariffs on imported steel and aluminum. leftist presidential candidate andreas manwell lopez obrador also known as aam low is extending an olive branch to mexico's business class last week he told the annual meeting of the association of mexican banks that if elected he will support banks won't confiscate assets and won't nationalize the banks he also said quote we'll have a country more focused on its main problem the cancer of corruption and low leads

his closest rival by thirteen points in the latest poll the presidential election takes place on july first. google says that they will stop advertising for bitcoin and other crypto currencies as part of an effort to eliminate unregulated financial products from their platform you may recall that earlier this year in january facebook took a similar action the google ban also applies to advertisements related to crypto currency exchanges as well as initial coin offerings which allow companies to raise money by selling crypto currency. and in related crypto news a new self regulatory organization and what they call an s.r.o. for crypto is being proposed by the winkle by cameron and tyler winkle voss the founders of gemini the digital currency exchange the twins founded in two thousand

and fifteen the virtual commodity association would function as a nonprofit independent organization to be governed by a board of director the winkle vi said in a statement quote we believe a thoughtful s.r.o. framework that provides a virtual commodity regulatory program for the virtual commodity industry is the next logical step in the maturation of this market and good for them. and one more crypto story coin base one of the world's biggest crypto currency exchanges and wallets which you may recall was in some hot water last year i think in august as the internal revenue service requested the names of their customers some who may have been avoiding paying taxes on crypto currency profits has now opened a bank account with u.k. lender barclays the six largest global investment bank in the world the new signifies the first major relationship between a large investment bank and a crypto currency exchange banks have been reluctant to exchange in crypto

currencies or the exchanges themselves on which they trade due to myriad factors including but not limited to concerns about money laundering on unregulated platforms with unregulated currencies. and now we turn to investing and focus on millennial are they different and are investment advisors doing what needs to be done for millennia lots of questions and we have just the person to answer all of our queries april ruden the founder and c.e.o. of the ruden group april thank you so much for being here before we get into it let me ask you just a quick if you have a quick take on the news that larry kudlow will be taking gary cohen's job and the white house as director of the national economic council any reaction. well thanks for having me bart first of all second of all i would say that i cut those in an

early supporter of trial so there may be no surprise there. and they have a great and mostly everything except from what i've seen recent aluminum and steel tariffs i think there's been a little bit of the a disagreement but you've been on t.v. with kudlow quite a quite a lot just a biden spart so what do you think. well i like being interviewed so you do it so i think i mean he's definitely a guy that's out there of her open free markets guy he's i think has a powerful personality and my question would be whether or not given that the president himself has a powerful personality how that dynamic will work but there's no question for me that he will rule some of these meetings these big meetings that they have everything all economic policy whether or not it's commerce department or treasury stuff all for flows through the economic council so look i commend him for taking

the jobs you know you don't do it for the pay you do it for the country so i'm really pleased for larry and hope that he can make a difference and and hang in there we need adults in this administration and larry will be a good addition so anyway april back to it let's get to the millennial i mean how are they different to we know they're a little bit different but how are they different investors than than the rest of us. so i think the first thing that people need to understand about millennial is is that they're more conservative than what people think they have seen two thousand and eight happen they've seen their parents portfolios decimated in some cases they've seen what some of the larger financial services institutions have done and so they've become more conservative fifty percent of more portfolios are in cash and this this generation millennial or next gen are the most educated that we've ever had but they're also hold the most debt so that's another

important aspect at investment community and financial advisors need to really understand about them but the most important thing is that millennial value transparency authenticity and they want to be not a number they want to be seen as people and not a portfolio well that brings up you know whether or not they sort of look at things differently with regard to where they put that money that you say they're holding april i mean are they more concerned about you know policy issues than perhaps profits the old school profits did that they have these you know values pure profit values are those a thing that doesn't concern them as much as perhaps what the policies might be. that's a great question that really gets at the heart of the matter so millennial is are not nearly as concerned with investment returns as their boomer parents and as financial advisors which we can touch on

a little bit later they're much more socially conscious they're environmentally conscious they're community conscious they're conscious of everything really around them and less conscious and of their investment returns so they know they need to and they want to work with people who are again more transparent and authentic and they really have personal connections rather than just being a number of just being a portfolio so that is a cute differ. it's from never my parents so that gets to what you are the sort of forecasted for the conversation the investment advisors and not that investment advisors are all all all white dude but they're at least fairly represented so how do millennialist look at investment advisors do they need people that don't don't look like i don't know me or other folks do they need people that are sort of catering to them both both in terms of connecting with them april and in terms of the sorts of financial products that are being offered to millennial. yes so

there's a lot to unpack there bart first of all the average age of a financial advisor is fifty five in the u.s. and they are many of them are old you know white guys for the most part only fifteen percent of financial advisors are female for example i don't have the exact numbers on what percentage of financial advisors are millennial but it certainly is a growing and a really important field. for millennia as even to go into themselves as you see you know financial advisors going out into the sunset you see portfolios being drawn down you can see what's going to be happening in the future so that's really important into lloyd has for a cast something like up to twenty four trillion dollars being held by millennial zx by two thousand and twenty and we shouldn't be surprised by that because about fifty percent of millennial is are also entrepreneurs they're much more entrepreneurial than their boomer parents they don't want to work for

a company again they don't want to be a number so they have a completely different complection and that's the gap that exists is the difference between financial advisors that are touting and pushing their enterprise brands and their financial returns as being there the way that they're used to marketing selling and onboarding clients and the disconnect happens because millennial are looking for a connection not looking for investment returns but looking for products to play to their passions whether it's socially conscious environmentally conscious or just more about them and then transparent they don't want something that is a derivative or something they're not going to really be able to understand they want to know more about their investment and what that vehicle is and then what they're actually investing in well one of the things that i know they want to invest in but a lot of financial advisors do not offer these as products and those are crypto

currencies.