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paper recycling. the u.n. special. prison wiki leaks founder julian assange media fusing to publish an article. some of the. more. some of them said. welcome to r.t. international just after 2 pm here in the russian capital on 8 in the evening in osaka japan where we start this hour president vladimir putin. talked arms control the situations in venice and ukraine on the summit sidelines of the g. 20 summit the meeting behind closed doors. lasted around an hour and

a huff is their 1st face to face meeting since the more report cleared the american leader of collusion with russia in the 2016 presidential campaign mr trump jokingly responded to a journalist question 1st off whether he would warn his counterpart not to meddle in next year's u.s. presidential election. really really really. really really really really really really. really really. you know. who's been following developments all day long at this summit just after 1 pm there the lion's share of talks will have concluded by now is still some. what's your take from the opening exchanges. you didn't holo well the screaming that you just heard from the american

journalists was about the meddling again i can tell you that it seems that some u.s. media organizations the only thing that they care about is to make sure that their president keeps telling off warning vladimir putin that. mustn't mental and the u.s. allies and this is the explanation to the scene that you've just seen that we've just shown you while i can tell you that shortly after they get together of lattimer putin and donald trump we heard from the advisor the russian president this is potentially a very big story he said that donald trump's reaction to an invitation to attend the celebrations of world war 2 victory in moscow next year donald trump's reaction to that according to the adviser was very positive for now we don't understand what

exactly that means and for now we don't have the confirmation from the u.s. side but this could be one of the biggest stories when it comes to the outcomes of this g. 20 what if donald trump agrees to go to russia what if that's going to be fully fledged state visit next year. we don't know a little earlier we heard from the white house station and some of the details of what was discussed and what was said in that room we understand that iran venezuela ukraine and syria were brought up and also the issues of disarmament the 2 leaders are saying that the countries are ready to continue working on some kind of new framework when it comes to arms control arms control story and donald trump is making it clear that washington also once beijing to be involved in that process and the 2 leaders also agreed that the whole world would benefit if moscow and

washington finally start getting along with each other now you may have expected some kind of breakthroughs from the things that were said during that short period when the journalists were allowed in that room well instead this kind of exchange sounded quite formal. great honor it with president bush. his representative my representative he admitted. including really into the. disarmament. protectionism regarding the way we're going to discuss a lot of different things. i can't disagree with the president we have something to discuss all topics have been. we have not seen each. other who have been working together they gave us

a great opportunity to photo op it's. something that didn't appear to be formal at all was when the 2 the leaders entered the hall where the traditional g 20 family photo ceremony was taking place the camera zoomed in on vladimir putin and donald trump as they were walking shoulder to shoulder and the american leader even tapped his russian counterpart on the back now there was another highlight on the sidelines of the g. 20 on friday that was the 1st ever no sorry not ever but the 1st meeting of the russian president and the u.k. prime minister in 3 years and tell you what nothing seemed to be positive about that one the journalists were allowed weren't allowed to hear anything that was happening in the room where the talks took place and the british media.

caught up with to resume a shortly after the talks were over the also heard from the downing street spokeswoman and the message from them was that the u.k. has irrefutable evidence that russia was behind the screwball poisoning and the reason may even stay. that business as usual with russia can no longer take place and that is still the case given what russia has been up to all around the world and the prime minister says that this kind of behavior could never be repeated and that the u.k. still wants to see the 2 individuals responsible brought to justice so even though. just before he came to osaka said that he wants the page to be turned when it comes to the relations between london and moscow london continues to

say that that this point it is not possible whatsoever. and we have thanks very much for talking us through all of certainly an eventful day was the g. 20 summit in osaka chip. well it is not all talks and high level diplomacy going on in. you have to calm down a little bit too don't you leaders have arrived for a traditional japanese theater performance. dinner and there's the meetings going on now but after that it is back to business for the russian president he's expected to meet with his french side korean counterparts before the day is right. now among the biggest problems for the g. 20 this rush are the deep divisions over that word tariffs on sanctions russia china india they have all reaffirmed their opposition to protectionism you know

