behind the notorious trump russia dossier will face a grilling under oath as it's caught up in a defamation lawsuit brought by russian entrepreneur. i could or confirms that we could exchange julian assange she will need to eventually leave the country's embassy in london. and russian president vladimir putin says that he is ready to go to washington to meet donald trump and also invites the u.s. leader to visit moscow. good evening and thanks for joining us this is r.t. in tonight first this hour the firm behind the infamous russia dossier will have to

face questions it's been long trying to avoid after a judge in the u.s. ordered fusion in g.p.s. to give sworn testimony in a lawsuit brought by a russian tech guru alexei goober of his father defamation suit against the dossiers author along with the media company that released that buzz feed the document claimed that the entrepreneurs firms used viruses and malware to infiltrate the systems of the democratic national committee it also claims have worked for the russian intelligence services he vehemently denies all. ok let's go to washington now and to get an update from our correspondent there samir a cancer america to see what does this ruling mean. well fusion g.p.'s will now have to answer questions regarding its role in compiling the steel dossier be very dossier that made headlines a world wide for its unverified salacious allegations about donald trump before his

inauguration now lawyers will be able to ask a fusion g.p.s. representatives about its clients how they verify their claims and why they hired christopher steele and they'll also have the opportunity to find out the nature of the firm's interactions with government officials and media outlets now the russian entrepreneur is a lawyer who filed these claims against bosnian still called it a victory ruling give us everything that we had hoped for after a year of trying everything they could think of to avoid being deposed fusion is finally going to have to sit down and answer our questions. fusion g.p.s. hasn't revealed any information regarding the dossier claiming that it would violate confidentiality clauses and free speech rights but for some background the firm was hired in april twenty sixth by the clinton campaign and the d.n.c. to investigate trump's allegedly to russia for a fever about one point eight million dollars then fusion hired

a former m i six operative christopher steele and then buzz feed to publish the dossier even though it wasn't verified now fusion g.p.s. will have until august thirty first to sit in for the definition but it's possible that the revelations that will come out of that will be scandalous in the dossier itself many thanks to various american numbering is right up today the line from washington. moving on it seems the wiki leaks chief julian assange may have stayed his welcome at the ecuadorian embassy in london after the country's president said he will need to leave the building eventually songes been hold of the since twenty twelve to avoid arrest and potential extradition. but this situation cannot go on forever and sanjay will eventually have to go all right. yes indeed yes but his departure should come about through dialogue this isn't the first time we've heard speculation of

a sergeant six year tenure at the ecuadorian embassy coming to an end it is the first time such hints of come from such a high official the president of ecuador himself. of course has been a asylum seeker effectively at the embassy since twenty twelve he fled there six years one month ago afraid that he would be extradited to the united states where he's wanted of course for publicly leaking those military and diplomatic cables which celebs war crimes and human rights violations now of course all this comes in the light of those reports about negotiations between the ecuadorian government and the british government to come to some sort of conclusion to bring this matter to an end the u.k. government has denied that this issue specifically was discussed during president rose recent visit to the u.k. but they have confirmed that negotiations have generally taken place and are continuing to take place to resolve the matter lamoriello himself it has to be said

it's not a big fan of assad she's criticized him describing him as a stone in the shoe as a hacker labeled as an inherited problem inherited because of course he was granted asylum under the presidency of air now though from with this administration it has been far from smooth sailing for the whistleblower for a person to stay confined like that for so long is tantamount to human rights violation the only concern i have is that i have never agreed with the sundries activity i don't agree with hacking private e-mails to be able to obtain information no matter how valuable it is to expose certain undesirable acts of governments all people of course six years of confinement have taken their. toll on a song to have been concerns about his welfare just last month in fact foreign office minister alan duncan expressed those concerns to parliament stating assurances would be sought about his welfare should he leave the embassy saw an

internet access was recently cut off and the visits available to him by third parties have also been limited leaving very much questions both from the public and the media about just how and when this six year saga will finally come to an end. the government. loyalties traditions take what they feel. are inside one of the

diplomatic missions decided to give them up to the side. for. our. viewers each and was planted on the ground will descend into civil war incumbent is empowered to grand national. because of great regret. in the joy to see it's about this. the embassy gave himself up to british just.

