if you don't only involves it's constantly evolving into. a new political friendship is blossoming over a mutual dislike of the syrian leader as the french president just a washington per state visit on the from a strange. place a chemical attack in the syrian city of duma earlier this month called into question as journalists struggle to find witnesses. the people there are telling us very piers razor grip that this whole story from april seventh street which. claims he has video evidence of israeli soldiers shooting dead an unarmed palestinian teenager posed no threat to the gospel. 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. by

this monday the twenty third of april five pm here in moscow one of color bright welcome to world news this hour first off the french president says he wants washington and paris and their allies to play a key role in creating a new syria ahead of his state visit to the u.s. emanuel mccraw added that it would not be wise for their forces to leave syria even after islamic states defeated 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. this is gone and they will prepare is a new one russia's foreign ministers described the french leaders call to remain in syria as colonial ahead of the visit mccrone infused over the special bond he shares with the u.s. president donald trump is expected to reciprocate with a dazzling private dinner at mount vernon virginia mansion which is the home of america's first president george washington and is considered to be the cradle of american french relations where presidents are also expected to exchange gifts.

emanuel revealed that he'll be giving a sampling from a first world war battleground where french forces were joined by their american allies and he says that the looks of visit to washington promises to be so special . donald trump is the finest u.s. president in nearly a century and his face 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 this initial encounters have been slightly shaky. maicon even went as far as trolling trump on his favorite platform off the washington pulled out of the power of the climate deal but paris this 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. the friendship between our two nations. and ourselves and my dad is on break that. nothing will ever separate i was. deep rooted in that blossoming relationship that lies the military foundation president micron was the fist 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 if you will ten days ago president trump was saying the united states of america had a juicy to disengage from syria 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 playschool best george w. bush and tony blair once dubbed the old 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 hussein. sound familiar syrian dictator bashar al assad the best shot at us said he. 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's weakness their strength and the money 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 ills 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 thought 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 there's plenty of things for the media and world leaders to. the iran nuclear deal mentioned there were struck in twenty fifteen and obliged to iran to stop its nuclear program if the us dropped sanctions against iran but president trump 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 germany is one of the other signatories is berlin's reaction. the isn't them and we believe it's better to have this agreement even if it's not perfect than to have no agreement we will continue to discuss this but germany will watch very closely to ensure that this agreement will be honored and for our foreign minister warned his country would resume nuclear enrichment if the us walks away a tear on based politics professor told us that tearing up the around nuclear deal would 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 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 of 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. he claims to have this sort of influence so he could use this influence in a constructive way that is possible so but we still will still have to see trump is from looking at him from tehran is very unpredictable. doubts 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're struggling to find eyewitnesses to confirm the report you know neil got more details earlier from r.t. senior correspondent well i guess the if. 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 a producer evans was steve. 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 a boat by the arm 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 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 launch a chemical attack this time and place. the syrians winning and then suddenly ok i want 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 there and i write 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 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 we can you know come to a judgment. mentioned the self-styled emergency response group behind the reports of the chemical attack have long been embroiled in controversy the white house have been frequently accused of having links to hardline islamist groups in syria including terrorists affiliated with al qaida the activists enjoy a 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 helmets the largest contributor of the is reviewing its funding right now for rebuilding war ravaged syria but the state department assured that the group won't be affected by any cup next. 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 it's don't work in any government territory and they have a very political agenda one might argue that the white helmeted 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 start 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 terrorism. images of emerged appearing to show the moment israeli defense forces killed a palestinian boy close to the gaza border during protests last friday please be aware that the video we're about to show you does contain distressing seems. mohammad was shot in the head and died instantly he was fifteen years old comic spread following the shooting the freelance cameraman who from the incident told r.t. that i was no threat to the soldiers i was unarmed. 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 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 tens of thousands of palestinians have been holding anti occupation protests along the gaza israeli border for the past month the majority of gazans are refugees and they're demanding to be allowed to return to lands that now belong to israel r.t. also managed to speak to mohammed family they say the demonstration was peaceful and that he wasn't next to the border fence let me assure you. the lower city 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 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 he asked to go to the demonstration and i said i didn't want him to you 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 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 use just going to the fence for an hour he was returned to us as a martyr. or in response the israeli defense forces posted a picture on twitter showing palestinians close to the border fence the i.d.f. claims that hamas which governs girls are and is considered a terrorist group by israel is using youngsters to carry out acts of terror

israel's defense minister also stood by the i.d.f. assertion calling for people not to approach the border but the united nations and the e.u. have called for an investigation into mohammed's killing he used foreign affairs spokesperson says the i.d.f. should refrain from using lethal force against unarmed protesters. but in a local radio interview an israeli general explained how snipers are being instructed to shoot everyone who approaches the fence including children. if this child or anyone else gets close to the fence in order to hide an explosive device or check if there are any dead zones there or to cut the fence so someone can infiltrate the territory of the state of israel to kill us then his punishment is death his punishment is death. well israel has launched an investigation following a global outcry over the shooting since the anti occupation protest campaign began dozens of palestinians have been killed and thousands more have been injured now israelis have been heard.

