the neo colonial thinking, they would see dice hard the headlines right now and i'll change the national as russia initiates criminal proceedings against juncture, to the international criminal court. while also finding entry to the country of $500.00 t american figures including the form of the president, correct obama. back in the club. serious president found alongside fellow arab lake members for the 1st time in more than a decade. talk with both on the country with re admitted to the group that made improving diplomatic relations course with the program, the top of russian security chief players, traces of radiation of blowing towards the west. in europe,

off the depleted uranium, munitions were destroyed in ukraine. the power is out of the g 7. amazing in japan and china hosts central age and latest for an overall summit in the most regional for, for rich the, for i lot from most go on this friday and i think it's time for your news on filled it on, on the international. it's a pleasure, as always to have you with us with his i was so the former us president brock obama was among 500 key american figures, who rupture was now banned from entering the country. in addition to politicians, the list also includes uh, military officials, businessman in the cycle, the rest of phobic experts and, and the list of the move is set to come in to response to washington sanctions against moscow. and in particular, efforts to provide russian john lists attending the un security council meetings in

new york. well, rushes, also launched criminal proceedings against the judges. so the international criminal court in the hague, off of the body issue, the arrest warrant for vladimir putin or the presidents accuse of a legally deporting children from ukraine. and russia's investigative committee says, the court proceedings against prudent are unlawful, as there were no grounds for criminal liability. russia was also no longer a signatory of the international criminal code officer withdrawing back in 2016 when that's lot more now, thomas robust ortho and wal correspondent join us live here or not. you international. it's almost great to have you on the program. thanks so much for jumping up with us here at ology, international, just off the top of your head. what. what are your thoughts here full of what the icpc is essentially leveling against the, the russian president your thoughts? well, this is a only political question. the thing is you have to look, for example, check over finance concretely the work on the so called evidence against what

crimes of russia. this was a you program and pieces of business you money. and it said that they are our lead researching walcross from russian. i'm not from ukraine, so this is a political thing with it, which is florida and paper the you. you can see this gonna be official documents of the commission of the court. so the result was no surprise, and this is credit tate of use this court because well, if you just, it's all your political, you have to define. so talking to you actually saying, i mean at the end of the day, you think this is just politically motivated. as it is, you can see what it is. it's paid and you see what they analysis of the press release is when the, when they last last see you that they are paying these examinations. these researches so you can see that and um, regarding all this stuff, the child a story of deported children. this is um, this story came from the us of finance by a project of the state department. and so this also just surprised that when you

read that report that i know every dentist and the report at all, nothing. they are just say we had some interviews, but we don't know, but with whom we didn't see anything. they described, some russian places, whether to port the children shouldn't be, but we haven't been dead. we set didn't send anybody here. so some of they even don't know what is it this buildings where they have been i friend, so it was them and yeah it, yeah. i think different. so it's politics. yeah. you know, yeah, i just wanna say thomas, have you tried saying this on cnn or fox news that cut off your microphone to say this interview is all about, let's not have him on again. it's on top of something. let me ask a quick question. if i may, must, i mean time is band entry to the country of a $500.00 american and teen russian public figures including but rock obama. what's your take on that stuff? well, i've used this logical whether they will uh, really suffer from that. there's another question, but i think it's a good step. i, i just see i've just seen this on this list and didn't, didn't check it out yet, whether the people who are active in russia, um, but it's, it's

a fair reaction. what the us as to swing by denying visa for not only for journalists, but also for diplomats from, from russia who i said to the u. n. i, all this stuff regarding more being the, the russian embassy in washington and so on, russian history. so i just thought, just remind me, it's almost like when george w bush junior, was, or the us president back during those years of the invasion and occupation of iraq and afghanistan and, and so on and so forth. and i remember, remember, bush junior said, yeah, you know, we're not a member of the i c, c, we don't really care what the i c c things that just, you know, it's, it's a hell with the eyes. so you see, and i, i remember, in effect that's what george w bush, junior, of what sang house showed, all the people take the i see seriously, if you're saying they're a political motivation is going on behind the scenes. if an america, for example, a former presidential administration just saying it's not even what the weight of the paper it's written on. well, um, 1st of all, it's a political organization. you see it by fan, that's and you can look at why all the judges where they're from,

what is the power so you see who they are. so this is not it, not a surprise just they're not swimming. just check it out. and then other cool point this, i don't remember that the i to see was researching on again why what crimes of us and get us done. and then the us put the judges or the pressure to just under friendships. so if the west is now like a rumbling that russia is doing med, well the us did it themselves or so. so, you know, it's a particular question. it's not about, i mean, dep given permission. but what, what about taking a step further, thomas mean, is it possible? it means that if i put in might be attending the brick summit in, in south africa, or in the very near future. is it see radically possible that the heat could be arrested or what do you think could, could fit radically take place? that's what i'm watching this. you can see that there's a big discussion in south africa in all that they don't want to, but they see that there are legal obligations they have regarding your contracts

