positions in. using tanks and vehicles filled with explosives the west point the finger at damascus for the escalation. new study reveals that hundreds of. products from clothes and makeup to children may contain harmful chemicals. on the way to the world's biggest ever election with india's prime minister position what's being billed a battle between a man of the people.

live from moscow and. actually joining us this hour. a terrorist group islamic state. from syria the hardest there were still wrecking havoc in the country the latest incarnation of what was the front syrian army positions in northern italy a province that's the last region of resistance to damascus but extremists appears or for some in the west more and more. this late in the civil war by any measure this offensive was huge he had to do that shower more h.g.'s widely viewed as al qaeda is winning in syria nusra front fielded hundreds of jihad for this offensive according to russian intelligence 30 pick up trucks equipped with various guns 7 tanks 4 a.p.c.'s to jihad move beals or

vehicles packed with explosives and driven by suicide bombers as i said a huge offensive aimed at taking a government held town and the border. according to the russian command the syrians held out against 3 waves the jihad the stews in more than 100 fighters for tanks most of their pickup trucks also reportedly launched missiles at the russian airbase in may mean though those that got close were shot down un security council is none too pleased. neither the syrian army nor the russian air force have been waging military

operations against civilians or civilian infrastructure russia and the regime's decision to launch air strikes sends a terrible signal of disregard toward the u.n. political process russia has claimed this so called return it she strikes surgical i quote surgical in their precision i hope i do not need medical treatment in moscow if surgical accuracy means what we've seen. we refuse to consider terrorists as untouched. will and will continue to fight them despite the objections of some of our partners united states reader it's that any escalation in violence in northwest syria would destabilize the region. we have our own view on who is destabilizing the region. both sides blame each other for this latest escalation fighting had been building up escalating for days now and as often happens in the rebels' jihad this crying foul saying as ads gassing them

we continue to see signs that the assad regime may be renewing its use of chemical weapons the regime's attacks against the communities of northwest syria must end remarkably nowhere in their press statement does the us mention al qaida though age c.s. denies any affiliation they were branded change their name from nusra front but that is seen as a rule is to avoid harsh as scrutiny nothing is changed in their behavior still executing infidels fielding suicide bombers so imagine our surprise when we did some digging and found that the initial source of these chemical attack allegations which so concerned the us initial source was h.t.s. looser front al qaida worth noting though is that the u.s. is saying they can't verify anything bombing attacks which have been indiscriminate

in very vicious have sent some 152200000 people in it most of whom are already internally displaced people to move again to temporary housing and create a huge burden on our very broad humanitarian effort that we in the internet rest of the international community are making so we're watching this very closely also the reports of chemical weapons use so far we cannot confirm it but we are watching it it's an interesting situation the u.s. . europe allies spending billions infiltrating bombing fighting isis al qaeda in afghanistan in iraq in somalia or the middle east in africa yet in syria's al qaida is biggest stronghold taking their side if in directly demanding that the syrian government leave them alone taking seriously their claims and statements about chemical weapons as i say remarkable.

specialist jennifer britain says the massacres should go on the offensive in a province. it's not going to be possible to to fight terrorism without going to the terrorist strongholds and that's absolutely necessary we're talking about a group h.t.s. which is an offshoot of al knows there are links to al-qaeda so this is a very serious terrorist organization and it's also a terrorist organization that's in a place with a very large civilian population most of these civilians have been displaced or internally displaced because of the war because of other terrorist organizations and so it's crucial that this area be targeted to to undermine these terrorists i think that the concern is whether chemical weapons have been used or whether there have been any such use of chemical weapons because of the large civilian population that has also been terrorized by the stronghold that is or offshoot h.t.s.

has on this area. of storm headquarters of pharmaceutical join in paris staging a protest against the impact of some of its monsanto range on health it comes a lot more for course in california it would have had to pay more than 2 $1000000000.00 to a couple who were dog council which was cool as one scientist we kill around from the court also ruled that the company was a model for the sickness of a farmer who suffered you logical problems and memory loss off to using. one son's own. safe meanwhile hundreds of cormac's that are widely used on a daily basis in the e.u. alleged to contain hazardous substances. reports. when it comes to using hazardous chemicals at home we're told to wear gloves and to rinse immediately if your skin comes into contact with the products but according to

a new report by environmental lobby group and european consumers a face exposes your own day basis and we don't even know about. chemical companies have been disregarding the law for years and getting away with it selling substances that might cause hormonal cancers brain disorders and other severe health problems as consumers we are kept in the dark not knowing if every day products are safe or not those products he's talking about range from clothes shoes and makeup even children's toys borne says these potentially harmful chemicals of widely being sold to money fractures of household goods without having being properly vetted it says some of these chemicals could cause a range of health problems from cancer to bring disorders were still with your pink chemical agency we see a.j.

