delayed. a new partnership blossoms in international politics as the french and american presidents bonded over a mutual dislike of syria's leader. claims the 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 raise agrees that this whole story from a producer was street lights. camera man says he has a video evidence showing that a palestinian boy who was shot dead by israeli forces on the gaza border on friday posed no threat soldiers. when i killed him he wasn't carrying a stone or a sling shot or a knife he was acting like everyone else. that

monday twenty third of april six pm here in moscow when i was called in by welcome to world news for amati international first for you the french president says he wants washington and paris and their allies to to play a key role in creating a new syria ahead of his state visit to the u.s. emanuel mccrone added that it would not be wise for their forces to leave syria even after islamic states defeated we were left to build the news here yaf towards the day we were finished this war against isis if we leave we will leave the floor to the iranian regime. question and these guys and they will prepare is a new one but russia's foreign ministers describe the french leaders call to remain in syria as colonial ahead of the visit mccrone enthused over the special bond he shares with the u.s. at mount vernon the 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 will also exchange gifts emmanuelle macross revealed that he'll be

giving an oak sapling from first world war battleground where french forces were joined by their american allies and he said he looks at why mccrone his visit to washington promises to be so special. donald trump is the first u.s. president in nearly a century to end 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. 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 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 fit gave one forget the bilateral tensions since then 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 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 the additional ten days ago president trump was saying the united states of america had the juicy to disengage from syria and i assure you we have convinced him 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 couple their friendship was noted will be 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. tom familia syrian dictator bashar al assad the best of it 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 of 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 us 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 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 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 mention that was struck in twenty fifteen obliged to iran to stop its nuclear program if the us dropped its sanctions but it's all now in doubt with president trump setting a may the twelfth deadline for participants to improve its terms otherwise washington will withdraw from the accord germany's one of the other signatories has

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 that we will continue to discuss this but germany will watch very closely to ensure that this agreement will be honored iran's foreign minister warned that his country would resume nuclear enrichment if the us walks away a tear on base politics professor told us that tearing up the deal would have 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. 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 we still will still have to see trump is from looking at him from tehran is very unpredictable. 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 neal got more details earlier from our senior correspondent when i got to you. 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 inturn 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 booted 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 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 ok i'm very sorry if i'm 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 no 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. mention the self-styled emergency response group behind the reports of the chemical attack have long been embroiled in controversy the white how much have been frequently accused of having links to hardline islamist groups in syria including terrorists affiliated with al-qaeda activists enjoy significant support from western governments the group says it's receiving twelve million dollars in overseas donations this year the u.s. which is thought to be the white how much the largest contributor is reviewing its

funding for syria right now but the state department says the group won't be affected by any couple acts as that funding any funding that the u.s. was providing to this group and because of the falls 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 still is all still in play there is no rationale for supporting these groups to work in any government territory and they have a very political agenda one might argue that the white helmets are doing some humanitarian work is growth but because of all the political linkages one can easily say that they are compromised because as a humanitarian we shouldn't be taking part rebel groups and calling that defeats the object that's why there are so many questions against the white house or 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 terrorism. videos have merged appearing to show the moment israeli defense forces killed a palestinian boy close to the gaza border during last friday's protests please be aware the border about to show you does contain distressing scenes. oh you poor was shot in the head and died instantly he was fifteen years old. but the incident caused a global outcry by that though an israeli general to explain that soldiers will continue to shoot everyone who approaches the fence including children. to my great sorrow sometimes when she took a small body and you intend to his arm or shoulder it goes even higher the picture is not a pretty picture if that's the price that we have to pay to preserve the safety and

quality of life of the residents of the state of israel and that's the price. the freelance cameraman film is killing told r.t. that the boy posed no threat to the soldiers and was unarmed. shouting that 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 fence 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 tens of thousands of palestinians have been holding anti occupation protest along the gaza israeli border for almost a 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 mahmoud family they say the demonstration was peaceful and

he was next to the border fence. let me assure you. 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 a 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 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 used just going to the fence for an hour he was returned to us as a martyr or in response to the israeli defense forces said on twitter that hamas would govern the girls and is considered a terrorist group by israel is using youngsters to carry out acts of terror and also posted a picture showing palestinians close to the fence israel's defense minister is also lend his support to the i.d.f. and stressed the protesters should not approach the border but the united nations and the you have condemned by killing the e.u. foreign affairs spokes person says that the i.d.f. should refrain from using lethal force against unarmed protesters. by the i.d.f. says it's opened an investigation into the boy's death since the anti occupation protest campaign began dozens of palestinians have been killed and thousands more injured no israelis have been heard.

