the united states could potentially be smuggling weapons to militants in syria according to leaked documents obtained by a bulgarian journalist. by the mere putin meets asian leaders on the 2nd day of the eastern economic forum invited full stop with the iran nuclear deal hi on the agenda. ati speaks exclusively with the malaysian foreign minister on the sidelines of the forum expresses his country's concerns over the probe into the downing of flight m.h. 75 years on. some people who really. did making it can see the ship as the investigation was deemed to be already. solved effort by

some quite close to a q a but to the country. and that the 7 people were killed in a mob violence against migrants in south africa sparking a regional boycott of the country. and 1 am here in moscow and you're watching international live from our studio with me in india to welcome to the program. a trove of leaked documents seemingly expose the u.s. as a major supplier of illegal weapons a bulgarian journalist claims america has been buying serbian weaponry which has ended up in the hands of terrorists across the middle east washington allegedly purchased weapons from 2 serbian state owned arms companies apparently for police in afghanistan but those arms were then seen in an islamic state propaganda video showing militants in yemen you can watch our report on that in full on our you tube

channel and these photos shows some of these serbian made weapons and ammunition produced by the same companies you mentioned this time in syria the 2nd part of the report claims the weapons procured by washington and also been ending up in the hands of rebels and terrorists to r.t.e. goes down off takes a closer look at the evidence from the start of the war in syria antigovernment factions have been enjoying well a gunboat freight all inclusive some pieces fell into their hands as spoils of war where the others came from nobody knew it seemed until now because apart from me de blowing hatred towards assad all these rebels are the soul and solve government jihad ists they could have another thing in common a big wealthy arms dealer lurking in the shadows. able gary an investigative journalist has claimed to have exposed and a labrat network of private american companies which have been buying weapons from

serbian manufacturers and shipping them to the middle east the journalist managed to get through a labyrinth full of fake trails and dead ends designed specifically to cover the tracks to the network's command center the pentagon. in one instance an american company 04 industries used a british broker as its middleman to buy mortar shells from serbian manufacture acoustic and this e-mail says to learn or is a direct proof of that and it was business as usual up until the moment one crew sic was about to get paid because none of the companies that dealt with wanted to wire the money instead they wanted to finish the transaction and through a nother 3rd party british company and this raised all sorts of red flags bearing in mind that the payment will be affected by the company that is not the buyer

according to our law and foreign exchange operations we will need the consent of the serbian government i.e. the ministry of finance in order to be able to apply at the ministry of finance we necessarily need a tripartite agreement verified and signed by the buyer sierra 4 industries the seller holding corp crew sick and the legal entity that will affect the payment charles kendall and partners limited. it was so suspicious the serbs even questioned if the final destination for the armaments would indeed be the pre-agreed location which was no not the middle east but harmless innocent romania. the draft in jesus is to pick it states the following place of delivery. to china and a base rumania according to the above it should be clearly mentioned that the goods will be used in romania including the purpose of use and the goods will be shipped

to romania they weren't used in romania it seems once the money was finally wired of washington's memory was clean instead the ammunition was flown to qatar and ended up in syria according to the journalist that they have gone so far there are private american companies or your company is. very far off to you from bikini if they feel so you know are they still think. these are they really like you like. not using different place after the website like this that people are like you problem finding information because they are all are using to think like numbers they like this game if you think different and much like their birthing

their weapons buy up their proud. nation with syria or react to americans these 2 they even visited crusade to troubleshoot any potential insurgence on behalf of the seller i also can't vouch for that you are and that her mother was some of the united states the methods that are in what they got on the shelf and are proud that there this is the serbian back in the order they were led by. and laying around. organizing their ship much less than a year on this same 2 men were awarded. arming rebels in syria. the little affair with the serbs was far from a one night stand type of deal for the u.s.

