those who don't. need to know that there will always be a serious price to pay if red lines crossed the british foreign secretary urges more sanctions against russia during a visit to washington as the u.s. treasury hints at tougher measures for moscow's quote maligned activity. we can bring even more economic pain to bear and we will not hesitate to do so if its conduct does not demonstrably and significantly change. also this hour as the syrian army gears up to retake the militant held out enclave of it live western media outlets warn of a civilian massacre the same outlets though fail to mention the area is under the control of jihad this group's accused of more problems.

the taliban rained down missiles on central kabul hitting the presidential palace during a live address by the afghan leader who on sunday has proposed a cease fire. this is our to international bring you in your live news update this hour with me jack and welcome to the program sanctions is definitely the buzzword in washington this tuesday with yet more calls to tighten restrictions against russia over a series of issues for which moscow is being blamed now our u.s. correspondents are cross the developments we have killed him up and in new york and samir khan in washington d.c. killed the british foreign secretary is on his first official visit to america but he's got russia in his sights hasn't it. yes now we heard

him speak to the u.s. peace institute he made his remarks and essentially he called for more hostility to russia in athens and it's interesting because his speech was actually leaked to the press ahead of time so people knew what he was going to say before he said it and he followed the draft of his speech that was leaked pretty pretty closely let's review some of his remarks. need to always be a serious price to pay if red lines across the united kingdom its allies to go further by calling on the european union to ensure sanctions against russia comprehensive and that we stand shoulder to shoulder with the u.s. . now just two weeks ago we saw a new sanctions imposed on russia by the united states in response to the

accusation about the involvement in the chemical weapons attack surface cripple and such now the latest measures will come in two rounds now the first was already imposed on august sixth and those sanctions are they limit financing in exports they specifically banned the sale of national security goods that are sensitive like technology the the second round the tougher round that will come into force in november. could include the banking sector restrictions on imports and it would actually suspend diplomatic relation and actually terminate flights between the two countries now moscow has said that this amounts to economic warfare against russia this is what has been the response. this is because that i was there not support of russia will consider retaliate remasters in response to yet more adverse steps from washington richard in light of these the confirmation by the us administration of

its read and that is to keep improving relations with russia just looks ridiculous it's a blatant hypocrisy yes it was possible which the but the if something follows something like a restriction of the operations of russian banks who do use a foreign currency it can be called for what it is a declaration of economically and it will be necessary to respond to this war with economic political or if necessary other methods you now it's still an open question whether the usa the u.k. and the european union will all fall into line against russia when we are as of yet having waiting to see any solid evidence to back up the accusations that are justifying these new sanctions and economic attacks kill them up and reporting live from new york thank you for that update now meanwhile the u.s. treasury has frozen millions of dollars worth of russian assets or washington correspondents american has more on that so it's getting harder to keep up with the rate of sanctions washington is imposing what do we know about this latest

statement from the treasury. well the treasury department did explain it all and its statement saying that these efforts have been taken in order to counter russia's efforts to challenge the u.s. and its allies listing a few examples including the occupation of crimea subverting western democracy neighboring the assad regime just to name a few now in the statement to the treasury department also reiterated how well they're saying sions have been going saying quote the treasury's russia sanctions program is among our most effective and impactful since january twenty seventh this administration has sanctioned two hundred seventeen russian related individuals and entities for a broad range of activities check out what else was. the bread and brazenness of russia's malign conduct demands a firm and vigorous response our actions are imposing an unprecedented level of financial pressure on those supporting the kremlin's malign agenda and on the

sectors of the russian economy though russia's malign activities continue its adventurism undoubtedly has been checked by the knowledge that we can bring even more economic pain to bear using our powerful range of authorities and that we will not hesitate to do so if its conduct does not demonstrably and significantly change . now while these sanctions are effective and that's what the u.s. claims they come at a pretty steep price not only do they impact the u.s. but they also impact europe and the european commission had a few words. of course u.s. policies are impacting on german foreign trade individual companies are grinding their teeth and a severely affected german companies fear a short term loss of ongoing business operations worth hundreds of millions of

