i. think. the leaders of russia take he answered wrong on the set to meet and sort cheap crunch talks on syria. the b.b.c. syria producer challenges the mainstream narrative by claiming a video peppa to be showing off the mark of an alleged chemical attack in duma was in fact staged. in the u.s.

senate's plans to slap moscow with fresh sanctions citing an alleged aggression in ukraine and suppose of meddling in america's twenty sixteen action. the move comes as the heads of a two year pro poking into claims of trump russia collusion reiterates that there is no direct evidence for this. lie from moscow you're watching aussie and national. the top story in the latest attempts to thrash out a pace plan for syria high level delegations from iran russia to k. have gathered in the russian black sea resort of sochi the trilateral meeting is just about to get underway but harris some of the latest insights from the talks. i'm convinced that will be able to give new impetus to the normalization of the situation. syrian arab republic both on the ground and within the framework of

political and diplomatic efforts to establish a syrian joint. for syria's territorial integrity can be preserved if the word p g p why do you is not cleared from. east of the euphrates i have to say that this is mr putin and mr editor guns nine make ten in the last year with all of them including today's one focusing on syria on ways to bring the long awaited peace to this war torn country as you know the violence has been. happening there in the last almost eight years and speaking before their bilateral meeting both presidents have talked about significant progress due to close cooperation between russia and turkey agreeing that more effort should be done more efforts needed to defeat terrorists on the ground the biggest concern today is of course the province of idlib in russia's in syria's

north story a very vast area up to three million people more than ninety percent of which according to the russian side is today controlled by the jihad just from a loss for from former al-qaeda affiliated group this is very dramatic and very. big progress for the jihadist and. for all the sideline involved russia turkey iran and of course syria who believes that and karate is not doing its best making it easier for terrorists to come in to conquer a new lens because turkey is the country that is supposed to secure this region according to previous agreements but it seems that turkey is more interested in another region in syria's north east of the euphrates river and is continuing to push the idea of so-called zone thirty kilometer wide strip along four hundred sixty kilometer long turkish syrian border. ankara says it is needed to protect

turkish security from syrian kurdish forces right now in charge of this area that and sees as terry's but there right now in open dialogue with the official damascus over these territory something that russia supports so we witness hard talks here in sochi and after there by electoral meeting the russian and turkish presidents will be joined by their iranian counterparts and discussion on what should be done by all of these countries to bring peace to syria will continue back to you. the b.b.c. syria produce a it's challenging the mainstream narrative on an alleged chemical attack in the country he claims the video of the supposed that aftermath of a toxic strike in the syrian city of tumor was in fact staged it's a line that russia and damascus have long maintained many others that you have accepted the video at face value targeting it is evidence of the syrian government attacking its own people lord of how small. you don't

hear it very often not even a doubt not a suspicion but a certainty that the hospital scenes of the alleged chemical attack in duma was staged this is coming from the b.b.c. syria producer after almost six months of investigations i can prove without a doubt that the duma hospital scene was staged no fatalities occurred in the hospital the incident in question could almost a year ago when the syrian military took on the army of islam in the town of duma. the white helmets working with islam missed released with you and the alleged chemical attack hospitals people in panic reaction was immediate and violent trump launched. more than one hundred cruise missiles that syria france and britain

chipped in the un security council in uproar few took anything to think for years duma had been held by the army of islam hardcore islam ists the same guys that caged woman and elders and roofs to protect themselves against airstrikes i can tell you that jaish islamic rule dumont with an iron fist very co-opted activists doctors and humanitarians with fear and intimidation you may also remember in the lead up to this incident russia warned this could happen that rebels might stage a chemical attack to invite foreign intervention the rail and evacuation deal we have undeniable evidence that this was yet another staged attack that involved intelligence agencies of one of the countries that is rushing to spearhead

a recent campaign but no one in the west listened or pretended not to hear of the media not the politicians here by the way is how b.b.c. reported on the incident back then disturbing reports of a chemical weapons attack chemical attack carried out by the assad regime the magic's are doing more it can but they're overwhelmed dozens of people have been killed due to poison gas a chemical attack did happen believes ria but everything else the casualties the panic the videos those were meant to achieve something that seems odd for the first full blown hysteria over supposed chemical attack casualties and not quite be how it's claimed. we contacted the b.b.c. for comment it said the producer in question was expressing his personal opinions about the first stage and he didn't claim the attack never took place.

