see. you can look over. in the stories that shaped the way karen r.t. tantamount to torture the conditions in which russia says the u.s. is holding the keys kremlin agent. we speak to her lawyer very difficult situation a bit particularly for someone like her someone who out of the government vision spending a day in jail or a life to be you know what's pretty top of. us to see tensions hit new highs is ankara warns relations have almost come to

a complete hold on the syrian city of aleppo one of the worst hit by the war is undergoing extensive reconstruction after years of conflict. follow the welcome the latest developments and a look back at what's been happening over the last seven days and what should we can here an r.t. international now this week there was another twist in the latest alleged russian spy scandal in the u.s. the russian embassy in washington says that marie is being subjected to conditions that are tantamount to torture she's been charged with being and i'm registered foreign agent recently transferred to a different prison meanwhile a crowdfunding campaign has been launched to pay for her legal fees 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 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 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 isn't 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 and it was refused by law to pay not guilty he was seven keys to full from sex not tend to get a job with an unnamed special interest group if convicted faces up to fifteen years in prison and a date yet has been set for the trial however the 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 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. now is the u.s. to economic standoff goes from bad to worse by side slapping big tariffs on each other president has warned korea is ready to challenge washington. 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 mentioned right off the anchor detained in american past for alleged terror links washington then put new tariffs on metals sending the nira to record lazy against the dollar and carette then in turn hikes right some k. american products including cars and now the whole the us now i would say since sanctions will stay even if the past is really just. for doing this just one american to put global financial stability at risk. put us based.

presence in turkey at risk put a nato alliance with and they killed a partner at risk for one american who's being put through the churches just so you are saying this is our faults and turkey is a 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 first so this is been in train for quite some time and you cannot blame the us government for that we're stepping in on to the side these cats which will pump fifteen billion dollars into the country's economy he's done quarter. of the decades old alliance between the u.s. and to has come to this country was built. leading us to great new trade deals as opposed to the horrible food trade deals that i inherited as your president of the country should not be allowed to come in and steal who wealth of all great you any longer what countries could he mean or 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 of one 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. through come more well known to boot. and you want to use this for political

purposes but turkey is just one example of how the trumpet administration 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 can't your allies i think this has become a real treat for testing and i do not for a new york minute think that the pastor is really what is going on here of course are washington with that group of strain for some time ever since the coup attempt against terror go on i suspect there's something going on with regional politics maybe with regard to syria that is really the reason behind competitors like beijing and moscow attempting to pack as much heat as the u.s. 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. but in protest against washington's actions some to decide to destroy their i phones and i used to the footage. i know i

come in. with the syrian army regaining control across the country ethics are underway to rebuild the shattered nation of travel to the city of aleppo to see how. slowly picking up the pace. much of the city of aleppo still. 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 on purpose they wanted to damage syrian industry as a whole and specifically industry in aleppo reviving this that. was. one rebel to go over this area. and basically wrote this hunger. in any event 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 the good old days of the undertow 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 high and 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 are better 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 tents used to protect people in this street from polling shows and debris well now they're sheltering them from the sun is story the city of aleppo has been the economic capital of syria and now we're working on finally some traders are coming back to the streets. of reporting from aleppo in syria. this week a motorway bridge collapse in collapsed in the northern italian city of genoa killing at least forty three people including three children in response the country's prime minister has declared a twelve month state of emergency in the area.

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bridge has set up a fund to help the victims and has also pledged to rebuild the crossing something which could cost five hundred million euros earlier the company's management apologized to the people of genoa and all those who suffered you want to know we came here and i say we're back with money said to me it's.

join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to us from the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then. we have no idea what safety is doing on vacation but she will be back on air in september. hello again now a young girl from the u.s. state of maryland who was reportedly reprimanded for kneeling during the pledge of allegiance at her school has won the support of hillary clinton the former presidential candidate tweeted that it does take courage to express disagreement

with injustice eleven year old marianna taylor hopes more people will join her. work this is a. break just two hours for a tennis ring but if you think you know that it was leaking. well mary mary on a vest said that 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 also police brutality is silent protesting spread to among other athletes and that provoked a fiery political debate which went all the way to the white house would you love to see one of these or for loggers when somebody disrespects our flag to say get that son of a up the field right now our this guy that was not against our anthem or our flag that was actually kneeling is a reverent position responding to the girls move the american civil rights union

all married in 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 we put the issue up for debate with the former missouri republican john loudon and also richard goodstein he's a 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. some of the nice have a nice size of being blocks my facebook. recently without explanation on monday international news channel had his english page banned for the second time this year and it joined fellow latin american outlets venezuela analysis and haiti analysis on the blacklist facebook told police that it violated the terms of use that although tele denies it's done anything wrong we were not doing anything different from what we have been doing since the beginning of her english so we were aware of the terms of use when we started it and we were not reading this

terms and we wouldn't change there were a prospective in their careers we do for this not an inch. analysis and haiti analysis all provided alternative views on world events after extensive media coverage and public criticism though of the ban was reinstated and even received an explanation although it was different to the one facebook 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 bridge was temporarily unpublished to protect itself to be detected suspicious activity once secured the page was restored the venezuelan analysis page was also restored after a number of hours although haiti analysis does remain unavailable on facebook the ban follows the blocking on facebook and other social media of leading alternative voices including info was this month. english multimedia director thinks that

facebook's actions are disturbing this remove brings like. alarm about what have facebook works and how lacking like any instructors to help them and to have 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 in light of muslim celebrations worldwide the truce comes after a significant escalation in fighting between the two sides 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 and there is no tension from the government no facilities for the residents dead bodies are still on the roads i've also been injured. the city of gas and where the taliban offensive started does have strategic importance due to its close vicinity to the capital kabul on friday when the taliban attempted to. as ne and take control the prank or looks at how almost two decades of the american led war in afghanistan isn't any closer to achieving pace. this is what's happening just a little more than one 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 ben is back in action and if it wasn't

for us air strikes 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 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 common 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 a strategy from the beginning of the 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 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 you can watch and we can hear and i see international we're back again in just a bot. me me me me me me me me me that's a very rough terrain you're so it's rough climates and you have to fight through google for them if. it was gunshots on top of them and it's all very fresh what happened in the morning and i've never even not i. don't think anything will back up for me you know i don't want to see it but a body in this room is ready to participate in the good is both to me good wouldn't

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