piri. enclosure we're going to produce a. market in the. into the pacific as this is the last to stop the forces. high stakes but a warm welcome russian president vladimir putin greets his north korean counterpart kim jong il in ever summit they both expressed a willingness to try to work together the denuclearize ation of korea and ensure. that you can go to the hopes that we will have a substantial exchange of schools. i'm sure of it. also is

a human rights groups have condemned the beheading of thirty seven feet tall saudi arabia and the largest mass execution in years. and a un report claims that government he u.s. and international forces in afghanistan are responsible for more civilian deaths than the militants they think by i think we hear reaction from locals. the child or woman killed in afghanistan the afghan government should also the foreign forces about them but there is no one to watch which outcome so we want the americans and i says to stop killing our people we don't want the u.s. and nato here. good morning is just gone nine am here in moscow you're watching the international now but in the last two hours flirting with hootin and kim jong un have sat down

together at their historic summit in russia president putin welcomed his north korean counterpart in the far eastern city of that involved stock. ok well let's go straight to that evil. correspondent. anyhow live again we know that the ladies have been talking for around perhaps two hours or so and this plenty for them to come. hi again andrew well a one on one behind closed doors more talks alongside advisors and government

ministers and finally an extra round of discussions at a dinner table with caviar that was the plan and the first ever historic summit of kim jong un and vladimir putin is underway and i can tell you that we were only shown three c. is when the chairman and the president were together first we saw the handshake outside university doors that's right the summit is happening at a university and vladivostok we saw very friendly faces and the leaders kept repeating things like nice to meet you good to meet you thank you very much a couple of minutes later we saw a straight line of high ranking russian officials i believe there were around ten of them and kim jong il and came up to every single one of them and shook their hands moments later the two leaders were sitting in confortable chairs in front of

flags smiling and it was clear that they were trying to do their best to be nice to each other i can tell you that kim john only. became charge of north korea about eight years ago but mr putin decided to congratulate him for that another time now let's take a listen to what else was said in that room. there would you show that your visit to russia will help to develop bilateral relations between our countries and will help us to better understand what ways russia can contribute to those positive process is that happening right now on the korean peninsula i also hope that our meeting will be fruitful for the friendly relations that our countries have. and i hope that we will have a substantial exchange of books i'm sure but. just think about what vladimir putin sorry just think about what lot of our putin said

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ok we were just listening it appeared to be the end of the meeting i think between the north korean leader and the russian president vladimir putin listening in listening to that i'm not sure how much you heard of that but certainly positive signs coming from that meeting at the end. said that he come to russia to hope to change opinion on the korean peninsula one of the most burning issues on the international agenda as he put it and they certainly must have got through a lot he did also go on to say that they've had a substantial meaningful conversation. andrew well i believe this was the end of the first stage the one on one stage

perhaps the are going to continue now they're going to continue talking accompanied by advisors ministers and other diplomats and something that you pointed out was indeed very important it means that kim jong un does have a message for russia and he wants to change some sort of opinions but what i want to do is i want to put this into context you heard of lot of our putin saying that he's looking for opportunities to change the situation on the korean peninsula so perhaps moscow is making careful signs that the russian government could be key to become a top mediator between two koreas because moscow indeed finds itself in a unique position when it is in good relations with both of them and i guess it is no coincidence that at a completely different location later on thursday the south korean president will be meeting a high ranking top level russian security official wow what

a day and i can tell you just remind you that together with china moscow has been proposing a peace. roadmap for years and it is based on the principle of mutual concessions mutual is the key word here russia's message has been that you cannot reach peace without. at least some sort of partial lifting of sanctions from the west in america america in particular and also the scaling down of the drills between. the drills that are being held in the south guests with who on call sam in fact they launched another round of aerial drills on monday and just a few hours ago we got a statement from north korean officials while their leader is meeting lot of more

potent as they call these drills of probation and said that their military will come up with a response to that so definitely exciting times we are going through right now and we have to remember that all of this is happening after two summits between kim john owned the american president dollar bill from that weren't successful at least and the sense that no deals or arrangements specific agreements were signed after them something like that could be coming out of these negotiations maybe that's not very likely but who knows and who knows what kind of steps will be made by p. and yang after these talks with the russian president anyway unfortunately we won't hear from the north korean leader any more but we will get to hear from

