the week's biggest stories from when the leader of north korea played host to russia's foreign minister this week was the only international. delegation to promise if only someone told me where exactly we are right now this is how suddenly you get treated to cranberry juice came john the rooms residence hello i can barely remember being given such access at other locations around the world i'm absolutely shocked. with the north korean leader. after the american president received what he called a very nice letter from him and. also at two european countries are ruled complicit in the torture of. terrorist suspects the secret cia detention

centers and judgment from the european court of human. trading partners. have. imports imposed by the ministration. of the top stories from the past seven days on right up to the moment developments as well welcome to the weekly here in r.t. international a u. turn from donald trump over north korea he says he's ready to meet with kim jong after all in singapore later this month previously so many mixed messages coming from the white house but well ahead of those talks russia's foreign minister has already met with the north korean leader in pyongyang our correspondent traveled

with the russian delegation and was granted rare access to one of the north korean leader'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 savings. in this area is completely deserted and it looks like we're in circling something that appears to be the palace. 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 a area where it came john who will be greeting certainly loughborough and the reason why i think so is because just through this door i saw came john in 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. i believe this is a bit of a historic moment we still don't know whether they came from meeting is going to happen but at least sergey lavrov 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 what they have to offer a. dark north korean chocolate i can tell you that it tastes just like any other dark chocolate anywhere around the world some lemonade. so this is how suddenly you get treated to cranberry juice. residents. i can barely remember being given such. locations around the world we were just told. the president 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 the moon 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 in 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 to russia see whether the north korean leader will accept the invitation for now we're heading back to the airport in the russian foreign minister's motorcade. franco right.

and pyongyang. all. was happening a north korean delegation was in the u.s. meeting the trumpet ministration they also passed a private letter from kim jong un to president trump who described it as very nice however it isn't clear that he had actually read it at that point. the letter was given to me by him you know and that letter was if this were not his letter home would you like to see what was in that letter you know you might live with how much how much how much it was a very interesting letter and i haven't seen the letter you know i purposely didn't know for low level. i haven't opened it i didn't open it in front of the director you know a very nice letter on opened well it was passed to trump by a former north korean intelligence chief who is part of the pealing young delegation in the u.s. the upcoming summit was earlier called off by donald trump to do what he called

open hostility. while the talks seem to be back on track pentagon chief james mattis underlined up young young will only get sanctions relief when it takes a reversible steps to end its nuclear program but experts we spoke to agree that the language of ultimatums is unlikely to solve the situation on the korean peninsula but speer where there are a lot of people here in washington who do not want this summit to take place and they certainly do not want any kind of accord between north korea and the united states idea that this could be a gradual process is a realistic one but i think here people here would like to present the north koreans with an ultimatum which of course will will will not solve the problem doesn't understand anything beyond the fact that this could be a good photo op and possibly a boon for his ratings the u.s. has never taken north korea very seriously i mean the idea of the greatest military power in the world sitting down with

a country that they've already always considered impoverished and backward i think is and that's to many people in washington the message that kim jong un is sending you know he's meeting with lavrov he's meeting with xi jinping. signals to trump you know i have friends in the region and you're the one that is isolating yourself by pulling out these international. agreement and so you know i'll be fine with or without you. two european countries have been ruled to have abused human rights by hosting secret cia detention centers the european court of human rights fund that lithuania and rumania breached the prohibition on torture by helping the agency with the interrogation of two al qaeda suspects they've been ordered to pay the men one hundred thousand euro each in compensation one of the suspects according to the cia was a key al qaeda figure but no charges were brought against them during his interrogation he was water boarded eighty three times the cia sees the other man

had operations in the gulf for al-qaeda or europe correspondent peter all over has more on the suspects treatment after the european court of human rights had this to say. there had been held in these facilities and the domestic authorities had been aware that the cia would subject them to treatment contrary to the convention now what we have heard is a little bit about the conditions in which they were kept in lithuania insight with getting a little bit of a glimpse into what was going on there and how prisoners were held up this this hearing no it prisoners were kept in blindfolded all time they were put in solitary confinement and they were forced to wear leg shackles at all times as a beta gave an account of what was done to him while he was in detention must warn viewers that this clip comes a company with some of the bed his own sketches that have been released as part of a freedom of information request some viewers may find them disturbing they

unchained my hands from the bars and chained them with short chains to the chains that were around my legs which kept me in a bowing position at all times they brutally dragged me to the cement wall he started brutally banging my head and my back against the wall i felt my back was breaking due to the intensity of the banging he started slapping my face again and again meanwhile he was yelling and then he pointed to a large black wooden box that looked like a wooden casket he says from now on this is going to be your home he violently closed the door i heard the sound of the lock i found myself in total darkness. we saw a few of them accompanying that clip just there but the sketches zubaida made well they really paint a very disturbing picture quite literally of the conditions in which he was being kept the two men are currently being held in guantanamo bay now since the detention facility opened there in two thousand and two it's been open to prisoners scandals