on the way the unrest in armenia takes a dramatic turn and the clock is ticking for britain to respond to russia's questions over the script all forcing all teens global news continues after the break. when lawmakers manufacture consensus instead to public wealth. when the ruling classes protect themselves. with the financial merry go round listen to the woman said.

to ignore middle of the room sick. leave the room to relieve. the politicians to do something to. put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president or injury. or something i want to press . it to the right to be for us this is what i'm up for three in the morning can't be good. i'm interested always in the waters in my house. first sit. welcome back the embattled prime minister of the former soviet republic of mania has resigned less than a week after taking up the position the decision follows eleven days of mass rallies in the capital against circassians appointment as prime minister opposition

activists accuse him of a constitutional power play to extend his rule armenia recently switched to a parliamentary system in which the prime minister has significantly more power than the president. had served two terms as president and in april he was nominated by parliament as the sole candidate for prime minister that was despite an earlier pledge from that he would not seek the post. the u.k.'s envoy to the international chemical weapons watchdog o.p.c. w says britain will respond to russia's questions about the poisoning of a former spy by the end of monday so that his daughter you were exposed to a toxic agent in southern england on the fourth of march britain immediately accused moscow of orchestrating the attack but the o.p.c. w. and the u.k. military lab are unable to determine the origin of the poison news today. sophie shevardnadze meets a former eastern bloc spy who successfully infiltrated the cia during the cold war he's been giving us his perspective on the screwball incident. i. i

is so scrip 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 they are dependent on it because they certainly have to get their people back if they get into trouble the union i. 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 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 agency is full. 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 certainly variants one over orley of a b i i would say more dear.

for you officials are reportedly working behind the scenes to persuade washington to ease the sanctions that were imposed on russia after the poisoning of the scruples comes amid concerns of blowback to european businesses hitting in particular the blocks of the biggest economies france germany some of the sanctions target the metal trade and europe's other many a market is already seeing some disruption now under the latest sanctions european companies are effectively barred from doing business with their targeted russian counterparts that means likes of aerospace telecommunications automobile all of those facing a shortage in crucial resources metal industry executives of one of layoffs and production disruptions germany though is making efforts to try and ease some of the concerns the german government at all were to 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 near eighteen billion euro loss for european markets and around four hundred

thousand a year workers are also thought to have lost their jobs as a result of the punitive measures and the sanctions are also likely to be addressed at the annual meeting of the world's major industrial democracies it is taking place in june now ahead about summit there being calls for russia to have a seat at the negotiating table a german opposition lawmaker has owed to 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 the charlie allegedly empty and he russian governments with such a. product as island medium 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 freight just so the nature 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 that if europe 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 russia's defense industries are least some brand new hard wired to do just that all terrain vehicles with the prime focus being on getting troops and emergency services to remote and accessible areas take a look. what

you need for now thanks very much for watching if you check out our dot com you can get news alerts there twenty four seven i'll have. next up they write here though and about thirty five minutes i'll say that. for the mainstream media playing out roles found in the great russian novel the possessed voicing dissent against media orthodoxies has never been more dangerous and is peace breaking out 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 seeing stuff that was leaked or biological and chemical products the said do not 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 illness is from their exposure from the burn pits would really literally send of being broke and they don't want to pay it so the waiting in decades a lot of those soldiers will die in time and they will have to pay to. call for help and get the middle finger to be used to model the. delayed and i hope you die

. 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 school clothes 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 funded us health effects institute more than seven billion people on a breathing dangerously polluted that bus as london cleans the streets of. 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 to 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 certainly 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 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. 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 hugh 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 here and yes i know regrettably the un 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 being 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 what is the point of the united nations should be if those two areas obviously the syria strikes are all about self-defense of britain. and if russia vetoed stands why i've acquired to persuade the. countries of the world the i.p.o. international political union parliamentary union.