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of paradise papers files to link named and shamed businesses to potential russian interference daniel hawkins looks at how they've been trying to put the pieces together. it's one of the biggest leaks of private documents in the world revealing the financial dealings of the super wealthy and powerful four royal families to global corporations but for most media the focus has been east putin's cronies kremlin meddling team trump's ties to putin's family all the elements to grab the reader's attention so let's break it down meet wilbur ross u.s. commerce secretary an investor now he has interests in a shipping company called navigator and one of that company's clients is russian energy for siebel now two of the shareholders there are fish alley under u.s. sanctions with another claim to be putin's son in law and those alleged ties to the russian president and his family could create a conflict of interest for ross now the commerce secretary himself left navigator's board back in twenty fourteen having joined it two years before that he's adamant he's done nothing wrong well i think the media ha

daniel hawkins here with your choose the morning news round up in half an hours time i'll see you soon where are two programs. and what you're. getting at. is that. you would hurt also just how many u.s. troops are in syria and the living. welcome to sophie shevardnadze the nuclear agreement between iran and the world powers is being thrown into jeopardy by u.s. president donald trump. call as iran preparing itself for a potential throwback to the days of sanctions and confrontation and what will it mean for the already troubled middle east well i ask former foreign minister of the islamic republic. with a miracle struggling to struggle the wrong deal. wrong in saudi. maybe you go against instead you know following every quarter at least you don't find yourself in uncertain waters the standard aiming for the role of regional hegemon can't afford to run the risk of international isolation again and how can it gain the upper hand in the standoff began the state's. punjab attacking a welcome to the show it's a pleasure to have you on our program now president trump has been talking so muc

live from moscow with me daniel hawkins wherever you are thanks for joining us this hour and we start with breaking news coming from the u.n. security council russia has vetoed a u.s. drafted resolution on extending the work of a joint probe into a deadly chemical incident in syria earlier this year earlier russia's foreign minister criticized the probe's findings describing them as biased and politicised let's cross live now to cable of. new york get us more inside on the story but quite an intense. about the security council what exactly was said. well at this point the joint investigative mechanism that is looking into chemical weapons allegations in syria is set to expire at midnight now the meeting began with the united states putting forward a resolution to extend the work of the joint investigative mechanism to continue its work looking into allegations in syria well the vote was taken and russia blocked it as a permanent member of the security council russia blocked this resolution put forward by the united states we then heard from nikki haley the u.s. ambassador to the unite

of the tournaments favorites argentina and a friendly at the newly revamped luzhniki stadium daniel hawkins was following the match for us but the brutally cold wet weather here on the fire the spirit states and. to see this spectacle of football at a new look. at some of the cells those hoping for a goal first would disappoint of the one goal coming out of the games. rosa speciously pouts from up olds from an offside position but russia despite struggling in would feel that especially attack pushovers in the second off they did play but they created some solace from counter-attack sort of plays and threatening the audience on goal as well so low there is much to improve on before next year certainly there are some positives to take away as well now we came to the stadium a few hours before the game to have a look around and see what preparations are on the way for the wall cup next year. the. last time i was here earlier this year the whole place was a building site now luzhniki has been the fabric revamped totally upgraded new pitch new seats new roof conditioning the way it has really be

there good morning from moscow you're watching the international with me daniel hawkins who are you are welcome to the program our top stories this hour islamic state is all but wiped out in syria the prospect of a last thing in the country is now finally on the horizon russia is attempting to help secure a political solution to the almost seven year long conflict this week has seen talks with other key regional players in a patrol has this report it looks like tsotsi is shaping out as the new platform for dialogue on syria the resort has become the venue for the first major round of talks on the syrian crisis the syrian president bashar assad was here on monday. at this stage especially after victories against terrorism we are of course interested in advancing the political process then mr putin had a long phone conversation with donald trump. putin gave donald trump a full update on the talks with syrian president bashar assad mr putin also told mr trump about the upcoming summit with the presidents of iran and turkey. it was these three countries that were behind the so-called astron

