iran's top diplomat makes a surprise appearance at the g. 7 summit in france says donald trump persists with his hardline approach to terror . among the news that shaped the way calls for a symmetrical response to be u.s. missile test following the collapse of the arms control treaty. and our correspondent takes to the skies with russia's elite aerobatic see head of them access show.

this is our team from moscow on call in bray with our weekly look at some of the biggest stories covered here over the past 7 days we're going to those a moment of the weekend's updates to bring you up to speed on 1st though we're going to start at the g. 7 summit in france where the iranian foreign ministers grabbed attention after making an unexpected visit for talks with the french president and top officials the meetings have been described as productive if then tweeted that the road ahead is difficult but one worth trying to get an update earlier from our senior correspondent. well it was a certainly a surprise and judging by what trump had to say not

a very welcome when asked what he thought about the arena and foreign minister coming over all of a sudden he would plug coldly no comment and start of surprise the united states stands by its approach by its strategy regarding iran and that is maximum pressure on getting iran to submit and do what the united states wants to sign the deal it. wants no less the europeans and that since the united states pulled out of the nuclear deal last year the europeans have been doing everything they can to try to salvage what they could to try to keep iran to abide by its nuclear commitments to sort of prevented from from getting anywhere near a nuclear weapon and this latest step is just another part of that. that no member of the g 7 wants iran to develop a nuclear bomb but also the g. 7 people who want stability and peace in the region and therefore do not want to

take actions that could affect it in this context we discussed our various initiatives she has taken initiatives towards iran i have taken several initiatives and we have reported on them the g. 7 is an informal club there is no formal mandate given within the g 7. regarding all those initiatives trouble has come out and said outright that the french and the japanese can talk to whoever they want ron to anyone else but they don't speak for the united states he said that the united states stands by its position stands by its approach because this is no longer about an iranian nuclear deal this is no longer only about nuclear reactors and the pursuit of nuclear weapons this is now also about iran's ballistic missile program which the united states wants out this is also about iran's role in regional conflicts the united states 110. to pull out of them completely trumpets offering the iranians a baggage that by all appearances they would accept and now we're than us where

the united states is strangling the iranian economy applying military pressure on them the europeans are trying to save what they cabin the iranians swear that they won't bend. we've been getting reaction from tehran and in europe about what the potential results or repercussions could be. by the beginning i thought like most journalists that it was an over p.r. stunt public relations effort of mr micawber to make such a success but the fact that. the foreign affairs minister of iran is there is in doubt it's a few meters away from the trial is is astonishing is astounding and it seems there is more to it if germany and france have discussed with the iranians over the last few days and are discussing now with the on of those in b.

it was the french they came to the ukrainians that vince them to stay in the deal and essentially what that did it actually prolonged period did iran fully of lies by the deal and that was very good for the americans i mean it will definitely have an impact iran is plain a major role in the discussions in the g. 7 and donald trump actually made it yesterday that major decisions will be coming in the next few days so i think it is important nevertheless i think it's very very early to talk about an actual agreement between iran and the united states. well away from the talks protests have been held throughout the weekend in southwest france against the g. 7 summit in beirut hundreds of social and climate change activists took to the streets of nearby bio on sunday they could be seen carrying upside down and wrapped up portraits of emanuel mccrone demonstrators have been demanding that the g 7 say go to action to tackle poverty inequality and environmental concerns at least 1000

demonstrators turned out on saturday for fishel day of the summit. of the international aid group oxfam is also accusing the g 7 nations of failing to address inequality in a new report it says the united states the poorest 50 percent of the population their own one percent of the country's wealth germany and britain and far behind either jacqueline bouvier spoke to oxfam's head of government relations about his charity's findings why do you think the g 7 don't work properly what are the main problems more widespread as well. so we think one of the major barriers is how wealth is distributed between people across the world and in g 7 countries so that the 7 biggest economies in the g 7 hold nearly half the world's wealth and actually if g 7 leaders implemented a new tax a new wealth tax where they to tax the top one percent of richest people in g 7 countries an additional not point 5 percent on their wealth then it could raise

