headlines from moscow at six pm today as washington could be open to talks with taliban militants in afghanistan tracked down the commander of the group who rejects the possibility of any negotiation. with 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 of the negotiating on their behalf. also says it's launched missiles against militants in syria it believes were responsible for last month's deadly terror attack on a military parade in iraq. donald trump professes his love for the north korean leader kim jong il and while pyongyang remains coley nonetheless over america's hostile sanctions.

this is art international broadcasting round the world live from. here in moscow is kevin i mean this so first and 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 the flip side of this it doesn't seem that the militants themselves are willing to accept the offer especially considering the increasing control the groups exerting on the ground now r.t. was granted rare access to a taliban militant commander and raised the subject direct. that the 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 bombing us while we fight against isis late suggestive direct talks between the taliban and washington came from the u.s. state department on friday. 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 under 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 live in

a relevance. you 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 shall we all these was you cannot differentiate between dollars and going to since you do it is not the first time the dog or the sibelius. time is going to go.

to the world. 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 moscow conference we are waiting for the date and agenda then we will 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. . iran says it launched a ballistic missile attack on

a location in eastern syria earlier the revolutionary guard claims it targeted a militant group responsible for last month's terrorist attack that hit a military parade and killed twenty five in the southwest in the radio city of. discuss the details of this revenge strike that appears in syria with. hear from the iranian islamic revolutionary guard which is the country's elite military force that it has hade search targets in syria that they claim are quote headquarters of the terrorists iran claims that the militants operate in that particular area east of the youth rate is are responsible for last month's deadly attack ordered to information from various sources this could be the region north over the city of. syria not far from the iraqi border it's also not far from the city of has seen known as the last stronghold of the so-called islamic state militants in the region and we do not know about the casualties but we hear from the official teheran that

the launch was successful as again quote a large number of the attackers what's hits so briefly the cutlass thing for this was the shooting the gunman shooting those people just last week yeah it was a very tragic event actually four and happened more than a week ago september twenty second to be exact during a military parade in southwestern c.t. of. that parade was part of the nationwide celebrations to mark the thirtieth anniversary of the end of iran iraqi a.t.r. long war. era. we suddenly realized people wearing freak military outfits were 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. to do is to go to the. court

says the four terrorists who had brought the guns to the area and several days ago on the cover is civilians to watch the parade then they went and picked up their guns and opened fire on people. this is the deadliest attack in iran in the last eighty years to hear an accused the us and particularly its allies among arab countries such as saudi arabia and united arab emirates of providing the attackers with finances with weaponry washington tonight all the allegations so it's quite tense again in that region. national relations prefer suggest things these situations intensifying right now because a move to limit iranian influence in the region. 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 within its reach the whole region is witnessing that aizen 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. of a rollercoaster on off relationship diplomatically donald trump has openly professed his affection for the north korean leader kim jong il and i was really being tough and so was he i will 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 kim 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 jimmy kim my personal correspondence magnificent very strong letter form incredible letters a letter that gave one i showed one of the letters just to prime minister and 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. digital books 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 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 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 earrings 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 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 well it does seem that the u.s. needs war words from north korea don't actually correspond too much with reality right now according to the director of nuclear studies institute at washington d.c.'s american university. this is very bizarre we know that trump is mercurial we know that trump is ration of poll since we know that trump is not a traditional diplomat in any way. so. 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 the right has given very very mixed signals what are 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 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 best friends he was saying that if the united states had adopted the same attitude that south korea had adopted and that we'd be well on the path toward peace and denuclearization. has been a rewind by british companies who are pushing for an independent probe into russian meddling in the brics it referendum but the latest call for an investigation into the twenty sixteen vote drawn plenty of criticism let's cross live to this is going to london for the details on this what to trigger this latest move by complaint is

in the u.k. than. well love these campaigners a fair vote u.k. are planning on bringing legal a legal challenge to the british government demanding a public inquiry in the end to into any potential meddling in the bronx that referendum of twenty sixteen to the likes of the mule investigation in the us that was looking into any potential interference following trump's election there and this campaign group in a pretty accepting letter to the u.k. government has quoted irregular and unlawful conduct and among their concerns have been named russian this information data company's involvement in. as well as electoral spending and they have said they claim there's significant public concern now this comes following theresa may having already said that such a public inquiry will not be taking place because the government understands that this is quote a thinly veiled attempt to overturn bracks said but to this we also have to add to

that we've seen here in the u.k. the chief of secret intelligence service from one thousand nine hundred ninety two thousand and four basically say he sees no russian meddling in brock's it pretty skeptical about whether they really intervened in the referendum in the case the american elections i really think the impact was such as to change the result in the electoral college i don't think i've not seen anything like convince me to talk to the russians intervene significantly in the press or a friend of well love this of course comes on the heels of bragg's that uncertainty not only has bracks a divided the u.k. on this matter but also create a division within the tory party government which of course has to be in charge of leading the way to bragg's it and this is been highlighted more so during the currently ongoing tortie tory party conference let's take a look unlike the prime minister i fought for this i believe in it i think it's the

right thing for our country i think that what is happening now is alas not what people were promised in twenty sixteen when the seventeen point four million people voted in that referendum they wanted to get control of our loss borders and money and open the opportunities of free trade deals around the world i'm afraid the checkers deal just simply does not deliver that so i pledge to do everything that i can to make sure that we have a proper bracks. well with all of these conundrums that the u.k. is now faced with in terms of bracks said it really remains to be seen whether campaign along the lines of blame the russians could really be the solution to all these problems yeah there's enough to think about either which way is a master churchill or thanks so much for that there from london. and thank you for being with us to argue to stay as well for these the next fifteen minutes i'm kevin over here live with you this hour coming up frustration continues to build in spain's restive catalonia region especially today it's because it's

a year to the day since that huge referendum on independence from spain we'll tell you where that more after this break. what politicians do something ridiculous to put themselves on the on the big get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president i'm sure more some want to be preached. to the right to be closer this is what it looks like three of the more can people get. interested always in the waters of our.

