when i look. at. this our lives the u.s. president's national security adviser. meeting will be postponed until after the. secretary of state was grilled in the senate over the two leaders recent meeting in helsinki has the president told you what he and president putin discussed in their two hour closed door meeting took place you speak to the translator do you seen any of her know how should we be doing as you put it everything we can to push back on likely election interference by russia. tries to weather a political storm fresh concerns of a possible russian interfere into the upcoming midterm elections are raised by both

democrats and republicans however sure that moscow will try to help the party. despite the e.u. saying it would not negotiate with a gun to its head over u.s. tariffs european commission chief. trump agreed to work together towards eliminating trade taxes. breaks of emerging economies in south africa with american trade wars very high on the agenda. afternoon here in moscow this is international. u.s. national security advisor john bolton has confirmed that a second meeting between donald trump and his russian count up. i mean putin will

only take place quote to the russia which is of talk to us secretary of state mike pompei it was grilled in the senate over the recent meeting in helsinki between the two leaders aussie's it's american reports has the president told you what he and president putin discuss in their two hour closed door meeting and did you did he tell you should we be doing as you put it everything we can to push back on likely election interference by russia 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 knows that the president discussed relaxed relaxing u.s. sanctions on russia and i understand senator i understand the game that you're playing now i know you know mr secretary 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 helsinki but in general calm peo held his ground occasionally snapping back once or twice to assure everyone that trump did not show any weakness or approach has been 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 made clear to the russians that will be severe consequences for interference in our democratic processes and helsinki we sought 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 of the twenty six thousand 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 the song that 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 him of treason instead of standing up for our democracy and democratic principles president trump 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 and with the perpetrator of the election interference treacherous act is unable to confront russia after helsinki trump invited putin to d.c. for another summit however another wave of hysteria ensued but just an hour before pompei a scheduled testimony john bolen trumps national security advisor announced that the summit would be postponed john bolen explained the decision citing the current political climate as the main reason saying that the meeting should take place after the quote russia witch hunt is over so this decision appears to be

a move to calm down his domestic critics it's clear that the pressure has worked i mean all 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 u.s. on a permanent war footing and wasting trillions of dollars on wars and military equipment that we don't need to and russia is an excuse for that meanwhile tries to weather the political storm at home his presidency will face a test later this year in the guise of mitt elections but these are widely seen as a vote of confidence in the sitting president and his party but as aunties killam often explains whether it's republicans or democrats u.s. politicians seem to know in advance who's to blame if indeed the results. on the.

with so much division on capitol hill the democrats and republicans have finally found something that they can agree on both parties now agree that the russians are coming more specifically they're coming to interfere in the twenty eight teen mid-term elections this is president trump i'm very concerned that russia will be fighting very hard to have an impact in the upcoming election based on the fact the new president has been tougher on russia than me they will be pushing very hard for the democrats they definitely don't want trump and this is his old arch nemesis there are some tax experts in silicon valley valley with whom i have met who say that you know maybe what they'll do this next time is to really disrupt the actual election shut down the servers that you send results to interfere with the operation of voting machines because still too many of them are linked to the internet so there we are still very vulnerable russia's meddling in the midterm

elections may just be a hypothesis at this point but the trumpet ministration from the department of homeland security to the secretary of state are ready to fight the two thousand and eighteen mid-term elections remain a potential target for russian cyber and influence operations i think we should be absolutely prepared to assume that they will try to interfere in all fifty states we will not tolerate russian interference in our two thousand and eighteen elections we are planning and preparing as if they'll try again this fall and beyond now it hasn't happened yet but the retaliate tory sanctions to be imposed on russia are all set up by congress we're going to pursue russia's energy and financial sectors it's overgaard it's parastatal and it is my go along with senator graham to make sure that we're protecting the united states defending the united states folks in washington d.c. are manning their battle stations all prepared to face an on coming on slot but what are they. worried about well it could be the twenty sixteen presidential

election let's not forget that james clapper the former director of national intelligence said that in the twenty sixteen supposed intervention none of the vote tallies were in any way affected they did not change any vote tallies or anything of that sort we had no way of gauging. the impact the sort of the intelligence committee can't gauge the impact it had on the choices the electorate made furthermore it's not exactly clear who russia is supposedly going to be supporting now the democrats say that russia is going to be supporting donald trump but tom says that the pending kremlin subversion will be in support of the democrats why would he say that well because it makes just as what sense is what the democrats say. everybody wants to blame another country for the problem you know the reason why thirty million americans don't have health care has nothing to do with russia that has everything to do with the enemies of america which by the

