the. g. seven summit sees a major rift open between the u.s. and the rest of the pack retracting his support for the joint statement the meeting is in disarray amid a growing tensions with washington. the rules based international law that. be challenged by its main market go 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. the stories that shape the week the pentagon admits the civilian death toll in syria may never be known after being accused of possible war crimes that. the world cup found festival gets underway in moscow with four days to go until football's biggest event kicks off in russia.

this is our theater. u.s. president touched down in singapore for the historic summit between the u.s. and north korea. arrived at singapore's a pile of bass on monday from will meet the north korean leader kim jong il on june twelfth the meeting will be the first ever face to face contact between a sitting u.s. president and the leader of north korea mr kim is also in singapore gearing up for the highly anticipated summit to ride a few hours earlier on an china plane the place where kim jong un is staying has been kept a closely guarded secret but reporters did spot gods in suits joking around a motorcade arriving at the same. thing and yes kim and his entourage.

and leaving the hotel for a meeting with singapore prime minister lee. arrived in singapore after leaving the g. seven summit in canada early today meeting that was mauled by a 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 g seven i would say that the g eight is a more meaningful group than the g seven. here we all agreed to. happen until. the problem is. the dish is absolutely clear that. behave here. 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 of their taking on the activity. in both. shortly after leaving the meeting trump via twitter of course abandoned his endorsement of the summits joint communiqué it is the canadian prime minister making false statements over u.s. tariffs creating another sticking point between the states just describe the reasoning behind the frankly insulting response went on to describe as dishonest and weak some of the has been riddled with divisions from the very beginning. maybe

the american president doesn't mind being isolated today but we also don't mind being six if need be the rules based international law the. be just. go on to the us the g. seven 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 ring the g. seven to talk to the group who challenges of the world and instead of that we would be divided between not just certain it would be a g six plus 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 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 us it is clear that especially with the exit of the us 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 us 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 nation's broken away from those conditions blame the other countries now that's what you want to hear right before a g. seven summit do you personally lucian trip between your being leaders and so u.s. president is bear that. no ideas because also the jobs of the subjects we are talking about that these three agents would be better off if we have. not only covered was turned those we have traveled on

almost every subject and sings the first between the buses and washington so you will be new orleans united states who become bigger and bigger. this week marks a year since the official launch of the operation to liberate the syrian city of rakoff from islamic state terrorists they'd made it the 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 and accuse the us led coalition of relentless air and artillery strikes and even said it may have committed war crimes according to the coalition itself the real number of civilians killed in the battle for iraq 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 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 u.s. led coalition mission to free rocka 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 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 known military in the world's history that is paid more attention to the limit. and we should go to the minister on the battlefield and the coalition military were 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 that 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 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 their residence and they could not get out all this happened because of the aircraft they 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 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 really 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 sealed it 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 croes of war. we asked several humanitarian organizations

to comment on this the international committee for the red cross said it repeatedly expressed concern for the safety of raco civilians during the city's liberation the u.n. agency for children said it had no information on the matter at least experts just rely on this 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 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 protocol of the u.s.

which is not to count the enemy and to and to try to keep it secret really. f.b.i. is seize the e-mails and phone records of a new york times reporter as it moves to plug ongoing leaks of classified information the issues come to a head of the top administration because of these mccarran explains now it dates 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 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 i strongly prefer the press. or the press are also where the bar 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 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 walk ins 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 the decks of congressman gary gray area ethically legally which i'm ok with the boards of the washington herald calling 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 give. give and take. 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. data sets a dangerous precedent we fear it could be an opening salvo in an ongoing battle

over reporters ability to protect this sources 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 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. manager and co-host predicts the results exclusively for us after the break.

