administration can get out of it what's the maximum that they can potentially extort from pyongyang by using these scare tactics. would say a lot of what they heard all of the blogs it's basically if they can get much more then i areally stickily expect because. the north koreans a century except it was a joint military exercises well perhaps it's the same situation i just discussed when we're talking about does of their nuclear program because if they have basically is a noise they can do nothing about joint military exercises non-sale is for the last few months it did look like that the future deal if you include it just something about this scale or continuation of pregnancy of the joint exercises and recently at north scary as essential a set military exercises cavies us we don't care we don't worry about it the she is

was a pretty mess of concessions so i would say that say about a year ago or three years ago i used to say and many of us said well sooner or later north koreans probably they will sit down and start talking but they're going to extract a lot of every scene from the united states all interested parties now it seems that the. major condition is just to make sure that americans will not start shooting second to have some of their recent sanctions lifted as soon as possible before it will strike the economy and they're not going to port much more demands for the time being now professor link of there is a lot of discussion in the united states especially among those who do not support the idea of the presidential summit that it would be encouraging and north korea for its bad behavior but i think the relevant question here is also whether it would encourage trump for his bad behavior big. if you mentioned that he's policy

of essentially blackmail has worked so far if that summit indeed takes place. wouldn't that make bellicosity on democratic and part more acceptable form of foreign policy i know that for the time being both russia and china are endorsing the idea of the meeting between kim and trump but i suppose they would be just as happy to have trump threatened in the same manner i lost them i chipped russia and china has much more force and much more they're much more capable or biting back and nobody would treat it as a russia or china in session or a saw oh yes it's a kind of a bad example but let's face it not scary as forty k. is curfew same blackmail tactics for me it's a bit funny to see how the same treats if for decades have been favorable to use of kenya and now used business same efficiency against killing young isn't it funny to

see when basically you know tromp try to out him in a huge honor himself it's a bit for funny all this fayyad feuding and all the stuff i don't think is going to be applied on similar scale to any serious op and and north korea is dangerous but it's basically steal reza small and very poor comes well essentially nobody likes to get a taste of his or her own medicine professor link off we have to take a very short break now but we will be back in just a few moments stay tuned. kamel

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it's a process that just keeps going. put in lives by two things by his emotion and he is. in the long placing a very long he uses so to speak. long distance rather than politics and that's the way the underestimates. welcome back to worlds apart with unfeeling calls professor at the university

insults not wrestling on just before the break you commanded donald trump on the success at least initial success of his blackmail tactics. but the news of the last few moments and we are recording this show on tuesday is that donald trump decided to fire his chief diplomat secretary of state the facts teller sent that question to you is why the donald trump at this point of time has the team to capitalize on this initial diplomatic game he actually have. negotiators the diplomats who would take this initial success and develop it into something more concrete of well when you're shaking is going to be a tough this is a major program because it's an open secret that president despises his diplomats and well i would say is if it in a largely. surprise kate it was there for over last say

a year or so a lot of highly skilled people have left the state department and essentially that now they don't have a single person who has expired. of negotiating with his an oscar he gets more people in the state department kerry in team a new congress it's a big problem how well they're going to develop is a great strategic success the it certainly did it was a strategic success of by presidents diplomacy i am a bit skeptical because moscow details are very good very tough negotiators they don't change their teams for years for many years to come some of people have been negotiating bizarre americans for twenty years and this people more all the points and probably will take advantage of it so well it's probably good news because if everything because becomes a mess it will be bad news not only for the united states not only for mosconi it will be bad news for sellers carrier for china and of course for for eurasia now

you mentioned both russia and china and i think up until recently at least both of them have expressed cautious endorsement of this initiative for you know that moscow has even gone as far as to suggest that this summit may take place in moscow died off i think was downplayed later on in the kremlin but i think it's still on the table do you think there is any chance of either russia or china stepping into the void and how being the charm for the ministration to secure these deal for the benefits of global security i'm very i'm we have to tread very carefully here not see you invite any accusations of collusion but at the end of the day i think we would all agree that you know the peace on the korean peninsula is in the best interest of humanity isn't it not only humanity her marriage is something abstract but they have argued just a few minutes ago. in korean peninsula is an interest of russia

