headlines in r.t. israeli tanks lined up along the gaza border after the jets attacked the palestinian territory in response to alleged rocket fire. it comes as the u.s. officially recognizes israeli sovereignty over the golan heights a disputed area on the border with syria washington's move was immediately condemned by the un the e.u. and the arab league also to come despite no collusion found when donald trump and russia and vesta geisha media hysteria isn't dying down with outlets now blaming trump for making them suspicious in the first place also on the way. i would like to congratulate the house for taking control of the government's approach has been an abject failure on this house must now find

a solution to the senators that are still in full control in parliament and seize breaks it from theresa may paving the way thoughts turn to her divorce plan from the year. of the good afternoon you're watching r t international it's just gone five pm here in moscow now the israeli army has stationed additional forces including tanks along the border with gaza after it bombed the palestinian territory on monday night in response to alleged rocket fire it does come despite how mass announcing an egyptian brokered cease fire that israeli knocked number of hamas things sites were tally ation from the alleged rocket landing near tel aviv no civilian casualties have been reported from that israeli strike. for.

yesterday i received a call from the israeli army they said we had to evacuate the house because they wanted to bomb the building in front of it as office my children my wife my aunts and i were evacuated almost half an hour later the building was bombed one o'clock well at this stage it's sort of like an informal cease fire hamas says they're not going to fire because they think there's a cease fire israel doesn't know anything about a cease fire in quotation marks that means that they're saying basically if you guys keep it quiet and he must keep it quiet israel is going to keep it quiet so for now there is an egypt sense of basically got everybody to look away from the battlefield take a breather take a pause and each side is watching with the other side might do or not do you know there's a certain momentum now of quiet so maybe it's a lot of tough talk a lot of posturing everybody looking each other in the eye but as long as each hour stays quiet another hour of quiet follows we might be heading to more maybe

somewhat of a relaxation of tension rather than resuming of attacks. but exchange of fire does come as donald trump officially recognizes israeli sovereignty over the golan heights an area the u.n. regards is an occupied syrian territory but the details assays he goes he don of spoke with him. well the international community has been somewhat pushed under the bus by this whole decision is the most vocal in this have been of course the arab countries the whole of arab league made public a joint statement condemning the decision really standing out a condemnation by saudi arabia for instance you know washington's bestie in the gulf so it kind of tells the scale of the fallout this this trump's decision has had to also has condemned the move russia voiced its concerns in regards to the stability of the middle east because moscow believes that such a decision by trump really under. things that are also well syria of course it's

very it's their territories that's how the international community that's how the u.n. sees the golan heights as a syrian territory the u.s. policy on golan is reflected in the relevant resolutions of the security council and that policy has not changed year opinion in line with international law does not recognize israel's sovereignty over to territories occupied by israel since june one thousand nine hundred sixty seven including the golan heights and does not consider them to be part of israel's territory i suppose we need to understand what exactly is at stake in the goal and get absolutely absolutely to the golan heights is a strip of land on the border between syria and israel back in the eighty's in the course of a war it was occupied by israel and that is how it is classified internationally that's how un puts it that it is a syrian territory or by israel. one

of joe that a lot of the story that we who live in the occupied golan heights we dismiss the u.s. president's foolish recognition of the territory as israeli we want to tell him our fathers and grandfathers build their blood on this land and you don't have a right to do that yesterday it was jerusalem holiday and the golan heights and tomorrow it might be another syrian territory the firmest does go to trial loves israel and wants to give her something he should give what's his to give. you know

what belongs to someone else he has fifty one states he can give israel. but the golan heights are not his property they are not his to give away now not the entirety of the golan heights is de facto under the control of israel there's a small portion of it that is still under damascus is control and i was lucky enough to visit. last year back in twenty eight scene and really was something of a turnaround moment i think for that part of the golan heights because when i went there it was mere weeks after the syrian army and russian jets liberated from the control of i saw there were certain pockets of islamic state there like for instance we heard the opposing views obviously to transposition from the international community what about israel though surely this is the best they could have hoped for indeed for israel it is the best outcome but i go out on a limb and say name one person who's particularly happened that things are shaping

out as the and that is the prime minister benjamin netanyahu because he's facing elections in a couple of weeks and in the run up to these elections he's been embroiled in a nasty corruption scandal now that he's thrown effectively he's thrown a bone to all those in israel sharing the nationalist tension he not only has jerusalem recognized by the united states as the capital of israel but also you know has the golan heights. we discussed it with our guests both sides of the argument. we are already in control of the golan heights for fifty two years the golan heights is actually heaven on earth unlike the rest of syria which became an where is there is some kind of a good thing for the britons and everybody else joe also it was also not localized there's only copy done so what looked to was there was our of the jewish people.

