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ambassador to germany sparks anger after threatening local firms and sanctions if they take part in a pipeline project with russia to come. out of the lunar. canada is video showing dorothy's taking a newborn baby from her mother who was accused of being drunk and accusations of racism as white doctors in south africa are told not to bother replying as the local health department strives to increase the number of black magic so we put the issue up to the back. and i would say that it is racist but i wouldn't say that it's surprising white people be the distance. from to be cut off but.

hello there welcome to r.t. now firstly russia's foreign minister has just met with his japanese counterpart to discuss ways to resolve a territorial dispute over the far east incur island sergey lavrov is now addressing the media and we can listen. so them correlates and this is also part of the. charts and multiple documents signed following the end of world war two. including on the september the second nineteen forty five this is. the position that's we proceed from. and we need recognition of that position and without that it would be hard to move on to other issues. japanese friends. we need to understand that

this is the territory of the russian federation and sovereign and sovereign sea virus show over these islands. cannot be discussed. and the japanese law these islands are recognised as northern territories which is unacceptable we asked several questions to our japanese counterparts we ask them what is their plan . how would they overcome that hurdle what will they do with the national legislation. deals with the issues the japanese counterparts would like to discuss with russia we're just making our first steps. we still face a long way ahead of us we need to to enhance the quality of our relationship. to be able to discuss the most complex and complicated issues overall we're

seeing and improvements in our relations we see progress in cold sure. the can i mean it was. a mutual year of culturing in japan and in russia. there's been growing interest. in it there's been more than five hundred events here and. there and go in that medium and we can do much more in trade. and investments then what we have to do with the arrangement that was reached a couple of years ago by our leaders is on a joint economic activities with the south in korea lyall and which is being implemented. the results are not impressive so five projects

have been identified but these are not the breakthrough areas we conveyed that concern to our japanese counterparts we agreed that the agencies and ministries will have to work where counts more ambitious projects so that a joint commercial. these group joint commercial projects will bring more results. there are a number of agreements. that are being discussed with the cannot materialize which is and that's been a problem for many years we need to start. discussing. liberalize english trade regime we need to expand operations in peaceful use of new nuclear energy we need a new trade corp agreement in space and use of space in peaceful means social

security and certainly we need to overcome the hurdles moving towards the non these a regime that. we pointed out the trash. over the past several years put forward a lot of initiatives. either to liberalize travel for certain groups like businessman athletes or tourists. who are also. suggested moving towards a visa free travel. this is our ultimate goal that we believe there are no barriers no reasons why we can. cancel visas will skin starts with visa travel for the residents of saleen. there's another area. of foreign policy coordination globally which we load

the. position of our governments. global agenda. church. so as the un our positions are often does virgin and. if we look at how japan votes and russian initiatives and this. does not reflect the level of confidence and trust that liza's would like to see in the future we agreed that odd deputies. as it was. would continue. substance contact. to. pacify each other's positions by the next summits between president putin and prime minister that is scheduled later this month. we would

report on how their instructions are implemented. if you look at the number important aspects heard like to talk about what is up us the security card peroration. the nine hundred fifty six declaration of who was signed at a time when japan. did not. know them or stopping them. and their arrangement seven a military alliance with the us. at the surely. such a school it's just that there was a shawl going the signing of the military treaty with the us japan. on its commitments in line with the one hundred fifty six agreements with the

soviet union. currently the situation is different to what we had in one nine hundred fifty six we pointed out the actions by the us. to deploy global oil missile program. actions to. the. rampart put its military presence in this part of the world. and the actions that the u.s. is taking it to. the u.s. believes to neutralize the north korean threat but these actions in effect pose a threat to russia which. we try to outline a number of issues and concerns that we need to work out so we clowned clarify with our japanese friends and counterparts and later on we need to go

issue by issue and resolve them. which i believe the quad soon proved in our interactions but your words help us to move towards a. partnership based on trust and eventually with the thing help us achieve a goal set by the two leaders they said that we need to come out such a solution on the peace agreements that would be i think you vocally supported sir and approved by the nations. of the two countries it's a very complicated task but we have the patients and the region is to move towards that goal if you have any issues i'd be happy to take a couple of them. good afternoon mr.

