and the australians the japanese you know and we appreciate this but what we're saying is that we want that much your real friendship we may be a smaller country well that that friendship also has a material benefit. not only friendship but also not that far away i mean russia or not and i have a perfect question for you on the subject because i think you have some very funny amazing metaphors i heard you say that with ten million filipinos living abroad the you guys x. print in long distance relationships i think we here in russia and a bit more said that to me tend to develop stronger ties with those who are either close to these doses we can reach to territorially through land what could possibly breach the eight more than eight thousand kilometer distance bits been moscow and manila will discovery i think the more we discovered russia and the more russian discovers the filipinos will find out that we have

a lot of things in common. we both have a strong sense of identity and are finding our place not only in society in the world but just you know wants to get along with the rest of the world have enough food that they will know we're also often misunderstood in our intentions right that this is one and one of the things me because of again the cold war mentality i mean again it's always spot caged in some western media that this is correct this is so wrong you know so we have to judge countries actions and leave their said the rector gives case per case you know you're going to everything us that is correct or you can oppose or say everything the u.s. is wrong so we need more objective but the reality is. you know media tries to give the facts but also leans. their world view so this is where social media and direct communication comes in unfortunately it's sometimes called fake news that sometimes. but it's sometimes actually

a different world view package just fake news by powerful people now i know that russian particularly is interested in marketing its nuclear power and transferring the expertise to the and to the philippines i wonder is that something that may be of interest to you particularly the nuclear energy issue from what i understand it's quite a contentious subject in your country we are interested in everything that they saw russia and we hope that we can interest russia with everything that's filipino from our warm hospitality to our beautiful islands countryside mountains from your sophisticated military hardware to your transport that vehicle is exciting motorcycles you know i ask you specifically about. this from what i knew if you actually built one nuclear power before but it never went into operation

because bill you are in of the infested with corruption we pay of course u.s. . company under the guidance of international financial institutions the us which corruption has been exposed in the last few decades so the contention it's not the use of nuclear power itself or aid or help or for usha or russian technology the issue of more of use the location of where the nuclear power plant is the controversy it's more if we should build there because there are strong feelings given the history but in so far a scope or a shown in this map that we've signed agreements we're very our scientists are very excited that our department of science and technology our department of energy is excited that the way work with your. agencies in atomic and nuclear fields ok well secretary we have to take a very short break now but he will be back in just a few moments. d.j.'s

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welcome back to worlds apart but alan peter thomas secretary of foreign affairs of the philippines secretary we mentioned the situation in. before and i think it would be fair to say that both the attack on that city and the long destructive siege that followed deepened fears among asian countries as well as across the world isis may seek to expand in other locations after suffering defeats in syria and iraq just the other day we heard the devastating attack in indonesia perpetrated by a whole family including four children who. returned from syria do you in the philippines understand how to deal of it you know how good we are first of all our hearts go out and we express our condolences to all the victims of terrorism worldwide even here in russia you are no stranger to. extremism and acts of

terrorism. it was a painful experience you know fighting. your own countrymen and fighting extremists you know it was the first time that there was fighting in a city in an urban setting it's usually outside and sunni they say that you know if they're religious undertones or society or historical differences but here it was just filipino against filipino in the name of a perverted. and i'll read you say on one occasion that there was a real danger at one point of time. forming from being a battle between terrorism and the. war the danger is there the president is in the best position because he's seen this he was going around the camps already saying watch out keep a keen eye you know it will just take it's like gasoline spread all over and it just takes

a spark and he knew at that time that syria and iraq would soon stop the lies and the diaspora and isis would be defeated and where we'll go the couple hundred or a couple of thousands of southeast asian jihadist fighters who joined where will they go how do you think these people should be dealt with because the it's not only the fighters it's also the families it's also the children again the indonesian recent internation example shows that the children could also be used as he said bombers well you know. it should be dealt a no nonsense father the firm hand but then open heart you know no one wants to scold or put in jail or stand in the corner. his son or his daughter you know but if you lose your lad these people into your back into your house and you know that they present a potential danger if they are terrorists you know then they are a trip to all nations to all people having said brothers in the govt have to

