from the world cup to world war three foreign policy shares the spotlight with domestic issues during bloody hootin sixteenth q. and a session with the public. also congress debates a new war thrives ation bill introduced by some of donald trump's loudest critics would significantly expand the president's power to launch military operations. we've gone through seventeen years of war. you would drop this proposal will have one hundred seventy more a loaded gun. just drawer of the president ready for him to take it out and shoot it whatever he wants and wake up call britain's parliament the house of lords is berated over members for being asleep during sessions we get reaction on the streets of london. this place. going to be let's have nothing for i went to work so

why should i love to be paid for having a campaign in my long day just listening to other people all day long. for the welcome it's just gone four pm here in moscow we're watching r.t. international. now the russian president is holding its annual televised q. and a session at the moment with the public which is now into its fifth hour with questions ranging from pressing domestic issues to the prospects of world war three so let's go through some of those more again as yes he joins us again no doubt as we said there is going through a lot hasn't he in the last four hours or so he has what has struck me about. this

years and this is by the way putin's sixteenth q. and a session is that there's there's a lot of international affairs in it and it's no surprise given that the current tensions and to put it lightly differences between russia and the united states and its allies and logically a putin was asked about new russian weapons that he had presented himself only of this year you know biggest stronger faster nuclear missile as well as hypersonic missiles the travel that six six seven kilometers a second within the atmosphere underwater drools nuclear powered missiles you know there's a lot that he presented in the book publications in the west that cost doubt of the existence of all effectiveness of these weapons and he talked about that he gave examples as to what works and what doesn't there are those who doubt new

russian weapons are soon going to be put into service back in two thousand and four they were doubting the armed guard system but now we see it in syria and that's not everything that we're planning to produce and put into service as i said in my address it's too early to talk about it but we will speak out soon. so more coming soon but the point loud to me are putin stressed it isn't to show the world what we've got will you know to wave around swords it's a deterrent he said that mutually in the policy of mad neutrally assured destruction has kept the world safe so far and it will continue to keep the world safe so long as there is parity so long as there is parity there is respect and nobody goes crazy but one russian viewer called in and asked how close we are to world war three but you can. see in the among the don'ts because you know

you can recall einstein's words he said i don't know with what weapons world war three will be fought but world war four will be fought with sticks and stones with the understanding of the fact that world war three may be the end of modern civilization must deter us from extreme actions on the international scene. what russians wanted to know and surprisingly given all the sanctions and restrictions and tensions is when will it all end when will the west in the east finally make up and be friends again which led me putin said that will only happen when everybody treats each other with respect as equals when every side takes the interests of others into account when everybody learns to compromise with each other but until then he said russia will continue to defend its security interests it will continue to stand up for its financial interests and he pointed to europe

where you know the winds winds are changing where there's talk in our live sanctions against russia not obviously overnight but the talk is there he said look at the trade war between the united states and europe whereby washington slapped a whole host of. tariffs on european goods let me put in said those aren't sanctions those aren't restrictions or tariffs they're sanctions i'm sure but it was minister for one of the french government's ministers recently said that the us shouldn't be allowed to become the economic policeman of the world and he spoke about it publicly the former german minister of finance publicly said that germany hasn't been a fully sovereign state since one thousand nine hundred five but everybody can see what's going on but probably our partners thought it would never affect them that kind of politics is counterproductive the politics of limitations and sanctions which. again to recap what the flood myth putin's point was is that

will only the low there will only be peace once everybody learns to respect one another and once everybody learns to talk about their differences rather than sanctioned sanction and restrict and threaten each other. you know that was only part of it that was international affairs most of moost of the q. and a session focused on domestic affairs on health care education taxes salaries as well as corruption that's always always a feature but let me a putin also spoke about the upcoming world cup juta kickoff in seven days all over russia and he said that you know in recent years the russian team hasn't done all that all that great that perhaps there is you know there should be hope that now they'll show their true potential and surprise all russians. i think is cross so that when i k thanks murat has been speaking for i think for our six minutes now

