headlining the north korean. foreign minister only international channels allowed to follow the delegation inside kim jong. right now this is how suddenly you get treated to cranberry juice that residents hello i can barely remember being given such. around the world i'm absolutely shocked. by the corruption claims his socialist party rival will take his place. over. to. the european commission president of the block to look east and strengthen ties

with moscow. being imposed by the united states. in moscow welcome to the program for me in the team here at r.t. international h.q. first. north korean officials have been meeting american diplomats in new york it comes amid uncertainty over a peace summit between the two countries later this month on thursday russia's foreign minister met with the leader of north korea so expressed his support for deescalation efforts but added that it should be handled gradually our correspondent. has been following the delegation was granted exclusive access to one of kim jong un's residence. we were told to leave most of our belongings and all our mobile devices behind and

now they're taking us somewhere. so we're here in this van and just two cameramen one photographer and myself following a lot of state in. this area is completely deserted and it looks like we're in circling something that appears to be the powers. that be if only someone told me where exactly we are right now but we are being told to fall this man. who. i don't really know what exactly this place this but it looks to be the area where it came john will be greeting certainly loughborough of and the reason why i think so is because just through this door i saw came john and sister and she was having

some sort of conversation with the guards but nobody speaks english here hello. and as far as i understand this is circular limo. i believe this is a bit of a historic moment we still don't know whether the camp from meeting is going to happen but at least that is here having direct talks with the supreme leader of north korea. talking behind this wall we were asked to wait in this room so let's just have a walk around and take a look at what they have to offer a. dark north korean chocolate and i can tell you that it will taste just like any

other dark chocolate anywhere around the world some lemonade. so this is how suddenly you get treated to cranberry juice at kim jong un's residence. i can barely remember being given such. locations around the world we were just. at the present which is just outside the doors. of the city. and given the fact that we're inside the residence of the north korean leader kim jong un again i'm just going to say i'm absolutely shocked. and. it is really disappointing that we won't be able to find out exactly what's being said behind these stories but just

a few hours before mr kim and mr lavrov met the russian foreign minister said making the korean peninsula free of nuclear weapons is a very delicate issue moscow maintains that the interests of all sides must be respected. so that said it all ended with inviting came john to russia so let's see whether the north korean leader will accept the invitation for now we're heading back to the airport and the russian foreign minister's motorcade. right from camp john. and pyongyang. just hours after being had with. riffs on u.s. steel and alimony and the e.u. is vowing to strike back the trade commissioner says he regrets double from the decision to impose increased duties i think that it will harm relations between the two allies this is very unfortunate it is unfortunate because it will. cause

a lot of damage to our stealing aluminum industry it is unfortunate because this is further weakening the transatlantic relations even union wanted to avoid this situation. under the new duties e.u. producers will have to pay as much as twenty five percent extra if they want to see their products on the american market the european union currently the world's second largest oil producer after china a few hours before the terrorists were announced the european commission said that it may now look to russia look we have to reconnect if i'm not very happy about the illusions we have. come to i wouldn't say normal dilution we've washed up but there are so many areas so many domains look at the looked or differences on the streets are but does. has to be brought to him and. i live now to tara mccormack who's an international

politics lecturer britain's leicester university welcome back to r.t. so we got a few comments there the trade commissioner she's not very happy young claude younger there just before those terrorists announced on the block and then giving overtures about russia how are you reading you because mood at the moment. well i think i wouldn't directly relates that to the terrorists and the possible the imminent possible trade that's really a unit america although i think that is an interesting development but i think what we have seen in. many e.u. countries is a fair amount to come with the kind of demonization of russia britain for example is i think particularly. critical of russia but this isn't necessarily reflected in. a new state so for example in

germany after the expelling of the diplomats in response to this great evil case you know that those are there's a been quite a big political discussion and just spirit in germany it's well known that quite a few german politicians. better actually want to normalize relationships with russia austria as also very firmly said it wants germany remain neutral so i think you're ok is actually reflecting a broader sentiment in. new states that whatever the difference is you know their relationship with the european union washington needs to be somewhat normal so what is it likely to be a terminal blow the extra tariffs on the u. products come on admit it is easy to think that this is just a spot between the big beasts and brussels and in the white house but it goes

further than that a trade war affects people's jobs people's livelihoods entire industries doesn't it so the e.u. if it's going to be hit with these tires is going to start looking elsewhere for the sake of people's jobs. i mean i don't think that say i don't think that russia will be looked to as i never play that much but i think big potential try to does reflect again a kind of fishes in the relationship between that a and america. which i think trump has kind of exact a bite to but it isn't necessarily he didn't start it you know we already had under obama as a kind of pivot to asia and when trump was alive to little it kind of took our you know well we're going to bond tonight so that was quite a lot of disquiet within the. towards

a president who it did seem was quite happy to respond in kind of traditional ally so in a way we can see that this is the sort of continue i should randi of the conversation . so yes i mean if it's ready does come about well this is going to be a problem for the for america i mean train full. tour to please bob dole and being stoving to retaliate for these terrorists from the us what do you expect us to do. well yes absolutely so it's even that or our. product is being spoken about that will tell you a true terrorist but again you know trade was that there are no women trade or so we still. have that but it's a. broader kind of geopolitical implications this is. just

