big news of the week is russia and those proposals as illegal the e.u. use threats. against washington over it to block fears its business is going to be hit. in the news or view the week human rights watch says an iraqi army unit trained by the u.s. has carried out extrajudicial killings of suspected they said members in mosul. and venezuela heads to the polls to vote for a new assembly designed to change the country's constitution. furious protests the opposition that's left at least five dead this past week of troubles are expected later today to. you watching international weekly roundup of the top news stories but first to some breaking news one happening right now coming in from germany seems one person has been killed and three others wounded in a nightclub shooting overnight in the german city of konstanz police have confirmed that the gunman was injured in a shootout with officers that died later in hospital his motives not yet known where in the local police they are reporting the guess raible to save themselves by fleeing outside or hiding partly dorman wa

policies with these sanctions the us bill could have unintended unilateral effects the impact the e.u. use energy security interests america first kind of mean that europe's interests come last at this point russia counts for thirty eight percent of the european union's natural gas while the usa only accounts for two percent of the e.u. use natural gas imports you can bet some slick wall street syndicates would like to reverse that lineup so when you hear this explanation of the sanctions the mere fact that russia tried to affect our elections this stunning breach of our right as a sovereign nation decades of unchecked russian aggression whether it be in the ukraine in the crimea in syria don't forget about this one we must continue to focus on how we get our gas here in the united states our natural gas to europe to our allies so they're not so dependent on russia. one of the key projects affected of course by the sanctions will be the nord stream to pipeline and e.u. leaders of warn that they could be forced to retaliate against washington firms from germany austria france and the nether

with thousands of migrants in limbo in both greece and italy it is the latest refugee crisis in e.u. . us to trumpet that says the u.s. president gets record low ratings we look at why the polls fail to predict major events. very good morning for me kevin owen here in moscow it's nine am here now this is r.t. international and first this thursday the american military says it's concerned for the safety of troops after a turkish news agency released a map showing the location of u.s. bases in northern syria well in a comment to r.t. the u.s. central command said that the sources which contributed to the story can't be independently verified going onto out though that it would be very concerned if officials from its nato ally would purposefully endanger forces by releasing such sensitive information nicaea reports. this is how america's military presence in northern syria allegedly looks now according to turkish state news agency on the dollar it claims to have detected america's hidden outposts scattered across kurdish held areas the agency reports there are as many as ten including two ai

effects that impact the e.u. use energy security interests america first kind of mean that europe's interests come last yes everybody has their own agenda and right now the usa is having a hard time getting everyone else to play ball take a look at north korea right now their economy is booming the best it's been in seventeen years at least that's according to estimates from the south korean central bank right now their g.d.p. their imports and their exports are rising despite international sanctions now donald trump decided a long time ago who he thinks is to blame for that. treaty between china and north korea grew almost forty percent in the first quarter so much for china working with us but we had to give it a try and iran is a similar story even before the nuclear related sanctions were lifted under the iran deal india and china were buying their oil in your imports one hundred ten million tons of crude per year we would not decrease imports from iran iran is an important country for india despite u.s. and euro

the situation is in fact getting worse and despite he is spent trying to search for a solution the e.u. use seem very limited results thus far. two thousand. and nine i had thought that i have to take me almost twenty percent between fifty yet because of that trade and it will get off the chinese. cooperation again. we need more of the international level to break the smuggling business model. putting more people in the boat they were sending out all boats those must join us every ten to be very slow and instead we had incidents almost every day in both they were taking more people than they really are or should be allowed to take their big box. journey is more dangerous don't question the the percentage of survival right. that is good that they're all that and for you and your head that they're going to cows that if he'd be. good to know all the language barrier between these get me share and the rescue people and so that you can share it all share their rights you can have it and that would be a long book and i mean they're going to be sure that it's not sustainable. the boat sensors are

policies with these sanctions the us bill could have unintended unilateral effects that impact the e.u. use energy security interests america first kind of mean that europe's interests come last at this point russia counts for thirty eight percent of the european union's natural gas while the usa only accounts for two percent of the e.u. is natural gas imports you can bet some slick wall street syndicates would like to reverse that lineup so when you hear this explanation of the sanctions the mere fact that russia tried to affect our elections this stunning breach of our right as a sovereign nation decades of unchecked russian aggression whether it be in the ukraine in the crimea in syria don't forget about this one we must continue to focus on how we get our gas here in the united states our natural gas to europe to our allies so they're not so dependent on russia. well leaders have reacted angrily to washington's proposed new sanctions they say their economic interests are being ignored germany has even warned of country measures. listen chin's would impact the nord stream to pipeline a m