he's got what twenty five minutes to go before he breaks the same record although i'm sure that's not his intention he's just got a lot to get three things there and that was that but i guess the. now u.s. congress is set to decide whether to widen the war powers of donald trump the new bill would let the president to decide who and where to fight with critics warning capitol hill is formally giving away its control the bill though met face resistance on wednesday. we've gone through seventeen years of war. you would drop this proposal will have one hundred seventy more a loaded gun in a desk drawer of the president ready for him to take it out and shoot it whatever he wants it will put war making on autopilot do i want my sixteen year old going to war against al shabaab in somalia my boys have never lived in a country that has not been poor both of them my son probably can't find. probably

very few people even in this room know who. came for the browser's or there are no limits on war let it be known that there were least some of us who warrant. the new build a sink to replace the two thousand and one authorization act among other things to grant the president the rights we include new groups on the terrorist list without informing the public some have expressed surprise that a lawmaker behind the bill earlier claimed that congress had been granting a license to wage war fatigue long u.s. media scoff that legislators don't even know what is in their own bill and despite the bill extending the president's war powers here's what the bill's authors think about donald trump. the president has great difficulty with three. men he's proven himself. unable to rise to the occasion you know who i don't trust. i wonder. trump. donald trump doubted lee they like the idea of the

president being some sort of a king go to war when he wishes what a disconnect here you have these two and many others in washington are calling trump and a mentally unstable in all sorts of even worse things and then you want to give him the authority to go to war when he wants it's crazy war is what washington is made of war is washington's number one export. fishley throwing up with arms and saying you know what we give it all over we're just going to. sit in front of the camera collect our paychecks and do nothing. to the campaign i where members of the house of lords have been given a slap on the wrists over their behavior and memos reportedly been sent to complaining that shouting orders all conversations and forwarding asleep while in the chamber. explains why parliamentary sneezes a such a sensitive area. most members of the house of lords which is the

chamber of the british parliament have been around the block for quite some time the average age in the lords chamber is sixty nine and from the breadth of their experience the law job is to scrutinise british law and that can be pretty tiring so much sir but even the most hardworking and conscientious lords and politicians can get a little sleep paid. well rumor has it that the lords have now received a quiet telling off for falling asleep in the chamber according to the times newspaper a conservative pay is have received an email telling them that their behavior and

that isn't up to scratch and it said that the other political parties are sending a similar reprimand to their lords but according to established parliamentary convention perry is all allowed to quote rest their eyes so i mam with photos of sleeping lords all sleepy looking lords and i want london as to help me determine which of these are just resting their eyes on which all most definitely in the land of nod definitely sleeping so he might be resting his they've just been told off the sleeping too much in the chamber guys lost control of his neck so he's definitely sleeping but i think he'd be asleep and he won't be resting but i don't know all right i'm just looking down his and i was just ok so you know not guilty not guilty what about what about these to. the. rest of you guys they should. allowed to have a little camp in the chamber that's lots of. scrutinising there's. this place

i would be let's have a nap if i went to work so why should i'd love to be paid for having a campaign in my office think they should be allowed to have a little kid in the chamber going to were they well as far as i'm concerned they're old gentlemen and deserve a little bit of a. long day just listening to other people all day long so they get on a bit. well to be fair britain is far from the only country whose parliamentarians do nod off from time to time although one exception at the moment could be france where lawmakers there are complaining the new president's drive for reform is giving them a chance to rest. in recent weeks we've sat for eighty hours per week we've sat for the last seventeen days consecutively this is not how upon the function it is not allowing us to really carry out legislative work to make it. real or exasperated some of the exhausted this isn't the normal life of a parliamentarian state. we're not trying to tug on the heartstrings this is not

