rough did you need to descend? ah, so join us in the depths or remain in the shallows, ah, in the from human rights to cyber attacks. just some of the crucial topics for the 1st us russia, some of the biden presidency in geneva happening in the coming. i was today. russia top diplomats already set the tone to really, depending on what all is going on under the roof of a lug serious 18th century village in geneva, we're going to take a random lunches library. well, we got a minute before that starts where the president said to me this week, who were kind enough to offer this access to this room. and the villa went to actually ordinary length to provide the 2 men sitting in these chairs lied to me,

a poodle. and joe, buttoned with all the comfort and on the sidelines a whole lot going on. we are people in new york or moscow who they thought would when, if widen and poacher met in some kind of make believe fight to the boxing ring, which caused happen. tease little survey that just to make you smile this wednesday would be bad. but in a fight might in the solar, even when ah, wednesday, the 16th june, this is out internationally. kevin berg, good morning to one story dominating as you heard of coverage today. and the world is poised for the 1st us rushes summit of the vice presidency. the much anticipated geopolitical fear to could set the path the course for future relations between the 2 global superpowers. all will become clear was events unfold in the coming hours

in geneva today. ah . so the host city geneva is dec. title, ready for the summit with his main bridge, looking rather splendid with those russian and us flags on articles securities ban dialed up to maximum. russia president is to the, in the coming hours, but for the time being is top diplomats is setting the mood. the 2nd grade is gonna come on him in his sim satellite imagery of the new hosting, the historic somebody looking down on it. you can see the 18th century village called la groves, where they will mated surrounded by 2 parks. very pretty place for a letter, and of course is under as mentioned, very high security today. indeed, the tree line classical mansion there is a bit closer is no stranger to historic events. interesting,

late way back at 800. 64 hosted the signing of the 1st geneva convention setting the framework for the humane treatment of wounded and sick military personnel in conflicts. and then we got to get inside to, here's what it looks like. some of it the precedent set to meet in the village library for potentially heated conversation. i've seen it corresponding guess you have got to take a closer look at the suitably elegant and very plush interior. that will be the backdrop for the historic talks. in a few hours time, the sweets who were kind enough to offer this access to this room and these villa went into extra ordinary length to provide the 2 men sitting in these chairs vladimir putin and jo button. with all the comfort, the security and the privacy that they need to perform these difficult task that they're here for. there is a vested interest understanding here in geneva and switzerland in europe and in

the world. so russia and the united states, the 2 greatest nuclear power in the world for them to get along, to learn, to talk to each other and ability that in recent years they have unfortunately, last success. here is the resolution of the myriad of conflicts and disagreements and scandals and disputes between the 2 countries. success here is them learning to talk to each other and agreeing to address those concerns that have fisted, unattended for years. aside from the luxurious library, there are many other rooms in the villa, this meeting room as well for a wider format meeting where both joe biden and vladimir putin will meet with all the aides. there's also telling that both men would come here in such high profile delegations at a time when booth have enough to deal with at home. it gives to show that they're equally interested in repairing relations. the arrival of both leaders will be

a very formal affair. gordon, the cameras vladimir putin arrives weights inside barton, arrives, is inside then the 3 presidents, the president, switzerland, russia and the united states come out here for a family photo said it's off inside for business. yeah. and only agend, cyber attack sanctions need to and human rights say the key topics. and no surprise, rush to america, got different views of much of it to t says kid taylor in geneva as well as be looking at how both nations approach these issues behind this son the tenant, by to and will meet face to face. and if you're lost in the sea of what to expect, i've made it easy because there are a few of that favorite thing. just weeks before the summit, americans were in crisis. no gas, no groth fed beef,

ransomware tox, left people queueing for hours to refuel. that tanks anything beacon vargas to tase on you'd never guess who's to blame. i'm going to be meeting with president. and so far there is no evidence based on from our intelligence people that russia is involved. although there is evidence that of actors ransomware is in russia, but the president totally looked a little like someone starting the pre summit part. he is a veteran of russia gate off to rule the r yes, america. his favorite foreign policy tool just perfect will be mega, solo and pack, not all who did it, but let's just function a few russians of he, russian tech, but i'm throw in a few russian find out. so group q, the applause joe biden is sending a truly message to russia, theories of tough news, sanctioned new tough sanctions on moscow. president biden is signaling that

a new sheriff is in town on the campaign trail. president biden said, who were common for you. and now he is sanction so much more fun than dealing with one's own domestic problems. i'm all right, joe. most good and expelled some americans and blacklisted some us groups apparently up to meddling, the stabilizing no good. the nato has been waiting, rouses 1949. i pacific union or russia to start a war and you will really mind and want to be waiting. it's been building miss all bases. i'm doing massive wardrobe, but not aggressively. you know, nato is there to defend all our allies. and this exercise sends a message about our ability to transport a large number of troops, equipment across the atlantic, across europe, and also to protect maritime power. apparently a total coincidental, but it's all just happening. you know, near rosters borders. and while the criminal does believe in coincidence,

