but you russians accused of poisoning sergei script pal and his daughter is speaking exclusively to artie's editor in chief the interview sends much of the media and many british politicians into overdrive saying the men's claims are a joint. terrorist storm seems a false flag chemical attack to send to the un and posed online with the hope of discrediting the syrian government as according to the russian military. and donald trump signed the new executive board a mean to defend all future u.s. elections from foreign meddling less than two months prior to the country's midterm

but. a very good morning to you you're watching the weekly here on r.t. international all the latest headlines and the round up of the stories that shaped the week first on thursday the two men accused of carrying out the poisoning of former russian spy sergei school pal and his daughter on british soil they have a global exclusive to r.c. claiming they has nothing to do with the assassination attempts their interview to r.t. is editor in chief margarita simonyan prompted such headlines in the british press as murderers having a holiday from hell and while others that their claims only make the u.k.'s case stronger. we. need a minimum of been to live one you called me on my cell phone and told me that you

are a slumber and the looks on the floor you found it all with one. but it really looked like the pictures shown to us by the u.k. doesn't mean that if. and. when the someone why you. we are those who are shown to you in the pictures but muslims bashir of and i was under petro with the russians there are those your real names national yes they are real names now does he just called them but even now when you are talking about it to tell you the truth you look very nervous on them. what would you look like your when your life is turned upside down in a moment in just one day and changed our lives. what do you work for the jews are you at work and you meet normal and you and i don't either but no one accuses me of working for the gerry used but you are being accused of that your colleagues accuse us of that by your colleagues you mean journalists you are being accused by u.k.

authorities and yes that's the scariest thing where do you work if you are adults you need to make a living process if we tell you about our business people we work with will be affected tell me anything so that we believe you everyone has questions what do you do to cut a long story short if you were in the fitness industry r.t. that is her and she says she chose not to give her personal opinion living up to the viewers to decide whether to believe the met or not here's what she had to say following the interview. i mean you know they were nervous and sweating a lot i had to turn up the air conditioning a lot higher than usual and still there were sweating and wiping their foreheads which obviously happens when people are nervous there could be a lot of reasons for it but i understand this was the first interview in their lives but they could have been nervous for other reasons as well that's also possible they refused to show their i.d.'s on camera because they didn't want to be pursued and identified further but they showed them to me that i did not run

a polygraph on them as a journalist i believe what they see i saw those were the people i saw their i.d.'s and that they feed the photos and videos what was going through their minds and whether they were speaking the truth it's hard to say. well it wasn't only the media quick to react to the interview some british politicians and most notably former foreign secretary perez johnson went to their words either. you see the you see what's happening now with these q two characters produced in this city through kuwait. only russian t.v. asked these ludicrous she questions making a mockery of the whole thing and it really makes my blood boil typically boris response really you hear him using vivid language about his blood boiling and he said that alexander patrol found respond to share of all murderers and that they're welcome to see him in court if they want to challenge that fact and he also spoke

of his work as foreign secretary saying that he holds the kremlin in absolute contempt and that he made what he called the caustic mistake of trying to engage with moscow i made the coffee classic mistake of thinking it was possible to have a reset with russia and. then it just became clearer and clearer to be that was before so when he was foreign secretary as top diplomat it was his job to represent the country to travel and he called himself a committed rasa file back in twenty seventeen it was his job to meet up with his russian counterpart sergey lavrov now however when he happens to be speaking in washington he says he regrets it all very much and it was a fool's errand and to quote something he once said about his own views in europe his view on russia appears to have been like

a supermarket trolley as well so quite an extreme reaction from the former foreign secretary why does the view of a former cabinet minister even matter well he is widely tipped by the bookmakers to be potentially the next conservative leader so clearly his views are getting a lot of their time also. the current lead to resume a prime minister has spokespersons rubbish to the interviewee that alexander traffic did with r t saying that the account provided by the two alleged attackers is an insult to the public's intelligence and outright lies so downing street wasn't having any of it is foreign ministry spokesperson maria zahar of or was unimpressed with downing street's response questioning why london immediately dismissed petroff account forty minutes after that interview was

first to add and dmitry peskov the spokesperson for the russian president vladimir putin he said that russia would consider any request to interview the man from the u.k. in accordance with russian law but moscow is yet to receive such a request from london. russia's foreign minister commented on the issue saying each time moscow has reached out to london the only response it receives is that you're guilty all we need from you is to explain whether it was an order or an accident so a lot of rob said it was pointless to maintain discussions on such a level stressing russia is still ready for serious dialogue based on the rule of international law rather than the highly likely principle human rights advocates craig murray told is the u.k.'s version of events that still prompts some questions . on the time it was given by the british government and shown the misuse of t.v.