the russian president vladimir putin there will be a price conference in a few hours and i'll be there for you i'll try and ask questions and then i'll tell you all about it. ok hang. on. reporting for us from valley vol stocks just to recap then what's happened over the last few minutes we have had a summary from both leaders or on their one to one talks which seem to have gone pretty well judging by what they've said and also this summit will now continue as discussions will proceed now between delegations from both countries and of course we'll keep on top of this for you here at r.t. international. i. look at some other news now because leading human rights groups have been scathing over saudi arabia's execution this week of thirty seven men on terror related charges amnesty international and human rights watch both stress it marks

in alarming escalation in the use of the death penalty in the country they also described the punishment as grotesque with more is murder against the. few things so was much fear into the hearts of your own people it was mass executions the men were executed for adopting terrorists and extremists thinking and performing terrorists else to corrupt and destabilize security allegedly among their crimes was this respect towards authority some of them can you believe they'd like the king protested against him so serious with their crimes that one of those executed was also crucified yes crucified and two thousand and ninety his body strung up for all to see for all to fear. today's mass execution is a chilling demonstration of the saudi arabia no authority and callous disregard for

human life it is also yet another gruesome indication of how the death penalty is being used as a political tool to crush dissent from within the country's shia minority in fact almost half of those killed were executed after taking part in pro-democracy protests see the arab spring didn't skirt saudi arabia the shia minority rose up they wanted change better fairer life the king obviously thought they wanted too much. one of those executed by the way was sixteen years old at the time of his arrest

attending a protest apparently he was still a kid now he's an example in fact of the current king began his reign by staging a massive execution forty seven people back headed shot for crimes that included disobey and saudi rulers biggest blood show since the nine hundred eighty s. who said fictions and common peaked in two thousand and twelve and five people were strung up paralysis reportedly is also in a judge's arsenal seriously they can sentence a person to be paralyzed as punishment roots back to a four thousand year old law or that someone wrote on a stone pillar to throw a tooth and literally in this case a knife or a knife saudis took that stone here. very seriously in two thousand and five

a court in saudi arabia ordered a migrants are i gagged out as punishment for getting into a fight and. also a favorite especially for theft chopping off people's arms and feet stealing and of course stoning reserved for crimes like being too friendly with the opposite sex or can you say you want to cherry on top saudi arabia's only you when human rights council what a world or a gas the if there were saudi arabia has defended its decision to execute individuals it says it will not hesitate to punish anybody threatening the security and stability of the kingdom a spokeswoman for the gulf institute for democracy and human rights to me aspect believes that riyadh's justice system allows it to tackle anyone whose views differ from the official position. it's not the first time which saudi arabia was the

death penalty to punish prisoners of conscience who hold dared to spoke out about the human rights violations in the country we've not just dad there and i think i don't five of the of the executive people who where really charged by terrorists to terrorism try to get we don't trust saudi arabia introducer system we don't trust how did how did the saudi authorities handled their magic especially against the protesters whole took to the streets to demand rights and freedoms and who spoke out about what was happening in the country. as most of the gulf kingdom saudi arabia uses is to did you show the system to fabricate the charges against the dissidents especially against the activists who spoke out or who was there social media outlets or rules participated in demonstrations there is a taboo in the gulf kingdom especially in saudi arabia no one is allowed just speak

about what's happening in the country now a u.n. report has revealed the forces fighting with it and snuff gallus than of actually killed more civilians than the militants themselves we've got the details on this story just off the break. join me every thursday on the alex i'm unsure when i'll be speaking to a guest of the world of politics sports business i'm sure i'll see you. what is it calling. magic and the new type of digital currency decentralized digital scarcity chancellor i'm bringing a second bailout for