after elections on trade restrictions the russian president spoke about how the brics group of nations that's brazil russia india china and south africa can join forces to ensure a more stable and for economic reality. happy to say we can go to journalist business commentator thomas fassbender for his take on the group of 20 summit your welcome to the program alluded to earlier in the year moscow and beijing agreed to drop the dollar in bilateral trade and use their national currencies instead it seems to have been pushed on a little bit during this summit as well do you think it is sustainable that idea. well it's necessary because as we have seen. america is said to show its muscle in the increasing economical military and political rivalries. increasingly mark the relations between the continents europe between you raised on

the one side and between the us on the other side. there is the perceived negative effect of free trade from the perspective of washington there is the reproached or germany and china at the european union but primarily to germany because of the us deficit and there is of course the european union europe as such which is getting more and more stuck in between a rock and a hard place i would say it's very difficult to keep up for europe in this busy quagmire of opposing rivalry interests where really war isn't civil wars and military aspects and trade and economies getting more and more mixed trade wars economic stability there are really the 2 key issues out this summit billions

of dollars at stake over the outcome this week and not just for the players involved it will have a knock on effect for the globe do you think there will be significant movement on this or will it be business as usual i don't think it will be more more business as unusual. that the free trade. are in on the defensive simply because the u.s. sees itself as the loser from the free trade decades i would say and for the free trade proponents it becomes very difficult they say that the sum total of free trade is more beneficial for everybody so an on on the top of you yes but free trade as seen by the u.s. has also. it's price and it's rick tims and the u.s. feel that with their recently negative trade balance as they are footing the bill for others to become rich a i think we can expect over the next couple of days that tariffs and sanctions will be spoken of by vladimir putin has has criticised them

as being politically motivated at times he ses are the reason international trade suffers your view on that well of course international trade suffers but for some people and for some strategists the political gains from containment from sanctions are more important. economic well being this plays out with respect to or to russia with this plays out with respect to iran and in a way the increasing tariffs put up by washington also another form of sanction so again i'd point to or the mix of political and economic aspects and it's us very and increasingly difficult to keep one apart from the other the picture becomes more complicated and money thank you very much for your taken this hour we've been speaking to former businessman and current journalist dr thomas fassbender live in the program thank you. all right moving the program on no it's

more global news one of britain's largest waste management firms being convicted for attempting to send contaminated rubbish to china very much a developing story this 7 shipping containers were stopped after the u.k. environment agency find that they contained high sold waste instead of paper for recycling inspectors said the rubbish gave off a pungent vomit like smell but the story sure a different. ever wondered what happens to your rubbish at the end of the day or where those carefully placed for cycling in several bins actually ends up well for you is much of it was being shipped off to less developed countries china in particular but now it looks like the tight is turning.

now it turns out that a u.k. firm has been caught red handed trying to use this as a loophole to export contaminated with cereals this company a big waste services has been convicted after a spot check discovered a host of unsanitary items amongst the $725.00 ton load contain is that would do you to be shipped to china instead of waste paper the investigators found human waste used nappies condoms and cemetery towels amongst a host of other don't pay pal items such as plastic the u.k. environment agency described the smell from the container as

a moment like its welcome to the 3rd act the regulations we use were brought in to stop the west's marilee pos and the problem to other countries it was commonplace in the 970 s. and eighty's for developed nations to send vast amounts of waste to brought the waste contains offensive material likely to have been discarded by the receiving contrie at great risk and cost to the environment and people the guilt of your digs justify our decision to prosecute. bayfront remains adamant that he did nothing wrong and says the real problem is actually down to a lack of clear guidance for the industry overall more acceptable levels of purity are we strongly contested this case and are very disappointed with this outcome the materials we supplied commanded market lead in prices and where maj both international industry and customer standards the environmental agency has been continually asked to specify

a required level of purity by both the industry and in one instance the court of appeal and the feeler to do so is a breach of its responsibilities to the market in the absence of any a guidelines are products always met the standards set by our customers and provided a route to recycling in an environmentally sound manner so as countries like china cracked down on taking care of the west's inability or unwillingness to deal with its own rubbish the question is what. next solar jeevan ski otty high wycombe. well disposing of other countries' waste has sparked better disputes in the past the recent past that that's the philippines has urged canada to take back talk of high school rubbish wrongly labeled as recycled materials the malaysian government voted to send back up to 100 tonnes of contaminated plastic waste to australia vuln hernandez from the break free from plastic movement says

