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views any further tightening of u.s. sanctions as the precursor to economic war after washington announces. the poisoning of russian double agents. and his daughter in the u.k. . germany hits the u.s. over its punitive trade move saying tara will kill jobs on her global economic growth. also among the stories that shape the week strike on a school bus in war two. in yemen killed twenty nine children drink dozens of

washington reaffirms its strategic military partnership with the saudis. we meet a russian woman who faces imprisonment for terrorism after following her husband to syria where he joined islamic state. i told my husband that i want to go back that i couldn't live there but the moment i started talking about it we had fights he told me if you want to leave me but i will not let you take the kids away. with the top stories from the past seven days on right up to the moment developments as well this is the weekly n r t international hello and welcome this week washington and it will impose new sanctions against russia over the poisoning of former russian double agents surrogate script and his daughter back in march

moscow has strenuously denied any involvement in the incident russia's prime minister sais that further tightening of u.s. sanctions on russia will be viewed as the start of an economic war and moscow will be forced to react economically politically the u.s. measures will come into rounds the first places limits on financing an export especially on a number of national security goods the second wave in a row in three months time will have diplomatic relations as well as banking and imports and the society takes up the story. when it comes to global disagreement sanctions that the u.s. weapon of choice as russia's number two at the u.n. put it let us welcome the united sanctions of america well russia has been on the receiving end of plenty of them they stem from allegations of election meddling military aggression human rights abuses all cyber crimes take your pick and the

latest well that's of the souls we're poisoning washington says it has determined that russian used a military nerve agent to attack form a double agent sic a script paul and his daughter where are you getting the conclusion that her she's behind the screen poisoning i would leave it to others to characterize the current state of our understanding of the screen but others haven't given any evidence either just various grades of highly likely is highly likely that russia was responsible the two poles russia culpable culpable culpable culpable for the attempted murder and there's been uncertainty from specialists investigating the case. as she analysis of the p.c. w.'s report i did to find the country. of origin of the agent used in this attack and we continue to see a sort of a series of corporate baggers here of insinuation that russia is involved which basically is a mood music which is feeding the population in the west with the idea yes it is

the russians despite the evidence just a constant constant stream of these. people just accept oh yes it must be the russians therefore that's ok we have asked him point more sanctions it's time that we did get all the evidence but my suspicion is that as i'm going to happen although that seems a village still interest to washington which has found moscow guilty slapped it with new sanctions and strangely given its ninety days to prove it wasn't involved or it will ratchet up the penalties to a whole new level with even talk of branding russia a state sponsor of terrorism regardless of trump. wanting russia as a partner in his fight against terror and the toll so it doesn't seem to matter that the u.s. itself has a long history of consorting with groups branded as terrorists for instance america's support for the movement which techie label to terror groups organizing an attempted coup. sooner or later the united states will make

a choice either to. either the bloody. walkers. or how about the american officials here they are a nix tree miscreant the mujahideen a coke who bombs the headquarters of the islamic republic party there is a viable opposition to the rule of the. and that opposition is centered in this room. and let's not forget how america stood alongside the afghan wish i had seen in its battle against the soviet union only to say that group to form into al-qaeda the people we are fighting today we funded twenty years ago. does america dealing with a spot and groups amount to sponsoring terrorism while the state department has a good answer for that i would leave it to others to characterize the current state of our own standing. nisha says he will apart from sunshine in several countries

are feeling the fallout from the united states throwing its economic weight around allies like turkey and the e.u. have been slapped with a hefty two to use on export their goods across the atlantic both have seen tar of some minium raised to twenty five percent turkey's feeling at the most though with the steel not subject to a fifty percent tariff as you might expect president hardball trade policies are not going down well not least in germany where businesses are already suffering the economy minister there is warning the u.s. may have gone too far and that the trade measures will destroy jobs and economic growth right around the world he also added that it's created an uncertain not to look for the future german international relations professor we spoke to believes the u.s. is using trade strategies as a foreign policy to. it's very godless the style of the trumpet ministration and