a good way of legislating. during his first year in office and back on his introduced new legislation everything from education to railways some of the national assembly sessions have lasted too far along with unusual and or make is to say not a good way of going forward despite that today french lawmakers are debating a new law on fighting fake the bill has been criticized as an attack on freedom of speech but has been if you enthusiastically promoted by the president has. been ski explains. it. is a basic freedom is the freedom of expression which always comes with the freedom of conscience and of thought and that constitutes the basis for the counter power vital to our democracy this illiberal temptation must be taken seriously. well the french president is of vocal defender of democracy and press freedom on top of that

he's on a crusade against fake news the bill he initiated is aimed at protecting european elections from all kinds of this information spread in the media elections fakes media you have all of the key elements but one it seems is missing this voice that specifically russian media because of the time when the law was. thought the russian with responsible for the united states since there was lots of investigation very very few evidence concerning the russian of course no surprises here president is not a fan of russian media and of our channel in particular. russia today sputnik have not behaved as media outlets and journalists but as organs of influence and false propaganda. this is.

the missing six young woman so you should live. look obviously we're talking about them with american troops this would. be a solution. if passed the bill would allow french judges to block the publication of any information deemed to be both head of elections not definitely false but. how efficient can these measures be well it could backfire because basically. they're going to point everybody's attention to. and there is no way you can censor efficiently the internet so everybody will be looking for this century news and because it's censured only many people in france who believe that's the truth even though it's probably not the government just spends the initiative saying that it has nothing to do with reducing freedom of expression but vice versa it's only to

protect kids there is no foreign media in the country available to. what foreign media or news which is not really widespread in france let's be honest here. too internet providers. for those are the two major internet providers and in france for those of you don't know you have t.v. with your internet provider i don't have art in use on my t.v. so i don't have access to the news other than having access using the internet online on the web so it's not going to change much honestly there's nothing to be afraid of. devinsky with that report still to come this hour brussels calls for unity the g. seven summit despite growing tensions with donald trump well have a look at that story persisting in a couple of minutes. so

what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy confrontation let it be an arms race is often spearing dramatic developments only really going to exist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk. and. i think the last two interventions military interventions show all. those also be to listen to learn from the regime change or super from outside and take the iraq with them also take a daffy in libya but i think this is the to listen and think we should we all should tell you that exactly these nation listens to regime changes all those who should accept our limits but i think the idea of regime change military into the

issues from outside the us is mostly all that. come back now friday's g seven is expected to be strained after president trump announced if tariffs on imports from his summit allies however european council president donald trump is calling for unity. there is no hiding that our talks will be held in the specific political context of president trump's recent decisions and the reactions the have provoked on both sides of the land to europe must now do everything in its power to protect the transatlantic bond in spite of today's mood but at the same time we must be prepared for scenarios in which we will have to act on our own trump announcement does come after brussels confirmed its commitment to

the iran nuclear deal europe promised to help its companies keep business ties to terror on however the french vehicle equipment industries association has just canceled its trip to iran amid the u.s. sanctions threat artist daniel bushell explains now how the u.s. is threatening european economic interests. e.u. solidarity nothing but a house of cards after europe giants from energy behemoths to the makers of persia and see toy in a bit this scrapping billion euro iran projects to brute the european investment bank owned by yes the twenty eight members of the e.u. of insists it supports the e.u. but ignoring sanctions is incompatible with its status of course and it gets worse brussels is painful new u.s. tariffs on europe's metal however some see all this as

a calming plan business these days especially european union in american business is whether they have bangs automobile companies i t. companies any other business they're so interconnected that america will continue to use that leverage to try to penalize some of their european companies who may be doing business with iran charmer tehran again breaking up the transatlantic marriage e.u. ministers write an angry open letter demanding america exempts them from iran's sanctions as close allies we expect that the extraterritorial effects of u.s. secondary sanctions will not be enforced on a u. entities and individuals and the united states will thus respect our political decision and the good faith of our economic operators within the e.u. legal territory. and while we await washington's reaction there's the small matter of friday's g seven or is that g six plus one it will not be

