washington hidden could be open to talks with taliban militants in afghanistan are . rejects the possibility of any negotiations. the leadership of the taliban doesn't want to negotiate with the americans and has never wanted this and the leadership never gave permission to any member on their behalf. launched missiles against militants in syria that it believes is responsible for last month's deadly terror attack on a military parade in. his love for north korean leader kim jong. un young remains call way over america's hostile.

just gone one pm here in moscow plenty of news and views ahead good to have your company. our top story after seventeen years of war in afghanistan the u.s. has once again hinted it's open to peace talks with the taliban widely considered a terrorist organization however it doesn't seem that the militants are willing to accept the offer especially considering the increasing control the group is exerting on the ground r.t. was granted rare access to a taliban militant commander and raised the subject. americans never want to cooperate with the taliban and the taliban has never asked the americans again to cooperate against the islamic state the americans are finding in. well the latest

suggestion on direct talks between the taliban and washington came from the state department on friday. this is ministration has made it clear that it is prepared to engage with and participate in the goshi asians 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 this and the leadership of the taliban never gave permission to any member to negotiate on their behalf u.s. 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 taliban 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 toward the have the taliban 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. on. the scene in any dust over the show all these. you cannot differentiate between

dollars and very distantly this is not the first time the talk of the deal is so good time is going to. go to the right. that. america's 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 if we can confirm that we will attend the mosco conference we are waiting for the date and agenda then we will decide what can be achieved from the call that is if successful these talks could mark a step forward in a conflict that currently has no end in sight donald quarter r.t.

. ok to a developing story today around ses it's launched a ballistic missile attack on a location in eastern syria the revolutionary guard claims it targeted a gathering of militants responsible for last month's terrorist attack on a military parade which killed thirty people in the side the western iranian city of uk as well griffin who was extensively covered the unrest in the middle east joins me live now in this shoot go through this good afternoon maria so indeed this latest attack today talk us through what actually occurred. so the situation in that spot of the globe has always been tense of course and secondly they said it will not make it any easier we hear from the iranian islamic revolutionary guard that it has had certain targets in syria that they claim are the headquarters of the terrorists iran claims that concentrated in this particular area in east of the

freighters in syria are responsible for last month's deadly attack on the military parade in iran together with a statement on the launch several pictures show in a mist a surface to surface missiles being launched were also published we do not know the exact number of missiles fired and the exact locations of the targets actually not there but we hear from the official the launch was successful as to get a large number of the attacker is was hate seems to be coming in you're explaining in reaction to what happened in iraq in. the last month just remind us about double talk oh yeah it was absolutely tragic attack for iran dramatic and it happened more than a week ago september twenty second during a military parade in iran southwest and in a sea of. a was a nationwide celebrations to mark the thirtieth anniversary of iran's eight year

long war with iraq. say several gunmen opened fire on the military marching in the park and on ordinary people gathered there to watch the parade and as a result thirty people were killed including a four year old boy and more than sixty others injured including zero four as civilians not only military were targeted so it was very dramatic and. at least two terror groups which is interest and claimed responsibility for the attack including the so-called islamic state let's take a look at this short. to remember. thank you give and. christian must realize that people wearing fake military outfits are attacking

their comrades from behind the stage and then opened fire on women and children they were just aimlessly shooting around without a specific target. for terrorists who had brought their guns to the area and given them several days ago under cover as civilians to watch the parade then they went and picked up the guns and opened fire on people. clearly in teheran was very angry and to king used washington and its allies in the gulf of providing they attack us with finances with their weapons all kinds of support and promised everything and it's worth a mention that it was the deadliest attack in iran in the last eight years ok thanks for talking us through all the. live in the program. ok i also

spoke to first of history an international ations jamal wakim is a long time a list in the region as well he's of the belief the tension in syria is increasing . the strike by itself has another dimension or another significance using this ballistic missile of eight hundred kilometers range it's like an iranian message to the g.c.c. countries all of the sea cities are within its reach the whole region is witnessing a rise in the tension especially that the united states is trying to neutralize the iranians would block them from having any influence in the region western of the. freighters. after a roller coaster on off diplomatic relationship donald trump has openly professed his affection for north korean leader kim jong. i was really being tough and so

wishing i would go back and forth and then we fell in love ok no really he wrote me beautiful letters and they're great letters that was trying talking to supporters over the weekend describing how he and cam have gone from it's complicated to in a relationship a tale as old as time isn't it too volatile world leaders separated by thousands of kilometers first of each other's throats then over time and numerous heartfelt letters magic happens so i've received two letters from jim and kim my personal correspondence magnificent very strong letter form incredible letters a letter that i gave one i showed one of the letters just. to prime minister b. he said this is actually a groundbreaking letter so against all odds they're in love at least according to trump but the relationship isn't without its problems now is not the time to ease

pressure verify denuclearization of north korean 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 or trust issues. the perception that sanctions can bring us to our knees is a pipe dream of people who are ignorant about us but the problem is that they continue sanctions deepening our 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 and until the point in time where as the president says it 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 while summit that is nevertheless the to put aside their differences and have a magical time in singapore.

