you. know everything is being turned into a massive cloud of darts and r.t. correspondent witnesses how north korea keeps its end of the bargain with the u.s. by destroying its nuclear test site. just hours after the demolition donald trump canceled a potentially historic u.s. north korea summit leaving pyongyang wondering if its peace efforts were all in vain. french president mcraney recognizes russia's strong role on the world stage rejoins blinded near putin at the international economic performance of peters but our team there has all the details from the ongoing abed rabbo

and billionaire philanthropist the long musk slams the media he wants to rates journalists credibility critics say it's not going to work. to. ten am here in moscow and you're watching r.t. international with me making erin a very good morning to you now our top story the first pictures showing the destruction of north korea's only nuclear test site have been released our correspondent dan i 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 pale we are hearing from north koreans that this is putting the whole thing in jeopardy they don't know what to expect if 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 il it was said to take place in singapore in june reacting to the move north korea questioned if it was right to have made efforts all for the peace talks in the first place it insisted however that the intent was still there to solve the problems the u.s. presidents did lay to explain why he decided to pull out where p. to be mentioning the strength of the american military power 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 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's 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 march and this one comes courtesy of the trumpet ministration this will only like the libyan model ended if kim jong un 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 new capabilities but i was so massive and powerful die 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 blob they certainly got off on the right foot with north korea north korea has announced they would use money to

a nuclear test site this month ahead of the big summit meeting on june the two of thank you a very smart and gracious gesture and then when your arrival least expected you strike them down very hollywood. we would be dominated if you would join us. you sit and listen. 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 that 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 we're libya gives up it where it 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. after trump council the highly anticipated meeting a coin that was specially minted for the summit was offered at a discounted price in the white house gift shop but demand was so high at one point that it crashed the website if you're not satisfied though you can still get a refund. the cancellation of the u.s. north korea summit was also discussed by a lot of near putin and the president of france in my normal crowd at the same petersburg international economic forum on thursday. on his part did everything he promised before even blew up the tunnels in the silos 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 ahman of the pincher for that process to continue. to people the second day of the international economic forum is a busy one more announcements are expected from the russian and french and leaders he will address delegates later this afternoon on t.v. has more on the meeting between the two presidents 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.

machine pretty don't shift it to me and 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 vladimir putin and also showed off his affection for some of the big names in russian literature like solzhenitsyn or the stay yes besides this mr macron spoke of the importance to commemorate the victims in 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 see the awful secret of it 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's steak in venison 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 when emmanuel macron was leaving his limo lot of more potent even hugged him and also he prepared a bucket of flowers for 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 and a 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 if france makes it to the quarter final i'll definitely

be here to support it i'm optimistic by nature and then we'll meet again with president putin really have a drink go r.t. . from some of the world's top business leaders to the heads of international economic organization we discussed the hot topics of the economic agenda with the ecb but. the obviously an old guard on we can see the foundations of russia and germany's economic relations are solid even in the sanctions and we lower oil and gas prices they remain 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 that invest a lot here but also many medium sized businesses and family firms. i think the sanctions are a product of the political process even that we have and obviously the negotiation tactics that are taken to ensure compliance with rules on them will be sis's well

and then the mechanisms of the generate what they perceive to be fair. so for the politicians and the regulators for the size of things to complete as i said earlier it's more important for the business community to actually be able to react as best they can to them it'll be compliant 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 need to do 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 and it's impossible so 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 hearing from delegates and getting all the updates one is taking in some pages that can stay tuned for that. the 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 as the most suicide bomber detonated explosives as people were leaving the manchester arena after a concert by american pop star ariana grande day twenty two people were killed and one hundred thirty nine injured it was the deadliest terror attack in britain since

two thousand and five madeira to 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 police chief has issued an open letter condemning what he called wholly inaccurate reporting on the strongly worded statement has even accused the b.b.c. of breaching its own guidelines the program at least by inference wrongly suggested that g.m.p. officers and staff to hold back on the night of the attack this is untrue and he's no more into the attack on g.m.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 your very. very large force. placement command but not really any of them will help in there they're. just secure the premises. police officers with guns pointed towards me had said was that the council to try and save lives was literally going on when. i could see was in their decision of course airing criticism isn't an issue as long as manchester police can get 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 one just authority 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. piece response that this is perhaps it may seem harsh but the priority for the put for the place is to try to close the perpetrators anybody associated with them and i think the reason that the police disengaged from from the conversation 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 do. you know for the purposes of the public good and to try to keep our sorry for the rich people who are doing. things with the battle over who's right and who's wrong likely to continue it's certain that the route between britain's main broadcaster and law enforcement was not the effect a documentary remembering a tragic event intended to have the dia ritu to r.t. . fifteen people are reported injured in iraq in an explosion at an indian restaurant in the canadian province of ontario police in the city of mississauga have released a photo of two suspects they say detonated an improvised devices around ten thirty pm local time. two suspects attended the scene detonated an improvised explosive device within the restaurant several injured were taken to hospital and

