he received no compensation then never apologized for the suffering that not only want the money i want the revenge. we can see he's editor in chief speaks exclusively to the two russians suspected by the u.k. . and his daughter the man's claims trigger a furious response in the u.k. and dismissed as a joke. russian military claims that terrorists in syria ziggler province of filmed staged chemical attack an intent to frame the assad government. signs a new executive order aimed at protecting the us from foreign election meddling less than two months before the country's midterm vote.

so joining as you're watching the weekly here on r.t. international. on thursday the two men accused of poisoning russian form a double agent saga screwball and his daughter in the u.k. gave a world exclusive to our t.v. they spoke to the channel's editor in chief margarita simonyan and insisted they had nothing to do with the assassination attempt of events was met with his criticism in the u.k. it triggered a slew of headlines such as two murderous and the holiday from hell and also that their claims only make the u.k.'s case stronger. the new to me and i've been to live one you called me on my cell phone and told me that you are 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. and i was under petro at the russians 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 g.r.u. at work and you meet normal and you and i don't either but no one accuses me of working for the jerry you 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 when 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 when everyone has questions what do you do to cut a long story short if you were in the fitness industry. he said it and she said she chose not to give her personal opinion leaving it instead up to the viewers to decide whether to believe the man or not this is what she said after 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 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 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 media that was quick to react to the interview a number of british politicians including the former foreign secretary boris johnson didn't mince words. well you see that you see what's happening now with these two two characters produced in this city through kuwait. only russian t.v. 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 beloved 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 kasik mistake of trying to engage with moscow i mean the concept classic mistake of thinking it was possible to have a reset with russia and. then it just became clearer and clearer to the to 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 leader to reason may and prime minister her spokespersons rubbish the interviewee that alexander the trough and 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 that foreign ministry spokesperson marias the horror of earth was unimpressed with downing street's response questioning why london immediately dismissed petrol for a sheriff's account forty minutes after that interview was first to add dimitri

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 which is for the game commented on the case he says each time moscow's reach down to london the only response that's been received is your girl see all we need from you is to explain whether it was an order or an accident so you lavrov said it was pointless to continue discussions at such a level stressing russia is still ready for serious dialogue but not one based on presumption of guilt human rights advocate craig murray told is he believes the u.k.'s version of events those raise questions. on the time it was given by the british government and shown in the c.c.t.v. footage they could not have used to skip oz house if they went there was no evidence they did but if they were there they could have not got there before noon

the earlier the skipper left the house at nine fifteen am and it's never previously been suggested they went back to the house again before they fell ill. at nine fifteen am when they left the house the car was spotted heading north eastward 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 store that. the russian military claims sixty mists in a series italy province have staged and filmed a false flag chemical attack the intention being to frame president assad's government moscow says the militants will send some footage to the un and circulate

the rest on line all with the help of controversial rescue group the white helmets following be filming on the evening of the same d. and a joint meeting between representatives of the white house 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 called to the russian defense ministry preparations for the supposed tank were made near the syrian town of cards or an alleged chemical assault occurred on april fourth last year he says filming took place in a nearby village where there's also a chemical stockpile washington has rejected russia's claims that the white helmets are directly involved in staging an attack insisting there's no evidence to support that and with the battle for live looking imminent the u.s. is pouring troops into. syria american officials warn if there's a chemical attack be a much more robust response the ever before contrary to earlier pledges to leave

the country. takes a look now at the consistencies of u.s. policy in syria 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 common sense 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 so when the controversy of a 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 president bashar al assad 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 an 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. versus far east about three hundred thousand soldiers and thirty six thousand military vehicles have been put through their paces they've taken part in the country's longest military drills in decades. he'll be one of the most anticipated exercises of the boats talks two thousand and eighteen war games. we've seen almost everything from last hour formations rushing at simulated enemies to release of helicopters and jets dropping that they go and defense missiles crisscrossing the sky with trails. a little naval action.