way are in america acts on the military industrial complex these are the enemies of america are tired government is bought it's legal bribery and they steal and cheat right out in the open americans gobbling this up it's amazing you know we used to be afraid of russia because they had a communist ideology they're just kind of pressing that button on americans because we've been conditioned to be afraid of russia and they're communism even though they're not communist anymore so all the cleared up after the election whichever side loses can blame russia for it and after all it worked in the twenty sixteen presidential election for hillary clinton there's no reason that donald trump can't use it to his advantage than archie washington d.c. despite trump accusing moscow of possible meddling in the midterms many in u.s. politics believe that he's somehow linked to the kremlin so we asked mark muscovites what they've. thought of what they would ask of trump if indeed he was

a russian agent. if you were. pushing their. skin. on them and. used. most of the music was just. so you get the feeling. emotion when he. says you know you kind of don't agree but he slide music. you just. need your voice. is my. the e.u. and the us have agreed to work together towards cutting import tariffs in a bid to prevent a trade war between the two allies although tire of so currently still in place

tweeted a picture of young kissing him on the cheek saying that the countries love each other and the e.u. had previously said it would not negotiate with a gun to its head though it does seem to have softened it stance. we have identified a number of areas in which to work together. to work towards zero terrorists on industrial goods was my main intention. trump told me last week claude you are a brutal killer but it is the first time that luxembourg has become a threat to the united states of america remember i think as a compliment even though i cannot be sure. it's 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 you can also do stupid we also have to be this stupid under the new agreement the two sides will seek to cut or eliminate import taxes trade barriers and most subsidies in addition

the e.u. would expand its imports of u.s. liquefied natural gas and certain food items in may the trouble ministration slapped hefty tariffs on steel and island many in the coming from european countries the e.u. responded with three billion dollars worth of tariffs on u.s. goods so max keiser the host of course of oxys the kaiser report says europe has bowed to u.s. pressure. to try and just roll over john claude younker and get concessions almost immediately the answer is yes well john clause younker is as a surrender monkey it came to d.c. and he surrendered the white flag was waved and he gets nothing and it's got eight he has to get used to this because this is going to happen every few months there's going to have to surrender more and more and more the u.s. is in the house america is back john claude younger obviously at the e.u.

is used to being kind of a very slow moving lafarge a bureaucrat what no accountability whatsoever he's not elected he will say anything but generally that means nothing. the deal there. contract has to dry for us to say that there is a deal. meanwhile the u.s. trade wars are on the agenda of this year's tenth anniversary brics summit of the russian president vladimir putin has arrived at the annual gathering of the world's top emerging economies comprising of brazil russia india china and of course south africa. is at the summit in johannesburg right now we can cross live to him you go to day two of the summit how is it going. to. but well it is very present here in the chatter among the all of what's going on here in johannesburg and now it's today's day two it's the main day

so to speak because yesterday was a business day and all the world leaders part of brakes were present today all of them are here in fact right now they're talking to each other for the first time this year as part of the block and indeed a lot of experts that i'm talking to here they are saying that well this year's summit could be something very new compared to what we have seen previous years and to discuss this now joined by a researcher for south africa and let me get this right for south african institute of international affairs law and. thank you so much for talking to me now could you please tell me why are you here why do you think it is important to be at this summit i think i just want to see the developments from the summit of the previous ones you speak about you know the concerns to multilateralism and the concerns about measures and i think i think it's important to kind of see what will emerge out of this summit as we've heard some of the deliberation of every head of state

have spoken so strongly about protecting a. rules based global order where the united states is emerging as a texan just country and just to see how this will play out in international fora speaking about the role of the united states. trump has been very trigger happy when it comes to well you know initialising trade was with the you with china you call member of the brics what impact all those was having on the on this book i think i will take this perhaps and look at it from a south african perspective and just say that as a smaller market we stand to actually be the most hurt in these trade wars and it's actually quite put an end that we consider what what will the brics the come we have had moments where the united states was the protection of multilateralism and now it's actually the genes that have emerged protecting a rules based international order so effectively brics could now be sort of filling in the gaps left by the you know new tariffs imposed absolutely so we would urge as

