as washington could be open to talks with taliban militants in afghanistan are to track down a commander of the group who rejects the possibility of any negotiations. 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 to negotiate on their behalf. iran 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 iran. professes his love for the north korean leader kim jong un while pyongyang remains coyer over america's hostile action.

either in a warm welcome for me in the team here at r.t. h.q. in moscow minus column brainwashed for world news at this hour after seventeen years of war in afghanistan the us has once again handed it to 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 increase in control the groups exerting on the ground team managed to get access to a taliban militant commander and raise the subject. well 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. and the latest suggestion of direct talks between the taliban in 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 she is 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 chela been that the only path to peace and political legitimacy for them is through a negotiated settlement for the taliban when their choices are to reconcile live in a relevance or do 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. jle teasin battles between the coalition and taliban forces. and as you. see in any just coalition with all these was you'll see so you can know that for in sure you could win god isn't going to censor lewandowski this is not the first time they have gone to the civilian to serve their time. under the. banner. of 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'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 . rif and 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 disappeared to deliver a decisive from crushing response to any wickedness and mystery 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 though 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. unless 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 the 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 he wants 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 the 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. well history and international relations professor jamal wakim thinks the situation is intensifying due to moves to limited rainin influence in the region the strike by itself has

another dimension or a another significance using this ballistic missile of eight hundred kilometers. it's like an iranian message to the countries all of the city cities are within its reach the whole region is witnessing that aizen that then sion specially 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 the north korean leader kim jong un. 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 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 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 well 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 a pair of north korean hunting is it. an absolute. independence protesters are continuing to march through the catalan capital of barcelona on the first anniversary of the independence referendum that was branded illegal by him but read sort of steady stream of people over the past few hours it's now nightfall there but certainly quite a few people we saw earlier adorned with the castle flag in the center of barcelona now earlier roadblocks were set up in the city and busy traffic areas campaigners

also blocked major motorways and railway lines across the rest of spanish region. hundreds of clashed with local police in the city of jerome earlier protestors were making their way to the train station barricade. medina caution of a report on the stalemate over catalonia one year on from the independence vote that rocked spain. a year after catalunya as 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 if 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 in 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 it legally binding referendum on independence the issue of 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 do d b d u s 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 me now fear that failure to find common ground in catalonia would likely spill into end no other political crisis triggering another snap election sound time in early twenty nineteen catalan independence is a saga that could lead 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 counsel and 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 lateral declaration so at the moment there's a lot of uncertainty there so apart from a loss of demonstrations the situation is pretty much as i was it was. thirty seven palestinians have been wounded by israeli gunfire during clashes in the west bank and gaza according to the palestinian health ministry a general strike took place this monday across the region on the anniversary of

a riot back in two thousand that saw thirteen israeli arabs killed by police in the protests were also against israel's controversial nation state law which palestinians say make them second class citizens and also donald trump's u.s. embassy move to jerusalem will also be bringing you a special report on how palestinian resistance is channeled not only through demonstrations but also which you can watch in full on r.t. international in the coming hours but also online at r.t. dot com is a look at the struggle. you know. that. if. he had taken down exactly. as the blood looked up the book of the year. we would it be too cold to go fifteen hundred. in one day for a while he says my thoughts are pretty soon it's almost the truth to get those of

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a hundred people. plus maybe who are they over a new facilities to look ahead of them. there's real defends its actions on the gaza border saying it's defending itself from violent protesters on the militant group hamas. the british defense secretary gavin will. emson has unveiled a new strategy for the arctic calling russia the biggest threat to the region eight hundred u.k. troops are due to be deployed to norway next year there's been a dispute for decades over the territorial claims on the planet's most northern point and to the current untapped natural resources that lie under the sea bed of the british defense ministry says the arctic and high north are now crucial to the country's security in the arctic and high north is increasing their military presence to deal with this we will be launching our new defense arctic

stress which are beyond the high nor financial we must be ready ready to deal with the threats as they emerge the new defense arctic strategy will put the arctic in high north central to the security of the united kingdom has got nor will we're just a mcqueen no 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 so i don't quite get what is going on because 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 out in the media yesterday and said that britain would win a naval war with russia firstly what at all if there is no possibility of a naval war with russia secondly if there was a war with russia it wouldn't just be an evil war it would be a disaster so i've no idea what this gung ho attitude is that really you know this we should be stepping up the ante by talking all the time about this military

threat from russia the idea that russia is about to launch a conventional war in the arctic which is all these commanders could be there for a 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 so on and into the former soviet union. efforts by the french president emanuel mccrone to betray myself as a man of the people of long being ridiculed by his critics and recent photo from a trip to the caribbean has fired them up once again the president saying posing with someone making an obscene hand gesture. the way that.

we can't even find words to express our indignation we can tolerate unforgivable there's almost nothing left those shreds of dignity that got lost in the night of bulgaria to. the members of the because you believe. the small talk 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 on the one hand don't call me maneuver on the other the presidency is implicitly undermine. 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 get out he's got bad results concern. unemployment benefits also concerning criminality immigration i mean all the indicators are read practically at the same time he's going out to himself he says if he was some sort of rock star and that's the news this hour from r.t. international thanks for checking in i'll be back with your next update in just over half an hour see you then.

so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy foundation let it be an arms race. spearing dramatic developments only really going to exist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical 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 over the show our goal should be regime change in iran how close is the world to a u.s.

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 with holding evidence that could save lives plus tory westminster council censorship but the twenty eighteen rain dance film festival but first as iran's oil tankers start disappearing from global satellite tracking systems ahead of a u.s. sanctions deadline on the middle east and. what is 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 hearing the iranian people have. this if you are going. forward with the run. out well joining me now via skype from washington d.c. is madame benjamin co-founder of the ngo code pink with thanks for coming back on the show as a why demonstrate against this man brian oak from the state department or the policies of brian look he's the head of trump's iran action group. well i couldn't stand listening to the guy and what he was saying it was

a deja vu of here we go again lies distortions manipulations to get the american public ready for some other in crazy military intervention so i felt they had to get up there and say something some people might not even know about this war that you seem to be accusing the president of starting what influence does that hudson institute because in the video you see this hudson institute zero is a go go canada weinstein who regulates v.o.a. read you for your radio liberty what is this small grouping where they announce things about u.s. foreign policy well it's one of the many right wing neo cons think tanks that exist in washington d.c. the same ones that did the propaganda that iraq had weapons of mass destruction and was a great threat to the united states and got people ready for that intervention its role is now demonizing iran as the greatest threat to u.s. security and really just is

a voice piece for. john bolton mike pompei oh and bryan hook the mission of the middle east but trump one places like michigan because some people believe the rustbelt didn't want more wars why does trump appear.