communicate that to us there's need for rehabilitation there's a need to communicate to their families that they have been rescued and not captured you know but there's so much to be done from intelligence sharing from taking out the fertile ground to for recruitment of that kind of mentality so poverty and crime and drugs put together just creates that fertile ground of breeding extremists and this kind of ideology now you mentioned already did that the united states and the philippines have just. joint military exercises to build on the lessons of the moroccan siege involving some eight thousand troops from both sides as well as a small contingent from australia and japan is that a sign that your political relations with the united states to be restraint as you sad over the criticism about the war on drugs. is it a sign that that relationship isn't proving well i don't know the term military to

military. relation you know never suffered. it is fact friends they do tend to sad that there is an exercise this would be suspended we suspended all of the exercises in the south china sea and with regards to certain aspects of the eight thousand you mentioned today it was more for disaster prevention so yes we focused on that and he's keeping it that way what i'm saying is that if people two people the relationship is still strong military to military relationship is strong and you know russia and china have never said to us and never interfered with our relationship with the united states so that they don't have such close. the million tires yes but that makes the relationship strong when you respect the bilateral relationship with your friend with the other friend you know this isn't grade school or high school where you if you fight with a friend you want all your other friends to fight with him or to you know you have to have much your relationships and that includes security and defense arrangements

now speaking about maturity and leadership present to tears his personal style his temperament his sense of humor sometimes compared to that of donald trump do you find that comparison flattering. you know they're both authentic speakers they say or do a tweet what what they want but you know in the philippines he's been compared more with president put in political determination political will a vision of what to do in the country remember the problem with the there is just not only who they are and what they do in the direction but also the circumstances at home you know it's very hard to judge a president donald trump he's a good friend to the philippines but he is in a political circumstances where there are you know challenges in all fronts so we have challenges with the u.s. congress challenges with the n.g.o.s who are using human rights as

a political weapon challenge just sometimes with the state department but we're trying to build those bridges you know but in the meantime president that there isn't really care who is he's compared to you know he just wants to do a good i understand that it's very easy for the leaders to publicly shrug that kind of that kind of criticism and i think it gets to you and when your country is being maligned over and over again it's it's not pleasant especially if you're dealing with some real life but president that they're the best and care as far as he's concerned he likes president trump they have a good connection they talk frankly but this fire suppressant this concern he very much like see he's called president putin one of my idols you know so and he says it's none of your business if i like him or not now incidentally president trump also has his own druck epidemics to tackle and correct me if i'm wrong he has not only refrained from criticizing the philippines over the conduct of the war on

drugs he actually sat and praised president to terry for the quote unquote deliverable job joe job on the drug problem does the philippines assessed chomps efforts to dress them in. an opiate crisis in the same way do even analyzed but the end of a demo the president has said that he's very supportive he has empathy he understand what the americans are going through unfortunately the e.u. the us and western media do not understand that there are different challenges when it comes to drugs. now a president is talking about opioids but in the past it was about more of cocaine and cocaine and methamphetamine to have different effects in cocaine it's a health issue with the person but that person doesn't go around raping people killing people raping two years old shooting their father met them at the means has

that effect and that's what they were trying to. do you can counter that with saying that even when you have a mentally disabled person committing a crime you do you put him through an assessment and that's what we're doing but this human rights groups wants to legalize prohibited drugs and it's making it appear there's an even the you end up with two and said there's no evidence that this kind of drugs need to violence so even with the mentally disturbed person you know identified a dangerous dangerous to himself or herself then just to family and do remedies so we are just remedying the epidemic of drugs illegal drugs in the philippines respect president trumps efforts but we also recognize said that human rights and drug issues have become so politicized you know that we're not discussing it in the level to solve it but to criticize each other and helpful. secretary i notice that

