for. the stories that shape the week hearties editor in chief spoke exclusively to the two russians who were accused of poisoning sergei scribble and his daughter it sense much of the major many british politicians into overdrive as they called the men's claims job. to the news terrorists filmed a false flag chemical attack to send to the united nations and post online with the hope of discrediting the government of syria now that's according to russia's military. also donald trump signed a new executive order to defend all future u.s.

elections from foreign meddling less than two months before the country's midterm. thanks for joining us this evening this is r.t. and. on thursday the two men accused of carrying out the poisoning of former russian double agent and his daughter on british soil gave a world exclusive to r.t. they stated they had nothing to do with the assassination attempt of interview two artes editor in chief margarita simonyan prompted such headlines in the british media as murderous and having a holiday from hell while others said that their claims only make the u.k.'s case stronger. we. the new to me and i've been to live one you called me on my cell phone and told me that you are a slumber and the looks on the patrol and it all. if you

really look 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. and i would throw at the russians are those your real names national yes they are real names nor does he just got 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 or when your life is turned upside down in a moment and just one day and changed our lives. what do you work for the g.r.u. at work and you meet a normal and you and i don't either but no one accuses me of working for the jerry 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 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 too everyone has questions what do you do to cut a long story short if you were in the fitness industry. artie's editor in chief said she chose not to give her personal opinion leaving it up to the viewers to decide whether or not to believe them or this is what she said though after the interview. i knew they were nervous and sweating a lot i had to turn up the air conditioning a lot higher than usual and still they were sweating and wiping their foreheads which obviously happens when people are nervous they could be a lot of reasons for it 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. but it wasn't only the mainstream media who were quick to react british politicians notably the former foreign secretary boris johnson didn't mince words. well you see that you see what's happening now with these q two characters produced in this city to recruit by putin only russian t.v. asked these ludicrous questions make 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 on 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 classic mistake of trying to engage with moscow i made the classic classic mistake of thinking it was possible to have a reset with russia and. then it just became clearer and clearer to me that was. 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 roster file back in twenty seventeen it was his job to meet up with his russian counterpart sergey lavrov low quality. according to the russian reconciliation center preparations for the supposed attack were made near the syrian town of culture could where an alleged chemical assault occurred on april fourth last year it said filming took place in a nearby village where there is also a chemical stockpile washington rejected the warning some russian at the white

house directly involved in staging the attack insisting there's no evidence to support that there's a battle for the province looms the u.s. is pouring troops into syria warning if there is a chemical attack they'll be a much stronger response than ever before contrary to earlier pledges to lead the country of these. terrible because approach in syria has changed direction. 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 do not i thought 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 of 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 and bush are on 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 is 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. the u.n. estimates that there are about ten thousand college a terrorist on their affiliates in syria and u.s. congressman ron paul believes washington is willing to use these terrorists groups as long as the tactic benefits u.s. policy in the country the evidence is out there we are playing too many games with they are there 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. in russia's far east around three hundred thousand soldiers and thirty six thousand military vehicles have been put through their paces they've been taking part in the largest military drills for decades. feel we are one of the most anticipated exercises of the boats talk two thousand and eighteen war games. we've seen almost everything from the last almost formations rushing at simulated enemies to freed's have

helicopters and jets dropping that payloads and defense missiles crisscrossing the sky with trails. a little naval action. here comes. ahmed formation joining the battle with he called the support. to preserve speed pushkin the battle. what's remarkable here at least the level of coordination required to keep everything running smoothly with sherman even made a tree branch said he called his jets as well as troops from multiple countries trying to promote goalie of 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. now that the beaches be cleared of hypothetical mines here comes the big boys that's literally a big marine ship translation from russian and it's about to discourage its

contingent to take the beach in force. i don't expect a show like this every year it's tremendously expensive both in money and death but the experience knowledge gained is invaluable. to prevent foreign interference in the upcoming u.s. midterm elections we'll have details later this. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy confrontation let it be an arms race this spearing dramatic development the only

i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time time to sit down and talk. what politicians do you should. put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president and she. wanted. to go right to the press this is what the three of the four people. interested in the why. should.

trump has announced plans to tackle alleged foreign interference in u.s. elections which he described as a national emergency on wednesday president issued an executive order focuses on any attempt by individuals or countries to influence the vote the crucial midterm elections in november are seen as the main reason for the timing of this order in the event that meddling is proven sanctions would be imposed they target sectors of strategic significance such as finance the defense has done off takes a closer look. trump has declared war on election meddling rules of engagement weapons free. the assessment show identifier to the maximum extent ascertainable the nature of any foreign interference in 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. 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. you. the framework which may be classified in whole or in part shall focus on ensuring that 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 a century ago. heeling 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. or farmers in south africa are accusing the government of discrimination after tabling constitutional changes following it to allowing it to take land from the white boat community without compensation bowser the descendants of dutch settlers who came to the country in the eighteenth century they currently own seventy percent of private farmland but president ramaphosa says that taking it back would undo a grave historical injustice so with the future unclear some farmers have looked for a solution and they found one in russia medina culture of medicine african family looking to resettle.

after almost three hours of driving we finally god to this far and what we see here is just vast amounts of the land. of free where. when you take. your seat you can because i know get out at this extra quality two generations of the do twat family have a 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 due tois 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 sas 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 the marty reporting from the kaluga region. ok you all right it's an i.d. joining me please for the latest news headlines and the top stories.

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