a new partnership blossoms in its national politics as the french and american presidents bonded over a mutual dislike of syria's leader. the chemical attack is the syrian city of duma this month a call into question as journalists struggle to find witnesses. and the camera man says he has video evidence showing that a palestinian boy was shot dead by israeli forces on the gaza border on friday and that he posed no threat to soldiers of a comment coming up about that. 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

the just a day pm here in moscow when i was kevin welcome to this hour's latest live news update them from our team start with this the french president says he wants washington and paris and the key allies to play a key role in creating a new syria head of a state visit to the u.s. and 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. question and these guys and they will prepare is a new wow had this visit then a mccrone infused of the special bond he shares with the u.s. president and all trump is expected to reciprocate with the private dinner 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 and the

next looks at why mccrone stateside visit promises to be so special. total trump is the fist u.s. president in nearly a century and his face chair without holding a state dinner but he's wasting little time and his second his first in a date at the white house french president emanuel but the tyranny this initial encounters have been slightly shaky. micron even went as far as trolling trump on his favorite platform off to 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 that the bilateral tensions since then we've seen the best of the newest political bromance. i.

the friendship between our two nations. and ourselves i might add is on break but 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 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 him 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 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 that relationship went from clean

and healthy on toothpaste to a mutual hatred of saddam he say. sound familiar syrian dictator bashar al assad the best of it asserted 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's weakness their strength and the manual my crown the 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 else 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 across.

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. well meantime other stories concerning syria doubts continue to grow over claims of chemical weapons attack in the 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 reports that will be told earlier from our senior correspondent. 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 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 up to you it just seems like many in western media in western governments already have their minds made up they've decided they know what has what has happened look at the united states backed by britain and france it launched an attack on syria mere hours before o.p.c. w specialists were jew to arrive on the scene 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 prove rebel actors rescue is for rebel fighters and they released reduce from a hospital showing them downs in people with legibly the victims of a chemical attack then there was the syrian american medical society which is financed again by the united states to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars in vain claim that they treated five hundred people with symptoms of exposure to chemical agents it's these two sources that was cited by almost the entirety of the media and governments was their reports and their videos that went out nevertheless

with growing opinion growing views witnesses' testimony that nothing such happened you know you've got to question where they got this from world where this information and why this information appeared in the first place nevertheless the russian position is that we shouldn't jump to conclusions we should wait until there's the hard facts with which we can you know come to a judgment. as we would mention there the self-starter merges a response group behind the reports of the chemical attack is long but it brought in controversy the white helmets been frequently accused of having links to hardline islamist groups in syria including terrorism bill qaida the activists enjoy significant support from western governments the group says it's receiving twelve million dollars in overseas donations this year while the u.s. which is thought to be the word helmets largest contributor is reviewing its funding for syria right now the state department says the group won't be affected by any cut backs. is that funding any funding that the u.s. was providing 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 might let you know that contributions are still for as far as i know that is all still is all still in play a member of the u.k. house of lords bernas caroline cox has just returned from syria where she arrived shortly after the u.s. the u.k. and france launched their attack on the country she spoke to locals and shared her impression with us from the visit that she made i do see when i come back i mean yes you are press releases that people are very keen to hear the point of view from people inside syria it's widely felt and is widely reported that b.b.c. reporting is very biased and very one sided and so they really want a bigger picture and if you miss a wide range of people as far as the response we had from them as that unanimous and it was real anger at the missile strikes by the u.s. united kingdom and france and they regard there is as illegal there was no mandate

for them from the u.n. there was no justification because syria is about to attack their countries they regard it as an ethical in timing because they took place just before the chemical weapons investigators were due to visit and they also guard it is dangerous because if a chemical incident had occurred it could well have occurred they suggest by the jihadists who have access to these kind of materials it was not in president assad's interest to undertake a chemical attack at that stage and if it was it produced by the g. harvest and elicited that sort of response from america britain and france then they're afraid the jihad is for be tempted to do it again to get an even stronger response against the syrian army and syrian people. so low coalition air strike has killed the political head of yemen's who's the rebels according to a statement from the rebels yemen is now into its four. the year of civil war that's being government forced backed by saudi arabia against the who feels overrun

territory in the north of yemen and in deed loyal to the country's former president riyadh heads a coalition comprised of persian gulf countries looking to restore the country's total control of the country but humanitarian organizations have accused the coalition of a reckless bombing campaign resulting in civilian deaths the latest coalition air strike hit on sunday at a wedding killing at least twenty guests including the bride according to health officials there forty six others were hospitalized most of the wounded of children some of whom are in critical condition tonight as for the saudi led coalition that is supported by the u.s. the u.k. and other european countries earlier this month donald trump approved another deal with saudi arabia on the billions of dollars worth of weapons the u.n. secretary general said that the conflict in yemen has created the world's worst humanitarian crisis.

