and now everything is being turned into a massive cloud of dust and r.t. correspondent witnessed is 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 counseled a potentially historic u.s. north korea summit leaving pyongyang wondering if its peace efforts were all in vain. french president mccrum recognizes russia's strong role on the world stage he joins blood to be a putin at the international economic forum in st petersburg our team there has all the details from the ongoing event. and billionaire philanthropist the long must slams the media he wants to rate journalists credibility critics say it's not

going to work. hello and welcome this is r.t. international broadcasting to you live from moscow good to have you with us this hour now our top story the first pictures showing the destruction of north korea's only nuclear test site have been released our correspondent ecostar of was among the small pool of journalists invited to witness the facility being decommissioned . just minutes ago the worst of the over there and now everything is being turned into a massive cloud of dust those barracks were used for living for the soldiers too old to locate soldiers and workers there well now north korea is showing that it is destroyed. the infrastructure two 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 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 the 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 they're 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 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 side to donald trump announced he's canceling his upcoming summit with kim jong un it was that she had to take place in singapore in june reacting to the move north korea questioned if it was right to have made efforts for the peace talks in the first place it insisted however that the intent was still batters thought of the problems the u.s. president did later explain why he decided to pull out your pay to be 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'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 and like the libyan model and 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 nuclear capabilities but i was so massive and powerful i 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 arrival least expects that you strike them down very hollywood. we would be on the beach you would be joining us. you should have listened to. so looks like trump got what he wanted and then at the last minute he's landed a sucker punch 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 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 term council the highly anticipated meeting a coin that was specially minted for the summit was offered at a discounted price by the white house gift shop but demand was so high at one point that it crashed its website if you know it sounds just like the you can still get every fund. the cancellation of the u.s. north korea summit was also discussed by vladimir putin and the president of france a manual mccraw in the st petersburg international economic forum on thursday. john underscored to everything you promised before you can blow up the tunnels into silence on its tests eight and after that we heard about the cancellation of the summit. and then you know through 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 in disarmament of the pincher process to continue for 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 artes to have 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 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 show that to me it 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 us besides this mr macron spoke of the importance to commemorate the victims and the sufferings of the leningrad was paid 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 i'd. to 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 with 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 it 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 surgeons stake 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 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 and 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 from 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 ily have

a drink go r t. from some of the world's top business leaders to the heads of international economic organizations we discuss the hot topics all the economic agenda with the expert. the obvious enough don we can see the foundations of russia in germany's economic relations is 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 here but also many medium sized businesses and family firms. i think the sanctions are a product of the political processes that we have found obviously the negotiation tactics that are taken to ensure compliance with rules on all basis as well as there are mechanisms to generate what they perceive to be fairness that's up for

the politicians and the regulators to decide those things and. as i said earlier it's more important for the business community to actually be able to react as best they can to them in the clients but also to take advantage where there is opportunity for them to facilitate trade facilitate consumer demand facilitate investment for the like. they fundamental for business is about how you create the confidence the stability to enable that long long term issue to be taken and i think that can support that would be welcome from a business perspective i was phrase over the past nine nine months to twelve months we've seen investment into your link gas from foreign direct investors we've worked with clients to continue to invest in agriculture is he says that's been a theme over the past at least two to three years we're also seeing investment into pharmaceuticals and increasingly interest in some of the light industry and localization. we're going to be checking in at live throughout the second day of

the forum haring from delegates and getting away at dates from my news team in some petersburg. australia and the netherlands have directly accused russia of being involved in the downing of malaysia airlines flight m h seventeen of eastern ukraine in two thousand and fourteen but can cross live to europe correspondent piece i live in now for more details peter what do we know so far. well just what you said that both the netherlands and australia have said. russia bears the legal responsibility for the deaths of those two hundred ninety eight people in the eyes of the netherlands and australia in response to this we've actually heard just in the last

few moments from dmitri peskov to me a putin's spokes person saying that the investigators in the evidence that was put forward on thursday did not include russia in the investigation he went on to say that because russia wasn't involved in the investigation because it wasn't part of it that it couldn't vouch for the well that the truthfulness of the investigation is what he said he said but while russia was excluded ukraine was allowed to be part of that investigation he was then asked does the kremlin deny any responsibility for the downing of m eight seventeen he replied it certainly does well all of this comes after the joint investigation team put forward their latest findings on thursday in the netherlands but cheering that we heard from the head of the of the j.i.t. he said that they still didn't know who exactly shot down the plane or why the plane was targeted in the first place the questions everyone wants answered from