already for more than fleet thousand years so what do we need their commission of the world the reason that they decided to go after the golan heights now they are under the impression that syria is weak and the central government is incapable of really kind of establishing a clear and strong and decisive foreign policy it's barely trying to battle the opposition and isis and other groups and this is the best time for charmed to hand this gift of the golan heights in one surely of course to international law and common sense to israel the united states stands on the side of israel one hundred percent unconditionally and blind they are trying to give netanyahu everything that he wants at this point a war on the topic we cannot show you the live pictures from the un security council meeting member states are currently discussing was discussing washington's recognition of syria's golan heights as israeli territory of course we'll keep an

eye on what they say. donald trump has hinted there will be payback for those who spread out a geisha collusion with russia claims that were exposed as false after a two year probe. there are a lot of people out there that have done some very very evil things very bad things i would say trees are just things against our country those people. will certainly be looked at and i have been looking at them for a long time and i'm saying why haven't they been looked at they lied to congress many of them you know who they are we can never ever let this happen to another president again but only a summary of reports and condition has been published democrats in the media and i'm demanding them to see the whole thing in the hope of still finding the president guilty with no he's. for two and a half years u.s. media has given lots of airtime to the infamous russia gate allegations an online

media no less than t.v. one study showed over five hundred thirty thousand articles on trump russia collusion allegations or the mole or probe have gone online since the probe was launched in two thousand and seventeen but now according to the report from special counsel robert muller it was all for nothing no collusion took place so why did the us media run so long with something that turned out to be a total red herring well some voices blame trump for it they say that it's his fault the media went with the story for so long why did donald trump and why did his administration and why did everybody close to him lie about contacts that they had which in this community why did he talk about leaving nato things that put our national security at jeopardy why doesn't he release his tax returns some say that it's just a cover up that william barr the u.s. attorney general is protecting donald trump attorney general barr who are dishing

for his role with an open memorandum suggesting that it was almost impossible for any president to commit obstruction of justice and seize the head of the executive branch made a decision about that evidence in under forty eight hours given ms the barn. it's public record of bias against the special counsel's inquiry he's not a new true observer and is not in a position to make objective determinations about the report now some voices are saying that two years twenty five million dollars and three thousand subpoenas just aren't enough they say that if you keep looking you can find collusion because it's there because we say so trust in his prosecutorial judgment but that doesn't mean of course that there isn't compelling and incriminating evidence that should be shared with the american people this president has a way of trying to get into people's heads and indoctrinate them he's been saying no collusion no collusion no collusion he does this all the time this is not the

end of anything now you might think that the media was to blame after all they kept this story in the headlines for so long examining every unproven rumor however certain voices are saying that they did nothing wrong and should be praised for their work i think we've done the media the press has done one of the great reporting jobs in the history especially of covering a presidency by the most news organizations some media outlets did so well they were honored with a pulitzer prize for. relentlessly reportage coverage in the public interest that dramatically further the nation's understanding of russian interference in the twenty sixteen presidential election and its connections to the trump campaign the president elect's transition team and his eventual administration wants told the media that apologizing can be a great thing when you're simply wrong whether or not they'll heed his advice remains to be seen nobody wants to hear this but news that special prosecutor

robert miller is headed home without issuing new challenges is a death blow for the reputation of the american news media nothing trump is accused of from now on by the press would be believed by huge chunks of the population standard ploy is everything keep going. well you were right all along never admit that you either lived or made a mistake or were or have based your your judgment on beliefs and opinions rather than on facts the mainstream media has a long history particularly over the past couple of decades of not admitting guilt we're seeing it with this immigration of the media but also interesting that this integration of professional politics in the united states at this stage and in many countries around the world watching r.t. still had t.v. sat china and france have been pending big contracts after talks in paris we'll have a look at what they've agreed to just after the break. what

politicians do something to. put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected . so when you want to be president. or somehow want to. get it right to be close this is what the three of them or can't be good.

