while insisting there's never been any in the past. russia's largest military drills in decades hit the halfway mark in the country's safari. and the bull seeing a dramatic sight thousands of tanks armored personnel carriers. by the very good afternoon just zero four pm this is arts international live with me kevin it was thursday in the breaking news big story today the two suspects the u.k. named in the poisoning of the russian double agent script and his daughter back in march and soles break given an exclusive interview to editor in chief we. pose the new to me and i've been to one you called me on my cell phone and tell me that your response to sheriff and alexander petrov.

is really quite the picture by the u.k. . and you're in the same car you we are those who are shown to you in the pictures. and i would say under petro of us are those your real names national yes they are our real names and what does it even now when you're talking about it to tell the truth you look very nervous. and what would you look like. when your life is turned upside down in a moment and just one gene changed our lives when my league. yeah ok a lot of people abroad who are looking really want to hear what these guys had to say it's interesting to hear their side of it isn't it they spoke down at length with simonian our editor in chief. contacted them. they spoke for twenty five minutes now we're going to show the whole thing to our view is this is exclusive in half an hour's time you've seen it you saw the first thing in russian sometimes it's

slightly different when it's translated from russian doing so you've seen it from both perspectives your initial thoughts about all this well obviously these are two mames two faces which become all too familiar to view was both in russia in the u.k. and all the other countries as well it's been the top story now for a couple of weeks a lot of digging a lot of speculation by a lot of journalists as to who these people are what they were doing what their background is they certainly look like the people in the c.c.t.v. they have confirmed that they are the people in the c.c.t.v. they've confirmed their real names of alexander petroff according to margarita simonyan now or editor in chief they have approached the subject i want to pick up on this point particular because a lot of people abroad are going why these are russian guys are yes russian channel but a broadcast around the world in english why why would these guys not go there like kind of the russian version of the b.b.c. or some like that of the state channel why would they come to our first of all it's a it's a relevant question well i mean among among the public among the russian viewership parties one of the most cited news sources in russia it's not

a federal channel you can't switch on and have it on your t.v. it's a cable channel in terms of social media in terms of online presence it is one of the most sort of one of the biggest ones and the main indeed say they followed margarita simonyan on social she's out there because of china yeah absolutely she's very active on there. obviously felt they could could go to the editor in chief of a channel that is bilingual and cited both here and abroad in this interview marguerite see what i really tried to ask some of the key questions that would have been on the public's mind again and what they were doing what their version of events was how they would account for their actions in the u.k. for those seventy two. it was this is what they had to say. and they exactly so on this is the t.v. footage from london you welcome those now famous coats a sneaker since holes very. souls are this people you yes. what are you doing there and our friends have been suggesting for a long time that we visit this wonderful town salisbury and wonderful town yes

a tourist town. there is the famous old brick cathedral famous not only in europe but in the whole world. it is famous for its one hundred twenty three metre spire. it is famous for its clock the one of the first ever created in the world that is still working. for. me to come out of it or build. this list so came to tell us very take a look at the clock in the summer when the children know we planned to visit london at first and have fun there was a little bit of what it means but yes it wasn't a business trip this time. and we planned to go to london and then to salisbury themselves but it's just an office of those normal. but when we were almost there

we thought the plane wouldn't land on the first drive as there was a heavy snow storms but that's because of all the havoc they had with transport in the u.k. on march second and third because of heavy snowfall and nearly all the cities were paralyzed we were unable to go anywhere. russ the third term i've seen this now the first review is a homegrown will solve why why not now travel on the plane mainly every five days about was and forward the planes are always part. thousands of tourists go but some forwards ok these guys went to london then they went sightseeing solar is on the track it's. got a huge cathedral big spire big site see a place i'm actually thinking we're talking about the weather earlier on though talk about the weather is one thing when you get snow here in moscow everything grinds on as it does remember with the beast in the east that time when i actually missed my flight but because everything literally ground to a hole to heathrow it does get a bit of snow there now either which way i'm just listening a bit more to what they're saying they're hearing their side i'm not judging either which side but some of it may be clicking there now britain says this pair

a russian intelligence officer moderator asked the more about that didn't she what did they say that you know indian before we go on the foreign office in fact has commented on this interview already very quick off and mark saying that the statements from these gentlemen are credible they're liars and they still believe them to be. that's from the u.k. foreign office come in about five ten minutes ago just on the wires they have to say about it well no surprise as they've denied any link or affiliation to russian special forces secret services intelligence agencies they said they work in the sports industry selling food supplements protein amino acids which means that they prove that they didn't want to go into much into too much detail about their business they said they travel both in russia and in europe they have clients they consult on healthy lifestyle and body building base of the didn't want to jeopardize those clients their business and more importantly really bring their family into this they said that they're afraid of even going outside of maybe they're beyond the six because they want to do it publicly they're yeah yeah sure