over abuse now the current u.s. president donald trump peace supports that you solve waterboarding he said it many times however this is something that the rest of the world pretty much considers torture when diana marbury which by the way which by the way we are keeping open which we are keeping. and we're going to load it up was a bad dude split we're going to load it up would feel strongly about waterboarding as far as i'm concerned we have to fight fire with in fact donald trump doubled down in his support for waterboarding as he promoted the woman who is in charge of the cia black sites to the top job in agency gina hospital who's well referred to by her detractors in the media particularly here in germany as either the torture queen or bloody gina while she took over as the new cia director peter over there or lithuania says it may appeal the ruling we discuss the case

with former guantanamo bay prisoner morris on bag he's now they are to reach director for the rights organization kate. the reality is that these are war crimes and was prosecuted for this and nobody will be prosecuted because there's no prosecutions the new president can come along and say i believe torture works a lot more waterboarding is a great thing because there is not precedent if it is in prosecuted for the crime that it is a war crime then he would never dare say such a thing so imagine that somebody from sub-saharan africa said that we we also exported against american citizens we. all were doing that there is activity in our country imagine what would happen if they said that and indorsed corporate. the european union as well as canada and mexico are vowing to unleash a full scale trade war if the u.s. doesn't drop hefty import tariffs it's imposed on metal. he's about to eat.

twix to sleep except for is the good measures carries a threat of a spiral of escalation that will result in damaging everyone nobody wins in a trade war there are only casualties love it so your response will be united and it's not a move we will take measures equivalent to those taken by the united states we are imposing to tell you for jolly tariffs for every dollar against canadians well let's go through some of the details under the new levies e.u. countries will have to pay as much as twenty five percent extra on steel and ten percent on the minium if they want to see their metal products on the american market now that could spell trouble from manufacturers there the european union is currently the world's second largest steel producer after china now europe has taken its concerns to the legal might of the world trade organization to see if it can resolve the dispute with washington the european union plans to answer with

equal tariffs on at least two hundred lucrative american products in a matter of weeks the list includes peanut butter is just levi's motorcycles he's been whiskey as well among many others when a former prime minister for e.u. member creation told r.t. how america's move could damage the global economy by believing that move for doesn't care for any business because if you're looking job c. in the u.s. steel industry. standards we heard much more much important in those three of you are u.s. economy and did a pretty good. pretty. spoiled pretty. global economy by unilateral moves. i dissident russian journalists came back from the dead this week but it seems his

bluff didn't play out as he expected i'll tell you why among our stories after the break. telling you on the idea that dropping bombs brings police to the chicken hawks forcing you to fight the battle. to stop the predator tell you that every gossip the tabloids are files. off the bad guys and tell me you are not. like they're. all the hawks that we along with all the what. make this manufacture consent to public wealth. when the ruling class is some protect themselves. with the famous merry go

round be the one percent. we can all middle of the room six. million. hello again journalists worldwide have rounded on ukrainian authorities for faking the assassination of russian opposition journalists our caddie bob go in kiev face slum this stunt deplorable and regrettable the staged murder of journalists are kinds of bumps in could by the ukrainian security service is distressing well the reappearance of the reports may be a great relief it is deeply regrettable the cranes authorities have played with the truth no matter what the motive. relieved that. he was alive i

deplore the decision to spread false information on the life of a journalist it is the duty of the state to provide correct information to the public well here's what happened on choose the ukrainian authorities claim they had found the journalist with gunshot wounds our side his lot in ukraine in capital they said he had died on his way to hospital but less than twenty four hours later it was revealed the murder being staged ukrainian security forces said it was carried out to for oil a russian plot to kill the journalist artie's adonal quarter reports on the fallout from the bluff. when a russian journalist was pronounced murdered in the ukrainian capital it didn't take long for the ceremonial finger pointing at russia to begin he was only working on things that were critical and investigative of russia and of the russian government as well he said there was nothing that was critical of ukrainians of course that network and its boss placing the blame on the kremlin and on russia

journalist known political leanings have led some to point the finger in one direction it was a calculated deliberate international terrorist crime committed on the direct instruction of the russian authorities who can blame them when the story has all the perfect ingredients the russian totalitarian machine putin's regime going after the kremlin critic except the guy turned up alive and well imagine everyone's confusion what on earth is showing on fred all these developments in just the last hour or so i know that absolutely gobsmacked it is second so what the heck actually have been here russia said it was relieved that are those alive but also fiore us and understandably so after being falsely accused of murder questions of life and death in ukraine as well as the international community's trust and its politics are nothing more than a bargaining chip for the kids regime just their apparent tie russian he syria. fellow journalists were outraged too when a state says

a prominent journalist who had received threats was murdered i think the media have to report it but with the fake news in ukraine have reduced all of our credibility trump would be proud had learned not to trust ukrainian authorities on. but assumed on something like this official confirmation was solid apologies it's on wikipedia is most notable fake death so what gives while the murder was staged by the ukrainian secret service to foil an alleged kremlin plot they say they did it secretly not even his wife knew imagine what the poor woman went through but one you. cranium lawmaker thinks this is ok because sherlock holmes successfully used the method of staging his own death to effectively investigate difficult and complicated crimes well if it happened in fiction must be good in real life too whether ukraine will produce evidence that there was ever a russian plot in the first place remains to be seen but after

