but even putin and manual mccraw discuss the crises in ukraine and iran in a friendly and cold you encounter in the french riviera. u.s. conducts its 1st test launch of a mid-range cruise missile since pulling out of a cold voice or a pact with russia which is designed to prevent the production and use of such weapons. the british social media network aimed at young british muslims is revealed to be part of a government plan to tackle batticaloa zation. i know for me on the moscow news team this is an international one collaborate with

a world update this was starting in france where the president emmanuel mccraw has met with the russians but he made putin at his summer residence on the mediterranean coast it all comes ahead of this weekend's g. 7 summit the talks last about 3 and a half i was with quite cordial atmosphere evidence when the leaders spoke to reporters to reports from the french riviera. well i guess you don't really give personal invitations to an international leader to these kind of places and this kind of format even if it's the president of a very important geopolitical player unless they are your friends so clearly in the past few years mr mack on mr putin developed a close relationship we heard emmanuel macron call his counterpart dear vladimir a few times and lot of our putin just when he arrived he came with the ok of flowers for emanuel mcewan's wife and it seemed that the french president wanted to make his russian counterpart feel as much comfortable as possible on his visit to

france saying look i'm sure that the president was very kind and let us sit in the shade while he and his delegation are sitting right under the sun so i'll try to be brief. this kind of coziness definitely helps because the 2 presidents have many important tough matters to resolve in particular the crisis in east ukraine and they were frank that they were going to talk about it a lot busy what they want to do is discuss the revival of the so-called normandy format that's when the presidents of russia and ukraine get together with the leaders of germany and france to try and help resolve the cranium crisis which has escalated in the past couple of months while they deployed. with mr zelinsky mr putin and will try to work with the normandy formats in a few weeks. there's no alternative to the normandy format and will obviously support it. now here's something else that's very important the french

president emmanuel made it clear that for him it was very important to me president putin face to face before the french leader heads to bad trades that is the venue of the upcoming g. 7 summit that's about to kick off in just a few days and this is a summit that russia has not been part of more than 5 years straight after the events in ukraine and mr putin was asked by one of the journalists if russia was keen to return well here's what he said. a little g. 8 doesn't exist anymore how can i return to an organization which doesn't exist today it's the g 7 regarding a potential format with 8 member states we never reject any proposals some time ago it was russia's turn to hold a g. 8 meeting but our partners didn't. and he for now it seems that russia and the g 7 countries that were used to be known as the g 8 when russia was still part of it are on the different sides of the barricade when it comes to resolving the crisis

in east ukraine however there are other issues like iran or disarmament or climate change in this case it seems that paris and moscow are. on the same page and clearly this is also a message to donald trump who recently tweeted that a manual macron shouldn't be speaking on behalf of the u.s. that tweet seem to be very angry but at least from what we're hearing from emanuel macron here at fort bragg on song it seems that the french leader is not changing his mind. trying to reporting that while the russian and french leaders discussed washington's withdrawal from the intermediate range nuclear missile treaty the u.s. has been busy conducting a missile test launch which would have come under that agreement we got the details and reaction on that a little later for you. next there was social media network aimed at young british muslims to stimulate the political and religious discussion has turned out to be

part of a u.k. government counterterrorism program reporting next from london here's saskia taylor . basically what is a social news platform the what being a popular term used to describe someone who is acutely aware of social justice issues especially racism and it uses bright colors it's got a multan bold design and it's basically a space 6 politically engaged young people to come together and discuss the bunny issues of the day. were created for us to eat and you don't go. away he's figured this law is really high which is your top dog so this. topic is off limits. gender issues climate change weakness and cats that's something for everyone and across all it sites has around 73000 for you follow us and one of its most successful videos has hit a 1700000 view mark so it does enjoy considerable popularity but if you

scroll through its pages you can see that its content is primarily centered around discussions on british muslims identity and politics so alongside islamic holiday said it well wishes you also have debates about varying perspectives on terrorism for example now no one has had an issue with the content of that with its sponsor because the report has just revealed that the platform is the covert arm of a u.k. government counter-terrorism strategy now the home office has not been particularly forthcoming about with details of its involvement with wolk it has admitted that it has material from the project but refused to answer any further questions about the motives behind establishing at all or indeed what methods it uses allegedly on the grounds of national security and its statement on the issue didn't really help

clarify anything father we've committed to using all the tools the bubel to cone to throw. from tourism in the u.k. the home office works and botanists it with a range of organizations to reduce vulnerabilities to organized criminal extremist interest throats in the u.k. now it's not just the wider public or users who aren't told about the government's role the report also reveals that people who are invited on to woken actually featured in discussions one in form that it was a part of a home office an initiative this is an initiative called prevent that has caused great controversy since its implementation back in 2003 and that's being accused of a sentient being a state sanctioned spying and targeting muslim minorities so the revelation that won't is a part of that very project probably unsurprisingly was met with quite the backlash

