the taliban reign. in central kabul hitting the presidential palace during a live address by the afghan leader on sunday i propose a cease fire. also ahead this hour as the syrian army gears to retake the militant held enclave of western media outlets warn of a civilian must occur the same i'd go fail to mention the area is under the control of this group so accused of war crimes. a young russian boy whose mother is severely ill and in need of difficult to obtain medication appeals

to locals in his city to help save her we look at what the response to his appeal was. your tuning in from right around the world welcome to moscow on to r.t. international i mean in the middle of our top story the afghan capital saw three hours of heavy gun fighting on tuesday between security forces and insurgents earlier in the day missiles rained down on central couple fired according to local police by the taliban the country's president was delivering a live televised speech at the time. you. know if you. will the missiles

landed in the diplomatic district of the city where government buildings are situated as we just saw the presidential palace was among the buildings hit reportedly was to the u.s. embassy well the taliban has been increasing its military activity lately when another assault carried out by the group on monday taliban fighters bush three buses taking almost two hundred people hostage later on monday afghan security forces reportedly freed nearly a hundred and fifty of those people local journalists face he reports live from kabul well it has been more than three hours that we still have been hearing some r.p.g. and gunfire from this side which is not more than six kilometers from our location here. police believes that there have been two up to three assailants involved into this attack and the source for some up to turn the rockets have been fired into

different locations kabul police says that two policemen have been slightly injured into these attacks but the look asian have been evacuated the firefighters of arrived and tried trying to douse and we have to wait and see what will be the latest about because we still do not have any clue about the civilian casualties will choose these missile attack came after the afghan president offered a ceasefire on sunday to last for the duration of the muslim holiday. the recent violence appears to be a decisive rejection of that daniel hawke and reports on the current relations between afghanistan and the taliban. the three month ceasefire proposed by president garny is not the first such motion in afghanistan it probably won't be the last that has the blessing of the us time for peace has

a better ring to it than war on terror regardless the taliban are firmly rejected it instead continuing a countrywide military offensive. you know. i saw my friend dying who was among thirteen people including children in women who were killed during an arab street last night and there is no attention from the government and no facilities for the residents going dead bodies are still on the roads and i've also been injured. military commanders say the truce will only benefit the u.s. led forces they've also been clear no peace will be possible in afghanistan as long as the foreign occupation carries on and as coalition forces approach their seventeenth year of operations in the country how simple things seemed all those

years ago 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 under barbaric rule a decade and a half later the taliban controlled large swathes of territory and are able to strike at security forces and civilians almost that will afghanistan has been a battleground for various militant groups something the u.s. views pragmatically the taliban are fighting isis and we encourage that because isis needs to be destroyed the afghan question has forced the u.s. to sway between a military solution negotiations with the taliban was such a hot cold rhetoric from the white house so it's hardly surprising. the possibility of mediation as taking years to arise it's been quite a balancing act for washington to have the taliban willing to come to the negotiating table there's no talking to the taliban we don't want to talk to the

taliban we're going to finish what we have to finish and i want to reinforce to the taliban that the only path to peace and political legitimacy for them is through a negotiated settlement the taliban trembles as a hero of the first week of. the boy before the call for the taliban when their choices are to reconcile live in a relevance. in september taliban representatives have been invited for talks in moscow alongside to government officials bypassing the united states if successful these could become a step towards the long list ceasefire of them all a permanent solution to a decades long cycle of violence something that today looks as this didn't as ever daniel hawkins will we discuss the prospects of the talks between the taliban and the afghan government with political analyst into dean and investigative journalist

nicholas davis. the afghan government just recently understood the crucial rule by the us other superpowers in that region in russia of course is one of the strongest country. in mediating between the taliban and the afghan government and everybody in afghanistan is hoping that something good will happen after the conference in moscow in russia. will be also invited goldman could be also a participant of the conference so there could be some more progress in afghanistan because the different the negotiation in the introduction between the afghan government and taliban it just on the very first speech the taliban have obvious on their side have concluded that you know they need to apply more pressure to force the u.s. to talk to them in a sense it's ironic because you know the u.s. have always talked about applying enough military pressure to bring the taliban to

