washington. hold their first talks since the world's largest economies called a truce in their trade. also coming up on the program at this hour turkey is the new conditions that washington places on u.s. troop withdrawal from syria america is on hold for a guarantee of the security of the british by the use. of the joint us russian plan for a space station orbiting the. earth red. stateside visit by the head of russian space agency has blocked the request of americans.

live from moscow to the world this is r.t. international my names you know. your. top story i u.s. destroyer sailed near disputed islands in the south china sea it occurred at the same time an american trade delegation is attempting to find a solution to the ongoing trade war being waged between washington and beijing the islands are claimed by china but also by vietnam and taiwan a longstanding u.s. ally a spokeswoman for the u.s. pacific fleet sais the move wasn't about making a political statement however china reacted with fury calling it a provocation stressing it was in violation of international law last month the world's two largest economies agreed and ninety day truce in their trade war switch so far has seen really more losers than winners in

a direct shooter talks us through. well the next round of the us china trade battle begins and both sides appear to be quite enthusiastic just had a long and very good call would presume she of china deal is moving along very well if maybe it will be very comprehensive covering all subjects areas and points of dispute 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 presidents donald trump and the xi jinping agreed a ninety day truce last month when washington hit the 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 dampened 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 or shortfall is over one hundred percent from our thought that it's primarily a child and what i believe to be the case is the trade 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 wang once you 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 board. 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 paul spy with china and the us that 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 at the key to winning the meeting and when those ideas argentina between the u.s. side and chinese side was more first in terms of coming to some sort of agreement or some sort of resolution i dare say that the early days of january two thousand and nineteen 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 merger until we get closer to the date that is 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 one to china us trading . an update on ongoing story not a turkey at the united states so where the situation surrounding kurds in syria washington is the man doing that greg aren t. security for the u.s. by kurdish fighters in northern syria now turkey says it only targets terrorist groups in the region not the kurdish population as a whole on sunday the u.s. national security adviser laid out the conditions for the u.s. troop withdrawal from syria to begin. objectives that we want to accomplish that condition the withdrawal we don't think the turks what you want to take military action it'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 now 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 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 kurds. so you know we are in 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 but.

because the bordering us were asked were strategic partners with the us then we should do what is needed to 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 saying they're and are aligned to the syrian president bashar al assad and who are supporting the kurds who requested their help and turkish fighters on the other side so the situation certainly is very tense. paulus leader there well middle east analyst what tough suspects the u.s. is trying to drive a wedge between turkey and other major players in syria so we think the united states is using troop withdrawal in order to create a vacuum in northeastern syria and try to push turkey to us hugh 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 and 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 a visit by the u.s. secretary of state the country's newly elected president and he's open to the possibility of an american military base brazil. would that include the possibility

of having an american base in brazil is the physical issue over it would be symbolic nowadays the american shoney's and russian military powers to reach any part of the world independently of their bases but depending on what might happen in the world who knows if we have to talk about a u.s. base in the future. presidents both sonora was sworn in on new year's day and was immediately cone graduated by donald trump on twitter it didn't take long for the new brazilian president to answer 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 from president paul snow and our two teams creates a truly transformative opportunity for our two nations for two peoples who will mother lived along with whatever happened yet for them to know. we want to work with. we contacted the u.s.

defense department about the prospect of a military base in brazil no response yet human rights lawyer don coleco thinks that trump and both are united by a common hostility towards left wing governments in latin america it's very clear that a pulse in our at the new 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 and trump share you know a right wing at the ology they share antipathy towards the left wing governments of latin america so clearly balls in our own we 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. a series of all miss health incidents that the u.s. embassy in cuba has been jeopardizing ties between the two countries for more than a year but not after a number of probes on an f.b.i. investigation new research has revealed the incidence here to be a new rug between the cold war archenemies could have a natural were it. so. there have been medically. as having been affected by incidents.

it was officials consider russia the prime suspect and their investigation into 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 the russia. and they couldn't cook it cold rather than the sun it could go all the technological device is responsible for the south of the released recordings. based on investigative and medical findings we do not believe this trauma was caused by a naturally occurring phenomenon. india's leader gets an invitation to russia during a conversation with president putin i'll bring you more on what's being discussed

after this. you know world big partisan movies. and conspiracies it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that mainstream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smart we need to stop slamming the door. and shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now for watching closely watching the hawks. make this manufacture consent to the public wealth. when the ruling

classes protect themselves. with the flame of. the the one percent. we can all middle of the room six. hello again president putin has pledged to help india in its fight against international terrorism he was speaking by phone to indian prime minister narendra modi earlier on monday among other things the russian leader invited me to a major economic forum in russia later this year and have a tranquil is across this joins us live now in the program. india russia well

they've long shared common interests of course that no seems to be going along further. hey you know and well a serious economic forum wouldn't work without big names so even though the landmark event in vladivostok is nine months away moscow is sending out invitations and advance in a phone conversation vladimir putin told prime minister narendra modi that he wants him to be the number one guest out the forum in september and guess who that number one guest was last year chinese leader xi jinping and deed when it comes to setting records and scoring economic points beijing and new delhi are competitors and asia but here russia is not taking sides as you can see moscow is just trying to show that they want to do business with all the top players here in the region so

it will be mr modi stern this year sorry but just to remind you and twenty eight thing new delhi and moscow have set a trading target of thirty billion us dollars and turnover that is something that they want to achieve by twenty twenty five. all right bring us right up to date on that but franco thank you very much. for a joint u.s. russian space station orbiting the moon are at risk after a visit to the u.s. by the head of the russian space agency was called off now the move was to really satisfied that the months of american senators. 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 rogozin to visit the u.s. however we will continue our strong working relationship with russia as it relates to the international space station and sending our astronauts into space and just

