headline stories this hour claims of a chemical attack in the syrian city of doom earlier this month or called into question with a number of journalists who visited this struggling to find any evidence to the reports of the people there telling a very close race of this whole story from a group with st. the syria conflict seems to have forged a new friendship between the presidents of france and america the two over a mutual dislike of the conflict stricken countries leader. a local cameraman claims israeli soldiers shot dead and all the armed power. gal's a border last thing he has video evidence to prove. when i filmed him he wasn't

carrying it or sling shot or knife he was acting like everyone else in my. reverie are tuning in from right around the globe this hour welcome to moscow and to r.t. international my names you know neal our top story. are continuing to grow over claims of a chemical weapons attack in the syrian city of duma earlier this month a number of western journalists who travel to the city say they are struggling to find witnesses to confirm the reports i discussed the matter with iraq because the of earlier. if you were expecting any concrete evidence of assad's culpability or even any set suggestion well you are in for a disappointment because you get the idea i was not just coming back from

a town about five kilometers from here and it has approximately twenty thousand people who have fled from eastern guta and above all do much of the people there are telling us very person ways of lee this whole story from a privileged seventh was still. there are many people i talk to amid the ruins of the town who said that they never believed in gas stories which they usually put about they claim by the armed is the most groups. these are serious journalists that we're talking about robert fisk a reporter from the independent he has decades of experience in the middle east he went to east booted to duma spoke to locals and witnesses and doctors working at the medical facility all of them told him that they didn't know anyone who would suffered in this attack who had been a victim all they know is the someone said something about chemical attacks there's a report the german reporter from d.f.

there's this trend of people journalists coming out and say hold on maybe we got this wrong and invariably they face a backlash if they go against what the media has been saying for weeks and weeks now trumpeting that assad did this suddenly if you say hold on a second they come right after you there was a retired british general who was in sky news i believe and he said you know it doesn't make sense for assad to have done this well look what happened to him what possible motive might trigger syria. chemical attack this time and place. the syrians winning and then suddenly ok i'm i'm i'm to i'm very sorry if i'm never patient waiting for us that we don't need to give at the very sorry thank you very much indeed it just seems like many in western media in western governments already have their minds made up they've decided they know what

has what has happened look at the united states backed by britain and france they launched an attack on syria mere hours before w. specialists would do to arrive on the scene on the point the o.p.c. w organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons there had been criticism that why weren't there and are right there they arrived on saturday they've collected some. but the juta the how they work their procedures they're all very hush hush so there isn't a lot of information where the claims originate from where is this story coming from we're all pro-rebel sources the first one was the white helmets which are largely financed by western governments prove rebel actors rescue is for rebel fighters and they released reduce from a hospital showing them downs in people with legibly the victims of a chemical attack then there was the syrian american medical society which is

financed again by the united states to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars and they claim that they treated five hundred people with symptoms of exposure to chemical agents it's these two sources that was cited by almost the entirety of the media and governments was their reports and their videos that went out nevertheless with growing opinion growing views witnesses testimony that nothing such happened you know you've got to question where they got this from world where this information and why this information appeared in the first place nevertheless the russian position is that we shouldn't jump to conclusions we should wait until there's the hard facts with which we can you know come to a judgment. just him on a spectrum not touched upon the white helmets the self styled emergency response group behind the reports of the chemical attack has long been embroiled in

controversy they have been frequently accused of links to jihadi groups in syria including terrorists affiliated with al qaida the activists enjoy white support from western governments disclosing they had received twelve million dollars in overseas donations this year the u.s. which is thought to be the white helmets largest contributor is reviewing its funding for rebuilding war ravaged syria but the state department is sure that the group won't be affected by any cutbacks. as the funding and the funding that the u.s. was providing to this group and because of that. as far as i'm aware all of the work still continues people's bills are still being paid if there's anything that's a change that also unlike you know contributions are still as far as i know that is all still is all still in play and it is no rationale for supporting these groups so why tell me it's don't work in any government territory and they have a very political agenda one might argue that the way to home and to doing some

