it's. tantamount to torture the conditions in which russia says the u.s. is holding accused kremlin agents memory of the tina we speak to her lawyer very difficult situation appear particularly for someone like her someone who i don't think it ruined vision spending a day in jail or a life to be and you know it's pretty tough still the. u.s. turkey tensions hits new highs as ancora warns relations have come to an almost complete halt. the syrian city of aleppo one of the worst hit by the war is undergoing extensive reconstruction after years of conflict.

a very warm welcome it's four pm here in the russian capital and you're watching the weekly here on r.t. international the latest headlines and a roundup of 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 washington says that maria butanol is being subjected to conditions that are towns amount to torture she's recently been transferred to a different prison after initially being jailed on charges of being an unregistered foreign agents a crowdfunding campaign has also been launched to pay for her legal defense her lawyer a day to day has 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 i was 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 i think 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 or 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. bhutto was refused bail after pleading a not guilty she's also accused of offering sex in an attempt to get a job with an unnamed special interest group if convicted to butanol faces up to fifteen years in prison no date has been set yet for the trial however 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 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 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 i think we may be able to do that hopefully the next couple of weeks. as the u.s. turkey economic standoff goes from bad to would stick with both sides slapping

harsh tariffs on each other a president under one now warns 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 we challenge you what tensions rose off the anchor detained and american past for alleged terror links washington then put new tariffs on turkish metals then deliver right into record lows against the dollar on career and return to hiked rates on k american products including cars and alcohol the u.s. now insists its functions will stay even if the past is released. one fortan this this one american to put global financial stability or is. put u.s. base presence in turkey at risk put a nato ally in line for the nato partner at risk for one american who's being put

through the turkish just so you're saying this is our fault turkey is the 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 even up when the u.s. government for that setting in on turkey's side is cattle which will pump fifteen billion dollars into the country's economy artie's done quarter looks at how the decades old alliance between the u.s. and turkey has come to this. she was built. leading us to great trade deals as opposed to the horrible food trade deals the drawing heritages your president of the country should not be allowed to come in and steal the wealth of all great you. 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 pastor bronson 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 well know who and do want to live. with 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 corder r.t. some turks have chosen an unusual way to show their protest against washington's so-called economic warfare launching that particular flash mob.

with the syrian army re-establishing control across the country ethics under way to rebuild the shock to the nation and the latest in a series of reports think don of travels to the city of aleppo to see how locals are slowly picking up the pieces. much of the city of aleppo is still in 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 want to damage syrian industry as a whole and specifically industry in aleppo reviving this sex out. of. one river the goal of this area. and basically very dysfunctional hunker. down. 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 covered 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 days 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 i was lucky enough not to leave my home the wind this is the district the rebels couldn't get through 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 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 weren't 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 fate tallaght is included three children while over a dozen people were injured in response the country's prime minister has declared a twelve month state of emergency in the area.

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an investigation into the tragedy continues the company which manages the bridge is that's up a fund to help the victims and it's pledged to rebuild the crossing it will use funds amounting to around five hundred million euro earlier the company's management apologized to the people of genoa and all those who suffered the eleven year old schoolgirl in the u.s. wins the support of hillary clinton for nailing protests against racism and sexism with all the details of that story and more right after this short break.

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welcome back now a young girl from the u.s. state of 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 disagreement with injustice eleven year olds marianna taylor hopes more people will join. it's important to stand up to. it but you know to us where they kind of retire if they were to do that you know but it would just. 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 silent protest soon spread among other athletes provoked a fiery political debate which reached all the way to the white house but you love

to see one of these are from. when somebody disrespects our flag to say get that son of a of the field right out starting that was not against our anthem or our flag that was actually leland is a reference position responding to the girls moved the american civil rights union urged the old 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 but we put the issue up for debate with former missouri republican john loudon and richard good stephen former advisor 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 put 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 just reportedly 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 them in the jaw i don't pay your legal bills that's not what her team was thirteen was about bringing people together. kind of stunned has been hit by a string of attacks this week and taliban forces launched an offensive against governments alleges hundreds of people including civilians were killed.

you know 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 are you going the dead bodies are still on the road signs i've also been injured. in the city of gas anywhere the offensive by taliban forces started to has long been considered a strategic area that's due to its close vicinity to the capital kabul fighting that escalated on friday when the taliban attempted to storm the and take control it 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 tele band 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 an gaging 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 out reich 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 u.s. 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 hollow of ghana's stan business as usual and the american strategy for afghanistan see above the american strategy a strategy from the beginning of the so-called war on terror which was launched after the september eleventh attacks has 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 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 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 be more precise i hear it on t.v. we always love to have your thoughts on all of our stories so you can get in touch by following us on social media will be back at the top of the hour with all the latest headlines and he can join us.

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