i. i. i. i i. i i. noticed pictures coming in from a second day of demonstrations in a german city of cabinets for a local was stabbed to death in an incident involving describe people of various nationalities as a similar concerns over moderate integration rise in neighboring france we look at how the issue is being handled in western europe. also this hour the attorney for trump's former lawyer backtracks on his

groundbreaking claims about the information his client can provide to prove collusion. u.n. investigators say top military officials in myanmar should be prosecuted for genocide and crimes against humanity directed towards muslims. international law from moscow just gone midnight here in the capital on the new hawkins welcome to the program. and german chancellor angela merkel has said vigilante justice will not be tolerated after hundreds took part in demonstrations in the german city of both right and left wing activists gathered for a second consecutive day after a local was stabbed to death in an incident involving people of various nationalities that's according to authorities no major incidents. been reported but

there is a huge police presence after some israeli turned violent protesters held bottles at police who tried to disperse the crowd. was. was. artie's peter oliver has more now on how a small case sparked a massive protest wave which reflects an overall trend across western europe well that crowd that we saw there of around eight hundred people including it said members of the far right football hooligan outfit marauding through central came that all was sparked following the stabbing to death of a thirty five year old man in the early hours of sunday morning two other people were seriously wounded in that incident a twenty two year old iraqi and a twenty three year old syrian man have been taken into custody following that and it prompted opposition figures to come out and say that this shows that integration

in germany isn't working that the police are failing to keep people safe now since twenty fifteen germany has taken in over a million refugees and migrants and integration has been a problematic issue the most recent proposal that was put forward which involved compulsory community service and also. also conscription into the military was recently dismissed by the chancellor. i don't want every interview is compulsory military service i've consulted with military chiefs the i'll see the profession of soldier is not what it used to be and has changed. but it's not just in germany the question over integration has been raised in france senior figure within the center right republican party has said that the current policies on integration aren't working and if things continue then european identity european civilization as he

puts it as we know it could be at risk how can we fail to realize that we have reached the limit as regards integration and that this must immigration of today poses a cultural threat to european civilization over three years since the first refugees in migrants started to arrive in europe there's certainly no consensus and no catchall solution on how to integrate them into society political analyst ryan or office believes such public protests are normal reaction to a state failing to secure its citizens. well we can see that the tensions grow higher and higher in respect to the migration issues and the related security issues and the frustration among certain parts of the population grows as to the seemingly is not possible with existing security system also the judicial system to probably take care of the crowing challenges than it

becomes a real threat that citizens who are already really frustrated and aggressive take to the streets and. try to punish. people who look as if they were refugees or migrants and attack them of course this would be a normal process that the situation deteriorates in that direction that protesters also become while and in the streets they take security in their own hands and this is of course not a good solution for democracy and for. a long based state. their tourney for donald trump's former lawyer has significantly backtracked on his earlier groundbreaking claims about the information his client can provide

to help prove trump russia collusion the more proport from new york. now the attorney representing michael cohen has been going around the mainstream media in the united states saying that basically his client might have some big information regarding allegations of trump russia collusion it's been hinted at that perhaps his client michael cohen knew about the alleged hacking of the democratic national committee it's also been hinted at that he knew some key detail about the meeting at trump tower on which the two russian nationals that met with donald trump jr and possibly discussed the digging up of dirt on hillary clinton regardless this is what we've heard from the attorney representing michael cohen this is some of what he's been saying i can tell you that mr cohen has knowledge on certain subjects that should be of interest to the special counsel and is more than happy to toe the special counsel all that he knows is michael cohen have evidence of that

. this is one thing to do this morning above all which is it's not of evidence what he knows about mr trump's level of knowledge of the hacking and attempted interference in our democracy. russian agents would be of interest to mr modi now following multiple big stories that have come out regarding these claims from the attorney we now hear the attorney representing michael cohen start to backtrack this is what are you saying more recently i should have been more clear including with you that i could not independently confirm what happened i regret my era president trump has reacted to the backtracking from michael collins attorney on twitter he said the following michael collins attorney clarified the record saying his client does not know if the president knew anything about the trump tower meeting of which came nothing the answer is that i did not know about

the meeting just another phony story by the fake news media now why. is this such a big deal in the first place well if this story had indeed been true it would be significant evidence of trumped russia collusion which is the entire stated purpose of the bomb our investigation baumol or the special counsel was appointed for the purpose of investigating allegations that trumped colu did with russia during the twenty sixteen presidential election but after a year and a half of investigation no collusion has been discovered now we have seen charges against two former associates of donald trump but the charges had nothing to do with russia no evidence of any trumped russia collusion has been discovered so it appears that mainstream media would seem to report these statements as if they were breaking news and had a big evidence of a big amount of truth about a big discovery of trumped russia collusion well they're now backtracking and once again what they thought was big news about trump russia collusion has backfired and

