this isn't the way. the russian embassy in the u.s. it's a summary of butanol who was jailed on charges of being and in an unregistered foreign agent is being subjected to conditions there are tons amount of torture we speak to her lawyer. whole situation particularly for someone like her someone who i don't think ever envisioned spending a day in jail or a life to be in you know what's a pretty tough facility. the standoff between the u.s. and turkey escalates with ankara saying relations have almost ceased to exist. and other stories that shaped the week one of the city's worst hit by the conflict in syria aleppo is undergoing extensive reconstruction after years of war.

a very warm welcome you are watching the weekly here on r.t. international all the latest headlines and a roundup of the stories that shaped the week. now another twist in the latest alleged russian spy scandal in the u.s. the russian embassy in the u.s. says that maria boots not is being subjected to conditions that are tongues amount to torture she was jailed on charges of being an unregistered foreign agent and was recently transferred to another prison bitch and i have launched a crowd funding campaign to pay for her legal defense her lawyer updated us on her condition. i was unaware that she was transferred until last night at around midnight i received a collect call from her at home and the phone was disconnected before we could get through but i knew it was from alexandria jail so i drove down and tried to get in last night and could not but is able to get in this morning and visit her so she is

in alexandria detention facility at least for now for this weekend it's a smaller facility than the d.c. jail as respected facility but it's hard to know why the move was made where there was made for medical or other reasons or in response to complaints about the conditions in d.c. she does have arthritis in one of her legs kind of a history of problems with that leg so she sought treatment for that and so far has just received tylenol and nothing else and i think she has also been a little bit frustrated by policy when people are in protective custody they do bad checks every fifteen minutes at night to check on detainee safety and i think sometimes depending on who the guard is you know the lights are turned on every time there's a check and so it's very hard to get proper sleep when you're being woken up every fifteen minutes she's segregated from the general population of the prison facility you know no contact really with outside people besides her lawyers and occasional phone calls and when you're being held. in some isolation like that it's difficult

because every every thing she wanted to do is kind of a one off request there isn't a very set schedule and so it was very difficult to make sure she was getting a proper exercise and. trips to the library and things like that because everything she did she had to do by yourself i'm not saying anyone would have an easy time in prison but in this is an accomplished student you know someone who i don't think ever envision spending a day in jail or a life to be in you know it's a pretty tough facility. they alleged a russian agent was arrested over a month ago she was refused bail last a pleading not guilty two weeks ago she's author of accused of offering feck that and an attempt to get a job and an unnamed special interest group if convicted bhutto that could face up to fifteen years in prison no date has yet been set for her trial but hello it remains optimistic she's in very good shape she's helping actively with us to

prepare the defense she's confident in her innocence there's no allegation of espionage there's no allegation of classified information childish and she was paying anyone off there's no allegation she was recruiting spies none of the things you would typically see in an espionage case the allegations are fairly vanilla that she attended meetings of various groups that were public that she had dinners with various people and she took a lot of selfies as i think a lot of people are twenty's do with with people she met and posted them on facebook so this is not the kind of a typical this is no comparison to what the allegations were against for example at a chapman or others where there was actual whether they were true or not there are actual allegations about use of sophisticated equipment and payoffs and spy ring and things like that there's none of that here with some point maybe try to get her released pretrial again we're just looking through documents trying to find the proper evidence to do that and i think we may be able to do that hopefully the next couple of weeks. but the economic standoff between the us on turkey gaining

momentum off to both sides in post but the tariffs on each other and the one now things on korea is ready to challenge washington. this is you know somebody they can threaten us with the economy sanctions exchange rates interest rates inflation is what we tell them we've uncovered your schemes and the challenge of. the hour was aggravated when anchor detained an american power for alleged links to terrorism among other measures washington flapped additional tariffs on turkish minium and steel sending the turkish lira plummeting to wreck or to lows against the us dollar turkey and turn has hiked rate song american products including cars and alcohol the u.s. now says sanctions will remain in place even if the power it's released. in this one american to. global financial stability risks.

u.s. base presence in turkey at risk of a nato ally lines within the field partner at risk for one american who's being put through the church is just so you're saying this is our faults turkey is our financial situation has been in the works for quite some time and it dates prior to the imposition of sanctions on august i believe was august the first so this is been in train for quite some time and even up when the u.s. government for that stepping in on turkey's side is cats are which is approved fifteen billion dollars in aid to prop up the turkish economy artie's don't quarter takes a look at how the decades old alliance between the u.s. and turkey spiraled to this point. she was built the entire entire roof so no leading goes to great tree deals as opposed to the horrible food trade deals the rowing heritage as your president of the country should not be allowed to come in

and steal the wealth of all great you any longer what countries could be meaner stealing could be turkey the country's lira shed a quarter of its value against the dollar in just one week after trump's tweet about doubling existing tariffs investors are running away screaming inflation surging and turkey's leadership is bracing for an all out trade war the reason for such a calamity against an old nato friend was ankara's refusal to release an american pastor accused of both terrorism and espionage it's punishment time for a rebellious ally that tariffs that are in place on steel would not be removed with the release of castor brunson and president heard a wand lashed out in defiance calling the u.s. move an attempt to force turkey to surrender and make them a slave to the greenback this is come through of doing things.

