israeli territory. crossing the border and i don't see why. using. response threatened by. what's happening israel's responded to the cry from the un and human rights groups government lawyers say the gaza protests quote fall into the state of war can't agree on that human rights laws therefore don't apply to the i.d.f. rules of engagement or reserve colonel with the defense force has told us to that in his view the israeli military's actions are justified any severing nation america friends of course israel has a full right to defend themselves we are not facing just a simple pacific knowledge of nice people who are facing people who want to invade

our country and when someone wants to invade your country you have two possibilities once you let him go in and you just leave. in war you have to proceed beauty's or you when you lose you cannot let people kill you you know they are to react you have to act first because the rule of the game is peace and terrorist military rule is to be on the air and he said not to be and they reacted. so some major developments this week in the ongoing investigation into the script poisoning case a nato country miti that it had produced a nova chalk like substance as recently as last year that on top of that the un's chemical weapons watchdog backtracked on previous claims about the nerve agent jacqueline wraps it up. criminal investigations usually work towards conclusions as new information and facts come to light but with this group all case it all seems a bit backwards and feels like those pesky details are being ignored take for

example the embarrassing but significant slip up we heard this week from the chief of the international chemical weapons watchdog the research activities or protection you would need for instance five to ten grams of but even in seoul is free it looks like they may have used more than that without knowing the exact quantity i'm told it may be fifty one hundred grams of say which goes beyond research activities for protection and the idea that such a large amount having been found suggests that it had been created as a weapon and not for research purposes is important from the get go the u.k. claim that nobody talks soviet origins were clear evidence that russia was the guilty party at the same time moscow argued that other states have the ability to create another choke and have experimented with doing just that so the suggestion that such a large amount wouldn't be found in research situations just adds to that idea that there is no other plausible alternative but that russia is behind the attack there is just one tiny problem with all of that. the o.p.c. w. would not be able to estimate or determine the amount of the nerve agent that was

used in souls bri on the fourth of march twenty eighth the quantity should probably be characterized in milligrams but that whiplash inducing you turn has no one's convictions that russia did it even when combined with an announcement coming from the czech president. novacek was produced and tested in the czech republic it was a small quantity though we know when and we know where it was done it would be hypocritical to pretend that such a thing never happened so there you have it and then mission from at least one country saying that yeah they have produced and experimented with no each of class agents delivering a blow to a key element of the u.k.'s case no more can it be claimed that the substance could've only come from russia right wrong that two didn't dent the narrative the media gave almost no attention to the announcement and those who did cover it pointed out what they call demons pro russia stance because let's face it in today's climate being pro russia means you're on reliable something else we saw this week was the u.k. national security adviser disclosing the fact that no suspects have been identified

in the poisoning but given the fact that the case seems to be based on the assumption of guilty until proven innocent many outlets ran that statement alongside the line that police were urgently reviewing the security of other defective russian spies in the country once again implying moscow's guilt despite a lack of even one suspect after two months and while clearly none of these details are enough to prove russia's innocence at the same time nothing we've seen or heard up till now is enough to prove its guilt either. russia says the revelation by the president of london's case but in a statement to the british foreign office repeated its claims that only moscow as the technical means the operational experience and indeed the motive to target the script holds for u.k. intelligence officer told us he thinks the mistake plays conveniently into the narrative that russia is guilty. i'm sure there are many that were stylish when we first saw this interview appeared with the chief of the. one can look at that and

say well ok it's very easy probably to make a mistake an image of an interview and say grams when in fact you meant milligrams but that is actually contradicted by what the i.p.c.c. selves have said it makes you wonder what was the reasoning behind the chief actually saying something that appears to be not just a mistake but at least officially untrue certainly it was grasped upon by headlines in the west that said that this was further proof that such a huge substance i see huge amount could only come from a state of course to bolster their case that this might be russia. vladimir putin's presidential inauguration on monday will officially start his fourth term as russia's leader new goes down of takes a look at what can expect them from the ceremony. this is lattimer putin's stairway to presidency so to speak he will climb these fifty eight steps before he gets to the halls of the palace also the sights the inauguration ceremony.

this is the whole of military glory to sing george and that is first hold lattimer putin is said to cost on his path to no curation it is also the biggest hole in the palace with its lengthy more than sixty meters. the next whole the whole the whole of the order of single xander being in it right now it is difficult to imagine that for the larger part of the twentieth century none of this even existed after it had been demolished by soviet leaders only twenty years ago this was brought back to its former glory.

it's not all of the glitters is gold they say well it couldn't be more wrong for this place i mean look at this gilded villas chandelier even this this is the hole where the inauguration ceremony will be taking place latimer will be standing in the far right end of the hole once again in his life are saying and hold thirty three words it will officially start his next tenure as the presidents of russia remember it's gone up from the kremlin see. that's come talk to a check you know moscow's victory day rehearsals there and we're talking about it right after the break. join me every thursday on the alec simon show and i'll be speaking to guest in the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then.

chose seemed wrong why don't we all just don't all. get to shape out just to come after. and in detroit equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. put in lives by two things by his emotion and he is. in the long queue he places a very long lead he says so to speak of long distance runner in politics and that's the way they underestimate him.

