oh my love. for the judge her. in the week's top stories that the leader of north korea hosts a meeting with russia's foreign minister r.t. was we only international channel. if only someone told me where exactly we are right now this is how suddenly you get treated to cranberry juice came john the president's hello i can barely remember being given such access at other locations around the world i'm absolutely shocked. says the summit with north korea is back on after receiving what he called a very nice letter from kim jong un. and the european court finds countries complicit in the torture of terror suspects at cia black sites. and the

european union canada and mexico valid to retaliate against the u.s. over a hefty tax on metal imports. are broadcast live for our studios and offices are. glad to have you with. donald trump made a dramatic u. turn this week saying his summit with kim jong un was back on the talks will take place on june the twelfth in singapore that announcement came after russia's foreign minister met with the north korean leader in pyongyang our correspondent traveled with of the russian delegation and was granted rare access to the north korean leaders present. we were told to leave most of our belongings and our mobile devices behind they're

taking us somewhere. so we're here in this film just to keep our men one photographer and myself. polling 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 fold us man . groups. i don't really know what exactly this place this but it looks to be the area where it came john whom will be greeting. and the reason why i think so is because just through this door i saw came john sr and she was having some sort of conversation with the guards but nobody speaks english here hello. lou hennessy

far as i understand this is circular. we'll. i believe this is a bit of a historic moment we still don't know whether the attempt from meeting is going to happen but at least sorry for that is here having direct talks with the supreme leader of north korea. and kim john thune are talking behind a small 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 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 rooms residents. i can barely remember being given such other 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 il and 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 one foreign minister said in making

the korean peninsula free of nuclear weapons is a very delicate issue 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. right side. residence in pyongyang while that was happening a north korean delegation was in the u.s. meeting the trump administration they also passed a private letter from kim jong il to president trump who described it as very nice however it isn't exactly clear that he had actually read it at that point. a letter was given to me by him you know and that letter was third nice letter home would

you like to see what was in that letter and tell you my god how much how much how much it was a very interesting letter and i haven't seen the letter yet i purposely didn't know for low level. i haven't opened it i didn't open it in front of the director. or the letter was passed to trump by a former north korean intelligence chief who is part of the delegation in the u.s. the upcoming summit was earlier called off by trying to do what he called open hostility well despite the latest promising signs pentagon chief james mattis has said that the sanctions against north korea will remain in place unless the country takes irreversible steps to end its nuclear program but experts we spoke to agree that ultimatums are unlikely to solve the situation. but spiel where there are a lot of people here in washington who do not want this summer 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 agreements and so you know i'll be fine with or without you. the european court of human rights has ordered two countries to pay

compensation to victims of cia torture romania and lithuania hosted cia black sites between two thousand and three and two thousand and six one of the suspects in the case was a key al qaeda figure according to the cia but no charges were brought against him during his entire interrogation he was water boarded eighty three times the cia says the other man led operations in the gulf for al qaeda our europe correspondent peter oliver has one of the suspects treatment after the european court of human rights and this is to say. there has been hounds in these facilities and the domestic authorities have been aware that the cia would subject them to treatment contrary to the convention now what we have put is a little bit about the conditions in which they were kept in lithuania insight we've gotten a little bit of a glimpse into what was going on there and how prisoners were held. up this this hearing now 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 the

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 betters 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 the you solve waterboarding he said it many times however this is something that well 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 with some bare dude split we're going to load it up would i 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 that 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 well she took over as the new cia director. or lithuania says it may appeal the ruling we discussed the case with former guantanamo bay prisoner was back the reality is these are war crimes and he was prosecuted for this and nobody will because it's 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 no precedent if it is in prosecuted for the crime that it is prime then he would never dare say such a thing so imagine that somebody's going to sub-saharan africa we we. we. all we're doing it it's up to it's in our country imagine what would happen if they stay indoors or. to canada and

mexico are valid to retaliate against the new u.s. tariffs on metal imports. but. they were totally unacceptable you see in the measures carries the threats of a spiral of escalation that will result in damaging everyone nobody wins in a trade war there are only casualties you know that the european response will be united and for. we will take measures equivalents of those taken by the united states we are imposing jollier for dollar tariffs for every dollar levied against canadians under the new rules e.u. countries will have to pay a twenty five percent tax on steel and ten percent on aluminum to sell on the u.s. market the european union plans to answer with equal tariffs on at least two hundred american products in a matter of weeks the list is expected to include peanut butter orange juice levi jeans bourbon whiskey and motorcycles

a former prime minister of croatia told r t how america's move could damage the global economy. i believe that move for a doesn't have any real basis because if you are looking job c. in the u.s. steel industry it's. steady if we heard much more much import that in those three or fewer us economy and didn't bring any good. free trade. right to spoil pretty trade and their global economy by unilateral moves the staged murder of a russian reporter in ukraine has shocked journalists around the world that story after a short break stay with us. we have the privilege of being the most allied of the united states. centaurs c.