humanitarian work as well but because of all the political linkages one can easily say that they are compromised because as a humanitarian you shouldn't be taking part with rebel groups and calling could regime change that defeats the objective that's why there are so many question marks against the white house a lot of people who say we should stop supporting these groups that are questioning their motives of western involvement in syria because over the last seven years it's now evident that all these groups had linked with terrorism or syria is expected to be the main focus of an upcoming visit of the french president to the u.s. and money will mccall say zee wants washington. to play a key role in creating a new syria the french and american leaders appear to have bonded over syria saying their bilateral relations are as strong as ever how do you explain your special relationship with the president and some of called you the trump whisperer i think

we have a very strong personal relation based on the different meetings we had and it's official these visits your president or president trump is expected to does all his french counterpart with a private dinner vernon the virginia munchen was the home of america's first president george washington is considered to be the cradle of american french relations the presidents are also expected to exchange memorable gifts and. why among your visit to the u.s. promises to be so special. donald trump is the thinnest u.s. president in nearly a century and his face chair without holding a state dinner but he's wasting little time and his second his first in a date at the white house french president emanuel but the tyranny this initial encounters have been slightly shaky.

micron even went as far as trolling trump on his favorite platform off the washington pulled out of the power of the climate deal but paresis child seems to have done the trick i remounted dinner atop the eiffel tower with famous ladies last july may have been enough to figure if i'm thick at the bilateral tensions since that we've seen the best of the newest political bromance. my friendship between our two nations. and ourselves and my day is only great that. nothing will ever separate i was. deep rooted in that blossoming relationship that lies the military foundation president micron was the first to back donald trump in his decision to strike syria even boasting that he convinced trump said to be a notoriously bad listener not to withdraw troops the additional ten days ago

president trump was saying the united states of america had a juicy to disengage from syria and i assure you we have convinced him that is necessary to stay for the long term the relationship between the two leaders has drawn comparisons with former playschool best of george w. bush and tony blair once dubbed the couple their friendship was noted will be full invasion of iraq and the british government inquiry called the bad bush relationship it's a tempting factor in shaping it their relationship went from clean and healthy on toothpaste to a mutual hatred of saddam he say. some familiar syrian dictator bashar al assad the best of it assad bashar al assad is in a war against his own people micron and trumps common grounds can be found in good old fashioned ego a self-proclaimed stable genius and the strong of the roman gods jupiter all good leaders make another as we can assess strength and the money feeds his chance for

front his own special relationship with the u.s. at a time when the u.k.'s was beginning to flounder not to mention ties with other european leaders as well but it can always be smiles and handshakes take the iran nuclear deal currently trying a wedge between their new found friendship and the worst deals i've ever seen in their disastrous deal one of the dumbest deals one of the worst deals ever was the arraign deal i'm all for agreements but that was a bad one we cannot and will not make this certification. a solid robust verifiable agreements that guarantees that iran will not acquire nuclear weapons to denounce it without proposing anything else would be a serious mistake not respecting it would be irresponsible as the deadline approaches to fix or nick the iran agreement is thoughts maicon might be the only your opinion to try to talk trump out of breaking the deal but with the white house back on the diplomatic dating scene for the first time in two years there's plenty

of things for the media and world leaders to. well lots of iran nuclear deal mention there was struck back in two thousand and fifteen it obliged to run to stop its nuclear program if the u.s. drops sanctions against iran but president trump has cast doubts on the agreement and set a may the twelfth deadline for participants to improve its terms otherwise washington will withdraw from the accord iran's foreign minister warned not his country would resume nuclear enrichment if the u.s. walks away from the deal professor of politics in tehran told was that tearing up the iran nuclear agreement will hurt the u.s. united states is in a weaker position today than they were six seven years ago the iranians for the iranians are used to sanctions i don't think that the united states will be able to put the sort of pressure on iran that it was able to do so before so personally i think that if the americans go down the road. tearing up the dream and they would.

face more harm then the iranians the americans would be isolated and they will be seen as violating the agreement and unreliable whereas the iranians will be seen as the victim. he claims to have this sort of influence so he could use this influence in a constructive way that is possible so but with we'll still have to see trampas from looking at him from tehran is very unpredictable. to another every headline stories this hour the shooting of a palestinian teenager injuring ongoing clashes on the ganser border has been caught on camera the boy was allegedly shot by israeli defense forces a warning you may find the following video disturbing.