interested always in the waters at the. last place to. come back now the french president a man who macron is hosting his chinese counterpart in paris it is the last leg of seizing things three nation european tour which has seen him stop off initially and also monaco but on monday france and china signed fifteen multi-billion euro deals beijing will buy three hundred airbus planes for some thirty billion euro china will also defected some bargo on french poultry exports imposed after an outbreak of bird flu in france but has more now from the french capital. china's president

has been touring europe this past week his official visit to france has just ended and it seems it went better than many expected. signed contracts worth billions of euros including a thirty billion euro air bus deal alone and right after the negotiations the french president aminu in mcallen called for a strong partnership both bruschetta cooperation is more beneficial than confrontation and we have more to gain from being open and closed the partnership between the e.u. and china must serve as an example of how to achieve tongil results another focus is the need to strengthen dogs in order to establish a shared vision of fusion which will not sort of the words of the french president contradict rather noticeably what he said before when he called on he is the european allies to stick to a more conciliatory approach towards china he even called it a systemic rival and warning to over china's growing influence and europe and we

had a very important discussion about china in this european away if you will since the beginning of one monday a call for genuine awareness of the defense of european sovereign don't do time of your opinion even if he has ended. we've put ourselves in a situation where chinese investment has taken of a strategic assets and infrastructure i think that was a mistake china's president arrived to france from and city has another rather successful visit as agreed to become the first g. seven nation to sign up to china's wrote and felt initiative which is a global infrastructure project it's an east participation in that particular project provoked a lot of controversy among its western allies in the specially its partner on the other side of the atlantic the u.s. so while european countries were rather skeptical before the visit now it seems they've turned their opinions around towards china. in

a move that some precedented british m.p.'s have voted to seize control of the parliamentary agenda in a bid to take over breaks in negotiations from theresa may this comes as a new blow to the embattled u.k. prime minister who is facing growing calls to step down three ministers have resigned in the wake of the vote adding to the long list of the parts is from the cabinet. i would like to congratulate the house for taking control of the government's approach has been an abject failure and this house must now find a solution this house says she keep trying to weave forwards when the government has asked field to provide leadership over the folks so just now this was a constitutional innovation i think you may have just rather underestimated the fact is in fact it is a constitutional revolution and the house. where this government has failed this house must and i believe will succeed i. well in the

tussle for control of the government was ultimately defeated by m.p.'s in westminster he will now have a greater say over the next steps of breaks it that includes a vote on alternative alternatives to teresa mayes patrol agreement professor of european law francesco says that the prime minister has badly mishandled it. i think this is really the final or it should be the final nail in the coffin i hate to use that term of the government strategy it's failed parliament including lots of conservatives have decided that the way the government has been dealing with this from the prime minister in particular has led nowhere but the immediate challenge that has to be confronted it's twofold one will we participate in european elections because there's no way we're going to be leaving

by the twenty second of may god knows how the government's going to deal with what parliament asked us to do so there is status you and then of course the second issue is what is the government is the prime minister. some of britain's biggest r. galleries the projected fastow nations from the us trust the concerns regarding how the money was made and its connections to america's opioid epidemic. expects. picasso once said that art cleanses the soul but for large and sometimes jew b.s. corp the tried and tested method opus sponsoring art was a way of cleansing the image well not anymore though what does this the us opioid crisis which kills more than a hundred people per day over in the us have to do with london's national portrait gallery they don't serve the sackler family their immense wealth comes from the

sale of oxy contin a widely used push scription painkiller that stronger than morphine last year u.s. senate report accused the sutcliffe family's purge use pharma company of acting as cheerleaders for the opioids and contributing to the opioid crisis in america but for years now the sackler family has also been a cheerleader and sponsor of the arts in wards until protests like these became more common was in twenty seventeen british museums accepted a rest seven million pounds in donations from the sun clo trust london's royal academy of arts has a back clear wing and there's a sack close courtyard in the victoria and albert museum but the question of ethical funding is forcing an increasing number of arts institutions to reconsider where they get their money from it's now emerged that london's national portrait

