oh look right. now everything is being a. massive cloud of dust. three thunderous explosions and a sign of good will on our t. team is in north korea's remote mountainous northeast to witness the closing ceremony of the country's only known nuclear test. council's supposed to be an historic summit with north korea's kim jong un next month. french president lavishes praise on russia for its international role as he joined rather more putin at the international economic forum in st petersburg we've got all the highlights from day one. and look to reject the latest findings of the air

crash investigators are looking into the mh seventeen tragedy saying their conclusions rely on social media pictures rather than witness accounts. of broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is our two international thomas really glad to have you with us. now north korea has shut down its only known nuclear test site in a closing ceremony marked by a series of huge blasts our correspondent you were just on i was among the small pool of journalists invited to witness the dismantling of the facility. this is the first time a crew of foreign journalists have been allowed at this site where witnessing the aftermath of the demolition behind me is what used to be an observation point and this here was the tunnel number two the northern turn and it has endured the past five nuclear tests out of the latest six minutes before they were having dinner

over there and now everything is being turned into a massive cloud of dust those barracks were used for living for the soldiers too ill to locate soldiers and workers there well now north korea is showing that it is destroying the infrastructure to so basically this is north korea saying look we are ready to make the first step but this is the first step that we're making to show that we are acting in good faith we're destroying all the facilities we are being told that what has been done today has rendered this site this site absolutely useless now they're expecting more to come out from the united states and international community but everything here is happening amid the atmosphere of uncertainty the latest rhetoric by the u.s. president donald trump and his aides and might come pale it has been we are hearing from north koreans that this is putting the whole thing in jeopardy they don't know

what to expect they are saying that well how can the united states be trusted after you run after they pulled out of the iran deal that was negotiated four years they're saying how can the united states be trusted when they are saying that the libya model should be applied to north korea and we all know the libya model right now it means the killer the killing of more mica daffy back in two thousand and three mom arkadelphia get rid of his nuclear stockpile and years later he was overthrown so right now again here we've seen again we're not experts so we can't really very fire whether or not the sites really useless now but we are being shown that they're being destroyed and north korea is saying that well the ball is in somebody else's court now and we've done of reporting from north korea pyongyang at a nuclear test site r.t. . just hours after north korea closed down the side to donald trump decided to

cancel his upcoming summit with north korea's kim jong un which was scheduled to take place in singapore in june the u.s. leader later gave his reasons to reporters and also stressed that the american military is ready to take action against. our military which is by far the most powerful anywhere in the world powerful anywhere in the world is ready if this is 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 our anywhere in the world a lot of things can happen well the white house released the official letter sent to kim today and it says i was very much looking forward to being there with you sadly based on the tremendous anger and open hostility displayed in your most recent statement i feel it is inappropriate at this time to have this long planned

meeting south korea was one of the first countries to react the news and they expressed quote deep regret over trump's decision the timing of the move was pretty significant coming just hours after north korea demolished its only nuclear testing site for filling yet another condition that it took three to for the sake of improving relations u.s. however some u.s. officials and now doubt that it actually happened so judging by that north korea it was keeping its end of the bargain but trump canceled the meeting anyway and even though the decision came from the u.s. side it seemed that 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 everyone said he deserved the nobel peace prize for it but towards the end of the letter that trump sent to kim trump said he was. looking forward to meeting with kim in the future but considering everything that's happened perhaps healing

anxious think twice before trusting tromp again. kim jong un has described decision to pull the plug on the summit as unexpected and very regrettable north korea's vice foreign minister has also said pyongyang is willing to give the u.s. time and opportunities to reconsider its position defense analyst ivan eland told us that he sees the move as in keeping with the u.s. president's hardball approach to diplomacy. given trumps 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 charges on out north koreans by actively saying he hasn't closed the door to his letter despite is threat of nuclear war with north korea it was a bit smoother this time and he did leave the door open for

a future you get she asians and it could be a negotiating tactic by you know and that may be where it is. we cannot cross live to you what is done off who is in north korea is going to tell us about the closing ceremony. well really sure and we have been without any sort of internet connection or anything will mostly mostly we have been without any connection most of the time while in the past twenty forty eight hours so when we got back to civilization so to speak when we got back to one son and found out about backing out of this meeting with the supreme leader kim jong. june well it was quite the news for us because even if you look at the wording of donald trump's statement saying the right time right now does not seem appropriate for the meeting it kind of has raised a lot of eyebrows here because it seems what better time to meet and talk diplomacy

