i. the u.s. war in syria against using chemical weapons and the looming battle for a tough response if it does washington earlier also announced another u. turn on syria saying it won't be leaving anytime soon. in front of my house my mom wife and three children. i remember how i called home. killed including three children when militants shell a christian village in serious problems. the asia pacific business and political decision makers head to russia's far east for a major economic forum with iran helping the for between north and south korea. and insight into europe's immigration issues outspoken interior minister talks exclusively to r.t. .

that would live news twenty four seven this is r.t. international from moscow on world news this hour. america's national security advisor is warning syria of a tougher response if it dares to quote use chemical weapons again britain and france will support the move this comes as the u.s. announces plans to stay in the country as well. as washington's policy on syria. the syrian conflict another drawn out affair with the u.s. only digging itself in deeper but as the newly appointed representative for syria engagement stated there's no hurry so an open ended presence in syria is the new reality despite donald trump's call to get us personnel back home will become another syria like very soon let the other people take care of it. surprise surprise plans on syria once again aren't panning out as expected let's roll back to the beginning of.

the syrian uprising seemed simple washington's main goal regime change the plan according to cables published by wiki leaks would lead to the unraveling of threads all over the region including a possible sectarian war that would likely bog down another major adversary eram the full of the house of acid good well the united states terror and war drawing in iran which in the view of his right on the come on this would not be a bad thing for israel and its western allies two birds one very bloody stone but here we are in two thousand and eighteen and the reality is a solid still in power and the fighting in the country secretary and otherwise has been anything but beneficial for the u.s. and its allies it has israel looking on anxiously as you remain influenced takes root in syria with the tehran backed hezbollah militia becoming a key player. and

about those western allies europe is plagued by a refugee crisis in part triggered by the syrian war not to mention terror attacks carried out in the name of eisel. and here's another failed expectation or plan to train and equip the opposition in syria so they can help push back these terrorists a tactic that proved to be less than successful can you tell us what the total number of trained fighters remains it's

a small number and. the ones that are in the fight. is is we're talking four or five now to be fair one strategy deployed from the very beginning that still finding success to this day is the use of social media to push an agenda. heard a roar and there was dust everywhere i grabbed my daughter is trying to cover there with my body that's what i always do in situations like that last part of our eye when told to find him and so he was in the corridor there was a pool of blood coming from he said. exactly seventeen years ago the world watched stunned and helpless as the nine eleven terror attacks took the lives of thousands in the us

a sense that and washington's been engaged in a fight against terrorism through intervention around the globe but it seems that mission is switched in some countries it's kind of both and that explains. seventeen years ago in america evil had a name and that name was al qaida the united states of america is an enemy of those who aid terrorists and of the barbaric criminals who profane a great religion by committing murder in its name but that was seventeen years ago in more recent days things just aren't as clear cut in syria's illit province the terrorist group known as he ought to rear al shaab previously known as al qaeda in syria is alive and kicking now the un special envoy for syria stephan de mistura says that over ten thousand al qaeda linked fighters are in the area for a long time the usa has promised that it will separate the moderate opposition from the designated terrorist groups but this separation just hasn't happened and at this point it seems like u.s. officials are focused on raising the alarm about the syrian government's efforts to

retake rebel held territories. syria must not reckless live type problems in fact the top administration has already made it clear that if indeed there is a chemical attack they already know who did it if there are chemical weapons that are used we know exactly who's going to use them john bolton trumps national security advisor says that the idea that anybody even the syrian government might use chemical weapons is just crazy.

so apparently al-qaeda brought down the twin towers but they're just not evil enough to release some chlorine gas now the u.n. special envoy disagree is and says that the terrorists are very capable of conducting chemical attacks the government on one hand and most of them which is an organization that the irish by the figure council. are having deep i believe claim to produce weaponized chlorine it quickly stopped being a war about. democracy let's put it that way so. this there is no distinction and i think the united states news knows this it didn't matter to the united states who won so long as assad lost the americans are looking for a way to let's stop the syrian and russian advance on it and prevent this conflict from being over the syrian government will. will be the