it's an so not a fool. so knowing that there is now a need to walk it just 15 minutes away from moscow. it's formed a few new military units, but not aggressively, you know, america's take on that. that's why i keep people in painters at the border and dozens of indefinitely entertained guantanamo bay with hundreds of others, having been tortured, meeting with president putin. in a couple weeks in geneva, megan declare that we will not. we will not stand by, let him abuse those rights, which some could say has a distinct width of double standards. since you're from flitting. we are following with interest, the persecution of those who are accused of the rises on january the 6th this year when the lot of really interesting things are happening there from the point of view of the rights of the opposition of protecting those rights. washington shopped

at its own reflection, the mirror replied that it doesn't need any tips from russia, from international law. thank you very much. the will it be smooth, the lint chocolate? will they be reaching those famous swiss army knife? you have to watch and see who are locally, not the latter. some of the, not the talks were expected to touch upon. the issue of jailed russian opposition later election. the valley which the west fuses unjust while keeping solid. the course of the same time of the play to julian, the son of what's going on there over the years. she's going underground. sho, compared the 2 very divisive cases. i suppose. so sanchez case really exposes the hypocrisy all the european union and see us and constantly lecturing russia about human rights under those imprisonments of journal or whatever. and then here we have a probably the biggest french press freedom case of

a generation of springs and freedom for 10 years for exposing us for crime. he has been with liberty for 10 years. his health is going to be jeopardized, and it was in 10 days when the open motion page wasn't even arrested 10 days of your emergency motion to monitoring his release. i mean the 2 don't, don't clearly it's not freedom unfold mental rights game playing. i'm using these issues, so when i say should when right, it's just posting on prevail, fear all the time. us, why should ties been shaky? and the only thing the presence of the moment as recently agreed on is that relations are at the lowest level in years experts the geneva talks could go either way, could either bring a reset or maybe spoil things for the is to comes along on today is a quick look at how the to superimpose reached this moment. the

station russia made great progress in building a new relationship. today, our relationship is broad and english. i don't expect russia to look like the united states. number 2, we will have the same type of democracy in iraq to tell you the truth. ah, me, 200 years has not been able to establish a stable and confident relationship with the way. why not? when you're asking, when russia has not been able to establish stable relationships with the west. well, let me ask you, why is the west not established labor relations with russia? both sides should make the effort. when we talk about equitable relations, that means respecting each other and respect means recognizing each other as equal

partners. god forbid you enter into any contradictions with our american partner on the american continent that is considered the holy of holies. and yet allocating ships with missile munitions of 10 kilometers from where we are considered. okay, is this an equal approach? the want to reset early this says meals for which the russia aggression against ukraine threatens our vision of a europe that is whole free and at peace. i would thing i'm counting with, with the prison, proven event occasion benjamin significant amount of time. what is that at his core,

he is, he's practical. ah, when you might, she will. when that do you have any idea what you've done now? but i'm afraid this question will hang in the air because the policy which is based on the competence and the, assures the one the exclusivity and impunity has been a balance of the russia hacked into a lot of things. the criminal and clan ad that was bought abide in russian troll farm on facebook. was a black lives matter ad, but there they are in the u. k. and in france and in spain, and in the middle east, and then the united states and all of these other just replace, ah, you know, bread and food killer. me or do not show you how to relations of degraded to the lowest level.

ah, the weekend interview, latimer couldn't laughed at the suggestion that you had called him a killer. is that still your beliefs are that he is a killer substantially the 1st question i'm laughing to ah, look ahead a bit, get some thoughts on it. i was going to be doing all day delighted to welcome folk a how much to the program this morning leading economists and analysts that you see a time that we'll get back to economics. in the 2nd, i want to actually broad political question. first of all, do you think washington is generally interested in normalizing ties with russia here? well, i think they understand they have given the crisis, we have globally weather climb crisis, draw this needs some months lateral homework to be done with russia also was china