day one are why was flight m h seventeen should down and who was responsible for this appalling act i can't give you the answers to these specific questions today. well in response to that statement from the charity there was a a long rebuttal put forward by the russian ministry of defense in which they denied any involvement in the shooting down of flight m.h. seventeen they also disagreed with evidence that was put forward by the j.i.t. on thursday they said the wild the evidence was put forth from social media claim to show a russian buka moving from from could risk over the border into ukraine and going back the russian m.o.t.d. saying that one of their book missile launches never crossed that border in fact they say the brigade that the missile launcher belong to had never crossed the border and they say that they're looking into the video that was presented and trying to verify that themselves now also the missile casing that was put forward

now this was a crucial bit of evidence a key piece in the case that's being built against russia by the joint investigation team now according to the russian ministry of defense that. this particular missile casing it wasn't revealed where it was found who found it or who gave it to the joint investigation team now this is prompted the russian ministry of defense to suggest that this could have belonged to a ukrainian book and could have been passed on to the investigation team by the ukrainian military military i beg your pardon no further updates on as we have then they get on to staying with the missile and the casing the serial number that has been revealed on there now this serial number claims to show that the missile was made somewhere in the moscow region in a factory near there in the year one thousand eight hundred six now the ministry of defense say that these particular missiles have a fifteen year shelf life that can be extended for another ten years but no more after that and that all missiles of that age were destroyed meaning that anything

built in one thousand nine hundred six that was in russia's arsenal that was destroyed in two thousand and eleven now they do go on to say that ukraine. hasn't received any new missiles for its book. book missile launchers that operate since the fall of the soviet union and since it operates those books launchers that any missiles it uses would have to have been the old book version no word no response to those claims from the ukrainian side as of yet and staying with them eight seventeen it's been a very busy week for it on friday we've also heard from the belling cath open source journalism group now they've put forward more evidence they say that shows that russia was involved on friday we saw those put forward voice recordings that were taken by audio recordings that were taken by the ukrainian secret services now russia refutes anything put forward by belling can't they say that they are. is

that they. that they only pick up information and data from from social media in a very critical of them however as i say this is led us to the situation at the end of the week with the netherlands and australia have said that they hold russia legally responsible for the deaths of the two hundred ninety eight people on board m h seventeen that went down over eastern ukraine almost four years ago. thanks for that peyton still so many on the unknowns of questions in this case but thank you for the update the saudis pay to all of us well still to come off the break a billionaire philanthropist all must go into the tirade against the media promising credibility checks but journalists for the details for you often but.

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 raid in truth to stand down the news business you just the dance the right questions to the right answer. question.

welcome back 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 at a documentary about the manchester over in a terror attack the programme was shown last tuesday on the first anniversary of the bombing and islamists through a slide bomber detonated explosives as people were leaving the manchester arena after a concert by american pop star ariana grande's a twenty two people were killed and one hundred thirty nine injured it was the deadliest terror attack in britain since two thousand and five the day or two 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 calls wholly inaccurate reporting on the strongly worded statement has even accused the b.b.c. of breaching its own guidelines the programme at least by inference wrongly suggested that g.m.p. officers and staff were hold back on the night of the attack this is untrue and is 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 it. 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 will help and they were there to. 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 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 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. p.s. response to this is perhaps it may seem harsh but the priority for the put forward place is to try to close the perpetrators. anybody associated with them 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 doing it for the purpose of the public good and to try to keep our sorry for the rest people who are doing dangerous horrible things with the battle over whose rights and whose role 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 r.t. . best known for his rockets and electric cars tesla c.e.o. a long moskos declared war on the media and an hour's long twitter tirade the billionaire entrepreneur called out journalists for losing credibility sugarcoating lies and even blame them for electing trip during his rants most proposed a remedy a new website to rank journalists credibility and it has set the explains. fed up with investigative journalist targeting you and your company seen in up setting us a call 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 truth of the article and trick the credibility score over trying over each journalist editor of publication 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 was ilan 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 really cling to the truth but publish only enough to sugarcoat the lie is more in the public mood longer respect them. must continues

a slow transformation into a media baiting trump figure screaming irrationally about fake news hope it works of you do. what should say that if you charge 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 arms next company rate my professor but for journalists what a great idea that won't be gained immediately in extremely predictable ways iran must get deserved price for helping push humanity into a brighter future but his latest proposal is perhaps a little 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 my colleague in only a we'll have the latest at the top of the hour.

but i would kind of go into accepting you know i turned out the generation of independents and that's what's caused the push away that in the beginning and the nightmare that three of how faith in the hole.

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to the polling and going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time time to sit down and talk. 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 from son of and among the voters.