tantamount to racketeering that's how the kremlin spokesperson has described a new u.s. bill to sanction key russian companies roman cossar after has the details any of this new bills measures and sanctions were actually carried over from another legislature from last year and that legislature had failed to pass and these new sanctions woods at targets banks russia's liquefied natural gas projects over seas the country's cybersex or and solve that as well now kremlin spokesperson dmitri bischoff said that the u.s. approach in sanctions policy towards russia is all about unfair competition. this empty russian sentiment is a form of pragmatism that has nothing to do with international trade rules it's tantamount to racketeering it's meant to sabotage various russian projects it's

a ploy to force russian players off the market to make way for american ones according to standards or is this a new bill is designed in response to russia's interference in democratic processes abroad influence in syria and aggression against ukraine in order for this bill to pass it has to go through a congress first and then of course has to be signed by president that will trump. suppose it russian meddling in u.s. elections is one state reason behind the bill yes it comes as the head of u.s. senate intelligence committee officially admits that there's no direct evidence to colluded with russia in the twenty sixteen presidential race that's often excell state to be a private into the matter. well i'm not sure how to cure him and i've said it before we have no factual evidence of collusion between the two nobody wrote. it to your private parts of the me to get very excited expecting it would find

a smoking gun but the walls feel like they're closing in on the truth in this ratio right now and i'm not sure that they can hold them off for much longer the walls are closing in and everyone is freaking out the walls are closing the wheels are coming off. the walls are closing in on president trump the walls are closing it with trump on the defensive walls are closing in on the trump white house. all of the walls are closing in at this point the walls are closing in fast after two years two hundred witnesses and three hundred thousand documents if we were to report based upon the facts that we have then we don't have anything that would suggest there was collusion between the trim campaign and russia democrats have now confirmed this too and we see on conditions of anonymity some investigators have access to highly classified intelligence so for example if there was an intercept between some russian intelligence officers suggesting that they were conspiring with the trump campaign they would see that that has not emerged so that evidence does not exist and trump will claim indication so donald trump has spoken up the

twitter the senate intelligence committee there is no evidence of collusion between the trim campaign and russia well the twitter sphere lit up because for two years n.b.c. has been pushing the trump russian narrative now they're saying the opposite. n.b.c. news and n.b.c. have been telling us for two plus years is that there's always evidence of collusion to the russians hacked their accounts. breaking news the narrative we've been spin on endlessly for two years was based on zero evidence it seems that it wasn't lost on n.b.c. themselves who did everything to walk back their affiliation but on the very same day we heard this on the very same channel senator byrd coming out and saying there was no direct evidence that kind of conspiracy that also really struck me because prosecutors almost never have direct but i wish the intelligence committee came out and said they found no direct evidence of criminal conspiracy but that's not the

senate intelligence committee is read it it is the f.b.i. in a special counsel's team to do the criminal investigation so he doesn't have any evidence but he somehow just knows it's there mr trump's claims. you know that whole quash these are the claims of a former cia director who previously called doubt on allegations of cole loser and he's not alone in speaking up and saying that what can't be proven somehow must unquestionably be true. moving on now and it's valentine's day they're full and the world reporting from the city of love has shot it depends. as couples across the globe celebrated day of love we thought we'd take a look at the burning passions between. what makes for uncool great relationship well for starters chemistry is very important.

that we have to make room for years perfect where would we be without something igniting or flames of course sometimes that spark just isn't there and well that can be a bit awkward especially when. the camera's always around. you know every relationship goes through its ups and downs i mean who doesn't have skeletons in their closet. sarah pace would suggest they work through it i was really being tough and sure was she i will go back and forth and then we

fell in love ok no really he wrote me beautiful letters well if there's one thing we know about trump a likes the building rules but sometimes even if he has a boundary issues the president criticize to rescind may saying that her plan for brakes it was poorly going to be poorly executed which is essentially the worst thing you could say about her on the first broadside against twitter fronts his military record for more nato funding president trump the attack the fight beginning at breakfast today at one point today the president asking what good is nato and saying germany is captive to russia well mr make america great again could have some toys to mend or what better way than the other until i.

