in. a new friendship blossoms in international politics as the french and american presidents bond over a mutual dislike of syria's leader. claims of a chemical attack in the syrian city of duma earlier this month called into question where the number of journalists visited the site struggling to find any evidence to back up. the people very telling us very persuasively that this whole story from april was st. claims israeli soldiers shot dead an unarmed palestinian teenager on the gaza border last week as video evidence to prove it. 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.

twenty third of april mornings calling brights three pm here in moscow welcome to the world news from r.t. international first for you this hour the french president says he wants washington and paris and their allies to play a key role in creating a new syria and a statement ahead of his visit to the united states emanuel mccrone also said it would not be wise for their forces to leave the country even after the defeat of ice so we were left to builds a new syria after what is a day we were finished this war against isis if we leave we will leave the floor to the iranian regime. bashar and these guys and they will prepare as a new war i had a visit mccrone enthused over a special bond he shares with the u.s. president donald trump is expected to reciprocate with a dazzling private dinner mount vernon virginia mansion was the home of america's first president george washington and is considered to be the cradle of american french relations the presidents are also expected to exchange gifts and the next looks at why emanuel mccrum the visit to the u.s.

promises to be so significant. donald trump is the first u.s. president in nearly a century to end his first 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 a manual mark wrong but the tyranny this initial encounters have been slightly shaky. maicon even went as far as trolling trump on his favorite platform off to washington pulled out of the paris climate deal but paris is charm seems to have done the trick i remounted dinner atop the eiffel tower with first ladies last july may have been enough to figure if i'm to get 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 there is only break that.

nothing will ever separate us. 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 duty to disengage from syria. sure we have convinced them that is necessary to stay for the long term the relationship between the two leaders has drawn comparisons with former playschool 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 its attending 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 bush other said bashar al assad is in 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 as we can assess strength and the money thief this 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 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 european leader 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. of iran. deal mention there was struck back in twenty fifteen it obliged to iran to stop its nuclear program if the us drops sanctions against iran but president trumps cast doubt 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 that his country would resume nuclear enrichment if the us walks away one terror on base politics professor we talked to says 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 are 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 agreement 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 micron he claims to have this sort of influence so he could use this influence in a constructive way that is possible but we still will still have to see trumpeters from looking at him from tehran is very unpredictable. so to continuing to grow over claims of a chemical weapons attack in the syrian city of duma earlier this month a number of western journalists have traveled to the city say they're struggling to

find eyewitnesses to confirm the reports you know neil got more details earlier from our senior correspondent more augustus. 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 this whole story from april seventh was. 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 the someone said something about chemical attacks as a reporter 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 up to 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 launch a chemical attack this time and place. the syrians winning and

then suddenly go ok i'm under i'm very sorry even never pay. actually waiting for us that we don't need to give it that i'm 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 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 they intimate there they're now right here they arrived on saturday they've collected samples put through the jugular how they work their procedures they're all very hush hush so there isn't a lot of information where do 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 a hard facts with which. can you know come to a judgment as more i've mentioned white house it's the self-styled emergency response group behind the reports of the chemical attack has long been embroiled in controversy they've been frequently accused of links to jihadi groups in syria including terrorists affiliated with al qaida the activists enjoy wide support from western governments disclosing that they've received twelve million dollars in overseas donations this year the u.s. which is thought to be the white helmet the largest contributor is reviewing its funding for rebuilding war ravaged syria but the state department assured that the group won't be affected by any couple acts as that funding any funding that the u.s. 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 u.s. contributions are still for as far as i know that is all still is all still in play

and there is no rational person holding 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 regime change that defeats the object you that's why there are so many questions against the white house there are 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. the fatal shooting of a palestinian teenager during ongoing clashes on the gaza border has been caught on camera the boy was allegedly shot by israeli defense forces and please be aware that the following video does contain distressing scenes.

i'm a guy who was shot in the head and died instantly he was fifteen years old an expression following the shooting of a freelance cameraman who filmed the incident told r.t. that mohammed posed no threat to the soldiers and was unarmed. shouting things he was participating in the march like everyone else 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 were 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 guards israeli border where palestinians have been holding anti occupation protests for almost a month demanding the return of territory they believe israel has seen r.t.