this complete absence of transparency is just one of many reasons why there is such little trust between muslim communities and government so angry about home office this is what. i can't articulate myself how can the government expect muslims not to have trust issues with our government the betrayal of trust that we face at every level of every institution include an online spaces media platforms arts and cultural events civic life and everything else is on this list something i think everyone concerned with racism and all needs to be screaming about this is urgent a recent segment on won't discuss tackling fake news i'm sure the irony is not lost on many now that when they look at the platform and see it as a manufactured brand filled with content that's pushing secretly an agenda on behalf of the british government so there are serious questions being raised especially in

a country that was of course voted once as the most transparent in the world. meanwhile facebook is expanding its fake news club down to its instagram platform and new programs reportedly being tested for the public to become their own fact checkers if authorized by facebook to do so posts can be marked fake or folsom will then be automatically deleted from searches and hash tag pages for example if an image is posted with a simple mathematics calculation by this one under the hash tag math expert the fact checker their marks of a fall from that post will never appear again under that trend social media privacy advocate bill me was skeptical though he says facebook struggling to monitor returned pages. it's when you get into pictures and primarily with video where things start to get really really difficult and at this moment in time the automated tools that they're using cannot tell the difference between a cat a dog and a terrorist at this moment in time the humming certainly would lead you on facebook platform to use an enormous number of me who sit and do nothing but look through

these videos to moderate them and to recognize them. taking this sort of technique to instagram which is are largely a picture based busy medium oversee the same challenges are going to face them and if they haven't got the resources to. get on top of things on facebook you have to question whether they've also got resources to pollutions on as well so i think what we need to see is accuracy and authenticity. united states has launched its 1st test of a 500 kilometer cruise missile since pulling out of a bilateral agreement between moscow and washington there are enough treaty was signed over 30 years ago to prevent the production and use of such weapons or put all the details. well we have official word from the pentagon that indeed there has been a test of a missile that would have violated the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty that treaty has now expired and the usa has conducted a test of

a missile that would have violated it here's what we heard from the pentagon the department of defense conducted to fly test of the conventionally configured ground cruise missile the u.s. west coast sunday the test missile exited its ground mobile launcher and accurately in practice target after moving $500.00 km on to his flight now the test was conducted on san nicolas island off the coast of california we understand furthermore that the test was announced on august 2nd the very day that the i.n.f. treaty expired now the official reason for the united states withdrawing from the i.n.f. treaty was that they accused russia of violating that agreement now russia has said they did not and denies violating this agreement we also heard from russian president vladimir putin who emphasized that russia won't be the 1st to boost its military if the usa were not to escalate following the withdrawal of the treaty

this is what the russian president said if we receive verified information that the us has finished developing and started producing these systems russia will be forced to begin its own full scale development of similar missiles so even after the united states withdrew from the i.n.f. treaty we did not see an escalation from russia however the united states has proceeded to test this missile that would have violated the treaty now it's important to remember that the i.n.f. treaty was signed in 1987 and it was a key moment in the scaling down in deescalation and eventually end of the cold war however that i.n.f. treaty that banned nuclear and missiles of a certain length is no longer in effect now russia has repeatedly reached out to the. united states for dialogue around this issue but so far the conversation hasn't seemed to start. a reaction now from professor peter cosmic who's director of the media studies institute washington's american university professor welcome

to. what's this launch it's a milestone of sorts coming 30 years off to the signing of that treaty how do you see it i see it as another in this series of very unfortunate moves that have been going on for the past couple of years at least well we can actually dated back to 2001 with the announcement that the us is going to pull out of the a.b.m. treaty. continued with the announcement the us is going to pull out of the i had left treaty and also the let's throw from the chase the a.p.o. way the nuclear agreement with iran so this is part of a series and there's only one major nonproliferation treaty remaining the new start treaty which ends in 2021 and the united states has already indicated that it will almost certainly pull out of that one also or not when they do that one which means we are on the verge of nuclear anarchy you have the possibility of another nuclear

arms race so what that world was like in the 1980 s. and earlier when we had almost 70000 nuclear weapons in the world that under 14000 now which makes it a little bit safer but the future does not bode well but the the reports such as they all say this cruise missile wasn't nuclear capable is there a danger of putting too much significance on this launch then. no no this is not a danger critique to a significance on the sludge it's an escalation united states has said that this is not nuclear capable and the united states is planning for another test probably in november this one and somewhere between 508000 kilometers in range but the one that they're testing in november it's miscreants 3004000 kilometers and range which means that we're testing weapons that have a much greater capability we already have the capability to end all life on the

