back here again 15 feet apart at this point. among the stories that shape the week the russian and chinese president speak his attempt to dominate international trade in russia's northern petersburg biggest event. while the u.s. had spent with you sunk sions. recording suggests washington is feeling. the position against president. bush just to keep the opposition.

journalist warned of a threat to press freedom in australia after police raid the country's national broadcaster. the media. with the big stories from the past 7 days on rights help to the moment developments as well this is the weekly international hello and welcome to our top story. business leaders politicians from iran the world gathered in st petersburg for the international economic forum this week president putin china's xi jinping took center stage at the conference on friday but i want to show of unity and back to back speeches and offering their thoughts on trade relations with the united states r t sophie shevardnadze was moderating their q. and a session she joined our correspondent go to discuss the highlights.

why wouldn't you need him without any conditions or. did i refuse i wasn't invited . we know what kind of negotiate a trump is he's a wonderful businessman a fast tom unaids an existing contract and he stops playing by the rules then there are false negotiations and in the end he gets a deal which is favorable to him it was the same with nafta something similar happened to japan what will happen with you. maybe i have an answer to this question in my notes i. received it's good i asked it generally it's good that you here and asking questions now i was here last year the year before that this event was always moderated by western journalists this time though when it was you know questions

about russian meddling or russian interference but you had many other things to talk about that are very important for this world right now right behind it will only have one plenary session that was dedicated to russia to play into the american elections so i don't think it was more us going into that one more time and the time passed and we had the reports it was obvious to talk about that was that. there were a lot of things that we could have discussed in terms of china russian cooperation . palko for a shit person could impress and see they were 1st very diplomatic you know my question today what answer me straight forwardly that when i was asking them about the trade or because i didn't believe it is the most important economic topic of today between china and america they were sort of hitting hinting at. american sites starting war but they wouldn't be playing the americans are

a very diplomatic but both of them pretty much agreed that. they could not be that global war all the global economy and free trade with protectionism and isolationism and if you want to weave together in one world that we better do it together you were talking about trade wars that was of course the number one talk but because you were sitting right next to vladimir putin but chinese leader xi jinping now i just want to play you a segment of that discussion when the leaders. they were quite the metaphorical in the way the answer so peace question let's take it was. but you know if you're unhappy with fleas in your fur coat you can simply throw a fur coat into the oven it's that's and c. of us natural that if we were a new chairman she has explained the tariff as a fight between globalization and within my station levels and the question is what is moshe stand and fight economic superiority what you get this ship is

a good chinese proverb when the tigers are fighting in the valley a smart monkey sits out of the way and watches how and then. so you see the presidents are not giving me this but it's clear who they're talking about it it's clear that they are not the wall and swore initiating this called flip when it comes to the economic international battlefield play that's what i meant that were very diplomatic in their answers. because both of them are way too grand to actually point fingers at anyone in particular but i think will understand that they meant america and they meant that we didn't start the straight for america started and it's a mess that we need to clean up together because it is not a good thing for the world economy and then the we went on to talk about russian sanctions we've got to watch and sanctions are we got to that point

a bit later and the line up of the panel was very interesting as well because we had the leaders of. the biggest country russia the 2nd biggest economy china of course there's no disrespect to the smaller countries but the e.u. members that were there on the tunnel there are perhaps not the most important voices in brussels but still they have something very important to say and it was great to see how you dug into the matter with them they were saying that in many cases. even though they support the common position of the european union. in many cases they're against the and for worse and sanctions and this is not the way to go right but actually i wouldn't agree with you when you're saying that the voices don't really matter in the u. because the sanctions they're actually reenacted the latter so if their voices do

matter if either of them like i point out voted against the sanctions that the sanctions will be off so that was a very important point to to to to ask them and i mean you could tell that their hands are tied and they couldn't say that we really want the sanctions to be off that we are part of the european union but that's like the usual answer that you european representatives give and i mean we can understand them right because they're not in a position to go against civil unions but they're very clear about the message that it's crazy that even the people who are actually putting this out. plays. in 5 minutes are looking for ways to trade somehow with russia and this is double standards that shouldn't be taking place and it is better for everyone involved for the sanctions to be off and i believe it's very important that you were able to get this kind of answer from them. for. more global use now there is some relief for the citizens of

venezuela as the crisis there continues to drag old thousands have crossed into neighboring colombia to receive humanitarian aid but the border now reopened after 4 months of shotgun the colombian authorities say more than 30000 people moved across the border it was closed in february and this weekend president nicolas maduro is on position they don't want wide open purge to allow u.s. box humanitarian aid into the country but it comes as washington standoff with caracas isn't letting up new sanctions were slow on one of venice when the state owned oil companies on thursday but it seems the u.s. is still unsure about the future of president maduro that's because a leaked all the reporting suggests the u.s. secretary of state is finding it difficult to unite the fractured bendis within the opposition into one cohesive force. for instance. mike

