as washington couldn't be open to talks with the taliban militants in afghanistan r t tracks down the 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 has 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 il while pyongyang remains poyet over america's hostile.

broadcast live director. thomas really good to have you with us. all right after seventeen years of war in afghanistan the u.s. has once again hinted it is open to peace talks with the islamic fundamentalist group the taliban however most militants do not seem willing to accept the offer especially considering the increasing control the group is exerting on the ground our team 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. latest 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 and if 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 with the only path to peace and political legitimacy for them is through a negotiated settlement the taliban when their choices are to reconcile live in

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. and as you. see in any just over the show you all these was you'll see so you can no differentiate between dollars and going to since you do it is not the first time

that has gone to the subdual in soviet times. we're. going to get over. 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 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 has conducted a ballistic missile attack on a location in eastern syria the revolutionary guard it claims it targeted a militant group responsible for last month's terrorist attack which are here to a military parade and killed twenty five people in the southwestern iranian city of . reflection 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 disproportionate 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 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 abi hind last month's deadly attack on a military parade in iran's the deadliest in a two year he's saying the missile launch was a revenge strike. the most we suddenly realized 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 didn't dems. 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 their first 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 prayed for a regime have attacked children and journeys among casualties iran holds the regional terrorist sponsors and their us 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 the thing he's got to do is look at the mare a u.s. official who has recently said terrible things about the are 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 the chargers' role they slate to strike is gripping the conflict in

great attentions and apprehension of where this could go next history and international relations professor jamal wakim thinks the situation is intensifying due to moves to limit iranian influence in the region. 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 a 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 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. 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 very often. and while a team trump years from or 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 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 frustration it continues to build in spain's rest of the lonia region a year to the day after

a referendum on independence from spain is among the stories still ahead when we come back i want your attention. that a petition has made a push to ruin this if not to the life of the instance of indians and to them by all means that we can be no plot would think even. a little and even. committing a crime was to say is that the national rules of the said a lot of it's here. you months and again fulfill a lot of principles and values. as a zombie bank plague that spilled over to zombie corporations what is a zombie banks zombie bank is a bank best technically insolvent it's kept alive by bailouts continuing rolling

bailouts from the central banks because of their friends in the other the banks the commercial banks the lawyers the ages p.c. b.n.p. citibank they're technically insolvent they're to live even though mozambique's to the perpetual rolling a bailout they call quantitative easing or some other name they come up with every two months. or welcome back this is r t international now after a donald trump's friends to rip up the north american free trade agreement is leading to months of uncertainty the u.s. canada and mexico have a last agreed to a new pact which trump describes as the biggest trade deal in united states history

or to smirk on as commentary. it was trump's big day as he unveiled a new deal with canada and mexico that's supposed to replace nafta and if you remember he once called nafta the worst deal ever but trump's replacement deal is apparently a historic transaction truly historic good news this will be a new dawn fish landmark agreement an incredible new this new deal will be the most modern up to date and balanced trade agreement in the history of our country the deal which took over a year to negotiate is called the united states mexico canada agreement and it will apparently solve all of the problems with nafta as in it will open markets to farmers and manufacturers and reduce trade barriers but during his campaign trump had promised to either renegotiate nafta or break it so this new deal fulfills that promise but all throughout the day trump's been talking about the deal even announcing a press conference to further discuss it but at the press conference journalist weren't concerned about the deal they were really interested in the capital case

and to remind the viewers cavanagh's a supreme court nominee who was accused of sexual harassment brett kavanaugh fools is there a plan b. i have two questions about judge cavanagh if this weekend mr president you said that it's incorrect to say you're limiting the scope of the f.b.i. investigation what does that have to do is try to i don't mind answering the question but you know what i'd like to do the trade has to do with the other headline in the news which is the candidate and i know bush and how about talking about trade and then we'll get to that you have a question in trade well you wanted to more questions later and several question if you don't do that that's not mr president so just somebody is before you excuse me don't do that you have a question on trade you answered several question you have a question on trade my question is on judge at least some have even said the trumps moment was stolen from him so an important development in economic policy was once again overshadowed by the latest liberal scandal of the moment and it doesn't look like it will stop anytime soon. thirty seven palestinians have been wounded by israeli gunfire during clashes in the west bank and gaza according to the palace to