on the way the unrest in armenia takes a dramatic turn on the clocks taken for britain to respond to russia's questions over the script all poisoning global news continues after the break.

trades that have been wrong for five years one is that the dollar is going to crash that ball is going to twenty five hundred in the very short term and that three the bond market is going to crash all those three trades if it absolutely wrong for five years and they have taken many people out on a stretcher. welcome back the embattled prime minister of the former soviet republic of all media has resigned less than a week after being appointed the decision follows eleven days of mass rallies in the capital yet of an opposition activist accused of orchestrating a constitutional power play to extend his rule amenia recently switched to

a parliamentary system in which the prime minister has more power than the president and served to the maximum two terms as president and this month was nominated for prime minister by his ruling party that was despite an early a pledge that he would not seek the position. of the u.k.'s envoy to the international chemical weapons watchdog the 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 the next door to you were exposed to a toxic agent in the south of 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 were unable to determine the origin of the poison used in today's sophie and co on r.t. sophie shevardnadze a former eastern bloc spy who successfully infiltrated the cia during the cold war he gave us his perspective from a script called incident. i. skip our 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 delia i. there is certainly is 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 for somebody to do something that he doesn't want to do. but our intelligence agency is very much 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 cia were certainly very and swung over orley of the i would say more the f.b.i. than the. e.u. officials are reportedly working behind the scenes to persuade washington to ease sanctions on russia imposed after the poisoning of the script comes amid concerns

of blowback to european businesses hitting in particular the bloc biggest economies france and germany some of the sanctions target the metal trade and europe's other many a 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 the likes of automobile aerospace telecommunications powerhouses all now face a shortage in crucial resources metal industry executives of want of layoffs and production disruption germany though is making efforts to ease concerns and the german government at all written 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 eight hundred billion euro loss for european markets and around four hundred thousand e.u. workers are also thought to have lost their jobs as a result of the punitive measures the sanctions 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 table the german opposition lawmakers urging the g. seven bloc to enter into constructive dialogue with moscow former british diplomat william balance and says europe should be more pragmatic in its dealings with russia and america. 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 better if europe learned through to to ignore ignore 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 unleashed some brand new hardware to do just that they're all terrain vehicles with a prime focus on getting troops and emergency services to remote inaccessible areas take a look. and

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hello and welcome to crossfire all things considered i'm peter lavelle are the mainstream media playing our 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. across talking media madness i'm joined by my guest mark sloboda he's an international affairs and security analyst and we have dimitri she is a political analyst we spoke nick international rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciated i'm calling this program the possessed because the mainstream media corporate mainstream media are possessed because all of their narratives are virtually all of their narratives of the main stories that we've been covering on this program are in town. falling apart i've

never seen this kind of environment mark and we have a in example here with moon of alabama which will discuss it i think at length because i think it's a marvelous piece of investigative thoughtful intellectual journalism yeah. i think or really in a phase that i like to call shooting the messenger because the narratives of the western governments in both the the so-called scriptural incident at solace very in the u.k. and the incident in duma in syria which led to illegal u.s. strikes u.s. u.k. and french strikes on syria both involve alleged use of chemical weapons with no evidence and the narratives in both cases are collapsing and this has led to me if you point that out yes if you point that out this is because the narratives are collapsing the the the watchdogs of the regime it's the media that

does the na griffy for them the establishment mainstream media has gone all out on the ad homonym on the alternative media anyone on social media with any type of influence or following who is daring to challenge their narrative of what has happened here and they are getting the do produce they're getting personal and it coincides across a whole host of people. across of media but also with facebook and twitter selective a lot of music criticism well really quite sloppy is not based in fact oh it's incompetence it's incompetence i think which of the lever is a little bit for all of us on which particular narrative cycle webster well. the russian drone is following one of the boys who was on the be doable.