i am. handshakes and a history in the making north and south korea's leaders agreed to rid the peninsula of nuclear weapons during their first decade mean. more than a dozen syrians testify at the hague saying that an alleged chemical attack in the town of duma was in fact this day. that they were scared they started to pour water on me i don't know why they did this. we saw that they were suggesting chemical weapons had been used. protests that have already seen forty killed and thousands injured in just a pos money set to go on for another two weeks. is

a big day for worldwide news here on r.t. international a very warm welcome to you from all of us here in moscow. north and south korea's leaders have wrapped up the official part of the historic summit with emotional handshakes and hugs it was the first meeting of its kind for the countries in over a decade after hours of talks they reached a number of key agreements that could significantly warm relations leaders announce that they would seek full deed nuclearize ation of the entire peninsula the country is also to stop all hostile actions against each other and gradually reduce their. additionally the leaders agreed to hold talks with the u.s. and china to arrive at a proper form of peace treaty a new history starts now those are the words that were left in

a guest book by the north korean leader during his historic meeting with his south korean counterpart. thank. you. ok my joked that he would no longer interrupt his counterparts sleep in the early mornings anymore most likely referring to the north's missile tests which typically took place at dawn.

there's a pine tree on the north. of soil from both. the tree dates back to nine hundred fifty three. now the leaders have also brought each other some cool than airy delights. special chef to the border to prepare cold buckwheat noodles for moon while the south korean leader ordered a traditional swiss potato for him to remind him of school days in switzerland dessert right there a cake with the symbol of a united korea on top and it's understood that north korea's first lady will also attend the dinner. in the.

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 now to open praise. we can't have mad men rocket men shooting rockets all over the place we will have no choice but to totally destroy north korea they will be met with fire fury. we're having very very good discussions kim. was he really has been very open. and i think very honorable from everything we're seeing nato chief u.n. stoltenberg gave a somewhat mixed reaction to the ongoing historic meetings between the korean

leaders but well. 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 actually now be possible human rights attorney eric says both koreas already. i think what we can expect is a exciting moment in time which. as they said is south african history and hope could why you have it in a certain time in a certain slate and i really hopeful that from these talks we can see the framework for a full peace treaty to finally end this conflict since both sides are ready willing to do that if the south and or the frame if their own steps in

self-determination then the u.s. as was much smaller will to live 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. 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 april seventh at the u.n. backed chemical watchdog alongside russia's representative however not everyone was willing to listen to their accounts as what i guess dia explains. when these reviews emerged pundits and politicians took them as gospel the truth conclusive indisputable and irrefutable proof of as had chemical since the chemical

weapon that killed dozens of civilians and astaire's that the us had regime has previously used chemical attacks the assad regime has used this same yellow gas canisters the n.s.c. telling fox news they have a high degree of confidence that it was yours they must have had solid evidence you don't just flew into a hundred cruise missiles in an act of war without convincing proof beyond any doubt right. right wrong you know we have all. 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 saw 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 inhaling 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 we had no fatalities or instances of people suffering from a poisonous substance is 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 what 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. 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 scientists 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 the video 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. all boycotted the chemical watch dogs hearing with the witnesses saying it was a stunt experts from the o.p.c. w. are still in syria to investigate the alleged chemical attack on duma and we discuss the latest developments with the former u.k. ambassador to syria peter ford and middle east expert i'm not a walk up. either either ignored or attempts will be made. on the mind i think when ordinary people. the footage test going to be bound to be in press what the british media 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 with with disregard 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 are still on the table. and other palestinian occupation rally expected in gaza today as part of the ongoing great march of return in the

past month the event has seen forty palestinians killed and over five thousand wounded. the israeli army denies using excessive force against the protesters it also accuses hamas which controls gaza refusing 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 who 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 and that was 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 was there there were. so you staying in the news disproportionate use of force and the night when you against protesters this is the most important point tonight. for you seem to you know musicians are now i think to. explode and these people. they receive injuries.

