it's a lot watching your children grow up and miss you in ways you can save by as you're walking out of this is just it doesn't get easy. donald trump becomes the u.s. president and north korea meeting kim jong un and the demilitarized zone but sanctions against pyongyang remain in place i'm looking forward to taking them off i don't like the sanctions being on this country i'm looking forward but the sanctions remain useful. and in the stories that shape the week. to overcome the differences at the g 20 summit in japan with all eyes on a meeting between the need to. russia. the meeting was good and businesslike we discussed a whole range of issues that are of interest to russia and united states so we had a discussion we had a great actually we had a great discussion in prison and so it was really

a tremendous discussion. on the e.u. no one has a new payment system to buy american sanctions against iran and a bit to save the 2015. with the top stories from the past 7 days in the late developments as well this is the week national to take a while. and fosse stop don't trump made history on sunday becoming the fost sitting u.s. president to end to north korea he shook hands with him jong un in the demilitarized zone before the 2 leaders walked across the demarcation line into the north trump had proposed the meeting just a day earlier in a tweet after speaking for almost an hour and stepping briefly into south korea trouble and kim hailed it as a breakthrough moment since my honor. i didn't really expect it to return to the g.

20 we came over. here i work for you and we got to meet and stepping up 1st that was a great honor a lot of very good. going to president trump 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 the unfortunate past and open a new future. despite the symbolic will top north korea remains under almost total economic blockade due to u.s. led sanctions all senior correspondent discuss the situation with my colleague union o'neill in the studio. trump said to himself that 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 they can 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 everything they're saying on memory or something or look i'm looking forward to taking them off i don't like sanctions being 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. trump that it came to nothing talks ended 2 hours early and afterwards this is politically quite depressing because there was this 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

well donald trump said the north koreans want the sanctions to be lifted the 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 that 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 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 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. political commentator john white thinks that despite this latest step forward there is still a deep distrust between washington and pyongyang and i think when you see the wrist

politics of gesture rather than substance the north koreans will be mindful of the greed of the believe they were trapped after a single fortunately began to dismantle so many of text you could test the facilities in the center testing facilities or the trainers that would be a quick pool who are running out of the from the americans in the form of the lifting of some of the sanctions north koreans only started to their course and that was not the case in the tank sanctions were actually taken to do something with koreans can afford to trust these gesture politics obviously we'd like to see some of those forces in singapore just mention the treaty and the 2nd in vietnam me earlier this year and out of these incidents or come to think of come up to ground 0 thus far so the north koreans will be mindful of that law so be mindful on the way the level of the way that americans are are going after the iranians and really been advocating a regime change and actively often really agitated towards reaching regime change in venezuela and well actually a concert of the ilk of john bolton or michael york if i counted positions in the trump organization trust is the key issue. the troubled relationship between the

u.s. and russia was also in the spotlight this week as well as got together at 20 summit in japan in it to try and kill us following all the action for us in a saka. 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 tried to make american journalists leave him alone on one particular matter donald trump said this. was. going to be a go go. 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 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 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 day celebrations another leader who got an invitation by the kremlin was emanuel 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 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 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 lads and we as journalists got to know. quite a few amusing moments here and all soccer. in.

another part of the wild now the european union has launched a new payment system aimed at helping fans bypass u.s. sanctions against iran it's called the european financial settlement mechanism or instax and it laos funds to avoid u.s. trade restrictions which will reimposed after washington's withdrawal from the 2015 minute deal washington has condemned the european move warning that farms that use the new platform could be barred from the u.s. financial system meanwhile iran's foreign minister has accused the us of violating international law with its latest threats against his country president trump should remember that we don't live in the. united nations roads and threat of force is evil jeffard as our earth was referring to donald trump's threat to obliterate iran if terror on attacks anything american when asked about the possibility of war

the us need to post it it would be quick. iraq which we know shares a border with iran and host thousands of american troops has voiced its standoff the iraqi president said his country will not be used as a staging ground for any kind of military action. 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 for any hostile action against any of our neighbors including iran however the u.s. secretary of state might prepare claims that iran has full responsibility for the younger. america's done everything it can to deescalate if there is conflict if there is war if there is a kinetic activity 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

when it comes to iran they sure are some of the concerns or alleged concerns with regard to iran's nuclear industry in this 3 regional power and so on and 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 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 lose lose game therefore if you are all here do not rush to provide to iran with some hope i believe busy eventually. there will have you no problem in their ties with iran. and coming up

a washing powder sparked outrage in pakistan by promoting gender equality that story and more after the break. seemed wrong why don't we all just don't all. get to shape

our disdain. and in. the trail. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy confrontation let it be an arms race off and spearing dramatic development only loosely i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk. welcome an aerial washing powder commercial has triggered outrage among religious conservatives in pakistan it shows women taking on traditional male roles.

they add to a strong reaction on social media with some people calling for action against procter and gamble the us behind the ariel brand boycott burial 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 a soon as possible because religion comes 1st and this is our responsibility to protect our religion boycotts 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 all

still grasp of the take on the touching and how far foreign companies should go in pushing religious boundaries. i don't think it's a big u.s. companies job to insert themselves into pakistani culture 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 in 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 wikia gala can it be i understand how much how we're not sure brady and jane are going to have marilyn company in jail giving them said are willing to you know my you claim 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 any 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 not a marilyn to speak up against slavery because it would. put people at risk of being

lynched. and finally for this hour the un special rapporteur on torture has voiced concern over the treatment of children the sons who are suffering prison time in the u.k. in reporting those moats argues that the wiki leaks founder has been slanted by the media to divert attention from the crimes exposed by wiki leaks he also claims assad was subjected to psychological torture during his 7 years inside the ecuadorian embassy in london mr meltzer told us why he thinks media outlets 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 doing a song 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 very serious piece that

actually tries to do you mask. this public narrative and to actually show the facts below it then they're not interested. just reminded julian assange is currently serving a 15 week sentence in the u.k. for skipping bail in 2012 he is expected to face a u.s. extradition hearing and next year. last month mr meltzer highlighted a songes prison conditions as a major concern the wiki leaks founder was said to show and the alarming deterioration and 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 the judgments his nose meltzer again on his encounter with a songe. i knew that i was going to get into a very politicized environment when i visited it in a song 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 the 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 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 or for 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 finals miles have not yet responded to requests for comment from ati for a closer look at the u.n. ruppel tells findings that on a link to his report on the songs had to r.t.

dot com that's news for now i'll be back in around 30 minutes to update you on the world's biggest stories had to stay with us but in the meantime here on antti international it's crosstalk. you know world big. lot 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 bats and shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the troops the time is now for watching closely watching the hawks. prices meant if it's

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to my duty to me and. nobody. but if you take it all. my. fellow and welcome to cross talk we're all things considered i'm peter lavelle u.s. china talks are back on track but a 2nd front has opened up the u.s. europe trade is heading into a storm iran is again in the center of the debate also the circus has come to town and it's called the democratic primary.

cross knocking some real news i'm joined by my guest here in moscow dimitri bobbitt she's a political analyst and editor at in a smi internet media project and in london we cross to marcus papadopoulos he is the editor of politics 1st magazine our gentleman cross-talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate let's go to marcus 1st in london the the resumption of u.s. china trade talks is taking a lot of headlines as it should it's a very important issue on the back of the g. 20 but we have this special purpose vehicle being established is established now in europe to bypass the american swiss system for the europeans to trade with iran i wonder when the donald is back in washington how he's going to respond to that because i think we all know how he will go ahead marcus introduction. statements. as a way of trying to circumvent the american restrictions on countries.