so my look. of concern is. the father of a russian woman jailed in the us of failing to register as a foreign agent says she's i've sworn in russia a lawyer who sentenced her simply being russian. and non of. his activities in the us were illegal. in and of themselves but she got caught up in this and she rushes to start. signing up for the twenty first century silk road china's planned road for him comes to a close in beijing with sixty four billion dollars worth of investment and we. french news outlets joined forces to condemn the country's intelligence service for some. leaked document on. arabia.

and orthodoxy the biggest service the mosque has iconic my savior took the. night here in moscow when you're watching all to international live from austria you mean it. into the program. russian national maria has been sentenced to eighteen months in prison in the united states after she pleaded guilty to conspiring to act as an unregistered foreign agent her father has exclusively told r.t. that his family had been expecting a very different outcome. we weren't prepared for such a rough and unjust court decision maria is

a russian citizen and given all these investigations she's been caught up in it all even though the murder investigation had nothing to do with her nevertheless the u.s. has found. culprit over the past few months she didn't have any complaints about the condition of her confinement unlike before when she was badly treated and discriminated against a bit more all in solitary confinement with walks only allowed for two hours a night maria lawyers we all expected a different outcome a fair verdict but it's hard to say how life will be for maria now the most important thing for us is that she returns home taking into account this new jail term of thirty year old maria was found guilty of trying to influence the national rifle association and other conservative groups in the u.s. several americans involved in politics were suspected to be involved in the case as well.

i have reasons to she's not the main goal of the circumstances she had to put in was to break her will and forces to really acknowledge something she might not have done. trying to save face to grab to seize to put her behind bars but there is nothing they can charge her with and to avoid looking ridiculous they sentenced her to eighteen months just to show she is guilty of something.

we spoke to maria but and his lawyer about the case and the precedent he believes it may set. i think it's impossible to separate from from the politics i think that there is a an underlying crime that he pled guilty to which you can make out under u.s. law but i think the notion of this would have been investigated or an arrest would have been made for a typical foreign national who wasn't russian and wasn't in the car environment where in the us i think that it's almost impossible to to believe that southern politics has a lot to do with the atmosphere of the case and it's one of those things where if the elements of the crime are there they were selectively enforced in the sense and so i think it's hard to argue. the charges on rigid agent it's not foreign

it's not secret agent it's not an intelligence agent it literally is just doing something for someone else as being their agent not of maria maria's activities in the us were illegal in and of themselves so there's no classified information there's no political sensitive kind of information given she was not paid by by the russian federation her she was supported by americans while she was here financially but she got caught up in this and she rushes hysteria. i would fear that other countries will start applying the same standards and saying that any american who went abroad to another country and it was involved in civil society organizations and social and met people and networks because really all we're talking about doing are anything more serious than that and reported back on those activities some in the u.s. so i think it's very dangerous because if other countries adopt the same as you're

going to get a tit for tat situation with countries grabbing civilians of other countries as leverage or for other reasons that i think it's a bad idea. the earlier comments by president putin on but in this case were made in beijing he was there for a forum focusing on china's massive global trade network known as the belt and road initiative the project spans asia europe and africa and over the past few days alone agreements with sixty four billion dollars was signed off eco shipped on off reports from the chinese capital. well busy few days here in beijing as for the russian president he wrapped up his official participation quite traditionally with a media conference and judging by what he focused on for him these few days were heavily dominated by several things trade and and economy and this is quite well natural i should say given the very nature of the belton road initiative which is centered i should say a routing around exploring new trade routes and the global economy boosting global

economy and so lattimer putin position russia as the key energy players sort of an oil export in superpower he stressed that russia is not only a key player on the market but also moscow is ready to increase its production and consecutively exports oil exports any given time at any given moment that russia is ready to meet the oil needs of china and many other partners around the world the only reason it has not done so yet according to vladimir putin is because there's an agreement in place between russia and opec by which moscow has promised not to do so at least until summer now also recently the american president donald trump said that he managed to get an agreement from another player saudi arabia to on the contrary increase their oil output and so i asked him

