in the prison population. 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 ready war on drugs in the state there are countless numbers of people who are in prison for inconceivable. for minor minor offenders in the drug trade it's a lot watching your children grow up in issue in waves and say by day as you're walking out of the business it's just it doesn't get easier. donald trump says it was a great honor meeting kim jong un face to face in north korea was accused back home of squandering american influence. in germany 3 men are charged in connection with the sexual abuse of more than 40 children as pleading guilty a lawyer for one of the victims tells us the authorities failed the children and.

this is simply unacceptable for a department to react in this manner and then try to cover up his own negligence. also this hour as pride month includes a new poll reveals young americans are becoming less accepting of gays and lesbians . watching our 2 international bring you here live news update from our studio here in moscow welcome to the program. making history donald trump has become the 1st u.s. president to enter north korea and though the north korean media and trump himself dubbed the meeting an amazing a bent the reaction back home was far more muted if not outright critical. they took about 2 weeks while kim continues to develop nuclear warheads missiles seems like this gigantic beyond stunt in trenches and embellish is authoritarian rule without any real meaningful straw. for denuclearization out president shouldn't be

squandering american influence on photo ops and exchanging love letters with a ruthless dictator instead we should be dealing with north korea through a principle diplomacy that promotes yes security defense how allies and uphold human rights i have no problem with him sitting down with kim june in north korea or anyplace else but what's going to happen tomorrow and the next day if we're going to bring peace to this world we need to move forward diplomatically and not just a photo opportunities. after crossing the demarcation line between the 2 koreas with his counterpart kim jong un trump in turn said a lot of progress had been made during their talks but thanks against pyongyang remain in place our senior correspondent rhonda explained whether the symbolic meaning could affect the only total economic blockade of north korea. rule the buzz hype and the coverage denuclearization was going nowhere it had stalled again

despite all the summits and all the handshakes perhaps what it needed was something crazy something radical. in. the sitting u.s. president to visit north korea who would have thought the world's most militarized border to boot they shook hands again and talked moon and drum trying to revive denuclearization efforts that were clinically dead made some progress so we had to start small form teams to find common ground little things that could lead to bigger ones and spoiling everything and as is tradition now of those sanctions they're standing on memory or some point look i'm looking forward to taking the

ball i don't like sanctions being on his country i'm looking forward but the sanctions remain in the us but at some point during the negotiation things can happen and that's what we'll be talking about promises promises it was sanctions the to the last summit and the state says trump until this verified clear eyes ation progress however long that takes and that's what bugs north korea how could 2. who sides have meaningful honest discussions when one of them is on its knees being strangled by the other 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 now factor in those thousands of u.s.

troops stationed in south korea with guns trained in the north and you'll understand why trust is well it isn't their feeling young knows it's history too many nations that have gone through denuclearization with then invaded or bombed by the us i doubt kim jong un wants to join that club america fears north korea is just need in the month to get out from under those sanctions decades of talks and the games have stuck by the nukes we don't expect chairman kim to tell 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 it's not all doom and gloom though this is an ancient conflict by modern standards and this is never going to be solved overnight they need to talk and that's what they're doing and they seem to get it now that you start small and build up the big and hopefully sometime soon

the world's most militarized moved dangerous border will well i better become any less tense but at least they'll be no nuclear standoff to worry about the style of negotiations that the u.s. is trying to impart here on these on these talks is that they want full compliance from pyongyang before they'll consider lifting sanctions if this isn't just about the denuclearize. nation of the korean peninsula i believe that what washington is attempting to do here is build a template of negotiations they hope will be successful that they will then be able to transfer a similar sort of arrangement with regards to iran and that is the us one full access to all facilities military facilities in d p r k and they've already made remarks that that's a precondition for any kind of a deal with iran in other words to get them back on board with the j c p

a way they want full access to all iranian facilities and they're not going to get that iran will not sort of compromise its national security to u.s. intelligence to that degree specifically with all the threats that have been going on. a powerful blast has rocked the afghan capital kabul reportedly killing 16 people the taliban says it carried out the attack we go live now to couple base reporters on fire on what's the situation right now. we still hear. from decides however we are around 4 to 5 kilometers away from that but due to the ongoing operation that the afghan special forces has launched. the area is cordoned off and the ways connecting this city towards to p.d. 16 where this blast site is are all blocked by afghan full says and

many other streets off kabul have been evacuated and checked by the afghan intelligence forces so so far 210 civilians have been evacuated and rescued from. where is basically a crowd area but also. having a compound. belonging of the ministry of defense where de la just sticks and some technical parts of it is laying there so still talk is not over however it has been like more than 6 hours but so far the ministry of interior saying that they have gone down to assailants and the ministry of public health spokesperson just told me over the phone that 93 civilians have been taken to the hospitals that the majority of them are children spend school children so as i said the area is. you know as

resentful area there are over a dozen buildings that thousands of people live there but what we saw is that many glasses have been shattered and we do not exactly know the number of the casualties due to the ongoing battle. based reporters look on fire as a thank you for staying cross the latest for us. to germany now where 3 men have been charged in connection with the sexual abuse of more than 40 children aged between 3 and 14 years old 2 of the suspects have pleaded guilty the abuse reportedly took place over a number of years at a campsite in the small german town of luke de between them the men are accused of some $450.00 cases of child abuse and local authorities have come under fire for failing to act.

