washington and beijing hold their first talks since the world's two largest economies called a truce in their trade war. plans new conditions the united states is placed on a troop withdrawal from syria the u.s. says the pullout on hold until ankara guarantees the security of kurdish fighters. and the joint us russian plan for space station orbiting the moon is under threat after a visit by the head of russia's space agency is blocked from the request of american south. by the nine am monday morning here in moscow start of a new week here on r.t.

international finance column break with the world news this hour first off the united states and china are holding talks right now in beijing to see if there's a solution to the economic deadlock they've reached last month the world's two largest economies agreed a ninety day truce in their trade war which is so far say more losers than winners in the day richard or explains. well the next round of the u.s. china trade battle begins and both sides appear to be quite enthusiastic just had a long and very good call were president xi of china deal is moving along very well if made it will be very comprehensive covering old subject areas and points of disputes big progress being made us trade negotiators will optimistically and constructively communicate with the chinese delegation on the important agreements achieved by the two leaders during the meeting in argentina this is the first formal meeting since president. ping and wait a ninety day truce last month when washington hip. a pause button on the shuttle to

increase in tariffs and beijing vowed to buy more products from the u.s. and there's no doubt that for both countries this ongoing trade war has stirred up the financial markets and dampens their economic outlook so we saw a number of companies who have suffered financial losses and they are finger pointing towards the top political dogs for being responsible for a decline in their profits apple didn't hold back in airing its views shortfall is over one hundred percent from arthur it's primarily china and what i believe to be the case is the trade sanctions between the united states and china put additional pressure on their economy they're going to be fine apple is a great company but that's not my look i have to worry about our country plus using the daughter of a chinese telecoms giant as a battering tool might not be the best tactic to persuade your opposition to work with you either the hallway saw their court huge diplomatic ways when the company's

c.f.o. miss when one jew was arrested in canada trump even pledged to intervene when he thought it would help to secure a trade deal to benefit america beijing was furious we have made solemn representations to canada and the us demanding that both parties immediately clarify the reasons for their detention and immediately released a detainee to protect the person's legal rights pretty much the whole of twenty eight hundred passed by with china and the us at each other's throats with tit for tat sanctions and now with the american and chinese trading giants have all their fingers and toes crossed so that it can be business as usual sooner rather than later but who knows it's a very important meeting it's a very significant meeting but keep in mind the deadline that was set to will be the end when those ideas are due to you know between the us side of the chinese side was march first in terms of coming to some sort of agreement or some sort of rosa. lucian i dare say that the early days of january two thousand and one team

there is not sufficient pressure to cause either side to be reasonable i don't think we'll be going to see reasonable approaches the merge until we get closer to the date that it's march first two thousand and nineteen that's where we are now and no one really has an idea of where this is all going to but one thing is for sure we're not going to be bored watching this next time us trading. turkeys head out of the united states over the situation surrounding the kurds in syria washington's demanding that ankara guarantee security for the u.s. backed kurdish fighters in northern syria and turkey says it only targets a terrorist groups in the region and not the kurdish population as a whole on sunday though the u.s. national security adviser laid out the conditions for the u.s. troop withdrawal from syria to begin. now objectives that we want to accomplish that condition the withdrawal we don't think that took so it's going to take military action that's not fully who was mated with and agreed to by the united

states so that they meet the president's requirement that the syrian opposition forces that have fought with us and not endangered john bolton has been here in jerusalem meeting with a number of israeli officials and giving details of a hard the u.s. withdrawal from syria will work we have heard him say that there will be no timetable and then for the first time we're hearing a condition that turkey must guarantee the safety of the until not u.s. backed kurdish forces now all of this follows the surprise announcement last month by the american president donald trump that he was withdrawing american forces from syria so our boys our young women our men they're all coming back and they're coming back now it will be a strong deliberate and the orderly withdrawal of u.s. forces from syria very deliberate very orderly the turkish president added one has always held a strong position these are the the. same no. the

terrorists and the world they dug themselves and will continue to bear it we spoke to mr trump those terrorists should go east of the euphrates if they would go. because both the ring of us were asked to a strategic partnership with the us then who should. stay bolton will be in turkey way he'll be holding discussions on this very topic the focus of course is on the african region which is in more than syria where we are witnessing a standoff between syrian soldiers who have been sent there and are lying to the syrian president bashar al assad and are supporting the kurds who requested their help and turkish fighters on the other side so the situation certainly is very tense. reporting their middle east analyst suspects the united states is trying to drive a wedge between turkey and other major players in syria. so we think that the united states is using troop withdrawal in order to create a vacuum in northeastern syria and try to push turkey to assume

a bigger role that is agreed with with russia and iran and that supposedly would bring it into conflict with the interests of syria and russia and iran and basically try to destabilize that alliance the outcome of the negotiations are clear how rational turkey is going to be in the face of american demands we don't know america has a lot of power and they could give turkey an ultimatum it's either us or the russians. you know the trump administration one wouldn't think that this is a remote possibility because they are like that the very direct president trump and his administration. they might put turkey under the threat of the u.s. military is also in focus in brazil just days after an official visit by the u.s. secretary of state the country's newly elected president announced he's open to the