negotiations to the peace table that has always been the official u.s. policy that in fact it's the taliban who are doing that and. probably have more chance of success. the syrian army is gearing up for an offensive on the last major rebel stronghold lip the battle for the enclave marks the final stage of the syrian war if assad's forces manage to retake it it will bring almost the entire country back on government control however ahead of the campaign many western media outlets have been doubling down on the nora to have against the muskets with some seeing the assad forces are certain to inflict heavy civilian casualties the same media though fails to mention the enclave is under control of gen harvey groups accused of war crimes and. closer look.

these yagur a few of the syrian civil war has strong it's now pretty much about this part of the country the northwest basically here in and around it is where you'll find all the armed rebel groups the ones still putting up a real fight no wonder getting hold of this area would be the ultimate success for damascus five days after multiple airstrikes hit this once quiet neighborhood province killing dozens of people shattering whatever illusion of safety to me if it existed you listen to the c.n.n. piece and get the impression it looked province had been a peaceful oasis still showered by those bombs how about telling the viewers about the dicey melting pot it actually is the syrian army has been on a mission to win back land those rebels or even internationally recognized terrorists who stood in their way were given two options take out the white flag or get

a one way ticket to it no kidding some were moved there on buses and that's when the real mess began instead of teaming up various groups and went to war with each other and let's not forget some of the mightiest organizations running the show their moderates. h. t. s. or to. arguably the most powerful and hair raising the very same people who used to be known as moose or syria's al qaida branch and if that name doesn't ring a bell just picture nine eleven or any other bloody carnage that took responsibility for. this is quite a trio to those who've heard of nor aldin. likely associate them with

the beheading of a palestinian boy on camera they've also been blamed for torturing journalists and aid workers jaish al islam paraded kate's hostages through the damascus suburbs they once controlled only to use them as human shields later this group along with . was firmly on the john kerry's terrorist list when he was in charge of the state department we've seen pictures we've heard testimony of shocking crimes committed by our by book by joshua. by al-shabaab it seems even in london a staunch ally of some rebel groups has lost patients britain won't send any more cash to fighters an adlib as it says in the times newspaper u.k. diplomats have admitted the remaining rebel areas are falling into the grip of the hottest t.v. giant sky news came up with a teaser for their exclusive report from ad lib province on twitter but online many

warned by and the media's attempts to portray that place as just a rebel held clave so the question is if he'd lived was mainly ruled by al qaida who gave sky news the exclusive access there are not rebels there. which rebels did you can get access to perhaps they've seen this reporting tactic once before during the siege of syria's economic hub aleppo activists say close to one hundred children have been killed in that beast in rebel held areas of aleppo. battle districts of rebel house unable to convince moscow to stop bombing civilians all they talked about was how civilians and moderate opposition fighters were being slaughtered by assad. the russians there was no mention of the hottest though and there since something our reporter saw with their own eyes.

and the rebels are pushing to aleppo again. beyond that you're into the rebel held parts of aleppo that is the black flag of job nusra. brainchild in the syrian civil war. and five. year ago we had. always been why. would she again. enjoy killing. a child which is the ocean accompli. staying in the

country hundreds of internally displaced syrians are now on their way back home to the city of aleppo many of them use their humanitarian corridor or set off by the russian and syrian army it's been waiting years to return aleppo was liberated from militants eighteen months ago on life there is gradually returning to normal the syrian government has launched a large scale restoration program for the city however moscow claims those efforts are being undermined alleging that the un has secretly banned its only agencies from helping to repair surgery is a company. because there was little it's turned out that the political department of the un secretary it produced and distributed a secret guideline within the whole u.n. system in october last year it restricted the organizations within that system to take part in any projects on the reconstruction of the syrian economy are only

humanitarian aid or nothing else thank you a number of other russian colleagues it's about this reported quote unquote secret directive is always with this secret directive it takes me a while to try to find it's actually there is a secret directive but i expect to have an update we've asked some guidance and expected an update a bit later on this afternoon and i nothing you want on the letter or we also contacted big united nations on the matter in a reply the spokesperson for the u.n. secretary general denying the existence of any secret memo saying aid is being allocated in accordance with u.n. guidelines we have us the russian foreign ministry for the response to that. having a seriously ill parent can be hard for anyone especially for children but one thirteen year old russian boy whose mother desperately needed lifesaving drugs didn't despair he took matters into his own home.