$200000000000.00 pounds a year now that's a huge sum of money that's enough to educate the $262000000.00 children across the world who are currently not in school and also you to have enough money left over to put money into health care and to fund. enough health care to save the lives of 2000000 people. to some of the biggest stories of the week that the russian president ordered the military to prepare a symmetrical response to the united states testing of a previously banned missile last weekend but stressed though that moscow will not be drawn into a destructive new arms race with washington following the collapse of the i.m.f. arms control treaty. i ordered the ministry of defense the ministry of foreign affairs and other cool offices to analyze the threat level created by the activities of the united states and to undertake comprehensive measures to prepare a symmetrical response besides russia is still open to an equal and constructive dialogue with the united states to recover trust and to reinforce international

security and the pentagon's test of a modified tomahawk cruise missile came just 2 weeks after the us decided to cut off the longstanding intermediate range nuclear forces agreement the project our test would have violated that accord which banned the production of certain land based a shortened mid range missiles america's development of new weapons appears to be a broader attempt to counter a rising china just this month u.s. defense chief said he wants to see missiles deployed in the asia pacific region during the ire of both beijing and moscow with a look at the growing tensions here. that was quick only last month this ground law inched smoking toy was illegal. it's already wiping out makeshift targets off the coast of california just like that and the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty is now part of history so

soon be ready to see those in different parts of the world the pentagon boss was even quick to say they want to start with the asian pacific but russia is already worried about a different part of the world to eastern europe right near the russian borders as you can see american officials have said they're launching systems in romania and poland are different from the m.k. 41 used in california well the russian government's not buying it i mean you can see it too but the american stuff leadership today's claiming that the ground based m.k. fools who will no inching system was allegedly unable to launch tomahawk cruise missiles now the fact of the violation is evident it is impossible to dispute it they themselves spoke about it and of course the question arises how can we now understand what will be located in remaining poland would it be missile defense systems or missile strike systems sufficiently long range so why was the i.m.f.

treaty signed by the u.s. and russian leaders more than 30 years ago so crucial to make sure that europe where nowadays america's nato allies and russia actually share a border doesn't turn into a vulnerable danger zone dotted with launch pads one following the test in california of the un security council convene this week the russian representative threw a question in european diplomats are you actually ready to find yourself in between 2 rivaling cruise missile arsenals. are you going to avoid responsibility for what is happening to future generations forgive you for this. russia's present actions are in line with a pattern of aggression the represents a clear threat to international peace and security of the russian federation because the sole responsibility for the reason demise of the media was it would have been diminished do you not understand that by your responses to the americans you are returning to historical situation when missiles will target european cities

from different sites. well so far most european states have a grade with the us line d.c. kept blaming russia for violating the i n f deal and that was exactly how they explained their own pull out there's nothing that russia can say or show to change the fact that russia has already tested the 9 and 79 cruise missile to ranges beyond 500 kilometers in violation of the i.m.f. treaty moscow's message has remained the same all claims that they were breaking the rules are a lot and on friday vladimir putin had a real go at the us government for what's seen in russia as completely twisting their reality in favor of uncle sam's ambitions. is pretty instead of fixing and an exam to situation and returning back to compliance with the treaty the americans of all castrated a propaganda campaign alleging violations by russia as is now clear this was just a smokescreen to hide washington's own breach of the treaty and its intention to

leave it but this will leave 0 doubt about america's real intentions having got rid of the existing limits is now free to deploy previously forbidden missiles anywhere in the world as i said earlier though in the 1st place washington's thinking over a bold chess move in the asia pacific not that brush is far from that area either but it's clear what countries on the mind of strategists and the scene in the 1st place people in the trump administration. yell that. they need to push back on beijing and the hard way they feel that there are running out of time feeling that china is getting stronger and they need to act to provoke china into some kind of military conflict all the things that involve china right now is really just a bigger it is just a piece of the bigger picture of political tensions between us and china whether

it's a trade war whether it's taiwan whether it's hong kong protests. craft groundbreaking aviation technology and lead and then ship excitement building in the russian capital out of the max 29 had a show which gets going this coming tuesday and i'll correspondent out of course i won the office sweep and go to the skies. at the outskirts of moscow the russian team is preparing the forward beat international aviation and space so well this is a major air show that's going to take place to be end of august and there's going to be there tech and pilots from countries all over the globe no doubt the pilots are going to be showing off their bets but that's the bad and we were lucky enough to get invited onto

a plane to join one of those pilots so i hope you're not afraid of. a valuable thing but they get right. down. there about. that. but. after we returned in one piece our pilot constantine told us all about the

international aviation and space so long yet you know i have been training for more than 10 years and i've been in the pilot for 4 years the air show include the mock scott featuring aerobatics performances and the standard maneuvers that championships rolls and loops etc the international tournament features competitors from many european countries and none european countries including the us the airshow was not a contest the contest happens at the championship with the aerobatics and other events so what the airshow each group shows is skills and this big data is decide for themselves what they like of course who will show what we do best and what's new. $29000.00 starts on tuesday and i will be bringing you some of the highlights as well this is also internationally a city of british royals trying to deflect links to disgraced us millionaire pay to follow jeffrey upstate it's among all stories ahead when we come back.