his personal appearances and public affairs a rationale behind something he is trying to wage economic war against even against us and by doing this of. threatening them into a lawyer and loyalty just obedience and partnership dominated by the united states i think that trump understands military means to me safety do not solve problems anymore you have to do it indirectly by by economic political or financial means and this is what this country is playing out i think because this is a this is a policy we have to get answers for and i don't see it's a moment apart from the public appearances that europeans know read and so or counterstrike the two. senators in the u.s. have accused the government of contributing to another deadly saudi led coalition

strike that hit a school bus in yemen on thursday the red cross ace twenty nine children were killed thirty others injured all of them under the age of fifteen the u.s. state department called on the coalition to investigate but underline too that saudi arabia is a key regional partner we call on the saudi led coalition to conduct a thorough and transparent investigation into the incident you also supply the tremendous amount of weaponry and then the data for targeting to the saudis so that . sorry no lie wrong is that wrong sorry of these ladies every hear laughing. but on that i would refer you to the department of defense that is involved in that but you know as you know saudi arabia is an important strategic partner in the region to the united states. well video of the aftermath of the attack really does show the extent of the children's injuries please be war then what we're about to

show is upsetting for many to watch the strike hit the north of the country which is under the control of rebels so the arabiya launched an intervention against them and. the latest data say the majority of people killed in the conflict died as a result of coalition air strikes that's over a thousand fatalities the red cross told r.t. that the situation in yemen is catastrophic. we have received twenty nine identified these are children up to fourteen years old and forty forty eight injured among them thirty children but for the overall top. this needs to be referred to the ministry of health and population of yemen humanitarian situation in the country is catastrophic it's a book relation that has been brought to the brink of collapse the health system is decimate the movement of population is growing because of.

conflicts and hostilities going on so really do think that more hostilities and you know the expansion of those hostilities with will exacerbate an already dire humanitarian situation even more we see violations cross the country and it's nice to. issue or speak about civilian casualties in a matter of less than a week so for us this is painful and whenever restricted in casualties we i mean. this is just horrific. or saudi arabia say it will launch a probe into the incident and also defended its actions the targeting today is

a legitimate military action conducted in conformity with the international humanitarian law to target the militants responsible for planning and targeting civilians which resulted in killing and injuring them. throughout the week we have been bringing you a series of special reports highlighting the fate potential future is now of russians and their families who went to fight for islam expect in this episode medina cost of a travels to southern russia to talk to a woman sentenced to eight years in prison on terrorism charges after she followed her husband to syria. the clock is ticking on zagat uts current life sentenced to eight years behind bars for being part of an illegal armed group she won't actually go to jail until her youngest child turns fourteen and she's only one right now less than twelve months ago her life was old very different i was twenty nine when i left i went to turkey

first with my husband i never thought i would end up there. within seven months as i did that was living in syria and pregnant with her third child she says her husband had been drawn to islam and a better life. he told me it was safe to go there he said it wasn't how it was being shown that was snowball me he said no war but the reality turned out to be far more spin anything on t.v. they lived for two years in the city of top cow which at the times was under isolates control than they moved to rocca and she spent every day living in feet. even my girl knew she was only eighty years old but she could tell the difference what was coming and american hercules plane a fighter jet drone she could tell by the sound of it. or the hiding yes well

they either went downstairs or just simply stayed at home i took them out into the hole and we laid on the floor so that any shrapnel wouldn't hit us as i get out struggles to share her story she tries to stay emotionally distant from the past and speaks quietly rarely looking into the camera she says she wanted to return home right from the start i told my husband that i want to go back but i couldn't live at the moment i started talking about it we had fights he told me if you want to leave leave but i will not let you take the kids away. i knew he was able to do that he had that sort of character and i was afraid later on when they were living and rock her husband was killed in a drone strike leaving zagi dad all alone with three children i started looking for ways to get out but it's not that easy you can't just leave that place it all has to be done in secret there are people that can sell you out trick i only talk to those who i knew well and one day i was told that there was this road that there

was a way out. that claims she had no idea the life she was leading would leave her on the wrong side of russia's anti terror laws. i stayed at home all the time i had my children i had no time for anything else i was at home taking care of my kids. she was one of the seven women and fourteen children brought back to russia in the autumn twenty seventeen as part of a companion organized by chechen officials to repaginate the families of men who went to fight with islam it terrorists. i am very grateful to everyone who helped launch this campaign to save many women and children. but while they were lucky to escape from the war in.