her headline story a new friendship blossoms in international politics as the presidents of france and america all know over a mutual dislike of syria's leader. claims of a chemical attack in the syrian city of duma earlier this month or called into question with a number of journalists who visited the site struggling to find any evidence to report. the people there are telling us very curious reason this whole story from a producer was. on the local cameraman claims is really a shot dead down all the armed palestinian teenager on the gals or border last week adding he has video evidence to prove it. when i filmed him he wasn't carrying you

were asleep or night he was acting like everyone else in the mosque. just six am in miami three thirty pm in mumbai and one in the afternoon here in moscow this monday april the twenty third welcome to r.t. international i mean only our top story president of france sais he wants washington. to play a key role in creating a new syria in a statement ahead of his visit to the u.s. he also said it wouldn't be wise for their forces to leave the country even after the defeat of ice. we were left to build the new syria off towards the d we would have finished this war against isis and if we leave we will leave the floor to the iranian regime. and this is gone and they will prepare as

a new war. well ahead of the visit gushed over a special bond he shares with the u.s. president donald trump is expected to reciprocate with adelle's doing a private dinner at vernon the virginia munch and 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 the looks though it while your money or a visit to the u.s. promises to be so special. total trump is the first u.s. president in nearly a century to end his famous chair without holding a state dinner but he's wasting little time in his second his first in a date at the white house french president emanuel but the tyranny definition encounters have been slightly shaky. maicon even went as far as trolling trump on his favorite platform off to

washington pulled out of the parrot's climate deal the paris's 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 then we've seen the best of the newest political bromance. i've . the friendship between our two nations. and ourselves. is own break that. nothing will ever separate. deep rooted in their blossoming relationship lies a military foundation president maicon 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 usual 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 them that it is necessary to stay for the long term the relationship between the two leaders has drawn comparisons with former political best george w. bush and tony blair once dubbed the odd couple their friendship was not it will be a full invasion of iraq and the british government inquiry called the bad bush relationship and determining factor in shaping it their relationship went from clean and healthy on toothpaste to a mutual hatred of saddam hussein some familiar syrian dictator bashar al assad the best shot at us but bashar al assad is at 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 as the roman gods jupiter all good leaders make another sweet confessed strength and the manual micron thief 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 disasters deal one of the dumbest deals one of the worst deals ever was the around 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. using anything else would be a serious mistake not respecting it would be irresponsible as the deadline approaches to fix or nic the iran agreement is thought to my car 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 that's plenty

of things for the media and world leaders to. well the iran nuclear deal mentioned there was struck back in twenty fifteen it obliged to run to stop its nuclear program if the us drops sanctions against iran but president starts on the agreement and set a may twelfth deadline for participants to improve its terms other wise washington will withdraw from the accord iran's foreign minister warned that his country would resume nuclear enrichment if the u.s. walks away from the deal a professor of politics in tehran told us the tearing up the iran nuclear agreement will hurt the u.s. the 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 this 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 than 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 will still have to see trump is from looking at him from tehran is very unpredictable. diet sir can tin uing to grow over claims of a chemical weapons attack in the syrian city of do you know earlier this month a number of western journalists who travel to the city say they are struggling to find eyewitnesses to confirm the reports i discussed the story with r.t. senior correspondent gustier. if you were expecting any concrete evidence of assad's culpability or even any set suggestion well you're in for

a disappointment because we're just coming back from in town about five kilometers from here and it has approximately twenty thousand people who have fled from eastern guta and above all do the people very telling us very persuasively that this whole story from april to seven was teached. there are many people i talked to amid the ruins of the town who said that they never believed in gas stories which they usually put the boat they claim by the army 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 ghouta to duma spoke to locals and witnesses and doctors working at the medical facility all of them told him they didn't know anyone who would suffered in this attack who had been a victim all they know is that someone said something about chemical attacks as