planet now let this eliminated this treaty eliminate it was the ground launched missiles with the sea launch missiles the air launched missiles both sides already have so i mean this is just another piece of this already insane nuclear architecture both nations have and we now they know there are 9 nuclear powers in the world all of whom are actually modernizing their nuclear arsenals and you know more efficient and more deadly more lethal so as a species we're not going in the right direction right now i'm sure if you also believe the pentagon they say this is all about defensiveness especially with what's going on as though put it in north korea with iran at the moment but what does this test signify in terms of trying to get either of those countries to heel to denuclearize ation. and sending the wrong message again. if the united states is expanding its capabilities and the neither iran nor north korea or for that

matter other countries are going to see this as united states commitment to denuclearizing you have to remember that under the nonproliferation treaty article 6 or the nuclear powers are close to being moving rapidly to eliminating their nuclear arsenals both the united states and russia are in violation of that and. as a world why do we have these kinds of weapons weapons that if even a small percentage are used could lead to billions of deaths. as we know the latest estimates a limited nuclear war between india and pakistan which 100 here ashima size nuclear weapons were used could create enough debris in certain smoke in the atmosphere like the sun's rays plunge the temperature on the earth below freezing straight agriculture and lead to up to 2000000000 deaths that's 100 here

a shim the size weapons we've got almost 14000 nuclear weapons between 7 and 70 times that powerful. it's not boding well for us ok well what about the potential to try and get people to put a lid on this them russia's been asking for dialogue on getting a replacement will do it something with the i.n.f. treaty well that's clearly out the window now but what about the next stage in order to try and stop potential arms race in the making is that how much more difficult is that now that the u.s. has started testing missiles again. it's more difficult. there is not a lot of trust relations between the united states and russia are the worse they have been since a least 1962 and the cuban missile crisis maybe even before that relation to in u.s. and china a terrible situation now with modi in india and his aggressive policies in kashmir also making that situation work dangerous us

a rainy and stand off you go through hot spot the hot spots in every single one is getting worse is getting more dangerous so we just go in the wrong direction right now the united states should be opening serious discussions and that extending the new start treaty when it expires in 2021 we know that bolton is a pro so that you know that maurice is a pro so that you know the pompei was opposed to that and we're pretty sure that trump is going along with these advisors so again we need to have dialogue we need to have international leadership and i hope that putin and she and others step forward where trump has shown that he is not capable situation in india is also looking more dangerous and perhaps that is the immediate flashpoint now we've got to pull back from it's a pessimistic outlook but i'm pretty sure you're not still you know the only person to to share few professor because nick from the u.k.

studies institute american university i really appreciate your time on teaching. donald trump's launched another scathing attack on the new york times accusing it of producing some of the worst journalism in history as albert came after the leak gaudio emerged of the paper's executive editor discussing how to cover the president and his administration in the wake of the russia gate scandal his record of. trump is the russian acid this message of the not too carefully ciphered in articles and reports has been overwhelming americans and the new york times seemingly used all the power and authority of its award winning journalism to propagate the message.

but then came the miller report something that was intercepted to become the fatal blow to donald trump's credibility rebound ricocheted and had the media back with the momentum of a boomerang for the new york times it meant this we built our newsroom to cover one story and we did it truly well now we have to regroup and shift resources in emphasis to take on a different story this is part of a league transcript from dean baquet the new york times executive editor giving a speech in front of the paper's authors this shift he's talking about is far from good news for trump because apparently now the newspaper is going to degrade him from a russian puppet to something arguably much worse a racist. race in the next year is going to be a huge part of the american story and i mean race in terms of not only african-americans and their relationship with donald trump but latino asian

immigration work to the near times for 15 years i think that the new york times has immensely damaged its credibility by trumpeting this narrative trump was a russian agent certainly within the last few decades one of the most egregious journalistic failures a terrible terrible failing and. i find it disturbing that dean baquet the executive editor of the new york times what will even acknowledge it mr k. also likes to put the new york times on a pedestal for being one of the few remaining independent journalism sources out there except to believe that you'd have to deliberately ignore the distinctive scent of partisanship reeking from the paper's supposed new racism narrative donald trump publicly and unapologetically embraced a political strategy may hate racism and division he's

a man who cosies out to the white supremacists has been about trying to divide us in a way that it's been about trying to sell hate and division among us we have a president of the united states is a racist this is a guy who is worse than a racist he is actually using racist tropes and racial language for political gain the newspaper might have begun to retroactively implement the changes since it recently changed the headline of one of its articles from this to this under the pressure from well the democrats so one thing is for sure race will be a huge part of the american story next year the presidential one what happened. the moeller report did not deliver as the new york times and much of the other mainstream media promised that it would and from that transcript you see that they

are going to pivot to another kind of campaign against trump which will be focusing on is racism but none of this is is journalism and some is a kind of switching of one moral crusade or self defined moral crusade with another their coverage of the russia gate of the russian clues and story was a huge flop and during that story critics accuse them of ignoring other things that trump was doing so now after russia after the russia collusion story has fought to the times has decided to cover other issues like trump and racism but believe me they'll do a very bad job. they'll get a lot of basic things wrong and and jeff probably benefits rather more than they were her. friends provoke the citizenship of a form a islamic state fight i had to say after canada theory of polis later explains why