a g seven it will be a g.'s six plus one the united states have decided to raise to a response to this is very unfortunate it is unfortunate because it will. cause a lot of damage to our steel and aluminum industry it is unfortunate because this is further weakening the transatlantic relations the european union wanted to avoid this situation you wouldn't want to be your accra right now. as your top firms betray the party line or the world dodging bullets from the trump administration. push or they're mad the german dragon pesticides company bear will complete its biggest ever foreign takeover today it is buying up monsanto the biggest producer of genetically modified seeds pesticides in the u.s. but it does believe that the move will strengthen his portfolio although given monsanto his legacy some say might not be so easy as samir

a car explains one of the world's biggest brands and most controversial agricultural companies monsanto was. there as we know it will be bought out by bayer the german pharmaceutical giant and the company has announced that it will be shedding the month manto name the one which used to make headlines as thousands of protesters hit the streets across the globe. now. right the fact that monsanto will no longer exist bayer will be inheriting each and every lawsuit that the company around four thousand of the. in the u.s. alone on top of that approximately two thousand legal hearings are still pending and one of the biggest trials to come this month is based on accusations that the

company had bet its products could cause cancer for decades. you. know. at the center of all of those lawsuits monsanto's leading herbicide round up and its main ingredient like the fake according to the international agency for research on cancer it's called probably carcinogen a human their study has also found strong evidence of a link between like the state exposure and lymphoma. you know david what provokes me about monsanto is that it can sell its poison year after year nobody cares what provokes me is that there is only us here today one sensor has been implicated in the scandal in various ways court documents released last year showed that monsanto manufactured scientific study and derived scientists to publish them but at the same time the company claims that round up the. glacier site based up the sides

supported by one of the most extensive worldwide human health and environmental databases ever compiled for a pesticide product. monsanto's new owner has provided assurances that the merger would make things right as players right here pick out the aim to deepen our dialogue with society we will listen to our critics and work together where we find common ground agriculturists. ideological differences to bring progress to a standstill. you're talking about progress to try and find new herbicides that simply hasn't happened and they may have reached the end of their life if you're talking about progress to try and convince americans and the rest of the planet that roundup is safe well they've been doing leaked documents show that when they knew that the world health organization was going to declare life. a probable human carcinogen they created an entire plan to quote orchestrate. studies they go

screwed opinion pieces documents all showed that they had their own man inside the e.p.a. working quietly and be here for months into it and blocking additional research that might have indicated verified it was a core synergy so i don't know exactly what their means by progress but it doesn't look good. but dealing with the eleven dangers of monsanto products is not the only issue bothering the public there are fears that two giant companies will form a monopoly that the farmers are. they're looking at a very big conglomerate now because month santo was a shy and and there is a giant in health and agriculture and now you're combining those when you create a giant company that controls all of these assets it makes it harder on the smaller companies that just lies in one or maybe two of the functions of bayer so it's going to affect farmers but it will affect all of us in the long run. smeary com

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tariffs and secondary sanctions can buy them a push and seize the moment while to discuss that i'm now i'm joined by a woman she said former chancellor of the australian and former president of the european council chancellor it's a great honor talking to thank you very much for your time and now you've heard my introduction and as far fashed as it may be i feel like there is that. a bit of a competition for europe's heart. you have any american administration treating europe with less subtlety in them europe is used to now you have russia which is quite plainly asks me in how do you see me here and will react so that. those who are on the american side don't see that really a competition for hearts this is more. to. fight to leave because they believe they have you already but this is maybe a little bit too it was a little bit stronger the wrong side didn't tend to be full to to because i think

we should also put taked always interests and we are a good partner you can or we can leave trades we speak to international law and due to national norms and body weight was crazy first thing good here if you primakov readings police and pool away in the shirt in. but disciplined the speaker and used to go she said after world war two we created him pile for norms and this is true by the way this made us read all of us and he was really a win win situation and sticking to the norms and respecting the international law this is a precondition you will do see now from some parts of the american the east ration their big south keep these international norms are not to speak and this is a pity now there was an interesting exchange last week and the same to spark a kind of make foreign when the french president emmanuel mccraw and i was kind of complaining about how did they manage the u.s. interest in european.