it's the reason i have to ride like this is the reason. q. the something like the new jersey. tantamount to torture the conditions in which russia says the u.s. is holding accused kremlin agents maria bhutto no we speak to her lawyer.

situation here particularly for someone like her someone who i don't think ever envisioned spending a day in jail or a life to be and you know what's a pretty tough sell at the. u.s. turkey tensions hates new highs and currawongs relations have come to an almost complete halt. the syrian city of and one of the worst hit by the war is undergoing extensive reconstruction of the years of conflict. a very warm welcome at six pm here in moscow and you're watching the weekly here on r.t. international with latest headlines underground of the stories that have shaped the week but first another twist in the latest alleged russian spy scandal in the u.s. the russian embassy in washington says the movie rio butanol is being subjected to conditions that are times amounts to torture she has recently been transferred to

a different prison after initially being jailed on charges of being an unregistered foreign agent a crime. funding campaign has also been known to pay for her legal defense her own lawyer update to death 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 protective custody they do bed checks every fifteen minutes at night 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 you want to do is kind of a one off request there is 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 doesn't 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. i was refused bail after pleading not guilty she's also accused of offering sex in an attempt to get a job with an unnamed special interest group if convicted in a 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

had 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. you know the news that the u.s. economic standoff goes from bad to worse with both sides slapping harsh tariffs on each other president to one now warns and korea 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 ancor detained american past a full alleged terror links i washington then put new tower of song turkish metals

sending the lira to record lows against the dollar encore in turn hiked rate song can american products including cars and now go home the u.s. now insists it sanctions will stay even if the past is released. porton this this one american to put global financial stability at risk. put u.s. base presence in turkey at risk put a nato ally lines within the field 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 even up when the u.s. government for that stepping in on turkey's cattle which will pump fifteen billion

dollars into the country's economy auntie's don't 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 seal 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 come through doing things. to come more. and they want to use the. truth 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 you 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. while some talks have choice not unusual way to show their protest against washington's so-called economic warfare by launching a particular. no no no no no money. with the syrian army reestablishing control across the country if it's under way to rebuild the shock to the nation and the latest in

a series of reports that 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 to go over this area. and feet and basically very dysfunctional hunker. down it's going to be immense but now that the former industrial hub is slowly getting back on track things are finally looking up 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 they. good ole days should be 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 same god things about are despite all the things we've been through we're no better up on 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 turned 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 war gone

finally some traders are coming back to its streets. because dawn of reporting from aleppo in syria. 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 well over a dozen people were injured in response the country's prime minister has declared a twelve month state of emergency in the area. a different outcome this little. that comes with. like as i call it

a. lot. of a lot of you. have a lot. when i. was almost a little more about normal both of us i don't see that that's a little over a month probably a lot of good music to visit a lot of you know most. of those by they're going to bust me going to be. as an investigation into the tragedy continues the company which manages the bridge has set up a fund to help the victims and his pledge to rebuild the crossing it will use funds amounting to around five hundred million a year or earlier the company's management apologized to the people of genoa and all those who suffered go take a quick break now to stay with us. and

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welcome back no 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 disagreements with injustice eleven year old marianna taylor hopes more people will join her it's important to stand up to. it but you know to us where they kind of retire if you were to do that you know but it was just. marianna said she was inspired by an american football

quarterback who knelt during the national anthem before a game in twenty sixteen he said it was against racial inequality and police brutality his son in protest soon spread among other athletes and 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 or for work to say that son of a of the field right now our story that was not against our anthem or our flag that was actually leila is a reference position responding to the girls moved the american civil rights union to 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 we put the issue up for debate with former missouri republican john loudon and richard goodstein 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 and lets 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 thirteen was about bringing people together. numerous new signs have been

bilked by based. book without explanation on monday international news child otello says english page was banned for the second time this year it joined fellow latin american atlas venezuela analysis and haiti and alice's on the blacklist facebook told to tell assert that it had violated the terms of use know the multi language science noted that it couldn't possibly be true. we were not doing anything different from what we have been doing since the beginning of our english so we were aware of the terms of use when we started and we were not knowing this terms and we would like change the way. our perspective is and the covers we do for this not an inch telesur venezuela analyst and haiti analysis all provided alternative analysis of world events after extensive media coverage and public

criticism of the ban tell us there was reinstated and even received an explanation though it was strangely different from the one the social media giant gave to r.t. the team informs me that there was instability on the platform which caused this problem but now everything should be in order was temporarily unpublished to protect itself to be detected suspicious activity when secured the page was restored there are as well analysts if the page was also restored after a number of hours though haiti analysis remains unavailable of facebook the band's follow the blocking on facebook and other social media leading alternative voices including info wars this month tell us so the english multimedia director again told us facebook's actions are disturbing this remove brings like. alarm about what has facebook words and how like in any instructors to help them and to help them into accountable things we could be.

or a span and some voices are not allow. going to stand has been hit by a string of attacks this week as taliban forces launched an offensive against government soldiers hundreds of people including civilians were killed. oh 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 so you're going to dead bodies are still on the road signs but i've also been enjoying. the city of gaza me where the

offensive by taliban forces started has long been considered a strategic area due to its close vicinity to the capital kabul fighting that escalated on friday when the taliban attempted to storm down and take control in a a train code looks at how almost two decades of the american led war in afghanistan seems to have somehow led to an insurgency 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 ban 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 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 are 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 heart of ghana's stand 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 as 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 looked 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 but back at the top of the hour with

the latest to see that. the way to the united states is dangerous for most of the illegal immigrants. fortunately most of us spend a lot of sympathy i want to become lost and i want to ask some just about what if many of them look for refuge in the so-called sentry sides of the draft used to share information about undocumented migrants with federal authorities. person asked dan. mostly to point out how they are that person i get i'm in a lot of class and they want that. they can't get water they all choose to stay in

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