the taliban son's a clear message to donald trump in an exclusive interview with r t urging the u.s. president to rethink his decision to call off afghan peace talks. plus despite booming u.s. oil exports top democrats unite in calling for a ban on fracking and are accused of playing into putin's hands. and that a classic british children's t.v. character gets fired from his job over diversity concerns. it was just the children started to he didn't take things too far why didn't he just stick to the basics and enjoy somebody taking it all to see the full degree really enough and become quite happy with what it is.

you're watching our 2 international bring you your live news update from our studio here in moscow welcome to the program. the chief negotiator for the u.s. in peace talks with these taliban is to testify before congress amid questions or present donald trump's decision and discussions with the terror group meanwhile the taliban has urged him to return to the negotiating table and an exclusive interview with r.t. . i don't know the. reason behind we. were talking but we are still committed to the negotiations. i would start to see from this very minute the other side is the most elusive for the conflict except. peace on the table so. to. come back to. what we were just. after the fact

if. the taliban routinely conducts terrorist attacks across afghanistan and the latest incident at least for afghan troops were killed and 3 injured when a taliban suicide car bomber hit a military base in southern kumble on thursday donald trump and it almost a year of negotiations with the taliban last sunday when they admitted killing a u.s. servicemen to quote strengthen their bargaining position. of looks now at how the talks fell apart. just days ago they stood on the brink of a breakthrough the beginning of the end of the afghan war then it all collapsed and it was too good to be true the talks with the taliban are dead and the taliban refused to attend talks with trump wanting a deal 1st trump killed off negotiations citing an american soldier killed by

islamists in afghanistan and i put it to the taliban how do you expect trump to talk negotiate with you when you are killing his troops as you speak. the next day when mr tucker cancelled this. negotiation he had mr bucket with his father is that he says he admitted that he had good $1000.00 well so if big dollars off us why we cannot get one of them or 2 other so this is what he would have to defend our civic to different people who are different in north of people of other somewhere over there but really when what i really want to do we have to defend our people the way the taliban see it they're defending themselves in their country fighting against a foreign occupation and for every american soldier they kill tens of their fighters and civilians are killed in by the us they said this isn't a war they want they say isn't

a war they can win by force but they won't and can't give up the what is it pulls on us. american soldiers there and i want to stop it's not i'll admit it or the soldiers are going to be in washington they are never there was one of us but still we. proposed and we were keen to bring peace and i want some through the system but unfortunately i need to which we've reached some sort of finality when it was cancelled by the american side of science and the last consideration which was which trouble is. his or her mistake doubts are going to some of the characters that are broken are such a peace treaty and dense and but obama started it we're going to be stupid so be us rigid we want peace in afghanistan we wanted to give a serious message for the foreign troops is to go from afghanistan so if the other side also. is this if he also wants the city and the what is the what is important

to us we have a different course of if if the american side is not really and it was initially and did not want peace on the day it will sort. be compared to different notice of it will be victor do this for i review is what hurt the most the taliban's head negotiate to told me is how close they would to a deal a sees far the details it been wildwood worked out the fine print salted and approved who need for everything to collapse were there was a discussion on the do but it is forward well you know vertica the with in the it isat then this to do a cease fire between asked a number you can force is and who do give a city by city that were taken force of the route to oak and one pretty does that over the into that we're going to do was just it was star with up on or and a good to the of i would was yours of the the seas for can reduce few sees for and i keep your head 6 used by out and also other don't his the don't is the issues going to discuss their as things stand torques for now over the war will go

on the killing will go on with tromp already boasting that he's hitting the taliban with his pay been dead far in fewer a we have been serving is policeman in afghanistan and that was not meant to be the job of our great soldiers the finest on earth over the last 4 days we have been hitting our in a me harder than at any time in the last 10 years until baddies coleman sense prevails and the u.s. goes back to what everyone and washington knows his in evitable talks negotiations with the taliban us politicians had been arguing about america's role in afghanistan for years now and it was a key issue and thursday nights 3rd round i'm a product abate where doing right now in afghanistan is not helping the safety and security of the united states it just the problems in afghanistan are

