songs from councils what was supposed to be the sturrock summit with north korea's kim jong il next month that's despite pyongyang going ahead with dismantling its only nuclear testing site just a few hours before he made that announcement if i don't correspondent was there to witness the underground facility being destroyed. the french president lavished praise on russia. for its international role as he joins the team approach to the international economic forum in st petersburg we've got all the highlights from day one coming up and. the russian defense ministry criticizes the latest findings from the air crash investigators looking into the m.h. seventeen tragedy in twenty fourteen for allying on social media pictures instead of witness accounts.

this is art international just after one am from moscow with me kevin owen thanks for choosing us for your at news update and first in this half hour then after days of uncertainty donald trump yesterday cancel his upcoming meeting with north korea's kim jong un that was shadowed for june in singapore trouble ada gave his reasons to supporters to reporters rather spending much of his time mentioning the u.s. military and its readiness to act. a military which is by far the most powerful anywhere in the world powerful anywhere in the world is ready if necessary and has been greatly enhanced recently as you well know as you well know ready we are more ready than we have ever been before the military as you know has been greatly enhanced greatly enhanced will soon be at

a level that it's never been before never been before powerful anywhere in the world a lot of things can happen. so that was somebody that let's go live to washington samir khan is there a d.c. correspondent sort of take us through what was for so many let's face it a big disappointment was. yes indeed the white house released the official letter trump sent to kim in which trump explained his decision saying that it would be inappropriate to meet at this time based on north korea's quote tremendous anger and open hostility and south korea was one of the first countries to react to the news and of aix pressed quote deep regret over terms decision but it should be noted that the timing of the move was pretty significant it came just hours after north korea demolished its only nuclear testing site fulfilling yet another condition and agreed to for the sake of improving relations the u.s. however some u.s. officials now doubt that it actually happened but our correspondent was at the site

and he was among the few journalists who were allowed to witness it firsthand. well just that they're only getting a nuclear test site inches from being noble we saw three hours of full time of their useful nuclear testing one of them the north tunnel chile was used for the latest fall even nuclear test the other two were new and with koreans told us that they had been ready to conduct nuclear tests there any movement so for them building up the build the tubes it's inside more of the real way of show we found there ready to make real concessions now the spectacle itself was quite impressive the explosions looks like smaller options than you will from under the ground floor so we journalists who really estimates as to how much damage would do with this today go to pyongyang with the nuclear program as

a whole but north korea and its they've made this step the now now that we will expect something and with tehran now we are right now we're on our way back to one son has so as soon as possible we'll be finding more reports. so judging by that north korea was keeping its end of the bargain but trump cancel the meeting anyway and even though the decision came from the u.s. side it seemed like the white house was pretty excited about it just ahead of the summit it released a commemorative coin depicting the two leaders meeting to honor the peace talks which were seen world over as a positive development and trump didn't shy away from taking credit even saying that quote everyone said he deserved the nobel peace prize for it but towards the end of the letter trump sent to kim he said that he was looking forward to meeting with kim in the future but considering everything that's happened perhaps feeling anxious think twice before trusting trump again. or come from d.c.

the things for the. party triggered by that statement from north korea's foreign ministry earlier that came in response as well forget the comparisons made with libya from the u.s. vice president who pyongyang labeled a political dummy no. this will only and like the libyan model ended if kim jong un doesn't make a deal some people saw that as a threat but i think. john galt made that statement. yeah i think that's what denuclearization means and we have very much in mind the libyan model from two thousand and three two thousand and four he was talking about if we're going. to be having a problem because we cannot let that country have nukes we just can't do it the model if you look at that model with gadhafi that was a total decimation we went in there to beat up now that model would take place if we don't make a deal most likely president truman earlier war north korea could face the same fate as libya now to imagine libya gave up its weapons of mass destruction in two

thousand and three but then still faced a nato intervention eight years later let's talk about this with defense analyst ivan elland on the line that morning thanks for being with us so what is really going on appear on the scene that it can't be quite as it looks can it and north korea apparently has done everything it was asked to do it even gave those prisoners a back as a goodwill gesture it thinks it's just a few hours before truck made its decision blocked off those tunnels yet trump does this u. turn why. well i think given trump's past behavior negotiation sometimes you know he's already said this but the out of the deal that you have to be prepared to walk away and the negotiations and the two sides north korea and the united states have been sort of in their rhetoric saying well you know we could pull out of this negotiation and not have this summit and i think trump has to do one out of north koreans by actively saying he hasn't closed the door to his letter