the us is set to vote on further sanctions against russia but the e.u. warns of retaliation against washington if the move her its european business. trucks vice president calls for a bigger russian presence in his country ahead of talks with platinum. broadcasting live from the russian capital it's nine in the morning here in moscow you're watching our team to national review this hour is and they sue. there is no magic solution to the refugee crisis according to italy's interior minister european officials manage an easier to discuss the problem on monday italy's been the most vocal over the american issue with the country receiving the brunt of all refugees coming by sea from africa interior minister marco minutes stressed the need for a common strategy. there is no magic solution no nation can no loan deal with a mortgage to reflux a new nation sheltered from this year alone almost one hundred thousand refugees have reached the italian coast that's eighty five percent of all migrants who journeyed to by sea to europe are. meant to rural areas of the

eight percent of the european union's natural gas while the usa only accounts for two percent of the e.u. use natural gas imports you can bet some slick wall street syndicates would like to reverse that lineup so when you hear this explanation of the sanctions continue working with the house and senate to put those tough sanctions in place on russia until the situation in ukraine is fully resolved it certainly isn't right now don't forget about. this one we are committed to securing your access to alternate sources of energy so poland and its neighbors are never again held hostage to a single supplier of energy u.s. leaders say that they don't like russia for all kinds of reasons but one thing they don't mention is that russia is a key exporter of oil and natural gas competing with the big monopolists. art see new york. meeting analyst at germany's primary londis bank follow. the u.s. might as a simply about improving the american economy the point is has got to do anything with the political sphere with the frozen conflict in the ukraine though with syria and it actually hasn't got anything

bill could have unintended unilateral effects that impact the e.u. use energy security interests america first kind of mean that europe's interests come last yes everybody has their own agenda and right now the usa is having a hard time getting everyone else to play ball take a look at north korea right now their economy is booming the best it's been in seventeen years at least that's according to estimates from the south korean central bank right now their g.d.p. their imports and their exports are rising despite international sanctions now donald trump decided a long time ago who he thinks is to blame for that. treaty between china and north korea grew almost forty percent in the first quarter so much for china working with us but we had to give it a try and iran is a similar story even before the nuclear related sanctions were lifted under the iran deal india and china were buying their oil in your imports one hundred ten million tons of crude per year we would not decrease imports from iran iran is an important country for india despite u.s. and euro

e.u. will use countermeasures against america's anti russia sanctions bill those proposed restrictions are aimed at punishing companies with ties to russia's energy sector that's raised fears of disruption to a major russia e.u. joint project the north stream two gas pipeline. it was bad that the us has left the common line it's had was europe for sanctions against russia there is a possibility of counter sanctions against the guinness we've heard from the german minister of economy in energy there. but she's not alone in those that have been critical of the so latest round of sanctions that's been proposed by the united states we've also heard from the austrian chancellor christine care he posted online saying that these were unacceptable he said that politics and a business should not be mixing when it comes to making decisions like this such as putting sanctions in place on another country we've also heard from unions as well who are concerned about potential impact on their members that work within the energy sector there's been a meeting a conference taking place from the german commi

e.u. already used to finally tackle this crisis. our correspondent who traveled to the italian island of sicily which has become one of the main points now of a rifle for african migrants if you talk to locals who say they are fed up with the inaction of europe's authorities this is one of the many. brings rescued migrants mediterranean sea to ports like this one here in sicily and for many of those migrants this will be the first time setting foot on u.s. soil but the italian authorities say there's so many migrants coming here italy that they might have to close the roads to microchips like this. was. a to meet says it's the well but the she. might think it's landed and that it's now happened to be cheeky here on the sicily and people on this island say they feel abandoned by the new. it is not just the responsibility of italy is the responsibility of europe there is far too much immigration italy cannot support all the arriving migrants and they do nothing because their policies don't work they just talk. they have to have italy

e.u. dorothy used to have french really tackled this crisis. a correspondent shot a hole to be italian island of sicily where charles being one of the main points of a rival for african migrants i should talk to locals who say they all fed up with the an auction of europe's authorities this is one of the many. brings rescue migrants from the mediterranean sea to ports like this one here in sicily and for many of those migrants this would be the first time they setting foot in surrey but the italian authorities say there's so many migrants coming here to italy that they might have to close the ports to microchips like this. i don't know. eighty cents it's only the loan but the shia believe the mind thinks this is the man detained and it's now having to come to be cheeky here on the island sicily and people on this island say they feel abandoned by the. local who it is not just the responsibility of italy is the responsibility of europe there is far too much immigration it's really cannot. supports all the arriving migrants. they do nothing becau

