good. profit above. that was how it. was. that. trump confirms that the peace talks with the taliban are scrapped after the militant group claimed responsibility for a bold terror attack which left one american soldier dead. and yet another blow to british prime minister boris johnson parliament has rejected his latest move to call a general election as the u.k. appears still on course for exiting the e.u. next month but with the status of a deal in doubt. and a russian journalist who was part of an historic prisoner swap with ukraine speaks to us about his detention in kenya. which would not be such

a stupid to deny that it's a political process and if i ended my release and it ended like that because there was a change of administration. a very warm welcome you're watching r.t. international with many care and. us president donald trump as confirmed negotiations with the taliban have been scrapped it had been hoped they would bring america's longest war to an end blames the insurgent groups recent attack in kabul in which an american soldier was killed. they thought that that it killed people in order to put themselves in a little better to go shares a position where they did that they killed 12 people one happened to be a great american soldier you can't do that can't do that with me so they're dead as far as i'm concerned and we've hit. the taliban harder in the last 4 days that they've been hit over 10 years we beat them militarily but as soon as we leave it

seems to form again we would beat them very easily militarily if we wanted to by doing certain things that i'm not talking to where we could have that over with very very rapidly but you'd lose millions and millions of lives and i don't want to do that the taliban is warning though that cancelling the talks will result in more american losses chung's decision to call off the talks which could have ended america's 18 years of military involvement in afghanistan through bipartisan criticism washington initially targeted the taliban for giving shelter to al qaeda terrorists but before that u.s. relations with the group were rather different galaxy explains off the 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. on the media's mind when they found out they were outraged that trump should talk to the enemy those murderous villains who day

a fight against the u.s. occupation. the problem with the council of afghanistan talks was not the timing locale 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 11 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 the shadow we image i guess you call it that i found a 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. 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 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. busy overworking. it's right there a woman in the ministry of defense. it's very bad we don't use them as objects of them and. they're not for you or.

for many other things women shouldn't be 4 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 jaya 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 they thought they could use them this changed on 9111 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 if the american public

is tired of 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 obviously is something america just current and paid. latest bid by british prime minister barak's johnson to call a general election has been floated the british parliament has just voted to reject what the pm call the only way to avoid a no deal bragg's it comes after a bruising week for johnson who already lost another vote on the same issue last week so he has would he has more on bragg's his latest twists and. well it's been a very hectic and fast paced night in parliament in the seething and i was all carrying up to this crucial crunch vote on boris johnson's motion for a snap general election which as expected m.p.'s have again rejected following a gang the rejection from last week now is the final act on today's dramatic

sequence in parliament before it's officially suspended or prorogue till october the 14th which is a mammoth 5 weeks away of course last week forest johnson suffered a mecca of bruising throughout the bricks it situations that happened then he suffered many a huge defeat for his do or die no deal breck's it plus yet again on a snap general election having said that even at this last minute 11th hour moment he's still maintaining that directs it needs no delay. is the point of. delivery that's what they want. to force us to. think. i would. there are circumstances in which i asked to do that we're leaving on the 31st of october gives bonds we're going to fulfill the repeated promises of parliament to the people and come out of the e.u.

on october 31st. all dots well today's timetable was mammoth us included 2 emergency debates plus a motion from boris johnson on the snap general election of course the 1st emergency to pay it requires the release of no deal planning documents now it was actually went through with a majority of 9 technically m.p.'s should now have access to that wife for messages dating back to the 23rd of july which is of course when boris johnson became prime minister plus operation yellow hammond as that is the crucial no deal preparation files they too must also be. we disclose now the government has responded to all of this to this motion saying it will share the appropriate information with parliament but says this is all unprecedented and up saluted disproportionate in their opinion again the 2nd emergency debate that was discussed in parliament today