because russian interests and for basically cheney a centrist a very simple cost russia warms they be the second russian. status quo sought russia of once didn't carry. if mr trump if president did mean business if he was really going to deliver a strike against moscow a year m.s.e. war they're sitting you clear of all but a mess of war was the most likely outcome therefore any kind of reduction in tension is a good news for russia however talking about a possible negotiation for moscow well until recently it would be a good idea to have cells carry on summit or say assignments be to be in north korean leaders and u.s. president or western leaders it would be a good idea to have them in russia maybe there's a city in moscow where you are smokers of on the full seated to be you can be sure

or maybe in my native petersburg why not maybe not moscow but not now. said truth is right now russian issue is very big in the united states probably it has never been the case that russia attracted so much and favorable attention well since maybe as a hundred fifty years since their anti communist fear communist scare saw it to be probably a good idea if russia is too much involved in this negotiations not now in the long run yes but now it's probably safer to just avoid maybe a. little sort of the situation because well sometimes russia would be happy to see americans in trouble but in korea is such troubles very easy can develop into russia or trouble there is an actual commitment from kim jong un to having this summit with south korean leader president. in the next month and if that happens that would also be i suppose

a major breakthrough the third such summit in history. who do you think has more at stake at this meeting and do you see it as a stepping stone towards meeting with trump or does it have. and value in and of itself a lighter disturbing story because surprise india scarier is it generally very pro american country even as it by the tickle forces which used to be entero kind of the past like say supporters of the current president they're much much more favorable about the united states now beach however does not mean that they like a bicycle or as president however mount a less is inspired of all this right now not scary and. in the same boat because in the long run as the north nuclear weapons constitute a mess of denture for the soul scary and bad it's for maybe in the long run maybe the end when we are talking decades right now their major threat south korea faces

is a threat or a military operation initiated by the united states the easiest skull eight into of war and if we have a war it will be lost and so i was scared aeons who are going to die in large numbers so right now the an interest is to reduce tensions do i understand you correctly that you're essentially suggesting that south korea feels donald trump a little bit more than it fears kim turned on yes as an immediate threat yes it's a tactical threat it's a long run of course kim jong il is a problem for sales guardians but in the short iran it was probably mr trump so what i see is that they're basically playing together most and just to reduce the tension to create the impression of there are now more scary and ready to talk and there are ready to make concessions and they are indeed actually ready to talk and indeed are ready to make concessions talking about the north south korean summit unfortunately cells kerry and president has very little freedom of action

it can not the problem is any kind of economic assistance to last year because such as the. would be a violation not only of the u.s. borders cibot of the internationally approved sanctions it is flawed and presidential to talk about as a military shows because it's going to be blocked by the united states as well and of course everything related to the nuclear problem is exclusively exclusively an area where nato of exclusive american interests so basically if they can smile discuss the quality of meat and barbecue or maybe approve some kind of nice cultural exchanges you know. peg and or fight or so and you know all of this go in here they can not discuss anything serious so it's that lychee of you will be a stepping stone to this summit be to be in trump and team simon to be sure you

really can't. pass for future negotiations and cooperation and exchanges between. having said that i think what it least i find very fascinating is this new role the south koreans found themselves in because they're essentially now acting as messengers between pyongyang and washington rather than you know being a separate party to the conflict and i think that's that's a very interesting development i don't think we've ever had. south korean officials communicating to the americans what the north koreans want do you see any do you see that as a positive development for the in their career in negotiations because i suppose that when you act as if not necessarily as a mediator but at least as a go between the your optics shift a little bit and i think you you try to prepare the base for a compromise a little bit more than the you would if you were acting in your own capacity during