mohammad was shot in the head and died instantly he was fifteen years old spread following the shooting party spoke to the camera man who filmed the incident. made wasn't threatening the soldiers and was all armed. shouting says participating in the march like everyone else lots of people were participating and he was among them that he was not a threat israeli army and he was not acting in a manager could have been mistreated he was a fifteen year old child no matter what he was doing he couldn't have been posing a threat to the soldiers given the difference between him the friend as well as the five of the soldiers who stood one hundred to two hundred meters back from the friends on the other side when i filmed him he wasn't carrying a stone or a sling shot or a knife he was acting like everyone else in the market. well the latest on rest flirted with the start of the so-called great march of return almost a month ago and palestinians have been demonstrating at the girl so israel border

demanding the return of territory they believe israel has occupied r.t. also managed to speak to the family of the boy who was killed they say he was out a peaceful protest over standing far from the border fence let me tell you sure you . don't know i said mohammed was three hundred meters away from the fence and even if he was right next to it he was a peaceful demonstration he was just a child was he carrying a missile launcher was he shooting at the soldier who killed him why did they kill him i'll tell you what mohammed did wrong mohammed's fault was that he was demanding his rights. just that he asked to go to the demonstration and i said i didn't want him to because these railways threaten and target people each friday threats from the israelis increased then he asked to go and play outside but he escaped and ran off to the demonstration so as soon as he got there they targeted and killed him it happened in less than an hour and then mohammed knew that his

uncle was going to the demonstration and said i want to go with you he said no as he was afraid that something might happen to the boy i thought i'd convinced my hamad to stay at home but he left asking his aunt to tell me and my wife used just going to the fence for an hour he was returned to us as a martyr the israeli defense forces has reacted to the incident posting a picture on twitter showing palestinians close to the border fence claiming that hamas is using youngsters for terror acts israel's defense minister also said by the idea of a search and calling for people not to approach the border. the only culprits in the death of the fifteen year old boy in gaza are the leaders of hamas those cowards hide behind women and children and use them as human shields so that they can continue to dig attack tunnels and carry out terrorist actions against the state of israel i say to the residents of gaza for a long life do not approach the fence. it is outrageous to shoot at children how

does the killing of a child in gaza today help peace this tragic incident must be investigated a full investigation is needed the e.u. calls on the israel defense forces to refrain from using lethal force against unarmed protesters israel has launched an investigation into the case following world like criticism of the shooting the demonstrations have left dozens of palestinians dead and more injured in the past three weeks. coming up right after the break the latest from the u.k. on the poisoning of a former double agent his daughter. selling

you on the idea that dropping bombs brings police to the chicken hawks forcing you to fight the battle. to stop to try to tell you that because of the public i shall . tell you. like. all the hawks that we along with all the walking. most definitely wasn't a victim of any kind of. person. because of the beauty as far as exchanges sort of concerned. because they certainly have to get their people if they get into trouble.

nineteen minutes into the program welcome back the u.k. is expected on monday to field questions from russia on the case of a former spy poisoned last month that's according to the british envoy to the international chemical watchdog the o.p.c. w search and his daughter yulia were poisoned in salt spray on march the fourth the u.k. immediately stated that moscow was highly likely to been behind the incident but the o.p.c. w. do you came military love we're unable to determine the origin of the poison used in the old spree. well i spoke to a former eastern bloc spy who successfully penetrated the cia during the cold war

he gave his perspective on the case. i. was so scrip are most definitely wasn't a victim of any kind of operation or at that from the russian side because that would totally destroy the russian credibility as far as exchanges are concerned and they they are dependent on it because they certainly have to get their people back if they get into trouble the union. there is certainly some kind of scenario of. russian operations and. it just became a good opportunity. to. believe that if you really want to get out. you know how to do it till you move to

a different continent your change identity if you really are very mean had access to very sensitive information that's what i would advise. such an agent to do but otherwise i don't think it's really all that. the dangerous or if you want to leave you leave the moment in most cases they will if you go you know why because it doesn't make sense to force somebody to do something that he doesn't want to do but our intelligence agencies banks fall. yes the cia was certainly a vengeful they they did try to compromise me and they certainly spread false rumors with they tried to. kind of see threat. ugly stories about me either to. yes their eventual cia was certainly very ranch

