always at the water's edge. there should. not. be. the taliban mourns of more american deaths so donald trump cancels afghan pace plans peace talks on u.s. soil. we want america special envoy for middle east peace resigns leaving current

israeli palestinian plans in the hands of a less experienced successor we assess what that means for the region. time for the palestinian authority to pony up and get with the program so that they can achieve the type of independence when when situation in the middle east is quite simple and it starts by putting the occupation in the historic waste bin and the london to be the world's largest currently being hosted in his city branding it a cult. clothes good afternoon you're watching r.t. international the us president donald trump has pulled the plug on afghan peace talks with the taliban he was hoped they would bring in america's longest war to an

end he blamed the terrorist groups recent attack on kabul in which an american soldier was killed the taliban mourns though this crap in the talks will result in more u.s. losses. they admitted to an attack in kabul that killed one of our great great soldiers and 11 other people if they cannot agree to a ceasefire during these very important peace talks the probably don't have the power to negotiate a meaningful agreement any way the us president called off the peace dialogue this will lead to more losses to the us his credibility will be affected his anti peace stance will be exposed to the world losses to lives and assets will increase from his handling of the peace talks with the taliban which could have ended america's 18 years of military involvement in afghanistan through bipartisan criticism the u.s. targeted the group for giving shelter to al qaeda terrorists however before the invasion u.s. relations with the taliban were rather different as the now reports. after almost

2 decades of war this could have been the big break but no back to war as luck would have it peace in the goshi sions weren't on the media's mind when they found out they were outraged that trump should dare talk to the enemy that was murderous villains through their fight against the us occupation. the problem with the council of afghanistan talks was not the timing or recent taliban violence it was the reality that the talks were designed to provide a cover for u.s. troop withdrawal rather than peace and would help the taliban while undermining the afghan government never should lead is a terrorist organization that hasn't renounced kind of love and continues an evil be allowed in a great country never full stop for the us to meet with the taliban and not have the leader of afghanistan to make meet with the taliban is something that's doomed to failure the whole thing doesn't quite make sense i mean it's just another

example of the president truly treating our foreign policy like it's some kind of game show this isn't a game show these are terrorists listening to them you'd never know that by the late ninety's the taliban which was already hosting asama bin laden were invited to the us is on the guests for business by us energy company talks and laying pipelines talks supported by the government it was very you know they have this shadow we image i guess you call it that i found very straightforward and. i think the clinton administration was really committed to helping you know american business to be successful. we enjoyed. really strong support. for military analyst julie sir's vote to report for the defense intelligence agency pointing out that there were alternatives to the taliban we didn't go down well

with her superiors. the state department didn't want to have anything to do with the afghan resistance war even politically to reveal that there was any viable option to do taliban she was apparently forced out soon after i heard that some people at the state department were people among those more sympathetic with the taliban at that time so there might have been some political reasons as well but ultimately i was forced to leave a year later bin laden and al qaida orchestrated 2 attacks on us embassies in africa $224.00 people killed and yet still the us entertained the taliban the same taliban then governing of gotta start and which tolerated al qaida on its soil was invited back to the u.s. in 2001 on the fischel state visit during which jihadism dignitaries explained

their virtuous treatment of woman and now in the. security organ are. over there working. it's right there a woman in the ministry of defense. it's very bad we don't use them as of this advertisement. it's that they're not for you or. for many other things that women shouldn't be for months before $911.00 the u.s. sent $43000000.00 to the taliban a reward for fighting narcotics trafficking who would have known that just months later america would invade to start a war that would last for almost 2 decades the united states have been cooperated with dean in afghanistan for a long time they didn't see them as that dangerous they saw them as people who would stay over there and and they thought they could use them this changed on