not problems that can be solved by am military we you've got to put an and to and lois war one thing we've learned about afghanistan from afghanistan it's the best way not to be caught up in endless wars to avoid starting one in the 1st when we came to you know offers to brock turn the president turn him into joe when they said we had a plan to get out he turned to the whole security. joe will organize this get the troops home the big mistake that was made which we predicted was that you would not have a circumstance where the shia and the kurds would work together to keep isis from coming from moving in a huge mistake and one of the big differences between you and me i never believed what cheney and bush said about. the war in iraq. and helped lead the opposition. and it's been

a kind of you know how the feeling that they would be massive destabilization in that area if we went into that was. the front runners clashed over several issues but recently there's been one topic they've mostly agreed on and that's opposition to fracking even calling for a complete ban on the process involves drilling deep into the ground to recover oil and natural gas critics say it's dangerous and bad for the environment and top u.s. democrats share those fears and how the story. the usa is now the world's top oil exporting country check out these words from the international energy agency booming shale production has allowed the u.s. to close in on and briefly overtake saudi arabia as the world's top oil exporter president trump says that this is a huge achievement he's ready to celebrate success becoming more and more energy dominant i don't want to be energy free we want to be an engine dominant in terms

of the world but not everyone shares donald trump's energy market enthusiasm in fact most of the people who want to run against him in the 2020 alexion want to outlaw the practice of hydraulic fracking that's the reason the usa has so much oil and gas any proposal to avert the climate crisis must include a full fracking ban on public and private lands. on my 1st day as president i will sign an executive order that puts a total moratorium on own you fossil fuel leases for drilling offshore and on public lands and i will ban fracking everywhere it's not just the left progressives you've got the centrist come all the harris there's no question i'm in favor of banning fracking so at this point roughly 59 percent of america's oil is extracted from the shale so if you outlawed the practice of hydraulic fracking you would knock down the oil sector of the u.s. economy pretty hard the same for natural gas now check out this headline. kremlin

kemal or harris and other democrats are embracing vladimir putin's preferred u.s. energy policy the new conspiracy theory even went viral on twitter many in fracking and use of natural gas would do more damage to america and make lead to more prudent heavier than anything donald trump has ever said or done so good job democrats you're being pro russia pro putin and program wind by wanting to ban natural gas of course the senator isn't the only 2020 democrat calling for this from russia with love ban on fracking the most reliable of k.g.b. useful idiots bernie sanders is even clearer that this notion that opposition to hydraulic fracking is all a big plot from moscow is nothing new in fact we've even heard it from the halls of the u.s. congress we have seen evidence of campaigns targeting i recall her and energy as 2 to. industries of interest to foreign powers on energy we've seen anti fracking

narratives so it seems like nowadays the only way to really play it safe in american politics is to find out what a lot of your putin wants and do the exact opposite so let's hope that the russian president doesn't talk about say fixing up america's crumbling roads and bridges or addressing the opioid epidemic. archie new york. in the u.k. and cartoon farm in the has been criticized for failing to keep up with modern quality standards the classic children's t.v. character has been axed from his job as a mascot for a local brigade after bosses there said he could discourage women from joining. his friends. sam the french rescue team managed to save the day. farm in sam 1st aired in 1987 as an animation about fire fighters and a small welsh village since then he's been widely used to promote fire safety and services across the u.k. but not seems his time is up in some parts at least as artie's point booka explains

. generations of kids may have grown up with him but legendary children's t.v. show character fireman sam needs to get with the times that's according to the lincolnshire fire and rescue service for years he was their mascot helping to recruit new fina fighters bots now lincolnshire fire and rescue service say that fineman sound is outdated and non-inclusive and he's putting off potential female recruit firefighters nationally and residents locally have raised some concerns that fireman sam doesn't reflect the fire service today in terms of both the job itself and our workforce it's important to us that our open dates and community events don't think anyone feel excluded and therefore we took this decision lincolnshire chief fire officer. fired fireman sam has been

getting roasted for it really does a great job for you as a want to live as a wind away that's not yours it's not acting like you should do is to far yourself that is a leaf i'm a sahm alone this isn't the 1st time that fireman sam has been in hot water many argue that while the show is politically correct and features plenty of female characters it should be renamed to firefighter. no i think you got it right i think it's just somebody taking it to the fore and stickery really enough income quite happy with what it is he is the epitome of straight. to my mind. may not be terribly appealing to people who want to be. firemen however if you're to be a farmer you should want to know. why didn't you just stick to the basics and