that's certainly one version of events and they said the reason for them coming forward for this interview voluntarily contacting margarita simonyan was for protection they didn't know who to turn to this is what else that to say. what i'm . you work for the g.r.u. and you meet now and you and i don't either but no one accuses me of working for the g.r.u. but you are being accused of that your colleagues are accusing us of that by your colleagues seem in journalists you're being accused by yuki authorities and yes that's the scariest thing where do you work your adult you need to make a living person if we tell you about our business people we work with will be affected tell anything so that we believe you everyone has questions what do you do to cut a long story short we're in the fitness industry let's say they're recognized when they leave the house they so they call it even go to fill up their car at the petrol station and really they're concerned for their families they don't want journalists to start digging around their family you know you watch the russian

channel see how much coverage has there been as have been largely ignored in the russian media over here in russia are always have been big it's been all over a fact of a period of a couple of russian t.v. shows even to discuss this is very much been the hot topic. very well absolutely. ok but if. she went into some detail about a year you know they said their lives have been turned upside down they said they hope the real perpetrators are going to be caught and they hope a situation is resolved and what it is they hope to get an apology they say from the u.k. authorities and from leave the perpetrators themselves this is what they've mentioned . what do you think about the whole screwball case. how do you even given a thought before he saw your photos on t.v. because we are living in it but you can't imagine what it's like we'd like if one day the real perpetrators are found and were given an apology and then.

by who the private traders. the u.k. authorities i'm lost so how long has it been a week five days i don't know what day it is you can't imagine what our lives have turned into we can't go outside we can't go to the petrol station are you recognized on the streets of the muscles and of course our faces are on t.v. every day. every day full screen two pictures they talk about us on the radio bashir of the trough every time we turn on the to the bashir if be trough would he be able to live like that i'm really scared i don't know what will happen tomorrow that's why we came to yes. it was i try not to watch the news as he does and i ask him from time to time is there anything new and i wait for an answer no nothing new but he then goes yes there is and then there's been more and more

and more how much more we're going to do next. we don't know we just want to be left alone for them this is their. i've seen this interview twice though in russia obviously there is a language clear there's a bit of tension the men are nervous that something margarita simonyan pointed out as well that they're sweating they look nervous they're not comfortable talking for a lot of people this really is going to raise more questions than answers for other people it's going to be another piece in a missing jigsaw in this you know jigsaw of this cripple saga which has been going on since march the men refused to show their passports that's something the editor in chief mentioned on a social media channel really her role was going to someone else was to ask the key questions here who the men are what they do what they were doing in the u.k. into account for their movements over those three days it was a role to watch those questions so the men didn't really give full answers perhaps everything would have liked to mow from them to you know prove their innocence or

their guilt either way course we've only seen this snippet here let me just tell our viewers at home there's an exclusive coming up in about twenty minutes or so the back half hour program a full twenty five minute version chat with them translated into english would be interesting if you listen in to that as well to see if there are any discrepancies over there won't be but it's often can be slightly misinterpreted what some isn't but anyway the whole thing coming up for you in just about twenty minutes time and then it'll be online most of it's already at r.t. dot com but the whole version with their after that is broadcast in about an hour or so ok thanks dan. let's check out more news though today and donald trump signed off for moves to tackle foreign interference in u.s. elections which he describes as a national emergency no less the president's issued an executive order which refers to any attempt by individuals or countries to influence or alter vote results and the reason he's so concerned about all this is because a lot rides of course on those crucial early mid terms in the event that meddling

is provan sanctions would be imposed targeting sectors of strategic significance like finance or defense a washington correspondent samir a car has been taking a closer look. the order will authorize sanctions against entities charged with election meddling this applies to a companies organizations and even individuals the term entity means a partnership association trust a joint venture corporation groups group or other organization now if they impose these sanctions will block assets limit access to the us financial system and ban people from entering of the country in the order trump admitted that no foreign power has ever successfully influence a us election but he signed the order anyway although there has been no evidence of a foreign power old to ring the outcome or vote in any united states election foreign powers have historically sought to exploit america's free and open political system now it's also important to note that the order did not specify any

