islamic state claims responsibility for a string of devastating terror attacks in southern syria also ahead in the program . some fear it's possible for groups of militants. in neighboring. pain as a government security adviser admits. to prevent. the number of feisal kidnappings since. the special forces do not have enough resources to hunt them. is they're hiding out. it's revealed.

to take part in an. event during the visit of the country's leader. is this. the french president goes on a trumpet like against the media over its. security. day in mexico city ten pm in islamabad in the evening here in moscow welcome to our to international i mean and we begin with some breaking news from syria medics in this western city of psuedo told r.t. that the number killed in a series of terror attacks by islamic state. has now risen to almost one hundred

and fifty people r t r of a correspondent reports now live from the scene of the first explosion. at the security has been strengthened in some way to province after a series of terror attacks that currently were on the square near the market where in the morning as you said bomber blew himself up in a crowd of people there are still soul around people who are shopping we can still see the puddles of blood and the body parts not far from here there's a square and a residential area where two of the suicide bombers trying to blow themselves up at some of iceland carried out a massive offensive in the northeastern part of this way to prominence that they managed to take control of several villages in the syrian army that managed to free the territories who support from the locals but not before i still had killed and taken several people hostage as well as two houses in the area. yeah what else we know about this is that the two suicide bombers at the marketplace were shot dead

by security forces while the third was arrested before they could detonate their explosive devices the string of attacks president assad's forces against isel that's unswayed a province near the frontier with the israeli occupied golan heights as well damascus based correspondent mohammed. brings us more in that. if we look at the reasons behind such an attack at this time it's because the syrian army is launching an offensive against direst and particularly in the southern part of syria particularly inside the country side of this where the also and your move valley northwest of said that are there the army has been carrying out military operations against dice and recently there have been advances significant advances for the syrian government forces over their force backed by russian air force all of these that are province is now secured except for about less than six percent which is are now under the control of the action the army is aiming to secure there

are also some areas some small towns and villages that the army is working on securing whether militarily or via reconciliation deals i mean a lot of eyes will appears to be on the rebound in neighboring iraq with its fighters launching a guerrilla campaign of kidnapping and killing seven months after the iraqi prime minister declared victory over the group a security adviser to the government told us that the number of terror attacks in the country doubled from may to june and none has it on in june the ice to militant steps some activity according to government data there were eighty three cases with the doctors and killed civilians that's twice the number in me and i still have been devastated by the military crackdown or we have requested comment from the iraqi ministry of internal affairs who will bring you their response when we get it rusty of the looks now the changing nature of the terror threat in iraq

and the tactics being employed by a resurgent deisel. it took very neatly the entire world united to defeat isis caliphate didn't syria and iraq they did it they destroyed the caliphate albeit at a huge cost and proclaim victory some did more proclaiming than others coalition to defeat isis has liberated very close to one hundred percent of the terror but done a great job with those as we have just absolutely decimated isis is absolutely obliterated isis in iraq a case of celebrating a little early isis was never beaten and they lost the battles but the war's far from over they've gone back to basics hidden run raids assassinations insurgency terror but. there is still some fear it's possible for groups of

militants to go into houses and slaughter entire families if you were there you probably know want to stay if i were to go back who would protect me or my family they would just come over and slaughter us and forces in the camp to protect their lives in iraq isis has gone on the ground this area of iraq has colloquially become known as the triangle of death because of this new insurgency. they operate in small groups half a dozen jarvis the most making it incredibly difficult to track them down. because remember there are still a few i saw sleeper cells hidden in places such as the desert the forests on the islands of the river and among civilians few sleeper cells doesn't do it justice kidnappings killings have sawed as much as ten fold in just a few months and iraqi government advisor told us they target officials plan. bombs

