only alex i will be sure and i'll be speaking to get out of the world of politics or business i'm sure both of those i'll see you there. is a nice combative interior minister forms an alliance of right wing nationalist parties saying he aims to shake up the e.u. after next month's elections. fighting rages for control of the libyan capital tripoli the un and the united states are pulling troops and urging sides to cease military action. general election looms in israel and incumbent leader benjamin netanyahu faces a close race will look at how much his relations with the u.s. play a role in the upcoming vote. leading world powers struggle to find an answer on what to do with foreign fighters who join deisel in syria and iraq and i want to

go home to his from some of the military. might be the biggest mistake of my life that we emigrated the mistake that we made absolutely cannot be undone unfortunately we will be punished for the mistake that we made. a very warm welcome you watching r.t. international with me nikki aron the top story this hour with the european parliamentary elections just over a month away it is interior minister matteo salvini has made an early move to forge a euro skeptic alliance of parties across the book and vowed to create a european spring there was a little bit a little shall we are working towards building a new european dream which for me has become a nightmare. into focus families. environmental protection and

the future of young people will do it as an alternative movement. let's get the details now from shauna do bensky in parish ali good to see you at the many see this you are skeptical lines being able to make an impact do you think. yes many people to the polls have already been showing us for many months now the nationalists and populists parties across europe seem to be gaining momentum and many people do you feel that they could look at reaping many seats in those elections next month for the european parliament many people think that could mean that they could create a power block that's exactly how. many sees it as long as along as well as others basically suggesting that the today we're launching this common policy for these parties across europe with the idea of forming one bloc after those elections next month take a listen to what more he had to say about this idea. extremists

are veterans and the only nostalgics are those in power in brussels today. we're ready to build a new future this is the path to save europe because. bankers do. government. so he was there talking about this new european dream role that he felt that the european parliament currently brings so who would be participating in this potential common bloc across the european union well today we know that alternative germany were at the table so with the finns the finns party and the danish people's party we also know that the pens national rally here in france will be taking part salvini has reached out to other politicians including viktor orban in. angry and he's been in poland and spain

trying to gain momentum that he hopes that by doing that by bringing parties with common interests together they'll be able to get a bloc of around one hundred fifty peace these would be politicians from both parties who generally against migration against multiculturalism and against the e.u. parliament as it currently stands. it is the technocrats driving europe into a ditch and we will declare war on the. political forces in the brussels bubble. for that reason that if the masses of migrants and other countries drive back christianity then along with christianity. to eliminate individual nations the language you use is the language of division is that what france wants you to not divides friends is the massive influx of migrants. ok so those are the you

join them together but what about the problems they face we already know that nationalist parties have had a me piece for a long time in the european parliament but so far they've been unable to come to the table a new career on one set of agenda across europe therefore forming smaller groups some haps not having the power that he would like them to have in the future they've also had problems in terms of their stances with things like russia with me praising president putin and calling for an end to sanctions on russia but the governing party of poland is not being necessarily for that let's have a listen to more what the a.f.p.'s representative said at that meeting today about the problems they face. we are dealing with very different parties they all have identical or similar positions on migration policy but a very different in other areas we must find a common plants. if we don't find it will be ineffective we need to cooperate on

key issues to strongly enforce our policy which is not possible with individual parties. well if they can overcome those problems if they can form a bloc that consists of between one hundred and one hundred fifty any piece then they really will be looking to shake up european politics and it will not be a parliamentary you parliament house we've ever known it. so i thank you for those details that their reporting live from paris. libya now at least forty six people from both sides have been killed in fighting and scores wounded in the battle for control of the capital tripoli the fight between the un backed government and a rival government led by general khalifa haftar escalated on sunday with the focus on the airport that the un earlier called for a two hour cease fire to evacuate casualties on civilians but the fighting continued violence has been escalating since general haftar a launch

a multi target attack last thursday libya's prime minister has accused the rebel leader of attempting it who launched a volcano of wrath operation against the militants both sides carried out strikes. well libya has been divided since two thousand and eleven and the death of leader moammar gadhafi the country's now split between the u.s. backed government in tripoli and a rival government led by general haftar over in tobruk in the east adding to all this there are also other militant groups active there including eisel the international community is deeply concerned over the recent escalation some including the united states have temporarily withdrawn their forces from the ground saying the situation is just too dangerous and unpredictable now washington's urged the rebels to immediately halts the military action against the government saying a political solution is the only way to solve the crisis a market shift in the white house's position eight years ago. the market i think

has lost legitimacy to lead and you must lead. we came we saw it he died. during the world you would get rid of a dictator you would cherish freedom. thank you. our senior correspondent picks up the story for you. the un e.u. backed regime in libya the government of national accord g n a is fighting for its very life all but surrounded now by the army of their rival government in red here led by general hatha disapprobation is aimed against all groups considered by the international community to be terrorists we have security

