retracts his support for a joint statement at the g. seven summit in canada at the meeting ended. and growing tensions with washington. those faced in. the fight. to the u.s. maybe the american president doesn't mind being isolated today but we also don't mind being six if need be no one will ever know how many civilians are being killed in syria's rocket that's according to the pentagon after being accused of possible war crimes one year on from the liberation of the city from islamic state. plus football's biggest. cristiana ronaldo together with national teams arriving in

russia ahead of the world cup the championship just four days away. very well welcome to you from all of us here at the international live in moscow we are running down the top stories of the day the week. the g. seven summit in canada has ended as it started with tensions between the u.s. and its main allies shortly after departing from the meeting donald trump abandoned his endorsement of the summit joint communiqué via twitter he accused the canadian prime minister of making false statements over u.s. tariffs on metal imports adjusting trudeau described the reasoning behind them as quote frankly insulting. cold kind of his response quote dishonest and weak trade was not the only issue dividing trump and the other g seven leaders.

i would rather see russia in the g. eight as opposed to i would say that the g eight is a more meaningful group than the g seven absolutely. here we all agree. can happen until substantial progress has been made connection with the problems with canada's position is absolutely clear that there are no grounds whatsoever for bringing russia with its current behavior. if there is to be any conversations about russia's future in relation to this particular group they have to change their ways they have to change the route taking on this sort of activity.

it is no surprise that the summit ended in disarray given that it was riddled with divisions from the getgo. you don't get maybe the american president doesn't mind being isolated today but we also don't mind being six if need be the rules they used in the us for the. be just so i get to go to the u.s. the g seven june summit seems already destined for dysfunction with a heap of complaints from the u.s. as european allies some are suggesting a name change to keep up with the times we should have been united to england to save them to the group who challenges of the world and instead of that we would be

divided between not to be a g seven it would be a g six one it's not too hard to see where the fallout between washington and the rest of the pack is coming from in just two years donald trump has caused serious problems for a major international agreements first by announcing he was ditching the paris climate accord then the iran nuclear agreement the breakthrough deal which took years to negotiate and now he's unleashed a trade war with the e.u. by slapping tariffs on their steel and aluminum. the united states will withdraw from the iran nuclear deal the united states will withdraw from the paris climate accord the united states has been taken advantage of by other countries both friendly and not so friendly for many many decades and i'm here to

protect and one of the reasons i was elected as i'm protecting our workers on protecting our companies even the angle of merkel who is known for maintaining her cool during the worst diplomatic spats has had some strong words to share about the u.s. as recent exits this cloud it is clear that especially with the exit of the u.s. from the climbing deal there is dissent within the g seven just as much as with the announcement of tariffs on the mean human steel which we believe are illegal and also the issue of the iranian nuclear deal which the u.s. has withdrawn from. there may be disagreements. i regard this as. much like a family quarrel we will do what is necessary to protect the united states its businesses and its workforce don't blame trump. blame the nations that have broken away from those conditions blame the other countries now that's what you want to hear right before a g. seven summit the post mobilization trip between you will be leaders and so us

president is bed. no ideas because oh so that serves as subjects we are talking about that these lesions would be better off if we have. not only covered was. we have a target on almost every subject and lived between the buses and washington so you'll be new orleans united states who become bigger and bigger oh. it has been a year since the official launch of the operation to liberate the syrian city of rock our from islamic state terrorists a while to merely made it their all the capital of their self-proclaimed caliphate not to coincide with the anniversary i missed the international released a new report on the situation in the devastated city ultimately accusing the u.s. led coalition of relentless air and artillery strikes even suggesting it may have

committed war crimes and according to the coalition itself the real number of civilians killed in the battle for rocca will never be known. as far as how do we know how many civilians were killed i'm just being honest no one will ever know anyone who claims they all know is lying. or getting to the bottom of what was really happening in iraq as the americans and allies were freeing it who will be bothered to do that or it will take ages the prose of war behind these walls may have thought but scrutiny was inevitable coalition claims that it's precision campaigns allowed it to bomb islamic state house of rocca well causing very few civilian casualties do not stand up to scrutiny based on information from amnesty international is field investigation and