possibility of an american base in brazil. would that include the possibility of having an american base in brazil and of course the physical the physical issue it would be symbolic nowadays the american shoney's and russian military powers can reach any part of the world independently of their bases but still pending what might happen in the world who knows if we have to talk about a us base in the future. it was president was sworn in on new year's day and was immediately congratulated by donald trump on twitter that it didn't take long for the new brazilian president to mention the benefits of cooperation between their countries and it seems the u.s. is serious about working with brazil as well. we believe the opportunity between present president paul snow and our two teams creates a truly transformative opportunity for our two nations for two peoples who. live along with whatever happened to them and. we want to work with.

the u.s. defense department she had to get back to us about the prospect of a military base in brazil and human rights lawyer thinks that trump and also naro are united by a common hostility towards left wing governments in latin america. it's very clear that a pulse in our at the president is in lockstep with the trump administration in wanting to militarize latin america and wanting in particular regime change in countries like venezuela nicaraguan cuba it's a very concerning situation both in our early and trump share you know a right wing at the ology they share antipathy towards the left wing governments of latin america so clearly boston are always going to work very close with trump he will try to do his best to partner with the united states but i think the u.s. has more bases throughout the world than any country should i mean they just don't need a military in terms of national security so i don't see why the u.s.

should have a base they are i think it could only be viewed as an aggressive stance again towards countries it doesn't like like venezuela. at least thirty miners have been killed in a gold mine collapse in northeast afghanistan a landslide trapped dozens of people who were mining in a sixty me to deep shaft in a riverbed some may still be trapped below ground the authorities say that about ten thousand people pan for gold along the river and dig tunnels with simple machinery often illegally afghanistan's known to be rich in natural resources much of which remains untapped. afghanistan's one of the world's most complex humanitarian emergencies to coding to the united nations over three million people are in need of lifesaving assistance well over one million have been displaced many are forced to live in very poor conditions caused by smoldering conflicts. not to run serial killer houses were destroyed in the school and health clinics

were still functioning before but now they're completely destroyed to. get better gear two years ago on. came to this village and some of these houses were torched by i sold and some of them by the government because this was a battlefield but soon after that i still came here they had positions here then been there since been barred in this area. most of them full most we had a school here before and now it's destroyed some of the villagers are living in the desert because they're not able to rebuild their houses some of them don't even have tends to live in.

the series of health incidents that the u.s. embassy in cuba has been jeopardizing tolley's between the two countries from opening in it but after a number of probes and an f.b.i. investigation new research has revealed that the incidence of fit to be a new route between the cold watch out of these could actually have a natural origin. that medically. as having been back to right incidents. u.s. officials consider russia the prime suspect in their investigation into a mysterious attacks on u.s. diplomats in cuba more and more evidence they say three u.s.

officials tell us pointing to russia russia is to blame there is some place of blame or at least. looking seriously at russia. and they couldn't quick. coal rather than the sun it could track all the technological device is responsible for the south of the released recordings. released on investigators and medical findings we do not believe this trauma was caused by a naturally occurring phenomenon. political pressure is putting a major u.s. russian space program in jeopardy we'll tell you all about that after the break.

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welcome back plans for a joint u.s. russian space station orbiting the moon at risk off for a visit to the u.s. by the head of the russian space agency was called off the move was to satisfy the demands of american scientists. we had heard from numerous senators suggesting that this was not a good idea and i wanted to be accommodating to the interest of the senators so i have rescinded the invitation for dmitri to a goes into visit the u.s. however we will continue our strong working relationship with russia as it relates to the end. a national space station and sending our astronauts into space nasir invited to me to go into the u.s. several months ago but the move was criticized by american politicians because he's subject to u.s.

sanctions former nasa astronaut come on to leave thinks that space missions are being politicized. it is unfortunate that. the head of roast cosmos were goes and visit was canceled these things you know are of course political above the just nasa has to do with government the government may have something to do the fact that the congress the united states congress has just changed hands for the republicans to the democrats and it could be really is some kind of a response to that or influence that everything is about politics at the end of the day right i mean even every even the reason that kerry's get into space programs and space exploration is primarily for national prestige and and soft power overseas most allies as well as adversaries of the relationship between russia and the united states in space has been very much a positive one i hope that this this is latest the problem is just a hiccup in an otherwise fairly fairly healthy relationship last year proved to be

challenging for the russian space agency in october you remember a soyuz rocket. he quoted on a recap of the story. for decades the soyuz rocket has been at work of course allowing humans to escape their cradle us fail proof for more than thirty years until this. yes those are the last two just the to be if they produce a plane. full of those that's convinced. it's the first. option to. push the ship to.