a stunt like this it's hard to imagine many will take anything he says at face value. and when someone manipulates information they deceive they were audience it is clear that they are deceiving their own citizens for us the actions of the cranium authorities are absolutely unacceptable and the free media have suffered most from this i can't comment on what it did or didn't do i don't know the exact circumstances do know that he's participated in a big circus a masquerade which is of course a big problem for him and for the credibility of journalism. our cabbie bob journalist in question has responded to one article in the british media claim this subterfuge has done more harm than good now he posted a comment on facebook using offensive language now it's said that if the press wants to do good then they should give him the british passport protection.

german chancellor angela merkel has ruled out any possible debt relief for italy as the mediterranean state finally formed a new government on friday following months of political turmoil that had been speaking the financial markets. as the first euro skeptic coalition in power within the european union the anti establishment five star movement party hammered out a so-called government of change deal they are pushing for russia sanctions to be lifted seeing moscow as a partner not a threat also high on the agenda is reforming europe's migrant policy in the renegotiating at least debt to european union which angela merkel has now said is not option ortiz medina caution of a take a look at the lead up to just separate conti's appointment as prime minister italy has been left hanging this past three months since its election faced with the several candidates for prime minister but it seems that political uncertainty in

the country has finally come to an end with the euro skeptic college and speak big can say this is a forming his government but his path was a thorny one he was first suggested to by the five star movement and league party two weeks ago and it seemed all was good until the president vetoed conti's choice for a finance minister so that i allowed the italian president who was installed by a previous pro e.u. government refused to accept the minister he saw as too and see brussels to put a prime minister through i asked of the ministry you move towards a political figure who is not seen as supporting the line. exit from the euro. and that was that content quit leaving the government in limbo well you know how many one can say no to a minister whether was named goofy or donald duck because he's not approved by the stock market world the financial world or some european capitals is this

a joke and it seemed the only way to avoid a constitutional crisis was to had back to the polls so the president suggested his own candidate former i.m.f. chief got a look at that only a more popular choice in brussels where you just simply i reiterate my friendship and support for a president who has an essential task to undertake ensuring the institutional and democratic stability of this country is known as mr assessors for his willingness to cut public spending making him an unwelcome choice for many italians moreover seventy percent of the country voted for the euro skeptic parties back in march tired of a stereotype and the migrant influx. that i think italians expressed their choice and it seems like this choice is being ignored so we're left with a bitter taste that i wasn't expecting this situation but in this country nobody

wants change because then they can't see what they want so we don't get to a solution that would help the citizens of the country don't want to be sold nothing i voted but my vote has been trashed and it was the president not the coalition or who else you want to bring the president has decided my vote is worthless but perhaps unexpectedly entrained prime minister that only refused to form his own government well that left conti once again in the best position to guide rome forward with the president this time accepting his cabinet picks for now average ones happy and even brussels will work with kanzi and power last disappoint the new italian prime minister being unknown hey. either the rocker say what we have been seeing during these years it is that for example the money is making sure on the other states like greed is a lie spain the bottom like italy and giving.

the master of europe but this isn't or acceptable either at least the third largest state. either lisa found or counted it if it is to be respected the. people we'll be respected and italy can stay of course have to walk in the european flame war two years about the playing the role that is the center of so we are not going to be the call only of the gyre money and we can accept the kind of art this is. finally this hour the football which is to be used in the opening game of the world cup is finally back on earth it was brought back from space by a crew of three from the international space station after they spend six months there it will take time for them to we have ties of course even to basic things like walking after spending so long in zero gravity before their journey back the

crew even got a chance to have a kickabout of their own in orbit. and like in the goalkeeper some great moves there right ahead though another side of football on wanted one that hooliganism on the terraces and in the streets is in focus next here on twenty four seven forty.

for. many european colleagues several companies believe that the shed should get out of the it's a song shell then come to something that gets to the. box let's be honest and part about the feeling spine of the c.e.o. in d.c. sure. has to come from watching. those washington is utilizing wind utilized to do all three. in july twenty seventh team hunted up a freelance journalist watching was on t.v. shows militant shelling in syria. the owner has sacrificed scotti has established a while ago such as memorial day will recognize more reporters who often risk the months with the sake of the truth and through that peace you can submit to your published works in a video or written form until june the twelfth go to a dot on t.

dot com. you never know what's around the corner you never know what's in the pub you're going to walk and you never know who's going to be there and it's the excitement it's that not knowing that's where the adrenalin must comes from through. only going is a means by definition and extremes to all for your support because you're prepared

to fight for the reputation and name of your football club. the violence is a part of it and it's almost a schizophrenia gang culture like it's a part time gang culture where you can do all these things and behave like that. i. mean isn't isn't least if you try i mean evolves it's constantly evolving.

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