will or the f.b.i. i would say more the f.b.i. than than the cia. well you officials are reportedly working behind the scenes to persuade washington to ease sanctions on russia imposed after the poisoning of the script bells it comes amid concerns of a blowback to european businesses hitting in particular the blocs biggest economies france and germany some of the sanctions target the metal trade europe's many a market is already seeing disruptions well under the latest sanctions european companies are effectively barred from doing business with their targeted russian counterparts which means the automobile earth space and telecommunications powerhouses are not facing a shortage in crucial resources metal industry executives have also warned of layoffs and production disruptions germany is seeking to ease concerned german government at all working levels would point out where the interests of german

companies have been affected and make it clear where the raw concerns and where we see undesirable consequences previous sanctions have also taken a toll some estimates point to a nearly eighteen billion euro loss for european markets around four hundred thousand e.u. workers are also thought to have lost their jobs as a result of the punitive measures of the sanctions are also likely to be addressed at the annual meeting of the world's major industrial democracies in june ahead of that summit there have been calls for russia to have a seat at the negotiating table a german opposition lawmaker has urged the g. seven bloc to enter into constructive dialogue with more school former british diplomats william melanson is of the belief europe should be more pragmatic in its dealings with america and russia. the actual businesses the companies themselves in france and germany in particular must be putting enormous pressure on the charlie allegedly m t m t russian government with such

a key. product as island medium and little it's by products we have a very large economic multiplier effect going into a lot of other industries not just act craft and motor cars but freight just the nature and let's not forget other countries let's remember that austria in particular is very much against any sanctions he's of the russia europe separate from russia germany especially away from russia is the traditional anglo american plan anyway that if you have learned to ignore ignore all the more excesses of the american instructions and be good to get closer to russia i mean business is business after all. when the going gets tough the tough get going and rushes the fence industry has unleashed some brand new hardware to do just that the following all terrain vehicles focus on getting troops under emergency services to remote inaccessible areas so that in mind let's take

a closer look. well that's or stories for knowledge do keep it right up to date spy checking out r.t.c. twitter page all the latest developments to be found there and i'm back in just over half an hour's time with more global news from r.t. h.q. in moscow.

join me every thursday on the alex i'm unsure when i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business i'm showbusiness i'll see you than. anyone else chose seemed wrong. why don't we all just don't call. me. yet to shape out these days become educated and engaged with equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. palestine is getting international recognition with the help of israel at least in

the world of zoos remember wolf it was dismissive to do it long before you like humans and this is my complicity is going on no phil saviano mediated. no charge no doubt a tough job with a ship the only palestinians is who gets the most hopeful is jerusalem counterparts i don't think there's some of those who in the world under the old commission did not only could give us. and the earth is all of your knowledge gather this money in the muscle that you had i'm going to continue muslims you know do more commandments also don't piss off. their. name is our summers and i build tiny houses for the homeless. see is back and they are here why do these guys down for me a tiny house is not

a solution it will be a free for off. base nice safe conditions to live. susumu supposed to run the city of los angeles. always good terrorist. nobody should be homeless anywhere but especially in one of the richest countries in the world. i build everything with stories because i make a lot of mistakes. and it's easy to back out your mistakes in compton south central l.a. a pint sized idea as well this summer as in a battle with city off already so when you have nothing in order to go. you know

having something like this may as well be a castle. the mayor of los angeles has declared the city is in the midst of a homelessness crisis. overseas trying to solve it one tiny house at a time the tiny house idea is very simple it's shelter. food water and shelter are not optional they're required for human survival so it's a. temporary solution and like the first stone a foundation if you will to helping people who are homeless. according to elvis these cheap and portable tiny homes are meant to be on the streets of l.a. . and they need to fix. but right now they're not moving anywhere because city authorities banned them so they used to belong to somebody yeah yeah. and now they're being used no now they've been sitting here for a better part of

a year collecting dust. and people are you know struggling and suffering. so yeah it's really sad i mean it's you know this is human life here you know. los angeles authorities have accused his tiny homes of threatening public safety. elvis has seen the tiny house movement go viral online with support coming from right across the world so with the help of internet crowdfunding he's going rogue once completed they all have a new carbon pad. alarms on the windows i put the vents these holes in the top you know it's really hot this summer here so that way the heat will rise and go out in the city of angels elvis isn't considered one by the powers that be. but to the homeless he's one of the few struggling to get them off the streets i don't quit and i don't give up and i definitely don't bow down to bullies people.