as washington could open talks with taliban militants in afghanistan part. of the group rejects the possibility of. getting the americans to cooperate with. the americans again against islamic state. also coming up on the program this hour donald trump professes his love for a north korean leader kim jong il. par and hostile actions. i. focus return. rest of it's exactly

a year since independence referendum which was met with a violent from madrid. live from moscow to the world this is. good to have you with us this monday october the first our top story afghan the militant group the taliban which is widely recognized as a terrorist organization has rejected the possibility of talks with the united states after hints from washington that it is open to negotiations after seventeen years of military presence in the country r.t. was granted rare access to a militant commander. but that's not the americans never want to cooperate with the taliban and the taliban has never see americans again to cooperate against islamic

states or the americans of bombing us but we fight against isis this is ministration has made it clear that it is prepared to engage with and participate in the go with both the taliban and the afghan government the leadership of the taliban doesn't want to negotiate with the americans and has never wanted us defense secretary james mattis just had a meet and greet with the afghan president in kabul they finally decided to play nice in a bid to get the taliban down to talks but just one day before their words of peace washington dropped a big f. thirty five b. bomb on the taliban looks like the peace process is getting off on the right foot especially when the u.s. has for years led up to this moment promising both talk and terror i want to reinforce to the child been that the only path to peace and political legitimacy for them is through a negotiated settlement to the taliban when their choices are to reconcile living

a relevance. to have the taliban and willing to come to the negotiating table there's no talking to the taliban we don't want to talk to the taliban we're going to finish what we have to finish so it's no surprise the taliban is reluctant to trust promises of peace and why would they seek it anyway in the past several months the taliban has made substantial territorial gains their spring offensive took coalition forces completely off guard seizing regions all over afghanistan over one hundred soldiers and police officers were killed in just one week of the offensive and that's not even counting last week's un report covering civilian casualties in battles between the coalition and taliban forces. in the city in any dust over the showed. all these was your system you cannot differentiate between counties in florida since neither is not the first time the

targeted civilian to serve their time is still going to. go to. prison. in the. americas two thousand and one invasion of afghanistan hoped to oust the taliban from power but what materialized it was a seventeen year long war the longest conflict in u.s. history and now fast approaching are monumental peace talks to be held in moscow between the taliban and the afghan government but this is the most of all we can confirm that we will attend the moscow conference we are waiting for the date and agenda then we would decide what can be achieved from the conference. if successful these talks could mark a step forward in a conflict that currently has no end in sight donald quarter r.t.

. now after a roller coaster off diplomatic relationship double trump has openly professed his affection for north korean leader kim jong. i was really being tough and so was she i will go back and forth and then we fell in love. so really he wrote me beautiful letters and the great letters i was trying talking to supporters over the weekend describing something tim had gone from it's complicated in a relationship a tale as old as time isn't it a world leader is separated by thousands of kilometers first of each other's throats then over time and numerous heartfelt letters magic happens i've received two letters from him but first go gars this magnificent very strong letter form incredible letter the one i showed one of the letters just. to

prime minister he said this is actually a groundbreaking letter so against all odds they are en route at least according to trump but the relationship is not without its problems now is not the time to ease pressure verify denuclearization of north korea and until such time as that occurs the economic sanctions the sanctions been put in place by the united nations security council will remain in place leaving one side the trust issues. toodle the perception that sanctions can bring us to our knees is a pipe dream of people who are ignorant about this but the problem is that they continue sanctions a deepening of mistrust. but all hope may not be lost a second summit between the pair is still on the table but make no mistake about it there is real progress being made and we're going to continue to work at it until the point in time where as the president says that we could be wrong it may not happen but until such time as we conclude we can't get this done we're going to

continue to drive to achieve the progress continue the progress which we've already made but let's not forget how difficult getting that first date was some of that is never the us to put aside their differences and have a magical time in fingerboard. thank you. and well team trump yearns for more the north i could be stray tim has already met with his south korean counterpart three times and to add salt to that one president and the pair of north korean hunting dogs by pyongyang as the symbol

of the warming relationship of this spell trouble in paradise or trouble. you know there's been lots of reaction to this we heard from the director of the nuclear studies institute in washington d c american university who thinks trump seemingly warm words from north korea doesn't correspond with reality. this is very bizarre we know that trump is mercurial you know that trump is ration of pulse of you know that trump is not a traditional diplomat in any way. so. a better that we'd be talking better that trump is sending love letters to kim rather than hate tweets like you were doing for a while so you know it's as giving very very mixed signals one of the things that trump has said it all does the ministration have said is that they want to maintain the sanctions they want to keep the pressure on north korea the north korean

