the g. seven summit sees a major rift open between the u.s. and the rest of the pack with drum protracting his support for the joint statement the meeting ends in disarray amid growing tensions with washington. rules don't allow for the older sis the show which fights main market to go to the us maybe the american president doesn't mind being isolated today but we also don't mind being six if need be and in the stories that shape the way the pentagon admits the civilian death toll in syria. may never be known after being accused of possible war crimes there and of football's biggest stars lionel messi and cristiano ronaldo how long with their teammates arrived in russia ahead of the world cup which starts in just four dates time.

welcome which is going seven pm here in moscow you watch in the weekly here and r.t. international. now the u.s. president donald trump has touched down in singapore for the historic summit between the u.s. and north korea air force one arrived at singapore airport in the last few hours trump will meet the north korean leader kim jong un on choose day and the meeting will be the first ever face to face contact between a u.s. president and the leader of north korea mr kim is also in singapore gearing up behind the anticipated summit here arrived a few hours earlier on an air china play for the north korean leaders accommodation in singapore has been kept top secret however when reporters supported guards spotted guards in suits jogging around a motorcade arriving at this and just hotel. people are putting two and two

together and thinking about where kim is bedding down during this summit. or from did arrive in singapore after leaving the chief seven summit in canada the two day meeting was marked by huge rift between the u.s. and other members as tensions flared over critical international issues. i would rather see russia in the g. eight as opposed to the two so 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't happen until substantial progress has been made in connection with the problems with ukraine canada's position is absolutely clear that there are no grounds whatsoever for bringing russia with its current behavior into the g seven if there is 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 that they're taking and the sort of activity that involved it. or shortly after leaving the meeting trump fired twitter abandoned his endorsement of the summits joint communiqué he accused the canadian prime minister of making false statements over u.s. tariffs creating another sticking point between the state just in trudeau described the reasoning behind the terrorists as frankly insulting a response trump went on to describe as dishonest and weak the summit though was

riddled with divisions from the outset. 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 placed into the us for the low the. be. at the go on to the us 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 invoke 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 with the draw from the iran nuclear deal the united states will withdraw from the paris climate of court 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 i'm 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 deserves a subject so we are talking about that these lesions would be better if we have. not only targeted was. we have a target on almost every subject and sings the lift between the buses and

washington so you'll be in your mean and united states who become bigger and bigger . now this week. marks a year since the official launch of the operation to liberate the syrian city of rock from islamic state terrorists they had made it their capital of their self-proclaimed caliphate and to coincide with the anniversary amnesty international released a new report on the situation in the devastated city it accuse the us led coalition of relentless air and artillery strikes and even said it may have committed war crimes too according to the coalition itself though the real number of civilians killed in the battle for iraq or 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 and campaigns allowed it to bomb islamic state house of raca 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 or an 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 raka 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 should be with us administered trying the battle for you and the coalition military we're not perfect guys we can make a mistake. and in this kind of work 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 when we were directly targeted by the coalition after their 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 but i knew that if the aircraft bomb using phosphorus it targets everyone it is not hidden i still the coalition is boman brenda mely if you're sitting at home a bomb may come down on you there are houses that collapsed on those residents 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 more civilians died then i still terrorists and we weren't alone and hearing those worrying calls from

that devastated syrian city humanitarian groups on 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 a coalition authority so you actually believe that the actual number report about who is under reported 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 sealed it themselves from scrutiny with. monthly casualty reports we've been largely focusing on the fate of rock of civilians in our coverage misty internationals now weighed in with some serious work it could be high time we hear

something new from the u.s. pros of war and if there will be arsed a number of humanitarian organizations to comment on this story the international committee for the red cross said it repeatedly expressed concern for the safety of racket civilians during the city's liberation while the un agency for children said it 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 were not true they were in a hurry the un asked them multiple times to give a bridge that civilians could get out they didn't want to negotiate with states that were 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 insists that it didn't count jeremy 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. the f.b.i. has seized the mails and phone records of a new york times reporter is that news to plug ongoing leaks of classified information the issue has come to a head and the administration that is artesian the care now explains it does date back long before that. 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 to find it to move on from its fatigue to war of words with the media and

show a bit of muscle wrong with the press. but we. are also we were. 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 sleeping with your source especially in addictive congressman when a very gray area ethically he could be which i'm ok with the boards of the washington herald morning and she was facing the president exactly sure how many. actually i want to go over i'm sorry mr president but i will not get. you into. 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. a dangerous precedent we fear it could be an opening salvo in going battle over reporters' ability to produce 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 than eight cases then all previous administrations combined so perhaps it's time for a rethink on using this. 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. no forewarning superstars have begun arriving here in russia for the start of the world cup kickoff in just four days time will tell you who just after the break. i think that donald trump is really confident about his capacity is ability to persuade people and the power of his personality and all this kind of things and i'm sure that comes under. we'll try to play this card we'll try to give donald trump something he can tweet so he can he can show to everyone look i'm the first one i'm the one who rolls the art of the deal and the first one can make a deal with this guy work every other american president before me failed i succeeded. the legacy call guys are the winners the legacy oil guys are the winners the legacy all

