above the old law be the be. the be. our correspondent witness is how north korea keeps it send of the bargain with the u. words by destroying its nuclear test site just hours before trump decides to cancel a potentially historic summit with pyongyang. above french president's mccraw on recognizes russia's strong role on the world stage he joins landed near pigeon of the international economic forum in some petersburg our team was there with all the details from the ongoing about. the b.b.c. is accused of breaking its own guidelines on the do it as

a documentary about the manchester everynight terror attack. and billionaire tesla's c.e.o. ilan musk slams the media he wants to rate journalists credibility critics say it's not going to work. to. face am haling moscow and you're watching r.t. international with me the key aaron a very good morning to you from all of our team here now our top story the first pictures showing the destruction of north korea's only nuclear test site have been released our correspondent stan off was among the small pool of journalists invited to witness the facility being decommissioned. just minutes ago 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 to al to locate soldiers and workers there well now north korea is showing that it is destroying the infrastructure to behind me is northern tunnel number two that's where five nuclear tests five most recent nuclear tests have been conducted out of four tunnels around here this one got the most battering so basically this is north korea saying look we are ready to make the first step and 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 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 he's a pump a oh we are hearing from north koreans that this is putting the whole thing

in jeopardy they don't know what to expect or 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 so right now again here we are being shown that they're being destroyed and north korea is saying that well the ball is in our somebody else's court now and we've done of reporting from north korea pyongyang at a nuclear test site r.t. . however just hours after north korea closed down the site donald trump announced he's canceling his upcoming summit with kim jong un it was scheduled to take place in singapore in june the u.s. president later explained why he decided to pull out repeatedly mentioning the strength of the american military. 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 already we are more ready than we have ever been before our 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 just as the world was building up to a historic meeting between north korea and the us america pulls out of the historic summit so what happened well kim jong un released three american prisoners and he destroyed a nuclear test site but in trumps of you he still too hostile 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 that's in response to pyongyang referring to the vice president of the united states as

a political dummy that was after mike pence said that a possible libya situation might be the response if north korea and the u.s. can't make a deal diplomatic threats or a subtle marks and this one comes courtesy of the trumpet ministration this will only and like the libyan model and you can john doesn't make a deal i think that's what denuclearization means and we have very much in mind the libya model now that model would take place if we don't make a deal most likely dropping out of a historic meeting is a pretty regretful decision but it's also an opportunity to flaunt your nuclear powers apparently you talk about your nuclear capabilities but i was so massive and powerful guy pray to god they would never have to be used as shocking as trumps decision might be what was washington's plan all along was this perhaps all just a big bluff they certainly got off on the right foot with north korea north korea has announced they would use month to a nuclear test site this month ahead of the big summit me. and you need two of thank you

a very smart and gracious gesture and then when your rival least expects it you strike them down very hollywood. we would be on the if you would join us. you sit and listen to. so looks like trump got what he wanted and then at the last minute he landed a sucker punch is what they call the old bait and switch in the business world it's pretty clear that there most of the people around president trump did not want this summit to take place and they were horrified at the thought the trump would sit across the table i die from kim jong un and agree to something that they may not have approved of so i think there's a lot of relief in washington that this has collapsed they want a libyan solution to north korea and where libya gives up it where they can north

korea gives up his weapons but then is vulnerable to regime change and i think that is the underlying reality on the american side that led to the collapse of this talk of the trunk council behind the anticipated meeting at coit that was specially minted for the summit dropped in price you can now even get a refund we asked people in new york for their thoughts on trump pulling out of the meeting. i'm not happy if we should and we say we're going to have a meeting we should have to meet i'm surprised he was him or did it and words expecting north korea to cancel but i don't think anything would have happened i would prefer have seen better preparation for the reading in the words of that kind of preparation and they were really going for the end point you need a lot more diplomacy before you today i think it's a very sad thing i think all looks good to me to talk. and the cancellation of the

