those washington hence it could be open to talks with taliban militants in afghanistan ulti tracks down a 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 taliban never gave permission to any member to negotiate on their behalf. tehran 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. plus donald trump professes his love for north korean leader kim jong un. remains koyo for america's hostile.

i there were twenty four seven news and analysis this is r.t. international live from moscow the news this hour is colleen break let's have a company first off after seventeen years of war in afghanistan the u.s. has once again hinted that it's open to peace talks with the islamic fundamentalist group the taliban however it doesn't seem that the militants are willing to accept the offer especially considering the increasing control over the groups existing on the ground managed to get access to a taliban militant commander and raised the subject. over 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. later suggestion of 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 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 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 child up in 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 taleban 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. and as. seen in any just over the show all these was you can no differentiate between going to since the industry is not the first time the going to do the sibelius. time is still under the. eyes. of the

world. that. you know that in the. americas two thousand 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's conducted a ballistic missile attack on a location in eastern syria the revolutionary guard claims it targeted

a militant group responsible for last month's terrorist attack which hit a military parade and killed twenty five people in the southwestern iranian city of our files refiner explains the story behind iran's revenge strike in syria. under the cover of night fall iran fired several ballistic missiles at what it has described as terrorist had quarters in eastern syria and says successfully with a large number of militants killed and infrastructure destroyed are in fierce to see prepared to deliver a decisive from crushing response to any wickedness and misty from our enemies the attack is believed to have hit north of at the syrian iraqi border not far from the city of hygiene considered the last islamic state stronghold in the region three weeks ago the u.s. led coalition valves to clear the area of an estimated two thousand militants so no reports suggest that has materialized as yet iran claims the stream is from that

area behind last month's deadly attack on a military parade in iran's the deadliest in eighty years saying the missile launch was a revenge strike. we suddenly realized armed people wearing fake 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. for terrorists who had brought their guns to the area and hidden them several days ago on the cover as civilians to watch the parade then they went and picked up their guns and opened fire on people there was attack has once again flared up tensions

between the u.s. and iran as teheran blames washington for facilitating the attack. terrorists recruited trained armed and paid by informing regime have attacked our children enjoy news among casualties iran holds regional terrorist sponsors and their masters in countable for such attacks. needs to do with the need to look at his own home base he can blame us all i want the thing he's got to do is look at the mare a u.s. official who has recently said terrible things about the r.v. as terrorist attack and held the iranian government responsible for that attack what would americans think if we were to say such a thing about the nine eleven terrorist attacks as players in the syria conflict look to limit each other's role this latest strike is gripping the conflict in great attentions and apprehension of where this could go next. or history and international relations professor jamal wakim thinks the situation is intensifying too to move to limit iranian influence in the region the strike by itself has

another dimension or a another significance using this ballistic missile of eight hundred kilometers range it's like an iranian message to did just to see countries all of the city cities are within its reach the whole region is witnessing better eyes and that then sion specially that the united states is trying to neutralize the iranians or 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 un i was really being tough and so was he and we got 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 to 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 there and 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 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 norse i could be straying kim has already met with his south korean counterpart three times and to add salt to that one president moon was sent a pair of north korean hunting dogs by p.n. yang as a symbol of their warming relationship could this spell trouble in paradise for trump. british campaign as a again ramping up claims of russian meddling in the brics and referendum and demanding an independent probe of the latest call for an investigation into the twenty sixteen vote has drawn plenty of criticism is honest with the details and. well love these campaigners a fair vote u.k. are planning on bringing a 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 legs 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 descent from asian data companies involvement as well as electoral spending 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 it brought 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 bragg's it i'm pretty skeptical about whether they really intervened in the referendum in the case

of 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 convinces me at all that the russians intervene significantly in the brics or referendum well love this of course comes on the heels of bracks it on certainty 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 brag that unlike the prime minister on 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 breck's it with all of these conundrums that the u.k. is now faced a way of 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 here without a frustration continues to build in spain's restive catalonia region a year to the day after a referendum on independence from spain it's among our stories still ahead when we come back.

this is the life of. me. i think even the little. committee i was the second national this is it's. a little gruesome and. welcome back palestinians have conducted a general strike this monday on the anniversary of

a ride back in two thousand that's all thirteen israeli arabs killed in clashes with police actions also against israel's controversial nation state which palestinians say makes them second class citizens and also donald trump's u.s. embassy move to jerusalem a palestinian arabs make up approximately a fifth of israel's population schools universities government offices and shops are closed in solidarity with them throughout the day we'll also be bringing you a special report on how palestinian resistance is channeled not only through demonstrations but also is a look at the struggle. you know. that. if. he had taken down exactly all his the blood looked up looked at the years. we would it was too cold fifteen hundred. in one day for a while he says

a month it's the person you hold most to goes wow with you to the evil things yet. i don't but as though you could love me. out of the one love i'm somebody you know how to know. that if this is. the logic of that a cone the sadness over there the little. things that will cost them. their worth a call to. maverick palestine with those nifty things. that we did it to show the world that we can make anything they can make if die. you will come from rome short of most of the largest. going to get a tradition of the. super bowl for a month but you know that

a lot when i walked out of the bar the balls were phenomenal just from queens of course. i was from the how did you do or. will smith who are you over a new facility set up the whole of them. a literal defends its actions on the girls of boulder saying it's defending itself from violent protesters the militant group hamas. ok let's show you what's her. right now in barcelona in northeastern spain pro independence protesters are marching through the city on what is the first anniversary of catalonia its independence referendum which of course branded illegal by madrid earlier campaigners blocked major motorways and railway lines across the restive spanish region. hundreds of clashed with local police also in the capital and city of drona protesters were making their way to the train station. on top of that they put up

roadblocks in the region's capital boss and. now a year on from the bid to secede from spain the region of catalonia still remains in stalemate is but in a caution of the reports. a year after katz alliance fielded tam to break away from spain the situation in the region remains deadlocked back there and 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 if told we're twenty seventeen madrid to control of catalan government and put eight of the deposed members in jail and the oust kaplan 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 with its. six months the minds engine is to hold it as soon as we recover but that didn't bring the relief madrid had hoped for and stats kathlyn 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 it legally binding referendum on independence the issue of the 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 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 day to us and i'm very much against it now is not the time for cattle on it to become and for me it would be better to leave things as they are moving spain and we are spanish meaning now fear 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 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 constanza support of dependence on the very divided d.'s on how to achieve it because last year when push came to shove the international community did not recognise the logical declaration so at the moment there's a lot of them so. and see that so apart from a loss of demonstrations the situation is pretty much the same as it was. efforts by the french president emanuel mccrum to train myself as a man of the people who have long been ridiculed by his critics and a recent photo from a trip to the caribbean fired them up once again the president seen posing with someone making an obscene hand gesture.

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believe it. or not said the united arab emirates growing economic and political influences brain cells 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. with its muscle being tested in the war and its economic presence felt from egypt to somalia the united arab emirates is trying on the role of a regional power but does the small stage have

a staying power to sustain its ambitions managed to step out of the shadows of its powerful neighbors and. the great game in the middle east. 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.