the g. seven summit sees a major rift open between the u.s. and the rest of the pack with donald trump retracting his support for the joint statement the meeting ends up in disarray amid growing tensions with washington. rules based on. the other side's main architects 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. and in the stories that shaped the week the pentagon admits the civilian death toll in syria may never be known after being accused of possible war crimes there. was a world cup fan festival gets underway in moscow with four days left until football's biggest event kicks off right here in russia.

are broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is our team international john thomas certainly glad to have you with us 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's pilot bar air base on monday will meet the north korean leader kim jong il and on june twelfth the meeting will be the first ever face to face contact between a sitting u.s. president and a leader of north korea mr kim is also in singapore gearing up for the highly anticipated summit you arrived a few hours earlier on an air china plane. and the place where kim jong un is staying has been kept a closely guarded secret but reporters spotted guards in suits escorting a north korean flag to mercedes limousine arriving at the st regis hotel kim and his. have since been seen entering and leaving the hotel for

a meeting with the singapore prime minister lee. arrived in singapore after leaving the g. seven summit in canada early the two day meeting was marked 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. over. here we all agree. can happen. but the problem. 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 the route of the taking. in both. well shortly after leaving the meeting trump through twitter abandoned his endorsement of the summit's joint communique he accused the canadian prime minister of making false statements over u.s. tariffs creating another sticking point between the states justin trudeau describing the reasoning behind the tears 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 maybe the american president doesn't mind being isolated today but we also don't mind being six if need be the rules based and to. be just so it's labor market 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 stewing to save them to the group who challenges of the world and instead of that we would be divided between not just seven 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 and 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 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. blain 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. trip between you will be leaders and so us president is bed and. no ideas because also that serves as subjects we are talking about that these lesions would be better off if we have. not only covered with us we have

a target on almost every subject and sings the lift between the buses and washington so you'll be in union and united states who become bigger and bigger. this week marked a year since the official launch of the operation to liberate the syrian city of raka from islamic state terrorists they had made it the capital of their self-proclaimed caliphate and to coincide with the anniversary and misty international released a new report on the situation in the devastated city it cuse 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 rocco will never be no. 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 its precision and campaigns allowed it to bomb islamic states house of rocca while causing very few civilian casualties do not stand up to scrutiny based on information from amnesty international's 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 disproportionate 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 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 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 limited and we should just administered from the battlefield and the coalition military were not perfect guys we can make a mistake. and in this kind of warfare what happened but 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 the midst of an effect 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 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 so 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 strengthen and we've investigated as well. if you're not a year in a coalition already 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 feel that themselves from scrutiny with. monthly casualty reports we've been largely focusing on the fate of rock of 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 us pros of war we asked a number of humanitarian organizations to comment on this the international committee for the red cross said it repeatedly expressed concern for the safety of raka 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 up braces civilians couldn't 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 insists that 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. the f.b.i. has seized the e-mails and phone records of a new york times reporter as it moves to plug ongoing leaks of classified information the issue has come to a head under the trumpet ministration but as artie's mickey aaron explains 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 this hit there's always so much fun in this white house is so leaky there 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. freedom of the press are

also where the bar is very. well trumps 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 watkins 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 has 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 boards of the washington herald calling a source close to the president exactly sure how many. actually i want to go over i'm sorry mr president but i will not do that. 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. a

dangerous precedent we fear it could be an opening so. 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 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 fast 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. legendary coach and

r.t. co-host jose marino predicts the world cup results exclusively for us that just after a short break stay with us. what holds us to do something. put themselves on the line. to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to express interest. want to be. considered to be close this is what makes all three of the more people. interested always in the logs in the. first six.

i welcome back this is r t international now there just three days to go before the fifa world cup kicks off in the russian and the fan festival is now going in full swing in moscow are his elect has been down among the crowds. but there 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 contrast that's the place to go for every

fan who doesn't have a ticket to imagine that's where the games will be broadcasted on the 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 isikoff the top scorer of the national team must adjust to you actually walk 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 but the most coveted prize in world football so after that opening ceremony i managed to catch up with must say desiree as our viewers well know peter schmeichel the great dane is working with r.t. as part of our team and must say 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 this city what do you expect

of it do you think is going to be the hottest 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 and collectively a better side show let's see let's see you know it should bow anything can happen but i do believe that in from tyson 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 and. 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 the famous cup you just saw on the stage at the fan festival the coveted trophy is made of eighteen karat gold and the cup has been passed from

winner to winner for years now head of the event it went on a grand tour all across russia and even made a stop right here at the artistry. the winning team will lift this exact trophy above their heads and this is the one that they keep only for a short while i call the ultimate possession they get a cold the so-called win a trophy which it looks like exactly this one but only made up for a 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 fold the price. trophy traveled from coming 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. our world cup coverage will be delivered by some of the game's biggest names including manchester united manager jose mourinho who has already made his first predictions . said mr moreno 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 ian but i also want my place to go on holiday so this is going to be tough but i would say you know what i was once and when they go. they have experience they have players they have the right thing to do 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 be out for testing for russia to finish second in the group well. bane 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 they're the best in spain see a scene from this will draw a line to finish first. the fight to finish second. before the surprise

come on australia that's finished 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 will be brazil in the name of teach to go on holiday so switzerland who finished second i'm so in the month it was in italy. and then in the group germany has to win. i think mexico to finish seconds. go. and that's in the belgian who finished second. for the lead group. for the instance and they go through in the group. so. much expertise from you don't miss it.

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