three in the critical condition but taken to a toronto trauma center some of the injured are in critical conditions others suffered minor wounds no motive has yet been established for the bombing paramedics and police briefed local media on the attack bruce even the call at approximately ten thirty pm this evening we responded to an explosion there in the area up here interior in eglinton in mississauga so far we have the plaza sealed off and we're investigating so we transported fifteen patients from the scene to what we are supposed to receive those patients went down to trauma center which was. the type of injury that would be consistent with an explosion i don't have any specifics on the exact injuries that there were sustained by the patients but three of them were critical enough to the fire trauma center so it's come on our team billionaire philanthropist a long mufc launches

a tirade against the media promising credibility checks for journalists who got the details for you after the break. what else should seem wrong. why don't we just don't call. me a little bit yet to shape out this day become educated and indeed from it because the trail. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. in july twenty seventh team hunted a freelance journalist working with. militant shelling in syria. to honor his sacrifice quality has established a holiday such as memorial day will recognize war reporters who often risked their

lives for the sake of the truth and through that peace you can submit to your published works in a video form britain form until june the twelfth go to dr marty dot com. welcome back now best known for his rocket found electric cars tesla c.e.o. in long months cars declared war on the media and in the hours long twitter tirade the billionaire entrepreneur called out journalists for losing credibility sugar closing lies and even blames them for electing trump during his runs most proposed a remedy for the website to rank journalists credibility and he says that the explains. 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. to create a site where the public could rate the whole truth of the article and trick the credibility score of the trial of each journalist editor of the publication i'm thinking of calling it proved 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 with musk want to take a page from the soviet playbook or 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 got

a lot of public supports but a big brush off from journalists the holier than thou hypocrisy of the big media companies who rate cling to the truth but publish only enough to sugarcoat the lie is where is the public mood longer respect them. most continues its slow transformation into a media baiting trim figure screaming irrationally about fake news hope it works of you do. what you say that only trying anyone criticizes the media the media shrieks you're just like trump why do you think he got elected in the first place because no one believes you anymore you lost your credibility a long time ago you know next company read my professor but for journalists what a great idea that won't be gamed immediately in extremely predictable ways 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 u.s. presidential election there's been no shortage of ideas to banish the rates and rate less news outlets is probably the only trend in which must get a bit late to the party. with less than a month left until russia hosts the fee for 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 full of football championship and with the events looming artie's is down collymore explores another country that's taking part in colombia. this week the stan collymore show comes to another one of the thirty two nations to qualify for the fifth world probably russia welcome to colombia.

i'm delighted to be joined by mama wanted to cut your within america in colombia but i mean you're a hero of mine because i'm a woman aston villa fun and although i applied for the club. the players that ply from our great clubs i'm delighted when pablo and gail joins us colombia in russia this will only be the seventh and i was surprised that for some reason i expected colombia to be very small why do you think that they haven't consistently qualified for world cups i think it's a number of things that stand. one has to do with obviously the project behind every. team or every qualification team that has played for colombia then these the level of competition in the american qualifiers you normally get argentina brazil and you take those student to places for granted and then you have another two and

a half spots to fight for the last three world cups which are close to him he didn't qualify two thousand and two two thousand and six injured in two thousand and. one at those three will coach it makes you much more difficult for those young kids to cite i 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 they were changing coaches in between or in the middle of the qualifications so there was a lot of mistakes. all the mistakes that we made in those three qualification the neutral and those three were cops and they basically create a much stronger for the race you understood what they needed to do in order for us to go back to the national team.

well we bat with all the latest updates the top of the outfield that. fifty years ago britain and we've been to a concert going on as a sleeping pill and dusty says what i mean because i. said this thought the scientific sweat terrible but not on the road. induction on full bore lot more to hear not the warm welcome of across europe victims are starting legal battles demanding at least some compensation. in two ways first will the physical damage itself as well that the constant mind that the people who actually perpetrated this crime has never been the justice and it has been

a couple of. one off selling you on the idea that dropping bombs brings police to the chicken hawks forcing you to fight the battle for food. when you talk spread of tell you that gossip and public life style for the most important day. off the bad guys and tell me you are not cool enough to fight your product. all the hawks that we along with all the white. for a world cup twenty eight team coverage we've signed one of the greatest goalkeepers of all time but there was one more question by the way who's going to be our coach . you guys i know you are nervous he's a huge star and the huge amount of pressure you have to the center of the problem. and the great. game you are the rock at the back nobody gets past you we need you

to get down there we have to go. alone. and i'm really happy to join that for the two thousand and ten world cup in russia. this special one. needs to just like the radio teams the latest edition to make up a bigger. one welcome across the uk where all things are considered i'm peter lavelle summit are no summit that's the question north korea's threat of a no show in singapore on june twelfth is

a reminder to washington that north korea will not merely cave to american demands or should i say john bolton's demands if there's going to be an agreement it's going to take time and patience to the americans in the north koreans have enough of either. talking the upcoming summit i'm joined by my guest kevin martin in washington he's president of peace action and peace action education fund as well as coordinator of the korea of peace. network also in washington we have jenny town she is managing editor of thirty eight north and in boston we cross to. he is an assistant professor at baruch college city university of new york and a specialist on korea and asian affairs all right cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate it jamie lynn and jenny let me go to you first here do you think there's still going to be in some.