despite his. threat of nuclear war with north korea it was a bit smoother this time and he did leave the door open for a future year and to get it she asians and it could be a negotiating tactic by him. and that may be where it is was in to this approach what we saw lately especially between the north and the south lead is a genuine it wasn't just some sort of theater i mean there's a theory as well that maybe the north couldn't carry a any more nuclear tests anyway because the nuclear mountain with a coat on those tasks that they put the entrances to today was defunct anyway it wasn't safe to make anymore test maybe that's what was behind it you think. well there have been reports that the the explosions at this past over time have made it you know very hazardous to do many more tests so it may just be blowing up something that wasn't really much use anyway but on the lattice they are making. you know. efforts to show that they're making concessions and so on and they

released the hostages so i think you could say they're making at least concessions for show the united states sort of went in and said well i want you to sign your nuclear weapons and get rid of a nap or to give you anything in advance you know we're not grain return and so and they wanted all this in the dance of the talks north korean cities and of course that's foolish because that's not a real negotiation the other can make thing as the libya comparison and and yes the north koreans reason they want these weapons or because they're scared that some outside power including the united states could come in and do regime change and of course the libya model was exactly what you said it was before they would be a gave up its nuclear weapons and gadhafi got i was today anyway about west's. you know that's a very sensitive comment and i think john bolton the national security adviser may have made that comment on purpose to throw

a wrench into the into the negotiations and so you know there may be a combination of a of a couple things both wanting to throw a wrench in the in the in the coming in the conversation and child who's more amenable to negotiating with north korea using and goes what about south korea doesn't have any say in this it doesn't have any swing at all i mean what i'm trying to get to is could the north sold out some sort of the meeting the seem to get on pretty well most efficient of what's going on by the sales but is there a way that i could maybe come up with some sort of pact and not have the u.s. in vold or is the u.s. up salute me kate. there's they're the guys pulling the lever. well of course us to defend south korea essentially and so the south koreans don't like to get too far right from the u.s. position i think the south korean leader. is really genuinely interested in having at mom with north korea but he can only go so far depending on what the

united states the united states guarantee south korea's security situation so we'll see it will act to see what happens donald trump amos lee says this could be a negotiating tactic or it could be the end of the whole thing but certainly the danger is now that if this doesn't talk don't get going in the summit doesn't happen that they've raised expectations and now what are you going to do when we do in the summer doesn't go through then of course we have to go back to the threats of war and maybe missiles flying again as we saw just before christmas flood i would you. even island us to friends unless things feel thoughts the appreciate it . thank you what would a couple of programs time pause one in the french and russian leaders of other cold deal day of talks in the same petersburg international economic forum will tell about the speed of the developments of what was day one after the break.

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world of politics sport i'm showbusiness i'll see you then. so some before the break he set back in talks between the u.s. and north korea also came up in a meeting between president putin and emanuel micron at the cent petersburg international economic forum earlier. john byrne on his part did everything he promised before even blew up the tunnels and the files on his test site and after that we heard about the cancellation of the summit. and you know what i would really want is for that process already underway to decrease tensions on the peninsula as well as the process of denuclearization in this armament of the pincher for that process to continue. the peta people the men of

his early patrolling careers in some petersburg as well following what the russian leaders meeting with the french president went like. first when vladimir putin and emanuel macron appeared in front of t.v. cameras there was none of this trump get together stahl tapping on the shoulder and other things and it seemed that the leaders of russia and friends were going to get away with some traditional diplomatic language when they were going to talk to the journalists however when the press conference began supplies in the i guess emmanuel macron speech started to resemble a love letter to russia the french president spoke for more than four times longer than his russian counterpart mr macron also showed off his affection for the big names in russian literature like a yes or solves a need and he even paid special attention to remembering the victims of the

so-called leningrad blockade during the second world war this was of course one of the tragedies in this city st petersburg known as leningrad in the u.s.s.r. besides this and manual macron addressed the russian president as share of the near or dear vladimir instead of mr putin at the beginning of what he was saying but it wasn't just about how many nice things quite surprisingly mr macron said about russia the presidents of russia talked about so much and brought up so many things i'll just give you a list syria iran ukraine cyber security the korean crisis sanctions multi-polar world freedom of speech and even football but i'll come back to that a bit later among other things the leaders of the two countries agreed in the next few weeks to come up with a mechanism to bring the competing syria peace talks platforms together plus they want to work hand in glove to save the uranium nuclear deal which donald trump has