foreign minister comment on the recent statement by prime minister that it's hard to count on and use support on signing a peace treaty with russia. and he also said that. following the transfer of the island of shit on the local reasons would not need to leave. would like to comment on the second question he says that russian citizens would be able to remain on the island the transfer to japan. we made a statement to that. we invite. the japanese ambassador to the foreign ministry we said statements aren't acceptable such an approach runs counter. to the arrangements and the understanding that the two leagues is had.

it's a trance counter to the plan of actions that the two leaders had in mind going forward but it's. now there was also a statement by the deputy head. of the liberal party of japan and. the one. that the u.s. . should be interested in a peace treaty between russia and japan because it would strengthen the bloc that would contain china we believe the such statements are outrageous and this gentleman. is not some member of the executive power he's just a deputy head an assistant to the liberal party of japan but.

but the chairman of the liberal democratic party prime minister singh's arbet and again we believe that such statements are unacceptable we asked the foreign minister. whether japan under the circumstances. he. could take independent actions since it's so much dependent on the us but we were assured that japan will take action based on their own national interests we would like to see that's kind of approach. japanese television and h.k. reason. i need we need a recognition of the outcome of world war two not it he say that japan first needs to recognize. it's come of world would see how satisfied are you with the reply

by the japanese foreign minister that. i outlined all position on the outcome of all were two very detailed. recognize i reminded the minister san francisco. treaty nine hundred fifty six. green mint and together with the san francisco. agreement. wraps up the outcome. of world war two and there's also article one hundred seven of the un charter recognizes the outcome of. the l i's. document in the treaties and again i did not hear any objections to that from the japanese counterparts thank you.

ok we were just listening there to russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov he was speaking at a press conference after meeting with his japanese counterpart they were discussing ways to resolve their longstanding dispute over the far east in korea and he said look no breakthrough has been made no major breakthrough but the first steps have been taken he warned though there is a long long way ahead he said there needs to be an increase in the quality of their relationship between the two countries in order to discuss the complex issues involved but he was hopeful and he does say that overall relations between the two countries have and are improving that was a press conference there just given by the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov in moscow. now sections of the u.s. media have been rounding on donald trump of one outlet going so far as to produce a guide to impeachment another has published a list of reasons why trump might be a russian asset and a security threat to one that even the f.b.i.

aren't deal with and hawkins as more. if you care to impeach somebody that's doing a great job that's the way i view it it seems this weekend the media would determined to prove trump wrong on that one not that america's forty fourth president is a stranger to media attacks first there's the new york times go with a piece on last year's f.b.i. investigation into the president working for russia after president trump fired james b. komi as f.b.i. director for some of the fishes became so concerned by the president's behavior that they began investigating whether he had been working on behalf of russia against american interests let's forget for a moment that the new york times article itself states no evidence has actually been publicly seen the u.s. president was quick to make his feelings on the article clear i think is the most insulting thing i have ever been asked and if you read the article you see that they found absolutely nothing i think it was

a great insult and the new york times it is a aster is a paper another media missile came flying in from the washington post's with a warhead packed with revelations about extra secrecy in his meetings with president putin that g twenty surely their piece would confirm the very worst suspicions of the impeach trump camp the constraints that trump imposed the part of a broader pattern by the presidents of shielding his communications with putin from public scrutiny and preventing even high ranking officials in his own administration from fully knowing what he has told one of the united states mean. the same article mentions albeit only in the twenty fourth paragraph that trump does allow most of his conversations with putin to be monitored by staffers and also that rex tillerson u.s. secretary of state at the time was present for the hamburg meeting trump's second individual chat with putin reportedly happened at a dinner for the leaders perhaps not the best place to discuss an election rigging plan anyhow swift an oil from the us president followed trying to kill two birds.

