he. will even. know we're. going to move even to things you know. the. today's news on the week's top stories from the big g. twenty wraps all been argentina with a temporary freeze in the bruising trade war between the u.s. and china we also look at the much shorter than anticipated conversation between presidents from. the global concern us russia and ukraine are brought to the brink

of open conflict after moscow seizes three ships violated its territorial waters also a. part of this is recovering after the worst riots in a decade sparked by more protests against higher fuel taxes the yellow face demonstrations in france are now into their third. of the stories that shaped the past seven days a little later but first to this weekend's developments on r.t.e. international the g twenty summit has concluded in argentina with leaders tackling a raft of crucial issues including the us china trade war ukraine and strengthening cooperation.

mean the u.s. president held a cane lee watch meeting with his chinese counterpart at the summit but neither gave a news conference afterwards unlike those two leaders the russian president did talk to reporters to share his thoughts on the gathering in buenos aires. is in the argentine capital. one of the top reasons why this g twenty summit was meant to be a real attention grabber is the one on one between the man whose limo is parked right there it's about to depart the russian president vladimir putin and his american counterpart donald trump but just one day before the summit kicked off donald trump sent all of us into breaking news mode by tweeting out right from on

board air force one i won't meet with putin because of ukraine and we were all left guessing whether they'll at least shake hands or have some sort of little chat then finally on saturday the russian president's spokesperson confirmed that a little chat happened somewhere on the sidelines of the g. twenty event everyone was hoping to ask president about it at his press event however he canceled that too he says it was because of the sudden passing of x. president george h.w. bush and eventually the lattimer putin found the time to talk to the journalists and the first question was obviously about him and trump. first of all it was a u.s. initiative but then we cancel the meeting in paris because we didn't want to consider in the. memory. so we decided to meet and going to syria but then the provocation in the black sea to us decided not to. have the chance to chat with the president

trump on this issue we expressed our positions and remain committed to this to let's know we. it's a shame that we are unable to have this meeting but i hope it will take place sooner or later when the u.s. is ready for use a lot of our putin has just got inside his limo. he began his second day at the g. twenty summit right inside this hotel in. bided goldberg before breakfast and treated us with a traditional russian. caviar and. now

that the president's not here anymore we were actually able to get inside the lobby of the hotel i was told that the average price for where he was staying is four thousand iu was dollars a day now going back to his talks with anglo markel and emanuel macron the president's spokesperson told us that he physically picked up a piece of paper and a pen to just draw a map for them of what happened between russia and ukraine in the current strait and he also brought forward evidence of what he called ukraine's intentions to provoke russia there that included some notes in the cranium vessel's log book mr putin also said that their reaction from the western leaders that he got to that was rather calm and then went on to talk about the state of martial law that was

imposed by the ukrainian leader petro poroshenko in parts of ukraine as a result of this is collation. i am concerned about some of the things nobody impose martial law in ukraine when there were big events going on and then before the elections they go ahead and do it why to cattell civil liberties and political activity what is worse is the introduced martial law in just ten provinces where the current president does not have much support exchanged government is dividing the country i'm sure that they have discussions regularly as there are various. as there are individual i should say foreign ministries and state department permit them ask them and encourage them to do it and i think mr putin's being very straightforward about what was happening in in the black sea and with ukraine and his view of it whether we agree with it or not is helpful to the discussion and i think mr trump was was happy for that i can imagine he would have been whenever

these gentlemen get a chance to talk frankly it's a good thing in history putin doesn't seem to be isolated at the summit at all but he seems to be doing a good job on behalf of russia and taking taking on the issues of the day i don't i don't really see his isolation happening so that was the plan or failed these summits are not designed to come to conclusions at least as far as i understand what they're designed to give other world leaders a chance to air confusion of misconception with each other and to make their points decisions are made by your accuracy's and larger organizations later afterward. although it was mostly serious business at the summit not as usual there were a few lighter moments too on even on the occasional heck up along the way.

everything was scheduled down to the last minute but when we got direction now we understood president macron was already getting into these cars.

well the council meeting between trump and putin wasn't the only one on the billing and when the stories as mentioned there was the important breakthrough between the u.s. and chinese leaders on the trade. they agreed to a temporary freeze on tardif increase leaving them a ten percent instead of raising them to twenty five thousand expected but the freeze expires after ninety days if both parties are only able to reach a further agreement on top of the beijing has pledged to buy more u.s. produce china especially is under long however adults say it will be a lasting solution. it's called the truce but even if it was in say the case. between united states and china. to carry on for. much more as they. first of all china has been exporting much much more of hoops to the united states. something like five hundred

billion. the united states has been expanding exporting to china hundred fifty but the trouble is that lots of things carnival's the bible states including high tech . technology in reply. but that's precisely those. states so china so straight imbalances be going on but i was saying it's more than just. moving on a central park this was brought to a standstill on sunday by a so-called fast movements against soaring fuel prices it was the most violent of three successive weekends of unrest and riot police riot in force four hundred twelve people arrested scores more injured including our correspondents peter all