911 today inviting the taliban to the united states to try to. do to arrange what they call a peace deal is a very difficult optics for the president especially as we get close to the anniversary of the september bombing the one hand it does seem hypocritical for the united states to meet with the taliban today after promising to destroy them on the other hand it's the necessity of defeat the united states has been fighting for 18 years and it is the american public is tired of it so the president's in a dilemma he wants to look strong and he wants to help american allies but the same time the cost has gotten bigger and bigger and the american public are fed up there you have it the u.s. wouldn't hear a bad word about the taliban why did the mover is on a guest plan to build pipelines together but peace talks in 2019

that all be asleep is something america just current and paid. more against the of will the u.s. and the taliban had been in negotiations for almost a year the taliban command the withdrawal of all foreign troops from afghanistan while america wanted guarantees the group would not assist international terrorism and a draft accord had been reached last week currently the taliban does control more afghan territory than that any point since the us invasion in 2001 when the peace talks were still active the taliban never committed to holding attacks in the country in fact the group stepped up its campaign of terror we got reaction to trump decision to abandon peace talks from people in kabul. because one of the soldiers presumably the general was killed in a suicide attack or abdul haq square he called off the peace talks while so many afghan army forces and civilians are killed on

a daily basis they do not think about. the peace talks began the suicide bombings and attacks have increased in our people have been killed and they have accepted peace the should have announced a cease fire and then the talks moved forward. meanwhile the u.s. special envoy for middle east peace has resigned casting doubt on existing israeli palestinian plans jason greenblatt was a key figure in the trump administration's efforts in the region and now it's unclear if his successor will be able to put his proposals into practice the man taking over is the birth of it he graduated from law school 3 years ago and according to reports has no middle east experience up to now he's worked as an aide to trump son in law gerrard couche no meanwhile the former envoy green blatt had received criticism for unpopular decisions in the arab world after supporting the relocation of the us embassy to jerusalem and recognizing israeli sovereignty over

the golan heights but his decision to leave the job is now raising questions over what will happen next the trumpet ministrations long delayed peace plan is set for publication after the israeli elections in september but previously leaked details appeared to highlight some k. decisions for example like an expansion of israel's territory to include west bank settlements while palestinians would gain part of the garza strip. they wouldn't be able to live there the leaks also suggested palestinians would be forbidden from having an army our guest debated how all of this could play act. 1st of all let's agree that the there and there might be a plan that the us administration is working on but the peace is not part of it and the palestinians are not part of it then that's why the palestinians have taken the very logical approach in forming the international committee that so long as this administration does not recognized by listing the end rights for international law

there's really not much to talk about if the palestinians are going to simply boycott mr green blood boycott mr trump boycott the saudis boycott anything before they even seen the play and then there's no opportunity for a gauge of it this is the time for engagement not for boycotts and when you start to boycott the arab world and the united states you're going down a very slippery slope only guns in riyadh. nobody's well i caught palestinians have with palestine is an integral part of the arab world mr greenblatt is someone who has is not only committed ideologically to the settler movement he is a contributor to the entrancement of the supplements regime which is illegal under international law in the heart of the occupied west bank so there was never. a moment where this administration even made a slight effort to give the impression that it has any inclination or any interest

in being balanced in being objective it's the palestinian authority that have got to get with the program they live in the middle east that they essentially believe they are the center of the middle east and they're really they've really become a footnote and they're about to throw the throw themselves excuse me into the waste basket of history of the less they begin to engage with the greatest superpower on earth which is the troubled ministration who truly wants the best for the palestinian people and is trying yet again after 25 years of failures to help the palestinian people and their israeli neighbors come to an. diplomatic political and economic solution the palestinians throughout the past years with successive american administrations have bent over backwards to try and reach a solution that would guarantee a real 2 state formula now if you're talking about formulas that were presented that would give the palestinians far less than

a state then naturally the palestinian leadership which is accountable to the palestinian people cannot accept something that is not acceptable less than a palestinian state it's time for the palestinian authority to pony up and get with the program so that they can achieve the type of independence that israel can have the type of the rights and security that the jewish people so much deserve in this part of the world so it's a win win recognizing israel's illegal annexation of jerusalem has been rejected worldwide recognizing israel's illegal annexation of the syrian golan has been rejected worldwide when when situation in the middle east is quite simple and it starts by putting the occupation in the historic waste bin. down the new religious performance in germany has come under fire from animal rights organization they are calling for don't case be removed from the show depicting the last days of jesus christ and instead suggest and rides in on

a nice ski so. these days jesus would no longer travel by don't keep he would presumably move them and some other electric vehicle that is kind to animals and the environment. well that the man has been criticized by performers the actor playing jesus says they are representing a specific moment in time and then he quote doesn't really fit the event has also been it's been held in bavaria since the 17th century with few changes and it's not