set up think roadblocks and murder will then vanish sometimes with prisoners. the families children of these soldiers that were kidnapped by isis begged the government for help to find whoever kidnapped them to secure their release anything they got nothing. i mean those are the men who protected the prime minister the minister of health and many other things source this is their reward for this service been dumped here on the floor. some of the hostages were found dead and their bodies mutilated likely tortured before death and their corpses rigged with explosives and the government's afraid afraid of people finding out how bad it's becoming. iraqi state media is staying silent about the

kidnapping so as not to spread panic can hinder the government's rescue the number of ice or kidnappings the surge since may be another special forces do not have enough resources to hundred militants down is there hiding out in remote mountainous areas i still have managed to find sources of funding in the so-called triangle of death they terrorize the locals hundreds of villages in that area have been depopulated but now the terrorists use them as military bases jails and commando units iraq is that a crossroads it learned to level the cities to defeat isis caliph it but that doesn't work anymore isis is an idea of zealotry fanaticism it's also an outlet for desperation for violence for blood thirst and ideas of the hardest of all to kill. and money will mccrone. france's media over its handling of the scandal involving the president's

top security aide that's after the french leader said he was taking responsibility for his bodyguard attacking a protester charlotte dubinsky picks up the story. well in the last week french media has been in a complete frenzy over this scandal which emerged involving top security aide alexander. well but now has since been sacked and on tuesday we heard for the first time what president much more made of he said to a group of his deputies of lot of public amash that the buck stops with him that he and only he was to blame but then he turned around and then laid the blame at the

press in the way that they covered this story essentially saying that the press and commentators were acting like the judiciary and were not looking to seek out the truth we have media that no longer seeks the truth the images are they showing with the designs on cover the truth to present facts in a balanced manner. i see media power as he want to become judicial ones well we know the president might call on the president from the united states have been pretty chummy for a long time but it seems now that president michel might be taking a leaf out of gold from books in the way that he deals with the mainstream media we know that donald trump has been at war with the mainstream media since before he was even elected so you know that is fake news i don't take questions from i'm against the people that make up stories the level of dishonesty is out of control very think the fake news those who want to talk about a buzz feed which is a failing pile of garbage writing it i think they're going to suffer the

consequences i'm not going to give you a question you are fake well some may think it's not the best idea for a present to follow in the footsteps of. president trump and we also know that president micron's approval ratings have dropped since this scandal emerged now the russian media has long been familiar with criticism and being under fire from president but it now seems that that fire and that criticism is extending out to all media outlets in france. well on elizabeth new who is a columnist for britain's sunday telegraph believes mccrum is trying to shift the blame despite taking responsibility for the scandal she reverts to the usual us a huge politicians when they are caught on something too late and he accuses the media that existed before trying. to hold this from france we've seen this before it's not especially trump's specialty so we can expect

something to do this government but this certainly is the first time that this government has taken a wrong foot to. the media spin situation up till now they did very well the media love them and they just let this. for a week and that's completely uncharacteristic of. ok two big story of the day the president of the european commission meets donald trump later in washington but it's not expected to be an easy meeting with john claud you're ready to stand firm on brussels trade barriers it is believed they came into place after america slapped tariffs on steel. coming from the bloc prompting the e.u. to respond with like for like measures and right before the meeting some insight on the current state of global trade negotiations. terrorists are the greatest either

a country which is the united states unfairly on trade negotiates a fair deal or gets hit with terrorists it's as simple as that and everybody's talking remember we're the piggy bank that's being rocked or will be great well the trade standoff hasn't exactly helped create a convivial up less fear trump went as far as calling b. you commission chief a brutal killer while describing europe as an economic or. had some harsh words of his own as well trump told me last week john claude you are a brutal killer but it is the first time that luxembourg has become a threat to the united states of america he meant that i think as a complement even though i cannot be sure. so now we will also impose import tariffs this is basically a stupid process the fact that we have to do this but we have to do it we will now impose tariffs on motorcycles harley davidsons on blue jeans levis on bourbon we can also do stupid we also have to be this stupid totally unacceptable that it

can't we shouldn't push you the letter of measures when it comes to. create. a mystery and there is seeking inspiration before his meeting he could lead to some of the european leaders who have already met with the u.s. president. cuban but the speakers will come just relying on the superpower of the united states what is natural for many decades the united states of america sees it as a regular column for the whole world. is no longer the truth in the future. of. the t.v. you really want to see if they could work something out there we do work it out that will be positive and if we don't it will be for the world so if we don't know

