the russian embassy in the usa as maria moved to know who was jailed on charges of being an unregistered foreign agent is being subjected to conditions there time to mount a torture we speak to her lawyer and difficult situation for someone like her don't want to let off the government vision spending a day in jail or a life to be and you know it's pretty tough so. the standoff between the u.s. and turkey escalates with ankara saying relations have almost ceased to exist. and other stories that have shaped the week one of the city's worst hit by the conflict in syria aleppo is undergoing extensive reconstruction after years of being.

a very warm welcome you watching the weekly here on r.t. international well the latest headlines and around the park the stories that shape the week. but first another twist in the latest alleged russian spy scandal in the u.s. the russian embassy in the year west says that maria is being subjected to conditions that are tantamount to torture she was jailed on charges of being an unregistered foreign agent and was recently transferred to another prison which now has launched a crowdfunding campaign to play it to pay for her legal defense 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 everything she wanted to do was kind of a one off request there is a very set schedule and so it was very difficult to make sure she was getting her 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. the alleged russian agents was arrested over a month ago she was refused to bail after pleading not guilty two weeks ago she also accused she's also accused of offering sex in an attempt to get a job in an unnamed special interests group if convicted buton or could face up to fifteen years in prison no date has been set for her trial but her lawyer 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 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 their actual allegations about the 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. with the economic standoff between the u.s.

and turkey gaining momentum after both sides impose for the terrorists on each other now says ankara is ready to challenge washington these days you know some believe they can threaten us with the economy sanctions exchange rates interest rates inflation is what we tell them we've uncovered your schemes and challenge you were. the wrong was aggravated when oncor detained an american pastor over alleged links to terrorism among other measures washington slapped additional tariffs on turkish on the medium and still sending the turkish and there are plummeting to wreck or blows against the u.s. dollar turkey in return has high crime rates on k american products including cars and down the hall but us now those functions will remain in place even if the pasta is released. one porton this one american to put global financial

stability at risk. put u.s. base presence in turkey at risk put a nato ally in line for them they killed a partner at risk for one american who's being put through the turkish just so you're saying this is our fault 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 has been in train for quite some time and you cannot blame the us government for that all stepping it on turkey's side is cattle which is approved fifteen billion dollars in aid to prop up the turkish economy artie's don't court it takes a look at how the decades old alliance between the u.s. and turkey spiraled to this point. country was built entire if the no leaving goes to great trade deals as opposed to the horrible food trade deals the drawing heritage as your president of the country should not be allowed to come in and

steal the wealth of all great you and me. what countries could he mean are 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 us move an attempt to force turkey to surrender and make them a slave to the greenback this is coming 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 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 u.s. to impose its will on friend and foe alike donald quarter r.t. . meanwhile some tucks have chosen an unusual way to show their protest against

washington so cold economic wealth that. the no no no no no. i. but the syrian army reestablishing control across the country efforts underway to rebuild the shock to the nation and the latest in a series of reports seacoast on off travels to the city of aleppo to see how locals slowly picking up the pieces. much of the city of aleppo is still seen 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 machines they destroyed the factory and purpose they wanted to damage syrian industry as a whole and specifically industry in aleppo reviving this that south. would.

see one river go over this area. and basically very dysfunctional hunker. down want to be immense 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 the. good old 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 home of them when 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 polling shows and debris well now they're sheltering them from the sun story the city of aleppo has been the economic capital of syria and now with the world gone finally some traders are coming back to treats 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 with the form of electors i call on. the oval office via must have a lot of the away. from the most important or more above normal for the bride at that if she were the seat of the shawl or oval came up and because of the work it was a fourth. visit of

a lot of year. there are some others by going to invite it to bust and we're going to be out. there watching the weekly here on r.t. international plenty more to come after this very short break stay with us. i've been saying the numbers mean something they matter to us is over one trillion dollars in debt more than ten white collar crimes happen each day. eighty five percent of global wealth you longs to be all for rich eight point six percent

market saw thirty percent i just want to secure some with four hundred to five hundred three per second per second and bitcoin rose to twenty thousand dollars. china is building two point one billion dollars a i industrial park but don't let the numbers overwhelm. the only numbers you need to remember in one one business shows you can't afford to miss the one and only boom but. welcome back a young girl from maryland who was reportedly reprimanded for nailing during the pledge of allegiance has won the support of hillary clinton the former presidential candidate tweeted that it takes courage to express disagreement with injustice

eleven year old marianna taylor hopes more people will join her. it's important to stand up. to us where the kind of grid fire that is that you live by the people making really. well mariano said she was inspired by an american football quarterback who now joined the national anthem before a game in twenty sixteen he said it was against racial inequality and police brutality his father protests soon spread among other athletes my provoked a fiery political debate which reached all the way to the white house but you love to see one of these that have a modems when somebody disrespects your flow 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 well earlier we discussed the issue with john lauder and 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 attack. this week as taliban forces launched an offensive against government soldiers hundreds of people including civilians were killed. another member.

i saw my friend dying he was among thirteen people including children and women who were killed during an airstrike last night 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. in the city of gasoline where the offensive by taliban forces started has long been considered a strategic area due to its close vicinity to the capital kabul fighting best collated on friday when the taliban attempted to storm constantly and take control it was trying to 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's nothing that precludes us from in gauging with the taliban we're doing everything we can to ensure that our actions help the taliban and the afghan government to 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 here a narrative that's being used that grossly exaggerates the number of isis fighters here this narrative then is used as a justification for the russians to legitimize the actions of the taliban and provide some degree of support complicated hol of ghana's stan business as usual and the american strategy for afghanistan see above the american strategy strategy from the beginning of this so-called war on terror which was launched off to the september eleventh attacks as this war has turned out to be an utter failure. you know i was we all know now it was in a stronger position than it ever was in two thousand and one. so hence 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 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. well he would r.t. we love to hail post on all of our stories so do get in touch by following us on social media join us again at the top of the alpha all the latest headlines for you that. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics or business i'm show business i'll see you there.

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