it. rained. on central hitting the presidential palace during a dress by the. crew on sunday proposed a cease fire. also ahead on the program as the syrian army gears up to retake the militant held and leave the western media . the same. fields that mention the. control of this group's accused of war crimes.

the leader a young russian boy whose mother is. difficult to obtain medication to locals in his city to help safer we look at what the response to. our international news. is artsy welcome to the program my names you know o'neil our top story this hour the afghan capital saw three hours of heavy fighting on tuesday between security forces and insurgents earlier in the day missiles rained down on central kabul fired according to local police by the taliban the country's president was delivering a live televised speech at the time. if

you. could do you think it could be. done with sat d t v ad if you could and the missiles landed in the diplomatic district of the city where government buildings are situated as we just saw the presidential palace down here on news wall that's one of the buildings that was hit also reportedly hit as well was the u.s. embassy up here well the taliban house had been increasing its activity militarily lately with 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 three hundred fifty of those people well journalists

face he sent us 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 the 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 choose these missile came after the afghan president offered a cease fire on sunday to last for the duration of the muslim holiday. it looks

like the attacks or a scorning response to the proposal don't you hawkins the only 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 a near street last night there is no attention from the government no facilities

for the residents and the dead bodies. still on the roads and as 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 control 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 negotiations with the taliban was such a hot cold rhetoric from the white house it's hardly surprising the possibility of mediation is taking years to arise it's been quite a balancing act for washington you 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 path to peace and political legitimacy for them is through a negotiated settlement the taliban trembles as a hero of the first you know appear to you the boy before the call of the taliban when their choices are to reconcile live in irrelevance or die in september taliban representatives have been invited for talks in moscow alongside 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 didn't as ever . yeah as daniel was just going through the taliban the afghan government are scheduled to meet for talks in moscow in a few weeks the russian foreign minister confirmed plans for the meeting and said reactions been encouraging from both sides we have never hidden our contacts with the taliban they are part of afghan society our contacts are aimed at providing security for russians in afghanistan but also to make the taliban ended to fight and start negotiations with the government a couple of years ago we initiated the so-called moscow from where we invited afghanistan in their neighbors in the region and the usa to start negotiations with foreign support but it's just another so it takes place in early september with the taliban and the afghan government both invited for the first reaction was positive planning to take part in the meeting we hope it will be productive but we discussed

the prospects of the talks between the taliban and the afghan government with investigative journalist nicholas davis political analyst enters our kidding. the african 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 in the afghan government and everybody in afghanistan is hoping that something good will happen after the conference in moscow in russia mediating. will be also invited the afghan government 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 is 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. 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 include something doubling down on the norah two of against the massacres with some saying the forces are certain to inflict heavy civilian casualties the same media though fails to mention the enclave is under

control of just the groups accused of war crimes going through all that we know. 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 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 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. would 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 kates 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 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 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 they are not rebels there. 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 held east and that i'm able 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 hardest though and their sins something our reporter saw with their own eyes. where in the south. 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. after. a year ago we had to. what we. are always black and white legal regime again. that enjoyed killing.

a child which is the ocean of a complete reality. ok to another story that caught our eye this week 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 hands. the book published my. the songs. for my show i don't. need to promote this because what. do you tenants please have a hard and help us with much help me cure my mom thanks i put. the

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the work they did at coming up after the break a key figure in the me two campaign against sexual harassment is sued by a former fellow actor who alleges she raped him when he was under age we've got the story.

live from moscow you're back with r t international now there are concerns that large numbers of child slaves trafficked from vietnam and china could be working on calibers farms in london it comes as figures this closed under

a freedom of information requests showed the scale of the illegal drugs cultivation the high number of cannabis farms across london and trafficking of vietnamese children so work in them is extremely worrying potentially thousands of children and young people are being trafficked from vietnam and exploited by ruthless criminal gangs. hundreds of cannabis farms have been discovered in the british capital in recent years and specifically that number is said to be at three hundred fourteen that's one farm every two days from january twenty sixth in until april this year and of course what makes these matters worse is certainly concerns about who it is that's being to work at these farms or factories as they're described we do know that experts from campaign groups have been raising red flags about this issue for at least a decade now with headlines circulating in the british press on and off throughout recent years trying to raise attention to this issue however experts are continuing

to say that large numbers of children and teens from countries like vietnam and other places are trafficked to work out these kinds of farms and indeed this is being described as extremely worrying it's being said that over two thousand suspected trafficking victims were referred to officials just last year and that's a number that's being described as the highest on record and one of the concerns that containers have on this issue is that oftentimes these people when discovered working at these farms could be treated as criminals as opposed to victims and this is certainly seen as a very serious issue we have sent out requests to the home office to the metropolitan police and trafficking groups such as anti-slavery international so we will be certainly updating this report once we hear back from them on this topic. of the most prominent figures in the me too movement against harassment has no been

accused of sexual assault herself and tell you no actress or gentle is being sued by a former colleague who claims she abused him when he was seventeen or tease igor's adult of pixel 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 there because of me too 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 our 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 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 have 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 sones 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 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 or we get the thoughts of jennifer breeden a legal analyst on the issue she sees the positive aspects of the me two campaign are being weighed by people exploiting it for their own in. unfortunately the entire impact of the media campaign it's 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 when 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 me too movement because of how popular it became. ok let's go scully high now because patriot park located just outside moscow is playing host to an exhibition of all things military for the next six days an r.t.s. roughly video agency house you covered for all the action online here's the. show it open the army twenty eighteen forum earlier.

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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 chain 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 up the growth lost 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 leverage by ten times and now here we are in twenty eighteen and in fact now the bell.