so who should be top of trump's valentine card list this year. with. a million research. prime minister trudeau. i think he should really get along with tourism a. she reason may she could do with some help to mexican presidents in your obrador happy v.-day can't wait for you to pay for it all kisses. but most of all the number one lesson is that before you can love someone else you have to lock it in for yourself first.

still to come on the program saudi ally the u.s. response to brussels blacklisting riyadh's for financing terrorism and money laundering that story and more right after this break. i've been saying the numbers mean something they've mater us is over twenty trillion dollars in debt more than ten white collar crimes happen each day. eighty five percent of global wealth he longs to be ultra rich eight point six percent market saw a thirty percent rise once a year some with four hundred to five hundred trade first second per second and one

rose to twenty thousand dollars. china's building two point one billion dollars a industrial park but don't let the numbers over. the only number you need to remember is one one you know forty two minutes one and only boom for. thier pin commission has expanded its ditty many black biased by another twenty three countries including saudi arabia the name states are accused of failings in regards to financing terror and money laundering but some of the inclusions have ruffled feathers as pay telephone reports isn't the first time that riyadh has been

accused of having either direct or in direct links to terror organizations but what the european union is hoping to do here is provide some kind of prophylactic for its own financial institutions against those that are trading in this money we have to make sure the dirty money from other countries does not find its way to our financial says. dirty money is the lifeblood of organized crime and terrorism i'm by the country's leaf did to remedy their deficiencies swiftly saudi arabia for their part say that they regret the decision taken by the european union to include them in this list riyadh says it is committed to tackling the financing of terror and also money laundering the list comprises of twenty three names among them some places you may expect to be on there iraq afghanistan libya panama but it also includes for us overseas territories go on puerto rico the u.s.

virgin islands and american samoa so as you would imagine the u.s. treasury department is far from happy about this the u.s. department of the treasury has significant concerns about the substance of the list and the flawed process by which it was developed another nation not particularly happy that saudi arabia is on that list is the united kingdom in fact we understand that london tried very hard to make sure that saudi's name didn't appear on the list to no avail though one of the reasons for this may well be the fact that the british government does licensed five billion or almost five billion pounds that's just under six and a half billion dollars worth of arms sales to saudi arabia since the twenty fifteen yeven conflict started if you're on this list what it basically means is there's going to be restrictions and complications when you come to dealing with e.u. financial institutions there's going to be extra credit checks on who sending money

who they're sending money to and also who the sender and the receiver are associated with as well i believe it is that you want to sit back to that could be ability or sort of pressure on the saudis strongman. mohamed is mounted and i believe this will be also a heavy blow to his force to actually bring and. chrisman to saudi arabia so now that congress is there actually approving a lot of resolutions to put pressure on the saudi arabia accusing saudi arabia of money laundering accusing saudi arabia of financing or not fighting the financing of terrorism i think this is a heavy blow it could be fatal if it means that no you know the director or is the arm deal to saudi arabia especially in its war in yemen so i think i think there must have a huge worries because of this

a fatal blow to finalist has to be signed off by the e.u. twenty eight within the next month will be interesting to see when it is signed off if all twenty three names that are there now there in the final version. is fels prime minister is facing calls to explain after calling for war with iran it came in an interview on the sidelines of a us sponsored mini summit in poland. you've got on your list to go see i'm sure from here i'm going to a meeting with sixty foreign ministers and i'm going to from countries around the world are there against iran but what is important about this meeting and this meeting is not secret because there are many of those this is an open meeting with representatives of leading arab countries were sitting down together with israel in order to advance the common interest of war against iran. and this transcript of the interview netanyahu is official twitter accounts delete the phrase war with