get mail. to people on board one of them on his maiden flight rescue teams watched the capsule descend with nothing more than pure faith that also note nick hague and cosmonaut alexi of chanaan were ok. we're standing by for information we can to need to get it from a russian by control team but everything seems to be fine with the crew we had become with them in. the belief

unimaginable in scale for most became real for the families of the crew. as minority opinions life. oh to me moments after learning her husband was doing well that's not the kind just now got. to not be what you supporters of our churches then you cut your branches cause that spicy bus bus ride to. go pee do all systems by senior evil a good idea even. a bad girl is nice young you really mean you've had human ear many called it a miracle but professionals called it in packable performance of the soyuz rescue system you see the capsule carrying the crew this one is basically a small rocket built into the larger one so huge during an emergency the rescue module kicks away the capsule separating it from the soyuz here's how it works.

yeah. but what if you know the future. of the car going to succumb to someone who. was pushed into a vehicle. that are going. to miss the old. days. of summer. investigators checked every entity and person who as much as laid

a finger on the soyuz and eventually pin the blame on the rocket assembly defect but it sure the reason. behind the failure was operational the accident occurred due to a false in a sense this could only happen at the assembly stage at the point you know cosmodrome but while the probe was underway it was clear with only three crew out of the required six stations on the i assess it had to be manned and fast the i assess has entered twenty one thirty in with a full house the new crew successfully launched in december even a bit earlier than shuttled in two months after the incident the new crew was unfazed. i went inside our students is a bit small. it is an eternity and he wished with me that. the party designed. in

a way with us in that event to me was actually reassuring in the smart design so using your little work to secure the border here on the ground into a ready to do is really everything. it was a nick or alexei but they are set for around two in just a couple of months and with this still being a maiden flight for nick hague they are both as excited as ever about here on earth we have decided to review some of our most prominent news stories of twenty eighteen.

all the rights of anti migrant sentiment spiked last year with growing support for populist and nationalist movements across europe sweden was one of those countries where newcomers faced a bitter backlash and often it was there for all t. in september. the swedes will be a minority in our own country within two or three decades even if you stop all immigration now we will become a minority that's the demography journalist in good carlquist has been branded a racist by many she's calling for the borders to be closed and all immigrants to be sent away nowadays when people call me a racist i say ok fine let it say that i'm

a racist can we now go on to discuss the facts the fact is one one of the mused homogenous populations of europe almost equal to of all swedish people today happy foreign background and some parts of society really aren't happy with that reality sweden is not swedish anymore i mean this is still the change here used to be a small little shop where you could buy drugs now it's sort of a you never find any swedish anymore but then as i ask out. this rigging it. is just here. all the signs are in or out big for your money your order nor its owner no no no no money room for you to believe you sure do like shooting. fish. i am very sad that sweden is not swedish country anymore

it makes me want to cry i don't regulate my eyes i only feel like crying cloyd elimination. we don't talk about it because so used to that all swedes say oh we love immigration we love all you on here and so they get really you know they're not used to us we say what i say that's what they get oh what while we continue to walk with the camera more and more people coming. to us most of them to argue. to complain to the nice but. so easy even immigrants think that we are a meek country that only don't have good laws adam tells us he's been an asylum seeker in sweden for almost fifteen years with no work permit and no id so how do you get your money where you get motivation to migration you get out of the stuff like that those the butler who pays that money. yeah but who pays migration

the us we dish taxpayers you know how much money how much we work and how much taxes we pay i don't understand how this cabin gone on for fifteen years as an issue we did ask swedish migration agency and immigration minister and ministry of justice and social democrat party without getting any clear answer yet. on the agency's website twice he was denied asylum in two thousand and four and two thousand and seven a case third application is currently pending according to swedish law or an asylum seeker can appeal against the decision if they're cation is refused today fifty thousand immigrants remain in sweden illegally have to failed asylum cases another seventy five thousand are still waiting on the migration board's decision including . for the third time. today i have this idea.

like dog. swedish i did. until to morrow concert holds a so-called l m a current problem very fine him as an asylum seeker he can legally stay in the country and receives the equivalent of iran and seven euros in swedish crowns every day and other social benefits but he's banned from studying or working here. i don't need to take his money it's two thousand two hundred it's not money is right but give me a paper i drop and i bit like her help. and if it's not just refugees here question the system is efficiency but the medicals and base signs of the political spectrum people have a sensation of that this is sorry it is slowly deteriorating everything is going the wrong way you cannot ignore also the fact that we have since nine hundred eighty given approval for two three point three million people from other countries

to live here and seven percent of them have been refugees according to the united nations and the rest have come here for for many other reasons. it's just contained breeds fear and anger where you can't immigration immigration bond given paper. hate to do that. example like how low wake up is it me i'm not partial. is it me boys i do what i can do to make like problem for you cause you not give me paper. from sweden just one of the big issues that artie's been tracking over the past twelve months plenty more few throughout the day so i hope you can check in with us again your next update from a in the moscow news team though is in just over half an hour.

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