when show intellectuals of our time speaks about the modern civilization of america . making history donald trump becomes the 1st ever sitting u.s. president to enter north korea was there for a hastily organized meeting with kim jong un sanctions though. the reclusive state for now that's an issue that's previously led to a stalemate in 2 weeks. i'm looking forward to taking more i don't like the sanctions bring on his country i'm looking forward but the sanctions remain yours also in stores that shapes this week a trade war cease fire between the u.s. and china i'm positive steps in relations with moscow and washington that you 20 summit in japan scores a few hits. the meeting was good in business like we discussed a whole range of issues that are of interest to russia in the united states and we

had a discussion we had a great actually we had a great discussion and president for that was really a tremendous discussion. last ditch attempt to save the iran nuclear deal the european signatories launch a new payment system to bypass u.s. sanctions. the public. live from moscow you're watching the weekly here on the international full roundup of the week's top stories on daniel hawkins. made history this sunday by becoming the 1st ever sitting u.s. president to enter north korea he took the momentous step while meeting with its leader kim jong moon for talks apparently proposed just a day earlier the pair 1st shook hands in the demilitarized that's a buffer area between the 2 koreas then crossed the border of demarcation. together

they spent the best part of half of one hour actually holding talks chairman kim said he was surprised though that the american president suggestion to get together was initially made on social media a very trump style added though that he believed the meeting was important with the trunk 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 220 we came. over here i want to hold him and we got to be stepping. out of the right. of 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 to break down the implications of the meeting our senior correspondent what goes the f. joined you know neal and this shooter. trump said it himself the speed is no longer

for the essence but 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 to get together and they to 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 never that they're saying are memory or something look i'm looking forward to taking them off i don't like sanctions bring on his 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 it is exactly because of sanctions that the last meeting between the 2 leaders north korean leader and donald 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 that. 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 what donald trump said the north koreans wanted 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 unacceptable this is a manifestation of the most extreme hostile acts by the united states all these 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 that 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 left 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. political commentator and journalist john white thinks a significant step has been made but the trust issues between washington and pyongyang will be difficult to overcome. and i think what you're seeing there is politics of gesture rather 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 sterile 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 thrown into their course and that was not the case and it's and sanctions were actually taken to do so the north koreans can afford to trust these gesture politics in the fall and we've got to some of those forces who are just nation the treaty and the 2nd and the it now me earlier this year and out of these sorts of come think of come up to ground 0 so the north koreans will be mindful of that law to be mindful on the way the level of the americans are are going after they're really into leaders been advocating regime

change and actively openly agitated towards the g. regime change in venezuela and well actually a concert of the ilk of john bolton and many called by prominent positions in the trunk are an illustration trust is the key issue. ok so diplomacy efforts certainly coming to the fore this week moscow and washington also edging towards better relations apparently that as presidents putin and trump agreed to hold new arms control talks that occurred at g 20 summit which wrapped up on south of 8 inch upon our very own into trying to was in a soccer the talk us through that and the other big developments as well. 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 trauma to make american journalists leave him alone on one particular matter donald trump said this. was. going to bring a whole. day 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 great 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. 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 day celebrations another leader who got an invitation by the kremlin was emmanuel macron and we

found out here and saw mr mccraw 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 cold war mode with moscow the good g. 20 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 it 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

xi jinping bilad 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 and we as journalists got. noticed quite a few amusing moments here and all soccer. in

other news the european union has launched a new payment system aimed at helping its firms bypass u.s. sanctions on iran brussels is at odds with washington after the u.s. unilaterally ditched the 2015 landmark nuclear accord and trade restrictions the sanctions busting tallest called the european financial settlement mechanism or. washington's threatened to sanction any country that buys all from iran iran responded by saying it will increase production of low enriched uranium to near weapons grade levels if it's not guarded from the u.s.

sanctions. america's campaign of maximum pressure on to iran doesn't end there though they're on foreign minister has accused of violating international law with his threats to obliterate iran. president trump should remember that we don't live in the 18th century the united nations charter and threat of force. on tuesday mr trump threatened iran with obliteration if tehran attacks anything american when asked about the possibility of a war with iran he boasts that it would be a quick affair but added he doesn't see a conflict. and on friday the u.s. sent of more stealth fighters to the persian gulf increasing its military presence there the president of iraq was among those to speak out against it he warned the u.s. will not be allowed to use his nation to launch any kind of military action against neighboring countries. the american troops the coalition troops in iraq are there 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 for any hostile action against any of our neighbors including iran u.s. secretary of state made it clear it won't be down to anything the u.s. has done if conflict does occur. america's done everything it can to deescalate if there is conflict if there is war if there is a kinetic activity at all because the iranians made their choice of course europeans have their own grievances when it comes to donald trump and nato but the when it comes to iran they sure are some of the concerns or alleged concerns with regard to iran's nuclear industry missile in this 3 regional power and so on so forth it is widely believed the europeans are not going to take action and they just want iran to continue providing you know playing this role in complying with us on the takings in

a win lose game there didn't clear the all 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. no living there merits and iran believes that it should either be a win win or a lose lose game therefore if you are all peons do not rush to provide one with some hole i believe busy eventually of there will have you know of a problem in their ties with iran. and washing powder adverse sparked outrage in pakistan by challenging traditional values and promoting gender equality more on that story and others still to come.

crisis meant if it's i mean crisis and they sure. as a scale of financial disaster just like malaysia. and they bring to this. here when japan. for the problem of substances which is a rather big. government and international organizations do not have enough time. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy. let it be an arms race. theory dramatic developments only. i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk.

