it. making history becomes the 1st sitting u.s. president to enter north korea and he was there for a hastily organized meeting with its leader came. something that previously led to a stalemate in talks. i'm looking forward to take you more. on this country looking forward. to. trade war cease fire between the u.s. and china and positive steps in relations with moscow and washington the g 20 summit in japan schools a few heads. meeting was good business like we discussed the whole of interest to russia and the united states and we had a really great actually we had a great discussion. a tremendous discussion. and the

last time the iran nuclear deal european signatories launched a new payment system to bypass u.s. sanctions on the islamic republic. watching the weekly on r.t. international line from our moscow studio with me welcome to the program president makes history becoming the 1st sitting u.s. leader to enter north korea he briefly stepped across the border while meeting the north. for an impromptu summit between the pad pyongyang and didn't get together would actually happen right until the last moment but the leaders shook hands across the border at the korean demilitarized zone one of the most heavily fortified borders in the world kim said he was surprised that donald trump's offer to meet it was announced on twitter. trump's presence there was

a great sign of willingness for relations to improve trump himself described it as a great honor. my honor. really expected the g 20 we came. here. we got to really step. further i'm joined by senior correspondent. moment obviously it was pretty amazing to watch really fascinating actually as we were watching the cameras on that. describe the meeting as being productive but there is certainly no easy fix here is there what do you think are the potential stumbling blocks ahead well positions in the united states a change but nevertheless it is historic moment trumping the 1st u.s. president sitting u.s. president to step on to north korean territory. this is especially apt because

the talks between the united states and north korea had stalled in recent times there was no progress being made on denuclearization they had a chat a long chat trump of course called it great calls many things great but when it comes to specific details there weren't that many agreements but then again this is trump and the president of north korea they aren't going to work out any technical specifics what they did agree on is to restart talks they'll have special working groups that will gather together negotiators and this is why i see the position has changed trump is no longer hurrying things he's saying speed is not of the essence a comprehensive plan details of the essence and needs these 2 working groups will now begin to look at what the 2 sides can agree on certain things that you know the nuclear. nation here perhaps sanctions relief there they'll be looking at small

things to build up the bigger things so when the 2 meet next they'll be the be something to report they'll start eating in 2 or 3 weeks time but one of the biggest problems is still there and that is sanctions. they're saying on a minute some point look i'm looking forward to taking what i don't like sanctions bring on this country i'm looking forward but the sanctions remain useful but at some point during the negotiation things can happen and that's what we'll be talking about and sanctions is a real sticking point reportedly was because of sanctions last time that when the 2 leaders met the talks ended 2 hours early. nothing was agreed on almost politically depressing afterwards we had south korean media saying that north korea's negotiators had been executed later on it emerged that they

hadn't but. well we want to know what north korea's position is on this what do you think they want out of it well the north koreans obviously want sanctions relief. they need sanctions relief they've been intense sanctions for many decades and those have intensified in 2008 you've got hunger you've got lack of basic necessities the entire country is basically an outcast international outcast because of these comprehensive sanctions and the u.n. the u.s. senate on thursday passed the defense bill amended to include provisions for strengthening sanctions against north korea. this is a manifestation of the most extreme hostile acts by the united states although you speak clearly to the fact that the world dream of the united states to bring us to our knees by means of sanctions and pressure has not changed at all but grows even

more undisguised. trump did however mention that sanctions for now they'll stay in place but there is the possibility that will be lifted sometime soon if there is concrete progress being made and he said he doesn't think that sanctions will be intensified and he's done soon yeah he says he doesn't think it presents time he says sanctions can be lifted to a process of negotiation how likely is it to happen and how long is that going to take well again as i said denuclearization doesn't happen overnight they're both sides suspicious of each other very suspicious and i would say for good reason politically the united states has a history of convincing nations to denuclearize and then sometime later they get invaded by the by the united states or by nato allies so the north koreans a very very. concerned about that obviously the americans

a concern that this isn't the 1st denuclearization effort they have been many efforts by many u.s. presidents and they all at the end of the day collapse north korea promises something it doesn't happen. very suspicious of each other. we don't expect. to of the truth that's why we're going to verify any denuclearization that takes place that's why we will ensure that we see actual on the ground on the ground outcomes we're not going to take anyone's word for it and again very fine anything on the ground is going to take time getting anyone that verify things in on the ground is going to take and changing it in north korea to denuclearize as i say it doesn't happen overnight there's huge technical challenges and guarantees need to be in place nevertheless this is a historic meeting with 1st sitting u.s. president to step on to north korean territory. well we're going to say very

unpredictable as we know we've seen this a lot thanks senior correspondent as death. how ways to political scientist joseph chang thinks that sanctions are the most contentious part of the talks. lanse some of the leaders here not at t. march exactly because of adequate preparations and it's certainly can cause damage from the naacp or polls anything new you see the crux of the issue is donald trump and the surge and demands are complete the universe the ball and there is fire ball dealing corrosion on of our own before it will consider the look in ascensions this is not it sucked the ball from huge in one's own real genuine circling one some intermediate are agreements some kind of.