responsible for chemical. regardless of who does them this isn't the first time that u.s. foreign policy has exact when it comes to al qaeda back in the one nine hundred eighty s. they called osama bin ladin a freedom fighter when he was battling against the democratic republic of afghanistan cia gave him guns and u.s. media cheered him on it seems now u.s. foreign policy regarding the al qaeda terrorists has gone full circle. art see new york. sexism at the highest levels of tennis continues to rage following serena williams furious outburst at the umpire during her defeat at the u.s. open final many are rallying behind the former world number one claiming double standards but others have turned to mocking a russian song called. i'm

here fighting for women's rights and for women's equality and for all kinds of stuff in for me to see these and for him to take again it made me feel like it was a sexist remark i mean like how he's never seen again from a man because they said. the

news outlets and celebrities are backing williams insisting that she would not have been treated this harshly if she were a man and that male players had far more aggressive outbursts the women's tennis association is also throwing its weight behind the. there's a rumor this ten is a c. that there should be not difference in the standards of tolerance provided as emotions expressed by a man there is disagreement and is committed to working with this sport to ensure that all players at treated the same we do not believe that this was done last night nonetheless the umpire in question is known for his tough approach and not just towards women this year's wimbledon quarter final he warned a male player for throwing his racket to the ground and twenty sixteen he penalized and the murray for his remark of stupid umpiring women's rights advocate emery's everson and social commentator anthony bryan logan joins us to discuss the fallout . i think she had to do what she did because she was first day to day she was losing a mate and people don't really realize a she already played

a omeo soccer earlier in the year i think it was in march down in florida and she lost badly in his will so it's a sports you get first ration is you react in an emotional way that the good news a missed of late they i think they came afterwards to john do some damage control of a rope defect a she lost so i said now that's oddities why you have is the greatest tennis player of all time this was not about her being frustrated at with losing a game this was about a woman that they would tend to to literally box her in at every level and they have said things about her and she's been under attack as the greatest player of all time that it's unfortunate that they just mistreat her the way that they do it yet the first violation which was for coaching now if she can say date she didn't see to guy given to signal ok it is fine it was just a warning there was no penalty that was sick a violation came where she's on the record on the ground broke the racket you can't do they so at that point you had to first violate second violation you should be

kind of just train noise in easy times you see a.b. go in a do it too much else question you have to ask here is have these other guys that she made seen had a first violation second violation being continued to act or did he say ok i got a calm down now you did i can't go anymore and indication. the definition of coaching requires that he actually receive the communication which he did not she didn't see it and even her coach said that he did say and i say she's going to say sorry i'm glad she didn't hear it so then there is why do you sort of violation because she didn't receive it so there's no need for the first with the second when people throw rackets all the time john john mccain row through racquets and carson everything else and it was called to get a warning and ship he was vague or if he had passion he didn't receive warning and it was tolerated and so forth arena to be lay. bassett and for this wind to be felon from her it's really unacceptable and it's really disgusting that there's

been such a campaign against her and i'm really concerned that we have an issue even with the mic night cart caricature portraying her as some type of animal i'm really just confused as to why we were willing to accept that she's just that great without shimmies during most of her last march or early it's a naomi osaka so i mean was it sexism. that made her lose or did you just happen to square because he got this kind of avatar and having a child. that she was not ready very well and this man she. played very well in the first. part where she also lost. key leaders and business chiefs from across the asia pacific heading to russia for a major economic forum which starts a little bit later on this tuesday now let's go live to vladivostok now covering the event for us is he for trying to drawing some big names for him not least of all the chinese and japanese leaders what are we expecting over the next couple of days that. call hello right now more than six

thousand four hundred kilometers away from moscow but if i get on a plane in less than two hours i can find myself in beijing tokyo sold this is the geographic reality of this region and russia's far east is open for business men represent the heavyweights of asia the likes of china japan and south korea and i can tell you that hundreds of entrepreneurs from these countries are attending the eastern economic forum and leaders of china and japan are here too they are going to talk with the president of russia vladimir putin and a total of sixty delegations are attending this year but right now i want to talk to someone who has been to one investment in singapore. for more than a decade a frequent guest on our team jim rogers international investor and author of street