the majority of the abuse was perpetrated by a single suspect identified only as andreas v. he's accused of almost 300 sex crimes against 23 children their friends are believed to have been committed in 1908 and then between 20082018. the police are accused of in action in the face of mounting evidence of abuse over the years and the authorities are also blamed for letting evidence disappear back in february they admitted losing almost a terabyte of evidence meanwhile one of the children's representatives says the way the victims were question was inappropriate for their age and the authorities themselves there was a police failure calling the situation a debacle the region's interior minister says this was worse than negligence and

should never happen again we spoke to one of the victim's lawyers about the mistakes that were made. we have seen numerous flaws the most terrifying is the disappearance of $155.00 c.d.'s from a secure police station we're talking about the c.d.'s which were found at the campsite in the main suspects trailer it turned out that the people we've prior convictions for possession of child pornography were working at that police station and still are as for the interrogation of the children they were questioned at the police station but this is not what should have happened there are specific ways in which children can be questioned and it involves support from social services and the establishment of a trusting relationship it should not happen as an interviewer to police station that my opinion matters were not to escalate because of the callous approach to information on child pornography and paedophilia and the department's employees lack of awareness it is simply unacceptable for a department to react in this manner and then try to cover up its own negligence.

the german government has promised to shut down all its nuclear reactors by 2022 sparking a debate about the energy future of the country and it frequent environmental protests germany is currently using a record amount of renewable energy with alternative sources covering almost half of electricity consumption just this year but critics say it's switching to renewable energy off a sing out nuclear power is too ambitious as peter over reports. germany has set some bold targets when it comes to cutting emissions from energy production the federal government is committed to a 55 percent reduction in 1990 levels of greenhouse gases by 2030 when it comes to the climate and energy in germany things are heating up just this weekend hundreds of protesters broke through a police line to demonstrate against the mining a brown coal in the west of the country. there were either. it's 8 years since german chancellor angela merkel said she would shut down the

country's nuclear power plants by 2022 in the wake of the fukushima nuclear disaster in japan. the idea is that renewables like wind and solar power would take up the slack but when you phase out nuclear and the wind doesn't blow the sun doesn't shine you have to replace that energy in the grid that is meant to be more dirty coal activists who are in favor of nuclear say the energy source is suffering from a bad reputation and that the decision to phase out nuclear energy is actually counterproductive to a mission goals and that the decision was made for political not scientific reasons people are misinformed about nuclear energy they think it's extremely risky but just the opposite is true the reason for phasing out nuclear clearly politically only science says if you want to go carbon free you have to use carbon free power sources and nuclear is the most effective carbon free power source along with

nuclear waste safety is one of the major concerns of nuclear critics the huge recent popularity of h.b.o.'s dramatize ation of the chernobyl disaster as against the clear safety issues brought up that is that fair this was clearly the most dramatic and serious nuclear accident ever. but an overall representative for modern nuclear energy it is not that accident which happened more than 30 years ago does not mean anything. to modern reactor technology it's not just activists that want to see the nuclear phase out next huge names from the german automobile industry have said they would like to see the use of nuclear power extended also key figures in german business saying that it would benefit both consumers and industry financially and even members of angela merkel's own party have said they

would rather see coal powered binde while nuclear remains. however those that are in favor of nuclear power say it would be worth it in the short term to pay more for energy for in the long term receiving clean energy sources lower bills the short term effects would of course leads to increasing prices but these. increases are still affordable in the long term we would expect especially from tucson and showed you could expect. the same level of prizes that we had in 2010 that means in the long run we have a comparative advantage nuclear power could set to be phased out here in germany in the next couple of years even if renewable energy isn't at the stage to take up the slack one of the reasons for this is the power companies here if either cut back significantly or cut back altogether when it comes to research and development in

the nucleus sector also once the decommissioning process has begun well many sites simply can't be used again that means that once nuclear is gone it's gone for good without having to build brand new prohibitively expensive infrastructure and what that means is well germany would have to import more energy from its neighbors some of that energy of course is generated by you guessed it nuclear power. germany. still to come in the program protesters and hong kong clash with police and ram the entrance to the local legislature on the 22nd anniversary of the territories handed over to beijing more on that after this short break.