. so if we look at a module natural on the module, that's real issues, i'm very confident that this meeting will offer the opportunity to generate mutual trust in order to solve global problems we are facing i'm, i'm slightly more skeptical on the bilateral issues because it's so entrenched in the united states with the democrats and republicans and the way the public seizes issue that biden's hands are rather bound on this issue. that is my take. but i think the biggest issue on this is currently that after the sanctioning all the time by the best we are now starting to talk again. and diplomacy is better than sanctions. and the sanctions were nothing but a kind of a hybrid war via economists and financial. you mentioned vital hands being tied. there is so many ways, i suppose. i mean, there's a huge lobby in the states, isn't that the war machine? the defense machine, it makes a lot of jobs or keeps

a lot of people employed in the states. i guess that's the back of biden's mind here. indeed, and biden himself, from the democrat, started to establish all these new right tubes that have proven to be the problems of today and tomorrow. and that the pragmatic approach, i must admit, it's really a very pragmatic approach by moscow. given the diplomatic way, they act on the aggressions in my eyes open again. it opens is room for conversation. what we need is problematic approaches. we don't need the rate is we don't need audiology. it's time for a change. what we're talking about the conflicts and things like that. it's not officially headlining as a major talking point, but i wonder who will be talked about no string to that gas pipeline. it's been in the news such a lot lately. the white test, one side is waived, sanctions on the firm behind it said on the other black listed 13 russian ships

involved in constructions, a big mixed messages. or if that's going to be talked about, if there's going to be some sort of reprocess on. well, the situations will be smooth out over the what do you think? well, i think adverse, we will get more 3 into working and that is the positive side. and i think these sanctions will be lifted at some stage later on via the west. for america though, that's the thing, isn't it is not positive for america, but he has america has to give in also to some of the european needs. we are not only fulfilling in the european union u. s. t minds though we fulfill a lot, and germany will insist here and if germany doesn't insist, we'll be massively disappointed because this is an infringement and then tack on german integrity and civility. the north room to let gas pipeline is important for germany. it's important for europe. i'd take the stance

without taking the russian site because we had problems with the pipeline through the ukraine. that is fact. and they were menaces around, and we have to take care of our own business here, and the safety of supplies and russia has always supplied us. it wasn't russia that generated problems given that gas. i wonder what mr biden is going to bring to the party. so to speak, regarding american russian trade for years now moscow's been saying we're going to look east, we're going to look to china that's. that's the big boy, kevin, we're going to trade a lot with them to think bite is going to want more going. the other way towards america, or is there any hope for that? well, we live in a very complex world and russia of as a lot of commodities that are needed worldwide. and we can look at the share of treyvan, you're running around 3 to 4 percent. and import export to russia towards the us

and roughly one percent important experts to us imports from russia. but what the import is very important for the whole line of industrial production. thus, i think there is an interest to broaden out of the economic basis over time. but for the us, the trade was russia. scale wise is pretty unimportant. quality wise, it is important. never been a small world technology these days as it i'm a final. so what impact could improve moscow? washington relations, if it does happen after this, i've on the level of a dollar and the rubel, vermont, of course rushes repeatedly said, it doesn't. we wants to get rid of the dollar and it's reserves, etc. and they're going to touch on that. i think it's a bargain topic and the us dollar lives on the face of the world.

and. and if major countries to play an important role, like russia turn away from the us dollar, the us dollar imperium, and the u. s will suffer significantly, and i think one of the reasons why this geneva summit takes place has to do with these choices most comm made. and not only moscow also, if you look at china, they are turning away from the us dollar. and that puts their hegemonic power st. situation on the strain under stress. and i think that is a reason why i talk, you're starting again. and so there is a shade of hope going along with today's meeting. but high hopes are not warranted, i think is rather the 1st basis to build some kind of mutual trust in order to shape it's lucky. better was going well 12 hours and i will know more. it will be a better world or not. so ok, hello my chief, i'm listed solid code invest company phase to make it

a time for us live and to international have a good day. and you, you're welcome. now find leah on a lighter note. mainstream major in the u. s. has been pushing the idea, the biden is heading to the meeting to show who the new sheriff in town is and that he needs to be tough with food to we are people in the us and russia that who would win if the pair less, in some kind of fictional, wild, wild west, who would shake bags, but in a fight? probably vital plaid, american puritan. unfortunately, he would win because his mother been device i think probably has a little more shape. they both wouldn't make it after the 1st couple of runs of give him, if they thought nobody, when, because the more a war biden is going to do is the very best to represent. but probably got a lot more homework about how to get around it look pretty big side of your

of course, the russian president who can win here. hobbies in his pictures on hard back. but white in the solar wind computing will continue to do motion maybe by doing work out. we don't know yet. so i think they're both very different . have lovely so, so they will be notified they will and in piece i've had enough wars. so yeah, in a matter of was the 2 presidents to meet the leaders, switzerland, 1st off, then they're going to head off for the highly anticipated face to face talks. all teams there to bring you of course, all the details most due to geneva throughout the day. the who's