with a foreign leader one that said four and one that said foreign leader made all the concessions seemingly made all the concessions he promised to make because on thursday we actually were the first foreign crew allowed this very small group of journalists around two dozen people we were the first journalists allowed in to the . nuclear test site and we saw pretty much everything we saw three out of four tunnels that were used for nuclear testing we saw the most used nuclear the most used tunnel it's the north tunnel which saw five out of six latest nuclear blast it was in bad shape let me tell you also we saw two we were told they were new tunnels two new tunnels brand new never used for nuclear testing ready to use at any moment we were told so by that by destroying those brand new tunnels north korea was

sending a message were we were told that they are making real concessions that they are really ready to go out of their way and show that look we're dismantling everything along with those tunnels we were also we also saw the infrastructure being destroyed just a quick disclaimer we know. that those houses were empty that we were told that all the equipment they got rid of all of the equipment before hand before our visit we couldn't verify that of course so we'll be staying in one sun for the next couple of days to bring you updates all right. there in the d.p. r. k. keeping us posted on the latest thanks for that. right now it is not the first time washington has crapped historic deals with north korea this of course referring to donald trump canceling the summit coming up shortly donald quarter has been looking at who is to gain from derailing any breakthroughs and why all this might sound familiar when you hear what trump's predecessors put on the table. this is

a good deal for the united states north korea will freeze and then dismantle its nuclear program south korea and our other allies will be better protected the entire world will be safer as we slow the spread of nuclear weapons the deal did sound good but it collapsed a few years later the u.s. promised north korea two nuclear reactors five hundred thousand tons of fuel year and a lifting of sanctions but it didn't deliver fast forward to two thousand and eighteen you know there's a chance that it will work out there's a chance it's a very substantial chance that it will work out i think it will be very successful but as i always say who knows you know i often say who knows who knows how it all works maybe you want to perhaps the u.s. sees the status quo of seeing north korea as the ultimate threat as being something beneficial to south korea is spending billions of dollars making bases and paying u.s. troops essentially to be there to ostensibly protect against. the north now

that being the case if there were to be peace in korea. there's going to be questioning as well do we need our troops there and so i think in that sense there are forces that don't want a resolution that benefit off the instability and allow us to maintain these troops and dozens and dozens of bases and posts in this small country in a region that we think strategically is or anime's of a government our friends of its military industrial complex and having a nemesis like north korea is a great excuse to pump up that military budget the request includes an additional four billion dollars to support missile defeating defense announcements to counter the threat from north korea no point seven billion to repair damage to u.s. navy ships and one point two billion in support of my administration south asia

strategy japan is want to. ally that stands to benefit from u.s. military expansion especially after the recent reelection of its prime minister who vowed to defend japan from north korean aggression weeks after p.r. yang's missile launches these election is about whether we can defend japan from north korea and ensure it will leave happily and the unpredictability on the korean peninsula has fringe benefits for some american rivals the south china sea has been a serious bone of contention as of late with the u.s. attempting to assert its naval presence there much to beijing's annoyance so the larger threat of north korea's nuclear program has shifted u.s. military attention that would otherwise be focused towards china and although russia doesn't directly benefit from its unpredictable neighbor it certainly doesn't mind a challenge to u.s. dominance in the region what these countries are just beginning to recognize is they getting into an arms race and increasing in and as china is expanding its

military operations it takes money out of the economic damages of the kind of the which we can is there a common enemy is a very complicated issue. who are essentially getting the short end of the stick this is something that must change countries as they begin to take the spread. of benefit the countries in the region from peace in northeast asia. cancellation of the u.s. north korea summit was also discussed by vladimir putin and emmanuel kron at the st petersburg international economic forum on thursday. everything you promised before even blew up the tunnels and the files on this test site and after that we heard about the cancellation of the summit. and you know to me what i would really want is for that process already underway to decrease tensions on the peninsula as well as the process of denuclearization and