just dumped also emanuel macron said it out loud. russia's international role in numerous regions and conflicts needs to be praised. some of you would much as you note i do acknowledge russia has increased its role in the international arena in particular the middle east the newly gained role of leader comes with responsibilities and i'm well aware of the role russia plays resolving various international conflicts the presidents of france and russia came out to talk to the journalists about two hours later than they were expecting to do in the first place surely that was because they had many things to discuss but also i believe the reason for it is the lavish dinner that they were having i just want to give you some of the things that were on their menu pancakes with caviar as well as a crab starter then a traditional russian soup but with a french twist also sturgeon steak and venison was the main course and

that was all topped off with chocolate cake for dessert and i just want to go back to the first seconds of the summit when emmanuel macron left his limo he was hog lot of our putin who also prepared a bucket of flowers for macro his wife bridget who according to the format of this official visit wasn't even supposed to come to russia but she did from the start of it to the very end one of the journalists asked emmanuel macron if he was ready to come back to russia in a month to support the french national team and here's what we heard from france's leader in the end i hope to travel here to support our football team if france makes it to the quarterfinals definitely be here to support it i'm optimistic by nature and then we'll meet again with president putin. other v.i.p.'s on the guest list of that internationally coming form of the japanese prime minister and china's

vice president they're going to be joined by some of the world's top business leaders as well more of them and the heads of international economic organizations and i can tell you we'll continue checking in live form of the next couple of days hearing from more delegates during was getting updates from the news team there in st petersburg. thank you. thank you. german anti fascist groups have issued a guidebook for potential rioters seems they want to encourage people to disrupt the gathering of the right wing alternative for germany party in bavaria next month our europe correspondent peter all of takes a look at said guide. paul terms of germany will be holding their party conference in the beautiful but varied city of out this summer however fascist groups of the

turbaned to disrupt it going as far as to publish took guide for those wishing to turn up and demonstrate that contains more than a few tips on how to start a riot we suggest tracking and exploiting the f.t.'s weak points across germany so that we can guarantee the necessary space for protests in all spoke it's a very detailed guided includes maps of where members will be staying the routes that they'll be taking in the best places to disrupt the event from and there's also a section that includes rioting and life hacks everything the first time writer will need like how to block roads how to prepare paint to be hurled correctly but there's also some more unsavory instructions as well the best ways to burn tires to smash shop windows or to burn cars all without leaving any evidence that you were there or for that matter being able to be identified on security footage we wish

you a lot of fun trying our instructions we showed the so-called right guy to a.f.p. spokesperson ronald glaser and asked him just how worrying it is to his members the meth just clear we know where you are being we're going to come for you this is some kind of disgusting kind of intimidation but even not you know what anybody in the party would considering any extra security. will expert security measures. can be helpful but we did not have any party gathering because without a lot of security around the police and private security organization so it would be different this time we also spoke to the left party and asked whether they endorsed this guy. or if they thought the far left group anti far gone too far this time. the traditional. which say never.

and never again year fifty years of clearly anti human this. is bring for that racist statements bring for children t. or even work together. of context of militaristic fascist groups so we all the human list falls as an actress and society have to stand together. to do resistance against the politics of the. police in our exposure to preparing for what's being described as an unprecedented operation some two thousand officers will be drafted in including reinforcements from nearby areas and they may well be needed fighting between anti fire demonstrators and police has turned nasty in the past as i found out firsthand during the anti g twenty right and how member last summer was. so.

i actually read between the police and the demonstrators right now so we're going to try to get out of the way. i the police in hamburg were also warned ahead of time that something big was being planned there and with just over a month to go before the a half day conference on the thirtieth of june. to see if they can stop a similar situation unfolding there peter all of r.t. berlin. in other news this morning moscow's rejected. the latest findings of the air crash team investigating the downing of malaysia airlines flight m h seventeen over eastern ukraine in twenty fourteen saying that based on flawed evidence