u.s. north korea summit was also discussed by vladimir putin and emmanuel mccrone at the same petersburg international economic forum on thursday. he was honest part did everything you 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 show. 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 and disarmament of the pinscher process to continue. to people cement a second day of the international economic forum is a busy one more announcements are expected from the russian and french leaders he will address delegates later this afternoon on t.v. or trying to has more on the meeting between the two presidents i guess everyone in this big crowd of journalists that you can see behind my shoulder saw how emanuel macron was holding hands with donald trump just

a short while ago when they met and they remember all the awkward moments that made people talk about their bromance well today all these people gathered here on the balcony of lattimer putin st petersburg resident to see whether a fraction of that chemistry may happen between the leaders of france and russia today the first contact of this year in front of the cameras is going to happen right here. for now if you were diplomatic robert ross small none of that tapping on the shoulder but a few smiles were visible out there. now that the presidents are busy talking inside that palace it's all about what they'll choose to say to the journalists in a few hours. and now the press conference begins in this room. mission pretty don't have the demeanor that was when emanuel macron surprised the

people in the room first but then his speech went on to resemble somewhat of a love letter to russia he spoke for about four times longer than lot of. who in the end also showed off his affection for some of the big names in russian literature like solzhenitsyn or the yes besides this mr macron spoke of the importance to commemorate the victims of the sufferings of the leningrad walk a that was one of the most tragic events of the second world war which happened here in st petersburg but it wasn't just about how many nice things the french president said about russia and this palace quite surprisingly again one billion worth of business deals were inked they talked about so much and brought up so many things syria iran ukraine cyber threats the korean crisis sanctions

multi-polar world freedom of speech and even football but i'll come back to that later among other things the two leaders agreed to come up with a mechanism to bring the conflict in syria peace talks platforms together to seatle off a secret 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 french and russian leaders were two hours late for their rendezvous with the journalists obviously that was because of this massive list of things they wanted to cover but also i guess that was due to the lavishness of their dinner and the tastiness of it i just want to tell you about what was on their menu pancakes with a cavalier as well as a crab starter then a traditional russian soup with a french twist surgeon steak in venice in was the main course and that was all

topped off with chocolate cake for dessert now i just want to quickly go back to the first seconds of the summit. and manual macron was leaving his limo a lot of more potent even hugged him and also he prepared a bucket of flowers for macro his wife bridget from the very start to the very end at half past eleven one of the russian journalists decided to turn away from politics and asked mr macron whether he was willing to come to russia in the month again to support the french national team during the football world cup and here's what the french leader replied in the end i hope to travel here to support our football team to keep it from makes it to the quarter final definitely be here to support it i'm optimistic by nature and then we'll meet again with president putin in we have a drink go our tea. from some of the world's top business leaders to the heads of

international economic organizations we discussed the hot topics of the economic agenda with the expert. the obviously you know doggone we can see the foundations of russia in germany's economic relations a solid even in the sanctions and low oil and gas prices they've remained firm in two thousand and seventeen we had record high german private investment in russia which totaled one point six billion euros and i'm not only talking about the huge car manufacturers they invest a lot you know there's also many medium sized businesses and family firms. i think the sanctions are a product of the political process sees that we have and obviously the negotiation tactics that are taken to ensure compliance with rules on them will basis as well and then the mechanisms of the generate what they perceive to be fair and. so for the politicians and the regulators for the size of things including as i said

earlier it's more important for the business community to actually be able to react as best they can to them of the compliance but also to take advantage where there is opportunity for them to facilitate free facilitate the consumer demand facilitate investment flow in the life so i think there's going to be and in fact we have to differentiate it from the reality versus the perception and i think that's where organizations and countries move into a very good job of making sure the facts around what the sanctions mean and don't mean is very important and then what the perception is because the perception will overcome the fact and in fact it's the perception that being listened to too much will make the economic growth that it's impossible for those things are very important and it becomes the responsibility of the country and the business community actually make sure that we understand that first perception. we will continue checking in live throughout the second day of the forum hell i'm hearing from delegates and getting all the updates from on the scene in sympathies back.