they shipped tens of thousands of munitions into syria drowning the country in arms for years we've worked to stop the civil war in syria and all the leading human suffering we wanted to reach out to syria for industries remember the american company that initiated the deal with the serbs and imagine our surprise when we found out that the company barely even exists it has no listed phone number no email and just 5 yes 12345 employees not exactly a shock apart from the company either just mentioned we contacted the pentagon and the cruise a company for comment we'll bring those when they commit in the meantime former british army officer to british says there's no reason to doubt the authenticity of those leaked documents. it's an impressive piece of journalism by any standards i think to produce what she had to try to she's produced and apparently convincing

evidence if these documents such genuine and so far at least there's been no indication whatsoever despite the opportunity to give in to people. show them as not genuine if that genuine these documents are indeed as dion has self suggests they are indeed explosive in a revelation so really what it shows is that long after we all know of course or many of us know about this operation timber sycamore busy that was launched by the us was run by many years by then a kind of arming and training project for syria's rebels supposedly moderate rebels . but of course invariably many of these weapons and it up in the hands of what even the us deems terrorists in syria that was all supposedly ended in 2017 when it was finally disclosed that it's actually publicly acknowledged that it existed and so now we've got evidence quite clear evidence if the documentation is true and again there's nothing to indicate that it's not that actually this program in

another form has continued. to russia's far east 5 key leaders took to the stage and it involved a vast arc on 2 of the eastern economic forum russian president vladimir putin was joined for discussions by the japanese malaysian and mongolian needed on how to move forward on trade technology and the environment and avoiding global military escalation reporting from the forum in a patrol car. that was quite a company in that room the leader of the 2nd most populous country in this world and as we began to realize in the last few years a staunch ally of rush up in the plus the leader of japan an ally of the us in the 1st place and but as she puts it himself a great friend of the russian president vladimir putin and finally the heads. of to asia mongolia and malaysia a lot was said about what's left of global security now that the intermediate range

nuclear forces treaty is gone because the us administration thought that was the way to go in the 21st century mr putin said that he believes the world will have plenty of reasons to worry about after all a potential new arms race is a very big deal at the fuel which she used in the recent series of challenges facing humanity imagine if the sun weapon maybe a nuclear one in orbit over our heads. this could drastically change the security situation across the globe as for my own american partners keep silent when we suggest continuing to negotiate some moments there's nothing new in that another key message from the russian president was that moscow will keep up with all the missile r. and d. that the west will get itself involved then but when it comes to the deployment that won't happen on the part of russia when it comes to the weapons previously

outlawed by the i.n.f. treaty until america starts taking the boxes on their deployment plans no matter how difficult and serious this issue is though vladimir putin decided it's worth adding a bit of humor and jokingly suggested that america should waste money if it can buy some of the arms technology from russia. which if i told donald do you want us to sell you those weapons they are saying they will soon produce their own that might be so but then why would you spend the money if we have already spent it wouldn't breach of security but would help create balance. another landmark international agreement that is now in real jeopardy because of the new diplomatic methods. ministration is a so-called away and nuclear deal while judging by what the japanese prime minister said at the plant of recession donald trump and shinzo abhi aren't on the same page

in this regard despite being allies. we have long told the u.s. we have our concern in iran and the nuclear deal i wish it would be resolved through negotiations i talked to the supreme leader and he said that iran isn't going to produce or use nuclear weapons he said it very clearly believe it or not before shaking hands and vladivostok mr putin and mr abbay met $26.00 times before and the japanese leader was keen to point that out once again after all they don't call each other great friends for nothing and he even entertain the audience with his knowledge of a russian prover that suggests that you have to eat a lot of salt together to become real friends. the audience here might not know that the summit meeting we've just had was our 27th meeting ladies and gentlemen it's important for you to know that president putin and i have had so many meals

together time and time again that one might say we even keel lives of soul together it was clear that the prime ministers of india and japan wanted to be good guests and show a bit of admiration for their country that they're visiting and that's when the names of russian pole woodson riders started coming up and even quotes around remote indian prime minister even compared to the russian writer leo tolstoy with someone who is known as the father of the nation and in the mahatma gandhi so it's this kind of warmth respect and the desire to hear each other's opinions that is form and vladivostok will be real. for on the sidelines of the economic forum in blood of all stock the malaysian prime minister has again criticised the ongoing investigation into the dining flight m.h. 17 saying the probe will remain biased and as more countries are involved all 298 people on board died when their plane crashed in eastern ukraine in 2014 it was

bound for malaysia from the netherlands when it was shot down the dutch led joint investigation team blamed russian backed rebels in eastern ukraine a preliminary report claims the rebels used a russian made book missile system moscow there has repeatedly said that the particular system in question was left in ukraine after the breakup of the soviet union in a separate experiment looking at how the plane was brought down a russian ad defense company concluded that the missile could not have been fired from the region alleged in the report those results were ignored by the joint investigation team r.t. has spoken to the malaysian foreign minister it told us why his country was so concerned from the very start of the investigation i think the concern that very early do the investigation. we eventually becoming off to you but not the initial stage that was one of the reason why we have

a lot of concern. the other is a nice where. some people will very quick in making accusations the investigation was still going on already there were some effort by some quote. to accuse a particular country happens to be russia. i'm not seeing the da da it's not doing its work but as i have said earlier it is premature and i don't think he's right to make accusation specific accusations to it but the country all a group of people violence against migrants in south africa has caused international a lot more on that story after this break. join me every week on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to us from the