enjoy and get back to the basics so we might have a nicer place to live. very very happy to have him renamed firefighters and 1st some to then become a non gender specific person over here but why not some sort of gender specific name that's true ok so yes now with samantha yes exactly exactly the could be put in because no rubbish it could be so it just knew. it was just a children's card to take meetings to fogs that used under another british cartoon icon peppa pig was recently but rated by none other then the london fire brigade whose head is by the way a woman for featuring an episode where mommy pig pretended to be a fire man and not a fire fighter mummy pig is dressed as a. fun day. like. i'm going to the mummy's fire engine practice come on peppa pig we've not been fireman for 30 years you have

a huge influence on kids and using out of date stereotypical gender specific wording prevents young girls from becoming firefighters join our fire fighting sexism campaign women make up just 5.2 percent of firefighters in england and with that in mind lincolnshire fire and rescue service have come up with 3 original new characters to help attract more diverse recruits that anthropomorphized fire extinguishes freddy phil but and penelope. still to come india has made $4000.00 are around us and it's part of kashmir since last month a look at what's going on there and other stories after this short break.

you know world big partisan movies. 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 troops the time is now we're watching closely watching the hawks. there are growing indications the west's anti russia's stance may be softening a case in point is the recent visit of france's top diplomat and defense minister or take for example the new york times editorial calling on trump to better relations with the kremlin as a way to block china an important question remains can moscow trust the west

anymore. welcome back the outgoing president of the e.u. commission has lashed out at an initiative by his successor regarding make migration artist on quarter has the details. dunker might be on his way out as he use commission president but that hasn't stopped him from giving his $0.02 on issues of migration one of his latest statements assured the continent that migration is not a threat to europe's way of life. to oppose the european way of life to migration you have to respect the others independently from their color

independently from the. younger was responding to his successor ursule of on their lay and her initiative to make several government titles of positions more creative and a bit less formal now the most controversial of which was the vice president for the protection of the european way of life and this this position was intended to address how migration affected life on the continent the european way of life is built around solidarity peace of mind and security we must address and they legitimate fears and concerns about the impact of irregular migration on our economy and society younger might have come out publicly in opposition to their lands initiative to rename these government positions but in the e.u. parliament there are larger divisions at play some are saying that this is helping the right wing might even amount to fascism while others are saying what's the big deal and the wide european commission claiming to protect our european way of life

is a far cry from the idea of unity in diversity on which this union is built when we talk about the european way of life what we're talking about is asylum and integration the european way of life is about those coming from war from hunger from climate change and integrating all those who want to come and live with us now this road is only one part of europe's larger migration situation especially because 1st arrival countries like italy and greece are finding it increasingly difficult to stem the tide of illegal migration onto the continent while from. far countries like germany are only pressuring them to handle the situation better. nearly $4000.00 people have been arrested in indian and ministered kashmir since new di revoked its special status last month that's according to government data the massive tensions come amid ongoing clashes between the local population and indian security forces over half of those arrested have been released the hundreds

of local politicians and pro separatist activists remain in detention india says it's committed to astonishing full constitutional order in kashmir and accuses pakistan of starting up unrest. my government is taking affirmative actions by adopting progressive policies to promote social economic equality and justice these progressive policies will now be funny applicable to all citizens in general and no doubt these are some good decisions entirely internal to india no country can accept interference in it's been done in the finest certainly not india. pakistan needs to stop interfering in india as a face it needs to stop exporting their work to india the minute that stops normalcy can restore the fishing a problem today has been created because a boss wants policies of a 1000 cuts before the sun is acknowledged the world or the globe with actually it was a pakistani to back off all indian states and not vote the only issue that happens

