that amir putin is fairing rather better the b.b.c. steve rosenberg wrote back home in russia political figures have been lining up to praise the results of the health inky summit. my playing is a political consultant and he's joining us now on skype from the sun's rays in california we appreciate your time so thank you very much we've often heard that trumps core supporters will forgiven just about anything now they have a president who appears to side with the leader of a so-called us enemy in opposition to his own us intelligence forces and appears weak in the process that seems to strike at the very core values that those supporters hold dear how much damage is this likely to do when it comes to the way they regard the president. good morning rob i think that that ultimately remains to be seen as to how much damage you saw donald trump today take it very seriously when he walked back the comments and said that he supports the conclusions of the u.s. intelligence community that being said trump's core constituents i think that they'

out for it for weeks president trump's national security team warned him not to congratulate lad amir putin's explicitly writing in capital letters on his briefing papers do not congratulate talking to putin right now would be like cheating on your wife and then posing for a picture with the woman you cheated with a no right he did that to lattimer putin won an election rigged to prop up a dangerous strong man who was threatening western democracy that requires a strong response so called up to say at a boy russia has made no secret of it once to be friends of course it does sanctions call the sort of that and in the obama era on the whole that was seen as acceptable but times are different now and you get the impression that the only thing the establishment would have been satisfied with is a brutal bloody bed now called brule between the two presidents hours after the health think the summit wrapped up a u.s. court order they arrest of maria boards in a twenty nine year old russian woman she's accused of lobbing moscow's interests among us politicians russia's foreign minister has demanded

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that amir putin is fairing rather better the b.b.c. steve rosenberg wrote back home in russia political figures have been lining up to praise the results of the health inky summit. the international criminal court is celebrating twenty years since the signing of the treaty that led to its creation and ceremony has been taking place at the hague in the netherlands to mark the anniversary the rome statute established the world's first permanent court for war crimes genocide and hue crimes against humanity the i.c.c. has had some notable successes but it's also faces many obstacles one hundred twenty three countries are members but china the united states and russia are being the nations that haven't signed up since its founding the i.c.c. has issued fourteen indictments and secured just four convictions but all of these were for suspects in african countries those found guilty include three from the democratic republic of congo and malaya and rebel leader some cases have collapsed when states refuse to cooperate and referrals from the un

plant amir putin speak of building a new relationship and before meeting one on one in finland. i'm james space in helsinki there's already criticism of trumpet in his opening remarks he didn't mention election meddling ukraine or syria. also had they been waiting twenty years for a party like this and yes france celebrates late into the night after a thrilling world cup victory plus they were better foes just a few months ago but now they're the best of friends eritrea reopens its embassy in ethiopia. welcome to the news are donald trump and blunt amir putin have avoided mentioning some of the most contentious issues between their countries as the u.s. and russian president spoke of building a new relationship the two exchanged a few opening remarks in front of the media before going behind closed doors for the summit in hell thinking here's some of what president trump had to say. i think we have a great opportunity as together as you can frankly we have not been getting along very well for the last number of years i've been here not too long but it's getting close to two but

going back to moscow.” being popped and that amir putin's plane going back to moscow.sia did metal and he says a direct rebuke, effectively, of what donald trump said standing next to vladimir putin today. how did he manage his own administration when he has members of his own administration saying that russians metal and he stands up and says, i have no reason to believe that they did. imt was to see what happens to the ambassador to moscow. do they stay in their current positions and back—up what president robb said today, or do they resign and say, this goes so far beyond the pale that i can no longer serve. all, do we see, actually, the publican opinion continuing to evolve with more and more republicans think, actually, we think donald trump is right and we should get on with russia.” think donald trump is right and we should get on with russia. i don't think so, i think you can separate trump with what russia has done and what they continue to do. these people seem to undermine our democracy, they seem intent on doing it. it was a terrible performance. thank you.