kevin over here with you this morning morning. let me take you through some other headlines. the fragile seas far between israel and palestine contested after an exchange of fire explosions. rock garza after israel mon today strikes the 1st time since the end of last month. biting o strikes with a response to austin balloons being sent from the gaza strip over the border. 5 fighters saying this morning, those balloons calls around 25 in southern israel, palestinian. and it was spotted by israeli demonstrations in jerusalem, where more than a 1000 for nationalists bearing israeli flags poured into the old city. they were celebrating the postponed jerusalem de marketing to capture the city back in 67. this late, this flare up is the 1st since a new coalition government took over on sunday night. i still promised if anyone at yahoo, after 12 years in power, of course, across this 144 you fall asleep and got the latest from jerusalem. what you see happening right now is the annual weekly day celebrations,

a repeat of what happened 5 weeks ago, but at that time, just moment off to the day, march thought the my side walk has some gauze as triggering and you live and they conflict and the march was disbanded, it is now happening 5 weeks later. but as you can see, there are hundreds of thousands of young to have one thing. celebrate neutral catch up the way to more during the 6 day war of 1967. however, i will be trading in paris finance, according the cation have not had wars that you know, on appropriate you have moving to 1000 police and the officers on stand by the entire area has been, i'm standing in front of damascus, which is shut. and this is in an effort to try and prevent any time from taking place and not cases yet on the way to the gate. would you be likely

to be all and then from there they'll make the way to the waste and wall. this is my country. i'm not going out and i'm not training anyone. i'm just walking with a leg and thinking you're daunting. why? why is it important for you to do this? because it's just a reseller. this is jerusalem and we lost a chance on your me, we shall. i am with bon calling all over the show. and this is our home. we are here to raise our flag. it's our capital city. we are proud to raise our flag in front of all of the arabs in the world. now the police have arrived to push the shop owners gathering on this side of the boat further away to try and tell him the tension that might help in the protest. but they certainly anger and frustration beyond publication. it's a dictation with your patient in order to see me and we are so good and you are under our target. and we do not that we do not accept it. and

we are here to hear that when we pray here, they have no respect for us all the time. they come here, these races, they make problems for us. it's not the country of israel, this is the country of palestine. where am i angry? because his broken look at these dogs, i don't know way in the world, they come from to say my home on my mother's life. no. today's gone with any kind of patches which might be a wedding. so the new government up, not the bennet, but the reality on the ground is that he had 2 issues. great. he's on one side of the road behind me. and then if we move across the road here, you haven't ever been those that are out in the area just standing and watching the 2 side separated. you may or may not be surprised to hear corruption run rampant across europe during

the pandemic. according to a survey by global corruption watched transparency international, and 3 quarters of the 40000 respondents said the situations only getting worse, shall a do been sky reports. a new report by transparency international has found the view of national authorities and institutions is 44 with more than 60 percent of those who took part thing corruption in the government was a major problem. but of all the issues faced by you citizens, one of the focus elements was access to health care during the 19 pandemic, the report describes that is being bought for corruption. wherever you go, you must pay up. and if you can't pay, you died before your time to join me and me. something happened to me several years, but i had to pay money just to be seen by doctors. they would not touch me,

otherwise you pay you move forward. you don't pay you are left behind for people said they paying the bry perfect health care, but sales at the, for the, in some countries it appears that bribery was rife, and money wasn't the only leverage for getting treatment. almost a 3rd said that the jews a personal connection to receive medical attention, nothing to me. i'm not surprised. medical attention is reserved for the leads which is absolutely and acceptable, especially in have been damaged. we can't have this hierarchy of who has access to health care. no, that's good. this finding is not a surprise, but it disturbs me. you've repeated stays, shouldn't even be charging money for health care. i do not think that route ever get rid of corruption, gossling, and concerning trend during a health fun demik during health crisis. using personal connections to access public services can be as damaging as paying bribes. lives can be lost when

connected. people get covered 19 vaccine or medical treatment before those with more urgent needs. it's crucial that governments across the e u redouble efforts to ensure our fat and acquittal recovery from the ongoing pandemic. all of face highlights just how fragile the use mechanisms can be and could be one of the reasons why confidence in the block ability to handle crises like proven 19, has taken such a hit recent polls of indicated how much of a problem this is with staggering numbers saying that the confidence in the european union was low or has deteriorated with corruption, according to transparency international be seen is so widespread, does not raise concerns given that the issue is about to allocate billions of euro's supposed. pandemic recovery problem of the car to auction east long time.

problem year old is nor to own a in line. we to ponder makes it is very hard to change the way of thinking the majority of the can accept the bribery, debt, etc, showed is hardly change. of thing, hold itself up as a model of integrity. the results of transparency international for romance as challenges renewed and shows across the block, the fairies widespread is content. so let's see. all see paris. that's the way things look for most go sofa. got some pictures. companies the r t world news center from geneva pretty well. so we show you election with 21 degrees in a moment. sunny day is going to get up to 3132 degrees later a lovely day. but the main focus is not that it's of course the big russia.