trax his support for a joint statement of the g. seven summit in canada at the meeting ended in disarray amid growing tensions with washington. faced in. the. market to the us 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 have been killed in syria. after being accused of possible war crimes one year on from the liberation of the city from islamic state. football's biggest stars lionel messi and cristiano ronaldo together with their national teams arriving in rush hour ahead of the world cup championship and now just four days

away. welcome to the sunday program here on r.t. international it is the weekly as we're rounding down all the top stories of the week and of the day. 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 joint communique via twitter he accused the canadian prime minister of making false statements over u.s. tariffs on metal imports and justin trudeau described the reasoning behind them as quote frankly insulting and called kind of his response dishonest and weak but trade was not the only issue dividing trump the other chief 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 agreed to return to the g. seven format summits can happen until substantial progress has been made in 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 perhaps no surprise that the summit ended in disarray given that it was riddled with diversions from. donald quarter. 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. market 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 him but to save them to the group to try the engines of the world and instead of that we would be divided between not to be a g seven it would be

a g six why 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 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. it is clear that especially with the exit of the u.s. from the climate 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 motivation trip between you will be leaders and so u.s. president is better that. no ideas because also serves as

subjects we are talking about that through agents movie but on it we have. not only targeted with the toes we have covered on almost every subject and lived between the buses and washington so you'll be new orleans united states who become bigger and bigger. meanwhile there's another summit going on in china it involves the leaders of multiple year asian nations including the host nation and russia and their russian president vladimir putin was asked by journalists about moscow's relationship with the g seven. so it was. concerning the return of brushy to the g eight we never left it our colleagues at the time refused to come to russia for the known reasons but we still welcome them and everyone in moscow concerning the comparison of the g seven and the s u o the purchasing parity

of as you know countries is bigger yes g seven countries are richer but the scale of the economy is bigger in the su countries but it is possible questions to the russian president surrounding the g. seven meeting were perhaps inevitable given the public city has received over the past day or two and given that russia was of course a key topic of that meeting and also a key topic of disagreements and bickering among the g seven leaders mr putin effectively extended an olive branch to those nation states and that russia was always willing to host those members in his capital moscow for further discussions he also touched upon the speculation of his upcoming meeting with the u.s. president donald trump agreeing with the president that this would be something that would be very much constructive and useful in the current climate and also stating that he shares many of the concerns his u.s. counterpart has. in our last conversation he expressed concern over the

threat of a new arms race i agree with him but in order to discuss it is thoroughly we need our foreign ministries and experts working closely with each other and of course we need to have personal meetings as soon as we can we will be touching briefly upon the summit itself mr putin said it had been highly productive in its new format of course with new new members india and pakistan joining for the first time as fully fledged at n.d.s. with a whole range of agreements signed from economic political and security cooperation as well as the russian president said it was vital that this regional cooperation and dialogue just take place in order to decide in order to work on those regional issues but also wider international issues of course the crisis on the north korean peninsula the iran nuclear deal crisis with. a leader here that had a meeting with mr putin as well as well as of course the ongoing syrian conflict so

very much a productive summit according to the russian president. it has been a year since the official launch of the operation to liberate the syrian city of rocca from islamic state terrorists who had made it the capital of the self-proclaimed caliphate to coincide with the anniversary i'm going to see international released a new report on the situation in the devastated city accusing the u.s. led coalition of relentless air and artillery strikes even suggesting it may have actually 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.

by 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 and campaigns allowed it to bomb islamic states house of rocca well causing very few civilian casualties do not stand up to scrutiny based on information from amnesty international is filled 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 indiscriminate bombing the use of white phosphorus claims which could turn into a reputational disaster if proven things that amount to war crimes the u.s. led coalition mission to free iraq a went on for more than four months from june sixth to a cobra twelfth last year and the pentagon proudly told the world they'd fired

thirty five thousand artillery rounds while they were at it they 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 known military in the world's history that is paid more attention to the limit. and we should let go of ministers from the battlefield and the coalition military were not perfect guys we can make a mistake. and in this kind of warfare what happened we are the good guys and munitions people on the 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 that in effect in washington when we were directly targeted by the coalition 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 i thought i knew that if the aircraft bomb using phosphorus targets everyone it is not hidden i still the coalition is boman brendan lee 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 they were 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 will 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 again it is also true. if you're not a year in a coalition authority so you actually believe the actual number report of course 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 seal that themselves from scrutiny will. monthly casualty reports we've been largely focusing on the fate of rock civilians in our coverage and to amnesty international's now weighed in with some serious work it could be high time we hear something new from the u.s. pros of war we requested a comment from a number of humanitarian organizations and the international committee for the red