international investigators alleged on thursday that the missile used belonged to the russian military unit which tallies with the conclusions of the amateur research group belling cat hawkins examines the latest development and the russian reaction to it m h seven team was a civilian airliner heading from amsterdam to call alone poor it was brought down in twenty fourteen over eastern ukraine that the time the whole region was engulfed in the ukrainian civil war it was a battle ground with both sides the ukrainian armed forces and the rebels in the east blaming each other for this tragedy in which nearly three hundred people were killed investigations follow the dutch safety board a j i t the george diversification team both came to the conclusion that a missile of some sort most likely a book missile brought down this plane now they're saying today that this missile has been traced to russia now the russian side all along has denied this they've said they have evidence from radar from satellites witness accounts as well proving

that no such anti-aircraft weaponry ever crossed the border and that russia had nothing to do with this tragedy this was their statement today we are concerned that the dutch investigation decided to base their investigation on images from social media that were edited what's more a number of the images that we used at the briefing were prepared by the ukrainian security services and were shown on a number of occasions by belling cats. we want to draw to everyone's attention that the dutch investigators have ignored witness accounts many eyewitnesses saw the tragedy themselves they are not images from social media they are real people who gave their testimonies on record to the european and american media and the russian defense ministry as you heard there was very critical of the j i t's conclusion namely the evidence that was discounted than the evidence that was used a lot of which relied on an organization called belling cat a citizen journalism and

a group using open source data of videos from you tube images from social media to build their version of events with the joint investigative team themselves saying that many of the conclusions that belling cat had come to also fitted in with their version of events that we realize that the belling get investigation team already reached the same conclusions and published them that we as the joint investigation team have our own independent investigation and the conclusions we draw from it must be based on legal and convincing evidence which will stand in a courtroom so much of the evidence presented that was of course accused as refutable proof of russia's involvement or indeed russia's guilt in the downing of this plane but aside from having their evidence used in these of official investigations by link out of course as an organization has not certainly been short of both criticism and controversy as we can take a look at now and higgins who runs the website telling can the laid off admin worker who made

a name for himself by analyzing weapons used in the syrian conflict never been to syria. doesn't speak arabic and he conducts is profoundly set from the content of his armchair and his home he gives himself admits he has no experience in the field before the arab spring i knew no more about weapons than the average x. books owner i had no knowledge beyond what i learned from arnold schwarzenegger and rambo. his tools of choice for uncovering global conspiracies for you tube and google billboards in the area kind of look the same but it wasn't really you know this isn't enough to say this is the same there was you can see the path in the grass but again it's not a great match so we know the russians light. and the media loves him eliot higgins or dish blogger who's been analyzing the pictures of the wreckage thank you for joining the program but some are questioning his methods by

the developer of the photo analysis program which pelling can't use to claim moscow faked satellite images and image forensics experts aren't fans either what he's doing is nothing more than reading tea leaves era level analysis is a method used by hobbyists but fellow obsessives are ecstatic about scrutinizing spelling counts analysis for his claim he's showing photos of two different book missile systems in an attempt to prove the weapon came from russia they say the one pictured in russia is a newer model because it features a recent modification and for the claim that no ukrainian books were in the area at the time of the crash well fellow bloggers dug up screen shots from ukrainian t.v. apparently showing a book missile system complete with radar in the area just a few days before the tragedy we've been in touch with bell and curt they say the russian government and media have resorted to conspiracy theories false claims and fake evidence to cover up the turning of m.h.

seventeen furthermore the group then goes on to characterize its own investigation as thorough and accurate. and that's a look at some of the top stories this city friday morning from moscow so much more of course on our site out to dot com for me kevin only this morning thanks for watching and. i could kind of goal and to accept it and you need that turned out of that generation of independence that's what's cut the top ten things push away and that's in the beginning and the nightmare that's how fake didn't fall in love from the. i've been saying the numbers mean something they've matter the u.s. has over one trillion dollars in debt more than ten like howard prime stamping each dish. eighty five percent of global wealth he longs to be ultra rich eight point six percent market saw thirty percent rise last year some with four hundred to five

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sustaining a lifeline of military orders and we talked to the general secretary of the ship both in union who is galvanizing this cross party support to get the government's feet to the ship building fire over the next couple of weeks we've been talking to the people who actually run yards across the british isles and to some of the workers to build the ships and ask them directly if it's a shipping going boldly to a new sunrise or still sliding towards an inevitable sunset but first salix with your tweets your messages and your e-mails well first up is from chris says the interview with the m.p. from ireland interesting insight into perspective i wouldn't aborted out if i'd taken a second to consider the impact of the nile and that i am testing this until guthrie's said did i see what i like doing with tory past tense when he was speaking to the professor on screen last week.