public reporting coalition air and artillery strikes killed hundreds of civilians and injured many more open amnesty's report and you'll find words like this proportionate and discriminate bombing the use of white phosphorus claims which could turn into a reputational disaster if proven things that amount to war crimes the us led coalition mission to free iraq a went on for more than four months from june sixth to a tobar twelfth last year and the pentagon proudly told the world they'd fired thirty five thousand artillery rounds while they were at it the fired more rounds and rockets syria than any other marine artillery battalion or any marine or army battalion since the vietnam war yet we kept hearing from those whose orders matter how cautious they war there is been no military in the world's history that is paid more attention to the limited. view of the guests of minister on the battlefield

and the coalition military were not perfect guys we can make a mistake. and in this kind of warfare ready to happen we are the good guys and munitions people on a battlefield know the difference you can't help wondering how many innocent locals general mattis has actually met i'm sure you can find many of those who are genuinely grateful to the coalition for kicking myself out but just compare his words to some of the witness accounts our team heard while in iraq there was this definite shift in washington that we were directly targeted by the coalition after the recognizance craft filmed us it was a low altitude it was very clear there were no terrorists in the area but there were kids playing in the streets and we were collecting water and i knew that that i knew that if the aircraft bomb using phosphorus targets everyone it is not hidden i still the coalition is boman randomly if you're sitting at home

a bomb may come down on you there are houses that collapsed on their residence and they could not get out all this happened because of the aircraft it will plane comes in strikes for instance a five story building i said would be on the second floor while civilians on the third and fourth floors how comes the plane still strikes then most civilians died the ones all terrorists and we weren't alone in hearing those worrying calls from that devastated syrian city humanitarian groups on the high alert had to many more whores to share with us and the rest of the world there are worries about how this operation will affect civilians we're concerned about the safety and protection of more than four hundred thousand people in iraq as these operations commence to strike we've investigated it was. not a year in coalition authority so you actually believe that the actual number would be important because i wonder if you thought any of that led to

a change of tactics by the coalition or at least an apology i have to tell you they feel that themselves from scrutiny will. monthly casualty reports we've been largely focusing on the fate of rock of civilians in our coverage and to amnesty international's now way then with some serious work it could be high time we hear something new from the us pros of war. we requested comment from a number of humanitarian organizations the international committee for the red cross said it repeatedly expressed concern for the safety of rocket civilians during the liberation while the u.n. agency for children so i have had no information on the matter middle east expert joshua landis told us that more could have been done to save civilian lives i don't doubt that the united states has used efforts great efforts not to kill people but in the end they are not true they were in a hurry the un asked them multiple times to give a break so that civilians could get out they didn't want to negotiate with i asked

they said we're going to kill them on the battlefield they didn't want them as prisoners in another guantanamo since the gulf war nine hundred ninety the first gulf war the united states constantly insisted it didn't count the enemy it didn't know how many were killed and it wasn't going to try to find out later on there were some investigations but by and large that has been the protocols of the u.s. which is not to count the enemy and to and to try to keep it secret really. so just four days left until the start of the biggest event in football this year the fifo world cup in russia our coverage of the tournament will be delivered by some of the game's biggest names. josie has already made his first predictions.

says mr moreno let's go through the group step by step whenever you're ready. i'm not ready because it's unfair the fields i don't want to be motional what i have to be i will go to contradictions because i want my players to win but i also want my place to go on holiday so this is going to be tough but i would say to you know why is when the when they go. they have experienced players they have the right mentality and i think russia has to finish second and. then the crucial match will be russia against egypt and it's fine to be to me our testing pressure is to finish second in the group well. to win the group b. . and i will show relate to that i am totally fortune in this book because i want

to finish second in the world maybe the home team russia is going to play against their domestic spain see missing from his will to finish first. the fight to finish second. before the surprise come on australia let's finish cycles and then in group the last thing the little fellow will finish first. this one is going to be hard the fight will for an african team. so will be brazil in the name of teachers who go on holiday so switzerland who finished second i'm sort in the money you need to hold. and in the group germany has to win. i think mexico is finished second of. and that's.

