secretary of state mike pump aoe declares washington's intention to weaponize its energy exporting clause and. actors in the political leverage game. coming up on the program. germany takes american efforts to. ration with the chinese this fight for a win seemingly being pressure. when it sees fit. and deter releasing escape from a fatal rocket launch last year. is poised to make their first big. for the stars with the engines firing up at the baikonur cosmodrome later this thursday our team got up close and personal with. the rocket is finally out of the way it was assembled manually having taken to the launch site by training and this is the last time we see this. team in a long construction and in a horizontal position. two minutes past may day here in moscow this thursday march the fourteenth hello and welcome to the program o'neill our top story the fates of breaks it appears to be in limbo the british parliament rejected leaving the e.u. without a deal i'm not comes one day after sizably rejecting prime minister trees amaze divorce agreement with the new alternative in place on the

secretary of state mike pump aoe has accused several energy exporting nations including russia a posing a threat to liberty and freedom it was one of a number of key points made during his speech at an energy conference in texas either stand up for ports. the us is out of the closet finally an official confirmation that it weaponized oil and gas and its foreign policy doctrine we need to continue to build our energy security in the ways of describing we need to roll up our sleeves and compete by facilitating investment all across the world and encouraging partners to buy from us but honestly bad actors but hold up what's with it's about bad acts as well don't you forget america is exceptional it's like no other country in the world really you so when they do it it is a canny tactic but when somebody else does it's a felony some nations are using their energy or malign amps and not to promote prosperity in the way we do here in the west. they don't have the values of freedom and liberty of the rule of law that we do and they're using their energy to destroy ours it's all the usual suspec

territories not as israeli occupied but rather as israeli controlled and we recently saw mike pump aoe take the unprecedented move as u.s. secretary of state and actually visit the western wall in jerusalem now at this point the world is well aware that benjamin netanyahu is facing an election that will determine whether or not he remains the prime minister of israel and some have interpreted donald trump's moves as essential trying to help netanyahu showing u.s. support for netanyahu taking unprecedented steps in pro israeli stances by the united states as a whole and people wonder if this could lead to an escalation in the region. yeah big statements a lot of ramifications let's cross live to go through some of them with gideon levy a columnist at the israeli daily how to read friend of the program good to see it getting firstly what are the chances do you think that the u.s. will officially recognize the golan heights as sovereign israeli territory. i really don't know i mean it's about to happen if a president sais that why no or so why no but is it really important i doubt it very

to survive three in five or twenty million either on the brink or already starving that is the pump aoe has a solution the united states has given more than two billion dollars to help the many people since the start of the conflict. and saudi arabia has given over five hundred million dollars in two thousand and eighteen alone and as pledged an additional five hundred million dollars this year we've works out to about two dollars per hungry civilian per month from washington but adds for the cameras you know where the real money is guns oh yes guns are very very you know five hundred thirty three million dollars five hundred twenty five million dollars the screeners view. peanuts he says twelve point five billion dollars in that the u.s. is selling saudi arabia is peanuts what does that make the aid then but mr pompei zero is adamant if a little bit rabid in his support for saudi arabia and gun sales which really care about saudi lives you'd want to stop or run back to these from launching missiles into riyadh amazing how you can twist and turn reality on its head rather than protectin

territories not as israeli occupied but rather as israeli controlled and we recently saw mike pump aoe take the unprecedented move as u.s. secretary of state and actually visit the western wall in jerusalem now at this point the world is well aware that benjamin netanyahu is facing an election that will determine whether or not he remains the prime minister of israel and some have interpreted donald trump's moves as essential trying to help netanyahu showing u.s. support for netanyahu taking unprecedented steps in pro israeli stances by the united states as a whole and people wonder if this could lead to an escalation in the region this week sterling is a member of the syrian solidarity movement told to move doesn't bode well for the for job region and risks prolonging the conflict in syria to. what this decision and this group from the trumpet ministration is going to do is instead of be increasing regional stability it's going to undermine it it's going to prolong the conflict in syria it's going to teach stabilize the region rather than. in helping it basically seems to do take move

secretary of state might pump aoe has begun a middle east trip aimed at building in alliance against iran in kuwait he joined his counterpart. in calling for an end to a two year old rift between a saudi led bloc and qatar saying that they all needed to unite against the threat from tehran and islamist terror aid organizations are racing to get help to devastated cities and communities after. devastated swathes of mozambique zimbabwe and malawi more than two hundred people have been confirmed dead in mozambique alone and the death toll is expected to rise as the rubble is clear. the first funerals for victims of the massacre at two new zealand mosques have been held in the city of christ church hundreds of mourners attended the burial of a father and son who fled the war in syria for what they believed would be a safer life in new zealand they were among the fifty people who were gunned down by a white supremacist last friday. two members of a syrian refugee family were among the first to be laid to rest in christ church colleague mustafa and his fifteen year old son hamza came to ne