e.u. for its part they repeatedly voiced it's ready the us to help but it seems italy's patience is rapidly running out over dollars in reports now from sicily. the city of messina is the beginning of the main ferry transit route to mainland italy there you have it there are more and more migrants filling the local streets and there are no solutions coming from the central government and the european union brussels has been voicing repeated the reading is to help but italy says that saying something is different from actually providing real solutions and getting things done we need a unity of purpose international regional effort and this is why the european union continues to work with the quartet for libya today that there is unity in approach the only thing that we are in europe is to me to lead to a location from we are continuing to push because in europe you know particularly you could actually in general the only thing that counts is odd negotiation italy has threatened with issuing temporary visas for migrants which will allow free travel all around europe and that will be of course

e.u. has repeatedly voiced its readiness to help but it seems italy's patience is running out take us through it. kevin holder you all first of all the geography of this place is quite remarkable. again this is sicily and the city of messina which means it is double trouble for the locals who are not happy with the mass arrival of migrants and refugees here of course the island of sicily is their primary destination and year after they cross the mediterranean from north africa and the city of messina is the ferry transit route for the migrants and refugees to go to mainland italy and of course that is causing a lot of trouble here the migrants and refugees keep coming but the solutions from the government and from officials are not arriving after a serious of protests more than two dozens of mayors from the towns around the city of messina are actually going to gather in about forty minutes in the municipality that you can see behind my back to find these solutions but it is unclear whether that is going to be possible now if we talk about the e.u. brussels has repeatedly voiced readiness to

with us the e.u. and several latin american countries are argentina brazil colombia and mexico have already rejected the election results commentators we spoke to say outside states should mind their own business the past every nice day. election day. the people goes to the side that are more nothing. can stop the will of the venezuelan people to go and to exercise their will and to apply the democracy the opposition to choose to be out and to accept to be out of this of this procedure what we have to wait. agenda of the opposition and if then we they will accept the result or not this is the issue right now. a journalist working with our teams our epic channel has been killed by islamic state in syria. covering a syrian army operation in homs province when his convoy came under mortar fire syrian soldier also died in the attack and three other people were injured including a cameraman. started working with our team back in april reporting on the plight of families caught up in the war he was twenty f

e.u. has left us alone this is our country we will try in every way possible to block this arrogance and the selfishness which is not european after a serious of protests in the region mayors of local towns around the scene i have decided to gather at the municipality behind my back to find solutions to the crisis there's a glimmer of hope that this can be done a lack of action could lead to more protests here and also in the towns around the city the british prime minister trees and they are setting new records for popularity we have that story about ninety seconds. of trafficking organizations are very sophisticated they function very much like a corporation. their. components that engage in money laundering and you know the. security forces that. dropping bombs brings peace to the chicken hawks. they don't. do socks credit tell you that they'll be gossiping tablets let. me. tell you you are not cool enough to buy their product. all the hawks that we all want to watch. your back with r t international u.k. prime minister of treason may has hit a record low approval ratings following her sn

trade relations i want us to assert ourselves but i don't want us to become addicted to oriole about it and you know the e.u. came out and they said look for us the g. seven are of fundamental importance and traditionally you've always had these groups canada france germany italy japan and the united kingdom united states all of those two thirds of the global well have come together in a consensus and they've done these things and now you have the u.s. congress unilaterally saying we are simply going to act size dictatorial power over what happens i think it is a terrible terrible a bad mistake and. it reflects some some poor leadership on the part of the of the house and the senate i guess no one looks for total to do in their own backyard who had to see how the internal brinkmanship plays out first to see what president from decides to do for now though senator black i really appreciate the time thank you thank you very much. a sixteen year old german go captured by iraqi forces last week could be put on trial or expelled from iraq that's according to a statement from the german prosecutor's office the de