stories with one interview people that look at it it's a total hoax everybody knows it and it's really a shame because it takes time and it takes effort i have a one on one meeting with putin like i do with every other leader it was a great conversation i'm not keeping anything under wraps i couldn't care less but these allegations are nothing without a long term plan and politico they released their very own handy comprehensive impeachment guide and again they acknowledge the limits of the current allegations and evidence against the president but they do come up with a way forward no prizes for guessing that one a few more investigations should get the job done for trump to be meaningfully vulnerable republicans in a handful of states would need to start seeing poll data that show their support for him could sink their own political futures trump would likely need to be incriminated for betraying the nation itself not just for campaign violations or

improper behavior like paying hush money to pawn stars in fact but it gives you the number of republicans needed for the house vote even speculating on who exactly they could be just twenty representatives may be enough to swing the vote and push the motion. yet so far the donald enjoys solid backing from the members of his party with even the democrats are able to get on the same page your son was six years old mom a lot you whine bully don't play and it will be good because we're going to go i mean really some of you have said it would be sad and divisive for the country we're pursue impeachment where we had to wait and see what happens with the mahler report we shouldn't be impeaching for a political reason and we shouldn't avoid it pietschmann for political reasons and with the prospect of impeachment ever present in public political and media discourse yet seemingly no closer than before let it go do come up with one good

point just as clinton did trump could come out on the other side of an unsuccessful impeachment attempt with greater public sympathy and then improved the prospect of winning reelection in twenty twenty at this rate it looks ever more likely we may need to wait till twenty twenty or even later until any prospect of a piece went comes over the horizon. meanwhile on the foreign policy front donald trump has taken to twitter and threaten to devastate turkey's economy and career attacks the kurds in syria turkey's foreign minister in turn hit back saying that t.g. catalyze should not negotiate over social media from fired off his tweet after turkey renewed its threat to launch a military offensive against the kurdish y p g in northern syria the group received support from the us and has played a role in fighting islamic state but the y.p. gene is viewed by ankara as a terrorist organization the dispute has put a strain on the u.s.

and turkey's longstanding aligned within nato so let's get some reaction from the bagus he's a former turkish minister e.u. affairs and he's with this afternoon we're very grateful good to have you on mr bagus firstly what do you make of trump's threat and do you think it will force turkey to rethink its policy about the kurds in syria. well i think president trump is a bit confused about the dynamics here in the middle east turkey has nothing against the kurds twenty is totally against terrorists no matter what their ethnicity is or their religion is or their ideology is turkey is determined to fight against all types of terrorism we have more than ten twelve million kurdish citizens of our own and currently we have almost half a million kurds or syria where found a safe haven here in tricky so it's not up to president trump to protect the kurds kurds have been protecting the kurds from different areas be it sundown pristine or

bashar assad or anyone else for the last five decades tricky house no problem with the kurdish president of iraq or the who was in turkey two weeks ago mr back and we had a great meeting with him and we discussed the potentials of our relations turkey has no problems with the kurdish leadership and or part of europe or particulars of syria we do have a problem with terrorists including p j k y p g dot ish al-qaeda center p.c. and turkey feels that these are threats to her national security and we will deal with them find fit no one to the us on how to protect us from misreads how far away we then she think from a full blown crisis between turkey and the us given that it seems at the moment neither side is going to budge. well i don't see this. crisis

because once the present drum understands that turkey actually. embraces the kurds and is widening against all terrorists he will realize that he made a mistake. with regard to washington and i'm saying is federal from syria did that surprise you because it should have factored in this kurdish situation shouldn't it i mean it seems it's taken america slightly by surprise and turkey's insistence that it is going to go after the wipe each. well turkey will go after where e.g. to give will go after that people go after all terrorist elements in the region in cooperation with our american allies with their russian partners with the illegitimate governments in the region but we will make it it deals with any terrorist organization or any legal entity whatsoever so we welcome the united states idea to withdraw troops from syria. right former american