just those on stage who is slamming the demands of the more rights campaigners jesus is supposed to ride in these couture instead of a donkey it could not be more idiotic i was in jerusalem and there is a ban on the use of electric vehicles in the. i understand the criticism itself but seriously jews are on a nice scooter while everything around is historically correct oh. animal welfare is taking a lot in germany and european countries in many countries throughout the world animal where there is well taken and what is not checking accounts appreciably is human welfare peta has had. to divert attention away from human suffering and focus attention on less important issues and peter has probably no knowledge of the german laws the law of the law is very strict and it has its

limits but it also has privileges and certain privileged organizations can as long as they follow the strict procedures that the law provides use animals in their performances you're watching out international we're going to take a quick break more news from us entailments. you know world's big partners. 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 smart we need to stop slamming the door. 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 we're watching closely watching the hawks. the barbarians the vandals of wall street are now actively plundering your bank account with a negative interest in astronomy comic policy there's no economics behind it that would cue to any school of economics that has ever existed as dr michael hudson said since the bronze age it's just out right. again that america london city has spoken acts against a major. city in the city he's described the event as a potent and says he strongly opposes it. london is

a global city which is home to individuals who fled conflict and suffered as a consequence of arms and weapons exhibited. in order to represent londoners interests and will take any opportunity available to prevent this event from taking place at the world talks in future years. defense and security equipment international is the world's largest arms exhibition and has been mired in controversy before for example back in 2013 torture equipment was found on sale at the fair and critics also point to those doing the shopping to among them saudi arabia and also iraq meanwhile human rights activists do say that the u.k. is also facilitating atrocities u.k. is the 2nd largest exporter to saudi arabia and despite a court of appeal to cleric the sales unlawful since 2015 riyadh has led a military intervention in yemen with its coalition accused of war crimes meanwhile

hundreds of protesters took to the streets of london ahead of the fair and he worked his campaign to highlight the deadly consequences of the weapons trade r.t. 30 taylor reports on why the arms fair is getting so much negative attention. this is a british with a twist held only every 2 years there's no candyfloss teacups or soft toys no the largest of what. is in town. d s e i attracts armed companies and military delegations from the world backed by the ministry of to fads it's the kind of that you'd expect the media to be keen to get involved in who it's not so easy to pass the security checks take. a

virtual war correspondent that's what a lot. side the british military he said fit the bill each application in the information submitted is assessed on the case by case basis after reviewing europe location we are unable to establish that you are a journalist and editor production team member in a row and field mr cobain try to convince them with his reports for the likes of the guardian in times newspapers covering everything from northern ireland to bosnia and saudi arabia no luck though and it's a decision that's provoked a strong reaction. ian cobain is an award winning journalist it is absurd that the security team for the arms for have taken it upon themselves to decide he is on suitable to attend the event it is totally unacceptable for a journalist to be refused access in this way and it is a sinister breach of press freedom the arms spec comes at a time of increased scrutiny over the u.k.'s weapons sales and back in june westminster was forced to freeze any deals with saudi arabia ultraportable unlawful

amid allegations that british arms hoping used in the yemen conflict now the un says arms tennis could become the sit in alleged war crimes there are certain states who are well known to be supplying weapons that includes the united states it includes the united kingdom and it includes france to name but 3 the group of experts has recommended that 3rd states prohibit the authorization about transfers and refrain from providing arms to parties to the conflict still it's perhaps no surprise that riyadh is a guest of honor at this year's d.s.e. i an even less of a surprise that antiwar activists are stepping up that charge when considering the dia cia arms gear could be used for decades to come in atrocities and looking particularly this angel of destruction of yemen we have to remember that the soviet regime is by far the world's largest buyer if you keep weapons and we know that

these are being used to commit atrocities christine atrocity after chastity after atrocity and my traces would not be possible if it were weapons which had been licensed by boris johnson and his colleagues but with the weapons market what 14000000000 pounds a year so little control pussy to be on the safe side though curiously an experience would correspond to the probably back to cab in the d.s. dog suffocate ought to. the results have been counted from local elections held across the russian federation on sunday the ruling united russia party retained its majority in moscow but lost 15 seats others including opposition parties and the communist party saw gains but the process was not without accusations of fraud and interference as r.t. as you could have done half expects. the russian election committee they have already said that this election has been largely a success of course not without