gallery has returned a one million pound raunch from the sound clip trust on the tate gallery and the south london gallery have also said they will be taking any more stock money and then best sign the trust itself said it won't be making any more donations that's being seen widely as a face saving measure to avoid any more rejections. a number of art institute shows have come under scrutiny for corporate sponsorships and recently last month campaigners occupied the british museum in protest at its continued acceptance of funding from british petroleum the oil company alleged to have lobbied for the war in iraq sponsored an exhibition of treasures from modern day iraq in syria the tate museum ended its relationship with b.p. back in twenty six steve and last summer the netherlands van gogh museum stopped

its relationship with dutch oil company shell both cases were presented as mutual decisions by the museums and oil companies but they also came after intense pressure from campaign is but when it comes to funding the arts some say there's no such thing as clean money if you have a lot of due diligence in the arts and you look very very carefully at the people who are offering sponsorship it's. a bit dodgy you know exactly where in time broncos made the remote possible for those visiting the museums or working outside them the issue of so-called art washing is a tough call this scrutiny over ethical donations couldn't come at a worse time for cash strapped british arts institutions which have had their funding slashed in recent years but there are those that say that in order for the arts to prosper galleries simply can't afford to be picky.

in other news today ten people have reportedly been taken to hospital suffering from smoke poisoning as a massive fire rips through a shopping center in the capital of as a bizarre emergency services helicopters have been called to fight the blaze and backing the building is being evacuated just firefighters struggle to put out flames on the up the sewage of the five story building authorities have yet to announce what caused the fire. the director general of the b.b.c. is obsess about the way the term mainstream media is being used these days as a form of criticism it has come a some polls show the british broadcaster is perceived to be biased. the phrase mainstream media is now a term of the peeps used by people of all political persuasions no traditional journalism is painted as part of the problem lot of the solution.

perhaps it's quite extraordinary attacks on the elected leader of the right people i walk around some of them may seem to read sort of reports the city have lost their impartiality. however the media and this line with us think that nowadays news organizations have even bigger problems to tackle. the problem today the metric for great journalism

is not truth and verity and veracity and accuracy it how many likes that you get how many you read tweets are you viral because now social media and the various platforms and various iterations of our being news that is there's no magic impression it's not about truth so what i would suggest is rather than worry about what you're calling news media find out why you're calling it that that i think a goal or rather a direction better suited to the problems at hand. now before we go this hour we do have some breaking news because there are reports of gunfire kay said the airport in central to the police officers have been taken to hospital according to local media some reports are claiming the officers fired at each other a large number of ambulances and police vehicles are already at the scene and we'll

have more on this for an explanation at the top of the app you can follow the latest developments to our web site at r.t. talk. the money philosophy is dead right so the money velocity would measure of how money is being along down from bank to bank to bank bank bank which is a measure of economic health is dead and if the money printing continues to increase sunset i'm asking the question why is the money not getting into the economy they're printing more of it.

because so few number from one smoke i still make an incredible million mark o'mara on the supreme court appointments to november so funny the focus of the. a lot of fun of my nature is that he had that same thought. she was human. journey home bar from the sun no mark you go you go british course they're going up the band broke up. i mean the gods are dead and of course i don't want any of. the facts. to. be taken out.

this is boom boss broadcasting around the world and covering the world of business and finance and the impact on us all i'm daniel filling in for bart chilton in washington we're glad you're on board coming up today we take a european tour today looking starting with a look at the new rules of protesting in france as president micron's since troops and troops to control the streets over the weekend are to correspondent arena coach a no vote brings us up to speed on the ground in paris and italy is drawing fire

from the united states as it becomes the first g seven nation to sign on to chinese built in the road initiative alex mail that's joins us to break down how this shake up will impact the long standing western on plus following the fallout from going to sway with some american sanctions by use of gulf oil looking for a new place into its war or inconsistent joins us to wade through all the oil moves in the gulf of mexico and finally just how real is the prospect of a cashless society parties benj war sat down with fusion so to know that in hong kong to break down that issue and so much more a super powered show ahead today but first we had some headlines let's go. we could offer a global report today with a major market update after indexes took a beating on friday from new york to ages.