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hundred civilian deaths were documented in the country pro-government forces all responsible for more than half of them the majority of the fatalities were the result of airstrikes the number of deaths is up thirty nine percent compared to the previous year we are locals for their reaction. no more than you know we always requested from the american forces and the afghan government if you want to bombard any areas please take care of the civilians there don't argue civilians for any child or woman killed in afghanistan the afghan government should ask the foreign forces about them but there is no one to ask we have concerns but lots of our people have been killed or injured women have become widows children have lost their fathers people have lost our lives we want the americans in isis to stop killing our people we don't want the u.s. and nato here we will work with each other. and we request from foreign forces and

afghan government forces and from the taliban that if you are fighting with each other do not use residential areas as a position or if the american forces do not take into consideration the civilian casualties in afghanistan and they continue killing civilians by name in them insurgence the future will be very bad for them while the u.s. currently has about fourteen thousand troops in afghanistan most of them are involved in normal operational nato led training missions reports back in december claimed on the front had decided to reduce u.s. forces in the country although there's been no sign of that being put into action the war in afghanistan is america's longest ever conflict. on my orders the united states military has begun strikes against al qaeda terrorist training camps.

the caliban willing to come to the negotiating table this is no talking to the taliban we don't want to talk to the taliban if the only path to peace and political legitimacy for them is through a negotiated settlement of the taliban when their choices are to reconcile to live in a relevance towards. a research analyst at the center of the conflict and peace studies says it is interesting the afghan government only started to raise concerns about civilian deaths relations with the us salad. yeah one garment has to. be responsible for this. and address concerns of the locals to protect them

but a lot of the time when the worst airstrikes in the air bombardment by the afghan or the american forces the one garment would not even come to condemn it in that it was unfortunate that the latest condemnation came after relations between kabul in washington deteriorated. ok well before we go let's just have a quick reminder of our top story this hour because it is the historic first ever meeting between russian president vladimir putin and the north korean leader kim jong un within the last few minutes or so they have completed that one on one meeting they had planned but meetings between their delegations will continue throughout the day and of course we'll be on top of that it is kim jong un's first ever visit to russia and by three distinct say they are working towards peace on the korean peninsula we're back with more on that story because of the sting at the top of the.

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in the absolute to the pacific that this was the last stop that the question i was is. what politicians do. they put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president i'm sure. some want. to go on to be for us to see what the full three of them or can people. i'm interested always in the waters about how. things should. the united states relations with russia or iran have never been particularly cordial but under the presidency of donald trump both took a downward spiral there have been sanctions attempts at isolation and

a badge of evil from both moscow and to iran how are the to deliver. american mci our hundred. nine hundred. nine. hundred and welcome to the alex salmond show and the second of our cities on the issue of violence in the communities of london this national crisis has dominated the headlines in recent months one of the few issues to break through the breaks it told the nation of the media. and must make sure we examine the politicians reaction to rising levels of knife crime this is how the london mirrors

office responded a spokesperson for the mayor of london said the mayor has to start listing was first the violence abduction unit in london bringing together local councils the health service community groups and others to work on a shared approach to preventing people from turning to violent crime in the first place we know the causes of violent crime a complex involved a city of problems all of which is made worse by government cuts to the police and preventative services we are working hard to challenge the perception that the safety car or knife and the violence abduction you that will seek to better understand where to make positive early interventions. so if you hold true in the expertise from scotland when developing the violence adults knew that from london and senior represented the sum scotland's violence reduction unit that included the partnership reference group. that's the london mayor the home secretary and campaigners across the board have no seized on the public health approach to knife

crime pioneered in scotland more than a decade ago so this week we asked the form a scottish justice secretary kenny macaskill what these lessons really are whether they can be applied south of the border the mere under did the home secretary can recognise that the underlying solutions need addressed equally balance it with the public reassurance when london can get through this but they've got to address underlying reasons and equally they've also got to be able to give reassurance to young people who are frightened at the moment that they will be protected the policeman but they are to meet sure that the passion who might use a knife will be detected but first your tweets the messages and emails in response to last week's show us to says is anyone keeping kind of the number of scottish initiatives that have since been copied by westminster or the labor party i have no idea maybe you could start a list it's a good idea faces really enjoyed this episode what an.