territories not as israeli occupied but rather as israeli controlled and we recently saw mike pump aoe take the unprecedented move as u.s. secretary of state and actually visit the western wall in jerusalem now at this point the world is well aware that benjamin netanyahu is facing an election that will determine whether or not he remains the prime minister of israel and some have interpreted donald trump's moves as essential trying to help netanyahu showing u.s. support for netanyahu taking unprecedented steps in pro israeli stances by the united states as a whole and people wonder if this could lead to an escalation in the region we sounded out a number of analysts about donald trump's comments they expressed concern to us about the proposal and the precedents that would be set by recognizing the go to new heights as part of israel. it seems that donald trump now is the spokesman for netanyahu and he is intervening in the israeli election and he would like to win this election so i wouldn't be surprised when he meet him in the white house next week mixed with the i think you will giv

united states' strong bond with israel speaking in jerusalem while on a middle east tour might pump aoe said the u.s. will defend israel against what he called iran's regional rampage troll has declared that the united nations structure israel is this primary. was such threats the deal we have is really why we maintain. israel security in britain we support your right. does it in your m.o. you that we cited twenty sixteen we provide proof what he believed for security. is an emergency debate over brags that on the way in the british parliament right now just hours after prime minister theresa may formally asked the european union for a three month delay until june thirtieth just nine days to go before the u.k. is supposed to leave the e.u. and to resume a will be meeting with you. leaders in brussels on thursday. algeria's foreign ministers as president of the disease but the fleet will hand over the presidency to whoever is elected after a new constitution is agreed upon the announcement comes after the president appeared to lose the support of his ruling party a syrian media is report

secretary of state mike pump aoe declares washington's intention to weaponize its energy export clout in a bid to outdo what he brands bad actors in the political leverage game and. also this hour undeterred by their hair raising escape from a failed rocket launch last year a space probe is poised to make a fresh bid for the stars with engines firing up at the baikonur cosmodrome later this thursday r t how the chance to get up and close and personal with a new craft. the rocket is finally out of the war show boyd was assembled manually having taking to the launch side by training and this is the last time we see this beautiful look at things fifty middle one construction in a horizontal position. you're watching r t international coming to you live from the russian capital where it's just turned four pm welcome to the program. the fate of bugs that appears to be in limbo the british parliament has rejected leaving the e.u. without a deal one day after turning down prime minister teresa mayes divorce agreement with the no alternative in place and the clock ticking tensions of the hous

is also saying and this is something that pump aoe said that these visa restrictions will not be the end off our efforts and the u.s. will be prepared to take additional steps what do you think those might be. well in a speech in september here in washington d.c. the u.s. national security advisor john bolton laid out a whole menu of threats and travel restrictions on icy stuff stuff were just one of those options he also as incredible as it may seem even threaten to prosecute i.c.c. stuff for doing their job threatened sanctions against i.c.c. member countries for assisting and investigations of of u.s. citizens so i think that that is what i can only assume that's what the secretary of state was referring to and that's all that's what makes it all the more important for i.c.c. countries around the globe and other supporters of the court to come forward and say they back this court it should not be deterred this may not be the last step by the u.s. to create a confrontation with the court but really the trumpet ministration is on the wrong side of history here this is a court to ens

secretary of state mike pump aoe national security advisor john bolton and republican senator mark rubio or as she dubbed them the trio of misfortune perversity and criminality on monday much of venezuela remained without electricity just two weeks after a similar blackout local media claims that up to sixteen of twenty three states were affected including the capital caracas many people were unable to go to work as public transport was not working at the time. just like i usually leave it three in the morning today i had to leave at five am it's not worth going out when it's dark because you're going to be wrong to. have to go because there is almost no public transport and yesterday it took me two hours to walk home from work so it was an act of sabotage by so squalid treacherous thank to their president quite oh . but he said the uncertainty that currently exists makes you question what you buy as you just don't know whether what you are buying will be a waste without electricity. communications minister jorge rodriguez has uploaded pictures and videos of a damaged power station sayin

