you. think you're. making history donald trump becomes the 1st ever sitting u.s. president to enter north korea. meeting with kim jong moon the sanctions on the reclusive state remain for now an issue that's going to be led to a stalemate and. i'm looking forward to taking him on i don't like the sanctions being on this country i'm looking forward to the sanctions remain to. some of the stories that shape that we trade war cease fire between the u.s. and china and all sorts of steps in relations with moscow and washington g. 20 summit in japan was a few hits. the meeting was good and businesslike we discussed a whole range of issues that are of interest to russia and the united states so we

had a discussion we had a great actually we had a great discussion president put myself whether it was really a tremendous discussion. and a last ditch attempt to save the nuclear deal the european signatories launched a new payment system to bypass the u.s. sanctions on islamic republic. and what she wants to live from moscow with me daniel walk ins ready to me and from today thanks for joining us on the program. donald trump made history this sunday by becoming the 1st ever sitting u.s. president to enter north korea it took the momentous step while meeting with its leader kim jong un for talks apparently proposed just a day earlier the 1st ship in the demilitarized zone that's a buffer area between the 2 koreas before crossing the. they should line together

then spent the best part of an hour holding be gauche ations chairman kim said he was surprised that the american president suggestion to get together was weighed on social media he did add though that he believed the meeting was important mr trump for his part said he was delighted to have crossed into the north. since my honor. i didn't really expect to get rid of the g 20 we came over to take over here i want to hold him and we got to really step bigger 1st that was agreed on a lot of credit. to the president has just walked across the demarcation line that made him the 1st u.s. president to visit our country i believe just looking at this action this is an expression of his willingness to eliminate all the unfortunate past and open a new future breaking down the implications of that meeting is our senior correspondent more aggressive. trump said to himself the speed is no longer for the

essence they're now talking about progress rather than speed so in that vein they've now come up with working groups negotiation groups from the north korea from the united states they can get together and they try to find common areas whether they agree they're going to start meeting in 2 or 3 weeks so we'll see if progress comes from that but of course sanctions sanctions are the thing that really everything they're saying on memory or something or look i'm looking forward to taking what i don't like sanctions being on his country i'm looking forward to the sanctions remain useful but at some point during the negotiation things can happen and that's what we'll be talking about it is exactly because of sanctions that the last meeting between the 2 leaders north korean leader and trump that it came to nothing talks ended 2 hours early and afterwards this is politically quite

depressing because there was completely nothing that came out of it. as for north korea they have got the coup of getting a sitting u.s. president on to their land the 1st ever time what else what do they want to hear well donald trump said the north koreans want the sanctions to be lifted completely and he said that there's there's no way that that is going to happen and now the north korean foreign foreign affairs minister came out and said no we are asked to we asked for sanctions to be lifted partially and that the united states demanded something extra. to denuclearization to to go ahead and begin lifting sanctions which he said is an acceptable this is a manifestation of the most extreme hostile acts by the united states all of 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 the u.s. senate and thursday passed a bill that would allow for the strengthening of sanctions with the with regards to north korea soon so you know there is a trust issues well sanctions is the issue that this is the overriding theme is that is there any sense do we have an idea when they may be lifted or otherwise they're looking for concrete details concrete achievements before they begin lifting sanctions and they want them verified but again it's going to take time so denuclearization efforts progress to be put in place and then verified by the united states will then take that but as i said trust big issue we don't expect. to of the truth that's where 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 this is going to take time and a lot of effort and they need to keep talking. but i think all commentator and journalist

john white thinks a significant step has been made but the trust issues between washington and pyongyang will remain. and i think what you're seeing now as politics of gesture rather than substance the north koreans will be mindful of that really the believe they were trapped after a single fortunately began to dismantle some of your text nuclear testing facilities in the still testing facilities or the trainers that there would be a quid pro quo running out of the from the americans in the form of the looking at some of the sanctions north koreans only started to their course and that was not the case in that and sanctions were actually taken to do certain north koreans can afford to trust these gesture politics in the fall and we'd like to see some of those forces seek a poor just nation the treaty and the 2nd and the it now me earlier this year and out of these summits or come to think of come up to ground 0 thus far so the north koreans will be mindful of that law to be made full on the way the level of the americans are are going after they're really into leaders been advocating

a regime change and actively often really agitated towards the g. regime change in venezuela and well actually a concert of the ilk of john bolton and michael by a prominent positions in the trunk or an illustration trust is the key issue. diplomacy efforts certainly coming to the fore this week moscow and washington are also edging towards better relations that as presidents putin and trump agreed to hold new arms control talks this occurred at the g 20 summit which wrapped up on a saturday in japan in a prank i was in a saga for us he talks us through that and the other big development to. 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 happened 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 lot of. 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 states we

spoke about their economic relations russia sees the american businesses that 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 or. to join afterwards to boost mutual train 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 mccall and 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 us 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 it on if i wanted i 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 and deed donald trump

xi jinping bilad work 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 laughs and we as journalists got. to notice quite a few amusing moments here and all sarka.