iran and replaced it with combating iran that's despite him saying the world the way it's in hebrew meaning wall in the original video. iran's foreign minister said the original tweet exposes netanyahu is true illusions that the whole world now knows them to javid sorry the middle east summit in poland the war soul sick. well life now to terror on base to list i mean must remain welcome to the program now what's been the general reaction so far to netanyahu comments. in fact recruiting him because for iranian public opinion in fact he ducked was a tongue twister revealing. exposing the true what you gratian of prime minister netanyahu that means he's just acting like your ball monger trying to call reach

a cornish and against iran and. raise your war but dutch was trying to use just betraying his true motivation so that's why he's ridiculed by the public opinion and social networks people are just laughing at team and trying to say that ok he is warmonger and he is there just to wage a war against islamic republic of iran against iran and internationally is second our opponent was telling republic of iran are furious and are angry and because it is a threat to do wreck threats or revelations of laws against their sovereignty. well us vice president mike pence has just made some very harsh comments on iran let's listen in to that festival. bruce through peace and security in the middle east. peace the.

well what do you make of that to see have the right to call around the greatest threat. not at all because actually middle east is in iran for many players and contributors and america and is right in order to come to the main contributors of the anxiety. and also war tension and now is right in front minister it's just making something death can be can be named as a foreshadowing future foreshadowing evolved in the middle east and now he's trying and mike pence also trying to overshadow the palestinian issue and the palestinian is writing disputes a known time disputes but i for shoddily devolved it to me that he's

against iran so what he's saying exegete his. is warmongering again he's following to suit up on yahoo two ways or want to guess you're on and off course i can say that really and also or i mean responsible by date on rhetorics because by rhetoric since i made in his op came to power ex-president. untie israel rhetorics also contribute at least eight creasing tension in the middle east now of the on the verge of new wave of tension that might lead to a catastrophe in the region and the new war should be everybody should be laws against and everybody should be and to support a thousand days to come this is foreshadowing devorah of the new war in the

middle east it's two minds me two thousand and three it's reminds me that bush. wanted just through a start of war and death of a. pretty peroration against saddam was saying it all know the same group aeration is going on on the way by mike pence and the time yahoo against iran by orszag doing a palestinian. issue with as right a no more middle east is only iran i mean it on it is the sole and enemy. that is targeted by is. the states of america and talk about the us as well because the us is also threatened the e.u. with consequences because of its trade agreement with iran do you think washington will actually is it wets. no i don't think it is tell you it's just. iranian organize again new coalition against. western europe i

mean france germany and u.k. and they want mr trump and mike pence was just to give i a european continent to the former out odds against for our eyes and recruit new on our eyes like poland eastern europe that there are such right countries of the former soviet union so it's a real droege. by trump and mike pence and israel also to recruit new members and illegal coalitions it gives your own because old europe old paul were told you will i mean germany france and u.k. are not following to suit your. approach and they are trying to resist but it is also politics politically it is

a maneuver to outmaneuver. recount i mean you can bust the european i've violence and devil of country making a i thank you for your thoughts my guest or on based in mr he must i came thank you very much. but top top story the meeting has begun in such a between the leaders of russia take a and iran these are live pictures from the event which will keep you updated on all the details including the expected news conference after that's well crafted when it was going to sue to get on just but it was a well. paragons continue in just a few moments. there's incontrovertibly evidence that we're being visited in frankly everyone in very high

ranking classified projects knows this the public hasn't been told because they've been wanting to keep the secret for reasons of technology and the macroeconomic head for a dollar system. it's thirty years since the soviet system collapsed undertone to see developments in the west and wilderness similar light and all we witnessing the final act of the cold war and if so what comes next. this is boom bust broadcasting around the world and covering the world of business

and finance of the impact upon all of us i'm bart chilton in washington welcome aboard we're glad to have you coming up today while the economy continues to soar many have had their economic wings clipped professor richard wolf joins us to analyze why a record number of americans are behind on their car payments and an early look at the impact on average people of the new u.s. tax law he's standing by plus the pharma sector continues to be happy and healthy as johnson and johnson make a huge acquisition at america should be an american trading group is back to tackle today's huge headlines and how companies and investors might be impacted and later we take a look at the fear factor but me.