a reporter german reporter from the dia if 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 asset 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 under i'm very sorry even never have. waiting for us that we don't need to give it their 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 is what has happened look at the united states backed by britain and france it 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 they in there now right here they arrived on saturday they've collected samples but the jugular 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 pro-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 it 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. well as mentioned 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 wide support from western governments the supposing that 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 a building war roberd syria but the state department assured that the group won't be affected by any cutbacks. is that funding any funding that the us was providing to to this group and because of this. 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 less contributions are still as far as i know that is all still is all still in play and there's no rationale for supporting these groups so why tell me to work in any government territory and they have

a very political agenda one might argue that the white helmet 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 rebel groups and calling could regime change that defeats the object if that's why there are so many questions against the white house a lot of people who say we should stop supporting these groups that it questioning their motives of western involvement in syria because over the last seven years it's now evident that all these groups had linked terrorism. to another headline stories the fatal shooting of a palestinian teenager during ongoing clashes on the girls' a 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 r.t. spoke to the freelance cameraman who filmed the incident. wasn't threatening the soldiers and was all normal. he was participating in the march like everyone have lots of people were participating and he was among them he was not a threat to the israeli army and he was not acting in a manner that could have been considered threatening. 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 distance between him and the friend as well as the fact that the soldiers who stood one hundred to two hundred meters back from the fence 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 march. the shooting happened on the girl's israeli border where palestinians have been holding antiochian patient

protest for almost them up there demanding the return of territory they believe israel has seen r.t. also most to speak to his family they say he was at a peaceful protest that was standing far from the border fence. the low 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 the israelis threatened and target people each friday threats from the israelis increased then he asked to go and play outside but he scared and ran after the demonstration 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 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 attacks israel's defense minister also stood by the idea of a certain calling for people not to approach the border the only culprits in the death of the fifteen year old boy in gaza of 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 protestors well israel has launched an investigation into the case following worldwide criticism of the shooting the demonstrations have left dozens of palestinians dead and injured in the past three weeks. you're watching international right after the break the latest from the u.k. on the poisoning of a former double agent. hello

again the u.k. is expected to field questions from russia in the case of a former spy poisoned last month that's according to. the british envoy to the international chemical watchdog o.p.c. w. and his daughter yulia were poisoned in salt spray on march the fourth the u.k. media police stated that moscow was highly likely to have been behind the incident but the o.p.c. w. and the u.k. military were all able to determine the origin of the poison used in the british city. when r.t. sophie shevardnadze spoke to a former eastern bloc spy who successfully penetrated the cia during the cold war

he gives his perspective on the script. i. scrape are most definitely wasn't a victim of any kind of operation or attack from the russian side because that would totally destroy the russian credibility as far as exchanges are concerned and they are dependent on it because they certainly have to get their people back if they get into trouble to move. there is certainly some kind of scenario of. russian operations and. they just became a good opportunity. i've. believed that if you really want to get out. you know how to do it till you move to a different continent you 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 see it it's really all that. dangerous or if you want to leave you leave it in most cases they will if you go you know why because it doesn't make sense for somebody to do something that he doesn't want to do. but our intelligence agency is vengeful. yes the cia was certainly vengeful they did try to compromise me and they certainly spread false rumors they tried to. spread. the two. yes there were certainly very. i would say more. than the.

european union officials are reportedly working behind the scenes to persuade washington to ease sanctions on russia imposed after the poisoning of the script it comes amid concerns of blowback to european businesses heading in particular the bloc biggest economies france and germany some of the sanctions target the metal trade on europe many a market is already seeing disruptions under the latest sanctions european companies are effectively barred from doing business with their targeted russian counterparts which means that also more beall earth space and telecommunications powerhouses are now facing a shortage in crucial resources metal industry executives have warned of layoffs production disruptions germany is seeking to ease concerns the german government are all working levels would point out where the interests of german companies have been affected and make it clear whether our 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 of lost their jobs as a result of the punitive measures listen sions are also likely to be addressed at the annual meeting of the world's major industrial democracies in june ahead of the 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 moscow former british diplomat to william mullen sen sees europe should be more pragmatic in its dealings with america moscow the actual businesses the companies themselves in france and germany in particular most people to an enormous pressure on the currently allegedly empty russian governments with such as she. product is aluminum and all its by products