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europe trade is heading into a storm verandas again in the center of the debate also the circus has come to town and it's called the democratic process. welcome back protests in hong kong turned violent as riders clashed with police and vandalized government buildings these are live pictures from the city where thousands of people came out for an annual march this one marking 22 years since hong kong's handover from britain to china but the march has to a tense stand off between people protesting a controversial new extradition bill and police in riot gear riders damaged the building of the hong kong legislature smashing a glass door with a trolley. i. i i.

the. protests began in june over a controversial extradition bill if passed the bill would allow beijing to seek the extradition of those convicted convicted for serious crimes from hong kong to mainland china supporters of the bill say it will prevent the city from becoming a refuge for criminals however many fear it will lead to political persecution from beijing and will undermine the city's autonomy. the man tipped to be britain's next prime minister has taken issue with some remarks made by vladimir putin forced johnson has vowed to show that the russian president was wrong when he recently claimed that liberalism is obsolete u.k. conservative party leadership concert contest favorite insists that brooks that will prove his point across live now to argue holy book and london for more on this johnson's got something to prove to putin what's this all about. well it's

certainly the what of the week isn't it liberalism it's difficult though because the concept really does mean different things to different people and isn't ragin made putin declared liberalism obsolete in an interview ahead of the g 8 summit in the media there's been lots of sort of public discussion about to it really means experts have been keen to point out the economic benefits of democratic liberalism and let's just say there are plenty of people that are very keen to counter the russian president's hypothesis and boris johnson is one such figure the favorite to be the u.k.'s next prime minister has written a lengthy article in the telegraph where he defended liberalism in the u.k. saying that it's made the country a fat meritocratic and prosperous society he contrasts it with the way he sees the

kremlin and he really lays into the russian system at some point in the article but the conclusion really for boris johnson of his defense of liberalism is that the u.k. has to leave the e.u. by the 31st of october that deadline the we currently have and that there can be no more extensions to bragg said otherwise the u.k. risks in the words of boris johnson looking like an undemocratic and illiberal country take a lesson. one of the problems with the e.u. as it has developed over the past 45 years of our membership is that it has begun seriously to undermine that fundamental characteristic of a liberal democracy that the people should have the power at elections to remove those who make the laws the e.u. system makes this impossible if we want to uphold liberal values we must leave by october 31st and we will so from boris's perspective britain

is a liberal democracy and that's why it's going to leave the e.u. by halloween but the european union considers it. i'll say that again but the european union considers itself no less liberal than the u.k. take a listen to donald tusk defense of liberalism. i have to say that i strongly disagree with the main argument. that liberalism is obsolete. we are here europeans also to firmly and to a new vocally defend and promote liberal democracy. don't know tasks already complained that britain's wasting its time with that brags that extension that it. wasted will the extra time it was granted in april and i suspect that donald tusk

might not agree with boris johnson that britain needs to leave the e.u. a.s.a.p. in order to prove that it's a liberal democracy now just to take you back to where this all started that vladimir putin comment in an interview to the f.t. ahead of the g 8 summit take a listen to how it all began. to be used to those who say the so-called liberal idea which is outlived its purpose. have admitted that some elements of the liberal ideas such as multiculturalism are no longer tenable. now this was actually a really expansive interview but that one quote has generated only headlines it's launched a 1000 counter articles and it's rubbed a lot of western politicians up the wrong way but what it's really exposed is that everyone's definition of liberalism is going to be different and that may be

due to their personal political objectives. political reporting live from london thank you. as pride month wraps up around the world b l g b t community in the u.s. is divided with competing rallies being held amid claims the main event has become too commercialized the reclaim pride coalition held a separate march in new york with quote no corporate floats and no police it says the official event no longer addresses the political struggles of the community under the trumpet ministration meanwhile a new report suggests a sharp decline in the acceptance of gay and lesbian people among young americans. according to the survey in 2018 fewer people aged. 18 to 34 felt comfortable interacting with people compared with the year before all the number feeling uncomfortable with a relative coming out increased more young americans also didn't like the idea of

gay issues being taught in school on the other hand the exception to rates amongst people aged 72 and over was higher than the previous year we got reaction to the decline in tolerance from a community representative and from the author of the study. these new news they're experiencing could be leading to the survey ocean it's in eunice to takes time for people to understand our job is to educate about non-conforming. we counter the narrative that young people are more progressive intolerant these numbers are very alarming in signal a looming social crisis in discrimination l j b t activist brendan straka says radicals are turning people against the community. our community has been overtaken by a very sort of extremist very political faction that has tried to essentially politicize everything under the umbrella. there is sort of this more extremist progressive faction that has really overreached i think they've made

a lot of people uncomfortable i think a lot of people on the l t t community feel uncomfortable once it is put out into the internet and to be the atmosphere that you are a racist or bigot or a hate group or whatever it lives in infamy on the internet and so then other people in the future will use that against you to say well you can't come here we can't come here we want to live here because there's always those already been in the southwest. that's a global news update for this hour but don't forget you can always had to our website r.t. dot com the details on all of those stories and many want. to

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my son in this doing drugs my nephew's 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 he 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 whom minor minor offenders in the drug trade it's a lot watching your children grow up and miss you in waves and say by daddy as you're walking out of a business it's just it doesn't get easier. what politicians do you should. put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected.

so when you want to be president. or somehow want to. have to go right to the press this is like the before 3 in the morning can people get. interested always in the water how. things should. hello and welcome to cross talk where 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 semi 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.