secretary of state mike pump aoe this week called them terrorists how do ordinary people in afghanistan feel about this. you know everyone except for maybe a very small minority wants peace in the country at everyone is looking for peace and everyone is looking for the best way to approach peace the issue with these current talks is that there is no real actual avlon at the table other than the toll of oil so essentially the taleban and the u.s. representatives on why how it's odd was technically of on but he served as the u.s. ambassador to afghanistan he is there in the capacity as the u.s. representative is not there to represent the people of afghanistan or the government of afghanistan he is there to represent the united states right now you know the taliban government they want to look they wanted to thousand and one they're speaking directly to the u.s. but there's no zero actual have on of the table to represent the wants of the people or of the current government ok well if the afghan government the afghan people are not even present at those talks and doha what does that say a

secretary of state might pump aoe has spoken about the importance of the gulf region being united when they are made the conference in kuwait on the first stop of his middle east tour they also flank the country for its role in trying to find a solution to the blockade of qatar by saudi arabia the u.a.e. egypt and bahrain we spoke a great deal today about the rift between the gulf countries we are all working to find a solution. it's not in the best interests of the region it's not in the best interest of the world we need the gulf countries all working together on the complex set of challenges that face each of them as i think i i think i've said repeatedly united states is a force for good in the region we are working to help those countries find a set of common ground we all have the same set of threats the threats from a kind in from isis threat from islamic republic of iran and we all are working diligently to find a path forward so that the rift between those countries can be resolved and u.s. backed city and democratic forces say they've taken control of an iso town bogside bong

secretary of state might pump aoe it said on monday he was hoping to send a team of negotiators back to pyongyang to try to restart talks with north korea i ever that has not been confirmed and these developments will certainly pose a challenge for those negotiations it also comes as u.s. secretary or u.s. national security adviser. also said that the united states could in fact increase sanctions if north korea does not get rid of its nuclear weapons and so all of this sets the stage for sometimes negotiate. josh thanks so much josh smith reuters correspondent in seoul south korea. fears are growing about human rights in china after it emerged that the government has begun penalizing citizens who engage in anti social behavior some twenty three million people have been blocked from buying plane or train tickets for offenses such as not paying taxes or walking a dog without a leash reports shine a light on how china is using personal data not only to boost prosperity but also to tighten control. china and fascination with a booming economy that produces masses of data. more than eigh

well absolutely you know my comp aoe said as far back as the middle of two thousand and eighteen that if kim agrees to to acquiesce they're going to need a whole bunch of stuff done in that country to modernize. we're talking infrastructure we're talking about electric grid right on down the line and he made it very clear pompei zero that this will not be the u.s. taxpayer footing the bill for this this would be american companies going in with opportunity to do business and to restructure their hold their whole system and of course when it comes to trade as was alluded to a second ago when it comes to trade because of the sanctions north korea only trades and import export about ninety percent of it is with china and certainly that the u.s. would have an opportunity to import oil to import grain which the farmers here is just perked up all over the country and machinery as well so that's three huge areas that that would benefit and let's not forget that if a deal were reached and we were able to draw down our troops in south korea economically that would help the u.s. as well so ther

of schedule i was in the briefing room this afternoon when president and secretary of state my comp aoe explained the disconnect that ended the summit early but we literally just left we spent pretty much all day with kim jong who is. he's quite a guy and quite a character and i think our relationship is very strong but at this time we had some options and at this time we decided not to do any of the options unfortunately we didn't get all the way we didn't get to something that that ultimately made sense for the united states of america i think chairman kim was hopeful that we would we asked him to do more he he was unprepared to do that but i'm still optimistic i'm hopeful that the teams will get back together in the the days and weeks ahead and continue to work out it's a very complex problem now president trump did talk about how positive he felt it was but that he had the ability to walk away giving the room the kind of the feeling that he was the one that walked away however once again there was no specifics a given by either side as to why this could not be accomplished we'll see

secretary of state mike pump aoe is an ounce of washington is pulling all remaining diplomatic personnel out of venezuela he said the decision reflected the deteriorating situation in the country venezuela's electricity grid largely collapsed last week and president suggested that the u.s. sabotage because the blackout. and of course in belgium has sentenced the gunman who killed four people in an attack on brussels jewish museum to life in prison. staged the attack in two thousand and fourteen after returning from syria where he's suspected of having joined the so-called islamic state. here in germany the trial of an iraqi asylum seeker accused of raping and murdering a fourteen year old girl has got under way today prosecutors say that the twenty two year old suspect ali be attacked and killed the victim in the city of boston last year and then fled with his family to iraq german federal police eventually brought him back with the help of iraqi authorities the case has fueled a broader debate about asylum in germany especially for those who are charged with violent crimes. when susanna