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thank. you. all right let's go live now to c.m.c. markets a list david martin for his insights on what is unfolding today david you're very welcome what's your predictions how does this meeting going to go down because i can tell when you get into a room together what is going to happen in terms of the trade war could it worsen because both sides are talking tough. both sides are talking tough and i think mr yoker is going to be on the charm offensive today i think mr you know trying to hopefully. prevent this mr trump to actually go down the road of imposing a substantial tariff. coming from the e.u. which it really of if it had entered one of the major negative impact on the german

economy in particular given that germany is the powerhouse of the eurozone powerhouse of the european union but the problem is for mr younker is that. rules mr yoker was to actually look to cut the tariffs on u.s. goods being imported into the us and have to do the same for all the countries around the world that also has agreements in place with so in a way mr trump is inviting me over to have a conversation about an issue he knows we can't really get instant results from so i suspect mr young is going to play the charm cared for and i should say that the tough talker if you look at some of what's been spoken about trump plumbing huge part of some foreign cars twenty five percent by some accounts he's in for a tough meeting younker if he's going to get anything out of this what does he want what could he actually get here. well

ideally mr mr wouldn't give much away and hopefully talk with a child from actually going down that route a one hand it is quite positive for the e.u. that mr younger is going to the white house. looks good for president trump is on his home turf kind of from his own point of view it looks like the. thing to him which is also going to do is to his ego but also at the same time could actually give him in a position of strength so it may not actually look to actually want to give too much away essentially like i said the european union is falling by double t. all rules and he cuts and it changes to two terrorist. states it must give to all the countries well it's also worth pointing out the chief. trade chief has also been talking about should the united states impose tariffs on the e.u. in terms of vehicles they've already lined up twenty billion dollars worth of terrorists for u.s. products. is the day where president trump was off and i just i just want to ask

you about it as a father as a fund to farmers i just want you but the big picture here what we have in the program is running out of time but trump says that he wants all tara bar years and substance to drop he said that repeatedly but the u.s. imposes tariffs and thousands of imported goods and services how can this professor commitment to the free market be reconned with that do you think. i think mr trump wants all of this to act first and the united states to iraq second i think this is tough talk from trump he's done what china has done what canada is now doing a bit with the e.u. i think the president wants all of us to come to the united states first of all lower their barriers cut their tariffs and then we could see a reaction from mr trump but like i said. stace any concessions states mostly passed on to other countries too. doesn't the whole debate between protectionism free trade ultimately come down to domestic industries putting

pressure on their government to implement trade policies beneficial to them and whatever trump state he's going to really have to jenna flecked a little bit to car manufacturers whatever they want to set or in the u.s. a lot of it's coming internally it is indeed but i also think this president shows mentality of put america first make america great again history has shown us that protectionist policies often have a negative impact on the country in imposing the tariffs so even though it might be standing up for some u.s. car manufacturers might be standing up for u.s. steel producers alamy and producers alternately if you're not in those sectors yourself and united states you're probably going to lose out so even though it could be it could benefit only a small percentage of workers in the states it's most likely one of the overall negative impact bullsh president wants to be seen to be standing up for america and taking a tough line with others hopefully it will come to a full on trade war because hopefully all the parties such as the and china will

have jet effect at first yeah be interesting if younger has made europe great heart on for that meeting we will wait and see c.m.c. markets analyst david martin thank you very much now a u.k. casting agency had offered money to extras to take part in the fake antique guitar protests the made the meeting between the guitar amir and the british prime minister on tuesday we get into the quite unusual story after this.