. well the u.k. has stripped form of fighter jet lifts who has been dubbed by the media as jihadi jack of his british citizenship but not canada has criticized this they say that they're disappointed in the decision don't forget that this jack let's also has canadian citizenship and a statement has been released by the canadian ministry of public safety terrorism knows no borders so countries need to work together to keep each other safe. disappointed that the united kingdom has taken this unilateral action to offload their responsibilities let's trucked out of university after converting to islam and moving to syria back in 2014 he participated in a number of battles before being taken hostage by could forces in june 2016 he gave an interview in which he said that his move to the middle east was part of the search for the truth and he denied having ever been involved in islamic state it's

a controversial move by the united kingdom that whenever it finds that its citizens are accused of being involved in some kind of terrorism it needs to strip them of the citizenship it was another case recently of begum who also went to live in syria under islamic state now according to international law no country can strip of posts and of their nationality if it leaves them homeless as it does in the case of them lawyers representing her family have actually written to the home secretary and accused british authorities are failing to protect the teenager from being sucked in and being groomed by islamic state the u.k. has a long tradition of stripping its nationals of citizenship as a means of preventing them from returning to britain after they become accused of being involved in terrorist activities european human rights judges have also ruled that this is illegal and by. we see at the moment is hundreds are foreign nationals

who joined islamic state moved across to syria and iraq to fight in their ranks who are now being stripped of their nationality and being prevented from returning home . with almost daily warnings of an impending global climate catastrophe germany's green party is enjoying a surge in support among its ambitious environmental policies as a plan to completely phase out domestic flights by overhauling the railways but are most germans on board with a reader of it takes a look. germany's green policies being in full bloom in the polls of late one of the most recent policies they put forward is a railway revolution all trains on a tight schedule moving at a cheaper price waste that so why fight it with the ultimate aim of making the internal flights in germany i think of the past in the next 50 years by trying to city 5 who want to make domestic flights largely obsolete with all of that said to

cost the states around $3000000000.00 euro and give up the rail passengers think of the proposal i definitely would support the policy i think i drive to take the plane more often at the train's 3 than the plane yeah if the whole network would have to be in a better condition going by train is really expensive and it's not very complicated if you're doing a lot of traveling like meat it's nearly impossible to prove all the wrong to germany only 3 so. the moment there's no alternative fuel for planes because of his suv i'm not a frequent flyer but in that case i would abstain from flying altogether. my last minute ticket from munich cost me 150 euro if i booked in advance it would have been cheap but if i booked a flight to that sounds it would have been a fraction of that cost everybody wants to see travel be quick and cheap bring them

however how much of this plan is achievable and how much of it is just a headline. this would be a long way to go because it requires us investments in infrastructure and so far germany is struggling since years to complete the railway in structure projects took $21.00 which was supposed to make flights obsolete in the south of germany by allowing for. to rain kind of train connections between paris and the end of. the broadsheet this delay to paris become twice as costly as the planned time so yes i ask myself how is it going to be put into practice. here we are in munich now that journey took just short of 5 hours under the proposed plans all journeys would

have to be completed within 4 and it's not just by lowering train fare is that the hoping to get people to the plane and take the train it's also by raising a if it is positive the plan is to put taxation on kerosene jet fuel on a level with taxation on petrol at $65.00 euro cents a liter currently depending on the length of the fly passengers will pay up to around $40.00 euro in taxes according to calculations from the german environment ministry increasing kerosene taxes could raise as much as $7000000000.00 euro are new here at the main road port in munich we found a real mixed bag of opinions when it came to getting people off planes and on to trains. it takes longer so i wouldn't want to say i was for so much that several hours i think it should be wise verse that should be better to invest in the infrastructure of the trains etc cycles more reliability

better prices not going to take the train to bin laden where we're going now. 10 hours pay like yeah the same of going to kill is he going kerosene into consideration i think trains are better but not in terms of speed. but when the trains don't go away you need to the only option available is the cost germany has the highest level of call rhona ship in the european union and the germans love affair with the automobile certainly not going away anytime soon peter all of a. peanut. and that's a finale next updates in half an hour say that. join me every thursday on the alec simon show and i'll be speaking to guest on the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then.