to go back a little not say invited to enter iraq goes into the u.s. several months ago that move was criticized by american politicians us he is subject to u.s. sanctions for not commander learoyd tchiowa thinks that space missions are being politicized. it is unfortunate. the head of the us congress were goes and visit was cancelled 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 read some kind of a response to that or influence to 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 over seas you know most allies as well as adversaries here the relationship

between russia and the united states in space has been very much a positive one i hope that this this latest the problem is just a hiccup in an otherwise fairly fairly healthy relationship. will last year prove to be a challenging one for the russian space agency in october a soyuz rocket suffered a launch failure shutdown off can recap that story. for decades the soyuz rocket has been at work of course allowing humans to escape their credo. fail proof for more than thirty years until this. latest interest the to be if they produce a plane. full of those that can use. its

first. option of. pushing to get to the. two people on board one of them on he's 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 could need to get it from the russians by controlled everything seems to be fine with the crew we had to come with them and. relief unimaginable in scale for most became real for the families of the crew. as we know it of genius wife spoke to me moments after learning her husband was doing well that's not the funniest now got to. be when you the pieces of art then you cut your britches cause that spicy bus. by seeing you look at the idea even. though we mean you did you many many called it a miracle but professionals called it impeccable 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 soyuz 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 are the future. of the corrosive of the of someone who. was pushed into a vehicle. that is all.

of the. investigators checked every entity and person who as much as laid a finger on the soyuz and eventually bend the blame on the rocket assembly defect but if you look at the reason behind the failure was operational the accident occurred due to a fault in a sensor so this could only happen at the assembly stage at the baikonur 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 nineteen with a full house the new crew successfully launched in december even a bit earlier than she had told in two months after the incident the new crew was

unfazed. i went inside out students say it is a bit small. there is any time you wish me to. pardon the design i am. in a way with this in that event. he was actually richer and in there the smart design was so using your credible work to switch gears you will be on the ground and if you are ready to do is read 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 a. igor issue down off talking stellar stuff well next u.s. drone operator with first time experience of how the method is shaping modern warfare is today's guest on going underground and its next.

one almost seemed wrong. just don't all. get to shape out. educate and in gain from it equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. you know like the e.k.g. for countries is their ten year bond rate you look at that you say oh that country a country well looks like thing of the chinese economy based on that their interest rates are better than america. will. be only going to see.

the hunky then you say you're going to. play those you know little of the be. no easy. good. movies a. little bit of a model. time after time you know what you're going on the ground while we're away for christmas we're screening some of your favorite episodes of this season coming up in this room with up to eighty five thousand children under the age of five dead as a result of man made starvation in yemen we all scuffled the drone operator of britain is complicit in war crimes and unicef on the ground in newquay weapons drug

to yemen gives us its take on the world's worst humanitarian crisis britain's biggest police force advises not to drive into london but it's not because ten thousand die each year in the capital because of pollution buzz it's happening now pete because he won't work no britain's parliamentary speaker didn't publicly right off to raise a maze of bricks at dealing in pews all the civil coming up in today's going underground the first in a week when britain's intelligence services admitted they didn't act accordingly just. the bombing of the ariana grande a concert in manchester which killed twenty two are others continuing to be killed because of so-called u.k. intelligence this in a week of carnage in british involved conflict from afghanistan to give and i'm joined now via skype from one town in the northwest of the united states by ordering whistleblower and former drone operator brandon bryant brandon thanks so much for coming on the show now we have in one analysis a third of those killed in drone strikes in yemen this year have been civilians including children. much surprise i would say that probably the numbers are

a lot higher actually. in terms of the reports that are coming out my leadership one of the first times a mistake happened and i went to my leadership for reconsideration my supervisor told me to pretend it was a dark so imagine that i kill the child at that point and imagine. the you know if they're being forced to report on this they're being forced to give you a number they're going to give you a number that they think is reasonable and i don't think one life is reasonable at all and mean in any case according to the united states constitution we should be giving people fair and free trials in front of juries and we're sitting there just demolishing an entire nation or britain's exporting arms of course but sharing intelligence with the united states for the targeting of these drones. given

perhaps what you are saying is an outlier if well should britain be sharing intelligence well i mean this is where such secret compartmentalised information kind of gets needs to be brought to the table because this is where people who should be men and take responsibility for their own action and if britain is getting intelligence for the consummation of these people's lives then yes they're held responsible for it there's no question about it they've they've they've participated to it and so if britain is going to do something then they need to restore their honor then they need to fess up to it on the other hand as our report that britain which denying that they are being linked to the development all fully automated drones you might have to describe those and what that what they are the u.k. i should say has no intent says it has no intention of developing them and does not possess any fully autonomous weapons that's a troubling trouble one because the hardware had already been put in to the drones

when i entered even in the software had not been developed and now we're eight hundred. or twelve years later and we're looking at how they were already in the process of developing it look at how much our technology has gone so we have artificial intelligence is algorithms that know it's better than god or santa claus and it wouldn't surprise me if these technologies are being used over in yemen and even tested on people. civilians and why do we want to give autonomy to any of this right why would we want to give any of that to be out of human beings hands it but it blows my mind i was at a geneva convention actually. and they were they were placing drones in the thomas warfare loosely under cluster miss cluster munitions and land mines and i'm so i'm the only non lawyer there and the guy who opens the.