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of the fun of study listen. to. how to get things done well tell me about a key figure in the me to campaign against sexual harassment is sued by a former fellow actor who alleges she raped him when he was on her rage that's coming up after this. when lawmakers manufacture consent to consume to the public will. when the ruling classes protect them so. would the flaming.

lips and leave the woman posing. with no middle roots to. dilute the real truth. the response to the two thousand and eight crisis was that the global bankers got together they really architected the global financial system to withstand a ten time the impact financial crisis in the future they did nothing however to undercut the ability for the bad actors the global banks to increase their balance sheets and the leverage by ten times and now here we are in twenty eighteen and in fact now the balance sheet of these banks in the central banks is ten times more like.

nineteen minutes into the program welcome back one of the most prominent figures in the me too movement against harassment has not been accused of sexual assault herself and tell me an actress assia argento is being sued by a former colleague who claims she abused him when he was seventeen. down off picks up the story. a star in dozens of movies director author and music contributor to bands like placebo gentilman a jack of all trades a charge headlong to accuse the now it is graced hollywood producer harvey weinstein of sexually abusing him pioneering the me too movement when the little women have the same power as men i'm sure this type of violence will no longer happen the cases of women and be using their parents i hope and i believe there because of need to everyone has a voice everyone has

a chance to speak out and inspiring called by all means yet let me replay you one quick bit for you. the cases of women m.p.'s in their parents' well according to a report by the new york times are gentle herself falls into that category the investigation claims the activist paid nearly four hundred thousand dollars in hush money to a guy called jimmy bennett who accused argento of sexually assaulting him in two thousand and thirteen now even a brief glimpse around social media shows the two have quite a history in two thousand and four bennett played a son of yours character in one of the movies and since then a very cordial relationship was maintained waiting for my long lost son miss you mama this borderline flirting between the two has left questions hanging over the grave of the trauma or gentle dealt out why did she agreed to foot the certain bill

then well bernard at the time of the incident was a teenager seventeen one year short of the age of consent in california so technically our gentil faced a statutory rape case this is the latest but not the first time champions of me to a noble and valiant movement of cast shadow on their own cause in another case a feminist professor at new york university was actually found guilty of sexually harassing a gay student of hers in response her defenders appealed to a democrat cheve mint and wit. apart from those in the me two ranks undermining its own cause there's another problem innocent victims last year one traffic hungry swedish tabloid published anonymous accusations against a stockholm theater director again the article gave no names no one revealed

themselves after the publication either stilled benny frederick zones career was ruined after sixteen years at the helm of his theater he resigned after several months he took his own life after his death an investigation revealed he did nothing wrong just a week later he must have felt like falling into a bottomless abyss and then he hadn't been planning for a long time to take his life he just didn't make it that day it was too bad for many me too helped overcome the terror of public shame and potential vengeance it showed that no one is immune to justice but as of now hypocrisy and exploitation for personal gain could bring about its demise. washington has found a new culprit when it comes to election meddling china the mainstream media though is still obsessed with rush's alleged involvement in american votes and is raising the alarm over the upcoming midterms and brings us more. as america prepares for