was. it you. have them breaking news for you now at least a dozen people are reported injured in an explosion at a restaurant in the canadian province of ontario police in the city of mississauga have released a photo of two suspects they say detonated an explosive device some of the injured are in critical condition others suffered minor wounds a month ago a van plowed into pedestrians in toronto killing ten people we're going to be bringing you more on this. breaking news story as soon as it comes in so stay tuned for that. b.b.c. is accused of breaching its own guidelines and wholly inaccurate reporting greater

manchester police in northwest england slammed britain's national broadcaster after it aired a documentary about the manchester arena terror attack the programme was shown last tuesday on the first anniversary of the bombing and islamist suicide bomber detonated explosives as people were leaving the manchester arena after a concert by ariana grande twenty two people were killed and one hundred thirty nine injured it was the deadliest terror attack in britain since two thousand and five they do richard a report. a b.b.c. documentary about the devastating terror attack on the manchester arena has been praised for showing the courageousness of the survivors but the broadcasters inside has left the u.k. police furious greater manchester's police chief has issued an open letter condemning what he called wholly inaccurate reporting the strongly worded statement has even accused the b.b.c. of breached. it's own guidelines the program at least by inference wrongly

suggested that g.n.p. officers and staff were held back on the night of the attack this is untrue and is no more until attack on g.n.p. police officers who as the actual footage showed bravely in response to this horrific attack the police did not specify exactly which fragments of the b.b.c. film they believe misrepresented their response on the night of the tragedy however the documentary does contain a lot of interviews with victims who were left frustrated by the police in action here very. very large force of policeman come in but not really any of them were helping their there to. just secure the premises called police officers with guns pointing towards me had said was that the council to try and save lives was literally going on when you just remember him going we can't i could see was in their decision of course airing criticism isn't an issue as long as manchester

police can give their side of the story the catch is they can't do that during an active investigation the b.b.c. production team were made aware of this but when just authorities saw how the film showed their lack of comments they were far from happy the reference at the end of the programme the g.m.p. refused to cooperate is wholly misleading and was focused only on creating journalistic drama the b.b.c. insists that they did report on the situation on manchester police accurately and say that the caption on the screen only said greater manchester police declined to take part in this film which they say is factually accurate the b.b.c. actually say that it is the chief constables letter that is accurate defending their decision to include those criticisms claiming that they fully adhere to the b.b.c. editorial guidelines this was a responsible accurate and thoughtful documentary which was an important piece of public service broadcasting. however as this very public disagreement unfolds

according to one former police officer there's good reason for g.m. p.s. response to this is perhaps it may seem harsh but the priority for the put for the place is to try to kind of suburban. anybody associated with them and i think the reason that the police disengaged from friendly conversation in the formation of this film was that they sensed the it was going to be prejudicial to the general good it's very easy to criticize with the wisdom of hindsight but there are actually doing it you know for the purposes of the public good and to try to keep our sorry for the rest people that are doing dangerous horrible things with the battle over whose rights and his role likely to continue it's certain that the run between britain's main broadcaster and law enforcement was not the effect a documentary remembering a tragic event intended to have. but he now.

launches a tirade against the media promising credibility checks to journalists we've got the details for you after the break. most people think just stand out in this business you need to be the first one on top of the story or the person with the loudest voice of the biggest great. truth to stand this is just the dance the right questions. the right answer. question. well the truth seems wrong. why don't we all just don't. let me.

get to see power does this come after. and in detroit equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. and. welcome back now best known for his rocket sound the electric cars a tesla c.e.o. a long musk has declared war on the media and the now as long twitter tirade the billionaire entrepreneur called out journalists for losing credibility sugarcoating lies and even blames them for electing trump during his rant most proposed a remedy a new website to rank journalists credibility and they should set the expected. fed

up with investigative journalist targeting you and your company seen an upset in article that's had to know if well now might be your chance to fire back and billionaire tech entrepreneur asks her to help he's turning the tables after having a guts full of negative press. going to create a sites where the public can rate the core truth of any article and track the credibility score over time of each journalist editor and publication thinking of calling it private or if the name sounds a bit familiar means truth in russian and it was the title of the russian communist party's official newspaper for much of the twentieth century why would want to take a page from the soviet playbook or all kremlin troll something to do with it no idea so moving on during his twitter meltdown the tesla chief told his followers to see what they made of his idea to develop a media rating site and got