the forty they would try really hard to prepare ways for compromise because if shooting starts it really is a subtle scary as we're going to die in large number. including a lot of people in the top political idiot so they're working hard on board and talking about their role if you choose india that surprising and it's also unnecessary because bourse north koreans and the americans perfectly cap about the things themselves and contrary to what most people suspect this kind of claim to stein on the fish will see could cut channels of communication between. have always been at the racial of what i'm seeing they not only count talk they have been talking for all this time and the decision to include last year. is largely done because first of all. diplomats want to use the two drives of h b t

and sells katie and united states and they also want to create sort of if you like its front there is a south korean government because for the time being as they have set for bourse north korea and possible the media that he appear ation by the americans can see a greater threat then as said it ical possibility of all via wars the war between themselves which is not going to happen anytime soon. so they want to sort of you united front and i merican all civil bleich to give some kind of to make some gestures to emphasize the significance of the cells carry that's sure that basically it's normal about playing some games behind their back but professor link i think it was reported in the new york times just there the other day that. south korean officials asserting not only is the mass injures between pyongyang and washington but essentially. the americans are making them play the role of spokespeople because at the end of the day if it was

a south korean official who announced the willingness to negotiate with with it with the north is that a form of had risks on the part of the trumpet ministry. or simply he's a whole lot of knowledge about how the diplomatic niceties are supposed to work out because i think it's also pretty unprecedented to have a north korean official to communicate the will of the american president to the world naser it's exactly what they have just set some. variable now for the americans and american administration and maybe american diplomacy to emphasize their significance and this is why such an unprecedented measure was taking basically americans sending a signal to saul you are part of the team you're probably abject you really can do very little by the take you very seriously and you're going to give you

a lot of extra rights because your part of the team and basically ignore scatty as also sending a somewhat similar see you know look the boss i afraid of this strange guy is the vital house is in our joint interest to reduce the tension for the time being maybe in twenty years there was a threat we are going to fight one another and that changed nuclear strikes because god knows so it's going to take an easy to go nuclear eventually but for the time being our major problem is across all show let's act well professor lying cause i guess you can find a silver lining even in the darkest cloud and if trump's unpredictability provides for this bonding experience between the two koreas so be it anyway we have to leave it there i really appreciate your being on the show today and to our viewers please keep the conversation going in our social media pages as for me hope to see you again same place same time here on the worlds apart.

thank you. you.

right you. and mysteries that shape the week may day rioting in part. with more than two hundred people. in the middle. of that you'll see us coming up to us the police begin because just behind us there is a. supposed evidence incriminating russia in the script poisoning is seriously weakened several key claims are refused also ahead. look at. the. violence along the border between. israel with troops using extreme force to disperse. protesters and

injuring over. to head off love and we're starting his fourth term as president we look at what to expect from monday's inauguration. i. i. with the top stories from the past seven days and right up to the moment developments as well this is the weekly in r t international and welcome we will get to those headlines stories in a few moments but we want to start in pakistan where the interior minister of the country has been shot and wounded during an attempted assassination of a political rally in the northeastern punjab province. is in hospital in a stable condition local media say the gunman has been arrested and is now in custody well joining us on the line in pakistan live is journalist political

analyst. what are we learning about what happened. but i think he was having small meeting in these hong kong and all of a sudden one who jumps. the fire and that is that college he's one of the injured yes and why he is nor any any serious condition at this particular point of normal of all of them look just behind that according to the local media here are suggesting that it appears to be some sort of. there's another for just that feel most about the government trying to mix in slummy voles it was the public was it for a government and probably this. doubt your should the government a secret so i mean most of which was publicly seen as an attempt to vest

a nice block assigned as an actor. to slow my xbox on another aspect possibly pakistan's general election it's less than two months away now isn't it is violence expected to worsen as it draws closer in the country. well unfortunately in fact you saw him there has been going to his campaign and he is the government really by some of the just parties have been complaining that the government has been cloned would be a slum eyes five it's not it is it is also one so that your possible source of why that's what i gave this is just a subject of. this particular one tough guy we exactly you believe know these are just an issue reports of the office of the local media is the fourth thing but there is there is a fact and by responding more than dozen people want him just a few months back and there was loss of life in the complete on that particular issue so that was civility you're going to be. ok well thanks very much for bringing us right up to date from the pakistani capital journalist.