to come more. and they want to use this for political purposes but turkey is just one example of how the trumpet ministration treats longtime allies in fact many of america's friends have already been forced into the fray in a war of tariffs and sanctions canada had heavy steel and aluminum tariffs imposed earlier this year and trump perhaps thought the stars and stripes needed some protection from its northern neighbor who didn't take too kindly to it that it's kind of insult to move forward with retaliatory measures on july first applying equivalent tariffs as if that wasn't bad enough the us president went and slapped tariffs on europe today i'm defending america's national security. by placing tariffs on foreign imports of steel and aluminum brussels tried to hit back

with restrictions of its own tried to appeal to the transatlantic solidarity special relations bonds of friendship but to no avail and it begs the question with such a long list of enemies the us is currently fighting from iran to north korea russia china why kick your allies i think this has become a real tit for tat thing and i do not for a new york minute think that the pastor is really what is going on here now of course our washington strives with that robot strain for some time ever since the coup attempt against terror go on i suspect there's something good going on with the regional politics maybe with regard to syria that is really the reason behind its competitors like beijing and moscow attempting to pack as much heat as the us these days sanctioning and scaring everyone in view may be the only way for the us to impose its will on friend and foe alike donald quarter r.t.

meanwhile some tax have chosen an unusual way to show their protest against washington so-called economic wealth that. the no no no no no no. i. mean the syrian army reestablishing control across the country efforts are underway to rebuild the shot at nation and the latest in a series of reports of travels to the city all that to see how locals are slowly picking up the pieces. much of the city of aleppo still ruins reviving it to its former glory is

a task of gargantuan proportions and of immense political and economic importance the citadel of aleppo has become the symbol of the city's resistance. but aleppo is much more than just a maze of antique streets and attractions from history books. the militants have stolen computer units with chips for the machine they destroyed the factory on purpose they want to damage syrian industry as a whole and specifically industry in aleppo reviving this that. would.

see one river go over this area. and feet and basically very functional hunker. down in one of the emails but now that the former industrial hub is slowly getting back on track things are finally looking out for the people of aleppo. two years ago during the war we couldn't even open our shops the shelling snipers were everywhere you couldn't live under such circumstances we cover the roof of the building back then so that we could take cover it was unbearable we took shelter for about half an hour whenever the shelling started we just locked ourselves in here thank god now we can work peacefully day and night we just hang around smoking just like they. good all day under joe a little the atmosphere is really good around here the weather is nice everybody is feeling safe and it's only getting better you can see getting better day by day

lanham outlet and i was lucky enough not to leave my home the wind this is the district the rebels couldn't get to at the time there was a blockade once but it was firmly lifted now saying god things about or despite all the things we've been through we're no better than one of them or we you know it's safe you can return home if your house lies in ruins you can still fix it the main thing is it's safe now. just a couple of years ago these current used to protect people in the street from falling shows and debris well now they're sheltering them from the sun historically the city of aleppo has been the economic capital of syria and now with the world gone finally some traders are coming back to streets because dawn of reporting from aleppo in syria r.t. . this week a major motorway bridge collapsed in the northern italian city of genoa killing at least forty three people the fatalities included three children while over

a dozen people were injured in response the italian prime minister has declared a twelve month state of emergency in the area. different outcome of the political. effect of us reforms. like was it a call to the. oval office via must have developed into a way to control most political term water buffalo for the drive it had a few little sugar that fall all over him up a little bit of the top of the music i'm opposed to visit over the lot of you know

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with more make this manufacture consent to public wealth. when the ruling classes protect themselves. with the famous merry go round listen to the one percent. we can all middle of the room sick. welcome back now a young girl from maryland who was reportedly reprimanded for nailing joining the pledge of allegiance has won the support of hillary clinton the former presidential candidate tweeted that it takes courage to express disagreements within justice

eleven year old marianna taylor hopes most people will join her. it's important to stand up. to us where i disagree entirely what it is that you meant by that people are just leaking. well marianna said she was inspired by an american football quarterback who knelt during the national anthem before a game and twenty sixteen he said it was against racial inequality and police brutality his style of protest soon spread among other athletes that provoked a fiery political debate which reached all the way to the white house but you love to see one of these therefore modem's when somebody disrespects our flag to say get that son of a of the field right out there starting that was not against our anthem or our flag that was actually kneeling is a reference position responding to the girl's move the american civil rights union