as research as we look at how they cooperate and. and there has been a bit of a figment of co-operation between the brics countries and the w.t. and this is an opportune moment for the pics countries to actually come together put their heads together and the strategic about how they will actually corporates in the w.t.r. would you expect smaller economies maybe and other economies not part of brics kind of looking towards more cooperating with the countries part of absolutely because all smaller countries stand to be heard by unilateral as in a protectionist measures so i do expect that of course nations with just not the countries but in expansion the smaller economies ok thank you so much thank you so know well. it's quite ironically maybe you like about a decade ago when brics crew were created in the form we kind of know with now skeptics who couldn't really pinpoint the purpose of the block they saw the united states of this is the literal jack of all trades well now with the tariffs and all the trade was washington could prove truly to be

a master of none really as you've just again as you've just heard experts are saying that well a lot of countries and economies may be looking towards brics ironically in terms of trade oh i don't know day two of the brics live there enjoy a book south africa and often there's guest earlier on them. from the south african international affairs thank you. are still to come here on the program on international peace not too happy that members of the self-proclaimed rescue group the white helmets are apparently getting asylum in germany a story unfold in just a moment.

everywhere in the world my guess is that probably just about everywhere women expect to make that first move and here we are in an age where. they make the first move don't know how to make the first move don't know what's right to make the first. germany's decision to take in members of the controversial syrian group the white

helmets. among lawmakers who say should be offering asylum to others instead. i have decided that germany will take in eight members of the white helmets aid group and their families and grant them protection the continuing military offensive on the territorial gain the syrian regime is making in southern syria presents an acute danger for the group. the federal government must offer asylum to the journalist and founder of the we can leaks whistle blowing platform julian a songe instead of accepting members of the controversial white helmets group from syria it is completely contradictory the dean terry minister on the one hand wants to find is amiss tara but on the other wants to bring in these members of islamist terrorist militias to germany the white helmets is a self proclaimed a rescue group that's been operating in syria for the last six years and it has received the millions in funding from america and from nato allies at the group spot concern after being filmed here for example removing a body from

a jihad execution and another video where they can be seen literally waving al qaida fly now there have been numerous allegations of the white helmets working directly with al nusra terrorists and off staging rescue operations but as we just heard some german m.p.'s would rather off for asylum to julian assads the wiki leaks founder songe of course took refuge in the ecuadorian embassy in london after a swedish court issued an arrest warrant for him over a rape accusations by the whistleblowers lawyers says the allegations are politically motivated the u.n. has described his confinement at the embassy as quote arbitrary detention now as for the white helmets whether or not to grant them asylum in germany it certainly has divided opinion they have no act from the left party things it's all the white helmets of being different priority. julian assange faces to being prosecuted in great britain or maybe even in the united states and the german government doesn't

say anything about it and the tyrion issues in that case that it wants to take in the refugees from syria i'm not against taking in the refugees from syria that's why they're syrians and why not others because there are many syrians bart and from leaving turkey and not look to come to europe and they are not allowed to but those white house moves who played a dubious role in the civil war and they are allowed into into germany now and that's and it's very strange they only operate in rebel held territories and they're only unfueled moderate rebels left and many of those territories are dominated by islamist groups and the the white house votes are not impartial in that conflict they are clearly a part of the faction not of a moderate faction in the syrian civil war and you know that not a purely humanitarian organization meanwhile assad is future remains unclear i could or is now reportedly considering withdrawing its asylum protection comping

fears assigned to be extradited to america where he faces prosecution over the leaking of classified documents just from about here on the program let's recall some of those leaks. in the. in the. in the in. the. are at the end of the earth with us. oh. ily.

ily ily does the n.s.a. collect any data on the millions of americans those who are still with the leaks walks like a hostile intelligence service and talks like a hostile takeover of service. cricket star imran khan is on course to become pakistan's new prime minister that's according to initial data from wednesday's general election and. today's victory comes after twenty two years of struggle for him and today people

have granted him. the most. imran khan has promised to turn pakistan into a model islamic welfare state is also valid to tackle corruption in the country and create millions of jobs meanwhile the final election results have been delayed by several hours official site technical issues though some kind of it's are alleging vote rigging a claim rejected by the electoral commission will keep you updated on the outcome here on r.t. international. a computer games that show up in lynn has been branded

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