moscow dismisses dutch claims that russia tried to hack the international chemical weapons watchdog the o.p.c. w. back in april saying it was a routine visit to the hague a dutch sign presents the incident as a special operation by russian military intelligence services. a saudi journalist vanishes in turkey with reports he's been killed inside the saudi consulate in riyadh fiercely deny such allegations. and a seventeen years since the start of the u.s. war in afghanistan and a new u.n. report warns there's been

a horrific increase in the number of civilian casualties this year. this is r t international bringing you your live news update this hour welcome to the program moscow has presented an explanation to the dutch allegations that russian spies tried to hack the international chemical weapons watchdog with foreign minister sergei lavrov saying the claims were designed to attract maximum attention we're now joined live in the studio by a coach neveh do you know what happened while the real incident took place back in april last year but let me tell you that the reels scandal unraveled last week when the government held a press conference that actually arranged. some kind of a high profile event and that particular press conference of the dutch defense minister accused of. russian citizens of an attempted cyber attack on the

organisation for the propagation of chemical weapons the minister even had a name for what happened back in april and called him a g r u operation well if you have been following the news in the past couple of months well you already know that g r u has become some kind of a bogey word to the west. on the thirteenth of april this year any fifth day carried out an operation to disrupt. operation targeting the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons b. c w the hague there was nothing secret about the visit by the russian technical experts it was a completely transparent and routine business visit. well right after that particular incident the russian foreign ministry actually published a statement with the fool explanation of what happened let me just give you some

details from that statement now the ministry explicitly said that there was nothing extraordinary that the russian delegation checked in at the american old hotel which is located very close to the o.p.c. but you had quarters the statement the ministry statement said that the hotel has been used by the russian delegations for decades as it is located just five hundred five hundred meters away from the russian embassy and that also explains the fact why there were so many russian cars parked outside also it was mentioned and that statement that the dutch side was very well aware of all these facts presented in that statement but still. all has been portrayed as something from a spine movie really now as you mentioned this has all been going on thirty april was there any reaction back then well back then actually there was no reaction from

any side of the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov even. back then it all looked like a misunderstanding but now he says that all these claims that we've been hearing from last week were simply designed to attract maximum attention. sure russians that were expelled from the netherlands weren't given any explanations or any opportunity to contact their representatives in or embassy in the netherlands and were asked to leave it will look like a misunderstanding especially given the back then there were no protests or warnings to us neither in moscow nor in the e.u. . again the russian of foreign affairs minister sergei lavrov said that the situation surrounding the so-called russian spies on the you know the lands is a deceptive maneuver and that the story was made public especially i had of the needle needing between minister is so that the timing is not at all accidental medina thank you for breaking down that story for us. a new u.n.

report now it's an appalling increase in the number of civilian casualties in afghanistan victims from bombings using improvised explosive devices or i e d's have risen twenty one percent in the last year the us from suicide attacks are even worse forty six percent the report shares the story of a teenager injured in one such attack i was taking part in a cricket match at the time after the game some of the guests were to give speeches but before those got underway i heard an explosion and source smoke i saw my blood and realize i've been injured i started running there was a second explosion and i fell to the ground and lost consciousness it's in human to attack players it's a game it's seventeen years since the start of the us invasion of afghanistan despite the war the taliban has only increased its influence and now controls almost half of the country the director of the u.k.

crisis research institute says washington doesn't want to admit defeat and they failed invasion. well we're seeing the radicalization of afghanistan on almost the syrian model if you like ironically as the civil war in syria has wound there's been an increase in violence in afghanistan and now it's probably the most violent of these conflicts in the world at the moment the use of these kinds of attacks is way both spectacular it's also very unsettling because what it does it shows that the afghan government and its allies the americans and british and so on can't really control the situations of britain and america from afghanistan recently through syria and libya and should have shown we're very good at destroying things smashing up our homes but we don't we don't do reconstruction any more just look at the fate of mosul in iraq or rock or in syria or divide these councils in washington i think probably trump would like to disengage from any of these wars which will cost sleep both money and men for the americans and not particularly successful on the other hand the pentagon doesn't want to admit defeat and the taliban of course sensing that perhaps it's getting close to the victory on

its turfs doesn't feel the need to talk to the americans but the taliban also may feel that talking to russia talking to the neighbors or afghanistan in moscow will help to create a situation we're. in a post war settlement in afghanistan will be acceptable to the neighbors. and other headline news mystery surrounds the fate of a prominent saudi journalist who's been highly critical of the kingdom's royal family he's been missing for almost a week now after entering a saudi consulate in turkey there's been conflicting reports over what's happened and the world's media has been whipped into a frenzy of the story here but tranquil and a further sign that this crackdown on free speech is getting more serious we should probably be rethinking the political and military blank check we've been giving this odis what if the journalists never found alive donald trump slated all related all related comments of already been made washington we had relations

somewhat complicated the disappearance and possible murder of jamal saji may well make them. much more tricky. to dig deeper into the story we're now joined live by dr heiko and you know our jack turkish turkish affairs expert at tel aviv university you're very welcome to the program now is there a major fight we're doing between unger and saudi arabia or is it really just being played out in the media do you think. well and now it's too early i must admit first of all when i'm looking at the turkish media i do understand that the turkish administration would like to see and and observateur rethink from aid to that which means that they don't want to escalate the situation against the kingdom of sayed saudi arabia i would also like to remind that the relations between the two countries are all right now they are trying to find a proper solution in order to end this crisis and that's why today the turkish