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welcome back to the program where the attacks and looting in south africa has sparked a boycott against a country that by celebrities across the continent the violence has targeted migrants from other african countries who flock to one of the continent's most developed nations pulis live reports from johannesburg. south africa's still reeling off to 4 days of bloody violence have resulted in some 7 people being killed those figures we've received from the police and some 300 people being arrested the violence was triggered last week in the country's capital pretoria when a south african txi driver was a late just to have been killed by a nigerian drug dealer now as part of a protest against a south african taxi drivers who took to the streets because he soon that protest

evolved into a demonstration against all foreign is inspired to add the same to around the country and the result has been violence hundreds of foreigners have been days to shoot off to the businesses were attacked the police were forced to use white controlled mazes such as tear gas and rubber bullets and the situation is still rather unstable now because of the nationality of that drug dealer being nigerian a lot of the focus has actually been on nigerians now south africa has temporarily closed its diplomatic missions in a boucher and lagos in nigeria for fear of reprisals against its stop south african businesses have also closed their doors temporarily in nigeria and the south african foreign minister has said that this is an embarrassment for south africa and she has expressed her great violence against foreigners nigeria has pulled out of the african economic summit being held in south africa and. and the nigerian

foreign minister has also expressed concern received sickening and depressing news of continued burning and looting of nigerian shops and premises in south africa by mindless criminals with an effective police protection enough is enough to make definitive measures the last time they was in a phobia outbreak like this in south africa was back in 2008 but this is a country where you have an unemployment of 29 percent which means a very often the distress of people who don't have jobs turns against foreigners often instead of actually being directed against the government and its lack of delivery the 2011 census is the last official senses in terms of how many foreigners are in this country in the pits the figure of 2000000 dead at the waist and it suggests the figure is closer to 5000000 out of a population of 56000000 who have the south african president has also expressed alarm over what is happening saying that there's no place for us in a phobia in south africa now i'd like to condemn the violence that has been

spreading out around number of provinces in our country in the strongest. i've been talking to a lot of foreigners here in south africa who are very afraid of what is happening there is a lot of fake news that's been spreading on social media with pictures that are not actually even south african showing people being burned people jumping out of buildings with the caption foreign as it leave south africa's so we're in the process of verifying another the media along with the experts but the situation certainly is dire at the moment. the u.s. now a crowded field of democrats vying to challenge donald trump for presidency next year 20 candidates have thrown their hats into the ring so far but the 3rd round debate will feature just 3 of them and there's plenty of speculation as to why the lineup is so limited notably to antiwar candidates marianne williamson until see were removed from the debate. they criticized u.s.

military spending. has the story among the 2020 candidates vying for the democratic nomination is self-help guru marianne williamson she's one of the most googled candidates and known for her oddly spiritual approach i'm going to harness love a false god this dark psychic force she's certainly trying to grab the attention of certain voters but it may surprise you that she actually has a strong appeal among a broad selection of rank and file liberals we don't have a health care system in the united we have a sickness care system in the united states this is part of the dark underbelly over here. now she has criticized u.s. foreign policy and particularly the pentagon with nearly $740000000000.00 military budget but only $40000000000.00 proposed for the state department budget our outsize commitment to brute force and never with her in commitment to so forces of this well no limelight for her she has been pushed off the stage of the upcoming

debates along with antiwar candidate tulsa gabbert all thanks to the new rules of the d.n.c. there is a well strategized effort to smear me there is no doubt about that there are some very powerful forces that want to make sure i'm not in the 3rd debate so i must be doing something right if they work so hard to create that in this crowded campaign the antiwar democratic candidates seem to stand out however it's those centrist pro-war hawkish democrats that get all the spotlight take a recent poll from amman and a plus pollster in the united states now the results from this polling agency actually showed bernie sanders in the leaves ahead of joe biden but inconvenient poll results like that just end up getting shunned he's clear that the moment university poll published on mondays and i understood when we released top poll the picture it paints a diversion from us and the media has a role in helping the d.n.c. to they target the. if you don't fit in with the establishment narrative they pull