a putin what he thinks of this and what impact this could have on the global market here's what he told me just because we have an agreement with the opec plus bill i haven't heard anything from saudi arabia or any other opec members about the intention to withdraw from the opec deal. now quite naturally i should say there was no way other international geo political agenda could be ignored within the frameworks of the forum here vladimir putin has met with a lot of his counterparts with those whom you discussed said. problems is combating terrorism the situation in syria libya and so on and so forth so while he obviously did have his focus on energy economy and trade not a tool was it the only thing on his list of all lattimer putin even joked about how he manages to keep his share jewels sold jampacked. and it is proceeding. fortunately a sort of attack on the right to speech on iraq what it. should

serve on the right of the search for baseball interests very much support. so here's the second belton road forum for you as china strives to become a platform for all sort of business of reporting from beijing r.t. we had from economist and financial analyst alexander khattab on what closer ties between russia and china could mean for the global markets. are already very tightly connected on the multiple levels and they think this initiative is only highlighted the strong bond between the two countries are especially in this. environment where you have this troubled ministry. is. putting the higher and that is showing. in the

protectionist sterns so i think in this environment. the between china and russia. show. and the authority of to this go in the. policies and also over the long term i think it sends a strong message that there is a shift from this word that is led by the you were. on all levels and that eventually we will see drawing of these situations and of the markets and i think especially for oil for example this is also something that we should take into account. orthodox christians around the world most important holy day of the year easter sunday here in russia the main service is held at moscow's christ the savior cathedral is led by the head of the russian orthodox church. a key part of the me is the arrival of the holy.

day inside a church in jerusalem like jesus to have. as a sunday as festive dishes as well as easter eggs questions and by eating a cheesecake called streaming the entire service live with commentary that. when you get to the crisis say because he told in central moscow and our correspondent. in following what's been going on tonight unless it's midnight. here in moscow a very busy time for worshippers explain what's happening around. hi there for the viewers that weren't with us an hour ago to see this beautiful site that's the church of the christ of savior cathedral right behind us and inside christians from all around russia are celebrating russian orthodox easter or pasco as they call it here and the midnight the midnight mass is already underway it's being led

by patriarch kirill of the russian orthodox church and many high profile people are in attendance like prime minister dmitri medvedev and it's really an important occasion for christians all over the world but especially in russia because orthodoxy is the predominant religion here and traditionally this mass is held in old slavonic church language but parts are done in different languages from all over the world as orthodox people do come from countries like greece egypt and other ex soviet republics now earlier we spoke to people preparing to attend the mass within the cathedral and they talked to us about what the what the celebration and the holiday means. to them. and usually. on this is happy holiday a holiday that's not branded as honduras have yes so that the heiress has good. teachers the bride just a fool the christian holidays a family hornady and it's

a good holiday and i think i have such a good feeling in my heart easter is coming. just just moments ago actually we saw a procession a round the cathedral that called the orthodox cross procession and this basically is the official marker of the end of lent where it's a forty day period where orthodox christians are supposed to fast from meat and dairy products so a week long celebration starts basically tomorrow where people eat a lot of food a party and spend a lot of time with their family now earlier we saw another pasta tradition as you mentioned before in india which was the arrival of the holy fire now this orthodox tradition holds that the fire spontaneously spontaneously appears in jerusalem every year on orthodox easter where jesus christ is said to have been resurrected and this fire is brought via candles on planes to different orthodox countries and the fire is you know people light their candles on the fire followers of the

orthodox religion and the story goes that the fire doesn't burn people when they touch it so will we we're already seeing all over the world lots of people with these candles and enjoying the celebrations ok with great reporting from outside the crisis say because in the center of moscow firestone. the u.s. is fully as have another major arms treaty the president claims as to defend american sovereignty or a lot story and others after this break. you know world a big part of the law and conspiracy it's time to wake to dig deeper to get the stories that made stream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smart we need to stop slamming the door. and shouting past each other

