was. was. the u.s. president postpones a second summit with president putin while the u.s. secretary of state is grilled over donald trump's dealings with the russian leader . donald trump and john called young coast reich a deal to avert a trade war between the u.s. and the new. and islamic state claims responsibility for a wave of terror in southern syria which has reportedly claimed the lives of at least two hundred fifteen people. thank you for watching the news headlines here at r.t. international broadcasting live from moscow i'm kate. the u.s.

secretary of state mike pompei o has been grilled by senators over president trump's recent summit with bloody made pollution here are some of the highlights. has the president told you what he and president putin discuss in their two hour closed door meeting in helsinki did you did he tell you did the president at this meeting call upon president putin to withdraw from crimea and eastern ukraine where did the president say we're going to change our force structure in syria good what took place you speak to the translator do you seen any of her notes that the president discussed relaxed relaxing u.s. sanctions on russia and i understand senator i understand the game that you're playing now you know mr secretary thank you with all due respect i don't appreciate you characterizing my questions my pompei of face some tough questioning in the senate foreign relations committee he was essentially forced into revealing a secret deal made between trump and putin just last week in the house thinking but

in general comes haile held his ground occasionally snapping back once or twice to assure everyone that trump did not show any weakness but let's check out what else happened are purchased by the same to steadily raise the cost of aggression with aggression until vladimir putin chooses a less confrontational foreign policy otherwise the administration will continue imposing tough actions against russia in response to its malign activities and i personally make clear to the russians that will be severe consequences for interference in our democratic processes and how secure we start to explore whether russia was interesting in reproving our relationship but made clear that the ball is in russia's court pompei also reiterated that trump does agree with the intelligence community that russia did hack a b. twenty sixteen election but his sentiments last week were a bit different i have president putin he just said it's not russian i will say this i don't see any reason why it would be there was no collusion at all it was a clean campaign i beat hillary clinton easily and frankly the summit led to total

hysteria in the u.s. the media called trump a traitor a crime one stooge putin's puppet and some even accused her. treason let's take a look at what other politicians had to say about trump instead of standing up for our democracy and democratic principles president chump cowered in the presence of putin it was a ho sale betrayal of the values and interests of this country president sided with the enemy with the perpetrator of the election interference a treacherous act is able to confront russia after hell thinking trump invited putin to d.c. for another summit however another wave of hysteria ensued but just an hour before pompei a schedule testimony john bolton trumps national security advisor announced that the summit would be postponed and this comes after the highly publicized moeller investigation into alleged russian meddling and it's also worth mentioning that

it's been postponed until after midterm elections which apparently will definitely be influenced by russia and believe it or not trump joined in i'm very concerned that russia will be fighting very hard to have an impact on the upcoming election based on the fact the new president has been tough from russia to me they will be pushing very hard for the democrats they definitely don't want trump but is trump being genuine well it looks like he's just trying to calm the domestic storm but we'll just have to see what happens when human and labor rights lawyer colleague things trump postponed a second son that was put into depression from the senate well i mean to me it's clear that the pressure has worked i mean all of this these claims about treason and being traitorous worked to pressure him to back off normalizing relations with russia. i believe this is being done in the interest of continuing the us on a permanent war footing and wasting trillions of dollars on wars and military equipment

that we don't need in the rush is an excuse for that meanwhile i do want to point out though while pundits and politicians have criticized for the meeting he actually got a bit of a bump in the polls after meeting with pope. a serious of islamic state attacks in southwest syria have killed at least two hundred fifteen people r.t. arabic the reports. are that 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 a suicide bomber blew himself up in a crowd of people there are stalls all around people were 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 are the suicide bombers trying to blow themselves up at a small train is iceland carried out a massive offensive in the northeastern part of this way to prominence that they

managed to take control of several villages but the syrian army that managed to free the territories with support from the locals but not before i saw had killed and taken several people hostage as well as two houses in the area. where the two suicide bombers that the marketplace was shot dead by security forces a third was arrested before they could detonate their explosive devices the string of attacks comes as president assad's forces advance against eisel that seems way to providence and near the front here where the israeli controlled golan heights damascus based correspondent mohammed ali has more. if we look at the reasons behind such an attack at this time it's because the syrian army is launching an offensive against him particularly in the southern part of syria particularly inside the country side of this where there are also in a valley northwest of fed that are there the army has been carrying out military operations against us and recently there have been advances significant advances

for the syrian government forces over there of course backed by russian air force all of the 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 also some areas some small towns and villages that the army is working on securing whether militarily or via reconciliation deals. syria analyst believes despite the surge and i selected between the group is almost defeated this is probably one of the last last chapters that we are going to see of die this is not new to the tactic isn't new we think this happened to alleviate pressure on the last in cliff in southern syria which is the. base in the southwest of daraa southwest of syria so the point of the matter is alleviate pressure on the on the forces of die in the base it's a different tactic now it's more of a they're trying to be clever and so on but again we're probably seeing the last