a lot of public supports but a big brush off from journalists most continues its slow transformation into a media baiting trim figure screaming irrationally about fake news hope it works of you dude you know arms next company rate my professor but for journalists what a great idea that won't be gained immediately in extremely predictable ways and also people who don't like scrutiny undermining the credibility of the press instead of holding themselves accountable iran must get deserved praise for helping push humanity into a brighter future but his latest proposal is perhaps a little more backwards looking since their two thousand and sixteen us presidential election there's been no shortage of ideas to banish the rates and rates journalists and news outlets is probably the only trend and which must get a bit late to the party. with less than a month until russia hosts the fifo world cup all eleven cities are preparing for

football fans from all walks of life over ten thousand people from the u.k. are expected to visit russia for the football championship and with the events looming artie's stan collymore explores another country this taking part colombia. this week the stan collymore show comes to another one of the thirty two nations to qualify for the faith woke up in russia welcome to columbia. i'm delighted to be joined by a man i wanted to catch up with in america in colombia i mean you're a hero of mine because i'm a i'm an aston villa fan and although i apply for the club all of the players that ply from our great clubs i'm delighted one problem joins us in russia this will

only be the seventh and i was surprised that for some reason i expected colombia to be there more why do you think that they haven't consistently qualified for world cups i think it's a number of things. one has to do with obviously the project behind every. team or every qualification team that has played for colombia then the level of competition in the american qualifiers you normally get. argentina brazil and you take the storm to places for granted and then you have another two and a half spots to fight for there were three world cups which caused columbia didn't qualify to those and into two thousand and six in germany to those with excluding the one at those three world cups it makes it much more difficult for those young kids to cite but want to aspire to do this on the world stage i mean there was a combination of a lot of things for my point of view nothing and i don't think that the team was as good as to shoot and then there was

a lot of changes you fit in the federation there were changes coaches in between or in the middle of the qualifications so there was a lot of mistakes and all the mistakes that we make those three qualification neutral and those three were cops and they basically create a much stronger for the racer on the understood what they needed to do know to for us to go back to the national. debt on our breaking news story this hour now fifteen people are reported injured in an explosion at an indian restaurant in the canadian province of ontario police in the city of misty's dog or have released a photo of two suspects they they say detonated an explosive device some of the

injured are said to be in critical conditions of those suffered minor wooden's just a month ago a van plowed into pedestrians in toronto killing ten people but bringing you more on the explosion as soon as it comes in so we'll be back with the latest on that breaking news story and much more at the top of the hour we'll see you then. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business i'm showbusiness i'll see you then. in some american cities the police have killed themselves cling to refutation

simple walk on the streets of the united states who are at risk from the very people who are supposed to protect that people are no more afraid of the police than of a criminal as. you can see something happening in these is like i don't want to call the cops let that happen rather than call the cops in and those young men lose their lives chasing the unarmed with their fingers on the trigger you never know better safe than sorry i don't know that someone else is going to. get unfortunately a run around here we end up killing our guns a good chance to lead from such precocious police troopers. how far will trump bashing take the democrats this fall and how they 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 any traumas sonnabend among the voters and still lacking a message that goes beyond bashing trump my first guest says yes and he's warned his fellow democrats about that in a recent opinion piece in the san francisco chronicle. he's willing brown one of the great politicians ever in this country democrat of california he served as speaker of the california state assembly and was the forty first mayor of san francisco and he joins me from that beautiful city right really you said it's time

for democrats to stop bashing donald trump why he seems so bashful well that and it's almost natural that's what you want to do but you could become awfully lazy and ultimately not victorious if you stay only what the bashan i think you have to call him out when it's appropriate to so do i think you have to nail him and that gives you lots of what he gives you lots of opportunities but i think you have to address the needs of the american people whom hillary clinton did not address when she sought the presidency if we're going to win this time around congressman al green a democrat of texas recently told c.-span there's a good likelihood that articles of impeachment will be brought against president trump if democrats win the house is that wrong to do that to say that no not at all but you've got to be very careful to make a.