jarvis attacks syrian army positions in using tanks and vehicles filled with explosives get a simple rebranding exercise is apparently absolved from the west sides. also this hour a new study reveals that hundreds of widely sold the e.u. products from clothes and makeup to children's toys. harmful chemicals. counting is underway in the world's biggest ever election with india's prime minister pitted against the opposition what's being billed of battle between a man of the people.

watching r.t. international and daniel hawkins. the program terrorist group islamic states may have been all but routed in syria. still wrecking havoc in the country the latest incarnation of what was the al nusra front has attacked syrian army positions in more than a province the last rebel stronghold in the country but by rebranding the extremists appear to full some in the west. explains. 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 for a.p.c.'s to jihad no bills 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 you know 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 that its 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 isn't such a. will and will continue to fight them despite the objections of some of our partners united states reiterate that any escalation in violence in northwest syria would destabilize the region. that 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 fall saying as sads 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 to avoid harsh 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.

lu for a 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 qaida in afghanistan in iraq in somalia louver the middle east in africa yet in syria's. biggest stronghold taking the side if in directly demanding that the syrian government leave them alone taking

seriously the claims and statements about chemical weapons say remarkable tourism expert jennifer breeden says the massacres should go on the offensive in provence 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 l. ners 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 said she is of chemical weapons because of the large civilian

population that has also been terrorized by the stronghold that al nusra offshoot h.t.s. has on this area. people across europe could unwittingly be harming their health by using any of the hundreds of everyday objects sold in the e.u. that's according to germany's largest environmental charity. has more. 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 born says these potentially harmful chemicals a widely being sold to manufacturers 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. ha to tell us the rest of this investigation we show you around $650.00 companies

and 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 are 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. biotech says that's not enough i missed the morning that the e.u. and national authorities raised the game in a bid to ensure that the products we use must simply just say beans i think there is a big positivity that behalf knocking the coals on the market who have not sufficiently been checked we house nokia information wish chemicals we have no

clear information which ones have been sufficiently checked the only thing to be can know a safe for sure is that the system doesn't work properly we have to chemicals who are all apparently not sufficiently controlled and that is a potentially a big danger so all the information recalled to us the basically sureness deficit so it's fossil complete. and this is playing with the lives of people. meanwhile activists stormed the paris h.q. of pharmaceuticals drawn by a which was mentioned in that study is those the protests against the health and environmental dangers posed by some of those products or daughter company monsanto or the risk surrounding them on sounds a weed killer roundup well brought into the spotlight recently when a california court ordered the firm to pay a record $2000000000.00 in damages that some couples suffering from cancer which

they successfully argued had been caused by the herbicide back in france a court there ruled that the company was and liable for the sickness of a farmer who used a monsanto weed killer despite the rulings been signed and buyer both insist that their products are safe out of the health regulators worldwide agree with that notion. in the media in the easiest newly reelected president has warned he will not tolerate further deadly unrest which erupted in the wake of his disputed victory on tuesday 6 people were killed and hundreds injured in the violence which spilled over into writing on wednesday night. thank us to do was make i think i was

beat you would be god if. the u.s. embassy in jakarta received a safety alert and citizens to avoid the protests these broke out shortly after the central election committee confirmed the victory of current president djoko we don't know several 1000 supporters of his opponent retired military general proposed to be on so took to the streets authorities used tear gas and water cannon to disperse the protest. rocks molotov cocktails new opposition leader claims there was widespread cheating and is going to run the result on the terrorism specialist under an raj says radical islamists infiltrating political groups in the knees or to propagate their ideas. the situation now in indonesia is getting a little bit serious here to the fact that political islam has been evolving for as

in the southeast asian countries especially in indonesia so we see extreme a's and radicals gaining popularity in political parties all positions parties such as what for inspiring now and in the media the radical islamist. extremist groups kind of creating ready political parties now and into political limelight where they can actually probably and propagate the ideology go beliefs or would be a political needs in these. country. and counting task is underway in india which is just held the world's biggest ever election the latest exit polls suggest the current prime minister who's being touted as a man of the people is on course for a landslide victory. looks at why his rival dubbed the candidate of the elite has

apparently failed to make inroads. an election in a country that's home to at least $1300000000.00 people takes a while 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 tea at 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 a. bit of both of those. 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 mighty indian national congress party really pulled the opposition strong men down and 29000 poll . not seen as a serious challenger to mr another. because di. misty is not it doesn't

appeal to the young people in the country anymore if you contrast that dynasty of. gandhi who let's see is that the 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 all in all go back what the costs will be see so given the fact that there is a lot of appeal for people coming from the very bottom and rising i think died on crossley you know that 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 play or independence from the elites who lead us from one financial and foreign policy disaster to another. 800 people what. do you have heard me talking of all the people will of. taking advantage of a do so go in go in. and he main task is to bring into the politics in our country a completely new people fresh decent people who actually care.