a hitch the russian interior ministry got throughout the day more than $3600.00 reports of violations and 11 criminal cases have already been opened in relation to the election fraud during the elections and but again the cording to the election committee the scale of the violations so far has been significant and that largely the elections are a success although in certain some outrageous cases all the attempts of election fraud the election the head of election committee has been well she didn't mince her words when it came to that how to listen. to your station for all 5 to instead of give an attempt at ballot stuffing it was filmed the results were not i don't know whether it's a lack of manners there have been 3 solid and 654 complaints about violations and 11 legal cases have been initiated but this is still an extremely low number well

one of the comes to all the election fraud videos that emerged throughout sunday it has been somewhat difficult to tell fact from fiction and in certain cases according to the election committee the videos of these election fraud they were falsified they were doctored or the footage from different years was used according to the election committee they will be looking into all of those cases and everyone spreading fake information about the violations will be named and shamed when you talk about united russia is very representative picture was here in moscow because for instance here the party that is widely seen in russia as the ruling party lost some 15 seats compared to what it used to have so this is a this definitely contributes to the pluralism of opinion in the pluralism of of parties of party members and ideologies represented in the local and. the local parliament of moscow also we've heard reaction from russia's official media watchdog accused google and facebook of tampering with the elections or meddling in

the elections by allowing political ads to be run on the election day this is something in violation of russia's election law and we've already had reaction from the platforms for instance facebook has said it is it shouldn't be held accountable for this because it is essentially not the platform's business to tell advertisers when or which ads to run so basically they shifted all the blame saying it's the advertisers who are at fault not facebook when it comes to google it has been more vague in its statement i should say has the world basically they support so that they support all the legal political advertising on their platform now an ad run on the election day would certainly be illegal under russian law so again a mixed somewhat mixed picture painted by different by different bodies but generally overall the election hailed as

a success. because dan of reporting there that region up to date we're back there with more at the top of the. the world is driven by a dream shaped by one person. no dares thinks. we dare to ask.

the few today there are good tennis and bad evidence the bad news in yemen or the united states deems to be a threat the looked at those who are in syria the cia and the us military were engaged in covert actions really throughout the world. where they were assassinating populist leaders they were backing up the right way military windows funding an army death squads there's no phones and more because there's always a small car truck or a really good. profit. when i was a child small seemed wrong all right old old just don't call. me lol but you get to shape out disdained become agitated and engage an equal betrayal.

when so many find themselves worlds apart when you choose to look for common ground . a move welcomed across town for all things considered i'm peter lavelle attempting to end one war while avoiding a new one as usual the trump administration's foreign policy is unpredictable and even contradictory there are no better examples than afghanistan and iran.

talking some real news i'm joined by my guest here in moscow exam tomorrow he is the founder of the center of political strategic analysis poll we also have dimitri bob h.-e. is a political analyst and editor at interest me internet media project and in london we cross the charles shoe bridge he is a security analyst and a former u.k. army and counterterrorism intelligence officer originally across the uk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate let me go to charles 1st in london while this story with afghanistan and the quote unquote peace process is take a very interesting turn from what we've been told leadership members of the taliban were supposed to go to camp david and i guess maybe tie a bow on this again quote unquote peace process here i don't buy that story it was on the back of a taliban attack in one american was killed and 11 other people were killed that's the story of the last 18 years ok was of the story of the last few days here my supposition is trump got cold feet because he doesn't know where it's going to go

and it's not a political winner for him with this foreign policy blog not necessarily with the american people we can get into that go ahead charles what's your take. i think there's something in what you say here i don't think it's as it appears certainly i think trump has had misgivings as indeed as a lot of the us we can say foreign policy establishment of course trump is sometimes in not sometimes outside of that circle but i think he would share some of the views that he's been strongly pressured particular of the last few days and weeks even in the media a lot especially in the media as a result of. these talks actually approaching even if it wasn't widely known that they would be approaching in this form there's concern of course that if the u.s. does indeed strike a deal with the taliban and the u.s. leaves that actually that will return afghanistan to taliban control it seems quite likely that would be the case but that's going to be the case whether america leaves today.