small swam did a lot of things to i am delighted to be here it is nice to see you first question is the currencies of developed developing countries so are you most notably the leader of the turkish lira have taken a plummet recently is this just the temporary trend or should we be should we be wary of some serious problems that would usually when you have a collapse it's time to buy venezuela totally collapsed i think you bought by going to sway argentina into the sale of totally collapsed partly because the dollar is strong fiscal usually you should by now i have not bought anything but i'm getting getting. his grace saying for more economic sanctions and it seems that this next round of measures is inevitable so what should investors do when it comes to russia and this kind of climate. i have learned over the decades that

sanctions rarely if ever work they affect a few people for a short period of time but the market always finds a way to get around the pats what capitalism is sanctioned usually makes some people very very rich right now there are sanctions against russia and that would cost the farmers love it in russia because they're doing so well they don't have to compete with other farmers so sanctions politicians like to be on t.v. and say. they're a waste of time mr rogers you're talking about the farmers in russia were making a profit because of that but i'm talking about foreign investment in this country. i'm a foreigner come invest in russia i'm looking for an offense and russia if i find i have investments in russia and if i find the right things at the right price i would buy more russia russia i have learned also helio over the years that when a market. so even you should be looking at that market because chances are there are opportunities that's when things are cheap now i know your parents taught you

to buy low and sell high when something's hated like russia it's slow. mr rogers let's talk about this. in the new media is so to say a trade war for example when america trumps america starting one against trying now is there any particular role that forms like this one may play when it comes to trade trade wars have never worked for anybody and no one is going to ever want to trade war so this is not a good thing is happening or in this like this everybody can find new ways to trade with each other even if there are trade wars it's expensive perhaps but this is a good way for people to share and say what do we do and anybody who knows history and economics knows trade wars don't work but the problem is you know we can always

say that mr trump doesn't know or doesn't care he thinks trade wars are good and he can win. of course we cannot separate economics or of politics steve think the recent call between north and south korea can somehow impact the regional economic outlook and then possibly later something globally there is going to be a piece of between north and south korea is going to be unification and soon when that happens it's great for north east asia people can say well a lot of money that they're spending on military right now a lot of money to say we don't have to worry about blowing each other up of course it's great for everybody. now when i introduce to you always talking about the many entrepreneurs from countries like china japan and south korea attending this particular forum is there anything for the west or an festers in this region to take the. i happen to be extremely optimistic about russian stories that's why i'm

here i'm trying to i haven't been here five or six years i'm looking for ways to invest in the russian authorities because this is going to be what. will be one of the most exciting cities in the world and the next day you should not go back to moscow you. have to leave it there mr rogers that was international investor jim rogers and also author of street smarts back to you and i'll be back with more from. day one of this eastern economic forum yes we'll check back in with a little later thanks for trying. we've got insight into your migration crisis after the break from the italian minister at the center of a clampdown on new comers stay with us.

so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy. let it be an arms race. theory dramatic to follow only mostly i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk. face for the next natural threat like china becoming a superpower and get its act together and like we did during the cold war oh after russia put up sputnik the us landed on the moon that's why i mention the list and look if we have an existential crisis coming down the path guys like trump and other entrepreneurial you know leaders will mobilize the country and i want them to challenge because right now america doesn't have anybody else out there to play with you know we're.

going to. welcome back the un human rights chief assent delegations to italy and austria to verify how migrants there are being protected reported increase in racist attacks in those countries. italy's decision to close its seaports denying entry to m g o rescue ships had serious consequences for the most vulnerable even though we're seeing a big drop in the numbers coming from libya over the past twelve months the number of those inquires. the public the price of crude our actions is the loss of his freedom but. we still make a sponsor's actors in the world of culture and citizens are outraged about the situation ologists an opposition illegally incarcerated in russia.

little or. what daily life in french prison is like every day a prison guard names incarcerated person and reason arrest warrant out loud the prisoner then grabs his things and mattress from the cell says his goodbyes his prison mates and leaves in florida for example five to ten prison guards gang up on a convict and slam them to the floor choke him until he shows fred twist his hand and then lead him out was squeezing his neck. obviously the administration here is

just torturing me. ok that's it for now i'll have your next world update in half an hour see you then . join me every first week on the alex simon show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics or business i'm show business i'll see you then.