and potential contracts with a signed when they enter the court. and also things that are connected to them by local legislation. so them, they're working on this question theoretically it's possible, but in practice, i think it will have happened in south africa, all the publications with a government all positions. they all said, we don't want to do that. so then we find the things, well, i mean listen to, it'll be a brick, somebody to the old, a friends or families there. i mean to the brick family also getting a they say, i mean, lab real said recently the russian foreign minister, there are 19 more countries at least, who are looking to join brick set potentially put him will be in very good company there in joe. but all right, thomas roper, it's always good to see you older and wal correspondent. we'll check you another time. thanks very much. bye bye. thanks. so i'm what's that being seen as an historic event for them? at least, syria is president does. and saudi arabia to attend the arab league meeting. it's the 1st time he's taking a seat of a table in 13 years following the outbreak of war and his country about sharla side

saying the signal is a new fact. he's an arrow coordination of a peace and regional security. the yes to fail literally. so there was an added hope i meant the error, the error of you, as well as the error regional and international reproach. minutes brought in by the summit, which i hope will signal a new phase in error coordination and solidarity among us in peace and prosperity in our region instead of the war and destruction. i mean, it is important to leave internal affairs to the country's people, as they are best able to manage their own matters. sit on the team and book the now . so the meeting is taking place of the saudi city of jetta with participants expressing hope events will contribute to well broader recognition of the domestic us government and attract investment the mayor of catalogue i left the summit before it ended. his country is repeatedly express disagreement with the return of syria to the arab league, a saudi arabian meanwhile, so it is ready to serve as a mediator for resolving the ukraine conflict. and it said it was glad to see syria

back in the lead myself in the middle of a home. we are pleased to have his excellence at president bush or all a side of the summit to do it with their decision to resume the participation of the syrian government and the arab league. we hope that this will contribute to the stability of syria and to things returning to normal and to syria resuming its normal enrollment. the are more, all of this is for the good of its people in office, on demand for our aspirations, for a better future for our region to the somebody comes off to the arab league, re admitted syria audio this month. the nation's membership was a set suspended back in 2011, the following, the outbreak of a war and a lot of external interference. it comes on the heels of the countries, foreign minister holding bilateral meetings this week, and the saudi kingdom. and the geo political strides of syria on just concentrated and re add adults of already recently being held in jordan, for example, with egypt on the rug and a wrong is also recently increasing cooperation with syria,

with the president visiting damascus just a bit earlier this month. well, we can learn just a little bit more. let's talk about this further with an adult, a couple on a full mouth series and a different amount. joining us here live on how to international a very well welcome to you today. so it's great to have you on the program and so glad that you could spend, spend your time with us. syria is now officially back in the arab league. well, what do you think the revived participation says about geo politics and i guess about stability in the region to thank you very much and for having me. and i'm glad to be with you tonight. the 1st, let me point out to president fulton's message to the 32nd at ups on that and get that today in which he reiterated a must goes keen this on monitoring bilateral and friendly it ties undulations was out of nations, both in the middle east and north africa, the city is an attempt to be a blue gallia on and present the shuttle assets about this patient and the jet. the

summit today constituent a milestone in the pan out of band regional efforts to put a peaceful end to the 13 year wall in syria. with the participation all of that is from over 84 countries in the world. and city as president, the shuttle outside of us was very outright and his speech. today assessing the significance of both g or politically and economically of city is participation in the summit. as well as the, the determination by damascus to both the pan out of the corporation in tackling and addressing the unilateral as well as regional issues. and i believe that the president assad speech was a blueprint so to speak,

for pan out a joint cooperation confronting major challenges as he put it, the challenges that goes to, to both risks as well as openings. and he focused on the new openings to put an end to west and had them in a, as well as west and in the field. and so even forces and the internal affairs of countries in that age and the come a lot you, you talk about, you talk about external evil forces involved in sierra, you mentioned a 13 year wall that the mainstream media, the associated press roy to see and, and then i the cold at a civil war. we know it wasn't a civil boy. he said, 84 countries involved. it was an external attempted regime change. and as you will know, mr. capital on russia as being one of serious, strongest allies over the last decade, a rusher i helped to bring peace and stability to see right, well what, what do you think this renewed, brought a support for? the country says about most goes long time policy and also about most goes image in

that part of the world intelligence of chief solve the c i a as well as seeing the, a former senior military officials who have a state of the plans to the top of the south regina and to destroy the country from the moment they destroyed and invaded the like in 2003. this is anything but a civil war that are over 300000 photon editors who have been taking part in the war in syria. the city tens of thousands of atlantic. do you have this is live and in the other parts of city. a southern pods. northern pods, ne impulse. and in the, in it live in the countryside of lippo pro turkish. pro weston, throw some out, a blue jeans. wow. as you say, i mean you're talking about you're talking about all the to the scenario. absolutely. right, mr. kevin, i'm, i do apologize. i'm sorry,