. health ministry a general strike has taken place on monday across the region on the anniversary of a riot back in two thousand that soft thirteen israeli arabs were killed by police the protests were also against israel's controversial nation state law which palestinians. makes them second class citizens and donald trump's u.s. embassy move to jerusalem we now have a special report on how palestinian resistance is channeled not only through demonstrations but also ours you can watch it in full online at r.t. dot com here is a quick look at. that . and. he. has to. look over here.

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of the delegations and. just from. the house you. are going with him. or you are. hardly. notice the look of you god of. israel defends its actions on the gaza border saying it is defending itself from violent protesters and the militant group hamas. the british defense secretary gavin williamson has unveiled a new strategy for the arctic calling russia the biggest threat to the region eight hundred u k. are due to be deployed to norway next year there has been dispute for decades over territorial claims that the planet's most northern point and over

untapped natural resources under the sea bed the british defense ministry says the arctic and high north are now crucial to the country's security. and be arctic and high north is increasing their military presence to deal with this we will be launching our new defense arctic stress situation beyond the high north and not 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 just i'm a queen though whatsoever so what we're doing putting a 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 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 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 is going on or 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 i wrote on the borders of the former sign and into the former soviet union. well one hundred eighty thousand pro independence protesters have marched through the cut along capital of barcelona on the first anniversary of the independence referendum there that was branded illegal by madrid earlier on monday roadblocks

were set up in the city in busy traffic areas campaigners also blocked major motorways and railway lines across the rest of the spanish region and hundreds have clashed with local police in the city of jarana the protesters were making their way to the train station to barricade the tracks artie's been a caution on the courts now 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 twelve or twenty seventeen imagery took 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're going to implement has a lot to do with the goal of holding an election in catalonia three. jindal have to hold an election within six months of the mind's engineers 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 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 independence remains divisive in the region with pool suggesting capped loans are almost evenly split on whether to stay part of spain and i would ask how much of this is the truth is that many people feel disappointed because they thought everything was heading towards the final goal of independence and yet despite some people feeling tired many of us are determined to continue forward. 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 suppose independence and they are very divided and danes 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 uncertainty that so apart from a loss of demonstrations the situation is pretty much as it was it was. efforts by friendship president to portray himself as

a man of the people have long been ridiculed by critics and a recent a photo from a trip to the caribbean has fired them up once again the president is seen posing with someone making an obscene and jester. we can't even find words to express our nation 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 bulgarian. but you don't. remember it was a big one i said because you really like it but i'm. going to. get.

this move for the fifteen year old boy who was told off and humiliated by micron because he didn't respect the presidency by calling him on and on the one hand don't call me maneuver on the other the presidency is implicitly undermined. this is showing that he does not the two faced this is the same across you just has a difficulties making a 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 rochelle baker and to go out and have tried and then somebody is going to take over his shoulder and say don't forget that you're president of the french republic and his results after your half are not good 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. that doesn't from the back with more news in let's say thirty three minutes you're watching our international students. cooked additional submersed if not of what was an ounce of to linger some of these it's just a good usual condition no. simple yet so intimate regional show procedure. looked with a showing of the skeleton is lost when the shit. you think of should be your view of the sleep study. quote of shipping. you up and you lost it does the book did the work of the person in your book still missing you know i don't know what the book. was the latest news

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hello and welcome to cross talk or all things considered i'm peter lavelle on this edition of the program we discussed russia's relationship with the west ukraine and a lot of history. cutting the gordian knot i'm joined by mike is here moscow roberts he's a historian senior fellow at the helsinki for advanced studies and a member of the royal irish academy and we have petro he is a professor of political science at the university of rhode island and then let's talk about cutting the. where we all know the poor state of relations between the west and russia we both know that. how do we get out of this cold or we just have to accept the status quo for a very long time to come.