foreign ministry asked the saudi consulate to open the gates of the consulate so that they can get in in order to search the c.s.u. based thing similar to the way we do in the a.f.c. so many former c.s.u. voters have come over to us the world is changing but changing but the c.s.u. reacts with the same ideas people want different answers the bavarian prime minister has been doing his best to distance himself and his party at a state level from angola merkel's federal government going as far as to crack a little bit the only chancellor he would be seen outcome painting with would be steven cook of austria. it took until the merkel six months to cobble together the current ruling coalition

they've only been in power since march but in that time they seem to. lurched from crisis to crisis so yes you will have to find a partner for a college coalition and it's most likely that this will be the green party because that great coalition between you and s.p.d. will not work they will not score enough but you can see that the c.s.u. has no real influence on the policies of article in merkel and people are just fed up of voting always for a c.s.u. which has every conservative profile in their political discourse but in the end they turn out to do just the same as the more and more left leaning c.d.u. angela merkel the party will most likely hold onto its majority vote bookies are taking bets on just how much it will be a row did and it could well be historic peace for all of us. a controversial

right wing politician dubbed the trump of the tropics has won the first round of brazil's presidential election by a rather large margin however as they are both now failed to secure the fifty percent needed to avoid a second round runoff his supporters are crying fraud and have taken to the streets and protest. well yes. i feel pain and anguish because i know we didn't have a truly democratic elections. if there is a second round i'll feel frustrated and one hundred percent sure that there was fraud. ahead of the election there were numerous protests against both candidate with thousands taking part across the country his brush remarks on women and guns

for example have exposed and deepened divisions in brazilian society and frequently provoked shock for a national report. yes brazilians cuts their ballots but we're going to see a second round as none of the candidates was able to get their fifty percent needed to win outright it is yet to early to say who will rule the country next but many predict victory will go to the current favorite they winner of the first round the most controversial candidate the so-called tropical trump mr paulson r o people have grown tired after twenty years of left wing governments so narrow is not corrupt he is for family values and ethics he's our only hope and that is why i'm here he's the only one who's going to rein in take care of her country will handle corruption improve our education system if she doesn't win i don't know what will happen i'm here to celebrate and i'm here because i'm hoping for

a new and better brazil so who's both sonar and why did he become so popular it would be fair to call him a new face in brazil's political life confronting traditional approaches with fresh ideas and far right congressman former army captain both the number is not affiliated to any major political power in brazil he's also famous for his hard stance on laur issues including a tougher punishment for offenders and controversial views. we disagree with. both of you if you thought go too far with your growth. doffing with poor. students and all of the new and old there are good. to understand the popularity of mr controller see let's take

a look at brazil ahead of the election widespread nationwide corruption has become the biggest concern with former presidents jailed impeached and the current president under investigation following fraud scandals many thought enough is enough next security with the murder rate at an all time high seven people were killed every hour last year economic challenges were just as serious with thirteen million people unemployed and let in america's largest economy coming out of a dramatic and prolonged recession people went to polling stations frustrated angry and tired both those there have been so many thieves and people cheating us and our country that's a disappointment to me. we need to brazil does better than those if not for us for just sake of her children. people know what's going on and they feel unsafe even to walk on the street how can they be comfortable knowing they can be easily mogue or

worse at any moment both sonora has ridden public criticism of the failing ruling party promising changes that people of brazil so desperately wanted some may say that with forty six percent of the vote in the first round he managed to convince the people that he's capable of fixing the problems while many others see it as a simple protest vote against the establishment and in this case south america's largest country may need to embrace an other trump type leader sitting in the hot seat. over the weekend russian mixed martial arts fighter. of defended his title against our superstar conor mcgregor but his victory was marred by scandal. one of the most eagerly anticipated contests in the ultimate fighting championship history congregants returned to the usa has been overshadowed by an ugly post fight brawl loudly brawl broke out following the u.f.c.

championship match in las vegas the purse fight punch up however did not stop thousands of fans in his hometown in southern russia from celebrating many said the fight was about standing up for an amalgam yet of country and religion by mcgregor the fight stunned not only fans but sporting heavyweights as well. the new tourists in memory versus team should be fine it's unimaginable never thought it would go down like this crazy of the my for it's riots you know it's bad when mike tyson himself the guy that bit his opponent's ear off expresses shock and it was a free for all vengeful brutal star store room fueled mosh pit where knuckles did the talking and a great cliffhanger to set up for a rematch unfortunately it was also incredibly stupid it put people audience

members in danger it was also entirely unnecessary i want to say. never saw it where it goes i know this is not my best and all this is not my best so you know i'm here mobeen he talked about my religion you talk about my country you talk about my father here is where we are now bieber jumped out of the cage first went for co-owners coach who had been goading him for that his pay has been suspended more penalties could be coming elimination even a number of his teammates who were also arrested for assault but released when coolness corner refused to press charges seems black and white. guilty except thank goodness for phone cameras was.

kuhner was not so innocent either apparently diving into the milly himself throwing punches at members of her beebs team he may have been the first to take a swing which would certainly put a twist on things and the press has picked up on that which would explain why donna white the head of the u.f.c. his tune down his criticism of bieber's corner initially he dressed down had bieber even refusing to give him his title belt bearing in mind that things could escalate but then now quiet a full investigation is underway and fans audience members have been asked to hand over their videos of the commission can reconstruct this whole mess see just how culpable both sides are and fans of following the example set by their heroes.

the old they've been a number of reports and footage of rival fans juking it out with each other in the aftermath of this fight but then again what did they expect they both kona and had bieber that teams their fans they cultivated this rivalry this hatred to a level that's out of control but hey conan is offered a rematch now wouldn't that just sell we spoke with m.m.a. commentator robin black who says that was part and parcel of mcgregor's game plan to go to be. when mcgregor tries to go after people and use. words and ideas and and say things that try to elevate the temperature of the opponent he doesn't intentionally with the desire to make them emotional so that.