urged all maryland schools to guarantee students the freedom of speech without punishment meanwhile the girl's school has issued a statement saying it's not aware of any students being disciplined for such behavior earlier we discussed the issue with john loudon a former missouri republican and richard goodstein former adviser to the hillary clinton presidential campaign. football is about football schools about school and if you have a protest protest in a constructive way this girl can write letters to the editor she can arrange a little march but protesting in your classroom to irritate your classmate mates and virtue signal and that's what she's being taught mom's teaching her mom is so proud you're taking to the streets is that bothersome to people is that annoying to people when you get when you get arrested disproportionately when you get shot disproportionately when you get put in jail just proportionally that's not just

annoying that's totally ruining your life so the fact you're taking to the streets is not merely disruptive you're trying to make a point in less you have a goal and something that you actually have a path to accomplish then you're just disrupting you're just being an antagonist to your fellow athletes or the fans or in this case to her classmates what does she want what's going to make her stand peace on earth and you know will we ever get to the point where there's no discrimination no there are bigoted people let's stipulate that there are people who are bigoted they will be bigoted forever donald trump is giving them a voice but the fact of the matter is it's not to say it's wrong for them to basically stand up for what they believe in that's what this little girl was doing that's all the democratic party the united states gets her power on dividing people and separating us versus them there's class warfare gender warfare they want to show that everybody's got a reason for injustice and they need to vote democrat to war in order to fix it and

that's all this is it's just it's pure politics and hillary hillary clinton got millions more votes than donald trump did and her campaign theme was being together not dividing people she wasn't mocking handicapped people she wasn't telling punch him in the jaw and i'll pay your legal bills that's not what her theme was her team was about bringing people together. afghanistan has been hit by a string of. acts this week because taliban forces launched an offensive against government soldiers hundreds of people including civilians were killed. and i mean. i saw my friend dying he was among thirteen people including children and women who

were killed during an airstrike last night and there's no attention from the government you know facilities for the residents of the dead bodies are still on the road signs but i've also been injured. the city of downs knee where the offensive by taliban forces started has long been considered a strategic area due to its close vicinity to the capital kabul finding that escalated on friday when the taliban attempted to storm dance new young take control if you look at the looks at how almost two decades of the american led war in afghanistan seems to have somehow led to a resurgence in violence. this is what's happening just a little more than a hundred kilometers from the capital kabul there's barely a camera in gaza any available to film this dreadful battle locals say there are

stronger descriptions than simply the taliban is back in action and if it wasn't for u.s. airstrikes the afghan army could have been in far worse trouble so it makes you wonder do american diplomats and their military keep in touch there is nothing that precludes us from an gauging with the taliban we're doing everything we can to ensure that our actions help the taliban and the afghan government does the same table. everything they can only a few weeks ago the state department said talking with the taliban was a good idea and regardless of how hostile their actions the extremists say they're forward to this is what we wanted and were waiting for to sit with the us directly and discuss the withdrawal of foreign troops from afghanistan the rumor is there's already been some direct contact at least we know for sure alice wells went to qatar last month where the taliban's got a political office i'm confused the armed group has all but regained its might

which not so long ago are in them a reputation of outright islamist barbarians in america and pretty much all over the world we acted and the taliban no longer is in power in afghanistan which is not only good for the security of the free world it is incredibly good for the people who suffered in afghanistan on the barbaric rule time flies us administrations come and go fair enough but the things the people in charge say about insurgents today could be totally different tomorrow taliban this taliban that the taliban are fighting isis and we encourage that because isis needs to be destroyed. oh so they're good for something at least if it's about knocking out islamic state yet just a few months earlier general nicholson said the taliban's fight against dyess was

a piece of russian propaganda we see oh and they're rid of this being used that grossly exaggerates the number of isis fighters here this narrative energy used as a justification for the russians to legitimize the actions of the taliban and provide some degree of support complicated hollow of ghana stand business as usual and the american strategy for afghanistan see above the american strategy strategy from the beginning of the so-called war on terror which was launched off to the september eleventh attacks as chose this war has turned out to be an utter failure . you know i was we all know it was in a stronger position than it ever was in two thousand and one. so and so i think it's proof that the u.s. has been pursuing a wrong strategy in defeating terrorism on the contrary i think that the u.s. involvement up until now when the focus on military force in the region has that to

the growth of terrorism the taliban is not just pulling out a gun it's firing it it could be time for the pentagon and the state department to hunt for ideas together and to be more precise when you can have your say on all of our stories by following us on social media we'll be back in about thirty five minutes with the latest headlines with either.

america was never great was founded on the rape in the murder. nothing changed so we said oh response so these situations that we're dealing with. people get shot every day she is just people kill each other blood through killing children. so it was just no way that people were going to just sit back and allow children to be shot down law enforcement. this country doesn't work for us it doesn't function for us. this is can't be happening in america we call from the streets we've got to deal with why this is the reason i have to ride like this is the reason.

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