i guess and so the final dress rehearsal for wednesday's victory day parade of moscow finished on red square earlier featuring some of russia's newest military hardware for all the service personnel taking part something very special to be involved in to let's talk about that for a minute if it trying to join one of the convoys on its way into the capital. but you see joining the parade itself on red square axis rules behavior rules are super strict but this is just a rehearsal so we're going to hang out here a little bit and have a bit of fun. one of the brand new things about this year's parade is that it's going to feature drones and i think you can see one right there. oh i think i can see

someone from last year's parade a little bit of. this. but i'm going to. actually have some test driving skills myself here we go. let's see if i can do something with that here is that all of these and. most of your skills if you get. your mustard in you can step with me. everyone is way too serious but perhaps that's what you should expect really with this kind of event. ok we really have to go now. i was going to say i knew that i'd say.

well no one allowed to drive today but the baton charge just told me that i used to have to instead. the roof. now that we park just outside red square. fortunately we were out and it's time for the guys to do some great washing up. ilya trinkle our. iranian president issued a warning to the u.s. over its threats to abandon the twenty fifty nuclear agreement i gather because if

the us pulls out of the nuclear deal it will soon realize that this decision will become a historic regret for them. it comes after the israeli prime minister intensified efforts to convince donald trump to drop that his story in a dramatic power point presentation in the week but when it claimed to run lied about its nuclear ambitions president trump says he's going to decide next saturday whether or not to drop the agreement daniel holkins explains more tonight i'm here to tell you one thing iran lart the evidence well that lies in this filing cabinet allegedly thousands of documents and c.d.'s half a ton to be precise proven conclusively tehran misled the world about its nuclear plans both before and after the twenty fifteen agreement we've known for years that iran had a secret nuclear weapons program called project them out hailing this as a significant development and a great intelligence achievement that we all who was sure iran has one reason and

one reason only to hide this information why would a terrorist regime hide. and meticulously catalogued in secret nuclear files is not to use them in a literary what other country would do such a thing some will remember netanyahu twenty twelve un speech and the cartoon bomb iran's foreign ministry has already called his presentation a propaganda show but the issue here is also a serious one since the onset netanyahu has been an ardent critic of the iran agreement so this is a terrible deal i think this deal is a bad. richard never have been concluded and if you do. president trump. will desire will make is the solution on what to do with the nuclear deal. i'm sure you'll do the right thing

whatever does come about on may the twelfth there's a new york who will do all he can to convince the world that scrapping the deal is the right way forward even at the cost of years of negotiations and a delicate regional power balance here parallel to this european leaders urged israel to submit all of the data to the un's nuclear watchdog but along with the i.a.e.a. self a number of observers suggested in fact there was nothing new in the presentation and that there's still no credible evidence that iran has broken the agreement. let's light the mood a bit now having sky i imagine nations paid off for one young russian boy who went far beyond saying outer space is simply black and white. it's the scent of stars like that don't exist in space i need to

a drawn i'm. worthless all this in the slightest we wanted to cheer him up and then we decided to refer this question to the most competent space authority ross cost more. because i'll start some spots my stance that i painted everything the right white stars do exist in different colors they can be red green orange and many other colors. and that's the lesson did you know that this was real or did it come from your imagination that's how i imagine the stars to be i like your pain team if i was your teacher i would have given you and made us even pop correctly engineering wise speaking to the spaceship and your instrument nickleby should is hugely image you need to you have expressed the mood and the state of the stars.

that made maxim's day a little bit closer to home cosmonaut on the international space station's capture the lunar optical illusion the thought you share this is well you feel the same really disappearing as it moves be on the earth in an effect caused by refraction. it's still there a promise but don't know if you lose far more great pictures and features reports like that on our side door cam in moscow it's kevin owen here in the news in this weekend saying thanks ever so much for what should and the guys always appreciate including me about with more of our big news review of the week in just about half

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three hundred thousand is it a matter of confidentiality only is it the world's black box of the art business. welcome to worlds apart of the recent series of events on the north korean track has attended many diplomatic conventions but only have the south koreans become the unlikely mass injuries between pyongyang and washington they've also become spokespeople for both. supposedly acceptance of kim jong un suppose that invitation photogs break these decades old stalemate well to discuss that i'm now joined by

a very lengthy professor at cookman university insult professor link up it's good to have you on the show thank you very much for your time thank you very much at your service now we've just witnessed a major turnaround in how north korea and the united states approach one another just a few weeks ago the world feared to break out of a nuclear war now we are discussing the potentiality of the first ever face to face meeting between the two leaders since the korean war what do you think accounts for these dramatic shifts of well i would say cynically blackmail. because or was a last year u.s. administration or well it's a more there's been all but a size president trump himself has worked very hard to create an impression they're seriously considering that. nobody but president trump himself can possibly ignore really he was really going to strike north or