is accused of trying to sweep this scandal under the rug. has said in this problem for years we see the agency moving in the right direction by why all the secrecy the very foundation of e.u. chemical safety rules are being ignored bund revealed the top of the iceberg now it's on the e.c. to tell us the rest of this investigation shows around $650.00 companies in many households brands of breaking the law by failing to perform the required safety checks that are mandated by the e.c. ha's main safety regulation this includes some brands which already making the headlines amidst major health scandals we have done and i'm a lot of work but that work i clearly and. totally subscribe to is not sufficient and not enough. but we have looked at $700.00 substances up until now of those $702.00 thirds and up needing further data. says

that's not enough and is demanding that the e.u. and national authorities raise their game in a bid to ensure the products we use are simply just say. i think there is a big possibility that behalf knocking the coals on the market who have not sufficiently given we house no clear information which chemicals we have no clear information which ones have been sufficiently checked the only thing to be it can know for sure is that the system doesn't work properly we have to can because. apparently not sufficiently control and that is a potentially a big danger so all the information recalled. basically. fast and complete. and this is playing with the lives of people.

japanese tech company panasonic has halted its cooperation with chinese counterparts who are you refusing to ship certain components is soccer based confirm the move was due to american restrictions on who we are the trumpeter ministration black place that the company is one which american firms cannot trade with restrictions reportedly applies to goods having 25 percent or more u.s. originated materials. i mean while british mobile operators e vodafone have dropped 2 always devices from the launch of their 5 g. networks the companies are trying to distance themselves from the chinese tech giant after washington banter while we telecoms equipment in the united states and china ministration alleges that hallway has close ties to the chinese government something the company denies earlier donald trump also. high cuties from 10 percent to 25 percent on $200000000000.00 worth of chinese goods despite that the president says he believes he will reach a new trade deal with beijing china and retaliate plans to raise import tariffs to

25 percent from next month until a deal is reached and trade spratt between the world's 2 largest economies has led some in china to try and rise to the challenge with a rousing moral boosting song which has gone viral. but in the u.s. dozens of major footwear companies have penned an open letter to donald trump urging him to halt planned tariffs on china that some of the ongoing trade war with beijing companies say consumers will suffer from all the tariffs adding a 25 percent tax increase on top of these tariffs would mean some working american families could pay nearly 100 percent duty on their shoes this is unfathomable your

proposal to add tariffs on all imports from china is asking the american consumers to foot the bill it is time to bring this trade war to an end of course through richard wolffe discuss the impact of the trade war on china on artie's boom bust you can watch the full episode later here on r.t. . well the trade war dispute between the u.s. and china left many businesses in a state of confusion and uncertainty and i expected beneficiary emerges be it nom companies operating in china have been subject to increased tax on exports to the u.s. so businesses are making a smart decision to move manufacturers and production over to bradley thought their neighbor but how much of it has to do with tariffs for companies both from chinese and foreign in china they looking always for the cheapest labor they begin long before the tariffs to look around elsewhere in asia particularly for example in the where the wages were and still are considerably cheaper now they have

a 2nd incentive not only will they make more profits by cheap wages in vietnam but the united states has not yet put tower of song vietnam these goods so that they don't have that problem either every company and every country in the world is watching the aggressive economic nationalism make it risky to do business with an american company or with anybody from the united states because you could be cut off suddenly by some politician who is looking to advance his career the way mr trump is a little me taking a step back from business with america cutting a deal with another producer was not a very good even if that's not the best price because you don't have to worry about any history of politicians interfering in this dramatic way.

mommas counting task is underway in india which is just held the world's biggest ever election it's being billed as a fight between a man of the people and of the elites easy to trigger takes a closer look at the 2 main rivals. an election in a country that is home to at least 1300000000. people take so why certainly after more than a month it's finally done and dusted and here is an exit poll and this political bloc is the team behind the man who's already been charge of india for 5 years and the right to draw modi but despite that is still seen as someone who was up against the good old elite maybe that's still the root of his popularity how to look at this simple guy modi as a child the prime minister helped his dad sell t. out a railway station ever heard of the caste system in india well his was officially

classed as backwards there was even a t.v. show called the journey of the common man showing his tough life path. didn't miss it got it. mr. now let's compare that to opposition leader who gandhi's background his father was a prime minister preceded by guess who his grandmother his great grandfather was the founder of modern india and what matter the ukase super the cambridge university how's that for a contrast surely there are plenty of otherwise in how's that must be behind mr modi success but there's barely a doubt the elitist glare of the whole gandhi and his one sole indian national