buy stage are agreements so much so that these are shown lifting of the sanctions can be achieved within a very very short period of time but not all nor strong indicator from donald from are ready and willing to meet their kind of step. more diplomatic efforts now this time between moscow and washington or president putin trying to create a whole new arms control talks and american land says a trade war trace with china the g 20 summit which wrapped a pasta in japan seems to find out some of the tensions facing the world. was in a socket for us. you may like it or not but the 20 year round table isn't the biggest summit attention grabber the reality is that everyone is keen to know what happens at the so-called buy a last and the one that the media was hungry for the most happen on friday the face

to face between donald trump and vladimir putin's one and a half hours behind closed doors or wait the journalists were there just for a little bit at the very beginning not to the delight of mr trump. and to a cleese trying to make american journalists leave him alone on one particular matter donald trump said this. was. going to bring a whole. soon after time after time the president's kept repeating how happy they war with how they got along the meeting was good and

business we discussed a whole area of issues which are of interest to russia and the united staes we spoke about their economic relations russia sees that american businesses are interested in developing better relations with russia we had a discussion we had a great actually we had a good discussion president putin most of it was really a tremendous discussion i can see trade going out with russia we could do fantastically well we do very little trade with russia which is ridiculous frankly so from now on the top diplomats of russia and america will be working together on a new framework for global arms control plus the administration's agree. to join afterwards to boost mutual trade and donald trump is considering coming to moscow in may next year he was invited there for the victory celebrations another leader who got an invitation by the kremlin was emmanuel macron and we found out

here and saw mr mccausland won't have a problem with saying hello when he comes to russia. so as you can see great vibes that that late night meeting to like when putin was with you case to resume a for the 1st time in 3 years london is set to remain an cold war mode with moscow the good news though is those who were in panic mode because of u.s. china trade wars can breathe with relief for now we're going to continue the negotiation we agreed that i would not be putting tariffs on the $325000000000.00 that i would have the ability to put on if i wanted to have a tremendous relationship with president nobody else would have the deal that we were getting tens of billions of dollars from china coming in indeed donald trump

paying by a lad worked its magic no new import tariffs for the time being and further talks to try and and the trade wars all together now everyone who is really making this planet spin angle maracle shinzo abi mohamed bin. and aired on who by the way heard for the 1st time from donald trump that washington wasn't treating fairly sometimes got their fair share of headline making by a lats and we as journalists got to know. quite a few amusing moments here and also.

the european union has launched a new payment system aimed at helping it's. wrong brussels is at odds with washington after the u.s. unilaterally ditched the 2015 landmark a new care court and reintroduced a strict trade restrictions the sanctions busting tool is called the european financial settlement mechanism in washington threatens to sanction any country that buys all from iran tehran responded by increasing its production of flowing. and threatens to produce near weapons grade levels if it's not guarded from the u.s.

sanctions. america's campaign of pressure on toronto and that there are foreign minister violating international law and resorting to politics with his threats to obliterate iran. president. and threatened iran with obliteration attacks anything american when asked about the possibility of a war with iran he boasted that it would be a quick affair but said that he doesn't want one. on friday the u.s. sent more stealth fighters to the persian gulf military deployment already that the president of iraq has spoken out against this he warned that he won't allow the u.s. to use his country to launch any kind of military action against neighboring countries the american troops the coalition troops in iraq again at the invitation of the iraqi government for the specific exclusive mission of frighten isis we do not want

our territory to be a staging post for any hostile action against any of our neighbors including iran and the u.s. secretary of state my pompei are things that won't be down to anything the united states has done if war breaks out. america's do everything it can to deescalate if there is conflict there is war there is a comerica cuba because the arabians made that choice the pressure or the approach that the americans or their allies have had toward iran has impact that this behavior iran now we are in this coalition more in the region as a result of the united states withdrawal from the nuclear deal and then followed by a maximum pressure against iran on the one side we're seeing the americans talking about the goetia on the other hand they're using mother to threats as well as economic war against the country this shows inconsistency as well as i think

ambiguity in their policies because i think donald trump is enjoying advisors who have conflict viewpoints towards iran and other international issues and this has caused this broad chaos to the white house in relation and is of iran the solution in the region needs cooperation and talks and diplomacy between different sides in the region this is the argument of iran i want to add that sparks outrage in pakistan by challenging traditional values and promoting gender equality the story a little after the break. the reason that they have not attacked iran so far it's not that they didn't want but i would say that they couldn't do it thinking of a short and quick war with iraq but i would say that that would not be the case

trump said that if they wanted to they would have killed about $150.00 people in the rain and sides but the question comes to me is that america is a country in the past by nuclear bombs do they really care about killing 150. you know world big. lot and it's time. to dig deeper to hit the stories that made history refuses to tell more than we need to be smart we need to stop slamming the door. 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 for watching closely watching the hawks.