chapters of this particular group. when we were in iraq islamic state is waging a guerrilla campaign of kidnapping and killing this comes seven months after the iraqi prime minister declared victory over the extremist group government security advisor. says the number of terror attacks in iraq doubled from may to june. and. in junior high school militants steps up their activity according to government data there were eighty three cases where the doctors and killed civilians that's twice the number in me when i saw had been devastated by the government military crackdown. we asked the iraqi interior ministry for comment and are waiting to hear back from them artes what i guess the of now looks at the changing nature of the terror threat in iraq it took very nearly the entire world united to defeat isis caliphate didn't syria and iraq they did it they

destroyed the caliph it 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 do a great job with those as we have just absolutely decimated eyes is just absolutely obliterated isis in iraq a case of celebrating a little early isis was never beaten 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 are there you are probably not want to stay if i were to go back who will protect me and my family they would just come over and slaughter us and forces then they come to protect their lives in iraq isis is gone underground this area of iraq is

colloquially become known as the triangle of death because of this new insurgency. they operate in small groups half a dozen jihad 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 in iraq a 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 and those are the men who protected the prime minister the minister of health and many other theaters this is their reward for this service been dumped here on the floor. some of the hostages one thousand 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 of 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 the 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 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 the wall to kill. him on your micro has lashed out at france's media over its handling of the scandal involving his top security aide the french president said he was taking responsibility for his bodyguard who attacked a protest artie's 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 banal has since been sacked and on tuesday we heard for the first time what president much more made of he said two groups of his deputies of law the public amash. 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

a desire to uncover the truth to present facts in a balanced manner. i see media powers 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 don't 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 she enters 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 president not going to follow in the footsteps on. of a present trump and we also know that president michael'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 mon but it now seems that that boy and that criticism is extending out to all media outlets in france. who journalist and elizabeth knew tracings mccraw is trying to shift the blame despite taking responsibility for the scandal reverts to the usual attitude of politicians when they are caught on something too late and he accuses the media that existed before trump. holders did that in france you hard did that in france we've seen this before it's not especially our trump special specialty so we can expect something of a lead to this government but this certainly is the first time that this government has taken a wrong footed in the media spin situation up till now they did very well the media love them and they just let this elapse for

a week and that's completely uncharacteristic of. the e.u. the us have agreed to work together to cut tariffs and aboard a trade war that was announced after a meeting between european commission chief claude young and donald trump in washington this was a very big day for free and fair trade we have identified a number of areas on which to work together. work to watch. on the industrial goods that was my main intention one of the agreements the two sides will seek to cut or eliminate import taxes trade barriers and most subsidies in addition the e.u. will expand its imports of u.s. liquefied natural gas and certain food items in may the trump administration slaps tariffs on steel and aluminum coming from european countries and the e.u. responded with counter measures. well the meeting trump gave

a blunt assessment of america's trade with its allies terrorists the greatest either a country which is treat 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 robbed or will be great. well max kaiser host of r.t. show the kaiser report says trump's tough approach to trade negotiations appears to be pain. to try and just roll over john clarke younger and get a concession and almost immediately the answer is yes well john clarke younker is is a surrender monkey it came to d.c. and he surrendered the white flag was waved and he gets nothing and is going to get used to this because this is going to happen every few months he's going to have to surrender more and more and more the u.s. is in the house america's back with john clarke younger obviously at the e.u.

is used to being kind of a very slow moving all of bureaucrat with no accountability whatsoever he's not elected he will say anything but generally that means nothing. if the deal is not the ink on the contract has to drive for us to say that there is a deal. former cricket star imran khan is on course to become pakistan's new prime minister according to a partial vote count from wednesday's general election cannes p.t.i. party has a clear lead with one hundred ten seats out of two hundred seventy two in parliament according to a partial vote count the rival p m l n sixty six cells as rigged the party is led by former prime minister now a sheriff who serving a prison sentence for corruption he claims the military interfered in the election to get cohen into office who before the vote imran khan spoke to r.t. about the challenges his country is facing. it

is probably the biggest crisis financial crisis never was there such a fiscal deficit no was there such a huge trade deficit and never were the institutions in such a bad state as there in pakistan the way forward is immediate reformation of our state institutions of our regulators for financial regulators of the corruption ward watchdog. we need peace stability we need good relations and we certainly do need good relationship with the us u.s. is a superpower cannot be ignored unfortunately our relationship has been very one sided in the past the relationship has been whether you were us as used by august and as a hired gun so we are paid to do their work you know to to fight their war the