disarmament of the pincher process to continue. to people cement ideally and to try to go was in st petersburg following the russian leaders meeting with the french president first when vladimir putin and emmanuel macron appeared in front of t.v. cameras there was none of this trauma 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 ing lee i guess emanuel 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 soldier needs 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 that computing 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 outloud russia's international role in numerous regions and conflicts needs to be praised to seatle awful secret of it she said than 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 and on thursday 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 and 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 emanuel macron left his limo he was hog lot of our putin who also prepared a book 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 not. 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. makes it to the court to find out definitely be hits supports it i'm optimistic by nature and

then we'll meet again with president putin the other v.i.p.'s on the guest list at the international economic forum are the japanese prime minister and china's vice president they will be joined by some of the world's top business leaders and the heads of international economic organizations we'll continue to checking in live at the form over the next few days hearing from the delegates and getting updates from our news team in st petersburg. all right german anti-fascist groups have issued a guidebook for potential rioters that they want to encourage people to disrupt a gathering of the right wing alternative for germany party in bavaria next month or to put it all over takes a look. paul terms of germany will be holding their party conference in the

beautiful but varied city of out this summer however until fascist groups of the turbaned to disrupt it going as far as to publish i 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 of 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 writing 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 see if the spokes person ronald glaser and asked him just how worrying it is to his members the meth just call your we know where you all are being we're going to come for you this is some kind of disgusting kind of in communication but even not you know what anybody in the party would considering any extra security. well experts security measures. can be helpful but we did not have any party gathering because without a lot of security 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.

around the traditional. which say never. and never again year fifty years of clearly anti human this. bring forward racist statements free 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 oxford 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 in hamburg last summer. so he

was out looking. i we're actually right 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 our r.t. . moscow has rejected the latest. findings of the air crash team

investigating the downing of malaysia airlines flight m h seventeen over eastern ukraine in two thousand and fourteen saying they are based on flawed evidence international investigators alleged on thursday that the missile used belonged to a russian military unit which tallies with the conclusions of the amateur research group bell and at any hawkins examines the latest development and the russian reaction i'm a seventeen was a civilian airliner heading from amsterdam to call a loon paul and it was brought down in twenty fourteen over eastern ukraine at 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 the 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 was 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. conclusion namely the

evidence that was discount of 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 so 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 work 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 his present research 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 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 from the grass but again it's not a great match so we know the russians light. and the media

loves it 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 like 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 full of obsessives are ecstatic about scrutinizing telling cats 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 that's for the claim that no ukrainian books were in the area at the time of the crash well fellow bloggers dug up screenshots 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 get about the

findings of the independent international investigation it says the russian government and media have resorted to conspiracy theories of false claims and fake evidence that to cover up the downing of m.h. seventeen the group then went on to characterize its own investigation as thorough and accurate. we've been asking analysts and commentators for their thoughts on the mh seventeen team's latest interim results. the way it works it's what it the country's it consists of the angle it's taken from the starts the implicit bias in the way it's operating i don't think we're going to see any justice let alone fairness and accuracy in it in terms of its conclusion the method of investigation in this case are is drearily familiar and reminds of other cases where the standard practice is to blame the targeted nation this year and last year it's usually russia so you accuse russia you don't allow it to join your investigation you say you have evidence against russia and then you don't show anything because you can't

show it you claim so there's a whole campaign the whole serial black p.r. involved in this and and there's nothing new here and therefore no justice won't be available no there are two factors which are very important one is the investigators did not have access to the site and secondly. the investigators said they haven't released all the information that they possess so therefore the holding back information we don't know who fired the missile and why was it we don't know that yet and it doesn't for me i'll be back in about thirty minutes of the full kitchen to stay with us. but we kind of go into accepting you need to add to the generation of independence that's what's happened in kosovo and that is the beginning and the nightmare that

affected the. you know. how far will trump bashing take the democrats this fall and i think underestimating the amount of support for him within the electorate. that's where we'll begin on this edition of. the politicking on larry king it is generally assumed by political experts that the democratic party's going to make a lot of gains this fall in the house of representatives headlines and graphics trumpet a blue wave hitting capitol hill in the upcoming midterms but all those headlines a little premature and is the democratic party were lying too heavily on anti from son of and among the voters and still lacking a message that goes beyond bashing trump my.