parra so was rocked on choose the by what being called the city's worst the may day riots in fifty years the violence began after must to capitalist protesters hijacked a peaceful rally against the french government's labor reforms the bloc bloc activists torched cars and bundle i shopfronts clashed with police or correspondent charlie doman ski was in the thick of it. we. are in the middle of cashews now starting the police already tonight in the caravan you'll see the tear gas is coming up to us the police move again and not because just behind us there is a fire going on the demonstrators have put forward to a vehicle and emerged to bike and as you can see i don't smoke because it.

well as you might have gathered we've just been in the middle of what was quite a large clash between the police and the protesters just look behind me this is one of the trucks with the water cannons and you can see the gendarme now coming down and you can see some of the water in the form that's been on the ground to try and push these protesters back take a look behind me and they're actually trying to barricade themselves up now that's off to they set fire to what looked like a g c p the fact it's still own foyer over there in the distance the process is did is if you just turn around a little bit more will come with me to have a look at this you may see this i think pulling over joke smoke coming up here on the protesters what they did is they lit for it she what seemed to be some sort of motorbike and the car just want to give you a sense of what sort of damage has been created from those are cautious and not

just conscious but the damage that was coolest by the protest is the police had warned early on tuesday morning ahead of these may day protests that they thought they were going to be hijacked by anticapitalist by anti fascists and they would indeed that they came out in their hundreds ready with a gear they safety gear to be able to protect themselves from the tear gas the masks protesters would. damaging and smashing items up across this part of paris and the police had to let them be just come over here and you'll be able to see the boards here of the fast food restaurants that have been put up that was completely and utterly destroyed restaurants further behind down the street also destroyed and basically the police did very little in fact nothing for a long time when this destruction was happening it was only further on into the

demonstration the violence took place and little bit further on that they actually did something now they've said the reason that they didn't react this quickly is some people say they should have is because they were trying to avoid collateral damage any further i pouring of the government on its pro-business economic policies forty thousand people hit the streets of the french capital on saturday as well the event was organized to coincide with the first anniversary of president among the. protesters could be seen holding. mccrum. with the president of the rich around two thousand police officers were deployed to the demonstration to avoid risking a repeat of the labor day rioting earlier in the week the march is reported to have passed of peace. now here's a turn up for the books the acclaimed american robert county west might be considered by many to be a modern day creative genius but his controversial twitter rants are now lunging

him in strife and strategic intelligence analysts been pouring over his timeline and concluded that can you west is a russian spy secretly working for vladimir putin it's mainly because wes revealed his warm support for donald trump online rutger steve looks at an ever growing army of kremlin agents. remember when being portrayed as a russian spy was funny a bit of a joke. over. what he'd done in the dark when. filings what he or russian spy assaulted. by a casual. who isn't funny now could be anyone in the oval office in the pentagon madison square garden. can years recent coordination with trump along with his use of infamous or rhetoric and symbols

confederate flag reek of products here just join up the dogs can year endorse trump publicly their friends. i'm not saying can you west is involved at all in the trump russia scandal but i am saying he has russian ties and was there right after the twenty sixteen elections scott did walk in or perhaps work in a contributor for the us news channel m.s.n. b c and also founder of russia gate agrees there are just too many dogs not to connect them kanya west went to russia he went to russia he literally flew to moscow and walked around the jew see what he got up to i sure didn't want to be doing anything it's now so or vs why didn't we see it before we

see it now and there are more of them clint eastwood openly backed trump and the russian connection is blatant clint eastwood speaks russian. pretends. to. owen robert de niro he hates trump or so he says but look at the fact he cool owns a chain of all true and luxurious restaurants in moscow and he's opening a new one soon you know who goes to his restaurants oligarchs we're not blind anymore there could be russian spies in my audience and i wouldn't know if everyone is a suspect. are you a russian spy now. that's where russian spies say ellen the generous knows what's up we need lists so i've.