welcome back to the un special rapporteur on torture has once again highlighted his concerns over the case of julian assange which this week a accuse the media ignoring the alleged inhumane treatment that he's found by refusing to publish an article he wrote about his findings. argues that has been a slanted to divert attention from the revelations that wiki leaks helped expose he also says the whistleblower has been deprived of his fundamental rights and suffered for psychological torture and his time in the ecuadorian embassy in london mr ellsworth told us why he thought the media had refused to publish his article. some of them said it wasn't high enough on their news agenda some of them said that it was not within their core area of interest but you know there have been reporting all of them on the case of julian assange when it was about his cat and

his skateboard and kind of the allegations that he smeared excrement on the walls but when you have a serious piece that actually tries to damascus this public narrative to actually show the facts below it then the modern troops that kill innocent is currently serving a 15 week sentence in the u.k. back in 2012 he's also expected to face a u.s. extradition hearing in february next year last month mr moussa highlighted a sanchez prison conditions as a major concern there was a blow it was said to show an alarming deterioration in his mental and physical state the u.k. responded by saying it was wrong to interfere and should leave it to british courts to make their judgments here's an els melzer again on the suffering that julian assange has faced. i knew that i was going to get into a very politicized environment when i visited during the songs i didn't know him before so i took with me 2 experienced medical experts of psychiatry and the

forensic expert and have worked for decades in examining quarter 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 we're going to be in a debate when it's 2 side it's been 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 of shaming of humiliation of ridicule of even death threats and calls for his assassination and he's completely isolated then that can cause severe psychological trauma and r.t. sort comment from the news media list of files by asking them why the article wasn't published at all showing that the response is significant for. the advocate

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minister of pakistan we want aerial cloth washing detergents banned in pakistan immediately for driving and spreading anti islamic campaigns through media we are the number of experts whether they're detergent and was right to push the boundaries of social norms in pakistan. i don't think it's a big u.s. companies job to insert themselves into pakistani culture or if it was women speaking up against their own culture that would be one thing but i feel that it's very wrong for a western company to come in and insert themselves in a culture that maybe isn't adapted the same way that american culture has and a lot of these women it has been their position and their desire to see a change within their country their desire has been for women to have more rights to you know education to financial stability financial empowerment that's come from within the culture so for these women to be on the commercial simply gives them

a platform to add enhanced their voice that they've already been using this kirshner may set back that agenda this commercial may set back that initiative for these women this commercial may create children are you married at the age of would it be a gallon can it be i understand how much but we're not sure brady and jane are going to have marilyn company in jail getting them said are willing to you know why why you came saying how i see any women i think they're really pushing the envelope when they're dealing with sharia law and just like i don't want sharia law to come here to one merica and take over my western american values i don't necessarily think i think it's very confrontational to go into a country that does have shari'a and insert western values there has never in the history i'm just as if you're going to acknowledge that i'm type of knowledge that without women in america who are willing to speak you're not going to acknowledge if we were in america in the 1928 it were not about women sitting up it was not

america up against not america if we were in america at its peak you would tell that it is and not to marilyn to speak up against play very because it would put people at risk of being lynched. will take over and around 30 minutes time with global updates to stay with us. it's hard to take some from somebody if you know have someone replacing. we're going to do this interview today and all these markets open then they take me. serious. so i'm going to tell you stop selling drugs if we'll hire someone to put

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just. the baby. it was. cool and welcome to worlds apart of the years a rainy and tan sions have long become a staple of the middle east politics separated as usual with verbal assaults and

seasons of the sanctions but the latest round of altercations also brought in something new serious assaults on oil tankers in the gulf of oman and most recently called off strikes on 3 iranian targets somebody is clearly playing with fire in this already smoldering region but what for people to discuss that i'm now joined by abbas a slimy iranian journalist and political analyst mr slimy it's good to talk to you thank you very much for coming over into our studio is good to be with you now compared to last week it looks like the world has avoided a major escalation between the washington and tehran president trump proudly called off a strike on iranian facilities against the counsel of most of his security advisers we have been told aren't you glad there is such a cautious and doll vish president in the white house. you know i

think the reason that they have not attack iran so far is not that they didn't want but i would say that they couldn't do it because they cannot predict what would happen in the aftermath of such a military conflict with iran trump is thinking of a short and quick war with iran but i would say that that would not be the case and lots of things can happen iran can close the strait of hormuz this can be traced to other parts of the region including the gulf of other than iran can use its proxy forces its missile capacity it has cyber attacks as well as different tools like resuming the. let's say. capacity or potential that the country has but. i would say that the americans if they could have if they could they would have targeted iran and the rain and sides they didn't because they could and let's talk about this suppose it a promise for this council to attack it was the iranian taking down of an american

navy drone which at least according to the russian intelligence happened within the rainy and air space if that's indeed the case then iran had. so over the right to do what it wanted to do. johnson you think that that might have been the reason that spoke trump that they suppose it causes bally for the strike is so weak this is something according to the reports been hearing from american me that they said that they refrain to do so because they thought they felt that they thought that it happened in inside the iranian airspace iran clearly and transparently announced that because the drone interred into iran in the airspace they target that they wanted to send a warning to the united states by saying that if they aggressive in the territory they will target that trump said that if they wanted to attack they would have killed about $100.00.