here comes. the comet formation during the battle with he called the support. and reserve speed pushkin the battle. live what's remarkable here is the level of coordination required to keep everything running smoothly with sherman even with a tree branch said he called his jets as well as troops from multiple countries to china from mongolia from russia and in such a confined and small area of course the exercise is simulated but the difficulties faced deal will translate it's a real combat experience. now

that the beaches speed here's a hypothetical mines here come the big boys that's literally a big marine ship translation from russian and it's about to discourage it's contingent to take the beach in force. don't expect

a show like this every year it's tremendously expensive both in money and effort but the experience knowledge gained is invaluable. donald trump moves to prevent foreign interference in the upcoming u.s. mid-term so have the story for you after this break. two thirds of american households do not have five hundred dollars emergency cash. as crazy. population doesn't have money and you burning money maintaining thirteen aircraft carriers around the world why why don't

you change your policies and do something that is good for the legacy. and good for america in the long run. donald trump has announced plans to tackle foreign interference in u.s. elections which he described as a national emergency on wednesday the president has issued in his exec a. of order which focuses on any attempt by individuals or countries to influence

votes the crucial midterm elections in november seen as being the main reason for the timing of the order in the event that meddling by a foreign state is proven it will be hit with sanctions targeting sectors of strategic significance such as finance defense energy and technology has done enough explains trump has declared war on election meddling rules of engagement weapons free. to the assessment show identified to the maximum extent ascertainable the nature of any foreign interference in any methods employed to executed 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.

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 won't 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 words in case of any meddling in the investigation will have to review all evidence within forty five days but chances are you won't see any of that. the framework which may be classified in whole or in part should 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 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. white farmers in south africa are accusing the government of discrimination and to tabling constitutional changes that would allow it to take land from the white community without compensation but as are the descendants of dutch settlers who came to the country in the eighteenth century they currently own seventy percent of private farmland but the president around of those a says taking it back would undo a grave historical injustice. with the future unclear some white farmers have found a possible solution the thinking about starting a new life in russia but in a culture of a south 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 land. where. when you take this you see you can see because i know get out and this is extra quality to generations of the do twa 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 do twa 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 the forefathers and to hannah'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 that he falun laugh 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 then a summer in the kalahari desert i do not question the marty reporting from the cougar region. thanks for staying with r.t. the national this evening my colleague and i set the open you're out of to date at the top of the. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to us from the

world of politics sport i'm showbusiness i'll see you then. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy confrontation let it be an arms race in this on off and spearing dramatic development only personally i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical of time time to sit down and talk. prosecution will need to become almost. where you. just read you'll find. somebody known to us you do i mean yeah i'm yeah i mean political pressure on the. security.

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hello and welcome to worlds apart the christian history is full of kids in the senate looks like maybe another one coming that's three hundred million strong global orthodox community may soon be forced to take sides as the patriarch eats at constantinople and moscow wrangle over the fate of baseball in your brain because it already has been a point of no return to discuss that i'm now in joined by metropolitan hilarion how to foreign relations at the russian orthodox church here an answer it's good to talk to you thank you very much for your time just a few days ago constantinople petrarch an ounce in pretty stark terms its decision to eventually ground the sufferer to the ukrainian church whatever it might be real discuss it now and i say to the ukrainian church keeping in mind that it is public primarily a political process but because of the or the politicians the state that lobbied for that what do you make of this very tight association between state and

religious affairs first of all i think they should explain what it means because not everyone would understand how to set for the course of the tradition means independence the orthodox church unlike the roman catholic church consists all fully independent local churches they are not subordinates to one and there is no single he had of this church is except for jesus christ himself and yet from what i understand the constantin ople church gay does claim the bride of five. terminating which church is supposed to be independent and which is not yes exactly as a pitcher of constantinople it's as if he were the pope for the course of the church but it has not been the traditional source of the church to have such ball and we do not recognize the rights of the preacher of concern to no pope to. carry bring you back to my initial question about constantinople granting this ride

of autocephaly to ukraine not the ukrainian church but actually to ukraine as a state because this is what we actually discussing at this point of time ukraine does not have. a united religious organization that can claim that document for itself it's more a political necessity for the current elites what do you make of it and the reason i'm asking is because in most democratic liberal societies. the separation between church and state is unquestionable and yet it's not the case for ukraine. in the ukraine there is one canonical ukrainian church it is the ukrainian orthodox church . which is recognized by all orthodox churches as canonical it twelve thousand parishes more than two hundred monasteries and millions of. and there are also two non-canonical groups which were called schismatic groups

which are not recognized by any of the orthodox churches. it is this schismatic groups which are supposed to constitute the basis on which constantine or paul wants to be able to build this out of surface church and it is a political project because it is a project instigated by as a current ukrainian political authorities they want to create a united church of four churches the canonical orthodox church the two schismatic groups and also as the greek catholic church which belongs to the pope of rome this moment for an independent ukrainian church started back in the nineteen ninety s. and baghdad and its supporters are pretty open about wanting a schism a political skills and a religious schism but they.