congress party really pulled the opposition strong men down and 29000 poll. not seeded as a serious challenger to use to another. because dynasty is not it doesn't appear to the young people in the country and. if you contrast the dynasty of. gandhi who let's see a prime minister not in the who actually has risen from the bottom he comes from the very poor section of society he comes from a cost which is small although back would cause. so given the fact that there is a lot of appeal for people coming from the very bottom and rising i think died on cross with you know the dynasty of congress and the congress has almost believed it for the last almost 70 years because completely lost it's of the. year on year it's becoming clear politicians all around the world should have realised being

a part of the elite is now out of fashion shall i remind you of what's been going on with the people's voting habits everywhere lately. i want you to imagine how much better our future can be if we did claire independent strum the elites who lead us from one financial and foreign policy disaster to another. 800 people what. do you have heard me talking about the people of beauty. are. taking advantage of days of good going.

and he main task is to bring into the politics of the now a country on a completely new people fresh decent people who actually care. what have sume government hopefuls will begin misplacing there at the background stressed like some do with parts of their tax returns. the results of a presidential vote questioned the opposition that's another story. what is it called. magic a. new type of digital currency the centralized digital scarcity chancellor. second for bankers call the

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welcome back to the program 6 people have been killed and 200 injured during a protest in the capital of in the nisa a softer the result of the presidential election was announced. think of was thinking as. i was going i was beat you was. the protests began on tuesday sure the central election committee confirmed the victory of current president djoko we don't know however several 1000 supporters of

his opponents inspired military general problems to be also took to the streets before he's used tear gas and water cannons and a spouse that we're going to those who were all moved rocks and molotov cocktails the u.s. embassy in the capital issued a safety alert to its citizens to avoid the area of protests the opposition leader claims there was widespread cheating and he's going to challenge the results counterterrorism specialist under a rug believes radical islamists upon tracing political groups in the media to propagate their radical ideas. the situation now we are getting at here is due to the fact that political is has been evolving for us in the southeast asian countries especially in indonesia so we see extreme a's and radicals. in political parties all position parties such as what for inspiring now in indonesia radical islamist. extremist groups have

penetrating ready political parties. and. political limelight where we can actually probably see and propagate the ideology to believe or would be a political need. these countries. key american history of projects are on hold due to the ongoing confrontation between president trump by the democrats in the senate on wednesday trumpet outfit was pulling the plug on talks over the issue this came right after house speaker nancy pelosi accused the president of cover ups. with me then no one is above the law. and we believe that the president. have her up to do cover ups you people know they're probably better than anybody and i told. senator schumer speaker pelosi i want to do infrastructure i want to do it more than you want to do it but you

know what you can't do it under these circumstances here's federal infrastructure investment refers to the funds earmarked for the construction renovation and maintenance of highway use water utilities railways and they've ation among other sectors and as politicians in d.c. keep on bickering the country's infrastructure is said to be falling into disrepair american society of civil engineers warned about this back in 2017 civil engineer i mean if. a deal on infrastructure isn't struck it will affect every american. i need a port in l.a. for instance you cannot even to compare it to. the most updated most newest. they ports in asia and the middle east in turkey for instance or dubai. d.s.a. ports of been there for for many many indicates and that will be used the same

thing applies to the bridges same thing applies to roads. dams. just name it so all of them are in desperate need. of huge investment. of if i'm not mistaken over for and have clearly in dollars needs to be spent on america's infrastructure by 2025 if the deal is not destroyed will be american citizens who will suffer most the media aviation sector the tourism. you know transportation sector and it's a change that will affect everyone. but soulfulness i'll join us again if 30 minutes for the latest global news updates.

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teens and pre-teens oh it's all sweats and a lot of. what are you going to have for dinner true that we don't have a need to be asking for my. feelings to be civil war in south africa never to. profit from. any chong not be in the total viewer and to get to. eat meat. really there's not much happening in the global economy as a result of the u.s. trying to so-called trade or just to put things in perspective most things that are exported from china see united states or exported as finished products the same holds true for most things exported from the u.s. to china so any tariffs on those products while they might affect the price levels

in the u.s. or in china and they might affect the level of trade between the u.s. and china they simply don't destroy the global supply chain so the rest of the world is hardly affected at all. with this manufacture to be sentenced to the public will. when the ruling classes protect themselves. with the flame and larry go round lifters and be the one percent. of the time we can all middle of the room sick. i mean real news is. this is a story about what happens auster a stray bullet kills

a young girl in the street. what happens to her family and daughters in florida the mother daughter is very innocent and terry is kneeling this is your head what happens to the community the public was screaming for a scapegoat the police need is a scapegoat so why not choose a 19 year old black kid with a criminal record who better to pin this on than him and what happens in court be. shocked shocked as far society we do. we don't know she'll just stroke on. that end of this trial unfortunately due to the will still not know what childress.