foreign minister has said that the u.s. sanctions are a hostile policy so if you look at what the north korean foreign minister said it wasn't all love letters and best friends he was saying that if the united states had it adopted the same attitudes that south korea had adopted and that we'd be well on the path toward peace and denuclearization. it's is a year today since the rest of the spawn region of cuts a loony of voted in an independence referendum hundreds of thousands voted to secede from spain while madrid branded the whole thing illegal crowds of people have once more been gathering to push for independence. over five thousand turned up at a rally in jerusalem on sunday although some protesters threw projectiles up police

the demonstration went off without major incident some activists share their experience of last year's vote as well with us. that it is not i think we all lost something that day and the feeling of helplessness that i had i think it does not go away easily you know. we voted that we wanted the republic and the year has gone by and we haven't. a new result we come to ask the government to comply with the popular mandate and on the other hand we come to say that their q patient forces have no place within the cattlemen republic this is not their home and we want them out. moment dana cuts no of an eye looks of the region's bid to be free of spin room. a year after cats linus failed attempt to break away from spain the situation in the region remains deadlocked back than madrid called the referendum on independence illegal and refused to acknowledge it as a result the police crackdown on demonstrators left hundreds of people injured on

the anniversary there are similar violent scenes on the streets of catalan as capital. we do know is that just two blocks away from here there was another polling station at least raided that building and forcibly removed people out of fear hundreds of people i spoke to said useful voters really right now look i. shall not. and it be to seize on the biggest constitutional crisis and the country for decades and if told we're twenty seventeen madrid took control of catalan government and put eight of the deposed members in jail and the oust catalan leader fled the country to belgium with an international arrest warrant on his hat the spanish government dissolved the

catalan parliament to control of local police forces and called for snap elections this measure we go to implement has a lot to do with the goal of holding an election in catalonia the region will have to hold an election within six months the minds engineers to hold it as soon as we recover but that didn't bring the relief madrid had hoped for and stats catalan poor independence party has held their absolute majority in the vote and put in power a hardline separatist leader bringing an end to seven months of direct rule from a treat and june this year spain welcomed its own new prime minister who adopted a softer tone to. cattle anya and offered the fresh start to negotiations on its status the catalan leader wasn't so flexible and insisted only on holding it legally binding referendum on independence the issue of the independence remains divisive in the region with paul suggesting capped loans are almost evenly split on

whether to stay part of spain. the truth is that many people feel disappointed because they thought everything was heading towards the final goal of independence yet despite some people feeling tired many of us are determined to continue forward . we will continue to fight for independence despite all the many difficulties will be by a day i'm very much against it now is not the time for cattle on it to be coming. for me it would be better to leave things as they are moving spain and we are spanish many now fear is that failure to find common ground in catalonia would likely spill into and no other political crisis triggering another snap election sometime in early twenty nineteen independence is a saga that could yet have another anniversary next october first medina culture of all with the report well journalist martin roberts believes madrid is unlikely to

approve an independence referendum any time soon. petro sun chief the new prime minister in spain who really placed his predecessor money on a run in june has adopted a more conciliatory tone by arranging for cuts alon prisoners who were jailed after last year's failed independence but he's agreed for extra aid to be given to council lumia things like this is held direct talks however he said this a referendum is not possible because that would require a constitutional amendment which in turn would require a two thirds majority in parliament and even then you would have to decide of parliament to call fresh elections pederast sentient is not going to want to do thus because he only has a quarter of the seats in parliament he's governing that a very small minority so the chances there of legal referendum particularly slim.

all right just approaching a quarter past eight a m this monday morning here in moscow i'll be back in ninety seconds time with more world news from r t h q. i've been saying the numbers mean they matter the u.s. has over one trillion dollars in debt more than ten times happy each day. eighty five percent of global wealth you long for the rich eight point six percent market saw thirty percent from last year some with four hundred to five hundred three per

second per second and one rose to twenty thousand dollars. china's building two point one billion dollars. but don't let the numbers overwhelm. the only numbers you need to remember one one showed ford to miss the one and only. welcome back to r.t.e. international a deadline looms for residents of a tiny palestinian better when village in the west bank it's true to be demolished by is really both voters on monday after a near decade long battle to save it now the felony home to almost two hundred

people one hundred way between two israeli settlements villagers have rejected two location alternatives offered by israel european countries and human rights organizations have condemned the move while the united nations save up the demolition of the village may even amount to a war crime. thousands of palestinians are expected to arrive at the village to protest the demolition a general strike is also planned across the west by. delicate oshie who are stressed who heard about the demolishing order placed on the school and we trust more when we heard that they will demolish the community every night when we sleep together we see it's our last night here in the community because it is a known moment the soldiers might come to demolish it they don't care this is just a bedouin house they don't think the bedouins are human beings they don't care that bedouins the citizens of this country they don't care that bedouins live on this

land not the country's land. well israel saying is the better one village is illegal and unsafe and built without planning consent the palestinians respond to that by saying their applications are almost never approved or later in the day we have a special report on palestinian resistance is challenge that not only through demonstrations but also art now one. of. them. and you know. if. you think. the disaster he. has the blood don't look at the year. we would have been too close to fifteen hundred.