the midterm november elections the mainstream media is beating that same dead horse from twenty sixteen if there is a problem you know who we can blame question hackers ahead of the midterm then i was arrogant and security of our next election the russians are targeting members of congress the us midterm elections are just around the corner and russia's attack continues to haunt the united states russian election interference in the twenty thousand midterms the russians have not reduced their hacking but it looks like russia is not the only country capable of assembling an army of keyboard crunchers to maniacally dismantle democracy trump says that another global adversary of the united states is getting in on the action one of the foods that are so focused on looking only at russia she's also looking in another direction china but in the end if we are smart tough and well prepared we will get along with everyone so why does

trump want everyone to focus on china so badly well trump is waging a trade war against china a trade war that's quite unpopular with lots of american farmers right now we're doing a fair distance there that we have no control over anything are they based in washington between the united states and the chinese we have no control over there but the markets are going to know that this continues for unlike the time they're going to be certain people are not going to farm and i would say no matter what you think of trump's tariffs nobody likes the idea of china coming into the country and messing up our election process trump wants us to rally around the flag and protect our ballot boxes come to think of it this could be used against any country they don't want you to like it seems like john bolton has figured that out i can say definitively that it's a sufficient national security concern about cheney's meddling iranian meddling in north korea meddling that we're taking steps to try and prevent it so all four of

those countries really. our intelligence shows that there are a number of others that are looking at and considering aging particularly in two thousand and eighteen of course no actual evidence is being provided but who needs evidence anymore these days anyhow now iran russia china and north korea all plotting to meddle in the upcoming elections we shouldn't be surprised that the congress is now working on the election security bill but it's interesting to note that despite this four way pending an attack it seems like this bill will not actually include a hand counted audit but don't worry those easily hacks computer voting systems they can handle anything trump is obviously using china as sort of this target to make it the new big bad guy the big justification he has had for at least steel tariffs is that because the chinese government gives such a huge a subsidy to its own domestic steel production that we need to fight back of course he's going to want secondary justifications you know suggesting that china trying

to influence elections or whatever else the united states has a horrific record in foreign policy the u.s. government is creating one false enemy after another and using that to justified politically unjustifiable behavior. what next for crypto currency it's a billion dollar question on the college report next. i've been saying the numbers mean something they matter the u.s. has over one trillion dollars in debt more than ten white collar crimes happen each day. eighty five percent of the global wealth he longs to the rich eight point six percent of the market saw a thirty percent rise last year some with four hundred to five hundred trades per

second per second and bitcoin rose to twenty thousand dollars. china is building a two point one billion dollar a i industrial park but don't let the numbers overwhelm. the only number you need to remember is one the one business show you can afford to miss the one and only. place. the touch the turds. and i finally ended up going also to defend the template now hons a blip on the album keep the point. line and if you have you would it be that easy to find a friend that i had and me. plus is that going to take

months to people who. didn't. vote but i thought it might have been my little bit of a wonderful not that i would go to the outlet that out of money coming over out of much of the woodwork to mop up to get a job but it. exists and wonders like blues. some boards of. the sea. you can see no problem.

oh who can. will the maple lives win the stanley cup only care about around this joint here we are toronto stacey what's happening hey max we recorded in this location once before right after the us elections when president donald trump was elected and of course we were here to see the influx of american refugees the democrats but they never did arrive but we're still here and i just want to remind everybody that there is of course a little airport right downtown in central toronto and you may occasionally hear a plane land you will also see many canadian geese some of them come over here quite aggressively to do yeah i have some headlines here that i want to talk about because of course we are here for some sort of block change sort of conference and why are all these things happening why do we have big queen why do we have cryptocurrency is why do we have donald trump why do we have breaks it why do we

have all these things well it all started with report talking about it because of the financial collapse headline reads the financial crisis cost every american seventy thousand dollars fed study says america never made the growth last in the two thousand and eight global financial crisis and the recession it triggered a decade later u.s. households are still counting the cost so we're below the two thousand and seven trend and that equals seventy thousand dollars per household right well let's. kind of go on a talk about this for a moment here so the response to the two thousand and eight crisis was that the global bankers got together they really architect of the global financial system to a stand a ten times the impact financial crisis in the future they did nothing however to undercut the ability for the bad actors the global banks to increase their balance sheets in the lead.