five intelligence officer says that this development in the a song this case is a bad sign for the wiki leaks boss. i think it's certainly worrying for a silent yes there's no doubt about it because the incoming president in ecuador seems to see him as a problem he's also under pressure from the americans and from the international monetary fund to raise funding chris' country and apparently it's been speculated reporters that been threats that this might be withheld if they don't if he does not resolve this case but i think he's right to be worried about being extradited on with the united states where his organization wiki leaks has already been categorized by michael compare as a hostile intelligence agency where politicians been calling for his assassination for the death penalty for the rest of his life in prison and all for publishing just as any other media organization publishes so i think the concern is what the british will do and of course the british government isn't also a very difficult position with brick says they can't afford to annoy their american

cousins too much at this juncture of british history so it's a bit of a mess every which way. putin says that he's ready to travel to washington to meet with donald trump speaking at the brics economic forum that is it is the on off reports from the event in south africa. putin's media conference became something of a final note of this three day break summit here in johannesburg now the russian leader talking to the press focused a lot on what was achieved in such a short period of time here in south africa you talked about the deals or the agreements that were signed here but when it came to questions from journalists world somewhat inevitably the subject of his relationship with donald trump the u.s. leader came up there is of course in the context of their meeting in helsinki the question was basically whether or not i'm a putin was ready for more of such meetings with his american counterpart and will

answer was yes. we're ready for such meetings we are ready to invite president wrote to russia he already has such a name. taishan i told him about it and i'm ready to go to washington if the proper environment for work is established in general we'll have meetings on the sidelines of other upcoming forums. donald trump is quite a controversial figure of course but the russian president gave him some credit for putting his money where his words are according to the russian president donald trump he's at least trying to follow through on the promises he had made before he was elected back in twenty sixteen speaking about the bric summit as a whole its main focus was on trade wars and ironically enough donald trump was the subject of that is well because after all it is washington that is so trigger happy on imposing new tariffs on the e.u. and pretty much all least according to you i've spoken to a number of south african ministers here in johannesburg has spoken to

a number of experts in the euro they've all said that world brics nations economies were in a way to a certain extent damaged by the tariffs imposed by washington but as always every cloud has a silver lining and so in this case it's at the brics nations here in johannesburg stressing how the should stick together how these should bond with each other more and work closely so basically these sanctions are bringing the brakes member states closer to each other and also are encouraging other non member states to dealing more with the breaks nations instead of well seeking trade partners elsewhere so no doom and gloom here in johannesburg in these three days none of that scene and with the whole summit wrapping up on a rather upbeat note flooded putin added his voice to that. meanwhile the white house has said donald trump is open to the idea of visiting moscow president putin's invitation. on to other news now on the un human rights

chief as is the west african nation of cameroon to investigate alleged abuses by the country's armed forces and this comes after video emerged of what appears to be the extra judicial execution of two women and two infants a number of rights groups have confirmed the military was responsible for the atrocity and i must warn you you may well find this video coming out now which was obtained by the intercept distressing. remark russian august. drum beat. it is subtle fear monger. now these shocking images show soldiers from cameroon executing women and children now a uniformed demand is narrating their actions he says that the women and children

are part of the boko haram terrorist group after the first round of bullets one of the men wearing military fatigues acknowledges that one of the children is still alive so he shoots again first the government claimed that the video was fake news but now it's been reported that four soldiers have been detained keep in mind that cameroon is a key ally of the united states in the war on terror cameroon is advice to partner in the fights against boko haram isis which suffered another violence extremist organizations in the lake chad basin region a relationship with cameroon is designed to promote stability and security within the region now cameroon host hundreds of u.s. troops and the us drone base and at this point the usa continues to supply cameron with military planes and other assistance even though it's been pointed out by the ambassador to the country that the military has been involved in targeted killings there is going to start the government there is to do every excuse in

the future to keep taking anything. except. for you to their families you can use it for. now the u.s. state department has expressed concerns over the video that seems to show one of its key allies committing a savage act of brutality we call on the government of cameroon to investigate thoroughly and transparently the events depicted in the video make its findings public and if cameroonian military personnel were involved in this is city hold them accountable this is hardly the first time that cameroon has raised the concerns of human rights groups and the amnesty international report documented over one hundred cases of murder torture and abuse we used witness testimony and photographs from the social media accounts of. to digitally moto the site and locate incidents within it the arms and legs if they stay taney abound in a stress position known as the position. detainees report being held in this way

for days at a time and first there were reports that the u.s. state department had temporarily suspended aid to the country but the pentagon was quick to dispel those rumors there has been no change the assistance the department of defense provides to cameroon as a direct result of violence in the angle from regions of cameroon the united states constantly tells us that its foreign policies are about defending freedom it accuses geo political rivals of violating human rights but it looks like hammer on past friend of the pentagon has anything but a clean record here with mop and r.t. washington d.c. . researcher at honesty international claims that human rights violations by the country's army are systemic and go unpunished it is indeed one of the most shocking and despicable ever watched in my own entire career we spent a lot of time at amnesty to analyze didio we have collected on testimony seven from

our sources underground we have compounded these testimonies with the analysis of our experts including military experts in terms of weapons for example you can hardly be mistaken. the video depicts uniformed personnel from the army weapon such as the star and twenty one which is a serbian made weapon consistent with those used by the coming army surprised and shocked by the fact that the minister of communication s dismissed the d.d.s. fake even before launching an investigation on the case and recorded systematic torture extrajudicial executions. arbitrary arrests cases of enforced disappearance and all these cases that's never been dealt with.

