more than a dozen syrians testified. saying that an alleged chemical attack in the town of. state. they were scared they started to pour water on me i don't know why they did this. they were suggesting chemical weapons had been used but north korean leaders told and. the first such meeting in more than a decade the. protests in gaza that have already seen forty killed and thousands injured in the past month to go on for another two weeks.

on the hour every hour this is r.t. international a very warm welcome to your. local syrian doctors have testified that they saw no patients with signs of chemical poisoning in the aftermath of the alleged attack in the town of duma witnesses explain how events unfolded on. the un backed chemical watchdog alongside russia's representative however not everyone was willing to listen to their accounts and. explain. when these videos emerged pundits and politicians took them as gospel the truth conclusive indisputable and irrefutable proof of assad's chemical since the chemical weapon that killed dozens of civilians and astaire's that the us had regime has previously used in

chemical attacks the assad regime has used the same yellow gas canisters the n.s.c. telling fox news they have a high degree of confidence that it was used they must have had solid evidence you don't just launch a hundred cruise missiles in an act of war without convincing proof beyond any doubt right right. wrong. we were in the basement and then heard someone outside scream go to hospital we were scared they started to pour water on me i don't know why they did this. pundits and politicians who've never been to syria where it happened witnesses the locals who were there in the hospital in question say they didn't see a thing all the exhaust was white helmets dousing confused of aliens with water neither did the doctors see anything. on the seventh of april i was in the

emergency room treating patients injured during the fighting the same day around seven pm we started receiving patients with breathing problems about fifteen cases this happened because people were nailing smoke and the only shows symptoms of choking and nothing more it all happened because one missile hit a building nearby and a lot of dust got into the hospital rooms with. the screams chemical weapons chemical weapons were used to create panic this lasted for about an hour we were treating the patients and then sending them home so we had no fatalities or instances of people suffering from poison substances this isn't helping western journalists their leaders insist it happened syria russia and locals insist it didn't dead end usually when you put your mind to not a monologue if you don't understand normal language let's try a different way if you're impervious to arguments let us bring you the witnesses so

russia aboard more than a dozen witnesses to the west to the u p c w and invited western press perfect opportunity for journalists to get to the bottom of this right. right how low do you have to go to bring a little child all the way and threaten them right off the bat the nile but here's the but if we came here willingly we demanded the red cross allow us to come here. wrong in truth there isn't the right answer no matter what you say to some people no matter what you show them they'll never ever come around or change their views how threatened do you have to feel to change your story into the noise a chemical weapons attack stubborn doesn't do this fellow justice he's really the

reason that the boy had to fly over the yes my son is young and it's been difficult for him to make it here a flight here is no easy thing so little has signed his told you the truth something you do not want to hear it was a necessary measure we needed to show that there was a line in a very dangerous one. anyone who hoped there would be a breakthrough was in for a disappointment hours of testimony and the evidence all for naught that you mentioned in a russian press release that somebody here was going to be present to was a witness of producing davidito of the white helmets and i was wondering where this witness is and if he can tell his testimony. more and more it's my view all these witnesses we heard from today are the evidence the white helmets feel is fake i don't know maybe i missed something. in one ear

out the other with no pause in-between. britain france and the u.s. boycotted the chemical watchdogs hearing with the witnesses saying it was a stunt experts from the o.p.c. w. are currently still in syria to investigate the alleged chlorine or sarin gas attack on duma we discussed the latest developments with the former u.k. ambassador to syria peter ford middle east expert i'm out of luck. either ignored or attempts will be made. on the mind but i think when ordinary people. the footage the testimony about to be in press what the british media are also failing to point out is that it was russia and syria which requested the o.p.c. w. mission. they requested it britain america still not to this day

confirmed that they wanted the mission to to go ahead they refused to see this as evidence obviously pending what the. team is going to come up with. it's highly unlikely that they would say first of all that there was a chemical attack while these three actors were quick to do what they did to bomb the place because they knew they didn't have a solid case they wanted to bomb without with this we got to whatever was happening over there so it shows actually that they knew that there was no chemical attack but they were willing to do whatever it takes us or there are forty or so they think and say we're still number to. a new history starts now those are the words that were left in i guess the book by the north korean leader during his historic meeting with a south korean counterpart it was the first meeting of its kind in more than a decade.

the two sides agreed they should end a confrontation and speed up the unification process of. south korea leader proposed creating rail links between countries and expressed a desire to visit a holy mountain in north korea for his part kim jong un said he looked forward to

visiting seoul and then joked that he wouldn't interrupt his counterpart sleep in the early mornings anymore most likely referring to the north's missile tests which typically took place. later then hopped in his limousine and departed for lunch allowing journalists to capture this video here kim jong un's twelve bodyguards displaying their ample fitness running alongside his car for the entire duration of the journey now the leaders are treating each other to some culinary delights kim jong un sent a special chef to the border to prepare cold buckwheat noodles for moon while the south korean leader ordered a traditional the swiss potato fritter for kim to remind him of his school days in switzerland and for dessert they'll be a cake with the symbol of a united korea on it and it's understood that north korea's first lady will also attend the dinner something that has never happened before. meanwhile u.s.