pompei o. has been caught making some comments about venezuela that were not intended for the primetime viewers apparently he's not sure who would replacement their oh if his regime change efforts are successful. just to keep the opposition. groups devilishly difficult momentarily. everybody's going to be the. president of the. people. they're the rightful heir. pompei i was pretty clear about the fact that this discussion was not meant for public consumption so we did get a favorable response i was. this is what america's top diplomat said at the united nations when the lights were on and the cameras were rolling now we have a new leader. in venezuela who has promised to bring elections and constitutional order back to venezuela and security back to the region we cannot delay this critical conversation which has the world's attention for the sake of venezuela and

the region we must support the venezuelan people and do so right now though my pompei o isn't too concerned about what happens in venezuela after the current leadership is overthrown now let's not forget that the us meddling in the country's internal affairs is motivated purely by selfless humanitarian concerns about the people so after regime change there are 40 plus contenders who will then fight it out for power now does that remind you of any recent events in current history take for example the us invasion of iraq dick cheney said that it would go well my belief is we will in fact be greeted as liberators but there's been nothing but chaos and civil war in iraq since the usa invaded there are 288000 deaths so far and counting and dick cheney wasn't completely clueless listen to what he said in 1904 what you got to iraq and took it over and took down saddam hussein's government the money going to put in place for take libya hillary clinton was

delighted to hear that gadhafi had been put to the sword we came we saw you died but now even barack obama admits that toppling the libyan government didn't come with a game plan for what happens next what he considers his worst mistake as president probably failing to. plan for. the day after. what i think was the right thing to do in. the intervening. in libya but who needs planning right after all the people of venezuela would probably love to have their homeland go the way of iraq and libya nothing says freedom and liberation like having regime change followed by civil war and thousands of refugees fleeing for their lives it confirms something that we you know long suspected but you know now you know it is out in the open that the opposition is so internally divided washington you know would take over the figures like marco rubio who favor

a radical regime change scenario which involves effectively destroying the existing the institutional structure that has been built in venice where the you know in the words of john bolton that to open up venezuela's busy oil sector to us and you know to really return but as well to the pre 999 status quo where it was a reliable ally in the region and you know reliable agent of the u.s. opec to maintain a low while prices as u.s. diplomatic cables themselves acknowledge. that's another story we have been closely following concerns over press freedom have reverberated across australia following a series of police raids the 1st on a prominent journalist been on the country's national broadcaster a b c though the cases are not linked to police say this week sources are based on the disclosure of classified information. the criminalisation and crackdown on national security

journalism is spreading like a virus these suns president is already having affect journalists must unite and remember that courage is also contagious this police raid against our partners at a.b.c. is an attack on press freedom which we at the b.b.c. find deeply troubling the australian federal police rate race serious concerns about freedom of the press they could have a chilling in fact on the right of journalists to carry out their chops the scene might be expected in an authoritarian country but not in a democracy both stories were released over a year ago with the help of leaks the bases of files were revealed in $27.00 days on exposed possible war crimes by a stray in special forces in afghanistan based on a classified defense documents while the home of a nikka smethurst they political editor all of us truly a sunday telegraph was rated in relation to a story from 2018 she disclosed the government plan to expand its spying on us

trillion citizens the article relied on secret correspondence between ministries obtained from a whistleblower. dentistry in radio host revealed that the government has no also investigating how he obtained on or through rice data that boats filled with refugees had tried to reach just really a benefit for them said the focus of the probe is not all him but his source. about an hour after we shared the information we were told that the department of hama pays will investigate this disclosure i was told by a phase that on i'm not the target of this investigation it's about the people who were supposed to keep this stuff confidential well last year we know it's really a wide net scope for reading media organizations related to leaks of classified data honestly and free speech activists we spoke to thinks it's more alarming that the government is targeting those behind the leaks instead of that was allegedly committing crime and if it was

a very dedicated staff what message not see them stopping but this is very dangerous thing this generous and said. this is whether this was before las vegas the genesis question won't necessarily get to share with the sources that they are have used in terms of people's lives they are very much at risk which is the agenda and these arrests of these investigations the particular release of the file us has been something you know some of the dissolutions and for all those in the. history of the military the sense the revelation of this and also to be the grace fence rather than actually seen it on the s.a.t.'s and in france the issue has been more than those for v.-day of those crimes in this country really 6000 is getting its 1st new president in decades who

we report on sunday's landmark election right after this. greece has long positioned itself as a sovereign player within the e.u. it can stand up to brussels and put its foot down when it comes to its own national interests but when it comes to dealing with the trumpet ministration is the government just as ready to put hungary 1st. politicians to do something to. put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president. want.

