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difficult situation and 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 it's pretty tough still of. us turkey tensions hits new highs as unclear ones relations have come to an almost complete home. the syrian city of aleppo one of the was taped by the war is undergoing extensive reconstruction after years of conflict. a warm welcome you 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 the memory of boo tonight is being subjected to conditions that a time to mount 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 be launched 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. in 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 is respected facility but it's hard to know why the move was made where there was made for medical or other reasons. 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 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 is 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 a proper exercise and. trips to the library and things like that because everything she did she had to do by herself and 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 but today was refused bail out of pleading not guilty she's also accused of offerings back in attempts to get a job with an unnamed special interest group if convicted buton a faces up to fifteen years in prison no date has yet been fat but with 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 and i think we may be able to do that hopefully the next couple of weeks. as the u.s. took economic standoff goes from balance to worse with both sides slapping harsh tariffs on each other president to one has now warns that an korea is ready to challenge washington and that 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 challenge you. and throws off the anchor detained american past for alleged terror links washington then puts new tariffs on turkish

metals sending been there to record lows against the dollar and korea in return hiked rates on katie american products including cars and alcohol the u.s. now insists that sanctions will stay even if the pasta is released one quarter and this just one american simply. will financial stability it is. 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 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 is been in train for quite some time and even up when the u.s. government for that step again on turkey's side is cattle which will pump fifteen billion dollars into the country's economy artie's done quarter looked at how the decades old alliance between the u.s.

and turkey has come to this. she was built the entire entire roof so no leading us 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 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. 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 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 with anchor a bit strange for some time ever since the coup attempt against terror go on i suspect there is 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. while some turks have chosen an unusual way to show their protest against washington's so-called economic warfare launching a particular flash mob. no no no no no money. but the syrian army reestablishing control across the country if it so and a way to rebalance the shouts of nation and the latest in a series of reports seacoast on off 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 basically very dysfunctional congress. he. want to be. 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 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 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 up let in 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 of 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 is story clee 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 papal but fatalities 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. different outcome of spittle. like a missile. like what i call

a. lot. of a lot of you. but you have a lot to do when i. was almost all over the motherboard and on the top of your head if you will see that that's a little over a month probably a little bit of good because if you're on the polls to vote for you because it covered a lot of you know give me. some of those but they're going to find it about 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 it's pledged to rebuild the crossing it will use funds amounting to around five hundred million you're earlier the company's management apologized to the people of genoa and all those who suffered were still to come an eleven year old school girl in the u.s. wins the support of hillary clinton for an ailing protest against racism and sexism

we have the details for you after this short break. but. we have no idea what safe is doing on vacation but she will be back on air in september. manufacture consent to public wealth. when the ruling class is protect

themselves. with the frame of. the service that one person. would normally leave the roots to. welcome back a young girl from the u.s. state of maryland whose reportedly he was reportedly reprimanded for kneeling 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 i disagree

with it is that you don't bother people just making. marianna's that she was inspired by an american football quarterback who knelt during the national anthem before a game in twenty sixty he said it was against racial inequality and police brutality he saw that protest soon spread among other athletes not provokes a fiery political debate which even reached all the way to the white house. you love to see one of these therefore. when somebody disrespects our flag to say get that son of a of the field right out the star that was not against our anthem or our flag that was actually kneeling is a reference position responding to the girls moved the american civil rights union to old mary lands 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 in 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 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. neighbors new sign of being blocked by facebook. without explanation on monday international news channel teller says english page was banned for the second time this year it joined fellow latin american outlets venezuela analysis and haiti analysis on the blacklist facebook told telesur that it had violated the terms of use though the multi-language sites noted that 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 we were not motivating this terms we would like change the way our perspective is and the covers we do for this not an inch. telesur venezuela analysis and haiti analysis all provided alternative views on world events after extensive media coverage and public

criticism of the band tell us there was reinstated and even received an explanation that 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 the page was temporarily unpublished to protect itself to be detected suspicious activity one secured the page was restored well as well analysis page was also restored after a number of hours though haiti analysis remains unavailable on facebook the bounce that followed the blocking on facebook and other social media of leading alternative voices including info wars this month tell us english multimedia director again told us facebook's actions are disturbing this remove brings like. alarm about what her facebook works and how. any

instructors to her and to her them into accountable facebook could be place where plurality. or a span and some voices are not allow. the afghan government has announced a cease fire with the taliban and in light of muslim celebrations worldwide the truce comes after a significant escalation in fighting between the group and the government hundreds of people including civilians have been killed. i saw my friend dying he was among thirteen people including children and women who were killed during an air strike last night there's no attention from the government no facilities for the residents going the dead bodies are still on the

road signs i've also been injured in a city of gas and where the offensive by taliban forces started has long been considered a strategic area due to its proximity to the capital kabul finding that escalated on friday when the taliban attempted to storm ghastly and take control and you are trying to look 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 in 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 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 heart 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 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 thank you for choosing r.t. international my colleague and i will be here at the top of the hour with all related. in a world of big partisan movie lot and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that midstream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smarter we need to stop slamming the door on the bats and shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now for watching closely watching the hawks.

it's a very rough terrain is so it's rough climates and you have to find forgivable for them if. it was gunshots on top of them and very fresh they would have been in the morning and i've been in even not. don't let me back up. you know i don't want. to see it but a body in this world is ready to budge is ready to the good is owed to me a good meeting. you don't think about these leave the soldier on no you got through it here like any other and other patients. when a loved one is murdered it's natural to seek the death penalty for the murder of her and it's meaningless in the death penalty just because they think that's the

fair thing the right thing research shows that for every nine executions one convict despond dennison the idea that we were executing innocent people is terrifying and there's just no really hasn't been that we hear even many of the dems families want the death penalty to be abolished the reason we have to keep the death penalty here is because that's what murder victims. families want that's going to give them peace it's going to give them justice and we come in and say. not quite you know we've been through this and this isn't the way. seemed wrong. why don't we all just all. to get to shape out just to come to etiquette and in detroit it was