i think that donald trump is really confident about his capacities ability to persuade people and the power of personality and all this kind of things and i'm sure that i'm going will try to play this card will try to give donald trump something. so he can show to everyone look i'm the first i'm the one of the deal i'm the first one can make a deal with this guy every other american president before me failed i succeeded. in july twenty seventh. a freelance journalist working with a. militant showing in syria. his sacrifice quality has established a memorial they will recognize more reporters who often risk. the truth

comes through the news you can submit to your published works in a video written form until june the twelfth. just three days to go now until the fifa world cup kicks off in russia first of all that's in full swing at moscow. he was down among the crowds for us. it was very quiet here seven and a half years ago when i stood on the very same sport and reported that russia got the right to host a twenty eighteen world cup no one believed it back then but it's absolutely believe it will now as you can see the fantastic that's the place to go for every fan who doesn't have a ticket to a match that's where the games will be broadcasted on a huge screen above the stage you can see over there and from that stage the

official fan past was kickstarted by the world cup when the legendary frenchman lost a deceiver alongside him was an exotic is across the top score of a national team must decide you actually walked on the stage like a boss carrying the world cup trophy in his hands and if you forgot the world cup trophy can only be handled by those who have never won the cup at the most coveted prize in world football so after that opening ceremony i managed to catch up with musée d'orsay as our viewers well know peter schmeichel the great dane is working with r.t. as part of our team and must say i must say france will be playing denmark in moscow so i asked him about that since we work in which michael who represents downmarket you are representing france. the match is happening in the city what do you expect of it do you think is going to be the hardest game for france in the group stage in truly truly is olden time been difficult you know to play the games and have done mock you know they have tough play is a very decent clean and talented but i still think that from time individually or

collectively a better side show let's see let's see you know it's good bo anything can happen but i do believe that you from passing weenies because they have not been at their level just a couple of days ago for president jonny to continue said that russia was one hundred percent ready for the world cup and obviously fan fest is part of that beer music football what else would a fan want especially if you are she doesn't have a match ticket every eleven host city will have a found zone a fan passed on like that. we will be certainly all over that r.t. team covering the world cup over the next month. thirty two nations will battle it out to lift that famous cup you saw on stage that the coveted trophy is made of eighteen karat gold cup impress from win it a winner for years the event even went on a grand tour right across russia millions got to see it and even made a stop of the on.

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 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 for a world cup trophy and only heads of state and people will cup winners can touch this magnificent fold the price. trophy traveled from coming to blood of a strong literally

a massive geography we estimated that around forty million people live in the nearest proximity to the cities where the traffic visited. luckovich will be delivered by some of the game's biggest names including manchester united manager josie marino who's 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 is very difficult i don't want to be emotional what i have to be i will go to contradictions because i want my players to wean but i also want my place to go on holiday so this is going to be tough but i would say bedser to lie

his way into the wind or 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 this is going to be a reality for testing for russia to finish second in the group well. to win the group b. . and i will show relate to that i am totally portuguese because i want to finish second in the group maybe down the home team russia is going to play against their domestic spain see a scene from this will draw a little finish first. the fight to finish second. before the surprise come on australia let's finish cycles and in group b. a single fellow will finish first. this one is going to be hard to play well for an african team. so will be brazil in the name of change to go on holiday

so switzerland who finished second i'm so in the money will need to hold. and in the group in germany who in. mexico finish seconds. go. the belgian will finish second. for the group the church runs for the balance and the goal to win the group. would fall on so. much expertise from you don't miss it. and if you want to test your football knowledge against the might of merino head online to facebook or twitter and follow the hash tag match. and whether you can follow all the latest world news and events here on our take.

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and welcome to worlds apart days before they plan summit it's been done all tromped and came to an incentive for doubts still persist over whether the meeting will take place at all let alone that 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 a lot of her at the school of international relations the university of southern california mr melody 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. plies to dolo trump 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 in this case it was just the situation from the president to me concern

going right away or it's it was part of a broader strategy of the administration but certainly this is a breakthrough in the relations between the united states and north korea so it's certainly unconventional in diplomatic practices but it can be a very important opportunity for both contras and for the whole region that you mentioned a possibility that this could be part of a broader strategy on the part of the trumpet ministration and from what we understand there have been some preliminary torts but hardly over technical nature of the negotiators most likely simply didn't have time to get into the needed greedy of technical specifications of the north korean nuclear program does it even matter is it even necessary in this particular case whatever the result of the singapore summit even it's likely to be mostly political rather than technical well i think through the negotiations have been taking place are more.