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months but not one that was also in good part. of and i'm going to tell you just from squeeze the chords. i was there how did you pull. the smokey who are they over a new facility set up a hold of them. all right moving on now a referendum to change a southern european countries name appears to have fallen flat with voters this sunday the spikes. those who went to cast their ballots largely bucking the dollars because only thirty six percent of voters turned out that's way below the fifty percent threshold needed to make it valid the spite all about the mustard only in prime minister is pledging to push your. column and must be viewed with the size of the response from. the protocol works i know sanction to the

european union me and for a better life. and most of the citizens of nato as general secretary has also welcome be a part and yes vote here's a look now at the possible changes ahead from macedonia. the republic of macedonia a balkan state in southern europe that could be about to go through a small name change it's a vote that's grabbed the attention of europe's powerhouse and even u.s. officials and it's all down to one word north the change would bring an end to a twenty seven year long to speak with greece it's concerned about historical and territorial claims as it has a province called macedonia previously the territory of the macedonian state until the beginning of the twentieth century simple on paper but is it really. referendum ballots pose just one albeit double barreled question whether the macedonian people want to join nato and the u. and in turn support an agreement with greece to change the country's name to north

macedonia. so it comes down to some in the country's desire to join the alliances after previous attempts have been blocked by greece this time its neighbor seems to have found a bargaining chip for macedonia as a session to nato but there are still hurdles to overcome the first sticking point is that the referendums outcome lacks any legal clout and is subject to approval by the states parliament the country's incumbent president your gay event off is not on board either and has been urging the public to boycott the referendum. it is violence against our historical memory but the aim is to limit the use of the name to macedonians to the smallest possible space and there is the space between the two is all while keeping our miles closed the republican macedonia is now asked to commit legal and historical suicide so the legal abolishment of the macedonian people can be interpreted as its own will. even if all this doesn't get in the way

there's still one final step joining nato won't be possible until the next alliance summit set for twenty twenty north macedonia has a long way to go before it's even been. well hundreds of all to rally din the greece city of thessaloniki which is located in the historical macedonian province with protesters chanting slogans against the muscle tone of a great deal we discussed the issue with her expert. and why this is a ridiculous given for the most macedonians do not want to join nato. essentially with this referendum with protecting macedonia centuries old name and the identity history and traditions of the macedonian people our party is against nato membership in this referendum is simply a question of the highest national interest western influence is huge here in the last ten to fifteen days we've been visited by brussels and washington's highest political and diplomatic representatives who we know will is unbreakable. want to

change the name of the state and they don't want to join nato. has free. will that be made by the european union and the u.s. should. they settle on the main u.s. . they european union. in order to shake you all the worse than. we've seen. all free influence. they want. bullsh. in european union. with montenegro they're pushing it forward with. the former yugoslav republic. of the balkans. we fleshed out more of what supporters and opponents to the deal

are thinking on our website r t v dot com to check it out if you want to find out more next newsmakers on the global thinkers in the hot seat fielding questions from sophie shevardnadze it's sophie and co. clin. tax ties or financial survival guide stacey let's learn a salad fill out let's say i'm not so i guess and here. the fight was thank you for taking.

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influence is being felt everywhere in the middle east but will the quagmire of the war in yemen sink the new ambition of the tiny nation talk to the president of the emirates federal national council the most senior a female politician of the arab world dr amal. and its economic presence felt from egypt to somalia. trying on the role of a regional but. managed to step. in the middle east. dr ahmad by say president of the federal national council of the united arab emirates welcome to the show it's really great to have you with us i hope you are enjoying your stay in st peter's work so let's start with your personal experience you are they highest ranking female politician in the arab world first woman to

head a national assembly of an arab state i mean obviously that means that this world is very male centric how does that complicate your work how do you make men listen to you. thank you for hosting me i think. using our talent as women. being able to face challenges and at the same time to transcend to all of our potential it makes possible for us to be able to offer for all what's required for us to fill any seat whether being a mother or being even a speaker and i think we've been fortunate also by the respect and the support of men especially when it comes to my country and the u.a.e. from the leadership to the community they all believe in the role of women and they believe also that. we cannot you know empower the society if we don't empower women

especially when it comes to political participation internationally not only at the u.a.e. or even in the arab world that's what it's well known it's mailed to me when i think now that the mailbox patients have proven that it's valid then it's already have bring so much my results and accordingly i think that the u.a.e. you will find that we have eight ministers and the minister cabinets and the percentage of women around twenty three percent and that all women and we have more than thirty percent of leadership positions held by women sixty five sixty percent of the federal workforce is completely male and there are also when it comes to higher education where a percent more than eighty percent on female only to my education at all compliment each other and i think.