to go right to the press this is what the 4 korean people. interested in the waters about. 17 minutes into the program you're very welcome voters in cassocks them off cast their ballots in the election that will produce the country's 1st new leader in 3 decades the exit polls are indicating that the nation's interim president has a considerable lead breaking down what we know. 2 independent pollsters have given their prognosis have given their 4 custis to who's

going to be the next president of kazakstan and well both of them give an overwhelming lead to the all time favorite of the race assumed to ca of the 2 pollsters give them just about a 70 percent lead so while it does look like a landslide but will just to give you a an idea as to who this person is well he's the appointee in the protege of the previous president of kazakhstan nursultan nazarbayev and it does seem that a lot of people that the majority of kazakhs they put their trust in the end this candidate and well i had a chance to ask him a question to ask him what he envisions for his country if he indeed becomes president here's what he told me the wrong kazakhstan there are so many challenges to situation the wrong the war is becoming increasingly tomatoes so we believe that hearing costarred we need to avoid reduce and pitfalls we need to meet our

challenges to come from outside or you know from you sorry but anyway we are believe there due to the we work with almost the people of cover star and will be successful parents we will all account now just to give you an idea as to how big of a deal this election for the people of kazakstan is on the survive has been the president of this country since the fall of the bua says side yeah it's been that long and this is the 1st election he hasn't taken part in so really the 1st new face at the helm of this country in decades and now it is really the numbers as to how many people showed up to cast their ballots they speak for themselves it's of a number of the the show the people who have chosen to spend their time and to cast their ballots has been that over 77 percent and it amounts to over 12. millions of people hate people here now i mean it has started to rain again so some luck i have

today but well this is the latest as to who is going to be the next president. successive canadian governments have been responsible for a race based genocide against the country's indigenous peoples that's according to a long awaited official inquiry which concluded monday the findings of the investigation into the murders and disappearances of operational women were made public now the sermon attended by prime minister justin trudeau on why he conceded that many mistakes have been made his initial reluctance to use the word genocide caused a new audience here many decades indigenous women and girls across canada have disappeared suffered violence or been killed. and our justice system has failed them. was.

was this is an uncomfortable day for canada. the report which is in title rick laming power place took more than 2 years to write the inquiry heard more than 2000 witness testimony sensei's that the abuse of indigenous people stems directly from canada's colonial past it also argues that they struggle to find legal redress due to difficulties navigating the criminal justice system the report states that the disappearances and deaths of thousands of indigenous women have like to go on recorded some estimates put the number of victims at over 4000 for the period between 192012 now the actual document itself is 1200 pages and includes numerous accounts of victims and their relatives here's one perhaps captures the scale of the problem.

i was hitchhiking and this was literally just a month and a half before my sister loretta was murdered she was texting me she was like what are you doing delilah this is not just one abrasion a woman or girl this is being considered a national epidemic there's a whole bunch of really you know problematic criminal activity as regards to indigenous women and girls and it's been on addressed for all of these decades until this inquiry show on a light on it i am calling on all canadians and in fact other countries around the world to put political pressure on both our federal government and all of our provincial governments to to do something and to actually investigate state actors who are complicit or directly involved in the murders exploitations and disappearances of indigenous women and girls this state has done nothing about it so they've been very complicit in the ongoing sexualized violence and murders of

indigenous women and girls but canadians haven't been able to put all of those pieces together until now. there has been on rist in hong kong with clashes breaking up between protesters and police hundreds of thousands attended demonstrations in the city on sunday to voice their anger over a proposed extradition of all. ah. the draft bill would allow a few tips to be sent to other jurist she's a doing me and showing that protesters carried signs calling for the resignation of the city's chief executive are you being a driving force behind the bill hundreds of riot officers sealed off hong kong's legislative council which is taking up the issue organizers claimed over a 1000000 people turned out across the city while the authorities say the number

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loan of welcome to well it's a part of hungary has long positioned itself as an independent player within the european union capable of putting its foot down and standing up to brussels when it comes to poor national interests but when dealing with the trump administration is there or been government equally forthcoming in putting hungry 1st to discuss that i'm now joined by the country's foreign affairs minister. this it's always a pleasure seeing you in russia thank you for your time and your half of the river now judging from your recent interviews one of the most popular words in your vocabulary is hypocrisy involved almost every time you're asked about congress relations with china this russia with the e.u.

itself is really so prevalent in your line of work well actually if you look at the european politics recently especially during the campaign of the european parliament elections you will see a big big portion of hypocrisy political correctness and unfortunately double standards and this specially when it comes to cooperation with china when it comes to cooperation the real russia and when it comes to internal issues of the european union. well sometimes you do have the feeling that some smaller member states. the same things for which some of those got praised you know and this is really something that we have to change that's why we are very vocal. about the future. of these debates in very actively. now the last time i heard you mention that when it was in relation to. central and eastern european countries willingness to do

business with china and you made the point that bigger countries like germany and france are far ahead in the game and yet for some reason they seem to be rather displeased about other countries willing to catch up how do you interpret that kind of criticism is a competition is it an effort to control is it something else. making business with china is pretty beneficial for everyone because the chinese companies are getting stronger and stronger. chinese investors. are. countries. no question about it i mean the old. laws from west to east looking for cheap labor knowledge base all of the changes regarding global economy. by companies as well at least as much as by western companies and if you look at the figures you know figures. the 11.

countries have a share of the 9.9 percent 11 countries 9.9 percent when it comes to the china trade and the 5 countries making the biggest business for china are of course of western european countries by germany which we have no problem i mean we why why do you think they have a problem with you know. they always criticize us for business just for the art of criticism. but you know what i'm telling you is that there are 16 months by chinese companies in hungary 1116. so the americans. there is in hungary immediately chinese investments so what we. know how so the thing is that we are always criticised.