central bankers all the winners innovation you dynamism the constitution the bill of rights these are the losers in this america. hello again now there are just four days to go before the fee for world cup kicks off here in russia and a special fans and festival to start isn't opened up in moscow as well so let's go there because our correspondent. in the first to tell us what's happening and i say good afternoon just run through then what is happening where you are at the moment . and just to find it hard to believe that somewhere but seven a half years ago i was standing almost on the same spot and we were waiting for the

decision by fee for toward the next world cup to a country it was awarded to russia no one believed that this would happen but this is the reality as we can see now the fan fest here at the sparrow heels in moscow the fan fest is the place for every fan to go if he or she doesn't have a ticket for an actual game that's where the games will be broadcast on the huge screens they want to give see they're above the stage now this event is being open right now we're expecting the world cup when i must say decide to be on that stage in a short while along with. the top scorer for the russian national t.v. aleksandr jets are called they will be opening it in a short while as well as the world cup trophy itself it will be brought to the stage here now we've already spend a couple of hours here and mingled with the fans flocked to see the opening ceremony and let's listen to what they had to say you know everyone is so kind people from all over the coming here is home to describe that.

you. know they did not know it was on but it was loaded gun which they set up. it's very nice very positive you're going to a solution is perfect that's of music a lot of for in gas you can't communicate with anyone practice foreign languages come up with what it is who you be supporting. and of course we will support our national team but we'll also look at other teams. the founder festus something that fee for experimental test in brazil was a huge success and every single one of the eleven host cities of the world cup twenty eighteen will have a fan fest like that of course we will be all over those as part of the special coverage of the world cup over the next month. great i thank our ships the force had a fun festival there in the center of moscow just before the world cup this kickoff

here in mosco in a few days time when all coverage of the upcoming events will be delivered by some of the game's biggest names to win it and playing munched united manager joe he's a marine who's already made his first predictions. says mr let's go through the group step by step whenever you're ready. i'm not ready because it's very difficult i don't want to be emotional but 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 you know why this weights and 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 in the house for testing pressure to finish second in the group well. to win the group be. a local show relate to that i am totally portuguese because i want to finish second in the world maybe down the home team russia is going to play against their best teams see us in front will draw a line to finish first. the fight to finish second. before the surprise come on australia let's finish cycles. and in group the last thing the little fellow will finish first. this one is going to be hard to play well for an african team. so little piece brazil in the name of change to go on a holiday so switzerland to finish second i'm so in the money and what we need to

hold. and in the group in germany has to in. i think mexico finish seconds. you know. the last thing the belgian. through the. world for the. world. and the world the group. go. up so much expertise from jews i believe you don't miss it. and if you feel up to testing your football knowledge against the might of merino do head online to facebook or twitter and follow the hash tag match. and teams are steadily arriving to you for football's showpiece event including two of the world's best players you might know who they are lionel messi as argentina and christiane are now those portugal both touch down

a bit earlier on in moscow argentina will face iceland on saturday in their first group stage match in the capital and then portugal will play their neighbors the twenty ten well champions spain in tsotsi on friday the opening game of the tournament takes place on june the fourteenth that's next thursday in moscow the stadium and that's between the host russia and saudi arabia or thirty two nations will battle it out to lift their world cup trophy made of eighteen karat gold the cup has been passed from win it a winner for years now head of the event it went on a grand tour to all across russia and even made it to the studio as well. 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 winners trophy which it looks like exactly this one but only made of for 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 will cup winners can touch this magnificent full gold price. trophy traveled from kaliningrad to vladivostok 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 will be able to you were here and follow all the latest world news in the vents here on our during the course of the thought.

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thanks. for the common sense and compassion and counsel the one doing pregnant. here with us he thanks the company tonight watching the we will have more news in the headlines in half an. hour. thank you. for a world cup twenty eight team coverage we've signed one of the greatest goalkeepers of all time but there was one more question and by the way he's going to be our coach. guys i know you are nervous he's a huge star and a huge amount of pressure you have to go i mean eighty percent of the pole with you

and you told a great great game you are the rock at the back nobody gets past you we need you to get the ball going let's go. alone. and i'm really happy to join the team for the two thousand and thirteen world cup in russia meet the special one it was also appreciate me to just take the radio beyond the team's latest edition to make up a bigger. book. join me every thursday on the alex salmond's show and i'll be speaking to us from the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then. my. all the voltage owners. jr's

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