i do apologize for interrupting you, but you're just absolutely right. and i'm so glad that you're saying this on, on the international because you're not going to hear this on other channels, as you said, external forces trying to attempt raging change in syria. i'm not sure what i mean out of some what i mean, as you said, it was never a civil war. what absolutely, right. as you said, it was never. so during the war, mr. copper line is, you know, saudi arabia, as you said, was also supporting opposition groups. and now that seems to be a shift towards cooperation with our sides. government. why do you think that is because saudi arabia, originally as a guest against damascus. right. but it's, it's, it's on the way continue by some of the nations and the new and the younger beloved is how the it'd be, uh, namely a commonplace, mohammedan selma has stated on the numerous zip codes, occasions in the past few years that he's not going to meddle in instead of the

city and it says he has played a major role in syrian and so it is a ton to the out of leak and it's about the space. and then 2 days, some of my friends, tens of thousands of photon. most of these have been killed or invested in city a sense of the outbreak of the war some 15 years ago. so nobody can deny the for an interview. instead of getting a loan that has a smuggled over 140000, that is the through it's folders, 952 kilometers of voters with city. i was the last city and i'm best with the 30. i know exactly what i'm talking about. yeah, there live for major threatening comes into play for the 10 of those before even the water broke out. so this has always been pre planned. this is anything but the civil war. celia has. i believe that today taking a major step towards the resuming it's

a quarter and the pivotal role within the public city. i by the way, is a founding member of the out of leak. we all know why city is membership was suspended by home and how much of because bodies have paid for the out of me to take such a decision as to what has you changed a little while ago. the is a beans as young. i'm sorry for jumping you, mr. kevin, i'm as you say the new old old of as a new, multi po. the take taking the main strange here. but if i can, i can, i just want to tell, i'm sorry that there's a 3 2nd delay in our conversation here. so i do apologize if i, if i jump all over you here. but i'm so glad your telling us things on ology international. the really calling on the, on cnn and folks, you know, and, and this kind of thing. so i'm really grateful to have you on the program today. if i can just quickly, i wanted to ask you, because i'm ukraine's president saelens. he said that he has come to the arab league summit to deliver a speech, and suddenly the saw the lead on it so interesting. well, i guess, to

a number of on the list, not just to me personally, but this lensky with his western mosque, just as western controllers. he's coming to the middle east. that is, it basically said, good bye to weston controllers and weston mazda. how has the lensky been, should we say receive that in saudi arabia? what do you think or the not, i don't know inside of that idea, but i can tell you is celia and the majority of the people i've spoken to or as spoken to me today. it simply says, what is the doing of the out of summit, as we went on surprise, taken by surprise, that he was even given a chance to talk to anybody that i personally believe. because as you know, it's as how the for the minister was in the ukraine, the some a few weeks back. try and probably to me, the 8 the word, some sort of folks or the conciliation between ukraine and the shop. i don't know

that's for this out. is to decide, maybe he was trying just to was some sort of support. but as you know for us in syria, we ends which i've had this article ties. we have showed common trenches against the imperialism west and had them in the and this is pretty oddity and, and the sort of a domination powers. and we have the show, the blot defending syria against is loudly competitive this and the amount of it was the medicine res. so the relationship between syria and russia is, is extremely strong. and we are stronger allies, historically, friends, allies, the people's, the government, the bad at all levels. i, i believe that it was awkward to see is it, let's get that up summit, but maybe for some sort of consideration or, or some sort of pressure that was exempted up on the organize as of this summer. he

was given this platform. i believe his speech was useless and completely without any, any value or the impact on. pick it up. natal a couple on a full night syrian diplomat joining us live here on elegy international. i'm sorry . sorry about the 3 2nd delay in our conversation, but a very refreshing chat, and i really enjoyed your company. thank you very much and thank you as well. the secretary of russia's national security council has raised the alarm over supplies of depleted uranium shell was to ukraine. finding the destruction of such weapons trends, western europe with traces of radiation floating that way. in accordance of self defense, a person isn't gonna stand in the way of that sort of washington, apparently helping ukraine assassinate civilians with the u. k. continuing to supply these long range cruise missiles and then saying they're not going to stand in the way of ukraine if they try to take crime here. scary stuff. and what's being

seen as a display of china is growing influence in central asia. beijing is hosting an overall summit with the leaders of 5 states from the region of the event does come with a very same time, is a high profile g 7 summit in japan and attended by of course west and leaders and trying as president eating thing as one foreign countries about into fair ring and central asian affairs to the lake needs a stable central asia place. the sovereignty security independence and territorial integrity of central asian countries must be upheld to adults. their people's independent choice of development. power must be respected, solidarity inclusiveness, and harmony, or what the people of central asia want. no one has the right to so discord or stoke confrontation in the region. are you the let alone pursue selfish political gains either tomorrow or me? i would say that the summit has been lauded for, you know, creating