the european union has launched a new payment system aimed at helping its firms bypass u.s. sanctions on iran russel's is at odds with washington after the u.s. unilaterally ditched the 2015 landmark nuclear accord and reintroduced strict trade restrictions the sanctions busting tallest called the european financial settlement mechanism or inspect washington's threatened to sanction any country that buys oil from iran its rounds responded saying it will increase production of low enrich uranium to near weapons grade levels that if it's not guarded from u.s. sanctions. america's campaign of maximum pressure on iran doesn't end there iran's

foreign minister has accused all trump of violating international law with his threats to obliterate iran president trump should remember that we don't live in the. united nations structure and threat of force. on tuesday mr trump threatened iran with a bullet a ration if to iran attacks anything american when asked about the possibility of a war with iran he boasted to it would be a quick affair but also added he doesn't seek conflict. on friday the u.s. sent more stealth fighters to the persian gulf increasing its military deployment there the president of iraq was among those to speak out against it you warn that the u.s. won't be allowed to use his nation 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 fighting

isis we do not want to be a staging post foot any hostile action against any of our neighbors including iran . although u.s. secretary of state mark compares says it won't be done to anything the united states has done if war does break out. america's done everything it can to deescalate if there is conflict if there is war if there is a connecticut came and it will be because the iranians made that choice of course europeans have their own grievances when it comes to donald trump and nato but the when it comes to iran they share some of these concerns or alleged concerns with regard to iran's nuclear industry missile in this regional power and so on so forth it is widely believed that you're all peons are not going to take action and they just want iran to continue providing you know playing this role and complying with

us on the takings in a win lose game on their didn't clear deal you know the nuclear deal was to be a win win game but what we see now is this 0 sum game with iran paying the costs europeans and americans you know living their merits and iran believes that it should either be a win win or a lose lose game therefore if you are all do not rush to provide to iran with some hope i believe busy eventually. there will have some problem in their ties with iran. and washing powder sparks outrage in pakistan by challenging traditional values and promoting gender equality that story and more still to come.

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welcome back to the program a washing powder that has triggered a gender equality bra in pakistan after consumer goods procter and gamble to show women taking on traditionally male roles. nothing. that you saw there has plenty of reaction on social media some people of even call for authorities to take action against the brand.

boy could ariel we're muslim and we love our culture or religion and no rituals the government should take strict action against ariel brand i miss my request to all my dear pakistanis that please boycott ariel as soon as possible because religion comes 1st and this is our responsibility to protect our religion boycott's ariel prime minister of pakistan we want ariel cloth washing detergents banned in pakistan immediately for driving and spreading anti islamic campaigns through media we are the number of social commentators whether the detergent was right to push the boundaries of religious and cultural 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 gala can it be i understand how much how we're not sure brady and i are getting to know marilyn company in jail getting them and 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 america 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 curious if you're going to acknowledge that i'm type of knowledge that without women in america who are willing to speak up 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 not a marilyn to speak up against lavery because it would put people at risk of being lynched. un special rapporteur on torture has one swore to. concerns over the case of julian sands this week use the media of ignoring the alleged inhumane treatment of the wiki leaks founder by refusing to publish an article he wrote about his findings. argues that student of science has been slandered to divert attention from the revelations that we can weeks helped expose he also says the whistleblower has been deprived of his fundamental rights and

suffered a full fledged psychological torture during his time in the ecuadorian embassy in london mr meltzer told us why he thought many media outlets had refused to publish his article. some of them said it wasn't high enough under 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 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 interested. sanjay is currently serving a 50 week prison sentence in the u.k. for skipping bail back in 2012 he's also expected to face with us extradition hearing in front in february next year. last month mr meltzer highlighted aside

just prison conditions as one of his major concerns the whistleblower was said to show an alarming deterioration in his mental and physical state the u.k. responded by saying meltzer was wrong to interfere and should leave it to british courts to make their judgement is well so once again on his visit to the songs and the whistle blower's condition. i knew that i was going to get into a very politicized environment when i visited during a sunday 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 and 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 mobbing now that's a slippery slope you know we're going to be in a debate when it's 2 sided then more being basically is 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 or ridicule of even death threats and calls for his assassination and he's completely isolated then that can cause severe psychological trauma the news media listed by nelson meltzer are yet to respond to requests for comment from r.t. meanwhile though if you do want to read the article for yourself dot com you'll find a link on that site. worlds apart is heading your way next we're back at the top of the next hour the latest news and views for you see that.

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call and welcome to worlds apart here's a rainy long become a staple of the middle east politics as usual with verbal assaults and seasoned sanctions but the latest round of altercations also brought in something new mysterious 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. iranian journalist and political analyst mr good to talk to you thank you very much for coming over into our studio good to be with you now compared to last week it looks like the world has avoided a major escalation between the washington and president trump proudly called off a strike on the iranian facilities against the council of most of his security advisers who have been told aren't you glad there is such a cautious 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 premise 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 for the right to do what it wanted to do. don't you think that that might have been the reason

that spoke trump that they suppose it causes ballie for the strike is so weak this is something according to the reports been hearing from american me that they said that they refrained 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 enter into iran and 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 $150.00 people in the rain inside but the question comes to me is that americans attack a country in the past why nuclear bombs do they really care about killing 150 people in the world and maybe they do because donald trump is

a very unusual president you can be very critical about him but he has. i think he has he's redeeming qualities at least and what i found very interesting is that he made this his decision as i said against the counsel of most of his security advisers and we are talking not about only john bolton who is always ready to you know bomb any country he sees but also you know his last hawkish advisers and one thing that i was kind of wondering about because it's clearly not trying to sound that drone into the iranian air space do you think that it was just the routing mistake or do you think that there were some forces perhaps in the united states who wanted that drawn to be in that territory and to be shot down and the events to kind of spiral down from there i would say that you know about one year ahead of presidential election in the united states a war or a military conflict can bring energy crisis in the region as the george bush the father by attacking the.