true in the group. if you by any chance feel up to testing your football knowledge against the might of had online to facebook or twitter and follow the hash tag match marino and they will be three rounds of predictions from the group's stage on words. well international teams have for the meantime started arriving for football's showpiece event including two of the world's very best players lionel messi is argentina was the most recent team to arrive with christiane on all those portugal landing in moscow a bit earlier argentina will face iceland on saturday for their first group stage match portugal will play rival neighbors and twenty ten champions spain on friday the first match of the tournament will take place june fourteenth in moscow's

luzhniki stadium where thirty two nations will battle it out to get their hands on the world cup trophy a statue made of pure gold at the legendary cup has been passed on from winners to winners for many years now and before the russia it made a grand tour all across the country and even made a stop off here at the r.t.e. studios. the winning team will lift this exact trophy above their heads and this is the one that they keep only for a short while. for the ultimate possession they get a cold the so-called win a trophy which looks like exactly this one but only made and it's a gold plated bronze. indeed this is the one in on li made of eighteen karat solid gold. official

fee for world cup trophy and only heads of state and people world cup winners can touch this magnificent. literally a massive geography we estimated that around forty million people live in the nearest proximity to the cities where the traffic visited. well you got to follow all the very latest world cup events here on in the run up throughout the whole period of the championship expert analysis countries predictions on international reaction to the biggest football event this year right here on out.

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politicians to do something to. put themselves on the line they did accept the reject. so when you want to be president and should. somehow want to be. the two going to be close this is what will before three of them or ten people. i'm interested always in the waters of. this city. the f.b.i. has seized the e-mails and phone records of a new york times reporter as it moves to plug the leaks of classified information and the issues come to a head under the trump administration. and explains it dates back before. trump's white house has a serious problem it's leaking

a shocking secret memo leaked to the new york times white house's most prolific leakers all the weeks we get out of the way else why this white house leaks and all the reasons this hit there's always so much fun in this white house is so leaky there is even leaks about why they're leaking and so in an effort to deal with the issue is decided to move on from its fatigue to war of words with the media and show a bit of muscle wrong with the press. or the press are also where the fire is very. well charms verbal disputes with the press have become commonplace his latest step can be seen as a watershed moment that is crossing the line into spying on journalists now at the center of this is new york times reporter allie watkins whose phone and e-mail records were secretly seized amid a justice department investigation into this guy james a wolf

a former high ranking ate at the senate intelligence committee who's suspected of leaking classified information to reporters and he also happens to be the former boyfriend of what kids during their three year romance that what kinsey excelled in her career even being shortlisted for a pulitzer her skills in gauging tipoffs from elusive unnamed sources were praised by her university breaking national story was the direct result of tips she received through unnamed sources with whom she's developed trusting relationships she denies ever using her former lover as a source however now some of her old tweets are coming back to haunt her i wanted to be zoe barnes until episode four sleeping with your source especially in the decks of congressman gary gray area ethically he could be which i'm ok with boards of the washington herald wanting a source close to the president exactly sure how we are. actually i want to go over i'm sorry mr president but i will not do.

it until. well. so on a scale of one to ethical how does everyone feel about pulling a real zoe barnes for story ideas for media rights groups however what we're saying hey is trump's latest push to demonize journalists which represents a true declaration of war on the press we believe that the government seizure of ali what can this data sets a dangerous precedent we fear it could be an opening salvo in an ongoing battle over reporters' ability to brits think this but such intimidation tactics all reporters are actually nothing new investigations into journalists on their sources were heavily ramped up under trump's previous s.-a in fact under president obama the justice department prosecuted more leak cases than all previous administrations