perhaps it was all bluff bluffing to create such a then pressure on him to get me to go. magic is oats reza sincere or not this policy of persia has finally walked first. or was september suddenly changed its edgy heute to send chills dieting or study historically chadha was remarkably reluctant to fort really tough sanctions against north korea barred from august of september jan they probably and somebody got tougher than the united states saw the pride to shore they're working very hard so essentially what you're saying is that donald trump managed to change the calculus of not only the north koreans but also other parties to this conflict but the north koreans do not have a reputation of being particularly feeble minded in fact i think they have

a reputation of being very tough negotiators and trying to get as much as possible for as little as possible and yet all of a sudden they show this openness for one sided concessions agreeing to suspend military and ballistic tests while not asking the americans to suspend their military exercises is that a measure of how frightened they are or perhaps a calculation on their part that they may get more in return later on of course. bridges sure that in the long run as the north koreans the smart americans. because you know i've been studying the history and this is you see a history of how well. and his father and the specially his grandfather many people ated russians solsbury of americans journeys and they always view or vigorous but right now they are still frightened because i mentioned sentients is there yet to produce impact but in due time situation is likely to deteriorate and

of course the dorms want to be shot at they understand in case of war they get in freak a great deal of day. on the us and their allies by they also understand that in the end of the day they're going to suffer much more so the dorms want a shooting war and if the residual was that this is was going to happen if they don't stop well they decided to stop is a metal fact exit actually introduce them on their missile tests a nuclear launch it's not now now they just filmed it for all practical purposes they did it in late november and they also floated a possibility of being open to discuss the so-called denuclearization of the peninsula now i know from your own writing that it sounds big but it doesn't carry much at least in your view but do you think there is anything that could actually

prompt young young to take this issue seriously and consider it i don't see any say that here where our reach will probably make to seriously consider. their current statement is basically just. many people forget by the according to the nine hundred sixty eight treaties signed by all major nuclear powers including tonight the states russia and share that and france and united kingdom all this countries are under obligation to a venture to surrender the nuclear weapons. i think show american or russian or chinese documents you see that this is not exactly was there of working hard to achieve so it just really observers north korea's can easily do is to say they can isn't it do what they're american so russians have been doing for decades just to see involve beautiful point in a very distant future probably they will surrender nuclear weapons not know

precious a link of you mentioned the believe service and i think it's also become a bit of a diplomatic ritual to indoors the denuclearized nation of the peninsula but if we look at it through polity. glances do you thing regional powers like russia like china actually want pyongyang to fully disarm absolutely because it's very often is on the stuart budget russian government because over has been deadly against nuclear north korea and this say or even more is a predictable to china you know all russia is now flooded visit and ten american feelings so that if people say vowels their gaze the light histories are good guys they have supported them not because in the end of the day first of all russia be a commie vice the cousin and you play a country's needs nuclear superiority even more and it has no interest in merchants offering you nuclear power because that i view because pickets know it's last year

tomorrow it may be scary if they're discussing a seriously vietnam and then more nuclear power with iran on their list military significant russia becomes and it's only part of the story and as a part of the story is just all good proliferation of north koreans norm to be part of her rate as well but the counter-argument to that would be that the north korean partial nuclear arsenal provides security guarantees not only to the regime itself but also to its neighbors against a military intervention the breakout of a major war on their borders and as you pointed out in one of your recent articles nobody wants to see a replay of the libyan events in east asia so my question to you is whether north korea having a short nuclear stick not a fully developed but some some blunts of a nuclear weapon doesn't dod provide a certain guarantee to both russia and china that the united states would not intervene that recklessly on their borders no security guarantees for russia

provided by the russia nuclear and missile force or spirit all countries if they develop nuclear weapons. they create in the long run increase instability i'm not saying that we can do anything about north korea nuclear weapons i'm just saying that from the point of view of the russian the national interest it's not a good news look now it's about but if north korea becomes nuclear it will become all the logical for south korea to warn your korea as well because yes now say and probably believe they need nuclear weapons for defense but the as far as i get it was the north korea invaded in one hundred fifty and it still official line is that does not exist so i will study isn't the us occupied territory to be eventually liberate it's ruled my cheapie did but if according to the north. this is

a situation sort of what should not do probably develop nukes and if that happens what about japan what about what about vietnam all this country's have a lot of. us by the way most cases against china and this is it is only by chinese so i'm happy about north korean nuclear program russia is a bit unhappy chad is seriously unhappy because if it's not stopped in ten feet twenty s. time channel you'll find itself surrounded by small really hostile countries and beatrice reasons to hate cherry no going back to many centuries and each country has a nuclear weapons professor i heard you say that the north korean regime is likely to be accommodating as long as it believes that the us administration could be reckless enough to launch a strike against said despite all the potential ramifications for south korea as well as for the region in general how much mileage do you think the trumpet 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 the last of the blue. it's basically if they can get much more then i areally stickily expect because. a century except it was a joint military exercises will behalves it's the same situation i just discussed then we are talking about does a beauty of the 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 the future deal if you include it do you think something about this scale or continuation of franklin c. of the joint exercises and recently it in or scary as essential as 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 three years ago i used to say and many others observers 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 their commie 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 because you mentioned that he's.