tools and many other alliances promoted by the west and states and particularly by brazil we also have the privilege of being the most sanctioned. of that to any group of countries so while it sounds contradictory it is contradictory and a box this shows that pakistan will do what is in its national interest it will know it's just cool with the wind but we'll be. joining me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to guests of the world of politics sport business i'm showbusiness i'll see that. about your sudden passing i've only just learned you worry yourself in taking your last bang turn. you're at caught up to us we all knew it would i tell you i'm sorry

i could so i write these last words in hopes to put to rest things that i never got off my chest. i remember when we first met my life turned on each back. but then my feeling started to change you talked about more like it was again still some more fun to feel those that didn't like to question our arc and i secretly promised to never be like him it's sad one does not leave a funeral the same as one enters the mind it's consumed with death this was different. to now as there were no other takers. to claim that mainstream media has met its maker. welcome back you're watching the weekly on our international journalists worldwide

have rounded on the ukrainian government for faking the death of a russian journalist our colleague bob janko in kiev the staged murder of journalist archives eruption could by the ukrainian security service is distressing well the reappearance of the reports may be a great relief it is deeply regrettable he crane's authorities who played with the truth no matter what the motive relieved that a comedy but junket was alive i deplore the decision to spread false information on the life of a journalist it is the juicy of the state to provide correct information to the public. on tuesday ukrainian police claimed to have found the journalist with gunshot wounds outside his flat in kiev they said he had died on his way to the hospital but less than twenty four hours later it was revealed of the murder had been staged ukrainian security forces said it was carried out to foil a russian plot to kill the journalist quarter reports on the fallout from the case . 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 a magic in everyone's confusion what on earth is showing the french all these developments in just the last hour or so i know left us absolutely gobsmacked it is second so what the heck actually have been here russia said it was relieved that our cause 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 don't best warrant but assuming something like this fishel confirmation was solid apologies it's on wikipedia is most notable fake death so what gives well 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. and lawmaker thinks this is ok because shana cone 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 most your own money when someone manipulates information they deceive the rhodium it is clear that they are deceiving their own sits 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 but i 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 which. has responded to one article in the british media which said the staged murder may have done more harm than good for ukraine he posted

a comment on facebook using offensive language and saying that if british people really wanted to help him they should give him a u.k. passport and protection. german chancellor angela merkel has ruled out any possible debt relief for italy that is after a new euro skeptic government took power in rome on friday following months of political turmoil antiestablishment five star movement and the league party concluded a so-called government of change deal they're pushing for anti russia sanctions to be lifted seeing moscow as a partner not a threat also high on the agenda is reforming europe's migrant policy and renegotiating italy's crippling debt to the e.u. artie's mean a question of has more on the political shakeup. italy has been left hanging this past three months since its election faced with the several candidates for prime minister but it seems the political uncertainty in the country has finally come to

an end with the euro skeptic collison speak is that big condé busy forming his government but his path was a thorny one he was first suggested to by the five star movement and party two weeks ago and it seemed all was good until the president vetoed conti's choice for a finance minister at that ala the italian president who was installed by a previous pro e.u. government refused to accept the ministry he saw as to brussels. to ioseph about ministry of political figure who is not seen as supporting the line. in the year. and that was that context quit leaving the government in limbo well you know one can say no to a minister whether was named goofy bluto 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 ports so the president suggested his own candidate former i.m.f. chief got a look at that only and more popular choice in brussels where you just simply i reiterate my friendship and support for president who has an essential task to undertake ensuring the institutional and democratic stability of this country that is known as mr assessors for his willingness to cut public spending making him an unwelcome choice for many italians more over seventy percent of the country voted for the euro skeptic parties back in march tired of us there it's he and the migrant influx. that i think 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 do 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 being

for nothing i voted but my vote has been trashed and it was the president not the coalition or whoever else you want to blame the president has decided my vote is worthless. but perhaps unexpectedly entrain prime minister get out early 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 as it will work with condi and power last disappoint the new italian prime minister being unknown haider the rocker say what we've been noticing during these years is that for example germany is making sure on other states like greece is a lie spain about italy and giving orders to like it was like the master of europe but this isn't or acceptable evil is the third

largest state. italy's or founder country if it is to be respected the. people will be respected and italy can stay of course have to work in the european frame war for years but playing the role that it deserves we are not going to be the call only of germany and we can accept that kind of artist with. the ball which is to be used in the opening game of the two thousand eight hundred fifty world cup is finally back on earth it was brought back by a crew of three from the international space station where they spent six months before their journey back crew got a chance to have a cucumber out of their own up in orbit.

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about your sudden passing i've only just learned you were a south and taken your last wrong turn. your attitude up to you as we all knew it would i tell you i'm sorry but only i could so i write these last words in hopes to put to rest these things that i never got off my chest. i remember when we first met my life turned on each breath. but then my feelings started to change you talked about war like it was a cave still some more fun to feel those that didn't like to question our arc and i secretly promised to never be like it said one does not leave a funeral the same as one enters the mind gets consumed with death this one differs i speak to now because there are no other takers. to blame that mainstream media has met its maker.

the but. i've. heard. barbara. part of welcome to world a part of the tally in politics is once again pushing the concept of democratic

governance to the task at large implications for the rest of the european union what do you do one day do you believe to be deeply harmful for your country gain enough support to be implemented do you rely on the old wisdom to suppress the will of the voters or do you make way for your political dream to be dismantled before your eyes to discuss that i'm now joined by paul of laundry director of the italian institute for international political studies mr margaret pleasure talking to you thank you very much for its well let me start with domestic politics the two parties that have. gained the most of the seats in. the march elections have just been prevented from forming the government of their choice because of the president's objections and there are two ways of analyzing your interpretation that you can say that the president is taking the country's responsibility for the country's future in his own hands of this very pivotal moment or you can interpret it as him being authoritative if suppressing the will

of the people. it's a very sensitive issue which is the splitting of the continents of the it's there is no easy answer to your question but i would not to the. position of the president of the republic. italian did not believe you or believe you. the election campaign. mentioned former the option what you said worn away by a theme was prominent during the public discussion. in the program of the two parties but the program is. we know the program. absolutely i mean mr memory i'm sure you know the president made it very clear that he's objections with the proposed government specifically on.