e.u. has left us alone this is our country we will try in every way possible to block this arrogance and this selfishness which is not european after a serious of protests in the region mayors of local towns around messina have decided to gather at the municipality behind my back to find solutions to the crisis there's a glimmer of hope that this can be done a lack of action could lead to more protests here and also in the towns around the city. time to go sky high because it is the final business only day at the mosques twenty seventeen earth show near moscow pictures like this have been happening for the past number of days and will continue right through to sunday now more deals are expected before doors open for the public that is tomorrow saturday and sunday so lots of time to go and check out i fear itself if you're in the region because we've got the latest innovations that the russian global aviation industries have to offer in some big checks being signed as well there are your i spoke to kate partridge about what's been happening there today let's take a closer look. planes and thin

e.u. has left us alone this is our country we will try in every way possible to block this arrogance and this selfishness which is not european after a serious of protests in the region mayors of local towns around the scene i have decided to gather at the municipality behind my back to find solutions to the crisis there's a glimmer of hope that this can be done or a lack of action could lead to more protests here and also in the towns around the city the b.b.c. problems get political we'll have more on that plus a lot more stories right after this. was selling you on the idea that dropping bombs brings police to the chicken hawks forcing you to fight the battle. to do so for the tell you that because of the public. telling you are not cool enough to buy their product. that we all. want. i. hello again no the polls make gloomy reading for donald trump learning that his approval ratings are the worst of any american president in seventy years but political polls have been proved fairly wide of the mark in recent countries recently and explains how best to interpret the numbers were six months

e.u. has left us alone this is our country we will try in every way possible to block this arrogance and the selfishness which is not european after a serious of protests in the region mayors of local towns around messina have decided to gather at the municipality behind my back to find solutions to the crisis there's a glimmer of hope that this can be done or a lack of action could lead to more protests here and also in the towns around the city. president trumps getting record low ratings among our stories after the break we'll look at why the polls often seem to be so wide the mark. i really think that liberal democracy is in deep trouble to do liberal democratic politicians that sort of created their own. what matters and they're leaving out more and more in a nod to the store the sense i would say liberal democracy has really reached its limits. called the future we don't need. every the world should experience. and you get the old. the old according to just. come along for the ride. now the polls make gloomy reading for donald trump after learning that his approval ratings are the wors

e.u. has left us alone this is our country we will try in every way possible to block this arrogance and the selfishness which is not european right behind these doors more than forty local mayors have spent hours discussing the issues and try to find solutions to this hopefully we'll get a word from them when they come out as a prank reporting there now still to come this hour the case prime minister theresa may setting new records for unpopularity we'll have that story plus of his team in a couple of minutes. public well. one the closest project. we can all middle of the room. hello again the u.k. prime minister to reason may is hit record low approval ratings following that snap election set back. as the. well this is one of those records that nobody wants to hold to reason may's approval rating is at an all time low according to this source mori research and what this poll has done is that it's looked at all the modern day politicians and where their popularity was at a month after the general election and two reason may have the lowest approval rating of any prime minister a month after

e.u. has left us alone this is our country we will try in every way possible to block this arrogance and the selfishness which is not european. first next about the b.b.c. and he will say we classical music marathon the struck a political quarterly in the event should be politics you might think one of the conduct is that the problems preceded a beethoven performance with the play of a bricks it is. tendencies and. that the that is a very narrow sense is something that is very dangerous and can only be fought with really good rate accident on the education of the new generation the new generation they have to understand that greece and germany and france and then mark have all this something in common called european culture. well reaction swiftly followed from the political and musicals fears who turned on the b.b.c. and the problems for allowing the event to become politicized one music commentator said is going to tarnish the problems reputation while former u.k. independence party leader nigel farage called it lunacy is what another party member a to say it's well known that the b.b.c. i

e.u. who make use of said that they bought cools by italy to open up the ports along the mediterranean coast such as say in france and in barcelona in spain but that is likely to be met with great resistance in both countries and some people suggest that what you commission is saying is little more than hot. some countries need to do more to do their share in distributing the refugees poland hungary and the czech republic have not accepted a single refugee from italy. unfortunately we have no progress on the question of distribution of migrants within the european union and we stand in solidarity with the italian government and the italian people and we will make available all possible assistance and support it seems there's a lot of. very little action from the powers that be in europe imo meanwhile italy is continuing to sink under the strain of the michael crisis charlotte. r.t. sicily. says tired of bearing the brunt of migrants french police have been using drones and dogs to hunt down those trying to slip across the border from italy to france in super university history professor paol