a can you know kind of crazy thing in development or continuation or again separation would be too strong but certainly the relationship between the e.u. and america. it's not just as it was. even if donald trump doesn't likely care about what happens in other nations and their jobs what kind of pressure do you think he's going to get at home because democrats and republicans even industry chiefs in those industries are donald trump says he's trying to protect from aggressive practices have said no this is not going to work what kind of pressure do you think he's under then yeah absolutely well this is it you know there's a new trade war who is as it do not result trade imbalance so you can say they work out violently but all concerned. so it's hard. it's hard to know what trouble we'll be able to sustain this as i once read it this

will hurt the american economy too absolutely so it's anyone's guess really how this couch domestically in america and also for us in. a given the size of american industry on the world stage one of the dangers of there being any contagion here that might see other countries if there is an all out trade or other countries saying ok now we're going to stop protecting our own interests of the spread. well again we say anyone's guess but that it is a problem once you start. with. terrorists and so country it's react and it can quickly become quite damaging to the world economy so again it's really. it's a show thought it is policy i think i don't think it's a civil either that or you should respond because ultimately you know we will

be participating in a kind of very negative cycle averaged over the global economy so that it is quite possible that this becomes spread and become quite serious over wall trade also double trump is prone to changing his mind every five minutes or so i would guess which a bunch of the same water telecom i think and i politics like to britain's left university thanks very much for your thoughts on this a self that i'm going to talk to thank you. next the spanish government overwhelmingly voted to remove prime minister mariano rajoy from office his position is now being taken over by the media of the socialist party was the first time in the country's modern history that a no confidence vote was ousted spain's pm android's admitted that his defeat during day two of debate on friday. let me start a look at that from what we all know the no confidence motion is likely to go through which means mr petro sanchez will be the new prime minister and i would like to be the first to congratulate him it will be this chamber that will make the

decision and it is up to all of us to abide by the mandate of the popular sovereignty represented here i believe today we're opening a new page in the history of our democracy and we will now start reading the first paragraph i can tell you without hesitation that when we enter the new government will put the interests of the spanish people above all socialist party made a predator santy it is now spain's new prime minister that followed a vote of confidence which he called a week ago in response to a high court ruling which sentenced several leading. figures in mariana. people's party to have to jail sentences following a long running corruption scandal including the party's former treasurer it looked like a long shot at first because sentries only commands eighty four seats out of a three hundred fifty member chamber however one by one crucially opposition.

parties including social life would rival spa day most and fractious regional parties in catalonia and the basque country added up their support and reached a crucial tally of one hundred eighteen votes with just hundred sixty nine in against and that was when marianna finally realized that the game was up. well this is who is now in charge pedro sanchez who were sworn in as prime minister over the weekend forty six years old former economics professor and currently leader of the socialist party in spain he's been on the photo of the former prime minister for some time back in two thousand and sixteen sanchez was forced to step down for refusing to support roy forming a new government and it led to a nine month political deadlock in twenty seventeen sanchez then made a shock appearance after winning back his position but now despite receiving large support from small opposition parties he still likely to face some major challenges the liberal party a sea of the down losses one they've been calling for another election they seem to

be the only major party backing the ousted prime minister sanchez we'll also have the issue of cattle and independents in the separatist push in the region since last year's referendum we spoke to mark up a son who's a politics professor who believes that the situation in madrid could play into the hands of catalonia well this is this this government will be you another minority government. so it will be like the other one of the leaders their own church has no more than eighty four out of three hundred fifty so this is this is going to be trying to trick you know the important thing for the cat loans or lose that they are part of this oil issue that ousted whole and right whole i was the major enemy of this want so this is really for far plea if you play the right a strategy would be helpful for shuttle arms independence. a huge

migrant resettlement programs underway in the french capital with some new neighbors for former president nicolas sarkozy is among our stories still ahead 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 race in truth to stand those business you just need as the right questions and demand the right answers. question. seemed wrong but. just don't call. me. yet

to say pollock just cut the ticket and it gets me because the trail. find themselves worlds apart. just to look for common ground. with the. lack of a journalist working for a russian news agency in ukraine has said during a court hearing that he wants to surrender his ukrainian citizenship. has also asked for support from russia yesterday were i want to address president petro poroshenko to surrender my ukrainian citizenship i consider myself a russian citizen now and i am asking lattimer putin for his efforts to protect me