the war on drugs is pretty much the only thing that the western reporters ever ask you about and i don't want to focus not too much and that but i do want to ask you one more question on on this issue i came across a poll from last year we suggest that seven. three percent of filipinos worry about becoming victims of extrajudicial killings and that's about as high as the general public support for the crusade against crime so that leads me to conclude that people support the goal but they are a little bit apprehensive about the math do you share because it depends on the question in the poll so if you ask do you support so for example if you say do you support nuclear power and you get eighty percent and then a fall out happens somewhere and you ask the same question are you concerned that the fallout will happen of course your answer will be you know but look at the later polls nowadays you know people are seeing that we have safer streets people

are seeing that yes there are abuses but this was because of fund abuse of police force not because of precedent but there at this directive and with us now by modern day quick meant more surveillance more c.c.t.v. cameras there more assurances to the public that you know this drug is precisely against those who violate the law and those who are violent you know president there has told president trump and president has listened carefully that we don't shoot people in cold blood but what did the american media report that precedent that they did not discuss human rights so you know they're focused on the form that on the substance they did discuss human rights in a manner of a friendly nations respecting each other sovereignty what would you say to those who claim that they detect administration has been a bit blinded by this and to drive campaign and overcommitted police and army resources to counter the drug problem at the expense of other security challenges

which. could have the situation we describe discussed previously in nairobi where we care about the filipino we care about the philippines and we know that we would have would open up the day that we were a narco state if we don't do this so we don't really care that much about the people who has the luxury to provide solutions up didn't work or were given the chance to solve the problem and didn't in order to problem so any country with an existential trap is always criticise that they focus too much on that trip but precisely why you call it the next the stench of trip it's a threat to your existence so if we don't believe that if we didn't if the president didn't put that focus will wake up one day that the all of five minutes in the philippines have problems with drugs with violence and a narco state that we've already seen generals we've seen the politicians we've seen hype officials we've seen billions millions thousands of past us in drugs

we've saw a cache of cash and drugs in mirali so i think we prove our point that it is a real danger to us and if other people want to ignore it if other n.g.o.s want to politicise it that's their problem but we'll deal with the real problem secretary unfortunately we have to leave it there i really appreciate your time very the fraternity thank you and i'm courage of yours to keep this conversation going in our social media pages and i hope to see you again same place same time here when will the party.

so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy confrontation let it be an arms race off and spearing dramatic development only moves slowly i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk.

mysteries that shape the. international kind of the knowledge is a disturbing chapter in its war history and thousands of single mothers were forced to give up their babies we spoke to one of those victims i asked to hold my daughter i actually had to ask three times and then the last time that i asked i had to yell and then they really went black i started to get i started to pass out and then they took her away from me. weapons used by rebels and terrorists in syria have been traced back to nato countries including the united states. hiking and spoil all the threats of american democracy faces from russia during the upcoming

elections according at least to the u.s. intelligence community. oh welcome to the weekly on r t international and i know who you are today thanks for joining us this hour three people have been arrested on sunday head of a right wing rally and a counter protest in berkeley california. according to local police those arrested had items protests in their possession including metal pipes baseball bats and knives just earlier this week two groups of right activists and out to protest the park in response up to four hundred counter protesters gathered at eleven am and marched along streets downtown toward the site of the proposed rally some of the marchers were dressed in black the typical

uniform and two for activists last year berkeley experienced similar protests which led to violent clashes. the canadian government has acknowledged a disturbing practice stating back to the post-war period when single mothers were forced to give up their babies the children were then given to married couples in a bid to promote traditional families some women were even tricked into giving up their children we spoke to one of those victims this is they found out i was pregnant they mark my records b.f.a. baby for adoption. i was a fifteen year old girl pregnant i was pregnant. and. there was no conversation me about me about or about was the fact that i was. pregnant and that i had a baby that they could. take. a healthy blond

haired blue eyed beautiful baby. you will forget the child go home get married and have other children or if not get a puppy. that is what i was told get a puppy. it was a very abusive in there. we were isolated from our life i was isolated from my family is my community my sisters and my parents i was completely left alone. my parents were not canadian citizens they're there from europe and my parents