we're seeing backtracking from the claims it looks like there is still no evidence being produced regarding trump russia collusion and the special counsel investigation of bob muller continues after a year and a half without having surfaced really anything it seems that there is some evidence that's come from the hands of the us president himself. i noticed the similarity between this plaque that trump colored and this other one from russia it appears from may have been trying to color in the flag of russia at

some point someone will notice that by coloring in a blue stripe into the red and white stripes of the u.s. flag today president trump was starting to create a russian flag now that's what i call the freud and sleep from color to blue stripes on his u.s. flag we all know we don't have random white stripes but russia flag has red white blue stripes from subconscious trying to communicate we should listen. to other headlines u.n. investigators say top military officials in myanmar should be prosecuted for genocide and crimes against humanity directed towards raimi muslims they are a minority group in the southeast asian country who are not recognized as citizens . the patterns of gross human rights violations and serious violations of international humanitarian law that is found amount to the greatest crimes under

international law that's we found include rape sexual slavery forced nudity and mutilation military forces in the put on any buddhist country launched a violent crackdown on muslims a year ago in response to rebel attacks on police posts the action forced more than seven hundred thousand people to flee the country the un considers it to be the world's fastest growing refugee crisis the global bodies report concluded military needs would never justify burning down villages assaulting children women and killing indiscriminately as a chair of the u.n. fact finding mission on myanmar most uki direst one believes the atrocities are a consequence of systematic and institutionalized oppression. this is a tragedy that was just waiting to happen and therefore the fact that we assemble. clearly shows a gradual build up. of discriminatory policies

against a very specific community there you know yes. and therefore. have reached a high point you have been. problematic situation because so long that . it was. just only time that erupt into this. horrific tragedy the un report also blamed the country's de facto leader aung san suu kyi you for using her role or not using her role or moral authority to stop the atrocities she's previously what a nobel peace prize along with a u.s. congressional gold medal and has been a darling of the western media throughout the last year she repeatedly denied any ethnic cleansing took place. when you use terms like ethnic cleansing which i think is a little extreme it just plays into the hands of extremists and not

a fact finding mission appointed by the united nations would not help help the situation it would have created greater ostade hostility between the different communities do you ever worry that you will be remembered as the champion of human rights the nobel laureate who failed to stand up to ethnic cleansing in her own country no because i don't think that ethnic cleansing going on i think ethnic cleansing is too strong or an expression to use for what's happening at the state council or. we're having a book who do more and what if you had and. he was clearly. of responsibilities and we were just a disappointment that. moral authority. to do something about this you have to start to stand. up policies that need to be there to

address. the syrian government to say that's ready to recapture the last major rebel stronghold of a glib damascus has been deploying additional forces to the front lines of the enclave though it still says it's willing to pursue a course of reconciliation however that idea was snubbed by the key militant group controlling the area. its leader warned other factions against talking to damascus . i mean while the russian defense ministry says the u.s. is expanding its strike capabilities near syria moscow says it has intelligence that jarred it intending to stage a chemical attack which the west could use to justify action against the syrian

government a strike on. using poison laden missiles is planned within the next forty eight hours that some players outside the region are preparing yet more provocations on syrian soil involving chemical weapons with the aim of destabilizing the situation there and undermining the positive dynamics of the ongoing peace process. more the missive warns that it's the white helmets pro rebel group that will be there first with cameras and tweets as they usually are whenever there are rumors of chemical attacks and we reached out to them for comment and as is also usual the u.s. and its power stabbed ready with guns drawn we now see plans for the syrian regime to resume offensive military activities and it would. we are obviously. about the possibility that it may use chemical weapons again

if the syrian regime uses chemical weapons we will respond very strongly it's getting very hot in the area america's just pulled up another guided missile cruiser packed with tomahawk missiles the weapon of choice when attacking syria also u.s. strategic bombers heavy duty stuff have just arrived in the neighborhood the russians also acting moving more and more ships to the mediterranean room it's a submarine stool and it's cruel dreadfully reminiscent of what happened last time.

neal weeks before the alleged chemical incident in ghouta the incident that provoked a british friends and u.s. missile barash well mia weeks before that the russians warned that rebels were preparing to stage a chemical attack now they're warning it will happen. yes which begs the question why oh why would ask who has almost won this war why would he launched a chemical attack and invite disaster now there is no value for syria or its allies in using chemical weapons against any of the terrorists syria is already winning syria has already won along with its allies along with russia and with iran and hezbollah they have already essentially defeated the tech feed terrorist cleanup time the other thing you've got is we have

so many times been told that the organization for the preventive prohibition of chemical warfare has emptied syria of all of its chemical weapons this happened a few years ago but we keep getting told syria is making chemical weapons and i know micron says europe may need to look elsewhere when it comes to security already why after this short break. well israel's got a lot of oil but there are many refineries and this is banks of oil you know they're trying to levers our oil position through the machinations of a crypto currency you know my suggestion is you know maybe build a few refineries you know sell a higher end product and put that money back into the economy in this way may take ten or fifteen years but you're not going to be now taken over by some cia