of our luca loser who were hit by rubber bullets is what peter witnessed throughout the day. these demonstrators have been very clear in what they've wanted to say they want to say the fuel prices are getting too high and they want to say they're unhappy with the current government headed up by a minute. actually is remove into this we're seeing riots is riot police tear gas everything you can possibly imagine ah. we're actually seeing tear gas flying over our heads right now i'm going to be moving out of the way as i'm talking to you that's really not safe for me to be

stood there doing that it's also not to just explain what was happening the place that you can see located just over there which was exactly one hundred eighty degrees from where i was facing they just fired several rounds dangerously close over my head right then that's something i've certainly never seen by any riot suppression force used in europe. they have been numerous incidents of people being hit with rubber bullets legally clichy as off the hospital i was hit me on kill with will myself thankfully my boot bearing most of the brunt of that those demonstrate is that i spoke to they say they aren't going anywhere humanity should be put first not money it's not impossible you know you come to the zero tests because you don't have enough money to see all right to the end of the month subject to so we already work in the minimal terror of a social insurance and i don't understand what will the next i'd like to be sure we can do the best we can to provide good conditions for patients sick to the r.v.

tax from all sides whose work we study we raise our children now we are overtaxed so some money and the problem aside think we're seeing more room or problems fall couple around here is a fiat herod set up as a blockade across the street of one of the streets of a new five on and this isn't the certainly isn't going anywhere anytime soon and one of the big issues that i am seeing from these whole situation in paris is that it's not just one nucleus there isn't just one group that the police all trying to contain the oil. was was. that a. number of people incredibly upset particularly with the french media they thought

we were from one of the french broadcasts as they were insisting that we stop broadcasting once we told them that we wouldn't well now we've been allowed to again speaking to a large amount of the police that have been taking part in this operation in paris on saturday if you surprised how many were willing to say off camera that they were actually supports of those that were demonstrating against lower fuel costs however that certainly wasn't represented in some of the the violent scenes that we've seen from say violence from place towards demonstrators also from demonstrators towards police and r t france correspondent luke unless your shirt his story after being injured. most of the protesters he wanted to go back to the show him still easy joined in small groups i was following one of the rockets in the end we came back to the plaster shows to that moment i was shocked when i made it lethal the bullet had come from law enforcement or as the police was shooting from that side of the protesters they were able to understand i wasn't a protester although i wasn't wearing a yellow vest i was wearing

a leather jacket and a helmet and i was also holding a monopod with my mobile foreign in my hands for a live stream you know in this situation everything is hard to understand that although i had a number and with fresh written on it but i put it in my pocket i didn't want to wear it is it looks a bit like a police armband so i didn't want to have any problems with the protesters. over one hundred thirty thousand people took part in yellow vests protests across the country french president of money on my crown has been visiting central powers to survey the damage just hours after returning from the g twenty summit in argentina he also held an emergency security meeting this sunday but no official statement has been made yet earlier told reporters in buenos aires that all those responsible for the violence will be identified and held to cart. let's get into mr story a little bit further because professor writer and political come here bricked more joins us live on the program welcome this weekend has been one of the most violent

of three consecutive weekends but the government is not yielding to the protesters should some concessions be made. well it's difficult because you see that a vote is not just about the gas prices but it's a general who vote against the police the of the government and there's not much that the government there was three to measure the. and the tax is the problem is this not most of the government can do because the government asking will be the old us from the european commission and the european commission want to balance the budget and do that in the public services and that has been going on for years and years and years including on the lawn that sarkozy and sun there's not all my close hold and the problem over the put their staffs is that they focus on my core but they don't seem to hear is that the problem is much deeper and has to do with the general policing of the european union and as far as the violence arkansas well

this is entirely to be expected because the police israel and to start with and they're not they're not violence there is no violence in the provinces they're not only the violence and the other thing is that people are fed they respond to that and moreover. you know the best is not the parties not the union they have little organisations or they can carry on people can go into street and shout. or something and claim i'm a you know based one what do you think of the response from president mccrone he earlier contend the violence promising to punish all those responsible to believe he's actually going to we're talking about potentially hundreds of people here and could opera vogue even more violence whatever he does. he doesn't realize the depth of the traces but they say there's not much he can about it either for the moment he is in a state of the. few you know how to apples and we're going to take care of them but that's not the key is because of course most people are not violent i mean that's

absolutely certain i've seen them i've talked to them i've looked at the t.v. and most people the first majority of the put this those are not very few people. i mean look you with the other to see this not. using a variant in order to discredit the whole movement and if somebody makes a racist from. to discredit the movement but. that's exactly. the maybe they just feel that the things we found the need to be. something. they can cause acute everybody that's why i got a tick in him three weeks. to give some kind of response when there was violence not quite what we saw this weekend but there was violence the very first weekend almost a month ago. well he's a banker he's not a politician he's not a statement he's a banker and he's been. put in that position and he didn't see as the solution to

