has washington could be open to talks with taliban militants in afghanistan. rejects the possibility of negotiations. with. 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. tehran says it has launched missiles against militants in syria were responsible for last month's deadly terror attack on military parade in the wrong. professes his love for north korean leader kim jong. il remains. hostile sanctions.

are broadcasting love. to have you with us. 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 r.t. 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 the latest suggestion of a 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 u.n. report covering civilian casualties in battles between the coalition and taliban forces. and this is. the scene in and it does go to show you all these was no differentiate between guns and going to since neither would just because it's not the first time the dog or the civilians. time is still going to.

go to go to. 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 the thought of us but 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 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 laws more information 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 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 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 eighty years saying the missile launch was a revenge strike. resolution must 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. that this is normal for terrorists who had brought their guns to the area and here. them several days ago undercover 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 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 to 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 as grip in 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 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 after paul mattick 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 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 never the us 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 frustration it continues to build in spain's arrest of catalonia region a year to the day after a referendum on independence from spain and that is among the stories still ahead when we come back to watch argentina.

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when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. this is r t international the sexual misconduct allegations against donald trump's a supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh all have overshadowed what the u.s. president is calling the biggest trade deal in the country's history artie's american as the story. 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 has and 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 tribes 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 tab at all case and to remind the viewers tabun as 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 county but i know listen how about talking about trade and then we'll get to that you have a question in trade will you wanted to more question. several questions here don't do that that's not the british i just somebody used before excuse me don't do that if you have a question on trade you answered several question you have a question on trade my question is on judge at least yet 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 palestinian health ministry a general strike has taken place on monday across the region on the anniversary of a riot back in two thousand saal thirteen israeli arabs killed by police the

protests were also against israel's controversial nation state law which palestinians say makes them second class citizens and donald trump's u.s. embassy move to jerusalem we have a special report on how palestinian resistance is channeled not only through demonstrations but also art as well you can watch that info online at r.t. dot com right now though here's a look at their struggle. no one to share. them. and. he. has the. look of the year. too close to fifteen hundred. days while he says among those students home was the truth to use goes wow.

good on me. somebody you know. missed us that is. the logic of that of the sad. thing they're going to say. maverick have signed with. him. that we did it to show the world that we can make anything they can make if. you will come from.

the house you. are. over the night he said look at who. have been ongoing clashes at the border since march every friday israel defends those actions on the gaza border saying he is defending itself from violent protesters and the militant group. british defense secretary has unveiled a new strategy for the arctic calling russia the biggest threat to the region one hundred years. troops are due to be deployed to norway next year has been disputed for decades over territorial claims of 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. in the arctic and high north russia is increasing their military presence to deal with this we will

be launching our new defense arctic stress situation beyond the high nor 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 britain has got nor will just i'm a queen no 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 it all is 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 the conservative party conference secondly it's a boat the continued expansion of nato forces i rode on the borders of the former sign and into the former soviet union. tensions have escalated in barcelona with riot police are trying to break up a march on the first anniversary of the independence referendum where the vote was declared illegal by madrid. one hundred eighty thousand pro independence protesters were out on the streets of the council on capital on monday clashes erupted between protesters and the police

in front of the regional parliament tear gas and rubber bullets to break up the crowds protesters burned spanish flags in response and chanted pro separatist slogans over on monday roadblocks were set up in the city and busy traffic areas campaigners also blocked major roads and railway lines across catalonia. artie's monday in a question of reports on the stalemate over catalonia one year on from the independence vote that rocked spain. 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 the police crackdown on demonstrators left hundreds of people injured on the anniversary there are similar violent scenes on the streets of catalonia as capital .

and it read to seize on the biggest constitutional crisis and the country for decades and it told we're twenty seventeen imagery took 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 of 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 in 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 poole suggesting capped loans are almost evenly split on whether to stay part of spain i would ask him which i think 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 see them over which under what a lot will continue to fight for independence despite all the many difficulties will do day by day to us and i am 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 any nother political crisis triggering another snap election sound time in early twenty nineteen catalan independence is a saga that could not 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 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 of 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 it was it was. efforts by french president emmanuel macron to portray himself as

a man of the people have long been ridiculed by critics and a recent photo from a trip to the caribbean that has fired them up once again the president is seen posing with someone making an obscene gesture. we can't even find words to express our indignation we can tolerate this it's unforgivable there's almost nothing left those shreds of dignity that got lost in the night of bulgaria to. let you know. that the members have begun to speak with you but i'm.

going to. a 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 on and on the one hand don't call me maneuver on the other the presidency is implicitly undermined. 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 a rock show baker and to go out and have to fight 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 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. by the dozen for me i'll be back about thirty three minutes with a full of news you are watching r t international i'm glad to have you with us. when lawmakers manufactured sentenced to public wealth. when the ruling closest protect themselves. with the financial merry go round.

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