e.u. has left us alone this is our country we will try in every way possible to block this arrogance and the selfishness which is not european. checkerboard donald trump leg seems the polls may gloomy reading for him after learning that his approval ratings are the worst of any president in seventy years but political polls have often been proven fairly wide of the mark of course in several countries for the last few years kalam open explains next and how best to interpret the numbers. we're six months into donald trump's presidency and the pollsters tell us that his ratings have tanked but these pollsters don't exactly have the best record remember what they said right before the election most polls give clinton a better chance of winning than slave for hillary all the major electoral map forecasters show hillary clinton winning the election. day trump the. conventional wisdom and expectations polls showed hillary clinton was the favorite to win and they weren't wrong in the sense that hillary clinton did win the popular vote the polls were wrong about this race the entire time warps why ar

economic interests referring to the us promoting its lack of liquid natural gas peter all of us got more on the e.u. reaction. all of the potential impact that these sanctions could have on both the the business and energy sectors here in europe that has e.u. officials hot under the collar there are potentially huge fines for e.u. businesses that would enter into energy projects with russia many of those blue chip european companies of course are heavily involved there what we've heard from the german foreign ministry is them saying that it can't be accepted that the industrial policy of another nation be passed off as sanctions while the german government spokesperson also came out saying that e.u. industry can't be targeted and if there will be a response if the sanctions or when the sanctions go through we can hear more from them right now if you're trying to describe the reform the mentally cannot accept that the american government american politics and congress under the guise of sanctions conduct in the through politics in favor of american energy supplies this position has not changed and w

e.u. has left us alone this is our country we will try in every way possible to block this arrogance and this selfishness which is not european because developing story next troubles are up again in bethlehem between palestinian protesters and israeli police after the west bank fattah leadership call for a day of rage seems to be happening in our middle east correspondent paula slee is in tel aviv hi this unrest is spreading isn't it paula. it certainly is as you mentioned overnight we saw clashes in the palestinian city of bethlehem this marks three nights of clashes between israeli security forces and palestinian rioters has now some of those clashes have also been taking place in the old city of jerusalem and the surrounding arab neighborhoods israeli police have been in point why it's control measures now they've been using stun grenades they've been dragging protesters away protestors in response have been throwing several objects various objects at the police themselves and dozens of people are reported to have been injured yesterday was declared a day of rage by the palestinian fatah f

e.u. has left us alone this is our country we will try in every way possible to block this arrogance and the selfishness which is not european after a serious of protests in the region mayors of local towns around the scene i have decided to gather at the municipality behind my back to find solutions to the crisis there's a glimmer of hope that this can be done or a lack of action could lead to more protests here and also in the towns around the city assumed name day of rage brings more clashes between palestinians and the i.d.f. the details from bethlehem after the break. drug trafficking organizations are very sophisticated and they function very much like a corporation. there are. components engaged in money laundering and you know the. security forces that. are new to the game this is how. the economy is built around. washington. business to run this country business because. it's not business as usual it's business like it's never been. welcome back now the polls are making a gloomy reading for donald trump after the us leader learned that his approval ratings are the worst of any ameri

e.u. james, good morning to you thank you very much for joining us the first question i want to ask is what ability does liam fox, the british international trade secretary, have to start negotiating a fresh trade deal given that the exit from the e.u. hasn't been completed yet >> at this moment he has very little, if any, ability, because, as you imply, the u.k. can't find any free trade deals with non-e.u. states until it has left the european union in march 2019 mr. fox is able to do some general talking about the possible scope of a deal, but with certainly nowhere near signing anything, and there are deep uncertainties as well about the future u.k.-e.u. trading relationship a lot of ub certainty around this >> james, we sort of teased our viewers earlier about the poultry debate and how the cheap u.s. chicken import is a big focus for some of these discussions. i have sort of a two-part question we want to talk about that, and also, doesn't the united states specifically have a bigger hand when it comes to negotiations? getting better access for u.s. agricultural products to the u.k. w

e.u. considering slapping the company with another find. tracee carrascas joins usmore. >> good morning, ladies. the european union antitrust wherein another record fine against google over its android mobile operating system independent panel of experts to get a second opinion on the case, this is according to a reuters report. the panel examined with android operating system. last year the e.u. accuse google of using android to fix the market against competitors by requiring smartphone manufacturers to preinstalled google search and browser in bright manufacturers from rival versions of entry. google accused of paying smartphone makers and mobile network operators. the move by the authority which had to go with authority which hit google with a two-point $7 billion find for unfairly favoring last month. google has 90 days to stop favoring or face further penalty. however, this could pose a bigger risk for google because of android's huge growth attention of and the potential fine here is expected to top the two-point $7 billion penalty. it isn't clear when the e.u