dramatic development only. i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical. to sit down and talk. in the stories that shapes the week he's editor in chief speaks exclusively to the two russian suspected by the u.k. of poisoning ciggies copal and his daughter the man's claims triggered a furious response in the u.k. and are dismissed as a joke. the russian military claims terrorists in syria said live province have filmed a staged chemical attack and intend to frame the assad government. donald trump signs

a new executive order protecting the us from foreign meddling less than two months before the country's midterm votes. hello you're watching the weekly on r.t. international good to have you with us. on this day the two men accused of poisoning russian form of double agent. his daughter in the u.k. gave a world exclusive to r.t. they insisted to the channels as a tear in chief margarita simonyan that they had nothing to do with the assassination attempts their version of events was met with fierce criticism in the u.k. and triggered a slew of headlines like to meddle as in the holiday from hell and that claims only make the case case stronger. we. need them in them i've been to one you called me on my cell phone and told me that you are

a former shooter from the looks on the roof from the. we but it really looks like the pictures shown to us by the u.k. as it is but then in the difficult i think. that you know when the someone why you and we are those who are shown to you in the pictures of the slums of. and i would say 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 was turned upside down in a moment and just one day and changed our lives. would i do you work for the g.r.u. and you me nor and you and i don't either but no one accuses me of working for the g.r.u. was that what you are being accused of that your colleagues accuse us of that by your colleagues you mean journalists you are being accused by you get

a story to yes that's the scariest thing where do you work when you are adults you need to make a living 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 we're in the fitness industry. our team is editor in chief said she chose not to give her personal opinion leaving it up to the viewer as to what to believe to decide whether to believe the man or not this is what she said after the end to be. i mean you know there 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 it's not that i did not

run a polygraph on them as a journalist i believe what i 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 is hard to see. but it wasn't only the media that were quick to react to the interview. a number of british politicians including the former foreign secretary boris johnson didn't mince their words either. but you know you see the you see what's happening now with these q 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 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 potential. the next conservative leader so clearly his views are getting a lot of air time also the current lead to resume a prime minister her spokespersons rubbish the interview that alexander trough and we did with our 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 foreign ministry spokesperson maria's the horror of was unimpressed with downing street's response questioning why london immediately dismissed petrol for the

sheriff's account forty minutes after that interview was for us to add dmitri peskov the spokesperson for the russian president vladimir putin he said that russia would consider any request to interview the men from the u.k. in accordance with russian law but moscow is yet to receive such a request from london. russia's foreign minister has again commented on the case he says each time moscow has reached out to london the only response it's received has been you're guilty all we need from you is to explain whether it was an order or an accident sergey lavrov said it was pointless to continue discussions at such a level stressing that russia is still ready for serious dialogue but not based on the presumption of guilt human rights advocates craig murray told us he believes the u.k. spirit of events does raise questions. on the timing was given by the british

government and shown them a c.c.t.v. footage they could not have used to screwballs house if they went there was no evidence they did but if they were they could have not got there before noon earlier the script also left the house at nine fifteen am and it's never previously been suggested they went back to the house again before the little. boy and fifteen am when they left her house was spotted heading north east would out of souls by three different c.c.t.v. cameras it was spotted coming back into soulsby one fifteen pm. from a north westerly direction so how did the they manage to touch the door knob which could come to be inflicted before noon so really doesn't add up with the dog story. the russian military claims extremists in serious ad lib province have staged and films

a false flag chemical attack with the intention of framing president assad's government moscow says the militants will send some photos show the un and second the rest online with the help of the controversial rescue group the whites helmets . following the filming on the evening of the same day at a joint meeting between representatives of the white helmets and terrorists from sham out of the nine videos from the two were approved to be sent to the us and the old b c w the rest of the material was suggested for social media because of low quality according to the russian defense ministry preparations for the supposed that attack were made near the syrian town of current shy couldn't where and the alleged chemical assaults took place on the fourth of april last year it says that filming took place in a nearby village where there is also a chemical stockpile washington has rejected russia's claims that the white house directly involved in staging an attack insisting that there's no evidence for it

with the battle for looking imminent the u.s. is pouring troops into syria american officials warn that if there is a chemical attack there will be a much more robust response than ever before contrary to earlier pledges to leave the country jacqueline now at the inconsistency say 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. 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 buy so 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 rich cities 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 join the ranks of those 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 bruises and 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 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. 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 country's largest military trails into caves. he'll we are one of the most anticipated exercises of the boats talk two thousand and eighteen war games. we've seen almost everything from last ahmed formations rushing at simulated enemies to fried supposedly cultism and jets strobing that payloads and defense

missiles crisscrossing the sky with trails. a little naval action. here comes some last night. comedy formation during the battle with he called the support. to preserve speed pushkin the battle. 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 china from go to from russia and in such a confined in small area close to the exercises simulated but the difficulties

faced heel will translate it's a real combat experience. live . now that the beaches be cleared of hypothetical mines here come the big boys that's literally a big marine ship translation from russian and it's about to discord its contingent to take the beach in force.

i. don't expect a show like this every year it's tremendously expensive proof that money and debt but but the experience knowledge gave is invaluable. still to come on our tele trap maids to prevent foreign interference in the upcoming us midterm elections we'll have the details right after the break.

what holds it. to. put themselves up. to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to present. something want to. watch it right. that's what we. were able to get. interested or using our. friendship.

welcome back to the weekly 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 an executive order which focuses on any attempts by individuals or countries to influence votes the crucial midterm elections in november seen as the main reason for the timing of the water in the events that meddling by foreign states has proven they will be hit with sanctions targeting sectors of strategic significance such as finance defense energy technology technology it goes donald explains. trump has declared war on election meddling rules of engagement weapons free. to the assessment show identifier 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. 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 medaling 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 who it wants. white farmers in south africa are accusing the government of discrimination after tabling constitutional changes that would allow it to take land from the white community without compensation because of the descendants of dutch setlist who came to the country in the eighteenth century they currently own seventy percent of private farmland but president rama posa says taking it back would undo a grave historical injustice. with the future unclear some white farmers have found

a possible solution they're thinking about starting a new life in russia medina caution of metz with a 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. where. when you take this. you can see because i know. and this is a 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 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 fell in love 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 i'm already reporting from the cougar region. nine protesters have been injured and schools detained

thousand and thousands rallied to defend sit in activists refusing to budge after chairman place tried to evict them from ancient woodlands demonstrators marched from the city of. forest. there would simply not compiled by environmental activists attempting to stop the building of a controversial coal mine had to vist have stayed bethel high then i. thought it was only for the little guy. come on out of the money i don't i don't worry about. something don't worry. mr lee just. on the. on of a shuffle stemming with. the more. you have a warrant and you know what. shall

i do. this i will do. when the old maid gets manufacture consent instead of public wells. when the ruling classes protect themselves. when the final merry go round lifts only the one percent of. the time we can all middle of the room signals. room for the real need for.

a senior executive said happily in his private jet after just pulling off quite a coup. he has secretly initiated the sale of one of france's biggest companies. even so before landing into the bush he becomes quite disillusioned the agreement has been leaked to the media taken by surprise you know as to judge.