country in particular the term foreign government mince any national state provincial or other governing authority and any political party or any official of any governing authority or political party in each keys of a country other than the united states these sanctions will also be imposed on anyone accused of spreading propaganda and this information and the authority determine who's been meddling has been granted to the director of national intelligence the state department the treasury department homeland security and the justice department with forty five days to do so legally meter on this line will believes the executive order is vague though unlike previous documents of the kind . but a couple of things i want to bring up using the canons of of all american law away which i know a little bit about and whenever we look at any statute any statute law or regulation executive order p.t.d. you name it anything that is written one of the tenets that we always look to is

are the behaviors are the prohibited actions are those intended. activities spelled out accurately enough and with specificity enough so that you were able to read that particular executive order read the statute and comport accordingly meaning may i read this and say oh i know what to do now the next thing is sometimes we have terms void for vagueness vagueness ambiguity what is enter a fair and and i don't want to do this the air quotes but imagine i'm doing it what is interference what is propaganda what is one team to if fact have a good effect and i can come up with a lot of terms interpretations new ones if i tweak and leave the veritie veracity what does this mean i don't even understand how you would even apply this because

normally when you look at the statute excess interference shall move this it means it does not mean this the dissemination of an idea discussion debate what is that what when any country has any discussion i think there is an effect so it's very concerned if it concerns me for vagueness and ambiguity but what it is is the u.s. presidency responding to the domestic media and any doubts that people might hear of foreign interference in the election. the substance of it really is not material because. there are not going to be any measure of all indications of foreign interference in the election you know with rigging over tampering in any event so basically this is a public relations exercise from the white house. russia's vostok turning eighteen

military exercises and well underway in the country's far east these are the largest drills in decades with hundreds of thousands of troops and combat vehicles being put through rigorous testing maneuvers are also proving to be pretty irritating for the west with the pentagon saying it's watching it all very closely president putin met an address troops at the drills earlier thursday he also watched a joint russian chinese parade of army hardware navy action. is across it'll. feel we are one of the most anticipated exercises of the votes talk two thousand and eighteen war games. scenario russian paratroopers as well as their chinese counterparts assaulting a hot enemy position through being wounded in an illegal to spare dropping it is now being supported by artillery as well as air strikes and helicopters doing the

rounds. come. on formation during the battle with. the support. and reserve speed pushkin the battle. what's remarkable here is the level of coordination required to keep everything running smoothly with so many military branches and he called his jets as well as troops from multiple countries china from them. from russia and in such a confined and small area of course the exercise is simulated but the difficulties faced heel will translate it's a real combat experience. well

this is an improved thing if dramatic sight thousands of tags personnel carriers helicopters and aircraft a raid on a vast field chinese and russian joint military parades to end the day's exercises. yeah and the practice goes on it seems to bring you more tomorrow into that kind of thing now coming up here and allege stage chemical attack in syria with video of it about to be spread online been talking about this a lot over the last couple of weeks pressure over the last couple of days still nothing as of yet it seems online but we're across it more when we come back.

dennis kucinich has taken up with obama. he came out and he was a. course on east enders i was like oh yeah you know medicare for all be great but we're just. going to progress to something. you're not progressing. you know world of big part of. a lot and conspiracy it's time. to dig deeper to hit the stories that mainstream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smart we need to stop slamming the door on the back and shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the troops the time is now we're watching closely watching the hawks.

i can pick up on that story much before the break than the russian military claims that extremists in syria said lee province of staged and filmed a chemical attack which they intend to blame on president assad's forces moscow says the fighters will send some of that footage to the united nations and circulate the rest online. following the filming on the evening of the same day at a joint meeting between representatives of the white helmet and terrorists. out of the nine videos from the two were approved to be sent to the us and the or b c w the rest of the material was suggested for social media because of low quality according to the russian reconciliation center the preparations were made near the

syrian turn of can share color and were an alleged chemical attack took place on the fourth of april last year it's clear the filming took place in a nearby village where there's also a chemical stockpile or washington's ignored warnings from russia about all this that the self-styled syrian rescue group the white helmets are directly involved in staging the attack saying there's no evidence to support that claim and as the battle for a deliberate continues to loom is indeed the u.s. is pouring troops into syria to at the same time saying that if there is a chemical attack they'll be a much stronger response than before so situations really tense there jacqueline vogel looks into how washington's approach in syria is evolved over these recent years the deeper the u.s. get sucked into the syrian conflict the more the continuity of time seems to change when it comes to decision making in washington back in two thousand and thirteen when allegations of chemical attacks arose barack obama was still in the hot seat and time still seemed linear we intend to investigate thoroughly exactly

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