coming up very real people very real views but not according to a u.k. government report we speak to a blogger who's been called russian ball after the break. with gold make this manufacture consent to public wealth. when the ruling classes protect themselves. in the final go round certainly the one percent. nor middle of the room six. million more you.

are 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. join me every first week on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to us from the world of politics small business i'm show business i'll see you then. again thanks for watching r.t. this monday night with me kevin when so next the number of online activists who cast doubt over the west narrative and now being branded kremlin controlled two people in particular have been singled out in claims that they're not even real

people but rather automated accounts run by the russian government something that has become known as a russian bot these days according to u.k. government analysis their accounts grew in popularity after skeptical posts on the solsbury poison attack for their views two on the chemical attack in syria being falsified one man accused of being a bot spoke out on u.k. t.v. you have consistently and prolifically taken an anti british standpoint the question is what does it mean by theory or. does it mean to be true of the interests of sixteen million british people or does it mean that if you go with. doing a. little bit ok well even as a political activist who often posts western views on twitter he says ickes ations that he's a russian bot a total fabrication and is the other account meantime has caught the eye of the

british authorities it belongs to an australian blogger of syrian descent when the u.k. government accused her of being a russian bot over her posts on the scriptural case their response was that she's human very much so. mcculloch in fact break earlier on in the studio where you look real to me you're sure you're not a russian bot. last time i checked it's only real human being. you know the british government they can't even confirm that i'm not an automaton how can we believe anything they have to see about the evidence they have poor scruple and syria's chemical attacks the u.k. government argues that one reason to doubt you is being a real activists is that the number of posts that you wrote or reposed to more than two thousand tweets in just twelve days that's around two hundred posts a day where did you find the time to do all that how can you explain that large number. well i can explain it because the number is in fact false i checked my analytics and i've only posted nine hundred tweets in thirty days that number comes

from the atlantic council's d of our lab it wasn't just me and it wasn't just ian who you just heard recorded from sky news it was actually a coordinated attack against a bunch of academics activists including vanessa dealey tim as a professor as well anyone who is basically coming up against the mainstream media lies and the u.k. government lies the lies that they are using to start wars overseas so it's clearly a smear campaign to try to intimidate people into silence and to try to smear anti-war activists a somewhat of a biased voice you know related to russia and expect things to get worse and i know seen the censorship i mean i have been shut down my facebook account has been shut down they've tried to shut down my youtube account so i'm not sure how long i'll going to be staying online but i'm going to continue as as long as i can. now next

videos emerged appearing to show the moment israeli defense forces killed a palestinian boy close to the gaza border during protests that happened on friday night please be aware what's coming out these pictures do contain some distressing saying. you were shot in the head he died instantly he was only fifty years old he was the fourth child to have been killed during a series of anti occupation demonstrations in gaza in the past month now this incident caused a global outcry and has been condemned by both the united nations and the e.u. despite that though an israeli general has explained that soldiers will continue to shoot everyone and anyone who approaches that fence including children. to my great story sometimes when you shoot a small body and you intend to his arm or shoulder it goes even higher the picture is not a pretty picture but 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 who filmed its killing told r.t. that the boy posed no threat to the soldiers as he saw it and was indeed an armed. 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 a 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 israeli defense forces have responded to the criticism by posting a picture on twitter that they say shows a group of palestinian boys attempting to damage the border fence the i.d.f. says hamas which governs guards there is using youngsters to carry out acts of terror israel's defense minister is also lend his support to the i.d.f.

to tonight stressing that protesters should not be approaching the border get the thoughts from getting in leave it when the germans for her at least paper thanks for your time tonight what do you make of israel in the blame for these children's deaths firmly at the feet of hamas them to have a point or not. sure it's you know there are two shocking things about it first it is obviously the tragedy of her mother your child who is killed in cold blood by israeli snipers but what shocks me no less is the public indifference in israel to this killing because my mom other you is not the first child in gaza who is killed by israeli soldiers in the world unfortunately not be the last child who will be killed by the fence without creating any threat or any danger to the life of any israeli

soldier and this goes all these very societies your ning but no matter what side you are on this a. and it's very polarizing on each side. people know full well that this border is a real hot spot a real danger spot listing is likely to happen shouldn't hamas should parents be taking more responsibility teen ages young boys girls away from this dangerous. look it is dangerous there but that's their way to protest gaza is the biggest cajun and after eleven years living in this cage there is this need to raise your voice and what other ways do they have to raise their voice nobody cares about gaza now that the world knowing israel nobody cares about the think that two million people almost two million people are living in in a siege in the biggest jerry know. and that's their way to protest i mean they are