what if soome government hopefuls will begin misplacing there at the backgrounds just like some do with parts of their tax returns. always dealt another blow as japanese tech giant panasonic calls corp with a chinese citing u.s. restrictions more on that in a few moments. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to us from the world of politics sports business i'm showbusiness i'll see you then. after the previous stage of my career was over everyone wondered what i was going to do next. different clubs on one hand it is logical to go from fields where

everything is familiar on the other i wanted a new challenge and the fresh perspective i'm used to surprising. if you think. i'm going to talk about football not or else you can think i was going to do. by the way what is it that's like here. welcome back to the program japanese tech company panasonic has joined them as the . corporation with chinese giant toy over us was. the trauma demonstration accuse

the firm of spying for beijing something at the washington as a blacklist the job as a company that american companies cannot trade with it all comes amid an ongoing trade war between the us and china this is seen america impose tariffs on $200000000000.00 worth of chinese goods in retaliation plans to raise import tariffs to 25 percent from next month the spot between the world's 2 largest economies has led some insurers to try and boost morale with a rousing song that's gone viral. 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 some of the ongoing trade war with

beijing the companies say consumers will suffer from the tariffs adding a 25 percent tax increase on top of these tariffs would mean some working american families could pay a nearly 100 percent duty on their shoes this is unfathomable your proposal to add tariffs on all imports from china is asking the american consumer to foot the bill it is time to bring this trade war to an end a columnist richard wolffe discussed the impact of the trade war on china on artie's of boom bust you can get the full episode later here on r.t. in the meantime here's a quick preview. 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 increase tariffs on exports to the u.s. so businesses are making a smart decision to move manufacturers and production over to probably thought their neighbor but how much of it has to do with tariffs for companies both 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 our of sun 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 mean 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. and submerged but since january u.s. democrats have splashed twice the cash donald trump has on online ads at the same time they're making a big some adults about rejecting big bucks from lobbyists when it comes to funding their 2020 presidential campaigns a little pin takes a closer look. from left wingers like bernie sanders to centrists like joe biden and tamala harris democrats are expressing a unified message of discussed about money and politics i mean i sat with bernie i'm the guy that told them you should accept any money from a super pac because people can't possibly trust you how are middle class guy except if you except so i've actually made a decision since i had that conversation that i'm not going to accept corporate pac

checks i think most americans actually agreed that we need to get money out of politics pete bougie has promised to give back the money he received from corporations kemal harris has made similar statements but here's the thing perhaps they don't get direct funding from corporations but they have a cozy relationship with super pacs those are political action committees that are not legally required to disclose their donors let's not forget joe biden's wisdom from a few years back lobbyist are bad people special interest groups are not bad people but guess what they're corrosive. people who accept money from them or bad people but it's human nature well it may not be being broadcast on prime time television but many top democrats have a very close relationship with big financial interests take amala harris for example she has a super pac of her own that is very close with the bank known as citigroup and catamarans the banks managing director even hosted

a fundraiser for camilla harris at his apartment as a gesture of friendship kemal even shook hands with his dog pete boot as she has been hanging out with charles meyer at the wall street banking exactly 2 of them have been munching on deli sandwiches kirsten gillibrand seems to be particularly close to big pharma she's already had a fundraiser at the home of a pfizer exec and at this point mark last read the wall street money manager is boasting that he's already met with 10 different democratic candidates at the end of the day candidates need money in the past there was no candidates who didn't come to new york chicago l.a. for money today there are 2 candidates who owns doing that and is it with warren and bernie some does yes when the cameras are rolling the democrats want to fight against wall street and stand up for that forgotten american middle class however behind closed doors they want to get particularly cozy with the big daddies of american finance capital and in the age of social media that's

a lot harder to conceal well this goes to show you yet again the breathtaking incoherence of the democratic message keep in mind that many of these folks many if not all are very very wealthy and when you hear people who decry you and rail against big money and we're finding out how they're tapping into silicon valley wall street banks the big money the big money people it goes to show you that they're just like everybody else i just can choose to lovable progress. liberal trying to get by with a paucity of funds and end if you can help me as we as we fight corporate industrial greed while behind the scene there on the phone if you. could meet with you 1xw5w and 20000000 help me anybody else take your money they're

no better or no worse than anybody else their politicians. and up to 9 30 am here in moscow we're backing off an hour with the day's top headlines in the meantime worlds apart it's come up next. this is a story about what happens austria stray bullets kills a young girl in the streets. what happens to her family and daughters in florida the mother daughter is buried in a cemetery in meaning messes with your head what happens to the community the public was screaming for a scapegoat the police needed a scapegoat so why not choose a 19 year old black kid with a criminal record who better to pen this than him and what happens in court be.

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facilities ranged along its bangs. and mouth and your muscle. limber. you do 3 things. in life is the mind of the. room 4000 rice fields and supplies drinking water to 25000000 people. we are not shy to talk about. chinese navy navy actually we have but it's clear i need a century a. military. would even clued a 1st the close the chinese navy.

all. hello and welcome to the party one of the most chinese fables these days. tigers clashing in a monkey. ass promising as it may be for those watching china and the united states over the technological is it realistic to expect. between the world's largest economies will not everybody will to discuss that i'm now joined by salvatore associate professor in sociology and social paul.