is a further blow to boris johnson which was germany corbin's emergency debate on the rule of law that went through without a vote now and it was all about the worries and concerns that the government would not respect the rule of law that was passed last week by m.p.'s all about a no deal greg says so this current parliamentary session now wraps up and for the opposition it's been somewhat of a good day but for boris johnson he could be stopped in his no deal tracks even before he got started from a conservative member of the london assembly roger evans told us another delay would be pointless. i think he will do his level best to get this done by the 31st of october without an extension if he doesn't it will bring considerable discredit upon the political process in this country because we keep seeing this difficult decision kicked into the long grass what difference is the 3 month

extension really going to make anyway if you look at the timetable for this time if you were about to go off into the party conference season and i don't know if the parties were actually seriously considering abandoning those conferences they could continue talking about the solutions they didn't want to bragg's it which is all you have a here out of the house of cards but we've got the lived conference coming up then the labor conference then the tory conference so we would expect people to be away from parliament and not having debates making a lot this time if you or anyone. palestinians have clashed with the israeli police while protesting against the death of an inmate in an israeli jail the palestinian prime minister himself has accused israel of premeditated murder of the prisoner due to medical negligence the man in question had been suffering from cancer israel's prison surface has confirmed among serving a sentence for murder and kidnapping died in hospital. the latest tensions cameras the u.s. special envoy for middle east peace has resigned casting further doubt on israeli

palestinian relations chasing green blood was a key figure in the trump administration's efforts in the region and it's unclear if his success there will be able to put his proposals into practice the man taking over is berkowitz 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's son in law jared krishna. meanwhile the form and void green black to had received criticism in the arab world for unpopular decisions i've to supporting their relocation of the u.s. embassy to jerusalem and recognizing is ready sovereignty over the golan heights but is ascension sillies the job is now raising questions over of what happens next our guests debated to how the d.l. of those century idea could workout 1st of all let's agree that the there and there might be a plan that the us administration is working on but that piece 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 recognize palestinian 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 slide on guns in riyadh. nobody as well i can tell the audience 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 trump of ministration who truly wants the best for the palestinian people that is trying yet again after 25 years of failures to help the palestinian people and their israeli neighbors come to a. diplomatic political and economic solution 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 a win win situation in the middle east is quite simple and it starts by putting the occupation in the historic waste bin. and russian

journalist who returned to moscow on saturday as part of a historic prisoner swap with ukraine has spoken to reporters coalition skee was arrested in kiev an inmate 2018 on charges of treason and he was released from pre-charge detention late last month as well as giving a press conference he spoke to our correspondent with the details his maria from the. 52 year old russian journalist with ukrainian passport who spent $470.00 days in detention in ukraine more than 15 months the time confessed to us definitely became a task for him not only professionally but as a human being this is how he described the biggest challenges and the hardest moments for him while in detention. the hardest thing was the living conditions because it's the shock when someone 1st enters prison i had in my hands a small boat for toiletries a toothbrush and toothpaste the 2nd hardest thing was to get over the shock of

everything that was happening to me because i understood that it had nothing to do with the law i understood that it's absolutely political and also realized that by law i could not protect myself how interview didn't last more than 15 minutes but i saw tears in kid it was always so many times during this time it's really hard to understand what he's been through but whatever it was definitely brought so much pain and frustration and killed definitely as far as i understood from what he was telling me it was really bad about his case but there is much more than just that. there were women and older people arriving in moscow whereas in ukraine only military officers and men of military age came out of the airplane the sort of people know what they're going for while it's humiliating to have women and old people in jail there was a woman who was 6 months pregnant in the detention facility where i was she helped

to organize the crimean referendum in 24 team she was put in prison for that just a few words about his case to remind you he used to be they had of russia's agency an obvious t. in kiev ukraine until one day in may $2900.00 he was arrested over a treason charges by ukraine's as b u national security agency and if guilty he could face up to 15 years in. reason he was never proven guilty and he denied all the way through these promises all the allegations and all the charges this case brought some international attention and repeated condemnation from the lawyers see you killed told me he has no doubts that his case was and remains a political case that it's stupid to deny that it's a political process and it's my release and it ended like that because there was a change of administration i knew that as long as persian court was in power i