cross said it repeatedly expressed concern for the safety of rockhouse civilians during the city's liberation well the u.n. agency for children said that i had no information on the matter and we spoke to middle east experts will show a lot of those who told us that much 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 were not true they were at the un asked them multiple times to give a break so that civilians could get out they didn't want to negotiate with i guess 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 protocol of the u.s. which is not to count the enemy and to and to try to keep it secret really. all

right 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. pundit and just the united manager chosen one you know has already made his first predictions. so mr marino let's go through the group step by step whenever you're ready. i'm not ready because this is the field i don't want to be emotional but i have to be available to contradictions because i want my players the way in but also on my players to go on holiday so this is going to be tough but i would say it was his

way into the window. they're experienced players they have the right thing to do and this has to finish second and. then the crucial match the new russia against egypt and this is going to. to me however testing pressure is to finish second in the group well. they need to wean the group b. . and i will show relate to that i am totally portuguese both because i wanted to finish second in the group maybe down the home team russia is going to play against they were the best in spain see a scene from his will draw a line 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 battle for an african team.

so we'll be brazil in the name of change to go on holiday so switzerland to finish second i'm stuart in the money and what we need to hold. and then in the group from germany has to in. i think mexico finish second of. you know. and if you feel up to testing your football knowledge against the. head online to facebook or twitter and follow the hash tag match modern you know there will be three rounds of predictions from the groups stages on woods well international

teams have 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 while the those portugal landed in moscow a bit earlier argentina faces iceland on saturday for their first group stage match portugal will play rival neighbors and twenty ten champions spain in sochi on friday now the first match of the tournament takes place june fourteenth in moscow's luzhniki stadium so thirty two nations will battle it out to get their hands on the world cup trophy made of eighteen karat gold at the legendary cup has been passed on from winners to winners for many years now but before the championship in russia it made a grand tour all across the country and even a pit stop 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 so-called the so-called winner's trophy which it looks like exactly this one but only made of bronze 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 price. trophy traveled from coming right to blood loss to all literally a massive geography we estimated that around forty million people lives in the nearest proximity to the cities where the traffic visited. and you can follow all

the very latest world cup events here on this channel in the run up and throughout the entire championship itself.

people are. exceptionally good local. the dog. food for the few. who showed. up. thanks so much for joining us here on this sunday 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 trumpet administration but as nicky aaron explains it dates back long before donald trump. 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 it's 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 it's just funny 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 kids they 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 living 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 morning a source close to the president nixon sure how we go. actually i want it over i'm

sorry mr president but i will not do that. given to. well it was. 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 seeing here is trump's latest push to demonize journalists a move which represents a true declaration of war on the press we believe that the government seizure of early what can this data sets a dangerous precedent we fear it could be an opening so in an ongoing battle over reporters ability to brits think this but such intimidation tactics on 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 then all previous administrations

combined so perhaps it's time for a rethink on using this old spiel journalist shine a light on many issues around the world keeping citizens informed prompting robust debate discuss 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. a petition to save a pregnant cow from execution has gone at almost twenty eight thousand signatures about gary an animal accidentally crossed the e.u. border back prompting the earth already to order her extermination as a precautionary measure however there could be a ray of hope for the ball gary and food safety agency now saying the cow has passed all the health checks.

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palestine is getting international recognition with the help of israel at least in the world of zoos m.m. bill for those dismissive to do it look like you know. this isn't my cup of tea is going up the study hall maybe you know john go into a telescope with. the only palestinians is who gets the most help from its jerusalem counterparts i don't think this is i'm of those who in the world under the oak vision did not only could do this. and that is all upset that he had to this lady in the most of which he had an identical tedium it doesn't seem to do more commitments also don't piss off. a week here in st petersburg attending the annual st petersburg international economic forum our topic is from the atlantic to the pacific we all know the world is changing we talk about what moves these changes and who's behind.

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hello and welcome to worlds apart days before they planned summit between donald trump and can turn on the internet for doubts still persist over whether the meeting will take place at all let alone what could come out of it what are the bast and the worst possible outcomes well to discuss that i'm now joined by mark on the line he liked her at the school of international relations the university of southern california mr millet it's good to talk to you thank you very much for your time thank you for inviting me now there is a strong belief among american policymakers especially those who used to work for previous administrations that presidential summits are supposed to be the culmination of a long arduous diplomatic process rather than the beginning of it do you think this convention applies to dolo tromp at all i basically agree with this position i mean usually the high level summit comes at the end of the negotiation process so i'm not sure.