small seemed wrong when old roles just don't call. me old yet to say proud disdain comes to educate and in again because betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart. just to look for common ground the. i gave palestinians a going on general strike today on the anniversary of a riot back in the year two thousand that saw thirteen israeli arabs killed in clashes with police the action now is also against israel's controversial nation state plan which palestinians say makes them second class citizens and also donald trump's u.s. embassy moved to jerusalem's in the mix with us as well while policy in arabs make

approximately a fifth of the whole of the country's population schools universities government offices and shops have all been closed in solidarity with them today throughout the day we've got a special report we've put together for you learning a bit more about this how palestinian resistance is channeled not only through demonstrations which is what you hear about so often but also through art. you know . that. and. of course. they should tell me. exactly oh it has the. look of the year. we were able to quote fifteen hundred. shots in one days while we see them on the streets how much they're sure to go to the white house do you

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they over a new facility set up a hold on them. well as a footnote to this story for the other side of it is rather close to finds its actions on the gaza border saying it's defending itself from violent protesters and the militant group. other news today to briefly about u.k. defense secretary govern williamson has unveiled a new strategy for the arctic calling russia the biggest threat to the region these days the british defense ministry says the arctic and high north in fact are crucial to the country's security in be antic and high north is increasing their military presence to deal with this we will be launching our new defense arctic stress situation beyond behind your finances we must be ready ready to deal with the threats as they emerge the new defense arctic strategy will put the arctic

in high nor central to the security of the united kingdom chris bambery is on the line no political analyst say there chris in five he described that whole area as being in britain's backyard what's the worry here. of course you have to remember this is the conservative party conference and he's famously playing to the troops who love to hear this kind of thing but and also he has been sprinkling british troops around the place a little bit announcing for instance that british troops remain in germany because of the russian threat presence in ukraine we know about the baltic states and no eight hundred commandos being sent to the far north of norway no war is this threat the threat if it exists a toll would be supposedly russian warships coming down from the arctic into the north sea the english channel you may remember a couple of years ago a famous when they did that russian planes coming towards british airspace more about roy also who commandos were do you know what commandos in norway could do it

i have no idea the idea that russia is about to launch a conventional war in the arctic which is all these commanders could be there for eight hundred of them not enough to stop any serious operation is a bit mind boggling so i think firstly this is playing to the gallery of the conservative party conference secondly it's a boat the continued expansion of nato forces are on the borders of the former side and into the former soviet union but all of our viewers are going to be figuring out why is this is because i suppose the melting ice the worry is it's going to be easy to get to the resources underneath a lot of people lay claim to that in that part of the world where there could be there could easily be a resource war but britain isn't going to be part of that some of your talk of british interests britain has got nor will we just i'm a queen though whatsoever so what we're doing putting eight hundred troops at some considerable expense in norway and all of the cheapest countries in the world people might be asking at a time when we're looking for money for hospitals and education in this country so i don't quite get what is going on because it hundred troops is

a drop in the ocean this is not a serious force if you're talking about a conventional grown war goodness sake but you know that the atmosphere is weird that the commander of the new british super aircraft carrier came on the media yesterday and said that be. when a naval war with russia first we what it all is there is no possibility of a naval war with russia secondly if there was a war with russia it would just be an evil war it would be a disaster so i've no idea what is going war attitude is that really this we should be stepping up the ante by talking all the time about this military threat from russia and what britain is going to do to stop it because britain isn't really in a position to stop russia if truth be told as you say it's all good stuff makes headlines you're a party conference isn't it chris bambery political analyst thank you. next for independence campaign is a blocking major motorways a railway lines across the rest of spanish regional catalonians but a lot going on there today today marks this is why a year since its independence referendum that was branded illegal by madrid

hundreds of classed with local police in the capital and city of your own and that's what you see on your screens now protesters are making their way to the train station to pay for those particular shops there on top of that they put up roadblocks in the region's capital barcelona that's barcelona a year on from the bid to succeed from spain the region of catalonia still then therefore remains in stalemate no further forward has been a caution of reports. a year after cats alliance 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 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.

and it read to seize on the biggest constitutional crisis and the country for decades and it told were twenty seventeen madrid to control of catalan government and put eight of the deposed members in jail and the oust catalan leader of 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 towards cattle on air and offered 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 from the region. with poole suggesting capt 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 date us three i'm very much against it now is not the time for cattle on it to become independent for me it would be better to leave things as they are moving

spain and we are spanish many now fear that failure to find common ground in catalonia would likely spill into any nother political crisis triggering another snap election sometime in early twenty nineteen independence is a saga that could yet have another anniversary next october first the protest movement would appear to be more or less as strong as it was last year however polls show that less than half of council support independence and they are very divided indeed on how to achieve it because last year when push came to shove the international community did not recognize the of the lateral declaration so at the moment there's a lot of uncertainty that so apart from a loss of demonstrations the situation is pretty much as i was it was. and that's where these look in so far this monday afternoon from moscow subtotal the first governor and he is saying thanks for watching and keep abreast of all the latest

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