thank you. and well team trump years for more the north i could be straying kim has already met with his south korean counterpart three times and to add salt to that one president man with such a pair of north korean hunting dogs by p.n. yang as a symbol of the warming relationship could this spell trouble in paradise for trump jackson to go well donald trump's warm words for north korea don't correspond with the reality or so say he's the director of the nuclear studies institute of

washington d.c. he's american university. this is very bizarre we know that trump is mercurial we know that trump is ration of pulse and we know that trump is not a traditional diplomat in any way. so. the better that we be talking better that trump is sending love letters to kim rather than hate tweets like you are doing for a while so then i says giving terry very mixed signals one of the things that trump has said it all does the administration have said is that they want to maintain the sanctions they want to keep the pressure up 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. more of monday afternoon news from moscow in ninety seconds. you know world's big partisan movie. and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to get the stories that mainstream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smarter we need to stop slamming the door on the shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now we're watching closely watching the hawks. when lawmakers manufacture consent to the public will. when the

ruling classes protect themselves. with the flaming. lips and be the one person. we can all middle of the room sick. welcome back to the program a blockaded palestinian enclave run by islamist militant group hamas is marking six months weekly protests on its border with israel more than a hundred and forty palestinians have been killed in the right to return demonstration. in israel say's it's acting on its right

to defend its border from violent protesters and indeed throughout the day we'll also be bringing you a special report on palestinian resistance is channeled not only through demonstrations but also our. you know. that. and you know. it's. just a. new. zest he. has the. look of you. we were able to quote fifteen hundred. shots in one days while he says my thoughts please see just how much this would be to use goes well while do you want you to the leader of the

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a yard full. of smoke who are they over a new facility set up a hold on them. today marks a year since the rest of spanish region of cast. lumia held an independence referendum hundreds of thousands voted to secede from spain madrid branded the whole thing a legal but what we're showing you know our live pictures from the regional capital of barcelona musser protests is taking place there right now just after noon in barcelona lots of people taking to got busy central area indeed on sunday crowds also gathered together to push once again for what they want depend. were five thousand people in fact turned up this rally and some protesters threw

projectiles at police the demonstration went off without major incident activists have also been sharing their experiences of last year's vote. 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 we wanted the republic and the year has gone by and we haven't achieved 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 they are keeping forces have no place within the capital or public this is not their home and we want to. caution about looks at the regions bid to be free of spanish rule. a year after cats line has fielded tam 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 of 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 of hundreds of people but he said useful voters that's really right down the. line and you are now the national police who leave the region not to line up and it be to seize on the biggest constitutional crisis and the country for decades and if we're twenty seventeen madrid took control of catalan government and put eight of the deposed members in jail and the oust catalan leader of fled the country to belcher 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 towards cattle on and an offer of the fresh start to negotiations on its status the catalan leader wasn't so flexible and insisted only on holding a legally binding referendum on independence the issue of independence remains

divisive in the region with pool 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 this. 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 a date 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 spinning wheel or spanish me 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 catalan independence is a saga that could yet have another anniversary next october first or spain based

journalist martin roberts told us madrid is unlikely to approve an independence referendum any telling. the new prime minister in spain who really placed his predecessor body on a rock in june has adopted a more conciliatory tone by arranging for cuts alon prisoners who were jailed after last year's failed independence bit he's agreed for extra aid to be given to custom 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 dissolve parliament and call fresh elections pederast sensient is not going to want to do with us because he only has a quarter of the seats in parliament he's governing did a very small minority so the chances of legal referendum a particularly slim. efforts by the french president emanuel mccrum to

portray himself as a mom of the people long been ridiculed by his critics and the recent photo from a trip to the car of being in a house fire them up once again the president seen posing with someone making an obscene gesture. we can't even find words to express our indignation we can't tolerate this it's unforgivable there's almost nothing left those shreds of dignity that got lost in the night of the ball garrity.

remembers it visualize it because you believe it but only. a small thought for the fifteen year old boy who was told off and humiliated by micron because he didn't respect the presidency by calling him money. i hope in any case that my called fall that last from you have been called man on the one hand don't call me minu on the other the presidency is implicitly undermining. this is showing that he is not a two faced this is the same a quote you just has a difficulties breaking the difference between the way he was six years ago what he really is and what he's supposed to be because he doesn't really know what i mean he's got no training for this and he just thinks he could continue being having the attitude of russia baker and go out and have to fight and

then some he's going to take over his shoulder said don't forget that you're president of the french republic and his results after your half are not true at all he's got bad results concerning unemployment bad results concerning criminality immigration i mean all the indicators are read practically at the same time he's going out doing selfies as if he was some sort of rock star. well kevin owen is here in half an hour's time with the updates on all the stories but stay with us now and for more great programs ahead on r.t. international. don't accept the story of the last was the right to live it's. people.

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pros it's like them before three of them or can't be good. i'm interested always in the waters of my. question. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy. let it be an arms race. scaring dramatic development only closely i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time time to sit down and talk.

time after time saying this is going on the ground on the one year anniversary of a referendum in the european union which ended in arrest warrants detention of a democratically elected politicians and violence in catalonia coming up on the show our goal should be regime change in iran how close is the world join us war in iran as moscow and london oppose washington policy on the nuclear deal we speak to but they have been german of code pink and on nato nation intelligence agencies withholding evidence that could save lives plus tory westminster council censorship but the twenty eight thousand raindance film festival the first is iran's oil tanker disappearing from global satellite tracking systems ahead of a u.s. sanctions deadline on the middle east and the g. superpower what does washington planning to do to test last month. we began reimposing hard hitting nuclear sanctions that have been lifted under the iran deal additional sanctions will resume nov fifth and more will follow and we are working with countries that importer reining in crude oil to cut their purchases

substantially we cannot allow the world's leading sponsor of terrorism to possess the planet's most dangerous weapons. we cannot allow a regime that chance death to america and that threatens israel with annihilation to possess the means to deliver a nuclear warhead to any city on earth. just can't do it while london and moscow oppose donald trump their own policy some taking to civil disobedience to revenge yet another war to follow nato interventions in yugoslavia iraq libya and syria i want to ask do you think. are they reading the iranian people have. made. for war with iran. well joining me now via skype from washington d.c. is madame benjamin co-founder of the n g o p.