combined so perhaps it's time for everything on using this. journalist shine a light on many issues around the world keeping citizens informed prompting robust debate this discussion we certainly face that here and holding governments accountable we honor the many journalists and media professionals who have dedicated their lives to the profession we see all too often that journalists continue to take great risks to pursue this important work america is not this beacon of freedom of the press that some people like you believe in clearing the track that mr ation that the targeting of whistleblowers and leaders and journalists this is something that is this is been going on since at least the fifty's and sixty's with the counter intelligence programs and we know that this continues up to do social media so it's a bit ironic and kind of disgusting to be quite honest to see the united states government pretend to be you know the protector. press freedoms are there we have some great freedom freedom of press system when you really look at the numbers and

you look at the ratings and see which countries have the most free press the united states continues to fall further and further down that list. a nursery rhyme at a massachusetts kindergarten designed to help children survive a potential shooting has drawn concern from parents and well shock on social media some have questioned it's appropriate and a country that has seen at least one shooting a week this year however all authorities have defended the rhymes saying quote this is the world we live in so american reports imagine picking up your five year old from kindergarten and seeing a strange nursery rhyme to the wall a reworked version of twinkle twinkle little star with ominously or. look down log down log the door shut the lights off say no more go behind the desk and hide wait until it's safe inside look down look down it's all done now it's time to have some fun that picture was posted by

a massachusetts mom who was taken aback when she learned her daughter had been doing active shooter drills as part of her pre-kindergarten program but she's not the only one another mom had a similar experience my girls were playing teacher this past weekend they had math time snack time and practice their active shooter drill earlier this week a class of eighth graders in pennsylvania were given bullet proof shields for their backpacks a local sports work company thought it would be a perfect gift for a middle school graduation the company's c.e.o. who happens to have a daughter at that school gifted shields to all of her classmates and an extra twenty five to the school now there's a defensive measure parents and kids can take to ward off injury and improve chances of students survival. in the time of need. let's do the same put it on this way. to school. to protect their face although perhaps it's worth noting bullet proof shields don't

provide protection against assault weapons which have been most commonly used to get the company one plenty of publicity with such an unconventional graduation and there are also those who try to make money off the mass shootings last month a video game designed to simulate a school shooting sparked a major public outrage and this will come and distributing. it offer to users an opportunity to play is either the killer or swat officer trying to catch the. parents sport outraged why wouldn't they be this year alone the country has seen a twenty three school shootings where someone was either injured or killed after just one such incident every single week so far so perhaps it's not so surprising that nationals are making it to video games and active shooter drills to schools and even kindergarten so me up on our washington d.c.

. a petition to save a pregnant cow from execution has gone to almost twenty eight thousand signatures. accidentally crossed the border and back. to order her extermination as a precautionary measure however that could be a ray of hope the ballgame food safety agency saying that the. health checks. let's go. to apologize for jumping in very quickly we're going to cross live to china the last day of the u.s. c.e.o. summit putin now speaking to journalists and delegates let's listen in. to the

results you visit china every year of this was a very high visit which the more because you have said quite a lot during your visit what can you personally say was the most important thing that during your visit well firstly we have reaffirmed the very high level of our relations with china. so we have agreed to them and signed a declaration to get together with mr sitting. and we have agreed for further cooperation but in terms of politics in terms of fighting different routes and i have to note that this. reaffirmation is very important it's very serious. as a board or because we shouldn't forget about the main tracks of our culture corporations with china. and one of which is corporation and the international

arena and different international platforms such as the un and the g twenty and breaks the as c.e.o. would self and the very fact that we reaffirm the sky level of cooperation you talk about the need to develop that is in my view a very. important thing for. us or russia china relations this is the first. i think it's now secondly because you can let me get to you but we do not talk about the economy and we've signed. a document underlying the technical and economic cooperation and partnership. between us and i would sure national create your particular women before we sign the document itself some time must be passed but what we already has done is a very important first step towards organizing

a very serious it was. international. organization of a regional scale we have been doing the same with the e.u. and with the e.u. we can then shyness silk road initiative. and this is why i believe this is a very important steps towards constructing relations such an innovation and this is all part. of our trend towards increasing trade with china it's over. eighty billion dollars and over the last year we've seen an increase in trade turnover over the first half of this year and i think we can achieve the trade turnover of one hundred billion dollars.