central couple getting the presidential. address by the. on sunday proposed a cease fire. so in the headline stories this hour is the syrian army to retake the militant held enclave of western media outlets warn of a civilian massacre the same though feel to mention the area is under the control of groups accused of war crimes. young russian boy whose mother is severely ill and in need of difficult to obtain medication appealed to locals in his city to help save you look at the response to his appeal.

this is international coming live from moscow every hour of the day on unit o'neill welcome to the program their top story the afghan capital saw three hours of heavy gun fighting on tuesday between security forces and insurgents earlier in the day. central kabul fired according to local police by the taliban the country's president was delivering a live televised speech at the time. you . know he. could do if he

did they. don't we sat d t v ad if you couldn't well 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 premises that was hit as reportedly was 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 on bush three buses taking almost two hundred people hostage later on monday afghan security forces reportedly freed nearly one hundred fifty of those people journalists face he sent this report 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 so far some up to ten rockets have been fired into different locations kabul police says that two policemen have been slightly injured into these attacks but the look ation have been evacuated the firefighters of arrived and tried trying to douse and or we have to wait and see what will be the latest about because we still do not have any clue about the civilian casualties or we know that choose these missiles came after the afghan president offered a cease fire on sunday to last for the duration of the muslim holiday. the recent violence appears to be a decisive rejection of that daniel hawkins reports now on the current relations between afghanistan and the taliban the three month cease fire proposed by president danny is not the first such motion in afghanistan it probably won't be

the last that has the blessing of the u.s. time for peace has a but a ring to it than war on terror regardless the taliban are firmly rejected it instead continuing a countrywide military offensive. i saw my friend dying who was among thirteen people including children and women who were killed during an airstrike last night and there is no attention from the government no facilities for the residents of the dead still bodies are. on the road signs and i've also been enjoying. military commanders say the troops 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. this way between a military solution and negotiations with the taliban was such a hot cold rhetoric from the white house so it's hardly surprising the possibility of mediation is 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 chela been that the only pair of peace and political legitimacy for them is through a negotiated settlement the taliban trimble's those put to give you the video of him the boy before the call for the taliban when their choices are to reconcile women irrelevance or die 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 cease fire of them all a permanent solution to a decades long cycle of violence something that today looks as this tent as ever. well we discussed the prospects of the talks between the taliban and the afghan

government with political analyst. and investigative journalist nicholas davis the afghan goldman 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 mediating. 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 in traction between the afghan government and taliban it just on the very fast speed 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. this syrian army is gearing up for an offensive on the last major rebel stronghold. 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 are being doubling down on the nora tive against them but some seeing the assad forces are certain to inflict heavy civilian casualties this same media though fails to mention the end laver's under control of jet li groups

accused of war crimes putting the story all together now go. 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 in profits killing dozens of people shattering whatever illusion of safety that may have existed if you listen to the c.n.n. piece and get the impression it looked province had been a peaceful oasis till 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 high yet 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. by al-shabaab it seems even 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 edward province on twitter but online many weren't buying 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 they are not rebels. which rebels did you 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 the east in rebel held areas of aleppo. battle districts of rebel house east of the unable to convince moscow to stop bombing civilians all they talked about was how civilians and moderate opposition fighters were being slaughtered by assad and. the russians there was no

mention of the hardest though and there since something our reporter saw with their own eyes. and the rebels are pushing into 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 it's. been repeating it. a year ago we had it we. had. our duma always black and white evil regime again. after that enjoyed killing. both. obviously

a child which is the ocean accompli. yes 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 the humanitarian corridor were set up by the russian and syrian army some have been waiting years to return aleppo was liberated from militancy eighteen months ago and life there is gradually returning to normal the syrian government has launched a large scale restoration program for the city. claims those efforts are being undermined alleging that the un has secretly bound its own agencies from helping to repair syria's economy because. 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 there's always where this secret directive it takes me a while to try to find it's actually the reasons secret directive but i expect to have an update we've asked some guarded some expect an update a bit later on this afternoon and i nothing you want on the letter or we contacted the united nations on the matter in a reply the spokesperson for the un secretary-general denied the existence of any secret memo thing aid is being allocated in accordance with the u.n. guidelines we've asked the russian foreign ministry for its response to that. not having a seriously ill parent can be hard for anyone especially children but one thirteen

year old russian boy whose mother desperately needed lifesaving drugs didn't despair he took matters into his own hunt. the more smarmy you're on the sauce then yeah squamish dumbstruck her new job or money just a costume. resident please have a heart help us with meds help make you my mom thing. called just to. the pilot it costs more to call das dollars here anyways you. should if you choose the corniest pretty much if you do close them up to new motion

. movies to shoot but i'm sure on the ocean just needed to know them some. of the fun of a recent. push and i just. want to boy is 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 we've got that story ninety seconds.

when i was chosen seemed wrong but all wrong just don't call. me if you get to say proud disdain become educated and engaged equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. what politicians do. put themselves on the line they get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president i'm sure. some want to be preached. to the right to be crushed that's what before three of them all can't be good. i'm interested in the waters of my. question.

for. your buck with r t international one of the most prominent figures in the me to movements against harassment has been accused of sexual assault herself to tell you not dress assia are gentle is being sued by a former colleague who claims she abused him when he was seventeen artie's igor she found off picks up the story. a star in dozens of movies director author and music contributor to bands like placebo or gentle jerk of all trades charged headlong to accuse the now it is graced hollywood producer harvey weinstein of sexually abusing him pioneering the me too movement blundell it when women have the same power as men i'm sure this type of violence will no longer happen the cases of women imbues

in their parents i hope and i believe that 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 and be using their parents well according to a report by the new york times our joe 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 a 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 universe. city 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 too 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 songs career was ruined after sixteen years at the helm of his theater here is a mind after several months he took his own life after his death and 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 to help 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 a lot a lot of reaction on this story we spoke to jennifer breen a legal analyst she

say's the positive aspects of the me to campaign are being weighed by people exploiting it for their own ends. unfortunately the entire impact of the media campaign it hasn't been as positive as it should have been theoretically it had a good thought to come out in the first place there was a good motivation behind it which is that it dims deserve to have a voice they deserve to have their stories be heard but unfortunately especially in the united states there are so many politics behind this and because the need to movement had so much press and publicity it's now being used for all these different motivations whether it's to shift blame away from somebody else or to try to pretend that you're a hero or in some cases we're finding now that people who weren't getting a lot of publicity as actors or actresses or in other avenues are now getting much more publicity has been a voice of the need to movement because of how popular became. the u.s. has seemingly found a new copra when it comes to election meddling china the mainstream media who is

still obsessed with rush's alleged involvement in american votes and is raising the alarm over the top coming mid terms kill a moped brought us this report 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 they know it was arrogant and security of. the russians are targeting members of congress midterm elections are just around the corner and russia's attack continues to haunt the united states brushing 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 dismantled democracy trump says that another global adversary of the united states is getting in on the action. one of the fools that are so focused on looking only

at russia just 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 no word for just a very remote control or if there are those based in washington between the united states and the chinese we have no control over but the markets are going to know that this continues for me like the time they're going to be certain people are not going to go far 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 they're 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 hacked 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 the steel tariffs is that because of 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 to try to try 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. patriot park located just outside moscow will play host to an exhibition of all things military for the next six days and artie's video agency ripley is you covered for all the action online for now though here's the show that open the army twenty eight to four.

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