developing countries are being used as a dump site. we've seen in cases. in malaysia for example where it's important to go up in so-called illegal operations and these are called called . open burning and this opened. in a village in indonesia that's been a leading destination. coming from. the us we've seen for example. once gleam or cultural. score in the dumping grounds. woman from the u.s. state of alabama who lost her unborn baby when she was shot in the stomach during an altar cation is now being charged with manslaughter elise believes the woman is guilty for putting herself on the child at risk for initiating

a dispute. the only true victim in this was the unborn baby it was the mother of the child who initiated and continued the fight which resulted in the death of her own unborn baby that child is dependent on its mother to try to keep it from home and she shouldn't seek out unnecessary physical altercations ok here's the details marché jones was 5 months pregnant when a fight broke out i decide to store the shooter was initially charged with manslaughter but then acquitted after an investigation found she was acting in self defense police say it was mr jones who initiated the fight allegedly in a dispute over the baby's father well the decision comes shortly after alabama or theorize that controversial abortion bill you may remember the bill was signed in may is now is said to be one of the harshest in the u.s. it bans abortion at any stage of pregnancy even in the case of rape or incest and

criminalizing the procedure both for women and for doctors it's still unclear whether the bill will become law miss jones has no being released on bail but the case sparked outrage. marcia jones was pregnant when she was shot in the stomach while in a fight with another woman over the baby's father the fetus died now she's been charged with murder the laws are unjust she must not be charged alabama is one of the most dangerous places in the country for a black woman trying to carry her pregnancy to term and this prosecution is just one more attack on the basic human rights and dignity of black women in our state the antiabortion addition of does have many supporters in alabama and for their failed opponents believe it should be enshrined in law prompting the move an historic stop for human life attorney evan turk believes however it's on for a woman can be charged for losing a child it's a very interesting case where it's linking the rights of borsch into.

manslaughter under alabama's new abortion laws we're just going down. the 1st of many things which seem to be quite contradiction to the case roe v wade which is being decided by the supreme court i believe it's extremely unfair an unprecedented that there are going to try to charge her for manslaughter for the loss of her child in an altercation has not been heard before and it seems as if the state of alabama is trying to test new waters i don't think the outrage is going to have the state of alabama to reconsider those absolutely not i think it is the outrage is what they're looking for water to in my opinion to see this case possibly overturn roe v wade so i think they're counting on the outrage.

still ahead the un's expert on torture slams the media for refusing to publish an article. on the case of wiki leaks founder julian assange. you know world's big partners through the muck and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that mainstream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smarter we need to stop slamming the door on the bad and shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now we're watching closely watching the

hawks. we're going to st petersburg international economic forum and the topic of our panel is are we witnessing a paradigm shift in the global economic order the answer of course is yes it's a matter of degree. globalization period that we have is that all over the be a new globalization period that will be networked driven i predict that america will become a subscription service like netflix you will subscribe to america and they have to offer you a value proposition to keep your subscription alive. and other big story of the day plenty all of them this friday the european union is expected this signed today whether it will keep to the hard for 2015 iranian

nuclear deal the united states paul died all the landmark accord last year introduced sanctions on tehran iran is now warning it will surpass the agreed limit of its uranium enrichment artie's europe correspondent peter all of her brings us up to speed. well the iranian side is saying this is the last chance saloon for the 2015 iranian nuclear deal we understand that should they go over that limit it's pretty much curtains for the whole nuclear deal we expected to fall apart not why people of come here from all different sites still part of the deal to try and hammer out a solution here in vienna what we understand though is going to be put forward by the european side is a shock to the all the financial shot in the arm to the styx system now this was put in place and backed up by germany france and the united kingdom to try and shield a rainy and companies and european companies from crippling u.s. sanctions on doing business with iran essentially allowing them to circumvent those