out the label marianne williamson well she's a faith healer who doesn't believe in vaccines she's the pal of bashar al assad bernie sanders well use just a silly old man who can't really be taken seriously he took. clobbered him isn't that not a good message i think that would be a good message and i've never given that message when you see false pretenses u.s. officials determined assad these chemical weapons against his own people used to be funny here that about iraq right on written rules are becoming ever more clear for the democrats step outside of that pro-war box and you're labeled a clank no matter how much the public likes you. are seeing new york. rolled up starting in the afghan capital of kabul where the taliban have claimed responsibility for

a powerful car bomb blast which killed at least 10 people the incident took place near the u.s. embassy reportedly claimed lives and a u.s. soldier on a nato mission it comes amid peace talks between washington the taliban that's the group also claimed to be behind a number of the attacks in the. russia's far east where hundreds of emergency workers have been taking part in rescue operations severe flooding hit the area surrounding the river in the heart of the region. more than 100 residential buildings remain under water. and social cuts and an all star a t.v. program in argentina have triggered yet more protests in the capital plan a seris demonstrate to set up camps and set fires out side the ministry building it comes with heightened political instability in the south american nation as recent polls put added pressure on the ruling party. news and now

shown thomas will take over and around 30 minutes time with more updates so do stay with us. during the great depression which old mr remember there was most of the family were unemployed. and it wasn't it was bed you know much worse objective listen today but there was an expectation of the things were going to get better. there was a real sense of hope. there isn't today today's america was shaped by the 10 principles of concentration of wealth and power. reduced democracy at tax solo down engineer elections manufacture consent and other principle according to no on. one set of rules for the rich opposite.

that's what happens when you put her into the. sector of will switch is dedicated to increasing power for just as you'd expect one of the most influential intellectuals of our time speaks about the modern civilization of america. after almost 2 decades of war naki patient american military involvement in afghanistan appears to be winding down a deal with the taliban will see the majority of american troops leave while still allowing a sizable contingent to remain just what exactly is washington's geopolitical interest to be in afghanistan america's longest ever. you know world big part of the lot and conspiracy it's time to wake up

to dig deeper to hit the stories that made stream media refuses to tell. whenever we need to be smart we need to stop slamming the door on the bath 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. welcome to the alex i'm unsure where we move from the parliamentary party technics at westminster to the underlying economic conditions against which this drama will

be played by it last week alex asked 2 of the u.k.'s most respected political commentators to forecast the moves i'm coming to muse of the big cities and to me i was as prominent as you and thus far i pundits have proved to be spot on in their suggestions of an earthquake chain reaction to the prime minister's move to parliament for much of next month i think if it looks as if the u.k. is headed for no deal will be an attempt for parliament to seize control of the executive that attempt will succeed the speaker will facilitate it and the majority will vote for it and then there will be legislation instructing the prime ministers to negotiate a 6 month extension that 2 will get a majority in the house of commons if it looks as if no deal does the only other route i think the logic of this situation where you have a minority prime minister trying to force his will over

a parliament which disgrace of him is the natural that's a lot. some of that will be an election court challenges street demonstrations opposition parties forced together to seize control of the parliament or to people toward the rebels and peace crossing the floor of the house fence of the selection and finally to the prime minister's bed for a snap election forecasts of our commentators were pleased and this week's parliamentary exchanges mr speaker what he is recommending is yet more yet more did get more details yet more today yet more uncertainty for business what we in this government want to do is deliver on the mandate of the people he used to be a democrat the used to believe in upholding the referendum result can he say now whether he would vote in favor of leave or remain and can he say now whether he's in favor of a 2nd referendum or not. let me go over. the prime minister failed to

answer my questions about food supply but i mentioned supplies and about the problems in hospitals he refuses to publish the yellow hammer documents and he talks about scaremongering where does the information come from other than his office in his government. this high political drama has the final chapter to come but today we turn to the economic backdrop against which this struggle will be played out alex interviews professor david blanchflower on his view of a coming economic future we've been in a decade of very slow growth and the expectation is that we're going to see a 2nd decade because of the utter incompetence to go and read the great masters go and think about how the world works but i would say go back and read keynes and beverage but 1st of course your tweets messages and emails in response to last week's show julian says.