you know world big partisan movie 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 bath and shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now for watching closely watching the hawks. manufacture consent to the public. when the ruling classes protect themselves. in the final.

lives only the one percent. we can all middle of the room. real news. i get more of this weekend's developments now lebanon's voice gets outrage over 2 suspected israeli drones which reportedly crashed in a residential area in beirut on sunday prime minister saad hariri described it as an attack on the country's sovereignty and a threat to regional security this video allegedly shows the damage caused by the drones which were laden with explosives one hit the roof of as well as media office iran backed militarized political party in lebanon israel has not confirmed or denied the incidents merely saying it does not comment on following the polls as promised an eminent response saying the era of israel bombing lebanon while it

remains at peace has ended the incident occurred shortly after israeli warplanes bombed targets near the syrian. capitol late on saturday described by television of as preventing an imminent drone strike by iran it really prime minister had this to say about that operation. scrymgeour go if someone rises to kill you rise up and kill them 1st of all with off in a complicated operation by our security forces we determine the iran's quds force dispatched a special unit of shiite militants into syria to kill israelis in the golan heights with explosives drones with great determination and imperfect israeli army operational and intelligence fashion we preempted them and thwarted this attack and we've been getting insight from political analysts and experts on the operations and the region stability. benjamin the thing you know what has been generally cautious and has he didn't he has learned from past experience mostly by

he's british that he's not used fool for a prime minister put being incompetent to launch a campaign immediately on the eve of an election because usually depravity resent it and the public is going to punish if it is true that israel did violate iranian airspace then there is probably a very good reason for it because iran is a global supporter of terror iran is a country that has denied the existence of very existence of the state of israel i think israel has every right to defend itself israel has mentioned that in the past and israel will protect its citizens whatever that means when it comes to the iranian threat if it's in the really iranian nuclear threat iranian terror threat israel will work to stop that threat and make sure that it cannot be successful. i should erupted again in hong kong on sunday as the city's protest campaign

continues riot police resorted to using water cannon for the 1st time since the movement began in an attempt to disperse the crowds and hold the violence some activists were seen throwing bricks another projectiles while taking cover under the umbrella of the authorities in hong kong appear to be taking a no nonsense approach as they march to the demonstrators in numbers it comes after the semi autonomous chinese territory was rocked by violence on saturday night which resulted in 29 arrests people in the city of protesting what they see as the motion of the one country 2 systems policy influence over the cities of faz. britain's prince andrew has broken his silence on his friendship with geoffrey epstein insisting he knew nothing of the convicted paedophiles and legal behavior the. american financier killed himself in jail this month while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges but despite the chicks attempt to put an end to speculation

about their relationship a didn't explain why he continued to see epstein after the multimillionaire had served a sentence for soliciting prostitution from a minor. and no stage during the limited time i spend with him did i see witness or suspect any behavior of the sort that subsequently led to his arrest and conviction i met mr epstein in 1909 during the time i knew him i saw him infrequently and probably no more than once or twice a year i stayed in a number of his residences i've said previously that it was a mistake and an error to see him after his release in 2010 epstein's death has raised a lot of questions and prompted a huge amount of speculation so much so that his lawyers say they're not satisfied with the coroner's findings and plan to carry out their own investigation one major question is why epstein was taken off suicide watch despite previously having attempted to take his own life.

why. and the more fallout u.s. attorney general william barr has sacked the director of u.s. prisons following kapstein suicide abstainers being held at a facility reserved for the most dangerous criminals alongside the likes of the notorious mexican drug baron known as el chapo we spoke to lawyer mark certain

issues represented both of them. the conditions to which he was subjected would go even the needs of the strongest among us it's this is one of the toughest federal pretrial detention facilities in the country and the conditions are inhumane epstein was subjected to conditions that were similar to those of guzman but not remotely justified by his character or what he was accused of because he was not. a violent individual like chapo was alleged to have been he's not a guy who has escaped from prior facilities like guzman was alleged to have done. the real miracle is that we don't hear about these sort of things more about murdered pretrial detainees or suicidal pretrial detainees because the facility.

is barbaric and it's a hell hole it's it's it's like i don't use the word lightly lightly but it's sort of like an american go log for people who have not yet been convicted of anything. one doesn't want to treat the symptom while ignoring the disease and the disease is how people are routinely denied bail with a shocking ease given the laws that congress passed allowing prosecutors and judge to do that ok that's the weekly phone now on the way the impoverished colombian farmers enticed to switch from helping the cocaine industry with cash incentives they say they never get to see the coca trap as next on.

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