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in a fake guitar protest the event was scheduled to coincide with the meeting between the guitar the amir on the british prime minister on choose day to get more on the story let's hear from. well protests against the visiting heads of states are nothing new in the u.k. of course just look at the recent trip by donald trump for example fake protests paid demonstrators and mysterious p.r. firms there are something very different and that's what's really attracted some attention and indignation here in the u.k. over the last couple of days how did it begin kathy agency x. people sent an e-mail to their members offering them a job simply left turn up to downing street take part in a fake protest don't say or do anything just fill up space as the e-mail said twenty pounds and you'll be done by twelve thirty that was the e-mail sent out between three and five hundred people were needed to make this protest against the visit of qatari emir to membrane how much wealth on the outside downing street as

the media attention began to grow and social media speculation was rife because the agency took back this job offer saying it had been a mistake and reconsidered and it would not be involved in such an event they said who was behind this was a client called neptune p r which had requested five hundred people to turn up and act as protesters now enter next june p.r. at least somebody pertaining to be them they tweeted saying that they had denied making any such request to exorcise people or ever having in contact them now this is very odd given that the twitter profile of this alleged p.r. company neptune p.r. was very new as was the company itself the tweet as you can see there was rife with grammatical errors and indeed the website of this p.r. company was suspiciously empty extras then public replied they showed allegedly a screenshot of an email conversation with this p.r. firm that simply are. which gave them the billing address for these services

stating that the rest of the conversation was with their lawyers now this really gave more questions than answers of course this all comes against the backdrop of tension between qatar and its gulf state neighbors egypt saudi arabia the. paul rein they've imposed a land air and sea blockade on the gulf states citing funding for terrorism coming from qatar qatar accuses its neighbors of bullying tactics and sparking tension now speculation will no doubt grow that this has something to do with that visit and with the diplomatic tensions are low given how little information is available about this mysterious p.r. firm and just how this whole event turned around something quite unusual course for the u.k. will no doubt keep people guessing as more information comes to light. we're catching up with the members business crew in moment stay with us.

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here in view of the u.s. capitol in washington d.c. this is a second installment of our infrastructure deficit special if a structure isn't just a nice thing to have isn't only about having less bumps on a ride or about convenience it's much more including national security we asked the former director of the national transportation safety board jamie finch about that and more. in the search for four is a national security issue. goes about going all the way back to president eisenhower having him be the germans autobahn he brought the concept to the united states as a as a system to build across america so you can actually travel from the us from the east coast us to the west coast the u.s. in a sort of about time versus the several months that it took him when he was a private when he first made it into the army.

the world has become more connected with people and places that ever before and we can now reach just about any city on the planet in a single day and none of it. it would be possible without airplanes and airports in fact the national air traffic controllers association says there are over eighty seven thousand flights in the united states every single day at the same time u.s. airports are decomposing before our eyes for aerial view on the current state of airport infrastructure we headed over to our correspondent nicholas or donna. most people coming into the u.s. the first thing they see is one of these and they're polson although america considers itself to be the leader of the developed world the truth is that it's always what passengers from the middle east asia or europe would expect president

trump didn't hesitate in saying that america's airports a third world facilities when i look at airports in china when i look at airports and abu dhabi and qatar and the different places like a third world country you land in new york and la guardia airport at kennedy airport it's like a third world airport system and its latest report the american society of civil engineers graded the country's aviation infrastructure with a very unimpressive score of you know the united states has had. in an aging and. in aging infrastructure for about a generation so we sort of look back and the united states really built out our infrastructure in the fifty's and sixty's and early seventy's and then in some respects we've taken some time off from from from doing a lot of building and we've been somewhat maintaining our infrastructure but probably not as well as we can. says that progress airports in

a traffic control systems.