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welcome back to the program officials in the californian city of power have reportedly told the media that one person was killed in a shooting incident at a synagogue on saturday several others are being treated for injuries police say that a suspect has been detained the incident took place at around eleven thirty in the morning local time during a service to mark the jewish holiday of passover a number of roads in the city have been closed and the authorities are asking people to avoid the area and we will keep you updated as that story develops. dozens of french media companies have back three journalists summoned by french intelligence officials over what's been described as a breach of national defense secrecy that comes after a leaked document was published on the use of french weapons in the four year long civil war that's been tearing yemen apart. we express our full solidarity with our colleagues who have done only that job to bring to the attention of citizens

information of public interest on the consequences of the sale of french arms says these revelations the government has remained silent on the fact they appear to have exposed a government line but now three journalists all the ones being investigated they've been summoned to appear before the french general directorate of internal security or the d.g.a. s.l.i. after a feeling of confidential note from the country's intelligence services it showed the french government knew weapons that sold to saudi arabia and the united arab emirates were being used in the conflict in yemen a fact the government has repeatedly denied a war that's left thousands dead and pushed millions to war to the brink of starvation it's been described by the u.n. as the world's worst humanitarian disaster.

at the center of all that this storm is a classified by france's military agency the d r i'm real to these journalists it should be forty eight french sees a terrorist guns were being used along the sound the yemen that tanks and fighters sold to the u.a.e. in action and its missile guiding technology may have been deployed as well in the end of seize a truck mounted home was this had been deployed the year. many border on the saudi side as of the twenty fifth of september twenty eighth seen about forty u.a.e.

leclerc tanks are observed in a fixed defensive position and advance positions in the west the french government has continued to repeat the line that weapons it's sold to saudi and u.a.e. were only being used for defensive purposes to our knowledge the french weapons available to the members of the coalition are mostly in a defensive position outside yemeni territory or on call issued rights of way but not on the front line and we are not aware of any civilian casualties resulting from their use in the yemeni theater france is not among the leading arms suppliers of countries in gaged in yemen the concern now is that this investigation by french authorities is about putting pressure on these journalists to break their professions and most solid. to reveal their sources challenged even

ski ulti paris as charlotte mentioned french authorities in turn have constantly insisted its weaponry is being used for defensive purposes only while the saudi led coalition denies any deliberate targeting of civilians in yemen political journalist and elizabeth new takeovers her thoughts on the leak and why is cause such concern for the french government. i don't think there's any kind of secret that french weapons are being used in yemen and you could very well argue the government has been saying this a briefing about this that since the civil war in yemen was started by rebels against a legally installed government with the support of a foreign power that you're on this is indeed in defense of the state it's a member of the us it's the position of a number of people from your america britain saudi arabia etc so i think what's different in this specific instance is the detailed nature of the report which is fascinating reading but it also. makes it easier to place possible french agents on

the ground so the french government feels that this is hard for a lot it's not helping and it's deposition that's what they're that's how they're defending themselves the question is is this a crying proceeding the state secrets on the one hand on the other is there the broader tip of the brother to the journalist to reveal our something in the public interest. in defense of american sovereignty that's how donald trump and i was that the united states will no longer be part of the landmark global arms control treaty his remarks came as he addressed the annual meeting of the country's national rifle association my administration will never ratified the hallway arms trade treaty and i am officially announcing today that the united states will be revoking . the a fact. of america's signature from this barely misguided treatment we're taking in our signature back united nations arms trade treaty aims to promote

global peace and stability and requires that signatories ensure the battles they're exporting do not end up in the wrong hands more than a hundred countries have ratified the deal the us find it up to a friend signed up to it under barack obama but never formally joined his the un's response to the trumpet ministrations decision to drop support for the deal. the arms trade treaty is the only global instrument aimed at improving transparency and accountability in the international arms trade it is a landmark achievement in the efforts to ensure responsibility in international arms transfers this is particularly important in present times when we witness growing international tensions and renewed interest in expanding and modernizing arsenals as an author said he would never let foreign bureaucrats trample on the us second amendment to the right to bear arms investigative reporter dave lindorff believes that mr trump took the decision in order to galvanize his support base.