believed they would get deported if they didn't follow the. what the government wanted at maternity homes mothers were routinely denied their right to see older feed their babies there are still some mothers who do not know where their delivers a boy or girl being told well it's none of your business to hold my daughter i actually had to ask three times and i that first i said it quietly and then i said it a little louder and then the last time that i asked i had to yell and i had to yell bring me my baby now. and then the nurse stopped looked at the doctor for permission and i was quite surprised that the nurse would have to ask for permission for me to hold my own daughter since i am her legal guardian and my daughter in my arms and. and then the room went black i started to get i started to pass out and then they

took her away from me. i met my daughter she for she actually found me. so she phoned me. and she said. you don't know who i am and as soon as she said that i knew who she was. we talked on the phone for about six months getting to know each other getting from only with each other building some trust she needed to feel safe because our children were told that there was something wrong with us they were told and alternate story that we were drug addicts prostitutes.

three soldiers were killed in a suicide bombing and i've got to start earlier on sunday local journalists sort out a far as he has this report from the capital kabul. suicide bomber on foot across a nato convoy in north of kabul in the middle of the city of charcoal are. called colors i.e. and detonated his explosive laden vest killing a least three and need to servicemembers according to results appalled statement three have been killed and three more have been wounded one of the wounded is american and two to rest or afghan police forces local prevention spokesperson confirmed the attacked saying that there are no civilian casualties but it has been a very vulnerable area nearby bagram air base so this bees have been vulnerable

because it has diminished your number of the u.s. forces based in there so taliban have been launching attacks sometimes mortar attacks and sometimes the planned i.e.d. or improvised explosive device and they usually commit suicide attacks against these forces the soldiers killed in the attack or check nationals as army from the center for conflict and peace studies believe the last thing troops in afghanistan looks increasingly distant. well i think it it is realized why almost everyone all sides of the from. you know military solution in afghanistan is not a solution to this there has to be a political solution and taliban is still the largest and the strongest militant group in afghanistan fighting against the americans fighting against the one government and it's another internationally but if we see. if

a lot of people argue that ok if there is a species deal with the taliban will completely come to an end i think it's still unrealistic because you know we are our government here is in our assessment here in kabul is that even if taliban stop fighting completely some of its hard core elements or those taliban that are fighting for profit money well switch to groups like that. at least eighty two people are dead and hundreds more injured after a magnitude seven earthquake hit indonesia years long island a popular tourist destination thousands of people have been evacuated so many buildings have also been damaged is the second quake hit within a week the first one killed more than a dozen people local authorities warned of a possible tsunami if the warning though was later lifted the terror the tremor rather was so strong that it was spelt also on the neighboring island of bali it

caused damage there leading people to rush out of their homes parts of the ceiling collapsed at a local hospital that caused panic among people inside following the damage medical personnel evacuated be patient. i thank. weapons discovered in the form of terrorist stronghold of eastern aleppo in syria have been traced back to western manufacturers now into war correspondent robert fisk identify their origins through their serial numbers he then tried to find out how exactly they ended up in the hands of the mr militants more now from caleb moore. this is a weapons factory located in bosnia most likely you have never heard of it but it's here that the weapons were manufactured for one of the bloodiest battles in syria lots of homes were destroyed and lots of civilians were killed in western aleppo by those questionable rebels now most of those rebels are tied to the al qaeda linked al nusra a terrorist group but let's focus on those weapons that they used robert fisk an

investigative reporter was able to trace those weapons back to that very factory in bosnia he was able to get a hold of the factories logbook and getting in touch with the former weapons control director the director recognized his signature in the logbook and from there was able to determine who the buyer was it's a warranty for the hundred twenty millimeter. this is standard it went to saudi arabia it was posed to the supply of fun of homes of moods as i remember the the ship whoa the saudis came to a factory to inspect the weapons at the beginning of twenty sixteen the response from saudi officials was pretty much a denial they said that the investigation was vegan undefined however their response seemed pretty vague as well so do you rabia is a leading voice within the international community in support of a diplomatic solution to the.