euros furthermore the short term terminations of contracts with suppliers for example could lead to production losses along the entire production chain since a replacement of equal quality has to be found first. america first cannot mean that europe's interests come last. the fear is that american policy will restrict the behavior of european companies and the impact in their g. policy making with the in the. europe's energy supply is a matter for you and not the united states of america even though trump says that he wants to improve relations with russia it seems that out washington doesn't really want that to happen so america reporting from the u.s. capitol and killam up and from new york city you think you both are bringing us those reports. the syrian army is gearing up for an offensive on the last major rebel stronghold italy 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 under government control however ahead of the campaign many western media outlets have been doubling down on the narrative against a mask this was some saying the assad forces are certain to inflict heavy civilian casualties the same media though fails to mention the enclave is under control of jihadi groups accused of war crimes in the patrol go take a 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 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. 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 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 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 bob it seems even london a staunch ally of some rebel groups has lost patients britain won't send any more cash to fighters and live 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 the media as attempts to portray that place as just rebel held clave so the question is if you live is mainly ruled by al qaida who gave sky news the exclusive access they are not rebels there. which 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 that beeston rebel held area of aleppo. battled districts of rebel held 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 are 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. we had. we. always black and white illegal regime again we. enjoyed killing. a child which is the ocean of a complete. reality. there are concerns that large numbers of child slaves trafficked from vietnam and china could be working on cannabis farms and london it comes as figures disclose under a freedom of information request show the scale of the illegal drugs cultivation the high number of cannabis farms across london and trafficking of vietnamese children to 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 seen 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 of 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 anti trafficking groups such as anti-slavery international so we will be certainly updating this report once we hear back from them on this topic still to come the taliban strikes in the afghan capital and an escalation of attacks the details when we come back. they gave us national camera. roughly once they showed some leave for them.

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welcome back the afghan capital saw three hours of heavy gunfighting 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. you see. if. you think. that anything that you. could do you think it came to that ok to. dull less sad detail. 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 as was reportedly the u.s.

embassy now the taliban has been increasing its military activity lately with another assault carried out by the group on monday taliban fighters ambushed three buses taking almost two hundred people hostage later on monday afghan security forces reportedly freed nearly one hundred and fifty of those people journalists face they sent us this report from kabul police believes that there have been two up to three assailants involved into this attack and the source for some up to turn rockets have been fired into different locations obl police says that two policemen have been slightly injured into these attacks but the look ation have been evacuated the firefighters of arrived and 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. tuesday's missile attack came after the afghan

president offered a ceasefire on sunday to last for the duration of the muslim holiday. it looks like that attacks are a scorning response to that proposal daniel hawkins reports now 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 but a ring to it than war on terror regardless the taliban are firmly rejected it instead continuing a countrywide military offensive. and . i saw my friend dying he was among thirteen people including children even women who were killed during an airstrike last night and there is no attention from the

government and no facilities for the residence of the dead bodies are still on the road signs 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 progress. 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 with such 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 to have the taliban willing to come to the negotiating table this is 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 is a hero of the year you know. if you go for you for the call for 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 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 didn't as ever as you just heard the taliban and 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 reaction has been encouraging from both sides we have never hidden our contacts with the taliban they are a part of afghan society a context a range of 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 form where we invited afghanistan in their neighbors in the region and the usa to start negotiations with foreign support another so it takes place in early september with the taliban and the afghan government both invited the first reaction was positive they're planning to take part in the meeting. we hope it will be productive we discussed the

prospect of talks between the taliban and the afghan government with investigative journalist nicholas davies and political analyst and as are. the african goldman just recently understood the crucial rule by the other superpowers in the region in russia 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 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 interaction between the afghan government in taliban it just on the very first speed the taliban have obvious on their side have concluded 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. having a seriously ill parent can be hard for anyone but 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 hands. yarmulkes our. own. the cost.

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