quests a lot of time rehabilitation. so it's not a question of just this friday which will last months and. years we are quite sure of it so. they were you afraid of high uys instruction. exposed we knew. but. then we did she kurtz to treat these complications and that. requests special to resist certain force sufficient to get any say let's work on the job and. we've sent a request to the i.d.f. asking for comment on the doctors without borders report as well as on claims that its crowd dispersal methods can leave people with serious disabilities or so far no response on that inquiry meantime israel says it uses normal lethal sponge tipped bullets however they are believed to be harder and heavier than older versions they

can not only cause severe injuries but can kill last happened back in twenty fourteen but an israeli human rights group recently released a video showing soldiers in the west bank discussing the use of live i mean nation . one israeli ex policeman received a nine month sentence for killing a palestinian teenager in twenty fourteen but the court accepted the claim that he had mistaken a life bullet for a robber one the story caused outrage after earlier this month a palestinian girl who was sentenced to eight months in jail for slapping an israeli soldier we asked political commentator i mean oren to comment on the two crimes and punishments of course he's not similar to a coup and when one puts on a scale eight months for just to 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 uniformed personnel more leeway and would be more lenient towards them then towards those who resist the government we may find it. totally unjust but this is the reality and not only in israel artie's or so for sure and 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 the full interview on air all day today on this channel but for now a 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. i think i think they can associate think that both the palestinians and the israelis need. to give up in the illusionary dreams of getting read on the other we are staying here they're staying here it's an israeli palestinian challenge it should be an israeli palestinian issue was disappointed whoever decides to give this support and i really think that for the benefit of the future. the future of the palestinian kids yesterday or today will be baltimore and simson for my kids a lot of kids in israel it's. nice to see don't try. but i was can also vote for us.

plenty more still to come on the program here on out to today including ethiopia. a museum to return treasures seized by british troops well over one hundred fifty years ago full story after the. thank. our.

elite. athletes. elite. it. is good to be with us today american star kanye west has caused a bit of a stir with his return to social media by tweeting in praise of donald trump off to meeting 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 some of the media and fellow musicians correspondent and 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 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 of discomforted some fans to the mental health struggles that led to his twenty seven thousand hospitalization perhaps politics and music just don't mix as some of kanye is critics of 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 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 throw 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. tell you barry you believe now is a good segue not gravity you've got well yes home. 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. so we have. to feel good. 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. artsy

new york. he is calling for the return of artifacts used by british forces in the east african nation hundred fifty years ago the treasures are currently on display at the u.k.'s victoria and albert museum if you. really requested that the opex be returned in two thousand and seven v.n.a. says it's ready to give the artifacts on a long basis but. that is has rejected that offer saying it wants all of them back permanently meanwhile the museum says that the exhibition it's hosting was organized with the help of the ethiopian community in london it also wants dialogue with the z o p a to keep the artefacts in its collection of british journalist john goal and an ethiopian political commentator a wall allo shed 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 left

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 entirely colonial narrative and i think it is extremely kwanten sending to say that these nations are unstable and therefore cannot provide protection for those looted artifacts they have sufficient capacity to do it is yes we did take them but as even ethiopia is slate completely clean on this one i mean i just think it's a concerted 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 all or all of these precious artifacts that were looted of the heat of imperial plunder by the british in the

uki has no business while so evil to hold them indefinitely and a claim to somewhat have a moral high ground to. to the to be in people and to do to a pianist it no longer we have to where the horses are sure 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 our empire was good i'm not excusing what i've done i can't actually condo owner i can't excuse it and i can't con demick 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 how the resources to display these these these artifacts and people around the world can. actually. it is in the financial interest of the people in the in the states if these people could actually. see these these.

german chancellor angela merkel has now arrived in washington d.c. for a long awaited talks with president trouble for 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 is likely to be high on the agenda is the impact of russia's sanctions on german 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 earlier the german or russian chamber of commerce warned that the projected losses for the german economy could be to the tune of several billion euros this assertion is echoed by the german committee on eastern european relations which the number of german companies likely to be affected by the anti russia sanctions that as many as sixty author i can hammer believes it's no coincidence the anti russia sanctions so fit the german

economy so hard. it's sanctions are not hitting in first place russia they are supposed to hit germany the us have to decrease their trade balance deficit otherwise they are bankrupt and so 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 that wraps up the program here at r.t. for this hour though my colleague here very soon with many more worldwide headlines you.

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