operation to liberate this city which saw heavy clashes over a number of days in the area parties daniel hawkins has more details. why is this victory so significant well it's one of the very final steps of the end of the self-proclaimed caliphate and an end to the flow of weapons and fighters across the border from iraq into syria now just two years ago islamic state controlled northern the heart of the country now is confined to just some desert areas villages and isolated pockets in syria and iraq now the town was captured by an amalgamation of different forces there was heavy operations proceed in the final attack by the russian air force in the region as well. so let's take a look at some of the factions on the ground which participated in capturing that final stronghold the syrian army supported by militias and hezbollah attacked from the west communic ross the iraqi border and the popular mobilization units came from the south from the town of al qaim to support the syrian allies meaning the town was surrounded on these three sides it was very much a joint operation by multiple groups man

welcome sort of international law from moscow just gone three am here in the russian capital on daniel hawkins rather you are welcome to the program now the geopolitical rivalry between two of the middle east main powers saudi arabia and iran has been destabilizing other regional players yemen and lebanon. with the latest development strikes targeted the defense ministry in the yemeni capital it was back in march twenty fifteen that saudi arabia first began its incursion into yemen by launching an air campaign against the rebels backed by iran yemeni civilians have also been affected by the latest bombing here is what they told us is the shuttle r.t. arabic. and then a second rocket hit my house was destroyed i'm just an ordinary person in the bus driver i'm not a military commander not an agent of the state why did they do that to me my house didn't hold a single bullet did they fear that i had weapons so i want them to watch this i have nothing this is just a house and i'm the poor person that was fairly new my head in leg were injured our houses were destroyed this is the result of aggressi

paradise paper's files in an effort to find an if arius links between russia and the us our chief daniel hawkins looks at how they've been getting on. it's one of the biggest leaks of private documents in the world revealing the financial dealings of the super wealthy and powerful four royal families to global corporations but for most media the focus has been east putin's cronies kremlin meddling team trump's ties to putin's family all the elements to grab the reader's attention so let's break it down meet wilbur ross u.s. commerce secretary and investor now he has interests in a shipping company called navigator and one of that company's clients is russia now two of the shareholders there ends with another claim to be putin's son in law and those allegedly could create a conference having joined two years before that he's adamant he's done to those individuals who've never met them so there's nothing wrong with the fact that it happens to be a russian company does not mean the only evil in it though it's important to note to see war as a company is not subject to sanctions and it's been left p

military presence in afghanistan by sending three thousand troops to the war ravaged country and daniel hawkins picks up the story. it's groundhog day for afghanistan an official announcement confirms another troop surge in the war torn country and while previous increases have involved american troops this time it's a combined nato job we have decided to increase the number of troops we will not go back in combat operations the current level this around thirteen thousand the new level would be around sixteen thousand a role train a system of the wise advise reassure assist boosting security noted as usual russian oil for sending troops across the globe a variation on its european deployments designed to reinforce the fences in the face of russian aggression europe is close to a more assertive russia we are implementing the biggest reinforcement on click to the fans responded in the proportionate measured way by increasing our military persons in the eastern part of the alliance a few hundred troops here a thousand there with nato expanding its troop numbers across europe eastern borders every

global news every hour you're watching live from moscow i'm daniel hawkins great to have you with us tonight the french president is proposing military action against human traffickers in libya he's claiming it would help the moderate slave trade. we are proposing to hear from the police and military action. this country political transition well human trafficking is indeed a huge problem for northern africa but it's not a new one for years numerous human rights and immigration organizations have been alarming the public they call is and more than slavery and no one argues that this problem before the french president and the proposal to try to solve with military really has come as a surprise you remember france already was part of a massive military operation in libya designed to resolve the crisis of two thousand and eleven france played then a very crucial role france was saying going. to bomb a tripoli and france was considering its actions very successful in libya were a member that after the death of believe here in the leader moammar gadhafi and the president nicolas sarkozy

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international live with me daniel hawkins wherever you are thanks for joining us tonight five more russian athletes have been given a lifetime bans from the winter olympics that brings the total number of qualified athletes to nineteen and that decision was made after retesting doping samples from the twenty four teams sortie games based on the findings of the mclaren report now the report also accused russia of state sponsored doping there's still a possibility the entire russian team could be barred from competing in south korea next february the head of the ethics committee of another global sporting body pfieffer doesn't believe there is sufficient evidence of state involvement to justify such a move. we have a mclaren report and we have in the mclaren port allegations. we need a real clear evidence. and only with an evidence i can make a decision banned or not banned but only for let's say very valid circumstances i never would ban anybody. i wouldn't do that. and russia denies the allegations in that mclaren reports are also investigations into individuals are continuing the internat

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