would remain in prison i thought were profession would protect me work according to strict standards if i followed all of these journalistic standards there was nothing they could arrest me for but it turned out there was because poroshenko created a big political story together with ministration. added he hopes all those responsible will eventually be brought to justice and he also said he's not a politician but again he hopes that what happened to he men $34.00 other people exchanged and released from ukraine in detention would eventually mark the beginning of a new era of the era of better positive relations between ukraine and russia with more dignity and more respect. for the mayor of london city can his voice his opposition to a major arms fair being hosted in the city has reported they describe the event as a bar and says he strongly opposes that defense and security equipment

international is the world's largest arms exhibition and has been merged in control of the before back in 2013 torture equipment was found on fair at the fair and critics also point to those doing the shopping among them saudi arabia and iraq meanwhile human rights activists say the u.k. is facilitating facilitating atrocities taylor picks up the story. this is a british with a twist held only every 2 years there's no candy floss tea cups or soft toys no the largest weapons fire in the world isn't our. d.s. e.i. attracts on companies a military delegations from all over the world backed by the ministry of to fads it's the kind of that he'd expect the media to be keen to get involved in who it's

not so easy to pass the security checks take in affection war correspondents works alongside the british military he should fit the bill know 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 role in 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 fire comes at

a time of increased scrutiny over the u.k.'s weapons sales back in june westminster was forced to freeze any deals with saudi arabia after a court ruled unlawful amid allegations that british arms were being used in the yemen conflict now the u.n. says armstead this could become the sit and 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 am even less of a surprise that antiwar activists are stepping up that charge who went in search of being sold it the ts cia arms could be used for decades to come in atrocities and

looking particularly the sale and 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 weapons which had been licensed by boris johnson and his colleagues but with the weapons market what $14000000000.00 pounds a year so this whole controversy to be on the safe side though curious an experience would correspondence probably but a cat in the d.s.e. dog suffocate ought to. the u.s. budget deficit is expected to hit one trillion dollars next year and questions are being raised over how american taxpayer is being used and a report by a kentucky senator has highlighted some of the more bizarre examples of government spending.

a traditional religious performance in germany has come under fire from the animal rights organization pizza is calling for a don't case to be removed from the show depicting the last days of jesus christ and instead it suggests using a scooter. and

. these days jesus would no longer travel by don't key he would presumably move in a nice scooter or some other electric vehicle that is kinds of animals and the environment. well they demand has been criticized by perform as the act of playing jesus says the play represents a specific moment in time and the scariest that would be totally out of place the event is being held in bavaria since the 17th century with only minor changes and this not just those on stage allegory of peter's intervention. 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 old chow i understand the criticism itself but seriously jews are on a nice scooter while everything around is historically correct oh. animal welfare is taking into account a lot in germany and european countries in many countries throughout the world animal where there is well taken and what is non-technical insufficiently is human welfare peta has had since mission to divert attention away from human suffering and focus attention on less important issues and peta as probably no knowledge of the german laws the law of that 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 as the chasing out international we're back at the top of the hour with the latest headlines favre. the barbarians the vandals of wall street are now actively plundering your bank account with a negative interest rate an astonishing amount of policy there and there's no economics behind it that would chew to any school of economics that has ever existed as dr michael hudson said since the bronze age it's just out right for harry as. well you know the fires they were kind of adopted because we were called pirates for so long they. have been there in the small boats next to the harpoon ships and

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to show it's seemed wrong when old souls just don't hold. any new world that is yet to shape out these days to come to advocate and engage with equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. if. there are good it is and bad that it's the bad news in yemen or the united states. the good. lord 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 funding and arming death squads there's no any more because there's always

a small income for a really good this is a profit. this is boom bust broadcasting around the globe uncovering the 21st century global economy and daniel in washington christine ali is on assignment in singapore and will have some special content from her later in today's show there's and so much more to get to but we kick things off by taking a look at gold reserves around the globe as nations have been sponsored by linked in the wake of international trade uncertainty washrooms with saudi aramco i.p.o. inches closer several financial institutions are finding the 4th spot on the advisory board who'll catch up on gold in this major i.p.o.

move with jeffrey tucker of the american institute for economic.