we have a very large economic multiplier effect going into a lot of other industries not just aircraft and motor cars but fridges furniture and let's not forget other countries let's remember that austria in particular is very much against any sanctions freeze of the russia europe separate from russia and germany especially away from russia is the traditional anglo american plan in any way you can bet if you have learned to ignore ignore the more excesses. of the american instructions and get closer to russia i mean business is business after all. it's been said song when the going gets tough the tough get going defense industry has unleashed number of new hardware to do just that the following all terrain vehicles focus on getting troops and emergency services to remote inaccessible areas without let's take

a closer look. ok a day's big news stories enough time with colin bray here. to stay with us though for more greats are right and.

part of the mainstream media playing a role as found in the great russian novel the possessed voicing dissent against media orthodoxies has never been more dangerous and is peace on the korean peninsula. we all willingly accepted the risk of being shot wounded taken prisoner but noone signed up to be friggin poisoned by our own people that was nuclear biological and chemical products the said do not the truck tires all types of styrofoam polystyrene batteries trucks there was a complete denial i think at all levels of government that there was any connection between berm pits and what these brave soldiers were suffering from to compensate every soldier marine airman and sailor that was on the ground that are complaining

about the onus is from their exposure from the berm pits would really literally send a be a growth and they don't want to pay it so the wady and decades a lot of those soldiers will die in time and they won't have to pay to. call for help and get the middle finger to the movies tomorrow is. delayed and i hope you don't. i mention or tense in this is going underground a quarter of a century to the day britain woke up to learn of the death of stephen lawrence in south london sparking an inquiry that would find britain's police institutionally racist coming up on the show from other attaches bombing of the melvina small planes to teresa mayes bombing of syria we are asked tony blair as attorney general

morris what makes a war legal or illegal and what is abating in yesterday's london marathon may not be as healthy as it seems according to a report from the international car industry from the u.s. health effects institute more than seven billion people on a breathing dangerously polluted that bus as london cleans the streets. day brief of sunday's marathon we speak to a criminal court judge appointed by a little shorts and i get the train skid row to run from oppression all the civil coming up in today's going underground but first two more european union officials convene in brussels to discuss the future of syria nine days after british prime minister tourism a bomb the middle east country slowly recovering from seven years of a war where different sides were backed by outside powers so was what tereza may did illegal publish legal advice suggest or resumes lawyers relied on precedents like this we are taking this action for one very simple reason to damage the

forces sufficiently to prevent the loss of each. through continuing to perpetrate his vile oppression the late yugoslav and serbian president slobodan milosevic would later be exonerated by the international criminal court in the hague which said it was unable to find sufficient evidence for a plan for ethnic cleansing that yugoslavia was just the beginning of legally controversial wars carried out by nato joining me now is the british attorney general appointed by tony blair a lot more a survivor of a lot more us welcome back to going underground or was tourism a justified in bombing syria on legal grounds yes no doubt about it she followed the deed quoted her statement exect clear in terms what appears in my book fifty years in politics of the law which set out exactly what i did in kosovo. or were there that there was no alternative that the damage was proportionate

and short as possible in order to alleviate an overwhelming humanitarian disaster you're telling me that there is the word proportionate in the un charter no but we're not talking about the un charter you're oh yes i know but regrettably the u.n. charter doesn't cover this kind of situation the charter allows you to arm conflict where there is self-defense or where there is a security council resolution unhappily when because of the power of the veto you could not get the united nations resolution in kosovo and i'm sure you do it hopeless to try to get it to this occasion what is the point of the united nations charter i mean i oversee i'd expect you to back your decision when it came to the former yugoslavia you might change your mind of a serial of the past few days.