the biggest supplier of arms in the world is the us and it isn't just a signatory so the fact that trump is cancelling that signature is a grandstanding actually to his his what he considers his electoral base because the senate never ratified the treaty and so it's not in effect the united states doesn't that day the world court it doesn't accept the jurisdiction of the world court it doesn't feel obliged to follow the geneva convention relating to war and genocide so tearing up the is this presidential signature which obama put on it really doesn't have any significant change in the u.s. position. and i'll be back at the top of the next hour with more updates but stay with us here on out international for going on the ground all on all touquet is the

show. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy for him to let it be an arms race. spearing dramatic development only personally i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful it's very critical. to sit down and talk. they put themselves on the line. to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president and she. wanted. to go right to be close but she wasn't before three of them or can't be good. interested always in the waters and.

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but the kids all the dead sure the daily mail under p.s. is here to keep us abreast of a chaotic week in the british breaks a crisis and thanks for coming on you've been on british t.v. no. stop it seems at all hours of the day i think the issues are getting lost in this process of parliamentary chaos i think i've got lost with the issues to what is the issue now is the incompetence and chaos in ten downing street never before have i seen a prime minister humiliated by not one but four cabinet ministers who refused to support or normal circumstances they will be taken out and shot none of the five because she has i will try to not literally no but you would expect a prime minister to have hemorrhage that much support to have had a visit from the men in gray suits that we wanted to women of course in these equal age of equality to say here's the po handed revolver prime minister time to go but does that work anymore because of the i want to get to war going to preserve a self but of course in tatters time it was different that only twenty two could be

all of those things are off the table there aren't any pearl handed revolver there are actually because the low the tories have used up their one shot to the back benches had one chance to get rid of her you have one vote a year they did that in december and one hundred seventy without their support what can happen is cabinet ministers can withhold their support threatened to resign or mass and i have to tell you during this extraordinary week i have never known a week like it and i've been working at the house of horrors on and off since one nine hundred eighty eight i couldn't find one m.p. who thinks to reason may has a long term survival rate in downing street the lady is on the way out even away from college green the opposite parliament there's a whole section of a kind of leftish bent who say we should be reforming the european union from the inside what do you think this whole process is toward us about if we had tried to reform brussels of the european union from the inside instead of bricks it the some

people were arguing that at the time that we should have tried to reform brussels from within look we've had successive prime ministers have been down that route namely thatcher john major people remember him it's beyond. reform has five unelected presidents joke it spending is out of control it's accounts and never written off they are never going to divest power back to mother parliament it is a rotten organization in the any piece half of their expenses they don't have to account for a single penny of it it's a rotten in my view and the way they have bullied britain shows we joined a club with the most vicious people running it well for all the alleged corruption there remarkably unified of the twenty seven members against the british different conceptions and ideals and certainly in support for ireland they're united for one reason they're terrified of a country going to follow britain and lead the european union we are one of the biggest contributors and they're trying to say to the rest of your it's not easy to leave us with the rules of this club

a pretty tough the five presidents all men notice going to do everything in their power and they still are to try to keep britain in that's the game for them they want to drag this process out as long as possible because they cling to the hope they'll be a second referendum in britain and that would result in a different outcome i'm telling you it would not all of this process in parliament seems to be going the way of germany corbin's policies curiously reluctant to match the second round of referendum which you just said the gods really do think the overriding concern here is being not letting generally cool been in well most labor backbenchers against the tories against the. i mean some people think if this whole thing collapses that there will be an early wreck general election there's a lot of labor m.p.'s trust me who don't want to enter election because there is terrified.