footage they could not produce to scruples host if they weren't there was no evidence they did but if they were they could have not got there before noon of the earliest. known fifteen minutes never previously been suggested they were burnt before the little. known fifteen when they left the car was spotted heading north east. out of soulsby by three different c.c.t.v. cameras it was spotted coming back into souls bit one fifteen pm. from the north westerly direction so how did the they manage to touch their door knob which could can't have been infected before noon so really doesn't add up with the door knob story that. the russian military claims extremists in syria's italy a province have staged in a film a false flag chemical attack to frame president assad's government moscow says the

ministers were censored lect the un and circulated western line and all with the help of the controversial rescue group the white house aides following the filming on the evening of the same d. and a joint meeting between representatives of the white helmets and terrorists. out of the nine videos from the two were approved to be sent to the u.s. and b. or b. c w the rest of the material was suggested for social media because of low quality . according to the russian reconciliation sensor preparations for the supposed attack were made near the syrian town of concho where an alleged chemical is thought so placed on the fourth of april last year is claimed filming took place in a nearby village where there is also a chemical stockpile washington has rejected the warnings from russia that the white tell me it's not directly involved in staging the attack saying there is no evidence to support that claim and as the battle for italy province looms the u.s.

is pouring troops into syria saying that if there is a chemical attack there will be a much stronger response than ever before contrary to earlier pledges to leave the war wary country talking very good looks into how washington's approach in syria has the exact over the years. the deeper the u.s. gets 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 what happened. obviously in syria right now you've got a war zone we have to make sure that we know exactly what happened what was the nature of the incident what can we document what can we prove. our commonsense review the evidence and attack if justified later the idea that investigations require time those were the good old days but two thousand and seventeen came and

times changed syrian dictator bashar. launched a horrible chemical weapons attack. on innocent civilians less than seventy two hours later the u.s. fired fifty nine cruise missiles at the airbase they suspected chemical weapons were launched from before any investigation took place. only months later did a un report come out placing the blame at the feet of the syrian government something they still deny the when the controversial white how much group released a video claiming to be proof of a chemical attack in april this year trump was able to pinpoint the culprit in hours many dead including women and children in mindless chemical attack in syria area atrocities in lockdown and encircled by syrian army making it completely

inaccessible to outside world president putin russia and iran are responsible for backing animal assad big price. so the area's inaccessible and yet those responsible have been found out already no ifs ands or buts how does the guy do it the u.k. and france also joined the ranks of the striking government sites in syria after an investigation you ask well three months later the o.p.c. w did put out a report saying chlorine may have been found but on nerve agents and the case is still open so all proof of the last attack hasn't been found the us is again using its crystal ball to determine what no one else can and is ready to act at least according to wall street journal sources brazil the son of syria has approved the use of chlorine gas in an offensive against the country's last major rebel stronghold u.s. officials said so if and when a chemical attack takes place during ellipse liberation the guilty party is already known if there are chemical weapons that are used we know exactly who's going to

use them that russia's warning of stage attacks is irrelevant that it would lead to exactly what the terrorists want also irrelevant but why look at every scenario when you have everyone else and time on your side. well the u.n. estimates there are around ten thousand al qaeda terrorists on their affiliates and it lived in syria former u.s. congressman ron paul believes washington is willing to use these terror groups as long as the tactics benefit u.s. policy in the country. the evidence is out there we are playing too many games with their card or they because we've used al qaeda as the excuse for being there and yet i don't believe that is the case i think we were there for the reasons. that al qaeda is it's a haven there and we're on their side. the pragmatic reason for this is that. we think al qaeda will help our position the united states position to get rid of

assad and this is a bipartisan republican and democratic position and it's only individuals like ourselves in the institute for peace and prosperity that are arguing this is totally unnecessary this isn't the first time that the evidence is very clear that we have aligned ourselves with al qaeda when we think it's temporarily a benefit to our foreign policy donald trump signed off on time alleged foreign interference in u.s. elections which he described as a national emergency on wednesday the president issued an executive order which focuses on any attempt by individuals or countries to influence or alter results crucial midterm elections and i have seen as the primary reasons coming in now in the event that meddling is proven sanctions would be imposed targeting sectors that strategic significance like finance the defense egos donna of takes a closer. trump has declared war on election meddling rules of

engagement weapons free. to the assessment shall identify it to the maximum extent ascertainable the nature of any foreign interference and any methods employed to execute it the persons involved and the foreign government or governments that authorized directed sponsored or supported it don't be thrown off by the formal word government the us president understands that in a very abstract sense everyone and anything can be a government of sorts an actual authority a political party and even an individual all are designated targets. are you when it comes to new ones on a scale between a sniper rifle and carpet bombing trump is closer to a firm a nuclear blast his understanding of interference is so broad it seems the president thinks the us election can be swayed by accident disclosing information