but amir putin and donald trump have spoken for the first time at their summit in helsinki the russian president said it was time for talks with his an american counterpart while trump stressed the need to now improve relations with moscow. both of those good presidents from i have continued to have contacts over the last few months we've spoken on the phone and met a couple of times during international events but the time has come to talk about the true relationship and full splits in the world. we have getting along very well for the last year in here not too long and it's getting close to two but i think. i've been saying and i'm sure you've heard. and there's a campaign that is getting along with russia is a good thing that. trump also laid out the major issues on the table in health thinking among them are trade missile programs and nuclear disarmament are trying to has more presidents are in one room and they should be there with only the translators nobody else bugs some journalists and cameramen were allowed to hear some of the first words that the two leaders were telling eac

the preparation or after that attack russian intelligence was behind this but the fact is blood amir putin has bled out denied it he's refused to cooperate with brit. and we don't we simply don't know how many more people can be can come into contact with this think about it it makes perfect sense a drug addict picks up no one quite knows what next he does something no one seems to know what the suddenly he's in hospital for almost a week being treated for what no one knew what with this much evidence how could you not blame russia it could only have been putin just like it was last time you argue that their source of a snuff not the chalk is russia how did you manage to find it out so quickly look at the the evidence we the people from porton down they were absolutely categorical i asked the guy so i said are you sure and he said there's no doubt we have not verified the precise source so to be clear you're not able at porton down to say where it is from we haven't yet been able to do that i was being very clear i thought i was being very clear to. the german program which is that. told u

the preparation or after that attack russian intelligence was behind this but the fact is blood amir putin has flat out denied it he's refused to cooperate with britain. and if we don't we simply don't know how many more people can be can come into contact with this think about it it makes perfect sense a drug addict picks up no one quite knows what next he does something no one seems to know what though suddenly he's in hospital for almost a week being treated for what no one knew what with this much evidence how could you not blame russia it could only have been putin just like it was last time you argue that their source of. the chalk is russia how did you manage to find it out so quickly i look at the the evidence from the people from from port and they were absolutely categorical and i asked the guy so i said are you sure and he said there's no doubt we have not verified the precise source so to be clear you're not able at porton down to say where it is from we haven't yet been able to do that i was being very clear i thought i was being very clear to. the german program which is that

the preparation or after that attack russian intelligence was behind this but the fact is blood amir putin has flat out denied it he's refused to cooperate with britain. and if we don't we simply don't know how many more people can be can come into contact with this think about it it makes perfect sense a drug addict picks up no one quite knows what next he does something no one seems to know what though suddenly he's in hospital for almost a week being treated for what no one knew what with this much evidence how could you not blame russia it could only have been putin just like it was last time you argue that their source of. the chalk is russia how did you manage to find it out so quickly i look at the the evidence from the people from from portland they were absolutely categorical i asked the guy so i said are you sure and he said there's no doubt we have not verified the precise source so to be clear you're not able at porton down to say where it is from we haven't yet been able to do that i was being very clear i thought i was being very clear to. the german program which is that. to

incentive among across the alliance to increase defense spending i actually give that credit to let amir putin because it was in twenty fourteen that the alliance in reaction to russian aggression in ukraine actually took this step to increase defense spending so if anyone is responsible for providing the incentive it's putin himself it's interesting you say that ambassador because the defense minister here in germany she has said herself that donald trump was really the catalyst for nato or for germany spending more on its defense but you bring up whether reputed and where is he in all of this what we're seeing in nato isn't trump doing exactly what mr putin would like to see and that is this gradual weakening of the alliance. well look there are two basic forms of u.s. leadership for nato one form the sort of the classic form is leadership that provides unity and coheres the alliance solidifies the alliance as one that's the kind of american leadership that that we've seen in the alliance over nearly seventy years now the alternative form the contrasting form of leadership there's a leadersh

leaders held their first ever summit today in helsinki during the press conference that followed that amir putin denied that russia had meddled in the twenty sixteen u.s. . president trump backed him up say he saw no reason for russia to meddle directly contradicting the findings of u.s. intelligence agencies the summit comes just days after the u.s. indicted twelve russian agents for hacking during the election. in the finnish capital sweltered in an uncharacteristic thirty degrees as people gathered to watch the biggest show in town the meeting between vladimir putin and donald trump putin though arrived half an hour late trump in turn kept putin waiting before he himself left his hotel yet despite the slights both leaders expressed a desire to improve relations with this agreement between our two countries are well known and president putin and i. discussed them at length today. but if we're going to solve many of the problems facing our world then we're going to have to find ways to co-operated pursuit of shared was. put in and trump spent more than two hours in one on one discussions behind