operative. when almost seemed wrong. move just don't hold. any belief yet to shape out. active. and engaged equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. welcome back swati international french president tomorrow macron has set his plans for europe's the friends speaking to the country's ambassadors he underlined the

region's security can no longer rely so heavily on the united states. a lot from the europe can no longer rely solely on the united states receipt curacy sent to us today to take responsibility and guarantee european security and consequently european sovereignty mr michael went to outline a number of quite soon the united states which are very similar to cripes that the european union has with the united states and particularly the trumpet administration this things such as the trade wars that we've seen in recent months this is the hiking of steel an element in tariffs with countries around the world also the fact that the trumpet ministration his withdrawal from the paris climate accord it's also withdrawn from the iranian nuclear deal earned of course there has been doubts from the trumpet ministration particularly from president trump himself over nato itself which is the security force bowings the u.s. and europe now he's talked in the past saying that he thinks the u.s.

is doing too much so all of these concerns have prompted mark can say we can't now rely on the u.s. for security we have to do something about it ourselves what is that well he's talked about this close defense cooperation here in europe but he's also said that europe needs to look beyond its borders and to look to other countries such as russia in the feature. film for simply reinforce solidarity would imply revisiting the european architecture of difference in security by nish ating renewed dialogue on cybersecurity chemical weapons conventional weaponry territorial conflicts space security the protection of the polish didn't seem particularly with russia i want to launch exhaustive reflection with our european partners in a broad sense with russia but defense relationship with russia mr michael said depends on europe and russia finding a mutual agreement in progress when it comes to the minute's peace agreement on the

continuing conflict in. praying so it seems that as the u.s. continues to isolate itself from longstanding such as you european union that could be no paving the way to new relationships with other countries to manage. political analysts that may call a medic of it thinks that nato may have to transform due to internal fractures what is changing now is first of all what donald trump has said during his political campaign that he felt that nader was obsolete i think you know the ripples of what donald trump centering his campaign on will his position is macro is getting good on time well with donald trump so i think he's testing this out on the american public don't forget that this is a very important for macro who is preparing the next european elections i don't think it means that it's going to be the end of nato but definitely do see that nato as an institution and dating back to nine hundred forty nine is cracking from different different places from the u.s.

that's where it started off a number of you france is going into my next trip in the dark and so this could this could maybe be some sort of rethinking of what the defense of europe and then i've seen the u.s. and europe could be. two u.s. nationals in vietnam have been sentenced to fourteen years in prison over an attempted coup they were among the twelve people sentenced all of the members of the provisional national government of vietnam which was the cloud a terrorist organization by the country's authorities back in january the war in vietnam ended more than four decades ago apparently for some of those the struggle continues. the vietnam war one of the world's bloodiest conflicts and the american army's biggest defeat to you ideologically opposed blocks in two decades of fighting came at a cost of fifty six thousand u.s. troops who in a bid to overthrow the communist regime of north korea now that the casualties among civilians were much greater at least two million people died in the wall.

after hopes of tightening democratic grip across the vietnamese state slipped away and up to one hundred forty one billion dollars was spent on military operations the us folded two had been exhausting or at home and abroad. nine hundred seventy three thousands of antiwar protesters would later contribute to the end of u.s. military involvement and two years later the south surrendered with vietnam forced to unite under a socialist flag. however it would take years for vietnam to heal from the wounds of the us campaign. napalm bombs and toxic herbicides left the country scarred. and its citizens suffering. fast forward to twenty eight and us finance relations have turned a new leaf. even prospering. however there are some people who can't let go of the

past among them the provisional national government of the third republic of vietnam most of them share one thing in common they all supported or fought for the south vietnamese army and had to flee when the war ended in one nine hundred seventy five they dream of a regime they never had a chance to see. and they're proactive about sharing their agenda they have their own prime minister and even newspapers about their cause printed in japan malaysia and thailand recently they've caught the attention of more global audience in. the ministry of the. sure announced the organization of the provisional national government of vietnam as a terrorist organization. they planned to buy weapons in an attempt to carry out terror. plots were uncovered and they were arrested by vietnamese security forces. twelve members were charged with subversion attempting to broadcast anti state messages described as

a coupe two of those behind it were american nationals of vietnamese descent. has been revealed they open the pan letters to the u.s. president with a q. even based in california it may be almost half a century since the end of the vietnam war but under the surface there are still rumblings with some still willing to fight for a cause they never saw come to fruition. the russian pacific fleet has been put through its paces during drills on the can shop to put in the civil war games required hitting targets up to five hundred kilometers away here's a look at some of those highlights.

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destruction to keep peace is the drive to get rid of nuclear weapons realistic and all the list is if the regime remembered well enough today. earnings exactly are really great to have you on our program welcome to russia thank you very much so. a lot so relevant issues to discuss with you. so far your country is the only country that has suffered from the use of the nuclear weapons so it is understandable why japanese people are so adamant on abolishing nuclear arms. but you say that those advocating nuclear disarmament are realistic if you really think so i mean how realistic because nuclear states including your biggest partner united states opposed that. well i say. you know realistic because. our argument or. you know the.