but it was no it was. me. trying confirms that the peace talks with the taliban are scrapped after the militant group claimed responsibility for terror attack which left one american soldier dead. in yet another blow to british prime minister boris johnson parliament house rejected his latest move to call the 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 here. with stupid to deny that it's a political process and my release and it ended like that because there was

a change of administration. to. a warm welcome to you watching r.t. international with many care and. one year as president donald trump has confirmed negotiations with the taliban have been scrapped it had been hoped they would bring america's longest war to an end trump blames the insurgent groups recent attack in kabul which left an american soldier dead. 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. that's how bonnie is warning though that cancelling the talks will result in more american losses chum'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 town about how the banks are giving shelter to al qaeda terrorists but before that u.s. relations with the group were all the different smart gansey have explained 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 fight against the u.s.

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. 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 got a 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 when there's the security organ are. busy over working it's right there. in the ministry. we don't use them as objects of advertisement. it's that they're not for you or.

for many other things that 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 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 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. west does live now it is 30 year again antiwar activist and iraq war veteran now welcome to the program it's great to have you with us and now the media has called on a chance to talk to fish and unexpected to considering the death toll over 83 in years of conflicts do you think the president's decision risks more lives than more years of war. of course i mean there's no i think the 1st of the most important factor here is that the taliban is actually sick in diplomacy and willing to sit down at the table with a country that invaded it and they said clearly well 1st they are armed and trained and then they made of them and have been fighting them for past almost 2 decades so it's interesting that the so-called developed in modern societies are

rather stick to the guns so yeah i mean of course it's going to create more and i think if you look at the numbers in the 1st 6 months of 2019 you united states air strikes killed 363 people including 89 children and that's good it's really good business for weapons manufacturing the military industrial complex and so to know to go out there and say. dialogue that it's very necessary to prevent not just the violence that's taking place right now in the country but also what's going to happen afterwards you know it's fullish and it's childish and it's the symptoms of the current administration and the u.s. . foreign policy as well so how would you say that the decision to council the talks is an expected move though is the taliban's hogs at the u.s. consulate i mean it could have been many mole deaths. to be honest with you i mean

i am. i'm kind of surprised. but they came to the table and i actually wanted to sit down and talk and to expect that their forces whatever taleban is not going to be still fighting in the country that's beta and that i think it's foolish. you know i've been comparing to the civilian casualties on the casualties on the the whole wider aspect of the damage and destruction that we've caused enough can't stand it's you know it's doesn't it really doesn't matter i'm going to be a little rough here but it doesn't really matter how many u.s. soldiers get killed i mean we don't want to get killed we don't want anyone to get killed but. you know i mean you can how are you how are you how are we or how are you going to fix these things and afghanistan that we have cause for all the way

from 1980 s. . and the road and he want to visit here could take and thank you for your time thank you pleasure. and i suspect by british prime minister boris johnson to call a general election has been thwarted the put his parliament has just voted to reject what the prime minister called the only way to avoid a no deal breakers that comes off though bruising week for johnson who already lost another vote on the same issue last week shoddy at woodstock he has long breaks his latest twists and turns. 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 was 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 bars johnson suffered a mecca of bruising throughout the brics 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 step general election having said that even at this last minute 11th hour moment he's still maintaining that bracks it needs no delay. is the point of. what they want. to force us to do. this. i would be to know there are no circumstances in which i asked to do that we're leaving on the 31st of october gives us we're going to fulfill the repeated promises of parliament to the people and come out of the e.u. on october 31st. all bots well today's timetable was mammoth us included 2

emergency debates plus a motion from boris johnson in a snap general election of course the 1st emergency dissipate 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 wide variety of messages dating back to the 23rd of july which is of course when boris johnson became prime minister plus operation yellow ham and 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 that says this is all unprecedented and up salute the disproportionate in their opinion again the 2nd emergency debate that was discussed in parliament stay is a further blow to boris johnson which was jeremy 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 drek 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 were 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 ever hear out of the house of cons but we got the lived conference coming up in 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 a at an israeli jail the palestinian prime minister himself has accused israel of premeditated murder of the prisoner due to medical negligence and my question had been suffering from cancer israel's prison service as confirmed a man serving a sentence for murder and kidnapping died in hospital. the latest tensions come as the u.s. special envoy for middle east peace has resigned casting further doubt on israeli

palestinian relations jason greenblatt 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 berkowitz he graduated from law school 3 years ago and according to reports has no wait at least experience up to now he's worked as an aide to trump's son in law jared krishna. meanwhile the 4 man for a green lantern had received criticism in the arab world for unpopular decisions of the supporting the relocation of the us embassy in jerusalem and recognizing israel's sovereignty over the golan heights but his decision to leave the job is now raising questions over what happens next our guests debated how the deal of the century idea could work out. 1st of all let's agree that the there and there might be a plan that the us administration is working on but that 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 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've 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 are bad. nobody is 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 settlements 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 unless 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 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 we've been. a 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 in may 2800 on charges of treason and was released from pretrial detention late last month as well as giving a press conference he spoke to our correspondent with the details he's been. but it was 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 a shock when someone 1st and says prison i had in my hands the 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 realize 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 to deal 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 pershing corps was in power i would remain in prison i thought were profession would protect me i 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. hill 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. in maryland and for the car his voice his opposition to a major arms fair being hosted in the city has reportedly described the event as a foreign and says he strongly opposes it defense of security equipment international is the world's largest arms exhibition and has been merging can swap

a city before ok 20000 torture equipment was found on fail at the fair and critics also pointed those doing the shopping among them saudi arabia and iraq meanwhile human rights activists say the u.k. is facilitating atrocities south korea terror takes 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 nope the largest weapons fire in the wild isn't our. d.s. e.i. attracts armed companies a military delegations from all over the world backed by the ministry of to fads that's the kind of event 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 co-pays affection war

correspondents what's 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 a production team member in a role in field mr cobain try to convince them with his reports for the likes of the guardian and 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 back in june westminster

was forced to freeze any deals with saudi arabia after a court ruled the unlawful amid allegations that british arms were being used in the yemen conflict now the u.n. says arms sellers could be complicit 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 is d.s.c. i am even less of a surprise the antiwar activist a step up that charge the weapons that are being sold it says the t.s.a. arms could be used for decades to come in atrocities and looking particularly the sale at 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 with it weapons which had been licensed by boris johnson and his colleagues but with the weapons market what $14000000000.00 pounds a year so little control prosy to be on the safe side though curiously an experience would correspondence of probably but a cat in the d.s.e. dog saskatoon obscene london based using r.t. international we're back at the top of the hour with the latest. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sport that's less i'm show business i'll see you than.

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cities and county governments suing the pharmaceutical giant over their role in the opening up the democratic ground to a halt the talks are grounded to a halt at issue according to n.p.r. and the family behind purdue pharma the sackler family but the waltons are to wal-mart the sac lawyers are to purdue pharma and p.r. reports that according to the state attorney general's negotiating with the company the talks have stalled because the sackler the rejected a demand they give up 4500000000 of their personal wealth the settle the opiate settle opioid claims against the company in an e-mail sent to state attorney general's involved in the lawsuit in them tame by n.p.r. north carolina state attorney general josh stein and his counterpart in tennessee herbert slattery predict that purdue will be filing for bankruptcy imminently going on to write that the sackler has refused to budge and they've declined to offer any counter proposal.