a second meeting between donald trump and what amir putin seems to be a step closer to the kremlin has confirmed that it's received an official invitation to a summit in washington at the end of the year and recent polls show over half of americans surveyed back a second summit well over sixty percent believe that better relations with russia would be beneficial for the u.s. meanwhile the u.s. state department spokesperson says she does not believe that russia has received a formal invitation that would be something that would come out of the white house so it's you know you'd have to direct that question to the white house about whether or not it was a formal invitation i don't believe it's been a formal invitation but really i'm speaking that's out of my lane and so i just refer you back to the white house my understanding is that nothing has been set up at this point. the u.s. media has been voicing concerns over the possibility of trump and putin building closer ties many describe the first summit in helsinki as the manifestation of a new world order so america looks into the hyste

for damage control or donald trump says he misspoke during his joint news conference with large amir putin which had sent the us media and politicians into a frenzy. the most disgraceful performances by an american president you should care what is on the world stage should have been and i don't see any reason why i would or why it would be a rush. from media storm to syrian settlements russia's defense ministry says it's ready to implement all agreements the chief by trump and putin and house thinking on how to bring stability and peace to syria. facebook admits classifying thousands of russians as interested in treason supposedly for advertising purposes raising concerns over who might really want to target such users. a very warm welcome you are watching r.t. international with me in the air and our top story this hour one day after holding talks with president putin in helsinki had donald trump has met with the u.s. congress members telling them he misspoke on russian made lingering the summits. it should have been obvious i thought it would be obvious but i would like to clarify just

let's go back to monday when trump appeared in his press conference side by side with a lead amir putin at that press conference he said that he had didn't see any reason why it would be russia interfering in the two thousand and sixteen elections that are widespread condemnation in the us from all sides of the political spectrum and pressure from his advisers to clarify or even retract those statements so then yesterday that's what attempted to do when he read from a prepared statement saying that he had misspoken in helsinki and that when he said he had no reason to believe why you would be russia he actually meant to say what he had no reason to believe why it wouldn't be russia he said it was all because of a mis use double negative and so again that comes to this morning with the press with the cabinet meeting in which trump appeared to have said that he didn't believe in his u.s. intelligence community's conclusion that russia continues to be a threat to be reversed again by sarah huckabee sanders as you just heard so all of it is very confusing it opens up trying to continue to t

free press obviously those for mr trump they were in english but some were also in russian blood amir putin accusing him of cracking down on the free press as well and so there's a lot of hostility here to both presidents but at the same time as the two when. drove towards the presidential palace tens of thousands of people did welcome them and there were cheers particularly for president trump so there are people here on both sides if you like well for the moment we'll leave it there and a demon come back to you through the day thank you. it. is. the thing. my name is just six. hours born enough from a new eleven sloughed i did it. because the woman in my money but it was still everybody has one. so that's how i came to bear. the. simplest matter we had to go bust city center at least to get ahead beginning for food and not just walking. in the lead in a two meter that depletes where she lived. below the. last. bit up plastic bags that would be touching to me is just sad. sometimes they succeed and my friend is not having something so i want to show them in each to. me and. go. in it for p

government agencies trump was heavily criticized on monday for refusing to confront blood amir putin over russia's interference in the twenty sixteen u.s. election but earlier he appeared to say that russia no longer poses a cyber security threats this despite his intelligence chief saying the opposite can really help get reports from the white house. i just want to. tell you that reversing course for the third time in as many days u.s. president donald trump on wednesday cast doubt on whether he believes the russians are interfering in u.s. politics is really disturbing. thing rather than making waves you know that no only added to more confusion and contradicts his own public statement made a day earlier a tuesday trump sought to clean up statements made alongside russian president vladimir putin in the final and on monday he just said it's not russian after heavy criticism even from within his own party trump claimed he misspoke and he sentence in my remarks i said the word would instead of what you. have said and should have been i don't see any reason why i would or why he didn'

watching all this there i'm so robin a reminder of our top stories this news donald trump and blood amir putin has held a closed door meeting in helsinki they made a few opening remarks before they went into that one on one meeting at finland's presidential palace in helsinki trump said they discussed the nuclear arms and china putin said he wanted to talk about hotspots. hundreds of scientists are out on the streets of the finnish capital protesting against both trying to turn as anger over many of trump's policies from immigration to press freedom to climate change the russian president is under fire for alleged human rights abuses and all former terry innocent. and gracious football team have arrived back in zagreb after the country's first ever world cup final appearance their celebrations at the airport turned the capital's main square to welcome back their heroes the winners france are expected to arrive in the french capital. for the countdown is now on for the twenty twenty two cattle world cup which will be the first time the told mint has been played in the middle east qatar's appear