sanctions and continue to do trade with the iranian side what we've been hearing from the the europeans they're desperate to see a diplomatic solution to the impasse over the iran deal with tehran the paradox is that we see an international community or some of them that is becoming more tender with the one who already has nuclear weapons and who is threatening and harder with iran who has already been controlled since 2015 where is the coherence the strategy of maximum pressure can be the right one because one of the consequences is that we are all talking about how serious the situation is and that there is a danger of war this is the time for diplomacy we have to ensure that these tensions are reduced because otherwise an event without it being clear who caused it could lead to spiral of violence that and in a war well that's the european view the united states has a very different view on the situation following attacks on oil tank is that

washington is blamed on tehran and the shooting down of a u.s. drone over the gulf this has led to a increasing city between washington and tehran iran. hostile actions are an international problem that affects many nations let me be clear the united states does not seek war with iran. in focus conversations with allies i discuss the need to internationalize this issue by encouraging nato allies and regional partners to voice their opposition to iran's bad behavior and to help us deter further provocative acts well the meeting here in austria set to get underway around noon local time any developments come out all thoughts of course i'll be bringing them to you here on off to. the un special rapporteur on torture has once again highlighted his concerns over the case of julian assange on this now accusing the media of ignoring the alleged inhumane treatment of the wiki leaks

founder by refusing to publish an article he wrote about his findings needles melzer argues that. slumbered to divert attention from the revelations wiki leaks has helped expose he also says the whistleblower has been deprived of his fundamental rights and suffered full fledged psychological torture during his time in the ecuadorian embassy in london i spoke earlier to mr meltzer. some of them said it wasn't high enough on their news agenda some of them said bad it was not within their core area of interest but you know there have been reporting all of them on the case of doing enough when it was about his cats and his skateboard and kind of the allegations that he smeared excrements on the walls but when you have very serious piece that actually tries to the mosque. this public narrative and to

actually show the facts below it then the mob interested. she is currently serving a 50 week sentence in the u.k. for skipping bail back in 2012 he's expected to face a u.s. extradition hearing in february. well in may neil's melzer highlighted is prison conditions as a major concern the whistleblower was said to show an alarming the teary aeration in his mental and physical state u.k. responded saying melzer should know it interfered leaving it to quote british courts to make their judgments here's now as military can on the suffering mr sanchez face. i knew that i was going to get into a very politicized environment when i visited it i didn't know him before so i took with me to experienced medical experts of psychiatry and the forensic expert that have worked for decades in examining torture victims just to go to the objective scientific medical basis for my assessment and what they found is

a person who shows all the symptoms that are typical for a person who has been exposed to prolonged psychological torture he has been exposed to public more being now that's a slippery slope you know. in a debate when it's 2 side it's more being basically something like mudslinging that's not torture yet but when you start exposing a isolated individual who cannot defend himself to a sustained campaign shame of humiliation ridicule of even death threats and calls for his assassination and he's completely isolated then that can cause severe psychological trauma well r.t. sort comments from the news media listin by asking them why the article wasn't published at least giving a reason for that we'll show you the response as soon as we get them. meetings

greetings galore at the summit of the world's richest countries and we have been going through it but what actually gets sort of the g 20 politicking gets to grips with right now. donald trump hits the ground in japan for the g. 20 summit his 3rd as president is the stronger or weaker entering this one we're taking a look on this edition of politics. welcome to politicking i'm matthew cook in for larry king donald trump is in osaka japan along with other world leaders for the annual g 20 summit on the schedule for mr trump a face to face with chinese president xi jinping over trade and a meeting with saudi crown prince mohammed bin bin solomon against the backdrop of a u.n. iranian crisis does the president enter this his 3rd g 20 summit stronger or weaker than his previous summits and what does mr trump need to accomplish for this to be considered a success let's talk about that with our 1st guest he's former u.s.

representative chris shays republican from connecticut he served as senior member of the finance and homeland security committees and was chairman of the government oversights national security committee with jurisdiction over both the defense department and the state department he joins me from washington d.c. chris welcome to the program thank you so let's talk about mr trump at the g. 20 summit what does he need to accomplish there and what do you fear he'll do. you know this is a really difficult conversation for me because. what do you think they think of this president he signs a statement when he's in france and everybody puts their names in the very bottom and he writes his name on the break top of the of the you know the protocol the agreement i think they have no respect for the man i think they're just trying to figure him out and i think we don't know what's going to come come out of the meeting and frankly whatever he does i don't think.