council resolutions according to which these organizations are classified as terrorist groups where this military escalation game is a complete surprise to us double it began with warmongering rhetoric from hafter which were the throwback to the days of dictatorship and total terror and rule general have to up and his libyan national army on a roll storming toward the capital tripoli in the desperate g.m.a. have ordered their armies meaning the various islamist and militia groups that supported the counterattack on all fronts they've given this last stand the name the volcano of rage it's chaos worse both sides a pounding each other with air strikes and the u.n. is panicking. if. and if we are. i still hope it will be possible before it luvvy off from station in and i don't believe

it's entirely possible that things will spiral out of all control the united states for one is already preparing for just that we will continue to monitor conditions on the ground and assess the feasibility for a renewed u.s. military presence i was appropriate it appears they have a plan and they have the a says u.s. military presence is an axe hanging over libya at the drop of a had they can intervene. in again trouble is the last time they had a plan it ended in disaster turned libya into a failed state so here we are one nation two governments and countless fiefdoms gangs militias and sects a grand battle royale with a prize worth fighting for the winner gets one of the biggest oil reserves in the

world. author and historian gerald horne believes the situation is a direct consequence of nato actions in two thousand and eleven. and. probably nor the call for a negotiated political settlement. you may well expect. to unfold in tripoli which is quite tragic and quite unfortunate but i'm afraid to say is the outcome of the ill advised attack at the north atlantic treaty organization speaking of nato led by the united states as a result of the two thousand and eleven overthrow of mr could go off in tripoli this is led to libya becoming a gateway for migration across the mediterranean from africa generally leading to many people dying in the choppy seas of the mediterranean the current

regime in libya is not very popular it is dependent borne or militias oftentimes act like gangsters looting and plundering their fellow libyans. in less than twenty four hours israelis will head to the polls for a general election the main rivals for the prime minister's office are incumbent leader benjamin netanyahu and former chief of staff for the israeli military benny gantz netanyahu who leads the right wing likud party supports free markets capitalism and a liberal agenda and is opposed to palestinian statehood but his rivals from the blue and white political alliance want dialogue with the palestinians they also want to limit how long the prime minister stays in the job to a maximum of three terms international relations also prove to be key for israel's electorate on the scale of more pain explains how the trump alliance light influence future elections. donald trump and benjamin netanyahu seem to be

scratching each other's backs quite a bit lately it's a mutually beneficial relationship in ways that may not be completely obvious whatever political gifts that trump has given to israel lately is not small first move the u.s. embassy to jerusalem for many years we failed to acknowledge the obvious the plain reality that israel's capital is jerusalem then the usa quit the un human rights council citing an alleged anti israeli bias such a council in fact damages the cause of human rights and then of course there is the matter of the chronic bias against israel since its creation the council is about to more resolutions condemning israel against the rest of the world combined then just before the israeli elections donald trump the recognized israel's claim over the occupied golan heights captured from syria almost five decades ago i will sign

a presidential proclamation recognizing israel's. over the golan heights. folks will recall that obama refused to meet with netanyahu prior to elections citing it as improper meddling as a matter of longstanding practice in principle would not see has the states or candidates in close proximity to their elections as to avoid the appearance of influence in a democratic election in a foreign country however trump does not share obama's reservations so what is in it for the donald is he just an enthusiastic israel supporter well donald trump has gotten election coming up too and he needs to secure votes in twenty twenty israel is a good way to win support from american jews who are not his biggest fans according to a number of polls but most especially the christian evangelicals the jukes of this movement encourages jewish people to leave the democratic policy to destroy. spect

republicans are waiting with open arms remember jerusalem u.s. embassy and the horrible iran you could deal mike pence an evangelical himself seems to pretty well articulate this trend in how american christians feel about the middle east in the story of the jews we've. always seen the story of america. my country's very first settlers also saw themselves as pilgrims sent by providence . to build a new promised land now political criticism of trump and bebe's political bromance seems to have been muted however a few voices have chimed in for example bernie sanders president trumps extremely on why is the solution to recognize drew slim as the cock little of israel why recognizing only its importance to israel president trump has severely on the mind the peace process i am very concerned about the policy of the trump

administration regarding the two state solution and a few noted intellectuals we see in israeli private investigations for going after the person reputations of people behind the iran do there are new array of actors here that the american public didn't know about and this is all going to figure in the next election. israeli intervention in u.s. elections for overwhelms anything the russians may have done a common trope among donald trump's critics is to accuse him of being a hateful populist bring an atmosphere similar to the one nine hundred thirty s. germany and it seems that the white house has determined that the best way to counter that narrative is to scream we love israel at the top of their lungs and r.t. new york so to come this hour the world's big powers are in disagreement over what to do with were turning i still find as among the stories coming up after the break .