democrat secretary of state my pump aoe surprisingly expanded his list of elections that russia apparently interfered in all the way back to the george w. bush era our senior correspondent not against the of reports. for too as sad as it may be trump is not a russian agent who so they think but officially russia gave collusion was a hook for the style if you only knew just how much could lose and that was in the past do you believe russia interfered with the twenty six thousand u.s. general election yes they did in the two thousand and twelve and the two thousand and eight thank you and the only or that's a bold claim especially given the evidence he mentioned he didn't mention any evidence begs the question of course why washington waited for more than a decade to say so but there could be a simple explanation the presidents before trump were get this compromised agents russian agent and contrary to mr pompei oh i have evidence it's so. so obvious if you think about it let's go back russia meddled and won the election for barack obama how else could you explain a bomb as little microphone

secretary of state my comp aoe the consul has been in place for about one hundred seventy five years and acts as a de facto us this embassy for palestinians many palestinians consider the move a downgrade in diplomatic relations al-jazeera has obtained exclusive pictures from the home of the saudi consul general in istanbul after the murder of journalist. a documentary airing on the network details how turkish officials believe an oven may have been used to dispose of his body egyptian photojournalist who is a better known as shock on has been released after more than five years in prison he posted this picture honest twitter account with the hash tag hello asphalt used by egypt's political prisoners when they're free he was arrested in two thousand and thirteen all taking pictures of anti military protests at least twenty two people have been killed after a tornado hit the u.s. state of alabama rescue teams are searching the wreckage of homes and businesses destroyed in lee county ten thousand people are without power because of the headlines keep it here much more inside story is t

secretary of state might bump aoe has spoken about the importance of the gulf region to being united pompeo made the comments in kuwait so on the first stop of his middle east tour you also find the country for its role in trying to find a solution to the blockade of qatar by saudi arabia the u.a.e. egypt and bahrain. we spoke a great deal today about the rift between the gulf countries we are all working to find a solution. it's not in the best interest of the region it's not in the best interests of the world we need the gulf countries all working together on the complex set of challenges that face each of them as i think i i think i've said repeatedly united states is a force for good in the region we are working to help those countries find a set of common ground we all have the same set of threats the threats from al qaeda and from isis threat from islamic republic of iran and we all are working diligently to find a path forward so that the rift between those countries can be resolved your child is in kuwait city. although secretary of state mike pompei i did stress the need an

secretary of state my pump aoe has spoken about the importance of the gulf region being united the players made the comments in kuwait on the first stop of his middle east tour he's also thanked the country for its role in trying to find a solution to the blockade of qatar by saudi arabia the u.a.e. egypt and bahrain we spoke a great deal today about the rift between the gulf countries we are all working to find a solution. it's not in the best interests of the region it's not in the best interest of the world we need the gulf countries all working together on the complex set of challenges that face each of them as i think i i think i've said repeatedly that six is a force for good in the region we are working to help those countries find a set of common ground we all have the same set of threats other threats of a kind in from isis threat from islamic republic of iran and we all are working diligently to find a path forward so that the rift between those countries can be resolved was among those shells live for us in kuwait city the u.s. secretary of state come all talking about trying to

us secretary of state mike pump aoe declares washington's intention to weaponize its energy export clout in a bid to outdo what he brands bad actors in the.

well for the century pump aoe focused his statement through the presence of the public on the century bashing hezbollah and iran which are as we heard from my guest obviously something about a large section of lebanese society will react negatively to not to mention the fact that they weren't too optimistic about his trip to starts with but let's start with talking about what john brumby see of the lebanese foreign minister focused on in his section of that joint press so funny he spoke about a century a need in the desire from the lebanese people to entice us investments in lebanon he spoke about trying to get american countries maybe to help extract gas and offshore drilling exercises off the lebanese coastline he spoke about the need for the u.s. to help maintain stability in lebanon obviously speaking a lot about the diversity poor lism either religious sectarian or ethnic that exists here in lebanon as an example obviously you also made it clear that as far as he was concerned as the president himself had spoken of that was what is considered to be a political organization and co

an attempt by pomp aoe to address the other security threats considerations with in lebanon so he didn't think about the many violations into lebanese sovereignty by the israeli army he didn't speak about the destabilizing force that many of you with regard to saudi arabia and its allies inside lebanon from his counterparts perspective the lebanese foreign minister was trying to entice u.s. investments in lebanon he said it was. needed in order to secure lebanese stability and was hopeful that through this visit that's would give a green light of encouragement for u.s. companies to invest their money here in lebanon. algerians are out in force again for a fifth friday calling for president abdullah have these what if he had to set down there running in the capital algenis as well as in smaller cities across the country demanding sweeping changes june has our report. for the fifth friday in a row demonstrators across algeria poured into the streets gray skies did not cloud their enthusiasm rain could not dampen their passion appropriate to the occasion this man carried an umbrella designe