and most of them don't get closer than three hundred meters to the trains they don't endanger the lives of anybody i think they have the who are rights and he even duty to raise their voice the i.d.f. acosta standing its ground on its live ammunition policy tonight what's your message to the to the i.d.f. do you think they're going to change that policy time soon or no what would you say to them to right. unfortunately no time in my newspaper kept on calling from the first day of this wave of protest no to use live ammunition when it's not necessary and it is not necessary in the i.d.f. in so many other ways to stop demonstrators but i.d.f. like i.d.f. they feel that they can continue and they can continue because nobody is really stopping the i.d.f. and nobody is stopping israel it's not only about the idea of it's about how the

politicians who hold the i.d.f. to behave like this and this feeling seems to run throughout the i.d.f. that they. doing the right thing in using guns and live ammunition to matter who they are they are shooting at it seems to be ingrained and again you don't see any change in that anytime soon it's coming from the top the message the generals it's coming from the defense minister. defense minister and even prime minister and the israeli public opinion. but georgia of israelis feel very well with this kind of policy they really believe that that's the only way to stop the demonstrators they really believe that those demonstrators are no less than exist then sure danger and swear to the state of israel which obviously is rubbish because we are dealing with. protesters who go to the border who didn't shoot one shot by the way from the beginning of this way or the one station they didn't shoot even once let's try to look at it from the other side of

the israel as usual is let's try a brief look at it from from the other side on the israeli side the argument is that if these demonstrators some of them throwing stones some of them armed indeed if they do get through they're there a danger to themselves and they're a danger to the israeli side and the israeli side as a g.g. to keep itself protected as well they are going to go round and round in it. it goes round but you know it's all about the means nobody say's that isn't should open its border and let millions of palestinians from gaza penetrate israel and i don't know what first of all again they're an armed let's remember but by the end of the day it's all about the means and there are other means to stop them and straightest that's the core of the issue stop using life we would nation against and against an armed people that's. the basis of any international law gideon levy

from the regime already thank you for being on the program tonight so appreciate it . thank you for shooting star cross or news so much more on the cloak and comit something going when if you want to check it out now for me kevin knowing this is not international. joining me every thursday on the alec simon show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then. stacey. on the. wall street hot thank you for.

the story that's right. that's labor. for 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 breaking out on the korean peninsula. elliston is getting international recognition with the help of israel at least in the world of zoos remember wolf it was dismissive to do it like you know that this isn't my cup of tea is something going on no phil saviano maybe you know john i just hope. the only palestinians who gets the most help from his jerusalem counterparts i don't think this is of those who in the world and the location didn't know who could do this. and that's the sell off at that age to have this

lady in the muscle that you had i'm going to continue in the doesn't seem to do more in the middle is also because of. the war hawks selling you on the idea that dropping bombs brings peace to the chicken hawks forcing you to fight the battles that will. produce talks credits tell you that something gossip the tabloids buy file for the most important news day. off the bad guys and tell me you are not cool enough to buy their product. all the hawks that we along with our audience will watch.

sophie shevardnadze in those days we always see spy games on the big screen but is it any more quieter now on the secret front and cheering the cold war well today i talked to the former czechoslovak spy who has successfully penetrated the cia itself. into the most powerful spy agency in the world living a double life or hears knowing that a wrong step could cost you everything but risking it all to get the job done what is it like constantly walking on the edge as a double agent worst the fine line between patriotism and betrayal of those who trust you and is clear in the war. battle cafe welcome to the show it's really great to have you with us so in what sense was the cia different from the soviet bloc intelligence well i'd better and what was worse.

than a defendant. would say. first of all my experience with the soviet intelligence is that they were better educated better qualified they spoke no which is much better because. they. intelligence service hired the university graduates i mean people who. must have some of the lower or higher. hired people who is a bachelor's degree and then they trained. the gave them course he said so for us in comparison. in favor of the soviet intelligence. so how did you feel about other agents who were like you double agents pretending to be one side working for another two years is a mess traders or do you view them as simply professionals who are doing their job

well also you know there are different kinds of people there are people who really betray their country for money and is there really double agents in the first sense of the herd i don't consider my sort of the really a double agent. is so. how do i feel about them i don't like traitors on this side i understand he even is soviet intelligence needed i mean agents who are betraying to united states or england and so forth but those people do it for money i didn't hear of anyone. for soviet intelligence only for well except for kim philby or so. conviction you know certainly did it for money so tell me something how does that work in this agencies.