president donald trump has displayed a striking shift in his thinking about north korea's leader moving from a war of words just a couple of months ago to open praise be can have mad men rocket men shooting rockets all over the place we will have no choice but to totally destroy north korea and they will be met with fire fury. we're having very very good discussions. was he really has been. very open. and i think very honorable from everything we're seeing nato chief u.n. stoltenberg give a somewhat mixed reaction to the ongoing meeting of the korean leaders. into korean summit i think that's encouraging we must continue to put pressure on north korea to continue with the sanctions despite the pressure on north

korea a final peace treaty could now be possible human rights attorney eric in says the two koreas are ready. i think what we can expect is a exciting moment in time in which. as they said is south africa history and hope could live if you have it in a certain time in a certain slates and i really am hopeful that from these talks we can see the framework for a full peace treaty to finally end this conflict it seems both sides are ready and willing to do that if the south and north korea at the frame to give their own steps and self-determination then the us as a as much smaller role to play if we can agree that and hold them to the notion that ending the hostile policy creating a peace treaty with the u.s.

and south korea will lead to denuclearization of the korean peninsula. another palestinian patient rally is expected in gaza on friday as part of the ongoing great march of return in just the past month the event has seen forty palestinians killed and over five thousand injured. there. is another one. the israeli army denies using excessive force against the protesters and also accuses hamas which controls gaza of using children to carry out acts of terrorism

israel's defense minister has called on people not to approach the border meanwhile doctors without borders recently released a report saying that teams have provided medical care to over six hundred palestinians injured by bullets since the start of the month they also say that the number of patients treated in just three weeks of this month is higher than the number treated during all of twenty fourteen the year of the gaza war we spoke with the head of the mission in palestine who believes many of the injuries will result in disability what i can tell you is that. there will. be we. so you say use it's all pushing the truth of the cross that night when. we were little fragments or you see you know musicians and. i think.

people are not. sure also. they receive injuries. so a lot of time also we're being shown. so he's looked at question no just destroyed. malls and. us while we are quite sure about civilization we see where they were you afraid to fly uys construction the ones which are exposed we knew all of. us are there we. visco p.q. shuns and that you will rise to requests space shuttle to resist shuttle for submission to say against any scary ones won't join that israel says it uses non lethal sponge tipped bullets however they are believed to be hotter in

a heavier than older versions they can not only cause severe injuries but can kill those happened back in twenty fourteen but news really human rights group recently released a video showing soldiers in the west buying discussing the use of life i mean issues. ha ha ha kind of that. and israeli x. policeman who received a nine month sentence for killing a palestinian teenager in twenty fourteen of the court accepted the claim that he had mistaken a live bullet for a robber one now the story caused outrage after earlier this month a palestinian girl was sentenced to eight months in jail for slapping an israeli soldier and we asked political commentator i mean oren to comment on the two crimes on the punishments. of course it does not seem metrical and when one puts on a scale eight months for just get an officer or trying to slap him

in the face and nine months for the earlier case it doesn't seem just but yes there is no level playing field always and everywhere in the world governments will give their uniform personnel more leeway and would be more lenient towards them then towards adults who resist the government we may find it. totally unjust but this is the reality and not only in israel. so if we should announce a spoke with the i.d.f. chief of staff about the current escalation in the region asking whether his position allowed him to stay neutral and the full interview is on air all day today on this channel but for now a quick preview you are obviously a very patchy arctic man who served and served his country are you able to take

a step back and see this from a distance how unbending both sides are. you think they can. think the both the palestinians and israelis need. to give. in the illusionary dreams of getting real from the other we are staying here they're staying here it's an israeli palestinian challenge it should be in israel for the stimulus issue was disappointed. to give this support in a really seeing that for the benefit to the future. the future of the palestinian kids born yesterday or today will be born to morrow and same since for my kids or other kids in israel it's. nice to sit down and try to use the help of the others but i was can also be for us.

this good of you to join us here on this friday still to come on the program german chancellor angela merkel has now arrived in washington d.c. for a long awaited told the president though the last time they met it wasn't exactly friendly details after the. manufacturer can be sentenced to public wealth. when the ruling classes protect themselves. with the fine merry go round. can all middle of the room see. the real news.

most people think just stand out in this business you need to be the first one on top of the story or the person with the loudest voice of the biggest raid in truth stand lose business is just the dance the right questions demand the right answer. question. it is good if you to join us today american superstar rapper kanye west has caused a stir with his return to social media by tweeting in prey use of donald trump after deleting his twitter and instagram accounts a year ago the man who calls himself the voice of a generation is now facing

a backlash from his fans parts of the media photo of musicians on t correspondent caleb maupin has details kanye west the musician personality entrepreneur who fancies himself to be the next president of the united states is now being called all the right those turning on him say is a musician is once again struggling with mental health issues so what triggered all of this well kanye has thrown his support behind donald trump it's easy to cast west as just another lost man seduced by the far right's promise to provide a sense of purpose it's also possible to connect to west's eccentric behavior on twitter this isn't the first time his forays into politics have discomforted some fans to the mental health struggles that led to his twenty seven thousand hospitalization perhaps politics in music just don't mix as some of kanye as critics have argue however these folks didn't really seem to mind back in two thousand and six when kanye criticised george w.