also managed to speak to mohammad family they say he was at a peaceful protest and standing far from the border fence. let me let me show you how low the low i said mohammed was three hundred meters away from the fence and even if he was right next to it he was at 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 target people each friday threats from the israelis increased then he asked to go and play outside but he's caved and ran off to the demonstration as soon as he got there they targeted and killed him it happened in less than an hour the world and 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 he was just going to the fence for an hour he was returned to us as a martyr the israeli defense forces have reacted to the incident posting a picture on twitter showing palestinians close to the border fence claiming that hamas which governs gaza and is considered by israel to be a terrorist group is using youngsters for acts of terror israel's defense minister also stood by the i.d.f. assertion 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 following worldwide criticism of the shooting the anti occupation protest have left dozens of palestinians dead and injured in the past three weeks. you're watching r.t. international after the break the latest from the u.k. on the poisoning of a former double agent and his daughter. they

put themselves on the line they did accept the reject. so when you want to be president and you. want to. have to go right to be precise this is what before three of them or can't be good. interested always in the water. most definitely wasn't a victim. of any kind of. a person because it will destroy. and they.

certainly have to get their people thank you if they get into trouble. welcome back monday is the deadline for the u.k. to respond to questions from russia on the case of a former spy poisoned in britain last month the international chemical watchdog set the clock to reply ten days ago so that his daughter you know will poisoned insult spray on march the fourth the u.k. immediately stated that moscow was highly likely to be behind the incident but the a p c w m d u.k. military lab were unable to determine the origin of the poison which was used today sophia. sophie shevardnadze meets a former eastern bloc spy who successfully infiltrated the cia during the cold war he gave us his perspective on the script. i. 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 to me i. there is certainly some kind of scenario of. russian operations and. they just became a good opportunity. i. believe 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 think it's really all that.

the 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 to force 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. ugly stories about me to. their eventual c.e.o. he was certainly very went over early f.b.i. i would say more dear. he were officially reportedly working behind the scenes to persuade washington to ease sanctions on russia imposed after the poisoning of the script poles comes amid concerns of blowback to european businesses hitting in

particular the blocs biggest economies france and germany some of the sanctions target the metal trade and europe's alimony market is already seeing disruptions under the latest sanctions european companies are effectively barred from doing business with their targeted russian counterparts that means that automobile airspace and telecommunications powerhouses are now facing a shortage in crucial resources metal industry executives of one of layoffs and 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 where there are 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 also around four hundred thousand e.u. workers are thought to have lost their jobs as a result of the punitive measures sanctions are also likely to be addressed at the annual meeting of the world's major industrial democracies in june and ahead of the

summit there have been calls for russia to have a seat at the negotiating table a german opposition lawmakers are urging the g seven bloc to enter into constructive dialogue with moscow former british diplomat william mallinson says 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 their currently allegedly anti anti russian governments with such a key. product as 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 reserve the russia keeping europe separate from russia and germany especially away from russia is the traditional anglo american plan anyway you bet if europe learned to to to ignore ignore the more excesses of

the american instructions and be good to get closer to it to russia i mean business is business after all. when the going gets tough the tough get going and russia's defense industries only some brand new hardware to do just that they're all terrain vehicles with the prime focus on getting troops and emergency services into remote inaccessible areas take a look. just

before we go we got an update from armenia for you the been weeks of protests there as a result of constitutional changes which have led to the former president becoming prime minister and it's seen thousands of people protest what we're now learning that so on who is the newly elected prime minister of the former soviet republic of all media has resigned those details are coming from mr tsongas yon's press office there's been about two weeks of protests in armenia as capital you have and tens of thousands of opposition supporters blocked roads calling for a new government election it's a couple of years since armenia changed to a palm entry system and that meant that the president was reduced to a relatively symbolic role most of those powers then going to the prime minister stepped down as president this month after a decade of ruling the country he also promised not to run for the prime minister's

position but in april he became the sole nomination for prime minister but now after weeks of protest it seems that that's being largely defeat used if the press sources are correct mr sarkozy on the press office saying that he has now resigned as prime minister. and now you up today thanks very much for watching i'll be back with you next global news from aussie international in thirty five minutes else either. when i was trying seemed wrong but all roles just don't call. me lol but he's yet to stamp out he's going to come out ahead and engage me because the trail. when something find themselves worlds apart when you choose to look for common ground.

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a solution it will be a free for all. this nice safe conditions to live in. to super discipline and around the city of los angeles. always good terrorist and. nobody should be homeless anywhere but especially in one of the richest countries in the world. i build everything that's true 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 has elvis some 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 to clear the city is in the midst of a homelessness crisis. is 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 but 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.