troops should go back home but we have to protect ourselves and be feel intimidated by the threats of its terrorist organizations if p.g. and other terrorist elements withdraw from borders then they are free to do whatever they want in their own territories that will be the problem or. the syrian government will deal with them but in the world order and in a war that is national security it will be eliminate. but sure it is very clear ok mr bagus that we're going to have to leave it there but we really appreciate time this afternoon. turkish minister for their affairs thank you. meanwhile the u.s. ambassador to germany has sent out warnings to german companies there reminding

them about significant sanctions for any firms involved in the north pipeline project with russia the project is currently one third complete richard grenell sent letters to several companies as you're aware the united states strongly opposes north stream to the pipeline poses serious geopolitical consequences to our european allies and partners we continue to stress that firms operating in the russian energy export pipeline sector are engaging in activities that carry significant sanctions risk while the u.s. embassy later clarified that the letter the letters weren't a threat but rather a statement of u.s. policy this however hasn't stopped a number of german politicians from venting their anger. the u.s. ambassador seems to give the impression he's the viceroy of the washington emperor the us ambassador using direct threats towards german companies is a new and i'm acceptable strengthening of tone in the transatlantic relationship which the federal government should protest against the matter of european energy

policy must be decided in europe not in the u.s. or the twelve hundred kilometer pipeline is a joint project between russia's gazprom and five western companies of germany taking a leading role the projected cost is nine and a half billion euro use the pipeline is supposed to double capacity by the baltic sea and is expected to come into operation by the end of the year geo political analyst pierre manual foreman believes america's pushy approach though could backfire. the united states has to go. behind do this pressure of it to turn european union energy companies first of all the united states would like to send their own shaded guts and we are in competition we have a russian guys the second objective of the united states has always been to work control eurasia and to prevent europe to be too close to russia the more

united states put pressure on europeans the mall there is a risk that europeans try to detach themselves from the u.s. and try to make a better deal we've russia we cannot abandoned. him import of russian gas of east ruby issue economics reciting saw the armored cans or so is it really meet new day or the pressure of capacity. now video of canadian authorities taking a newborn baby girl from the arms of her crying indigenous mother has caused outrage word of warning they might find the following saying upsetting are you going to comply if not we're going to have the physically removed i don't want to. go are you going to work on the steps to get the review that.

in the video there you heard policeman explaining that the babies being taken into care the woman had been accused of being drunk when she arrived in hospital however according to the family's lawyer doctors said she wasn't intoxicated the lawyer also said the authorities have demanded that the family remove the video from the internet or else it might hamper their case getting the baby back. pod breaking an indigenous child ripped from her mother's arms by the state again this is not just part of canada's history it's today's leave reality we're failing in break conciliation on every front imaginable when it comes to discriminatory treatment of indigenous people the united states and canada follow the same ill principles the mother was already seeking help from manitoba child and family services and they took a baby with scans reason stupid move because other women will get the picture and not seek help racists meanwhile the canadian child services authority claims the

right decision was made despite the fact that around eleven thousand children are currently in care in manitoba province where the instant took place and nearly ninety percent of them are indigenous uncover activists already williams things this practice is jude to the residential school system. pre-match. there have been a very beginning when they got her rank made it hard to take a shower and they were in the residential well how are. you know when you have the police who are taking you need children and throwing them in his residential well rather church where they didn't retort to. being used for child labor you know you have all these things are back. you know rather have the workers there already are the will to try to get her children back that. they are where the children are taken and that. kind of housing so that howard has you know not to children

and then national average you know. there should basically down to two hundred dollars they're writing about one hundred dollars and i'm trying to get her children back with know how it is there's no christian. or. has erupted in south. after a local health department reportedly told white doctors not to bother applying according to a late document the department is aiming to hire four hundred sixty six black doctors its equity targets also include thirty two indian twelve white and four mixed race professionals. we are unapologetic about addressing these imbalances of the past south africa including cause remains an unequal society with limited opportunities to self development for those who historically oppressed south african political party the democratic alliances.