everything in his head i think he sixteen yeah dance extremely said send he's team lead the dutch comedy early eighty's and the east just not the statement he just was the sort of a political he's been a british and during the campaign but they don't think he has any idea they did a good meal at the even people meet there are other ideas something of a decide what to do with plants just i don't think he understand the depth of the problem and the hole in that i mean there are the people around him and the stance of the mainstream media the dettori at least that's according to the. incompetent there may be skillful fans when they see this level of competence and in your hands of the depth of the public of the reality of their own country thank you so much for your thoughts this hour wish little bit more time to go deeper but great for. professor writer and political commentator thank you very much. still to come this hour close to conflict on the crimean peninsula we'll look back at the sea clashes

between russian and ukrainian vessels last weekend right after this. what politicians do something. they put themselves on the line they did accept the reject. so when you want to be president and should. somehow want to. have to go right to be for us this is what the full screen of all can't be good that i'm interested always in the waters about how. things should be. who should start they gave to this cuz we're really can call put chancellor merkel runs has said we have cleared up a lot both religious between germany and europe and russia. through the

story of bridges is quite easy and ready for me but to live through faith to whole lot of. lost something russian border patrol sees three ukrainian ships near the crimean peninsula moscow accuses the ships of violating its territorial waters the incident brought russian ukraine close to full blown conflict and stirred international concern.

contrary to the un convention of russian voters ships carried out a frankly aggressive action against the vessels of the navy. three ukrainian patrol boats say the russians were approaching russian territorial waters which they ended they were asked what they intended to do they said that they had no intention of crossing the street of. but they continued making their way forward at certain point refusing all communications from russian border patrol

vessels then ounce their intent to cross the strait of kutch without the russians say filing notification notification that it's there to make sure that the passage of the strait of kutch which is very narrow and there's a lot of traffic to make it safe the federal security service is also in possession of information that says the provocative actions of the ukrainian fleet were ordered by the government in kiev the territorial waters in which some of this showdown this case took place and were russian woods is even before the reunion of crimea and russia twenty four people in old sailors offices and s.b.u. counter-espionage agent detained the russian side also claims to have found documents that ordered these vessels to proceed with maximum stealth. tens of thousands of rounds of ammunition dozens and dozens of weapons from brigade

launches to machine gun the ukrainian side. claims that he'd fallen notification of its intent to cross the passes the streets of. into the as of see that the russians acted brazenly aggressively that this was an act of war the russians meanwhile say that this was a provocative act that the ukrainians ordered by the top by the very top the government itself to carry out this provocative act and to give them justification for establishing martial law with the sky for months to go until elections russian men age sixteen to sixty new longer welcome were no longer allowed entry into ukraine russian foreign ministry they said that this is merely a political ploy a political play in order to shore up. ratings martial law being put in place is an attempt by him to radicalize the solidify the base. listeners on board were taken

into custody and charged with illegally crossing the russian border they could face up to six years in prison moscow then released the video in which the ukrainian commander in detention in russia says he ignored orders to stop. so we would. command of the navy division of the ukrainian military forces of the cut straight after crossing of the russian border we had visual contact with the russian border service vessel i consciously ignored their commands to stop when i would vote we had small arms and a machine gun to a munition i was aware that the action of the ukrainian vessels and because straits would provoke it i was following my orders to move our ships from the port for this . well many western countries were quick to express serious concern over what happened both russia and ukraine call for an emergency session of the un security council russia's representative seemed to make little headway with others around the table here is how it played out. what we witnessed this weekend is yet another

reckless russian escalation it follows on from russia's in legal an exception of crimea in two thousand and fourteen because that on your cranium so i try later border in a place which twenty four team was russian territory you know russia must respect the people implementation of the music remember you're not an additional i hope that you break in the midst of agreements and know perfectly there's not a single good about crimea russia wants to comics the seat of us all. and now it surprises me turns out that we occupy the hazell sea as well to this is something new and if you me for i'd like to assure you christopher was solidarity united states will continue to stand with the people of ukraine against the russian aggression. so this could be perceived as college loans for ukraine to carry out further provocation as well afterwards the russian deputy un envoy told us he is disappointed with his western counterparts positions.

i discovered that they were not very eager to discuss these countries situationally immediately changed to the l.h. turn and excision of crimea by my country which were of course of ours for the night and i specifically mentioned that crimea was not topical security council agenda. i fear that after the western countries that have particular influence on the ukraine really displayed such an operetta to to the ukrainian side might feel a little bit and bold and to engage in further provocations of these type because they haven't heard they didn't hear during the meeting any approaches from from western side that they did something wrong. more of the week's top stories with kevin on in thirty minutes but in the meantime another great documentary coming your way paying the price for peace.

he didn't do. that you know. there is. really no way really is here. you know it's not going to move even the great things you know. the. when a loved one is murder it's natural to seek the death penalty for the murder i would

prefer it be in the death penalty just because i think that's the fair thing the right thing research shows that for every nine executions one convict is found innocent the idea that we were executing innocent people is terrifying the is just new really hasn't been that we're even many of the times families want the death penalty to be abolished the reason we have to keep the death penalty here is because that's what murder victims' families what that's going to give them peace that's going to give them justice and we come in and say. not quite you know we've been through this this isn't the way.

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