and washing powder distributed gender equality in pakistan off to consumer goods joint procter and gamble opted to show women taking on traditionally male roles. that. got a lot of reaction on social media some people even calling on offer to take action against the brand boy could ariel where muslim and we love our culture or

religion and our rituals the government should take strict action against ariel brand i miss my request to all my dear pakistanis that please boycott ariel the soonest possible because religion comes 1st and this is our responsibility to protect our religion boycotts ariel prime minister of pakistan we want aerial cloth washing detergents banned in pakistan immediately for driving and spreading anti islamic campaigns through media we asked a number of social commentators whether the detergent ad 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 wiki a gallon can it be i understand how much but we're not sure brady and peyton 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 curious if you're going to acknowledge the value type of knowledge that without women or men 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 again it's not america if we were in america at its peak you would tell that it is and not to marilyn to speak up against lavery because it would put people at risk of being lynched. the un special rapporteur toolchain has to do. concerns over the case of julian songe this week you choose the media of ignoring the alleged inhumane treatment of the weak expounded by refusing to publish an article he wrote about his findings neal smelts argues that julian assange has been slandered to divert attention from the revelations that we can leaks help expose he also says the whistleblowers been deprived of his fundamental rights and suffered fully fledged psychological torture during his time in the

ecuadorian embassy in london was the most all told us why he thought many media outlets have 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 character and his skateboard and kind of the allegations that he smeared excrement on the walls but when you have very serious piece that actually tries to damascus. this public narrative to actually show the facts below it then the modern troops that. currently serving a 50 week sentence in the u.k. for skipping bail back in 212 is also expected to face of us extradition hearing in february next year. and last month mr meltzer highlighted assigned his prison conditions as a major concern 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 the british courts to make their judgments he is ill smelt so once more in his video visit was songe and what he saw in belmarsh prison. i knew that i was going to get into a very politicized environment when i visit it during a sunday i didn't know him before so i took with me to experienced medical experts a psychiatry and a forensic expert and 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 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 the news media listed by nelson are yet to respond to requests for comment from r.t. meanwhile if you do want to read the article you can head to r.t. dot com you'll find a link that says you know for the documentary channel we're back at the top of the hour for all the latest round up of the week's top stories we'll see you then.

my son doing drugs my nephews was still in drugs my sister just with doing drugs it was like an epidemic of drug abuse america's public enemy number one in the united states is drug abuse we started going after the users in the prison population sewer we started treating sick people people who are addicted to these drugs like criminals while i was on the hill i increasingly became convinced that the war on drugs was a mistake there are countless numbers of people who are in prison for. a long sentence in this for boring or minor offenders in the drug trade it's a lot watching your children grow up and miss you in waves and saved by daddy as you're walking out of a business it's just it doesn't get easy. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to us from the world of politics sport

that's less i'm show business i'll see that. as of 2013 the pet food industry was dominated by only 5 small tactical. companies . you know when a consumer wants into a store it's easy to assume that there is a vast array of choices for their dog or cat and the ability to choose that one

perfect food. but just how different are these choices and what's really going on inside of those bags is what's inside really as healthy as the shiny side labeling would have you believe. to. pay mr sharon back on i mean into creative veterinarian fury bourbonnais illinois. this is a commercially available raw food diet this is what i am i'm also going to give the boys in a. great 1st approach. is

it a time for dire. time is it. for . if. so there's a problem in the pet food industry and most pet owners aren't aware that there's a problem and unless you have an interest in digging deeper and finding out what those issues are you can go through your whole life eating the exact same food assuming what you're doing is healthier pat and once you start digging the evidence becomes overwhelming that the industry has significant issues. the human animal relationship is deeply embedded in our society. it is estimated that 80000000 dogs are in the united states with 96. americans alone spin an estimated $60000000000.00 on pet expenses every year and

that number is growing exponentially. it's always a 1st goal to buy something your couple was like something that will make them happy and live a healthy life we give them exercise clean water and lots of love. we've always purchased food from a grocery store or a pet food store that provide the convenience the promise of nutrition in familiarity with the brand. the industry at large survive for nearly 100 years without a single thought from consumers as to what was going into the pet food. that all changed in 2007 when a toxic ingredient made its way into pet food killing thousands of pets nationwide melamine is used as a fertilizer in asia and also has several industrial commercial uses including a component of kitchen utensils and. the association between melamine in the kidneys in urine of cats. and the melamine that was in the food they consume is

undeniable additionally melamine is an ingredient that should not be in at food at any level. following the 2007 recall one central question began to resonate among consumers. what are dogs and cats actually supposed to eat it's confusing because the pet food industry is telling us what to feed our pets more based on what they want to sell us and what's necessarily good for the pet she is old bro when phrase about mary and now an author and her new book is called their war yell treatment please welcome dr barbara well good morning they all right thank you so much for being here so let me ask you this what are the things that we're giving them that one should and then what should we be given that we are so no corn no way. eat no so away after many years of r. and d. we have found that corn is still the best available source of carbohydrates when processed and refined properly those are the things that cause overweight diabetes

arthritis chronic skin infections allergies things like that that's the precursor for a lot of that if you're feeding for nutrition and they're eating a lot of those things that mess with the body they just don't stay healthy let me ask you this dr are those the things that you find in dogs that are you're talking to people who are giving table food to know it's and on food. during the war there was a moratorium on using the metal cans for canned food so they said you can't use metal cans for dog food anymore you have to use that for ammunition. to somebody that we need to make the dog food something we could put in a paper bag and that's how they did it and nobody thought at that time that making a candle and eventually the way that we process it now could ever be a help detriment to the dog.