threatening to disclose information undermining public confidence in a candidate by these rules everyone retreating we can leaks outside of america would be interfering in the election. do so is the twenty sixteen election meddling case now closed after all the u.s. intelligence all agree long ago that russia meddled in that vote but of course trump wrong be shooting himself in the foot the term united states election means any election for federal office held on or after the date of this order that's right the executive order covers the upcoming midterms and on wards in case of any meddling the investigation will have to review all evidence within forty five days but chances are you won't see any of that. to the framework which may be classified in whole or in part should focus on ensuring the. agencies for fill

their responsibilities pursuant to this order in a manner that maintains methodological consistency the shroud of secrecy around the forensics might as well conceal the lack of it the executive order allows an appeal in the century a gut feeling assigning blame although there has been no evidence of a foreign power altering the outcome or vote tabulation in any united states election foreign powers have historically sought to exploit america's free and open political system trump didn't sign an executive order he created a magic bullet for himself marketed to the public as something that will protect them and which allows the white house to target whoever it wants. legal and media analyst lionel believes the executive order is vague particularly in contrast to previous documents of its kind. 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 i don't even understand how you would even appalled by this because normally when you look at the statute it serves 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 in effect so it's very concerned if it concerns me for vagueness in ambiguity 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 or tampering in any event so basically this is a public relations exercise from the white house. which does account hundreds of thousands of soldiers than tens of thousands of military vehicles have been taking part in the largest military drones in russia's far east since the cold war more not to fight off the sort.

two thirds of american whole schools do not have five hundred dollars emergency care. as crazy novaya population doesn't have money and money minting thirteen aircraft carriers are on the move why why do you change your policies and do something that is good for the making. and goods will make in the long run.

welcome back and russia's far research on three hundred thousand soldiers and thirty six thousand military vehicles have been put through their paces in the largest military drill seen that in decades. we are one of the most anticipated exercises of the boats talks two thousand and eighteen war games. we've seen almost everything from lost almost formations rushing that simulated enemies to have helicopters and jets dropping that payloads and defense missiles crisscrossing the sky with trails. a little naval action.

here comes the sky. comet formation joining the battle with people the support they need. to preserve speed pushkin the battle. what's remarkable here at least the level of coordination required to keep everything running smoothly with the showman even with a tree branch said he called his jets as well as troops from multiple countries china from goalie of from russia and in such a confined and small area who is the exercises simulated but the difficulties faced heel will translate it's a real combat experience. now

that the beaches be cleared up hypothetical martin you've got the big boys that's literally the big marine ship translation from russian and it's about to disgorge its contingent to take the beach in force.

don't expect a sure like this every year it's tremendously expensive proof that money and effort but the experience knowledge gained is invaluable. south africa's president is trying to defuse fear is the country could face sanctions over land being seized from white farmers in july he announced constitutional changes to enable the government to take the land from the white minority bore community without compensation it immediately sparked a backlash and was described as discrimination by the farmers of the boers are the descendants of dutch settlers who came to south africa in the eighteenth century they currently own seventy percent of private farmland in the country south africa's president says taking it back would undo a grave historical injustice. but with

a future unclear some farmers have found an unlikely solution in russia medina concha never met one south african family looking to resettle. after almost three hours of driving we finally god to this farm and what we see here is just vast amounts of land. very where. you can because i know get out at this extra quality two generations of the do twat family have arrived in russia to see the farmlands that could be their future and

after visiting here in the kaluga region they will have to south and russia they still feel that south africa is their real home but dire circumstances are forcing their hand and russia is offering them an olive branch we experience the pain in the hurt family members who have suffered ourselves if suffered crime i've made the decision that my children will not have to face that on a daily basis we've had family members who have been murdered we have had family members who have and friends who have had what they had stolen we have suffered crime it's a daily reality that is not what i want for my children the white farmers of south africa have long been complaining of discrimination and they now live in fear that the state could pass laws to seize the lands they've owned since the seventeenth century and return them to the local black population without any compensation

while the bill is still being debated some farmers including the do twat family have their mind sat in a preemptive move. if the government starts saying that we can take land without paying for it because what has happened many centuries ago my children will not pay for the sins of their forefathers in johanna's case russia was not a random pick three years ago he met his wife daria who is from russia he followed his wife to her native siberia and says that he fallon luff with the country straight away i myself believe that there is a future in russia for my family personally give me a siberian winter rather than a summer in the kalahari desert i do not question him r.t. reporting from the kaluga region. well there were doubts he would love to hear your thoughts on all stories so do get in touch by following us on social media we'll be

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