. i'm sore do have to make this hard decision to surrender the passport of the country in which i was born and raised i was proud to be a citizen of ukraine. he was arrested last month on charges of treason with free speech advocates describing the move as politically motivated ukrainian court this friday rejected an appeal from the journalist after the court also denied his request to be allowed out from a security cell during his hearing with more details he has a question of what you've seen today is of course the continuation of the case of career skeel was jailed on the fifteenth of may he was the he's the editor in chief of ria novosti ukraine news agency and so basically here his two months arrest but the court decided to basically the court rejected his plea and the coalition's himself described the pressure he's being put to that is being exerted on him that he himself compared to torture and have a listen. is hard to maintain working in

a situation where experience counts and pressure including psychologically and handled as if i killed kennedy well as i've mentioned he was arrested on the fifteenth of may when ukrainian police raided the offices of his news agency and he's being accused of state treason because of because of his professional activities and that has caused international concerns foreign governments like for example bergdahl in that has just said that his case is very important just looking at it from the perspective of the freedoms of the press the council of europe and the always see have said that this is something that this is something that could impact the media freedoms in ukraine other agencies have called this an attack on journalists and demanded the immediate release of but ukrainian authorities actions that the raise concerns also because they are being motivated by the national

security service the same agency that is behind a nother media scandal that has that is of another journalist. what happened a couple of days ago. they said. a vocal critic was killed murdered in his apartment three shots in the back and hours later they revealed that it was all fake it was apparently staged they thought as they are saying someone was planning his assassination on behalf of the russian government and they needed this masqueraded to catch the mastermind but a lot of journalists and experts and international organizations the ask the question well how can the ukrainian government be now trusted if they juggle the facts like that and they're saying that of course this incident will have an impact on case as well i may go down of there now we've managed to contact several journalists working in the ukrainian media but fearing for their own safety they only agreed to speak to us on condition of anonymity people don't want any problems

with police or nationalists who are doing what ever they want has anybody come to our defense when they picketed our station or set the building on fire we tried talking to our colleagues but they didn't want to listen any criticism of the government can result in something like that for example they can raid your offices and find a map of ukraine without crimea ukrainian media should have united then demonstrated to the government that it can treat proposition media like that but our colleagues don't want to get involved and we can't organize a large scale protest on our own. next of thousands of migrants in paris are being cleared from their makeshift shelters along the city's canals roughly two hundred of them have been resettled in a wealthy district of the french capital went to find out what the residents think of their new neighbors. this is one of the nearly wrecked it camps in paris it's been set up to shelter around a hundred and seventy migrants who are amongst the thousand or so who are cleared

from the canals of paris doing side waves thousands of migrants had been camped along the canals for many many months living in squalid conditions with few to no comforts the mayor of paris and the interior minister who had been embroiled in a war of words over who is responsible for clearing the camps. the situation will be repeated indefinitely if measures not taken by local authorities to prevent the camps reappear. in the battle we could have avoided waiting for months to find shelter for those people the suggestion i made to the state was to build and reform a welcome center which is really the only the only option possible if we want to avoid the roadside counts so i'm waiting for the states to get back to me on that. now these migrants are being housed in broad deploying one of paris's wealthiest

areas the sixteenth up on the small it's also home to former president nicholas sarkozy p.s.t.'s back to ponce football stadium and a horse which is currently hosting tennis stars from across the globe for the french open some locals aren't over the moon about their new neighbors i think the people here are not very. good to see if people are here because they're alfredo afraid to some some of those be very difficult and some odd. very very nice i'm sure but a really tough part of them maybe but the. world you never know how people can react you can have some people who react very badly and some good you never know despite our thirty's choose not to most hospitable area because it is populated by many old people who are not really open minded so i think that this area is not the

most welcoming we deport us we don't see any changes we don't communicate with migrants because we don't see them at all in the area so i guess to leave autonomy asli this is now the thirty fourth time in three years that my quince have been moved in paris but the problem seems to be cyclic it's never ending i. thought. was. oh authorities are due to continue to clear out of camps that emerged along paris. these canals in the next few days yet with the capital already overflowing and an estimated five hundred fifty extra migrants arriving every week this seems to be little that the authorities can do to keep a lid on the problem jollity even ski r.t. paris. football fever is spreading and with just two weeks to go until the biggest

event in the game and as a patients proving hard to contain for the world cup here in russia to even go into orbit. i want to kick about fogel football for good friday call stan collymore say in a few hours that's it for me for now though i'll be back in just over half an hour for your next world cup like see the.

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hello and welcome to crossfire where all things considered i'm peter lavelle italy's recent elections again demonstrate the e.u.'s neal liberal agenda is under continued pressure even under threat where is this grand historic project going how should we understand the italian elections the german elections and brags that in totality is the current leadership of the e.u. capable of governing effectively and in line with the wishes of the people he claims to represent. cross talking italy and the e.u. i'm joined by my guest. in london he is

a foreign affairs consultant and analyst also in london we have to go on this exit he is a senior lecturer in european politics at the university of surrey and in milan we cross to monaco bus on the he is a professor of political theory at the university of milan all right gentlemen cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want i always appreciate that they have on this let me let me go to you first in london we have somewhat of a crisis we'll see where it goes in italy we had the majority of italians going to the polls voting for parties that were against the neo liberal agenda of the status quo and i would also extend that to the philosophy of the e.u. and now we have a nonpolitical technical government and it looks like it's only a matter of time before there's going to be another election i mean where do you see this going because on the one hand you have the elites worried about share values assets and that's perfectly understandable i think that any anyone in.