u.s. has looked upon pakistan as an ally at once point and then as an enemy at the same time so it's the only time in history i can recall where an ally keeps bombing its ally i mean the drawings were bombing killing pakistani pakistani people. local journalists and political analysts jabot rana says khan's campaign promises have been winning people's hearts. have been appealing for the hook. they have been asking for work early this radical parties have been asking for a route but. agenda after many of us. sounded radical. least drastic because they were to bring fundamental children's impact a sound system particularly the amount of glitter dust corruption and i think that was the reason the petition asked a man can was accepted well the highest bidder pakistan and he was first disqualified and literally he could return the money manning charges so let's see

what is going to happen but it appears the trend is obviously the flapping that the banner cast doubt is going to ruin his manifesto probably as god may have on the people. religion day was marred by a suicide bombing in southeast pakistan which killed thirty one people as happened near polling station in the city of quetta despite a heavy police presence in some places claimed responsibility kava drano says the terrorist group will do anything to derail the democratic process in pakistan. well it was adopted on a blue screen while the basic object the reason they are targeting is could be wrong to deal with the democratic process in pakistan which is nissen to nature. i don't believe in the democracy where the girl is the only food so i think that is the part of the reason they decided to disrupt the cooling system to try to create a sense of fear among those that wish you good guy members of the administration.

prosecutors in the case of maria who's accused of being a russian agent in the us say they have a trove of evidence against her and that into about one of the half million documents most of them were collected from her laptop and mobile phones the judge on the case has threatened a gagging order to prevent the evidence being leaked to the media or any third party bush and his attorney says it's taking prosecutors too long to hand over the evidence even expressed intention to apply for dismissal of charges for the case to be thrown out entirely. variables there is charged with conspiracy to defraud the u.s. and for working covertly as a foreign agent something she strongly denies the hype over the alleged russian spy was fueled on twitter when one journalist found out apparently that she visited trump in the oval office and it was highly likely she's been plenty of other places as well.

criminal defense lawyer douglas mcnabb says it's unlikely that maria bush now will be granted bail. by the state's federal magistrate judge judge which is a judge that hears and mischel. detention hearings has made the determination that she is miss bikini is a flight risk the government has a very low burden to show that she's a flight risk that is preponderance of the evidence which is by a civil standard so it's not very high now that the defense and rightly so was going to appeal that decision and asked the district court judge that is the trial judge to review that decision and perhaps the trial judge can can fashion some conditions that were laced but i doubt that that's going to happen i expect

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became camera. roughly once they showed some leave for the. future own two videos and some of them with the broken eastern you're. going down more on string i don't really don't t.v. . time after time here we're going underground as leaders from the world's emerging economies gather in south africa for the annual bric summit as people in britain continue to contend with the effects of the twenty eight crisis coming on the show

tomorrow sees the historic signing of a peace deal between sudan and south sudan even though tereza me thinks omar al bashir should be at the i.c.c. over darfur we speak to the shias were able sudan opposition leader and former prime minister of sudan. and is the u.k. really using people's children the spine of former undercover police officer about the morality of theresa may putting the lives of young people at risk from the headlines the enemy is at the gates in gaza while britain opens its gates to the white helmets told us more coming up in today's going underground but first while new liberal media screaming their hatred for donald trump and his foreign policy initiatives what about what happened twenty years ago next month good afternoon. today i ordered our armed forces to strike at terrorist related facilities in afghanistan and sudan because of the imminent threat they presented to our national security yes destroying

a vital sudanese medicine factory that tens of thousands may have depended on for life saving drugs was all about national security not the tail wagging the dog over a sex scandal former u.k. colonies are done today though is not being bombed by a clinton one of the most resource rich countries in the world is looking forward to joining the brics nations which meet today in south africa to chart a possible post i.m.f. world bank imperialist world sudan has long had good relations with the brics russia let alone the c. china president xi jinping calls president bashir an old friend and is again invited him to beijing. china says that he will keep a friendly post. no matter what international or domestic situation changes in this policy why be changed meanwhile britain once president bashir in an international court the i.c.c. not even recognized by the united states who secretary of state has just expressed support for bilateral relations with sudan on my compares vision is definitely not

the way some in hollywood see it the governor of sudan led by omar al bashir. the defense minister who saying the same three men who orchestrated the atrocities in daraa four have turned their bombs on the people these are not military targets . men women and children yes actor george clooney there making allegations that are denied by the sudanese government for bashir thought he is on the record for blaming nato nations for a policy of sanction divide and rule so his government can never fully exploit his nation's potential and what i'm going to get from leaks from sudan i'm a little bit you know you. were actually going to him admit it. you do. get that. you know.