the office of the country's prime minister to confirm whether the government is launching an investigation so far we've had no response. an increasing number of high profile people are landing themselves in hot water over their old tweets but in the us it seems your political affiliations will think take just how much trouble you'll be in with more is probably a boy or. it's become a sport watch someone climb to the top and then knock them off the perch using their own less than savory quotes like t.v. . who lost her long time job a.b.c. following a very racist tweet it also happened to katie mchugh a journalist who used to write for the breitbart website after her anti muslim tweets came to light the same fate be felled the sisters stars of the go with no job instagram account they used to have a talk show but it was canceled because they were old. and islamophobia tweets

resurfaced on top of that left leaning liberal media outlet found out that the sisters have a conservative news pundit for a mother who likes donald trump a lot in fact one thing all those disgraced stars have in common is that they're politically conservative although recently the liberal camp has been hit by a string of very similar scandals james gotten big hollywood film director made guardians of the galaxy turns out ten years ago he was making jokes about rape and paedophilia his bosses at disney had to sack him the creator of reckon morty and host of the harmon town podcast dan harmon he had to apologize after an old sketch where he rapes a baby doll caught the attention of the twitter sphere the host of the daily show travel no recently faced criticism when his old sketch poking fun at aboriginal women in australia cropped up online who dug all this up the conservatives to find

some politically incorrect skeletons in the liberals closets might you know of it all right keen to get revenge on the left was the one who found the james gun tweets he's loving the fact that the lefties are getting a taste of their own outraged medicine. i enjoyed just the wrong human visceral reaction of jumping into the arena and just swinging the hammer and seeing what is left over afterwards twitter is just modern day gladiatorial combat but there is a slight difference in how the conservatives online misdemeanors and the left wing liberals offensive jokes are playing out trevor noah and dan harmon have managed to hold on to their jobs james gunn did get fired but a lot of the so-called liberal elite standing up for him james gunn is one of the most loving caring good natured people i have ever met he's made mistakes we

all have i'm not ok with what's happening to him james gunn i think you for your trial and your decency and your evolution as a man i'm pausing myself to take everything in the forest because of term i just want everyone to know i love all members of my geo t.g. family some have even started a petition to rehire him the twitter sphere wasn't quite as forgiving when it came to roseanne barr's hateful language shame on you the real roseanne and a.b.c. network not a single apology can get me to respect your despicable racist character and racism in mainstream media now i'm hurt embarrassed and disappointed the racist and distasteful comments from rosie are inexcusable a.b.c. and disney do the right thing there is still bone trees in the age of trump that cannot be crossed thank you for putting values above money roseanne herself has

picked up on it i'm disgusted to read all the support for james guns paedophile jokes as the same people supported blackly sue me for a joke they didn't even understand digging up dirt is one thing but it looks like it's more likely to stick if you're on the right side of the political spectrum. french president ammonia micron has expressed concern at a comprehensive trade agreement between europe and washington micron said that the u.s. had to first make some concessions if it wants to enter negotiations with the e.u. do a lot of europe and france never want to trade war but a good trade discussion can only be conducted on a balanced reciprocal basis and in the case of any sort of threat in this regard we have a number of questions and concerns that we will clarify i'm not in favor of us entering into a vast trade agreement because the current context does not allow for that on wednesday donald trump and the european commission's president struck

a surprise deal on trade issues under the new agreement the two sides will seek to cut or eliminate it import taxes trade barriers and most subsidies in addition the e.u. will expand imports of u.s. liquefied natural gas and certain food items made the trouble ministration and flood hefty tariffs on steel and you many in products coming from european countries the e.u. responded with three billion dollars worth of tariffs on u.s. goods. when president trump appeared pleased with a new agreement even tweeting a picture of himself and get in a friendly embrace adding that the u.s. and european union quote love each other however professor of international history alan scared believes that we could see yet another trump flip flop. well the present you see it's all just negotiation trumps modus vivendi seems to be that he stirs up trouble he makes rage statements it gets people to come to the negotiating