bush as new orleans was coming to terms with hurricane katrina the way america is set up to help. the poor the black the the less well off as slow as possible whether or not that famous rapper is thinking straight is irrelevant kanye is known for his extravagant streak on twitter. not smiling makes me smile. man ninjas are kind of cool i just don't know any personally maybe i couldn't be skinny and tall but i'd settle for being the greatest artist of all time says consolation but only now that kanye is open and pro trump on twitter are we seeing his followers abandon ship some people say we should really be surprised that donald trump strikes a chord in the music world like the fifty cent of the republican party. surely you know you leave now as it is sad not to have it if you've got well. with his own

vodka brand porn stars giving interviews about him the love of bling donald trump has been included in over sixty different hip hop songs it's actually a star studded list dr dre ice cube and a ludicrous trump was iconic long before he took office. you. know we have so much. more you know. now one award winning rapper has spoken up and said the backlash against kanye west is pretty understandable and rather simple most people feel that prominent african-americans should be democrats crazy celebrities make for good reading and we don't really mind the offensive lyrics until you mix with the republicans. r.t. new york. german chancellor angela merkel has now arrived in washington d.c.

for long awaited talks with president trump the two leaders are expected to discuss the future of the iran nuclear deal as well as the current trade conflict between the u.s. and europe another topic that's likely to be high on the agenda is the impact of russia's sanctions on job and business. the german government will 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. the german russian chamber of commerce warned that the projected losses for the german economy could be to the tune of several billion euros this is echoed by the german committee on eastern european relations if the number of german companies likely to be affected by the anti russia sanctions that as many as sixty author believes it's no coincidence the n.c. russia sanctions have hit the german economy so hard. actions are not hitting in

first place rush hour they are supposed to hit germany the us have to decrease their trade balance deficit otherwise they are bankrupt and so they they donald trump has to do something to limit the trade balance deficit and his main targets are germany in the first place and china in the second place china is strong enough to blackmail the us germany is not strong enough to blackmail the us so merkel won't be won't have quite a strong position i would i would say. if europe is calling for the return of artifacts seized by british forces in the east african nation one hundred fifty years ago the treasures are currently on display at the u.k.'s victoria and albert museum ethiopia first officially requested that the objects be returned in two thousand and seven the v.n.a. says it's ready to give the artifacts on long term loan but i do has rejected that

offer saying it wants them back for good meanwhile the museum says that the exhibition is hosting was organized with the help of the ethiopian community in london it also wants dialogue with the ethiopian to keep the artefacts in its collection british journalist john go on to an ethiopian political commentator while arlo shared their views on this issue we have looked after these historical are two facts we have seen what's happening around the world when we have less things there i mean i can point you perhaps a to our rock stroke syria and what happened with islamic state absolute nonsense as long as we're willing to give them out a long term loans i think that should be the end of the matter this is an entirely colonial narrative and i think it is extremely kwanten sending to say the these nations are unstable and therefore cannot provide protection for those looted artifacts they have sufficient capacity to to do. yes we did take them but is he

really ethiopia's slate completely clean on this one i mean i just think it's a conflict it's raul there doesn't need to happen we're not saying we won't display them there we're not saying that when we displayed them here we're not putting them in the historical context we are this is just nonsense ethiopian states continue to be the moral owner of the same time the legal order all of these. the heat of imperial plunder by the british and the u.k. has no business while so evil to hold them indefinitely and a claim to somewhat have a moral high ground to. be in people and to do to a pianist it longer we have to where the horses are sure of for how long do we have to we're past selves of an empire i mean a lot of what we did when we had an empire was good i'm not excusing what i've done

i can't actually condone or are can't excuse it and i can't con dimmick it was over two hundred years ago may not be as cosmopolitan as london or may not have the kind of infrastructure facilities that london has but it is still africa's capital and house resources to display a these these these artifacts and people around the world can actually go it is in the financial interest of the people in the tube in the states if these people could actually. see these these artifacts. from a young disabled football star recently had his dream come true after he sent a message to his idol diego maradona. hello i asked oh my name is sorry i rarely play for little how are you i want to lead the egg our own daughter.

right. now you. know. this is all international let's bring in some live pictures for you right now here on the program as we have the continuation of the meeting between the north korean leader and his south korean counterpart looking at live pictures right here of the d.m.z. the demilitarized zone between the koreas and here they've just been planting a tree as we show you these live pictures here we've been discussing the story now old day here on c.n.n. of course in the time and weeks leading up to this the two sides are agreeing on

many things they're going to have a state dinner it's understood the north korean leader has a wife might even attend a dinner tonight or tomorrow of the two sides agreeing they should end the confrontation and even speed up the unification process as well so as we show you these live pictures here the north korean leader to your left his counterpart from the south to you all right these are live pictures of an ongoing historic meeting as i've just planted a tree in the d.m.z. . if you. will thanks for joining us who are not the international navy ten thirty on friday morning we're back soon with much more.

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