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as we continue to grow online with our online identities and personas you will continue to see this mixture of physical crime and internet crime and the two will melt to a point where they're almost indistinguishable if you can't really distinguish them at all. welcome back question fair to direct our brain a cough has been released on bail after a year and a half under house arrest the award winning artist is facing a two million dollar fraud charges along with co-defendants maria said ocean has the details. because house arrest lost it around eighteen months and early on monday he was released but he's not allowed to leave moscow he's still on the trial but of course it makes a huge difference for him and we've heard from peter says we could shortly after the call decision was announced here thanks to everyone who supported this you.

know we have to continue to. listen as. you just heard from killers who have been speaking about innocence and i have to say that this was his position all throughout his case he's been claiming it all the time for those of us who haven't been following this case can you give us some background well started in back in two thousand and fifteen when police opened a probe into. the collective i have to remind you that this is a prominent a famous movie and theater director here in russia award winning director in relation to that later in two thousand and seventeen his home was searched in just three months later in august two thousand and seventeen he was arrested and he was initially charged with the organizing the embezzlement of more than one million dollars in state funds donated granted to a nonprofit organization known as seven studio established by the evidence of later the prosecutors doubled the amount of the fraud and it is now two million dollars

critics have been saying that this is a politically motivated case and kill has been claiming all the time that he is innocent interesting though that he while under house arrest he managed to stage an opera premiered in hamburg in germany and he mentioned today after the ruling of the court that he's ready to go back to work of course so we can understand that the fight is not over for him and it's far from the end of this case. how to handle foreign fighters returning home after joining islamic state has stumped a g seven gathering in france the group of the as most advanced countries failed to hammer out a joint position on the issue or the united states is calling on european countries to take back their citizens some states including france have a different view. people who went to the zones in order to fight must be sentenced

over there another issue is children and it's true that five children have been brought back to france they are all friends or abandoned will be studying the situation of children on a case by case basis. the e.u. commission claims some five thousand europeans joined deisel between two thousand and eleven and two thousand and sixteen the u.k. france germany and belgium are among the most affected countries and with i still largely defeated many of those who swore loyalty to the caliphate on now regretting that action r.t.s. raptly video agency talked to two full militants born in germany they both converted to islam in their teens and because gloss joined islamic state terrorists in aleppo while martin limca worked in an iso hospital in laka here's what they had to say. the. when we first arrived to islamic states everything was very new for us adapting to

an arabic country with its houses apartments cars food weather bombings dead people dead children we saw everything during this time it was difficult to get used to it and that time one didn't understand much and one from the first life in morocco was very normal but during this time i began to see things things that i did that i wasn't convinced were permitted under islam growing yourself up so that you can take your enemies with you into this killing civilians who live in france or america. so mission of target that i want to after approximately three months of working at the police station in right i separated from this after this i tried again and again to flee territory but it never worked out for various reasons. we're trying to get out of dry ash several times that was why i was twice in a prison many executions took place you just couldn't believe many were arrested

and killed they told us that our wives would be great we would be killed we would be beaten we wouldn't get any food that would be sold to the iraqi government who. to the syrian regime. conservationist what if germany doesn't accept me then i will try to work here and to help in terms of family terror organizations my three children were taken to france for me personally it would of course be better if they lived in germany with my mother i am of course one hundred percent against islamic states as i said it might be the biggest mistake of my life that we emigrated in finland and given him coming in from by the mistake that we made absolutely cannot be undone unfortunately we will be punished for the mistake that we made we deserve to be punished. but i would love to hear your thoughts on all of us stories so i do get

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it's tied for critical thinking it's tied to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now for watching closely watching the hawks. when lawmakers manufacture consent instant of public wealth. when the ruling classes protect themselves. when the financial merry go round lifts only the one percent. going all middle of the room signals. to leave the room very relieved. and what politicians do so. they put themselves on the line they did accept the

reject. so when you want to be president or injury. or somehow want to. have to go right to the press this is why the four three in the morning can't be good that i'm interested always in the waters in the house. they sit. through.

it's. hoops. didn't really get it right when. i started out as a very conservative republican like every person in my farming community and upstate new york in the fifty's. my father was a member of the john birch society he was very opposed to the new deal labor unions catholics jews i tie and. he was actually not that unusual and my dad for those attitudes to prevail.

because i was a good athlete good in school and good in my church and a good boy scout of my time i was really proud of. in one thousand sixty-six as the u.s. military began ramping up its forces in vietnam brian wilson was drafted. i enlisted in the air force for a four year program to go into the army as an indoor. and then i got my orders to become an air force sure angel officer commanding. a unit of forty men. and so soon i found myself in vietnam my duty was to go and assess the success or failure bombing missions. and in one week. we went visited five targets.

all the targets were inhabited fishing go. check and. i defended. the ship. these villages were bombed at two hundred fifty to three hundred feet five hundred pound bombs suspension which often take off. so everybody needs filesystems either dead or just about dead and they were all blocked it does burn finish off i watched as far as i could walk before the bodies were show thick i could walk any further and the found my feet. and i saw a young bean mees woman holding three children in her arms her eyes are open her eyes are just staring i was looking at my sister.

i looked into his eyes and it was all lies or was a lie and i suspect that everything i had ever been taught was a lie. my life completely radically changed. i do not know why i am. i was in somebody else's village nine thousand miles from my farming village in upstate new york. oh are they doing there. are we doing there. i was there for more religious that we saw the same scene. and i realized i don't need to do this if these are not pct. these are mother. these are small children. and if you say. they were

religious and villages.