table and then it might be that he'll suddenly hit the european union again and slap on the tariffs anyways and i think the same sort of pattern will be repeated here he's got his headlines is supposedly got a deal you suppose that they defeated the european union and you know in the end american products will go in great strength and to europe but what exactly will happen we don't really know. the issue or what to do with british citizens see went to five a jihadist groups in the middle east is once again in focus in the u.k. that's after the appointment of a new director of public prosecutions max hill he was once slammed by an m.p. as being a politically correct snowflake hill first hit that lines when he was working as an independent reviewer of u.k. terrorism laws and argued that some should be scrapped he was flat slammed for meeting with the organization the cage group which some accuse of defending islam

but hill's own stance on the hardest that itself has been branded scandalously feeble by some of the u.k.'s made is one of his more controversial statements really we should be looking towards reintegration and moving away from a notion that we're going to lose a generation due to this travel those who travelled out of the sands of neve u.t. possibly with some brainwashing on the way possibly in their meat teams we have to leave space for those individuals to be diverted away from the criminal courts. but we put this issue up for debate. hospitalist approach through a balance of using the judicial system for people who have committed a crime by joining prescribed organization and a rehabilitation program and i think mike who recognizes that and his review of the terrorism strategy is bringing holistic piece together our counter radicalization and i counter terrorist trust in u.k. has been absolutely a joke we have had the government listen hasn't it is working extremely well.

but it is that he was not really well so he was finished i'll finish doing my bit so we have a situation we've got british kids in syria being radicalized now we don't know who's committed what crimes now i do we bring them back home all we are going to take them out with. strikes which are about twenty percent accurate or drone strikes which ten years of use in afghanistan or pakistan show about their seven percent accurate indeed no drones are two percent accurate about ten twenty percent accurate you're lucky you're you're going to. get analysis from doing alternative facts. i just want to listen to a sound bite of boris johnson of course we legally justify those drone strike assess nations as preventative to stop future acts of terror in syria but that's because the mosques the reality that killing them is also richard beauty of payback for the film the executions of innocent people is that the right motive for what

was the foreign secretary talking about basically an official government stance a vengeance is not appropriate what we are doing if we follow mr barr is john's the strategies that we are really franchising our justice system to the usa because the usa has a death penalty but the reality is that we are using our sovereignty and telling the world that britain is not competent enough to really. sort of put through criminals through the criminal justice system. british citizens we need to deal with our rubbish we've got to bring them home if they are capable of being the radicalized and we can deal with them like they do in some of the nordic countries or some the scandinavian countries and we integrate them into british society great how do you go in and arrest these people bring them back in a most little police corps to be put. through a judicial system so they're in a conflict zone they're a threat to this country so the legitimate military targets we do not recorded we

do not count civilian casualties we do not count collateral damage if there is believed to be very responsibility the response no no no no no no no no no on the first series in parliament it was absolutely clear the m.p.'s came forward said we have no record we have no evidence and the reason is we do not count them i just want to sort of move on to a little bit different as you know in the last few days over four hundred white helmets activist in syria has been taken out under escort by israel to jordan and there is some expectation that they would be given british nationality or their european nationalities these white helmets were working hand in hand with ice and terrorists in syria at the end of the day on the one hand we are saying that terrorists should be taken out by drones then and other sort of firepower but on and at the same time we let go of over four hundred white head miss terrorist

who are operating in syria to come back to the u.k. not only. to sort of do it to be radicalized but to be given nationality and to roam freely as some humanitarian workers. and finally the billions of people around the world will be staring into the night sky this evening to witness the rare phenomenon that is a blood moon this year's lunar eclipse is considered to be the longest in a century and here are some fantastic images filmed in. the blood moon has long fascinated coaches across the globe many myths in the number of the sea the blood moon to be bad oh men well men enter the world the other way but if they are wrong we'll be back at the top of the hour with the day's headlines.

is democratic socialism the future of the democratic party the future of america is moving to the left a winning strategy to take on donald trump's vision of conservative populism one thing is undeniable mainstream politics in both parties for under pressure to evolve and become more accountable. greetings salutation. before stoneman douglas before the march for our lives before newtown vagas sandy hook or even columbine there was port are for the events of april twenty eighth one thousand nine hundred ninety six in the historic town of port arthur test mania for ever changed the course of history here in australia both politically and culturally because it was on the day at the tourist attraction in historical site that thirty five souls lost their lives to

a gunman's madness and while the tragedy itself shook the world it was also australia's response to the violence that brought not only many nods of approval but a few raised eyebrows and concern you see the port arthur massacre was the catalyst for the australian government to enact massive and sweeping changes to their laws regarding the ownership buying and selling of firearms forever changing the culture of guns here in the land down under since that tragic day many around the world now point to australia as a shining example of how our society and government should respond to gun violence and mass shootings with the united states currently under an epidemic of mass shootings and gun related violence and split between two internal political ideologies war over a solution maybe it's time for the united states to start looking outward for help so today hawk watchers we take you on a journey to sydney australia to talk with their act.