isn't needed to spot the sun is the immediate need would it be trouble that the minute boston is out of that nation. r.t. spoke exclusively to the pakistani prime minister about the situation in kashmir. it couldn't get any worse. what they have what they're doing what the b.g.p. government is doing in kashmir is not only have they violated the international law the the united nations resolution the other bilateral agreement between pakistan and india the similar agreement that's been violated they've gone against their own constitution the indian constitution get indeed the people in kashmir a special status that status has been taken away they have actually gone against what the founding fathers of india pandit nehru narrowed the 1st prime minister what they had promised to the people of kashmir they've gone against that what we've. is that. this is going to be chippy government is not

going to use force. we feared that they would be unprecedented already as i said to be 70200000 bush would have been killed but what they are going to do not know we faired that this is. genocide why why have the clampdown on media there don't allow any media to get in there nothing is coming out of what is happening at the time they've imposed this curfew and these extra. security burst out of the door even though the leaders of the opposition parties to visit the do not allow them there so water they're trying to hide. sadly i would have expected the world to react much more than it has. you can watch that interview in full here on r.t. international in a little over an hour from now. we now turn to some

news in brief from around the world. students have clashed with riot police and we colombians capital demonstrators out and stones at officers responded with tear gas and armored vehicles rally was held in response to allegations of police brutality at a university campus a student had reportedly been shot there and doesn't beat up a. bus in south america thousands have rallied in the square outside congress in argentina's we must areas there demanding more food aid or shortages across the country a bill to increase spending on food aid will be read by the upper house later on friday argentina has been in the grip of double digit inflation for months. and in baltimore scores of demonstrators have gathered outside a hotel president donald trump is staying active dislike in him to iraq and demanded he leave the city not long ago the president had described the city as

a rat. and rodent infested mess they also accuse him of being racist announcing his tough immigration policy. and wales a small cafes push to drum up business using online ads has backfired after google banned them for their supposedly use of a homophobic slur the word in question though also happens to be the name of a traditional dish cafe owners have expressed surprise at google's decision i think that faggots and peas and chips and then you is a traditional meal i didn't make the name and i didn't the days of traditional dish you can change it there is nothing meant by what we were doing is just describing the actual menu item i don't know did the list of words or list was a google and would faggot is actually in the list with many others as far as policing woods if they could see. it where does it stop or where does

it end especially for businesses because there's many other words which can be deemed offensive the dish at the center of the scandal is traditional in the u.k. and consists of meat balls mixed with bread and herbs a google on the rhythms up to cafes advertisement as inappropriate and offensive content we asked visitors of the cafe what they thought of the ban. i'm a fish producer but i think it's ridiculous because if i could saw. a food and if you're going to take it down here you're going to have to take you know all of the countries traditional known see no television no pakistan he's still a mutant and true to see if i get social media ball and he's almost feels he can get all of the country. i can see any moment i get some peace he gets on the education mess that's

a news wrap up for now but i'll be back at the top the hour with the latest thanks for tuning it. i. little. i. i. i. i i. could become eternal we have to become partly robots for the mutants you know we have to become creatures like you and i run nor are you know as

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ratings and sell you take ship this week the united states honored and paid tribute to the 18th anniversary of the 911 attacks through a host of solemn respectful remember those tragic moment in history these came in the form of memorials speeches moments of silence carpet bombing. carpet bombings on tuesday the day before the official anniversary the united states military decided to attack and virtually destroyed the tiny island of contests in the iraqi salo hooting province on tuesday with officials bragging that they dropped nearly 80000 pounds of explosives on the island 80000 pounds of explosives that's 40 tons worth of ordinance and just what was this this great threat to the united states sovereignty that the substituted 40 tons of bombs

dropped on the roughly mile and a half long island in the middle of the teachers river well according to major general eric hill we're denying isis the ability to hide unconscious. that's it they're denying them the height and that my friends of the war on terror in a nutshell meanwhile back here in the land of milk and honey the really big news of the week was word of yet another conspiracy theory and scandal involving the national football league and the new england patriots football team with the league mom of the recent signing of all pro receiver and tonio brown to the new england patriots within a day of his tumultuous offseason with oakland raiders who cut him many are speculating that some under the table dirty dealing could have been involved so the 911 inspired a never ending war on terror now entering its 18 year 40 tons of bombing and the n.f.l. a new england patriots proving once again just how the upper echelons of power regain. i think it's time to start watching all.

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