a new platform and a opening a new chapter in terms of part, you know, partnership between china and central asian country. so uh, in the present to you king speech, he made an 8 point proposal for a strengthening co operation. we learned that you know, more trade facilitation measures will be rolled out in bi lateral investment treaties will be upgraded to push to way as a trade to new heights. that's according to the chinese president of hosting those central asian countries. it matters very much for china and attending the summit. equally matters for the 5 essential asian countries and leaders talked about how you know this china cherokees done who's the keystone railway should be built and should start construction at an early date. and also they talked about advancing pragmatic co operation again in economy trade, agriculture and even closer people to people exchanges. so this when, when

a situation has been a long time coming and it's what everybody has been hoping for the to how about fighting fake news and increasing audience trust us. the reported goal of the british broadcasting corporation is launch of a new teen cold. bbc verify that same consists of a 60 and investigative journalists to the task will be to show how they verify that the news being reported is true. the bbc says transparency will be accomplished by sharing the fall instead of the oral tools and techniques they are using to investigate source and verify information with the viewers as well in the past 5 years. but it's media has seen a sharp decline audience trust. last year it barely 50 percent of us had confidence in the information ad on the bbc, according to our survey by royces. meanwhile, americans trust in print and tv news as plummet due to an old time low. as, according to the latest annual gallup, so if i was only 11 percent due of your saying they have quite, quite

a lot of confidence in television news. we brought this up with the option with tennessee you heard of going on the ground now shooting says that the launch of bbc verify it comes as the british media opposite has well being offering some pretty confusing narratives for the highest number of users of any media the defense from the u. k. government line going every year, every story in the global, south, federal and the war, jewelry of the i'm the own, comes president assad of sylvia addressing the arab lead you down the road from where i am and do by must be very confusing to be busy during listening tools in the past 10 years, the british american and french jets building these country with of a through him. so, i mean, sort of this comes bbc metric for funding. and you know, the whole world presumably, is offering that this because the babies use known as a mouthpiece full propaganda. it was on syria. it helped to capitalize them. but

i'm going to sit, are you the director general's own? let me be, see, to, in my lifetime had to quit because the truth was being told on the b, b. c, alice to 1000000 that was fired from the bbc because he was covering the story and it was not in today to his interests. and then of course, greg dyke with the program, i worked on the today program, which had us source, david kelly, explaining why the rock more was out. was other lie. it was based on a lie. so now along comes bbc verifiable miles old a little bit. and so me only to do, we can full as i can see, the movement if anyone wants to tweak, ask them, and they are suppose to verify what the news is coming to a british is to bring this view, isn't this, as you obviously don't, the minds of the road and need this state government funded institution which works with the british for an office to distort reality, to tell them what's right, what's wrong. the city of cars on, in south west russia,

west on the banks of the bowl. go run cars on caribbeans. right now. it's hosting a for them for is lumnick investors of a $7000.00 people from a total of $85.00 countries or attending. we spoke with an a lease site, oh, guy eating the libya, administer of investment. to notate that russia and libya do have a strong relationship. a pedestal for the i think you have to know that the relation between libya and russia is a very, very, it's a hot study, cadillac relationship has the more than to i think, 45 or 48 years ago. that relation with russia stood. lexus understood this as the strong fuck, you know what's happening to leave your expect in 2011? that's a lot of things has been damaged of 5 because of the out of the spring. but so we still have a strong relation with them to keep in touch with them. there are lots of companies, they are still, they're working, especially on or it's been about the study. we had a lot of really be in the studies that had an odd russia, especially now for

a high high degree is for a m b and also for the ph. d. uh sure it's uh wouldn't known to that have been be would. so we have so, so near to it's that from the concerted from the adjoining, the form of our team that you know that the relation was fairly soon and hope for the different. for the next generation event, one of my government, we would like to have some good relation with the, with the, with that i should do because you know, the be in be with the belief and we trust and always companies we would like to have. i mean, equipment, a relationship with worldwide who want to go to the left and to give the, to keep it either way. so we have to be equal wherever we go to when they live. yeah, we asked so happy that here the relation between uh so that it'd be on your, on some respect because, you know, did as when uh, when role on what road for both of us as we got them was them. and we believe in

god. and we do have a very, very, very deeply concerned about both the relations. now we are so happy because there were and then me between i'm now the, i mean the board has been completely clear. i think this relation which comes back between both companies, that you would have a very good reflect to the out of nation region that i'm on islamic. uh, compet has a 2 day wouldn't be so heavy that will come for the stability. we'll have to join.